Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-05-02
SECOND DAY OF THE FIGHT,
widest Excitement Prevails.
Negroes Make q Regular Fight.
More Killing Gun Shop Broke n in.
6 Negroes and White Man Killed.

scene Of bloodshed was renewed near the
same place where the engagement oc-
Cured last night. The rumor came mp
town in hundred different ways-some
said that two policemen had been shot
by the negroes. The people commenced
arming and marching down. We accom-
panied party, and when we reached
the corner of DeSoto and South, we
found Captain Ben. Garrett organizing a
force for the defense of the place, In a
short time the party moved and came
upon party of negroes. They were told
to surrender, when they showed evidence
of resistance, and the party, in self-de-
tense, had to shoot them. The firing
commenced and one negro was killed in
stantly and two wounded-one NOR
tally, the other in the leg. The
wounded man was given to the
care of a negro woman, who cared for
him. Considerable skirmishing now took
place on both sides, and the whites being
reinforced by more citizens, retired to
the old Morris Cemetery Shortly after
this, the negroes were seen coming
out of the fort, in regular battle
array, while another party went
eastward to flank the whites. The
negroes used muskets, and the balls came
whizzing in the air, singing every music
but pleasant one There were some
dozen whites in the exposed ground that
lies near the bridge on South street, and
this party had to walk across, while the
bullets fell pretty thick before they could
ioin their friends. They did It, however,
without any one being hurt.
Mayor Park was on the field cheering
the people and doing nobly. When we
started from the scene, we met women in
several places on the way, terribly
alarmed, and making preparations TO
leave that part of the city. On every
hand, the people were coming and going
o assist in quelling the negro riot. Some
thad shotguns, some rifles, and, in fact,
everything they could get On Main
street, below [ niun we met large
crowd in front Of Henry Fnisom
gun store which was closed they
were elamoring for an entrance, de-
handing the guns They finally broke
in. At this moment we passed on, not
having time to. see the conclusion. On
the way We also met squad OF Regu-
lars going TO the assistance Of the people
They were marching at double quick.
Just at this writing gentleman FROM The
scene of action says that forty negroes
and twelve white men have been killed.
We do not credit the report, as the Wild
est rumors are in circulation. The police
and the people are acting bravely IN the
matter, and we suppose that when the
regulars reach the spot the disturbance
will be quelled. Had the citizens been
provided with muskets, short work would
have concluded this riot, but most of
them simply went there with repeaters,
and the negroes were mostly armed with
muskets.
1t is to be hoped this matter will soon
end and the supremacy of the laws be vim
Dictated. When deluded people attempt
to resist the sworn officers from doing
their duty on account of the enmity that
has been instilled into them against the
white man, they should be made to know,
at all hazards, that they must not only
respect but obey the laws of the land, or
suffer the consequences.
VERY LATEST. From reliable au-
thority, we learn that the difficulty orig
mated this morning BY negro man, who
was driving hack, seeing white man
walking quietly along-the negro think
ing no eyes were upon him-drew pistol
and shot him dead He then left his hack
and made his escape In an instant
a large crowd collected, and the distur-
bance was the consequence, At about
twelve o'clock the Regulars drove the
negroes into the fort, and ended the fray
In all, there were six negroes killed and
one white man this morning %