Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-27
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THE ROGERSVLLE FIGHT.

Another rstafement-BIacE Leagues at
the Bottom Of If-Et IS Bnt Another
Step I'm fhe Radical Plan 10 Produce
War of Races-ShaII 10 Pass Tn
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The account which we published yes
terday Of the Brownlow- Maynard riot at
Rogersyille, was derived from a gentleman
Who came through on the train and was
deemed reliable The following version,
differing in some of the circumstances, but
coneurring in results we take from the
Knoxville Free Press, Of the 25th;
Tuesday last, as our readers are well
aware, was the day fixed by Mr. Etheridge
| TO address the people of Hawkins county
on the politics Of the day His announce
ment for that place, as our paper will
show, has been before the public for weeks.
Agreeable TO this announcement dissemin-
ated through the public papers Of the State,
Mr.. Etheridge was in Rogersgille on the
morning of the day upon which he was to
speak The fame Of the speaker, to say
nothing Of the anxiety Of the mass Of the
people everywhere TO become correctly in
formed on the leading questions in issue
between the two candidates who are asking
the suffrage Of the people Of Tennessee,
drew together a large audience from
| Hawkins and adjacent counties. Maynard,
true to his mischieyous instincts, and not
withstanding the, to him, disgraceful re
suit of the umbrella scene the day before
at Greenville, was on hand. At the usual
hour for speaking, the great mass of people
present on the occasion, together with Mr.
| Elheridge repaired to May Hill, beauti-
| ful prominence half mile west of town
where the stand for the distinguished
| speaker had been erected. Mr. Etheridge
/ took the stand, and without interruption,
| delivered pretty much the same eloquent
and impressive speech that has given him
such character in other towns in East Ten
nessee, as a fearless conscientious aud hon
est man. Meanwhile, Maynad with his
! customary pusilanimity and disregard for
| the public peace, had tolled of the usual
crowd Of ignorant and congenial negroes,
with a sufficient iRtermixture Of $50
| called" white Radicals, 10 somewhat relieve
the otherwise monotonously dusky hue Of
his sable audience, and began to harangue
| them at a distance Of less than two hundred
/ q
was speaking.
At the conclusion Of Etheridges speech,
which occurred before Maynard's harangue
had ended, the mass of the people returned
quietly to town, and had dispersed them
selves throughout the vicinity as usual in
villages on public days, Etheridge himself,
left Immediately for Sncedville, the point at
| which he was advertised to speak Yesterday
| After the lapse Of half an hour, the ne
Rroes who had been giving attention to
| Maynard re-entered the town in procession,
some on foot and some on horseback, num-
/ beTing from one to two hundred Yelling
and shouting for Brownlow, and denoun-
cling and cursing Etheridge. As the pro-
| cessiOn of this mass Of maddened and ig-
norent men passed through the streets the
sidewalks, of course, were to great extent
| filled by the honest representatives of the
county, who had returned from the speech
| Of Mr.. Etheridge, and who were merely
/ spectators and lockers on. There was
much boisterous shouting on both sides, the
whites for Etheridge aud the negroes for
! Brownlow.
| After the rear of the negro column had
| passed the Powell Hotel" now occupied
| by Capt. Pace, and in front of which
| large number Of citizens. were standing,
according to our informants, mulatto,
near the rear of the procession and about
thirty feet from the hotel, turned and fired
into the crowd standing there. This shot
was Immediately returned by dozen or
more pistol shots from the whites. There
upon the negroes returned volley, when
one of the whites fell mortally wounded.
| IIa Er1p.r fl,,r, L,,,y,. 81
groes taking to their heels, turning and
firing as they ran, and scampering ont OF
town in every direction az fast as possible.
The scene was one of the widest descrip-
tiOn--unarmed men seeking refuge, and
women and children screaming with
alright and terror.
| The result Of this murderous assault was
the instant death of jesse York, of Rus
sellville, formerly a soldier in the United
States army in its late war against the re-
bellious States, who was killed on the sec
ond fire of the negroes; also the serious
wounding, in the left shoulder, of Lieuten-
ant David Rhea, who resided near RUSSELL
Vile. Both these men, old Federal sol
diers as they were, we are proud to add,
were Conservatives.
| We understand that one white Radical,
who was in company with the negroes, wes
severely wounded But what was his
name, or the extent Of his injuries, we could
not learn.
Six negroes, one receiving a broken leg
and another broken arm, with four Others
less seriously injured are reported, whose
names we could not gather.
We give the above just as we received il
from eye-witnesses. We have no time
for comment. In fact, such occurrences OF
horror and bloodshed need none.
We doubt not the Radicals will endeav-
or to peryert this affair, and excuse the
wanton staying of a white soldier and the
wounding Of another by negroes. O
course they will.
STILL ANOTHER VERSION.
The Chattanooga American Union, o
yesterday, is permitted to take from pri
vate letter received in that city, the par
ticuIars Of the riot, from which We subioiI
the following;
After the speaking was over, the Conserv
atives accompanied Mr.. Etheridge to III,
old Edmon's Hotel, and in about half ar
hour the Radical league, numbering abou
thIee huhuIeu, Cdut haINulHb alohs
They suddenly fired volley and com
menoed firing right and left The Con.
servatives, though thrown into great con,
fusion By this unpToyoked attack, soon raj
lied and gave them battle, and put tht
leacuers most of whom were negroes, {,
flight. The fight lasted about five minutes
during which time there was one man killed
one mortally wounded and eight severeH
and slightly wounded The man who wa
killed was Conservative named York
The one MORALLY wounded was also Con
seryatiye. There were i've negroes and
three white men wounded. One negr
had his leg amputated the same evening b,
DE-. Walker
Aher their repulse the Radicals rallie,
on the hill at Bradley's, bat John VOL