Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-23
The following was received here to- day /:
Arr ANTI. n. Cant %
Horrible Riot i'm Mitchell County,
Georgia ia-.Seventy-fve 10 One
Hundred Negroes KILLED and
Wounded-The Negroes the Ag-
gressors-Carpet-Baggers the In.
stigafors.
AUGUSTA. GA. Sent. %

A fearful riot occurred at Cannelton, the
county seat of Mitchell county, Georgia,
on last Saturday. The following particu-
lars have been telegraphed from Balm
bridge, twenty four miles from the scene of
the riot: ~
Mr.. Pierce, the Radical candidate for
Congress, and Mr.. Murphy, ex-Bureau
agent, with about two hundred negroes,
armed and equipped, started on
Friday, for Camilla, with three weeks pro-
visions and boxes of new arms and ac-
couterments, their intention being to over
awe the citizens. r.
Before starting some friendly negro ex-
posed their plans, and negro courier was
dispatched to Camilla to inform the citi-
zens what was going on. Adaptation of
three prominent citizens met the mob at q
church, five miles from town. The Gov
ernor's proclamation forbidding armed Or
ganizations was read. The mob paid no
attention to it, but determined to march
on.
Again the deputation demonstrated, en-
treating the negroes to come in without
arms and they should not be molested.-
Their efforts were fruitless to dissuade the
negroes, and the mob marched into the
town with banners flying and drums beat
sng. They now numbered 450, many hav-
ing Joined them on the route. The mob
halted and clamored for man named
Johns. Johns, in company with DR.. Swiftly.
presented himself, when hundred guns
were leVeled at them.
Johns being intoxicated, fired, and the
rest commenced, the mob firing at every
one they could see. The citizens, white
and colored, rallied, and, gathering about
fifty stand of arms, the mob was vigorous
ly astacked, driven back and panic strick-
en- took to flight. The negroes were pur-
sued five miles, losing thirty-five killed and
many wounded. Their total loss, so tar as
ascertained, will be from IS to 100 in killed
and wounded.
Owing to ihe panic among the mob, only
five whites were severely wounded.
The colored citizens of the town are re-
ported to have rallied promptly with the
whites in defeating the mob. The stores
and munitions of the latter were captured.
At last accounts Camilla was quiet.
AUGUSTA, GA, Sept. 81.
News of the riot at Camilla caused some
excitement here. 1t is known that the ne
groes are armed throughout the State, but
the whites have no serious fears of dis
turbance if the negroes are not precipita-
ted into riots through pernicious counsels
and violent appeals to their passions.
Other Accounts.
The Tribune's Atlanta special telegram,
from a bitter Radical source, says of
the Camilla riot: When near the town
the Republican speakers we're met by
rebels, mounted and armed, who warned
them not to 60 into town They went on
and were soon met by the Sheriff of the
county, who informed them that the peo-
pie would not allow a Radical to speak in
Camilla. They persisted, however, and on
reaching the Court House they and their
friends were assaulted by a mob. Col.
Pierce was dangerously shot. Capt. Muir
ply is badly hurt, and many more of the
| Renuhlicans were killed and wounded.
A large majority of the Republicans
were colored men, who, obedient to Gov.
Bullock's proclamation of the 14th inst,
| had left their arms at home. Official re-
ports place the number of killed and
wounded at fifty. These outrages are being
perpetrated all over the State. Gov. Bull
lock sent a strong message to the Legisla-
lure this afternoon, accompanied by an
official report of the riot, from Major How
ard, U. S. A., commanding the subdistrict,
and recommending the Legislature to call
on the President for troops to suppress the
insurrection and enforce the laws of the
State. A resolution was offered in each
House, calling ON the President to furnish
sufficient military force to preserve the
peace. &C., but it was voted down in both
Houses, and the Governors message refer
red, where it will lie buried. q
ATLANTA, Sept. %.
Two accounts of the riot at Camilla are
received, one from a freedman, through
Major Howard, Assistant Commissioner OF
; the Freedmen's Bureau, and one from Sher.
if Poor, Of Mitchell county. Major How
ard says: Ishmael Lunnor, freedman
states that he left Camilla In the afternoon
of the 18th. that in the forenoon OF that
Iday he approached Camilla with John
Murphy, William r. Pearce. candidate fol
/. Congress for the I'd district, and T. F