Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-01-11
THE RIOT AT Pulaski.

a very unfortunate anu rather serious
collision occurred here on the evening Of
the 7th inst, between some white and black
men, in which one of the former and sev-
eral of the latter were wounded. The diff
Guilty originated in quarrel between Mr..
Calvin Lambeth, merchant of this place
and negro BY the name Of Calvin Carter.
Last summer this negro went into Mr.. Us.
store, and from some cause difficulty oc-
Cured, and in Pursuance of the right
every man has Of protecting his premises,
thought properto expel him from the house
with a kick. Ever since this occurrence
the negro and several of his friends have
been openly making serious threats against
Mr.. L., and on the night before this occur
renee, grossly insuited and threatened him
on the street, whereupon Mr.. L. sought to
chastise his insulter, but he fed Again on
the morning of the afiray, he menaced Mr..
l.. in front of his own door, and when Mr..
L. would have chastised him again, fed
Finally, during the day, large crowd of
negroes congregated st a negro drinking
saloon Immediately opposite the house
of Mr. J.. They were drinking and
carousing and making many threat
ening demonstrations and remarks, in
tended for Mr.. H.; he, (Mr. ~
happening to pass by the grocery was met
by a negro making threatening demonstras
tons towards him, which he resented and
demanded explanations quarrel eRsued,
in which pistol was drawn upon Mr. L.,
and snapped at him-whereupon he drew
his pistol aad fred at the negro, who ran
into the house, Mr. J.. following Another
negro then appeared and fred upon Lam
beth. Mr.. l., who had stepped out upon
the street, returned the fire. Several of
Mr.. Lambeth's friends, seeing him in a
difficulty, ran to his assistance, and many
other negroes appeared upon the opposite
side. The negroes again made the attack
by firing at Lambeth, whereupon he and
two or three friends returned the fire. The
negroes retreated into the grocery and the
whites ceased hiring; but the negroes in a
few moments re-appeared, having been re,
inforced by Orange Rodes and Others and
made another attack-Orange swapping
pistol at the whites. The whites returned
the fire, some more of Lambeth's friends
having come to his assistance, whereupon
number Of shots were fired from each
side, but the negroes being much worsted,
retreated in bad order, and there was no
more fighting
There were six negroes wounded-two
of them seriously-one of whom, Orange
Rodes, has since died. Another is very
badly shot, the rest are slightly wounded
One white man received a small shot in
one of his fngers-a very slight injury.
This was the extent of the casualties
We have given the above facts as we re-
ceived them from what we consider good
authOrity-from persons who were upon
the ground and saw the transaction. IThe
whole matter was Investigated by a COM
hitting court, yesterday, but the result of
this investigation, or the facts proven, we
were not able to procure before going to
press.
From all the facts and circumstances we
are satisfied that this difficulty was sought
and desired by the blacks, so far as the at
tack upon Mr.. Lambeth is concerned, and
that they were organized and prepared for,
and had assembled at this grocery for that
purpose. Some circumstances to prove it
are that the negroes, about twenty-five in
number, were we'll armed-most of them
there at the beginning, the others appear
ing as soon as the ARRAY began, and all
showed a disposition to prosecute it to the
bitter end. On the other hand, there
seemed to be no concert of action on the
part Of Lambeth's friends, az Lambeth was
entirely alone when the difficulty began,
and it was some time before his friends APP
peared, and many of them came entirely
unarmed, and ran for their arms alter
wards. There were only six or seven of
them altogether
We were pleased to hear that many of
o,,r old oitiray,c mara y1por 20 rroupd opd
exposing themselves to great danger in
their efforts to suppress and quell the dis.
turbance, among whom we may mention
Major Thomas NJ. Jones, Major Amos r.
Richardson, Major Ballentine, Major Ay
NETT, chief of police, Mr.. Malone. and
Sheriff Peden, the latter Of whom prompts
ly arrested the whole party of whites and
all the blacks that could be identified.
We are sorry indeed to chronicle this af
fair, and sorry that such thing should
have occurred in our community but
hope that it has resulted in some good and
taught lesson which will prevent a repe~
ton of such a scene. We hope that the
negroes will learn the lesson, that it is to
their interest to cultivate amicabe rela-
tions with the whites Of this country, and
when one of their color has difficulty
with white man, be he right or wrong,
that they are not iustifable in banding
themselves together to defend him ii Ct
arms.
Many fears were entertained of re-
newal of this difficulty, as the negroes had
made some threats, but our energetic city
authorities promptly organized a special
police, which has been on duty since, and
we hope there ia no danger of further
trouble.
LATER.-Since the foregoing was put in
type, the parties arrested have been bound
over in bonds of $1,000 each, to appear at
the next term of the Circuit Court Four
teen white men were arrested, two of whom
proved an alibi the others waving an ex~
animation. Eight negroes were arrested,
two of whom were discharged, two bound
over, three not able to appear, and one was
reported dead.
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