The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-06
Another Outrage.
A PASSENGER COACH FIRED INTO ON THE SOUTH
CAROLINA RAILROAD NEAR LEwIsvuLE-TH
MsCREANTs NOT YET ARRESTED.

riotous and insubordinate conduct Of the freed
men in their vicinity; and an outrage was COM
mitted on Saturday night which could only
| have been intended to cause the death Of some
inoffensive and innocent passengers on the
South Carolina Railroad.
Ths night express train left Columbia as
usual at 8 P. NJ, Saturday, and on the way
down there was general conversation among
the passengers upon the subject of the appre-
hended disturbance at Fort Motto, reported in
the DAILY NEWS of Saturday. Some persons
evidently anticipated trouble, but the opinion
Of the majority was that the military authori-
ties would promptly put down any movement
that threatened the security OF the State or
breach Of the public peace.
At Lewisville, thirty EIGHT miles from Colum-
bia, the train arrived at 645 P. NJ. Nothing
unusual took place, but as the train passed
the colored church, about quarter of mile
this side of Lewisville, two shots were fired
into the passenger car at the rear end Of the
train. Conductor Evans was in the car col
lecting the fares Of the passengers, and he in
stantly ran out on the platform. Nothing was
to be seen, and, as he found that nobody WAS
hurt, the train was not stopped.
Upon examination it WAS seen that the win
dows in the rear of the car were shattered, and
that the door WAS peppered with shot. There
were two bullet holes in the ceiling, and q
number Of shot were picked up that had fallen
on the floor. It was evident that the persons
who fred had run out on the track as the train
passed and had delivered their fire while close
to it. To this fact WAS due the safety of the
passengers, as the shot all ranged upwards
and passed towards the roof. The weapon used
is supposed to have been an ordinary smooth
bore musket, and the charge buckshot and
ball.
WHO DID THE DEED2
The men who did the deed are not known,
and it is difficult to assign any satisfactory
cause for so unprovoked an attempt at muir
der. Major W. 81. q. Holton, agent Of the
Freedmen's Bureau at Orangeburg, got on the
train at Lewisville, and one supposition is that
the shots were fired at him. Whether this be
80 or not, Major Holton had narrow escape,
as one of the balls passed within an inch or
two Of his ear. Another supposition was that
conductor Evans was the person attacked, as
he had on the previous trip put off at Lewis
vile some negroes who had refused to pay
their fare.
THE CAUSE.
Az is well known, the. freedmen in the up
country, as we'll as in the low, are nearly uni
versally armed. They will spend money for
brass pistols and common muskets which
should be spent for bread; and scarcely day
passes that q bundle Of muskets is not taken
up by the freedmen on the night trains OF the
South Carolina Railroad. Arms they are de-
termined to have, and it seems that they are
also determined to use them. Possession OF
firearms makes the negroes intolerably inso-
lent, and produces such exhibitions as those
which have lately taken place at Fort Motto
and Lewisville.
THE REMEDY.
By General Orders No 10, the carrying Of
deadly weapons is strictly prohibited, and this
prohibition applies to white and black alike.
But this order is not enforced. The negroes
carry firearms at ell times and upon all occa-
sions. They parade with them and make
boast of them, while the white man, who de-
sires to obey the law, goes unarmed, and, If
STACKED, is without any efectual means OF
defending himself.
The military authorities may not know this,
but civilians throughout the State know it to
their cost. Only two nights ago the stable OF
an old white woman at Summerville was fired
into, and her horse, her only means Of support,
instantly killed. Cattle and hogs ell over the
country are being shot down, and, to cover the
whole, comes such an infamous act as that
which we now chronicle.
General Candy and the military authorities
are here for the protection Of life and property;
they are here to prevent the commission OF
deeds of violence and blood. They have hither-
to shown vigilance and promptitude in an
swering reasonable complaints, and we call
upon them now to have every provision Of the
order prohibiting the carrying OF deadly weap-
ons rigidly enforced, so that there may be some
safety from sudden brawls and the shot Of the
midnight assassin. It will not do to allow
she t-guns to be carried. A shotgun loaded
with buckshot is more deadly weapon than
Springfield rifle. Every kind OF deadly weapon
must be taken away or kept at home, and the
beginning should be made in the District in
which Fort Motto and Lewisville unfortunately
lie. This the public peace and public safety de-
mands, and to the military authorities do we
now look for that safety and quiet which we are
not permitted to secure to ourselves.
SEND Your COTTON TO CHARLEsToN.-The
Greenville Enterprise gives the following sound
advice to the up country planters: ''We again
refer to the advantages Of sending cotton to
Charleston, where the price is much better
than in Augusta The Greenville and Colum-
bia Railroad, and the South Carolina have
wisely and generously reduced their freights to
a moderate rate. Cotton is a full cent on the
pound higher in Charleston, on the average,
NM.