Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-10-09
ONO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1858

drummers and fifer. Messrs. Pierce
and Putney drove into the town, dis
/ mounted from thiir buggy and hitched
I their horse at the Court Hoase. At a
/ hundred yards from The Court House
| the band gU1g07l a0as met by the man
| Johns, acttb q d0u6le-bcrreLed shot
gan, a0hich he discharged into the 41ag-
| on, aColEadtlG t57O c0t0red men. Upon
| this there rose asp from affaer SIDE Of
the road Wpon 1Chich the cOE0red men
aCere approaching tse tos5H, q large
Number Of qUhitg men, 19fO had been
concealed in the uader rOlUth, qUbo
opened q crOss-tire alp07i taec0k0red pe0 Z
pie an the road. A few Of the eolored
people having pistols, endeaFOred to
defend themselves, but q majority Of
them fed.
Messrs. Pierce and Putney rushed
toward the eontending parties. Mr.
Pierce throwing up his hands and call
ing upon the Freedmen TO stop, say
ing, don't sag that, don't sdyatlsGE =
/ Upon, the whites, or a portion of them,
turned upon Pierce and Putney, and
fred, Wounding Mr.. Pierce IN the leg
shoulder. Both, however, took 90 the
f
tatlon of 1fessfs. Flagg and Fish, two
gentlemen from Massachusetts, at 3
O'Clock this morning.
To return to the battle or massacre
at Camilla. The freedmen who were
armed, having emptied their pistols,
fed for their liyes-suchs IS had not
already been placed b0rS da e5Hbbdt--
leaving the wounded on the ground.
The q1hites pursued, SONS Of them first
dsssginq tbemsetUes that those c0t0red
men lett on the ground agere dead by
repeated shots at their prostrate bodies,
Murphy and Jauin eBdeavofed to
escape In their buggy, bHt eight miles
from Camilla were oYertake by hVe
or six mounted men, both dismounted
from the buggy, Janin taking to the
woods and Murphy took refuge IN
deserted house, where he prepared to
sell his life as dearly as possible. His
pursuers surrounded the house, and
demanded his surrender. He refused
and told them to commence firing.
After some parley, upon solemn prom
ise that he should not be harmed, he
came out, and while talking to some of
the party, he was dealt horrible blow
upon the head, with q barrel of q gun
In the hands of another. He was then,
after some questioning and examina
tion, allowed to proceed on his way.
Up to 8 O'Clock this morning, the
people were still in pursuit of the fee.
ing and wounded, with horses and
bloodhounds.
The white people in Camilla boast
that one pond contained tJ0eJus dead
'niggers This pond is near the
house of Mr.. Dasher, some two miles
from Camilla.
One freedmen, known to your cor
respondent, stated that he laid last
night concealed IN a. a.sWamp with four
others that he heard the white men
securing the woods, shouting, cursiBg, |
and firing; THAT HE HEARD THE !
CRIES AND SHRIEKS. OF THE
NEGROES AS, THEY WE'RE |
SHOT DOWN OR TORN BY THE
BLOODHOUNDS; That tho of his |
comrades l0ho became frightened and
attempted to leave the scamp WERE |
SHOT DOWN WITHIN HIS
HEARING.
One negro who was captured in Ca
milla, and who escaped dnring the
night, was eompelled 81 his captors to |
assist in removing the dead and
wounded in the streets of Camilla, |
He assisted in putting q dead woman /
into a wagon she was thrown. his
captors told him, into dry we'll. He
also assisted in removing four badly |
wounded negroes, two Of them mortally.