The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-05

OF this amount is to be applied to the payment
of the present bonded debt cf the company.
The bill also authorizes an additional guaran.
tee by the State of bonds to Che amount Of
three million dollars, none Of which bonds are
to be used unless Congress or capitalists ad-
vance three million dollars in currency on the
faith Of the said bonds. All the property and
franchises of tie Blue Ridge Railroad are mort
gagged to secure the State guarantee.
A resolution to adjourn on the 18th instant,
was indefinitely postponed.
Along and violent discussion took place on the
bill for the codication of tho statute laws of the
State. Corbin, Rutland and Whipper were
nounced the commissioners as incompetent,
and said tn State had better pay them twenty
thousand dollars to let the work alone, than
four thousand to undertake it.
In the Senate, Leslie in bitter speech, ex-
POSED the Barnwell Republicans who had re-
quested him to resign. The Republican sena-
tors are very much mortified at the exposure
and the degradation Of their party.
The following is the report made by Mr..
Hubbard, the State Constable, in regard to the
recent affray at Santuc, in Union District
Having been rrdered by you to Union Coun-
| ty to investigate the riot OF the 26th of Au-
gust, and the alleged riotous conduct of por
tion of the citizens Of said county, and the
cause, or causes, trom which the difficulties
originated, after careful investigation OF the
facts obtained from the white and colored citi-
zens of said county, I most respectfully beg
| leave to make the following report
1t seems that for soEae time past one john
Bates, o colored citizen OF Union County, has
! claimed to be an officer, ordering large bodies
| OF armed colored men to assemble and drill,
| marching and countermarchng in different
portions of the county, practicing target shoot
ing and often discharging firearms on the pub
lie highways, thereby causing the white citi-
zens to appreheud danger to their persons and
property, and to protest against such proceed
ings, making no objections to the colored men
meeting, provided they met rnarmed. 1t also
appears tnat John Bates orders colored men
to guard him from place to place, and at night
many Of them gong from eight to ten miles to
guard him, thus causing valuable time to be
lost to the employers, and detrimental to the
employees and farming interest in that vicinity.
On the morning Of the 26th ultlmo, difficult
ty occurred between white and colored
citizen at Santuc depot in Union County,
which resulted in the white man being cut by
his pistol ut the same time upon the white
citizens who did all they could t, quiet the
difficulty instead Of encouraging it, which l
think is greatly in their favor, end showed they
desired peace.
On the same afternoon the colored men be-
gan to assemble at the depot, many being
armed, coming IN armed squads. After they
arrived all who were not armed returned some
one hundred yards from the depot and cut
large clubs. The white citizens, seeing this
and fearing difficulty, requested the colored
persons to dlsperse, pledEing net to molest
Bates on his arrival; but the coored men
swore they would not leave until John Bates
arrived.
On the arrival of the train. Bates guard met
him, and after some words between him and
white man, in which both declared th ey were
for peace, they started in different directions,
when gun was discharged from the ranks of
Bates guard. Some declared to me that it
was accidental; others say purposely, and that
some one called out at the same time, '.D-n
you, if you want fight, come on" AT this
time the white men We're standing with their
backs to the guard whereupou they turDed
and fired, woundlng several of the. guard and
dispensing them. One OF the guard is severely
wounded in the thigh, and said that he would
not have been there If Bates had not ordered
him to meet him, having promised them bacon,
at the same time saying that your E4cellency
was to furnish him with ton Thousand pounds
to feeaxhe Union League. examined several
of the 6iored men, aud lind that no reason can
be given for their armed meetings, except that
Bates or1ers them. and they must ob,y him.
On Saturday, after the riot, some three hun
dred assembled at Slntuc, many being armed.
at the same time the citizens of that vicinity
assembled at Santqc depot, and sent peace
delegation to the colored lien, desiring them to
send out peace delegates to settle the difficulty.
After discussing the matter, eachparty agreed
to meet III the future without arms, and that
10 one should 60 armed at any public meet
to interfere with any meetings, or with John
Bates.
In the evening Bates arrived, and said peace
was made without consulting him, and with
out his orders, and that it should not stand,
whereupon a number Of negroes went as Bates
directed, utterly disregarding the agreement
they had "signed" in The morning, and on the
next day Sunday Bates was escorted through
the county with an armed guard numbering
from fourteen to twenty.
I met some colored men who stated that
Bates would not allow them to stand to the
treaty.
am perfectly satisfied that one Of the causes
Of the recent troubles IN Union County grew
out Of assembling Of large bodies of colored
men, thereby causing many white citizens to
arm themselves, who, under other crcurn-
stances, would have been unarmed; and I am
satisfied it Is for the ntei est Of both races and
the peace of tho county that all armed demon
strations should be sunnnnrcc.sed Immediately,
made no arrests, believing it better to re-
rort ths case to your Excelency, and Tor you
to take such further action as you deem ne
cessary.
also submit to you several atadavits bear
Inc On the facts. could have obtained many
others, but did not consider 1t necessary.
(Sigued) JOHN B. HUBBARD,
State Constable.