The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-27

II TIE NEGRO RIOT NEAR WAITERBoRo-iHt
CoLoRrp TRoops C1PruREi THE .RIoTERs.-We
have obtained, from a apriivate letter, the parti
cuiars Of the riot which took place near Bis.
selYs, store, on the Savannah and Charleston
Railroad, on Monday last. The, disturbance
did not end in any LOGS Of life, but it proved
| the existence OF q lawless and mutinous spiril
on the part Of the negroes, and that the color.
ed troops are ready to fire on their own race
when ordered to do 30. .G1se.
On Thursday there, wss big speaking to
the negroes at White Hall, and on Friday or
de,s we're given that al the hands at Cypress,
MIR. Lowndes', MIR. Warren's and at othel
places, should meet at White Hall, under pair
Of arrest for not attending. On Sunday Mr
BisseIl and Mr.. Blair were called on by Mr
Campbell to go over to Lowndes' place, to pre-
vent meeting which was to be held there
MIR. Campbell said that there was company
Of negroes formed aud armed, in readiness te
hang his negro foreman for whipping little
boy, who went to sleepinstead of attending te
his business. The was only hit twice
Upon consultation Mr.. Campbell made an afa.
dsyit of the facts, which was taken by Mr.
iBissell to WATERFORD, "twenty miles in two
hours" The magistrate and sheriff could dc
nothing, but the Colonel commanding the post
ordered down a detachment Of twenty
colored soldiers, who reached Bissells store
at one o'clock on Monday morning.
In the meanwhile it had been ascertained
that MIR. Campbell had rescued the foreman
from the mob. and that all the negroes on the
place were under arms. .
During the night the. negro sentinels notified
their leaders Of the arrival OF the troops, but
at. Daylight the. detachment made dash upon
the party. There WAS great deal Of running
and screaming, and some little firing. A good
many negroes were captured with their captain.
ION Tuesday morning an attempt was made
to arrest Brutus Rutledge, the captain OF the
mob, but he was said to have gone to Walter
boro' to give htmsef up.
The writer in conclusion says: "All the
hands are now at work; there will be no more
danger down here for years to come"
We have also received the following informa-
tion:
On their way down the troops we're fired at,
and returned the fire. They arrested ten or
more negroes. Upon the march back the ad-
vance guard was some distance in front Of the
main body. A negro preacher named Solomon
Spears ran out from the bushes in front OF the
advance guard, ordered it to halt and demanded
the release OF the prisoners. He had fifteen
negroes with him, and ordered them to fire
upon the guard when his demand was not ac-
ceded to. The main body of troops, however,
came up, and all the negroes were quietly ar
rested. We understand that the troops were
fred on five times in all, and that altogether
twenty:three negroes wsre arrested. The COL
ored troops behaved very well.
Pompey Gaillard, one of the ringleaders, is the
came negro who has been advising the hands on
the Combahee to strike for 81 a day wages.
We learn that the guard was set across the
avenue to Mr. Not. Heyward's place, and no one
was allowed to- go there to work because this
modest request was not granted.