Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-23

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milla, where Pearce and Murphy
were to deliver political addresses. UpoI
approaching Camilla, the orator being II.
advance, was aeeosted by an armed ans
mounted white man, who at first state,
that he was in search Of e Doctor to at
tend freedman, hurt by falling tire,
but who subsequently, stated that he wa
acourier and advised the party not to 9,
TO town; that the people were .determinet'
radicals should not speak there:
that notwithstanding the warning tn,
party moved son, when they were met b,
ne Sheriff and possee, who accosted Cap
iain Pearce, and who was assured bl
Pearce he desired and should speak in Ca
milla on political subjects. The Sheriff
endeavored to dissuade him from doing s,i
telling him the people would not permiti'
The Sheriffthen went back to Camilla and
again returned, saying he had done all il
his power to dissuade the people from vic
'ence, but with no avail, that the party
moved on to town, that Pearce and Putney
entered town. dismounted and hitched
the1r. horses at the. Court House,
that as wagon Containing music entered
the town 1t was fired on by mounted whit,
mens who had first accosted him, and sew
eral other white men, and that the freed
men then started to escape to the woods
and that Pierce attempted to rally them,
calling on them not to fly; that the coloren
men, being urarmed, woaldnot stop; the
relator being mounted dashed out of town.
passed the freedmen on foot, and passed
Pune musicians, who abandoned the wagon !;
that Murphy and Phillip Joiner, I'M bug
gy, also drove rapidly away towards
Albany, and that relator dashed ahead !;
that when about seven miles from Camilla,
the buggy containing Murphy and Joiner
was overtaken by four or five white men,
mounted and armed. The buggy was
stoppedr RS and the horses dashed
/ riderlessL . up the nlroad u towards
the relator; that he saw the pur-
\ ed that he then came as rapidly as posi-
BILE to Albany. -g .rz
The Sheriff states that Murphy
had secretly circulated an inflammatory
circular among the colored people
of the country, ordering them to bring
| At the request of citizens, Sheriff Poor.
with committee of six, met the leaders of
| the procession when marching towards
town, and assured Pearce and Murphy
! that the citizens had no objection to the
| meeting, but did object to their entering
town with arms! Murphy and Pearce said
the guns belonged to the negroes, who
were in the habit OF carrying them
| wherever they went. The Sheriff
replied that as peace officer it was his
duty to forbid the assemblage of armed
| men at political meetings,and assured them
it they entered town with their music and
banners, followed by armed men, there
would be a breach of the peece, and he
would not be responsible for the conse-
quences.
The procession moved into town headed
by Pearce and Putney in buggy, armed
with double barreled shotgun, a Spen-
Ger rifle and two pistols, with quantity
of ammunition, as was afterwards ascer-
tanned. Next came a four-house wag n,
q ha n6 nd mn hor nf ad
negroes. Next followed column of ne
gro men on foot, between three and four
hundred, attended by about twenty mount
ed outriders. AT least one-half, if not
two-thirds, were armed with guns, and
most with pistols. The music was playing
and the crowd were noisy and threatening
in their conduct. Murphy and one Philip
Jaines, a negro, were in a buggy in the
rear. .... f.l old.
James Johns, an intoxicated citizen, or
dered the music to stop, but it did not, and
the column moved on. Johns gun was
discharged, but in opposite direction from
the procession, when the column fired a
volley at Johns, but mostly at Naples
store, when six unarmed citizens were
wounded. Immediately about twenty of
our citizens sprang to their arms and
fired into the column, by which two ne
groes were killed and an unknown number
wounded. The negroes instantly broke to
thick cluster of timber, 100 yards north
of the Court House. or
/ At this point there was an attempt made
by Pearce to rally his routed forces. Our
citizens, to the number of about thirty, a
part of them being mounted, made a
charge and completely routed the whole
force, Pearce flying through the woods and
fields, and Murphy and Phil james escap-
ing in q buggy up the road toward Albany,
Several negroes were killed, and from
the best information we have been able to
procure, between 80 and 40 were wounded,
all of whom have been properly cared for.
+ The Sheriff goes on to express the regret
the citizens of Camilla entertain at the
necessity which brought about the occur
rence' disayowing all intention of violating
the laws of the State in what was done,
and the citizens still think it was their duty
to obey the orders of the Sheriff to break
up the unlawful assemblage. While they
say the consequences are to be regretted,
they do not boast Of what was done by our
people. We feel that they have but dis
charged a painful duty, imposed upon them
by wicked and corrupted men now engage
ed in leading astray, into acts of lawless-
ness, the colored people of our country.
The blame of the whole affair is put on
Pierce and Murphy, and the citizens ap-
peal to the law-making powers of the State
Government and the authorities of the
United States to- check the progress of
these strolling criminals that are prowl-
ing about houses and disturbing the peace
and quiet of our war-stricken people. DE
The above account of the Sheriff is sad
pressed to the members of the Legislature.
7-eas-.r LOO. F. G q b --G
,.5,' elr 7se BALTIMORE, Sept. %.
All the States and Territories and On
tario were represented at the annual meet
ing of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
here yesterday. Reports from the Grand
Sire and Grand Secretary show the order
to be in a flourishing condition.
The additional reception to the aid of the
Southern Relief Fund amounts to $3,12l.
.y-ur..a. lr-t Fire. b..
Richards and Verplank's kerosene fac
tory, Jersey City, was burned this morn
ing by explosion. The engineer and three
were burned. Loss twenty thousand dol
lars. - -. ...r.- RI .r... 57,-. b.
.lr to7r ~ Trot. sd ditto
~, ...aeeios BUFFALO, Sept. %.
| A trot for two thousand comes off here
next Monday, between Mountain Boy and
Lady Thorn. ..-# ast
PITTSBURGH, Sept. %.
River six feet and rising, Weather wet !;
steady rain all morning. ---s1
'.,sa. -'raa. .. Failed. --.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Sept. %.
| Moses w. Esley failed to walk fifty miles
| in ten hours, giving out on the forty-first
mile, with two hours to complete the task.
| ... -I Butler -. -sE-s.-r--ss- =
' SALEM, MASS, Sept. %.
| A call is in circulation, receiving many
signatures throughout towns in the dis
triet, for an organized opposition to the
nomination OF Butler to Congress.
| Accident.
| CGsE ass rlGa ELMIRA, Sept. o., :
| AS the funeral procession OF Mrs. Carr
| was crossing the Erie railway, one mile