The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1868-12-30
80 For the Standard.
The Recent Disturbance at Charlotte.

I The Recent Disturbance at Charlotte.
: CHARLOTTE, N. G., Dec. %, 1858.
The city of Charlotte has for several DAYS
been the scene uf the highest excitement.
] caused by shooting affray which, tnok
1 place on last Friday evening The victim
J VAS James A. Gleason. a leading desperate
: r the Ku Kiux organization. The facts us
'lear rs We can gssalherstlic are as folInws
! little before, night On the above named
tay'Aa wllitesanan from the country l,v some
'heal's ydl,tuinediap picket book belonging to
css'i"red hoy, ~, apple vender; the boy de-
manaed the pocket book and several words
(, passed between them, when the man knock
; Ell unknown and was kicking him when 4
coioreu policemen came up and arrested
poti. Gleason with several others of lis
Clan, who it is said had sworn that no
'sch'te ssan' should be arrested lsy s,niq-
/; ger Potttcaaan,o came up and rescued the
WHITE man. At this stage White police
man came up, arrested Gleason and took
INN ia the Mayors office. The parties who
had interfrrel in thestreet followed them to
the Mayors office, it is thought for the pur-
pose OF interfering with the proceedings
and prohably-to make, an assault ON the In
yestlgating parties. L. Dunlop, while ON
the witness stand was called by one of the
party a Cd d-n son of b--h." Dun
lop replied, am no more OF one than YOU
are. Gleason tnok it up and several anply
words passed between him and Dunlop,
when Gleason Git is said) threw. his pis-
tol and fred at Dunlop. missing him. Dun
lop then fired twice at Gleason, both balls
taking effect. Gleason ran out of the Court
House, fell, and died in a short time.
1t is DrOner (as wiSh r., tain liz, e,ot. =,
have gathered thcm) to say that Gleasin's
friends now claim that he did not sheet at
all, although at the time it was generally
admitted that he did. s .,si s.s'se
| Dunlop being considered the desperate
of the Republican party, and Gleason the
same OF the Conservative party in this town,
ms (laeas"n's) party will do everything in
their power to convict Dunlop 0f murtler
For the good of society, and that the
ends OF justice may be suLscrved, it is to he
regretted that Caste. prsjntllce and politics
should enter so conspicuously in matters of
this kind. 1t makes martyrs of men who
have no claim whatever to The title, and Gre
ates sympathy for men whose acts none can
justify. This whole thing grew out of pnli-
tics, or determination on the part of So
called Conservatives not til submit to the
present ordcr Of things They are deter
mined that colored men shall not act as DO.
liccmen IN this town.
Dunlap was arrested and put in prison.
On Saturday evening a report was raised
thatjB. Schenck, a colored policeman, had
struck Gleason a blow after he was shot,
which would have caused death Schenck
was therefore arrested and put in prison.
Shortly alter it was reported that Gleason's
friends were going to take the prisoners out
and lynch them The excitement was in
tense all night long. but on Sabbath morn
ing it was hoped that the worst was over.
The day passed off Quietly, but white men
were heard to say that after Gleason was
buried they would 'give the niggers hell"
Threatening expressions we've heard from
squads of men VINO were seen about
the streets shortly after dark. hut the
masses, both White and coIored, went
to their respective churches quietly
Just after services commenced in the white
Methodist Church, which is next to the Jail,
it IS said that u little boy ran into the church
and shouted at the top of his voice that they
were going To take the prisoners out of Jail.
In ten minutes time the same report had
been made ut every church in the town, and
the congregations poured into the streets
amid the widest confusion. In short time
the masses received weapons of every de-
scription, and it was feared that terrible
collision would ensue, but by the efforts of
those who were determined to keep the
peace, it was avoided.
That the cons regations of eight or nine
churches could thus he thrown together in
80 short a time, under such exciting circum-
stances, and no collision take place, is due
! to the fact ttIut !" iarS maj..ri.y of the white
and colored citizens of the town are deter
mined that law and order shall lie main
tanned, land the colored people here, very
unlike those in Georgia and Alabama, where
massacrcs have taken place, are determined
that their rights shall be respected.
Quiet has now been restored. Schenck
has Ieen admitted to hail in the sum of
81 900. As an evidence of the good char
acter he bears in this community, the sigma
lures to his bonds are worth over 100000
And we are told that he could have got
million of dollars. ii necessary.
Dunlop, we are inclined to think, will not
nc admitted to bail, and probably it is best
that he should not be.
VERITAS.