The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-08-04
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with them from there to the en-.
gine house. 1t was then agreed
that the band should remain be-
hind with the Carolina Climb. The
Savannah Club started to the hctei,
and the Carolina Club joined in.
line on the Green, and headed by
the band, marched towards the
main gate on Calhoun.street.
When the disturbance first com.
meDced there were not over a tsou.
sand negro men present, but by
this time there were fully twenty
five hundred. When the band
reached the gate, the negroes
crowded mp and commenced an
nnprovoked assault upon the mem.
bers of the band, calling them
Democrats, and throwing rocks
and pieces of bricks at them. Three
of the band were struck with the
missiles. The player OH the trum-
bone seized that instrument by
the small end with both hands and
swung it around, knocking down
seven or eight of the assailants.
just at this moment a young gen
tleman fired in rapid succession
three shots from his revolver,
which, though doing no damage,
had the effect of sta,npeding the
negroes-not one being within pis-
tol range when the last shot was fir
cd. 1t is proper to state that two
shots were fired from the street
where the negroes were previous
to the firing of the three shots
mentioned. The three colored
men were then carried into the
Citadel, where the surgeon dress.
ed the wounds, none being of a
serious character.
The wounded members of the
band are as named: w. Ii. Wood
house, wounded in the head Ben
jamin Morell, in the stomach r.
II. Burke, in the head.
AS soon as this assault was made
the military marched out in strong
force anu drove the crowd from of
the corners. In this work they
were aided by the police.
Mayor Pillsbury rode up at this
point, and upon being asked what
was to be done, replied that he did
not know, as he was perfectly pow.
erless, the police force being mad
equate to quell the riot. lie then
drove Off general Robert III. An
derson, Chief of the Savannah Po
lice, on learning this, went to Col
orel Eddy, who was an officer in
the old army with him, and asked
him to furnish protection for the
band, to which request, as we
learn, Colonel Eddy replied that
he would comply if the Mayor sta
ted that it was necessary, or would
request it officially. The Mayor
returned shortly after his depar.
ture, and requested the services o.
the military. Colonel Eddy de
tailed about sixty men, under com
mand OF Lieutenant Savage anc
4 Lynch, to escort the clubs and banG
down. The line was then formed
in the following order: Squad
of soldiers, band, squad of soldiers
members and friends of the Caro-
lima Club, omnibus containing
wounded members of the band
squad of soldiers on each sid,
were squads of the police and de
tective forces. The line then pro
ceeded into Calhoun street, dowr
{ that to King, down King to Went
worth, up Wentworth to Meeting
down Meeting to the Charleston
Hotel.
When the line marched ont @
the gate some of the negroes com
, menced yelling: "The soldier
{ have got all of the band and Clu'
men under. arrest" and then tn
, mob set up atremendous cheering
and ran mp and down in the mos
excited manner. At the corner {
King and Calhoun.streets a nun
> ber of them threw stones at III
3 line, but upon the soldiers facin
about, ran of. With this nxce,
/. tion there was no interruptio
, until after leaving the hotel. Dul
, ing this march the band playe
) :" Dixie" Bonnie Blue Flag,
and other favorite Southern tune
which the negroes greeted wit
. misses, boots of derision and groan
A SEA captain trading regularl
!. 20 the African coast, was invited
meet q committee of a society f,
!, the avang elization of Afric
Among numerous questions toucl
inn tlIa ralinion of Tho A frs