, 1869-08-02
TROUBLE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Negro Militia Called Out-Thcy Oc.
eupy Edgcfle1d Court IIouAc.

Ffon the At1rlssa tGo.l cAypHtts {rfdxh, IulJ -
On yesterday morning, uhl!e tho Barn veil
on tho etrrctA OF our Clty, another report OF
trouble IN another county Ut tho same unfortunate
State. South casolsna, was freely eaFcu'a'ed M The
aLd ttated thai = ne5ce 1un1ict between
The whites aud blacks bad saken plaee on
Eigeneid County; that Governor bcott ind called
Out the negro militia. and Ind placed The county
under martha! law: that the in!tts, after blood!
contest With The whites, had tAtcu the town aud
still he'd It In thciE possession, etc Alter good
deal Of tronh1c our reporter managed 70 1nh
gentleman Just from E1fRcneid Co4Et House. who
gave httu ihfl particularly nt tho whole Bf1ar tut
htated that there had been no nshtins stp to the
time OF his leaving the village, though much
rcngcrs On the evening Train of The Charlotte. CO.
lunbta 4 Augusta 1tnirbtd coAtr1u ouE infnEm-
aut = story, ahd NC believe 'nat ou1 feaacfs @l1
md II ont1rt!y correct
Eone weeks aluce lhcre wAa murder cGm1ni-
led in the county, and two negroes wesc victims.
the mur.Icrcr4, still three white Ipen were arrested
by the conns! authorities upon Esi+hcion ani
lodged ln the jail at EiGeEt!,l Court lloasc-ono
Of tliehe men an hnc-nrmch Confederate Eolsller
named LAntr. despite the prompt arrest mud
Incarceration Of these l,a1tlce, The nesroea living
around The tourt li"nsc Nsrc vefy much dist.
men ntfe slot down like 1oGs by retRl hus'l-
~l,nckrrr. and the criminals we're allowed 70 20
nupunlhhed. A white se1nNRx nnMetf Fitch
rtfger, The Coroner Of lie equity, took the part
Of tic nrgrlpt, and Il sad 10 hare afy,rcti nssi-
uoueJ to cause trouble between thu rnccs.
Through the Representations Of this nlai, It IA NJ
cHcd that tour iettctlses wrEe sent 10 thu county
from Cbuutln to work ur Tile case.
Foinr time stter nlI shls bad horpene.i. few
uIghi, and, aIcr mnkinR ngnrr Of asrau atn
s0Inr faint resemblance al !! oil ElBenbetEer =
took tf'r cI1lgy out short dstanTs -, fI'M t9"n an
was informed II this act of parcel Of boys. he
pretended 10 ,m ytrJ iurh nIhr1l,c!. and u ieas
lhat EiA .Al lie WIN enhHrgcfc1 ty tue tDarhlnn-
Inua aSkfJh Euk1uT. 1TANttY hacking 1IR trims
Md I,outra forth h!s ef,eva1ces ,.In,n the
tnfsfnr TnK 4 fsF X o ~ 4reeiss s that to it.
ter would graft him protection II was then 10.
c,ir We ,tc !gl y ls aoseIn to 0raGF ,,,, ~.
tia. ArnA nrrr urerrd 10 te Furnished. a1',a u"
tGrnncr t!,ue nero returned to hH hofne In 1a1sr-
| neld county. citizens Of tbc tuwn asat" tlat a
frw plghts afscr his tetnrn hr entered the si!Inue
one n'rht nj a srr1 ia!r hour. r,lftolha"l " 2
sIRc ,s!{ eat q nra n,. H., a1"t Its'"e'l
| with The K,kltia l"hk Pace. lltu tho saltrni4
K'nu of l'rsm!f'd min, ,,...,,,...u
Mntshrt NJ tile hI1l an1 sHer t'nrtIct1 down.
EI.rniarsrr. ntIrr shIs pata'1e u 1,1a Sails
| ,rtr,aus, irtt l,Ia town. ~llh"nl having MI up
l",,nnny, offered for ,rH'ina III" ,nrltl" "' shr
tt, inat Th,4ts,iay uornuH larur quantity y. ~
ntAIu1s-Hf arms wtEr hhlpPna ftnIH lH1'LlhhlA Ii
Ehgrnrlf thtnty na TIN t'hariotsr, tnsIttnbtn
| AuNusln Ita,lrl,as1, ubvr tha Ctarkn ~ hlnr Ton
stau hubbard, Hht'. VI" tsa'n ntti.r'l a. l.'Is
tDuri lIa.aa. TIN ntn wrsn uHlnar'i Ut tile '1rlh
4ti,i lin la,xrs .'ruksn uI,cn. lArKn CrnH'l a
nrVsUea assr,nl!set At ttr ir,tt after fhp depart
lir~ VI tu irntn an. ir t!l4tr!bntltn nt ths arn
ronn,rucrij. lnr Informant WIZ lI0t ItosltIyn ~
to lhr nuke D. tie gnLH, hut believed Them to tt
, INT u,h,rh, AriIla wrTr t!isIrI1uir! 10 seventy
three VI lIe, Rti,l thr party marched 0tt In m
dlrect!un hf l:ftgteJd fnurt llnnse Al nloDK tn!
lint ot march hrgro recruits Iulnci itu HahlG col
ut1lp until. urUu lin FeuiInK tta town, It nuIil
! bttch several hundred tncn. l1rulcd ~ E1hcn
berger and Hubbard liz cotn,nnndtnK o(1ccH.
Arrived 1T the lown, no rs'slstantH WaA Ontrct
hy the utoGrndluR nu'l asioniAhcd cldzcnH M!
thc negroes took rcaccnhlc possession Of The VI
thr jai'. after dlbchar the Ia!lcr. place hear
guafd around It, willie lluttard went u the buld
luR aud tr1ed % force eonfeaslon from Lanic
with rryasl 10 tho busfl~ h0ckcEg who klltAl III
pegroes and MhipNI Riseubs5Ecf 9for Eiscnos' ,,tH
geT ra5s The 4. i. K: hate wh,ppcd h'm,. sinc
Tint tine ioF1s o. ,asn one ha15sd s esI1ss ran hes
fifteen men around the 1nlls md oil th
arns flave been brought from PINE
Eisepi,erEpr declares tllat they Bhsl! rcmain ttcE
un.ii the bushwhAcAeEH who ayncheI him arc n
discovered. Lie hos authority from the Gosef1o
own projection. The citizens arc behaving yer
quietly. and doing al! IN their power 10 avoid
collision 1heJ intend hoTefet ho!dlnH 'i1,t n nee =
cupAuou to Columbia and to Washington ctt.
To give aunle idea Of tha tn5asuce Of INC law
| OF the StAfc. the WlltS people att t4xEu oue H4i
tlIcd md nifty doliafs per day for The SUI
port Of these black rascals. though thei
il no EccesstiJ HhateTe: for thelf presenc,
nish.hahued outrage being the iyuchlnE {
EiscnherTer BY unlnown parties and The i!isf III
. Thtr guarding ihe jail is simply nj pErtence, {
no attempt TO rescue the prisoners has ever bee e.,
made, nor tah rescuc been threatened. III
whole aTalr Ia simply movement hy EisenberEt
to yet htrneelt made Sheriff OF the county, Wh!t
once be has long aInce desired. uur Informal
, | seemed to think, that though everything u qat
i ! now, II will require hut slight psoyocation
bring on q contest, tn which. when 1t does com
the negro troops viii be extcr1ninated. The c!1
, | xens feel that they hasc been outraged 70 IN
, nnjnt leyppd which further endurance ceases
fre a virtue and wonld become criminal
await further developments With much an1tet