The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-07-28

RIoEs m CHARLESTON. extract
fromthe Charleston .Ne,cs the following
summary of an attack by number Of
negroes upon a colored band accompany.
ing q Savannah base ball club on visit
tothat city: 2 q
During the game the police expe.
rienoed considerable difficulty in pre-
venting the crowd from trespassing upon
the ground allotted to the players. I'm
mediately after the close of the game, it
was requested that the crowd should be
made to move back. The police COM
menced to perform this unpleasant duty,
bnt their force was too small. Major
Ogilby, of the United States Army, was
requested to send some of his soldiers to
the aid Of the police. He consented,
and six enarned soldiers came up. The
work of forcing the crowd back over the
rope stretched on the Meeting street side
of the Green commenced. During this
movement, mulatto, named Rafe
Lizard, became very disorderly and in E.
solent to policeman, who, after request
ing him to behave, arrested him, where
upon Rafe struck the policeman and
endeavored to get away. Then ensued
a general melee, during which the DO
lice resisted the efforts of the negroes to
rescue Rafe, striking them over the
head with their clubs. The six soldiers
seized the base ball bats lying about.
and rushed to the. assistance Of the DO
lice. Major Ogilby endeavored to stop
the melee, but his efforts were of course
futile. The negroes were rapidly rein
forced, and were about to overpower the
police and their six soldier assistants,
when a squad of armed soldiers came I'D,
loading their muskets as they came.
During all this time the soldiers were
most anxious to shoot, but were restrain
ed by their oficers-Major Ogilby Mt one
tino remarking: "The man who shoots
without orders will go for" In twenty
minutes after this riot commenced.
everything was quiet. A squad of SOL
diers were stationed at the corner of
Calhoun and Meeting street, and Mt the
gate on Meeting street. Two of the
policemen were slightly injured during
this affair.
When the disturbance first commenced
there were not over 1000 negro men
present. but by this time there we're fully
$500. When the band reached the gate,
the negroes crowded up and commenced
an nnprovoked assault upon the members
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 on the
trombone seized that instrument by the
small end with both hands and swung it
around, knocking down seven or eli ght
of the assailants.
AS soon as this assault was made, the
military marched out in strong force and
drove the crowd from off the corners.
In this work they were aided by the po-
lice.
Mayor Pillsbury rode mp at this point,
and upon being asked what was to be
done, replied that he did not know, rs he
was perfectly powerless, the police force
being inadequate to quell the riot. He
then drove off. Gen. Robert H. Ander-
son, Chief of the Savannah Police, on
learning this, went to Col. 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,
Col. Eddy replied that he would comply,
if the Mayor stated that it was necessary,
or would requestit officially. The Mayor
returned shortly after his departure, and
requested the services of the military.
Colonel Eddy detailed about sixty men,
under command of Lieutenants Savage
and Lynch, to escort the clubs and band
down.
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