The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-30
THE EDGEF1EAD NEaRo MILITIA.
GRAND MILITARY ENTREE OF HUBBARD
AND EICHELBERGER.
THEY BRING TWO HUNDRED AND F1FIY
VINCRESTE4 RIFLES

THEY BRING TWO HUNDRED AND F1F1Y
WIN CHESTER RIFLES
AS confirmatory of, and additional to, the
particulars published by US already concern
ing The unnecessary and grossly unjust out
rage perpetratod upon the quiet aud law~abId-
ing people Of Eagese!d inter the patronage
of the contemplate EicholberRer ana the in
famous Hubbard. we print the following from
the Edge6eld Advertiser:
little more whiskey and cajolery for the
ignorant and misguided blacks. and n little
more unprovoked provocatiCn for the astonish-
ed and lnsuted whites, and the quiet village
OF Edeefeld would, last week have been tho
scene CT fearful and sangulnary trapsactions,
Eda aefeld reconstructed (us is all South Caro-
lina) in the most approved Radical style, is
nov victim to tho hate, the yen"m the de-
pravity OF set of men who care not for the
and happiness of herself aud her
chlluren. hnt whosa sole objects are place,
plunder and revenge. The treachery, the
absence Of everythlug manly or honorable,
that characteriz-s the proceedings Of this sot
Of men, almost surpass belief. Il. 4. Scott. tho
all en Governor OF this State, ls either the dupe
and tool or (aS we are more inclined to think)
the Wiling helper and coadjutOr OF these men.
For the as' month, four or i've deputy State
constables have been sojourning IN our midst,
said TO have been sent here by Governor Scott.
upon the wful and malicious representation
Of the renegade Eichelbergcr, as a kind OF body
guard for tue latter. Eichelbergar having de-
serted bls own race, aud his own race having
openly and very appropriately. signlfied their
inexpressible contempt for him lis a prey to
mingled feelings OF fear and revei ge. But
/, hat any one wishes to take his life or has
threatened to do 30, is all nonsense. He was
burned in ef6gy some time ago and since then
he has beeu treated with silent contempt.
And there the matter ends. He has not been
in the slightest degree molested. and his body
which our overburdened peopl.. must pay. So
And tor the last four Saturdays our town has
been thronged with negroes, man. women.
children, idle, gaping, evidently expecting the
this time we have heard that negro company
was being raised by E'cheIbe rger. Indeed we
sn know that TN. many negroes signed Their names.
pany. On the 4th Of July, much of he dsy
was spent IN drilling.
On Thursday afternoon last, to The utter as
tonishment Of the peaceable and law abiding
citizens Of our town, two hundred and for v
guns, with ammunition according, escorted by
Hubbard, and some forty Or fifty
negroes, arrived IN Edgedeld. These negroes
had been previously warned to meet these
arms at the Pine House Depot. And many of
them, deliberately and without word Of warn
ing quilted the service of honest white men
and repaired to guard the arnlr which are to
en1oTCo rSsPoCt from sne peop.e OF Eogened
towards Elchelbergcr and his minions Nor is
that the worst. After they had guarded the
arms into the town, they quietly returned 10
the service they had 60 deliberately quilted
poss1e es;y y e the eo whe sa sd
it with CAIN dignity. just as they have stood
the many incendiary harangues and yelling
mobs that have so often-and lately toO-dis-
graced our streets, our park, our courthouse,
to the pubic square, one OF the State corsta-
bles, Ballinger by mama, said to- be commis-
stoned by Scott as captain OF E,chelberger's
company. presented to the sheriff 40 order
fsH Us the saSs;5g9 eass Phs oFdse
vas complied with And now, day and night.
arms in their hands. Fifteen or twenty delu-
ded f>ois have been seduced into this wretch
ed business. They are in regular military
aE hsy sbp pY s1d %
tary service, for IN these resious they will not
vice. The SIG month which the white peo-
arms winch are to cut their throats, is quite
enough. When we are done paying these
doughty negroes for their military service, we
should certainly wash our hands OF them. Let
Eichelberger will take them all out TO his
home and support them forever. We have no
doubt he will. E,
AS regards the militia company of one hun
dred-ali negrOes-they havo not vet actual.
" appeared upon the field. We understand,
however, that tLey are to be diligently drilled
ur ing the latter three days Of the reese ut week.
ana thus mat matters IS stand N Edgesd and
high-handed and upjus,ifiabie outrages upon
an unoffend.ng reope. The Governor derives
his authority for calling out the militia by vir-
ernor to employ on armed force S for the the pie PIE
servation Of the ,peace;" and he - therein
authorized to call out the militia '.when in
any county in this State it shall become impos-
slble. from any cause, to enforce the laws and
keep the peace by the ordinary civil process
whose duty it shall be to ''quell such disturb-
ances Se. and arrest the guilty PARTIES
failed to enforce the laws? Never. We DEFY
Governor Scott, Elchelberger, Hubbard or any
OF the crew, to show one instance of the
sheriff having failed to make arrests where
Farrants were lodged in his hands. The white
p:op'e and the black people of This commu-
nifty and this district live, and have lived, IN
peace and harmony; and we challenge these
fomenters OF dlscord to produce evidence to
ss9w sas that single murder has bsep comnit-
years on account Of political views. IS, ss.. q N
Bah the upshot offthe whole abom;nable
matter is. that this mischiev0us and mercel
nary man, Ercheberger, wants tbs sheriff's
He and others Of the monRrel c:an have foid
Mr.. McDavitt, the sheriH. Re must appoint !,
negro jailer. which MI. McDayitt ,retnaed, and
y s'ln reInsss l9 40. anu now We near that
young Covat. the jailer. is o notorious BUSH
der to that of. Eichelberger l. .Oo. thas he be
dlsmlssed. 80 young 'oyar goes by the b ,ards:
who tell this he En6Tis Is bgt' bbgt'7Sh h Hhacker
This negro Guard around our jail ans this
9 negro militia. will do no good IN
Edgeheld, They are etnphatically uncaIIed
for and unnecessary. Already the teeinc Il
bitterness and exasperation. ts greater than at
any time since the close Of the war. -
The Advertiser invokes Governor Scott 10 \
visit Edgeaeld and examine for himself. If.
under the exciting and unjussifable clrcum-
stances with which he has permitted this
unoffending people to be threatened he fails to
respond to this frank and free invitation 10
Judge Of the facts In the case, he will have