The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-08-04

very late hour, surrounded by d
large bodyguard of negro militia,
and marched through the deserted
streets but no encounter with tho
ku-Klnx took place. Like the ia
nous King of Brentford, who,
-"with full ten thousand men.
Marched mp the hill and then marched dow,n;
again." 49,
Eisenberger, after this parade OF
his sable veterans, left the town.
without having an opportunity of.
fered for testing the nettle Of the
melish.p
| On last Thursday morning a
large quantity - four hundreds
stands of arms--were shipped from
Columbia to Edgefeld County; on
the Charlotte, Columbia and An
gusta Railroad, under the charge
ot the State Constable Hubbard,
When the train arrived at Pine
House Station, distant five or six
miles from the courthouse, The
arms were unloaded at the depot
and the boxes broken open. A
large crowd of negroes assembled
at the depot after the departure of
the train, and the distribution of
the arms commenced. Our IN
formant was not positive as to the
make of the guns, but believed
them to be sixteen-shooting rifiea:
After the negroes had assembled,
arms were distributed to seventyi
three of them, and the party
marched off in the direction Of
Edgefeld Courthouse: All along
the line Of march negro recruits
joined the sable column, until, ny.
on its reaching the town, it NUM-
bered several hundred men head
ed by Eisenberger and Hubbard
as commanding officers.
Arrived in the town no resis.
tance was offered by the unoffend-
ing and astonished citizens, and the
negroes took peaceable possession
of the village. Their first move
ment was to take charge of the Jail,
after discharging the jailor, placed
heavy guard around it, while
Hubbard went in the building and
tried to force confession from
Lanier with regard to the BUSH
whackers who killed the negroes
and whipped Eisenberger (for Ell
senberger says the X. X. X. have
whipped him.) Since that time q
: force of one hundred negroes have
. remained in the town and d
guard of fifteen men around the
Jail, and all the arms have been
, brought from Pine House to the
} town in Eisenberger's wagon. Eli
senberger declares that they shall
remain there until the bushwhack-
, ers who lynched him are all die.
. covered. He has authority from
) the Governor to raise q company
| OF one hundred men for his own
: protection. The citizens are be-
: having very quietly and doing all
: in their power to avoid a collision
3 They intend, however, holding q
: meeting and sending a protest d.
9 gainst this military occupation to
f Columbia and to Washington City.
2 To give some idea of the injustice
Y of the laws of the State the white
4 people are taxed one hundred and
\ fifty dollars per day for the support
1 of these black rascals, though there
8 is no necessity whatever for their
|. presence-the only excuse giver
l. by Hubbard for this high handed
;, outrage, being the lyncbing Of Ell
8 senberger by unknown parties and
o the killing of two negroes Ions
J. since, also by unknown parties
s Their guarding the Jail is simply
; all pretence, as no attempt to res
n cue the prisoners has ever beer
made, nor has a rescue beer
). threatened. The whole affair i
e simply movement by Eisenber
J. ger to get himself made sheriff o
o the county, which Office he ha
j. long since desired. Our inform
a ant seemed to think that, though
9 everything is quiet now, it will re
Q quire but slight provocation b
# bring on O contest, in which, wher
o it does come, the negro troops vii
r. be exterminated. The citizens fee
d that they have been outraged t
4. that point beyond which fnrthe
ia endurance ceases to be a virtu
=. and would become criminal. w
d await farther developments wit
/. much anxiety. .ra.t
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% A oonp1r of felloua who srA4