The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-27
street. Two of the policemen were slightly
injured during this affair. :.


DESPERATE hEfho. - --s.-.
The cessation of IL disturbance, caused by
the appearance Of the soldiers, was taken sd-
vantage CT by the two policemen who had RAfe
Lizard in charge. and they took him inside Of
the Citadel, where he used his hands, ,,head,
feet and teeth in his efforts to get loose. all the
while yelling as If he was being murdered,
doubtless hoping to incite the negroes outside
to make further efforts to rescue him. Rafe
finally became 80 disorderly that the officers
on duty ordered him to be placed in the guard
house, in which we're confined several Irish
soldiers for violations Of army regulations.
Rafe had hardly been thrust inside OF the
prison before the soldiers set upon hum and
commenced to beat him most numerically,
and most probably woull have killed him had
be not been taken out.
ASSAULT UPON THE BAND.
The disturbance Of course put stop to all
further base-ballng, and preparations were
made to start to the Vigilant Engine House,
on State-etreet, where a supper had been
spread. The members Of the Savannah Club
said they would 60 to the Charleston Hotel,
pack up their effects and rejoin the Carolina
Club at the hotel and march with them from
there to the engine house. Ut was then
agreed that the band should remain behind
with the Carolina Club. The Savannah Club
started to the hotel, and the Carolina Club
Joined in line on the Green, and headed by the
band marched towards the main gate on Cal
houp-street.
When the disturbance first comm menced there
were not.over thousand negro men present,
but by this time there were fully twenty-five
hundred. When the band reached the gate,
the negroes crowded up and commenced an
unprovoked 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 trumbone seized that instrument
BY the small end with both hands and swung it
around, knocking down seven or eight Of the
assailapts. Just at this moment young gen.
tleman fred in rapid succession three shots
from his revolver, which, though doing no
damage, had the effect Of stampeding the ne
groes-not one being within pistol range when
the last shot was fred. It ls proper to state
that two shots we're fred from the street where
the negroes were previous to the firing OF the
three shots mentioned. The three colored
men we're then carried Into ne Citadel, where
the surgeon dressed The waauas. none being of
serious character.
The wounded members Of the band are as
namei: W. d. Woodhouse, wounded in the
head; Benjamin Morell, in the stomach; R.'H.
Burke, in the head.
THE MAYOR PowERLBss.
As soon as this assault was made the mill
tary marched out in strong force and drove
the crowd from off the corners. In this work
they were aided by the police.
Mayor Pillsbury rode up at this point, and
upon being asked what wac to be done. replied
that he did not know, as he was perfectly pow
erless, the police force being inadequate to
que the riot. He then drove of. General
Robert d. Anderson. Chief Of the Savannah
Police, on learning this, went to Colonel Eddy,
who was an officer in the old army with him,
and asked him to furnish protection for the
baud, to which request, as we learn, Colonel
Eddy replied that he would comply il the
Mayor stated that it vas necessary, or would'
request it officially. The Mayor returned
shortly after his departure, and requested the
services Of the military. Colonel Eddy detail.
ed about sixty men, under command of Lieu
tenants Savage and Lynch, to escort the clubs
and band down. The line was Then formed in
the following order: Squad Of soldiers, band,
SQUAD OF soldiers, members and friends Of the
Carolina Club, omnibus containing wounded
members OF the band, squad OF soldiers; on
each side were squads OF the police and detective
forces. The line then proceeded into Calhoun
street, down that to King, down King to Went
worth, up Wentworth TO Meeting, down Meet
ing to the Charleston Hotel.
When the line marched out Of the gate some
Of the negroes commenced yelling: 1.-The SOL
diers have got all Of the band and club men
under arrest" and then the mob set up tre-
mendous cheering, and ran up and down in
the m ost excited manner. At the corner OF
King and Calhoun streets q number Of them
threw stones at the line, but upon the soldiers
facing about, ran of. With this exception there
was NO interruption until after leaving the
hotel. During this march the band played
s.Dixie," "Bonnie Blue Flag" and other favor
its Southern tunes, which the negroes greeted
with hisses, boots Of derieion and groans.
THE SUPPER.
At the Charleston H)tel the clubs partook OF
some champagne, and there formed in line
again. it being increased by the addition Of
the members and friends Of the Savannah
Club They then marched up Hayne to State
street and down it to the engine house OF the
vigilant Fire Company. A very nice supper
was spread IN the lower portion of the build
ing, and the cubs were soon in the full enjoy
ment o, it. The soldiers and police remained
outside and kept the crowd Of negroes at bay,
but they were not forgotten by those inside.
Soon toast1ng commenced, and after the
presentation of the ball 10 the victorious club,
Mayor Pillsbury, who bad accompanied the
line from the Citadel, was called upon.
He, as others had done before him, express
ed the deepest regret for what had occurred,
stating that he had gone to the ground to wit
ness the gamess and was surprised and mortified
to see that riot was in progress, and being
utterly poweress to quell it with the force at
his command, he had requested detachment
Of the military. which had been granted. He
had been unable, up to this time, to ascertain
the origin Of the riot, or to learn who were the
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