The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-26
ALL ABOUT THE STATE.
A Dastardly outrage-The colored
Militia Fire into the Heart Of the
Town.

mt nI tn mon a peaceful community. He says:
"In obedience, suppose, to orders, the col
ored people OF this town, and ten miles around,
ba7e for month past met on every saturdsy,
within two hundred yards OF the heart OF the
town, to parade and drill. Until last Saturday
the community had not BEEN meteriaIy als,
turbed, but on that day, some three hundred
Of these mill ianen being on the parade
ground, they every one discharged their loa l.
ed rifles into the heart OF the t0En. The os-
tensble object was to drive of two colored
men who came riding toward them.
Every one believes that the whole matter
was plan to got up riot for the purpose OF
making capital for the election, and that there
was nm understanding between these two Dem
ocrat (so-csIled) negroes and the balance OF
them. At any rate, though hundred guns
were discharged, not q scratch can be found
on the persons aimed at, while the balls
whietled thick aud fast through the town, very
fortunately hurting no one.
son Tuesday the constabulary appeared IN
town to arrest these two men on the charge
that they we're hired by white men to make the
disturbance. The endeavor eeems to doubly
outrage al innocent and already OUTRAGED
community We oil know that money can
make some people do good deal OF hard
swearing.
snow, MIR. Editor, what think you, is there no
Way OF getting such outrages legally stopped
LIS this case much different f1om that OF the
men who beat androb suoLher and then call
him thief?
"rhese men are evidently doing their best to
free linen; their whole heart is full OF hate and
murder. They would think nothing OF plung-
ing the State into civil strife, II they had
chance to steal q few dollars.
SIN conclusion, cir, what ought to be said OF
men who, at the October election; will stay a.
home, even though il they vote they must do
it across the bayonet of the carpet-bagger.
Attempted Poisoning.
ALe1iugton correspondent of the Columbia
Guardian says 'On Saturday last, this VII
laee was thrown into state of considerable
excitement by o reported attempt OF colored
man To poison two OF three negroes. This
man came into the village with two water
melons, and cut and gave different parts OF
one melon to two or three persons, eating
portion himself He then went on to another
house of colored people, and served out tn
other melon. Sometime, an hour or 80, nav
ing elapsed, one Of the parties wlo had eaten
Of the melon was suddenly taken SICK. Inc
attack continued on Sunday, and symptoms
were also observed in case Of two others who
had eaten Of the first melon. Physicians pro-
pounced symptoms very like those OF poison
from stryohnlne. The supposed perpetrator
was arrested on Sunday, and is now in jail.
One OF the patio IS may not recover, but It is
hoped that she will. Feeling among the color
ed people and whites against the prisoner ls
very strong"
The Yorkville Inquirer says: "Oa last Mon..
daY, Willie. aged anont eight years: 80 OF
our esteemed fellow-cItizen, MIR. Joseph y.
steele, was accide italy drowEed In Toors
Fork Greek, few miles from this place. He
visited the creek IN company with little play
mate, and entered th9 water as usual, unco1-
scious of any danger; but the recent rains nav ,
ing washed out the bed OF the creek beyond
his depth, aud being unable to swim, he was
drow aed almost instantly. The body was re-
covered without difficulty.
MIR. W. n. Bass, resident OF Beaufort
County, South Carolina, died at this place on
last Monday. Although sojourner and o
stranger, unknown to our community, he was
not therefore, friendess. Being Mason, he
was attentively nursed in his illness by mem,
bers Of that benevolent society, and buried
with masonic honors IN the graveyard at Ebe-
nezer.
An Attempted Riot in Lancaster.
The Herald says (: % Late in the afternoon,
of er the Radical meetiug had adjourned. an
alteration occurred between q negro from
Lancaster, who was drunk, and snaii white
boy, which OF one time threatened to termln-
ate in riot The negro had stepped on
dog belonging to the boy, and the two. we
learn. cursed one another. The brother OF the
bow. Mr. W. B. Wilson, Jr., being told of the
difficulty, came to the spot, and some words
passed, when he took away good sized reck
which The negro was holding in his hand,
knocked him down With it and kicked him two
or thres times. Colonel ". B. Wllson, by this
time, came out and drew his son into his
office. while the negro was forcibly removed
by Miles Johnson, Esq. The most OF the
eolored men in town we're congregated near
Roses hotel, and talking the matter over
among themselves, began to threaten ven.
eeance. But MIR. Wilson having In the mean
time been arrested and given bail, the threat
ened riot was dying sway, when John W.
Mead, ons Of the nominees for the Legislature,
appeared on the scene. Being we'll fllod with
burning fluid, he felt disposed to shed light,
and walked about the crowd with pistol In
his hand, talking about "seeing his brothers
blood spllt,n vengeance" &C., and curslng
the white race promiscuOusly. Nolhinh but
the forbearapce Of the white people, who dis.
tinctly heard this insulting language and
could easily have mustered up q larger num-
ber than the colored people, prevented O. riot.
Az 1t takes two parties to get up fight. Mead
at length gained dim perception of the fact
that be was raaking himself ridiculous. and
gradually cooled dow,. The State constables
stationed hero were, wo learn, mixing freely
in the crowd, but did not seem called on to in
terf1ro in any way for the preservation OF the
peace"
AYENGING Il DAUGHTERS SHAME.
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