Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-10-28
The Difficulty IN Laurens.

letters received in this city, yesterday, from
Newterry, state that difficulty occurred in
Laurens, on Thursday, while members of tho
State Constabulary were attempting TO arrest
Tcpncsseean. Shots were exchanged, and
it is rumored that the two constables were
killed and other parties wounded Joe Grows
among them. There are many rumors anoat,
and much excitement. Several colorcd per
sons, who had arrived in Newbcrry, report
that four of their race had been killed.
The conductor Of tho freight train, which
left Newberry at 4 o'clock, reports that a
crank car had arrived at Helena fr, m Laurens,
with young Crews aboard, who asserted that
one white and four colored mon had been
killed, and that his father had disappeared.
Constable II aboard has been furnished with
the following information by one Of his dcpu.
ties:
''About half past IL o'clock, on Thursday,
party Of 100 armed men proceeded to the
residence of Mr.. Jos. Crews, in Laurens,
where number of arms belonging to the col
ored militia were deposited, aud carried them
off, Deputy Constable Tyler and Kalo, who
that Volney Parrott, another deputy, was
wounded. Deputy Constable +. D. Lchcy is
said to have been hung on the roadsde-
were carried cff."-LNteni.c r.
COLUMBIA, October 81 -Laurens will give
,fortH majority for Scott, hut at least cight
Auntlred fraudulent votes were cast by boys
aud reporters.
The day Of election in Laurcns pissed off
quietly enough, but row occurred on Thurs
day, after the United States troops had left
the place. 1t seems that tho constables tried
to arrest Tenncsscean named johnson, who
resisted the arrest This caused u fight
A messenger who brings the news to Gov.
ernor Scott gays that FIVE white men and three
negroes were killed. The white men are
named Tyler, Lowry, Frost, Lcahy aud Kal
hoe. Several of the persons reported killed,
if not all Of them, were constables. Rumor
says that Joe Crews was shot in the leg, buc
escaped into the woods. 4 man named
Powell was wounded, und is supposed to have
been killed.
The Governor is trying to get the United
States soldiers to return to Laurcns II they
cannct do so, the Governor will send up 10
white militia from Columbia
The negro militia are assembling to night
at this place.
The Governor has tclcgraphcd to the Sc
cretary Of War, and to General Terry, for
troops. There is intense excitement here
Last night Reform negro, living ten
miles from Columbia, was burnt out bv the
Radicals. His house with Ills crop in it was
burned, and his family barely escaped with
their lives.
United States Commissioner Janncy issued
to day five warrants for fraudulent voting in
Columbia, also one yesterday The accused
,n ~,
ready for him, and many others will be found
to night
In Spartanburg the total vote was $500,
of which $3.50 arc Reform-giving n Reform
majority of t,oelUc hundred and f1y
THE FIRINa ON SATURDAY NIaur.-We
have been asked the origin of the outrageous
firing that took place on Saturday night last.
tied in tho College Chapel, outside of the
these arms would be seized by the whites,
Adjutant General Elliott put guard of col
ored militia around the building Two Uni
ted States soldiers, in charge of United States
property near the College, passing by, were
fired upon. The firing was taken up by the
raw |eyies, until about l25 shots werc fired
Fortunately no lives we're lost. But this
does not excuse tho outrage of cndnngering
the peace Of this community by placing arms
in tie hands Of irresponsible colorcd men,
under no proper control. If the authorities
desire law and order, they must begin at
home. We desire the prevalence Of peace,
but we desire also to sho" where tho rcspon.
sibilty rests for acts inconsistent with it
This guard, who fired right and left, up and
down, and seemed 80 terribly alarmed, are
paid, we are told" 81 per day. and 81 per
night, for their services Phentc, 25A.
THE RED MEN ARE COMING = Fifty one
Indians have lately been naturalizcd MS citi.
zcns Of the United Suites at st Paul, MINI
It strikes w thatthis naturalization Of native
Americans is superfnous but at all events
the red men are coming to the bnlloi. box will,
the black menand the white men. Next We
shall have the .MongoIians, "the henthcn Chi
nee,' or. in other words, the yellow rncn -
And why not? White black, red aud yellow
pIen, let then, come. But the women? l.c,
the women "tnrry at Jericho till their beard
be grown" ~ T. Uerun
EH- The Louisville Courier Journal says
General Breckinridge and General Banks
met the other day at tho Burnet House in
Cincinnati. The two had not met for ten
yonrs They were young members of Con.
gress- together fifteen years ago. They are
oldtieads. One wore the blue, the other.