The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-09-22
ATTEMPT OF THE coL0RED MEN
TO PUT INTO PRACTICE TIE
TEACHINGS OF SCOTT
AND CREWS.
FULL PARTICULARS OF THE TROUBLES
IN NEwBERRY.
TwENTY-THREE OF THE coLoRED
OUTLAWS GIVEN UP TO
THE SHERIFF.
THE BULLY HUBBARD TALKS OF MAR
et:
TTAL Law.
rsEcIAI TELEGRAM TO THE NEws.l


[sEcIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEws.]
COLUMBIA, September a..
The following particulars Of the late difficulty
In Laurens and Newberry Counties have been
at last received, and are as follows: = .. p
Last week, near Belmont, in Newbe rry
County, James Chappell, by request of Mr.
Moses Anderson, attempted to get colored
man of of his (Mr. Andersons) plantation.
A wrangle ensued, during which Chappen
wounded the colored man with q knife. The
matter was arranged satisfactorily, 1t seemed,
to all parties. se---e- -. 80
But not So On Sunday large number of
colored men met In the neighborhood of the
scene of the difficulty, and swore to kill Chap
pell and burn his house.
After long deliberation, sixty Of the crowd
went to AHderson's place, where Chappell,
sattewhIte and three other white men were,
and told sattewhite they Intended to kill
e -
Chappell.
The five white men armed themselves and
advanced on the eolored men, who moved off
to another party of their race who were near
by.
Hearing that the colored men were under
arms and making threats to kill the white men,
they turned out In large numbers. Both par
ties bivouacked within two miles Of each other.
Sheriff Payslnger was with the whites.
Monday morning the sheriff started back to
Newberry, taking Chappell and one Hender-
son with him as prisoners.
Near Longshore's store, the sheriff was
stopped by company OF armed colored men,
who at Arst threatened the sheriff and hls
prisonelA but finally let them proceed.
Returning Monday to Belmont, the sheriff
met the State constabulary force, with a large
number Of colored men also, on their way to
the same place.
The sheriff sent these men forward with Or
ders to dlsperse the colored men at Belmont.
He followed.
On the way they met :eight hundred white
men, well armed and. mounted, who stated
that they had gathered to disperse Joe Crews's
militia, whom they had learned were on the
way from Laurens to reinforce the colored
men at Belmont.
The sheriff then went TO the colored men at
Belmont and asked them what they wanted.
They replied that they wanted justice.
The sheriff said that they should have JUS
tice, but they must give up the sixty men who
had Threatened to kill Chappell.
They agreed to do this, but only twenty
three of the sixty were surrendered. With
these the sheriff started for Newberry.
On the way ae was met by large number
OF colored men rom the town, led by colored
man who was wounded, and who swore that
one Of the sherif7s posse had shot him.
One shot was then fred at the sherlff's party
by the eolored men, but no one was hurt.
The twenty.three prisoners were then car
ried into town and kept under guard until
they gave bonds to appear for trial before the
court, which is now in session,
oft fho nf q
oners, marched toward Edgeheld County, to
prevent the large force OF colored men re-
ported near the Saluda River from committing
any depredations.
The Newberry Herald says: 'The negroes
were wholly in the wrong. If Mr.. Chappell
committed an offence against the law in strik-
ing man whs grappled with him, to the law
recourse should have been had. But this
seems not the advice OF party or Of the Radi-
cal leaders. Their purpose evidently is to
bring on collision, and the eolored people
are foolish enough to be led in the trap. We
don't want this fight. We deprecate it, and
will go to all reasonable lengths to prevent
lt.n
Citizens came to Columbia from Maybinton
to see the Governor about the threats OF one
John Henderson, trial justice, colored, who
said tha. he and his colored friends would
kill the women and children If any negroes
were killed.
The Governor was civil TO the citizens, out
di nothing except to write letter to Hen
aerson. He. however, said that thus far ne
hal only hearl rumors, but as soon as ne
could get the facts officially, he would submit
them TO the Secretary Of War for orders.
He has ordered the militia Of Newberry to
drill, only once month hereafter.
Hubbard, who has been flying back and
forth between Newberry and Columbia for the
last few days, said to-day that martial Law
might be declared, and ifit be, things will be
worse than when Sherman passed through.
RIDIcAL1sM IN ALABAMA.
SELMA, September 2l.
The Radical Convention to-day nominated