The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-08-04
a Glorious Day for Charleston-Thc city
:! 4sssuuod from tho Hands Of the Mob.

a Glorious Day for rCharieston-Thc City
~ 5sassnod from tho Hand. Of tho Mob.
II y6e Courier oiyYhe s4 sayS; 4
aWi.hont takiR A'into oEnsid$ d$sa.ioneee
,ssa, .ha od BE- pas
/ eratulated tritYhakpassEa Though.
q severe trial, aud her citizens, young
fand S0id, have done themselves credit.
fThey:: have rescued thp city, from the
hands OF an infurfated mob Of negroes,
inoited to deeds of violence by the very
lcitY authorities, who should have pre-
served the peace. and this is good aud
noble work. 1t has never been our duty
to record the events Of an election with
moro pride, in our city and her sons.
thnn TINT which wo now feel From
| earliest dawn, the people, old and young,
rich and poor, left their homes, gathered
at the pollB,' aud remained there during
the entire day. With scarcely d single
exception, business was entirely sus-
pended, aud the rabble who thought 20
take and keep possession of the polls
we're beaten from their atnndpoints, aud
put to shame. Tho rubble who we're
morally, if not openly. sustained by the
policn and city authorities, made but
faint demonstrations, aud our city was
saved from bloodshed. This in itself
was glorious work-one Of which our
citizens may we'll be proud. OF the rs-
suit OF the election, we, of course, can
know nothing definite beyond mere con-
lecture. The prevailing opinion seems
to DO that tho Citizens Conservative
ticket has been elected. So far as the
Aldermen ure concerned, our opponents
concede This. Our friends nre sanguine
of the success Of our entire ticket, in-
cluding the Mnyoralty. The total num-
Der of votes registered during the three
days are as follows: Whites 5, 155; colored
5,S44-.giving regular negro majority
Of 6S9 votes. Tue totnl vote poiied yeH-
terduy was ns follows: Whites 5000;
oolored 5,507 leaving negro majority
OF 49S, thus reducing til" registered ne
gro minority l9l votes.
Tho Courier gives the following ac-
count OF the killing OF the colored man;
Grant, (who, in his ante mortem state
ment. declared that he had voted the
Citizens ticket.) The difficulty oc-
Cured in Ward No. 8:
The precinct in the suburbs was as
quiet as HAY morning. but at the one
ON Sires street there was trouble. It
/ "ho 1CIO GuhS ouihuul 1ThDG WAS 6uOt,
dying subsequently ut the Mszyck street
Hospital, whittier he was conveyed when
wounded. Everything went on finely
until IL o'clock, when the crowd Of CO.
lored men becane 30 dense and noisy in
front OF the hall railing that it was i'm
possible for the citizens who desired to
vote to do 30, or the managers to attend
to their duties, arduous aud disagreea-
BILE. Sergeant Mallory, of the eqund Of
United States soldiers stationed ut the
precinct, was requested to disperse the
crowd, 80 chat matters pertaining to the
election could progress. at the point Of
the bayonet the mass was forced back,
and the railing was relieved Of the tam
gle in which it had been. In few MI
nutes the crowd assembled again, OBJ
structing the railing worse than at first.
The colored man Grant, previously re-
ferred to as having been shot, was in the
middle Of the crowd, with club in his
hand, using violent language. aud ap-
plying his baton to tho heads Of the citi-
zens, Irrespective Of creed. race or color,
who CHANGED to come within his reach.
When a pretty riotous state of affairs
had been brought about, Grant saw the
situntion OF affuirs, and was on the eve
OF making off. when he was told 10 halt.
This he would not do, when some cried
out shoot him; at that inatsnt shot was
fred, taking effect in Grants back, n
few inches above the termination Of the
spinal column, aud passing through the
intestines aud bladder, cutting vital
artery, producing hemorrhage, from
which lie died after his removal to the
hospital.
It was rumored that one of the United
States soldiers fred the shot. Whether
or not We will not undertake to say, in
the multitude of statements pro and con.
which we're ationt. In our interview
with the soldier, Sergeant Mulony, last
evening mt whose door the shooting is
laid. he stated TINT he did not see the
shot fired, and did not know by whom it
was fired. After the shooting had oc-
CURED, crowd of colored mon, in the
neighborhood Of 1000, under great
state OF excitement. rushed to the spot,
declaring that they would be avenged or
have blood. It was found absolutely
necessary to send for United States
troops, who soon camo in company OF
the Third Artillery, stationed ut the Git
adel. The street was cleared, aud the
blood thirsty crowd scatterei