The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-05
AFTRR THE BATTLE.
The Radicals Acknowledge their De-
feat and Accept the Situntion--The
Vote to be Certified To-day.

feat and Accept. the Situntion--Ths
Vote TO be Certified To-day.
Yesterday presented a remarkable contras
to the turmoil and excitement OF the rev preceo
| ing days. Every one was satished-the ConserV
ali7es satisfied emphatically with the result, ane
| the Radicals satisfied that to dispute SO over
whelm!nq q victory would be futile and foolish
Every one was also wearied with their late exer
ttoas, and quite ready to rest and allow the city
To relapse into its normal condition Of staid re
spectability.
Conference at the City Hall.
A conference Of leading citizens was called yes
terdsy by Mayor Pillsbury TO consider the present
condition OF affairs In the city, and ITO consul,
about the measures needed to preserve the peace
and took place at noon, in the Council chamber o1
the City Hall. About forty gentlemen had been
Invited to attend, among whom was General
Ge,ty, the United States commander at this post,
out many Of them we're prevented from coming
by previous engagements. Among those present
were General Jas simons, Messrs H. q. DeLeon,S J.
Y. Tupper, A. A. G. Simonds, Magrath, Henry
Gourdin, A. T. Smythe, R. s. Bruins, @. G. Trumbo,
John Commins, T. J. Mackey, Major G. L. Buist,
Hon. G. A. Trenholm General Gurney and the
Hon. Thomas Y. Simons. The Mayor explained
the objects of the msetlag, and q few
of the gentlemen present made. statements
giving their views OF the situation. In
their opinions there was no probability Of any
disturbance, and therefore no necessity for pre-
ventiye measures; no demonstrations in com.
memoration OF their victory had been projected
by the Citizens party, and tt= 1ce Of both sides
were too much exhausted by the fetlgues and ex-
elements of the past eVantful week TO be,in fit
physical condition for rai,ng distur; enee. This
view Of the case sppetriEgto prevail nnsuimous-
iy. the conference, witch had been wholly tnfor-
NAL and conversation al. came to an end.
Echoes Of the Contest.
The influence exer:sd.y coIorsa awomen;in be.
half of the Radical scSe. In the late campaign is
forcibly Illustrated In the case OF colored man,
living on Smith street, who had the courage to
vote WAGNER ticket, and who has been ever
since kept out Of his house by his energetic
spouse, who, being q decided Radical tsympa.
thizer, declares that her husband voted to put
herself and her children hack into slavery, and
shall ever come near her sgain. The poor fel.
low is in sad dilemma, between his love Of party
and loyalty to his marital vows, but he says that
eunless dat woman lets him in soon, dere'n be a
row, shot, :',
The manner OF announcing the result Of the
city election Is prescribed in the act Of 1883,
which requires the managers to transmit their re:
port of the vote to the Mayor OF the city, who
..shall open the report Of said managers, ana
shall announce ard publish the whole enumber OF
votes cast and the whole number cast for each
csndidate.;' No day IL named when the an
nouncement and publication shall be made, but
it Is the evident Intention of the law that there
shall be no unnecessary delay.
In the tabular report Of the vote at the election
Of Wednesday printed In yesterday g Nsws, two
typographical errors occurred: Alderman elect
E. F. Swegan received 5547 votes, and not 6s47.
Alderman Cunningham received 4s25 votes, and
not 6s25.
The Grant Inquest.
The Jury OF inquest impanelled to investigate
the circumstances attending the shooting OF Ba-
laam Grant on Wednesday last at the poll In
Sires street, assembled yesterday morning at the
+Gnatdhouse pursuantto adjournment: The fol.
lowing is digest Of the testimony given BY each
Fitness: -. -,
; John E. Phillips was on the Sidewalk opposite
the place where the deceased was shot; heard
some disturbance upon g. voter going up 70 vote;
itcollected crowd OF negroes Tno NO. xeps 0ran- AN
lent commotion and the shot followed: The IN
tervening crowd prevented deponent from see
ing the result Immediately, or who fred the shot;
he did dot seeany white man struSE; the excise.
sible for any one 10 distinguish who nred the
shot; deponent saw the two LJ on ses present dur.
ing the day, but did not see them during the
shooting; their general conouct was pescsaole.
John kavenel recalled, identifed Policeman
Shannahan, who stepped up to the sergeant Just
after the shot, and said, ~ did not order you TO
nren.
about the voter began; was talking 10 q colored
man when the shot was fred; did not know VINO
fired It; did not see Lyons shoot the deceased win
q horse pistol, but saw some one cuttlng MS way
through the crowd with knife; saw the soldiers;
they were scattered; did not see one OF them nre;
n they had done so thinks he would have seen II;
saw the sergeant at the time Of the nring DID not
see him fire, and could not say whetntr ne nred
or not; only saw the smoke caused BY the firing;
the soldiers were surrounded by large crowd;
depopent Twas not looking directly toward the
soidiefs,he the e@commandsgtven to treS some
one cried ont, "Shoot the nigger;" don't know
who It was; the crowd was 50 great that Il the
soldiers tad desired to take aim at any par tlcular
person, It would have been impossible lor him 10
do so, or bring his gun to his shoulder TO take
8lut Observation-Disclosures ECt6SoASN NoASASy SSeAN
not say whether he fred the shot or not.
DR.. ]. W. Angel was called uT TO dress the
wound Of deceased; saw that 1t was mortal The
iEtesrines wero prol r1dilg nom the lower aodo-
men; could not say anything as to the size OF the
ball; as the man was dying deponent DID not
turn him over to see the wound In. his back
julius Bing policeman, relieved Foley at the
Sires street pou just before the disturbance; re.
6 iyed no instructions at all from Foley about
the soldiers or gho was TO be IN Charge OF them;
shortly after the disturbance occurred about
man voting; the poll was between deponert ana
the place Where the fuss began; heard some col.
ored men saying t!you have no right to shove
ticket In q man,s hand; let him choose from the
tsble;,, deponent ran to where the fuss wLs goipg
on a colored man raised stick to strike some
one; before deponent could catch the stick 1t dis
appeared. AS well as deponent could see the
man that had the stick was he same that got
shot; before deponeat could reach him ne started
to run toward Bergard street; deponent then s.of-
ed aud tried to s!op Mr. Lyons who. mad draWa
knife In his hand, making toward the running
man; while striving to get the knife lrQn Lyons
deponent heard the report OF the gun. and rushed
to see who had fired; went up to Sergeant
Maloney and asked who had fired; the sergeant
did not answer, and seeing the. crowd running
across the sire t deponent wept-over 10 see who
was shot; saw the man lying IN the gate bleeding;
took his horse and went 10 the upper Station.
house and reported TO Lieutenant Chapman; saw
Grant strike at some one In the crowd with his
stick; did not see him quarrel with apy one; Lyons
was arrested by Sherlf Mackey and Captain Hen
bricks; saw Ly ons Jr, trying TO take care OF his
father; did not see him trying to create disturb
ance: he said to deponent "tney have struck ny