The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-02

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Citizen Badly Cue-The Murderous At
tack OF Monday-Outrageous Behavior
OF the Torchlight Procession t h e
Total Registered Vote.
The city was comparatively quiet yesterday,
and, as the white citizens assembled at the polls
In considerable force, the Radicals, for the most
part, were on their good behavior. Deep indigna.
tion was excited by the report OF the devllsries
OF the torchlight procession Of Monday, printed
in yesterday 's News and both native and adopt
ed citizens vowed that they would, at the polls
to-day, stop the PIlsbury Ring OF the powers
which they exercise to the detrlment Of the Who'll.
| people. The result Of the registration was re.
garded as highly favorable to the cause Of good
government. 1t is conceded on all sides that
vigorous and steady work. to-day win secure the
triumph OF the Citizens parry.
ALAosT.A FIGHT IN TIE CITY HALL.
Profting by the experience Of the preceding
day, the working committee Of Ward turned ont
In numbers, and at an early hour the City Hall,
where the registration was going on, was filled
NTH young men standing and sitting quietly
around. Things looked threatening, but all pass.
ed OF quietly until about IL O'Clock, when sea-
faring white man presented himself for registra.
tion. Thomas Jefierson Mackey, the disinterested,
Immediately challenged the registration, as he
wasi the habit Of doing every. other about which
he did not himself know all the facts. The candi-
date stated that he piled his trade between thls
port and Wilmington, had paid renthe for three
years, anu had family In the city. Upon this
one Of the managers proposed to allow him to
Tha furi0uS
denounced the family OF the candidate for regis.
tra,.cn in the coarsest terms, ndputting on his
fercest look tried to make capital with
his party by accusing the Citizens party
of the perpetration or all OF tie frauds
in registration. One Of the managers calmly
told him this was not so, and suggested that the
Rad; calls were to be blamed in almost every in
stance for illegal registrations. The Texan
Ranger tried another blu6, and wound up an in.
fammatory harangue With, "It is you white
scoundrels who logged and lacerated the bare
backs OF negro slaves that caused this trouble.n
This was too much for flesh and blood to bear,
and Mr.. Moses Levy, jumping up, said to the
Mexican hero: "Youliar; you IA lying puppy"
and event for that heather ChiSee.n A tremen.
dous row ensued, the negroes outside Of the rail.
you;'' but unsustatned by morphine, Bombastes
was unequal to the fray, and executed flank
movement out o: the row in manner most
creditable to his prudence. The confusion lasted
for few minutes, and wae considerably increased
by the new special police, who knew nothing Of
their duty, and ran around brandishing their
clubs with all the symptoms Of helpless insanity.
The managers did their utmost to stop the dis.
turbance, and too much credit cannot be given to
Lieutenant J. ]. Young, whose prompt action did
much toward restoring quiet In the hall.
RIOT IN FRONT oP THE aUAReHoUsE.
About hall. past O'Clock in the eyehiog, one Of
the most serious riots which occurred during the
day originated in front OF the Guardhouse. in
Broad street. The crowd, which was composed
mostly Of colored men, were highly excited over
the arrest OF one Of their number, when an alter.
caticn occurred between two white men. AS
one vi them rushed upon the other, negro
struck hin In the back part Of the head, and the
blow prec.pitated the riot. The crowd surgei
together, aud swayed to and fro, cursing and
yelling, and striking out wildly and indscrlml.
nately. Tie police were; conv ,nient, and, hurry.
ing out, seized several OF the articipants These
were pulled towards and into the large iron gate
OF the Guardhouse. The police, however, were
unable to close the gates against the crowd, and
they rushed In. A violent struggle now ensued
Just within the gate, and, as the dense mass
moved about, the lamp.shades quivered, and the
balustrade OF the o1ice threatened each moment
to be broken down. BY degrees, the disturbance
grew less, and, as no one knew what they were
lighting about, the participants soon gave up the
sport. One colo.ed policeman was severely cut
In the neck and head, and one colored citizen
was wounded In the head with a brick.
A SAMPLE OUTRAGE.
About O'Clock Monday evening, as Mr.. John
B. Miller was returning to his home In Bogard
street through Rutledge avenue his attention
was arrested as the Radical mob approached him
oy seeing two persons quarrelIing on the side
walk. He stepped up aud, while trying to make
peace between them, the torchllght procession
came up and he was assailed by q powerful ne
gro. Mr.. Miller de'ended himself unarmed, but |
was assaIled on all sides by the iururIated mob,
one Of whom struck him across the head with q |
slung shot. They then trampled and beat him
as he lay, and left him for dead upon the street.
Bis friends took him up and carried him
TO his home near by, where he received
medical,assIstance he ewasnnconscious for several
hours, and but little hopes were entertained Of
bis recovery. Yesterday morning several pieces
Of skull, which had been crushed In by the blow,
we're extracted by his physicians. Later in the
day Mr.. Miller was much better, though ordered
not to move by his physician. he was sufficiently
to converse with our reporter, and gave
the true statement OF the facts OF this inhuman
outrage as they occurred. The statement in the
Radical organ Is distorted to salve over the mat
ter and hide the shocking crime Of which the mob
were guilty.
La CoMMUFT IN CHARLESTON.
The half uf the -vltemptibls outrages COM
nitted during the Radical saturnalta OF Monday
night are not yet told. The reckless band OF
bowling negroes tSho made that night hideous
and memorable missed no opportunity Of vent
Ing, under the cowardly cover OF the certainty Of
nonidentincation In the mob, every sort OF petty
spite against their political opponents, and, in.
deed. against every one whose appearance or
surroundings bore evidence OF prosperity. The
mob seemed sctusted by the same Illogical
agrarian fury that recently impelled La
Commune Of unhappy Paris, and filled
that Queen City Of the world with
the abominatIon OF desolation. Only one notlcea-
Bile difference exists between the TWO kinds OF
The Paris mob was IN eruption
against the local and national authority, while
.he Charleston rioters are not only encouraged,
out organized and led by the very officials whose
voices, and whose acts, should be directed on the
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