The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-04

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The candidates whose names are marked W
| Willis, 5s.
the day wore on, and the election Of General
John A. WAGNER and Conservative
Council became more and more GER
| tain, the howls recurred with startling fire.
quency, until at last the separate groans be-
came merged into one continuous howl, up
| lifted from thousands of colored throats-a
| gentle lullaby which soothed Charleston
through the evening, and which was doubtless
commingled with the weeping and walling
and gnashing of teeth of the Rlf:Raf leaders
who have lost their clutcha at last, and let us
hope for ever, on the throat and pocket of
this long suffering city.
Scenes Around the Courthouse.
During the day several scrlmmages oc-
red among the turbulent crowd Of ne
grces oongregated at the corner Of Broad and
Meeting streets. About half-past 9 o'clock
| Henry Dralne, colored Conservative, ap-
peared in the square, aud, as usual, the color
| ed Radicals s'went for him. Draine is fond OF
loud talking, but, In the numerous dlsturban-
ces In which he figures, has always been first
assalled. In this instance, he talked IS loudly
tas ever, and was assaulted by several col
Ored men with clubs. He retreated anu
drew pistol. While cooking this
| weapon it was accidentally discharged
In his hand. His assailants pressed on,
and several white men interposed to protect
him. MIR. d. q. Hicks wrested the pistol from
Draine's hand, and Ia the tumult several paw
| ing stones were hurled: Tive or three white
men were hit, and Mr. Chrletzberg was struck
in the head, as he caught the arm OF colored
man hnrllng stone. AlssHasse wound: was In
filcted, and the blood flowed freely. The
sheriff here came up, and several persons
haying been arrested, the disturbance ceased.
The peace wasnow unbroken, except by oc-
caslonal shouts from the .dusky masses, as
some report of the success of the Radical can
didate was brought down BY some favored
insider, or thrown from the window of
the Courthouse. About IL o'clock, Ben
than, colored man, wearing q
large straw hat, managed to raise
Ia disturbance in the hall Of the Courthouse,
end became the centre Of struggling mass.
Being sturdy fellow, he brandished his stick
and forced his way olt Of the crowd, who fol-
lowed him into the street. The matter was
here adjusted satisfactorily, and the row sub
sided. There was no white men concerned
this time. The crowd kept Its position through
out the day, and increased towards dusk.
Their threatening aspect at this time rendered
It necessary to clear the streets, and the de-
tachment Of about twenty United States SOL
diers, who had been stationed In the Guard
house yard and might have been noticed peer
ling over the wall at the scene below, or riding
astride of the large, yard gate, were ordered
out. Deploying across Broad. street, they
marched steadily up 10 King, driving the
cusky masses, who took care to keep at re-
s2ectabe distance before them. The maneu-
vre was executed quietly and promptly. Broad
street to King, and Meeting up to Queen, were
speedily cleared, and the military retired with
cut any hostile demonstrations having been
made against them.
Words Fifty Spoken.
During the afternoon the result of the con-
test became very generally understood by the
Republican leaders, and addresses were made
to their co!ored followers by Mayor Pillsbury
| and Mr.. T., j. Mackey. The former spoke
from the Courthouse to large assemblage Of
| his colored constituents. advising them to
keep the peace and act as good citizens. Their
ticket was defeated, and he saw no chance for
their political salvation unless in the special
providence of God Almighty. He counselled
them to stand by their party, and not let one
repulse unnerve them. His remarks were
well received, and the dusky crowd dispersed.
Mr. T. J. Mackey spoke from the steps OF the
Fireproof Building to the same effect as his
predecessor, and closed by appealing to his
audience, If they had any confidence in him
as leader and had respect for the party, to
retire to their homes and use their best en-
deavors to preserve the peace and sustain the
ancient renown of the city. There was so
Der sadness In these two harangues that car
red conviction to even the most turbulent OF
the mass, aud "order relgned in Warsaw"
The Result.
The vote In each precinct for the respective
candidates is shown In the table which will be
found in another column. In brief, the result
is that,the Citizens candidates for Mayor and
Aldermen are elected by heavy majority.
The majority of General Wagner, our candi.
date tor Mayor, is III, he having received $3.50
votes, and Mayor Pillsbury 1909 votes. The
| highest vote except that for Mr. O'Neill,
| who was nominated by both parties) was
polled for Mr.. Alva Gage and Mr
Garrett-the latter being q colored man
and the former a Northern gentleman
who has lived for generation In Charleston.
These candidates received 5000 votes. The to-
tai vote this year is lo,4Ol, against total vote
in 1868 OF lo,lo2, when Mr.. Lesesne received
5O42 votes and Mr.. Pillsbury 5000 votes. AL
the candidates of the Citizens party for schoo
commissioner were elected, excepting in
Wards and 4, where Messrs. Jacob whitman
and G. G. Memminger receivad majority.