The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1871-08-10
Charleston, S. G., Election Riot,

| Of United States troops, acting in concert
with the civil authorities and committee
Of citizens. From the Charleston News we
take the following:
The call for the working committee to
assemble ut the polls in ward was prompt
| ly responded to by the citizens party, aud
soon alter the polls were opened strong
| body of men were present, determined 10
see order preserved and fair play given to
all. The radicals also turned out in still
larger numbers, and the opposing parties,
occupying their respective sides of the
street, seemed ready for any emergency
The voting commenced as soon as st. Mi.
chael's clock struck seven, and continued
rapidly, with but few Interruptions, until
| ~ o'clock. Five soldiers were stationed
underneath the porch of the guard house.
They had quietly stacked arms, and were
sitting around them. A colored citizen
| about this time went up to the polls of
Ward ! and voted the Wagner ticket open.
| ly. This excited the radical negroes
around, and one of them struck Captain
Thomas Young, who was near the voter,
and was accused Of influencing him. Cap,
tain young returned the blow, the crowd
pressed ON them, and row ensued.
The shouts and curses announced TO the
outsiders the commencement Of the diff.
Guilty, and the soldiers, fixing their bayo-
nets, charged across the square, loading as
they went. The portico and steps of the
City Hall were packed with men, but as the
| glittering bayouets came up the steps on
one side rush was made Cor the other
steps, and the porch was cleared in an in
slant.
The polling place of the first precinct of
ward was the scene during the afternoon
of a collision between few disorderly rad
icals and the United States soldiers, who
killing of Balaam Grant, a colored man,
twenty five years ofage. The polling place
was ut the Niagara engine house, on Sires
street, between Spring and Bogard streets.
The little street was filed all the morning
with large crowd of people Of all shades
of color, and II wus evident that any slight
occurrence might bring about serious dis
turbance. The military guard consisted of
Sergeant Mallory and three priyates of com.
pany ID, eighteenth infantry, and it was
proposed by them to clear the little street
us preventive measure. In this, however,
the sergeant was overruled by the special
deputy sheriff on duty at that point, and
| the crowd remained. At o'clock, as a
colored man was approachingthe polls, the
ralliers OF both parties surrounded him, so.
liciting his vote. At this one colored man
in the crowd, named Balaam Grant, became
incensed, and began denouncing the ralliers
oil the citizens party for attempting to Sc
cure colored vote. Not content with YER
bal denunciations, he raised heavy club,
which he carried in his hand, and began
laying about him on the heads of every
white man whom he could reach.
AT this time Sergeant Maloney and one
private were stationed ut the polling place,
the other soldiers being at either end of the
street. Grant was ordered by Sergeant
Mallory and roundsman Bing to desist, and
the order not being obeyed they started to
arrest him. Grant tried to run, and made
his way as well as he could through the
crowd, until he had got nearly to the end
OF the street, when soldier discharged his
Diusket aud he fell, shot through the abdo
men and niortally wounded. A scene of
the widest excite T,ent ensded. The col
cred men swarmed about the soldiers and
swore that they would have revenge. The
few soldiers Kept the excited crowd at bay
as well as they could, while the police re.
NAMED passive spectators. Meantime
message had been sent to the Citadel, aud
one company of the Third Artillery soon
appeared upon the scene armed with mas.
kets, and commenced TO dispense the mob.
Starting from the polling place, in about
the centre OF the block, they marched in
both directions, gradually pressing the
crowd back until the street was cleared of
all except those whose duties kept them at
the polls. A detail of a corporal and five
tion 10 Tho or;a;nal dna'.i ,"e I e"ui u "uu,
mo,rto;noJ der;,,,, 91ha . ""a oioe vi" va,
dav T.,o wh;,a O. pabaa, VI .ne
nnd Rohar, i roos H. ,s Ooo' ,'yon5' o.,
CHARGE If r;o,o~a nonduo. al d 80 ,s In
10 r. as5 49,. NJ, "uu WI 'hhen
Voc ai. - IT, a.. u "Va"ueu man
was sanud ,T., nc t nospIsta,' wnere y
Joman IA ' nc ndu Dee' 'a ,' ~ ,ne az
and ha Aid Ia, osaa;, =, ~ e.,,'e one,
Iin;,sd S,a,as soiS;ars - cav ~ a"e W ,ne
Layed will ojmos, ,no nn"S n s"a; .nes ~
onIv nsaJ ,ha;r 80, ~ ~ u0 III pd l anu
sol1,eIv necossorv 70 sava ~, ,ha.. oS s ~
f,rv of The mob " saw ''''' ''o"' ''o
Inc wounJ;na If Gran, oaa.a a. ,L
c;,emsn, lie 6nd, 49,, ,,"d -. ~ .ne
carl. wos naraded i6ro,,cb S;ro. s,raat P',S
the naaroas da,,andaJ r. ;na,.' o".e.' a"u
MIR. LYONS. .Ir who was SAID ~ hana ~, u
led ont "Sboot him hscora ,h Nv 1 f'.i da
was fred Al ibis time M ITn;,aJ S, .uos
soldiers were nresen, In, r,n,ors oc s' "a,
had passed with I;obin;nc snaod o VI ' Nv
whole city. Mr.. 8 Tob.as has ,S pae, In, ano
dent Of he Ci,;zens, Ciuh 81 i5,o sns p,es,
The colored rioters as tbev aJyanoa , n ~
wards the nolls. and asked iban, s'ha, ~, ~
wanted. Their snokesman sa;a ,ha . '. ~.
man who cried .ssboot h;'',', sa,u i''a. .ne
up to them. Mr.. Tobias reni;sJ I' , ~ sN NJ
LYONS was now In n hose ;pr,ad;a aa". ai''
p ;,n' VI. poi'ns p.ey'hc1' ne should be
siv wh vi to ay P'op'r;y eonsu'u,eo author
wba,ane. H. ..,h y, ,"n "n oul no moo
ons ont of a., ho'ss sh1uiu u'he Mr, ny,
- 49,. ~ 'na. nou Si "hi'e one man hNed