The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-01-04

ry tor the adoption OF the resolution, 90
1.-TWO thirds of the whole number of The men,
bers)-ayes 81, nays 63,
Murder and Pillage at Ghicot, ARK.
A Memphis dispatch, under date of the
goth, contains the following details Of the
negro insurrection at Chicot, Arkansas,
previously alluded to in our telegraphic col.
umns:
Reports previously sent in these Dispatch
es, regarding the killing of three white men
by negroes, at Chicot, Ark, and the evacua-
ton of the town by all the inhabitants, is
fully confirmed tonight by the arrival Of
some fifteen or twenty refugees from that
place--men, women and children, many OF
whom fed without a change of clothing or
food, so great was their terror. They report
that the negroes to the number of three hun
dred took possession of the town, patroled
the streets and pillaged the stores and pri-
vate houses, and set fire to several. The
citizens say that the sheriff is powerless, and
that allhpnsh republican he dare not ven
authorities ReFc by i 5Hs ii la ssA, e sas
confirms that portion Of the statement. In
severn. instances tic have resotted
to rapine. and under, no consideration would
they permit the burial of the three men kill
cd, and to-day the bodies are probably lying
in the woods prey to the buzzards: Those
who arrived here, walked fifteen miles thro,
the woods, at night, to escape the negroes,
o,d oro without the necessities of life. A
subscription is now being raised and they
will be cared for. One of them states that
at the time the negroes attacked the town
as high as one hundred dollars were offered
for skifs with which to get away. Governor
Uadlev of Arkansas has been fully notified
of this, but whether he has taken any action
or not is not. known Further particulars
are anxiously looked for. :,
LArER.-A messenger has just arrived
from Chicot Arkansas, with letters from
prominent representative citizens and the
sheriff of the county to the authorities at
Washington begging assistance. The mess
enper states that those who were not able to
Get away are now compelled to remain in
the town by the negroes, all OF whom are
armed One boat that contained family
escaping for refuge was fired into by the ne
groes and one person killed. The negroes
then ordered the boat to return to the shore
which it did. A reign of terror exists IN
Chicot. =,
M1DN1anT.-It now appears from the
statement ola passenger who just arrived
per steamer from below, that the plot to re-
lease and hang the three white men at CHI
cot. Arkansas. had been communicated to
the negroes living in Mississippi, and that
a number of them aided in the cold-blooded
murders alluded to in the previous dispatch
es. 1t also appears that the origin OF the
difficulty was discussion between G. W.
Wynn and John H. Saunders, the former a
negro lawyer recently from Washington, as
to the vote of the county subscribing money
to railroads-one defending and the other
opposing the vote-resulting in the killing
Of 'Wynn as previously mentioned. Saunders
and two friends were confined in jail unit
the 18th, when body of 100 armed negroes
rode into town, and, on pain of instant deati
demanded the keys of the sheriff, which III
delivered, and the prisoners were taken ou
as before stated, and killed.
1t seems from the information received to
night, that the negroes have majority
over fv. to one. and that they are controlled
by republican Office holders, whom Governo
Hadley would rather not interfere with
Hence the application made tonight to Tres
ident Grant to 1cnd regiment of troop
there to quell the disturbance and force tn
negroes to return to their homes. 1t IS tur
. ther stated that all the negroes within ra
- dius of fifty miles on both sides of the Mis-
. issippi River have collected at Chicot, an
= . DEFY the State as we'll as tho Na-ional Go'
y ernment, threatening to burn, killand rayls
. if any attemo. is made to arrest or punls
them.
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