The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-18

THE Esho iii q lli6Hfisd ssIe
cial from rltssbnrgh spys that on Saturday
night n bloody fight occurred betweena co
lored Grant club and white Greeley club
The fighting was of the most desperate cha
racter. lasting not more than ten minutes, but
in that time one hundred shots were fired
Six negroes were shot, but how badly was
notascertained. One white man named John
Seyell had his skull fractured BY stone, and
will die. The blame Of the affair is generally
laid to the negroes. A dispatch from Louis.
vile gives the particulars of the riot at JEFF
fersonyilIe, Ind, on Friday. 1t says:
The city Of Jacksonville, Indiana, direct
| " opposite here, has been in a state of in
tense excitement all day over the outrages oil
negro mob in political torchlight process
sion OF the night previous. Hon. Nat. Kim
ball, Grant stump orator. was announced
to speak at McLampbcIl's Park, and large
delegation of negroes and white men came
up from New Albany to participate in the
torchlight procession. Their conduct during
the parade was outrageous. The testimony
of citizens OF veracity and standing testities
to the fact that Il portion of the negroes and
"hiNS uINI llOhu JtHelstHNUlc III II
very creditablc manner. and attempted to as
sist the officers of the law in preserving
order.
Iheo. Gilbert, prominent citizen, states
that he saw negro in the procession on
Chestnut street, tlourislling pistol and de-
clai'lng he would 20 to prison to get to kill 4
Greeley man. He used lgar and disordcrly
Language, and Officer Seaman arrested him.
A crowd Of negroes from the procession then
attacked the officer, beat him severely, and
rescued the negro. During the melee the no.
grocS in the line flOurished pistols and fired
into the crowd on the sidewalk. Quinn, De-
putty Marshal Of the place. saw Il crowd of
negroes, one hundred in number. chasing
two white men up an alley. He threw him
self III front OF the mob and tried to stop il.
lie was attacked and seriously beaten with
torches and butts Of pistols. The cry WAS,
damn the Democratic police"
MIR. helTwln, most prominent citizen.
states that i'll front OF Mozart Hall, Burley, u
| negro, shouted, "Raise, boys. raise" and
| took Il crowd with him after party Of white
| men, who were spectators OH an adjacent
| corner. The negroes used the vileSt Ian
| gllagc toward ladies in dOorways, and seve-
| raj times attacked private houses with stones
| and firearms, firing through closed doors
and windows. Every white MN found on
the streets was fired mt and chased, with
cries Of Shoot him ~ "kill him; he's a
Greeley mln !" y citizen named William
| Long. while standing in front of his door.
was struck in the eye with stone, knocking
| his eye out and otherwise inirlring him. The
| cards of officers and citizens will he pub.
liShed in the papers here tomorrow, re-
hearsing the facts and counSclling quiet.
The following is from George F. Howard
| commanding the Hendricks battalion, a De,
| mocratic organization
$40 the Hendricks Battalion:
1.-The citizens are greatly excited over Il c
conduct of officers and men of the Rcpubli.
can torchlieht procession on Thursday "ht
| | was absent from the city At the time. and
| know nothing personally of what did occur,
| but certain it is that intense feeling has been
excited throughout the community, and
| feel called upon to counsel you to preserve
| that prudence and moderation which has
| hitherto characterized your condllcth pro.
| cesSionS as well as out of them. ,aeeserve
| your manhood and the dignity of 051sz6rg;iI,
ization under whatever circumstances that
may arise, remembering always to preserve
and respect the law.
"GEoRGE +. Howard, COMMANDING
The excitement runs high tonight, and
| the indignation of the citizens of JelirrSon
| vile, of both parties, is almost without
| bounds. Their wives and daughters have
| been inSlIltcd and maltrcated and themselves
| beaten, and there is no telling what may
conc Of it yet.