The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-23

THE GRENADA, Miss, RIor.-The facts
stated in former dispatches are substan
TALLY correct, but do not convey the
slightest idea OF the excitement that pre-
vailed at Grenada or at the towns along
the Mississippi and Tennessee and Mis-
sissippi Central Railroads, when the news
OF tho raid was telegraphed, and spread
like wild6re.
At Coffeeville, 100 mon gathered in
half an hour, and telegraphed tho Gre.
NADIA authorities of their willingness to
start at o moments notice. At Water
Valley. 200 men collected at the depot,
where special train was kept standing
upon the track, ready to move rapidly
to the seat OF war, should the Grenada
officers send by wire the magic word
come, and along both roads. at the diff
ferent stations, groups Of men collected,
armed in every conceivable manner, and
ready to go; but alI, ia if by mutual
agreement, waited for the summons
from the beleagrcred Officials, and the
information of the reinforcements col
lccting in so great q number having in
some manner leaked out, was com NUM-.
Gated to the mob, and that alone, per-
haps, saved Grenada from destruction
by fire, to say nothing of the murders
that would have been committed by the
excited blacks.
The origin Of tho riot is oue Price. O
carpet-bag Senator, whose commands
the negroes obey implicitly, and who
would have had them hold conven- j.
tion in Grenada but for his slort-sight.
einess in not keeping whiskcy away
from them, as many were drunk when
they came TO town, and one, O captain.
was 80 boisterous that policeman at
tempted to arrest him, aud received for
his effort stunning blow over his head
from cooked revolver, which the ne.
gro held in his hand. Assistance was
then called, and the negro rowdy arrest
ed, when the ncgroe. rallied, and, over
powcring the whites, rc-captured their
head devil aud drove the officer and his
posse several squares, fripg their pistols
after them, but fortunately hit nobody
Then il Was that the entire male portion
OF the city gathered in body, aud,
making sortie, came upon the negroes
and took from them the Man wanted by
the police, but only held him few mo.
ments, as the entire mob Threatened all
sorts Of vengeance unless he was given
up; and, upon their request being re-
fused, about 100 Of them gathered
around the party Of eight or ten who
had him in charge, and, with cooked
guns and pistols, again took him and
moved towards the woods. 1t wac at
this juncture that the kilograms were
sent to the neighborius towns, and the
assistance gotten as stated above. The
| negroes, or the most Of them, then left
the town, many threateLing that it
would be burned before another week
| rolled around, which so alnrmed the
citizens that patrol guard was kept in
tho stIe,t all night before last and last
night
Price, the carpet-bas Senator, during
the atray, was comfortably slowed way
in his house, and did not attempt to
quiet the negroes until compelled to do
so by one or two Of the most influential
men Of the place. lie has said, and it
il generally belic"cd b. leading men OF
both parties, that there will be trouble
at Grenada, as well ms at other places in
the State, ut the coming election, and
several gentlemen with whom Your cor.
re spondent has convcrsed regarding the
matter state that the negroes, led bY
these unpr!ncipcd white men, will
sweep everything before them when the
contest comes; and in anticipation OF
this, they will all remove their families
aud furniture from the locality several
days previous to tic election, unless
measures arc taken to preYeut az out.
| break or uprising.