The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-08-25

the real deeperadoes, aud not he nor
any OF his friends; that he is vii
ling to stand upon his record; Bowley
does not speak we'll Of Jones private
character. and charges thatall the re-
cent difficulty has been done to ruin
him Bowley) politically, brt il sure
that it will fail.
The cutter left this port Oh Sunday
night, the 10th instant, aud arrived ut
Georgetown on Monday morning at II
O'Clock. On rounding into the harbur,
sho fired signal gnn. This hnd II
very salntary effect on tho crowd OF
rioters. stopping many who were on
tho outskirts Of the town ami about to
enter. unl causing those alrcaly a,.
scrubbed to r,.tire. Tho olli.,rs .! the
cmttcr visited Tie town and found tl,
people pretty appr"ilruSivr Of l.lcc:,...-
arism und other crimes; The white
residents were si.i .hat the clttcr huJ
urr,"",i. and after her advent slrp; in
pence. They SAID 1t WAS Tie trss tiur
since the war that :lcy felt That they
tlnd IL Governulrnt 10 protect tI.c,n
lii" aost generous hospitality was
shown to the officers of th" cutter, Iiid
they rctnrned to thia city with many
very pleasant recoliectiona Tie officer,
OF the cutter had nothing whatever 10
do with the prisoners, beyond trans
ferriny them to this city, bccluse it
was believed that it was IN the Interest
of peac. and the personal safety ui the
prisoncts and people OF the town. All
was quiet In Georgetown at lnst nc-
counts. = Charleston Nems and Cymier.
THE WARS OF BowLEY AND JONES'
Fhe extreme tnockery of kepnbllcAu-
ism Is found i'll South Curuliua today
under negro rule. The vivid account
of the riots IN Georgetown which our
correspondent gives to-day is not ex.
nggcrnted, for nn writer could ude-
qnntely describe the fearful condition
of that society. The white men who
havo led the negroes into these cX.
cesses remind us Of those pirates who
become chiefs Of African tribes, aud,
i'll order to maintain their authority,
are compelled to be more brutal than
the snvag.s they command. The ne
groes themselves ble gorillas who
have been elected to the Legislature
more than ordinary human beings.
The story of this horrible orgie which
has been held in County cut of from
communication with the rest of the
State is grotesque even in its terrors.
The rivalry between the negro Senator
Jones aud the negro Senator Bowley
b2rlcsques the conflict between Brooks
and Baxter. SO monkeys which have
seen IL barber shop, butcher euch other
in the vain attemp, to shave. Senator
Jones cnlls ont the militia, and Bowlry
organizes an army. Dowley bombards
Jones house all night with sixteen
shooters. jones barricades. himself
with Legislative reports, made bullet
lroof by negro speeches. The militia
drive the troops of Bowley out of
town, an'l then Jones bcsirges Bow.
ley. Bowley takes refuge (wherc he
ought to be now in jail. Jones
| threatens to bnrn the town, in order
t" make IL conlllgrAtion of Bowley 3
house. like the Chinese, who, when
they wanted roast pig, set fire to the
sty. Thus the hideous work goes on,
night und duy-men, women and chill
dren engaged in bloody war; and the
result would have been still more ter.
rible, had not United States revenue
cutter from Charleston steamed up to
the town ono fine day. and, with throe
cannon and thirty men, frightened the
contending armies into the swamps
and woods.
This conflict WAS entirely conlined
to the blacks. 1t could hardly be
otherwise in County in Which there
are 13,3SS negroes and only 2,733
| whites. and in which the former have
absolute rule. White emigration from
Georgetown wonid soon rnako the
population of one color, if the whites
had any place to emigrato to or any
money to go with. Eut one part Of
South Carolina il likely to be almost
as bad III the others. The negroes
govern the whole State. aud sorlc Of
these days, unless snch great statesmen
US Bowley and Jones lose their intlu-
ence. there may DO Il carnival Of blood
which will make the rest OF the Union
shnddcr.
! There is no desire in the North to
undo the work of emancipation nor to
suppress the political equality which
the logic Of freedom compels. But
there is II growing determination that
such scenes as those in Georgetow
shall he made impossible. for the sake
OF humanity and the honor of tho M
ton. Jones and Bowlcy, by their
monkey-liko limitations of the "grcat
wars which make ambition virtue" "ure
degrading American civilization and
outrnSing the moral sense of the ua.