Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-10
CrOsby's Resignation Presented
and Accepted-The Stolen
Records Found - Evil
denees Of Robbery.
An Extra Session Of the Legisla
tn G Called by Governor
Ames - Additional Par
ticulars Of Tuesday
Work.
AmeS Pr0eIaims Against the Riot
Gus VicksbIGgers, and Com
mands the Peace-GIean-
ings from the Press
Etc, Etc.
sKTRousHING AND FIGHTING CONTIN-
rrEn

UED.
! CINCINNATI, December Especial dis
/ patches to the Times say that the figh
was renewed at Snyder's Bluff, ten mile.
/ tom the city, last evening, between &
/ body Of several hundred negroes anC
I forty WI ties. A courier was sent L
[ Nicksburg for reinfOrcements, which
were sent out on the dOuble-quick, anC
after q short skirmish four negroes wert
| killed and three wounded. The negroes
retreated.
Last night the negroes drove in the
white pickets from Fort Hill, and it ii
said have intrenched themselves there
They are receiving large reinforcement:
/ from other counties, and at the latest
accounts were marching on the city by
lssaquens road, driving the whites be-
fore them. They fired into a funeral
procession to-day, wOuDding one white
man. The fire was returned and three
negroes killed.
THE EXCITEMENT sUBSIDING.
VICKsBURG, December 9.-The ex-
citement is subsiding, aud business is
generally resumed. Armed bodies OF
negroes are reported to be eongregsting
at various places few miles from town.
Some Of the whites are still under arms,
and strict guard is being kept on the
approaches to the city.
CROSBY RESIGNED.
The board Of supervisors met to-day.
AOjutant- General Packer presented the
resignation of Sheriff Crosby, which was
accepted Au election will be ordered
for sheriff soon. The recent robbery of
the records furnish evidence of the forg-
cry and embezzlemeEt OF Peter Crosby,
the sheriff, Wash. Davenport, the
cIancery clerk, and other negro officials,
all of whom are under indictment, ex-
cept Crosby, who packed the grand jury
for his own protection. The stolen rec
ords were found this evening In or under
the house Of Davenport, who is now
fugitive from justice, with seven indiet-
ments against him. For week past he
has been in consultation with his friends
at Jackson.
Ed Richardson attempted to 90 into
the jail to-day, snd when passing out
made some obnoxious remarks, and was
shot through the arm by the guard, the
ball lodging in Tom Kinney's knee, in
aicting Il serious wound.
AN EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGIsLA-
TURE CALLED.
Governor Ames has issued prOcls-
nation calling an extra session Of the
legislature for Thursday, theseventeenth
instant, TO take some action on the sitl-
alton here.
PARTICULARS or THE FIGHT, ETC.
Yesterday evening, while sn escort
was ON its way to Snyder's Bluff with
the remains of Oliver Brown, who was
killed in the fight on Monday, it was
fired into, aud citizen named Vaughn
mOrtslly wounded, who has since died.
The fire was returned, and three negroes
were killed. A courier wss dispatched
to this city for assistance, with the in
formation that the negroes were in force
and determined on fighting. Reinforce
meHts were sent, but returned late this
evening, and report all quiet near Sny-
der's Bluff, having had no fight. George |
w. Davenport, chanceTy clerk, who is |
under Indictment for embezzlement and |
forgery, and who is one Of the officials |
the citizens wanted to interview, but |
were prevented 10y his running away, |
has been accused of making way with |
the books and records Of his Office. To- |
day they were found concealed under |
his house. The action Of the board of |
supervisors in regard to Crosby's bond, /
with the acts of Davenport, are
among the causes which led TO blood, /
shed. During the fight on Monday the
negroes Of the city took no part init. All
is quiet tonight up TO ten O'Clock, but
Of armed bands Cf negroes are
lfloat.
ANIES'S PROCLAMATION
JACKSON, Miss, December 9-Gov-
srn0r Ames has issued a proclamation
ietting forth the fact OF riot at Vicks-
1Urg, stating that the rioters have, by
hreats and intimidation, expelled the
heTif Of Warren county, and are now
the laws, and that the rioters
lave made threats against other county
compelling them to flee for
heir lives, and adds: Whereas, the
State courts were in full force and vigor,
nd competent 10 punish any OF said
flicials If dishonest, until said courts
we're paTalyzed ty the action Of such Iin-
awful assemblages; and whereas, such
hreats have been directed exclusively
gainst the cOlored officials; and where
s, IL is satisfactorily presented
o me that the object of said
iotous and disoTdeFly action is
o deprive cOlored men of their civil and
'OlltlCal rights because OF their color;
nd whereas, il Is provided by the con-
tiutiOn and laws Of the United States
hat protection shall not be denied to any
itizsn because Of race OF color; and
it is the duty Of the governor
4 State 10 use all his power to execute
he laws and suppress riots and insurrec-
ion, as provided In the State constitu-
ion, I, Adelbert Ames, governor Of the
State of Mississippi, do hereby make
and command said rioters
nd disOrderly people to disperse and re-
ire peaceably to their respective abodes
nj hereafter submit TO the legally con-
tituted authorities OF the State, and
invoke the aid aud cooperation Of all
GOD citizens to uphold the laws and
reserve the peace.
ADELBERT AAfES, Governor,
JAMES HILL, Secretary OF STATE.