The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-24
LOUISVILLE,
A Regular war-Civil Rights Bill
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| Journal has received the following spe-
| cial kilograms from the seat of hOStilities
in Garrard county:
STANFORD, KY, August 22.-A num-
| Der of men have reinforced the Kennedy
party at Lancaster, and recruits are go
ing into town we'll armed. Trouble of II
serious nature is brewing. Their object
! is 10 quiet the excitement peacefully II
they can, and forcibly if they must. The
Sellers party are negroes and whites, prin-
cipally negroes, about thirty Of whom are
guarding his house. where they have
entrenched themselves and made
/ barricadcs. They are armed with Spen-
Ger rifles. but where they got them Is
strange. Both parties are being rein
forced. The sheriff Of this county, W.
! q. Sanders has been appointed chief of
the peace brigade. Skirmishing has been
going on since . o'clock this afternoon
It is reported that five ncgroc, have been
killed and several wounded. Sellers
house has been burned, and two others.
| United States troops came out. and both
parties fired on them. The troops re-
turned the fire and dispersed both parties,
and then returned to their quarters. All
is quiet at present, o'clock.
The End IL not Yet
reached We fear, although earnest efforts
are making to stop hoStiIiticS
Second Dispatch.
LANCASTER, August 22.-Wc are real
" having Il terrible war between party
Of whites and party of blacks. Fight
ing has been going on at intervals sine
Wednesday night. Yesterday morning.
some negroes shot Mr.. Fred Iraklry.
This so exaspcrated the white citizens
that large party took possession of the
! town this morning, and firing has been
kept up all day. The negroes are fOrtl-
| fled in the house of VIM. Sellers. Its
! thought two negroes were killed and -cv-
cral wounded. The whites set fire to
an clubhouse near Sellers residence with
the intention of burning the negroes, and
it is still burning, and the whites now
! have the negroes surrounded. II Is re-
ported that Seller, hats gone after NOR"
negroes. and the whites have AIS" sent
for reinlorcements. \ perfect reign of
terror exists, and there l. no law or or
der here. Troops are stationed here now
but refuse to interfere. Tn" citizens trur
! the town may be- burned. \ party Of
whites from Lincoln county are her"
with arms and ammunition.
! 4 regular engagement has just occurred
between the troops and rioters, the troop.
we're called into town to try 10 quell the
riot. when then were fired on by both
parties. They returned the fire, and
several we're wounded on both sides.
Sellers dwelling is now burning.
Third Dispatch.
DANvILLE, August 22,-The situation
at Lancaster up TO a late hour this even
ing. was as follows: Konnedy's friends
occupy the court house and Mason and
| Saddlers Hotel situated on the road
leading to Stanford. Sellers forces ar"
located on his premises, just down the
Hill, on the Lexington pike, and short
distance from the public square. Athlrd
party, whose mission i 10 prc-"rv" or re-
! store peace. occupy n corner building on
| the public square, between the two par
! ties. and on the road to Lexington.
! There ha- been no shooting since my last
report. The Circuit Court hn- not
adjourned, and the man named GeakI"y
| who was shot ], not a .on-In-Iaw Of Mem
nedv. hut brother of that gentleman.
| The contested clrctIen case between Mem
nsdv and Faulkner, for the office Of clerk
! of the Circuit Court. wa. set for to-day
/ but not tried. The hu,inc>, house, in
the town nr" closed. and thop""pI" are IN
momcntary expectation Of 4 further out
break
Fourth Dispatch.
! DANvuLE. August 22.-Thcr" has
been more shooting at Lancaster. Some
negroes near Sellers premise, fired on a
party ur whitr- in Brown, building. on
the corner aboy" spoken Of The FIR" was
returned. and the skirmi.h wa- kept up
till the time tn" messenger left. Iw"
negroes who w"r" shot are supposed 10 b"
killed. No other ca,ualtic- ar" known.
In response 20 a call Of General Leslie,
four companies Of militia. 80 men. uu-
der Col. Clarke, lcft this city at . oclock
tonight for Lancaster.
Internal Outrage The War Abont
Over.
LOUISVILLE, August 23.-In Todd
county a few night. ago, a party oi
masked men murdered lsham Link
colored, and shot hi- son through the ab,
domen. The Sheriff and posse are after
the murderers. The Courssr-Jo"r"Di has
the following special telegram-:
STANFORD. Ky, August 23
am now Just in from Lancaster: 2D
State militia has arrived here at 500 thi'
forenoon. and campcd on the pubh,
square. The negroes all scattered last
night. and the white. divided, all i.
quiet. \ white man by the name %
Ward. who Wa in S"llsr
all well armed The squad Of Colonel
Clark returned with about 35 black pris
oner-, at o'clock in the afternoon. and
il Is said the riugIeaders have been ar
rested. Certainly many Of the mo-
prominent ofthern have been arrested
Conflicting rumors prevail a % the mum
: Der cf negroc- IN arms bat II i now .al'
the ring leader, of the blacks are unde
arre-t. i j. believed that no furthe
trouble will b. had. The utmost quie
prevails in town and the vicinity at th'
hour. pm. 4 squad Of soldier. unde
= the orders ofCol. Clarke. are put out il
search of lawless men Of either color.