The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1874-08-27

mob, who still surrounded it, swore that
they would not let any white man enter it,
and swore too, with fearful imprecations,
that they intended to burn it down. The
sheriff with the militia then marched to the
house, and while the latter kept the crowd
back, the sheriff persuaded Bowley, as a
means of preserving his life, to surrender
himself and go to Jail He did SO, accom-
panied by his satellites, George Pawley,
Anthony Jandon and Ned Lawrence,
(three colored Customhouse officers, and
followed by mob Of Jones's negroes,
hooting, yelling, cursing and swearing
The slogan Of these savages was: "Dese
Bowleyites ,hab offended our god, and we
gwine to hab vengeance" By their god
they meant Jones, who is SO regarded. by
them.
On Friday evening the women brick
batted Bowley's house, smashing all the
windows in, and wounding colored man
who tried to stop them. A colored Meth
odist preacher came up soon afterward
and succeeded in quelling the disturbance
in the immediate neighborhood. Before
this the Jones mob was loudly swearing
that if tkey could not burn Bowley's
house in any other way it would do it by
burning the whole town. At eight o'clock
on Friday evening rain and thunder
storm came up and cooled off things lit
tie, and by this means the night was pass
ed without any demonstrations on either
side.
On Saturday morning when our inform
ant left there was less rioting, but the
excitement was intense and the anxiety
on the part of the white citizens very
great. 1t is reported that an attempt will
be made to turn out the officers in charge
of the armory and arsenal in the town,
and place in charge another man who will
allow the guns and ammunition to be
used
Jones seems to .have Gov. Moses on
his side, for. about two weeks ago, some
of his rioters were arrested and bound
over to trial by trial justice named G.
r. Anderson. For this discharge Of his
duty Jones went to Columbia and pro-
cured from Moses the removal Of Ander-
son, and the appointment of man named
j. Harvey Jones, who has been loaf
ing around the county for some time.
THE LATEST.
The latest news from Georgetown was
brought to Charleston last night by Jones,
the leader of one of the contending fac
tions, who left the troubled town early
yesterday morning. Jones has called on
Gov. Moses to make a requisition for Uni
ted States troops, and contends that in no
other way can peace be restored. 1t is
probable, however, that Jones exaggeT-
ates the gravity.of the danger, and it is
hoped that tonight the intelligence will be
received that, for the present, at least, the
riot is at an end.
A special messenger from Georgetown,
who arrived in this city on Sunday,
brought dispatches to Gen. Vodges, CON-
manding the United States troops here,
and also to the deputy collector of the
port. The communication addressed to
Gen. Vodges was from Intendant Cong
don, and was endorsed by the sheriff. 1t
gives the particulars of the troubles, and
expressed grave apprehensions that unless
immediate steps were taken to prevent it,
the town would be made to suffer by the
infuriated mob, consisting Of negro men
and women, well armed, the former with
guns and pistols, and the latter with rice
hooks and similar weapons. Gen. Vodges
was asked urgently to send forward a
company Of United States soldiers to pro-
tect the peaceable citizens and their prop
erty. Gen. Vodges appeared to take a
lively interest in the matter, but said that
he could not, on his authority, give the
assistance that was desired. He, how
ever, telegraphed q full statement Of the
facts to Maj. Gen. Mcdowell, command
ing the department of the South, whose
headquarters are at Louisville, Ky. Yes
terday Gen. Vodges received dispatch
from Gen. Mcdowell, dated New London,
Conn, in which that officer said in sub
stance, that the troubles in Georgetown
were primarily proper subject tor the
action of the State authorities, and that
troops could not be sent to the spot unless
called for by the Governor Of the State in
the manner provided by law.
The dispatch delivered to deputy col
lector Rawlins, in the absence Of col.ec-
tor Worthington, came from collector
Heriot, of Georgetown, who said that the
United States property at that place was
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