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

| BoWLEY AND THE BOWLEXfTkS
BnoUaHT AS PRISONERS TO OHARhEs.
ToN-ALn QUIET AT THE SEAT OF WAh.
The United States steam cutter Moo.
oasin, Commander Davis, which had
been despatched TO Georgetown dur
| ng the progress of the late riot there
to look after Government property, re-
turned yesterday afternoon, about 2
o'clock. having aboard number OF
eolored prisoners. They were put on
shore and in charge of officers aud cor
ricd to the Jail in Magazine street, aud
as they passed through the streets
were followed by an immense crowd.
On arriving ut tho Jail, they filed iu,
the crowd lingering some time discuss
ing their arrival and the trouble,
which lInl brought about their imbri-
sontAent. The names Of the prisoners.
who are all colorcd, urc as follows:
James a. Dnw!cy, Peter WuoGhary,
PalIas Julnn, Anthony Jndon, 3..l.
Tamplet. Frank Penno, john Smiley.
Phoenix Colt, Wlu. H. Beamcr. T.
ward Lawrence, Henry Clark. Daniel
Reynolds, Henry Smith aud George
Pawley. The prisoners arc held at
the Jail by request of Adjutant- Gene
rnl Purvis, because the Sheriff Of
Georgetown snid hu was nuuble to
keep them there in the face of the tx
isting feeling against them. Their
counsel, Mr.. NJ. L. Dooley, will apply
for writ Of hndens corpus, this morn.
ing, when, III nll probability, they Will
be released.
Bowley says he is IL native Of Mary
land, aud thirty years old; that he
com menced his political career in 1867,
| when he entered tho Stnte aud began
the advocacy of Republicauism. He
and Jones, who is about thirty-two
years old, were originally friends, and
labored harmoEiously for each others
interests. Jones was a member Of the
State Legislature in 1868, and hc u
School Commissioner. The difficulty
between Jones and Bowley began in
1869. caused by Jones advocating the
claims of Whittemoro. of Congress
s'onal expulsion fume, be (Bowley) re-
fusing to do SO. Jones WAS very pa
tronizing to B"wley, undertaking to
advise him, because he regarded him
as q protege. Bowley refused to listen
to Jones, and the breach widened. Iu
| 1877, Bowley was again elected to the
Legislature. in spite of Jones efforts
to defeat him, aided by Congressman
Rainey. Bowley says that Jones liz u
political incendiary; that during the
Au Klnx excitement, Harvey Jones, a
cousin of the hero of the late excite
ment, got up papers, pnrporting to
emanute from IL Ku Klux Khan in
Georgetown, and served them on sevc-
raj official. Jones afterwards con.
iessed that he originated the Ku I,ux
documents TO create M exoitement,
and Tor political effect ut the North.
| Bowley says that ut the beginning of
the campaign, Jones declared that he
would defeat him (Dowley) Mt any cost; !;
that he had yet two years to serve i'll
the State Senate, and that he had no
thing to loae by opposing Bowley. Ac-
cordlngly, he packed the different po-
l!tIcal meetings, and whenever he
(Bowley) attempted to speak, he would
be disturbed, and there would be n
row. Jones' excuse was that the peo.
plo did not want to listen to Bowley,
which was not the case. Seeing that
he was to be crowded out at Jones'
bidding, Dowiey got his friends to at
teud the meetings, to which Jones and
his friends generally came armed. To
crush Bowley out, Jones would use his
militlu. and on one OCCASION, the same
company which guarded him while iu
JAIL III Georgetown prevented bis
speaking ut IL public gathering. Bow
ley bad them arrested, and Jones,
when be heard of it, made threats
against Bowley. About two weeks be-
fore the recent riot, Jones got body
al armed men to stop Bowley speak
ing. Two days before the riot, Bow
ley issued IL call for meeting, to be
held ut II O'Clock. Jones issued call
Tor his friends to meet Mt 2 o'clock L.
NJ. on tho same day. Bowley's meet
ing began ut o'clock p. NJ, aud was
disturbed by the Jonesites, who, it is
very plain, wore anxious to break it
up, SO that they could win over Bow
ley's friends and have successful ga
tnerlng later. Jones and his followers
fniIed to break up the Bowley meeting,
which elected delegates to the County
Nominating Convention. Bowley says
Jones was highly incenscd ut being
beaten ut his own game, and made cx-
citing speeches to armed mon, dccar-
ing that his tBowlcy's) success meant
their re'cnslnvement; that he (Bowley)
ought to be cut to pieces, thrown into
u ditch and his house burned. These
horrible harangues had their effect on
the people and Jones' militia, aud on
Thursday night body Of armed men