Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-12-08

VICKSBURG.
The var Of the Races Broken Ont
AFresh-FearfaI Results Of Ne
gro and Cerpetbag DOml-
nation.
The Sheriff, who Failed TO Give Bond
and Comply with the Law, At
temPts FOreible Posses
sion.
A Negro Army Marching ON Yieksbarg
is Defeated with Loss OI TWen-
ty-fiYe Killed and Wound
ed snd Forty Pris-
Oners.
The Flends Burning Dwellings and Gins
Fearful State OF A1airs-The
Whole White Population
Under Arms.

IN view Of the news from Vieksburg
this morning, we point with satisfaction
to the utterAnces of the Herald of that
city in its issue of last Friday. 1t said,
in reply to the Oxford RicOchet:
We believe that 1.-The right ofeyery citizen"
black and white alike, "should be held sa-
cred" We believe that the constitution
the Radicals TO trample upon its proylslOns-
We believe that the laws should be enforced,
and IL Is precisely because the Radicals will
not enforce them that We have such frequent
occasion TO denounce the eVil-doers as false 10
their oaths and the obligations OF good elti-
zens. When the Democrats come into power
they propose TO extend equal and exact JUS
lice to all men. They propose 10 obey the
constitution and enforce the laws.
This statement, given without reser-
walton, places the white citizens Of
Vicksburg in the proper light. In what
they did yesterday, and what they may
do to-day, they are but carrying out this |
pledge to enforce the constitution and |
the laws. a negro is elected sheriff, !
and failing to make bond, is ousted. |
He summons a posse of his own color
and attempts to take fOrcible possession
of the Office, and is resisted by the peo-
pie whose Laws he would violate. That
is the whole story. There is neither
gro sheriff makes it race question by
an appeal to his negro brethren. 1t is a
question whether the negro pets Of the
earpetbaggers and scalswags shall be al
lowed to override law and do as they
please-the whites fearing to give
color to the Radical cry Of oppression
| by encountering them-Or law and order
shall he asserted even at the point Of
the bayonet by the race which believes
in law and has always asserted it. The
last alternative has been presented TO
the white people Of Vieksburg, and they
have accepted it with an alacrity that
proves they are determined upon uphold
ing the constitution aud the law. They
are right.
FEARFUL RURfORs CONFIRMED.
VIcKBURG, December THE reports
in circulation last night that large
bodies of armed negroes were on their
way to the city to take possession Of the
courthouse, were confirmed this morn.
ing at nine O'Clock when the alarm
bells were ruDg to warn the citizens.
Business houses of all kinds closed, and
the whites under arms marched out on
the various roads 20 meet the enemy.
The courthouse is in possession Of the
whites and the negro sheriff a prisoner.
Great excitement prevails.
THE FIRST ASSAULT.
NEW ORLEANS, December The
following is a special to the Bulletin:
VICKsBURG, MISS, December = 2l5 pm.
Our citizens were called under arms at
three O'Clock this morning. The negroes
advanced on the city in three columns
and commenced an attack on the Cher
nv street outskirts. They were driven
back with a loss of four killed and quite
a number wounded. One citizen was
slightly wounded. The negroes are now
advancing Oh the Warrenton road. and
another conflict is mOmentarily ex-
pected.
OFFICIAL.
NEW ORLEANS December THE fol-
lowing telegram was received at General
EmOry's headquarters:
JAcKsoS, Mss, December :, ls7i
To Major L. P Platt, Adjutant- General Of the
Department of the Gulf, New orleans.
Adjutant- General Packer reports Ia
/ / Governor Ames from VicksbuTg, by tele-
r graph, that riot and fighting had be-
gun at nine o'clock this morning; that
/ the militia are pOweTless to maintain
F. order; that the mob has possession of the
/ sheriff7s person, and holds the court
house with armed force. The extent o.
e the fighting is not yet known.
! Captain Sixteenth Intantr
THE NEGROES DEFEATED, WITH BLOODY
= RESULTS.
2 NEW ORLEANS, December IA Bul
q Ietip special from Vicksburg says tina
; seven hundred negroes attacked the city
this morning on three roads. The.
I were driven back by the citizens, will
: a loss OF twenty-five killed and wound
3 ed, and forty prisoners. The whites los
, one killed and two wounded. The at
4 tack was made for the purpose OF, rein
st stating Crosby as sheriff, who was re
St quested to resign because he had no
Z given any bond. The negroes IN th
d country are reported burning dwelling
Z and ginhouses.
G. SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS, AND THEI
n RESULTS.
e VIcKsBURG, December 7.-Seyera
Is epgsgements took place this mOrnin
- between the whites and negroes on tn
t various routes leading into this city
The negroes were repulsed and routed 8
= all points, with a loss of eighteen O
G twenty killed and about the same mum
4, Der wounded. Thirty or forty prisoner
/ / lpr1n int k.nn
ID iail, One white man by the name c
le Oliver Brown, OF Snider's Bluff, wa
Il killed. Policeman Burton was Ound
N ed, and George Batehelor was accident
C. ally shot through the foot. The citizen
ts are still under arms, and all the road
at leading into the city are plcketed. III
n, excitement is subsiding. The town ne
III groes took no part in the difficult
whatever.
ne CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE, AND ADD
We TIONAL PARTICULARS.
g VICKsBURG, November There hs
been for some time trouble brewing bt
tween the Taxpayers association an
citizens, and the county officials. Tn
sheriff was acting without legal bone
and the board of supervisors refused
order new one, though time for pay
set ing taxes had arrived. Two or thre
u. az other officers were under indictment {,
forgery and embezzlement, and the cit
dy citizens despsiring Of any nslie
to from partisan courts, last Wednesda
1r. held 8 meeting, and in bod
proceeded to the courthouse 10 d
Ter mand the resignation of the sherii
rd' chancery clerk, treasurer and corOne
: All fed except Sheriff Crosby negro
nd and he signed his resignation. Satu
day card appeared on the street
ng, signed by Crosby, calling on all the eli
lar zens Of Warren county, Republican
white and black, to come to his aid 81
till support him in his position. Crosl
ler publicly and through the papers deni'
the authorship of the card; yet tn
10y morning armed bodies of negroes a
t. peared advancing on the city fro
six different roads. The alarl
ldy was sounded about nine O'cloC
Get the citizens gathered en- mass
cb. armed Immediately, and advance
to meet tile negroes on Baldwin
var. ferry road. The negroes were N
M. ! inst outside the city, on Grove stret
Ss az about two hundred strong. The cor
5, aander OF the citizens warned the Il
ste. qroes to disperse, but they refused, al
1t st-sol,. firiuu pon1 maOaad