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

= commanders of the volunteer compa
niss would provide such guards as woulC
be necessary to protect the magazines
and that it was not necessary for thi
meeting to take action in the premises
The meeting having no other business
before it, adjourned. The chair STATED
that as the meeting had adjourned, h'
= would inform them that all who desired
to 60 to Mississippi could call upon Ma.
jor Chalmers, a MississIppian, and be
would furnish transportation, etc.
IN THE CITY-MOvENIENTs OF voIUN.
TIERS.
About four o'clock yesterday after
noon a hundred and ten men, under
command Of Colonel John B. Morgan,
of fernando, arrived on the Mississippi
and Tennessee railroad, and at once re-
paired to the large storehouse OF Ely,
Harvey & Richardson, on Front street,
which place had been designated as the
headquarters, where a number Of En-
field rifles belonging to the Chickasaw
guards were given out, with ammuni-
ton, to the brave men who, in the hour
of danger, had left their homes il order
to save helpless women and children
from the brutal butchery of an enrsged
negro mob. The Mississippians were
from fernando and that neighborhood,
there being also a company of forty men
from Sardis, under command of Captain
Blanton, and other recruits from Cold
water. 1t is understood that the entire
force will be under command of
Colonel Morgan, of fernando, who is
assisted by Major Chalmers, Sheriff
Marion Campbell, Captain Shanks, of
Senatobia, and Robert Taylor, of Pano-
la county, Mississippi. The volunteers
from fernando aud that immediate
section number fifty-fve men, the re-
msinder being from the above-named
places. When it was announced that
the Misslssippians had arrived, and
were going to Ely, Harvey q Richard
sons storehouse to be regularly equip
ped, the excitement among the citizens
became intensified, and in short while
| the pavement in front and the alley in
rear of the building was thronged by
] large crowd Of persons, among whom
were not a few negroes, regarding each
movement with wonder, and SEEM
iDgly with terror. Their aston
ishment, however, was all the more
when they beheld four black Mississippi
cornfield negroes in the volunteer ranks.
! These negroes expressed a determina-
ton to stand by their white allies
in preserving peace, protecting life
! and restoring order. At the sound of a
hunters horn the men drew up in sin
| gle-file and the unarmeu were each
| given an Enfield rifle, about forty guns
being wanting. After this the volun-
teers formed double-ranks on Front
street, and proceeding to Monroe,
marched thence to the levee. TAe
steamer A. J. White, lying at the foot
of Madison street, was crowded with
two hundred volunteers from this city,
and as the Mississippi company, num-
bering seventy-six men irrespective of
officers, reached the levee their COM
rades on the boat commenced yelling,
which they continued for several min
utes. This enthusiastic greeting was
returned by the Mississippians as they
were about boarding the steamer. The
bluffs along the levee from Union to
| Adams were crowded with citizens,
/ while the levee itself for some distance
above and below the transport was one
/ dense tbrong Of excited people. A large
number of negroes were present and
/ looked with no kind eye upon the war
| like demonstration being made. They
/ did not have much TO say, though to
/ Judge from their faces, one might readi
/ ly inier that they were thinking great
! deal. The crowd, both along the levee
/ and on the bluffs, continued to increase
| every moment, and with it the excite
meut waxed warm. Men, women and
] children were Unfortunately mingled
together, our oldest, most peaceful and
and laW-abiding citizens also being
there to watch the strange, but neCss-
sary Outpouring Of men for the purpose
of rescuing an endangered community |
from assassination. Many of the bravest |
and truest young men of Memphis had |
fiocked to the steamer, and were eager |
to speed on their way. In fact, since |
the first news of the riot reached here, |
the young men were esger and overly I
anxious to lend their aid TO those in dis
tress, Their enthusiasm was unbOunded, /
as their bravery will be unquestion- |
ed should an opportunity 0f testing |
it be afforded. Several prominent I
citizens of Memphis Joined the volun- |
teer band, and by half-past five o'clock |
three hundred and fifty armed men were |
uuartered on the steamer. After taking |
on q quantity of commissarv stores the |
cable was united, and the White, with |
its load OF living freight, backed out |
from the levee. As the boat rounded |
to, the volunteers gave vent to prolonged
cheers, and waved adieu to theil friends
upon the bank. The steamer soon got
under headwsy, and in few minutes
had rounded the bend above Presidents
Island, the glimmering waves and the
curling smoke following il the wake of
the sWlft-speeding vessel, wi " the
crowd-estimated at five thouss per-
sOns-began to disperse, each one COM
menting upon the condition Of affairs at
Austin, and indulglng a prophetic opin-
ion az TO the result of the riot and Of the
heroic mission that invited the brave
men to the scene of violence. The vol
unteers did not organize here, but in
tended to do so after the steamer had
reached the State Of Mississippi. 1t
was whispered that the entire battalion
would be under command of Colonel |
Morgan, whose officers viii be Major |
Chalmers, Captain Shsnks, Robert |
Taylor, Of Mississippi, Colonel Duff,
and Captain Sam Finlay, of this city. 1
When the news Of the riot at !
Austin reached Hernandez, the peo-
pie were aroused to the highest /
degree of excitement, and courieTs |
were immesiately sent cut in the /
country to inform the citizens. On Sun |
day an Intellectual effJrt was made TO
organize a company Of volunteers. The |
failure was due 10 two causes: First, a
subsequent report that the citizens of .
Austin were not in danger; and second, |
it was deemed proper 70 proceed in ac-
cordance with the law of the land by in /
voking the Immediate aid of the gov
ernoT of the State Of Mississippi. Sun
day two young men, Messrs. Owen, who
have relatives residing at Austin, has
tened on horseback, a distance of forty |
miles through the country, to the be- /
lesgu'ed town. In the meantime, Ma I
4 jor Owen, of Austin, dispatched, by way !
OF Memphis the only line 10y which To |
reach Hernando, similar to the first pub- /
puIiished in the APPEAL Of Monday.
/ The two young Owens, in attempting
/ to return to fernando, were attacked
! by the infufiated negroes, and one
1 OF them is reported to lie
! capfured John Owen, however man.