, 1874-12-10

WLorenp, the awfnfy constituted officers Of Warren
duties BY armed innnrrcctIon notwithstanding mi, In
dntinnco Of my proclamation of tue 4t4 tns; and
esS o s s sn s4n as s
Adsltert A1ncs Governor Of tho 8.ac Of a1issaEipp
by virtue of tho authority vested IN me hy tho Eovsuh
sate OF Mssasstpp do iua9e this NY psoclaus.tnu,
conyonng ostra ncalon Of tho Legislature Of Mis
ra staRR It arssy s ssg fx s'affp T. a II
1n testimony whereof hnvo hee''nto ,et my hand
ana s4ss e9 Grsa sss 81 e. Mississippi to Ds aS0a
Dy the Governor. ApELuEhT AMES,
isguod},
oSE-s1pED HISTORY or TIE WHOLE Affair.
speotat Dlspateh to 7ha chieaao 1riduat.
New OnLEASs, Doc. 9.-Vfcksburg papers
Of Tuoslay morning conta!n leugthy accounts
OF tho oronts OF Inst Monday. Tho Herald Btatos
TINT Crosby rcHigned at tic demand ot tho tax-
..ayora' mooting laut Wednesday,; TINT ho loft
town tho came evening, aud Thursday morning
took freight train for jackson as Doyina, n
nsnull station outside Of Vioksburg. Arrived ut
the Capital. ho obtained nn interview with Cor.
Amcs, to whom llo gayo an account Of tllo pro-
coctlngs of tho previous day. Tho reauit Of
tho conference rms that AmcB ordered Crosby to
return, aud call out an armed posae, and TO-
instato himaosf in tho Office Of Sheriff. Crosby
returned, says tho Herald, aud Immediately
ordered Andrew Owens, leading negro, to
COLLECT ALL THE fEanoEs
in tho Borina neghborhood, and gather a1l tho
arms to be found, and nnrcf them into the city
OIL Monday morning. Crosby dispatched 1neB-
aengors tn overy portion Of the country with
ainsi1er instructions, and On Saturday Crosby
gave written orders to li8 Buboranates to this
effect, these nrranEcmontB hnfpg n1a1o by tho
advice and counsel Of Gov. AmeA aud Att. -Gon
11arris. RurnorB Of these facta were spread
around tho streets on Sunday, ind on Monday
morning the iro-alarm bells wcro rllng at 8
o'clock, aud again at s,
cALLlSo TIE CITIZENS 70 ARMS, =.
bnt, no enemy appearing, tloy returned agntn to
their homes. At o'clock. however. tho bells
under Col. Horace Miller, marchod out, Groyo
street and mot party Of negroes under AndroW
Owens inside tho city limits Col. Miller rode
forward and ordered tho negroes to d!srorse
rcsponeo to orders from sloritr Croaby, and
would only dispense at CEosby'e o11ers. Ovens
wa permitted to visit Croaby at tho Court-1tckaa,
where ho was confined. aud returned with oq III
frun CroBby to retro to thoir homes.
The Ticks5nrger Describes this affair aa FOL
lows: There appeared much reluctance tu 80,
and Col. Alillor t11ing this the case, ordered III
advance.
4 FEW SHOTS WE'RE FIRED
on tho moro advanced onos by tho negroes,
which wero returned. The negrooH then broke
and t1ol up tho rayineB, and n general bnt
desultory tiro was culntnoscod by our men, dry
ing tho neEfoes off rapidly, and resulting in kill
iu:s Elk or oight negroes, an1 woundtlg about III
No white men hurt."
Tho Herald then giyos this account OF Whit
1t tortna
THE MOST aANau1,'AnY ENGAGEMENT
OF tho day, wlcro only ono Wltte man was huft,
anl ho outside OF the rogular lght while twcn-
ty-tlyp Of their opponents were killed.:
"Abont 10 o'clock tile nogrooa wore oncoun,
tered, strongly ontrencAed in the old Federal
brcaBtworku. Just ttndcr tho brow Of tho hill I'LL
.nct'iatnly this Bido Of tho rembc.ton monument.
Tho citizens oponed u skrrnisll fro upon them.
which yTaH kopt up for moro than half nn hour
without any OBJECT on eithor side Wh1lo tl'a
sgklrmshlng wan going In on: CAPT.: IT,, 59hn I'M
! neighborhood or Snydor'B D1lG, oil ronto for
| tho city, causo up On the opposite aldo Of tho
| bill, a,ld were firod upon from an ambush. Dir.
| nliyor Brown, q aon- lGw ot A1r. snyder, wan
| shot through tho head and almost Instantly
| thou 1nado terrific chargo upon tho negroes.
who took rofugo in canobrako,. after . short
md bloody fight. About twonty-a'G@ @ of the poof1 p1
oea 3ssn and hors ~f'iss afsr TSrS s rss ed vo ay
wildly, and though their loss WAS heavy,
| no other casualty was reported on
the rido of the whites. Two or three other
! ultI9E Atuld HNI4 ou* VI AhAA-A"oN
| tho war waA oyor, mud no moro negroes were 10
bo found. although tho torn %ns u arms auo
ul.aer great oxcitomens Throughout tho d"y.
During tho morning
MAYOR o1gANy ISSUED a PROCLAMATION
! contradictinE tho proclamation Of tof. Ames.
avetrlnE ttlAt ccrtaiu citizons oi tlckebnrg ahd
Warren County woro riotous md disorderlY, a!Al
| that the o.lic!as lad baen obliged to 1ieo ior
sior lives. Tho Mayor doclared that t',3 t',o
meeting Of tho tax.payera vas quiet Rnt!
orderly, aud that tue City Government oi
| Yicksburg was Ab!e to maintain tle poaco, ahd
warning arnod bodies Of coorod men to d'sperao
to ti!eir homes, and calling upon Ill Eoou clll
zcns to hold themselves In readiness to icaponu
purpaso Ut enforcing lsis proclnma1osl'
| Tho Hcrala and l*icks1arger unite In
! pENoUSCt:;d GOV. AME9
In tho most unmcaBnred torulB aa mnfao1cl.
aaBnHHln. otG Atsl chllluB tor 1Hl1g fea5chneo "
bp dealt 10 him.
Il haa boon Impossible thus far to obtain more
than ono Bilo OF the story, Tho abBurt'lty OF
that sido is apparent when fierce engneensetntt t
part Of tho negroes. forty or tlfty or whot', ail
porharn a creator number, hhYo pooa A'''oa
against ono Tlito n1hn.
TUESDAYS p1oNr. .
MEMpn1s. Dec. "a a'spatch to,h;gns @ ~ asos' %
yichaburg to tho Western Associated Pteaa says
Yesterday evening. whllo all ebcort way ~ ~ III
| weY 10 6uydcr's Bluff with tho remains OF olaVe
Brown ktlcu IN the light or Monday, u Wae nlnt
into and cltizon hathea fAG{lAn1' H. nu .,e 49, -:
| wonntoa. 1Io han since died. Tic tto waa re-
turned, and tlroo nogroos wcro killed. Z
courier wis dispatched to this city for assistance
With information that tho negroes wore I'll iore
and determined I'll flghttg, Ioi1iofcemoins n. ei''a
wore aaut out, who roturned late this oYonli1t
and report ali quiet at snYdora uluf, having ha'
10 1Bht."
During the fight on Monday tho negroes OF TIL
city took no purt in 1t.
Ill t1uiat Tonight up to 10 O'Clock. bot funlo8
Of nrinod bands Of negroes arc a!loat.
THE VERSION ulyIN RY vicxBpuNa PApEHs.
MEMPHIS. Tnn1i., Dec. D.-VEcksburg papor
Of seatoraay were received to.nishs. Is!a ltefahi
after royiowlng tho oyentu Of tho past few aayh
p!aoon lilo responsibility For the bloudaheI uro
Cav. Ames. Atty,-Gon. Harriu, and Peter Crosby
tl,o Bllerin Of Warron County, a,ld refers 70 tn
fact TINT not a!nglo negro lyola tho city jotue
! thoBo from tla onAntry.
Tho 1in.es {l!opas,!sean} concludes ita acco'ss
OF tho cnntliut az follows, "Whoeynr ll'htlgatc
I .l,ts movement nna iulucod tho oignorant negroo