Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1874-08-27
THE WAR OF RACES
Eighteen Negroes surrounded in
a house and set ON Fire.

The Courier Journal has the follow
ing special kilograms:
STANFORD, KY, August 22,-I am
Just in from Lancaster. Two hundred
State militia arrived here at $50 this
morning and camped on the Public
Square. The negroes all scattered last
night, and the whites disbanded. All
is quiet. A white man, named Ward
who was in the sellers house with the
negroes, was shot. Only one negro
was killed. There were eighteen of
them in the house tha. was burned,
and all of them would have been killed,
except that the United States troops
protected them and they escaped un-
der the cover of the Federal guns. A
man, named Foley, of Crab Orchard,
belonging to the Kennedy party, was
killed yesterday. Only one house
was burned. Sellers house would not
have been burned if the negroes had
not fortified themselves therein. Sci.
lers him self was not in the house, but
was sai.i to be III the camp of the Uni.
ted States sOl'iierS. There is no imme-
diate danger of further troubles. The
blacks are greatly demoralized The
wounded are doing well. DR.. Burdett
is doinr we'll; also Mr. Weakly and
child-all of whom were wounded. As
before stated, nearly all the citizens
will return to-day and tomorrow
Hon. r. NJ. Bradley, Circuit Judge,
pro TEN, got the Sheriff to take forty
United States soldiers and protect the
people. This was Tuesday last. Tho
soldiers got to the court house just as
the blacks were marching toward it,
and the blacks then retreated. But
for this timely order, much more blood
would have been shed before this. Had
the soldiers been permitted to act a:
eonservators of the peace under the
Sheriff, but little damage wonld have
been done. Whay they were with.
drawn, is not known, but it is said thai
the commanding office at Louisville
ordered it. The foregoing may be re
lied upon, and it contains all the new:
up to eleven O'clock to-day of any i'm
portance.
i LOUISVILLE, August PA specia
dispatch to the COurier-Jou7n0l froiT
IOwenton, NHen county, to-day says
The Sarsfele Rifles have just arrived
to the scene of action
Il On Sunday evening the Sherifi's poss'
of sixty men met Walter Russell ant
his forces in concealment, when an at
tack was made, resulting in the wounl
ing of John Swoot, Walter Russell and /
man named Juda. They refuse to sur
render to the authorities under an,
circumstances.
The base of operations has changed
from Monterey to Gratz Point, mile
north of Monterey. The Sarsfielt
Rides, the Sheriff's posse and larg
!, number of armed citizens have just star
ted for that place. 1t is asserted tha
there will be thousand armed citizen
, in pursuit before tomorrow night.
have just learned of the killing G
I John G. SmOot, who was completed,
/ riddled With buckshot. The objec
will be now to surround and overpow
er Russell. A party of militia vii
reach Gratz about 6 O'Clock tonight.
COLLISION IMMINENT.
!, General Eli Murray, United State
Marshal, LEFT this city this afternoo
for Frankfort where he will take com
c mand of the Federal troops statione'
t there and march to the aid of tn
r Walter Russell party, and there is som
E, fear that a collision may occur betwee
! the State and Federal troops.