, 1874-08-24

custometg rivals that Of any other houso In tho
country Tho largo tncanb eulplosed by this
firm in the transaction Of their business enable
tae1n TO give advantages to thetr trade which
place them as tho bend Of this limo.
THE WAR III TENNESSEE.
It Evcntuntcs After the Manner OF
other Recent Southern Scn.z.t ions-
| Ono Negro Killed nnd Alany pcTaona
I8lt1iy Dcnsornllzcd.
LOUISVILLE. Aug. 23.-Tho Courier Journal
has the following special kilograms:
HsnFoRp, ky., ANg. 23.-1 an just in from
Lancaster. Two hundred State militia arrived
hore at $50 this morning, aud camrcd on tho
Public Square. Tho negroes Ill scattered Inst
| night, and tho whites diatandetl. All is quiot.
white man named Ward. who WAS In tho Sell
ols' HOUSE with tho negroes, WAS shot.
Only QUO negro was killed. There woro
eighteen Of then, In tho house that WAS burned,
aud all would have boon killed but for tho fact
that tho United 8tatcs troops protected thom,
and thoy ESCAPED undor cover of Federal guns.
A white maj, named Foley, Of Grab Orchard,
bel ouging to tho Kcnne1y party, was killed yes-
| to-day. Only ono house waB burned. aellors'
house would not tayo been bnrnod II tho negroes
had not fortified themselves theroiu, 4olfors
himself was not in tho houao, but was said to b.
in tho camp OF tho United States soldiers.
| Thoro ia no immediate danger OF further trou-
] bio.
Tho blacks are greatly demoralizcd. Tho
wounded aro doing well. Dr.. Burdutt is doing
we'll +; also Mr.. Yeakiug and child. all OF whom
werc wouuded, ns before stated. Nearly all tho
cjtizeus loft town for tho country but mapy Mill
| return to-day and tomorrow.
| INTERVENTION OF FEDERAL TROOPS.
Tho Hon. II. H. Bradley. Circuit Judge. pro
| fhn EhnrT IN tGfta fOrtu 1fttfN NJ
soldiers aud protect tho poople. This was on
Tuesday last. Tho soldiers got to tho Court
House Just IS tho blacks were marching toward
| shed before thi.. Had tho soldiers boon nor
mitted to Rct a. conBervators Of tho peace, nnder
tho Sheriff. but little damage would have boon
done. Why they wcro withdrawn is not known,
but 1t is Baid that the commanding officer at
Louigylo ordered it.
The foregoing may bo relied upon, and It com-
Trims atl tho nows Of my Importance up to II
o'clock to-day.
SECOND DISPATCH.
DANv1LLE, Ky., Aug 23.-From gentleman
who wont to Lancaster yesterday and returned
to-day got tho following account OF lust night'a
proceedings: At about O'Clock, party of
house, With the intention OF capturing or killing
them. Tho United States soldiers who have
bcen stationed at Lancaster then cane up to
town, and, at tho request Of tl!0 Town-MaFshs!
| hllAGE Hull tuo AOWulalluoE uAu c0t-
ferenoe with the loader Of tho whites and
also with Selors, ut tho conclusion Of which
1t waa asrood thal II tho negroeH would come
out and surrender no violeuca would DO done
them, and they would be protected by the troops.
The Captain Of tho tloops thon marched his mon
IN front Of sollcrs' Premises waving Ills white
handkerchief az q flag Of truce. Tho negrocB,
it may be. not understanding this aomonBtrntion,
fired on tho soldiers notwithstanding tho flag Of
truce, "hen, tha soldiora broke and ron to
tho Public Square. and then Ared q vo!ley
which Hoomed directed rather toward body OF
white men t!,an toward tho neetoes who Ind
fred o. them. At this H. time ,'S Foley (wllliam
charged that the soldiers killed Foley but it III
not known at this time how he received his
dcath-wound: In fow 'ninutos, Sellers. house
was set on fire by means Of fro.baas. Nothing
Ia known Of Seflers' whereabouts or partlclpation
In these proceedings. Neither was Z. D. Kon-
nedy known to have taken any active part.
FOUR NEGROES WEliE KILLED
altogether. Two Of them were burned up In
posed to sellera. pulled out Of soilers' house
wlllo 1t Was In flames ono more white man
who belonged TO- tho Sellers party. He also
: sayea scllors' parlor-furnleure. On negro was
killed in tho hon. George punlap's garden,
which is not fat from Sellers reaidonco
, When found this morning bis faco had
! heon nearly oaten OF by rats. A good many
peraons not reaideuts OF Gerra1d County are
known mud reported to hare been ongaged iu
these disordorly proceedings.
THIRD DISPATCH.
LANCASTER, Aug. 23-G o'clock, p. m.-Col
, Car1e, commanding several squads OF Kentucky
tyaops. sent out somo OF his men on horsos, and
they wont through tic folds and woods to hunt
up tue nngroes who wore trying to overcome the
wllltoA. The blncks wero oil woll-armeQ. The
J squad OF ool. Clarh returned with about .;
bo 0SSsk sya F. m -
tainlv, 1nany Of tue most prominent of them
: hayo been arrested