The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1874-08-19
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A dispatch from Memphis dated the Stl
instant says:
From Captain Harvey NIatLer, editor o.
the Ledger Of this city, who returned from
Solnersiile this afternoon. the following
account Of the riot ut Somerrille yester-
day il obtained The election Of the day
before had been hotly contested, and ma
ny negroes bad attended the polls during
the day beayils..armed, and SOME had open
ly threatened 70 burn the town. During
the day prominent negro politician mani
ed Cash Warlen had cursed and abused !
young brother Of Mayor Herdon, and on
yesterday, encountered Mayor Her'lon on
the street, began 10 abuse him. and finally
snapped "a pistol twice in the face Of the
mayor. who then drew . pistol and shot
him dead, Almost simultaneously two ol
three shots were fred at the negro By
friends Of the mayor who bad collected
there. among whom was Oscar burton,
who was subsequently charged with firing
at Warren when ne met ms aea'p. Ile
negrcss' who had become very much 10,
% kill Burton, who, about | | o'clock, ap-
peared On the street armed with = DOUBLE, double
oarreled shyt-gui ana pistol. Judge =.
y. reeves, Aioers reeves ee snes'n-e'ec',
and afanl heeses atte'ppteplto arres. aho
dlsarm BURTON Loving 70 . report lnat
b0dy Of negroes were marching INTO un, tue
town. Burton refused g Oe arrested, anu
they opened nre on n'm' wounuing nun
severely 10 iour aiheren, places. ne re-
turned she hre 'rqn, tne soot gIn' MORALLY
woupoing Iapi anu hioeit heeyes any any
then feii himself put raislhg on hislelpow'
drew pistol ana sho' :. y heeses N tne
shoulaer lnh'esng aua"ge'ous oue no'
necessarily iatai Wonna' ,lat,lA, i,,.l ~.
q party oi negroes VINO nag by this
time songregateo thefe opehea nre op Dur- NJ
ton, shootIne niih IN huhiuer " laces.
and and fred Il r. 4, R he reeirsd thirteen
wounds and Il any prove fatal. which the
doctors doubt. il will be the one mentioned
The excitement that followed was inteuse
Reports spread that negro ruancrs had
beet, sent 70 the country To stir up The va.
rious colcged societies. and Memphis wa.
telerraphed 10 for aid. MANY negroes lefi
town. as Il was supposed 70 procure re- en-.
forcements ,n,ong whom Williamson. who.
n ! speecL during the canvass had said Il
the civil rights bin was not passed be would
ride IN blood up TO his briile-bits.
Williamson was captured last night a,
Moscow. but afterwards escaped. On the
arrival Of the military from Memphis they
found the citizens in arms and the town
.n,ler strict patrol Their arrival was
hailed with great ioy BY The white citizens,
ID whose earlest request Captain Duncan.
son. (,hickasaw Cnards agreed 10 remain
until Monday. while tie remainder re-
turned home this evening ~ ifss hss
4e s ..i.s. s.54 I'D
,,,,n 80, ..r, - x,,.,
hEhp or CAMELo iN NhNAD'A.
on ranch on me Varson riyer' e'gnt
miies below the mouth o. o'k.inlie canon.
y % % seen : oesa o' 'Senty's'A eaines;
~ PVT Two q shich we're por,' ana raiscnl raiscn
~ Nsyacf; bnt Two o. tnc Old herd o.
nlne OF Ten orougnt mere some ysars ago
are now =, !, ,ls1sg \; = woglp seem nay .ne
who treated Them very badly. overlooking
and abusing them. The men who have
them are Frepchmcn. who had formerly
some experience with cainels in Europe.
They fmi 30 difficulty 10, rearing them
and can now show twcEty.four frc healthy
animals, all Of washoe growth. The cam
el may nos be said to be thoroughly acch.
mated in the State. The owners of the
herd fnd 1t no more diiiienlt 70 breed and
rear theut than ,wonldlbc experienced with
the sane numberibf agoals or donkeys.
The ranch upon vhich they are kept is
sandy and steiile 10 the extreme, yetlibe
animals feast and gtow fal % such prickly
shrubs and bitter seedsaa no other animal
world touch. When LEFT TO themselves
their great delight. after tilling themselves
with tile coarse hetbasc of the desert. Is
to lie and roll IN the hot sand. They are
used ia packing sal. 10 the mills on the riv-
or. from she marshes lying in The deserts