The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-04

TBEgV7CKsBuR8 L ROUHLEs-SAlsES WIN" hAor
LED TO THE CALI FOR TROOPS * correspond
emit of tie Louisville oourier.Journal wri
ting from vicksburg, Miss, under date Q
July 20. says:
1T desire to make known through your
columns the ciuse and extent OF the trou
blps here upon which Lieutenant-HoYerno1
Davis has called for Federal troops few
weeks ago negro man, who was The chic
| waiter In the dinipg-room of small bote
| ia Port Gibson. Miss, eloped with the daugh
| ter Of the landlord. and came to Vicksburg
where late marriage was celebrated in on'
Of the negro churches. The negroes here
were so much elated that white woman
should publicly acknowledge one of tbeil
race az q paramount or husband, that they
commenced specializing upon the proba
| bility of them all being able to ge
| white women to degrade themselves oy
union with them. One negro named DlVen
| port, the chancery clerk of this county, maa'
a speech at the courthouse, in when DE an
noupced the negro as the coming man 10 LIE
country. that many OF the most respcc'aol'
indies of yicksburg would gladly wed VIII
negroes. but that they were afrnid OF The Whlte
men that if be was single man ne "oulo
| win him white wife despite AL the 'atner:
or brothers of the lady he Wollid hohor VIII
his addresses. For this and many olhel
offensive remarks in said speech, the news
papcrs denounced him, and many gen
tlemeu said on the streets that be ouSn
TO be banged to a lamp-post, but no ac
tual demonstration OF violence was ofer
ed or determined upon by any one. lie
however, became very much frightened
had himself locked in Jail all night, AND
the next night left town under ar
armed escort for Jackson. The negroe;
commenced arming themselves With mus
kets, drilling in the streets, and marching IL
column on the sidewalks, to the great dis
comfort and fear Of lady pedestrians. After
few days they telegraphed TO the fugitive
negro that he might return; they 'were
prepared to protect him. Davenport re
turned next morning, and quartcred him.
self in the court-houSe, which became bar
rack during the day, as was his house .du
ring the night. Gangs of forty and fifty ne
grocs. armed with muSkets, paraded the
Streets during the night, stopping citizens
who were passing, and in one Instance car
rage containing 4 gentleman returning from
an evening entertainment.
"The white people determined to stop
this thing, and they did it by aiming them
selves and sending out patrols during the
night. The negroes fuding that these pa
tient people had really 4 limit to their for
bearance, became frightened, and their arm
ed troops disappeared from our streets but
few nights after physician who was an
swering call was fired upon from behind
close fence, and the horse Of the messenger
who came for him was killed. The day fol.
lowing the negroes were notified that II that
occurred again it would be signal for retail
iatory measures which might exceed their
authorizations. This warning has had the de-
sired effect. Our town is now quiet. NO
armed mep, white or black, are to be seen on
the streets night or day.
Il have given you the ostenslble cause OF
tue Governors call for troops. The real
cause is that the registration now going, on
for an election to be held on the 4th proximo
indicates that the whites will carry the city.
The robbers do not willingly give up tnelr
prey"
1t may be added that the white woman IN
the case was poor unfortunate III very
humble life, as is the case in all such affairs
that occur in the South.
The Memphis appeal, referring to the
pending conflict, says:
"Thc war at Vlcksburg between the
whites and blacks is fearful to contemplate.
On one line the negroes are arrayed IN Sonu
column, looking as black md remorseless as
the evening Storm.cloud. Gu the other line
the white Celtic, Caucasian race are standing
shoulder TO shoulder, with knitted brow ana
compressed lips, determined TO stand by their
own race"