The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-08-18
The Negro War.


received at O'clock this afternoon says!
that ut ii o'clock last night three ladies
and two gentlemen arrived there from
Austin In skiff, and report considera.
BILE fighting late yesterday evening"
The commander at the post, whose
name we did not learn, dispatched a |
scout of rs men on the road to Cold
Water station on the Mississippi & len
nessee RAILROAD, and captured picket
OF 20 negroes, who was stationed about
two miles from town, and brought them
as prisoners, and disarmed them One
of them as they were being put into
the Court house yard tried to make his
escape, when, he was fred upon and
killed. In the melee which ensued, an
other negro was wounded, but not fa-
tally. Later in the evening large
body Of negroes advanced from the
south attacked the town, driving in the
white skirmishers to the court. house.
where the main. body of the whites
were stationed. A charge was made by
the whites, and the negroes repulsed,
with several killed and wounded: The
fighting was going on when our inform
ants left, and they were fred upon as
they crossed over to Ship Island
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Major Horn Chalmers, of fernando,
has just arrived here for the purpose of
chartering a boat to take men to Austin.
He says courier from Mayor Wood.
son, of Austin, reached fernando at
daylight, stating that the town was sur.
rounded by about one thousand ne
groes, and asking for help. About two
hundred men from fernando and vi.
cinity will arrive here at two o'clock.
and in company with the volunteers
from this city,will start OF four for Aus
tin. DR.. Smith, who is unfortunate in
causing the troubles there, reached here
last night. Some three weeks since he
was attacked in the streets of Austin
by anegro, and drawing pistol, fred
at the negro, but missed him and killed
little negro girl standing by, which
exasperated the negroes to such an ex
tent that they collected mob and took
Dr.. Smith to the woods to hang him,
which they would have done but for the
entreaties of Mayor Woodson and the
Doctors wife. Since that time he has
been voluntarily an inmate of the Jail
to prevent being mobbed, until last
Friday, when some friends came and
carried him to fernando. On learning
this the negroes collected in large num-,
bers, and notified the Mayor that unless
DR.. Smith was brought back and put in
Jail they would burn the town.
THE WAR STILL RAGING. .....
kilograms are being received from
the vicinity of Austin, asking for men,
arms and ammunition. and stating that
unless the whites, who are surrounded
in the court house,a are speedily relieved,
they will be forced to surrender or be
captured. The steamer "A. j. White
has been chartered to leave at FIVE
O'Clock, and will carry large number
of men, well armed. Jdt lp jf..l.. .z.e
Another special to the Appeal says
the negroes surrounding Austin on the
1 south were charged this morning ihy a
body of mounted whites, who killed
four or FIVE and captured twenty ne
groes. The blacks number about 100,
while the whites have about 200 Both
parties are expecting reinforcements -
At present the whites have the best of
the fight The negro hsn6s on the
plantations opposite, on the Arkansas
/. side, are arming and marching on Aus
tin in large numbers. 7a39r s4ae
FURTHER FROM THE RIOT afe
| The excitement in regard to the riot
at Austin is increasing. The operator
at Helena reports that negroes have
been passing there on the Mississippi
side all day, marching on Austin. The
steamer White left this afternoon at 5
O'Clock with about 800 armed men and
supplies, under command of Colonel
Morgan, of Hernando, Mississippi,
about half of whom are from Missis
sippi, and among whom are some twen-
ty negroes who say they want this fool
ishness stopped. The remainder are
from this city. Large numbers of men
have gone by land and if the whites
can hold the court house until midnight
reinforcements in sufficient numbers
will have arrived to relieve them. ''iii.v
Paul Reeves, who was shot in the
melee at Sommerville, died yesterday.
4 He ard bis brother Albert, who died
Sunday from wounds received in the
same fight, were buried in the one
grave.