The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-21

the ranks oil the negroes, WnHe some StfucE
down the negroes with their pistols TO make
room 10 shoot. Oue or two shots from the
whites drove back the solid body Of negroes
to the brow of the hill. and the whites adj.
vancing upon them, they rallied and turned
upon them, end again the volley from the
handful Of whites drove them back. But the
trouble with the whites was their pistols
were nearly empty, and when emp,ied they
would be at the mercy Of fieods. Each man
then began TO make bis way out the best he
could, reserying bis loads 10 defend against
any personal assault. How each escaped
with some twenty to fifty negroes following
HIM, shooting at every turn, God only knows.
Every man tells for himself bis own tale.
Some were saved by the assistance OF CO.
lored friends who lived in Raymond, while
others fought it aud ran all the way out.
There were some one thousand negro men
on the ground and not ever one hundred
whites, not more than twenty OF whom
hsd arms. There were some twenty white
nen who engaged in the fight, The rest
escaping as rapidly as possible. Such a
stampede Of horses. people, and wagons in
every direction, amid screams and pistols
firing. made the most terrifying spectacle
ever behold. The negroes were cowardly,
never attempting conflict unless they num-
bared at least two TO one; and then II
white man brought his pistol to bear on
them they wnuld run with all their might.
When some Of the pistols OF the whites had
been exhausted, the negroes compelled them
10 give them ur, and, after they had sur
rendered, the negroes beat their brains
out with pistols. rails, and clubs. Some seeing
this, even after their charges were exhausted
refused TO surrender. ana fought unit they
had escaped The writer started to his bug.
", and finding wounded friend took him
to the house Of Mr.. Charles Chiffon, who
lives north of the grounds, and left him there.
Mr.. Chiffon was standing at his gate. and
was telling the negro women to 80 into bis
house, where they would be protected. l
turned to 90 TO Clinton and left MIR. Chiffon
at his gate, and um told that he was shot in
his own yard few moments afterward by
some negroes, who rode up TO the fence and
fired.
A PERSONAL ENCOUNTER.
I rode rapidly south on the road which
bounded the ground on the east to where
the dirt road crosses the railroad on little
bridge. When l came in sight saw some
eight or a dozen negroes on the bridge beat
ing Captain White. called to them to de-
sist, but they Knocked him down and beat
bin, he having before that time surrendered
his pistol, and 10 finish him while he was
down large black negro struck him terri
blc blow on The top OF the head, and rolled
him over the embauknent. At this m ment
[ d+sbcd up TO the bridge, and negro
Jumped to my horses head, seized the lines,
and began firing at NE. AT that same mo-
ment tie negro who had struck Captain
lie 1Cral
Jumped at me, and as he was deal.
ing a blow at my forehead, l gave him
a ball from 10Y "navy s:x.shooter," which
caused him to leave me. Stunned by the
blow it took me few seconds to recover.
and when | did so was dwelling my pistol
at the negro who was holding my horse and
shooting at me. My pistol was only half.
cooked, and could not bring it down; but
the cowardIy sounded could not stand the
looks Of it, and fled. All the while was igh I.
ing these two. TWO Others were S'aDdng with
in a distance of twenty feet shooting at me.
Luckily | received only slight wounds, and
my horse took me rapidly ont Of danger. As
my horse ran some fifty negroes (aS | was
afterwards toIi) fired as fast as they could.
Some ran their horses after me, but Captain
MONTGOMERY came up about that time. and
shotgun into their faces, and caused them to
dtsst.
BLOODY EPISODES.
Martin II. Sibey, brave, generous, high
toned gentleman. who fought them gallauty,
finally, on their demand surrendered, and rs
one man reached out 10 receive his pistol an.
other knocked him down. He arose and en-.
ileAyored 10 get away from them, but they
followed him and beat bis brains out, and al
ter they bad killed him, beat and maugled his
corpse: and worse still, they robbed him of
everything he had, even taking his shoes off
bis leet. A young lawyer, &. f. +. Thompson,
was one Ct tn" few who first were assaulted,
and after be had empticd his pistols and re.
ccived wound in the leg be mounted 4
horse and made Off; but twenty negroes fol-
owed him, and after pursuing HIM about
one and half miles they overlook him
aud shot him through the head, and after he
was down beat bis head with guns and rails
until his face was mashed to jelly. give
hose instances 10 show how cowardly and
savage the scoundrcls were. Captain Mont
,omcry, with few men on horseback, scat
Ter I'd aud routed the few who had not de.
serted the grounds and fled when they cine
~, which was quarter OF an hour, perhaps,
alter the firing commercrd. TelegramS were
sent 10 every direction, and soon the place
mad ample troops TO hunt down the black
villains.
TUE AFFAIR PREMEDlTATED.
Saturday morning (the morning OF the day
he tight began) the negro women in some
parts of the county became restless, and tod
that the negro men had gone to Clinton
aimed to Kill the whites. But the whites Of
the South have heard so often Of instruction
If negroes, and so little ever came Of it, that
.hey thought nothing Of what was told them.
One lady overheard a negro man the night
before say "that he was going to Clinton
The next day, when the thing would com.
mence; that they didn't intend to spare
any except the young women. but they
would kill every one else" We have abun.
daut proof to show that it was well un-
derstood beforehand the negroes intended
10 undertake the massacre at the time the
Clinton difficulty occurred. Their clubs
v ere armed to a man, and every one who was
present saw how quickly they flew together
" hen the drums beat and the bugle blew.
Had they not run, but fought with the brave.
~ and determination which was displayed
by the whites, every white man would bave
been killed, and then the work Of eXtermi-
nation would have gone on. God only knows
where it would have stopped. Butthey were
100 cowardly TO carry out their pur
,oses. They were scattered to the
winds, many of the leaders taking refuge in
Jackson, where they could hide behind
United States troops, and left the poor, ig.
1orant negro, whom they had duped into
akipg part in the affair, TO be slaughtered
By the whites. There were only three whites
killed aud eight or ten wounded; how
many negroes will never be known. They