The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-10-12
A RADICAL MUSS.
THE FRIAR's pOINTTRoUBLEs.
Senator A1COrn, Gov. Ames and n
ColOred Sheriff the Cause.

MEMPHis, October 6-The following
dispatch to the Associated Press has
just been received:
FRIARs POINT, Mss S, via HELENA
3 "A. M, October 6 The sheriff oI
Coahama county caused our town to be
invaded this morning by an armed moi
OF negroes, We drove them back We
are fully organized for defense, with
Senator Alcorn and General Chalmers
in command The sheriff has fled the
country. Send aid Immediately.
Signed1 H. P REID,
GEO r ALCoRN.
The impression prevails that there
will be no bloodshed at Friar's Point
and Notwithstanding the numerous tele
grams Tor men and arms, no steps have
been taken to forward either
An Appeals reporter, now at Helena,
telegraphs and says: Accounts from
Ftiar's Point late last night, state that
Senator Alcorn and Sheriff Brown, col.
orel, were the cause of the apprehen-
Ided trouble. At the Convention Sat-
urday night, Alcorn denounced Brown
severely and on Sunday Brown used
severe language in reply, and said he
wanted his friends to come to town
on Monday and he would expose Al
corn. who then threatened to shoot
Brown TIE latter then summoned q
2unber of negroes, who prepared to
come to his assistance On Tuesday,
Acorn sent word to Helena to General
Fap9an, OF the State Militia, for arms
and men but only few were sent down.
as the people here have 10 sympathy in
the fuss, while they consider the per,
sonal grievances between Acorn and
Brown growing out OF Ames' antagon-
ism to Alcorn and his desire to have
the disturbance so as to have troops
sent to Mississippi
The latest adyices are "that Alcorn
has seventy cavalry and forty infantry,
with which he had driven Brown and
ZOO armed negroes. who retreated three
miles from town. where they made a
stand. No fighting had yet occurred
and no body OF men have lett or will
go from Helena. This in substance is
the cause anil nature OF the difficulty
which Is purely personal and political
between Alcorn, Brown and Ames, who
is determined to demolish Alcorn's 10.
litica' strength and employs Brown, who
excites the negroes to his assistance
THE FIGHTING BEGUN-GREAT EXCITEMENT
FRIAR's PoINr, MISS, October 6 Il
have just arrived IL m per steam
or julia The citizens are all under
arms and anticipate an overpowering at
tack from the negroes, unless three hun
dred men can come here to deter them
from further violence. Business is sus-
pended and the citizens are in dread
ful state of alarm. The negroes, five
hundred strong, attacked Friars Point
yesterday, but were repeled by the
white forces, under General Chalmers
They threatened to burn the town and
murder the white women and children.
Fighting has commenced within three
miles OF Friar's Point, where the negroes
made stand, and was kept up to
Clarksdale. As yet there is no reliable
statement as to losses and pickets jus,
in. 1t is reported they are fighting in
the vicinity of Oak Ridge road. Eight
negroes are reported wounded in yes
terday's fight and one white man. Sher-
iff Brown is now at Johnstown, four.
teen miles east Of here reorganizing his
party for the nurpose of another attack
on Friar's Point. The negroes are said
to be rendezvousiug in large numbers
So far as can ascertain, this is nc
party movement, both Democrats and
Republicans being united to resist at
incendiary effort on the part of Sheriff
Brown, who has been making incendiary
speeches to the negroes and organizing
them into armed bodies, upon the ides
that the whites intend to kill them, wher
in fact the whites had not uttered any
such intentions nor had any meetings o
any kind. ! am assured of. this by Sen
ator Alcorn, Judge Harrisoo, P. Reit
and other prominent citizens, who be-
lieved that the presence of aid woult
prevent fatal collision between th'
whites and blacks. The former. dreat
sHeh an occurrence, and will only act il
defense of their lives and property
This is the last telegram that will leav'
here to-day, and is forwarded by spe
cial courier to Helena The courie
will wait there to know what action i
had, or may be taken by the citizens
Memphis General Chalmers and hi
cavalry have not returned to town.