The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-07
Telegraph
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
10 THE DAILY INTELLIGEN0ER
TENNESSEE.
FRIARs POINT TROUBLES.

VI uNo NNhuSA uhA bu"i
to be invaded this morning by an armed
mob Of negroes. We drove them back
We are fully organized for defense, with
Senator Alcorn and Gen. Chalmers ID
command. The Sheriirhas fed the coun'
try. Send us aid Immediately,
| [Signedl II. 2. REID,
GEN. Il. ALCORN.
MEMPHIS, October G.-Thc impression
prevails that there will be no blOOdshed
at Friars Point, and notwithstanding the
numerous kilograms Tor men and arms nc
steps have been taken 10 forward either
The .AppcaFs reporter, now ut Helena
in telegraph this morning, says that aC'
counts from Friars Point last night state
that Senator AlCOrn and Sheriff Brown
colOred, were the cause Of the apprehend.
ed trouble. Atthe Convention on Satur-
day night AlcOrn denounced Brown
severely, and on Sunday Brown used sc.
we're language in reply, and said he want
ed his friendsto to come to town on Monday
and he would expose AlCOrn, who then
threatened to shoot Brown. The latter then
summoned a number Of negroes, who
prepared to come to his assistance. On
Tuesday AlCorn sent here from Helena
to Gen. Tappan, Of the State militia, for
arms and men, but only few men went
down, ,as the people here have no sym.
pathy In the fuss, which they consider
personal grievances between AlcOrn and
Brown, growing out Of Ames' antagonism
to AlCOrn, and u desire to have disturbances
80 as to have troops sent to Mississippi.
The latest adviCes state that Alcorn has
seventy cavalry and forty infantry, with
which he had driven Brown and two
hundred armed negroes, who retreated
three miles from town, where they made n
stand. No fighting had yet occurred, and
no body Of men have left or will go from
Helena.
This, in substance, is the cause and
the nature Of the difficulty which Is
purely personal and politicalbetween Al.
corn, Brown and AmeS, who Is determined
to demolish Alcorn's political strength,
and employs Brown who exCites the me-
grOes to bis assistance. The steamer
Maud just up,reports no fighting at Friars
Point, and that affairs remain as they
were yesterday and last night. 1t is not
advisable for Memphis to send troops In
order to arrive at an understanding Of
the state Of affairs there. As shown in n
foregoing special II may be stated that In
the county OF COahame, the negroes have
q majority Of B to against the whites.
Since the split in the Republican party
in that State, Sheriff Brown, who Is n
KcntuCkian, has been the leader Of the
anti AlcOrn party,and Friars Point Is the
home Of Senator AlCOrn, and the contest
between the rival factions has been heat
ed one.
FMARs' POINT, October G.-l have Just
arrived per steamer Julia at II o'clock In
the morning. The citizens are all under
arms and anticipate an OverpOwering at.
tack from the negroes unless $50 men Gun
como here to deter the negroes from fur
ther violence. Business is suspended and
the citizens are in Il dreadful state Of
alarm. The negroes, 500 strong, attacked
Friars' Point yesterday, but were repelled
by the white forces under Gen. Chalmers.
They threatened to burn the town and
murder the white women and children.
Fighting commenced within three miles
Of FriNrs' Point, where the negroes made
q stand. Fighting was kept up 10 Clarks-
dale.
As yet there Is no reliable statement as
to losses, and pickets just in report fight
Ing in the vicinity Of Oak Ridge road.
Eight negroes are reported wounded In
yesterdays fight, md one white man.
Sheriff Brown Is now at Johnstown,
fourteen miles Cast Of here, rcOrganiaing
his party for the supposed purpose Of an
other attack on Friars Point. The ne.
grOes arc SAid to bc rendezvousing In
large numbers. So far As can ascertain
this Is no party movement, both Demo-
Gratis and Republicans being united 10 re.
sist an inCendiary effort OIL the part OF
Brown, who has been making inccndiary
speeches 10 the negroes and organizing
them into armed bodies, upon the idea
that the whites intended 10 kill them,
when In fact the whites had not uttered
any such intention, nor had had any
meetings for such purpose, nor did
they hold meetings Of my kind. am
assured Of this by Senator AlcOrn, Judge
Harrison p. Reid, and other prominent
citizens, who believed that the presence
Of aid would prevent fatal collision
between the whites and blacks. The
former dread such an occurrence, and
will only act IN defense Of their lives and
property.
This IL The last telegram that will
leave here to-day, and Is forwarded by n
special courier TO Helena. The courier
will wait there to know what action has
been or may be taken by the citizens Of
Memphis.
General Chalmers and his cavalry
have not yet returned to town.
ALLQufEr AT FREAR's POINT.
The AryIdnehs's special from Helena re-.
ceived at 0 o'clock tonight says: From
Isaac N. Brown, who is Just from the seat
Of war, we learn that all was quiet at
Friar's Point. The negroes, numbering
one thousand, collected near the town
and the whites requested Sheriff Brown
to disperse them. lie went out and told
them 10 go home which they refused to
do. Gen. Chalmers then ordered them to
disperSe, which they did, but collected
again, when Chalmers charged them ard
drove them of by firing over their heads.
They again collected behind n bnyOu, and
Chalmers llanked them and fired this
time wounding some Of the negroes. lie
kept driving them until he reached
Clatksdale, when they all dis-
appeared. They stopping at their
homes ns they were driven back. ltwAs
understood that the negroes were again
collecting at jamestown, Alcofn's place,
and Chalmers was going out there TO dis
perSc them. Chalmers has some two or
three hundred men, and the negtoes fly
before him whenever he makes charge.
One white man has been wounded. II
appears to be, as IL always is, that the
negro has TO suffer, ns lie cannot stand
before an organized force Of white men.
This trouble will cost the people, white
and black, n great deal, as no cotton Ia
being gathered and every day counts.
Major Alcorn says that the hired cotton
pickcrs are leaving and the loss Of the
cotton would ruin the people generally.
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