, 1875-01-01

gentlemen uo hnv Haoing the o1citomeut In
crehning, atlilor rode to hlH men. and. looking !
back. tho ncEroEH approaching aud waving
their gn'lH sud sIats. About thtn ttno firing boj
gn!i n Hi, tnnrnt,Hly OIL bnt, tileB: could nut ray
which fired first. lie ordered a charge, aud thf
1cgrotB
. Rt+nN BAnKE AND FLED
Seeing their object accomplished, Miller ordetd
the tlr.ug to be stopped. III this fight tho thlk
OF tho pFsonorH wero captured, nn,nng tlom
Ovons. All wcro nent bnclt.jWith orders to do"
no ono to ,nolcAt them, Which orders wcrf car
ricd out. AhoMt twenty or twenty-five wer, cap-
tnret1. Miller then marched his commando tho
col her nf Chnrry md nrove Streets the,ra out
OH Cherry street to Tho city limitH, where he
learned that small body Of citizens bad dis
rersea Il column coming on that roaa; thon
tnnrtl Of tho ndsanco on the Jackson rola. Pro.
r .cdeh there, and heard firing in fronL Pushed
forward TO tito old fu,titlcations, andhRw rum
1NnE light: After following half smile with
lioHe forwatd, md found that tho eDpmy had been
routed there also, after making a Vigorous stand
III tho old oarthworks. lilo then, returned. and
marched his command back to tn Court-nonsc.
ansl sent scouts OH tue different roads, who re-
turned and reported all qn!et, II the skiF1ntsh
on tho Watrenton road one, white man WAS
killed md another wounded. No negroes we're
On On crcss.cxam.,,ation Mile. said his command
was armed with Winchester rifles noodle guns.
| Hhot-gunB. ami some with sile-ar1ns.. Owena
| told lin llo (Owcns) had no nnn. baw only
1 about lLl OF tNGn1 IHGy NGIo fHElnuHl5 AA!l1At
somo wild m,lHsets aud hayonots, and SOM" with
only Eitle-arnIs. Saw mons unar1ncd. LILO CITY
| nnlcrtakers ...
| killed In tho tieht btllcve thut wnH tho tru3
nuu,bor OF tho killed. Don't think my wore
left unhuried. Owing TO tho oxciteInent, tho
order to bury the daad was not given tor forty
eight hnnrs afterwards. Chancu'lhr Hill had, on
Monday morning; granted an injunction prepares sn,
netting an Shcsir. Gen. 1ackor, Of Gov. Amoa'
staff, told lin {sIlller) that ho and Col. Lee had
on Sunday night tried to got horses to eond out
but failed to ret tho horsce. but Crosby lad
agreed to aond runners on, foot until
ho could get horses. md then counter,
1nand ali sach orders: ne (paekes22, had
loft Croaby. believing =. this would %
hut for his faith in Csoebys promise, wo1sld
never have gono tS bod. Packer afterwards ro-
preached Crosby his {alil!orsl presence for for
his peridy, aud .od him le was 5csponsh1le tt tot
simply hung dorm hfB head. Crosby said ha
WANTED TO nEsIt4N u1a OFFICE,
! and asked packor to write out a resignation,
which ho did. Crosby then signed it, and Iackel
and Leo attoatch IL in Miller presence. Fackel
kept ituntil the Board of supervisors mot theE
presented it. and 1t was accepted. and nev
election ordered Col. Miller denied, with much
feeling, that there WIS any bitterness between
tbs former siaveowuora aud tic c'Iorcd people
J aud instanced tho fac. that all hi
! | former slaves still conlo to him aus
! his family far adv;ce a.d council, az
thnt the negroes ~ n claHB "sfo uncii
| and poute in nature and only bni when led h.
Designing men. Dcsas, mon OF Tranerty real
izcd that ttlcr property depended On tho blaek,
for If tho latter wcro driven from this country
would DO utterly worthless.
At 4 tho Committee adjourned till 10 ocloo
tomorrow. The Indications arc that tho inveati
. CATION will be tedious. owing to tho largo mum