Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-09

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uu uIe usrJ of T. 30 d the whlte men
IA cheek uutit b, .Ha largely reinforced
NO PEACE BUT BILL PEAsE.
When R.u Pesse withdrew his forces from /
Friars Poiur, another ho1y OF armed negroes {
were cH rJutf to the town by an opposite dlrec-
/ ton. They were only fUU~ miles distant az I
[ The time Pease fell back, ana were doubtless (
hUrrying on 10 rsinfOTc- him. II was be-. 4
lieyed that sheriff Brown was awaiting the /
arrival OF this body o! men betor max
ing az active onslaught upon the town. /
General ChHlmers sent Judge Reid word 10 /
end the conference and return, a he had re- !
/ liable news that Sherh Brown was being con- |
stanJly reinforced. Alter Judge held han re- 1
turned, General Chalmers being satisfied that |
/ Sherlh Brown moo was receiving reinforce |
nsnJs every minute, ordered captain Lea ana /
Colonel White, with their cavalry, TO move !
[ on the hostile body. Tn- former , flicer with |
about sixty and the latter with about thlItN /
/ men proceeded 10 exeeuts this order. Where |
Z upon sheriff Brown, Genera PeaSe aud The |
[ negroes fell back three miles TO the bridge /
over SuDfiOwer river. There they made |
/ slsn1 As II 10 oppose the advance OF the white |
/ cavalry. BY this time the A" hites had become |
CONVINCED that the negroes were anxious TO !
murder the citizens, and hence they went |
/ IOI ward with no uncertain feeling as TO their !
/ duty under the circumstances. Captain Nat !
/ Lea py OeNteTOus NOV ement crossed Jhe /
| bayou above the bridge and came down on /
( their flank. As soon as Captain Lea made |
T THIS left flank movement, Colonel Whites /
command charged the enemy in front.
This DETERMINED CHARGE
| aud dexterous movement struck panic INTO /
General Biz Pesse, hastily retreated. \ run
/ Iin- fight was Kept up thence 90 Shufoyd- !
/ vile, eleven miles east Of the bsyou bridge /
/ ald fourteen miles from fTlsrs Pclnt. NO I
white men were killed, and so far rs known,
] none of the negroes fell. Accounts received /
Wednesday afternoon from General Chalmers |
. saw that ne had di,persed the negroes, who |
| their clothing arms and accouter.nents. ia /
ffs4rT Tl1.li a arsfD N Of "a
ShuiOrdyille, sheriff trOwn. with five oJner |
| negroes, was seen going at iul speed in the |
! direction % Jamestown. II was cOnjectured |
| that he making for the Mississippi ana |
! Tennessee railroad, in order to proceed 10 |
| Jackson and interview Ames. Others believe |
! he was making for Jonesio En to organize an /
/ otcer party OF negroes ana renew The tnSuc- |
/ cessfui move against FriaIs Point When |
Pedse ana his command feil BACK nom inns /
! town and were then driven 10 ShutoTdvllie,
! ANOTHER BODY OF ARMED NEGROES |
! were within four miles Of FriaTs Point. /
/ Learning of the fight, they retired by the road |
on which Sheriff Brown, as ABOVE STATED, was |
/ last seen. kumOr had it that BIZ Pease, as be |
| rode by J. II. Browns place, on the Suntlower, |
twelve miles from FriaTS Point, fired into the |
| residence. TIE bullets fortunately, lodged in !
| the side of the house and did not strike any |
/ person.
Late Wednesday afternoon message was |
/ received IRON General Chalmers to the follow |
| ing effect:
/ We Iauked the negroes out OF their position !
at the bayou, aud when we charged them, /
! they fired one YClley and fled, We hear that |
Brown sent Tor them to come armed. / want |
him arrested. l shall set al the proof can /
! and viii hreak up BIZ Pease and Dumas, and |
also get out warrant for their arrest and tnat |
/ of the leaders, and bring them 10 trial. The |
/ good negroes are down on Brown, and the /
country Is ours. They say, 81 told HIM so.
THE FATAL AMBUSCADE.
/ General Chalmers and comuand camped |
Tue dRy night at Schu fOrdYllle, and early |
/ Wednesday morning commenced driving the |
"a dot rt.tI1I
direction. The negroes were jumped at differ |
! en-; points, but fled al the approach of the |
/ white men. As young man named Dan |
scott was passing along road near Sur |
rounded Hill, he was suddenly II red upon by |
/ party OF negroes, VINO were concealed IN the I.
underwood and behind neighborlng trees. /
Although the shots were fired wildly, one 10 sd |
! Of Ouckshot struck young Scott in the groin, !
producing fatal wound.
! VICTORIOUS CHARGE.
! Captain Burkes squad of eleven cavalry |
men, who mad but recently passed along the /
! road where the negroes lay in ambush, near |
! log the shot, Immediately returned, ana |
charged upon the retreating enemy. The re- |
estimated 10 be nom fifteen to TWENTY-FIVE in
number. The white cavalry killed three !
! negroes, wounded one other, and captured |
/ Nes Leaven, Ben Jones and Alex. Sims. |
Young scott was left under the treatment OF |
DR.. PesSe and other physicians, and, it was |
/ said, cannot survive his wound. The wounded !
negro placed IN comfortable position, |
| and his friends notified OF the fac where he |
was. 4 nCm5er OF arms, with several drums, |
| have been captured by The scouting parties. |
| The three negroes, Nels LeaVeII, Ben Jones |
/ and Alex sims, were brought to FfiarS Point |
! by a detachment OF cavalry, and mmiUted 10 |
| jail to await trial by law. LeaVelI was pTOml- |
nently identified with the Austin not Of 1874, !
! and has ed "A term in the Mississippi peni- |
| teutiary. Wednesday detail of cavalry from |
Captain Browns company, and under charge |
/ Of DR.. Van EadOn, arrested two negroes, |
named Bill Henry and Jordan Thorpe, near
| the IUDica county line, and committed them
| to jail IN this place. Bill Henry is said to be
| the negro who induced a hundred Coahoma |
ing the riot at the capital a ustinj in August,
IS71 He denies this, and claims that he kept |
/ the negroes nom burning that town.
| THE KECONNOITER
! bv General Chalmers Wednesday doubtless
! deferred me negroes from engagt tng in violent |
| measures with that degree OF eagerneSS which |
| they manifested previous 10 the fight and rOut |
! OF Tuesday night. RumorS Of negroes organ.
| izing into armed bodies, aud preparing TO rem
| devious for a determined attacE upon Friars
! Point, reached that town all during Nedne2-
| day afternoon. General Bill Pease was report
| ed TO have been seen at the Bardsd7 lie place,
| where rom one hundred TO two hundred -Ie-
! groes had rendezvoused. The negroes were
reported to have started direct for this point, |
bat made detour and proceeded toward |
| Jamestown. General Chalmers had $50 start |
! Ell from aSchuf0rdyille for that point, and |
| when last heard from, by courier, Wednesday |
! afternoon late, was on the march. 1t was eX- |
! pected he would meet the negro plcketS near
| JOneStOwn, but the negroes had diYerged for |
an attack on Friars Point and the cavalry |
| under General Chalmers. An attack upon |
! the Point by the negroes was no5 unexpected |
| a. that writing, Wednesday night, but there |
Is sufficient force 10 hold out against all the |
! available force that could be concentrated by |
1 Pease and his party. From different direc- |
| tions in the county ,Iin formation reached the |
| Point that the negroes were very much in
| censed and vowed to kill, murder and burn. |
! They saw they intend to snow no quarter nor !
! would they respect age, sex or condition, but |
child they can ! get mold OF, ana
! been Shot A number Of negroes, who have
| been using incendiary language and making |
| criminal threats, nave been arrested and put |
| IN Iail. Among the number Is one named |
/ Diggs, who said that soon the negroes |
| got possession OF the town they would apply |
| the torch and burn the entire place. rms is !
| believed to have been the Intention of the !
! negroes, who were now so JhOrou =hly aroused /
! that they would not stop short of the most |
/ fearful enactments.
| SHERIFF BROWNS STATEN ENT,
| as mEdp 30 yhe APPEAL representative at |
! Helena THURSDAY eteniag, denies The state /
| IneDts given. He says the negroes were mere !
| " coming to hear him speak; that a number |
! Of them had arms, and as they came on to |
| town, others seeing them pass but not know |
| ing their mission, gathered up arms and start |
| ed TO town. Rs rays he demonstrated with |
( them, and tried to disband them, but failed. |
! H. appeared somewhat pale from excitement, |
| and sald lie mad only se.eE EiaH hed 10 IoYernor !
: Ames that there was disturbance there, but /
IL would be quickly ended.
JUDGE REID'S STATEMENT
is that Thursday morning. September goth, |
| Sheriff Brown told him that General Chalm- |
| ers and Judge Rucks demanded him to return |
| the SnDJ ana powder he ulu nov D6lleNt LLG [
. citizens OF the Point desired him TO do any
! thiuA 9. the kind. Judge Reid told him they |
I did 50 desire, 5..G, under the circumstances, |
| thought he should dc ~. brown replied: |
/ d" IN 20 to he'll first, and II 1QQse huckS or /
| General Chalmers carry out their threat 10 I
! bring guns here, will arm five hundred mill !
| tia 10 every part of the county, ! am as. !
sured by Governor Ames that l can have
arms whenever desired" Brown also said |
I LEcy EreaIen 10 bring Memphis to COshOma, !
as II was oOrt at ustiiE, IL so he would brlng
I a thousand EniteC States lsCCps thzier as .
I Governor Ames assured him he could get !
| them. These declarations were made TO Cap f!
lain Lea snd Judge Rusizs, in presence OF
EOrty CT htty negroes
TEE FUNCTIONS Or The SHERlFF'S
OFFICE
! have never been interfere VIII, DEt ~ ~as5uL-
| auces were given Brown that the NH-'e 4tSt u.i
I would assist him IN maintaining order a..
| executing all legal process and writS. 1t Is |
! LrUper 10 state here that this disturbance has !
| been between the whites and blacks ami not 1
/ between politicians. II any one be 10 blame |
I such cannot De the Democrats. General !
! Chalmers and Senator AlcoTn differ in pol /
! itics, and represent Republicans and Demo-
I Gratis. The former was at FTiars Point, and /
! about starting away, when the disturbance /
came by the negroes rushing into town. No /
| organization Of whites had been formed until !
/ that time.
SENATOR ALCORN,
/ realizing The danger Of the situation, seized /