The New York herald., 1876-10-11

D W. Grassland, a Double Bridge. Sunday night
Neck and back.
- Ashley, At Double Bridge. Sunday night
James Patterson, near Penn Branch, Monday night
Ambushed
Samuel Dunbar, at Penn Branch, Monday night
). H. Kilnzsworth, at Pom Branch, Monday night
Leg.
xEGRoRs.
Killed
Basil Bryant, At Double Bridge, Sunday night
Killed in the light
Unknown negro Exit" Killed at railroad wreck IN q
Warren Kelsey, At Kelscy's house, near Ellenton
Monday evening, in skirmlsh.
Sam Brown, at Kslssy's house, near Elenton Mon
day evening, in skirmish.
Dave Malley. a. Kelsey's house, near Eenton, Mon
day evening, In skirmish.
John Kelsey. at Elenton, Monday night Shot whilc
running with gun IN hand.
day night
wilkins Hamilton; wounded Double Bridge SUM-
day night. Died or was killed after capture
George Turner, killed by Browneil Monday evening"
In aieht while armed
William Tut, killed by Brownell. Monday evening,
Simon Cokcr, at Ellen.on, Monday night Killed
after capture.
Z. W. Bush, at Pcnn's Branch fight on Monday sven-
ing
: Rounsree, at PENIS Branch tight on Monday
evening
"Henry," al Penns Branch fight on Monday evening.
Henry Campbell, wounded al denle sunday alter
noon ana uieo OF secondary homorrnage oI wound
Wounded
Only two negroes reported wounded one OF
whom (CampbcID died, and tho other OF whom Ham
ton) either died or was killed There are doubtless
other negroes slightly wounded who keep the matter
hid. heard OF two or three such cases.
NOTES ON THE CoNFLICT-rHE ExAodKRArIoN
OF TIE DEATH RoLL--THE CAUSE OF THE
ExAGGERATIoN-THE wRECKIN0 OF THE
wAR-THE SPIRIT OF THE NEGROES
Your correspondent must recur for q moment to
the tange mystery and exagscration that has been
thrown over this affair. En- route TO the of
fct was repeatedly informed by democrats as well
republicans that the list Of killed everywhere
from thirty to 800 Tho best informed editors and
politicians believed that the slaughter had been terrific
and even In Augusta within twenty miles of Elenton
1t believed that not less than fifty and probably
than 100 killed reporter of an Atlanta paper
visiting week after the occurrence put tho
deaths at ninety. Chicago correspondent with pain
full exactness, puts Il al 179. General Hazard who
participated the conflict gives me number at thirty
one
Tho causes OF this strange misappreh mani
fold. In tho first place. the negroes In almost every
fought in the swamp, leaving Il indefinite TO
how many killed and lost The fight was being
waged at three tour different points, WILDLY distant
from each other, At the samo time and reports flying
TO and from tlu squads were vastly exagger-
ated The lights lasted for three days and nights
being frequent enough TO produce the impression
SLAUGHTER WAS DREADFUL.
good many careless young fellows down
from Augusta and other points, and, returning with
exaggerated reports. produced the impression that
scores were killed. Above ALL great many negroes
who were prominent in the fighting kept themselves
hid for days after the peace, being afraid TO show
themselves Their friends really supposng that they
had been killed, reported them dead, and mourned
them SUCH This very morning Abram Uverstreet
and Alec Wright, VINO were currently reported
dead and put by democrats the death list put in
their appearance without scratch. At Ellenton
Albert Carroll, Dan Rouse and Alec Williams
believed all hands to DO dead Your correspondent
talked with both Of these negroes In Aiken days
ago, where they living undor protection Of the
troops
have worked patiently both places and at inter-
mediate places comparing lists looking up missing
men interviewing all classes and conditions of people,
and am positively certain that not another casualty
than those ,abuated above DO substantiated. l
talked with scores OF negroes and asked them what
negroes were missing from their various neghbor-
hoods In every they were covered by Of the
names reported above. All the negroes have shown
up now and now, for tho Arst time, il truthful re-
port obtainable. l could publish the aidavits OF
twenty men in Aiken county OF the highest respect
ability that The most rigid scrutiny could put tho
deaths above twenty have made search for the
graves Of the killed These graves scattered about
AND HAVE LOCATED JUST sEvENrKKS GRAvEs,
two whites being buried and eighteen blacks, Henry
Campbell, who died last night, not beng buried a. YET
hear Of single grave that Is unaccounted for,
OF single dead man whose grave cannot be To-
Gated.
II appears remarkable: when we consider the num-
bsr OF engaged and the time Of the conflict that
tho death roll is so small The truth is there was
enough ierocty and determination In tho conflict TO
have caused the deaths Of thousand men, II the
whites had struck tho negroes on Monday morning
Ellcnton would have been terrible slaughter
the United States troops had been halt hour ut
Rouses Bridge swamp, scores would have ialon right
toers The main bodies Of whites and blacks never
collided. Tho blacks, at the first fire. would bury
themselves in the swamps whittier the whites were
AFRAID TO follow them. The negroes lacked ammuni-
Winchester rifles In tho swanps All else was shot
guns old muskets &c. Tho negroes loaded their guns
with half charges. wilkins Hamilton (coIoredj pulled
down his shotgun on Jim Bush At about forty PAGES
spoonful OF bird shot pattered against Bush's thick
coat and fell back from his shirt bosom. Halt tho
wounds received by the whites were from small shot
Wherever the Winches,crs whistIed thsrc trouble
THE MEANING or rHR CONFLICT.
see nothing this terrible conflict beyond hint
as 10 the OF the and OF the in1ammable
nature OF things here. The negroes were inprudent
for rallying FIRST to protect Frederick Pope Thoy
believed that Williams, their avorte. had been lyncncd
and that Pope was being hunted down. They very
naturally thought OF protecting him. They wrong
in violating the treaty they made by killing Williams,
by cushing the party at Double Bridge aud by firing
the Baiy ouihouses Thoy were wrong In tearing up
the railroad track and cutting the telegraph wrcs In
breaking open and plundering Wcadersby's store In
Threatening Ecnton. The whites much more
prudent aud correct Indeed Il 10 hard how
whites easily controlled as they were. They
con, v abOut tho AZ iiona nm
as the blacks outnumber them ten TO one Now let
consider the condition OF mind those inrn who
ambushed at Double Bridge on Sunday night must have
been in. They were openly attacked by large num-
Der armed negroes In the night Alter they scattered
wounded and exhausted they discovered that anothor
party OF negroes had killed Williams and shot Stangs
horse While they receiving this they tho
skies redde ming with two three nccndiary nrcs
deny the work Of another party OF negroes They fot
certain, many OF them informed me, that there had
been general uprising OF the negroes for the purpose
OF rape and murder and arson Their cooness In dis