, 1876-09-28
SOUTH CAROLINA.
THE ALAUGHTRH or NEGROES.
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Of South Carolina has received letters from
person coming from near the sccnc of the recent
disturbance In SoutlI Carolina who IL yoltchel
for "a being perfectly reliable. These represent
that the railroad trains passing through the act.
kou Of country where the alleged riot took ppcc
have been stopped and negroes forclb1y tnkcn
from tho cHs and shot. Capt. A. P. Butler, q
brother Of Gen. Butler, OF Hamburg massacre
notorfety, wn4 III command of company Of
White Liners which stopped trains and hrutally
murdered the negroes. "Up to this ttuo"
says ot,c letter .1atcd Sept. 81, ..'there Is no
definite Information Of the dcath Of single
Aiken County report. trec killed, Or rather
says three arc repnrtcd killed. There has been
I'M encounter ut a1l 80 fur ns We have hccn able
to learn, but r7ther 9 Wholesale murder Of
the cottou !e''ls Mt work 0r travelling alonR the
highway. THEY wrrc deliberately shot down In
cold blond, hr1ltal'y mang1ed after they were
dead, AMI left To liz In tlle hot sun with no one
hostile gathering Of ti,s blacks, unless you cali
4 meeting Of frotn six to ten Ut them hostile
gathcrlngsi nor have they fired upnn any one.
except, perhaps, in sc1f-acfcnss., believe at
morning last, IN tho two counties mentioned,
been burned"
TERROR m sotr7rr caRoI1xA.
W1Nnsor, BARkwELt COUNTY, 5. c.-Thrre
days In this neghborhood that two negroes had
attempted to rot Mrs. Harley while her lnss-
band was In the field 1t work. The lady and her
son. on being nskcd about tho parties, aaid they
did not know them, only that they wcrc ne
grocs. The Whites suspected two negroes, and,
hearing Of the whereabouts Of one OF them,
they we're going to lynch them wherever they
found them. These hIgh-toncd eouthern out.
laws, coming upnxlth a few cotosed men. found
aIsloilR thctn bl,e Of the suspected negroes,
tic. colorcl 1ne1, said they could take film
II they would allow two or three OF ttcir
number to 80 with them to Aiken jail In COIN
pa1,y with the prisoner. When the request WIS
sas nes hs s %5e ec M o res s 1 5c% an Pef ne
fensve blacks. Being alarmed ft such an un-
expected attack, few Of the negtoee assembled
for sclf-protcctton.. In the n,earttmc tho band
Of outlaws who had i1red into then. ran through
Ind riacn Iii insurFoctlou. The whites then sent
co,lrtcrs and dispatches to nll the little towns
aud villages, md the rac clubs collected from
four counties, SOME coming cycn from Gcorgta,
70 suppress tho pretended insurrcctlon., Gu
Monday party Of theee outlawcd scoundrcls,
who arc upheld by the aristocrncy In all thclr
.lccds Of blood and murder, took e!mon D.
Cuker, one Of the late 1nenbcrs Of the Lcgisln.
| t,fc, from his homo at Kobblns Station, carried
| him on the train, saying they llal warrant for
his arrcst, shot Him, mud threw bis body oil the
| train.
| These rifle clubs, who arc all stained with
| blood and murder, are the old Rebel soldiers
/ roorganixcd for the purpose Of carrying The
election by intimldat!ng the negroes and keep
| luz them from the polls. Tho whole country
to-day Il in state Of open rebellion. Poor col
orcd men and their wives arc insulted ami
abused By thu rifle clubs, a. they 90 and COME
from the slaughter Of negroes, Ro1ne Of them
shooting: at them passing by, when they are at
work. for the fun Of seeing them run. They
tell the negroes that Grnnt haa sent them out
| to make them vote the Democratic ticket. We,
Mr. Editor hive always been. and arc still, will
inE to submit to tic ciVll authfrttY which the
whites defy on every occaston+. lsaw one negro
| to-day that they Aad capturcd. He saved hii
life BY saytng ln WIS Denlocr1t and denying
Ills name. Three or four guns w'eru pfnrctl at
Ills head, and he was commanded to pray. Till
Ia negro outrage tn the South. In fact, the he.
gro never Is right in the South, Gven when be Ii
born.
| P.S.-I am afarmer, and II l should give mi
name tay life would not be worth feather,