The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-09-19
THE COLOR LINE.
A White Lady Assaulted and Knocked
Down BY COlOred RuillAns IN
South Carolina.
The Augusta and Port ROYAL Road Wrecked
and in Possession Of the Negroes A
Ioint Discussion In Mississippi
Ends in Blood letting.
whites and blacks Armed ana Watch,
ing Each Others Movements.

SIS sHh'h
AUGUSTA, September lS.--Mrs
Alonzo Harley, Of Aiken county
South Carolina, was on Friday last as
saulted and knocked down two OF
three times 10y II couple OF negroes
Her screams alarmed them and they
He'd. The citizens, however arrested
one of them and shot him. A war.
rant was issued for the arrest OF the
other, and the warrant placed in the
hands Of u constable, who with the
aid OF posse Of white men attempted
to make the arrest, which was resis-
ted by large crowd of negroes, about
two hundred in number, armed with
shotguns and rifles On Sunday the ex-
element continued, both whites and
blacks were fully armed watching
each others movements. Towards
night n compromise was agreed to, by
both parties agreeing to dsband and
retire to their homes. The negroes
agreed to surrender the colored man
who made the assaults on Mrs. Har-
ley, and deliver him over TO the au-
thorities at Aiken. With this under
standing the whites dispersed and
while retiring TO their homes, several
OF the latter were am pushed aud shot
10y the negroes. The city Is full of ru-
mors of how many Were killed, but
there has been nothing definite ascer-
tanned.
Later-The Passenger train from
Augusta for Port Royal, which left
this morning at eight o'clock, has re-.
turned. Proceeding to Jackson sta
ton, the track was discovered to have
been torn up, and the freight train
which left here at O'Clock this morn
ing was found wrecked and the negroes
In possession of the track. Superln-
tendant Fleming, of the Port Royal
road, has telegraphed to Governor
Chamberlain asking him for troops.
He has also applied to Lieutenant
Barnhardt, Of the United States Army
stationed ut Hamburg, for assistance
A number Df citizens have left for the
scene of the disturbance, which is
about twenty miles from Augusta on
the Port Royal railroad.
Later--The latest report from the
scene OF riot Is that one white man Is
wounded, and six negroes killed and
wounded.
Joint Discussion Ia Mississippi
Ends In u Skirmish-TwOW whites ana
One Negro Wounded.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, September lS-An
fernando Miss. special to the Asso-
ciated Press, says at n joint discussion
to-day, between Manning, Democratic,
and Walton, Republican, candidates
for Congress, some one hundred ne
groes took possession of all the seats
which had been prepared FOR the
whites. The whites requested that the
negroes should yield half the seats
This request was acceded to by most
of the negroes, and the whites pro.
ceeded to take possession OF the seats
allowed them, when several negroes
refused to vacate, and scutlle ensued
between white man and "A negro.
When the negro was knocked down, a
pistol was fired from the negro side,
followed by several on the same side,
when the whites returned the fire.
About u dozen shots were fired alto
gether. Two whites and one negro
were wounded. The sheriff succeeded
In restoring peace.