The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1876-11-16
Tho Charleston Riot.

There vas another serious riot
in Charleston on Wednesday, the Sth
ms. The negroes, angry and OK.
cited ut the Democratic victory were
assembled around the court house.
when an alteration took place ut
the bulletin board of .hc Nc,rs uud
Cr"icr, between Mr.. Mackcy and II
citizen, about the election OF Hayes
and Chamberlain, which resulted in
Al riot. A pistol was fired, and Il
negro Immediately rushed to the
conrt house and said Mr. MaciScv
had been slot. The crowd raised Il
yell and rushed down to the bulletin
board. The whites stood thcii
ground and received the attack firm
ly. Another pistol WAS fired, and
then Il dozen in rapid succession.
Ihc blacks stampcdc", and /, trcatc .
towards Church street, where they
were met by 81 squad of policemen.
When tie crowd reached tic station
house, they tried to force themselves
i'll to set guns. The chief of police.
however, had stationed two men at
the station house door who succeed
cl in EV'pipg the crowd back.
In VA mean while, Il black man
fired IL pistol ut Il whitcman, and This
was the signal for II general yolley.
The whites returned the fire, and for
ut least ten minutes the fusiIade was
/, kept up. tAc police being powcrlcss
to stop the disturbance.
In the mean time the whites began
to rally. At least five hundl cd
armed with rifles reported Mt the
station house. The United States
troops, WHO had been sent for now
arrived, and General Hunt.
the commanding officer, after con-
ference with the chief cf police, had
{: squad Of policemen backed bv Il
nh ubcr Of volunteers sent out to
quc,. the riot. The mob, howcva?.
on lea. .'ning that the soldiers had
arrived, dispersed, and by six o'clock
all was uiio.. Mr.. r. II. Walker, a
son Of the pl ointment cotton mcr-
chant, Geo. II. Walker, was killed,
and several other rhitc citizens were
wounded. One ncGl O was killed and
many others wounded.
The behavior Of the coio"cd police
was Infamous. Instead Of ,...ding to
qucll the riot, they took part with
the rioters, and numbers Of them
were seen to fire on the whites.
The negroes were supplied with
arms by BAA ;\and Bowen, andwhilc
they had poAMssion Of the strcct,.
their conduct was savage and fcnt.-
ish to an incxprcssiblc degree.
After the riot, at meeting be
tween Gen. Hunt, the mayorand q citi-
zen committee, it was agreed that
the charge of maintaining the peace
of the city should be confdcd to
Gen. Hunt, and the city, at last
accounts, was practically in the
hands Of the United States troops.
AT one Of the voting precincts in
Char!cs' on Il gentleman asked u
colorcd acquaintance to vote for
Hampton, Tildcn, and Hendricks
The colorcd man replied that he
"wantcd to vote for Mr.. Uambleton
and MIR Tildcn, but he couldn vote
for Captain Hendrix, us he had him
locked up in the Guard House too
often. a compromise was effected
however.
The nir-brakcs of locomotive
upon the New Jersey Central Rail.
road, gave way as- the train entered
the Depot ut Jersey City the other
day, and the entire train ran off the
track, crossed about sixty feet Of
stone pavement, and after having
holtcd through n building, plunged
into the river.
A now product has been designed
as a substitute for leather. 1t is
composed of cotton waste, cocoanut
fibre and marine moss abundant on
tho Now England coast. 1t can be
bronzed, silvered, varnished and
NJ thn,u,,cn 4>.on@nl H.