The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-09-23
rArr,s oRpER BEARING FRUIT.
RiOtous Negroes,

Riotous Negroes
Republican primaries were held in Bal
timore county on Saturday, anil riva
; tickets were run in some Of the districts
Great disorder prevailed at Goyanstown
and in the evening about forty negroe
arrived ia Towsontown from that plac,
pretty drunk, and when opposite the Til
den and Hendricks Club Room, they com
mencod firing pistols indiscriminately
About twenty-five shots were fred, whicl
caused great excitement. Doors wer
barred and shutters closed. When the!
arrived in the centre Of the town genera
| fight cusuod among themselves, stone
we're thrown and several revolyers drawn
The participants in the affair were badl.
bruised up Justice Gideon Herbert die
all in his power to preserve order, but thu
town was minus its special officer and
therefore no arrests could be made. Levi;
johnson, mulatto, correspondent o.
the Americaa says, had his jaw broken.
Jos. l.. Reilly, John Allsop aud WIN
Davisy, colored men, were arrested in Bal
timore, on Sunday the 10th inst. for at.
lacking procession Of small boys from
seven TO twelve years old, which was
marching along the streets the night pre-
vious and hurrahing for Tildcn. At the
corner of Columbia avenue and Fremont
street, the procession was stoned aud at
tackled by these colored men. Lewis
Schminke and Charles Stricken were badly
injured by kicks and bruises, Willie
Allen had all his teeth knocked in and n
cut two inches wide made in his upper lip
by blow from a stone weighing pound
aud half. Allen is not expected to re-
cover, erysipelas and hemorrage having
set in. The colored people are instigated
to indiscretion by Talts inAammatory
order, and are very threatening. The
lads offered no resistance or provocation.
Charleston Neps and Courier, Sept. z.
j. w. W. Marshalls handsome resi-
dence, near Abbeville, was burned by an
ineendiary on Sunday night. Loss, $4,000;
insurance, 81 500 The local papers re-
port that the negroes arc openly threaten.
ing to burn the houses Of Democrats.
The town is guarded every night. A
white man and two negroes, on Sunday
night attempted to assassinate G. W.
CrOmer lie was called to his door, aud,
refusing to open it, was fired upon through
the side-light and windows. The door
was next broken down, and the assailants
fired upon him again. He returned the
fire, and they fed. Two of them were
recognized.
There is trouble in Aiken county, South
Carolina. Last Friday two negroes as
saulted Mrs. Alonzo Haslcy at her house,
in Silycrton, the citizens afterwards as
sembled and made search for the negroes,
catching one, who was shot, whilst the
other escaped. On Saturday constable,
with posse, attempted his arrest, but was
resisted by large body of armed negroes.
On Sunday the excitement grew more in.
tense, both whites and blacks arming and
gathering in large numbers. There was
a skirmish between them, aud two or three
wounded. Later in the day compromise
was agreed upon, by which both parties
were to disband, but it is said that subse-
qucntly the negroes "ambushed" the whites
and shot several, but no definite account
has been received of the affair. Monday
the railway to Port Royal was torn up by
the negroes and travel stopped. These
facts have been telegraphed to Governor
Chamberlain, who is asked to call out the
troops, and the Governor is said to have
applied to the military commander at
Hamburg for aid. A later telegram re.
ports that one white man was wounded
and six negroes killed in the disturbances.
a HORRIBLE OuTRAGg.-A dispatch
from Macon, Ga, dated September 3, says:
The details of bloody assault upon
Miss Emma Lee, daughter of the Rev. w.
W. Lee, a respectable clergyman living in
Efingham county, Ga, has already been
published. 1t will be remembered that
about two months ago Miss Lee discovered
some negro thieves in the house, and seiz-
Ing shot gun she fred at them. A few
days attcrward she was waylaid near the
house by these same negroes, dragged to
a distant point and beaten until it was
supposed that she was dead. Her body
was then thrown into neighboring pond
but the water revived her and she managed
to make her way homeward aud tell her
pitiful story Active and continued search
was made for her ASSISTANTS, but they we're
never approheuded.
The second chapter in this story has
been received from bingham county.
Some weeks since Mr.. Lee found threat
ening note in his yard to the effect that
Miss Lee and two of his sons in law would
be killed on occasion. Several notes of
like tenor were subsequently left at his
house and the building has been several
times, during the night, assaulted with
brickbats and stones. One of these mis-.
siles was thrown through a window, en-
dangering the life of one Of Mr.. Lees
younger children. One morning, recent.
ly, Miss Lee had occasion to leave the
house, having only partly recovered from
the effect Of the injuries aforetime received.
In about an hour, her long absence having
been noted, search was made for her
About 3 o'clock in the afternoon she was
found at distance from the house, her
clothing torn from her person and her body
exhibiting terrible bruises. She had eyi.
IDENTIFY been dragged over the ground tc
the spot where she was discovered.
! She was taken home, and, on recovering
made full statement As she got lii
tie way from home she was seized and
gagged by four negro men, after first
knocking her down. She knew nothing
more until they had dragged her some
distance to u secluded place, where she
found herself pinioncd by the negroes
She tried to scream but could not becaus,
OF the gag in her mouth. A little late,
the sound Of horses hoofs was heard and
she again endcavorcd to give the alarm
The negroes beat her, but as the rider cam,
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