, 1876-10-28

EASTERN STATES.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Oct. 23--Troops are
arriving daily, and thirteen companies
are now in Columbia and twenty-four in
other parts of the State. Everything is
perfectly quiet throughout the State.
Affidavits offering peace and submission
TO the law are received daily. The po-
li,ical campaign is conducted vigorously
by both parties. The so-called People s
Club have all disbanded. The colored
militia is still organized.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 23.-Capt. Floyd.
q. s. Army, who was ordered to the
scene of disturbance, has reported to
the army headquarters. Regarding his
investigations on arrival at Rouse's
Bridge, the captain states that he found
body of 300 mounted men under the
command of A. P. Butler. who has COM
mand of the outer skirmish lines, sur
rounding the negroes, and adds there
was undoubted evidence of we'll di-
rected plan which, if carried out, would
have resulted in the slaughter of many.
All the negroes in the place awed by the
presence of the troops brought about an
agreement by which both the armed
whites and negroes disbanded. In the
march from Rouse's Bridge to Ellen
town the bodies of three negroes, who
had been killed, were found, and in
formation received that FIVE others had
also been murdered. One white man
had been killed. The negroes were
completely cowed and are afraid to leave
their hiding place in the woods and re-
turn to their work for fear of being shot
down in the cotton field. A detach-
ment sent down the Barnwell road net
a body of tw enty or thirty whites who
stated they we're detachment Of Gen
Haywaro's 3 command, under orders from
Judge Wigglns to disarm and arrest the
the negroes, aEI alsu to protect party
of negroes while burying their colored
member OF the Legislature, who had
been sfos at Ellentown. Tbs report es-
Inmates the total number Of whites en-
gagged in the riots at not less than 800,
coming from Georgia, Enfield and Barn.
well, S. C. The Port Royal railway.
which had been torn up. was repaired
nnder the protection of a squad of sol.
diers. The men had previously been
afraid to work on the road.
BALTIMORE, Oct. %. The TriJane
says court investigation shows that
preparations have been made for illegal
registration and naturalization on q
large scale. Colonies Of tramps and
disfeputable persons have been found
hailing from lodging houses or from
danee-hall saloons, or private residen-
ces, and have registered under names
Of conyicts, minors, have sworn falsely
to.their age, and the names of Centen-
tennial visitors stopping perhaps only a
day at the hotels of the low class have
been used By surreptitious repeaters.
The records of the courts show that the
number of naturalized papers granted
is increasing every week. The Times,
however, says our friends in the inter-
1or Of the State express good deal of
alarm lest the fraudulent votes of New
York and Brooklyn should render abor
tive all their efforts to elect the Repub-
ican ticket. We assure all such des-
pondent Republicans that the registra-
ton lists of these two cities will be
looked to the most searching scrutiny.
and that most thorough proportions will
be made to keep it within its legal di-
mensions. The system of verification
Of the registry. which has been devised
for the city. is one Of the rost perfect
which has ever been applied, and by
the election day the names Of at least
niue-tenths of the people who have re-
gistered illegally will be in proper hauds
for proper action.
New YoRK, Oct. "a. The Times cor
respondent in North Carolina says: At,
ter careful study, I believe tbs Re-
publicans will make large gains in the
popular vote, and in congressman. The
largest vote ever polled is promised.
NEw YORK. Oct. 49, The engineers
and fremen of the New York Central
Railroad struck work ut II o'clock to-
night wherever the trains happened to
be. The engineers dumped the fires
and the men left the engines. The con-
sequence is that all traffic on the road is
stopped and many trains en- route are
unable TO proceed. The Times, speak
ing of the striking engineers, says the
cause of the strike. as ascertained from
a very good source, seems to be the de-
sire of the engineers to compel payment
for work over regular hours. They have
been compelled recently to Tor more
hours than heretofore. It is said and
they desire to be recompensed for do
ing 30.
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