The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-28

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| not the rSaSe,S thop tfaii ettifiDing merely
for tAsratalsolgmbbsozss $ eesaagii7Sns1 Il H. white
man, named JebWs Williams, was am
| blshed by the negroes, near Rouse's
Br dge, on Monday, and killed. He was
beaten' I'D laG5tH Wita t GIGBl. Mr.. ' saSSel S5
Duab2f was se. ..refSf Wounded. ~ a1
No NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on Monday,
but there were several skirmishes. A
| brisk conflict occurred at Robbins, on
the Port Royal Road, this morning, be-
tween q large body Of negroes aud
small! force Of Whites. 'Ths hegfbes final-
ly retreated, leayingyeseveral Of their
number dead and carrying of their
wounded. One white man, whose name
l did not learn, was killed and several
were woundad. wac unable TO obtain
! any definite particulars. ss13t$
In the afternoon, the rife clubs from
Edgefeid passed through this city on
their way home. They reported that, tic
two companies or Federal tro5Ps reached
Rouse'e Bridge early in che moruing.
The officer in command had a.conference
with Col. A. ?. Butler, and promised that
il the whites would disperse and 60 nome,
he would disarm the negroes and assist
the civil authoi tiles in arresting those
charged with crime, including Frederick
Fort, t!:S negro implicated ia TIE assault
on NM. Harley. With this understand
ing the clubs left the scene Of the trouble
and went home! 'a.'ro pN'@9epfq aG3
= When the troops arrived, tho whites
had the negroes, about three hundred in
number, surrounded, and would undoubt-
edly have captured the entire party. AS
they only desired 70 see the lew enforced,
however, they quietly retired from the
field and left the blacks in control of the
United States soldiers. It is positively
known That six negroes we're killed du-
ring the trouble, and it Is said that others
were shot in the several skirmishes. ST.
mon Coker, M eX-member of the Legis,
laturc, who was foremost in melting the
negroes to deeds of violence and Blood
shed, was killed at Ellenton this morn.
ing. On his peraon were foundra num-
her Of orders written by himself, directed
to negro captains, instructing them to be
certain to kill the engineers on the Port
Royal Railroad trains. There was also
fcund in one of his pockets letter to
Governor Chamberlain. Another prom
incnt negro named Mink Holland was
killed. Three dead negroes were living
on the grass near the wrecked train X
Jackson ON Monday night. This after
noon the construction train sent ontIou
Monday to repair tho track ut jackson
returned to the city. About dozen
young men, who went down Monday
morning, catne back on the train. They
reported that while the train was running
through cut this side of Ellenton they
saw n negro on the bank above take de-
iiberate aim at one of the number. They
immediately fired upon him, and he threw
up bis arms anu fell. 1t is supposed that
he was killed. Fifteen, or twenty armed
negroes were with I'm. at the time. All
along the road they saw bands oe armed
negroes, but none OF them, with tho eS-
ception of the one named above mndeI
any demonstration towords the train.
Tho telegraph wire on the Port Royal
Road was cut again Monday night ct the
Same point at which it was tapped Sum
day. It was repaired this morning. i, It
is said that Cocker had or his body q list
of prominent white citizens who were to
be killed and whose houses were to be
bnrned..lu .,Hsia.3.ii i-yoisG gg sl.
The latest intelligence makes it very
certain that twenty-five os thirty negroes
were killed on Monday. Six were Filled
ut Jackson while attacking the wrecked
train. zl.a bnA luni!. .8Sl f,s.i
This morning tho lumber train left Ell
lenton, and on approaching Robbins was
fired into by negroes. The train backed
TO Ellenton, took twenty yRhith .ne.,i h.. h. :
board, and returned TO Robbins. Al fight
ensued, and eight negroes were killed
and several whites wounded. o.a,i,f,a.