The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-07-10
TELEGRAPHIC.
vBGa0 Hrgr.
A souspnny Of Negroes Entrfnes the"'
selves ana uefy the Law.

NEGaO RIOT.
A Company Of Negroes Ansfenss she"-
selves and Defy the Law.
AuauarA. GA. July {. 8.@There has been
.orio,,a tfo,tbla In Hamburg. On the 4th
ltarbart Butler and another citizen OF
EdvaFord county. while driving through
the town OF Hamburg. were Interrupted
hy colored militia company. VINO
blocked up the public highway and pre-
vented them from proceeding Oh theF
way home. n.
Prince Rivers. uolored, a trial justice.
who summoned Witnesses to investigate
matters
Doc Adams. captain Of tho company,
waa the tirst witness examined,
Adams became go insolent that Trial
Justice Rivers arrested him for oona
tempt and continued the case until this
afternoon
When the trial was resumed the com
panv proceeded to court and rescued the
nrjso,,er. Adams Rivers, who, In addi-
lion 20 his being a trial Justice. com
inauda the State militia, ordered the
company to dlaarm. and on refusing TO
comply with his orders he called upon
citizens for aid 60 enforce his orders.
The oitisena responded. The militia
company took possession OF brick
building, aud refused tc surrender
Fire WAS opened bv both sides. which
continued for several hours with but
little effect. One white man. Mackey
Marriwether. was shot Ia the. head aud
killed. His body waa brought to An.
uuata, Another white man Ia reported
wounr,ad. One of the negroes Ia report
cd killed and nine taken prisoners. A
small piece Of artillery was taken from
Augusta to Hamburg, but after firing q
few rounds the ammunition gave out.
The citizens Of Edgeield are aided by
citizenp OF Augusta, and regular eiege
has been laid TO the building IN which
the negro militia are intrenched. Prince
Rivers Ia IN command of the citizens,
The siege will be continued until the
company surrendcfp. There are about
100 mon In the building. armed with En-
neld rifles.
There are hundreds Of people on the
bridge between Augusta and Hamburg
witnessing the operations.
There Ia great excitement tn Augusta,
but there will he no trouble on this side,
At this hour apalf.past IL. there is o
lull In the firing. aud hopes are enter
tatned that the members OF the company
will surrender before desperate mems.
urea are resorted 70.
nIaanv TERMINATION.
Particulars Of the riHht-rhe citizens
prcvail@Aillca and wounded.
AuausrA. July 9-rhe riot at Ham
burg has terminated dsaatruusly, This
morning, between and o'clock, ak
negroes were killed and three wounded.
The killed are Joa. Cook, Tom Marshall,
A. r. Attaway. Albert Merritt, Moaes
Parker. Dave Phillip, Hamilton ste
phens. The wounded are Butler Ed
wards. Pompey Curry aud John Thomas.
One white man, Mackey Merriwether,
was killed. aud another, Robert Morgan,
was wounded.
After the whites Cred four rounds
from the piece of artillery the. negroes
retreated from the brick building into
the cellars aud outhouaes of adjoining
buildings. Fifteen or twenty were cap
tured. and tho remainder. including
Capt, Doc Adams. escaped into the
country,
II Ia reported that somo of the prison
era were shot after being captured.
In conversation with Trial Justice
Rivers, colored, this afternoon, he said
II was not In command and did not call
upon the white citizens to aid me In dis
arminR the negroes | tried 10 avoid
difficulty and prevent bloodshed. ad-
vised the officers of tho company 10 sur
render their arms, but they were afraid
and refused. They said they could take
care of themselves
He further said that the cause of the
difficulty was. that on the ath CT July the
company was out on parade IN Ham
burg, and would not make way for two
men In a carriage or buggy 20 pass.
Gen. nj. G. Butler was employed by But
Ter to prosecute Adams and other prom
inent negroes for obstructing the high
xvaN Tbr ruaa waa spnt dawn fp~ haar.
ing ycstarday afternoon mt o'clock, but
Rivers did not know until he heard the
evidence whether he would sit az "a trial
Justice or order a court-martial for the
trial OF the officers. he being Major Gen
eral OF the Militia.
The day previous Justice Rivers and
Capt. Doc. Adams had some angry words.
when the latter was orderod under arrest
for contempt, but he refused compii-
ance with the order OF the court. Gen.
Butler proposed TO settle the matter
before the court II he would disarm, but
this proposition was declined. and the
case did not come up for hearing.
Rivers adjourned his court and used his
influence with Adams to disarm his men
which he refused TO do.
The company assembled In brick
building. determined to fight IL out,
while the citizens OF Edgeteid. aided by
people from the Georgia side, laid siege
10 the building, about s o'clock last
night, with the result as above stated.
The unfortunate affair is deplored by
all good citizens OF both races, and there
is deep regret that better counsels did
not prevail.
The dead were buried to-day. Merri-
wether was the tlrst man killed. Crowds
of people from Augusta visited Ham
burg, and the whites and blacks inter-
mingled freely. There were deep re-
grets but no threats that blood had
been shed and that lives were lost
There is no further trouble anticipated
HOT. VERY.
one Hundred ana seventy Wen Sunstruck.
six Physicians Laid Ip.
PHILADELPHIA. July 9.--Thermometer
yesterday 90. Several deaths reported
from heat.
ToRoNro, July s.-Thermometer yes
terday 93.