, 1876-10-03

.cll. Henry IIilIyer, White Lcnguo chi.
lLlato fur thu Legislature, has got ~. ono
of his old servants nut working for him. Tile
c tei ,no s ihat a II ricS was elected tSe 0ovcr;.
n1cut wollld Iay slave lldcrH III full Tor I'LL she
slaves they held ut the time Of the proclamation,
and TINT then the slnye would get half Of that
n" noqaa f9i oo1 ss nc l9 a I tsnrt tsF tat ta 9
tism viii Seve ihI nIn,. viii they let tic co,ored
people vote tic Republican NekGtl Yrs, whcrc
tlloy can't l!clp themselves; TINT Will l,c
Me,t n Tue n strong wneSacrps i9fsa prss't, int: e as
control no enlorcd- Republican viii dare
10 vote for 1Taycs. know u great many col
urcl men living about CartcrsYitle who don't
Intend trying toyotc.
III.
"Thc Scat Of War-A Constitution Reporter
en- Route to the South Carolina Battlefield"
Such were the startling headlines which greeted
my eye as It scanned tho Atlanta Daily Coas'l-
tuition, Sept. 22. Further on l read: "All 10
Quiet Along tho Line OF tho Port Royal Rail-
roatl-The Negroes Arc Said to Have Taken to
tho Bushes" Additional particulars were to the
effect tl,at Dcputy-ShcriE Patterson mud Mr..
Arthur Owens had been seriously wounded, a,,d
that Mr.. JOHN and Nr. Robert Williams were
both killed." Intense excitement prevailed on
tho streets md In tic anloons Of Atlanta. Men
gathered In little knots and discussed thu slta-
tiou. Negroes stood 9loof, a'sd looked sulletl.
Ing OF board the first train hurried toward
Augusta. At Augusta found bulletin at tho
ttlcgraph-otllce which contained the following:
"Gun. Ha1ood is at Steele Creek with 100
tonight, The negroes threatening to burn Tho
town. 1t Is not known how lnany negroes larc
Ecrn kilIcL,' etc., etc. Tit feeling Of excite.
nent, anl In many cases terror, syns at Its
cause for all this. And Ut once bcgan to inyes-
tigasp tbs origin Of the Port Royal district Ills
turbnnccs. Twenty-Five ntlca bcluw Augusta
is ii small station called E!lcnton. -Four miles
from the station llycs an unrccoustr9ctcea,
Harley. He las managed SO far to run Ills
farm, as iii .tne ralmy dnya of elaycry,-tlat
is, no has had the negroes work for him for
nothing George and C'esar Long, among other
negroes, had helped Harley this year WITH, his
cotton. Finding tho contract to supply them
with rati0ns wns not carried out, tley quilted
work In August, leaving Harley to pick Ills cot
ton himself. or let It go to wnstc. This l.-
Longs. On the 18th Of September the Longs,
,nalielously enough It sccllls, went to 1lnrley's
house to rob, OF, us they say, to take from Ills
fokel9uso only What bslonfSsa t. the,
preveat 5rc t lie spuilaflon, i md cnsar Long
knocked her down. Frightened at what they
hnl done, the negroes prccptatcly, retrcatcl
without further WRONG Or lASatlll, ON llnrIpyt6
return home his wlfe's story was heard. Mag
snult with intent to rnvsh, Harley SOON had
tho wl,ulc nctghGorhooA III arms. III tho mcarl-
time tile Longs hai Eona to the nearest Justice
Of tho pGaeo negro. anu a., confessed iS t1 t., an u.s.
md baeon which they had carried with their own
banda to keep their own wives anl children
from stnrv!nE) Following upon the heels Of
thfs confession Of tho longa eamo Hurley with
tt{b oIrrf, INT tn
commit rape. Thu negro Justlco rosuscd to
ISSUE State warrant, for ,c felt that liz ,ns III
possession Of all tho facts and TINT at most II
could only gc an aggravated case Of assault md
battcry, antl In tho temper Of tho Harley crowd
Il would be .unsafo to apprchcnd tlle Longs.
hut with royolyers at lis flcad, as lie told your
correspondent, lio was compelled to issue the
States warrant. News Of tic trouble aud tho
VIVA In a. thickly-populatcl negro district,
all1 the Longs had always bcen pcacenblc,
industrious, enl llawabIdIng cltizcns their neigh.
bors determined they should not be arrested
Ing ready to shed their blood. When this de-
termination Of tho negroes about Eltcnton was
made known IN Augusta, there ,ras terrible
cry for revenge. Gllmorc Sl.nms, son of thu f.
Martin, Of ilrhobott; j. T. Dlaclwcli, q blatli.
crsl,tu named IIagool, md other influential
men, called tor thu southern w|li.u rabblo TO
urtn and defend their homes md ilrestdes from
kllt D{ltM HtEEDl'' GpNCEllCs hGEt lt1iAto On
stfect.eorners anl at ctossroatls, and by sunday
arn,s n OF course tlo EIlenton negroes
had f!sns !; ,h, in s1S ASnst ona Whsn
countcrmcasures OF safety. Tho blntherskitc
Aagool started tlrst tcvdentty intending to
stcul 4 march on his confederate, white trasO
for Ellonto but the nsr9ca ltss to tra 1hn
valiant y General back on foo. To Augusta.
Other White League organizations, however,
were rushed forward. AZ ilouse's Bridge. Ut
Jwkson, Aslleys ana 4!i Robbins, and H. o. on ths y,
Wh!te.Leaguers hal everything their own way
| AZ first Tho negroes sought tn nuke Il stand,
but their louder, worthless ;, ex-lnGlnbrr
! Of tho Legislature named Mink Holland, be-
thuy were, and then they sought safety in digit.
| Thls then, wuB tic Issue: Two negro men
sought MI honest reward for their yenr's toll ia
keep their wivcs and Children from starving;
| IN hanging tho wronged laborcrs: tho law Is
outraged ty compelling It's Representative tu
issue false warraut 81 VI ct ar!nis u; thc friends
Of tho wrongcl laborcrs seek to uphold the
Now, who weru tho osu1crcrsf Threowhlt hltcMen0l
doubtful reputation On tllu unc side and over @0t
negroes! The Southern press dispatches and
the AtlantA coast'tuflon reporter confess TO
ninety ncgrocs killed, but ! learned Of moro
than l1D. Tho truth ls, the whole disturbance
{uftcs tho trouble between the Longs and llar.
Icy was KNOWN WIS seized upon ey the White
Leagne for tllo pgrpoao Of making tlcn'onatsa
gro, and mako Lin subserylent to theIr political
euds. At Akeu, only few lays before, u,ls
N. W. Garry used these words III public nd
dress: "On elcctfon'day 30 In lnasaes armed
and force the negroes to vote for Tlldcn uut
lscform.. II they. don't, shoot them down md
| cut oil their cara"
/ ".
At fernando, Miss, on the 10Th, m tneipicnl
! riot between the raccs was qucllcd. During tht
War man named Woods WIS engaged In run
ming negroes frotn before tho advancing Fed
cral lines into Texas. Lately oue Of thoss
negroes came back home, mud meeting Woods
shot him OIL sight, Tho whole uclghborhood
was In arms at once, hut on closer .iRvcsttga
tion they iountl Tint thu ncgro was III the EN-,
ploy Of tho Ainsslall {ls1as} White League, mad
| 10 10 waA let 60 nnpultiahcd,
4 white la,au ual,,etl hathaway, on the same
day, was killed hya Whlte.Leag9e negro Ut
Monroe, La., unl tile cRtire white tlicbcl) popu
lattoD cfecrud the npGru t,ti his way to 6peetlS