Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-07

SENrtHEL In San Francisco. Persons in that
city having business with this office are re-
ausstad tn com slnnicate with him
? THE vICKsBURG RIOT.
Ten days or = fortnight ago u tele-
graphic dispatches contained occasional
illusions to damaging testimony taken
before a House Committee, with refer
encc 10 the course of Governor Ames,
Of Mississippi, at the time of the vicks-
burg riot in December, 1874. The de.
tails Of the evidence are SUPPLIED us
by our Eastern exchanges received
yesterday. Our readers will recall some
Of the circumstances of the riot. A
negro named Crosby had been elected
Sheriff OF Warren county, Of which
vicksburg IL the shire town. He was
unable to give bonds, but, notwith-
standing, entered upon the duties of
his Office and collected public moneys.
Y He was seized by a mob and, as he al
leges, his life threatened and he CO.
creed into q resignation of his office.
a few days after q large body of me-
gross under command of Crosby, and
claiming to be q Sherifrs posse,
marched on vicksburg. They were
met BY the white and many were
killed. The whites behaved undoubt-
sdly with too great severity. The
question before the committee was,
"Who was responsible for the riotf"
It now appears that after his escape
from the mob, Crosby had been to
Jackson and laid his ~ before the
Governor; that q council was called, at
which were present several of the Gov
ernor's friends, and that Ames, in
spite OF advice to the contrary, insisted
on the course which resulted in blood.
shed.
Captain w. w. Allyn, who was
present at the consultation, testified:
Am captain or the Sixteenth United
Sta,e s infantry, and command the post
o. Jackson; WAS present at a meeting
in the early part Of December, 1874;
happened there casually, without in
. %vitation; the conversation turned upon
the forced resignation OF Grossly,
Sheriff of Warren county, and upon
the power of The sheriff to summon
thu body of the county rs = posse to
enforce the law. There was a differ
ence of opinion as To the Sheriff's abil-
ity to regain his position. The opinion
OF Attorney General Harris was that
all the legal power of thecourts should
be exhausted before it was time for the
Executive to take action. 1t was al.
legged that = posse OF negroes simply
would cause demolished. The Governor
asserted that undoubtedly It would; that
very likely fifteen or tUenty negroes
may be killed, but that it W0utd result
to the benefit Of the Republican party.
Attorney General Harris, q Repub-
iican aud the official legal adviser of
the Governor, also present at the con
sultation, Gays, under oath:
Was present ~ the interview at the
Governors mansion In December, 1874,
just before the Vicksburg riot. = = y
The Governor (Ames) asked me con-
rerning the law Of the matter, in Gross
by's case, and / commenced to give
him the law by which Crosby could
obtain possession Of his otice in the
OUTl NJOV6TUOT "A tIl0S Lll6u
turned and addressed himself to the
cOi0red men present, remarking that
he and other white me had faced the
bullets to free them, and ii they were
not willing TO fight for that freedom
they were unworthy of it. Some one
remarked that II Crosby undertook
that there would I've lives lost, aud the
Governor replied:
"What II It does cost blood? The
blood Of the martyrs is the seed Of the
I advised the Governor that it was
Questionable. from Crosby's statement,
whether his was an actual resignation
or whether It was duress, and there.
fore It was a question Tor the courts.
l vas Attorney General At
the time.
H. r. Pease, . Republican and
Northern man, ex.United States Sen.
.stor and At present Postmaster at
vicksburg, says:
Had . conversation with w. w.
Deaderick in Washington City in the
month of January, 1875, ~ To what
occurred in the Governors mansion In
Q conversation about the Vicksburg.
Crosby affair. He spoke Of
tho peculiar language. temper and
n Of tho Governor ut that meet
ing; said the Governor was very much
excited and advised Crosby to go to
Vicksburg and summon the colOred
p8Ople and reinstate himself in Office.
Upon which Deaderick said he and
some one else demonstrated with the
Governor a. to the policy OF sending
Crosby back to vicksburg to summon
tho negroes; that il Crosby was sent
back there it would result In blood
shed; giving that as = aso for not
sending Crosby back, to which Ames
replied, g"that the killing Of twenty
Ave or thirty negroes would be of sd-
vantage IN the Republican party, on
the principle that the blood of the mar
tyrs is the seed nj the Church." Dead.
erick spoke Of this a. being. very In
judIcious aud unwise counsel.
This testimony shows that the real
aud deliberate author Of the Vicks-
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