, 1876-07-18
llavo faith thnt thero III majority yet in tho
8ennto which Inns mt become tho property |
Of the railroad monorolists.


mlntlht 70 tue NUMBER 0I tAiEty-oIBat H1ens
turned out ut Hamburg, In that 6tato to col
ehrAto The Centennial Of American 1ndepend.
anco by parade, They were going through
thair drill on stroot botweon 100 and 150
feet in width, when THOMAS Durign and
1IENnr GKTzEa drove up III q carriage and
demanded tlat the company got ont Of their
way,~-a demand mado by DurLEa and
GkrzEy, white ,nou, to demonstrate tloir
superiority over tho "d-d nfggors" who
composed Company 4. md Which no two
wh,.e mon In south Carolina would hayo
dared make of my white militia company.
After some parley, tho Caucaaions rofus.
Ing TO drive around The "nigsers," tho
commandant Of tho company ordered tho
ranks opened, md tho two representatives Of
tho SUPERIOR Caucasion race asserted their
superiority by driving through, crowding tho
negroes into tho ditch on either aiao.
Next, these two young blooaB made conf
platnt before n Magistrate against Company
A for obstructing tholighway by tho Fourth.
oi-Jnly payade!
When brought before Tho Trial Justice,
ADAMS, Captain Of the company, was arrest
ed for contempt Of court, and lis trinl con-
tinusd until Tho 9th. On that day "den."
1r n nrr,rn. pnc,o of vouno lor1rn who
drove .tvcuo,, the ranks of tl,a conuanv,
onnoorad ~ eounsol for tho oroseout}on, and
there also appeared in tho town some two
or throo hundred armed white Democrats.
gen. Bnrnzn, instoad of going into Court with
l,is caso. Then proposcd to settle the nattor
1,v hav;n1 st,rrortlared tn him tho arms of tho
comoanv' Tia had no shadow at rioht to
tnnko such demand. Tho arms woro Tic
nronortv of the stato. aud woro lawfully in
i'm londz NJ tho stata militia, whila B1tr1rn
vns n mcrc nriyato oitizan. havino no
authority whntoyer in the u,altef. but
1,e had two or three bundrcfl armed whits
non,n,rota .b.,., a,r;ona IN a,oot ao,yn ID
r,o,cra I1eornc;ona,v occaf,ca IN tbo ,eaouost
nf tho rnom},cra oY comnnnv that t;rne ho
o,ven them for consu]tnt,on. apreeinp that
4 fro ahou1d not Ia onenod unon them II
until thoy Ind k1ouo so: and thew rot;roa 10
tbc;r arrnorv In t},a eecoad story of abuiltlinr
ncor bv. From thonoo, Bur1.rn, hayine do.
c)incd to o,,arnntce THAR safety in case thoy
surrnnleretl thcirnr1ns. further than To sav
~. 1vou1d donond m bow thav bohavod. )"
t,,cv i,sc]ined tn f,sorm thomso1vea. anil leas
than fortv all told ,roro than attacl,cd nv tho
t,,,~ t,,xoo h,,,dro;7 .,,,,;to no,, oorats W.
s"r, III.
fn1oFcca ~ osaof "nils oenaoe1a's "ho
| crossed the river from Augusta, Ga-, immo-
| diptoly opposite. to take o hand in tho ujRgcr-
I L;1,,,,,
| A1Nf ~" Founos, IL" nosfoes' "noso aln'
munition was o1hallstc1, flod out OF the rear
| Of the building. Some Of them, with othors
WIN ,gare not memhors of f,omunnv A. onft
~ -, -...5 m.
i'll A' s~ont5 -aSo n4oA' wo.o e"p'ui'"- t'es
were piaceo IN ING na'ost OF ring OF 1nc't
cspsosa' anu ono ny one A4~A9' oA71n
PHILLIPS, aud PoMrE1 CURRY were called ont
| Of tho ring, md, without any pretanso of
tr;ot ehot h co1d b1ood T,ntor the rerain.
49,. ...., 80, L. .z... 49,
'as hs8'oo" "oa' 'o'u =" an' ~" "st' AAeu
| o. as they ued, h7e oelng kIlea outflBht onu
! number wounded.
Thcso are tho faeta, which gro not disputed
by tho local Democratic press, which haatona
.to daurocata this atrocity tlat hsB no par.
n1]n1 In ali TIM hntcherios of SrrT1sf, Du11.-
49, .,,..n.;a,, hoi,,, ~ ~, ,,o..,,,t - ~,
1uo uop'o,'',ou oo..e u"' w ''~eoas =. ~ . ~.
CITING 1tsell' nnt satner oecauso ot lts oaec'
| upon the elections in the North. Thus the
| Charloatou .Neus and Courier, the loadiul
Democratic organ Of tho gtats, saya,
Tho Northern newspapers, eycn thoso mos
friendly to tho sonth, arc loud in tbeir donuncla
t!on Of The Hamburg .laugltcr. They regard Il
f0,x soee =, tha
viii Insure tho dsfoat of T,IpEs. Iyit nos llor
rlbe that band Of regulators should haze ths
power to destroy, by their lnexcusabe violence
Inc ptosrec o. .as pa,.y "n,s s
neoole, @ The Hsmbura n regulator. @ aro murderer e
IN double sensol They stabbcd tho State In th'
back, whilo killing their suppliant prisoncrs.
| 10 TINT paper IN Its Issue Of tho 11th I'D
'nitt'ng the atroe1s'os charged, says:
We see no reason % 70 :, enanso ., .. the opinion e1
~ o,ai- - .arrcct 1e+. ,,.,.
II any c1cusc tor tho conflict f.sclf, and abso
lutcy none for ths cowardly killing OF the ncar
prisoners who 'rtr@ shos DOR" '!&s doat long o}fe
'"sy had -, ,urfs"asrfa. ,r o.,...-
oas 'no '" w. e0a'.e Iao' ~ aooes ~
say pua 1,.. -, y. .l,la wy eA "'""''oA
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