The New York herald., 1876-11-04
ably disposed This Is alws-s tho case when the
groes arc armed aud superior point OF numbers

MURDER OF GERMANS IN AIKEN coUSTY-DH-
TAILS or THE TRAGEDY-A SYSTEM or
INcENDrARIsM INAUGURATEp-How THE
NORTHERN MIND Is TO BE yIRrp.
CHARLESTON, Nov 8. 1875
News has just been received OF a most henous crme
In Aiken county. Two Germans from the North
named Rudolph Hausman ana Fritz Porthman, who
bad settled IN Aiken sbou. seven ago,
dercd last night and their house burned together with
their dead bodies
These Aiken for their health; they
purchased land, built q mill and made valuable i'm
provemcnta Hausmnn about sixty years old and
Porthman, his nephew, Abou, twenty-five years old
Neither OF them ever took any promnen, part In poll
tics Both Of thcn lived story dwelling about
seven miles from tho village OF Aiken.
DISCOVERY.
white man employed In their mill was their near.
neighbor. He lived abou, 800 yards from their
dwelling and when he started to his this
ing he found the house burned to tho ground and the
charred bodies OF the two victims lying tho ruins
tho door, An was also found near the bodies
and the skulls OF both men fractured They
have been killed who asleep and the evidence points
very clearly tho that tho deed done BY
groes living near by
PROPERTY
quantity of the property Of the murdered men
found In the negro settlement In tho Eeighborhood.
Among tho goods recovered was q Schutxen uniform
shotgun and several valuables search OF the negro
houses resulted In the recovery ofsome Of the property
OF the Baptist church recently burned In Aiken, and
from TO three State rifles In each house
A SUSPECTED
Adam johnson, negro, In whose house most Of the
stolen property was found, is an escaped negro con-
vct warrant has been issued for his arrest. There
Is no doubt but that both tbcse Germans wore muir
dered and the house nred BY negro ncendiartcs, or
whom there is organized baLd, emboidened by tho
presence or federal troops The white community OF
Aiken are in q OF intense excitement and II the
murdercrs arrested II IL feared they will be
lynchcd in spite OF the presence Of the soldiers.
IScENpARlsM
In the last three days several cotton houses havc
been urod different counties OF the State, and on
nro to the Of Darlington. whittcmore. who was
expelled from Congress for selling West Point cadet
ship supposed to have the instigAtor OF the
last mentioned attempt
BOGUS ourRAoEs.
There reasonable grounds Tor believing that Pat
tcrson and Chamberlain have concocted plot TO tce-
graph Monday manufactured accounts o: hypothott
cal collisions between the blacks and whites various
portions the State Their object is help the re-
publican party the North and West by sending these
bogus dispatches depending upon tho excited Of
the public mind in the North and West and upon
hope will bc too late 20 contradict these reports
IN time to counteract the effect intended DO pro
duced These kilograms will bs sent 70 tho leading
papers North and West
CONDITION PEACE
The truth Is that with the exception OF the burning
and killing by tho blacks, already elcgraphcd the
HERALD there has not been tho sign OF q disturbance
in any portion Of the State and outbreak At all
probable
LABOR
has again broken out the rice folds Of Combahee
The following letter received here to-day by D.
McPherson, large Northern rico factor doing bust
ness hero
AsxxPoo, 8. c., Nov. 8, 1876.
nesday about twenty mon came hero With whips and
clubs and whipped and beat nearly every hand thoy
iD11a nsa yet they have s stopped A even 0aSs Ss
contract hands They said that no work should
be done tii after the election II is
them charter under which they could strike when
they pleased; and, as they have been quiet now
for somc time, il rs to DO presumed that no has given
them something Everything was quiet here until
several OF tho negroes from this secsion went
10 the Republican Convention in walterboro; and
this last strike is for no other purposo
than TO prevent the whites from influencing the
savo Ssen snd ssr
to vote for Hampton and every effort has beon made
by Shafer's friends 10 intimdate them. They have
gono far TO say that II they vote the demo-
ticket they shall not get homo alive We could
procure good many votes for the reform ticket were
II not for this intmidasion-any how NO will have
/ some.
It is very much be hoped that the election will
change the condition OF affairs In this section but ii
Chamberlain Is elected am afraid things will DC
bad way for while Tho strikers will then think they
have free license to do "a they please would have
written to you Yesterday, but concluded TO wait 10
SEQ II l could got my contract hands
to 60 to work. They. say they willing, but arc
AFRAID OF tho strikers Shafcr them the only way
to carry tho election Is TO keep up a stir with tho
whites unt the polls are closed on Tuesday. Yours
truly, JAMES GAHAGAN
weeks ago and, when black men beatcn and
lacerated BY their own color There arc NO United
States troops In the county.
JUDGE wIoGN's OPINION OF AYrAIRs IN THAT
STATE.
The following despatch was received late last even
Ing at the Republican National Committee rooms:-
COLUMBIA, Nov. 8, 1870
Hon. T. CHANDLER, Chairman OF Republican National
Committee Tho following statement has been re-
ceived hero today:-Judge Wigg.n is the presiding
judge Of the circuit which embraces tho counties OF
ana that OF the President OF tho United states.
Judge wiggn has just visited the actual the
domestic violence and insurrection and speaks from
personal observations and examination
AIKEN, G., Nov. g. 1876.
Governor D. II. CHAMBERLAIN:-
DEAR SrR-Your commu ncation requesting an ex-
preston my views with regard TO your proclamation
is Just received In my judgment thc condition Of
affairs in certain portions Of Aiken aud Barnwell
counties demanded just such action Your Exceency
has taken. Domestic violence instituted doubtless
from political motives, certainly prevailed IN those
counties and 10 extent oyond the control OF tho
civil authorities, and have doubt that the station
ing OF troops there has prevented tho killing Of hun
dreds OF unarmed and lnoncusivc coorcd citizens.
Very respectfully, 7. l.. WlGGlN
Judge Second Judicial Circuit Court
hie faeitu INV tn he r0unt of
the only Judge OF this State who has any knowledge,
personal Official OF facts stated by me In justhca
tion OF my recent action.
D. H. CHAMBERLAIN,
Governor OF South Carolina
ARMY INTELLIGENCE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. 1875
Captain Garrck Mallory, First infantry, Is granted