The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-09-24
OUR NEW r5nK La; TER.
NV Yonx, Sept. 9.
THE cifIRLEsroS KI1=

THE CHARLESTON RIP-.
At last VIC have intimidation in car
nest-such genuine and unmistakable
intimidation, that neither Hewitt nor
Chandler can mistake it-motcovcr the
intimidation occurs i'll precisely the
right place, Charleston, 1.-The cradle Of
tho rebellion" Hearing tho news, I
strolled around TO the Republican head
quarters with the expectation of finding
q scene of jubilee; but quite the con-
trary; Chandler was cursing Chamber.
lain for fool; and Sheridan Shook in
equally expressive terms, declared that
q man who could not put up II job bet
ter than that, was unworthy Of the
consumption Of powder in long ranged
guns. Not having the privilege Of
seoing the FIRST dispatches to tho Boys
i'll Blue 1.-The b. l. Bs. they call them
horc, from tho youthfulness OF their
torch-bcarersl !, was in the dark rs TO
the Interpretation OF these sayings, but
OH inquiry of prominent Custom
House official, elected the reply, "Hang
them, they have inundated the wrong
| crowd" 1 was inclined TO laugh nj
the joke until learned tho facts;-that
IL peaceful asgemblagc of colorcd DEM
ocrats had been attacked by mob OF
Infatuated negroes led by white mon
who soduced them into n course of
bloody violence, paralelled only by the
recent Turkish outragcs i'll tho Chris.
tinn villages in Bulgaria; that any
white man coming into King street,
the main street of Charleston, was strip,
ped Of his clothing, and, naked made
to run gauntlet, and beaten, trunpled
on and burised until hO was lucky il hc
escaped with life, and Some never cs,
caped;-that the infatuated and savage
mob held possession OF tho street fol-
TN entire day, and that there was TIC
immediate prospect of termination
OF the wrctchcd affair.", and that unless
the self-control Of tho Charleston poo.
pie and the presence Of The small squad
OF United States troops, with whom
the assaulted Democrats had taken ref.
nge, worked miracles of moral influ.
cnce, no ono could tell where it all
would end, anu what might be the fate
OF tho present city of Charleston III
this year of profound peace. Leaving
the Republican headquarters, met in
tho telegraph Office ap old friend and
prominent Southern Factor, writing dis.
patches very furiously. Asked Why he
was SO ngitnted, ho replied that the
whole Carolina rice crop was cndan.
Geretl, and the market upset. and that,
unless tho thing stopped, he could not
fill his contracts without ruinous loss,
because he depended for his supply OIL
tho beaufort district, where the laborers
had all struck, and We're driving of tho
new hands under instructions from the
Radical leaders. This gentleman has
and his remarks last night were the re-
verse of complimentary to the Rcpubli,
can party. Reviewing the whole
| wrctched business, one cannot but pray
for the return OF tho limo when real is
| sues will he considered by the people,
and this political claptrap which makes
jokes for the Fifth Avenue Congress
and brings death and war to the people
will cease to be possible anywhere in
tho United States. Tho people vii
drive these blood-tbirsty scoffors from
power, and load them with cxccration
1t is the business of n correspondent e
report facts rather than to express OPP
inions; but surely no honest man could
report such facts. AMI refrain from ex,
pressing his righteous indignation
| against those who, in their thirst ful
power. delude their poor victims into
such atrocities, and incite murder, pill
lnge and rapinc. II Mr. Chundlcr's
committee wcrG the Turkis,i War coun.
sci directing operations III Servin, they
could not do more against civilization
andfor bar barism than they nrc now
doing. SQUID.
ANOTHER EOUTHERH OUTRAGE