Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-08-21
4 Negro Revolt.
ALL THE WALTERS AT THE WHITE SUI
PHUR SPRINGS TURN OUT ON A STRIKE
THEY EVEN DEFY THE TROOPS

ers here, numbering some four hundred
have been exceedingly insubordinate
and insolent to degree that was almost
overbearing. The grossest insults were
offered by the negro walters to the SOL
diers in the dining room, and sooner
than wait upon the latter the negroes
have been threading to STRIKE" A
strike of this sort in the present crisis,
at the height of the season, involves
such serious trouble and inconvenience
that the proprietors do all in their pow
er to conciliate and appease their negro
servants. 10 night this turbulent spir-
it among them took shape in the con-
gregation ola mob of two Hundred blacks
in front of the hotel They began ours
ing, yelling and hooting at every soldier
they saw, and SO blockaded the front
entrance Of the hotel that ingress or
egress was impossible.
They went SC far as to dare the soldiers
to meet them, and were otherwise riot
Gus and disorderly. Many of them were
drunk, and nearly all had clubs in their
hands. AT this juncture detachment
OF soldiers were brought from camp to
clear the entrance to the hotel The ne
groes were ordered to dispense, but they
stubbornly refused, aud ii was not until
the soldiers charged bayoaets and ad-
vanced that they moved away. The
body of the mob retreated to the dark
portion OF the lawn, where they set up
yeHs of defiance, fired some dozen pistol
shots and created general alarm. Soon
afterward they retire ated in the direction
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio depot,
where they are reported to have held a
meeting and resolved mot to wait upon
| a 4 ,al, ia 10
was promptly closed at the beginning,
and Col. Johnson, OF the First Virginia,
held the troops in camp ready to quell
any outbreak upon the call of Governor
Mathews, of West Virginia, who is here.
All is quiet at midnight.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch.]
Tie Reported Riot at the White Sulphur
Springs.
GREENBRIER WHITES ULPHU
SPRINGS, w. VA, August 1S.-The facts
of the reported riot here are: The night
of the Lee ball Captain Miller, of the
Mathews Guard, directed one man to
report to him as an orderly to carry a
message from Governor Mathews to
Governor Hampton. The man reported
with his musket, and stood waiting or
ders before the hotel.
EOOIHC iSCtti ESl Ntsu lS COllSCtCu
and began to make noises and to abuse
him, and at last he stuck one slightly
w it'll bayonet. 1t was reported to me
that riot was imminent, and I ordered
the camp guard to sleep in the guard
tent. I relieved them, and that is all
the riot that took place. No soldiers
charged .ny negro mob, no detail or
guard of any kind was ordered down |,
and the only thing that gave color to the
story was the fact that q number of ne
gro servants were riotous and disorder
ly, and | kept my guard in camp to be
On hand, if necessary.
The entire Gcinnlaud have behaved in
the most exemplary manner. They
have won the appreciation of General
Joseph E johnson, General Hampton,
General Stephen d. Lee, and all the
other old soldiers, for their discipline
and department, and they deserve to be
the pride CT the o!ty and t,is State.
BRADLEY T. JOHNSON,
Colonel First Virginia regiment.
A WATERS STRIKE AvERTED. Dis
patches from the Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs state that O., the even
ing of the Lee memorial ball o large
number of colored walters announced
their determination not to wait upon the
visiting military. These walters during
the evening gathered in front of the
hotel and jeefad the eoldiers, and y riot
was prevented by Lieut.. nomiinson, Of
the First Virginia Regiment, who re-
strained the soldiers from resenting the
insults to which they were subjected
The dispatches further state that on
Thursday morning the walters were
surly and insubordinate, and expressed
their unwiliingness to wait upon the
soldiers. The managers coaxed and
threatened them alternately, but to no
purpose, and it was not until Walter
Lewis, colored head waiter, appealed
to them that they become orderly and
began their work Of the day, which
opened with serving the break fast of the
military. A number of them positively
refused to wait upon the soldiers, alleg-
ing that they had personal grievances
which would not permit them. These
were excused.-EaA. Sun.
HORSE WHIPPING BY HORACE GREE
LEY's SoN-IN-LAw.--Coio Nicholas
Smith, of Kentucky, who married Miss
Ida Greeley a few years ago, and settled
near the village of Chappaqua, where
Mr.. Greeley used to spend his summers,
has recently been indulsing III the pleas.
ant pastime of horse-whipping young
man named Bliss, who lives in that vii
lage. The difficulty occurred at the
village postoffice, and was occasioned by
MIR. Bliss wagon occupying too much
of the road, as Col. Smith fancied, and
preventing the passage of his carriage.
Hence the whipping, which seems
likely to cost Col. Smith dear, as the
attack appears to have been unprovoked,
and is aggravated by the fact that Mr..
Bliss is subject to epileptic fits, one of
which was brought on by the renoontre.
Col. Smith has been arrested for the as
sault, and has also been sued by Mr..
Bliss for $1,000 damages.
THE ATTORNEY GENERALsHIP.-
The Governor is INCLINED to take time to
consider the matter for appointing al
Attorney-General for Mr.. Daniels I'M
expired term.
AS to filling the vacancy on the Con-
sentative ticket there have been various
suggestions. One that meets with much
favor is for the delegates appointed to
speotiye cnurt-houses at September court
and vote for Attorney General, and in
case any candidate receives majority
of votes ne is to be declared the nomi-
nee. Should no one receive majority,
then that the State Committee shall Sc
lect the nominee from the three receiv-
ing the highest number of votes. The
State Committee, soon to assemble, will
consider all plans suggested Rich.
Dispatch.
How THE BAsHI-EAZOUKs PUNISH
ED LYING.-E From the London Truth.
Three Bashi Bazouks the other day, in
their wanderings, came across the body
of Russian soldier. They determined
to bury it, and were on the point of lac-
ing it in d hurriedly dug grave, when
the Russian came to his senses, and OBJ
serving their intention, remarked that
he was not dead They looked at him
for few seconds, when one of them re,
marked, Really. you Russians are
such horrid liars that it is impossible to
believe anything you say. We fonnd
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