The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-11


The steumcr Western TcnoS, from
Jacksonville, Fla, and Port Royal, S.
c.. brought to this port last evening
Colonel Thomas Butler. who has been
regarded as The principal instigator Of
the Hamburg. ). c., riots, which ere
atcd such fearful excitement through
out thc country three Years ago. /.
will be remembered that the whites Of
that region Of South Carolina were
charged at the time with extraordinary
cruelty; that they were accused of Sc
ting pack of bloodhountls to pursue
the unarmcd negroes of that section
and Of committing other atrocities.
MIR. Butler has come North not only to
lisabusc the public mind in regard 10
the tales that were circulated at the
time, but to cNhbit.a pack of hounds,
thoroughly trained in the pursuit ola
human trail. lie desires to show that
there is no cruelty whatever TO either
man or beast in the pursuit undertaken
by these dogs. The hounds arc known
as follows:
"
feet high, W., ,ighinH forty pounds.
DcruiS-Whitc and black spotted.
STcct-Black and white spotted.
Dora-Biack dog, with white ring
around the neck.
Bct--i'lack dog, with white ring
around the neck.
Ralcigh--Black dog, with tan legs.
Wisc-Dccp rcd 0og, with white tip
at end Of nose.
George red throughout.
Ludy-Littlc black slut.
Carric-Rcd slut.
TravclIcr--Hl Black throughout.
Eair-licd throughout.
THE Kennel.
The avrcagc height OF all Tics. dogs
is about two feet and Il half, and their
value is c>linlatrl at 800 each.
"Nuw." said MIR. Butler, '.you think
they'll cat my boy Sam up, don't YOU?
but they don't do anything of tha.
kind. They arc under full control,
and when put on the trail will notice
no one but the person they arc sent
after. have purposcly bro,,"t.I this
| horse. Minnie, with me for the negro
Sam. He'll Jump on the horse, which
Possesses great endurance. He will
lash il into Il furions galop. The hounds
will then pursue Linn. They will APP
pear TO BE beyond all control. The
pursued negro Jumps of his horse and
cnsconccS himself in what he prcsumcs
TO be Il safe shelter among the bouGhs
Of Il tree far above tho reach Of the i'll
luriatcd animals. They disregard the
horse and asSail the tree with the fury
Of demons until they hear tho horn Of
the master in the rear. Then the pur-
sued negro can come down and the
dogs iAwn upon him.
sit is not necessary for me-" con-
! tinucd Colonel Butler, "to go into
lengthy details as TO how we train
| these hounds. n mere accident made
me prominent in the Hamburg riots,
but ever since my DOyhood my father,
Robert j. Butler, used to track ne
@rocs. This was before the war
When this Hamburg riot took place
my father sent IL note to Congressman
armcd r;'; nSgrocs to block "a our way When
coming from Augusta to Hamburg.
The negroes boldly proclaimed that the
first member Of the Butler family
showing his face would he shot. 1t
was then that the skirmsh occurred
witch resulted in the death of six nc
grocs and one white man. My object
| III coming North is to show your pco-
| pie remarkable feature of the 0ntc-
| bcU"m slave life Of the South. am
4 simple farmer, but while SO much
has been said rs 20 this slavc~tracking
by bloodhounds before and during the
war. | intend to show that the dogs
have been 50 trained that they will
cease to pursue negro when ordered
{" stop. Slavc-:racliinM has been ever
! since remember a great business in
the Soulh. Slaves going over fences
aud through swanps for more than
| three hundred miles have been success
fully pursued by these hounds, but
they arc all trained to nicely and
never will do harm except by order Of
their master. They are Of the J. .gular
Georgia and Carolina breed, and,
| though rather expensive, were always
considered necessary adjunct to our
systcm."
SAM AND TIE HOUNDS.
Sam Rrilton, a well developed negro,
was next interviewed by the reporter.
lie had never before been North, and
was rather anxious to get pccpat the
big city of New York. Nevertheless,
his soliciiudc for the hounds and little
Minnie, the horse, somewhat DELAYED
his efforts to get ashore. Sam said
| that he was born in Putnam county,
Ga, and had been working for wages
during the last few years i'm Georgia
until hccamc to South Carolina, where
he began working by the day. When
asked whether he was ut all scarced
when the formidable hounds tracked
him he innoccntly said that when
these dogs were at his heels hc Hfrlt
just as good as if he was in the first
class car Of Il railroad train"
Colonel Butler will at once enter
into negotiations with the managers
ofJcrome Park for the purpose of fur
nishing the people of New York an
opportunity TO witness the perfect