Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-12-31
NORTH CAROLINA RIOTERS.
Serious Riot Among Negroes at
Edenton.
Three Hundred Negroes Armed
With Guns.
Five Hundred Militia Troops
Ready for Action.
A Number OF the Rioters Arrested
A Number OF the Rioters Arrested
and Sent to Jail

NORFOLK, December I9.-lnEOfllA4'-
ton has been received o% 8 taoay
ening riot at Plymouth, \. G.
Hundreds of armed negroes sre in
the town swearing destruction TO life
and property. The mayor tele~
graphed to Governor Jarvis to-day,
for military force to suppress any
violence. The trouble grew out of
the shooting Of constable by two
negroes, who were resisting arrest
for breach Of peace, last Saturday,
when one was stabbed and some
others were more OF less injured il
the ensuing afray. Great fears are
felt in the town.
RALEIGH, n. c., December 29.-
Later dispatches to the News and
Observer from Edenton give the
following details of the Plymouth
riot: On Saturday some negroes
were fighting among themselves.
. When the town constable interfercd
to stop the riot he was wounded.
One OF his possa was mortally
Tuesday arrests were made, and
some Of the parties were bound over
by the magistrate. On the way to
the jail the sheriff was attacked by
negroes and the prisoners released.
They are still at large. A doctor at
tending a dying man was attacked
The rioters are armed and DEFY the
civil authorities. Great excitement
prevails il Plymouth, and Governor
Jarvis has ordered cut several com-
panies to guard the town.
WARSAW, n. C December 29.-The
total number OF arrests Of persons
engaged i'll the recent riot is 200.
| The prisoners are mostly young
men.
| New YORK, December 30.-A
Raleigh, n. c. special says: The
following telegram from mayor A,
d. Gaylord, of Plymouth, was re-
ceived at the Executive Department
here There is an unprecedented
riot in this town, and ] am unable tso
! suppress ftby the civil aut6peTtty q
ethis county. I earnestly appeal to
you to order several military com
| panies to be here at the earliest time
possible, to suppress it. There are
now three hundred negroes here all
armed with guns they are defying
! the law all round. Governor Jarvis
being in the eastern part of the
State, the telegram was sent to him
at once, by Private Secretary Dud-
ley.
LATER.-A telegram was received
from Governor Jarvis, stating that
! he had ordered Col. John W. Cotton,
of the first regiment and two infan~
try companies OF the North Carolina
State Guards to Plymouth. A tele-
gran was also received rendering
the services OF the Pasquotank Rifles
OF Elizabeth City, to quell the riot.
Governor Jarvis may possibly so to
Plymouth in person if special need
should arise. Troops to the number
Of 500 from the eastern part Of the
State can be sent. Matt Wilson,
! leader of the black rioters, was tried
for similar offense at the last term
of the Supreme Court.
NORFOLK, Va, December 30.-No
further reports Of violence from
the rioters have been received from
Plymouth, n O., but the town is
still in state of intense excitement
and apprehension. Governor Jarvis
is en- route thither, and has tel
egraphed the proper officers in that
section of the State to repair to the
town and institute an immediate and
thorough investigation. The ser
vices of the Pasquotouk Rifles, OF
Elizabeth City, has been accepted to
aid in suppressing any trouble.
This, and other military companies,
will arrive to-day.
RALEIGH, n. c., December 30.-rhe
Pasenatank rifles Of Elizabeth City,
who were ordered to Plymouth by
special steamer, have doubtless
reached there. The Edgcomb Guards
have gone from Tarboro. The mill
tary will be under the command Of
Lieut.. Col. Cotton, of lst regiment Of
State troops, an officer Of GOODNESS
and capacity. The rioters are thought
to be men from the immense shingle
swainps OF that section. Gov. Jarvis
is at Greenyille, Pitt County. There
is no telegraph line to Plymouth.
A dispatch to the News ard Oh
server, says that troops have arrived
at Plymouth. Sheriff Sprail with
200 armed men, restored quiet.
Five arrests were made and the par
ties sent to the jail in Edenton,
across the sound. Other arrests
will follow The murderer of Mr..
Batter is still at large. No further
trouble is anticipated. Governor
Jarvis has gone to Plymouth, and
Solicitor Grandy has been asked to
meet him there.
Badly Short.
CINcIST1, O., December ga
meeting of the creditors of J. T.