Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-09-04
Terror-ssrlcken Negroes.

| TeFrOr.Stricken Negroes.
CHARLEsroN, September Sit would
ba s;unIv ;m,oss;bla 70 oxaoaara,a in
oescripuve isngusse 'he enec' Oh 'ne
visitation OF Tuesday night on the col
ored people Of Charleston. There never
v.s until with the mast fev dsv. an On.
I,
por'uni'y Oh no'i0lng 'ne Puonc eAn'oi-
ton OF superstitious fear to the degree
that it has existed among all classes of
..,,-.a ,ao,la SINCE tba t~au.,ao,s
-,
snock oi A9esuay "Sns' iney neo
from their homes. and Is they ran hither
and thither through the binding clouds
~ nrlv.r;vaa mortar wh;cb ws. .b.lsn
IL
iio'" sne 'o"'.. -. ~'oe Aea'n y 'ne
streets, they hiled the arr with dismal
Rroans ef despair and lamentations Of
terr;t;sd di.tress. Az usual with them
,...:. ..s
In 'heir ianefsi uosos'ons' 'ne nane Oh
Jesus was most frequently used, and as
IL duplicating God face to face they
shrieked out in the very helplessness
Of despair SUCH sentences as: aDo, my
master Jesus, have mercy on mel
| "Sweet Jesus, save me, save me;'.
"Let me live through this night, dear
God, my Saviour. ''Hold me up once
more thou blessed Christ, my MASTER"
and other fearful supplications, which
intensified the horror Of the situation
and went far towards demoralizing white
people who we're also rushing blindly
hjther and thither. As usual the faces Of
q white man or woman in time of dan.
per was q sight of sudden Joy in the
gloom to many q poor wandering colored
bow or girl who endeavored to stop their
white friends as they ran by in confu-
siop to supplicate that they would re
main with them until Judgment was
done" In many an instance q tremb.
ling eirl sank on her knees and seized
with frantic energy the folds of some
white ladies' dress. and failing to express
beir terror in words. with scarcely
moving Inns thew declared that thew
wsrted onlv The moral supvort Of
fr;end in the hour Of distress and agony.
Immediately after the fret shock there
was an exhibition of JOY and voices Of
conaratuIstiou were heard on every side,
and Ali mingled with words Of thanks
giving To Divine Providence People
Ching 10 each other like brothers and
s;stsrs There were no strauqers there.
In the dismal gloom some lady cried out:
"Cet 10 the green. get to the green. and
almost m : twinkl,ue the colored people
made 4 rush for that haven of safety. /,
seemed as Il ali Charleston was already
there. Women hurried along. dragginc
ths;r l;ttla charges bv their hands In
ali All Kinds AZ nichs .oparel. Twas only.
nowever. when the Older clss, Of coIorsd
neonIe arrived that a aracter;stic scene |
toof Mace. They ra, about in the
crowd with cries Of aDown ON vour face.
down ON vour knees. miser .ble sinners
Pr.v m God NV sister- NV brother
NAV rrav don't / tell Won night is
come PRAYER meetinos were orcanized
and sinaipe and screaming were kent up
until davi;ght. Al That time the
watchword went around "Tbe bat.
tIe r over but soldiers must
not rest and this order was carried
ont ON "wednesday and Tbursd " nigbts
On Thursday night. however. OF, Marion
Ssuare. the siQh,s and scenes baffled de.
acr;nt;on. Colored people were unre.
stra,ned and committed All manner of
r;otous and ed excesses. A report
N their actiops "A thew took place woul
narhaos be considered blesrhemous
The f;rst object and one that arrested
evervbody's attention was an assemblaee
Of colored boys about half dozen In
number. who had fallen to the
sroupd in a paroxysm of religious
frenzy. They were groveling with
their faces down In the grass and