Year: 1876

CHARLESTON. S. G., Sept. l. a serious
riot occurred late last night, growing out
Of street attack by colored Republicans
Upon some colOred men who have been
taking conspicuous part i'll the Demo-
cratic canvass. 4 small body of whites
endeavored TO defend the Democratic ne
groes, but were overpowered by numbers
OF rioters Alter Il severe fight, III which
pistols Were freely used on both sides, the
rioters held King street. the main thor
Oughfare, from midnight until SUNRISE
breaking windows, robbing stores and at
tacking and beating gindiscrimnately every
white man who showed his face A large
number ot persons were injured mostly
whites. Several OF those shot are in a
critical condition. Intense excitement
prevails, the general feeling being that
the trouble is not vet over, The riotous
proceedings nt the rice field strikers on
the Combahee have been renewed, and
the situation is regarded rs serious


To-day there has been q deep and gen
eral feeling among the whites that a rep
etltion Of a disturbance such as that of last
night must at all hazards be prevented
and as the militia organizations and the
State arms are exclusively in the hands



ization and equi pment for defense has
been actively going on. BY noon to-day
it was impossible TO purchase a revolver
in the city, the stock being completely
exhausted 1t was the settled resolve Of
the whites that the colored Democrats
should have another meeting tonight,
and that il they were again molested by
the mob the rioters should not again be
victorious The Republican negroes, how
ever, elated at their success OF last night,
made no secret of their intention to attack
the Democratic negroes, and at nghtiall
there seemed to be every probability of a
serious conflict, The co6red Democratic
meeting was hed at Hibernian Hall un-
der the protection of about one thousand
whites, No attempt at disturbance was
made


Corresr sroniencc Philadelphia Times (Independent.)


WASHINGTON. Sept Z.


The colored riots in South Carolina
have created grave alarm among the Re
publican leaders here to day, and TO-
night there have been various consulta-
tions and 4 general discussion of the I'M
expected phase the color issue has taken
under reckless leaders in Charleston. Va
rious dispatches have gone to the leaders
in South Carolina. and especially to Gov
ernOr Chamberlain. earnestly insisting
that the negroes must be better control
led, or the North will revolt at the Grant
Cameron policy adopted to carry the cleo
tlon, and they have also been implOred
by telegraph to get out a prompt state
ment from somebody denying that the
negroes wantonly attacked Il pcaceaJle
body Of their own race, for no other rea-
son than that they chose to he for the
Conservative ticket. The gravity of the
case is heightened by the general disor-
derly spirit that is steadily cropping out
and growing among the more ignorant
and idle negroes, since the publication of
Secretary Cameron's military order rela-
tive to the South. The political leaders
of the negroes have all given the same
Interpretation to Cameron's order. Just as
was intended by Grant and Cameron
themselves, and that is. that the army is
intended to protect the negroes in any
thing they shall see fit to do in the name
of the party. Senator Patterson publicly
declared in this city before the Cameron
order was issued "We've got to raise
h-ll somehow with the niggers and get
the troops down there, or the d-d reb-
els will carry the election in spite Of us
and it was in obedience to this spirit,
more honestly than elegantly expressed
by Patterson that the Cameron order
was issued. The negroes, especially in
such sections as Charleston. where they
are in an overwhelming majority, now
believe that the army is behind them and
that they can do anything necessary to
carry the election, and they are now too
ready to indulge in the largest license
The danger now is that they will not stop
with political violence The rice field
negroes, the most ignorant and brutal
lied of the race in the South have again
become turbulent on the Combahee. near
Charleston, and there is danger of gencr
al disorder under the immunity that they
assume they possess by the protection of
the administration and the army. Gov
ernor Chamberlain is greatly alarmed for
the safety of his State, and the Republi-
can leaders here tonight would be glad
had Cameron's order never been issued
All reliable reports from Charleston 90 to
prove that the Republican negroes attack
ed the Conservative negroes without pro-
vocation of any kind, and the result is a
wild mob of ignorant and lawless blacks,
who believe themselves above all re-
straint, legal or otherwise. Some Of the
more discreet Republican leaders here in
sist that while the administration cannot
recede from its position by the revocation
of the Cameron order, there must be an
official construction put upon it publicly
that will make the negroes and their reck-
less leaders in the South understand that
they must pay some respect to law and
order. Many declare that if it is not
done, the North cannot be relied upon tc
sustain Hayes under the load Of despot
ic and violent policy that sacrifices the
peace and safety of half the country in an
effort for few electoral votes, which will