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oxcii#*4 the BogroeB that on the i Hh p wvtru^rfound it in lt;« **ary to a flt;«rbid~{ 'is# pr^Nsotfe4ir«aD speaking In thftnlM*tta41rt^wl a crowd from bis mother’* yard. After this meeting* #w Sunday evening, the dbdurbai* * commencedby the m-£?•*-# attacking an#-or two Portuguese hU ami p*fli©B several P*rtmrue*e who bad assembled in tht f frr wM examinedan tie I«th, before a poBec magistrate* a**i U*a no* jmies being dme:. by the from UeDesgbborhood. commenced their attacks upon the Portuguese stop# »n *to outlying parts of the town, and bv nudtrigb* toere ww not one in t !#«*-• district* which baft tipt beeri ffwupktrfyentted«* it* wnwnw. A large body of racial wmsUMcs bed been *W'tj in to aid the jrtdiee. Between seven and eight o h i./ni. dHble riot oi'« iirr«-d in tli« ( ark-atowj. ■ trk-t, and the military was trailed out. 1 n» jail when Orr was confined ws* cloudy guarded.From wind ha* since tni?» »* *» unqitesUon-Able that esniiwarie* xnaaf have Parted from Oeorg*-town to the vwioa* rural district*, exi sting the people to follow theexample of their brethren in town, ami. whisk r* more exu ordinary stilt, asserting tliat they wore carrying out the ottten* offlbt* Cfoveniorin mmig no. * *'•' _'The dovi'rwv Im bmud an ordinance for th.rnummary punishment by public ttoggiii or other* wi* air partiesrdBty of n Ijrt-aeh of the pet**.—The «#rdinauce at irsC wiw confined to Georgetown, but the diaturbaneea ap reading, a pruf luiTiation wiw umtuxl by the (iovim«»r the name evcningi extending its provision* to Albert Town, and auW-qucntlyto mud of the met 1 • m* «a:a, aw bu a*-and inclusive of tin* C’ndg Village/ ffke East coast, Weal o»«hI, arid riyer district* w/ r«* revM*rt« d in rapid nuecewnon to be in n state of di*turfmnoe, and aa fast a* aid mold be organic d and d« t-; lt;to tin* ; • T ?e k*-U freali demands canto pouringin from all quarter*.An immeBue ruunt*r of j^moia oi nilelans©*having volunteered a?* Hpoehileouatabb*#. both mounted and on foot, seta’tiotia were made and armed from the govemmekf uteres, and despatched as quickly a* pfmmbh in different direction*. The streets i»l fJ««orgetown are protected by the sf«*cial lt;*on«tiiblts overy night.The origin of the disturbances i* a deep-rooteddislike on Uie jmrt of the cohired and negro racestoward* the l'oft«gue*e, long riciit up. The airivid of the man (hr. mid hi- ritbbid auimodty to the Roman Cattudic reHgion, whieh moat pint oi the Portu-gueHr tirofcss, pointed him lt;»ut t«» tin* ringleader* a* n suitable agent—and the plan Ima been no fur sue-ofssful as to lt;* eiiaion a vnat destruction of propcr-losr of many five*, a. • »os*ag of a large jMirtion of the rural population to the miseries of star vation and disease, and creating ol roun and bitter teeiing of vindicive d will not only occasion intick illseord among the peo pie tlicmHefvea, bat may muterially atlbet the genera! prosperity of the colony.The French steamer of war Voynge-ur, t’ontain Bngreny, her commander, inisiwdlately placed his vessel at the disposal of the goveminent. Mr. (tore euiharkcd, and the vessel niiaaediately proceeded wirhCupi. Whitney, the imrbor master, a* pilot, to llte Arabian coitafc, hi nmdor assistnnce there.
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Augusta Weekly Chronicle and Sentinel
Augusta, Georgia, US
Wed, Mar 26, 1856
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