Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-02-03
MORE TROUBLES ON THE SOUTH
-a CAROLINA PLANTATIONS:
ASs Ex-FederaI Officer wounded and
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From the Savannah Republican. Jan. 81.

From the Savannah Republican. Jan. 81.
The following Is a reliable mot sensa-
tiouaP') report by our special reporter in
regard to the troubles on the South Caro-
lima plantations opposite Savannah:
STATEMENT BY CAPT. BRANDT, ASSISTANT
COMMISSIONER F. b. AND A. B.
On Tuesday, in company with Mr.. W.
Blake, proprietor of the Rice Hope"
plantation, Mr.. Lynch and Mr. Manigault,
| went to the Hope landing" to my sur
prise, / found large number of freed
men with their household effects, about to
land from small boats; the whole party
formerly belonged on the plantation Of Mr..
Blake, and had left the same in March last,
to contract on the Oglethorpe plantation
in reply to my inquiries they stated that
Mr.. Bradley had advised them to return
and take possession of the old plantation.
Bradley also telling them that they held
pOssessOry titles TO the land. / ordered
them, by virtue of my authority az Assis-
tant Commissioner, and in obedience to or
ders received from headquarters, not to
land or attempt to take possession of any
part Of the plantation. They answer that
Mr.. Bradley had advised them to take the
course they had taken in the premises.
They did not land but several of them got
into small boat, as they said, to go after
Mr. Bradley, and get his advice how to
act These men returned in four hours
and said they had not found Bradley with
the permission of Mr.. Blake the women
and children were allowed to come ashore
and were quartered in the buildings Of the
plantation. The men were ordered not to
land.
MR.. o. T. LEArEN's STATEMENT
About half-past nine o'clock / left the
bureau headquarters to go a short distance
to get some wood. / had only proceeded
a short distance when / discovered that
number of the freedmen had landed |
approached them ard advised them to
obey the order of Capt. Brandt, and go 10
their boats-drawing a pistol to protect
myself should they be armed. One Of
them rushed at me and attempted to take
my weapon, one of the barrels of which
was accidentally discharged in my efforts
to retain its possession. The negro then
ran for gun, when three or four shots
were fired at me by his friends, none Of
them striking me. Not wishing to hurt
any of them | retired, when the negro
whom first saw started towards me with
a gun, and followed me, backed by the rest,
who shouted, "kill him % kill him p
striking me over the head with gun. AT
this moment received shot from some Of
the crowd, which struck me in the right
shoulder. was afterwards struck several
times by a gun in the hands of one of the
negroes. was bleeding freely, and some
what stunned from the effects of the blows
l had received. / warned the man who
had first struck me to desist or l would
shoot him he still followed me up;
drew my pistol with my left hand Tiny
right being disabled) and fired, inAicting
two wounds in the breast then pro-
ceeded 10 the house, not being molested
the name Of the negro who | shot, was
Robert Scott, who formerly belonged TO
Mr.. Blake in the course Of about an hour
we heard negroes engaged removing the
body of Scott, and soon afterwards we
heard the tramp Of a sentinel stationed on
the branch near the house None of rs
went out of the house after shat, during the
night, but we heard about II O'clock, the
challenge Of the boat, with soldiers, under
command Of sergeant Fletcher.
SERGEANT cHAs. FLETcHER's STATEMENT.
On Thursday evening last, at 10 O'Clock
with four soldiers, left Savannah for the
" Rice Hope" plantation, the headquarters
of Captain Brandt. Upon arriving oppo-
site the landing, at II o'clock, we were
hailed by negroes and ordered to halt.
Upon answering that the boat contained
United States soldiers, the negroes shouted.
" keep away or we'll blow your damned
brains out" We accordingly backed fur
Their out into the stream. The night was
very dark, and we were unable to Judge of
their number, or whether they were armed
/ thought it advisable to land on Penny
worth Island and wait until daylight. Pro-
ceeding to build fires, we were fired upon
from the landing, at a distance of about 400 |
yards, by the negroes congregated there,
two ofthe balls striking near the men who
were crowded around the fire. After break
fast 4 o'clock A. NJ we rOwed down to |
the landing, but the negroes had left. |
Post Surgeon Miller examined the |
wounds of Mr.. Lemen yesterday afternoon,
and reported them to be so severe as to |
make it unsafe to remove him to the city. |
The steamer o. +. Potter yesterday took |
forty men from Fort Pulaski, fully armed, |
under command of Lieutenant Keller en- |
route to Mr.. Gibbons plantation on the Sa-
vannah river, and left them there in the |
afternoon. We understand that some |
trouble was brewing among the negroes |
there, which rendered the presence Of the
troops necessary. ash