The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-07-22
TWENTY-sIX DAY.
TESTIMONY OF A. T. MORGAN.
FRIDAY. July 10th. 126!


FRIDAY, July 10th, 1863.
l reside in Yazoo City, have resided there
nearly four years; | remember meeting Mr..
Yerger sometime in March or April, 1858, at
the Central Depot in company with a servant
woman; he purchased his ticket at the office
at the time purchased mine and for the same
destination, Vaughn's Station, the Central
road, where we arrived a little after daylight.
We got breakfast and took the hack for Yazoo
City. The servant woman accompanied us all
the way TO Yazoo City Mr.. Yerger seemed to
be under the influence of liquor; when l first
met him at the Depot, he was cursing and
swore very loudly at the hackman who had
disappointed him in not driving to his house
to take him TO the depot | heard him use very
strong language, calling the man a scoundrel
and thief Mr.. Yerger got into conversation
with number of gentlemen on the same train
going North, members of the Constitutional
Convention the comments of the New Orleans
PiSayune on speech he had recently delivered
in New Orleans were being discussed at some
length, by these gentlemen; at Vaughn's Sta
ton saw Mr.. Yerger take drink Of whiskey
or something, do not know what, it was from
a bottle of about quart size; the bottle was
carried IN carpet-bag; l had very little con-
versatfon with Mr.. Yerger till arriving at
Naughan's Station on meeting at the depot,
he recognized me, and the usual salutations
were passed | had met Mr.. Yerger before,
and he always treated me with good deal of
courtesy, and did not know there any
difference between his treatment of me from
any one else, except on political matters. AT
Vaughan Station the question Of the Constr
tutional Amendment was discussed. Mr.. YER
ger regretted very much that the Convention
should adopt such stringent proscriptive mea-
sures, saying it would be the ruin of the coun-
try; that only bad men, these carpet-baggers,
would be guilty of such legislation as that
l reminded Mr.. Yerger that I was q carpet
Dagger myself, that was Yankee He said
that he knew 1t, but that / was an exception.
He held out his hand, and apologixed for any
afront, If had taken ii as SUCH that he did
not intend It We got into the hack together,
and the action ofthe Constitutional Convention
was discussed till we arrived at DeasonsvilIe,
five miles from Vaughan's Station. The hack
halted at that place, and the driver got out to
get the mail Mr.. Yerger had used some very
violent language, just before arriving ut Dea-
sonsville, but not addressed to myself person.
ally, rejecting upon the Radical Republican
party. After he got out of the hack, the SER
want woman, very good natured woman,
remarked that she hoped would pay no atten-
ton to what Mr. Yerger said or did, that he
was very bad rebel and a very bad man, de-
precating him very much, and went on 70 tell
me that the family regrettedit very much. We
discussed the political questions Of the
day to considera BILE length. He said
there were not a dozen white peo-
pie in the State who would vote for
the Constitution. He referred to q speech he
had made In New Orleans, aid said when he