Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-07
THE GEORGIA TROUBLES.
a Fugl and Connected History
OF the 0utrsges near
SaYa AnaE.
Barbarlty eG the Negroes.
They Declare that (hey Have
Commence War.
no Y EIi;e MAN so be Permitted
10 Hive On The 0geechee.

The Savannah Morning NeaOs OF the
/ 3lst ult., and lst inst, give very full and
/ graphic accounts of the troubles on the
! Ogeechee river. The issue OF the 3lst
details the trip Of the Sheriff, Dooner, to
| the scene Of the outTages, to arrest q
! party Of negroes against whom warrants
| had been issued for larceny and assault
with intent to murder. The Sheriff and
/ his officers barely escaped with their
/ lives, and the scenes which occurred
| while they were down in that country
among the negroes they state to be in
! describable. The negroes acted like
/ pack of demons they could scarcely re-
irain from slaying the party and shouted,
yelled and conducted themselves in u
most outrageous manner. They ap-
/ pesrsd 10 be thoroughly organized,
armed with new Lnuskets, with bsyOnets,
aud TO have regular leaders or captains,
who directed all their movements. Ne
gr0es, whom the white gentlemen pres
ent had never seen before, and whom
/ they did not know, suddenly appeared
and were recognized as leaders by the
negroes.
The Sheriff and his posse were accom-
/ panied 10 the plantations by Capt. J. +.
fucker and Maj. hfOtt Middleton. These
gentlemen also went back TO statisn No.
/ /, and left them there, and then returned
/ to their own plantations. Finding that
there was some trouble brewing, and
/ hearing threats against their lives, they
Stated on horseback TO leave that Sec
tiou and return to the city, trip that
! they made with great difficulty, being
/ pursued almost the entire distance.
SUBSEQUENT RIoToUs ACTS OF THE
NEGROES.
/ Having driven off the Sheriff and his
/ officers, the negroes appear TO have di-
vidsd themselves into companies, each
under command of q Captain, and they
thus msrchsd back to the plantations.
where they committed all manner of
depredations, beating and stabbiDg a
Mr.. Baxley, an oVerseer Of Mr.. Middle.
toms, and his brother. Both of these
/ gentlemen, though terribly mutilaled
and malreated, managed to escape by
swimming the river, to the banks of
when they were pursued by the blacks.
Another gang went to the place of Mr..
| VIM, and beat him until they left him
for desG, taking everything from the
house that was Of any value. Another
MF. BlZley was then visited and at
tackled by them. Mr.. B3Xiey himself
was ssiZsd by two or three of them and
dragged Uut into the entry, where he was
suddenly struck on the back of the head
with the butt Of 2 musBet. A second
blow on the side of tue head felled him
8 senseIess to the Il n)Or. When he reGov-
cred his senses the negroes were around
him, kicking him. They then dragged
him outside, and told him that they ia
tended TO Kill and throw him into the
swamp for the buzz ards to eat hin, and
told him to prepare to die. They beat
I ! - vTrffh haF Erat-
and finally fired q voley at him. The
walls whistied close past him, but he was
not struck. They then told hiR 70 run
for his life, and as hC ran they fired an
other yOliey at him. He went about
hundred and fifty yards from his house
and hid ia q ditch.
WHAT THE NEGROES SAID.
While lying in tie ditch Mr. Bsxley
heard several parties Of the negroes, who
came close TO his hiding place, declare
/ that they would kill Mr.. Middleton and
! George Bsxley, and that no white man
should ever live on the Oyeeohee neck
sgain; that they were fully armed and
/ organized, and would hold their position.
/ TIE TO2sEN AND CHILDREN IN THEIR
HANDs.
! Ali the white men having been driven
awsy, Winu's wife and two children
surlei over to Baxley's. Here they
4 ME MT. r. Bsxley's wife, Mr.. George
/ = KEYS wife and their children. They
/ then started TO 90 TO the negro quar-
| ters to beg the negro women to take
them In and protect them. As they
were crossing the yard s crowd OF the
negroes came up and stopped them. In
q few minutes they started up the river,
/ driving the deienceiess women and chill
dreE ahead Of them. Mr.. Winn, from
/ his place Of c0ncealment, witnessed this
! transaction, but was pOwerless to prevent
I iJ. Wnat has become Of these poor peO-
pie Is not known nothing but out.
rage, perhaps murder, could be expected
from those who thus dragged them of.
THE HOUSES PLUNDERED.
The negroes next turned their atten-
( tion TO B2xiey's house. The provisions,
! and such thipgg ss pleased them, they
! carried of. Mr.. VIM saw thsm taking
out goods, and heard them smashing the
crockery and furniture, sll the time
! who0ping, yelling and screaming Ike
I devils let loose upon earth. They made
/ sir. kE.GGleton's house their headquar-
| ters, and occupied it duFing the night.
| The provisions and seme other things
which suited their fancy they carried eli.
THE ROADS PIcKETED.
This morning Mr. Walter, residing bs-
/ low Middleton's place, attempted to
come 10 the city with his family, fearing
! further tfoabls He found d heavy
| force st Nc. J with pickets OCT end ell
approaches guarded. He was compelled
to go 10 No 4 to take the train for Sa-
vGnuah,
Another gentleman who attempted to
come ia by the 0geechee road was
stopped, questioned, and found great
difficulty in making bis way to the city.
ARRANGEMENT FOR YINpIeAFING THE
! LAWS.
Feeling that someaction was necessary
/ t. teach tue blacks that they must re-
spect the law and its officers, and that
| the lives snd property Of citizens should
/ be preserved fr0Ia their unlawful acts,
/ Sheriff D1oner and Henry 3, W etIaofe,
! E-Q., Ordinary, called upon his Honor
| Mayor Anderson, yesterday morning,
| for consultation. Il was decided thst
/ the parties guilty of the fragrant out
/ rages cOulIaitted on Tuesday night must
1 be arrested. Mayor Anderson went in
! person 10 Gen. WiiliaD2s, to ask the aid
/ Of the military, but the instructions re-
| ceived from Gen. Meade prevented the
! granting OF tne request. TEe ilSf4c-
! tiOns set forth that the military might
! be Withdrawn at eny moment, and the
/ civil authorities must rely uponthem-
selves, aud Eot upon the military that
| 0nly after ail men aud means at the dis.
posal OF :he civil authorities had been
I exhausted could the military act. Under
/ this decision nothing was left but for the
Sheriff TO summo1 his posse coalitatus.
ESCAPE OF O7DoNALD -IIs STATEMENT.
O'DonRld, one of Middleton's wstch-
/ men, who wss supposed TO have been
killed, Grrived in the city yesterday
evening. de states that the negroes
| came and took him out of his house,
| struck him on the head with the butt of
| a musket, beat and kicked him. They
marched him up and down the yard
stopping every few minutes to give him
| a beating, and finally turned him loose
| telling him he had better leave quick,
and not come back there any more or
| they would murder him. O'Donald went
about q mile, and took refuge in the
| lfhuse Of q coIored ula1, where he re-
mained until morning, and then started
| fer this city.
/ THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN SAFE.