The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-07

Debt, less amount in
The foregoing is correct statement of the public
debt appears from the books and Treasurer's re-
turns in the Department, on January /, 1863.
HUGH MCCULLOCH,
Secretary of the Treasury.
THE FOLLOWING dispatches received at the
headquarters of the army to-day
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. (, 1869-To General u. S.
Grant, Washington, ID: Co. l have sent the latest
dispatches received from General Sibley
mandlng in Georgia, in relation to the difficulties
on the Ogeechee.
General Sibley has been instructed not to permit
the organization of any armed bodies, whether
white or black, in contraventon of law to preserve
the peace at all hazards; to cooperate with civil
authorities in-case he finds the same are acting in
good faith and that their action is necessary for the
preservation of the peace, and not, as at Camilla,
let the law be made preteXt for committing out
RACES ON the negroes. At the same time he is in
structed to disaTm and disperse all assemblages of
the negroes, and require them to submit to the
GEORGE G. MEADE,
Major General U. S. Army
Telegram received at Washington, January 4,
1869, fIom headquarters districtof Georgia;
Jan lTq Major
to report my arrival at this place, and to report
the following statement made by Col. Williams
The troubles on the Ogeechee are confined to Mid
| dleton's and Tasker's plantations. Middleton
cuses the negroes of stealing rice, and got out
rants to arrest them. The Sheriff applied for the
military to execute the arrests, but refused and
| furnished with copy of the circular of September
TO lSSS Ssrt Tor his Information He went and with
| AT the negroes assembling, and ran off. He called
lOI II posst, ana went out with l20 men. When they
| got near the station, they saw a negro boy, about
fourteen years old, and shot him through the leg.
| They saw some other negroes at the station, and
ordered them to give up their arms The negroes
ran, and they hred on them, wounding two or three
All this time the Sheriff was in the cars away from
his posse They then were advised TO return TO the
city, which they did.
| The citizens then called meeting and organized
| three battalOns, commanded by generals, coloneis
| sc. They have enlisted from 500 to 800 men, and
| are still organizing. l ordered Major Perkins TO
go to see the negroes and went with him myself.
| Wa at found VprV
much frightened, but when we made known our
| intentions, not TO trouble them they became paci-
! fled and gave us their side of the question. We
found the newspaper accounts totally incorrect
There were about 90 men. Three guns, and one
bayonet on a stick were all the arms | saw, and II
they had arms we would have seen them. There
are no fortihcatons and no hostile demonstrations
further than TO watch for their own safety.
| The negroes against whom warrants were issued
were anxious to come in and surrender themselves
and wanted to come with us, but were afraid tC
come alone, for fear of being fired on. They deny
having resisted the posse and think they tell the
truth. remained with them all night and made
arrangements for them 10 come in tonight anC
l surrender Themselves " the sherit undSr the mil