The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-04
THE TROUBLES RELoWasAYANNA R

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Tho Negroes on tho Ogceehso Reinforced
and Compelling the Qui@tly Disposed
to join Them-The Lntctt News fro,a
the Scene of tho Troubles
The extraordinary condition &c affairs on the
Ogeechee plantations, below favannah, con.
tinues not only without abatetnent, but with
an excess Of lawlessrless ans outrage that
promises to make what is already serious most
alarming. The measures adopsed for the sup
pressing of the outbreak seenY so far, to have
most signally failed. In the meantime, the
Inhabitants, men, women and children, have
all been driven from their homes their houses
Quilted or delivered to the fantas, and the re-
suits Of the entire years Iabe4 and capital of
one OF the weathicst districts Of the South
either destroyed or appropriated by the insur.
rectionists. The following yesisn,e OF the facts,
Of the case, from the Savannah Republican,
gives clear idea of the origin and character
OF the trouble:
Disturbances Of more or less fragrant char
acter have existed in the settlement for several
months past, and for more THAI o year the ne
able plantations and live upon them with little
or no work, have been organizing and prepar-
ing for some kind of unfriendly demonstration.
But the beginning Of the present troubles may
be said to be the appearances, week or ten
days ago, of an armed band at one of the neigh
boring limitations, the firing upon the senti-
nels, the driving off Of tho residents, and the
forcible removal of the crop, consisting Of some
twenty-five hundred bushels Of rice. num-
Der OF these desperadoss could be identified,
and upon information flied, warrants were duly
issued and placed IN the hands of the sheriff Of
the county for their arrest. The sheriff, with
n cY,oo -,.:1 -
plantations and arrested small party and
marched them to No. Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road for the purpose of taking the train and
bringing his prisoners to tho City. They were
not long at the place before several hundred
armed negroes appeared reseued the prison
ers, and with muskets pointed at the officers of
tho law, took away their arns, money, pa
pers, &C., &C., and with 4 threat against
eaeif IN mycs II they ever returned, order
OF lndlgnity, except personal violence, was
offered the sheriff and his party They were
!old tnat no legal processes should be served
in mt their n nneighborhood,, that they had possess
sion OF the country and govarnment of their
own, and no white man or officer of tho State
should molest them with impunitv. The Or
Sanization, it is said, numbers from eight nun
dred to thousand perhaps exen creator
and ~ al are thoroughly armed and provided
grade, and means of intercommunication that
are ost equal to the facilities OF a regular
signal corps. The original atsack on the plan
taeion and carrying off the crop was . small
a1talr. and has become merged in q gene
raj outbreak and the appearance of hundreds
OF armed negroes in the field ready for action.
Ihe outbreak is Of o magnitude which the
law never contemplated should be subduetl by
means, and our constitution empowers the
Governor to call olt the militia in order to
suppress them. Private citizsns, unory yanized
ana poorly armed, can never sdfsct the object
ma s<n1 L. II =,
Government has deprived us of the militia.
and upon the regular army now rests tho dutv
OF our protection, whatever Gencral Meade OF
others may think Of it. N
THE LATEST REraATs.
From the Savannah papssa Of yosterday,
which reached us last nig ights Ws CLEAN the fol-
lowing details If f,i, ns dis.
turbance:
The latest news which we have from the
scene Of the trouble represents 1t as spreading,
dations, are forcing those who are disposed to
remain peaceablo TO join them. So far thetr
operations are confined to the ''necA," west Of
the railroad, and between the two Ogeechee,
Rivers; but IL not speedily checked it is feared
that il will extend into BRYAN County. The
negroes, In strong force and thoroughly armed,
were lying near the railroad, watching the
movements Of and prepared to resist the Sher-
,h,s lH posse which went down on Wednesday.
seven hundred negroes came out on the railroad,
an l tho leaders went about cursing and saying
Tho white -- were afraid to come
and attack us, and have gone back for more
men," He says that there is very large force
OF the negroes at No 1, and that they are de-
termlned to resist any attempt to arrest them.
The negroes from the Augusta road were cross
ing to the Ogeechee ia large numbers yester-
countryman from Liberty County arrived
here yesterday with produce to sell. He re-
ports that the negroes have destroyed the
bridge over the Little Ogeechee River, four
stopped by five different picket parties, each
gang numbering eight or ten men. They told
him TO tell the white men OF Savannah to come
on, tnas they were ready for them. After
him to come on to the city, telling him not to
come back again or they would kill him.
On Wednesday, the rioters took John Hogan
(colored), one OF Mr.. 'Middleton's watchmen,
and the wives and chillron OF the white men
who were beaten and driven from Southield,
and led him eff. The last seen of him he was
being driven In the direction Of the railroad
tfas sbs at the point hh 9f the bay by
him since. and it was not known whether he
was murdered or driven of. The negroes have
sacked the barns and mills end carried off the
rice. It appears that they have been urged to
have made thena believe that they had been.
assured by Radical negroes in Washington that
II the negroes once captured, and held the
country. they would be confirmed in possess
Mrs. Caulker and her family, who reside ON
the Ogeechee, arrived in the city yesterday,
having been driven from their hone, without
change Of clothing, by ON armed gang OF no
groes. They completely sacked the premises,
and the family are now here In destitute con-
dition. 72
.Agentleman who resides at Station ii arriv-
ed in the city by the evening train. who in
forms us that at no time during the day was
there more than thirty negroes at that station,
and that not one of these was armed. He re-
ports that the negroes in Bryan County have
thus far behaved exceedingly well, and that
wnen re Y left ell was quiet on that side Of the
river. The Indications Of trouble, however, were
Of such character as to induce him to remove
the ladies OF his family to this city. 1t was
evident that the class OF negroes who have
been tampered with and brought under the in
huence OF the organizers Of what are called
the loyal leagues were passing over the river,
with arms in their hands, to jein The robbers
residing on this side Of the river, and that yes
terday, the only white man left on the planta-
tions under the control and management of