New-York tribune., 1869-01-19
"THE OGEEOHEE WAR"
CAUSES OF THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~
sAvASNAH-MUCH ADO ApoU, iS'nv 'f
EXAMINATION BY THE MILITARY ..s'

SAXANNAII, kra. Jdu. "
city ON Monday Dec 2s 1865, during the nfs 9"'hes
=, tha storm OF wer few days previous Messrs Mid
,o,on aud Thicker who the managers OF the piaha
tions known rs the "Grove," the " sOolhheiu' 'No
"prairte" and tho Grove Hall" had applied ior anu
obtained warrants against several negroes upon charges
90 larceny OF rice from more of the plantations
ho,ora named The Sheriff Of Chatham county aSSistou
by two or three Deputies, undertook to serve 'no VIZ
radts and for that purpose took the tEhiu ioi ~
station distant sOme ten miles. From tue e'"' W 49,
proeeeded TO the Grove" plantation whore 'nV' 80
Ionod by Others among whom were one OF oo'ii "a va.
complanants Thus reinforced they iooA'u w 80
ores f,r whom they had warrants, iouhu anu s'hA'"
with them for tho station. From TINS pon' on ' %
ara inst as many true narrailOhs vi tno i"of-
So, 90 there were men white and black in tho
marty Each one has story or MS oWh' anu
few agree in even the main vital points We are forced
,harefe 20 take that of Sheriff DoOner and he relates
that ON arriving at the station large force OF negroes
many of whom armed, confronted nun anu o'uo
hm TO the prisoners which he did DehS uH"po
TO help himself They then demanded his warrants, DIS
tolls etc. which he also delivered This srppeu oi 'no
ass OF yerbiace which has clustered around tho salient
points of fact explains the resistanceto the state auor
according 10 the version Of the Sheriff and his posse
prevailed which heightened tenod 5y ne aTI @ tSa 4s
The pex morning Of several icanng we're J. Mott Mid
dleton and j. r. Tucker, the managers OF tne
Hss1 nam pSIoas and Richard winn carpenter en-
p9yen c'S sssianR upon HaIIev and VIM sheriff
Dooner enrolled posse eoItGiSs and proceeded 20 The
Railroad. His force armed TO the teeth ana eio
quent OF dire threats After crossing the Little OSeeeee
the train slowly and before reaching Station NO
l. halted A picket Of 20 80 men were now sent fer
ward. while the train followed them slowly Scattered
along each side OF the track, which Is there lined ~
pine woods, the advance soon came In sight OF 6HeS
to their satenentsfred. and they state that two
negroes killed and others wounded INC negrVes
il any were left other than those killed and wonnded ie
dispersed without returning any OF the shot
and tho train reached the station and the advance re-
tha
the hitch The Sheriff found that his posse nad over %
seppd the limits s1 GSwn massacre Of these people
whO without being hailed, were upon sgn shot GOWN
PaSe sss peace One Sf the posse lawyer Of ability n
srneted the Sheriff that G should ne RSGcef se To se
OF this portion OF the transaction, 1t was determined
"i'e' 0O"'T rnF 1'l'iT TEETINS AT TUE COURTHOUSE.
The following from The Sardah Advertiser Of Jan. /,
furnishes an Of the meeting after the return OF
the posse on .,.o,, bs assembled IN n. CT, Court
Room % I y 9gs III o %ss Is. 3 % siS s s sf
order and bAy stated that Informal meeting requing no
ss cHa1 crs M That bat be Ad SesFsS 81 s s s % ss @
.d the Of u: iai.rs q the Sheriff; % p a The
rhi GS had been rng; at 4y we're larsss r.oIoHs
s Sa :: SS SSsl & ad i1abrc a red spr Pc '' 5SiaioS
SIas va; tsy .ns % 0e h '" I , | S hs sSeiss Sos for
hs tey bad done q. Tbs, could be done SsvsaSls % ,s.
AND eager proceed himself before starting had urged that 'q
found arnel
sa ' apop Sasaoa bad return which
Gen Jackson called and addressed the meeting 7.
before hs law Of lAs SAeISs posse enigs The
fed And Why negroes ognd armed in strong
IS,c. Ss % % IKE e On @ s9sTy s s to *. E
hOensd their and imIunty the along tbs whole
E"s, %1,s sS hs. ns tRei hands will be robbed no.
S Sa w9a nSss Ss% afo 5
danger Capital Industry viii be driven and business
pre.trstsa ..-.,.
fear Of this awless the whites that they
Tat ,si sS Was ths time put Of things before
ss :s on S s c a sss SS rs Is, ne Ses s:ss Ia
1pSSa S9S sSS9 .sS9 this Mda ..s5, .es.
s,, tue Plg & tT sisps in sSs matter oonc0scn
e Ps.u; = use s9 S St % Il aS sHs 10
srsdias gsna and avsii impending danger our whole CON-
~5Ss Capt a.r being .d he could no. make speech bat b.
would had been said be could ndoe and that there
wss need action The meeting Adjourned til IL
The itacs in the above quotation our Own except
In the words Just now" -. .uo,,o- ,,,oo.,n,
over which Gen Jackson, BngadierGeneral O. s. A. pre-
sided Committees were appointed wholesale Com
ton one to act as conscript officers in mild to
provide Transportation another 70 procure arms shotfes %
"wdows' of the braves, who should, for country,s
from generals.inchef down 10 lieutenant surgeons.
OuarteImasters, commssaries; in short every officer
Sers was no paymaster and the omission proved fatal
It was determined TO raise lO0O men, and call was
scattered were they also The meeting was failure
II was then that the COnscript Committee
should begin their labOrS and visit every workshop and
counting-roOm for men, . 40, -
On the sd, Gen. si1ley, commanding the district ar
rived with body OF troops On the previous evening
Col Williams and Major Perkins had visited the Bennett
plantation where Of the worst OF the outrages were
said TO have occurred and finding evidence Of dsor
were ont prOtecton from Violence " they would come 10
the city aud give themselves up During the next two
days but OF the II accused OF larceny accordingly
raraG
rants had mean time been issue1 Tor the arrest OF negroes
charged With resisting the sheriff. and the 9th, Col
Sweeny with two companies OF the 10th Infantry, accom-
panied sheriff Dooner 10 the plantations to serve them
In alarm, few articles seemed to have been
pilfered. but there was no sign OF vic,
bagcy-wheei. At the sOuthfeld plantation
w6orewinn and Baxley swore that they were assaulted
al humber OF the hands were questioned and all told
nearly the same story They heard " a rnshin , an q
in houses fred at oy rcpo!pe two or three
times but did not sec the man who fired IT. u " was
revolver though" I" know that. This youth, Fortune
Washington may remark. to remove the apprehension
Of tnoss who read Of dangers when "nnged at by
PS e TaS ee we Sn0 sna
hearty this date. Going into the room where Baxley
found it bare OF furuiture few faggots lay on the
fireplace an old box stood before It, The paucity of
furniture explained I'm the affidavit OF Mr. WinD. who
saw the negroes carrying things off and breaking things
up Consequently when all OF these goods were found
but VIM. Andy informed that everything safe.
Heywards Plantation, where all the dad nggers come
from es informant assured visited Jan. g. In
company with Mr.. Rose, the manager. On the eth we
were assured that upon Heywards were 900 niggers,
n H G G bst the were pos
ght, &c. Mr.. Rose showed the plantation,
which is considered the finest upon the ogeechee e1
trouble whatever and feels indignant that this
plantation should have acquired such notorious repu
tatl0n Ho there six seven bad niggerB on
the place. they have been arrested also have several