Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-07
TY-FIvE GENTS a PAIR,
WELLS & COILS, 267 Main Street

peared Richard G. Winn, who, being
duly sworn, deposeth and says: l live
ct Seuth6eld plantation, on the Ogee-
chez river; am a carpenter there. Oa
the afternoon of the 10th of December, !
saw an armed body of negroes come into
the barn yard, and chased Fortune and
George BunysD. They fred at them,
and said to each other: Kill the -,
kill them. said: Have mercy on them,
don't kill the boys. One of them pre-
sented revolver to me and said: Damn
you, we'll fix you off time enough. |
then came out ofthe barn yard and went
toward my house. This party then went
of, as / suppose, in pursuit of Mr.. Mid
dleton and others. When | got to the
house / saw another crowd coming up
the road. They came within fifty yards
of my house, and motioned to me TO
come out away from the door. My family
were standing in the doorway, and, fear
ing that they would shoot aud kill some
of my folks, jumped away from the
door. As / jumped, ! was caught by two
of them; they took hold of my arms, and,
as they did so, another struck me on the
right temple with the butt Of musket. !
bled profnsely. They then asked me if !
was one of the men who made the report.
/ told them no. They then left me and
went to Mr.. Baxley's. A negro came up
afterward and made my wife give him
my two guns, and said that / had better
leave there, that if I did not they would
kill me. l then went off and lay down
in the high grass. While there saw my
family and Mr.. Baxley's family go to. the
negro quarters to ask for protection.
Before they reached there they met
company of negro soldiers, who turned
them back. The last saw of them they
were being marched off at the head OF
this gang. A crowd broke into Mr.. Bax-
ley's house and carried of his goods. /
could hear them breaking up and destroy
ing thinga They shot Mr. Baxley's dog
in the house. l lay in the grass until
dark, when l got up and started for town.
l met Mr.. Baxley and we came on to
town through the woods.
RICHARD C. WIsS.
Sworn to aud subscribed before me this
30th day of December, A. d. 1868
HENRY s. WETNoRE,
Ordinary Chatham county.
Feeling that some action was neces-
sary to teach the blacks that they must
respect the law and its officers, and that
the lives and property of citizens should
be preserved from their unlawful acts,
Sheriff Dooner and Henry S. Wetmore,
Esq, Ordinary, called upon His Honor
Mayor Anderson, yesterday morning,
for consultation. 1t was decided that
the parties guilty of the fragrant out
RACES committed on Tuesday night must
be arrested. Mayor Anderson went in
person to General Williams, to ask the
aid of the military, but the instructions
received from General Meade prevented
the granting of the request The in
structions set forth that the military
might be withdrawn at any moment, and
the civil authorities must rely upon
themselves, and not upon the military;
that only after ell men and means at the
disposal of the civil authorities had been
exhausted could the military act. Under
this decision nothing was left but for the
Sheriff to summons his posse comitatus.
Csc hundred aud fifty warrants against
Ogeechee negroes were issued by Justice
P. NJ. Russell, sr., for robbery by force
upon the public highway, robbery by in
timidatiob, ssssal!:: w:.h intent 70 murder
and larceny. These we're placed in the
hands Of Sheriff Dooner. A warrant
against Solomon Farley and others was
also issued by Justice Marsh.
0'Donald, one of Mr.. Middleton's
wstchmen, who was supposed to have
been killed, arrived in the city yesterday
evening. He states that the negroes
came and took k;s cut of his house,
struck him on the head with the butt of
q mrsket, kicked and beat 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. 0'Douald
went off about mile, and took refuge in
the house of q colored man, where he
remained till morning, and then started
for this city.
O'Donald states that the oolored man
Fortune was not killed, that when he was
chased he made for the river and dived |
in, just as bayonet lunge was made at
him. He then swan away from the |
place.
From the same source we learn that
he women and children belonging to |
Winn's and Baxley's families we're re-
eased by the negroes, and spent the |
night at Mr. Hogan's place, where he
.O'Douald) left them yesterday morning.
Before starting to the city, Mr.. O'Don-
I'D went back to the Southfield planta-
ion to hunt for bis little boy, who had
,eeu left there the night before. He |
ound the little child all right, and the
parties of lawless vsgabonds gone. They
lad spent the night at Mr.. Middleton's
louse, and had completely cleaned il
md the other houses of their contents.
1e saw no negroes on l;al place except
be regular hands, who had ceme up to
10 TO work, but there was no one to
Issign them to their tasks, and they were
oungiog a6o1t the premises
Mr.. Middletou's man servant came TO
be city yesterday afternoon with horse
nd mule belonging TO that gentleman.
ie reported everything quiet, but said
hat all the houses had been plundered
4 everything they contained
The Gulf railroad train brought up,
rom No. l, last evening, Q number Of