The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1871-06-23
APROCLAMATION.
BY RUFUS b. BULLOCK,
Governor Of said State.


lection of the person and property, and the civ
il and political rights of all of our people; and
Whereas, it Is the desire Of the Executive TO
render all the aid and assistance possible to-
ward the accomplishment Of said determination
and
Whereas, at various times and places within
the last three months certain eyil.disposed and
lawl ess persons have assumed masks and dis
guises. and while thus shielded from recognition
have perpetiated outrages against the person
and property Of certain citizens Of this State
and
Whereas the said evil-disposed and lawless
persons so masked and disguised are unknown
to the good law-abiding citizens Of the counties
wherein the said outra9es have been perpetra-
ed.
Now, therefore, to the end that these disturb
ers Of the public peace may be fel1etted out and
brought to punishment through the lawful eX-
ercises Of the authority vested in the courts Of
this State, /, RUFUS i. BULLOCK. Governor of
said State AMI COmmander-in. chief of the army
and navy, and Of the militia thereof, do hereby
issue this my Proclamation. Offering a reward
of Five Thousand Dollars for the arrest, with
evidence 10 convict, Of any person, and One
Thousand Dollars for each additional perons
being fthe disguised party, or band or clans
engaged in either Of the lawless proceeding
here. Ter rected to-wit:
W,o ON or about the night OF the 18th of Feb
Tuarv last, came to the house OF e0lored man
named Dan Jack Foster, in the county oflNloyd
and after beating aud maltreating and otherwise
misusing the said Foster, did then and there
take from him such articles OF small value as he
had about his cabin. Who on the same night
visited the house OF Il colored man named iii
lard Johnson, in said county Of Floyd. and did
then and there abuse and maltreat the said
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house of At colored man named Anderson Paul
lain, in said county of Floyd, and did then and
there take from him his gun, and did then and
there commit an outrage upon the person OF the
wife Of he said Anderson Paulaine. Who on
the same night came to the house Of colored
man named Patrick in said county of Floyd and
did then and there take from him his gun and
other articles of value. Who on the same night
came to the house of a white man named Zebe
Walker, in said county of Floyd, and did then
and there compel him to stand ont in the cold
for considerable length of time without his
clothing Who on or about the night of the LIST
of February last came to the calaboose or Jail at
Tron Factory, in the county of Chattooga, and
did then and there forcibly release culprit
from confinement therein. Who on or about
the night of the 4th of February last came to
the plantation of Mr.. Robert Foster in said
county Of Chattooga, and did then and there
murder col0red man named Squire Ellerson.
Who on or about the same time came to the
plantation Of Hon. Wesley Shropshire, in said
county Of Chattooga, and did then and there
teaI down aid destroy school house and
threaten to hang colored girl who was the
teacher of said school, and did then and there
cruelty beat and malreat a coIored man who
was charged with having built the said school
house. Who Oh or about the night Of the 9th
Of March last came to the house Of Hezekiah
Moore, on the plantation Of Samuel Carter, in
the county Of hurry, and did then and there
fire upon the said Moore and upon another man
named Litteton Ely, and as the said Moore
and said Ely made their escape, fired nearly
twenty shots at them. Who on or about the
night Of the 29th Of March last, came to the
house of colOred man named Gus Mills, in the
county of Walton, on the plantation Of William
Lowe, Esq, and did then and there cruelty
whip and malueat colored boy named lobe
Huey. and did also cruelty whip and matreat
the said Gus Mills. and did also cruelty whip
and maltreat the wife of the said Gus Mills, and
did also visit the house Of a man named Jack
Denfeld, on the same plantation, and did then
and there cruelty whip and maltreat cOlored
boy named WeIbom Smith, Who Oh or about
the fourth week in March last, on Saturday
night between the hours ofS and 9 o'clock came
TO the house Of a man named Simon Carlton, on
the plantation Of Judge Buoy, in the county Of
Cobb, and did then and there break down the
door ofsad house, and presenting their guns to
the breast of the said Carton, did force him by
intimidation to submit to be tied, and when so
tied, did take him, the said Carlton, about one
hundred and fifty yards from his house, and did
then and there cruelty beat and maltreat the
said Carlton, and after having released the said
Carlton did shoot at him with a gun as he ran
and subsequently set fire to and burned the
house, together with all the corn. fodder and
provisions clothing, household and kitchen
utensils belonging to said Simon Carlton. Who
OH OF about the fourth week in March last, be-
tween the hours offs and O'Clock in the even
ing, came to the house Of a colored man named
Columbus Jeter, in the county Of Douglass and
did then and there cruelty beat and maltreat a
colored boy in the employ ofthe said Jeter, and
did also cruelty maitreat and threaten to whip
the wife OF the said Jeter and did also by force
and intimidation, compel him, Jeter, to submit
to be tied, and when 50 tied did take him a con
siderable distance away from his house and
threatened to murder him, and as the said Jeter
made his escape fired at HIM with Il shot gun
iniilctin9 Il severe wound in the shoulder. Who
on or about the night Of the I'd of April last
came to the house of a colored man named
Mitchell Reed, on the plantation of Mr.. Charles
Mason, in the county Of jackson, and did then
and there take from his house the said Reed
and carried him some fifty yards away, remov-
ed his clothing and cruelty beat and whipped
him for nearly an hour. Who on OF about the
night ofthe 18th of April last in the county of
Clay did burn down and destroy a school house
and notify the teachfr, Mr.. III. N. Dickson. TO
leave the country Who at sundry times with
in the three months last past came to the bOnse
Of a Mr.. Andrews in the county of Walker and
robbed his wife Of the money and valuables in
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treated Mr., Lynn, and Mr. Wade in the county
of Dade, and who threatened to take the life Of
Mr.. Emanuel Bailey, in said county of Dade,
and thereby caused him TO leave the State
Who in the month of March last came to the
house of one Andrew Gearry or GERM, stu
ated on the plantation of Mr. Kerry in the coun-
ty OF Cherokee near the line of Pickens, and
broke down the door of said house and beat one
Clayton, and rs he tried to make his escape by
flight fired two pistol shots at him and warned
the other members ofthe family TO leave the
county within five days Who on or about the
night of Friday the 18th of May instant, came
to the house ofthe said Andrew Geairy. or Ger
rim, situated on the plantation of Mr.. Kerney,
and shot with firearms through one ofthe doors
Of the said house three times and subsequently !
broke down the doors, causing the said Gearry
or GERM, and his family and household to seek |
safety by flight through the woods, and did |
then and there set fire TO and burn down the |
said house, together with all the clothing and !
other effects fthe said Gearly or GERM and !
family. And the same reward in amount and |
character torpeFsons who have heretofore, or
who may hereafter disturb the peace and good |
order of the community by going about in |
masked aud disguised bands or clans in viola
ton Of law, and perpetrate murderous assaults
upon the persons OF law-abiding citizens OF this
State And l do moreover respectfully recon-
mend to the good and aw-abiding citizens resi-
ding in the several counties of the State which
have been or may be visited by these evildis-
posed and lawleSs bands Of men going about
in Disguise that they the said good and law
abiding citizens do assemble in public meeting
and give expression oftheir disapprobation of
all such lawess proceedings, and of their de
to assist the civil authorities in the