Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-05-09

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n and points of wsSsness; and he ask,
70. the court to- chargss supoA the afonowir
X. .spoints :-.E,;r7.t i,s4ss *si l. rs'-l ssss.
d FIRST Yhatsuponl s tzial 4orsa eapft:
e felony y-the jur.t areshe judgep ofsthe la
: Aa Second. sos That sae sistaanSS aS 81 fhss ID,
. spiracy must beR proved 16yyfh est9sti moi,
: of. witnesses other fa1ni niensconsptsato
before such testimdny fcan,a avail tsto.eo1
Thira. The tsstimb dsS,Ss an sceeombiifc eiif
4 uncorroborated is u eieittoJdsen
o conviction fJra5a}palg. % .a;s;ssa AZ, ss
. Fourth. The prinl ltpat sfelop can yneye
= be used as a WitneSS3t convict his accss
sory, and consequdf tie i6ts9Fi dencgo go
Mnifinaxearid Mos ashall noRbapm
.sidereds by the jury q this ease ss.zsas
: Filth. Where updEl M A4 tndiS iStmsnt;So
fconspifacy TO hind 6bstr rhct and. Bic
I.7enf dhzens-of Afral descent lfrenrex
tetcising the right tai pfef ,s1ld tosihiNnfi
date and oppresss H Winiamss and de
prive him of the 1ght to bear ar1ns
Coupled with thes dBafgs of murder b
: Jim Williams, upon the proof that fht
mprders was. connmif ifedy tfa iconspifacy
meyges IN the capit felony. s4r.a .-sa
Sixth. That this c4lrt has no j9risdlc
ftfon to 6tfy the crifn6 fmtrdef upon this
{iuIH HctlHent. sls.cs;st.sss-stea h1a
Seyenth- That it, no Fright npoI
the part Of the mill q, ,SoptR Carolina
TO bear arms, that I'll ac01p pufsofy duty
imposed by The sfEg OF afh6 States soi
wh1eh, by Law; they aE asany ,nonaent
he, deprived. n sp,ss. .;--a .e-.s,.
Sssa as Ssasaasa & sss thss ssIs3 4 sSR i
psse a dss oWerf W1S s gf Sn pa q,
sue relentfessly all tifes unaefliags who
may have been guilt OF participation n
sssas GSsysgSf sss RoeS
Lmany and pnnishai16 the few; and
OF. the men guilty &c hess crim smany
had been punished a3l many more were
turfv6n fr6ni tbeir A1nies. The Whole!
fdppef country Of TINS State had BeenI
ttufnad into desolatioif Ttra asadn ess.r,1
that. they wanted noNgas peace; saud anl
those nine counties tit4t were now UNDER
martial law he would warranted that they;
would gipea bond ID esniH HionS dollars;
to- keep the peacee Aay.;oh ohlypwaanted
peace and freedom from the gripe,of mar
:tfaI Iaw. No one could know, but those
who suffered by it, at that frofi hand
of; martial law meant It,wsssa black
cloud hanging oyer tha country; a night
Of agony to men born Dsbe freemen and
if that cloud could be- lifted, and that
night,pass; away, they Abuid besure there
would be lasting and enduring pesce,
and. this matter would DE set Of rest for
ever.
Col. Hamilton Was AZ Ssowed s., 81, Assist Assist
ant District Attorney arle, after which
the sase case was supnitts To the jury. .7Xf-
ter tti an absence Of abof one HOUR and
half the jury rietur1sd verdict Of guilty
Of Conspiracy and not guilty Of murder.
The prisoner was yenande dfor sentence.
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- Cur Missouri ngEespundent. -.
Ii .ee + eM1AMz, April %, 1872.
= DearA avsrtssess Afssnauifies, dnan
efortto learn -theeriglil af.the -name Of
our town, have ELECTED d9othe facts which
may be worth knowing r. '-ssf'-'
This town was laid d. in 1887 by Hen.
ry Ferreil, son of whom is located now
only one block from sbere writes IL
was then named Greehville. Deeds of
conveyance for town lots were made in
1888. About eleven yeats fterthis;i say
1s4s, there being q post cGof thesame
upon Miami, which'was tfon the name |
of considerable bottom in a bend OF.
Missouri River, just below the town. |
This bottom took its name from small |
tribe of Indians who inhabited it and its /
vicinity previous to tho war Of 1872, and
up to about 1914. :. = - |.
These Indians wcreconsidered an off
shoot from smah tribe by that name,
located in the country now called Ohio. |.
It appears that at the tme of the war.of
1872 the western extremity of the white
settlements on thsrier, were about the
nlaees now called Booville. and Arrow
Rock, the latter of wich is only about.
% miles s. E. of ourown; and during !
the war the Miami Inans of our vicinity
engaged with other ibss in. hostiities
against the whites, al compelled them !
to lortify near the pots have named ;
us marking the borsr of their settle /
ments. They built Oper's Fort, three t
or four miles East of.rrow Rock, King
Cades. in same count near where Now I
Franklin now stant and Coles Fort G
near where Boonvil now stands. OF q
the deprsdations comitted by, these In. p
dians during that. II, cannot now " "
write, and need onlyy that the. whites :.
had nothing safe bwhat was in the B,
Forts, and even theyou know, there
was none safe. I IN mention a large N
amount Of stock VIII the. Indians ap- b
propriated, and thekng of Col Sarshal th
Cooper, in Cooper's T, about1sl3. One as
night the men in the t heard thump- SC
ing against the outsof the Fort; but TO
concluded that it wDne bya COW, rs On
they had some stocBnding just OUT - -
side. Soon rife heard, and Col. ~ n,
Cooper falls. dead bys fire. The men, ba
soon find that an Indhas made hole1 III,
large enough for thelszle Of his fatal th,
machine, has killed ban, and is gomez cal
These and other -sacts. .,of ,plunder sht
and murder e1asper, the white men tte
exceedingly, But there comparative PR
ly powerless. a"i1 = W q tiu W
Ihave said murderanse, up to this ~, ~
time. there were no !. troops sinthis f. f.
vicinity. The mon ese Forts were Sta
citizens, who had borced to fortify the
for the protection Of families. My yer
informants say that It 1914 some U. the
s. troops under Gen ge,s came to the tno
relief of these citizelthe Forts, who sun
were then 'commm by Col. Ben. 1e-t
Cooper; and that, van advance was @ @une
made upon the Miadians, they sur ,tUal tpo
rendered with their les and plumber mot NOT
without a struggle, irrest about two ! U
miles from where I Nv sitting The app,
government comm, Gen. Dodge, hing
prevented the .exaed citizen sol; but
diery from killing lami warriors; ing
and, in Q. parley wlhcceeded their S!vli
surrender; they pl, that they had TuCS ,,u1;s
not killed a. white nor stolen his scSur I
stock. ahas 'ney nDa Fo'tss,,.' s.e s s'ocs respt
in their possession .lige Tide 10 loca5ed to th
on the opposite SID river, There been
were, with tho whil OF men shot