The New York herald., 1875-09-25
THE GEORGIA RESURRECTION.


UNIVERSAL FATHER-How THE CARPET
BAGaERs PLAYED UPON THE cREDULITY or
THE FIELD HANDS.
AUGUSTA Ca, Sept o. 1875.
All the facts about the negro nsurrectionary move
Of August last in this general section OF Georgia
aud the legal proceedings sandersve in consequence
were duly laid before your readers and old
story it may not be amiss 10 add that some
sequcnt prosecutions growing out Of the same affair
had some ten days since in johnson county, and
from the testimony taken there an insight OF some
interest into the great problem Of the negro obtain
able one Jack Hicks put upon trial. and from
the evidence make extracts emitting questions
and using the words Of witnesses far possible.
John ChillIs. colored, sworn-They have a secret
meeting Johnson the society was called Brotheren;
il hard say object they have something
sort Of equal rights; at the beginning they said
there a Civl Rights bill that the coored white y
people not willing to receive it. and they
TO make up some money and send three four
men from each district waynesboro; they we're to
about this Civil Rights bill; Cordy Harris and
Francis Murkeson went; TO be member OF my COM
pany had pay fifty cents; you can't be a men,
Der I'LL you paid the oath that all that said at
the meeting you to keep inside you; to keep it
with you to let 1t go through your teeth the
punishment (or violation Of oath) that you
70 be punished according to law; did say, chop
your head OFF," after Murkeson came back he called
meeting 10 let US know what their business; he
sad the lands government lands, and would be di
vided that he had been down yonder and that they
told him TO back and get up all good, soundbot
toned men, and hold secret meeting and raise treas
ury; that's what he said; TO quit working the
roads under white overseers and such that;
to quit letting white folks sell cotton that was what
Il catdt hat uirbt. IN hava fnrtv
mule
@ Tell just what he said2 A. That's what he said.
Just give me time think want to tell all about 1t;
he said, march the road by Dr. Hanes', and
through his yard, and TO to this place,
and they was to kill from the cradle up when they
started
Q Kill whom A. The white people and democrat
niggers.
@ From the cradle up9 A Yes, sir; they said,
s'KiI from the cradle up"
Cross-examined-I didn't Jne; didn't have f1y
cents didn't have five cents to throw away; the
was 'Hold up your right hand; you will take the
meeting with you-all that's done; keep this meeting
with you; all that done in it keep with you; let
nothing through your teeth outside the meetng
If you do-thats the FIRST word, chop your head or"
all that jined get the fun secrets didn't ne
and didn't get them I didn't hear ~ might have
heard more but went far enough 10 zee it didn't suit
! me, and backed out
Jacob Norman colored sworn-Know Of one COL
ored military company don't know whether to call il
secret or not; first neutenant called it the
Band of Brothers; - the prisoner member but
ne didn't have TO muster or drill he said he had kind
! Of complaint; when first got up the company
| when we first started-Murkeson and Harris said
Thai The radical men wanted To receive fdeeat9 the
Civil Rights bill in Washington; Il that the
they going to cut loose; We made up money to
send them OF; when Murkeson came back be said
they here 70 tell all about it; he got on the
stand and made q speech; he said he would tell
US our right he sad II was not right
work the road under white overseer; If a white
around for you to work the road you mustn't
do it, If a white wouldn't work under colOred
thea he must work his end of the road and
the ooored people work theirs he said, your privi-
lege, you ride on the train, Is IN the white folks car;
If the conductor puts you OF that is a hne then he
goes to say that If we made the crops ourselves,
! we were 70 sell them ourselves; he said 1t
against the Law for the white men TO sell cotton
without your leave; that your privilege | can't
think OF all his speech now ne goes 10 say he will
I tell US how vote; vote for Grant; for
/ other white man excepting Grant; then he said if
we vote Grant he would become king, and all of
ths land would be his and instead Of giving third,
one-ourth, one bali as I'm general to white men,
here the custom Georgia OF negro tenants giving
from quarter half Of their crops 10 the landlord
Grant, being universal landlord, was only to require
! tenthl-he said we were to get forty acres
OF land he said would get 1t in other way than
by electng Grant and he would sell US land at govern
ment prices and give US time 70 pay for ~ also give
him One-tenth ALL white and black, would have TO do
7 this; Murkeson and Harris were leaders,
ruled by what they said; Murkeson said we must go
! u Sandersville and there Wesley Simmons would let
US into the light Of whole; after that day, when
al got disappointed then they said Murkeson said
and Harris too that four weeks from then would
have IL Oyor-lthe reference here is 10 an attempted
military meeting al the Court House in Sandersville
July "a 1875 prevented by the local authorities- and
that TIE next time we would succeed in the Court
House; hurkeson told we're to go to transact
business and If were not allowed 70 transact
busiuess would raise war and slay as came.
q Stay whom A. The whites, Of course
q Did be say the whites 7 A. No. sir he said If We
were not allowed 70 transact our business we would
raise war and slay as we came
Cross-examined-our first meeting was along in corn
Z planting time; there sixteen seventeen
twenty there; the object was only 70 drill and have
amusement; that's what he said; one Of the objects
o was il organized for the purpose of resisting any
Of the laws Of the state Of Georgian No, sir IL was
} not that time
\ O Al any timer A. No sir; well sir after we got
\ the orders about these letters we thought would
have to 60 mao it The letter is the "cill the wtes"
). Did you ever intend to oppose by violence
the laws or the statei is that what you under
stood 700 20 dog A. No, sir, didn't; not more
Ihan that meant TO carry out the orders about the
] letters.
q Murkeson said you were to transact your business
il you had 70 kin others 10 do itY A. Yes sir-if
we. had 70 raise
John McAnee white, sworn-Know the prisoner; he
told he IN cOlOrod military company; he told
he going TO come out Of the company, going TO
quits previously that he told he couldn't come
without 81 igning lie bill, and he wouldn't do that ;
gfler good, long time our conversation came up;
said Jake you didn't yet into sandersville easy
you thought you would" he said, ''No, they had It
pretty vel fortified with menn he said that in about
three from then there would be pretty hot times
BE- said that ia about three weeks there would be light
ing and THAI he had 10 60 be should hold level gun
he living with
Richmond Flanders, coored, sworn-KnOw the
prisoner asked Inn what the intention Of all this
ing was he asked me- ddn know all these we're gov
ernnent lands; / tod him no nor him neither said,
III that is your dependence reckon your land viii
be like mine three by six that's about the land ox-
pect to get and that will be your land, ] fearfuln
The defence introduces no testimony; there was no
/ argument by counsel The Judge charged that the
evidence insufficient 20 convict and the jury found
"Not guilty" The rest OF the prisoners then
discharged and 80 ended the trials after disclosing,
I as did the previous proceedings at Sandssve, a
phenomenon worthy the attention alike OF Statesmen
/ and metaphy ysicians
/ LETTER FROM SENATOR GORDON.