The New York herald., 1875-08-20
THE BLACK CLOUD.

A THREATENED NEGRO INsURRECTIoN IN GEoR-
GIA-voLUNTEERs ORDERED oUT-NUArERoUs
ARRESTS MADE OF coLoRED A1EN-A MASSACRE
OF WHITES SAID TO HAVE BEEN AGREED on.
AUGUSTA, Ga, August 10, 1875.
The scene ofthreatened negro nsurecton in Burke
Jefferson and Washington counties along the line OF tho
Central and Savannah and Augusta railroads. and prnc
pally near Waynesboro county seat of Burke and SAN
dersyille county seat Of Washington These heavy
negro countless and the blacks have been restive for
months past in consequence of their exclusion from
juries and also of attempt collect the
arrears of poll tax allowed to accumulate during Gov
ernor Bullocks administration. Colored military
companies have also been formed and con-
siderable irritation between the races has been
occasioned by the frequency and menacng char
acter Of the parades and of loss to planters
by the Generalization OF labor For weeks the
blacks of these counties have been endeavorng to hold
convention to consider these matters and have been
prevented and it thought all the trouble was OVER
but letter was found few days since purportng to be
by order Of Morris,
NEGRO AGIrAToR OF GEORGIA.
and Rivers, another negro, formerly Mayor OF Ham,
burg just opposite this city, and major general in
the South Carolina militia directing general massacre
of whites on the goth of August Yesterday and the
negroes, and armed bodies began to travel toward
waynesboro and Sandersvie The whites applied to
Macon and this city for arms and ammunition
which were freely forwarded, and the military
companies assembled IN their armores ready
to move on the Governors orders. The citizens
of the threatened counties applied to him for troops
and IN response all the white military companies of
those counties were ordered to report to the Sheriff.
who was instructed to act with moderation but pre-
serve the peace at all hazards large number of
rants have been issued and the Waynesboro Jail is full
Four of the rngeaders are here Eleven negroes were
taken in and the scouts came upon another body
OF forty or hlty armed to the teeth and camping in
military order at one point the whites were ambushed
and fired on without damage Prince Rivers the col
ored South Carolina Major General of militia pub
fishes card in todays ConStitat0naSt denying all
knowledge of the matter, saying he has never medded
with affairs in this State and t takes all my time to
give my attention TO my corn and cotton" The United
states Marshal is working TO aay the apprehension in
Washington county, aided by Ex-Governor Herschel "
Johnson and leading citizens have just issued an ad-
dress advising the whites TO arm but not to act the
aggressive The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel warns
the negroes of the suicidal folly of attempting violence
The Macon Telegraph says think the scheme has
Washington origin and looks to the revival of the out
rage business in the interests of decayng radicalsm
but II thinks negro agrarianism the moving cause.
THE TRUE EXPLANATION
really Is that the negroes moving toward the con-
pointed and are in arms to carry the design out if
cessary Jefferson county despatch of halfpast nine
NJ. says all quiet but some additional arrests have
been made, and the negroes are massing Varow.
Waynesboro special reports the negroes armed and in
force within ten miles of that place. and that deach
ment of 100 whites was moving on them; but still
later despatch makes no mention of any collision.
number of armed volunteers left here at eight this
evening for Waynesboro The OF all the dispatches
indicates some alayng of the excitement except in
Burke county, where a conflict is not improbable