Wilmington journal., 1875-08-27

crime," said Morris. ''Then kill them
anyhow" was the fiends reply. The
evidence of these men seemed to show
conclusively that q general massacre
of the white people upon an appoint
ed day had been concerted by this tri-
umvirate of scOundrels-PrinceR Rivers
Joe Morris and Harris. Rivers may
deny that he knew anything of the mat
ter, but it is certain that his name has
been used in all the orders which have
been issued, and that the poor delu
ded negroes of Burke, Jefferson,
Washington and johnson think they
are acting under the authority of. and
will be protected by a majority of the
South Clroitua militia.
ACCOUNTS FROM wAYNEsBORo'.
WAYsEsBoRo', August 20.-12:l5 A
M.-Ali quit here to night. Pickett
are ont aud posted on all the al-
proach"s tn the town. About twenty
volunteers from Augusta came down
on the train TO niyht, ali armed. They
organiz i a.,d appointed W. J. Grams
t0u captain. HEY will act as scouts
to night, Kepurts from the vicinity of
WaYuesboro' state thai the negroes III
squads of from twenty to sixty are four
aud :i7c miles from town. A party of
white wii start out at half-past three
TINS mrrniug to &c mt the swamps for
them. The excitement Is subsiding
and the citizens are tired out from sit
ting up for several nights in SUCCESSION.
The negroes are completely demoral-
Iz.l, and the older citizens have scat
tered About fifteen arrests have been
made tn-iay of the principal ring glead-
;.r.. among the n"grous. joe Morris,
the head centre OF the trouble, Is yet
ut large, and the general impression is
that he has decamped This morning
fully five hundred negroes gathered
abOut five miles out OF town, but sub
| scquent events caused a panic, and
they scattered i'll every direction. The
captain of the Hussars, who passed
their rendezvous this afternoon, did
! not see negro in tue vicinity. A ne
gro vino Wits arrested to day.
CONFESSED THE WHOLE PLOT.
he says simultaneous attack was
| to have been made tomorrow in JET
lerson. Burke, Washington aud por-
tiun of Rlchmond Countless Nlne
more arrests of leaders have since been
made The citizens are most anxious
10 capture Joe Morris, but the chan
ces ate II slim. The people are fully
armed aud well prepared TO meet any
fore" should the emergency arise, but
1T Isl believed thGir services will not be
needed. a box "s5h fifty guus and
liked ammunition WIS brought down on
The train from Augusta Tonight. Judge
| Perry and other prominent citizens
| believe the tronble il all over, and
that prompt aiming of the whole white
people and the vigorous measures
adopted will Da Ii wholesome lesson for
the blacks III the future. Two negroes
from SandorsvIlle came down Oh the
train, and asked for Morris. They
had letter direcScl to Morris, saying:
"The jig is up i'll Washington, as the
white people are making arr ests of the
leaders, and warned him to get out
of the way. Morris evidently concoct-
ed the whole plan of attack ON the
whites imself. Very few of his fol-
10 wers knew of his programme. He
expected to marshal them, march at
Waynesboro,' and then tell them what
to do.
THE SITUATION IN JEFFERSON COUNTY.
Barton, GA, August 19.-No further
news from the front except from
Wrig rightsyIlle in Johnson County. A
gentleman who loft there this morning
says thirteen ,4egroes came into the
town yesterday and surrendered them
selves, their guns, their ammunition
and their uniforms. The whites never
knew before that they had a uniformed
company of negroes in their midst.
They made confessions, duplicating
many others, aud arrests are still being
made. Iu this county now we think
that no demonstration of q hostile
character Will be made. Three of the
ringleaders in this county have been
captured, the other three succeeded Ill
making good their escape. The fol
lowing letter has been found in the
house OF the negro Gambia Harris:
Hon NJ. Gambia H0rris.: DEAR SIR
received your kind Express Commu-
nicatio all Right but sir / will say tc
you please to send me $500 more Dol
lars YOU conversion will be very EN-
portance please to send it in private
letter Will get 1t J have invited Genl
p II Rivers from Aiken County Sontf
Carolina with 20O0 Mems With arms
will send You the minnies Right away
your conventclo2 will hold two days
containing 10 counties.
Very r spectfuley
JOSEPH NORRIS
Waynesboro Burke county.