The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1875-09-03
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Augusta Chronicle, Aug. 20
Yesterday the principal topic ofcolrvel
sation was the attempted INSURE ction
The news from Burke was Vof the mos
alarming character. The troubles in III
other counties Washington, jefferson
and Johnson-Seem tohave been com
paratively quiered Up to Wednesday
night no collision had occurFedss bu
Burke county was divided into two hos
] tile camps-ihe nerrees on one side. the
whites on the oincr- both under arms
and both prepared for conflict.
/ Wednesday night p rty of eight mount
/ ed men, commanded by Mr.. Randolph
Ridgeley, left Waypesboro On a scout.
After securing the surrounding country
and starting back on theirway to town,
| they suddenly came across a company oil
negroes camped by the roadside The
camp fires were burning brightly, and the
party was camped in regular military
style. A reconnaissance showed that they
numbered forty or fifty we'll armed men.
Mr.. Ridgeley's command went into the
woods, where they remained on the watch
until daylight. When day broke the ne
groes commenced disbanding, and the de-
parture of several squads reduced the
number to twenty. The whites then char
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They were disarmed and turned loose with
a warning.
FIRING ON SCOUTS.
Shortly after daylight two gentlemen
Messrs. Lawson and Wilhelm-who had
gone on a scout in another direction were
ambushed and fred upon while return.
ing to Waynesboro. They were riding
quietly along the road when suddenly two
shots were fired at them from the woods
which lined the highway. The fire was
without effect and the would-be assassins
took to flight. Pursuit through the thick
covert of the trees was soon found i'm
practicable and had to be abandoned.
Later in the a colored boy was arrest
ed who knew of the firing and gave the
names of the negro men in ambush-An-
thony Dodge and Charley Williams.
IMPORTANT ARRESTS.
Two negroes, Frank Vincent and Abel
Moore, implicated in the affair, were ar
rested Wednesday night on a charge of
attempting to incite Instruction, and
brought to the city yesterday morning on
the train and lodged in Jail for safe keep
ing Three other arrests were made near
Waynesboro yesterday, but the prisoners
were detained in confinement in that town
on account of the revelations which were
made by them. One of them proved to
be the nephew of the negro, Joe Morris,
who is the head centre of insurrectionists.
He was also acting in the capacity of cour-
Ter for his uncle, and upon his person
was found dispatch from Morris, coun-
tersigned by Prince Rivers, and Candy
Harris, addressed to the negroes in anoth- |
er section of the country and command
ing them to rise upon the whites and kill |
them whenever they could be found. |
They were to seek out those who had guns |
and kill them first in order that they |
might procure arms. The man also stat |
ed that his uncle, Morris, had given YER
bally the same directions to all the ne
grses with whom he was in cOmmunica-
ton. One of the negroes asked Morris |
a day or two ago what they must do if the |
white people suspected anything and at
tempted to arrest them, kill them on
the spot if they have no legal warrant |
you with crimP,' said Morris. |
But suppose they have a warrant?'
Then kill them anyhow, was the fiend'
reply. The evidence of these men seem
ed to show cOnclusively that a general
massacre of the white people upon an APP
pointed day had been concerted by this
of scoundrels-Prince Rivers,
Toe Morris and Harris Rivers may de-
ny, indeed he did deny in the Constitutions
hist of yesterday morning, that he knew
anything of the matter but it is certain
hat his name has been used in all the orr
lers which have been issued and that the
DOOR deluded negroes of Burke, Jefferson,
Washington and johnson think they are
Icting under the authority of and will be
by Major General of the South
Carolina Militia.