The New York herald., 1875-09-01
CAPTURED DOCUMENTS.
A Band Of Brothers to Gill
the Wites."
What the Ringleader Said to an
Interviewer.
BLOODTHIRsTY CONFESSIONS.
sANDERsvnLE, Ca, August 27, 1875,

While the excitement over the recent apprehended
negro outbreak in that part Of Georgia Of which this
place the centre has measureaby subsided the town
still presents disturbed warlike appearance The
prisoners here under charges Of nsurreconary pur-
poses movements number sixty-h and are under
guard of the local companies one Of cavalry and
OF infantry, some of the citizens also performing
guard duty During the day the prisoners allowed
o about In the sunshine and fresh air in the Court
House yard within lines Of sentrie being only Gagged in
the jail which is small at night and receive good treat
ment generally. majority Of them are obviously in
nocent OF any thought of nsurrecton massacre and
are spoken Of by tho citizens generally as
only destined to confinement until their cases
be passed upon in due course OF
law. Some others have forbidding countenances and
seem from outward appearance rough characters Daily
accessions are made to the number The documentary
evidence is very vouminous aud from this and state
mens OF some of the leading prisoners the facts appear
be that upon Friday last the goth, there to be
combined and simultaneous movement of the negro
military companies in Washington, Laurens, johnson,
Burke and possibly other counties toward Waynes
boro In Burke county, where they TO meet
negro styling himself General Norris who 70 engineer
immense mass meeting, the immediate results or
which to be the establishment Of public schools
equal division Of land, the organization Of negro
militia system and, in aword immediate and whole
sale ameioration of the condition of the colored
population If resisted In the march of this u.s.
semblage in the carrying out of its purposes
resolves, violence was to be employed The guiding
spirit of all this was 'Generaln Joseph NORRIS
4 negro politician whose business for some years past
has been inform the negroes Of certain alleged grev
endured by them not forgetting TO levy contr-
buttons upon them Since last spring he has been par
hcularly active, especially in disaGecting the coored
population Of this part of the State toward the
school laws and in promoting the organization Of negro
military companies. To impress the minds OF his fol-
lowers tho names of President Grant, of Governor
Smith, and of the coored South Carolina Major General
of militia Prince Rivers freely used as having
authorized his movements About April or May last,
according to the Of of the prisoners
the order went forth from Morris organize military
companies, and among the documents found in his
house by the officers he having absconded the first
alarm, is the following of that date In this, in all
the other papers given, preserve the original spell
ng:-
party to be held on Saturday June I'D 1875 al the old
voting precinct of Assembly
the
States That cannot live under said oppressive Laws
~bo% have LsSOursd Good 81 The GOSennsns BY
have expired and free school be claimed the
yet after we have oIH % made to pay from
tho cripple and the blind the old citysens
county ca Of SsVS Code % Ga pg %
s @ 4ss s and the oS a % @ sDa % s0 Book eS
bnn Done With tax fund We find That there Is
G. S $50 I
for fore years ss HssP' S shall sue the Of '0S@y
Ees. passed June led I'd 1883 known as IS amendment
Gss That no tax: shall be only MY y free UssTs the
o
psted eityzens was TO but dollar poll tsxs for free
o1 spsa JOSEPH
Mesagenger ,Messsngerrk
And Hope leading in said District win
truly JOSEPH MORRIS. Messagenger
Among the documents of this date have not been
able find any order directing the formation OF coored
military companies, but there rules of order,
articles of association muster rolls and gong
show that steps taken to that end Thus have
the rules Of half religious and half military society,"
the Union Band of Brothers.
This a society called Union B. B. All that join this
anything rOng would desterb the
minds Of others We want 70 come to gether Band Of
bage beg nor persuade any one 70 Join this society unless
do just this rule teaches them all up
70 bye o TG s So w on on the SsoI Of
must pay fine OF as much as quarter or more it be
Ssd sass o. Rpssy IGey arc also eached the result Fl ysisnE
w. Secretary.
STATE OF GEoRcIA wAsnISeToN Co.
oN'0i May1is75. aSt sIso''A
The signer Of this is the negro preacher Cordy
Harris who charged with having written letter OF
the 9th OF this month, directing the negro military
companies to start TO killing the whites the Goth
OF August" This has been already published in the
HERALD but not in its original orthography, and
cordingy subjoin exact copy Of the original which
is before me- inserting the received 40
cepation by the State authorities some pecu-
liarly hieroglyphic words:-
State to ciing rkiIlingl
Ougut August 1875 Jurra Water Jerry Waltersi
you and your compny must starte to cling kling tho
son tucker wcs can find and 20 tordes owsrdsl
Morris and and gsnr RVS Rvers and his sta you DO
as S you and Is s SSe % ss must cra
n GH s Sey think Se TGs SS2 % that dS
man date got mony make dam e!vs to your tausuary
Sd | sf vide S @ s Fl sonny
git poder sot powder and shotl Gill coles
By ode GeS Morris from Geni = Tive. Rvsrs
anS to 6s e B SSPs sompy zion hope
In addition to Cordy Hais' rules Of order for tho
Union Band OF Brothers there documents relating
to purely military organization, the Home Guard
Company negro named Usher seems to have 'run"
this matter like ward politician, exclusively in his
own interest The rules style themselves
A RESOLUTION Law
q Ushers resolution OF law 70 Home Guard Com
pany.
They they should empower the Captain rule the Body
4 say no meeting without understanding.
lth no rising without addressing the chairman.
eth in debate .. time
Eoor az time
4th II called order 9th time and wont obey TO
lined no lest than 10 above n 81.
9th II TAIL to without a 70 fined
Tess than 80 CT. and not above 81 90
9Th What is said in II told proven
less than $500 as hight desde dismissed aud
taken from him
Resolution written by your respectfully Secretary
Usher.
Then comes the muster roll thus
HoMB GUARDS LIST
g. W. Usher, Secretary.
George Anderson Robert i............ 80
Linton McNetl. Anderson Lowe ........
james Oitlan Green