Wilmington journal., 1875-01-15
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as now (producing repeater from hi
paDtaloons pocket; there was Ao at
tack by us; my mission was OF po 20.
and defence; the action OF tie cit'zens
that day was irrespective of psgtE
about 100 ex-federal soldiers were III
the ranks; politics had nothing To a.
with it; of my personal knowledge ]
know of no official corruption.
TESTIMONY OF A LEADER or THE Ne
GRoEs.
Andrew Owens, colored, iarg
man, with an unmistakabie trace gl
| Indian blood, and the leader OF tits
negroes on the Baldwin Ferry road
was the next witness.
To General Hurlbut-Liva tw,2r.
miles east of Vicksburg, or the Luniel
! place, on the Baldwin Ferry road
came in on that road on the day uf III
| fight, with about 100 men from BI. =
Block Bottom; We started about day
| break; after the meeting at the h1ab
| ory tree, Sheriff Crosby tod me MIN
self to come in on Monday; nag orders
| We're to come armed; be4 had sent Gus
some letters aud bills; my orders wlTa
verbal and were given to Lis at AIDht-
| gomery g. coiored man ; store, - =. Ss-
burg on the Saturday before, Crosby
did not state why he wanted us l.
come; only knew OF ole written order;
! that was to john Taylor, Il leading
cOlored man, on the Halls Ferry road;
did not read 1t; cauto5 read; when
we started thought the ErEsua> q the
country generally understood II sss W.
did: have no military rank; l Gii Isse
organize my men; only half were ther
armed and they with old muskej+
shotguns and pistols.
He then detailed the meeting with
DR.. Hunt. which differed very .5t5:-
from his former statement also nss
interview with Colonel Miller, iu-i
outside the city, which substantial,
agreed with Go onei Mitlcr's State
ment
FIRED UPON IN RETREAT.
Witness contjnu ID came - ..y
Court House, where saw Cosby s.5
asked him what TO do Ctushv sad.
All right ;" | went back ia.u :. A.g
Colonel Miller 10 get s,sIi2.. ".tvatr, ,.il-
OF my rear, which he 353 | tj..- ,..,l
my men to 60 home when iues Eos
Chl t4C b44 tbC tiLiIt-AN iyN'Lyft.j
ing, and the men wanted 20 I>la4 a..
ilue l told them 40 ,he EiriA1 N.-
still kept up, and some q n.S J..
formed into line, when l drew ms r.-
vOlver and forced chem "a 60 -tl:
soon saw one of my men lasi t...a
jumped into a ditch where / sy..s c.;
tured had then fallen buck three
fourths OF mile [ think tha Hs,nr
was begun by mounted men If my
men ever fire did not know II t.t.
firing only lasted ten mInu;- .Io.n
kearner captured me, and - 4 t.i,
others not 10 hur5 me sa ~ only ia. e
dead men; was put IL jail and i Ut ten
days; moved on FIck>nurg bsc-us. /
was ordered by Crosby; didn'5 have
time to study it o"1r never a-ar
there was 80 be any violence or 5.b-
berry; had heard OF the troubles about
Crosby; he never told me VIII i..
wanted US to do; said It did lot ma
any difference, aud that there Wa .o
danger in coming; the order to 'Iavior
was written; the Rev. Ton. Perkins
was to have carried it, but lad gone
home; heard Crosby Is order IA q a.
Hickory Tree; thought the others wee
coming on different roads, but had no
communication with them didn't
know half of the men that came with
me; while IN jail l vas allowed 10 SEES
any one I wished; no prorvS -:ons we
made to me to irnplicate any one.
MASTERING THE NEGROES.
To Mr.. Williams-ThougIt Crosby.
as Sheriff: had authority, IS Sha.iG.
to order us in; intended IL aG:i5ai1
ourselves to him VIXEN I arrived
To Mr.. Speer-Had been IN : a!..
burg the Friday and Saturday bctos.,
but only on business; the night
Crosby was forced 10 resign He e..na
to my house with Tom Broadw8.ers it
eleven o'clock, and said he vas goioe
to Jackson; said he had been driven
out of his office; think now ms bU,si-
ness was to notify the Republican
TO help him to be reiD8ta ed; ,tiie
men to meet him at Hickory Ts,c.
next morning notices were printed tr.
the Rel lublican party tOmeet at Vt'k-
burg; on Monday morning seIt them
round by two men; about seventy five
or eighty men were there tLaf wen
ing, and talked about conf ia: NeI-
son Wells read il to them: ii good
many wanted to know what they : ere
wanted to come III for; told them [
did not know, but they mus come;
met next morning as day was break
ing; thought all tbs colored men IN the
county were doing the same thing: tie
order was to meet AIMED; though, We
we're to obey any legal orlv OF the
Sheriff; if the Sheriff had told m 5dat
the people of Vicksburg had !sdt
him out and to arrest them
all and put them in Jail would have
so; five or six years ago [ belonged 10
a society which required colorcd Tco-
pie to swear to stand bg each other;
Colonel Furlong administered til"
oath; when l saw Crosby III jail /
didn't reproach him; was not aaIfy
with him; when [ got back 10 ColoAtt
Miller didn't curse or thr eatsl C59s-
bJ; don't think
THE OBJECT OF CoLoSEL MILLsR's MEN
at the time of the firing WAS un5 to
kill my men, only to Irigbten tls.n;
have no i'll feeling toward Colonel
Miller's men; believe some Of The
young men would have killed my mer,
but the old citizens would noi; woIl.d
think it my duty to obey the Govern
or's proclamation; wouldn't obey tine
orders of preachers to commit Vio
leuce; the tickets which We vote are
marked; QOn tElnh The cOI9feu FtO-
pie would allow negro TO vote one
not marked, but would uot mattyeat
him for doing SO.
To Mr.. OBrien-My belief - tAyt
Governor Ames Is the responsible t.r-
son.
To Mr. Wiliis nI~-IEis = u1eSc!y ln.y
| opinion.
70 Mr.. Conger-lf Crosby had not
! been interterred with there would
have been no trouble.
At five O'clock til" cCmmItr"n "d-
inHfned until nine Uc!ock to-u4y- .5a
| uOrnlng.
| Sufficient data mas been obta1n-a TO
| warrant the statement that tac sugar
yield OF Louisiana the past season =sa-
40, 900 hogsheads, worth in round