New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-11
GEORGIA.
rur SUSPECTED NEGRO PLOT.


TRIALS.
Iysou srA~r CORRESPONDENT TRunrSrl
ArcrsrA Go. Sept. 5.--'rhe acq'ilttal of Cor |
ssv Harris WHO ;ried in Washington County las;
vess for a. ALLEGED attempt 10 ucte nosro insurrrc
zion virtually disposes Of AL other .aar prosecutions
not only the guar OF the court which b' gins az
sarderNvilc week, but also ia all other counties
where arrests have been made. do not mean I" say
liza, al Of the rrisor,re Will I've IS fortunate ~ Harris
w.. on tine other hand believe IL il generally anici
v!t,d that there viii be convictions In Johnson
County Wh,re Judge Ucrschel V. johnson viii open a
.nccal term 81 tlc court tn, slay Of th-
veeh The excitement I'm that county h9s beeU
rroort onay greater he people have been isolated
H. IA ,c sources news and the widest kind o.
rrru,- taken the piGo of reports PEG
ME VINO live mites FROM railroad or telegraph STA
ton. ami who receive ONLY mail week, axe likely to
become victims of the mus; absurd gossip. ana tie
tact taat reports circulated IN such cbnru-
mites have generally hardly grain Of truth i'll them
dos not prevent them from dong as mach Lawn -
though they were well authenticated. Ignorance bcCcs
prerdcc IT is the prejudice Of the people Of john
.on County The prisoners that mates prob
allie the conviction o. some Of them. Fortunately,
judge johnson Will not allow any innocent man ~ he
punished, IL verdict Of guilty sion'd he tonnt
by the jury
Pcm former and dispatches from sn'eFav'he
II VIII be that believe The verdict Of Ne Jury
scqutu- Corday Harris To h" jset one Nj o.'e VII"
attended the tral vil believe deny tits hm nave
seen disposition the part Of some c'rr' T ntent''"
convey idea that Harris escaped Oh legal iechni-
cy rAbor than because there WAS n" evidence against
hun.
THE COKDAY HARRIS TIL L.
ui truc that CERTAIN tcst imuny ruled by The
Judge but he counsel for the state tail d {" Sa'w the
Hlst good why # should be adAi't'd Ihe m'>'
nrnr ant this testimony consisted OF the stttciehN
OF Francis Jcrcrson 10 JaSe Moorman ana Gthe mem
h. ~ ~ The negro companies McrkesOn, ms have WA
D. former letters seems been the only man wE"
edv'sh an aC,l uprising ot the negroes, ana ne Is
said - have told his Gnpcs that lie acting lnGer inc
dirco .iona Of Cordsy Harris IL Mekerson cond nave
been caught and made TO testify 10 this himself hnt
testimony would he evidence against Co.day HNn'
but before Merkcrson's sayings to n third person
could used against Harris. it was OF co"r7" necessary
t. conn, the and chow that 'hcy were cocoon
tpIa.o~s. This not done TIE only testimony III
tro.uoed ON this point simply showed that thcy wei"
both pieHcnt at oorporas tcaucusl IN WayneShor"
where Morris foolish speech 10 induce MS follow
pr. to elect him to Brigatarv" General on which
occasion iaTls sand nothing, ana that AerSrSon wa III
the procession at saniersylle Oh the 2Ath OF J'dy
NV own opinion is that M'raclson was an agent ~
Norris collecting the initiation fees OF The negroes VINO
oind the military companies, and tlat since 'hc negroes
looked IA Harris their nhcdatt it''I III "'Si-
ington aud Johnson Counties, Mcikcrson used is o'ne
onureI; witlout his authority Al anv rate the refusal
OF the Judge to admit testimony aciinHt Hirf1s when
vynrll NOT be admitted any court OF this or any either
civilized country, does not make ms escape technical
Ibayo not Thought necessary for several reasons to
.uera nnch time I'm anv the counties where arf s-
were made except IN Washington County. The ai''s'u
niol WA fire. discovered in Washington County, and
nearly al Of the prisoners arres' ed IA Johnson i1'nS
anu Jei.lsou COuntcs lrs sent 10 - AeisFh' an
held there nearly quite Two weeks lhoss q V'
whompy hcroafter lie tried in any oi those oou"'e7 wa
lave 20 meet only such evidence "a was oo"cc"''
nv n,e golici,orGenoral and his assistant III
wash'nrtcn County, ana to all OF thdt h''
access While 4, sandersyille. The only other
county in which numerous arrests were MAJ,
va, Burke Int there, after the n"socs W're rhu
an tn c.uty authorities lad 10 soma u : mir. ,"i
he witnesses ne testimony 81 whom meg W't' cur
in'd Tue great alarm whio pre- a'cn -; ".3 s b,G
seyc.al aJ VIZ not ea,c y , Gsc
bv the ueerocs although rghols o. atK ss'drstu
pnv lent The IeAc.IR e l1d rr,i5@r Of III
military COMPANIES ni tne P9or'T W - Iisc
M Wly1,sbOro that would I've one Oh Tue hiS' I''"9 "
ORIGIN OF IHE SUSPECTED PLOT.
Ice no reason 20 change the opinion .or0ed on dIst
a,rivipg "a this state al to the origin o. tins whole
excitement. It s.rns froin thu a'ptli. OF 'le 'uY
@: two or hrcc black men Nho desired I" hold P'"'i'
of great influence among tn people o. thcf a III" 10
The same time live the money they cond collect nom
tbei, ignorant dunes But negTocs are very IKE efeh
and often ask questions which are difficult TO answer
When Morris. agents went from pantsIon 10 iahta'oh
orcauizng companies and collecting imitation ees some
of tle negroes wanted to know what the use oil 'Eese
eonp,nies was, ami McrkersOn and others forced 10
tell some story that would satisfy them revived the oi1
fiction Of TIE of land ard mule The failure ~
ct THE land l. something tlat the NEGROES nae never
be- .he 10 undcrstand. The more ignorant OF t."ln
tIns at DE success of the Federal arms Ia tue wdF
gave 20 he U-ited states Government zoe !thl 70 coz
frate the property of those who supported the onieh
eracy, and mat somehow or other Er,aI nHn'vv as
been doIc ny allowing the white people 20 rc'an lmo
ies@d re SION OF their plantations The majority %
thcm have by ts me Io6Sae PRE- f t1 once zee 20 CO.
denly expected to live hnf at the sane ume IL re-
ires very little 10 Tekndle the hope which iy 81 long
Wen therefore such men Merkcson told Them that
thor. nd
void at last other things ccVe the io.ty acles
of land or what about the same thlnG nave AN OF
noriuuy 10 buy II at nominal prices, tio ura
was Nesy attractive Ga the ayerate gro SD, o, oe
wond object snch distribution OF uleir Pcpelly,
and beeNo that tho expression OK u. - SUI io ~
psiug force incumbent on them I" meet All OF
the doubts and objections OF u'r loIoMyrrsi
a.. NO :, oe white people resisted they would have to b.
tiied Tbat ~ general massacre OF the wh'e people
s yc,r"es vere 'cd that they to base places IN
the inryboy, bat tLe juries were 70 DC IA Nec ana ct
Wien yorfng on tS roads hut they cxpcctei me wmte
people 10 separate gang nnder the new o'H3
~ ftugs they exprced 20 divide the crops VIII ~
u iS I NV do now Only they desired that the
whole crop should int come into thcir pos,sSioi az"
81 eli ,r1 instead or vice d0n' ne.
lieyc that NJ himself even anucipaed o, ,
C., ~ sn.aincd bv a report have heard from a very
trrrfsorhv sine my return 10 th's Guy 1N M
In - ,Inr was etfachrd found. an before Its
cn,ents mad been generally pub c, iec0y letitt
Morris asking mn 10 GREER the "i'i'ltn y, oni s,r
rculy he profess the greatest asiohshn,ht ana S'i
R,,r and axed for an % PLANTATION. Old not nc about
fhe letter while was ~ Washington 'ouuly' Jul '"'o
no doubt of the substantial trutL Oh inc e'o'S'
uRFAp OF . NEGRO INsCRRrCH N.
nj. Kramer that should add q single word what
haze said M vicus letters about the widespread a"n
-, D., ,,h., now firms out 10 have been 10 plot at