The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-26
WHITES AND BLACKS.
BOTH BADLY FRIGHTENED.


LEADERS MORRIS - MAJOR GENERAL
PRINCE RIvERs-AN INTERNF'' w WITH HIM.
The Atlanta Herald has the following let
ter from the disturbed region; found this
peaceful city ouieting down from great
ferment. Her military very naturally de-
sired to respond, IN organized force, to the
call of their neighbors for help, and when
Gov. Smith declined to say go, they were
excited and somewhat angry about IL Sub
seuuent events and their own calmer JUG
ment, however, justified the governors
course, He dOubtlesse did not wish to
order any force TO field unless under call of
the location endangered, and as no such call
WAS sent to him, he thought it most prudent
In withheld the order. In this, as in other
things, he has shown an equilibrium 10 the
midst of excitement, a sound judgment,
and wisdom for which the people of Geor-
gia will esteem him ever more mighty.
Repairing to Way nesboro', we saw evi-
dences OF war. NJ n with clashing sabres
and in uniform were walking
about, almost every other man
carried fine gun OF some sort,
large groups stood In the court yard, and
dispatches were coming and going to Col. j.
J. Jones and others who were acting as
leaders and advisers. a party OF seventy
five or a hundred had been under arms the
night before to make march and surround
Morris, who, it is said, was posted on Mr..
Alexander's place, eight miles from Wsynes-
boro'. They started with the first gray OF
dawn and surrounded the nest, but the bird
had flown. Some are spprehensive
still that the negroes are organized
and under Morris, ready to burst
forth when the whites disband, but
all the evidences are that a more scared
set of darkies raver gathered in qusking
groupes under bushes than are now doing SO
in the swamps and wild woods OF Burke
county. From the Ogechee river to Waynes-
boro parties that came that way through
the country report the stiffness OF desolatloD
reigning No hands in the fields, no males
in the cabins. everything deserted. From
Augusta to Waynesboro, however, noticed
the hands, male and female, old and young,
at work as usual in the fields. This fellow
Morris is
PRECIOUS RASCAL
as well as a concerted fool. Ever since the
civil.rights bill passed he has been putting
on airs, staggering and cutting didoes. He
once summoned the negroes to appear on
certain day in Waynesboro, and, under
arms, to march round and round the court
house. followed by the women. After sew
eral circuits young negro girl bad to take
a big bouquet and carry it into the court
house. as a sort OF vOtive Offerlng 10 zen.
Grant or some other high official. Al the
hrst meeting OF court alter the same event,
he summoned three or four hundred ne
groes to Wayne sboro, ha6 them ill thee urt-
house, and monOpOilzs it all day, and trOu-
bled the people exceedingly all
through the term, entering and Milling
noyance sad total exclusion OF the whites,
demanding of the judge why they were not
on the juries. Judge Gibson made them
conciliatOTy speech on this occasion, which
only inflamed their arrogance and led BIN
on in the course which has now set seal on
10 profQndad n teach school
but really did nothing for living but i'm
pose on the ignorance and credulity OF his
poor race. On one occasion he assembled
them by general order, announced that he
had an important document TO read which II
was of the highest moment for them to hear,
and then read the stuf which L
send yeu with this. Before read
ing he demanded eight dollars which
they paid. And thus he has been
preying upon them. He is about thirty
years of age, not bad looking as q negro, a
pure African; hasa smattering of an ele-
mentary education, and always dresses in
the most gorgeous style. Sometimes with
green sash, sometimes with red, sometimes
with blue, always in uniform. He claims TO
have acted in concert and under the instruc-
tions OF Prince Rivers, OF South Carolina.
This potentate Is major general OF militia
in South Carolina; served in the United
States army as sergeant and c0lOr-bearer;
has been 1ntendsnt of Hamburg in that
cupied conspicuous place in the public eye
in connection with these occurrences, / de-
cided to visit
ELS SABLE GENERALsHIP,
and get what he has to say about the coz
spiracy. Accordingly, 1 took my way
across tho bridge in the early light OF the
morning, and found him at his house up
stairs over a store. He was not yet up,
Int Inns L
ushered into q plainly furnished room,
with pictures of General Grant, President
Lincoln, the famous surrender at Apo
matox, and others of that sort, hanging on
the walls. After awhile he came in, q tall,
somewhat slender black man, with a high
forehead 'sioping baekson the head, long
and well combed moustache and
fifty years of age. pretty good specimen, in
dress ano appearance, of a South Carolina
planters coachman before the war. He
speaks With caution and elaboration, has
no fiuency,is evidently bCt poorly educated,
and should take him for dark man in
every sense of the word-dark in counsel q nd
in deed. An1an of that coarse sort ofshrewd-
ness peculiar to the negro, backed by more
than ordinary obetinacy and force of natural
character. j would not like to fall into his
physiognomy he is averyccld- blooded, cruel
specimen of his race. He denied very strong
ly any knowledge of the troubles in Georgia
and said that he hardly knew Morris, that
they would not recognized each other il they
were to meet on the street, so slight was the
acquaintance. He says he has been invited
to take part in professions, acting as mar
shall or general officer in Georgia, but as to
this particular matter he knew nothing OF Il.
He had received an invitation under Morrls'
signature to attend mass meeting to be
composed of delegations, but as soon as he
d6l9QRfi ions To thu call hex ha had
nothing TO do with it, and put it in his desk,
where it is yet. He says further that he
was busy on his farm, and would not have
attended any meeting at that time unless
officially called to do so. BE has never in
terfered in any way with Georgia affairs.
ALL HE WAVES
is te be let alone in South Caroline. / told