The New York herald., 1875-08-23

ton late in tue fall and attracted little attention until
ine following letter, said TO have been ploKeo up
some drunken negroes had dropped II near country
rumshop, In johnson county, was found AS pupisnes
In the papers this letter is translated into some degre
OF lhtel1giDility, as fOllOws:-
THE BIOoDTnIRsTY MssIvE
JESEs WAtrERsYou and company must start to XII;
Ing The whites on AaE 2a kill every one you find Iel
, ~ n, 70 VII M @ n M WHITES I'm nat ne es & n % MIS-
and saf and Gen Rivers and his san You do as tell you
Jack XII every white man and get he Make
hurt them and Il you know any got money
MAKE nj I them give to your % aud we need T. hS
and get sunpowdcr and shot as KIN So close 20 dPen
by order OF Gen. Morris and from Gen. Rivers
THIS rendition is great Improvement tho Original
letter, which Is in nm exccrabe handwriting
This bloodthirsy missve is clearly forgery or hoax
unless some over Jealous undcrstrapper OF the General
Messenger has issued it in the his principal
The Messenger is from all accounts more disposed to
play the role OF the common Of negro politician than
to act ST. Domingo insurrectonlst and murderer and
there suspicious indications in and about tho letter
itself which impugn its authenticity. However the
discovery OF such order instantly great OK.
citcment The whites few 10 arms and sent to The Gov
for troops and TO Macon and this city the nearest
available centres for arms, ammunition and The
Sheriff Of Washington county and the editor Of the San
dersville Herald published at the county seat, tele-
graphed the Governor that dangerous nsurrection
Imminent, and the Macon and Augusta military bat
equipped military, profcred their services at Tho
negroes on their part also strongly moved. Some
ran OF others took to the woods in arms and bodies OF
from nfty TO dozen began 10 collect His Excellcncy
uirccted The Sheriff of Washington county to use the
local military as posse but with the utmost discretion,
ana not to employ violence unless absolutely no
cessaIy and also declined to order the Macon
ana Augusta military TO the scenc Of action,
On Oh which number of the latter left
as individuals TO participate in the apprehended fray.
In Washington, Burke and Johnson counties partic-
lary IN the latter two, warrants issued by tho
score Tor nsurrcction, riot &C. and there was no diff
Guilty in arrcstng all the parties who could be found
Much indignation was excited by the Interference OF
Prince Rivers, n coorcd South Carolina politician and a
character in his way He formerly Mayor of Ham
burg, Carolina village, just the Savannah,
opposite this city, and is fulnedged Major General OF
militia in the Palmetto State and upon parade days
turns out resplcndcnt in brass buttons gold lace epa
let's, plume and other warlike millinery Having been
unpeasany referred TO by the press here for his inter-
meddling with the Georgia coorcd population as per
the above incendiary letter. he publishes this
cation-
A LITTER FROM PRINCE RIVERS
NJ r,,-o. H.msuRc; : O., August ~, 1873
Negro Conspiracy your editorial subject in the
same paper was pleased to my with tho
denial ~ tot2 that never have accepted invitation to
other except my own. While make my living honestly L
takes all my time to give attention to my and cotton;
asserted eo@mancatcn Which has never been answered.
from public As regarded the was %ecuP II ns
their local and state affair therefore whatever may
ing citizen that encouragement violence has
must '''' ''0 Ia" 0 '"0 "' '0"' very 'fSpfSi'S RIVERS
In Johnson county the least disturbed, there
have been thirty arrests, eighty warrants
issued in Burke and large number in Washington, the
county jais fast filling up Ex-Governor Herschcl V.
johnson, the candidate for Vice President on the
Douglas ticket and now judge Of tho circuit in which
the disturbance Is, will hold a special term of Jail de-
livery in consequence In common with the United
States Marshal and leading citizens the voice of the
Judge has been for peace and his great influence has
done much to allay excitement and passion To-day an
address was issued by leading citizens of Washington
county In which they say
While the undersigned common with the rest of their
fellow citizens OF Washington county depoe these evidences
tion they bring their minds the
serious disturbance is contemplated by them But
of hostility inferred from letters
found Of coored 10 behooves
with caution and crcumspecon their
but take emanatng from excitement
We would take this occasion the coored people
their not In keeping with their former
for good behavior all previous occason If
sustain their former reputation they
demonstrations remain at home and their regular
prosperity only in this and in obcyng the
under which they live.
The good sense and temper of this address Is strong
evidence that there will be trouble in Washington
county does there appear good ground for apprehcn
sion in jefferson, johnson or wilkinson but in Burke
conflict seems unavoidable and IL not occurring
now WILL in all human probability take place some
future occasion In one case the whites actually
fired there early this morning and in another party
about their camp fires before they could their arms
With these things actual bloodshed
is natural sequence Moreover, stated in tho
first part OF this letter, the legislation of the State is
such 10 afford ample scope for ncendlary appeals
the coored population