The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-07-27
From tho Columbia Register.
Gen! Buffers Statement.


the recent disturbance in Hamburg,
that it is due to myself to make to
the public statement of MY connec,
ton with it.
On Friday evening, July Z, Col.
Thomas Shaw, with his brother, the
Rev. William Shaw, was at Edgefield
Court House to SEQ Mr.. II. w. Ad-
olson and Mr.. A. j. Norris and my
self on business. After transacting
it, Col. Shaw said to me that Mr..
Robert j. Butler, who lives near
Hamburg, in Aiken county, desired
me to be at Hamburg on the follow.
ing evening, Saturday. at 4 o'clock,
to represent protest. nally his son,
Thomas Butler, and son in law,
Henry Geizen, in trial to DO had
before Trial Justice Prince Rivers.
Mr.. Butler has been lucrative eli
ent of mine for many years. l in
quired of Col. Shaw if he knew the
nature of the case to be tried, and he
said he knew nothing except what he
had hcard-that these two young
liieli l'au iiae d" altercaHoh WIN d
company G1 negro militia IN the
July, and that Mr.. Robert Butler
had complained to Rivers, the major
general of militia and trial Justice,
and that he supposed the trial refer
red to that matter.
l accordingly left Edgefield at 0
WI" GIoo" "T"S L"S .'o, "'ng III d buggy
y, nIn ,I'a LII ,i"u y, so'o aGopt seven mIleS
W;sn n,ha ou @ ;"~, 'o'u u met W. Heo.
'oo' t Mno III' iII I"t.ou il mao ne"ru Che
| had hnard nntIinGg o,no;o IT, 'Ieu hn, .'.as ,a
ON ~ ~, "u wor y tn I1",mS ma,nSS Specl"'' ont was
rial Iofnro Rina"a '| ~ ~ a,,el'u "
f,ru,ot;nn hod roon,,ol 10 -: s".u 'nc '''-
hood tha, thn mn'sr MS i:.: n,is "oo'
Threatened tn l,rn,s ~, ,s "i,,'s'I p .,,' ""u
nnd 49, I1u momrn Go,. ~ "o' iholnas D"'Ier
onn n v;ctad ond % ,ho, - .hey were lio'
,na, w Ind ',ouo ~ tI'o. Soro'" 3: a. o"''S
'I When nnor;ma I ~ o''eo.'o" @
word to MIR, Robert p H,,Ir ,Im" - ,Son, Scn,,
"oro " ' s0oo'' Dutier 10 meet
fne,a f,o =" IS the Isi casa ""u give me 'nS S
,no | - annear Ar, "nion p,i nc .S i0'ou .
mo mo ~ nhort TINA ",i'i odI u'u ,nfo. ee'
tho M Grst fine ascoy, a "''u tno.1 io'
oc,on nor 'Tf of tho tronhIn '"'''u 'no '''"' :
hod nothing nh,,o J., .;,,
the mattor @ nm =, Ia, .s ever 10 u" @ wl.n
noth;mn hut whot T ' I,n.'o .l'aio .n..1 N'iu" Mn
huoiroe, there ',''0u.
s;onal. had not,;n's ~ oH S''np.S p'oi.'o ,So
law hnok and hod7 ~ "o0m' " nio Gu' ;,ao 'n1 n1
there bein" a cnIIioinu u tma" ,u0 n"u" ',,,o -.
stranger. w 50
Ieornod af,or rooo,,;, 1r,,,I,,.o.
that Mr. uonrw SH"ris S;as 'l"','ou' - A;Is
was in town 90 ,he attnmn,, "'rM, y, n' ~ ,hn'
colornd ,o;i;,;" a ".'"iiey oi :"o
a view Of orrano;nn fnm M IT, '. .nio, H ~
effactino ooma erren W ,a. ene ',", W
the narf;es M S"enn;eIl HV'' o. oo," w. w"
and I tnint will dn p", n na0N me" ,o,;on n'u'
to saw that NV aaouoo. ~ 'o oe't .ne Jus" Jo't" "
nrcve,t onv frr,hoS tt ono,t woo "
sible and ho onnoana5 o", aoi,.,, pV
ious ." '4""'' on"
Mr RL>ort p.,o, .
and eo;d ~ Mr GO S'I""; tnI', -, in.Gl PoSco "
men wonld makn Observation-Disclosures T ,.1"t - a,,Tao
for thair ohpaa ond u" nonI,"oo, 'o n'u'' 70 70
his son and son ~ iom hn '1,, 'nn,,I1 ~ ~ ~,
satisfio6 7 soid nnth;n t ~ oI'o,'. o"'o W 10
apoIoov mveelf "''"' ""'
Il Co. lion ,,,o,>ooo1 uo. l,,
n conference r;.h tIo oSi"o.a H or "oLu tI'a
militia connonv w. nnd al pn;non ,r'' p;no" y, 'mo
and 900 If ~" n1,id d" ~, 'nIE nGina. lN'. o'0'