The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-02
VOL. XIII---N0. 8.

consummate eftrontery, however, ana as
sumed Indifference as he witnessed tn
arrest of Moses, he was all the while
working secretly and silently to avoit
going through the same performance
himself. His plans were we'll laid, ant
were successful. ~
In the afternoon of Tuesday, as tht
story goes, he went down to the whar
and succeeded in procuring the use of {
Custom house boat and had himself con
veyed aboard of the revenue cutter which
was stationed off the bark Cuba at quar-
antine. He was introduced to the off.
GERS, as it appears, under an assumed
name, and remained ON board for some
time. Later in the afternoon the steam.
er Virginia, Captain Hunter, came steam.
ing down the bay, evidently by precon-
certed arrangement, on reaching the
neighborhood of the Cuba, she blew her
whistle and hove to. The stranger
(Woodruff) then stated to Capt. Freeman
that he desired to board the Virginia,
and asked if he would not put him aboard
of her. The captain replied that his po-
sition as an United States officer would
not allow him to complywith his request,
but that Woodruf's friend who had come
with him could put him aboard, if he
saw fit, with the Customhouse boat.
This course was finally adopted, and
Woodruff thus safely secured his passage
for Philadelphia, whence it is presumed
he will make his way into Canada, if he
be not arrested in the Quaker City.
The person who accompanied Wood
ruff to the cutter was introduced as Mr..
Woodruff, and the simon-pure Woodruff
as Mr.. Fraser. This would have thrown
the captains of the cutter and the steam
er off their guard, even if they had sus-
pected that anything was wrong. Nei-
ther of the captains knew the character
of their visitor.
A. o. JONES. -a...
At an early hour yesterday morning
A. O. Jones, formerly clerk of the House
of Representatives, the warrant for whose
arrest was published yesterday, appeared
at the lower Guardhouse and delivered
himself to the custody of the officers.
He was assigned to the chiefs private
Office, the same occupied by ex- Governor
Moses the day before, where he passed
the day. Many of his friends came in to
see him, and help while away the tedious
hours that must elapse before his depart
ure for Columbia. He seemed in good
spirits and took the matter very coolly.
He declined submitting to an interview,
although afectionately pressed to do so.
He remarked, however, that he .had
never considered himself responsible for
the pay certificates. He felt somewhat
aggrieved, he said, that a constable had
been sent for him. He had told Mr..
Cochran that if he was wanted he would
come to Columbia Immediately !; and he
thought this was an attempt to humiliate
him. He also complained of the state
ments made that he was "hiding out" on
the previous day, saying that he was on
the street nearly the whole forenoon, ..t
Jones left Charleston for Columbia last
night in charge of Detective Coates.
COL. MONTGOMERY.
It was stated at police headquarters
yesterday that ex-senator Montgomery
who was President pro tenn. of the Senate,
would voluntarily go to Columbia by the
first train and surrender himself there,
instead of awaiting any arrest here.
The probability is that he went last
night. .us3q
HOW THE CoLORED PEOPLE TAKE THEM
Some curiosity has been evinced as to
how the colored Republicans would take
the recent wholesale descents upon their
leaders by the investigating committee.
Most people who form surmises on the
subject, forget that the thorough organi:
zation which has heretofore existed in
that party is broken up, and there is no
one to direct the minds of the negroesall;
in the same channel, as has been done
before, and no longer any means of doing
so. The time is passed when they could
be gathered together on an hours notice,
and instructed as to how they should
view every event, and their theories and
opinions are as diverse, and oftentimes as
ridiculous, as possible. Many of them
received the intelligence with "whew-
w-w," because they seem to think it po-
lite to express astonishment at all news,
and say, and evidently think-nothing.
Others of the more intelligent receiyerit
jocularly, as if they knew that these
men were criminals all the time, and re-
garded their being caught as good joke
on them. A few express qualification, a
few others indifference, and very few
regard, or affect to regard, it as q mali
cious persecution. Of course there is, in
addition to these, number of turbulent
young "bucks," who inveigh loudly
against the troubling CT the "niggers'
frens, jest case de is de niggers' frens,"
and make dire a9d indefinite threats Of
MOSES IS DETERMINED TO DEFEND HIM
SELF, AND REVEAL THE DARK SECRETS
OF THE PARTY. a-s
COLUMBIA, July O..
Ex-Governor Moses and ex.Speaker
Lee were brought to town to-day and
carried Immediately before Justice Mar
SHALL That officer, finding his court
room too small, adjourned to the Circuit
Court room. Judge S. W. Melton apI
peared for the prisoners, Mi. Abney, the
solicitor of this circuit, and Mr.. L. F.
Youmans appearing for the State. a
recess was agreed upon BY counsel until
4 o'clock, when further recess Of an
hour was taken that counsel might con-
fer together. Upon the re.assembling of
the court, at the request Of the solicitor,
the bail of each of the prisoners was
fixed at $4,000, a preliminary examina.
tion having been waived. The prisoners
counsel asked that they be allowed until
8 o'clock to give bail. This request was
granted, but none of those who fawned
upon the Ex-Governor in the days of his
power appeared, and he and Lee were
committed to Jail. a -
The following is an extract of letter
written by Moses to friend just pre-
vious to his being committed to jail:
"For the last five years I have been
singled out by many Of the leaders Of the
Republican party as a scapegoat, on
whom has been thrown all of the odium
which should have been distributed