The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-01
NO JOB HAS YET BEEN LOST.
cOntlrued from Eighth Page.

| efai OF the officers as his guests at din
her, and the excellence Of the bill of fare
| while 1t could not be taken as = criterion
OF what either the men or the officers
enjoyed habituahy was yet an Illustration
| OF the ability of the Greens when 1t comes
TO preparing good dinner. The cooks
did not condne themselves to the rations
ISSUED, but went to the Darien stores TO
supplement what the state furnished.
| Everything on the table however, was
prepared at the company kitchen.
Following are the officers who sat down
as the guests of Capt. Gleason: Col. A. R.
Lawton Capt Whaley of the Jesup
| Troop, Capt Waite OF the Liberty indie
| pendent Troop, Capt. Dunn of the Fourth
Regiment, Capt J. T. West of the Savan-
! nah, Cadets, Capt. FARRELL, surgeon; Lieut..
E. A, Leonard of the Irish Jasper Greens,
Lieut.! Harte, adjutant, and Lieut.. Butner
| of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry. The
| bill of fare was as follows: Roast beef,
| boiled ham, steak with onions, baked
| beans, corn on ear, okra, rice. tomatoes,
bell peppers, sliced onions, pickles, coffee,
| bread hard tack and cheese. The kitchen
staff consisted Of Henry Mcclure. chief
| cook; George Bossen, assistant chief cook;
| John Reynolds, I. NJ. Sargent, with Isaac
| S. Cohen, J. Audersey end G. Frizele as
| the kitchen detail.
SentiReIs in the Jail Yard.
No body of Savannah troops could re-
!
main in camp for a week without its budg-
| et of stories being brought back. The
boys have them TO tell this time, and they
| can reel them off in great fashion. Some
of those that show the fear inspired among
| the darkies by the coming of the troops,
really there to protect them and other cit
| liens, furnished the inspiration for many
| Of the stories,
| Three or four sentinels were constantly
posted in the Jail yard. Some thirty dark
| les were inside The sentries had their
| pieces loaded, and their orders were to be
constantly on the alert to prevent the
escape of any of the prisoners or pos
sible rescue by their friends. The almost
| constant challenge of the sentinels when
| the officer, non-commissioned officers OF
| the guard or others approached
was a source of continual annoy
ance to the prisoners. The challenge
| would ring out In a good, strong voice,
| and the chances were that wrought
| up darby would jump to the top of his cell
| at the sound. They were fearful that one
| of the soldiers might take a notion the
| prisoners were trying to escape and send
a bullet through the windows, fear that
some of the sentinels showed no desire
| TO allay.
A sentinel, on being relieved, returned
| to the guard house The officer of the
| guard overheard him telling a group OF
| others about having heard a noise in the
| jail. In a voice, tone and language cal
! culated to inspire the desire to do as die
tated, the soldier shouted TO the negro
| to keep quiet. A protest had come, how
| ever. Cant man turn over in his cell
without gittin' shot?" was grumbled out
mo, - you, keep quiet" was the an
swer of the guard and he found no other
| sounds issuing from the jail. The Jail
yard was no delightful place to do duty.
| The sentinels could walk their posts no
| further off than the fence, which ran
around the yard, so they were within easy
| range of the eau-de-cologne odoTs that
emanated from the Jail Every man, when
relieved, would show up with comment
| airy on the Jail yard and the delightful
smells the sentinels encountered.
The sheriff had lot of fine
| chickens in his yard at the start.
! The senunels liked their looks,
and, until the fowls ran short,
their ownership by the representative of
| the law was no badge of safety The sheriff
made an appearance just as one guard
| had made a vicious swipe at chicken
| with his iron ramrod, the favorite weapon
| used. When ii caught a chicken on the
| neck the fowls feelings were cons!dera-
bly, hurt. This guard had missed the vital
! spot The sheriff saw the chicken and re-
| marked that it seemed to be dropping. The
guard told him yes, that he had been
watching him and noticed that he seemed
| a little off. The chickens troubles were
| ended when the sheriff re-entered the jan
Expected n Massacre.
The troops never did believe there was
| anv great trouble at Darien, nor could
| they see that the negroes displayed any
| wish to rise against the whites. At tirst,
| the situation was undoubtedly alarming TO
| the white residents. The citizens deplore5l
The advertisement the place has received
a., one of disorders, and racial troubles.
| They appreciated that it could do Darien
| no good. and that it has a damaging effect
| mon Georgia The way the occurrences
! aDpcared in the Northern papers added to
| their regret, for the Northerners lack Oh
| familiarity with Southern conditions make
| them believe even more of race riots than
| is printed. 49,,
| AS an illustration of the conception the
| Northern papers gained of the magnitude
| Of the disorder at Darien good story Is
| told by a newspaper man there. BuIietlhs
| of a very excitable nature such as Blood
| hounds and armed men pouring into Da-
rien." had been sent out to many papers,
| and the Darlen newspaper man received
| a message that read: when does the mas
| sacre besin?" In utter disgust that such
an impression of his town could
have got abroad, he wired:
Tomorrow morning at $40, II doesn
rain. " The Northern editor gathered that
! troops and military armed citizens were
| To scour Mcintosh county, round up the
| negroes and open fire on them. He want
ed an the narrowing details of the whole
| sale killing.
Amdavits of Officers.
Sly members Of the Savannah bar are in
Darien representing either the Delegals or
the rioters. They are Mr.. W. q. Charlton'
Judge H d. D. Twiggs, Mr. A: a. Law
renee Mr.. w. C. Hartridge, Mr.. George
Beckett and Mr. Travis. Mr. Charlton VIII
he remembered by the people of Mcintosh
county as the solicitor, who prosecut ts the
case against Justice of the Peace Camp
heT some years ago for malpractice in
of1ice AT the time the case created some
hing of a sensation. and many of the citi-
zens recall it. Mr.. Charlton and Mr.. Hart
ridge are arrayed on the side oil the pros
ecution this time.
II was understood Wednesday when
court adjourned that Thursday would be
devoted to argument before Judge Sea-
brook for change OF venue: Weahesaay
| sba LAWYERS for the defense of