Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1868-1887, October 01, 1868, Image 2

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not to attempt it in violation <n that ptocla- Camilla ig a very small village of not ex ceeding, I should say, three hundred inhabi tants—black and white—men, women and A large assemblage of negroes gathered from surrounding counties, led by these white men, and all armed, and to he excited Iby inflammatory speeches, and many of them by other causes, placed the people, fam ilies and houses of tliat;Iittle yiHqgftift .danger of pillage, rape and burning, with the alter native, if prevented, of'/‘fearful rebel outrages?’-to'kill negroes and prevent*free speech, scattered all over the North just as the State election was approaching, which, it was believed, would ideterinine the Presiden- LFFIMIHAM SHERIFF’S SALE. laOtl! OX the FIRST TUESDAY in Jib. •r next, between the legal hours of —i. ~ ;onrt Haase door in Springfield, s tract cr ing two hundred and three acres, hounded by lands of.Marion Gnall, east by lends KrllcfyT-uUi 3nd west by. landa of JfcjK. s, fifing onltbe turnpike road, 17 e.n r ah, 2 miles from the 20 mile station r n S-..11 with hmilSrwws Jr Editors Morning Xeics: Dees Sirs—We organizi Club here on the first of mencing with fourteen mi have about sixty, all whites, seven families of colored < our suburbs, iaM!&tett*ta willp] front of i ikllKDDl on the ik School on the Northeast comer of Fresi- dent and Draj-ton streets, for instruction in all tho branches of an elementary En- iW d» gUah education. Her long experience as an Instructress emboldens her to appeal to the public Largest Circulation in City and Country. in our gorai ith blood-hounds until eight Farley’sjitli' For President, Hon. HORATIO spYMO or NEW XOEKr v in the matter. We invited eminent political speakers to indoctrinate ns in the machinery of free government^ and teach'us our rights agfl#privileges m dud pur duty and obhga- tions to the same: We hired the most of oui colored friepds/in &ne way or-'another, to The Charleston of . Tuesday ^com plains of the want of liberality and public spirit on toerpartjofj the; meyehjtots of. that, rit^* to which circumstance the^editor attri butes the failure of that once' flourishing sea port' tq keep pace with 'her ancient frivol Sai- PAKTYIENT, will open MONDAY, 0c ?°* e wgBg|g bertth. Mr.. F, may.be consulted at his rooms in Chathim Academy on and after October 2. f ibinf ,-H- heiil ..if el li . -.IQ' Dissolution of Go-Partnership. Murphy, the two this whole affair. citizen who bn.i held office in that county. Pierce settled as a Bureau agent in Leo - .... — x— . - . . aroi uui opcftacio, lu.'. w f.... ....... .... ww w hold and strengthen their 1 “stricken erty in ' 0 fi r dinner. At last the auspicious day ar- her struggle against rivals and enemies, ” the rived with a cloudless sky and an invigorating cotton have befen^hipped lately from Charlefr- ‘ |§Jt as another corresponddht has already ton ifia Savannah to “New York. One iot.of given yon, *in detail, the occurrences of-the l (by, S will henKMtejM jmlwmejWrtoM.jp- - New York steamship lines at a rate of freight cidents whiefi seem to Itave escaped Eis no equal to the (foal “of t&upatitfaai£Sc9§i tioeti; A little after 10 o’clock A. M., iihilOijMi j .to Savaral^j&^^ipm there ^fo-NewTfrtfl^ - were spreading the lash of our borrower? car- I mclnsjve ofteemaurancefromhere to Sayan- pets' overhead as an awning, our ears were uahi and again from SavaniflCh to-Ne^" Xotk^ saluted with the lumbering of wheels, the The oSst* xrft& fertne^first time, cracking of whips, and 4 perhaps, in the history of thetwo.ports have Dixie, as sung by a deputation of colored f the Savannah steamers taken cotton from this 1 clubeis from a neighboring village. They came port to that. * • in four or five Jersey wagons, with five or six “ Itis further aDeged that cottons have,. colored Demj|gjts|H}[eac^^(|^tehfl$aading .within, a few days'past, been .shipped to Liv- ;^rect, with the horses at double quick. As erpOol,yit* Savannah, because the rate asked? they approached to within fifty or sixMynds j H here is five-eighths penny, while in Savannah of us, 'the road curved to the right, then ’it is only a half-penny; and the eighth penny again to the left, making a half circle around difference , is more than sufficient to defiaiy .toe speakers’ stand. At the first curve of the the expenses of transportation from here to 1 road the tune A«i»4ce*6rtAfl9*hout Savannah. after shout rent the air for Seymoub and "Rt.axh, as they made the half circle and en tered Main street; and at the conclusion of the speaking; tb|e entire audience thundering cheers, with the waving of hats and clapping of hands, for Setmoub and Ttr irn, and adjourned to a sumptuous dinner. drawn photograph, for it is events which oc curred subsequent to the speaking that im pels us to write. Would yon believe it? I bave no idea that one dozen white Republi cans could be founjl in the three counties. Thus, you see at a glance the tei offered to Pierce and Murphy to get * Nw Txpe-New Style, " / Onr regular weekly report^of the market will be Issued to-morrow moroing. It will be set in new type thMDighout, and will also* contain several new tables, ancrother improvements which will ba appreciated by the merctymta of Savannah. liberal advances lnade oh consignments, ocl-lw passagel>f the reconstruction measures these men have -sorted -with the negroes. Pierce 5r& fbr^ iim^candidate for Congress at the last election. He has now received the nom ination for that position from a convention of negroes at the last election, but was unable Z caped several bloody riots in that region be fore. Our people here believed these men, especially the latter, incited them. They ion at tho rapport given by the jr to our'- efforts to furnish a fuj .kMkmgts. j' * StawAfitofUHohMntall [JERAltD & HOLCOMBE, Cbtton Factors !,f by steamer, all the wayrfdr'aboifiyahalf-penny. , ^ , ’ “There was considerable complaint bust season about the cost of compressing cotton in! Charleston, as compared with the charges for doing the same work in Savannah, and we earnestly hope no ground for complaint wiU.be given to those who desire to continue their old and pleasant relations with us. “Savannah Ms boasted much during the past two or three' years; and circumstances Bay Street, Savannah, Go*-; count furnished to the New York Tribune flyi its'Atlanta correspondent, and which is'going the rounds of the Northern Badical papers with the following thrilling caption in large Many of the more^ihtelhgent unaeratenct and repudiate these influences, but the greater number do not. In these very counties of Lee and Dough erty, in which Pierce andLMurphy reside, I Mo personally, kfiow (forvl plant in both of these comities) that in 1868—nfterrthe sur render, mark yon—lands were selling from Cotton and Provision onr colored friends attended tno speaking, or partook of onr dinner ! ! They coUected in a group at a freed! yards from our’table portunity to jpin ui “It “nightlife - had' Club for the reception of members, white and. Mack—not a single black approached Hi - 'W# then appointed a meeting for the special benefit of Cuffee, and notified and invited Fdrlker 'Pariiculars of the Butchery. How the “Niggers” wefe Hnnted with Blood hounds and Murdered in C.old Blood. LIST OP KILLED AND WOUNDED. f ; efioMi -m a» ■ ■•ifF rivfhl'iv ta*o4 - — t -.4t ifl-win vfjV.iJ.--f ,*i»v i as 1 •v J! Z'* tqr.. I lU U^'i . ii\l f -J• cut ■ in bit* f«tf« ’{ ^r i n i r ; f.r- tf,// as L■ bo.in iniv ,H f a •-*- these very lands commenced declining, and obstinacy. veldpment of’tfleir’ commercial success. We desire to be neighborly, but at the some time, we do not wish to see Savannah flourishing at' flie expense of .Charleston;; WUyi sljould pur own merchants give Savannah the opportuni ty of counting several thousand bales of our c<j$ton among her'ieceip'ts?” ^ ^; ' t '.While we sincerely .sympathise with our sis(tpr city in hei long series of wrongs, bpt- rages and misfortunes, and earnestly hope ^ that the day'of Mr fleliverencei and're&ored ’ /To jliave our families and our lives thus constantly' menaced and onr property depre ciated is certainly a fearful and sad condition. Let every man in the North place himself, his family and his property in this condition Fruits of “ Democratic” Teachings. After giving a narrative of the esa n. A. D Urrm*re« ’ X s “Capt. Wnj.mi P. Piee’ce, a" Kentuckian by birth, a ^gallant officer of-the'Union army during, the lafe war, a staunch Republican, ■ and the^^reguHr nominee of, the Bep^bUcans t of the Second Districtfor Congress"—with his friend -AIuhpsy, from the murderous rebel Democrats of Americus' on lhe 15th inst., when they. p|d theii- neg|-o mobjOre.repre-, sented to' haVeWrely escaped with their lives, a lawful way, to avert these dangers, let him hear himself denounced as “a rebel, ” “an enemy,” and “a traitor,” and gnilty of “rebel a • «^ON. TISON & (JORDON, : co^^actobs ^ j UW*t i -«SPrr.i. COMMISSION MERCHANTS «gi *'A r bay^otkeetJ Savannah. T IBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON CONSUJN- lOa^Mge?.?‘V’i exact condition of the Southern whites, many of wft&fc did pli . ijfi ithefr power, like the writer, to prevent secession, and who have never seen the day when they wouid not give expect us to nourish and kfeep alive' finest of vipers, just that they may sting ins when they g£t J an opportunity. Yours, most truly, Joseph Wilson, ' 1 * T — Secretary of- the Club’ r their lives to preserve the Constitution. so patiently ? Why do they bear them ? Be cause they look hopefully to the Northern ->eople to rescue them. They love every man COMMISSION MERCHANTS Norton, a member of the GeoripvLegislaiure, -but-who was expelled on account of his color,) and about seyfenty-five colored men approached the town of Camilla,' Mitchell county,* where ” Muiphy, and Jahin were to address' the colored - Republicans. Four j ——ih-j - *j*vj ..y a white named James. Johns, .who atfi--»a people to rescue them. They love every man r^torth who is willing to r^cue them. They "want,* above all things, ‘peace. They will ■iEza2te#2R2X&a&»: . Restoration v». Reconstruction. Mi\ Pendleton made a speech in Cleveland, Ohio, last week, at which a series of'ques tions, I’lllFSiSFI^ views, were handed him for answer. One of .tliem was concerning the manner, of dealing with the fifete’gn+Snfnenls of'tne Sofith es- ; tablished under the Ite.cansfxuction l^ws.c He said he doubted whether" it ’would he neces sary to proceed to violent’measures to rectify the evils those. lawB have wrought. He con tinued : “J. don’t hesitate to say to you that < •I believe- those Beconstruction actq, from beginning-to end, are unconstitutional, rey-, olutionary and utterly ’void. "I don’t hesi tate to say ihat,.everjgUiing. that, has. been done under them ,slionld lie nndone, unless the undoing of it will cost ns more trouble than the submitting to it. But it may cost more to undo it than to'submit for a time. Possibly \vo may have to experience such a atfite of affidrs.in toe-fljture^. ibnt.l am.hu firvor, if ever the IXANDS. - : IMBB K flABPjtWt NDS, GARDNER & CO., ^.GENERAL ', , ISSION MERCHANTS -■ ''r i - - ■ ' *" Savannah, Ga. ADVANCES MADEON CONSIGNMENTS Interesting Statement of the Hon. B. H. . / . /HiR.a> S t i * . I v * ’The Hon. B. H. Hill, of Georgio, who is now in New York, has addressed the 'follow ing letter to the Tribune ofy kha^jejity, find which is published in that journal. It de- serves a carefM pern^ hj evgj_hcge£and reflecting reader: ‘.To tto.Editor.<f iiie Trih l dw-:S}r\lhnve read nil you have said in the Tribune on the sub ject of the collision at Camilla, in the State of Georgia. I beg permission to make a state ment which will present this whole, aflair £in its true light to you and the Northern people. Early in the canvass the whites of. that State (nine-tenths-of whom are Demdcfats) - received positive information that the’ negroes i were being eucouraged to arm themselves and J2! party was to re-enslave then), ah’d that they must resist ita success by force, and especially' all negroes who should vote the Democratic ticket Very soon this canard, which origi- IUC K1UUIU.J, jm Messrs.- Pierce, Murphy, address the kuwi^u ncjjuuuuaua. ruui ■ miles from Camilla they were met by a white man named .Tames Johns., who nt firat ntnCnfr that he was in search of a “doctor” to attend a colored man who haft,been;ihmred by a tailing tree. As soon, tfowSver’ as-he learned the character of the party approaching, he declared himself Yff* ‘courier? Sent to nohfy Air. Mmphy . that the people of Camilla and of Mitchefl county would permit no Badical I speaking in Camilla; that the county was theirs, and they intended to rule it. ' He then dashed off t’o town, and the parly moved’-tdward the town, not believing that the people would use <£&rOeitp pi evint a po litical speech. Mr. Pierce, however, heeded the warning ofthe-man Johns'so much as to send a note by a ( freedman to tbe sheriff of the county; the contents of this note are un known to your correspondent, but from sub sequent actions of the sheriff’ it is supposed to have been a note asking the protection of the civil; §utborities. j At a point jwo miles; from tbe .town,', the’paily. was, met bythe sheriff and a* posse. The sheriff akked that; in deference to the wish of toe citizens, Mr. Pierce wOnld -not enter toe taran Mr. Pierce answered that as he was violating no law-of the county, and no right of toe people, he would speak in Camilla. He thought’ne had the right to do so. dashed off to "town. • ■ —'Mr.'^ierCe, in a *bnggj, with Mr; Putney, proceeded toward the town; followed at some distance by the rest of. toe party-. With these latter was a plantation wagon, drawn by four Lnrwl nx/rt ■ But they cannot and they will not consent; by their own act, to dishonor themselves by subscribers having opened a wood lBD ire U9jr prepared, to forniafi their, friends Why should they, for peace, coj which must destroy all peace ? Yours, very truly; ' % : New York, Sept 24, 1868. • , , iFrom.the Augusta Chronicle.) ' To the Tkit&rs of the Chronicle dlsenimei7 : I notice in tbe Savannah Bepublicftn on toe ifl7th inst ' " jaii ' a special. ’if ’v. U ■ i ■ ■■ ■ j i —— — .. ■■■■■, 1 %tm !■<, ’ nonnehig the' Democracy and ’ announcing weekppmeu t^t ^etjgrd.renptmoec^dgal^ lUij ! Jam os , John F Fashionable Dress Making. fi-HJ SHAY-BEG8’EEAVE TO INFORM THE pobhe tfist she ianoerresdy.to fill mdj orderslfn the , above line? of business. Latest Fashions always on .hand. Northeast comer of President and Drayton a special,dispatch to your paper,:, ’ ‘' " “ James L. Seward has written a letter de nouncing the' Democracy and ’ Anfiasmeing' himself in ffivor of Graph It isl onlj* a few -weeks since fbgt Sei ism and. announced ihbfiir.”" , Your correspondent has grossly midrepfe?' ’ sented me. I never wrote any such letter. > ; ;;My fipn ,<mnviction is, that- 1 Very soon this canard,. which origi nated in the Eeagues, was operflypidclaimli White and colored speakers at public meet- <nfgK advised the negroes to getready .to fight, and were reminded that they could use the torches for dwellings as well as toe guns and Welmtr; Qeotue a-aurV Watta, Glenn tfm WANTED. Watches, Jewelry, ! thrn .? V ; • .' . . !■ Silverware,.Clocks, Ac. TTHE SUBSCRIBER HAS JUSP RETURNED TROH * fine assu>rtinent a£ r Watches, Jewelry, Silverware, them to the Union with all their lawful pow^ ers upder toe Constitation. And; that is toe- sublime theory b£ opr party now. It is,not' rAconstmction—it is restoration of the States —restoration of. tbe governments—restoration of civil libertyr-iestoration of the harmony marked the mti JeaM ifl the American people under -the Constitution -*-the only true basis of Union, i ;I hope your correspo^eqt will inform .the pahfac ^ben and from whonjhegqf his piece of news. four's, Asnecffully, " *-■ James L. Sewabd. The country here is all in a blaze for Sey- I ” is advertised in the New York papers, a small quantity of which, its proprietors say, will make :.two pounds of excellent batter from tunliy aiding this movement. I do not know that this was actually so. This state dfthrngs naturally-created alanfi. Several outbreaks were attempted, and sev eral conspiracies to kill white people were de tected, and the negroes, when arrested in dif- mules,_contoinirig.the colored band, consist ing of two drummers -and a fifer. . Messrs. Pierce and Pntney drove into ’ toe’ town, Ajirf-’ mounted from their.bqggy, and hitched their, horse at toe court-house. At a hundred yards from toe eourt-hduse the band-wagon was met by. toe man Johns, with a double-barreled Ehotg £!’ woundmg-fwo colored men. upon this there rose up from either, side ,of the road upon which the colored people were approaching the town a large number of whitemdh, who. and peace which for e government, when it' cording to tbe - letter of onr beautify! consti- negroes to their crimes was two-fold. First— To.place the negroes, by discipline and ex- ; citement, beyond toe influences which might induce thfenr to vote With, .the! Democrats or: not to vote at all, Second—To . provoke col- 00=, Georgia Cihapter, 5o. 3, K. A. M. Companions:—You will assemble at Ma- • sonic Hall, TO-MOBEOW (Friday) EVEN- ft JNG, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of holding You are respoctfnlly Invited to. oall at the offlce of.; the SAVANNAH IMP110VED GAS-LIGHT COMPANY, corner'of Buff and Bay Streets, 2d' floor, between tho boors of 7 and 8 o'clock P. M., to Witness and test the improvement in the Ught firom. common,-CUy.gas ef fected by the Company. , } ,:, r(j With the same light now obtained, a deduction of. ahbfit 75 per ceiiE in cost may be reliea'on. “ * ' ' This Company has been in operation abont four months, and wo would refer toxmr present patrons as to the general satisfaction given. The apparatus is introduced free of cost. * geo: W. WYELT, ttosident. PiWnr Bbpxn, Secretary: eng lfi—ly ■ hands and caffing^npon the freedmen to stop, saying-1-don’t do that, don't.-do that” Upon this the whites, or a portionibf them,'turned upon Pierce and Putney and fired, "wounding Mr. Pierce' in toe leg, and Mr. Putfiey in too •elbow an3 shoulder. Both, however, took to the’woods and escaped, reaching the planta tion nf Messrs. Flagg and Fish, two gentle- mfenfrqm, Massachusetts, at^ 3 o’olq^tois A regular communication of this ] Notice, IE DBUG STORE OF WK,W.'TdNC0I2fT wHI b<^ open at nights and on Sundays daring thepres- « Plaiichette.” eufl ni A'S-ui rvO- . TEW SUPPLY JUST RECEIVED. . Price's, M *1 3S» $150 and $3. The “jxittle Wonder,” JPBOVED PLANCHETTE, WITH THE ITT , r ')riri(niiir"iiii r'linpr , snally anxious—to -keep toe peace.. How could we effectuaUy keep the peace? Hone -but those who fell toe responsibility ever . know toe difyculfles with which onr sfyaataoB- invested this question. Rut we resqlved by. -common concert imd counsel— ’ (First: To bear every Insult, and even out- *' ' —.. “rt„ d V./WTAM Ja aw waaamJ ka 1 The Georgia Biot.—A 'Washington letter says—“ Geiieral. Sibley, Assistant Commis sioner of the Freedmen’s Bureau for the State of*GeO'rgia, has notified General Howard that he is making a full and thorough investigation that thi rage, possible,‘and never to resist or resort'to force in and form, except when actually ne- were overtaken by five or six mounted men. ’Both “dismounted from the buggy, Janin taking to tiler woods, JbMfc "ngB|i I Hi aft o examine jnto toe whole, )natter. authorities, aU thfce nightly drillings, secret ► • • • V mihfyry organizations, and armed assem- be InvestigateW^I j&gesfot eretr <d«toetor,^as calculated to hold or toe a&RTecenti; unearthed qt. break toe peaea: » : •• - '(Clissssasr xsssrsssi Tty. He has ordered a thorough inves- tion. 32re Trfigwjatnr^dWiiot hj pniiniDfl rn on, and' it is probable that there will i>e I solutions requesting and urging toe Governor, to sell his pursuers sn: A N TUESDAY AFTERNOON, BETWEEN A B U Miller-s Furniture Store, Broughton street, and Whitaker street, FOUR .HUNDRED DOLLARS,, in Y100 bills. The money was enclosed in a yellow en velope, with the owner’s name marked thereon. The above reward will be paid on the delivery of the mctoeytoJbhn W.-Anderson's Sons h Co. commmie'e'firing. . After some parley, upon, solemn promise that he should not be harmed nor detained, he came out, and while tatting to some of »thftmua|srT>e blow upon toe Mead ‘with a barfw of rgan is -toe haa^g ofnnptoer.AMe.^aa some questioning and .examination, allowed «£o proceed on hi8 Way. T -J > ' Up,to eight o’clock this morning toe wlnto people were still in pursuit of- toe fleeing and wounded with-horses and bloodhounds. The white people in .Camilla boast that one pond-contaias twelve dead “niggers.” This Metropolitan Fire Company, on THURSDAY EVEN ING, the 1st of October, at 8 o'clock, P. M., to con sider business of importancea*iA full attendance is narticnlarlvdesired. • A*C * - LAW NOTICE. - UNDERSIGNED 'HAVE UNITED THEIR m . n.u. o. Dfuunutj mimmo vi. styles. . ax*. V?■ eW. E. OUE, nil-**- ' N. RATO AT., Od J»m lifiv. ro n ‘ rt nTr t LARGE COISP^ECTICUT CABBAGES, Just received and for sale by mHE UNDERSIGNED offers L-r sale 1 about 7,000 Acres of Fine jBwflUSja Land, situated in Camden connty.^BjJPjBSi belonging to the estate. of Dr. A. De- Laroche, .deceased. ; . These lands are laid off . in separate surveys of one to two tnou= acres, and win be sold either separately or together, desired. Some of these lands are heavi^ tnno^r with pine and live oak, and are well adapted to-iai®" sea island cotton. They are all situated near Bluff, at which pomt the southern boats P* 80 ~V, regular trips. For further particulars apply*? undersigned. : JOHN F. HAMILTON. J. E. GAUDBY, BACON .dent, stated that helrad laid last ni(mtcon- cealedin a swamp with foimothers; that he heard the v -white men scouring toe woods,- shouting, cursing and firing; that ha-heard the cnes mud shrieks of the negroes as they were Shot down or torn by the “bloodhounds; that two. ol his comrades who became fright-: to leave' theswamp were toot withm his hearing. -rea I ^v ne ® r P-‘ s '' Jlc> was captured in Camilla, L. >,..n. scaped during the night,-was eom- Somebod.y says one of the monkeys in the Central Park, New York, has adopted the “ Grecian Bend.” •More likely the poor brute has eaten some- ttging that disagrees with it > lioan meetings—as many and as long as they, desire. We . only desire to prevent military drills, and organizations not authorized, by law, and armed assemblages . calculated to break th.e - peace; and these we desired to prevent jry }oypl authority, executed by the civil officer. You now have the exact reason why the sheriff met the approaching armed .procession,- and. after exhibiting toe Govern or’s proclamation told the leaders they could hold the meeting peaceably, but pegged them AND ME HAPPINESS OF TRUE MARRIAGE.. . ESSAYS FOR YOUNG MEN, on the Errors, Abuse*, and Diseases which destroy the Manly powers and create impedimenta to MARRIAGE, with ante mean* of relief Sent in sealed fettar envelope* free of charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P„ PhlladeK f-An exchange says-: “ Let the: vote of the two parties in Pennsylvania be increased pro portionately as they -wero in Maine, and the Keystone’ State will given Democrotie major ity of 45,000.” B usiness cards, bill-heads and every size and style, printed at Thx Nxwh Job Office, 111 Bay street. r*u uH name . jrl laiu ii J .jj*?