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4 INSURGENT NEGROES. —_—-+-_— Details of the Recent “Color Line” Plot in Georgia. ITS MOTIVES WERE. Crude Negro Communists Mak'ng Ready to Realize Their. Ideas. WHAT HOW THE CONSPIRACY WAS CHECKED. {nfuriated Negroes Determined Upon Re- venge in Canton, Miss. Sanpersvitix, Ga, August 21, 1875. You have doubtless received by telegraph facts enough in connection with the plot of the negroes of this section to become insurgent to enable you to form as accurate an opinion of the conspiracy, its causes and motives as any person here, It is my in- tention now to convey to you only such facts as corrob- orate those which you already have. I have questioned many people upon this subject, but none of the answers received have covered every side of my query. The majority of the men here believe that the plot was the conception of some cabal of ‘‘scoundrelly” or “damned. radicals. There are many others who consider that “what they call ‘the inherent savagery of the niggers,” which was repressed during the slavery period, is now finding vent That the radicals could have urged the negroes to acourse of assassination, ravishment and robbery 1 do not believe. They could not have hoped to press back the tide of democracy in the State by the murders of a comparatively few members of the demo- cratic party. Radicals, as youin the North are more ready to admit than the people here, are not men of euch intense and stiffened stupidity as not to be able to trace ideas to their legitimate conclusions) If they had ever entertained the idea of FORCING AN INSURRECTION of the negroes in order to further their own interests, ‘they must certainly have dropped it after examination. They know the negro character better than the demo- crats, They have studied it more intently than the latter, in order to learn how to control the negroes for their own purposes, In this fact I find the refutation of the assertion that they encouraged the blacks to band together for the purpose of murdering the democratic white men and of plundering their houses, The radical politicians know that the negroes are given to “squeal- ing” when caught in tight places; that if they encour- aged them to overt acts against political opponents, and the uprising were overcome—as it certainly would be—the black tools would divulge who were their mo- tors and what the aims of those who urged them. Tho result would be the extinction of the radical party in the South and the triumph of democracy in the nation, This conclusion may not be correct, but I certainly think the premises aro, Accepting it as correct, I ask you, Are or were the radicals likely to doa thing whose results would not only exclude them from the heaven of office-holding for- ever, but also expose them toeven severer punish- ment and the execration of all decent people? THB RADICALS TO BLAME, ‘Yet the radicals certainly are to a degree responsible for the design of the negroes. They organized the freedmen into Union Leagues, taught them that General Grant was all-powerful, and not only could, but would, protect them from the consequences of illegal political acts; they used the negroes, through flaitery and brib- NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. sera RE tea had already armed three colored companies—one at Savannah, one at Augusta and ove in Atlanta, OFFICIAL VISIT OF GOVERNOR SMITH. Governor Smith, accompanied by Colonel C. 8. Will- jams, of his ai and a volunteer ald, left Atlanta on Friday night for this oy. On their arrival at Tennille they were met by the ayor and Aldermen of Sanders- ville, the acti icitor General, Colonel C. 8. Guyton, Major Mark New Mr. P.’ Happ, Deputy Sheriff Harrison, Colonel T. J. Smith and others, and were conducted to carriages in waiting to take them to this lace. The Washi a Dragoons were drawn up in ine to receive the Governor, and escorted the carriage to the outskirts of the town, where the Washington Rutles, headed by the Sandersville brass band, Joined the procession and conducted the Governor to the resi- dence of Colonel John W, Gilmore, Mayor. The streets and public square were thronged with people from every direction, who had come in to see the prisoners and to hear the Governor's views on the situation. A committee at once waited on His Excel- Jeney and asked that he would address the citizens from the steps of the Court House, which he consented to do, Escorted by the military the procession re- formed and proceeded to the place designated, where, ou being introduced by the Mayor, Governor Smith de- livered a most appropriate and eloquent address upon the peculiar circumstances by which they were sur- rounded. You have already had the points of that speech telegraphed to you. It was wise, temperate and timely. In it he explained away all the fears of the negroes, and eulogized the forbearance of the whites “You have acted in this matter,” he said, “like trae Georgians. Such a spectucle of for- bearance as this, under such a terrible provocation to violence, the world has never before witnessed."” Gov- ernor Smith gave the negroes who listened to him @ great deal of good advice. He dissected the characvers of those men Who had led them into false ideas, and showed the negroes that if they would do their duty as fe they would be protected in their homes aud ives, After making his speech Governor Smith visited tho risoners and listened to stories from them. Corday larris told a long, incoherent story, designed to prove his innocence, but the statements are nearly all proven to be untrue by the testimony of other prisoners, who declare that Harris was the third officer in the League, Imught write pages, but I could not tell more avout that organization than is told by the following aitida- Vite — EXAMINATION OF JAMES WRIGHT. BLACKSHEAK’S MILLS, Laurens County, Ga, August 19, 137: Question—Do you know of a secret military organiza- tion im this neighborhood; and, if so state all you kuow of it? Answer—Yes, there Is a secret military organization in this neighborhood, and Harrison Tucker commands it, and ig called Captain Tucker, but | know very little of this company. About four’ months ago I joined Captain Jerry Walter’s company, of Johnson county, but I uever aitended a drill, I remained a member of this company about three weeks, and then directed that my name be taken of the roils I never paid the initiation fee, but took an oath to abide by the laws of the company, About three weeks ago, in conversation with Isaac Wright, he told me that if they, the white people, did not ining the negroes will huvé this land. e did not state how nor where they proposed to get the land, but from the tenor of the whole couversation I think he meant that whenever they got strong enough they would take the land—and take it by force if neces- sary. During my membership of Captain Walters’ company they refused to tell me the secrets of the com pany, because, they said, I would not attend the meet- ings; besides some of the company, I understand, thought I would tel. I can’t state ‘positively, buct think, from all I have heard, that “General” Rivers, “General” Morris and Corday Harris are at the bottom of this whole thing, and they mean mischieL Question—Have you any objection to stating more fully the nature of the oath you took in jowing we Ihave not. The oath was about In these ‘I will come into this meeting and abide by the laws, Whatsomever. Whatever hour or minute I aim cailed on I will go, Thatl will not tell the secrets of the company; and, if I do, the punishment will be hard.” I was told that if [ violated this oath I would be ore Grant's law, and the punishment would be eat! ‘Question—Who swore you into the company? Auswer—Niel Houston sworg me in and Austin Mason put my name down. his JAMES y WRIGHT. mark, Georgia, Laurens County.—Personally appeared before me, D. J. Mooreman, a justice of the peace in and for the Eighty-sixth district, G. M., of said county, James Wright, who, being sworn, of his own free will and ac- cord, deposeth aud saith that the above statement is true, to the best of his knowledge and beliet his JAMES »% WRIGHT. mar! Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 19th of Au- gust, 1875.—D. J. Moonxaax, J. P. Witnesses—C. S. Guytwn, R A, Kellam, A. L. Mor- an . CONFESSION OF JOHN CHILES, Georgia, Johnson County.—Contession and oath of | John Chiles (colored), in the case of the State of Geor- gia vs. Jerry Walters and others, members of Zion Hope Company, aad Harrison Tucker and others, members of the Buckeye Company, charged with the offence of ery, until they had aroused ambition in the souls of |, surrection, some of the most prominent among the freedmen, ‘These leaders gradually became dissatisfled with being passed over in the distribution of party pelf, and they infected their humbler brethren with their discontent. Organization became weakened in the Union Leagues, and finally these bands broke up altogether. But the Begroes had become used to organization; they bad ac- quired a liking for secret meetings, and, while they had not overcome their hatred of democrats, their love for radicals had become weakened. THE YRAGMENTS GATHERING. ‘They were gathered again into associations, and their leaders, having nothing else with which to animate them, pictured the good time they would have if they could get possession of the land and the other belong- ings of the white men. Now I do not believe that the leaders put these ideas into the minds of their followers with the expectation that they would ever be acted upon, I consider that thoso leaders were “black | Micawbers,” with greater talents for organization than Dickens’ creation had. They wanted to link their men | together until “something turned up” with which they could reanimate them. In the meantime a pleasant dream of prosperity was sufficient to keep them in the leash. But this dream was too long continued. Nothing else turned up, and the blacks began to look toward the fulfilment and realization of their fantasy, They began to talk loudly about working toward this, and their leaders, although becoming frightened be- cause of farsightedness, tried to appease them by ap- | pointing days for bloody work, which were afterward | postponed, The lesser members of the secret organiza- tions clamored for arms. The leaders applied for them to arm militia com but the State could not or would not sappy them. Here, then, was a relief for the leaders. If a revolt of their dupes should really occur there would be a pretext for it in the failure to arm colored militia companies as white had been armed. They accordingly blustered and wrote impudent letters to Stave officials They called meetings of the at which ‘General’! Joe Morris, of Burke county, and glib and “Reverend” Corday Harris mado 5 denouncing the injustice done them. The “Reverend”? Jerry Simmons told the benighted freed- men, in the negro cant, that ‘‘the Philistines were agin’ em," and preached the doctrine that they might safely do Some evil in order to reap r good for them- selves, When they had duped the poor, ignorant blacks, the great scoundrels, who CALLED THEMSELVES “GENERALS” AXD “REVERENDS,” Permitted a day for massacre to be appointed; they ipated in the preparations for the work of that day; yas they never intended to aid in the killing and rob- ery. “General” P. R. Rivers did not venture from South Carolina into this State; the “‘Reverends” Corday Harris and Jerry Simmons determined to be out of the way; “General” Joe Morris sought | for @ veges 3 place, and Jim Sessions, havin, hidden the books of the secret league, also hid himself, But the dupes did not know these things. They went on with ‘ell pong and talked and talked until finally they talked the secret into the ears of some of | their destined victims. You know already how wisely the people acted when the plot was discovered; how | quietly some of the leaders of the ignorant negroes were | arrested and lodged in jail Philosophy was called into | ase, and it was decided that, as nobody had been hurt, there was no need to hurt anybody excessively. Tho white militia of the district were merely pui under arms and every precaution taken against ap ouilreak by the negroes. I have met and conversed with all the prisoners who | are confined in this section, The subordinate officers are not of sufficient imtelligence and nerve to lead a movement like this to completion. They are nearly all lantation negroes. Ephraym Brantley, Rev. Wesley jimmons (Baptist), Captain Harrison Tucker, Rev. Nathan Lawson (Methodist), and Captain Nelson Brown, ‘With a score of others, have some little intelligence, and fre shrewd, tricky dangerous negroes; but the rest of the prisoners are common field bands, ignorant, super- Stitious and easily deceived. William Thomas, pres- ident of one of the societies, in his conversation with me, etated that the whole thing was @ ly mutual affair and benevolent in its character, Under orders from “General” Morris they were to ‘being money in to the treasurer, and this money was to De used to purchase lands for the membera, and these lands were to be divided. Unfortunately for Thomas and his sary, which has been repeated to me by seve eral of his of prisoners, tue sworn statements dis- prove his declarations, ACCORDING TO CORDAY HARRI’ STATEMENT, made in my presence and of his own free will, to Gov- baw eae ener aoos, this diabolical insurrection owt of the old negro Union League organ- ization, ib had for its object the banding of the coe ored voters together in such a manner and by sueb an oath as to secure their united support for the radical party. Recently, however, the negroes have, to a great ‘extent, broken loose from their bondage to ‘this organization, and some new plan was necessary by which to agaim unite and hold them to- gether in a solid front, to oppose the success of demo- cratic principles in the government and recuperation of the South. “Harris is Pr #mooth-tongued, tricky ro. Ho is about five and a half feet bigh, of email thin features, emooth face, ‘glib’ tongue, and about 136 da, In answer to a question from F he he was “a yd preacher, 60 ‘Ealled 1” (o claims that “General” Morris, Rev. Jerry i] with “General” a in po wero ime movers in getting up the He des Morris is a scamp. Harris to Atlanta to get authority to raise a com to procure arma from the State for the same, bis secretary, explained to not get arms enough to supply Question—Do you know of any organization existing among the negroes in this partof the State, and what is the nature of the organization? Answer—I do know that there fs an organization existing in this part of the State, and it is of a military and secret character, aud if you will allow me I will ex- plain the whole movement in fulli—trom the very be- ginning—what it is for and who the principal negrocs are, and the oflices they hold and what they intend doing. The movement first started by Corday Harris, colored (who is Secretary of the organization), calling & meeting of the colored people to assemble in’ Sanders- ville for the purpose of getting general orders and to know how to proceed. Francis Murkerson, colored (who is captain ofa company in Washington’ county), also was a principal man in the meeting. I attended the meeting, as did also most all the colored people in this section.’ The object of that meeting was to get all the colored men to unite in a secret military orgaui- zation for the purpose of getting “‘equality’—by that I mean to take lands in this county by force of arms—to | kill out the whites, beginning with the little babe in the | crib, and killing ail up. UNDER ORDERS PROM “GENERAL” RIVERS, of South Carolina, and “General” Morris, of Burke | county, Georgia, issued by Corday Harris, Secretary of the organization, colored companies of @ secret and | military character have been formed in all this section | of the State, I know of three companies im this neigh- borhvod—one called Zion Hope company, and com- manded by Captain’ Jerry Walters; Jake Mooreman, First Lieutenant; Robert Hightower, Second Lieuten: ant, and Ben Davis, Third Lieutenant; Neal Wood, First | Sergeant; Andrew Hightower, Second Sergeant; Scott | Brinson, ‘Third Sergeant, and John Hines, Fourth Ser- | geant, ‘The second company is the Buckeye Company, commanded by Harrison Tucker; the other oflicers t don’t kuow. The other company 1s commanded by Fran- cis Murkerson; the other officers I don’t know. These companies were formed upon orders from Corday Harris, Secretary, at the instance of ‘Goneral” Rivers aud “General” Morrig, and an oath of secrecy to keep everything secret and to mutually stand to each other is administered to every one. 1 joined the organization but did not pay the initiation fee and was not called a regular member. J did not join either company but in- tended at the first tojoin Jerry Walters’ company, but saw the danger ahead of me and quit the organization, T remained with the organization long enough, how- ever, to know that the negroes intended to take tho lands by force, to divide by lot the lands into forty acro low, each to draw for his share and to divide the per- sonal property, such a8 horses, cows, wagons, Louse- hold furniture, between us, I khow that we (I mean all included in this organization) were to kill out all tho whites, as I have told you before, and to take all the | thoney we could find and give it to our Treasurer, which was for our mutual benef, Fortune Hightower is our ‘Treasurer. Question—Do you say, John, that the negroes wero regularly organized, had guns, &c., did drili secretly by night, with drums, &c., and were rapidly making ar- Tangements to begin this fearful, inhuman and bioody wor! Answer—Yes, gentlemen, I know that the above is true, and that the time was near at hand when the gen- eral movement of bloody work would begin. My with- drawing from the organization as soon as [ did prevented me from getting other secrets they have, and the last orders, which I believe to be the orders for the general movement to begin alluded to above, Question—Now, John, you answer freoly the ques- tious so far put to you; tell us if you know where this movement was to begin, and how and in what way they were to proceed—the line of march, &¢, Teil us all you know about it? Auswer—A short time ago I was in Jake Mooreman’s house at night, at a called meeting. There were present Jake Mooreman, Hubbard Hines, Francis Murkerson, Jerry Walters, Neal Huston, Ben Oliver, Zone Fish, Nig. Miller, Webb Wright, George Sampson, Bob High: | tower, Fortune Hightower, Jake Hicks, Austin Masar, Ben Wright, myselt, Felix ton, and others [don't re- member and don’t know. ‘The object was to discuss the whole matter how to do and what to do; and Francis Murkerson, who was president of the meeting, said (speaking the voice of the meeting) that afer BYERYTIING WAS RADY the'movement would begin from the Tucker plantation; that was the starting point; all the companies in this section were to meet there, fully armed and equipped a8 well ag possible, and commence the line of march, going first wo Dr. A. J. Haines’, to march through his yard, take all his money and then go on to Wrightsville, Question—John, im case Dr. Haines suould have de- fended his home and property and have endeayured to protect his money, what would they have done t Answer—They would have killed him. Question—John, in this line of march you allude to, from Tucker's plantation to Wrightaville, what did they intend doing with the white people and property along the way, and what did they intend dging alter reaching Wrightsville? Auswer—As I have said before, the object of the or- ganization was to kill out the whites, from the babe in the cradle up; to get all the money we could find and pat it in our treasury; to divide all the personal prop- erty between us and to divide the lands into forty acro low between us, aud suppose you know that their intention was to kill all tho whites along the lino of march, but I don’t know what they intended doing after reaching Wrightsvill except to hold mass meeting, and at that time al would know what to do, I might say just here that one of the main objects of thia organization was the enforcement of the Civil Rights bill, representation in the jury box, &c, I know that Corday Harris ia the principal lealer in this section of the State, and all or- ders wore issued by him, Question—Jobn, what did they Intend doing with tho Present crop now in the field ? Answer—Their intention was to take the crops and Give to the whites only so much as they saw fit, This was the order from Corday Harris aud Morris and Rivers, Question—Do you know of anything else, John, going to explain thia thovement? ‘ono out of every five white companies, and yet the Suse Auswer—tI believe | bave told you alll know, There might be some other little things which I can’t rec- ollect, but the main objects 1 have ——. you. My juitting the organization at the time I did prevents mo from giving you other secrets connected with the organization, as their late secrets are unknown to me. juestion—Now, John, do you say om your oath, and in an open, free confession, without any fear of punish- ment or hope of favor and reward, and in the presence of us, whose names appear below, that all you have said in the answers to the questions propounded to you, is true to the best of your knowledge and belief? Answer—I do. his JOHN - CHILES. ark. m: Sworn and subscribed to before us this 17th of August, 1875.—Suapuick Wittiams, J. P., W. H. Par Bons, J. A, COLEMAN, orga, Waskingion Gounty ty dake r Ge Washi nty. —T, ¢ Mooreman, do make this my confession in full in reference to the in- surrection, which we, the colored citizens of Washing- ton, Laurens, Johnson, and sixteen other counties, the names of which I do not know, have entered into. I am first lieutenant of a colored company, commanded by Jerry Walters. We were under the command of Francis Murkerson, who in turn was in command of Corday Harris, who in turn was commanded by Joseph Morris, of Burke county, who was appointed and com- manded by P. R, Rivers, of South Carolina Murker- son was first captain of the Kighty-eighth district, and he appointed Balkwin Fluker, On last Friday or Saturday we received orders from Francis Murkerson and Uorday Harris that all our companies and all the black men were to meet at No. 11, Ceutral Railroad, to transact our business (this he explained to be the carrying out of the insurrection plans), and we were then to commence to kill all the white men and ugly white women, and take the pretty white women for ourselves, Then we were to take axes, hoes and brickbats, and take the guns and ammunition of the whites as wo kitled them if the white men did not submit and give up, We were also to get all the money we could from the dead whites and divide, This move- ment was to commence on Friday, August 20, 1875, Theo orders came from Francis Murkerson, who got them from Corday Harris, who got them from Major Joseph Morris, [told my company, and Murkerson told Captain Harrison Tucker's company, Both companies said that they would do as we said, and would go with the movement, Our orders from Morris, through Mur- kerson, were to go from Sandersville to Wrightsville, and then to Dublin, and then to Irwinton, in Wilkinson county. The four counties of Washington, Johnson, Laurens and Wilkinson. his JAKE % MOOREMAN, mark, In presence of William Henry Wyily, 8. G. Jordan, Reubin Mayo, August 17, 1575. - ‘CONVESSION OF BEN DAVIS. Georgia, Washington County.—Tbe confession of Ben Davis, third lieutenant of Jerry Walters’ company, says:—I am third lieutenant of Jerry Walters’ com- pany; Jacob told me that we was to organize the com- ny——his company—and go down the road and start to illing out the whites; he didn’t suy what day we were to etart; he said we would kill the whites; he didn’t say what he was going to “do with the children; he said he would kill some of the women. [Mark this in connection with Mooreman’s siatement.}] He didn’t say anything about the money. It was to take place on Friday, the 20th of August, 1875, I didn’t know what they were gomg to fight with.’ Cap- tain Jerry told me we was to ight with first one thing and then another, He said we would leave a few of thy women, I heard about No. 11 (Tennille) a few days ago, Our sign was 60. (He makes a sign with tho right hand across the breast.) We bad a secret oath, which was binding on us, and any one who was to break the secret we was to turn him over tothe United States and Grant would punish him. 1 was persuaded into this company by the head men. Corday Harris and “General” Kivers was to command us on the day they come to Sandersville, “General” Morris was to | command us‘on the day when we commenced the killing. He didn’t cay how fur we was to go, only Jake said we was to get up anything to use, Jako Mooreman is First Lieutenant of Captain Jerry Walters? company, Bob Hightower is Second Lieutenant, These officers were appointed, not elected. They were ap- | poited by Jerry Waliers aud Jake Mooreman. his BEN + DAVIS. ark, m: Confessed and sworn to in presence of A. A. Banyzs, August 13, 137. TESTIMONY OF BLIZA YOUNG. Testimony of Eliza Young, colored, wuching the ia- surrection movement now on ivot in Washington county :— Eliza Young, being duly sworn, deposes and says:—I hear that the colored fuiks, both women and children and men, are going to rise with pitchforks, hoes, &., and kill every White man,woman and child, Tom Dera saw told me that my brother and Virgil Walker was inthe fuss, I beard Uncle John Hasty talking about it at Teniille, about a month or six weeks ago; ho said there would be better times in the county in about six weeks; I inferred from what he said that the present troubles were what he had reference to; I heard the men from Jefferson telling the colored folks in town | the day of the big meeting in town that if the colored folks would lean their heads together they could suc- ceed. I have heard the colored folks saying oftentimes | that they did not like the white folks; that there would be another War soon, and if there were they would take their hoes, pitchforics, &c., to kill the whites with. I have heard so many talking about this matter that 1 canuot remember aii tuey were saying about i, hor ELIZA # YOUNG. mar ‘The above testimony sworn to and subscribed betoro me this 2ist August, 1375.—J. B. Joyner, J. P, EXAMINATION OF TOBE NOKRIS, BLAcKsHEAK'S Mitt, Laurens County, Ga., August 18, 1875, Question—Do you know anything of a secret organi- zation among the negroes of this Beighborood, and, if £0, state all you know about it? ‘Answer—Yes, there {s a secret military organization In this neighborhood; it is known among the colored people as @ military company; about three months ago Harrison Tucker and others asked me to join this company, stating that I was a pretty smart fellow, and they wanted to put me in office and make -me do all the writing; L consented, and joined at the next meoting, but paid only ten cents of tho iuitiation fee of fifty cents; at that meeting Harnson Tucker was appointed Captain; Jim was at that time chairman of the mi and 1s still, so tarasI know; the meetings of the company | have been irregular, ou.e.in.es every Saturday and sometimes every other Saturday; I dow think the company ever drilled any im this county, but think they did in Sandersy.le and at Mrs. Williamson's; I was given no office at the first meeting or any other meet- ing, because the Captain began to suspect me; on Satur. day, the 24th day of July, the company received orders from Captain Tucker 10 assemble at Mrs, Williamson’s and form the compony, and march to No. 13 (Tennille) Central Railroad, where we would meet “Generals” Morris and Rivers, end be marched with other com- pautes to Sandersvi hear speaking in the Court House; we met “General” Morris and avout seventy-five men at No. 13 Central Rail- road, and started to Sandersville under Mor. ris’ orders; somewhere on the route we heard that Mr. Mayo (sheritl of the county) was tryin, to arrest “General”? Morris, when he deserted us an¢ ran like a scaréd dog; we returned from Sandersville, but had no other meeting, 1 think, unul two weeks after; about this time heard Andrew Peters and Tony Wright say in conversation this was government land, and if it is government land it must be cut up in government pieces, and they would have it so; the iinpression left on my mind was that each man should have a piece, and I believe that to be the impression of every man inthe company; from the language used and manner of expression I think they intended to take the land by forco if necessary; at any rate they intended to have the land, let what come that would; three weeks ago last Fri- day “General” Morris, in @ conversation with Cort Harris and myself, at Harris’ house, in Washington county, said if Harris could uot find two men in John- son or Laurens county who would burn the Court Houso in Washington county he could bring two who would do it; the whole conversation led me to believe that there was a settled purpose to burn it between them, Question—Did you take any owth on joining the or- ganization? vA Answer—They asked me if I was willing to abide by the laws of the company if I told any of the secrets, and | answered yes. TOBE NORRIS. Georgia, Laurens County.—Before me, the undersigned, Justice of the Peace in aud for the Bighty-sixth district G. M., of said county, personally comes Tobe Norris, o his own free will and accord, who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith that the above statement is oy ed ‘the best of his knowledge and belief, TOBE NORRI: Sworn and subscribed before me this’August 18, 18756—D. J. Moonzmay, J. P. Witnesses—D, 3. Blackshear, R. A. Kellam, ©. 8, Guyton, RXAMINATION OP RICHARD SMITH. Biachsukan’s Mint, Laurens County, Ga, August 18, 1875, Question--Do you know anything of a secret organi- zation among the negroes in this neighborhood, and if #0, state ail you know about is? nswer—Yes, there is a secret organization known as Qmilitary company; I went toa meeting for the pur- pose of joming, but ‘declined to do so because t tain would not tell me the secret before joining; was about midoight when I attended this meeting; I asked Alexander Rose, an olficer of the com- pany, what was the object of the organization; he re~ plied that this land was government iand, and she hegroes were justly entitied toa part of it, and tended to have it or blood; he, Alexander said be would tell me nothing more until I joined the company; from ali I heard, I fimily believe that the negroes intended to kill the white peuple and get their lands; they expected help from the North, or some- where, I do not know when they were to commence killing, but I bi been looking for it to commence every day; Harrison Tucker is captain, and I believe Tony Wright is first lieutenant aud Alexander Rose secvnd lieutenant his RICHARD ‘” SMITH mark, Georgia, Laurens County:—Before the undersigned, Justice of the Peace in aud for Eighty sixth district, G. M., of said county, personally came Richard Smith, of his own will and accord, who, being duly sworn, de- Posevb and saith thatthe above statement is true, to the best of his knowledge and belief. his RICHARD # SMITH. mark, Sworn to and subscribed before me this August 18, 1875 —D. J. Moonwmas, J. P Witnesses—D. 8. Biacksh CS, Guyton, R A. Kellman. THE NEGRO SCARE, The Atlanta Constitutvon says:— If the conspiracy had progressed far enough to have caused the death of @ single negro administration jou nals would have surely claimed that it was another da ing Southern outrage, and the oatrage milla from Maine to Oregon, and particularly in Ghio, would bave ) ing been worked again to their fullest capacity. And now that the insurrection has been a er in the bud they are evidently looking for comfort another direction, They are actually basing predictions on the natural ten- dency of the human mind to suddenly and fearfully avenge a conspiracy that had for its object the inais- coimingee massacre of ba whites, i oad Loner news of ly vengeance. They ex) @ people to take the law iulo thelr own bands. We know the peo- ple of the en counties will sorely disappoint these radical politicians, The conspiracy will be probed to the bottom, with a view, if possible, of finding the gorm of the awful plo Confessions by’ the leaders and the searching trials that are to follow per will doubt Jess elicit the truth; and the people of Jefferson, Burke and Washington can well afford to let justice take its course. They will do so, There has been and will be no bloodshed, and the radical organs will be disappointed in every particular, although it makes the blood boil to read such paragraphs as the one from the Inter- Ocean, But our people are proof against them, The guilty will be caught as soon as their guilt can be ascer- tained, they will be fairly tried before one of the ablest and purest judges in this or any other State, and their punishment will be such only as the law indicates, Such a result is always sure of realization in Georgia, and the ZInter-Ocean’s slanderous statements will be quickly refuted, ‘The Raleigh (N. C.) News asks:— Why are these midnight drillings kept up, except for mischief? They exist all over the States south of us, and even in North Carolina, The time-has come when they should be suppressed, for they are unlawful, aud there are plenty of statutes to meet the case. NEGROES IN ARMS. THEY THREATEN TO PILLAGE CANTON, MISS, [From the New Oricans Times.] The negro element in Canton, Miss, on Wednesday, carried away by brutal passion, superinduced by the killing of one of their number, were in arms on Wednes- day, and at last accounts had threatencd to pillage the town, The white citizens had taken tho alarm, and although the odds were overwhelming, they expressed a deter- mination to resist to the death, They were exercising most commendable forbearance,” and are awaiting the negroes to commence the attack. ‘The origin of the present condition of affairs, as ob- tained from a private communication, which isgeliably vouched for as authentic, is as follows:— West Thomas, a negro and recognized leader of a po- litical gang, on Saturday evening, while im an intoxi- cated condition, entered the store of a Mr. Reid and by his boisterous and insulting behavior was threatened with ejection, Mr, Flake Jones bappencd to be present, and the negro thought him a proper subject for personal violence, Mr, Jones objected and a few hard words were mutually indulged in, which had the effect of causing the negro to leave, ‘Shortly after he returned and renewed his attack on Mr. Jones until that gentle- man seized an axe handle aid met the negro’s on- slaught with two blows administered in quick succession, which caused death in a few hours, Jones then sought safety in fight, The news was quickly disseminated, and the negro clubs, armed and mounted, scoured the country in ever: direction, entering houses without a warrant, in searc! of Mr, Jones, who, fortunately, managed to elude them, otherwise his fate would have been a short shrift and a long rope. Monday morning tnformation was received that a large number of negroes were marching on the town, and preparations were made by the whites to receive them. All business was suspended and squads of negroes congregated at the corners, excitedly discuss- the affair and uttering threats against the whites, The state of things in general had assumed such an attitude that the citizens considered themselves warranted in patrolling the streets, placing out pickets, &e., to eve timely warning of the danger, which they had such good cause to apprehend. Tuesday night the negroes and their cohorts held an indignation meeting and demanded an apology from the citizens for parad- ing the streets in arms, At last accounts the excite- ment had subsided, but still a subdued spirit of revenge is exhibited by the negroes, which at any moment is expected will burst forth, TWENTY YEARS IN STATE PRISON. A RAILROAD TRACK OBSTRUCTOR CAUGHT IN HIS FIENDISH ACT—SENTENCED TO TWENTY YEARS IN THE STATE PRISON. * Brupagrorr, Conn., August 26, 1875, The Superior Court, Criminal Term, for Fairfield county, Judge Lafayette 8, Foster, presiding, has just sentenced to twenty years in the State Prison a man named John Lee Powell, who was caught, July 16, in the act of placing obstructions on the track of the Housatonic Railroad. The New York, New Haven and Hartford and other railways in the State have frequently been pestered of late by persons who sought deliberately to throw trains from their tracks by the use of ties, stones and rails; but, though rewards were offered and efforts made through detec- tives to discover the guilty parties, there has been no satisfactory result until the present case, The circumstances of the case are as follows:— On the evening of Friday, July 16, John Lee Powell, resident of the town of Trumbull, took the Housatonic train from this city for Beer’s Mills station, near Parlor Rock, The train was heavily loaded, On tho way to tho station Powell refused to pay his fare, which led to a sharp controversy | between himself and Conductor Lane, who passed through the train nine times before he succeeded in getting the sum due from Powell for his ride, Powell persiztec in paying a few cents at a time only, as if to annoy the conductor, Hard words were spoken during the interviews. Powell was told that if he did not pay he would be put off the train, This excited Powell, who reached the station boiling over with rage, As he stepped from the car platform, Powell asked Lane if he would be likely to return to Bridgeport in charge ot a train that night. Lane made no reply, but Powell pre- suming that Lane would return and that he might satisfy his taste for revenge, waited till near nightiall, When, procseding some distance above the depot, hé seized an iron rail and placed it on the track. Further on he lifted a wooden tle upon the track in such a man- ner that the train must strike it. Near this tie he rolled on a heavy stone, and at about five hundred rods from the depot, at a turn in the railway, he placed a pile of ties, bracing them in such a manner that a train coming in contact must be thrown off, As it happened a man named Terrell, who was at work in | a piece of woodland near the track, saw Powell place the obstructions, and overheard some words he ut- ‘tered. Standing’ in fear of Powell, whom he thought @ dangerous man, ‘Terrell did not | make his presence known until Powell had finished his work. Then tepped from atm- bush, and the fend in human shape discovering him fled. Terrell made his way to Stepney depot and in- formed the railroad authorities there, who caused the obstructions to be removed barely in time to allow the downward train to pass safely. Next day Superin- tendent Franklin, the Housatonic road, informed Sheriff Lewis that he had special work for him. The Sheriff accordingly took with him Jailer W. W. Wells and Detective W. C, Marsh, and after long pnreuit caught and arrested the offender and lodged him safely in jail. Powell, by advice of his counsel, pleaded guilty. The Court, however, fixed the term at twenty years, and the prisoner, who is now thirty-five years old, will to- morrow enter upon bis long period of prison life at Wethersfeld. JERSEY'S JACK SHEPPARD. BUMORED LECAPTURE OF THE NOTORIOUS JERRY STORMS, The most daring thief ever known in Jersey, the no- torious horse stealer, Jerry Storms, was the subject of lively gossip.at Hackensack yesterday. Jerry was the terror of Jersey farmera, His depredations were prin- cipally confined to Bergen county, where there was not @ farmer who had not the most wholesome dread of his visitations, for he was as slippery as Jack Sheppard, and even when arrested seemed to experience no trouble whatever in making an easy escape, But he reached the State Prison, where he served a term, and finally escaped ina daring manner after | eighteen months’ service, His sentence was for twenty years. Yesterday aman reputed to be Jerry Storms Was brought from Rochester and lodged In the Hacken- sack Jail, in company with another notorious horse thief, nained Finley. Several people who knew Jerry ‘pn mes vod zs. seem to doubt whether this man is the “original Jacobs; but others claim that he is the identical Jerry Storms of old, but that his appearance is changed somewhat with age, sickness and exposure, If he is the genuine Jerry he will of course be remanded to Trenton to serve out the remainder of his sentence which in bis case undoubtedly means an imprisonmen| for life, THREE AMAZONS. Three Amazons figured in the Hudson county police courts yesterday. Frederick Stiger impeached Margaret Creak before Justice Strong, in Hoboken, for having bruised his head with her fists and threatened to cut his heart out with a frightful looking knife, She defended herself on the plea that Stiger had made insulting pro- poeals toher, The Judge held her to bail to appear be- fore the Grand Jury, About the same time Johanna Lang, a Fourth ward virago, was answering before Jus- tice fionk for having broken the peace to which she had been bound. She simote her brother-in-law on the leg with a coal shovel, and then tried the same article on his head, dangerously injuring him. But the most formidable of tlie feminine delinquents was Mary Meany, whom Wednesday night found steeped in whiskey at her fireside in Division street, West Hoboken. Constable Farrell, who had a warrant for her arrest, went in and told her to march to the Recorder's office. She said she wouldn't, that the night air did not agree with her. Then she changed her mind and robed herself for the trip, minus her shoes, however, which she expected the county to furnish, ‘Then she resisted the officer, and @ furious scuttle took place between them, When, finally, she was arraigned she filled the air with imprecations. Recorder Simins requosted her to be silent and threatened her with the consequences. The woman grabbed a spittoon and waa letting it fly at his head when the constable interfered in time to prevent mischief, She was held to await trial, ANARCHY IN ILLINOIS Further Particulars of the Rout and Capture of the Ku Klux. A Chapter of Outrages Upon Men and Women. THE PEOPLE ARMING. The Son of a Baptist Minister at the Head of the Gang, Cuicaco, August 24, 1875, When your currespondent telegraphed, on Saturday last, an account of the deep and bloody stain which the vendetta in Williamson county and the Ku Klux out rages in Franklin had teft upon the fair escutcheon of IUinois, he was compelled to devote most of his space to a résumé of the murderous feud between the Bulli- ners, Hendersons, Russells, Cairns, e¢ al, only glanc- ing comparatively at the troubles in Franklin—troubles which, he is confident, are as serious and sensational as any like outrages perpetrated in the South during tho Ku Klux daya, These, especially tho BATTLE AT MADDOX’S LANB, should be now fully told. First let me give you a brief description of the scene of both tho private butchery and the Ku Klux lawless- ness, Faanklin, Williamson and Jackson counties aro in the southern portion of the State—“Kgypt,”” as it ts popularly known. Jackson has an area of about 700 square miles and a population of from 20,000 to 25,000, It abounds in coal and Is rich in agricultural products, the soil, as in most Illinois counties, being remarkably fertile, Franklin has about 350 square miles and a pop- ulation of from 12,000 to 15,000 souls. It raises annually some million of dollars’ worth of wheat and corn, Williamson has an area of 500 miles and a population of about 15,000. Its products annually amount to $2,500,000, Railroads cross these counties north and south, east and west; but the schoolmaster is not abroad to the extent that he should be. Neither the Williamson nor the Franklin affair has any political significance, the former being, as my des- patch showed, a purely family affair,’the latter balf romantic, wholly brutal and lawless, but not partisan. In fact, the Hendersons were foyal refugees from Tennessee during the war, and more than one of the Ku Klux were federal soldiers, Political parties are at present pretty evenly divided in “Egypt,” and there is no pretence in any quarter that the troubles were incited for political reasons, It was bad blood in one case; inherent ‘“cussedness” in the other, The wonder its, not that warring families should kill one another or even that masked scoundrels" should “gad about o’ nights ;” but that in such a State as llinois scoundrelism should have flourished for such a length of timo without the punishment of a single felon. MISTORICAL. My ma‘n purpose in this letter ts to describe in detail the fight between the Sheriff's posse and the Franklin Ku Klux, with the incidents leading to it, For some unac- countable reason Isao Vancil, an oid farmer on the border of Jackson county, Incurred the displeasure of some of the parties in the county of Williamson. They visited his house one night, put him on horseback and subse- quently hung him toatree, This performance seemed to have suggested to some bold and lawless fellows the idea of forming a secret organization on the Ku Klux plan. They perfected their company and were seen oc- casionally of nights mounted on horses disguised with drapery, their uniform belng grotesque and ghastly, Their bodies were covered with long white cotton masks, worn over their ordinary dresa, Their faces were hidden behind white masks, fantastically daubed with black at the openings for eyes and mouth, and their heads were surmounted by long, peaked hats, also of white clotn, Like the apparitions seen by Macbeth on the heath of Forres, they would appear suddenly and ag quickly vanish into thin air, Frequently their excursions amounted to nothing, and were undertaken seemingly for the mere pleasure of terrorizing hongst folk. But they became an absolute power. People feared them, and it was only necessary that they should make their commands known to have them imphcity obeyed. Occasionally they would assume to be cham- pions of the law and warn some delinquent to settle bis taxes and y his debts, or incur their displeasure. But such illegal service in aid of law would be offset by the ravishing of a girl, the plundering of a farm house, the wounding or kill? ing of aman. They had little excuse for force, since their warnings, symbolically conveyed, ordinarily re- ceived prompt compliance, There were exceptions, ag in the case of Henry Carter, a farmer, who, being visited by @ portion of the gang, fought them off; as also in the case of Bill Dungeo, another farmer, who suspected the author of the warning to him and boldly trounced him within an inch of his life, After enduring this vrrorism for two years the people were led, by aseries of recent outs to rise and crush this devilish band, and the story of their triumph is well worthy the narration, The outlaws commenced a sories of men thrashings and women ravishings that were appalling. People told one another of the terrible scenes with bated breath, but made no move at retalia- tion, They were fearful for their own lives, Finally, two respectable and courageous men, John H. Hogan and J. B, Maddox, were warned that they would specd- ily be visited. They determined to resist, and the ro- sult was the battle of Maddox lane, of which I have telegraphed you. I must premise that three weeks before its occur- rence four of the Ku Klux went by night to the house of one Brown, forced hin from a sick bed and compelled him to indicate the route to Maddox’s house. Brown kept his counsel, and next morning measured tho horses’ tracks in his yard. He kept on measuring such tracks In various places and under various circum- stunces until he was morally certain that one of the men who visited his place was named Moore, and he so strongly susy another man named "Neal that he blurted out his suspiciogs through all the country sida, Just before their raid on Maddox they called at Brown’ roused him from bed, beat him black and blue, and lett him tovdie before morning. Neither Maddox nor Hogan had been idle, The latter went to the Governor with his story; the former to the Sheriff The truth ‘of their narrations and the ex- tremity of their danger could not be denied. The Gov- ernor prepared to ship arms and ammunition from Springfleld to Franklin county, and to arrange for the organization of a militia company to recelve them. But the Sheriff was more active, he summoned twenty trusty fellows to his aid and set out from Benton, the Sey. seat, for Maddox’s place, five miles distant The Ku KI bag De an utter contempt for danger, their im- munity having emboldened pot 34 proceed usually in a devil-may-care manner, having notified Maddox they would sup with him about midnight of the 16th inst, The Sheriff and his party were on hand consider- ably before that hour, Maddox place was remote from the highway, and reached only by a long lane. Sheriff Macon, for that is hie name, disposed his men along the fence and in and about the house, It was a moonlight night, and they crouched ‘low in the shadows, waiting the coming of the despicable scoundrels and cowards who had promised themselves the sport of torturing a single man in the presence of his terrified family, Mid- night passed, and it was feared that the Ku Klox had threatened in mere wantonness, for they did not come, Still Mason's party kept their ainbush, and their paticnt waiting was rewarded, for about 2 o'clock they heard tho jingling of spurs and the march of THE ONCOMING BANDITTI, ‘They appeared, hideously attired as was their ens- tom, and advanced coniidently down the lane toward the house. They were fifteen in number, a portion only of the band, and were armed like swashbuckiers— to the teeth, They had almost reached the house, and were mov- Ing on without fear, when the Sheriff commanded a halt and demanded a surrender, The Ku Klux, thoroughly surprised, came to a halt, or, rather, their horses doubled, and the party was thrown into confusion, A’ second demand was mada, Sherif! party never bs a shot, bu ‘was Inet with au oath anda bul Thereupon Flan. gan, @ lawyer of Benton, one of the Sheriffs posse, fired anda Ku Klux tumbled from his saddle, “The firin, then became general, the Ku Klux retreatin, througe = lane, receiving as they went the lire of the ambus- le, Fearing that there was a larger party in tho rear, the Sheriff decided not wo pursue immediately, but to guard Maddox's house until morning. The wounded man who had fallen into the clutches of the law was in the full costume of his crew, and received the kindest attentions from the family he was about to outrage. He proved to be @ young man, Duckworth by name, well known in the county, Ho exhibited the deepest remorse, say- ing to one of the gentlemen who accompanied the Sheriff, “Ohi for God's sake, pray for me, for] will die. Forgive me, If I live I'will never do so again.” He was removed to Benion, placed in a room of the hotel, and is now on the fair road to recovery and the Penitentiary, Duckworth claims that he had inged to the Order but a short time, He said that Neal, who was Subsequently captured, was the leader of the attack on Maddox's house, He knew the grips and signs of the Order and said that betrayal of them is certain death, THR PRISONRRS. In the pursuit which followed shortly aftor daylight Aaron Neal was captured at hia house, also Green Can- trell, who was full of buckshot, Neal @ man of fam- ily, a Baptist minister’s son, ostensibly a farmer, some- thing of a lawyer, and, generally, a bad man, though he ‘was engagod in the affair of the erally respected ithe county. county. thus far, but: if Duck- ce, and he may, for there’s bedside nursing him, and widowed before she is a wife, $o load to the capture of the Ts conn ierouned EEC 1 trom nigumare y is as 8 night For tho first time in two years the people one speak out, They have ogengne @ militia company composed of the best men in county, and they cig assert the supremacy of the law over every form of villainy, NEW YORK CITY. il John Osborne, aged seventeen years, of No. 921 Eighth avenue, accidentally fell from some rocks on, Fifty-niath street yesterday and was seriously injured’ Taken wo Roosevelt Hospital. Edward Higgins, a laborer, while working on pier No. 39 North River, had his leg broken by a lurge square of plate glass falling upon him, Removed to the Chambers Sureet Hospital. BROOKLYN. There will be music by Conterno’s Twenty-third Regi- ment Band in Prospect Park to-morrow afternoon at four o'clock, Joseph Conyou and William Toner were arrested yea- terday for stealing silverware and clothing from the No. 286 Van Brunt street, They Michael McGuinness, who was killed by the falling of an elevator, at the Fowler Oil Mills, No, 66 Furman street, Brooklyn, rendered a verdict censuring the owner of the mills, LONG ISLAND. Harness thieves have been at work about Whitestone recently. Two sets of valuable harness have been stolen from the barn of Mr, George W. Van Sicklea and another from the barn of Mr. D, M. Talmage, An old harness, which is supposed to have been exchanged, Was afterwards found in the vicinity. George Holmes, colored, about twenty years old, was committed to the Suffolk County Jail, at Riverhead, by Justice Huntting, of Smithtown, on*Wednesday, to await the action of the Grand Jury on the charge of assault- ing Mr. and Mrs, Jacob Jeffreys with anaxe, Both were more or less cut, Mrs. Jeffreys receiving @ severe gash in the arm. NEW JERSEY. Under the provisions of the Compulsory Education law, which is now in force in New Jersey, parents and guardians are required to send to school children be- tween the ages of flve and eighteen at least twelve weeks in each year. Neglect to comply with the law involyea @ penalty of $25 for each offence, The evidence in the vapor gaslight contract at Jersey City was completed yesterday, and the question will now be submitted to the Superior Court at New York on the suit brought by Mr. Walker against Fayette, tha patentee of the vapor light. The testimony will also be submitted to the Grand Jury at Jersey City, STATEN ISLAND. The farmers about Richmond county are now en. gaged in gathering their potato crops, which are turn- ing out very good, although in some places they were struck with rot in consequence of the recent wet weather, The wheat, grass and oat crops were also, very good, only the latter being somewhat damaged by: the rain. The yield of corn will be unusually large, The Middletown taxpayers are making considerable: Opposition to assuming all the expense of the Gora street sewer in Stapleton, alleging that as a great quantity of the surface water came from Concor which is in the Southtield ward, aud, as that portion o1 the village will be as much benefited by the proposed’ improvement as certain parts of the First ward, those localities should bear @ portion of the expense, Tha sewer will only extend about 3,000 feet in Middletown, while the stream which flows into the sewer was over: three miles outside of that town and through other towns. The cost of the work is estimated at about $30,000, which the Middletown taxpayers think too much for one town to pay. ‘The shores of Staten Island presented a lively appear- ance yesterday morning, many vessels being anchored off the different landings and most of them with colors flying. Among them were the following yachts:—Mr. Garner's Mohawk, Captain Kenner; Mr. Osborn’s Dread- naught, Captain Smith; Mr. Wallack’s Columbia, Cap- tain Comstock; the Prospero, Captain Jones, and the Magic, Mr. Garner's old yacht. The new yacht club building at Stapleton has been successfully moved twelve feet further south, and the slip, which has recently been closed to travel, will be opened on Saturday next for the use of the opposition steamer D, R. Martin, on which occasion a banquet will be given at the club house, There is some doubt about the slip being yet wide enough for ihe Martin to enter with safety, THE BRIDGE, THE BROOKLYN ANCHORAGE COMPLETED, ‘The anchorage on the Brooklyn side of the structure which is to span the East River was completed yester- day. The anchorage contains 23,000 yards of masonry, and the foundations consist of an immense timber plat form. The whole forms a mass of stone, iron and steel 129 by 119 feet at the base and 117 by 104 fect at the top. The height is eighty feet above the river. The four cables enter the masonry at ao elevation of eighty- two feet, and passing into the wall for twenty-fve feet form a connection with the chains, The chains are cast steel bars, thirteen foet long, ten inches wide by one and a half inches thick, These are arranged in ten sections, each of which con- taing nineteen bars, forming in all four curved lines, extending from the cables to the anchor plates, The four anchor plates, which weigh twenty-tive tons each, are located at the base of the masonry, anchor walls are so consiructed as to have two lari paces in each, eighty feet long by twenty wide, and divided into 81x stories, serving lor warehouses above and for a rail- way passage below. MILITARY HONORS TO THE DEAD. Colonel Harry Rockafellar, formerly commandant of the Seventy-first regiment of this city, was buried yes- terday, The funeral ceremonies took place in Grace church, at Orange, N. J. The members of the Oid Guard,’ commanded by Major George W. McLean, aud those of the Veteran Association of the Seven first regiment, of both of which organizations was a member, attended his funeral. They left th city at nine o’clock | Race morning. The Seventy- first regiment would have done honor to the memory of its former commander bad it been in the city. Quite a number of its members who did not accompany the regiment to the encampment at Oakland Beach, R. L., went with the Old Guard and the Veterans to Orange, THE WORK OF THIEVES, The following robberies, occurring Wednesday night, are reported to the Superintendent of Police :— The residence of James Finley, at No, 5 Lewis street, was entered by sneak thieves and pilfered of afew articles of clothing. Frederick Frank, of No, 425 East Nineteenth street, suffers in a similar manner to the extent of $110 in Jewelry. The house of Michael Stetto, No. 245 Second street, was preyed upon by sneak thieves, who carried away some clothing and jeweiry, The hardware store of Fell & Van Ness, at No. 4123 Second avenue, was robbed by thieves of $36 worth of hardware, The cigar store of J. Scligman, No. 167 William strect, Was relieved of $25 worth of cigars by thieves. TERROR IN BABYLON. Captain McDonnell, of the Eighth precinct, has sta- tioned extra patrolmen on Greene, Wooster, Sullivan and Canal streets, with orders to arrest the female fre- quenters of the disreputable houses in those streets on the tirst intimation of their plying their nefarious busi- ness, The result hag been @ general stampede from the infected district, KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL, ‘The Commissioners of Charities declare their determi nation to make a most rigid examination of the com- plaint preferred by Mrs, Maria Pennington and Mrs Graham jt the nurse Mrs. Hardy, of ward No, 22 The investigation is to be resumed to-day in the Hoa ital at, Flatbush, Commissioner Norris applied to beh McOue, of the City Court, yesterday, to learn if the Board had fore is Judge . DROWNED IN A CISTERN, Mra Mary Duffield, aged sixty, living at No. 16 Elle son street, Paterson, on Wednesday afternoon took a pail and went out into the yard to draw some water from the cistern for tea, Not returning in due season @ search was made for her, but it seems that as the fat iD bbe pera and the cistern lid was closed no on thought of looking there for her until yesterday mora- ing, when the bottom was dragged and her body wae brought to the surface, All explanations of the ace dent are of course theoretical, The cistern cover muat fallen back in place as she foll in, or she may have pulled it on in her endeavor to save herself, ‘The top Of the cistern ik not over fifteen inches square. Coroner Ym Jury rendered a dovision of accidental drowns | tah to compel witnesses to testify be- jeCue replied that it had not,