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A8S0Q1AZMP ywrjLTCUMXDifficulty with Iferms in Mitch-' tU. * » «iThe ITerroeB led ky» ■epaJMfc**Candidate KorCeKgreta.Segrroea Fite Into the Whltee.■ «i ■ » i + eWhites Betorn the Fire and the Kegroes SkedaddleSeveral White* WonnW-A Humber of Negroes Killed and 30 or 40 Ne^roe* Wounded.FROM WASHINGTONSofcial if Tax cosrrTurroM \ALZkHT G A , Sc {Member *1 —The foltowtng din the facta in regard to the affray it Cemilljt, Mltah-l1\ county on Saturday !»•*. b«ire«» the dclanos and a largo body of negroes led by W P Pleree, Republican candidate far Congroa, John Murphy, r r Putney (white), and PbiWp Joiner late State(colored) Representative of Dougherty-It appear* by ratemesta of elMtene o'tbe above fiountT. tnat potters had been placed at different points In U»« county, aod rwnnett seosow, ootiry-mg the negroes that, on Saturday, Septemberlth, there would be a Republican mate meeting at Camilla. a* i for tfcem all u conw, and If they did como to be prepare ibr any emergency.On Pnday night and Saturday morning the ne. groes commenced gathering, and- beaded by Hamby Pierce and a hand of negroes -nth flfea »ud dronu, moved towards Camilla, nearly all armed. At every plantation aew rtwmi'a Joined'* (hem likewise armed with mnskete and that run*, end were told by Pierce to follow tin and ho would lead them to Camilla fnas or no fuse, ibowing that be folly under*toed the natter and : I wont there for no otber purpose than to create a I 4U turhance A* there are very few negtxn re-ii iidmg Id or arcuDlt;i Camilla this motly crowd, to | the number of two baud red imrol withlo about | three mile* of LhziIU about 1P m and were there oiet by a white man who told them they bad bet-• j ter not go into town armed as It was Ir rlolatloa ^ j of do Governor1* prolcamatioa.aod would create * disiuruance They paid no attention. whatever/
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Tue, Sep 22, 1868
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