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Show Tlio Mystery Btitug KoYcnlcd. Augusta, 23. Several prominent negroes connected with the troubles in the counties below here, have made confessions. Jake Moorman, first lieutenant of a negro company, testifies testi-fies on oath that nineteen counties were to be embraced in the insurrection. insurrec-tion. Last Tuesday was appointed for the uprising. All white men and ugly white women were to be killed, but pretty white women were to be spared, and the land and. BDoils divided divid-ed among the negroes. All who have so far confessed testily substantially the Bame as Jake Moorman. The governor arrived this afternoon from Waynesboro. He is determined to preserve peace, enforce the laws, and do justice to whites and blacks. |