New-York tribune., 1870-08-05

over. the hanging OF outlaw to tree in the
conrthoqse yard by quickly & gathered band 1 q nund
CssweI the Conservatives with whom have conycrsed.
proners and Others strongly Intrinsic that he was mur
dered nv the coored people account OF his becoming
about him to subtantiato their views Other cntrages
the conventions know nothing OF except Darnbarnng
by the "niggers," stealing by the mggers' ana ono
ftaSeS with few OF these "niggers" and they seemea
to know OF other things They spoke o. .erro, @
night lest they should be whipped or mrdeiud. s 80 b %
those own friends who had suffered at the nahas or e
Ku-Klux. one colored in Danyille who had oeeh %
down among the negroes in Caswel and Aeinaoe hS r
they Seemed scarf they did MT dast 70 say .I
souls was own" and where he stopped one nght.
the woman said TO him. az she went to esd ,i M
row morning. Tho kuhlux may come ana take ine any
Somebody in Yanceyvile told the negroes them
selves said they didn't know anything about
ana had meyer been troubled Dy H. ot Ine he man
whom he had seen whipped and OF several who sad
RACES Which he had heard Of While believe certain Of
the respectable Conservatives to their knowing moth
ing about such things must also believe the black Be
publicans who tell me they know many things.
Col Kirk busy taking evidence against arrested par
be feared THAT viii do Justice to the occasion Cas-
well is cert5nly unhappy county. That there have
doubt and now the innocent are suffering with the
guilty. it is misfortune now TO he citizen OF that
county Since the arrival of Kirk the K knx naue been
very Guet The militia has been collected hastily is yet
und5cplned and somewhat undrcssed crowd but Tor
the most part they have behaved themselves IN the town
with the exception OF two or three ladies, who left the
village FOR fear that something might happen TO them
none of the inhabitants haue been frightened out OF
town The prematurely terrified ladies have since
returned. The militia are keeping quiet; the U. o
troops also quiet, except few who managed 10 GET
drunk. The prisoners quiet and the community Is
quiet all waiting what will turn up next Thus
military movement will IL is thought, break up the hu
KlIx particularly II few can be convicted NJ,
I have never yet seen defender Of the ku-kuh,
though 10 is probable have conyersed with members OF
the order Everybody says the Kuklux should DO
broken up, but the Conservatives wish IL done Dy tue
regular COURTS and the Judges the courts cannot 40
It. 10 Is beginning he evident that military force eau
break ND the order II the of the Executive IN
sending troops various quarters In the state the MUS
toe which may have been done to lndlVduas VIII DO
counterbaanced. ,
Much Injustice has been done Col Kirk in various
stories circulated concerning him. One "a the eneet tha
he shot young boy during the war whom ne ssIneNd
of double dealing he earnestly denied to me- III was
said that he treated the wts of habeas corpus brought
him with contempt and tore themup. He showed me a
packet tied with tape which contained every WITH
brought him. and his reply, which was that hc acted
under orders of his superior officer.
NV visit among the prisoners was very Interesting
experience me- and perhaps broke the mOnotOny Oh
confinement somewhat for them. Az the request OF sew
eTa promised to have sent for Their Denent d0zen
COPIES OF TIE TRIBUNE containing this letter TO inc Kan
cevyile COurt-House and t offered 10 pay me Tor
them on the spot IL was the first visit they had re-
ceved from newspaper correspondent and they eemed
Interested 10 see the result The United states troops
under Major Rodman have been here Longer IMAM NIX
and men, and the sympathies OF the oces e RATHER
with the citizens who have been shut up fuI hey arc
healthily down un the ku-kluX, ana nope so'c oI
those fellows will be hung before long az the only means
of breaking up the order.