The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-29

perpetrating KuKlux outrages while represent
ing themselves to be white men, there are many
VINO are satisfied that the late Senator Stephens
was victim OF the political designs OF the lead
ers OF his own party. Besides these there were
no other murders in this county. and the outrages
until -
KIRK's cUrrHRoArs
came here consisted simply in the discharge or a
negro from employment, or other trivial circun-
stance, which were at once construed into mum
idation. and made into ku Klux outrages Since
ever, there has been q sufficiency Of outrages to
make up for the shortcomings of the county in
this respect. Chcken-coops, hog-pens and store
houses have. been plundered nightly. One
ctSaG Quilted. and '4't the rel remainder
are closed up. have not seen a white female
since my arrival here, except the lady Of the pr
yate residence at which l have been stopping
The hotel proprietor is prisoner. People in the
country are afraid to come here to purchase ar
ticles of domestic use they can hardly dispense
with. All the communication now held with this
garrisoned village is from Danville, in Virginia,
aSd the companys shops on the North Carolina
Railroad. One point brings intelligence from
Raleigh and the other Is in the centre Of the
friends and relatives of the people here. From
the window OF the room in which write the raw
recruits OF Kinks command can be seen
drilling over the streets In squads of twenty and
thirty, and more sovenly and dirty set could
scarcely be collected. BY the grace of his Ex-
celiency Governor Holden the people here have
NEGRO MAGISTRATE
who dispenses justice from his own standpoint,
and is the Register also. Registration, however,
IS little thought of except by the negroes, who
are having their names recorded previous to the
elections on Thursday. The magistrate and Reg
lister is iliterate negro who to add to his other
defects, lacks the common sense of the ordinary
''Sambo,' qualified to read and write. His dec
sions are, in consequence, rarely just and his re-
gistration book is mass of hieroplyphics that
even himself Is puzzled to decipher
COURT
to try the Caswell prisoners has been ordered,
and will convene here despite the writs of Chief
Justice Pearson, and his elaborate opinion that
the civil law must be obeyed. Colonel Clark, of
the First regiment of state troops, will be presi-
dent Of the court and Colonel Kirk, of the Second
regiment, will act as Judge Advocate. The re-
manning members of the court will be supplied
from Kinks regiment, with the exception of Colo
mel stephen A. Douglass, who is expected here
tonight The court will convene tomorrow,
when the trial of the Caswell prisoners will be
commenced The citizens here are not aware of
this yet; its announcement will create additional
excitement, and there will be fresh reason to an
ticipate civil conflict, in which blood may be too
freely shed.
Refusal Of Governor Holden 60 Deliver up
the Prisoners Arrested by Kirk-Refusai
Of the Chief Justice to Attach tho Governor
and Kirk.
RALEIGH, July %, 1870.
Governor Holden refused to deliver up the pri-
soners arrested by Kirk in Alamance on the man
date Of the Chief Justice. The counsel for
the prisoners moved to attach the Cover.
nor The motion was refused by the Chief
Justice. The counsel then moved to at
tach Kirk. This motion was also refused.
They then moved to send the Marshal
OF the Supreme Court to Kinks camp to bring the
prisoners. The motion was refused by the Chief
Justice, who said it would be idle as the order
would not be obeyed; that the counsel for the
prisoners might take it as fact that the Marshal
had been sent and the prisoners not surrendered.
IT, as was said by the prisoners counsel, they In.
tended the application for relief, it should be
made by them to the Chief Justice of the United
States. . t..