Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-03-30
K. K. K.
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
The Presidents Anti-Ku-KIux Procla-
mation--They are Commanded to
Dispense Within Twenty DAYS.
W.surxcro,- Morob :

| w AsHlNGTON, Mafcn "a,
By the President of the United
States of America, \ proclama
ton: Err
| Whereas, 1t is provided in the
constitution of the United States
that the United States shall protect
every State in this Uuion ON applica
ton of the Legislature, or of the
Executive when the Legislature
cannot be convened, against domes
tic violence: and
| Whereas. 1t is provided in the
laws Of the United States that in al
cases ofinsurreetion in any State, ,ol
of obstruction to the laws thereof
it shall be lawful for the President
of the United States on application
of the Legislature of such State, ,ol
the Executive when the Legislature
cannot be convened,to call forth the
militia of such State, or employ
such part of the land and naval fore.
es as shall be judged necessary fol
the purpose of suppressing such in
surrection, or causing the laws to be
duly executed; and
| Whereas, / have received infor-
nation that combinations of armed
men, unauthorized by law, are now
disturbing the peace and safety oi
citizens of the State of South Caro-
| lima, and committing acts ofviolenee
in said State of a character and to
an extent which renders the power
of the State and its officers unequal
to the task of protecting life and
property, and securing public order
therein; and
| Whereas, The Legislature OF
said State is not now In session. and
cannot be convened in time to meet
the present emergency, and the Ex-
ecutive of said State having, there
fore, made application to me fol
such part of the military force OF
the United States as may be neces-
sary and adequate to protect said
State and the citizens thereof
against domestic violence hereinbe-
fore mentioned, and enforce the due
execution of the laws; and u
| Whereas, The laws of the United
States require, whenever it may be
necessary in the judgment of the
President to use the military force
for the purpose aforesaid, that he
shall forthwith by proclamation
command such insurgents to dis
perse and retire peaceably to their
respective abodes;
Now, therefore, l, Ulysses S.
Grant, President of the United
States, do hereby command the per
sons composing the unlawful com.
binations aforesaid to disperse and
retire peaceably to their respective
abodes within twenty days from this
date.
In witness whereof 1 have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be af-
fixed. Done at the city Of Wash
ington this twentyfourth day. OF
March, in the year of our Lord,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one,
and of the independence of the
United States the ninety-fifth.
....-. q. S. GRANT.
By the President: .-
HAMILTON FISH, Sec'y of State.
The revolt in Algeria is spread.
ing.
The Telegraph's special at Yer
sailles reports that the Government
has ordered the prompt arrest OF
Garribaldi, upon his appearance up
on his appearance on French soil.
Lifio retires from the ministry of
war,and will be succeeded by Clems-
bault, returned prisoner from Ger
many. 2 .--.-u. ....
A Holden, Mass, hunter lost his
dog in singular manner. The dog
ran rabbit into a hole, and begun
to dig for him A root impeded
his progress, and he gnawed it off
and continued digging, until the
severed root caught in his collar,
and he was strangled to death.
The Emperor Alexander the Sec
ond is generally known in St. Peters
burg to have become a confirmed
drunkard. He imbibes nothing but
the strongest alcoholic liquors. All
the efforts of his family to reclaim
him have proved fruitless.
The war has made terrible havoc
with the railway interest in France.
The country which, so far as railways
is concerned, was but eight months
ago considered superior to England
for investments and profit, is for the
present nearly worthless.
Rochefort's watchward of regicide
is exercising It's influence in Den
mark, where Christian TX. has re-
Gently been shot at. The King very
sensibly took no notice of the at
tempt at assassination, ordering the
would-be murderer's release, and adj
vising him to practice with his pis-
tol if he intended to remain in the
business. Christian is evidently a
humorist.
The King of Portugal has con-
graduated King Amadeus and his
queen upon their peacable accession
to the throne, and conferred various
Portuguese orders on their Maies-
ties.
Were the French indemnity to
Germany to be paid all at one time
in gold, train of freight cars one
and three fourths English miles
long would be required to carry it
home and a train of twenty-six Eng
lish miles if paid in silver.
Rev. G.. j. Hunter has resigned
the pastorate of the New Philadel-
phia Presbyterian Church to accept
that of the church at Dennison. The
new Presbyterian church at Denni-
son is Just completed, and is to be
dedicated April 9th. 1t is pronounc-
ed beautiful by the Tuscarawas
CRronicte. .. ...
The Medina people are rejoicing
in the completion of the Union
Block upon the ruins of wooden
structures burned down last year.
It is one hundred and thirtY-one feet