The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-11-23
a,rSrthern eoErespdndspt among the uNda.
n =. shafisy, ,Sf 9he Nes Neess Y6EEE sfs5sss,

len lSips 29Iep so miles to deliYer thenpFe!HNe
NooaTd begIfor, mercy, and their confession
constantlY, implicate persons not before, sqs
nseted, 40 that, each q days .deyelD fmor
fully .eShibit, the great numerical strength rq
Ms Infamous order, which ino appears tShaE
en6racea fuIly two thirds of all the white ns1,
In. m.the,county-ytAp9 officer scarcely gsE}oeet
he state fairs when he SAID 70 meuN :ksI
Slu and go,opt and SHOOT, ,everysYhi lHan .E9!
@aets and yon viii hit Kn s!En Kln4 every tlmsr
o6kaTiyed, here iyeste5day and gaze mnE Gus
SatGb fthis % morning G a bglet account G9f Eths'
present condition Of atta!Issi As't walhsqI u
Tue long street from ltheIdepot totthe h0tel, th'
plaes had the look Of 2 town lp. MV Mar Tunes re
Gently captured bE On invading zaEmy. I ,Aneft
were Sol ldisrs eYerYHher An Infantry -calaf
of clean. white tents, arranged in regular rows
with the alleys between prettily shaded with
arbors of green boughs, stood in an oak grove
near the stasiona ,iAisquad of cavalry ifede 4y
Blue coats strolled up, and down th sstreet and
s6uHaydT Tab5asithe doors of the seeFyA in which
theseseened tosbe much talk and little tratfic
Gf6aps.of countrymen IN gray homesPun stood
upon the estfSet corners and ii theconrt house
ward, engaged IN low and excited talk. Other
men. who appeared, by their dress, villagers,
cogldbe seen through lthe,ap doors OF law
ye-s and doctors offices, or standing ta9ddiIng in k9Pts
or four iapon Che Sidewalks, absorbed
in conversation on the one 'topic6f the. arrests.
Epesxbody bpt;the negroes and soldiers had the
look Of excitement and dependency always
observable In the Thhabitants 0f q copquered
SogEu; IND the people met t1eyed me suspicious
", as if they feared might hase come to emp
t4 some new vial Of Government wrath upon
their devoted heads, A tall thin man, in
LONG, rusty BLACK overcoat and shabby sllk hat
Who few yards ahead OF me, was hlssed
6yra group Of men gathered upon the steps OF
q little dirty store. he stopped, turned, and
asAkea IN, the thsong filling back before hlm.
gssrtheyleam of q pistoi.barrei; and expected
to hear q shot, hut therelwss nole, apdithe tall
man casie ous presently yGWith anlaugfya acounte-
nance, saying, '.I'll fix you, you internal scoun,
drelr and stalked up the street. l recognized
hiurta!be member of Congress from this dis
trict. and learned afterwards that heIis much
hated by the Ku Klnx and, their mpathizers
rho believe that he has, had much. tp do with
bringing the heavy hand pf the Government ven me #
ssfhe Hotel i found to be a long, low building,
sith broad piazza in 'front.' and general air
uetairtNYlreariness itithiuJr In theioffice man
law stretched upon the foor apparently dead
The. landlord assured me thatuhe was" "oBly
drunk, and apologized fQs his presence ,hy say
ing that he did not want 70 !pgt hin = unto st the
street IN taat cordition. The landlord was ex7, ex,
ceedingly attentive and polite and tired 70
make Els guests as comfortable IS his limited
phoWiedgs Of the art Of eEkeeping Iendefed
v6ssible. ogH HeTwaited at table with his negro
servants2 and was profuse and kindly IN his OF
EarG ofIserYice, Following his directions, Il
went at once to the house OF Major Merrlsl,, VINO
rammanas the postM77a Large white bonse, with
tie customary tY9-storse p1azsa ytlnst N ifql. m
me grove 'ofr oaks and pines: "A crowd Of i'll,
looking fellows, of an ages, dressed in slonched
haaaahd saits of coarse homespun Of various
colors and degrees of flthiness and raggedness,
cthuSsdtneadMer PiazzA and d6angsd about
aurievtthe,trees, WhoeSes saw 10 patty, oficap1
sured bnshY Yhackers at the office ora slErPgost
TaFshai during,the war will knew exactly eh9WI
Rese e1inH men looked. They had low foreheadSs
long straight hair, loose ejointed, Informed
aSdies and look Hall Cunning and haff stupid
TEaeohe could easily imagine would change on
occasion into an expression OF brutish ferocity.
Nassingtthrough, this iii.fapored group into the
8foafseeutraf hsl of the house, ISwas shown
bYaRprierly into q. large, well lsfurnished par
Iog, where ! found District Attorney Gor6in
and Major Merrill hearing the confessions Of
member Of the Kp Klp4 whose words we're "a
zen down by stenogIaphsesr,f, Mayor Merrlll
with the head, face and spectacles 6f q German
professor. and the frame of All athlete. He it
q who planned and executed the crusade
AGAINST the Ku Klux. He came here In the
snrine anfl;went quietly at work studying the
country and the people, and familiaEizing him
self with all the details obtainable OF the muir
dara and. other, ,cutrages,tbat had; been commit
ted. He heard the stories of negroes who
sisaFed into rbis Quarters at tight to tell him
sfasrceities praaietfcea upon thehns hei
SiniseAs ts7ol orrthtee members of 1.-THE Khan to
confess secretly he learned the names rof
1peat4nnmber tuf members, found ont who; the
leaders were, and after months OF thus WorK
when the Presidents, proclamation gss lsspe7a, sI
he held The WHOLE infamous order ~ forlR Fl
COMFY as If III the hollow Of his hand aI1ih and he
crushed Is M easily a rsl as man gpoald9 Ian an egg
stA soon as the operation Of the writ Of ha5ea'
S0fty4s was suspended, he sent his cavalry ln
sparal over the county and gathered
i,p the; Ku Kluxr by1 the dozen The people
1sese panic.stricken. The garrison of United
states troops had been eight months ia 4@6fk. @
Vilia. and Tie Ku Kluxx had Come 70 look upon
l6sm AZ the frogs did upon King Log IN fhf
fable; !, The ,sudd activity OF the soldlers
ofI;ded. .by an intelligence that seemed to know
every crime committed by the midnight raiders
and to have penetrated the horned masks afle
5iSeiiises Of the chief criminals, astonished ant
tsrFifed tie community. Many Of tn the NOS d
;nteiligent leaders of the Elan ran away as sooI
asths proclamation was issued, knowing 1ths,r. e,
,Vn,.ld 'be trouble, and among these was itht
aGfand Cyclopsp of York county, one J',W
Avery, a wealthy merchant of this village, wht f
Issued orders for the murder of several OF th'
negroes who wore killed last winter and spring
Int q number of the chiefs of the Klans re
raained and were bagged in the first haul mace
by the soldiers: Most of those who then en- e., es
csned took to their heels without a days delay
ss,S a great number of the privates of this re
hi army who had money enough to leav'
,y;tb' UGt As decsamped at the same time. The poo
mem men, Who could not go, finding themselve
aaaCnsd nteu by their leaders to bear the brunt o