New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-05-25
south Carolina.


The Ku-Klux to the number of about one
hundred made one of their characteristic visits
TO Newberry Court house on Sunday morning,
between l and o'clock.
The facts, as narrated to US by Mr.. Simeon
Young, (colored,) the wounded man, who is
chairman of the Board Of County Commission
ers, aud whom we visited last evening upon
his arrival in this city, are as follows Young
says: - live in the town Of Newberry, and
on Sunday morning last, between l and
O'Clock, my wife woke me up, saying there was
Ku-Klux outside l Immediately Jumped out
of my bed and took my rife. They broke in
the window of the bedroom and threw tur-
pentine ball into the room, which | smothered
with blanket
"They then went to the front door of the
house, burst that in, and threw several of the
turPentine balls into the room. which made it
light, and then burst open the bed room door,
and fred through the partition some ten or
twelve shots, wounding my wife through the
back, and my child through both hips, as they
lay in bed. After pushing the door shut sew
eral times, let it come open and fred upon the
nearest man, wounding him severely. I then
jumped through the window, and as was run
ming through the crowd and about to leap the
fence, l received two shots in the thigh"
Oae squad was sent to visit the house of
Trial Justice Long, who secreted himself and
visited the residence of David fIailstock an.
other of the county commissioners, but he had
intimation OF their coming and took 10 the
woods and thus eluded them.
There was another shooting scraps also in
Newberry yesterday, growing out of the re-
fusal by q colored man to exchange silver
money for greenbacks. Upon his refusal. q
young man, living about four miles from town,
| fred four shots At the colored man. None
took effect
Information was received yesterday Of the
killing by the ku Klux Of q man near Gist's
Station. on the Spartanburg and Union rail,
| road, on Saturday night; and also of the
brutal whipping Of young girl at the same
time and place. -Columbta S. CO. UHion, 18Th
instant.
/ ANOTHER OUTRAGE.
correspondent in the Columbia Of the Goth
| instant says:
| "The startling news was received few
days ago that party of those midnight ma
rauders visited the residence Of colored man
| by the name of Charles Johnson, twelve miles
north of Edge6eld, for the purpose of infcting
punishment on him for his Republican prin-
ciples, and also. it is said, for selling bad
whiskey.
"On the night in question johnson was
aroused about midnight by the furious barking
of bis dogs. Thinking that some person might
be disturbing his stock, he got up, and taking
his gun with him. went out to see what was
the cause Of the disturbance
While looking round his lot, he heard the
! sound OF men and horns approaching. So,
concealed himself he wanted to see who aud
what they were. lie was not kept long in sus-
pense-looking out from his place of conceal
ment, he observed twelve or fifteen men--some
OF them walking and some Of them riding. They
were all disguised. They went up to the house
and demanded the door to be opened-his wife
refused to do it, at the same time saying that
Charles was not at home. The party burst
open the door and rushed in, swearing that
they had got the ID scoundrel now, and
swearing, also, what they intended doing with
him. Charles thought now is the time to show
fight. He fred of one of his gun barrels
bringing to the ground one of the marauders.
The poor, unfortunate fellow bawled Justify for
help, and made the night air hideous with his
dolefal cries. caused by the pain-of bis wound
Charles tired again-his other barrel-wOund.
| ing another OF these assassins. His ammunition
being exhausted, he, like good soldier, re-
| treated.
The Petersburg (Va.) Courier of the goth
instant learns that some ten days ago Mr..
Roderick Vaughn, Svery inoffensive and harm.
less man, residing about three miles from that
city, In Dinwiddie county, was taken from his
house by party of colored men in the neigh.
borhood and carried to the woods, where be
was very severely whipped, from the effects
OF which he was taken sick and died few
days ago.
| AtssOurs.
United States marshals L. Is. james and
Valentine Prewett arrested Q few days ago in
Bollinger. Missouri, John A. McCieary and
Frank Rogers. charged with illicit distilliug
When near Marble Hill the party was con.
fronted by gang Of masked men, who de-
manded the prisoners. On being denied they
bred, weunding Marshal Jsmes IN the leg and
arm. The officers returned the fire, and
wounded some of their assailsnts. The pris,
oners were brought to st. Louis yesterday and
lodged in Jail.