The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-11-01
Arrest Of Citizens.
As was. not expected, tue Preside

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proclamation Of the l2'h, was follow
cd five days thereafter by another
suspending the privileges Of tho wr,,
Of hadeas corpus in certain sections of
South Carolina. ...
Oa Thursday last, tho military
authorities at this place commenced
making arrests. Several citizens ot
the town were arrested while ia the
pursuit Of their uvocations, and many
persons from the country, while ia
town on business, were also dctainc
aud lodged in prison.
Abpu. tho .ame hour that the ar.
tests commenced in town, the mill
tary began to move, squadrons oi
cavalry marching out i'll various d.
rections, for tho purpose Of arrcstiug
those III the country against whom &C
cusations have been made, for viola.
tious of the "Ku-Kiux" uud "En-
forccment" Acts Of Congress. On
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, squads
Of soldiers were returning at all hour,
having in their custody citizens of the
county, embracing men in all sta
tions, aud occasionally amongst th..
number would be found negro, of
which clus. five are now under arrest.
The total number now in jAil at
this place is 70, Of whom two nre ne.
grocs aud cou6ued in the military
camp are also three negrocs-Thad
Archer and Reuben Coins, of the
town, aud Samuel, Simril of the
county.
II may be proper here to state that
very few arrests have been made after
uight, the lurger number having beeL
III the day time, and, 50 far as We have
been able to learn, no show of resis-
tance to authority has been made.
AS may be supposed the Jail 10 very
much crowded, in consequence of
which the prison accommodations are
being increased, by fitting tue second
story Of the building for that purpose.
There is no dsspot;sm on tho part Of
the ofli li;ials in charge to treat tho
prisoners with harshncss, and we
have been requested by somo Of tho
prisoners to say that there treatment
has been III kind aud as mild as they
could expect. The following list en-
braces all who are confiued 10 the Jail
up to the hour of our going to press
A. II, M"f:nnnAf, Julh a. QialIuu,
Wm. Robinson, J. G. Chambers, j.
Henry Wallace, j. Fl. Wood, j. Pink
Herndon, J. L. Plcxico, r A. Bllck,
j. p. Warlick, Dr.. j. B. Hunter, J.
S. Miller, Samuel Wood, D. II. Car
roll,t +. +. Bell, f. S. Ramsay, s.
j. Harvey, S. II. Ramsay, James
White, II. McDill, John White,
W. g. Whitesides, 7. A. Douglas, J.
Il. Plexico j :, g. Il. NJ. Steele, j. Il.
Plexico, sr, A. r. Harper, G. d.
Hood, r. II. Grrdner, John Rataree,
James Pressley,* James Rataree, S.
G.. Brown, Minor Steele, r. II. Rig
gins, VIM. Caldwell, r X. Seahorn,
Lewis Ramsay, j. Il. Wilkcrson, Sill 8
Moss, IL. A. Kell, Starnes W ylie j.
Nj. Shcrcr, jacob B. Moore, II. II.
Sherer, Adolphus Smith, + T. Avery,
Wm. Mnss, IredclI Jones, Mack By
crs, w. s. May, L. G. Latham, r. #.
May, J. NJ. Hambright, jr, J. P.
Gugs, j. NJ. H,mbright, sr., J. p
wilson, l.. M. H >rdin, s. a. Fewoll,
j. H. Austcll, Hrnry Toule,* ID. NJ.
Stewart, r. D. Gulbraith, +. J. Dow
ming, James Hampton, j. N. Moss,
W. W. Gaffney, Berry Moss, J. W.
Dobson, A. Kirkpatrick, DR. j. B.
Allison, John Ramsay,J. w. Mitch
ell, Alex A. Barron, S;ttt Owens, w.
Il. Camp, Q4intiuella McClain, w.
Il. Spencer.
*Negroes. tDischarged
Ihe~e arrests have all been made
by the military authorizes, without
formal warrants, and it is expected
that preliminary examination Of
each pri-oncr will be had before the
United States Commissioner, when, if
in the opinion of the mInissioner,
tho evidence fails to sustain the
charge, tn" prisoner Wi, be released.
In the examination befGe the Comis.
sioner, the accused vii be allowed
counsel. The examination will be
public, and conducted il the manner
Of all legal procecdingsbcfore Com.
missioner. Attorney.Gnetal Aker.
man aud D. II. Corbin, District At
toFnoy Of this State arehere, and, wo
are informed, will rcmin until tho
conclusion Of the investigation. No
time has yet been fxcttor the ex.
, animation, 80 far as we an learn.
j Of tho charges Of tboir nature
against any Of the accusd we are un-
able to give auy iDforration. The
authorities are resicentin regard to
their movements and ibentione, and
we can only publish acts as they
transpire. deoming cojeotures and
sensational paragraphs-such as will
flood many of the paper at u distante
as quite superAuous, md in tendcn-
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