The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-01-11
Washington Correspondence of the NY. Herald

Washington Correspondence of the NY. Herald
a Queer Story.
ssoRr4fsRN REPORTS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
THE LAuKENS CAMPAIGN AND ITS RE-
sgI.fS-DAN KEEkIGAS AND HIS BAND.
At the late election in South Carolina
eleven U,ionist>, white and ctlored,
wese killed al EaurcnS Courthouse,
among them being M-. Powell, a ma
tive OF Ohio and Judge Of Probate Of the
3eGnty.s In CONSEQUENCE Of representa-,
sfisAs made to the war department by
StsSeI State authorities, who declared
themselves puwerleSS to enforce the law
and to arrest the mur;lerers, a large mil
ilary force was recently dispatched to
SOUTH Carolina. under cU,umand Of Bre-
vet NaEr General Cnr,in, major. of .he
:si1tce,ah iafantry. This force Eas II
rccted by General Terry to cooperate
with the State aulhYilics and 10 act as
pro,ectioEto the :Uuitsd States Nar-
shal in 2arresting the offenders upon
writS iSsned by Circuit Court Commits
sioner. The troops reported to Cove, n
or Srott at Columbia, and in company
.with ttic Marshal proceeded thence by
xaiEapdwagon road to Laurens Court
house, and, owing 20 the fact that the
tow n WAS lot connected with Columbia
hv telegraph, surcecdrd in surprising
and arrcSting eleven persons charged
wIh. m,gLcf,t and brought them to Co.
3aaf5iasfnl> trial: The parties arrested
were ci,iz"as Of prominence aid wealth,
hnt the Feic,al grand jury, for political
reasons, ignored the bills agains. them.
They were, however, rcarreSted upon
writs issued by the State authorities and
held Ing ceStody until Judge Vernon
came toSColGm'ia and granted wits OF
habeaS corpus for their discharge. Pend,
LIZ these proceedings the Legislature
unpeached Judge Vernon for high crimes
and misdemeanor>, but he paid no at,en-
lion to the act Of the Assembly, and per
miited the prisoners to eice bail, which
thev- diG, aid hutrird,y left before they
coulabe rearrestea. Having discharged
the duty assigned to him, General Carlin
returned to Washington. on his way to
Nassyills, Tern, where he is stationed
vithr MS regiment The offenders are
DOW at large in consequence Of the &C.
tionsefshe ccurtSsand the military cam
p.iea d!d*not result in much practical
benefit. While the troops were on the
march from Columbia . telegram was
received by General CaFlin conveying
the information that Dan kerrisan and
$fomher Of fouehs had left New York
City on the steamer JamcS Adger, bound
to Charleston and Columbia, with the
ava9ed pnrpcse of cleaning out the ne.
$50 legislature Of South: Garoiina.~S IN
consequence troops we're left at Colum-
bia to protect the Legislature from the
threatened invasion Of Dan kcrrigan
and.lliS 1We,,. Upon his return to Co.
lumbia General Carlin was surprised To
find the reported f'ray upon the Lcgls-
latuTe Un,rue hut discovered that ker-
sigan and his band we're e,nigratrg to a
gold mine in that vicinity, which was
reported to- sc very rich, and that the
partyy Nth itszcHief we're not as fero-
cious as represented. As the people Of
me country where the god mines. lay
were very hostile TO strangers, guard
vas supplied to Dan. kcrrigan's emi-
grants for their protection