The New York herald., 1871-10-17
A4ViVAL OF TIE XII ELuX 0UTnAcES
I he Presidents Proclamation DE.
iie.i ia S0ut. Carolina.
Eyeittd STATE Of Affairs al the South
The Txas Riots.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 1871.
Private dispatches received to-day from South
Carolina state that there Is Indication the part
OF the Ku Klux OF their inteution to obey the Pre-.
sident's warning. The time allowance expires to-
day. Among the arms which required TO be
turned In are eight hunared stand OF Winchester
rides, belonging 10 the State, taken by Ku
KiuX in the day time from Unionvillc where
they had been stored for the militia.
Attorney General Akerman Is himself In York
County, where Cooael Merrill OF the Seventh
cavalry, Is stationed. Additional troops have ar
rived there. All through the proclaimed district
erea, excitement prevailed ana 1t Is understood
that most of the suspected persons are now lying
out to avoid arrest. UD TO this date the midnight
whippings, &C.. have not decreased except In
counties where the United States Marshal, his depu
ties and posse are at work.
Florida reports show renewal OF disorders IN
some parts OF that State. Within ten days past
a colored man, named Williams, was shot
In cold blood by white man namcl
shoals. At Newmansvile two murders have occurred
within the same time as that at Gainesville One
was that OF republican nameu W. II. Lucy, by
Ku Klux desperate named Moody; the other was a
colored man. few days after c0lored boy was
beaten nearly to death. Both these places are In
Aachua county. In Jackson county on the 9th
inst Senator Kimmngcr was shot by q man named
Poncher. The Senator had complained OF Poncher
ior carrying concealed weapons ana the latter had
been sent to jan III default OF finding bonds. lie
subsequently procured ban and left After couple
OF weeks he was seen In the neghborhood. Mr..
Krmminger was sitting on his piazza when Killed
by rifle ball. The murderer walked deliberately
to boat, got in and rowed away, after reloading.
No attempt has been made to procure his arrest,
and the muruer Is justified because the senator Is
radical, AMI u Southern born RADICAL
The Groesbeck, Texas, riot, TO quell which Gov.
ernor Davis Is geographically reported to have
body or negro police, began. 1t appears, three or
four days before the election, by man named
Applewhiie well known as gambler and despe-
RADIO, who was wearing u Derringer In defiance or
the law against carrying deadly weapons, refusing
10 give them when directed 10 do SO by an officer.
An attempt was made 10 dlsarm him, which he re.
sisted. He was killed IN the melee while In tile act
OF firing. The democrats in the town rushed
to arms. The police o0cer, colored man, rejoined
his squad and they speedily ned, seeing tney were
likely TO he summarily butchered. The country was
tnen aroused for miles, and men, mounted and
armed, poured in for TWO days and more. Tne pas
senger tram from Houston was searched by armed
men, and plckets were posed ON all the roads.
The police OF That station, i0rty strong,
first barrcadel themselves In building
and then marched 10 springfield, pursued
~ several hundred armed men. they were be-
sieged al the latter place. The armed moo also
threatened the death OF all republicans thereaDous,
declaring tnat they intended TO begin the war of
dnerent points by armed men, and II was Win
great dnlcu ulty the coach got through. The passcn
gers were told that the negroes were unici arms,
Lut none were seen except rs fugitiycS.