New-York tribune., 1871-11-02
TIE KT-KLCX.
TrL SOUTH CAROLINA ARRESTS.

A correspondent writing from Columbia, 5.
&. TO Tie Ua,Iingiom Chronicle s.ys:
There e,c now confined in the Jail in this city % Of
tsese nich riders have paid them several visits for
he prrp of asceraining hat they might he willing
g. conn .ate regarding he operations OF the Nan
Om s. rannurg County aid are ssncray OF the lower
Surrendered themselves. They tGI OF the kuhnX
fc:s committed iT ih"m freely one o. o. '1Sm ZEN
been engaged in. aud another o. the partcu,
lsrs & q o,'irC ~ The old man Dr. WinT-mlth. All
Of h,n 10y it II released tod@y, unless projected by
United states authority they Would mol dare 10 rrttIn
and In reply 10 inquiry uf theln-the person re-
e. OSot q! puiisRmtnt cold be inflicted upon lin
That he would not rather willingly undergo than TO be-
sytsn that their hearts were moi in the business but
OF OLD and during the war hey we're entirely subSer
~ those who were so easily taken prisoners
tne close OF the war and T6o o were td mol 9
hs tTTS These leaders chiefs and directors have
Sv "apShaSe 10 read the baiderdash being sent ont
81 such papers For instance. read in the NowbcTry
EorrespOudence OF NewYork journal that 1t Is fact
Snnrdered by grOes since the than negroes 10y
Ehite mon" Now in the first place, this statement is
EnQualhcdly false. There have been no white men nur-
Bsred at all by negroes and the number OF negroes
Ehat have been murdered for political opinions sake
s writer Of tbs knows whereof he writes when
be states that before the present state G9veEnnen'
Of the year 1865 there we're Is white III men
stood charged with number OF murders OF DckS
Hanging from IL charged against one man alone
hown 10 a single murder. As before stated. the
vriter cogniZant Of thist and has on one occasion
Found bodies of negroes with bullet holes through Their
beads the woods The perpetrators OF these crimes
srero satisfactorily known in the minds OF many
but to prove them guilty is another thing;
could call names, but the names Of several
81 them are now embraced in reports in the War
Bepartment Tho idea OF the correspondent
kStng that the Radical auditor could not give him the
kArhcuars of of these midnight murders Is simply
Edicuous. The living victims only can give particulars
kpdeyen this they afraid to do unless guaranteed
keOteoton This thank Cod is at hand. and such par
ksulars will be made known ~ even the dolngs IN New
barry County where Notwithstanding this account only
bDe arrest has as yet made will cause the faces
LOnest men TO blush that such crimes he com
buittod by any human being and as Will make these
criminals faces bleach with fear. 80
On Thursday last band Of men, mounted, With their
arms uDcOnceaed and slung in regular marching order
and provided with ratiOns, rode into NewPckens, the
Bounty Pickens They called the United states
EOmmBsioner there, inquired for maps of the United
ktAtes stated they leaving South Carolina Tor
Wood No person in the village was able TO recognize
ky Of tbeu but it is thought they were COLLECTION on
kAe chiefs who using every endeavor to elnde the
Government officers. They did no damage, and after
riding about the village, took up their line Of larEh
Across the mountains into Georgia. The result OF he
biscOsurcS is the perfect Decentralization OF the Man
n those counties where the writ OF haOeaS corpus has
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