The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-01-24

but I had no bnsinese with him, vhsteyey,
Second. That / Was not present ae, nor :d91 ]
know OF, any jntervieNs between s1kf. Hague
and the tNonty: :ave inenn referred TO: end
soSii suyshisR. % %ird. TsassT sss present. with
other gsntlgIpen Of thie, city, when the inter;
view between yourself, Colonel Kerrigan ana
So.bs ss Haa seeea
Korrigan was said In my hearing-end I be-.
lieve was present during the entire inter-
view-and you expressly stated that you de-
with tho late outrages in Union County Of this
State. and to arrest the guilty parties. You
did not intimate that you wanted any men as
sassinated, nor did hear the names alluded
to by Colonel Kerrigan designated for slaugh-
ter. What arrangements Colonel Baker made
with Kerrigan and his party. do not know;
was MT present when they were made, and
know nothing Of tho particulars.
81 cannot conceive of any good arising from
tho publication OF u letter so lnalicious and go
untrue. At the present time, aud during the
excited state Of feeling in the upper Countie. :.
OF the state, It might DO great harm; and
could possibly do no good: Very respectfully,
80. O. PUFFEit.'
"To the best OF my knowledge and belief.
the above statement Of Colonel Puf1er is true,
and applies to myself, 30 far as it goes, with
the exception OF the interview at your house,
at which was not present. Never having
been present when any instructions were
given Colonel Kcrrigan, or any OF his men, or
when any arrangements were made with
them, and never having, been told what they
were, I certainly could not know anything
about it. SO far as the communication re-
terred to relates to me, brand it as a base
falsehood. l am, very respectfully. your
obcdient servant, j. II. H.RUNkLE.'
'tHEADQUARTEEs NATIONAL GUARD,
"SrATE OF South CAROLINA,
"CoLUMDIA, 8. c.. January IL, 1871.
ellis Erceuency Il. X. SCOT, Gopernor and
Commander -in- C2ttct.
'S1R: have the honor to report personal
knowledge Of All interview between Yourself
and Colonel KerriSnn, December 10. 1870, at
which time Twas impressed with the belief
that Kerrigan engaged to obtain, under false
prctenscs, money for himself and others.
whom he represented as having been engaged
in constabulary service at Union County.
What remember most perfectly Is that You
refused to pay, from the public funds, an ac-
count which had boen fabricated upon repre-
sentations Of irresponsible persons, and that
you disclaimed any connection with Colonel
Baker, or his mining operations, or rcspunri-
bility for their pecuuiary or other troubles.
Kerrigan appeared all adroit persistent man,
and made various propositions and state
ments, and when you had torn tho veil Of his
flimsy pretensions,. he, nothing daunted,
| asked you to givo him letter to carry TO the
Hon. Il. B. Connolly, Comptroller of New
York city, as if he had come South under
wrong Impressions, and WAS loser in some
disappointed political ambition. You con-
sented, and did writo obligiugly for him.
am clearly of opinion, which unhesitatingly
express, that keIrigan endc8vored to flcll
money by intimidation, and made actual
threats to njnre the credit Ut public men as
well as the interests of the State. 1haye the
honor to be, very respectfully; your obedient
servant, G.. l.. ANDERSON,
'Maj or General Commanding"
The letter and the enclosures satisfied IL,
that the charges made by Colonel kcrrigan,
SO far as Governor Scott Was concerned, were
wholly false, and, disturbed as was tho popu-
lar mind, We determined to suppress them.
1t IL no longer practicable to ignore these
charges, however false, and We think it due to
Governor Scott that tho statements Of Colonel
Kerrigan and Mr.. Hoggct shoui,l bo put he.
fore tho public at once. together with his own
emphatic denial Df their Truth. We say un-
hesitatinSly that wo do not believe that Co
vernon Scott ever contemplated plan of
assassination so atrociOns i'll itself and 80 GER
tain Of detection. In fact, we are asked to
believe that Governor Scott gave to a party
Of New York roughs tho power to send him to
tho pcntentiary, or tho gallOws, whenever
"hush- money might iai or be deemed insult
cient. Work ns this kind, if dono at all, were
on the Hanks of Southern Radicalism. or the
minor inaccuracies in the statements Of Colo
ncl Kcrrigan and Mr.. HogGett, VIC take no
notice. These might be accidental. But we
again aluTIu our bclIti llldl tuo heIclu III ailc-
cations. relating to Governor Scott, sub
stantially falhc. There may bo n grain of
truth in the mass of mis- statements; but
then
"a lie that is all lie may be met with and
fought outright,
But lie that is part a truth is IL harder MAJ
ter to fight"
The following extraordinary communities
ti:n constitutes the leading sensation in the
New York sun, OK Monday last:
"Io Ae Editor ~ The S.,.--SIn: The follow
ing story may strike you almos, incre dible.
but you may rely upon it that there j. not a
word in it which is not perfectly true. L do
not think should have revealed all the names
which arc mentioned in it, had not been in
formed that other parties were on the point
of making them pubic. For that reason,
shall not hesitate, since know that i'll relat-
ing the facts myself, there will bo no danger
Of misrcprcsent alton from interested motives.
".ibout seven weeks ago, Colonel Baker,
on thc staff Of Governor Scott, OF South Caro-
lima, appeared in saloon known III the
Crystal situated in the Bowcry, between
Broome and Grand streets. Ho inquired ior
men who were willing to go to South Carolina,
where they were to be appointed deputy State
constab!Gs, and be employed mt tho Union
gold mines for tho protection of tho negro
mil In nO ftv ba oII nd