The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-11-01
How WARRANTS MAY BE SERVED IN


THE KHAN REGION. not in
Guided among the Counties of South
Carolina in which President Grant has
seen fit to suspend the writ of ha5eas
corpus. Williamsburg has nevertheless
been regarded as place where the Rasii-
cais might obtain materials for sensa.
ton. The temper of the people, and
their cheerful compliance with all legal
authority, hus been strikingly exhibited
in late case at Leesville. The circum.
stances are these:
On Monday, the 23l ult.. tho United
Statos Commissioners, John f. Porteus,
Esq went to Klugstree, aud from that
place issued warrants Tor tho arrest of
nine respectable residents Of tho town Of
Leesville. against whom af(idavits ton l.
ing to show their ku Kluxiau tendencies
had been lodged. Lecsvilla is fully
eighteen miles distant from kingslree,
but the Deputy United States Marshal,
trusting moro to his own powers of
observation than wild rumurs afluat,
started alone for tho former place with
tho warrants in hin pocket, being unuc-
oompanied even by a corporul's guard.
This single officer having found the par
ties. arrested the whole nine in sncces-
sion by showing his warrants, and then
proceeded 10 arrest tho nect,sshTy VII
nesses. The latter we're twenty-five u.
number, and the marshal, with his thir-
ty-one prisoners. took up the march lor
Klngstree, where ho arrived nfo with
his numerous charge The whole week
Was spent by tho commissioner in exn-
mining into the case; the principal
charge against the prisoners being the
overt uct of Ku Klnx in the murder Of
SlngIetary. the postmu.ler at LersviIle
in Jnly last. Two Of the nine, ngains:
whom there WAS Il faint shadow OF evil
dencc, were bound over trial Against
tho rest, no cvllcuce could be funn.l,
and they were discharged.
The Instance is worthy rf note. In
kingstrec, ''the Black Riders" hold
absolute sway, nccor,ling TO the E,dlcnl
nllrgaions, and yet II single officer Of
the law arrests thirty-one persons aud
brings them over fifteen miles without
any guard or other assistance. Ii this
be ku kluxism. verify the disease takes
mild form in williamsburg
charleston 1NsmS.
NATIONAL THANKSGIVING DAY-Amid
tue manifold duties of wnglng war on
South Carolina and receiving presents,
Grant has found time to issue the fol-
lowing proclamation:
The process of the seusous has again
enabled the husbandmHn to garner the
fruits Of successful toll. Industry has
been geutr.lly we'll rewnr1td; wo nre ut
peace with nil nations, aud tranquility,
with lew EXCEPTIONS, prevails 1T home.
Within the past yeur we have i'll the
main been free from Ills which cIscw here
have afflicted our kind. Ii some of us
have had calamities, these shunld he an
OCCASION for sympathy with tho sufferers,
or resignation on their part to the Will
of the Most High, and Of rejoicing to
the many who have been more favored
l, therefore, recommend TINT on Thurs
day. the 30'h day Of November next, the
people meet i'll their respective places of
worship. aud there make the usual an
nnal Acknowledgements to Almighty God
for the blessings He has conferred upon
them, for their merclful exemption from
evils. and invoke His protection and
Kindness for their less fortunate brc, h,-n
whom. i'll HIS wisdom, He has deemed it
best to chastlse. LII faith whereof, |
inve lirrrnnto set my hand and caus, Il
Tho seal of the Unitc,! States tn he nf-
fixed. Done ~ the city Of Washington.
this twenty-righ,h day Of October, III
the year OF our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seveuty.oue. and Of the IN
dependence of the United States the
uinriysiXih. l.. 5. GRANT.
YELLOW FEVER IN sSAvANNAH.-A pas
sehStr, who arrived IN the city yesterday,
from Savannah. reported the yellow
fever M rapidly increasing and causing
great nlnrm-HO much hU, that IL large
number of the inhnbitnnls nre leaving
The passenger referred To SAID he wouid
rnther run the risk Of taking the disease
here. where it is mild, and yields to
treatment, than remain in SavauEah,
where 1t IL singnlurIy fatal.
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