The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-30

P1TTsToS, May 20. Every man has
been taken out Of the pit alive, but thev
are in Imminent danger. Most Of them
can live but few hours. Few are dead.
This morning, the physicians assert en-
phntically that not one can recover.
TIE. K. K. kris, MATERIAL The
correspondent Of tho New York JForld.
writing from g0olnmbia, describes the
mysterious brotherhood in the following
amusing strain: ,
The direfnl Ku Klux Klan is made np.
as you know of the ghosts of Confede.
rate soldiers. slain ip battle, Which ghosts
do appear ati midnight upon pale steeds,
aud have no! connection with daylight.
unless in 80 for as their manifestoes are
found when the sun rises ut the door of
ne Rspaper: offices, or, on the thresholds
OF thpse nnkebates whom it is deemed
desirable to warn to depart in peace, lest
q worse thing come upon them. The
Alan is q monarchy, aud the sovereign
thereof appeared not long since near
eere. Before wayfarer pursuing his
homeward journey there loomed up out
OF the dark road an immense, portcn-
tons figure, fifteen feet at the least high.
taking strides, Of ten feet, and emitting
clucking sound as he walked like the
yelling forth OF liquor from full bottle,
ca. - ai:s;;;rra55!!J .ouac.. Co;;plo;i.
With this noise was tho clink of giant
castinets, as .it were, there being about
the shades neck necklace of O ninety
i've pound anvil aud divers slrdge-ham-
ners, which chinked horribly. Stretch
ing forth one arm. to one side Of the rnnd
ard .s> c.hes tc .hc ether, this mon
strous appearance grasped rail,from Tie
opposite fences, ,nnd with tho ends
scratched his head. It was the Kinp Of
the Ku Klux Klan. His edicts. coucIed
in the royal i.atyle, s'we,,' are terrible. II
was apprehended in recent election that
hundreds Of negroes. would be moved
about from place to place upon the rail-
roads so,as ot'repeat" enormously, and
the dread decree went forth ''to the
ghoulH ct every den from. the Chattahoo,
chic tg ;Chickainauga:" tClutch them
upon, the train. Garry them to your own
pale. realm; and then retire to your dread
abode tall summoned forth by your great
commander" Set forth on snlphurons.
hued'paper was this dark mandate, with
the red word "Bloodl' stamped upon it.
and the illegal vote in that vicinity was
light. Also, in another place, certain
one wrote to the papers to soy how The
X. K. had fogged him with rawhide.
and how he had nevertheless refused to
depart; whereupon birthstone. smelling
communication reached that paper, tell.
ing how the faots.%ere: 1--WE gave him
twenty.flv lightly, and lie refused to
leaye.shOne4 OF the men that was killed
At Metz then- took charge of the silken
ribbon and gave him twenty-five more
51H & htill refused. Count Bismarck then
took charge of the ribbon, and mounted
among the stars with it and camo down
on him, and if there is any truth in him
lie belched it ontl He said that he would
go" Terrible, indeed, is the X. K.
Gov. Scott, of South Carolina, who
arrived in.Washington in on Thursday, had
long interview with President Grant
yesterday morning, in which he said
there was no necessity for putting the
State under martial law, and that there
was good. state of feeling among the
better claPses Of citizens to put down any
Ku Klnx' organizations which might ex-
lst. Tho Governor loft for New York
last night, on business connected with
South Caroline. .--NewlYork World
A letter from. Berlin states that three
OF thu lending Free Mason Lodges ol
Berlin I1aYe issued "a manifesto to the
other lodges in Germany urging them 10
bronx Off all inferconrpn 1u;tE t,,o E.a,a II,