The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-17
Correspondence Of the New York SUM-

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Carpet-Baggers Jubilant.
| Correspondence Of the New York Sum-.
YoRKvILLE, 8. c., November 2.
There has been no abatement Of the vlgor of
Grants war upon upper South Carolina. The
panic, confusion and distress produced by the
Invasion could not be fully estimated during
the 8rst lew days after the declaration OF war
Every day makes them more apparent.
Farmers In abandoning their homes in
many Instances left their families un-
protected lying In the fields an-
gathered for the freedmen, who generally
work on the share system, to gather and ap-
propriate as they may please. Several coun-
try merchants have closed their storehousesI
| some abandoning them for the time, while In
| two or three Instances the proprietors Of
others form q portion of the prison gang now
In the county jail. While the physical suffer
ing has been great, mental anxiety and dis
| tress have In some instances wrought yet sad"
| der results. Would that tbe number of these
latter unfortunates were lees; although rumor
| indicates only some four or five, and the facts
establish at least two cases of insanity, deVel-
oped 10 the last fortnight, and produced directly
from the fearful condition of affairs prevailing.
REsULrs-oF THE CAMPAIGN.
am not sufficiently In the confidence Of
Mr.. Akerman to be able to detail all the re-
| suits thus far reached. The jail roster closely
approximates Its one hundred victims, some
OF whom have come forward and admitted
| that they were at one time members OF an or
ganzation known as the Ku-KluX In common
| parlance. Some of those at first arres. have
been released, and they do not yet know Tor
| what caper they were Imprisoned. Outside OF
| the jail considerable number-perhaps as
| many as two hundred and fifty persons:
that they were at one time connected with an
organization known either as the "C0uncil
of Safety" or some other such order. These
men, am informed, generally state that they
had never been guilty of any violation OF law,
but simply became connected with the organl-
zation as method of avowing their political
sentiments. They seem to have been Ignorant
alike of any wrongful act In go doing, or OF any
law forbidding 1t. In one instance, day or
two since, an old man came before the military
commandsnt and varied the usual statement.
He admitted that he had been the murderer Of
| a colored man some time last winter, having
shot him In the night with rife. Whether
such a murder ever occurred, or whether
or not the old man is In sane condition,
are suggestions I have heard ventured by
| citizens Of the place. At any rate he was sent
| to Jail, and remains In custody. "A further
| result of the campaign is stated to be the
discovery of the fact that eight murders were
committed In the county last winter, the VIC
| Tins all being colored men. This is an erparts
statement, OF course, but In all probability q
true one. There is, ho Hever, this singular lea
| ture connected with the matter: that neither
the white nor colored people here seemed to
| be aware Of the fact that several OF the muir
ders stated had ever occurred
GRANTS BAYoNET PROCEDURE
has undoubtedly had the effect Of unearthing
every criminal In the county-ifa white man
| the bayonet practice does not seem to work so
happily, and the barn and house.burners are
still enjoying peaceful immunity from the in
vading squadrons.
From the testimony extorted and said to be
voluntarily offered thus far. 1t would appear
/ that several hundred men in the county be-
came during the last fall and winter members
OF these secret organizations. What the mo-
tive OF the order was is not made public.
i There Is no doubt that these men came to.
gether to protect themselves against the me-
nacing. bayonets and bullets OF the State
colored militia. That 1t will be made to
appear that their object was another rebel
| lion against the National Government is be-
coming more apparent every day.
The citizens with whom have come In con-
| tact seem to wish without exception that those
In their midst guilty OF criminal acts should be
punished: They condemn almost without @ ex-
| ceptlon the resort Of the administration to the
unnecessarily cruel mode 1t has adopted for
| the punishment of crime. There is no dispo-
sitlon to uphold or encourage the guilty any
where among the people OF that class from
whom Ku-Klux are supposed to be manufac-
tured. There Is, however, stern opposition
| to Injustice and wrong. Although cowed and
intimidated until men seem afraid to speak
above their breaths, yet everywhere imagine
see written on their faces q daily protest
| against the outrage and shame being inflicted
upon them by an administration that commits
violence, and wages war even, that 1t may win
In the next campaign.
here that the civil officers might not have
effected months ago with more ease, and have
preserved at the same time the rights Of the
citizen. With the law thus executed, the
panic and stampede OF citizens, and the gene.
raj ruin and distress filling 30 many house-
holds, would have been avoided.
| EXIT AKBRNAN.
The Attorney General LEFT here few days
| ago, promising, however, speedy return.
The game hei1g played In South Carolina is
| one OF bluff-the stakes are the denomination
and reelection of Grant, and 1t ls one Of too
much Importance for disinterested hands to
| manipulate; hence one OF the Cabinet must
supervise the game as 1t progresses.
| am glad to state that the prisonerslln Gus
| tody of the military are now allowed to see
counsel upon request being made, and are
also allowed to receive visits from relatives at
certain hours In the presence of an officer.
There can now be no complaint made as to the
manner of their treatment by the military, as
every courtesy is extended by the officers that
the rules of prison discipline could allow.
Captain Ogden, of the Eighteenth Infantry, is
In charge OF the jail, and his patience and ur-
banity In this trying position have secured him
tha oetaam 0f all whOsa misfortune IL has been
to have to visit the prison.
The future prospects OF this section look
gloomy enough. Probably two hundred able
bodied men from this county alone will be
convicted OF conspiracy under the enforce
| ment and Ku-Kux acts-not conspiracy
against the government, but against the
rights or privileges of individuals; and the
only evidence necessary to their conviction ls
the fact that they were, innocently or other
wise, members Of the Council of Safety, White
Brotherhood, Invisible Empire, Ku;Klnx, or
some other fantastic local and semi-political
organization. Conviction conslgns them to
prison for months or years, and the State
loses them as citizens. OF the large number
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