The New York herald., 1871-12-01

tets quiet enough Ku klux ouira2es mad
were living o. The most friendly terms.
Waiiace made Merli acquaIntance. and IN proper
lion as Their intimacy inescascI so an Merfil's
am now merely rcpeaIlns wnit have heard IL -
asserted that Wallace deliberately set 10 werS 10
puisoo, AMI sue c'ecdei IL poison ny me minl cf
Merrill against the reOpl.. At any rate one uay u
gentleman 'eproached Merrin Tor the change mat
hau iakeu pace III nun.
Your people III 10 pat me on the shoulder" re-
plieh Me.riii, hut understand them now. II aIn
lenent thcv VIII look upon m. with conlempt: II I
am severe tiey WIN na'e me. by Cod ireier their
Hatred 10 their contempt
From that tlme TO the present dav Merrill has
oeeu ihtehsely oitter towards the whites.
AkEKAAs'5 tEBUT
With coid-blooded perilnaci,y Wallace pursued
ms purpose untii he had gained IN ally IN senator
Sc0tt, ol fehusyvania, wao pressed the mater 0 !
Presi1elt Grant uutli he ordered the opening 0l Inc
campaign. When Attorney General AKerlnll ar.
rived ucte numerous pro.ninent citizens called
upon hinl. ana lie caiecnized every one OF them.
Some oi ms Questions were singular enousn-"Werc
the people dssioyai to the Union y "We.c the peo-
PIE favorable 10 The administration 4" Ac. Ahcr.
man lound comparative peace ana quiet IN York
county; MS cuiuins produced panic and terror.
Some lev arrests o. nleinDers Of tue Ku klux n.id
already Deen made, In the ordinary manner. Aker-
nian stopped them. lie nrougnt Win hun Grants
proclamation suspendlix the writ Vi naDeas corpus,
dvesed the United states cvl officers OF AL authV.-
NY ald Installed Colonel Merrni ~ sole poiceuan,
J1ier anu judge. In otner wor,s, the military
aun0iiLieS were made Ireme and oil civil power
was Suspended.
NO REsIsTANcE-rHE ARRESTS
Bear In mind mat tnero mas never ueen single
case VI resistance 10 tle ieLeru nlarslais III thS
county. Aiie,t, hai been mad Dy thenl WHO c
uouOlc before the suspension Ul the writ ol habeaS
corpus luueeu. resistance seems 10 nave been the
last tling c0nienp,ated by the ku kiux. bcfore
AhcrinuA ARRIVAL the newspapers had ANNOUNCED
tiia martial law would be pioClAinied; hence when
ne reached lorkvte the purpose ol III, visit WAS ut
once OWNED pane aud stampede uegln. avery,
tic aiieSed Grihd Clie Vi Liie nta vas one vi tile
Inst w NY. Some -hree or fonr hundred men iOl-
lowed MS example, Aa.iy oi these were doubtless
prominent ine.nuefs oi tue Sian, but a.n "a the
opinion ma tue majority were Innocent men, wlo
had yeidcd - terror Arrests asa began prv.nptiy
AT miuniEht men we're takea ilum llc.r beds ana
hurried ~ the county jail. No warrants we're nUwn
tnchl, noInins w.s saii about me charge orousuJ
uncuuCateu sinuii ldfmer-rom the OH man OF
seyen,ytwo 10 the Ooy 0i siX,eca-tney wee al
put INTO PRISON. Except mat there wa.
cannot bc SAID that IN, arrests Were maze
WIN any N.oiehce or t..reats. AS a general
tang, 80 ai assured, the U.ncers soldiers tid
hot .ld..ire me work they wcic engageu i1, aad
tney 40 not aIllife II yet. IL uiduL eailsL as pU-
llcelan ioi hisgers." sad one solder 10 me Ls
morning. Ihis is miserable woIK aui enga aged iu,n
leinarAed an ohlcef 20 me, 'ouG aih compeeu 10
ODey V.der,." sumo iew Oi tnc o,Icers ana sJdivrs
lnteii,e RADICAL parloals, LOOK Speoi. delis gut
niakIng piSo.ier,, uut Tie great cody vi tncu AL
noi, ad SO tnsy naio Arrests It's kinoy ana .enuerly
Us p0Ssuie.
hUA AsER o. pRIscNERs AND THEIR TREATMENT.
From Iae making Oi the urst arres! To tue pteselt
day over 40 person, nave ucen lmpI oaeu m the
Jall nere-nOh called LAc United oid e5 Hotel
caluUL SPEAK too 7hiy vi tne treatment tIey nave
recenca true enouzn. me JAN Is Rather .ve.-
Comfortable and Keep them Ne."lhy. lne lood .!,cy
reccavo IS plcniiu ana oi good quaiity ald amy
quan NY Of uXures a4d deicicles are seat Lnen oy
tnc.r relatives aud friends. As means y. prcserv.
the,r neatn thev are .ielueat4y taGcn out, under
guard, ior tong walk IN inc st.ees',
% Open-ar exercise. in addition tAe,r
relatives are pcrnt eu To visit tlem every day I-
deed. wuIe suaii oe co npcIel 10 conde 4iI Coi0-
hei Megiills partisan ,l..,, cannol reiialu IRON
giving nim credit Ioi ui5Dia,hI nunaaty and Eind-
Les, .owards .nc ,rio efs. Ime Jah, waicn Is kept
N
Supervision ot captain ogden. % tne onited states
ARMY, wAo bears The Reputation oi be.Ag most
coaItcous AMI ool4sins .ch leii.t.l
A CUMiL AaT
But While the PRISONERS nave nothing 10 complain
Ol IN the latSer oi tueir personal comfort, they 10
co.hpti'i ol the ihatncf Ii whicn iiley nave heeu
treated III other wayS. Arrested without wat rants,
man, o the II nave IAN ia Jah lOr one noALn, a.lu
are still ignorant Oi the charges brought a.allst
tneai. I.eif lewy rs have repeatedly made appii-
Gallon W the autnOrlteS Tor copies OIL the charges,
but w.tuous uut,iail. tnen III Is asserted, wan
wnaL tfuta kaow NOT, la5 the cause o TINS sils..
lar proceeding Is due 10 the TACT that most vi the
prisoners were arres Ell either upon mere suspicion
tue authorities h,d 10 mad out wnat they
had oeen guntJ OF after their arrest.
iact that several gentlemen nave been already
released. one man, d druggist, by tie name VI
A,son, & was arrested ~ ,, nansnt AM & carried to
re,ea'ei on svi4g oaii 70 appear ior 'liai n 20
lesed Tor, and nc IS utterly lgnoraas on wnat
Charge nc Is 10 be Tried IN columbia. LAWYER Dy
Tue numc ui .hamucrs was Kept IN PRISON eight
days uu thSn I'll charged with ile explanation tult
no was Tho wrong man arrcstc. III ~ Danled
Gordon Il think IN = Is the nanic' was conln
days and inca di,ullsscd because he Lad been
arrested by IuL5lake In AL cases ike the g the
t.ns are mca belonging 10 the edacased, respec-
able Glasses. Ito not agree with tne authorizes
mat mistakes Ike these ''were to DC cXpccicJ.'
Jhere ought no. To have becn any mlstaxes al al.
II Is Animated ~ IeuCral Oiciai, tnat vi TITO
PRISONERS now IN JAN are niaOccnt, tAere oeing no
evidence Whatever against them, and one O. clI
ina me that nc Thought Colonel merrill had acted
IN n u.Alrss NJ
ln prison kulnor replies "ontii some negro or
anoLner says that tney whipped him."
THE ,OSt EsS ONS.
On the part OF the authorizes 1t Is sa,d that the
tleuy III pre- errin2 specific cargeS against The pr.s-
Opcrs arse, IRON the Iact that ihe entrc ime OF
Clonci Merrill District Alto ney CUruin 1, con
sunicd III nearing confessions VI penent ku AluX
markabc TACT that very lew OF the prisoners In Jail
nave confessed. u Is another remarkable fact mat
ali the pcn.icuts declare taat tney were conpcieL
by threats ol vIo encc 10 JOIN Inc Klan, ana they
" ere either never ON any raid, or II tney were on u
raid the, TOOK no part IN lne outrage; they were
cuncr no dug Inc horses near %, IN the woods or,
alier plealing Tor mercy or tne vicGln, walked or
IN disguise. colonel Meirl informs me that some
three hundred confessions nave pcen made. All
that nave seen are oil the cnaracter indt,a
above. those that reate To murder Tue penitent
always swears tat ne too< no part Whatever In ,hc
deco, AM mat he legged his coilraics !, spare the
lilo oI the IN ada ion The penl,ent Is always
certain lu lnplicate several oncrS .iild to state
upOa what RAIDS they wee. Win Uut vcrJ tew eX
ceptols All oi these weak kneed ,nemoers d he In
visible Empire nave Dccn tod 10 go home II ter
making lIer Statements. occasionally the are
ioc ked up; aud hcren comes iunly tale toid Dv q
young man To Ii S lawyer. lie had oeen Il ne.i.bef
Oi the ku hluX, but hai never been ut any meeting
Oi his kian Or on any raij. i4c went o neal Idir-
tcrS abu made his CONCESSION. On beng questioned
he gave tue name OF tne Cnei, VINO was tne man
by whom he was Initiated.
FEDERAL 0fF,CiAL-Wno else were members OK
y0nr denf
rESiIssr-I do not Know the name OF another
member
fEnERAL OFTICiAL-Try II you cannot remember
the names Ol any.
pEsirESr Il never saw one OF them, and never
heard The name OF one.
tkpgKAL UtrICiAI,-fou must go TO jail then.
And t. jail lie went, ana III aii ne Is, because ne
w"u.d not turn inforier. Ihad tnis story iroll the
very Desi authority.
STATEMENTS OF SEGROES.
As regards the statements OF the negro g. they are
numerous. vvunlnous ana very untrustWOrthy. VI
course ne anth!rtes lh.nA bu; men, they
believe ahStniIIE negro Les tileni. u Was, how
ever, admittcd 10 me 10y e,lera! oiciat tnat \
negro made statement bel ore him the 0Hcia -of
All outrage perpetlated upon himself by the Ku
Kiux, IN which ne Implicated several white nen