The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-25
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tory. 4As 1Jsso Of th6 b bpMam pMadm1hrAAs III M
Killed and twelve wounded. The insnrs
gents lost twenty y.tbree killed. Advices
ffom ifsdfBsne sodfcesr blsiu, Il Cuban
snocess, and forty.fiye Spaniarda killed.
TOO captured, and that the PatYiots'con.
troll the department Of Guantanamo. r.
ls epprehended that ths sailing Of % G9H3
sada's expedition will create Q oompiioa-
tion between Spain and Venezuela.
NRW YoaK. Judy .M.-The following
is copy of letter brought to Admiral
Rogers by party oE+3U6fp4hs,gsnoftIy
after the arrival OF the ex6sdition In
their WATERS aud before XhS1f{k3t iSo6flIbt
ocoursed: 'tIn the 3saH SS6a amanpt
your nation, whose na he sWasi Bebioef.S
came here and communicated, and then
went Lave away; why cappot yoR da the same2.
IN 1866 q people. 4uamed sEyan4h eaRb
mere. epa We FeEerf You B Bham'as fp
what happened. This people has lived
Tor 1000 years in the enjoyment OF ita
own oivilizatpn. aid vb want Hb other!
we troubis no utnGr nasion; why DO & you
tronb!a,dep ipdS eonntty ISL ig fths, sxel
tEeme East and yours in The extreme
West; for what purpose do You come so
many thousand miles across The sea2 Ia
It to inquire about the atip dest,oyeaf
piracy and MURDERS; and wSte: nnnishesi
With death. Do you want our lapdp
That cannot be. Do YOU want @ inser. @
course with us? That cannot be.
either. as the party mad no creden.
tials, or authority to treat. neither
Minister Low. nor!Admiral Rogers paid
any attention to tue communication.
NIGHT DISPATCHES. H
PHILADELPHIA. July william G.
stone, q reporter of the, Ase. was
New YoaK. July 24-The verdict Of
the ooroner's Jury in the case Of the riot
victims is as follows: "We find that.these
parties came to their: deaths, on, the 12th
instant, by gunshot wounds, at the hands
OF some parties to us unknown" The
jury, having signed the verdict in forty
two Gases, were discharged.
WAsHIKaToNi July 24.r-The President
pardnnad Rtddin & Brown. of Tepnea.
gee, convicted ct ;!iie;. dislillipe.
Probabilities AESatarIy winds. with
cloudYlweatherr wiii probably continue
on thD Atlantio' coast until Tuesday
morning, and The area Of Sontherly
winds, with threatening weather, extend
to New York by Tuesday night, Brisk
winds from. the South are probable for
tonight on Lakes Michigan and Snpe.
rior. Local winds are probable from
Northern Illinois to Mississippi: q ~,
J. H., Christy. tot Athens, Ga, wa, ex.
amined to-day by the Kn Klux Commit
Toe. Hs! testified, in substance, that he
knew of 1oKuiKihx organization in his
District. Or any part 6f the State. In
sas=ss .s .Ae :.G.:=yT ss Z: VIA. ,:sse;;!::- :sse;!:-
ties he hid Of Knowing anything about
1t, he stated he had been twice elected TO
Congress- from that District and Usually
attended.the courts OF the WESTERN Cir
Quit, as well as q portion OF those of the
Northern Circuit. In response to inter
rogatories, he stated that he believed
that he Was; personally acquainted with,
the people generallyIl''N No more crime
was committed now than before the war
IN his aectio9 Of the State. He admitted.
that there had been some violations Of
law Fy disguised parties. for che purpose
Of furnishing persons for living toRether
in adultery and, Foundation, theft, 80.
1t was tho general opinion in the com
munity that people took the law into their
own'i ihGnds .heoads9 COZ mahS ofimiuAls
had been pardoned by the Governor
Apother ciroumstance Which gave rise
tothe 1many :sxaggerAtions. lin, reference
70 tuo bu-cAlloO hu .AluX, was the fact
that icaieehiavous young men,, fors pnr1
poses OF amusement, sometimes wrap
ped themselves in sheets, and scared tie
superssitioqs negroes; some; Of, whom
Affected ID believe they Awefs ghosts of
deceased. Confederate soldiers. Several
negroes had ydiaguisea ,themselves, and
whipped white man in Clurk County.
and there had.beens but little said about
it. Another party Of. 1disguised negroes
had attempted to murder 4, white man in
Hancook County. had been convicted
aud sentenced, .4bnt subsequently par
doned' BY the sGovernor. The witness
expressed the opinion that ALI. Rich.
nrdson had, not been attacked on, DO,
itical grounds. .nnd,thnt NO nagroes Ind
been intimidnted from voting the Re.
publican ticket; but some had probably
been prevented BY threnta fsom voting
the Democratic ticket. The whole tenor
OF his testimony was to the effect that
lle belieyHd there was no regular organi-
zation III Georgia for, the purpose OF
violating the Idaws. The examination
vas long and tedious, but the above ure
the Lending facts elected i.' H ~
Charle6, s.; S,;Epglish has been appointed