The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-03

The War I'm south Carolina.
lCsrrespondepce Of the New York World.
SPARTANBURG, April 16.
A description Of Spartapburg. the
headquarters of military operations In
the South, may not be uninteresting to
the readers Of the World.
The town in situated in the uper part
of South Carolina, within twenty-five
miles OF the North Carolina line. 1t is
100 miles from Columbia. the State
capital, with which it 10 connected by
railroad. It Is also ON the line Of the
Richmond and Atlanta Air Line road.
The population IL about $500, in equal
proportions of whites and blacks. Be-
fore the war the place was prosperous,
and is fast regaining its former prosper
ity. 1t is the seat Of two colleges, has
two newspapers, national bank. five
churches for the whites and two for the
blacks. The town 10 supported by the
trade Of the surrounding country. The
Landowners of the country are generally
well-to-do, for, in addition to the regu-
lar cotton crop, they make their own
provisions, an advantage seldom found
in the South. This once quiet, happy
country town is now the scene of one
of the most disgrsceful prosecutions that
every blackencd the pages Of history.
What is meant by that crowd Of excited
people in front Of the hotel Let us 90
up and see. The confusion increases as
we approach. We hear the striking Of
steel. 1t is nothing but the rattle Of .
rifle barrel against a stirrnp. Through
j the mixed thrOng of whites and blacks
We catch glimpse of the blue army
Icloth, and we see the glesm of bayo-
net. But this is not all. What is meant
by those tired, dust-covcred horses!
We learn the truth at a glance. Another
raid; another securing Of the woods;
another hunt through hamlet and hall
anOther race after the tired, hungry, ex-
Ihausted victim. and there he stands.
youth, some eighteen or nineteen years
old, in rags and tatters shoeless, and
| almost hatless. with c0untenance ex-
J pressing nothing but vacuity-no fear,
, no trembling, no entreaties with the
, air Of man who. though accused, knows
, his innocence, or If guilty. Indifferent to
Il his fate. lie is the one who, they say,
intimidated the negroes and prevented
them from voting. lie is the one they
have been after SO long-five weary
5 nights, might after night. For him il
: this army Of occupation, this post com.
: mandant this troop Of cavalry horses.
: For him is the treasury taxed-taxed to
I catch him, taxed to try him, taxed to
e ipunish him y and he is caught; happy
country, he is caught. But it does not
i ALWAYS end thus. Listen. Minor Paris
4 was the oldest fisherman at Cherokee
a Ford. n place that supplied the country
I, around with shad. lie was poor and
n industrious. with happy children and a
4 wife. One day last week he was on the
g river in his boat. attending his traps.
i All nj once he looks up, and what does
K ,hc see-the shore covered with troops
. lie gives one pull and Is out IN the md
e die Of stream. Then there was bright
It fash, . sharp rattle Of rifles, ard M
:lIOngcr are his children happy, for they
= Iare orphans; no longer has he wife
+ for she il widow. The soldiers sa!!
n they gave the word to him to halt and
n Ihe did not but how does this alter thu
,r matter? lie was no fugitive from jus
J. tice ne was at his daily work. AZ mucf
n so az had he been in his cOrn-feld. III
s. was not even accused of a capital Of
It fence. Has South Carolina sinncd! u
al so, has she not also drank the cup to III
n bitter drcgs? Plundered At home b.
/ Ifar worse than enemies, warred on b.
,e the government, must she also be made
n the political cauldron into which Gran
IN must pour his vile compounds, bis bite
/ :ldrugs. to make himself king by eucl
il incantations and reasonable conspira
cies? Look at this once happy country
From Spartanbnrg, out in the direction
lof Cherokee. the scene Of the KILN:
of Paris, not q single grown man ]
ne found, unless it be some thieving negr'
he or those whose age made it impossibl
n for them to get away. Here is fac
h which can be vouchcd for, which show
r. the terror and uneasincss of the people
Of A farmer was found the other da
e e-ploughing in his field with saddle o
n-lhis piow horse, andlhis fence laid dowI
ain several places. When questioned a
=" to hia doing So he replied, "he did nc
an know how soon the soldiers might b
h upon him. and he thought II best to b
tolprepared." ZERO.
M AN EXHAUSTIVE LErTER.-A youn
70 lady Of extraordinary capacity, address
~ led the following letter to her cousin
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