The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-16

posi- nhu gone out on raid, and had not
returned up to the hour of our going to
pross. The command came back to town
on Wednesday, without any prisoners.
Ii seems that Deputy United States Mar
shal Hubbard had been out in the Tur-
key Creek neighborhood for week or
ten days previous, conceuled among tho
negroes, and thought that he had spot
Ted tho haunts of certain men in thut
section whom the authorities are very
anxious to get hold of. He sent word on
Tuesday for ithe cavul,y to come TO his
assistance, and that he could make the
arrests that night. The cavalry we're,
therefore, out as an auxiliary force to
the Deputy Marshal, aud not us nn indie
pendent command.
From respectable and reIiublo eeutIe-
men, we get information of the most
wnnton and nnprovoked outruges COM
mittcd by Hubbard and his guug Of
negro assistants, while pretending to act
i'll the discharge of his duty. The pre-
misses of Mr.. l.. b. Robins were among
the first searched. His children are all
daughters, two of whom are married.
one to VIM. Carter, the other to Ferris.
Both Of these men are avoiding arrests,
and their families nre living near the
residence of Mr.. Robins, and uuder his
protection. MIR. Robins Informs US that
bis premises had been searched eleven
times before by the military authorities,
uni that he had always been treated with
respect and without any unnecessary in
dignity, till Hubbard made his appear
ance; that he (Hubbard) seemed to gloat
over the opportunity to insult women,
terrify children, and expend some Of his
malice against the respectable white peo-
pie Of the State. The door of Mrs.
Ferris house was violently burst open
and the lock broke by him, when she was
in q few feet of the door, Offering him
the key and asking that the door be not
broken Gown. When this piece Of un-
necessary brutality was accomplished
and she appealed to him for redress, the
only reply she received was au insult
The bed clothes were stripped from q
sick child lying in trundle- bed, and the
bed rolled violently about the room,
under the pretence of searching in and
nnder the bed for IL concealed Ku Klux.
These acts are fair samples Of the way
this heroic Marshal carries on the war
against women and children.
Another place visited was the planta.
ton of William Carter. which is rented
by two young men, Calvin Chalk and
George Carter. Both of these men were
absent from home on the night of the
raid. Their honse was broken into and
searched; and when they returned home
i'll the morning. they found that seven
quilts, four counterpanes, three pairs of
stolen aud carried off.
AS supporting force to the expedi-
ton, Hubbard had along Columbus
Crawford, Giles Good and Bill Palmer,
three of the moet notoriously Infamous
and lawless negroes in the County. After
they were relieved from duty on Wednes-
day morning, and while they were re-
turning home they took occasion to call
at the house of Mrs. Press Estes, whom
they insulted and threatened with their
loaded guns. From here they passed to
the residence of Mr.. E. b. Robins, and
that gentleman being away from home,
they attempted to go into his yard.
When ordered by his daughter not to do
so. they insulted her and leveled their
guns at her.
If we thought it were worth while, we
would counsel the people to address q
remonstrsnce to Marshal Wallace,
against allowing the preparation of such
wanton outrages by his deputies and
subs. The law is harsh enough at best,
without adding to its execution the
practice Of such brutal indignities upon
women and children. All We can do,
however, is to remember that we are q
subjugated people, and that we must
bear with meekness whatever indignities
our heartless oppressors may see proper
to impose, trusting that in Gods own
good time relief may come to us from
some quarter or other.
In justice to Lieutenant E. 8. God
frey, who was in command of the ca
valry, and whom we know and respect
ASIA gentleman, NO are assure by our
informants that the soldiers had nothing
to do with the breaking open Of doors,
throwing sick children about, ETC.. etc.
Lieutenant Godfrey, we are sure, would
neither do anything of this kind himself.
nor would he suffer it to be done by any
one under his command. Hubbard was
in command Of the expedition-the ca.
valary were only along 80 as to give the
civil authorities assistance in case any
should be needed-and upon Hubbard
rests the whole responsibility for every
thing that was done.-Chester Reporter.
DEATH OF Mr.. CHARLES N. HURBERr.
A painful shock WAS given to our COM