Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-08-08
For the Advertiser.

Mr.. EDITOR: Having LAID by" my
crop, and being in consequence "a gen.
tleman of LEISURE, Itconcluded . few
days since to; take astrip to the saluda
side of the County sand Iswould ask
permission briefly to3tell you what I
saw and heard there.I q
AS to the crops, the usual subject Of q,
countryyman'ssletter, " will be silent, as
the people are already through your
columns posted concerning ,their status.
The first object that caused mo to pause
was the sight of the ruins of DR.. Allen
s: Dozier's house. which, with ali the
surrounding out-houses and their coll
tents, was; destroyed by fire on Tuesday
night, the 5Oth ultimo; supposed to have
been the devilish work of All incendiary.
: The DR.. and his family have, by this mis-
fortune, been made houseless, scarcely
saving a suit of wearing apparel, and
having oil their provisions consumed.
He deservedlv receives the sympathy of
his neiehbors.
I then iourneyed on towards Blease's-
Store; and here were happening events
that stirred up my indignation from the
lowest depths. It was the arrest of cer-
tain of our pcaceable and law abiding
citizens by one J. A. Battle, Special
United States Deputy Marshal for South
Carolina. 1t seems that he came into the
neighborhood with bundle Of warrants,
and communicated to Mr.. Blease the
names of the citizens about to be arrest
ed, and gave him permission to inform the
gentlemen, and request them to deliver
themselves up, thus saving the humilia-
ton of an arrest. Acting upon such ad
vice, the following citizens surrendered
themselves:-Mark Smith, Fayette Ad-
ans, Oliver Haltiwanger, John Lewis,
Edmond Martin, Wade Taylor. John
Bladon, Frank v. Cooper, Joseph Cul-
breath, VIM. Griffin, Elijah Attaway and
|! George Horn. There were also warrants
for Elihu Stephens and Mathew Corley,
respectively seventy-fve and eighty-fve
years Of age, but they were not molested,
on account of their extreme old age.
Some colored witnesses have likewise
qeen arrested. 80
Marshal Battle behaved very well in
the matter, treating the prisoners with
great consideration. He allowed them
to so to Colum bia by private conveyance,
and under a Leader Of their own selec-
ton. When they had all assembled at
Blease's Store, Mr.. Joseph Culbreath
was chosen to take charge of them, and
they set out to report at Columbia. Bat
ties conduct is in marked contrast TO
that of Anderson, the heartless official
who lately, at Newberry,' separated a
husband from his wife, who was on her
dying bed. He seems to remember that
an officer can do his duty and be a gen.
tleman at the same time.
The notorious J. G. Harris, more ia
,niliarly known as "HeclS" Harris, was
likewise about this time taken into GUS
tody; but not in SO peaceable manner
as the others, nor on the samo charge.
When the party attempted to arrest him,
with pistol in one hand and sabre in
tho other, he grew very belligercnt, and
snapped his pistol at the breast of Mr..
Blease, who had been specially deputized
to accompany the United States soldier;
but iudicious blow or two quickly
calmed his warlike spirit, and he was
carried under guard to the capital.
AS to the outrage of disturbing the
other citizens in their peaceful avocations,
I will say nothing, for the press, North
and South, is teelning with denunciation
of the course of the United States au-
thorities, and we can only hope that No
vember may put an end toit, by the elec-
ton Of Honest OH Horace" to preside
over the destinics OF the best govern
ment the world ever saw"
More anon.
DADE rOpNEP