The New York herald., 1874-10-09
State Of the Public Mind After the
Late Excitement.
NO MORE TROOPS NEEDED,
Significant Charge Of q County Judge
to q Grand Jury.
TIE FRUITS OF INVESTIGATION.


appeals or Honest John Patterson, ~. 8. s." and
his prote0e, the Governor. Latest accounts verify
the report that those dreadful ~ Georgtans have
all gone rom Eogefield over to their own side OF
the river, and that source OF all the turmoil since
1s6S-"the meelishn-inaugurated by the Scott ad-
ministration and continued and increased by
Moses are res ting their laures; instead OF ar.
duous drills and midnight musters they are pick
ing cotton Since the Edge1eld company turned
over their arms to the authorities no complaint
worthy OF mention has been received from that
locality, and. as further consequence, the ne
cessity OF expensive kilograms between "Hn Ex-
cenency" the Governor and His Exceifency" the
President is obviated, and vanished with It, 1t
may be surmised, are many political expectations
Your correspondent had an interview last even
ing with prominent colored man, member OF
the General Assembly, who has been an actor
rather as go-between than otherwtse-tn the
drama OF sporadic outbreaks in the county re-
ierred to- He Is the colonel OF the regiment, .
smart, bright looking mulatto, and takes now no
part in the disturbing elements. That the public
may not Term a wrong impression OF what II Is to
be 'colonein down here-and there are lots OF
them-it must be remembered that the ten CON-
pan,es forming the command OF this one are dis-
tributed over the entire county. In short the
lett "wingn may not know what the right "wing''
ferred to. Lake many OF his predecessors in the
late war he has conducted himself in sucn a man
ner as to merit breyet for keeping away from
the battle; but unlike them, he Is TO be COM
mended for his Judgment and good sense in 80 do
ing and lending his influence for the preservation
OF peace and good order. His accounts OF the
several enseolteS that have so recently dlsgraced
Edgefeld county do not differ materially from
those already published IN the HERALD, and 1t Is
needless to repeat them here
WHERE THE RESPONSIBILITY BELONGS.
II is difficult task with the very ample facili-
ties Afforded to lay the responsibility where 1t
properly belongs in these matters. Your corre-
spondent has, from the Ku Klux troubles down to
the present moment, paid every attention to this
subject that his ability could command, ana is
bound to say-First, that to the arming of the ne
groes in this State Is due the greater part OF the
evils that have followed. But they were not at
first to be blamed for them 1t is doubtful II there
had been any kuklux, II this had not been DONE
II Is true, on the other hand, that the democrats
claimed excuse for the deeds Of violence, the
existence OF 'Scotts militia,'' as they were then
called. The trials and Imprisonment OF many OF
the particpators In the horrid crimes OF 1s70-T1
caused a ull in the course pursued, and from that
date the militia took new courage perfecting
their organizations, and were assisted in every
possible manner by the heads Of State depart
ments and liberal appropriations OF money
that the State could Ill afford ts
expend for such q purpose. High take.
caused Tax Unions to De formed, l,
which are numbered the older men, and as al
indirect offspring, we have sabre clubs and rln
companies formed by the younger men. 1t is no,
diflcult tgen, to imagine, considering the politi
cal excitement consequent upon the pending
campaign, how easily quarrels, turmois and con
nicts may be brought about. The neglect OF crops
by hired laborers, a difference as TO the divis
ton OF them ON the one hand or the other, would
furnish pretext to say nothing OF their opposite
political beliefs.
Edgefeid county is not alone suffering from the
results OF threatened violence and wicked rumors
Within a month there have been other disturb
ances which set the public pulse beating rapidly
some OF which, stripped Of their possibilities are
laughaDle IN their details. and IN any other State
save, perhaps, Louisiana, would furnish the mate
rial for lively sensation. The fact is, however
the people here seem to be getting used to these
events.
A RIVAL cAsus BELLL
AS an Illustration ! viii state that week age
the writer visited AbDeville, 126 miles northwes,
oil Columbia, where at the time Congressional
Convention was In session During the evening
the noise made by several speakers in the Court
House square was not sufficient to attract squad
OF a hundred or N ore men short distance away
on the outskirts OF the crowd, some or whom had
had more than their usual allowance Of corn
whiskey-and these mountain boys do not take IL
In homeopathic drams-listening to the harangue
OF white man. The first words that struck our
ears were:-"Iu be Cd id II III have my men
run over by any id Georgians.r or course this
was promptly responded TO by the patriotic
''meelish" who were listening to him. The white
man colonel. We followed this whole mat
ter up ana slfted it to the Dottom and did find
something larger than q mouse; but, instead OF
growing, it witnered, aha probably saved another
Edge1eld affair. The following are the facts -
county, twenty miles from the Court House and
adjoining Edgeheld county, ana, ike the last
River. Joe scot,, coiored robbed store 10 Elber.
ton, Ca, and ned TO that asylum Ior
thieves. south Carolina. About a dozen men
captured him on the South Carolina side A com
pany oil this doughty colonei's regiment was In
Beicher ali coored, surrounded in the night the
squad Of Georgians and took them, ana the thiei
tain marched mis- .'trophy'i to the nearest trial
justice, who, after admonishing them never again
to take prisoner on ''tnis side the riyer' with.
out requistion from the Governor, discharged
all hands. The self-constituted posse from E.ber-
ton returned, and the thief secured his liberty.
Then came ie8rs that the Georgans would come
back again. Ammunition was sent down to Bor-
deaux. The Tax Union there began to think mat.
ters were getting rough and made their caicu-
iations accordingly. This excitement was high
ior three days, but has nearly died out now; yet
there was Just as much ground for 2 ,spinrge,' as
there is III many or the "bl0od-and-thunder'
scrapes as told by some or the frightened partic-
pants In them.
JuDGE's PARTrsANSHrP.
Yet another case, which may prove more serious
In the end, as the courts have taken the matter
under consideration. The readers OF the HERALD
In 1870 Will remember well the account contained
therein 0i the "Oattle OF Carmel HlU In chester
county, the county seat OF which Is sixty-eight
miles from TINS city, on the line OF the Charlotte
N. Cd, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. Carmel
Ill lies Tar IN the interior. At the ku kfux fight
referred TO several persons killed injured.
As stated earlier in this letter, In order that q
correct idea may be formed OF the component
parts making up these rows and rumors, particu-
lars are given IN iu, and It will be seen that
pohcal anmoslties or the personal enmity
OF parties, not at first directly involved
have eventually something 10 do in the
matter. Here, In this last 'scaren we find
A. 8 Wallace, the present member OF Congress-
from that district and Thomas J. Mackey,
the Circuit Judge, at loggerheads. l append ex.
tracts from the JudQeig N Iurv