The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-11-21

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/ Dlabr g eneral Mcdowell, comm
ing TIE Department of the South,
made report to General Sherman
Shibiting the movcnc is of the troop
his command in the Southern S e
since October 6, 1873. We take
the extended report, the wholi
which would occupy more space
we have to spare, those portions "
are OF the most importance and pos
the greatest general interest.
TIE CRITICAL sEAHE> OF. ArEAln
NEW onLSAss.
September 1Gtih-son account of i
critical state of affairs in New Orlr
II sent there Company -. EightccI ssS|
Infnn.ry, from Atlanta; Compan:cI s
land / from Columbia, South Carroll
nnd Company e, Sixteenth Infant
from Nashville, Tennessee; and s
sepicmbee JtifT Company +, Sec,
Infantry ,Hroin Montesallo; Company
Scconid fafn'fantrY,'s sffhm Optlik:L al
Company G, Second Infantry, fl 81
Mount Vernon Bnrrucks. SubsG 49,!
iiy, on the 18th of September, whc. q
Cou,mander of the Department Of 81
cur rsp,;rtsd he had sa:licicut trpoi 81
Iahd 10 regiment was joia,ns him,
fordercd Companies d and r, SEC, r.
Infantry, back to Alabama, whe t.
scrious disturbances were reported, o{s
ioi them to rcoccury Monte,allo aud
other to 20 to Denupol!s
oUTRAuEs IN TIE VICINITY OF nj }
BoLDT AND TRENTON TENNESSEE }s
| send herewith, mark ed Is, lr,tt
Of Augdst j 2;ht, Jropthe com p,a,llin}
officer of the snail Gctarhmcnt lett NJ
Swaync Barracks, ilumbollt, Tcnnc<s s.
when the company of the Sixtcent%
Infantry was sent from tha'pl.:, t,G
! Jackson, Mississippi. las, June. TIL
letter is accompanied By allidavi,s, TAX. u
by the commanding officer NJ ccr,ni,l
colored reor lc, alleging ,n.lsre .tsnc.llI
, ut the hauds OF the whitus.h y
On tiIu List pf-1As,tii,t, .t,'n,- "a. -
was received from the cUnmanling
oihccr, saying Send me fifteen or
twenty men at once The whole country
around is under arms, on accoun mt or the
killing of some Ku KlpS BY ne9r"es
Saturday (last) night. Tho Kn Kuy
have been raidiug in large numbers for
two weeks. Parties have fired into
camp at night. Threats have been made
to attack us. All approaches to the
garrison arc W tched by armed pickcts
every night. Colored people are driven
from homo nhdrwork, aud sumo slr T.
All in the garrison are worn out by cor
stant night watching aud iatisue. vii!
send full rcIgts sand ulIidavits by
mail" eA's- NJ 49, ~ -.
Orders were telcgraphcd to Nashville
TO send company of the Sixteenth
InlantrY TO- Humboldt, and Il company
arrived there August 25th.
In his report of the occurrences con
nected with the service at the post dur
ing the past year, the commanding
officer for the time being says: Although
the number of detachnents,c called uu,
to assist the United States Aar.hals ar,
about the same. as last year, complaints
of outrnges Of various kinds committed
ON the negroes have been more numer.
GUS, particularly since the middle al
August, and from such information II.
they bring in, the Ku Klux have bee,
raidipg almost every night iu portion.
OF this (Gibson) and adjoining counties
tho recent ydisi ufbaneesv vins this sectiou
of the State all Sseem to have started
about the tiinc-tho cisilifiehts bill vii.
brought before Congress, and the repor'
Of outrages committed on the nngroe.
by these outlaws have been more nuucl
uua fsihcei about that TINA than ut any
other period in the last three years
Many Of these have simply amounted te
ilie nero net ofdriviug or frightening
colored men away for the purpose o
SECURING the small crops they hay,
made, which is casilyJaccomplishe,l b.
threa'chihg' tiiem witha visit at ni.h
4f Ku Klux. / hav6leprned since til e
Trenton massacre that just previous t,
ahat time, sny about the 23d Of ugust
that every bridge, railroad and river
md all rouds and important points, were
strictly gguardGdsby the.whites Up tt
ahe3 tiiHe ~of the massacre, aud for some
2 days after, the whole country was
secured by armed men for the purpose
of capturing those who were supposed
to have made their eschpc. Ofthc men
who were taken tromthc Jail Mt Trento,
on the morning of the 10th OF Angus
three. have reached the garrison in safe
I ty. and are now in Memphis under pro
lection OF the United States Marshal
and three more aro known to Sc aliy,