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The People Moving.
 MR. EDITOR: A meeting of a respectable portion 
of the citizens of the Saluda Regiment met
on the 26th ult, at "Huiet's Store," to take into consideration the propriety and necessity of making an earnest effort to put an end to, or check the lawless conduct of a certain class of men who have become a terror to the community by rendering life and property at all times unsafe.
 On motion, Mr. WM. CULBREATH was called to
the Chair, and Mr. JAS. A. DOZIER requested to
act as Secretary.
 The Chairman in a very appropriate manner
explained the object of the meeting.
 On motion, a Committee of Five, consisting of
Col. Denny, Col. Huiet, Thornton Coleman, Joseph G. Rutherford and Isaac Riley, who are among the oldest and most respectable gentlemen in our District, were appointed to consult and submit some plan of relief for the action of the meeting.
 After consultation they reported the following Preamble and Resolution which were adopted and subscribed to by an almost unanimous vote:
 WHEREAS, There have been many outrages
committed by unknown men, upon the persons
and property of Freedmen and White men in the
Saluda Regiment; AND WHEREAS, Such outrages
and violations of all law and good order in society places the lives and property of all classes of citizens in our community in jeopardy.  Therefore,
we, a part of the citizens of Saluda Regiment, do hereby agree to the following Resolution, and earnestly call upon all good and law abiding men in our section, and in the whole District, to countenance and aid us in establishing good order and law, and in carrying out the following Resolution:
 Resolved, We, a part of the citizens of Saluda Regiment, hereby bind ourselves, in consideration of the facts mentioned in the above preamble, to unite our energies to ferret out, prosecute, and carry before the Courts of the country, any, and
all men, who shall hereafter be caught stealing, robbing, or be associated with those who are apprehended in the commission of such an act; or, in the killing, shooting, or beating of any man, white or freedman; and we hereby sign our names as a pledge upon our honor to assist in carrying out this Resolution.
Thornton Coleman, J.B. Crouch,
David Denny, L. Charlton,
Joseph G. Rutherford, Z.C. Havird,
G.D. Huiet, J.C. Perry,
Isaac Riley, P.B. Waters,
W. Culbreath, Jacob Huiet,
S.A. Dozier, W. Mitchell,
R. Grigsby, J.M. Denny,
Luke M. Smith, F.M. Yarbrough,
J.D.S. Livingston, Simeon Crouch,
J.M. Abney, Whitfield Brooks,
E.J. Wills, Andrew Rowe,
Wm. Etheredge, Johnathan Gregory,
A.T. Coleman, Pickens Dean,
J.O. Havird, Smyly Rotten,
J.M. Trotter, Jas. Rotten,
U.C. Nicholson, Wm. Dozier,
Sampson Wheeler, John Rotten,
S.M. Riley, Madison Dean,
D.W. Padgett, Allen S. Dozier,
Jacob Gibson, L. Rowe,
James Mitchell, R. Rowe,
Jno. H. Huiet, Wm. Cogburn,
Jas. T. Culbreath, Moses Davenport,
J.M. Long, Belton Davenport,
J.C. Denny,
 On motion, it was resolved that the proceedings of this meeting be published in the Edgefield
Advertiser, after which the meeting adjourned.
WM. CULBREATH, CHAIR.
JAS. A. DOZIER, Sec'ry.