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C THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1871. -VST The editor begs the indulgence of his waders,'sa he is recesaarily -absent this week. - ? ?""-" j 3?* There was & consid 3rablo frost in this vtcin: ty on Sunday morning last, bat we hear of ho veiy great damage. We are indebted to the Committee of] -Arrangements for a complimentary ticket to a Coettune Ball, given in honor of the anni versa - sary of the Greenville City Club, and which | takes place this evening, May 11th. jgy* We print a curious chapter in to-day's ? issue, in which the celebrated Timothy Hurley and the no less famous Whittemore are made - to appear as really desirous of ferreting out all the rascality of the present State government Their virtuous, efforts will be heartily applau? ded, no-doubt The ladies of the Baptist congregation achieved a great success on Wednesday evening of last week, and realized nearly two hundred dollars, from their entertainment. Masonic Hall was thronged with people, and the elegant ''preparations and decorations were flatteringly commented upon by visitors. We are glad that the exertions of the ladies in behalf of a noble purpose were duly appreciated and patronized. Southern Cultivator for Hay. A most excellent number, full of plain, prac? tical, reliable, original matter. The numerous suggestions it contains, are prepared by practi? cal, intelligent wer king men, who know what they talk and write about ? The editors, whilst advocating progress, are not viaionaiy, but con? servative practical men, who appreciate the sit? uation of the Southern farmer, and are doing their best to help hiim. Wo should be glad to s?e the Cultivator in the hands of every reader of the Intelligencer, as the impetus it would give to agriculture, would, react favorably upon our own business, and that of every other man in the community. Rural Carolinian for May. "Varied, fresh'; instructive, decidedly tl agricultural monthly on our table. The front? ispiece, handsome engraving of General John ton Hagood, President of the South' Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical Society, is worthy of the Magazine and General. General Ha? good is no Militia General, but a Confederate officer, who won His spurs upon the field of bat tic, and in taking the lead in favor of improved agriculture, he is only following his old habit of being always in the fr?nt. Dr. E. M. Pen dlcton, of Sparta, Ga^ Dr. C. U. Shepard, Sr., tho celebrated chemist, and B. Mason, of Fla., Col. D. Wyatt Aiken, and a score of other well posted planters, make their contributions to this number. A glance at the names of the various places at which correspondents date their contributions is a convincing proof of the wide circiJation and ?extensive influence of the Jiural Carolinian. The only wonder is that such a magazine can be supplied at the low rate of $2 per annum, and yet afford a reason? able profit to the publishers, Messrs.-Walken Evans & (Cogswell, Charleston. S. C. New Publications. DICTTONABY OF THE BIBL2. Emtto by Wjc. Smith, L.LJ), or Lome*. National Publishing Co. ten. The large and complete edition of Che above work is too expensive for ordinary circulation, and hence the necessity for aa abridgment. As SWished in England orlgini.lly, Smith's Dic iiary of thr Bible coat $25, and it is well . worth the price. But the demand for a good Bible Dictionary, as an important aid to teach? ers, families, and readers generally, has in? duced the publishers to present an abridged edition, embracing everything of value or im? portance for family use or in Sunday Schools, The unqualified endorsement of its merits by the most eminent Biblical scholars on this con? tinent attests the great success achieved. It J embodies a vast amount of information?drawn alike from modern researches and explorations, and from ancient history and literature. It throws a flood of light upon nearly every point and topic, historical, theological, scientific and literary, wherever the ordinary reader needs .Berpin tho successful study of the- Scriptures. It is arranged alphabetically, and is a good pronouncing and defining Dictionary, while its illustrations and references are ample and per? tinent. It is a work, briefly, that should havo a place in every religious household, and is well nigh a complete library in itself. Sab? bath School teachers will find it a necessity, and it is highly convenient for ministers, and j for all who desire to understand their Bibles,. This work is sold by subscription only, and we {ire gratified that an opportunity is now offered to this community of obtaining copies at the-publishers' price. Rev. W. G. Rollins, a a tu -Jen t of the Southern Baptist Theological j Seminary, is now in our midst, and designs employing the months allotted to vacation in that institution by canvassing this region of J country. He has strong recommendations from the Faculty, including Drs. Boyce, Manly, Williams, and Prof. T?y^ We rommend Mr Rollins to the people of Anderson, and feel assured that none'will regret the purchase of this valuable compilation. ? Edward Snead, (colored,) implicated in the recent riot at Greenville, has been tried and found guilty of an assault with intent to kill. ? The Y/alhalla Courier says that the en? gineer corps of the Air Lino Railroad are en? gaged in running a line from near Pickcns C. Jji.-viM W'ahWlla to Jariet'd Bridge. List of Jurors for next Term. Under the new law to regulate the drawing of juries in this State, the Board of Jury Com jnissioners met at this place on Monday last, and proceeded to make out-the necessary lists for the aproaching term of the Circuit Court. The following embraces the names of persons drawn to serve as jurors, which has been kind? ly furnished by the Board, at our request: Grand Jurors.?Win. Burrufl, Henry Garri? son, W. R. Duckworth, George W. Belcher, Mattison Sherard, (colored,) Fleetwood Clink scales, Peter G. Acker* .fames 9..Beaty, Thom? as S. Crayton, Henry K/ Crawford,' Joseph P. Oaldwell, Joseph J. Copeland, Martin V. Bark ley, Andrew Harris, John H. Breazeale, Julius Thomas, (colored,) G. L. McGee, C. S. Matti? son. Petit Jurors.?John T. Green, John Brown, James W. Spearman, G. W. Rankin. Sr., D. M. Simpson, L. P. Carson, Elias. Webb, (col NorriB, Edmund W. Webb, Thos. H. Anderson, John P. Sitton, U. L. Gambrell, Sam'l. S. Cray ton, Joshua Jamison, Jesse T. Ashley, Hi Berry Davenport, Daniel Hardy, (colored,). Frank Simpson, (colored,) James S. Simpson, A. B. Skc,ton, James B. Carpenter, Wm. Harper, WeuJ. Duckworth, Elias Lee, (colored,) Joshua S. Acker, Pressley Day, (colored,) Richard T. Elrod, J. D. Rogers, Adam Elrod, Lev! Bur rise,, Sr. Letter from Attorney General Chamber? lain. The Columbia Phoenix publishes a lengthy letter from Hon. D. H. Chamberlain, addressed to Col. W. L. Trenholm, of Charleston, giving his views and suggestions as to the remedies for the political evils now encompassing the State. After stating the causes and nature of the evils, and reviewing the events of the last three years, he earnestly and ably sets forth the advantages to be derived from the adoption of "cumula? tive voting," by which a powerful minority would be effectually heard in the political and financial management of State affairs. His ar? gument is worthy of re-production, but lack of space prevents. He concludes as follows: There are other reforms, also, which we must demand, and demand imperiously and peremp? torily. One is the repeal of that most unjust and scandalous election law under which our last general election was held. Another is in an absolute prohibition of .any further increase of our public debt, except under restrictions which shall be rigid and absolute. Another is the immediate reduction of all public expendi? tures to at least two-thirds of their present amount. Another is the speedy removal, by the Executive, of incompetent local officers, es? pecially tax-officers, and the appointment of capable and honest men in their places, regard? less of party. This will effect only.a par? tial present remedy, but it Will do much imme? diately to remove a deep and just cause of com? plaint. These are some of the demands of the hour, which I, for one, will join with all good citizens in making; and I trust that, by every means, by individual influence and action, by the press and by the conventions, the people of the State will proclaim and enforce these just demands. There are abundant means, in my judgment, within the reach of the tax-payers of our State to enforce these changes, without doing violence to civil and Bocial order. In fact, nothiDg is so sure to prolong the present situation as a resort to violence. Nothing can and nothing will, in the eye3 of the nation and the world, justify or excuse what is known as Ku Kluxism. .It is ?imply horrible, infamous, diabolical; never to be tolerated as a means of reform or relief from present abuses, for it is in itself the most stupendous of crimes. Good citizens who look to reform, must compel such means to bo forever abandoned. Violence be? gets violence,, and Boon that spirit of lawless? ness which finds countenance or escapes de? nunciation, will run riot and prostrate all the common safeguards of civil society. It will, in due time,'return to plague its" inventors. But by whatever means or from whatever causes re? lief and reform are secured, they must come from ourselves and notfwm abroad. Our hope lies solely in the strong and fixed resolution of our own people to right our own wrougs and to work out our own salvation. Repression of open crime may come from the National* Government, hut pormanent reform, in our political condition, can only come through ourselves. Let this truth be never forgotten. It is a lesson which must be learned, at whatever cost. With a resolute and prudent spirit, on the part of our responsible and en? lightened fellow-citizens, cheerfully acknowl? edging and defending the equal civil and po? litical rights of all our citizens, laying aside effete traditions and bending all their energies to the work of present reform, I confidently say, from my intimate knowledge of the pres? ent situation, that not only can the present .dominant party be restrained from further abuses, but they can be controlled in the inter? est of those men who look to the common and permanent welfare of our State. Despair is folly; doubt is weakness; resolu? tion, confidence, prudence, fairness, justice are the qualities which the situation calls for. Our State can be saved; saved by peaceful, consti? tutional means ; and only by such means adop? ted by her own Citizens, can she be saved at ail. You and I at least, are ready for such a work. Who that loves his race or his State will refuse his aid ? Hon. Jeff. Davis' Mississippi Estates now Owned by One of his Former Slaves. ?A letter to the Chicago Tribune describes a visit made in company with Mr. Jefferson Da? vis to the plantation formerly owned by him in Mississippi. The writer says : We left at night on the R. E. Leo, one of our finest steamers, and landed at the Hurri? cane plantation about daylight the next morn? ing. This plantation, and another known as Briarfield, were occupied before the war by J. E. Davis and his brother, Jeff. Davis. They were sold to a favorite frcedman, Ben Mont? gomery, for $300,000, payable at the end of ten years, (1st January, 1876,) interest at six Eer cent., payable annually. Ben, who is very lack, bnt thoroughly educated before the war, met us and gave us a breakfast, waiting on the table himself, but not' offering to take a Kent. After breakfast"we had a carriage and rode over the magnificent estate, the extent of which you can form some idea when I tell you that Ben Montgomery made last year 2,500 bales of cotton ana a large quantity of corn. We dined at^Brlarfield, the former residence of Jefferson 'Davis, and now occupied as a residence by the afore; aid Ben, and you will not be surprised to learn that the former slaves of Mr. Davis greet? ed him with all the warmth of affection which they were capable of expressing. Mr. Davis met them cordially, and encouraged them by many kind words. After dinner, at which our wealthy hoat again waited on us in elegant style, wo passed on to a very large and valuable plantation which has been purchased by Ben Montgomery and added to the Davis estate, and which will add to his crop this year probably 1,000 bales more, making 3,?00 in all, if it is a good crop. $ ? The work on the Lunatic Asylum, Jh being pushed forward in au energetic manner. The foundation of the new wing has been com? pleted, and the work upon the walla is about to be commenced. ? A portion of the papers stolon from the ofDce oi the County Treasurer, of Abbovillo county, recently, have been found in a gulley, near the reddence of Dr. Marshall, in Abbe? ville village. They were contained in a tin box, which was closed and unconcealed. ? On and after the first of July next, York- j ville will be a uioney order ofSee'. I James H. Wiles, P. K I Gov. Scott on the Situation. A number of prominent citizens of Columbia I have addressed a letter to the Governor, asking for an expression of his opinions as to the re? sult of the May Convention, to which he re? sponded as follows: Columbia, S. 0., May 6,1871. Gesttlemen :?I have the honor to acknowl? edge the receipt of your communication of this date, in which, referring to tho Convention of tax-payers to assemble in this city on the 9th instant, "to take into consideration the de? ranged condition of tho .finances of the State," you invite' rrie to expresfe my opinions on the subject 1 concur with you most heartily in the hope that the Convention will be successful iu "devising means for the redemption of the State from ner financial embarrassments, and placing her in the position she has heretofore occupied?unbounded in resources, exalted in credit and unsullied in reputation." The im? portance of this Convention is conceded by every thoughtful man, as it springs from a gen? eral belief on tho part of the tax-payers, that there has been a great mal -ad ministration in the finances of the State, tending to an unne? cessary and unwarranted increase of the public debt, and thereby adding largely to the burthen of taxation. If this Convention assembles, as I believe it will, with a determination to develop the truth or falsity of these rumors, unswayed by political partisanship, they will accomplish much good by pointing out any evils that may exist in this particular, and suggesting a prop? er and prompt corrective, or, if the result of their investigation justifies it, by relieving those upon wnom the burthen of taxation falls heaviest, of the wide spread distrust of the financial management of the State, which has gained currency among .the people. This course on the part of the Convention will lay a suro foundation for all needed reforms, and tend to inspire confidence both at home and abroad. The important subject of finance and the State debt, and of assessments and taxa? tion, which will be considered by this Conven? tion, engaged my early attention upon my in? auguration in 1868, and in my first message to the General Assembly, I urged that they should give to these vital matters their most careful consideration, and I deem the following ex? tracts from that message not inappropriate now: <;The financial condition of the State will doubtless engage your early and most serious attontion, and the necessary ways and means be provided both for the support of its Govern? ment and to meet the lawful demands of its creditors, foreign and domestic. "Character is credit, and credit Is tho very sinews of tho State in peace and war. The obligation of the State, therefore, to meet all of its liabilities, is founded alike upon correct moral principle and sound public policy. This obligation should be the more sensibly felt, from the fact that a State cannot, like an indi? vidual, become the subject of coercive process to compel it to meet its just indebtedness, but the creditor must rely solely upon its honor." In regard to taxation and assessments that message contains the following: "There is no problem that can engage the attention of the legislator, more difficult than the framing of an equitable system of taxation. Even, in the most prosperous communities, the laws that exact from the citizen a portion of his means to support tho Government that pro? tects his life and property, are viewed with ex? treme sensitivcuesB. Especially is this the case in a society such as ours, where values of every kind have been suddenly changed by the convulsions of war," etc. While it is my swora duty as Chief Execu? tive of the State, to take care that the com? monwealth suffers no harm, either by the enact? ment of unjust laws or the mal-administration of its finances, mv private interests as a tax? payer also impel me to co-operate in any measure that will lighten the taxes, reduce the expenditure of public moneys, and at the same time preserve the public credit. As you have invited my opinion, I would venture to suggest, that a committee of your Conven? tion call upon the officers charged! with the care of the public moneys, for an exhibit of their books and all official records relating to the State debt, and the receipts and disbursements of the funds committed to their custody during their administration of their respective depart? ments.- I trust that these officers will cheerful? ly give the committee access to all sources of information without reserve, and aid them in person to arrive at a correct conclusion ; and if it were deemed expedient for this committee to extend its researches to the financial agency in j New York, I will render any aid within my power to facilitate the object of such examina? tion, believing as I do, that the more complete the investigation, the more beneficial will be the result in satisfying the tax-payers, and the public creditors, that any existing distrust of the healty condition of our finances has arisen from a want of information on the one hand, and of misrepresentation on the other. I do not wish to be understood as intimating that there has been no extravagance in the ex? penditure of the public moneys?or no im? provident legislation. These evils have exis? ted, and demand correction. The first, and most natural remedy for these evils would be to secure for the State the services of c'tizens whose experience and personal character would furnish a guarantee for wise legislation, and a judicious expenditure of the public funds. Events in this State for the past three years have not been propitious to secure the services of that class of our citizens. Whatever plan may tend to the achievement of this desirable end, in any manner consistent with our system of free government, will deserve tho earliest attention and support of the General Assem? bly. I may he pardoned for thus evon casually al? luding to the political situation, as this must be recognized in the application of any practi? cal remedy for the deranged condition of our finances, either real or supposed. Yet, even with the most economical and provident administration of the affairs of the State, it would be impossible to reduce public expenditure to the anti-war standard. The basis of our Government is essentially changed. At present we have more than double the pop? ulation to be provided for, by law, than former? ly, and sharing in and directly subject to tho civil administration, and the expenditure must ho, therefore, absolutely greater. So far as that expenditure has been unneces? sarily or disproportionately increased, it should bo corrected, and this is tho true financial problem. Any action that the Convention, rising above the spirit of the partisan, fas I trust it will) may take, in tho intereat or tho whole people, to solve this problem, should re? ceive the cordial support of all good citizens, and shall, most assuredly, have mine. Permit me to add, in conclusion, that the dis? turbed condition of the country, resulting in violence, and in many instances murder, tends to demoralize every department of industry, and seriously checks the advancement of the material interests of the State. I trust that this Convention may givo some public expres? sion of decided condemnation of this lawless? ness. While I do not believe that the gentle? men composing that Convention, can by any expression of theirs, control the action of indi? viduals or combinations that endanger lifo and property, yet 1 am suro, that as representative men from every section of tho State, their de? nunciation of all disturbers of the public peace, will do much to unite all good citizens in an active effort for the maintenance of law and order. I am gentlemen, very respectfully vour obe? dient servant ROBERT K. SCOTT. To John Agnew, R. 1). Sonn, and others. ? The Governor has appointed Lewis M. Grist, of the Yorkvillo Enquirer, a Notary Public. ? Ex-Gov. John L. Manning has been ap? pointed Jury. Commiseionor for Clarendon County. From the CItar leston Daily Republican. The State Finances. Senator Whitteinore writes to Representative Hurley concerning the Committee appointed by the Oeneral Assembly to investigate the Fi? nances of the State. His letter and Mr. Hur? ley's comments wo publish below. The public will read with satisfaction the pledge given that no "white washing" report shall issue from that Committee; that there shall be a full exhibit of all the financial operations of the State through her several agents, the Treasurer, Comptroller-General, and Finaucial Agent; an exhibit the people can understand; or, in the language of .Mr.- Whitteinore, "a complete ex? pose, let the shoe pinch where it wilL" Ho speaks the right words when he recognizes the right of the tax-payers to know what has been done with the money they have given their Government, and for how "much of debt they are held responsible. Not only have they this right, but it is time, high time that they had the knowledge which is promised in this cor? respondence. The people rightfully demand to see their books?and to question in the closest way the book-keepers. If these records shall prove clean, if it shall be shown that these clerks have kept "the whiteness of their souls," the people will say "Well done, and Amen." In this view these should court, not shun, an investigation. We are glad to publish this correspondence; fof?however unjustly?an opinion had gained a lodgment in the public mind that the Legis? lature had appointed this Committee when in an idle and aimless mood; and that nothing thorough would be done by the latter. The proposal that the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade co-operate in this examination shows that some of the Committee, at least, are in earnest. These Boards should promptly act upon the suggestion, selecting as their repre? sentatives men in whom the people have the fullest confidence. Charleston, S. C, May 3,1871. To the Editor of the Republican : Sie : I desiro, through the columns of your journal, to lay before the people of this State, the following letter, coming as it does from "A man more Binned against than sinning." It speaks for itself, and as a member of that com? mittee I desire to say that I endorse every word, and am prepared to give the "facts and figures" as they are, and would that the suggestions spoken of by Mr. Whittemore be carried out, namely, for the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade to appoint a suitable clerk and a competent expert to sit with the committee and keep an accurate and faithful report of all matters of interest to the people ot the State how, when and where their money has been ex? pended. By doing this ail clamor will cease, and the shoe will pinch just where it ought to? not on the tax-payers, not on the legislature, but on those who have been -using the public funds to prostitute the newspapers of the coun? try by a saddling of their thefts on Idie should? ers ot men who are in no wise responsible. Let the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade furnish the men, we will furnish the facts. Bet? ter a thousand times that the party should per? ish than that it should be made the cloak of frauds, such as has been perpetrated on our people. Respectfully, Timothy Hubley. Columbia, S. C, May 1,1871. Hm. Timothy Hurley : Dear Sik : Our committee are actively "en? gaged in the work of the investigation of the finances of the State, which, under the resolu? tion authorizing ns to work, we have been for tho past month pursuing. Much has been said as to die intention and probable result of the investigation, but tlm much I can reveal of the purpose of the com mitteo, that a faithful, rigid and complete ex? amination of all that pertains to the finances of the State will be pursued, and a report made which the accompanying "facts ana figures " will justify. No attempt at "white-waahing" will be suf? fered, but" a complete expose made, let "the shoe pinch" where it will. We recognize the right of the tax-payers and property holders to know what has been done with their money, and for what they are held Accountable, and we would be derelict in our duty to cheat the public out of such informa? tion. We are not cheered on in the investigation by some of the high functionaries as we might be; they have become exceedingly cautious, reticent and fearful of "the judgment to come." We are aware of the cause of their trepidation, and we propose to follow it up. We trust you will co-operate with ns in all that will secure the most searching analysis of and full report upon the financial condition of the State. I am of the opinion it would be a good plan to invite the Board of Trade and Chamber of Commerce to co-operate with' us in the manner I suggested when we last met in Columbia While we do not recognize tho right of any one outside of the Committee to be with us during the work of investigation, yet true Republican? ism is to invite all energies, influences and in? terests in the cause of an honest administration of public trusts. I So-called "carpet-baggers," with every form of abuse and discredit heaped upon us, let us, when our work is done, command "the well dono" of those who have maligned and tra? duced us the most. Yours, &c., B. F. Whtttemobe. For the Anderson Intelligencer. Meeting of School Trustees. The County Board of Examiners of the Common Schools for Anderson County respect? fully solicit a full meeting of the Trustees from each School District in the Couuty on tho 10th day of June next, at 12 m. Important busi? ness will be placed before the meeting when convened, and of which each and all the Trus? tees should be informed. The following is a full list 6f Trustees: Fork District.?W. W. Holland, W. F. M. Fant, Wm. P. King. Pcndleton District.?M. S. Mackey,, A. B. Bowden, W. G. Smith. Oarvin District.?F. M. Glenn, Larkin New? ton, William Watkins. Brushy Creek.?8. Pickens, W. D. Sitton, T. W. Russell. Rock Mills.?Taploy Anderson, A. C. Dob? bins, Jesse Morris. (Jenlreville District.?A. A. Dickson, K. Broa zeale, William Morehead. Hopcwell District.??. R. Brown, W. S. Moore, L. D. Harris. Williamston District.?T. F. Andoraon, S. T. Richardson, Elbert Pickle. Savannah District.?H. H. Major, Lovi Bur ris^J. H. Jones. Varennea District.?W. G. Watson, S. A. Dean, P. A. Masters. Broadway District..?R. Q. Anderson, D. H. Major, W. T. Martin. Belton District.?Q. W. McGee, G. B. Telffcd, W. C. Brown. Dark Corner District.?J. H. Reid, James A. Gray, Samuel Sherard. Hall District.?W. B. Watson, H. P. Prico, J. P. McGeo. Martin District.?Jasper Browno, Mike Mc? Gee, G. W. McDavid. Honea Path District.?J. J. Shirley, R. N. Wright, David Garrison. Anderson Court House District.?John B. Moore, John B. Watson, John A. Reeves. WM. H. HAYN IE, Chm'n. County Board Examiners. ? In Oconoe county, tho farmers generally complain of rust in tho wheat, und in some sections whole fields are already virtually ru? ined. ? Wm. Johnson, Esq., has been re-elected President of the Charlotte, Columbia and Au trusta Railrond, and Gen. E. P. Aloxouder has ' been elected General Superintendent ' From the Washington Patriot. Sherman vs. Sherman. Until very recently Senator Sherman alwayB professed to be in favor of moderate polity to? wards the South, and, although he generally voted at the final pinch with the red revolution? ists, his tone was more reserved than that of tho leaders like Morton. A fortnight ago, he aban? doned this sham of forbearance, and sought to j place himself in the front rank of proscription, I Dy proposing a measure of persecution copied from William the Conqueror, and which was so odious as to be denounced by even extreme Re? publicans in both branches of Congress. Aim? ing, apparently, to supersede Mr. Morton in the command of the Administration forces, and to attract attention to himself as a candidate for re-election to the Senate, he not only adopted all the notorious fabrications of Ku-Klux "out? rages," but, passing the limits of decency and truth, he endorsee them with whatever author? ity his name could give. His speech on this subject exceeds in violence, as it surpasses in deliberate injustice, every other harangue in ? the Senate, except those of Pool and Morton, which are embalmed in exceptionable infamy. General Sherman is now on a tour of inspec? tion in the South, and was entertained at New Orleans, almost at the very hour when his brother was uttering bitter denunciations on the j floor of the Senate. We cannot make their re { spective opinions more forcibly confront each other than by placing them side by side, and thus allow fair-minded men to draw their own conclusions as to this contradictory testimony: FROM SENATOR SHERMAN'S SPEECH, APRIL 19. The startling fact upon which this bill is based is that an organized conspiracy, spreading terror and violence, burning and robbing, mur? dering and scourging both white and black, both women and men, and pervading large communities of this country, now exists, un? checked by punishment, independent of law, uncontrolled by magistrates. * * * Law? less bands of men, amounting to hundreds, while we have been in session here, have been roaming over the country independent and un? challenged, committing these atrocities without fear of punishment, cheered by their neighbors, and despising your laws a:ad your authority. We are called upon to legislate in regard to these matters. This condition of affairs, though doubted in the beginning, is now admitted on all hands. FROM GEN. SHERMAN'S SPEECH, APRIL 20. Before signing the agreement with General Joe Johnston, I called together all the Generals under command, and, without a dissenting voice, they agreed with me. I believed they surrendered in good faith, and would have lived up to the very letter of the agreement; and in my opinion, if there had been no^ reconstruc? tion acts of Congress, and the armies been left at the time to settle all questions of difference between the different sections of the country, the people would have at once become quiet and peaceable. 1 probably have as good means of information as most persons in regard to what is called the Ku-Klux, and am perfectly satisfied that the thing is greatly over-estimated; and if the Ku-Klux bills were kept out of Congress, and the army kept at their legitimate duties, there are enough good and true men in all Southern States to put down all Ku-Klux or other bauds of marauders. The Senator speaks in the imflammatory lan? guage of a partisan, with disregard of facts and of everything but his ambitious purpose. The General, on the very spot of the pretended vio? lence, denies its existence, and reproaches Con? gress with the responsibility of postponing peace and reconciliation. And if additional proof was needed that this Ku-Klux business was fabricated in Congress as an electioneering contrivance, it would be found in the perfect tranquility that has pre? vailed throughout the entire South since the adjournment of these Radical conspirators.? They were the only disturbers of the peace; they revived exploded calumnies; they sub? orned witnesses to utter new slanders; they have sown afresh the seeds of discord and strife; they seek to revive old animosities, and as a last resource they intend to renew civil war if other means fail to accomplish their nefarious designs. V/hat the Democratio Party Will Do When in Power. The New York World thus editorially chalks out the programme of the Democratic party, in the event of its success in the Presidential contest of 1872: 1. It will limit the annual taxes to $250,000, 000, and out of this moderate revenue will ap? ply ?25,000,000 towards the extinction of the public debt, whereas the Fedei-al taxes for the last fiscal year amounted to the enormous sum of $411,265,447. 2. It will revise and reform the system of taxation so that this diminished annual burden of $250,000,000 will be equitably distributed. The present system not only over-loads the faithful horse, out ties some of the load to his legs, puts a part upon his head, makes him drag a portion by his tail, obstructing his free? dom of movement, and causing him the utmost annoyance. The Democratic party will with? draw' every pound of the loan from his limbs and extremities and collect it upon his back, where he can carry it with greatest ease It will, moreover, take good care that the taxes find their way into the public Treasury, and not into the pockets of greedy, grasping mo? nopolists. 8. The Democratic party will rectify the abuses of tho present banking system ; extin? guishing monopoly by making the business free to all who comply with the conditions, stopping the interest on Government bonds while in pledge to secure bank circulation, and guarding against a redundant currency by compelling tho banks to redeem their notes in specie. 4. It will revive our prostrate shipping in? terest, and restore to American citizens their former large share in the profits of navigation, by free trade in ships and the repeal of duties on all articles used in their construction. 6. It will extend and complete the system of universal suffrage, by abolishing the term of residence now required for naturalization, and giving intelligent white immigrants the same advantages enjoyed by our colored population. There is no reason why a thrifty German who emigrates to Texas and buys a farm should not at onco be as favored a citizen as the South Carolina negro who emigrates to Texa3 in the same year, and is employed by tho German as a laborer. 6. The Democratic party will faithfully ful? fill all the obligations created by tho public debt in their letter and spirit, and will secure to disabled soldiers the full amount of thoir Sensions, without allowing a dollar to be de ucted for the fees of agents. 7. It will repeal all laws which permit the Federal Government, or any of its officers, to interfere with elections in the States. 8. It will make it a high misdemeanor, pun? ishable by dismissal from the service, for any officer of the army or navy to aid in tho sup? pression of domestic violence in a State, unless the State authorities have made a previous ap? plication to the President for such assistance, in couformity to tho Constitution; or to inter? fere for enforcing any Federal law, unless a Federal judge shall have previously certified that the execution of tho laws is resisted by a combination too powerful to bo overcome by the marshal and his pos*c. 9. The Democratic party will remove all the political disabilities and disqualifications im? posed for participation in the fate civil war. 10. It will recognize the binding force of the three now amendments to the Constitution, so long as they are held to bo valid by the Su? premo Court. The World remarks: "Hero are no flourishes, no buncombe, no vague, cloudy theories which cannot he reduced j to practice If there is any Southern citizen who does not think this list of measures would bring relief from and redress of present evils ! and grievances, we cannot respect his judg? ment. And if. on the other hand, anv Repub I lican insists that the policy here sketched is a mere bundle of negations and dead issues, he forfeits all claim to be considered a candid op? ponent." ITEMS-EDITORIAL AND OTHERWISE, ? Missouri is building narrow gauge Rail? roads. ? William Henry Harrison Holden, brother of ex-Governor Holden, has been electedMay or of Raleigh, N. C, by the Democrats. ? Experiments in cotton culture on the Cal* ? ifornia coast, are proving very satisfactory; Cotton manufactories are projected. ? The State of Maryland has given an order for a colossal statue of the late Chief Justice' Taney, which is now modeling in Rome. ? Samuel W. Collins, of Connecticut, wide-' ly known as a manufacturer of edged tools, died recently, aged 68. ? The thirty-fifth anniversary of Texan in? dependence was duly celebrated on the 20th nit. ? The Sultan of Turkey has sent President Grant a carpet worth $10,000, to cover the flooY of the East Room of the White House< Does* he want an office ? ? The venerable Charles Manly, ah honored* son of North Carolina, and one of her former Governors, died in Raleigh recently, aged W years. ? Gen. T. H. Ruger has been appointed Su erintendent of the West Point Academy. Hd as the reputation of being the strictest dis-~ ciplinarian in the United States army. ? J. Marshall Hauna, formerly of the Rich? mond Examiner, died at the residence of hip brother in Beiair, Md., on the 30th of April, aged 38 years. ?- A subscription is in circulation in Mobile^, having for its object to place a headstone of Alabama marble at each of the thousand graves in the Confederate burial ground near tbatcity. ? Judge Twigg, of Nashville, has decided that common carriers have a right to regulate their own affairs,- and has non-suited a csse where suit was brought for ejectment of colored' persons. . ? The oldest naval officer on the retired list; is Rear Admiral Shubrick, who has been sixty six years in the service, and the oldest active officer is Rear Admiral Goldsborough, who has been in the navy fifty-nine years. ? John Hancock is the Democratic candi? date for Congress in the Texas Fourth District It is stated that a number of Radicals have signed a declaration of independence and, are going for him. ?- Gen. Mahone, the president of the con? solidated Virginia railroads, says that if neces? sary he will spend $10,000 in diffusing over Europe information as the resources and ad? vantages of the South. ? A secret political society, mostly compos? ed of working men, has been discovered in New York. It has been in existence only two months, and has a membership in that city, of nearly 50,000 and has branches in all the lar? ger cities. ? Ex-President Johnson has consented to ? deliver an address before the mechanics of East Tennessee on the subject of mechanical skill and industry during the Industrial Exposition,, which opens at the Fair Ground at knoxville on the 27th of May. ? The act of Congress repealing the inter? nal revenue special taxes on nearly all kinds of business, except whiskey and tobacco, went in? to effect on the first of May. It reduces the Government income over a huudrcd million dollars annually. ? The Washington Chronicle says "The re? mains of at least sixty Confederate soldiers be? longing to South Carolina regiments have re? cently t)een disinterred at Gettysburg. They are to be in Charleston by memorial day." ? A Rhode Lland man's house was struck by lightning, on Sunday evening, while he was standing near the mantel-piece in his parlor. It threw him on the floor, and made a hole in each of his boots, but he was not iniured, and his stockings were not torn or burned. ? At the annual meeting of the cotton buy? ers and brokers of Memphis, a motion was adopted by which a committee of three was ap? pointed to take measures that will hasten the assimilation of cotton samples or types through? out the Union. ? Sara. Dickerson, the well-known colored: Major, from Charleston, recently went to New York on a lecturing tour, but becoming intoxi? cated, fell into the hands of the Philistines, and was arrested on a chargo of robbing a fellow passenger. ? Count Moltke, with an eye to military business, has given notice to the French Gov? ernment that he will have all the Freqch oc? cupied provinces fortified with a line of fortifi? cations to guarantee against all attack, until the indemnity is fully paid, and a regular gov? ernment firmly establisned in Franco. . ? England purposes to build a large fleet of" iron-clad gunboats for coast defence, and there is a marked disposition among the Englishmen just now to throw over the ''heavy iron-clad** principle in favor of vessels of small draught, in view of the seeming failure of the French navy against the Prussians in the late war.' ? The Illinois Legislature having taken a re? cess until November, leaving some important business undone, it is said that the Governor has decided to call an extra session in a few weeks. To this many members respond that an extra session cannot be called during a recess, for it would be a session within a session, and they will probably refuse to assemble at the call of the Governor. ? A Savannah paper states that a company of Southern men, headed by H. T. Peak, Esq., well known in railroad circles as the Superin? tendent of the South Carolina Railroad for many yoars, and other well known gentlemen of Georgia and South Carolina, proposed to pav the old Port Royal Railroad owners and contractors $300,000 for their right and title,, and finish the line in as short a timo as possi? ble. ? Thero are so many contradictory reports regarding the possible action of the Prussians in connection with the French civil war that it is difficult to decide what course they will pur? sue.. An officer of the Prussian staff, at St* Donis, states, however, that Prussia will not allow the Commune to enjoy its triumph, even should it gain a victory. The day of its suc? cess will bo marked by foreign intervention, the object of which will be the re-establishment of a stable govornment. - - ? Few persons, barbers included, probably know why the barber's pole is red-striped. It originated from the fact that formerly it was customary for barbers to bleed people, and the polo, with alternate winding stripes of white: and red, representing the bandage of the phle? botomized victim. It the course of time , the apothecarv excelled the barber as abloodletter-j: but the old sign of the craft was retained by the latter after the function which gave it sig uificanceliad ceased. ? The New York Sun says: "The taxpayers of South Carolina will be delighted to learn that the fiuancial agency of that State in this city is about to undergo an official investiga? tion by the committee appointed by the Legis? lature for that purpose. This committee iB composed of very high-toned legislators. The Hon. Benjamin F. Whittemore is chairman; the Hon. Jonn B. Dennis, the famous South Carolina upholsterer, and the Hon. Timothy Hurley, of Hurleyville, the Hon. S. A. Swaila, and W. H. Gardner, are members. The com? mittee will arrive in New York about the 1st of June. Public confidence in the impartiali? ty of this investigation will perhaps be a little shaken by the information that the financial agent has made arrangements to entertain the committee with regal splendors. They are to he quartered in a farst-class hotel, and every bill paid and every want supplied by the very man whose acts they are to examine into. It is to be hoped that the committee will not allow their eyes t?> be closed nur their judgment warped 'oy so much ho&pilality?"