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?Marrar !"_**." * - n ??jir > r nawitiiir? i posai but a comparatively ?mall militia force, composed noarly altogether of 'odored men, aa this blase alone,wit h hut few exceptions, h id olfe.od themselves for enr?lement und organi zation, and they alono could be rc li od on as < loyal Citizens. As an evidence of this fact, L would state that a captain ol' a militia compa ny, composed of w li i td men in this city, hav ing applied to mo for nm munition, I asked bim if ho would obey my orders ns cominan dci',in-chief, in thc event of an united colli sion arising from ?tn attempt to enforce the laws, lo which ho frankly replied : "lt: ease ol' d'tllioulty, 1 will go with my race" Ile was told that it was not a question of ou force ment of the laws nguitlSt those who proposed to set them ut defiance. Tho militia were, fur the most part, undisciplined and UUftkitlod in the Uso of amis, for they were reared tut tier a system of law which even forbade their having ?1 lire-arm in their possession. I was convinced that if put into tito field they would . huvo boon instantly confronted and attacked hy tl large body of veteran suld'ory. well or nized. and cquippi d with the tuest improved arms, and forming a part of a \sist o iga li iza . tion extending through adj teeni States, willi Vyvhioil they had dtdVk lines of commuilioatiou. . In such ti conflict it was evident that the ? lu?! i titi WOuld have been beaten-either driv -<?u bucker slaughtered. In that event I feir "ed a general retaliation, which would have .'speedily made the entire Slato tho theatre pf . an i'ntcruieino war. Oil I Hut, supposing the militia successful! in 6uch n conflict, tim opposition papers and the . Associated Press agents in-thin Si ito would Mi'tiVo prochtiined to tho country that the State 'administration had, for a political purpose, . inaugurated a "war of races," and even 1 ?yal Ul bil of >b?tll parties in thc North, Who have sympathy with tlio perpetrators of these un natural crimes, would have been led to believe .that the contest here Was ono between tho h'.rtCgV? nixl the white mau," instead of being, ns it is, an issue between the loyal friends of .the government and its disloyal enemies. Such an impression in the country would h;ive had H peculiarly dis ist rous etfeet upon the future of the colored population through out thc tm I i rd South. I in addition to these consid?rations, I tilibugllt, and stijl think, that it was the para mount duty of tho Government of ibo United States to pr dcet its loyal citizens in tho en dWmon't of ''life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The neuro was a slave by virtue of tho Constitution of the United States. By thc G'ovcrnniotit of tho United States he was Pitta hoi pa tod an 1 made a free, American c t;zen Thc Government of the United States is, therefore, morally bound to protect hint in the full exorcise bf lils vested tights understandingly, foi' he was kepi iii ignora nee pursuant to its laws. If thc government ol' tho United States fails, when u?uc?sary, to discharge this duty, then em>d)cipution was n political crime, and the negro is h i't to become the obedient tool or vVrotehod victim of tho disloyal enemies of tho government, and to Kp toil' outrages because he is ils friend Moriiovei', I viewed tho use of the military fdr 'he execution of tho I iws with extreme re pugnnncd, anti required that thc civil author ii'ies should first exhaust their powers through th? po*.*,- romi'/ufi:s. lu lite following h iter. ?dd fessed (o t hp sherill' of Ka i rile ld County, a-nd published for the' information und gui da nee of poaco officers Sn other counties, 1 enjoined lipon tlui hicul magistrates and pe<tc.' ofiicdl'ci of that ooltnty to net with vigor, und, at ?ll liazirds, td brie;: these elimin?is tn j is iee, :.t least such of I lunn us wore kuowu. ..md where there ivas proper evidence on which ti Warrant could issue : '.STATK of SOUTH CAUOMXA, ") '.KXKOUTIYK l)l{PAKT?MK.NT, ' '.Uot.t .M:;I.\, May 2d, 1871, ) ''To tho Sh cr itf' oj l'uir/lf/ri Comity: ''?Silt:-I have berni credibly informed by a number of citizens of Fitil field County, us well us by yi?ur own ollioinl communication, that on tho night of tho 20th ulti.no, a budy tn" tinned men, in disguise, rode into tho Town of Winnsboro' and loft ut tho houses of several county officers ll written paper, in which they wire, commanded to resign, and th rd i toned wirii violotico if they failed to obey? As you uro tho. chief oxCoutivo ollioer of tito county, it is your duty to tike mois mes t i ascertain und bring to justice these m is'.vi-d violators pf tho public poico, Und, for this purpose, you shill promptly invoke all thc ro.so?rces which tho law places al your disposal. In thoo last ivisort, sin.nhl thc oriliuai'y ...twice of process prove iimdequnte i ? ;;ii!:oi!i! iieoessiry arrests, hy reason of any ar.i!ii:d combination, you will call out the }>;;.>>, c i-tii' t''i< ; which edi, I lltlVd ilodoUbt, will bo. rps po II dui] lo by all good citizens. In till ca ?e.1 of this ohiti'iiotor, where citizens aro put.jp) terror by armed bands of lawless men, it is px pee ted that thc local authorities should exit mst alt legal resources to give adequate prnttNgJon to lifo anti property, before the St de Executive can properly intervene by extraordinary exhibitions of force, hitherto unknown to the administration of the laws in civilized oonnnuiiiljes. The failuro of the proper county ptliccl'S to exert their ul most viuilij |iop to do too I, mid their most vigorous cHorts to bring to punishment, all disturbers of the peace, will bo deemed evidence of theil fi igrunt neglcctof duly or gross inoffioionoy.aui] it is.a grave reproach to the people of Winns boro' that il band of fifty disguised horsemen honbJ hiiv.o'boon permuted to ontor their town, and occupy it for several hours, with th'p declared purpose of putting in terror, ol tiillicttug violence upon, tho sworn public of 1 ifi tors t f tho county. "In this connection, it is proper that 1 ^ should call your attention to tho recent act of Congress, willoh makes all citizens who aro 1 privy to any acts of organized violence, and fail to give ?my itiformntimi in their pos session tint may lead to tho arrcfttof tho per? j! polia pus purticrps crimiihis in their guilt. "Very respectfully, j (Signed) "lt. K. SCOTT. C?overnor." ? Tho officers did not act, being cither par i ji lyzcd by fear or iii sympnty willi tho crimi J mils, in common with many others, thc 0 loyal-mon among thom scorned to regard the j\ r.s" a . purely personal government, and ti j) expect that tho Fx couti ve should discharge the duties of all tho departments of tin ni Stile, i: . At thia juncturo I determined to make ti L final effort to restore public order without bf military force, und I thereforo invited proud f? neut ?it'?'/ei.s of thc dis-iffi-cted section lo n OJ conference with tue nt tho' Clfpiial. They TjS ^V(.,.p sd recognized lenders of tho opposition, w} und of.iiclfhowlodgcd influenco in their re jd fpcelivo counties. I hud hoped much from fLi their co operation in tho Interest of Invv ?ind {?V fi"1"' which they professed to adv?cate, thi knowing, ns-f did, that tho masses pf tho w?r ^'i'^'f" yfyl?tiit0 ^VouI?J; h'0)a itc?o for?a of form or disciplino, heed their admo nition:*. Tho conference \v?ts held. All of these gOtitlotlIOU deprecated acts of violence, hut denied tho existence of tho Ku Klux or g.inizttion in South Carolina, while some of them indirectly sought to extenn ito acts of violence that they could not well dooy, hy refelling thom to what they wcro falsely ple.isi-d to term .fncgrb rule." They ?Hedged numerous acts of incendiar ism hy- neg! Ops, which allocations, doti ved froto I ho.opposition pres*, and oft ?MI repeated, have been proved base fabrications, in tho main, desired t.) effect or palliate thu burn* ?D<? of school homes erected fur thc Lix? st mot iou of colored children. These gontlomcu, however, promised me their eo oporution to the end in view, and I i hoi je ved thuin. I om not advised timk any elV?rt was made lo fulfil those promises. Ocr I tainly they cftootod m.thin?;. Having ex hausted all tho civil power under my onutrol to suppress this insurrection against tho oou? I stitutcil authorities, I tundo application, iu I seeordanoe with tho Constitu? iou of the j United St?tes, to tho Natioual Govorniueut to protcet tho Slate ''agaiimt domestic violence." The magnitude of this organized system of crime was made apparent to Couvres.-;, the ?vidence tu possession of tho government showing that th?* Ku Klux hunda, iu South Carolina, were '-but parta of a stupendous whole," huviii'j* ? broader scope than tho re dress of a mere local grievance. Congress,, "by appropriate legislation," btmng granted tho necessary power?.-, Wm Ksocdlon?y tho President ol'the United States, on the 17th day of Oolohor, 1ST 1, sttspoudoil tho writ ol hufnon coy/n't ? iu the Counties of Spartan, burg, York, Marton, Chester, Laurens, New berry, P?ii liol .I, Lancaster ?ind Chesterfield. Tho County, of Martini was subsequently excepted from this list, and the County of Union very properly substituted tlioro?or Mari.m having boeu originally ombweed, instead of Union in tho first proolumatipu of thc President, through a olerioal error. An adequate toreo of Uiiitod Stat, s troops is now in the State, and, under the direction of an energetio and discreet commanding otliocr, they arc actively engaged in arresting the Kin Klux orimtnals wherever legal tostituo ny kif guilt is furnished. M any persons of tho suspected class have fled from tho upper counties, whilo ?it thc s une tint" protesting their innocence of clim?'. Kl i ?ht from arrest by oUioora of the law ii not generally regirdodus furnishing ti very strong legal presumption of innocence, lt would bc far better, however, for thc State, that all of Ibis class should abandon it forever, than tint ow ti one industrious laborer should bo murdered ur drivou away from the pur suits of useful industry. Tho fernier are usually drones' in the human hive, while Upon tho products ol' the toiling mass iv pob? thc whole wealth and prosperity of the State. I nui ofticiidly informed that thus fur about >ix hundred arrests have been mudo u this Stale, under tho net ?d' Congress. Tho pct suns arrested, a id now. for the most part, held for hid, represent almost ev? ry idas? in society, from the humble laborer ?nd small fariner to the wealthy planter timi pnotioing physician uiid ! itoyor, I have endeavored to bo historie illy exact in rcemdiini what must pass into history t.s a reproach to American civilization, und is now known of all men ?is tho ? li s ne of lim State. lt presents tho mo.d extraordinary spectacle ufa completo collapse I rom civilization into I? u h H i t:i known in t he ann:.!:; nf mankind; surpassing in its uetrocity the ''Thugism" of India, for tho Thu.' ap-ires woman ?uni thu a yeti, hu; tin; Kin Klux exempts none from iii?: vengeance, in his eli ot t.> strangle ile publieanistti If tiny impa/lia! mau, jeahms ol'the honor of his kind, hesitates to believe such things possible in a civilised commuai ty, let him visit thc j iii in th tu city. Mo will there lind scores of tho veritable nott.rs in tin .?i- 'leeds td' blood, many bf whom it ive ! voluntarily coufossi-d their orimes a* Ku Klux, those las' bein;: poor, deluded ?neo, to whom I trust tho utmost elotueney of tho National I'jxeeulive will bc oxtouded, for they are but thc blitidod victims of their cultivated le ulers. Some of thom, but recently, showed or of f-red to .show, their scarred backs to a dis tinguished United States Senator from Rhode Island, (Mr. Sprague,) they having been lashed by order ol' ollioors of their own klan bcouuso, when ordered to shoot men marked for inurdor, they had, ont, nf natural pity, "uniy whipped'' the intended victims. Tlin.se wlio, with ?ni air td' indignation, ?.ml with a well affected concern for const! tutiouil liberty ?iud "State sovereignty," demand who Ima caused thc military inter vention of thc Unite I States in the alT.tit'S of th." State, may be justly referred to tho Ku Kluxand their organizers and abettors, for their answer. In the foregoing remarks, T have reluc tantly used political designations, contrary tu what I deem a proper custom in a message of tim Chief Mugistruto id' the Sttto, who, in his oificinl capacity, .should know no party Hut I found iliis unavoidable, in t eating ol these grollt crimes, that sprang solely from politieal causes, Nor eau I regard men loy al to tuc government who set its laws at deli anee, lind use every means in their power tt destroy its existence. A RADICAL Vi KW ?F TUB LEOISLATIJU? OF Sot! nt ('Ainu.INA.-The Wiishiugtoi Chronicle (thc organ of Ooneral (liant, own e<l anti edited by John M. Morris, Wm. W Holden and Myron Fox, thc funner and th? latter hue edit.us of the Charleston Rcpnbli cnn,) in a leading editorial in its issu.; o Wednesday, the 20til ult., hearing the cap tiub nf ''The Finances of South Carolina,' tims disposes of tho Legisla turo of Soutl Carolina, a body whom both Mm ris und Pus helped to piuco in their present position. Reid what they .say : "ht all this we attempt no defense of cor nipt publio officors and a besotted Legisla turo, which plunder thc State and disgrace the Republican party. Wo would gladly soi them hurled fr.nu their positions itdo the peuil tOlltiury ; but wc do say that the condition ol South Curo'ipo is not distressing or bank ruj>t., hut that there is room for hopo au<] courage and manful action. There is bul ono moro session of the present Legislature No decent Republican in the State will ?gnni sustain ono of that venal gang. If it tri? te lead tho Republican party it will split il and bo beulen, A lu tter set of men will bi chosen at the next election Tho olomcnU aro ripe for it." - - _?. +. - - Tn certain p it ts of Iowa corn is only 15 couts n bushel, and being much chcapm than woofl; thc inluibitmts aro buying it foi fud. , nv KiciTii, nu VT &> co. 7' .?V lt M ii.- Por Subscription, TWO DOL LA li S per annum strictly in advance ; for nix months, Ons Dollar. Advertisement* at $1 per sonare for (en ines less for the fir*t insertion, and Ol) cents for ??<?'..*< subsequent i nsf rt ion. 2?$* Obituary Not iee* exceed i ny Jive lines, Trtfc utes of Hesket, Communications of a personal character when admissible,and Amtounceuieuts of Catnli(bil,'s, wiil be charged for as advertise ? tents. $?9* -lob Ininti ny neatly and cheaply executed ????y* Necessity compels us to adhere strictly iv the requirement of eas h payment. WALHALLA, S. C.: rriilviy niork^lsifj ?>cc. N, We have Kiirreudcrod oui\ space thia week tu evttaoU from (?<>v. ?TUDTT'.'J tneasnsie, ?iud a lull synopsis ut' President Q.BANT'S message to Congress. . -<* m?*-. SW Soe uow advertisements iu thia nulli bor. B*3?- Tho Spartanburg Railroad is offorrd fjiv sale by creditors. ^* W?rr On tho BOtli iust:, we bud ?V heavy fill bf ?KOW. Siuoe, the weather Ivis boon bitter cold, with much iee. JTv?- Th?! small pox is Wiring in PHil-idel phi i, N'cw York, Ciucinunli ?iud other places. Tito disease i? spreading. 8*3?. Thc Legislature uf Georgia liai pas sed a law, over the veto of ?be acting Govern or, ordering un o loot iou for Governor during the present neath. tfW Tho December number of the South ern (J iii ti tra tor, published at Athens, O.a., at 32.00 i or tin hum, by Messrs WM. anti W. M. JON KS. has been received. lt is one of our best agricultural exchanges, ??<7" Court was in session last week at Picketts, Judge Otts presiding. There was not a PISH in the Sessions ! On tho civil .side of the Court, a few hours cleared tho dockets ! Tho citizens ot IMokens are N fortunate, people - no crime, 1)0 litigation ! Snhsciiptioos are being opened in thu State for thu purpose of raising funds to defend tho Ku a'm prisoners in Columbia If uy this U io oil ut tho defenso of the binn neut, or tho purpose avowed is tu test tho vu lidity ol' th--Ku Klux law ol Congress, wo have authur,; te s ')'. Hut if it is under stood, li.a thc propio iu rttisillg this sum ure to oiitlorso idl the nets of the Kn Klux, ma ny will doubtless ask lo bo excused. Wo have no sympathy with lawlessness. The Legislatura Is in session, dov. SCOTT admits I)U over issue of bonds, but dues no ku? nv t?bo fall oxtont. Several propositions ar? t:p to uu oar th tho matter. Member* from nil quar tors arc propofitu^ measures of s!l s rr;-, fur our py sent evil.:, hut none go to to tho root ol'tho di-o'eiu. Indict tho thieve* und rub ber-, und send th um to the Penitentiary. Nothing short bf thia will answer. Untb.d Seato? Couit Thia Court ii iu sesno* in Coluiuhiai J nd gos I*ON|i und BRY?N presiding. Tho I'.'it-ii.r says, tht? general ?ot ora mont e.nu.a uompl.iiu of tho jurie* drawn und t? ni pi w . Helled. M.my ol' tliriu sre kno*n t\> Wti hit tor and extrome partisans, s nd a larjjo'iuH jori ty uri colored men. Uow fur they will up] v.-i.iit-: fheir oaths of of?oo-tn what ec toni they tiny leave their passions and pie judi?os outside of the court-room-wo eau not now >?y. We shall not pre-jildgo t hem The United States is represented by Messrs Corbin -sud Chamberlain Tho general de fence is in the hands of Messrs Reverdy Johnson rmi! ll. Staiisborry, assisted V?y I*'. W. Pickling, I'Ni{ , of our local bar, und s lawyer emi?uut for bis tine logical and analy tical powers. Ou yesterday, it amy bc said that tho drama opened. A motion was made by the lion. Mr. Stansberry tn quash the indict ment against thy Ku Klux prisoners that had been framed hy tho United States Attornsy. In sustaining this motion, Mr. Stansberry a I dressed himself ty the court for inore than tw ? hours in a close, clear and convincing lc.ral argiuiient, in tho cutirse of which sin uro proud to record that this eminent syn of Ohio vindicated the great principles of local sovereignty and personal liberty. A noble voioc was yesterday raised in the State Capi tol, and already is thc move vindicated that brought to tlio Hiato such mon ns Messrs. Johnson and Stansberry. -- In tho proceedings of tho Legislature for December 2, 1871, we notice a resolution looking to economy, retrenchment and reform, introduced by Mr. Wilkes, a member from Anderson. This is well. It isa gond move, and uti just men will sustain it. Wo may, however, observe that wo hope that Mr. Wilkes, in looking lo future reforms, will not fail to deal with the questions and thc duties of tho hour. To bring a corrupt and swind ling ring to account is, it8001119 to many per sons, tho first duty before the Legislature. That Mr Wilkes uppreoiates this nfl fully nfl wo do, wc have no reason windover to ques tion ; and wo morely throw out eur sngges tic i, ill order that the Le;; i'du turo may lin dor* stand what public opinion expects of it in this direction.-I'hani.r, 6th, - Tho Thiers government seems to bo firmly established in Franco, and in conse quence that country h is goo l order, peace and quiet, what she needed moro than nation ul gvandeur. .Congress-Prosidont's Message Doth Ileuses of Congress organized on Monday last. Dawes is Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means ; Garfield of tho Commit too ou Appropriations; Toland of the Committee on Insurrectionary Slates. Thu roll showed 1201 members piexent. Heck o?brrod u resolution, asking tho Pro?" idem ocr tai li question* rogarding the execu tion of the Ku Klux law, which, meetiug with u storm of objections, wa? referred to the Committee uu lmuurrociiouury State?. Cou uer and Hancock of Texas were sworu iu and the ether Texas credential* referred ' Tho message of the Prcsidcut ?tatou that tho relations of the United Stales with for oign powers continues friendly. Lie refers to the settlement of thc Alabama dispute by tho treaty of Washington, and saya that thc ex lilUple thus set nt iy bo followed by other civ ilized nations, :?ol ti mt I ly be I ho. means-o' re turn i ut/ t) produeiive industry millions of men who are now retained to hattie .uatioual \ (iiapUti'R by tin* bayonet und bl oui lo.I cw He commend- the Minister und Cmi.iul at Pru ?oe for their course in protecting thy in tore?is ol' German Subj cots in Paris during the war. Ile informs Congress that, in uiui fortuity with the established preoedeut, he has recognized the change of Government in Home and the Italian Slates. Hw speaks of tho continued friendly relatmus between Kas sia :.nd the United States, und reters to the vi^it of thc Grand Hoke Alexis and lethe hospitable reception tiri vet? t" mut. In t\ i atina to Mr Cat icay.v. thc Piv.iid?iil says tint the inexcusable course of the Hussion Minister had tendered it necessary for thc President t.? auk thc Minister's ree .Il and to declino to rc OtOvo thill functionary hay louver. Ile says (hat it was impossible for him, with kell ic sp. ol or with just regard to tho dignity of the nation, to permit Mr. Cat ainley lo oonliu tic to hold intercourse willi tho Goverumeut, aller his perso/liai abuse of Governineut ? ?iii oitils, Mid after improper iuteifcreucu, by vu rioits moans, io thc relations between this country and other powers. Thc Goverumeut Iliad, liier?to.ro, bceu released from further j intercourse with Mr. Calneazy, ami another Minister hud been commissioned, who wai entirely unobjectionable. Ile rooomm?iids the ediioation of four American youths in Japan and lotir in China ; And he gives the history of thu difficulty in Cor?; ?, und leaves the subject to thc tictinu nf ('?ingress. As to Cuban nffuiis, he says that he b .s instructed American naval command ors in Cu'oau waters to protect tin? live:? and i libel ties of burnt Jitte citizens of the. Unite.1 States and thu dignity of the Hag, an.i ex ! presses the hope that nil pending quest inn's ! between thu United States and Cuba may be adjusted in th?) spb it of peace and cou ci i ia J ' lion which has h? retoforo guided b-ir.il pow-J ors. He recommends Congress to take m?n* 1 j urcs to support, tho lines nf steamships bc ? tween Sm hVanoiHco und China an i Sun I j Praiieisoo sm'. Japan. Also, to lake steps to I bring iiboul a return to specie payuunls. I Also, to unite the telegraphic syst un with j tho portal system id'.thc United Stilles, j ile defends ibo pel ivy pursiw.d ill refer.-nee i : io tho stoppage of Ku Klux nut rages,'iud ox : piesses thc b?liol th it oui of thu very immer j eus urr<'Ktd iv a de, tu? tuuoueut person is now in custody, lu regard :> polygamy iu Utah, he relates tho notion ut" the cun ts and au thorities thffft, and siys that thu Mormons ! will not be per nit toil to vi..t ue the laws un I d? : the clunk of re'lyioii ; bul sugi?e*t* uh? th or children allandy h.on under tho Mm*.non system should liol he i. uitim iti/.-d. ll?) re 0 immetids thc uholitii ti of uM inlemal rt rc t.no taxes, except those on spirits, undi liquors nn-J t.?. eco, and st imps ; also, thc rovisiou Of the lu1!:. He siys ih?t the liidlnu pince i policy has thus ! iV i. \ ul led i tvoruhly, >.<..? \ ho . recoin mends tho loituaiion ufa territivri.il itov I eminent tn tho l.udi.tii Territory Ho sug ? i^.-.ts tho ivumvul of ail political disabiliin-s , Undi r tho fourteenth consul tuiouul amend mont, ?ind s:?ys that it will be' ii happy lime j for the SoUthtni Slates when thc ir'old eitizi its . sh v i awaiti take all i'lle.i .st ill public a.'fiiys. lie rceoiumetids liberal appropriations for thc Ui.scriot of Columbia and i\>v piihliti buihlim?s i;' Cbijugo Hu reviews the cptestiouot ot v i I service reform, and promises that tho expuri j tuent of reft ":::\ ?htill have il fuir tt'lah lu the Sonate, Blair ?ftere?! a resolution of inquiry, th;* .MOIS ns !> ok o Ile rod in thc j House, regarding the cuforeouient of I hi Ku : Klux law, which went over, under object ions j The message was read, when tho Scu.ito ?al jourucd. Tun ?J.\'M:ST-A New STATKMK.NT nt' I rtiti STATU DsJtvr.-Thu Columbia oorres- '} pondent of tlc Cha:!.:-too Cuut'inr, ti ii tier i dale of December 1, says : The report ol' the Joint Special Investiga- j ting Committee is in course of preparation, j and viii tm rendered in about ten ?lays. Thu committee report the outstanding debt of tliH State at $20,S *>5,OOO io round numbers - This is mudo up as follows : Total amount of homU printed 822,540.000 ; deduct for ?ter lim.' fund, SG.000,000; deduct destroyed, 8000,000 ; deduct not yet issued,S 1,000.000 J deduct not yet signed, 8>C>i> 000-85,850, j 000 Total amount of pew debt., 814.100,. 000; add old debt of the State, 80,005,000 ; -total present State debt, 820,855,000. An amount considerably in excess of debt as heretofore stated. These figures are in round numbers and what the committee will report. Tho com mittee say that a great ninny bonds ure not yet accounted for, ami must bc considered au outstanding liability, Thc entire committee seem to beef the opinion that the immense increase arises from tho .speculations pf the St;.I.; (louse, mid that they will denounce them in their report. -.-, ? *. Tin; KONI) IHUDKHS GKTTTN?I AT.ARMKD. -We find the following telegraphic despatch in the New York StahftaM, of Tuesday last, under the caption of "Tho South Caro lina Legislature to bc Bought:" WASHINGTON,November 27.-lt basc?me out that a lobby is in thc process of organiza, lion in tlti;i city and New York, for the pin pose of bribing thc members of thc South Carolina Legislature to secure financial Icgi*. lotion favorable to the interests of tho hold ers of fraudulent bonds. It is presumed that. 830,000 will constitute sufficient funds. - A lover consulted a lawyer about carry ing off an heiress. ''You must not carry her oil," said the lawyer, ''but she can carry you ol?. Let her mount a horso and hold thc bridle and whip, and then you get up behind her, and let ho run away with you, und you'll be safe." Tho next morning tho lawyer ' found that Iiis daughter had run nway with J tho s.tid young man in thc r-.foresaid mannor. \ 'F com' Columbia. COLUMBIA, Novoinboi*' 80.-Tboro wns a nev/ development of tbe bond muddle to doy, which will bring thc mutter into court. Car doz?, the Secretary ol' State, is the custodian ot* thc State bonds. Ile has been in the hab it ol' delivering thom to Treasurer Parker on demand. To day Parker sertt for more bonds, which Carduza refused to deliver up until in formed of the purpose for which they weie intended to bc used. Parker ol.ims that Onrdn/.a'a custody is merely perfunctory, and that bc is obliged to deliver up on dem.md. Hot h parties agreed to lest tho matter, and the question will, therefore bc brought before the Su promo Court. Oardpsn will be represented, by C. l>. M chou. Esq., P:uker by I). H. Chamber lu i ti. Attorney (jenora I. Oardozi, in tho meantime, refuses to deliver any moro bonds, or ?tn oh the seal of thc! Stale therein. Neither of thc Houses were in session to my< To morrow a Hill wjl] bc inho.luc"d in Ute IloUstO for thc latter pV'itecti-.u <>f tue .limul cos of the' Stale' lt provides that the funds of Hie .Stale sh di bc kool in the Treasury vaults, to be sup' rvUo I hy a nowKinanoo H tard, ooiisisiing of the'Hovornnr, Secretary of State, Und Attn? ney ' lenora! . Coi.UMHiA. IWoiubur ' 1 -In tho Utilise id-day C. G. lioWeu pr.sehlcd his ored-nti ils ns a;Vcpi\is'eiitiilivv' . from 'OhiU losum County. His riv;1-1..to * seat was ?amt. sled on' lim {{rounds' of irregularity th issuing tho writ foi' thoMle?ti?m, tuiil'bi uauso ho had he*Mi cou vietod of an infamous erimo Ile Was finally iidmUlejl by a votii of seventy three to tw?n ty-tv.m." 18.. weil then m ulo a speech oli?rging tho ad'mi nisi rat iou with steiil?tig seven million . hill us. and prothising lo hold them lo thc st rici cst ' irecoun t i bil i ty. Cwi.L'.MniA. hecuiiihe'r 3.-The Supreme I Court to day, io the eec uf-Habney, Morgan 'cvl'e., against tho.'.^Wshn.mi and -l)ir?ot??rs I (d' thc H >ok of thc State of South Cr.ilinn, I (lied a decision, thai the Lill hoblers und Fire i lilian B.'m.lholders aro creditors ol' thu Hunk, I and are entit?ci? w its assets; thal tho Pi re Hnan Slock holders aro lu t creditors so as to entitle tit um to a share of tho assets, but are creditors of thu Si .le. Sit.m?.1 thc assets bo insu|?cieu.t to pay thc Bill lind I^md-h juders, thou the St ?te i.s ii.hie fir tho i';.:Tcivi\?p.. j OoLUMiiiA, S. C. iXio?mber 8 - Tho Grand ..'?irv onusis?s ol'.eight whites .ami ihir- j leca blacks ; the Petit .Julies, twenty whites; and thirty i wo colored. The prosecution moved to pin.cal willi tin? trial ol' persons I iudiei-i d uiol.-r thc Ku Klux law, and the \b;feiiso asked a delay until Weduesd iv, which was granted Stnnhorry and J oh u ?>on were present for thc defense. OMAHA? Doeoinbor I -Tho snow in Ile publican Valley is two fool dep. M nv Ki 'i vo frozen lo >1 lui h. Om: party lound seven me i fr../.- M to 'h ath. ATLANTA, December I.-A niovomonl for a ra i I rn d from Ohio Uiver tn the South Ai I-intu? seaboard is nearly completed. '1 lie scheme includes a stcapiship linc willi Fu rope, mid un unbroken litie from Louisville t-> S i vmu iii c.! 1 liiuii'iwick via M nit j.i.?i-rv. Tho projectors llave simple capital and expo \VASIW(!T()N. December 1 r- Tho Oovorn mci;1 will hereafter^ and until! a better eondi lion nf things sbnll t ::i-.t in tho island nf Cu ba, kui p a strung naval armament in Cub tn j waters. While This will have no hostile sij; j i ilioance, ii is destint'd to be nu intimation I t'i Sp lin, I-!) it if thal power is so weak as tn bo unable t;i M'euru peace ami good order on | tl :.i island, in case of insurrection or other j grive publie distusbunco, this fleet will Lei used ij such cases for tho protect hui of A?n r ' ?Oin ii!':;..'.i a a;..i tn I Clots on that islam!, il HIM ';J !).', !.? ll..' full CXICllt ()f thc pow r of thc Coverumoiil. i NK'.V YOKK. December JJ.--Tim cotton movement shows a Com.idoi'able increase in 1 rccuipts a; .! exports, lt ceci pis ai! point.-. 1 122.120 bales ; iigninst 10 1,7.48 lust week ; 101.lil) for the previous week; J 05,400 tjuvo weeks soie.*. Tot il receipts since Sop? tomber Isl, 800,741 bales; against 1.580.827 lor thc con esp m lin? period of thc previous ve ii ; a dccrt?n.s? of 108,080. [Exports from a!t ;...iti ft ir tho wee!; 00,8 IO hales ; ligaittsl 72.042 for thu same week last yo-ir. T..tal exports ii.:- expired portion of thu cotton year 207 : ! I hales ; against 528,800 for thc Raino time l.ifit year. Stock at all ports 808,841) bales; against 808,800 last year Stock "i interior to vi s tis.1102 hales ; againsl Mi). I ti I la.-.; y tv r i 'o' lo i III Liverpool 48(1 000 hales ; a?ainsi 804,040 bud year American Cotton ulina t for (neat Hi itain 145.000 bales; against 212,000 last year. India cotton all.cit fur lin ropo 802,107 bales; against 108,000 last year. j? if The Now York.Tribuno anya : "The special correspondent of thu Tribune in South Carolina, who h is heretofore sent us some ugly facts relative to the financial con dition ol' that State, now furnishes a complete statement of its present indebtedness. The exhibit is shameful and disheartening. ft reveals ti stale of facts which could only have been brought, about by either thc grossest stupidity or down-right rascality. Most peo ple will think that the stealing, rather than the blunder, bas been immens;:. Tho debt has boen repeatedly published nt 57.005,008, buta minute investigation shows that it is over 815,000,000. Hero is a discrepancy which can be explained on no apparent theo ry, save one that shall implicate thc Govern or, State Financial Agent and others." IIoMKMnK AT THU PjiNITKNTIAltV. - Oil Thursday night last a colored convict at thc penitentiary was kilted by n not ll Ot convict, (a white ti.an,) confined in thc same cell, win; beat his brains out, and then out his throat ; after which, ho lay down and slept with his victim until day light. Tho white man, when questioned about tho matter, confessed that ho had committed the deod, and stated that they had had li di (lion I ty seveml days previ ous ; that he regarded him usa bad mau, and hail watched bis opportunity to attack him whilst asleep. Tho perpetrator of thc deed was a Canadian by birth, andris supposed to bo somewhat deranged.-1'hnni.e. - The Chicago Poul says the bell worn hy tho cow that kicked over tho lamp that set firo to Chicago is on exhibition in that city in sixty ono different pbicos. - Butter is 05 cents n poand in Colorada Despoiled South Carolina, lt is through no fault of tho Tribun? that the people have not boen sullieiently Warned) that carpet-badgers ami tho Ku Klux aro destroying the South, so far as terrorism .and misrule, ean ruin that section of tho republic. We havo been poyston I in pl i'll) ex piont ?ob of tin; two evils which afllf?t tunny of tho lately rebi!!i">is States; and trustworthy special correspondents have furnished tho Tribuna the only impartial and lucid accounts publish ed id'thc financial maladministration nod par lis.n violence which have disgraced several ol' tho reconstructed States. In this labor wo have bad tho hearty, if portiul, cooperation of thc Dctnocriitio newspapers, which havo eagerly copied ii I made much of thc evidence idiowing^c rth'OCltitlU llfianci d condition of those States, bul hive been suddenly silent when our ctn respondent's rosea eh cs brought to light thu barbarities and atrocities of tho Ku Klux No party can ?fiord to pursuo this poliey ; Wd it is m?t creditable to the fairness or tho sagacity of tho Democrats.-? N<irth ?ntl South, that they have steadily re fnscd to look oo ooo siilo of 'he truthful pio mic presonlod, while, the other hus been per si-tenlly uni triumph.nilly held up to publ o view? .Tho -Democratic journals have been swift to denounce carpet baggers; but have slopped them. Nevei ilreh'iw, there hus been n greal shaking among thcives and murdor I rs. This is ii lioio.fjr io')uisilion for blood aud thefts; ?nd if there are men anywhere* holding power fur (bc purpose ol' stealing, or sheltci'iitv! robbers ami violent men, they may tua; wirniu'j:; the day of reckoning is at hand. We h?vo already helped lo bring to light the misdeedsii f sum? men in high pines in Texas, Georgia,North Carolina and elsewhere, und mi yest? rd-iygive the public ti sorry pic iure of thc results of carpet-bag rule in South CaHditri. Wu'?t a shameful exhibit it is ! I?V jiurtiling with ii ?urea and manipulating an fully coin rived tables, n rim; of adventurers kept thc people of South (karolina as com pletely iii tho dark about thc finances of tho State as though their fabe iv!urns had been printed in S inscrit. They prophesied smooth things while the ship was drifting into tho whirlpool ol bankruptcy, '.''hoy lied about i he 'condition of tho treasury regularly and at fixed intervals, with till the Kystom of prao liccd mountebanks. Hondawore printed in New' York by thc ream and sold in Wall street for what they would fetch; A so-call ed ."'tate ngi-'nt, ti street broker, handled mil lions of these bonds, without giving a shadow of responsible security for thc integrity of his dealings The 'governor, treasurer and comp tr Iii.".' general vied with each other in fabri cating statement intended for thc public eye, while the real fads and fignros in tho desper :.lc paso were kept in the secrecy of their own oiliccs. There seemed to be no such thing as sounding bottom in tho wild stream which rushed mi! of the St ile treasury. An ilWCSti i?atin<r comiuiitee, appointed by the frighten, ed I.- ?jisi.ilure. ea no np to New York to look into the finances of the Slate, which had no apparel.t existence oiiuido of Wall street ; and tbciaj gentlemen turned their tour into'a holiday trip, and relaxed tim stern justice of their intent-into a wild junketing ut un up town hotel, Uni the end has come ni l ist. Thc fabric ni' f.ilschoi.d Iris colhip.sed ; the publie credit i.-- moribund. Thc people h ive been deceived as loni; as possible, nod, lifter?nell statements, as seven million debt in 1870. and niue and a half inlUious in September. 1871, wo grVp the astounding fact tiru on the20th Novem ber, 1871. South Carolin? owed tho oner mous sum ol' 815,800.9 'S. Here is a .State made financially buikrupt hy mere s pei; ula to ri io polities. What punishment shill overtake tho plunderers who, within a Very few days, have been whitewashing euell other'/' tier tain i? i> that i!o ir guilt is as id* arly de termined-ts that of our own municipal bandin, whoso audacity sn o,oeli resembles theirs. We ave heaitiSy sick of the senlimeiit.il lit tempts of '.'party managers" to cover up tho Cori'U| lion, dishonestly and extravagance of the carpet ha r Lrovernnieiits, The plea that exposure tit' these frauds will injure the Ke im! liciin party is as wicked as it is silly. lintier a thousand limes that thc party bo rent asunder than I hilt uny crime for which it cnn be justly held responsible be covered .ip in it; own house. No party can long live with such ?i cancer conceal.>d in its bosom. Hut the party is not responsible for tho crim inal dishonesty of a lew officials who bear it? name; iho?i?h it would bu justly held to iiccoimi if it should be accessory to any al ie.?Hit at concealment ol' the offences to which we lin Ve filled attention. We are glad that lt is too late toscfen the rascalities which have been porp trite.1 in the ('nolioas. Wo have lolly exposed and denounced these cnn liing thefts, and leave tho i.i-lio With tho courts ?ml public, more than ever convinced that this is specially a lime for letting in tho light into dark places, ami bringing rogues everywhere to righteous punishment.-Neio ? Yuri: Tribune, - Tim report of (he Commissioner of In ternal Keveline Males that the aggregate rc ceiplsof the fisciil year are1-1,000,000 ; esti mated receipts of tho current year 8125,000, 000 ; number of distilleries registered 1,048, prpdncing 405,000,000 taxable gallons j fruit distillation aggregates 2,150,000. - - Under thc caption of "Personal Intel ligence," in the New York Sun, of thc 28tlu ult , we lind the following: Judge lt. li. Carpenter, of South Carolina, the lifo-long* friend of Stephen A. Douglass, is at tho ?St. James Hotel. Ho Mys that Governor Scotty (d' South Carolina, is preparing to follow in. Governor Bullock's footsteps. .-? Ger,. Jos. 10. Johnston is-proparihg tv, history nf his campaign for publication. - There have been fivo thousand deaths from small pox in landon, dmhi-j> thc; past - There aro .six millions of real; ostato owners in tho United States. -- TJicro are manufactured oneil year ita tho United States 0,720,000.pijifii. ^********""" ' I lill"TTTrif??l H miBptUBBmB|^|^y)||f||MJMBB| ( o o J\? ivr E: ? O I -AJU. IdVKUi'ooi,, December.- -I.-Colton. lUWr-up lands '.>?; Orleans O?.Un 10.. NEW YOIIK, IV.vrmhcr -I.-0<?tAoi)i- Sales, 7,200 lintots at 10].. ?fjdd.ditJl.ni.. I/y-.. Bppdrt," South Carolinas 00b n?ttv.??l, CAAUI.RST.O.V, Doecvnbor .(.--('jatton *rrong-^. middling; liSI to \${? receipts l,8n/> J?Je?,.