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A Ueftmoe of the Kn>K<ux The* following suggestive communie?lion appen* in tl..* New y.irk Tribune, of Thuin <*y, the 28tH ijiHtHut : JV ike Btt?nr .0/ the 7V/&n*i<y I Bm ::-|Hi?v^jip<t r.md ju *iurlij|ucrt of the l&tb instil ~a letter TOMI j UolXufyin iv 1itivo to tlpi rCuhKlut triils?, rt?vr io propres* at |he empitd of '9??th Carolin i Tho nuthor of ftj?i letter U iHithur l ibovii).r unfer n mia tike'?ir endeavoring to unkea fils? Lopros ?ion on th?* ulinda of thow who do-not know .ll nhojt tho condition of things in South C md i m II >ro lot "Oft pref tea what I have tu nay by deobiriug th it I mn not now and never have been a Ku Klux In co ninon with a vast M ? ul t i t u-K' ?>f South Carolinians. I think Ku Ktuxiog, ns it is generdlv milled, waswyrmid mistake, morally, pol it ic ill y ?nd .Vi'i?btv .-rXW1'? however, baa not hin?; to do wfth "ino question on which I desire to write, mid about whtolwoui' oorfofpoiidont ia ??'olly Infonue'd'or. (wseiy currying tho iipplmseof tho corrupt nicn who are now plundering South Camena, uti The question in South Carolin* is not Ko publican|?oj or Democracy t it ia not whether tho negro .slvii! be entitled tn all tho pri vi h gea of tho white man or hot; We do nut o?ro anything about ?ho is in power, tho Democrats or t ho Repuhlioms; and wo know that r,ho'law-} of th? United States grant the negra ali tim rights und privileges that they gr?J>t tho white ui'io Thc question to d ?y lu South Cmnlina is, shall honesty or dishon ?sty prov.iii? II You hm/o fought m mfully against the Tummmiy King. I, from my very BOU?. Oihninend y. u for it There is n Ring in South (parolina more infamous than the Tammany Ring. Since 'tho surrender bf Robert VJ. ho? at Appomattox Court Iloitso, I huVc never be . d of one floger being raised ogtiust tho Un i teil S ti ten Government. I never heard but ono man say th .t he desired the negroes back in pondage, und th it mliii Wno, lit, tb? tillie ho made thc'deolaration. and is, to d'<y, II supporter of tho i li fermi Rina which I- roidintc-T-no, Ima ruined-tb.e Stat?, of South Carolina. The people, of Soutl Oaroliun oro taxed, litemHy. to death I) you esk for what? Why, sir, tu make till infamous Ring rich. . The point: which I desire to mako is sim ply this -Tho Ku Klux organization is not and never w is. a o-mspirioy against tim Uni ted ?tafes Govornniept ; it V>?H II blow aiin.ei nt tho Stato Govornumht Von. mid thos who aro situated ii? you ?ir-.., ?viii Hay itwi wrong. Ad-nit- it. Still thu simo pri mo pl that prompted tho whir o 'meit at Boston; dis guised rib Indi MIS. to board, during tho dirk rresn of'niitht, vessol with tea. mid throw ho carao into tb.o B lyj clothed sonic nf our pei pie in Ku Klux gowns, mid sent tho o out o missions teuhmcillv illeiral. Did thu Kn Klux:do wrong? You aro really to say the did and w.; Wilt not argue- tho point wit yon. Did- tho disguised Rosto IMUS ' d wfomr when thWy throw tho toa overboard I think they did On strict til -ral pr?nc?pb no mau o m defend timur ' But wo it, und? tho circumstances. couM they do* oth irwisii If tlio tea hud been 'landed tho probability it would ha vo boen aoid'and the duty collecte Under the peculiar eirou'n^t meas wh it ?oul th? peoplp of South'C iroliun do hut report Ko Klux'mo:? Do you say rely upon ti civil authorities ? This was au t i.possi<d|tt B A judge and jury might send'H ill ili to tl P?i i i te ti tr a ry; and thoUni. lt'bert K Saul Govornor of tho St ito. wotil I p in! HI bi n m tum bini ' loose upon tho ooonuunitv to sti or: pllindcr HA before. No. not to do thosi but Governor Scott would romani hi o wi tho he?t offio? he li ad at his onoiiuiild. HS to roi'nuner ao the villi in f?r ori no mid eau him to forget his <_niiit. No one li as aov ? Biro to prevent the UOtfro trom voting in t abstract; but every in ni who has a urdu .OOM and principle desire* the negro mid wh trian, too, to vote for honest mon -iud not tUjftiflh 1 You Wriow, or it le ist f think you koo that all tlioso men who caine into our coi fcry^ift?r th? surirmid-r uro tho vilest adv tiir?ir?. Would you-t-I u*k yon tim pl qjuestliHi-let. R ??Hirt K. Se nt or Niles Darker li?v? nhargo bf tho monetary nffiir? the Tribune- f I know you would not. . Tl Woitld reduce yo? to beggary in tess thin year, ?nd your Hobin pt pur would, go ti>e \ that Sont)? Carolin i h is ?ran ' Just think th? investments that U K. Scott, the lead spirit of tlie Smith Ciro'.iu i oirp'jt hfi'ug hui ufado. ? tell you, mid [ toll you v 110 other le.ofives rilan simply to iiiak? truth known, that we are robbed ali i sw Ufd'Ha <tti>'people over were Th? gr? it jhrfiy'iVf tlii?e who hold office io South C lida do not caro olio farthing for ?ny further than that they may get rich pl?nd? riog her treasury. J io conclusion, I mn no advocate for Klux in<)f. I know it ia morally wrong mit nie to toil von. how ?vor, plainly an 1 I ?sr.?y, tivat' ?0 foiifif ?0* tho present State ( ?rViolWiit,,liTl'Sollth Carolina exists, there be Ku Kloxing. This is not s aid bo ist ii neither ts ii * threat lt is asimplo deo tion ol truth. The United States om mora crush it thin George III could e tho 'patriots tKit threw the tea overbuat The name may ba changed ?n i tho tumi procoduro different, but rn mi s und their Will die. Why does m?t the United S instituto a search for house burners ? civil authorities of South Carolina ure inst .nt for the talk. Th? Union League il mother of alt the h HUSHburning that placo L> York county. Why not ferre tho inoondnrics r Whynot piss? law will moot the oise ? I am no politico never oxpoot to nv. I tell you that th? p oof South Carotin? ?ru run to duspnr not by Ropubliiinns. not hy IXmiuorat; Sth? ryiur negroes.,; but by ?> set of tit i venturers ?nd unprinoipled nativos, pr<iwl^i'H8 tho po?t Rnrus mys, liku hound?" Hreaml tho Tro? su ry of tho H. L AT ll ? /ff**bv?nv? C , Deo 2?, 1871. '<" fl tl Litt mii. i?mm ' '? BRKOKKNRIDOK-AT. A Oho AOiMUi-Um? of the most guished divine? of tim ViOK^yr* 1 i ni I in dead, liihnrt J. Urnakitiribge. D. ? ? nnoleof ^an. Joht^ 0 lir'-okonri'lt ours/' dt( d roomitly, agedt/ibout HUVI III ^^.deoeiised.wijs. ii. Kootnoki m. , Vi priethied law. W&Mt?in |M>|i<tiu?I M? IHite ho hid aside theunwo of tho law t|jo n?ored robe* nf thdiidinroli/ .; Ho I f jl rjivlno tn* eoinmiodinuf Infl?onee. I "^'^H^??r; udndf Hi? labors fXMndcd !)?. .pher? of bis ohuroh. Aft?r m bor?. Htersry, oivil and religious, ho Xfr4?\(? Iwuieiii f4>adge J S D^v??, a prooiiq?i : ^? sfi l/mr eoe, died Ia it weok. BY Kicrni, HOYT &, CQ. . ?rn T jrf -?? i " nf ?\. '.- $ T? /i? J/^-fV Subscription. TW0 Dith LA ICS pert annum 'strictly in advance ; Jar six utquth*. Dollar. Adqqr/iiatueiif* at $\ per[ squar?jbr itu ?ais or tessWoAtke first insertion, -and 60 Cents for e<J?c/i subtoucui* insertion. . y& ObituaryNoticesexce?dt'ny five lines. 7Vi0" /i/cv oj llespect. Communication!' oj a personal character when admissable,and Announcements of Candidates, will be charged for as advertise' wents. ti??^' Job Print i na neatly and cheaply executed ?jc? * Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to the requirement of ca 9 h pay meut. WALHALLA, S. 4!.: r? I day morning. Jan. ft, ?9T2. jR-gT Tho various nuvr udvorti.so neut* in tllU is*UO will ultMut tho UttOUtiuU uf^UU/j readers. Ci?U Wo rot liri) thinks to Hon. FllED. WAITS. Washington, for H copy ot' his M tilth ly Report ot' tho Dop a rt mont of Auf i culturo, for NoV?iub??r iiini December, 1ST i. g*$r llotli tho Lmt'ul ituro mid Congre** en mill holiday hunting, ?t the expense of their constituents. Henee, wo ?ire without '.interesting proceedings" for thi* week from tho State and national capitols. 8?, We aro indebten to Captain SHANK LIN for "tteport of tho Joint Special Finan oi il Investigating Coinuiittco" of tho present Legislature, signed by Messrs. W hi tt omore, S wails, Dennis, (in rd uer, Hutley-dil radi oats Tho report unouthsu snlileient amount of rascality in tho State government to 0011 tdgii ll tu disgrace utid ignominy fol' ull lime to como. X.W A Telegram from New Oilcans of tho 27th ult., reports thc following incident of christmas day. - John Hampton, ?rst officer of tho ship Success, wis accidentally drowned Ott -Mo? d ty. Mrs. Waldron accidentally oaught Gre mill was burned to death. II. Hush Was shot by Joel Cannon. Tw 1 persons dmgerously st bbod an I two dVigorously "hot by lissa ult: Five aooidrilidly shot. Nine boya severely injuree) by gunpowder explosions an 1 two dangerously. During C iristums day and ni ;ht the polieo niado 102 arrests. Vick's Floral Onde. Att?Vii?ttl is otlh'd to thc idvertis viK'tit of Mr. VtOlt in another 00I11 un His Cat i|tigU0 is interesting, and sbouhl.be 011 the ttnle of every family lt contains a vu t doti of in formation for ..new-b 'ginncrs." Pr'mu, only ten couts. Change Capt W A no t. wv i ikes oh irgo t?f thc D.tp;t UU 1er the new. nrr-mg.? inuit. Wo p -ri w h Mr HuNrKft with mgavr, hut tint rowett>lsv t i up re I hy tho fa>t. th it .Mr WAUOLAW will bu found acceptable to thc business eu ? - inanity. The W ofld's Prayer Meeting lu accord moo with thu reco inneml itioic of ibo uo-umittoe of the Ev ingelie.al Alliance for tho WKKK HF PttAYBtt. Divine Servio . will 0 ? ti oonoo S ihli it h afternoon, J inn ny 7th. in the L'liherio Church, and continu every evening during the week in (he (ki) lego at 7 ufolii.uk* F. M Tiie pub! io uro invited to attend. App'vintmsnts Tho Evangelical Alli ince of Christian Eu ro, iu rcco ii'iieuds a "Week of Pnycr," com ino ming,m.tho 7th iustint In currying nut tho recommendation, we aro requested io suite that tuc tings will be held at lt m at Chun h on the 7th ; 8th, Smith Union ; Od?. Tabor; 10t li. Chauga ; lilli, Westminster; 12th, Hock Spring ; 13th mid 14th, limbla nd 8aled iy There weroa largo nu ?ber of persons pros ent saled iy. "Fort Hill," the homo of the late lion JOHN 0 CAM! ?UN. was bid tiff by Col. CLK.MHON at 815.000. Seven hundred acres of ..Koowuo," home of the late Col J A.MB* 13. CALHOUN, wis bought by Mr.CitAW. fiI?10 f .r ovur 813 000. A large quantity ol laud, of less value, wis sold ut rather low er rutes thun usual. -.. - The Araerioan Farmer. Thii venerable journal makes its iippcur aneo rejuvenated sud improved. Ita con tenta ahoW irreat j ml g in out in' lia oud duotors, all tho articles being of praetiu 1 value. Every topic interesting to the ?gri< I culturist, suitable for the ?etwon, is treated and tho contributors includ men of tin highest position in agriculture. Tho arti* h by the H m. Willoughby Newton, of Virgin ii, on "Agriculture in the South,'' is wriiter willi the ability mid in (ho spirit pf Stat-S mm, mid will attract general niter,I jon. Ho : sides Agricultor propor, tho Farmer Itu departments devoted to the Dairy, Hort icu 1 ture. Stock and Poultry, as well as to House hold Economy, tho Fireside, und Rural Ar ohiteoture. Thu publisher? nnnounoo that, beside their regular fubsuription list, they will cir enlato 10,000 copies of thin nunile if farmers und others will send their add rom und H poHtagH stamp, Tho Farmer ia beau tifully printed on fine white p.per, will hun?. ?? ne eugr.-!-/inga. Tho fltth*orlpttuii i 81 50 a year, mit it in sont ?o olnba ut 61 with extraordinary liberal pondam*. If ul our agricultural reader* will send for th January number, wu think they will at one II decide to bcQuit 0 subscribers. Published u H.ltjtnore, Md, by SA ML SANDS & SO.N '\L w?,rk himi00, ?Dd Charlotte Hniiroud, Fr m Wtuhingt ?ii. WASHINGTON, Deo 27, 1871. The administration managers ure quito ex cite! over report*, whiuh they generally cred it, that the recaleirmit republican Senators, with H siuiil) number of Representative*, and the pronounecd revenue agi ? af ors abd edi torn, j Wells, White. Grosvenor mid Company, who .?were here last week, have entered into nu upi* nuce, OHOUK?VO and defensive against the ad* ministration lt ia ussertud hy ahrewd tuen that the time ha? 0 to defeat tho plana for tho President's renomiiiation am) to vir tuully secure ??mirad of the party nw-in'Billion for the wing they direct mid represent. It is stated that u cnutddcrahle fund has been ndsed. and that headquarters will be opened here iuiniudiiitcly alter the reoess. Their plans include extended operations through tho press It is deolured that nil efforts mo Vi ho concentrated oil obtaining control of the party maohinory, coniinittecs, journals, ?Jsp. Mr Trumbull's idean me those that control, ns ?ti the caBcof his rejoinder to Srimtor Mor ton during ibo Retrenchment. Com ni tt tee de bute. The managers bf this movement, will, in all their public and personal utter mc H. re fusa to allow any ono to question their fidoli ty to republicanism. Some spt-oulation goo* so f .r ns .to declare that to intiko their miti Ci rn n t cam pa ii; n a succ?s- the reformers will': williii! ly co desee on the Vico President. Mr. Colfax,- us their o uididato, hoping thereby to Hccuib the steady supnrt of Mr. Gv??ley, io spile of tho revenue heresies! they entcrt^J. Attacks ?in thu administration of the Treasury and Post OJli'jc departments are to he n ?nmg the earlier indio itioda ?if th ls vivar faro; whiuh it is affirmed will be turned moro against the management nf thu administration than, na is now th? oas?\ against thu pursomil conduct or capacity of tho President himself, As soon HR Congress reconvenes n vigor nus' nfislatight, onUV??ying charges of gravo ohnraoter. will bo unido ng-dn-t Mr Creswell through the press and by pamphlet. The administration's financial India mid < i vii ser vice feathers are to ho plucked in deta I mid pulled to pieces This worn, is to bu Kystom at lei)'ly performed. Persons I nt?'reston in the fatuous Perkins claim against Ru-si i are quite jubilant over in'orniation they b dievo tobo reliable, th'at the ii'iiountawardinl their client by the'Amor can umpire, K Poshiuo Smith, will be pnd liy the Imperial govornmeut early in the month of January. Senator Scott is still hero hard at work on the Ku Klux investigation repot r. Ho will remain through tim holidays, and hopes to completo tili'draft, for the cmtsidernti ni ?if the committee w hen it meets lt is exp eted tho ren'-rt will bc mudo soon after Con .ress re nssemb'es. The govern tm has nt last resol "d torr. hove thu little lopublio of Hay ti fro . thc per scrutions of Spun by sending th i United Statt's war steamer Congress, no v at tho Drook'yn Navy Yan!, to Port au Piinouio toing ino llorjiet to New York, th ?ria io ho libeled for viol .timi of our registry I? va, Tho captain o'' thu Hornet is now in N w York, and <<8 her crew is insufficient, in humber, il draft of men from the Congress wi I bo put on board to navigate the vo.-scl to p rt. Mr. C. C. llowoii. of South Car ? inn, who ia tho contestant for the seit of Di .urge, in tho House of Representatives, and al . II immi ' ber of Uto As-.-j.nbfy ??f his State, s l?r^Tw?* city looki ig niter ins iuiorchtH m V?mgrvstt-: Too account which lie gives of bis attempted impeachment of Governor Scott mid St afb I'relisurcr Parker lins .som? very umnsing fea tur s Scott is now worth half a million, uni Pirk'er mit les than thieu hun red thou smd dol?ais, all of whiuh has been ao pi i red n tho I st five years. Mr. Roven says neither of them bas pretended tn deny ibu truth of the charges on which bis impeach limit artlcl ;3 Waru founded, but that they h <ve Sought by limn ns ns bad ns thoao ein ployed by them io the opera ions nf whiuh they ate accused to escapo punish noni; Ku fur aro they ?iVcrr?d to tie ftom dei y g liv charges that the Governor, it is aid n pi i vate, places tho wh<du responsibility upon I*niter making himself appear tho victim, wlnle the State Treasurer is said ?icon mindi*, to retort hy saying that Scmt shined io tjln p iifits. mid if ho goes down Scott must gu down with him. I ' Howell's explanation of tho 111 n u r in which his impeachment scheine wa- tieatt'ii is to say the least ot it, curious. If .he iiihn sum wis to be carried at all it was plain lt could not bc carried till after th?' holiday recess, and in i ny of ' thc friends of i loUayli ment went home with tho u d rst-nid mg that no vote was tobe remind till nf lei the re assembling nf tho Legislature in January. No sonnir were they out of th? way than tho Spuaker nf tho Assembly, .illege'i ' to have hern coeroed by threats of th \ Gov eruor. took the reins into iiis own han is, and in d?finies of parliamentary usage, to/c d i vo*e on fhn measure Speaker Moses is lin . lie-stood to be completely in tho poorer ol Governor Sc-ut. mid un tho d y be?ore tlx adjournment of thu Legi-loure, Mr. Dowel mys, the latter informed Moses tint unlnsi he torced a Vote on the impeachment propo nit inti, when it was certain to bu dole ned. lu should be sent to the Penitentiary. B >w? i partially explains tho defeat of his p ?positjoi on tho ground that tis litany of the mcmberi wen? needy mid could lint go houiH for ?flu ' holidays unless tho State Treasurer fumishei * them with the funds, they wore easily indu oed to go against impeachment j but. beside this potent influence, ho says money fits qt^it freely used, votos being purchased at prk-?!. 5 ringing from 82')0 to 85,000. N?thfoi * daunted by bis defeat,' he intends he winnini k over again when.tho L-gislatmo re . . s?o m blue which wi 1 be on the 5th of January. WASHINGTON, Dooomher 30.- Tho Com I missioner of Internal Keveline d?ni?* Mut, i fax lll?st bo paid Upon dividends declare mit of the earnings of tho year 1871, Sui * upon interest mid coupons represent in interest which accrued , io that year, eve though the dividends life not dV'olned, or th n interest li not payable, until after Decointiai .il, 1871- lind that corf orations mentioned ii scotioned 15 of thu act of Jilly 14. 1870 r should withhold the tux from the holders c 1 their notes ?lid bonds.' ! Tho P? sfofJR?e (?onirriittee of the Nous il will recommend Sfi.OUO fino, or a year';, in e prisoii nenf. for straw bidders fer portal route? .lodge Lnulirane, Into Chid J usti?n < ' Ceoigt?, mid icgardcfl as one of the able.. * men in the Republican party in th? S.nitl c lind a lung interview with tho Presiden?, ti e day. 1 Judge boodra ne soys the Adminiatrn t< rion will fiiku no hind in settling affairs- ?j , ! Georgia, and MH -Ooviprnor Conley ?Aros rmtl mg personally for thc phieo, thorn will bc ri content hetweotphin?tend <?oieneJ. Smith,-- ti ooot!y elected Uovwor for that' oOino. i -^^,-^XL4r>?-r-r,.--'-- -- 8uu< d D>'Oiiln?t ( The Lnuisvillo Courier-Journal. In MD er? ! tiele eu the condition of the South, says ! <. We, iii the South, aro responsible for niuoh whloh a wilier course on our put uiivrhc Int vc? rendered imposs?ido. In tho old limo we did not want for political nouuim mid forco?Ht. But wo huve. ti* n body, ?liown little since tho wur. Wo hm*o bitten thu iron wedge whioh mischance hus thrust between . our teeth ; sud. nt this moment, are Muttering the enlist (J Ul'n ces. j '?Tho uno State, nf all tho Southern States, Willoh has preserved her dignity and her peace hy uufoieiuur her laws Mild pursuing lier better impulse*, is th? noble old State of . Virgina. Had every Southern coniuiunity j atom! un in the fight MS Virginia M toed, there had never buen an Appo uatt>>x lind every J ooiuiuunity Ht md up ngMimt defeat as Virjjj- ? nia bas stoml, tlnro UCVM1 eoubl have buen ii j Ku-Klux net In war as in poaon, thu old mother of States bas set an example of mod I oration and courage unsurpassed in ?ll tho ? world. There w..;s not, ? Virginia soldier : shut,, from fu-t to last, for desert i II? in the tao? of the enemy. Th?re Ina never boen a ; Virginia Kn Klux Scourged by war. Htill exposed to th? fire of hostilo guns pointed fi om Washington ufior th? advent of peace. Virginia bas kept, on in the open hiubwiy of ber duty. Su, alio is prosperous mid tree, mill Ins thc respect even of her eiuunieM. Her example ought, to be emulated by the whole South, and it is nut tuo late to cousi der it and fall into it. "The outlet to our difficulties is universal education." THE N'oiiTiiEitN BONDHOMIKIIS M<?VINQ. -Governor SCOTT and his fraudulent Bond Kill? aro much mistaken if they congratulate i hi'iusclveS that they have escaped ?ho oom-e quencos of their manifold crimes The pee plc u ho ure ihost Int crest cd in this matter next to thc down trodden tax payers of this Stute, ure thoso who have been defrauded by the i I leen I issue of tho 8.murines of the Stat? Wo are in receipt of u letter from certain gentlemen in Baltimore, under dite cf the 27th instant, by wbiuh we learn tint there will bu a meeting of tho holders of S >uth Carolina Bonds ut thu Eutaw House, in tint city, on thc 10th of J a mn ry enduing. Tue purpose of meeting is to devise such means "nd adopt such measures as will imo tl ru them in their intcret?l, and to proceed against those otb i ds who havo been guilty nf wholes lo fraud. 'I he niovement meets with tho be n t) ay ni pat hy of oui peuple, as wi il any steps da; will tiring down justice upon tho ho ids o' the corrupt liing who li ive '"defrauded tim State und r?llfcd its credit."-Charleston Courier. -? Two of Brooklyn'? Krauduhmt.Inspect, ors of vh-etioii haVu tiuen f und guilty ?d' cor ruptly -<ud knowingly counting mid rutiimiog five hundred fraudulent Viii?'?'. By way dill pi rt lollly, ono of tho convicted enunns ol j tho OommoiiWunlth is a lepO-jlloao (?Mid thu Ot ici' a d< til .emt. lt was thu soo md trial ol thu c?sc, tb? jury having disigmcd on th. first, lu this tri ll tho jury ?dl'ered hevenr verdicts, whioh wc.ro refused' sud (lind agreed to find Thom.ts. M<-UitT iud Mi ha?: J. Weldon guilty, mid John Shandie) not guilty This promises well for thu work ol re form in thu sister city. Let bdlot box stutter, everywhere know tint thu l'ennemi ?ry gape to receive thuin, and ouu grot step to th? purity of decimos will bu ni xie, wolle a foti. bh?t ?m tho republic will bo moved -?V. Y ?Irruid. The butta Iocs aro very iiiUeh discommoded by tho late terrible snow storm on thu Budti Kailroad. While oil? train of ears Was ?in bedded ?II tho stow, tliu.su nu I ttl ?ls g>tli:ici to tho lue ?ido for nii?lt?r. A oorresp Midhill s>ys: ''If ?hy m?e'felt disposed he might, from his scat in thc eur, pop them over with bis revolver-the rest would not move-they could nut bu driven aw ty hy engine whistle o human voice, but cr?md"d their shaggy sides olose up to th? eira and there stood, willi bowed heads, for the storm to pass. Many were seen to fall down in their tracks, dead from tho cold." - The veteran comedian. James Henri Hack?ett, died on Thursday last, ni his rrMtif til Jauiuica. Long Isl md. Mr. Hackett's death Ins been for ?.mue time anticipated. Dropsy mid H compilo it ion of lung ?nd liver oom. plaint, tho result of H fortnight's oold, wert? tie immediate causes of bis death Mr Hackett was in the 72d year of his ugo, hav ing been born in New York city M ireh 15 1800. For over forty years his talents huve been devoted to music ?nd tho drama, hnv iug made his first appearance on thu singe ut thu l ark Tlnutre, Now York, in March, ?62G. -, tttf*% - Under th? head of "A New Industry," tho Charleston Ne ton suys : "Cd. Louis ZMI mer, who is now in Charleston, ls engaged in thu work ol getting out vfhife oak staves fur thu English market The staves are now obtained in North Cuwliiiu,but it is stated that OperatioilS will noon buuin itt tho State, like? wise under tho direction of Col. 2/itinner. Shipments already made to England have turned out well, mid it is believed thut tit thu course of a few mon thu cunt nets for Mt'iVUs by the million will ho made. - The latest rumors of fraud uro. eunuco tod with the recent silo of (ire arius ?nd i/iili nitiuns of war tu tho Frc udi. It IS now nu* se ri cd that tl>0 returns to the wur (I put incut ?ru about 84.000,000 ICM limn the uiish receipts from the agents of Franco. Other revelations of frauda ?re promised. .... ?Wi Don't, Hawk, Hawk. Spit, Spit, Blow, Blow, and ?lisonst everybody with your Cu. tun h mid its otfuriiivu odor, when Dr. Sage's Catarrh; lltfiheny #111\ifpeedi?y destroy all odor sud arrest tb* discharge. For the Keowee Courier. "On nw w hon dunces aro SKI Irlo, Wu inku it fur a p men Wu." Tho Editor of tho newly fledged toeifely, thu Abbuvillu jlW/nm.^ocm/j determined to force hi? p ipoi' hilo ?uhlio notice. Wo would advise iiiui io w lit until ?14 wing feathers lui ve grown 11 Iii (lo humor before ho pur in it? it to venturo on muoh flights Pniiso ix pleasant to tho studenis.of Newberry College) hut. whoo they receive such n flittering no tico from ono who Ins managed to perform tho woudeiful feat of uradu iting with '/mt" honors Ht 10i.-ki m> Uni logo, they h.ive indeed ru'ohed tho "ne plus ultra" of their destr?n. Tlie Kditur Uni given hirth to quiten pun gent eriliuis oj thc mount tin hm produced 11 iiiouso Wu om pl linly sou thut hu docs not believe tlint nny good thing omi ootuu out of tiny i list ". t ut iou. hive tho ono ?11 which ho g ra du i ted, ami iii the Hist notice which ho hus deigned to t ike of tho stu lunts of New berry Cull cue hus aspired to that class of w?iu'd be critio*. who ..Damn with flint pr duo. assent with civil leer. All 1. wftllOUl sneering, teach the rest to sneer " Our aspirations do not KO ir as high as the Editor's; wc h'ivc him io enlighten tho world by meuiiH of hU oherished. Mat ?um We will not try to rob him of tho honors almost within hisgi'Hpp, but will rest satisfied, if our dobatos exercised a salutary effoot in u more contracted cirolo. Tho wise Editor certainly possesses a wonderful fi cu I ty for propounding, ' knott// proMctnx." Gall him "our sphinx " Wc do not think, however,- that ho will de vour any victim this time, for ho bus given uss quest inn which admits of no deb'tc. Thc Editor's puiss int self is an uinnswer.ih'e uriru neut on the affirmative Thoohim>ra of being au editor ruminating in tint vacuum in his lyaiiium witera brains nullit to bc. Ins d mhth'Ss destroyed its "/tut intent." duh! wc only discover tho intent of u br liniess bend. .. new eri w mid certainly di wo in mental Philosophy. QUID PRO QUO REFUND? NO tiiK TAX ON COTTON-Thc following memorial to 'longross has been sent to all the comities in thu St ?te, and tho per s ins who have tho m uter dir olly in chaive ire Urged io put it in train immediately, or Ipi ltd. tito iiieinnii.il to some neighbor win wiil : To the C >II;/reas of the. Un ital Stairs ; The su'-sei'diers wen*.'in the yours 1S'>"> 'G i. 77 ililli 08. winni tiley were re luuoil !. a i un i?t. abjoet p.vmtv by ln-se.s growing mp ? if the |.?ie nub mpv wir, short umps ami I uv prices forth" prodm-ls of their soil, requir-i to pty an unjust iim| un "q'tal t iX on e iltnii. tlodi (ii ineip il p|..di|.0. WUen other Slate mitside the cot lon heil, w-re not ivqiiir.nl Iii p iy similar t ix 00 the | r'duets of their soil In a idilion to Iltis t ix on <:->tioii your in ti tinner* wi-ru ri quired to piy their duo shire .if ali other I iX'.'-s Your petitioners arc nd vi8"d that it is the opinion of III my ot mir Ulost euiiii' iil jn>?-is (h it tho hlW imp i-iio.' I |nx 0:1 e.timi w m in violation of the Con -iiintion^ wliioli is tin-me h o- ?mimd which ? ll should ns*o itilo for dpt il riii <!s; ? (ju 11 privileges Mill eqii il bu O h'nS Your pen noiieir. have novel' ip'situl.vd in lb.dr belli f lint (\>II?.'I''MK would do thou justino hy r uni ri tm tho urnit wrong ioftiotod ipi the - And tint .ind your petitioners UOW 1110-1 lillUibly pr. y NKW Y"HK. December' Jil -R.-ceipt- ?I n)l the ports for tln> week. 12<i020 li h's itfVllist Dill OR! list week and 121 D18 ttl previntP! week, and 1 ?Ji> -SiJ?) three Week sili.OO. Total receipt H SI. ?lyO September. I iJ7.) 711 auaiiist I AM~) :l!)? for thit.corr<'*pnndi{|v, period lust yem-. io inereasn of 249.0S4 - Exports fmm 'ill the ports for the week, ?l i94; au in-I 7i) ft4') fdr s une li nu lagt yo n Totti exports for the ex ni red period of th .otlon ymr ave (>'.)() ??)i\ against Sill) 9.)!) f thc sime ti ne ln?t. year. Sto-k nt all fi U'li'is. 4Sl.tf.?4; against ??30.U3J Sun? do last year Sloek at interior towns, Oo 0(57 loainst ld7.M?7 hist. v<"'r S.I oe h in L?vei t.col. ?07.0D?; nvmilMf 87? OOO last yo n' - \mericiili cotton a fina | for (?reit Urila ?II 187.0UH; nguiu*! d?.).(ll)') I ist year A imtlie d' indian colton allott for Europe, 205,4d9. .gain*! 108 OOO l ist year. A 0 RN Eft A fi AND FULf, A.MNK8TY --111 reference lo this dcm ind alike of the puldi Weal and a united land, thc New York Tri hwie. well Hays : Perhaps it wis just is well th it thc Somite should defeat thc half and half y tu nest y, hill, to whioh it un ve the mid shoulder yesterday ; but its disposition toward thu ?eneraI pr'.nei pie involved is int encouraging nor cr?dita hie. After dallying with tho incasui* 1 until the Senators themselves were not sure whether they wore in. favor nf amnesty, or sonic applicant.for a sent w'n is now disfranchised, they shuiBod tho bili usidu unving it in n moribund condition What we want is il total removal of all pobti ca' disabilities for offence* committed dm au tho late rohellion. Compromises arc simplx a delusion und H snare. - Tho late Jacob Harker, whoso death, in Philadelphia, hus recently been announced. Was one of the most remark able mell of time. lt is Rimed tint nt the u?o of twenty-one. in New York, he was owner of tour ships un i u bria, and stood high in bushiest). Hu started penniless. Another instance of extraordinary success ut au carly ugo is that, of Mr New comer, of llilliniorc. Re-fore hu hud lit ?a lui d his majority hu is s-iid to have acquired con trol ol tho Ballimore flour market HIM career in lifo has beou remarkable. Although not an 'lld utan, ho ls ono of the most wealthy HU 1 influential men in Halli moro. -> .. LONDON, Dceeiubt'r 80.-The Prince of Wides' rest is dist ni tied nt t unes ?'. tty pim IrVmi swelling above tim hip; his ouiidi timi otherwise vintitiujeh to improve. The flinty ut iis review of tho your 1871. devotes consider able Kp.-mc to comiuonts UH m??ssigo to CrougrcHhimtH. Tho iuferouce dr iwri tlierefnmi, lb a? tim neutrality whioh tho United ot ites hus vit'(nt nuiiiittiined With I'ugiM IOCIIIMO ul?irK, may soon tm exolnno ed for a mure active pulley. To this the Ti men linds no bbjcosioii, und even goes so fur as to declaro it best (hut Cuba should bo eoperatal frow Spain. > Convicted Out of their Own Mouth?. This morning wo continuo our excerpt* fro'o th? report of tho Joint Speoiul Investi' ga ti nt: Committee, which hus been auhmittej to the Legislature of tim State. Thu follow ing is the Committee's report on RKCttU'TS AND KX.'BNDITUllK.S. The whole niiioutit received, hy tho'?t'litO Treasurer from September, 1808. to October 8.1M, 1870, from all sources, hasboen 81.184, 788 42 Tim largost nmount.frpiu any, ?ourooj r hus hoon from taxes, whiuh in tho aggregate is 82 055 558 50, un?! tho next fro m ll fi. Kipmtou. Ki mombil A'/flilt for tho .State, which is 81.710,758 71, le.vintf a bilanoo from nil other son rees nf 8118,470 1(1. Tho exp Millilitres during this {.(ino huyo been 84 1S8.887 00 the i.irut*sVAf thbso expon dit tires uro 118 follows, vi/ : (loner il Interest Account of Public Debt. $720,148 50; Ii. II. Kimpt.iii, Financial AiioiU of tho* Stato of* South Carolin 8.128,717 70 ; Salaria 8381,? 488 45 ; ijeu?sl lilvV ICxponst!*. &10.408 40 ; Free Schools. 8185.910 11 ; State I'jmHaov ti .rv. 8181 031 49 ; Civil" b.oii'tiu^vniV. $T20| 822.27; Executive Continuent. 87,T4*5 04;. Luu mo Asvlp o, ,832.480 48 ; Fitting apr . New State llmis?. 855.U09 57 ; Con s us,Ta lt ?nit. 873 117*00 ; '8t ito ConstTibtfliry: 882,. 40^ 42 i Ito* v{ Sheriffs %fPieiU?g,.l>r.'l,ViA ors. 844:940.21; Elcotionl; &28,l2?'47f Expenses M nulling mill organizing Militia, 893 341 07; Orphan Asylum.- 818,885 05; Committee of Investigation, Third Congros siiilla I District, 827.885 45 ; Purchase of Arms ami ammunition. ?13.000 72 ; Print ing. 848:440 57 ; AdVhnco't? 't?lue Hidg? li.ilroad, 820.000; Insurance and., Repairs.. H| University of South Carolina, 81.7.281'05 ; % Cl dins PMSO.1. 8U;tfro ?3V LStft" Cominis, sion, 889,558 25 jj^ls^^fli?^,, 8276, 401; ll IC Scott (to neuotiato limn ot 8125. OOii to moot thoourro.n.Uu^o.w^ 897.1X5; M ont du Q t irantin^a^d Quaran tine II .-T.it J, 817 074 74; Transient; S?ok |?o.ir. 8I2?8U 25 ; F^itina^ptho governor's" IWulcnce, 8-1.921 17; D>i?f. DvCoW.lUdlKliiid Asylum, 811 104 H:); N.G Parker for tho pu?ch.so of ti-ml, 824.42?.lyl. >J < 1,1./. This extract is in itself a wholo volunto of fra tr i lt will be (.eon that to Ki mp ton ha* been paid the enormous fuin of 8928,74 7.7p,. nearly om: fourth ot the entire rovenuo of tho State, and. moro th u) the amount njiid as interest. oii the public dobt/nWaPyetltiiiipton Ins a claim of nearly ono inillioi?.against, tho-, State for services rendered,, ,-rrvCharleston Cou rirr. -. ?-J-j.j" Hfl ?Jrt Mil ;\. ?jj A Du KAI) i'ut. FAT? 7-. A. WOMAN AND F?mu Unii.uuKN L^tiizKit"TO 'pk?yrtf.-A unter in tS?8t. Paul Pioneer, fro1 rnM.nik'lto, relates the frc cz io-/ todoith of a woman and her four oliildn n in Moble County, that State, dUrlog thit absence of tho drunken husband and fither, who loft thom desi tu te during tho reticent d read'ul oold weithor.i Tho lotter mys be li ft her out on the, opon prairie, in tho tl . id of vyiuter, with soarcu a stick, of wood, and. what is still bnirO inonldibld, whtit/?slie w ?s d lily expecting omi.rbuuriont. Tho diy nflcr ho hilt cuno the foi rfu I sturm pf tho 21, and when that Was exfoolded tbii poor wool in found lo-r-clf without fuel. Sae know tit it s .o could scarcely oxpi'ut hm' bus'? ind bo no, ti ir several d iya| ils it took th it time yen > or div for bini td recover from hts aproes.? y . nd lh>' conviction came to hot' that her fl III? ?Iv would soon freeze to death unless uco r .mihi hi' Ind from tho lit'lghlintx' lin?' hft.Hrnt . f whom W ?s I bren miles dist ?ut.- 8o uni', donday, ibis desperate woman, ut tint timo ? so didioaic a condition th it. she miuht bo .ilim'd lober bcd. started otit in the tt'UCC .ld fur help At least such is tho supposi tion, for th' next day some nf tho nuighbbrs fuind ber budy, logeth'u'r willi that of new boin hab.t. stark stiff in a snow li ink, where abo had fit I ic li Taint.and pcrishiitt. In the Unit? ri Slates Si-mite, Sonntor Ssw \er, un I he Mi'joct of some proposed ntlioud tiiMit to thc ainu,sty bill. said : .'Th? amnesty hill was-o important and urgent a meausure of public policy that he did ' .mt .?ant to li ivti it embarrassed by any other measure, however met ?tormos in. itself. Ile o -? > I Iii1-' 'Mil (Yt .--ii- i ' ' . .Hovell tl) it tllb uroat mi-take in thc reeon str.tetiiiii nf thc Southern Status WiB. tho ?in* .losiiinnof o ny politio il disabilities, and that it was duo tn that mistake that his- Sfat0 (South Oirojini) had now a government ?tat was a disunion to tho llcpnbliuan party ?tiri scandal to the country before the ci vii'zed mu-Id. Thc Senator from Massachusetts, in. bis zeal for equi) rights, was seeking to tack ?tis amendment on to this bill ; but the color ed people at tho South, if they could bo icard, would themselves my to that Senator ; Give us amnesty first; wc will bo sure to let our rights, sooner or later, under your "Ol- .4 .nav?-rTi, nt .u .i MATAMOIIAS, December 30.--Recent Io? li m depredations in Texak; uonf ' ?lii^do/?ro proved to have been* oolhn)itt'?dAbV4KfuKa* oo"8 Iro n Mexico, by alfidav?t furnished tho (Jnitud States Cirifebtot ?\ Lardo, by Mexi i-atl officials. ,'IT'O commandant vf tho revOe lutiouiry forces'oooupyiiigltlrofrontier hasofr o-t'd to allow ? pursuing party from Texas, to oross into Mexico and follow und punish dur Indians, who aro o imped ri'i.ir thrf border., with hiriic quantities of stolen stopk. O t.Asoow, De?etnb?r180'.-W?itlo a larga road wagon, propelled by % steam, and oarfy^ nig heavy boilers, was? p issing' through Loo .tic?is to day, surr.mndod and followed by ft throng nf tOnl iron, uno of tho boilers ex ploded. Five oiiildr?n-wer? killed tii?nghtf . nd seven su badly injured that? th.ejir recov ery is d.mlitful. Tho doad and ?njoreti wero frightfully mutilated. A Coul'tia Cniiisri, l^cmbor 31.-Croat iXoiteuient exists io Mexico. Monterey hus raised Uvo huudrtnl thousand dollars and five, ilmustind men for tho revolution. Gener? M'iVfrju le ula 5^000 on Sun i/Aiqiu aueoosa regarded oort ia-. ?. 1/. iTJUR, fi SM/r LAKE, Decomber 80.-Thc settle nioououliig ?nd LHtlo Cutton wood .ha ?? ??cod bu,r'oituy tl^simVi:'ntid many livos lo^. I'ho snow ww fain., ton to ?fty fijot 4eqp.~} A siiocessiun of. enow, hail and rain contini . , ltd ? ? -, , m ?-..? -*?>? ?. i mm , l| ? .' I j . ' ? ' 'i ' I rf ! , ? ' i 'I A negro revoit agaiust tho authorities ty Curacua, whiuh Was undertaken oq the ^4tk of November, was promptly mut by military Uro, and many ol thu WUflld JO insurgents kill? cd. Martial law was proclaimed subsequent-* ly. ^ ^ -~? What is tho diilot coco bet ween a carpet; b.iggor and a mt ? Ono llvo-j to Steal. tliO Other ato?is to livoi ,