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V. i ..'e "Sir r_u E VOL. XVI. PICK(ENS, S. C., 1IIUR SDAY JUNE31887. A IEGULAR %ANI) OF MASKED VIOI LANTES IN INI)IANA. The Law Ignored by a Iand of Itn:Hans Who Seek to Make the I'nishment Fit the Crine--DOathl for Serious Ofrenders. The White Caps are to Southern In diana what the Bald Kuobbers wore to Missouri. Not so desperate in character as the latter, their organization is iden 4 tical and they have equally et law at defiance. The headquarters of the White Caps are in Harrison county, Indiana, but the organization extends over into Craw ford, Jefferson and half a dozen other coun ties in the oldest civilization of the State. Thero is not a more intelligent, ix ace able or orderly community in Indiana than Harrison county. Corydon, t1 i county seat, was the first capital of the State, and its court-house, built in 1811, was for four years its capitol. The country is rich and schools and churehes abound. A branch railroad has been built to Corydon, and its citizens are prominent in State and nation. In spite of all this, the White Caps, A or "Knights of the Switch," as they are sometimes called, have existed for seven teen years. The courts have been set at dofiance, jails hav,i been opened and prisoners liberated or pttuished. Men, women and childre,. have been dr.agged c out of bed at dead o; night, and their homes burned before their eyes, while they themselves have been whipped, tortured with fiendish ingenuity and t made to flee the country. Like the Bald Knob,bers, the pro fessed motive of the White Caps is the punishment of crime more swiftly and fittingly than can ho accomplished in te courts. For this reason there has been little outcry against them, and even when public indignation has beent aroused by some unusually flagrant act, f nothing has been accomplished. The identity of White Caps has been revealed time anid again, but not one hars ever been brought to punishment. There have been many attempts by grand juries to indict the ol'endors, but so far they have been ine1l'ective. For years and years hardly a circuit court is held in Harrison county that the jury is not in structed to investigate some case of re cent occurrence, but White Caps are on the jury and in the court room, and nothing has over been discovered in this way. There have been but few confessions of membership; but one of these furn ishes information of the regular nature 1 of the organization. The White C'.ps, or "Knights," are organized with regu lar lodges. Thero are signs, grips and pass words-crude, of course, but1 sufficient for the recognition of and for communication between members. They meet at appointed places, but not often at the same place, and but seldom in a t house. Secluded groves are their favor ite resorts, and hero they assemble upon notification of the leader of the lodge. Councils are held, expeditions doter n ined upon and punishmeuts inflictcd. The sign for the assembling of these "lodges" is the laying of crossed fence rails in the middle of the road. c The earliest known band of this or ganization was in Scott township, IHar rison county, seventeen years ago. James N. Kan, a small farmer, accused of petty thievery, was tied to a tree rand severely whripped. lie was their first victim, but cases were frequent after that. Of late the White Caps have been very ~ active. The latest outbreak was in JefYerson county, twvo miles from thle small village of Frooksburg. A baud of masked men last Fr~'iday night broke into the farmhouse of Stout Birenson, dragged him from bed with his wife anmi child, removed the furniture from the rooms, burned the dwelling and quietly disiap peared. Neither B'rnson nor his neigh bors can assign anly reason for the out rage, but it is supp)osed the White Caps were headed by a peorsonal enemy.I That the party was from the organization w as shown by their wearing the white miasks wvhich hanve given their iname. The Knights were guilty ten days ago of a seriousa oll'onrce. At midnighrt a band of some twelve or fifteen wihite. maskir visited the house of Jos. Lynrch, a farmer who livecs near Leavenwor Ih. They broke in tire doors, seized Lynrch and his wife, entered thre room where slept his daughter Mlary with her three brothers and dragged the whole party into the front yard. The two younger boys broke loose and fled into tire bushes. Five membheld Lynch anid thre older boy, and the remainder whipped tire two 4 women with stout hickory switebes. They mounted their hrorses wheu I sufficient purnishnmenrt had beecn inflictedi rand quietly rode away. The home of Lynch was visited aridi Ihis wife was found at work laying a raili fence in front of the hiouse. tier boys were around the house, anrd Mary got up out of bed to stare at the unarrctirs tomoed visitor. Very shabbily diressedl were all. Mr. Lynch[ was at work at a I neighbor's, and iris wife was so fright ened thrat sire tron:bled from 1head( to loot when questioned, thinking the reporter was one of tihe Knights. She said the Clap had b)een there a week ago and wlrupped her and Mary but she couldn't remember anything When airy trouble caime her lAeart b)et so fast that it clioked her rand she fell down like dead, and that wvas the way 4with her thait night.. She was evidenitly afraid to tell any thimg, but rafter lon'' persuasion maide the following stanto mont: "'Tye lived hero all my life, and I be-. long to good people, but1 I've had a hard time. Mr. Lynch owns a farm rand I'll get this place from ray mother. We've had trouble arnd sickness. "My girl Mary got into trouble, but the young man said he'dl marry her. * They were to be married in the fall, but my son Willis got indlicted and they couldn't be. Then they were to be mar ried in the spring, bat his fr.mily mrade such a trouble they couldn't. Ils name is Bryant Green, and hre is the son of Wesley GZreen, our nearest neighbor. lie says he'll marry her yet. "The other evening Andy Green Bryant's young brother, came over and borrowed our shotgun. That night the 'vigilance' came and they whipped me and whipped Mary. I don't know who it was. They whipped us in our night olothes. First one and then another i lashed us both. Mary's so awful hurt t I'm afraid she'1l die. I guess there's t somo peoplo want our little propoety and s ire trying to drive us away." t Mary Lynch is not more than seven- n teon years old and rather good looking. r 3ho could toll no more than her mother. 0 Wesley Green, father of Bryant Green, ni was found by the rnporter and said that ' the Lynches kept a bad llCC---playing ni ardls and 'whooping' on Sundays. 'The n rigilantes, he thought, hadl done right o in whipping them. Mrs. Lynch was a o respectable woman, ho guessed, and the ic cutting up' had only been going on P loven or eight months. ri Public opinion in the neighborhood is d: nueh divided over the matter, but the 0 :eneral opinion is that tho Knights ought t 1ot to have done the whipping. o The whipping of women is too fre luent in the Knights to be pleasant. vt Aenerally their victims are charged with p mchastity, but it is admitted that there b1 ave been cases when whippings wore Si sivon as the result of dimappointment or I aalieo. i In 'luo River township Lem Arnold p ived a couple of years ago. lie was ap- pi >areutly stout and healthy, but was m ccusde of shiftlessness and letting his cc ife haul wood. That winter a band of in he Knights visited him at midnight, ook him out of bed and hauled up a ood supply of firewood. Arnold drew he sled in his night shirt, and although e was liberally whipped to keep up the it irculation he died a few weeks alter- l rard of consumption brought on by the tI xposure. pt In the same township lived Henry 4ong, a lawyer, accused of being a dis- at arbing element, especially at elections. t Io was brought to trial before a magis- T rate. While the case was in progress a sl and of masked men with their coats nrned surrounded the house. Long s prang to the door, and shot dead the ci .rst man who entered. The victim roved to be a resl)ected Frenchman amed M. Henriot, whom the mob had c reced into the lead. Long tried to hoot aga;u but his pistol failed him. tc to made -8dash through the crowd, but eceived several shots, from the e1lents i 1 which lie died next day at Corydon. w one of the band was ever brought to istice. b Corydon was once captured by a band bi f the ''White Caps." In May, 15t85, o1 beue was t1dlk of corruption in the coun-bl y ollices, but to the demands for inves- O gation no attention watS paid. On al aturday evening two men rodo into own about dark, saying they had come o see the ku-klux. Soon horiemen bo- i an to ride into town from every road. cc n half an hour between two and three Pt undred had gathered upon the public a qluare. 'TIhe men had their coats turned, id all wore white masks, with a dozen ther forms of disguise. All the horses " ad white masks over their heads, with at Loles cut for their eyes and ears. A " Iumber of horses had white strips tied P' round fore-leg. ''he band rode birough every street in the town in mil- ' Lauy order, then once around it, and In len disbanded. Tw'io or three were ob- Cc erved to ride into a livery stnble and m avo their horses. ~W The next morning letters threatening c o burn the town and kill every one of N he ollicers unless an investigation was rdered were received by the county a ommissioners and several of the promi- of eat citizens. An investigation was ordered the next reek. Iiscrepancies were found in the aP renasurer's and auditor's ofices. Treasur- ar r Bowling turned over a large suim of of ioney he had collected, was sued on his P~ ond and $(tJ00 more was recovered. The aLv 2cordhs in the auditor's ollice were muliti ttied one night, so a comp'lete invcstiga- di on could not be had. Auditor A. WV. De irewster, however, paidl over 82,000 ag rhichi it was thought ho owed the ounty. d. ,Johnm Jacob Miller, a well-to-do farm r living near Corydont, was brought be- de >re the grandl jury as one of the meob. ac Ic refused to testify and was ordered to th til for contempt. H!e secured a fewv ? linutes' talk with the Judge and the irn rosecuting attorney, however, and the th rdher was revoked. Miller wont home w"' na nothing more was ever done in the la ase. 0n T1hese inistanices could be nmultiplied (ls >y' the score. Quaeerly enough the In- in laans seem not to bie muclh opposed 9 i the ''White Caps'' and conclude they ~ trely imke nmistakes in punishimenuts. to 'he more thoughtful, however, admit W. hat the organization is sometimes the ch caponi oi private malice and that great d rong is done. Still, nothing is (done to a reak uip the '"Knights." e la Virgibr Poitics It is und(erstood among the Virginia ~ oliticians that ex-G overnor Cameron ( u~d Senator IRidldleberger are acting in c host c,onIctrt ini the miatuiring of 1plans1 to a hwartI General 31ahone's ambit11ion to t ueceed IRiddleberger in the Senate.c miiong Other repo( rts 15 one that they T~ onitemi dte miakuit overtures to theIi )emoeratie numaiiigers ini Virginia for a oinit c omb inoation agai nst \Iahoine. But ~ d thiough this rimot linds read(y credenIIce1 ni5110 (onre quater4, t.hose ink a p)ositioni to mo)w dlo ntot btelieve it to have the least ounidationi. W\hatever influenice the two young hkadi ers haive muttst h1 in l the nks1( if their ow. n party, and there cani bo no hi uduieenet for th e G mnocrats to make 8 moy pi:oiinal allianie wiat thiemi. Thait 0 hoy both ie ''sohv d to heave 1no means mntried to dlefeat tileeral \labhone is un- tI loub,ted. All Viirgi't. polit.icians of ex-t perience agree I hat if a Repubihl ican ILeg- I Lisiatuiro is e lected G eneral 1ahionie 1s V bound to be itsq choice for Senator. ol Probably the be a! coiurv'e ter Camueron t itnd( Riddleberger andt their suippoiters ~ will be to puisute at course of iaiasterly ~ mnactivity, but they are too muth inter euted to adopt such a course as this. 'ho Virginia D)emocrt exprete u it most confidence in their owni ahiit o carry the Legislature. In the meantime ()enoral Mlahono, who is appjarently keepin perfe luiet, is ui(oubltedly ~ will at prkpr his own plans and own time. spring them in his wil bet prep t INYENTOIt I;l:Ly's MOTORI. In Says it 1K Nearly Iislhcl--ItNenewinag Ills Past I'ronisoes. Inventor John W. Keely has just ssued a printed card of instructions to hose who may visit his workshop during ho hour set apart for visitors. Iu it ho I ays: "I am now engaged in what I term ble process of 'graduating' or adjusting iy engine, by which I mean securing a egulated and uniform speed or motion f it. This, when effiected, will finish ly work, which will be known as the iympathetic Ethorie Motor,' and my ' ow force will then be adapted to com torcial purposes. Visitors will observe, a entering my shop, my lOWer-devel ping structure, termed the 'Sylmpat.het- ( Etheric Liberator,' which hangs sus- '] ended on the second floor in a tubular 1 ng, and from which a wire of small iameter, and made of alternate sections platinum and silver, extends to an at- t "hment aflixed to one end of the shaft the engine which I am graduating." He then goes on to explain tho ad tntages of his "liberator," and to ox- f itiato on the arduous duties he has on compelled to perform to reach the ccessful control of the motor on which 3 is working. lie repeats the promises C has made for the last ten years to ex- t ain by diagrams, etc., which he shall iblish to the world, the wonderful echanism of his motor-when he has mpleted his present process of adjust ent. 1 The Cotton Movement. 1 From the New York Financial Chron le's cotton article of last week tho fol wing figures are gathered relative to e movement of the staple during the ist week: The total receipts reached 3,549 bales, ainst 4,032 bales last week, 7,599 bales .e previous week, and 9,705 bales three mcks since; making the total receipts icO the 1st of September, 1880, 5,183, 8 bales, against 5,232,830 bales for the me period of 1885-6, showing a de ease since September 1, 1880, of 49, 2 bales. The exports for the weekroach a total 8,528 bales, of which 2,887 were to reat Britain, - to France, and 5,641 the rest of the continent. The total visible s upply of cotton, as ado up by. cable and telegraph, for the cek is as follows: Total of Great Britain stock 870,001) Lies, total of continental stocks 392,000 des-making a total of European stocks 1,20i,o100 bales. The total visible Lpply for the world is 1,993,970 bales; this number I,?40,37u are American id 747,600 East Indian, etc. The imports into continental ports iring the week were 25,000 bales. bose figures indicate a decrease in the itton in sight of 70,91.7 bales as coin tred with the same date of 188(0, and decrease of 3,301) bales as compared 1 ith the corresponding date of 1885. The receipts at interior towns for the eek were 2,421 bales. Old interior 1 ocks have decreased 1,G01 bales, and ere 12,164 bales less than at the same jriod last year. The receipts from the plantations, ing the actual movement, not includ g the overland receipts nor Southern c lsumption, of cotton that reached the arket through the outports for the ek were 3,549 bales. The total re- ) i1pts since the 1st September are 5,181,- l 6 bales. a Cotton in sight (i,309,293 bales, being l lecrease, as com'pared with last year, 110,012 bales. ' Mr. Ellison's cotton figures, brought .wn to 1st Juno, give the taking by n inners of Great Britain 2,514,000 bales d the continent 2,627,000 bales, a total hi 5,141,000 bales, against tile total of tI evious year of ,558,000 bales. 'The a erage weight oi deliveries in (reat JI -itain is 4140 pounds, against 45-1 ponds i ring tihe same time last year. Conti- a utal deliveries average 136 plounds, t ainst 4.7 plounldI last year. 1I1 reviewing the speculation in futures ring the p)ast week, the Chronicle says: The speculation in cotton for future P livecry at this market has been fairly aL tive for the week under review, but r a course of prices has continued quite ci settled, besides again showing some P 'egularity as between the current and 0, Le next crops. A feature has been the a akeniing of tihe spleculative conlidenice a September deliveries, which was lit e time very strong. Tfhuts en Saturi- P' y there was an advance for every b mlthl excep)t Sepltembier amnd October. C! i\Moniday a general decline took place "'. the latter dealdings, duie in a measure I sympalthly with the coiffee market, with h iich nmny memibers of our Cotton Ex 31 mnige hioldi close relations. (On TIues- h ya steadier opening was followed 1by [resh (ecline, anld then aL partial recov y. Wednesday the market was active, Lt closed slightly easier. (in ThursdaLy t: better report from Liverpool and im. oved tone and values inI other speenla- b ie circles gave renlewed apirit to the E culation for tile rise in cotton. Fri- 0 y there wasi a slharp) decline, with thle d se1 aLt abiouIt thle lowest figures, due '1 amn, it waIs abnost uniiformlhy aLdmiitted, sympalithy with thme decline ini coffee. ~ tton oni the spot has beenL quieter. 10 pulrchalsesfor RI'issiacmi rracett ,10() les alddit ionl takenI Onl Fridaiy afiter li hlange, muakinug 9,000 baldes in ll 1; lafter ! dih there was a1 fair demIlandl for homle I nsumpnltionl. TIlln Plil,ADlr4mIa '1IMICs wvant) to mow, if tile p)roposition to re'tulrn tile ttie Ihigs to thle Stantes bly w',hose idiers they were um'ried raised I uch an1 1 Lttery, wihat will he thle effect of till opositioni now. made by the soldiers o)f e Ph'lilaLdelphia li rigade to return to t' e veterans ofi Pickeott's D.ivisionl tile Igs capiturIed from11 themi lat Ge1 ttysbulrg? 'hait will I (lneral FaLirchild and4 the4 41 hler ex(itab)le patr iots have to say to II is? Will thley d'cilre thlat the soldiers g ho0 stood1 aLt the stonie wall onl that criti sI 3d of d luly whenl the course of history a as decided, lare no0w no bletter thanLi p rebel'" 1and( "cowaLrdH," anld the like? ' r will they!3 not be forced to acknow- I :ige thait tile ireal soldiers, tile 1men1 who I1 idi till ilit ing, be)lieve'i thalt tile war is '. ver amt1 tile Un Iion irestored, 1and4 that if " nybody shlouhil lbe called hard namnes, it I the demllagogues who will not let ust ave peaice? r elibaey to a yunlg lady enl~gged to be4 1 nlarri. O 1)ANGER OF AN OU'1'BHE IIE REP'OltTL) NIa:G1{O iNSURtK TION IN LAUIlSCNS COUNTY. biding Meetings at MldInight--No thority for the I)Ire Threats Sahi to 1 lieen Made--'"I'rIcilIes' of th t/,oritive Vorkers or A S'tIeri." (From the News anti Couricr.) LAUuENS, June 20.-Colonel J. raynliam, of the Governor's itaff, :aptain L. E. Irby, of the Lau luards, have returned from C hove, Young's township. Cok 'raynham refuses to be interviewed, to will proceed to Columbia and re ireoctly to Governor Richardson aorrow. Captain Irby, however, is ior no obligation to report officially, as very kindly furnished me such ormation as he had. There is no doubt that some of iegroes arc organized, and that I ifton hold meetings between midan nd daylight with the greatest pre ions at secrecy, sentinels being stat d at convenient distances from endezvons. ''he various dire thi hat have been so widely circulated iot be traced authoritatively to the anization. There will bo no outl inless the negro leaders shall act ras s the whites preserve great caution ieglected to say that the meetings icld near the lines of Laurens reenville counties, on the Green ide, The organizations are known as 'Co-operative Workers of Anieri nd are the eflfpring of the hioover luence, and many believe they are he purpose of extorting money fron gnorant negroes. 1t, costs each ien no dollar and fifty-live cents to tak he degrees, and one dollar and ents of that amount is forwardc lickory, N. C. Several package noney have been sent froni Miip: rile, Greenville county, and Wood ipartanburg county, to jiickory, N I have secured some of the litera' f the ''Co-operative \orkers of An a,'' issued '"by order of the exeen >oard, 11. F. Hoover, president; W uillian, vice-president; ,John F. i ;eneral secretary; C. L. Itawn, trea r: ,J. A. Bolch, general auditor; Ma older, gcneral comnmittee agent." ier cover of a snmall pamphlet, signe UVc ihdieatEd, I glean what purp o be the principles and objects of 'rgaization. "It is the proper objectof governr o make laws that will secure the g: st good to the greatest number, on >asis of absolute justice, with an air vard universal liberty. "For many years our government leen run to the advantage of a few, he benefit of a privileged class noneyed aristocracy, while the ma he useful people, have hard bur( iard to bear." The objects of the organization leclared to be: "To elevate and dignify labor; tc urc to the laborer a just share of 'roducts of his toil; to instruct him nowledge of his rights and his wro: nd his duty to his country and his )w-iman; to use all rational meam etter his social, moral and liuancial< ition." To accomplish these objects they iand :" "The establishment of bureaus ,br statistics; the abrogation of . iat (10 not bear equally upon cau: id labor; the adoption of measm rovidling for the health and safety I>se0 engaged in mining, &c.; thme ,tmnent of laws to compel corporati piay their employeesi weekly in lav oney; the enactment of laws provid r arbitration between employer: nl)loyees; the enactment of laws Lohibit the hiring out of convict la id to work convicts on the pu >ads; that thme impiortation of fort imvict labor lbo prohibited; that all tax be repealed ; the establishm a free co-opiera~tive school system; olition of clil dI lbor in mines, wt( lop and fact,ories." 'They dlemand1 of Congress: ''That ublic land.a, the heritage of the peCo reserved for actual settlers, &c.; tablishiment of a national maonet atem; t hat a graiduated inicomec tax vied so that the greater the incomie igher the rate of taxation; the eni ent of a gradultated forfeiture Act tc vied on the estates of the rich at ti ath ; that the government rhall ort. e finlanicial exchanges, safe d1ep)o C. ; that the government construct .1 telegraph or telephone system, iat United States Senators be ,n y the people; that the Govermi. ,, o)lish and umaintain a free blflo(t cry State of the Union; a radical action in the fees, salaries and dimites of governmuent oilicials is Landled; that the hours of labor ho iced.'' Thea the(y say: ''We are oppjosed to war, and conls rikes as dlangerous to society, huir the particip;ants ad contrary to terest oif good government." They pronmise co-opemition with nights of Labor and all similar org tions. A fter stat inzg t hat, in obedience to der of the Governor, ho visited Ct rove on the1 18th instanit and1( in ewedi aeveral pronmi nent meni in reg > lihe nuitter, Colonel Traynham sayi "T'here i no0 doubt [as toi the existc lii an omanizationi aimong the negroe mti coun mty. 'The object of it .1 cc it ascert aini wit h crtainty. Thme roes hold their mweeinigs late at nij ,y from 12 to daylght. No persom Imitted to thiem excepit members irties seeking to eicomno membi i'hile the obiject of the organizatior ot known, thme oiniion prevails Il in the nature of the Knights of Lali here is some excitement among hites in the community, but I et Ot learn of actual threats coming fa 10 negroes, although there aro s< inmors of threats having bieen mi omoc of the whites are of opinion inegroes are not working as well iwy have been, and it is ro~)rted >me of them have said that there we e a change of things about the 4tla lv. Under this stain of ft8 I AK. unable to mako any definito rocommer dation and submit the whole matter I your bettor judgment." Altogether aI Falso Alarm. COLuMnIA, Juno 21.--In acoordan< with instructions from the home ofilce, wont to Laurons yestorday to invest gate the rumors which have been s wildly circulated as to an uprising c 'C- colored farm laborers, and I came bale to-day satisfied that nine-tenths of ti reports have been without justification H 'ho negroes have been tricked b hoover and men of his stamp into en nd tering a labor association, which is use ens less to them and which they do not n dar derstand. hoover holds the fees an lle1 they hold the meetings. They have m1Ubin1d idea that joining such an organiiza but tion will help them financially. If, as i >ort reported, not 2 per cent. of the negroc to. in that section work for wages, it is im possiblo to see what good a strike waou un- do them. They contract to cultivate th and crops for a share, and as the crop is al in. most laid by now a violation of thes contracts would simply save money t the farmers. the As to the talk of insurrection tho pec hey plo in tho town of Laurens have no faitl iht in it. It is impossible to trace tha rumors to this effect to any authenti Ian- source; There is less uneasiness an r'on- concern in the town of Laurens on thi the subject than thero is in Charleston o eats Columbia. All work is going on quietl, can in the section alleged to be threatenet or- and the concurrent opinion of every on eak I spoke to in Laurens was that nothinf lily, could be ascertained or seen by goinf . thus far. are The section where the labor organiza and tions exist is near the (ireenvillo an ille Spartanburg lines. The whites are it the majority. There is no county in th the State where the negroes have beel ca," longer and more completely within th in- control of the whites than in Latreum for An insurrection would simply mean thei the own obliteration. ]esid.es this, there i lther no Issle which could so excite them a . all to make them desperate. There is nt Lifty conflict of wages, such as led to the ne to field strikes of 1;7l . They have th t of prospect of gathering the finest crop ion- they have had for a decade. Their in eil, ture is full of hope for material success C. The Fium of the whole matter is tha tLure the negroes have been kept so complett mCie- ly under control in Lauresti coutty tlu tive organization of any kind is unusual ti R. them, and the fact that have now mr oss, ganized for an undefined agrarian pm sur- pose is elougil to make ruome foolish < rtin unreasoinaibe peolie itmagine vain thing: Un- 'Te people of the town of Laurens ai d as infinitely more concerned in the buih orts ing of their cotton factory than in tlh the thing, which is at sensation to thouse great distaIces from the scene ol the i Ient ported trouble. :eat- Your Laurens correspondent has fo the warded so full an account that it is l i to- necessary for me to say more than thi Colonel Traynham, of the (hvernoi haos stall, came down to-day with me fro for Laurens. lie refused to niiktt any stat --the nent for publication, but intimiAa'ted ti ,ses, I had about heard all the facts frol lens Captain Irby. My talk with ('aptni Irby assisted inc in forming the conch are sion set forth above. Coloil Traynh:i made a brief verbal report to the (overme se- this evening and went to bed. Ilia 1x the collency could not bo found at lionat in a nor would ie he seen for as molent a lgs, the meeting of the trustees of the Uni fel- vcrsity, which he is attending and whie] to will last for hours yet, but it may ib on- coniidently assumed to-night that Col Traynhan's conclusion agrees substanu dc- tially with those of Captain Irby, am that neither he nor the Governor ih of alarmed at the prospect. wsAlI O(tiet ito Sitart ianburg. ital SeAuTA.NiaURo, duine 21 .--l'ttrtlier in tres vestigation to-dlay strettgtlienis rneL iii mm of opinion that the negroes of thiis counti en- do mnot coIntemlate a striike, or aniy vid 1)n1 lence. They are inot fools enough tt 'ful wvait until their crops are nearly finishie ing with the finiest prosp>ects they have hat lnd for years, to becgmn a revo>lution tha to wouldl damage them in every possil bor way. >lic the cnt Tilk W(1~~ itha nt Citcnnti Ne w.ain .per-O t the iliig 1?IS I'resientttiat Ca&maig, ~, "I notice that y'our btrothier, the J;en the~ eral, has written an interestinig letter t< le his coimrades of tile Grand Armiy at St tihe Louis," I said. ary '"Yes, and don't you know I like tha be letter a gr< at deal?' the "''Then youl approve of the sentiienti ict- it expriesses?" lhe "'Most certainly, and all t hioughtfut ermeni will take thme satme vitew oif the subl all- ject when thecy reflect eahnily uponti it lix, Thme inclinhent of the Presidential otlie< "" is entitled to the resp)ect oif thme peoptle ed unkss( he is guilty of som1e toffenis< 'ted against pubi.lic morality and the pIul i< (.8~ interestt. Moin mnay very properly dit'e lu with those ini autthiority as to potlitica re' views anid mneasulres of pubhlie policy, bui mer it will not do to carry these diieence de- of opinion to the point of treatmi g ro- I'resident with d iscourit esy, and disrie spe~ct, simlhy because there'may b e nli in a pulici assembihlage or oii a pubthlis tder occasionI whio dilYer wimth himi poliitienly) tfuil o)riupon tile advisail ity or 01 on-ad 1(1visI the bility of meastures of plici ptolicy. itL is first entitled1 to thait courtesy that i the due to every good and law abiding citi til- zen on ril occasions, and1( secoid to tha respect which belongs, under the geniu oif our intstittionIIs, to the p)osition I) the chief magistrate of a great, a prosplerous dair an ethieatedl a civilized pleople." tird the Force tilt had passed(( Contgress th<t t: all eged Iupprsslion ''f thit halltit in th<( nec Souith would( have beentIPi prventedl?" + in ''That is somtetiing tedntl nota car uld tell. We cant form no( aduaLte idea ne- what the( result might have b eeni. I hi ~ht, i have very serlious dobtsh ablt th<. is feasibility of tho genuerl goverinmei or protecting inidividutal righits or prlevent ers. ing indhividulal wrongs where thet loa is govermntent is niot williny. to. inerfere ir, It it bhhalf of the citizen:;. .Free spteechi, li >ir. free b)allot, andl the exercise of the geni the eral rights of eimzahtlip are no(t wvia1 uld may be termned conlstitutionlal rights, hui1 om inherent rights, antd if tiiey are deuiet iune int a commninty, tho genmeral govern de. menat can not interfere, unlssi the Statt hat authiorities invoke tin intelrferenico as The failure of the itate to call upoln tin hat itationial government debars it from in1 ul terferinig in behalf of those who ar< of wron ged." inel "Will you n1an ilumst.ra tha id L- Senator'?" o "e1 et us supposo a case hero in lie nond(1 county. Suppose, for instanc that a mlajority of our People shou o coml)ilte together to deprive thu Qua I ers, or ti Catholics, or any other r i ligious sect or denomination, of U o right to worship occording to their r f ligious tenets and forms; denied the: k tho freedom of ilun't cli and the right u atssemhling, and the State took no a tiot, the geierial government would hla\ no right to interfere and protect thi in their rights." ''iut would it not hit the duty of tL State to )rOtcct thetn?' "Undtloubtdly. Bitt sutppose t' R State shounlh not dischargo that dut No appeal would lie to the general go' Serunmen t. It could not interfere unlt s the matter should rise to tho height of . rebellion against. the laws of tho Unitc 1 States or al invasion of its territory ft n a hostile purl)ose. A community m( be in rebellion against the laws of State, but the general government ci not interfere to crush out that rebellio unless the State government invokes i aid and assistance." "Low, then, would you removo ti wrongs which you chum exist in po: tions of the South, and how would yo l prevent the suppr sion of the ballo which you claim is suppressed?" r ''. would Jropo)se a retiedy, but (oub)t whether the lZepu)lican part l would coane up to it.'' '' What is that, Senator?" ''1 would have Congress enact a in fixing the time, manner and circun stances of electing niemhers of Cor gress, defining and providing for th rights of every citizen at such an el(< tion, and putting it wholly with the go\ rnrment for the conidu1ct and regulatio of (ongressional elections. In othc words, the entire sup1)ervision of the elet Lion of mlember; of Congrebs should 1 r with the United States governmcnt." I'it is there any warrant for that i the ic o'st ituitioui?" S Clrly; that principle has been di id t I 1 lie cotit' (Ill several tccatilulm: t atnl fb- upieii Court has laid dow Ithe lo( riiu :imel tti\iv illy, atd its t . 'i in ar: in' t hth' line (t it;; estallisl mnlct. Wi; t htauch a tatl ute enforc t fthere oihi i no abridgeilent of th eli live m: lbie no ;tippre..ion of b)a t lnts ini t et ivns cou i'( l ug t hie iteres of gvtern en. Thet, it ( lin n litie or even Stai:.e, a houi l at t nit to <h ri o i :( er ) f a thli'n-righttt, ; r :t'nrmhis r". Ih ; it (lt co l"v Ir nfl\ul h u ', interf'e r 11ut Inl tin tl to it ani rh b Iit'1)Lt :itti t've t'iti7,lit. \\' itht th " 1il ib if ( u i (citi;'el to cast hi i v ti l i i ' . - it coRln'iln t y ien:hir. rf ('ulgles; an electors It f I'(', t h i :;I ii ht l i It a e f()t ' lI. t ait if it., t !t a t t i tf' S nIttl u electit ns w\ ul it sia,ll force itself, i' Ii tii itut heri 'uhf , h*' tilex nt i'ssig o _ I t t'i t i ' \t'li,i I ) it)Iti )tl11lifte uttcrlen : ." Int " i) .\ tit W',U l ai Ve the p:t1!f 11' ' app1)ly ittla i i, ' f t I't'ietmial el( tors that :ipl iiti the ( h tlo of t tl C r b''tiainly\, tunl \vwhycn>t ?" foi ' i you t tin , 's rtil , thiat Cnlet. J1 na bel l) ctalltsd in ('x(tni)rnisimry SC5Ssi)1 ti"T'hat is lutrd to Iell, ,ut ihotu l m he rl ritd. II is tre that if tl t in at h touhl en l tni exltl t ai il -A :er;tts it um tuldi be, t n.tltteditl t u biitu:uli, it. i lit:t the u lles t (s!:ition t t he, coulttty d'nittnitIs nt i urt:iy ars bhnilg of Con(gr'ess." "How(l wiul hionugr(e:H Illllpro th Aliut. sit Iention?"r .i) edl'uciug uXatiOn1 and pw rvantin, te aclition f an lice bSar' Sil lus intin te tInresu .I i't vt go ait tll ritte of acet it tig uv < ' I l.t )0,(,ll ) allfinally uf usnh lt. it i tl iiue-essarl revenue , 1 d l."k i it up.ie the tat.. terest)rwieabs tenlfizere." el t"ltlWiti'l ho I ltiontl. be; no; tid diention oi 'efther ndernrve law~hts" "\Vlowest re~ he! Wheanata wsig caion'l f hOthet toit- t erw.tiao orery" ole i ulterkitsee ituitos," c. tyert "Whegrea dor 'yout hivktes oreduontiot Vliedl rducjtido ithe taroito sar andI the ay bet shouled bte prlmi o sceyr the prodt io of r. urter' Iugroi the'nied thtlood taroule pepe* LONDON'S NEWEST LION. 0, 3HUFFALO HILL'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY FOR l'A TIRONS OF THE WILD WEST.1 1) A Samuplo of the Yarrns He Is Telling His 1 Royal Friends--How lie Got His Title -f Other Facts in the Career of Mr. Cody. I was born in February, 1842, in the State of Iowa. I need not go into detail respecting my family, and can dismis e my youth briefly by saying that when I was not on a horse I was just being thrown off one. I soon became a pretty smart rider, and my practice with a gun was pretty good, too. I was 12 years d when I killed my first Indian. It hap r pened rather sudden. I was waiting out Y by the river, near Fort Kearney, one u night about 10 o'clock. My companions i had got on ahead somehow, and I was .y quito alone, when looking up toward the blufi bordering the river I saw, illumi nated by the moon, the head and shoul a ders of a live Indian, watching me with evident interest. Now I had heard many stories of thio doings of the red y men, and had also been inculcated with a thorough distrust of their ways; so, quickly coming to a conclusion as to v what 1 shoutd do, I brought my gun to - my shoulder, and aiming at the head, - fired. The report sounded louder than o usual in the silence of the night, for it was past 10 o'clock, and was followed by a war whoop such as could only be built u up by an Indian, and the next instant r over six feet of dead Indian came down splach into the river. e Soon after this I went to business. I took to the plains, and in the employ of , Messrs. Russoll and Simpson, soon learned th is and outs of the wild life led with horses and cattle-driving teams, riding express ponies, and getting to a know the laud. Among other things, I somehow found out how to hunt buffalo, - a sport second to none, if you know , how. 1 shall never forget the faces of ~ live officers 1 met on the prairio once, - now many years ago. They were after s a herd of buffalo. So was I. We ex changed views. I gave them my ideas, they gave me their sympathy. "You surely don't expect to catch buffalo with , that Uothic steed," said they. y ''1 am going to try," I said. u "7u'll never do it, man alive," said >r the cali'ain. ''It wants a fast horse to ,r overtak. buffalo." 1. ")ej it?" 1 responded. ti "Yes, but you can come with us, if 1- you like." it And I did like. There wore eleven bullalos in the herd, and while the oilicers rodo straight at them, I headed e the leaders and got up to them with a ease. 'I'lie horse which my companion had been challing was the famous Brig ham, who know as much about the sport I as I did; he speedily did his part of the business. A low jumps brought us up t, to the herd. .Raising "Lucreti Borgia, t my trusty weapon, 1 aimed at the first f aniual, fired and brought him down,. n Brigham, like the ideal animal that he, f was, carrying me rapidly up to tho next. i brute, not ten feet away; and, when I had dropped him, bounded on to the ( next, and so on, until I had slain the whole eleven animals, and then my ; horse stopped. I dismounted to regard - my work with a feeling of satisfaction. IThoso ollicers rode up shortly, and I shall never forget their expression as. they surveyed the work of five minutes -lying around1. - My horse Drigham was an exception ally intelligent brute, lie took the 'keenest delight in sport, andl invariably - took pains to aid mo in getting game. All lhe expiectedl of me was to do the - shooting. 'Ilie rest was hiis wvork, J[o would always stop) if the bulfalo did not. ilfll at the at the lirat shot, so as to give mno a seconid chance; but if I 'aid not, ibring hinm dowvn then he woi.nd go on disgusted. - It was in 18t17 that the KCansas Pacille; track was in the buIfal.j country, and the comipan y was employing over twelve hundred nien in the making of the rogd. 'The .Indianis wvoro very troublesome, and it was not always easy to get sufficient, supplies of fresh meat for the men. It wie4 about this time that Messrs. God.. dlard1, the contractors to the constructors, mad1(o me a handsome oiler, provided I would undorbake to hunt for them. Tihey -required twelve bulhalos per diem. The work was somewhat dangerous, owing to Ithe Indians, but the terms were hand some ,-$>00 por month. I took the offer,. and in less than eightuen months, dur img which time my engagement lasted,, Ikilled '1,280 butfalos single-handed,, and had many scrimmages with the In dianis, and hairbreadth escapeg, It waa during this period of my career that ? -had umy celebrated buf'alo killing match with JBill' Comstock, tho notod scout,, then at J3 ort \Vallace. The terms were se tt led na follows: We were to hunt one day of eight hours, from 8 a. m. to 4 p. mn. 'Thle stakes were $500 a side, and the nma who killed the most buffalo was t o be declared the winner. The contest. took place twenty miles east from Sheor.j dhan, anid many thousand people cvanio Sromi all parts to see the sport. We wero. iortunato in finding animals, axia had, jiuiie of sport. We made tb.reo runs, each, and 1 killed sixty-nino buffalos, -my rival being content with forty-six. N 'ot a bad day's work, a day which is an historical one for me, inasmuch as since then 1. have invadably been referredl to, mi all parts ofi the civilized world as 1 ht al --i. W\allig down B1llway3 is0 very plea.' neve el tO better than whienl hi friend askedl imw ho le go(t over that sev'ere cough of so) speeily. "'Ah, myl) boy,'' said 'P u . M. Iii did it !" Anid his friend woni II dored what 0. M. I). mteant. I Ie knew it, o did( not meanll a (Good Many D)octors, for , T-.-- K ---had trIed ai dozen in vain. " I - have it,"' saIid he, jest, hitting thes nail on , .he headLi , "'yeou meanm Ir. P'ieree'si 'Golden MedicaI i scer ly,' oir Gold1 Medal D)e erval ao liy friend JI--S-- always dluIibo it." No'ihl by dlrugglsts. .'The ideal of the Americtmn is not yet, aighK. tOr ahiighity greait manl is the l miighity smarilt man1. WYe nleedto teach lmlorality :as muilch as Greek and1( Latin. 'rThe most danmgerous mnan is the smnart manl wit.hout good morals.