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Desportes Wililams, Prboletors] A Family faler, Devoted to Science, Art, hIquir"V, ndtistry and Literatur [ Iiiirn_ VOL.. VI.] WINNSBORO, S. G, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 187h N AIRFIELD HERAtb 18 I-l'Ui.1SttND W EEKI.Y nY pEsi-onTE's & wiILLIA3MS, Ternis.-Trit llanAL is publishe'l Weeks in the Town of Winnsboro, at, 93.00 in. sarcably in adaice. . .. gir All transient advertioements to e niidin.ndance. Obituary Notices and Tributes $1.00 per square. K. K. K. Whnt is this Afrfil Ku 1011x Klan ? Are they tangel-, devils, spirits or man Do they rise froto the graves when mortals sleep4 to the (atrkomtne night their revels to keep ? 'Or'drop froin the clouds in a flash of lighl., To avenge the wrong, and maiutain the right? bow looc tOtis awful Ku Klux Klan? Like s troop or riders, horse anda1 man, 'Iso sound is henrd fron their coursers feet. 'ste'id'f the desert ore not more fleel; nook at nihi. -a sunmons-a call A ilash-and justice is dono-t hat is all. - ~ome doo% pY and think they are right, hat aseae grows desperat e quite, 4nd.no cure for the deadly evil they spy, They must a desperate remsedy try. q'erhaps. the Ku 1( lax are bit doctors age, Anri their desperate practice suits the age. [Correspondence Cincinnati CommVier-einl.] FThieves and Idiots. We coSy the fol lowing letter fom a speial lcole-pondent of the aboVe paper, sot.t td C6luimbia t'e report the true state of affairs in South Caro lina: C'otLTiA, April 1, 1871. The Legizlature of Solitl Carolina is a deu o' thieves. By natorl. and practice they. nib better 'ialilied to fill positions NB the 8everal jail houses and peniteatiaries of the land than a. law--nakers for this anelent Sate. South Caroliha has b'en ivj kbd- I admit. She nullified und. y ack oh seceded uider lBuetat, tired on the star spangled banner; fought the Government, and coiductbd heseli in a highly imtproper mannir, but her panietamlt has been grat: Otiher States as guilty as lhe have gbt f with far less puitishiment. Her ne. groes have bet freed, her capitil w, It atigh dutoroyed, her old families brukoi up, and nwIv comes a gredter calatiity than all in tile shapb of an imbecile and corrupt Logislaturb. The ox pense of the liat Ohio Legis: lature . believe was a trifle more than a handred thousand dollurs. Uio has five times the wealth and pdpultttiotl of South Carolina. Jdst befotb Christulas the Legislature of thei State appropriated $135,00u fol- Le gislative expenses. Governor Seitt upproved the bill, although lie says it struok him at the Litme as being tin. necessarily heavy. it he thought it would put thbin thirough hrd they would go hothe. But no go home for them; they were working too rich P toie. The jemainder of the session Consbumed $125,006 Indre i tut when thjeajpropriation came to be made $140,000 was tacked on, making the .outrageous sum of $40o,0o for a sin. gle session. The Appropriation Bill for that amount. was passed, of course, apd had it been-$400,000;000 It woUld have been just the saitme, for a majori ty of the donkeys composing the Le gislature dont't know the difference l,,twoon: the tvo sums; 'But Gor ePn~aott.Vetoed the itole thing, and -*395ta strojtg tilessage to the -donkeys elli~ng tbeni :tat uolf motitbre, onses weret atm oeidts tintil dayaraleled &de the legialittivb donkeys, (lead. boaats and lisngers-b'n mad; anti they ~went fqr the heatheti Chinese," who qI4oq4 bp IkeentD theftil antd the t eensury; bhreatening to mob hini, aftd sn-earing jmaat ho ha~d. sold otrt to the rebels. *J'hat is stho *ay with f'our ?rthly oyal South Otrblinian. The tiotnbfit ho.i deprived 6f an ogfrrtunmitg to steal from the trdasuryghbe yells i'ebel. 1WiagP after, the *eto th6 Gov brnor was hoform64 Ahat itwould riot be safe' f6 'ii to'ddiho to th8i apital bepmob had ssemnbledthoefor the perpode&of taking vengeauce; . ut lhe drove'ri-t in- sttong thrm, got ot of his cariage, aod walked into thme lmpart ents, none of 'he -loyal *de~d boatst terrupting hiint, nihhough the'y L looked as thoYgh they would enjoy~ -lsto io a a et to tWaka tp thdfoot hundred thoudni d doliur: 'Legislalive exponses" would startle the oiviliited world; if it could bEx 6cr teotly got at4 About a hutndred Chod &and dollars was, wanted to . ppy for Gbut tw~enty thousa'nd dollara' .Wortl - 6f fun Ire.s .noth'er big itent wa' for unney lost by holee racing; A' In daysa before adjournm'ent, somne eter prtlsg viasp~gotr igpa bIt h6yse't'ace and, true to their oducatio, and in, tutunets, the Leigislittue adjourno4 t< atte~d~ .) A i gg4d ma yof tlen naavidg senrsu dnough t~ bet with iorezion,.lost heavily, .and, to ,~ltI teti~elweswhol6 lIb~te btiness; thea fiftfig o6 git th'ir' asveral lossei ino1Xdue.i Wd the mammoth approp'ria Although a good portion of th< mneniber, diould not 1111la sheet of fools osip with intelligent .Edtglish serateb ?,us ln 4 tyeek,If thef hd * ?aI ~riad, yet, for itationary furnished thi af oivitised- body of law makersi bill of nilie ,thousaud d'6111ais ws I -brought it'. Ntinc thousaind dollar worth of atationery for i single ses sion'pf th'0 South Carolina Legisla. 1 Gtro ! Coiimeit on this is unnecessary 1 With the exception of a spelling book and first reader to each member. they do not stand in need of an I great abiount of stationely. Every Senator hai lisi page; ues-I tenger and oleik, all drawing full pay, to say i.othing of steulage. Then, besides all this, thero is an ar~iy of 'black atid white hangers. vii, who manige to liv'e from the pickings and steal ings. If Ohio had such a Legislature they would all be kicked out of the capital :eioits the State aind into the Ohio Rifer in a time so short as to be incompatible with pray. ers. Governor Scott is assured from all parts of the State, by leading citizens and honest men, that if the present members of the Legislature will re sign, and let, a new set be el-eted, all outrages shall cease. A leading ian from York Couhty was down to see him a few days ago, and assured him that with an honest Legi 'ature there would be no more talk about refusing to pay taxes. Ile said that if the present Legislature could be induced to resign, the whole people will unite upon the nost honest and capable men, irrespective of party or color, and elect him. This is the cry from all parts of the State. "Give us an honet Legiblature," say the people, "and we will pay our taxes and put down the Ku Klux." But other departments of the Gov ernuient, as well as the Legisluture, need reconstruction. An honest Trea sorer would be in good taste. To se cure that, Niles G. Parker would have to be removed. le is one of the I many thoroughly corrupt officials of Solth a-olina. An honest Treasur er, a the time of financial commo tsio, Is the noblest Work of God. Almost any man can be honest who i..s no chance to steal, but give him a chance, anti then see of what sort of stuff heis 11made. I Th lirst known of Parker, the pres 'ctt Treasurer of the State, . he was a saloon-keeper in Hanverhill, Massavhu setts: W hi3 th'b war broki3 ou, a good,hnany of his best customers ci listed, Which 'eut down his business so that bi bhlisted himself. Captain Collins, notr of Betinfort, in this State; but formelly 8f Massachu.setts, says that Ptrkdei was not good for his debts beforb lie oiatho Tioasurer, and thitt lhe hull a cluim against him, and Oas glfid t6 take thirty eohts o the dollar tor it: During the ar Parker wag a pri., vtite; and after the war settled in bhuirleistdn, and *ut into his old aw. genial bitainess of keeplng a grocery. F? our years ao lie was not considered good of his dbbts; and it is stated by L se who kh6w film 4 that time, that I e wtts 48 poor as a lmiifeh n1bue. But, bow nov . Witness the magic ctect of beiig Tteasurer of South Carolina. fToday he is beofsiddred he dealthie i ofice-holder ii,tofumilia 116 lives in elegint :stile,- keep' sif 6r e'i ght horses, and.eotertains his cupper-color ed anfd carpet-bag friends like a prince. ..Ili wife displays herself in -a intignilleeIt sqjuiFagb; the .finest ini the oiity, and-her hands af heleckd Iwhilei otfybod)~ aecessos Parker of being a rascal, and lbetakes'no parti cuniar pains to denf it. There is a dls. bdrepn. bhtl%'en . Nis booles and those of the Ntate's finaneial agont in Ne w York-of $730,808 03. Parker says this~ is caused: b~ 'to "differenceoin ~datces,' hitt rerie.'tiitthet to exp lain. N~o wondui the pe~pl6 are ti ed oif paying taxes, and talk of refusing to' contribute -anottlet' bent into 1lh6 Treasury tih'tijl they hald sbme Rssur: ance that it Is hb866dt 'used. The b'pinion Is Mid pfeirdl trou bout tii6 8tate that nind-t~nths o'tthe ev~endes are stolen; and .(fisti thefe id* dirr ebt bit of nun in o~o' tfRei' 'it Hot be convinded to the ''on'tdQj. itebonstfu6tion'fs 'eed~d hern bad ly; bfit it Ise fieede.;l aiong the oflicd h6lders. If all the ?f:bbrs of the Legislatut-e and thlf&otifthus of the other isef od testgiMf 16E a nowdd 0969- dt 6omein; ,therS *ould be pedtee, or tat least less fuse th i~ rooe the gart pf' ' tile tax-pageAh to bhI a cbnfenio'n or nbit aiofabh -or' the purpoaoo tomalling~ ao organmiaed 'efforto ch gk Q(no finah 61a1 oille of the houzt.' prdd present; ind foations IAshould not be sur prised if the talpayeu's refuse to.pdf a'ny more taxes: This Is revoleti'inary; btut ff is what i's counicg unlecss thero is re. forn) in the 6tate Govertingnrt. Tuh4 subjeot is being - :andassed neor, ahd axrgume~nte nodnuea jfd and ooidi'. 'those who In'aiit dmpon a tin'ited re fusat to pay. Lakes are rmong the .abkdt an4 I eaft'ii'st tMen dV trie State; They Iargtm'e that ft, ts f$~6 ottilj way tod rid 6fi6t~t sonet ?'s the'y' on cll It. IThey isaj let all hoi p~oghemty - hoelders.of the8Stee Nfuse to~ya*a sale - let ndne b:.'' of htnsfob ks enimslE 'air d so. a luntoes of the an~'vt tenor tdojpd~ If suoli 6 6urs SIduldI $U 'gendl r greed a hftro1d fledtioe solbtefmu. n yares tt: rfwnd one appeared'to liid Sat tar sale, than th's nronerty would Lave to b hid in b the $tate. Iis way the tate would sooi ,o 1l the property in the State. Th vio w.mld pay the taxes on it, ar aeanwhile, boaw would the Govei neut machine run ? There is a ge ,pening .ro for Ito t(ly of "rspel ative philosophy." . The Siate debt is now about bi )00,000i, an inerease of about $1,00 )00 since the State fell into i duosively loyal hands. I hear ti mia.s nay that they w ,uld prefer iRve less ly' Ity anl less debt, I is they do not belon to the gri )arty of aIdvanced morals ad , re~Sive tendC~ecie)", thir ii ionis: vi by3 of no Considerition. From 1850 to 1860 the averi itate, tak A r'as $431,000. 111 '1 h1e tax w11s only $392,000. By eu ng down to A later day pfter I State haA fallen in the Liaud s -well, evory thing - we find that I axei for 1868 amounted to the eo 'ortable suiu of $1,858,000 ! or mr Ahan four times what it was in . 181 Blut now look at another piit u %nd you will not wonder at the h0 Af distress that goes up from this i Fortunate State. That other piket Is this :' The taxable v-.ln1 . of I property of the State in 1860 % O490,000,000. The taxable val tow is only $184,000,000, the falli f having been caused by the recoi )f the negroes and depreciatioh real estite. lere we have the a gular spectacle of ant increase of ti .s of altout five hundred per cot Ind a decrease of two-thirds in I aluo of property. Figures will i ie, but stieh figurcs as t bose will mu k man sick if he has an interest South Carolina. But this is not all, though I w or the sake of the human race, gardkas of color, that it waq. Let 'omiipare the expenses of 1858 w 1868. Legislative expenses of 18; f51,000 ; of 1868, $270,000, more than five times as mneh. I sentive expenses; in 1858, $5,00 in 1868 $40,000. Civil expenses 1858. S97.000 ; il 1868, 218,01 Why this enormous increase in i years ? In 1858 those who owned i 3tate ruled it, and in 1868 thosd m did not own it ruled it. I am i iay ing that the State should be tu A over to those who ruled it two years ago, but I a m simply giving Few cold facts and figures which I reader can digest and ponder. Bult still this is not all. The mi ive flounder about in the financ Mire of South Carolina. the more i velcome figulrcs we kick ip. .L year the total State taxes were $ )14,691, and the people were mit more able to pay than this year, sotton was not then selling at a fig' below the cost of production, 3 but- $487,109 could ho collected, loss than one-half. This year, hoiv ar, the drains upon the treasury hr b~en io great that it is found nee ,ary. to greatly increase the rate taxation an id anticipate the tax lext year, that is, collect the - tax 1872 next fall. Taking in the co .y tax, this will iake a total of ab, our fiillioi's of dolliirs to b6. r by taxation this year A nd that, in the face of the fact that less th mec-fourth of the amount could be rr ad by the utmost eil'grt last year; wvondbr the Peoplde of this. inisgoveri 9tate are inquiring one of anotl thaIt they are coming to. What tI tave already got, to has ailso be~ to Awakenl boiaidei Tle ittolitiln. Is time. T1he condition of thie $ta'e, cani briefly mmtied up thus :JDebt,,s teen aill Iions anid not hing to . pay with. Bonds wea~k, if not deinoi ined, find with a itoigs doiwti rioudolidy.- ''asdes of, th'is fe'ai .r aelt both payable this yeir to lb the s~ing rship aifloat yet a lii longer. People holding meetings aver the State and resolving not pay any more taesm 'The titeest ~'mpty; T hp .Yeghfltike ah .T-l sis ormaiy New York baekaltey el fighters, so ignloranlt that Clot di~ of them could pass an etarrindti'ni teach a backwoods drstrict solhool Ohio: 6tatg 'l'reasurar grown whila in offio; nvad 119:ng flie pinee. -Comptroller and Stat~ fIni elal Agent in ?'{ov York, both unl f'elotud. Ku.K E'ufradi'ng aroutid tb6 tippbr 4iountfy, friratndfug'fo i tabt tho d4,ils'of the da'y utide; eo of thd~ night. Militia called out o tb be recalled after' the Ku Klux I captured all their arms. Uni States-troops coming, ingy the t!!c and to' preserve ol der. Ifusiness,d t nSoj '6y searcee ; people distrustful sail sn ;.ofeers afraid to do their di dr don't know what their 'duty nogroes frightened from the coutl Into the t6*a, wher~e Wole) is kot to do, ald all tile lyad elomonta ki and plrow ifg a bout, . Such is thie< of ouxi L~i-d 187? r. l'eopeiqbh ri the Now York Indepe'n dt and 'oinnati dagette wl~l day f~bat in this is to be adea 4'ho rdtribt:i hand of an avn~g~ride ffom'iayelanp oint jb tiq pi thI afahapp ~t~ it lo.more the Workt of'heTJ (d oh.,f 1( Is nothing left for the devil to do, lhe hadl as well retire from the flu In Tile TiaI of tlie intli fori 'ot111y coitIII nslollers. en In the United States Circuil Co& yedterdia'y, W$. -o~dr sudge lWOigh od 3ind prisid ing' the t ial of the Bea - fort County Election ComIImnissiont was rueuIcd. Mr. O'Contnor conel d'ed hisi argument for the.lefencO, a was followed by it!r. Coil bin for t prosecutiou. After Mr. Corbin h closed, thle Judge delivored thle fi lowing to 1' " ut C 11 -:li -o-, - THE Ulli: mat Gendeimnof ithe Jury . Thee dcfo ro- dants are indicted unier the '2d 8, ire tin of the Aut of May 1870, en tied, "An Act to enforce the ligh j-,e of C itizens,'' and I need iot say 60 you, gentleinen,. who 'have listeneod i. the wiitnes.es in this case,'t.at it i. he trial of the greatest imporance. of involves the purity of the ballot be he and I ca68tiu you to'consider the e in- dence with the utmost eaIe. re imust divest yourselves of all par 1.eling, if aRY you haO, anx look re, the facts prove,; not as pas tisais, I wI as citizens and sworn jurymen. Y in. tare to weigh the testimony diliberal ire ly, aiid illion tlic slemnauit'y Or yo he oaths give your verdliot promptly. "1 judging, gentlemen, of the value n tihc tostlibony,,ou are to take in ng C on.sidledration th'o uanner of Is' if ing, and the experience of the wi ne: in eb in the matter of which tlicy te.ti in- -their style, tone, force and appea rx- alice. W hen yoe Come to dizcnss t t., matter of hand writing, its value wi lie depend Ontirely upon the eii u= ot ty the witneisse had for !tov~ing he charaoter, and their experience in distinguishing one inan's si y le fro another. It is your dut) in this case, is find out whether or not, the ciii re- charged in the indictijent has bc us committed at all-if iio such offkn< th have been cemmitted, of course, ti 8 is the end of the case. The offen< ar' are set forth in four separate couil |x. Upon the indietmlent you can bring 0 ; several verdicts. ini First. The general verdict of n on Second. You may find one or mc he of the parties guilty aud the rest n ho guilty. ot Third. You may fld all of tl in- parties guilty on Ono or more of t ve counts, and not guilty upoh ai a other. he You are to remember that t affirmative of this issue is upon t ire United States ; the Government mu ial assure you that the defendants a im- guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. 1st must be a doubt for which a reas 1,- exists. The testimony is fresh lch your minds, and touches no iiiti for matters of law. The cao has be ire tersely presented, and has be 'et argued with great ability on ho or sides. I hope you will r Dv- your beat endeavors to rea ;ve a verdict this time. You may ta es- the ense; of The jury retired, aniud at 6 o'clo of P. M., asked for imbrue tion in t of matter of poll lists, as they deem In- it essential. to know if the lits >ut court were'the originals or atuthen ed ated copies. On being inform ,oo that they woro exactoopies of th< an in the Secretary of Stat e's'offlce, thi 15- resumed.the delibeorati..n of the oai o0 At 10 o'clock P. M;, tbo jui-y return ed the following ecr vERnICT WO e find the defenidants, Ahfr n V~a'uis, white, and L. 8; Tiangle colored, r~uilty on all fon'r of t be counts ini the indict ment, and R.' Gloaves guilty as to the fourth con and recoinmend them to the mercy 'The jury wtas then pie,.n 9achi juror was called and asked as h i's agreeing to the vordiet, he answi tle ed in the atlirmnative. all . Mr. OOonnor, cotinsel for theo i to nodant, gave notice that lip except to te vrdif~dwas allowed il On mo'ti'bW of the Eilitriet kttotnq rd t io defeindants ih'rE ordered to to t ak en i/ to..9qmstoyto a wait the disj - itionio h oit The Pu Court then tdj uninmed, to' me a o-day ed 10 o'clocA.iM. Rod and 'icrrb Afao tIf ,14tljit or-~ Eaturday morning, says tho Cu ger berland Newe, of \Jounday, wit ma 21y nmention9 of a ruimor current of t ad ipersons iavi dg peektakilled li'.day te' o bfdret' } .lhe~ a'rs' aNear Gratt us- Frorm the W beeling Intelligenoer ill( learu. that -tbe persons killed' W mnd husband and. wIfe, strangerh i'n Al ity, part, of tIle 9Quatr3, frgq i is ; pahonnodk .o unty Va. Tj boy. h try arrived et l6ey d~fdb~c With tih ing two childreti brie a feeit'ea bort ose the terrible a6eidenf1oced'tred; T on- were on a sii tWArindsiliving abc dar halfa'mile from, tbhpt statil9. ind $etting off ti/o dia're tu ev, at once saa in- ed'6Wo''t,writh'the dat roen'it all asasdowi (hetgaak for thiffrrI6k 1l4, houb.-. O reaohIng a' bridge the fa blit q teok 4 h chIdxn aorbas, j likeo dd refirosthe mbtI. niav ti'e f~tWdt 'at of~ *4 r6h and jured the fat~or that he died wit 1sd. Ithe nait tow honr.. Na ns.a. OWashiiglutn Ncws. The action of the Senate to- day do. wrt mon.itrattl the f ct thatt no hope cn L. be entertained by the Uonservative u- oit zeui of the country that any 11 mFeJsu 0 of justice will be paised du u- ilog the presente $sip. The: rtilers d .f the Seite-where the party whip [he is snapped as ofton anud as vigorously ad s ever it was in tle days of the late >A- Thad. Stevens -do not intend that any nicasure which originates in the Hlouse, now holdiug a reputtion for vn-icmparativo moderation andNI bberall ty, shall hecome a law. They have Iultraged the 6enlse of politicl justico defined by the Iouse in the kui-kin to bill passed there, and have still for to er giveu cause for tho bad opinion a hivh ome of the lidical meuibers If the loer bratich entertain for the Senate because of its encroachuients upon the rig teaof the 1lonse, \lili ca Ing ;1olst horoughly that the ill iesty bill will not beoome a law du I ing the plesent session. This Can not be s.d tq be unexpected. It touched almoat thilo bor(lers of absurdi. ty to imaiuo thiat the Hadical Songtq, :r wl: ch has nut fel qiute so pra'etically In as the it mse ot' liepresentativos the of changes that have occurred among the to Il 1'N, would coisent to abatidon anl v iota of the great power it has exor chsod for w) lotnsr The ,tuestion being disenssod to-night, is will the stern dictumi of the proscriptionists who ru the Senate find favor with the m ajiiorirty of the House, or will that. . bod* bu true to itself and Isist the encroachilents ivich Ve'iug at in tempted, and which even Radical I eblliers have recently beei resenting to fron their seats. It e.innot harm the IDemocratic and Conservative party thai res iloe .not permit the elinettacnt of liberal statutes ; nor can it be to their disadvantage that es the scssion should continue, excepting that it mnay keep some of themi away frog' Lhcir privh- bu{Liness, as in too inany ilstunces it it present is doing. A They should be heme now. There is re than there has been for na, ny months; n .1 th.- t several are absent is a source of nao-ttle regret to thse who are he warrin~g Zo nouly in defence of tle 0 principles of their noble organivation. Rdical members know very well that t ey make no e i piral by remaining in Ae I ashIngton. There is danger of he splits and breaees, and personal vitu _t peration nod bandyi.iig of epithets Il which does not affect the Demoersey ; It and 'or tle lear of that thiy are anx ious to get away as early as possible. If the early adjourniient depends to upon (lh adoptioni of this ki6 klux bill ha it caine from the-.3enate, maingled ! and tortured otit of its origival shape, ti the Demooratsshould be atrong enough So with tle few Reptublic.ans who can not consciention..ly vote against a e measue whiich ihe best constitution allawyer their party has in dte Son k ate refuss to endorse, to provent that e adjourinmet, anI let the war go on. Ad Aread there are inutterings of fears that this session his brought no good to the party ; but thte leaders of the ed ultra wing will risIk ,eerytbfng to rcarry teir points. topubiTon .. in the Senato who raiso their voce Sagainst further prosription, or in' ihe cd fonce of medensrt to promote further justice, are brushied adl~ o;as ofj o ~n portance, whiatever.' 'This onn end only in wide diartiption, and the ed longer Congress remains in session Yz th3 inore certain the changes of its SThe Cotton Tax Before the Bupreme Court. as Thie Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel to say s : r- "From the telographie dispatehk ase to fhe decision 9f the Supreme 'e- Court in the CaL.4( of - Frriiigton' s. ed S an ford, involving the outistitutionsli. noC ty of the cotton-tfiX law, the opin Ie iea to >h ver eiteni'Vfly ~inJine d d, !thtit, tle dourt decid~ed i'n invor 9f, its be c onstittionatility. Such is not the o- case. TIhe Court was equally divided Ion the questionu, and,fherefor'e, really et ropiderno decision; . That divipion, by operationt of law, left the degison of "the Court, below to stasd., in' a word W 1t: was at drawn hattle1 and the dog9 - if ttddfe. by Congrois is le l6 offer(' to dtile Southern cotton ta*-pyeri;, n~d owe hope they will proipety seued for 7ard theitr .dlaitfjn to flerschel V. Jfnsoff & Co. T here is every roa. oto hope for justido at the hand.ls of Coig ress." at . holnederoaso Napoleon Bona. p'. parte arrived home in Baltimore on ud, Sarday. .~ New York he . told .a sir- reporter that he visiteil the Emrper~o' de in 1Mngla:nd;.and had a .long conversa af tion'l tith hi'm. H4 f6sund the Em~pe. )n his receptio. at. tNover. Colodel rt, t 'naarte a~ fai'th' .in the :reitpra. sir tion. of the, 4poloon dinasty, a44 bi.e lid4 liefes anare iy' will not coag until th. thst dyithaty is reestabtisifd. He utk regards I&ptblI'at ~an' 1osb.d inrapo.r-S4idre e bin wives, If Dr. Hertmullew, a Oermau pbye emn,. as uei u.' LAst Days of the N. C. Legislature. A The closing scenes o the g'o.eral A.setnbly, recently adjourned, were marked by some unusual and strik. C ing 0 hi ipna. .When the rosolu. S t in chanks to '*Speaker Jarvis, Of b the House of Representatives,-a I a resolution riehly merited by the most fi worthy rcoipient--wj motodk the h colored members of that body, with, perhaps, an exception or two, took b occasion to express their acknowl. , odgements to th t gentleman for the C rairness ahnd imatialty lhiolt he l extended to thom, and their sense of w the uniform kindness with which they c had been treated by the Democratie v, members generally. Wo can, indeed, b recall no one instance, during the tI whole course of the Legislative pro- 04 oeedings in either louse, in which the colored members were accorded anything but generous and friendly e( treatment, although, in the earlier si atages of the session, before Holden , was impeached, and while his malig- di niant counsels were yet in the ascend. fr ant, some of them indulged in mis. fr gu idcd And violent harangues. In of this respect a marked contrast. was in presented .to the coursq of certain m Radical members in previous Legis. is latures sioe the negro has had a et voice in tile Assombly. It may not jA have escaped the recollection of the w public that, in the days when carpet- k4 baggers flourished in the Capitol, and Nt flaunted their brasen impudence in tii our halls of Legislature, there were tb freguent acrimonious and unparlia- w mentrg altercations between them cc and their colored allice,-in one case to proceeding to that extent, . that 'tte ar late A. HI. Gallowny shook his indig- ul nant first right under the nose or the "gay and festive" Eites. We do not J, hesitate to assert the opinion, that the m negro nmctubers of the Logislature are lo looked out upon, by the Democ.ati6o majority, with far, 1Iole .lliindi andl favorable eyes than their br~cthrsl' In w the Federal Congress are by the Radi- go cal anajority there I so Let us he- t tM.. ..,wi. y cdgemients, on the patt of tb color. od meta bers, are the harbingers 'of better feeling and of returning roa. -on,-of the incipioet conviction, which must come, sooner or later, in to its 6OXteilt, Ot6 the ,truest friqnds of Si the negro race are to to foind among ST the people with whom their lots are b< cat and with whom their genuine hi material and moral interests are ideti- hi titied. If so, tU6 a~ugury, is an nu. p1 spaioous one for both race.'- Wd. Journal, Col. 11ions Letter. oi Colo'nel James II. Rion publishies t ( letter in the VUlumibia Phonix; whioli t4 we Aivo in another oWUmn. . . Ile takes note of some of the ovils IV whichirest upon the State, and give, k suggestions of remedios,-some of whi ih, it Ctuis to us will fequrie pa. tieni npiting for, especially that of J "the overthrow of the N4ationiil lRidf- al cal , party," which lie looks rl uponas aner all, the great relief. oc Ilis advice to fosist "in every way w hhort ot rebellibn," thle colletion of the November tax, is ioL needed; it would seem, when we refleet that tholi 01 vernment will probbly pIt d A thmid awhle; ainyd in ovqry way see - to P ndiGk'l t ,is littlE a~ burden as possi. ble. el A s to wshat he says of "the mon tl strqus system of eloot ion fraud.," we quite concur, for our .election law Is h infamoulsZbut this .yill Jo~btlesi be9 ohringed before the State has aniother t' RA to what he nyu "of the robbery a of our property," &c., and the "squan dering of tho money raised by taxa- 0I glon,' itn must be admitetd tbat lta i boTds toegn'uoli ef truth; n'nd yet it~ a fa notcdiffion'lt to iee that' we niins6ii renimpdy thu as ,other, 8tates >remedy h sinmilurgiv~a, pa noly, ippar6 b getting upo a olitical pape where the eic s1t'd f bettot le gslat'orsjs asured..W arb ~iraking sonie yrbre s in hist fircul tion, though somne pooble tefuld tol~oo Itis su geSiqt fe i E4idue6t? to tho onita 9610o6 respecting 6l110 mnanage'ment~ oftie elections is sorne-.' .vhat at fault; &e this Is merely a a mattdr-of.statute1 which ean be flkd a at ie next gissiono ofthe llegisntuge. S Iiis ropormmepdaituop for asconstitu-- ' tibial amenan'ilenp to, pr'opide for~ a ~ .thtee-fou'rtB ud'te of diLe branch. 'of ithe Legisisre' 'on dall NvatteWs <I pertaining to appropriatione, oreatingJ debj, eto;~ ii rfght at d wise; IT' 'seenms strp'nge that this safeguard I shlould have been omitted from the ~ Oihinise1au'pdrydiad a~ Itabsiu ' City a got en .,egitoer there wh4fi; i a bao elon dr }i~hmV .0b M.* in toad l id4 ws ~~~ fetikred tq r at folodb i e' 4~%~ tISme w h ( our' washi eg ye fh k a hUl that I bahe~' in tia a.tIl~e be6 uol re d fiea I)tt1 wb th irl.esoy tet co'epn e 1 Judge Stetenting an Old 8thoolikte t be Hlauged, bn rVridy last, in the . Oioiaal oort;) at Memnphis, F rankj Gy spihaan amuel H. Poston were sentenced to 0 haoged, by Jud g Flippin for the urder of a 'Virgintan, nameJ Soho. ald, in Cuba County, about a yeat go. Judge Flippin then spoke as fol Iw : "Samuel H. Poston, this. isi ao of the saddelit 'eras in my ife' uparnts and their Ahilden kiew oh other. We grew up together, ent to the same bohjol lie fame iurch, and played, on till-a4. ilay, the same innocent games in )yhood' Years have passed since n. Our roads in life have diverg 1. You io*stalid oobvioed of4 'eat, a capital; Erjahs; and I, as the -oat minister of the law, have impos I upon nmo thepiiifuil duty of pas ng upon you te sent.i f h, ore it consistent with MY cial ities, I 'would that this cup past cm me.' But I cannot sow shrink Dm the performance of this Ia and raial r , uirement, niiust not; the future, though othei viotime ay fall to avenge a violatd . d law. It therefore the sentence of the Durk at you bp .re an.dod to the County il ofh by , ,opty, the placefront )enoe yoetoftne to.bo t ere seourely. ypt until .riday; the 26th1 gay of ay next,wten Xotk will l talen, bx e Sheri 'f.bShelby PJ;nty, between o hours of 10 A. M. ad 8 P. M., thin one mile and a hilf of the urt house of said County; ind. then be hanged by he noek intil .5% Sdead--and 'may Gloa have meroy on your soul:' . When Poston was Oaliel, both th' idgo and Poston werq vory muchl ved. Poston shook like an aspern %f and had to grasp a cheir for sup t 'At the' ,pon9luhion of tjie sen nce, Jidge Flippin wis in tears, ai ka also nearly iltl ,the larg. crowd thereod there. It was a. moo affect. Dne, and. will eier b'. ramiamhered those who witnessed it. It will be seen by the following; ken from the New York Sun, of iturdgy last, that a wh'lesalo stamp !indling ooneern in kbit bity has Ion detooted, with 'vhieb a ma&R iling from, this Statei who gives s name as ?avid A. Miller, is im: loated by iD own confession For some 'me past the neighbor' igl "f Wall street has, been fooded ith oleanoI revenue stampi of vari is denominations, varying' from one ni to fifty-dotlare in value. Yes F y1 . o .. Whitey aiestea t0 .o is -loo ing young, nop who have ng been etnployedA, 6m6 tly bro. irs as clerts, and in their joposso' und a valise in which weg 'about 20p000 worth of stamps; , The ma rity of the stamps bid been cleaned 1 we ready for the narket. The mainder were muoh defaced. The eaned itamps. were perfect anR ould defy deteotion, except at the ands of an epeit. The young tien when a'rieate ids a full bonfession; and said tha oy ed bloride of soA for the irposo of removing theU defacing 'arks. The stamps, aftera being eanedj were packed~ so o1~s.~y tb46 cy co'ila be caried lii a valise. lo prisoners wore tabcer to. .polleg iadquarters, whore they gave thd ames of Charles D; Sari bner, age~ nyour; native of the Stateo ew York, and David A. Millen ~enta twenty-three, native of South, aoi.'In their confession,' they atdth they had been employed tiiui wb'rk sine Deoemdet tass, so lidd dipoosedof thoasands of dol re worth 'of detaoed stamp's, *uaooi ad been cleaned. 'the Norfolk Jo'z@ 1 sys: io basiso ar he 09v1eftive glatfouna ir the Presidential olpptipn.~ It has een scoep' ed by jho couetry for lottecr og. wogpe,' and no party oan nee 1by uiaintaining that the late mesdmentsjare null and vol4. Thesq. ngendmiente pro among the resultsof 'ir 4n, gopo er bagt,;.;'gh$ le rreng, whether~ borp of$ forob or ?frog ill~ they pre there ; we are 441ng un'. or, them ; and an overwhel og me arity of the votes of th doqary wilK e oast gaiast-agy 'e4d4 i4te who ay beod ttedWto a of them; luar strongest argnmbt alinut the ladioal part are.po~ by their ~payvin by t gteadnna. 4i s'l'irele in Oda hey bou be next Pre tei~W~~5* r'be departed q6d4 'tjdo%'htb hate,~ em. Ohat he at a~l4~ good S1er afI6 .