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VOL.. VI.] WINNSBORO, S. G, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 187h N
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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 .