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Desportos & Williams, Proprietors.] A Family Paper, Devoted to ScienderAxt,1hqutv, Industry and Literature [Term-$3.00 per Annum, In Advano VOL. VII.] WINNSBORO, S. C., WENE'SDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1871. [NO. 25 FAIRFIELD HERALD 15 rClinkt.iiiKn w~'iliimt.Y C.Y DESPORITE'I & WEL LIA'HIS, Terms.--Tu ttn a s puCI A1 S IIb Ii-31hed WW'ek in the Town o' Winnshoro, at 0:3.01 in. rubly in ade'nce. AW All transient, atvertisements to be idl in) ad via nce. Obitumry Notices and Tribules '1.00 per uare. "Ilitiler linto lrvir tli Things thalt are A Letter up n South (a-oliwip A1r irs, from I 8ou1h ( 'f7ointion la ]'reSi dent Gw't. oLUMaIA, S. C., NoioIlir 15, I '-. T1o his Lhielency U. S. Grant, Me& rdent of the United (t. Sin : A t thA isrinis in t be puiblic affairn of thi.4 State. I venture to ad drean 001s-i to yn ur l'W:llenrv. As 4 Svutlh Caroiioin, anid ab.i) an Ahi-;rs eit. z 0, is my right and mny por! :, it' . l lho !-e, t" place ti" coa n. n smo befre the PreCA. dett -0 t 1 i . Rep itli et. i Shall do i , iih i du r: i; f .r iho high otlio. wheeh0 iuhtan a fuill ap , eet tion af my e Itop iiraiv! ob rvu it At the sW time. I shall dii~sct iem timt ose duity n th .Ahat 11dr:n0,ie eiu n h co n.%od thle get n re s in& voilv'd, I,- in , ill t eib .z p 't e u : -I that tu e i s h rt ei aonl wih it is MU:' unbestUlig in me to alppt ch your Exe Illency. Your Atorney e ularat wvie' reonutly ont duty at .orkvilie, in thirs ; e, and, whilst there, I :tn if ed th.t. it is nlot unlikelv that mn Adieka. a white maU, and ont U nnuen-L a negrn, man, did rei.t a di:t.tigishel ( r . .;lnianl, nd :Ls v ier -th hea -.nollenge anid dh fy t!m4 seU1and unwt unerupubus benehtuan that yo may hve in; simh Carohina to con. nleet my naue, )Ir my privato or my public conduct, with any et .,t. -.ariauce witLh the law. Apart from t philos.ophy and true interpirtat inn. I knJ-ow as lit'le of thi Ilegedl Ku Kiuxiam inI prtons i)~ou-bt li'a rinra as does jour Excellency. But of tht phii'l isoIh and tru.: iterprelatit I have very distinot vi--w. wich I shall taxe oCemsion to t-uhitit to Your Excellency in the course of this let ter. With these preliminary ohservation, I shall now iundert.ke to ltiv biefore your Excoileciey ani the oountry tle case of iujnred and iinreprIe ted South Carolwa You have put tihe case in court. You aire the high pr e cutor. I Makei ilt iii ve if he ad vocate iOf the State---obero in iiante, bi strong in the integrity of mty 'aiS thrioe-arimed, becauC:ei miy quarrel is ju st. A llow io, 1iow, to e.0rr)y yout Excllectv iy back to App-)Ia tt oY. You will nOt objict. I' a Sid dav to nI of the South, it w. a ponlud dAn: for you. ()t that day SoNuth aro Hint, in comimon with the Southorn Confedei acy. Sieied to lleav'i s do cree and your siong "attalions ; gave up the catuse for whiebi shte had gal. lantly foiught, ar.di sutre.tlerel aill the hopes and all the dreamtt of Southeri niationality. IlThe State formally re pealed the ord inace of ACession, abolished thue inistitutioni of A\ fricn slavory withiin her borders, antd re tnme in~ gera heo iiton t The fu ture becam ne promiisinrg. Thle late Confedlerates and our' people generally watedi a countriy to 1love, anid of which to ou piroudil. T hey wnere d isposed to give~ to thei Un itedi States flag imuc'h ofC the dievotijont tha hadv been lav'ishetd on the "i'~Coquredl :faunnor ." 15ut the couraa of good fooling waui not :'0 iX'eredt to tun smoothI and to conidect iis to a n aited people and a resitored Unci on. Thei fell ip ir it of party am developed itself. 'The mbonIster since k nown as Randical ismi reatedc its anugiy eet. The scheme of Tl dical roe ,nt r'tctioin was pti in mipitioniii. Its th tot, Thaddeus :(teveini, bodly prioclaimed that his ('uSt ii tnuon. TIheitee beiganr the - trioubles wt ich have ctiuniited in tht sit mai ion.---mihltary, linaincial and~ gocieral -which this unhappy Stato now p'reents. lHofre the present, ge vtanmen Ct ws .im tposeod, th rouig h P'od oea innnenct , u ipon S out~h Cairo li na, t he white peoplec of Sooth (ari lina mattde to Coingressi their remnon itranioe and suibmtted their a ppeal. 'Thosei are iipon record. Thte writer of this letter was chairman of the committee who bore that remion stranco and that appeal to Washing ton and laid it before the Reconstrue tion Committee of Congress. He had the honor and the privilege of addres Ping that committee in tha basement of the Capitol. Ho spokte to the head ntd front of reconstructioni-Thad dleus Stevens himnsolf- -and prot outed agaiinst thu mnonstrousi wrong thait was about to be done to the ostracized - white peopio of South Carolina. Hem ventnred furthor to say that the ag imna folstedi upon this Stato wau o I the law of G1d.[and that, there f (,it would not and coil'i not en d ure. Will not your Excellency Wdit that the writer's nnticipations havn been swiftly realized ' Look his.day at our Executive, our legis. laiive hi.'iory, our ruinkel finan1,1ces, ..ur di.ordered State stricken in its liberties and its industries ! Let your Exellency contenmplate the spectele which 3on yourselfI present --to-day seeking to hold up with your bayoucts the rotten falling pyrna muil A reconstructed South Carna! --the pyrartidi which pligmtny stantes inen have sough to t Imike iet upon its sharp apex instead of its brond base. lint the scheme1113 of Eadical recoin rnuct~ion was placedn operation. The d tiands of pnrty required the experimnn t to ie nade. Nced we point your hccellecy to the hirtory of South Carolina for the last thrcet yeari ? It is the Istoiry of a pluu dered ant outraged people. It is th history of misrule, proflhvney, fraud and corruption. No sooier had the doors4 of the State becu opened, prior to the ieginning of the recn itruct lint era, when a horde of hunigiy thieving political advenntinr.a crce to cour State. Theme fhttered the hopes and fostere d th the prejudieca of the itno chised freedmin, ann d struck hand, an I united fortunes with the naliva ren.e'n '. ou, was fOrnnl ai comba~ltin nn preeded al! "Q ii that h lVe Come Ulo" thi., vit.aute. I, lyal l eagu s -ecret. ON:ith h..tind pre .-, }olitiona , tailliary, r -hyious andl unh-trial in charaicter --wer establkihd All over the att. Trhe aitagonisn IPet,.teien the two races that inhabit South Carolina wa' ant "11lly kenpt up. Then followdci tho-.e ev.'t,' which hare nside tI' hiitory of I' aIto:i'ii-n at .ieusgr' 0- to e.v-1tzt n ii y - o ir nx ? I" 'i h. Lhands ,f irg# la trs vim"e n; on ..pens bribe Gov S.;ott onens (he door of the peniut. e-iiry to hi conviet pets and bend~s them back to t ht - e >n umn nities whence they had been taken by the hands of justice. 'he Lnd olnision perpetrates its swindle. The wahe State egiwe beome s r n t of orrUpi ti-iii, t ah -ir eya heathy spot upon its blakened sUr bae. Th e tr.tl rm of 4 n h lI - lina htnn eeomei Nok, e n rvwi8ii and 'iindsele rrom norreiinin. mUinder the-se ci n !-tancs, nited vpur V. xcehi W y % it in h> on: hlav. fie nigh at'. ited the spirit otf 'Iot;Ia7 iy in tho peenple I Udti szicn 0111ndm Itances ,V ned younr Pxe'lleinir wonder that in pnortion s of this S an-, at:, nf Is it unrestonnable thut, provokled be yomn (niurane. local defenm-iv e antid proerite hands inny have b'eenn or ganiz ./ Whatevtr your Excellency iay think. we knnw what th(- judgef ment of thi countrv will he when Al t fac'ofsothe shaM hu brougl't out. TPhit jK dgment, will be thatt, if mnen lin the Up ntny have siined, thes hav" als been stinncd agains ; and. Wt., -alHr.ot be sne'prised if thie cotin try dsinm nit yet wonder tnt the nioder ati''ns aid endnuranen otf ounrpep, 1l' enitr Excelency now undter atn :ii fu; nlly) on tinis sui*et, I otp pos :, aind htav'e everi opptosed, setni't snnciatioins, organized fort ponlitic'a or disciplinary punrposesi. I believe that tihe evil therew ith anssociated eniounterbaianees the good. 'There are in additin, ethieni coiniderationsi w-hich cointrol tiy judngmnent and deC termii ine miy act ion in the question. IWhilst, thereforei, I cannot defend winat, thnene is, or mia y hnave beein, of K' nn I' luxismi in Sioutn b Caroilina, I in,. tern', tneverthltess, to givec my imnpres. iouns as to its true phiilosnophyn aind its correct i nter'pretaitiion. litoweven' diperted byv band anti irnponsible me in fromn its o )rig irnal pu'rposec how - ever nused in somne ces ton gratif'y p fersonal mial ico and car'ry private endsii; whatever there is, or hast beetn of Ku Kluxiin in portions of Soutih Catrnlinan grew out of the weckiness annd coirruptionn of our Frate regimie, aindi ha~d tfnr its object tine prnotetion (of pterson andt propjerty,~ even to the sinummtiary infhnetioin of dcathn ipotn evil dtnnrs. Th'ik was a bold resnlve. 'Ihmis was a desperate reinedy'. But let us not forget that the d isease was als d51(espierate, arnd tine provoncation gret'. I cainniot defe'cnd thet att of aiuitinmary veingeance commnitt ed, cithi inr by3 whnite mnen on' negro imert. have tihe actors in the'se tran.iactjins to thle jnudgmnennt of' Ieaven and1( thec judn(gmneint of' the courttry. Befonre these tr'ibumnais each mannn wh'Io hast as Sunmod tine responsibility of' exeen tioner', mnustt answer for imiseif. T1he onus of thne act rests unpon the actor. Bunt those considerations sitll not prev'ernt ne fr'om raiising my voice againsnt tine efforts to mnin-repren'ent our people andin to miako pol itical enapi t al ount ofC those acts of violenice wineet haveo booti the diuretit resuit of a cor, rupt and fe'xblo admuinistration of thn laws. Tnt it to be wondered that where there is no law, that the peopl< shtnuld uwake a law unto themsnelves Is iti be woontderod that the Loya Un'io~n Leagues shonuld have led to th< fo innsLi en of nnnenine-defona' an protective societies * Iot.bogh I hatve 1thus, Mr.% President, br1oughtl thw hb-tory of evenits ill Soeth :il oli na to a comiparativevly recuet peri oil. Whatever thero was of Kit KiUxililn or lylali law iorganii atLitli iii South Carli"a, prodncd a pio fouiil iIpressioll upoln the thiievin;. otlcials, 8Eate and County, in this State, upon tho maliciousi negroes, and upon "vi doei in goneral. A SWord Of DamIO'el %14 1tI w -jI sspeIdId a 0bov t h hea0f thlee peop-. ail tiho aito e; quiet. Gool lietI felt no fear. I ad men t.rem1hed. They knew nat iov soon the .veonger wiould comle. Nit this wateC of thinjgs was, of vourseo, not agreeable to the cairpet-haggo , the renegado arid ther malleiona nero This asweid I.f I lan u l tv bt must h Ii no v we d 1 v - ernor Scott could Mot remove it. Le "'Y :w !n trein led. Then wv:%. f,,injed the groat conspiracy, inl wh ich you, Mr. Prc.<idit , have been drawn an an insttuiint ito carry out the progrtniamme of "nse upullous. anld alarmedt- mon. The plot opens witti a gloss enggera tionl of the. acts f ou .gesin t i State. It I, 6oI .ved lp wiLlh s ii - rerei entti o l 4 tie sijrit .i jur. mes ,!lgedto bwo tlierewah conl-Wt Lno1 wIrdiO isi about to be I xpone (i avernor Scot L otiterz, thio-e o' -piracv. Urg -d to inspend the wri 'fNa' c r*1-- inl . Ca, h ) 'a -,):n . You r. Cib' a ii .l toi the'0 ) - i l po er la I % I i Ili C lit .iVi p o %' v r', tatead Voederal,. im 11M. eCpta to thef emergei.cy. I-e! I cmaspiraitors, vail rep1rFiiesa -l 1 in th e I' ri*- ". of .e - \'' thinu ,. \ ' W aue M '. . "' ? I. 1 i A I ('~U :0 41 F lio a, :na' ' l: v i,.nd your war uI a ill S.I C:aroh ' a bg i n W. Y'i, ahii og h It I. . '!arly 1e a Ve i ti yF:ear A in 'a.\ 'pe i l i ll (. resone I -UI liii 1101 a t '-ar 0 b .1 'a N ii,h of :ia 'al . e : 't i are v t . f its I i .i. t'ePidtnt Gent:Q -at the Iiui trls vo won in walr ighting0 F.>r what i ooi n to doubt deemei th right. , it liat thee. hureb msitit :, Co.pelis tid inear Kistig! 3u wi th r ithviaind ilise ? I A itl no w, Mlr. Pi tie delit. let tie protest. not 01nlyv ra whin the Miris and ,bun.,g it Ibii i I.l( t w i l y C p..n our indus~i yo ih i - but ;1! (, !;t j ! put. st, sVi i Il l IQm d , the cIida'the %.o~ ol le '- v'al writ. . 1,erso:: libWty, i d po(1( p ,..in in thisan e,. ..!er (he K1 Klix At -t of o' e U . I-, Iies C e ocurrd tio Your. .::.;I). . a: I.. itr, but1 cat1. g ur I he d .:edY of .It "eMr .tiil i onal .%A 1 ,of f .e t t - gr. i lf b a W i ma i.od ai epted leg m , th la alit I deIbgated pW --r anna iet d. ho y, . The Coll. IIititi(n of til. aigted Silal^I. whiocl are sw rn t" in.,serve. prot,-ei vodv de t d. ay tit of e esma u p n th. privih o (If : w Agh ilsi 1101 55 ii. ( I. ' i f iS I ('nges h o nly1 by h e ,'otiitatin of t he Rlepubli. el t , t the f n .*taes C pprove d A p ii '. , 1871. s,.h to del ty e this paw to the il ,1 dent, an d ll1OWS hbuo")l to ex1 CCise i.s haellio orth ivs," referred i tot~ PainO 'si ti ng.or u~Ti le or. eside t in. vetedt h y'u with impe U$ril power, andi fro th e a'i ttceple hi chaa i ~'ltheI 31ark Ani iltin ofta C e gi es tenge hto liou. IButl yoautr hacelen yyreli Alajes., I uatht ad d eize tetndre powr.w.. id mre. en lourw proclamtatinr i tb17 at, ofory~aou n procee to cbrry o thi deleg taton of your powerpo othe, Uni youre Miar ishal~t, andbs thorzed o doelegte t o' hii eput, 'awail ho eeu to then te to a u ptplen wn hsi e comes tro this inv that anali thoftei mtovr, Itheall unto of heo wil oi orlotof aymtdoay lil ora negro II7tet hoevr linuefecual tsi r be. thI boundie.< of n 'ondd '- od" prnd befor" w4. we.shal nr.t 'dhyain$ Nor abali we abandou our mvother State in the, hour if her greaitc4 need. Claimling (-nly Mhit i., justA, and air sball hold mi'to th 1" broh'.1i itarA of the Statt and pour upon t them in I avishm treanits tho rieb libot0ins of a more han ytnanduvotion. .. If Iyou Iu .se to th e heilgh4ts of your dley, ' i..Ndin' what yot lbei.en. by i eh tiA IMlpo to do. V ithd r w kvour sldiern., . RediM .yir to iiitt rv dI jk!'nS. J. iinit ;us tio JIM n Il 1 1 II' sueu. I t1k of B'rke,jQ4 eA rc' nfe. an i doiled su~hgt h ispiril, of lihirry Thiink- .V V i us, i wh llby a un fit nanimllous policy, b1.1 made the conuered peopl" of batium the frienhjji of 11 >uau, and t hu- added to ier Iower and dignity. Yo ur E x c Ill eLn ey appers Luent upon the pa'iey of uaking w- upon the mtithern States.i Pnfdoti me f r the, .ui;.tgestions that you ennuot, it' you rognrd your Naim, retire tWo Foon fro Il is 03Aunpaign :oinat y, ir own e11111.1rImlen. The vniv elnlur before ."u are the nen, w-nen atId childretn (,f pilndered. stog.ging cr .u iis Th1,; gream. hA. rt of t ho puees fime ia stil in d'atb, and te m ar-woirti vetrati of the armis of tho (mfed ercy ar' itaing their broad by the swes;% of 'ih bows;. Yout enai, Mhr. Proid:nt, win no honors in Our p reSen1t, agg re(oi -J1ns; and UvOn if honor were po bi'tie, it llight :, well for fl) 11t0:11,er verl inl ruind :h,. liug gInfion (if a Chr'wi-in he1art, tha t "'e hti b ber victories no it.4s rtnnowne. !!:%: war. " I ant, res~peetto.i~y, you'tni. 11e1 iIffii't of 11 h - K iiuxy 1 ag 1 lo asi i:11%. - U ath pr- .'1th tliA1Dna. "Cenqrate. a.tter .,ro I k' '11 I. - j, e u' er t 1wIere a t 'll I he chief, exusejg of busile mb:n 1: dull i.4 that. neariv one-thitrd of o lie ies 11aVe Ilt. *le't etbuty o keep froml being) t hrow n io j~i;; ny n is exaited ; niotliing talked al .at but g..iug to jAil, titnd ileaving their fiii li" withont. any protection from the negroeis iild drunken oldiers, and Ilit y ae rIC tiheir familie s will Ouffi f r th necesnuu iA s Wl lif ,Wutb, the aro in pri -n. W e if this p,.ace . it'? b~e't lte'sted, butit m1ay be. 1'o., this ret,'he1 yoi, he in priSon tr heir'g K1 N-x, though we IUVerI he:med to I (or dert, 1601 ever have e"' u: v ; hi 'y : tn t ng up the inae'.l s :t wil .s the ui .. W e' exlw-i ith i i liem her, l th i. wev k, anid are preparedl to subh t;t t"l otr taLe. a ol uOl IUAd in tie Ia perts fromt thlis Ae )o o n~ r-y "n asw fro. I m a e le'1o VIrat p. pe, fW w e havre one or Itwo 1idiI pA p#,r.s, int arer tho maiil Calls of 1l1 this trolale. You ask us to -e Il jilI it:) rd itrr good.-sV. W e '.aai( not be doin!g Iurelv 11rl, oil dl, 11.1y 11-A h ahle to p y f or thmtI. Should titnes imp rte1uove we will i,!ntd you an oriu. The above is but a pior de seripti i uf thn tims here, K1 liiux Prisoners. Cohmnel Ed ward F. Av'ery, Robert May, Wmn, S. Me y, J1. Priks W il-otn, J. P. (Ja;tes, and 'Henry T'oole, (the latst tnamved being a colored iman, ar ire-ted in Yoirk on suspteiou of Ku Ktuism ,iwere tt.ken berfore Jud~gets H ind and IBryan on a writ of' Ana corpu)lI to--day, andt wereo discharged on batil Iin th isumo i of 9j3,Ol0 0011ch It is undellrstood that. tho Ku Klux pirisoners neeuseid of mtittos less tihln muderie matiy up'on ntpphinitio~n.b re ieai~. 0on hii utii t he dielivet y of the decisioni of thei Sutpreime Court. to which fitnal tribunal the casos will undoubtedly be0 taken on appoiai. All the tuemcbers of' the taxp-lyes' exeeltlGut i omittee not ha. v iing ar-' rived, the nicat ing of the commiiittee is deferred to to-mnorrow. A Sn tld Printer. itNo Yok at'itonday, by~ someI of the pmrinterA in that city, to t he vonerablec Joseph Bradley, whoc hast just comt pleted hlis rtinety-seixthi year, amli is lhe old est printer ..in the I aeited States. .He -till works nt the ease, and for corretniess aned spteed enn put to blusht many who are soores of years bit junior, . A it te Norwtilk Nnrf~ yvears old was Hatening,. .on; Sunday last, to at Fiblei stoty of Eluahhand:ii~ tihe tears. IlThe story was~ illui'tratd with a pitt ture of' tie vegerable 1RIdah gain out ba~freheaided. t h 'rdtting (t "ff at it and immendiatel.yif spokeou~t, "'a 1her, why ,d idrn't slpit phis. hat ott, thten they wound ga l 1e hoUwed The co~reysone of tha:dirst Mlgthe (1ist dhutrchi Salt, kal.e Ci vias laid'"Tuesd'ay,aid there i4e noadthe regular' uhreb~hor'ganWttidne of' thhit deonomiinaitiorn, and of~etebibepiscipa lI an, PrebyoinyndIotan ,Vho *Hrtpdg nd ated Ipolice ofl cera to hont up~ ttrutst&#)4 r9iuu4 *tai Florida 1o lhi Pit lider ) rtlal Law. I The New Yolk Faeidug po-t, of Thur.i2ay !,,;, the 23d imtt., pulis-hes thfolhowing si cialI dispatch fron it- 4l Washingr ton corr esp oet, under .d ite of thme i23d inig ant : The i 1Ka lit K "o oinittee have de cideld ii I C 0 teein ln d to the i (i lent the iSpensin of theo writ of l18ab1a. Corpus in certain sections of Florida, And it is believed that lie will not Lcsitate tocouply itih their recoin m end ation, i-t ivithstandintg the report rom certain quarw:a that ho leis an nounced hi.- intention of not suspend ing the writ. vitier in Geoigia or Flol id a. The Btn Post., in alluding to 0h... above i 'eon mend at ion of the Kn Klux Conun11ittee, sllys : Thu, statenicat of Senater Blair re garding the alleged Ku Klux outrogei at the Sounth, is of Cpecial moment at this tie, when the Prestident is deba ting wLeiher to yield to the demnall for mnartial hiw in Florida and ( or gia. Senator Blair iis a member of the invostigating Comlitteo, ail his etimate (it the testitmony ubt-.ied is glt3u ureliable as that, of the Dther mllnIiembers who IlaVe IL strong paitisall interest to servo in nioking onit a ate of lawlessness. General Biir explodus tihe whole theory of pol ticli p~erseention in few wIords, dveclarinrg that violenco exists in the South no inme than in other parts of the coni try, except in cases where tho people have itken in their own hands the piiishimt of etiinals whomt the Governmilleht has allowol to go un whipped o justion. This is no tuori than happens frequently elsewhere, without, even a hint of it-suirrection, or t need of niartial law. Si in i ta - neously with thiN statemicnt of Gunle rl Blair, t-ther meimberi of the Com mitteet: rive out that they have di e Ver"1d :1 rebIolli'll ill Itl r States, an-' ciaIl lopion the Pr'sidelt to dee are i. ilitary litw in ( :orgia and Florida, :.s the last 1 osort. There is all is.mo1 here iaade up on facts ; aid the pub lic 'Aill remueinhet the ab.urd mistakes ma121de by the re-Ilent rewirding thej "rebellion" in Vo01h1 C lina, and jndge whieh statement is the met worthy of lcdecie. Probilr Loss of a Companly of Miitrx. 'Ilie C" igo R 'lTribune ars . A silggular iemiinder of the approach of Winter e n n to us froi I'r h In a canon of the biQ Cottonwood )onltai -_ locality Iame fl r its 1.ver mies-the Csnow, fIr two or threeI days mlst week, fell with great rapidi tQ, iAn- now Atiovcr O,.ur uet e on u . leve 1, with hngr drift; tbiatv f-tIt hi;h. A 1:irge forve of ntoi-r were e!nght by this stormn far ul 'he e noi :md fe' t it ae ei: .term ined for their lwlt 2: It S ei' ""r va !Y nlot properly i uppioed with proii Tney cAn faln :helter in their imining nutS ; but WCidy it is thuought they hWve eaiti :: the food they had on h.and. ljif i a do1!!ar a 'ound Mai fe!to to7 st urs and pack-mei'n to Carryi thetn Ift ed, but no iRn dared At tenipt th p a: g., The South C.'rolina KLi-K\lux F.i: - 0r o to Ie trie at Colu 11m bia, have ieenre1 it appeairs, Reverdy Johinson to defend them. Tt. i.s mnen tioned( las a sinigular fact in this eon n'etion that Louis Johnson, a son of said Resordy Johnson, isi the United States Marshlal of South) ,.rolina, chiarged by his father, in a recent speeoh, with macking "arl eMts nithout a wa rrs lt."' Bt as there was a llrtn ins in the old Roman republic who IconldemI)ned1 his son, why may not his, toyin this1 110tter r'epeat itielf in Souith Crl ina , hiairassIed as that land of chivalry now~ is by free negroes, carpet.huiggers, 50calawagQ, United States troops land Ku Klux -Klaus i N. Y. Ikerald . Tlhe small pox in New Y.ork conin nocs to makel~ headway. TJho board .of lleal th on Thul irsday ropor-ted 43 cares durng" tile wook, algainslt 25 ease-s for the weekc previous. T[ho sanitary clomiti toe strongly red.ommeonded all persons to attend to ieinlation as thei best meansa of' preventing the spread of the disease. They also cnll atten. tion to the fact thant out of 90,000 per Ron previously vaceinated by order of' the board, not one has been re ported asR having taken either small pox or varioloid' Theii Hillsbhoro (N. C.) Recorder says I that a tr'fiec dealer in Charleston ad ve'rt i'i((d for chinquapinit, and a ooon skin firm in the mountains soon caverstocked1 hime. Ile wahted' to writVto the firm to etop, but couldn't sopell -.the -word to -save his thie. -So he just got mad and enclosed twsobingjgpins in a hiter and told bohm "~plesso don't een4 me ny more A lilttle bit of thing, v'ho had, 'gat g'ot, back from a party, was a-k ef by her mamma bow she had enjoy~ed he *elf. "Oh infn il' she sald, "I'm sa~full of happiness ; I couldd't be no happier withont~ I was. biger,'B WA westarn stock.breeder is proud of-the produiction~ of i bor; oolt, *ble beaooontsfor by the approtoa A Uowatdly Act. Our friend Judgo W--- called upon us to beg that we would not putiish a little affair that we never heard of until the Judge told us. We pronised that we would handle the inaitter with delieacy if we mou tioned it at all ; but it is too good to ho lost. It seews that the Judge has been un pleasautly imprcesod with the belief that burglars were about bent on steal ing, and carrying away some of the silvor plate fdr which his genial home is famous. It so worked upon his jlidicial ind that be procured an Old Springlield rifle, loaded it with niie bullets and the necessary amount ofpowdcr, and ie and his man Teddy took turn about watching the preui ses. To this they were moved by sundry suqpioious charautors found lurking in the neighborhood, aod oi one oc caslon the family was alarmed by an attempt to get in at the front window by some ruffian, who wat fired at by a colored servant girl who was ready to Iake allidavit that ahe "hit him in do back, shure.'' Night after night went by without any manlifostations of a serious sort, when one night the J udge was arois ed by Teddy, who declared that lie saw the vilIian in the adjoining vacant lot. The . udge pulled oin the drapery of Lis netlier limls in great haste and descended. The ft iendly allies held a concil of war an1d eaich was satis fied that the enemy could be seen daily prowling about in a vacant lot a joining the J udge's reosiderinoo. IIi honor took the gun, and in a loud VOice. deanauded W ho-hoo-hoo's thare 4 No responase came back. "If Vou do not. answer Il shoot No repons. but a stealtly move mont as if on the retreat. The Judge raised the gun to his shoulder, oock intg it as he did so. lIe shut both eyes and pu'led at the trieger like a mnle. Tll- old iron yielded, a nd a re.port followed that rang from Meri. diai 1ill to Arlington heights, and wakened all the police in the city. A roar of paii followed from the va cant. lt, but the .J udge did not hear o'r heed it. Ie was on his hack in a gutter stul Y ing astronomy. The old rifle haid kicked him over, and he saw more fireworks in the starry heavens titau ever before. Teddy sat him on end. Asisted by tw) of our efficient plico and a lo Io w d p, the vacant lot was examined for the dead birlar. No such ecniviet appoar-ed, but in his place a dead cow. Her milky soul bad sought the milky way through Iir-hi lo:. It appears that. since the pound ordinance as lobn enforced ia poor lei h woman was in the habit lit surreiti .oinlv turning her sukoy. doodle in that vieant lot w orop the riI grass ait nighl . Ju1dge W. su s he e'i tell to a cent t. cost of an Irish womin's oow. Arrsts in Chester. List of names of persons arrested ulpon the olarge of Ku-Khixintg, since our last issue W. MIhn Iardiii, E. ). Robins, O. . ~ in,*Joseph, R(bin1,: Thomas Robiins,* If. 1) llardwiock, D). T1. Da~rby, WV. Crooker,* Bluett M ayfild,* Aliek .Johnston, oolored, Henry Johnson colored, Green Divis, colored, Bock Worty,* colored, A. WV. Hlardin,* E. Inman,* W. HI. Mooro,*- W. Ax. Anderson, W. W. Casstles,* .J. HI. Robinson, Wash Estos, (. L. Ilard wich. John Casey. Tleaied on h~ail. The following whose namies were published in our last issne, have been released on hail: William Robins, Major John W Wilkes, II. G. Blrawley and Jesse Uard in.--C'hete~r Repcn-tcr. No Ku Klun in Virginia. The State toffloers of Vrirglii hve .writtten to the Ku Klux (committee in response to their iuquirins as to the condition of affairs in that Stamto, Fromt their letters it would appear that everyth ing was serene in that Stato , that the State debt had- not increased save from accruing interest, and that there are no Ku Klux with ii, the borders of the Old DomInion. A Washington dispatch to the Cincinna ti .Gesette vays: "At the lat cabinet meeoting Attorney Gieueral A kernman reported that he had two thousand prisoners 4in South Carolina alone, cap tumrod under. the: Ku Klux act. A debate followvod as to the ability of the courts andl of thme general govern~ment to take care of so large a proportion of the popiulation aind a general disposition was manifested to have* the arrests somewbpt teatrioted, and if possible, en~necd to Uuose ascertained to be aptiyo-it Ab Ku Kltux order." "J.6 thi# be tiorte in rnind : Tho United 8t ates GIovernmerit'ia Lking care of .Kw3lnisw... Ourstate con cern is, wth te9 finanoes., Aa Mr. Ch ainborl] alagone into tho liede, ral Ootift, wl'6. ctt give ud an 4d infos'lM Stbd 4 hio .er/Qua1 to~ prteotkI~atr.~rp The sale of Paymaster Hodge's hout'e at Washitigton (tays the Blos ton Post) tertmiuntes thfe somewhat in. ellootive attempt of the Government to got back the money il allowed its speculative servan t to squander upon the bulls and] boars of Wall-stroet. The insufficiency of the amount realiz. ed to reimburse the Government loads to regret that thn accident of discovery came when it did ; since now it is stated that Hodge was opera. ting for a fail, and that., had hi- been allowed tocontinue few weeks long ger, he would not only have retired with individual wenlth, but would have been able to refmd all that !.: had taihon from the Treasury. Tho suggestions which these facts offer will not be lost upon /retary Bout. W11ll, who is notably open to tho reception or l1hint. about a "policy" from out-siders. This he can obtain without even a promiso of payment and it. is that bia Department shall allowv tullioient sums to speoulativo oflicials for operation and investment, with assurance of imununity from ar rest until profit shall acern3 from the variations (if the market. It was only the undno laste in bringing Ilodge to account that precipitated his personal disaster andl the loss of the Governmentu. After five vear3 of froe use of publio Imetl , unniolested by the Department, 1l1dge had i presumptive right to as that his latest speciulation might bo allowed to proceed : and what, he did, there are probably dozons of others now en gaged upon, in whoso catics the Gov. ernmont will consult its own interest by consistently letting them alone. .I't States 0ourt--iu Klix Trials. The conrt convened at 12 M., yes terday-Judgo.i Bond and Bryan pro. siding. By agreement between the District Attorney and the counsel for the de fence of the prisoners, the challenge of the array made by the former on Monday was withdrawn. Mr. Corbin sumiitted a motion, that the panel of j'urore-unfilled through the ab. sence of a large number summoned be completed by issuing a reniro for a sufficient number. Mr. Jol neon beld] that, under an Act of Congress of 1824, the jurora should be drawn from the Judicial District in which the offences were alleged to have been committed. Mr. Corbin argued, that the provis ions oi the Act referred to- wers in tended for the District Courts, and not for the Circuit Court ; which view wassustained by the opinion of the court, On motion of Mr. Corbin, Mr. Chamberlain was sworn us assistant counsel of the United States. The order for the summoning of thirteen additional grand jirynen and thirty talesmen was made, and the court ad journed to Friday, at II o'clock A. M.-- enix. Singular Itludian Tradition. Among the Seninole Indians there is a singular tradition regarding the white man's origin and superiority. Thev a:ty that whou the Great Spirit made the earth, he also made three men. All of the nmen had fair cot plexione and that after miaking them he led them to the margin of a small lake, and bade them le-sp in and wash. One obeyed and camne out purer andl fairer than before ; the second hesitated a moment, during which the water, agitated by the flest had become muddied, and when lhe bathed he came out eopper-colored :the third did not leap till the water had becomot black with mud, and ho camne out black with his own clor. 'rho (reat Spirit laid before them, three pieka. gee, and,~ out of pity for tho naisfor. tunie of color gave the blaek man the first choice. Hae took hohld of each prokage, and having felt the weights, chose the heaviest, 'The copper.col ored man chose the net heavieet, leaving thes white man the lightest. When, the packages were opened, the first was found to ontain spades, hoes and implements of labor ; the socond enwrapped htuntong, fishing and w ar-like apparatus ithe taird gave the white mean peras, ink and paper, the engines of the mind-~tha tneans of mutual ment al imiprovemnent the sooial link of htmnanity. the foun dation of the whitesmani's sn periority. In Fiayetto county, 1("ntncky,,the drought huur been so severe that the fortuanteo possessors of wells, not yet gone dry, ea enabled to sol water at a hiandsomne price. ExSntor (iwin, of Californ~ia, Duk ofBonrahas just mande a -flo. "'eriko".in hle gold nine in Qalaterasn county, Cal , worlh, according to ibe loosl papnr, $p00,000 ao farsa al ready developed, It ispropaod.to stopi th. ,small poz In Phladelphia by inducing Grant to go over and tak. is. He vould sgoept all the Quader Oity bMs got. D'e "bridle.roin onily la&tw deritig 0. his of th e honorhwoon ; then comes