Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 10, 1871, Image 2
Scraps and facts.
A great pear shaped spot, forty thousand
miles long, is now to be observed on the
sun. It is said that it can be seen without a
telescope through a dark colored glass.
It may be interesting to those who have
seut. for counterfeit money, in answer to the
numerous circulars which flood the country,
to learn that a full list of the names of such
is being prepared for publication. .
The planters of Florida are substituting
Sweedish laborers for their colored field
and fhrm hands. A planter who has them in
his employ says, they are the most efficient
hands he ever had, and do not drink, lie or
steal.
The Kickapoo Indians kick both ways.
Part of them live in Mexico and part in the
United States, and it seems that those in the
United States maraud into Mexico, and those
in Mexico maraud into the United States, the
two divisions doubtless sharing the profits
after the manner of civilized men.
A Louisville doctor came into possession,
a few days ago, of a rattlesnake, and to
kill it, and yet preserve its body intact, he
administered chloroform, and when all signs
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oi me nau aisappearea ne put it in a jar 01
alcohol. About fifteen minutes after being
J>ut in the spirits the snake showed signs of
ife, and lived half an hour.
Carrier pigeons, like a navy, are not to
be created suddenly. They have to be trained
in a very peculiar manner, and accustomed,
by degrees, to fly back to thfiir homes from a
distance of ten or twenty miles, then from a
greater distance, and so on, till at last they
find the\r way jsafelv over ^apace of one hundrtcT
m lUu frHMritaf mills. \ /
Wooden clothes-pins are an article of
export from Massachusetts. 300,000 dozen
of them have been sent from Boston to different
parts of Europe within two months.
Wooden pails and washboards are also exported
largely. The town of Wincblridon is
the headquarters of the wooden manufacture
of this country.
* It now appears that the leading telegraph
companies in the United States made
propositions to the Government last fall for
the sale of their lines and franchises, and that
a plan of postal telegraph service was discussed
iu the Cabinet, favorably by several of the
members. It is now expected that the matter
will come up at the next session of Congress.
The African Repository, for August,
says: The American Colonization Socity will
dispatch a vessel on the 1st of November next
with emigrants for Liberia. Some 2,000 very
respectable, enterprising, and industrious people
of color have made application for passage,
and urgent requests to this end continue
to be received from various parts of the Union.
Darwin may as well succumb; for a
Carfornia Chinaman says it is a tradition of
his countrymen that the world was made out of
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who labored at that great enterprise eighteen
thousand years, and then died for its benefit,
and that from his flesh came the fields; from
his bones the rocks and mountains; from his
hair and whiskers the stars; from his breath
wind, and from the insects on his body the
human race.
A young man recently called upon the
editor of a paper in an Oregon town and
asked to see the file for 1869, which request
was granted. While the editor stepped out a
moment, he marched out with the file and
used it against the owner in a libel suit for
five thousand dollars damages. The plaintiff
recovered six and a quarter cents, when the
persecuted victim turned upon him and had
him sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary
for stealing books.
Among the cariosities of the Irish census
just published, is the paucity of Jews. The
whole number in the island, thus classed by
the government officials, is 258. Of these 185
are registered in the province of Lemster, sixty-three
in Ulster, and only ten in Munster,
TvhikvConuftught wattot nowoter t*.si?gle One.
If we accept the common belief thai the presence
of these peculiar people is an unerring
evidence of thrift and prosperity, the showing
is not all favorable for the material condition
of Ireland.
A new sort of speculation has developed
in England, in the shape of buying and
selling, policies of life insurance. Men take
out these policies and sell them at auction to
the highest bidder. A man in Liverpool
lately bought a 815,000 policy from a man in
this way, and two days after the man who sold
it conveniently died, thus enabling the purchaser
to acquire the amount called for. This
business, we should say, might be made dangerous
for the man who sells a policy on his
life.
Apprehensions are expressed by some
northern journals that this Continent is threatened
with another visitation of Asiatic cholera.
The fact that the pestilence has made its
appearance in Poland is considered of signifi
cance, when taken in connection with the first
general irruptifih of the cholera in Europe, in
1829, which first developed itself in Southern
Russia. The tornadoes and floods which have
distinguished this and the last season are asserted
to have always preceded visitations of
cholera.
Some time ago, Dr. Revillont, in a paper
presented to the French Academy of Medicine,
asserted that lemon juice is one of the
most efficacious medicines which can be applied
to diptheria, and he relates that, when
a dresser in the hospital, his own life was
saved by this timely application. He got
three dozen lemons, and gargled his throat
with juice, swallowing a little at the same
time, in order to act on the more deep-seated
parts. The Doctor has noted numerous cases
of complete success obtained by this method
of treatment.
Preparations are being made in Richmond
for rebuilding the Spottswood hotel,
destroyed by fire some time ago. A curious
discovery was made by the workmen who are
excavating the foundation for the new building.
In digging several feet deeper than the
base of the former walls, they came to an old
tanyard which had been buried thirty or forty
feet beneath the level of main street. Several
of the vats were covered over, and in one of
them was found a side of leather in a state of
perfect preservation, and not less, probably,
than a century old. It has excited much interest
anionc the antiauarians.
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The navy register to July 1, 1871, just
issued, shows that we have 12 first class vessels,
carrying from 21 to 45 guns; 15 second
class ones, carrying from 15 to 23 guns; 12
third class ones, carrying from 8 to 12 guns;
11 fourth class ones, carrying from 5 to 7
guns; 19 fifth rate ones, carrying from 1 to
16 guns or howitzers. The total number of
vessels is 179; of which, 51 are iron-clads,
laid up at League Island, New Orleans, Washington
and other places, the Terror, of the
North Atlantic fleet, being the only one in
active service. 30 are tugs, doing duty at
the various navy yards and stations. 36 vessels
are abroad on the several foreign stations,
and a large number are laid up at the navy
yards throughout the country, being of no
use, as the law does not permit the enlistment
of a sufficient number of men to send them to
sea.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton puts her
faith jointly in the fourteenth amendment and
Ben. Butler. According to her interpretation,
the amendment says that women are
"citizens," and Ben says they are "persons
and if they are both citizens and persons, she
thinks them entitled to the ballot. Then she
comes down on the Republican party for not
arising to the height of the great argument of
natural and constitutional law in its dealings
with the wives and daughters of the country.
Even the Democrats, she thinks, are less
averse to woman's rights. "Are not white
women as good as niggers?" she sneeringly
inquires, and as the Republican party allow;
ed their colored brethren the right of suffrage",
why are their white sisters thus held back ?
A nigger, maimed, crippled, and not more
than nine-tenths of a man at most, is permitted
to execute the freeman's will, while a
whole woman is denied! This, she considers
a crying shame, which calls for a speedy rem- j
edy. We think the points she makes are i
good, and we commend them for solution to I
the male lights of Radicalism.
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YORKVILLE, S. c7: ~'
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 10,1871.
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shows the time to which the subscription is
paid. If subscribers do not wish their papers discontinued,
the date must be kept in advance.
Cash.?It must be distinctly understood that
our terms for subscription, advertising and jobwork,
are cash, in advance
JOB PRINTING.
Having determined to devote more attention
hereafter to job printing than we have
done in the past, we would infotm the public
that our office is now well supplied with new
type of the latest styles, and the best ma-l.:
? "? H.n . nfid YI?!+V? o niinina otnnlr ftf
UiHLid y ill UOQ | ttUU Itil/U ur vtiviw uwvtA v*
inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to
! eSfecube good work as 4&n be done anyA
where in the United States. Orders for
Ball Tickets, Freight Billheads,
Bank Notices, Labels,
Bonds and Coupons, Law Blanks,
Bill Heads, Law Briefs,
Business Cards, Letter Circulars,
Certificates of Deposit, Letter Headings,
Certificates of Stock, Memorandum Billheads
Checks, Note Circulars,
Deposit Tickets, Note Headings,
Drafts and No-cs, Programmes,
Envelopes, Policies, Fired-,Life Ins.,
Election Tickets, Shinplasters,
Festival Tickets, Wedding Cards,
will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction
as to quality of work, guaranteed in every
instance. Particular attention given to fine
work in colors.
shooting affair.
We learn that on Saturday last, in Chester
county, near Parks' Bridge, on Turkey creek,
a man by the name of John Hancock was
shot by John Kirkpatrick. Several shots
were fired by each individual, only two of
which took effect, both on the body of Hancock,
and these are not regarded as mortal.
We learn that whisky was largely mixed up
in the affair.
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bishop pierce.
We are informed that Bishop Pierce, of the
Methodist Church, will preach at Chester on
Sunday next. In order to accommodate such
of our citizens as may desire to be present on
the occasion, an extra train will be run over
the King's Mountain Railroad. The fare has
been fixed at one dollar for the round trip.
The train will leave Yorkvilleat 8 o'clock, A.
M., and return in the afternoon.
DEATH OF GEN. S*. D. WATSON.
We have been informed that Gen. Samuel
D. Watson, a native of this county, died suddenly
in Brazil, from the effects of a congestive
chill, on the 13th of May last. General
Watson, for many years previous to 1868, was
a resident of Alabama. In that year he emigrated
to Brazil with his family. Gen. Watson
was a brother of Mr. John L. Watson,
the Treasurer of this county, and is reraera-,
bored by many of the old citizeus of York. Qt'EN
^WTTOJ BOLL. '
On Monday last, our itiend. Capfc. Sajyipel
G. Brown, who resides on Clark's Fork in
this county, left at the Enquirer Office, an
open boll of cotton, folly developed, of good
size, and dry enough for picking. It was produced
on his farm, and was first discovered on
Saturday last, the 5th instant Persons who
have given attention to such things, inform
us that this boll has opened nearly a month
earlier than is common in this section.
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SALES-DAY.
On Monday last, quite a number of our
friends from the country were in town. Although
the reports in relation to the crops
from nearly every section of the county are
of a discouraging character, we were pleased
to find but little disposition evinced to grumble
at "the situation." Within the last ten
days, a few neighborhoods have been favored
with rain, which has to some extent revived
the crops in those localities. Over the larger
part of the county, however, there has been
no rain for about five weeks, and the prospect,
as a whole, is by no means encouraging.
No 6ales were made by the Sheriff or any
of the other public officers.
! ALMOST A FIRE.
On Tuesday night last, the principal business
part of our town barely escaped a disastrous
conflagration. About nine o'clock,
persons in the street detected the smell of
burning cotton cloth, but for some time were
unable to ascertain its location. Eventually,
however, it was found to proceed from the
store-room adjoining the "Lindsay building,"
occupied by Mrs. E. Dickenson as a Millinery
establishment. After an entrance had been
effected, the room was found to be filled with
smoke, but no fire could be immediately discovered.
After a protracted search, fire was
found in a wooden box at the rear of the
counter, together with the charred remains of
a quantity of cotton rags and other rubbish.
The fire was quickly extinguished and the impending
conflagration prevented. The whole
affair is involved in mystery,.
TOWN - IMPROVEMENTS.
During the present year the citizens of our
town have manifested a commendable spirit
of improvement. Several new houses have
been erected, and others are in progress of
erection. Mr. James Jefferys and Mr. J. TJ.
Zurcher, who were burned out last fall, have
built on the former sites, houses every way
mors useful and comfortable than their former
dwellings. Several persons have enlarged
and repaired?reconstructed and remodeled
their dwellings, rebuilt their fences, and tastefully
repainted the whole, so that York begins
to look like a new and live town. The carpenter's
hammer is heard fVom every quarter,
and the painter is seen busy with his brush in
several sections of the town. We have seen
many country towns in our time; we have
seen some of these recently, and we are glad
to say York has fewer dilapidated shanties
and unpainted houses than any town in this
State or any other that we have seen recently.
We are sorry that we cannot say that York
has large and well conducted machine shops
and manufacturing establishments. These J
we have not. We have schools and colleges
and churches; but lack manufacturing establishments.
This much we will venture to
say. If some man of good moral character
and business habits will come here and engage
in manufacturing, he will find a pleasant
home and as much encouragement as a business
man will desire. Such individual can
make his own selection as to what he will
manufacture. He may put up a cabinet shop,
tin shop, or foundry, or any thing he wishes,
that will convert raw material into a form ;
that it can be used. The field is opeu and it,
is wide. No one need be afraid that York j
will rot down. There is two much paint on |
the houses for that. A man of good mechanical
skill can amass a fortune by making blue
bluckets before the tdwn will become as dilapidated
as some places that think they are in
a very flourishing condition.
COL. PLATO DURHAM'S TESTIMONY.
In to-day's paper we publish from the Washington
Chronicle of the 4th instant, what
purports to be the testimony of Col. Plato
Durham, of Shelby, N. C., given before the
sub-outrage committee at Washington last
week. The Chronicle is a radical paper of
the extremest character, and we are of the
opinion that the report of the testimony should
be regarded with suspicion. The fact becomes
more palpable every day that the com
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subserving the public good, but as a medium
for supplying material out of which to manufacture
political Capital. This being the case,
we have but little doubt that Col. Durham's
testimony has been perverted and misrepresented,
to a degree that it will be difficult for
him to recognize the report of it as published
in the Chronicle.
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THE GREAT PEDESTRIAN TRAVELER.
Col. Deiyiahle>, the great pedestrian traveler
favored ouroffiokyrith a vifflt oiTMonday
\ mornihg last - </oK?$eMaW6f^R wwative -ofLoudon
county, Virginia, but was educated
in Europe. He returned to this country just
previous to the opening of the war, and when
the conflict began, he immediately raised a
company of infantry and tendered his services
to the Confederate government. His subsequent
life has been one bordering on romance.
Having received eight wounds in the Confederate
service, by which he was almost paralyzed,
he went to Paris at the close of our
struggle, hop'ng to obtain medical relief; but
after exhausting all the ordinary modes and
deriving no benefit from them, by advice of
the members of the faculty of the University
of France, he undertook walking to obtain
relief. He has since that time?November,
1865?walked not less than 17,000 miles,
having traversed Spain, Italy, Austria, southern
France. Ac., bv which time his health was
nearly restored, though he had contracted an
insatiable passion for traveling, and having
been over the enticing portions of Europe, he
returned to America, landing at Vera Cruz in
February, 1867. Since that-time, he has made
a circuit of the United States; and aside
from the results sought for physically, his
mind has been well stored with practical information
obtained by his contact with the
operations of the laws of the social and moral
world, as they manifest themselves among the
various populations. The Colonel remained
in our town but a few hours, when he resumed
his ceaseless journey.
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SUCCESS IX WE.
Whenever it is said that an individual has
succeeded in life, all that is generally meant
is that such an one has amassed a fortune.
This manifests a very vague and undefined
notion of things. As a general thing, the
man who commences life poor and unknown,
and by hard labor and honest economy, accumulates
a large amount of wealth, has succeeded
in life, and is a blessing to his neigh-,
borhood and to bis country. There are, however,
niarfy instances/4WJdividuali; who have'
gained immense riclr ^Bho never did their
country tjQy good. f?[gold and silver in J
fchett^pcrisession were epo more real advantage
to society than :w&n they lay imbedded
in the rock, or buried in the earth. There
are many men who are called rich who never
in any way, whatever, added to the national
wealth, or to the amelioration of the ills of
life. " They never built a house, or assisted in
constructing a rail road, nor have they projected
any other public or private good.
Why do not men say that the humble and obscure
mechanic who builds a mill, which
saves the time and money of his neighbors,
has succeeded ? Surelyvsuch a man is as much
of a benefactor as the banker. In this, as in
every thing else, men seem to act hastily and
inconsiderately. That man can only be said
to have succeeded in life who has made others
hannv hv contributing to their physical and
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mental comfort. The man who prepares a
primer to assist little children in learning to
read, is more of a benefactor than the man
who fills his drawers with gold which is designed
to lie there until taken out and counted
by his administrator. Of the former, it
may be said he succeeded in life; df the latter
all that can be said is that he stored away
gold!
THE CROPS.
It is now evident that the crops in York
county and, in fact, in many of the upper and
middle sections of the State, will be light.
Not so light as on some former occasions. In
1845, the drought was more extensive and
much more severe. In 1866, the drought was
equally as severe and perhaps nearly as general.
Now the question which comes up for
a practical solution is, what must, or ought we
to do in view of all the facts? Some, no
doubt, will sit down in a state bordering on
despair, and groan over the prospect Of this
class we^think, at least we hope, there are few.
Those farmers who have worked their crops
well have no regrets. They have done their
duty and this was all that they could do, and
it was all that was required of them. Complaining
will do no good. What then will be !
to our advantage 7 We answer in few words, j
that making proper arrangements to meet tne
emergenoy. before it comes, will be of great
advantage to us as individuals, and to the
country at large.
The great desideratum with the farmers
now is to know how stock is to be fed next
year. The corn crop will not meet the emergency,
and the cotton crop will not enable
farmers to buy corn to the extent that their
necessity will require. It seems that it would
be eminently proper in farmers to store away
in their barns all the forage, such as hay, fodder
and shucks that they possibly can. With
an abundance of long forage, stock can be sustained
on very little grain, especially such as
are not required to do heavy work. The next
thing that should be done, we think, is that
every farmer prepare a small parcel of ground
and sow it in some kind of grain?oats or
wheat?that will mature soon and enable him
to commence feeding his work stock upon it
at an early period next summer. Usually,
such a patch of grain can be used safely by
the last of May or first of June. Oats should
be sown all over those dry sections as largely I
as possible. The condition of the domestic an- j
imals determine, very accurately, . lie amount
of the harvest. No man, however great his
skill and industry, can make a heavy crop
with poor, half fed horses or mules. No man
ought to try it. Every man of prudent forethought
will make every arrangement in his
power to have his work animals well fed.
The last thing that we would suggest that
the crisis may be met and gone-through.safely,
is for everybody, black and white, to*gtrtU
work. It is hard to feed idlers. The laboring
man can always feed himself. If every
man will do his duty, we have no apprehensions
but we will get through without great
difficulty, and it will delight us to talk over
these things in coming years.
"THE NARROW GUA61E." ^
We have received a pamphlet bearing the
above title, being a report of the chief engineer
of the Blue Ridge railroad, from whieh
we infer that the directors of this road have
it in contemplation to adopt the narrow guage.
The object of the report seems to be to give
all the information that can be obtained up^
the subject; and in hi3 effort, we think the
engineer, Col. J. P. Low, has been succcssW;
He does not make the report as "the plea
of an advocate of the new system, but rathef
the result of the search of an enquirer.'L-J^he
facts are ably and clearly presented, and Ae
result is such as to convince all who/may ribd
the report that the subject is worthy the serious
consideration of the people of the
and especially those who have at heart
early completion and successful operation bf
this great enterprise.
Col. Low's investigations of thfs subject
clearly demonstrate that all the early .prejudices
against the narrow guage,system
been successfully overcome l^y forty r^J
experience in Europe, and that the
perience has demonstrated thev fact wjHHp
of wid^^oa^s^ha^b^en wastedyon^uil^^?
proportioned to the duties they had to pesfoon.
He estimalfiqs the probable cost of completing
the Blue Ridge railroad aud furnishing
it with rolling stock, for the five feet
guage, $7,540,000; to which must be added,
for retiring the old debt and paying the floating
debt, $800,000. Toward this sura of $8, 340,000
will be realized from the four millions
endorsed bonds, say, $3,200,000; leaving a
cash capital, to be raised, of $5,140,000. The
adoption of the three feet guage, he estimates,
would result in a saving on construction and
equipment equal to $3,140,000, leaving to be
raised by cash subscription to preferred stock
only $2,000,000,. It is also estimated that the
reduced working cost for the same amount of
trafic will allow the narrow guage to**jiay
seven per cent, on the investment, while on
the wider guage only three per cent, couldvbe
realized.
The discussion leads Col. Low to the conclusions?First.
That the three feet guage
will answer all the requirements of the prospective
traffic of the road. Second. That the
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saving in nrst cost win ue iuiucubc, duvu^u
in fact, to place the completion of tbe-^rdbtd
within reach, by raising $2,000,000 of additional
capita], while it seems impracticable to
obtain the large sum necessary for a five feet
line. Third. That being built, the narrow
guage will be much more economical in working,
the expense being only 52 i, instead of 70
per cent, of the gross receipts.
These conclusions, so far as they relate to
the requirements and expense of railroads,
are alike applicable to every road in the
southern States. And while all practical
men will agree with Col. Low, that the narrow
guage system presents the most feasible plan
for the construction of the Blue Ridge road,
it is also clear that the public?stockholders
and individuals?would be benefitted, wfere
all our roads now in operation to adopt the
narrow guage; as, quoting from the pkraplfat
JjgJjjre us: "Every inch added to the &dt^i
a guage, beyond what is jabsolutely^^MH
por the traffic, odds to tie costs
; tion, Increases the proportion of
increases the cost of working, and^tBByequence,
increases the tariffs to the public, ai?d
by so much, reduces the useful effect of the
railway."
STATE ITEMS.
? Greenville county is having a series of
revivals.
? Work has been commenced on the new
Masonic Temple in Charleston.
? A fire in Charleston on Friday morning
destroyed Mr. W. S. Bissell's hardware atore
and another building adjoining it.
? The money order office at Sumter has
been in operation just one year, during which
time about $50,000 have been tran^mttedthrough
it without loss.
? The News mentions that Mr. Washington
Mason, while cleaning up some bottom
laud in Fairfield county, a short time ago,
assisted by his laborers, killed one hundred
and ninety-one moccasin snakes in two days.
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cent election in Charleston has given every
department of business in that city a fresh
impulse, in anticipation of the expectedLjera
of public order confidence and prosperity.
? W. A. Peden and W. Holmes Hardin,
Conservatives, were elected County Commissioners
of Chester, at the recent elecfSSfo.
The vote stood Peden, 995; F.rdin, 92?;
Chambers, 623; Moffat, 204 ; Drennan, 103 ;
Wise, 105; Blake, 563.
? The Pluxnix announces the death on the
2nd instant, at the Lunatic Asylum in Columbia,
of William B. Carlisle, Esq. Mr.
Carlisle was at one time editor of a newspaper
published in Columbia, known as the
graph, and subsequently associate editor-of
the Charleston Courier. "!
? At the recent election in Union county
for two County Commissioners, Matthew S.
Lynn and James W. Vinson, Conservatives,
were elected. The vote stood, Lynn, 901;
Vinson, 805; McKissick, 701; Comer,
Gibbs, 404; Fant, 360; .Briggs, 125;
76 ; White,' 48; Bishop, 45; HunterTMjfr?
? Noah Metts was arrested and lodfcJs^*
Newberry jail last week, on the charge dr
murdering Mr. Foster White, of that county.
White was a quiet and peaceable citizen, and
was shot from without while sitting in his
house. Subsequent to his arrest, Metts confessed
himself guilty of the deed. ?'
? A meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Air-Line Railroad was held in Columbia
last week for the purpose of locating the road
between Gainesville, Georgia, and G reenville,
S. C. The indications are that the location
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dleton) and not nearer than seventeen mile
of Anderson Court House.
? Near Youngesville, in Fairfield county,
last week, on the plantation of Mr. Watt
Brice, an inquest was held over the body of
a negro child, aged two years, which is supposed
to have been whipped to death by its
father. The child was so much decomposed
that the jury of inquest were unable to agree
upon a verdict. No arrest was made.
? The Charleston Courier mentions the examination
of a book in that city recently,
which has attained the venerable age of 375
years. It was printed in the year 1496, only
about fifty years after the invention of the
art of printing. Its typography is beautifhlr
its paper almost as strong as linen, and it js
bound in thick boards, covered with vellum.
? The Reporter in mentioning the presence
of the sub-outrage committee at Chester, says:
"Van Trump is a fine looking large man.
Scott is a decent looking small man ; and j t
Stevenson is a mean looking, slim man. They i I
all expressed themselves as glad that their 1
dirty work was over, and rejoiced that they .
were able to turn their faces Northward once
more." ? . ^
THE CHARLESTON ELECTION.
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The municipal election in Charleston,
which took place on the 2nd instant, was one *
of the most exciting ever known in that city. ?
The opposing parties were the citizen's party,
embracingthe mass of the white voters, with
such colored voters as they could draw to s
tlfeir support, andthe Republican party, con- (
sisting of the bnlk.Ojf the colored voters with j
. 4, small proportion-of Whites.* Gilbert Pillsbury,
the present incumbent, and Gen. John ^
a *rr >_ !_.i. r* i. C
A. vvagener, a prominent, uermau, were respectively
the republican and citizen's candi- (
' -dates. The election resulted in giving a majority
of 777 for Gen. Wagener, and the citi- *
zeu's aldermanic ticket is elected by a large .
majority. The Republican ticket was defeat- 1
ted throughout, with the exception of three !
school commissioners, one of whom was run
s on both tickets. . '
Although efforts were frequently made
throughout the day to incite a riot, which, it *
is charged, the police and city authorities ,
I morally if not openly sustained, but one disi
.iurbance oif a serious nature occurred, which j
' resulted in the killing of a negro named Ba- 1
laam Grant. The News gives the following *
- account of the affair:
a bolored man fraa 1
lyers of both partiessurrounded him, aolidl^^r
his vote. At this, Grant became incensed^ <
and began denouncing the rallyers of the cit- j
izens' party for attempting to secure a colored l
vote. Not content with verbal denunciations, .
he raised a heavy club, which he carried in
his hand, and began laying about him on the
heads of every white man whom he could (
reach. At this time, Sergeant Malony and 1
one private were stationed at the polling j
place, the other soldiers being at either end (
of the street. Grant was ordered by Sergeant ,
Malony and Roundsman Ring to desist, and
the order not being obeyed, they started to
arrest him. Grant tried to run, and made 1
his way as well as he could through the <
? ' 1 > 1? i- 1.1 J ?f 1
crowd, until ne nau got neariy to me euu ui j
, the street, when a soldier discharged his mus- i
ket and he fell, shot through the abdomen j
? and mortally wounded. A scene of the wild- j
est excitement ensued. The colored men .
: swarmed about the soldiers and swore that
they would have revenge. The few soldiers J
kept the excited crowd at bay as well as they 1
could, while the police remained passive spec- ]
tators. Meantime a message had been sent ]
to the Citadel, and one company of the 3rd j
i Artillery soon appeared upon-the scene, armed
with muskets, and commenced to disperse
the mob, which was effected without difficulty, (
and order maintained during the remainder
of the day. ,
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS.
? By a private letter from Rutherfordton, <
f The Southern Home learns that some fifty per- <
sons are still confined in the*jail of Ruther- <
ford county, on charges of ku-kluxing, &c. i
? The North Carolinians who fell in the '
battle of Gettysburg are to be disinterred and i
their remains removed to the "Confederate 1
Cemetery," near Raleigh. The number so far i
ascertained is 84. 1
? Lieutenant Simpson, of the Uuited States s
army, arrived at Lumberton, Robeson coun- i
ty, on the 3rd instant, with a detachment of j
fifteen men from Company I, 4th United <
States artillery. Their mission is involved in I
j mystery.,. The Lieutenant says they will re- <
_ main but a few days, and he is not at libejrty t
tio make kriowh the object of their visit. > ^Cl
. ? Dr. Dipriel Smitlj, a prominent citizen jl
Vf Robeson 3ounty, was waylaid and shot on |
Thursday night last, while on his way from ^
Floral College, where he had been to see a ^
patient. His recovery is doubtful. It is sup- g
posed he was shot by some of the Lowrey t
gang, as he was a witness against some of them i
who are implicated in the murder of sheriff t
King. t
? The Raleigh Era says: Mr. Josiah Gil- *
bert, of this city, with a friend, left town on (
Thursday morning to engage in the sport of t
fishing?on their return, late in the afternoon, j
and when within a short distance of the capi- f
tol square?opposite the residence of Rev. \
Dr. Mason?Mr. Gilbert fell suddenly dead, j
For several days previous, Mr. G. had been (
' oomplaining of feeling unwell, and as areme- (
dy, had been taking blue mass freely. He g
was in the water for a considerable time, while j
fishing, and, the . day being very warm, it is ]
possible hiB death was the result of too'lavish f
bathing. * f
? A heavy lawsuit has just been decided g
in Granville county. Rufus Bobbitt had in- ]
sured the stock of tobacco in his factory, sit- ]
uated near Wilson, in the Liverpool, London
and Globe Insurance Company, for the sum 1
of $20,000. The insurance was made through (
Mr. P. F. Pescud, of Raleigh, in July 1869. j
On the 19th of November following, the fac- <
tory and contents were burnt. The company g
* refused to pay, alleging fraud and deception, j
Mr. Bobbitt sued the company, and after a j
two days trial, the jury found a verdict in t
favoir of Bobbitt, for $20,000, with interest t
from the date of the fire, 19th of November, g
1869. An app'eal was taken to the Supreme ]
Court. }
'' ? It was announced in our columns last g
week that John F. Pickerell, a broker of New t
York, had been arrested on a charge of con-11
spiracy, and on demand of Governor Caldwell f
surrendered to the authorities of North Caro- ^
lina, hy the Governor of New York; and (
tha^ on failure to give bail in the sum of x
eading^ ^ad" ^eeu committed to jail. Sub- f
?i?""l v succeed 'n bringing the f#se c
"oSior^fudge Rodman, of the Supreme Court 's
I bench, on a writ of habeas corpus. The case $
was heard in Newbern, on the 4th aud 5th
instant; and after a hearing, the prosecutors j
agreed to enter a nolle prosequi, and submit (
all questions of account to arbitration, provi- (
ded Pickerell would not sue them for dama- c
' "ges. This was accepted by Pickerell and all <]
the parties returned to Wilmington. ]
? In the year 1869, a large flouring mill, ]
near the town of Henderson, was destroyed by ?
fire, and in the spring of 1870, the town of t
IJenderson was almost entirely laid in ashes, c
The origin of these two fires have remained a r
mystery since: human skill having failed to 1
discover the perpetrator of the crime, until it ?
was decided to send after Robert B. Craddock, t
a detective of Richmond, Va., who arrived at
Henderson on Friday of last week, unknown t
and unsuspected. Craddock matured his e
plans, and they worked well. On the follow- c
ing Monday, he found out that one Sampson p
Hawkins, colored, knew something about both \
fires?and that Sampson had just left for o
Clarksville, Va. Without revealing his mis- c
sion, Craddock followed, and Monday evening,
he overtook Sampson Hawkins, in Clarks- a
ville, and arrested him ; Sampson confessed I
that he did burn the barn and the mill?told ti
how much he got for each job; and that he I
.might have assisted in the burning of the town 0
of Henderson, but declined, through fear? a
that A. H. Davis, one of the guard at the n
Penitentiary, and another man, now dead, 1
planned, plotted and fired Henderson?that
hey were the same men who employed him to
turn the mill. Davis was also arrested and
leld to bail
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
A ripple of excitement was produced in
Washington on the 1st instant, by the unherilded
and' unexpected arrival there of the |
President; but the excitement had not reach-*
id the culminating point before he was away
igain, having departed the-next morning for
lis humble cottage by the' sea.
Returns to August ,3^1871} show 168 grain
ind 9 molasses distilleries in operation, pro:,
lucing 155,151 gallons of spirits daily. August
1,1870, there were 180 gtfcin and 10 raoasses
distilleries running, producing 156,598
gallons. While this shows a decrease of 13
listilleries, there are but 1,447 gallons^ decease
in the daily production.
The press having called attention to the
jreat injustice that was done to pensioners of
1- ' 10m .1
.lie wurui 101^, uuu esjwciaujr uiuoc iwiutug
n the South, by the order of the Commissionjr
of Pensions requiring proof of loyalty, and
t having been shown that such proof could
lot well be made in the manner pointed out
ay the circular, the Commissioner has issued
i subsequent order, which embraces the list
if officials before whom proof can be made.
The last circular requires the certificate of an
ifficer of the United States court, a United
States commissioner, an assessor, assistant assessor,
collector, deputy collector, or supervisor
of internal revenue, or postmaster, showing
toythe satisfaction of the pension office
fcillii i jtoeaBPnJfcbn Wijfc Wlty of
TclaimanLare of unuoubted character^and
entitled t^mll faith and credit. Still, with
ill this, tlffe order is burdeusome and unjust,
ind cannot fail to tend to great embarrassment
to these old soldiers.
The oontractore for the marble work on the
justora Jbouse at Charleston, S. C., were notiSed
on Saturday by Secretary Boutwell to resume
work upon that building. This portion
if work upon the building was suspended on
iccount of the war.
The sub-ku-klux Committee has adjourned
to the 20th of September. Lieutenant Picket,
commanding the troops in Pontotoc and
Monroe counties, Mississippi, has been examined.
He testifies that a ku-klux organization
existed in five of the northern counties
Bordering on Alabama, to which counties he
believed the organization was confined in
1 rp)? lri. Vln-r
LYilgSlStiippi. J. Lit? purpuac UX UIWU au-ttiUA
was to intimidate colored voters and drive
northern men from their section. Within his
knowledge they had murdered nine negroes in
Monroe county in the four months he was stationed
there., He believed that the presence
af the troop^had a good effect.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS,
rhe Election In North Carolina.
On Thursday last the people of North
Carolina voted on the question of calling a
convention to amend the present constitution
af the State. The indications are that the
movement was defeated by a small majority.
The vote is very close, Guilford county giving
i majority of only 4 in favor dr the convention,
and Mecklenburg' 'a" ib^fority of 53
igainst it. In most of the other counties
beard from the majorities either way are
imall. Counties which voted against the
measure generally elected conservative delegates,
and in many instances republican caniidates
are behind their vote at the last election,
which indicates that the question of
jailing a convention was not confined to party,
md that the people were governed, in voting,
ay their own views as to Tim expediency of
^ler^^^ons. ^
The recent boiler explosion in New
ifork city has brought forth several theories
is to the causes producing such accidents,
ind among them one of importance to every
aerson having control of an engine. Dr.
Fentz, an experienced chemist, who has devoid
considerable time to the study of the probible
cause of steam boiler explosions, has
liscovered, he thinks, that the smallest quanity
of oil introduced into a boiler while steam
s generating, will cause an explosion, and he
aelieves that many explosions have occurred
hrough the carelessness of persons oiling the
nachinery, in allowing some of the oil to be:ome
mixed with the water before being introduced
into the boiler. Dr. Jentz will
ihortly invite some experts and others to witless
a practical illustration of his discovery.
3e states that some common soda mixed with
;he water will prevent explosion from the
ibove cause, as the soda turns the oil into
loap, and thereby renders it perfectly harmess.
' .
Horace Greeley In Virginia.
Horace Greeley was in Alexandria,
Virginia, one day last week, and by invitation
lelivered an address in the Methodist church
n that town. Greeley always succeeds in asonishing
his southern hearers by the expresiion
of more moderate views than they would
laturally be led to expect from the father of
he republican party. On this occasion he
bought it desirable to have a respite of polices
this year in anticipation of the grave isiuCs
that would have to be met next year.
[Reconstruction had been thought slow, but it
lad been fast enough. Had all been agreed,
tix years under military rule would have been
letter, because of the imposition of light
axes. There would have been no parties, no
'ury, and no creation of debt. Southern men
vere not prepared to go into the Union at
mce from the war. Efforts to disfranchise
legroes ought not to be made. He warmly
avored "the new departure," saying foreignire
could Act be disfranchised twenty years
igo.
itate Elections.
On Monday last an elections was held
n Kenutucky for State officers, inoluding the
Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Attorneygeneral,
Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent
tf Public Instruction and Register of Lands,
[be candidates for Governor were Preston H.
Leslie, Democrat, and Gen. John M. Harlan,
Republican, and they have been stumping the
Jtate in company, since the meeting of the
wo conventions which nominated them. A
- ? mi _ J.i.J m j
lispatch Irom JLOuisvme, uaieu uu luraun^,
eports large Republican gains, yet it is hardy
probable that the Democrats will lose the
itate, as the latter carried the last election
?y 33,203 majority.
On the same day?Monday last?an elecion
was held in Montana Territory for a Delgate
to the forty-second Congress. The Demcratic
candidate is E. W. Toole, and the Retublican
candidate is E. W. Clargett. The
rote at the lost election was as follows: Demcratic,
5,605; Republican, 3,745; Dertoratic
majority, 1,800.
On the first Tuesday in September Vermont
nd California will elect a Governor and
legislature. Maine will hold a general elecion
on the second Monday of the same month,
Text come the October elections in the States
f Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa?
11 voting on the second Tuesday of that
lonth.
'he Luxury of Banking.
The New Albany, Indiana Ledger gives
currency to the following refreshing financial
transaction, which we copy for the benefit of
business men who are" willing to borrow capital
at a ruinous rate of interest:
A man in neod of funds to go into business
S applied at one of the banks a few days ago,
to borrow $5,O00?for a term of five years.
ThejMUik, as is usual, discounted his note for
$5,00d? at 10 per cent., giviug the borrower
$2,500, less 25 cents for a stamp. This was
not as heavy a gouge as is said to havcf occurred
many years ago, when a man desired
to borrow $10,000 for teu years. He gavie
his note fbr that amount, but as the interest
in advance for tern years at 10 per cent, absorbed
thepriucipaf, he; was informed, after
the note had passed over the counter, that
there was nothing to discount, and the fellow
had the satisfaction - of paying the $10,000
when the note became doe, all for the fun of
doing a banking business.
Johnson and Grant. - ' r
A reporter of the New York Tribune
has recently interviewed ex-President Andy
Johnson. The latter expressed his opinion of
Gem Grant after the following fashion:
"Grant is wanting in integrity, Wanting in
intelligence, and wanting in the will to promote
the good of the country. The little fellow
is selfish and avaricious beyond bounds.
His cupidity knows no limit. He is no statesman
and no soldier. He never displayed any
generalship. He marched at the head?no,
not at the head, but in the rear?of an immense
column of men that would have accomplished
the same results if he bad been in
the moon. Grant was a mere unimportant
incident He never showed a spark ofgeniua.
What inspiring remark did he ever make,
that cbeered<hi3 SoldieiB aqdhelp^^^m a
danger, like Napofeon
to give courage to his troops? He newt-1
showed a single trait of generalship. He had
no sympathy with his men ; he never visited
the hospitals or showed any feeling for the
suffering wounded. He was utterly remorseless.
He was no leader. He baa no plans
and no strategy. I repeat, that for any good
he did in putting down the rebellion he might
as well have been in the moon."
The Results of Perseverance.
As showing the fruits of. wall-directed
energy, we copy from an exchange the following
paragraph. The same results could be
attained in any section of the South, if the
people would go to work with the determina
tion to accomplish something:
Twenty years ago a Mr. Daniel Pratt, a native
of Connecticut, left his native State and
went to Alabama in search of his fortune.
He came to Autauga county, settled there,
near McNeill's Mills, and a short time afterwards
opened a shop in the basement of his
house. After a time, finding that he got
along well, he purchased about two thousand
acres of land in the vicinity, and also built a
shop for the manufacture of cotton-gins, which
he had long made the obiect of his study and
upon which he had made various improvements.
A little village had meanwhile
sprung up around his settlement, which was
known as Prattville, and when, in 1857, Mr.
Pratt obtained a valuable patent: for an improvement
9n;the old-feshioued cotton-gin, he
erected a three-story brick manufactory, 150
by 300 feet, driven by steata.-power, from
which a large number of gins are sent out ev-<
ery year. Prattville now has an extensive hrori
foundry, three large and profitable cotton factories,
several wagon factories, a sash and
blind factory, and quite a number of goodsized
flour mills, all of which establishments
are run by steam; and from an humble settlement
it has become the county seat of Autauga
county and a prosperous manufacturing city,
with more than two thousand inhabitants.
MERE-MENTION.
A man on trial for murder in Alabama
went to sleep in "the court room. '"It is
estimated that the conf crop ofvJowa this year
will amount to 100,000,000 bushels. "**/L
Costs $235;000 a year to jprint the Patent
Office Reports." California estimates its
crop of castor oil at 30,000 gallons. -"In
Boston they call foundling hospitals asylums
for anonymous infants, and in Chicago they
style them institutions for babies born on the
European plan." If you want to eat just
such a pudding as your mother made when
you were a boy, you must somehow revive a
boy's appetite and palate. ";v?-.There are
only 3,064 spoken languages/"*""-Whole
herds of cattle near Council Bluffs, Iowa, are
becoming totally blind,-and no cause can be
assigned for the calamity. "Gen. John
B. Gordon will probably be the candidate of
the Democratic party for next Govbrnor of
Georgia. Of 263,000 gallons of brandy
in the country, only 100,000 gkllons are made
from fruits, the rest being compounded from
various spirits.'* There are-in New Haven
374 manufacturing establishments, in
which was invested a capital amounting to
nearly $10,000,000. One of the worst
gambling dens in Omaha, is owned and conducted
by a woman."""*"A Pennsylvania,
bigamess said she did it because the young^
man wanted a home, and she?she wanted
the young man.*"* There were 225,000,000
paper collars "wilted" in this country
last year." The Commissioner of Patents
has refused an extension of the patent of
Nicholas & Bly for artificial legs. The
guns captured from the Paris insurgents foot
up 403,691; cannon, 2,107." The Norfolk
Virginian understands that the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company has secured
the charter for a road from Petersburg,
to Greensboro', N. C. The climate of
Louisiana is said to be three degrees colder
than it was fifteen years ago. It is said
that more persons were killed at the late riot
in New York than was killed at the battle of
Bunker Hill."* The New York Star would
like to "put the last twenty days for rain
against any preceeding twenty days since the
flood."'" *A bale of new cotton has been
received at Savannah froifr-Plorida. ?The
1 first bale of new cotton was received and sold
in Augusta, Ga., on Monday last, for thirty
cents per pound. An exchange says:
The insanity of ex-King George, of Hanover,
who believes he is dead, is almost as amusingly
absurd as that of A. H.Stevens, who thinks
he is alive.
THE STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
We are indebted to the courtesy of Col. A.
B. Springs, of this county, for a copy of the
premium list of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical Society, for the third annual fair,
to be held at Columbia, beginning on Monday,
the 6th of November, and closing on the
evening of Saturday, the 11th. The following
is the programme for the week, which will
prove of general interest to our readers :
Monday.?The Secretary's office will be
opened at 3 a. m., and entries received until
5 p. m., when the books will positively be
closed. No entries received from citizeps of
Columbia and its vicinity after ten o'clock
this day.
Tuesday.?Gates open at 9 o'clock, a. m.
From ten till twelve ai* exhibition in the arena
of all the cattle under the direction of the
Superintendent. From twelve till two a di*
play of all .the horses, beginning with those
led by the halter, and closing with saddle,
single and matched harness horses, as directed
by the Superintendent. At three, the contest
for the speed premium of $50 for the fastest
trotting and pacing, mile heats; to be followed
by a race for the speed premium of $100,
single dash of two miles.
Wednesday?Gates open at 9 o'clock, a.
ra. From ten till twelve a brilliant musical
contest between the Brass Bands of the State.
From twelve till four a grand tournament,
under the supervision of Col. A. C. Haskell,
of Columbia, to whom letters should be addressed
for information as to details. Knights
from all sections of the Union respectfully invited.
; ;
Thursday.?Gates open at 9 o'clock, a. ra.
The forenoon will be devoted to the examination,
in the arena, by the committee, of all
cattle; succeeded by a display of the halter
led horses and mules,.its directed by the Superintendent.
At thin Hrnmwit,*r>n the dfeeisions
will be made andj^e ribbons tied. At
three the contest for speed premium of
$50 for the fastest trotting, mile a ash; to be
followed by a race for the speed premium of
$100, mile heats.
Friday.?Gates open at 9 o'clock, a. m.
From ten till'eleven a contest inthe arena between
the saddle horses. From eleven till two
the same between single and- double harness
horses. At this contest the committees will
tie the ribbons. At three the contest for the
speed premium of $50 for the fastest trotting,
half mile heats, best three in be fol
lowed by a race for the apafld"pw?mfii m nf $kt
mile dash.
Saturday.?Gates open at 9 o'clock, a. m.
At len o'clock auction sales of live stock. At
12 m. the premium* will be awarded from the
Executive Stand, at the conclusion of which
the Fair will close.
Each morning of the week, from, nine till
ten o'clock, will be devoted by the respective
committees to plowing matches,?and tests of ^
all kinds of implements; Sufficient motive
power, grain, seed cotton and logs will be
furnished by. the Society to prove the mills,
gins and other machines, Plowmen are ex-'
pected to
the Confederate^dead. . !
? THE THOMPSON HOAD STEALER.
One of the editors of the Augusta Constitutionalist
has recently, witnessed the working
of a road steamer, which is employed, in hauling
stocks for a saw mill, on the line of the
Central railroad, between Augusta and Savannah.
The account says:
"The Thompson road steamer has'a circular
vertical boiler and smoke stack identical
with the fire steamers, but only three wheels,
one in front, in the centre, 3 feet diameter,
and one on each side at the rear mid, 5 feet
in diameter, all with gutta percha tires 15
inches wide by 5 inches thick, covered with
steel plates four inches wide and a half inch
thick, held in their places, about one and a
half inches apart, by steel joints on either
side, that permit their movin^like an endless
chain. This steamer was built at the Grant
Mechanic Works, Patterson, New Jersey,,for
the Central Railroad Company, who. desired
to test their adaptability for the common xpads
in our State, and, we are informed, is now the . uonly>one
in this section of the conntry. It is + of
eight-horse power, ten-inch stroke of piston,
and has a water tank of three hundred gal-:
Ions capacity, which would be a sufficient supply
for rnnningthe steamer eight or ten miles.
The power is not applied by crank directly to
the driving wheels, as with railroad locomotives,
but through a combination of cog wheels'
that are geared so it may be run with 'either
six or sixteen strokes to one revilntionfof tbe
driving wheels. It requires two men to work
it?one as guide and one as engineer. Evpry
preliminary being arrapged for the tes^ the
road steamer, with two heavy Four wheeled
log trucks attached, started over the Comtnpn,
sandy, undulating road for a load of logs, two
miles diBtant, ana moved along with app<u&t"
ease at a speed of three to four miles per hour,
until it come to a seam, of deep gapdi where ,
it stalled, the supply of steam being exhausted. A
delay of fifteen minutes ensued in order ' .
to generate a supply of steam, when it moyed , .
forward again. Arriving at the plaee where *7
the logs were to be loaded, the steamer and.
two tracks were wheeled in a short curife
wittf as much ease and precision aS an or#*; '
darr six horse team and wagon ooold -lie 7turflad
in. Three pine stocks, wetihing fh
theaggrega j about 8000 pounds, loaded
on ohe of the trucks, and "Koadster"
returned to the mill haying to ,'JiaTt twice for ^
want of steam.
The trial demonstrated beyotfd doubt the * 7
feasibility and practicability df- steamers for *
turnpike roads so faras relates to thaquestion
of "traction." The "bite"..of the wheels of
the steamer tested on Thursday was so effect- ' .
ual that not the least slip or slide was perceptible
under the severest strain. "The ail- * "
ure of the steamer as to supplying asuffibiency
of steam was solely owing tOthe defects of
construction and not to the principle?: Upon' ^ *
which the patent was granted. : ' tii .
On prepared and graded; roads, for heavy / *'
work, at a slow rate of speed, we think tiie *
road steamer will prove all that 'is"claimed
for it There riiust be, as for railroads, convenient
wood and water stations, especially
for water.But for ordinary work, to he used
on different and common roads in; different ,
directiops, we do not think the invention of ?
practieapvJlIue. /j^uv
UVV1T1) AW TJTK RimnAiaJ
/we have not seen latelys stronger state- V
ment of the case of the people es.theRadi
cals than is contained in-the following article
from the last issue of the New: York Herald:
"Ku-klux Outrages and Negro-Mobs
in the South.?The very virtuois Eadicals
of the Congressional committee: who?are pretending
to investigate the alleged ku-kju*
outrages in the South, are ready, if appears,
to report a stupendous budget of horrbra. >'
They are already issuing semi-official stAUr*
ments to that effect True, they have not badmuch
time to investigate the matter, butparty
and political necessity urges an early/ thrilling
report against those villainous, incurable
white 'secesh' of the South and in favor of the
poor negroes. This is evident from the hasty
action of the committee of the Republioan
party in Washington, which has already put
in circulation a campaign document, which
is a digest of the pretended facts brought to
light by the Congressional investigating committee,
and has requested the Republican
newspapers to serve their cause by publishing
the document in full. We see^. then, what a
1 farce, and, at the same time, what a gross fan*'"
Beition upon the country, this Radioal kn- ux
report of the Congressional committee is
likely to be. But is:it not playing with fire ?
Is not such a one-sided inflammatory report
made for party purposes calculated to . do
much harm ? Will it not. make the negroes,
who are already in the ascendant in some
parts of the South, and who are committing
most diabolical acts, more presumptuous and
disorderly ? Who has not heard of the atroci'
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and adjoining counties in North Carolina?
And yesterday. we reported a fearful, bloody,
and drunken riot, by a body of five thousand
blacks, at the Republican Convention in
Goldsboro', in the same State. Of course
these horrors will scarcely be noticed by any
Radical Congressional committee* because
they are perpetrated by the 'poor negroes'?by
the allies and supporters of tne Radical party.
It is the pretended white ku-klux that is made
the bugbear to alarm Northern voters and to
give the Administration a chance to exercise
a military despotism in the South. The Radical
carpet-bag and scalawag public mep?
and among them was a Congressman by tjie
name of Tnoraas?and Stanley, the president
of a railroad, seem to have been the abettors
of the riotous negroes at Goldsboro'. Well
may we despair of- peace in the South while
the party in power makes misrepresentations
of the state of things in the South for political
objects, while it gives $11 its support and sympathy
to the negroes and endeavors to crush
the native white people of that section."
Is not every word of the above true? Apd
does not every intelligent Northern man know
that the purposes of the Radical party are ^
jqst what they are here declared tpbe? The
fact that the Herald speaks as it does shows