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Jtoflps and Jacts. The ice on the upper thousand miles of the Mississippi river is fifteen inches thick. Mr. B. F. Cator, of the firm of Armstrong, Cator & Co., of Baltimore is dead. The dead letters returned to Washington last year contained $3,000,000. ?? Atlanta got $17,000 from liquor licenses for the past year. In Georgia, the planters propose to raise their own provision crop this year. The world uses 250,000,000, pounds of tea each year, and, 713,000,000 pounds of coffee. The House of Representatives in Illinois has voted to permit women to hold department offices in that State. America sends to Great Britain annually $15,000,000 in gold, for the single article of spool cotton. There are restaurants in London where hpcromra ran have their shirts washed while "-bb"'" ? they are eating their dinner. The extreme fluctuation in gold during the year 1871 was just seven per cent., the highest price having been 152 and the lowest 82. The small-pox in Philadelphia has reached alarming proportions. From five in the month of July, the deaths now reach the enormous aggregate of 1,094. Judge Brady, of New York, says patent medicine vendors can be held to a strict legal accountability for the assertions made in their advertisements. The New York Sun announces Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, for, President, and Samuel J. Tilden, of New York, for VicePresident, as the National Reform ticket. From a statement made by the Postoffice Department, it shows the total number of miles of railroad on which the postal service was ordered during the fiscal year euding June 30, to be 6107. The Second Adventists are at it again. At a convention lately held in Rochester they have definitely settled the time for the total destruction of the world. It is to take place in 1873. A heavy immigration from Europe to this country is anticipated during the present year. In addition to the regular flow from North Germany and Sweden, great numbers are coming from Alsace and Lorraine. The correspondent of a JBoston journal is authority for the statement that A. T. Stewart intends to leave his entire fortune, estimated at 850,000,000, to 870,000,000, to public and private charities, and that he recently made a will to that effect. A correspondent of a London paper states that an American missionary, sent to Calcutta to convert the Hindoos, has become a disciple of Kethub Chunder Sen, and been formally received into the Brahmo-Somaj Church. During the recent fires in Wisconsin a little four year old girl resolved to try the efficacy of prayer, but having a pious mother and a profane father, the result of her early training was manifested in the following highly improper manner: "Oh! rain right away, Lord, for we're having a hell of a time here." During the period of twenty years, from the beginning of 1859 to the close of 1870, 2,267,500 German immigrants arrived in this country. The largest immigration of this thrifty class of our foreign population in a single year took place in 1869, when the aggregate was 124,766. The year just commenced is what is generally known as Leap year, February having twenty-nine days. It is one of the years in which the calm, conservative order of things is supposed to be overturned very violently, in which the ladies are supposed to lay aside their coquetry and the privilege of saying "yes," and to assume the delicately discriminating task of selecting their own husbands. It is said that once in a company of literary gentlemen, Mr. Webster was asked if he could comprehend how* Jesus Christ could be both God and man. "No, sir," he replied, and added, "I should be ashamed to acknowledge him as my Saviour if I could comprehend him. If I could comprehend him, he could be no greater than myself. Such is my inability to save myself, that I feel I need a superhuman Saviour, one so great and glorious that I cannot comprehend him." The year 1872 contains fifty-two Sundays. September and December each begins on a Sunday. January, April and July on Monday. October is the only month begininng on Tuesday. February begins and ends on Thursday. Consequently we have five Thursdays, which will not occur again until the year 1900. In the year 1880 February will have five Sundays, which will not occur again until the year 1920. The year 1871 began on Sunday and ended on Sunday. This will occur again in 1882, and every eleventh year thereafter. For some reason or other?probably because of a too free system of poaching?the preserves of many of the landed gentry of England have been denuded of their stock of partridges and the like, and the result is, that a great demand for these birds, delivered alive and in good condition, exists in England. Dealers in Kichraond, Va., are shipping partridges to England in large quantities. One party there has an order for one thousand birds, and offers good prices. To be acceptable, the partridges must be trapped without 11JJU1 J The notorious Colonel James Fisk was shot twice in the breast, in front of the Grand Central Hotel, in Broadway, New York, on Saturday last, by Edward Stokes, who was immediately arrested. Fisk lingered until 10:45 on Sunday morning, when he died at the Grand Central Hotel in the presence of his wife, his father-in-law, Mr. Morse, Jay Gould, and a large number of intimate friends. The weapon with which Stokes killed him was a four-barreled Colt's revolver, carrying a rifle ball. After he was wounded Fisk walked up stairs. The Washington correspondence of the New York Tribune has the annexed in regard to Republican anti-administration sentiment in connection with the opening of Con^ gress, and the prospects of a national Reform movement: "There has been no consideration or comparison of views upon the Presidential question by the Republican senators who opposed the administration last session, when the annexation of Santo Domingo was discussed, and the removal of Mr. Sumner from his chairmanship was accomplished, but it is known that their opposition to General Grant is, if anything, more pronounced than ever." Great excitement has prevailed in Rochester, N. Y., during the past week, occasioned by a negro man ravishing a white girl only ten years of age. The negro was arrested and committed to jail, and several efforts were made by mobs to break into the jail to kill the offender. The aid of two military companies with the services of the police was required to prevent an outbreak, and during the excitement two citizens were shot by the military and one wounded. The negro * *' J.I? J in tne meantime was eeurtjuy ouuvej'eu iw wc court room, and after trial, sentenced to twenty years hard labor in the State penitentiary. This proceeding quieted the mob, and order is restored. By the census report of the United States, the total population, including the inhabitants of territories and "Indians not taxed," is put down at 38,923,210. Had the rate of increase during the previous decades been preserved, this number would have been 41,609,000. The report shows several causes which have contributed to check the rate of increase. The colored population, which should have shown an increase of about 1,000,000, shows instead less than 500,000. The direct losses by the war are estimated in the Federal armies at not less than 500,000 men, and in the Confederate armies at 350,000. The withdrawl from domestic life during four years of an average number of 1,500,000 men between eighteen and forty-five years of age, checked the increase of population. During the war immigration was impeded, as shown by a comparison of figures before and since, by 350,000 persons; and fifth, the report claims as a notorious fact than in many parts of the country children are not born to American parents as they used to be, to a degree that, "in some sections, even threaten the perpetuation of the native stock." ?he fJorMle inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 11, 1872. Watch the Figures.?The date on the "addresslabel'' 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 inform the public that our office is now well supplied with new type of the latest styles, and the best machinery in use; and with a choice stock of inks, cards, papers, &c., we are prepared to execute as good work as can be done anywhere 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 Notes, I Programmes, Envelopes, (Policies, Fire<? Life Ins., Election Tickets, i Shin plasters, Festival Tickets, ]Wedaing Cards, will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction as to quality of work, guaranteed in every instance. Particular attention given to fine work in colors. THE UNITED STATES* CIRCUIT COURT. Judge Bond left Columbia on Friday night last for Baltimore, where he goes to begin a term of the Circuit Court. Previous to his departure, the petit jurors were discharged, but no decision was made in the case of Col. McMaster for alleged contempt It is the general impression, however, that the case is at an end. Judge Bryan still continues the Court in session, but no more ku-klux cases will be tried at the present term. The grand jury had not been aiscnargea ac last accounts, uui was still engaged in passing upon such cases as are brought before it by the District Attorney. The Court will adjourn in a few days until the nest term, which commences at Charleston on the first Monday of next April. On Saturday last, Judge Bryan signed a general order authorizing United States Commissioners to admit all ku-klux prisoners to bail in the sum of $3000 each, except such persons as have been, or shall be before the dismissal of the grand jury, indicted for murder. + + "TO LABOR IS TO PRAY." "Our advice to the people of York, Union and Spartanburg is: to go to work, to organize their farms, and to prepare for this year's crops. Let them touch earth, and like Antaeus of old, they will acquire new strength. According to the ancient fable, Hercules conquered Antaeus by lifting him up and preventing his feet touching mother earth. Let the farmers of the up-country see to it that their Hercules does not prevent them from touching the soil of the good old State, or rather province. Let us labor. We hope that this Ku-Klux business has reached its climax. It is time for the Government to hold its mailed hand." We clip the above from the Columbia Ph&nix. So far as York county is concerned, we are prepared fully, to endorse the sentiment. That the prosperity of the country is injured by the late difficulties cannot be truthfully denied. A feeling of uncertainty is connected with everything. This can be dispelled only by bravely going to work. By following the advice of the Phcenix the present state of things may be greatly improved ; but by disregarding this advice, bad may be made worse. Everybody is dependant upon the man who tills the ground. He produces the absolutely essentials of life. Every effort, then, should be made to revive the agricultural interests of our country. Neglect of this must, ultimately, produce poverty and suffering amongst all classes of citizens. The farms of York county are, in many places, badly out of repair. For this the owners are in some instances culpable; in others they are not. This state of dilapidation can, in many cases, be easily accounted for. We do not propose, at present, to do this. On the principle that it is never too late to do good, we would, modestly, advise all the farmers of this county to see to it that everything is put in good condition to cultivate successfully another crop. In the language of the Phienix: "We hope this ku-klux business has reached its climax." We need peace. Peace we must have before we can have prosperity. It is the interest of every man, woman and child to live order1~ 1 n ty?n /-* ?* fk a aaii n f t?rr T f iy mill OUUJCUt IAJ tuc mno ui I>1IC wuuwj, jlw is more than simple interest. It is the duty of every citizen to obey the laws and live an orderly and upright life. This God requires? nay commands it The Saviour of sinners paid tribute to the Roman government and taught, both by precept and example, that such was the duty of his disciples. By this act of our Saviour he neither sanctioned nor opposed the Roman government. From the conduct of the Saviour, in this instance, every man can easily learn his duty. By obeying the laws of the land we do not understand that an individual endorses or approves of them in all their bearings, any more than our Saviour endorsed the government of Rome. This He would not have done; for the government of Rome, at the time of our Saviour, was very corrupt. All that our Saviour did was he obeyed the laws of the land. This he regarded,under the circumstances, as his duty, and the duty of his disciples. On this same principle we :ounsel all persons to be obedient and industrious. Ultimately, this county will become the property of the industrious citizens. Fortunes made in a moment, generally last but a short time. The present state of things will not last always. We do not pretend to be able to see the end ; but it is a long lane that never ends. There is another thing that we would suggest to our people. It is economy. As a rule we are an extravagant, or rather a wasteful people. We have yet to learn how to save the cents. With a vast multitude of us, less than five dollars is no money at all. We buy too many things that we only think we need! The circumstances under which we are ! situated demand of us not only industry but economy. We must sell more butter and eggs and such like things, and buy fewer useless articles. In other words we must live at home if we have, for a time, to drink out of the branch! STATE* 1TMES. ? The National Bank of Chester has declared a dividend of six per cent, on the capital stock. ? The Spring Term of the Circuit Court for Union county commenced its sitting on Monday last, Judge Thomas presiding. ? The citizens of Charleston have presented Mayor Wagner with a handsome horse and buggy, to aid him in his official peregrinations. ? The Phceiiix mentions that one of the principal witnesses for the Government in the KuKlux trials left Columbia and omitted to pay j his board bill. ? Emancipation Day was celebrated in Columbia and Charleston on the first day of January by parades of the colored military and fire companies, speeches, &c. Everything passed off quietly. ?"On Monday last, the Senate confirmed the following appointments of Trial Justices: Chester?B. W. Macon, G. W. McNeel, Wm. McDonald. Union?D. D. Goings, W. E. I Young. j ?At an election held in Chester on Monday last for municipal officers, the following persons were elected for the current year: Intendant?George W. Melton ; Wardens?W. ?"? ' * Mr rn tv r\ j \\t ta 1. nODlDSOn, >V . l. u. Ijuuoai ?uu IT. jlj. Simpson, each of whom received 203 votes. Each of the Republican candidates received but sixty-nine votes. ? The importer of Thursday last, says: "On Friday last Mr. Felix Cliue, hephew of Mr. John L. Albright, of Chester, was severely wounded by an accidental discharge of his gun while out bird hunting. While crossing a fence he put the gun over before him, the I hammer struck against something that exploded the cap, and the whole charge was lodged in his right shoulder near the collar bone, I shattering the first rib, and making a very dangerous wound. ? The Union Times of last week says: "Since our last issue, the following persons have been arrested by U. S. Deputy Marshal M. F. Mitchel: W. C. Harris, J. A. Davis, Ben. Friedman, white, and Giles Culp, colored. The two first were arrested under a charge of conspiracy and murder; the two last as witnesses. We are pleased to state that Dr. Wade Fowler, J. W. Tench, Nevil Hawkins, B. Dawkins, C. Hawkins, Henry White, G. Morgan, F. Coleman, Jos. Scott, Charles Scott and R. E. Bruton have been bailed out, until the 25th inst." ?The Union Times of last week, says: "From what we can gather in conversation and the general conduct of the colored people here, we are led to believe that another 40 acres of land and a mule promise has been made them. We learn that one colored lady, who now lives in a log cabin without windows, and never buys wood no long as any can be seen in her white neighbor's yard, is boasting that in a short time she will occupy and own one of the largest house3 in the village. We think she must have bought a ticket in the South Carolina Land and Immigration Concerts scheme. It is hard to hire hands for farm work, but any number is ready to engage for a short time to work in town. There's a peculiar expression in their countenances, indicating that they expect something good to turn up for them soon." NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. ? Charlotte is blessed with another daily paper?the Commercial, by J. 0. H. Nuttall. ? The first installment of the rent of the N. C. Railroad, amounting to $78,000, was paid to the board of directors last Friday. ? Twenty-five thousand live partridges have been shipped from Greensboro to north-1 em markets this season. ? A special term of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg county, for tho trial of civil cases only, will be commenced in Charlotte on the 29th instant. ? A public meeting was held in Charlotte on the 1st instant, in which resolutions urging the removal of Judge Logan by the Legislature were adopted. ? Twenty-five years ago a man named Richard Harris, of Person county, planted a sassafras tree for the purpose of making himself a coffin. A year ago he had the tree cut down and sawed into planks, of which his coffin was duly made, and occasionally he gets into it to show his friends how comfortably it fits. WASHINGTON ITEMS. ? It is stated that upon Akerman's retirement from the Cabinet, the Government will engage his services as counsel in the prosecution of the ku-klux cases in the southern States. ? John M. Morris, one of the editors of the Washington Chronicle, has begun an action for libel against W. J. Murtagh, of the Republican. The Republican charged editorially that Morris was publishing the Chronicle on money obtained from South Carolina State officers, whom the State Legislature has been trying to impeach. Hence the suit. ? The military election programme for the presidential campaign will be developed in the House at an early day by the introduction of a bill agreed on by many of the Southern republican members, especially those from Virginia, by which it is proposed to extend the enforcement act of the last Congress to every polling precinct in the country, thus requiring federal inspectors of all elections for members of Congress or United States officers and the use of trooDS in such cases as are made and provided in the present law. The act as it now exists is restricted to cities whose population is above fifty thousand. Porter, of Virginia, will present the enlarged bill and ask the House judiciary committee to consider it. ? The joint select committee of the two houses on the investigation into the alleged outrages in the Southern States have virtually completed their work, and will submit a report to Congress at an early day. The testimony, with a single exception, is the most voluminous ever taken by a Congressional committee, and will make several volumes of closely printed matter. The verbatim reporting will cost the government at least ten thousand dollars. There will be a majority and a minority report. The report made by that portion of the committee detailed for the purpose, on the debts incurred by the Southern States, and the rates of taxation there, is a most interesting aud startling exhibit, for it shows that these debts have been increased in the last five years in an aggregate two hundred millions of dollars, while taxation has increased in proportion. The majority report will maintain that the ku-klux organization is a secret armed power existing in most of the Southern States, but that it is being gradually broken up by the enforcement of the ku-klux act. The report will recommend no legislation unless it declare that Congress ought to pass a general amnesty measure. LOCAL ITEMS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. J. H. Adams?No Time for Credit. Conner, Hobbs A Dobson?Removal. Roanoke Female College. Danville, Virginia. A. Pope, General Freight and Ticket AgentWilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. S. B. Hall, Judge of Probate?Citation?J. B. Stokes, Applicant?J. Green Hetherington, deceased J. Beatty Williams, Clerk?Town Election. Margaret McCaffrey?Jewelry, Notions, Furniture, <fee. R. L. Abernathy, President?Rutherford College, Happy Home, N. C. T. M. Dobson A Co.?Just Arrived?Eyelet SetsPlanes?Stocks and Dies?Bellows and Anvils?Clothing?Hinges?Spiral Gate Latches?Fasteners and Staples?Crockery?Molasses Gates?Pocket Knives?Safety FuseTools?Locks?Well Chains?Froes?Umbrellas. Carroll, Clark & Co.?iron. Patterson & Gaston, Plaintiff's Attorneys?Notices to J. T. Walker, Defendant. J. F. Wallace, C. C. Pis.?Sale of choses in Action. Pel/.er, Rogers <fe Co., General Agents, Charleston, S. C.?Atlantic Phosphate?Atlantic Acid Phosphate. Munn & Co.?Scientific American for 1872. Daniel C. Williams, Rock Hill, S. C.?Notice. L. E. Johnson, Marshal?United Stetes Marshal's Sale. RELIGIOUS NOTICE. We have been requested to state that Rev. William A. Gaines will preach at the Baptist Church in this place on Sunday next, the 14th instaut, at 11 o'clock, a. m. ?. LANGHAM ACADEMY. The exercises of this Academy, under the supervision of Rev. R. Lathan, will be resumed on Monday next. Mr. Lathan is well known in this community as a successful teacher, and of his qualifications it is useless for us to speak. For terms, &c., see advertisement. KING'S MOUNTAIN RAILROAD. We learn that the King's Mountain Railroad (connecting this place with Chester) has been advertised for sale by Col. A. Coward and T. D. Wagner, Trustees, to satisfy a mortgage given in 1866 to secure the bonded debt of the Company. The sale is advertised to take place on the 13th of March next, when the road and all its equipments will be exposed at auction. FERTILIZERS. In our advertising columns will be found a number of different kinds of fertilizers offered for sale. The phosphates manufactured by Pelzer, Rogers & Co., of Charleston, are highly recommended by those who have given them a trial, and the manufacturers offer inducements to planters who wish to avail themselves of a commercial fertilizer. RUTHERFORD COLLEGE. The President, Rev. R. L. Abernathy, has favored us with a catalogue of the past scholastic year of the above College, situated in Burke county, N. C. From it we learn that 208 students were in attendance, of whom 33 were females, and that the college is in a prosperous condition. A feature of this institution is to educate free of charge those who are unable to pay their tuition, and of this class 39 received the benefits of the college last year. JURY COMMISSIONER FOR YORK. On Monday last, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Nelson Davies as Jury Commissioner for York county. Monday next is the time fixed for the sitting of the Circuit Court, but owing to the short time intervening between the appointment of the Commissioner and the sitting of the Court, it is impracticable to comply with the jury law and procure a legal jury. The effect of this will be' to postpone to the succeeding term of the Court, the business which has been accumulating on the dockets for some time. ROCK HILL LODGE, NO. Ill, A. F. M. The following brethren have been installed as officers of Rock Hill Lodge, No. Ill, A. F. M., for the current year: A. E. HUTCHINSON, W. M. A. H. WHITE, 8. W. E. H. EDWARDS, J. W. Wm. WHYTE, Treasurer. E. M. KIRKPATRICK, Secretary. S. M. FEWELL, S. D. W. M. McCULLY, J. D. S. G. KEISTLER, Titer. R. W. WORKMAN,) ? , M. W. RtfSSELL, { beards. MILITARY ARRESTS. Since our report of last week, Wm. Ramsey, | Columbus Ramsey, Samuel Randolph and i E. Ross Sepau?h have been arrested and im! prisoned by the military authorities. LeanI der Spencer has been sent to Columbia; and the following have been discharged from the prison here: J. T. Wilkereon, W. S. Wilkerson and J. H. Bloodworth, leaving 17 yet in prison. The negro Joe Carter and his gang, arrested some weeks ago by the military, were turned over to the civil authorities on Tuesday last. + PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS. Both Houses met on Monday last. The proceedings of the Senate were unimportant. In the House a bill was introduced granting to any person restrained of his liberty a right of appeal to the United States Supreme Court from the final judgment of any Circuit Court by writ of habeas corpus. Coughlan offered resolutions instructing the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the conduct of judiciary officers in the Louisiana muddle. Butler objected, and it went over. A resolution instructing the Committee on Ways and Means to report a bill repealing the income tax failed; yeas 71, nays 31. EDITORIAL INKLINGS. Mutilated Currency. Hereafter, defaced or mutilated United States notes and fractional currency, instead of being redeemable as now only by the United States Treasurer, subject to discount for mutilation, will be redeemed at their full face value in new notes or currency by the Treas^ urer, the several Assistant Treasurers atffi designated depositories of the United States, and all National Bank depositories, ancmvill be received at their full face value by sill officers of the Treasury Department in parent of currency dues to the United States, Provided that three fifths of the original proportion of the notes are presented in one piece. Fragments less than five-eighths will be redeemed only by the Treasurer of the United Sates. If more than one half and less than five-ei Jhths is presented, half of the face value wil be paid. Less than half a note will be redefined only on affidavit that the missing portiol has been totally destroyed. / Trouble in Louisiana. / | The two factions of the Louisiaifa Radj icals, one headed by Governor Warm/ith and the other by Carter, Speaker of thd Senate, are again at loggerheads. On the assembling of the Legislature on the 2nd, no quorum was present in the Senate, and also on nle following day a quorum was lacking in/that body, when a motion was made in the House to del clare the chair vacant. Loud cries of "Aye!" I "aye 1" ran through the House, and thirty or j forty members rushed toward the chair, but | were checked by a number of persons who ' njouuted the platform from the Speaker's I room. These men, about fifteen in number, who suddenly appeared on the platform, checked a contemplated movement of putting i Carter ^ou t by force. After\the excitement had somewhat subsi; ded, Gov. Warmouth and a number of others, | including four Senators, seventeen members of the House, the superintendent and two po! lice captains and the sheriff, were arrested by a United States Marshal, under the ku-klux | act of Congress, upon the affidavit of persons ' who allege that the Governor and others on j the 1st, 2d, or 3d day of January, 1872, made I an unlawful combination and conspiracy in ! the State of Louisiana of a secret character, | for the purpose of obstructing and hindering the execution ot the laws tnereoi, ana aiso those of the United States, the purpose of said conspiracy being to deprive representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana, both in their individual and representative character, of their rights, privileges and immunities as such under the laws and constitution, both of the State of Louisiana and of the United States; that the constituted authorities of said State are unable in part, and in part unwilling, to protect them in the enjoyments thereof, thereby denying to said citizens and representatives equal righst under such constitutions and laws; that by means of the said conspiracy, said parties have taken violent and illegal possession of the House of Representatives, have violently attempted to eject the Speaker of said House, and have been engaged in bribing and corrupting divers members of said House, and have used and are using means of intimidation to deter others from discharging their duties and to incite not, all against tne peace and dignity of the United States. Bail was required of all except the Governor, who was released on his own recognizance. Several Warmouthites have since been unseated in the Legislature and their places supplied by members belonging to the opposing faction. Kn-Klnx Prosecutions. Washington papers publish a letter from the United States Attorney-General Williams to Senator Pool, of North Carolina. The Attorney-General writes: "My Dear Sir: I have received your letter of the 27th instant, covering one from Colonel Carrow, United States marshal of North Carolina; from which it appears that certain interested persons pretend and are trying to produce the impression that the late change in the office of Attorney-General indicates on the part of the Administration an abatement of vigor in prosecuting offenders under the recent legislation of Congress to enforce the rights of citizens. I am not acquainted with the motives which induced Mr. Akerman to resign, but I know that the President was perfectly satisfied with the energy and zeal displayed by him in prosecuting members of the ku-klux klan. Judging from the evidence elicited upon recent trials of such persons, this klan is an organi - ^11 .!?!!! I zation that no unnsuan or civuizea government can tolerate, and if those who commit or countenance its atrocious crimes expect any favors from me they are doomed to signal and bitter disappointment. I do not abandon the hope that all good citizens in the Southern States, for the sake of their own safety and happiness as well as from other considerations, will assist the public authorities in breaking up all combinations of . nan formed to disregard law and destroy the peace of society. But if unreasoning and defiant crime makes it necessary, the President is determined to use all the power which the Constitution and laws have placed in his hands to protect the lives and property of peaceable citizens, and maintain the supremacy of the laws." THE TRIAL OF THEKU-KLUX, Monday, January 1, 1872. The Court met at 11, a. ra., Judge Bond and Bryan on the Bench. The case against Edward T. Avery was resumed. Several witnesses for the prosecution were examined, after which Col. McMaster, one of the counsel for the defence, commenced his argument. He was soon interrupted by the District Attorney, who stated to the court that he did not observe the prisoner in the court room ; that he had inquired of the counsel where the prisoner was, and was answered that it was for him (the District Attorney) to find out. Col. McMaster?That is so, and I repeat my reply. Judge Bond?Can the counsel for the defence give us any information of the prisoner ? Col. Wilson?I was informed yesterday, may it please your Honors, that the prisoner left, on Saturday evening, to visit his family, and understood that he would return by the next train; but I had no interview with him before he left. Judge Bond?Col. McMaster, have you any information as to the whereabouts of your client ? Col. McMaster?I hope the court will excuse me from answering that question. Judge Bond?Col. McMaster, will you inform the courtifyou had any communication with the prisoner in regard to his absence ? Col. McMaster?I hope the Court will excuse my not replying to that question, also. Judge Bond?Mr. Clerk, you will serve a rule immediately upon Col. McMaster, to show cause why his name should not be stricken from the roll of attorneys of this court for contempt. Col. McMaster?I trust that the Court will allow me reasonable time to consult counsel upon a question of some importance to myself, at least. The rule was accordingly prepared and the time for Col. McMaster to answer fixed for Wednesday next, January 3. An order was signed by the Court declariqg the bond of the prisoner for his appearance forfeited, and ordering that the writ of scire facias do issue against the prisoner and his bondsman, J. T. Lowry, Esq., returnable in two days. Mr. Corbin stated to the Court that he was under the impression that the trial could not be continued in the absence of the defendant, but would be glad to have until to-morrow morning to consider the question. The Court, accordingly, adjourned until toFow, at 11 A. M. Columbia, January 2,1872. The court met at 1J A. M., Judges Bond and Bryan on the bench. Mr. >V. B. Wilson stated to the court that the Rev. R. E. Cooper had been arrested under a bench warrant this morning, and was now in confinement; that Mr. Cooper had previously been arrested, and required to give bail to appear and answer the same charge at Yorkville, and he moved, therefore, that he be released from the custody of the Marshal. The court so ordered. Mr. Chamberlain announced to the court that since the adjournment yesterday, he, together with the District Attorney, had been investigating the question which arose from the fact of the absence of the prisoner on trial, whether or not, under the circumstances, the trial could prooeed on to the rendition of a verdict for or against Dr. Avery. As to the general rule in cases of felony and treason? that the prisoner should be present to crossexamine witnesses, &c., he said he had no doubt; but the question here was whether the prisoner, after appearing and pleading, could absent himself of his own free will, ana by ta-j king advantage of his own wrong, defeat the ! ends of justice ; that the right to be present j was a privilege granted to the defendant, and I it, of his own accord, ne iaueu iu uine auvautage of it, it seems absurd that for that reason J justice could be cheated of her victim. He ; stated that, after a long and careful examina-1 tion of authorities, no case had been found exactly parallel, except in an Ohio case, where, just as here, a prisoner, after having been ar raigned on a charge of felony, made his escape, and left the court in a similar dilemma as that in which we find ourselves. Col. McMaster was then instructed to pro-j coed to address the jury. After a short re-1 view of his argument yesterday, in regard to the nature and intention of the trial by jury,: its pristine purity and final decadence, the speaker weut on to show, that in this court, ' the jury had beeu formed in a way that tended ( far more to defeat the true purposes of such a tribunal than even the memorable jury that j sat upon the trial of the Irish patriot, Daniel O'Conuell, and which drew forth the sternest condemnation of the historian Macaulay. In that instance, the great injustice rested in thefactofO'Connell being a Catholic and the jury being composed entirely of his religious antagonists?Protestants. But here, in South Carolina, in the Circuit Court of the United States, what do we see? The collectors of internal revenue furnish to the Clerk of the Court a certain number of names, from which the inrnrs are drawn. These collectors, in the first place, are the political enemies of the parties arrested under these Ku-Elux Acts, and the complexion of the juries manifests the fact that they have allowed their partisan prejudies to blind their sense of duty. The relative strength of the two political parties in the State is about two Democrats to three Republicans; but on this jury list of upwards of seventy names, there are not a half dozen Democrats; and of this small number, by the exercise of the right of qualified challenge, as claimed by the Government, it is beyond the limits of possibility to get one on the panel. Besides, too, said the speaker, the prejudices of conflicting political opinions, the prisoners in these Ku-Klux cases are subjected to the furtherinjusticeofbeing thrown entirely upon the mercies of an antagonistic race, and against whom nearly all the outrages have been committed. To such a jury, so organized and naturally so prejucied, the history of the world, not even the persecution of the Catholic Irish, could furnish a parallel. In view of these fkft anoalroi* if ia PAI1 LiJlilgO) OA1U bUQ iv ao IVI jvm vv?w*w? men, nine of whom I see before me, on the jury, to vindicate the character of your hitherto despised people, and, by rising above the narrow prejudices of race and political partizanship, show yourselves fit for freedom, the peers of the white man; nay, and if you can in these cases dispense justice with an even hand, the superiors of the Catholic Protestants of Ireland in the time of O'Connell. The speaker then entered into an earnest discussion of the facts of the case, and showed, in a convincing manner, that the crippled condition of Dr. Avery's hand and arm rendered it physically impossible that he should have committed those acts upon which bis identity solely depended, whereby the jury could not, as intelligent men, fail to acquit him, even though they had not the positive and indisputable testimony of the several witnesses who had shown that, upon the night of the outrage upon Sam Sturgis and Isaac the Apostle, Dr. Avery was at his own home miles away. Col. McMaster was followed by Col. Wilson, for the defence, and by Mr. Corbin for the prosecution. Judge Bond said to the jury that, inasmuch as they had heard his eharges in previous ^AAm naAaoaovtr fn inafriipf wmcoj ho U1U livw uccui mu U\aa?ouij wv <mwv?mvw them any further now. After an absence of about half an hour, the jury returned and rendered a verdict of guilty. The following named prisoners appeared and plead guilty under the Eu Eluz Act: First, Gibeon Cantrell, who said he lived in Spartanburg county; was sixty-six years of age, and had belonged to Horse Creek Elan, but was never on any raid, and had joined for protection. Jesse Tate, Christenbury Tate, David Collins, Billy Scruggs, Judge Edwards, Eing Edwards, and Sherwood Blackwell, were members, and Alfred Harris was chief. Next, Turner Phillips, Lewis Sally and W.' S. Blackwell. The last three stated that they had been forced into the klan against their wishes. The Court directed the marsh'1 to bring the prisoners up to-morrow, to be sentenced, and adjourned until to-morrow, at 11 a. m. Columbia, January 3,1872. The court met at 11 a. m., Judges Bond and Bryan on the bench. Col. F. W. Fickling stated to the court that he had ready for the consideration of the court the answer of Col. F. W. McMaster, to the rule requiring him to show cause why his name should not be stricken from the roll of attorneys of the court, for contempt. The answer was ordered to be filed. At the request of Mr. Chamberlain, Alexander Armstrong, a youth about eighteen years old, convicted at the April term of robbing the mails, was called up for sentence. Judge Bryan sentenced him to five years imprisonment in the house of correction in New York. The following named prisoners from Spartanburg, members of the "Horse Creek" Elan, pleaded guilty to the charge of violating the Eu-Elux Act: William Jolly, Alfred Blackwell, Wm. F. Ramsay, Thomas J. Price, Taylor Vassev, King Edwards, Christenbury Tate, Frederick Paris, Wm. Bobbins. Nearly all the prisoners stated that they had joined the Eu-Elux from fear of personal violence. Judge Bond stated that the court would hold the sentence pf the prisoners under advisement Jesse Tate who confessed his connection with Ku-Klux was released on a bond of $500 to appear at the next term of the court The rule against Col. McMaster was taken up and read by Mr. Corbin, as follows: "Ordered bythe court, this 1st day of January, 1872, that F. W. McMaster, an attorney of this court, show cause, on or before the 3d day of January 1872, why his name should not be stricken from the roll of attorneys of this court for contempt, for refusing to state to the court the whereabouts of his client, Edward T. Avery, for whom bail had been taken at the request of said McMaster, and who did not answer when called at his trial?and for refusing to state to the court whether he had any communication with said Avery touching his absence prior to his departure, and that a copy of this order be served on said attorney forthwith. HUGH L. BOND, Judge." Mr. Fickling read the reply of Col. McMaster, after which he proceedechto argue the points therein set forth. At the conclusion of Mr. Ficklings argument, the District Attorney asked for time to collate his authorities, which the Court granted and adjourned until to-morrow. Columbia, January 4,1872. The Court met at 11, A. M., Judges Bond and Bryan on the bench. The session of the Court was entirely consumed by the arguments in the case of Col. McMaster. Chamberlain and Corbin spoke in support of the rule of the Court, and John Wsites in favor of the respondents. Columbia, January 5,1872. Tfie Court met at the usual hour, Judges Bond and Bryan on the bench, Mr, Corbip stated to the court that there were some seventeen prisoners from Spartanburg, who desired to plead guilty to the charge of conspiracy under the Ivu-Klux Act, They were called in the following order, and made a formal plea of guilty: Aaron E^Cll, Monroe Scruggs, Alex. Bridges, John Burnett, Wm. B. Burnett, Stephen D. Splaun, Marion Gardner, Chesterfield Scruggs, Henry Sarratt, A. Kird, Martin Hammett, Lewis Henderson, Wm. Self, Charles Tate, John B. Tindall, Melviu C. Blackwell, John L, Moore, John Cantrell, Mr. Corbin requested that the court pass judgment on the prisoners. The prisoners were called up and sentenced as follows: Aaron Ezell, a tine of $10 and imprisonment for one year. Monroe Scruggs was called up and asked what he had to say in extenuation of his offense. He stated that he had been on but one raid, and had been, too, forced into the order. Judge Bryan sentenced him to pay a tine of $10 and be imprisoned six months. Alexander Bridges was next called, and sentenced to pay $10 tine and be imprisoned a year. John Burnett, a young man, was sentenced to imprisonment for six months. Wm. B. Burnett was sentenced to the same i term of imprisonment. Stephen D. Splaun was next called. He said he supposed that he belonged to the order, but he j had never been sworn in. Mr. Price had brought i him what he (Price) said was the platform of the j klan. That he (Splaun) read it, and thought there I was no harm in it. Price told him that the idea was to form a kind of vigilance committee as had been instituted in various places, and that an organization for that purpose was formed, and ho put over it as commander. That afterwards ho attended a meeting of the Grand Klan, became persuaded of the lawlessness of their acts and disbanded his klan. The court sentenced him to pay a fine of $50 and be imprisoned two years. Marion Gardner was sentenced to imprisonment for three months. Chesterfield Scruggs was sentenced to six month's imprisonment. Henry Sarratt, who stated that be had been whipped by the klan before he joined, and had never been on any raid, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Andrew Kird was sentenced to three month's imprisonment. Martin Hammctt was sentenced to six mouth's inmrisonment. Lewis Henderson was sentenced to imprison * * 41 -- Miltn uieiiii lvr uiroe uiumuo, Wm. Self, who stated that he had been on three raids; whipped three negroes?two women and one man?on the first raid; there was nothing said about politioc. On the second raid a man named Roberta was ordered to stop selling whisky near a church, on church days; and the third was to take a colored man back to his wife whom he had deserted. He was sentenced to three months' imprisonment Charles Tate, who stated that he had been on five raids, was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment Junius B. Sindall, who stated that he had been on one raid, when a man and woman had been made to thrash one another for illicit cohabitation, and on another raid to disperse a crowd of negroes frolicking on a widow lady's place, contrary to her wishes, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment Melvin C. Blackwell, who stated that he had been on one raid against Ben. Phillips, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment John L. Moore,who confessed to having been on five raids, was sentenced to imprisonment for eighteen months. John Cantrell was sentenced to three months' Imprisonment Mr. Corbin stated that he had another batch of prisoners who desired to enter a plea of guilty. Jonas Vassev was the first called. He said that he had been chief of Horse Creek Klan, and had been on two raids. Mr. Corbin said for him that he |had been the only chief who had voluntarily surrendered himself; that he had given considerable information, and to that extent evinced a, disposition to break up the conspiracy. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 ana be imprisoned one year. " * J *? l?Vuian nn nnp James waii comt???u i/u ubvuik w~.. ? ?_ raid; could read and write and haa been to Virginia during the war. Judge Bond said that as he could read, and had been so fortunate as to have been once out of the State, he should have known better. That he (Judge Bond) not having been reared in South Carolina, felt some compassion for the wife and children of the prisoner, ana would sentence him only to three months' imprisonment. John C. Wall was sentenced to three months' imprisonment. David C. McLure received the same sentence. Calvin Cook stated that he had been on but one raid, against James Lawrence, a white man, and as the prisoner thought, a Democrat. He was whipped because he was suspected of concealing stolen money. Cook was sentenced to imprisonment for three months. Alfred Clements was sentenced to imprisonment for three months, and a fine of $10. Philip Cantrell was sentenced to the same term of imprisonment. The court stated that it would suspend judgment in the case of M, Turner Phillips, as he had shown much penitence. Gibeon Cantrell, an old man of sixty-six years, who stated that he had never been on a raid, but had been appointed one of the executive committee of Horse Creek Klan, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment. Lewis Jolly's case was postponed on account of some suspicion of his implication in the murder of Owens in Union. Wm. Blackwell was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Wm. Jolly received the same sentence; also, Alfred Blackwell. Wm. P. Ramsay was sentenced to three months' imprisonment ; Wm. F. Robbins, six months; Thomas J. Price, six months; Taylor Vassey, three months; King Edwards, six months; Christenburv Tate, three months; Frederick Paris, six months; Alfred Burke, who had pleaded gnilty to a charge of illicit distilling, was sentenced to pay a fine of $1000, and six months' imprisonment. James Scruggs, for carrying on the business of a retail dealer in liquor without a license, received the same sentence. The petit jurors were finally discharged with the thanks of the court for their services and attention. The court then adjourned till to-morrew at 11 o'clock. 1 Columbia, January 6,1872. The court met at 11 A. M., his Honor Judge GeorgeS. Bryan on the bench. Mr. Duncan made application for bail in the case of Josiah Bagwell, one of the prisoners under the Ku-Klux Act, which was granted in the sum of83,000. A general order was signed by Judge Bryan authorizing United States Commissioners to admit all Ku-Klux prisoners to bail in the sum of $3,000, except such parties as have been, or shall be, before the dismissal of the grand jury, indicted for murder. Wm. M.Fleming, Esq., submitted an order that John T. Wilkins, a prisoner who had been admitted to bail in the sum of $4,000, and who was subsequently arrested by the Marshal and confined in jail, be released. The order was granted. The grand jury returned a number of bills, and were discharged until Monday, at 10 o'clock. f Mr. Corbin stated that he thought he would be able to dispense with their services finally on Tuesday or Wednesday next The following were the bills found by the grand jury: The United States vs. J. Earnest Lowry, Samuel Reeves, John Steele, Jamuel Fewell, Henry Toole, colored, Howard White, colored, Doctor alias Wm. Fewell, and Samuel Mills; conspiracy against Edmund Rainey and Richard Young?true bill. The United States vs. Columbus Mitchell, Richard Millwood, James Vandiver, Zachariah Vandiver, Eliphas Bates, John Allen and Jasper Haynes; conspiracy against Geo. W. Garner?true bill. TKfl United Stetea ?*. .Trvp.] Bellincrer. Wink field H. Bagwell, Eliphas Bates; general conspiracy against five divers male citizens of African descent?true bill. Two counts in the preceding bill, charging special conspiracy against John C. Winsmith, were stricken out The United States vs. John Gaffney, William Boss, William Kobert Stacey, Wm. McFarland, Charles Humphries ana Terrill Sarratt; general conspiracy?true bill. The United States vs. James H. Ezell; general conspiracy?true bill. The United States vs. Cantey Griffin, Sirah Bagwell, LaFayette Chaffee, John Bagwell ana Chambers Allen; general conspiracy? true bill. The United States vs. J. Banks Lyle, Eleazer Parker, Edmund .Blanton, Jas. Gibson, Harald Gibson, John Bridges, William j Bridges, Charles Bridges, Green B. Humphries, Thornwell Little, Frank Camp, Alfred Harris and Harry Gibson ; general conspiracy?true bill. The United States vs. Elijah Hardin, Felix Dover, James A. Donald and Benjamin Logan ; general conspiracy?true bill. At half-past 1 o'clock P. M., the Court adjourned to meet at 11 A. M., on Monday. Columbia, January 8,1872. The Court convened at the usual hour, his Honor Judge George S. Bryan presiding. Several petitions for habeas corpus were presented, as follows: In re. Robert H. Mitchell, of York county. F. W. Fickling, pro pCLt y pcunuu 1UI W1 111 KIl /Kivm Wl j/l*o. This prisoner, Mitchell, has been convicted of conspiracy, in the Jim Williams raid, and is now in the custody of U. S. Marshal L. <E. Johnson. Petition sets forth, among other things, that prisoner is retained in violation of the Constitution of the United States. In re. Jefferson Greer. Fiokling, pro pet,; same petition. The prisoner is of the Union batch, being confined in jail, not yet indicted. In re, John Little, of York. Fickling, pro pet; same petition; the prisoner having been indicted. Counsel stated, in presenting petitions, that these three cases composed the different phases, viz: one convicted, one indicted, and one not indicted. The petitions set 'orth virtually that the proceedings were unconstitutional. Counsel expected his Honor to overrule, the object being to get the cases before the Supreme Court. Also, stated that the reason why the petitions were not presented before Judge Bond had 1 departed, was that they were not then prepared, and counsel was not aware of the depar- 7 tureofthe Judge until informed by the newspapers. The main object was to embrace all / the points in taking the three different classes j ^ I