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.od Firrr C?'T0Fye? ? sTresTT-rn? CWT. ^&#?'.ro .o? for .t-pork** ?i,r5f?nilB.U fox tho Qr?tln*?rtlon,ai* Fifty M??'4 !?. trZ?i^fertob?oqooBllwrtloMl?lkt* C4nt?P?^V Ko adTo?tUomooU wMtoto? S?1" ! ????SrMU wIHbo ?*4ewl?h thw wUhln* w^ffr?l??f"\^'?Mtbotonftned ?o ?ho Im ^IH?MS^' iw4.?Wu*l eontr* SoUoo? o*??odln? ?no;. Trlboto? r t BWP*?*!/auiduoHotertat, will bo charged for ?*,ur*.uinYrate? Announcements ofmarriage? ?dfwrll?o? ??3 ?uaiacwr.aro j**^?Sr2 '*'til,_nni1 w 1)0 Kt>tu BY ?. B. MURRAY & CO. " ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1878. VOL. X1Y-NO. 1ST DRY GOODS ESTABLISHMENT. HAVING purchased the EMPORIUM OF FA8HION, the undersigned baa en larged tho Stock of Goods so as not only to contain a full and complete line of LADIES' DRESS GOODS, HATS, BONNETS, SHOES, JOSTJD ?'AITOY AR/TIOLES, BUT ALSO Grentleraeii's Clo tiling, HATS, SHOES, &C, Together with a large stock of fresh and carefully selected Goods usually found in a classified Dry Goods Store. The public of Anderson and the surrounding country are respectfully invited to call and examino my Goods and compare their quality and price with goods of the same character fouud elsewhere. Every attention will be given to customers. It is no trouble to show goods. _My stock will bo kept constantly replenished with New and Fashionable styles of ury Gcrxls, which can be examined at the Store formerly occupied by the Emporium of Fushion, i- tho centre of the Waverly House Block, Anderson C. H., S. G. 8.P.26..878_U W- A- CHAPMAN. FRESH ARRIVALS AMC CUNNINGHAM & CO. ?V'?B?;s PLWWS, Harrow? ?ad Calta valors). Builders, Mechanics and Planters* Hardware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plated Goods, Gin Saw Files, ?iiLi"I?;iii: ss? Csrpsste?rs* ?TlSes ?? v?r???/, Horse and BInle Shoes, Cot, Fence, Finish, Clinch and Haime Shoe Kails, Bar Iron, Iron Hollow Ware, Wooden Ware, GROCERIES, STAPLE DRY GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, HATS and CAPS. ?ST* All of which wo offer at Low Figures Cash. Sept 19, 1878 10 ly STOP AND READ THIS ! MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS WU BE ABSENT TWO WEEKS ON HEB TRIP HOKTH TO SOPEPINTEND THE SELECTION CF STOCK OF FALL AND WINTER GOODS. HER lovo of tho Beautiful will cause more pretty things to find their way t> our market. We invite tho public to call and sxamino our Good* beforo purchasing elsa where. LADIES' STORE. Sept 12,1878_ NOT PASS US BY ! j^UT CALL in and examino our well selected stock of KENTUCKY and SALEM JEANS, HATS, 8H.OES, PRINTS. SHIRTINGS. SHEETING*, DOMESTIC PLAIDS, TICKINGS, ?tc, That we propose to sell as low as thoy can be bought any where elso. We also have on hand a full line of GROCERIES Such as SUGAR and COFFEE, BACON, LARD, CHEESE, CANDLES, 8TARCH, Ac, Which wo offer at the very lowest prices for cash. Also, a choice lot of French Calf Skins, Oak Solo Leather and Hemlock Leather, which cannot bo surpassed. Those who are indebted to us for GUANO will remember that the l?t of November ia the last day that Cotton will be received in payment for it. Those who aro owing us Notes and open Accounts will please come forward and scHlc tbcaanie. WILSON & HEED, No. 7 Granite Kow. _Bept 26,1878 - 29 ly FRMGHTS REDUCED ! Aid Goods Lower than Ever Known Before. TyE are now receiving from Now York our FALL STOCK of GOODS, consisting * . largely of tho following articles : GROCERIES, BAGGING and TIES, DRY GOODS, $4,000 worth of the best warranted Shoes and Boots, A I urge lot of Rcady-Mnde Clothing, Hardware in abundance, A larg? lot of Men's and Boys' Hats, Yankee Notions, Crockery, Weodenware. Saddles, &., Ac. Goods are very cheap, and freights having been greatly reduced to this point, wo aro *.!f-t0 C0.mPcl? with any market, AV? jay thc highst price for Cotter.. Diing ?t along, V ' ' ' "H ?B1??EO~??JEY, BROWN Az ' CO. .Andmon. 8. C.. Rapt 10, 1878 _10 THE PUREST CHEMICUS OR THE MARKET FOR HOME-MADE FERTILIZERS ARE NOW BEING SOLD BY SIMPSON, REID & CO., At Ute smnll sum ot $12 per Ton. I?- Call at once and get tho formula fer your wheat, and later wo will havs s AVORTTGE CROP' 9 STATE OF^o UTH CAROLINAT ?pe?4 Redaction in Price of the 4? ir w rr ??"??o? CoTT- TOZER ENGBNE8. y w' W- Humphrey Judge of Probate. * - ? WQKREA8 Thomaj W Martin has 8 Horse, P-.ounted on wheels.|?60 SS h ? !? S?S ?::::v: 3 oTf^n,nd.nPJ,car t?efore ino in the Corni Anderson, S. C. totH^teS* hd? at Anderson C. H. ?ont 6 1878 8 *** Sbl?'1,811' d?y October, 1879, after J^?Jz!Z-; aSSa % P^SG?HPT20?? FREE ? P?UT SfTO11'i^tI<7n'Jhol.ld nit ho ^?Si'b? 0RT.1^V.%VMPHREVS,J.F. U^^^^^t^ ~^~~rr.-?_2- 1 ?fs?iTCirJrou,r,,nt^MA^^ON:* il PLUNDERED SOUTH CAROLINA* Tho Fraud Investigating Committee has just issued another installment of their report, which embraces in con densed form a number of miscellaneous frauds. We print below the opening chapter : KU KLUX. REWARDS. From tho accompanying testimony it will appear that Gov. It. K. Scott, ou tho 28th of Joly, 1871, issued a proclamation offering a re*va?d of $200 for each person arrested, with proof to convict of the charge, under tho enforcement act, com monly kuown as the Ku Klux act. Afterwards ono Hester made applica tion to him demanding $18,600, the amount which would have been payable for the arrest and conviction of ninety threo persons under said proclamation. This application, Gov. Scott says, was endorsed by Judge Bryan, of the United States District Com-*, for South Carolina, D. T. Corbin, District Attorney, and W. E. Earle. Deputy District Attorney, and approved by M*jor .Lewis Merrill and othsrofficers. Gov. Scott at firet declined to pay, on the ground that there was no appropriation for such purpose. Hester on the next day returned with a recom mendation from D. H. Chamberlain, then Attorney General of this State, to pay the said claim from the "armed force fund." Upon thia recommendation of tho highest law officer of the State, Gov. Scott issued to Hester three warrants, of $3,000 each, on said fund. He furnished j the commission subsequently raised for ' tho disbursement of tho fund provided for this purpose with tho particulars of thiB claim, but does not know whether the same waa discounted from the fund or not, as ho has not been ablo to regain the papers. During tho session of 1872-73 an act waa passed appropriating the sum of $35,000 for payment of claires under the proclamation of Gov. Scott, as referred to above. It is charged in the testimony of F. J. Moses that thia act was procured to be passed through tho influence of D. H. Chamberlain and Judge T. J. Mackey, and that the whole amount was to be Said to Major Lewis Merrill, U. S. A. ie states that, under the act, he, as Governor, was to have the distribution of the fund, and declared his intention to be very careful about it. D. H. Cham* berlain, however, prevailed upon him to appoint a commission for naid purpose ; whereupon he appointed D. H. Chamber lain, C. D. Melton. J. D. Pope. R. R. Elliott and James A. Dunbar ns snid com mission for the distribution of the $35,000, and on their award warrants were drawn on the treasury os follows: Major Lewis Merrill, U.S. A...$15,750.00 T. M. Wilkes, Uuited States Commissioner. 7,000.00 F. B. Lloyd (brother-in-law of T. J. Mackey). 5,000.00 H. H. D. Byron, United Statte Commissioner and Private Secretary of the Governor... 1,200.00 W. H. Brown, U. S. A. 200.00 James Canton, U.S. Marshal... 1,200.00 F. J. Moses, in his testimony, declares that he received $3,000 on a warrant drawn in favor of F. B. Lloyd. The re maining $2.000 uf Lloyd's WES discounted and paid to T. J. Mackey. C. H. Bald win, County Treasurer of Richland Coun ty, coliected tho two warrants made pay able to F. B. Lloyd, as charged by F. J. Moses. With this brief reference, it will be doing no injustice to the parties implica ted that- the ccnimitisc should incorpo rate in this report the testimony ip mil on this subject, leaving a propel and just discrimination of tho guilt or innocence of tho parties to your nonorable bodies. But your committee feel bound to call particular attention to the conduct of D. H. Chamberlain in regard to thiB mat ter: 1. Whilst ho waa Attorney General of tho State, recommending officially to Governor R. K. Scott the payment of this lurge cl?iui of $13,600 to nester, based upon his assumed arrest of ninety three persons under the proclamation, the payment to be made from the armed forco fund, which he well know waa con trary to IATT. 2. Afterwards, aa a lobby agent, using his influence to have the appropriation of $35,000 passed. AB the Attorney in fact of Major Lewis Merrill, persuading Governor F. J. Moses to appoint a com mission to do what the act required the Governor to do himself ; procuring him self to be appointed on the commission for the distribution of said fund ; and, whilst DO deeply interested, presiding, hearing and joining in the decision of thia matter ; and, af ter the awards were made, collecting and receiving the amount of Merrill's warrants, endorsing them"D. H. Chamberlain, attorney in fact for Lewis Merrill," and with his associate appronriating $500 each for their services out of the ra?noy appropriated to pay re wards offered under tho proclamation of Governor Scott. Tho conflict of interests represented by him is plain enough. How be was able to do exact and impartial justice to bia client and the State is not so clear. The bald fact, however, stands out that his client, Major Lewis Merrill, U. S. A., was, in a pecuniary sense, well taken care of. It is to be hoped that thia commission carefully investigated tho several claims for rewards under the proclamation and protected the State. Yet yoar committee, m an earnest effort to obtain all the facta attending this lar?e appropriation, havo , been furnished by James E. VioarnnA^ i Cierk of the United States Circuit Court i r_T>T. j ?TV- -ra- -.1- ry.-.t:- - I .07 SSS t "TT! . ut uvuvu vaiunuit, mvu a certificate, under seal, that the records of said court show only one hundred and nine -pontons convicted and pleading ?ni Uv under the Ku Klux indictments, f tins is true, then $21,800, at $200 each, would have been sufficient to pay all. Nevertheless, the whola $35,000 was drawn from tho treasury I T. M. Wilkes, United States Commis sioner, otates that he only expected to receive his usual fees for his services, and did receive such payment front thc United States government, but was induced, how ever, to present his little bill, and waa awarded $7,000. The warrant issued to bim contained the name? of the persons arrested, ?tc., thus verifying his claim. Of tho warrants issued to Major Lewis Merrill, U. S. A., some contained the names and others did not. This was certainly well calculated to excite suspi cion-oe leaving a wide door open for fraud. The committee, in justice to the gov ernment ot the United States, and that high reputation for honor and noblo bearing which ifould always characterize the officers of the United States army, cannot withhold the facta attending tho conduct of Major Lewis Merrill in this transaction. Tho testimony shows that ho made himself unusually active and officious in procuring tho appropriation of $35,000. After its passage ho brought the actio tho attention of certain civil officers of tho United States government, who were expecting only their usual fees, and in duced such to put in their claims. He enlisted the Private Secretary of tho flavnrnnr in hu interests, and sr se re warded himself with the lion's share-a result not to be surprised at when he had D. H. Chamberlain, one of the commis Eton, in his employ. During all tho ar duous labor Major Lewis Merrill, U. 8. A., was in tho receipt of his usual pay and commutation au an officer of tho United States army. The annexed order, found in the State Treasurer's office and receipted for by Major Merrill shows that ho received $500 in addition to the $15^750 awarded bim by the commissieu. I4 rom the fact of the warrant being made payable to tho order of Col. Louis Merritt, and tito other fBct of its being endorsed "Lewis Merrill, Brevet Co*. U. 8. A.," yourcom mitteo are lcd to believe that thia amount, must have heen drawn for the purpose oil reimbursing tho government for moneys advanced m this nat! .nal hunt for Ku Klux through and by United States army officers. Nevertheless, no evidonce of ita disbursement could be obtained. STATE OF SOOTH CAROLINA, EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, COMJMDIA, January 6, 1871. Hon. Niles G. Parler, Stale Treasurer: SIR-Pay to the order of Colonel Lewis Merrill the aunt of $500, and charge the same to tho appropriation for arm force. li R. K. SCOTT, Governor. $.500. [Endorsed Lev/is Merrill, Bvt. Col. U. j 5. A. Also the following Treasury mern- j oranda : 1061 ; Lewis Merrill ; January | 6, 1872.] In M?ese halcyon days of general am nesty auch conduct may be condoned, but tho facts, nevertheless, should not be for gotten. lu tho hunt of the Ku Klux, ' and this era of appropriating tho funds of the people of the State for such pur ?ose, our Stato authorities were not idle, ee letter of Governor R. K. Scott em ploying the Hon. H. G. Worthington aa assistant counsel at the moderate pay of $3,500 per annum. Testimony of Ii. K. Scott; Further examination of Governor R. K. Scott, held July 9th, 1877. After having been duly sworn, saya: I recollect tho proclamation that I issued about the time of tho Ku Klux troubles during the summer prior to the eloction in 1870 ; it might have been later than that; it was iu the Bummer of 1871. I recollect that there waa a reward of $200 offered by that proclamation, to each cass in which there was a conviction. Two hundred doll??? were offered to any per son who would arrest any of the parties charged, and deliver to jail with proof to i convict of the offense with which they were charged. ??cr tho conviction by the United States Court, n man by tho name of Hester, who was a government revenue agent or inspector, brought to me a list of names, claiming to have caused their arrest, and that ho bad pro duced evidence to convict, and claimed $18,600 under said proclamation. The application for the rewards was endorsed by Judge Bryan, D. T. Corbin, District Attorney, W. E. Earle, Assistant District Attorney, and approved by Lewis Merrill and other officers and persons in York County. The Judge ano all tho officers of the court before whom and by which the Ku Klux were convicted approved tho application. I declined to pay tho amount, on account of the fact that no money had been appropriated for that purpose. Hester, on tho next day, re turned to me with the paper, with a re commendation from tho Attorney Gen eral, D. H. Chamberlain, that the amount bc paid by warrants on the armed force fund. Hester had called on my Private Secretary and had him to make out war ranta on the armed force fund in auch au?ua as ho desired them. The warrants that ho had were B?X in number, for about $3,000 each. I only signed three of tho warrants, amounting to just$9,000. Thia was some time after the trial and conviction of the Ku Klux in the United States Court, some time during the year 1872. Tho demand WOB made upon a list of names presented by Hester, and must have embraced ninety-three names, as tho nme.lnmntior) allowed $200 to each caso, trhe names of the parties were em braced in tho application, and I am cer tain that $18,600 was demanded. I re flected upon the subject, and doubted whether I could issue warrants upon that fund, and was of opinion that I would have to wait until the Legislature could act, and have only issued warrants for $6,000. Those warrants were issued to Hester, and there were only three. I do not know that I can recall the names of the parties who were embraced in that list. I think that Avery and Bratton were embraced in the list. I think the list comprehended tho nuniea of all the parties who were tried and convicted. At the time tho General Assembly passed a bill appropriating the sum of $35,000 to pay Merrill and others in connection with the Ku Klux cases, I took the posi tion that I had paid out of the armed force fund a certain sum for at least some of tho purposes intended to be met by tho said appropriation, atid I forwarded tho list of names and the opinion of the Attorney General to tho commission ap pointed to distribute the fund, with the statement that the three warrants for $3,000 each should bo paid out of thc appropriation, and have uever heen able to regain possession of either of said documents, lt does not come within my knowledge that Hester had any agent or attorney here in reference to the mat ter. What Hester said to me was said direct from himself. These threo war rants were never paid by the State.-j Hester sold them to M L. Solomon, the Auditor of Richland County, at fifty cents on the dollar. I notifica tho Com t missioner that the Hester warrants had I never been paid. ' Don't know wh?th?r the 'Commissioner made any allowance to Hester out of the $35,000. Have no means of knowing. B. K. SCOTT. COLTJJ?BIA, S. C., July 9th, 1877. Testimony of F. J. Moses, Jr. COLUMBIA, 8. C., October 19, 1877. Personally came F. J. Moses, who, on oath, deposes and says: The passage of the bill making an appropriation to pay the rewards offered for the apprehension and conviction of the members of the Ku Klux Klan was Bccured by D. H. Chamberlain and T. J. Mackey, who were in tho interest of Major Lewis Mer rill. After the passage of the bill, Cham berlain came to mo and requested that tho entire amount should be awarded to Merral, and that I would receive a cer tain sum if 1 would do so. I replied that, under the provisions of the act, the distribution of tho fund was placed In my hands exclusively, and that in that matter I intended to bo very careful, and would not accede to his proposition. Then Mackey came to me and made the same request and proposition, and to him I gave ino samo reply as I had given to Chamberlain. Chamberlain then came again and suggested that I should ap point a commission, who should recom mend tho distribution of the fund, and that if I would appoint him on the com mission he would induce them to award tho wholo amount to Merrill, and that ho ' would seo that I ?houid bc paid a certain proportion. I did as he asked, bot be only succeeded in having the commission award to Merrill about $22,000, I think ; warrants for which sum were {riven to Merrill, le** thc ?u?i paid io Macaey and myself. Ono warrant for $1,000, or two warrants, each $1,000, were Issued by rae at Judge Mackey's request and by Mer rill's order to F. B. Lloyd, Mackey's brother-in-law, for Mackey himself, and I gave Mackey a note, addressed to 0. H. Baldwin, then Treasurer of Richland County, asking him (as a favor to me) to cash the warrantor warrants for Mackey; ho did so. There was no consideration given by Mackey for tho warrant or war rants, s'ave that he lobbied for the bill and used his influence iu favor of Mer rill. And tho warrtnt that I received (for $3,000, I think,) was drawn in Lloyd's name also, so that my own name would not appear. F. J. MOSES. ?K Testimony of Hon. T. J. Mackey. - COLUMBIA, 8. C., August 1,1877. Hon. Thomas J. Mackey, further ex amined, deposes on oath und says: In reference to tho appropriation made by tho General Aescmbly for paying rewards for tho arrest, with evidence to convict, of persons guilty of the crime of Ku Kluxing, I would state that I did not get one dollar from the t reasury of thc State of tho money appropriated and paid for that purpose. My w bolo connection with tho matter was this: Mr. F. B. Lloyd, of Chester, who is my brother-in-law, was engaged as au agent for ono or more purtles who claimed rewards for arresting Ku Klux under the proclamation of the Governor, and visited Columbia and aided in the passage of tho bill. Major Lewis Merrill, of tho United States army, waa the chief claimant as against those represented by Mr. Lloyd. The claims wero based upon a proclamation issued by Governor Scott in 1870 or 1871, in which he ofTered to pay a reward of $200 for tho apprehen sion, with proof to convict, of any per son engaged iu Ku Kluxing. It was distinctly stated in the proclamation thnt tho reward would be paid to any officer of tho United States army, or to any per son, military or civil, who would furnish tho-desired information. Tho bill ap propriating the sum of $85,000 to pay these rewards received a very general support in both bouses from members of both political parties, it being understood from Major Merrill, aa I was informed, that ho intended to uso his influence, which was very potent at Washington, to prevent further prosecutions or arrests for this cause. Tho report of tho Attor ney General of the United States, issued i i shortly before the passago of this bill, and which I now have in my possession, showed that there wero eighteen hundred indictments ponding in Smith Carolina for violations of the enforcement act, com monly called the Ku Klux act. No one questioned ina fact that tho State was bound to pay the rewards which the Gov ernor, pursuant to the authority vested in him, had offered. Eighty odd of the per sons in whoso cases rewards were claimed had confessed their guilt in open court. Mr. Lloyd was obliged to leave Columbia the day on which the bill was passed, and informed mo that Major Merrill wai to assign to bira (Lloyd) flvo thousand dol lars of the umount awarded him (Mer rill,) and requested me to seo Major Merrill when the award was made, or be fore, and obtain a written assignment, which I did, and delivered it subsequent ly to Mr. Lloyd. There were two orders delivered to me, drawn pnyable to F. B. Lloyd, ono for S3.000 and" tho other for $2,000. Ho (Lloyd) had requested me to obtain the order in thal form, aud to have the ono for $2,000 discounted at some bank, as it was well known that thero waa no money in the treasury to siect the appropriation. Mr. Lioyd ar rived in Columbia on tho day tho orders were paid, or the day nf. jr, having been absent but a few hours, not more than a day, and andorsed tho two orders. The oue for $2,00.. I had cashed at a discount of 10 per cent, and delivered the pro ceeds to him, he paying rae the sum of $300 for bis boara, as be resides with me, I gave bim the order for $3,000, and do not know what disposition ho mada of it. A reference to the Journals of the General Assembly wiii show that no roan challenged the claim for the re wards stated aa in anywise illegal or im proper. I do not kuow whether the state has ever paid any of these rewards. I do know, however, that when tue or ders on the appropriations were issued to Major Merrill, they were absolutely his property, and not that of the State, and the State bad no interest in tho premises. This matter of paying the rowards of fered by Gov. Scott wsa fully discussed by committees in both branches of the General Assembly, and numerous wit nesses were cited and appeared, ex-At torney General Chamberlain appearing as attorney to Major Merrill. The only part I bore in reference to tho passage of the bill was to express the opinion that the proclamation of the Govorner bound the State, if tho required services were rendered by the claimants. There wore two proclamations, one offering a reward of $500 in each case, and a later procla mation offering a reward of only $200. I insisted that tho reward could bo claimed on the part of Major Merrill only under tho second proclamation, and that was the proclamation referred to in the ap propriation to pay the rewards. I dis counted the $2,000 claim to Mr. C. H. Baldwin, who was well known as en gaged in purchasing claims upon tho ! State. I do not know the considerations of the assignment made by Merrill to Lloyd. Mr. Lloyed stated to mo that it was for aiding in the passage of tho bill, and I think he said to prevent op position on the part of some other claim ants. As to thia point mv memory IR not ciear, as 1 have not conversed since with Mr. Lloyed as to Ibo special con sideration that he gave for the orders. T. J. MACKEY. Testimony of Henry H. D. Bryon. GREENVILLE, S. C., July 2/, 1878. Henry H. D. Bryon, being dully Bworn, says : Ile resides in Greenville, S. C., and is by occupation a Special Deputy Collecttor of Internal Revenue, and also holds the office of United States Com missioner for the South Carolina district ; that during the year 1872 he held the o ill co of Unitt-d States Commissioner and resided in Union County, S. C., and at said time and place examined tho cases of several persons charged with con spiracy, oVc, under what was commonly known as the Klu Klux act. For the services rendered as commissioner I was fiaid by tho United States tho fees al owed by law, and I expected no pay ment from the Stats of South Carolina. Subsequently, and while I was Private Secretary of Gov. Moses, I learned from Major Merrill that a claim would be brought before the Legislature for the payments of the rewards, offered by Gov. Scott for the conviction of Ku Klux, and was advised by bim to submit claims for the conviction of six persons whose cases had been saut to court by mo from Union County. This claim, amounting to twelve hun dred dollars, was sent hofore the com mission which bsd been appointed, and was a?owed me. t H. II. D. BBYON Teslimony'of T.A?. Wilkes. COLUMBIA, July 24,1878. T. M. Wilkes, Esq., sworn, says: In Answer *.o your first Inquiry, lot mo r*y that I acted as a Commissioner for ibo Circuit and District Courts of the United States, enforcing the statutes of tho United States, denouncing such crimes ss it was alleged those who were brought j before me, under warrants duly issued, lind committed, or in bailing or com mitting those for trial who came before me voluntarily confessing the violation of those statutes. My commis-ion as United States Commissioner bears date tho 10th day of Juno, 1870. I made ap plication for tho ollico on tho third doy of June, 1870, and my appointment was "cheerfully recommended' by the gen tlemen who then composed tho Walhalla bar, Judge Orr and others. At that time I had just located at Walhalla with s view to practice my profession, and had not tho slightest knowledge or suspicion 1 of tho existence of the Ku Klux ordo? ! My official duties rendered it necessary for me to attend tho August term, 1871, of tho United Stater District Court, sit ting at Greenville, South Carolina. During the progress of the term I was called upon to investigate sonic alleged violations of the internal revenue laws, and went lo the upper portion of Green villo County for this purpose I very ! soou disposed of tho business left un- \ finished by a Commissioner who had Ereceded mo there, and carno back to < reenville. If I am right in my recollection, there < were some coses tried ut this (August, 1871.) term of court called "Ku Klux" , cases, but tho character of tho mau se- j cused and tho evidence adduced to sup port the churges did not awaken a behalf in the existence of such an order. Just j beforo or about the closo of the term, however, an affidavit . was presented to me purporting tu be signed by ono As borry Peck, who claimed to ho n citi-1 zcu of Spartanburg County, S. C., doted tho 14th day of September, 1871. alleg ing the existence of the Ku Klux or der, declaring its objects, and in it he confessed his acts as a Ku Klux and gove the names of tho members of the klan to which ho belonged. The officeT of the court took this statement of Peck's under advisement, and it was decided that I should go to Spartanburg, accompanied by the Assist 1 ant United States Attorney, the United States. Marshal, with one or two of his deputies, and Peck, and should proceed j to investigate tho matter. As to tho de ! tails of what did occur, I would gladly I tell you as far aa I can recollect, or j papero in my possession will show ; but 1 take it this is beyond tho scope of your inquiry. Tho country has boen goneral ly informed, through thc medium of the Ercss and tue courts, of the result, i ave testimonials from citizens of the highest character who, as attorneys and spectators, attended my examinations, assuring me of the fair, patient and im partial manner in which "cases wero con ducted by me. See if tho letters I hove with me do not bear me out in this state ment. At this time I scarcely knew any of tho officers of tho State government, and had no official or social relations with them. Indeed, except the United States officials I had met at court and the military officers stationed at Spartan burg, I knew none of them, and I can never forget tho anxiety my position occasioned me. I was simply bent upon performing my sworn duty, as I inter preted thc lav,', with fairness to the citi zens and with fidelity to the government. I had no other object in view. If I had ever seen the proclamation of Governor Scott, of dato 28th July, 1871, offering a reword of two hundred dollars each Tor the apprehension and conviction of Ku Kim, i do uot remember it; certainly I was not actuated by any motive in the performance of my official duties save that which should characterize a faithful officer. And now as to your question as to the amount of money I received from tho State for this service, I have to an swer that I received Comptroller's war rauta for aoven thousand dollars, which ?vero disposed of at a price less than their face value. I wish to explain how and why I submitted tho papers I did upon which this Iowa ace was made. Tho General Assembly of South Caroli na, on the 26tb doy of February, 1878, passed an act appropriating $35,000 for thu payment of claims arising under the proclamation of Governor Scott before referred to. I was advised that under tho proclamation and tho provisions of tho act making this appropriation I ought to submit a statement of my work to the commission appointed by the Gov ernor to examine and report upon the legal sufficiency of cluims arising under the proclamation. Tho commission ap {lointed by the Governor consisted of tue ollowing named gentlemen, to wit: Major C. D. Melton, Colonel J. D. Popo, Hou. lt. B. Elliott, Hon. D. H. Cham berlain and James A. Dunbar, Esq., three of whom certainly ranked as the ablest lawyers at tho Columbia bar. I determined that I would only submit to the commission thirty OVA voluntary con fessions made beforo me at Spartanburg. Thpso confessions were duly subscribed and transmitted to tho court. Upon them indictments were found, and the parlies themselves afterwards, in open court, made confession?, which are to bo found In tho published proceedings of tho November term, 1871, of the United Stales Circuit Court. I refer you to Sages 770 to 787 inclusive of the "Ku Aux Trials." In their report the com mittee says: "Tho committee further re port, after a very patient and careful consideration of tho claims of tho sever al claimants, that they have made thc awards as follows : * * * ? . * * To T. M. Wilkes Convictions, 35, at $200...$7,000 00 And thia t?porl ?a bigncd by every member of the commission. I novo no present recollection, but I havo no doubt that I was paid by tho United States government tho usual fees for the war rants issued and the hearings I bad in the cases in question, and I expected no more than those fees at the time the ser vice was performed. If I am right in my recollection, Major Merrill waa the first person who called my attention to the proclamation of Governor Scott and informed me of thu previsions of tho bill beforo the General Assembly, which afterwards became a law. T. M. WILKES. [Cb7y.] STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, COLUMBIA, Sept. 22,1871. lion. H. G. Worthington, Columbia, S. C. SIR : I am directed by his Excellency Governor Robert K. Scott to notify you t.'i nt you have been rotained as special counsel on tho part of tho Slate to pre pare and aid in the prosecution of all cases under the enforcement and Ku Klux laws of Congress, and your com pensation for such services will be at the rate of thirty-five hundred ($3,500) dol lars per annum, for which you aro au thorized to draw, monthly. 1 am ah?o directed to impress you with the neces sity of using your energy -sd prudence in the premises. Very reapcctfuily. JOHN HEART, Private Sec. Absolutely freo from Morphia and other dangerous agents. Dr. Bull's Biby Syrup is valued most highly ns a remedy for tho disorders of babyhood. Price only 25 cents a bottle. RwKffiKbflBoKiS!) Hon. H. ?. Butler. Thu following sketch of Senator Butler is from the pen of Ex-Governor B. P. Perry, in tho last Issue of the Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer : General Mathew Galbraith Butler is a native of Greenville District, and was born at his father's homestead on Pike's Mountain, four or ?ve miles caa: of the city of Greenville, where bo was reared and spent his boyhood ti il the removal of his father and family to the 8tateof Mis souri. His father, Dr. William Butler, ( was a surgeon in the United States Navy during tho war of 1812, and afterwards a Representative in Congress from the Districts of Greenville, Laurens, Ander son sud Pickens. Ho wai a high-toned gentleman, of pure .ind unsullied' honor f?ud patriotism, cordial in his manners and wann iu bis friendship, possessing a tali and strikingly handsome person, and very popular with the people AU of these virtues and graces his distinguished son hos inherited. There are fewer men in South Carolina who can boast a prouder family inherit ance than General Butler. For three generation.-, his ancestors and relations on both ?'ide a of the house luivo been dis tinguished in public service, ns naval and army officers, Judges, Governors and United States Senators. His paternal grandfather, General William Butler, was a gallant officer of tho American revolution, and for many years a Repre sentativo in Congress from the Edgefield District. His Bona, the uncle? of the subject of this sketch, wore all men of ability and distinction. Andrew Pickens Butler waa for many years a Judge of our Slate courts and United StatOa Sena tor. Pierce Mason Butler, was an officer of the United States army and Governor of the Stato of South Carolina. He served with distinction in the Florida war, and was killed at the head of the Palmetto Regiment in Mexico. Cn his niother'a nido, General Butler's ancestors and relatives were no less dis tinguished. His maternal grandfather, Christopher Raymond Perry, of Rhode Island, wu? a Captain in the United States Navy, and a gallant officer on sea and laud during the whole of the Ameri can revolution. His arias, the brothers of Mrs. Jane Tweedy Butler, mother , of General Butler, were Oliver Hazard Pnrre the brilliant immortid herc cf Lake Erie, an i Matthew Galbraith Per ry, a Commodore in tho United States j Navy and Commissioner to Japan. i............I D.wlrri.ra ,,,,..(),,.- ll.,,,, wuuliyuuv.? ?v~~0w..., .... . tv* ?.. - --? naval hero of the war of 1812, married the sister of Mrs. Butler, aud daughter of Captain Christopher Raymond Perry. The descendants of these distinguished naval heroes are now holding high offices in the United States Navy. General Mathew Galbraith Butler, named after his uncle, Commodore Perry, returned to South Carolina with his mother and family after the death of his father in Missouri. He was graduated at the South Carolina College, and com menced the practico of his profession at the Edgefield bar. He was, very soon after his admission to tho bar, elected a member of tho Legislature from Edge field District. This w?s iii 1SGG, aud ia 1861 our civil war broke out. Ile imme diately raised a company of cavalry and joined Hampton's Legion. He served through tho whole of the war, and rose to tho rank of Major General of cavalry , in tho Confederate army. At the des perate battle of Brandy Station in 1803 ho lost a leg, but he DOW v.a:ka withou; . a stick, and very few persons would no tice his lameness. Wo will not attempt to give a sketch of his military services. They are a mutter of history and known to his country. But we will say that no officor of tho Confederate army was moro ?allant or heroic. In the invasion of 'ennsylvanin. under Lee, tho scrupu lously honorable conduct of Gen. Butler tow&rdu the citizens of tho country through which tho Confederate army was passing drew from thom the highest ad miration, and since tho war ho has re ceived their grateful thanks. At tho bar Gen. Butler has shown in the argument of his cases great learning and the most brilliant talents aa an ad vocate. In a celebrated libel Cas? tried ut Greenville some time .'?ince, his speech was said to be, by competent judges, the most forcible ano finished argument they have ever heard ia tho court of justice. Persons who had witnessed a similar trial at Anderson, in which Gov. Mc Duffie made oue of his greatest efforts; say that Gen. Butler's speech waa greatly superior in every respect ; more brilliant, more logical, moro eloquent, more learn ed and uiure conclusive. In tho Senate of tho United States, where General Butler bas just been seat ed, ho is destined to make his mark and sustain tho high reputation which South Carolina has had in the councils of the republic for more than a century past. He is comparatively a young man. strik ingly handsome in his person, courtly aud polished in manners, punctiliously honorable in his character, and wins popular favor wherever he goe-j, oven in a Radical Senate. General Butler married the daughter of Governor Francis W. Pickens, and lives in Edgefleld, the boroo of the But lers for more than a century past. But wo know that ho has a strong attachment for his native district, Greenville, where lie the remains of his honored and noble mother. U. 8. Grant, $1. I To the Editor of the New York Sun-' S?n ; Conspicuous by its sbsencs in the long list of contributors to the yellow fever fund is tho name of our illustrious ex-President, Gen. Grant ; and although in common with a large majority of this community-rich and poor, widow and orphan-. have already given what I felt tba? ? could afford, rather than that a nomo destined to be handed down to posterity for untold ages should fail to appear on record in aid of Buch a cause, I herewith inclose one dollar, with the request that it may bc credited to Gen. Grant as his subscription to the aboco named fund. For my present action in this matter there is ample precedent, large suma having been contributed for other worthy purposes in Gen. Grant's name by cer tain of his wealthy admirers. It ia but fair to add that the generosity of these gentlemen was not allowed to pass unre warded, having been iuvariably compen ?a?*d by offices ef honer s=d ^u-uuoni. WILLIAM. H. REAGAN, 5 Bookman street. TRIUMPHANTLY.---Dr. Price's Special Flavoring Extracts have stood the tests of scieuco and of practical use trium phantly, and POW are taking precedence over all others. They aro ius(ly entitled to th? rojHit?t?on they have acquired,: for tholr strength, purity and delicacy of flavor. . '?? " ' .- - - Senator Kirkwood, of ?csrSJ 5? cred ited with saying that the Republicans will lo40 four Congressional Districts in that State. - Eggs ton cents a dexen. calico flvo cents a yard, in Gainesville, Ga, Where upon tho Eagle remarks : A healthy lien ia cal'/u?ated to lay two dresses a season: np. othw Cduelsrte?. _? for we <mliiMury Citations, tw? lcscrt?o-?^-. - r - - 9*M necessary stamp* sr? furnished to repay the postage thereon. . . . SW We aro no* ..esBonalhle for tb? t lews asid opinions ot 09r?-yrmpondientf. . " ir" All commur^tlonsshouM ho ^.d?^c^s?idto.,Ed itors Intelligencer." and ej! checks, dratts. mocoy .ordar., A?., should %^^^^tia. Anderson) 8. C. "u .,n H" j,, ,i JIM H . i A DESERVED HOOK. Conviction of a Tonna; Man for th? Doubla M? vd cr of Ills WIT? and nar lUttta Chi vd. MABION, N. C., Sopteraber 24. Hoke Calhoun Seer wt was convicted to-dav, In tho Superior Court of McDow ell County, tuo murder of bia wife, Maggie Secreat, and his stcn-dau^htqr, Minn's Stephenson, on the oin of ?inrch, 1877, and e-enteuced ,by Judge Gudgu to be hanged on Friday, tho 15th of No vember, 1878. Beerest is about twenty-one' years old, five feet and ten.inches high, dark brown hair, blue eyes, and weighing 160 pounds. Ho ia of rather prepossessing appearance, and under other circumstances would be called handsome. He seems to have been a wayward, cynical and waspish youth, giving his parents great trouble, and, on acconnt ofilia superior physical strength, being a terror to his .associates. Living in the vincinity of his father, (a well-to-do planter,) in Union County, was an attractive widow, aged twenty five years, Mrs. Maggie f stephenson, wno had a little daughter, Miunld, three years old. About two years ago Hoto became enamored with his fair neighbor, visited her often, and manifested . a great fond ness for little Minnie. At length tho widow became alarmed at tho. result of their intimacy, hnd demanded that ii io oft-repeated promises of marriage, should be immediately fulfilled. To thia Beerest at once assented, proposing that they should take a trip to the mountains, cel ebrate tho marriage there, and eoaurprise tho neighbors on their return, Pleased with the romantic proposition, tho trust ing and happy woman prera^id for the journey; On tho 28th of February, 1877. Hoke feacrest, Moggie Stephenson and Minnie Stephenson, in a buggy, loft home. Going westerly, they' passed Charlotte," ana on tho 5th of March arrived in Newton, where, a marriage liccnEo being* procured, they were law fully married. On the 6th of March they stopped, for dinner _a mile from Hickory, Burke County, * rom thia time ; neither Maggie Secreat nor little Minnie Stcphensou were ever seen alive. On the next day Hoke Beerest was peen alono fifteen miles west of Hickory. Ho returned alone to tho county of Union. When asked aa to the whereabouts of Maggie Stephenson he replied that "abe bought an emigrant ticket in Charlotte and had gone West." Tc different per sona he told different stories to account for her not returning. Exhibiting an order signed in ber name, he assumed charge of ber property, but when shown tho notice of their marriage in the local {?opero of Hickory ho utterty discla.med toa untrue. i? On the 10th of January, 1878, while a number of boys were hunting, three miles west of Hickory, in a denso thicket near the highway, they found a shallow grave, which, on being opened, waa found to contain parts of the bodies of a woman and a child, with several articles of cloth* ing. Scattered near the. grave were found many bones, both of tho adult and of the child, which had evidently been Tiswed by "w?d ftsitrl6ls? Msrds?* *s?S? at once (suspected. Great public excite ment was aroused, and no time was lost in ferreting out the mystery. Hoke Be erest waa remembered, and on him BUB gicion rested, causing his speedy arrest, o indignant were tho people of Burko county that such a monstrous crime should have boen wmsiiited lu ibc5r midst that thc, determined to lyiu him and bury him in the grave of his victims. This was prevented by baring the train in which he was brought from Union County poss through Hickory without halting. A preliminary examination was held al Morganton, when, the evi dence being very strong, he was held for trial in the Superior Court. The case was brought to McDowell County on the affidavit of the prisoner that he believed ho could not have an impartial trial in Burke. Tho allegation of the State baa been sustained by the most complete chain of circumstantial evidence, and thc case for the defence utterly failed. Tho case was ?iyeu to the jury at thirty ininutea after 0 last night, and they returned with a verdict of guilty ?it 12 o'clock. He re ceived the death sentence this morning with no manifestation cf emotion. An appeal to the Supremo Court wasgranted on application of the culprit's counsel, and this will lengthen his life about sis months. Probably the annals of crimo furnish no parallel to thia infernal deed. In llb Own Tomb. About fifteen years ago the late Wil liam Niblo, of Niblo's Garden, built a handsome tomb in Greenwood Cemetery. He expended a great deal of money upon it, and it naturally became one of tho attractions of that' pensive fesort. Among the eccentricities of that veteran manager waa that of visiting this tomb on sultry Summer afternoons and sitting thero, novel in hand, until'the shadowing of the grand path before tho door showed him that evening waa near. Ono day Mr. Niblo passed through the lodgo gate os usual, saluted the attendant in bia cus tomary courtly style and wandered away. That bight Mr. Niblo did not return to his home in New York* Nothing was thought of it, as ho had such a number of friends whom he might visit and re main until late. But when the morning showed tho room unoccupied and tho had undisturbed, then alarm seised the house hold. Search waa made, tho clubs, places of publics rnnnrk th? ihcstrCS, ail V?Crs visited. He had not been seen there the night previous. Then ono remembered the.visits to the Greenwood tomb. When those.who were searching for William Niblo reached tho gate of the cemetery they were met by the mon in charge. He remembered that Mr. Niblo had been there so many daya before that it had become a custom. "What was the mat ter? Mr. Niblo lost? Come to think of it, I didn't see hir". go out of here when T locked up. He must bc in tho tomb." The tomb bas an ornamental door let into the eolid round surroundings. It ia mas sive, thick, uninviting, and seems just the aperture for a perpetual homo f the dead. Beyond it ls sn airy apai.mont, in which the sunlight flitters. Whea Mr. Niblo entered his favorite resting place that summer afternoon, he satin his accustomed seat, opened his book ?nd foll to reading. The wind rose, the vault ?"/ly? ?Uei ~it? sir urti! ? prOp-uisivo force .was generated, : and then suddenly there came a short, sharp click, with semi darkness aftor it. Mr. Niblo waa shut In. The vault door had sprhng to. Ho waa found sitting composed In tho tomb, and by no means so mach agitated as woro any ono of thoso who were looking for him. Ho explained the accident, his ebrioks for assistance, and then his re lapse into a calm and philosophical con sideration of the circumstances. Ho kuow that no one could hear him call, but he felt that tho active brains of his irionds would seek him out, and thai! sooner or later would bo lihorstod. - R&loigh New: In this State aro now, according to.the most careful, calcu lation, 295 carriage and wagon inann/hc tovlcs, 195 tobacco factories and 261 tur pentine distilleries.