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" ?/,>,I:MP YT VHMRFK ifiQ7 " " CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 2 1871. _ EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR." THE SOUTHERN VULTURES. HOW THE VXCL?AX BIRDS BICK THE BOXES OE THE TAXPAYERS. A Healthy Corpse Discovered in South Carolina??Uncle Joe Crew?, Parker, Neagle, Patterson, and Other Bare Necked Buzzards Go for IC--The Men who Wann il Grant's Ku-Klni 8111. [Correspondence of the New York San.] COLUMBIA, May 25. The whole political ?atmosph?re m South Carolina is sosurcharged with fraud and cor? ruption that it would be a little singular i: now and Ihen the sky did not darken and burst forth in electric flashes o? crimination and're crimination. These flashes always reveal the pathway to a den of thieves, and your corres? pondent, ever on the alert, has availed him? self of the last of these outbreaks, and is now prepared to give to the world a brie! sketch ol one of the many swindles by which the people of thi&State are bein" impoverished. TUE CARCASS. The Columbia and Greenville Railroad leads from Columbia to Greenville, and ls 1-fO miles in length. The financial condition o? the road has from its completion been bad. and its stock, the par value of which was $20 a share, almost valueless. Dividends of course were out of the question, and the bondholders groaned in spirit as they looked at their un proc clive securities. Dead carcasses always attract vultures, and the delunct railroad com? pany formed no exception to this rule. In the summer of 1869, when the corporation was seemingly in Its death throe?, the air became blackened wiih these birds of prey. Hover? ing about eager lor the final dissolution were Parker, the State treasurer, who is a bird ol most ravenous propensities; honest John Pat? terson, whose talons are deep in everything foul; the Hon. Timothy Hurley, a vulture ot hue the blackest; the Hon. C. P. Leslie, a bird whose plumage has ofttimes been besmeared with public tilth; Dr. J. L. Neag'.e, the comp? troller-general ol' the State, who has the keen? est scent lor prey " ol any ol' the voracious birds, and Uncle Joseph Crews, the great poker player, who is always among the "very first to light on a carcass, and who smiles com? placently as he picks its bones. THU FEAST OF THE VULTURES. Besides these birds there were others who came to the feast and watched eagerly for an opportunity to gorge their maws from the Bul . ferlcg corporation. Tue first effort ol the vul? tures to obtain possession of the railway car? cass was made in September, 1SC9. Ageuts were appointed throughout the State lo buy up from the discouraged and impoverished widow and orphan the lew shares of the depre? ciated stock each might hold. To avoid a sud? den rise in thc shares, which might prevent the consummation ol' the vultures' schemes, these agents were selected with a view to their respectability and position in the community in which they resided. For the northern part ol the state were chosen ex-Governor (now judge) James L. Orr and the Hon Jacob P. Reed, and as the greater portion ol' th*? stock was held in thal section, the gemlemen-named were made the principal agents. In the course ol a month every available share of the- Green? ville stock was in the hands ol the Statehouse Ring, at prices varying from 75 cents lo $3 a share. The stock so purchased was paid for with funds raised by the hypothecation ol South Carolina bonds in the New York banks, and the amount paid in <he purchase was about $240,000. The floating stock thus pur? chased, ihe vultures began to think ot' a divi? sion of the prey, and a turning over of the car? cass for a new feast, i. e., the reorganization of the Greenville Company with ihe darkest ot the birds In the directory of the road. To their consternation they lound that THEY HADN'T EATEN ENOUGH ol' the available side to enable ihem to turn it over. They had not secured a controlling in? terest in thc stock. What was to be done? The money already borrowed from the State must be made good or exposure was sure to follow. This could not be done without the consummation ol' their plans. In this junc? ture a happy thought struck the Hon. Niles G. Parker. Mr. Parker croaked and the other vultures flapped their wings and gathered around to hear it. The State owned 10,000 shares ol the stock, which by existing law it was not empowered to sell. "The State must sell her stock, and she must, ol course, sell it to us," said the Hon. Niles G., to which ihe other vultures again flapped their wings in token of assent. . "Bur," said an innocent-looking bird In the background, "how are we io make the State sell the stock when she ls iorbidden by law to do it ?'' "pshaw ! you're green," said the Hon. Niles G.? "Don't we own the Legislature, and can't we bribe it to pass a law for onr benefit ?"' The birds again flapped their wings and croaked their delight at this strategy. Before going further, however, the new company was organized In -twelve shares ol ?20,000 each, o; which Parker took 24 $50.000; Les? lie. 2i; Uncle Joseph Crews, 1"; i> eagle, 1; and olhefs in like proportion. Some vt the vul? tures came near being LEFT OUT IN TUE COLD by the rapacity of ihe others, and had to be content with filths and tenibs of shores. Of course thia organization was but informal, and was only put forth as the basis upon which the Anal divvy should be made. And now for ihe Leglslaiure. Leslie and Whittemore, the cadetship bird, look charge ol ibis part ol' Ihe programme. They drew up what they cailed a "Funding Mir lo enable the State lo dispose of certain securities held as a k.nd of collateral for advances made years ugo to different corporations. Ol'course in ihe pteamble Ihe comparative worthlessness ol' ihese stocks was duly set forth, and the great advantages to accrue Irom their sale were, ex? patiated upon by the sleek Wbittemere, and were received by the mystified nestor's with months open and eyes lolling. Broad black palms were rubbed on blacker knees in loken of the legislative approval, as ihe noble sena? tor lrom Darlington resumed his seat, and the bill went to its second reading without a mur? mur. Alas! when it came up lor its final pas? sage ii was discovered that SOMEBODY HAD PEACHED. The legislative negro had discovered some? thing akin io himself in the lenee. He straight? way resolved that the bill musl be killed un? less he was seeu-although by whom he was expected to be looked at was u mys ery. There was money in the bill, and it couldn't go through-unless he had his stake, and ii didn't go through that day at least. '1 hut night the vultures gathered In their nest and sat in solemn conclave. The A. I>. Barber (who, by the way, is a neirrc.) ol'the South Carolina Legislature was sent lur. "Mr. Purvis," said the Hon. Stale Treasurer, "this bill must go through." "So I suppose," said the antitype of the great Barber. "How much will it cost ?" said Niles. "Don't know," was the response; "haven't canvassed yet. Guess they'll want a thousand apiece though." "Find ouC will you ?" said the great. Parker, and the fugleman withdrew. J/EATHERING TUE LK.G1SLAT1VE NEST. This was near the close ol the session ol' 69-70. The leg?K!stive maw hau'nt been well lided. It craved spoils, and the maw offered itself cheap. "Foriy-flve ihousund dollars would secure the passage ot the law," said the sub-canvassers ol the two huii?es, and so re? ported the Lobby Klug to ihe vultures. Next day the Hon. Niles G.Parker started for New York. Telegrams were >enl lrom New York to this place asking delay IQ the adjourn? ment. Every effort was made to raise Hie money, and "finally, after weeks of doubt and anxiety, the cash was secured and safely lodg? ed In Parker's carpet-hag. Pending this, how? ever, the Legislature became clamorous. The members threatened lo adjourn without pass? ing the bill unless Parker hurried up with the money. Finally, while on his way with the greenbacks, to appease the wraih of the im? patient members, he sent telegrams over lue assumed name ol E. Perkins from almost every station: "For God's sake don't adjourn." "I'VE GOT TUE MONEY !:' They didn't adjourn, and finally Parker redbed this eily. $18.000 were raised lu New York upon the hypothecation ol' Stale bonds; $45.000 were paid to th? Legislature, and dis? tributed the night before the adjournment, and $;:000 were paid to Parker fur his truuble in coing to New York. Of course the landing bill went through flying. By its terms, the State was authorized to sell all its securities in certain corporations. The Governor, the comptroller-g?ueral and the State treasurer were appointed a board tc effect their sale. The board was to exercise its own judgment as to whether the securities should be sold at public or private sale, and also as to the terms ol pavmeut; 2.cd, by a singular omission, noth? ing was said shout the price to be exacted for these securities. The board could seil them tor what lt pleased, and lt did. It pleased the board to sel the 10,000 shares o? Greenville Railroad stocii the first thing for S-l 0? a share, when it was then bringing in Charleston, owing to bull influences, over S7 a shure. lt didn't please the board to sell the stock ol any other corporations just then, and indeed lt never ha? sin :e, thus proving that the whole object of the celebrated funding bill, which was bribed through thc Legislature, was noth? ing more thaa a scheme to enuble a gang ol thieves to possess themselves of the stock of one corporation. .Of course the sale of this stock was ? A DUMMY SALE. or a sell on the taxpayers. Not a man in South Carolina but believes that. The $405,000 supposed to Lave been received from the sale of the State's stock, where is it? Eveil echo cannot answer where. When the vultures had to borrow from the Slate herself to raise the money first expended, it ?9 not likely that they would be particular to pay for ber own stock. This part of the transaction, however, .] still remains in darkness, und it will probably be lelt to a anare taxpayers7 convention to fathom. Noihing now remained bu: to com? plete the swindle by proclaiming the new or? ganization. The board ot directors were ihe original man pulators of the scheme. A stool pigeon name:! Busn, imported to give respect? ability to the new regime, was made presi? dent, honest John Patterson, vice-president, Niles G. Parter, secretary, and G. W. Water? man, representing Governor Scott's interest, was.made treasurer. The directors were the above, and Tim Hurley, of Hurley ville on Congarce, Uncle Joseph Crew?, J. L. Neagle. the compiro.ler, the Hon. C. P. Leslie, e? Ul nmne genus. Being thus secured in full pos? se ;slon ol thu roud, without a dollars expense to themselves, TUE VULTURES, ?with a depth of gratitude rarely attained by birds ol thai strip?*, sci about rewarding the faithful. The lobby agents, for their ac? tivity in securing the p-issage ol' the funding bili, were awarded places in the uew company with large salaries mid little work. Other friends ot the scheme were rewarded in mate? rial ways, and everything thenceforward went on serenely except the road Itself. That paid no better tin 1er the new management than the old. This made no difference, however, to the rauiority ol'the stockholders. They didn't get hold of. the stock for dividends. Their game was higher. Last winter the spotless directors asked the Legislature to grant . A LOAN TO TUE ROAD OF TWO MILLIONS. It waa too much. The House bolts every? thing at one gulp, and so it bolted this; but the Senate shrank aghast. Even Whittemore and Leslie turned pale when they saw the con? templated fraud. Everybody understood why the money was wanted, L e., to pay off the [ amount already borrowed from Hie treasury and pocket whatever might remain-a sort ol' borrowing 1 rom Peter to pay Paul process, particularly interesting to taxpayers. That swindle did not go through, although it passed the House and came to its second rvading In the Senate BEFCiRE IT COULD BE KU LED. Since then matters have been going from bad lo wors?, until now the directors aro ne? gotiating for the sale of the entire concern to the South' Carolina Railroad Company, at rt handsome p rout of course over the original investment.. It is estimated that twelve "men will divide not less than two millions of dollars when this sr.le shall.have been effected, uud. all on a capli al ol $0000. Such is earpet-bag gery. . A. P. GR A NT A ND GOVERNOR SCOTT. Thc Govt-mot's Interview with the Offitc-Ho.de r's Candidat e- Winn Grant Wanted And What Grant Didn't Get-Governor Scott'* Opinion of the Pitsident. [Correspondence of the Sew York Sun.] WASHlNGTO.v,"May 28. In view ol the President's recent proclama? tion dedaring South Carolina In a state of In? surrection, Lnd warning the insurgents to dis? perse wiihiii twenty days, the interview be? tween (taverner Scott of that State and'the Pi -?slddont, whiChtookr *ce on Saturday, had a peculiar nlgni?cance. The Governor said the e had beeu no disturbance of the public peace in South Carolina, and mildly insinuated that the blood and thunder proclamation was as unnecessary as it was ineffective. GR;.N7 AIDINO THE KU-KLUX. What the Governor said he needed to insure obedience to the laws was a Detter class of men in the Federal offices In the State. For in? stance, he wauled a new United States mar? shal appoicted-one who would seel hat the laws were obeyed,.and who would arrest all offenders. The Governor said he did not wish martial law. but he thought the presence of a few troops might be well to aid the marshal In arrestlugIllicit whiskey men and other offen? ders against, the Federal laws. The Governor | n> told the President that everybody in South Carolina tangoed at his proclamation, for the simple reason that it was based on a state of affairs thai did not exist. There was no in? surrection in that State, nor wus there any? thing iike un organized movement to create a breuch ol the peace. A BIO IITXT TO GOVERNOR SCOTT. The President listened to all these things with a looc of ihe most stolid Indifference. When the Governor had finished speakiug he asked him what he wanted him (thePresident) to do. Wilh a look of surprise, Scott said : "Why, ye ur Excellency, I have just been tell? ing you. J waul you to make a new set of ap? pointments in South Carolina. 1 want men who are capable of enforcing the civil law, and who have nerve enough to arrest offenders ugainst the same. "Humph !" remarked bis Exce?encv, "I hardly kut.w what to do. Have you' seen these ?" And the President drew from his drawc-r a copy of resolutions passed by the Republican State central commut?e, endors? ing President Grams administration, aud de? claring in favor of his renomination. The President read them over willi a slow, drawling accent, while Scott, who knew just what they were and what lt all meant, squirm? ed in his seat ?ike an impatient schoolboy. When he had got through, the President said : "Now, what did you say you wanted me to do ?" Utterly disgusted with the (rifling nature ol this question, Scott reheated his views, "Humph !"' said t President. How do your people feel down lhere in regard to the next Presidency !" "Well, sir.'-- said Scott, "to tell yon the truth, we iaven"t thought much about lt We have hard a hard time to keep the party from going to pieces. You see the party in South Carolina is so.filled up with thieves that we have to keep our eyes opeu or the whole Stale would be carried off." THE PRESIDENT SMILED at this and asked if the thieves were not all driven om. yet. Alter some .arther conversa? tion the Governor withdrew. Coming down Pennsylvania avenue, Scott met a lrleud wno knew ol the errand he had been on. Said the latter: "Well, Governor, how did you make out ?" "Wby,': answered Scott, "I didn't make out anything. Do you know that I begiti lo think thal the reports 1 have heard about thal man's want ol capacity are all true ? Why, 1 tallied foran hair trying to make him see a eenuin point, and I'll be hanged it' I could beal lt into bis head to save me. The truth is, the poor fool don't think ol anything bul renomination. Thai's lh?; burdeu of his thoughts by day and nis dreams by night. If thu realization of his dreams depended upon South Carolina, he would stand about as much chance ol bein" President again as I do. He read over a lot of ni resolutions there, and evidently wanted me to sc promise I bat the South Carolina Republicans ru would puss a similar set. They'd see him in iv Tophet first. My whole interview wilh him was j!;st so much time throwu away. I might as well have lalked lo a stick." And with this the Governor stalked off in diguuully. A MODEL "'REPUBLICAN.' TUE HERALD INTERVIEWS EX-GOV? ERNOR ORR. What Kind ol a Republican Ide Judge ls-Kn-Klnx Outrage? and Carpet bag Rule-Thc Lost Cause of Andy Johnson-Uncle S?m'? Regulars no XTseJn llic Paltheiio State--Sherman*? Chancea for Hie Presidency-The Dem? ocratic Party and its Policy. [From t!-.3 New York Herald.] The condition ot" the Southern States under Lhe rnie of the Radicals being the absorbing jueslion of horne policy, and the utterances o Southern men of position and influence con leming ihe future of those Sta'es being espe :ia!ly impoitantat.thisjunclure, a Herald re nortel was yesterday dispatched to the Grand Botel, on Broadway, where Mr. Orr, Governor ?f South Carolina under Andy Johnson, was ?toppin::, for the purpose of gelling h?3 views m the political situation. Mr. Orr was acc?s ?ible after dinner, and was pleased to meei a representative di the Herald. He arrived here >n Saturday for lhe purpose ci transacting tome private business, and will leave for An rcapolls this morning. He is one of ihe visi :brs to the Naval Academy. The ex-Governor s a stout, rosy-cheeked, good-humored gen >man about sixty years orage. After some preliminary talk Mr. Orr said^ In inswer to a question put by lhe reporter, that ie did not think much wovdcl come ol' 'iendlnir United States soldiers into the South at this .line. Reporter. They will be able to pitt down aw'essness in the South. Governor, will they io: ? TUK =OJ.I>IFKS USELESS, Mr. Orr. No; and I will tell you why. The awlesa persons don't commit crimes where here are armx'd forces; il is only in wild and inirequented places that they operate. It akes some time l'or a messenger to reach the )luce where the soldiers are stationed, and a onger lime for the latter to reach Hie scene )i' the distiirbat.ee. Ol' course when they jot there they Hud nothing io suppress and ?obodv lo arrest. Rep?rter. Then yoii-cdmlt that lawless mnds exist in the Scuih ? ' ' Mr. Orr. Indeed I do; at least in South karolina. I doa'i know hov? it may be in other itates, but we have gol them. They are poll tea) bodies, too. Can't say what they nre [riving al; bm. undoubtedly, they are actuated iy hatred of the Yaukees. They are a trouble nd a nnlsuuc? to a l citizens who are j DESIROUS OF PEACE AND QUIET, nd these are the majority of the people cd the Hate. Most ol'them are'soldiers-bad ones. 10 doubt-ol" our i Confederate) army; but ol' bis I am not certain. I suppose Ku-Klux rould be the proper name for them. Reporter. It' they ure troublesome to the eacel'ul citizens ol'" the State, why don't the ltizens suppress them ? Mr. Orr. That's just ii. I wish they would undress Hiern, li' Wade- Hampton and ihe ther generals of the State, who have the cod dence of the people, would only declare thera tdves against the Ku-Klux and their damned ranks, there would be peace at once. "But ou see they won't. They are sore. They have lelr backs up because they were not enfraa liised Had they been pardoned and given le franchise, the Ku-Klux wpuld have no had xlstence, in our Slate at least. They are s?jjen ow, and let the niggers, earpe^aigersr wags and Ku-Klux send the Stale io the'jBS?l lelr own way. It's a pity that a different ollcy had not been pursued. If the recon? duction of Johnson bud been given a lair trial lere woi?d be a different slate of aflalrs lo Hie outh lo-dny. 1 was !n favor of Johnson's poL :y all along; but now I see where he made a ilsiake; he should not have tiled to run the hole business himself, but have called Con ress together and submitted his programme f action lu them. I believe Congress would ave snppuried him, and all would have been fell, ll was A PERSONAL FIGHT etween Lira and Congress; indeed, old Ste? ens (Thad) said to me one day In Wasliing >n, Governor Orr, this ls entirely a personal ghi between us aud thc man at Hie other end 11 the avenue." Reporter. There were no lawless societies bile you were the ExectiUve of South Caro? na, Governor ? Mr. Orr. No; uot even an arrest during Ihe vo years and u half that I was Governor.- I ?ok good, safe measures against disorders. I rgauized a secret police loree, and kept the limes and whereabouts of ihe members of it prolonnd sect et. The consequence was that [me dared take the first step toward an untar . il act tor lear ol Instapt arrest. A similar force ow in Soul h Carolina would do more to sup ress Ku-Klux outrages than all the army qi ie United Stales. Reporter. Then you don't see any way out l your present difficulties '' Mr. Orr. No; unless, as I said, the leadln .?lierais taite the Ku?Klux in hand I don't see aw outrages are to be stopped. A declare on from Wude Hampton and the other gene ils who have thc confidence of lhe people lat they acquiesced In # TUE ACTION OF' CONGRESS, ggersuffrage and everything, and counselled ibmissiou, and there would be no more out ges to be reported. But why should ihev do ? It is nothing lo Hiern. Thev don't suffer, isa difficulty.the carpet-baggers mude, fur emselves, and ihey must bear it. Sir, the ay the State ls now run is awlnl. The people e robbed right and left, and ure being ruined impletely by the swarm ul Northern locusis ?it have settled down in their midst, lt ls men table, that outrages should be committed ; the citizens; bul the provocation ls Indeed .eut. We have now a Digger majority ol 30, i0, and against this we ure powerless, as ul .esent organized. Tiley rule and ruin os ey please, because we ure sinpld enough lo siston being recognized as Democrats. Reporter. Your ?Ire a Repurbllcuu Governor e you not. ? Mr. ?.rr. Well-yes: that is. I am n kind of Republic m. The only Hope I see for the ute ol South Carolina ls for all hands to de are themselves Republicans. As mullers now und the carpet-baggers und niggers have rerythiug their own way. At. electiou time, heu ti good man sincerely desirous'ol sup? pling the government, healing the biller 'ss ot Hie hour and restoring Hie Stale to her .oper condition, offers hiinsell ns a candidate r office on the Democratic Hcket, he is im ediately put down by SOME ACCURSED SCALA WAU : field hand, the tool of the scalawag, in this ?Ilion. "Who emancipated you ? The nlg ?rs ! Who enfranchised you ? Wno enabled )ti to exercise your inalienable rieht to ride i the cars willi the white folks ? Who shed ieir bluod fur you and staud by you lo-day ' bc Republicans ! Who fought against vou in ie wur tu keep you in slavery ? Who* want i annul the emancipation proclamation and ie laws, of Congress made lor you by vour ?ends ? Who want to re-enslave von ? 'The eniocrtits." So the Democralic* gentleman is to take a back seat. Hie 30.000 black ina riry is rolled up lor the scalawag, carpet-bag id nigger candidates, aud we are as before, our people, sir. had the sense to go lu wilh ?t? niggers, declare themselves resolved to ipport the amendments lo ilie constitu? ?on ad ihe reconstruction acts of Congress, and lat henceforward they would be Republicans, would be all up with the carpet-baggers; ihe ibdc offices would be filled with men o fre lectubdity and Intelligence, and the State ould speedily recover. That is my policy T Suuth Carolina. We don't care anything >wn lhere for Federal politics; our ardent de re is to recover the Stale lrom the scoun 'els who are now running lt. Reporter. But suppose the Democratic irly wins TUB PRESIDENTIAL FIGHT, ould not that triumph be of benefit to South troll na? Mr. Orr. Not at all. There ls that 30,000 gger majority; we have gol to get rid of ihat unehow. No maller what party wins In lhe lllonal election lt will make no difference lo Should the Republicans win we will be ns e ?ire. Perhaps, indeed, we would have not her army of unconscionable Radical lilians quartered upon ns. ll'the Democrats In they cannot help us. Tor the nullification I f the amend me nts is uut of the question; the I c infernal 30,000 nigger ..majority will be there worse than ever. No, slr; we most all become Republicans, and so take the wind out ol the sails of the carpet-baggers. Reporter. Yours is a bad predicament, Governor. What about the other States ? Mr. Orr. Of the other Slates of the South and their condition I am not very well inform? ed. Tliey are, however, better off than we are. Ours is the only State where the niggers outnumber the whites. I have ceased to be a politician outside of my own State. I am a philosopher A POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER, ll von like.. Reporter. Governor. I amalad you told me that. An American political philosopher who does not care about affairs outside of his own Slate is a rara avis. Your opinion on the out? look for the Presiden;ia! conu'et in 1872 will be of great value. Mr. Orr. Well,, well ! I don't know much about what Is going on up here. I suppose Grant arti! be renominated by his party; in? deed, J leel very certain of IL Reporter. Why do yon think so Mr. Orr. He has the inside track now, and his war record ls not yet'threadbare. No other general on that side can be put up against him, and there is no civilian ot prom? inence in the party who could shove him out of the way. The Republicans could not suc? ceed in electing a man who did not serve In the war as a successful general. If they nomi? nated a civilian they would have to part with their heaviest pieces of artillery. Reporter. But suppose.Grant is set aside in tile convention and somebody else nominated? WHAT TH EX \. Mr. Orr. What then ? Defeat for the Re? publicans, and, with moderation and wisdom, an overwhelming victory fon the Democrats. With Grant in the field the contest would be doubtful, but with any other Republicanas the slandnrd bearer of the party the Democrats would win. But I have no failli in ihe Demo? crats. They have no great men now; they arc a lot of confounded idiots, that don't know what they are about. It is aslikely as not that in their nominating convention they will put a fresh secession plank In their platform, put up some old dummy ol' bygone days, and go home to be licked like hell at the polls. They had a fair chance lust time, and I among others urged them to take advantage of lt. Ii Instead ol nominating our fine old friend Sey mour-with his draft riot reputation and the absurd platform they give him to s'and on they had put up Chase, Ihe country would have been carried lor peace and Democracy. ? voted lor Seymour and Blair myself, very un? willingly, I confess, especially for Blair-I went with the crowd. The Wue policy for the Democracy Is to nominate for ihe presidency some good-and tried Democrat wiih a sound war record, not necessarily a soldier, if the Republicans put up a civilian, but a prominent general in case GRANT TS IX TUE HELD. Perhaps it would be better In any case to no? minate a civilian. Reporter How would Sherman suit "you :lown South as ihe nominee of the Democratic parly.? Mr. Orr. He would not suit us at ail. He is ?ot forgotten in .South Carolina. He is nn jverrated man. We hear a good deal of his ex? ecutive ability, and all that kind of thing, but 1 dou't lake much stock In those Etalements, fl anybody took ihe trouble to inquire of cer :aln people ol Louisiana, WHERE .SHERMAN WAS m business before the. wnr. as to his ability, he ivonld probably be satisfied that he was not ?uite as great a man ss he is represented to be jy his friende. I don:t think he will take In the south anyhow, and ibai section ol'the country will have to be consulted in the convention. Hancock, in my opinion, would be a better man If a military hero is to be nominated. But lhere should be no more military rulers.. We ill have bad enough ol them. God knows. The ?Tir is over now. and men of peace should be ?lected to high offices. Hendricks would make a good man tor the Presidency. Reporter. How aboui Hoffman ? Mr. Orr. I dou'i know much about him. Heudricks ls the man, I think. But as AGAINST ANT RADICAL CANDIDATE. ?.xcppi Grant, lhere are a dozen Democratic itatesraen. any one of whom would win in he race by 500,000 majority. The Democrats sill have to be careful, however. It will not io lo put old planks In the platform, and old ogles on lt. Only live issues and live men viii win the day. The ex-Governor here got back to the sub? ed of the Som h Carolina troubles, repealing vith more emphasis than before the opinions riven above. The reporter listened to the ;!ose of his remarks, and then took his leave. SPARKS FROM TKS WIRES. -Hon. John McLeod Murphy died of para yslsin New York, yesterday, aged 14. -There has been a tremendous rain in Southern Kentucky. The Knoxville Road vas washed. Immecse damage has been lone. -It Is understood that George H. Mumford akes the place ol George Walker, one of he vice-presidents of the Western Union .'elegraph Company. -The wedding of Arthur A. McGIilnls, ol lew Orleans, merchant, to the daughter of | Villiam il. Tweed, in New York, was largely ttended. The presents amounted to $700,000. -Detective Christopher Troudfelter, of Bul? lmore, was . fatally shot while preventing 'homos Goodrich if rom shooting his brother. V'oshlngton Goodrich. -Thc members of the New York Colton Ex hange met yesterday, and decided to close lie Exchange at 2 P. M. during the summer nonlhs. THE HOSTILE INDIANS. ST. Lons, June 1. A letter from Jacksonboro'. Texas, says I hat nibo ISth of May aband of one hundred In ians attacked Warner's train twenty miles rom there, and killed seven men belonging to he train and wounded one. General Sher? man, who was aL Fort Richardson at the lime, rdered lour companies cf cavalry in pur uit, with instructions to drive the Indians to 'ort Sill, saying If he found they were Fort iii Indians he would stop Indian trade In that' luarter. THE OHIO DEMOCRACY. COLTML'CS, June 1. The Democratic State Convention commu? ?e on resolutions, one irom each district, ncluding Vallandlgham from the Third, Is in es.-uon. A motion to exclude the fourteenth ,nd Glleenlh amendments from Hie commit? ens consideration was tabled. ' THE WEATHER TUIS DJ.Y. WASHINGTON, June 1. It is probable that partially cloudy and ileasant weather will be experienced on Fri? lay from ilissuuri to Virginia and Northward, t is.probable that rain and high wiuds will irevail in the Gull we>l ol Florida during the dght. Yesterday's Weather Reports. ttr.ee cf Observation. LURUSlft,. ?aitimore. ioston. marleston. ?hk'Bgo. ?lucilina: I. C-y West, Kia.. lofile. Casu vine., few Orlean*_ few York. ian Francisco.. iavannah. lt. Louis. Va?-hingion,?.C. Vilmin^ton.N.C. iorfolk. laivcston. ll jl'H :'e lili l\ 29.98181 SE (Kre-ih. 30.t:.'77 SK Fie-h. 30.06?7i K Gentle. 30.oa|sa SE I Fresh. 29.39:83 E ir're-h. 29.9-i 86 iE 'Llgh'. 29.82 SUIB ,Knsk. 29.BR 83iSE -Gentle. 29.94 sejN'B Gentle. 29.86 S-ilSK Fresh. 30.01' '?S'S Fresh. 29.8" *'jSW ; Brisk. 30.00 ll SK -Kiesh. 29.94 '<3 -K ?Gentle. 3o.os 70 SK liientle. 30.oe -3 s ?Fre-h. 30.00 74 NE '.'entlr. 29.9:; SO NE 'Light. s cs ? = c iLt Rain Cloudy. Il-'alr. ?Fair. ?Clear. IFair. Cloudy; Fair. Fair. ?Fair. 'Cloudy. Fair. Fair. Cloudy. Cloudy. Icioudy. ?Cloudy. Clear. THE WORK OF BLOOD ENDED ANOTHER RE VOE UTION IM PENDING The V.ersailllsts Becoming Unpopular In Pari?-Numbers of Frenchmen and Foreigner? Returning to lhe city Thc Paris Journals-Thiers Bitterly Anti - Bonapartfst - Executions have Ceased - Four Hundred Barricades Paris to be Open To-Morrow for In? gres? and Egress. LONDON, Juue 1. The Times' special dispatch frota Paris says lhe Versailles troops are not now as popular as when they entered Paris, because of the se vero, measures taken by them against the pop ulatlon. Large numbers of Frenchmen and lorelgners arc returning to Paris to resume commercial and manufacturing operations. ' A dispatch from St. Denis to-day says that two regiments of the Guards have returned to Germany, and their places will be supplied by other troops. Humors ol' agitation and a Carlist rising in Spain are officially contradicted. The Times has a dispatch from Bombay stating that Herat fell into the hands of Yakcoob Khan through treachery, and the governor was killed. VKRsan.u:s, May 31. Marshal McMahon, in a proclamation just issued, divides Paris Into lour commands, viz: East, north, centre and south. General VInoy ls appointed to command of east, General l'Ad nrirault to north, General Douai to centre, and UenerarCissy to south. Civil power is trans? ferred lo the military, and no Ingress or egress is permitted. lt is reported that Pyatt has escaped from Paris. A million and a hair ol francs were lound upon the person ol Matthieu, an officer jf the Commune captured hythe Versait lists Lroops. The corpse ol a member of lhe Com? mune. Varlin, was searched and upon it dis ?overed four hundred thousand francs. The adherents of the Duke d'Atimale and the Bonapartlsls are very active, .ill foreigners in Paris are requested to report at the Irend ?uarlers of thc army. There'are still a groat lumber of unburied corpses in Belleville. It s said that many of the Paris Insurgents were Englishmen. The report occasions much bit? terness towards Eugland on the part of the French people. Some apprehensions aro felt :hat the walls ol' the Tuileries and the Hotel le Ville will fall. It ls* said that Cluseret has been executed. The court-martial ordered the use or mitrailleurs In the case ol whole? sale executions. Several war ships at Cherbourg have been transformed into bulks for the imprisonment sf the captured Insurgents. The publication and circulation of newspa? pers In the Department of the Seine are made subject to the special authority cf Marshal Mc? Mahon. Picard and Lefio will soon retire from Lhe ministry. It ls not known who will suc? ked them. Parts will remain for some time ret under military jurisdiction, but communi? cation with the city is now unrestricted, and entrance and exit are free lo all. It is said the number of prlsoners now In tho hinds of lite ?overr.ment exceeds' forty thousand. The Latest. PARIS, June 1. The French journals are greatly divided In sentiment as to the future ol' the country. The Opinion, Bien Public, Si?cle and Constitu? tionnel favor a continuance of the Republic. The Temps, Nationale and Patrie are very guarded in their comments upon the situation. The Opinion thinks the withdrawal of Thiers will be equivalent to revolution. The Si?cle says Thiers is as energetic against the Bona par.ists as the Reds. Figaro iavors a mon irchy. McMahon's authorization is requested lor the jpening ofthe theatres. The sales of news? papers in lhe streets is prohibited. The Si?cle ?vas seized this morning. Executions have :eased. The prisoners are now on trial at Versailles. The batricades tn Paris numbered 'our hundred. LONDON, June 1. The Standard, of this afternoon, contains a lispatch lrom Versailles announclng the resig latlon of Favre. Two more members ol the Tommune. Franke!) and Fontaine, have been .nested. The Marquis'Gabriace goes t o Ber in on the .ld instant as French ambassador. The interdlotion upon ingresi! to . and egress rom Paris will be removed lrom the 3d in, ttant. Nt WS FROM WASHINGTON. 5 ra nt Gone to the Sensit!. - Debt State? ment-Nominations-A Negro Strike Thc Court of Claim... WASHINGTON. June l. Grant and family have gone to Long Branch, devious to the President's departu*e iie noin nated George Bancroft minister to lhe Ger nan Empire; also. Wm* H. Parsons, of Tetas, iommissioner to the centennial celebrad /nat 'hiladelphia: also. George W. Wood, cuueclor if the first Texas district; and Alex. H. WoJ ace, collector ot lhe ililli Texas dlstriit. The following is the debt statement: De trease nearly four and a half millions: coin in reasury eighly-nine and three-quarter mil ions; currency over eight and three-quarter nlllions. The treasury has declined Jay Cooke b Co.'s offer for one hundred and thirty aill? ions of the new loan. The terms oi'their ?n>r are unknown. N. Sargeaul is to be commissioner of cus oms. N. H. Lockwood acts ad ?n?erim. Judge Miller, collector of customs at Mobile^ emms home to-night. He retains his place, iver which there has been udesperatc struggle. The sub-outrage committee met to-day. l?verai responses had been received from the >oulh In answer to the committee's circular, .'he examination of witnesse;: will commence o-morrow. Abotit tliir:y have been summoned, t is intended to take a general view ol affairs n the South, and report to th^ full committee n September. The negroes were turbulent here to-day, hrealenlng lo prevent laborers from working il one dollar and a quarter per day. They held a meeting lo-night. There is danger ap? rehended to-morrow. The negroes want two lollars and eight hours. Tile Court ol' Claims considered the claim of "yuisa Mellvay, an English woman, sojourn! Hg n North Carolina during the war. Her cotton pas seized and sold. She proved her loyalty; iad furnished supplies io the Union troops, .nd otherwise treated them kindly; but to? wards the close of the war she wrole a letter o Mr. Davis, in which she expressed, in warm erms, loyally to him, with a view, il is sup losed, to secure his assistance in gelling out il the country. This letter was among the ?aptured Confederate archives, and defeated 1er claim. Judge Peck dissented. The court id'ourned to November. ALL ABOUT THE STATE. Sumter. Mr. John S. Richardson. Sr., of Sumter, died near Macon, Ga., In the o7lh year ol' hm age. Edgefield. The Advertiser says the taxpayers of Edge I field County will' be delighted to learn that I Governor Scott has appointed Mr. Robert A. , Lynch county auditor. Darlington. The Iudex says: "We bad delighlfu! show? ers day bei.jre yesterday and the following night, which had an exhilarating effect both upon the people and the crops. The streets were becoming very dusty and disagreeable, and those who are compelled to walk a con? siderable distance In the sun complained that the weather was already hot enough for July and August, t he' growing crops look much refreshed, as is evidenced by the smiling features of those who come from the country. The weather is still warm, and we may expect more raiD. A little more will do no harm." Aiken. The Aikpn Journal, in speaking ol this new couniy. says: . "Tlie remarkable healthfulness of this 5ec lion, and the facilities for transportation, ad? mirably adapt Aiken County for manufactur? ing purposes. Already we have the factorier. ol Granlteville, Langley, Bath and Kaolin, and it is more than probable that some other enter? prises, which ure now being discussed, will be ut in operation. Thirty-five miles of the South arollna Railroad passes through this county,' and about twentv-flve miles of the C. C. and A. Railroad. The Port Royal jtoad will give In? gress and egress to the southwestern portion. and a charter has been granted for a road trott Aiken to '9G, on the Greenville Road, and which may be continued to connect with the Poit Royal Road." Darlington. A meeting of citizens was held in Florence on the 2.3d inst., largely attended, to publicly denounce certain notices received in that vil? lage by county officers and others, nurporting to come lrom the K. K. K. We publish tho concluding resolution, which will Bhow the spirit of the meeting: Jlesolved, That whether these are genuine orders ol the K. K. K., or the work ol political wire-pullers, doue to keep up excitement lo:* political purposes or not, we condemn them, and shall use every effort, as good citizens, to assist the proper officers In maintaining thu peace and rights of our citizens, under thes-j or any oilier unlawful circumstances. At the extra circuit In Darlington County, Judge Rutland presiding, the notorious eas? against the county commissioners was reached on Friday. A .motion to change the venire was sustained by the court. TlramonsvHle ls to ? have a new Baptist church. Edgefield. A correspondent residing in Abbeville, and writing to the Edgefield Advertiser, says: "In passing through your courtly a lew days ago an opportunity was'afforded me of seeing tlie crops along the road from Edgefield to Ninety-six. There ls a much larger amount of small grain planted than for many years here? tofore, and the yield will be Increased in pro? portion. . Oats ls looking very fine, and thu earliest varieties are now being harvesteo. Corn is looking remarkable well, and bas evi? dently been well worked. The 'stand' bf co* ton, too, ls good. It is true there ls notas mueh destroyed In 'chopping out' as hereto? fore, but the -?tand' is amply sufficient. We have discovered that our planters are chronic grumblers when the crop ls In its presen stage, and we predict (thc grumbling ol many to the contrary notwithstanding,) that unless some unforseen misfortune befalls the crop, the present will be one of the most prosperous years since the war." Williamsburg. The Ringstree Star has the lollowing report ol ihe homicide published In TUE NEWS seve? ral days ago : "A. J. Mulinax was committed to the cus? tody ol the sheriff at this place on Monday last, charged with the offence of killing J. D. Da? vis. The circumstances as related to us by the coroner are these : Mulinax and Davis were guardsmen at the railroad bridge across San tee River, and had been on .Intimate and friend? ly terms until within a few days previous to the fatal rencontre. Davis received a notice, purporting to come from the Ku-Klux, order? ing him lo leave thc State in ten days. Ee accused Mulinax of writing and sending him the notice, On Sunday morning iasf, about daylight, as Davis was coming from the bridge and Mulinax was going to lt, they met. Muli? nax had a double-barrel gun. Some words passed. Davis drew lils knife and 5nfHct-;d three severe wounds on Mulinax, who dis? charged one barrel of his gun, the contents of which took effect in the breast of Davis, caus? ing bis death almost instantly. Mulinax Imme? diately returned to Gourdin's Depot and re? ported what had taken place.'" Beaufort. The Beaufort Republican, speaking o? the Ku-KJux, and the reason of its existence, says : "Men convicted of crimes, of depredations upon society, after punishment.meted out, are too easily pardoned, and sent back again to Srey upon society. We doubt not ibat the overnor acts from the purest of motives, tut we are convinced that it ls a mistaken lenion cy. and the increasing troubles in the coutty are the legitimate results. ?We have personal knowledge of a ense where a criminal convicted before a ]ury of 'assault with intent to kill,' and sentenced to four years in tbe penitentiary, was back again In six months, and in less than a year lrom his ccnvictlOD, had plunged his knife into .he body of his second victim, upon a mere quar? rel ?f wotds. And those cases are numerous. But yesterday we had a conversation wlih a good citizen, about, a crime committed, when ne remarked: 'There is no use doing anythlug about it- you can never convict him, and if you did he would be at once pardoned out.' " Newberry. The Herald, in speaking of the court, JuJge Montgomery Mo^es presiding, says thai it is gening along very well this week, dispatching business In u most satisfactory manner. The two county commissioners, presented by the grand |ury for malfeasance' in office, and also one trial justice, (Long.) have been arrested by order ol Judge Mose?. The Herald re i?arKs: "For a long lime the courts nave been a miserable farce, and tb tell a man 'Oh, let us trust io the court, andal! will Joe rlghr.' would be sure to bring the Humiliating response, 'The court be-.' Hampered by miserable, ignorant trial justices aud magistrates, as, for instauce, M. S. Long, now under indictment and in prison, it really had become a bur? lesque. We iook now for better things, and. if there is stiel? an organization as Ku-Klux, lt is to be hoped that it will give over Us assump? tion of authority. Tnere is no need of any action on their parr. Wrong will be made righi without Hie aid ol violence or threats."' The Herald says: "Mr. Knight exhibits this early a stalk ol'cotton about len inches high. willi two distinct shapes. Walt Boozer, color? ed, larmiug on Mr. M. Buzhardt's place, also sends a stalk about twelve inches high, with two shapes." Spart anbarg. There has been a great deal said lately, f :om almost every section of the county, of tile de? struction of wheat by rust. We had wei! nigh, says the Spartan, concluded that the crop wouid be almost a failure, but we have, ina few days past, heard larmers lrom different sections remark that the wheat crop is a great deal better than was anticipated-that the ravages ol' the rust were not so great as was expected. Harvest has commenced with us. The wheal prospects in ihe western counties of North Carolina at e said lo be excellent, jays a North Carolina exchange. We are iuformed, says the Spartan, that during lost week several" soldiers of the garri? son at this place were honorably discharged, having served their lerms of enlistment. We also learn that there were six desertions dur? ing the same lime. Perhaps the last meni ton? ed were not unmindlul of the anticipated re? duction in pay, which is from $16 to $13 per month for infantry and a corresponding re? duction of $3 per month in other branches of the service. This.we learn, is to take effect, the 30th Instant. We will, in this connection, lake occasion to say that Colonel Myers ano bis troop are the most intelligent, civil and well disciplined body of soldiers that.have yet Deen stationed among us. The universal exores sion of our ciiizens coroborates this statement. The gentlemanly bearing of officer?, and the quiet demeanor of the soldiers, nave won the good opinions of our people for both. The next Teachers' Convention lor Spartan- j burg County is to bc held August 23, 2<i and J 2J, In f.ew Prospect Church. The Spartan publishes tho. order ol exercises-quite a lenglhy programme-which looks like busi? ness, and ls n ghlyjcxvdltable tc the zeal and energy ol the gentlemen ;corinecu?d with the instltuie. A writer In the Spartan speaks thus of the route of the "Air Line Railroad" through Spar? tan burg County, a distance of forty.flfe mues, and ks relation to manufacturing interests : "in thc first place, just apon Its eastern bor? der, thc road crosses Broad ; Elver within a mile of the Cherokee Iros worke: then cross? ing on lt passe? through Limestone with tte great lime and marble quarries, miserai wa? ters and costly seminary; ibeu.ou over Paco let River just above the Hurricane Shoals, with Its extensive Iron works, rolling and east? ing mills, nail worke. Ac; on again within a few miles ol the large cotton factory at Biv ingsvllle, and then by White's mills, through the heart of Spartanburg CH. ?'Passing on to Greenville, Carver'B Ullis are In sight, then Benson'? Mills on. Tiger,. Crawfordsvllle Factory being four miles below, and that ol Messrs. Morgan A Montgomery hat a mlle or so above, then on by Chick Spring to Greenville.. The cotton factories of- 'Gatesville and Buena Vista are, "about eight miles, south s of the line, and the one'at Valley Falls'ahout three miles north. Thc cotton manufacturing establishments of tne Messrs.- Hill oa Tiger, and of the Messrs. Finger on Pacolet, the one being in'the extreme, south and the other In Hie extreme north or the county, will have their nearest depot at Spartanburg Courthouse. "Who knows.to what huge proportions these enterprises may grow in the future ?. lt they thrived in the past without facilities of com? munication, how much more will they prosper with' tills great road running by their very doors, ready to carry , the products ot their shops and looms to all the markets of the world !"_ . . BOWEN'S TB J AX. EOE BIGAMY. The New York Divorce Probably Void.' A Washington letter bf Tuesday to the Bal? timore Sun says: Thesecond bigamy case of CC. Bowen was ' tried to-day beiore Judge Olin; holding the 'Criminal Court. A jury was: promptly ob? tained. D. Dudley Field, of New York, H. T. Merrick, A. G. Riddle and Judge Moore, of this district, appeared for Bowen, and Judge Fisher and Hr. Harrington for the ' United - States. -The prosecution proved Bowen's mar- . riage to Miss Frances Hicks, in October, 1852, at Augusta, Ga., and that she was living when he married In August, 1870, in Washington. - Mrs. Hlcks-Bowen was present, and was identified by one ol' the wltneeses as the per? son Bowen bad married. She is a sharp-fea? tured lady, was dressed in gray, and wore glasses. Some of the witnesses had not seen Bowen for fifteen years, but Identified him. Among the witnesses were the brother of Mrs. Hlcks-Bowen, her aunt, the ordi? nary of Richmond County, <}&.. who pro duced his documents, ic The defence im? mediately -offered a divorce from Hrs. Bowen nee Hicks, obtained in New York. The prosecntlon offered to show that at the date oftbat divorce Bowen was In the Confederate army or In prison, and exhibited a divorce gotten by him from Mrs. Hicks Bowen, in New Haven. Connecticut, two weeks alter his last marriage. They also contended that un? der recent decisions ot the Supreme Court a ; decree made in New York during the war against a resident within the Insurrectionary States was void, unless notice of the suit was brought home to the defendant. Before de? ciding this question the court adjourned until to morrow morning. Judge Olin thought if the delendant was not a citizen of New York, and ran away from this woman when the war was going on and obtained the decree, that the publication was void. He wished to be satisfied on the points whether such publica? Hon was void, and whether or not there was fraud. A nolle pros, was entered In the Parks Bowen case, which has been once tried. {By Telegraph.) WASHINGTON, Thursday, June 1. In the Bowen case, to-day, Judge Olin de? cided that the New York record could be at? tacked, first, for fraud, second, for want of Jurisdiction. David N. Cooper, an expert, swore there were erasures under Chris. C. and Frances, and S. B. Cushlng, the witness, found several other erasures, but no attempt to con? ceal. Anson Herrick produced files of his paper, but found no such advertisement as a notice of C. C. Bowen to Frances Bowen. The referee of the court swore no such case had been referred to him In 1865, nor was there any such case on Judge Barrett's docket. THE PMOSPECT EOS COTTON. The New York Financial Chronicle has tele? graphic advices up to Friday night, 26th ult, from all parts of the cotton country, as to the extent of the present condition of the plant. Summarized, these advices give the following figures, showing the decreased acreage culti? vated to cotton per cent, and In actual number ot acreB: -"ecr'd acreage.-. States. Per cent. Acres. Karto Carolina.-....12 64,000 South Carolina.20 . 130,000 Georgia.18 170,000 Alabama.15 215,000 Mississippi.12 197,000 Tennessee. 7 37,000 Arkansas. 8 60,000 Louisiana.? 88,000 Total decrease acres. 932,000 The second column la the above statement of decreased acreage ls based on the total estimate of acreage glvea out by the govern? ment last year, aad showB that the falling off reaches nearly one million acres. The total Dumber of acres planted last year was in ronnd numbers 7,500,000. This decrease amounts to a trifle under 12J per cent Detailed advices as to the oromlse of the plants establish also a generally "unfavorable conclusion, On the 26th inst, the visible slock ot cotton in Europe, the United Siates ?hd afloat from all ports was 2,159.029 bales, against 1,594,148 bales at the corresponding date last year. -i ?flacliirtcrD, Caslirigs, Ut. jg'S T A B L I S H BD 1844. PHONIX IRON. WORKS.. JOHN F. TAYLOR ? CO., (Successors to Cameron & Co.,) ENGINEERS, BCILE?-MAKERS, Ac, Ac corner East Bay and Pritchard streets, near the Dry Dock, CHARLESTON. S. C. MANUFACTURERS O? STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, Marine, Stationary and Portable,. RICE THRESHERS AND MILLS OF EVERT DESCRIPTION. COTTON PRESSES. Shafting, Pulleys and Gearing Iron rtonts for Buildings Castings or every kind tn Iron or Brass Forgings or every ?description. es* Guarantee to furnish Engines and Bollen of as good quality and power, and at as low rates as can be had la New York, Baltimore or Phil? adelphia. AGENTS FOR JUDSON'S CELEBRATED GOVERNOR AND STOP VALVES, which are pnt on all Engines made at these Works. ? HS* Repairs promptly attended to. marlo-mwfBmosnac JUST- RECEIVED, CATAWBA GRAPE PILLS, (Helmbold's,} " Bf DR. H. BABE, Biayl5 NO. 181 Meeting street j