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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. THE RUG FRAUDS. ASTONISHING DISCLOSURES IN CO? LUMBIA. The Plea of Treasurer Parker-Where ?he Money Went To-The Gibson Salt -Row ls the Time for Action. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] COLUMBIA, July 15. . The ohiei event of the last week here baa been the argument of the Blue Ridge bond scrip before Judge Willard, all the important features of which THE NEWS bas had by tele? graph. The result ls, that the scrip Is now consider? ed utterly worthless, and probably but little ot the bogus currency wdl ever see light. The State ls thus relieved of a fraudulent debt o? upwards o? two millions of dollars, which surely ls encouraging for the first effort which has been made to test the benefits of judicial investigation In checking the raecall tlesof the Ring. The destruction o? the scrip, however, ls not looked upon as an unmitigated good, for If lt had been lett unmolested the terrific taxes, between four and five millions of dollars, which are to be collected In the fall, could have been paid In scrip probably at the rate of fifty cents or less on the dollar. ?It was the fear of this doubtless and no honest purpose to benefit the people or expose iraud, which actuated the proceedings against the scrip. Still it ls not to be gainsaid tbat the relief from two million dollars of Indebtedness is a thing to be desired, and had better be secured now when the opportunity oilers than post? poned to some doubtful period for the sake of a temporary and perhaps questionable ad? vantage. The people will have to pay their taxes In greenbacks, but tbey will have between five and six hundred thousand dollars less to be collected; for, now that the scrip is declared unconstitutional, of course the tax of three mills on the dollar levied lor its redemption must fail to the ground. The eas'- which is now pending against Parker, that of T. J. & H. M. Gibson and others, creditors of the State, promises even more interesting developments and 'possibly more important results than the one which has so gloriously demolished the bond scrip. T. J. <fc H. M. Gibson are reliable merchants ot this city In the grocery Une. They have, dnrlng the past year and per? haps before, supplied the Lunatic Asylum and such like Institutions with bacon, flour, sugar, coffee, molasses, &c. fo feed the Inmates, and have been obliged to accept orders on the treasury In payment for their goods. These orders cr drafts Parker bas hitherto re? fused or failed to honor, and the Gibsons have brought a general creditors' salt against him. He will either have to pay their claims and thus put an end to the proceedings, or else make a full showing of his receipts and ex? penditures and satisfy the court of his Inability ic-1 pay. He has made an affidavit in aid of the proceedings, some account of which THC NEWS had by telegraph several days since. The sum and substance of the thing ls that Parker has or claims to have paid out for the expenses of the fist General Assem? bly within a small fraction of the entire tax collected for this .fiscal year. Your corres? pondent does not know what amount Parker acknowledges to have been realized, but lt ls a verv simple calculation when we know the rate of taxation and the amount or taxable property according to assessment. The rate belnp- seven mills to the dollar, and the as? sessed value of property being $184,000,000, Mr. Parker should have received into his vaults somewhere In the neighborhood of $1,200,000. He probably does not own to that much by several hundred thousand dollars, but whatever he did receive be claims to have paid out for the per diem and mileage of the members of the Legislature, the public print? ing and other incidental legislative expenses, and left besides claims of the same sort to the amount o? untold thousands still unsatisfied. He claims to have paid out upon legislative certificates $600,000 In cash, and to have given dne bills on the treasury lor $350,000 more. There ls no doubt of the exr -avaganee o? the General Assembly and of tbe corrupt and reckless manner in whloh pay certificates were distributed; but lt is a fact very well known that only a precious few of the mem-^ bars got any money upon their certificates* from Parker last winter. The great bulk of the members have their certificates still, or else have discounted them to the brokers. There has not been a day for the last nine months when lt was known that there was a dollar In the treasury. The con? tinual cry has been-no money ! and, In your correspondent's judgment, as in that of every observant ian, Parker's allegation of having paid out $500,000 legitimately for legislative expenses is all a hoax. The general belief ls, that what money did not go to buy off Scott's impeachment, and to secure the passage of the validating bill, went to Eimpton, In New York, to further his, Scott's and Parker's speculative schemes there. But we may hope to know more ot these mattera as this suit at law progresses. The plaintiff's attorneys, Messrs. Pope and Has? kell, were dissatisfied with Parker's exhibit, and Judge Willard has ordered that he make lt more full and explicit, so that lt may be seen not only how much has been paid out or re? ceived, but to or from whom, when and for what purposes. Now surely is the time, if there ever was or ever will be a time, for the taxpayers to take ac? tion, and in seme way become parties and have counsel to represent them in this suit. Thtyfilue Ridge case proper, in which John Mackay is the plaintiff, has been postponed until next Saturday. Both Mr. Mackay and the officials ot the road, the defendants, are in New York. The fact of their being in New York together, and the postponement of the case, looks a Utile fishy. It is feared that efforts for a compromise are being made, and that the Investigation, which promised the discovery o? some rare rascality, may be stopped. This is mere conjecture ot course, and has not a great deal of weight, when one reflects that Mr. Mackay ls no more than any other stockholder, and what he could do the City of Charleston could effect egually well and perhaps better. Colonel S. A. Pearce, the member from this State of the Liberal Republican executive committee, 19 in New York attenulng a meet? ing of the committee. When he returns we will know what, if anything, ls to be done in South Carolina. ? Qui VIVE. POLITICAL PILGRIMAGES. NEW YORK, July 15. Carl Schurz and Colonel Grosvenor have gone to St. Louis. A report from Long Branch says that Presi? dent Grant la to stop and see Korney on his wa jto Washington and get him to stop assail iog-Hartraait. \ DAMAGING FLOODS IN TELF. SOUTH? WEST. Wholesale Destruction of Cotton Crops Ravages of tne Caterpillar and Boll Worm. MONTGOMERY, ALA.., July 15. Recent heavy rains have caused the over? flow of the Alabama River and its tributaries, tearing up railroad tracks and destroying cot? ton and coro crops to the value of two mil? lions or more. The ravages of the caterpillars and the wind? ing boll worm are also appearing in certain localities. The Montgomery Advertiser says: "We have had sixty consecutive hours o? rain, and the worst of lt is that up lo the present writing the clouds still lower and there still exists a prospect for 'more rain. ' " Fatal Effects of tne Flood. NEW ORLEANS, July 15. A heavy rain storm yesterday morning washed away an embankment on the New Orleans Railroad, near Pascagoula. An en? gine of a freight train went Into the hole, wrecking twenty cars and killing the engi? neer, A. Carl, of Michigan, and a brakeman, John Crouaw, of New York. The First Bale In Texas. GALVESTON, July 15. The first bale of new Texas cotton was re? ceived here to-day by Messrs. Forke & Wilkin? son from Messrs. H. 0. Ken & Co., Victoria. ORANTES QUARREL WITH RUSSIA. PARIS. July 15. Ex-Mlnlster Catacazy has published pamphlet here In Justification of his course while representing the Russian Government In the United States. THE ARBITRATORS REASSEMBLING. GENEVA, July 15. Count Sclopls, president of the board of ar? bitration. Baron D. Itajauba, Brazilian mem? ber, and Gushing. Davis and Walle are already here. The English agents are expected this morning. To-day's sining will be purely for? mal. The proceedings of the board are still confidential. GENEVA, July 15-Evening. The English party, including Lord Tenter don, Cbief Justice Cockburn?, Slr RMI odell Palmer, and Messrs. Bernard, Hamil -on and Machelm. have arrived. The sesslc ri of the board will continue from six ween, to two months. The English agenta will make a strong contest against the American repre? sentatives, but the prevailing impression ls that the award In favor of the United States will be a large one. The efforts ot the news? paper correspondents have not availed io re? move the seal of secrecy. The board of arbi? tration convened at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and continued in session until 4 o'clock. Dally sittings will probably be decided on for the present. The first BUbjecl of discussion will be the principles enunciated by the Treaty ol Washington. THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. KET WEST, July 15. General Ryan arrived her? this afternoon on the schooner Express irom Nassau. He denies the truth ot the Spanish statement ol the capture of the Fannie's troops, nod says no cannon were landed. GALVRSTON, July 15. Cuban advices of the 12th instant, confirm the reported defeat near Halquin. The Span? ish loss was heavy, and lt ls said that twenty nine members ol the Fannie expedition were killed. Valmaseda in his proclamation upon retiring, says: "I do not think lt possible that | the revolution can exist more than four or five months longer." WASHINGTON, July 15. The last development In the case ol tue al? leged Cuban privateers on the Pioneer ls that the United States marshal at Newport claims her under a libel, and has written a letter to this effect to the treasury department. The departments of the treasury and of State are both considering the subject. TBE SABATOGA RACES. SARATOGA, July 15. To-day's races opened with a steeple chase for all agis and weights for a purse of $800 to the- winner and $200 to the second horse. Distance three miles over a fair course. The race waa won by Tammany beating Lothella by three lengths. Vesuvius came in third, two lengths behind, and with Astronomer close up. Milesian bolted when one mlle from home; time, 6 17. Milesian was the favorite at two to one against the field. The second race was a mlle and three quarters for a purse ot $600. It was won by Midday, Merryman second, Mettala third and Hunt fourth. The betting was six hundred on Midday, two hundred on Mettala, one hundred ano forty on Allie Hunt and one hundred on Merryman. _ THE GERMANS FOR GREELEY. The Views of Fifteen Thousand Ger? man Citizens of New York. The following extract from the lull report of the proceedings ot the Baltimore Convention Will be of Interest to the German readers of | THE NEWS: Governor Hoffman, of New York. Mr. Presi? dent, I desire to present a petition. It relates to candidates. It ls signed by about fifteen thousand German citizens of the United States, residing In the City of New York. [Cheers.] And I ask that the secretary may read the heading ot it tor the information ol the convention. [Cries of "Read lt."] The President. Let the convention be In order while the report Is read, showing whether the Germans of New York are tor IIB or against us. [Applause.] The secretary then read the follow log: ' At a meeting of prominent German Dem? ocrats, held June 25tn, the following resolu? tions were presented by Magnus Gross and unanimously adopted. A special committee was, on motion, appointed by the chairman to set the resolutions into effect. The following signatures were, la consequence, a"%ched to the circulars sent through the differer wards of the city, endorsing the sentiments therein expressed. Only one-lourth of the papers sent out could, for want of time, be collected to become attached to this memorial. The sentiment of the German Democracy will be nearly unanimous tor Greeley and Brown, in case ci their nomination by the National Dem? ocratic Convention. 11 Whereas, at a conierencft of a small num? ber of citizens from various parts of the Union held In one of the parlors ol a hotel in this city, on the 20th and 21st of June, a few men, without any authority whatever, have assumed lo speak as representatives of the German Americans, and were reported to have given expression to sentiments utterly at variance with the opinions held by the un? dersigned, and thousands upon thousands of j their countrymen In this city and all over the Union; and "Whereas, the unfounded statements then and there made are threatened to be urged upon the National Democratic Convention at Ballimore as the sentiments entertained by German voters on the question- of choosing candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presi? dency of ihe United States; theretore, be lt "Resolved, That In our opinion the ticket chosen by the Cincinnati Convention ls a guar? antee to peace, to a reunion of hearts as well as of hands, and to honesty, economy, pros? perity and progress In the administration of | our national affairs. ".Resolved, That we are firmly convinced that the nomination of Horace Greeley and B. Gratz Brown by the Baltimore Convention will be enthusiastically received and heartily supported by a vast majority of the German Americans, without regard to their former as? sociations, for the simple reason that In the present state of the country and parties no more fitting and satisfactory nominations could be made. "Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions, together with the signatures attached to them, be handed by a special delegation ol German American citizens to the chairman of the New fork delegation to the Baltimore Convention "(Signed) MAONOS GROSS, Chairman. "New York, July 6,1872.? THE PRINTER-PRESIDENT. THE REMARKABLE CAREER OF HORACE GREELEY. A Seir.Made Man-The Consistent Cham? pion of the Emancipation of Labor. It is often said with a great deal of truth that Horace Greeley is the best-known man in America. This being so, there is not the same necessity for writing a biography of the Balti? more and Cincinnati nominee that commonly exists In the cases of Presidential candidates every four year?. Mr. Greeley has himself told the country and the world who and what he is, any day during the last lorly years, through the columns ot his newspapers, and has managed to impress his personality upon the popular mind more deeply than any other man lu the profession of Journalism, or, in? deed, in all probability, in all the different professions. Every one knows what Horace Greeley has said and written since 1840. Every one knows the main circumstances of his peculiarly chequered and eventlul career, his eccentricities, his oddities, his "isms" and bis strong and sterling cast of mind, disposi? tion and character. Not to kc i w him argues one's self unknown. This extenlsve and Inti? mate knowledge of the mao, although his life has been pure and Industrious, and his pur? poses toity and honest, ls not altogether an ad? vantage, politically, to Mr. Greeley, as it would be an advantage to no one under the sun. AU are liable to the fallings of humau nature, and lt ls the misfortune ot an editor that his must necessarily be continually exposed to public view, on acoount of the sudden and ever recuirlng exigencies of his profession. Sharp words must be said and quick blows given, without time for extended reflection. When lt is considered how endlessly Mr. Greeley han been entangled In personal and party warfare, and what vigorous attacks and defences he has been called upon to make, tbe wonder is that his record is as good as lt ls, and that his multitudinous assailants In times past have never tempted him beyond the bounds of Jus? tice in repelling their savage and often ma? licious blows. His record as a journalist is sure, and a large majority of the citizens of the United Stales look upon him simply and solely as the editor o? the New York Tribune. But his political history, though less striking, is quite Important, especially when thought o? In connection with his position i o-day oeiore the country; and the present Is a Atti ne time to review the life of the distinguished gentle? man for whom the suffrages of the whole nation are asked by two great parlies. Horace Greeley was born at Amherst. N. H., February 3, 1811. and was the third of seven children of ZaccheuB Greeley, a respect? able larmer, ol Scotch-Irish lineage. Partou's celebrated memoir gives an excellent and thorough account of Horace's early years, and his first experiences Inactive Ufe. The record ol the last twenty years has been added to the original volume in a Romowhat Incomplete manner, but lt Is still sufficiently full and accu? rate to present a connected narrative from 1811 down to the present time. From hts earliest Infancy the snblcctol this sketch mant? les ted extraordinary Intelligence and an eager thirst lor knowledge. He listened Intently to whatever was said, upon whatever subject, and when only two years of age began to teach himself to read. He pored over the Bible and every stray newspaper with tireless avidity, asking questions without number, and remem? bering everythlog that was told him. When ho waa three y oars old, he could read correct? ly the books prepared lor children, and at four all books, however difficult. He be? gan attending the district school-the only school he ever attended-In his third winter, visiting the home ot bis grandmother in Lon? donderry for that purpose, and continued there two years. He gained great distinction by bis excellence In his studies, and was ai? ro' st invariably at the head of the school, though he was by far the youngest attendant; and his Inferiority In age and size, united with his great proficiency, caused him to be a pet with his fellows and a prodigy with his mas? ters. At Londonderry he also lormed the habit of universal reading or book-devouring, which clung to him through all the vicissitudes ot youth and manhood, until the exactions of Journalistic life effectually destroyed lt. lahls sixth year his fondness lor literature Induced him to make tbe prophetic decision, li'm going to be a printer." From lils sixth to his tenth year he lived, worked, read and studied In his native town, and so strong was his passion lor knowledge that no? thing could deter him lrom going to Behool dally during the winter-not even the most frightful etorms or most frigid temperature; and In this way the future celebrity very often came near freezing to deatb. Horace spent all his leisure hours In'scouring the region round about for books; and reading them when obtained; and he habitually walked miles to meet the postman on "paper day," Intent on having the first perusal ol the dearly beloved Farmer's Cabinet. In this manner he acquired a firm suostratum for the mass ol' in? formation he was destined to subsequently ac? quire; and thus, too, be lormed that firmness ot opinion which still adheres to him. When only nine years old, he would defend a point which he had Investigated against anybody and everybody-teachers, clergymen and the public In general-aod many comical legends are still preserved in and around Amherst illustrative o? this peculiarity. Pecuniary m afortune descended upon the shoulders o? the lad In his tenth year, when, owing to losses in speculation, bis father fail? ed and was obliged to flee from the State to avoid his creditors. The whole family soon removed to tbe new settlement o? Westhaven, Vermont, and there began life over again. Horace had to bear blB share o? the burden, and spent much o? the time In clearing ground and chopping wood; but he also attended school In the winter season until his teacher declared be knew more than he did, and he also continued to read everything that he could lay nis hands upon. He still kept his Intention of beine a printer In view, and finally, in 1826, prevailed upon his father to allow him to go to East Poultney, a neighboring village, and apply for a sltna ln the office ot the Spectator. This be did, and after being questioned at length by the proprietor, to hts entire satisfaction, was admitted to the composing-room as an ap? prentice. He soon became very expert with the types, and very much Interested in poli? tics, and lt was not long before be was a recognized authority in the office and the village debating BOolety. Here he lormed various opinions, which he still maintains. He became a Univers -allst, a teetotaller and an anil-Mason. The Adams campaign awakened his warmest sympathies, and he gradually began to express his sentiments edi? torially, to the delight of his benevolent em? ployer, Mr. Bliss. There ls no telling how long young Greeley would have remained In' Poultuey, had not the Spectator failed, which lt did in 1830: and the apprentice, finding him? self a lree man again, shouldered the little bundle which contained all his worldly posses? sions and took a twelve-days'Journey to North? western Pennsylvania, whither bis lather had removed some time previously. There he re? mained tor about a year, engaged in odd Jobs in printing offices at Erie and elsewhere; and at leuglh, Deceiving that there was Utile work and less pay to be had lu that vicinity, he made the bold resolution of goln^ directly to New York and meeting his fctj faceto face. Accordingly he left home, ni tailer a long and wearisome Journey, arrived In the metropolis at sunrise, one Friday morning in August, 1831, clad in the most meagre man? ner, with exactly ten dollars in his pocket. The history of Horace Greeley from that date onward is part of the history of the Unit? ed States. The first years were devoted to a long and bluer struggle for a foothold; the last years have been marked by a no less strenuous struggle for the dissemination of the ideas which had become lormed and solidi? fied during the period of want and poverty and self-reliant endeavor. His first employ- j ment was obtained, after much discourage? ment, In the Job office ol' Mr. West, in Chath? am street, and consisted of the composition of a polyglot Testament. The proprietor en-1 gaged him on trial, at the Intercessor, journeyman from Vernonr, whose acqi ance Horace had casual y made, and a end o? the day it was fiund, to the astc ment of all, that the "new man" had the est and most accurate prrol or the lot. Thc ter his reputation was eaabllehed, and hi no difficulty in obtaining work. He vi from office to office, as Is the custom many printers, and wai employed sue lvely by tbe Evening lost, the Gomme Advertiser, the Amulet ind the Spirit o Times. In 1832, Dr. Sheppard first ventl his Idea o? a penny paper, and Induced Greeley and Mr. Story, the lore man of Spirit of the Times office, to form a prii copartnership and assist him in the realizi of the idea. They consented, and tbe ri lng Post was the result. Ii lived three w< and then expired. Th? firm of Greek Story lost some money by this operation, soon, recovered, and prospered until the d by drowning of Story. The late Mr. Jt Gordon Bennett thea endeavored to- loi Mr. Greeley to as? 1st him In starting the aid, but the offer was declined; and In Mr. Greeley. In company with Jonas Wine ter and E. Llbbelt, Issued the first number family paper called the New Yorker', was in many respects a model period but, though it lived seven years, lt did pay, and Mr. Greeley fluently found hin obliged to supplement his scanty returns ' extra labor on oibor papers. The first g hit made by him was the campaign pi "The Log-Cabin," which in 1840 did so co rto bring about the election ot President 1 risoo. This unique and scintillating sh with its trenchant'witticisms and Bong favor ol "Tippecanoe and Tyler too," c maoded an extensive patronage and awake great enthusiasm. Its success led Mr. Grei In a lew months to tho Inception ol his g enterprise, the New York Tribune, the number ot which made Us appearance on 10th of April, 1841. How he managed this m i rabie Journal during this thirty years, how, through lt, he has gained a tremend .influence In all sections of the country, made his name a household word every whi lt would be supererogatory to describe. 1 contests he has waged wah rival editors, i for and agaln-t various ideas, have been aim innumerable. In fact, hi J whole life, since became the editor of tin Tiibune, has b one continuous.wariare, In which he has dom come out second-best, and bas acquire readiness with the use ol words and ar ments which ls truly enviable. In 1848 be was elected to tbe National Ho ol Representatives, to fill a vacancy caused the death of a member, and served the mainder of the term-only three month with remarkable assiduity and effectives He commenced immediately an onslani upon sundry abuses, prominent among wh was the mileage system, and drew down ' wrath of many of his political friends on t account. He also brought in a bill to c courage speculation lo public lands and to tabllsh homesteads upon the same, andfouj the usual extra allowances ai the end o? i session with vehemence. During his term Bervlce In Congress, Mri Greeley was ci stant ly in his seat, and his vote Is recorded all but one of the very numerous bills past before final adjournment. He also kept u continual fusliade of debate, and did mi to expedite and purity legislation. Sc after bis return to private life, he began deliver lectures on different subjects, all which had lor their basis emancipation labor. This. Indeed, is the underlying Idea Mr.Greeley's mind, and all otber theories t made subservient and secondary to lt. It vi with thia idea in view tbat he adopted the < operative system in the Tribune office, opposed slavery principally because it i graded labor. He studlea agriculture In ore to advance the Interests of labor. He regal popular education In Its relations to labor; a the harmonious action of labor and capital, to him the greatest problem ia political-phi sophy. He has been all bia life ioug the mi Industrious of laborers; and in him the wor ingman finds a most true and sincere irle and assistant. Since 1S52 and the defeat o? Scott, the T bune has been essentially an Independe paper, and Mr. Greeley, although leaning t ward bis ancient predilections." has bet notblng If nor. critical toward the Republic! party. His Independence bas been frequent asserted In no uncertain manner, as, for I stance, at the Chicago Convention, lu 1st when he opposed Mr. Seward's nomi nat io because he thought lt unadvisable, and w violently assailed therefor by the New Yoi Radicals; on many occasions during the la civil war, when he counselled a poll that excited the unrestrained wrath the close party-folio wera;. and notably win be signed the ball-bond ol Jefferson Dav! and by this act ot rational clemency at om satisfied his conscience, and deliberately pi behind him all hopes of party lavor. H whole record ls one of manly consistency, ar no one, evea his most implacable enemy, cs study it without becoming Impressed with ti steady, unswerving, sincere and honest devi Hon of the man to nls principles, undaunte by reverses, undismayed by opposition, an undeterred by ridicule and calumny, lt Is < such stuff as this tbat truly great men at made, and nowhere are they more qulckl and fully appreciated than in the countr which is about, to show by the ballot Its adm ration of the character and ability of Llorac Greeley. _ _ TBE STOKES MISTRIAL. NEW YORK, July 15. At the opening of the Supreme Court, thi morning, the room was crowded to hear th result of the long deliberations of the Jury I the Stokes case. Judge Ingraham, addressin the Jury, said : "I suppose, gentlemen, yo have not agreed ?" The foreman replied, "Nt your honor, we cannot come to any agree ment whatever." The Judge then discharge tbe Jury, and ordered that Stokes be remande to Jail without batl. The prisoner's counse rose and shook hands with each other and th prisoner and sheriff. ' Brennan tbeu reeumei the custody of Stokes, and took him back i the Tom bs. An Immense crowd watched th prisoner's egress from the building. Ic I known that the Jury remained divided pre clsely as on Saturday, standing eight for mur der in the first dogree, and four for man slaughter In the third degree. AFRICA Iff SOUTH CAROLINA. [From the New York Journal or Commerce.] Those are pitiful stories told by the Soutl Carolina bondholders. We hope every om has read our reports of the two meetings heh In this city by the vi erl ms of carpet-bag rapad ly. The narrative remind us strongly ot tb< experiences of Baker, Speke, Livingstone Chapman and Reade In Atrlca. Those travej lers all report that the master-passion of the negro kings ls the levying o? taxes. The] collect laxes of the wayfarer not merely once but two, three and a dozen times. There li no shaking them off by putting in the plea o; having once paid. Among these little tyrants In the home of trie negro no such thing BB gooc faith is known. The most solemn promises are broken when a string ol beads can be made b] the treachery. Speke and Baker used to beard these little despots in their dens, and call them liars and thieves. Instead of being of? fended at the plain truth-telling, the African king would burst otu laughing and express himself highly complimented. The negro ru lera of South Carolina, made worse by their carpet-bag allies, are repeating to-day, in the middle of"this country, the pillaging games ol Central Africa. ? At the second meeting of the Indignant bondholders, held Thursday, a gen? tleman from Charleston declared that the tax? es had been collected Iq the l?tate often tbree ?times over, that they are not tiBed for the purposes lor which they were raised, that for want of lands there Is not a public school open in the entire Slate, that lunatics and prisoners have been turned loose to save tbe cost of keeping them, ?rc, ?fcc; all the money oeing pouched by the Ri og thieves. (These are strong statements, but there ls nothing of which the Ignorant and bigoted rulers of South Caro? lina seem to be incapable. But it suffices for the object of the bondholders to show that they are losing the Interest on their bonds through the trickery and bad faith of the re? sponsible authorities of the State. They, therefore, propose to begin legal proceedings against those officers. Tnls ls a good Idea and the only oue that will be productive of results. Il is Idle to appeal to a sense of Justice and to considerations of common decency; and it is equally useless to scold at the repudiators and roobers. Like their prototypes in Central Africa they will only chuckle over their vll lany. The legal remed; ls the only one left for Immediate application. But what South Carolina wants, to do any lasting good, is a political revolution. .FAIR PLAY FOR THE SOUTH, A SIGNIFICANT EDITORIAL FROM ' THE NEW TORE HERALD. 'The Oppression of the South by the Politicians-Are We to Have a Re? stored Union I** . [From the New York Herald, Joly ia.j For some years before the war of the re? bellion, when Northern politicians were en? deavoring to consolidate Into one great politi? cal organization all the elements opposed to the Sontbern States of tbe Union either in Interest or sentiment, a persistent and sys? tematic effort was made to create prejudice against the white citizens of the South. Apart from the crusade against the institution of slavery as an offence against the Divine laws, and a moral and social evil, the slave-owners were denounced as a class, and were held up to reproach as un-American, insolent, overbearing and tyrannical. The South? ern people had themselves to thank for the success of this unpatriotic attempt to excite sectional animosity and Blrife for political purposes. Their peculiar position bad rendered them Jealous, suspicious and arrogant. They bad been accustomed to brow-beat Northern men in Congress, and bad conceived an unfavorable opinion of Northern courage. The .sense of the Insecurity ol their slave property kept alive in their breasts a constant feeling of hostility towards the free Slates, and the tone of their press and public speakers was offensive and galling to the peo? ple ot the North. Eventually, the efforts ol the politicians and tbe indiscretion of the chiv? alry brought about secession and civil war. A bitter and cosily experience taught the Southern men how erroneously they had Judged of the spirit of their Northern fellow citizens, while the sufferings and the bravery of the South won the sympathy and respect of the North, and were accepted as an atonement lor past follies and offences. When the last gun of the war had been bred, and the great reoellion lay crushed and dead at the feel of Grant's victorious army, there was not a citizen of the loyal States, outside a handful of scheming politicians, who did not earnestly desire to see the South relieved as speedily as possible from the Inevitable penalties of her madness and restored to all ber constitutional rights under tbe reconstructed Union*. Tbe Northern people required as?antnces that the late Confederates would consent to accept In good faith tbe decision reached by the tribunal of arms; and were willing, as soon as this was received, to bury their anger and their sorrow in a common grave. Foremost among those who thus patriotically sought to restore tile Union lu the hearts, of Ahe people was the soldier who-?ad rescued lt from actual de* s true ti o iff Towards the close of the year 1865 General Grant made au Inspection' of the re? bellious States for the putf ose of learning by personal observation the sentiment of their leading citizens aod ascertaining what amount oL military force would be required for tbe preservation of order and the enforce? ment of the laws. In his report lo President Johnson the lieutenant-general expressed his conviction that the South bad not only ac? cepted the decision of battle as final, but had become convinced by reflection that this decision had been a fortunate one lor both sections of the Union. "My observations," wrote General Grant, "lend me lo the conclu? sion that the citizens of the Southern Staten are anxious to return to self-government within ihe.JUAies aa soon as possible; that .while reconstructing they want and require protection from the government; that, ihey think, ls required, and ls not humiliating to them as citizens, and that lt such a course were pointed out they would pursue it in good faith." It ls to be regretted," he adds, ?that there cannot be a greater commingling at this time between the citizens of th? two sections, and particularly of those entrusted with the law-making power." Tim trouble ol the recently liberated negroes was not over? looked by the victorious general. He lound them to be inclined to idleness and imbued with the Idea that freedom from bondage meant freedom from labor. But be trusted to time and tba management of the State gov? ernments to render the freedmen willing to work and to remove by slow degrees the evil ol Ignorance, the legacy of their former con? dition. Nearly eight years have passed since the war closed and the general Is now the Presi? dent. The politicians, who have ti n lor tuna te ly surrounded and controlled his administra? tion, have continued during thc last three years and a hall the same course towards the South adopted by them as soon as the rebel? lion was over, wheu they were contending ?lib President Johnson for the political con? trol of that section ol tbe country. The efforts of these men have been to secure political power In the Southern States by colonizing the South with carpet-bag politicians, and holding with them the solid .negro vote. The process was simple and easy. In ten of tbe ex rebel States-Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Vir? ginia aad the two Carolinas-under the census of 1870, lhere were four mil? lion six hundred and twenty-four thou? sand white inhabitants to three million six hundred and thirty-lour thousand negroes, or less than one million more white than black Inhabitants. Taking the proportion ot one In rive for voters, the white electors may be calculated at two hundred thousand more than the black. In South Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi the negroes are In a majority. Ia Alabama there are only five thousand more white voters than there are colored; and In Florida the white electors are only a thousand larger than the black. Proscriptive test oaths and disfranchisement laws were resorted to for the purpose of reducing the Southern white vote, and as amnesty became more and more a political necessity, Ku-Klux laws, author? izing the suspension ot the writ ot habeas corpus and placing the elections under the protection, or rather under the tyranny ot federal bayonets, were invoked lo counter? balance the enfranchisement ot the whites. In the last session 'of Congress, notwithstanding the notorious fact that the Sout hern States are now as peaceful and law-abiding as those of the North, the most disgraceful scenes were enacted In both Houses In the effort to foree through a renewal of the Ku-Klux bill at the risk ol the Interruption ol the whole machine? ry of the government. To-day the South ls held under military despotism, subject to the rascally corruptions ot carpet-bag civil gov? ernments, and threatened by the dark shadow of political negro supremacy. Her people have doue all In their power lo prove their willing? ness to accept the lessons' and fruits of the war and to obey the laws of their country. They point to their paralyzed Industries, to their impoverished homes, to their broken fortunes, and plead to be allowed to enter once again the highway of prosperity and hap? piness through the paths ol loyally and peace. But the question occurs to tbe minds of the scheming politicians who hold power In Con? gress-are the white Southern citizens to be trusted politically ? Will they not use their recovered franchise against the regular Re? publican parry ? If these questions cannot be answered to the satisfaction of our present rulers the South must continue to be oppressed and the effort to force negro supremacy upon the Southern States must proceed. General Grant can have no sympathy with the course of the men who seek by such means to renew their lease of political power. His whole life and the lree expression of his sen? timents on every occasion show that he favors a government of white men and that' he des? pises those who endeavor to renew or keep alive sea Ional prejudice and hate between the North and the South. When he suffers the politicians who surround him to resort tc such legislation and such policy In his behalf, lie risks the loss of the sentiment of public esteem and gratitude still clinging to him and unwilling to acknowledge itself misplaced. The people of the North demand that the Southern States shall no lenser be treat ed as rebels, bul shall receive in good ia: th. and without reserval ion, the par don that has been extended to them. To give over the beautiful and commercially imper tant States of the fairest section of the Unloi to the Ignorant and degraded rule of negroei Just released from bondage is an Insult to th? white citizens of the North, as well as of th? South, and an outrage on the whole nation To subject them to the corrupt and recklea schemes of ihe carpet-bag plunderers ls bu little less infamous. To hold them unde military subjection for political purposes li not only a cruel Injustice, but ls a dangeroui assault upon the freedom of the Republic. A a consistent and Independent supporter of General Grant's administration, we now call upon him to show his detestation ol these politi? cal Machiav?lisme hy openly proclaiming his determination not to avail himself of tne Ku Klux law in the approaching elections, and to withdraw from the Southern States every Fed? eral soldier not required for the actual legiti? mate purposes of the government. The en? forcement -of this odious law' ls option with him, and be has the authority and. the power by proclamation to deolare the South In a con? dition to warrant the restoration of civil law and of the writ of habeas corpus In every portion ol her territory. This will enable the President at once to free himself from the responsibility and the unpopularity of the measures of Us unwise supporters In.Con? gress, and a radical change in the charac? ter of the Federal office-holders throughout' the South will lurther show MB lnollnatlen to do justice to the Southern people at last. FOR TBE FUTURE. WHATEVER MAT BE THE RE? SULT OP THE PENDING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THE HERALD WILL INSIST UPON AN ENTIRE CHANGE OF POLICY TOWAROS THE SOUTHERN 8TATE9 UNDER THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION, AND WILL HOLD EVERY CONGRESSMAN UP TO THE CONTEMPT AND SCORN OF THE AMERICAN PEO? PLE WHO FAVORS ANY MEASURE FOR TEE OP? PRESSION OF THE WHITE MEN OF THE SOUTH. We shall demaod from President Grant or President Greeley, as the case may be, an honest obedience to the will of the people, which ls unrestricted amnesty and non-inter? ference with the domestic affairs of any of the Southern States. The Herald will dull gently watch for aqd expose every future at? tempt to control the Southern negro vote as a unit for any party, and any Injustice tbat may be done either by legislation, by Executive action or throngh the Influence ot Federal patronage, to the white electors of the South. We recognize the courage, the manhood and the loyalty of the Southern people now that tbe rebellion and its causea are alike dead and buried, and we admit their equal title with ourselves to all the privileges and rights of the constitution. WE SHALL HOLD ANY ADMIN? ISTRATION IN THE FUTURE RESPONSIBLE FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OF THAT SECTION OF THE COUNTRY, AND SHALL "REGARD AN AS? SAULT UPON THEIR LIBERTIES AND PRIVILEGES AS A CRIME AGAINST 1 HE REPUBLIC. A FATAL AFFRAY Iii COI.LETON. Mortal Wounding of a Colored Man Escape of tne Culprit-The Crops In the County. BUCEHEAD, COLLETON COUNTY; / July 13, 1872. [ TO TH H EDITO & OF TH S NEWS. A fatal tragedy waa enacted in this usually peaceful community on Friday morning last. It appears that J. C. Hanbury, a respectable merchant la the vicinity of Carter's Ford, heard a colored man named Isaac Walker say that he bad, that morning, spoken to three colorad persons la the road; whereupon Han? bury became indignant; and, rising, said: uDo you dare to call my wile a negro, slr ?" .With this he went Into his hou-e io arm himself, while Isaac Walker left tbe yard. When Walker returned, a few moments afterwards. Hanbury was armed with a pistol, and fired upon bim, the bari passing just above his' head. Walker then closed In and endeavored to disarm his antagonist, but just at this junc? ture the pistol waa a second time discharged, to J ball taking effect in the left side, just be? low tbe ribs. Walker, though mortally wounded, succeeded In bis attempt to disarm Hanbury, and got possession or the pistol. They then parted, Hanbury running towards his house, and Walker Ia the opposite direc? tion, ' Walker lingered till the next day, and, although he had the best medical attendance, ttie'wcnnd was found to be mortal, and he died at eleven cc!o^k, on Saturday. As soon as the affair was reported to Trial ' Justice Warren prompt measures weira adopt? ed for the apprehension of the murderer, bnt no arrest has yet been effected. It ia believed that the murderer has left the country. An Inquest was held. Trial Justice Warren presid? ing. The verdict of the Jury was to the effeot that the deceased came lo his death by a pistol ball being fired into bis left side by J. C. Hanbury. Considerable excitement pre? vails. The crops In this section of Golleton are not as good as they would have been if we had had favorable seasons. Corn has suffered much from want of rain. 3easoos, however, at present, are more favorable, and the corn crop now promises a more abundant yield than was some time ago anticipated. The prospect for a good ootton crop was cheering up to a week past. We have entire? ly too much wet weather ot late for the cotton weed to flourish. We, however, do net enter? tain much fear that our cotton will be mate? rially Injured by the weather. COLLETON. THAT SNUBBING CASE. Kaiser William Affronts General Sher, man. A Berlin correspondent (June 8th) of the Tribune tells this curious story: General Sherman has Just left Berlin after a conspicuously brief visit, and young Grant will leave to-day. The general was very In? dignant at the lack of attention which he ex? perienced from the court, and no doubt will nurse his wrath io keep lt warm under the Impression tbat he has a good, honest griev? ance. He wilt say with truth that he went to call on Moltke, whose rank corresponds with bis own, on Hie very day of bis arrival; that Moltke did not return bis visit for three or four days: that Mr. Bancroft, the American envoy, notified to the Emperor's aid, General Schwan zkoppen, that Sherman would be happy to pay his respects to the Emperor; that Sherman called promptly on Schwartz koppea the day of his arrival and expressed a desire to see the Emperor; that he never pre? tended that he bad no uniform, though on this visit he was in a civilian's dress; and tbat to these announcements ifr. Bancroft received a reply the following day to the effect that the Emperor had no objection to receiving Gene? ral Sherman. Mr. Bancroft advised General Sherman not to accept the privilege on such terms, I am told; at all events Sherman did not, but pleaded his engagements. The German side answers to the statements of General Sherman that he had no right to ask an audience of the Emperor except in bis obaracter as general, and In the uniform of his rank, (the etiquette of the Prussian Court upon this subject, ls as old as the monarchy;) that Sherman dined In uniform at Mr. Ban? croft's the night Schwartzkoppen's answer was received, and Bchwartzkoppen was pres? ent and called attention to the fact, that Gen? eral Sherman ls the highest representative in the field of the American Government, which supplied the enemies of Germany with arms durlog the war ot 1870-71; be Is likewise well known bere for Dis pronounced proclivi? ties for France then and since, and bad there? fore no right to expect from this government any but purely official civilities. This ls the case on both sides, so far as lt ls yet developed here to me. Among some of the Germans here the Impression seems to prevail that Mr. Bancroft added to his note to the Foreign Office that Sherman was witbont any unllorm, and must do homage, If at all, In a citizen's dress. Under this Impression they lay tbe blame, I believe, upon Bancroft for not knowing bow to bring his guest into relations with tbe court, and for having misrepresented the general's destitution in the matter of toe uniform. As far as I can mske out, the mat? ter was bungled on our side, and the Germans were not unwilling to have a good pretext. Tbe Emperor too, no doubt, was pleased enough to escape the awkwardness of an In? terview with a distinguished foreign officer who only speaks English, which the Emperor says he himself speaks so badly that "not even an American can understand him," the Implication being that tba Americans speak English so badly that they ought to under? stand bad English if any one does. THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, July 15. Southerly winds, with more numerous local storms, are probable for Tuesday for the South? ern and Gulf States. Southwesterly winds, with threatening and rainy weather, for the Middle and Western Stales. Southwest winds, veering to northwest, with clearing weathei and lower temperature, for the Ohio Valle; and the Lakes. -The City o? Selma, Alabama, yesterday voted one hundred thousand dollars to th< New Orleans and Selma Bailroad. TEE DUE WEST C0LLE6ES. CONCLUDING EXERCISES Of COM? MENCEMENT WEEK. Commencement Exercises or Ul? One West Female College And. Awards at Honors to tho Erskine College. [FROM OCR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Dm WIST, 8. G., J?ly"?L.* Tbe exercises of to-day have bees theyml ruination of the commencement week Lathe two educational institutions of Doe Wfct, and have Included the public ot) m m en cerne nt ex? ercises ol the Due West ' Female College, oc? cupying the morning and afternoon, and th e^ award of medals and other honors to the stu? dents ot Erskine College lh the evening.' The attendance to-day has been even larger tifta . that of yesterday, and the audience In Lind? sey Hall during the morning and afternoon could not have numbered lesa than two thous? and, of which number more than one-half were ladles. The exercises went off smoothly and creditably in accordance with the follow? ing programme: . ? ; . PEATE K. ' ''* Anthem. "The Heavens are Telling." Anniversary address before tbe alMjajp Society. Bev. W. T. Capers. Abbeville, 8. 0. . Plano-"Grand Overture." Misses Lizzie Quigg, D?rele Henry, Anzte Mcclintock, Jes? sie Babb. Salutatory. MlssAlceE.-Adams, Composition- - *- . ? "Let us act that each to-morrow, Hay And us farther than to-day." lu - #. -Miss Maggie S. Brice. * Chorus-"Home by the Blver." , .,. , Discussion^-"Is there More of Happiness dr MlBery. In the Wdrld ?u Misses Dora J. Pitchi ford and M. Nettle Barr. . . I ' Plano (doubl? trio)-"The Coming Step." Mieses Lela Strain, Mollie Bonner, Josie Brice, Mattie Talbert, Fannie Bradley. Mary Young. Com position-"The Age we Live In." - Miss D?rele W. Henry. jm. ,. Composition-"Life is but an JEmpty Dream." Miss Josie M. Jennings. '.. . ' "Echo Song." By the School; - 1 ?? Letters. Misses Janie I. Kenned ^ and Janie E. Grier. . . Plano (quartette)-"Maiden's Blu8h?Waltz." Misses Nettle Barr, Aozie Mcclintock, luge nia Waiker and Maggie Brice. /t^? . Composition-"Light." Miss. Lilia B. Ken nerly. ?. Song-"Oh Restless Sea." ". ' Composition-"S'il y a des ?pines dans la vie ll y a aussi bien des fleurs." Miss Lizzie QulKg- : ., [| ... ?nj Solo-two pianos-selection from popular? airs. Misses Janie Kennedy and Katie Patton. AFTERNOON. .' Song-"Natalie, the Maid of the Min." By the school. ? i&hqml Composition-"The World's Benefactor?.". Miss Maggie L. Kennerly. Composition-"Are the Golden Threads air Woven?" Miss Ada 8. Prattler. ...ti . Plano (quartette)-"Oxen.Waltz." Hisses Alice Adams. Dora Pitchford. Lilla, Kennerly and Jessie Babb. * Dialogue-"Fashion." Misses Carrie Henry and Ida Johnson. Solo-two pianos-"La Parisienne." Misses Dora Pitchford and Ada Frat her. Composition "Standing with reluctant feet, ' ~ ' ' r Where the brook and river mee?,: . -vii- ? Womanhood and childhood fleet.". * '' -Miss Belle E. Saxon. Chorus-"There ls Beauty In the Summer Flower." taw ComposlUon-"LltUe by Little." Miss Enge-, nia Walker. . Plano (quartette)- "Love'sResponse Polkt" Misses Maggie Kennerly, D?rele Henry, Sattle Turner and Lizzie Quigs. . . ti::.: Discussion-"Haa.. Christianity conferred. temporal as well aa spirf mat-blessings mr-tiie World ?" Misses Mary Thompson and Para Saxon. "o *7t*WJ Solo-two pianos-"National Chant," Misses Janie Kennedy and Ada Prather. Valedictory. Sattle L. Turner. DEGREES CONTERRED. Chorus-"God In Mercy hear my Pr?yer?" '. " This morning the Alumni Society of Erskine College beld Its annual meeting and elected Mr. C. H. tel m on toa, of Tennessee, as - the . alumni orator lor the next year, and Major J. . K. G. Nance, of Newberry, as alternate, which, by the customs of the society, will devolve * upon the latter gentleman the duty of deliver? ing the alumni address at the commencement exercises in 1874. The Alumnae Society of the Due Weet Fe? male College also met this morning and.elect? ed Miss Lizzie Chiles, ot Abbeville, alumnae essayist for 1873, and Miss Minnie Lindsey, of Doe West, alternate. This evening a large audience again assem? bled at Lindsey Hali to witness the. award of ; medals to the successful competitors for those honors among the students of Erskine. The' report of the examining committee was made ? by Rev. Mr. Brice, of Chester, "and the follow? ing young gentlemen were the recipients of the inedals: SENIOR CLASS. For proficiency in Greek. W. M. Hunter. Astronomy. W. M. Hunter. Latin.' W. E. Mcilwaine. Mental science. W. E. Mcilwaine. Chemistry. G. 8. Robinson. JUNIOR CLASS. For the best general scholarship. W. H. Montgomery and 8. L. Morris. SOPHOMORE CLASS. For the best general scholarship. W. L. Mil? ler and C. E. Young. FRESHMAN GLASS. For the best general scholarship. H. G. Reed and W. R. Douglass. This concluded the exercises of the week, and after an hour or two of pleasant social In-' ' ' tercourse among the graduates and their friends In Lindsey Hall, the audience dis? persed. _ _ _PICKST. THE STE A G OLINO IRRECONCILABLES. The Strnight-Oat Democrat? and Uta Labor Reformers Hunting Party Al? liance?, NEW YORK, July 15. Blanton Duncan, on behalf ot the straight out Democrats, has written a letter to Horace Day, president ol the National Labor Halon, suggesting a Labor Union Convention, to be held In Louisville September 3. to see whether there cannot be a common basis of action against the monopolists and sportsmen In the two Radical parties. To this Day replies that, while he ls nor authorized to bind the labor organizations, such of ita members as he has conferred with unite with bim In the Impor? tance of Joint action of ali parties against those whom Day also terms monopolists and sports- . men. He complains that the working people have no recognition In the platform of either party, and agrees to do all in his power at th? convention on July 30 to bring about snob a union of parties as Duncan suggests. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The thermometer at New York yesterday stood at ninety-three in the shade, and there were several sunstrokes. -Frank J. Garland, the proprietor of the Dennison House, St. Louis, cut his tbroat yes? terday in a fit ot delirium tremens. -A base ball game In ot. Louis yesterday between the Empire and Robert E. Lee Clubs resulted in a victory lor the former by sixteen to six. -A German Sch?tzenfest of five days' dura? tion commenced at Hoboken yesterday. Dele? gates are present from various parts of the country. " ^Several French, Italian and Hibernian So? cieties, two military companies and a proces? sion, comprising In all fliteen thousand people, greeted the French band on their arrival in Chicago. ? -Judge Linton Stephens, brother of Alex? ander H. Stepbens, for many years prominent In public affairs, and a man of great ability in the legal profession, died in Angosta last Sun? day of congestion ot the brain. -The mixed commission on Briflsh and American claims will meet at Newport, B, L, September 11th, Four hundred and seventy eight British and nineteen American name? - have been filed. The secretary of the com? mission, Thomas C. Cox, was formerly attach? ed to tbe Department of State.