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? zy' mt VCLUME IX.-NUMBER 1967 CHARLESTON WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 1, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. SCHURZ UV THE SOUTH. THE GRAND RALLY YESTERDAY IN CHARLOTTE, N. C. Immense Enthusiasm for Greeley and Brown-Devices of Grant's Ka-Klux to Break Vp the Bleetins; - \ Fine Dwelling House Barned by Negro In? cendiaries. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NE Wi. ] CHARLOTTE, N. C., Joly 29. As the canvass in North Carolus draws to its close the interest Intensifies, and the great mass meeting to-day at this place has fur? nished the culmination thuB far ot the enthusi? asm in this State for Greeley and Brown. Business ot all kinds ls almost entirely sus? pended, and all classes of tbe population have flocked to the oak grove, where the meeting ls being held. The regular and special trains came heavily loaded, and from the earliest hours the neighboring localities have poured Into the city their quotas of thousands. The speakers'platform ls gracefully festooned with flags and evergreens, and prominent among the decorations are portraits of the Liberal chiefs, Greeley and Brown. Promptly at ll o'clock. the speakers ascended the stand, amid the music of the bands and tbe enthusi? astic applause of the Immense audience, which included hundreds of ladles. Mr. Armistead Barwell, president of the Charlotte Greeley Club, opened the meeting. He welcomed the great senator from Missouri, and, with similar pride, he welcomed among his people another noble representative o? the Liberal canse, the Governor of Virginia. [Great cheering.] He said that he was com? pelled to announce, with regret, their disap? pointment in the absence of another honored repr?sentative of the Sooth, whose ill health had prevented his attendance, and be read the following dispatch from the Hon. M. P. O'Con? nor, o? Charleston, S. C.: CHARLESTON, S. C., July 27. To Eon. J. Phillips, Chairman Committee of Arrangements, Charlotte. JV. C.: lam too unwell to leave. With you in spirit, If not In body. South Carolina awaits the an? nouncement of victory from North Carolina to redeem your State and ultimately tbe whole country. M. P. O'CONNOR. Governor Walker was then presented to the meeting and was. received with renewed ap? plause. The greeting he received, he said, was another evidence of the bond ol union be? tween Virginia and the people of the Old North State. The hearts of all true men In Virginia are thoroughly enlisted for the suc? cess of their neighbor and sister State in this her great straggle for liberty and reform. The contest of Thursday next would be one of great national importance, but to North Caro? linians it would be of Immediate and far more serions moment, since lt must decide the fate of their Commonwealth lor years to come and perhaps for all the future. This party, styling itself Republican, bsd been the greater pSrt of the time since the close of the war In control of the State government. Their record was made np in the minds of every voter. Upon that let them be tried and upon i that let the verdict be given when the polis open on Thursday. But, said the Governor,' what party, what men sensible to shame can come before an enlightened community and , with such a record ask to be continued in pow- I - er? What party ls responsible for the condition f ot North Carolina to-day-for its dishonored ] administration, its blasted credit, untarnished i till now for a hundred years-for the wide- ? spread corruption, tits enormous taxes, the ? false imprisonment and ruthless torture of in- ? nocen: citizens ' The Radical Slate Govern- I mentis notoriously inefficient; lt lacked the j energy, nerve and, perhaps, the disposition to ; protect its people In their rights of person and i property, and then the people were compelled ' to exercise the God-given right of self-protec- , tion. Thus, in the speaker's opinion, the Ku- : Klux originated, In the failure of the State Governments to afford their citizens due pro? tection-the citizens, like the Vigilants of San Francisco, protected themselves. The. Vigi? lants, remarked tbe Governor, were never de? nounced as Kn-Klux; the United States did not tend its troops to shoot or arrest and ira? prVcu them. I hope, said the speaker, when the Government of Virginia fails in its duty to the people, that the people will assume the government themselves. The Governor be? lieved that the Radical aggressions arose out ol an organized scheme, participated In by all theBadlcalState Governments of "he South and Northern Radicals, to stir up the people to acts of violence, which might offer a pretext for military invasion, the purpose being to i radicalize every Southern State. Now will the whole country watch with intense interest the verdict of North Carolina on Thursday next, whether her people will se up and cast off this body ot corruption, or continue to grovel j In the dust under the heels o? Badlcal dema? gogues and petty despots. North Carolina has been canvassed in harmony with the great liberal movement., which aa a national move i merjt owed Its origin to the oppression o? the Southern States. It will become the people of North Carolina to use their best efforts In be? halt of thia movement, since its great object ls the deliverance ol' the South. In criticising the Presidential career of Grant, the Gover? nor promised at some future time to nniold a t? Je connected with his own dealings with that person which would awaken the astonishment o? all, and especially of yon, slr, said the speaker, turning to Mr. Schurz. The Gover? nor proceeded at some length in a strain of exhortation, and closed amid great applause. Senator Schnrz was then introduced and re? ceived bv the audience with every demonstra? tion o? enthusiasm. His speech was, lb a great measure, a repetition of the views BO forcibly expressed by him at Greensboro', [and which ls i nil y reported below.-ED.] The speaker then reviewed the Greensboro' speech o? Mr. BoatwelL He appealed to the people present to know if the secretary did them Justice when he charged them with opposition to Immigra? tion, common school education and general progress. [Loud cries of "No, no."] The senator said how debased muet be a heart Which can protest, as Mr. Boutwell did, against a restoration of peace and goodwill between former enemies. In concluding his remarks, Mr. Schnrz gave Borne excellent words oi ad? vice to the young men ot the South, and o? caution to the negroes. He compared the Liberal party to that other which we see gloomily stirring the ashes of old feuds and to see if they cannot find a spark to fan Into a flame. In the middle of his speech consider? able disturbance was caused by the breaking out of a fire in a new and fine house near by, belonging to Mr. T, 8. Gray. A negro was seen to run out o? the house, and lt is evident that it was a preconcerted act of the negroes to disturb or break up the meeting. The distur? bance was such that Mr. Schurz took his seat and was unable to resume for half an hour. By close investigation among the colored people lt bas been discovered that the negro Incendiary went deliberately and maliciously to set fire to the house, which was unoccupied, after declaring to some of his comrades that he reckoned if white men could burn and whip and hang, negroes had a right to" do It too. To others he told his intention to break up that damned Conservative meeting one way or another. The Incendiary has fled the town; but he ls known, and has already been tracked for some distance. The town ls full of Idle ne? groes; they block up the streets, are very noisy and aggressive, and have been making all sorts of disturbances during the day. No? body knows why they are here. There has been no call for a Radical meeting. The white people here submit to these outrages and the insolence of the hordes of negroes with a remarkable degree of quietness. SCHURZ AT GREENSBORO'. His Enthusiastic Reception-He Blakes a Telling Speech-lle Attack? the Car? pet-Baggers - An Appeal to the Ne? groes, GREENSBORO', N. C.. July 27. Senator Schurz has at last Bpok?n in North. Carolina. His presence had been so frequently promised before without his making bis ap? pearance that the crowd which gathered to hear him to-day, though great, was not so large by several hundreds as lt would have been had there been a certainty of his com? ing. Toe Interest In the matter was shown, however, not alone by the arrivals ot persons from distant parts ol the State on the faith of the announcement in the papers, but also by the telegrams received here from all points in? quiring his whereabouts. Unfortunately, the tidings that he was actually en route did not come uniil late this morning, and the anxious crowds In Raleigh, Wilmington and elsewhere could Lot get here In time. As lt was, though, his audience was numbered by thousands, and embraced representatives of all Bhades of po? litical opinions, and all class?e of the popula? tion. ARRIVAL OF THE DISTINGUISHED MISSOURIAN. Senator Schurz arrived on the 3.30 train, having left New York yesterday afternoon. He was met at Reldsvllle by Mayor Sloan and a committee of citizens, and when he stepped from the cars to the depot platform he waa greeted by a large concourse of persons. The band played Inspiring aira, aud there was a general enthusiasm. General Schurz _was placed In a carriage and driven rapidly to the Benbow House, where he dined, and a few minutes afterwards met the crowd assembled in a grove on the outskirts ot the town to hear him speak. His reception here also was most enthusiastic. He was introduced by Colonel John A Gllmer, who complimented bim as one of the foremost champions of the rights of man. SPEECH OF GENERAL SCHUBZ. General Schurz commenced by saying that he bad hardly ever appeared before an au? dience with a greater consciousness of being unable to fulfil Its expectations, wear* sd as he was by four days of travel, witn hardly a mo? ment's rest aud hardly able to stand or think. He felt unusually Trass ed. Wnat he had to say was to be ?poucu without preparation, save a lew notes made while at dinner a few minutes ago. He then spoke substantially as follows: HIS POLITICAL ANTECEDENTS. I belong, fellow-citizens, to that political ichooi which most of you knew, but did not ove, before the war as anti-slavery men. I Marted out with the Republican party, and my political life has been wholly devoted lo the idvocacy of Its principles. All my energies .ave been given to the work of carrying its .earlLng ideas into practical life; fori have sin? cerely desired that all slavery should disappear from our beloved land-the land of my "option-and all persons should enjoy io the lullest extent the blessings of a republican form of government. In the service of these ideas I have stood, so far, In the ranks of the Republican party, and these are my principles to-day. If I am not fighting In their ranks lt ls their fault, not mine. It ls my ardent wish that every man should breathe tne free air of beaven as a freeman, and because this Is my desire I stand here to? day arrayed against many of my old comrades. The Republican party was organized, I must remind jou. In the first place, to prevent the extensi?n ot slavery in the Territories of the United States. That accomplished, the war began, and the standard was raised higher. It was demanded that slavery should be abol? ished. The war closed, slavery was abolished, and, in order to proieot the emancipated race In the enjoyment ot their new rights, as a logical necessity, tbe right of suffrage was given them. Tbe support of all these meas? ures was with the Republican party, and I went further. I endorsed the reconstruction policy or the Republican party on tbe ground that revolutionary measures are necessary in revolutionary limes. But these things accom? plished, and the logical results ot the war being incorporated lu the constitution of the United States, new questions arose. The political eye sweeping a larger horizon sought to compass the means by which we might be made a reunited nation. We had delivered the blacks, and lt ~malned with us to effect the highest deliverance for the whites-even those who were lately In rebel? lion. We thought the time had come when every man Norm and South should feel him? self a full citizen of this Republic, and look upon the Stars and Stripes not as A symbol of disgrace and conquest, but of iretaom and equal rights to be enjoyed by all of us. [Ap? plause.] DIVISION IN THE RANKS. Then it was that those ol us who were true Republicans, and valued principles above par? ty power, raised the flag of universal amnesty and impartial suffrage, and our great and good standard-bearer, Horace Greeley, [cheers,J spoke the words, "Let all people be freemen again, and let everybody vote for whomsoever he please." [Applause.] Organizations long In power learn to steai without punishment and rob without vengeance. Thus lt was tbat many of the leaders aud fr great many of the masses of the Republican partyjrelused to en? list under our banner. Impartial suffrage, but not universal amnesty, they said. Impartial suffrage? Yes; because lt will strengthen our party. Universal amnesty? No; because lc will strengthen our oppo? nents. But this was not the only reason why fora while we fought the battle alone. It was desired not only to preserve bnt to enlarge their powers. Advantage was taken of cer? tain disorders In the South to make excuse for the conlerrlng ot extraordinary powers on the Executive. There had been disorders; let us not forget that there bad been persecution for OTJ!n lou's sake, and the report of them aroused tbe fears and the sympathies of people at the North. But Borne of us who saw tbe danger, saw also the danger of protecting the rights of a few at the expense of the liberty of a whole people. We thought that local sell-government should be left to the con? trol of these matters. We believe tbat the outrages were exaggerated, and that the perpetrators could better be reached by au ap? peal to their nobler impulses. But the major? ity thought otherwise, and the President, in executing the Ko-Klux laws, brought about the slate of affairs whleh we now see in North Carolina. Now, even popular elections are to be controlled by Federal officials. The mean? ing of ail this Is, fellow-cltizeUB, that the elect? ive franchise has been taken away from the people and given to the tools of the adminis? tr?t ion. We ot the North are not as much affected by this as are you of the South; but we know that as long as there is a single slave in the country no ireeman is safe. If the South ls enslaved we are lu danger, and we must therefore stand up for each otber. The speaker then paid his respects to the. carpet-baggers. How was lt possible that such abnormal and hideous things should grow up In a Iree country. Imparttai suffrage waB a logical result of the war, but the people who were its beneficiaries were none the more prepared for the intelligence of their new rights. It was not Btrange, then, that unscru? pulous adventurers coming from abroad or springing up in their midst, and pretending a great friendship for them, gained their ear and used them as a compact organization for tbelr own political ends. The governments of the South were taken hold of by the most Ig? norant and depraved men that ever pounced down upon a devoted people. They were ron Into extravagances that can hardly be be lieved. These expenditures seem really ab surdly great. THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE DEBT has been Increased from fliteen to thirty-four millions, and sixteen millions of railroad bonds lound their way Into th? capacious pockets of carpet-baggera without the tax payers ever hearing from them again. Bad this state ol' aSalrs was, the Republican party was responsible for lt, not because Its prlncl pal chief did it, bot because the carpet-baggers who committed the rascalities were counte nauced bv the national authority and were honored with confidence and patronage, appeal to any fair-minded Republican to know If this ls not true ? Is it any wonder, then that the whites of the South did not spring Into your arms with alacrity ? They accepted the results ol the war, but could you expect them smilingly to approve your efforts lo rob them and strip them naked ? To such a sys? tem of outrage ls the administration lending its aid. Who will deny that the infinite Dumber of deputy marshals now in North Carolina were appointed to control the pending election, to tlx upon the necks of these people the yoke of th0S9 In sympathy with the men throug whose fingers rau that $16.000,000 ol public funds. [Applause.] It was In view of such things that the Liberal Republicans arose in that great upheaval of the popular conscience which resulted in the Cinclnoatl Convention General Schurz then sketched the history ot that movement from Its dawning in Missouri in 1870, until the nomination of Greeley and Brown at Cincinnati and Baltimore. He maintained that the Cincinnati platform was the true Bepublican plallorm-that It con tained all that was best of the principles of the Republican party, and that the Cincinnati ban ner was the true Bepublican banner of free dom and equal rights. Upon that platform we will stand, and under that banner we will march, whether we are called Soreheads Democrats or Rebels. [Applause.] General Schurz then alluded to Mr. Bout well's strange words that this ls no time for "clasping hands across the bloody chasm; that there must be no reconciliation at this time. He could not conceive bow lt was pos sible that any heart oould be so obdurate as not to rejoice when the band of reconciliation ls offered by one sincerely desirous of peace How can a man delight In war when peace la attainable ? We have all heard of the Puritan of the old times who delighted in hanging Dis? senters and burning witches. Thank God, the spirit of wi ten-burning has left Massachusetts long ago; but it appears that there are yet some lo that State who cannot sleep unless they burn their witch a day. [Applause and laughter.] There are MEN WHO LIVE FT INFLAMING ANIMOSITIES that have divided our people. Woy ls this done ? For no reason but that the party lead ere know mat unless the war-cry la kept hp the Radicals must go to the bottom. As soon as the North and South are reconciled there ls no longer need for a war-party, and those w ho lived and thrived on the wa.-cry must go under. It is for party ascendancy that a re? conciliation is to be prevented. To this end the archives of the dead Confederacy are bought and the country Is treated io the de tails of the plans of rebel emissaries for the burning of Northern cities. It ls like burning the effigy of Guy Fawkes In England to keep alive the hatred of Roman Catholics. Fortun? ately, the enlightened spirit of England has outgrown that hatred, and ls the public spirit of the United States behind il ? What ground have we for distrust? Why .repel the outstretched hand ? Wby find faun that they do not embrace those who suck their substance and have stripped them naked ? Do you want any other guarantee ot good taith than their voling for one who bas been th?j lite-long foeman ol all their old issues ? It you do, lt shows you are dishonest In what you demand. You don't value good government as much as yon value parry power. [Applause.] A WORD TO COLORED Ml'N. General Schurz then made an eloquent ap? peal to the colored voters, who were largely represented In the audience, beseeching them, by right of being one of their earliest friends, to be careful of their political action. Il their masters did not love an Abolitionist, they at least had every right to. He expressed his astonishment to hear th;-.: they bad valued liberty so little as to attempt to rid them? selves of lt by interfering with the exercise of the right of suffrage. He had heard tbat they had mobbed men of their own race who were marching In a Greeley and Brown procession. It a colored mau could not vole for Greeley and Brown, or anybody else whom he pre? ferred, the freedom ol oplnbn which had been con!erred upon the colored race was lost, and they made slaves of themselves again to the opinion of others. They should set a better example lo the whites. The great? est crime that they could commltt was io trample under foot lae great boon of freedom of opinion. He urged the negroes io culti? vate friendly relatlonfl with the whites among whom they lived. It should be neither a white man's government nor a black man's government, and they must form Into parlies according to differences of opinion, and not according to differences ot color. If they would do that they would find that both par? ties would be strenuous In defence of their rights and anxious to win their suffrages. KIND WORDS TO CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS. Ia conclusion, General Schurz addressed the Confederate soldiers present. He said that be had been in the army too, and knew that those who had been in the army had learned some? thing. Confederate soldiers knew that there had been a war; that some things had been decided by that war, and that those declsiona could not be reversed. He had great confi? dence in the good sense and abiding patriot? ism of the Confederate soldiers, and ne begged to assure them lhat those who had borne arms on the other side were anxious tor peace, and were ready to stretch hands across the bloody chasm, the secretary ol the treasury lo the contrary notwithstanding. [Applause.] He urged Southerners to mase themselves the preservers ol peace within their own State?, and warned the evil disposed that th? Liberal Republicans could not make a success? ful tight If there was any ground for the sto? ries ot Ku-Kluxlsm In the South. Ia the bands ot the Southerners was placed the safety of Bepublican Institutions, and he adjured them to see to lt that every man was protected In his life, liberty and rights. He believed fully that the Confederate soldiers would do lt, and then thev ot ihe North could stand up as one man agalrit centralization, and a glorious victory would be theirs. [Great applause.] GRANT'S VERACITY. As General Schurz was taking his seat a gentleman asked him, "How about thal ques? tion of veracity between yourself ana Mr. Grant." General Schurz replied that he had answered that question in letters appearing in that day's New York papers. He read the letter from General Pleasantou, In which he repeated that he was authorized by President Grunt to pledge Senator Schurz all the patron? age fae might wish If he would lend his sup? port to the San Domingo scheme, and he added: "The question ia now one of veracity between Presiaent Grant and General Pleas? antou." General Schurz's speech was all that his great reputation had led his audience to ex? pect. He spoke with fluency and eloquence, and was listened to with rapt attention throughout. Even the Radicals present were impressed with bis earnestness and truth. He spoke as a man whose whole heart was in what he said, and bis words could not fail to be impressive. At night he was called upon by many prominent citizens, and was the re? cipient of a serenade and other complimentary attentions. Hotel Arrivals-July 29. CHARLESTON HOTEL. H. A. Stultz, James F. Watkins, Miss Sim? ons, Savannah; J. J. Dale, Vermont. PAVILION HOTEL. A. A. Strauss, Camden; Louis Bonan, J. E. Terry, Colleton; A. C. Shoffer, Walterboro; J. Thompson, Augusta; Miss M. Togllo, Philadel? phia; George P. Cotchett, Southern Express Company. OR.-ty G KB UR G THCNDIgig TRUCK. The Hottest Day at Oajtngebarg-A Sadden Change-The Lightning Plays Havoc with the Tree? ait| Buildings A Colored Ulan Strack. [THOM OUR OWN C0BRB3I)KDENT.] ORANGBRJRG, July 29. Our town was visited yesttrday (8unday) with a terrlflc storm of lightning, thunder and rain. The heat had been Infuse for many days, and rain was much needtf for the crops. The morning was loggy and dose until nine o'clock,'when the sun came firth with unusual fervor, scarcely a breath of alf stirring to re? lieve the overpowering heal At noon the clouds gathered, and two ling, banks gradu? ally approached from opposite directions and merged Into one mountain pife of blackness. A rush of wind propelled thli mass towards the town, and spreading abovj and around lt expended Ita fary. For an bur the play ol lightnings was fearful, and the crashing thunders shook the earth ad houses, the horses aod cattle fled in tenor and the scene was appaling and grand. Mr.Shirer's lot was visited three times, each boltihlverlng a tree In his front yard near the dwelling. Another bolt fell In the lot of Captain T. K. Legare, injuring a negro under a ireland the kitchen on premises of Mr. J. A. Hamilton was damaged In chimney and rool A negro man was stunned, ont not seri onay injured, while asleep In the kltoben. Tne aierage range ol the mercury at midday was BC deg., and in one or two localities lt disported at 102 deg. The atmosph?re Is now cool and refreshing. Our town is enlivened wlthihe faces ol seve? ral Charlestonlans, and no more.conventent or pleasant retreat could be had for visitors were lt not lor the rank weals which grow breast high along the street*, and the hun? dreds of hogs which roan' everywhere, elvlng the pretty town the appearance of a lald-out pasture. OCELQUEFOIS. THE WEATHER AND I__ CROPS. ? , I Serions Effect? of t lie He'atand Drought. The most discouraging reports continue to be received as to the condition of the cotton crop, both on the seacoast , and throughout the State. Tbe continuance of the heated term, tbe aosence of the much-needed rain, and the pretence of the ail-devouring cater? pillar combine to make a gloomy prospect for the growing crop, and the planters are look? ing blue. The following letters have Just been received by a well-known firm of cotton factors in this city : * TBK DROUGHT ON BDI8TO ISLAND. ' ' "EDISTO, July 26. '. The drought ls so excessive that crops are. almost parching Dp, and If we do not get some rain soon there will be nothing left for cater? pillars to eat, and very little for us to pick. ' At eight In the morning cotton ls as mnch wilted as at noon; and ls shedding irult to an alarming extent. FROM AN OLD CHARLESTON COTTON FACTOR COLOMBu. July 27. I have no Idea that the expectations of i he people will be met with the growing crop. Ii nave Been a number of crops this week, and I bill yon the prospects are not good. Where: the weed ls large the fruit la wanting, and, four out of Ave have not cultivated prop? erly, and cannot make a crop. I have never seen a good crop of corn and cotton grown: the same year, and corn never was better. THE FIRE FIEND. Terrible Conflagration at the North - Loss of _ife rn.tr* _o?* or-auor. OTTAWA, July 29. A fire to-day destroyed the Mathews Hotel and other adjacent buildings. The loss amounts to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. One womau was burned to deal h. Two girls Jumped out ot a third story wiudow, and one was fatally hurt. NEW YORK, July 29. The large sugar refinery of Berger, Hurl bim - Livingston, on Leonard street, was burnt out ibis morning, together with the contents of the adjoining building. Loss over one hun? dred thousand dollars. One hundred aod Atty workmen are thrown out of employment. The moulding mill ot Sherman Bros., on Bond street, Brooklyn, was burned this morn? ing, with the adjoining carriage factory of Dillon's. LOBS Beventy-flve thousand dollare. CAMPAIGN NOTES RT TELEGRAPH. Movements of ?r. Greeley. NEW YORE, July 29. Mr. Grepley has engaged quarters lor the season at Eist Hampton Long Island. He ls to deliver the Monal atdress belore the Suf? folk County Agricultural Society next week. Stopping Grant'* Little Game. BALBIOH, N. C., July 29. ' One hundred and filly names of colored voters are challenged In one township In Co.ke County for Improper registration. Sumner to Define His Position. WASHINGTON, July 29. The letter received soraejlme ago by Sena? tor Sumner, signed by thirty respectable col? ored citizens ot Washington, asking his opin? ion on tbe issue between Usant and Greeley, especially with reference toiheir antecedents and present position, has. remained unan? swered until now. It ls nor understood that the senator's answer will'be given to the press to-morrow. Jn lt hs reviews at length the claims of the two candidates, but lt ls not known which way he wl.l decide. He gives aa a watchword tbe unltyfof the Republic, and the equal rights of all with reconciliation. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASTTNGTON, July 29. ? Clearing weather and soithwesterly winds, veering to light northerly, ?Ul prevail In Vir? ginia and the south Atlante and Gulf States today. SPARKS FROM 2RB WIRES. -The Internationalists ire to issue an ad? dress to American workingmen. -The excise law was sjlngently enlorced last Sunday In New York aad Brooklyn. -The Italians of New Ycrk propose an elab? orate celebration ot tne unification of Italy. -The United States nava fleet in the Pacific ls to be divided Into two sqiadrons under Rear I Admirals Winslow and Steajman, -The claims against Gieat Britain for the depredations of the Boston, Jen". Davis and Music bave been disallowed -The steamer George Cornwell, which was Btranded near Key. West, lc afloat, and has re? sumed her voyage. -The Geneva arbitrator! decided in favor of America In the Florida rase on the ground that the British Governmeit did not use suni clent precautions io preven the departure ol that vessel Irom English pirts. CHARLESTON COUNTT TAX SALES. The following property was yesterday knocked down to the Stale tor the amount ol delinquent taxes, as anneied: Flinn, Patrick, house andlot, 9 Society street.$20G 16 Fox, John, bouse and lot,153 East Bay. 159 40 Fox, John, house and lot, 155 East Bay. 156 98 Frank, Joseph, house andlot, 215 King street...21G83 Z- Hon. B., Estate of, hoiae and lot, 4 St. Phillp street. 5412 g, E. M., house and la, 23 Warren street. 30 98 Hennessey, Thomas, Estate of, - Tradd street.J. 9163 Heyward, T. B., trustee, house and lot, 2 Legare street.!.. 121 80 Holmes, Airs. L. A. and ctlldren, house and lot, 36 St. Philip itreet. 95 ll Humphry, J., Estate of, bbuse and lot, 22 Smith street. 185 97 Hutchinson, T. L., boose and lot, 64 Cnurch street. 278 20 Hendricks,-, houBe and lot, 12 Eliza? beth Btreet.:. 12 86 THE PEOPLE'S MONEY MR TREASURER PARKER'S ACCOl OP BXS STEWARDSHIP. A Curions Vindication-Financial centrlcltles Viewed Through Pa Spectacles-A Rich Alan's Plea-Fol cal Vagaries-The Charleston RT* Responsible for all our "roney Tr bles-A Prediction that ' Better Til are Coming"-Treasurer Parker V Ung to Continue his Labors for People anet the Party. Mr. State Treasurer Niles G. Parker, no prominent Badlcal candidate for re-elect addressing a public meeting at Columbia tbe 5th Instant, in defence of bis official a said: ' Fellow-citizens-l accept your kind Inv tloa to address you on this, occasion with ?suai satisfaction. We are soon to enter u a political campaign, fraught with quest! of the gravest importance to tbe masses of people of this State, and of all the Stat questions which underlie our liberties as ( zens, our prosperity and progress as a Cc mon weall band a member of the Union, deed, the battle has already begun. " sharp fire along the sklrminti lines la alrei heard. The leaders of the great pan which are to contend In fierce, but peace battle, lor the ascendency and control of g emmental affairs In November next, are ready marshaling their hos;H. The free c zens of the Republic are taVng position, ranging themselves on one sile or the ott lor the contest. It ls with great pleasu therefore, that, at the very beginning ot t struggle, I embrace this opportunity to spe In defence of the great principles ol the I publican, party which has triumphed so g rlously during the last ten years, and wrouj. such astonl-bing changes and reforms in t interest of free and honest government. have been a member and an earnest support ot tbe Bepublican party since. Its organi. lion. Indeed, instructed in my youth In t great principles of civil liberty, I waa a Sept hean before lhere was a Bepublican par and when that party rose to power out of t holiest convictions of a free people, and t advocates of human slavery and adespo government sought the destruction of t nation's life to perpetuate that slavery. I Jo! ed the hosts of the nation's detenders, and I four years stood shoulder to shoulder with t friends of the Union and liberty to beat ba the Insurgent tide of slavery and sececsk Those were ihe days which tried men's coi age and men's principles; and while many you, and most of my fellow-members ot t Bepublican parly In this State were helpless do anything for your own freedom, or for t safety of th? nation, lt will ever be among t proudest recollections of my life that, at patriot and a Bepublican, I fought for yo liberty and my liberty, lor your rights and u rights, for your country and my country. As one of. the fruits of lhat victory whli Providence vouchsafed us, the government this State ls to-day in the hands of the peo pl Toe imperious alaveholdlng ring, who bom all ir ) burdens of life on the back of the bia man, and shut out all the poor white mi from participation In the State Governmei these have been overthrown, the franchi extended to all, and all made eligible office. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SELF-DEFENCE. But not only am I glad of an opportunity speak for our party, out I embrace the oppc tunity to make-that defence of myself and my administration- aa a public officer wbl the occasion demands, in fact, lt will be e pected In any speech that I may make to co doe myself mostly to tne department of il State Government ol which I bave had chary Nor have I any option but lo make my i marks personal to a considerable extent. I fierce, malignant and unjust have 'been t attacks upon mathatl am compelled to a swer and refute these calumnies at the ve outset of the campaign. I rio this, not much for-ny own sake,, as lu the Interest the party 1 i-epresenr. As an officer and re reseniatlve ot a party I am public propert every assault on me ls an assault by BO mut on thc Republican State Govern meut, andi the slander and odium cast upon my nan weakens and injures the party I represent. It is therefore due, not only to myself, bi to the partv, and the whole people ot ll State, that I come squarely to my defeno without reserve or prevarica!lon. While, have no taste for public controversy, and wbl my forte ls to work ratbur tuan to talk, this one ot the occasions when I have no right t remain sHent. In ibis matter I am.confidei that, If I cannot silence every false and slai derouB tongue, I can at least satisfy every cai did and reasonable man that, whatever ma be said of tbe State Government as a whole, at least, have been faithful to the high trusi and responsibilities of my office. And I make this declaration, viz : That have discharged the dulles of my office wit fidelity, conscientiously, and with such ubi lit as I could command. I make this funner declaration, that th books, papers and records, and all tbe affali ot the office, are second to none, lo or out c the Slate, In neatness and accuracy. No on can deny this. But I am not going to leav the matter here. I will show yon wnat olhet Bay about it, and leave you to Judge for youl selves. NUMEROUS EXAMINATIONS. The first General Assembly that met in Co lumbla, after the organization of the presen state Government in July, 1869, passed a luv requiring an annual examination ot my office and a report to be made of such examlnalloi to the General Assembly. In obedience io that law, a committee com posed ot one member of the Senate and tw< o: the House of Representatives have annual ly perlormed the duty assigned to them These various reports are lucluded lu the fol lowing communlcallon. When the minority report of the Eu-Elu; committee was submitted to Congres.-*, it con fained the statement that a large amount o money bad been paid out of ihe treasury o 8outh Carolina, for which there were n< vouchers. I immediately wrote the following letter, which was published In the Washlngtot Chronicle, giving ihe whole statement ol facti relative to tne condition in which legislative committees had found the affaira of my office COLUMBIA, February 24.1872. Editor Washington Chronicle, Washington B. C.: DEAR SIR-I observe that the minority re port bf the committee "to inquire into th< condition of the late insurrectionary States' contains the extraordinary statement thal $1,208,677 67 had been paid out ot the State treasury of South Carolina, for which lhere were no vouchers. Aa this ?talement ls being extensively copied by ihe newspapers through? out the country, I deem lt lime mat lt should no longer be allowed to go uncontradlcied. The following extracts from reports of the various committees that have at different times examined the books and accounts of the treas? ury office, will show the falsity of the state? ment : REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED AT SPECIAI SESSION, 1868. "The committee appointed at the special session ot the General Assembly, under the provision of an act entitled 'An act. to regu? late the manner of keeping and disbursing funds by certain officers,' beg leave respect? fully to submit the tollowloe report: "That, In accordance with the requirements of the act above mentioned, they have exam? ined the books, vouchers and receipts ot' the State treasurer, and dud the books kept, ihe vouchers, drafts and checks drawn, and all moneys deposited in strict accordance with law, and the general routine of business con? nected with the office transacted in a manner aline creditable to the treasurer and his clerk. (Signed) "J. M. ALLEN, 1 "W. J. MCKINLAY, \ Committee." "A. J.RANS,EU, j REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED AT REGU? LAR SESSION, 1868-'?9. '.Ihe Joint committee, appointed at the reg? ular session of the General Assembly, by vir? tue of a concurrent resolution, passed March 12, 1869, and in accordance with Section 6 ot an act entitled 'An act to regulate the man? et keeping and disbursing funds by certain officers,' neg leave to submit the following report : "In accordance with the aforesaid resolu? tion and act, the committee have examined the books, vouchers and receipts of the State treasurer, and find that the manner of keep? ing the books, drafts, checks, also vouchers drawn and moneys deposited, are as required I by law. The committee nave lound no wa rant.issued or drawn by HM comptroller b yond the power granted by law^^-T "Bet?reclosing this report,theceinmjttt will embrace the opportunity to say tba> affords them much pleasure to record the un form courtesy manifested during the examloi tions In the respective departments, and ce tlfy the accuraoy observed In the dispatch i business. This can but redound to the Inte est of tbe State, and facilitare the transadle ot public business; which has wonderfully li 2SP2P 8lnce tne consolidation of the low? with the upper divisions of the treasury; espi ciaily ls this observable In the last fiscal yea grcgjj? ? 'arge amount of bonds have bee F**J conversion of BecurUles' authorize ^LSSL^yS?P^Mt to provide fer tb conversion of State securlller,'^ woll as tb renewal of State stock lost or destroyed Th] Immense amount of additional labor makes necessary, In the opinion of the commlttet that provisions should be made by this Gem ral Assembly to provide another assistant fe the State treasurer. The comptroller's n sponsibllliles are also greatly Increased. B recent enactments, he ia made ibo custodia of hundreds of thousands of dollars in Stat booda. "These expressions are appended to she the Importance of good officers, and the efl clency and fidelity of those who have bee selected. "J. EL RAIN KT, ) "JaVAN BRYANT, y Committee." "WM. McKtNLAT, J REPORT OP COMMITTEE APPOINTED AT REGOLA SESSION OF 1869-70. "The Joint committee appointed at the regt lar session of 1869-70, by virtue of a concui rent resolution ot February 28, 1870, and 1: accordance with an act of August, 1868, en titled 'An act to regulate the manner of keep lng and disbursing funds by certain o Ulcer?, respectfully beg leave to submit the followloi report: 'Tour committee would state tbatthey hav made a critical examination of all the books orders and receipts of the 8tate treasurer, am And them correct In every particular. "The manner of keeping the various sets c books, checks, and all receipts or moneys am disbursements of the same, drafts and de posits, have been in accordance with the re qulrements of law. "H. ts. HATNE, ) "B. A. BOSEMON, y Committee." "C. H. PETTKNOILL, ) The Joint special financial Investigating com mlttee, in the first copies of their printed rc port, io the tabular statement or the disburee menu of the treasury office, pnt down In ead mooth amounts as "not vouched for." ? This they allowed to go for sometime firing the impression that large amounts bat eeo paid out for which there were no wai rants. Afterward their sense of Justice prompt ed them to have the following general nob prlntet, which they attuched to all there ports they then had In their possession: "GENERAI. NOTE.-It will be observed, li looking over the disbursements of the Stan treasurer, as well as the vouchers forint same, In the tabular exhibits trom page 68 u H)5, Inclusive, that there are frequent excesse of disbursements over toe vouchers fir th? same. - It ls but Justice to the treasurer t< Bay-whose booka and papers are well an? skilfully kept, BO tn as the cash receipts am expenditures of his office are concerned-tba such excesses occur from the transactions o the treasury In the redemption of bills recelv able, payment of interest on the publlcdebt and remittances to H. H. Ki m pto n; and as tht bills receivable, interest coupons, or th< financial agent's books, were not before tbi committee when the vouchers were under ex animation, they were obliged to make th tables as they pppear. But subsequent exam 1 nation ot cancelled coupons and tne financia agent's booka warrants the committee In say log-so far as these specified disbursement; are concerned-they are fully vouched for. UJ. B. DENNIS, : "W. H. GARDNER," The committee appointed to examine tb broke and vouchers of the treasury office, te the fiscal year ending October 31,1871, mad the ioliowiog report: ..They drat vialrad fhn treasurer's Office and, with the facilities afforded by that officer and his efficient clerks. Messrs. Little am Tappa o, a rigid examination was enterei into. "His receipt book, together with his Jour nal, was compared with the orders (hi vouchers) upon which was drawn all money, payable at the treasury, and was found t< correspond In every particular. "Tne orders were drawn In accordant with law. "HIB ledger makes the following exhibit o receipts and disbursements: I "Receipts.$1,880.184 f> "Disbursements. 1,855,976 8! "Balance.$ 24,207 21 (Signed) "Y. J. P. OWENS,) "F. H. FROST, V Committee.' "W. J. WHIPPER, ) All the above facts are matters of record and should have some weight against a lalsi and malicious statement. That the papers that have copied the state ment will give place to this denial ls not to bi expected, as it would effectually dispose of th* merits of the statement as a campaign docu ment. You will observe, then, that my office hat undergone lour anuualexaminations by legis latlve committees-one examination by t Joint special committee of the Legislature, having authority to Investigate all transac? tions pertaining to lt, for ihe whole term of m j office, thus going over and verifying the re? ports of three ot the legislative committees that had preceded lt. In addition to these, a committee of promi? nent citizens, consisting of professional ano business men, were permitted to examine the books and records of my office in Novem? ber last, relative to the reports ot ene treas urer and financial board concerning tbe lia? bilities of the State, and while this committee did, in their report, criticise the Stale finances, they found nothing whatever at variance witt my report Ought dot this to be conclusive evidence that nothing bas been done contrary to law and that my office ls above suspicion ? WouU lt not be supposed that a reasonable pubili would be satisfied ? Does lt not partake strong ly ot passion and prejudice, or malicious envy, and a determination not to be satisfied, when in the face of these numerous investigations, nothing has been found wrong ? I leave lt tc yourselves to J udge. I am sometimes charged with appropriating funds of tne State to my own use; in fact, thu Is the general charge; in whatever lorin lt le put, It amounts to that In the end. Now, let us examine into this matter. LEGAL SAFEGUARDS-RECEIPTING FOR MONEYS. The State taxes are collected by the various county treasurers and paid over to the State treasurer, they receiving three receipts for ul moneys paid in. Observe, now, how Jealously and carefully the law guards the .treasury: one ol the receipts ls aept by the county treas urer, one ls sent by him to the State auditor, the other to the comptroller-general. Here, then, are four parties to the transaction, leav? ing no room whatever for mistakes, and allow? ing no opportunity for fraud. lt me county treasurer should fail to get the treasurer's receipt for money sent, he would be a loser aud would prosecute the treasurer, And here let me say that during the lout years of my transactions with the county trea? surers, and despite tbe large amounts ol money which have been received from tnem, there bas never, In a Bingle Instance, been the difference ol' a dollar between ua_ Tben, as a checkagatnat tne treasurer, the State auditor and comptroller-general bott are made aware of every dollar that 1B re celved into the State treasury, so that there IE no cbance whatever to obtain any money from that source without accounting for it. LEGAL SAFEGUARDS-PATING OUT MONEYS. Now as to payments. Not a dollar can b< paid out except In pursuance of law, by ai appropriation; that ls, by direction of th? General Assembly. And here let me observt that passing a bill through both Houses making an appropriation, does not put tht sum ot money so appropriated into the trea Bury as many suppose, lt simply defines how much and lor what purpose it shall bo pale out, after lt has been collected by tbe count] treasurers and paid into the treasury. Thai ls an appropriation. MANNER OF PAYING APPROPRIATIONS. 1 The manner of paying out appropriations Ii also carefully guarded by law. Ti.at lor sala rles is drawn by the officer himself, or only or . his order; contlugent lunds of the dlfflereoj departments are drawn on the orders of the respective heads of departments; the civil contingent lund ls drawn on warrants of the comptroller-general and placed exclusively under his control and at bis disposal; fandi for the peni ten ti ary are drawn on titer order of (he superintendent, approved by tbe ' Gov? ernor: the lunatic asylum fund on the war raw^C?he comptroller-general,, end ?a on through in^?UitiBrent appropriations: FRAUD WOtrr^ jMI DKTK7TXI). Now, ii any money Is paid ont for any of these purposes in any other manner than that prescribed by law, there would be ca proper voncber In tbe office to show for lt, the loss would fall upon the office, and then upon me Individually,and upon my Beetles if I was un- ' able to meet lt. These vouchers and receipts are my evidence that the money bas been paid ont as tbe law directs, lt ls, therefore, the easiest thing In the world to detect fraud in an office hedged about as mine ls with, mandatory statutes, and where the disposi? tion of every^doUar which comes Into my hands Is an?clpateoTry-the provisions of law. It is, therefore, - utterly Impossible to. divert money away from Its proper appropriation, or to pay out money Illegally, or to take lt for my own use without instant detecilou. Be> sioes the vouchers, which the treasurer !. re? quired by law to keep, and which ?are the evidence of his faithful discharge of offlolal I duty, he ls required to make A MONTHLY REPORT to the comptroller-general, in writing, of every transaction in his office. It lathere taken up and recorded, every receipt of money, and from whom received; every pay? ment of money, to whom paid, and on what account. If my reports are correct, they are approved by that officer; and,in no instance have they been disapproved by that officer during ihe whole official tenn. [ NO FUNDS UNDER HIS CONTROL. Ano ti... r evidence that the treasurer cannot defraud the State without detection ls In the fact that he cannot use a dollar o? the- State's money except bis salary and a contingent fund tor his office of one thousand dollars. Not a dollar of ail the appropriations faade by . the L?gislature Is placed at his disposal. Wails some of ihe State officers have large sums un? der their control every year, tbe treasurer has nothing. Tne Governor, for instance, haiat times as much as twenty-five thousacd.dollars contingent fund, to say nothing other moneys, to use.as he piesses, md the State never asks him "What doest thou with this trust?" He may use it faanfully or he may abose lt. He has the po wer to do either. ; Tbe comptroller-general disburses the civil con? ti ngent fund. This is the law. The presiding officers of the two houses of the General As? sembly have large discretion given them la the use Of the legislative funds. Bat the treasurer, standing alone of all the State elli? ce rs, has not a dollar in tho State tresanry placed ny law at his disposai. His officiai sig? nature cannot draw a doJar from the treasu? ry, except his own salary and contingent fund, as above stated. No trust of that kind can be abused by bim, for he has none placed st bia disposal. ./"< ju-".-7 . Now, ls lt not plain that tie treasurer can? not, tn any possible manner, use the fonda of the treasury for bis own advantage.? It ls certainly an impossibility. - Whenever there are no funds in the treasury such reports are put in circulation, no doubt, frwjuemly. If not always by those who know.better; and they are believed by those who have nut had the means of knowing to the contrary., ," .ABOUT RICHES, j !} t&TifiX Toa have beard it said tt X t the State treas? urer came to Columbia poor, and had grown rich while in ' office-Immensely rion, some say; I nave heard lt es dmated at milli ons. Two years ago, lt was asserted that I had. erected a palace, and that my palace was adorned with' every costly ' and' luxurious tnlng; that I lived extravagancy ; gave costly dinners, Ac, &C No doubt all of you present bave seen either one or both of tn* piala cot? tages in which I have lived, and know Lae simple manner of my dally lite. This palace story ls only one of the false* hoods, but it ls on a par with ail the ethers which busy and unfriendly tongues have cir? culai ed. But, f el'ow-cl ti zens, 1 was not so poor when I came to Coinmola, os ic has been supposed, and I am lar from being as rich, nowr-as i am represented to Oe. *. i- ' *W How long, leliow-ciiizens, do yon eappostt should oe suffered to go at large if any ot theae 0 it-repeated charges were true ? Who, think you, would spare me from arrest and punish, meni? Would those gentlemen of the' oppo? sition, who never, either oy pen or tongue, have lost au opportunity to write or speak dis? paraging of me? No, gentlemen* i'should nave been within the wails of the'penitentiary long ago If my guilt bad been equal to their malice, or If I were guilty at all, as to that matter. Whola there that does not Bee, by*'thia plain and unvarnished statement, that, what? ever my wealth may be-and lt ls far Jess than many suppose-that lt ?cannot have been taken by me out of ihe treasury. It could not have been done without violating the'law; but the numerous examinations have shown that there bas been no law violated; or it most have been achieved by abuse of funds putoed in my hands; but, as a question or :??c, not a dollar has Deen placed unser my oo?troL Wbat powers of legerdemain must that nuit possess, what master of jugglery must be be, Who could thus obtain money and hold lt? .. I have clearly shown that I-have no author? Ity to draw a single dollar from the treasury except my salary and contingent fund, andi have explained the manner of receipting for and disbursing ihe money of the treasury, and I make this declaration now, that I have never bad a dollar of funds belonging to the State which I have not duly and saualaetorlly accounted for. Envious pereros may taunt me with getting rlcn upon stolea gains; butter men than I am Davis -treen accused ol Crimes of which .they were entirely innocent. I have lived through these taunts, and the freedom I enjoy to come and go in the public streets is a oaily rebuke io my slanderers. I frankly admit that I have made, s onie mo? ney In tour years." I claim that I h?ve as good a right to make money Ss any other maa ta the State, but I have made lc in a manner recog nlzed in commercial circles tobe legitimate. But I have not embraced every opportunity within my power to get rich. I nave seen many ways whereby I could have enriched myself that I have not taken advantage of. I have never speculated upon the necessities bf my friends; 1 never, directly nor indirectly, used the money of ihe treal-ry to purchase claims against the State ac a discount: 1 have many times, however, paid dalma against 'the State from my own private funds, when there was no money in the treasury, end walled until the State was able to retond }C " There are men.all over tbe State for whom I haye done these favors, and there .ts due me now several thousand dollars from such sources money that I have furnished during tne last three months on claims without discount. I have wronged no one In my business transactions, wnlle I have benefited many. ' Tne charge that I have grown rich ought; not to weign against me-you ought rather to be glad cfit-for I have con tri DU ted liberally of my means to many worthy objects, and some? times to unwortny objects. 1 can turn to my * diary and show that 1 nave given away some thousands ot dollars during the last io ur years. There IB scarcely a county in the State hut haa shared, to some extent, In my liberality. I do not say this bo as tingly; I only refer to lt be? cause it ls a fact, and because the Bepubiloaa party have been benefited by. lt. I have felt lt to be a duty to aid the party In all pana of the State, and it has certainly been a pleasure to do so. CAMPAIGNS EXPENSIVE. There ls another aspect of the oise; yon ought to be glad that you have men In your party who nave some means. That party which ls destitute or means cannot long sur? vive the attacks or its enemies, i Ic ls like so army going to war without arms or a com? missariat. Tour public men muat have nwney in order to cope with those who "OS,81}!: strong on the other fide. Ic costs heavuyw to carry on successfully a political campaign. AB long as money la a power In t0'9*0"0, (and lt always has been, and always ww De, ) so long ls lt necessary to P<**? hT?_ Greeley and the Democracy ^JyJ??j? 1 nm fail ii the money waa all on tneirsiae, e ven if old HonS does bear the soubriquet of "Old Honesty." A UMVEBSAI' DOTY. Monev IB power, and every one of yoa ougnt to seek to lay=P somethlng-you ooghc to obtain homes, Improve and Block your lands and w?f k in all honest ways to Betcer vour circumstances. Get rich If ydu cah, and it will b- the surest means of securing and preserving your rights. A poor people are a ire**? people, and necessarily dependent. If Concluded OB TfStrd Page.