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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 2044 CHARLESTON, FRIDAY MOANING, AUGUST 2, J 872. EIGHT DOLLARS A VICTORY NORTIIIJAROLII REDEEMED THE GRANT CREW DEFEATED. TRIUMPHANT ELECTION OP THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. HEAVY GAINS THROUGHOUT * THE STATE. The Democrats Carry Six Con? gressional Districts. A MAJOBITT OF FORTY ON JOINT BALLOT. 'Arouse Te tuen, My Merry, Merri mon, Iii? Our Open lng Day V* The special dispatches received at the office of THE NEWS ap to two o'clock this morning leave no reasonable doubt that the Conservative candidate for Governor of North Carolina ls elected by a handsome majority, and that the Conservatives are successful In at least six of the eight; Congressional Dis? tricts. From Wilmington, from Charlotte, and from Raleigh come the same glad tidings. The good people of the noble North State are confident that they have won the victory so well deserved-a victory which will carr;- sn conragement to every honest heart, and which seals the election of benevolent Horace Greeley. The offices to be filled by the present elec? tion-axe those of governor, lieutenant-gover? nor, secretary of State, treasurer, auditor, at? torney-general, superintendent of schools, su? perintendent of public works and eight Con? gressmen. The candidates of the respective parties are as follows : Democrats. Republicans. Governor_A. S. Merrlmon. Tod R. Caldwell. Lleut.-Gov.. .John Hughes. ' u. H. Brogden. Sec. or State. J. A. Womack. w. u. Howerton. Treasurer....J. W. Granara. D. A. Jenkins. Auditor.C.O. Leaven;borpe. Johu Redly. AU. Qen'l ..>r. M. Ship. T. L. Hargrove. Snp. Schools. N. Mendeohall. J. C. Reid. Sop. Works..Jas. Ii. repack. Silas Barns. The candidates for Congress are: District. Democrats. Republican. first.D. M. Carter, Clinton L. Cobb, Second_W. ti. Kitchen. Charles R. Thomas, Third.?lfredM. Waddell, Nell McKay, Jr., Fou rt n.Zion ti. Roners, william A. Smith, Fifth.James JU. Leach, Themas settle. Slxtb.Thomas & Ashe, Oliver H. Docxery, Seventh...W. M. RoDblns, David M. Furcbes. Eight.Zebulon B. Vance, W. Q. Candler. The names in the above list which are printed In italics are those of the present lo. c?mbenlo. Tile Republicana now hold six out of toa eight Slate offices, and have two Congressmen while the Democrats have four. There was a vacancy in the last Congress Irom the Fourth District of North Carolina, and since the late Congressional election. a new district has been created In the State ac? cording to the new apportionment of Con? gressmen based upon the census of 1870. Of I the eight Congressional Districts of | North Carolina, seven may be consid? ered safe foe the Democrats. The Second District comprises the swamps and bayous of the northeastern portion of the State, and ls a strong hold ol Republicanism. Ihe ban? ner districts of the Democracy have been the seventh and eighth, lying in the western part ot the State and comprising the tier of counties bordering on Tennessee. The points at which the principal efiorts ot the Radicals have been made to colonize negro voters from adjoln itig. States are the counties of Robeson, Rloh- j mond. Anson and Union, bordering en South Carolina ?.nc! forming the southern hali of the Sixth District, and Hertford, Gates, Pasqua tank, Camden and Currituck* Counties, ad? joining Eastern Virginia, and forming part of | the First District. O? the recent political conflicts in North Carolina, the most significant and the moBt j appropriate for present .purposes of compari? son is that ot 1870, in which, out of a total voy^ of 175,000, the Democrats obtained a ma? jority of between four and five thousand. In 1S68, while the State was In the throes ot re? construction and its citizens laboring under political disabilities. Grant had a majority ol 12,000- out of a vote of 180,000, and in 1871 the proposal of a State convention, which emanat? ed from the Democratic leaders, but was un? popular with the rank and file, was detested by about 9000. The total voting population of the State, according to the censu3 o? 1870, is 214,000, which Is 32,000 more votes than have ever been polled at any election since the wav. In each of the three contests above mentioned, there have been from thirty thous? and to forty thousand silent voters, and two thirds of them may gately be assumed to be Conservatives. The Radicals, making politics p. trade, have in each campaign exhausted every effort to bring out their full vote, and the freedmen who compose that party have been eager on every occasion to exercise their newly-acquired right of suffrage. The Demo? crats, on the contrary, have been more busily engaged with their ordinary avocations, and have been gloomily apath etic in many ot the previous contests, but trie dispatches of yes? terday show that they have been to a larger extent than ever before, aroused to the lmpor ?.tance o? the Bltuatlom, and have rallied In loree lo the polls. THE VICTORY A CERTAINTY. The Election or the Conservative State Ticket-Six Congressmen and a Legis? lative. Majority Assured Beyond a Doubt. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] RALEIGH, Thursday, August 1-12 P. M. The returns received In this city are suffi? cient to show the result In twenty or the counties, and Indicate positively the election ot Judge Herrlmon, the Conservative candi? date lor Governor, by a large majority. The Conservatives have certainly elected six out of the eight Congressmen, and the probabilities are strongly In favor of seven. The majority on a joint ballot in the State Legislature will be not less than forty, which will secure the election of a Democratic United Stales sena? tor. The election was quiet and orderly throughout the State. Returns from eleven towns and precincts . In the State give a Conservative gain of about 950 over the Sblpp vote of 1870. Raleigh gives a Conservative gain of 218, and Wake Forest adds 100. The other townships In Wake County will undoubtedly give enough more to overcome the Republican majority In 1870 of 392. Seven Thousand Majority. RALEIGH, Friday, August 2-1 A. M. AU the Radical strongholds have given a Conservative gain, Including New Hanover County, the only Radical county in the Third District, which shows a gain of about fifteen hundred. The official returns received here up to this hour show a Conservative majority In the State of eeven thousand. CONFIRMING THE GLAD TIDINGS. The Conservative? Carry the State by Five Thousand Majority, with Five Thousand More Highly Probable. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] CHARLOTTE, N. C., I THURSDAY, August 1-12 P. M. J From all the reliable information received up to this hour lt ls beyond a doubt that North Carolina has gone Conservative by five thou? sand majority, and if the returns from the re? maining counties are as favorable as those al? ready received, the majority will be at least ten thousand. ECHOES OF THE VICTORY. A Peaceful Election, and an Unmistak? able Expression or th . People** Will. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] WILMINGTON, Thursday, August 1, ll P. M. The returns here are meagre, and only two wards of this city are yet counted. A Conser? vative gain of over three hundred is indicated in this county. The news from Raleigh and (rom the easiern part of the State ls very cheering. Eleven townships, from which re? turns have been received, give nine hundred and fifty majority for Merrimon, and show large Conservative gains. Tne Radicals are looking blue and the Con? servatives confident. The election has been quiet and orderly. Both sides have polled a heavy vote, and some negroes nave voted the Conservative ticket. The Conservatives have made a large gain in this city through local dissensions of the Radicals. Tbe first returns received in this city, this evening, were from Abbotsbury, Bladen Connty. Tba township gives Merrimon a ma? jority, and a gain of about forty over the vote of 1870, when the Conservatives carried the State by ?OOO majority. Halifax Connty, which in 1870 gave a Radical majority of 1883, showB a gain of one hundred for Merrimon. This is the strongest Radical county in the only Radical district of the State, and the Conservative gain ls regarded as a very favorable Indication. Northwest Town? ship, in Brunswick County, gives Merri? mon a -gain ol thirty-four over the vote of 1870. This isa very close county, having gone Democratic in 1870 by only one majority. The second ward of this elly gives Merrimon 296, Caldwell 227, a Conservative gain of 164 over 1870. Warsaw, Duplln County, gives Merri? mon 164, Caldwell 143, which ls a Conserva? tive gain._ _ _ -^- i AN IMPORTANT RECRUIT. WASHINGTON, August 1.: General N. P. Banks, one or the most in? fluential Republicans in Massachusets, formal? ly publishes a declaration that he will support Greeley for President. NARROWESCAPE OF PREMIER GLAD? STONE. What Comes or Fooling with Goa Cotton. LONDON, AogUBt 1. This afternoon while Mr. Gladstone and Right Hon. Mr. Aytoun, tbe chief commis? sioner of works and buildings, were witness? ing Borne experiments witu gun-cotton in the gardens attached to the treasury buildings, a quantity of that material prematurely ex? ploded with a tremendous report. At first grave tears were entertained that those gen? tlemen were injured, but the contrary proved to be tbe case. With the exception of break? ing about one hundred windows in the treas? ury building, no damage was sustained. THE WEATHER THIS DAY. WASHINGTON, August 1. Clearing weather in the Gulf and south At? lantic States to-night, with southerly ana west? erly winds. Northerly and westerly winda tbrougn the upper Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys, with clear weather and moderate tem? peratures. Clearing and cooler weather on the lower lakes on Friday morning, rapidly extending southeastward. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -Sergeant Cahill and private Murtagh have deserted from Sumter. -A colored man employed on the Air-Line Railroad was killed a few days ago by James Shannon, who was one of the overseers on the contract ol Mr. Malone. It ls probable that both parties were drinking, as the homi? cide took place near a liquor shop. Shannon is a Tennesseean, and bas fled the country. KU-KLUX ARRESTS IN NEWBERRY. The Herald says: "On last Friday morning a detachment ol United States cavalry arrested the lollowlng persons, residents of this county, viz: Johh Duckett, Richard Duckett, John C. Odell, J. Newton Odell, Thomas H. Watson, and Plnkney Bradford. The first five were balled on Saturday by United States Commis? sioner Runkle to November Term of Unlied States Court. On Sunday last the following named persons were arrested: John Wai kine, John Wilsons, Henry Cbamppell, John Payne, Dr. Dickert, William Smith and Walter An? drews." -An enterprising Parisian ls reaping golden gains from a mummy manufactory. He not only supplies provincial museums with a "Cheops" or "Pnaraoah" to order, but does a large exporting trade, sending his peculiar wares even to Egypt. It ls darkly whispered that more than one credulous traveller has been permitted to see an old tomb exhumed in the very shadow of the Pyramids, and has joyfully purchased the bran new ParlBlan-made mummy Inserted therein the night before. THE BLACK MAN'S FRIEND. SENATOR SUMNERS'S ADVICE TO THE COLORED VOTEBS. ? His Letter In Pall-The Candidates for the Presidency Contrasted-Which Ought the Freedmen to Trust and Vote Pori-Something that the Color, ed People Everywhere Ought to Kead and Think Over. The following is a copy of the letter ad? dressed to Senator Sumner by a number of colored citizens, residents or Washington City, requesting his opinion as to what action the colored voters should take in the present crisis * WASHINGTON, D. C., July ll. SIB_We, the undersigned, citizens of color, regarding you as the purest and best friend of our race, admiring your consistent course In the United Stales Senate and elsewhere as the special advocate of our rights, and believing that your counsel at this critical juncture lu the period of our citizenship would be free from personal feeling and partisan prejudice, have ventured to request your opinion as to what action the colored voters of the nation should take in the Presidential contest now pending. The choice of oar people ls now narrowed down to General Grant or Horace Greeley. Tour long acquaintance with both, and your observation, have enabled you to arrive" at a correct conclusion as to which of the candi? dates, Judging from their antecedents as well as their present position, will, lt elected, en? force the requirements of the constitution and the laws respecting our civil and political' rights with the most heartfelt sympathy and the greatest vigor. We hope and trust you will favor us with such reply as will serve to enlighten our minda upon this subjects, and impel our people to go forward in the right direction. Our confi? dence in your Judgment 1B BO firm that, In our opinion, thousands of the Intelligent colored voters o? the country will be guided in their action by your statement and advice. Hoping to receive a reply soon, we have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servants: A. T. Augusta, H. 0., David Fisher, Sr.. J?hn H. Smith. Edward Gruser, Wm. H. A. Wormley, Wm. P. Wiison, B. W. Tompkins, John H. Brown, Henry Lacey, W. H. Bell, J. L. N. Bowen, M. D., Jacob De Witter, Samuel Procter, J. J. Eetchum, Chas. N. Thomas,Wm. H. Shorter, Henry Hill, Turman J. Shadd, Geo. D. Johnson, Cutis. A. Fleetwood, Charles F. Bruce, David Fisher, Jr., David King, Wm. Polkeny. Below we print in full Senator Sumner's an? swer to the above : WASHINGTON, July 29, 1872. Gentlemen and Fellow-Citizens-ll I have de? layed answering your communication of July ll, which was duly placed in my hands by your committee, lt ls not because the proper course for you seemed doubtful, but because I wished to reflect upon lt and be aided by the information which time might supply, sinee then I nave careiully considered the inquiries you have addressed me, and listened to much on both sides, but my best Judgment now ls In harmony with my early conclusion. I am touched by the apneal you make. It is true that I am i he friend of your race, and I am glad to be assured that in your opinion I have held a consistent course in the Senate and elsewhere as the special advocate of your rights. That course, oy the blessing of God, I mean to hold so long as life lasts. I know your Infinite wrongs, and feel for them as my own. You only do me simple justice when you add a belief that my counsel, at this criti? cal juncture of your citizenship, would be free irom personal feelings and partisan pre? judice. In answering your inquiries, I can have no feeling except lor your good, which I most anxiously Beek; nor can any prejudice of any kind be allowed to loierfere. The occa? sion is too solemn. Especially is there no room for personal feeling or for partisan pre? judice. Ko man or party can expect power except for the general welfare. Therefore they must be brought to the standard of truth, that they may be seen in life and act. You are right in saying that the choice for the Presidency is now "narrowed down" to President Grant or Horace Greeley. One of these is to be taken, and. assuming my ac? quaintance with both and my observation of their lives, you invite my Judgment between them, asking me especially which of the two, judging from their antecedents as well as present position, would enforce the constitu? tion and laws securing your civil and political rights with the most heartfelt sympathy and the greatest vigor. Here I remark that, in this inquiry, you naturally put your rights in the foreground. So do I; believing most sin? cerely mat the best interests ot' the whole country are associated with the completest recognition of your rights, so that the two races shall live together in unbroken har? mony. I also remark that you call attention to two things, the "antecedents" of the two two candidates; and secondly, the "present position." You wish to know from these which gives assurance of the most heartfelt sympathy and greatest vigor lo the mainte? nance ot your rights; in other words, which, Judging by the pase, will be your truest friend. The communication with which you have honored me ls not alone. Colored lellow-cltl zens In other parts of the country-I may say In nearly every State of the Uulon-have made a similar request, and some complain that I have thus far kept silent. I am not insensible to this appeal. But If my opinion ls given, lt must be candidly according to my conscience. In this spirit I unswer your inquiries, begin wlth the antecedents of the two candidates. I. Horace Greeley was born to poverty, and educated himself in a printing office. Presi? dent Grant, fortunate in early patronage, be? came a cadet at West Point, and was educated at the public expense. One started with noth? ing but Industry and character; the other started with a military commission. Ore was trained as a civilian; the other as a soldier. Horace Greeley stood forth as reformer and abolitionist. President Grant enlisted as a pro-slavery Democrat, and, at the election of James Buchanan, fortified by his vote all tbe pr?tentions of slavery, Including the Dred Scott decision. Horace Greeley from early life was earnest and constant against slavery, lull of sympathy with the colored race, and always foremost in the great battle tor their rights. President Grant, except as a soldier, summoned by the terrible accident of war, never did anything against slavery, nor has he at any time shown any sympathy with the color? ed race. Horace Greeley earnestly desired that colored cllizens should vote, and earnestly championed Impartial suffrage; but President Grant was on the other side. Beyond these contrasts, which are marked, It cannot be forgotten that Horace Greeley is a person of large heart and large understand? ing, trained to the support of human rights, always beneficent with the poor, always ready for any good cause, and never deterred by op? position or reproach, as when fur long years he befriended your people. Add to' these qualities, conspicuous in his life, untiring in? dustry, which leaves no moment without its fruit; abundant political knowledge; acquaint? ance with history; the Instinct and grasp of statesmanship; an amiable nature; a magnani? mous soul, and, above all, an honesty which no suspicion has touched, and you have a brie! portraiture of the antecedents of Horace Greeley. Few of these things appear in the President. His great success in war, and the honors he has won, cannot change the record ol his con? duct toward your people.especially in contrast with the lifetime fidelity of his competitor, while there are unhappy "antecedents" show? ing that in the prosecution of his plans he cares nothing for ihe colored race. The story ls painful, but lt must be told. I refer to the outrage lie perpetrated upon Haytl with its eight htindred thousand blacks, engaged In the great experiment of self gov? ernment. Here is a most instructive "ante? cedent," revealing beyond question his true nature, and the whole ls attested by docu? mentary evidence. Conceiving the Idea of annexing Dominica, which is the Spanish part of the island, and shrinking at nothing, he began by seizing the war powers of the government, In flagrant violation of the con? stitution, and then, at a great expenditure of money, sent several armed ships of the navy, including monitors, to maintain the usurper Baez in power, that through him he might obtain the coveted prize. Not content with this audacious dictatorship, he proceeded to strike at the independence of the Black Re? public by open menace of war, and all with? out the sanction of Congress, to which ls com? mitted the war-making power. Sailing into the harbor of P t c-au-Prince wJth oar most powerful monitor, the Dictator, properly named tor this service, also the frigate Sev? ern as consort, and otherj monitors in their train, the admiral, leting under Instructions from Washington, proceed? ed to the Executive Manton, accom? panied by officers of his squadron, and then, pointing to the great warships in sight from the windows, dealt bis m?nace of war, threatening to sink or captare taytien ships. The president was black, not withe. The ad? miral would have done no such thing to any white ruler, nor would our country have tol? erated such menace from any rovernment In the world. Here was indignty, not only to the Black Republic, with its population of I eight hundred thousand, but to the African race everywhere, and especially in our own country. Nor did lt end her*. For months the navy of the United States was hovering on the coast, keeping that Insulted people in constant anxiety, while President Grant was to them like a hawk sailing In the air, and ready to swoop upon bis prey. This heartless, crnel proceedings lound a victim among- our white fellow-citizens. An excellent merchant of Connecticut, praised by all who knew him, was plunge? Into prison by Baez, where he was Immured because lt was teared he would write against the treaty of annexation, and this captivity was prolonged with the connivance of two agents of the President, one of whom finds.constant favor with him and ia part ot the military ring Im? mediately about him. That Bich an outrage could go unpunished shows tie little regard of the President for human rights, whether in white or black. I confess my trials, as I wai called to wit? ness these things. Always a supporter of the administration, and sincerely desiring to labor with lt, I had never uttered a word with re? gard to lt except In kindness. My early oppo? sition to the treaty of annexatbn was reserv? ed, so that lor some time my ,opinions were unknown. It was only when I saw the breach of all law, human and divine, that I was aroused, and then began the anger of the President and of his rings, military and sen? atorial. Devoted to the African race, Heit for I hem, besides being humbled, that the great Republic, acting through its President, could set such an example, where the na? tional constitution, internatlontl law and hu? manity were all sacrificed. Especially was I moved when I saw the Indignity to the col? ored race which was accompiistied 'by tramp? ling upon a lundamental principle of Interna? tional law, declaring the equality ol nations, as our Declaration ot Independence declares the equality of men. This terrible transaction, which nobody can defend, 1B among the ''antecedents" of Presi? dent Grant, Irom which you can Judge how much the colored race can rely upon hts "heartfelt sympathies." Nor can lt be forgot? ten that shortly alterward, on the return of the commission from this Island, Hon. Frede? rick Douglass, the colored orator, accomplish? ed In manners as In eloquence, was thrust away from the company ot the commissioners at the common table ol the mall packet on the Potomac, almost within sight of the Executive Manion, simply on account ot bis color; but the President, at whose Invitation he had Joined the commission, never uttered a word in condemnation of this exclusion, and when entertaining the returned commissioners at dinners carefully omitted Mr. Douglass, who was in Washington at the time, and thus re? peated the Indignity. Other, things might be mentioned, showing the sympathies of the President; but I cannot forget me civil rights bil), which ls the cap? stone of that equality before the law to which all are entitled, without distinction ol color. President Grant, who could lobby eo-assidu? ously for his Sc Domingo scheme, full of wrongs to the colored race, could do nothing for this beneficent measure. During a long session of Congress lt was discussed constant? ly, and the colored people everywhere hung upon the debate; but there was no word of "heartfelt sympathy" from the President. At la^t, Just before the nominating convention he addressed a letter to a meeting of colored fel? low-citizens In Washington, called to advance this cause, where he avoided the question by declaring himself In favor of "tho exercise ol' those rights to which every citizen should be Justly euilileaY' luavrog u ucoertula whether colored people are Justly entitled to the rights secured by the pending bill. I understand that Horace Greeley has been already assailed by an impracticable Democrat as friendly to this bill; but nobody has lisped against President Grant on this account.. Among "antecedents," I deem it my duty to mention the little capacity or industry of the President in protecting colored people, and In assuring peace at the South. Nobody can doubt that a small portion of the effort and earnest will, even without the lobbying, BO freely given to the St. Domingo Boheme, would have averted those Ku-Rlux outrages wlilch we deplore, so that there would have oeen no pretence for farther legislation by Congress. But he was disabled both by char? acter and the drawback of his own conduct. Alter violating the constitution and Interna? tional ?aw to Insult the clack Republic, and eetllng an example of Insubordina!ion, he was not In condition to rebuke law-breakers. II. Passing lrom "antecedents," I come now to the "present position" of the two candi? dates, which ls tue subject pr your next In? quiry. Il in any former particulars the two are on an equality, yet in aft substantial re? spects the obvious advantage ls with Horace Greeley. Each was nominated by a Republican con? vention, one at Cincinnati and the other at Philadelphia, BO that In this respect they may seem to be ou an equality. But it will not tail to be observed that the cooventlon at Cincin? nati was composed of able and acknowledged Republicans, many of whom have acted with the party from Its first formation, who, with? out previous organization, came together vol? untarily for the sake ol reform and purity In the government; while, on the other hand, the convention at Philadelphia was composed ol delegates chosen largely under the influ? ence of office-holders, who assembled to sustain what ls known as Granllsm, being the person? al government and personal pretensions ol President Grant, Involving nepotism, repay? ment of gilts by official patronage, neglect of public duty, absenteeism, military rule, disre? gard of constitution and law, with general un? fitness and Indignity to the colored race-all of which ls so uurepublican as to make its sup? port Impossible for true Republicana. There lore, the convention at Philadelphia, though calling itself Republican, was less Republican In reality than that at Cincinnati. The two platiorms, so far as concerns espe? cially the colored race, are alike in substance, but that ol'-CInclnnatl ls expressed lu terms most worthy of i he equal rights lt states and claims: "We recognize the equality ol all men before the law, and hold mat lt ls the duty ot government In its dealings with the people to mete out equal and exact justice to all of whatever nativity, race, color or persua? sion, religious or political." In other respects the platlorin of Cincinnati Is the most Repub? lican, luasmuch as lt sets itself against those unrepubllcan abuses which have been nureed by the President Into pernicious activity. From the two nominations and two plat? forms I come to the supporters of the candi? dates; and here I look, first, at mose Immedi? ately about them; and, secondly, at the popu? lar support behind. Horace Greeley has among his Immediate supporters, In all parts of the country, devot? ed and consistent Republicans, always earnest for reform and purity In government, on whose lives there ls no shadow of suspicion being a contrast in character lo those Rings which play such a part in me present Adminis? tration. Tue country knows too well me Mil? itary Ring, the Senatorial Bing, and the Cus? tomhouse Ring, through wnlch the President acts. Such supporters are a very poor recom? mendation. Looking at the popular support behind, the advantage is still with Horace Greeley. Presi? dent Grant has at his back the diversified array of office-holders, drilled to obey the word of command. The speeches praising him are by office-holders and memoers of rings. Horace Greeley finds flocking to his support large numbers ol Republicans unwil? ling to continue the existing misrule, and as allies with them a regenerated party which comes lorward to uoiie In the Liberal move? ment. Democrats in Jolnine Horace Greeley have changed simply as President Grant changed wnen he Joined ihe Republicans, ex? cept that he was rewarded at once with high of? fice. The change is open. Adopting the Republi? can platform which places the equal rights of all under the safeguard of Irreversible guaran? tees, and at the same time accepting the nomi? nation of a life-time abolitionist, who repre? sents pre-eminently the sentiment of duty to the colored race, they have set their corpo? rate seal to the sacred covenant. They may Concluded on Third Page. A JUDICIAL THUNDERBOLT. THE INJUNCTION AGAINST THE TREASURER TO BE GRANTED. An Explanation of tit? Petition-The Relief Asked for In Behalt of the Peo? ple-How the Money Goes. [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE NEWS.] COLUMBIA, August 1. The case or T. J. & H. H. Gibson VB. Parker is ended. There ls no donbt that the petition I of the plaintiffs will be sustained without qualification. The points are: First, an In? junction ls asked to restrain the treasurer from paying any more certificates for mileage and per diem of members; because he has already gone far beyond the appropriation made, the appropriation being for the deficit of 1870-71, $230,000, and of 1871-72, $350,000, making $580,000, while the treasurer has paid by his own showing $935,423 77, being a pay? ment beyond the appropriation of $355,423 77. It Is asked that this thing be stopped. Second, an Injunction ls asked that the treasurer oe restrained from paying any more money towards public printing, inasmuch as the treasurer has already paid, according to his own showing, $113,374 G3 towards the object, when not one dollar has been legally appro? priated therefor. It ls asked that this leakage be stopped. Third, an Injunction ls asked to restrain the treasurer from paying anything, towards the printing of the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth vol?mes of the Statutes at Large under the Joint resolution of 29th November, 1871, passed over the veto of the Governor, because there has been no lawful appropriation therefor, and it ls against the constitution to delegate powers to any two men of the State to make a contract, have the work done and then appropriate out of the treasury just what such two men may chose to pay. It has been estimated that this Job will cost, if permitted to go on, $300,000. It ls asked that this fraud be stopped. Fonrtb, an Injunction la asked that ihe treas? urer be restrained from borrowing any more money upon his notes as authorized by the act of the 4th ol March, 1872, aDd the Joint resolution of the 12th March, 1872, because both act and resolution are unconstitutional, having never been passed by a two-thirds vote, and being directly In violation of the seventh and fourteenth sections of the ninth act of the Constitution of the State, directing, in express terms, how money only can be borrowed. Filth, an injunction ls asked to restrain tbe treasurer from paying any of the notes already given for money borrowed upon notes given by him amounting, according to his own showing, to $399,312 72, because there have been no appropriations made to pay the same, and they cannot be paid out of any money now or hereafter to come Into the treasurer's hands, unless lhere be a special appropriation therefor. It will accomplish a great deal to stop the career of the treasurer In the above particu? lars, and will save the Slate In the future a vast amount of money. Messrs. Pope and Haskell show, from Parker's own exhibits and from Information gathered irotu the- official re? cords, that Parker has paid out over two mil? lion five hundred thousand dollars for which there wera no appropriations at all during his term of office. This year all the taxes have been applied to legislative ?A^OUKO, sud tao appropriations, amounting to upwards of four hundred thousand dollars, are left without no? thing to meet them. The Blue Ridge case, lt is thought, will be postponed till next Wednesday. Qui VIVE. SIPPINOS OF PUNCH. INDUCTIVE FLATTERT. 'That Is a portrait of dear papa, before he wore a beard and moustache, you know." "Indeed ! How very lovely your mamma muse have been !" THE NEW MEDEA. We always thought Miss Bateman slrong, but had no conception what her power really was until we read that she "carried the house with her as one man" the other night at the Lyceum. BOOK OF BIRDS. A work which may be Imagined to be one of some Interesr'lu an ornithological polut of view, ls announced by Messrs. Chapman and Hall. It appears under the title ol' "Mabel Heron," by Edward Peacock. Fancy a Pea? cock the biographer of a Heron ! LOYAL ORDER. Prince Bismarck has determined to ex? pel the Jesuits for their machinations against the German Empire. He does not like the loyalty of tbe disciples of Loyola. ASTRONOMICAL. It is well understood (in upper circles) that Luna dislikes any allusion being mude to her age. THEMES OF THE DAY. There are two subjects wh03e mere names Refreshing Mis to read; To wit, the Alabama claims, And Athaoaslan Creed. Both lt and they perhaps were best Alike referred from home: Teach ns, Oeneva, to digest The Creed derived from Rome. THE HAPPY MEDIUM, Gentleman between two ladies. EXPERIENTIA DOCET. The New Governess. "Come and rest a lit? tle. Bertie. Shall I tell you a pretty story?" Bertie. "Y-y, yes ! But-but-but not about Kiog Alfred, please !" FAITH IN DEVELOPMENT. Fond Mother at the Military Barracks. "How well our Joe do lt, don't he f Look ! I believe he'll be a general some day !" Father. "Shouldn't wonder at all, my dear! Why, I've heered as Field-Marshal the great Dook o' Wellington bis-self was on'y a Irish? man once !" _ -Not only on land do France and Prussia still continue their arraameniB, but on the sea alto. In France the minister 3f marine has Just submitted his budget requiring twenty eight millions ot dollars lor the coming year. The fleet, lt ls argued, must be kept up; lt pro? tects the commerce of France, and more than all lt, in connection with tne army, defends France from her enemies. Prussia, too, has not been Idle,and bas collected a formidable navy, which ls annually increasing In num? bers and efficacy. The experience of the late war. as regards blockaded ports, did Prussia really more good than harm. It showed her the weak po?nls ol'her coast line, and she has not been slow to take advantage of the knowl? edge and to augment the means of their pro? tection. A future comest, either upon land or gea, between France and Prussia seems at oreeent a hopeless snuggle lor the former. France has wonderful r?cup?rai ive power, however, and a reserve of warlike energy that has before now astonished and dismayed the surrounding nations. Her history proves that it is unsafe to utter predictions concern? ing her. _ -The following legend relates how a certain Grand Duke of Florence built a bridge without expense to the State : The Grand Duke issued a proclamation that every beggar who would appear in the grand plaza at a certain designa? ted lime should be provided with a new suit of clothes free of cost. At the appointed hour the beggars of the city all assembled, where? upon the officers caused each avenue or the public square to be closed, and then compelled the beggars to strip off their old clothes, and gave to each one, according to promise, a new suit. In the old clothes thus collected enough money was found concealed to build a beauti? ful bridge over the Arno, still called the Beg? gars' Bridge ! THE MOUNTAIN AIR. A Raab to Flat Rock and Greenville ?The Hotel Accommodation-Condi? tion of the Crops. [FROH OUR OTK CORRES PO N Li E NT. ] GREENVILLE, July 29. The Intense heat prevailing throughout the country ia driving thousands to the usual mountain and seaside resorts. There ls a con? stant passage through this place of persons seeking the cool heights of the Blue Ridge, and already Fiat Bock and Ashville are crowded with visitors. It is said that as many as three hundred persons have gone to the latter place since the season commenced. Many And it pleasant to spend a week or two In Greenville before going higher op, while noe a few stay here altogether. The city has one good hotel, the Mansion House, where every effort Is made to make visitors com? fortable. At a price within the reach ol all it affords everything that a reasonable man could desire. On Tts table la a variety ol the richest fruits, besides all the vegetables and meats to be found In the market. No ?arson can say, when leaving the Mansion ouse, that be has not bad the worth of his money. The crops throughout the up-country are as good as they have been for years. The rains seem to have been equally Butted to corn and cotton, and both at present promise an abun? dant yield. The prospect has not been so en? couraging since the war. With the election of Horace Greeley, which no one up here doubts, and with barns filled to overflowing, the peo? ple will begin a career of prosperity next year unknown to them before. Yesterday Greenville witnessed an impres? sive spectacle in the burial of an aged couple. Captain J. W. Brooks and his wife, who died on Thursday and Friday last respectively. To? gether they had lived a long and nselnl life, and together they died, lamented by a large circle of relatives and friends. They had ex? pressed a desire to die thus, and the Good Father granted their desire. BOZINA. THE SAVANNAH TROUBLES. White Children Fired apon by Negroes. The Savannah News says: "About eight o'clock on Tuesday night three white boys and a little girl, sitting on the stoop of Mr. Davis's house, on New Houston street, near Lincoln, were fired Into by one of a parly of passing negroes. Fortunately the children were unharmed, although their escape was most miraculous. The balls strack a fence adjoining the stoop,'and were imbedded to the depth of several inches. They were cutout and shown us yesterday, and were evidently fired from an army pistol. One of the balls passed between the feet of one ot the youths, and another close to bis ear. Two of the boys are sons o? Mr. Price, and the others were children of Mr. McMahon. The same crowd of negroes fired intothe yard of Mr. Prender? gast and killed a dog." A Case Under the Enforcement Act. G. W. Wilson, one ot the anil-customhouse Radicals, was arrested on Wednesday by his opponents for breaking up the St. Andrew's Hall meeting. Alter some 'talk, the case waa postponed for a day. Who ls Responsible! Collector Adkins publishes a card denying any complicity or connection with the riot, and promises that "the guilty under his com? mand shall not be spared." DROUGHT TN THE COTTON FIELDS. The Crops on Edlsto. One of the most Intelligent planters on Edlsto, writing from Peter Point, on Joly 31st, says: "I have not yet seen the crop, but - and-account o? lt ls up to my worst expectations. What is not burnt np is likely to be eaten up by the caterpillar. It bas not grown scarce an Inca since I left. The prospect will be, I judge, fifty pounds per acre." Discouraging Reports from the Interior. The following are from letters just received here by factors : MARLBORO' COUNTY, July 29. We arc exceedingly dry, and cotton'seems mined-some of lt literally dead, corn also. Colton opening before matured. MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTT, July -. The weaiher has been BO Intensely hot for several days that lt has injured cotton very much. Some crops almost ruined, fired up to ihe topi Men that were In good spirits about their crops, ten days ago, are now low down. I thlok the plant was so tender and full of sap that lt could not stand the heat; lt would wilt by ten o'clock, and lt was not caused by the dry weather. I hope the damage is not so bad as my neighbors think-some say one-half crop from their prospect ten days ago. THE GROWING CROFS. The Sumter Watchman says: "Several days of Intensely bot weather were suoceeded by a change on Sunday last, and heavy showers iu the country are reported on that day." The Abbeville Banner says: "OB Sunday night lust, there was a very refreshing rain to cool the sultry atmosphere, and rerresh the parched and thirsty crops. It extended, we learn, tor some miles around." The Williamsburg Star says: "We learn that a destructive hall storm passed through a belt of country on Sabbath last, between Graham's Cross Hoads and Cade's Depot, doing great destruction to the growing crops. We under? stand that whole fields ot corn were laid fiat on the'ground, and that the cotton was terri? bly damaged by the hall, which ls represented to have been very large. We do not know where this destruction began or where it end? ed, but fear that great loss has resulted to oar planters In that section, whom we learn bad very fine crops, especially colton." NEW CROP COTTON. Where From and What it Brings. [From the Savannah News of Wednesday.] Considerable Interest was excited yesterday by the arrival of the first bale of new cotton received In Savannah. It was consigned by J. V. W. Cobb, of Monticello, Fla., by whom lt was ralaed. The bale weighs lour hundred and five pounds, and classes as middling. It was put up at auction and Bold by Mr. E. A. bli va. Quite a crowd bad collected, and the bidding started at fifteen cents and run up slowly to twenty-five nod a half cents, Messrs. H. Mayer & Co. becoming the purchasers. The Southern Express Company brought the bale free of charge, and il will be shipped to New York by the steamship Leo, the agents of which have also generously offered to lake lt free of freight. The first bale of Georgia cotton will arrive at ten o'clock to-day per Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. It la consigned to Messrs. W. Henry WOOJB & Co., by J. D. Rambo, of Deca? tur County, on whose plantation it was grown. It weighs 635 pounds, and classes as middling. It wlil be sold In front of their office this mnrnioz at twelve o'clock. The first bale of new cotton last year was received on ihe 13th of August: and in 1870, the year ot the big crop, on the 7 th of August. This year the crop ls very early. The first bale was received at Galveston, Texas, and sold for 93 cents In gold per pound. It was forwarded to the Sc. Louis Exposition, to be entered for the prize. Savannah follows next, with two bales, lu the course of the next three weeks the staple will be coming in freely. SPARKS FROM THE WIRES. -The Southern Dental Association* has ad? journed to meet next Joly In Baltimore. -The New York longshoremen's strike ls practically over. -There was great activity at the New York Customhouse yesterday in consequence of the new tariff, aud thousands ot cases of goods were withdrawn. -The Centra1, Erle and Pennsylvania Rail? roads have reduced their western freight rates forty-five and thirty-eight per cent. It ls reported that the change ls only for one month, and lt ls made to break down old in? jurious contracts. GRANTS HEM OF TERROR. A LETTER FROM ONE OF TBE SOUTH CAROLINA GRAND JURY. How Cb? Grand Jury WM Packed Scores of Innocent Hen Sent to 8 r ? te. Prison by Ignorant Hegnes-Opera? tions of tbe District Attorney and bl* Suborned Wltneisea, ' We flod the following communication In the New York Sun: To the Editor of the Sun : SIB-Your correspondent In Columbia, In a letter dated Lbe 8th, after giving particulars in regard to the unwarranted arrests of peace? able citizens bj tbe soldiers, and their confine? ment in the Charleston Jail, says: "The United states grsBd jory mer, and soon returned a verdict of murder. Of course not one of the jury had the remotest idea that any of th e prisoners had ever, even thought or murdering anybody, yet, as Ic was apart or the programme, they had ft to do." " ~ " Now, as a member of that grand jury. I will give you a few particulars In regard to the way lt was conducted. BOW THE JURY WAS PACKED.' The court met April 1. There were a few good men drawn, contrary to the wishes of me district attorney and the marshal. As not enough Jurymen reported tor. duty, the mar? shal was ordered to draw a new panel. What do yon think he drew ? He had lt all fixed. The first to head the list was a negro named Davis, a member of the Legislature of ibis plundered State. Another was Jenks,' a can? didate for county treasurer of charleston, and son-ln law ot Pillsbury, the late carpetbag Mayor ol Charleston, with two school teachers of the ring, and eight other negroes. No effort was made to compel the attendance of som? good men that were originally drawn, alihougu the court adjourned lor lour days to give time for them to oe notified. The district attorney had twelve men on the jury that he could de? pend on to bring In a verdict In' every case, * and that was all he desired. Three white men that were drawn were excused, In order that the district attorney mignt be certain of carry? ing his point. .. - HOW THE JURY WAS MANIPULATED. When the jury retired to examine the rimir they were accomoanled by Major Stone, assis tant district-attorney. He already had the confessions of ? few frightened mea, who were told that they were to be Indicted for murder and hanged If they did not confres to being members of the Ku-Klux. Not being able to read or write, and thinking to escape with their lives, they were willing to confess anything. This Major Stone reserved to him? self the right to ask all the questions.- JJ a * juror dared opened his mouth, ne at once or? dered him to keep sUil. And so the trial was conducted. TheJury put np with this as long as they contd bear lt, and then about the close of the term they all protested, even the negroes, and deputed a Mr. Barbot, a merchant or * Charleston, to go io Judge Br jan and Inquire If a Juror had a right lo ask; a question-of? witness. His Honor said that the district at? torney was pr?tent to assist them, but that the jury had a perfect right to ass any ques? tion In- the Jury-room. The Jury must bear the district! attorney's presence. This negro and oarpet-bag Jury was ready to find a ver? dict against any of the resident? of four coun? ties. It wes enough that a man lived in one of these counties, without evidence that he ever made s raid or even attended a meeting. One man was indicted for loaning his horse to . another man who was one ot the Ku-Klux. A SOUTH CAROLINA TITUS OATES. Bot the witnesses produced were astonish? ing. I will give the history of but one. . His name ls W. F. M. Williams. His story ls ai follows : "1 was a Confederate soldier; was captured and paroled in Yligtnla; came home, and waa ap? pointed auditor ot Union Connty by Governor fccott; went to Columbia and asked the i.overnor for some Remington riiiis to fight the Kn-Kiux: the Governor supplied me; on my return organ? ized a au-Klux Kian, known as Wllilams's Klan, and forced all the Repnb.icans to join it, and then ma^a ra Ma nn thp I eSTOfS. taKlOil them Out Slid whipping theta." - - --?-~ When the soldiers came among them Wil? liams was the first to turn informer and de? nounced every member of his klan. He swears that every member In Union Connty was one ol the Ku-Klux. He was the princi? pal witness against almost every one that was tried. When the grand jury requested'the district attorney to draw an Indictment again Bt williams, he relused, saying that if he was In? dicted tbe case would be nol. proseed. This same Williams will be brought up In Colum? bia next month to swear Into the penitentiary every Conservative citizen of Union Connty. Since that time be has been used as a spotter Dy District Attorney Corbin. He went with Hendricks to Georgia and pointed ont some of his own relatives as victimes. Hendricks arrested them on a forged warrant, and then was arrested for kidnapping. He has jost been released by one ot Grant's Judges, but they did not catch the sneak that pointed ont his own relatives. He took care to get over the line into Soutn Carolina, where we have no law except against Ku-Klux. THE GIBBET THREATENED. The April term of court lasted thirty days. They only succeeded In convicting three men I of being Ku-Klux, although they had these ready-made) witnesses, but they frightened about ten more into confessing ibat they bad been forced Into the order. Tney were led to believe that ii they confessed they would be imprisoned lora short time, but if they did not they would be tried for murder and haDged. The district attorney promised to let them off from the murder count if they wonld confess to conspiracy. At the. same time the attorney knew that the court had decided that they could not try a man for murder. One more case to illustrate tbe above. A man whose name I do not remember was frightened with a prospect of the halter, and under promise ot a light sentence was induced to come Into court and admit that be once I Joined the order. At the same time his case was brought before the grand Jury. The wit? nesses were produced, but there wah no evi? dence at all against him, and the Jury, satiated with its wholesale verdicts, unanimously agreed to find no bill. The grand Jury thea went to the court-room, when, to their amaze? ment, the man was standing up in court, and, to save his life as be thought, was confessing that be once was a Ku-Klux. The district at? torney expected to get bim out of the way be? fore the grand Jury returned, but he was allow? ed to go on, aud notwithstanding no bill was found against him he ls now in tbe Albany Penitentiary. I could give you mnch more, bat I am sick of the subject. NATHAN, JR. Charleston, S. C., July 20. CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. ROCHESTER, N. Y., August L A newly-divorced man found his ex-wife with a paramour whom he shot, and then killed himself. DUBUQUE, August 1. A boiler explosion, caused by defective flues, killed eight persons. BALTIMORE, August 1. Drost, Jordon & Co., of Baltimore street, were burned out thia morning. BOSTON, August L The Dean Academy in Franklin was totally destroyed by fire last night. Loss $120.000. * BERLIN, August 1. There were three cases of Asiatic cholera in this city. FLASHES BT THE CABLE Rothschild's favorites won the Goodwood race; Albert Victor second; Yerdals tbird. The Prince and Princess of Wales visited the American fleet on Wednesday. It waa a grand affair. Prince Frederick Grant was in? vited, but did not go. General Sherman in? spected the fleet. A HUGE LOAN FOB CUBA MAB RH), August L When the Cortes reassemulea lu Si-punnber, the government will submit a project for a loan of $50,000,000. to be devoted to the im? provement of the finances of Cuba. Tho bonda to be offered under this project will carry ln teresr. also representing a sinking fund for tbe cancellation of the bonds, at. .the rate of eight per cent, per annum. This Interest and sinking fund lt proposes to draw from the Cuban war subsidy and from the surplus Cuba