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EMPSON MILUS. ?Htcr Hipp Lo YOL. ?. LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886. big job of Clothing _Baltimore Fir?. WHITE CAP KNIGHTS. A KK<| ULA lt HAN? OF MASKl.'l) > IO I? 1.AXTI S IN INDIANA. Tho Law iKiiorod hy II Hand of Itu Ullina U'lmSn ii in Make tho Punishment Kit tho Crhn?--I)eulli lorSerlouaOII'endera. Tito White Caps aro to Southern In diana what tlio Bald Kuobbers woro to Missouri. Not KO desperate in cha: actor us tlu> lutter, their organization is ?don tieal and they have equally tot law at defiance. Tho headquarters o? tho W hite Caps aro in Harrison county, Indiana, hut tito organization extends over into Craw ford, Jefferson and half a dozen other coun ties in the oldest civilization ol tho State. There i.s not ii more intelligent, peace ablo or orderly community in Indiana than Harrison county. Corydon, tho county seat, waa tho lirst capital o? tho State, ami its court-house, built in 1811, was tor lour years it? capitol. Tho country is rioh anti sohools and churches abound. A branch railroad has been built to Corydon, and its citizens ure prominent in State ami nation. In spit<? of all this, tho White Caps, or "Knights of the Switch," as they are i omotimcs called, have existed forsevou teen years. The courts have beoii set at deliance, ails have been opened u".,' prisoners liberated or punished, Mou, women tiud children havo been dm ?cd out of hod ut dead of night, and theil homes bttrucd befOMj their eyes, while timy themselves have hoon whipped, tortured iritli llendish ingenuity and made ,,, ||, l0 tin* country. InKe the Haid Kuobbcrs, tho pro fessed motivo of tho White Caps i. thc punishment of crime moro swiftly and fittingly than can bo accomplished in the courts. For tins reason there hus been little outcry against thom, and veu when public indignation hos boon aroused by some unusually llagraut act, nothing hus been a< mniphshcd. Tho identity of Whito Caps hus been revealed time and again, hilt UOt olio luis over boon brought to punishment. There havo been many atti tnpts by grand juries to indict tho oft'ondors, but so far thoy have boon iucfl'cctivo. For ycart! and years liardly a circuit court i.-; hohl in 1 Harrison county that the jury i.s u | in Struotcd to investigate some case ol re cent occurrence, but White Cups aro on Hie jury and in the- court room, und ' nothing has ever been discovered in this way. 'lhere havo been but few confessions of membership; hut one of those furn ishes information ol tho regular induro of tho organization. Tho White i ips, or "Knights," uro orgin'zed with lar lodges. i'h?. ro arv Vigils, gi p, and poss words--crude, ot course, hut suiiioieut for tho recognition of and for communication betwet membors. Thoj moot at appointed placv J, but not often at the same place, and Iud seldom ?U ll house. Secluded groves are their favor ite resorts, and hore they assemble tl poi) notification of Hie leader of tho longo. Councils are held, ? xpeditious il? ined upon and punishments inflicted. Tho .sign for tho assembling of these .'lodges' is tho laying of crossed h nee rails in the middle ot tho road. Tho earliest known l und of this or ganization MUS in Scott township, Har rison county, seventeen yours ugo. James N. Kean, u small farmer, accused of petty thiovery, was tied to a tree and severely whipped, Ho was their lir.-d victim, but cases wore frequent after that. Of late tho White Caps liavo been very active. The latent outbreak wa ni Jefferson county, two miles from tho ?mull village of Brooksbltrg. A band of masked men lost friday night broke into tho farmhouse of Stout Bronson, dragged him from bed with Ins wife and child, removed the furniture from the rooms, burned tho dwelling and quietly di ip-? tica red. Neither bronson nor his in i^h- i K>rs eon assign any reason for tho out rage, but it is supposed tho White Caps wore headed by n personal enemy. That tho party was from the organization was ! shown hy their wearing the white ina-ks ! Which have given their name. Tho Knight? were guilty ten days ago I of a Borious offence. At midnight o baud of Mime twelve <>r fifteen white masks visited tho house of Jos. Lynch, a farmer who lives m ar Leavonworth. Tliey broke in tho doors, seized Lynch and his wife, entered the room where slept his daughter Mary with her three brothers and dragged tho whole party into tho iront yard, Tho two younger boya broke loose ami lied into the bushes. Five men held Lynch ami the older boy, and the remainder w hipped tho two women with stout hickory Switches, 'l'hey mounted their horses when Buflioient punishment had boon inflicted nod quietly rude II?' y. Tim home ni Lvncl) was visited and Iiis wife was found at work laying a rail fonce in front of the house. Her boys were around tho house, aud Mary got np OUt of bed to btare at the unaccus tomed visitor. Very shabbily dressed wore all. Mr. Lynch was at work at a neighbor's, and his wife was so fright ened that she tren hied from head to toot when questioned, thinking tho reporter WOS one of the Knights. Bhe said tho Caps had been thero a week ago mid whipped her and Mary, but sho couldn't lelnetnber anything. When any trouble came her heart bent eo fast that it choked her and she fell down like deiul, alni that was tho way with her that night. She was evidently afraid to tell anything, but after long persuasion made tho following State ment ? "Ivo livod hero nil my life, and I be long to good people, but i've had a hard time. Hr. Lynch owns a farm and I'll got this placo from my mother. We've hod trouble nud aickuene. ..My girl Mary got iuto trouble, but tho young man said he'd marry her. Thoy wore to bo married In tho fall, bul my non Willis got indicted and the) couldn't bo. Then they were to be mar ried iu tho spring, but his family mude Hitch a trouble they couldn't. His name in Bryant ( i roon, and ho is the son ol Wesley ( I reen, our nearest neighbor. Il says he'll marry her yet. "The other evening Audy Green, Bryant's young brother, como over und borrowed our shotgun. That night tlio 'vigilanco'canto and tlioy whipped mo and whipped Mary. J don't know wlio it was. Thoy whipped na in our night olotbes. first ont? and then another lashed us both. Mary's so awful hurt I'm afr.'id she'll die. I guess there's some people want our little propootyaud aro trying to drive us away." Mary Lynch is not more than seven teen years old and rallier good looking. Sli"' could tell no more than her mother. Wesley (?reen, father ol' Bryant Oreen, was found hy the ru porter and said that the I yueltCS kept a had place playing cards ;:iul 'whooping'on Sundays. The vigilantes, he thought, had done right in whipping them. .Mrs. Lynch was u respectable woman, ho guessed, and the 'cutting np' had only bcon going on seven or eight months. Public opinion in the neighborhood is much divided ovor tho matter, hut tho general opinion is that tho Knight* ought not to have done the whipping. Tho whipping of women ia too fre quent in the Knights to ho pleasant. Generally their victims are charged with unchastity, hut it. is admitted that lhere have been CUMS win II whippings were given as the result of disappointment or malice. In Dino Hiver town hip Lem Arnold lived a couple ol' yearn ago. Ile was ap parent l\ stout and healthy, -bid was accused of shiftlessness and. lotting his wife haul wood. Tl .vd winter a Land of tin- Knights visited him at midnight, took him OH! of bod and hauled up a good Supply ol' firewood. Arnold dr? w .ne sled in Iiis nightshirt, and although he was liberally whipped to keep up the circulation lie died a few wee'.s a tor ward of consumption brought on by tho exposure. In tho saine township lived Henry Long, a lawyer, accused of hoing ii dis turbing element, especially at elections. Ile was brought to trial hoforo a magis trate. While the case was in j.ingress a Laud of masked men with their coats turned surrounded tho house. Kong sprang to the door, and shot dead the lint man w ho cut? red. Tho viet im proved to bo a respected Frenchman named M. llenriot, whom the mob had forced int" the ?ead. Long tried to shoot again hut his pistol failed him. ile made a dash through the crowd, hut received sovoral shots, from tim ell'ects ot which he died next day at Cory .'mn. None of the hand was c\cr brought to justice, Corydon was once captured by a band of tho* "White Cups." in May, lss:,, there was talk ot corruption |n tho coun ty o theos, hut to the demands for inves tigation no attention was paid. On Saturday ovening two men rode into town about dark, saying they had come to BOO the ktl-klux, Siam horsemen Le gan tn ride into town from every road. In half an hour between two and three hundred hod gathered upon the publie square The WICH hud their coala turned, and .41 WOW y bite mni.kf;, with a .h./.en othor forms eu disguise AU the horses had white madu; over their heads, witli holes cut tor, their eye., and ems. A number of horses had white strips tied around a lon- leg. The banu rode through every street in the town iu mil itary order, thou once around it, and then disbanded. Two or throe wi re ob? served to i nie into a I i vi ry stable and leave their horses. Tho next morning lottere threatening to burn the tow?1 and kill every one of tho ollie? rs unless an investigation was ordered were leeched hy tho COUUtV commissioners and several ol' the promi nent citizens. An investigation was ordered tho next week. Discrepancies woro found in the treasurer's and auditor's oilieee. Treasur er Bowling turned over a large sum of money he had collected, was sued on his bond and ?000 more was recovered. The records 111 tho auditor'.! ellice were muti lated one night, so a complote investiga* lion could not he had. Auditor A. W. Brewster, however, paul over $2,000 which it with thought ho owed the county. doini Jacob Miller, a well-to-do farm er living near Corydon, WOS brought be t?rt! the grand jury us , no of thu mob. Ho refused to testify and was ordered to jail for contempt, lie secured a few minutes' bilk with tito Judge and the prosecuting attorney, however, and the order was revoked, Miller went home and nothing more was ever done 111 thc ouse. Those instances could be multiplie I by the score. Quoorly enough the In dianians seem not to be much opposed to the "White Cups" and conclude they rarely make mistakes 111 punishments. The more thoughtful, however, admit that Ibo Organization is sometimes the weapon id private malice and that great w rong is done. Still, nothing is done to break Up tho "Knights." \ Irglnlu Politics. lt is understood among tho Virginia politicians that ox-Govcrnor Cameron wild Senator Hiddloborgor ure acting in elose conceit in the maturing of plans to thwart (?enera! Mahone's ambition to succeed Uiddlebergor in the Senate. Among other reports is one that they contemplate making overtures to the Democratic managers in Virginia for a joint combination against Muhone. Hut although this rumor linds ready credence in some quarters, those in a position to know do not believe it to have tho icaht foundation. Whatever inthn nee the two young lenders have must ho 111 thc ranks of their own party, und there can Ix no Inducement for tho Democrats to make any personal alliance with them? That they both are resolved to leave no means untrn d to defeat Gi neral Maheno is un doubted. All Virginia politicians of ex perience agree that if a Hcpubhcun Leg islature in elected General Mahono is bound to bu its choice for Senator. Probably tho best course for Cameron and ltiddloborgei mid their supporters will bo to pursue a course of masterly inactivity, hut they aro too much intor esti d to adopt such a oourse as this. Tho Virginia Dem?crata express the ut most conlldoncc in their own ability to carry tho L?gislature. In tho meantime General Muhone, wbo is apparently keeping porfectly quiet, is undoubtedly bard at work laying his own plans und will ho prepared to spring them in his own time. Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" is tho dchillbitcd woman's bcsl restorative tonic. INVKNTOK K li Ul, VS MOTO?. Uta Says lt I? Nearly Pliilnhed-Konowliig lils l'tist I'roittlSCH, Inventor .John W. Keely lia;, just issued a printed ear?! of instructions to those who tuny visit Iiis workshop during tho hour set apart for visitors. In it ho says: "1 am now engaged in what I term the process of 'graduating' or adjusting my engine, by which 1 mean securing a regulated and uniform speed or motion of it. This, when ellet: ted, will finish my work, which will be known as the .Sympathetic Ethorio Motor,' and my new loree will then bi: adapted to com mercial purposes. Visitors will observe, on entering my shu]), my poWOl'-devol oping structure, tcrnn d the 'Sympathet ic Et boric Liberator,' which hal,gs sus pended on the second tloor in a tubular nug, and fl Otu which a wire of : null diameter, and made ol' tilternate sections of platinum and silver, e xtends to an at tachment allixed to one end of the shaft of the engine which I am graduating'." Ile then goes on to explain tin- ad vantages of his "liberator," and to ex patiate on the arduous duties lu; ll OS been compelled to perform to rcaeh the successful control of the motor on which lie is working. He rept a;-, the promises be bas made for the last ten years to ex plain by diagrams, otc, which be shall publish to the world, the wonderful mechanism of his motor when he has completed his present process of adjust ment. Tho Cotton Movement. I rom thc Now York Financial Chron icle's cotton article of last week Hie fol lowing ligures are gathered relative to the movement of the staple during the past week : The total receipts reached 3,511) bales, against -1,032 hales last week, 7,51)0 bab's the previous week, and 0,705 bales three weeks since; making tile tidal receipts since the 1st of September, 1880, 6,183, 108 bales, against 5,232,830 babs for the same period of 1885 ii, showing a de crease since September I, 1880, of ID, 302 bales. The exports for the wuikreach a total of 8,528 bales, of w hich 2,887 were to Great Britain, to Prance, and 5,011 to tho rest of tho continent. The total visible s apply of cotton, as made lip by cable and telegraph, for the week is as follows : Total of (dent Britain stock 870,000 bales, total of continental stocks 302,000 bales making u total of European stocks Of 1.202,000 bales. Tin- total visible Stipply for tho world is 1,008,070 bales; of this number 1,210,370 are American and 7-17,000 Hast Indian, etc. The imports into continental ports during tin- week were 25,000 bales. These ligures indicate a dccretlCO in the cotton in sight of 70,017 hales as ./ m pared with tho same date of 1881 w&d a decrease of 3,300 hales as cou tiri \ with tho corresponding dato of 118 ?j. Thc rceelpn ut interior town. >?><'''/,/ week wore 2,421 hales. Old int^ #, ? stocks have decreased 1,001 bahs, add were 62,101 bah s less than at the same period last year. The receipts from the plantations, b< iug the actual movement, not includ ing tho overland receipts nor Southern consumption, of cotton that roached the market through tho outports for tho week were 3,510 bab s. Thu total re ceipts since the 1st September arc 5,181, 600 hales. Cotton insight 0,800,203 l?alos, being a decrease, as compared with last your, of 110,012 bales. Mr. Ellison's cotton ligures, brought down to 1st dune, give the taking hy spinners of ('real Britain 2,51-1,000 bales and tho continent 2,027,000 bales, a total of ?,lil,<Mii) halos, against thc total of previous year of -1,5."?-, (il H I bales. The average weight ol deliveries m Great Brimin is I ld pounds, against I'd pounds during the same time last year. < '( n 111 - nental deliveries average 130 pounds, against 117 pouudf last year. In reviewing the speculation in hitares during the past week, tho Chronicle says: The speculation in cotton for future delivery at this mark, t has Leen fairly active for tho week under review, but the course of prices has continued ipiito Unsettled, besides again showing sollie irregularity as between the current and tho next crops. A feature has been the w t alu liing of the BpCCtllativC confidence ill September deliveries, which was at one tune very strong. Thus on Batt!!' 1 day there was au advance lor every mouth except September and October. ' lu Monday a general (leoline look place tu the latter dealings, due in a measure to sympathy with the collie market, with w hich miniv members of our Cotton l '.\ change hold oloSO relations. On Tues day a steadier opening was followed by a fresh di chm-, amt then a partial recov ery. Wednesday the market was active, hut closed slightly casier. Ou Thursday a better report from Liverpool and im proved tone and values in other specula. - tive circles gave renewed apirit to tho speculation for the rise in cotton. Fri day there ".:-..s a sharp decline, with the close at about the lowest ligures, due again, it was almost uniformly admitted, to sympathy with the decline ia coffco. Cotton on the spot has been quieter. Tho purchases for Uussia embraced 2,000 halos additional taken on Friday after 'Change, making 0,000 bales in ah; after which there was a fair demand for home consumption, Tun PIIII.AOKI.CIIIA TIM RS wants to know, if tho proposition to return tho battle Hags to tho States by whose soldiers they were carried raised Hitch an outcry, what will bc tho Omet of thc proposition now made by the soldiers of thc Philadelphia Brigade to return to tho veterans of Pickett's Division tho Hap. captured from them at Gettysburg? What will General Fairchild and th? tither excitable patriots have to say t< this? Will they declare that the soldieri who stood at Ibo stone wall on Unit criti cal 3d of ?Inly when tho course of history was decided, are now no better than "rebels" and "cowards," and tho like? Or will they not he forced to acknow ledge that thc real soldiers, the inen w lin did tho lighting, believe that tho war il over ami the Inion restored, and that il anybody should be called bani ninnes, it in the demagogues who will not lot in havo iicaco? Jbot your tnlk be always adapted carefully to lime and place. Don't prate ftbOUl homeopathy to a doctor of the blessings ol celibacy U> s young lady engaged to ls married. NO DANCKK OF AiN O?TBHKAK. Tin: ItKPOUTKI) NKGltO ' 48UUUKC TIOIN IN LAU1USN8 COUNTY, Uolutng Meetings ?? MldnIght-*No Au thority lor tho ? >I? <. Tin ? al? Suhl to Iiiivo Hoon MHUe-"J>r Incl pies" <>.i iii?-' "Co op?rai ive Workers of America." (Prout th?; News mid Coorlor.) LAUMSNS, J unu 20.-Colonel .). H. Traynkam, of tho Governor's slab', and Captain L. E. Irby, of tl io Laurena Guards, bavo returned from Cedar Grove, Young's township. Colonel rrayubam refuses to bo intervie wed, but bo will proceed to Columbia nul report directly to Governor Hichmdson to morrow. Captain Irby, however, is un der no obligation to roport ollioially, and luis very kindly furnished mo such in formation as ho had. There is no doubt that some of tho negroes aro organized, and that they oftoi) h ?ld meetings botwocu midnight und daylight w ith tho greatest precau tions at secrecy, sentinels hoing station? cd at convenient distances from tho roudczVOUS. 'I he various dire threats that liave boon so widely circulated cnn nul bo traced authoritatively to the or ganization, Thoro will bo no outbreak unless the negro lendors shall act rashly, as tho whites preserve great caution. 1 neglected to say that the meetings are bel l near the linos of Laurens and (Ircenvillo counties, on tho Greenville side, Tho organizations are known as the "Co-operative Workers of America," and aro tho oll'spriug of the Hoover in lluonco, and many believe they aro for the purpose of extorting money from tho ignorant negroes, it costs each member one dollar and lilly-live ci lita to take all tho degrees, and om: dollar and fifty cents ol that amount is forwarded to ilickon, N. C. Several packages of money have been sent from Simpson ville, Greenville county, and Woodruff, Spartauburg county, to Hickory, N. C. L have scoured some of the literature of tho "Co-operative Workers of Am. ri ca," issued "by order of the executive board, ll. I'. Hoover, president; W. K. Killian, vico-prosident; .lohn F. Llosa, 1 gem ra' seen'arv; C. !.. [lawn, treasur or; .I.A. boich, goneral auditor; .Martin Nobler, nelli ral committee agi nt." Un der cover of a small pamphlet, signed as ab.'Ve indicated, 1 glean what purports to he the principios and objects of the organ i /.at lou. "lt is tho proper object of government to malic laws that will secure tho great est good to tho greatest number, on tito basis of absolute justice, with an aim to ward universal liberty. > "Ku. m :t.y yiHIS our government luis "I cen run to the advantage of a Cow, for the bonofit of a privileged class -the 1 i amoved aristocracy, while tho masses, tho usoftll peoplo, have hard burdens hard to boor." Thc objects of the organization un declared to be: "To elevate and dignify labor; to sc ene io ibo laborer a just sharo of the I produc?s of Ins toil; to instruot bini in a knowledge of Iiis rights and his wrongs, and his duty to his country and his Iel- i low-mun; to use all rational ricans to bettor ins social, moral und financial con- i dillon." To accomplish these objects they dc- ' mund : "Thc establishment of bureaus of I labor statistics; tho abrogation of laws i that do not bear equally upon capital ami labor; tin- adoption of measures providing for the health and safety of | th iso OUgag d in mining, Ac; tho en-? nctmont of laws to compel corporations to pay tin ir employees weekly in lawful | money; the enactment ol' laws providing for arbitration between employer and employees] tho enactment of laws to prohibit tho hiring out of convict labor and b> work convicts on the public roads; that the importation of loreign convict labor be prohibited; that the poll tax bo repealed ; tho establishment of a free co-oporativo school system; the abolition of child labor in mines, work shops and factories. " Tliey demand of Congress: "That the public lauds, the heritage of tho people, lie reserved tor actual settlors, Ac; the establishment of a national monetary system; that a graduated income tax bo levied so that the greater tho income tho higher tho rate of taxation; tho enact ment of a graduated forfeiture Act to be levied oil the esbitcs of the rich at their death; that tho government shall organ I izo financial exchanges, sali: deposits, \'C; that tho government construct pos tal telegraph or telephone system, Ac.; that I'tilted States Senators be elected by the people; that tho Government es tablish an t maintain a freo ballot in overy Stat o of tho Union: a radical re duction in thc Ices, salaries Wal per quisites of govern mont officials is de manded; ?bat the hourn of labor bo re duce?!." TllOQ they say: "We an- opposed to war, and consider Strikes OS dangerous to society, hurtful to the participants and Contrary to the interost ol good government." They promise co-operation with tho Knights of Labor and all similar organi zations. < olonel Traynham'fl Report, After shiting that, in obedience to the order of thc Governor, ho visited Cedar Grove on tho 1st h instant and inter viewed several prominent mon in regard to tho mutter, Colonel Traynham says: "There is no doubt OS to tho existence of an organization among tho negroes in that county. Tho object of it 1 could not ascertain with certainty. Tho Ho rr?os hold their meetings Into at night, say from 12 to daylight. No person is admitted to them except members or parties seeking to become members. i While tho object of tho organization is not known, tho opinion prevails that it i is in the nature of tho Knights of Labor. , There is some excitement among tho whites in the community, but I could not learn of actual threats coming from ! tho negroes, although thero aro some rumors of threats having boon made. Some of the whites aro of opinion that tho negroes aro not working as well as they have been, and it is reported that ; some of them have said that thoro would lie a chango of things about the 4th of J.Inly, biuler this itato of foots I fool unable to moke any definite recommen dation and submit the whole mattor to your better judgment.'' Altogether i? Paine Alarm. COWMHIA, .June 21.-In aocordauce with iiiHtruetioiiH from tho home olHoo, 1 wont to Lamons yesterday to investi gate tho rumora which have been so wildly circulated as to au uprising of colored farm laborers, and 1 came hack to-day satisfied that nine-tenths of tho reports hr. ve boon without justification. Thc negroes baye beeu triokod by Hoover and mon ol Ids stamp into en tering a labor association, which is asi less to them and which tiic.v do aol un derstand. Hoover holds tho fees lill : they bold thc meetings. Tin y have u blind idea that joining such an orgi Mon will help thom financially, if, a is reported, not 2 por cont, of tho ucgroos in that section work i ir wage-, it is im possible to boo what good a strike \. do them. They contract to cultivate tito orops for a share, and us tho crop is al most laid by now u violation of ?1 contracts would Biuiply ? ave molloy to thc fanners. As to tho talk of insurrection the ; o [ilo in tho town of Laurens liuvo uo faith m it. lt is impossible to trace rumors to thia ollect to any authentic source; Then* is less uucusiuess aud concern in the town of Laurens on tins subject than thorn i.s Lu Charleston or Columbia, All work is goiug on quietly in the section alleged to bo threatened and tho Concurrent opinion of every ono I spoke to in Laurona was that nothing could be ascertained or seen by going thus far. Tho sootion where the labor organiza tions exist is near tho Greenville and Spartnnburg lines. Thu whites are in thc majority. There is no county in the State where tho UOgrooa have been longer mid moro completely w ithin the control of the whites than in Laurens. Au insurrection would simply mean their own obliteration. I asides t his, liareis HO issue w doh could SO excite them us to make them desperate. Then is no conflict of wages, such os lcd to the rico field strikes of 1870. They have tue prospect of gathering thu lineal crops tl loy have had for n decade. Their fu ture is full of hope for material BUC<. Tho sum of tho whole matter ?a that die negroes have been kept so complete ly undor oontrol in Laurens county thal organization of any kind is unusual to them, and tin- fact that have now ganized for an undefined agrarian pur pose is enough to make some foolish oi un reasonable people imagino vam tilings. The people of the tow n ol Laurens are infinitely moro concerned in tho build ing of thoir cotton faotory than :n this thing, which is a sensation to those at great distances from tho scene of tho re ported trouble. Your Laurona correspondent bas ten warded so full an account that it is uu neocssary lor mo to say moro than this. Colonel Traynham, of tho Governor's utah, came down to-day with me from Lamons, tie refused to mako any state ment for publication, but intimated thal I bad about beard all the facts from Captain Irby. My talk with t'aptn Irby assisted mc in forming the conclu sion set forth above. Colonel Tray nhain linnie a brio! verbal report tothoGovom r this evening and wont to bed. His Ex cellency could not ho found ..t home, nor would ho bc seen for a moment al the meeting of Hie trustees of tho Uni versity, winch ho is attending and w hich will last for hours vet, but it may bo confidently assumed to night that Col. Traynbam's conclusion agrees substan tially with those of Captain Irby, and that neither ho nor thc (iovoriior ?81 alarmed at tho prospect. All (Jillet in Sp;, rt i, u li II ii;. Si'AUTANiirao, .lune 21. Further in vestigation to-day strengthens mo in my' opinion that tho negroes of this county] do not contemplate n strike, or any vio- ; lenee. They ure not fools enough, to wait iud'' .i.i'ir crops are nearly linislii 1 with the liiiest prospects they have lin 1 for years, to begin a revolution that would damage them in every possible way. ?JOHN SH KUM AN, Ills Hoi TH. Tull? Willi ii Cincinnati NCWHIUIper?Out lining I'lu l'i illili ni ?.il I iou i' 11 gil. i Fruin thc Cincinnati l-".n<|Ulrer.) "1 notice that your brother, the gon oral, hos written an interesting lottor to his comrades of tho Grand Army ul si. Louis," 1 saul. "Yes, and don't you know 1 like that lett? r a gr. nt deal? ' "Then yon approve of tho Bcntinn ul i lt expresses'/" ".Most certainly, and all thoughtful men will take thc same vii W of tho sub- 1 jct-t when they reibet calmly upon it. Tho incumbent of tho Presidential ollico is entitled to the respect of the people, uiiltSH hu is guilty of some oflt USO against public morality and the public interest?. Men may very properly differ with those in authority as to political views and measures of public policy, bul it will not do to carry these differences of opinion to tho point of treating a President with discourtesy and disre spect, simply because then- maj bc nil n in ii public assemblage or on a public occasion w ho differ with him politically, or upon tho advisability or non-advisa bility of measuroa of public policy. Ib is first entitled to that courtesy that is lino to every good and law abiding citi zen on rll occasions, and second to that respect which belongs, under the genia;, of our institutions, to thu position of chief magistrate of a gnat, a prosperous, au ctluoatutl a civilized people." "Do you bold to tho opinion that it thu Fe roo bill bail passed Congress thc alleged suppression of tho ballot in thc South would have boen prevented? ' "That is something that no man can tell. We can form no adequate idea of what tho result might have been. Hut I have very serious doubts about tl?; feasibility of tho general government protecting individual right? or prevent mg individual wrongs where the local f;ovornmont is not willing to interfore In lohalf of tho eitizons. Freu speech, a j fruu ballot, and tho exercise of tho gen* j oral rights of citizenship arc not what may be termed constitutional rights, but iahoront rights, and if they arc denied in a community, tho general govern mont can not intorforo, unloss tho State authorities invoke that Interference. Tho failure of tho Stato to call upon the national govornmont. dubars it from in terfering in behalf of thoso who aro wronged." "WU1 yon ploaso illustrate that idea, ??ana i i nom.. manaaMMaamaMHaaoHBMpaaMHM Senator?'' ..Lot uti Btipposo u ouse boro tu Bich? 1 mond county, Suppose, tor instance, ; that a majority ol our people should , combino together lo deprive tho Quak ers, or the Catii . ?es, or any other re ligious ?cet or d?nomination, o? tho righi to worship OCCOrdillg to their re ligion 8 tom il 1 and forms; denied them tho freedom of specoh and the right of assembling, and tho State toed; no ac tion, tin loral government would have uo righi lo iutorfero and protect them iu thou ' igbte." "But would lt not bc the duty of the | .State to protect thom?" "Undoubtedly. liol suppose tue s? .t.: bhould nol discharge that duty, i No appe al would lie to the gonornl gov ernment. It could not interioro unless the mattor sh ?uld riso to the height of a robelli m tig : si thc law?or tho United 1 States or an invasion ot its territory f ir i a hostil'- purpose. A community may boin rebellion nguimit tho laws of a State, hut the general government eau j not interleio lo crush out that rebellion ! unless tho Stale government invokes its [ aid and OSsistaUCO." "How, thin, would you remove tho wrongs which you claim oxisl in por? \ tiona ot* the South, and how would you ; provont tile suppression ot' the ballot, which you claim is BUppreSSOdV" 1 "I would propose a remedy, but I doubt whether tho Bopublicau pacts Wotlld Collie up to it." "What is that, Senator?" "I would have Congress enact a law Uxiug thc time, manner and circum stances ol "lilting members of Con gress, donning and providing for the j rights of every citizen at such an elec tion, and putting it wholly with tho gol 1 eminent for tho conduct and regulation of Congressional olections. lu olhci words, the entire supervision of thu elec tion ol' members of Congress should lu with the United States government." "But is then any warrant lor that ii the constitution?" "Clearly; thal principio has bceu de cided by the courts on several occasions, and thc Supremo Court has laid down tho doctrine unequivocally, and its d?' cihioUH are in lill imo ol ?is establish im l.t. With such a statute enforced, there could l>e t o abridgement of tn elective franchise, no suppression ol bal? lots iu i lectio UH concornitig tlc interest, of government, l in n, i! communities, or even States, should attempt to ? e privo oitizons of their right > franchise, the government (... ?I-' lawfully interfere, put an ohd to il ami rehabilitate own citizen. Wnh Un if ':;! of i very citizen to ?Mst Ids vote ?iud have it counted tm mi ni1', r.-o. CCugicss atid . lectors foi Prcsid ul clearly established ?md ti forced, tho stum righi at Sta' . mid loen eleolious would non loree itself, ni though there would bu no govern meir in ter lore: ce." .'Then you would have the same lav apply in the choice f Presidential olee tor- iii;.: appli i. iu the oleetiot. ?d' mein hers of < !i >ngV< Sb?" "Ceiu>inly, and why not?'' I "Do you think, Senator, lind Congfef will be callid in . siraordinnry session? "Thal i hard i' ii i!, hui i should no be surprised, lt is true that if th Presiden I should cull an extra session o Cougrcssit.wonId.be a rellection upo himself, hut. the linaiiciul Condition o the country demil lids an .arly usscnl hiing nf ( trune s." "How would Congrega i ni provo tli financial il uafion?" "By reducing taxation ami proyeutin Hie accumulation ol' un niue, ivssary sui plus in the treasury, ? tve go at th rate ot'accumulating over 8100,000,011 ilUUllully of usehs, uni uiUlCCCSsar revenue, and locking it up in the tiensi ry, all our industrial and commercial ti forests will be jeopardized." "Bul how can taxation ho reduced? "By a revision of the tariff and mod llcatioit of tll? internal revenue laws." '.Will there be n revision und modil cation of the laritV laws?" "There will doubtless he a red uo tm on Humorous items. " "Where vlo sou think the redU0t?o should bo applied'.''' "I think thal there si otiUT be a d. cided reduction in tho tariff on sugii and then a bonuty should be paitl i American sugar sulllciontly generous t secure the production of all the sugar l tho United States thal our people int consume. Wo have the best sod inti world for tho sugar beet and sorghii cane, covering almost limitless uren and we have a larger area adapted lo t! cultivation bf West India can. ns Louisiana. Wo ought to producoall t sugar we consume, and wc may readi doso by II judicious tariff and libel bouillies t.? producors." >i..ni > Mad? in Cofl'uv. Among thc people in Wall street wi do not put on mourning over thc bre in tiie pru is of coffee i" New York a in wheat in Chicago are the followers Ucl ry Clews A < 0. Mr, Cli WA said i coutly that his linn li.id paid out to ot tone 's over $200,000 in proIiis on ooh deals, and that tho declino in wheal h i made a dilloronco ol over ?1,000,000 the credits of he, ofllco. "Wo do strictly commission business," said i\ Clews; "1)111 wc do not propose to alli our customers to buy or soll thron this house inness in our judgment til will realize returns for the money th will invest. A week or ten days ago t representatives of one ol' thc. local agi O?OS caine to me and said he had lu deputed toget thc opinion ol the prill pal brokers of the .street upon the sid ?ion ami prospects, 1 told him I wa bear on everything, and told him wh believed stocks would go lower, and w the wheat corner and the c?lico con lind roached annul the limit, laughed and said I was alone, for all men he had seen believed in higl prices nil around. I have not seen 1; since, but 1 fool much like laughing i self to day, lt is md luck ; it is the suit of close study of tho situ?t i History repeats itself iioro as well elsewhere, it hau donn so now; it I do so bereufli < ; and wo have not s the loweut prices yet. Wheat will much lower, for the Chicago cornor j plc aro knocked oui for at least a yea come." Throw th? i"">\ 'i. ' 1 ' > - ' '.?> o 'i Were t hrilliug words, spoken at a t of great danger. The lives of all ou vossol depended upon prompt act Your lifo may bo blessed and prolou I by tho prompt uso of Dr. Darter's J I Tonic for that blood trouble. m LONDON'S NEWEST LION. ll UFF A LO HILL'S AUTOBIOOBA?HV l'Oie PATRONS OF THF. WILD WKST. A Sample of th? Varna He i* Telling His Itoj-al Frleud4>*IIo\i Ule Got His Title Other Facts in Hu' Cureor ?>' Mr. Cody. I was born in February, 1812, in tho Stute o? Iowa. 1 need not go into detail respecting my family, ami can dismiss my youth brietly by saying that when 1 was not on a horse I waa just being thrown oil'one. 1 noon became a pretty smart rider, and my practice with a gun was pretty good, too. 1 waa 12 y uara when 1 killed my first indian, lt hap pened rather sudden, i was waiting out by tho river, near Port Kearnoy, ono night about 10 o'clock. My companions had got on ahead somehow, and I was quito ?done, when looking up toward tho Mull bordering the river 1 saw, illumi uatcd by thc moon, the bend and shoul ? rs of a li vi' 11.dian, watching mo with * vident interest, Now 1 had hoard many stories ol" tho doings of the rod mon, and hud also been inculcated with a tho] ugh distrust of their ways; BO, I nick ly coming to a conclusion a? to what L shoutd do, 1 brought my gun to my shoulder, and aiming at the head, tired. The report sounded louder than usual in tho silence of thc night, for it waa past IO o'clock, and was followed by a war whoop .such as could only bo built lip by nu Indian, and thc next instant over sis tool of dead Indian came down splash into the river. S ion after this I went to business. I took to tho plums, and in the employ of Messrs. Llussoll and Simpson, soon !. urned tho ms and outs of tho wild life led with horses and cuttle-driving teams, riding express ponies, und getting to know tho laud. Among other things, 1 somehow found out how to hunt b?llalo, .i sport .second to DOUO, if you know how. 1 shall never forget the faces of live oflicors I met on the prairie once, now ninny years ago. Thoy were after lt herd of b?llalo. So was I, We ex changed views. 1 gave them my idoas, lliey gave me their sympathy, "Von surely don't expect to catch bullido with thal Uothic steed," said t hey. "I am going to try," I said. "You'll novor do lt, man alive," said tho captain, "Itwuntsa fast horse to overtake buffalo." "Does it?" 1 responded. "Yes, but you can come with us, if you like." And 1 did like. There wore eleven b?llalos in tho herd, and while tho otlicors roil?; straight at them, 1 headed th? leaders und got up to them with ease, 'l ho hor.se which my companion had boon dialling was the famous ling ham, who knew as much about the sport us 1 did; ho speedily did his part of tho business. A lew ?umps brought us up to tho herd, liaising "Lucretia .'orgia," my M usty weapon, I aimed at the lirst animal, tired and brought him down, Brigham, liko tho ideal animal that ho > is, t arrying mo rapidly up to tho next brute, not ton foot away; and, when 1 had dropped lum, hounded on to tho next, and so on, until 1 had slain tho whole eleven animals, and then my horse stopped. I dismounted to regard my work with a feeling of satisfaction. Those otlicors rode up shortly, and 1 shall never forget their expression as they surveyed the work of live minutos lying around. My lu u se Brigham was an exception ally intelligent brute. Ile took tho keenest delight in sport, and invariably t ?ok pains to aid mc in getting game. All lie expected of mo was to do tho shooting. Thc rest was his work. Ho would always Btop il the b?llalo did not fall at tho ut tho lirst shot, so as to give me a .second chance; but if 1 did not bring him down then he would go on disgusted. lt was in 1807 that the Kansas Pacific track was in the buffalo country, and tho eon.puny was employing over twelve hundred men tn thc making of the road. Tho Indians wire very troublesome, and ? t was not always easy to get sullicieiit .supplies of fresh meat for tho men. lt was about this time that Messrs. God dard, the contractors to tho constructors, made mo a hundsonie oller, provided 1 would undertake to hunt for thom. They required i \s el Ve hull; dos per diem. Tho work was somewhat dungi mus, owing to the Indians, but tho terms were hand some -"3500 por month. I took the offer ? and in less than eighteen months, dur ing which timo my engagement lasted. I killed -1,280 bullalos singlc-hcmied, and had many scrimmages with the In dians, and hairbreadth escapes. lt was during this period ol my oooroor that 1 had my celebrated buffalo killing match with oilly Comstock, tho noted scout, thoi nt bort Wallace. Tho terms wore settled as follows; We were to hunt ono day of eight hours, from 8 a. m. to 1 p. m. I !.. stakes were SVihU a side, and the nulli who killed tin most buffalo was to be declared the winner. The contest, (.?ok place twenty miles east from Sheri dan, and many thousand people carno, I rom nil parts to see the sport. Wo wovo fortunato in Unding animals, und Lad plenty ot sport. Wo made throe runa each, and 1 killed sixty-nine b'uf?aloH, my rival being content with forty-six. Not a had day's work, a day which is an hist? neal one for me, iuusrvmch as since then I have invariably h'.-cu roforrod to in all parks of the civilized world un Buffalo Bill. U, M. D, Walking down Broadway ls very pions ant When you feel well, and T- K UCVCi iolt bettor IhfthWllCU his friend iihked Min how ho got over thal severe cough of Ills so speedily. "Ah, my 1 M>y,'' gald T-, ti. M. I), did Ul" Ami his friend Won dered whait!, M. I), meant. He know it did noi mean a Good Many Doctora, for C K-had tiicd a dozen In vain. "I have ll," said he, Just hitting the null tm UlO hoad, "you mean Dr. Pierce's 'Golden Medical Discovery,' or Gold Medal De served -s my friend J-8-alway? dubs lt." Hold by druggists. The ideal of the American is not yet right. Our almighty great man ls thc al mighty smart man. Wc need to teach morality os much ns Greek and I, it in. Tue most dangerous man is the smart mun witbout good morals.