Clearfield Republican. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, December 13, 1871, Image 1

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    . THE
" CLEARFIELD REPl'BUCAV
n ii.iiiicD srr.itr WKisMir, it
C()OI)LAll.n tt II A G Ell TV,
CLKARFIKLD, PA. . , .,
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Job Work.
, PLANKS.
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. HANDBILLS.
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. CIKOHOK n. nonni.ANUKR,
OKOUliK UAUERTY,
(tanls.
T. Hi. MURRAY,
ATronxty and cout8ELon at law.
Prompt attrntion riven to all lepal hu.iiie
entru'tcd In hia car in Cler(lold and adioln'nix
unities. Office on Market at., oppuaite Nannie.
Jewelry Store, Cleartleld, i'a. jcU7l
WILLIAM i, WAIX4CB.
PRAilK riRI.DINO.
WALLACE & FIELDING,
ATTORNEYS. AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
:f ey-l.e!al business of all klnla attended to
i:ii promptness and fidelity. Office in residence
ef William A. Wallace. Jnl2:70
A. W. WALTERS,
ATTORN EV AT LAW,
Clearfield, Pa.
Xft-Office In the Court Houae. filee.l-ly
H. W. SMITH,
ATTOHNEY-AT-LAW,
Clearfield, Pa. ly
ISRAEL TEST,
ATTOUN E V AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
eJ-nUoe In tba Pnurt IIou. fjyll.'7
JOHN H. FULFORD,
ATTORXKY AT LAW,
Clcorlifl-U Pa.
Oflj oo Market St, over Joieph Ebnwarr
OPronipt attention glvan to thfl iccurlna
cf Bounty, Olnimn, Ae.(atl to all legal butiDeas.
March 2S, 18n7-lT.
. j. uYL'M.oflGlt. wk. ii. MVrLi.orcn.
T. J. McCULLOUGH & BROTHER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Clearfield. Pa.
Office on Market ntroet one door ea,t of to Clear
8 eld County Dank. 2:1:71
J. B. McENALLY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Clearfle 1.1, Pa.
XJ-Lecil busine-a attonded to promptly with
fl lMiie. Office on Second atreet, nboTe the First
National Bank. I:2i:7l-lypd
ROBERT WALLACE,
ATTORNEY -AT- LAW,
11 allareton, Clearfield County. Penti'a
SUAll legal busine.i promptly attended to.
i. p. invia.,
D. L. KtlKRf
IRVIN & KREBS,
PucceH,ir. to II. II. Fwnone.
Law and Collection Office,
Pitl.172 CLEARFIELD, PA.
WALTER BARRETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ofl'e on Eoeond St., Clearfield, Pa. noejl
JOHN L. CUTTLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
And Ft en I P.-tate Affetit. Clearfield. Pa.
Ofilee rn Third utreet, bet.Cherrt A Walnut.
7r"nencectftilly offer hia pervl'? In Fflltng
and buying land In Clearfield and adjoining
counties ; and with experience ot nrrr twentr
ynri ts a nurry or, flatters hiinelf that he nan
runier satlifactlon. Ir eb. ZHSWU
J. J. LINGLE,
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW,
1:11 Oaceola, Clearfield Co., Pa. y p l
BLAKE WALTERS,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
1KD DIlLtl I!
Saw Jjoqh mid Tiiiniber,
CLEARFIELD, PA,
Office in Maaonlo Tluildinir, Boom No. 1. !:?5:71
hn II. Orril. C. T. Alexander.
ORVIS & ALEXANDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LA W,
Hellelbnte, Pa. ,epl.i.'A5-y
J, 3- BARN HART,
ATTORNEY - AT LAW,
llrllri'iuite. Pa.
Will practice In t'lcartlcld .nd all of theConrta of
e 2oth Judicial di.trict. Kcal rstal. uusinc,,
and eolleetion of claimi made apccialtiea. n I '7 1
DR. T. J. BOYER,
PriYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
OOe. on Market Street, Clearfield. Pa.
al-OSo. koun: S to 12 a. m , and 1 to S p. m.
DR. W. A. MEANS,
'IIYSICIAN & SURGEON,
LL'TUKUSBURO, PA.
'Ml a: lend profenional ealla pmmptly. aoglO'70
DR. AI THORN,
1M1YSICIAN & SURGEON,
nAVJNU lisatiI at Kylertown, Clcarneld eo
I'a.. blTeri bi profeiviiional aervici; to the
yeoplo of the dirounding country. ItSept.aJ, aV-j
DR. J. F.
WOODS1
A 8URHBO N.
PHYSICIAN
Ilarlnr remored to Anaonrille. Fa.,":" bia
pr itr.aional aervicca to Ilia people of that place
and the surrounding country. All enlli promptly
.attended to. Die. Dm pd.
J. H. KLINE, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
UAVIVtl located at Pcnnfeld, Pa., offera hia
prolcMional aerrieea to lb. people of that
pUoi' and aurruunding oountry. Alicalla promptly
attended to.
net. U If.
DR. J. P. BURCHFIELD,
L.le Hnrieon or the .:d He(lm.at, Pennaylranla
Yolunl.ari, aein( returned frua, ah. Aroiy.
olTera bii prof.aslonal rrlo., to th.cllla.aa
of Claarlleld eoanty.
nay-Profe.aioRal .all. promptly atlealed l.
'OH. n Heeo.d treat, foria.rlyo.eupled by
'r.Woedi. (aprVM tl
JEFFERSON LITZ,
IMIYSICIAN SUUGKON
HAVlNd 'loeat. at e.e.ota, ... er. bi,
profeoioaal s.r.iees lo lb. paopl. of Ifeal
:.j .ii..
WAII eall. uromntlT attended lo. OfSe.
end ralH.,... .r, Curti. .L, formerly "upl.d
CLEM
OOODLANDER & HAGEETY,
VOL. 44-WIIOLE NO.
(Tads.
F. K. ARNOLD &, Co.,
IIANKKrlN,
I.utliemburg, t'lcarfleld county. Pa,
Money burned at reasonable rat at exchange
nouirnt ami audi: dcno.tte rccoivcil. and a Ken
earl hanking business will be earned on at die
slwve place. 4:13:7lttl
JOHN D.THOMPSON
"I
Justice of Peaoo nJ Scrivener,
rurnfiiftvlllc Pa
A.ColltMjtiuaB limds suj onitifV promptly
fii.il orer. ' VtuH lin
JAMES C. BARRETT,
Justice of 1 ho Prtifo tintl Licennil Convryanorr,
I.utlirrtiir;, I Icat (W Id Co.,
?T-rolli.'fionB A remit tiumi'H nromptly mmle,
nl nt klntli uf log.) tnitruuicuts fxr-ctitml on
.! . ' - - ..i -n.r
oliort notice.
mn,v4,:0tf
GEORGE C. KIRK,
Juilico of tba Fence, Furvryor and Conveyancer,
l.iitlifrhburp. Pa
AllWineM IntrtiMcil to him will be promptly
nttpmle'l to, ppm.-ni trihhin to cuiiliy a iur
rovor will Ho well hi tiva liiui n unit, as he flutter
li,inrll llmt he mn rcn-lrr millt-fiictiun. I-oitn nf
donveyonc"?, arliclei nf af(rrMli)'nt, ami all If ((a I
lipcr, iruuiitly anJ neatly rxevuted. uiar30yp
HENRY RIBLING,
UOVVfi, EION A OHNAVKNTAL FAINTKR
Clrarticld, Pcii'
The freacoinjr painting of churrhM and
other put'lio I'uililiniTS will receive partioulnr
stirntion, a well ai the puintii-jt of carringre and
leii(hi. Gildinv done in the neatett ftylc. All
work warranted. Hh'.pon Fourth ilreei. formerly
occupied by Enquire hugnrt. oetllt'TO
G. H. HALL,
PRACTICAL PUMP MAKER,
NEAR CLKARFIKLD, PENN'A.
iMfVumpt alwnyi on hand and made to order
on nhort notice. Tipei bored on rcm.onal.le term.
All work warranted to render atufuction, and
delivered if detired.
tn2i:lypd
JAMES CLEARY,
BARBER & HAIR DRESSER,
BKCOND street,
Jy23 C I. K A K I- I K I. I. P A. tl
DAVID REAMS,
SCRIVENER k SURVEYOR,
l.uthrrburg. Pa.
rpME eubacrilerolTera hia aervlcrato the public
X In the copucity of Scrivener and Surveyor
All eiilla li.r .urveviii promptly attended to, and
the making nf draft,, doeil, and other legal in.tru
inrnta of writioi:, exeruted without delny. and
wnrrauted to be correct or no charge. oIL'i'O
SURVEYOR.
THE under.lirncd offera hia ervlce, aa a Pur
veyor, and may be lound at Ilia re.idence, In
Lawrence townobip. Lclterl will retti:h hitu di
rected to Clearfield, I'a.
may7.tr. JAMES MITCHKLL.
J. A. BLATTENBEEGER,
Claim and Collection Office,
OSCKOLA, CUarDeld Co., Pa.
jff-Conreyaneing and nil legal paper drown
with accuracy and dispaU-li. Draft on and pa
age ticket to and trum any point in Knrope
procured. oot5 70 6m
CHARLES SCHAFER,
IjAGEII ueer rrewer,
Clearlield, Pa.
HAVING rented Mr. Entree1 Brewery he
hopee by itriet attention to buaine,. and
tlio uianufncturc of a anperlor artit'le of HEKH
to reecive the patronage of all the old and many
new cuatomera. Aug. 25, tf.
THOMAS H. FORCEE,
Dl.ii.in ta
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
C;it UIAMTON, Pn.
Al,o, extcnaire mannf.i"tiirer and dealer In Square
Timber and Hawed I.uuiberof all kind,.
-Ordera solicited and all bill, promptly
lilled U',I!L1-
uro. ALirnr nnKiir At.aRnT. w. At.ae.nT
W. ALBERT & BROS.,
Manufacturer, A exten.ivc Deulerain
Sawed Lumber, Square Timber, &o.,
WOODLAND, PENN'A.
jWOrdcr, solicited. Mill, Klled on abort notice
and reanonnble lerma.
Address Woodland P. O., Clearfield Co.. Pa.
)..2.'.y W U.llliRT llllliH.
FRANCIS COUTRIET,
M KUCHA NT.
Freiirhvllle. t learUeid County, Pa.
Keeps oomtantly on band a full aaortment of
Dry floods. Hardware, tl roecrica, and everything
naually kept in a retail store, which will lie sold,
for en.h, ae cheap aa elsewhere In the oounty.
Frencliville, dune 7. Ili7 l.r.
REUBEN HACKMAN,
House and Sign Painter and Paper
Hanger,
Clearfield, Penn'a.
Y"-WiH execute Jobs In his line promplly and
in a workmanlike manner. aH,A7
J. K. BOTTORF'S
PHOTOGRAPH GALL E It Y ,
Market Street, Clearfield, Pa.
Jr-CR0MOS MADK A SPECIALTY. -J
"Ti;lATIVE3 made in cloudy a, well a in
1 clear wrotlier. Cotirlnntlr on hand a good
...orhiienl of FKAMKS, r'TKrlKOHUIIPKS and
HTKHKOSCOIMC VIEWS. Frame,, from any
style of tfcuulding, uiado to order. apr2S tf
J. MILES KRATZER,
MERCHANT,
pRALan m
Dry Goods, Clothing, Hardware,
Cutlery, Queenaware. Groceries, Provisions and
Shinglca,
Clearfield, Pemi'a.
fJ-AI Ibolr Bewstoreroon.na Beeond alreet.
near II. F. Hlgler io'a llardwar. alore JanH
J. uoi.Lowai aa a. name t-Annr
nOLLOWBUSH &, CARET,
JJOOKSELLEKS,
Clank Hook Miinuracturcrs,
AND STATION KRt,
ai) .Twrfctl HI., rhiladrlphla.
fc,rnper Flonr Sack, and Hag,, Foot'cnp,
Letter, Note, Wrapping, Curtain and Wall
Paper.. '"l'"!".''
eTa.A " w". D. IRVIN,
p Al.lt US IK
Real Estate, Square Timber, Logs
AND Lt.MIlF.lt.
IIOIc. In new Corner Store building.
oovlJ JI arwn'. ra.
OoToriou3 Fapfl
fll
PIIERK are re people troubled Willi tang
I liii,...es In this li... than anr'olherplace u
stse tn Hie riaie. une inr r- -
,l,,lhenseof an impure article nf Coal, largely
. , .l. ..r
mixed wilh sulphur. Now. why not avoid all
and preserve your Uve.. by -ing only
omil)' f .elrbrale Coal, ff'e """ ''
Impuriliea. Order. Ml at the .lore, of .li.siar
Mo.ann .nd Jawiea II. Qcbaoa A How willrec.lv. i
prompt atlealioa.
ADft M 11 II L Ml IIKGX.
FIELD
Publishers.
2217.
THE REPUBLICAN.
CLEARFIELD, Pa.
WKIiNKSDAY MOHNIN'O. DEC W1.
TEARS.
Tern that trickle down our eye,
They do not fall to earth aiid dry,
They four like angel to the; kietj
And, like the nigela, on n nut die.
Tar on ! our itn mortality
Huuudfl through each ;ear aoundi tn each llgh.
Whnt wavci nf trnri ruli o'er the di-ep
Of narrowi In our re Clem houIp!
And they are irong, not weiik, who weep
Thone drnii from out the tea that rulla
WHhln thetr Itenrt)" forever inon-j
vt iiiun a depiu without a noro.
Uut ah ! the teun that are pot wept.
lite team that never outward full
Tli tear that grit-f lor yean bat ke pt
Within ui tiny are bet of all
The lean our eyes clinll never know
Are denrcs titan the loan that flow.
Each niflit, upon aarlh'i floweri below,
J he dews ootne down from darkeit ikiei.
And every night our tearf of woe
li up, like dew. t rinnlw,
To keep Id hlooin ami mike inure fair
The Sower irruwtn we jet iHall wear.
Fur mh ! the sureit way to Ooi
In up the louclv Btrcaia ut tenri
That How when bending neath Ilia rod,
And fill the tida ot our iat yean i
On laughter' billows heart are toned
On waiei uf tear oo soul is lost.
Flnw on, ye tears ! and bear tne borne)
riow on. ye waves of deeper wool
Flow on, ye teen, that are but foain
Of deeper waves that will not flow I
A little while I reach the bore
Where tear flow not forererniore.
MARTIAL LAW.
Melancholy Picture of Its Workings
in bouth Uaroana.
ntcresting and Instructive Analysis of
the Negro Vote in the Counties
which are Proscribed.
How the Arrest, by Imlreale are Made
rut louraclllll Ilia I'lttr.'" Intcuae
Indignation Among tlie H.iullirrn PeiH.
pie Curloua ay tu 1 uitlvale l.oaliy.
Union viLi.i!, S. C, Nov. 7, 1871.
In my luxt letter I promiwj to
sliow, 1'rum llio tifliiinl lltirt-n, to
w luil exlrlit 111 c inliiiiidtitioii (ifiu-ro
volcri IniJ liceii cnrtiej on in thin
Rci'linn of the Stato. One of the
t lmi'troe ni;iiii)M tlio wliilo poojilu und
I lie Ku Klux (iraniziilioii in limt t lie
negroes uro whipped, hIioI, Iiiiii or
lliivateni'tl with Uiilily injury to keep
them from volinjr llio Kitditnl liekut.
Ilelow you will timl a tulilo of tlio
votes of WH ttiid 1870, and llio lut
cctistii., rliowin tlio total niiinlicrol
voter in ilia nix coiinlie imitioil. in
nil of wliicli the writ of habeas corpus
litis been suspenJed :
Uff TH K MKO'IO VUTKIta AHK IMriMIIUTKD.
' iVuleof iHift. Voie of Is7u.
CvMnfiV.
r.vji
I Otm
hrp.
Fairfield
Chentcr
York
I'nion
Spartanburg
Liuirena
l.mn 1.19-i 2,ni.i i.M7
l.fir.il i.tny J.jiiu i.s.'.s
l.ii:i S,ni:; J.I7.I 1,777
i,7n; i.Mo
6".V l.wi;,' l.4"J l.K.'ll
Midi I J.nlJ l.lini!
Tutul rcpiiMican mte in IsiH
Total republican vote in INTO
... 7,.li
...M,K2
I'enr in mind llmt I nm meruly
cupying tlio ollleinl rclurrm its prinleil
by llio Radical Sttito government of
Si in t li Carolina. Ntilite that llio in
timidated Hi publicum, ttenrly dmibled
llicir vines. Nuw leU us mo liow it
wiih with llio Democnicy :
Total Detnocralio role in llt 10,?U0
Total Detmicratic vote In 1370 V.D'JI
You will thtm perceive Ibatin tlieae.
nix rebcllioiiH uud itiKtiti ciliiniiiry
con ii lie llio Radical vo'.o increased
0,207, wliilo Um Deinncrtitif; vulo do
creitM'iI SUO. Hut 1 nm not done yol.
Read llio following litircn cuielully :
Combined Republican and Drmoeratle vote
in 1;0 , J1,tdH
Total number of voters in aame oountira X.t.VOi
More vutea than there were voters , 91
When tlio figures uro unulyxod the
exhibit i far more Kturtling. Colonel
McKiKHiek, llio I'oinoernlio cmididuto
for CongroaH, who was defcutod, iio
coriJini' to tlio relnrna, by A. S. Will-
laeo, uud who is ctinlcatinir the aoal of
tbut inuiviutiitl, bus t'olleoleil eviilenco
to nIiow (ibut VVulluco received the
following number of wbito voles in
the counties named : In FuirhVId, 15;
in Chester, 25; in Yolk, 110; in
Spuitaiiburg, 100; in Union, 20, und
in Luurena, 20, making n total nl 200
white voters. Deduct 290 from 14,.
102 uud ws find thill Wallueo received
18.M2 negro votes. Now, tbero nro
only 1 2,07 J negro voters in then six
.ounlies, und 1150 of ibeui voted for
IVit-Kianiek. Itl'ol(iws, thcreloie, tlwil
11,721 negroes caxt l.),t12 votes. II
Ibis is uol iuliinidulion with u von
geunco I don't know whul is. Tlio
exhibit in some of tlio counties Is do.
cldedly rich. For inntiiiiee
Total number of voles In Fairfield enmity.,,. M71
Tutiil number of rote, cast iu r'airtleld county
In lt.70 3.7VO
Excess of Totes over th. aumber of voter. 61V
Hero is number sitmplo :
Tutil number of rotera In Chcetereounty.... S.lrtfl
Total numer of votes cast iu 1 S70 4,Ot7
Exceaa of votea over the number of voters. 201
lint tlio biggest fraud of nil was in
Lauren eouiily, wlieiu lliu iiititnidii
led blacks succeeded in perform ing
llio follow ing (eat
Total number l voters In Lauren, oounty... 4,170
Total number ofrotci east iu IS70, ...... 4.WHN
Excess of rutea over the number of viitera 818
It cannot bo charged that tbero
wus any Ira ml on llio sido of the no
mocracy, beeiiupo llio gain is entirely
on the liadicul sido. Tho tbreo cum
lies I Iihvo quoted contain 4,515 wltilu
rulers, win cast only 4,471 votes
thai is, taking jl for grunted that not
mo negro in these counties voted with
tho Itamucrucy. Tho fact is, however,
llu.t til imit ono liuniliod vplcd with
them in ruitfleld county, about fifty
In ClicHtcr nod about tho same iiiiui
ber in Lnurcna ; so Unit, deducting
these 200, wo bavo 4,271 wliilo vole
... .... ..c i r.tn
t,u ,ur mo iii-tnnt'rmy .nil "I l,oi'i
. ,,,.. ,,., ..... lnl,rino llial
"""" ? "" " ' . , ' '" "
llio lfjidiud got the lesidiloj all I liny
got i
J.
in the iiir.ee pwunea wu uuuui,
vole.
TIIX OTIIEf, BANNED COUNT;F.
. . . . ,cnfJcJ Bnillyl
PRINCIPLESi
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
for tho nurlioso of fully sutisfvlnif
every poron thul tho chargo of In
limiilulion is utterly falpo. If you
doubt tho correclttens of my figures
examine the ''Tribuno Alumnae" of
1871, und ceo tho vote of South Caro
lina lor Governor und Congressman
in llio con ii lie named. I hnvo omit
ted uny monlinn of llio other throe
counties under tho ban, becuiiNe I was
unable to procure llio cuiinu roturns
nf tho number ul voters in those conn,
ties. Do not think, however, that
llioro wus any intimidation lliuro.
Hero nro the figures
Voto In isfis.
- ltep. Dm.
Chrtterfield 7:'0 i;0
l.ancaater. SI2 Old
Newberry. .I.IM H
It.publiean vote iu 1MI4 .
Kipubltcua voto in 1071'
InercaH of republican rule.. 3,203
NO INTIMIDATION.
Tho fact is hero evident llmt neither
tho Ka Klux nor anybody cUe Inliiul.
dutcd tho Ritdicul volers in these "in
surrectionary" counties. It was well
known lo tho whilo '.hst uny nttompl
nt intimidulion would bo utterly futile.
Und the I'euiocrat any part in tho
counting of the voles there would bo
somu boiiko in trying to frighten
voters, liul- they nro n nobody in
tho Slate. All tho (election Commis
sioners are rtprointcd by the Governor,
and every mother's son of them was a
Uaiiical. llio returns show that v-niss
frauds were perpelratod by the Radi
cal. In Spurlanbiirg county (which
you will perceive was curried by llio
Democracy) tin uttempt was made to
put tho Ilcinticrntic candidates for thti
few offices slill elective in tho minori
ty, by throwing out a sufficient num
ber of precincts heavily Democratic.
J ho rogues wero cuugbt uud their
niMCiillv iiUeiniil tlcfealcd. W. II.
Fleming, the Trial Justice, of wIioho
exploit 1 have written you, was ono
ol tho Ivleclion Cointiiixxiuncrs. V lien
rebuked lor bis ruHculily ho replied
that ho had been instructed by the
.State ennvasters at Coliiinhia lo return
the Radical candidate nl nil liaxard.
I do not mean to in-iniiiitu that tho
frauds in Chester, Fairfield and Lau
reus counties wero perpetrated by the
Comminsioners, for there wus not tho
sligbicHt iieecsMty fur perjielratiiig
them White males, in South Carolina,
must be twenty one years of ago be
fore they nro allowed to voto, but
malo negroes, from (il'leen years up
wards, enjoy thu privilege of voting,
und if in llio exuberance of their pa
iriotixm some of them voto two or
tbreo times each, why, then, repent
ing only helps to "tnuke rebel behave
theineelvcs. I trust that your read
ers nio now thoroughly satisfied us to
tho extent of llio intimidation of Radi
cal voters in this section of South
Carolinu. Thu wilful lio uttered
against tho whiles in Ibis regard is
nailed and clinched by the official
figures given by tho Radicals. Visit
thoso counties, not as n political ud
venturer, not us federal office holder
visit them in your private capacity,
imbued wild a just and impartial
spirit, and it will be as city lor you
to aeo how wilfully lied about they
have been in oilier regal d as it has
ll...,n (..a P.lrt Irt III l.-.t I hit HlMlt-ft llt.sd
been for mo to lake the figures and
prove, beyond contradiction, that tho
negro volers have not been intimated
W HATUAVETIlk KU KI.LR ITS STItENOIII.
In none of my letters hnvo I ven
tured lo even ((iiosliitn thu existence
of a Ku Klux oigauizalion. Thai
tbero is or bus been such a thing is
"us plain us a pikestaff." That this
orguiiizatoin, or men supposed to be
long to it, have perpetrated some
wanton and diabolical outrages; thai
somu negroes bavo been brutally
trealed lor no other apparent reason
ihau the fact of their being ItudicaU
uro unquestionably truo. I only as
sert thai evidence bus boon laid before
Hie, since my arrival hero, which
proves that where one man was beaten
because of bis political six wero pun
islied becauae of ibeir Cl inics. Iu this
connection it is interesting to know
what was the original cause of the
sudden increase in the strength of the
Ku Klux in tbeso counties. Some
lilteon or eighteen months ago two
trial justices of Sparlunhurg county
one tho man Fleming I hnvo referred
to before, the other a man named
Walker, a notorious character, who
has twico been before tho courts for
stealing colfon went lo tho farm ol
a man named McCartney (I think
that is tho name), living some fifteen
miles from the town ol Spaitiiiiburg,
and arrested him on somu frivolous
charge. McCartney was n man tigod
about fifty years, and in bad health,
having consumption, flu In proUibly
tlead now, us he was dying when I
kit Spnrliiiihurg this morning. Flem
ing and Walker, on horseback, con
ducted their unfortunate prisoner,
who was on fool, towards tho town
for a short distance, when they turned
him over to mob of about thirty
drunken negroes, all armed with in
fantry rillcs. iiikI ordered them lo
take him to Spartanburg. No sooner
was McCartney in their possession
than tho wretches begun to torture
him. They Hist cuffed him about and
l hey then ordered him, on pain of
deulh if ho refused, lo "double quick"
it into town. Knowing that bis life
depended upon his obeying them the
illlaled consumptive ran until the
breath left hint and ho fell fninling on
tho road. On reviving ho found that
the torturers wrro still obdurate Tho
pitiless brutes lorced him to riso and
resiimo tho trot, und. amid the yellii g
uud laughter of the drunken mob, bo
run on until rescued by boiiio deter
mined white mon. AVlutn 4io reached
Spartanburg bo told his story. Flem
ing and Wulkorknew who the npgrots
were, but they moved not n bund lo
punish them, and not no of tho
wretches wus even arrested. A cry ol
indignation rang through ibe county.
McCartney was an Inoffensive man,
pbj sically incupublo of Injuring any
ono. From Unit day Ku Klux out
rages beciimo Humorous and the 'dens'
increased jn number. Fancy a gang
of neuroes treating a white man in
Now Yoik a AlcC'iiftney was treated.
What then f
MORE AllRESTS ON TUB TAPIS.
Jlerf, In Union County, vry wbito
Vote in 1871).
Hep. Drtn.
114 j 1,0'JU
l.n.,7 rift
I.VIS 1,145
I.TM
i,ui;
NOT MEN.
man pursons bavo left und more ui
loavikg every day. Lut niirlit
proiifneiil nfflciul fnnirhingly advised
mo t4 stay here (in Unioiivillo) for a
lew (lays und I would see so mo fun
I prdaiimo, therefore, that more ur
reals V III shortly bo made. Thero
muy Js fun in thorn, but 1 cannot see
It. Svo companies of infantry ur
riecd4hero yesterday, and Captain
Thompson, of tho t-uvalrr. has been
relievtd from duly us commiimlant of
mo pwt. Jlo hud made many friends
brio, turning the whiles, by his impur
tial conduct. Thoo changes tiro in.
dicutiona that another raid (wholesale
arrests tire called "raids" herel is in
tendol. What wills urrests und the
vi.lunti.ry tie part n res tho county will
bo ruined fur yeurs to como.
80.V.tj SINdll.Aa bTOIHES.
Soino singduf stories are afloat con
cerning tho manner in which eviilenco
i ohlainml on which lo niiiko uncts
Von bavo tloiibiU.Hs been told that the
exposure of llio Ku Klux organisation
was duo lo government spies. 'This
is truo ; but tlio ividenco on which
its members wero arrest ml for specific
olloiisus wus not obi ai nod from wliilo
spies. It i asserted llmt men's ser
vants wore set to wuteh them, und
thus u most iiiliiinnus system of espion
ngo was established. A Her these ser
vants had inudo their reports secretly
wairanis woro issued and 1 heir em
ployers wero luken into custody.
The negroes wero then ostensibly ar
rested as witnesses. In oilier esses
tho "chiefs" of "dons," who belongod
to the lowest classes ignorant men
who tan neither reud nor write were
persuaded into conlessing und reveal
ing tho names of their uociutes and
of tho belter class belonging to thu or
guniKulion, first receiving tho ussu
ranee of either a pardon outright or a
nominal punishment. Very many,
after the first arrests were made,
cutno in voluntarily und gavo llicni
selves up us prisoners. At first every
ono claimed lliat he joined the organi
Zillion hr sell' protect ion, and denied
thai there was unj thing political in it ;
subsequently mid suddenly they began
10 tell somu alarming tales, und whin
nigly declare that the educated classes
had forced them by tlueats into the
organization und then inado tools ol
them. Such are tho stories told. Ol
course, tho officials deny I hem abso
lately or in purl, hut could these gen
tlemen do anything olso if even the
stories were true t
BETWEEN TWO EVILS.
Tho suppression of tho Ku Klux or
ganization is tin event not to bo re
gretted. While it owed its origin to
tho maladministration ol llio Slate
Official., it 1. nnoloubtodty ro.pnn.iblv
lor many atrocious outrage. Could
11 htivohoon possiblo to have confined
it to Us original mission it would have
g really benefited South Curoliiiu. In
two ur three of tho counties its bold
und deicrniined, though utterly lawless
action ugiiiust criminals compelled
Ciovornor Scott to remove some ol the
scoundrelly officials ho had previously
foisted upon tlio people, ami appoint
j , , .HJiHm , lMU n ,. m,ilm
i . I . . .
honest und impartial men. Its equally
averted li bloody struggle between the
whites and blacks. I Ins much is said
iu favor of the Ku Klux without any
feeling or jot of sympathy for ihc.ni
The famous Vigilance Committee of
San Francisco wus tin equally lawless
coiidiiiialioii of men, but who will
deny that il beiicliied California Im
met sely ? Unfortunately tbero were
elements among thu Ku Klux which
look advantage of its existence to
graiify their om piivato uuiniosities,
and they killed and shot men at will
and pleasure. Had il been left undis
tuilicd lor twelve months longer il
would l.ave probably become intolera
ble lo every honest mini; then the
belter classes would hnvo risen and
crushed it. Whether it would not
bare been best to bavo let the Ktl
Klux run their course until society
stifled uud crushed them to deuth by
llio mero force nf opinion is a question
I shall not discuss. Certainly, tho
United Slates would have li-un benefit
ed by such a conrso; for I tell you in
all seriousness, believing that I write
the solemn truth, that tho wholesale
vjrresls making in theso counties, tho
almost Russian despotism inaugurated
in this Stale and tho knowledge that
tho present movement plaous iboni
more utterly in the power nf ignorant
negtoes und thieving political adven
turer aro filling llio hearts of tho
wliilo people o! Somh Carolina wilh a
bitter, reb-nlless hatred of tho govern
ment itself, more fatal to Iho Union
than all i lin Ku Klux dens ever orga
nized could possibly bavo been.
ArceetsbvWhole.il. anil Haw They are MeSe-
Uim,ce...ry Seventy ef lb. Military -A Orowinj
ftentiment ef Disloyally.
ClIKSTKHVILI.K.S. C, Nov. f, 1X71.
When I went to bed in Unionvlllo
on Tuesday niglit I had not iho re
motest idea that the grand raid upon
the citizens of Iho town would lako
placo on Wednesday morning. Thoro
being no slago coaches to and from
points between tiio railroad line, I
bad depended upon my ability to hire
a private vehicle to take mo aero
the country to Chcstervillo. It was,
however, impossible to procure any
thing, notwithstanding my assurance
f'l nil parlies approached that "money
isn't any consideration." 1 therefore
rosignod myself lo llio necessity of
reaching a point fliily Ihirty miles
distant, by Inking a circuitous railroad
inula of hourly one hundred and fifty
miles that is, go down lo Columbia,
I hen up to this place.
ritniNO in unionvili.".
As 1 had obtained all the informa
tion in Unioiivillo which 1 needed, I
iletoriiiini d to leave on the morning
train. Tho town was very qulel tin
ting tho night. Conversing wilh tlio
citisens, il wus easy to soo ihul every
man was in a stalo of anxiety over
coming events. All felt assurred thai
another batch of nrresis wero aboqt
in be made, but no ono liuil the slight
est idea who wus lo ho iirrestud. Un
tlio previous niiibl (Monday), while ut
I una niudu nersomillv
I . . " ... .. . ., .. t.. ...l, I.. I,
REPUBLICAN,
13, 1871.
NEW
od to inako some more prisonors. I
-aiiiiov unuorsinnu why Jlnjor John
son makes uny arrests at niirlit.
"It is not tho moro possibility of
..... uiuiS nnesioai timl makes us
anxious," said a citizen to mo; "it is
Iho uncertainty us to what wo may bo
urrestrd lor. Some negro may elinrgo
mo witli murder; ho may sweur, fbr
instance, that 1 was ono of tbo per
sons who lynched thu murderer, of
Mat. Slovens. Thoro is no tolling, in
luet, what hatred and malnvolenco
may not allege against mo It is no
secret to us thai our servant have
been cm ployed us spies upon us
Hence ono unguarded expression in
tho midst of our I'uinily may bo made,
through mnlii i,i i.ejrrn, thai Inalrii.
nient of our imprisonment."
TDK KOADd PICKETED.
This morning I nroso ut nn early
hour, and, on going down stairs, learn
ed that something important was on
the lapis. At dayligbi it was uscer
laitied that the road lending into the
town were picketed by u Ibrco of sol
diers, and that no persons woro al
lowed to leave or to outer. This mili
Inry measiiro wus curried oul with
needless severity. Two carriages con
taining Indies en rotife for iho fair at
Columbia woro stopped at iho picket
lino and turned buck, uud ibeir lair
occupants debarred llio pleasure ol
the nip. I have no idea that cither
Mi'rshal Johnson or the military com
maiidaul intended carrying llio mut
ter so far, but tho effect is very bud
indeed.
TtlK ARREST AN UNPLEASANT SPECTA
CLE. On tnkiug break last and walking lo
Iho porch, almost tho first person I
met wus Major Johnson, who had just
un it ed on I he down train. Ho wus
engaged in conversation with a lieu
tenant Iho commander of a forco ot
some twenty or thirty infantry, which
was drawn up in line ol buttle in fioni
of llio hotel. The fir-l person urreslcd
was Mr. Hughes, proprietor of the
hotel. His arrest was decidedly sum
mary. Deputy Marshal .Sherman sim
ply called him out bf the hotel, tupped
hi in on thu shoulder and ordered him
lo lake up a position in the midst of
the soldiers 1 supposo.lliat Sherman
bad a warrant fur hit urrest, but bo
exhibited nono und I saw none. All
that I saw was u piece of paper in bis
hand containing n list of names, evi
diinlly of the men to be arrested.
The arrest of Hughes was followed
by the urrest of quite a respee'ublo
looking young man, and the soldiers
then stalled lor the depot with their
Iwo prisoners. Beforo lliey had gone
ono hundred yards Sherman whisper
ed a few words lo the lieutenant, alter
cotisiilliiig his black list, and tl squad
uf four soldiers wus told off and start
ed oil iu another direction with him
Presently another squad was told off
and another; all ol which bad been
sent to mnko arrests. Probably four
or live squads Was scouring thu town
at one time.
A PAINFUL SPECTACLE.
These wero tho first arrests I had
witnessed. Hit violenco was offered
tho prisoners by the marshals or sol
diers, neither wero they snhjeelcd to
iiitills ol uny kind. Jsevcrllu less tlio
spotiaclo wa a most pninlul one.
.Military arrest, summarily executed
in a lime of profound pence, shock
nuu's idea of civil liberty und reptlbli
cau irovcrumcnl. Tlio citizens who
looked on gavo no expression lo their
feeling, unless they did so in whispers
Not u largo number wero on the
streets, bin such us wero congregated
in small croups on tho sidewalks und
conversed in a low tone. Thai lin y
wero indignant was evident in spilo
of llioir pussivo behavior. I' lushed
countenance, hitler flashing glance
and fii-inly compressed lips, told, ill
planter language Hum won!, wnal wotliil never liuvs oecomu overnear
the popular sentiment was. Tho no iogly insolent bud ho not been taught
grot's were silent and orderly, though to believe that "thu Yankee" (mean
now and then ono of Ihetn nudged a ing Iho peoplo of the North) would
companion wilh nn uir ot intense gruli
licatiou, as il the urrest ol while mon
was flr Ibeir speciul benefit and polili
cut advancement. And I have no
doubt they believed such to bo the
cuso Altogether I trust never again
to witness a similar scene. Had it
boon one of violence and bloodshed
the cll'cct would have been loss pain
ful il even tilled w ith graver conso-
qnencus. ilul llio siinmissivu aiitiuiio
of tho peoplo, tho pale, thoughtful
countenances of tlio prioiiors,lho war
lilio exhibition mndo oy tho govern
ment, seem us a page taken out of
thu history of liussiaii despotism in
Poland, or Riilish violence in Ireland,
or Austrian tyranny in Italy.
CM AIKIE AOAINST THE PRISONERS.
When tho train moved off the
sqiinds of soldier wero slill scouring
the town, and from the list in the
deputy niaralials' hand I suppose thul
man urrests w ore inaoo. i im
wero nriued with loaded rilles. They
wero loaded in my presence. When
the prisoners reached the depot stinli
nels wero placed around ihoiu, and no
person was allowed to approach or
speak lo lliem. Two til' I hive clilZens
your correspondent among them
wero rudely slinveil duck ny oou oi
thu soldiers a grulf, brtilal-lookiug
,.,,w and ordered to keep away.
I understand Unit all tho prisoners
aro charged with complicily in tho
lynching of iho negro militiamen who
murdered tho w hile one armed man
named Malt Steven. Il i, of course,
impossible for me to form any opinion
concerning their guilt or jonoconeo ;
hut ns llio lynching was tho result ol
.in ungovernable popular excitement
il is uol impossible that three-fourths
of Iho ci I zens ol llio town will oo put
into prison on suspicion of being con
cerued in that lamentable affair.
Oradud Depopulation of Iba Binned Cenlle,-.TS.
While Men Losing nope i ne n.ee. '--Outrsgea.
Cm ester viLi.r.,.S.C , Nov. 10, 1871.
"Our young tuau tiro gelling very
bitter, sir, said llio oll gentleman t
mn In n b rcr. "II Un thing am i
slopped beforo I ng I am afraid thero
will ho bloodshed. Ilul, for Ood'
sake, dout wriu that I (ay il."
Who Ibis obi man was und where
In. a, ill)
tins I shall not mention, nut
TERMS $2 per annum, in Advance.
SERIES - V0U2.N0. 40.
. vork,
bavo no idea of tho condition of affairs
hero. Hitherto thu lower class hntrn
boon tho proy; now tho educated and
intelligent citizen uro tho victims.
ARREST OF COLONEL M'kISSICK.
Yoslerday I telegraphed you that
among the twonty-ono persons urrost
ed in Unioiivillo on Wednesday was
Colonel Istitio IC. McK Bsick. This is
Ihc most Important urrest yet nitido,
tho prisoner being a lawyer of dis
lincliuii and influuuco iu Ibis part ol
South Carolina. Ho was tho Demo
cralio candidato for Congress in this
district lust your and was returned i.s
def'euted by the Stato Cunvusser. Hi
opponnt, one A.S. Wallace, now holds
a soul in Congress, und to tho direct
agency of this man la utlributed the
present condition of n Hairs in South
Carolina. In my lust letter from Un
ioiiville I explained how atrocious hud
been tho Helical frauds ut the lust
election, und il was onliioly owing to
tbeso frauds thai Wallace roceivoJan
apparent inujoriiy of the voles cast.
McKinsjck is now a contestant for his
seal , und lor months past has been col
lecting evidence to lay before the Com.
millee on Con touted Seals His arrest
his astonished everybody, as ho is
genorally regarded us conservative,
almost to timidity, uud us the last man
likely lo belong lo tho Ku Klux or
ganizalion. It does seem singular
that u good lawyer, such as be is should
become a member of u seurot society
banned by the law. Among the whites
tho impression is general that A. S.
Wulluco engineered tho arrest for the
purpose of gelling rid of him as aeon
leslunt for the scut he now holds.
DESTIKiyiNO TDK WHITE POPULATION.
Unioiivillo is ulmost depopulated of
its white men. A largo number ol
arrests have been mndo, and an equal
ly largo number bavo voluntarily left
the place rather than run the risk ot
being thrown into prison. Tho village
does not contain more than thirteen
hundred inhabitants, nearly one half
of whom are iiegrnos : hence il is eusy
lo see how the nbenco of one hundred
while men cun injure, it. In ull cases
llio white women und children have
been left ut homo. In the lown they
uro well protected by tho presence of
tho United Slate soldiers, so that if
they suffer ii must bo from want or
mental uuxiely. In tho country,
however, Iho situation is very grave.
Many men have either left or been
imprisoned and their families ure on
their plantations without any while
protectors whatever. The increased
arrogance und insolence of the negroes,
of which I have been n witness my
self, has given lisc to u feeling of deep
unxiety tor ibeso protectories white
women and children. In some I oca I i
ties there is not a wliilo man to be
found fin- miles nrotind, while on every
plantation aro dozens of negroes, their
minds filled with llio notion thul tho
United States government is einh
lisbed for their special benefit anil that
they can do us they please with itti
punily. Ladies on theso plantations
aro now compelled to submit towhut
ever insolence their servants may give
Ilium. Ono lady uss'trcd me tbut she
bad found it neuessary lo stifle pride
und assume an air of tlio deepest re
spent and courtesy, nol to say rever
ence, to every negro on her plantation,
and when sbo goes to bed at night il
is with the iilmosi terror.
INSOLENCE 01' THE NEGROES.
Ono fact concerning tho negro is
that ho is a thorough coward nt heart
and u perfect hypocrite. Until Con
grcss uiado him a voter ho was quiet,
submissive and civil, and nobody ever
thought of disturbing him because he
was free. After bo wa given the vote
and carpot-baggors and scalawags bo
I gan filling bis head with ridiculous
notions of equably ho tdmnged com
plelely, and "put on airs." Hut ho
I hcip him to koop tho Southern white
'man under mm, ami tutu not me wnoie
course of the Radical parly and the
government teoued to conlirni mat
belief. Arm him wilh a rifle and bo
become unbearably insolent. Let him
feel that iheru aro Northern wliilo
men or federal soldiers nl bis back and
hu will hesitate al nothing lo exasper
ate his former inustur. Tho lowest
nod most ignorant of while men are
proud of their raco, no matter what
iiltle pride their race may feel in llioin,
and all consider themselves inuneus.
tirubly superior to iho besl educated
negro thai ever existed. They will
resent any assumption of equality by
a black man, and w-hun tbut blneb mini
add to what they regard a audacity
by downright insolence they ure likely
enough tu thrash him soundly. Tbut
they have done Ibis in disguise nod
not openly is, I think, duo entirely lo
the fact Ihut tho Stalo government
was w holly in tlio hands of men elect
od by and sympathizing with the no
gro, und ibeso would cerluinly eend
him to tho penitentiary if he ve iled
bis anger publicly. In most of the
ensus in which negroe have been
whipped, wliilo men belonging to Ibis
class buve been lliu perpetrators, and
I have no doubt thul in very many of
them tho cause was found iu iho indis
creet or impudent language of the vie
thus. Tho assertion thai these whip
ping were designed lo inliinida'o und
keep Hum from voling is, to use an
expressive though inelegant phrase,
'loo thin." Heforo the lust election
iu South Curoliiiu tho Radical press
Ihroiighout iho country teemed with
uccountsof Ktl Klux oiitraircs, and in
every case reported jl was declared
thai the object sought wus tlio intim
idation of vulur. Governor Scoll bo
caino alarmed lest the "reform'' ticket,
w hich was headed by a conservative
Republican, would bo elected over the
regular ticket beaded by himself, und
adopted measures lo assure success.
IIm iirmod mill eniiimieil n hn-tra Itn-t-i
of militia, compose), exclusively nf I
iieirrnes, refusing lo accept a sinclo ;
white company. Before llio election
took plane the insolence of theso no
gro soldiers had precipitated nconflitt
with tho whites. In llio encounters
which look place they wero always
tbrashod. A bloody wsrof race was
imminent, wbon Scott, who had bo.
come thoroughly alurmod, withdrew
tho militia. Meantime tho cry of In,
timidation of volers went on to the
very dsy of election. Whether tho
negroes were intimidntod I expluioiq
my analysis of iho voto cus(, iu llipinj
''insurrectionary" countio. ,
BADIOAL PARTISAN UALIONITT.
Kelyinj upon tho support of th
government iho negroes run to federal
civil und military officers with com
pluintsin any number. If begot into,
a quarrel with a wbito man and was,
beuton ho liurrjod tu report a Ku Kluaj
outrage; if he was threatened with
violuncu bo yvus ofT lp make a com
plaint. Trivialities which no justice,
of tho poaoo in tlie Jvjorth would no
lice wero gravely listened to by par
tisan iifijciuls and uiado tho burden of
long-ivindid official reports. Ful
faith wus placed in bis ex parte state
ments. Only this duy a negro rushed
into tho presence of a federal official,
with whom 1 was conversing, com
plaining that hi employer a planter
living twelvo miles from Chestemllo
hud swindled him out of tho fVuits
of Ids labor by not giving him his
rightful sbuio of the crop. Upon Iho
mero statement pf tho negro iho offi
cial in question, decided thai ho had
been sw indled. There was no reser
cation of opinion until tho oilier sido
of llio cuso wus hoard. I su evented
the injustice of llio ibiug. "Why not
wail until yon boar w bat tho employer
tins "lo say T" "Of courso bo would
liaro a siory all ready to tell mo,"
wus the reply. No explanations will
ever satisfy this individual that tho
nogro lied. Full of prejudice uguinsl
tho Southern whites hu will not be
lievo anything thry say. It is ibis
blind partisan halo which has enabled.
Iho press to record an enormous num
ber of outrages. When tho Ku Klnx;
Commilleo of Congress wus iu this
purl of the Slate it receive. J tho ex
parte ctulcmenls of hundreds of no.
grous, and left it tu the soliuiry Demo
cratic member (Mr. Van Trump) lo
ascertain whether or not they wero
true. UI bourse ono man could not
perform thu work, and thus hundreds
of outrages were reported to Congress,
many of which hud no existence. A
you uro probably aware, tho witnesses
belore the cominitleo wero paid 8
per duy for their attendance As
soon as the fuel of suuh payment was
mndo public tho commilleo was abso
lutely besieged with negro witnesses,
At Spartanburg the jam wa abso.
lutely tremendous, and "in less than
no timo" a record of 5U0 outrages
which had been perpetrated within
four months was obtained. I have
not tho slightest idea that there wero
1j0 bona Ji'le outrages porpetratod by
iho lvu Klux within that space of
timo. Uuuiioslinuuhly tho federal
illicial hero will deny theso things,
hut the men who will unhosilatinglv
declare a while gentleman guilty of
theft because u negro says lie is, and
without beuring what ho has lo say,
are not tho men in whoso denial much
reliance can bo placed.
NEOKOr.8 "DENOUNCING" WI1ITE MEN.
In Chester county I hear tlio same
complaints against Ciovernor Scott,
the same story of corruption and tno
sumo reports of outrages by the Ku-
Klux as I have lound elsewhere. I p
lo the present lime uu arrest hnvo
been mndo, but I understand that the
woik of Uking prisoner will bcgiu
in u few day, probubly on Monday,
.No sooner had the arrests in join
county begun than u paiiio broke out
beio. Iletweeu forty und filly resi
dents of this village left und went
elsewhere, declaring tbut they would
not remain and rik acres'. Quito it
number of planters also went into
voluntary exile, which liict is spoken
of by '.lie nllicials us unimpeachable
evidence of their guilt. 'J'bo names
of men to bo arrested have ull been
obtained. For week past four negroes
of this village are known lb hnvo
boon actively et gaged in duiiounoing
white men lo the authorities. The
chief of theso informers is a notorious
negro named Hen Michael, w ho holds
the position ol a free school commis
sioner. Ho bears the reputation of
lienor one of iho most dangerous black
scoundrels it) the State. Tbreo dis
tinct attempts have been made to
burn lliu lown of CJicslcrvilic, which
contain more whites than negroes,
uud in each attempt Michael has been
something more than suspected of bo
ing the leader of llio incendiaries. He
has, besides, been cunsjiicuous for hi
efforts lo stir up sin lo among the
negroes ,iml whiles, und is un exceed
ingly insolent lellovy. Tho next in
former is a negro nauied Major thosyii.
Ol Ibis man I need not say nnyj,hing
moro excepting that ho wus convicted
ol rape iu this lown and sentenced lo
tho penitentiary, and that Governor
Scott pardoned him Tho other two
informers aro named Tube. Leo uu(t
Georgo Mills, bull) worthless cburao
Icis uud excessively insolent iu their
manner. All ol linsi) negroes were
unco slaves, uud all nro influential
among men of their own color. It i
not unlikely thai dozens of while
men will be arrested upon their state
ment. Those of lUu citizens who
have remained hero uro calmly await
ing whatever fate may be in store for
ll,oiii . Almost every mao has made
up his mind tbut ho wtJJ bo urrosied;
hence if bo is not tho disappointment
w ill be an agreeable one.
INSTANCES OF MALADMINISTRATION.
The records of lliis oounty abounds
in cases showing the prostitution of
juslieo by and inaliHIininisiraiioii oi
Governor Scotl. Uoo oi nm inoi no
lorious case is that of a white Radi
cal mimed McMillan, who wus con
victed by a Radical jury of stealing
cotton (the principal kind of theft in
this county). Belore sentence wus
passed upuu him Governor Soolt sent
him a pardon. Heaven know this
wu laid enough, but the Governor
actually appointed him a uimmission
if of elections a lew months later, lliu
entrusting the purity ol the ballot box
lo a convicted tbi. f. At tho election
lasl year tbreo negroes Iwo of whom
could neither rend nor write were
elected Cniiniy Commissioner. They
taxed tho people ot Uu county and
disbursed llio mojn-y. Timo passed.
Tiny certainly did lux tho whites, but
what Ihey did with iho money nobody
can loll. A', length the Kit Klnx look
tluir case in hand. An anonymous
toiutniiniculion was sent them, order
ing Ibeui to resign within u certain
number or duy or lliey would bo
lynched. Ono resigned and went lo
New Jersey; a second resigned and
slaveJ at home; thu third refied to
resign audi still inolllco. He lives
...hlici's' oauip. An election
-. nrilered to fill Iho vacancies, anu
resulted in tho success of tho Demo-
emtio candidates, the vote being very
light on boih sitles. Up to the pros
enl hour the Governor has not com
inission.d tho men elected. This
(CONCLUDED ON rOCRTU TAOI )
Pi in. I Hr,
ry, lMw.