The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-05-31

true .n1an and a. lpatriOb,, and the; Evil
Eye nrohably.is notli IT would be n god
aend stQ;; the, RRdieals if Mr., Greeley
should be i1snlted here, and no doubt
Thousands of them heartily Wish that he
maybe! Bit they will sbs sorelJ disap-
poineedLf 20; brfoii saI s'i,i;g::l al
81 e, t-ii44t44.14 I ---44,.+s .,7.srN
. HE KU KLUx COMMITTEE. he re-
paEtJ nlitha pfokaetlings,,,ofn q the Joint
c9mmltteh apppinteiita inquire into the
alleged outgageH; ;at the Snnbh; which lwas
asntont from. hereo hytdegreph on, Fri
daysisl imperfect .iha .irhanyrimportant
,particulaysSandt aonqealsj material facts.
.Hhohare necessary to o perfect under
standing OF the case. .w.!..,. 4,
.s.5aTis vs51eii Is5u;;:ii1 q 81, Iii /.
.etteotsi That the true, objects and intent
with which this joinkcommittee.w was an
pointed Was to ascertaihs byipersonaliex-
ANIMATION and the 1eatimonyof witnesses
taken ,at, nthe gespeotiue: localities. flle
Heua condition. Of 9affaira in the States
LATELY IN 5gRngreQtjon,, and thnt any, rf1-
port to be made to Congress should be
haaede Hpon kanwleffse and, info.ma alton
This afair.ana &ankj @ proposition, ,,, pre-. =.
dicatedL. 7Vpppi the action! sot, Congress,
;Wae !:Hqted down By n,striot party . al.
.Yleiori .twelvas Republicans io,,aayen
Ne4QqralH-iuni etnha:uN Giiil ,.t,S!1..I
Mn Hqqrhees proposed that the, legal
rules .oli eyide4GG which prevail in the
coartsj of otba limited States SHOULD
govern the .eommitteei and sub-comuit-
teeI9lthelr Investigations 4 in ..y3..iI
The Republicans refused, BY. the Same
vote TO be governed iby any .enah rules
i9f!eWaeneaas are pivefeall lyrecogniaed,
but claimed Lbs right to, make their own
.fiegaAetons, aud tQi tske testimony as
they deemed most expedient for party
ii Mr. Van. .Trnmp then offered a,resoln- ,i
'tion daclasinly THAT Herai rumor, and
twhat.is kuownI as heassaY, testimony in
tho e.contts, should he excluded an F'Ts0
j. This, motion Was. defeated,, as the
otherah had been, because; the Radicals
rely entirely upon fabricated reports and
minors to make, up tLaix catalogue ,lof
''outTages' .for political oonsn mption. "
.liThese Illustrations will serve Ito show
the. spirit which hnimates the majority.
after refusal to 60 South, and their ap.
polntmenG OF yommietee 10 sit here and
manufacture Testimony, as vas done last
winter by SUNNI oning Che very rufiahs
and vagabonds who had com dtoittad tha
. only crimes which had dibagured certain
localities-in North Carolina' Hence. Il
Is easy TO foreshad6w' what course this
sub.cpmtnittee will pnrsue; which has
takeni b. recess until the lss' of june.
when; Mr.; ScbtE and his associates: :,RiIl
repent the. 2 diHbred;table Il nSjroosadfnds
which are already embodied 'ius a rep3rt
:. remarkable only for the absAnte or san.
dot. common justice atd trushfdlness..
I .This cftaade against ten millions .bf
I white men tour iHouther1' hrethreI::''
as they are hypoeritically tailed in SOME
Quar- ftersAis prgAnize2 with an n1imns
/. Of hbstiiity, hfd with q design TO. 7nisre-
.pfesent. HENCE. they :: are denied the
.eommonH6les 0f. jhytics,. and are to BE
tried by d july Of partisahs, expressly
packed e convict yash'ngto" lPafEriok
The we'll known electrician. 70. F:;Var-
ley, has suggested the novel theory that
earthquakes may he due TO subterran cal
lightning. He states tibet Just before
the { earth Quake which vas felt in Eng.
4and on. March H. powerful positive our.
:.rents or electricity were rushing toward
: En y, E. gland. .throhSh the two Atlantic ashles
which are broken neaf the heNewfoundlahd
ooast.,f ;,,..,, /! -. :
This is from. lie Iouisville Courier.
;dournal'.A Cincinnati paper says s:the
great valley Of the lower Mississippi was
scooped Quito carry vastly larger bodies
OF water than il bears at present. j
Certainly it was, and Il would have
vastly larger bodies OF ,vater to carrv Il
Cincinnati didn't' poison 60 muoh of 4
and sell it for whiskay. ..-
Eating dates is one way OF eonsu mino
time. n