Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-16
WASHINGTON.
THE NEW LOAN.

NEW YORK, July l0.-lmp pOflanl
advices have been received from
Washington on the subject Of the new
loan. According to these statements,
Secretary Boutwell, has ordered the
bank note companies to suspend the
printing OF new bonds, because there
is a sufficient supply to meet any prob.
able subscription in the immediate
future OF such es is already printed.
He SAYS that in view of the limited
subscriptions that are now making he
deems it eXpedient to reduce the ad-
Vertising expenses ss much as posi-
BILE, and at the same time have the
loan properly advertised. he there
fore telegraphed to the advertising
agent from Grafton to suspend all ad-
yertising of loan during July till fur
ther orders. He further states that he
has received a letter from Judge
Richardson, and that il does not give
any indications Of his mission in
EuFOpe being successful. The sub
scriptions to the new loan to-day were
5000.
WHITEWAsHING GRANT.
As some Journals have subjected the
expressions in which Grant announces
the pardon Of Bowen to severe criti-
cism, il is but fair to state that the copy
ofthe pardon furnished to the PreSi-
dent and upon which his comments
were based, contained a material
error. The corrected official copy con-
tains the following phrase "And
whereas, ii is represented that he YVES
innocent of any Intentional violation
of law" The word intentional YVES
omitted In the pardon % published in
the newspapers. Its II 3tOratiOn will
deprive hostile criticisms of nearly all
their force.
A CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN BEFORE
THE KU-KLUX COMMITTEE.
Captain TalliaierO, an officer in the
Confederate army, and at present a
plapter near Macon, Miss, testified
before the Ku-KluX Committee to-day
that within the past year in that cOun-
ty fifteen cOlOred men were killed,
and number whipped; and that
there was an organized band of Ku-
KluX in the county; that he had at
tended three or four meetings of the
organization, although he had never
taken the required oath. The sup
position OF those present was that he
was a member Of the khan, and that
ne had been initiated by Captain
Bond, who can swear in members.
His friends and neighbors all belonged
to the band.
The witness gave the committee de-
tails Of their organization, signs, grips,
etc. On one occasion he went on a
raid with the band, and was present
At the whipping Of several cOlored
men, but after that he did not 60 with
them any more. The object was to
obtain the entire control Of the me-
grOes and make them vote as the
leaders required. No prosecution has
or will be Instituted in that county.
Nobody dare to prosecute. He was a
witness before the grand jury at Ok.
ford, and on his testimony several
members of the Ku-KluX were in
dicted.
A. F. Florence, a colored Justice
Ofthe peace in Chattanooga, Tenn,
also testified. He said that
he was elected to that Office
about a year ago; about three weeks
ago his sister was teaching a cOlOred
school fifteen miles west of Chatta-
nOoga, and on Saturday night while
she Wss there a band Of disguised men
seized and took him to a swamp and
stripped and whipped him, and made
him promise to surrender his Office.
He related several instances where
colored men had been killed. Those
things had produced such fear among
the cOlOred people that they sought
sfuge in the neighbOring towns for
safety, and say they are afraid to vote.
The next witness was Mr.. Bigger,
originally from Ohio. He served in
the Federal army, and after the war
was freedmen's bureau agent, aud
four years ago he settled in Clarendon
county, South Carolina. He opened
a store near Manning, bought land
and was agent for leasing land to col
ored persons, and made advances to
them on crops. He never had any
difficulty with sny one UntilDecember
when he WIS the victim of the Ku.
KluX. A band of disguised men got
a key Of powder, and with it destroyed
Sll his store goods. In March they took
n, 'm and his clerk to swamp, where
fhe V gagged and bound the clerk, and
fhsv threatened 10 kill witness, when
he Sa\ve the Masonic sign of distress.
The Ie 4der recognized the sign and
spared Nis life, but he WIS warned 20
leave in ( Wenty-fOur hOuGs, which he
aid. tOgetl, 'er with his clerk. In the
same county other Republicans have
been driven out since these events,
and colorCd men killed.