Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-08-02

At the cabinet meeting to-day, it was decided
| to tender to Charles Francis Adams, of Massa
chusetts the appointment of arbitrator, on the
part of the United States, to meet at Geneva
settlement of the Alabama claims, as provided
in the treaty of Washington.
THE PRESIDENT
To-day appointed Felix r. BruDot Pittsburg
Indian commissioner, and there is reason to be-
ieye he will soon settle the differences between
Secretary Boutwell, and Commissioner Pleasan'
ton-which were fully discussed in the cabinet
meeting to-day-by the appointment of j. W
Douglas, now first deputy commissioner, to sue.
coed Gen. Pleasanton.
OTHER CABINET BUSINESS.
Several important decisions in regard to pub
lie business, which will soon be announced, were
also made to-day, and other matters of routine
all that required the special attention of the
president, were transacted.
FINANCIAL.
The amount Of National bank circulation is
sued during July, under the act of July 18th
1870, was 81 ,7S1 300. A like amount of three
per cent certificates were withdrawn from mar.
kCt and retired.
NEW GERMAN MINISTER.
President Grants formal reception of Baron
Won SchlOzer, the new German minister, to-day,
was in these words: "The desire which you ex-
press, on behalf of the emperor of Germany
for both preservation and improvement of the
existing relations between our two countries, is
heartily reciprocated by me. In addition to
the ties arising from the extensive commercial
intercourse and from mutual interest, which, in
common with other countries, bind the United
States with Germany, there is a further bond
between them, from the circumstance that
many of our best citizens are natives of your
country. | welcome you, sir, as minister OF
that country, and will omit nothing which may
contribute toward making your abode here
agreeable. 1t is not to be doubted that you de-
serve my confidence as well as that of the Illus
triOuS sovereign whom you represent.
MINISTER FROM THE NETHERLANDS.
Mr. Henry Westenberg, minister from the
Netherlands, presented his credentials to-day,
and was formally received with the usual
speeches of congratulation and national good
wishes.
INDIAN NEWS.
Lieut.. Col. J. w. Davis, commanding Camp
Supply, |. T., writes, July IA, that the greater
part of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes was
camped near him, and that he shall endeavor TO
keep them from contact with the Kiowas as well
as he can with the small force at his disposal
Gen. Sheridan endorses the letter: "The lndi-
ans named within have always had such con
tempt for the cowardly Kiowas thar it will moi
be hard to maintain non-intercourse between
them"
THE KUKLUX COMMITTEE
Judge Van Trump, of the congressional ku-
klux subcommittee, who returned Saturday
from q tour of investigation in South Carolina
pronounces the recent publication of the results
of their work as untrue, in many cases being
perversiOns of facts, in Others evidently cOlored
| for the purpose of producing partizan and false
impressions. The testimony shows that there
are four counties, .1aurenS, Chester, York and
Spartanburg, where acts of violence have been
committed on both sides. The whites and
blacks are nearly divided in population, and the
| carpet bag rule, by which the negro is forcibly
put over the white man, has produced bad
and even a dangerous state Of feeling. Poor
whites arc mostly aggrieved by the oppression
which is intended to make them the interiors oil
the recent slaves.
Everything has been done to aggravate the
laboring whites, and to outrage the social con-
dtion of their families. On the very eve of the
last election Gov. Scott organized fourteen negro
regiments, and armed them with 7400 Winches
ter rifles and 100000 rounds of fixed ammuni
ton. These regiments were distributed in diff
ferent parts of the stat1, and especially where
their presence would be most likely TO excite
bad blood.
This proceeding was rendered the more often
| sive by the fact that the whites, who had be
come alarmed, were refused the same privilege
to protect themselves. A company which had
| been in existence long before this time was dis
| armed and disbanded by the governor. 1t is in
| proof before this committee that the negroes
disguised as kuklux, committed many outraees
Inc testimony given by the negroes was of the
lowest kind, and utterly unworthy of belief
| They were attracted by the fee of two dollar,
| per diem, and, in many cases, were evidently
drilled for the occasion.
| At Spartansburg, numbers of them congre
| gated in the post office, while waiting to b,
| called as witnesses, and doubtless learned tn,
lesson which was afterward rehearsed, substan
tally in the same words, by various negroes
who pretended to have been punished.
| In radical statements, it is broadly ALLEGED
| that ten negroes were taken from Jail, in Cbes
ter, and murdered by an armed band, but m,
facts connected with this transaction are ali in
tentionally suppressed. They were as follows
A company of some twenty-five armed negroe,
appeared in that neighborhood, and openly an
nouneed their intention to shoot the frs
white man they should meet. Soon after,
drayman named Stevens, with one arm, who
was universally regarded as worthy and ami
able man, was driving along the road with
barrel of whiskey IN his cart. He was stopped
by this band of rufians and the whiskey dc
manded. He told them that it was not hi
property, but gave them flask of his own, an'
started again. After going a short distance tn
negroes fired at his cart and struck it in seyera
| places
A man who Joined Stevens on the road tle'
for his Ifp and bp himSp1f sppino tho armp,