The New York herald., 1871-09-01

By Vlrtue OF the authority given oy an act or Con-
gress. approved July IA. 1870 entitled "An act to
authorize the relundng OF the national debt"
l hereby give notice that the principal and
accrued interest of the bonds herein below desig-
mated. known as tve-twenty bonds, Will he paid at
the Treasury OF the United States, the city OF
Washington, on or after the first day Of December
next, and that the interest said bonds will cease
on that days that is to say, coupon bonds. known %
the first series, OF February 25 1862 dated May
| /, 1882, numbered as foows:-
| l to 3O699. inclusive, OF $50 each.
to 1852, inclusive, OF 500 each.
l to 40.Ol1, Inclusive, Of $500 each.
to 74,104, Inclusive, OF $1,000 each.
And registered bonds of the same act:-
to sos, inclusive, OF $50 each.
TO 4, l03, inclusive or 800 each.
to 1,S50. inclusive. OF $500 each.
to $500, inclusive. oi 1000 each.
to ,655, inclusive, of 5000 each.
23J6, inclusive, of $4,000 each.
The amount outstanding embraced in the num-
bers, above, Is $1o0,0Jo 900. The coupon bonds
Of the act of February 25 1852 were issued in four
distinct series. The bonds or the first series, en-
bracng those de scrloed above, do not bear the
series designation upon them, while those OF the
second, third and fourth series are distinctly
marked Oh the face of the bonds United states
securities forwarded for redemption should be ad-
dressed to the Loan Division, secreary's office.
J. +. HARTLY, Acting Secreory.
Ecfurn of the Presfden.- Important Cabinet
Meeting PRO, llama ion to Be Issued Deciar-
ing Martin, Law i'm !south Carolina.
The PRESIDENT, accompanied ~ General Porter,
his Private Secretary, arrived quite unexpectedly
this moroing the nature or the business which
brought him here has been matter Of speculation
all day. but has not transpired to the public II is
known this evening that all the melnbers Of the
Cabinet except Governor Boutwell,, wao is absent
from the city have been summon d to meet to- NOR
row and are here or will arrive in the morning
trans. Senator John Scott, chairman Of the JOINT
Congressional COMMITTEE charged with the inves-
tIgalpn ri Southern outrages. arrived here this
morning. The President has been visiting the seva-
raj departments, and 1t s not known generally that
he acid lengthy interview with Senator Scott fact
which your correspondent has been able to ascer-
tain. Tie object OF the Presidents and Senator's
visit here is the same, Mr.. Scott having notified the
IRE dent OF his IN ention to see him at Long Branch
on Southern anairs. On learning the nature OF the
Senator's communication the President advised him
that he would see him at Washington, and sum-
moned his Cabinet to assemble at once
II will he remembered that Senator Scott recently
went TO South Carolina as chairman OF 'sub-coni-
mittee to investigate the condition or affairs the
counties OF York, Chester Spartanbarg and those adj
iacent thereto 1he Character and results OF the ln
vestlgation are known and need not be recapitu-
lated. The terrorism existing in the region referred
to was so great that Senator Scot: telt compelled to
publicly announce that, If any witnesses before
the committee molestei after thev had re-
turned, or If the Outrages continued he Senator
ScotD would feel himself obliged In honor to inform
the President, and urge the enforcement at once
of the most extreme powers given the Executive by
the Ku KlnX law In various places and ways. This
determination was MADE known, and 1t Is owing to
that fact that the subcOm able to obtain
the attendance OF any witnesses at all, and even
with this pledge publicly and solemnly made, many
of the persons VINO were able TO give most import
ant testimony refused to appear. The abject terror
manifested by the majority OF those who did come,
whether white or black, impressed itself strongly
on the Senator's mind as well as Of his colleagues.
Senator Scott regards his promise, repeated under
circumstances OF recognized individual peril,
which he Is bound to urge the fulhlment OF to the
utmost. Since his return home he has been In con-
slant receipt OF letters from the counties OF York and
spartanburg. not only from republican witnesses,
but from democrats of rcspectabuity, who had rer-
sonally pledged themselves to use their influence to
prevent any being moested, and TO do all In
their power to oppose the continuance of the Ku
Klux riotng and outragcs The shrewder
and and more respectable democrats natu-
rally dreal the enforcement OF martial law. It's
proclamat.on was necessarily involved In the
senator's declarations and they so understood it
among the leading citizens who pledged their
influence to the maintenance OF order was promi-
nent lawyer OF spartanburg, formerly Senator and
Governor of the state, who asked the Senator to
withhold his threatened communication TO the Pres
Iden, tor some weeks, pledging to hold meetings
throughout the Congressional district, giving the
people fair notice OF what was involved in their
failure TO obey the laws ana preserve the peace.
II now appears that only few meetings
were so elu; that the Outrages continue to great
an extent formery that the witnesses before the
subcommittee are an especial object OF Ku Klux
hostility as they feared they would be, and the
case that several OF them have been abused and
Others are refugees In Spartanburg and towns where
there are United States garrisons TwO or three
weeks past the Ku Klux have ridden extensively
throughout the district and large number OF
negroes nave been whipped at Greenville. For some
weeks or more past the trial Of eight supposed Ku
Klux has been progressing; one OF them Is said to
be colored. The jury have failed to convict
all but one. The colored prisoner has yet to
be tired. The first jury stood eight for
acquita and four for conviction. Singulariy
enough the first eight were ali democrats
OF an extreme stripe 1t Is very evident from
this experience that the condition Of public sent
ment there is 80 bad that juries will not or are
AFRAID to convict In these cases the evidence was
ample to convict most Of the accused.
In his interview with the Pres dent to-day the
Senator lad the facts above given and many others
before him, urging that the utmost rigors OF the
law be put IN force TO protect the unfortunate
Unionists OF Western South Carolina He gave the
details from his correspondence Of several OF worst
cases. one OF the witnesses IA white man, named
QUINN, VINO Is republican, and was
OF grand jury charged with the
investigation Of KukuXism, has been taken
out OF his house and most brutaly whipped.
Another important Witness coored, barely escaped
with his life and Is now refugee at Spartanburg.
The apprehension prevailing Ia something which
decent people living in the North must utterly fail TO
realize. Senator SCOTT laid before the President let
tsrs race,ved from Colonel Lewis Merrill United