The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-08-02

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EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS.
The President to-day appointed as Post.
masters, G. NJ. Hamilton, Of Jacksonville,
Florida; Samuel Wakefield, New iberia,
Louisiana; Albert Towle, PiebriCa Ne
braska, Jas. ID, Treat, ElkonCr, jas, s.
ClRrkson, Des Moines, Iowa,
CABINET MEETING.
AtH Cabinet meeting to-day, II was tie.
cided to tender TO Charles Francis Adams,
of Massachusetts, the appointment Of Ar
bitmtor, on the part Of United States,
10 meet At Geneva, switzerland, with
tlOse OF the other nations, for the settle
ment OF the Alabama claims, as provided
in the treaty Of Washington.
The President to-day appointed Felix
Il Brunot, oi Pittsburgh, Indian COmlnis.
siOner
There il reason 10 believe that there
will soon be settlement Of the differ.
enCcs between Secretary Boutwell, and
Commissioner Pleasonton, which were
fully discussed In the Cabinet meeting To.
day by tho appointment Of j. W. Doug
las, now first Deputy Commissioner 10
succeed Gen. Pleasonton. Several i'm.
pOrMnt decisions Of public business was
also made to-day, which will soon be an
nOunced, and other matters Of routine I
All that required the special attention Of
the President was transacted, The
amount Of the National Bank circulation
issued during July last, under the act Of
July, 18th 1870 was 1881 300, like
amount three r,cent certificates have
been withdrawn from the market and
retired.
THE INDIAN CONVENTION.
Lieutenant Colonel j. W. Davis, com.
mAndlng at Camp Supply, Indian Terri.
tory, under date OF July IA, says: "The
Arapahou nation, except small band un.
der Big Mouth, arc enCamped within 25
miles of this post, on the north fork OF
the Canadian river. The Cheyennes,
with the ArapAhoes Of the plains are en-.
camped IA miles above me, on Wolf
creek. The Kiowas, together with
hundred lodges OF Comanches, are en-.
camped about 100 miles south orme, on
the tributaries Of the .Washite. l shall
endeavor to keep the Cheyennes and Ar
apahoes from contact with the Kiowas
as well as I can with the small force al
my disposal" Lieut.. General Sheridan en-.
dOrses this letter as follows "The Indians
named within have always had such con.
tempt for the cowardly Kiowas, that II
will not be hard to maintain nOn.intcr-
course between them"
THE Ku.KLUX CONTRADICTION FROM
JUDGE VAN TRUMP.
Judge Van Trump, Of the Ku.Klux |
subCOmmitte, authorizes the statement |
that the recently published reports OF the |
results Of the Committees investigation
in South Carolina, is untrue in many es.
.sential particulars, and the perverslon of
the facts In Others Is evidently colored for
the purpose OF producing false impres.
sion, The testimony shows that there
are four counties, Lallrens, Chester, York
and Spartansburg, where acts of violence
have been committed. The testimony
given by negroes was Of the lowest kind
and utterly unworthy Of belief. They
were attracted by the fec OF two dollars
per diem, and in many cases were CYL.
IDENTIFY drilled for the occasion. At Spar.
tansburg numbers Of them were Congrc.
gated In the post office while waiting 10
be called as witnesses, and doubtless
learned lesson, which was afterwards
rehearsed substantially In the same words.
OF the various negroes who pretended TO
have been punished, but one was stripped,
And one white man at Columbia, who,
while claiming TO be n refugee on account
Of terror, was holding IN office there at
the expense OF the State His fictitious
wounds had been healed with that plas.
ter. In the radical statement 1t Is broadly
alleged that ten negroes were taken from
the Jail in Chester and murdered
by an armed band, but tho facts
connected with this transaction are
all intentionally suppressed for effect.
They were as follows: company of %
armed negroes appeared in that neighbor.
hood, and openly announced their inten-
tion 10 shoot the first white man they
should meet. Soon after, a drAyman,
named Stevens, with one arm, who was
universally regarded Ns a worthy and
amiable man, was driving along the
road with barrel Of whisky in
his cart, when he was stopped by
this band Of rtlfflans, and the whisky
demanded. He told them IL was not his
property, but gave them a flask of his own,
and started again. After going short
distance the negroes fired at his cart, and
struck II In several places. A mNn who
had joined Stephens on the road fled for
his life, andhe himself seeing the armed
negroes in pursuit, abandoned the cart
and sought refuge in neighboring cabin.
lie was followed by the wretches, and
against the efforts of the negro woman
whose humble shelter he had sought, and
his own, he was taken out. After draw.
ing lots five Of the gang took him into the
woods, and riddled his body with balls.
The perpetrators Of this outrage were
arrested and put in the Chester Jail, but
before being secured they killed Deputy
Sheriff Smith, who served the process.
Suddenly q negro came from Columbia
with what purported to he a writ Of hdOedS
corpus, from Radical Judge Thomas, at
Columbia, but which was in no proper
form. The Sheriff called into counsel
some OF the leading lawyers, in order to
determine what course to pursue in regard |
to the informal and irregular requisiiion,
which bore no evidence OF genuineness,
and came in m envelope Of the Adams
Express Company. In the meantime the
news spread, and vigilance committee
were reused into indignation, and know.
ing how Governor Scott had pardoned
some Of tho worst ofcriminals by hundreds,
and believing 1t to be a trick TO carry OIL