Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-12-07

|! the greatest relief to the greatest mum
Der. There are many articles no
lproduced at home, such Is medicine'
Icompognds, de-, from which veryAlittiI
revenue is derived, but which entel
into general use. All such articles
recommend to be placed on the fret
list, and should a further reduction
prove advisable, would then recon
mend that it be made upon those ar
ticIes which can bear it without dis
turbing home production or reducing
the wages of American labor. I hav'
not entered into figures beeause to d<
so would be to repeat all thai islaid be
fore you in the report of the Secretary
| of the Treasury. -;
) SALARIES OF CUSTOM OFFICERS
The present laws for collecting reve
nues psy collectors of customs snaf
lsaIafies but provide for shares in al
seizures, which at the principal port
| Of entry particularly raise the cornpeH
lsation Ofthose officials to large sum
Ii has always seemed to me as il thii
IsysteIn must at time work pernicious
ily. 1T holds out an inducetnent TO dis
honest men, should such get possession
of those offices, TO be lax ia their scrut
| my of goods entered, and enable then
finally to make large seizures. You
attention is espectfully invited to thil
b. ae fi9i THE POST OFFICE. i11 q e.
The enlarged receipts of the Pos
Office Department, as shown by the ac
report of the Postmastel
General, exhibits a gratifying increast
in that branch of the public service
Il is the index of; the growth: of edu,a
ton and of the PROSPERITY Uf The peO
pie two elements highly conducive fo
the yigor and stability of republics
With q vast territory like ours, nucho
|it sparseIy populated, but aH requiring
the services of the mail, it is not a
present to be expected that this depart
lnent can be made self sustaining; bui
Ia gradual approach to this end from
year to year is confidently relied upon
and the day is not far distant when the
Post Office Department of the Govern
|ment VIII prove q much greater bless
ing to the whole people than it is now
~ isias POSTAL TELEGRAPH! Iqel i
The suggestions of the Postmaster
General for Improvements in the de
parttnent presided over by him are
earnestly recommended to yourspecial
Iattention, especially the document:
favorable to the consideration of the
plan for uniting the telegraph system
It is believed that by such a course the
cost of telegraphing could be much re
duced and the service as we'll if not
better rendered. 1t would secure ths
future advantage by introducing the
telegraph through portions of the
country where private enterprise will
not construct it. Commerce, trade,
land, above all, the efforts to bring tht
people widely separated into a com
munity of interests, are always bene
fitted by rapid communication. Edu
cation, the groundwork of Republicai
institutions, Is encouraged by increas
ing the facilities to- get with more
speed to and from all parts of the coun
try The desire to reap the benefits o
such will stimulate edu
cation. refer you to the report O
the Postmaster General for full details
of the operations of last year, and fol
comparative statements iof the result
with former years. sis3gfzs
KU-KLUX MEASURES.
There has been imposed upon th'
Executive branch of the government
the execution of the act of Congress
approved April 20, 1871, and common
ly known as the Ku-Klux law.
Inaportion of the State of Soutf
Carolina, the neoessitys of the cours'
pursued will be demonstrated by thu
report of of the committee to investi
gate the Southern outrages. Dnde
the provisions of the above act, 4 issued
la proclamation calling the attention o
the people of the United States to thu
same, and declaring my reluctance tC
execute any of the extraordinary pow
ers thereby conferred upon me unies'
in case of imperative necessity, but
making known my purpose to exercis'
lsuch powers whenever it should be-
come necessary to do so for the pur
pose of securing to all citizens of the
United States the peaceful enjOymen
of the rights guaranteed to them BY
the Constitution and the laws. Aftel
the passage of this law, information
was received from time to time thai
combinations of the character referred
to in this law existed and were power
full In many parts of the Southern
States, particularly in certain countie:
in the State of South Carolina. Careful
Investigation was made and it was as
certained that in nine counties in thal
State such combinations were active
and powerful, embracing sufficient
portion of the citizens to control .tht
loyal authority, and having, among
other things, the object of depriying the
emancipated class of the substantial
benefits of freedom and uf preventing
the free political action OF those citi
zens who did not sympatize with theil
own views. Among the Republicans
there were frequent scourgings and oc
casioual assassinations. These wert
generally perpetrated at night by dis
gJ1ised persons, the victims in most al
cases being citizens of different politica
sentiments from their own, or freed
persons who had shown disposition
to claim equal rights with other citi
zens, Thousands of iuocent and inof
fensive citizens were sufferers by thi:
La xless violence. Thereupol on the
30th day of October, 1871, a proclama
ton was issued in terms of the law
calling upon the members of the com
binations TO disperse within five days
and to deliver to the marshal or militia
ry officers of the United States all arms
ammunitions, uniforms, disguises ana
other means and implements used by
them for carrying out their unlawful
purposes. This warning not having
been needed, on the 18th of October
another proclamation was issued, sus
pending the writ of hGbeGs corpus il
nine counties in that State. Direction
was given that within the counties 81
designated persons supposed, upon re
liable Information, to be members o
such unlawful combinations, should bt
arrested by the military forces of the
United States and delivered to the
Marshal to be dealt with according to
law. In two of said counties-York
and Spartanburg-many arrests have