The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-05-12
SOUTH CAROLINA.

MINORITY REPORT OF THE JUDICIARY COM
MIITEE-sAD CONDITION OF THAT STATE
PANIED.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 6-Mr. Eldridpe.
from the judiciary committee, to-day SUBJ
mitted minority report on the condition Of
affairs m South Carolina and it is generally
coneurred in by the entire minority of the
Judiciary committee. The report
says that it is impossible to turn a
deaf ear to the supplcating wall of 100000
oppressed and despoiled citizens of that
once prosperous and happy state, Drawing
only that INQUIRY be made into their al.
legged wrongs. We cannot find in the re-
proaches of the conduct of the memorialists
In the past any reason or justification for re-
fusing the hearing they now request, Their
fidelity to the constitution and laws is now
unquestioned and this plea is made in res
pectful terms, The report recites briefly and
pointedly the list of grievances complained
OF, and predicates from them tn It the charges
OF the memorialists are true, nd concludes
as follows: In view of the whole, can we or
can we not hesitate to recommend the
appointment of a committee of both houses
of congress with power and authority to go
into the State of South Carolina and fully
inquire and investigate into the condition
of the state and the charges and complaints
Of the memorialists. To do less, we feel we
should violate and neglect most solemn
and imperative duty. The cry of that
outraged and helpless and suffering
people has reached our hearts as
well as our understandings That
once prospecting and beautiful state is on the
verge OF ruin. She is indeed already pros
trate. A horde of thieves and robbers wor;
than any that ever infested any civilized
community on earth. has her by the throat
and are fast sucking her life blood.
Three hundred thousand of her cit
liens, descendants of those who fought
and won with our fathers the battles of
American independence and liberty, are
crying TO congress for redress and help.
They have suffered all that humility can en-
dure. They have exhausted every resource
and are utterly helpless of themselves. To
refuse their request is to drive them to des-
pair and ruin. ra laislst llla ts. b. ..ea.-
The expense of living, in Alexandria and
Cairo, has increased about fifty per cent.
since 1862; but the expense of voyage up
the Nile is from two to three times as much
as then. A large dahsybeeyeh, then costing
$3.50 per month, now commands $750-which,
considering that the value of the boat il
about S, 500, IS enormously exorbitant. Lux
urious travellers are chiefly to blame for this
state of things, and imagine that the stars
and stripes cover quite as much ostentation
as any other flag. The steamers take parties
of twenty or thirty at $40 apiece. TO the First
Cataract and back in three weeks. These
parties generally return in a state of violent
contention. even TIN one case this winterl
with pending duels, which is rather dis
NAL view of human nature to one who has
seen Abydus and Ksrnak.-Bayard Taylor.
There are good many educated and elo
Prof. w. ID. Whitney of Yale College has
recently won several gratifying tokens Of
appreciation from the learned bodies in Eu-
rope. The University of st. Andrews, in
Scotland, has just conferred upon him the
degree of LII. D., and within the past two
years he has also been appointed CORES
pendent of the Royal Academy at Berlin and
corresponding member of the German ORR
entail Society.