Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-27
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NEWlSs0FaTHE WEEK.
WARRINGTON.

Holders Of registered bonds on which In
terest has heretofore been paid at Buffalo or
Pittsburgh are requested 10 give notice, with
out delay, TO the Register of the Treasury
where they desire the interest made payable
for the future, the above repositories being
discontinued The interest may be paid by
the U. s. Treasurer at Washington or by the
Assistant Treasurors at either New York,
Cincinnati, Chlcagoior St Louis.
A delegation 6f South Carolinians, headed
by Senator Patterson, visited the President
on the nth, and made statement corrobo
rative of the Information given by Gov.
Chamberlaln and Othcrs as 10 the condition
of affairs in that State. AT the Cabinet
meeting every department of the Govern
ment was represented, and there was a full
and earnest discussion of South Carolina
affairs as reported by the Governor. 1t was
resolved that prompt action was necessary
for dispensing the Srihe clubs" and other
armed bodies, organized, as alleged, against
the peace OF the State and the right of voters,
and to that end the President issued his
proclamation.
The tenth annual meeting of the Society
Of the Army OF the Tennessee was com
menced at Washington on the 18th. About
$50 members were present. Gen. Sherman,
Presidept Of the society, presided. An invi-
tation from the President TO call on him was
accepted. Letters of regret were read from
Gen. Sheridan, Gov. Hayes, Gov. Hartranft
and many others. The society adjourned to
attend the Upyeiling OF the Mcpherson stat.
ue. At the evening session an address of
welcome was delivered by Capt Phelps, OF
the Distrietof Columbia, and Gen. Thayer
made the. annual address, President Grant,
Gen. Sherman, Chlef-Justlce Waite and Gen.
Garfield briefly addressed the audience.
The Society of the Army Of the Tennessee
on the 10th reelected Gen. Sherman Presi-
dent for the ensuing year. st. Paul, Mimi,
was chosen as the place for holding the next
annual meeting, ost .,......,t ......f.,.
The report of the U. 8. Marshal for South
Carolina on the Caihhoy affair was read at
the Cabinet meeting on the Goth. The Mar
s1el fsqSs an agreement had been made that
the people should not go armed to political
meetings. At the Cainhoy meeting many
Republicans carried weapons and were told
by their leaders that they must deposit them
away from the grounds. This they did,
placing portion of them in house fifty
yards from the stand ard the remainder in
the woods. During the speaking some Dem
ocrats seized the guns in the house and fired,
killing an old man. The negroes then got
the other guns and attacked the white men,
killing six and woundlng several others.
Washington dispatch of the Goth says
the presentation of the address from ireland
to President Grant, through Messrs. 0'Con-
nor, Power and Parnell, has been deferred,
and the gentlemen have been informed that
according TO etiquette the address will have
to come through the British Minister here
and the State Department to the President.
Objection is also made to the wording Of one
of the resolutions, which says: "Having
passed through seven centuries of tyranny"
etc. This cannot be passed by without an
act Of disrespect to Queen Victorias repre-
sentative. heresolutions are left in one of
the rooms of the White House.
A demand by Gov. Tilden for the sur
rcnder of WIN. NJ. Tweed, on his arrival, to
the New York State authorities was present
ed at the Cabinet meeting on the Goth and
agreed to
The report of Capt. Lloyd, U. S. A., who
was sent to the scene of disturbance near
Aiken, S. c., was made on the 23d. On his
arrival he found the negroes surrounded by
whites under A. p Butler. The presence of
troops brought about an agreement by which
both parties disbanded, The bodies of three
negroes were found and five others were re-
ported to have been killed. One white man
was killed. The report estimates the num-
Der of whites engaged in the riots at 500,
from Georgia, and Edgefeld, Aiken and
Barnwell, s. C..