New-York tribune., 1878-12-30

decided that the S2O,OOO appropriation Is
available for the Teller Committee. The sub
cct was referred to the Office of the Attorney
General and this is the conclusion arrived at.
The Committee will begin its labOrs lmmed-.
atcly.
THE PRESIDENTS BATCH OF PROOF.
WHAT SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS sHow-GooD
MATERIAL TO BEGIN AN INvEsTIGAroN WIIH
icy TELEGRAPH TO TIE TIBUNE.I
WAsHiNGr0N, Dec, ga few days before the
adjournment Of Congress for the holidays, Senator
Cameron, of Wisconsin, offered a resolution which
was adopted hy the Senate, calling for the intorma-
ton upon which the President based that part of
his Annual Message relating TO affairs in the South
crn States.
I'm response to this resolution the President will
send to the Senate, when Congress rcasScmbles,
large package of documents treating chiefly OF
occurrences IN South Carolina and Louisiana. The
papcrs comprisc reports made to the AttoTnCyt'cn-
cral by District Attorneys, United atcS Mar,hals,
United States Commissioners and Special Agents of
the Department OF Justice, who were sent into
those states for the purpose of ascCrtaining the
truth of certain reports which had been made
10 the AttOrucy-Gencral, and the causes
Of Complaints from citizens who represented that
they had been deprived of Their constitutional
rights The President had copies Of all these
them to Congress with his Message but withheld
them on being informed that this would be an
unusual course and that if Congress wanted the
information il would De called for. The package
that will be sent TO the Senate contains ali the
correspondence relating to the outrages that has
taken place between the Department of Justice and
officials in the South except such as must for oo-
ViOus reasons be retained confidential until
after the trial Of those who have been or VIII he
indicted.
The first document in the South Carolina col
lection is the letter written by Attoucy-Gcncral
Dcvcns to District-Attorney No;thrup on tie Sd Of
October last, and which was published at the
time. This letter put a sudden stop TO the red
shirt demonstrations and to interlcrcnces with
public meetings of Republicans in most parts OF the
State. On the 18th of October the United States
Marshal for South Carolina wrote to the Attorney
General, Inclosing extracts from Democratic news
papers of the State, and added:
The publication Of your letter of instructions 70 the
Distuct-AitOmey of this State has made them tte
more crcumpc IN Their Dnt al tnS S,iiac
crush the Republican party out OF eXlsteuct,n ncccS,
s Rey cn GC NOT NOT a eSforccd S T pvone o. T M
against whom complaints are made, hrt in do
submit arrest. knowing OF property and
fnence vii contend for TOR the pTiyilese Of becoming
vll volunteer to defend them. We VIII
use every effort to protect the Republicans
from outrages when We can, but We lave
ne whites. "a
INSCRIPTIONS party, against US You VIII notice from
the newspapers | send yOu that PROMPT lttallatory
measures wcro adopted in sumter soon my dep
uics arrested man for the violation OF section 5,32O
aud the leading white Republican OF tue county ar
rested for melting riot. nlrss some compromise is
made to suspend al 9leN E @ PI ga o t4
the slisaes cGanct for justice in or STATE courts
On the 2Oth Of October. the Sttomey-Gencral
telegraphed District-Attoney Northrup urging
prompt action In prosecuting the men who broke
up the Republican meeting on the l2th OF thas
month in Sumter County and committed the out
rage upon United States Commissioner Lee. Under
date of October q, Mr.. NOrthrup teegraphcd as an
excuse for not having acted that the Democrats
were ntimdatug the witnesses for the prosecution,
and il was with great difficulty that he could III
duce them to testify He concludes by SAYING, 81
was never in better earnest and the best proof OF 1t
is that there not the slightest interference at
the meeting yesterday"
On the same date, October 81, DiStTict-Attorney
Northrup submitted a report TO the Attolncy-Gen-
eral, in which he describes the red SHIRT demon
stration in Sumter the 18th of October, the ar
rest Of citizens of that town and their examination
before United States Commissioner Marshall IN
Charleston. Ofthc examination, be says:
At O'Clock Saturday afternoon the examination was
resumed and attended. called Tor Mr.. Les agd his
Them but neither could be found: Tue warrants and
witnesses in each cusc identical The same four
Witnesses on the back each and tho same s
ami 10 each AFFIDAVIT The prisoners were all young
were The paTtcs who mad assaulted Mr. COehlIn on the
steps of the House IN sumter Ihe defence was
rcttescnted by an array Of distinguished counsel VINO
advised that 'hy pioposeu 10 0emur 10 '"e lcs'y
Of the warrants. :.
Tie C"nmissiouer called the case against Mccoy No
onegave the slightest MtimatloL, ana supposed
mai rho two COmmlssiOntTS Marshall ana Lee. idd sat
iGed Themselves at least of tAe identity OF tue defend
ant. was completely Eonplussed To- ma tD9t thc DC
Ycndant the man, ana Wmc Cou not fc'l,t
his discharge insisted upon the arrest OF the HGht
man. ,,,-.---., ....,,..- ..--...
I'm me encit with which the prosecuting witness, Coel
ms anxiety 10 sccuI "a ,'i n ~ riy -,
,aot ot a.. election aud undstrcd meetings NJ. COghan
made tGis stl'cncnt III ol." 'oi I a. ~
not see hON the matter could be cOscd ~ tld way IN
moneri, athO gn was not prepared To Ceitatihe 4iot
Of these OlJcclH particularly II in
tcIIrc;t Republicans Ike Mr. Coghldn dcsr'd IT,.
ca.Ci witnesses however ana was iuitle snrpscnt 70
lind mat Batter Spears, the chairman oI the RcIub
liCdn meeting at sumter on saturday was ana came
down as witness for the defence WIN ms eAieAscs
ilga,!an he scciIs to have changed his mlHd, ana
joined Mr. CoSnan in eiTc'tiiS ne 10 continue
Ihc cases until thcy CUud secure their witnesses Irpm
s1mtrr lat they not prepared, etc, etc. rms
was another embarrassment. The defence insisted uon
going ON mat tuCy were away from nome ana were
TradV tllat II would entail much hardship upon them
nud tuat tbeIr counsel were engaged Cls"Aclc' lHt
then moved 70 set aside me Wat"ht on .'T i, ii"i'
have set forth AZ cr some consultation / Ho"Sht IL
well to CONTINUE and moved The comm '4OhtI acCoI
dngy, urg ng the earliest DAY pos,i"G. ne '"nNn@m @
cation wItb sumter Is nnctI'hh every o,nr ""y' anu
tuesday, Goth inst wa made the dly certain.
On Iu1urv found that tho Defendants were not uuGcr
bCuds and some warm words were cKch'iSca NJ "a,
EstIng upon placing them under Donds' STUNNED
upon another surprse when Mr. C0Phan' !he pIoSeCut
and ms offer was accepted. After arranging the bond
the examination WAS adjourned oIer
United States Marshal Wallace in reporting on
the same examination says:
The mancious spirit of the defence clearly mani,
al