Year: 1872




pIcion of completely with the pundering operations OF


the carpet bag ring confounded the ring recently by
granting injunction against any further issue OF
State bonds TO the Blue Ridge Railroad Company, thus
stopping Job that has been Of the most profitable
thieves and expensive to the State OF any OF the
schemes concocted.


My travelling acquaintance gave me several bits OF IN
teresng information about the rule of the ring that has
converted the South Carolina Government into
ganEation for the purpose Of robbing the taxpayers
The scoundres" he said think they have got us so


firmly by the throat that could never shake them Of
and they have grown bold that they openly boast OF
their bribes and thefts There is Tim Hurleyyou know
Tim the is Massachusetts carpetbagger, the king OF
the lobby and sort Of Boss Tweed among the negroes
Well Tim told me himself that he had paid Moses, the
Speaker Of the House, $4,000 to give him the Chairman
ship Of the Committee on Mines and Manufactures,
which has control Of the Phosphate business and $4,000
to appoint him second the Ways and Means Commit
tee OF course he got his money back. three or iour
times over at least"


"Will the Ring run Scott again for GOVERNOR l
asked "I think they WILL though that was not the ar
rangement agreed upon last Winter. The plan then was
TO give the Governorshp and send Scott to the
Senate in place of Sawyer This was the bargain made,
but scottis dsrustu Moses and fears that he would
not carry out his part OF the contract He b therefore
disposed to hold to the Governorshp, and let Moses
go for wyers place. Sawyer is supported by what We





eral Chamberlain DstricAttorney Corbn, the Charles
ton Collector and Postmaster, and few others, VINO
claim be viruous than the other Ring, which is
up the scaawags and the Scott carpetbaggers
There will be struggle between these two Kings
over the Senatorship." "What position is Judge Orr
ocMpyings year ago there was some talk Of making
him the Reform candidate for Governor this year."
"There Is not much said about 1t now. The old Judge
appears be thick with the Scott Ring that have
lost confidence him. They have treated him very un


gratefully too. He wanted to be President OF the Phia
depha Convention the Ring defeated him. and they
would not even let him have place on the National
Committee. He came home quite crestfallen."


My acquaintance said that everybody was for Greeley
In South Carolina except the negroes and carpebaggers
with their few native white allies In the Democratic
State Convention Of which he member, there were
but two opposed to ndorsng the Cincinnati ticket
and one Of those was half crazy fellow who Travelled
about the country in a wagon VITA big bass
drum, stopping at roads and village tav-
erns, beating his drum and making speeches There
were naturally some men who fell into hne with good
deal Of reluctance but nearly all had come in In his
county few prominent Democrats held out until about


fortnight ago, when he dozen OF them together In
his Office and read from campaign document, which he
had received. Horace Greeley's letter TO the Union
League Club when they called him to account for bang
jefferson Davis That converted every man Of them.
They declared that the author Of that letter good


friend TO the South as they could ask for, and they
had been strong Greeley ever since. He wished he
had 1000 copies Of the document TO circulate in
his part OF the State Speaking Of the KuKux trials he
said they had gone far enough Another lot Of prison
ers % in number had been sent to the Albany Penen-


ary last week. The trials had broken up the organiza


on and ought to stop but II there any positive ad
vantage gained for Grant by continuing them, he
believed they would be resumed at the next term OF the
Court in Columbia. There 400 800 indictments
still pending.


Soon after my talk with the South Carolina editor,
met on the steamer United States Judge, who told
Of conversation he had lately had with South Carolina
Official that illustrated the barefaced audacy and con-
tempt public opinion displayed by the ring to which
the editor had referred. The Judge inquired Of the
carpetbag official how long he expected to remain in the
State and got this reply: "0h I'm not going TO leave
right away; there's years good stealing in South
Carolina yet" The Judge had recently been In North
Carolina holding court. He said there were
1913 indictments for Ku-Kluxing still pending there,
but that this figure did not give idea OF the number
persons accused because many of the indictments
embraced more than person. With the exception Of
one murder he did not believe of them would
be tried There were many that It would be like try
ing people for taking part the Rebellion In South
Carolina he thought that DIR. Bratton indicted for
the murder Of q negro militia captain and who was
Gently captured In Canada, ought TO be tried but he
He had no doubt that the Ku-Klux organization was
completely broken up and would never be revived The
Judge talking Of North Carolina politics, said that the
prospects were that the Republicans would carry the
State at the August election and reeelect Gov Caldwell
Republican support and had not worked into the State
canvass the tickets being made without reference to
It, thought the negro vote would be cast solid for
Caldwell in August and for Grant in November.


Among passengers was an ex-Confederate General
from Mississippi tan, soldery looking man, who sil
the Rebel gray. In reply toa question about the
ua swallow Greeley but We've done 1t, and 1t has not
made sick either In fact the more we think OF his
honest man. aud feels kindly toward the South, and
know that the only chance we have TO beat Grant Is ny
state stRpo''"fh The only prominent Southern man I
have met who opposes his Endorsement at t; Baltl;
me in Baltimore, yesterday by telling Wigfa and my
self that he was opposed to having to DO with
Radicals in power under another head told him he
the only southern man had seen who talked that
anybody In preference to Grant" The Msslssppian
said there was chance % m Of o carrying m s state 5 t0G
The negroes he SAID had $1,000 majority and,
had a5soIute control over them When league meeting
day came his negro hands would leave MIN In BODY,
and would tell him when he demonstrated that they
obliged TO 10 the meeting because President Grant
had sent orders He could not argue them out OF
the belief that the meetings were con
vened by express order from the President.
Mississppi General was a Maryland State officer whom
met in baltimore on wednesday. He had been good
Rebel during the war and as strong Bourbon as any
body SINCE he said but ne was doing all he could for
Greeley would no doubt think it strangely but he
preferred Greeley to Democrat. He believed that the
sudden change that would from putting ultra
Democratic administration In power would be injurious
TO the country. Questions that were settled would be
unsettled and instead OF the peace and good will that
All sections now onged for, agitation would follow, and
Old animosities would be revived that we're now fast
fading away He spoke with great earnestness, en-;
lareing upon this idea for some tme A friend
afterward assured that he about the
most energetic Greeley man in Maryland
and had converted many OF the Bourbon politicians
who were determined first 10 have nothing TO do with
the Cincinnati movement I doubt, however, whether
this gentleman is representative OF any considerable
class at the South Probably there not many South
ern politicians who would not rather have straight
NJ. affc ar
reasonable hope 10 s too much 10 report
that any great number have reached such advanced
ground that they actually prefer Mr.. Greeley q
Democrat.