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/*y Utibxmt V0LXXXV.TV?10,731). NEW-YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1875. nun. FOUR CENTS, THE GEORGIA PLOT. RELATIONS OF THE TWO RACES. gUOM. KUY OF THK Co-UKED TKOPI.E OF Mtr?I)I.R OKO-OIA?OOO? FEF.l.ING BKTWKI N THIS KACK8 ? KO M:f?lNDtUSTAM>IN(?8 TRIoR TO THK ? ______? OF 'JCVS 24?A POOR BOIL FOR AN IN. VRKECTION. fl BOM A STAFF _______*_______ OF Till. ______Qk] Sanokrs. it tat, .. ashington Co., (ia,, Aug. 25.? Oov. Smith, on learning tli-it n Tiiiiuve eorrespond ent intend???! visiting Washington County, tele? graph? <t tu Col. William H. Wylly of thin plaee, aeting S?ili?-ito.-f?.?'neral, to afford Lim crecy faeility lo learn the _____ t truth in re (rani to tige report? d m pa i? .it oi in-iinv. tion. In ohedienee to thin re- i quest, ami in meet r.lanoi? with the de-ire ?>f the i leading ?iu/i'ii- of Um county, I bom, __ae_ my arrival hen* not only Lo I n : Unwed t?i mo ami e____B_na nil of tke evidence whi? li the romtnit;?!* al eitiX-tu haa Kath- I em!,?nit to Optai ?nul cot? \ ??*.-.* freely, both \ ?lately I ami in th<? pr?seme oi tit'.i?-.*??, with any of the jiri tOggt wkoaa I dcotrei tu _________ . Taking 'i'l PtOnmgt of these pri\ i!?..?a, ami ?_aBlsti.il bj Mt. Kolurt 1.. Rodeen, lol. Wylly'*. ?MMCiatC in tin |iriim< ?itinn, 1 .pent nearly an entire dayl .i.?? ?. r.-iii_. with the citiz?*n.. queet-oaiag tke prlaonera, ?and ? reading the aflida.it.-? ?iiul cniifi s.ion- ii.at bav. bemm matte, Braid ni tfcds, I m?*; and t:?ik?*l con rithiitially with a nuinh.*r of the nin?l i..t. iii,. *nt caleced men of tia*- iil.i? i*. ?-oiiie of win ii t-eaghl nie of tin ir <i\mi in t.t.il, iiiitl ?MM of whoa I ? nt for. In this wii.v I lilli?**. ?? I lune i>? en ohio, in ? Ti ;? short t inn , to t_'t .it llif ffgn] ol all ilif iul.mi.?ition , lou? liiiii; the canoe Badexteatatthareported negro , phil ??r iii-nrr? ?tion now in possession of the v. bite or tlie LI..? k paaala, ty At i in nmi OTOM?A. I lit*.?* boto unali?e to iii .cover that there kad bal B any ___M_ndentandin-ga ka. wann Um %%hu?- people ami tin negrneaof ti Is and adjoining oouutiea juior to lb? "J 1th of July li t. The kari ?if good feeling seenKiitoexist betsreea tim i.i ee. In county pol? ities tin re lad Ikiii no riivi.it u?, the white ami . blink ? ?????tor. \<?tiug togetkei for the same ramli- j il.it?!?. In Stat?* iiiul national politice the two lacea kara beca alum-. ? finally <h\i'.iil; the pull lista .li?>*v that Ihre are llave mere white TOten ?bl the f<ninty th.iii black, ami a? the former til vote the Con. eri.it i\e ticket, while a few of the latter have, I ?j-\?*i stace laooaahiiitin?, follow?ti the ..?hue of th? ir former ?masters in politi Has well ni in oilier matt? r*?. the _DoiUU_fatS have had no ii i ? i < ? ; ? 11 y in re? taining the eoiitrl of the ? nuntv. and theie !..i ? h? en Doo? f :i*?ioii foi I'olitual p; in eiitton of tin colored people area ii ti ?te wen a d_epoaitk*_i to engage in it. Daringtkc Kn-Klnx excitement of 1.70or 1871, nne man waa whipped an?i one shut In thio county by in i?ke?l mght-i ni? vi. and- the Bogroea wen lor a tint kngreal alarm*. Lut ta thee, outrag?e wein no1 irpeatedi and the Kn-Klnx was nappreaaed. Hie aegroes regain? ?11 onfldence, which bas b< en groa lug str.iii?-'r antil the present troubl?e kroke out. The toh i. ?I ?people are unanimous in their leatimonj that, in 187.2, aa thicate of an. kimi wera made to iadaee thiin to \ote f?i Mr. l.n.lev, or lo abstain from rating for Qea. Grant ; and 1 cannot learn tliat an j ?ne n'tiei. ?I ni the ?slightest degree for his ?support of i th? Ailiiiinihtnition 11?kit. No iioliiieal _an~aoaia , now in I'M'tt-H in tin*- State. an?l if tlnre wa?-, the I DaeaeersAs arc m strong that tlnre would lie nooeea ___? far iliein taleeori to any unusual or Impropei npedlenta ? Dil HGHM ?il THF COLOMB rKiPI.K. TkeealoTed people of tbis state enjoy nboatall the ?nil rlgkte that the frccdmendo ?anywhere in th?* South, li? .onie ?if the eon.itiei they mt ?lion j jurie?. : in ?th? w tiny ?lo uot. The jury law of ?_.oi ?fia ?reaten a jury eon.mi.v-i??ti in ea> h county, by .vhoin the jiirv li-t i . re\ leed lu? nnially. The jury pommis-iiomr- are ?sworn to ?Select from the ta. bett of the ??ninty a ??iven niinih?r of tke naine? of u_>- I ngktaad tataXttgcnl ?cn, wttkaat togard to race, I c?ilor. ?_?*.. and pla?*?? the.n in tli*-? hox from vliich | tke .alice are ta ka drawn. Ac there are about 1,900 wlnt?* lax-pay eta in the ooantyand ?probably les- | than 100 eniotni tax-payere, ead a? very fen ?if ?the ?latter ?mo able ta read at write, none of them hare ever Leen selected. It ?seeeaa that this matter of ?Berriagoa Jurie, hast? eu the aabjeot of lometalk ftinoni* a i-irtion of the eolonsl p. ojile of this vital? ity, hut tke wkite people appear to kara known t.niblin?? about it Until the nccnt aire.t.1 ko? uran. A very tatelli>gent ealored ?pwaeber told me fi?8t4*r?lav that, so far ah lie had obaeised, this tal; f. as eoniined to a >____? 0? per-OM. who ;:r.* not, under Uko law, elegikle for jury duty any way, Hiiiee t!ii*y pU| no ta_en and can haidly Le called intelligent __t_M___ AtiMIM-IIiATM*?" OF Jf.-TilTE. ThtT?* in ebeO-Utel] noeomphdnl of the ni-nneriu ?Ttii'h Jucttee in adminiateted in thla and adjoining ?until ?. Kx-??ov. H? ;*-t bel V. Johne m i?? -lud-X! of ibis circultj omi it would Le hard to say wbethcr the wkitee ortkeblackahaTC tke greattr re p ; foi ui_ upi'njlitiKi.8 of ?aharacterarrcp se the more i;n plieit confidence in the falrneea of ?bis judgment. Xhe people of Loth raeee ?go ?bite bli eouti expecting ?u.t ajid ptuper tn at ii.? at iron? him whether th? litii/ftlit*? he of the name MUM ?'l i.ot. and persotm brought he__rokim for crime know that they will Le acco-ded orrery opportunity aod advantace that thu luv .11?.*.. 'h in, hut (hut, if they are ?nilly, ih.;. are eura to suffsr. It le ant, therefore, bacauee ii.? negroea are d-seatiafled witk the treatment they leceirc iu court that tiny d?..i. to hit upon t).e IUII -. ii., ?coloredpeople of Georgie do not, I beliere, r??le m tin .m. railway eairiagee with the while j... ?pla, m i an* there any n ?..ed hi_1ioo1m, cliur. I.. . -M., i?ui I a ii iiui.li' to eaeertain that there has j Inen the l?*;iKt ?li-.-atisfaetion on thin ?.core. '11. Btata ?supports free a boole for the negroee and they i ate euiioui to li ,ve ?theee continueda hut I have ?won no colored niau who will admit tint he deeiree to Bend hin ehildn :. to Ihe a bite m boole, ot io ha*. ? peat liiniRcif ?n th * white churcbeo. At the ?mum ti'ne, it i. a f.i? I tnat hefoie and durin*; I ne war lhere ivan ii'n i loti 11 h m ' h< i iu tfaia "ricinity, whiti * ami blacks all worshiping togetker, and tkai tin- Bepa* ration of ihe in jim i ?hue beiw entirelj rol?uatarj oo heir part. As in other ?parte of the Boutb, the white H*o|tlt ?bare ?alee eootributed kugely to the funds na? mt) to build Um colored cburchec When the ("iul ?Ktgkteinn waa before Cougrece li-t Winter) th.* colon 'l people were greatlp iatereated in its ?mo? ???.hm. im! ?Jt? i it paso d thaj seem to ha*.c beca en? tirely Kiilistit'd willi it. Tlie record? o? tin* coori here rrttafa the t tn.iuy it the people that there ?bac been in :he past few jean as muck reap iel for ?law ami ord? r in thh m lion uf Georgia a* lu Ktrttkiiru fitunniunitiiui The j prai i a ' ofcanyiag pistols co pn raient ?among the young men in BUBM pul. of t)?- ?South, und whick kaa baea tkeeawee al mere trouble tkaa i?iiyoth?*r one i in ii t_r, hu.*, l.i i'ii entirety broken up in tin? Imlieial tir.uit. Judge Jahweon,ia hi. eharseeto ?tkaOraad Juriee, has often announced kia <i> ter? mination to "?make _?i-toi-*?inog* hen- hy deetn. - ing the demand for the ii, and he has MCCOOdC-L lie centlv two young iu.li, who luid Leen in no difflviilty, tnni lad made no um ol llnir a*eapeM_ Lut \>ii?, had lu . n tOOO < -.rryiti'rplatoli ,*??? re _adieted Ly lui; (?rand Jury far \ioiation of the law of tin? Stat?-. One of them pleaded guilty, .Tal wa.- fi:n*?l ?1..0 and toets, aid llo other um oom Tinted and fined t'UK) and eoe.?. Judge Johnson, in pronouneing aaaaaaas in the last ?anea, n-a-i the poung man a leatarn w}?:? h neither he nor imy ?me aloe arkakeatd it __D___g t hh ?lang aa ho Urea. After kupraaring niMin tlie man tho eii'.niuly and MWUldlea of th?? crime of whit h Le Lad been found guilty, be dwelt npoij the folly oi carrying com?. ii?*d _-_paau. ??Wh-n a b?iyge??on hi. first pair of 'gattMNa,1** ?ai?, the Jinis*-?, " he thinks he is getting to he a mun ; but, a few year* liter, when lis? Ret* whisky in hi? belly, a pistol in hin pocket, ?nil the devil in hi? bead, he is a fOB-gNWn mau." This sentence waa delivered iu muli g way na to make the yoting man ashamed to hold np his head iu Judge -Johnson's presence ever since. PEACH AND PROSPEMTY. Murders hm? n<c.isionally 001 tirred here since the wat, lu.i .my li ,vii beru no moro common than arnon-*.i?_i ii h mru! communities in the North. In some ?if tli. iii- -, the murderers have been white and th." \ letiUM hi91 ? '-, and vice versa ; but tho law has nlwiit s been .liniwed to take its duo course in such cas?i. No lynchinif ha-ever taken place. A negro who -'?I lato trouble with a prominent member of tlie l?r i In i,, who RM .iN<? a member of the I?-rgit?la lure, mid shot him, hod a fair trial in the court am' is now Mi ?log 00- a sentence of lil) years in the I'eni t?"ntiary. NegraM sometimes pilfer the crops, but to no very preat extent ; mid no such thing as the "dead-fall " system, which pr? vail- in some sections of Aliibaina, Mlaatoippa, and Louisiana, ami by in? ans of o hieb 29 i?er c< nt of the crop is Roitietini.s slob n, is known hire. In short, life ond property ar? tis tafe hen as thej are in the fal tiling distrii ts of New-York ?r Mnoaechuaetto. As tho natural rcsul! of the condition of ??flairs I nave dm iib ?f, the colorad people of Middle tieotgia ar?> as jtrosp? uni ? a?? any I ba\e eier seen in the Booth. I m? nt i ii (1 tin-fat t in in*, iett.r of yester? day that the ?.ii- .tieri t ..*. held lo this place ato t early all nap el ibly du sxeil for in? ii in their sla tion in life. A f? a I ..ve saved mom y and ponhfloed land ; Other? i it land from the white people ; ?OOM work on -l;rt> t, bul t?io majority ar.? employed bf the white planten by the Booth. Thoo, who are able to own or hin land on doing ( xoeedingly well. I hod O long court-nation y,?.-.!? r?lay with a very in? telligent colored ptogt In-r of this eoiinty who was oixeoted loo! week, but who waa diachaiged yeeter day, r.-r theic was not ?i .partit le of c\ iib ne? ?gaillai Lim. He ti nts a plantation, and told me ti at he cx peeto to have 12 or 11 balts of cotton t? is vi ar, berida? ?ufficieDi eora and praviofono lo carry him i! i ii-''.. Had it not been for the dry tvirither last Booth be would have had a hundred barrels of corn to k11. He owns two bom s. two ? iowa, two yearling?, about 20 li???.'??, a ml has two good wagon? and two plowo, IU i not in debt, but Inihls the note? <>i i? pouaiblc ?peroone ot this eily foi'$200. ?nid his i red I i-i good, both lieie and in Savannah, where he sells his cotton, for any .'iii. tint of goo la he i* liable to ]?urihiise. Anolln r, w iih whom 1 talked Unlay, by bia ?n?. n labor < leon ?1 more thoo 9300 leal yeer, beoidtto lappar ling his family, building o bouoe ond boro, and clearing op and fencing a con iderable piece of land. The eoaee I have < iti ?! on, of ciiiirs?', exeiptioual. bul there are ??ii en ('.oin!: neatly ns we!! ?is tais old -mai lu t. and a?l of the eolored people of thia o 1i m have plenty to i it, plenty to weer, and good bon m I ? live in. 1 r.nl?' Iori evening through Breununerille, ii nogra ?el ? i? in? nt just on tin-outskirts ot iii? too n. lliie a plan I at ion has lu en divided into lota and ((?bl to I In ficcdnien on easy ternis. They tri.?? comfortable bon ?CO. MOM built of In-v's iii ii -?.?ii- ?raiiii-d, cai li sui roondi d by a ?.'?nilen ami a . ottori potch. I beeettle inetii aj?]? in to be in a nindi monipioopeioM eondi* tionthanthat at Hillsdale. , ?tobliebed bj Geo. How ovd, aereen the EUietem (hunch in the Distict of t o* luml ia? I hove Inen c*p? rial.y pirti? ular in my inquines in regard t? ti.?' condition of the colorad people of tils lection, aird theil relations with tho white ?people, in older that 1 might be able to deo] tin.re In* telba? ntiy with the i?lot ot inou? toi t ion whieh the peopb "f this patt of the state think they hove die* covert ?1. if, when we OOUM toexaminc the evident e, we find it all ?i o doubtful ehorueter, it will th? d oh of the greatest impoitauee to uu.l? i -lan.l pcif. ?tly the nat nie of the -oil from which this diatui ham > is said to have ?prang, a.id the material out of which the (t'li.-piin.? Las been manufactured. I said caily in thia letter tho. 1 bod bun nile to ?I? .over no sign? of trouble between the white ami blink people of this county prior to tho _Hh ot .lui-, la-t. A review of the events of th ?t day, and what liars followed, I eh.il? M Sel Ve fot another letliT. _ Z. L. WV WHAT Till! NEOBOEH DUX lil, 0OHVWTIOW AT WWM.SllOltO? FOllMATInV OF COM1AM1 s-iii sin itiKF COMMAND] I? lu KAKI itl.ADY Kilt IMF. ItF.l KI'IION OF OBX, lil V Kitti -ND STAFF?A BUI!!MO I'AITAl?; . iFKOM A STAFF ( ? iKItl.SfiiNIil.VT 01 TDK TtrlllfSE.l Pam?? um ii.i.K, Wasbiiii.t'in Coniity, (?a., kag. ?20. -Some lime in .May last JoOftpfa Morns, a h Oiling ? o-xred maa rcaidingin Woyneeboro, Burke County, about BO mile? fruin here, ieMOd a coll for ? an etiug of (ho colored people of VA eonntie? of Hiddle (.? hil" a. iii.? nu ?lin,- or convention was to be In Id in Wayn? si, n?. and cai li comly was requested to send a given number of dclegaiee. The notice wo? circulated by mean? of what the eolored people tall " mini .et," tlie wold being au African corruption of "minut?.-." Tinm? wen ?-imply ?printed or written ein alan ?eui t-> the i olored preaebero, to be ic ul hy them t<? their cougregationa, I hove not lie, n able to obtain one of thOM " mi.nues, ' but from oeloae qtieotioning ?>t omne of thooewho received thom and boord them reed, 1 eonclude that they d d not Hfate what "(inn ral*' Morris's object was in call in? the meeting? And just here, in justice to the i ? ." ???, 1 v.i ?h to correct one miatohointo which 1 ?00 ii? it the tomepondaoti of .?u:,? Boothera pepei? Laie fallen. The bet lh.it many of the letton cop turedupon negreen who have boen emoted, or in their In ?. ?s? s, ipeok of " m i m ii i?.," oakinf that they betrat or pramieing to ?end thom, boo been com? mented upon as ihowiug ?the bloodtbiraty notun Of the plot, the klee being that the nc.i.'.s were actually arming themaelveo with M aie riflea. i'iiis waa not true; the "minnie*,' as I hove ?already explained, wen ?imply noticee, circulara, or hi!? is i I instrucli.iii. 1 bey n ay possibly hate lu ? ti ii,suire, rtionery in their character, but they wen not di;.d!y v.vapons. The fact that se? tal of the pi,s., .r?. agalnet whom then is the mool teotlinony an- miniaten mav peebobly oleo be explained by the tod thal ibrangfa them Monis is-iod his Dollet , and that they ore alao generally the nan of greeteetin* Coonee it nong the eolon d people. The meeting at Woyneoboio tooh place oo odver-? tis. ?1. Tlnie was a pondo, and Morris n ade p ?peet h in ou?t of t he colored chun h: ?. A iiiiiubcr of ?i. i, i iteofrom thin end adjoining eoantiet ot tended, but ol though I have quci-tnu Od sevei.il "f them very closely, I have not been ebie to barn that any of them oocertoined exoetly what the mooting wm nailed for. ?Some did not ?et Into the church to heat the ?peech ; ooohi .rd nmethingohoot bevingeo-ored men sit on juriee?ondn_i thei loy? that Morrl? t..lk< d in f.ivoi of irti s. boole? Of the np. ii? ni Ihio meet? ing mail' by a few of t li?.* ?it legotl I to n? gran whom they colled together after tin ir mum, ?is ?bown by pome of the teetireouy that has boon taken, I theil ?pooh beti 'aller. '1 he meeting u?ijoiiriii-d to meet at .**. indi treville, when it ?booid be rallad by Morris. Ti IK (?ItliVM-ATlO.V OF NFliKO t'dMI'AM I .-*. ImmodiotolT aft-r thi*?, souk?of the negraeoof this OlidadjoiniiiL' ?oiintiis hi ?an toorgOniM Ihi'insclves into eemponie? 0I societies. Pome of those arrested d? n> tint the orgooiaotiooo to whieh they beloaged wen: military OOmpooieo, while others assert that tiny w? r,-. There is no ?loulit that Morris intended t'? have a military orijanization of the Uoefco, for be WNte to Oov. ?,niiih a.kui-: for aruis. Tho <*overn??r h.ui none to dletnbato, less man ono--th_rd of tin? oom? poutre now orgonimd in the .?-?ate boving mnskcts, and he t-<> wrot^ to Moins. The colored 1- ul? r ?ecru? to havo beeii ya-j-y mm h di_ apnoiiited at this failtir^ an,i replied to the ?ovenior that if he did no* ^(,,?1 t)?.m ann? the bone? of tho nilind ^,,p?e would rise up before him at tLe I -:r:?rment Hay. It should be remembered that, at the time this application WM made, Morris had no companies organized in accordante with the Militia laws of the Stat??. Lest ther?* should be any tni-iap prdiension I will add that the colored mci? ave the same rights in retard to the organization of military companies that the white men have. When they comply with tho laws, the Governor commiHsions their officers, and tiny are f ii 11 v recognized : if tho State has any anns to distribute, they g? t them. There is one such company in this place. The orcani/atioti of these companies or aocietieo attracted very little attention an 1 excited n<> alarm among the white people? The ncgro-es are ptrticu larly fond of para le, an?! are MOOtuutly or. ani/ing societies, the main object of which seems t?? be lo get an opportunity to mardi about after a life and drum. Oneof theprimoere whom I examined told me that the tirst thing they di<l in his company was to "eleit" .fl**. and send it to Maeon for ?onie drums. inn iHMiMi r?>it ttif. rotitr-n??t sr. in due time the " minni?-*-' win' OgOttl **-< -1 ? t around for the ?meeting in Bonderaville. Thin timo they were printed, and aniioitu ed that there would be a "National Convention of tin? Republican Party" held Inn on Saturday. July 24, 187S, "foi the pur? pose of Dominating sun?" proper and lit pi rsott as a .Military General of the Second Die* triet of Georgia, to b?> rtimrnlmiimrifl by the Governor of the st iti." Eech of nineteen coniiti.-s was in\?ted to ?end fi." delegntee, who were nqoeoted to wear " Hine Militari Summer Di ?ring, with a white waiatband minn! tin- araiel come down to the ground, and a ml f? aller in their hat*?.'* Koch eomponj was to " corry" a bond of music, and It was aiinoun? ed that the "lion. (?en. 1'. If. Riven"of Aiken County, 8.C,would i omnmnd. This " lniiiitic'' was s Igned by "(.'onlay Harris, Secre? te j." A day or two benn the meeting; Bbetifl Mayo of this, nuil;, received o h ttef from M General* Morrl? of Burke County, Mcommending" him to have the eourt-bouoe swept out ?uni pnpond for the reception of tie '?lion. (?en. p. Ii*. I'iv?r-' oi ?South Coralina and hit stall" on the24th of July, aid directing him al?0 to keep the road < ?ear to Station No. ],. ontbeCentral Koilraod. As Morris le not e resident of thie county, and m it wa-*? not to bo a meeting "f citl/elis of tlii? county. be bail no right to nae tin eourt-bouoe. It. shuni?!, however, l??? ?aid thai be may not have known titia, and in hi?? Ignorance he ma] have ?oppoocd thal anv citizen! of the Slate had a light tenaeony coitrt-lioitse. But thora wee no exeuac tot tin- tone of the It-ti. r. No metter how donee the ?stupidity of a Boothera negro .*, he knows how to be respe? i fnl, ?uni Monis, who is Intelligent) knew better than to write h letter of eommnnd to the Sh?rif. It ?bould bo noted ti?ii this meeting nae not to bo a politico] one, ?is it has I ecu rt pre."ilitcd ill i on,i-of tbe Administration Journals. While the notice ipohe of it as ?i "National Convention of the Republican pan.-." its i? al object waa anuoum i-.l to he to ? !??< t a "MiU"? y General." Tim ri?'??? i Mum. 1 have m. doubt that tbeeitiaeneof Sandenville ivi-n* conaid tri'.?l> ?urptiaed and a hit!?* alarmed winn this leitet was received. Winn u negro begin? t<> talk of commending public offieen the g?n?i.ii feeling it that ?something in ii -t I??-wioiig, be< ins? th? y ?ne not in ?he habit of talk? ing in that woy until they get into a mood that mokea them nelly daogerooe. Bomen wen statu d, nobody knows how, thal the negro.? Would take the i'ourt-house by foiee, an?l pu ??.irritions wau liiiil.? to prevent this. The Wflobington l'ri gOOUOWen coiled oui, and stationed at the court In.use; the only liquot saloon m th.- i>!ace was cloned, end the people awaited the arrival of tin ne.:?..-, of thooewho carne,aboot900won ont* foin:?, ..ni about TOO lia?! none. Mortis come to the outskirts ni the town, but beering tliaf tile p. o ple wen* diepleaeed with his letter, he thought it safer to stop ?there, and tin pro? (-???on was led in by C.a.?' H.tiiis, who had issued iii?' i all, und who is BOW .'? i ii-'ti of being the chief or.' mr, 1r ol' the COO spit icj in this < ountv. Barri? then railed on Mayor Gi i nu ?r??, and made the Ant raqpeH thnt bndboen made by any eitiaen <>t this eonnty f??r the use of the court-house that day i hot after oononltotion with ?-.>! ?' of the leading eitiaene it waa thought lust, Harris concurring cheerfully,not to open the coin i-bou.-??- then ; but Harria wae In fin mod that whenever the colored eitiaene of this county do? sin d t? use the (?nut hill-", and applied for it in a pro] i manner, thy could have it. Horrie made thia r.r D-uneemenl from the court-house ?tepe j the eomponie? ponded in tin- ?tret ts and dJobonded, and weat lu.me without in-l-stat um. Mer? is iliil nut sh?iv. hii'iself in town, and (?en. Hivers and his stall did n??: (oin?' over fioin Booth Carolina. 'lia* white people knew nothing of thechoneter of the organization which ivas represented here on Iii. li itli of July. 'Hie fact that they wen to vote for a "Military General*" might indicate that tiny had formed military eomponlea and regiment?, wen? it not for the fact that tl.e negroes tai?tly Mop to consider the menning of the terms they use. If some leader wen? to Inform them that it nae a proper thing to do lo ehoose a inajor-g' Deni of then ?burch or a deacon of their political party tiny would mo nothing Inooogroono in it. In thia very case they celled their meeting a "National Conven? tion of the Republican party." But?although the people knew liol Inn- ol' the real objects of the incct ing, ranon were repeatedly eireuloted here that the negrara, angry at having been refund the use of the corirt-li.uisi. int ndedtohold mother meeting here, and to hain the building, by force if neceenory. Other reports were to the effect thai they would burn it. -Vbetbri ?uchtbreote wore actually made or not 1 have no meena of knowing. Ibelievi tia otu? i,cirro witto ss is expected to swear ihat he hoard th..a., but every negro prisonei with whom l hove convened denle? al' knowledge of th m. Tin-circul?t ion of then pins toArbich I have re? ferred very naturally rendered th.- citiiena of this plane very enxione, but nothing of iiuiiortauce oc enrred nntil the dieeovei p of the loth r winch r-? eomd to-how that a plot Lad actually Imn Canned. I lia.? in tIii3 letter givtti a brief narrative of all evento thot were known to the white people pri?e to about two weeks ago, and I ?hall tn a: in my next coiiinni'ii.?ttioii oi tl.e cheraeter of the two meeting? at Woyneebora and bonderaville?. as ex? plained l.y the negri ' s o ho hove mode oonf?mhmi : of th? probability that the letter put porting to give ordt r.s f??r a ?general ettai k np in the white peonk is genuine, mdaf Un* eborocter ami extern of the boo* til. iuo\ ? ncut. ko far as I am ohte te Judge of it iroin ail the hiuiKts of inf. rmatiou which hale been within my leach. _. U w. BOCntTT Of rUACI'K.M. l.NdlNrKKINn. Tin- third quartetly wssion of the New-York ?octet) At I'i.uii. .ii i.ii?..int ii. ",:! i. bold next week at Otoptt Institut?-, R m i So. ?I. The scHf-l.ui wus uii ln ni ??! !? ? 1>? ?in on lept I',, lint M ?ROngCUMOttl eoiilil not be i?i i let ti ?1 lu tune, tin- opi-lilh*- ii.lillt-t.il wl?l bo ii?VhcKil )?y the l'nniiltnt of tin* S.u.tv. JamiH A. Whitney, i.?i Tueadat evening, Bept 7. Iii* topic it ??'lin- Heir.i. ?n i?f tiio Patent I?..-*,toAuii.-ti.-Hii Agrt ciiitini, Art-, un.I i ii.iii-?ti am." On Wmluiil?! an imn f?. ...mi ., .lain?!* < V Boyle? uf Jltt Iron Age will tatet H paper on "Ttm riiii_.it.ion oi Wanta l'ioUuct*." Um society ??a Thursday evening win bateo to ? poner ??n "li.?) Induetrial Application? of lllu-u Fiiiniice lila-,*." fruin Frederic- Luck? iiiiH? i?, nu-? hain al eagtoeer mud Inventor. Mr. Loekeuboek ii.-?ue.oini ?evecol .?an to tlio solution of Mint iiii|a?i(:int prolilnu lu Iii?. Unirla I n-oiioiiiy. 'Hie s. --.iiiii mil lw hruin-ht to n me oh Praiity evening,when if ts "tpe. te?! that vr..t. nun ot i he iiehnoiojiti w.ii ini.li? mt tim Bottoty on M__e gunn liilii-lrlnl Apoll? ;i I ions of KI? ? lilclty." inn in* the -.??--mu m v.i.if i?iief ponen on in?.??..ii.____i___uiijt--^-__ w iii lu* i ?. uti by inen 11 M-i n. BF.RIOl'H F.ND OF A GAME OF CAHDfl. Julin Moore of No. 213 West T_Wlf etta) ?t., and William chute, realdeuee unknown, were early yc-itenlay OMtnteg playing canin In J. II. li..? -si :n< ?oiV ??loon at No, 4*1 i.lKiill?-t*i\ ?... win ti tiny litiin t?i .|.i.ir it11.mi tin?traine, ami i ha*?' at hutt ?tofceoO Boon lu toe alidonien willi u ixxkrt knife. Moor? ? n.'iirii a ?TI ?.ii,. yoma t. hu fhUl, and the i??>llce are monhmg ha < I tot CANAL RING EXPOSURES. ONE OF THE WOUST I)__V_:i-OPM--NT8 YET MADE. TUF. CANAL BOARD St T AN KXAM.t.E OF DlSnEfiA-lD OP THK LAW. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 31.?During the examination at AadiiQ- Thayer this morning hy the Joint I.egis 1-iti*.o f'ouimittee, the law appropriating?.."lOO.tMKi for continiiitig the work on ti ?? Chainplain Canal ??iilargeim nt wa? read. In this law it was NCJubod that a purvey of tin? work shonhl he inailc, awl ? map, plan??, and enlim,.!?*- Huhinitted to the Canal Boord before the work was let. Hut in direct viola? tion of thin law, on the _7th ?lay al May, 1874, Ihr??* ?lays after the p... nage of the law, ?it a nwetingof tin* Canal Beard, State Engineer Sweet ollend the fol? low i ii _c teeelution : Hrtotrtii. Tiiat Hie sarveya, aeape, pinn?, aad B? 11 lil at i? tor lliHt port mu Ol til? t'lia'ini'l ilii ( 'anal, etiilira.? I mr ?. ?*? tilma "Vos. 20, 21, ?_???. gg, go. and 31, Besam ??? ?? -i. Min iliTi'led. aad liilil iii?? 11 iii.tl. _ the ut 1 hap. 788. Laws ot 1870. Bad whieh were approved by Cr M.ll.* KegllM ' t ?nul sni\eTnr. and atltipt? .1 h\ Um Canal Board Kept. 27, 1871. the ? mears -"ireby approved aad adopt ed by the I'iiiiiil lioanl iiiiiler tin? pro?????ion? of the act l'Imp. ?''?'?'. Law* of 1874, as a proper line aad pisa of ? ntargetneat, the sams baring ben examined and approved by the Mat. (engineer aadSarreyor ead Canal Ceuta?esleoei in ellan f ?it? provided le. laid ait of 1874. Tl'is resolution waa adopted by tke following voie: Ve i Bobineon, ?Pratt, Jackaon, ?Barkley, strom!, a". I Bwoi t. Naya?WiHen and Hopkin*. BEFORE THF. COMMITTEE. Tlir (AMI. BOARD ITC! -l??Ml*:i> TO ACt iv OtnWCT Viol vi Ion oi' ?LAW?TO-DAY.. MM? KI l?l?<is 1*.F rOttl lill. J 1ST .iiM'-lllTI K?OIOROI I?. I.i'Kli AM) JOH* KIIIV lilli -K IO 11 -?III V -Mil. \\ I.H.'IT'.*? KM'I.AN .TION, Albamt, N. V., kag. 'Al.?Tin* Joint Leffia lative I ?niiliilMi e ti? Inn ?tizate (.ma affaii- lint at tin* raeuwoftheAudttorafthe Caaal Departaaeal atii::io this mu? nilli. Piii-ti't? Coll? ?uni Bootk alni Aaaseably* awn Beward and Faulkner, together aita Mowry fhalth o' Hie cuiiniiiti t '-1 ?uni I, mere preeeut? The ComaiU* t i* iiii'iieiiiaii-i? weat tata private sesotua. ?iii ii'iipt'iun.' the doers, J-hu D, Pay was recalled aad asamteed aa te Ihe Blaeh Bock Harbor cosrtiaet. Be teettfedi Am < .nil Caanalssloaet I had ehargs of the werk;___aaet had tin* eoatraet aad aaslgaed it to GeorgeP. Lord; Vaadeaeeasaeeeeded Lord; Lord far* alshed his uti ti took ; wbeahe ahaadoaed Um eoatraet 1 do nut kaow wael bei bum at them*; I tim- lae (Hate ? l i * 1 net eat them; [had aothlag lode with giving Lord bis extraaUoi mt ~a the work; Mowery laeec-dcd Yan* ilin-iii : 1*. paiil for laiiii? ? f the tools beloaglng to Van rteasea: ft _e, ate., are fiftpii niiy ni ?i? it tram the -'att ; when -_atre_tors put on aew material* in iiri.lt. tor otherstrueturcs, they appropriete tin- old mat? rial: ?io net know thal they are jasttted in sodoiag. Fran? i? 8. 1 Kavir. Au.liior ?if the Canal Depei t'n i t. rc.ut recalled ead ? sarnia? ? '? u to the ? alarga aw at ol the Ck iinpi ? u Ciiii.il. Ha testlfled tha'.the.net ti thal work Is estimated >t 13,000^000. The list appropriation waa f_28.0_0. alni the ?. ?? mil | fOOjoi i. ?. ah the feet aad aboul kell the laal bave beca i xpeti.lt <l. The ? ktaeas waa tuen siamlard in detail as t" the eon tia. t *i Us werk. Beaator Dole What sathority kad the Canal Board to tl-i*a.part of Hie 9300,000 winn there wa? in? law authorising tin mi Mr. Thayer?I ?lo not know apoa ?a? hat authority tiny aeted; I suppose they sssnnied te kave aathoctty i there were aa aiape,plaBa,eraiirveys f'trtiie work inaile: the eautracta w?wa l?'t before the sarveya, de., eeald he aaadi ; there waa aeaulhailty fo_ letttng them prioi toths sarveya yet they were let | ti??* I law espnmiy provides that the wauk _h-_ not tie let o m ii the surveys are atada aad sabasltt-d to the Canal Board lui approval ; tia Caaal Beard w? ut nu ami ina le eeatraetB ead sap? mied Q2B3J0Q0 ?-iihout say authority of law whatever. Mr. smith re.nl the ?pfoeeadlagB of the Caaal Heard. showing that map?, ?-le., wera appeared, ead asked wLetber any ether a< tina em ii ti matt? 11. id been taken. Tho witne-.. F lid thai then had Bot beea. Ti??* map?, ??te., then adapted were old ones ami net tuw oni t, nt re? quired by Hail 9. tto Beardsfaaplyreedopteilaa eld Btap aad let the eeatraete la vtelathm ef the law aader wiih ii they were aetfauj. The? wererequtred t?? have a aeweurvey meda with neu map**, plaaa,ete., but tin y mitty rcadoplf d old ampo. 0_-**elgktk <?f the wnrk ti tim mlaim mini ii now done, and a part of the >f_00,00_ u-<ii Almut>>kmi.oo?)have ii'iii aaed in payasea! fur W<uk uiuler the ohl enlitraet. . Mr. smitii?Then yea mp the! all the money expended upon tin? work without new amps, plana, ?te-, waa ei peadedvrithoataatharltyet kiwi Mr. Thayer?Tee.Sir. Tlie law ? speesslji leojalred euch new serveys, maps, ate?, befase the work was let. Beaatoi Cole r. markrd thal thai wa? the worst develop* meat y et asede la all the lavastlgattoo. Be said the i.ici-i'iiun- aadersteod H?in %aeetloa fully, ami waa very parin ulai in wniilui*.' Ila* law whieh wa? to fiuvein Hie aettea of the Caaal Board j and yet that Beard tauue* ?tiatt'ty after the passage ef the act, proeeeded to net m plain ilolallon of it? |?rn\ letona Mr. Huiitli iiHiuireii t? hy co?ptala of the uaderatiap* per*?the ciiffim fin ami Other billi? idlaatee?<win n high oatetak mt Id this way. Tin- < .Unmut?*.- heru took a ?reeces aatO 3:_o p. m. mr. LOUD as?) mu. km hy ni. clink io cm m in.?.te nu?MM.i \ K8, fie? !??. T>. IxitA, ex-Aaaemblynsaa, wa? eaiii.i to the stead, sad be was sworn. Mr Peek!.am- Mr. I->rrl. an you know Mr. ?Bl ina It t Mr. w. y. Cogswell,Lard-coen el beresalditwea an* ieubtedly known le the Osasmlttee that ertmtaelare? median had beea taetttated ?acalaet ?Mr. Loud, aad II weald be ?klghly ?paeJadM ii la In* i ?es wen? be te ?tabasH le an> e\ iii.iiia'inii loucihlng the iua:tt rt tuvoivcd iii tho i reeeedlngs allud-d te. Mt, Lord would therefore, uniier Mr. Citf.-tw.-ii_advise, deciles to aaawer any gueetioBs toaehlaa theos amttere. Ma did sot think Itwoaldbs I roper tot Mr. I...ni to rUsetose 1 Is datant* al tbls ?time M . i't't kn nu, ot mun?.? ! ft r tia? people, said ihe nfaia mal? u would Involve those matters, ile Unu asked Vr. f.nnl if be bad snt? rod Into Bn ai-'r. am? nt with Lea Is .1. Iii uni ft while in w,i? h member of the Assembly, to ?gel ?1 Lil -I uni li ?IK lae *'II.mil it. lief lull" ti.li.iii.ii Ila i turo, he to reeelve two*_iir_i of the award, when made, fur su? li mi vie. - Mr. ?Cogswell ssid ;... i lient would have to deellne to Baaw r cat question, on tia- ground thal it might bave a ?.??mli ni v !?? t lim nats bim. ?Senator Cule avl I the ?iine-H wau prtrtli ai ii lode? lim* t ?t aaawer on the around si ? t ?d, snttttis ComaUttes eould oal) report iiie.ia. i to the l__lalature. John Kiley, wheeo nama taallejted to have inen in tin? agreement to repr? *-.*itt Mr. Lura, waa called and .worn, lie was aaked the same nuesitnos pul to Mr. Lord, Mr. in. ??.li, ?n in? . ?uni?.', i? ?t.i tbeaBB-s reaxons for de* i lu.h g in ait-wt r applii ? i?? Mr. Kii y, altbuugb au i i.i _eedlngs bad been, "to Us knowledge, begun u-.iim?t bim, ni I ? i i ill ne. I,nu ?7, it h lin? ( BOB WS* ?Ut ii lu? to make ii iinpinpi i al lilt? inn.* io bbswi i the ?? i ?tit u. Aftei some Jim a.?-?ni:, Ila t] i* Ilion Was p li B| a n alai the Wi IU ti? 11 ai '. tu mss i a? ;' 1.1- 't ti ml to t rimlnate bluself. Other ?ittii ar qn it lona were mt. aad the witness de? riiinai io anawei say aaeMloa ou the subjecl on tit. i -:.t gronml, hy a tv iff nf lui ? nitn ? !. Mr Cugawe I. i ?ii : i an ' nie then announced thal it weald lu* Um ?int?, of the ____mtttec lo i p?trt Mr. Kltaj si being in contempt to the I. gta-stare, sad ka i? ft tke staad ii:. MKKiiir ash Tin. rOOUimU CLAIM. Mr. \V. W. V>n?.-lit, the Citusl Comiui??si<iner, WBBfB? rall? ti ami eviiuneeit 800001 inn*, tie paymeiif of the Veerbeee i latas, lie ssplalaedthataeaealtatedaloag wini?- I? foi?* ilra a lag in?- i ??' I ?Hi ate. Ile SUMM (Uli lli ipmy anti laveetigaUso, get eeuiradtetery leetaaeay? ?and daterarfaed net te pay it. Time paased, and ka leal tin- ii.ht nt ????peal. Ti.en aBMadaacai waahtaughtte eottip? l hilo to poy it- Me th-n nat it uno the ii.tu.l-i of the Ath*iii?*y-Gi M nil. TI M u ka 1:< i r?t aettdBg w if _l>o_t it ft r ?MUM time, when at length Jm'^?* Prall BMN linn, ?tul t.'hi linn it had i'ii H put imo bis ?asada Tho witto ? -Bad, " Jadejt Prall i bed amwkatlwaagotag todo, Hini I Hld nui hui?.\ Be than aaked me finally to Inveet-cata the ? itter farther." Tin* ?* Itneei said ha re n.?'ti hit impiiiie?. sad (naiiii tin? claim was ju-t ?? T.iei) Auditor Da.ltoii lefu-eil lo pay mv ?Iraft. ami I na ??'i lavsBtlgslad sad beeassa eouviareu thal tboclulm o_gatto_epa__-M Beaaldthath? wasnotsiitlkfledtlui it aaght to h.??o baan paid, an?i that yojooo ?m tuo lum h. Mr. PeekhsjBH-Aad yet he elahned only "tI.ooo when lie went io the Ia f*mlnU I I Mr Wrlgbt?Tbls man \i.i? um' if..wi nitn. Be wee told thal tin* eoatraetora wniiiii pa) aim aoasethtag ami that the Mate otteers wnii'.ti al <i. Bat they never pani bim iiothin*.?. Per ha.pt ha Hu ?uelit ?lieu lie ?aiue to ikt f tata fur tl.OU b?.' woald t_.it soaartktai oom athen. Mr. IVekluini ?U hut do you nu ?erstand ^v gniliMn ?t Mr. Wn^lit?Dtgg-BB out biuinpi mid aBMrag l-'',? Uioroiifjlu*. Mi 1'?? ?hain -?"hopping and th arinjr I? on.y t-i nvt daua tries und saser ob the bruah 1 Jar. .Vii__.it?Vie, bir. Mr. r_._h.im?Did y??u authortsa tkegnhhfag of the 470 Heirn nt laud al t?tU?o I_?ke afl'-r tin- Iii' >? a. t. ? had t*? eu .rutila d ami ekMBed I Mr. Wright?>ut till al? ter a l.i*- ?.?I lu < li pu-MfU uiith.ti i/.illK 'I Mr. Tu kliain?If yen ?ill leek at flu* suppleiiienfol r.mirari, \ mi will ?ee llial tin re in no frriililuiu. piuvided for, Mr. Wright Then waa te be Bssne grabbing. Ml l.t" an? ie?, lui ).u-iii .?? the ifl.ct of thut rontrarf wni that the contractera lOntved the eilnvo* Kant price at #70 p?*r acre tor ?iiutdy euttlni* ami ? if.tr Iiik; they did bo ?grabbing. Mr. wright?wen. I ?-.mit thal wau the fact; lint thin eontr.ict mu? pfMeUted to lue, and 1 thotfht It waa Hil ri-ht. Till* fait in, I never wmj on th" ?-i.mini, ami oever nu Hie reservoir, if I hn?i m ? i the work, I ???ul I never lute ?Honed it y.r. l'lckiiiiin?Now. Miiy-.ioii in ni?? Ganai Oommje ?innerteeborge* ?In did POO not ter MiIm work I Mi. Wright- I Inulto take the word of othertl In nome tlitnm, I einihl not ?a? evi-rvtliitnr. Mr Smith?Hut the runt waa no extraordinarily larir*? I I ??haute think it would attract vour attention. ?Mr. Wright ?Hut It did not, an 1 ?M linJer the Ir.ipr? s*mn thai A ?An? ? ?Hrael from the Inform?tica ?jvea io in*. I eave my .ttelitiiili to Hume tit ii - iff uiv dil i -I? ii wh-te 1 th?iii?*iit IIIV plfneil?'-* wan ???? t ii? -deo. Mr. Numil?Mr. Wilgin .?nu me that fhin w.irk ext??? dod the mu-iin'iiii pile?* of the contract hy three time??, ..iel without a ? tuarn of pimit Mr. Writ-lit?Ye*Mr. Mr. **mltli Now, do you know of imv otter "in li aaee, or i ti n wileri? tlie julie <?r i net wan doublet Hr. Wrl.ht-Yen. tiir. I luive kiiimn of ncvcr.il raaeewbere the coat waa double, and that, too, without it < li.ni.-i 0f plan. Mr. Smith?I wl-.li von woii'.l l'?ok up thone rtuu-e. I t mik >..ii will tlml Unie whit i hain-?-** of plant. Mr. Wright I ?\ill do ho with pleaaan. Mr. Peckham- Hen I tin I 1,100 dav-t* labor charged the Stitt?? t?.r building ii ?lain fur the li.-ii<*flt ?>l the ?on tiiittor. Kow, why <ll?l ion ali.iw tn.ii eaarme I Mr. Wright-- I c.tliuot imw i.collie! the iii?', hut Mr. Roto tlll?-t hale ?-.itl^lle?! IU- It wit?. . r^'ht aril |iiiiper, OT I would ii,it have paid it. COU him, and he v.ill f.-ll j oil .iii Hhllllt it. s? Batar I nie -Ah, hut w<- have called Mr. Pole, ami he don't ci'iiie to tell h* anything ahoul If Mr. wright - Well,,ill I ?uti nay in that Mr. Sale -Utinfled M It UM proper, or I would not lune paid It. The Committee tin u adjooraed fill io a. in. la morrow. -_? ' SIM.C1.AH I.O.-8 Ol' I 18400 CEBTtff-CA-E. Ai.hinv, Atiir. 31.?Bx-Cnanl Commiooiotief ?ockley me belan UM Ctuel lora?l|gottng rommtwloo flu - linn inn? fur exam.nation in tin; matter of the ?p'-.OOO ??Hill, al?, a Inch li. limit ?aga In* gaie to liavtn, and Davit ?ay? ha gave to Bartle) altoi lit* term of ?Otee ex* pin d. Berkley ?aya he retuned tha eaetigaotetelteo* aett throngh the mail, hut Bennett n-y* he aovar ra. eelved it from him. TWO WRinS-Bfl IMl.I) TO BAIL. Ai.i.anv, Aug. 31,1-Judge Osliorn held a np? < liol li nu of the -?npniiie (ou?t thin murnini*, when Lewi* j. Bennett and-loka Hand, wttneaom ter tha f'at? in the cane of the I'coplft ncatiit.1 ticurgt? I), laiird, fur iiiHh.il brui in the ?tum at fSjOOO each to appear winn called npou. Daniel Peet ?f Buflklo and Waa K. chap iu.?u of i'uitoni Ula beeaaM their ?areli?. WASlUStilDX Tui'ICS. ODT-TAMDIMG I MTTED STATE? C?BBEVCT. Wi-uiM.r.iN, Taeaday, kag. g1, l*7V Tin- Tri it-iirv Deportment Imiifnl the foi lowtog ft.if. tm nt of United Motti Currency outHtanding lo lay : ( ?Id demand nutii . AAAASfi r?0 I. u'll-t. m1er not. h, new m.,ie 35,801.973 UU 1-ii.il-t? ii-ler tnitei, wtIi s of l?*7t ?>7,4.r.*,H .4 ?U Lecal-l. iul(-r not???*, ncrieH oi I -?'?n 274,881 ,:i*> 1 n0 I.e. ,1 t"ii<l??r ma.-n. m rieaof 1873 tf.370,0-0 no (?ii? vinr m-tinof i*?t;:i. i'';...'.*.-i no 'i wo year not? h of It 03 . 20,860 00 Two-year rounon note? of 186g.. 26,800 00 (?iiti.poiiTiil loton tat iini'H . .171,47(10(1 i ntctl-Oal ? um in y, Oral Uaue. . 4,iiJ-.l7'_ .'?I -*r_rtt_nal currency, i---?mu? butte 3,ll*a>,783 ?ii K.actioti.il ?un? icy, third i?u... 8,163,794 in 1 ia? tinii.il ? lUltr-ln't ,1th Isatie, 1-t -i rta?... . . M41-169 ?r>5 l-'iai i.??n ti ? urreney, 4th bane, '_d net i.? ? . 1 ,082-870 30 Kia? in?ii.ii i inn iiei, lill LaaUO, lid neu? - . 5-8-4,400 GO Tia? lii.n.il cn :? Bl 'J , "nh iaaue_ lli.!i?7..ftiO titi Tutal.iflir,,U'AS,2i'.t,0'l TIM) PRESIDENT AND OUB INDIAN POLICY. 'lite ?tntement in made upon Ililli authority, tli.it the foi ?!. .?lulu?,' IU? f-.ve tO ? iiliL'ii-H? will tullt-iu U mott argent reeoraaaendattoa that the indian ?ervtea !>.? terna*] over to tin- aaaaegaaaaut <?f the War Department, Tins is accepted a? au ovtdeuea teal Ike Pieotdaiat koa fimiily beeooa earn Ineedtkal ?I lea at toa?? ?I Um fraud?., ( inn ft d upon tin? preaant BMueamncni of tur lud?an ?are* tee. ban a tenadatloo ?>f (Oct. it hIm? ici\<-h further eui r io the rumor that Delano la Io9eoupene>_e__y Mr. ,i. it? .?<ii Joneeof Dlin_ta,ealttakardlypnkakte thal after bavtejt In thia maani r reflected apon Beere tory li.-iiiim, the PreMdeal would retain bim In the diMii.t. U'lie l'lclilelit ?inn alt? at h favored having tilt? eOUtMl of the In lai.in r? .-.i d in tlio Wai' Department, hut Ima de ?iri'ii to ?ive til.? pea? ? poll? y O fair Opportunity to .?ft ?? Bl?llalli Un peculiar IltncMi foi tau werk. . NEW SCALE OK 0AUQEB91 REt. Tlio Coi'i?'i-sioiicr of Intoriial Revr-niio lamed a dreular today pnaerlbtng a new tehedula of gongen1 fee?, to take eflbet from th? lit proston?- the feen t?? he eonputed upon i ? h daj 'a Morl. Fur the tlrnt 10 galloaa prr rta j. 1ft mata mr gallea ; for the next *_o ajalloaaper day, gre eeato per gallon; tor the next loo galton? per day, one cent per f-.tli?>n; tin? next 200 ruI ioi,*,. half ? ? lit I? r icalloii ; the next 509 ?'al'onn, tme ilftli ?if a et at per gallon ; the next ?399 ?..iHnim, um? null per L-Hiioii; ?liover 1,630 Kallon?, on_*-iweltthof aeeat per ?-niii.il. On all ?pirlta withdrawn rroai a warehona? the fee? will be one-Ill th of nne percent per gallon, lila estiiirit??! from $78,099 to 8100,909 a year will tn-naied uutlti the w01 killi* of the now method of pa", nu tit. A MAlXi: EEW8PAPEB TAMPERED WITH. The pinpin tors of The Maine Sltimhtitl com piatutn.it til?n- papen ban haeutoaipei-ilwttbmtna ?alta, having beau ?u ?ned m p tat-nfltrea, ami u? pubVeao aaaapalgo docnaaent? folded m ?i?i?; and delivered te auh ?erlban. They a^k if nek eoodaet la to bo tolerated hy tho r.'-i <)ii;i ?? Department (lea. Jew.11 \,aa replie?! thal inch eenduet vtolete? the min .?f the D?partaient, of decencr, and of tha praprletfn of oflfelal poaMou. " If 1 ?a ?rill preai al t ? tin- [)epartaw>nt,M ha mi ??, " the proof that any offl? r or employ? ha? bet n guilty of the offeuaa 1 hargi d he ?ball t?e ?i once dtaniiaaed the ?ei t i? ??, and 1 berebj r? ?iiunt yon t?<?io ao,ia onl.i that ii_m?.-uiut? a? i. 11 may he takiii." A COMMIfSlON" TO EXAMCTB A EEW PAPEB. Tlie Sit'iitary (?f the TroMaiy lug appointed Prof. .1. R. Hil.ard, W.liiiui Seller?, ('. F. Iliriiiiller, and Henry Motton .1 Coorariaelea t<> esaattae and report epon ?Icertainprooaa? foi T^fwg r>r*r iratriprfint Tbey ara to report. Ant, on the-__fu____? of tea pi in on f?.? . . . A'.g tin- durability ml ?eenrity ?galnat oona terfeittna "' ?ote? ; ?eeond, ?-? t<? what would t?,? ? iu??t eomit-aaeattoa to iho patentee, a?Hum!ii_ i???? patate t?? bo r elid? TUB BBELBCnOVl HFOE MAJoil BLACK. In view of the recent ptili?citions in regard to Hie Marina Oorpet niaettag upon tu? Integrity of ?I1nr.11 l?r of Um 'i.-hiI, Major W. Ii. Slack, it la but Jii-the toi "? that, ta the c-t?natlou of the ac-oanl ag-tBeanof ti,?- rreaaiuy, auihlaa b? oeeorred mu?i? briaga lu ijiie-.ii..11 the Hit? -lily ?if that ollliir. h 1 ?-k;nation or oo-UinmoHn thacrbb, The Hon. J. If. Tbaeher- Coaunioaionof of Pali ata, has r? 1 ,'iii d, te loka -fleet ti. pt. I, tot alar apoa the praettoa <?f patent taw tu Chtaego. Bx-Kapnaente. tin? 1:. 11. Duell of Kaw*To?_ ?rill ?arobabta ba appetatod m ii?* ?oeeaaaor. Mr. rhacher lia* leon of ub?inte for ? muli'.-. _______________ NOT To BE WOUND PI* EAglLT. Nokwkti, Conn., An^. 'M.?In-tiniiici? Com ini-- get fftfiflnae ai.ned bttforaftilnf Jnattoa Part thih nun liilltf to ytiif booda h? lore taking Hie a-??ef? of the Aim ti. ?m M itl.itial Trii.-.t ('mi piny Of Ve?"- Ilavi'ti tate bia banda to a?of tom, if? ?.i*?! anea aarrad witt 0 temporary injunction ir?.'u Juilge IWardaleo of the _u? |m 1 im- ( 1 ?un,, f.i'i.i. nil?- lum ii.uu luiili.r prooei ling?, and i " hi ..1 m?- s.:.- had. 800Y'S EXAMINATION iiXl.i) POE TBUE8DAT. Tkknton, N. J., Aof. 31??The Atiuiiicy Oenenl and Mr. a. 0, Btakejr, eouaeal for Beayftfee?e> r.iuituii- stateTneennr, appaand baten Jimti.-e Mi?is lo-doy to eanMim Ike ?otter te 8aoy*a ?za?ateattau. Tbe priaouer ia aradoalta beeoaUng ?ettted, in.-; ?fatete l.avi.i-i? ? 11'it..-, in <i iv the exeeaaiv? n*?' of liquor. Ile la no1 1 aver, ina condition to 1.. examined yet, The. xanduation, which ta al Ula own ronnnk Ua? boen pot u i-i ?i u-t.i niundaj , ?* tpt 2, at ii a. iu. ?^ A TBOUBASD KU KI.l. X IN TWO 0OUVTIE& CiNeiNNATi, Ati".. :n.?Two of tlio Franklin (?iiiut". nil.) Ku-Kiii_ hin bean tieiu m gi ogg ran la appear fur trial, lia nan <>f the nullawa have boan ?meted? lot* laeduMuy akone tii.it teen _re 400of ti?e oigaii?iaii? h in lYeuklinCounty ?in.iti-o m VUtennnm AEOTBEB LABGB BEBDBfl OF SPIRIT!'. San 1 iian< isco, Aup. _1.?Uuiti'd Stutr-s Ke.eiiue afltean M-1/.ed th? li'i'.i.ir-L.itti?) ol Qte__M Jn>t k Co. yi?i?Ttiiiy, with l.?,ix?0 pjoBaneof apitit-, Lu-t night maa were ?agaeed la exan?ntan tkepeemtan <>f tin? I'n ii? DtattllioK and Beflntag Company, kui u? y ft ne repart ed dtaaavartae ka? boan anda? A SV.VI HANK IN U09TO>t. BOflTOVi Auk. ?ii.?An Iniportt r?'and Traill rs' Natii'Ti ii ? 1.iu I., t.iili 11 capital of ?.a at otu?, hue Uren |n> Jeetid hy capituil-it. _er?. It* uiaiu uhject la to loau tnoiiev on men li indi.???, lu h.?a l or lu ature, aud 011 (?rain or cotton, lu (?itri-.it or w_-.L-.__.. FOREIGN NEWS. TUVi Ii I **T VII HA VC? IV THK OTTOMAI EMPIRE A R1THC.M. MINISTRY FoKMKn II . .?RVIA?TRU*? Bit. ti: KIKN. OUI KI) ? V. A III. I Ki; i i:H AKATIo.Va IN E?YFI. ?Bgg-MUBB? Tiie-fla-, Aug. 31, Wim A new Ministrv lia. Ii???-n lunn?*!!, ami then* is rea? aaa to ballara that it i? __a___tyea_aaaaad al membera o? tho " Young Servia party," whi?*h aims at Sevviau indi |x liileiu e. Um nairns will Ix? announced to iii^lit. Rk.im, TueMay, A?ii_. 31,1079. The Turi.? have ?lirov. n 1.000 nun into Trcl-igne, l'Ain*. Tuaaday, dap :?i, i?7R. A private letter from Kgypt n?p?iitH -Treat ronfa*? .ion and ex. Heine it there in cousi ..new.-? of military pr?paration*), Troups .in? b? ihk i!i?*p it?h?*<l to tl.e Al?) ? .iiiini funnier. At tin* nanu- time th? khe.liv? <\|N(tK a lilli fruin tin* I'm te lor aid in -iippr<**v?ii>g tin- Her/e_?i\ mian r? hellion. .-Ml ?uti.MB on fur? lough, ami among them Col. Long; have hcen re ealled. Vi-CiM'NT DE MEA! X ON THE < ?NIH.NNIAL i:\iiiHirro.v. ME CTMin Uti Mil MASCKAlll KI 'Mt T ) KXIIIHIT? sim ? ??_[. i\\t?;;? ICBBB BOB nu M-norr.fi Of 8BBAIBB IB BB I'STi iitaimi?. PAC?, Tiie?.|.iy, AUB ?"?1. 1875, In a ..n?*ocli <l?liv?*i?*?l at a B_W__Mg of iho nitinu'iit turen of Um Department, at tke i-i?i? imlay, Vl??oimt l)e M-BBl, Mil.i?ter of .\?'11< lilli.io aud C.itn inefi-f, arund th.- Bteauk m tanteet-Beta to Mud the pro? aaata of their ?Saauatrlsa to the Aa_erlean Chah bbuM Ex hiliiiioii. II'- ?t ii, ti that he had ??kid fir ??n-eial *?< ur ity for ehjeeta exklMted, ?ml for ana ri.-ht tosfflxthe real arises therees. t ? luiivi* ?>f American eu-t'.ms dillie?. Hecxpreaaed hUaoeMhopeM that peal ?.?xte-a hiiui of Preash eaaaaMaia would result. CATHOLIC synod IN' DELUnX ? THK Fit-I.A...... A-.-.KM It I.KI. Al M I. Ni ml ti?CARDt? HAL ? l l.i 00 MIK-IHI I>. Duuuu, Taesday, ang. Ok, Wlb\ The Synod of Ililli Anlil?i-lmpf-? ami Mr-lmpe of ii,?- Beawu CatholicChurch iinuiuou??! by (unimai Cullen, uinl? i ?lu* BSfeeai authority of tlie Tape, met at Mawiooth toalay Cardinal Cullen peastdad. The pro eeedfcaga wera add with closed doors, it is inii.-r.tood that th?*edite itioii aueettsa will betbepiln-ip.il sulijeoC of diiiheratioii kolora the ByaeA THF. DIRECT -_-AN___T____rr_C CABLE. Tau ka.li.if*. Pi.Kim. lUTAOt? 1MB WBBIBBB SEO TInN ?Til... M'-'IMI. LOUnOH, Tilinda). Aiur 31, 1875. The -tonino r Faraday has i???o\?ri*?l tho end of the eastern portion of the direct c*l>le, and li um it teli'inaphii? aananantcstiou with London. Hut she ha? not al ?ne? -e led in ti-il.in. tin- wintern Boottauef ahn cbIiIi'i and report- that uniavorahle weather rotatda ope* rat leus. FOREIGN NOTKS. M'ixtkkat., Auir. 'Al.?Tho <??1?1 Pullteja hera are BBd rtaniiiiif kospltaMy the HoshaMUek Kncanipui n?, of mi.ni?- i-U.el. Boar theaaaad htntattsae have I ?a Baaed for a ?'?uipliineutaiy keUfUl t to t In-lit. King-toV, Out., Auf*, 31.?Tin? firnt ?*.i-U airain.t the eif. tin-re . nt? for abetting lu the ?uingg'.uir ef etml n.l flinn tin* I iiltal State? wi_> filed tulay. The de'cml.tnt w.i. < oiiiiint.ed for IrUl at tlie A-?l/<_. Shanghai, Aajt. ill.?Mr. Heml? imih, i'liir* FtlKineer in the Maritim?? CUahBBBI B rvi?-e. anti a 11irhi? tit.use keeper nu ?haatang promontory, with their <_ ne?e einplo*.en. have lu*, n attaeked aatl Ina! n Iii th?* neighboring rulasen, it i? allec-d thal the Betreue t _s iin-tiL-ated hy a Mandarin wimm Mr. ii? mi. .?? u r____a_ H.i.ik.x, N. S., Aittr. 31.?Hcports from Labrador to the lf.th iu.?t. ggy the li-ln.i. ? had much lui proved, BBdfah wees ateBtyfreai Ifaasroeka bland to 1 milln Harbor; hut lia it aras scarce. H_rrt_u*had ma/i their app?aram??. lemoBeheeusaeaut?i ??? earth re? port an abaadaaea of lah, sad .? good i ?n n.-..in_{ i? oa* yeited. _______________________ 1IIF TRIAL OF WESTIEPELT. 1AKIN0 TKSrlMiNY A'iAlM-T THK I HI-. KI Y.?W TtAt t'VIl.AHAN 81W-Wi:,.II.!;\KIT'S WU-I MANI'.AC Tl'KINei -YMl'ATHY. IFROM Tur. i.K'.n.iR _o-____rouna_n r?r i_rar-__nraa_.t Piiii.Anr.i.PHiA, Auir. 31.?Very slow pmifi??.?_; I? being inad- in tlie trial ni William Wen ( i velt for eon -piiaey to kltliiap Charlie R?t?n. Mr. B8BI .?im.tided hi te-tiinoiiy to-day l.y _ ri?l.i. Itiir the lett? :s lie l__stf_4 from the Hliduetor-, and the personal ailvrtti-ement i u!ii;?heii tarina the nagattaMsua. it would appear tha?. Mr. Ron h aeted all the time under the dlnetmn of f __? police aiithtiriiii'D, who wen not ?sill?n*- thal the MB-UiB should rec? ive any reward. Whenever they prapaaad U ?wey hy wloeli Mr. linne coiil.I g. t the *_'.) ?MIO to tin m; the pollen alwaya ?laid a Basa fur their rapture. Daniel Buddy, Peter Callahan, and Mary J. Kater o'. Germantown, who h.iw the htdaaCCUUB.-UN e_.n_in_i_ Callahan t-t>_tif.e?l that, the day Charlie Hoi??? wa? klu nappaa. he saw a man co up the lane w ifh a ______-B"_____ over hin face, and ?millier man in ? biiiciry who held bia head down. Theoneon foot liehl the haiidkerclncf _?? that it Severed Ma ?aaae ami all hut hi? eies. They wen; out toward tho main ntnet. It BUB about li OSkm?_ in the uiorniii)?. I ?av.* tlntn a'?out 3 ?r -t ??? ??? - the * iBM aftt :i"?tin. turning off Wa.liinctnn line tos ird the Chestnut Mill Kailioa.l. He saw one of tlio-v men in Broadway. Bew-York, a't r\v:ir.l. The oaly one he eo i!d reeugnise then wes Douglaas. Etc v. i? ihe .mt* who was in tia 1? ii'i.'?-. CillaliHii ?aw him a! the Mor?iie. Walter Boss, the brnther of Charlu?. ?A ho wwaoan-l?*4 uff !>v the kidnappers aad left la PbllaiWphle. ga**? rery InteUlgenl aeooaal of the aii.ui. 'l ho Court-?? Joiirufd before bis testhaonv wau tempi ? 'I Dunn? the da] W? stervelt. w*lfe MM ?? Kh her two chil? dren??i ?tri o? atxiiit 7 and a b.?y o. ..?near tua dttek. iiiid ext*i:.*ii ti.? timpaiiiv of the spectators '?y btic eval? ut distil?**? at In r bii-l.aud's -ilua*l?.ii Wi>lervelt is a tall, athletic ama, with dark hair. I Nigh forehrad, ?nd a liuld, pier lnir tilaek eve. If a ?liminai, li? 1? null. <i i?!y intellfgeat eaoagh to bo a \?-iy dsagarowaeua Winter? tit 1m? all alotii? a?*?*rtei| ti*n ii ii? ta at???, a)?<| slatnaed tkat the ?story he told to the police, winn he of? fered kis assisi mee la r. covi ring ihe (_lld, ? ?Mkraeed all ii? i-ii w about the ehdnetioa. fnefalalty of that -t.-.y Int.? heel) i?r.i\t Ii. Ailinn? Hie ____C-_.CS ef the ii?ml . l . nappers were fmir ?mthous who wen* suspect <d of ha. :ug hail a haul la the orine. Westervetl was the fiat, i'?_ tad Ned Morris, soae ef a ilarsfutalds fei tuna taller ia New-Yoik, ?-en? tv..) ?ulura, ami tli. fourth It i? no; uropei bow to name, be? >e tin poltes ii..?e aol i ?..-ii ailie to Bird him. The Mut?lese ?were firreit* i, mi? then waa nu tangible evidence saalnst theui, sud t , ? .** wen-r.it .??tai. i?inii)|f the day inere v? ,? *. .? ,\ '? t tuten h.im.f-t betwe? n oounaei These waee koeniy watched by Meetervctt. THF 1U..IK IIIM-? OOMMimiOS AT f,AI.\.rrr. omaha, Nil)., kag, 'Al.?Tbc Indi?u Treaty ('oliiliii_**ioliel 1 iiirileil at Kort I_ualiiie tia- aftei.ieoi.. A H]??-lui ?1?hi._i_.?1i to Ihe Herald _s>_ that iliforuiHtiilt. i u.it. from thu Kid < loud Aeeney to th ? ?li et ti it all tho lud?an i, ?. la tin* ? t tptkOO ot ti.? Ml.n.mn P. \>-r Indiana, art uttt lu The latter are eapeeted au tha _?t of s.*, t. nitn t. Th * aspreaa awlTllagncai la a_a_Bu__a for tilt eeaaieu of the Blaeh BBka ogotoudation of thk oi.dr:. t two pai'lr? in tim: _ol'-H-.\i..**.. Kasiivii.i.i:, 'IVnn., Auir. 31.? Tin* BC*fllU-B> tion-, fur -ome thna pea4lug?leefe-_g te neena HUaCksa of The ktpubiixnn ii?nillir aud The I uion Antro m, lue only daily ?papata of thin city, and the ?tidaM two la the Beata*Weet, u*i n* aeueaaB_aaaed i??-dav. Tiie two pup.?**. merged kate nae will apneert ?bkutow u. n n<uu?icr the name St lite A inert* m, ,.i d m mi alarg? ?I Kim. A ?!__-.__? KIV;:it RliHn INAi.f.-'.li Memi'MI-, T?iiii., An/.. 31.?A ilispnt?!i lr??:i Pino llliiir Kay* t.-u? .traiia-i irort ?.ili?on. hSUOS fur I.ntl? Beek with a sarpa of _. m Bal ?__a_aB____tlaa, ?mick a ?nag seer-aasanyleetatahleadaauk. Mio ? .? i ,u f..t or ??..i? i iu hi i-, wbl b : a- ?'" ? .*.*. ,i in*, i. ,.i m tke b? .d. The !? m i? ' .ni rut bj insuraaee in local ri mi anUa t.fr?. 'Xbe boat will lie laloed with tuit little trouble. THE WAK mun MAUION TO Iii. i ITiLD OUT. Touts.un tu, N. EL, An^. 31.?(ii?li?m mci? re??*)>ed ?it the Navy-Yard her.. Unlay, to He the I'nit.'U Male.? ?teaiuiT Minion lor tea, lmmi diaUly. Thta Will take three or four month.. There ure now ?'?mt "KX) win km?-o m the .ardeagaawdaa the Marmu and_keeee> tract h up l_nttt-fetaCi THK AMLKICAN TKAM TO ?HO? >T AT FOU.H ?UU-fHE r??ionKF.K.PsiK, N. Y., Aii/r. 31.?It is an nouuietl mi authorii? tint th.? An. lauu Ki ile Team will cheal at Um ?udaaa r.i\or h.u ,??*, n-ar agi _itj, sept, 13,