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Tern Ule Earthquake in l'cru had Ecuador. Th'e details of tie great disaster in South America are tra'y appalling. Eight large cities, arno; g :i.e ai st i ut pur taut on the South Pacific eua?', have ceased to exist. Many more elites .?.? reported to have been mure or ?CiS.u??o ?.'I, and the cited* of. the shock Were t-Xpcnei.Cvd al ttia.iy poiuts northward fion Arica tu 0?iia->, a distance.of ab?ut U?O miles, at?d-A?uthivard tu Coliji, a distance cf abJul -SO -iii ?f .Wcm ?ct .-onie idea ol t tc client*erf the d vasia'.i -u cause 1, by iui a??Jii. g^be^wltule ^o i3*t of u.c Atlantic' front New ?1SiV*d t?harfvstun, to be first laid iu raiin? by ihc 'ipuoaval of the gruiui'l, and thon iuiuidatcd by an ocean wave from thirty to sivvu'y feet l?i?;h, mid next by supposing this calamity to ? i>e followed, at an interval of three days by auolbi r ?hock, which si.ould prostrate one bulf of the buildings ia Geor gia ai :d the Cat? li-as. Il ut 'computed that 300,000 persons 'aro homeless and wan dering throughout Porn, destitute of shel ter" and-'food, ? The numb-r of lives lost is calculated as extending from 30,000 to G?,0OO. A correspondent of the New York Tiiaca writes on the 24m- of August, as fbi . Tows1: :<; . ! i ? ? . . TJtE KARTilQUAKE AT ARICA. Arica is the ceutral point from which the eff-cts of this disaster.- must be traced. It is a .seaport, town of Peru, with a population'of about'thirty thousand. It was nearly des troyed by un partbquajre ia iSCo, and now it bas Ctf'a?ed t-j exist. Ab jin iiw o'elbek in the afternoon, in the most mountainous par; of the country back of Arien, a tw?sation was experienced like "t!it- cuHisijii of two h,eavy manses, and from this point radiated north and s. mb to the d stances. I have already indicated, with con s quinces tts terrible as they were immediate. ' Three undulations bf the earth followed this u ;>ivn Ciii'vul-iioB of Nature.-and each undu tar um wa- accompanied by a tidal wave-the second of greater lateral extent than the first, and the third greater than tue second. - A CO:T<-sp f?ide?t gives the following dese'rip 'tion ot the scene : Tin- h ?..ur was ?hat when by custom most of the inhabitants"bad J?st dosed their daily .' labors and were at their bornes. The instant "the. startling indications of an earthquake were felt, ll)ere'was ti general rush for une tv er-id spaces, which were readied by many un .??iiirvd, 'hut not by all. Thc .streets became a soene of terror. All the houses in the cry .t'embled like a person aUvctcd with the riguo Tneii "hey snrgrd. and H"ine of I hem fell ti pi.-ces wi?h c...sh .aftpr.-erisb.. Al tbi> june tore, wh'.-jj th?- midula't Wis were active, iii; e r.* oj? ned in. several, phices h. long am: a uiiist regular lines.- "TJne? azures were frotr 0 ,e lo fihee tuches io vridtb. The sensaiici .vHi djstit.dt, ns tlmu^b something was rolling u iderneatb. Front'ever}- fissure there belch " 'eT-firtu dry caito,""like (j'uitj which was fol piwed by.a sriliiug gas. When the undula tirons ceased, the cloud, of dust ascended apt' dispersed, and light was restored. Tl?ei qa ikes at snort intervals succeeded, a s thougl -jbterninean "explosions, or collisions, wert -taking place. At this timk, people from al naris of the city fl..'d to. bill-, amid falling sones and timbers, winch descended fron slaying 'walls and broadly-rent'^buildings 1 ?>' ' ii -the eve of. crumbling into perfect rain. -Some were struck down dead ..by th? ' n.liing* ruaferfrt}s, and others were maimed while ail "vero made'rut stagger fron side tt ?ide ?ike people iu. a state of intoxication. 'Jil*- SKA DESTROYS WHAT WAS SFAKED BY TH] EARTHQUAKE. Tho water in the' harbor wa- now receding from the shore' ' bvaring with it ali th? "s-.ipfiiig at r> id speid. Then the cur rent charge:, and before an al ino it over 'hinging, nemejideus wave,' the vessels eamt " bark, iosScu on'? way and thea another, oi whirled r.^but as though they were onlj ffoatirig logs, and ou the very summit of th< imrrrensc volume of wattfr rode tho Unitex States steamer tv"?c?r?e; The huge wave d ...'bed against the stone mole or pier, ant shattered i t a! I to pieces, then swept from iu path what was-standing of the Customhouse and almost every festige bf the ruins of othei " buildings.. Tt relied over the already des -t-oyed houS"s of the city, arud set a myriad o: a-tides afloat, which eddied in every direc tion, while at thc same time thc vessels ah(: floating materials were forced ahead of tb< waves at this time curling aud foaming sum mit. K very thing which it encountered in it; course was swept away in an instant. Eve great mapscs of stone were rolled over ant over. When thc force of the wave was spent ic retired, aud in a short time the equilibriuu of the water was restored, and then it occu .p.ed about the same line, aud presented near ly the'satne appearance as it did before th. 'ea-lhquukc. Thevc-scls carried inland wen ? trrrtWo sight. The ni ist of them wer. b ttom upward. Their masts'bad been snap p :d like sticks. AU this dreadful picture th < rrfugeea bri the hills were now bebo'ding Maay of them did so with the most markec e idencesof fear, because quake? of the caril were still felt at short intervals. Thc Wa tiree was grounded inland at a quarter of ii mile from the beach, on the line o: a railroad As far as beard from, only one life was lost on board. Near thc Waterle a Peruvian wat vcs'i'l WHS a'so grounded, aud'so gently that noVc o' its rigL'itig' ?or any ol its limbers were impaired. On b->ard ibo Peruvian war s e?uief1 America, which rs a total wreck ety lives wei? reported to have boen lost. " " Tii^ TJ'tiired Stat^*>:. storesiiip Fredouia wa-* ' np:et and all her crew except three drowned, ' ac?ording t?;':VFeport. Those wh ) escaped were the captain, surgeon, and - a'payma'^ter. ?irho were on shore''when'-'- the Cart hquake oe - curred, and sought reluge on the hills. A liriiish vessel, called the Ch'anarci?lo, lost many of HT crew, who were tumbled over .board. A United'States brig, name unknown, was foundered w.ith allon board. The ves ..jjAl ?t'is rcpor'ed. wa? laden with guano. The pest, of Ute shipping* destroyed were South AinoricM'i c'astrrs. Ttie fatal casualties in the city were about flit v. and the oilier casu aliies ab"Ut. one hundred. The total loss on 8hit)b-mrd wa? ab^ut tbrei hundred principtl . ly fatal. Th?? i-Vifug-es remain-'i on ?he hills for two davs, during whicli lirre they sullen"" irreal ly t it* f ,url ; at the sump time 't th?: q'li.kr- eo-iiiitni il ns Iwfore ut intervals. In lim-* tb- ir MitlVrii gs hi-p-iiu-.- so intense . t tat th" ini:"es huid to gu iii s> arch of mod, a 'Hi?i'ed qii?bt?ty of .winch thi-y found inn uama?.?'*'! eondi'ion, with \lu's tHt-y sUcc-v?ll their fiinilies. The sec?):nl morning after th- ear'hqunke a oght dniuuiit -oastiiig vessel enfiTcl the harbor, but did nor remain long at anehor. As soon as the caotaiu became aware of what had b^prjeiitnl he took on hoard a number of p^xifC^nnd left with them for Callao; thence one of the parties got to Panama. THE EARTHQUAKE' IN' Pi:nu. Arequipa, the most beautiful city ?u Peru, was completely overthrew i by the i arthquake ot the I .'J th. It waas-didly built of stone, and contuined about ??:000 inhabitants. With out exaggeration, I may *?ay that notone stone hus been left upon another. Not a church is left standing, not a house is habitable. The solidity of- the buildings enabled them to re sist the first shocks,pud gave time to tho in habnants to escape io theptn.ets and squares, but wa nut rfUflicient to arrest the continued Vjviolence of tb? enrthqiie.kc. The number of per-ons buried beneath the ruins was about 200. * . The earthquake commenced wi;b an undu luing movement.and as tho shock culmina led tin one could Keep his feet; the. house* rocked like ships ir, the trough of the -ea, and came crumbl'ng down. The shrieks cf the women aud 'he crash of tailing masonry ; tho upheaving of the earth nod the cloud- of blinfline dust made it a scen6 o|j terror that cannot be described. Nineieen minor ?bucks took place the same night, and at latest ac 'p.'tin's 'he earth .-iii! cntmncd in motion. The earth has opened in all the plains around the city, and water has appeared in various place?. The neighborhood vi Tiabaya and Sabenda. and ail the outlets of the beautiful etty hay? shared her Jot '?teifayv? Uf?qMiite sm mpmm place in Southern Peru, was almost totally destroyed. A few minutas alter ? I*. M., on the 13th instant, the inhabitants were terrified by loud subterranean noises,.presaging the ap pi oach of an p'Aihqan.kc.' Thc shock imm?diate* ly fnlloWed. Every buildiiig was shaken to its inundation.' The population rushed into the site, ts, ai.d. those who were not Jun ied by the iVli.-g walls made their ?scape m'o the rbun try w:ih all sj oed; '. lla<l Uiey remained in the city thc entire pvpulatioh must have per ?S'H.I. a*, immediately on"the passing of the ii:si shock, tire sea retired for some distance and Iheii returned with a great tush and a roa:i ground more terrible than thc loudest thunder. I he wave was ol dreadful height kf.U force, and il .'swept irresistibly over tht town, coui?lciii:g iii. ruin begun by the earth quake. Not a mercantile establishment ha.? e>c-p?-d, nor does a vestige remaiu of themosl opulent and handsome section of that town The massive buildings belonging io the ni trate merchants, mustjy constructed of stoM i and ??tue, have emireiy disappeared. Build ir ??a constructed of timber were swept awa} at once, h aving nothing io liiartt the plac< wheie tt'cy ouol. ? The inroad made by the sea extended U the runt ra. part of wLieh was covered bj iLe wave, and that section of the towu kuowl by the name, ot the Punidla lias been entire ly destroyed, leaving nothing but the debris of innumerable houses. Since the occurrena of l he .l3;h repeated sh .cks have been felt al.hough of a milder ualur;;. The inhabitauts filled with consternation,- retired on the incur si.'U of the sea, a..d cannot be prevailed upoi to return to tha'town. . . . The fl niri.-hlug city of Arica, through whicl th-; greatest part of our commerce with th? attgUbai?Hg republic of Bolivia flowed, an( which was the ruost picturesque ol our ports alu r havi:;g b'eu destroyed by the earth quake, was obliterated by the sea. There, ai in the other towns ou the coast, the water after having retired to a great distance, fei with irresistible force on the ruins of th? buildings, atid has left a sad -nd silent beach where but abbott Unie before was activity and'life. . The port o? Chala,.about half way betweei CallaoandIqu!que,sufFeredgreat damage, th< havoc cofttiiiuiug f..r about forty five minutes At tlie moment the steamship Santiago Wai about to anchor, after ? shock wb.ch was.fel very sensibly on board, the sea receded, part ing the*chain of thc vessel, and .pf", the com ..pany's huli>,.at.anctior in the roadstead, ant tlieu returned at a height of about, fifty feet . coveting the rocks about the anchorage an? iu the harbor, and sweeping up into the towt for. the distance of over one thousand feet .The customhouse, steamship agency, mole and everything wituin range, waa swept awn; by three successive seas, preceded and fol lowed by as many as twelve shocks of earth quake, each lasting from three seconds to lw< 1 minutes in.duration. S .AN EYE-WITNESS DJ&CKItSES TUB SCENES?ll ) .. . * . AKICA. .-' $0 . ' ?, ' From Arica the ngeo't of the Pacific Stearj i Navigation .Company writes : - At about five o'clock in the afternoon of-th ; 13th we were visited'with a tremendous earth quake. : I bad barely time, to get my wife-am children into the street when the whole c I the walls of; my house fell-fell is hardly th . word, as they were blown out as if they wer j spat at me ; at the same time th? earth opened . probably two or three inches, and belched ou j dust, accompanied with a terrible stench a , of powder, thc air was darkened, and 1 cou!? j nots?e my wife who was within' two feet o me with the children. If th i - had lasted an; ' time we must have been suffocated, but ii ? about, a couple of minuten it cleared, and collecting my household goods together, . . then started tor the hills. How We passe? through thedalliug houses, when :we saw mei struck down,'some atone dead; others maimed J is.tome a mystery,'but a merciful Provioenci was over us. We wendt d our sad way a , well as we could towards the hills, the earl! ) shaking, making us 3tagger as drunken peo pie, when a great cry weut up : " The sea lin, . retired.". 1 hurried on and I bad barely go . to the outskirts of the town when 1 looke? r batik and-saw all the vessels ip the bay car . ried out irresistibly to the sea, probably wi tl . a speed of ten miles an hour. In a few* min j utes the great outward current stopped, thei . rose a mighty wave, I should judge about lift; I feet high, and came in with a fearful rush; car . rying everything before it in its awful majes ty; the whole of thc shipping came backfill . it, scuietimes turning in circles, but all speed ing on. -Meanwhile the wave had passed in f struck the mole into atoms, swallowed up rn; . office, aud roaring on swallowed up the' cus I tomhouse, aud rushing down the same street >. carried everything before it. The remains o my dwelling house disappeared faster than th? , change of scene in a Christmas pantomime , .my launches- had long since diappeared, am I my ruin was completed. Every vessel wai either -ashore br bottom upward. The Peru , vian war stoamer America lost about eighty . *'ive hands; The United States steamer Wa taree escaped with the loss of one life"; witl . a small draft of water, she was carried bodil . on the top of the sea, and landed about i quarter of mile inshore of tue railway track The Freduuia, United States storeship, wa: > bottom upwards, e vet y,soul on board perishec (excepting the captain, surgeon and paymas ? ter, who were on shore and were Bayed). Th? t British bark Chanarcilio, of Liverpool, wa? lying high np on the beach, the remains ol ii , hull ? lialT^oi'. her crew perished. An Ain?r ?can bark lauen with guano was swallowed up, and has not left a.yestige to tell her fate, The last of tue ill fated .squadron, a Peruvian bark, was placed on the railway track appar ; ently without losiug a rope or spar. For near . ly two days we lay on the bills .without-.cov ering and without food, in a constant stale of alarm, as the shucks of earthquake were in cessant. "THC EARTHQUAKE AT THE CHI.VCHA ISLA NOS. At the Chinehas great da'mage was done to the shipp-ng. Th? following isa list of the vessels injured or destroyed : The British s'iip Resolute, partially destroyed . British ship Eastern Empire, badly damaged ; British ship Royal Oak, in a leaky condition ? n -tish ship Oce?nica, almost a wreck ; Brit,: a ship Southern Ocean, badly damaged ; Prussian bark Leopold II, a total wreck. Mauy of the above vessels were loaded, and were ab >iit to' leave ; their cargoes have all been badly In jared. AU the launches and small vessels are totally destroyed ; the wharves and the mole are so injured that immense sums will have to be expended on them b-for? they cm be of any service. In addition to the mortality at. iqniqtie; we ba?* to record the death of Dr Uockenh.-on, Mr. Snott and Mr. Kuerton. '?'lie Peruvia? Mineral Comoauy of London is to laliy ?lestr. y?;d. After month.- of labor, ami itu meuse expenditure of "money, "this mining 'company, alter bemif at work only two days,, had .their works entirely washed away ; up wurds of four hundred tons of silver ore, heavy machinery, bottles nf quicksilver were all washed away like so much chaff. At Chan cay, Shs ma and Huarnay, the same pheimm ena of th? tide took place. At. the former port a large quantity of merchajjdi.se was de stroyed. The Captain of the Eransuto*SayHr, from Talcahuaao, report*.that on the loth ult., while aboutthirty miles from Piscc, he experienced a groat movement of th? sea. OTHER CITIES. The town of Tambo is entirely washed away, and upwards ol five hundred persons have perished. Th- towns of Tiabaga Vitor. Molliendo aud Mejia, and all the villages within one -hundred- and fifty .rodes Are to tally destroyed. From Tacua, .acelunts are equally gloomy aud appalling; upwards of forty buildings are destroyed, li is said as many as sixty-four distinct shocks of /earthquake were felt, and which continued up to tue last date, the lt?th. The earthquake was terrific iu ?ts, etl'eet, noth ing of tho kind being in th?! refcollection ol the oldest inhabitant. The towns of Saina and Lecomba ura u?*ariy destroyed. Th? earth opened iu many piaces and vomited forth hot water. The valley of Lluta is com pletely ruined. Admiral Turner, in his letters to Secretary "Welles, d-scribes the situation of uff.irs as top horrible lo contemplate. Ten of the lar- I gest cities' West of the Andes are now nearly i extinct, nothing lek but a heap of ruins. The i Admiral, with the President of Peru, is do- . iug all in his power for the sick and wounded. The letters from Commander James H. I GiJJi? to Admiral Turner, detail the h >rrible j MWWU) a? gwu akw, 11*9 fity 4>f Ari-jj Siripa; willi a population ol' 1)0,000 souls and ^100.000,000 of wealth, is totally destroyed, lt is about ono hundred miles inland. "fr'KOAl COLUMBIA. ? _ The bogus mongrel concern in Columbia, calling it.K??flho' Legisla1 ure of-the State of Sum h Carolina, is still- engaged in the ex travagant farce of legislating (so-called) for the good (?) of thc people, and unblushingly stealing MX dollars per day from the tax pay ?is of thc State. But all things temporal have an end, and this infamous outrage on thc people of South Carolina, will likewise have an end-perhaps an inglorious one-and these robbers and oppressors will theu have to give un account for their unwarranted usurpation. In that day, will they be deserv ing of mercy ? COLUMBIA, September 15. ' In the Hob.-e (?day'al? Bilis contemplat ing appropriations for the support of the poor ol' the diff?rait counties were postponed to the regular sesi?n. The sum : disposition was ?nade of the Bill to regulate the sale of spirituous liquors by apothecaries. The Bill ho authorize the Rule of the Columbia Canal .parsed. The Governor, R. M. L'ivvis and C. ra?. Wilder, were appointed Commissioners for "the purpose of effecliug thu sale. I he rest of the day was principally con sumed in the-discussion of the .Discrimina lion Bill. Whipper, Bosenian nnd 'Elliott made very ultra-Radical speeches, and the former said in that connection he heard that ii the Bill passed forty whi:e members would resign their .-eats. ' lie was not intimidated by these threats and appealed to the colored -tuen to support the Bill so thal their voles might pronounce the statement .made jjn the newspapers to tho effect that there was a ?ionservative feeling existing amongst them, a ie. The original bill was adopted by yeas, lil ; 4iays, 19. The Senate's substitute was re jected.. All the Dem?crata voted against the original bill, also the white Republicans, Boje well, Douseuberry, Feriter, Hyde, Stoeber, Thisley, Wooley, ulso, Josepu Boston and Valentine, colored. The negro members from Elgcfield, again voted yea,-and ;that contemptible Down Eist Puritanical blot on cr?ation, Truman Ro.it,-a perfect blank, even among the Sam hps in the House, and who never opens his mouth except to vote yea on the Nigger bill,, 'and Judas-like, betray his own race,-sus . tained his previous vote, and also answered in ; the affirmative when his name was called: 'John Wooley, of Graniteville, Radical though he bc, is yet unwilling to reduce his owa puo pie to the level, socially, of tho vilo and pol luted-uegro, and like a white man should do, ? invariably does his utm'ost'to prevantthe coii, .summation of the l?athe?'me and devilish dc Bigns of fellows like River*, Root, Elliott, &c. The Senate bill from the IIou>e, to organ . ize t he'militia, was read for the first time. The following billa were read for-the .third time : A bill to regulate: attachments ; n bill to provide for the formation of the electoral :college-r a bill to suppress insurrection and -rebellion ; a bill to regulate arrests and bail in civil actions ; and a bill to regulate the sal aries of State officers. The bill to. incorpo . rate the Wateree and North -Carolina Rail road was laid on the table. The-fol lowing acts were ratified J An act to remove the county seat, of Beaufort Coun ty to the Town of Beaufort ; an act toautho nae additional aid .to the Blue Ridge Railroad Company; an act .to.punish persons who may attempt toiioldofliee -by authority of the late provisional government ; ?n act to provide a temporary organization bf the educational de partmeut of the State ; an act to close the operations ol' the Bank of the State ; an act providing for the assessment and taxation of property. The caucus has agreed to adjourn not later than the 25th. At ? meeting thi? evening of the Demo cratic Conventions of the Third and Fourth Congressional Districts, J. P. Read, of An derson, was norn in* ted for third, and W. D. Simpson, of Laureus, for the fourth. The latter was nominated unanimously after-the . first ballot, the former alter the eighth ballot. COLUMBIA, S. C., September IC-IN TUE HOUSE, to day, a resolution was offered by Elliott (negro), who seems to--'have become reconciled to Speaker Moses once more, to allow that worthy official four dollars a day extra, but it was indignantly laid on the table. The bill to define the jurisdiction and regu late tho practice ot Pt ...bate Courts: was or dered to-be enrolled for ratification. A lengthy and exciting discussion took place oil the bill to incorporate the Air Line. Railroad Company, which occupied the;ire mainder bf tho morning. . In the evening session the bill to repeal an : act prohibiting the excavation of cellars io . s?ub .ards cities was intruduced and read the first time. IN THE SENATE the following bills were read a third time, and their titles chunked to acts : The bill to provide-traDsportation for convicts discharged from the penitentiary ; the bill to extend the time allowed to officers heretofore elected to qualify. Corbin gave notice of a bill to provide for the quarantine service of the ports of Charles ton, Georgetown, Hilton Hoad and Beaufort Randolph gave notice of a bili to amend the charter of the town of Orantreburg. A resolution from thu House Sn adjourn on -tho'2Jth instant, wis ordered for considera lion to-morrow. The Governor has approved the following nets : Act for the assessment and taxation of property ; act* to close the operations of the Bank of the State ; act to punish persons who a: tempt to hold office by authority of the late Provisional Government. . Colonel J. P. Read, Democratic candidate for Congres* Irotn the Third Congressional District, addressed a Targe crowd in front of Carolina Hall this evening. Large number* of both parties and color were in attendance. COLUMIIIA, September 17.-In the House to-day, the bill to provide for the p^erva tion of the State capital was ordered to be enrolled. The bill to organize the Supreme Court, und the Air Line Railroad bil!, were ordered lo be enrolled. Thc Governor sent in a communication from Chas. IL Wilson, plainer from VVudiiii. law, charging one Johnson, member of the League from (Jolleton, with authorizing the arrest of hi? foreman by an armed body ol' negroes, and carrying him off in a threaten-1 ing manner. The Governor trusts that the matter will be investigated. Tomlin?on, Lee and Pettingiii were appointed a committee to examine and report. A resolution- to expel Leslie was referred to a special committee, consisting of Swail", Corbin, Hayne, Wnittemore and Randolph Strong feeling was exhibited against Leslie today. The following bills were read a third time : A bill to fix the salary of the Attorney-Gene ral at three thousand dollars, aud ono thou sand dollars for clerical services ; bill to es t-ibiish the Counties ol Ptckens and Oct nee as judicial districts ; and the bill to quiet rights vested under military orders. n Appearances indicate adjournment next Tuesday. COLUMBIA, Sept. 18.-In the Senate the special committee to whom was referred the resolution tor the expulsion of Leslie white carpet bag senator from Baruw .1, who has been poking the negroes, and especially Burnt District Randolph, itnder thu fifth rib during the whole session, reported in InvOr of ex pelling him and declaring his seat vacant. The report was ma le the special order for to morrow at lo o'clock. A lat ge number of bills were postponed to day to the regular session. Whittemore introduced a bill linking an additional appropriation of $60,000, to meet the expenses of the Legislature. Whittem . re obtained leave of absence and left fjr Washington at Sereu o'clock this eve ning. Both houses agreed to enter into an elec 1 tion for Circuit Judge, in place pf Williams, ' Ia the I louse, Tomlitison introduced a bill tu provide for the wauts ul thc sick - poor, iu Charleston. A resolution permanently seating- the An derson members was unanimously adopted/ . DeLargu introduced a bili to aroe.j <*n act to provide for the inspection ol flour. A message wa* received fmm the Gover nor approving; tho following act> : Tax net; act tn provide for temporary organization uf I the Educational Department ; act to remove | county seat of Beaufort ironi Gillisonville to Beaufort, L The Insurrection Bill passed. A resolution was introduced and referred, requesting the Governor to pardon all persons in the Penitt-nt'ary convicted uf p?ty lar ceny whoso terms are less; than six months. TTETDT'ERT?SER JAMES T. BACON, EDITOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT 23, '?\ FOR PRESIDENT, HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF NEW YORK. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, FRANCIS P. BLAIR, OF. MISSOURI. Sad Death. We regret to learn that CnAULTE CLAXTON, an interesting lad, aged about fifteen years, a son of Mt. J. W. G LAWTON, living near Cold SpTjn'gN ?n this-District, lost his life on Saturday last, by Gie accidental discharge of bis gun, whilst be and a cousin of his were out hunting on his father's promises. Medical College of Georgia. In another column will bo found un announce ment of tho opening of the 34th Course of Lec tures.of thin old and popular Institution. Edge field should not forget her neighborly duty to wards Augusta ; tbe more especially aa'she could not possibly do better by going further. - The Caterpillar or Army Worra. The Caterpillar has mado its appearance In Mr eral parts of our District ; but so far as we can learn, ita ruvages'havo not yet been very serious. This at least, is tho case in the vicinity of- our town. Homicide. We are informed that a fatal rencontre acenr rod near CKIM'S Store, on Cloud's Creek, on Sat urday lari, between Mr. WADR PADGKTT and a young man by the name, of Co rt LEV, which result ed in tho doath of tho former. Wo have not heard the parieulars. :-. ?, e--?- - Col. J- P. Reed, of Anderson. This gentleman has been selected, by the Dcrao catic Nominating Convention lately assembled in Columbia, a's tho Candidate to represent om Con gressional District, the Hrd, in the Congress of the United States. Anderson, it will be remem bered, forms, according to the negro-radi?al Con stitution, a part of tho 3rd Congressional District While vre bave.no particular partialities among the suitable-men of tho District, we hope} never theless, that it may please our D?mocratie friends to unite on Col. REKD. Bobas distinguished le gal and political abilty, large experience, and great discretion and sagacity in public affairs ; and is, withal, a high-toued and hospitable gen tleman. He would undoubtedly make au able ropresout? live in CougroS's. As the tiuia ia short, we should all unito on him ut once. We earnestly hope Col. REED will accept tho .invitation extended to him by the Democracy of Edgifield ; a notice of whioh invitation will be found in another column; Berckinana' Farm, Near Augusta. Progress and improvement in fruit?. Ytt?wfffV and the common vegetables of the kitchen garden, are, now-o-days, quite as marked and 'rapid a? iu any other material development. Rut we of the South, as a general thing, do not keep pace with this progress and improvement; be cause <iuoi<t farmers and householders,, when they lind a satisfactory variety, either of fruits, flow ers or. vegetables, seem inclined to stick to it year after year, until tho day of judgment, rather than venture into the field of experiment. W? hope, however, that things are gradually growing better in this respect. And if there aro any of our people who would like to see such progress and improvement in their highest and most intel ligent phase, we would advise them to visit the beautiful Model Farm of Mr. P. J. BauciruAMs', three or fo.ur miles out of Augusta, . Augusta hui become sn largo, populous, and enterprising, that it abounds now in points and objects of interest ; and not the least among those, we can assure you, is BERCKKANS' Farm. Mr. 13KUCKM ANS himself is a Belgian gentleman of highly cultivated mind and polished manners; and withal, young and handsome. He speuks En?lish und French with equal oas.e and purity; and while conducting you over his useful farm, ?will assuredly make a complete conquest of you, whether >vu be woman ur man. This Farm lies three or four miles South of the city, on a road leading out\ to the right of the Sand Hills. It consists of about four hundred aeres, some throe hundred and fifty of which, if we remember "ight, are under the highest and most Improved cultivation. Wo visited it in May last, when it was a srono ol rare beauty and pro ductiveness. And ou this occasion wo received a uT impetus; a fruit-floxrcr-vegotable hnpe-l tua. And it is on ibis account that wo exhort our people to visit R>:;ICK.VANS' F arin, and catch from Mr. BKKCKMANS thu spirit of progress and improvement. Thoy will sec acres-upon aeres of young apple treesr of nil imaginable varieties ; and so of peaches, and platnr-, and pears; and apricots, and grapes, and figs, and nuts, and ber rie?, and vegetables. Mr. BKHCKVANS ships thou sands of llioso pb.nts every season tu all parts of the Sou h and Westland even to the North; ' Now is the tim? to procuro and plant Fruit Trees, and Strawberry Vines, and'.ROBOS, and Shrubbery. Wc hope our poople will take tho hint, ond make themselves acquainted -!th Mr. BRRCKMAXS and his noble useful and improve ment;. '1 he Ratification Meeting a? Ninety-six Th? Ratification Meeting at-Ninety-Six, on Friday last, proved to he a great sucre i and a very.enj.iyabiu ucease n. None of the usual con comitants of such gatherings were-wantiug. Mu sic, marching, feasting,- patriotism, beauty, brave ry, and oratory, wero all there. The speakers were Coi. KKK o, of Audorson; Solicitor YOI/MAXS, our owu gifted" townsman; Gen. MCGOWAN, Col. ll A SK ?.LL, Cpl. THOMAS, and Cul. JOHN CUNNING- | UAH. Democratic Barbecue at Iluiet's Store. On Friday, 25th inst., there is to be a Demo cratic Barbecue in the above named stanch and hospitable section of "old Saluda." With grate ful appreciation, we acknowledge the honor of 1 an invitation io the same. Forty-Eight Columns, of Stoutest Democracy* Newspaper columns. Contained in Tnt Weekly Vo'.t, ? splendid Democratic journal publish cd at j Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Post it edited .;n J conducted with eminent Conservative anility. It ii, in every ref peet, a paper of the first rloss, and deserves hearty patronage from the South. It is one of our most honored visitors. Jas. P. Barr & Co., Proprietors. Price of Subscription : Two Dollars per annum. What the President Says. " A standing army of puld troops in any State, unless called for and controlled by Federal au thority, is repugnant to thc Constitution and Laws, and every power of tho Government will bo used to put down standing armies of paid troops in States." The corn crops of Kentucky this year trill be unusually large, reports from ail over tho ' But? ??4icrtH>g M innvsM pm former fernst, \ Turmoil on thc ti a rt li, anti under the turill. In fact, as the preachers tell us, and as life proves to ns, there is turmoil everywhere but in Heaven. In another column will be found a graphic account of tho late horrible and unparal leled earthquakes in South America ; an uccount which our renders will find grimly interesting and exciting. Vtrily, as one contemplates those nutu r ? 1 and materinl earthquakes among our Southern friends, and the sucia), political and financial earthquakes which are ronding and destroying our own fair land, he might well exclaim wiih David : " Oh, for the wings of a dove, that I might Ooo away and be atTost V Which.is the Wolf? Which the Lamb? Turmoil coming on thc other1 side of the water too ! On our first page this .week will be found an in tere? ting lotter, treating of a subject which now commands universal alton tion-i. e., the.im pending wnr./in Europe". Marshal Niel hos de clared the French arin y in a. state of complete organization for war ; and tho French Minis ter, Boucher, spooking for tho Emperor, declares, in real French style, that i* a strong army isa pledge of peace," adding, " the Emporor's gov ernment accepts the idea of German unity." King William ?f Prussia evidently thinks thu said Idea of unity a good one, and seems determined not to give it up ; but as to tho idea of France main taining an army large enough to dom?nalo Eu rope ot will, that is another aud a different thing. Bismarck points to Sadowa and says, " Who's afraid ?" Where does the wolf live, in Puris or Borlin ? Things look as if the Rhine would be muddied soon. Zephaniah Platt! "Phoobos, what a narnu, To OH the speaking trump of futuro fumo !" - - Who is Zephaniah Platt? Wc know al! about A min adah Sleek, Uriah Heep, Ac, but of Zepha niah Platt we know but little. All that we know is that hu is a gentleman who a'o cod fish early in lifo, and consequently hod his blood poisoned forever. Bah, when they have eaten cod fish corly in lifo, there is no hope for them ! But, upon consideration, wo do know one or two other items concerning Zephaniah. When Judge AL DRICH was displaced by military tyranny, his un ? oiled marrtlo'fcllupon the shoulders of Zephani ah, becoming thereby deeply dcfilod. And a month ago, tho negroes in Columbia confirmed Conby's outrage by electing Zephaniah to bo one of the Circuit Judges of South Carolina. And in this capacity Zephaniah will soon bo among us. The Co.urt.of Common Pieos, and General Sessions will sit at this place on the first Monday in October; and Zephaniah is to preside ; which Zephaniah hasn't thu shadow of a right to do. Wo know rot Zephaniah's antecedents, if they '"uro bright, his present position blots them out forever. And they moy be dork, but certainly none among thom is so dark as his present un lawful and ignoble office-holding. Another Mau wc Should Like to Know More About. That man, Grant. Where is he, and what in he doing ? He is a man of mystery. People don't even seem to know his name. Some say it pto?Hiram Ulysses; Borne say Ulysses Simpson ; some Hiram Sidney. Is" there anything in his head, or in his mouth ? Certainly nothing comes out; above all, no speechos. Alexuiidor Stephens, speaking of him, says ho is.no,fool, and a much more formidable man thon we imagine. We are half inclined to this opinion. Every District officer elect in Marlboro District has foiled to qualify. Cause-unulilo to givo bond. The Bennetts ville Journal says this proves that there isn't a radical in tho Dit tr ?ct worth a snap. Thc Rads elected to office in thia District have given their bonds, but neither they uor their bonds ure worth a snap. They are however not in office yet-ond it is not likely they will handle the people's money soon, inlets their straw bonds ? etrcnjrthoned by more, responsible names. And responsible men will be very oautious how they endorso for scalawugs. Rascality Well Paid. A Resolution was introduced into the nigger nome of Representatives in Columbi*, lost week, that Moses, so-called Speaker of the. House, be paid $1 por diem, ox tra, for the whole "session. This Resolution was subsequently withdrawn, or got rid of in soma Way; but with the understand ing that tbc said $4 per diem extra should be "donated" to the said Moses. Make ready, there fore, tax-payers, for this " donation" to your ad mired countryman. Or, spooking in comest, make ready not to contribute one ".bloody red" -towards any such infamy. The proceedings of the Democratic Club recently organized at Shiloh Church has been re ceived, but too late io: this issue. - They will ap pear, next week. . -. ? EST The United States soldiers at this station (says- thu Columbia Phattfix, of Friday,) were, paid off, on yest,rday.- Ono store-in Columbi?' Did to thom sc ve o ty-ii ve Seymour badges and tb reo Grant badges, and the Seyinouritos evinced . disposition to whip tho three Grantites, for go ing that way. This shows how the wind blows. 63^* At thc plantation of Mrs. James Erwin, in Abbeville District, on Monday evening last, on altercation took place between Harvey Pratt and l'enry Klam, both colored men, which resulted in the death of'the former. Pratt was tcniblycut, with o very ?argo.knife, as we hove boen informed. Jealousy wa", aa wo learn, at the bottom nf thc dispute. Henry Klam carno up to the village, yesterday, and delivered himself up. So says the Banner. General Longstreet visited the Louisiana Legislature on th? 17th, and was invited to a seat within the bar. There was a recess, during which there occured a general shaking of hands milong the members and General Longstreet, including some negro womon who were on-tbc floor. ?3?" At'tht recent Democratic gathering ut Florence, a lotter was 'retid "'by Captain Gilbort, from the editor of tho Boston Courier, which stated that during tho war the Ruv. B. F. Whitte more, while in service, appropriated the sum of $."?000. The peculation was discovered, truced to him, and. acknowledged ina letter, which was kept and can be produced as a proof of guilt. Enough has been olicitcd during hts legislative carcor to show (hat the Rev. carpet bag senator and M. C. is but a wolf in sheep's clothing. tS^Thero was a rousing nigger radical moot ing at Wilmington, N. C., on the l?th. J?s. W. HoKlori, tho Governor's son, in a short speech, ad. vised tho blacks-to f) to tho polls armed to the .teeth. He saU he spoke not SB an individual, but as a prophet of the doom of Southern Democrats aud invoked the god of turpentine' to cover with Hame the dwellings of rebels. " t'y A little boy was bitten by a rattlesnake, in Anderson Distriot, a fow days ago, when the father killed the reptile, dissected it, and applied a portion of the en trails os a poultice. The bit ten boy recovered. This is an old-fashioned remedy. fiST Bom i Gilmore, a farmer ond bis wife, wero murdored at their home in Queen Anno couu ty, Md., on Friday .morning last. Mr. Gilmore was found lying on the floor with his head eui and mashed with an axe, and dead, his wife dread fully out also with an axe but alive at tho time, though insensible. The h ou so had been ran sacked, and a small frank containing money tak en. Suspicion points to a negro man aa the per petrator of tho crime. pS~ A pianist in Danbury, Connecticut, on Friday tested Blind Tom by playing a pioco with both hands at the ends of tho piano, and intro ducing his nose in the centre of the piano. Tom played the pieoe immediately after, even to the nose, convulsing the audionoe with laughter. fy Mrs. Persimmons regards with concern the increase of the cattle plague, and sympathet ically wondors if hor husband will escapo ic. ISS" The Cuban coolio trado does not appear : to be, in any wise, abating. It is understood that ' there ar? DOW, st Mariel aud Uavaua, about.8,0W ] tme?$, j Rivaling thc Dry-"(.'oods Palaces 01 fVcw' Volk*. Wc mean tba Establishment of JAM KS A. GK A Co., in Augusta. Wo have been hearing some timo past of the splendid improvements ing made by this grand and popular firm. A noir, in an article copiod from the ChronicU Sentinel, we arc enabled to give our readers al idea of tho sume. And wc would rewind then the same timo that at this Mammoth and Fask'n able Store they will find one of Edgcfield's ra popular and agreeable boys-our young frie: IIucu B. HAUUISON, Esq. A IIANDSOMK STOUK.-Strolling into James Gray <t Co.'s Dry Goods Stoic, yesterday mo: ing, we witnossed tho hand of improvement bi at work. The store has been considerably i larged in the rear, an L wing having been adi to tho Eastern side, adding much to the con nience and elegance of the establishment. 1 carpenters have just finished, and the painters i at work, so that by Monday next Messrs. Gray CW., will't?o ready for their grand Fall opcnii They have added immenrdTy to their stock by I addition of largo supplies of atl the: latest, m desi rab lo and most fashionable dress goods, sha.ii cloths, cassimores, fancy goods, and 'cverytbi usually kept in a first class Dry Goods*boure. When the opening takes placo, wo can imagi tho rush of ladies to examine the tempting d play, and luy- in the first installment of Fall a Winter goods. And there they will find courtei and accommodating gentlemen to wait-up them, exhibit and explain to them all the lat. attractions and styles, und happy to furn i.-h th goods at the lowost possible rates: Surely fh< arc.inducements to attract tho ladios, and bei wo have reason to anticipate a crowded store, a a busy and profitable seaso'n for this house. Mr. Gray, the senior partner, is an experier.c business man, and understands the wants of ! customers and the pnblic generally in his Iii while tho junior partner is also an expert in t selection of goods for this market. Ile bas i lectod ihem himself, -expressly for this market In this establishment may be found a lar stock of every variety of dry goods and fae goods, and with tho new arrangement its patrc will havo more room and botter facilities for ni king their selections and. purchases. Don't i to call, theo, and see.the handsome store, t handsome stock, the obliging clerks, and lay your supplies while you have an opportunity selecting something to suit your choice. ? ? ? ew+m ? "A Monkey Without a Tall.'* Every body knows, of course, that the not mombers have been expelled from tho Georj Ilouse of Representativos. And 'more latter they have boen likewise expelled from the'Se?a In that body there were two negroes, and, b; vote of 24 uyes to ll hays, they havo been oust Georgia thus, practically and tangibly, pla herself on the rocord as a white man's State, the Ilouse, there wore some sixty white Radica and.of these, only twenty three voted in favor thu eligibility of negroes. It is clear, thereto that in this matter, the .' bitterot t opponents the negroes were the white Radicals whom tl themselves bcd elected. Read it, all ye wretch1 misguided negroes,, and know that exactly I same spirit pervados your Radical friends -every State. In our own State, who have bi nominated fer Congress by the Radical Cony: tion recently assembled in Columbia? Wb mon alono ! Ninetoen-twentioths, or nearly I whole, of the voters of .ho Radical" party- in t State, arc colored men; and yot ito colored m is allowed to go to Congress. Niggers' aro .e dently regarded by the Radicals as useful in i ting, not in ofjlee-holding. And yot how vas superior arc the negroes in our Legislature Whittemore, Bowen,. Jenks, Ac. Who wot not infinitely rather have Dave Harris or La renee Cain in Cong ess, than Whittemore Bowen, or any white Radical in the so-call General Assembly ? But how about tho '''monkey without a tail During the discussion 'of the question of expe ?og the n. groes from the. Georgia. Senate, t Radical Senator from Burke County-Mr..Hu gerford-reported a resolution itr substance, " tl us the negro teat a monkey toilhout a tail, (iwi epteie* of baboon, therefore he is not entitled a sent on this floor." The D'nwcrut* deemed the resolution dist .?peotful, and so the chair ruled. Comment totally unnecessary ! --. -?- ? . ~ Bnse Ball Playing. It has always been a great complaint, ai justly so, that Americans do not take exurci enough. We are constantly pointed to tUc'En lish youth'/with Iheir athletic sports of prick and bouting, as examples for us to follow. Crick does notseotn tb suit Americans; butu gaino h been found mora to their tastes, and Base Bu bas become widely popular all over the countr Mest of tho young men, in and about our lar) cities, who can command an hour's leisure durii the day, aro enrolled in Base Ball clubs; at Base Ball playing and Base Ball matches no moko tho engrossing amusement of our your men. Thc public generally take great interest i the sport, und tho bull, grounds are crowd d c match days by enthusiastic spectators of bot sexes. In Charleston, lately, a grand match ?as p'aj ed between thc Alert Club of that city, und tl Furn st City Club of Savannah. The oceasin wi's a great one in Charleston, nnd to read th accounts of it merely was delightful. In thi contest, tho Palmetto gentlemen were tho victor! And MOW we conclude by suggesting to tb young men of Edgoficld, goodly in number, i sinew, and in spirit, to get up forthwith a Bas Ball Club, and lot us have this winter some heal thy and invigorating amusement. -f ??-*-1--7 Reconstructive Civilization. - Almost every mail-brings in reports from som s?ction of tho South, (says the M?rrnry) of th vilest and most brutal outrages upon" women am children. Thc enormities are of such a horribl nature in their details, as to render it impusaibb for us to publish them.. Neither in Europe, A>ii or Africa, amongst any white or seini-ci?Bizet race would it be possible for such an amount o appalling and savage bestiality to be committed Men would risa in fierce wrath und cleanse tin land with blood. And this is tho civilization that Radical fanati cism would! spread like thu black besom of a hur ricane over this' once fair land-tho civilization of tho Caffree anil the Anhaute." How lonjpwi?l it be endured ? How long wjll it take to do it. I-? -W $8t* What is the reason (says the Pittsburg (Penn.) Post,} that working-men do not get along as well now as tboy used to before tho Radicals got possession of thc government? Taxation t L-.st year no Uss than $31,020,522, in gold was levied on sugar and molasses alone. On tea a duty of 25 vents per pound, in gold, is levied. From this source alone the sum nf $3,202,425 is derived. From coffee $7,982,24S; so that on thefe three articles, tea, sugar, ind coffee, tho enormous sum of $43,204,195, in ;old is obtained. And the same proportion holds on ail-the neces saries of life. Here is the explanation. The rev enues aro raised on articles of consumption, and are paid by the industrial biasses because they are much more numerous than the wealthy, and bo cause tho wealthy by raising rents and raising all prices get back their taxes into their awn pockets. -:-<?-.*>? ? Women go to church to show their dres ses; men, to show their manners. One is costly, the other is cheap, but noithor amount to much, when .the motive is soanned. pSF Gen. E. D koys, ono of the best generals in the TTt-?oc army, is stumping California for Seymour and Blair. In IS tl 4 he supported the election of Lincoln. ^SsV" Gen. Carl Schurz, after stumping Indiana in German, declares that the Dutch are no more intelligent thar, the negroes, because 'bey mean to vote for Seymour and Blair. ?3P* A warrant in bankruptcy bas boen issued against the estate of Ker Boyce, of Georgia. The amount owed is $2,526,923. The majority of the creditors reside in New York. A meeting of the creditors is to be held at a Court of Bankruptcy, in Augusta, Georgia, on the 18'.h instant 3&f~ A lady named White, living- two miles from Spring Hill, Maury County, Tenn, one day. last week, gave birth to four male children, weigh ing in the aggregate twenty-three pounds, and well formed and healthy. She has been married about throe years, has a child now fifteen months old, and wet* ned two hundred and aino pounds . fc -- For the Advertiser. Tho following Resolutions wore adopted by the Edgcfield D?mocratie Clab at ita mealing on Saturday, tho 19 th t j , Resolved, That Cpl. "J7 P. REED, Democratic Candidate for Congress for the Third Congres ?ional District, be invited to address the Edge field Democratic Club on Sale-day. in October next ; ind that all the Demoeratic Clubs of the District be invited to attend en mane. Resolved, That Gen. iWADB .HAVI-TOX and Col. J. P. THOMAS be' also invited to deliver addresses at tho same time and place. R. G. M. DUNOVANT, Vice-Prus't in the Chair. A. J. NORRIS, Sec'ry. ".---? ? "? For the Advertiser. Democratic Assemblage at Meeting Street. " Pursuant to a brief notice, the eitiiens of this portion of Edgefield District convened at the Academy, on Saturday, the Iflth Sept, for the purpose of organizing a Democratic Club. Every gentleman- present, nat already a mern-, ber of 80mo other Club, promptly enrolled bis name. The election for permanent Officers resulted ss follows : i Dr. JOHN LANDRUM, President Dr. D. C. TOMPKINS, vice-President Capt W. L. STEVENS, " " Capt. J. H. ALLEN, Treasurer. E. KELSI:, Secretary. It was thought best by the meeting not to cumber the columns of tho Advertiser with any Preamble or Resolutions. We desire simply to make it known that we are organized to co-ope rate with the great Dcmocrutio host of tho United States in securing the' election of Seymour & Blair. Our next meeting will t&ko place - at the Ma sonic Hstll,near Mr. Simeon Cogburn's residence, on Saturday, the 2?tb Sept. 'Everybody ia cor dially invited to meet with ns on that occasion, precisely at 2 o'olock in the afternoon. E. REESE, 8ec'.-y? ,i Who Was Sharper than Benjamin Fra uk 11 u ? And what did he say aboutadvertising ? Read " To A YOONG MERCHANT.-^Wnen you pay more for the reat of. your businoss house than for ?advertising your business, you are pursuing a falso policy. If you can do business, let it be known." And what docs George D. Prentice say-the' equally brilliant and practical editor of the Louis ville Jour ned t. Read again. "We haye beep, carrying'on tho Louisville' Journal thirty-seven years,'and during all this time we have known no man of business in the ??ty to/ail who advertised liberally. And ire., havo known no one to ?uceoed in any considera ble, if even.in a respectable degree, who didn't advertise liberally." . . And what docs Horace Grooly say-the philos-' ophor of the Now York - Tribune/ Read once, more. " The most successful business men-in this city are those who,havo advertised liberally and con stantly. A small adVertise'nrent constantly ap pearing, is better than a display column ic<iu sioually." --? ? ?**-""' ' XS* A Washington dispateb-to- thc Boston Ad- ' verlisor says that Mr. F. A. Sov?yer,-?enator from South Carolina, -is in th at- oity; -and tkat he is op-* posed to a September session of Congress. pS- There was a beaVy frost throughout New England on tho 18th'; " ??t* There was a slight'snow in Maryland on the lfith ; und a rv h i tc frost in Virginia on tho ISth. pB~ Kellogg, ono of-the carpet-bag senators from Louisiana, sends 'his constituents bod news. In a recent letter from "Washington, he wiites that " the Radical ticket has a very slim chance of success"," and that "tho Northern people are more enthusiastic for Sovm'uur -and Blair than t .ey have Been in any previous canvass for tbe nominees of any party." p&- Tho Georgia Legislature hus passed ? bill which states tbut none but intelligent and uj right persons can'sit on jorie's, 'and negroes to be ex cluded from that position. fit* The Oregon Legislature assembled on the 17th. Democratic majority in tho Senate, four; in the House, eleven. Notice was given of a till repealing adoption of the fourteenth amendment ^3"KMossr?. Willis & Chisidai, Charleston, in their Annual Circular, issued on thc 7th Sept., ultimate fha Cotton crop 0MS8S at 2,rS?,C00 bales. Tj?g- A German genius in tho city of New York bas invented a new coffin, which, bo says, will obviate all possibility of aDy person ever being buried slive, as a bell is attached to the coffin, which will, at the lirst motion of the body, ring sufficiently loud to atrtaot the attention of' those tl3ar the-grave. '?-.'* pS- Upward of 'ono million per?ons are re por - ed as out of employment in Great Britain, and the attention of all classes.is turning ?award emi gration to America as a means of relief. A plan of a National Emigration Union ba? beendiccn.-s ed, and it is also suggetted*.that a part of the vast amount expended for tho support of pau-crs should be devoted to assist persons to emirate. ?BB- A large meeting of citir.ons of JSr-rfolk ?was held on Thursday night to ratify and endorte tho sentiments contained in tho reply of General Loe to General Rosecrans. Speeches were-made ~and resolutions adopted in conformity with tho obj-ct of tba meeting. 13^ Phelan * Colander's billiard table, fjcto ry in Nev.- York bus been burned, abd four hun dred new tables, with material for as many more, destroyed. Loss $200,000, and three hundno workmen out of employment. gy A party of negroes in Millville^- Lincoln CdVnty,-Tennessee, have-killed one Of a' body Of twelve alleged .Ku-Rlux Klnriners, who visited that tewn one night last week'. The entire Democratic ticket was carried in the eleotion tor Intendant and Wardens of the town of Ornigcburg on Monday of issi week, without serious opposition. " ,? . : fiS- Thcro was a grand Seymour and Bhilr mass meeting at Un'ionville on the 11th. ' ?T .The New-York Fintocfal Chronicle, of Satur 1 ay, says : " Trade generally shows an- Im proving tendency, though remarkably devoid of speculative spirit, and prices in many particulars showing a declining tendency. Holders'having been looking forward to thc present period as one uffording an opportunity to reduce stocks, they have boon able to effect liberal-sales, .and whero, in order-to stimulate t-ua?ness, they have found it' necessary to drop prices a little, they have not hesita1 cl to dc SO." Tho Columbia Phaenix, of yesterday, says: " Wo saw an estimate of tho expenses of the pro sent session of the General Assembly, in tho hands of a prominent member of the House of mis-Representatives, yesterday,. which wu said to have been predicated on reasonable calcula tions. It amounted to $130,000. Step up tax payers, to the Captain's office, and settle. JCS* The Democrats have carried Colorado Territory, and elected a Demoeratic delegate to Congress. pit- The enthusing for Seymour and Blair throughout the West is so great that the attend ance at meetings is estimated by the acre-" acree of live Democrats." Grant had the pleasure of witnessing ono in St. Louis the other day, and doubtless thought it an " achcr.',' IST In 48?-I Grant said that his tasia did not lead him to the Prcsideucy. - It is safe to inquire, do'not Grant's*" tastes" rather lead bim to the .bar ? pit- A little girl about four years old, and a little boy about six, had \>con cautioned not to takeaway tho nest egg; but one morning, when they went for eggs, the little girl took it and started for the-boase. ? Her disappointed brother followed, -crying, " MotherT mother! Suite's been and taken the egg the old nen measures by !" pt- A company' haye purchased the planta tion of Henry Nutt, about eight miles from Wil mington, for 30,000, comprising about 1700 sere's, and will have a capital of ?30,000 to $100,000, and intend togo 1 urge ?y into tho culturo of grapes. Dr. Tomas D.' Hogg, of Raleigh, who is one of the Company? will proceed to Europe to examine into th? csA?rttioQ of the rio* j For tho Advertiser. Tu thu .Memory o?' Mr?. .Mary Devore Sheppard. Jletpeclf'tilly inscribed to her farrowing family. tr ?. A. L. Gone like theflower, blighted in carly morn, Gone liku the dew drop, purest child of dawn ; The worm hath nipped the flower-the sparkling gem Flos vanished from the yoong day's diadem. lier happy childhood passed j-a woman's crown Of sweetest hopes girded her fair young brow ; A true heart's love, giving to life its tone, A meed of bliss-her. being to- endow. And all was bright, and future cycles gave A promise, that her cherished dreamt should prove As free from sorrow, and ns sure from blight, As e'erearth's favoured ones could bope to move. blender fatmri ??'atoou>tr> prtoi; 'J Bade fair to bless them in declining years ; A loving husband's joy, Hts ell, his life, His almost idol-sharer of his cares. How oft in early morn the blessed hope His hearts desire, had been thatsho should share Earth's sweetest nectar-or if. God should will, Her-sympathy should lighten every care. At dreamy evo when gathered round 'tho hearth, .Visions of peace their happy spirits move, That in the coming time,in gleo and mirth, Swoot lisping tones and- p?ltering-ieet should rove. Bot au ! too soou, the solemn mr-ndato given, D oath's signet mad J its impress on her brow ; Her ransomed spirit revels nov. ia Heaven, The palms and cnn?, her bright possessions now- * : now. .. . . The little bud that blog-om'd-but a day, Ha's joined its.mother in tho bettor land ; Among the myriad throng that mark thc viay, Parent and child ?re numbered with the tami. May God in mercy, temper all thc blast?, That bow His stricken oues in grief and woe; And point them to that bleeding one, wnp died .JTi) conquer death,-mrtnk?pd,'s inftdioasVfoe. Oh ! may He to'the weeping parent? give, Sweet consolation in their hour of noed.; To the heart-broken husband, peace-and more . - That resignation which t:hall heal inderi. i -. .. Sept^l$tb*SL868. . .,.*,*? T**??r > > iz A^.PejnocjrAtic'inprejuse, in .Uai ne. : Toe Maine-elections- are a Jlemocrtit?c vic tory. The State has been Radical fer years, bya-'majority of from- 4wenty~ thcuttand to twenty-eight thousand. Any reduction of tb? majority of K06?h3)vJB that thc people ,even orthat'Stete^sjFo^'aJie'to'?ho rein issue . before the country.' ?3$e vote pf lts\ j?a> de pended on local issues,- and nei tbex pa?ty vo ted rts full strength ; but we are.-, willing to take even the vote ot'.last year as the' stan dard, anti by that* rrfte the* principles of the "Democratic party' have been.fujly yt?fl/tcated. In the recent election .broth parries/give their ,full yote/and the gains oi.th? ?3sjpi)CTatic uariy. even over last y?ar.were yer^ ?iucr?'tar ger than were the gains of iheE?^i?s?g,/ "JVe give bei o wau article trout the Jval$0??? In telligencer,- which will' carry cou vic ti ou to -very man, however much- or little" l:e may ^ave-stndied-political-Btirti?ticar Figures eau not lte^ The, LiUlUgmcerj?ay?: This year Maine hui. feiled-utterly tu id dis mally to sustain her Repub.ican jnajorit; ...The 'only criterion-wfer have*vAtbwbicn t? ?aake a cora parison, is the election of 18GC, when the - maj uri ty for Chamberlain (Republican) over Pillsbary (Democrat) was 27,G$7. The elec won- in Mai: ie lii>st>yeur is no i venally admitted not to be a test Vote. Tho sumptuary and constabulary laws, which entered largely in -to the-caa vaia, occasioned a distraction of parties, and, besides,, lhere was by no ineaus afaHvote. ---i WL&JJ "J This year., the same candi dates for G o vern or were running aa in l??ti, and je very vote short* > of Chamberlain's niajority obtained'then, 27, G37, must be accounted an actual loss to the Republicans. Ocr dispatches show that they -have-failed to come up. lo tliis .figure by ful ly ten thousand, thus exhibiting a Republican loss of more than one-third of their latest ma jority. Orj thO'Other hand, , the Democrat? . have ga?iedj?rgely. ?h?r. retun .a^wiil ?li?w that th?y have gained what tue Republicans "have lost. This is a substantial Democratic victo ry. If sin#ar.gajns--jwe made in -th? states that ire tb Voteiri 'October they "wMl give overwhelming Democratic majorities, and the . election of Seymour and Blair- in November , will bo completely assdred. , - - ?? SCALAWAGS.-There men, your own citiiens maliy Ot' them, who hurried you to war, have .taken advantage of your poverty and helplessness, and of the presence of the bayonet; they have ie'raded your households, they have rtolcn your property; they havu robbed jun otyour ffiodi; they have joined the negro anil the stronjir ta tax. insult and oppress you ; and they IMVO, cintrar}- co tho lawn of the lanil, yi>/-ceti ?ufo diingeo*.*-and.before nit?i tury commission? the proud freeness of thitc&uutry. Yo? hive been powerless tj prevent these things. -BEN HILL; -? General Lee. The World.80.ys now tbat-the war is sO-Ioog u*?er and the* country yearns foe peace, we cannot tee the. advantage or the. decency of these constan t in vee tj.ves Against Generar Lee. To assail a man whom'the Southern people esteem has no tendency to Boothe old irrita tions. If the favorite phrase of the Republ i - cans, u Let us have peace,'' be anything more than an empty cry, why do they tear opec old -ores, and sharpen the sting .of old animosi ties ? Attempts td blacken- the character of General ix-e-and hold hiui up to puilio odium tend to revive^tue embittered'at?t?^^eeling of which the late war was thc cons?quence. General Lee is legarded in the South wi tit an affectionate veneration, like that feit Tor the late President Lincoln by so many people in the North. ' If the most influential>f?ma of the Southern press' should assail the- onatac tor of Mr. Lincoln as the Tribitne habitually assails that of General Lee, such studied af fronts to Northern feeling,, wouU .keep the North in a sute of chrome irritation against the South. A: similar, ccurne by Northern journals is a serious obstacle to the revival of good-will in 'the' Sooth. ' Yet such accusations are the political capital of a party which thrives upon hatred, a party whitn while .pre tending to desire peace dcesalHu its power to rekin dle the passions and - asperity which led the Southern people to regard the Union as in tolerable. -? ? ?-, TUE ELECTION ur CoLORADO.-J-Our readers will remember tbsft the Radical papers mido a " great cry aud-little wool'.' last week over thc reported election pf a Radical delegate lo Congress trout Colorada . This announce ment was published by Radical journals in large flaming type, the object being to influ ence public opinion in Maine. It has since turned out that the Democrats elected ?heir candidate in Colorado. When the Radicals ' resort to mu representation so barefaced and untruthful as in this case, it shows that their chances for success in the coming contest arc desperate in the extreme.-Chronicle i? Sen- - tinel. The Rads, think that treason should be made r^ious. They are . right-so it should,, but h j J 1 There is but ono way of making; treason odious. It is 'not by so punishing thc traitor that his punishment will insure him sympathy and crown bim with the wreath, of a martyr. The way to make treason to a government odious is, for that government to show,itself so grand, so magnanimous, so beneficent, so paternal, so forgiving that it would secure the. universal love aod respect of all men. and make thc idea of ever raising au *TIU against it, abhorrent to common se uso and odious forever among men.-Pittsburgh {Pu.) Posu . " , Democratic Nominations for Congress,, ?The Democratic Nominating - Conventions, of th? TUtd and Fourth Congressional Districts, (says tnc Columbia Phoenix, of the 16th,) ?er? held last evening-tho former at Carolina Halt and tho latter at Nickerson's Hotel, Hen. J. P. Ht; ti i, late State Solicitor, was elected as thc can didato of the Democrats of the Third District, on tho eighth ballot, and Hon. W. D. Siursoy, an ex-member of tao Confederate Congress, as tb? cw&dsfci ot th? Faerth, pa tba not ballet.