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- '? "" The Alabama Convention. Montgomkky, November 18?In the Reconstruction Convention an Ordinance was passed to a tbirJ reading, appropriai ing ^50,000 to pay lV?o officers and members who are to receive ?8 per diem and $3 mileage for every twenty miles of'irav el each way to and from the Capital. The Committee on Taxation reported a soction providiug that all taxes shall he assessed in exact proportion to tho value of tho property, hut tho Legislature may levy a poll tax of $1 50 to bo applied ex j rlusively to the School Fund. It was ordered to he piloted. The franchise queslion was discussed until tho hour for adjournment. broNTaoMrnr, November 10 ?In the Reconstruction Convention tho Committee on tho Militia reported an ordinance in ttrganizo a State Volunteer Militia force, subject to the criers of the Governor.? The question or substituting the minority report on the Franchise question, for the majority report, was decided in the nega< tivo by a test voto of yeas ]0, nays 70.? The minority report will bo carried. It disfranchises all persons who do not voto on the now Constitution, and binds the voter not to contest negro suffrage hero nfter, and not to maltreat any person on nccour.t of past or present support of tho United States Government or the policy of Congress. Montgomery, November 20.?At tho night session of tho convention a majority ngreed to strike out of tho article on (lis franchisemont that clause which disfran chises all who do not vote on a new con stitution. This action is said to he in consequence of orders from Radical lead era in Washington. Montgomery, November 21.?The fob lowing is tho article on tho elective fraiii cbiso as finally adopted by tbe Ilecon struction Convention as a part of tho new Constitution : Article?Section 1. livery male per son born in tho United States, and every male person who has been naturalized, or who nas legally declared liis intention to become a citizen of the United States, and being tweuty'one years old or up wards, who shall have resided in this State six months next preceding the eloc tion, or throe months in the county in which ho resides, except as hereinafter provided, shall be declared an elector, provided that no soldier, sailor, or marine in the military or naval service of the United Stales shall hereafter acquire a residence by reason of being stationed on duty in this State. Section 2. It shall be the duty of the Cteneral Assemble to time, for the registration 'fo11 elector*, but the following classes of persons shall not be permitted to register, vote or hold office: 1st. Tiiosp who during the late rebellion inflicted, or caused to be inflicted, any cruel or unusual punishment upon any Boldier, sailor or marine, employee or citizen of the United States, or who in any other way violated the rules of civilized warfare. 2d. Those who are, or may be, disfranchised by tho proposed constitutional amendment, known as the 14th article, the Act of Congress passed March 7, 1807, except such persons as have aided the cause of reconstruction proposed by Congress and accept the political equality of all men before the law, provided the Oencral Assembly shall have power to re at-- -1I--L ????-- ... uuvt) iuu UIBH01IUIP8 incurred under this last ciause. 3d. Those who filial! have been convicted of treason, embezzlement of tho public funds, malfeasance in office, crime punishable with imprisonment in the penitentiary, and bribery. 4th. No idiot or insane person shad be permitted to vote in this Slate. Section 3. All persons, before registering, must take and subscribe the following oath : "I, , do solemnly swear or affirm that I will support and maintain tho Constitution and laws of the United States, and the Constitution and laws of the State of Alabama; that I am not ex eluded from registration hy any of the clauses in Section 2 of this Article; thai I will never countenance or aid in tho so cession of thin State from the United States; and that I accopt the civil anil political equality of all men, and agreo not to at tempt to deprive any person or persons, on account of race, color or previous con? dition, of any political or civil right, prii vilege or immunity enjoyed by any other class of men ; and furthermore, that I will not injure or countenanco in others, any Attempt to injure any person or persons on account of their past or present support of the Government of the United States, the laws of the United States, or the prin* ciplo of the political and civil equality of nil men, or of affiliation with any political party." Resolutions were adopted expressing entire satisfaction with the military ministration of Major General John Pope, nnd tendering him tho thanks of tho poo pie of Alabama for tho firm and impartial course which ho has pursued. Three vote* were given against these resolutions. Several clauses of (he Constitution were considered and adopted, involving unim portant change# in the old Constitution, except thecroation of the olliceof Lieu too nnt Governor. The Convention will pro bably completo its work this woek. Montoomery,November 22.?The articje of the Constitution in reference to the Judiciary, as reported by the Committee, provides that tho Governor shall appoint ; all the Judges of the several Courts.? Solicitors and Chancellors subject to the confirmation of tho Senate. Magistrates shall he appointed by the Governor, hut the Legislature may change the manner of appointing them. The Chancellors shall appoint the Register* and the J udgos tho Clerks of the several Courts. Tho terms of all these officer* shall be six year#. The appointment of Judicial officer# is provided so a* to prevent elections being controlled by colored voter*. Tho black delegate* strongly oppose this policy. IIon. 8. J. Hay.?This gentleman, who is the District Judge for Harnwell, lias recently refused to carry out the Jury order of Gcu. Cauby. Ciuinuitfv | PUCLISIIKD AT LANCASTER C. H. S. C., 1 uv 1 COWOUS ,v CA UTRR. i THURSDAY MORNING, NOV., 28, isr,7. Subscribers finding a (X) cross mark on tbo margin of their paper uniy know that their time is about to expire. TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION. For one year, in advance, $3 00 rur *ia iiiui11i15, " i i OU For thrco months, 44 1 00 The Black Majority. In Lancaster District tho negroes have elected their nominess fur the Convention by a majority of upwards of three hundred votes over tho whito candidates. Charles Jones, formerly tlio slave of tho lato C. B. Nouriiuoi*, Esq, and A liikkt Clinton, formerly the slave of Invis Clinton, Esq , ii.~ -e ,i.? i ruo uni luuuiiiiig ictijMciui ui unj ui'iiui of representing Lancaster in the approach ing Convention. Loth are negroes of good character, and were doubtless good servants of their former masters; but they are without education, without knowledge of the commonest duties of the legislator, and, of course, utterly uufit for the responsibilities which have been thrust upon them. Their election is (he result of the apa thy of the white voters, and not of a numerical superiority of blacks in this Disi Iriet. After the registry lists had been revised under the rigid orders of (Jon. Caniiy, the. number of registered whites were sixty in advance of the blacks. The whites, thotelore, could easily have elected men of their own color; but many were of the opinion that it was best not to vote at a)!, and that tho true course was to patiently await tho result of this experi inent of negro suffrage. Wo counseled a differont policy, and the majority of whites agreed with us, hut there were still enough of the opposite faith to defeat tho intentions of the majority. Hence the negroes have been successful In their first experience at the ballot box in this District. And now wo have a word to ray to tho colored people on the subject of their ( triumph over tho whites, and its probable consequencos to them and to us. Doubt loss your imaginations are already running I rife upon the prospect of negro supremacy, 1 and you look with confidence to the time when you will occunv all of the hirrh ' I placoa in the land, and when the whites, a* a class, will bocomo subordinate to you in all iho civil and political relations of life. I This, let us admonish you, is a Tain delusion I Tho American people are al- , ready becoming jealous of your now bom political rights, and any extravagance x which you may commit, in the cxerciso of f your power, will but serve to hasten the period when these rights will be wrested ( from you, and the experiment of negro ' suffrage pronounced a failure. Nothing short of the utmost moderation and tho 1 highest ability on your part (qualities ' which we know that you do not possess) can secure to you a continuance of the rights and privileges which hato late ly been entrusted to you. In arraying yourselves against the ( whites of your own section, you have committed a most fatal mistake. Drilled by tho agents of the Union League, a society which doubtless originated with i the emissaries of hell, you have, with the regularity of machinery, pitted yourselves , solidly against the whites of your section, thereby initiating a sentiment of hostility, which, however it may aflect us, will, in ita ultimato results, bo no leas fatal to you. Instead of confiding your interests to white I peoplo who posses* ability nnd experience, 1 you have chosen to send to the Conven tion niep of your own color, whom, some of you at least, have intelligence enough to know, are without the first qualification necessary to the discharge of the duties which you have assigned them. How do you suppose a body of Legislators, such as you have chosen, will deport them solves! Ilavo you no apprehensions that | your excesses in irending unfit material to ( the Convention will necessitate a failure 1 of the Congressional plan of reeonatrnc ' tion, and that the next experiment of forming a State Government will be made I with white men f Many people, both ' North nnd South, are looking confidently \ to this as the ultimate result of the nrenent anomalous state of affairs. ( You should not, then, be ao sanguine i of tbo extent and duration of your power > as to lead you to imagine tliat you ran ' supplant the white peop!o in this country. Wo r;<!y npon the fhavcmmer.t and spirit , of tbo American people to protect us i from your encroaches, but if that fails, ' you may rest assured, wo will protect our ' selves. Wo have the kindliest feelings towards you. In hundreds of instances, within the last two years, your former i masters have taken you by the band and ' aided and encouragod you in your infant ' efforts to achiovo a living for yourselvos ; but, while we feel it a duty to befriend | those who were once our slaves, wo will I never permit you to intrude upon our ' social status, ?r to trench upon our rights of perfon and properly. We warn you, therefore, not to allow , your present triumph to lead you to exi o THvagancef*, which one only end ir. s war >f racos and yo'ir own defeat and extermination. Your only hope for ponce and prosperity is to abandon your Northern allies, discountenance your misehevioun secrm imcieiies, Him court, wie co operation an<1 protection of the whites with whom voo were raised, and who, despite your present unnatural estrangement, are still your host friends. We find the following paragraphs ombraced in the Platform of the Union ltei publican party of Anderson District : 15. Congress having passed a Hank' rupt Law, for the benefit of all those whose indebtedness exceeds $500, we hold that equity and justice demands that pome provision, at least, should he made for those whose indebtedness does not exceed $500. 10. As aii men aro bound by a legal and moral obligation to pay their just debts, we oppose and condemn all ell'orts to repudiate individual debts, but favor their being paid by regular installments. Mr. John II Cochran, of Anderson, S. 0., in an article in the InttUifjcnc.cr defending his position aa a member of the Union League, make* uso of tlio follow ing strong language: "A native born Carolinian wlio will swoar tliat ho never sympathize.! with his country after Atlanta and Columbia were burnt, and thousand# of women and children were thrown out upon the char itV of s. poverty stricken State, lias not a heart the sizo of a mustard seed. There is no such osth as that iu the League, and Cod forbid that thero ever should be." Election Returns. Ciifsyrk.?Tho vote "For Convention" was, whites .1, and blacks 300. 3 whites also "Against Convention." Camiikk.?The two precincts of Cam dor. and Curoton's Mill were consolidated the vote amounting to 921, of whom five wero whites. St MMKiivit.i.K, Nov. 19.?Two white votes enst to day. Vote for St. Coorge's Parish to day was, "for Convention," whites 1 and Macks G50, one white vote "Atjainst Convention. At the other poll the Mack vote "for Convention" was 488. On an o kiiriu;, Nov. 1 9.?A larpe number of Mack votes polled. No whites. JSkanchviu.k, Nov. 1 9.?The vote "for Convention" is 238 blacks. No whites voted. Aiken, Nov. 19 ?Onlv two white vO tes have boon polled, and the black vote s not yet counted. Idarnwki.i. C. IT.?Whites 2. IllaekR 519, all for Convention. Daki.tnoton C. II.?The vote for two lays was; whites S, and blacks 813. Maiu.roro'.?Tho voting on the 19th vas us follows: Whites none, and Illacks :or>. Marion.?The vote for the two days vas: lllacks, 34G, and Whites 1. llpii'vnut 1 luritioi il.rt ?- a tin rotes were polled in the town of Peau* ort?very few white votes were east. Nkwrerkt.?The election pa*?e<l off juietly, and 502 votes were polled, all )lacks. Colleton.?In the Sixth Precinct, St. Paul's Parish, tho vote was 705 blacks ind 1 white. Georgetown.?On tho first day 590 rotes were polled, all of which, but one wero Mack. Prkkley.?At St. James' Goose Creek C48 votes were cast, all black and for Convention. Richland.?In Columbia the vole on the second day was 377 black* and 8 whites. At the Camp Ground Precinct ibe VlltA W?? 1 A 1 fnr fVrn..?lln.. 1 " ... ?v/i vuiiivmiuu < i (1U ?. Tlioa. J. Robertson, white, and Deverly Nash, Charles Wilder and 8. Thompson, colored, are elected. Ciutu.KSTON*.?The immortal nine have been elected without any opposition, but havo retained their coveted position sole ly by the black votes. The following are the names of the candidates with the number of votes received by each : A. J. Kaneier 4322 ; Wm. McKinley 4320 ; F A Sawyer, 4317 ; C (I Itowen, 4305 ; A (.? Mackev, 4315 ; O Pillsbury, 4303 ; F L Csrdozo, 4305; K C DeLarge, 4300; Jt II Cain, 4270; Bnmter Court. The trial of Id. J. Hodge, for the murJer of Tlioa. M. Durant, on Monday of aet week, occupied the attention of the :ourt Friday and Saturday. The Court room was crowded by a large and impo ling assembly of the people of Clarendon in.I Snmlo. Ttl.l.idl. <1.. i-l-l MIM ?jni.i?va 1/ionivvi, UUIIHJJ uic nanifesting the deep interest felt in this earful tragedy. The State wis ably rep esented by Colonel Simeon Fair, our vet (ran Solicitor, and the prisoner by Messrs doses and Moiae, Kershaw <k McCanls. Ml possible circumstances of aggravation >f the ofTonce on the one part, and of nitigation on tho other, were brought out tnd commented upon, and the case was luhmitted to the jury Saturday afternoon jy His Honor Judge Moses, in an able tnd animated charge, which appeared to nany as leaving hut one door open for lie escape of tho prisoner with life, but lie circumstances woro of such a nature ts to lead the jury to this nvenue of meri ;v without much hesitation. They returnid a verdict of manslaughter and the prisoner was sentenced to 3 years and six Months imprisonment io the jail and pententiary. We forbear comment upon the urcumstances as presented by the proof, >elieving that wo consult, in so doing, the lictates of good taste and sound morals, but we trust wherever known, they will ?e a warning to all against profligacy and minoralily, as well as against violence md blood. Tbeae dark tragedies have heir mission to society, and read us all a esson. Let each improve their teachngs for his own amendment.? Camden Journal. LOCAL. POSITIVE NOTICE. Wo are forco.l to the unpleasant ne. cessily of again calling upon our-patrons who own us for subscription, advertising and job work, to come forward and set. ' tie up. We must have what is due us, or we sunn tail to meet the necessary expenses in conducting our psper. The time which wo gave to many has expired, and but very few have complied as stipulated. We ask you to regard this as a personal appeal. Thanks.?Capt. It. J. WiTiususrooN will accept our thanks for late Charleston papers in advance of the mails. Estate Sai.r?We direct attention to the advertisement of the Estate sale of the late Joseph A. Cunningham, in this paper. Ilead and profit. Thankboiviho 1>ay.?President Johnson has set apart to?day (Thursday 28th inst.,) as a day of national thanksgiving and praise to the Almiehtv llnlnr of lions, for the blessings bestowed upon us during tlie past year. JL-i7~ The Commissioner in Kquitv re quests us to state, that persons who have purchased lands and have not complied with the terms of tho sales, are notified that they must do so at onco. If arrangements are not made by the 7th day of December, lie will be compelled to advertise the lands for sale at tho risk of the former purchasers. Those at all acquain' ted- with the law in such matters will avail themselves of the opportunity and save costs. Sai.es Next Monday.?The properly advertised to be sold by the Commissioner in Equity on Monday next, comprises some of the most valuable tracts of land in this District. The Estate lands of the late S. It. Massey, together with the large n m - ww... iioo residence in the village will lie sold on that day. Tbo present stringency of the money market, the low price of cot ton and other temporary causes, will no doubt cause this property to go st a much lower figure than its truti value, and persona in the land market would consult their interest to give these sales their attention. There never waa k better opportunity for judicious speculation. Tin: Ki.tCTiON.?The Radical candidates?two illiterate negroes?were elect1 ed to the Convention from this District by a majority of 343 votes. The regis tration hooka for this District, show a majority of whites, and tbev could base easily defeated the negro candidates, hut a Urge number refused to vote and allow e l the blacks to have it their own way. I Gentlemen innl# ur> ~:?.l- - ' "|- j "iii uiiiiUB iu lire under whatever Constitution this woollyheaded Contention may see proper to adopt?it wili he enforced. Your hopes of a reaction sufficient to undo what this convention will enact, is hssod upon weak reasoning and inexperience in polit' cal workings. Fkickr Tcmiu.iso.?The great fall in the dry-gonda market in the North seem to have the like effect throughout the South. Messrs. IIabski.tink ?fe Ckakrk, nerer behind any of their competitors, informs our readors in to day's paper of a corresponding reduction with the New York prices. It is s fact, however strange j it may appear, and wo are somewhat at a loss to account for it, that ladies' line dress goods are cheaper than before the war. DeLanea which aold for 374 cents . before the war are now going at 25 cents I tki. 1- * . .?.u. iiii.i pufxiihr urrn i>n? jlist rn? I ceived their second stock of Winter goods, | which, as is their usual custom, they offer | at a moderate profit. In the Hoot and j Shoo linn, they ara prepared to furnish ! both ladies and gentlemen, a comfortable understanding. ? - Ofr Haiit's Hiooiiaimiy.?The recent accession to the local's household, of which anjl whom there have been so many in quiries, makes it necessary to biograph the chsp briefly in a borrowed style : It's a boy. lie's a buster. Weighs big, and old women tell us that he will grow heavier as his weight increases. He's not the first boy of which we are proprietor. Some lamentations over his . being a boy. The old lady before mentioned, and the i doctor, declare him the very image of his ! pa parent : ? a f?;??.f..t .11- ~r t!- '-UI' .. ........... Wj.j ui HIS tnillJlUI Birr, In face And gesture." I'.ut in justice to the youth, we miltt . say we thiftk liim an improvement on tho ; original?a world of progress you know, j This young American rebel in an old an j couId he expected, considering the lime 1 he wan horn, and will doubtless be too old for bin father in few yearn, if he ban ! good luck. He in quite reticent on politics, and , wants to he let alone. We think he favors Mr*. Wioslow's policy. We haven't named 1dm yet; we want to give him a distinguished cognomen, hut the fame of our great men i? at pren ent ?o precarious that we don't like the risk. Nrvkr Invitko Him.?"Why ia it yon nover trade with tne !"' aaid a tradesman to a friend from the country, ilia other day. The reply was characteristic : "You have never invited me, sir, I am a reader of our Hiatriet paper, and nevor fail to search the advertiaing columns. I have aeen no invitation from you, and I make it a rule uever to go where I am not ioviled." TELEGRAPHIC. Northern New*. WAsnixoTO!*, November 18.?Evening papers report a caucus of leading Demo crats liero, who, after several hours' con? saltation, settled on James 13. Sleedman and John Quincy Adams as candidates for President and Vice President. The Judiciary Committee has resumed the reception of impeachment testimony. lion. E. Cooper has been appointed Assistant Secretary of tho Treasury, and will enter on the duties of his office on December 1st. The Revenue receipts to day amount to .025,000. A private letter from Gen. McClellan says that lie will under no circumatances accept public office. Washixgtoh, November 21.?In the Senate, several petitions, including one from the negroes of the District, complain' ing of their discharge on account of voting, and praying for relief, were referred. The Secretary was ordered to report the documents bearing on or against the re peal of the cotton tax. Mr. Sumner introduced a bill striking wbitoa from tbo District laws and ordi nances. Mr. P.dmonds introduced a resolution tliat the public debt, unless expressly oth er wise stated, is payable in coin. Tbe Senate adjourned till Monday. In tbe House, tbe credentials of Mr. n..,u ..r --r 1 -v ~ imiuci, vri iciiiicnnrc, nam (ciurruu iu lUt3 Credential Committee. Pending the re port, Mr. Duller whs excluded. The same proposition was made regarding Stoke* and Mullen, hut defeated. All of tbe Tennessee delegation except Duller were sworn in. Mr. Diaine renewed his resolution of inquiry regarding the repeal of the Coti ton Tax, which was adopted. It is gen eraily believed here that the Cotton Tax will he repealed. The Hon. David A. Willis, Commist sinner of the lievenue, baa prepared a re port favoring a repeal of ths Cotton Tax. Mr. Wilaon announced in the llonse that the Committee would be rdjtdy on Monday to report on impeachment. * Chase considers the United States Donds payable in specie. Wicilivnfnv VrtvnirtKftrOO - Ho Jay next, Secretary McCulloch will send to Congress a response to its inquiry in reference to the cotton tax, in which he will recommend its repeal. The repeal of the tax teems to he a foregone conclu inn. Congress is very tame. An impre?sior. is growing that it will adjourn on Mon. Jay until the second of December. Hie premature publication of General Grant's report croates an excitement. The General does not recommend the discon tinuarce of the l'reedmen's Bureau. Tn it, however, lie says over ?9,000.000 have hern expended for bounties under the Act of.lily last. I lie Surgeon General's records show 'that 014.000 white, and .10,000 black soldiers, died during the war. to: 8onthern News. Affairs in Virginia. Richmond, November 18.-Judge Rum ham delivered the charge to the Grand Jury to>dav, and said that a happier state of *ociety was hetMnnincr to anoear. and. while we c. nnot close our eyes to throat ened evils end disturbance# in the conn munitr, yet the crisis may he safely pasti ed t?y forbearance and a firm end impsr lial administration of the law. He called attention to the fact that the greater nura bar of crime# before the Court were com milled bv freedmen, and said that all the ca#''? must be tried critically snd impartially. Hon Jefferson Davit. Riciixoxn, Noveml?er 22.?Hon. Jefferson Davis left Canada last Tuesday, a-id to avoid attracting attention in New York, went on board the ateamer Alber. marie at her Bailing hour, nine o'clock, Wednesday night. He was unaccompanied by any one. On bis arrival here be took a coach and drove to Judge Quid's bouse. N<> one expecteJ bim to day, not even bis counsel, who to-night deny the report that they have any intention of relating a trial before Judge Underwood. Mr. I)avia ia in excellent health and quite cheerful.? Many friend* are calling on him to night. The Election in North Carolina* Wii MivoTOM, N. C., November 10? The election ia passing off very quietly. About 1400 volea have l>?eo tolled.? Nearly all were negroea, 125 whitea vot ing againat convention. The wliitea will vote to morrow almoat unanimously againat convention. Ranainn, N. O., NovemW 10.?The election passed off quietly without dieturi banco. The negroea behaved with the utmost propriety. A atrong military and police force waa atalioned at the polla and paraded the atreeta all dav. It ia impoa ail.le to tell the result of to*day'a voting. About 1200 votes were caat, moatly by negroea, and all Radical, with hut two ex ceptiona. Whitea reaerved their strength for to morrow. Many blacks forgot the nam#? by which they registered, and lost their vote#. It ia thought that the Kadi cala a'o ahead to day, hut a vast majority ?r _i.:< ... nin ve? in voie. i ne principal strength of the Radicaia ha* been already pulled. The Conservative# are confident of siiceee*. The votes will not be counted until to morrow evening. WjijfiHOTnw, November 21.?The election returns are very meagre, but enough lias been received to eetabliah the fact that the Convention ia called by a large majority ami that the Radical* have elected a majority of the delegate*. There are very few negroe* elected, but a number of extreme white Radicals. The Conserve lives lost many counties in their control by apetby end indifference. Conservative Convention in Georgia. AroCHTA, November 18.?The Conservative preas ere advocating themeetinr of a Convention at Macon on the 5th Dei cember, fur the purpose of organising e party in opposition to reconstruction under the Military Acta, and with a view <! .' .1 1 to ^efent the Constitution to be submitted by the Reconstruction Convention, inking it for granted that no Constitution can he submitted that will be acceptable to their p??y The Florida Elections. Acoi;rta, November 18.? Returns show that the Florida Convention is car, ried by a decided majority. Of the reg. ietered voters, nearly all the blacks are voting and but few whites. A large num* her of Degroc9 are elected. Things in Washington. We take the following dispatches from the lialtimore Gazelle : m01.D THAI)" AND IMrEACIIMIKT." Thaadeus Stevens has prepared the foli lowing lull to be introduced in Congress ! lie it enacted, That whenever the President or Vice President of the United States shall have articles accusing hira of high crimes and misdemeanors duly pre* ferred against him, and the court constitutionally provided therefor shall have ordered his trial and fixod the day for it to commence, he shall he considered ?* lying under a disability to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and said disability shall remain until the termination of said trial. THE EXTRA SKBfllON. There is a disposition manifested by leading conservative Republicans to do away with the nine days' session by adl journing over from Thursday to Monday, from Monday to Wednesday, and from Wednesday until after Thanksgiving.? Tho ground taken is that no practical leg* islation can be effected in this short session, and that nothing can be gained by sitting. Those favoring impeachment will, it is understood oppose adjourning over. A SOUTHERN II Ante At. CONVENTION. Tt is proposed, we learn, by Southern Republicans now here, friendly to Chief Justice Chase, to hold a Southern Radical Convention here, on the 22d of February to bring forward the name of Mr. Chasa as the candidate of the Convention for at - T> -* 1 mo i rtJBiueucv. Thk MotTXT Pl.kaaakt 1 >istfanavc?. ?Skstbnck or Aaiios Looan.?Our readers will remember h disturbance that occurred at Mount Pleasant during the progress of registration, and which was occasioned by the action of Aaron Logan, a colored Registrar. He caused the arrest of Mr. John S. Frazer upon allegations made hv ignorant negroes, and conveyed him to Charleston, where the tables were turned and the captor made captive.? Logan was sent to Castlo Pinckney on a charge of misconduct in oflice and falae imprisonment, and subsequently tried be* fore a Military Commission in this city.? After a careful hearing of tho evidence in the case, Logan was found guilty of mie* conduct in oilice and f?Le imprisonment for having used his Authority as a Regis* trar, and compelled an armed body of negroes to arrest Mr. John 8. Frazer and 1 -a _ L! - r - iieinm mm a prieoner. waa ietl tanced to be confined At hard labor at ticli place an the proper Authority may direct for the period of two yeara. Tbia aentence waa referred to the (Joaiinandiof General for bia approval, and waa raiti* (rated to tiz month*, and Fort Macon, N. C , designated aa the place of confine* inent.? Char. Sriccii ritoM Gt^.SiiKttMAjr.?At the annual meeting, in St. Louie, of the Ar* my of Tenneaaee, held a few daye aiaee, the regular anr.ual addreaa wee delivered by Gen. Sherman, who alluded in e rath* er philosophical view, to the cauaee of the war, attributing it mainly to the acta of extreme men North and South ; but look* fid hopefullv to the future, and urged ??# ry man to do hi* duty as his judgment promptfid. I1a scouted the idea of an* other attempt to destroy the nation; nod if such an elfort ahould he made, the next Northern invasion of the South would not merely devastate it hut fructify and regenerate it. There were no political allusions made, but he took a calm and conservative view of the present and future condition of the country. The Usiticd Status Skkatc.?Tha tern) of twenty one United Slates Seaatora will expire on the 4th of M'cb, 1889, of whom fourteen are Republicans, and soven Democratic; hut it is scarcely poeaihle for the Democrats to break the two* thirds power of the Republicana in thai body during the existence of the 41el Congress. They have, however, gained one in Ohio, end another in California, but have lost one in Tennessee, Governor llrownlow having been elected over Mr. Patterson. The Ohio and California Senators have not yet been chosen. Movkmicbth or Tkoora.?A general movement is apparently in progress among the troops In the Military Districts, l vra contpantes of artillery have recently arrivi ( ed in this city from Florida, and the Dan re?.t House, at the corner of King and Calhoun streets, have, been used ae a l. 1 . ? - - iaiii|Hirnrjr Dxrmcd, nifl guar<l IMl oa the Green end the seolinela, with drawn sabres, around the house have given this corner quite a military appearance. Ilia understood that Washington is the destination of these troops, and that others ere being drawn from various points ami massed around that city.? Char. Ntsee, General Canity's report to Geo. Grant, as Commander of the Second District, ie published. The troops in tbie District amount to 141 commissioned officers and 2773 men. Nine hundred and fifty nine casea hare been tried by military tribe* sals. Toe expense of reconstruction, so far, materially exceeds $260,000.? t'Aor, J AW | The Australian cannibals have eaten Itev. 8. 1 laker, the Wesley an mieeJooaryt and six native Christians. The French troops in the Papal fltntnn are making preparations to go into wintnc quarters at CtriU Veccbia.