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COLUMBIA. _ Wednesday Horning, Aug-. 30,186/ Thr Klcct lon--Convention. By thc State law, the election should be ordered and published in the several election 'precincts twt weeks prior to the day of election. "Wo notice that the order lias been published iu the Charleston papers, and the managers appointed for that precinct. But no such publication has been made here, nor, we believe, has any appeared in any other of tho precincts. Still, as the Provisional Government supersedes that of the State, for the time, we apprehend that it is within the power of the Governor to give what notice he thinks proper; though it must be evident that the more time allowed the better, espe? cially when the means for the diffu? sion of intelligence are so limited and so much embarrassed as at present. Should tho Convention confine itself to the single object of reconstruction "assuming that to be the desire of the several constituencies-then the busi? ness of the Convention may bc de? spatched in a few days; certainly within the compass of a single week? Wo have already indicated what are the special requisitions of the United States Government, and there eau bc no difficulty, these requisitions com? plied with, of determining what con? stitutes a Republican State. It will be impossible, if any debate shall arise, on thc internal policies of the State, as regards thc apportionment of taxation and representation, to compass the object of reconstruction within .such a period, as to bring about the general and congressional elections in season. It is very evi? dently the wish, as it certainly is the policy, of President Johnson, to haw1 the State take her place in Congress at thc next session; and this may bc done, unless the radicals shall, on some pretext or other, oppose the ad? mission. Their strength in the pre? sent Congress may succeed in baffling the wishes of the President. O? course, if reconstruction bo desirable to our people, our constitution should be so I'm med as to give no pretexts to the opposition for such a course; and, perhaps, no safer policy could be found than in as close an adherence to thc former constitution as possible. The election of the Governor, by the people, is reported to be a part of the policy of the Provisional Governor. It is denied, for him, that he desires to give the election of the judges to the people. The subjects of discus? sion in the Convention are likely to be the Governor's ?lection, the 1'arish representation, and thc apportion? ment of taxes-the latter promising to bc a subject of vast difficulty, in? volving, as, it must, a new appraise? ment of the value of property. The loss of the negro property will neces? sitate a very large increase of the taxes on every other kind o? chat? tel, as well as upon lands. Thc great impoverishment of the South, especially in the devastated regions, will, at the same time, render ne? cessary the strictest economy in the State expenditure, the cutting down of salaries and appropriations, and, perhaps, Uni discontinuance of sundry offices themselves. The financial pro? blem will, for some years, prove ono of the most difficult of solution, as it is very sure these loans can hardly bo effected with any foreign State or party, while, it will be difficult to say on what basis thc security for such loans may be established. The people are earnestly exhorted to send sound, sensible, working men to Convention and Legislature alike-acute and expe? rienced Lawyers, merchants of high acknowledged standing, and financiers of equal probity and intelligence, vith a fair shard of thinking planters and mechanics. The mero spouting gen? try should be permitted a season bf repose at home in the bossoms of their wives and Little ones. SAN DOMINGO.-The Vice-Presidentn of the Provisional Government of San Dorhingo, an Englishman, pro? poses to cede that island to England, and the proposal is now a subject of consideration in the hands of a com? mission appointed to report upon the motion. And this after a long term of so-called independence. Gen. JohnP. Hatch retires from tna Military District of Charleston, leav? ing the command to Gen. Benpett. Negro Suffrage. Here is a race to vi rich the Aboli? tionists would accord the right of suf? frage, to which race the Government cannot accord the privilege of making a contract. It says to Cuffee, sub? stantially, "My poor fellow, yon are in such bonds of ignorance that you are not able to make a bargain for your daily labor. We must make it for yon. Yon will otherwise bc de? frauded, or defraud yourselves. You are so many little children, that you must be kept under guardianship. You aro strong in numbers, but waak iu intellect. We must treat you as we treat idiots; soc that you have su? pervisors; and for this purpose, we keep some fifty thousand men, to keep you from doing mischief and suffering from harm." At this very moment, a class of politicians savio the negro: "You arti equal to self-government. Self-government implies thc right, based upon the assumed capacity, to make laws; to choose law-givers; to become law-givers yourselves; to phi? losophize in respect to government, society, civilization; the existing poli? cies of nations, and what should be? come your policy as a nation your? selves. You are henceforth to go to Congress, to the Legislature, to be? come presidents of railroads and banks; preachers of the Gospel; pro? fessors in eollegt?; to write Ivjoks of art, poetry and philosophy; to expe? riment in science; nay, to become, ministers to foreign courts, and fur? nish presidents to this great repub? lic.'* Poor cuffee! He is bewildered. What wonder if he says, "Malissa, \spose you gee ns some tellers now, and leif de presidency for anoder time." What, magicians these Aboli? tionists arc. Atone inonu-nt. Cuffee must be taken care of by soldier:; and statesmen, so that he snail bc sure to get his allotted rations ol' pumpkins ?nd potatoes; and. ?jres/o, in another moment, he is to prove himself philo? sopher, statesman, law-givor and pro? fessor in thc colleges. ^ Virtue is still in tue ascendant. Its] ramifications ure widely spread, and its agents rs wonderfully lib ral as j active. Notice the following, and soc j what beautiful vitality site possesses in our sister city of Augusta; ..We se?-by the August? Cbroufrf. ami Sentinel that tho cuso of Tilomas S. Metcalf and Leopold Cohn? having undergone official investigation ai headquarters Provost Marshal, Augus? ta, has beim disposed of as follows: The above gentlemen were charged with attempting to bribe Geneva] Grosvenor, a United Stales officer, in the sum of ?200,000, te decide a cer? tain question as to the titlo of u lot of cotton in their favor, Mr. ( 'olin makes the following admission: " 'I admit the truth of the charge and specifications contained therein, in every particular, and appeal to Major-General Steedman for his cle? mency in my behalf. L. COHN.'" "Said clemency Was granted, and Mr. Cohn ordered to leave the De- j partaient of Georgia hr twenty-four hours. Mr. Mei -alf, disclaiming any intention to oi ler a bribe in connection with Mr. Colin, was, niter apologizing for improper conduct, released from arrest. The money deposited with General Grosvenor, in amount eleven thousand dollars, in part payment of the offer of two hundred thousand ? dollars, was ordered to be distributed j among the poor of Augusta-" Thc Charleston Co ur inf luis a column or mo?e entitled "The Restoration j of Property one of the Necessities for I I Relief." From ail that we can see ? and hear, the abandonment of pro? perty wiR be the only mode to escape ruin. What with losses, repairs, taxes and charges, there will belittle left for proprietorship. If ever a people weit; effectually ruined, to utter prostration of all their faculties, these Southern people are. Talk of your 820,000 clauses! The men worth 8200,000 a year ago are hardly worth 8200 now. They may snap their ringers at law, as we suppose they do at gospel. The Washington Republican under? stands that Maj. (rem Philip H. She? ridan endorses the proposition of the merchants and planters of the South? west set forth in their petition to the President, to tax all cotton 15 per cent., and to abandon its attempt to confiscate any of the staph- on account of any supposed right acquired by the United States on account of it having been claimed by the Confederate Go? vernment nj ib- property. We are indebted to Purser H. John? son, of the Moneka, and to Purser Frederick \V. Ely, of the Quaker Ci ty, for their polite attentions. The news will be found* highly interesting. There has been great excitement in financial circles in ail the principal Northern cities, in consequence of tho late extensive defalcations of Kctch um und Jenkins. Since then, the at? tention of ihn business community in New York luis been dhrected to other suspicions pHrtit%v^Mr two mate de? faulting indivitlunls were discovered; one a teller in a Wall street bunk, the. other an employee of the railroad company, None of thc guilty parties had been arrested except Jenkins. Nothing further has been learned of tho whereabouts of young Ketchum. Tile Wall street bank oiiieer, whose defalcation amounted to one hundred thousand dollars, fled to Canada. Al? bert A. Jones, the employee of thc* Erie Railroad Company, started for Aspinwall en route for Eldorado. Mr. Charles Graham, the broker of Edward B. Ketchum, has nearly com? pleted his account of losses. They will amount, exclusive of the forged paper which he redeemed, to about Sl,045,tK)0, which, with the $285,000 for which he ladds forged certificates, will swell the total to 61,<i30,UOO, in? cluding the money stated to bo the losses of the Imporiers' and Traders' Bank, th- Fourth National Bank, Dabney, Morgan ic Co. and Ketchum & Co., who held $80,000 worth of the forged paper. Thc whole sum of the losses by the Ketchum defalcation v iii not niue,: exceed $4,000,000. Mr. (.1 mluim will speedily effect a settlement with his creditors. Almut forty por cent, of the claim.-- against him no doubt will bc paid. The gold market has boen linn, lett without mu<*h activity. The opening price, was l b>' . follow,al by un ad? vance to Iti',.', a declino of und a recovery to i b> :,. at which it closed. Then- has beru very little chum tu foreign exchange, but drawers show little disposition to relax their rates. L'or prime sixtv davs bills loi!::,V<i 110 is ??ked; but sales, second hand, have been made at 10.) ' The recuit heavy cotton receipts IisiVo had a tl. j ?rossing ciVecl upon the market, and caused speculation to withdraw in anticipation of buying at lower prices. The sales were tan iii ned almost, exclusively to thc tr..dc f ir consumption, and prictt .> had a down? ward tendency. Tho .salts comprise 1.750 bales. Wc ?pi?te: Ordinary:;?; mhltlli ug A ! : g >.?d niitbitmg \>'. {Ct'ffrkv'on C-jnrUr, r28.'//. THK BOXDOX IIMICS ON ri:!.: XKUKO. - Tie' London Titw.8 takes a vcr;, 11 is couraging view of the ne; rot's ia th '.il present condition, i; says: ! Iel)deas, impulsive, ignorant', with little payment to expect for r?gulai work, with i';is'', new-found liberty. and opportunity to tempi timm ti vioieneo and plunder, ran we wur.de: if the existing industry of tho Sm:tl has very little to hope fr?nu the as sishinco ol the black freedmen, and if on the other lanai, the. great, utas.-, o the slaves seems destined to perish to gether with thc system which, if i tyrannized over, brutalized ?nd tie graded them, had, at ?un rate, th? merit of providing them with food lodging and clot liing V Lt is easy for a victorious (lovera ment by a few words to strike- ol?' tin fetters of the slave, and suddenly dis locate and destroy the industry of ; whole community, but it innot eas; to find an a nswt.'r io this awful epics tion, which it has raised for itself, ant which every day moro and muro im portunately demands an answer. Thc Montreal lleruhl, of August 17 says; "Tho voluntary examination o the four prisoners, Walter Clayton Wm. Ame*?! Blossom, Wayne W. Bios som ?md Charles Hogan Adams, wa brought to a contdusiou yostordsr afternoon, when thc men were full' committed to take their trial at tin next Court of Queen's Hench, on fivt charges, viz. One of conspiracy, on of kidnapping and three of shooting with intent- to murder. We mulei stand that Mr. Devlin, the advocat of thc prisoners, intends to make ap plication for a writ of hsibeim eorpm with a view io baii. on Friday next. An opportunity has been ailbrdc by the ( rovernmeiit, to owners of farm upon which forts have been erected, t receive the buildings and other pr? perty left in dismantling the works ? compensation for the occupation t the land. A few have already accep cd the oller, but as there still reniai] a large amount of valuable propert unaccepted, requiring guards for i protection, it ks probable that tl Government will shortly withdraw tl offer, remove the buildings, tte, ar leave the owners of lauds the ai promising alternative of their eriain for compens?t .< ri through Congres POLITICAL STATUS OF THE SOUTH. Tho South has been conquered, but it is still an open question how it is henceforth to be ruled. The combat between Federals and Confederates may be over, but the contest between Republicans and Democrats is about to be recommenced. Under these cir? cumstances it is impossible to avoid feeling that the Southern people are exercising a sound discretion in ac? cepting the consequences of the mili? tary success of their late opponents, and once more undertaking the duties of loyal citizens to the established Government. In many respects the South is much better placed than such nations as the Polish or the Hun? garian, which hiivo endeavored in vain to free themselves from au oppressive yoke. The Government in the United States is constantly changing, and. although in the minority at present, tin; Democrats may once more secure the ascendant. What may be the future bf the South it isimpossible to say, but it could never do such as to bear tile faintest resemblance to that of Poland or Hungary. Nor is it im? possible, or even improbable, that public opinion may change in America in respect to the expediency of retain? ing the Northern and Southern States in the same Confederacy ; and although unsuccessful in its recent attempt to establish its independence, the South may. at no distant period, obtain, as the result of au amicable arrange- ; nu nt, that separate political existence ! to sec ur? which thousands of human j lives have been sacrificed in vain. In any event, however, the people of the Southern States do well to accept their present lot with resignation, and are i wise in endeavoring, by such consti- | tutional means as are afforded to them, i to secure respect and consideration at the hands of their former foes. \.\->r York Herald, j THE CATTLE DISEASE IN ENGLAND. Tho disease, we are tobi on high yete- ' rinary authority, is not new, since it i destroyed great numbers ol'cattle more j than a century ago. but if it had now J appeared for the first time the fanners ; and graziers all over Europe could not be more helpless than they are, for all | that is certainly known of it is that j it has never been cured. Whether it { bi? really incurable it is impossible as vet to determine; it is enough that all | the attempts made by the. most prac tised person ; have hitherto failed, i The disease is a strauge one--"a ca- j tarrhal affection producing in the ! hlo<->d a:-, impurity which has a ten- i ['.?.ney to work itself outward in every ! . li reit ii m. ii is highly infectious j bow infectious no one seems able to I determine, though there are grave j reasons for thinking that the places , where diseased cattle have been cou- j lined are capable of communicating the pestilence without actual contact of the healthy with the sick. How? ever that may be, it is the testimony of those most, conversant with the matter thar the origin of the plague was with the infected foreign cattle | brought to the Islington Cattle Mar- ? ket. It lias been just a month in the country, said Prof. Gamgeo at the meeting the other day. and in that ! time nearly 2,00(1 cattle must have j suffered. Without being alarmist?, j we must believe that this is a matter j for tlu; serious consideration of the ' Government and of private persons. Che latter will. ?-? course, loo's after i tlu ir own interests, but it is tlc duty ; d'the Government to watch over those j uf the traders and of the public also, j How rapidly the disease spreads i.s diown hy some circumstances we hav e \ thready published. On a dairy farm j in Surrey it broke out on Saturday, j md out of a number of between thirty 'aid forty cows eleven were affected .rn Monday. On thc Essex marshes a lerd of between seventy and eighty leasts was reduced to half that mini ?er in ten days. No p:?ins can be ;oo great to stop such a plague as this. [tendon Times, Avg. 11. ATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS LOST.-The ilasgow makes tho 29th steam hip lost wiiile plying between Euro >ean ports and this country and Calla? la during the past twenty-seven years, ?r an average of about one a year duce the commencement of ocean .team navigation between the two j .ontinents. Thc following is a hst of | he vessels placed in tim order in vhich they were lost: 1. President; 2. Columbia; '.>. Humboldt; 4. City of jftosgow; 5. City of Philadelphia; 0. Franklin; 7. Arctic; 8. Pacific; 9. Ly- I un?ais; 10. Tempest; ll. Austria; 12. Canadian (No-. 1); 13. New York; 14. indian; !,"). ugo; IC?. Hungarian; 17. Donnaught: IS. United States; 19. Canadian (No. 2); 20. North Briton; il. Caledonia; 22. Anglo Saxon; 23. Norwegian; 24. Georgia; 25. Bohe nian; 26. City of New York; 27. Jura; 28. Iowa; 29. Glasgow. ! Ag_i_ Local Items. To insure insertion, advertisers are re? quested to hand ul their notices before 4 o'clock p. m. The 1st Maine Battalion paused through our city yesterday-en /oiete, we leam, for garrison duty in the upper Districts of this State. _; SraoxS'i KEREIBOM.-Here are thc names of old busiimss men of Charleston, repre? sented by tho scions of a new generation in Cohunbia, who have began business in the general grocery hue, and, as wc suppose, under the countenance'and instructif .1 of their sires. They have both a tine capital of social and business reputation on which to begin, and, to insure their success, can do no better than keep in sight the Bobriety. ^ method, industry and intelligence widen made their ancestors successful. Their stock seems to be large and various NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is called .o die following advertisements, winch are published for thc lirst time this morning: Jacob B'-ll Citation. D. li. Hyywarel, Jr.- Jillie Stolen. John C. Se egera-Steden Mule. Apply at this O?ico-Buildiug Wanted. Fall Season of Stallion Bourbon. Jos. A. Hines-House and Sign Fainting. Miss Sband-School Notice. Jacob Levin--Fodder at Auction. Richard Caldwell-Syrup. " " -Vinegar. --Hice. Zealv, Scott A- launs Ladies" Garments* " ? -Blue St >ue. I r itjptfcUus Charleston Daily News. NursoA Baldwin Commission Merchants S?MPTOMS OP THE KESinvr OF nu' FALL ELECTIONS.-The Republican State Convention ol' Pennsylvania has fully endorsed the policy of Pres:? dent Johnson, and lias come emt strong for thc Mooroo doctrine. But Ihne ia always a kink in the proceedings of the' politicians. Thc weak poitrt in thc platform of the Pennsylvania Con? vention is the recomnn n dation to -a;i fiscs te thc property o? rob?is above 10,000 dollars, and' dispose ot' st for paying pensions te> the soldier::. This is tho business cf tho admini irai b ?n, a rel may be safely h ft to them, as a part of their policy of reconstrnetiem. without any .vuggestion from the Fem, sylvania Republican Convention.? As affaire look now, there is every likelihood that there will be a greater, revolution in the Central Stab s at tho next elections than there was in isi'.j;. when these States went against Mr. Lincoln ?m the ground of nih'.ged imuvisum iti hi;; war policy. Tho change will he all th . either way now. Tba-course <?i Aiutv Johnson, wilkin all probability, he sustained by all tho Ccu!nd and Northern States, oven inc'mun r Mair , tints leaving- Xor,' England, with ti.a single exception of Maine-out in tho cwld. We si.ouM . not be surprise td to seo such a result at the fall elections, in which oven* the- Jacobins will be howling in outer darkness.-JVT York Uerabl. RKST?U:.\.TIOK (>:* TUE Sofru. Si'. ct.vr.T.Y AN'!> C05I \\\\.ti i.v. .Brenn every e?u? rt-ir of the Soth. wo ii, ar of her rf toratioiij socially and comme;-, cicily. Steamship Hues have been re? established, telegraphic communica? tions re-opened, mail facilities reaiewcal ami railroads reconstructed all over the country. This work of restoration is going- on epiielly but, vigorously i:i the natural and legitimate way. But what ure thc politicians deuug, both ?forth and South? [nsteftdof helping in this labor of restoration, 'they SUM [nuking ?1 grear, fuss about thc nigger. The negro-weu'shipliers aro striving to aiake another bleeding Kansas out of rho South. This was begun by ( hase, ft'hei soded 'tis political ermine bv ivlvuncing mischievous sentiments ibout negro eepiality and all that, and he mischief he begun is being carried m by his followers and partisans. Jt Vould be well for President Johnson ;o look after this style e>f partisans in jffice in the South. While the work >f restoration is genug on with success, socially ariel commercially, the politi .itins are busy with their plots, and 'listing obstacles in tho way ed' the eturn of repose, prosperity and secn ?ity to the Southern country. The President should turn all these fellows ml of office.- Neic York Hsrxihl. MISSISSIPPI STATE CONVENTION. vu ordinance has been passed by the Jississippi State Convention for a 'encrai election for county, district or ainisterial officers. The convention also passed au ordi tance declaring the ordinance of se ession null and void, and repealing ll the ordinances of thc Convention ?f 1861, except the revenue ordinance, .mich the Legislature will act upon. At an informal meeting of the dele lates in their individual-capacities, a ricmorial was presented, expressed in loqueut terms, petitioning President ohnsonto extend pardon to Jefferson )avis and Governor Clark, which. wr.s cqnirsccd in by all present.