COLUMBIA. _ Tlxartday Morning, Oct. 1?,1805. From Mt-imippi? The election for Governor, Mem? bers of Congress, and the State Le? gislature, took place in Mississippi on {he 1st inst. There were two candi? dates for Governor. Judge E, S, Fisher, and General B. G. Hum? phreys. It is understood that nearly all those elected are opposed to negro "testimony or granting any civil pri? vileges to the colored people. I In Mississippi, as in other States, the negro question appears to be one of importance. The planters fear an emigration of their colored laborers to the large towns, where more lucra? tive employment can be had, and on failing in this employment they an? ticipate that the negro will become a vagrant and rely upon the State for support. Accordingly tliey urge that an Act of Congress should be passed to permit the cotton-growing' States to make such laws as will compel the negroes to work ?or stipulated wages and for stated lengths of time. There 14 absolutely no discussion on the suffrage question. The feeling is so strong against it that no one ventures to argue per contra. The editor of the lfississipj?ayi, who suggested that the Legislature was bound to admit negro evidence, in the law courts, met with such a storm of opposition that h? was compelled at once to tack and eat his own words. The latest re? turns indicate the certain election of General Humphreys, as Governor, by a large majority. Friendly Hotlce-Correction. The Charlotte (N. C.) Times; in noticing the accession of Mr.. John? ston to the editorial management of . the P7icenix, says: "This excellent daily paper, pub? lished at "Columbia, S. C., by Mr." Ju? lian A. Selby, has been fortunate enough to secure the services of Wm. B. Johnston, Esq., as co-editor, with that talented and accomplished writer, ' Wm. Gilmore Simms, Esq. Mr. Johnston, we know weil. He is an accomplished daily journalist, a ready writer, an able critic and a genial, high-toned gentleman." Whilst grateful to our cotemporary for his kind notice, it is due to Mr. Sunnis, who has conducted it from * the beginning, to state that he with? drew from his connection with the paper before Mr. Johnston entered upon his duties. ?Under the supervi? sion of the former distinguished au? thor and editor, the Phoenix has won its way to favor and a general patron ?ge._ Vevr York Politic?. Among the resignations recently ac? cepted by the War Department is that of Major-General Henry W. Slocum, democratic candidate for Secretary of State of the State of New York. . The general commenced the politi? sai campaign in New York State on Monday, 1st instant, by an open and manly speech at Syracuse. He re? ferred to the great deeds performed by our gallant armies ; gave a clear statement of the present condition of the South, as regards both the white and black population, based upon his own personal observation; maintained that the Southern people cordially accept the verdict of the war as con? clusive and binding, and strongly advocated the policy of President Johnsen, looking upon it as the only .fe, wise and practical policy that could be adopted The Mississippi . militia controversy was folly ex? plained. On the same occasion made a speech, and took strong ground in favor of the representatives from the Southern States being promptly ad? mitted to seats in tho next Congress, insisting that all who opposed their admission were not in favor of a re? construction of thc Union. The indications from all parts of thc North are that radicalism will be defeated, and ?President Johnson nobly sustained in his reconstruction policy. ? ? ;? -.. The Apprentice Sy?t?n. JVcrn snndrj inquiries and appli? cations made to us, concerning the subject matters embraced in the fol? lowing circular from headquarters in the War Department, we are gratified to lay it before our readers. Those who have applied to us within the past few days, can now see clearly their way, and we have no doubt but that every facility will be rendered to them by the courteous chief officer of .the Bureau in this city, Gen. Ely, in carrying out the objects of the cir? cular: WAR DEPARTMENT ?UREATJ REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS, WASHINGTON, October 4. 1865. State laws with regard to appren? ticeship will be recognized by this Bureau, provided they make no dis? tinction of color; or, in case they do so, the said laws. applying to white children will be extended to the co? lored. Officers ot this Bureau are regarded as guardians of orphans and n\inors of freedmen within their re? spective districts. The principle to be adhered to with regard to paupers is, that each county, parish, town? ship or city shall care for and provide for its own poor. Vagrant laws made for free people and now in force on the statute books of the States em? braced in the operations of this Bu? reau, will be recognized and extended to the freedmen. Assistant Commis? sioners will draw up specific instruc? tions applicable to their respective States, in accordance with the fore? going principles. O. O. HOWARD, Major-General and Commissioner. Thc Price or Cotton. The latest arrivals from Europe note advances in the price -<>f our great staples and the indications are j that the price will further advance instead of being lower, for a time, at j leasti The New York Tribune reasons I thus in regard to-dhe matter: . There was far more cotton in the South when the war stopped than hos hitherto been estimated. H, as we ! stated, there are now 200,000 bales at this port and New Orleans only, with 45,000 at Mobile, the quantity in the market must be fully 300,000 bales; and if it be, as it appears, still coming in at the rate of 35,000 per week, there can be hardly less than one million to-day in the country, worth, where it lies, not less than $150,000, 000 in gold, and of still greater value at Liverpool. We shall probably export enough to give ns at least ?150,000 to draw against-which is no small item. As yet, the Southern railroads are mainly unrepaired-the Southern rivers steamboatless or too low to be navigated, so that mnch of this cot? ton may be kept until November; but it is "all as good as rye," and be likely to rule higher in price than 1 lower in Liverpool six months hence. For, while the stock proves larger than was estimated, the growing crop cannot exceed one million of bale?, and is more likely to fall below that j mark. Texas may have a half crop, but the disorganization of Sontheim labor is so complete, while the col? lapse of the rebellion occurred so late in the season, that the one planted is very small. The South will make corn and pork enough for her OWE subsistence; but her export staples will this year be grown so meagrely that they cannot fail to advance ix price. Cotton may be lower nexl month or next fall than it is to-day, but we are confident it will rule highei in Liverpool next March than it doof to-day. ? A despatch irom Washington say< ?it is understood that tho course oi Gen. Carl Schurz, now; traveling ir the South by orders from the Govern? ment, does not meet the approval ol the President, and it is expeoted thal he will be re-called soon. It is al leged that he writes for Northern newspapers his impressions of whal he has seen, and publishes his opi? nions as to what policy ought to bi pursued towards the* Southern States, instead of making his report direct tc the War Department for the informa? tion of the President. t The radical negro suffrage agitators talk 6f trying to" impeach, Presidenl Johnson for his conciliatory policy toward the South. The Boston Pos, ?ays they are becoming rebellious, and the loyal South may yet be called upon to make them faithful to the Union. Governor Shar&ray. The Bichaiond Times pfcys the fol? lowing compliment to the Provisional Governor of Mississippi: Wheal the "Laves of the Provision? al Governors" are written, the strong? ly marked, earnest and thoughtful face of William L. Sharkey w?l con? stitute the frontispiece of the volume, and the men of these troublous times ?will tell their children that he was the type of . Southern 'pluck, manhood and daring, who never forgot what was due to the high office for which tho President selected him.. Sharkey and "backbone" will become synony? mous in the vocabulary of the South, and the time will come when the friends of civil liberty will honor his memory with a monument. A Union man in 1832, he was fear? less as a hon, and was respected by the most rabid secessionist for his pluck. Again, in 185(V51, ho breast? ed the popular current and lost not an atom of his popularity; and al? though unshaken by the secession whirlwind and tornado of 1861, he retained until the collapse of the Con? federacy the respect of those who differed from him most widely during four years of civil strife. Appointed Provisional Governor of .Mississippi, he from the first fearlessly maintain? ed the supremacy of his authority, and when that authority w;is ques? tioned and denied, he appealed to thc President and was sustained. Cour? teous but firm, ho not only triumph? ed, but his pluck challenged th< admiration of tho distinguished Major General who questioned his suprema cy in Mississippi. Boldly substitut ing the militia for thc Federal troops, his State is the first one?of the lat< Confederacy to be relieved of tin troops of tho. United States. W< learn from our exchanges that ' "Tin Federal troops garrisoning Mississipp are now being concentrated at Vicks burg preparatory to evacuating tin State." The pluck, ability and firm ness of Governor Sharkey has put hi State at the head of the column Long live the old Roman, and ma; his backbone never grow weak! GEN. SLOCTM.-The following is full report of the brief speech de livered by Gen. Slocum last week, i: response to a serenade, on his arriva home, in Syracuse: MY FEI?I?OW-CTXTZENS: For the firs time since the commencement of th war I have returned to my home with the expectation of remainin here permanently. All the armed foes of our Goven ment have been subdued, and peac< with all ita gentle influences, ht again dawned upon our land. Airead its effect is felt in every city and ? every fireside. We have abundant reason to hop that civil law will soon preva throughout the entire country, an that the question of the trea ment of the . States recently i rebellion will, under the wise polic adopted by the President, be settle in a manner beat calculated to prc mote the true interests of all class? of citizens in those States. The time having come when ocmld consistently leave -the militai service, I have returned to civ?j lif with an earnest desire to lenci n influence in support of that polio On reaching home I find two parti -one a unit in supporting th: policy, and the other divided : regard to it. I leave it to you, n fellow-citizens, to say with whi< party I should, as a supporter President Johnson's efforts, har identified myself. I have enjoy? many advantages in studying tl condition of those States, thc di position of the citizens, and the co dition of the freedmen. At the pr per time I shall take occasion expresbs r>.y views on these subject Sra JOHN FRANKLIN'S MEN. highly interesting letter from C. '. Hall, the Arctic explorer, announc that hex has discovered that in all pi bability three of the men of Sir Jol Franklin's Arctic expedition yet st vive and are living among the Innuil One of these supposed survivors Baid to be Crozier, "who succeeded 8 John Franklin ia command of ? expedition. It is stated that the President h decided to relievo Kentucky of mt fcial law, and his proclamation to th effect is expected in a few days. GEN. GKANT ON MEXICO.-Genei Grant is again reported as having c pressed himself lately in favor of t Monroe doctrine, and of giving Ma: inilian notice to quit Mexico. FKOM ALABAMA.-A letter received at the General Post Office Depart? ment, from one of the special mail agents bf the department, -who writes under date c' September 23, from Montgomery, Ak., has the following allusion to the intiment? of the peo? ple of that faction: "I have calked freely with members of the recent State Convention, and other prominent men, upon State and political subjects, and have taken .pains to ascertain the real sentiments of the people and their leading and influential men as regards their feel? ings and purposes toward the General Government, and I am satisfied that no factious opposition need be appre? hended to the policy of the Govern? ment concerning the ?ogro, or 'upon any other of the issues affecting the Southern restoration to Union and peace. They simply desire to resume their old relations with the Govern? ment, and to Uve quietly and obe? diently under the old flag. The radi? cals of the rebellion stand a poor chance of being elected to Congress. The people generally are manifesting correct views upon these subjects, and I candidly behove there is less bitterness of feeling now entertained in the South towards the people of the North lhan for many years pre? ceding the war. " FBOM MEXICO.-The New York He? rald, of the 4th instant, says: Our Vera Cruz correspondence to the 21st of September represents a terrible condition of affairs in the dominions over whicli Maximilian claims to be Emperor by the grace of God and the will of the Mexican peo? ple. Guerilla forays, robberies, mur- - ders and outlawry and violence of all kinds continue as prevalent as ever, and society generally is in a most painfully disorganized and chaotic state, notwithstanding all the .fine promises that the empire was to effect the salvation of Mexico and her peo? ple. Troops continue to arrive from France, 1,600? having landed at Vera Cruz within the week preceding the 21st ult., and it was rumored that a thousand negro soldiers presented by the Viceroy of Egypt to Louis Napo? leon would also soon make their ap? pearance to assist in upholding Maxi? milian's throne. This latter instal? ment of warriors, it was feared, would bring with them the cholera, to add to all the other afflictions of *the country. In the capital city, Marshal Bazaine, the French commander, acts independently of the Emperor, and arrests and imprisons every person whom he suspects of secret disgust with the imperial regime. On the occasion of the anniversary of Mexi? can independence, on the 16th ol' i September, there was great alarm among the imperialists in Vera Cruz, in consequence of reports, which, however, were not verified, that the republicans meditated an attack, and the vessels of war in the harbor were placed in readiness for action and every preparation was made to fire on the city. . A New York paper says Southerners) especially ex-officers of the Confede? rate army, are swarming into New York for employment and business. A Mississippian, who acted as an aid to Gen. Pemberton at the siege of Vicksburg, has opened a broker's office in Hanover street, and is out in a card soliciting, especially the patronage of his New Orleans, Mobile and Texas friends. A litttle farther down the same street, on the other side of the way, an ex-Confederate captain, who served under Ewell, is filling a subordinate clerkship in a cotton broker's counting room. One of Gen. Lee's staff is negotiating for the lease of a drinking saloon and ten-pin alley, on Broadway, near Amity street. One of Magruder's adjutants has gone into the wholesale produce business at Washington Mar? ket Gen. Mansfield Lovell, who undertook to defend New Orleans, is going to open a law office in Nassau street. In Bond street, there are at least three large boarding houses which are kept by the widows of Con? federate officers who fell in the battlers in the Carolinas. Lu the 8th avenue, near 16th street, a pardoned expelerle in the Confederate Treasury Depart? ment is selling cigars, and within a stone's throw of his shop is a Con? federate naval officer, who led the memorable assault on the Harriet Lane at Galveston. In the newspaper offices may be found sundry persons who this time last year were "firing the Southern heart" to the best of their abilities in the journals publish? ed off in the interior of Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana The Bight Bev. Bishop Fitzpatrick is again seriously ill. Local Zteixi?. . JHMPIXJT?CBST-Bight or ten good print? ers can obtain empierraent in thil office, daring the approaching session of the Legislature. "Cotton Blanks" and permits-indispen? sable to all persona purchasing or shipping eotton-san be obtained at this offioe. CASH.-We irish it distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job work are cask. The mea67 must in every case accompany orders, or they t&i? not be attended to. This rule applies to alb THE SOUTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.- We aro gratified to state that, on and after this day, passenger and freight trains wiU run over this road to Hopkins' Turn-Out within twelve miles of Columbia-as fol? lows: Leave Charleston at 7 a. m.; arrive at Hopkins' at 4.15 p. m. Leave Hopkins' at 7 a. m; arrive at Charleston at 4.15 p. m. Wc may reasonably expect, from, the energy* dis^lsved by thc* officer? of ihi" road, to hear, wiitin a few weeks, the whis? tle of the engine at the depot in this city. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention iaeaM ed to tho following advertisements,which are published for the first time this morn? ing: S. L. Howard-Commission Merchant. Jacob Levin-500 Acres Good Land. Coffin & Ravenel-Goshen Butter, A*c. Nominations for the Legislature. A. R. Phillips-Handsome" Furniture, Ac NEWSPAPER OFFICE CIIOSED.-The office of the Commercial Bulletin, at Richmond, Va., has been closed by the following'order: HEADQ'RS DEPT. OF VIRGLMIA, RICHMOND. VA., Sept. 30, 1865. General Orders No. 119. Whereas the Commercial Bulletin, ft newspaper of this city, in its issue of to-day, has published an article which . contains an indecent insult to the " memory of thc late President of the United States, and to those who sur? rounded him during his administra? tion of his office, and an almost equally offensive reflection upon his Excellency President Johnson; there? fore it is ordered, that the license heretofore given by the Provost Mar? shal General of this- Department for the publication of said paper, be, and the same is hereby, revoked; and that the office of the paper be closed. The Provost Marshal of the Department will commit to prison Charles C. P. Dimitry, the writer of said article. By command of Maj. Gen. A. H. TERRY. EDWARD W. SMITH, A. A. G. DUNKERS IN EAST TENNESSEE. -This singular people have a flourishing community in Washington County, in this State. The Jonesboro Flag says: .'This faithful and worthy body of true Christians are having a re? freshing revival in this county, at this time. Many have 'been led to make professions of religion accord? ing to their faith, and much good is thus being accomplished. They are undoubtedly a peculiar people, zeal? ous in good works. During the war, their's waa the only church in this county which stood forth in a consoli? dated body as unfaltering Unionists, be it said to their just praise and great credit. The church is generally composed of honest and industrious farmers, who always attend to their own business, and let other people's alone. Success to them in their noble and Christian work." UNSTAMPED RECEIPTS.-At a meet? ing of the Louisville Board of Trade, on Monday, it was stated that Mr. Speed, Collector of Internal Revenue, had seized upon the receipt books of the ' Jeffersonville Railroad, stating that the merchants of Louisville had laid themselves liable to heavy da? mages by signing receipts on the're? ceipt books without affixing the ne? cessary stamp. If such steps had been taken tc defraud the Govern? ment, he would at once prosecute the parties. Mr. Guthrie, President Of the L.