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COLTJMBM. Thursday Morning, Oct. 1865. ' From tllie North. We have received Xew York, papers of the 19th,-but they bring little news of interest beyond the fju.mni.iry pub? lished elsewhere in our columns. Thc World, of that di'te, contains a full report of the speech of Wendel^ Phillips, at Boston, on the 17th, de? nouncing President Johnson as "three-fourths a rebel." It also con? tains a full report of a great ratifica? tion meeting of the Democracy of the city of New York, held at Cooper Institute on the previo' . evening. The World also*ha%a graphic sketch of scenes %and incidents at thc. Astor Housed consequent on the arrival, at that hotel, of Hon. A. H. Stephens and J. C. Koa gan. The conversations between these gentlemen an% their visitors show that they both strongly support President Johnson's policy of reconstruction. They also give us reliable accounts of the flighty and subsequent capture of Jefferson Da-s is and his pa?ty, which will prove interesting to our readers as soon as ?wo can find space for its publication. The foreign ibains of news contain nothing of - great interest A loan of ?42-4,000 for the State of Massachu? setts was being privately ^subscribed for in London. Additional fatal eases of the cholera had occurred at South? ampton. A recruiting depot for the "Mexican army had lately been estab? lished at Lille. .' ComptroUer-Gcn ral"? Office. We wore pleased to meet the other day our very efficient Comptroller General, J. A. Black, Esq., and ?'. el gratified to learn from him that all the documents and papers belonging to his office have, through bis exer? tions, quick travelling and judicious selection of traveling routes, been saved to the State. Mr. Black, like Mr. Huntt, Secretary of State, de? serves great credit for his successful' efforts to save the^records of fris office. His annual report will be forthcoming in a few days. Election Returns. UNION.-For Governor, General Hampton is about 125 votes ahead. Senator-Robert Beaty. Representatives-T. N. Dawkins, i Dr. A. W. Thomson, Chas. Petty. j -< ? _ We aro so much engrossed in do- j mestic affairs, and 'war intelligence from ftouth America comes, so irregu? larly, that wo pay but littlo attention to the war raging there between Para? guay on tBc one side. and. Brazil and. Uruguay dh the other. The forces oil either side number from? 55,000 to 60,000 men. Lopez, the Paraguayan leader, is fighting for his"very exist? ence, and Iiis men arc courageous and fight "?'ith despi ration. Where they have been victorious they have acted with cru< Itv. The allies have large resources, which in tho cud will have its effect- on the- result of the war. though at present they do not manifest much activity. THE GOVERNOR'S ELECTION.-As -E??IVV* of our readers expect io learn, from this morning's Phoenix, thc re? sult of the .election for . u ?vorm ir, it is proper to state that no ft ill returns htive been yet received. After care? ful inquiry and" from the returns already come to band, the result is Still ill doubt. ?-, Col. James Farrow, of Spartan burg; lias been pardoned by the President. It lias been gene rally sup? posed that all thc; members of the South Carolina Convention were prr doned; but this is a mistake, as ex? ceptions were math; in scveral.cas.es. It is stated that Sterling Price and other officers <>r tho late Confederate * army hav? received from the Emperor .Maximilian tko commission of gene lu,]:, - rlint? Price* lias gone to IjCLteat frojm tine N'orth. ^ j The steamer Moneka arrived in, Charleston, bringing New York pa-' I pers to the 19th. We clip from the j Charleston Netcs the following sum-1 mary of intelligence : Hie war in South America, between j Paraguay on the one side, and Brazih J Uruguay and the Argentine Confede? ration on the other, has been coin ?leucfd in real earnest. Newspaper I files, giving details of the recent bat ! tie of Yatay, show the sanguinary character which the struggle i* likely to assume. On the 17th of August ? the allied forced, eight thousand five I hundred strong, anderGenerals Flores j and Paunerp, encountered threethou-1 ; sand four . hundred Paraguayans, un? der Major Duarte, on the right bank of the Uruguay river. The Paraguay? ans were unprovided with artillery, ! j and were outnnmberef more than two I to one. A summons was sent to them j to surrender, but they replied by i shooting the messenger. For an hour I and a quarter the Paraguiflyans met I the fierce assaults of the allies with I desperate resistance, neither asking j nor receiving the quarter which their assailants were little disposed to ac? cord them. At the end of rV.at time L they brqke and fled to*tItc river, pur-^ j sued by four thousand cavalry. Kore I a slaughter took plaee which one of the victorious generals characterizes as a regular butchery. Scarcely ono o? the devoted army escaped. They left one thousand five hundred dead on the field, and only three hundred wounded-a conclusive proof pf the fearful nature of the struggle. Their ; leader, Duarte, and twelve hundred j of his troops, fell into the- hands of ?the .Brazilians, and ail their stores* j were captured. The allies state their loss at only two hundred and fifty j ? killed and wounded. Another de- j ! taclnnent o^the Paraguayan anny, j j seven thousand strong, on the oppp- j ? site side of the river, was prevented i by thc Brazilian gun-beats from rein- ! j forcing Duarte, and at the time of our ? ' last dates were securely hemmed in at ! ? Uruguayana by an immensely supe rior force. . j i News from Havana to the 11th in? stant, wa ? brought by the steamship j Moro Castle, which arrived at New i York on the 18th instant. During j the first week of the present month i heavj reins and high winds, in some i I places amounting almost to ahum cane, and putting a complete stop to business, swept over ti'." island of I Culta. So milch rain fell that the I land in many places was submerged and several persons were drowned. The thirty-fifth birthday of Queen i Isabella fhe Second, of Spain, was' celebrated on the 10th instant with all the honors. It is said that tao rel ?els in there public of Mayti have captured the only blockading vessel which Presi dent Ge?rard possessed. ^Mississippi, in ?tdvance of all the ! other lately rebellious States, has re- : sumed her old position in the Union. J : and is one..- more under th?control of j I her own State officers. Her Legisla- j ture? assembled "on Monday of last week, and on the following day Gov- j I ernor Humphrey was inaugurated { | and delivered his inaugural address, j He argued agaiust the right of a State ! j to secede, and regretted that the ad j vocales of this doctrine had put it to ! the test Of thc sword. 'approves of the. emancipation of the negroes, I but is opposed to giving them the j privilege of voting. ! Complaints continue L> reach Gov- i ! ernor Lev.is. <>{ Wisconsin, in regard ; j to tin treatment ot" Wisconsin soldiers ! .serving under General Gustar in ? ! Texu.-., Vetting forth that rations.are ! I short in quantity and of the poorest ? quality; that-men have been-unpaid : formauy months; t'uuu men arc flog- j ged, :?*'iii 25 to 100 lashes having! ; been ndmiinist* red ?>n the bare back, i of volunteer^ for small offences, in I 1 violation of law; that men have their heads shaved without trial by court ! martial; that pther unwarrantable in- j j dignities ari- inflicted on veteran sol- i j diers, by General ?ustar's Orders. I Governor Lewis has entered aij ear- j i nest'protest to the Secretary of War ' agai .st such outrages, requesting au I i investigation into the matter.' He j i his also requested that all Wisconsin regiments serving in Texas be mus ; tered ont at the < arliest period com, patible with the int? rests of the j service, lt is iniderstood that the I I Governors of Illinois, and Eowa have : taken similar aetion. Mr; J. M. Broadhead, the second Comptroller of the Treasury, lias ? issued a circulai" snstaining the claims of colored soldiers to bounties, and 1 affirming their right to be regarded as freedmen from '??c date of theil n ?listment. Colored soldiers who may ' April, bS???. and who volunt oreti be the Act oi July 17tli, 1862,. are not dispossessed of the right to those bounties, fhe Attorney-General being clearly of the opinion that enlisfjments iij the United States army instantly makes the slave a freeman forever, and places him upon a footing of equality with f;he white volunteers. A letter from Lexington, Ky., states that" a good deal of excitement pre? vails over the removal of martial law, and there' will no doubt soon he a conflict between the civil and military authorities. Negroes hired on mili? tary passes are being discharged, and all contracts made between masters and slaves are deemed as at an end. Owners are preparing to reclaim their slaves, and all absent on military jiasscs will no doubt be hunted up, driven back to their former masters, and set to work. Judge Pearl, of Whitley County, is reported to have decided that the law of Congress, of March o, 1865, is uneonMitutional, and to have ordered a black woman, who is the wife of a soldier, to bc sold-as a slave. Gen. Brisbin has ordered the arrest of Judge Pearl for violating the United States law. In the case of Leroy M. Wiley and Frederick Lawrence verstts George W. Gooch, where the defendant was ar? rested for the alleged misappropria? tion of funds collected by him in Texas, which ho invested in 'rebel bonds, negroes and other Southern property. Judge In graham, of ,New York, has rendered a decision. He refuse to discharge Mr. Gooch from arrest,' and orders tho defendant to pay ten dollars costs. General Banks, on the IStli it&tant, delivered a lecture before the Boston Mercantile Association . on national affairs, in whick he advocated the earliest possible restoration of the lately rebellious States to tiipir former position in 4he Union. Whether or not they jsbbuld be restored before they Conceded the ballot to freedmen he did not consider a vital ques-tion. The irrepressible Wendell Phillips, in a lecture delivered in Boston On Tuesday night ftiid that President Johnson had?'made himself three fourths rebel in order that the rebels i 'themselves might become one-fourth, Uni? m. and denounced General Banks* as " a vagrant mountebank,. laden with the curses of every loyal man in Louisiana and Massachusetts." The ? Republican party, he insisted, lind no ! longer an existence, and had had I none since the Baltimore Convention ?which -renominated. President Lin coln, though "there's a spectre walk? ing over tue country in its shroud." ! The St-//, iii. conunenting npon Wendell Phillipa speech, remarks: '.Wendell Phillips, is a sort of ad? vance guard for the radical party. He is sent ahe&l as apolitical skirmisher, to ascertain how fast the party can safely travel upon the radical 'road. : When the agitation of the slavery question was the special hobby of the radicals. Phillips always kejit in thc , van. feeling the way and drawing the j popular lire. When slavery ceased to" i boa theme for political discussion, tho radicals determined to make negro ? suffrage their next hobby, and again Phillips was assigned^o bis old posi? tion in tho front. The radicals will ' ?ow, doubtless, throw off the mask of support to President Johnson, and will begin thc open attack upon him. Phillips is as true >:u indicator of the 1 radical course as the barometer is of I the coming storm. Therefore, thc i political almanac says '"about this? time, look out for :i radical burri- ? cane.' " The Fenian Congress afc Philadel- j pida held a protracted and continuous secret session on the 18th inst. The j business nuder discussion was report? ed to Le'of ?i most important nature. Delegations were ?till arriving, and the national n presentation was almost complete Et is understood that each chele o? the brotherhood is t# act as a committee for the disposal of the l'omis which ar.- soon to be issued. Late Washington dates mention that up to 2 o'clock on the i'Jth inst., no visitors of any distinction, had called at the White House except Gov. Pierpont, of Virginia, who was received by the President for the pur? pose of consulting with reference to affairs in Virginio Quit? a largo number of pardon seekers called during tho day, but many of them retired after reading the notice on me of the doors of the mansion to the effect that all pardons in tin; office would 'oe signed as soon its possible. In the morning thc President dc voted a portion of his time to con sidering the applications o? parties 'for pardons, about one linndred au I thirty of which he granted. Thp President is daily in receipt of memorials in behalf of Jeff. Davis. A u v J vs ago, Judge Phillips, of * titioners, presentid one signed # by nearly five thousand ladies of Geor? gia ; and on Monday an anonymous communication, eight pages long, ap? parently -written by a female* was re? ceived, appealing for mercy for Davis, on the ground that he had rendered valuable service to the country in various, pfRriie positions, as Cabinet officer, and fought bravely in thc Mexican war; that he was nc? more criminal than the others .who figured in the rebellion, and who have been pardoned. . In tlxo House of Delegates of the Philadelphia Episcopal Convention .on Wednesday last, Mr. Washington Hunt offered a preamble and resolu? tions, to the effect that the Conven? tion should not entertain thc protest of ?ev. Dr. Ninton, entered on the previous day, against thc vote by which it was refused to give thanks to God for the destruction of slavery? Mr. Hunt supported, his proposition' in a speech of some length, and 'final? ly it was agreed to strike from thc minutes all reference to the ?protest. The pr oposed canon prohibiting Epis? copal clergymen entering the army or navy excepting as chaplains was on?e more under consideration, and was at last-disposed of by the adoption in its stead of a resolution declaring it incompatible with the calling of the clergy to bear arms. During the de? bate on this matter much excitement and conf usion was caused by the Kev. Mr. Clements, of Ohio, in ??.he course of his remarks, saying that "Wo can? not bo too sure another rebellion will not break out when we find a body like this refusing-to thank God that the late rebellion has boon crushed." He was loudly called to order from all parts of the hanse. A report in fa? vor of establishing a freedmen's mis? sion was adopted, and it was agreed that after to-day no new subject for discussion or action shall be intro? duced. Late dates from Galveston (Texas) say that large stocks of merchandize aro constantly arriving, and every? thing begins to wear the aspect of the prosperity of by-gone days. The wharves are crowded with cotton, wool ni^ hides, waiting . shipment, aud witli merchandize for storage, J while in the shipping in the harbor, New York, Boston, Liverpool, New Orleans, and other cities are repre? sented. Cotton" is coming in quite rapidly, most of it in good-order and ! of good quality. Wool is abundant and fine. The same can be said of ludes. The new crop of cotton will I be small, the worm having destroyed large quantities. In some sections the loss is total. In consequence of I this, cotton is held at increasing rates, j Specie is used altogether in trade. In the country among the planters you i can't buy at all without it. j A rumor is mentioned in the Mcxi ! can papers that the grandson of \ Iturbide, two years old, boru of an American mother, belonging in ' Georgetown, D. C., has been adopted as their heir by- the Emperor Maxi? milian aud his wife, aud also as their successor to thc Mexican throne. Augustine de Iturbide was proclaimed [Emperor of Mexico in ls.22, against, the wishes of leading Mexicans, and abdicated tile following year. On July 19, IS'ii, he was shot for making an attempt to recover his imperial authority. The youngster, therefore, it.will be seen, has a drop or two of imperial blood in bis veins, saiflgled with that of more noble American re? publican sovereignty. The New York * World speaks as follows of the Freedmen's Bureau : "Mr. Johnson is as rapidly as pos? sible uprooting the Freedmen's Bureau, which, under the regime of Stanton, was eating out the vitals of flu; South, : ..d is getting rid of the enormous stud'connected with it; and "it is not morally possible" that the Kepnblican party approves the de? struction of what was but yesterday hs pet creation. ' The New York papers speak thus of the currency. *Th<0 World very cor? rectly remarks: t If the Republican party or tke Go? vernment sincerely desire to return to specie payments, let them advoi te tb<? im.mediabjjprepea! of the Legal Tender Act, and thus place all the United States on tho same footing that California has always maintain? ed and maintains to this day. The people wan!?this and nothing short of it. The contraction talked of ly? the Republican journals Ls an impos? sible humbug, ami every intelligent man knows that it is. The Herald said: * The redundancy of tho currency lie (Mr. McCr?looh) should hav< known pealed bel*? ?re we can go back t Lsocal itemg. "CottonBlanks" and permite-indispen? sable to all persons purchasing or shipping cotton-?an bc obtained at tbis office. CASH.-Wo wish it distinctly understood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job work are cos/o The money must in every eas?? accompany orders, or tiiey icill be attended to. This rule applies to all. JUST PUBLISHED.-TheSacff and Destruc? tion of the City of Columbia, originally publishes in tho Columbia Phoenix. A pamphlet edition ?f thc above has just been issued and is for salo at this office price il a copy. THE MAUS.-From a conversation with our postmaster, Xr. .Tanney, we are in? clined io believe that the irregularity of tho dolivery of, our papers on certain routes, results from the fact, that <>:i these said routes, the route agents of the Post Office Department have not yet, entered upon their duties. We hopo this will bo remodied in a,short time, and, in the mean time, we will endeavor to do our best to insure the dolivery of thc Phoenix to its subscribers in due season. g}"AUTUMN.-Poets may sing of the charms of "flowery May," painters may delineate in glowing colors thc beauties of bright sum? mer, but, after all, give us tho sweet days of golden autumn. Who docs not love to ramble out into the old grey woods and listen to thc falling of thc brown nuts as phey come rattling down from their lofty elcvation, and watch tho squirrel as ho leaps from branch to branch in search of tho treasures which full well be knows must be stored away against the' coming of the mighty storaoJdng? Who-does not love to visit the mountains in autumn, and ?lam? ber cfrertho rocky lodges, and hunt grapes, and pull down the great long vines laden 'with the rich fruit, and look fer chinq?cpins and search for antediluvian relics; anfl thou, at last, when you aru tired of every? thing else, to wander away off by yourself, and, scated upon some mossy stone, watch the pale yellow leaves, as, detaching th< m selves from their parent stem, and flutter? ing awhile in the air as if longing to remain in the etherial elenymt, they drop; at last, with suoh a sweet, sad rustle- to thc bosom of mothor earth?* Gazing far out into the dim distance through the blue autumnal haze which hangs like a thin.voil over the surrounding scenery, and listening to the melancholy wailing of thc winds as they go meaning and sighing through tho trees of the lovely forest, an indescribable sensa? tion is experienced. The heart is.at work, the wild, sad sweetness of the 'nour has aroused all tho liner faculties of thc soul, and from its most sacred recesses there comes welling tip a dim, mysterious and undefinable tide ot ciuotion, which no pen has power to describe, and which none but those haring some poetry or sentiment in their- composition can appreciate. The waters cf the fountain of'Lethe arc now turned back to their source, and memory busies herself with a full rehearsal of the; past. By-gone sorrows are again endure d with thc most poignant anguish; joys long sie.ee sped by aro again renewed with the most exep?sito delight. Earth an.) its earea are cast aside, and tue soul, h aving thc cold, heartless world behind, eoars away to the regions of.idealty, and moots ami h.dds sweet converse with kindred spirits in the ideal Paradise it has created. But everything lias an end, and at length you ar.1 aroused from your delicious reve? rie by tho well known voice of ,eomo one wlio has bren "hunting for yon ever so lon-';" and as 'you star; tu>. von Dcrceivo 11 ini you ari still on this earthly sphere, that the p&le^cav?s are still falling, that' the wild shiels ?re stol moaning and sigh? ing, and you awaken io this consciousness with a deep-drawn sigh of reg ref that it ia NEW AJIVKRTISEMEXTS.- -Aitentionas eall L-d to thc followingydvertisemerits, which wt published for ti:? first time this morn? ing: J. G. Gibbes . Ladies' Dross Goods. Shelton, Calvo .V Walsh-Butter, .Vc. " -Dams. <vc. " " -Crackers. " ' '" -Liquors, fcc. ': '. " '-?Shoes. iTfirriufifs Paten) Chain Mon Safes. Stoinmeyer AV... - Cor... Merchant.-. Dr. A. N. Talley rim ton for Sale. Nomination of T. N. Dawkins. ::. gular M < ting Acacia Longo. ^Mad. Sosnowski To Members Legisl're .Mrs. J. A. L( sher Dress-making. Mrs. S. A. Smith N. w Goods. E. & <'. lb Hone Flour and Rice. ;- -Brandv, &c. G D. Vlmnu Declination. Darbee ft Walter-VarictjiSalc. ? Vmonn A A N 1 r Xr.\x ESSE 1:1. M r.ui >A U a late meeting e>? the stockholders ?f this road, hehl in Lynchburg, Col. ' ?obert li Owen was unanimously re? jected President^ and his salary, on notion of bishop Early, who" pre ided, was fixed at $4,000 per year, twas resolved *to apply to thc nixt j?gislaturc oL"\ irginia for permission . ',i:-:-.nv one million of dollars on a