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* . ? " ? ? ' i iii biii w?immmm ITaiintstin' lvekiu\ I'UBMSiifiD at Lancaster c. 11. s.;c., nv CO* ft OH* ?Y CAKTEIL THURSDAY MORNING, dOT, 17, 18rt7. Rotiserihers finrtttisf A (XI (Mis* rrtarCc rtH l!i'A margin of their paper may knoitr that their time in iibout to expire. ' i ? > i... . 1 . - ? 1 . WWUQ Pni? i D'mw For qne ycAr, in advance, $3 00 Fof MX months. " . 1 60 For three mouths, " 1 00 To Our Subscribers. To many of you we have yt'vcn indulgence. Knowing money lo have been scarce, tee did not enforce the rule adopted when icc resumed the publication of the Ledger, To those ivlio are in arrears for one and two years, as well as those who have lately subscribed with the promise to pay this Fall, we appeal, to come forward as soon as they possibly ctin and settle up. Tie have contracted dcbls for material, labor, dr., thqt must be discharged, and we trust our Patrons, as we have ffiveti them the benefit, ivill enable us to meet promptly our obligations. Those indebted for Advertising and Job-Work will please come forward and settle?the Printer cannot live on promises. ? ! I The Proposed Public Meeting. 5 1 ..\T ?? - > o^ucu ? m?r?, J.UU listed in our list issue, suggested that 11 public meeting be held at the Court House on the 21st instant, for the purpose of nominating candidates for tho approach ing State Convention. Concert of action in a matter so delicate and important as the one under consider ation is very desirable, and with a view of bringing it about, wo proposed some titno ago that a District Convention be held at the proper time; but oven before our article was published, a nomination was made by one section of the District of r. gentleman whoso name is still before the public. The difficulties of attaining unanimity iu a matter of this nature are very groat, and we suggest to those who are iijstru mental in getting up tho proposed meeting, tl.e propriety of a corresponding de gree of prudence and caution in their movements. The preponderence of the white vote over the colored is so small, that the whites cannot afford to differ among themselves, for if they do, their defeat ia inevitable. Unless the notnina tion to be made is acquiesced in bv all parte of the District, the object# of the proposed meeting will of course fail of success. Whether the minds of the people are prepared to unite upon candidates at as early a period as the day suggested, we think is somewhat questionable. The time for the election has not yet been de * signated, and until that has been done, the situation in all its bcarlligS, can hard, ly be said to be fully developed. Another obstacle in the way of effect ing the desired end, is the uncertainty in reference to the number of members which we are to elect. The quoto for each Dis trict has not yet been assigned, and until that is done, we will not know how many candidates to nominal*.?wlioil.or 1 ~?v> two, three, or four. These ere difficulties, we think, which will preclude any final action as early as Monday next; but it will be well for the people of the different aectionn to meet and consult; ascertain each others preferences, and be prepared, when the proper time nrrives, to unite their forces for the im pending contest. To those who are on the alert, a few days of earnest purpose and concert before tho election will be sufficient. Town Council?Appointed by the Milits ry. M __ Owing to the expiration of the charter, our Village has been without a municipal government for a number of months.? Applications were made to the General Commanding this Department for rolief, but owing to the difficulties of finding persons who could take the test oath, the appointment of a Oowncll has been delay eu until recently, wnen the following gen t'.hint n, eppointfes of Gen. Camdt, werd worn in According to lew : Intend Ant it R. Wftt*. Wardens 1\ MoKwkna, W. If. ]'urns, K. 1>. Kkkwedt, and A. W. CmanCk. Nk# Goods.?We direct Attention to tlia advertisement of Meaar?. J. & D. M, Crockktt in this Tint senior partner of tho firm, whose U?ts i? pronounced ly tie Indies *s superior, has recently re> turned from th? ,?iorth with a handsome H'isoruuant of Dry Goods of ever? dea niptiod, *4 prime m low ?n fffa !b*eet.?fc G've them a call. To the Colored People* We publish, wiib rt>uCh pleasure, tbe able At)J tiibely .Communication of tbe Re*, i). P. RohixBOs, to be found On another Column, addressed to tbe colored pMple. tftbe latter are not totally blind ; to tlieir own interests and future welfare, I ihev cannot but l>e impressed with tbe truth and wisdom of tbe advice addressed to them; coming as it does from one wboui they know to be, not only learned and ex perienced, but whose honesty of purpose and integrity of character aro beyoud dis putalkm. Tiie sentiments expressed by Mr. R. are those of the better class of whites throughout the South ; they are the true friends of the colored people?they are prepared to accord them all thoir rights and privileges under tho laws of the land, to lend them a helping hand it: their in< fiiut efforts to educate and improve their ' race, and they would acorn to take a mean advantage of their ignorance or dependence; bu'. at the satno lime they are determined, if it be possible to avoid it, not to be subjected to the domination of an inferior race. Shou'J the negroes, led 1 on by the can ling emissaries of the North, ultimately array thcmsolves against this class of white*, they will, in our judgment, commit a mistake that will be fatal to their prosperity, if not to their existence in this country. They inay obtain tern i porary triumphs and advantages, but j eventually the while race?their superiors 1 in mind and numbers?will prevail, Hnd | they will be defeated and driven away as ( impediments to the tnarch of civilization ( and improvement. As they value their i future prosperity, they should decline allil ialious with Northern strangers who pretend to l>e the r Iriend-, and court the confidence and friendship of those with whom they have always lived and with whom they must coutiuuo, if they live at all in this country. We hope that our colored friends will ponder well the judicious advice gtven them ift tlie communication referred to. Kor the Lancaster Ledger. The Boards of CommissionersMkbsus. Editous : I noticed nn editotial in your issue of the 4th Sept., ult., in regard to the condition of the "Bridges" on the public highways in this District. I was at the time pleased at the mention of the matter, being ntnong the number discommoded through the negligence of somebody. But, I atn truly thankful for your timely attention, the good effect of which lias shown itself in these parts. But, Messrs. Editors, what 1 moat de sire to speak of, and which should receive _ the Httenlion of every tax-payer, is the < injurious system, alluded to in your ar i ticle, of "awarding public contracts." I ] think I would risk nothing in saying, that t the plan of selling the contract lies under , the direction of the Commissioner!. And , as to the faithful execution of all work < sold at public outcry, reason and common 1 sense would dictate an obligation on the part of the contractor. That this has , been rei|uirej heretofore, I hear it asaerti i ed, but with what regard enforced, the public may judge. No disinterested person, (who is a lax payer) would sanction the letting of a Ihidge to a man who is not a practical , t.,v? una iic?er rerveu a (lay 8 apprenticeship ?t the workbench; who has never constructed a bouse bevond the dimensions oT a log-cabin. WouhJ 1 ' go 16 a blacksmith or a farmer to gel a coat made ; or would the farmer app'y | to a blacksmith Instead of a carpenter to have a house built. The presumption that he would Is unreasonable. We have seen the injurious ellVctn of this "old time" system, ard as one in-' terested, call for a change for the better. Let all speculative schemes be cast over board ; let a guard be put over the purse which holds our wealth. I await, as do the public generally, with interest, the , annual Reports, rot only of this Hoard, but the other two, which havo taxed the people so heavily during the past two years. Lst us see how the public money has been applied?for until these Reports are duly investigated, tho rumors now in ( circulation must have their force. i TAX PAYER. 1 How Underwood will Dispose of Mr- I Davis. Rev. Paul Haglev says he told Preai- I dent Johnson in the following language, 1 of an interview between himself and Judge * Underwood I ' "Judge Underwood said he was sure Mr. Davis would bo brought to trial in > November, and that, tlffdar existing in I structions, in reference to jurors, a jury > would be empannelled '.hat would convict I him ; that he did not wish to see any ' tilnnd ilmrl 1 - , ??n nrvi LO J capital punishment anyhow, and libit 1 Conifers, in the midst of the war, had I reduced llta penally of treason to fine and > imprisonment, in the discretion of tli? I court; that lie would, therefore, only fine ,il him enough to tike ?w*y his Mississippi < plantation*, and let them be sold out, at sav half a dollar per acre, to his old slaves, i whose toil and team had acnnmnlated lhem ; that I hat] better sorest this to the country, and, after awhile, go down 1 and ptaach to the negroes colonized on , i Davis' old plantations. < "Toywbich Preswfeot Johnson, smiling, repHed: l " 'ft u^nd to bs lbs did fashioned way 1 to try* a man before they hanged him.' " T'or tho Lsdgor. TO THE COLOBED PEOPLE. I ?? > nursed bv one of your color, end my eariy play.fellow# wire of tbo same able complexion. I have been connected with you all mv and have receive# valuable service at your bands. Some of you have sympathised with me in my sickness, and mingled your tears with mine in inv doiYWelTc bereavements. To many of you I have hroke the bread of life fur more than twenty years; and to 100 of yon, Tor ibe same period, I have regularly distributed the elements ol the Holy Eucharist. And to a much greater number I have affixed the seal of God's rnvpnunt utwl liorno van l#* alia 'I'lir/.no a/ ! Grace wilit an earnestness s^nd imporltt J nity in Bomo degree befitting tlio grer.t interest in question. I cannot but feel a deep Hud lively interest In your welfare. Therefore, I offer you ti trashed (which ifi dot mr ciib'Oit') a few friendly counsels. 1 at. Abstain from affiliating irith those j tec>et. nath-houn*i societies, which the cm issuries of \orthern tricksters are attcmp tiny to inaugurate amongst you. It in pat ent to all, the practical operations of these organ sttions will result in an antagonism of the races?a colliss:on with the whites And when that unfortunate event dors occur, your leinerUy will reap a prolific barye>jt of bitter fruits. For nenr.v 40 years ] Irtvo been a diligent and careful student* of human nature. And if I have rot accumulated some knowledge on thst sul-jem, it is (or tbo want of capacity, not of opportunity and effort. And now my word,for it, (he moment nr open rupture takes place, the whites of the NWth wijl j>i? the whites of I lie South, and your imprudence will hrtng fearful disasters upon yourselves. Tlie whole history of the psvt, as well is the philosojdiy of human nature teaehos thai birds of a feath f>r wiil nlliiiate. Assail the tenets of H?>y reMgfolis sf-et, it matters not low many heart burnings within, at once ihey are a unit against you. Call in qnwitinn the propriety of p.nv secular aociet\ ami vou mmediately calm al! internal commotions hat may exist. If you are pasting by a ion*?, and somp brute of a husband has lis wife down, his foot on her h?ir, and is lelahoring her with a merciless bludgeon ind she is crying murder, don't interfere. \ rencounter will ensue, utd blie will be he first to flank you. That party in the North which sent nit these political emissaries is d*ily Insng a power it shamefully usurped and so ong abused. And now it dreads that "trihutive justico which will he meted nit by its opponents. In order to escape he leg'timate results of their almsps, that* ire aiming to Impue yon together, and l*e vou at their elections f??r their party imposes. And aa soon as they have caried their point, they will have no more \ ise for yon than they now have for the oreign soldiers who fought their battles n'tha war for Southern rights. Yon look upon the Yankee aa a great riend. Through him you wasemancipa. led. U? care* nothing for you, a* has "tepn again and again declared. Vou >ave never been behind the screen and i?en the wires worked. The commerce >f England and Franca was crippled and ihe income of their capitalists diminished >v the war. And they said, "Coma Mr. i'nnk, this war must be stopped." Mr. Reward replied, "be patient Mr. Hull and Mr. Dnndv. Oive us a little more time md the off-scouring of your people ; and iend to Germany and dredge her sinks | and sewers and skim all Europe, and >end us the filth and we will subjugate the South, and abolish slavery." It is replied, "we sccept the offer." They have no interest in vou. Hut they will com pass sea and land to accomplish their purposes. An<l when that is done their interest coa?>os?vou become a stench in their nostrils, fro to the historic page and investigate the facta. Search the blood stained fields of Port Hudson and Petersburg and ascertain their record.-? Provoke a conflict with the whiter, and vou are a doomed race. This is raid, not in the spirit of a threat, but of scletun warning. 2. Tie content with those occupations for which you are fitted in yOur prekent condition. A few of you possess a com mendable degree of intelligence considering your opportunities. Hut it is a fact patent to ail, the great mass of rou are little more than half civilised. The pori tals of knowledge were closed tagamet you by the wicked laws of our country. And it is known to many this is not the first time I have testified against it. For I felt the curse of heaven would rest up nn lift fnr ?lii? rUviner miAiuis* 'TL- />-! ... ?.w. ..... M-IIU||| IHIU\at%y i in) iJIUtr should never be a sealed book to env creature made orij?inntIy in (tie image of (?od. Now lih|>piIy tbo gates of know! edge are opened, and you are allowed to approach ihe fountain. Until each a time as you can cultivate your minds and accumulate a little fund of information, be content to let politics Alone. At least, let (be formation of Constitutions for State or other governments go into the hands of aged and ex perienced statesmen. Constitution* arc a compilation and arrangements of those principles which are to direct and regulate the. laws and institutions of the country. From the nature of the case, these are ihe roost profound and intricate labor* of the Statesman. And it is only men of ripe judgment and large experience that ire competent to these labors. Chancel or Inoliss and men of his honesty, learn ng and experience should alone he called ,o such important and responsible funo ions. Wisdom aod a sound, practical udgment in the Convention may lay the Foundation of a government that will t>le?e us and-ell our posterity. But tgno 'ance impelled by the reckless spirit of ranaticism may entail a curse that will blight the prosperity of our country, and destroy the happiness of both races. ItealizA Vnm Inlillk.l...! * ?j vui iinciiokium con onion. r ?7i?pathi*e with vou, and extend the helping haml in improve and <*Uvata Ton But rarely in a people juti emerging fr.?rn nemJ-harharUm, competent lo found * government adapted to the geniua, and capable of developing the reaonrcea of tha intelligent and the refinedt Are per none in Tour conditio* capable of torn prehnndiug the wanU, and appreciating the interest of a race to far in adTaoce of yon in everything that admits of im provemeut. MacauleV, MyrUishvp Wat son, compares a s?lf=-coi>ceued geologist to n gtiat mounted upoo ati elephant, * and laying down tlifeories, as to the whole ^ Internal structure of the vast animal, from h I bo phenomena of the hide. Vet this * insect is as capable of grappling success* l' fully with these nUslruse Philosophical k iiieorien, as persons oi your grade ol nil ? provement, to elaborate ?bo subtle theor d riea of government. The inspired Apos 2 tie says, "ell tilings are lawful, but nil 0 things are not, expedient. It is lawful for 11 you to occupy the (/hair of Philosophy ^ in the University ; or a seat in the Con . 11 vention, but it is not expedient as you ' ar?j not yet competent to the higb func tioos r^pertaining thereto. Are von not willing to trust siicli men C4 aa Chancellor Ikomh ! Mis integrity has ? never bean questioned. I assure you such ?' men as bo is, are incapable of an inten " t:onal injustice. Mesides. tbe Constiui lion will be revised bv Congress ; and 2 any article, section or clause, that does c' not mete out evendinnded justice to the ' black citizen will be expunged. More? Cl over. Congress will require more favor to ? be shown to the black man in a Constilution adopted by a Convention composed rt wholly of white men, than it would in *' one which omenated from a Convention ^ COIIinosed of I.U.4' nu.n or .-.ml!.. t.i??i? I r " * ? v' w,"rR . and partly whits*. Hut if any of vou are ''1 uncompromising aspirants for office, you lv may with some propriety* go to Congress. 'I There the Constitution i? already formed, and the machinery of government ? ? good 'e working order. But where the founda c' lion is to lav ; and the machine to cot 1 struct, you had letter leave that work to M expert* ? 3 Turn your attention principally to l' the tillage of the foil. In your present " circumstances this will he letter suited to *' vou, and yield a more remunerative in- *l come than any other to winch you may " direct your attention. Thin was the orig c* inal \ and I may add the most honorable employment of man. And without it there is no promise in the Bible that vour tc daily hread will he sure. Paul expressed this important prohibition, "lie chat ?Ioes " not work shall not eat." A skillful ami " vigorous prosecution of this employment will not only reward the laborer; but a! so do more to restoio prosperity ami con Si tentment to our people than all the polit M ical expedients that have been devised.? T The ancient scholars searched diligently M ami labored earnestly to discover what cm they called tho "Philosophers Stone."? rn Tl,;. i < - , ,..<i .. nil mi ii?f r?i; inn* %- PlIimilK'W t ?I ? V " supposed wou'd turn in n <_>o!d everything (>? if touched. Now. in three words I car th tell you whit the real I'hilosopher's stone re i??industry, economy and integrity.? ?? Ret these ha the cardinal principles of hi vnur notion, and von wit soon nttnin l>] wealth and honor and influence. Thia is ni the royal highway to landa, to bread, to a moral and uncial elevation. These conneel* are given in the spirit ?f diaintereated friendship, hr one who haa labored and *| atill desires to do von good. 1>. T. ROBINSON. October 8,1807. |e The Snare of Repudiation. ct pi In a recent speech in Butts county, ni I Georgia, lion. B. II ilill, the Southern t? Henry of Navarro, wh -se white plume ^ floats wherever the war against Radical 'J' lain rages fiercest, thux exposes the fa lacy |, of the cry, "Convention and Relief: c< ' Recently, as I havo shown you, your ? avarice or dishonesty has been appea'el to. Hecret circulars have been issued from the verv shadow of ? ,... ri by toola thero employed, whispering that rejtudiation can he accomplishe I through iJ a Convention. 'Conventmn .and ({.dfef'is * iIto last c!nnatia note of the seducing ser pent. I have shown yon how deceitfully ji wicked this pretence i?. Ji is the Cvnsti tution of the Ignited States which forbids prepudiation. Our State Constitution only (< conforms to that. Now e*n a State Con j| vention change the Constitution t.f the c Uuited States f No, and the poor cr?a tures tliat seek to have you deceived know it. Thi< is a snare?intended as a snare. They know that a clause in the State Constitution destroying or 'impairing the ? obligation of conlrncls,' would be iu vio ' lation of tbe plain language of the Con * stituiion of tba United States, and thai ij clatise would be declared void. I have* i hiso snown you Hint the very Radical ? Congress which is lo pa?'* on your Con 1 litution, ha* beau lurutsbir g mora new * remedies to facilitate the collection of debts through die Federal Courts?espe cially tho?e in favor of Northern creditors * ?than ever before existed. Our people P are not only to be alarmed, threatened and forced, but also deceived to their o*n dishonor. They are to be enticed into a ' Convention to get repudiation, and thev will get negro supremacy and while de gradation, and no repudiation ; or, if a 7 clause he Inserted lo help ratification, it will lie with the distinct knowledge that that particular clause will be set aside as ? void. It is the spider's invitation to (he fly the devil's soft olTer to the tempted and tried, Lon't trust negroes and their help mates to settle your debts, my friend*. They will take the little you have left, * and lenvo your debts unpaid and still ^ pan. Settle them yourselves. In view of your misfortunes, let creditors be satisi fied with as litt'e as possible, and let debt ors pay as much as possible. Let us be kind lo eaeh other, and neither debtor N nor creditor ask the treacherous haip of a j common enemy." m m n Gkkrkai. CttsarroK PitasmitNT. ?The 1 oracle has spoken at last. A special <bs. patch to the New York Kutniny J'oit,,, dated Washington, Qgloher 2, says s? a "General Grant, in conversation a few days d sioce with two Republican Congressmen, h in replying to A direct question as to the tl Presidency, said that if it should seem to he the will of Proyidanoe, and the desire of ilut^hmerican people that he ahould h? * President, he would not feet at iiberty to > resist the one nor <linappoiut the other." (, The Camden Journal has announced that, on and alter the 3 t instant, cotton would he transported to Charleston from it any point on the Camden branch at |2 f< per bale. n i?LJ-%T? ? 'I * - '? Cotton?A Gay Deceiver. Do?n-? iown?down ? from forty.flre nd fifty to thirteen cents a pound I ? Vh?t does it mean! Simply that we are lost control of the staple of the orH), and been deluded by the belief lat all mankind depended on the South >r what they wear and tear. No mistake j ?er was more grievous. Kngland has veloped the resource* of Indm to a de ree which made her almost independent f the South during the war, and she com nuefc to gfow more so every year.? lagnificent railroads, one thousand miles i length, enable her to penetrate the oart of the India cotton region, where ibor can he had for five cents a day.? lagnificent lines of steamers communi ste weekly with the Indian ports, and early a million of bales are now in course f transit to the Liverpool docks and ware ouses, Illind lo these facts, our people have one on making cotton, trusting to the liances of weather, rust and caterpillar, oping to realize small fortunes quickly rops have been mortgaged in advance to hlain funds, and large outlays made, in te confidence that the hi ?h prices to he ceired would more than balance the ccmtnfc. Now, what a disappointment, ew planters are likely to realize their salt, talf the crop has been ruined in many I icalities, and the remaining half must, cr force, be immediately aold to meet tbe eiftAhds against plantations bv factors. In all tliis there is a lesson, and that , ssoti should teach the importance of tanging our stylo of agriculture, and j row, crops that will pay, and are not li ject to tho immense speculative lluc'u lions of trade. Let our farmers turn leir attention to corn, wheat, to ground? | nta, fruits, vegetables, to the growth of j itM'ji, came Hnu norses, and to msnufac I ires. Let the cotton we prow ho made p at home. We can save fifteen per lit. in its manufacture alone, ami pro iihly thirtv per cent. which now goes ' ito the pocket of the Northern speculai if*. Wa have pone through enough purga on to have learned some sense, sod it is ma to use It.? Columbia Chronicle. Murdkr is Sr. Matthkto's Parish.? iinon Parrow (colored) was murdered on onday last, on the plantation of Major lies. 11. Whaley, St. Matthew's, |?y oses Livingston (also colored ) The ni?o was said to he jealousy, and the order has heeu characterized to us as 1 ost heinous,?the victim's head having >tn fractured with an iron hsr, and li:a roat cut. In the absence, however, of liable particulars, we fori ear saying 1 ore st present. The murderer was ought into town on Thursday afternoon 1 f three freeduien acting a# constables, l id has heen lodged in jail here toawa t 1 trial. ? Oran;/fburrj Weies. Kapicai. liKnKi.t.tov.?There is serious ^prehension that the Radicals intend to ize the povernnient by force of arms pun the assembling of Congress. The | iter of Speaker Colfax end an editorial ( i the Chronicle of this morning haver **tad some alarm. Under the frivolous retext that your State has an organised iditia force, a scheme lias been devised . i assemble at Washington "the Grand \ rmy of the Republic," a secret military rgsnizHtion, and forcibly eject the Presi i ent and place Wade at tha head of affairs. ! i such an event, of course, it would be jme nonsensical to think about elections, i -Baltimore Gazette. HicOtATRATlox.?The following official I 'turns from the Districts given below ave been received. The Courier learns at the order of election for a Convention | r ill be soon issued ; Whiles. Blacks. | iarnwell, t 1.902 3 095 Isrendon, 751 1 552 .lgefield, 2 607 4,307 ieorgelown, 432 2,720 lorry, 1,005 4(50 uinter, 1,190 3,265 fola', 23,041. Dr. Joseph Cross, who was formerly innected with tho South Carolina Con* rence, and stationed in Charleston sever. ' I years, and afterwards President of the partanburg K?male College, died in Vxas, of yellow fever. Dr. Or?>aa wu > n Englishman by birth, but bad resided j i the United States for a number of ears. He was a chaplain in the armv 1 tiring the late war, and many a poor Jonfederate soldier well remembers the ; loquent sermone delivered by this soldier | reecher. Immediately after the close of j l>? war, he took orders in the Protectant '.pismpal Choroh, and at the time of his eath was rector in Uouston, Texas. Thk Soutii Carolina Univkrsitt.? 'he University opened on Monday, the lb, under very favorable auspices.? \ bout seventy students matriculated, and titers are coming in every day. Ali the Id students hsve not yet returned.? Columbia P ha nix. A citizen of Connecticut hss invented | printing prees, which he claims will ' trike off four thousand eopi?* of the Mew Vstament per diem, or four hundred opies of a newspaper per minute. The fastest time in American railroad* ig was that of a directors' train on the few York Central Railroad, the other ay, froin Hamburg to Ltuffalo?ten miles i eight minutes, or at the rate of aev?n y eight miles an hour. Two stockholders in Paris hsve made uei, u ik tiiKi, of one tjiimirwtj tbooaand loiter* thai <J?*n. Grant will or will not e Emperor of the United States within re year*. TTon. John A. Logan mule a tpaech t Cleveland, Ohio, on Saturday, in which e favoured ijia election of coloured m*n 0 Uongres*, and intimated that a colour d I'roidenl would not he muob ami**. The Methodise hlrve 50-.000 church** 1 the United Stale* with accommodation it over 6,000,000 people. It U the moit nmeroue sect in the United Stale*. ! 11 " - -!.>* TELEGRAPHIC, Northern News. WAfliltxfltos,October 7 ?Col Parker, Indian, of Gen Grant'* stall", lias l>e*n sent lo imW(JD ami Uliarieslon to lo?-k Hftef certnin treasury interest*, involving, it i* said, over $1,000,000. Particular* have not transpired. Parker w*? detailed at tbo request of Secretary MoCulloch. It ia suggested from the character of the. detail being purely military, that the troohle ia with the FreeJmen's Bureau or tile dia* trict command* Senor Mareschal, Secretary of the Me*. icAn Legation, remains in charge ot the mission during Romero's absence of four months In a arwoch at Oalena, III., Congess* man 10. B. Wasbburne detailed Grant's views, lie said that Grant sympathized with Congress in the reconstruction plana advised in I lie early session of Congress, and favoured the House bill requiring the consent of the Senate to change District Commander*. He accepted the Secretary* ship of War from a sense of duty lo prevent its heing filled by Johnson men.? The acceptance was with the consent and knowledge of Stanton, after a foil consul* lation Wasbburne said be bad no right to speak concerning Graut'a Presidential aspirations. Boston, Masa, October 8.?At Sberi* dan's serenade, last night, the orowd waa no dense I lint fifty female* fainted and one had tier rib* broken ; Others were more of less injured. Election Return*. Wahiiinoton, October 8.?Election gossip fruin various sources is being re* ceiv ed. Pnti.AiiRt.riit a, October 8 ? 11 a. m.? Election progressing quietly. The He' publicans claim 'be State by 3,000 ma* jority. 11 P. M.?The Republicans concede that Sharewnod has carried the city by more than 1,000 voles, ami that Pennsylvania has gone the same way by several thousand. The 1 )^>nocrHtic city ticket? legislative and j idicial?-is elected. 1 A. M ?The latest despatches indi* cate that Pennsylvania is going Democratic. Ci.kvri.and, Ohio, October 8.?A complete Democratic gain of 700. The loss r.f the ainendment is conceded on all CourMHi'R, Onto, October 8.?Lire? Democratic gains in nil |?-?ri? ?>f the State. A despatch from the Cincinnati Time# indicates Carey's election. October 0, 1 A. M. ? A later despatch state* that Carey liar been ele *ted by a good maj ?rity and negro vulTrage defeat ed. Southern News. Richmond, October 8 ?In ?'?* oftli? trial of Davis, double the usual number of petit jirors hare been ordered by sum? inons for the fall term of the court, lion. Jaine* Lyons was today furnished with a copy of the indictment against tba ac cused. Gen Wei'a, of Alexandria, it i? understood, ia engaged on the aide ot tba prosecution, l'rosecutmg Attorney Chandler leave* to night for No* York, to consult with Mr. Krarts, who assist* hitn. Savannah, October 8 ?There wae small Republican meeting held at Mason ic Hall, last night. An equal number of white aoJ colored wore elected lo the convention. A mass meeting wee proposed for Monday next. NfosTaoMKtir, October 5.?Returns from thirtyifour counties, shout one half of the State, have boon received. The Convention ia more than 10,000 votes over the required one half. NAHHViu.it, October 8.?Hrownlow'e message recommends the repeal of tbe law disqualifying negroes Irom holding office and setting on juries, an^l indu'gee in bitterness againvt the rebels. He doss not advise the extension of sufTraga to disfranchised whites. Brownlow will probably be elected United States Senator. LATEST. rHii.AncLPRiA, Oct. 11.?The Age'* tables make Sharawood majority 53S5. WAHiiiNorOJ*, October 1 1. ? It is high' ly probable that the Cabinet, with the exception of Slansbery and Wells, will he changed. The National Intelligencer savs ; "TliS voices of a whole people, redeemed, rejuvenate) and disenthraled, are joined in one great preen of thanksgiving." Pennsylvania is regarded as absolutely safe by the Democrats, while an official account will he required to decide Ohio. The Baltimore American places Grant for President at the head of its columns. WAStuyoTow, October 12.?Forney telegraphed froin Philadelphia iliat'Sh*'*wood is elected by at lea*t 600. Ohio nnliliniana a?o'" ^ oonill KIIKIU lO HpVKK OH IO( Guhernatoriel nlniion in that Suis. 1, p. m?Mottling from Ouio. Franklin Pierre ?n serenaded at Ooni cord, N. II. Wednesday night, an<1 said : "I warn you, my friond*, to nota tha fact that these triumph*, whatever they may he, are no parly triumph*. The people have men in their majesty, with a consciousness of their power, and disregard* ing parly line* and party aspirations, have beer silently cortsldering what be? long* to ' h*m, the'r children and their eoentry. I think the great battle ha* linen fought end woe. If the results are significant in nothing else, they are in this that the white race?our rece, the Onrman, Italian, French. Irish, Scotch and AngloSaxon people?are still to he the Controli ling power on thie continent.'' New York. October 12,?Money easy at 7. f I old closed firm at 144. Cotton more steady. Lokdox, October 11? Pari* despatch* ?* state that affairs in Italy are grave. Livbhfool, Oct. 12.?Cotton advanced 1-16.1. Sales 18,000 hales. 1 I 1 Mssent. Button* l'tcaae announce Mr. ALKRKD ANDIlKWtl aa a cuntnjste for a seal 1n the approaching Sute ConvanS'esi. and otw ligo Masv Votaai