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Protjreatj of Negro Radicalism in the Soutll?How the Darkles Talk and What they say. " " A meeting of colored persons was held j in ltayrhond, Mississippi, a short (idle since. Reforrihg to tho iheellog, the lo cal paper says : ? Without any previous notice whatever 1 t? our white population?-without tho * knowledge of the purpose, so far as we ftre advised, on tho part of a white man n in tho county?from five hundred to one 1 Vhousand colored persons came roiling and tumbling into town oo Saturday, all enveloped in patriotism, and all ready to J do, and "die if needs be," in vindication j of the "manhood and the rights" of tbe colored people. The courthouse was ' boon filled to overflowing, while the court square and the streets adjacent were well thronged. The meeting was addressed L- a - ?>-. * - * a >?. oy me i^ovh uyncu anu stringer for about \ four hours, when the platform adopted by the convention at Jackson was unant- i mously confirmed. J Of the speeches of these colored ora- , tors, the same paper remarks : The speeches were clear, forcible and effective. That from parson Lynch, es. < pecially, was entirely effective in the nc- , coiuplishment of its object. The entire negro audience was curried bod'ly into ' the Radical party 1 and with clapping of hands and shouts of applause I There is not now to be found in this region, a J Southern or a Conservative negro. They i are all out spoken triumphant and defiant Radicals, and all their sympathies and sf1 factions are with the Northern Radicals i and against the Southern whites 1 The democrats of the North and the antiireconstructionists of the South were J pointed out by the speakers as the worst , living enemies of the colored race. Rut tboy advised their audience not to fear thorn, as they were insignificant in numi bera as compared with the Northern Had icala and Southern blacks, and would soon be driven from the field The platform adopted was broad enough for everv honest man North and 8outh to stand UDon fsaid the *neaV?r?\ on*t X r /' ?? man must support it and die by it if nec essary. That black man who will vote 1 for a Democrat or an anti reconstruction i iftt (said the speakers) will vote against ( his race?will vote to place the negroes ( on an equality with brutes?will vote for j their worst enemies, since a black man (said Stringer) would not be recognized by his race as one of them. All wero urged to vote?to permit no earthly pow < er to prevent them from voting?to vote . for no man who does not come out opeoi ? ly and above board for the platform?to claim all then rights at all times under the law at all hazards. TW? P1*nU? T?_? J ? -? ._v km ciosuuigu ?na mo Bureau. The following order Issued from the headquarters of the Commissioner of the lfreedman's Bureau, has probably, not been seen by many, for whose direction it is intended : Ciiaklkston, S. C., Sept. 21, *07. General Orders No. 10. To regulate the division of crops, where freed people are working for a share thereof, and to protect both the etilployer and employees from the injurious results aria ing from the practice of some persona in buying the crops in small quantities from the freedmen, paying therefor a mere pittance of their market value, whereby many of the freed people are left impov eriehed, it is ordered : That where freed people are working plantations for a share of the crop? the owner of the land will furnish the necessary buildings in which to store the Cot ton?making a separate apartment for each person employed?where his or her Cotton can be securely stored until all the crop is gathered, when it will be divided, either before or after it is ginned, ss the parties may agree. The outer door of the building will be fastened by lock, and the key placed in charge of some person in whose honesty all have confidence.? The Cotton can be weighed as it is stored, that all may know the amount of Cotton picked each day. tfo person will sell or in any way dia pose of any part oi the crops, where the owner of the land has a share, lihtil after a division is fairly made, hut ike parties may divide at any time they may mutu ally agree upon, and when they cannot Agree and no officer or agent oan be prei sent, they may choose a person in whom they have confidence to make a division and settlement. to all cases officers And agents will render every assistance in their power to prevent unfairness or dishonesty and will sea thst accounts between employers and employees for labor or advances of provi sions or money he justly arranged before either of the parties dispose of their respec live shares of the crop. A strict obedience to these instructions will be required. 13y order of Brevet NfaiorftsnArs) r/k. scori1. 'm> > Bankrupted hythe Bayonet.?South Carolina ia to-day without ft dollar of national currency in her treasury, and without the meant of paying a tingle appro priatioo made by the laat aettion of the General Assembly. A portion of her people have paid the taxes imposed, onerous as they have necessarily been, but the remainder have taken shelter under military orders, which forbid the collection of any taxes not imposed bv the United States Government. Mark the ConsequOnCea t? to lese than sixty days, every charitable public institution will perhaps be Closed. The lunatics, the deaf, dumb and blind, and the convicts of the penitentiary, nay be tqrned loose upon society. Judges, sheriffs, clerks, sod others, who now derive tbeir compensation from tho public funds, tnust cease their labors, and the entire Civil machinery of the 8tate be brought to ' a halt.? Columbia Chronitie. 1 ? mm tnm A Sad Cai-amitt.?On Monday last, i the dwelling house of Mr. Alexander , hi on roe, about six miles above Camden^ | was consumed by fi.t). None of the family were at home at the time, and 1 p'rtrythmg be possewed w*e burned.? |1 fowitdl. - 11 ^Minister |>ilgivr. 'LDLISlIKD AT LANCASTER C. H. S. 0., Mr COftNTOIlS Ac CARTER. 'HURSDAV* MORN IN*(5, OCT., 24, 1867. Subacribora finding a (X) cross tnarlc on tho narpin of their paper may know that their ime is about to expire. TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION. por one rear. In advance, *3 00 ''or fit month*, ** ? 1 60 ui kiircu UIUUUI9, ? i UO To Oiir Sufoscfiber.?. To many of you we have given indulgence. Knowing mojiey to have been scarce, we did not enforce the rule adopted when we resumed the publication of the Ledger, To those who arc in arrears for one and two years, | as ivcll as those icho have lately \ subscribed with the jiromise to pay this Fall, wc appeal, to come forward as soon as they possibly can and settle up. We have contracted debts for material, labor, ?.-i r- ? ? u.i;., Lfiui intcGL uc uiGcnargca, ana we trust our Patrons, as we have given them the benefit, ivill enable us to meet promptly our obI iyations. -U-' - ' ' l' . ' ' ' ! ? Our Judgos and Order Ho. 89. "With the exception of Judge Aldricu, we believe that the Judges of this State ere couformiitg to Gen. Carry's late Jury jrder. Judge Au)Kicn, at the Court for Kdge6eld District, after contrasting the military order with the laws of the State )f South Carolina, whose officer he isi aud whose laws he has been sworn to up* io!d, delivered the following address: ir. c.r.Vi? ~ J n - inr. oiHicicwr, ami ijennemen of the JSar : The juries have been drawn, itnpannell id and summoned, in obedience to the Fury Law of South Carolina, whose Judge I am, I am ready now to proceed with the call of the dockets. The Charleston Mercury, says in reference to the course o? our Judges: *'It appears to us, that those Judges who shall sit in the trial of cases by negro ju ries, may not have measured entirely the responsibility they will assume. If the military acts are unconstitutional, or General Canby's order exceeds his authority, all the verdicts of negro juries are void. They will pass no titles to property. The condemnation and execution of a citizen will be murder. To stand clear before God and man in enforcing this order, let them strip ofT the ermioe with which they are clothed by South Carolina ; and take from General Candt the sword of nailita* ry power, as her rightful, constitutional and despotic legislator and ruler. Aegro Juries. The Charleston Newt ie clearly of the opinion that juries drawn in accordance with late military orders are unlawful, and that these and other acts of the mil1 itary commanders, exercised by virtue of the reconstruction laws, are full of future trouble. The District Commanders (says that paper) have declared who ahall and who shall not be jurors. The constitutions and laws of the Southern 8tates which are now called Military Districts, also have similar declarations. The laws promulgated by the District Commanders vary from the laws on the Statute books of those States. Which will the Supreme uourt sustain! Which will the people of the United States insist on having obeerv* ed t Does any lawyer, North or South, believe that a criminal convicted in South Carolina by a jury on whioh a negro sits to day could lawfully be bung I Would any sentence of a court which may ait under the military orders contravening the laws of the State be binding ! Would not the writ of Kaleat c&rpu* open wide the doors of every penitentiary to every rascal so convicted, whenever that application can be heard without fear of a bayonet unaealibg the judge, who may give an honest decision f It is idle to le!b gbc3t acting outside of ibe Constitution. The Constitution is the law of the land, and it ia to be earnestly desired the! the day is not far distant when judge* and people will alike do it reverence and return to its principles. When that day comes the present will stand on trial, and will be judged by the whole country ae it has been judged in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Oranting that Oistriet Commanders have not executed the powers given to them by the Reconstruction Acts, how long can the action of their appointees be binding 9 Certainly no longer than the military power ehall last, and God forbid that each power eboaM last long. Would any one knowing anythihg of law, advice a sheriff, appointed in a manner not pro rided by law, to nerve a writ f Can each iheriff attempt to make a levy without committing a trespass, can be make title to any property at all, ean he make an arrest of any kind which will not subject him in an action Immediately after the removal of military powar. Could Con-( JL.- ?1 gress throw any protection around the conduct of a trespasser f We think not, and thai point haa already been decided ic one of the Northwestern State*, if we are not mistaken. We confess that we ean see nothing but confusion and trouble in the Acta of Con gress, and in the doings of the Military Commanders. They will succeed in pro voting yours of litigation and of trouble, but thank God, they have alao been the means of doing good. Their wild, reckI oar, despotic course, has aroused the North to a true sense of the danger to constitutional liberty on the continentPassion, by its excess, ha" ..wakened rea son, and the Republic will probably be eared through the vile over reaching am bilioti of Radical leaders. The people are awakening, and it is to be hoped thsfl soon the supremacy of the law will assert its power, when the net* work of tyranny which has been woven around the South, will be destroyed, and all violations of the law will not only be condemned by the people, but hlso, pun? ished bv the law whose majesty has been offended. Governor Orr'a Protest. Governor Ouu has written * letter to the President, protesting against the Jury order of Gen. Candy, lie shows con. clusively that the order prostitutes the jury box and makes the palladium of our liberties a cesspool of ignorance, lie says: There are white majorities in but six districts. In two districts the numbers are about equal. In each of the reinaini ing twenty three districts of the Slato? there being altogether thirty one?the registration shows a colored majority. Io Charleston the colored majority is 1,812, the registered whites being 3,286, and the blacks 5,008. Of the whites 118 were unable to sign their names ; of the colored 2,806. In Charleston and Colt umbia a larger number of the latter class of persons can read and write than in any other portion of the State, a very much larger number, because they hare had facilities before and since emancipa lion of obtaining some education not en joyed by their class in all the rural region of the Stale, to which I shall advert more particularly hereafter. In the organising a jury in Charleston, therefore, assuming that all have paid their taiee, this pro portion would give nearly eight colored jurors to four whites, and of five of these eight would not be able to sign their names. In Beaufort, Georgetown, Col. leton, Berkeley and other districts, the showing is even worse. Partial returns from Beaufort indicate that there are 2,550 colored, and but aiity five white votes registered. This proportion would furnish but one white man to every fourth jury. Of the colored voters registered in the rural districts, I estimate that not more than five per cent, of the whole number are able to read and write, and very manv of them have not ini?llinroti<<? enough to count one hundred. In Georgetown District there ere 418 whites, end 3,413 colored voters registered. One white roan might perchance he drawn upon each jury, and in all probability not one of the remaining eleven colored men would be able to read and write. We thank Governor ORafor this state ment, aBd we would be glad if we could always give the same approval to his political acta, as we do to portions of bis letter to the President. Modification of Order Ho- 80. We learn from the Colnmhi* CkrMlrl* that, at the recent conference with the civil authorities io Columbia, Oen. Canst agreed to modify Order No. 80, ao far no to allow the juries drawnjat the Spring Term of the Supreme Courts and the July Term of the District Courts to serve during the present Fall Term of these Courts, with the condition that if a juror has not been registered he is liable to be challenged on that ground. The juries for the ensuing Term to be drawn io ac cor dance with the Order. This modification of the Jury order waa doubtless made in ample time for the Judge on thia Circuit to have attended here anfl held Court in the usual way*? It waa his duty to have been here at all events and administered the public justice as far as practicable. In every part of the State, except on tbe Northern Circuit, we believe that tbe Courts are being held as usuai. War io Europe* Some of iha papers seem to ihtnk that war io Europe next year is almost Ineti* table. France is arming, and it ia as id strategic studies bsve been mads with a view of covering Strasburg, the Emperor having made personal observations of the oountry in that neighborhood as he returned from his recent visit to Salxburg. The country round the town is being lev* elled to allow of tba establishment of four detached forU, and an anlraoehad camp of immenae extent it to b? conatrneti ad, protected on ona aida by tha Rhine and by tha aubmergable laoda, and on tha otbar by tha four advaooed forta, capable of sheltering in tha caaa cf naad a largo Dumber of troops Official ConferenceThe Columbia pa part report tba arrival of Oenaral Canbt in that city for conference with Ooyarnora Oaa and Worth on important mattora relating to tba in* (areata of thair reapective State*. Tba Order of election for a Convention, lha Courier think*, will bo inaued on tba rw turn of Oan. Canut to Charleston* > LOCAL. 1 - _ No Court. Tbe present week U the regular Term of the Court of Common fleet end Sesi siooa for tbie District, but owing to the ebaence of e presiding Judge, tbe Court ia not in session. Ilia Honor Judge Mom* rob %?rUet tbet he ooosiders it impreoti cable to adminiater the public justice un> der tbe preaent atate of difficulties, brought about by military interference. Under bia inatructiona, tbe jurors summoned to this j; I 1 % * ioiui worn uiKu?rg?n on Nonaay morn ing, unci a new jury drawn for the next Terra in Accordance with Gen. Candy's Order, No. 89. Itelow we give a list of the Grand and Petit Jurors drawn for next Terra : GRANT) JURY. Anderson Bsrber, (negro) Dsn Cureton, (negro) John W. Horn, J. II I.*than, W. 8. Gorton, A. Johnson, Archey Watte, (negro) J no. D. Caskey, D. M. Hagins, Jas. M. Crenshaw, David R Hilton, Anson Siser, Rush Crawford, (negro) J. ii. Witherspoon, J. C. I*. Neil, Jits, P. Hilton, J. J. Copeland, 3am'l Umphrlcs, P. D. A. Beik, A. Bowers, jr., J. T. B. Craig, J. C. Adams, J. J. Montgomery, J. 0. Uuej. TETIT JURY. I Clinton, Nelson Bell, J E Cook, A D Milliard, John Bailey, W W Blackmon, S J Dunlap, Richard Outen, IT H Goocii, jr., Robert Hegler, J R IJillue, Rami Adarns, W N Hilton, Lewis Croxton, ' L P Mackey, Herod Johnson, A B Ellis, II T Cauthen, J C Caldwell, W W Hinson, II ,/Uickson, W Blackmon, T B Adison, T F Clyborn, Ant. Curetoo, (negro) Thos Roach, W J Vaughan, J J Adkins, Alfred Knight, H It Rape, A Beaver, J A Bird, Hri i tin walker, J no Cm levy, J P Rale*, Jno Guardner, J W Williams, W R ClantonJ A Weaner, W F Brasiugton, Jas T Johnson, K Moore, Ssro Davis, (negro) B R Olyburn, llngb MeMauus, W B Bruce, B 0 Nccly, J R Wade. Business on Monday. Notwithstanding the unfavorable new* from the foreign market, business returned activity on Monday. A few change* stirred the stagnant pool and ushered in life and action to the old land again. It being the first day of Court, young bloods and old-bloods, farmers, people and col ored folks, generally, come to town.? People on horses, mule-back, foot-back ; some on business, others to see and be seen, came rolling into town,?several of whom went tumbling out later in the day. What a glorious institution, these I public days! Metchauts like it, Printers like it, Auctioneers like it, when they have a few articlee of old plunder to operate upon. We note basineea in the latter department active, transactions brisk? owners of secondhand plunder in better spirits. Busineaa in the "grog-line" look, iog up?-whiskey smiling?buyers unsteady?transactors heavy. we give summary in our line?two raw subscribers, paid io potatoes ; ooe promise to renew when timea ere belter ; halfdocen promisee to settle soon ; three papers given away ; six applications (or our opinion on the new Jury Order, (parlies referred to lawyers); half hour lost, and our pants minus a few stitches, helping a barrel of whiskey down stairs which bad rolled up accidently on purpose to see the machine print; knocked off six months time to square beaded man, who said he bad paid up for twelve months?like to be agreeable ; accosted by a friend who threatened to upset one of our correspondents; accused a fallow of borrowing our paper, acknowledged it and promised to be hottest when be oould do no better. Days transactions $3,50. Night approaching, retired, visions of hungry legions haunting our slumbers. We like "public days." Cotton. We ore glad to see this prod act on the rite. Iu depreeeion is supposed to bats been caused by northern merchants bat* ing too much stock on band, and from the critical position d'affaires politique. The South can no longer eontrol Eng* land by raising the staple, as India and Turkey have made her to a certain extent, independent; bat, if peace and order are ever again restored to our country, we feel satisfied that cotton, if the Revenue Tax be removed, will pay as well, if not better, than it did before tbe war. We have tbe advantage over any other portion of the glebe in the quality of tbe staple, and for this reason, it wit) command a (.Mr price in any market; yet we do not think it advisable, at present, for tbe Southern people to turn their attention exclusively te this business, r.s the conn' try is now much in need of tbe neceeearirt of life. The question of suffrage to our negro population is one of vital importance to the cotton question : for if this laboring class, with all iu ignorance, are invested with the elective franchise, their minds will be so much filled with this subject that their attention will be given to nothing else. And we consider this questioo, which wilt soon be brought to an issue, as one not only of the greatest impor* (mm In ih* ?**-u 1 -- ? uv??uonl pwpw, Mil OOO which if settled in favor of the negro will sap th? very foundation of prosperity at the North. fa view of theee facte, we believe the Democratic party are in part actio?, and it it hoped that a speedy awakening roar be brought to all who art blind upon this satgect. Order for a Convention. 1 1 1 ? nunqviiTiu 2d Military District, I Charleston 8. C., October 10, 1807. j [General Ordert No. 29.] Uy the tamia of the Act of Congrom entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States," passed March Id, 1807, and of the acts of March 23d, and July 18 th, 1867, supplementary thereto,?it is made the duty of the Commanding (leneral of this Military District to cause a regis'ration to be made of the male Inhabitants of the State ot South Carolina, the age of twenty-one years sad upwards and qualified by the terms of said acts to vote, and after such registration is complete, to order an election to be held at wh'ch the registered voters of said Slate shall vote tor or against a Convention, for the purpose of establishing a constitution and civil government for the said State, loyal to the Unt tort a ml Irvaa a. , ,v mj nm couTen tion?mil to give di lout thirty Joys' notice of tbc time and place at which said election shall be held ; and the said registration having been completed iu the State of South Carolina, it la order, d : Hr?(. That an election be held in the State of South Carolina, commencing on Tuesday, the 19th day of November, 1867, and ending on Wednesday, the 20th dav of November, 1807, at which all registered voters of said State may vote "For a Convention," or " Agninst n Convention," and for delegates to constitute the Convention?In case a majority of the votes given on that question, shall be for a Convention, and in case a majority of the registered voters shall have voted on the question of holding auch Convention, Second. It shall be the .duty of the Boards of Registration in South Carolina, commencing fourteen days prior to the election herein or* dcrcd, and giving reasonable public notice of the time and place thereof, to revise for a period of five days the registration lists, and upon being satisfied that anv nersnn ?m thereto bu been registered, to strike the name of such person frotn the 'ist; find such person shall not be eutitlod to vote. The Boards oi Registration shall also?during the sarnr period, add to aoch registers the names ol all persons who at that time poaaeas the qualifications required by said acts?who hare nut already been registered. Third. In deciding who are to bo stricken from or added to the registration li-ts, the Boards will be guided by the law of March 3d, 1667, and the laws supplementary thereto, and their attention is specially directed to the Pup plementary act of July It, 1867. fourth, The said election will be held In osch district at such places as may hereafter be designated under the superintendence of the Boards of Registration as provided by law. and in accordance with instructions hereafter to bu given to said Boards in conformity with tho acls of Congress and as far as may be with the laws of South Carolina. Fifth. All judges and clerks employed in conducting said election, shall before coramm ciug to hold the same, be sworn to thu faithful performance of their duties, and shall also take and sul>scr?be the oath of aiffico prescribed by law for officers of tho United States. Sixth. The polls shall be opvned at such ro. ting places at eight o'clock In the forenoon, and closed at four o'clock In the afternoon of each day, and shall be kept open during these hours without Intermission oe adjournment. Srrmth. No member of the Board of Regis I ration, who is a candidate for election as a delegate to the Convention, shall serve a#a judge ~r iv?i??:? : - - ' ' v. m.s uicvuuii u mnj uninci wmcn no seeks to represent Eighth. The sheriff and other peace officers o( each district are reqaired to be present during the whole time that the polls are kept open, and until the election is completed ; and will be made responsible that there will be no inter (ere nee with judges of elections, or other interruption of good order. If there should lie more than one polling place in eny district, the sheriff of the district it empowered and directed to make such assignments of his deputies, and other peace officers, to the other polling places, as may, in his judgment, best suttaerre the purposes of quiet and order; and he ia further required to report these arrangements in advance to the Command*- of the Military Post in which his district is mutated. Xinth. Violence, or threats of violence, or of discharge front employment, or other oppressive means to prevent any person from registering, or exercising his right of voting, is positively prohibited, and any such attempts will be reported by the registrars or Judges of elections to the Post Commander, and will cause the arrest and trial of tbs offenders by military authority. Tenth. Alt bar rooms, saloons, and other pieces for the sale of liquors by. retail, will be closed from 6 o'clock of the evening o f the 18th f November, until 8 o'clock oi the morning of theSlst of November, 1867, end during this time the sale of all iutexlcating liquors at or near any polling place is prohibited. The police officers of cities end towns, sod the sheriffs tnd other peace officers of districts, will beheld responsible lor the strict eofercement ef this prohibition, and will nromntlv arrest ?n<t bni.t trial all persona who may transgress it Xlrventh. Military interference with election* "anlem it ahall beneoeaoary to rapel the armed eneraiea of the United States or to keep the peace at the polls" is prohibited by the act of Congress approved February 26th, 1665, and ue soldiers will be allowed to appear at any polling place, unless as citiseua of the Htate they are qualified and are registered as voters, and then only for tlis purpose of voting ; bat the Commanders of Posts will keep their troops well In hand on the days of election, and will be prepared to set promptly if the eivll authorities are unable to preserve the peace. 7W//IA. The returns required by law to be made to the Commander of the District of the results of this election, will be rendered by the Boards of Registration of the several registration precincts through the Commanders of the Military Posts is which their precincts are tit* uaUid, and in accordance with the detailed instructions hereafter to bo given. Thirteenth. The number of delegates to the Convention is determined by law and is the number of members of the most numerous branch of the Legislature for the year eighteen hundred and aisty, and thia number, one hun> dred and twenty-four, Is spportionsd to the re preeentative Districts of ths Htate in the ratio of registered voters sa follows ; District of Charlcetoo, ' Nina Delegate*. > District of ilerkely, Nino Delegates. District of Colleton, Five Delegates. District of Beaufort^ Seven Delegates, i District of Georgetown, Thiee Delegates. District of Uorrv, Two Delegates. District oi W iiiiameburg, "Three Delegates. District of Marina, Four Delegates District of Darlingteo, Four Delegates. District of Marlboro', Two Delegates. District of Ckesterftald, Two Delegal I Diitripl ftf HusafAs D ^ * riwr vaargatee. District o( Clarendon, Two I)?U)(?Ut. District of Bsrnwall, Bit Delegate*. District of KdgefiehL 8even Delegates. District of Orangeburg, Five Delegates. District of Kershaw, Three Delegates. Distriet of Richland, Foer Delegates. District of I<etington, Two Delegates. District of Newberry, Three Delegates. District of Laurens, Four Delegates. District of Abbeville, Five Delegates. District of Anderson, Three Delegate*. District of OreenviUe, Fonf Delegates. District of Pickeas, Three Delegates. District of .Spartan bu rg, Four Deis gale a. Distriet of La toe, Three Delegate*. District of York, I Four Delegates District of Chester, Three Delegates. Distriet of Fairfield, Three Delegate*. District of Lancaster, Two Delegate*. By Command of Brevet Major-fleas rel Be. R. B OtiiTl IrUUlH Y. CAZIAKC, Aide-le-Cemp, A. A. Adj cKJeaetmL Oftciml: LorieV. Csaiaac, Ante-de-Oemp and A. A. A. 9. Potr Os no an Kb OmiRotk ?U. P. Copelaad, P. M. U*r*9 /fill ?Henry L. ftrowo, P. M. TELEGRAPHIC^ Verthtrii VeWi. ! |' : j% WABiiiifdtOR, October i6.?"There afd one hundred and thirty military and iftany Treasury officers bere and elsewhere, await* tog the subsidence of fever, to proceed to duty in the Fifth Military District. Resolutions hare been introduced into the Tennessee Legislature, favoring Geu. Grant's nomination, and also requesting the abolition of the cotton tal. The Democrats gain three State Bene* tors ia Iowa and ten thousand votes,? The Republican majority is twenty tbour sand. There will be no Cabinet changes unless the Secretaries resign peremptorily, which ie improbable until after a new election. A dispatch from llarriehurg says that ui....hiA Ti.- t?_ I ? *II?^wi I % J |? 11. & lit) HO* publican* have tifteen majority on joint ballot General Beauregard bad an interview with General Grant to day. General* Ord and I*opa are el pec ted here to,morrow. In considering the question regarding Southern railroad*. General Grant expressed himself to the effect that they have been managed with great energy, and that the inability to pay the indebtedness to the Government arises from cause* beyond the control of managers, lie far ore an extension of time in all cases. The Herald contains the following analysis of the Ohio elections : At the elee lion of Congressmen jo Ohio last year the Republicans carried sixteen out of the nineteen districts in the State* Tbe I>e. mocrnls elected their candidates in the 5th, 12th and 13th Districts; the latter by a majority of 271, which Columbus Delano, the defeated candidate, is now contesting. At the election on the 8th instant the Democrats carried twelve oat of the nineteen districts, and came within 100 of carrying two or three others. In the two districts carried by them last year and not contested, their majorities in. creased from 2652 to 5264 in the 5lh district, and from 3210 to 6002 in the 12th district, while in the 13th, which is being contested, the Democratic majority increased from 271 to 1849. Id every Republican district the major, ities are cut down immensely. In the seventh district, which gave Samuel She!Isherper 2171 majority last rear, the Radicals escaped with a hare 95 majority at the recant election; while In the eighth district the majority was reduced from 1852 to 1862. In the aeoond district the Radical candidal* was defeated by nearly 1000 voles. General Carey, his success ful opponent, although personally in favor of ne<?ro sufTratre. is on nosed tn fntrinir It upon any Slate, and pledged himse'f to the democracy lo oppose any inaanurea looking to the passage of the bill by Con* great enfranchising the blacks either in the North or South ; he may, therefore, he regarded as an opponent of the Con gresslonal policy of reconstruction. The moat aignifioant feature about these die. tricts is the revolution in the tenth, whieb district is represented by J. M. Ash by, member of Congress, who brought in ar? tielea of impeachment against the Preaii dent. As will be seen, the Republican loaa is 2041, giving the Democrats n mat jority of 124 in the district. Washington, October 16.?Col. Oil* bert, who < implicated in destroying an Arkansas printing office, has been fined $2,000, and reduced to a Captain, taking rank at the foot of the list The New York Timet conclude# an editorial thus: "Rut we are indieed to think that the Northern Rtatee will not surrender their own rights quite so com* plscently as thev have eooaanted to tho overthrow of these of the South." The flouse committee to inquire into Southern Railroads and to arrtva at an squitahla adjustment of thair liabilities to the Government, consisting of the Hone. J. W. MeClang.Ulyseoa Mercer. P. 8aw? ver end Gen. Whaehnrne left Washing ton on their way 8omh. They will fmein e few day. in Richmond whence they will proceed vie Lynchburg end Knotville to Atlente, Chattanooga end Nash villa, or they mey go vie Charleston end Bevenneh to Atlente. LATEST. Ceimnia. October 17.?In the secret reckon of Uts Radical Conventiea'Urday, Unite! Steles Marshal Kpping offered e aeries of seoderste resolutions, which were adopted. wfth the aioepuoe of five rotes. Hubseeeeully, violeei speeches were made by Bowen, Wrigh*,kllioU, end DeLerwe, supported by Ptllebnry end Meckey, which frightened the delegate* (rose the interior from their position. A reconsidorstioo wss thereupon ordered, end the reeotn* lions were detested. Kppiug sbendooed the Convention in disgust, satisfied thet their schema* were of the wildest character, uaflt to be supported by any respectable (?) white or colored men. Wright, who opposed the reeo is lions most vehemently. Is a eoel black AM* can, who, at the former Convention, ielrodum ed a resolution, lotiating that the neat Vioo rreeiaent 01 me u. ?. mould be a Degree dlchaMod, V*,, Oct. 17.?The political excitement to inereaaiag. Ooaearvativea wark with great euerg/, and everything i mho a tea thai iuere win In < exulting nntios, and that the tui white vote will be potted lor daltgem and agaiaet convention. The ticket beaded bp Marmeduke Johuaon will be roted Ibr by Coo* en -?ticee to a man. Moderate Bepabticaao are frtjrnw*'1 and it to now oar tain will join with lu Radical* under linnnicutt. There will be oaly two tiekeu on election day. WiLMiaoToa, October 19.?The oppoeltlea to the Courewtiou to grewiae in thto tttatet the recent letter from Guv. Graham having great influence. Market Report*. Charleston, Oeieber 19, 1847.?The demand opened active and prfoee gradually advaooad oomhair eent per lb., barer* were enable la operate te Ute extent oi their order* in conae *L. Il-L. ? ?I- - - i^ueiico in hi? >u[i|li} ?ii his, lit trtlCW rlnaad wlih an upward undone j. Price* rang* td bum l( io 17 1-4. New York. October 19.?Flour. Wboat and Cora declining. Cotton a *htd? flrmer, at 19 and 19 1-4. OoM 149. Liverpool, October 19.?Cotton firm ; oaloo 90,000 bale*. A (Viand of (iao. Great aekad kin aflat . (h* election*, what ba now thought of bla declaration-?"tka witl of tli* people waa tha law of ika land." Ha replied -lHa i panpla have ipokeaf let tkaaa beaker* d.