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THE ?UANGEBUIWx NEWS, PUBLISHED WEEKLY ORANGEBURG, S. C. Office of Pddieation on Market-Street over the Post Office. SAMUEL DIBBLE, Editor.. VIRGIL C. DIBBLE, AMocialo Editor. CHARLES If. I^ALB,'publisher.* ' ' > * REA^?.^r-W 02? f yjSRY PAGE. SATURDAY, JULY 11,1808. ~~ ~Ti5# PRE^i?E^,T 1 HORATIO SEYMOUR. I v -OF -NEW-i I YORK. 11 FOR Yl^lE-Pl^ifflSr FRANCIS P. BLAIR. n# MIS???RI. : ? vr Wrror?** ho~>*t *ti a*?a?!>H .1 fa & kkagii> 'to Q&Kr%i<\ex$h i Vu,; . .r, This ticket, nominated unanimously by .the ing all over the Nation the hearty -support'of tliosejjwbo .aro in favor, of CIVIL LIB ERTY and<I the': RIGHTS OF 1 THE STARRS, a? ' opposed rto- the RULE OF ^THE BAYONET, and H' CENTRAL1 DES POTISM, announced amid salvos of artillery: 'at New York; Unshed over the wires' with lightning speed to every hamlet of tlio 'United OA , ,. ; ; ? ? , ??? ' -d States as a harbinger of better days to come, will bo gloriously victorious at the ballot box next November. i il r-' ' hb?m?-<? mm i - Book Notices, &c. Thk American Stock. Journal.?Farm ers and Stock Breeders, who look to their own interests', should send for a copy of this intcr esting Monthly Magazine Specimen copies free. Address N. P. Boycr it Co., Publishers, Parkcsburg, Chester' Co., Pa. Tili CoLLKGR CounAiiiT.?Published Week ly at Yalo Collego, New Haven, Conn., by . Chos^ Clmtfield. Terms: ?4,00 per year. Edited by the publ'shcr assisted by a largo corps of contributors from many of the first colleges of the United States. ? American Farmer for J?i.y.i?The first number of volume 3, sixth series, contains, be sides tho "Monthly Farm and Garden Work^ ^jurticles on ;_INIarcsand^^ff^^vjinz Horses^ ?Essay on Colic and Bots in Horses (contin-' ued)?^Hidc Bound?Deep Culture?Deep and . Thorough Culture?Fruit Culture?Profits of Farming?Buckwheat?Powor of Recovery in Land?To Improve Poor Land without Rest or Clover?Have we tho Rinderpest??Hog Raising in tho South?Sovcntccn year Locusts ? Extracts from Correspondents ? Sunday Reading?Review of Baltimore Markots, und various other articlqs of iutcrest. ;Tcruis. 82 per year.I . Address Worthingtbn & Lewis, Publishers, Baltimore. -. ? ??. - . i term* m ? [Frqni tho Charleston News.] District Democratic Club. At a regular meeting held on tho Gth at tho Court IL^use, President F. M. Wannamaker in the chair. A large attendance of the citi zens from every part of the district, evinced the.interest manifested. | A communication wus read from the Orange burg Precinct Club on the subject of foroign immigration, also a letter from Goneral Wag enorj bearing upon the subjcct,|which were both received as information, aud resolutions setting forth tho importance of earnest co-operation und action by tho citizens, fur tho introduction of labor, were adopted? From tho great intcr i est shown.it is evident that tho planters nro i alive to tho importance of this movement, and doubtless a general ?eherne will bo agreed upon Ito further this all important work. ? Among the more important items of busiuess presented jwas a resolution offered by Dr. J. H. 6'Cain as follows: Whereas, We, being .fully aware of the vast Indebtedness 6f the country, consequently oi tho probable ruin of vory many worthy and rcspcctablo families. Be it Resolved by this Club, that the repre sentatives of tho same, to tho Contrnl Club, ask; of tho latter through tjioir proper officers, to communicate with the Sub Clubs, nnd to rc Miiest that the matter bo agitatatcd among the people, and at the next regular or subsequent mooting to report, upon a plan by which tho peoplo may bo in sonic measure relieved from a danger so iniponding. This action of tho Club looks to n plun of arbitration for tho adjustment of difficulties which if carried into court must involve heavy costs and bitterness of feeling, it is believed that many cases now seeking litigation, would bo satisfactorily.adjusted on roforenco to disin terested and prudont arbitration. Ono of tho resolutions adopted with refer ence to foreign immigration is specially note* worthy; its spirit will explain its sincerity. Resolved, That whilo the Democratic party of this district, will do all in thoir power to invite white immigration, it will always sus tain nnd help thoso colored porsons who have proven themselves tho friends of the party. I IIIIMIfB.HUMP?? [FORTUKOUAtSGEBURU NEW'?: ! h TOR :-?A deep concern for thp: to,and-ttid .general happiness ot? her citizens, has prompted me to contribute this mite to your columns, with the humble hopo that feeble and imperfect as it is it may be tho'mciwiB of awakening tho siumbcring.en ergies of abler heads, on a subject of tho most vital importance, and of setting in motion an enterprise which will infuse new lifo into our languishing country. ? ? ; (; ; : . ? Siuco tho surren der of P.cn. LeorI hayo been .very despondent as to our political pros poets, and like many of our noblest citizens and :br?ther sohlicrs who preferred a lifo of oxile to ono of mongrel is m and misrule, after using my utmost endoavors, in nn humble way, to arrest tho tido of fanaticism and i error by which we have boon overwhelmed, I have bech almost'induced 'to tear m'ysclf '? nwny from I .VT- vt T.t'f.-'T ?Mit rtu<^jSlt>A Ji< <?g .lilt ? ?-? ? ? tuoi tonder association^ .of homo, and seek a live)ihob'dinftsdnic;fbreigh clime. But now,'in tho 'midst' of -tho,chaos and confusion which v;t t - . . surrounds us, a now-hope- has arisen, and I can picture to my .blind in^.tho future, if .the pco plo will only act with unanimity and energy, a complete, restoration of the South of ?S a3 'cicnt peaco and prosperity. lt? . This hope consist in foreign immigration. 'But tho question may bo asked why bring, iu ^foreigners, whou we havo already a largo black population ? In answer to this question I would state that the people of the North, es pecially of the New Englaud States, havo by their emissaries, incendiary pamphlots and malicious legislation, so distracted the minds of j these ignorant and superstitious peoplo, that they are becoming every day more useless. By working upon their prejudices and credu lity, they find it cosy, by falsehood to iucite their minds against their former owners, in or der that they may obtain their votes to elevate them to office. The whito peoplo of the South have done everything in their power to coun teract these evil influences by an honest expo sition of the truth. They have assembled in public places and reiterated their desire to live with them' i in peace ar.d good will, and their willingness to accord to them every political right consistent with their welfare. r\TJjjsg-aj^ as libornl uponjlusjr^.^ of the ("iSmtlmrn States are to tho saino element amongst them. They have given them the most liberal terms as laborers, and many have Oven offered to sell them land with their own time to pay for it, but they have spurned all these proffers, and seem to seek sometlung more. It is also a notorious fact that since they have deserted onr Churches, and have been drawn under the benign influence of puritani cal preachers, they have shown a decided ten dency to relapse into their origiual savage state. Never, has so much theft and roguery been known amongst the colored as -since their freedom. Every farmer in calculating the amount of his crop is obliged to make a con siderable allowance for stealing. With re gard too their temporal condition, I have heard [many of them admit, that since they have been thrown on then own resources, they do not live as woll ?s when they were dependent upon their masters. All these evils uro the direct result of the teachings of Northern men, who profess to bo the,true friends of the negro. I do not regard that as philanthropy, which is limited to a particular class or race. My heart bums at injustice, with equal intensity wheth er the victim be white or black, rioh or poor. I for one, would be unwilling to see injustice done to tho colored people, nor do I propose that white immigrants should be brought in to take away the situations of such amongst them as arc disposed to act with reason, aud live with us in peace aud harmony. I would not for the world see tho colored people treated with tho exacting cruolty of the New England Factory girls. The laborer is worthy of hi? hire, and he who defrauds him is a fit nsssoci ate for demons. I advocate foreign immigration because it will bo a blessing to all classes of our people, both whito and colored. It will correct in numerable ovils. In tbe first place it will have the samo effect upon tho negro, as the intro duction of n pure stream upon a turbid one. It will ben purifying element, especially if | due care is taken to introduce the right kind of mon ; and ovou at tho worst it will be a dif ficult matter to find tho inhabitants of any na tion less susceptible of civilization nnd im provement than the African. In tho second place it will create a whole some emulation, which will work to the advan tage of tho wholo country. It is unnatural for any country to prosper, where it is attempted to make capital entirely [subservient to labor, as is the case in tho South. Everywhere capital iB tho great lover, and when this lover is clogged by unwise legislation, univcr nl dearth is (he certain result, Introduce a sufficient number of foreignorfl, attd thcsc~\ahackloa "which may bo imposed by a hostile party will bo romoved. A gcn?jral HP?r?t of rivalry will IbVawakeiied, and in a short time the vast for ests and wasto lang* of itbo South will teem with productions for man aud beast. New en terprises will bo inaugurated. ""Railroads will Jpcnotrate our most remote and obscure regions, and enhance the value of property one hun dred'fold, and new workshops and farm houses will be reared in evory direction. JJJIn the third placo. the introduction of for eigners will place die government of this State in the bauds of intelligent white men. It will ultimately deliver us from mongrel ism and ne gro'supremacy, and restore the government in to the' hands of those. by whose ancestors it was fiamcdy and, to who it was legitimately bequeathed, that is tho Caucasian race. AH Wo want is moro white population. Tho whole Stute I believe in fully uroused to. tho. impor tance of the subject. I have conversed with a great many farmers in the lower part of St. Matthows, and I have not found ono who is unwilling to enter heart and sou! in tho enter prise. Many havo expressed thoir desire to havo;two or three white families on their places immediately, as laborer tenant or land I owner. Tho people are prepared for tho change. AH that remains to bo considered is, fitst what inducement si ould be offered, and secondly, what nation should be selected. On; the first point, of course, immigration Societies} must bo formed, and communicate cither byr tho presB or by other ngentt with the parties^ concerned. My idea on this point is, th?t t\i*h most liberal terms should be offered. ? Euch farmer according to his ability should sclP from twenty to thirty acros of his land to the heads of any families desiring to settle perma nently and give them from five to ten years to} pay. Tho rest of his land should be cultivated^ by laborers or tenants. It is best to make a large portion of them laud owners, iu order U\ give permanency to their citizen-ship, nut}, identify their interests with those of tho State?. Upon tho second point, I would docide uuhcsj itatingly in fa'ror of the Germans. Some have alluded to the fact that men from the Northens States aro anxious to settle among us. I ai^ sorry to say that I am not fuvorabh to this. 1 am well acquainted with the Yankee characl 'toffcrai Trn^a^MtTKJ^st with tlicm in oujr largo cities aud as .a general t'ung I find that' policy is too apt to predominate over prin ciplo in thoir obnracterr?-The G orniivrls^" though generally close in their dealings are industrious frugal aud cleanly. They soon rise to positions of usefulness and honor. It is well known that some of pur best citizens are Germans or of German descent. It is my bumble but firm conviction that if these people arc induced to settle among us, South Carolina will soon become a luxuriant garden, instead of a vast waste, with here and there a cultivated field. By the small farm system, and diligent cultivation, one acre will be made to yield five times ns much as at present. I trust that before tho first of January 18?? three thousand Germans will be landed in Ofangcburg District. S. R. M. the Democratic Convention. New YoilK, July 4.?New Tammany Hall is admirably arranged for the convention, it is elegantly festooned with largo American flags, and decorated with elaborately paiutcd escutch eons of all tho States. Among the spectators are many Indies, also Francis P. Blair, Senator Patterson, ex-Senator Bayard and many men prominenten Southern politics before tho war. The conveution was called to order nt twen ty minutes past twelve o'clock by August Bel mont, Chairman National Democratic Conven tion, who said : '-the people look to you, gen tlemen, by moans of the Democratic organiza tion, to save the country." Mr. Bclmont nominated tho Hon. Henry S. Palmer, of Wisconsin, as temporary Chairman. Carried. New YoilK?P. M.?Tho crowd in the vicinity of Tammany Hall rendered the streets almost impassable. Over fifty thousand applications were made fur admission to the convention. Tho Pendleton forces prcscrvo their cuthu siam and confidence Tho Johnson men arc few iu numbers, but very determined. Han rock's supporters scorn in bad temper. Rumors of a Chase letter bearing strongly on State rights, excite attention. Southern delegates applaud Johnson for the Amnesty Proclamation enthusiastic illy. Tcritories are excluded from a voice in the convention. Committees on credentials, resolutions, and permanent organization were appointed, when alter reading the Declaration of Independence, tho convention adjourned to Mouday. Of the South Carolina Delegation the follow-1 ing gentlemen aro present: Perry, Aldrich, Hampton, Campbell. Mullins, Furmnn, Tracy, Simonton, Hnnokcl, Rhett, Stanley, Gary, Frederick, Simpson and Farrow. Hon. J. B. Campbell has boon made Chair man of tho South Carolina delegation; Gen: ral Hampton put on tho Committee on Reso lutions; Hon. Carlos Tracy on Credentials; Mr. Simpson on Organization. ? There are no developments ns yot on Presi dential uoniination.v Tho South is holding wot. - , ..( N*W Yobk, July 0.?The police arrange ments uro inadequate this morning to keep back tho surging crowd, which blocked the sticcta, so that delegates had difficulty to enter. The Convention washes I led to ordor at n quar ter before cloven. Prayer by Kev. Win. Quinu. Tho committee on permanent organization re ported for President Hon. Horatio Seymour, of Now York (groat cheering), with ono Vice Presidetftj aiul? fJocrctiTry, f^otur tench rStutc. They recommended the ' rules' of th? ?cino-' cratic Convention of 1864, for tho government of the Convention. The report was adopted, and the committee discharged. I The Chair appointed Messrs. Bigler, of Penn sylvania, aud Hampton, of South Carolina, as S committee to conduct tho permanent presi dent, to tho chair. - f Seymour proceeded to the platform amid 'great cheering, long continued. Ho returned thanks, counselled moderation/toleration and harmony. He said most important questions :wcre forced upon the consideration of this jCouvchtion. Somo of these are forced upon lit by the resolutions of the late Chicago Con-1 ivention. He then briefly diseased the Rcpub |lican platform, acouscd that party ot violating its own declarations against repudiation and .unequal taxation,'and then asserted solicitude [for soldiers aud soldiers' widows aud orphans. He accused the dominant party of extravagant wasting of the public monies, of tainting the national credit, impeding immigration by over burdening labor with taxation, and breaking down nil constitutional gunrrautccs of republi can liberty. He denied the assertion of the Republican Convention that the principles of the Declaration of Independence are now sn ored on every iucli of American Boil, for in ten Stairs of the Union, military power suppresses the civil law. A large number of resolutions were offered aud roferrcd without debute. The resolutions endorsing Johnhou and applauding Chase on tho impeach ment created applause. A resolu tion urging universal amnesty without any ex ception was unanimously adopted. The Convention then adjourned to 4 P. M. Massachusetts aud Rhode island will vote for Chase on the first, ballot. Pendletou's friends claim one hundred mid eighty votes on the first ballot. It is generally believed that it will require twenty or thirty ballots before a nomination is made. The Chase letter has been published. It al ludes to suffrage aud other domestic affairs. Aftor expressing himself' in favor of accord ing suffrage to all citizens, he says : "On this question 1 adhere to my old States-right doc _ trine*. In tho event of nomination and success, t trust I should so act that neither the great body of patriotic citizens, whose co-operation would ensure success, would have cause to re gret their act-fin. It is an intense desire with uic to sec the Democratic party meet the ques tions of tho day in the spirit of the day. uud thus assure to itself a long ascendency.' It can do so if it will." When the Convention reassembled the Sol diers' aud Sailors' Convention presented an ad dress expressing no preference for any candi date, but breathing harmony, and confidence iu the result. Au effort Jo overthrow the two-thirds rule failed. The Convention adjourned at six o'clock without having adopted n platform, or entered into n ballot. Ni:\V YORK, July 7.?In the Convention resolutions from Alexander II. Stephens were read and referred. The name of Stephens was cheered. The platform was unanimously adopted amid immense cheering. Slavery and secession arc regarded ns dend issues. The bonds payable in lawful money, unless the face calls for coin. Kqual taxation of all property, including coin ; one currency for all; oeouo my ; reduction of the army any navy ; aboli tion of the Freed men's Bureau, aud inquisi tional modes of collecting revenues. Tariff for revenue?subordination of military to civil authority; restoration of StatcB; amnesty for all political offences, including the restoration of suffrage in all the States. Control of suf frage belong* exclusively to each State; Con ares* ha* usurped it in dotation of the Constitu tion. The Reconstruction acts arc unconstitu id und mid; thanks to Johnson ; invites all parties to unite on this platform. Tho convent ion proceeded to nominations. Knglish, Richardson, Hancock, Peudleton, Parker, Johnson, Packer, Church aud many others were nominated, ('base's name was not mentioned. First ballot?Peudleton, 105; And. John son CS ; Hancock 33. South Carolina voted for Johnson. Second ballot?Peudleton 1051; Andrew Johnson 52 ; Hancock 10 J. Whole vote 317; two-thirds required to nominate. South Caro lina voted for Johnson. Third ballot?Peudleton 119J; Hancock 15}; Johnson 34; Heudricks !?]. Fourth ballot?Peudleton 117j; Johnson 32 j Hancock 13 j Heudricks 7J. Rest scat tering. Fifth ballot?Peudleton 122; Hancock 16; Johnson 22; Heudricks 19; Blair 0. Sixth ballot?Peudleton 122}, Hancock 17, Johnson 21, Heudricks 30, Blair 5, rest com plimentary, and scattering as beforo. After tho sixth ballot tho Convention ad journed. On the last ballot South Carolina voted for Hancock. In the first ballot nil the Southern delegates voted for Johnson. Chase's friends are still confident that a strong em&nnicnt in bis behalf will occur on tho tcntb or tweljflb ballot. Ilcndricks is re garded as the only probable man among those now iu nomination. Politicians consider the contest to bo between Ilcndricks and Cfflijsc.^i 1 jNkw YoRK;$Jbily 8.?On tho sevenm bjS-j lot Iudiann split, giving the minority xw Hop d ricks. Mississippi voted for Pendle ton; Tennessee gave -1) votes for Pen die. ton. On the eighth ballot Louisiana voted for Pendletot), nnd -.Now ; Yor| fof' Heudricks.. The wildest excitement prevailed, and amidst cheers and hisses tho result of the ballot was 'announced as follows: Pcndlcton 15Cj, Ilcn dricks 70 votes. On tho ninth ballot Pcudlotpn received 144 votes Ilcndricks 80 if Hancock 34J. The balance of the votes being scattering. , On the 'tenth'and* eleventh' ballots "there was* little or no change, except that on the eleventh Chase received 1J votes. This produced great' applause and some hisses. On flic twclth ballot Pendlet on received i 115} votes, Hancock 30, Ilcndricks 89 Chase i McCIellauT. A,t' the conclusion of tbb bad! lot there was great ?chccrjnir. i The thirtconthjbullutshowa very little change from the last beyond the fact that McClel lan'a name docs not appear. Franklin Pierce received one vote on this ballot. On the 15th ballot Virginia voted for lTan cock. The 14th was unchanged. On the 15th ballet Connecticut split giving a majority for Hancock. Nebraska' voted for Ilcndricks, Pennsylvania for Hancock. The result of the ballot was: Pcndlcton 129, Hancock 79|, Ilcndricks 82J. On the 16th ballot Arkansas^ Georgia and Louisiana voted for Hancock. The result being Hancock 11G, Peudleton 107, Hcudricks 70.' On the 17th ballot 'Illinois split between Hendricks and Peudleton; Ne braska voted for HofTman.. Result, Hancock 137, Pendleton 70, Hendricks 80. On the 18th ballot New Jersey gives Hancock three votes, Illinois voted solid for Ilcndricks. -The i result, Pcndlcton 50, Hancock 144, Hendricks To-day's ballot shows nothing definite. Hancock's friends were confident of a favora ble result on the eighteenth ballot, but the event discourages them very much, and they reluctantly yield to adjournment. The coali tion between Hcudricks nnd Pcndlcton seems hopeless, and it is thought that Hancock has achieved bis highest vote. Nkw York, July 9?3 P. M.?Tho Con vention assembled at 10 o'clock this, morning, when the chairman of the Ohio delegation an nounced the withdrawal of the name of Mr. Pcudlcion from the contest. The nineteenth ballot wa." then taken, with the following tvmlt: Hancock 135J ; Hcnr dricks 1071. The rest scattering. Ohio rast bur vote for Packer and N*iW York adhered tn ITouilrJokiL* .TeniiosHoa.voted for Hancock ; California for Field, and Mbsoui". for Blair. On the twentieth ballot Ohio gave Hancock 11. and ('base lost the half vote that be had jste:;dily received from California. Result: Hancock 1121; Ilcndricks 121; the rest scattering. On the twenty-first ballot Missouri voted for Hancock, aud Tennessee split, giving Presi dent Juhusoii hut 5 votes. Massachusetts gave 4 votes tor Chase. At this point several hisses were drowned by tumultuous applause, llosult: Hancock 1351; Ilcndricks 132; English 19; Chase 4. On the twenty-second ballot . Hcudricks gained heavily. Ohio declared for Seymour, but Seymour positively declined the nomina tion. Yallandigham rose aud insisted that Sey mour must yield to the demonstratio! iu bia bcbalf. North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, Wisconsin and other States hastily changed their votes for Seymour. Seymour was ;then formally put iu nomination. Delegates all over the hall rose excitedly with cries of "change our vote." The enthusiasm was con tagious. State alter State gave in its adhesion to Seymour; the excitement reached, the crowd in tho street, aud salvos of artillery belched forth the tidings that tho Hon. Horatio Sey I mour, of New Y-e-Tk, had been unanimously nominated as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency. The Convention then (after a recess of one hour for consultation) proceeded to the nom ination of a candidate for the Yicc-Prcsidcncy, and on the first ballot the choice of the Con vention fell upon tho Hon. Francis P. Blair, of Missouri. The announcement of the ticket?Seymour and Blair?was received with the wildcat en thusiasm. When Blair was proposed in tbu Convention as the nominee for A'ice-President, Wade Hampton seconded tho nomination iu a stir ring speech which was received with the great est excitement and applause. Cheer nftcr cheer rolled up when ho declared for Blair. General Kemper, of Virginia, n Confederate officer, addressed the Convention ondorsing Blair. The vote by which he was nominated was unanimous. The closing of the Convention was one of the most pleasant character, tho officers ming ling freely together ami pledging each other tojwork earnestly for tho ticket. Aller General Hampton's speech ail tho Ui ion Generals present congratulated him. The vote of Tennessee was cast for Blair by General N. B. Forrest, v.ho mndo a few remarks, which were received with shouts of applause. During the recess of the Convention a mass meeting was improvised outside, at which, it is estimated, at least ten thousand persons wore present. The streefs this afternoon arc crowd ed with people generally well plcused with tho nominees. Tho best feeling prevails, and tho ticket is considered sure to win in November. hp Sailors Convention, f^KWi W% Jvhr '4.?G.oneml McClcru ajid' oi illln?iw, is temporary Chairman of the f?ldicrs and Sailors Convention. lie welcome $ alUjruc^dien, North and South. : Resolutions were proposed declaring the con vention merely auxiliary to tho National Demo- *' cratio Convention. Ocneral M. B. ^FtanUin, of Connecticut has been nom infitodV Fresiddut of (hi convent tion. New Yobk, July 7^-Tho f^W^ wi^j ilor?'Convention have adopted the plalFoW * Sailors' Convention have-adopt of the Democratic Convention. b ? mi CoiuMd?v Ufa} oli-riJo iL???^k * organized I y the choice of F. J. Mose? ?* the Speaker of tho House, and- D. T. Corbirl; President pro..tton of the Senate," Lemuel ' Boozer, the Lieutenant-Oovornor. beieg sick: In tho. House; >\\hf pptfr, a northern negro; nominated a coloured man for Speaker, and said that the tttno had Comb Vor the,issue to be made ? in the party. ? Heretofore, the Rcpubli-:' cans ' had denied; ? the black' '^li' ev8fftHln^j' and showed) hostility to the negro. ; If^re^er''' y he would,, assert his own rights, and profe^t^ .' them ?00, and the c?nsc<|ucnces^mu^ ^a.wjth # j-^ his enemies. He w :s eeverc npoci ignorant white men who had been elevated to officer by the coloured voters. He Said that this thing must atop, or the party 'must' go to pieces. Considerable ex cite me nl w as earned hy this 1 speech, which wa* regarded, as revolutionary.^ Orr goes out to-day. Scott has arrived. ' . Cum-mijia, July ^.^?^^t^j^^ti^^ . . assembling this morning, proceeded to draw lots to determine which of the senators should serve foriwoycars. and which for four years. 1 i Randolph drew long terms. ? >?>?':* Whittemore offered a resolution embodying . a ratification ot tho Constitutional Amendment, which, after some discussion was adopted, with only five votca.in the;negative^ pr^;..,,^-^, Buck, Bicruan, Rcid, Bogers and Sims, Demo crats. I * - -, . . The message of ??vcrtior|o/r was than re ceived and read. A resolution of thanks fur the information that it contained, was. then t adopted/ Adjourned. i t *1 C\ I In the House no business of miportaye? came pp. (Jov. Orr's message was read , and tho various matters of which it ircai? were TCr M > fci reti to appropriate committees. The^Cunstitutional Amendment was\.msdfr the special' order f?r to^niorVow. ^Xdiourne<i.v 1 ' ' ; i } V '} m . ' A letter of Charles Simmer's, written to one " of the politicians here, has created quite an. excitement among the aspirants for senatorial honors and their immediate friends! Suuiner that* he ftSKWtJ tu' eC*tfvv&r\iYVuUi4** S'.lcs Senator, and suggests Curd'oza m a suitable man. ' - 1 . The ci?h>rcd Democrats here paraded td-d.?y? and bad a barbeccc. Columbia, July S.-^Iu the Senate So-day, > D. T. Corbin, of Charleston, gave notice ?fa ? Bill to organize tlie County Courts! "The Bill contemplates the election of eight Judges; , Resolutions were offered declaring all.offices-' filled by persons who were disqualified by tho fourteenth constitutional am udnicnt vacated, and authorizing the Governor it'o fill the va cancies until the elections shull be held. The House was occupied all day in di'euas against whom, a protest had been,entered. The discussion was very animated and ex cite'd. All sorts of parliamentary tactics Wer* resorted to in order io stave off the fiuzl ques tion, as it is believed that the delegation favors the election of Sawyer as United States Sena tor. No final action was taken. if MM Returns from all the Counties" iu Mississippi but two give the Democrats a majority of . 11,405. j The Democrat* in Georgia have a ruajsrity in the Legislature. Tim Mayorai.ty in Oh?blestonI?Gen. Canby has removed Col. Cogswell who has been acting as Mayor of Charleston for several months and appointed as his successor Mr. Geo. V.\ Clark a Merchant who ^settled ia the City since the close of the war. Thoso who raisq tobacco in France are not dlowcd to smoke it, hut must sell it to the au thorities, and if they wish to use any, must purchase it at tho established rates. The gov ernment buys tho scgars in Havana through the French consul, who receives a commission, two experts with large salaries being sent out each year to make selections. Xfat off Letters '??! tt> KMAIXINO IN THE POST OFFICE USCALL XV p,l f?r? July 1. 18G8. ^_ A. AUftfion, Kate. Ash, F..? . 2. Ash, W. Baltxtfrar, .*. Cath. Balr. Mis* :.?. C. M, Brown, Mary, 2. Bean, J. 11. ' Beard, Edwin. Brodie, Sclpp. C. Colllor, Rcbeeea. I>. Dnntlcr, A. E. Douglass, l)r. Dnnuler, Jacob. E. Edward*, Eleanor. Kills,. Charlotte. F. Fogle, Lawrence. Fcrrcbee, T. W. in 1t?mHt I.nvinia. Hook, j: S. IfuitginB, Ellth. j. Johnson, P. P. M. Mulligan, Charlotte. P. Pound, Jacob II. Pearson Jerrior. Patrick, 0. W ?? Patrick, Dr. W. W., 2. R. Iledman, Simon itickenhnkef, 8. Summers Smart. Slmlor, Sarah? Slaughter, J. W. Spiegel, ?, ^ Thomas, Miss SslBe. Thomas, RoU. vr. vToolfo, Miss Marcilta Wi\Uam^ Isaac F. Drop betters must be prepaid one cent? papers 2 ccl |P< T. C, HVBBELL, P. M.