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THE QRANftEBURQ NEWS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1868> w?* .i ?. ?.nek ! FOB PRESIDENT, HORATIO SEYMOXJK OP NEW YORK. -?o FOR YICE-PBESPUNT. P. BLAIR?. OF MISSOURI. Forwarded, Forc-nrmed. ? h* -ii^.-j;-- ': - ..?~~r-- **> ... ., \ Roports, founded on facts too potent to be disputed, conio to us from various sections of | the State, that n certain class of our population is engaged in holding sooret midnight meet ings for tho purpose of drilling, snd armed or g?niBation. In connection with this, Daddy Cain's .-paper in .Charleston, the organ of the extxemo Radicals in this State, .boldly , asserts [ that the frccdmon are preparing for an .appeal I to force, and say.,, "Every plantation has its captain, and the men and women are prepared to stand by their liberties." Wo presume that the allusion so bombast i : cajly made, is to the coast settlements of the 'State, and to the soa-islouds, where the numer ical strength of the freedmcn is so vcry ^appa reat. In our section, nothing of that kind ?bould hayo any tendency to lessen the fooling of security among the white people of tho . country ; for our united strbugth is amply suf ficient, in any part of the middle country, to keep the peace, and not only to act on the de fensive, b?t to visit a stern retribution to any mob, which might attempt to inaugurate a reign of terror in the community. Nevertheless, while feeling secure, we should . not be indifferent and careless. Organizations hostile to law and order call for counter-organ isations, of all good citizens; and while wo arc ! .- v B' I not disposed to magnify the assemblages of | Tiolent .dosppradoes iuto anything more than ;ili,ey really amount to, we contend also, that there should always he, in every sec uro oom nunity, a power whloh can, in any emergency, ist in vindicating successfully the majesty of the; law. Suoh organization we recommend I ?tnoiig all the honest, , and law-abiding in tho [iland. fe^HHMft' Mitt CBftHCWlof^^gvao-'OW^-gpewTc: wr t all of party organization. Wo bclicye that the ovil complained of is confined only to a sot of | extremists; and in an organization suoh as we speak of, wo would welcome good mon of any political sentiments, x s we consider it a matter putaido of politicsrentiroly. It is i measuro of | self-protection; nothing more, and nothing ? *? mm Iii _? The Tr?o Policy. v r*?<> _ At tho.meeting of the Easterlies Mill Dem ^ ocratio Club, held on Saturday last, an address wa? delivered by our young fellow-citizen, W. A. Essterlin Esq., from whioh we are enabled by the kindness of a friend who was present, to make somo extracts. Wo would willingly publish tho address in full, did our space per ? ? ? - mit. After expatiating eloquently upon our situation, and tho baneful influence exerted over tho freedmcn by irresponsible carpet-bag gers, the orator concluded with tho following well-timed, practical suggestions: But it will tako very little time to toach tho negro who are his true friends and real ene mies. And it is now high timo that tho test should bo made. If the radicals are his friends let him go to tbem to receive favors. Lot bim ?il?ok to them lor subsistence. Tho radicals mako tho professions and \oc not the part of friendship. By our own actions we arc aiding our enemies. We nrc giving the negroes a stick to break our bwu heads. Then let no [man hire or rent land to a negro or white man i who votes the radical ticket. J would not be understood as advocating Anything but justice to the nogro. Deal fairly by hin) # nt the sumo time teach him in every Instance, whero opportunity offers, how to dis criminate betwoon his two friends and real enemios. Learn him how to npprociato tho difference of choico. Make him [understand tho rolotious which ho boars, toward* those amon;j whom ho lives. Show him his depen dence, and tho identity of his own interests with thoso of ourselves. And when you god him to understand and thoroughly approomto the character of those rolnf Inns,, you will find Jittlo difficulty in getting hi in to voto with us, GonUomon, wo can all do withqut tho nogro I ono year j and it is far hotter that wo should i livo without his labor for this short period, j than submit to tho ruin which his present ' course will entail upon us. For just as certain as tho Sun over roso or sot, unless a ohango takes place in affairs, wo arc doomed to a fa to sad indeed to contemplate. Then, in tho nnmo of whito mon, for tho sake of all that wo hold dear, for the sako of our country, Our wives and children, and our swoet.hoarts, lot us aot together for once, and try to avert tho ruin, which is throatcning our country. Whilo speaking of these looal club meetings, of tho District, to tho additional intorcst which may bo imparted to tho monthly rc-unionB, by an address prepared by some membor, upon tUo politics of the day j and wo hope that all the clubs in tho District will adopt this means of increasing the enthusiasm of all in the cause. Mot hi Wilmington, N. ?. We learn from the Wilmington Marniug Shir, that on Tuesday night last, a band of Radical rioters, attempted to obtain possession of and destroy the Democratic transparencies which the Wilmington Club designed to carry, to the Democratic Convention ?t Raleigh. It is said that- the Radical Mayor of Wil mington was present at one time among tho rioters: but did not interfere. Tho Democrats, white and colored, though in considerable/ strength, acted solely on the defensive, aud carried tho transparencies to tho Rail Road Depot in safety, the rioters rocking, the shed where they were deposited, and endeavoring to obtain an entrance *o the Rail Road premi ses but in vain.' 'They thon went through the streets yelling aud shouting, and throwing, rocks at passers by, uutil a late hour. The good citizens of Wilmington, with an exnrcise of self-control that was truly commend able, forbore to do more than'stand on the do fcusivo; and by their discretion prevented the occurrence of scenes of extreme violence and' bloodshoed. rr***? is the first riot over known Iu Wilmington j and our broth er of tho Star, in concluding an cdi torial on the the subject, aptly remarks: "We arc prepared, as heretofore, to submit to much that is unpleasant, but there is a point beyond, which "forbearance ceases 'to be ? virtue.1'' We agreo with him. Nonglc. Thcro is a fellow by this name, Who has been oleotcd Comptroller-General of New South Carolina. It is an instance of the strange vicissitudes of human life, that this same Nr agle, in 1854, while studying for the ministry* stole money.and clothing from his fellow-students j and upon being caught, ac knowledged the corn, and besought that they' would not expose him, promising reparation. He afterwards fulfilled this promise, by mak ing tracks for parta unknown. The samo-indi vidual, since the war, ttrgeff a note in Wrfh Carolina, and was detected, but settled up. We congratulate tho illustrious government of | the new Commonwealth upon this very appro priate acquisition to its official staff. What a J pity that Governor Scott will not let tho Trea surer elect take his office on a straw bond I We doubt if there will ever he another robbe ry in Columbia. Rogues have found that thcro is a 2?a*r?respectable op^ting for them, and they like the change. .?? ? "Thad. Stevens is Dead." A world of meaning in fonr words thrilled over the wires on Wednesday *?t. The leader } of fDe extreme Radical faction, the whip and spur of tho Republican party,?a man exhib iting bis political career tho most relentless malignity towards the Southern people,?he has fallen with his policy. He has aeon the reaction in public opinion, condemning him self and his political principles as unworthy of ] a fieo country. Tho Kentucky eleotion has killed him, and let him rest as peacefully as he may. The Spiritr of the Radical Party. We have received from a reliable source, the following, which in the substanco of the remarks of a lending Radical, in conversation with an influential gentlemen in Charleston on Wodncsday last: "Wo (i. c. the Radicals) arc determined to resist every effort of tho whites to influence colored votors; and if any nngrcos are brought up to tho polls, and induced to vote the Demo cratic ticket, a collision nnd bloodshccd will roHult, Wo will *oon have organized and ready |yb>? ftSfji/fa several regiment* (\f U\ynl mm 0': 4 nogracpj and'you robote hod bout not opposp us, Jfffcho QTonfc of othor moans falling, wo iy?itflay tho olty in pjIim." Cnnyassers Appointed. Agronablo to a resolution adopted by tho meant Stato Convention, tho following gentle men avo appointed by tho State Central Kxo ontivo Committee oanvassor? in tho intorost of! tho nomocracy: Stato at largo?Gabriol Cannon and A. P. Aldrioh. Second Congressional DUtrict?J. B. Ker. shaw. Third Congressional District?D. Wyatt Aiken. Fourth Congressional District?W. D. tfimp. son. - ? ? - - - Canvasfiar for First Congressional District to be hereafter appointed. JBtA?E iiaxtPTrtv dkkt. This b^y owembled at .Columbia, on tho' 6th instant, for tho purpose of nominating' I electors,1 for the Democratic Tiokct for Prosi | dont and; Vice*Prosidcnt of the United: Statpsr j All tho Districts of the State were represented, knd the utmost enthusiasm prevailed. ? j The Convention was called to order by Gen. Wade Hampton, Chairman of tho State Cen tral Executive Committee, and Was permanent ly organised with Hon. Armistead Burtas PresT detft ; Horn A. P.Aldrich,Gen. W. W.HarlUjf, Gen. J. A. Wogcner, and Hon. Gabriel CannSu as Vice-presidents j and J. G.. Gibbes,' JamTrs A. Hoy^^Tj. McKerall, and A. C. Davant, Esus^ as Secretaries. . Tho following resolutions were adopted : Whereas, the DemoOracy of South Caroliua have assembled in Convention' t?" nominate Electors for President an$ Vido-Prcsident of the .-United States, and for other.purposes; be it, therefore, * Mohti, Tli& wo adopt the.declarationfof principles recently promulgated by; the T tionrxl Democratic paTty in Convention 'assem bled, end do; further oordially* tcndorso and ratify the. nomination of ...Horatio Seymour :ajid Francis Preston Blair, for President and Vibe'-, President of tho United States. ' i. Resolved, That the course-pursued by the delegates-who represented; the Southern States iu the lu(e Democratic Convention, held in the City of Now' York, ou the Fourth of July last, is heartily approved by this Convention; and mote especially, their conduct in -yielding to tho judguieut and policy of the delegates from other States, in the selection of candi dates for'President and Vico-Prcsidcnt, and iu the adoption of a platform of j^nciplcs. Resolved, That whilst we cuter our pro&yt against the Radical Reconstruction Acts ?tod the evils they are bringing upon/tbo-South?we rely with confidence upon the constitutional agencies and peaceful instrumentalities alone to bring us tho relief we seek and tho reform we need. , Resolved, That the State Central Executive Committee be authorized to fill all's?ch vacan cies as may occur by death; resignation or oth erwise in the ticket of Electors for President and'Vio?-Presiddut 'iff'the'United States, or take such action as tho*committco may find pro per for tho success of the Democratic ticket. Resolved, That the President of the Uu^tcd States, Andrew Johns?u, in exercising^/hc power of his. high office in resistiug the'"ag gressions of Congress upon the constitutional rights of the States and the people, is entifled to the gratitude of the whole American people, and in behalf of the Democratic party of South Carolina. wet tender him our thanks for his patriotic efforts in that regard. Resolved, That our acknowledgments are duo, nud hereby tendered, to all those gener ous spirits of tho North, eitizons, soldiers and sailors, who, amid tho storm of Kadical pas sion and prejudice, have raised their voifcc in behalf trf no insu lied and OUU-Ogod CGCtjq)lfc " Resolved, That wc invite all th'e""V?fllS ol the State unite with the great Democratic party of tho country in the great oft'ort now making to save tho free institutions of our fathers; to secure a genuine restoration of tbo Union, and to put the Republic once more upon a career of honor, peace and prosperity. The Committee on Nomination, then report ed the following Electoral Ticket; and thoir report was unanimously adopted : 1 For the State at Large?J. P.Thomas, J. D. Kennedy. First District?R. F. Graham, Second District?B. H, Rntledgo. > Third Distrirt?A. C. Haskell. Fourth District?E. C. MoLure. The Committee on Resolutions submitted the following scheme for tho organization of a Central State Club, which was agreed to: That thoro shall he a Central State Club in this State, to be composed of one or more dele gates from each District Central Club. That this Central Club do meet in Colum bia, On the Tuesday proceeding the 1st Mon day in each'month. That tho Executive Cpmmittcc be ese o?qio, members of the State Central Club, and that the Executive Committee form rules for the government of tho Central Clubs subject to the revision of this Club. That the Chairman of tho Executive Com mittee be authorized to cull extra meetings of | the Club whenevor he may think proper; and that ten members, exclusive of tho Executive Committee, constitute a quorum, i Resolved, That each District be requested to form similar Central District Clubs, to be com posed of one or more delegates from each local club in tho District, which shall bold regular meetings, at tho several Court Houses in their i '-'ij^tive Districts, on the first Monday of every month. Resolved, That each local club throughout the State be requested to hold regular meet ings of their clubs, soon after sale-day, during the first week of every month. Tho subject of tho difficulty in Uuion Dis trict was then brought before the Convention but, after some discussion, it was decided that t}}G 'particular District aggrieved be recom mended to make representation to the proper authorities'. Resolutions looking to tin efficient canvass irfg of tjie Stato, by Southern and Northern Democratic orators were then adopted : also, a resolution for tho oucouragomcut of white im migration frbm any quartor. Many ablo nnd patriotic speeches woro made during tho diBonssion of the various resolutions submitted; and after a vary interesting ses sion, tho Convention adjourned sine die. Tho Veto. Govornor Soott sent the following veto to tho Senate this morning. It created a profound sensation, though not unexpected. No action has boon taken yot. It is regarded certain that the Senate will sustain tho Governor, ^hjimh^^jlrynu: unrtv pressure . is bei 11 g brought to overrule tho veto. A caucus of tho Republican members was hold for this purpose to-night, August f2th: Executive Distartment, Com'imiiia, AugqBt 12, 1868. To the lVestdent andGen! fernen of the Senate: I have the honor to rotUru to the Senate, in which it originated, tin Act to fix the amount of official bonds of certain public officers, and to Impose pormlties on embezzlements without niy approval;'which I am constrained toi with*, hold for the following reasons: Tho public credit^ must guarded at* every rpojnt,? and the embarrasment* cncoifbtercd in' the- innugura tion of our new.State Government will bo best overcome by proceeding in such a manner as will command from the first the confidence: of capitalists. ; l\ the . financial policy, of the State, any measure appearing to countenance a relaxation of the Vccautious with which the State guards itsfundsVwill impair tho public credit- sUoh a measure^)ow would bo n blow struckat the financial standing of the State at a time when all important . considerations demand that it should bo* vigilantly,, and vigorously upheld. To reduce at this time the bonds of those to whourthe public funds are entrusted for safe keopilig, soems- to me to be dangerous to tho public credit. Many of the mnn who have been elected to positions of trust arc new to the public service, they have not been tried, i ?. We.believe thoy ovo truo mon- Thoso who know (hem express unqualified confidence in .th?ir-integrity, but the peculiar circumstances in which they are placed, demand that they should furnish the amplest guarantees of their official rectitude. The ability to do this is the only sufficient auswerte the often ropcatcdjehargo that the party iu power ba3 advanced to posi tions of responsibility and trust thoso who were without respectability and good standing in thoeommueity. Wore the question of amount of bonds to be required, of public officers a new- ono, the Bill now returned might bo1, unobjectionable, but the circumstances must be duly weighed, and it: cannot be overlooked that the reduction of these bonds now will be understood, and belie ved to.be made to ntcct individual, cases of -mon who were elected with a full knowledge of the requirements of law. Legislation, to meet special cases, is always objectionable, and the .present is probably a time when more harm will result from such legislation than at any previous monieut in our history. It is not pertinent, however, to enquire particularly what may be the individual character of the officers who chance to be personally interested in scouring the proposed reduction. The source of dangor is in prin iciplo, und does not rest on personal grounds; the precedent ip bud. When once wo begin to accommodate local requirements to suit special cases the mischief is done. Iu the ease of some county officers it is' un derstood tliat a proposition is under considera tion to demiu ish their responsibility by assign ing a part of their duties 'to other officers, in cases where tho responsibilities, may be thus reduced. Reduction of the bonds required would not be improper, but upon a careful con sideration of the whole subject, and with the deepest concern for the interest of the State, I feel compelled to disapprove the Act to reduce tho bonds, now required by law, of thoso offi cers elect. whose duties and responsibilities re main the same ns those of the present incum bents and predecessors. The section guarding against embezzlement of public moneys meets my unqualified approval; but I am compelled, for reasons above given, to disapprove tho Act as a whole. (Signed) ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor. Class Legislation As a specimen of the class legislation which tho mongrel body, now sitting in Jannoy's Hall, in Columbia, proposes to onact, the following RiH introduced in tho so-called Senate, is the most flagiubt which has yet fallen under our observation. The injustice to the planters and landholders of the State is too transparent iu its every feature to need any comment: a bill to enable laborers in certain Cases to recover bay for labor and for other purposes; Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South CaroJ Una. how met and sitting in General AssomblJJ and by the authority of the same : a Sec'IION 1. That when any person is cm ployed for a specified length of time by anoth er person engaged in husbandry,said employed person .shall not bo discharged until the time for which he or she was hired expires, without his ?V hin C?nseiitj or uulil he or she is paid ; and if said employers shall refuse to pay, then said employee shall be entitled to pay, at tho current rrites, for such labor, by tho month, week or day, as the ease may bo. Sec. 2. When any person by virtue of a contraot by which boor she is to receive a pirt or the whole of the crops which he or she cul tivates, enters upon the lands or premises | owned or in possession of the person who is the employer, said employer shall not discharge 8iiid oinployec until the crop is gathered and coutraet is complied with. Sec. SL A cluiin lor labor may bo consid ered a lien high or and superior to all other claims that may have boon made or given upon production of said labor. Skc. 4. Claims and suits for tho recovery of pay for labor not exceeding In amount one hundred (1<h>) dollars may be made, entered and prosecuted boforo a Magistrate, without the cbargo of fuo against tbd claimant.) bu|' tho defendant sliall pay in/addition to, cost? of trial, a lawyor's fee for said cjaimaUt^pt to: exceedjten (10) dollars. Seo. 5. Employees absonting themselves frquv)fabor may forfeit only pay for each and every day's absence. Seo. 6. In all cases ornployees may remain ?upon the lands or premises'owned or in posses* sionof, thoir omploypr?, until all.wag05.du9 ore, pald;aijd contracts compiiOu1 with. sic. 7. Whon, by Virtue ot'o contract to r?nt, lease or buy lands, any person enteis upon aud begins to work and improve said land, and for tho purb?sd of planting and cultivating crops thereon, said person thus entering upon said lands and premises may remain there un til the crops are gathered and removed. Sec. 8. When, by virtue Of a contract by which employees uro to receive a part of the brop wliioh tbey bultivuto, said tirops shall not be removed from the prniulaca ah which they wcrccult,ivatcd, uutil a reckoning satisfactory to both employer and omployccs is made, and it is definitely known what, portion of the proceeds belong respectively to the employer and cm-1 ploycej and should there be a disagreement between the 'employer and employee in regard to the division of the crops, beforo or after the gathering of the same, three dis interested arbiters may bo suiutuoued to inves tigate and Settle the disagreement} one oi'sdid arbiters shall be a Magistrate, one shall bb fee Iticted by the employer, .aud tho other* by the employee, aud said arbitrament shall have the power of a judicial decision, but subject to ap peal to Court. Z^Sec. 9. After the sale of crops of which, by virtue of a contract to cultivate, the em ployee is to receive a part, tho employer shall, within six months after said sale, pay the em ployee his portiou of the proceeds, or else said employee may proceed to levy and attach upon the property of said employer, according to the provisions for the recovery of claims iusimilar cases." Seo. 10. No person hired or working upon the lands or premises of auothci for a part of the crop shall be intimidated, restrained or pro hibited from attending, at any time, such pub lic meetings as he or she may desire; any per son so intimidating, restraining or prohibiting another, shall be upon conviction thereof, fined not less than twenty (20) nor more than five hundred (500) dollars for every each of fense.? Charleston Courier. United States Court.?His Honour Judge Bryan, the United States District At torney, Major Corbin, and the Clerk, Daniel Horlbeck, Esq., arrived in Greenville hist week, hud the court was regularly opened on Mon day, in the new courthouse. There were uovoral lognl gontlcmon from other parts ?f 'the State in attendance.?Colonel Ilion," of Fuir?eld, Colonel Blnnding, ol Sumter, and J. 1*. Rccd, of Anderson. Othors, nf cmn -e. will appear in the course of the sitting. The juries were empanneled, and the Judge, *? usual, delivered an address to the Grand Jury, which wc learn was quite short, giving a hope ful cst'uuato of the condition of public affairs in relation to the administration of law in the land. The court sat on Monday till ode o'clock?adjourned to meet at ten on Tucsd.ty, having dispatched considerable business. On Tuesday the court was engaged in disposing 6t cafecs for violation of tho revenue laws wherein whiskey was concerned. A uuinber of persons pleadod guilty and nro to receive sentence to day; many other cases of the same sort are ponding in \ court. The prosecutions for of fences of numerous sorts, together with a largo Civil Docket will probably keep the couvt engaged in'Greenville for six wcckB or lunger. ? Greenvilie Enterprise. Tho Tribune publishes its nn editorial an address of the Republican State Central Com mittee to the Republican voters of New York, calling upon them to rally round the flag, boys, and rally once again," and entreating them to keep on ''shouting th? battle cry of freedom." Tho dooument is signed by thirty-two names, though tho text shows that it is from the pen of Mr. Grccley. it is simply a rehash of the | spirited "liar and villain" editorials with which Horace has edified the readers of the Tribune since the New York Convention, aud the gist of it is that if the Radicals do not go to work nt once, and keep on working like beavers un til the election, they will be whipped out of their boots in New York. Wc have no objec tion to their working as hard n - they can, for ui will be a good example for the Democrats, but hard work won't save Grant's friends in New Vork. The Empire Stnto Is good for seventy-five thousand majority for her great sou, Horatio Seymour; and if we work as hard as our opponents wc can run it up to a hun dred thousand.?Metropolitan Record. \ * The Week of Prayer.?Tho follwmg uotico appoars iu the Southern Christian 4k? [ vacate : Tho observance of a week of prnycr last yoar, throughout tho Church, resulted in great, and wo trust, lasting good to the cause of God, Tho appointment for tho present year is August 23?30, that is tho week from tho fourth to the fifth Sabbath in August, inclu sivo. Tho intervening Friday is to bo obser ved as a day of fasting and humiliation. It is hopod that thcro will be a gcnoral aBSombling of tho members of tho Mothodist Church during that week. To this end, let tho appointmont bo kept in view, and prepara tion made for its observance. ? ???*?>?.? - . Tho Democratic majority, in Kentucky, is nearly ninety thousand. '?'&$ke ^oston traveller nayhi A few days since'1.wo noticed the urriva! of the Into rebel rani;, Columbia, from the Konncbeo, in tow oi ttyo ''itenmer Jersey Blur, laden with ice; wo have now to announce that the Jersey Blue sailed hence for Fortrefl? Monroe to toW thonco to the Kcnnebcc another rebel rum, tho Texas, which will be there laden with tco and towed to this port. The Texas when captured aa Richmond, was ready for jlnting With iron, rand in. this . unfinished .condition was sold at V?cti?u by the government. Sh'o is two bund* red aiid thirty six feet longj thirty five wide, twelve deep, ana*' is"very-stroi>^.| ^he&l two vessels will bo t6wcc\ alternately between this port and the Kenue.bec, .Injleu with icp. Tdiey can bring ice much ohcapeKand'in' better eon* dition on board of their vcssolo than it could -bo transported- by railioad; The litte Trebel ram Golnmbia lfc also a ncw vessel. She was built at the expe^hse of tho Jadips^of South Carolina, who intcuded hor'?s A 'present to tho rebel government.' What a cha^get'' An\dd man named Samuel Washburne, who, duriug'thb patriot war of 1837 was banished Hof life to Vau Bicma^ by the Cana dian Oovernor} on /Tlrursday cvcnlt)g^tlvcd in Ruffalo iri Search of bis relatives, who livo at . Th?les in that county. , The. old mantis a "pitiable object, being clothed in rags and'com pletely broken iu health. lie" is ? native of Hartford; Conn., but went to Canada in 1835, jnpd having taken partjn the patriot war of 1837, was banished to Van pieman's Land for life. At the time of bis jrauisluiieiit he was twenty-two .years of ago; Two of thre'o'y%ars' ago Queen "Victoria issued a itroc'laniutiou libe rating the yietims of the war whfrteete" con fined on Van Diemnn's Land, but"iio jiriM?nu was made ;to enable the unfortunate, men to reach their native larrd. This old man; for two* cents lim to this country. ? - !'?"?.?' V";-'"U - Dkmocratic Puosi-kcts.?Don. C. L. ; Vallandigham, of Ohio, who*was a niembcr of the Democratic ^National Convention, hat? ?inco the adjournment of thWt body, visited setcra? of the Northern States, and in a recent letter gives his opinion as to the probability of tho success of tlm Democratic1 hc^uiihcpl. Ifesayaf ? "t; haver-now *fh>elf been iu Now York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland *nd Delaware, and can say.with tratb thart among tlxe JQcm.ocratic masses. ,no, nominations have bccnv made . for-years which are received with so'much satisfaction," ai?d that 1 have neve/ known a time .when among these masacs.there) was such universal confidence; in success/ Nothing now is needed but co?ibiucd wisd. m und-boldness iu planning and conducting th? . It ? - 'S- '' ,1'!* >.j5 campaign. s? child with four fecrj twenty-one toes and one body, arrived in,the city hUl .evening, aud will be mi exhibition tn-d.iy. It is decidedly the reatest wonder in the world of curiosities wn have ever seen." Si is only one child from its head to its hips, vigorous, healthy, symmetri cal, and at times exceedingly animated; bat. from its hips down it is two djalinct person*, with every organ, ligament, bone and muscle well developed. It was bom in the county of Lincoln, on the I2th of May last. Its parents are sound, healthy people, the father, Win. bad, having served through the late war in Confederate army.?XiifhvilU t'niunJhws) Perhaps a few specimens of the "legislation'* in Arkansas, says the. Wilmington Morning Star, wonld be interesting, and we. give three of thoiii Accordingly. One of these laws prohibits .every one who cannot take the Text Oath from practicing law or medicine ; from selling goods ; from preach ing tho gospel; from keeping a hotel, restau rant, or other good place of entcrtainnftnt and from running a ferry. Another bill prescribes that HO' mart or wo man shall bo allowed to act as administrator or gunrdian, unless ho or she can swear that they were "truly loyal" to tho Lincoln Government throughout the war. The Clerk of the County Court last nronjlr, says an oxchange, issued within a day of each, othor, licenses to two different 'cnllud piBsp^a*' for marriage to tho same. dark:cyed beauty. It was a close race, but the first whp camejn this instance did not meet with success under tho rule of first served, ? as the;iast applicant for a liconse got the gal. James Wi Cuoatham, a young man, who* claims to be from Caswcll Comity, North Caro lina, passed through Columbia yesterday, ore his way homo, llo was in the Federal prison at Alton. Illinois, for a length of tiinc?in fact, was not released until Soptombor, 13(37?since which date ho baa been confined to a sick bed in Missouri. Mr. Ch?atham thinks he is the last Confederate pvi.oncr-, Judgo Doynton having declinod tho appoint, incut of Chief Justice 'of Florida, Governor Reed has appointed and tho Soeato cou?ruied Kdwln M. Randall to fill tho vacancy. James D. West cot t, Jr., Attorney-Oencral, has been confirmed for Associate 'Justice, vice Kdwln M. Randall, appointed Chief Justice, At Petorboro', New York? write* Mrs, Cady Stauten, there ft 18 baso-ball club of girls. It was a pretty sight to sop tho girls, with their white dresses and blno ribbons flying, in full possession Pf tho public squere lant Saturday j al'termvii, while the boya were (juiet spectators uf tho scene.