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mand partis. Three dry goods clerks in New York, em ployed by one firm, are paid $10,000 a year each. ?? A North Carolina negro "prophet" foretells a famine in 1875, and is going to Washington to prevail upon Congress to legislate it away. Only one member of Lincoln's original Cabinet is now acting with the radicals, and that one is the notorious corrnptionist, Simon Cameron. ??The arable land of the United States amounts to fifty-two million farms of one hundred and sixty acres each. John Lovell, a resident of Lowell, Mass., and a^ed 7p^years ofo^has recently had born to The negro members of the Georgia Legislature, when a vote is taken, look at the man ahead of them. If he rises, they rise also; if he votes _ aye, they do likewise, and vice versa. Two serpents in a Paris menagerie attempted to swallow the same cat Their jaws met half- , wayi when one quietly solved the difficulty by wallowing both cat and^naice. The inventor and patentee of gutta percha consciences has failed in business. The natural J ones hare been found sufficiently elastic for all purposes. Gossips sav that Prince Albert's brother is ' in England and desirious of becoming Queen Vic- J toria's seoond husband. But the law of England ! and the widow's inclination are both in the way. A paper in Indianapolis, Ind., proposes that hereafter, instead of saving "let us sing the Doxology," the minister shall say, "let us put on our < orerooats, adjust our furs, slip on our gloves, grab j oar hats, look to the Lord and be dismissed." , A large proportion of thelncifer matches used < in this country are imported from abroad. The , match-making company of Joenkeeping, in Sweden, furnishes a large quantity. In 1866, they made 47,698,241 boxes, of which 36,000,000 were sent to this country. The Anderson IntdUgcncer says:. "CoL A. S. Bufbid,President of the Air-Line Railroad, was in town a few days ago. We bad the pleasure of ' an interview with him, and were gratified to learn ' that measures are being instituted to advance the 1 prospects of this road and secure its early comple- , tion." | A Philadelphia Democrat, whose address is the Mercury office, in that city offers the follow- , ing: "He will name twelve States, and will bet $10,000 on each State, that Seymour will carry ] them; $20,000 that Seymour, if he lives, will be 1 the next President; $5000 that no Radical will i dare aooept the proposition, and put up the mon- ] - * i Baron Cuvier states that if the progeny of i a pair of herrings went on increasing ana multiplying without molestation or destruction of the ova, in twenty years it would require all the seas in the world to contain the herrings thpt would result If only half the spawn came to life, and half the 1 young fish lived, a boat could not move in the sea. 1 There is a Yankee in Springfield who rides ' a great deal in the omnibus, and always sits near * the forward end, so as to pass up the fare of his t fellow passengers. Each one give him, naturally, a ten oent pieoe; but be gives the driver instead, ( a ticket, which, as he bays them in quantities, costs him but nine oents. Hence profit, and in ' the future, it is to be presumed, enormous wealth. 1 The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion says: "We learn from the Oktibbeha New Era, that at West Point, a few days ago, on the occasion of a Demo- t oratic jubilee, where addresses were delivered by 1 Col. Reynolds and Capt Houston, one hundred ? and ninety-five freedmen, who voted the Radical ] ticket, at the late election, acknowledged their er- , ror, professed strong faith in the Democracy, and * were admitted into lull membership into our Dem- 1 oeratic Club, took badges and received certificates of their membership." Private letters from a very reliable source in Paris, received by the steamer of Monday, speak a of an approaching war between France and Ger- c many as inevitable, to commence probably before ? the year is out Some event of great importance, , 1 -^+1?.V u ~:n s precipiiauDg tne result, it ia muicu, ?m uu.m ? soon as Count Bismarck returns to Berlin. These views, it is .said, are very widely entertained in 1 commercial and financial circles, and merchants a and bankers alike are shaping things accordingly, t An insolent negro snatched a cup from Miss ^ Turney as she was in the act of drinking at a rail a road celebration in Tennessee, a few days ago.? f Her brother, Col. Pete Turney, hearing her scream, j pulled out his pistol and shot the negro three times before he tell. A white man, at the third shot, remarked that it was carrying the thing too ? far, and pulled out his pistol to fire, when young 1 Turney turned upon him and let him have the re- c maining load of nis pistol. Both the negro and t white man were killed. t The Charleston News is informed that many c of the negroes in Kershaw District have already withdrawn from the League, and many more intend doing so. General Hampton's advice to discard all members of the Union League is being . acted on there. It is hoped that every reasonable encouragement will be given to the colored people 1 in their laudable efforts. Radicalism will give t them votes, but it will not give them bread, and I it is both our duty and interest to assist them when o they determine to forsake the party which is lead- 0 ing them to ruin. s Mr. Jefferson Davis and family sailed from f Quebec, on Saturday last, for Europe. It has been j stated in a Washington paper that in bis coming ' trial at Richmond he will appear by counsel. This 0 may or may not be so; but we have reason to believe that the ciroumstances under which Mr. Da- y vis sails for Europe are such as would make it de- t arable to remain there with a view of providing c for his family. Unlike many of the leading public t men of this country in civil life, Mr. Davis is not a lawyer. His original profession was that of arms. t He, therefore, cannot resort to practice at the bar, F as so m any others have done whose fortunes were y wrecked during the war. Hence other employ- p ment is necessary, and the expected opportunity of a a commercial connection with a house in England, for American business, probably now takes him ? nhrnnri 1! ; For something more than a year past experiments have been in progress, under the auspices F of the Brooklyn City Railroad Company, looking I to the production of a self-moving car for passen- r ger travel on the city railways, ana as the result of a these efforts a new dummy has been brought out, which is worked by a steam engine, the furnace of , which is supplied by kerosene or petroleum instead of coal. The fire is started by a small bed of an- t thracite coal, which lasts all day without replenish- t ing, as it is used merely to act as a sort of wick for ? the kerosene oil, which is the real fuel There is <] a tank of keroaene at the point of the platform furthest from the fire, and a small quantity of kerosene is squirted in occasionally. No cinders or smoke are generated, but sufficient beat is evolved, the patentees claim, to keep up steam constantly t in the engine with a very trifling expenditure of } oil. Limited trials of this dummy have been sue- t cessful. The Philadelphia Sunday Transcript says: t "The Governor of South Carolina, under the lie- g construction act, is one Robert K. Scott, who is, of course, a carpet-bagger hailing from the North, c and located in tne South merely for the purpose of c plundering the people. But the name has a fa- i miliar sound and a peculiar significance to the jpeo- ] pie of Philadelphia. There was once upon a time, j. say about ten years ago, a certain Robert K. Scott, a member of the bar in this city, in full and lucrative practice, who had audits and fat things gene- g rally from the court, who settled accounts?in his way?and who finally disappeared from the city with theprooeeds of a large estate belonging to one J Captain Frank Harley, of California. We recollect that this same Robert K. Scott was cited to file a his accounts of this estate; that a rule was taken v in the courts to strike him from the list of attor- ? neys j and that he evaded all this by becoming a j; fugitive from justice and the just indignation of a L score of widows and orphans whom he had swindied. If the Governor of South Carolina is the l same Robert K. Scott, and we verily believe it is, he is a fitting representative of the party he now = trains with, but we would suggest to his new friends to keep a sharp lookout for tneir money chests, or a there may be more accounts to be settled there as j well as here." jj The change from military to civil rule mdu- j, oed the counsel of the Camden prisoners, accused of the murder of DU1, to sue out a writ of habeas conMifjwith a view to obtaining their release ou a bail The application was heard at Orangeburg v before Judge Glover, in Chambers, on Friday t morning at half past one o'clock. Capt. W. L. h DtPass appeared for the prisoners, and Mr. D. H. e Chamberlain, the new Attorney General, assisted by Capt. Price, the Judge Advocate of the U.^* 8. ? A., represented the State. Some sixty or seventy affidavits, all from persons of respectability in Ker- 0 ahaw district, proving an alibi in each case, were fi produced. These were responded to by twenty or thirty affidavits, with three exceptions, from colored persons. Judge Glover took home the papers from both sides, and reserved his decision until he could compare them. When the case was resumed next morning, he granted the application, ind fixed the bail at three thousand dollars each for the eleven white prisoners, and three hundred iollars for the oolored man, Geo. Bowen. The accessary bail was readily obtained, and the prisoners were released. The following are the names af the prisoners, eleven white and one colored: Captain Emanuel Parker, William Parker, Dr. John A. Glenn, J. J. Huckabee, George Mattox, Dr. William Nelson, John R. Pickett, John L. Mickle, M. P. Kellev, William Kelley, Abram Rabun, and George Bowen, colored.?Charleston News, 3d instant forMlr inquirer. YORKVILLE, S. C.: THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6,1868 Cash.?It must be distinctly understood tha jur terms for subscription, advertising and job work, avd cash, in advance. X.?The neper will be discontinued on the expi ration of t ie time for which payment has beei made. A Subscriber finding a (X) cross-marK 01 the wrapper or margin of his paper, will under jtand that the timej?aid for has expired. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. During a thunder-shower in Yorkville, op Mon lay evening last, a valuable horse belonging to Mr. D. A. Gordon, of this county, was killed by light aing. Several persons in the immediate vicinity af where the horse was killed, were severely Bhock3d at the same time, but fortunately received no se rious injury. CROP PROSPECTS. We are pleased to learn from all sections of thi) jounty, that the prospects were never better fa i general crop than at the present time. It 3ome localities the forward corn was injured bj the long drought in June and July; but the raim same in time to be of service to it The later con jives promise of an unusually large yield. The area planted in cotton is smaller this yeai :han last There is also a less quantity of com mercial fertilisers used. The crop is looking wel generally, but rather small in growth. It has tot many dangers to encounter in the shape of cater pillars, boll warm, and excessive rains, for oui farmers to calculate with any degree of certaintj upon the product. PUBLIC MEETING LAST MONDAY. In accordance with a call issued last week, t meeting was held in the Court House on Monday, Pr... fViQ nnmnoa nf Annntntinp delegates to the dem IV/* VUV J/IUJ/VWV V* 1^^,... D w?o jcratic Dominating Convention, which assembles it Columbia this evening, to nominate six Presidential Electors for South Carolina. CoL W. B. Wilson was appointed to the chair, ind eloquently and forcibly explained theubjects oi ;he meeting, and expressed hopes that such effortf vould eventuate in the success of the cause of civil iberty and right On motion, a Committe of ten was appointed o nominate delegates to the Columbia Convention, [he Committee reported the following named perions, who were chosen as delegates: Walter B. VIetts, Esq., CoL J. W. Rawlinson, Iredell Jones, Esq., CoL A. B. Springs, and John S. Bratton, Esq. THOSE BONDS. The newly elected radical officers of the State ire in a considerable flutter concerning their offidal bonds. The old law of the State fixed the imounts of the several bonds for Stato officers; tnd also provides that they shall be filed within hirty days after election. This law is still in force; )ut a bill is before the legislature for its repeal, md also to reduce the amounts of the several wnds required. Comptroller-General Neagle, and treasurer Parker, are said to be still rumaging ,bout, trying to get the requisite sureties, and retting considerably at the prospect of failure. Radicals show similar proclivities to -other people, md don't like to risk their signatures on these callawag bonds. Mackey, Sheriff elect of Chareston, has only been able to get up about $22,000 if doubtful sureties upon his bond of $50,000; and he County Commissioners who are to approve he same, have not yet been able to arrange their iwn affairs. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. The scalawags who have recently gone to Con jress in the name of the Southern people, have iroposed to themselves a novel expedient by which o secure the election of Grant to the Presidency, 't is that Congress shall authorize the Legislatures if the reconstructed States, and the Conventions if the unreconstructed, to choose the Electors. It eems that even these mushroom politicians are araid to entrust the election of electors to that bady deceived element?the negro?to whom they iwe their own brief elevation to power. In this State there is, unfortunately for such ricked schemes, a very considerable obstacle in he way of its success. The Constitution (Art 8, 5ec. 9) says: "Presidential Electors shall be eleced by the People." It is possible that some of he other pew State Constitutions have similar (revisions, as the whole batch of them present ery much the appearance of having been pre>ared by Thad Stevens' Reconstruction Committee, nd expressed to the Conventions in readiness for doption. If this be the case, the electoral clause 3 probably inserted in all of them. When such desperate expedients as this are iroposed, they support the following inferences : rirst, that the chances of the Grant ticket are by io means promising in the eyes of its own party; nd secondly, that the radical party is afraid to ely upon its colored adherents in the South, to upheld its fortunes in the contest. We agree with he Grant party in both of these positions. If he election be a fair one, all indications point to leymour as the next occupant of the White House. ?he people have already decided upon this. THE BANKRUPT LAW. Just previous to the adjournment of Congress, he Bankrupt Bill was called up in the Senate by ?lr. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey, and the auendments were adopted as they passed the House n May last. The amendment of special interest to he public, is an extension of the time in which in olvents may take the benefit of the law and revive a discharge, without reference to the amount if indebtedness an estate will pay. The amendnent extends the time to the first day of January, 869. The following is the full text of the law learing on this point: "Beit enacted, &c., That the provisions of the econd clause of the thirty-third section of said act hall not apply to the cases of proceedings in bankuptcy commenced prior to the first day of Januay, eighteen hundred and sixty-niue, and the time luring whicji the operation of the provisions of aid clause is postponed shall be extended until aid first day of January, eighteen hundred and ixty-nine. And said clause is hereby so amendd as to read as follows: In all proceedings in ankruptcy commenced after the first day of Janu try. eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, no discharge hall be granted to a debtor whose assets shall not >e equal to fifty per cent of the claims proved a;ainst his estate, upon which he sEull be liable as he principal debtor, unless the assent in writing of , majority in number and value of his creditors to rhom he shall have become liable as principal lebtor, and who shall have proved their claims, be teld in the case at or before the time of the hearag of the application for discharge. It will be observed by the above extract, that nother important amendment has been made, rhich, however, is of no consequence until after he first of January next Since the first of June ist, no debtor could receive a discharge unless his state would pay fifty per centum of all the debts iroven against it, whether those debts were contacted on his own behalf or as surety. The reent amendment provides, in effect, that after the rst of January next, the debtor may receive a dis * ' charge if his assets will aggregate fifty per ceftojn Q of the amount of individual debts proven against _ his estate, without referenoe to those for whioh he ( may be liable as surety. ? OUR STATUS. _ An order issued from the War Department at | Washington last week, declares that as certain of the Southern States have complied with the Reoon- ^ i struction Acts, the military authority ceases to ex- p( ist in those States. . ; \ m A new military department is also constituted', embracing the States of North Carolina, South . Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida, with Gen. i Mead in command. This new department is the same as provided for under the old law, for divi- w ! ding the different States of the Union, with the the forts, arsenals, and other military posts therein, into separate departments, under the command oe of officers of high rank. The arrangement gives 8l no authority to intermeddle in the affairs of the tb State governments, unless theoommanderis called upon by the Governor for military aid in enforcing . the laws. t The bayonet-rule in South Carolina has, therefore, formally ceased to exist; and in its stead we ? have a carpet-bag, scallawag and negro govern- Jf " ment Under the terms of the Reconstruction 1 - - - ? * :_i~_ 8C i Acts, this State is now as iree irom mwmry iuku ferance as any other in the Union, and occupies, theoretically, precisely the same status as New York or Ohio. General Canby is ordered to the oommand of the gi military department of Washington, and will probably leave in a few days for that post While the sc people of the State may not regret his departure, ? ' they have but little oause for gratification in the ehange from a military to the present form of civil tx government The Charleston papers surmise that the troops, now in and about Charleston, will be removed in a ^ , few daysv only, leaving detachments in ohaige of r the forts and the arsenal - . ? " ' JTEW ADVEETI8EMEHT8. ' 5 r J. H. Clawson, Special Messenger?In Bankruptcy?In the Matter of John Dye, Graham 5 Atkinson. , *d i W. B. Wlllianis?Revenue Taxes. L J. Newton Lewie?General Commission Mer- Y. . . chant, Baltimore. r Dr. L. A. Hill-Notice. ..... 1 W. B. Metts?Commissioner's Salt. I H. R. Dickson?Wagon for SAlo. ! ti P. C. Harris, 0. Y. D.-Citation-T. S. Neely, " ) Applicants-Nancy Jennings, Deceased. ? R. S. Moore, President?Railroad Meeting. & . Jefferys db Metts, Assignees?In Rinkruptcy?In the Matter of R. 8. Moore and R. S. Moore & James Mason?Second General Meeting, id R. H. Glenn?Sheriff's Sales. Ji W. B. Metts?Commissioner's Sale. m W. B. Metts?Assignee's Sale of the personal property of D. Theodore Byei-a, Bankrupt, i T. M. Dobson <fe Co.?Seymour and Blair?Borax, |d Robt. H. Harris?Notice. -j 1 John C. Kuykendal?York Drug Store?Balsamic Cough "Syrup?Kennedy's Medical DIs- N i covery?Glass Cleaning Polish?Electric Hair Renewev-rlnfjant Remedy. Enquirer Office?Peaches Wanted. AGRICULTURAL ITEMS. C f ? The first bale of near cotton, of which we have J" , any account, reached Houston, Texas, on the 28th I ultimo. It weighed four hundred pounds and was to classed as good middling. er [ ?They hare just received, in Portland, Maine, * the largest sweet potato ever raised on the Island ^ of Cuba. This monster weighs forty pound, is ^ twenty-four inches long, nine inches in diameter, " and twenty-nine inches in circumference. re ? A letter from Louisiana says the freedmen now realize their obligations. They haveoeased to a hope for the donation of land and mules. They have ceased to apprehend any attempt to red nee 80 i them again to bondage. They labor with more m regularity, and although the pirodnct of their labor "I i is not so great as formerly, it can be relied on as a fixed quantity. aJ i ?The Selma Times says that coirn throughput the cane-brake Counties of. Alabama, though small, hi is well filled. The uplands will make half a crop. In West Florida, the Eofanla News says they will 08 make an abundance. In Mississippi, the Jackson Clarion says the supply of corn will .be ample.'? The crop in Henry County, Alabama, it is said, D will be an average one. ?Fine rains have fallen within the last few days in every portion of Georgia as well arin Sonth D Carolina. The corn crop in Georgia will fall short, ^ but the farmers are comparatively free from debt, ? and in a better condition than they were twelve months ago. In Marion, S. C., the fains have ^ saved the crops from total ruin. The Orescent says the farmers may now rejoice in the prospect of a bountiful harvest. .;i . POLITICAL* ITEMS. * ? Orville Grant, a brother of the General, lives in Chicago, and has just given $100. to a Seymour Qe and Blair club. " ' ? ?* ^ ? The two opposing candidates, Republican ^ and Democratic, in the Sixth Congressional Dis- M trict of Ohio, are partners in the law business.1 ejj ?A paragraph in the Charleston News states ^ that the political disabilities of ex-Governor Orr have been removed. He is now on a visit to Ar- ^ knnsas and Iowa for the purpose of looking after 0B some lands entered by him in 1857. " . ?Leavenworth held an immemie meeting for c.i Seymour an<J Blair Saturday, night of last week. ^ Hiram U. Grant passed through the town the day ' before, and only the postmaster was so poor as to g do him reverence. ^ ? A letter received from ex-President Pierce by ^ ex-Marshal Hoover, of Washington District, says ^ Seymour is perfectly satisfactory to the New M Hampshire Democrats, and will carry the State, ^ beyond a doubt, in November. ? "Fire your guns," said a poor laboring man q( in Detroit, while the Radicals were ratifying Gen. wj Grant's nomination. "You can't fool me any ev longer. I voted your ticket until it takes three n dollars to buy what I used to get for seventy-five ^ cents, and now think it's about time for a change." ? "Y. S.," t. j intelligent Georgia correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, admits that De' mocracy will carry the State, and adds: "The Democratic majority of the Assembly would not si( have accepted the 14th amendment, had they not he been sure that by admission in the Union, Gear- A gia Would be made good for their party." dr ? Mr. Greeley declares that the Republicans Sc are delighted with the nomination of Governor Seymour. That's so; many are so delighted that wl they intend to vote for him. Chief Justice Chase, m 5onotnp TWiliftlp Spnnfnr Hivnn. Charles Francis ed Adams, Andrew Johnson, and probably Thad. ti< Stevens are among the Republicans who will vote of for him. rij ? It seems to be a peculiarity of the South Car- tb olina Radicals, both foreign and native born, to vow that they are Democrats as soon as tbey are tb elected to office by the suffrages of their colored m friends. Judge Moses, the renegade Carolinian, in who was the other day elected Chief-Justioe, de- at clares that he has no sympathy with Radicalism, gi Hoge, the Ohio carpet-bagging Solomon copae to ct judgment, and who has been elected Associate as Justice of the Supreme Court, is now said to be a m thorough-going Democrat. '/ ea ? Elections take place in Kentucky, August cc 3d, and in Tennessee, August 13th ; in Vermont, tb September 1st; California, 8th; Maine, 14; inNe- bi braska, October 6th; in Pennsylvania, Ohio, In- oc diana and Iowa, 13; in West Virginia, 22d; in fin New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Uli, nois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, ar Kansas, Nevada and Massachusetts, November of 3d. The Presidential election will take plaice on Id the second Tuesday (the 10th day) of November, as ? The inflammatory tone of the speeches in in Congress with reference to the Southern govern- ai monts and the Southern electoral vote, is causing Ti a very uncomfortable feeling in business circles in tb New York, increasing as it does the prevailing distrust of the future. Great regret is also ex- tb pressed that Congress, instead of taking a recess w merely, did Dot adjourn, as usual, till December, si To re-assemble right on the eve of an exciting w Presidential election, Republicans as well as Demo- oi crats apprehend will be but to foment past agita- w tion. - " ^ ^ \ " v _ gESEER CONTBIBIJTOIIAL BY WM. H. BRAWLKY. CHE8TEB, 8. C., AUGUST *, 1868. pbwoial. We have not filed the "Chester Column," fa e hut two weeks, because of our absenoe. Th< )litical intelligence this week, crowds out all oth matter. ' . - aHBBSnfS MAD. From a tabular statement, prepared by Mr. W. . Crawford, we learn that Chester lost in the late ar, two hundred and fifty-seven (257) men. BBTXOOB AID B LAIS I A splendid flag staff has been erected in th< ntre of our town, and ou Monday a targe Unitec tates flag, with "8?jmoar and Blair" insoribec lereon, was flung to the breeze. oisunzBt ~ The only way to insure success is by deservinj , Let Democratic Clubs be organized in ever] cality, and let the colored people be made to fee tat it is their interest to unite with us, and by thi st of January next the last carpet-bagger ant allawag will have stolen away, and we will have i tate and a Government once morq. THE OOL&HHA OOV7EITZOT. The following gentlemen are the Chester dele ites to the Cmfimttk Convention : E. C. McLore, Joaeph'WyKe, Jas. B. Atkin m, Esqrs. Akerntfo?Zas. Pagan, J. Wylii stes, Capfc J. G. Backstrom. The principal object of the Convention is th< rmination of Presidential Electors. EEM001ATI0 0LUB8. We have not been able, by reason of our absence keep the Chester subscribers of the Enquire jsted as to the formation of the Democratic Club the different localities. We are indebted to th< iandard for the following list of clubs and officers Chester C. H., Club.?Jas. Pagan, Esq., Pres :ent; George W. Melton, A. H. Davega, Johi . Agurs, and Jno. J. McLure, Esqs., Yice-Presi mts; J. A. Bradley, Jr., Esquire, Secretary am reasurer. Landsford ChiL?R. H. Fudge, President; C J. McFadden and C. Rives, Vice-Presidents; J . Massey, Secretary; L A. Beckham, Asristan jcretary; J. S. Clifton, Treasurer. Armenia Camp Ground.?J. H. Hardin, Pres lent; C. RobinsandF. Bobiaou, Vice-Presidents imes A. Sanders, Secretary; J. Wesley Davis reasurer. HaheHvilU Club.?Rev. G. W. Pickett, Presi ent; T. G. Douglas and Jesse Castles, Vice-Pres ents; S. R Fant and J. W. Durham, Secretaries icbolas Colvin, Treasurer. DEHOCBATIO HEBTUQ. There was a very large turn-out of the people o heater District, on Monday?the largest that w ive seen for years. It is very evident that, a st, our people are thoroughly aroused and aliv > the importance of the situation. We have nev seen so much earnestness and unanimity in th< bite population. It was expected that Genera rade Hampton, of this State, and ex-Governo anoe, of North Carolina, would address us oi tat day, and much disappointment was felt b; aeon of their non-attendance. The Court House was too small to hold 4h< owd, which adjourned to Mrs. Woods' grove. lie Committee of Arrangements, not anticipatinj i many people, had not made suitable arrange ents, but soon extemporized a stand for th Makers. Chasi S. Brice, the Chairman of the Committe ipointed at the last meeting for the nominatioi 'officers, &c., and drafting of a platform, mad< s report The platform Is too long for tepetitioi we. It embodies aflthat we wish in the oominj The following gentlemen were unanimously con med, by the meeting, as officers of the Centra emocratic Club of Chester District: President?Qen. W. A. Walker. Vice-Rrttidcntt?Maj. J. G. Lowry, John W urbam, Esq., John C. McFadden, Esq., Josepl rylie, Esq., Rev. Geo. W. Pickett, A. B. Brown sq., Jesse Williams, Esq. Recording Secretary?John A. Bradley, Jr. sq. Corresponding Secretary?E C. McLure, Esq Treasurer?George W. Melton, Esq. The meeting was addressed, eloquently and earn tly, by E. 0. McLure, 0. S. Brice, W. A ralker and S. P. Hamilton, Eeqre. At the conclusion of the regular speeches, Sam 1 W. Melton, Esq., of Columbia, was loudlj lied for, and in his usual felicitous manner, en ained the attention of the crowd in a very earn t speech in behalf of the Democratic cause, whicl cited warm applause. The meeting adjournec thout disturbance. There were a great many oolored people in town tt not many attended the meeting. Their lead s seem to fear a discussion of their principles anc lings, and are unwilling that the delusion of theii llowers should be dispelled by argument and bj amble advice. Accordingly they had so arranged at just as the crowd was gathering at the Co or ouse, a drum and fife was the signal for the mar aling of the Radical hosts, who marched off h e headquarters of the loyal league. Some o: em, however, were sensible enough to remain d we think were much benefitted by what thej aid. ? At-nMit there was another large meeting at th< >urt House, numerously attended by black anc lite, and suitable addresses were made. Th< enta. of tbe day demonstrated that the Democ oy of old Chester are terribly in earnest anc b "going in to win." CHESTER CORRESPONDENCE. Chester C. H.. Aug. 3, 1868. The Weather.?The recent heavy rains have con lerably mitigated the unpleasant effects of the at, and infused new life into garden and field good shower would not be amiss, as the grounc ies rapidly under .the scorching glance of Olc >1. The Democratic ChUa.?Old Chester is rapidlj heeling into line. Her people are qianifestinj uch interest in the Democratio Clubs now form 1 and to be hereafter organized. It is the inten >n of her best citizens to make this department her political leverage perfect and complete. I ?htly used, they will greatly aid in prizing out fy ,e roots, tbe Upas tree of Radicalism., Chtt Tswt] rihth ?That is. the Club formed fo e Town and its immediate vicinity, held its firs eeting, since its organization, on Saturday even g. August 1st The attendance was very goo< id the interest displayed is in keeping with thi eat work ahead. After a short but pleasant dis ission, it was agreed to admit the colored voter i members. Several were enrolled at onoe am any more will, no doubt, unite themselves at ai xly day. Whatever objection may arise to. thi uree, as wise and proper, my impression is, tha ie good results will more than compensate for thi id. Every thing in our power should be done t< mediate and harmonise all opposition, let it comi om what quarter it may. Mr. Geo. W. Melton, formerly of your town id first Vice-President, presided in the absenc ' the regular President, Mr. James Pagan. I [r. M. can perform the duties of the post as we] i he can "look it," we make no hesitation in say g. that neither the ladies nor the Club will hav ly fault to find. The office of Secretary am reasurer is filled by John A. Bradley, jr., Esq. ie young Democratic war horse of Old Chester. Committed to JaiL?A mulatto shoemaker, b; ie name of William Williams, (an assumed mime as committed to the Jail of this place, a few day nee, on the charge of having killed a man by th ime of Riley, in Columbia, during the war. Th malty oocurred in a bar-room. The Penitential; 01 have to get another shoemaker's bench ready . . : Bodkin. i EDITORIAL INKLINGS. ' Democratic Prospects. Hon. C. L. Vallsndigham, of Ohio, who : was a member, of the Democratio National Convention, has since the adjournment of that body, visited several of the Northern States, and in a re oent letter, gives his opinion as to the probability r of the success of the Democratio nominees. He 5 says: "I, have now myself been in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware, and can spy with truth that among the Democratic masses no nominations have been made for years which are received with so much satisfaction, and ! that I have nover known a time when among these masses there was such universal confidence in success. Nothing now is needed but combined wisdom and boldness in planning and conducting the 5 campaign." j Judge F. J. Hoses. Judge F. J. Moses, who was last week, elected Chief Justice of South Carolina, by the Legislature, is a resident of Sumter. The Watch1 man, published in that place, gives the Judge the f benefit of the subjoined notice: 1 "When, in 1860, Judge Moses declared^in the s presence of his fellow-citizens in the Court House, 1 at this place, that if South Qarolina did not sei cede, Sumter District must do so; and when, subsequently. as Commissioner of the State, ne so aroused tne dormant energies of North Carolina, and assisted her to execute the work of secession; ? and when, at a still later period, with the fire of I Southern patriotism so burning in his bosom, to avenge the wrongs of his injured section^ and drive back the invaders or nis country, ne duckiou uu s the trappings of war and joined Governor Wise in the mountains of West Virginia; and when, at a & yet later day. he so urged his follow-citizens on to the battle-field, and finally, in the excess of his ardor, became the dashing commander of a company of home cavalry, to assist in protracting the rebellion, it was but little believed, even with a knowl't edge of his antecedents, that he could ever cast himself into the position he now occupies. And B this belief could have been but strengthened when, 8 chiefly in consequence of his zeal in behalf of the : war on the part of his State and the South, he was . invested by a late Legislature of his State with the 3 dignity of a position among her honored judiciary. But it has been reserved tor him, at this vital crij sis, to betray and forfeit every hope and claim of 1 confidence, and to perform his crowning act of recreancy. As a politician, since '32, Judge Moses . has ever trimmed his sails to catch the popular breeze?now upon one side, and now upon anothi er?now halting to watch the tide, and now leaping forward abreast its foremost wave, when its direction was distinctly seen. This has been borne h with quiet submission by the people of his Dis; trict, since he has been regarded abroad as the ex. ponent of their sentiments, until, at length, they thav no longer remain silent ana preserve their self-respect?their character for intelligence, honor and independent thought h ^ "We speak for Sumter District?the mass of her i intelligent citizens, who, notwithstanding such examples and such influences in their midst are unmoved from the path of principle and truth, and will at all hazards, maintain their honor and their respectability, e "The above brief exhibit of this honorable gent tleman's public antecedents and performances, and e of his present position, has been submitted solely with the view of removing an impression, which outside the limits of our District may prevail, that B his Honor reflects the political convictions and inJ tegrity of our people. The day for such influence r on his part has longsince been verging to its close-; 3 it has now set in the shadows of evening. The Y wand is no more in the magician's hand," Negro Troubles in Union County. e ?t- For several days, rumors of a difficulty with - the negro population id Union county in tnis estate, ? have reached us. In the Columbia Pficaitx of - Thursday last, we find the following, which throws e some light on the matter: "A Committee of the citizens of the town oi b Unionville, consisting of Dr. W. C. Bennett, R. 3 A McKnight, John Rodgers and Alick Macbeth, freedman, nave been here on a visit to Governor Scott, in behalf of law and order. We learn that 9 the oommittee represented an outrageous state oi S affairs in their district; and that information received by the Governor, from the negroes tbem. selves, goes to establish the statements of the comj mittee. It appears that on Saturday, the 25th instant, about fifteen hundred negroes assembled on the plantation of Mr. George Hill, contrary to the wishes and remonstrances of this gentleman. . This is about fourteen miles from Union Courtj house. About five hundred were armed, and were organized as a military body, under leaders claim' ing military titles. They were also provided with ammunition. The most violent and inflammatory ' harangues were made, and threats against the whites were freely indulged in. John Bates, freedman, was called "Major of Battalion," and read what he claimed were "General Orders," from Governor Scott. These orders invited the negroes to organize, and promised arms ' and music for them at an early day, and encouraged preparations of a military character on the - part of the negroes. This man had visited Goverj nor Soott a few days before, and he read these . "orders" as the orders of the Governor. This man, John Bates, went on to say that they were to meet in Union village on the following | Saturday, the 1st of August, and he formally or1 dered his forces to assemble at that time and place. The committee further stated that they had , been informed and believed that the main object . waa to rescue from the jail a freedman there conI fined for a grave offence. The whites of Union feel able to take care of r themselves; bnt they desire the peace of the comr munity; desire the law to prevail; and hence they , submit the facts of the case for the actipn of the t Governor." We learn that on Saturday last, the negroes > made no demonstration at Union Court House, f and that on Sunday morning there had been no Wa limfi nnt ascertained with certainty \ the cause of the apprehended disturbance, but learn that it has its origin in the prospective failj uro of the crops in portions of Union county, and | apprehended destitution and suffering in the fu; tare. The immediate cause is said to be the ar. rest of a negro, and his confinement in jail, for | having stabbed a white man. The threat to assemble at Unionville on last Saturday, was for the purpose of releasing the negro from jail. A dispatoh in the Charleston Courier, says that on Thursday last, Governor Scott sent an officer to Union with a peremptory order for the negroes to s disperse. The whites of Union feel able and wil* ling to protect themselves, but are anxious to a1 void a conflict. 1 The Tax Bill. The President has signed the tax bill passed 1 by Congress. The only changes of importance ' relate to whiskey and tobacco. The tax on every proof-gallon of distilled spirits has been reduced to * fifty cents, which tax is to be paid before the reP removal of the spirits from the distillery or warehouse. The tax is to be a lien upon the property ' and apparatus until the tax is paid. In an exchange we find the following synopsis of the bill: [ "Sections 2, 3 and 4, provide for methods of c testing quality and taking measurements. * Section 5 provides that distillers shall register 1 with the assessors of the respective districts within 3 sixty days from the time the bill takes effect Section 6 provides for the manner of making ? refjectaons 7 and 8 provide for the distiller's bond 1 and securities. i Sections 9 to 12, inclusive, designate the plan of o JlofiHam onrt nmvifta for ffiirvpvs and location O WO V* UJUUiViJ J MMM ~ ?? ? ?^ ? -_. t of buildings. B Section 13 imposes a tax of two dollars on every twenty bushels of grain converted into spirits. Section 14 to 55, inclusive, provide for the genB eral management of distilleries, the relative duties of assessors and distillery for checks against fraud, , for drawbacks, means of obtaining purity, and afe fix penalties for all violations of the law. f Sections 56 to 58, inclusive, regulate deposits in ,, bonded ware-houses. 11 Section 59 imposes a special tax of $400 annn ally upon every 100 barrels of spirits manufactured, e and also provides licenses of $100 for every $25,J 000 worth sold, and ten dollars increase for every $1,000 increase of sales." Only a few of the provisions of the bill relating y to tobacoo are of interest to our readers. We make ) the subjoined extracts: s "Dealers in tobacoo, selling not exceeding $10.e 000 worth annually, pay a tax of twenty-five dol lary and two dollars extra for every $1,000 worth sold. Kaisers are not taxed for sales of their own y production. Dealers, selling between- $100 and $1000 worth, un taxed five dollars; those abort ft,000, two dollars extra for every additional ft, I - I 000 worth sold. Ail straff and drawing tobacco is taxed thirty-two cents per poand;?otring tobacco sixteen oents per pound." / -4 "Every dealer in manufactured tobaooo, having score than twenty pounds, or dealer in snuff, having more than ten pounds on hand, must deposit immediately with theassistant assessor or the proper district, a sworn inventory of the amount of tobacco and snuff on hand. They must also deposit a like inventory on the first of eveiy month hereafter after the 1st January, 1869, and of all smoking, fine-cut tobacco and snuff, after 1st, July, 1869. All other manufactured tobacco is to be considered as manufactured aftcrtho passagoof the act, and will be required to be put up in trackages and stamjrad as required by law. Every dealer iu domestic or imported segara, having more than five thousand on hand, must file a sworn inventory every month until April 1st, 1869, at which time all Began shall be deemed to have been manufactured since the passage of the act, and are required to be stamped accordingly." SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE* Monday, July 27, 1868.^ In the Senate, the unfavorable report of the Committee on the proposition to fix the State House for the accommodation of the Legislature, was adopted. Corbip gave notice of a bill to regulate the man ner of settling and determining the obligations contracted in Confederate currency. The bill proposes settling all debts on the basts of the Value in gold at the time the contradt was made. Jillson, Corbin, Wright, Rutland and Foster ' were announced as the Special Committee to re1port a schedule of the sumeots which require the immediate consideration ot the General MBmK The Judiciary Committee reported unfavorably ou a bill to continue in force the General arid Special Orders issued by Military Commanders donna the existence of the Provisional Government ol South Carolina, but presented as a substitute a bill "to quiet rights vested under Mflhmy Orders," which was read a first time, and ordered for consideration to-morrow. < The excursion party to Greenville returned this evening. About sixty-five members of the Legislature went All express themselves very moot gratified at the good condition and prospects of the road. Tumday, July 28,1868. In the House, tho Special Committee appointed to ascertain whether the building on Arsenal Hill, formerly occupied by the State Military Academy, could be procured for the purposes of a Gubernatorial Mansion, and if so, at what cost, reported that the house could be had and fitted up in a plain manner, for the sum of $2,500. Whereupon, a resolution was passed, authorizing a commit| tee to make such provision. The Special Committee on Disabilities made an unfavorable report on tbe petition of W. L Clawson, of York, praying the removal of his political disabilities, on the ground that having for so dm time past been an omoer of the Government, and therefore required to take the test oath, he could not be subject to any disabilities The report wsi adopted, and the petition laid on the table. Berry gave notice of a bill to repeal the Act ol I 1866. repealing the usury law, and to establish t ' specified rate of interest in this State. The bill to establish the" County of Aiken, wat postponed until the regular session.' 1 A resolution to constitute the delegations from York and Lancaster Counties a Committee on C* tawba Indians was tabled. In the Senate, Coghlan offered a resolution proposing to repeal the Act which requires all bonded i officers of the State to file their bonds in the office of the Secretary of State, within thirty days iftei 1 their election, under penalty of forfeiting such of fices, but afterwards withdrew it togive place to i bill covering the same ground. [This is intended to save the official heads of Parkerj Neagle and W. E. M. Mackey, who have not yet got the required security.] The report of the Committee on the Judiciary, i on a bill to continue in force the General and Spe cial Orders, issued by the military commander) during the provisional government of the State, was considered, and the substitute bong a bOl t( quiet the rights vested under military orders wai agreed to. A resolution to appropriate $1 ,000 for the ben !- efit of the widow or S. G. W. Dill, was read a first time and orderedfor consideration'to-mortwr Montgomery presented a bill to subject all agri cultural and fann lands, within the corporate lhmti of cities and towns, to taxation. Bead and re ferred. Rutland presented a bill from the Committee or Public Lands, to establish a Board of Commis sioners on public lauds, and to define the power) and duties of the same. Read and referred The Committee on Finance reported on the resolution to fix the salaries of tne officers of th< Senate, recommending the following: Cleric, $1,500; Assistant ('lerk, $500; Reading Clerk, $350; Door-keeper, $250; Assistant Doorkeeper. $250; two pages, each $50. Ordered for consideration to-morrow. Corbin, from the Judiciary Committee, reported favorably on the bill to establish Probate Courts, and the bill to regulate the manner of keeping ano disbursing public funds by certain officers. Wednesday, July 29,1868. The Senate, immediately after the call of the roll and the confirmation of the Journal of the preceding day, in accordanoe with a joint resolution to that effect, repaired to the House of Representatives, for the purpose of uniting with that body in a ballot for Chief Justice .and two Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and after return therefrom without tne transaction of further business, adjourned. Id the House, Tomlinson nominated D. T. Corbin, Senator from Charleston, and United State* District Attorney; Coghlan nominated Judge P. J. Moses, Sr.,; Hoyt nominated Colonel A. J. Wit lard, late Chief of-the Military Bureau of Civil Affairs under the administration of Geo. Canby. Tomlinson requested and obtained leave!to nan read from the clerk's desk, section two, Of article eight, section one, of article fourteen, of the Constitution of the State, and section three, of the constitutional amendment, .allof^ which indicated indisputably that, if elected, Judge Moses would be disqualified from taking his seat A motion was made that the opinion of the Attorney-General be asked as to whether or not a man who was disqualified by the constitutional amendment and elected to office could tafce-his seat This the Chair ruled out of order, and the ballot proceeded, with the following result, the' Demcrats casting the scattering votes: v' Whole number of votes cast 130; necessary to a choice 66; of which F. J.'Moses received 58; D. T. Corbie 53; B. F. Don kin 8; A. J. Willard 6; James L. Orr 3: D. L Wardlaw 2; T. N. Dawkins 1: A. P. Aldrich 1. Mo candidate having received a sufficient number of votes, it was declared that there was no election, and a second ballot was held, with tbefollowing result: F. J. Moses 62 votes; D. T. Corbin 56; B. F. Dunkin 8; J. L. Orr 4; A J. Willard 2; A. P. Aldrich 1. The Chair announced that there was no election, and a third ballot was taken, as follows: Whole number of vote cast 133; necessary to a choice 67; of which F. J. Moses received 70; D. T. Corbin 49; A. J. Willard 2; J. L. Orr 2; T. N. Dawkins 2; Wade Hampton 1; Rev. Senator Burnt District Kandoph, negro, 1; Beverly Nash, negro 1. The vote for General Hampton was cast by the radical Senator Charles P. Leslie, from Barnwell, who, discovering what the result was before it was announced officially, expressed his thorough disgust at it* and his conviction that universal suffrage was dead, and begged leave, to change his vote, which he did from Corbin to General Hamp too. The vote was greeted with Hisses irom toe floor, and some applause from the spectators, and. ' amidst great confusion, the President announced that Franklin J. Moses, having reoeived the requisite number of votes, was duly elected Chid Justice. This was followed by great cheering from his friends. The joint assembly then prooeeded to ballot fbi i two associate justices. Hayes nominated Lemuel Boozer; Maxwell nominated A. J. Willard; Jenks nominated J. M. Rutland ; Webb nominated Hodge, (Inspeoi tor-General of the Freedmen's Bureau;) J. H. Ferriter nominated Hon. John A. IngHs; 0. P. Leslie, radical, said that the experience of this dag proved conclusively to his mind that univenal suffrage was dead in the State, and that tearing hit ' cue from this fact, he would henceforth vote ant] for men of well definedprinciplea. He therefore , nominated Judge A. P. Alorich, of Barnwell? 1 (Hisses.) The vote resulted as ibHowa: Whoh 1 number of votes cast 131; neoeaup to achotoi 66; of which A. J. Willard reoeived 49; J. M - Rutland 20; Lemuel Booier 17 :J. A. Tngtiy 17 S.. A. Hodge I6j.F. J. Moses, Jr;, 2; Judgo A 1 P. Aldrich2; C.-P. LesHel; Senator J. J. Wngh 1 (neCTo) 2y Mm. M. R. Delaaey (negro) 1; 8enato I J. H. Rainey (negro) 1; Senator Daddy Cain (ne i qoY 1; John Morweey. of New Yoric, 1 :WrPJtttteaa4J*JS. Hxyas, irth radial*, vot? for Judge Aldrich. Neither of the, candidates having received a sufficient number of votes, it was declared that there; was no election; whereupon # on motion the joint assembly dispersed, to meet ?CKilL*Mk>on to morrow, when the balloting will beresomed. /.1''' Thchsdat, July-80, '1888. In the Hoose, the Speaker armonuced that in aeoordaooe with the rale adopted by the House, it was his dnty to refuse to take notice or entertain the contingent accounts of anyjailors, ibtrifs, Ac., unless tbe^ came> from the office of the ComptrolThe Senate waswanotmoed, aad,tfcetwo Houses, in joint aseembN, proceeded ^o vote ftr two Assodate Justices of the Supreme Court, with thefbllowing result: Whole mwiber of voted cast 134; neoeearytoa choice 68; A. J. Willard received 67; J. M. Rntlaod 24; LemuelBooaer 15; S." A Hoge 12; C. D. Melton 4; A H. Don kin 3;J. A Inglis 3; Thos. Thompson 2; Win. Monro 2: T. N. Dawkins 1; 1LF, Perry ftr oui 'jjh!' . :f i cLJ' - tfo candidate having received a snfficient number of votes, the President declared that there was no election* v and the jotAt aiseinbiy -proceeded to the second ballot, with the following resnlt: Whole number of votes cast ,136; necessary to a choice 69; A J.'Willard received 90; J. M. Rutland 12; Lemuel Booaer 10; A Hoge 7; C. D. Melton 9; A H. Dunkin 2: Thomas Thompson 2; William Monro 2; T. N. 'Dawkins 1; B. F. Perry 1. A J. Willard having received the required nomberof votes, was declared elected, and the Assembly proceeded to a third ballot for the 1 other Associate Justice: ' Whole numbev.of votes cast 131; neccosary fed ohoice 66; S. A'Hoge received 56;-J. M. Rutland 44: Lemuel Booier 18: C. D. Melton 13. 'No candidate havinsr received a sufficient number ; of votes,a fourth ballot was taken, the name of ' Lemuel Booser being first withdrawn : r Whole number <rfrotes cast 191; necessary to a oboioe to; 8. &. Hoge. received 73; J. M. Rutland 41; C. D. Melton:.13; William Monro 1; > Thomas Thompson 2: A. H. Dankin 1. S A. Hoge having, received the reqoired number Of I irtJ ^i aJao il<1 ? ! ?nn r.t,1 1 votes, was aeotareo eiectecL 1 Throughout the balloting, the Democrats voted for persons who are not candidate*?such as Messrs. Mdton. Dawkins, Inglis, Thompson; MunaDawkins and Peny. Subsequently, a vote was en to determine which of tee two Associates , should be - entitled to the long term, and resulted , in favor of Wiliari The joint assembly then dispersed, and the House renamed the consideration I of business. i DeLarge, Chairman of Committee ofWays and Means, reported a Ml, authorising- the Governor to negotiate s loan of $125,000, to meet the current expenses ofthe State, at the lowest possible i rate of interest, using as Oeenrity tfaerefbr sDCh eollaterals of th?8t?te a* mightrbe requisite; The I bill was rtad a fifnl time, and ordered fbr a second i reading on to-morrow. I Friday, July 31, 1868. i In the House, a resolution wan adopted providing that when 'tenves of abeenee were granted, T thebeneficiaries should forfeit their per diem, exi reptia cases of sickness. .. The following resolution was offered, and ordered i for consideration to to-morrow: ' Whereas, it fe generally beBeved that the State i is in possession or a eohsmeraMe quantity of bed, in consequence of the failure or persons to pay taxes thereon; therefore, beit * Rooked?by the House of Representatives, the 1 Senate concurring?That a joint committee, con) ssting of five members of the House and three of r the Senate, be appointed to ascertain, if possible, - the extent, loeatkm and rendition of soon lands, i red report to this Hoose at the earliest practicable I period. I Crews asked leave to introduce a bill to impose - an annual tax of $500 on the County of Kershaw^ for the support of the family of Hon. (?) Solomon G. W. DnL member elect from that Ooontv. Af ter a considerable running Parliamentary fight, in i which it was plainly indicated that the bill did not , stand the: ghost of a chance to pass; leave was ? granted, as reset of courtesy, and the bill was j read red referred to a committee. A resolution instructing the Judiciary Commit tee to report a bill providing fbr the holding of i mnnioinal elections at a* early a day as passable, wusudoptedkv j wm Neagle offend a joint resolution, proposing to s reoogmxeall officersi appointed by the General oommanding this Military District as legal officers, ahd empowered to perform all duties appertaining i to their offices. Referred to the Committee on Vacant Offices. 9 The bill authorising the Governor to borrow $125,000 to meet the necessities of the State, giv ing as collateral security therefor, a sufficient aj mount of the bonds or bills receivable of the State, was taken up, and after being: amended so is to ; instruct the-State officers having theee securities ; in their possession to tarn them over on the rsquii sition of the Governor, was passed. . ~ ; DeLarge, as chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, reported, a bill to make appropriations for the payment of the expenses of the present I session of the Legislators,-and to meet certain deficiencies in the appropriations for the year 1858, Ac., which was read and ordered for consideration to-morrow. -The bill appropriates $70,000 for the expenses of the Legislature, $40,000 for contingencies, and $20,000 for dieting prisoners. " . In the 8enste, the bill to define the inrisdiction and regulate the .practice of Probate Courts, was taken up, read bisections and passed. So, also, was the bill to determine and set oat dower. The bifl to subject agricuKural and forming lands to taxation within thelimits of corporate towns and odes, and to fix three-totes of taxation, was . read tyite tide* and referred- to the Judiciary , iGommeteeiuitt<oi3 o< So, also, was the joint resolution proposing to ^ow of the late Sol. "< *c- Sattjsday, August, 1st 1868. i '< In the .'House, Mr. Frank Sloan (Dem.)intro i doced a joint resolution, which was io referred to . the Committee on Incorporations, that the charter i of all bridges, ferries and, churches that hare exI pired by limitation, be renewed, with all rights [ and privileges with which they were empowered by their last charter, except such as conflict with the Constitution of this State and the ordinances of , die late Convention. - ' < JEL I* Shrewsberryintroduced die fottowmg joint resolution, which was agreed to, and ordered j - to be sent to the Senate for concurrence: Ranhedi By the House of Representative^ the 8enate eouibamhg, tbatr bo resolution relative to t die retootolnf the political disabilities of any person shall be hereafar considered unless aooompaneid by a petition from the partycr parties so dewing to he relieved. ... . R. DeMars introduced (he following resolution, . which was agreed to: d 7 j iw-77. ? n /vac AOMRU, XHM UH VUDUIllUK DO WUllipr U1U" . oee and. Officers do, and tie hereby authorised to report a bill to define the duties, powers and compensation of the County Commissioners. In the Senate, McKinlay, from the Committee on County Offices and Officers, reported back the Senate bid to fix the amount of official bonds of certain public officers. The bill was put upon its t seoood reading. Boeeman (oolored) moved to make the bond of the Treasurer $90,000 instead of $40,600. The motion was sustained by Whipper, Rangier and Tomlinaon. The latter said, that the ability of Far* ker, the Treasurer, to give the required bond , i should have been looked after before hie was nominated, for the safety of the Republican party dei ponds upon the protection of the great interests confided to its care, and among these interests one were more important than the preservation i of the public credit There were plenty of men in . the party who could have given the required bond, ] ? -U iU. rr i.?u 1 t__ ! &UU llUUi M1IS UK9 UM3 AI COOUITjr &UUU1U OSVB DBBQ selected. The State of Ohio imposed upon its . Treasurer a bond of one million of doQaa, and , there was no reason why the Treasury of South Carolina shook! not be protected in each a manner ; as to ensure tte public frith and credit Whipper said he was willing to go as far as any man in reducing the bonds of officials, but did the members desire to have it said that the they 1 elevated to the treasury of the State, took control of the office with straw bonds, which it was neoes. sary for the Governor to annul? A. J. Bsnswr said that he, too, favored the amendment A huge portion of the men who i had bean elected to office could not give bonds; . legislation might remedy this evil; it was a poor t man't party; Sot when an individual, elected to so r important a position as Treasurer of the State has, , by one act, already- impaired the credit of the State and aroused the suspicion of capitalists; far. one he f would rather sacrifice the man to tho party than j the party to the man. ' Under the circumstances < which had ahead? transpired, he did not believe ; that the reduction of this particular bond would . work any good to the;State, and, consequently, no t good to the party. They wanted the confidence of r capitalists; without it the interests of the State . must suffer, and the party itself beiqjared.