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V?T.TTTYTE VT -TOMBER 844] CHARLESTON, S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1868. [EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK The Campibttgn for 1868. C I B C TJ LITE TEE jP A P E B 8. . >/ ? v . .. r . ?.' ' ? . ' ? 2-: .' >V- /Vi**./: *. OUR FLAG TO TSE BREEZE. fOJcl PRJO8EDE-ST, HORATIO SEYMOUR, FCfi VICE-PRESIDEST, ?BA?TGl? P. BLAIR. ?HE ??EWS FOE THE WAR. A BHOBT, SHABP^ ?fa> ? DECISIVE CAM? PAIGN. .' . ? % ~ . * . . - j Cheapen Political Information Ever j Offered totae.PnbUo. THE' -'l?OinNAT?ONS OF 'THE NATION AX DEMOCRATIC PARTY having teen made, TEE CHARLESTON NEWB has sut on itt armor and wfll , go into th? grand eenie* t with all the neal, rigor and eaineatness that a foll cofasciousnees o? devotion to j the right inspires. Itt blows win ian thickly, atea, enry . and .rapidly; and if the friends of law, order and ?he CcrnsUtu?on'do their duty by extending Its j rdrculation, itn labors can be. made powerfully elloc ? tive for good. We appeal, then, to our reeders tc eTarnvno our remarkably' low terms and go-to work with a will to got up large'clubs for THU CHARLES- j TON NSW3. ' ' " The campaign now began will be the most excit- j hag, as it unqueetJonahly is the most important, the | rr?urrtry has ever vcitnessod. The lifo of the nation < and the liberties cf the people depend upon the re- ? Trait S triumph of the Badi cols will result in the utter desolation and ruin of the South, and the plac- j ing ?f an ignorant and 'feutoJraco in aB poeitnons and placee of nonar and trust to the exclusion of tho ' white race. !The govexrunent roust be wrested tram the tMerres ^.plur^ereru who now have control of it anrlpcrrrer r^le^m't^ pledged; to give peace to a diatract^'country, and to moke it j a government ferr white men, and not for- negroes. It ls only necessary that the people should be thor? oughly informed to:accomplish this, and THE J NEWS will be an admbuble means of diffusing this J anon. . TBE DAILY or THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS wOl ; ? keep ita readers thoroughly posted on aB important evento and movements transpiring, win bo frill of facts and statistic?, and will be a valuable and useful ^<e^w3Ml!PAIGS NEWS. Dafly News (four months)...... .V..12 00 1&W9tt?m1fa .::>.... 100 j One eii?^*o*^J*r?,*?*^^^ cand?a Brafc ot t^~aabscrflxtrs at tBaaaratee. - Five copies Dany N^wa, four months, tai one address!r........s..t?50 Five cc^'Tri-WeeWyNirwB, four moama, to one^ddrvaa.....i.V.. *26 Ten copio? 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[raait otra OWN arpoKras.] CoLTUCBii, Joly 30.-In tba Senate today a resolntion waa introduced instructing the Com? mittee on Iri<x>rporation to ascertain wh etber the charters of any incorporation Authorized by too Legislature could be altered or renewed . under iba new Costitution; also a resolution MBpwuijng for thia isr?on tba Joint resolution adopted in lc&,r?gQfang throe months' notice ? to be given of aaiaisaticn toa&k for a charter. B.F. Baodo&b gave notice of a bill to enable minora and persone heretofore known as free persona of color to recover the value, in specie . ar United States currency, of bonds, deposite, ox other moneys, converted without their oon . sent into Confedera to bands br moneys. The h?ls organizing the Circuit Courts, and regulating appeals and writs of error te the Supreme Coxirt, ware ordered to he engrossed. Adjourned. IK THE HOXTHK, a petition from the Lincoln Republican Guarde of Charleston, praying for their incorporation, also from the citizens of Bock Hill, praying for their incorporation as a town, were presented. A resolution was offered authorizing the chair to issue a writ of election to supply the Taca?o; caused hy. the death of Dill. The Speaker decided that it was out of order, no offload notice of the enid* death having been given. Bozeman gave notice of a bill to prohibit any discrimination .between persons engaged in any nosiness for which a license is required. A committee was appointed to determine the feasibility and coat of Utting np rooms in the Ne w State Hons e. Leave of absence was granted to the Ander eon delegation until Monday next, that they might prepare their defence. DeLarge gave notice of a bill to secure to the State the benefits of the act of Congress donat? ing lands for establishing an Agricultural Col? lege. On motion of DeLarge, the House went into Beeret session for the discussion of a communi? cation received from Newberry, which by the sensible members of the House was regarded asa hoax. . A. biB was afterwards introduced for regulat? ing the election of municipal officers. The bill provides that the elections shall be ordered by the Governor within twenty days after the pas? sage of the act. - Adjourned. . ' ' SECOND DISPATCH. THE NZWBEEB7 HOAX-A CUTE ?ATITWAT THICK AN XXOUSX VOS ? NIGE0 MILITIA. - COLUMBIA, July 20,- Tbe communication re? ferred' to^from No wherry is addressed to "Scott, hybrid Governor of South Carolina." The writer says that there shall he no such thing as obedienoa to tbe the laws of hybrid niggers and renegade*, whitej: tuat he will never tole jgf? pegrq rnjiitis.. and that ft collision is at : ... - ? ?-1 ? _ <--? hand, i He Baya, "Yon and your parir/ will bc destroyed" lb. conclusion he says; "Your ne? gro militia Will not keep our people from killing them fast enough." ' (Signed) WM. H. MABTIN, - - *. - - Newberry. I The d?l?gation from that district do not know any such man, and all sensible men be? lieve the letter: to be bogus. . The Democratic members in secret session disclaim sn ch sentiments as emanating from their- party, and said that the question would only be settled at the ballot-box. Some Republicana think it better to take imm?diate steps for the organization of the militia. The document will be published for campaign purposes in the North, and is proba? bly a Radical dodge. ? Democratic meeting waa bold to-night, and addressed by Mesare. Hamilton, Ferry and others. Orar Washington Dispatches. [SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE1 DAILY WEWS.) ADMISSION OF BOWEN-THE POWBB OF A JOINT RESOLUTION-CONGRESS! ON A I, WHITE-WASH. WASHINGTON, July 20-8'P. M.-C. C. Bowen, hs* just been admitted and sworn ia as mem her of the Honse of Representar? ve e for Charles? ton District. , Mullina, of Tennessee-himself a notorious . carpet-bagger-made a viol -mt speech in oppo? sition to the admission of Bowen, which was answered by Dawes, of Massachusetts, who. said that the joint resolution of Congress, re? moving Bowen's political disabilities, had; washed him clean from aO his peccadillos and left him white as snow. [?BOM IEE ASSOCIATED PRESS.] THE VETO OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE B?X-A J SOUND ARGUMENT-THE HORNS OF THE DTT.7.M KA-ALL THE SOUTHERN STATES ENTITLED TO i TOTE UNDER THE CONSTITUTIONS OT 1866-THE ? SAME EULE AFPLIES TO NEW TOBE AND VTR OTNIA. ' WASHINGTON, July 20.-The Senate have confirmed E. H. Smith as" Inter nal Revenue Collector for the First South Carolina Dis? trict. The artist Len ts e died yesterday. Tn vetoing the Electoral College bill, the President maintains that the Southern States: were never out of the Union, and assert s that they were practically and constitutionally re- ; stored previous to March, 1867. Narrating the provisions of the constitution, tho Presi? dent saya : - The joint resolution, by implication i at least, j concedes that these States were States by 'virfcuo. of. their organization, prior to Jtfarch 4th, 1867, bat denied to them the right to vote in the ebction of President and vice-President 'of the United States. ! lt follows either that, this assumption . of power is wholly unauthorized by the constitu? tion, or that tha-States BO excluded from vot? ing wero ont of tho Union by reason of the re? bellion, and have never been.legitimately re? stored. Beug, folly satisfied that they were zorree ont of-TL^TJoioD, and thai their relations thereto have been legally and constitutionally restored, I am forced to the conclusion that the joint resolution which which deprives them of the right to have their vote for President and j Vice-President is in Conflict with the constitu? tion, and that Congress has no more power to reject their votes than those of the States which have been uniformly loyal to The Federal Union. It is worthy of remark that if . the States whose inhabitants Were recently in rebellion were legally and constitutionally organized and restored to their rights prior to the fourth of March, 1867, as I am satisfied they were, the. only legitimate authority under which the eleotion for President and vice-President eau be . held therein must be derived from the . governments instituted . before that period. It dearly follows, that all the State govern mentsv organized in those. States under acts of Congress for that purpose and under mili? tary control are illegitimate and of no validity whatever; and in that view the votes oast in those States for President and vice-President in pursuance of ads passed since March 4,. 1867, and in obedience to the so-called Recon? struction acts of Congress cannot be legally received and counted, while the only votes in those States that can be legally cast and count? ed will be those cast in pursuance of the laws in force in the several States prior to the leg? islation by Congress upon the subject of recon? struction. * The President proceeds to argue that the white people of the Southern States were not in rebellion, th at some people of the Northern States were in rebellion, and that the pretext for exclusion applies with equal logic to New ?ork and Virginia. . The message concludes as follows: If Congress were to provide by law that the votes of none of the States should be received and counted, if cast for a candidate who differ? ed in political sentiment with a majority of the two houses, suoh legislation would at once he condemned by the country as an unconstitu? tional and revolutionary usurpation of power. It would, however, be exceedingly difficult to find in the constitution any more authority for the passage of the joint resolution under consideration, than for an enactment looking directly to the rejection of all votes not in ac? cordance with tho political preferences of a majority of Congress. No power exists in the constitution authorizing the joint resolution or the supposed law, the only difference being that one would be more palpably unconstitutional and revolutionary than the other. Both would rest upon the Radical error that Congress has the power to prescribe terms and conditions to the right of the peo? ple of the States to <^st their votes for Presi? dent and Viot-l^resid^it. IN THE LENATE the Naturalized Citizens' bill was discussed all day. The Electoral College bill was passed over the veto by a vote of 45 to 8, the Southern sen? ators, with the exception of Pool who was ab? sent, voting with tho majority. IN THE HOUSE the credentials of Leach, from North Carolina, and Bowen, from South Caro? ling were referred * A bill was presented extending the provi? sions of the law of July 4,1864, limiting the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims over North Carolina. " Vinie Beam has been restored to her room in tho capitol. Mr. Eldridge, of Wisconsin, asked leave to offer a resolution requesting the Secretarv of War to Communicate to the House the names of all persons now under sentence of military Immission or court martial, at the Dry Tor? tugas, with their crimes, and the names of the persons in confinement by order of mili? tary commission, at Atlanta (Ga.) and Charles? ton, (S. C.) Schofield objected, and Eldridge withdrew his resolution. Leach and Bowen were then seated Mul? lins, of Tennessee, in opposing the adrnission of Bowen, said that Bowen was born in Ohio, and went to South Carolina ten or fifteen years ?go, Tikv? th?rebellion, bioko oui?Q TO1W?- . tartly went into the Confederate service, i accepted a commission a? captain, but qnently he was promoted to major, proba for his gallantry in ?bootine: down Union m Mullios was reliably ' informed that wi Bowen was a major he kided rebel Colonel, bnt of that be (] Mullins) would, not complain. For thia Bowen was incarcerated and put in iron a, 1 waa released when the Federal troops adv anc He then had one of two things to do: eiti be hung or join the Federal forces, and he < the latter; and Mr. Mullins was informed General Sickles himself that in the Fede anny Bowen acted so badly that he had to incarcerated by Federal authority.- When t war was over he became a Radical, and adopt the faith ot franchise for the black man. Mr. Mullins baid that be had no dispositi to oppose the pardon of med who show proper penitence, bnt he would not rewa treason by making these people rolers over aa soon as they come back. He doubted mn whether the Hon se was pursuing the proj. policy in this matter. . The Electoral College bill was passed ov the veto by a vote of one hundred and thirl lour to-thiriy-eix. Secretary Seward has addressed a letter V . wh-m it may concern," in which he says th Congress in Jone, 1866, proposed the Fot teenib Constitutional Amendment, and th under the act of 1818, the Secretary of State required to publish such amendments wh adopted; bnt no act authorizes the Secretary determine and decide doubtful questions as the authenticity of the organization of Sta Legislatures, or the power bf any State Legi tur? to recall a previous ratification. He sa; that twenty-tbree States bave ratified ''tl amendment, . and that bodies avowii themselves as Legislatures of Arkansas, Non Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Sooth Carolii and Alabama, have also done so. It also a paar s that Ohio and New Jersey have wit! drawn their assent. The efficacy of thia wit! drawal. is doubtful. He then proclaims tl amendment adopted, the whole number j States being thirty-seven, provided the orig nal resolutions of Ohio and New Jersey ai counted, notwithstanding their withdr a wal. Tho President has signed the new Tax bil . -?_-' 'Blair and Seymour. MONTGOMEEY, ALA,, July 20.-There wa3 a enthusiastic Blair and Seymour meeting hel here to-night. Speeches were made by Ger Clanton and others. SAVANNAH, July 20.-Au immense Blair an Seymour ratification meetmg waa held to-nigh After the adjournment there was a grand pr< cession, in which the fire companies, railroa employees and dabs of the city took par The houses generally were illuminated. ONE co FY of THE DAILY NEWS for the Pres dential campaign-four months-for two dol lars cash.* " " _ _ THE HOMESTEAD J-iAW?* The following la th? homestead law as past ed hy both Ho UFOS of the General AsHsmb?y A BILL TO DETERMINE AND PERPETUATE TE HOMESTEAD. Be ii enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives of tile State of South Caro lina, now met and sitting in General Assembly and by the authority of the same, SECTION 1. Whenever the reat estate of tbi head of any family residing in 'this State abai ba levied upon-by virtue of any mosne or fina process issued from any court, if. the same bi the ' family homestead of * auch person, thi sheriff or other officer executing said procesi shall cause a homestead, such as said persoi may select, not to- exceed the value of om thousand dollars, to bo set off to said persoi in the manner following, to wit: He shal oause three appraisers tobe appointed, one to tx named by the creditor,. one by the debtor, and one by himself, who snail be discreet and dis? interested men, resident in the county, and shal be e.wc-rn by a Justice of the Peace to impar? tially appraise and set off, by metes anc bounds, a homestead of the estate of the debtor snob aa he may select, not to exceed the value of one thousand dollars; and tho' said apprais? ers shall proceed accordingly to eet oat the homestead ; and the set off and asBignment so made by the appraisers shall be returned bj the officer, along with said procesa, for record in Court; aod, if no complaint shall be made by either party, no further proceedings shall be had against the homestead, bat the residue of the lands and tenements of rho head of a family, if any moro or other ho shall have, shall be hable, to attachment, levy and sale: Provided, That, upon good oause shown the Court, oat of which the process issued may or? der a reappraisement and reassignment of the homestead, either by the same appraisers or others appointed by the Court: And, provided farther, That should the creditors or debtor neglect or refuse, after due notice from the of? ficers executing the process, to nominate an appraiser, then said officer shall appoint the same. . SEC. 2. Whenever the personal property of the head of any family residing in this State ia taken or attached by virtue of any mesne or final process issued from any court, and said person shall daim the said property or any part thereof as exempt from attachment on account of the same being the annual product of his or her homestead, or as subject to ex? emption under the constitution, and the credi? tor and debtor do not agree about the same, the officer executing said process shall cause the same to be ascertained, and all exempted property set out by appraisers appointed and sworn for the purpose, aa provided in the pre? ceding section for Betting oat the homestead, subject to like limitations and pr .visions, anet the residue, if any. shall be sold, which pro? ceeding shall be stated in the officer's return of auch process. SEO. 8. The exemptions of sections one and two of this aot shall nut extend to an attach? ment, levy or sale on any mesne or Anni pro? cess issued to secure or enforce the payment of taxes, or obligations contracted for the pur? chase of said homestead, or obligations con? tracted for the erection of improvements there? on : Provided, The court or authority issuing said procesa shall certify thereon that the same is issued for some one cr more, and no other, of said purposes : Provided further, The yearly product of said homestead shall be subject to attachment, levy and aale to securo or enforce the payment of obligations contracted in the production of the aame ; but the court wsuing the process therefor shall certify thereon that the same is issued for Baid parp?se and no other. SEO. 4. The estate or right of homestead of the head of any family existing at his death shall continue for the benefit of his widow and minor children, and be held and enjoyed by them until the youngest child is twenty-one years of age, and* an til the marriage or death of the widow, and be limited to that period. But all the right, title and interest of the de? ceased in the premises in which sucb estate or right exists, except the estate of homestead thus continued, shall be subject to the laws re? lating to devise, d-scent, dower and sale for payment of debts against the estate of the de? ceased. SEO. 5. When a widow or minor children are entitled to an estate or right of homestead as provided in the preceding section, the same may be set off to the parties entitled thereto by the Judge of the Probate Court, who shall ap appoint three disinterested persons, resident in the count", who, having been daly sworn, shall proceed to appraise and set oat, by metes and bounds, such homestead, and make re? turn thereof to him. Ii no complaint shall be made against said appraisal and setting ont of the homestead, within twenty daya thereafter, by any party interested therein, or any good cause appear to the contrary, tne same shall be confirmed ty the Judge, and ordered ac? cordingly. Ssc. 6. Appraisers appointed to set ont the homestead, ander this act, shall receive as compensation two dollars per day each for snob eemces, and the same shall be paid by the of? ficer executing the process oat of the property of the debtor ; or in case of the homestead Bet ont to a widow or minor children, ont of the estate of the deceased by the executor or ad uwa?U*Uu' UiweeA i THIS WEST VIRGINIA COWESTI SPiXCH OF THE HON. GEO. H. PENDLBTO THE PBC7CTTLEB OF A PA BIT KAN-WHAT . DEMOCRATIC PABT7. HAS BEEN-THE NEW V COSVENTieN A SIGN AND SYMBOL-THE AV TSXKQ OF THE PEOPLE-THE C?BBENCT QI TJON. The Democrats of West Virginia held tl State Convention on the 16th inst. More tl ten thousand persons were in attendance, caraion trains being run over the vari branches of the adjoining railroads. Mr. G H. Pendleton and Senator Thurman, of Ol and others, addressed the assemblage. : following nominations were made: For Gove or, G. D. Camden, of Wood County; for Aw or of the State, Darnel Haver; for Attorn General, Captain Willey: for Judge of the I preme Court, E. M. Edmers. R?solutif endorsing the nominations and platform of i New York Convention, and demanding 1 repeal of the registry law in force in tl State, were unanimously and enthusiaetica adopted. Mr. Pendleton on coming forward was , ceived with great cheering. He said; Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen : The cha man of your State executive committee, wb he invited me to attend jour meeting to-di told methat I had no truer friends in t Union than I would meet here in West V S'nia. You have proved his statement to ue. I came obedient to. your bidding, desired to see yon, to make your perronal i quai nt an ce, end to return to you my than for the warm and constant support of ye delegates to the National Convention. I cai to show yoi that no personal disappointmc lingers in my breast, or dampens. for au i staut the ardor of my efforts for the succe of your party-[cheers]-but that far above' i personal considerations, I j rate the succe of the principles in which I behove, and th whoever shall bear the flag on which tho .principles are inscribed, I abai! be fcund clo by his side in the thickest cf the fight, to che him with my. voice and to aid him with r arm. I came to urge upon you, Democra and Bepnblicans alike, to trample under fo every prepossession and prejudice and pa sion, if it were as dear as Lie itself, a ad, ris.i to the height of this great struggle, to i member that we have only a life to give ai a noble and enduring government to eav [Applause.] : ' I am a party man, I avow, lt, but not, I trna in any narrow or sectarian sense. I am at tac: ed from conviction to tho principles of tl .Democratic party;. I base, studied -its hie toi from tbe foundation, .of tip government. 1 the States I have found is to be the party liberty and progress. In the federal goven ment? have found it to bethe exponent of th, fundamental principle of the constitution tbs 'all powers which are not granted are reserve? It has been the consistent opponent of. censo idation in the one system and of excessive a< ministration in the other. ( It has been at one the firm supporter of the rights of the Stat< and of the just powers of the ' federal goven -mont. In every virisaitu?te of our history has appeared to direct us with its wisdom an to extricate us by its courage, and to-day Btands as it did in 1798 and 1799, under th guidance of Mr. Jefferson, pointing, ns to th path of safety, which is now, as it was thai the path of tue constitution, of fraternal hai mony andpeaoe.***r-^"1 The Convention which sat-in New York wa jui august aesmuhia??- ?ifytea&.tho tr aa conn eil or our party. It emnraoed our best an pure sf and wisest men. The noll of the State was called and not one was without a repreeen tative. The roll of the districts was called an not one of them was missing. The doctrin of State suicide was not recognized-the disso lotion bf the Union was not acknowledged Every State was invited to be present, an? every State accepted the invitation. Ever; State selected such citizen as she chose, an! thus it happened North Carolina and Sont I Caranna, and Georgia and Virginia sat as ii the days of the revolution, in fraternal counci with Massachusetts and New York, Penney Iva nia and New Jersey, and that Hampton ant Preston and Forrest sat side by side with Steed man and Morgan. The convention was the sign and symbol anc the prophecy of a restored Union and a h armo nions people. It rose to the dignity of its higl duty. The eyes of the world were upon itt proceedings. Greater thau the holy alliance which subjugated people and divided empires I its mission was to enfranchise a people of om race, to restore the union of our Stales and to maintain the institution of civil liberty. Foi I the first time in their history '.he Americai I people realized that free government was in danger and that the fate of the Bepublio trem? bled in the balance. They had been taught tc believe that freedom was indigenous in om [ soil, and shutting their eyes to the teachings of all history, shutting thou- eyes to the facts I connected with our own revolution, they had I hugged to. themselves the delusion that in whatever storm of faction, or passion, or revo? lutionary fervor; liberty at least was Baie. They had awakened from the dream, and as they sent repr?sent?t .ves to the convention they charged them, as the dictator of old was charged, to see to it that no detriment happen? ed to tbe republic By a unanimous vote they adopted a declaration of principles, fidelity to the constitution, fidelity to the Union, fidelity to the rights of the States, fidelity to the rights of the citizen, fidelity to tile principles of civil liberty, fidelity to that ooh cy in matters of finance and taxation which, by paying the pub? lic debt in legal-tender notes, will lift from the shoulders of labor the burdens which oppress it, and by lightening the measure of taxation will secure to it the just rewards of a cheerful and contented industry ^ [Cheers.] The speaker then referred, in many eulogis? tic terms, to the nominees of the Democratic Convention, and said if anything more were needed to fire the heart with enthusiasm, let it be drawn from the contrasta the^ountry to? day presented. The Republican party bad been in absolute power for eight years. Where was the constitution they swore to uphold? Where was the Union they BWore to maintain? After briefly dilating on the course pursued by the Republican party since the war, more par? ticularly with respect to the reconstruction of States, he went on to slate that Congress had usurped to itself at power over the State governments of the -South, and had, in fact, destroyed them. Adverting to tho mili? tary government, Mr. Pendleton continued: It is reproducing in our country the lessons of all history. The despotism of tho legislat? ive assembly is the worst despotism in the world. It is the most selfish, the most cruel, the most audacious and tbe most short lived. It ends in anarchy, and this is speedily follow? ed by the calm repose of the order of the sword. Recall the history of the Romin Senate and the Emperors. Recall the history of the Long Par? liament and the tyranny of the Commonwealth. Recall the history of the Legislative Assembly ot France and of the Consulate and the Empire, and road in them the certain prophecy of the fate of this government if congressional usur? pation shall run its course. Have wa not al? ready a part fulfilment? Congress has de? spoiled the President of the just powers of bis office and has vested them in the General. It has despoiled the States of their right of civil government and vested them too m the same officer. It has given him power over all the military commanders, and to his de? cision it bas referred every .question of inter? pretation and execution ot tue reconstruction laws. And thie same officer, wielding this enor? mous power, backed by the army, sustained by all the military organizations by whatever name they mav be' known, appealing to the fervor which yet remains after the struggles of a ter? rible war, demands that he shall be elected President of the United States. And this party which supports him declares that if they can? not do it by the votes of you men of the North, it will elect him by the votea of the negroes and carpet-baggers in the reconstructed States of the South. Gentlemen, do you see no dan? ger h re ? When, yeare ago. we predicted this result, and warned agaioBt the first step in re? volutionary progress, the Republicans laughed at our fears and called us Copperheads and traitors. [Applaus?.] When Napoleon was called on, young, unknown to bis countrymen, never having had command even of a regiment, to quell the revolt of the sections, be did it effectually. In four years he was First Consul <UM1 Ulster s? ?ho r?c;- pesfIc* IIST? gr??.?. the theory which the Democratic party opp es to thia whole system of the Repnblicar I read from the declaration of principles: "First-Immediate restoration of all t Statue to their rights in the Union and one the constitution and - of civil government American people. "Second-Amnesty for all past political i fences and the regulation of the elective fra ohise in the States by their citizens." The Republican party is the party of nat nation. It is -also the party of corruptic Read the report of the Commissioner of lot* nal Revenue. Count the number of clerks wi are seeking in vain to discover the amount peculation in the Treasury Department. ( to (lie War Department and see the mutil?t archives, -ad ask why they were destroye Visit the penitentiaries and count the publ Elunderers who are confined there. [Hes ear.J He reviewed the expenditures ol' ti federal government from July 1,1865, to .Tn 1,1868, showing that the Democratic admini traitons hod been mnch more economic! Moreover, be would ask why was it that tl amount realized from taxes for 1868 w.iuld 1 less than tho amount realized in 18G7, const ering that the rate of taxation was substa: tially the same ? I nave been represented as hostile to tl bondholder. Gentlemen, you shall judge m I am hostile to no class or interest in the com try. I simply desire to be just-just to ti bondholder, just to the people. I would li) up with scrupulous fidelity to the terms of ot contracts. I would pay the interest of the Av twenties in gold, because the governmei promised to do so. I would pay principal ai interest of the ten-forties in gold, because tl government promised to do so. I would pt tiie principal of the five-twenties in legal-tei der notes, because the bondholders agreed i receive them inpayment; and as I would m repudiate an honest bargain to make mom for the people, so willi not repudiate an hoi est bargain to make money for the creditor [Cheers.] He did not think that policy woul give ns a depreciatory currency, but, on tl contrary, WSB of opinion that just as the pub! debt waa thus discharged, will the certainl of its ultimate redemption be more apparen and its value be rapidly and steadily increai ed. These'bonds operate as a mortgage upc the property and labor of the country. Thei are two thousand millions of them. Fay o these two thousand millions, and will not th legal-tenders be first m the proportion moi valuable. I know the evils of a depreciated curreno: I would not aid in depreciating our currone; I fought against it when it was proposed b the legal tender act, but since it was accon pliahed-sinco the debt was contracted in legi tender-since it may be lawfully and honest! paid in legal tender-I am in favor of contint mg it until we can secure the people, who hav already suffered all the evils, whatever goo m ivy bo expected from the system. Rut, get tlemen, I detain yon toolong. I have sough to-bring in sharp contrast the two parties an their respective principles. Choose beiwee them. [Cheers.] Senator Thurman and several other speaker having delivered addressee, the convention ac jonrned at eight o'clock. TEE CHT, A FEST paper in the United States ii the campaign DAILY NEWS. FOOT montnt two dollar?. - ? tm > > -? Tluvd. Stevena and the Democratic Plat form. The following extract from the proceeding in the United States House of Representative on Friday hist is worth reading: Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, declared bim self in favor of a funding bill which should re duce Interest. . ir no person choie" tu for? under it, no barm was done. If any person du chooee to fond at a lower rate of interest then the (government would prout by it. H thought, however, that the lowest rate of in ter e s t should be four per cent. He did not third they could get money cheaper. He though it the duty of the government, with the acca mutating gold, to expend one naif of it in re deeming the five twenties in advance of tiiei falling due. After they fell due no ono coule object to their redemption.. He bad under stood the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Ross to say that the bonds should be paid accord? ing to the New York platform. What was that platform. Mr. Ross. To pay the five-twenties in lawful money. Mr. Stevens. What do you cal] "lawfol money?" Mr. Ross. Greenbacks. That is your doc? trine and mine, yon know. [Laughter.] Mr. Stevens^ I hold to the Chicago platform, and, as I understand it on that point, to the New York platform, that these bonds shall be paid just according to the original contract. A Member. The law? Mr. Stevens. According to the law. Mr. Pike. The spirit and letter of the con? tract? Mr. Stevens. What was that law? That in? terest should be paid np to a certain time at six per cent, in coin. After the bonds fell due they would be payable in money, in money just as the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Ross] un? derstood it; just as he [Mr. Stevens] under? stood it; just as all understood it whee tho law was enacted; just as it was explained on the floor a dozen times by the ohairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. If he knew that any party in tho country would go for paying in coin that which wae payable in money (thus enhancing the debt one-half): if he knew there was such a plat? form, ana such a d?termination on the part of bis own party, he would, with Frank Blair and all, vote for the other party. He would vote for no such swindle on the tax-payers of the country. He would vote for no such specula? tion in favor of the large bondholders and milionaires. He repeated (though it was hard to say it) that if even Frank blair stood on the platform of paying according to the contract, and if the Republican candidate stood on -the platform of paying bloated speculators twice the amount agreed to be paid to them, and of taxing his constituents to do so, he would vote for Frank Blair, even if a worse man than Sey? mour beaded the ticket. [Much excitement and sensation.] Mr. Ross. The Democratic doors are still open, and the gentleman can be taken in. [Laughter.] A NEW POSTAL TBEATV WITH GBEAT BRITAIN. The Postmaster General has arranged the ba? sis of a new postal convention upon satisfac? tory terms, modifying some important de? tails of the old convention, but embodying sub? stantially the features of that instrument. The British office held its objection to those provisions of the preent convention which em? power each office to make its own arrange? ments for the dispatch of mails to the other. One of the objects of the British Government appeared to be to complete an agreement by which the mails would be carried upon the Cunard vessels, bat this failed, and the com? pact provides that each office shall make its own arrangements for tho dispatim of mails to the other office by well appointed ships sailing on stated days, and shall at its own cost remu? nerate the owners of such ships for the con? veyance of the mails. Our Postmaster Gene? ral sought to have the reduction of interna? tional postage to ten cents, but did not succeed, however, and the farther conside? ration of that subject was postponed until next year. THE Vicrrms OF A MANIAC-A horrible in? cident recently occurred in the City of Trebi zond, Turkey. In the spaco of a few minutes seventeen victims/ fell under the knife of a madman, each victim receiving bot a single wound, which in all cased was aimed at tho heart. The assassin commenced his butcheries at eight o'clock in the morning, armed with a knife sharpened on two edges, the blade of which was about six or seven inches in length. Having fastened the knife to his hand with a cord, keeping thc blade beneath his arm, thus prepared he commenced walking slowly up the street, seizing bis opportunity to stab every on fl whom he found within bis reach, and quickly concealing bis weapon after each mur? derous blow, left hie surprised victims totally unconscious of the hand that dealt their death wound, and unable to denounce the assassin. An end was finally pat to the bloody work by a baker, who succeeded in felling the assassin to tho earth with a well-aimed blow from a heavy stick of wood, when be was immediately seiz? ed, disarmed and handed over to the autbori ties. The excitement arid horror created among the entire population of Trebizond was so great that the government was obliged to hasten the execution, and after a summary trial the culprit was token into the public square and beheaded in the presence of the ir t-r -~.~w-? Ul " ^ , j REEDY.-Died ci bronchitis, after 'a lingering in? n?e?; in her thirtieth year, at Rio de Janeiro, an the evening of the fifth of April, Miss MARY ANNE, youngest daughter of the fate Mrs. MAST REEDS, of this city. ?S-3avannah papers please copy. Speeial Matias. *g- RELIGIOUS NOTICE.-A PUBLIC Prayer Meeting will be held To-Night, at half-past Eight o'clock, in the Lecture room of Trinity Church Hasel-street, entrance on Maiden Lane. July 21 tu20 J9S-CO-SSIGNEES PEB STEAMSHIP MAN? HATTAN are notified that she is discharging cargo at Auger's Wharf. Goods not removed at sunset will be stored at owners' risk and expense. JAMES ADGER ? CO. July 21_1_ ?3-FINAL NOTICE.-ALL DEMANDS against the .Estate of the late WILLIAM HALL. H. D., must present thom for adjustment, and those in? debted to sold Estate arc requested to make pay? ment without further delay, to C. GADSDEN HALL, Qualified Executor, At Messrs. J. ? F. Dawson's, Jury 21_tu3_No. 96 East Bay. A3" OFFICE CHARLESTON GAS LIGHT COMPANY, JpXT 20, 1868.-In accordonco with a resolution of the Board of Directors at a meeting held this doy, the price of Gos will, on the jtrii of | August, BE REDUCED TO (SS) FIVE DOLLARS PER THOUSAND FEET. July 21 6 W. J. HERIOT, Secretary. #3- NOTICE.-THE TWRUTPfRRS OF THE Citadel Square Baptist Church, and others generally who feel solicitude for the existing educational facil? ities in this State, are requested to attend a meeting in the Ci-adel Square Baptist Church, TA ?J Evening, 21 -1 Inst, at quarter-past Eight o'clock. The condlt >n of Furinan University, located at Greenville, demands consideration-the considera? tion not only of Baptists, but of al who realize tbe im? portance of securing, free from leprous touch, at .least some of our private colleges. The meeting wlB be addressed by Rer. JAS. C. FUBMAN, D. D., and ' doubtless by others. It ls boped tbat there will be a full attendance._ 1 _July 21 SS* AT A REPUBLICAN MEETING OF WARD N'o. 4 CLUB,.held on me evening of the 20th July, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: THOMAS HOLMES, President; LAFAYETTE J. WOOLF, First vice-President; J. B. MUBHTNGTON, Second Vke-Presldcnt; W. R. MITCHELL and W. FIELDS, Secretaries; J. B. SPEARING, Treasurer. . A Moss Meeting of Ward No. 4 will be held on Friday Evening, July 24. 1* July 210 MST COMSTOCK^ BATIONAL FOOD. BREASTMILH FOR INFANTS and highly nu? tritious' for invalids and dyspeptics, where the stomach can bear and assimilate no other food. In? fants grow and thrive upon it wonderfully. Refe? rence to th c leading Physicians. G. W. COMSTOCK, No. 67 Courtland-street, New York. DO WIE & MOISE, July 21 tuthsO Charleston. ta- CONFIDENTIAL TO THE LADLES. It is no w w ell known that the celebrated PALMETTO HAIR RENEWER ls extensively used by all ladlee' who wi?ii lo preserve the youthful color and beauty of their hair, or who wish to restore the hair to its original color and beauty. Satisfaction guaranteed. COWIE & MOISE, Agents, July 21_tuths6_Charleston. SS" FOB BESTOBiNG STRENGTH AND appetite, use the great Southern Tonie, PASXxrs's HEPATIC BITTERS and you will not be disappointed For sale by all druggists. til SS- STBENGTHEN THE DEFENCES 1 Malaria, the most deadly enemy of health, is every? where active in July and August , The blazing sun is decomposing and fermenting every species of vege? table and animal abomination, and poisonous gases that depress and Infect the system are universally present On the prairies, In the swamps, in the woods, and in tba midst of crowded cities this de? velopment of tho elements of disease is now going on. lu short, the human body ls in a state of siege, and reason and common sense suggest that its de? fences be strengthened. A stimulant, a tonic, a cor? rective and an alterative are required to put lt in per? fect trim, and these four grand requis'tes are com? bined in HOSTE TT ER'S STOMACH BITTERS. A man must be made of steel not to be affected by tho morbid matter set afloat In the atmosphere by the rays of an almost vertical sun. Nine-tenths of the community ore premonished at this season by debil? ity, indigestion, headache, want of appetite, indis position for exertion, nervousness, tc, that they need something to build them up and regulate their animal machinery. Do they want to "fight it out on that line all summer," or to achieve an imme? diate victory over their unpleasant symptoms, and secure that first of Heaven's blessings, "a sound mind in a sound body ?" If the latter ls meir desire let them resort to the Bitters without delay. That agreeable and potent vegetable regenerative wll soon restore the system to its balance-regulating the liver, strengthaning the stomach, gently relieving the bowels, and giving vigor, elasticity and energy to the whole frame. These are proven facta No man who reads the testimony on which they are founded can for a moment doubt them._6_July 18 47 WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU ? This ls the familiar question put to every invalid. In many cases the answer ls, "I don't know exactly, but I don't feel well. " Look at the countenance of the mon or woman who makes this reply, and you will generally find that the eyes are dull and lustre? less, the complexion sall'" the cheeks flaccid, and the whole expression of tu- face dejected. Interro? gate the invalid more closely, and you wlU discover tint constipation, thc result of a disordered stomach and a torpid liver, ls at the bottom of the mischief. "That's what's the matter." Whoever has expe? rienced the effects of TARRANT'S EFFERVESCENT SELTZER A PERI b NT in such cases, need not to be told to recommend lt os a remedy. TARRANT & CO., Wholesale Druggists, No. 278 Greenwich and No. 100 Warren streets, New York, 8olc Proprietors.. Sold by all Druggist. 3mos 22 July J J8S-NEW MARRIAGE GUIDE.-AN ESSAY for Young Men, on Physiological Errors, Abuses and Diseases, incident to Youth and Early Manhood, which create Impediments to MARRIAGE, with sure means of relief. Sent in sealed letter envelopes free of charge. Address Dr. J. SKTILIN HOUGHTON, Howard Association, Philadelphia, Pa. January 31 _ J9S- A YOUNG LADY RETURNING TO her country home, after a sojourn of a few months in ti e city, was hardly recognized by her friends. In place ot a coarse, rustic, flushed face, she had a soft ruby cou plexion of almost marble smooth? ness, and instead twenty-three she really appeared but eighteen. Upon inquiry as to the cause of so great a change, sue plainly told them that she used tho CIRCASSIAN BALM, oed considered it an in? valuable acquisition to any lady's toilet. By its use any Lady or Gentlemen can improve their personal appearance an hundredfold. It is simple in its combination, as Nature herself is simple, yet ansur pasted in its efficacy in drawing impurities iron,, also healing, cleansing and beautifying the skin and complexion. By its direct action cn the cuticle it draws from it all its impurities, kindly healing thf same, and leaving the surface as Nature Intended 1 should be-clear, soft smooth and beautiful. Price SI, sent by Mall or Express, on re:eipt of on order, by W. L. CLARK & CO., Chemists, No. 3 West Fayette-street, Syracuse) N. Y. The only American Agents for the sale c f the same. March 30 1ST ?3- P. H. H.-ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH Health, Strength and Vigor. The secret wiU be re? vealed by investing in a bottle of PANENIN'S HE V?AAV Aiill?L>bt in ?ai? by ail Diugjjiaw. W 5 YACHT MAGGEE: .UITCHELL. THIS FAVORITE 7 ACHT, H AV TB & "been thoroughly refitted for pleasure par? ities, ls now ready for engagements.by sjw ?plication to the captain on board, or to . BLACK. A JOHNSTON, fl April 7 . . tnths6mos_ Agenta? ..' VESSELS WAISTED ~ , YOU COASTWISE 'AND WEST TNM? k PORTS. Highest ratee and dispatch gnar fan teed by ""*' RISLEY A CREIGHTON, Shipping and Commission Merchant*, ' July 4 Nos. 113 andi? East Bay. FOR NEW YORK. . THE SPLENDID SIDE WHSBat 'STEAMSHIP MAIN ULA. TT Ari - WooDrrcii Commander, will BBH aa ? Saturday, .July 25th, at 10 o'clock A. M., from Adger's South Wharf. J99" No Freight received after 8 A. M. on day?" sailing, at which time all Bills of Lading must no handed in. -Tor Freight or Pas ea ge, apply to . JAMES AD?ER t CO.. Corner Adger's Wharf and East Bay (Up Stairs). jOS*The Steamship CHARLESTON wfll follow ons Saturday, August 1st, at 4 o'clock, P. M. Julyao _._ ^ FOR NE W YO lt K. REG ULAR LINE EVERT WEDNESDAY' . THE STEAMSHIP SARAGOSSA EH Capt. M. B. CBOVC valwin lea VP Yax "^derhorut's Wharf, on Wednesday, _- July 22, at 9 o'clock A. il. ' Bills Lading mutt be presented at our effie a hy 6 o'clock on Tuesday Evening. July 17_: RAVEN EL b CO., Agenta. FOR PHILADELPHIA. STEAM8HIP PROMETHEUS Captain A B. GBAT, will leave Mid? dle Atlantic Wharf, Saturday, Ja 1 25th, at -o'clock. For Ireight engagements, apply to July 15_JOHN & THEO. GLITT. STEAM TO LIVERPOOL. CALLING AT QUEENSTOWN. THE INMAN LINE, SAILING S EM I-WEEKLY, carrying the U. 8. Mails, consisting of the following, steamers: ." CTT? OF PARIS, CITY OF BALTLMOBE, CITY OF WASHIHOTON, ? CITY OF BOSTON Sailing every Saturday and every alternate Mondam^. at 1 P.M., from Pier No. 45 North River, New York. : . RATES OF PASSAGE, BX TUX MATT, STEAMERS HAILING ZVXB7 SATUBBAX' - " Payable in Gold. | Payable in Currency. . 1st Cabin.?100 i Steerage.... ..$S-" lat Cabin to London..1051 Steerageto London... 9 1st Cabin to Paris.... 115 ? Steerage to Paris.....-? Passage by the Monday ste -.rn era-First Cabin UK gold; Steerage $30; payable in U. 8. currency. Ratee ofnassage from New York to Halifax; Cabin. $20, Steerage, tl0;payable in gold. Passengers also forwarded to Havre, Hamburg', Bremen, bc, ot moderate rates. Steerage passage from LWerpool and Queenstown,. .40 currency. Tickets can be bought here by per eons sending for their friends. For further information apply at the Company's offices. JOHN G. DALE, Agent, No. 15 Broadway, New York. June 4 6mo PACIFIC MAIL* STEAMSHIP COMFY at THBOTJGH LISVi TO CALIFORNIA, CHINA AND JAPAN. FREIGHT AND PASSAGE AT GREATLY BS* DU CED RATES 1 STEAMERS OF THE ABOYB Une leave Pier No. 42, North River foot of Canal-street, New York, a f 13 o'clock noon, of the hat, 9th, lita and 2itn ai every month (except when these date? Ian on Sunday, then the Saturday preceding). Departure of 1st and 24th connect at Panama with steamers for South Pacific and Central American* porte. Those of 1st touch at Manzanillo. Departure of 9th of each month connects with the new steam hue from Panama to Australia and New Zealand. Steamship 0HINA leaves San Francisco, for frhfrt and Japan, September L No California steamers touch at Havana, but go direct from New York to AspinwaJL One hundred pounds baggage free to each adult. Medicine and attendance free. For Passage Tickets or further information apoto at the COMPANY'S TICKET OFFICE, on the whTri" foot of Canal-street, North River, New York. Ma- :h 14 lyr F. R. BABY, Agent NORTH GERMAN LLOYD. STEAM BETWEEN f BALTIMORE AND BREMEN, Via Southampton. THE SCREW STEAMERS or THE NOBTH OEBKAN LEOS I> BALTIMORE.Capt. VOEOKLEB, BERLIN.Capt. UNDUETSOH. OF 2600 TONS AND 700 HOR8B-POWER. WILL RON REGULARLY BE? TWEEN BALTIMORE AND BRI 'MEN, VIA SOUTHAMPTON. From i Bremen on the 1st of each month. From Southampton on ti, e 4th of each month. Prcas Baltimore on the 1st of each month. Pm OE or PASSAGE-From Baltimore to Bremen London, Havre and Southampton-Cabin$90; S teer age $36. From Bremm to Baltimore-Cabin $90 Steerage $40. Prices of passage payable in gold, or its equiv? lent. They touch at Southampton both going and re? turning. These vessels take Freight to Loudon and Hull, for which through bills of lading are signed. An experienced Surgeon is attached to each vessel All letters must pass through the Fostomce. No bills of lading but those of the Company wlB be signed. Effie of la Jin g wlB positively not be de? livered before goods are cleared at the Customhouse, For Freight or Passage, apply to A. SCHUMACHER b CO., ? . , No. 9 South Cnaries-etroet, Baltimore* Or io MORDECAI b CO., Agents, East Bay, Charleston, & O. April 20_Cmos . FOR GEORGETOWN, 8- C., TOUCHING AT SOUTH ISLAND, KEITHFIELT> W AYER LY AND BROOK GEHEN MILLS. 1HE STEAMER P.MTT.Tff, CAPT. _ I ISAAC DAVIS, win receive Freight lay, at Commercial Wharf, and leave as above, To-Night (Tuesday), 21st instant, at 9 o'clock. Returning, will leave Georgetown on Thursday Afternoon, 23d instant, at 4 o'clock. . SHACEELFORD b KELLY, Agente, No. 1 Boyce's Wharf. July 21_1_ . [ONE TRIP A WEEK.] CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH S TE .AM PACKET LINE, VIA BEAUFOR T, HILTON HEAD AND BLUFFTON STEAMER PILOT BOY.Capt. W. T. MONELTY^ STEAMER FANNIE.Capt FEHHPECB. -JT^w ONE OF THE ABOVE STEAMERS J&gygggEwih leave Charleston every Tuesday Morning, at 0 o'clock, and Savannah every Thursday. Morning, at 6 o'clock For Freight or p; .?ge, apply to JOHN FERGUSON, June 29 Accommodation Wharf. FOR F AL AT KA, FLORIDA, VIA SAVANNAH, ST. MARY'S FERNANDINA JACKSONVILLE, AND ALL LANDINGS ON THE ST. JOHN'8 RIVER. ? .?TT-h. THE STEAMER DICTATOR, J2-O2?25?J Captain CEABLES WILLE?, wlB leave Charleston every Tuesday Night at 9 o'clock, and Savannah every Wednesday Afternoon, at 3 o'clock, for the above placea. Returning wiU leave Savannah for Charleston every Saturday Morning* at 8 o'clock. All gooda not removed by sunset win be stored Rt the expense and risk of owners. AU freight must be prepaid. J. D. AIKEN b CO., Agents, June 27 South Atlantic Wharf. 83~ BATCHELOR'8 HALB DYE.-THIS eplendid Hair Dye is the beet in the world; the oply true and perfect Dye; harmless, relioble, nstanumeoua; no disappointment; no ridiculous tints; remedies the ill effects cf bad dyes; invigo? rates and leaves the hau* soft and beautiful block oy brown. Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers; as properly opplled at Batchelor^ Wig Factory, No . Bond-street, New York. lyr_January s US-CONJUGAL LOVE, AND THE HAPPI? NESS OF TRUE MARRIAGE.-Essays for Young Men on tho En ors, Abuses and Diseases which de? stroy thc Manly Pc wera and create Impediments tc Marriage, with sure moms of relief. Sent la sealed letter envelopes free of charge. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION, Box P., Philadelphia, Pa. May_3mo flS-NOTICE LS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ipplication will be,made at the next session of the r.igisloture for a renewal, in the nome of the under ugned, of Certificate No. 593, State Six Fer Cent, Stock, standing in the some of Mary Fraser, Tr?stet lor Ruth H, MlHvJ-, JG 2- HARLEY, . Jm? 13 iAino3m?s*