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YOL?ME VI.-NUMBER 935.] CHARLESTON, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 28, 1868. EIGHTEEN CENTS A WEEK TSE HEWS FOB TUE CAMPAIGN GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO CLUBS. The importance of the great political con? test upon which we have now fairly entered renders the dissemination among the people of sound political views and accurate and ear? ly information of the progress and incidents of the canvass, a matter of peculiar interest and expediency. Every individual who has any stake in tho welfare of these Southern States, should give an active, personal ?nd un? flagging support to the candidates of the National Democracy-SEYXOUR and Buirs. A triumph of the Badi cals will result in the utter d?solation and ruin of the South, and the placing of an ignorant and brutal race in all positions and places of honor and trust, to the excludion of the white race. The govern? ment must be wrested from the thieves and plunderers who now have control of it, and power placed in the hands of a party pledged to give peace to a distracted country^ and to make it a government for white men, and not " for negroes. It is only necessary that the peo? ple should be thoroughly informed to accom? plish this, and THE NEWS will be an admirable means of diffusing this information. In order to place the paper within thc reach of all, we have adopted a scale of reduced rates of sub . Bcription 'for the four months covering the Presidential canvass, and oner besides peculiar inducamenta for the formation of clubs. We are determined that THE NEWS shall be "the cheapest and best newspaper in the South. Its blows wiD fall thickly, steadily and rapidly; and if the friends of law, order and the. Con? stitution do their duty by extending its circu? lation, its labors can be made powerfully effec? tive for good. We appeal, then, to our readers to examine our remarkably low terms, and go to work with a will to get up large clubs for. THE CHARLESTON NEWS. SAXES FOR TAX CAMPAIGN NEWS. Daily News (four months).-.12 00. Tri-Weekly News (four months). 1 00 CLUB SATES. ; live copies Daily News, four months, to one address. .$8 50 Five copies Tri-Weekly News, four months, to one address.'. i 25 Ten copies Daily News, four months, to one address....15 90 Ten copies Tri-Weekly News,, four months, to one address. ...' :.7 60 One copy of THE NEWB free to every person who sends a crab of ten subscribers at these rates. The cash must in all cases accompany the order. - These prices should secure fer THE NEWS a vast circulation, which would result in a cor? responding benefit to the Democratic cause. Hay we not conndently ask, the kind offices of our friends in chis behalf? remittances can be made by money order at our risk, and all letters should bo addressed to RIORDAN, DAW SO.V & CO., ' | Charleston, 8.0. BY TELEGRAPH. _ . Our European Dinpatchei. [PEE AIL ANTIC TELEGRAPH.], TTTT INTERNATIONAL VA CHT HACE- THE ENGLISH j YACHT CAMBRIA THE WIRREE-THE SAPPHO (AMEEICAN) coates IN FOURTH. SOUTHAMPTON ,, ENG.? August 25.-The Inter? national Regatta at Isle of Wight took place to-day. Tho following are the nam ea and measurement of the English yachts entered for the race: Cutter Condor, 129 tons, owned by W. Ewings, of Gxeonwicb; cotter Oimara, 162 ions, entered by C. J. Tennant; schooner Aline, 212 tons, owned'brB. Sutton, of Portsmouth, schooner Cambria, 185 tons, entered by J. Ash? bury. ,Tb.ese boats, are the champions of this year's raoe?.--The-caliere had two-thirds ton? nage'added." The Sappho took the (Jimara oven, but gave the C am "bria and Aline 9 min? utes and 12 seconds, and the Condor 12 minutes. The course was from Cowes Castle around the island to the starting i oint, to be made within sine hoars. The regatta created mach excite? ment among boating men' and others. Large crowds from. London, Poi iemouth and South? ampton thronged the shores. Innumerable small craft were gathered around the place of starting, and a large fleet of tugs, excursion et camera and steam yachts followed tho com? peting boats all the way around the island. The weather .was clear, a brisk northwest breeze blowing. ' At ten o'clock the signal gun was fixed and the yachts a tart ed amid cheers. The Aline soon took the lead, but was closely pressed by the Cambria. The interest was aM centered upon these two. The Cambria slow? ly gamed upon the Aline, and finally passing her, won the nos m 6 boan, 15 minn te e and 15 seconds. The Ahne carne in two minutes later, the Condor, third, and the Sappho last. The Camara was not placed. The result was hailed with great deli g h t by the spectators. ?OVEBNOB-OEHEBAL OE END IA-THE LATE BAIL BO AD A Cd DENT. LONDON, August 25.-Notwithstanding the sharp opposition of a large portion of the Brit? ish press, tho appointment of the Earl of May o has been .determined apon by the government. Lord Mayo will ? lea vo for India in .October next, to assume his hew office. The charral remains of thir ty-two.victimsof the railroad accident near Abergele, Wales, were buried to-day. . GERMAN EESTXVAL, CABBSBUHE, August 25.-A. grand festival wae held here .jest erdny to celebrate the anni? versary i of the .establishment of the constitu? tion. In a speech the Minister of War express? ed the hope that the. southern States of Ger? many would soon reunite. with those of the north, and thus complete the series of great events oommenoed in 186C. Washington Item?. WASHINGTON, D. C., August 27.-Senator Fowler, in a card, denies complicity in a ring against -Boffins, as charged by the New Tork Tribune. The customs for the week ending the 22d were nearly four millions. The revenue to-day is $523,000. It is stated that Mcculloch ha? determined to make an issue between himself and Bollins, and no treasury or revenue appointment will be made unless they are acceptable to Mccul? loch. ' Gen. Schofield will not act on Judge Under? wood's suggestions regarding the Virginia The Georgia Legislature ATLANTA, August 27.-In the Senate the bill postponing the election in Savannah to the second Tuesday in December passed by a vote of thirty-three to seven. It also increases the ballot boxes at each poll to three. Campbell, a negro Benator, opposed the postponement. He said it would give the negroes no chance, and warned the Senate that they were prepared to fight for their rights. In the House a long and animated discussion was beld on the eh'gibility of negro members. Speeches were made by several of the Demo? crats, who said that the majority o? the negro members could neither read or write, and knew nothing about framing laws, and that they could never become, politically or social? ly, the equal of the white man. The Strike of the Bricklayers. NEW YORK, August 27.-Eight bricklayers were indicted for conspiracy, as a test suit of the right of striking by craftsmen and to pre? vent others from working. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty. Death of a Prominent North Carolinian. RALEIGH, N. C., August 27.-Hon. David L. Swain, LL. D., and late President of the Uni? versity, died at his residence last night, from injuries received by a fall from a wagon. More nie w Cotton. NEWBEBN, N. C., August 27.-Messrs. Whit? ford, Dill & Co. received to-day, from Mr. Wal? lace Ames, of Lenoir County, the first bale ot new cotton. It weighs five hundred pounds, was classed middling, and will be shipped to New York. FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. [SPECIAL TELEGBAM TO THE DAILY NEWS.] TTTR CHATHAM HAJLBOAD WTT.T.-EFFECT OF GBEAS ' INO THE WHEELS-A BIO JOB-TEE FEB DIEU THE ATTOBNET-OENEBAL AND THE BANE OF THE STATE-THE CITY OHAaTEB. COLUMBIA (S. C. ), August 27.-In the House the Committee on Incorporations have report? ed favorably on the bill to incorporate the Wando Mining and Manufacturing Company. A resolution was adopted giving the stenog? rapher of the House twelve hundred dollars for the session. Boeeman, of Charleston, gave notice of a bill to incorporate the Ashely Fire Company. The Chatham Railroad bill was taken up. The twenty thousand dollars instalment al? ready paid on account of the seventy-five thousand dollars bribe, worked well, and the bill was rushed through to a third reading to the neglect of other business, and notwith? standing the determined opposition of a small minority. The bill was amended, so as to require the work to be begun within one year instead of | three years, and to be completed within five y oars instead of fifteen. A joint resolution authorizing the issue of pay certificates to the Legislature, up to Au? gust SI st, and appropriating seventy-five thousand dollars for the pay of members, was read a first rime. The following bills wore read a third time: The Homestead bill, the bill to fix the amount of the bonds of public officers, and tho bill or? ganizing the Educational D.partment; also, the Charleston Pilots bill. . Printed copies of the opinion of the Attor? ney-General upon the legality of the bill to close the operations of the Bank of the State were laid UK n the tables of the members to? day. The opinion is, aa already telegraphed to you, favorable to the bill. Ic is very elaborate, and is said to be founded in great part on an opinion given by Messrs. Porter k Conner, of Charleston, who, as coun? sel for certain billholder 3, filed a bill in equity to set aside the act of 1865, and allow the bill holders to come in as prior claimants to the fire loan bondholders, giving an opinion, at the same time, that the State was liable for all the obligations of tba Bank of the State. The Attorney-General dm Jes his opinion j into two head-first, as to the liability of the State; and second, as to the legality of the bul. On the first bead he makes ample quotations from the act creating the bank, and from sub? sequent sots relating to the babject, and then sums up as follows : "The State, by express language-by clear intention, and in reality-has made herself, in her own words, directly 'liable for, and charge? able with,' all the debts of the corporation known as the President and Directors of the Bank of the State of South Carolina." On the - second point he calls in question the fairness and legality of the act of 1865, and cites nume? rous precedents, concluding as follows: The correct conclusion would seem to be this, that the pledge of the faith and funds of the State as mads by the act of June, 1838, had no special reference to the funds of the Bank, and vas simply equivalent to a general pledge of th-1 resources and means of the State to the payment of the obligations then incurred and since known as the Fire Loan Bonds. This Eledge, it 13 needless to remark, the State ac nowledges and will redeem. I am unable, therefore, for the reasons now Btated, to discover any grounds of law or equity, which sustain the claim Bet up by the bolders of the Fire Loan bonds up n the as? sets and property of the Bank. The S'?ate has, in my opinion, in the exercise of her ordinary legislative discretion, a olear legal right to make such disposition of the assets and pro? perty of the Bank of the State as is now pro? poned by the pending bill, entitled "A bill to close the operations of the Bank of the State of South Carolina ;" and the faot that various parties are now contending in the courts for the assets and property of the Bank, wh ile it might approve the policy of the bill in ques? tion, certainly cannot be regarded as opposing any legal obstacle to such action on the part of the General Assembly as may seem to best subserve the welfare and maintain the honor of the State. (Signed) D. H. CHAMBERLAIN. Attorney-General of South Carolina. The Senate was engaged nearly all day on the Tax bill. The bill amending the oharter of the City of Charleston is in the hands of the Governor. It is thought that he will sign it. OOBBES'S dVTL BIGHTS BTLBflb* SCENE TN THE ASSEMBLY-SANCHO PANOTS^?fOTE -THE QUES? TION OE FEB DIEM AST* MILEAGE-FACTS AND FIO CK ES-THE EIGHTH I > F AN T R Y. [FROM OUB OWN COBBEBPONDENT ] COLUMBIA, 8. C., August 26, 1868-Very little was done in tue Legislature to-day beyond electing the eight Circuit Judges, whose names you have already learned by telegraph. In the House nothing was done but reading the Gov? ernor's Blue Bidge message. In the Senate Corbin introduced a bill entitled "A bill to se? cure the civil and political rights of citizens and provide the means of their vindication." It is founded on the Congressional Civil Bights bil], and follows its words and style as far as possible. During the election to-day, the Senate hav? ing proceeded to the Hall of the House of Rep? resentatives and Lemuel Boozer presiding over the joint Assembly, an amusing and character- ? istic scene occurred. Whilo the vote for Judge of the Sec md District was progressing, a Democratic member, who has keen relish for a practical joke, held HOD. Sancho Panza San? ders, of Chester, in close confab, and succeed? ed in convincing him that Judge Aldrich was a good Republican, and that he would be doing the right thing and paying a handsome com? pliment to a distinguished member of the par tyiby voting for him. When the clerk called "Mr. Sondera," Sancho hesitated and kept his seat. The clerk called again, "Mr. Sanders I" No re? sponse. Boozer having espied poor Sancho, rose and said that "Mr. Sanders" was in the hall and mast vote. There was no farther escapo. Sancho Panza stood bolt upright and answered bravely "Aldrich !" to the great amusement of all those members who were sufficiently well informed to appreciate the joke. A white Rad explained to him his mistake, and, at the close of the calling of the roll, he changed his vote for Platt. I have reason to believe that the $20,000 bor? rowed by the government to-day, about which I telegraphed you, was obtained from the Chatham Railroad Managers, and that King? ston is interested in the loan bill in a different matter and for a much larger scheme. He is to be financial agent of the Slate in New York. The Governor's friends claim that he could have obtained money long ago if he had been willing to give the discount asked, but he bad too great a regard for the credit of the State. His $20,000 will, however, be a mere drop in the bucket, as the following figures will show. The Legislature has been in session since July 6, and it is now August 26, just fifty . two days. They are paid six dollars a day, so that there is now doe to each member for bis per diem the sum of $812. There are one hundred and fifty-two members of the Legisla? ture, making the total amount of per diem now due $47,424. In addition to the per diem the members are allowed forty cents per mile mileage, twenty cents each way. If we average the distance ot the members' homes from the capital at one hundred and twenty-five miles, we will be under the mark. That will give us $50 for each member, or $7600 as the total mileage. Add this to the per diem and we have $55,024as the amount which it will take to pay off the members of the Legislature alone, to say nothing of the salaries of subor? dinate officers, the printing, and other cur? rent expenses, for whioh $15,000 is not a high estimate, which would give in all $70,000 as a fair estimate of the amount necessary to pay the coBt of the Legislature to date. There was quito an influx of army officers here to-day. Colonel Bomford and his staff, and several line officers of his regiment, the E'ghth Infantry, six companies of whioh form the new garrison of thij place. The Eighth, I understand, ia a while man's regiment like the Sixth in your city, and it is hoped will give equal satisfaction. THE BLUE RIUGK RAILROAD. MESSAGE OF GOVERNOR SCOTT. Gentlemen of the Senate and Bouse of.Representatives In my Inaugural Message I expressed the intention of Bubmitling to your honorable body a plan for the early completion of the Blue Ridge Railroad. In accordance therewith, I now invite your earnest consideration of the subject, and ?nvolte such action by you as shall speedily achieve this great result. For more than forty years the importance of uniting the West with the ?south Atlantic boast has been urged by the leading intellects of the country; and many of the railroads constructed during that period, on both sides of the moun? tains, have boen built with a view to their di? rect or tributary connection with this great national highway. Roads from Branchville to Columbia, from Columbia to Greenville, Abbe ville and Anderson, from Columbia to Spartan bnrg, from Columbia to Charlotte, and from Charlotte to Statesville, Morganton and Ashe? ville, and the several roads extending from Cincinnati and Louisville towards Knoxville, add from Knoxville towards the Blue Bidge, are all but the offshoots of this great enter? prise. Even as early as 1886, when delegates trom nine Staten assembled in a railroad con? vention at Knoxville, it was declared to be tbe most magnificent and important public work projected in our country. After mature deliberation, and a critical sur? vey by the most distinguished engineers, it was decided to locate the route between Ander? son, S. G., and Knoxville. Tenn., the distance being only 195 miles. The total cost of tue undertaking, it wai estimated by Col. Gwin, the chief engineer in 1860, would not exceed $7,575,677. The work was commenced under the most favorable auspices, and energetically pressed forward until 1860, when operations were suspended by the war. At this time thirty-four miles of the road had been complet? ed and were in running order. Mnoh of the grading and masonry in the remaining terri? tory of South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina was also finished, so that the work may now be said to be more than half com? pleted. In this connection il is proper to state that the grading m South Carolina alone is nearly equal to the whole grading in North Carolina and Tennessee; the bridge and arch masonry in South carolina is nearly equal to all the bridge and arch masonry of tte remin? der of the road; while the tunnels in South Carolina exceed nearly all the tunnelling on the rest of the Une. The sum expended upon this gigantic work is $3,287,258- about halt the estimated cost of the whole road: and there has been incurred a debi of only $230,000, besides interest, which is secured by an issue of first mortgage bonds. The State has subscribed and paid in State bonds $1,310,000. Tbe City of Charleston has subscribed and paid tn City Scrip $1,049,000; so that the State and oity are interested in the fortunes of the road to the amount of about $3,000,000. This estimate i eludes unpaid in? terest which bas accrued upon the bonds. Tho rai Toad company likewise own seventy thou? sand acres of land, and have the promise trom citizens living along the route, of three hun? dred thousand acres more as soon as the work is resumed. This land will, on its completion, become very valuable. Is it wise financial pol icy for the State, by withholding the further aid required, to hazard a sale of the assets ot the road by the trustees under the first mort? gage bonds, and permit some rival enterprise to enjoy the benefit so nearly within our reach? The advantages of the Blue-Ridge Road over any other that has been projected are manifest. 1st. lt is the shortest line through the moan tainB from the eeaboad to the Ohio River. It must therefore always command both trade and travel. The great West exports corn, wheat, flour, bacon, lard, tobacco, whiskey, lime, salt, mules and cattle. These find an outlet through New York and Baltimore on the one side, and Mobile and New Orleans on the other. At the present time bacon may be. lound in Anderson which was shipped from Cincinnati to Wheeling, thence to Baltimore, thence to Charleston, and thence to the inte? rior-a distance of more than fifteen hundred miles. Were the Blue Ridge Railroad complet? ed, the distance fro n Anderson to Knoxville would be only one hundred and ninety-five miles, and from KnoxviUe to Cincinnati less than three hundred miles, making a total of four hundred and ninety-ive miles, and saving in travel and expense one thousind miles. To illustrate this item of expense, corn, which in Columbia before the war cost ono dollar a bush? el, could be bought just across the mountains in Tennessee for twenty cent;. 2d. During the winter months, Northern roads are frequently obstructed by snow, and business is seriously interrupted. At no time is Buch a casualty likely to occur in the softer chmateof these Southern States. Our ports will always be an outlet through which the West can supply the markei s of the world and receive in return not only the wealth of dis? tant peoples, but the rice and cotton of our own fertile fields. Terminating, as the road will, upon our coast at Charleston and Port Royal, it has a further ma? terial advantage over those lines which termi? nate upon the Gulf of Mexico. Here the freight? ed ship may |.roceed direct to sea. There she must round the capes of Florida, and encounter the increased difficulties and dangers ot navi? gation, consuming time, and swelling the cost of transportation and insurance. 3d. The Blue Ridge Railroad passes through a country rich in resources of every kind. Tho Boil is of unequalled fertility, and adapt : nearly all profitable species of agrioul Gold, silver, iron, coal and copper i abound, and only wait to be tapped bi band of industry to add their vast aton the wealth of the nation. Employment tbua be furnished to thousands of el laborer* from every portion of Christen emign r in will bo enoouraired; hitherto settled country will be opened to entert our water courses will be peopled; manon ries will rear their pleasant shapes; vii: will expand into towns and towna into ci business will thrive and its pursuits bec more diversified, and, in short, the whole! will feel the pulses of a new life throb through this great artery of trade. 4th. The Blue Ridge Railroad will be feeder of every other railroad in South C hna, and a large and remunerative local 1 ness must supercede the present stagna Charleston and Columbia, as commercial tres of the State, are not only to be benefi but Port Royal with its best harbor on Atlantic coast between Pensacola and Chesapeake, must become a railroad ce from which imports will be distributed to North, West and South, a harbor wherei i al will likewise be gathered from every quarte the world, to receive at that terminus of great hi :hway the freight which the West South would exchange for the products of old world, and the East and West Indies. '. well known to commercial men that during winter season, the price of transport?t?)] Soints north of Cape Hatteras is nearly doi lat paid on shipments to Southern ports. 5th. The building of the Blue Ridge Raili is of vast military and political important the Union. Aside from the sympathy ni rally existi?? between agricultural sections the West and the Sooth, and strengthened it must be by all the ties of trade, the ne? sity of a pr . at air line across the Continent this direction, with Charleston and Port R< for its objective points, is too great to be nored by the General Government, and I : confident that Congres? will give its earr consideration to an enterprise whioh may ( so much to the military and postal facilities the country. Such a western connection acr the mountains has always been regarded a political and military necessity, scarcely 1 important than the commercial wealth i prosperity that would result from the cons tr rion of the road. This was the view taken even during the ministration of Mr. Monroe, when his Sec tary of War had a survey made through identical gap in the mountains through wh the Blue Ridge Railrdad will pass, with l intention of cutting a canal between the ht waters of the Savannah and Tennessee Rive before the day of railroads. In the event of a foreign war it would be vital importance to the government to hav< naval station at Port Royal, where there depth of water and room abundant to float \ largest fleets of the world. * From this point Cincinnati is almost an air line, and the she est route to the great heart of the nation. Bach are some of the benefits which mi accrue to the State and country from the ct struction of this great thoroughfare. Up you, as legislators, depend the oomoletion the work. You may render aid which, in si: or ninety days, will permit operations upon t road to be resumed, and once resumed, may confidently look for encouragement to I capitalists of the country, it not to the put treas ary itself. But whatever ls done by 31 should be done promptly. Georgia and Noi Carolina are surrounding us with a network railroads, the object of which is to divert bc trade and travel Tram our midst. They are c competitors for Western commerce, and if are idle they will succeed. Virginia has loan her credit to encourage railroad enterprises the extent of $12.000.000; Georgia has expel ed more than $5,000 000 upon her State ro alone; North Carol na $9,000,000, and Tenni see, to cooee ?trate trade within her bi ders, bas granted near $30.000,000 in gu art tee of the bonds of various railroads. Sou Carolina has also been liberal in t past, and yet with all her liberality I credit bas been so sacredly guarded that b bonaed debt at this time (exclusive of the v> debt)_amouuts^to only $5,467.215. The j torest in arrears and due on this sum on t 1st of January, 1869, will be only $564,1! This is exclusive of the Bills Receivable, a tnorized by .the act of 1865, noe more tb $300.000 of whioh are likely to go into genei circulation. To meet these liabilities of t State, namely, the accumulated interest ai to redeem the Bills Receivable, the Legislatu has authorized a loan of $1,500 000. It w thus be seen that the total bonded debt of tl State on the 1st of January next, after tl payment of interest due, and the redemptii of the Bills Receivable-assuming that tl lona of $1,630,000 recently authorized is all D' upon the market, which is not likely to be ll case-will be the comparatively small sum $6 907 215. With a basis of $300,000,000 in real and perso: al property, subject to taxation, it ia evidei that with an assessment of only three mills U] on the dollar, the iu terest annually accruing u; on the above debt, together with the current e: penses of-the State, may be promptly me When it is remembered that new and valnab enterprises are being developed-that capita is ti from the North and West are seekin profitable Investments in South Carolina; thi our lands are being cultivated under an in proved system of agriculture, which promise to yield more abundant results than heroic fore; that the recent discovery of phosphat beds along the coast has opened a new mine < wealth, which has already enhanced the valu of surrounding property; that an industriou and laboring population are preparing to com hither from various pori ions of the country bringing new strength and energy; that mann facturera from the North are turniug their at tendon to the magnificent water power whiol abounds in almost every portion of the State and to tho extraordinary tactilities whereb colton is manufactured rh teen per cent, cheap er than at the North; that new railroads ar being projected, and there is promise of in creased facilities for trade; that the completioi of this Blue Ridtre Railroad will of itself open 1 channel of wealth, the grand results of whicl no human being eau fully estimate. When al these tacts ai e brought into review, we can no but look with hopeful eyes up u the future and realize that South Carolina sots forth ii her race of progress with advantages sn peri 01 to those of any of her Bister Southern States. Having thus described the character ot thc roid, its importance to every interest in the State and country, and made an exhibit of thc financial condition of the State and its re? sources, which demonstrate your ability tc grant further aid to the undertaking, I now in? vite your attention to the plan which I have to suggest as the most feasible, as the one which promises the speediest results, and whioh will secure the sympathy and practical co-opera? tion of thoso capitalists of the West, who are as deeply interested in the construction of the road os the people of South Carolina. I am con? fident that to effect this latter result it is only necessary to show that we ore in earnest our? selves, and determined to complete the road in the shortest tims that energy and skill can perform the work. 1st. It is essential that the Legislature shall remove the restriction imposed upon the com? pany by the act of 1854. which required the production of proof to the Governor of such subscriptions or aid granted in the States of North Carolina and Tennessee, as to give reasonable assurance of the completion of th J rood, 'these promises of aid were based upon a contract by contractors, but as the latter failed to comply with the terms of their con? tract, South Carolina withheld her guarantee of any of the bonds of the company. 2d. With the removal of this restriction, the State should pass an act guaranteeing the bonds of the company to the amount of one million of dollars, and authorizing the President to hypothecate or dispose of said bonds in such manner as is best calculated to secuie the immediate resumption of the undertaking. The engmeer, Colonel G win, states that the entire tunnelling can be completed in one year. Three-fourths of this work has already been finished, and there is no reason why the re? mainder may not be completed within the time above specified. The rolling stock can then be pat upon the road. In less than one year and a half from this time, therefore, we may have the satisfaction or seeing a through tram from the Ohio River to Charleston, and a union be? tween two sections of our country, which prac? tically have been to each other as strangers. Reference has already been mode to the im? portance of this road in a military point of view. Many loading public men have recently urged its construction on this ground; and there is no doubt that Congress is prepared to lend a willi 1: g ear to any reasonable proposition which may promise to result in the attainment of so valuable an object. I therefore respectfully suggest that your honorable body shall request the senators and representatives of the State in Congress to lay this subject before that body at the earliest practicable moment, to the end that the ral Government may he induced to render assistance to the road as its importance, military point of view, may justify. This tance maybe granted without hazard. Bonds of the road, endorsed by the State may be deposited in the United States Treasury, and their equivalent in the United States currency be issued to the road, which will thus be pat in possession of an activ working capital. Every dollar expended upon the road will then increase the valne to the General Government of the security. And finally, when the road is completed, tbe gov? ernment will nave a lien upon property worth nearly eight millions of dollars, for which has really advanced less than half that amount while the State will have derived the advan tage of a complete road without having beer compelled to pay interest on the bonds sued. Ia a few years the vast business dom upon the Une will enable the company to pay all of its indebtedness. This snbject is one of the gravest with which we have to deal, because it largely involves the material interests of the State, and prom ses to contribute more to the:.- future develop meut than any other public enterprise that can be suggested. I submit these considerations to your honorable body, in that spirit of earnestness which I trust will find a response in your early action. Accompanying this message, is a memorial addressed to the Executive of the State, by the President cf the ?Iae Ridge Railroad, and report on the condition and prospects of the company prepared by the same officer, to both of which I respectfully ask your attention. Very respectfully, ROBERT K. SCOT T, Governor of South Carolina CAPTAIN WILSON". The Career of a Gallant Merchant Cap? tain-The Kee ?pt aro of the Emily St Pierre. In our hist issue we briefly announced the death, at sea, of one of the bravest and best known commanders in the mercantile marine Captain William Wilson, the celebrated cap? tain of the Emily St. Pierre. The Liverpool Mercury, of August 12th, in noticing the sad event, says : Captain Wilson was first brought under the notice of the public in connection w i th the cap? ture and extraordinary recapture of the Liver? pool ship Emily St. Pierre. Soon after the commencement of the late American war. an announcement was received in Liverpool that the above named vessel, bound from Calcutta to St. John's, New Bi un-wick, with a cargo gunny bags, had been captured by the Federal wax vessel James1 Adger, while attempting get into Charleston, and that she had be sent in charge of a prize crejt to Philadelphia A short tune after. nowetiSr, ?the public were surpiised to find th^t the Emily St. Pierre, in stead of being -ILL PJnladelphia, had been brought to Liverpool by Captain-Wilson and safely docked. How this exploit was achieved has become a matter of history, but now that the chief actor is no more, it may be interest ing to give the leading particulars of the extra? ordinary affair. That will be best done by re Eroducuig the captain's own modest account io transaction, which he related atan influen tial meeting of Liverpool shipowners and cap? tains who met (under the presidency of Mr. J.mes Beazley) to do him honor soon after his arrival in port, and who presented him (as recognition of his gallant conduct) with a macr mtlcent gold pocket chronometer, a complete tea and coffee service in silver, a dozen silver teaspoons, with the accompanying adjuncts a pair of sngartongs, caddyspoon, sugars poon and coffee tray. On that occasion Captain WU son spoke ap follows: "I left Calcutta on the 27th of November with orders to make the coast of South Caro? lina, to ascertain whether it was peace or war, if peace, I was to take a pilot and enter the -port of Charleston; if blockaded, I was to pro? ceed to Sr. John, N. B. On the 18th March, 1862,1 considered myself about twelve milos off tho land, when I saw a steamer coming towards me, which proved to be the war steamer James Adger. I hauled up my cour ses and backed the mainyurd, and was soon boarded by two boats, whose officers and crew took possession of my ship, and, filling the mainyard, they steered for the fleet,, and brought the snip to anchor about half-past two. I was then Ordered into the boat (the officer taking all my papers with him) and taken on board the steamer Florida, where remained till about half, past four without any one speaking to me. I was afterwards told by flag-officer Goldsborough tbat I had saltpetre on no arri, that I was a lawful prize to the Federal Government, that I could take a passage in the ship to Philadelphia and allow the officers the use of my instruments and chute. 1 replied that they should have the use of them, bnt that my cargo was not saltpetre, and that my ship was British prope.ty. I returned to my ship in an hour, found my crew all token away, esc.pt the cook and steward, and a new company on board consisting of Lieutenant Stone, master's mate twelve men, and a passenger--fifteen in all I We weigbed anohor and proceeded to sea. On the morning of the 21st of Starch (being Lieut Stone's watch on deck) I called the cook and steward into my state-room about half-past four, and said to them that I had made up my my mind to lose my life or have mv ship, and asked their assistance, which was obtained. 1 thou gave a pair of irons and a sheet to them and told them to follow me. The master's mate was asleep in his berth, and after handing out his revolver ?nd his sword I grasped his hands. The irons were fixed, and the gag was in its place in a minute. I then went to tho passenger (an engineer), and having taken the arma from his berth I secured him m the same way. I then went on deck as if I had just turned ont, and walked the deck for about ten minutes alongside Stone, remarking the fair wind, Sec., and soon after I asked him down to the cabin to look at the chart, and Baying that the coll?e would bo down directly. Ho start? ed from the poop aud I followed, laying hold of an iron belaying pin on my way down. I entered the fore cabin just as he was at the door of tbe after cabin, where the chart was s pread out ready. I brought him up by saying Stone 1' and, holding the belaying pc over his head, I told him that my ship should never go to Philadelphia. The cook and steward werebjth ready, and heroic he couid utter a sound the irons* were on his wrist, the gag in his month, and he pitched into a berth. I lock? ed him up, and bavin; secured my cabin in? truders, went on deck. Three men wore walk? ing the deck; one waa at the helm and one on the lookout. I called the three men aft, and pointing to the hatchway ol the storeroom near the helm, said that a coil of rope was wanted np. I shoved off the hatch, and point? ing to a corner wbere it was, they all three jumped down. I immediately closed tbe hatch, and warned the man at the helm of his dan? ger if he moved or spoke. The lookout was then called aft, and when asked whether he would help to work the ship to a British port he said no. I therefore put him with the others, guarding the hatchway. I then call? ed tue watch, and as sailors do not come on deck all together, we got two aft secured before any suspicion was aroused; the third man of the watch below drew bis knife at the steward, upon which he tired, and the shot went through his shoulder; the others were soon secured, and in the space of a morning's watch I was again in charge of my ship. I soon came down and announced tbe fact t > Lieutenant Scone. I told him I would toke the ga? out of bis mouth and the iron off his wrists if he contented himself to remain a prisoner in bis berth. He was at liberty to take a passage to England. 1 promised him good treatment, and lood when the steward could prepare any. He dined at the cabin table under guard, and was then replaced in his berth. The crew wore supplied daily with bread, beef and water, and buckets were pro? vided to answer nature's requirements. After consideration, four volunteered to lend a band rather than be in confinement; but these were landsmen, and only one could steer, and that imperfectly. This, then, gentlemen, was my position. I was three thousand miles away from my native land, without a helmsman in all my crew but myself; for while some cooks and stewards can steer, mine could not. I experienced a heavy gale of wind; and feared that after all I should not make my passage, for my tiller was broken du? ring the storm, and [ was nearly .welve hours fittin* a temporary one. You miy easily judge my difficulties when you consider a thirty days' passage in such circumstances, with such a crew and sum a number of prisoners. When I wanted to reef the topsails I had to t ke t.ie reeftackles to the capstan, and then lay aloft to poss the carrin cs and tie th J points alone, at the same time keeping my eye upon the ship's bead, and waving to my laitnmi COOK ana steward hew to move the helm. I arrived in the Mersey alter a passage of thirty days from the re cap hire; and I desire, in thia public man? ner p nd on thia pleading occasion, to offer my thames to Almighty God for his great and mar? vellous help in all my trying circumstances. My thanks are also duo to my faithful cook and steward, who this day receive a reward for their brave serviced at your hands. For my? self, gentlemen, I can only say that I did my da ty in trying to recapture my ship against tremendous odds, and you are here to-day to rejoice over my success. It is unbecoming to be proud, but we are permitted to be thankful. For this handsome token of your kindness I thank you, and I pray that your generous deed will be a spur to the British sailor, who in the hour of trial and heavy responsibility may be encouraged, that his efforts for the right and true will not be lost sight of or go unrewarded by the first maritime nation in the world." Captain Wilson, after .his Emily St. Pierre Axploit, settled in Liverpool, and embarked in business. He was unsuccessful in hie com? mercial pursuits, and once more returned to his original profession, and died while acting as the commander of an English ship. Du? ring his residence in this town he was regard? ed as one of the "institutions," and was point? ed to with pride on account of the brave action he had performed. He was in appearance and manner "every inch a sailor." He had for many years "followed the sea," and seemed to be A man whom both the waters and the wind In that vast tennis-court hath made the ball For them to play upon. Ho was exceedingly popular with the members of his profession m. Liverpool; his kindness and urbanity endeared him to all who knew him, and his loss is deplored by the whole maritime community. Although he has gone, his name will not be forgotten; for BO long as acts of courage are recorded, the story of the recapture of the Emily sst. Pierre will find a place among the brave deeds done by British seamen. Politice In Washington. THE GENE HAI, BOUT AND D?MOB ALIZA TION OF THE OABFET-BAOOEBS THBO?GHOUT THE SOUTH -AHNOXAlfGE OF THE EADIOAX? CHANCES Of A SEPTEHBEB SESSION. Tbo shrewd and well-informed Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Son says : Intelligence from the South contains but slight comfort fjr the Radicals. Letters re? ceived here daily from that section, as well as information derived from Southerners here, all show a great change of sentiment on the part of the colored people. It seems that they have at last opened their eyes to the fact that they cannot nope for the realization of any of the Promises made by the adventurers who went oath only to use them as toole, and their eyes are now turned upon the oona fide South? ern people aa their best and surest friends and guides. Intelligent Southerners say that in all the States reconstructed by act of Congress, and? especially in districts where the Freedmen's Bureau is not all-powerful, the colored people will vote with then* old masters, and there is now a well-founded hope that all these States can be carried for Seymour and Blair, and that, too, by the aid of colored votes. - Nor need any force be used to compel the negroes to vote right. The South is beginning to recover rapidly from the prostration caused by the war, and planters can now give employment to laborers and mechanics. A year ago this was not BO. The laborers were many and the employers were few, and hence many of the negroes were dependent upon the Freedmen's Bureau for their daily bread. It is well known that this institution was but an electioneering card for Radicalism, and it appeared before the negro with a bone iu one hand and a Republican ticket in the other. "Tote the ticket, and you will get the bone; refuse the ticket, and the bone will be withheld," was theTBureau mode of electioneering, and it was then effective. AU this bas now changed. Farms and plan? tations which had been laid waste by war are again under cultivation, and the dependence upon the Bureau haviug ceased, the negroes begin to see their true interests, and will vote with the people of their section without regard to the promi i >, and pledges of the carpet? baggers and advt ntnrere, which they have at last learned cm never be fulfilled. Seymour and Blair clubs, composed exclusively of color? ed men, are being formed all over the South, and orders aro daily received here from such clubs and political organizations for Democrat? ic papers and campaign documents. This, of course, causes the Radicals a great deal of annoyance and vexation, for it seems that after all the twiBtings and turoings upon the reconstruction laws, the Republican major? ity in Congress hai signally railed in its efforts to bind the Southero states to the Radical car. It is as muob for tiia cause as for any other that the Southern Radicals aro BO anxious for a session of Congress m September. At that time they will be on hand and will urge the passage of some law which will, in their opin? ion, perpetuate the power of their party. To this end many of the carpet-bag represen? tatives have remained in this city, watching overy indication that comes up from the youth, and anxiously consulting with their friends from that section. Bat they find little or no encouragement of Congressional interference with the question. Some of the very Radical members from the Noith hive written here promising them aid, but the majority of the members have enough to do to toko care of their interests ia their own diaincts. Especially is this the case with the Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana members. The elections in tho States named come off early iu October, and thoy will therefore not be willing to risk a session on the 21st of Septem? ber, whicb once commenced may be extended indefinitely and beyond the second inesday in October. Thc Collyer-Kdwards Prize Fl^ht- Fur? ther Particulars. The Washington papers contain full ac? counts of the prize fight between Sam Colly er and Billy Edwards-the former the champion of the light weights of the United States, the latter a young Englishman and a novice in the ring. The fight took place on Monday at "Ship Nock," on the Cove Bi ver, in Northumberland County, in Virginia. The result of the fight, says the National Intelligencer's report, is a victory for Edwards, after contesting with his adversary in forty-six rounds, whicb occupied one hour and twelve minutes. The result was most unexpected to all who have taken any in? terest in pugilistic matters, and stamps thc winner os & fine hitter and a good fighter, pos? sessed in a high degree of pluck and endur? ance- qualities which are eminently necessary to aspirants for the honors of the prize-ring. The Intelligencer has the following account of the combatants : Collyer is a modest, unassuming young man, who has, by bis manly and correct deportment, made for himself many fi iends, wbo will no doubt cling to bim closer uow that bis hour of defeat had arrived. He is by profession a clog dancer and Indtan-cluo i erforrner, and bis en? tire time ia occupied in fulfilitug, with bis two boys,?Tom and Eddy, engagements at various places of amusement in the country. William Edwards, the successful party in the affair of yesterday, is, as stated above, a novice in the profession-yesterday being the first ap? pearance he has ever maae in the prize-ring. He has, however, acquired quite a reputation as a boxer of acknowledged superiority. By profession ho is a moulder, and up to the time when be commenced training for the preeent fight bas been attentively engaged at his trade. His appearance is anything but that ol a pu gi? bst or rough, and his manners are quiet and gentlemanly. His age is about twenty-four years. That of Sam Collyer ia twenty-seven years. The following is the description of tho last round: Bound ?7, and last.-Both parties promptly to the scratch. Edwards looking very deter? mined, and apparently anxious to force the fighting. Collyer seemed anxious to avoid the ?tunisbmeiit ol Elw.ird's terrible right arm, and ought quite shy. finally they countered each other ou tue neck. Cohyer thea struck short, and Edwards sout in a heavy blow on the ribs, from the efldcts of which Collyer staggered to bis corner. Edwards perceiving the advantage ho hod gained, followed him to his corner, sent in his left with a tearful body blow, and as Sam i ewggereo.Mjwara mm ce sent in his rieht witn a terrible blow just above the jugular on Coll yers right jaw, which had the effect of knock ! ing 8am senseless. He waa raised by hie sec? onds, who sponged and made every possible ef? fort to revive him. bat it was no ase. When, time wftu called for the forty-eighth round Sun was still insensible, and 'Johnny Newell re? luctantly threw up the sponge, as the sign?t that Collyer, the light-weight champion, had been fairly conquered by a novice, wno enter? ed the ring a stranger, but made many warm, friends by bis manly and fair conduct towards, bis antagonist. The contest bad been with varying success daring the many rounds. Bot Edwards show? ed best bottom and best skill in boxing. Coll? yer tried to defeat by throwing and faning up? on him. The reporter for the Intelligencer thus con? cludes his loni? account, written in the "fancy* style, in which be pays a marked tribute to the orderly and decorous admirers of the bru? tal sport. It must have been a marvellous. proper crowd; though the sketch of their con? duct on board the steamboats does not reflect ; as much credit upon them : The men fonght at one hundred end twenty- : three pounds each, and the fight, from begin? ning to end, was a finely contested battle. All present seemed desirous of seeing tho 1 contest decided fairly and impartially; and the result is that Collyer has been whip >ed by a i man not only his equal in point of pluck and endurance, and ability to take punishment, but ' far his superior in the aoienco of boxing. Ed? wards is not only a quick and powerful hitter, but he can take punishment with a good grace. Should he continue io the prize nug, he will 1 undoubtedly become a bruiser of considerable notoriety. The betting on the affair was nearly all made upon the two first events-viz., the first knock-down and first blood. A large amount of money changed bands upon bete made thai : Collyer would whip his man in less than au. hour. The crowd around the ring was very large, and, to their credit be it said, a more- * orderly assemblage of the kind never gathered . - around a ring, The newspaper men were pro- j vided for through the kindness of Barney Aaron, who was tendered a unanimous vote of ! thanks by the entire reportorial fraternity. After- f tho fight Edwards was raised upon the shoul? ders of his friends and carried to Co liver's cor ner, where tbe whipped champion was cor.liaOy shaken by the hand by bis vic tori out adver- ' Bary. Tho party then re-ombarke-i and started - for li ome, the Washingtonians arriving here at. -> ten minutes before twelve o'clock last night. THB SCH?TZENFEST iK GEBMAHT.-A letter from Vienna, referring to the great Hchutzen- - *' j fest just held there, says : ? One of the sharpshooters from America har 1 j won a goblet He is Hr. Timothy Gruaz, of < Highland, Illinois. Mr. Gruaz first learned to . .. handle the king of weapons in Switzerland. He . bas lived twenty years in the United States. I. 1 give the names of the competitors from -tue. -> United States : They are Louis J. Ladner, of Philadelphia; C. J. Young of Baltimore; M. Brie!, of Washington; Bad. Wick, of Louisville;; Jacob E. Sommer, Peter Bath, J. Lederer, M. Oppenheim, Paul' de Glimes and Joseph. Schmidt, of New York; Max Feuerbacher and Gottfried Volker, from St. Louis: Sal Eisner and Max Grubn, from San Jose; Charles Lack, Henry Plasspole, Charles Meininger and Fer? dinand Braus, from Cincinnati; Ulrich Miller, from Kutztown; Capt. Beichard, from Wilkee barre: Timothy Gruaz and Earl Glatter, from. Highland, Illinois. THE MOST PERFECT Ison TONIC. -HEOEXAS/S" FERRATED KLDCEB OF BARK.-A pleasant cordial, prepared from calisaya bark aud pyro-phos {ihate of iron, possessing the valuable proper- * tes of iron phosphorous and calisaya, without , any injurious ingredients. As a preventive to , fever ind ague, and as a tonic for patients re covering from fever, or other sickness, it can- " not be surpassed. It is recommended by the most eminent physicians. Prepared by Hege-. man & Co., New York,-and Bold byall respect- . able druggists in the United States, FOR SEW YOi.K, BEG ULAR LINEEVEBY WEDNESDAY, . ? THE ME AM* HIP SARAGOSSA, [Capt M. B. Cao WELL, will leave Van 'derborst's Wharf, on WedrmZzy, ? 2d September, at Four o'elocc P. SL. August 27_RAVENEL k GO., Agenta. FAST FREIGHT JUIN ? TO BALTIMORE. AND PHILADELPHIA. . THE "FAVORITE AND SWIFT 8 -rew Steamship SEA GULL, N. P. DUTTON, Commander, wlQ Bail for Baltimore on Saturday the 29th August, at ihreeo'cock P. M., fron Mer No. 1, Union Wharves, mak'ng o ose conn c?ons, and de- .. livering freights in Philadelphia promptly and at low. rata. l he usual Through Bills ol Lading win be given v Philadelphia, Boston, St Lout?, Louisville, Cincin? nati, and other Northern an < western points. For Freight engagements or passa ? e, apply to COURTENAY & TRENHOLM, August 26 tuthsS Union Wharves. NEW ?OUK AMD C tl A RLES! OS SIEAMs'HIP LINE. FOR NEW YORK. _ THE BrXENDID HIDE WHEE ?jj ST E A MnBIP CHAMPION' r^IocKWooD, Commander, wil leav mm Adger'a Whait on Saturday, the 29t inst, at Four o'clo k P. af. The Steamers of this Line insure at three-quarter per cent For Freight ot Passage, having elegant cabin, accommodations, apply to JAMES ADOFB&OO., Corner Adger's Wharf and East Ba> (Up Stairsi. August 24_6 KOK. GARDNER'S BLUFF, AND ALL INTERMEDIATE LANDINGS ON PEE? DEE BITER. _ _ ^TP*"a> THE SlEAMER RT. HELENA, ?2?^???g32JCaptain J. G. huitLET, will leceive Freight on Mond ty next, August 31, at < ommerclal Wharf, ani leave on Monday Ni JU at Eight o'clock, connecting with the Stejmor GENERAL MANI GAULT at Georgetown for the above landings. No charge will be made tor reshipping Freight at Georgetown. All Freight must be prepaid. BHACKELFORD b KELLY. No. 1 Boyce's Wharf. August 28_3 FOR GEORGETOWN, 8. O, TOUCHING AT 60DTH ISLAND, KElTHFTELD? WAVERLY AND BriOOK GRE KN Mil LS. THE ST i AM KR Bl. HELENA, _?Captain J. G. ROMLET, will receive _ ion Mondai) next, August SI, at Commercial Wharf, and leave as above on Monday Night at & o'clock P. li. No frei ht received after sunset All freight must be prepai .. For freight or passage apply to SHACK ELFORD & KELLY, Agents, No. 1 Boyce's Wharf. August 28_3_ [ONE TRIP A WEEK.] CHARLESTON AND SA VAN NAH STEAM PA KET LIN", VIA BEAUFORT, HILTON HEAD A NE BLUHTTOt STEAMER PILO! BOY.Capt.W. T. MCNZLTX SIEAMEBFAN. IE.Capr. FENN f*a* ..rr--^ ON t OF THE ABOVK WliMAHiUi ?i?S??3? will leave . h*rie.-tou every Tuesday MoTntng^ATio'clock, ano >avaunab ever Thursday Morning, at 6 o'clock ForFroighi or passage, apply to pEB,.u.0N> June 29 Accommoda'lou Wharf. FOR PA LATH ft, Kl.OKlUA, VIA SAVANNAH, Ff RN sNitl ? A, JACKSONVILLE AND ALL LANDINGS" < N 1 BE ?1. JOHN'S RIVER. _ ^jr-a. THE STEAM EB CITY PCTN7| Z-J&X?std* Captam mau* Wtuu. wi leave Charie-toi ever lue*.ay Nl"ht *t 9 o'clock, and Pava nab everv Wednesday Afternoon at 3 o'clock, tor tbo above plao-*?. rtetu.niug wtU leave havannah tor Char.eaion ever.? Saturdai, Morning, at 8 o'clock AU goods not removed by sunset will be stored at the exp? nae and risk o. ow era. All freight must bo pre io J. U vIEKN * Ct'., Agents, June 27 '* xACUr Ai.ou. ...... .. THIS FA Von.TE A- HI, ri A V I Ji fl "been thorou,.bly ixfltted ior pleasu e par kths, is now ready .or ,iga*euwuts by ap. ? plication to the captain on wmd. orto l.LAoK SL JOHNS 1 ON, April 7 tuih*.mos Agenta.