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VOLUME IX.-NUMBER 2090. ? CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1872. EIGHT DOLLARS A YfiAfiV THE ISSUES OF THE HOPS. ADDRESS OF THE HON. M. P. O'CON? NOR IN FANUEIL RALL, BOSTON. An Eloquent Pie? from a Carolina Orator to a Massachusetts Audience In Behalf of Ute Liberal Canse. Tbs loliowing is a full and correct-report of the address delivered by the Hon. M. P. O'Con? nor last week before an Immense public meet? ing; in FanueU Hall, Boston: Fellow-citizens of Massachusetts: I am cheered and Inspired by the present scene, and by your warm and generous greetings. When I conjure np the sacred memories that haunt this Bpot, and ron down the roll of illustrious men, whose thrilling tones ot eloquence in days past, pleading for liberty and Union, have so often awoke the echoes of this ancient hall; when I reflect that Boston first sounded the trumpet ot alarm and Invasion in 1776, and that Massachusetts has led the van In the march of new and progressive Ideas, I feel that no better Bpot could have been selected, and no more appropriate occasion to make a manly appeal in behalf of the rights of dese? crated and plundered States, and lor the in? dividual liberty of the citizen. When I say : hat lt ls high time that the ani? mosities of sections were burled, and political antipathies and social Jealousies assuaged and reconciled, I utter a sentiment which should Ana a response in the bosom of every true American. The law ot force should yield and give place at some time to (be sovereign power ot love and Justice over human souls. It ls time that the dark and bloody chasm, which was opened through the side and centre of this Republic, and into whose deep abyss have been hurled and burled the wrecks of I institutions, the source of so much national calamity, should be closed, and the sword ot America, dripping with the blood of her children, were returned to Its scabbard forever. It is the experience ot the highest statesmanship that no great truth was ever pinned or fastened to the public mind by the 8 word or the bayonet. It is by j education, which ls of slow growth, that great principles accomplish their great ends, and by j the cultivation of the most generous and re? fined sentiments that they can be made salu? tary In their Impression and effects upon the civilization of a people. To hold a nation or people In forcible subjection is. under the most favorable circumstances, a weak and un? safe tenure; while a conciliatory process ls Car more beating and end m lug. Qood sense ought to have suggested, aa tbe wisest lo the end, a course of action that would leave no ground of Justification to those who had se? ceded, and dispel lore ver all dreams of separ? ate nationality. Amid the Tast fluctuations of passions stirred by the late war, some Axed Idea or policy ior the government of our extensive empire seemed Indispensable: but this has been .wanting. The Republican party, founded In opposition to the expansion ol slavery, accomplished its mission with the emancipation and' enfran? chisement ol the colored race. Radical In all Its tendencies to that end, wisdom and sound polloy ought to have dictated that Its further aim should have been to conserve and perfect the work ol Its haods, to the complete unifi? cation of the American people. A degree of toleration for those who had differed from the iromjrinant and prevailing Idea, with a spirit of -^rglvenesB for the past animal log the coun? cils ot a victorious party, would have resulted in incalculable advantage; and a little more modesty on the part of those who had been suddenly ushered into the noonday blaze of freedom, and Invested with new and important rights and higher privileges, would have been more decent and becoming than a loud clamor against the conquered. Magnanimity has never been lost upon a brave, though pros? trate loe. The very magnitude of the Inter esta involved In the contest and its marvel? lous results, achieving in the wonderfully short space of four years that which might have coat a century of agitation and strifd, would have warranted, I think, a more gen? erous and conciliatory policy. In this wise and statesmanlike course the past triumphs J of the Republican party were the best guar? antee against any considerable opposition, and the march to empire under Its banners J could have moved on, band In h<tnd, with the spirit of fraternization and conciliation. In the demands of this party for the great changes which had been made they had sounded the public conscience to its profound- j est depths, and the voice of that conscience speaking the dictates cf Its honest and en? lightened Instincts with omnipotent authori? ty from South as well as North,EJSC and West, ratified the new and progressive ideas for the amelioration and elevation of the human race which had been engralted upon, J the organic law ot the nation and Imbedded In the minds of the people.. So awful and I potent was the authority which heralded this ' great revolution in onr American history, that I am forced to accept the great Issues j that have been wrought as much, ir not more, the result of Providential interposition, as of human agency. The ways of man you may change, but the ways of Cod you cannot alter. AudYstanding in the presence of over five thousand of the people of this great metropo? lis, I prod aim it to you as my firm convic? tion, and I tell you to circulate upon the winds of the heaven to the four quarters of this con- 1 Uoent, that the people ol the South have no interest, either direct or indirect, now or in the future, to interfere with or disturb these amendments. In our adhesion to these new maxims of American policy, anomalous aa lt may seem to you. the southern mind is to-day in advance of the Northern, Impelled by the very highest motives that can actuate men-the preservation or their domestic polity and the cultivation I of peaceful and amicable relations with the people with. whom we must live, and with whom we must prosper. Guided by the light of advancing civilization, we accept these fon? damental changes la that spirit of humanitari? an progress which originated them, and with? out any mental reservations whatever. Ab-1 sorting the intelligence ol the two great politi? cal parties of the Union, expressly ratified by over thirty millions ol freemen, and stamped with the approving sanction of the more ad-j vanced civilized nations of Europe, the idea j has grown till lt has become a sentiment, and teen raised to the dignity of another magna Charta of American liberty. Equal laws, equal rights and equal Justice, which have been Inscribed in letters of living light upon the banners of the Republic, never eau be and never will be erased. And .finally, lt is a trib? ute to that elevated ana refined Justice, which has been aptly said by one of the philosophers ol the ancient school "io have its seat in the Inmost mind, whose Influence ls the music of the soul, which makes the whole nature of the true-man a concert ot dCclpllned affections -a choir of virtues attuned to the most perfect accord among themselves, and falling lu with tall the mysterious and everlasting harmonies ol heaven and earth." But this ransom and boon, purchased at the cost of a nation's treasure, and the free out? pouring of a natron's blood, was never In? tended to be perverted as it has been by reck? less and mercenary adventurers, a cause of national scandal and reproach, and an instru? ment of fraud, oppression and tyranny; nor to be prostituted by crafty and deslgnlDg poll Ucl&ns to the unholy purposes of party domi? nation. Instead of wise men and good men _Instead of statesmen and patriots imbued with the true spirit ot these amendments, mis creante have stolen the livery of beaven to break God's ordinances, and gone forth to preach the doctrines of this new dispensation, with the Are of the Incendiary upon their tongues and the thirst of the robber In their hearts, they passed the door of the freed? man's hut only to drop Into his ear and leave behind the poison and the sting of every vice and every passion. They taught the poor negro revenge and how to bate the white man, his former master; and upon the- Ignorance or this still benighted class they have foisted themselves into power, taken possession and absolute control ot State governments, and, In some of these States, in their excesses have hurried society to a pass where every passion breaks loose In wild dis? order, and no law ls obeyed, no right respect? ed, and no decorum observed. Like a nest of Barbary pirates they . have sat themselves ??down In our midst, proclaiming "the Com Tmonwealth lawful prize," and by a species of confiscation, under the pretence of taxation, appropriating the public revenues, and pillag? ing Individuals of their private estates. O t?mpora I O mores I And when' the voice of an incensed and outraged people went up (from their desolate hearths, amid the rags of .tarring children, In Indignant protest against these gross enormities, the authors of these crying evils sought refuge from the wrath to come lo the bosom of the Federal administra? tion at Washington; and the authorities there, deaf to all the clamor of outraged Jus? tice, while whole BtaUa were being plundered and ravished nnder their very eyes, and greedy mercenaries were revelling In the spoils and gloating over the ruin of a people whose dearest rights they bad betrayed, and upon whose constitutional liberties they had trampled; and bent only upon the per? petuity of party power through the vile agency of those wretches, the Federal authorities as? sured criminal Southern carpet-bag Governors of national sympathy and protection, and by words If not acts encouraged one of these same governors, from the steps of the National Cap? ital, and irom the capital of his own State, to brand his own people as assassins and threaten them with Winchester rifles because they bad dared to complain. And these men over whom the shield ot Federal protection bas been thrown, and who have been and are now sustained by Federal bayonets In their unhallowed domination; these men who, In the short space of four j ears, have plunged the conquered States of the South Into a oebt of over two hundred and twenty-five millions ot dollars, a debt larger than the entire debt of all the other States put together; while their State treasuries are constantly empty, and their asylums tor the Indigent and un for? tunate and their schools and public institu? tions are dependent upon private aid for their maintenance, and while poverty stalks through the streets of their cities, and decay broods along their borders, these men, I say, are the very and only men In the South who In secret and oath-bound leagues are banded toeetber to ride the present Executive into power again. The annals of civilized countries tarnish no parallel to the Iniquities that bave been perpetrated in these States. Net even Rome, Imperial Rome, when ber despotism extended from the rock of Jupiter Olympus to the far distant Euphrates, and her proconsuls were sent forth to dominate and plunder the fairest and most fertile portions of the globe, that they might enrich with b ooty a haughty aristocracy, or furnish bread to an Idle popu? lace, can turnlBh an example of such Infamy. As earnest and determined as I believe this nation was in Its efforts to secure belora the law the political < quality of all men, and vigi? lant and zealous as lt has been In guardlcg and PnaranteelDg the enjoyment of this privilege, am Just as confident that lt will frown down any?uttempt by any pitty to establish the su? premacy ol any class or any caste In this coun? try. All combinations lor political or other purposes, either as races or distinct nationali? ties, is much to be deprecated.und highly cen? sured and condemned. It la repugnant to the very genius ot our institutions, and Incompati? ble with the instincts of onr people. Tho ci vii and political equality of the negro with all other men the American people are pledged to maintain, and will ever assure; but negro po .lltlcal supremacy, or negro domination io any of these States, never can be and never will be tolerated. I say lt In all kindness, that the sooner the colored men of '.he South under? stand this distinctly the better. Their wel? fare, and the welfare ol the States in which they dwell, ara Involved in the speedy recog? nition or this truth. They cannot exist In hos? tile relations with the white man, nor can they hope to prosper by reversing the natu? ral order of society, and abetting those who wonld expel wisdom and vir? tue from the Beats of authority, and enthrone vice and ignorance. Intellect must govern, and strength and passion must submit. It has been so sluce the creation of man, and will be so until the end of time. Let lt be remem? bered that the national arm which bas been successfully invoked to suppress consplraciea and radi oas wrongB perpetrated against the colored mao, will, I Bay, be as promptly and as successfully employed to put down corrup? tion and exterminate the conspiracies that have been formed to rob tbe people and the States of the South. There are periods in the growth ct' every government when extraor? dinary remedies are necessary and called for in cases of extraordinary fits of national malady. The American people cannot be BO insensible to their interests as to look ou In silence while laws ara being violated wits im? punity by the bad, and trampled upon with scorn by those In power, and legislators open* ly and shamelessly auction off to the highest bidder the property and the rights of the citizen: wb'le vampires ara sucking the very life-blood of the South, and eating IIB substance, and mountebanks with their vile arts Impose upon the Ignorant, and oolnt them the paths of wickedness and crime, aal are drawing deeper and wider the lines of separation between the blacks and the whites. In all this I see with the gloomi? est apprehensions for the future ot the color? ed man, who blindly heeding. these false counsels and allenatlngthe sympathies ol their brethren cf the white race all over this coun? try, a current bf ieellng setting lu which will Bwell and spread with every repeated ag? gression uuc wrong and fresh indignity, until at length the poor blinded and untutored wards of the nation may at some lu ture day Beek protection of the very men of the South whom they now so much distrust and so much despise. I am not drawing upon my fancy, but uttering the prophetic warning which can be traced in the history of empires, and the rise and tall ol peoples. It ls to check these alarming vices, and to avert these and other dire and threatened calamities, that the masses of this great nation are now being upheaved, and the billows rs'.sed by multitudi? nous voices lor union and. reform, and for Horace Greeley, are heard surging from the BL Croix to the Sabine, and ture roiling Irom either ocean over and across this Continent, and the music ot conciliation and harmony are heard with tne roll of the morning and evening drum from Maotauk Point to the Falls of St. Anthony, and from our loy fields in the Northdown to the glittering crescent of the Gulf. And if I should be asked in what way the central administration are responsible for these irregularities, my answer ls that corrup? tion in the capitol at Washington has engen dered corruption in the State?, and from the parts ana extremities ot the republic into which the vlrua has been Injected, lt has beeu radiated back to the centre, until the whole national breath has been Impregnated with the poison. It has been sagely recorded by a very distinguished writer that as the moBl per? fect commonwealth 1B only public virtue em? bodied in the Institutions of a country, so every vice generates some abuse or- corrup? tion In the State-some pernicious disorder, some lawless power, incompatible with ra? tional liberty, or as the Bame idea has been re? cently more tersely expressed by the distin? guished Carl Schurz, "publlo morality is the very life-blood ol' free institutions." Let us contrast for a moment the present con? dition of our country with what lt was in Its halcyon days. In that Interval, brief In the life of a nation, between the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, and that fatal April day In 1861, when the flag of the Union was lowered on Sumter, our country presents as happy and interesting a spectacle as can be found In the annals ol any nation-a glowing record of splendid achievements-a Union of civic aod military renown united with the Btern morals of a primitive and the graces of a polished age. When the fasces of the Re? public were upheld by men of stainless integ? rity, and our own, our Immortal Wash? ington, and his Immediate successors, Imbued with that sublime fortitude like Cato thought, with more than a censor's severity, and loved with more than a Roman's virtue; when the brow ot our na? tional temple blazed, not with the spoils of subjugated States, but with prouder triumphs won In the cause of mankind; when constitu? tional liberty was celebrated as a fact, and not a mere empty name, and our entire people, lo their republican simplicity, were animated with that blghtone or sentiment, that enlight ened love of country, that herloc self-sacri? fice, wisdom and moderation, aod that dignity and repose which should characterize a young and aspiring nation; when .our senators and representatives climbed the hill of the Capital with no selfish motive or sordid thought la their bi eas? s, but sustained by a noble purpose and seeking, as their only end, their country's good. Passing from the contemplation of this scene of exalted public virtue, we are now forced to confront the humiliating spectacle of wlde BDread national demoralization. With scarcely a'n ennobling attribute of the past to be dis? cerned on the topics of the present, a whole nation under the rule of incapable and un? worthy leaders, distracted by Intestine feud and racked with civil discord, the whole gov? ernment wrenched from Its constitutional orbit, and thirty-eight distinct States, each an empire] in extent and resources, bound and held together, not by the bands ot love, but by the strong arm of power. States ravaged by Concluded on TLlrd Page, THE FIGHT FOR THE COUNTY NOMINATIONS BT TUE BOWEN CON? VENTION. A Characteristic Radical Conventicle Enthusiastic Nomination of Bowen j for Sheriff-A Turbulent Night Ses? sion-The Ticket to be Completed To-Day. The nominating convention for Charleston County of the True Republican, Tomllnson Bowen, Beform-Boltlng Republican faction, waa held yesterday at Hibernian Hal), and proved to be no lees of a turbulent bear-gar den than the majority of the Radical assem? blages In Charleston. The convention was called to meet at ten o'clock-, and at that hoar the hal), the sidewalks and halt or the street were filled with an eager and excited crowd composed almost wholly of colored men. The convention was called to order at abont eleven o'clock by W. H. Thompson, who read the call by the county chairman and briefly explained the objecta of the convention. W. R. Jervey, of St. Stephen's Parish, was then elected temporary chairman, and on taking the chair be made a short speech, ex? horting the convention to act with intelli? gence, decorum and promptness. He dilated upon the Importance of its dulles in view of the present complicated condition of county political affairs, with another powerful faction ready to take advantage of their slightest error, and with the Democrats wavering .be? tween the support of either. The Democrats, be ?aid, bad already thrown out a bait to the convention In an editorial article In THE CHARLESTON NEWS, which Intimated that whichever faction placed upon Its ticket a few Democratic names would re? ceive some measure of Democratic support, but be hoped that the bait would not be ac? cepted. If they placed a single Democrat upon their ticket, their ticket would be fated. They must nominate a respectable, Intelligent and honest ticket, but lt must also be a Republi? can ticket, and If they were to go down, they would go down with Republican colors flying. The Democrats had said that they only desired honest and intelligent officials, and cared nothing about their politics, and he exhorted the convention to put them to the test by nominating an honest, intelligent Republican ticket, and see If they would support lt. He said he would of course be glad to have the support of those gentlemen, but If he couldn't have their support of his principles, he would not ask for their support. This address was well received, and the convention then elected Mr. A. C. Biobmond temporary secretary. On motion of W. A. Grant the chairman appointed the following committee on credentials: W. A. Grant, C. C. Bowen, W. H. Thompson, J. W Lloyd, H. C. Inwood, Peter Ashe and Aaron Logan TblB committee retired at about 11.30, and then ensued a long and tedious interval of walting, the convention in the meantime pre-' serving no semblance of order. At about one o'clock the convention was called to order, and Major B. H. willoughby was called upon for a speech. Major Wil? loughby said that he was a man of few words' and did not desire to make a speech. He would therefore simply advance one sugges? tion. He thought that the convention should certainly nominate none but honest mee, and they certainly ought to nominate good and strong Republicans, but he thought at the same time that they ought not to confine themselves to the Republican parly, and -he believed that If they were to nominate one or two gentlemen who were liberal in their opinions, but connected with the other party, ?t would have a good effect upon the county. Captain B. B. Artson then made a speeoh Of some length in favor of a straight-out Repub? lican ticket. Senator Sawyer was next called upon, and made a long address, confining his remarks principally te the Slate and National campaign. He gave a rose-colored view of Republican prospects In the North and West, and then he spoke of the attitude of the na? tional administration-toward the two factions. He said the administration could not be ex? pected to take sides In this contest. It said to the party In South Carolina, "You are all Republican?, and we expect you all to vote for us on the national question; but as to your family quarrels In your own ranks you must fix them up as best you may." He said, how? ever, that the Regulars had bad no word from Grant, or any one else 1H authority In the Na? tional Republican Party, in favor of their nominations. Grant refused to say vote for Moses or vote for Tomllnson, but he did say UI want to see a good Republican government In South Carolina," and he could not call that a good or honest ticket which was headed by F. J. Moses. Major Samuel Dickerson was next intro? duced, and made one ot bia characteristic spread eagle addresses. Toward the close of Major Dickerson's ora? torical efforts, a squabble In the passage-way nearly emptied the hall, and the convention relapsed into confusion, wbloh lasted until about half-past three, when the committee on credentials returned to the hall and reported in favor of the delegation, headed by Dr. M. H. Collins, from Ward 6, and that headed by N. T. Spencer from Ward*8. On motion, the following oommlttee on per? manent organization was' appointed by the chairman: W. E. Burke, W. B. Turner, P. Lesesne, B. Bryan, W. A. Grant, W. C. Glover and A. B. Mitchell. To this succeeded another tedious Interval ot walting, ending with the return of the committee and the nomination ot the following officers, who were duly elect? ed and Installed: W. B. Jervey, president; A. C. BIchmond and W. C. Glover, secretaries; J. W. Lloyd and J. C. Tlngman, vice-presidents ; R. E. Savage and Charles Smalls, sergeants-at-armB. A motion was then made that the hall be cleared and the delegates readmitted upon the call of their names. This proposition was adopted amid some confusion. The process of separating the sheep from the goats was finally accomplished, and the convention again proceeded to business. Nominations for a candidate for sheriff being next In order, about twenty delegates sprang to the floor to have the honor of nominating Mr. Bowen. The chairman recognized C. B. Miller, who formally nominated C. C. Bowen Ia an extravagantly eulogistic speech. The nomination was seconded by Hurley, Vassar and several others In equally- laudatory re? marks, and, amid much enthusiasm and con? tusion, Mr. Bowen was nominated by accla? mation and unanimously. Amid a similar scene of enthusiastic excite? ment Mr. A. C. BIchmond was unanimously nominated for clerk of the court, and then commenced the nominations for three county commissioners. This was the Blgnal for the commencement of one of those BceneB of poli? tical pandemonium which appear inseparable from any Radical convocation in this State or olly. Half the delegates in the hall were on their feet abouti ag ont their nominations, and each attempting by stentorian repetitions of the name to attract the notice of the chair? man. The chairman stood bewildered and disgusted, pounding the table with a perfect r iusilade of blows from a heavy gavel, and de? claring that he would recognize no one until order was restored. The din momentarily in - creased; the babel within the hall was echoed by the turbulance of the crowd In the passage? way, who threatened to demolish the doors with a series of thundering blows, and the confusion was becoming worse confounded, when a recess for fifteen minutes was ordered for the preparation of ballots. After the recess a hat was ?provided and the roll was called for the members to vote. The candidates for tbe nomination, as far as their names conld be caught in the uproar, were understood to be Michael McLaughlin, Alexander Artope, Benjamin Capers, H. W. Thompson, 'Garrett Byrnes, Frank C. Miller, B. H. Willoughby, F. 8. Curtis, T. E. Dixon, P. 7. Moncrieff; Frank Dover and John Bonum. The balloting then proceeded amid great confusion, and resulted in the nomination of M. McLaughlin by seven? ty-five votes, H. W. Thompson by sixty-five votes, and John Bonum by forty-eight votes. The result was announced at half-past six o'clock, and the convention, upon motion of Mr. Bowen, then adjourned to meet again at haif-past eight o'clock in the Republican office, corner Meeting abd Market streets, Hibernian Halt being engaged for the evening by the Burns Charitable Association. EVENING SESSION*. The convention reassembled in the evening In a close, bot, lil-ventllated and vile-smelling apartment attached to_the Republican office. Tbe delegates and spectators were packed In the little room like sardines In a box, and con? sidering the composition of the convention and the quantity or cheap whiskey whloh had been Imbibed during the roces?, the chances for comfort or harmony were not encouraging. There were two or three small battles In the street and on the stairs Before the convention was called to order, and when, at about half past nine, the meeting proceeded to business, the prospects of a first-class, row. were increas? ing. The leaders of the faction wanted to ad? journ, and Mr. Hurley moved to postpone the nominations for assemblymen until to-day, and offered to pay the expenses of those conn try members who would have to remain In the city over-night. The delegates, however, were not disposed to leave, and this motion was withdrawn. Mr. Hurley then moved that the nominations be made by acclamation, and he named for Judge of pro? bate the present Incumbent, Mr. George Buist This nomination was seconde i by Mr. Rich? mond la a short eulogistic speech. A lew other members ventilated their eloquence upon the subj ec t,. but no opposition to Mr. Buist was manifested, and the nomination was made by acclamation and unanimously. From this moment the meeting was a babel of up? roar and turbulence. Aa far as any account of the proceedings could be kept lt appears that the convention unanimously endorsed the nomination of Mr. L. 0:. Northcop for aolici" tor, and that the names or J. H. Ostend orir, w. T. Oliver, B. ff. Hoyt, Aaron Logan and J. F. Greene were proposed for coroner, but at thia point the din became so general and uproarious that individual voices .could no longer oe recognized. The chair? man, who was using a stout oak bludgeon for a gavel, made frantic efforts to preserve the peace, but In vain. The crowd Burged and struggled around the little table at which the officers and reporters were trying to preserve their places, and the convention resolved It? self into a surging, perspiring, m ep hi tlc mass of humanity, which was no more to be con? trolled by reason or eloquence than a stampede bf buffaloes. Mr. Bowen was on his feet trying to act as a peace-maker, bot when the climax of turbulence was reached, he gave one despairing and disgusted look at the mob, proposed an adjournment until to-day and beat a retreat. The crowd followed, and poured out of the room with a sort ot under? standing that they were lo assemble again at ten o'clock this morning at Hibernian Hall. REGULAR CONVENTION OF ORANGE BURG. The Orangeburg County Convention ot the Begular faction of the Republican party met at Oraogeburg Courthouse, on last Tuesday morning. Up to eight o'clock that evening, the following nominations had been made: James L. Jamison, colored, tor State' senator; E. Q. Cain, colored, for sheriff; George Boli? var, white, for clerk of court, and A. B. Knowlton, white, for Judge of probate. Jami? son was a member of the last Legislature, but Cain seems to be a new adventurer upon the field ot politics. George Bolivar ls a very re? spectable citizen, and will probably get the solid white vote.' Augustus B. Knowlton is a former editor of the Orangeburg News, (Radi? cal,) from which be retired In disgust a short time ago. He ls also a respectable man. COTTON REPORT OF TBE SHREVE? PORT BOARD OF TRADE. The committee on the cotton crop of the Shreveport (La.) Board of Trade make the following report on the condition ot the cot? ton crop of Northwest Louisiana, Eastern Texas and part of Arkansas: SHREVEPORT, September 16. To Vie President and Members Qf the Shreve? port Board of Trade: GENTLEMEN-Tour committee on cotton statistics respectfully submit this, their fourth report, for A. D. 1872: The continued drought and worm have seri? ously injured the cotton crop prospects since bur last report, on the 20th of August. Up? lands will not make more than now opened or matured. The best yield on the hill lands, as reported, will not exceed 300 pounds lo the eeed per acre, or one bale to five acres, and many of our correspondents estimate the yield on au average to be one bale to eight acres. Some bottom lands will yield a small per cent, of middle but no top crop, and will not aver? age more than half a bale per acre. All our correspondents agree in reporting late cotton a total failure. The crop on the hill lande could all be gathered by the middle of Octo? ber were it not for the demoralized condition of the laborers, caused by the office-seekerc and politlcans. The above Information ls condensed from letters received from our correspondente since the 1st Instant, residing In the following named counties and parishes: Eastern Texas-Harrison, Panola, Shelby Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Angelina, An derson, Henderson, Cherokee, Bmltb, Tat Zandt, Upebur, Busk, Lamar, Bed Blver Kaufman and Hopkins. Southwest Arkansas-Lafayette, Sevler Little Blver and Hempstead. Northwest Louisiana-Caddo, Bossier, DeSo to, Claiborne, Webster and Bienville. Respectfully, B. H. LINDSAY, S B. MCCUTOHEN, D. B. MARTIN, S. J. WARD. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, September 25. Westerly winds, falling temperature, am clear and clearing weather are probable fo the South Atlautlo States. Southerly to wes! erlv wind and cooler weather for the Gul States. THE NATIONAL CANVASS. THE BOURBON MOVEMENT IN NEW TOBE. Fraudaient Use of Brame* In the State . Committee-The Impending Financial Panie-Extraordinary Developments about Radical Congressmen Forth? coming-The Fall Trade-The next Musical Event-Bc nc Ic ault orl Ameri? can Theatres and Acton. [FROH otra OWN OOBBKSPONDBNT.] NEW TORE, September 22. The Bourbons have called a State conven? tion, to meet In Alban;- next week, to nomi? nate an O'Conor and Adams electoral ticket and an Independent Stute ticket. About the latter there ls a difference of opinion among the Straight-outers. Some want to nominate Reman for governor, others a new man, pro? bably Judge Spaulding, of this city. The Irish feeling for Kernen is so strong mat O'Brien, to save what ls left of lils demoralized army, has been obliged to endoree him for governor. The Grant organs will make enough fuss over the Bourbon state Convention to give lt noto? riety, but it will bave no more effect on the politics of the State tl an the anti-dram-shop party convention which will be held about the same time. Tne adherents to the Bourbon standard are so few that the managers have had extreme difficulty In getting up a State committee of well-known names. Tc the call-published yes? terday, for a State Convention, the names ot ex-Congressman Harry A. Reeves and ex Judge Troy, ot Brooklyn, are affixed as mem? bers of the committee (rom the Second Judi? cial District. This morning Jndge Troy has a card In the papers denying that he signed the call or has any sympathy with the Bolters' .movement.. He is for Greeley and Brown. I have no doubt the use of Hr. Beeves's name ls equally unauthorized. The same want ol honor characterizes tt e course of the Bour? bons In the West. Mr. Edgarton, whom they have nominated for Governor of Indiana, la In this city at the St. Nicholas Botel, and repudi? ates the candidacy with indignation. He aa;s he Is earnestly .for Hendricks and Greeley. . The most desperate efforts are being made by Ibo Administration to prevent a financial panic In Wall street. It is felt that, it the crash comes at this critical moment, just as the decisive elections in the great Central States are pending, tho result would be'very disastrous to Grant. The rottenness Is so greta lo speculative circles thai a panto is In? evitable, bot the Administration is striving to tide Rover until after November. Perhaps Mr. Bout weil may succeed, but lt will only oe by desperate efforts, for failures, suspensions aod fresh defalcations are taning place every day. Tbls morning, the failure of the Andes Insurance Company and the defalcation ol the secretary ot the Fireman's Insurance Company were announced. The attempt ol the sub-treasurer to temporarily conceal the heavy robberies in thu stamp department of his office have been- faille, and the facts are leaking out to the discredit ol the manager ment. After all, lt needs but the fall of some freat banking institution like that of the Ohio rust Company, which started the great panic' several years ago, to lire tba train now, and blow up the Administration. I have knowledge ol some extraordinary developments about tha complicity of leading members of the administration with the Credit Mobilier bribery, which will be made in a few days, and which will astound the country. The exposure cannot fall to seriously affect the Presidential canvass. You have notloed the denials of Messrs. Ames, Boutwell, Wilson, Dawes, Blaine, Scon did and other Radical politicians of the statements made In the Mo Comb affidavit r?lath-o Co their L?.ioK a^.* cepted shares in the Credit Mobilier in con? sideration of their services In getting the Onion Pacific Railroad scheme through Con? gress. Nevertheless, McComb's statements are absolutely true. The accused Congress? men are guilty, as will shortly appear to the entire satiBiactlon of tl ie country. New York ls the i cene ol great bustle at present with the iall business, which ls very large. The sidewalls along the business streets are encumbered with packages of goods ready for Bhlpment, and the wharves are almost impassable, owing to the crowd ol trucks bringing freight to the outgoing steamers. At toe pier where the Charleston boats receive, lt is ut the Imminent risk of one's legs that a visit ls made. So great ls the rush of freight that Ibo steamers seldom get away at their appoint ;d hpur, three o'clock,for the heavily laden trucks come down In long succession until nearly nightfall. The musical event to-morrow night is the debut of Hubenstein, who ls described In the bills as "The Greatest Living Pianist," which, by the way, Ruben stein does not claim to be as long as Liszt exlsis In earthly form. The portrait of the new celebrity-new to America at least-adorns all the music and lager beer shop windows. He hasastrlklugGerman face, with sad, dreamy eyes. No doubt we shall have a lurore over him. Tickets two and three dollars-according to location. A Polish violinist, Wie nla ws M. Lie b h art, a soprano, and Ormery, a contrallo, all fresh from Europe, assist at the concerts. Bouclcault, who lodges at the Clarendon Hotel, and reoelves interviewing reporters In a butt and red dress ng-gown and embroider? ed slipoers, has given one ot them his views upon Mw present condition ot dramatic art in Amerloa as compared with what lt wes wben be waa here, thirteen years ago. He is pleased to say we h ive greatly Improved In the manner of mou nting our plays and the quality of our performers. The theatres here are more elegant md comfortable than in London, but the Lon loners are ahead in stage scenery. Our audiences spoil their favorite actors, many of whom have the making of admirable artistes in them if they are Judi? ciously treated. We have three very promis? ing lady actors on tho Metropolitan stage-Miss Davenport, Miss Clara Morris and Miss Agnes Ethel. They have all risen to distinction within the past three years, taking the places of Miss Hen rlques, Miss Newton itad other lavorltes of the last decade. Bouclcault thinks we have bnt three comedians that speak the English lan ?uage. At the bead of these he names Joseph efferson, who, he says, ls "unquestionably the greatest living actor." The others are Lester Wallack and William Warren, the old comedian of the Bonton Museum. If be bad substituted John Owens ror Wallack, he would have expressed tne average American opin? ion. _.. _ _ Nra. GREELEY ON "TBE LOST CAUSE," CLEVELAND, September 26. In a speech here to-day, Greeley denied that he said at Vicksburg, a j ear ago, as had been falsely charged, "That the time would come when the soldiers Lost lought with Lee and Johnson would occupy as proud a position In the hearts of tbe American people as the sol? diers who fought with Grane and Sherman." No Buch words as tb-aae ever escaped my Hps. No euch thought ss that ever entered my bead. What I did nay, speaking of that war wasted, heartbroken people, was, that I trust? ed the day would come when the soldierly qualities and military genius ot Lee and Stone? wall Jackson would be regarded as a part ol the heritage of the American people, that they would be spoken of as American soldiers In a cause which, though, a bad cause, illustrated the military capacity, genius and energy ol the American peoplo. SPARKS El OM TBE WIBES. -The editor of the New York Cronista ant a Cuban have gone to Niagara to fight a duel -The licenses ot t ne first and second pilots o the Metis have been revoked. -A. P. Edgarton declines the. Straight-oo gubernatorial India ia nomination. -The Convention of General Ticket Agen ti at New York has adjourned. The proceed inge were mostly private. -The Erle Railroad Company are sulnj for the recovery of the Grand Opera HOUB from Jay Gould and Mrs. Fisk. -Forrester ls reported to have said yestei day that if pardoned from the Illinois prlsoi be will divulge who was the real murderer c Nathan. -Th? consul at C il lao reports the small-po: an epidemic at many of the seaport towns bc tween Valparaiso und Panama, and very vic lent. -George William Curtis declines to be Presidential elector because be ls chairman c the advisory board ol civil service, which ma mato him constitutionally ineligible. THINGS IN COLUMBIA. j The Recent Fatal A ?Tray-A Colored IisfJ.ro ad HUMS Accidentally Killed. [8PI0IAL TIXIORAJC TO TRB NIW8.] COLUMBIA, September 25. There has been no new development to-day in the Tupper-Caldwell case. The matter, however, ls still the engrossing topic ot talk in the community. A colored employee on the Greenville and j Colombia Railroad, named George Hammond, was mn over by a freight train to-day, and was awfully mangled, one leg being complete? ly cat off. His Injuries are fatal. PICKET. OVER THE SEA. ?The .Wretched Prisoners of the Com? muns. -,, . PAWS, September 26. Eighteen thousand Communists are yet held in confinement by the government Tue Intention, however, ls to release one-half Only those accused ol assassination, thieving and arson are to be tried. Napoleon Not Yet Considered Harmless. _ BERLIN, September 25. The authorities here have stopped the I transmission by telegraph of a cipher dh match of four hundred words signed by Napoleon. Abyssinia on Her Knees. LONDON, September 25. A special says that Johannes, King of Abys? sinia, has applied to the civilized powers for [ protection against the Egyptians. A Heavy Document. _. , , ? LONDON, September 26. The opinion of Cbler Justice Cockburn, dis? agreeing with the decision of the Geneva tribunal, ls published. It makes two hundred and-fifty pages.. The King ot Denmark Ul. COPENHAGEN, September 25. King Christian ls severely Ul. M (?ce liant oui. LONDON, September 25. The English Court has gone in mourning for the King of Sweden. The Princess Hohenlohe, a half-sister to Queen Victoria, is dead. The Spanish budget proposes to cover the deficit by withholding the subsidies to the clergy. JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE. -The Conservatives of Alkea have putin 1 the field tho following ticket : Major A. J. Hammond, for senator; Dr. Gantt, G. W. Croft, 8. Corley, Phillp Kltchlng, forropresentatlven; I M. T. Holley, for sheriff; L. W. Williams, ior clerk; H. D. Ott, for probate Judge; Dr. T. fi. Morgan, for school commissioner; Captain A. P. Brown, & P. Kltchlng, Bev. E. A. Price, fer J county commissioners. -The Marlon Crescent says : "Cotton pick? ing ls the order of the day-wherever pol?tica bave not so completely required attention aa to leave no time for labor. Cotton has opened very fast, and the bulk of the crop ls already gathered. Our estimates now are that lt will be from one-third to one-fourth short-the best calculators making lt only a fourth less. This ls, of course, the average. Corn has been a very fair crop." -Ex-Governor Perry announces that he will address the people of the Fourth Congresslon-1 al District at the following places and times, viz: Laurens Courthouse, Monday, 30th Sep? tember: Spartan burg Court nonae, Wednesday, 2d October; Union Courthouse, friday, 4thOc lober; Yorkvllle, Monday, 7 th October; Book I Hui, Tuesday, 8th October; Chester Court TOOTSB; Thuurtay, loth Oclooer; WlnDsboro' I Ba euroa;, UA cStfuuinsr. -A difficulty occurred near Gladden'a Grove, Fairfield District. Saturday, between George Moore and Ned Gladden, both colored, which resulted In the death of the latter at the L-.ds of the former. It seems that Moore's calf got into Gladden'* field, and was being chased about by Gladden'* dogs, when Moore came up and a rencontre ensued, during which Moore shot Gladden with a double-barrel shot gun, killing him instantly. ' Moore has been arrest? ed and lodged in JalL -The Conway boro* News says: "On the 7th instant, Abraham Babon, aged about six? ty-eight years, came to a sudden death at the hands ot his son-in-law, Joshua J. Long. Hard feelings had existed between Babon and Long, his son-in-law, some thirteen months previous, OD account of alleged ill-treatment of bis, Long's wife, the daughter of Mr. Babon. Mr. Babon on learning that Mr. Long was at the house of his daughter, entered upon the premises, demanding of Long by what right ne waa lhere ? Whereupon the difficulty en? sued, which reeulted In Long's shooting Mr. Kaboo." . -The Marlon Crescent gives an account of an unfortunate affray In the Ly nenes Creek section of that county. On Thursday last, a difficulty occurred between Mr. L. 8. Big ham and his son on the one side, and some negro tenants, residing on Mr. Blgbam's land, on the other. The dispute arose about some cotton, and alter some words a negro named Will Jackson struck Blgham. He was then Joined by other negroes, who fiercely assaulted the two Blghams. In the melee, young Blgham drew his pistol and fired several shots, killing the negro man Will. He then escaped and has not since beens beard from. On Thursday and Friday nights the house of Mr. Blgham was surrounded and fired into by bands of infuriated negroes. On Saturday the elder Blgham was arrested on the charge of aiding in the commission of murder, and ls now in Jail. Natural flout ci. THE BBLATlYESr FRIENDS AND acquaintances of Mr. EDWARD IZ ARD are re respectfully invited to attend his Funeral at No. 17 West street, at 3 o'olock Tum AFTERNOON, Sep? tember 26,1872. sep20-* ?bitnurD. WHALEY.-Departed this life on the morning of the 20th of September after a snort inness, G to. p. WHILST, of at. James Goose Creek. Charles? ton County, m the slxty*eighth yt ar of his age. * LEE.-Died, at Kocklands, Orange County, virginia, on Sunday, September 22, CHABLOTT* UiiiLL, the wife of captain R. E. Lee, and daughter of R. Barton Bax all. OAKMAN.-Died, in Oraugeburg County, S. C., on the 81st Angas-, DAVID JCLLIOTT, son or Wei lin g iou and Addie Oakman, aged 2 days. OAKMAN.-Died, in Orangeburg County, S. C., on the 19th September, HUTSON HAT. only son of Wellington and Addle Oakman, aged S years and 0 montas. ?prnal ftotiUB. ?9- DR. TCT1S HAIR DYE HAS been analyzed by ins best chemists m Europe and America, and its harmlessness certified to. sep26-fl jS9? THE SCALP IS MADE CLEAN and sweet by applying HALL'S VEGETABLE SICILIAN HALB RENEWER Bep21-ltUthSDAW CESAR COVERED HIS BALE head and gray bair with a laurel crown. A Y ER'S HAIR Via JR covers gray heads with the still more welcome locks of youth. aop2l-8tuth3D*w tm- BATCHELORS HAIR DYE.-THU superb Hair Dye ls the best in the world. Vet factly harmless, reliable and instantaneous. N< disappointment. No ridiculous tinta, or napless ant odor. The genuine W. A Batchelors Hal Dye produces Immediately a splendid black o natural brown. Does not slam the skin, bn leaves the hair clean, soft and beautiful. Th only safe and perfect Dye. sold by au druggist! Factory ie Bond street, New York. mobA-tuthBiyr _ _ T)EEF, WINE AND IRON BEEF, WINE, IRON AND CINCHONA. These elegant and exceuent stimnlatlng Tonio are n^w getting Into general use, especially h cases?o?d!hcatfiemales and chilien. They maj be had of No. m Meeting street. A mu stoqk of Elixirs, and all the other nev Pharmaceutical Preparations! always kept OJ band. Special ??otite*. CALL FOB THE NOMINATING, OON VENTION or rai I UNION REPUBLICAN PARTY OF OBABLBSTOS COU STY. ROOM? o? TH> GotTM?r CHAISMAX, i OBABLXSTON, & O., 14th September, WTS. f Having been daly elected by the late Sute Coe* ve ni lon of the Union Republican Party, la accord? ance with tne ralea and cotton, of the party. Chairman of the County of Chart?ton, bj virtue of the authority vested in mel hereby notify the Union Republicana of Charlest n Oonnty to meet In their a eve rai Warda and Pariahes, at the times and places hereinafter designated, for the purpose of electing Delegates to the County Kowliattng Convention, to bs held at the Military HsD, ia the City of Charleston, on TUESDAT Amaroo*, tho Ut of October, 1872, at 6 o 'cloe i P. IL. The convention ?lil nominate candidates for [ the Coi on Republican Party mr the following I offices, to be elected by the people, at the General Election, on the lath of October, 1872, Tit: ' 1. A Sh erl tr of the County. 2. A Clerk of court. s. A Judge of Probate. . . i A A School Oommisiioner. fi A Coronar. - ._. , A Three county Commissi oners. . ' 7. A state senator. 8. Eighteen Members of the House of Repre? sentatives. The Convention will be composed or ninsty-aix (?fl) Delegate!, to be selected as follows : ' CITY OF CH ARL ES TOS. Forty-eight (48) Delegates; six for each ward, to be elected by the Union Republican voters pf the several wards, at their usual placet of meeting on Friday evening, the 27th of Septemlwr. St. ANDREW'S FAMISH. Six Delegates, to be elected oh Friday, sith September, as follows : Three by the voters or James island, nt tbs Orras-Boads. - ... Three by the voters of St Andre Wa, On the Mala, at "Club House Church." ? . ST. JAMES BASTEI. I Three Delegates, to ba elected by the voters of j the Parish, os Saturday, 2Sth ffpWbsr.' SS tis Thirty-two Mlle House. ?- .. . CHRIST CHU SCH. j Four Delegues, to ba elected on 8star4sj,*stb / September, M follows : Two by tbs voters of tbs upper portion ot tu? Parish, at the Wappetaw Church. Two by the voters of the lower ponton ox tia '. Parish, at the Four-Mile Church. 'J ? ST. STEPHEN'S. \ Three Delegate?, to be elected by the voters of , the parish on wednesday, the 26th September; ss3 the Master House. '."Tyn~ 8T. THOMAS AND ST. DFKN?S. ^7'^? . Three Delegates to be elected hy the votais or " the pariah on Saturday, the nth september,'at the Brick Church. ST. JOHN'S COLLEVON. ? ?. Twelve Delegates to be sleeted, us follow*, o Three by the voters or Wad mala w bland, oa. Wednesday, lath September, at the, usual p'ace I of meeting. {.'"'. Five by the voters of Jota's island, on Thurs? day , lath September, at Jacob's Ground. " j" .. Four by the voters or Edlsto Island, on Friday ' Seth September, at the Camp Ground;;' " ? ?? av mor-i DPkirbi air [Si?ii?O f?i Nine Dolf rates to Three by the voters of Strawberry, on Tuesday, I Mth September, at the Ferry. Two by the voters cf Calamus Pond,on Thurv I day, Nth September. Two by the voters cf Black oak, on. Friday, 127th September. ; o r ?; Two by the votera or Biggin Church, 'tn fatir I day, 28th September, st the Church. . ^ ',' ST. JAMES GOOSE O SEEK. -.' 1 ' ? . Eight Delegates to be elected on Saturday, sith I September, aa i olio wa: Three by the votera of Goose Creek. Bridge Pre einct, Si. Paul's Church. ' Two by the votera of summerville, near tis I Depot. : Two by the votera of Hickory Uaad and Cross I Road Precincts, st Dean swamp. ' One by the voten of Waaiimtsaw, at the I Chapel. All the Meetings have been arranged with the I view to secure the fallest attendance of Republi? can voters, and to suit the convenience of the . I people. It is boped that at these meetings the Republicans will select their very best ateo as Delegates to the Convention, m order that we may secure the sommation of s ticket which will command the respe.t or all citizen? sod yet secure the votes nf all good Republican*. E. W. M. MACKEY, Chairman Of the Union Republicen Party, aepld-mths Of charleston county. . ?RT TBEASUBY DEPARTMENT, OF FICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, j WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 10,1172.-Whereas, by satisfactory evidence presented to the under* signed, lt has been made to appear that the Bank of Charleston National Banking Ataootstton, lat the City of Charit a ton, In the County of Chartas j ton and state or South Carolina, has been dc ly organised under and according to the requirv menta or the Act or Congress, e u titled ?An Act to j provide a National curren oy, secured by a pledge * ! of United States Bonds, and to provide for the' circulation and redemption thereof," approved Jone 8,1804, and has complied with au tbs provi? sions of said Act, required to bs compuso with I before commencing the business of Banking un? der said Acs. Now, therefore, X JOHN 8. LANQWORTHY. Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that the Bank of Charleston National Baak, lng Association, la the Qty of Charleston, in the Coon ty or Charleston and State of Sooth Parolina. ls authorised to commence the business of Bank? I mg nader the Act aforesaid. In testimony whereof, witness my hand and Seal of office, this loth day of September, 187S. J. 8. LANG WORTHY, Acting comptroller of Currenoy. TL.) [No. 2044.] ~?_sepis-xaos tr C LE Ali AND HARMLESS AS WA r TER-NATT ANS'S CRYSTAL DISCOVERY FOB THE HAIR.-A perfectly clear pr?paration in ona bottle, aa easily applied ss water, for restoring to gray hair lui natural color and youthful appear* ance, to eradicate and prevent dandruff,, to pro? mote the growth ot the hair and atop ita railing out. It ls entirely harmless, and perfectly fres from any poisonous substance, and will therefore take the place of all the dirty and unpleasant preparations now m use. Numerous taa?inotus-s have been sent os from many of otirinnstprosu aent cltHens, some sf which sn aiinjotetdi. In everything In which the articles now in nae are obSo^lonable, CRYSTAL DISCOVERY la perfect. ?ni^vaCl to contain ndther W?U*d, aulphur or Nitrate of saver, lt does not sou the or scalp, is agreesbly perfonMj and makes one of tbebest dressing. ^ thAHsir ln ose. It restores the color ortho Hag "moreperv feet sad uniformly than any other preparation," and always does so in from three to ten days, virtually feeding the roots Of the Hair With Sil me n o uris hing quail ties necessary to tts growth and healthy condition; it restons the decayed and induoes a new growth of tts Hair msw posi? tively than anything else. The appBosttai of thia wonderful discovery also produces s pleasant and cooling effect on th? scalp and gives the Bair ?pleasing and elegant appearance. Price fl a bottle. ARTHUR BATTA NB, - Inventor and Proprietor, Washington, rx a Fer ?ale by the Agent, DE. H. BABB, "No. in Meeting street, Oharieasoa, ava BCTlA-atatblT