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Wcdnefday Morning, Oct. ll, 186C. Rc-n?lo>. The late^Gonvention of the order of Odd Fellows at Baltimore gave ns uneqniTocftl evidence of the honesty and- sincerity of the* people of - the *' South ~ in relation to restoring their fraternal intercourse with the North? ern associations of that wide-spread brotherhood We now see it stated that arrangements are making for a grand national re-union of the Ma? sonic fraternity at an early day, either , at Baltimore or Bi?hmond; and a call for a general National Convention, with delegates from all parts of the United States, will soon be issued. It is designed to ma\c it the grandest and most brilliant affair of the kind ever witnessed in this country or any other. Thc object of this meeting will be to strengthen the bonds of fraternity and union, und it Ls proba? ble, therefort:, that the meeting will be heil in Biehnumd." This re-union of religious and benevolent societies is one of the important signs of the times. From all quarters, we glean that there is every prospect of a speedy ecclesiastical re-union of the Protestant Episcopal Church. The Methodist Church will also probably take early steps to re-unite, and as this was the first religious body to separat?, on reconciliation between the two sections, will be doubtless attended with the happiest results. Be-union and restoration to harmony among such influential organizations will eminently conduce to the closest and most friendly connection between the North and the South. Organization. We refer our readers to the pro? ceedings of a District meeting held in this city on yesterday. An impor? tant charge is given to the gentlemen composing the committees at the dif? ferent precincts of the District, and we trust they will go earnestly to work to effect this needful organi? zation. In reiation to . the forces to be raised in this city, we would respect? fully suggest that a section of artillery be organized Many of our young men have been trained in this arm of the service, and a couple of howitzers we have no doubt could be obtained to make efficient such a company. Let there be no lagging in these or? ganizations for the preservation of ^ peace and order. . The Gc-?: mor sh ip. Several nominations of Gen. Wade Hampton, for the office of Governor, having been made in the Charleston and other papers of the State, we are authorized by Gen. Hampton to state that, for various reasons, he eannot consent to be a candidate for the office. Highly appreciating the con? fidence of his fellow-citizens through? out the State, it is proper to make this announcement, to prevent em? barrassment to his friends and those who are disposed to vote* for .him for Governor. FEOM TEXAS. -The news from Texas states that political and military mat? ters in Texas aro quiet. Great har? mony prevails between Gov. Hamilton and the army officials, and tho people are disposed to acquiesce in their . plans for reconstructing the State Government. The destruction of the growing cotton by the army worm has been so great thal in many districts not more than one-third of the crop will be gathered. There Ls a great scarcity of laborers at Galveston, Texas-ordinary labor? ers readily commanding $4 per day." GOOD NBWS.- The Charleston Cou? rier of Monday, 9th inst, is happy to leam, from high authority, that the lands on Edisto and the other islands on the coast are shortly to begiveu up to their owners, in conformity with an order from Washington. Public Xectfng. T>TTTor?ftTit trt public nonT, the ci ti-. zens of Richland District met in the upper rooms of the store of J. G. Gibbes. On motion, bis Honor J. G. Gibbes was callad to the Chair, and D. B. DeSaussure, Esq., requested to act as Secretary. The Mayor having stated the ob. ject of the meeting, General "Wade Hampton addressed the same, urging the policy of organization of military companies, to repress disorder and insure tranquility, and in conclusion offered the following resolution: Resolved, That four companies of militia be raised in this District, con? sisting of two companies of infantry for the city of Columbia; one compa? ny of cavalry for the election precinct known as the "Camp Grounds;" one company of cavalry fqg the election precinct known as "Gadsden.'' It was further Resolved, That, in order to consum? mate the object of the meeting, a com? mittee, consisting of Gen. Hampton. ! Maj. Meighan, Col. Thomas, Maj. Radcliffe and Maj. Stark, for the eity of Columbia; Dr. Kay, Lt. Col. "War? ren Adams, ? Dr. Weston, N. By mini and - Shannan, f?r the" Fork? and Capt. Sligh, J. H. Kinsler, Dr. Tur nipseed, J. Frost, jr., and J. Douglass, for the Camp Ground, be appointed to open lists and take such steps to promote the object of the meeting as will most likely be successful. There being no further business to be transacted, on' motion of Dr. W. Taylor, the meeting adjourned. D. B. DESAUSSURE, Secretary. GEN. HOWARD TO THE FREEDMEN. Major-General Howard, tho Superin? tendent of the Freedmen's Bureau, visited Lynchburg, Va., recently. He had an interview with the City Coun? cil in the morning, and at night ad? dressed the colored people. He told them of the vice of idleness and the importance of work.' He alluded to the fallacious idea which some entertained that the lands of the South would be parceled among them by the Government at Christ? mas. This idea, he told them, was utterly without, foundation, and to dis? card it from their minds. The Go? vernment had no lands to give; it had no right to take them from their owners, and it would not be best if it had the right; and that if lands were given them now, with their want ol experience in managing for them? selves and lack of means, they would find it to their advantage, and Would most probably soon be cheated out ol them by sharpers. Tho best thing for them now was to work for others faithfully, learn experience, be in? dustrious and economical, and try tc save enough from their wages to buj themselves homes after awhile. He urged them to educate inei3 children and bring them up to corree and useful lives. The General aliud ed to the pernicious advice which hat been given by mischievous person) -such as "if a white man pushes yoi off the sidewalk, push him off too; i ho strikes you, strike him bael again," etc. This, said the General is all wrong. They must remembe not to violate the teachings of tb blessed Saviour of whom they ha? been hearing, who, when he wa reviled, reviled- not again; when h was smitten on one cheek, turned th other. That meek and gentle exampl of the great Master was worthy o their constant imitation. Listen no to the wicked counsels of bad men they would only do them harm, an that their rights would be respected NATIONAL, EXPRESS COSIPAN?.-W see that Gen. P. T. Moore has "Iel Richmond on. a tour through th Northern and North-western States for the purpose of consulting wit the prominent business rn;.*, .ipon th subject of tho organization of th National Express Company. Th folio-wing comissioners have been a] pointed in the Southern States, b the stockholders of this company: Virginia-Rober ^ A. Lancastei Jas. R. Branch and Wm. B. Isaacs ? of Richmond. j North Carolina-Wm. Johnson an I John Wilkes, of Charlotte; and Kid ; der & Martin, of Wilmington, i Florida-A. H. Cole, of Jaeksor ! ville, A. Hopkins and Wm. R. Pettos j of Tallahassee. A Scotch agent has secured a larg tract of land in Virginia, where a co lony of Scotch emigrants will settl in November or December. From Walkington. tMTKttVAT. Ttyyi>m*f? BZOEP?S. The returns exhibited daily at the Internal Revenue Burean were never larger than now. During the quarter ending on theist instant, which in? cludes ninety-six days, th? proceeds amounted t# 8100,935,321. The month of September alone shows returns of thirty-eight mi.Hon dollars, and the receipts of the four days in the pre? sent month amount to upwards of nine million dollars. Hp-day's re? turns aggregate nearly two millions. VISIT OP THE ENGLISH CAPITALISTS TO THU PRESIDENT. Messrs. Cosham, Rixen and Hewitt, of Sir Morton Pete's party of English financiers, were admitted to an inter? view with the President this morning, and were greatly pleased with their reception. INTERVIEW OF A DELEGATION PROM LOUISIANA WITH THE PRESIDENT. Several Louisiana gentlemen were admitted early in the day to an inter? view with the President, and urged their peculiar views concerning re? construction in tluit State. Governor Wells was warmly sustained by them, and General Cunby blamed for the civil disorder and dissatisfaction that reigned throngout thc commonwealth. General Sheridan was spoken of in high term";, and conceded to have confined himself to thc discharge of his military duties. They represent that .permanent order cannot be re? stored until Gen. Canby's interference in civil mattera be decisively forbid? den. THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU. It Ls represented that Brevet Maj. Gen. Baird, recently assigned to duty in the Freedmen's Bureau, will be transferred to an important State su? perintendency under that organiza? tion. General Fullerton, Chief of Gene? ral Howard's staff, will leave to-mor? row for a few weeeks' sojourn in the Southern States, for the purpose of an extended and careful scrutiny of the affairs of the negroes. From Europe. "LrvERPOOL, September 23.-Tho steamship Caledonia, from New York, arrived at Greenock to-day. The Liverpool Telegraph pubhshes a report that the American bark Han? nah G, which arrived here from Car? denas, was Overhauled at sea by an armed screw steamer carrying the Fenian flag. Tho captain of the ship pronounced the story a hoax. The issue of $800,000 sterling bonds by the Erie Railroad Company is officially announced by Morgan & Co., of London. The subscription price is 75c., redeemable at par in ten years, with interest at 6 per cent. The .bonds arc convertible at any time into stocks at the owner's option. ? LIVERPOOL, September 24.-The Fenian prisoners were all remanded, yesterday, at Dublin for a week. They will all be tried together. Arrests continue: Among the latest are a j merchant tailor in Dublin named Druiffe, and a stationer in Liverpool named Archdeacon. Treasonable arms and documents were found in both cases. I PARIS, September 23.-The Bourse closed at 68.42. The Ministei of the Interior has in- J structed the Prefects to carefully pe? ruse Provincial papers and officially j correct errors in them. LIVERPOOL, September 23.-The sales of cotton to-day foot up 35,000 | huies, including 15,000 to speculators and exporters. The market is excited, ! and quotations have advanced ' 3od., and in some instances almost ld. j per pound. The breadstuff market is quiet and steady. The provision market is inactive. | Lard firm, and advancing; quoted at 90J4. Petroleum firm. THE FENIAN EXCITEMENT.-Further arrests continued, not only in Ireland, but also in England. Another soldier had been arrested in the garrison at Cork-a drum-major in tho second regiment; and the Cork Examiner says further arrests were expected to be made among the troops quartered in that city. On the other bund, an? other paper says that notwithstand? ing the arrests already made, there seems to be but little warrant for the story that the troops arc tainted with l^eiii?inisLi; and there is reason to be lieve Lhat the troops as a body aro perfectly loyal and quite ready te aid in tho repression of any rebellious outbreak. On the 21st, some detectives from Dublin arrested two men in Manches? ter-one a book-keeper and the other a railroad porter. Arms and ammu? nition were found in their possession, as well as criminatory papers. They were conveyed to Dublin. Efforts were being made to secure several other active Fenians in Manchester. At Sheffield, a traveling agent of eninns iras also arrested by Irish j :tlTC3 ?Su acut to D?ibllil. jD(JCU ments were found upqn bim, 'clearly connecting him with the conspiracy.. Police officers from Dublin were on the alert at several other places in England. ,, ' . Despatch froH th? President. * We fiad the following despatch from President Johnson, to Governor Perry, congratulating niia oh the action cf State .Convention, pub? lished in the Greenville Mountain**-?; WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 1865. Gov. B. F. PKBRT: I thank you for your despatch of the 28th inst. I have to congratulate your Convention upon its harmonious and successful amendments to the Constitution. It affords great satisfaction here to all who favor a speedy restoration of all the States in the Union. Let this work go on, and we will soon be once more united, a prosperous and a happy people, forgetting the past, looking with confidence to a prosper? ous and harmonious future. ANDREW JOHNSON, President United States. SALE DAY.-The village "was alive with people on Monday, and candi? dates were prompt in availing them? selves of the harvest presented. The action of the Convention and the approaching elections were thorough? ly canvassed, and we doubt not that much was accomplished, pro and con. General good feeling prevailed, and we are rejoiced to see that the gloomy aspect of three months ago is fast wearing into cheerfulness and hope. _ [Anderson Intelligencer. G. Humphreys, late a Brigadier General in the Confederate army, has been pardoned by the President. MARRIED, At "Tho Hickorio," Lake Wier, on tho 20th September, 1865, by Kev. Donald Fraser, Col. A. G. SUMMER and Miss MAGGEE J., youngest daughter of Maj. Thomas Starke, all of Marion County, Florida. Funeral Invitation. The friends and acquaintances of Mrs. H. C. ELMORE and family arc requested to attend her funeral, at ;he Presbyterian Church, THIS MORNING, at 10 o'clock. COLUMBIA, S. C., OCTOBER 2,1865. I At a meeting of the City Fire Depart? ment, held this evening, the following pre? amble and resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas it has pleased an Ail-wisc God, in the dispensation of his Providence, to remove from time to eternity our much esteemed friend and brother fireman, H. C. FRANCK, by which our Fire Department has lost a good and energetic member one that was always at his post-and our city one of ita most esteemed and honor? able citizens; therefore, be it Resolved, That by the death of our late brother fireman, H. ?. Franck, we have lost an active, energetic and good member of this Fire Department. Resolved, That by his death our commu? nity has lost one of its best and most highly esteemed members, and his family a kind and affectionate husband and a de? voted and loving father. Resolved, That we deeply and sincerely sympathize with the bereaved family of our deceased brother fireman in their irre? parable loss and sad affliction. Resolved, That & blank page in our Mi? nute Book bo dedicated and inscribed t? his memory. ?Resolved, That our hall l>c draped in mourning, and that we wear the usual' badge of mourning for the space of thirty .days. Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions be transmitted to the familv of deceased. C. F. HARRISON, Secretary pro tem. . OBITUARY. Departed this life, ou the 21th of Septem? ber, 18t?. EMMA JOHNSON, daughter of Jamos 1>. ?nd S. Emma Tradewell, aged eighteen months. "He that hath bent him o'er the dead, Ero tho first day of death has fled Before decays tho effacing lingers, Have swept the lines where beauty lingers.*' So let it bc. As it, she is; ?He left as we w~sh sh? is. In thc morn of Heaven we will meet her. Between ber and her mother Heaven will be an intervener. Thus have wo lived-thus will We die; Father and mother meet her in the sky. ? T. Died, in Columbia, on the morning of the 2d of October, of congestion of the brain. LIZZIE, eldest daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Boyne, aged thirteen years. "She is not lost, but gone before," So tho Saviour, Christ, hath said; ' Blessed balm to soothe our anguish; Thought:" so sweet, "She is not dead!" Angela' wings hath borne her upward; Death was but the voice of love, Calling her from earthly troubles To that happy homo above. _ Moura not,' then, the flower faded Faded from Oais world of gloom; Let ns hope 'tis but transplanted In a fairer world to bloom In a land where smiling faces And a joyous happy band, Ready stood with love to greet r ei As she neared the heavenly land. L. i Local Ito HicpivontBST.-Eight ox ten good print? ers cub obtain employment in this office, daring the approaching session of th? Legislature._ CAMM.-We wish it distinotly nnderstood that our terms for subscription, advertising and job work are cash. The money must I in every case accompany orders, or they teeH not be attended to. This rule applies to sib ACKNOWLEDGMENT?-We are indebted to General Howard for a copy of the New York Herald, of the 4th inst.-. * ~ Mr. A. G. Baskin requests ns to state I that, while thankful to the friends who nominated him for the Legislature, and for the support tendered to him since the nomi? nation, he must decline its acceptance.Sgg ARRIVALS.-Among the arrivals at Nick efson's Hotel, yesterday, we notice those of Brovct Brig. Gen. C. H. Howard, Inspector- . General of tho Freedmen's Bureau for South Carolind, Georgia and Florida, and. Major E. C. Cuiji, .Voting Inspector-General for the District of South Carolina. To the latter gentleman, we are indebted for copies of the Charleston Courier and Keir*, of the Otb inst., from which we make extracts' of the latest news from the North and Europe. THE MARKET.-WC learn that thc report of thc Committee appointed by the lat? meeting of citizens recommends the refit? ting of thc market on its old site, embracing City Hall, Clerk's Office, Ac. Tho Commit? tee make this recommendation on the score of economy, as the present market house can be repaired at much less expense than a new market on a different site could be built. The whole matter has been referred to the City Council, but it is to be hoped that the Council win, consult the people of i tho city-the tax-payers-ere they deter? mine the matter. , We believe that a large majority of the citizens are in favor of removing the mar? ket from its present site on Main street to . one on Assembly street, and trust that no hurried action will be taken. We are of opinion that measures can be adopted which will meet the views of all. The Com niitiee, in their report, we understand only contemplated the refitting of the pre? sent market as a temporary convenience. Nsw ADTMTISESTSNTS.-Attention is e*H ed to tbs following advertisements, whick are published for the first time this norn? ing: Fire Department-Tribute of Respect. Richard Caldwell-Dry Gooda, Ac. And'w Crawford-Commission Business. Phelps A Dawson-Foi^arding Notice. Dr. P. Melvin Cohen-Cubebs, Conaiva, " " " -Carolina indigo. E. H. Moise A Co.-Kerosene OU. Wm. Elliott-Attorney at Law. H. M. James & Bro.-Paper Merchants. MORTALITY AMONGST NEGROES.-ID. answer to the charge that the large mortality among the negro population South is caused by brutal treatment, the Louisville Journal says: That there has been frightful mor? tality among the negroes in the South we know. Every man acquainted with the South' knows it. It. is greater among them than it wag before they were set free, and we have not a doubt that it wll continue to be greater, for awhile at least: The utmost exertions of the Freedmen's Bureau, and all the philanthropy of the country ? will not be able to pre? vent it. This increased mortality is incident to the change that has taken place in the negro's status. Those who did not anticipate this, only betray their ignoranoe of the nature of ?tue negro. He cannot bear up under difficulties and changes like the white man. When at home with regular employment, food and hours, he moved along and kept well; but all this has been changed, and the irregularities to which he has been1 subjected cause him to sicken and die. This chango is now fixed and un? alterable. Wo must accept it and do tile best wo can. For awhile, it will be worse for the negro. The Southern people cannot, if they would, help this. It is enevitable. It is useless to abuse the inhabitants of the South in consequence of it, and it is base and villainous to misrepresent them. NEW YORK MARKET.-The gold market took a strong upward turn, the price opening at 144%, and ad? vancing steadily to 146% at half-past 2. It then began to re-act, and closed at 14&%?%. 'Tho supply for deli? very is easy, and loans are made at 0(aj7 per cent. The cotton market was again very active, and under the recent advices from Europe, prices again advanced, as sht#wn in our annexed quotations. The sales cover 10,000 bales, the market closing very strong, with an advancing tendency. We quote: Or? dinary, 38; middling, 48; good mid? dling 52. w 0