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?HffT*jui.. '.i i .i . ii' uri11 ^ Ul COLUMBIA. Friday Mon?iiff, October 18? mt. ? Baltimore sm* ber Pro*]***** . There to ?6 city in the ??nited States whoso prosperity and progress viii gratify the Southern people more than Baltimore, and wo have read with much interest, an article from the Gazette of that city, giving some . account and furnishing some statis ' tice? which show the progress she is , Basking. Whatever may have been ?he doubts, (among her own people,) a? to the interests of Baltimore before fl the war, it is now plainly evident that they are bound np with the Booth-that when the Sooth is pros? per?os, Baltimore will bo prosperous ; and when there is stagnation of busi? ness ?d poverty at the South, vu at city most, feel tho effects of it So well ia this now understood by her people, as we learn from the Gazette, .Us?t since the close of the war, efforts i hove been made to make more close the connection between that city and the South-to provide a larger mar? ket for her produce, and to offer greater facilities for Southern pur? chasers. Numerous lines of coastwise steam? ers plying to tho South, and an ocean lino of steamers to Liverpool, afford to the Southern cities a mnoh more direct communication with Europe, than they ever had before. In a few months more there is to bo an en? larged line to Liverpool, and one to Bremen, which will, of course, give f increased importance to Baltimore, ? as a port of import and export. A proposition has also been mado bj French capitalists, to subscribe one half towards tho building of a Une tc Havre. Socb is the progress that Baltimore is ' making to build np a market, . where Southern merchants may sup ply themselves. A few figures nov, to show the progress she hos made within a few years past, as to th< amount of duties received at thc ca&tom boose. We quote from th< ' 'Gazette: "For the year 1863, it waa 81,919, 239; for the year 1864, $2,167,129 fer thc ysar 1S65, $2,983,292, and fo: the year 1866, it hud increased to tin large sum of $1,665.964. For 1h< current vear. the duties received u] to October 1st, are $4,479,789, a against $3,485,571 for the same pe Triod last year, at which rates of in - crease the total amount of duties u] to December 81st, will be nearl; '' $6,999,999, a far larger amount o' customs than bas ever been befor received at this port, and one whicl represente an importation of mer ehandize to the extent of about $12, 590,999, in gold; nearly quadruple th importation of 1862, whioh amount ed to $3,466,458, and moro than dou ble that of 1865, which amounted t $6,211,257." These are interesting figures, an require little comment; but it moe also be taken into the account, the by no means represent the total in: portations of Baltimore. Large quat titiea still come through New Yorl much of wbioh, however, will com direct, when the Bremen line is estai lish'ed. The Gazelte concludes ita review < the prospects of Baltimore, as fo 3ows : "The marked improvement in tb trade in Baltimore, it must be reoo looted, has occurred during a ye. whioh has been anything but proi perons, when the shrinkage in valu ol goods of many descriptions hat - been enormous, and when the ohii markets to which Baltimore looks fe its purchasers have been in no cond ti on to take more than what was al solutely necessary for their want Ii, then, the improvement in tb commerce of Baltimore has been f decided in the face of such disai i vantages, what a future may we m predict for ber. so soon as the Soul io again permitted to enjoy son kind of a government under wbi( her citizens can be at least reaso; ably free, and under wbioh they ci - ?eel some kind of assurance that wh they earn is to be their own." All the merchants of Baltimo have to do to win a large portion the trade of the South, is to prese: eqnal facilities, good assortments ?MU ?m'ti o urning they attend to these matters, thc city most prosper. DR. CROSS.-It is stated in our e changes, that the report of the dea ol this minister, is not true. Tl Houston Telegraph, of the 28th ul announces that he was to deliver t\ discourses in that oity on the folio ing day, Sunday. ^ ^ _ Agassiz says the Florida reefs we ;u,UUU years in building. RBAFTXG WHAT TEXX HAT? Sttw*. The Newburyport Herald says the manufacturing corporations in New England for the" making of cotton and woolen L 1 " 'I**uh\gBjflp badly. Oaly those with the most ap? proved/machine at work cn fancy goods', are paying their way. Wool ia now lower, paid in gold, than before the war; and cotton is constantly declining, the depreciation falling upon the manufacturers in tho decline of goods and the great dull? ness of the markets. It ia doubtful if "any of tho oompanies in NowburyV port W?? declare a dividend thi year. These manufacturers are only reap-i ing what they have sown; but "aweet are the uses ot adversity" which we hope wiil be applicable to them, in the future, and manifested in their efforts to restore peace and union to the country. _ ANOTHER BENEVOLENT ENTERPRISE. We find in the Charleston Courier, of the 17th, an appeal from a committee of Charleston ladies, who propose to establish in that city a home for tba widows, mothers and daughters of deceased Confederate soldiers, who may be in destitution or wunt. The Courier says: "The committee of ladies above named respectfully represeut that they have secured the commodious building in Broad street, knowu as the "fVro?i??S Hotel," and that ihey are now prepared to receive applica? tions. These muy be mndo to any member of the committee. Contri? butions of provisions, fuel, furniture or money will be thankfully received. The payment of ono dollar yearly constitutes membership in this "Home Association," and tho citi? zens of Charleston are earnestly re? quested to subscribe, at least, this amount. No olleotors will be ap? pointed to make personal appeals to the community, but subscription lists will be left at the offices of the three daily papers, and with the members of the committee. "lt is proposed also, about the middle of December, to hold a bazaar for the benefit of the Home. All contributions of useful work, and refreshments of every kind, will be thankfully received, and may be for? warded to any of the committee." EDGE FIELD ITEMS.-The Advertiser, of the 16th, announce* tho deaths of two ministers of that District-Revs. Z. Watkius and A. W. Asbill. There was little done at tho Fall Term of tho Court-on account of Judgo Aldrich declining to comply with the provisions of Order 89, and the District being without a Sheriff. COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD. We had tho pleasure of seeing during the past week, a copy of the decree of Chancellor Carroll, dismissing the bill of the South Carolina Railroad Company versus tho Columbia and Augusta Railroad Company, and hoped that said decree would termi? nate the mattera in dispute between them. We regret to state, however, that a motion of the latter road honrd before Judgo Aldrich, at this place, on Wednesday last-for the appointment of commissioners to assess the value of certain land, own? ed by the former road, and deemed necessary to the speedy construction and completion of the Columbia and Augu H til road, was opposed, and suc? cessfully, by the South Carolina road. Tho land in question lies near the Graniteville depot of the South Caro? lina road. We understand that the attorney for the motion will appeal from the decision of Judge Aldrich, and thus carry up the matter for final decision. Judge Aldrich, in the? course of his opinion, remarked that it wus much to be regretted that these two com Sanies could not agree upon some linn on io us plan for the development of their respective interests. We need scarcely add, that this remark finds a universally responsivo echo in the bosom of tho great public. [Edgeflelif Advertiser. GOLD.-We saw a lump of gold last week weighing six pounds, which was found in a branch near tho Austin Mine, in Union County. Judge Kelley was not far from right when he talked about the vast wealth of this region of the earth. Tho sun never shone on a better section of country than this, and all that is necessary is for our Northern rulers to let us alono.-Charlotte Democrat. RESULTS OF THE PAIR -Wo Ls&rs that the managers of the fair, recent? ly held for the benefit of tho Baptist Church debt, realized some $1,200, clear of expenses. This is very good, considering the great dearth of mo? ney, and we congratulate them on their success.-Greenville Enterprise. The Anderson Intelligencer states that the session house of the Pres? byterian Church, in that village, was destroyed by fire on Wednesday night last. It was a plain wooden build? ing, and of small value, incendiar - I ism. Xi?oal .Xt?m?. ' The Phceni?s W??ify Lett?? Sheet Price? Current and Mxrket Report will be issued thia (Friday) afternoon. Those desiring copies,Wwiil : hand in their orders as early as practicable. AiiAKii OP ForB?-^everial .noisy in? dividuals, who, it is presnmed, had been cultivating the acquaintance of John Barleycorn, caused im alarm of fire to be sounded last'night, about balf-paat 9 o'clock. The. -firemen, of course, were out io a hurry; but, like the ancient individual, went down tua hill and then went up again. THC JuBr QTJKSTION.-If the briol ivioit of General Ganby to Columbia, Vas productivo of no other good re atyt, the settloaient o? the juror quos tiokk for the fall terms of the Courte nott in progress, will be bailed with much satisfaction by the judiciary, the bar and people of the State. Tht session of no Court, either State oi District, need not bo delayed bj making a new. pannel, in conformity to former military orders, and thi business can go on without interrup tion. It is possible, if not probable that this modification was obtainoc through the President, on tho 39tl ult., praying for a revocation or mo di fi cn tion of, th^ order referred to. It is well so? fur. It is hard to tel what may happen before the Sprinj terms of the Courts-the laws o Congress themselves may be ver much modified by that time. Let v. livo in hope that tho darkest hour ba passed. A USEFUL INVENTION.-We ext mined with considerable interest, yei terday morning, the operations of clothes washer-the invention of Mi F. Elder, of Chester, S. C. Th machine is simple in constructioi not liable to get out of order, is rei sonable in price, and will, in five m ?utes, with but little labor, thorougl ly cleanse the dirtiest articles < clothing-a homespun frock, a pa of dirty socks, a pillow-case and sev ral other articles having been expel mented upon successfully, in tho pr seuco of tho "local" and several otb witnesses. An aged freed-woman d dared, that if "dat frock como o clean," sho "w;?uld b'loeve in it After witnessing tba operation, el declared herself perfectly satisfied to what tlu- machine would do, b asserted, with a shake of tho hen that "a heap of the washer-wonii would have to quit now." These washers aro of two siz( and are sold at $11 and 812; with t "Universal" wringer attached-a other labor-saviug invention-t price is increased to $20, $22 and uccordiug to size. Mr. Elder ha: number of certificates as to the e, cacy of his invention; but we woi: advise our citizens to examine 1 themselves-as a machine can be sc in operation at Nickerson's Hot It will bo found to possess all t qualifications claimed for it by t patentee, viz: that it is cheap, simp useful and substantial. State a District rights, as well as single u chines, aro offered for pale. COUNT OF COMMON* PLEAS.-I Court met yesterday morning, at o'clock, when the examination witnesses in thc case of tho State M. Brown, was concluded. Ai arguments by James D. Tradew Esq., and Solicitor Melton, the ji retired, and after an absence of ab an hour, returned a verdict of gui with a recommendation of met The council for the prisoner g notice of an appeal for a new tria The case of tho Stato vs. Geo Green-chargeai with high-way i bery-was then called. Mr. Wa for the prisoner, Mr. Melton for State. The jury, without lea^ their seats, returned a verdiot of guilty; but the prisoner was rems ed until this morning, at 19 o'ch on a question as to further actioi the part of the State-as to tho jr. rlioMnn o' this CG?UU iii eua tn ui ceny. The Aot passed by the Legislature having muddled mal somewhat. The State vs. Gus. Adams, fr man; arcon. The prosecutor fai to appear, and it being evident the ch argo could not be sustai the prisoner was released on his recognizance, to appear at the : Courts ?, Read Udolpho Wolfe's adver ments in to-day's paper. j [ ) ' ,"' il ? (.']> j ""i 1 ' TH? '?UotnrLU^ CO? LUMBIA.--SPEECH, RESOLUTIONS AND RHTTBIOSGNI OP MAJrtSHAT, EpPrNG ANTICTPATED SPLIT nt TEE We leora that troublo occurred in the secret session of the Radical Con? vention, yesterday, whioh led io the abrupt Withdrawal of Mr. J. P. M. Epping, United States Marshal. It .waa generally understood that. there biad been a serious disagreement in the ranks of the party, and the Co? lumbia meeting, it was bel io ved, bsd been called for the purpose of healing tho breach. Mr. Epping iuiruduced the following resolutions, which were voted for almost unanimously: Resolved, That organization is in? dispensable to ?he success of Repub? lican principles in this State, and that the organization of the R?pubiiOo? party must be maintained upon a solid basis and upon correct principles. Resolved, That capability and merit, honesty and fidelity, are the only test for office among Republicans. Resolved. That every citizen of the State who is loyal, and whose devotion to tho Union i? lwyrmd question, is entitled, so far as the late reconstruc? tion acts will permit, to the support of Republicans for places of honor and trust. Resolved, That we profoundly de? precate any lino of policy or sepret machinations, which will array race against ruco, and citizens of ono class against another. Resolved, That we, ns citizens of South Carolina, profess no other aim than to restore to her people the ine3 I '.wimble benefits and blessings of the Uuion. Mr. Epping spoke as follows: FBTENDS AND FaiiiiOW-CrrizENs: While 1 fear too niauy hurp upou the past and excite the prejudices aud passions of one portion of our citizens against the other, by recount? ing the evils which existed prior to the lute war, allow me to say a few words about the glorious future which is before us, if wo will only profit by the opportunity now offered to ns by the Republican party organization of this greut country. Aud while many demagogues strive to ride into places and power by dia? bolical machinations and corrupt in finouoes, us well as by pandering tc the prejudices of caste und color, creating general distrust aud misery all around us, I will try and pour oil upon the troubled waters, and there? by help to restore confidence aud prosperity to this blighted State. Demagogues and renegades from Southern as well aa Northern States, having in view only their own selfish interests, keep prating and howling about rebellion and slavery, as if thesi curses were still among us, as if wc only had to look to tho past and nol to the future, and all for what? I wil tell you-they want office and wanl spoils. They thiuk they can get all this bj throwing dust iuto the eyes of om colored fellow-citizens; but they wil lind that the colored mau is not sc ignorant as they wish him to be, ant their uefurious schemes will all come to uought. They will find that thoj will be repudiated by tho great, goot and sound sense of all classes ant races alike, but particularly by thc marvellous good judgment and in teg rity of the new enfranchised coloree men. For why should the meu freec by the robelliou hate their former mas ters for having turned rebels? Woulc they bo what they are now, free citi zeus of tnis great country? Woulc they not havo been in slavery still if this great rebellion had not beor started? Surely, my colored friends ough to be grateful to the Almighty foi having instilled the crazy idea o secession iuto their former tnustors so as to make war upon tho country and to causo the destruction of thei: cherished peculiar institution, as the] called slavery. instead of hatred, the colored mei should look with Christian charity upon their fallen and broken dowi masters. Extend the hand of gooc citizenship to them, and thereby provo to the world, that while the; are thankful to the Almighty God fo* their liberty, they bear ill-will anc malice towards none. Let us bi charitable to the impoverished widov aud orphan of our former foes. Le us show, then, that while you an watchful nf your rights and you liberties, you will say, as my coloree friend from Greenville said, a fev weeks ago: "If old master does no lovo mo, I will love him, and if h will not take care of me, I will tak care of him." Truly noble words spoken by a noble man. And surely if you tnuke others happy, you will b happy yourselvs. Nr?/?(?iintry r?n ''nrri ?yj! -?tj", 'Wu????i different races dwell, can be happy can be prosp?rons, if there is no general good feeling and con fi de nc between them-strife and dissension amongst them create distrust am rancor, and all trade and oom meroe I manufactures as well as agriculture are not 'prosperous; money does no circulate and the laboror cannot fin? remunerating employment. Look a the city of Charleston, look aronui ?ou hero in Columbia, and Bee th undreds, nay the thonsands, of mc dinnies and laborera out of work an out of employment, hardly know-in ' from day to day wherewith to fee - ? ' ' " i I .i nn ? ?-? ?.i , - , , ? ? and clothe themselves and their fami? lies, ali for wont of confidence, all for want of trust. The fotare welfare of our people, both whites and colored, ia in their own hands, but particularly just now in the power of tho newly enfran? chised citizen of TOis^jjBtate, they being temporarily in the majority. It is in their power to mould their own destiny, as well as the destiny of their brethren in the other States 1 of the Union. If they conduct them? selves with moderation and modesty, the continued success of the party of liberty and of progress, the great Union Republican party of the North,'i? insured:; T m?an"th?"great Conservative Republican patty of the country.. . ? * . * Xi they, themselves raise the ques I tion of race, and assume powero which ! they do not know hbw to wield; if they effect themselves into offices which they do uul know how to fill, or elect bad men, demagogues and outcasts of this, or renegades of other communities, ?Or high position, for the, mere parp?se of aggrandizement, then the doom of the colored man, not only in this State, butin all the States of tho Uniou, is sealed. The rn-nction, which will then certainly take place, sooner or later, at the North, will surely raise their .enemies, the Democratic party, again into power, by beating the Republicans at the elections, und under the cry oi "white man's Government," thu country will be made too hot for tht colored man to live in. Their rights, their privileges and their franchise: will be swept away, one after the other, so that they will be left to ek< out a miserable existence-, or be forcee to leave these States. As I have said before, the destin] of the colored people ia in their o wi hands If they conduct themselvei so that tho Republican party cai maintain its power at tho North then all will bo well, all will prospe at the South, not only tho coloree raoe, but tho white race as well-fo the welfare of both are in thesi Southern States, so indissolubly link ed together, that when one fiourisb es, the other prospers also; wher one is poor and miserable, the othe is poor and wretched also. Remember, my colored friends, th preponderance of the whito men i this country. Remombcr the constar accumulation of the whito race by in migration, while you will increase br slowly. There ure already nearl eight whites to one colored man i this couutry. Even in tho Souther States, there are eight millions < whites to four millions of colore people, and int twenty-five years tb whites will most likely have increase in the South to tweuty-fivo million: while the colored will not numb? much more than five millions. Ri member, that if you create a hatre of race against you now, by ubusin your temporary power, and by elec ing ignorant mon and low demugogui to high office, who surely will alni! their bhort-lived power,you will arou! a terrible re-action against you befoi long, and when thisre-actionaiy pari got? into power, then God have men upon you. Rut all this is only oi side of tho picture-on the other han* it must be considered what duties hi tho white man of tho South to pe form-what must ho do, or not do, avert the threatening disintegrate of society in the Southern States? While the laborer cannot prosp without the capital of tho rich mai nor without the intelligence of tl learned, so can tho rich, with all h lands or capital, not prosper witho the bono and sinow of tho labore Without labor his lands would be burren wilderness, and without ei ployment his capital would bring i interest. When both work in harm ny, general good will and coufiden prevails. Without this, commer languishes, manufacturers are id) no work for the mechanic, lands I waste, and prosperity is no where be found. Audis not this our prese condition? Is not the want of hi mony between the races and betwei the capitalist and land-owner, and t laborer, the cause of all our mise just now? Is not trade stagnan Are not manufactories at a stand sti Arenotthou8and8--nay, oven mil lio -of acres of land, lying idle for wa of money to employ labor with? Yes, my friends, such is our oon< tion, and the cause of all this is wa of harmony and want of confident Our capital has been wasted by t suicidal war thean States have wag against the Union, and money vt not flow into the South until f peace and harmony is restored. The white men must, first of c take an interest in the advancemc of all their colored fellow-oitizei They must drop their ancient prej dices. To prosper themselves, th should relinquish the monopoly th now have of the landa. They (hi assist in providing education for t irrespective of color. They must i that homesteads are within reach all industrious laborers, by fret selling good lands to them; and t needed good-will between tho ta? will soon be attained. Tho objection of many white pi plo in this State to allowing th former slaves to have lands of th own, is very foolish. They fear tl then they cannot control their lab or cannot hire thom cheap enoui I beg them to remember that this but re-establishing slavery again another form, and that they cam prosper unie?? the laborer prospers also. Unless the laborer is nappy * and contented, capital as well as lands cannot .fiad remunerating' and Safe employment, < Money is a dead body in the lund of any one, unless it is made to bmg interest ot profit, and so are land). No country, no State, is powerM and rich unless it is peopled. Th?, more inhabitants in a State, the more products are raised, and the more consumption there is of necessaries. Thia brings commerce, and with it general prosperity. Money circulates freely. Every, man's product of iu duBtry, whether of the mind or of . the hands, is well p^id for, and gene? ral happiness prevails. Consequently, whil?we have no capital, no money, we most create the same by labor, by the employment of our lands. Wo must not allow our lands to rest in dead hands-that is, hands that will not or cannot cultivate the same. Therefore, we must tax the same, not according to its nominal value, but according to its fitness for cultiva? tion and its quality, acre for acre. By rating lands" according to their Suafity and taxing the samo in gra ation-say from five cents to fifty cents per acre-we insure that they be brought into usefulness; for no man can afford to have them lie idle for any length bf time, but must either make.them produce him something, or throw them into the - market and sell them. While we, by this (policy, bring about such a desirable result, wo at the same time, raise at once abundant means to defray the expenses of the State, and to pay the interest on its debts. McrccT?jr,.;jro put lu?? credit of tho State at once so high, that we can borrow money in the Northerner Enropean markets at very iow rates of iuterest, und gradually throw the much needed caph,J and means into the hands of our people, by fostering the building of railroads and canals, by draining and dyking our swamps and low lands, and by making other internal improvements. I repeat, then, that the white man should honestly perform his part for the advancement and elevation of his colored fellow-citizens, and assist in providing homes and comforts for them, as well as free schools for the young, and charitable institutions for the old, sick and cripple, and so soon os they do so, confidence will be re? stored, and all will be happy. Bemember, my white fellow-citi? zens, that all your lands are useless, if you cannot get assistance in work? ing them. Lands without labor are a barren waste; consequently you must be friends with your neighbors, and your laborers, so that when you need them, and they have time to spare, they will assist you for an ade? quate remuneration. Both are benc fitted. You get your lands attended to and cultivated, and all who have time to spare, and have need for your money, get this money for their work as an equivalent. While both are free, and both are seemingly inde? pendent, one is as muoh dependent upon the other's work, as tho other is dependent upon the first for his money. See then, my friends, that your laborer is happy in his own home in your neighborhood, and that he has ad equal chance to rise, and you will ?over be in want of hands to do your bidding; and to my colored friends I will say, as David said in his dying charge to Solomon: "Show ; thyself a man." Immediately after the delivery of this address, Mr. Epping's resolutions wero bitterly attacked by Wright, the colored lawyer, who declared that they were intended as a wedge to split the porty. He was followed in the same strain by Elliott and DeLarge, (colored,) Bowen, Mackey and Pills? bury, (whites.) When a reconsidera? tion was ordered, and the resolutions were voted down. Mr. Epping there? upon withdrew from the Convention, satisfied that he conld not consistently give his support to a clique so ex? tremely radical as the discussion on the resolutions demonstrated. Wright, who opposed the reslutions most vehemently, is a full-blooded negro, who, at the former Conven? tion, introduced tho resolutions in? sisting that the next Vice-president of the United States should be a negro. Having a complete printing office, superintended by the proprietor, we can execute every description of book and job printing-bill and lotter heads, circulars, labels, posters, pro? grammes, business, wedding and in? vitation CiUrds. railroad rer>ror<*<?, checks, drafts, &c. New ADVEnTiHEMKNTs. - Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, nub - lished thia morning for Ihn nra? time: 0. H. Baldwin <fc Co.-Fresh Butter, ?e. W. 8. Talbott- Mules For Bale. Mles 0. Mordecai-Privato Boarding. 0. H. Moise-Qnn-Powder. 1, Sulzbacher-Watches, &o. Change Hehodnle North Carotina Bailr'd. Jambs L. Orr-Proclamations. Georgo Hymmera-Fresh Arrivals. T. M. Pollock-Bill of Faro. C F. JAOK?OV i? receiving goods regu? larly evei'y week. They are well aeleotod and sold at low ratos. Call and eco them. No house eclls gooda cheaper than he doe*.