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DEMOCRATIC NOMI ~IONB. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS-Ol" .juli For May vi. \j Cou J. P. THOMAS. ? For Aldermen.-WARD NO, ?. T. W. RADCLIFFE. CLARK WARIN Ck JAMES OLAFFEY. WARD NO. 2. C. Ai BEDELL. B. L. BRYAN. O. Z. BATES. WARD NO. W. P. OF'TGER. W. T. WALTER. JOHN AGNEW. WARD NO. 4. EDWARD HOPE. W. C SWAFFTETJD. L. P. MHiliER. COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning, Jone 27,1868. KcgeiKvntiou of tile Soul li. The Philadelphia Enquirer affects to believe, that, with the restoration of the Southern States, according to the radical programme, will come their regeneration. Never was jour? nal more mistaken. It is trae, that a restoration of the Southern States, upon a docent and reasonable basis, would be opening the way to their rocovery. But there oan no good result from such a reconstruction and restoration as that involved in the role of radicalism. Radical recon? struction is based upon negro supre? macy. Negro supremacy is an abnormal thing. It reverses the order of things. There oan bo no peace, at least no enduring peace, upon that basis. And, without peace, there can be no regeneration of the South. Farther, there can be no security and no introduction of capital into tho States of tho South, so long as negroes control public affairs. And, without security to persons and property, and without capitol from abroad, there can be no regeneration of tho South. In fine, negro rulo, moro or less, comes in within radical restoration, and the ignoring of the just claims of tho Southern whites is the result. And these aro incompatible with Southern regeneration. In some points it makes, the En? quirer is right. Wo agreo with it, when it suggests that tho South oaght to go to work-ought to en? courage industry in all its forms ought to welcome to her deserted fields mon from the North, and men from Europe, whenovor they como with honest hearts and willing hands. And this tho South is prepared to do. But lot us repeat to tho Enquirer that all this cannot bc well done, under the auspices of the rule that radicalism seeks to establish South. When tho whites^of tho South havo again taken the reins of control into their own hands-when the intelli? gence and integrity of the South shall again occupy its appointed place, and wield its just influence, then may we expect the genuino regeneration of the South. THE TESTIMONY OF A FEDERAL OFFICER.-In tho May and Juno numbers of DeDow's Review, we no? tice some extracts from tho report of a Federal officer, detailed for regis? tration duty iu Virginia. He is obliged to admit tho outrage on civil? ization of indiscriminate negro suf? frage. Ho deprecates it, not so much because it will injure the South, as because it may result in injury to tho North. He says: "For myself, I must say that the negroes proved so ignorant, degraded and unmanage? able, that I have been forced to the conclusion, thai manhf jd suffrage may prove a dangerous, if not a disastrous, experiment. Its effects cannot be confined to this section. Northern Utopians may find that it will return to plague the inventor; and, like that strange missile tho Australian throws, their sable boomorang may slap them on tho nose." Forney's Philadelphia Press con? temptuously speaks of Genoral Mc? Clellan aa the author of "All quiet along the Pctomao," but it fails to add that this quiet was not the last? ing rest resulting from the loss of 117,000 men out of 220,000 in Grant's . disastrous march from the Rapidan to the James.-New York World. Chief Justice Chase, in conversa? tion recently, expressed himself anxious for the withdrawal of troops from the Southern States before the election, in ordor that the country may see how the peoplo will voto when unawed by bayonets. my+ammam i m I mn.j ? % . Tribute to General. Lee** Military Genia?. Tho Now York Herald, to make a sensation, says: "? MHIITAJIY CANDIDATE FOB THE FGUKTII or JULY CONVENTION.-There aro mnny mon who take the greatest possible interest in the Convention, to be held here on the Fourth, and are exceedingly anxious that the nominee of that Convention should be a soldier-a hero of the great war. In opposing Grant, they say a soldier is necessary. A record of battles fought, difficulties overcome, terrible and trying ordeals gone through, is the most tangible and effective evi? dence of a man's great qualities that oan be put before the mass of voters. There is something in. it. "We only fear, however, its inequality. ?or, what sort of show do these Demo? cratic candidates make with their records beside the reoord of Grant ? They are nearly all men who proved impracticable, for one reason or another, and'at one time or another, though, withal, good fighters, gallant and honorable gentlemen, who did noble service, for which the country must evor remember them with Sateful thoughts. But what is cOlellan beside Grant in our story? or what is. Hancock? or what is Btrell? It is not pleasant to have to name gentlemen who have served so weil as these in terms that seem dis? paraging, yet it must be acknowledg? ed that the achievements of men of this class pale altogether before those of tho soldier who finally crushed the rebellion. But, if tho Democratic Convention must nominate a soldier-if it must have a name identified with the glo? ries of the war-we will reoommend a candidate for its favors. Let it nominate General Robert E. Lee. Let it boldly take at once the best of all its soldiers, making no palaver or apology. He is a better soldier thau any of those they have thought upon, and a greater man. He is one in whom tho military genius of this nation finds its fullest development. Here, the inequality will be in favor of tho Democrats; for this soldier, with a handful of men, whom he had moulded into an army, baffled our greater Northern armies for four years; and, when opposed by Grant, "WSS only worn down by that stolid strategy of stupidity that accomplishes its objects by mere woight. With one quarter the meu Grant had, this soldier fought him magnificently across the territory of his nativo State, and fought his army down to a stump. Thero never was such an army, or such a campaign, or such a General far illustrating the military genius and possibilities of our peo? ple; and this General is the best of all for a Democratic candidate. It is certain that, with half as many men as Grant had, ho would have beaten him from tho field in Virginia, and he affords tho best promise of any soldier for beating him again. The New York World thus appeals to conservative Republicans: "Turning from flippant and so? phistical newspapers, and addressing ourselves to honest Republicans, we ask them to consider to what a depth their party has fallen, as measured by the platform adopted by its first national Convention. Wo usk them to reflect whether consistency does not require them to ubaudon n party which has proved recreant to tho principles by which it gained their adherence. Honest Republicans may havo boen willing to tolerate much which they disapproved, for the sake of abolishing slavery; but, ?lavery being abolished, and its abolition universally acquiesced in, is it not time to rc-es tab lis h tho old land-marks of civil liberty ? We havo quoted tho Fremont platform of 185G, as furnishing to candid Republicans tho most convincing argument wo can think of to provo that tho princi? ples which tho Democratic party havo mosL strenuously maintained for tho lasFthreo years, may bo held by men who feel tho liveliest interest in tho welfare of tho negro race. Wo are not disposed to quarrel with former opponents, on obsolete issues, if they will unite with us iu re-estab? lishing tho supremacy of tho Consti? tution. THE EXILES OF SIBEBIA.-Tho Pre? sident of the Administrative Council of Western Siberia has just published the report which ho forwards every year to St. Petersburg. It estimates at 12,000 tho number of convicts banished every year to Siberia. D ur ing tho last few years the average has risen to 14,000, of whom more than a sixth are women and children. Quite recently the journey was still performed on foot. A fifth of the exiles die on the way or in the hos Eitals. That mortality is explained y the fatigue of traveling, apart from all other circumstances. The mean distance is about 2,000 miles, which represents about 280 days' walking. The time necessary to reach the moro distant governments is one year two months and a half. REMOVAL OF POLITICAL DISABILI? TIES.-Among those from this State whose political disabilities were re* moved on the passage, by Congress, of tho conference bill, by *a two thirds vote, last Monday, were J. D. Ashmore, A. S. Wallace, C. C. Bowen, F. J. Moses, Jr., Thomas J. Mackey. s Removal of Disabilities-Tltt) Rc . ward of Partl?unsliln. Tlio bill removing political disa? bilities from certain citizens of the South has at length passed the House by th&requiolie two-thirds' vote, and will doubtless become law. Some 200 persons, at present disqualified, ? will thus be made eligible for office; and many of them will forthwith stop into positions to whioh they have been elected under tho recon? struction Acts. So far, this is good. We are, liko Mr.,Snooks', "in favor of going into the pardoning business, wholesale and retail,"and shall be glad to see the vote of yesterday repeated until the main body of existing disabili? ties be removed. Such a result is confessedly desirable on general grounds. The District Commanders have again and again testified as to the hindrance which the work of re? organization experiences in conse? quence of the imposition of disabili? ties. In the debate on Friday, tho same fact was admitted by Messrs. Farnsworth and Garfield. "If Con? gress does not remove political disa? bilities from white mon in tho South orn States," said Mr. Farnsworth, "tho consequence will be that there will be a vhite man's party and a black man's party there, and tho black man's party will go to the Wall." Mr. Garfield was equally em Ehatic. "The passage of this bill," e declared, "is absolutely essential to tho establishment of tho recon? structed governments." It is plain, from these and similar statements, that reconstruction suffers from the penal legislation already iu opera? tion. Not only does it deprive the States of the services of able and trust-worthy meu, but it forms a con? stant source of class irritation, and in this way prevents the harmony which must precede tho return of solid peace and prosperity. What is the inference ? Obviously this-that a general evil should bo mot with a general remedy; that the mischief resulting from tho imposi? tion of disabilities should be recti? fied, by tho enactment of a measure, removing all disabilities, as n means of promoting reconciliation, local and national. The complaint is, that reconstruction is obstructed, and that class is arrayed against class. Well, put an ond to the obstruction, and avert hostility, by tho adoption of a policy that shall affirm, as a princi? ple, what tho bill which passed yes? terday promulgates as a personal and partisan favor. By no other course, will the difficulties whioh confessedly exist bo terminated; by none else will tho requirements of justice, or of an enlightened expediency, be fully satisfied. The plan of removing disabilities by a series of retail measures, would, at tho best, be open to grave objec? tions. It is tantalizing and offensive to the multitudes not embraced in any single bill. It conveys an idea of favoritism, in reference to thoso immediately benefitted, and adds to the sense of wrong in the minds of all beside. The present bill, for instance, wears an invidious look. It parades 200 persons as tho recipients of a boon, which is withhold from thousands in every respect as well entitled as they to relief. It suggests a system of bargain and sale, of sub? serviency on ono side and patronage on the other, of rewards doled out to partisan adherents nnd punishment inflicted on all who dare to be oppo? nents. A general measure, removing disa? bilities as an act of generosity and expediency, should be an accompa? niment of reconstruction. |Areir York Times, 23'/. F AT Ali AFFRAY AT FERNANDINA. We leam of a fatal affray which took placo upon tho wharf at Fernandina, iu which two men, named Pepper and Vaughan, wero tho participants, tho former of whom was instantly killed, and the latter mortally wound? ed. Pepper fired upon Vaughan, both of them being on tho wharf, and within ten steps of each other. Pepper's first shot did not take effect. Vaughan drew his revolver aud fired, striking Pepper in tho side. Pepper fired again, striking Vaughan also iu the side, the latter returning tho firo with four shots, each of which struck Pepper, who fell and almost immediately expired. Vaughan was carried off mortally wounded. Thero were over 100 per? sons on tho wharf at the time, but fortunately no one was hurt except? ing the parties immediately engaged in tho duel. Pepper hails from Charleston, S. C. MORE INCENCIARISM.-Mr. Mnthow A. Muldrow informs us that, on Friday night last, about midnight, his store house-where tho murder and robbery was committed on the night of the 10th of Jannary last was set on fire, and the building was consumed with all its contents, which were goods, corn, peas and one bag of cotton.-Darlington Southerner. FrBE.-We learn that a few nights ago, the kitchen of Mr. Abner Brown, of this District, containing all his cooking utensils, crockery, ?fcc, waa destroyed by fire. Tho origin of the fire is unknown. Mr. F. H. Kennedy, of Meobanicaville, has also been a sufferer, haring had his store-house destroyed, containing a largo supply of groceries, provi? sions, kc.-Sumter News. II . "lill I I ' 'I AM. Inside View of Reconstruction and tile Burean. To the Editor of the Neto York World: COLUMBIA, B. C., June 8, 1868. . I love your paper very muohi.?nd am very jealous of its" reputation, and when I see such articles as that entitled "A Swindle to bo Stopped," in which it desoribes Massachusetts "school marms" as receiving $900 to $1,200 apiece, I feel I must take up my pen and give you the real facts of the case. Here in this city of Columbia, there are fourteen teachers, sent out by the "New York Branch of the Freedmen's Union Commission." Among these teachers are several from the Eastern States-a majority are from Now York Stato. We have all had Bureau transpor? tation. Tho "Howard School" build ing< in which wo teach, was erected by the Bureau. Tho boase in which we live is rented by the Bureau, (which is an unusual thing.) Our salaries of $40 per month, aro paid by the society which sent us out, not by the Bureaa. It takes nearly half our salary to pay our board-in traveling we have to pay incidental expanses-and then we aro only eight or nine months in tho field; so it does not require any great amount of arithmetic to seo that tho "school marms" receive very short of even $900 apiece. I have no doubt that in many respects what you say in regard to the Bureau is correct; but in inuking statements which are so wido of the mark, tho reputation of the paper is very much at stake. Tho teachers sent out by the Ame? rican Missionary Society receive even less than we do, and their sala? ries aro in all cases paid by the so? cieties which send them out. I have had a very good opportuni? ty, during the eight months I have been in Columbia, to see the work? ings of the present reconstruction schemes. I think the most pre? judiced radical, if he would but suffer himself to see, cannot fail to observe tho utter and entire ruin in which this people is involved. It is very evident that some measures must bo devised to make the interests of these people ono, or it will bo impossible for them to live together. One white man was heard to say to another in tho street, that before he would submit to negro rule, he would cut his throat from ear to ear. There have been a large number of colored men discharged by their employers for voting the ladical ticket. A gentleman having an op? portunity to judgo, (an employee of the Bureau,) remarked a short time since, that he did not believe there wero five negro men in Columbia who wore not paupers. That is a sweeping assertion, I think; but tho idea of making these ignorant, irre? sponsible men legislators is, to me, preposterous to the lost degree. It is enough to excite the ridicule of the civilized world. Business is ntterly paralyzed hore. The few firms doing business have their paper flying about from month to month, bankruptcy staring them continually in tho face. As Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans, remarked in tho pulpit a short time since, that lifo to very many here was reduced to a hard fight for daily bread. VICTORIA.-The cable despatches aunounce a very spirited celebration in England, on the 20th, of the anni? versary of the accession of her Ma? jesty Queen Viotoria to tho throne of England. Tho event thus celebrated occurred June 20, 1837, when, on tho death of h jr uncle, William IV, without issue, the crowns of Eng laud and Hanover wore separated, thc former devolving upon the Princess Victoria, then in the nine? teenth year of her age, and tho lat? ter, by virtue of tho Salic law pre? vailing iu Hanover, which excludes females from the crown, devolving upon tho Duke of Cumberland, younger brother of tho lalo king. Tho crowns of tho two countries had beforo been worn by tho same person since tho accession of George I, in 1714. Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey, Juno 28, 1838. On February 10, 1840, she was married to Prince Albert. When the possessions of the East India Company wero transferred to the crown, in August, 1859, Queen Victoria was proclaimed Queen of Hindost?n. From tho be? ginning, her true womanly and do? mestic virtues and exalted purity of character havo secured her the uni? versal respect and confidence of her subjects. There is not, probably, a ruler anywhero who so lives in tho hearts of a people as Queen Victoria in the lovo of tho English. If her grief for the loss of her husband had not secludod her too much of late years from hor peoplo, their devotion would well nigh border upon idola? try. Her influence is salutary, no doubt, but ic is her great statesmen in the cabinet and in Parliament that have made England greater and more prosperous than ever under the reign of Viotoria. Tho large stock of fire-works stored iu the store No. 294 Broadway, New York, and owned by Lyon Brothers, suddenly exploded on the 23d, de? stroying the stock, severely injuring the building, and instantly killing Theodore Lyon, aged nineteen, and a ?on of the proprietor. The explosion caused great excitement. ?MMH Point? for Weat Point. Tho United States Military Acade? my at West Point has jost graduated fifty-five young men as brevet second lieutenants in tue army. These young officers have had the advantages of friar years' thorough drill, mental and manual, and during that time they have not only been educated, but have been fed and clothed by the people of the United States. The actual advantages of such an institu? tion, where the standard of study is sovere aimost to rigor, and where thoso who are able to complete the course are necessarily well-fitted for the duties upon which they are to enter, are invaluable to the cadets, and should bring a remunerative re? turn to the people who pay the bills. For tho fact may be plainly stated, that these cadets are not educated at so much expense to be mere orna? ments of society, but they are trained to be public servants, nnd are even liveried, as well as salaried, to mark tho special service to which they aro devoted. Theoretically, and some? times practically, the service ia most honorable, implying the devotion of the servant's lifo to tho defence of tho nation and tbe uation's honor; but we are bound to s-ay, that those who enter that service now can by no means plume themselves upon the prestigo which once made the service us reputable as it was attract? ive. Disguise it as we may, it is a fact that radicalism has degraded the army to tho dirty work of the radical party. The officers who are stationed in tho satrapies of the South are not so much officers of the army as they aro policemen iu blue clothes to pre? vent white citizens from voting, and to marshal blacks to the ballot-boxes. Such statements aro disagreeable, but they are not the less true. An army marching under gallant leaders to redeem a Republic like Texas from the grasp of Mexico is a very differ? ent spectacle from au army stationed in tbe State of Texas for tbe express purpose of securing tho return of carpet-bag Congressmen in the radi? cal interest. And so with the re? maining Southern States now ruled by military power-in every one of them tho army is used and devoted to elect radical adventurers and in? posters to office by means of bayonet controlled ballots. Such service ne? cessarily degrades the army; the officers of tho army aro lowered when thoy become special policemen for a party; the traditional theory that an officer is necessarily a gentleman suf? fers a shock when the General of tho army stands charged with having de? liberately deceived his superior officer, and tho charge is substanti? ated by five members of the Presi? dent's Cabinet; and tho moral stan? dard at West Point is lowered when cadets see daily among their class? mates Vermonters and Oregonians who are falsely entered upon the books of the academy as cadets from Texas and Louisiana. These un? pleasant statements are unpleasant facts; but they aro facts to bo con? sidered, for they are faults os well as facts which aro not beyond remedy. When tho people no longer have use for tho radical party, that party will have no use for tbe army, and the officers in that service can rise from their present occupation as party policemen and be restored to their normal positions, in which, as army officers, they can reflect so much cre? dit on their country and themselves. [New York World. - ?? ? ? A WONDER.-They have just re? ceived, on exhibition, at Nashville, Tenn., a wonderful child, with four legs, four feet, twenty-one toes, and one body. It is ono cbild, vigorons, healthy and symmetrical, down to the hips; thance, down, it is two dis? tinct, well-developed children, with every organ, ligament, bone and muscio that belongs to two persons. It will be brought to this city, to bo shown during tho assembling and sitting of tho National Convention tho people of Tounesseo believing that Brownlow is n sufficient mon? strosity for that State. They are also trying to send here, from Clarke County, Kentucky, two creatures, which, from the hips, down, are well formed children, but, above that point, aro perfect snakes-ono a black aud tho other a rattlesnake. They are kept in separate boxes, and fed on milk, with a spoon. Tho mother was greatly frightened, while enciente, by a black and rattle-snake fighting.-New York World. Nothing more unfortunate for tho interests of the city and the welfare of the laboring classes could have occurred, than the eight-hour strike of tho bricklayers. The work of building, which was in active pro? gress, is at a stand-still; and, if tho bricklayers persist in their demands, other trades relating to this one will necessarily soon be affected, and many thousand men will be thrown out of employment, beside the 3,000 now on strike. Snoh a derangement of industry, at this time of the year, and und i r tho existing condition of affairs, will soon show its damaging effects upon all who are con corned. We do not believe that the reason of the bricklayers can sustain their present demands, or justify tho way in whioh they are attempting to coerce their employers. INew York Times. --i The last strike-that of the shoe? makers. Iiooal XTorioL-?. POTATOES AGAIN.--Mr. Jnmes M. Crawford has entered the lists as a competitor for the honor of raising the largest potatoes. He, yesterday, presented tm a basket fnll of "Ire? land's dependence," several of which really excel in size the largest grown by Capt. Thomas; bnt, taking the average, we think thc Captain ia a little ahead on the lot. THANES.-The President and ma? nagers of the Ladies' Industrial As? sociation gratefully acknowledge the receipt of twenty-eight dollars, from Col. J. P. Thomas, the proceeds of his able and interesting lecture OD the "past, present and future of South Carolina." UNIVERSITY BAEL.-The students of the South Carolina University give a grand ball, Monday evening next, thc 29th instant-a sort of in? troduction to the three months' holi? day, which immediately follows. Mr Wright (of Nickerson's Hotel) has tendered the managers the use of his hall; and a pleasant time is antici? pated. Kershaw, Sumter and several other Districts, will send "fair" rep? resentatives; while Richland will contribute a large delegation. MEETING OF THE LEGISLATURE. Thc passage of the omnibus bill over tho President's veto, induced Gepe ral E. IL Scott, tho Governor elect, to couvene the Legislature of this State at once. The following de npatch was received, yesterday, by the Post Commandant: CHARLESTON, S. C., Juno 26, 1868. To Command i tiff Officer, Columbia, S. C.: The Governor elect of this State has issued his proclamation, conven? ing tho Legislature on the 6th of July, proximo. . * * * * * (Signed) ED. E. S. CANBY, Mojor-General U. S. A. FOR NEW YORE.-Excursion tickets to New York, via Wilmington, can be obtained at the office of the South Carolina Railroad Company. Pas? sengers from the np country, by tnking the 6 o'clock a. m. train, avoid a delay of ten hours in Columbia; they also have the choice of three routes from Weldon to New York. The fare is $29. ARREST OF A MALL AGENT.-The following item, copied from the Charlotte Bulletin, may explain cer? tain irregularities which have been going on for some time. Mr. Parks, some think, is a little "touched in his upper story," and it is said that he was once an inmate of a lunatic asylum: "On Wednesday, one Parks, a '.truly loil' mail agent on the Char lotto and South Carolina Railroad, was brought beforeF. M. Ross, Esq., on the charge of embezzling regis? tered letters. It seems that the car pet-baggar had been removed and another agent substituted, who, hav? ing been duly sworn in, went to de? mand the transfer of all bags, dec., belonging to the Government. Parks turned over the mail bnt refused to give up some letters, whereupon the warrant for his arrest was issued. Ho admitted ho had these letters but refused to deliver them up. He was then searched, but they were not on his person. His books were found iu which a list of letters were entered, but li -3 had lorn out the leaves con? taining those in controversy. He was bound over to the Federal Court in a bond of $5,000; failing to give bail he was committed to jail." In tho United States Court, at Raleigh, Inst week, a case was tried, in which a stockholder of the Bank of Washington, N. C., was sued for the full amount of the notes of said bank. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the stockholder. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office opeu during the week from S}.? a. m. to 7 p. m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. The Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at'I,1- p. m., and oloso at 8x, p. m. Charleston night mail open S}X a. m.. close 4V? p. m. Northern-Open for delivery nt 8 j .j a. m., closes at 2.45 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery 5>? p. m., oloses at 8.) ? p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at ten ti on is called to the following ad? vertisements, published for the first timo this morning: J. S. McMahon-Notice. Ladies' Depository. Meeting Typographical Union. To the People of the South. H. A. Meetze- In the District, Sec. Geo. Larsen-In the District, ic.