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I ? H ?iv.-, i w< ?. .. ?? r. , %i j . : Daiiy raper $8 a Year. 'Let our Just Censare Attend the True Event." Tri-Weokly $5 a Year -.-1-y~-;---; I --1-;-,-.-,-, BY JULIAN A. SELBY. COLUMBIA. S. C,t WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 15 1868. THE PHOENIX. VCBLUBXD DAILY JOTO Tr. I-WEEKLY. THE GLEANER. EVERY WEDNESDAY KOBNtNG. BY JULIAN A. SELBY, EntTCB AND PROPRIETOR. Office on Main afreet, a few, doora above Taylor {or Camden) street. . TERMS-IF AD VANCE. SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Paper, six months..;$4 00 Trt-Weekly,, " " .a 60 Weekly, " " .1 50 ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at 75 centa por square for the first Insertion, and 60 oems foreaoh subsequent. Weekly 75 cents each insertion. 49" A liberal discount made on the abov*', rates when advertisements are inserted oy the month or year. AGENTS. Lexington-B. J. Hayes. Spartanburg-Hiram Mitchell. J. B. Allen, Chester. Julius Poppe, Anderson C. H. 8. P. Kinara. Newberry 0. H. James Grant, Union. THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For President, HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF N. Y. For vice-President, GEN. F. P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. D?mocratie Blass Electing Rt Ta.ni? many Hall. SPEECHES OF EX-GOVERNOR SEYMOUR AND GENERAL- BLAIR. Tammany Hall, in New York, waa thronged, on Friday evening last, with persons, to witness the formal tender of the nominations for Presi? dent and Vice-president, to Messrs. Seymour and Blair. The front of the, wigwam was brilliantly illumi? nated, and bands of music and firing of cannon gave eclat to tho occasion. Mr. August Belmont called the meeting to order, and nominated for presiding officer, Samuel J. Tilden, who, previous to the arrival of Go? vernor Seymour, addressed tho audi? ence upon tho issues of the contest. He said that the Democratic party were destined to preservo and restore the great frame-work of American Constitutional Government, and to re-fonnd the Government on the liberties of the people, and that they were to restore, in every part of the Continent, local self-governmeut to every integral portion of the Ameri? can people. He was willing to pre * diet a glorious victory for Democrat? ic principles, under tho lead of Sey? mour and Blair. The Chairman, after repeated de? mands to the audience to preserve order and be seated, secured compa? rative quiet, when General Morgan, of Ohio, said: "Governor Seymour, on behalf of the committee apponted for that purpose, I have the honor, sir, to present to you this communi? cation, (here Governor Morgan hand? ed Mr. Seymour the letter addressed to him by the committee,) announc? ing your unanimous nomination as candidate for the office of President of the United States, by the Nation? al Democratic Convention; and, on behalf, sir, of the conservative and Democratic people of the States we have the honor to represent, we here pledge their united and cordial efforts in securing relief to the coun? try from the thralldom which now oppresses it, and in placing you, sir, as the ohosen Chief Magistrate of the nation in the Executive chair. Governor Seymour responded : MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMITTEE: I thank you for the courteous terms in which you have communicated to me the action of tho Democratio National Conven? tion. I have no words adequate to -express mygratitude for the good will and kindness which that body has shown to mo. Its nomination was unsought and unexpected. It was my ambition to take au active part, from which I am now excluded, in the great struggle going on for the restoration of good government, of peace and prosperity to our coun? try. But I have been caught up by the whelming tide that is bearing us on to a great political change, and I find myself unable to resist its pres? sure. You have also given to mo a copy of the resolutions put forth by the Convention, showing its position upon all the great questions which now agitate the country. As tho presiding officer of that Convc ltion, I am familiar with their scope and import, end as one of its members, I am a party to their terms; they are in accord with my views, and I stand upon them in the contest upon which we are now entering; and I shall strive to carry them out in future, wherever I may be placed in public or private life. I congratulate you, ana all conservative men who seek to restore order, pence, prosperity j on d good government to our land, ? apon tho evidences everywhere sb own I that we are to triumph at the next election. Those who are politically opposed to us, flattered themselves thoro would be discord in our coun? cils; they mistook tho uncertainties I of our views as to the best methods of carrying out ourpurposes. for dif? ference of opinion with regard to those purposes. They mistook an intense anxiety to do no oct which should not be wise and judicious, for a spirit of discord; but during the lengthened proceedings and earnest discussions of the Convention, there has prevailed an entire harmony of intercourse; a patient forbearance and a self-sacrificing spirit which are the sure tokens of a coming victory. Accept for yourselves, gentlemen, my wishes for your future welfare and happiness. In a few days I will answer the communication you have just handed me by*letter, as is the customary form. At the c on ci u si on of his speech, Mr. Seymour was again loudly cheer? ed by the assemblage and immediate? ly retired. Gen. Morgan, in addressing Gen. Blair, said: Gen. Blair, the commit? tee appointed by the Convention have made it my pleasing duty, sir, to announce to you your unanimous nomination as the Democratic candi? date for tho office of Vice-president of the United States, and in tender? ing to you, sir, this nomination, we feel assured that it will not only be hailed by acclamation by your fel? low-citizens throughout the United States, but by thousands of your gal? lant comrades, who, on many a well fought field, under your lead, will once again rally to the stars and stripes in defence of free institu? tions. Gen. Blair responded as follows: 1 accept tho platform of resolutions passed by the late Democratic Con? vention, and I accept their nomina? tion with feelings of the most pro? found gratitude. And, sir, I than]; you for the very kind manner ir which yon havo conveyed to mo thc decision of the Democratic Conven? tion. I accept tho nomination witt the feeling that your nomination foi the Presidency is one which wil carry us to certain victory; and bc cause I belicvo that that nominatioi is tho most appropriate nominatioi that could bo made by the Demo eratic Convention Tho contes which we wage is for the restoratior of Constitutional government, and i is appropriate that we should maki this contest under the lead of on? who has given his life to the mainte nance of Constitutional government We make this contest for the restora tion of those great principles of go vernment which belong to our race And, my fellow-citizens, it is mos proper that we should select for ou leader a man, not from military life but one who has devoted himself t oivil pursuits-one who has give: himself to tho study, to the undei standing of our Constitution and it maintenance with all the force c reason and judgment. My fellow citizens, I have said that the contes before us was one for the restoratio: of our Government; it is also for th restoration of our race. (Lou cheers.) It is to prevent the peo pl of one race from being exiled fror their homes-exiled from the Gc vernment which they formed an created for themselves and for thoi children, and to prevent them froi being driven out in exile or trodde under foot by an inferior and a sem barbarous race. In this contest w shall have tho sympathy of ever man who is worthy to belong to tl white race. What civilized peopl on earth would refuse to associai with themselves in all tho rights an honors and dignities of their com try such men as Leo and .Tohustoi (Voices, "None, none.") What civ lized country on earth wonld fail I do honor to thoso who, fighting f( an erroneous cause, yet distinguishc themselves by a gallantry never su passed? In that content for whit they are sought to bo disfranchise and to ba exiled from their homes in that contest they proved ther selves worthy to bo our peers. [I this point there wus ominous silenc followed by repressed clapping hands and faint cheers.] My fello citizens, it is not my purpose to ma' any lengthened address, but simp to express my gratitude for the gre and distinguished honor which h been conferred upon me; and nc from my heart, I reiterate the wor of thanks that fell from my lips wh I arose. Gen. Blair resumed his seat ai shortly after left the ball.. Gens. Preston, Green Clay Smil and other speakers followed, wh the meeting adjourned. THES PLATFORM OF THE Democratic National Convention. The Democratic party, in National Con? vention assembled, reposing its trust in tho intelligence, patriotism and discrimi? nating justice of the people-standing upon the Constitution as the foundation and limitation of tho powers of the Go? vernment, and the guarantoo of tho liber? ties of tho citizen, and recognizing the questions of slavery and secession as having been Bottled, for all time to come, by tho war, or the voluntary action of tho Southern States, in Constitutional Con? ventions assembled, and never to bo re? newed or re-agitated, do, with the return of peace, demand: 1st. Immediate restoration of all the States to their rights in the Union, under tho Constitution, and of civil government to the American people. 2d. Amnesty for all . past political offences, and the regulation of the elective franchise in the States by their citizens. 3d. Payment of tho public debt of the United States as rapidly as practicable; all moneys drawn from the people by tax? ation, except so much as is requisite for tho necessities of the Government, econo? mically administered, being honestly ap? plied to such payment; and, where tho obligations of tho Government de not expressly atato upon thoir face, or the law under which they were issued does not provide that they shall bo paid in coin, they ought, in right and in justice, be paid in the lawful money of tho United States. 4th. Equal taxation of every species of property, according to ita real value, in? cluding Government bonds and other pub? lic securitios. 5?h. One currency for tho Government and tho people, the laborer aud the office? holder, tho pensioner and the soldier, thc producer and tho bond-holder. *. Gth. Economy in the administration ol I tho Govornment; tho reduction of thc standing army and na vj; tho abolition o: tho Freedmen's Bureau, and all pol?tica instrumentalities designed to secure negro supremacy; simplification of the system and discontinuance of inquisitori? al modes of assessing and collecting inter? nal revenue, so that tho burden of taxa tion may bo equalized aud lessened, tin credit of tho Government and tbe curren cy made good; tho repeal of all enact nu m s for enrolling the State militia inte national forces in time of peace; and i tariff for revenue upon foreign imports ami such equal taxation, under tho inter nul revenue laws, as will afford incident?. protection to domestic manufactures, an? as will, without impairing the revenue imposo tho least burdon upon and bes promote and encourage tho great indus trial interests of tho country. 7th. Roform of abuses in thc administra Hon, tho expulsion of corrupt meu fron office, tho abrogation of useless offices tho restoration of rightful authority ti and tho independence of the excculiv and judiciary departments of tho Govern ment, the subordination of the military t tho civil power, to thc end that th usurpations of Congress and thc despot ism of tho sword may cease. 8th. Equal rights and protection fo naturalized ana native-born citizens, a homo and abroad; tho assertion of Amcri can nationality which shall command tb respect of foreign powers, and furniab.a oxample and encouragement to peopl struggling for national integrity, const: tutional liberty and individual rights; an the maintenance of the rights of natura ized citizens against the absoluto doctrin of immutable allegiance and the claims c foreign powers to punish them for allege crime committed beyond thou? jurisuii tion. In demanding these measures and rc forms, wo arraign the radical party for il disregard of right, and the unparallele oppression and tyranny which havo marl eu its career. After tho most solemn an unanimous pledgo of both Houses of Coi grosB to prosecute the war exclusively f< tho maintenance of the Govornment ar tho preservation of tho Union, under tl Constitution, it has repeatedly violate that most sacred pledgo, under whic alone was rallied that noble voluntoi army, which carried our flag to victory. Instead of restoring tho Union, it ha BO far aa is in ita powor, dissolved it, ai subjected ton States, in times of protons peaco, to military despotism and neg supremacy. It has nullified there thc right of tri by jury; it has abolished tho habeas cc pus, that most sacred writ of liberty; has overthrown tho freedom of speech ai the press; it has substituted arbitra seizures aud arrests, and military bril and socret star-chamber inquisitions < tho constitutional tribunals; it has di si garded, in time of peace, tho right of t people to bo free from searches and st ure-; it has entered tho post andtelegra offices, and even the private rooms of I dividuals, and seizod their private pape alni letter*, without any specific charge notice of ai lid a vit, as required by tho | ganic law; it has converted tho Anicrie capitol into a bastilc; it has established system of spies and official espionage which no constitutional monarchy of J' rona would now daro to resort; it bad al Haired tho right of appeal on importo constitutional questions to tho anpre judi nal tribunals, and threatens to e tail 'ir destroy its original jnrisdietii which is irrevocably vostod by tho Cont tntioti, while tho learned Chiot Just has been subjected to tho most atrocic calumnies, merely bocauBO he would i prostitute bia high office to the support tho false and part ?zan charges prefer against tho President. Ita corruption t extravagance have exceeded any th known in history, and by its frauda i monopolioa it has nearly doubled the b don of the debt created by tho war. It 1 stripped tho President of'his conn! i tut i al power of appointment even of bia t Cabinet. Under ita repeated assaults, pillara of tho Government are rocking their baso, and should it auococd in vember next, and inaugurate its Preside we will meet, aa a auhjoctod and oonqne people, amid the ruina of liberty and scattered fragmenta of tho Constltntl and we do deolare and resolve that, e since the peoplo of the United Sti throw off all subjection to the Bril crown, the privilege and trust of suffrage have belonged to tho several States, and have been granted, regulated and con? trolled exclusively by tho political power of each State respectively, and that any attempt by Congress, on anv pretext what? ever, to deprive any State or this right, or to interfere with its exercise, is a flagrant usurpation of powor which can find no warrant in the Constitution; and, if sanc? tioned by the people, will subvert our form of Government, and can only end in a single centralized and consolidated Go? vernment, in which the separato existence of the Statos will bo entirely absorbed, aud an unqualified despotism bo established in place of a Federal Union of co-equal States; and that we regard the reconstruc? tion Acts (so-called) of Congress as such are usurpations, and unconstitutional, re? volutionary, and void; that our soldiers and sailors, who carried tho flag of our country to victory against a most gallant and determined foe, must evor be grate? fully remembered, and all the guarantees given in their favor must bc faithfully car? ried into execution. That the publio lands should be distri? buted as widely as posBiblo among the people, and should be disposed of either under the pre-emption of homestead lands, and sold in reasonable quantities, ? ad to nono but actual occupants, at the mini? mum price established by the Government. When grants of tho public lands may be allowed, necessary for the encouragement of important public improvements, the proceeds of tho salo of such lands, and not the lands themselves, should be so ap? plied. That the President of tho United States, Andrew Johnson, in exercising the power of his high office in resisting tho aggres? sions of Congress upon tho constitutional rights of the States and tho people, is en? titled to tho gratitude of the whole Ameri? can people, and in behalf of the Democra? tic party, wo tender him our thanks for his patriotic efforts in that regard. Upon this platform, tho Democratic party appeal to every patriot, including all the conservative element and all who de? sire to support the Constitution and re? store tho Union, forgetting all past differ? enced of opinion, to unite with us in the present great struggle for tho liberties of tho people; and that to all such, to what? ever party they may have heretofore be? longed, we extend the right hand of fel? lowship, and hail all such co-operating with us as friends and brethren. SPECIAL NOTICES. MlUtNlTO J Medical Pamphlet from the pen of Dr. Curtis. The Medical Times says of this work: "This valuablo treatise on the cause and euro of premature declino shows how health ia impaired through Beeret abuses of youth and manhood, and how easily regained. It gives a clear synopsis of tho impediments to marriage, tho cause and effects of ner? vous debility, and tho remedies therefor." A pocket edition of tho above will bo for? warded on receipt of six stamps, by ad? dressing Doctor Curtis, No. 139 F street, Washington, D. C. May 27 ly LET ITS PROTECT OURSELVES. Tho physical structure of the strongest human being is vulnerable everywhere. Our bodies aro endowed by nature with a certain nogative power, which protects thom, to some extent, from unwholesome influences; but this protection is imper? fect, and cannot bo safely relied on in un? healthy regions, or under circumstances of more than ordinary danger. There? fore, it is wisdom, it is prudence, it is com? mon sense to pr?vido against snch con? tingencies, by taking an antidote in advanco; in other words, by fortifying the system with HOSTETTER'8 STOMACH BITTERS-tho most complete protective against all tho epidemic and endemic ma? ladies that has ever been administered in any country. As a remedy for dyspepsia there is no medicino that will compare with it. Whoever suffers tho pangs of in? digestion anywhere on tho face ot tho earth where rtostetter'a Stomach Eittcio can bo procured, does so voluntarily; for, as surely as truth exists, this invaluable tonic and alterativo would restore his dis? ordered stomach to a healthy condition. To the nervous it is also especially re? commended, and in cases of confirmed constipation it also affords speedy and per? manent relief. In all cases of fever and ague tho Bit? ters is moro potent than any amount of quinine, while the most dangerous cases of bilious fever yield to its wonderful pro? perties. Those who have tried tho modi cine will never uso another, for any of the ailments which tho Hostettor Bitters pro? fesses to subdue. To those who have not made tho experiment, we cordially recom? mend an eui ly application to the Bitters whenever they aro stricken by disease of thu digestive organs. July 3 Of Bacon Sides. 1 S\ HHDS. prime Clear Ribbed SIDES, l_\J for salo by E. A G. D. HOPE. A pr il JO_ _ COOLING MEDICINES. SOLUTION CITRATE MAGNESIA, fresh, GINGER POWDERS, Soda Powders, Hiedlitz Powders, t Ches ii ut Grove Whiskey, Tarraut's Aperient, Hurband's Magnesia, Congress Water. For sale by FISHER A HEINIT8H, Juno 5_Pharmacists. GREAT BARGAINS. THE ladies of the Industrial Association being compelled to remove from their present depository, have determined to offer thoir stook of READY-MADE CLOTH? ING at very reduced prices. The pabilo are Invited to call at once and examine them. Ladies, gentlemen and children can all be supplied. Juno lil lElZSlCOlXjJSXOIlTt. THE COLUMBIA PHOENIX Book, Job and Newspaper PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT, Main Street, above Taylor. HAVE yonr PRINTING dono at thia Ofllco, for tho following GOOD REASONS: Tho proprietor ia a Practical Printer, And attendu closely io his Business. Tho Office is supplied with Everything Necessary to turn out Good Work. Prices Lower than any other establishment In this State, or even New York. Pamphlets, Circulars, Bill Heads, Letter Heads, Posters, Hand-bills, Receipts, Ball Tickets, Invitations, Dray Tickets, Checks, < Briefs, Programme;, Drafts, Blanks, Wedding, Visiting and Business Cards, Ac, Of all styles and i-izes; in fact, Every Description of Printing! In ono, two and three colors and in bronze, promptly attended to. JULIAN A. SELBY, Proprietor. Jost Received at Phoenix Office, A lot of BILL HEAD PAPER-which will be neatly printed, at short notice, and NEW YORK PRICES. Call and eee. FISHER & LOWRANCE. COLUMBIA, S. C. TO THE LADIES. MRS. O. E. REED haa jost received a splendid assortment of DRESS TRIMMINGS. Also, a fresh simply of MILLI? NERY fcfOODS, of all descriptions, at wholesale and retail French Cor? sets, Zephyr Worsted Hair Braids, Carls, etc., which will be sold very low. AXSO, DRESS-MAKING In all branches, warranted to give satisfaction. Main street, over It. O. Anderson's clothing store. April 22 8mo ARTIFICIAL TEETH. DRS. REYNOLDS & REYNOLDS are pre ITpared to furnish ARTI? FICIAL TEETH on a larger scala than heretofore, and at rates much below the usual charges. Their recent improvement, lately patented, constitutes the highest order of art in this speciality, and is fully warranted. Dentures con? structed by this process possess many advantages over gold plate work, and can bo supplied at about half the cost of the latter. An examination of specimens, especially by those having experience in such matters, is respectfully invit? ed. Ordinary VULCANITE RUB? BER SETS 825. The same, strength? ened by gold bands, 885. Terms cash. April 30 X THE front part of our Store having been damaged by the recent storm, we will be compelled to sell off our Stock of CLOTHING, CAS SIMERES, HATS, &c, at or nearly COST, for want of room. New styles of Boys' Straw HATS just received. R. & W. C. SWAFFIELD, Main Street. Slay 30_ Richland-In Equity. Wade Hampton Gibbes, Washington Allston Gibbes, executors, vs. Mary L. Singleton, james G. Gibbes et al.-Bill to Sell Real Estate, Mar? shall Assets, etc. IN pursuance of decretal order in above stated ease, the creditors of R. W. GIBBES, SR., deceased, are hereby required to present and prove their demands before me, on or be? fore tho 1st day of October next. D. B. DESAUSSURE, April 29 wm_C. E. R. D. DR. THOMAS T. MOORE. 8 V ll G M O S DENTIST, RESPECTFULLY announces to the public, that he lias taken tho front rooms hi Messrs. Weam A Hix's photo? graph gallery, and is now prepared to exe? cute, in tho'most elegant and scientific manner, all branch?e of his profeaaion. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN, by neo of protoxide of nitrogen, or laugh? ing gas. Dr. Moore ia a native of New? berry, S. C., aud is a graduate of Uro Penn? sylvania Collcgo of Dental Surgery. For further information, call at tho omeo or addroas Dr. THOMAS T. MOORE, Colum bia, B. C._June 7 3mo DR. D. L. BOOZER, HAVING obtained from the different patentoea of the profeaaion, oftico rigbta of tho latest improvement in DEN? TISTRY, ia prepared to do all kinds of DENTAL WORK with neatness, durability and dospatch, at the very lowest ratea. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. Oftico oa Main st root, Columbia, 8. C., throe doora North of Agnew'a. Vulcanized Rubber Plates inserted at $25. May 2 ly