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n TUB DICMOCIl ATIC TICKST. HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF N. Y. For vice-President, GEN. Ft^T: BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. HT ATE ELF.CTOItATj TICKET. For State ai L?rge-4J, R. Th om os, of Richland; J. D. Kennedy, of Ker? shaw. First Congressional District-"B* F. Graham, of Marion. Second Congressional District-B. H. Rutledge, of Charleston. Third Congressional District-A. C. Haskell, of Abbeville. Fourth Congressional District-E. O. MoLure, of Chester. COLUMBIA. Friday Morning. August 21,1868. CauTOatcra Appointed. Agreeably to a resolution adopted by the recent State Convention, the following gentlemen are appointed by tho State Central Executive Com? mittee canvassers in the interest of the Democracy: State afc largo-Gabriel Cannon and A. P. Aldrich. Second Congressional District-J. B. Kershaw. Third Congressional District-D. Wyatt Aiken. Fourth Congressional District-'-W. D. Simpson. Canvasser for First Congressional District to be hereafter appointed. WADE HAMPTON, Chairman. Thc Democracy of Five District? in Ms?? Meeting Assembled-Great Enthusiasm. The great mass meeting of the mountain Democracy came off on the 19th, at Anderson Court House. Greonvillo, Abbeville, Ocouco, Pick ens and ' Anderson, by rail, and by wheel, and by horse, sent in their quotas, and a large number of ladies and men assembled together to hear the speakers. About 100 vehicles were on the ground. The age, the youth, (3ie manhood and the beanty of Anderson gathered together to show their fidelity to the snow-white banners of the Democracy. Woman, faithful ever, did not fail to grace the occasion and to adorn the canse; and tho samo maiden who tied the silken sash around her lover's waist was there, now that war was over, to urge him on in the peaceful fight of the hour. About ll o'clock a. m., Col. Hill, United Sta tes Marshal, formed the procession on tho Court House square, and tho speakers for the oc? casion having been placed in position at the head of tho line, the proces? sion moved on the ground selected for tho occasion, where the speakers' stand had been erected. A fine brass band from Greenville played inspir? ing airs, and imparted additional in? terest to the occasion. Col. Hill now announced the officers of the meeting; after which, Mr. J. A. Hoyt, the President, intro? duced, in succession, Messrs. Wade Hampton, J. P. Thomas, A. C. Haskell, A. Burt, J. S. Cothran and D. Wyatt Aiken, who addressed the assemblage, and received a hearty response. Curtain resolutions wero then pro? posed, endorsing the Democratic platform and nominees; after which, the President declared the meeting adjourned. It was a success, and tho affair was carried to a harmonious close and a pleasant ending. The speakers and other gentlemen were next invited to the rooms of the Democratic Cential Committee, whero an elegant and sumptuous dinner had boen prepared, in the arrangements of which tho taste of the ladies of Anderson was illustrat? ed. Tho zeal, efficiency and tact of Capt Parker, of the committee, and of other gentlemen,were conspicuous; and Anderson showed a spirit of graceful courtesy and consideration to the guests of the day, which were highly appreciated. Nor waa this all. In the evening, a town meeting was held in the Court House, which was intended to give the colored people "the opportunity of hearing speech os more especially designed for them. Hon. J. P. Reed was called to the choir, and mads an admirable speech in his peculiar stylo, after which the meeting was addressed in turn by Col. Thomas and Col. Haskell. fa?-. .-..--_.. --?-.--j . ' ' 1 " ",.? 1 Tb? Talking Wire*. About 162,000 miles of railroad baVO alrOad* hA??n nnnilrnnfaJ varions countries which bnvo adopted ?team locomotion, within the lost fifty years, ?nd tho extent ot tole graphio communication by tho olec trio wire ia still greater. Both are increasing at the rate of 30^000 miles each, of rail and wire, every year, and the probability is that this pro? portion will be doubled within the coming decade. Half a century, therefore, will not have elapsed ere the whole earth will bo enveloped in a net-work of iron, thrilling with the movement and the thought of huma? nity. In fact, the reticulation of the railroad tracks and tho telegraphic line, crossing, re-orossing, combin? ing ?nd branching off in every sense, will, in no slight degree, resemble the arrangement of blood vessels and nerves in the living body, and a future generation may see half real? ized that old Hindoo notion that makes the ball we inhabit an animate creature. The "talking wire" is no fanciful term to use in treating of this won? derful agency. It has an eloquence that i? all the more overpowering, that it knows no limit of time or distance, and that it as accurately narrates the deoline of a price in the market, as it does the fall of an em? pire. It has the faculty, too, of making trivial matters great by the time and the circumstances of its an? nouncements. A very little thing occurring here to-day, if it can be made known at the Antipodes before another dawn, may prove to be something of the highest value. Every business man can illustrate this assertion by many cases that will occur, at once, to him. The benefit that our race has reap? ed from this invention, even during the few years that have elapsed since its adoption, is incalculable. The advance of civilization has been more than quadrupled in celerity and ease, and attainments have been placed within our reach which were deemed impossible a generation ago. Nations have been enabled to hold honrly converse with each other through the telegraphic despatches of theil governments and their merchants, and misunderstandings and difficul? ties that might have led to fresh wart have beon avoided or cleared away. Indeed, it is impossible to say toe much for a triumph of genius thal has conferred such universal benefit. "We can but commisorate tho ages that lingered and struggled without it. Telegraphic, liko railroad, enter prise, grows bolder with every stride that it makes onward. It has under girdled one ocean and now talks ol doing as muok* to all. Britain ii about to lay her wiro direct fron London to Ispahan and thence t< Bombay, and Franco will coonee Paris, viu Brest, with New York before another twelve-month shal have passed. From- New York t< San Francisco is but the first stretel of the great line which must present ly be laid, by way of the intervening islands and promontories, from Sar Francisco to the cities of Asisti? an( European Russia on the one hand and to Pekin and Jeddo on tb other. Tho plaus for these continu atibns aro already sketohed, and thei execution is a question of no grca length of time. South America, Australia and th Colonies in Africa aro doing thei best to completo a telegraphic sys tem. and. in doing so, will suppl the lacking links to fill the ohai: which will then encircle our plane like a mantle. Then the perfectio: of the net-work will open the era o low charges and general popular ac commodation, with a oorrespondin increase of wires aud operators, un less some totally new means of cone munication shall have been devised Then, indeed, will the iron nerv thrill into speech throughout tb habitations of men, uttering the lac guage of concord and liberty. At Oarlinsville, Illinois, the otho day, a drunken man, a Domocra! struck Qeneral Oran t in the face wit! his hat'. He probably knew nc what he was abont, but soon lear no what was going on, for he wa knocked down and kicked off th platform. It has been made th occasion of some denunciations o the Domooratio party-most uurou .onably, for no man could approv such rudeness. THE LEGISLMtitE. rHOCHEDWQS OT THTBTT-NIETK DAY. ConmrBiA, August 20.-Driffle of? fered tho following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved, That it is expedient to make the poor houses in this State, institutions of industry, and that the I Committee on Publi? Buildings bo j instructed to inquire and report upon a pinn for so doing. whipper introduced a bill to es? tablish the office of County Trea surer, which was read a first time. The bill to declare the manner by whioh the lands or the right of way over lands of persons or corporations may be taken for the construction of railroads and other works of internal improvement, was passed. Also a bill to authorize a State loan, to pay the interest on the State debt. Also a bill to repeal the charter of | the town of Hamburg. Also a bill to amend the charter of the city of Charleston. Also a bill to regulate the manner of keeping and disbursing funds by p ab lie officers. The bill to provide for the payment of the per diem and mileage of the members of the Legislature, was then taken up; but it appearing that the copies of it laid on the desks of the members were incorrectly print? ed, tho consideration of the subject was postponed, and tho House ad? journed. SENATE. Randolph offered a resolution, in? structing the Committee on Military Affairs to ascertain the number of stands of arms, batteries, and the amount of other military equipments which are now in possession of the State, and at the disposition of the Governor, to report accordingly to the Senate. Ordered for considera? tion to-morrow. Corbin offered a series of resolu? tions, contemplating the appoint? ment of a Joint Committee to in? quire into the assets and liabilities of the Bank of the State, whether the State is liable in any way for the debts of that institution, and if so, to what amount, and whether those debts were created dnring or in aid of the rebellion. The committee to have power to send for persons and papers, and to report at the next meeting of the General Assembly. Randolph reported as enrolled, sealed and ready for ratification the following Aots, which were then rati? fied: "An Act to regulate appeals and writs of error to the Supreme Court."" "An Act to provide for the record? ing of certificates of sale issued to purchasers of land sold under direc? tion and by authority of tho United States' Direct Tax Commissioners in Beaufort County." "An Act to organize the Circuit Courts," "An Act to make appropriations for the payment of the expenses of tho Legislature, and to meet defi? ciencies in the appropriations forjthe fiscal year commencing October 1, 1867, made by General Orders No. 139, dated December 5. 1867." The rest of the session was occu? pied in the consideration of the bill to close the operations of the Bank of tho State, which was finally passed, with an amendment permitting all holders of the bills, whether filed in the Court of Equity or not, to fund them. Information Wanted. ALBANY, Ga., August l-l, 1868. EDITOR MARION STAB: In 1861, there was a Dr. Neagle, a "Contract Assistant Surgeon," on service in ono of the Confederate hospitals, at At? lanta, Georgia. Whilst on duty at that place, he had the misfortune to murder the hospital steward of the Grant Hospital-a yonng man of fine talents, and representing a family of worth and intelligence in South? western Georgia, by the name of McGrath. By this act of Dr. Neagle, a most excellent widowed mother and orphan sisters were deprived of their protector and stay, and he, Neaglo, in order to escape the vengeance of the young man's family, was com? pelled to retiro to "parts unknown." Now, Mr. Editor, my purpose is to inquire, through yonr columns or tho columns of your exchanges, if one Dr. J. L. Neagle, the so-called Comptroller-General of South Caro? lina, is the person who murdered young McGrath. Any positive in? formation will be very, very thank? fully received. MONTECRISTO. TUE BOURBON QUESTION.-The September number of Putnam's Magazine revives the discussion whioh, many years ago, began in the columns of that periodical, "Have wo a Bourbon among us?" and which turned upon the point, averred by Rev. Mr. Hanson, of tho identity of the Into Rev. Eleazar Williams, mis? sionary among the Indians, with the ?on of Louis XVI. Mr. Hanson, now deceased, exhibited' great inge? nuity and zeal in support of his posi? tion, and the subject has lately been revived by Rev. Dr. Francis Vinton, who, it is said by the New York Evening Pott, has long been in pos? session of important facts whioh, until lately, he has not been permit? ted to nae. The South is like a man with the tooth-aohe-it aas many acres it would gladly get rid of. Radical Tro a bl?? lit thc Recon? structed State?. Tho Now York hernia ia some tim es right, as the following article dourly proves: The Governor of Alabamn bas ve? toed the measure providing that the Presidential electors shall bo ohoseu by the Legislature and not by the people? ana has thus brought out very handsomely the hitherto latent differences between the radical rogues in that State. The political. division in Alabama is no longer between the radicals and the people, but between the two factions of the radicals-the carpet-baggers and the 8calawaggers-a sign of promise. Your carpet-bagger is a loose fish from the North, who shoots about in the shallow water of party in the South, and, because he is loyal and has friends in Congress, and can take any sort of an oath, gets some fat placo, or gets into the Legisla? ture, with a view of getting a fat place by and by. He has no consist? ency, no home, no character and no means. He is altogether bogus, and is more or less radical, exactly in proportion to his moral and political worthlessness. Such is the stuff, maitsly, from which Congressional radicalism has made the deceptive fabric of reconstruction. The scala? wags are resident radicals-fellows who, perhaps, were moro or less sin? cere in their readiness to co-operate with Northern men in reconstruct? ing the South on Northern ideas. Generally, they are looked upon by the mass of Southern people as recre? ants; and they aro also looked upon with no great favor by the carpet? baggers, for scalawag is a Yaukee phrase, and, no doubt, was given to one section of Southern radicals by the contempt of the other. But the scalawags served the purpose of the radicals, inasmuch as their presence in the new Governments gave them some appearance of authenticity. It seemed to imply that the new Go? vernments were genuine, when a portion of the resident community participated in their formation. But a more significant fact now appears, when we find that the meanest white men of the South-the contempti? ble residents of Southern States who joined in the radical scramble of re? construction-cannot, at the last, get down low enough, or grovel in the dust with sufficient humiliation, to keep on terms with the Northern element in the reconstruction juggle the carpet-baggers. This will show io the North how absolutely impossi? ble it has been, from the beginning, for the real people of the South to participate in the reconstruction instituted by Congress, end, by showing this, the fight over the elec? toral law in Alabama may do good. Goon SIGNS.-Nothing is so en? couraging to our hopes of tho elec? tion of Seymour and Blair as the doleful pictures which the radicals are painting of the terrible punish- | ment that will be inflicted upon them? selves in that event! The guilty always exaggerate in their minds the retribution that is in store for them. Greeley, with a keen sense of his deserts, exclaims that, "should Sey? mour unhappily be chosen, the rebels will say you have had us under these tbreo years; now it is our turn. We will show you who is master now!" And poor Greeley begins to sum up what they will do. And first: "They will drive ont the carpet-baggers." Woe, indeed, will have come when those virtuous persons have to go' No v/onder the apprehension is keen, and the wail set np is hearty and loud. But the culprits can hardly induce honest people to continue them in power, in order that they may escape punishment for their in? numerable and unexampled crimes. Their apprehensions are natural, and become tho more lively as the pros? pects of the conservative nominees brighten. It is, therefore, very en? couraging to hear thom howl. {Richmond Dispatch. GRAND HALI, Y OF DEMOCRACY. Arrangements have boen made to hold a joint Democratic mass meet? ing at Spartanburg Court House, on Thursday, September 10th, and nt Union Court House, on Friday, Sep? tember 11th, with extra trains be? tween Spartanburg and Union on thoso days. General Wade Hamp? ton, Hon. Armistead Burt, Gover? nor Perry and several other distin? guished gentlemen have consented to deliver addresses on said occasion. There will be a grand procession of the Demooratio Clubs of Spartan? burg and Union, and adjoining Dis? tricts, at each place, on those days respectively; also, a public pio-nic dinner, and, at night, torch-light processions, with music, banners, transparencies and fire-works. All the Democratic candidates for Pre? sidential electors, and Democratic canvassers for the State, and tho dif? ferent Congressional Districts, and the representatives of the press, are respectfully invited. Aunt Susan, about seventy years of age, is "unanimous" on man. She says: "If all the men were taken off, she'd make arrangements for her funeral forthwith." She also says: "Suppose all the mon in one coun? try, and all the women in another, with a big river between them. Good gracious 1 what lots of poor women would be drowned." '.'Tis..THE LAST .Rose OF SUMMER." Last night, near tho hour when church-yards yawn,, we were visited by a member in goorjt standing of the Ku Klux Klan, who/'wittiout remov? ing his mask or uttering a word, de? posited on our desk n mysterious looking package, and then vanished into the air. Inspired with awe at the solemn manner of thc strange being, and his sudden nnd inexplica? ble disappearance, it was sometime before we could reconcile ourselves to touch the bundle; but after many invocations to the spirit of the la? mented Thad, to protect us from the machinations of his co-partner, and with the aid of our "Devil," we un? folded it, and lo! here is what we found: A picture nt onco suggest? ive, expressive and striking--in the foreground lies a railway track, whereon runs a locomotive, and the name of it is YOKE; and to its tender behind is attached a car, whose freight is an open carpet-bag, from which protrudes tho head of a "man and brother." Likewise there sits a small youth of the white persuasion, vending that vile expounder of the "unterrifled"-the Lu Crosse Demo? crat-to whom the "trooly loil" en? gineer is crying out in profane tongue, "no place here for you, ye lubber." And behold iu the rear of the train stands a persecutor of the flesh, from whose lips proceed the call "cut behind," and in front of it, in the dim perspective, looms up the State Hotel for the entertainment of those whose garments are parti? colored, and who take lodgings within its still unfinished walls, that their morals may be thereby improved and themselves reconstructed and quali? fied to become legislators and sena? tors in the land they love. And be? hold, the picture was comely to look upon; but the meaning thereof was not clear to us until our devil pointed out the figure of one of the ring streaked-and-striped, and as we read the language which he is represented to utter, the scales fell from our eyes, and the interpretation thereof be? came clear. And the language was this, "Glad to see you, Massa Rose." A MAGNIFICENT SPEOTJL AITON.-A PROJECTED SWINDLE OF THE SO CALLED LEGISLATURE.-We publish? ed, yesterday, the text of a proposed bill "to close the 'operations of the Bank of the State of South Caroli? na," which has received its second reading in the present Legislature. Tho amount of the matter is that the assets of tho Bank of the State are to bo seized and sold for the benefit of the parties named below, who have "filed" itc bills in disregard of the claims of foreign creditors and other creditors. The following table will show tho profita which will bo realized by some of the persons who have "filed" bills of tho Bank of the State of South Carolina, sup? posing that they gave ten cents on the dollar (more, probably, than they did give) for them, and that tho bonds in which they aro to be "funded" will sell for fifty cents on the dollar. The amount of bills is taken from the records of the court; they moy have purchased many more (and, doubtless, have done so) which were filed in the name of other parties: I ? I |N| ? ? O - JJ - o ci ?O . c cog M Pa 2 cj o o o !2J 55 K$ ' 5' 5' 5' Hi Ki o o a a o o jr* p j* j? ?* pr pr" zn o en in t-? I-" io ?p? t? \J cn o 4- oo H- o o c ? o >-> to oo o o cn cr> to 00 co rf*. -1 -3 cn -1 o > OJ to Cn *> ilo o o o K -o c o OOMOO r5 P si o? ' fcO (fe bj Ci O 00 o i CO -1 o o i to CO o o oo ai > B M y.' 3 M 9 COST BILLS AT TEN CENTS. VALUE OF BONDS AT F I F T Y CENTS. PAOFIT. BILLS FILS?. 1 ? ? ? ? The Phoenix Weekly Letter Slieet Price? Current and Market Report will be issued this (Friday) afternoon. Those desiring copies, will hand iu * their orders as early as practicable. INSTANT OR ULTIMO.-Burnt Dis? trict Randolph was very anxious, yesterday, to postpone the discussion of a measure until the 22d ultimo; but upon further investigation it was shown that he meant the 22d instant. State the month, so-called Senator, and avoid the use of words you are .! unacquainted with. 77ie Land We Love, for September, contains twelve articles. General Price's report of his Missouri cam? paign, in 1864, is of stirring interest. Tho other prose articles are the Suez Canal, Mary Ashburton, Mr. Dick? ens and his Debt of Honor, Chief Justice Nash, of North Carolina; and The Empress Eugenia. The poetry is from Mrs. L. Virginia French, Miss I. M. Porter and Dr. J. D. Bruns, of New Orleans. All the writers for this truly Southern maga? zine are of recognized ability. CHATHAM RAILROAD.-At. a meet? ing of the citizens of Columbia, held at Carolina Hall, last evening; Col. James G. Gibbes was called to the chair, who introduced Mr. A. B. Andrews, who had been invited to address our people on the Chatham Railroad, which is to connect Raleigh with Columbia, by way of Cheraw. Mr. Andrews, in a short discourse, showed the great benefit the road would be to the whole State of South Carolina, in running near a hundred miles through its territory, through a portion of the State in a great measure isolated from the great thoroughfares which intersect the State. This road, passing by the coal fields of North Carolina, could de? liver coal in Columbia at eight dol? lars per ton, whioh now costs nine? teen dollars. Besides giving employ? ment to thousands of our laborers, it will develop the resources of the State, and shorten the distance to Raleigh 105 miles.... Mr. Andrews, after mentioning other points of interest connected with the road, stated that his object here was merely to obtain from the Legislature a charter for the road; that the company did not ask one cent to be appropriated, as the com? pany have a capital of above $2,000,000, and would begin the con? struction of the road as soon as the charter was granted. Upon the conclusion of the address, Col. McMaster offered the following resolutions, which were passed una? nimously: Resolved, That the citizens of Co? lumbia view with interest the con? templated construction of the Chat? ham Railroad from this place to Raleigh, considering it an enterprise of the greatest importance to the whole State of South Carolina, and especially beneficial to Columbia; and hereby express their thanks to the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad for their noble effort to develop the resources of this State, by proffering to build the road without expense to the State. Resolved, That the thanks of this nicotine bo tendered tn Afr, Andrew?, for his instructive address on the ad? vantages of the Chatham Road. On motion of Capt. W. B. Stanley, it was ordered that the proceedings of the meeting be published in tho Phonix. Mr. Gourdin, of Charleston, former? ly Presideut of the Blue Ridge Rail? road, being present, was called upon for his views on the advantages of this road; and after some appropriate suggestions on the great benefits of railroads, expressed his belief that this contemplated road would be of immense benefit to the whole State, and hoped that the Legislature would not hesitate to grant a charter to a road so obviously useful to the State. M Ain ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office open, during the week from 8>? a. m. to 7 p. m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. The Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at A}? p. m., and close at H'.i p. m. Charleston night mail open 8>? a. m., close IV.j p. m. Northern-Open for delivery at 8?? a. m., closes at 2.45 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery 5>_ p. m., closes at 8>? p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at tention is called to the following ad? vertisements, published for the first time this morning: F. M. Drennan-Milk. R. Swaffleld-For Rent.