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THU DEMOCRATIC Tlcn^I^^ For President, HORATIO SEYMOUR, OP N. Y. For Vice-President, . GEN. F. P. BLAIR, OP MISSOURI. STATE EUCOTORAXi TICKET. For State al Large-J. P. Thomas, of Richland; J. D. Kennedy, of Ker? shaw. First Congressional District-R. F. Graham, of Marion. Second Congressional District-B. H. Rutledge, of Charleston. TJiird Co nar ess ional District-A. C. Haskell, of Abbeville. Fourth Congressional District-E. C. MoLnre, of Cheater. COLUMBIA. Tuesday Morning, August 25, 1868. Canvassers Appointed. Agreeably to a resolution adopted by tho recent State Convention, the following gentlemen aro appointed by the State Central Executive Com? mittee canvassers in tho interest of the Democracy: . State at large-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. We aro gratified to learn of the determination of the Democrats of Mississippi to hold an election for President and Yioe-President, de? spite the usurping legislation of Congress to the contrary. The right of a people to vote, who are citizens of a State, pay taxes and support the Constitution of their country, is one that underlies the very foundation of a republican form of government, and mnst sooner or later be recog? nized. There is a point beyond which submission to tyranny ceases to be a virtue; and when the opposi? tion takes the peaceable form of the V?all??, it pnnnofc loo impoaoliod as either illegal or revolutionary. This is the point arrived at when tho De? mocracy, conscious of the support of their brethren throughout the entire Union, can now put down their feet in face of the carpet-baggers, and say to them "thus far shall ye go and no farther." FoLLT OF RADICAL RECONBTRUC HON.-In. one of his reoent speeches, Mr. Pendleton, of Ohio, in referring to tho radical reconstruction, happily quoted tho old saying of tho Romans, that "for a retreating foo they would build a bridge of gold." Thero could not be a wiser maxim. How have the radicals respected this maxim? by burning the bridges and desolat? ing the land. Is that peace? lg that reconciliation? Even radical hearts must now echo tho bitter answer. But radical hands are in the treasury, and radical ambition is bout on retaining the public offices. The hands eau only bo kept there, and tho ambition of radicals can only be gratified, by playing out the game of oppression and false as? sumption of Southern disloyalty. It has gono too far-all must now be left to the hazard of the die. -?-??-? A SURREPTITIOUS ISSUE OP NATIOAL BANK NOIES.-A New York oity bank recently reoeived, on deposit, a fifty dollar note of tho First National Bank of Now Jersey, and sent it to that bank for redemption. The officer of that institution returned it, saying that tho signatures were forged. Tho plate boing gonuino, and the bill bearing tho treasury stamp, thorc was no possible way for tho publie to guard against the fraud, and tho holders of the note sent it on to tho Treasury Department at Washington to ask who would father tho loss. Mr. Hubbard, Comptroller of the Treasury, in reply, writes as follows: "I can only state that, in my judg? ment, the loss must rest upon the party who deposited the note with your bank, until such party can be relieved, through its acceptance by tho preceding holder, and so on, from hand to hand, as prior holders oan be ascertained. Tho faot is established, that this impression of fifty dollars was surreptitiously taken from the office. At present, how? ever, no provision of law, nor money appropriation, exists, to enablo this department to redeem tho noto or indemnify its holder. Tho fifty dol? lar note roferred to is roturned here? with." Spart a nb nrg Still Moving-Tho Co lore* iH^crttey ug UiT FliM?>l| Quarters to Radicalism. Jin. Barron: With the view pf placing before our friends the pro? gress of conservatism, and as an illustration of what may and ought to be done with the colored people in behalf of Democracy, we beg leave to set before your readers an account of a meeting held in Spartanburg village, on Tuesday evening, the 18th instant, Notice had been extended that a colored Democratic Club would be organized. A goddly number of both whites and blaoks wero present. Colonel Stobo Farrow, who has been, since his return from the Na? tional Convention, devoting, in our Distriot, his time nnd talents to the great cause, explained the objects of the meeting, in a plain, forcible and effective manner, proving to the co? lored men that the real and perma? nent interest of their race was identi? fied with tho native whites and with the Democratic party. Upon con? cluding, au invitation was extended to those colored persons who were willing to join in organizing a co? lored Democratic Club. Thirty-four colored men responded to the call, and openly and enthusiastically avowed their determination to join and to work for tho Democratic Earty. Several of those who joined ave heretofore been among the most prominent and active members of the Union League. Eliphos Halli? gan, who was a candidate for the Legislature at the last election, on tho radical tiokot, not only joined the dub, but made a speech, avowing his dissatisfaction and disgust with the radical party, and his determina? tion to use all his efforts for tho sue cess of the Demooratic party. Our colored friends, Minor and Lee, of Columbia, and Anderson, of Uniou, were present, and gave efficient aid both by their speeohes and by their influence, in private, for a day or so previous to tho meeting. They have done much good among the colored people in this District, by their straight-forward, honest and manly course, in earnest support of the party. During tho meeting, Wm. K. Blake, Esq., delivored a well-timed, eloquent and effect i ve speech, con? gratulating the meeting on its suc? cess in breaking the ranks of tho radical party at this place and form? ing tho nucleus of a colored Demo? cratic party, which will redound to the good of the colored man and the conservativo cause in this Distriot. Arrangements are in preparation to follow up. this meeting with simi? lar ones, both in town and in the District. Too much praiso cannot be awarded to Col. Stobo Farrow for his zeal and efficiency in organizing and pushing forward this movement to "carry the war into Africa"-in earnestly urging that the colored peo? ple, rightly dealt with, could be made "good Democrats." Encouraging results aro already in sight. And iii the old iron District wo talk about rolling up a majority of the blacks, with an undivided whito vote, for Seymour and Blair. Lot tho ball be kept moving. DEMOCRACY. "Lot us havo peace," says Con? gress, with a fresh Reconstruction Act which gives thc Presidential bal? lot to Florida, Arkansas and other carpot-bag States, while it takes the ballot from every conservativo State at tho South. "Let us havo peace," says Sum? ner, with a demand that negroes be admitted into Congress, and that Congress shall pass a law coercing negro votes in all tho States of the North, East and West. "Let us have peace," says tho Chi? cago platform, while making one form of government for States South of the Potomac, and another for States North of tho Potomac. "Lot us have peace," says the samo platform, with ono currency for tho pensioner, tho soldier, tho laborer and the man of business, and another for tho bond-holder. "Lot us havo peace," say tho radi? cals, with constitutions, as in* South Carolina, which allow tux-payers to the amount of $500 in the Legisla? ture to imposo a tax of $2,000,000 upon the whito peoplo of tho Stato. Gentlemen, a truo peace means justice, honesty, fair dealing between man and man. This you do not pro? poso, but its vory opposite; and there can be no peace while tho radical party lives and reigns. --? CARD.-The undersigned has long entertained a resolution to resumo the practico of the law, whenever he could mako it convenient. He has now mado arrangements satisfactory to himself, and has agreod, with Ephraim B. Seabrook, Esq., to form a partnership for tho practice of law, to begin on Monday next. His con? nection with tho Mercury will there? fore cease to-day. Papers frieudly to the undersigned will confer a favor by ro-publishing this card. ROSWELL T. LOGAN. CnARXiESTON, S. C., August 21. A Paris fashion correspondent writes that an attempt is being made to rostoro tho high tortoise shell combs of our grand-mothers. _- " -JCHK ItBGISLiATUJEUB. pngcEBDrjios OP FOBTT-SBCOND DA*. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. C?liTTWBiA, A?i guet 24.-Lomax gave notice of a bill to punish office olden for malfeasance in office. Kuh introduced a bill to reg?late the quantity of licensee by County Commissioners, City or Town Coun? cils. Read a first time. McIntyre offered a resolution pro? posing to defer the consideration of all bills, whioh proposed to renew or amend the charters of railroads, until the regalar session, which, on mo? tion, was made the special order for Wednesday. Burrill James offered a resolution to provide for the closing of all bar? rooms on election days; and the im? position of fines and imprisonment for violation thereof. Referred to the Committee on Privileges nud Elections. On tho call for unfinished busi? ness, O'Connell's resolution to em? power the Governor to sell a sufficient quantity of bills receivable to provide for tho payment of tho* per diem and mileage of tho members of tho Gene? ral Assembly, was taken up and in? definitely postponed. Tho bill to provide for tho tem? porary organization of the educa? tional department of this State, was passed. As was also tho homestead law, with tho Senate's amendment, which makes the bill retroactive in its opera? tions. The bill to regulate elections and to punish abuses of elective fran? chise, was considered, amended so as to allow a por diem of $2 each to managers of election, when employ? ed, and then recommitted, with in? structions to reconsider tho ninth section; which prohibits persons from giving food or refreshment to mana? gers, in conjunction with an amend? ment offered by Hyde, of Greenville, to prevent liquor being taken to the polis. A message was received from Gov. Scott, announcing that he had ap? proved the joint resolution, petition? ing Congress to remove tho political disabilities of T. S. Arthur, of Green? ville. Also, a message returning the joint resolution, proposing to remit a dou? ble tax in the case of Mrs. Georgiana Heyward, of Charleston, on account of irregularity-it not having been read three times in eaoh House, nor having the seal of tho State affixed. A concurrent resolution from the Senate, proposing to go into joint ballot on Wednesday, at 12.30 p. m., for oight Circuit Judges, was agreed to. A bill tn ostablisli j uti tico courts was read a seoond time and passed. These courts are constituted by jus? tices of the peace, who are officers of the same privileges and jurisdiction as those heretofore exercised by magistrates in this State. Tho bill allows tho Mayor and Aldermen of incorporated cities or the Intondant and Wardens of incorporated towns and villages to determine how many justices shall be elected for such cities, towns aud villages. The bill to declaro tho manner by which the lands or tho right of way over tho lands of persons or corpora? tions may bo taken for tho construc? tion and uses of railways and other works of internal improvements, was road a third timo and passed. Tho substance of tho bill has heretofore been published. A bill from tho Senate, to provide for tho payment of tho por diem and mileago of members and officers of the General Assembly, was read a first time and referred to the Com mittco of Ways and Means. It pro? vides that pay shall bo made in suffi? cient quantity of bills receivable, at current rates of exchange, to place tho amounts on a par with green? backs-that is, six dollars per diem and twenty cents mileago each way, each member electing how much ho will draw up to the 20th instant. Tho Houso then adjourned. SENATE. Tho bills to authorize a State loan to pay tho interest on the public dobt and to authorize a Stato loan to redeem tho obligations known as bills receivable of the Stato of South Carolina, were each road the second timo and passed. Tho bill to provide for tho per diom and mileage of the mombors of tho General Assembly (tho same men? tioned in the Houso proceedings) was read tho third time and passed. Tho bill to extend relief to the Greenville and Columbia Railroad was, on motion, postponed until tho regular session. The rest of tho session was con? sumed in reading tho tax bill for the second time. No material amend? ments wore made. DEATII OP REV. P. T. KEITH.-On Saturday last, August 22, passed from earth tho spirit of the venerable and beloved rector of St. Michael's Church. He was born 26th Septem? ber, 1801. Mr. Keith was a man of gentle, loving heart, without guile or taint of worldliness. Cheerful and courteous, he was also manly and de? cided in his opinions and his con? duct. Highly esteemed and respected by the community, he hold the warm affections of his flock, who will miss his kind face and mourn the friend so linked with the cherished memo? ries of the past, and so associated with Christian example and consola? tion.-Charleston Mercury, 2ith. NEGBO OUTTBAOB.-During a pro? tracted meeting at Hawkins ville, Gt?., * few days ago, a body of negroes, about seventy-flvo in number* well armed, marched np near tho church at night, fired off several gune, after which they marched boldly and de? fiantly into the church and took their seats, alter otherwise insulting the congregation. The Americas Repub? lican says scarcely a day passes that we do not hear of similar acts being perpetrated by negroes and scala? wags. THE CROPS IN ENGLAND.-Tho Mark Lane Express sums np the con? dition of the crops in England as follows: "Wheat is uncommonly good, both in quantity and and qual? ity; green crops a failure; barely a fair but not a heavy crop; beans n good crop; oats a fair but not a heavy crop. Prices of wheat aro going down rapidly and will continuo low until seed time next spring. The prospect of help for stock, owing to prevailing drought, was getting worse daily." A letter from Romney, West Vir? ginia, states that tho insane son of a man named McGlaughlin, near that place, a day or two ago, crossed tho Potomao, to the farm of Mrs. Myers, and there beat to death, with a fonce rail, an old man named Rector. He literally mashed the skull and horri? bly mangled the body. Ho made an attempt to kill others, but was se? cured and put in prison. Mrs. Myers and her family wero at Capon Springs. The Montgomery Mail gives a re? port that Gov. Smith, of Alabama, will soon issue his proclamation for an election of Presidential electors and Congressmen at tho regular time tor election in November. The elec? tion, it says, will be conducted pre? cisely as the old code directs, except that those hitherto disfranchised, mnst file their applications with the Probate Judge of tho County before voting. During the second session of the Fortieth Congress there were 2,786 pen-knives distributed among the members of the House, at a * cost of $5,620, or at a cost of over $2 each. There were 19-4 mem? bers of that body, thas making four? teen knives and a fraction to each member, or about $30 for each mem? ber in pen-knives during ono session of Congress. Mr. Buchanan and Thad. Stevens, though living in the samo town so long together, nevor spoko when they met in the street. Nevertheless, Mr. Buchanan admitted of his rival, "Thad. Stevens has a good head and a good heart, and if it had not pleased Providence to omit the moral part of his nature, he wonld have been a great man." E VENINO DRESSES.-Green and white are the most fashionable colors for evening dresses at present. Palo buff, Frenoh gray and white for street and house. Skirts aro still gored in front and nt tho sides, and are quite full in the back, being frequently looped up in panniers. The wide Spanish flounce is more fashionable than three narrow ones. A family in Louisvillo attempted to make right a little domestic irre? gularity among their servants, by compelling tho footman to marry the lady's maid. After tho .wedding, it was found that the footman had already three wives, and tho Freed? men's Bureau has now been appealed to. A Scroven County correspondent of the Savannah Republican relatos a cruel murder in that County, com? mitted by a negro upon his wife, whom he beat to death and then threw the mutilated body upon tho track of the Central Railroad, in hopes to convey tho impression of accidental death. Tho Washington Express says: "Chief Justice Chase has returned to that city in fino hoalth, and much pleased with his official visit to Wast Virginia. Ho expresses tho opinion that the conservatives aro largely in tho ascondancy in that Stato, and will control thu Presidential ticket." A tidal phenomenon occurred off San Pedro, California, on Saturday; tho tide rising sixty odd feet above tho usual high water mark and re? coding again in half an hour the same distance below low water mark. The rise and fall occurred sovoral timos in a fow hours. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.-If all tho availublo iucomo of tho Treasury is required to meet tho interest on the national debt, how long will it bo before the reduction of tho princi? pal will bring us a reduction in our Federal taxations of $500,000,000 a year? asks tho New York Herald. An account of tho execution of tho assassins of Prince Michel at Bel? grado, Servia, has been published. There were fourteen of tho assassins of Prince Miohel, and they wore shot and buried ono at a timo, each ono pulling his*cigar until his turn came. The Jersey flats, which are always at this senson of tho year prolific m mosquitoes, are said to bo so swarmed with them this year, thai tho villages thereabouts hove been depopulated, tho people having absconded, being unable to moet their bills. St. Louis has made a deeper hole in the gronnd than auy other city in the world. Its artesian well has reached a depth of 3,300 feet, and no water yet. : i. ?rt ri mm ?M? mi-<>I?| in JGooal Items. Don't forget the trotting match this afternoon, n.t. t* -? Ccngarsc Course. Time 5 o'oloc W. J. Laval, Esq., who has boen connected with the comptrollership of the State, for a number of years, has assumed charge of the Columbia Malo School-in tho Odd Fellows' building, Lincoln street, 2Ir. Laval is fully competent to fill tho posi? tion. The artillery companies which have | been on duty here for a length of time, departed yesterday, for Atlanta, Georgia. Sevoral infantry companies still remain. The morning and even? ing gun will be missed, but wo sup? pose this will bo considered rather pleasant than otherwise. THE INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.-We aro informed that this indefatigable socioty of ladies has been so fortunato as to secure a lecture for their benefit by that eloquent divine, the Right Reverend Bishop P?rsico, of tho Catholic Church. His great reputa? tion will certainly draw a highly intelligent audience to enjoy his discourse. Tho evening on which tho lecture will bo delivered, and all further particulars, will be published at an early day. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS FOE JUDGES.-At a caucus of the Repub? lican members of the reconstructed Legislature, held at Janney's Hall, last night, tho following nominations were made: First District, Maj. D. T. Corbin; second, Zephaniah Platt; third, Joseph T. Green, of Sumter; fourth, James M. Rutland; fifth, Le? muel Boozer; sixth, G. W. Williams, of York. During the ballot for tho seventh District, thc caucus ad? journed. J. L. Moore was the most prommeu??LndidatG for that Dis? trict, w md of no candidate for the oighH^Pwfs tho Republicans con? trol both branches of the Legisla? ture, theso nominations are virtually elections. LOOKING OUT FOR SHOUTS.-There aro some people always looking out for slights. They cannot pay a visit, they cannot even receive a friend, they cannot carry on the daily inter? course of the family, without sus? pecting some offenco is designed. They are as touchy as hair-triggers. If they meet an acquaintance on the street who happons to be pre-occu picd with business, they attributo his abstraction to somo motive personal to themselves, and take umbrage ac? cordingly. They lay on others the fault of their own irritability. A fit of indigestion makes them seo im? pertinence in everybody they como in contact with. Iunocont persons who never dreamed of giving offence, aro astonished to find some unfor? tunate word, or some momentary taciturnity, mistaken for an insult. To say the least, tho lu bit is unfor? tunate. It is far wiser to tako tho moro charitable vio\v?>f our fellow boings, and not suppose a slight is intended, unless the noglect is open and direct. After all, too, life takes its hues in a great degree from tho color of our own mind. If wo are frank and generous, tho world treats us kindly. If, on tho contrary, we aro suspicious, men learn to be cold and cautious to us. Let a person got tho reputation of being touchy, and everybody is under moro or less re? straint; and iu this way the chances of an imaginary offenco aro vastly increased. Peoplo who fire up easily, misa a deal of happinoss. Their jaun? diced tempers destroy their own comfort, as well as that of their friends. They have forever some fancied slight to brood over. The sunny, 8erono contentment of less selfish dispositions ?iuver visits them. LADIES, DON'T WEAR Hion HEELS! An exchango says, narrow shoos, with high heels, which are now all the fashion, are serious obstacles to a good figure. Without a solid basis, it is impossible to sustain tho form in an erect posture, nnd poised, as our young girls aro, upon the stilts of fashion, it is not easy to presorvo their equilibrium. They thus ha? bitually bond forward or backward, to tho right or to tho loft, until, in the course of time, thoy become per? manently misshapen in ono direotion or tho othor. And this is not all. The hoels of fashionable shoes worn by ladies aro so small at the bottom as to afford little or no support to the ankles.-This in part accounts for tho peculiar walk of those who woar them, and this is causing many weak and sprained ankles, for whioh there is no euro. An ankle once sprained is ever after liablo to bo in? jured hy a very slight cause. No lady who vaines her comfort in lifo, and her limbs upon which sho de? pends for locomotion, will wear high hoels tapered off as is now the fashion. ANOTHEB TURTLE.-Mr. Restaurant Pollock will servo up a sea monster for lunch to-day. Soupista. attend. MATT. A RR .*. N ?antis I a.-The post office open during the week from 8>? a. m. to 7 p. m. On Sunday?, from 4 to 5 p. m. The Charleston and Western mailB are open for delivery at 4}? p. m., and close at 8>? p. m. Charleston night mail open 8jV a. m., close 4>? p. m. Northern-Open for dr'ivery at 9>% a. m., closes at 2.45 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery h% p. m., closes at 8>.< p. m. IMMIGRANT vs. CARTET-BAGGER. Tho difference of meaning between "immigrant" and "carpet-bagger" is RH wide as tho difference between cuo who arrives in a country to fix his resi? dence there, and one who comes into it for the purpose of confiscating the silver spoons of ita inhabitants. The former is nn "immigrant;" the latter, however, is only a partial definition of the "carpet-bagger." The word is a compound of "car? pet" and "bagger." It8 meaning, is the component of two ideas. Tho fir8t half, "carpet," suggests the idea of a "carpet-knight"-a bloviant swashbuckler of mighty valorous ness in a drawing-room, when there are no bellicose male persons pre? sent. "Bag, JJ.-a sack or pouch to put anything in." "Bag, v. a.-to put into a bag." "Bagging, n.-the act of putting into bags." "Bagger, n.-one who performs the act of bag? ging-" From these standard definitions, the meaning of "carpet-bagger" will plainly appear. The "carpet-bagger" is a bloviant swashbuckler of mighty renown for something other than military services, who goes into the Southern States to bag the emolu? ments of office. His residence, if he have any, is in a Northern State. His taxable effects exist only in im? agination. His worldly goods are contained in a small hand-sack, usually made of carpeting-a circum? stance which ia supposed to have suggested to the inventive American mind tho word which ao foroibly and accurately expresses the true charac? ter of this wandering political Mi cawber-this vagrant demagogue in quest of spoils. There is no other word in the English language which will express the truth, with all its nice shades of meaning, so correctly and so well. There is no name for the combination of ideas which an office-holder in the South involves, but the name "carpet-bagger." NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at tention ia called to the following ad? vertisements, published for the first time this morning: Mrs. S. B. Peck-School. O won Daly-Ho! For the Baces. C. F. Harrison-I. O. O. F. C. H. Baldwin ?Sc Co-Hams, &o. E. Pollard-Tamarinds. U. S. A.-Wanted to Rent. "TUE D-DEST FOOLS."-Recently, in Vicksburg, thero was a large De? mocratic procession, iu which were borno soveral United States flags, which, at tho request of several citi? zens, had been loaned them by the Post Quartermaster. The parade of voters being largo and impressive, alarming the carpet-baggers, several of them called on General Gillern and complained that his officer had furnished flags to a procession which was "impeding reconstruction." "Gentlemen," said the General, "you are the d-dest fools I ever saw. I fought these people four years to make them carry tho flag, and now you aro mad because they wish to march under it." Mr. Henry Keep, a wealthy rail? road man, of New York, has pur? chased 200 feet sqnoro of land on Fifth avenue and West Fifty-first street, New l'ork, and proposes to erect upon it a magnificent art gal? lery, at an expense of 81,500,000. When finished, it is to be placed in thc banda of a committee o? ladies, with power to fill vacancies in their own body, and perpetuate the com? mittee. Thc gallery is to be opou to tho public on the payment of a small fee, tho accumulations from which are to bo devoted first, to tho care and repair of the building and its contents; and the snrplns to tho ro lief of tho poor of all nations found in Now York. AN INCIDENT.-An intelligent CO' lored Democrat, who was standing at a corner of the market-house, yester? day morning, says the Wilmington Star, discussing politics with a num? ber of his friends, was heard to say: "I have found ont that these d-d carpet-baggers aro the worst enemies tho colored rnco have, and I think wo ought to drive them from the State." This shows which way the wind is blowing. The oolored peo plo of North Carolina are beginning to opou thoir eyes, and aro rallying to the support of their best friends, tho t rue mon of the South. Crop reports from Calcutta say that in the North-western Districts of India heavy rains have seriously in? jured the crop of cotton in North? western India.