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TUB DEMOCRATIC TICXKT. 1778 For President, HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF N. Y. For Vice-PresidenU GEN. F. P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURL STATE EliEOTORAIi TICKET. For State ai Large-J. P. Thomas, of Riohland; J. D. Kennedy, of Ker? shaw." FifH T&ujressional District--IL. F. Graham, of Marion. Second Congressional District-B. H. Rutledge, of Charleston. Third Congressional District-A. C. Haskoll, of AbbbVille. Fourth Congressional District--E. C. MoLure, of Chester. COLUMBIA. Wednesday Morniag, Sept. 2, 1868. C?lruiCM Appointed. Agreeably to a resolution adopted by the recent State Convention, the followi?g gentlemen are appointed by tho State Central Executive Com? mittee canvassers in' the interest of tho 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. WHY GOM> DOES NOT RISE JUST Now.-r-The Baltimore Gazette gives a singular explanation of the recent fall in gold, or, rather, the reason why it does not continue tb rise. That journal says that certain Ger? man bankers are about to ship one million of dollars in gold to New York for the purpose of lending it ont on United States securities. By the withdrawal of a million of bonds thus hypothecated from the market, or of bonds to any extent that may be necessary to effect the object in view, the Gorman capitalists hope to secure a firm market here, which would thus enable them to dispose abroad of their own United States bonds, if not at a profit, at least without sustaining any material loss. By no paper in the North is jos tice to the South more fairly and fearlessly meted out than by the Bos? ton Post. Referring to Gen, Hamp? ton's speech, at Anderson, S. C., on tho 19th instant, it joins in his refu? tation of the radical charge that the South have not accepted the end of the war in good faith, in the follow? ing words: I 'The cry for substantial and lasting peace comes from nowhere so loudly as from the hearts of the suffering South, and tho election of Seymour and Blair affords tho only opportuni? ty of obtaining the wished for boon. More deeply than we at the North do they realize what a fearful stake is dependent upon the result of the election in November, and they will do their part in the great struggle "for life, hbei'ty and the pursuit of happiness." ---1 - MAINE.-A correspondent of the Herald writeB as follows: "Further investigation in the inte? rior of the State shows iaoroased hostility to the radical Congressional ticket by tho laboring masses. The lamber booms are. almost deserted. The ship-yards are barren monu? ments of ruined fortunes, and their operatives are at work on the farms. The radicals are denounced for rob? bing them of their occupation, and their votes will be generally thrown for the Seymour ticket. Radical leaders admit that several towns on tho Kcunehou and Androscoggin, last year radical, will swell up Demo? cratic majorities, and that Augusta will wheel into Une. The Republi? cans have entered into the canvass with renewed energy. The mulatto fellow who was at Williston, a week or two ago, for the purposes, as he said, of taking down the names of colored Democrats, as they wero to bo shot or banished from the country, has been at several plantations below Barnwell Court House, recently, deluding tho poor negroes by telling them that he is a surveyor, and that he has come to measure off their land. By this means ho got many of their chickens, eggs, &a, which he barters off. As be brought no mule, some of the more intelligent olass of freedmen have discovered the trick, and aro after him with sharp sticks, swearing re? venge. ? ? ? ? An Irish and Italian Demooratio Club was organized in Charleston, on Monday. A Suggestion. j MR. EDITOR: I would respectfully suggest, through your paper, to the Demacra tic,Clubs of the State, that,, in our opinion, the whites would auc oeea much better in making Demo? crats of tbe colored population, if the Democratic Clubs would detail certain suitable members of their clubs to talk to the colored people. The plan that has met with success in the neighborhood of the writer, is for some sensible man to collect the negroes of his neighborhood together, and not make a ?peech, but a talk, and ascertain the complaints that the negroes make against the Demo? cratic party, and show them the folly of their objections. Mass meetings do very little good with this class. Democratic Clubs that have tried this plan have met with much success, and South Carolina is the State for us to try every means. _ M. F. J. If a white man bad killed a negro, as Smith was killed, what would have been the consequences? SUBSCRIBER. MB. EDITOR : On Friday morning last, between 8 and 9 o'clock, as the mail carrier between Lexington C. H. and Mount Willing, in Edgefield Distriot, was pursuing bis journey, he was waylaid near the line of Edgefield and shot from his horse. The assassin shot at him five times, the lost shot only taking effect. The ball struck near the hip joint and lodged, it is supposed, in tho bowels. The carrier was an old colored man, upwards of sixty years of age, and was a man of irreproachable charac? ter-distinguished for his urbanity tc all white people. The service on the route will necessarily cease from this date. B. J. HAYES, Contractor on tho above route. 4 ?-??? Tbe following communication wil! explain itself: 175 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, August 24, 1868. Messrs. IT. E. Nichols t? Co., Colum? bia, S. C. We are in receipt of your favor o the 20th inst., covering a newspape: slip, relating to an attack on us bj Montgomery, of Newberry, ant thank you for the attention. Th? fellow is a bally and a coward, aili? nn worthy of notice. He shelters him self behind his accidental position and utters a libel he would not dan to publish under other circumstances To gratify any curiosity, you ma] have to learn the ground of his hos tility, and tho petty malice he ex hibits, we will briefly state, that th firm of Montgomery &. Miller wer insured by us, in the sum of $3,000 on their stock of groceries, Novena ber, 1865; subsequently, Miller soli bis half interest to Montgomery, bu made no transfer of tho policy-unde the conditions of the policy, (coudi tions common to nil policies,) thi "change in title or possession" reu dered the policy void. A firo aftei wards occurred, damaging the stool Montgomery made an exorbitau claim, stating his loss in his proof, ti $2,495.34. In reality, according t tho best evidence we could get, hi real loss under the policy, providin the same had remained binding, wu not one-half whut ho claimed; bi though ho had no legal claim on v for a dollar, yet, looking at it in tb light of equity, as wo do all houei claims for loss, we concluded to poj and did pay him $1,150, taking hi receipt and discharge in full. Thi is the whole story, briefly told; an you will perceive he has nothing < complain of, but liberal and bono able treatment; and to one who mui be conscious that he was unwortli of it, this may bo regarded, perhap as good ground for complaiut HU legislative interference. The nttac of such a worthless fellow, is hare less. Your good people kuow tl value of our policies; and the recoi of losses paid by us, for three year (a copy of which you have,) sho; that we have paid to citizens of tl Southern States, during that tim the sum of $654,546.46. If they ci spare our protection, we shall gain 1 leaving the field. Very truly, kc, (Signed) O. E. HOSMER, A88't. Qen'l. Agent. -? m?> LETTER FROM HON. HORATIO SE MOTJR.-A letter has boen received Washington, from Hon. Horat Seymour, dated Utica, New Yor August 27th, in which tho gre banner-bearer of tho American pe pie announces himself in good heal and spirits, and "certain of the st cess of the Democratic ticket-f tho rights of the whole people, t maintenance of the Union entii with the same privileges in one s< tion as the other. ELOQUENCE.-True eloquence dc not consist, as the rbetoricia assure us, in saying great things ii sublime style, but in a simple sty for there is, properly speaking, euch thing as a sublime style. T sublimity lies only in the thing; ar when they are not so, the langno may be turgid, affected, metapho cal, bat not affecting. To J. C. Jannet/, Esq. MTDEAHSIR: Your fellow-citizens, who know you well, know yon to be a kind-hearted, benevolent and most humane man. Words of kindness are always on your lips, and the in? dustry yon . ive shown in finding out and informing ns who the Gover? nor of the State is, surely most bo considered an act ff great kindness to the people of South Carolina. A stranger won.J suppose that the peo? ple of the State must know some? thing (and should know everything) about the character and antecedents of thh gentleman who has I ien elect? ed to a place of authority by them? selves. But, strange to say, suoh is not the fact. Why not, with the same benevolence, go on and tell us who is Gov. Pickens, or Gov. Bon? ham, or Gov. Magrath? By the way, do you think that you are better known than Gov. Scott? The peo? ple did not, nntil your act of kind? ness, even know the name of Gov. Scott, (whether it was Walter or Robert;) but now they are informed by you after he has been chosen by them. This is singular. Doubtless many of your fellow-citizens were equally at a loss to know whether the Governor came from Scotland (and had, therefore, never been natural? ized,) or whether he was from Ohio and required only two years residence to qualify him for his place. In all these matters you have conferred a lasting obligation upon those who elected him. We now, through your kindness, begin to know who the Go? vernor is, and wo must, certainly respect him tho moro when ho is endorsed by you, and wo learn, for the first time, that he has never been a lawyer, but has, all his life, been a doctor of medicine. You tell us he has been mixing pills and alleviating suffering all his life. In his present position ho certainly is not out of his sphere. He has a very sick patient to oure; some say, laboring under a disease called tho black vomit, caught, in part, from the Governor himself. We trust that the doctor will bo equally skillful now as in the past, and that ho may not have to resort to the scalpel. It may be, however, that while ho is excellent as a physi? cian, he may not be so good as a sur? geon; in other words, in the use of instruments. Be good enough, if you please, my dear sir, to draw upon your kind heart again and inquire into this last matter, and inform your obliged fellow-citizens. How is the doctor as an accoucheur? Yours truly, WIL'M HENRY HOWARD. P. S. Who is Mr. Haly? Thc Work und the Coat. Tho following Acts and joint reso? lutions, says the Charleston Neics, have been passed by both houses and been signed by tho Governor. Thoy represent about fifty days in work and at least $70,000 in United States currency: 1. Au Act to accept the benefits of au Act donnting public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for tho benefit of agriculture and tho mechanic arts. 2. Au Act to authorize and empow? er tho Governor to effect a loan in behalf of tho State of $125,000. 3. Au Act to incorporate the Che raw Ilook and Ladder Company as a part of tho tiro department of thc town of Cheraw. 4. An Act to incorporate the Lang? ley Manufacturing Company of Edgofield County. 5. Au Act to provide for recording certificates of salo issued to purchas? ers of lands sold under direction and authority of tho United States Direct Tax Commissioners in Beaufort County. G. An Act to make appropriations for the payment of tho expenses of the present session of the Legisla? ture, and to meet certain deficiencies in the appropriation for tho fiscal year commencing 1st of October, A. D. 1867, mado by General Orders No. 139, dated Charleston, Decem? ber 5, 18G7. 7. An Act to regulato appeals and writs of error to Supreme Court. 8. An Act to provide a Private Sec? retary for tho Governor. 9. To regulate tho man nor of keep? ing and disbursing public funds by certain officers. 10. Au Act to organize tho Circuit Courts. 11. An Act to establish police force. 12. An Act to authorize a loan to redeem tho obligations known ns "bills receivable of State of South Carolina." 13. An Act to authorize State loan to pay interest on tho public debt. 14. A joint resolution for fitting up and furnishing a residence for tho Governor. THE Pennie DEUT INCIIEASED OVER $150,000,000 SINCE THE CLOSE OF THE WAH!-The following is tho offi oial statement of the public debt made by Secretary McCulloch on the 81st ultimo, as compared with his official statement on the 31st of Marah, 1865, at the close of the war: Joly 31, 1868, 82,523,534,480.67; March 81, 1865, $2,366,965,077.34; increase, $156,570,403,83. Such is tho effect of three years of radical mle in time of peace! [Washington Evening Star. General DavidJiHunter, the Presi dent of the military commission that tried end convicted Mrs. Barratt, is out in a card this morning, denying the statement first made in radical papers, that he had refused to sign the application for the pardon of Mrs. Surratt. He says in his card, that he bas "always looked with otter contempt on the execution of the poor- woman/' Tbus, one by ono, the members of this court are trying to get away from responsibility in this case. Mr. Bingham, tho judge advocate of the court, says he pre pared the petition for pardon, and added that every member of the court, with one exoeption, signed it. That exception, tho radical papers said, was Gen. Hunter; and now the latter not only denies it, but says he "looked with utter contempt upon tho execution of the poor woman." Gan the members of the court explain why it was, then, that Mrs. Surratt was pronounced equally guilty and deserving of death with Paine, Herold and Atzerodt? Why was she pronounced one of tho chief crimi? nals, instead of being placed in the category with O'Loughhn and Mudd, who were not adjudged gnilty of offences deserving of death? It is rather late in the day for the mem? bers of the court to attempt to escape from tho responsibility of Mrs. Sur ratt's hasty execution. * Count Spouneck, the confidential adviser of the King of Greece, is a gentleman of fifty, possessed of ex? traordinary presence of mind. When he first went to Greece he had with him, on board tho steamer, a power? ful Newfoundland dog, to which he was much attached. Tho dog, ono day, fell overboard, and Count Spou neok asked tho captain of tho vessel to have tho engines slopped that his dog might be saved. "Your excel? lency," replied the captain, "my instructions aro to stop only when a man bas fallon overboard." "Very well," said the Count, who is an ex? cellent swimmer, and jumped over? board. The steamer stopped, and both the Count and his dog were, five minutes afterwards, again on board. -. -o A great run at billiards astonishes the Detroiters. A young ieilow only sixteen years old has run 15,015 points carom, aud has not yet com? pleted the run. Tho balls have been out of position several times. The mu was bogun on tho 13th instant. The young mau plays until he gets tired, and then stops for the day. The Tuskegee (Ala.) iVeirs says that the State University, with libra? ry, apparatus and endowment fund, I has been turned over to a set of worthless, characterless carpet-bag? gers. Tho few Southern men who were magnanimously retained in thf faculty by the "powers that pretend to be," bavo very properly resigned their professorships. It costs a negro man two dollars and fifty cents, in Richmond, Vir? ginia, to slap a wliite lady in tho face, curso her, and threaten to kill her. A few days since, ono "Rev." Jas. J. Goodwyn, of Halifax, North Caro? lina, a radical preacher, advised the blacks to steal from tho whites, if they wouldn't employ them, ?fcc. Ono of them took his advice and stole a large quantity of corn from him. The French papers report that two burglars were recently run down and captured by two amateurs, mounted on velocipedes, and suggest that the police might profit by tho fact. Tho men who marshaled robeldom in tho field aro marshaling Democra? cy for the ballot-box. [Raleigh Standard. Tho men who did'nt marshal any? thing in the field arc now marshaling their colored dupes for tho cartridge box.- Wilmington Star. Official advices from Bokhara state that the Emir has mude a treaty with the Russians, accepting tho terms offered by the imperial Government, und the Russian troops have evacu? ated Samarcand. CAUGHT TN A STEEL-THAP.-It is confessed, by Senator Thaj'cr and others, who have just reported at Washington, after a thorough tour of tho South, that thero is no look for Grant here; that tho negroes can no longer be relied on ; and that we bavo got caught in our own trap. DEATn OF AX OLD CHARLESTON* MERCHANT.-Mr. Albert L. Hasel tine, for mnny years a prominent wholesale merchant of Charleston, died suddenly on Sunday evening. His death was tho result of over oxertiou. A Northern paper says that tho German population of the South is a unit for Grant and Colfax. That is true-very little moro than a "unit" in any District. Tho tons and hun? dreds aro nil on tho other side. The railroad time-tables between New York and Washington will be changed on the 6th of September, and the running time between the two cities be reduced to eight hours and-n-half. The Abyssinian expedition has ad? ded a new drink to the list of beve? rages. Ita name is Tej, and it is described as a semi-acidulous, oidery sort of liquid, slightly intoxicating, g Tho last strike-that of the shoe? makers. T*-.***".'." . ' ?''"<'Wiiiinii.,J j ??Viiiinjii H i ?lui JOOO?I Items. AU persons having in their posses? sion transparencies used in the lata Democratic ratification procession, wiH confer a favor on the committee by sending them to thc store of John MoKonzie, Esq., at onco, as they are' required for use. ALMOST AN ACCIDENT. -A freedman, employed on the building being erected by Mr. Lewis, feU off the scaffold, but, luckily, Btruck on his head, and escaped without injury. A soldier, while under spiritual influence, yesterday afternoon, made an indiscriminate assault on several freedmen, when two of the darkies pitched into him, and used bim very roughly, leaving tho son of Mars stretohed senseless on the ground. Tho immense Seymour and Blair bnnnor, presented by several De? mocratic merchants of New York, has beeb placed in front of Demo-, eratic headquarters-Carolina Hall. THE LEGISLATURE.-With two ex? ceptions, no mensuro of any public interest was presented to oither House of the General Assembly yes? terday. These wero tho passage by the House of the "biU to closo the operations of tho Bank of the State," and tho refusal of tho same body to pass the bill "to amend tho charter of Charleston," over the veto of the Governor, which we published yes? terday. Both excited a great deal ol Africano-sophomoric debate, the particulars of which need no further mention, than that they were wholly in tho interests and for the support of tho great Down-East, carpet-bag, scalawag, Republican party. From those Republican moruben of tho Great TJulawful who had thc courage to vote according to then convictions of right in sustaining tin veto of tho Governor, wo do not de siro to withhold a fnll meed of praise but justice compels us to add thu their examplo was more than conn tcrbalanccd by their confreres, wh( endeavored to pass the bill over tin veto, on the express ground that thii action was imperative and demand?e by the necessities of tho party. Thi meant nothing more nor less thar that, without some snob provision ai that contained in tho bUl, enabling any person who had resided ii Charleston for thirty days, the muni cipal government of our "City by th Sea" would bo under the administra tion of respectable and intelligon gentlemen, instead of such canaille n Gilbert Pillsbury. Justice has tri umphed, however, and, for so much our Charleston friends may be grate ful, even if it was uccomplisbei through tho fear of tho party to corni in conflict with their chosen leador the present so-called Governor of th State. At thc passage of tho bill to clos the operations of the Bank of th State we feel no disappointment We wore, and still aro, perfectly pre pared to hear of tho inauguration b these mis-representatives of an scheme which promises their pei sonal aggrandizement at tho expens of our people; and it would hav been surprising, indeed, if they nt glected so tempting a chunce t attract $1,000,000 from its l?gitim?t placo of repose. Wo will bo astor ished, however, if tho representative of the bank are short-sighted enoug to permit its assets to pass into th hands of theso liueal descendants ( Ali Baba and his forty thieves. THE WEATHER. It shines-then rains, Then shines again. What does tho weather mean? It hangs in dohbt The sun comes out, With drizzling mists between. Now dark, now light, Liko day, Uko night 'Tis changing, fickle weather; It mists at times, Then rains or shines And, sometimes, all together. INNOCENT GAIETY.-It should nt bo a causo of surprise that gaiety an liveliness of spirits aro objects of un versal encouragement and commont ation. They aro, as wo may pe: coive, from daily experience, abst lutely necessary for the maintenanc of good-will among men; nay, w may assert that the vory existenco t society would bo questioned, if tho: incitements to mutual converse wei wanting in tho human heart, to sa nothing of their contributing to hod ly health. -.-; : ; THE STATE CENTRAD CII?B or THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF SOOTH CARO liiNA.-This body, consisting of tbe State Central Executive Committee and ono delegate from each Central District Club, met yesterday, in Caro? lina Hall, and adjourned at 12 o'clock last night. Tho following officers were elected: President-Wade Hampton. vice-Presidents-W. D. Porter, S. McGowan, J. D. Pope, J. P. Thomas. Treasurer-W- IL Staley. Secretary-J. G. Gibbes. Tho several Congressional Districts were recommended to meet each in convention on the 15th inst., to no? minate candidates for Congress. The First Congressional District delegates to meet at Florence. Second meet at Charleston. Third and Fourth at Co? lumbia. This is all the action that has reached us. MAIL> ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office open during the week froni ?^g a. m. to 7 p. m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. The Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at 4i? p. m., and close at SVg p. m. Charleston night mail open 8# a. m., close 4V? p. m. Northern-Open for delivery at 8)4 a. m., closes at 2.45 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery h% p. m., closes at 8>? p. m. BEER NOT INTOXICATING.-The Pittsburg Chronicle says: "Wo saw the man last night who don't believe lager beer will intoxi? cate. He stopped us, on Vine street, to sny: 'Mos' harm'ss bev'ege in er' 'orld. Man can drink fif'y glasses 'n never feel it more'n (hie) I am this miu't. A man drinks whisk'y an' he shows it. Drinks luge' beer 'n don't sh-sh-ow't, an' alys did! Look at t' noble Germ' pop'pop'lush'n! Never see 'm 'tos-tos-cated, don't ye? So am II Lager beer has no more 'feet on mo 'n so much wa*er. Can walk (hie) hole through la'er or see crack in her sid'-'alk woll's an' oh'er man. Bet ye two doll'r-\n-half fi-can! My hou8e'n find his way home With (hie) 'hole keg beer outsi'f us. Yo' Bay beer 'stroys mem'ry? 'S'liel 'Mem? ber better to-day than I ever did to-mor'r. 'Rah for-who's that ge'm'n we nom'ua'd at-where w!aa our Conve'tion held? Wbat am i? who are you, an* how? Please tell me 'f Seven' stree' run down streo' ra'road? Can get a (hie) hack, 'h go. my way? If don't, who hos?' "We left him, satisfied that he was right-lager beer is not intoxicating! Oh, no!" NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at tentiou is called to the following ad? vertisements, published for the first timo this morning: Meeting Richland Lodge. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. W. K. Bach man1-Notice. H. S. Thompson-Malo Academy. D. C. Peixotto & Son-Anotion.- i A. S. Wallace-Internal Revenue. - Apply at This Office-For Salo. -1 ? tf .-1 BuTLEU'a NEW ORL?ANS CAREEH,' Tho New York Sun, in its issue of the 17th instant, asks for evidence of General Butler's propensity to ap? propriate the spoons of others. The instances are innumerable, and are easily susceptible of proof. As a specific one is required, we will select that of Dr. Campbell. Daring .the occupation of the city, Butler seized bis house, and, upon its restoration, the silver was retained and carried North by Butler, some of it having Hinco been seen in bis own residence. It consisted of nine dozen pieces, all marked. A suit for its recovery is either about to bo, or has already boen brought against the spoon-fan? cier. It is notorious that the first act of Butler was to institute search for silver-plate, all of which he pro? fessed to confiscate in the name of the United States. So actively did he prosecute the search that many of tho resident families endeavorded to transport their plate to Europe. Mr. Hamilton Wright and Mr. Gillis, two of our most respectable merchants, were arrested and sent to Ship Island on this charge. In one case, Butler succeeded in capturing the silver; in the other, it eluded his vigilance. H tho New York Sim ! is sufficiently honest ia its dosiro to investigate this Hubject, we shall return to tho subject nguiu, with numerous other well credited and traceable charges, selected from tho host nf instances of the spoon spoliation, either commit? ted by Butler himself, or in his name by the creatures under him. [New Orleans Times, A ugusl 23. THE CHARLESTON M OTU AD LIFE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.-This organ? ization was effected, yesterday after? noon, by the election of the following officers: C. T. Lowndes, President; Directors-J. M. Eoson, B. C. Press ley, B. F. Evans, W. G. Whilden. James Conner, W. S. Heuery, Wil? liam Lobby, George 8. Hooker, Zim? merman Davis; William Thayer, Sec rotary and Treasurer. [Charleston Mercury. One of the London magistrates, in discharging a woman for disorderly conduct, Baid she was "too con? temptible to be sent to prison."