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177 For President, HORATIO SEYMOUR, o* % Y. For Vice-President, GEN; P. P. Bti?IR, ?? MISSOURI. REPRESENTATIVES TN CONGBE8S. Second Congressional Dfytri?t.-A. P. Aldrioh, Third Congressional District. -J. P. Fourth Congressional District-Vf. ? STATE ELECTORAL, TICKET. For State at Large-J. P. Thomas, of Richland; J. D. Kennedy, of Ker? shaw. Firs'. Congressional Districts,. P. Graham, of Marion. Second CongressionalDistrict^B. H. Rutledge, of Charleston. TJiird Congressional District-A. C. Haskell, of Abbeville. Fourth Congressional District-E. C. McLure, of_ Chester. Friday Morning, September 18.1868. Vii? rjemocrstic Si era ber? ot thc Present Legislature. It is supposed that tho so-callod Legislature of South Carolina will s?bn adjourn. They cannot do so too soon. Wo'desive, again, as we have done before, to express our appreciation of the few Democratic members that -were sent by their constituents, to represent them in that body. These gentlemen, from a noble devotion to duty, have done all in their power to protect the interests of the State. Sacrificing all personal considera? tions, they have remained at their post, and sought to arrest the march of on insane legislation. They de? serve the, thanks of our people for their course; and we are sure that their conduot meets the hearty ap? proval of the Democratic party, of which they aro members. When the present Legislature is properly de? nounced, let speakers and writers not forget to make a special exception in their case. These gentlemen are men of flue sensibilities; and let us see to it, that they ore not wounded through inadvertence, or by implication. "CouimNQ CHICKENS."-We are not disposed to be over-sanguine, as to the election of Seymour. Gree? ley, however, seems to concede it. He quotes Mr. Naur's estimated vote for Seymour, which is os follows : "Connecticut, G; New York, 33; Pennsylvania, 26; New Jersey, 7; Delaware, 3; Maryland, 7; Kentucky, ll; Missouri, ll; Arkansas, 5; Ala? bama, 9; Louisiana, 7; Georgia, 8; North Carolina, 9; Ohio, 21; Indi? ana, 13; Wisconsin, 8; California, 5; Oregon, 3; Nebraska, 3; Nevada, 3; total, 198; total vote, 317. A major? ity is 159." And then adds: vlf Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indi? ana vote as he estimates, Seymour will certaiuly have a obance, though he cannot, even then, carry such States as Missouri, Louisiana, Wis? consin, California and Nebraska." These five States ca9t thirty-four votes. So that, if all of them go for Grant-rthe rest voting as Greeley seems lo concede they may-Sey? mour will, nevertheless* be elected. It will bo observed that, in this esti? mate, Maine is not included, and waa, therefore, conceded to Grant. Too Bio A PRICE.- A correspond? ent sought to have the New York Citizen come out for Grant abd Col? fax, and received the following in reply: ^*pay-.-for a Freedman's Bureau, $10,000,000; for a great number of unnecessary bayonets, $60,000,000; for a uselessly large navy, $40,000, OQ0; for a protective tariff, $200,000, 000; for crazy schemes of recon? struction, $100,000,000; and for innumerable corrnpt office-holders, $1,000,000,000. Vre love Grant, ad? mire his nobleness of character, his generosity, his. iuirnees toward infe? rior officers, his liberality to a beaten foe; we would walk a hundred miles to do him honor, but we cannot af? ford him as President at that prioo." RAILROADS von ALE. VEHIOI?ES^-A Mr. Eastman, in New York, pro? poses a plan' of a railroad that snail accommodate all sorts of vehicles traversing streets. This would be a great improvement, It would pro? mote the causo of locomotion, the saving of carriages and of pavements, and conform to the general prinoiplo of freedom and equality in the uses of public improvements. Wo have little doubt that the time will come when this principle will .be estab? lished, at least upon the thorough fares of cities, if not upon tho princi? pal country roads. Th? ciattsaati ??tiro?d ?!? th? frenen Broad. . We deaire to impresa upon our jenders the importance of this road to Columbia und ita great advantages over the BJne Ridge Railroad: Tho French Broad Uno was located by scientific and disinterested engi? neers of tho old United States army, under the authority of a patriotio Legislature and tho consent of great statesmen. Hay*ne waa ita President, and tras a martyr in itB cause; giving up his noble and inappr?ciable spirit at Ashville, where ho hod assembled its stockholders in annual mooting; no one could : then toe found worthy to put cn his mantle. Tho work died with him, and by that the com? pany h&a not been revived. The Greenville Road, to Alston, and the Spartantourg, to Spartanburg, aro nearly on its line of location, and the link from Spartanburg to Ashville ?B all we have to now construct, to in? sure the early completion of the noble undertaking of our great pre? decessors. It is central as man can make it; within our State limits; never can be diverted from Columbia, and. its out? let- to tho ocean must toe Charleston. It is shorter to Cincinnati, oven by Knoxville, Tenn., by over twenty miles, than the Blue Ridge; will cost $3,000.000 less to build it; there will toe no tunnel on it; its average inter montane grade is forty feet per mile, and there is bnt a single mile of Boventy feet grade, its highest, toy engineer's estimates; it was con? tracted to bo built before the war by responsible gentlemen-the same who built the link from Morristown to Paint Rock, now operating. This road wants $1,000,000 or $1,200,000, or aid to raise it, and tho work will connect with others, West, continu? ously to Cincinnati. Look on the Blue Ridge picture grant it finished-it goes down tho Savannah Valley, leaving Columbia far away from its trunk, killing off the Greenville Railroad for want of business, and the Spartanburg with it-giving you railroad connection via the Hamburg Road; transferring a large share of its business to Geor? gia and to Port Royal, and taking just that portion from Charleston and the South Carolina Railroad. It will cost, in addition to the sum already expended, $5,000,000, perhaps, with its half-dozen tunnels and expensive cuttings and hillings across the mountains and valleys. Tho line we refer to follows the ridges and val? leys-does not cross them. The Blue Ridge Company undertake to overcome nature; the French Broad makes nuturo its friend and ally. We call pnblic attention to this subject, and hope that the friends of the measure will present its claims, not to a corrupt Legislature, but to tho people proper of South Carolina. We feel satisfied that this road is of immense advantage to Columbia and the State generally. Let us hear from its friends. THE EFFECT OF A BAD PRECEDENT. Last June, a radical Congress declar? ed Mr. John T, Young, a conserva? tive member from Kentucky, "in? eligible," and placed in his seat Mr. Samuel McKee, radical, who had re? ceived the next highest number of votes. Not a radical paper denounc? ed this ns an innovation, or an out? rage, or even a dangerous precedent. All radicals acquiesced in it, because it gave them one more voto in Con? gress. Mau is an imitativo animal, and we foresaw that tho precedent then established would soon be fol? lowed by other and lesser legislative bodies. Our expectation is realized. Tho Georgia Legislature has declared a batch of colored members "in? eligible," and has installed in their places the white men who received tho next highest number of votes. The caso is perfectly similar to that of McKee and Young. If Congress acted rightly-which we deny-so has the Georgia Legislature. But mark how differently the radical papers look upon the two deeds. The leading radical journal of this city, which was voiceless over the Kentucky wro?ig, finds its tongue now, and calls the Georgia imitation of it an "outrage." This will be, without doubt, the general tone of the radical press throughout the country upon the question, showing in bold relief to all intelligent ob? servers, the bigotry and untrust? worthiness of partizan editors. : -[New York Journal of Commerce. --, * i An iron steamer called the Dum? barton, which has been fitting out at various piers In this city and Brook? lyn, sailed, under very mysterious circumstances, from this port, about ?ix weeka ?go..^Information in the hands of United States Marshal Mur? ray has led him to believe that ber object ia to take a cargo of slaves from the coast of Africa to Coba or Brazil. There was no ovidenco tan? gible enough to authorize a sens ure wbiio she waa in port, but lator in? formation has confirmed the Marshal in this belief, since she sailed. It is thought that she will stop at one of the small Nova Scotia porte to take in additional supplies. Another vea ?HP fitting out here; at present, intended, it is supposed, for the same parp?se.-Net? York Herald. y-*-WWM"F"H 1 '"? " . ""?gBH A. Uopabllr^?i Member ot (be Legis? lature ?bout to quit the Party. Wo liavo boen always disposed, says ibo Greenville Enterprise, whilst maintaining our own Deniooxatio principles, to respect, as far as possi? ble, tho personal of the opposing part*** and net to publish outrageous abuse of any ono. We have believed that there were some men, who wero well disposed, that favored accepting the reconstruction laws; at the same time, most of these well disposed men are now quitting the Republican or radical party, on seeing further developments of the workings of radicalism. Indeed, we do not see anything to prevent every sensible man una good man, quitting the ra? dical ranks forthwith. They must be convinced, by this time, that the De? mocratic party is the only party on principio, favorable to a maintenance of thu Constitution of the United States, the Union thereunder, und the rights and liberties of all the States, and people of every class; they only do not want to be ground to the earth vi h taxes, and object to having the States governed by igno? rant negroes and foreign adventurers, for the benefit cf tbs latter. Without mentioning names and {daces, we give an extract of a private otter from a Republican member of the South Carolina Legislature. The writer pf the letter, wo are informed, on good authority, is to be depended on to do as he promises: CoiitriiBiA, September 1868. DEAR--?: There- are now two bills before both Houses for action, which, if passed, will damn the Re? publican party, aud I, for one, will be no longer a member of the party. One is a bill to prevent discrimina? tion between persons, by those car? rying on business nuder license, on aocount of race, color or previous condition. Said bill passed the House, some days ago, and, as might be expected, nearly all the colored members and most of the white car? pet-baggers votiug for it-nearly all the Southern whiles voting against it. On Saturday, it came up in the Sen? ate; quite an excitement; Senate ad? journed without a quorum, conse? quently no action taken. Should it pass the Senate, and receive the signature of tho Governor, I wish it distinctly understood, I am no longer with the party. I am willing to give tho negro political and civil rights, but social equality, nevor; and the whole intention of this bill, is to force this measure, lt is got up by Boze man, a colored carpot-bagger, from Maine, and has been very ably ad? vocated by him and others of his kind. The other is a bill to close the operations of the Bank of the State. I, in part, favor tho bill, as I have believed, for the last twenty years, that it was an imposition on the State, only benefiting a class of aristocrats and broko-down politi? cians. But whilst I believe it but just and proper for the general inter? est of the people of tho State to closo it up, I am opposed to somo of the sections in tho bill, giving from $250,000 to ?1,000,000 to a few capi? talists who have bought up the State bills at from five to ten cents on the dollar. EMINENT NAMES.-A writer says that all the men of eminence- can bo found in Broadway, New York. John C. Calhoun keeps a dry goods store; Daniel Webster, a millinery establishment; Henry Clay, a barber shop; George Washington, a boot store; William C. Bryant, a tailor's establishment; John Bright, a hosi? ery; Thomas Carlyle, a card printing establishment; Robert Browning, a faro bank; and so on, to the end. OCT OF EMPLOYMENT.-Upward of ono million persons are reported as out of employment, in Great Britain, and the attention of all classes is turning toward emigration to Ameri? ca as a means of relief. A plan of a National Emigration Union has been discussed, and it is also suggested that a part of the vast amount ex? pended for the support of paupers should bo devoted to assist persons to emigrate. FROM SOCIETY ISLANDS.-Lato ad? vices from Society Islands bring news of an importaut political dis? turbance there on the 22d of June. The King of Huahino mado a visit to Pomaro, on the 4th, to the Queen of Society Islands at her capital, and when tho King was about to return, the Governor of Tahiti arrested him, and compelled him to go on board of a French war steamer and sign a new treaty with the French Government, tbs exact purport of whioh is hot known. The King was then set at liberty and returned to his island, when his subjects revolted, took him prisoner, and chose another King. FATAL AFFRAY.-At the plantation of Mrs. James Erwin, in this Dis? trict, on Monday evening last, an altercation took place between Har? vey Pratt and Henry Flam, both colored men, which resulted in the death of the former. Pratt was ter? ribly out, with a very large knife, as we nave been informed. Jealousy wsj? ?tewate?rti, at the bottom of the dispute, Henry Elem came np to the village, yesterday, and delivered himself up.-Abbeville Banner, . --ti' ? *vA '? The prominent Demooratio editors of New York are named Wood, Mar? nie, Stone abd "Brick." Progresa ot Aeronautics. Tboro is now on exhibition at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, England, under the auspices of tho iEronnu ti cal Society, a curious collection of maohiuos, which aro intended to aid man in navigating the air. The ?oi iowing description, taken from tho London Daily News, indicates the progress whioh English inventors have made in solving that difficult problem: "Mr. Charles Spencer is the author of a flying machine which, it is alleg? ed, when attached to tho.bodV, Will enable a man to take short dights. The man-flyer has to take a short run to begin with, and then up and away. Wo have waited patiently to see this performance, but delay is excused by the 'difficulty of adapting a perfect apparatus to a novel experiment, and the possibility that when complete, it may not prove upon trial tc be the best form of construction which could have been devised.' This is slightly inexplicable, when the exhibitor in tho catalogue tells us he has with less perfect apparatus flown 160 feet. There is, too, the model of a balloon, with a ring or belt attached. This in ascent or descent is placed in an inclined position, the current of air rushing through the open side urging the structure in that particular direc? tion. There is tho model of an rero motive constructed for rising in and steering through the air by the rapid rotation of a screw on each side of the maohine, which, by creating a re-nction in tho air, overcomes gravi? tation, and rises accordingly. This maohine is propelled by a screw, on the principio oi Bennie's eonoidul, sud is guided like an ordinary sea? going vessel; but tho model bears the extraordinary notice, 'Not quite per? fect, for want of time.' "At the end of the basement there is a model of an rcrial steamship. It is a clumsily-shaped hull, propelled by two wings on each side, working from where tho main chains would bo. Screws are placed under the stern. Then there is a model of au serial boat to bo propelled by hot air or steam engine, or possibly by treadles acting upou two double screws; another of a steam or hot air engine, chiefly constructed of vul? canized India rubber; another of a balloon that is to dispense with gas and btdlast. Mr. G. F. Ansell, of the Royal Mint, demonstrates a proposi? tion to omit ballast in balloon as? cents; by it gas would be withdrawn by an air-pump, which would com? press the gas into a chamber when a descent becomes necessary. The ad? vantage claimed for this plan is that tho natural balance used by Ashes would bo applied to balloons, in which tho gas would be reserved for use, instead of escaping, as it now does. A curious and so far perfect model of an orostut, or orial float, is shown by Mr. D. Brown, of Stoko Newington. It is eighty inches long, twenty inches broad, and one and-a half deep, and is rendered rigid by inflation. When the two shorter ends are doubled together it assumes tho form of an open boat or canoe, and will then balance itself in the air, and can be used as a parachute, for it will always descend with its convex side downwards, and in doing so may be propelled and steered in any di? rection. It is expected, however, that when mado on a largo scale, inflated with gas, and propelled horizontally, it will support itself. Tho engine inteuded to bc employed is an am? moniacal one. Among the working models is one to illustrate a model of flying vertically by direct action on tho air without any screw motion in the wings. The ascent is vortical. Another model, whose flight is hori? zontal, will illustrate natural flying. A gentleman from Vienna shows the model of an air ship, and, if finished in time, the Duke of Argyll would have exhibited a model show? ing progressive motion by a flapping action of the wings. Mr. F. Heron, Crystal Palace, has the modol of a cigar-shaped balloon. Several other models of ?erial engines to sustain themselves by flight aro in tho cata? logue. The largest appears to boone shown by Mr Kauffman, of Glasgow. This engine, which is about two horse power, is of a total weight (including machinery, boiler, shell, wings, oeroplan, &o.,) not exceeding 115 pounds; working pressure is 120 pounds per square inch, tho boiler tested to 250 pounds per square inch; the ceroplanes, Bixteen feet over the tips and the wing, are fourteen feet; speed of wings is from 150 strokes per minute to 200; stroke of piston, three and a half inches; diameter, one and seven-eighths of an inch. Tho speed calculated is twelve miles per hour, carrying two persona in the car; but the car could not be got ready in time for exhibition. This model is made to represent an engine of 300-horso power, of 8,000 pounds, of an average speed of 800 miles per hour, taking with it one tank , ear and three other cars, containing in all forty persona, Thoso cars aro eaob of them sustained by aeroplanes or sustainers, a* seen in addition with the Wing on thia m?ohine. The exhibition also includes kites, and mortars, and drawings, and diagrams, of varions kinds." -1 frpV? Whereas, says a long-legged reso? lution of the bogus North Carolina Legislature, it ia said wo are not lftgft!. therefore, resolved that we are. Cilnoher. The Southern States-Radical Re* construction on lt? Lust L,cgs. Our readers will have noticed that in most of th?) speeches of prominent Southern leaders, recently delivered, the colored voter has formed a theme more than mero passing interest. To-day wo add to tho number, ex traots from a speech delivered by a distinguished representative of MYoung South," General James B. Gordon, of Georgia, and from a letter on the subject written upon the moro mature judgment of Mr. James B. Campbell, of South Carolina. These appeals and warnings cannot be without their effeot upon the oolored population of the South, and that they are destined to produce a revolu? tion in the minds of the colored voters, in favor of their former mas? ter s, seems to bo as clear as the fact that the influence of tho Northern adventurers over the freed men is fast waning. There is nothing at all extraordinary iu this. The untutored negroes have discovered that the promises of their newly fouud North? ern friends are shams and delusions, and thoir natural instinct leads them to distrust all who have once deceived them. In no instance have the pledges of their radical allies been carriod out. At the outset they pro? mised them forty acros of land and a pair of mules, if they would vote the radical ticket. They obeyed instruc? tions, but have never seen either land or mules. They were assured that they should possess the confiscated houses and hinds of the rebel leaders. This the radicals failed to carry out from fear of the indignation the atrocity of the act would create throughout the North. They wore told that they should hold seats iu Congress, in the State Legislatures and in the City Councils, and, in all respects, enjoy every civil right and prerogative pos? sessed by the whito man. In all these promises they have been de? ceived and cheated. They have neither lands nor mules; they possess no confiscated plantations; they hold no seats in Congress, and only a few days ago a batch of their colored brethren were expelled from a South? ern Legislature by the vote of nearly every white radical in it. The sensi? ble portion of the Southern colored population begin to realize that those Northern adventurers who have located among them have no lands to give; while, on the other hand, they seo that their late masters have, and that those masters are disposed to treat them with kindness and with a proper consideration of their newly enfranchised condition. Hence, it is no wonder that tho Southern colored voter is in a political position which, with very little adroitness, can be turned to the advantage of their old masters, leaving the treacherous car pot-baggers to their fate. Now, then, comes the opportunity of tho Southern leaders. With tho assistance of the votes of the colored population, they can secure ascend? ancy in nearly every one of the Southern States; and, that accom? plished, down goes radical reconstruc? tion, of its own volition, and up goes the era of Southern restoration. Therefore is it, that leaders like Wade Hampton, Forrest, Toombs, Henry A. Wiso, A. H. Stephens, General Gordon, Judge Campbell and hun? dreds of others, distinguished for their political influence in the South, are palavering with the negro voter, joining with him in barbecues, sit? ting on the same platform with him, and showing him, as clear as noon? day, on which side his bread is but? tered.- New York Herald. The Ritualists separate sexes, in church. Pater-familias writes to a paper, complaining of this. He has been in tho habit of sitting by his wife for twenty-five years, "and who," ho piteously asks, "*is, under tho new plan, to pinch me when I snore out at tho stupid sermon?" [Pundi. "Grecian bend," "colic," or, as some term it, tho "improper circum bendibustero8itry. " A shocking accident occurred in Rochester, resulting in the loss of five lives. The locomotivo attached to the freight and accommodation train on the Erie Railroad, when just about to leave the depot, exploded its boiler, with a report which shook the buildings for a long distance. Portions of the boiler wore thrown a quarter of a mile distant. The extent to which snobbery oin go iu England is shown by the fact that, recently, a poor carrier, over? taken by an accident, and likely to die, after many hours of exposure, was refused admission to au inn, because Lord Mostyn was there, end actually did die, in consequence. A mechanician, of Springfield, Massachusetts, hos produced a veloci? pede, which he claims to bo far su? perior to the French. In ordinary bands, it will average twelve mijea the hour, and, on a smooth way luce the Boston Common, eon be pro? peled at tho rate of twonty mile? the ; hour. It can be manufactured at a much less price than the French velocipede. DiiowwaD.- Jaok Williams, a co? lored man, about forty years of age, while in a boat on Sunday last, near Cainhow plantation, accidentally, fell overboard, uuJ was drowned bafore assistance conld reach him. [Charleston Mercury. ? Hooal Items. i We are pleased to call attention to ithe ?dvertisemitnt' of Mr. It. 0. Shi ! ver, in lilia morning's issue. Noone knows better the advantages of adver dieing thsti Mr. Shiver, as, by a libe? ral system of advertising, in the com? mencement, he has built np a fine and most successful businoss. All over the State, we notice calls for Democratic meetings. H}he South Carolina Democracy is terribly in earnest. THE LEGISLATURE.-The proceed? ings of tho great unlawful, yesterday, were entirely devoid of interest, except in so far as related to a com? munication received from Governor Scott, covering a letter from Mr. W. H. Wilcox, of St. John's Colle ton, in which was stated the fact, that armed bands of negroes were patroling and regulating that Parish, under the shadow of military au? thority, delegated by Samuel John? son, a member of tho House. The message was referred to a Speoial Committee, with instructions co in? vestigate and report upon the facts. WATCH THE SCOUNDRELS.-Lost night, as Mr. Swygert was leaving his store, two men assaulted him, and attempted to seize his money box. He was prepared for them, and drove them off. ? - -_-_,-J-_-_-;._r_-:-_. ? ^.Tl?wywm IT is AN lui WIND THAT BLOWS, &c.-After three months of summer heat, which taxed the patience of the most submissive to a point nearly approximating that recorded by tho philosopher as the jumping-off place of virtue, our city was blessed, yes? terday, with a good, old-fashioned, September breeze, which brought tho refractory thermometer to1 its senses, discounted the notes of the clerk of the weather, and put. every? body in a general good humor. After diligent inquiry, we learned that old Sol had embarked on his winter tour, and that, in his absence, he has delegated iEolus and Bolus to repre? sent him. These gentlemen will be very acceptable to our citizens', par? ticularly if they can out-live the "blowers" in Jnuney's new State House. ._. FOR SEYMOUR AND BLAIR.-The United States soldiers at this station were paid off, on yesterday. One store in Columbia sold to them seven? ty-five Seymour badges and three Grant badges, and the Seymourites evinced a disposition to whip the three Grantites, for going that way. This shows how the wind blows. A SONO o?" GREENBACKS.-The- fol? lowing is exclusively for the nursery: Sing a song of greenbacks, A pocket full of straw; Four thousand millions Flung away in war. . When the war was opened Tho notes began to fly, j Wasn't that a dainty sight For such poor chaps as I? Chase was in the Treasury Counting out tho money, Lincoln in the White House Eating bread and honey; McClellan, on tho battle-field, Was following our foes, Then came along a black bird And nipped off his nose. The monotony of the late long and dull season has been broken by the arrival of a large lot of new dry goods at R. 0. Shiver's, whjoh, on account of their beauty and eheap ness, aro drawing crowds of buyers. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.- Tho post office open during tho week from 8j? a. m. to 7 p. m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. The Charleston and Western niails are open for delivery at 5 p. m.,'. and close at 8}4 p. m. Charleston hight mail open 8;^ u. m., closo ?}? p. m. Northern-Open for delivery at 8>i a. m., closes at %46 p. m. Groen ville-Open for delivery ? p. m., oloaes at 8>? p. m. UnaopbiatlwteSPBoy-' 'Mamma, papa ia getting very rioh, isn't ifcef" . Miuamft- "X; don't know; why, ohild?" Boy- '"OauBehe give? me so much money. Almost every morning, after breakfast, when Sallie is . ?weeping tho parlor, he gives nu? ft aixpjoeft to go Oat ?nd play." Sally reoeivea a short notice to quit, tM <. When Jones waa at' coll?ge, he was e moat excellent fellow, ana only had one enemy-?oap. ?He? wa?: called Dirty Jones. One doy, tho wag? Brown,, went into his tooms, aud, remonstrating with him on the un? tidy, ??veniy ?nd dirty etate of everything,, said: "Upon my word, Dirty, it'? too bad-the only clean thing in your room is your towel! '