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TUB DEMOCRATIC TICKET. For Presider? ,ji-V. HORATIO SEYMOUR, OP N. Y. For vice-President, GEN. F. P. BLAIR, ov MXS8QURL UEPBaflKKTATTVES IS CONQBESS. Second- Congressional District.-~AK P. Aldrich. Third Congressional District.-J. P. Reed. Congressional District.-W. STATE ELECTORAL TICKET. For State at 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. Third Congressional District-A. C. Haskell, of Abbeville. Fourth Congressional District-E. C. MoLure, of. Chester. COLUlfBlA. Friday Morning, September20,1868. T&&e P?aba WT Barop?, The sp^eohes of the Emperor of France are very paoiflo. The speeches of such of his Ministers as indulge in oratory are assuring. The official journals talk mildly of the benefits of peace. Everything is apparently modeled, in Franco, upon principles which will insure the reign of quiet for all time; and no one in Europe should imagine that there can be the slightest idea of any disturbance in these amicable relations, whioh it is the pride of the Emperor Napoleon to cherish. But, amid these sooth? ing facta and agreeable circumstances, there is another drawback, whioh comes from Marshall Neill, who an? nounces that the re-arrangements of the Frenoh army are completed, and that it is in fall fighting trim. Of course, as "the empire is peace," the Marshal does not hint that there will be any opportunity of employment for the army, at present. On the contrary, it may be supposed that the fact that it is, or might be, pnt upon a war footing, at a moment's notice, is of no importance, except as a matter of truth, whioh it might bo desirable to have made known. The Philadelphia Inquirer thinks the world interprets this significant hint as something like a menace. France gives notice that, if she does not act ugly, it is hot because she might not do so, but because she does not de? sire to disturb the peaoe of Europe. Hence, there is a strange interest attracted to the Napoleonic utter? ances. The more frequently they are made, tho less impression do they have, and, hence, Europe is on the alert for the first note of war, whioh must come from France, and which, despite all assurances to the contrary, is expeoted, in proportion, perhaps, to the strength and volume of the imperial assurances that such a thing is impossible. Tho blow will fall, it is supposed, (when it does fall,) upon Prussia; and, just as soon as the toc? sin of war is sounded, it will be dis? covered, wo imagine, that Prussia is entirely ready for the encounter. There are signs portending fresh and unusually vigorous agitation of the Roman question, and this could but be naturally expected. Garibaldi has left the national council halls, from. the alleged conviction that he could better serve Italian unity in tho field; and, in retirement on his native isle, is said to be devoting himself to the framing of a, new and more promising campaign. Mazzini, too, is making vigorOUB exertions, in a new direction; and all the known leaders, in fact, are significantly active. A fugitive sentence, dropped here and there by leading journals in Europe, would tend to the belief that the initiative step will be taken by the Emperor of the Frenoh; and this theory is in completo harmony with the views o! General La Marmora, expressed in his letter of some months since, in whioh he so candid ly revealed certain incidents connect? ed with his o#n ministerial career in the Italian Cabinet. Indeed, so frank was he, that he took special pains, by making unexpected dis closures, of a semi-State naturo, to convince the Italian people, and the communities of other countries, that, ever since the Convention of Sep? tember, in 1864, Napoleon TH has _. _ . _ been watching over Italy carefully. If we credit the ox-Ministor's state? ments, Napoleon merely intended, by that Convention, to tempo? aiily poat pSe tho consummation' of Italian wffhes r&peeting the abolition cf tho temporal power of the Papal 8eo until a more favorable morneu'?^ thai is, nntil the revolution; could bo effected without undue violence, and the starting into motion of antagon? isms that would not only threaten defeat of Roman annexation itself, but which would also T>o injurious to French interests attaohing to other and perhaps more important schemes elsewhere. It must be doubted that anything else than a pressure of an? other kind ever induced the Empe? ror to enter into the negotiations of September, a pressure that he was unable to withstand. But even ad? mitting tho correctness of LuMar mora's views, is this the opportune moment for settlement of tho ques? tion? Yet the condition of public opinion, on the continent, is indicat? ed by the fact that when a report was sent through Enrope the other day that tho Emperor had uttered war? like sentiments in his address to tho troops at Chalons, on the occasion of his visit to the camp there, rentes at once fell on the Paris Bourse, and people said it meant a settlement of the deferred Roman status. If there is anything to favor this idea, it must be found alone in the fact that Italian neutrality, in case of a French war with Prussia, is not sufficient for Na? poleon; and that to secure more it would be his policy to carry the nation through the Roman troable and free her from the perplexity that looms above all other difficulties, casting about the national limbs the Jettera of a political nightmare. Perhaps the full realization of the national dreams would give him the desired alliance; but here the theory meets grave obstacles, for such an alliance pre-supposes, of course, a breaking off with Prussia, and how could Italy break with the power which has ef? fected so strong a title to Italian gra? titude? No man can serve two mas? ters, we are told, and it is equally true that no nation can be the active ally of each of two other nations in open war with each other. Yet LaMarmora would seemingly have us believe so. He affirms it to be a mis? take to suppose that the Prussian alliance implies coldness towards France. If this be true, what expla? nation is to be given of the debates of last winter in tho Italian Cham? bers? There is another reason why the Emperor might bo tempted to take a step in this direction now, but it is too unimportant, apparently, to entitle it to much weight. It is found in the fact that in the volun? teer army which is gathering around the Pope, a strong legitimist and royalist nucleus is formed, favorable to tho intriguing designs of the Bourbons refuged in Rome. Unim? portant as this latter reason now is, though it is easy to perceive that it could be invested with controlling importance by the Pope boldly and openly attaching himself to tho plots of Napoleon's enemies at tho Vatican and tho Farneso Palace, a move might oven unwarily be made by his Holiness that would force tho Empe? ror to promptly counter-move to escape a checkmate It is unneces? sary to say that that, counter-move would not pr?vido for the continu? ance of the temporal power. Thc whole political world, the Inquire} concludes, will view with deep inter? est the next agitation of the Roman question, whatever quarter it ma\ como from. The New York Times, of the 15th, argues that, because the Sonthen whites are not disfranchised in tl? reconstructed States, "no permanen injustice" has been done to them Bnt the same paper claims that per manent injustice has been dono tx the Georgia negroes, in exolndin( them from office, although they, too are voters. The privilege of voting is sufficient for the whites, bat ne groes mast have the right to hoh office! Thousands of whites' are etil prohibited from holding office in al tho Southern States, A destructive freshet occurred al ?an Antonia, Texas, on the 2d in ?tant. A large portion of the cit; was flooded, and property damage? considerably. The loss is estirrmtei at c?GO.??u. Of this, the Govern ment loses about $100,000. U ?? . Il Ml- ll ll I ll I I Democratic Meeting mt Ninety-six Tlie Abbeville ?nd Edgefleld Demo cracy Aticmblc Together-A Success Acoording to appointment, tho Domoeratio meeting look place ni i Ninet^rSir, on the 18th instant There was a fine turn-out. The meeting was a most intelligent and earnest one,, and many of tho fair women of the two neighboring Dis? tricts graced the occasion with thoir presence, and dignified the cause by their adherence. Au extra train from Abbeville brought on a number of visitors. The following gentlemen addressed tho meeting, and were in? troduced in the order named : Hon. J. P. Recd, L. F. Youmans, Esq., General S. McGowan, Colonel J. P. Thomas, Colonel A. C. Haskell, Col? onel John Cunningham. The late? ness of tho hour at which Colonel Cunningham dosed, deprived the crowd of the opportunity of hearing Hon. A. Burt and Colonel Aiken, who had been expected to speak. We aro gratified to learn that the noble Democracy of this section are working for tho success of the cause, and are activo, firm and resolute. Lot them work on, and success will crown their efforts and save the State. There will be a Democratic moss meeting at Newberry. Court House, on tho 22d, and one at Monticello, on the 23d. All invited. ? ?> ? y THE RESULT IN MAINE.-A special despatch to the New York World, dated Bangor, September 15, says: "The Republicans of this city, in? cluding the Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, are greatly discouraged at the result in their State. They had confidently counted on 25,000 majority for Chamberlain. Returns received to? day indicate that it will not exceed 15,000, which is a Democratic gain of nearly 18,000 from 1866, the last test vote in the State. The Demo? crats throughout the State are jubi? lant, it being conceded before the election that anything less than 20,000 Republican majority would be a Democratic triumph. For ten days before eleoi ion the radicals freely bet on from 20,000 to 25,000 majority. Large sums of money have changed hands to-day, the radicals paying up their bets. In tho cities and a few large towns, where the radicals hold absolute control of the polls, they made large gains over last year; but tho country towns. generally show large Democratic gains. The radicals have spent half a million of dollars in this eleotion." THE MASONIC CONVENTION AT ST. LOUIS.-The parade of the Knights Templar, in St. Louis, on Tuesday morning, was one of the finest and most interesting events that ever occurred there. Over thirty com manderies were in the procossion, representing about twenty States. A still greater number would have been present, but for the detention j of steamers and railroad trains. The streets along the lino were thronged with spectators, who greeted the delegations with cheers, waving of handkerchiefs and other manifesta? tions of welcome. Tho Council una? nimously tendered tho hospitalities of the city to the various visiting delegations. A father came homo from his bu? siness at early evening and took his little girl upon his kneo. After a fow dove-like caresses, she crept to his bosom and fell asleep. He car? ried her himself to her chamber, and said: "Nellie would not like to go to bed without saying her prayers?" Half opening her large blue eyes, oho dreamily artionlated: "Now I lay mo down to sleep, I pray the Lord-" Then adding, in a sweet murmur, "He knows the rest," she sank on hor pillow in His watchful caro who "giveth His beloved sleep." At the (plantation of Mrs. James Erwin, iu Abbeville District, on Mon? day evening lost, an altercation took place between Harvey Pratt and Honry Elam, both colored men, which resulted in the death of tho former. Pratt was terribly out up with a very large knife. Jealousy was at the bottom of the dispute. Elam delivered himself up. A battle ia reported to have token place between the Turkish troops and the Bulgarian rob?la. The attack waa begun by tho latter, and, after a desperate fight, they were repulsed and pursued to the Balkan Moon tains. The loas of the Turks was heavy, and that of the rob?la sup? posed to be still greater. GENERAL ELLISON CAPEES.-On Sunday morning last? the Right Rev. Thomas F. Davis, Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina, ordained aa Minister Rev. Ellison Capers, late Brig. General in the Confederate armt, and conferred upon him full ministerial and pastoral functions of the Episcopal Church. The JVsws reports a slighhfrosfc in Fairfield, on tho lath. M. S. Miller, Esq., of Fairfield, has renounced radicalism. M- ?? Il III -M ll . ? ? ? . ll 1 The Late B?avrfhqu?lce. The lotter? from Lima gi ye minute details of the terrible offeots'of the recent earthquake on the Pacific coast. We have published theymost important of them. .One lette? men? tions, that twenty valuable ^silver mines in tho interior of Pern-were" completely sunk, "tho earth opening and huge water-sponts coming np. . At Cobija, the loss of Ufo was alight. It was bnilt on a bluff fifty feet above the seo. The houses tottered and tumbled over into the posan, while the inhabitants fled to the high hills close at hand and escaped. Bands of thieves, as is always the case when calamities involving de? struction of property occur in com? munities, were roaming about the villages and country residences, searching tho ruins, picking up every? thing valuablo they could find, and even robbing the bodies of the dead. A curious illustration of their greed and readiness to pocket valuable articles . and gulp down everything edible and drinkable that falls in their way. is mentioned. A box of sarsaparilla washed ashore from some ship, and they drank every bottle of it, taking it to be a bever? age for ordinary use. Whether it was the compound of old Dr. Jaoob Townsend or the young Townsend, ia not stated; but one or the other had better institute inquiry us to the effeots of this box; it might turn out to their advantage. It could not, however, convert the thioves to hon? est men. Tho Townsend quacks could hardly invent a cure for that; it would be out of their line. The most original statement of ali is gathered by a letter-writer of Lima from General Kilpatrick, our Minis? ter to Chili, who had arrived at Lima, on his way home, and who had brought reports of the effects of wie earthquake, os for down as|the State to which he was accredited. He stated that, on the South side of the rained city of Arica, "as the earth opened and yawned, there came up 600 mummies, who stood in long Unes, facing the sea." The writer calls them "mummies," though he afterwards calls them skeletons. The hideousness of the array would be equally decided with the one os the other. The narrator says that each of the skeletons was entire, the hands doubled np and supporting the chin, tho knees drawn up, and the feet supporting the fleshless frame. This was the manner of banal of the aborigines. The place where this unearthing of the skele? tons occurred was an old cemetery, and tho skeletons are, doubtless, the remains of the Incas and Indians. The writer well ?moy say: "As tho ground receded, what a ghastly spec? tacle, amid the throes of an earth? quake, was the coming up again to earth of theso long-buried skeleton remains!" It was a sort of mockery, by the dead, of the living, this sud? den appearance of 500 skeletons in the midst of the calamity, glaring with their sightless orbs upon the scenes of horror and despair amongst the living! What a commentary upon mani A Peruvian gentleman, who was in Arica during the earthquake, has given the New York papers many horrible details and incidents. He says: "No one who did not witness it, oan form ony idea of its horror." Groans and outcries, falling build? ings and shivered timbers, tho air so filled with dust and ashes, so choked with the fine dirt of the adobe build? ings, and so strong an electric smell in the air, similar to the strongest brimstone, that the only way people could breathe or escape at all was by each one throwing him or herself flat on tho ground, and burying tho face fiat in the very earth, which groaned and opened around them. Parents crying for their children; mothers screaming to their husbands; and a blinding cloud of dost and brimstone, and the crash of tumbling houses, the roar of the terrible in-coming sea, and the shrieks of the wounded, dying in the falling ruins. InMorqua, the ground opened, and as it closed again iustanttly, it caught tho ill-fated people, leaving them partly projectod from the earth. Hero aro to be seen hands protruding, feet and toes stick? ing out above tho earth. The top of a head, and even the whole head and nook of some of the people, fingers and arms, with the bodies to which they belong, shut into the gaping earth 1 The St. Louis Democrat publishes a list of the "whiskey, wino and lager beer saloons," with their own? er's names, in that city. The list fills four columns of small type, and embraces almost 1,600 names. KILLED IN TH? ACT.-In the imme? diate vicinity of Florence, on the night of the 11th, a negro woman was shot and killed in aoorn-fleld, by a negro guard employed on the plan tation. The 1st day of October next has beon deoided, by tho Second Advent? ists, now assembled at janesville, Wisconsin, for the ending of earthly things. Daring tho past week, two men have lost their lives at the North, in saw-mills. Ono was oat completely in two, and another had an arm and leg amputated. There was a slight snow in Rich? mond and Robinson Counties, Mary laud, on the 16th and 17th instants. . . ' .. " I. ?. r?ooal Items. FIRE INSURANCE.-S. Ii. Leaphnrt, Bu., w ex-Compt roller-Genoral of South Carolina, hus accepted tho general ngenoy of the Piedmont (vV) Life insurance Company-which claims many advantages ovor compa? nies located at tho North. Give the Captain a call, and he will convince you as to the reliability of the "Piedmont." RELIGIOUS SERVICES TOTS DAY. Trinity Church-Bev. P. J. Shand, Rector, 10>? o. m. and 5}4 P- m St. Pete?? Church-Rev. J. J. O'Connell, Pastor, 10 a. m. and 8 p. m. Marion Street Church-Rev. S. H. Browne, 1Q}? a. m. and 7}4 P-*m. Washington Street Chapel-Bev. Wm. Martin, 10)? a. m. and 4 p. m. Lutheran Lecture Boom-Rev. A. R. Rude, 10 M a. m. Presbyterian Church-Rev. G. W. Howe, ?0,1 X a. m. and 4 p. m. THE LEGISLATURE.-A HIGH OLD TIME.-FRUITLESS ATTEMPT TO EXPEL THE IRREPRESSIBLE LESLIE.-The in? terest of the proceedings in the great unlawful was confined, yesterday, ex? clusively to the attempt, on the part of the Senate, to expel Charles P. Leslie, the member from Barnwell. Mr. Leslie, who is a frank, outspoken Republican, but one who has mani? fested, on every occasion, his inten? tion to legislate for the benefit of all classes of, people in the State, without reference to political issues, hos, for some time past, been very obnoxious to his own party, because he has never truckled to their schemes oi permitted himself to lose sight of the fact that he is a white man, enter? taining enough self-respect to vote against every resolution and bill which contemplated social equality. In this way ho has inourred the petty hatred of such negroes as Randolph, Nash and Swails, who dread his ability and independence; and they have anxiously been looking for an opportunity to get rid of him. Thie seemed to present itself last week, when Mr. Leslie, in a fit of disgust at the shameless partizanship with which he was prevented, by parlia? mentary technicalities, from unearth? ing some of the radical rascality ol his colleagues, and he said to thc President, "You may gag me and rush things through as you please: you will be sorry for it." lian do! pl: took hold of this bauble, and, using it in connection with Mr. Leslie*! refusal to retain his seat wher Wright, a negro, was put in th? chair in tho temporary absence ol the President, offered a resolution t( expel him, on tho ground of disre spect and contempt. Tho mattel came up for consideration, yesterday and occasioned a high old time. Tho attendanco of visitors wa: unusually large, the public hnvinj understood that tho resolution wouh be likely to cause an interesting de bate, and amongst the audience wer many of the best citizens of Colum bia. When tho resolution was callei up, a proposition was made to ex pnngo all of it looking to the expul sion of Mr. Leslie, so as simply t reprimand him for his conduct; bu it failed. Under the rules, Mr. Lei lie was allowed to make his defence preparatory to leaving the Senat Chamber. Bising with great composure an dignity, he said that ho hoped n Senator would, in a narrow-minde or mean spirit, interrupt him in hi remarks; and ho desired to in fori the Senate that he did not wish t say anything which was calculated t prejudice their judgment in th matter. Whatever was done by tl Senate ho wanted to havo dono in n open way, and when, under tho rule he retired from the Senate Chambo: ho wished his friends to seo that tl: votes of all Senators should be r corded on the journal, so that tl poople could understand what sort i mon are now legislating for then nnd what sort of times we are livir. in. He wanted them to see that tl charges upon which he was to I tried were not the real ch ar g which had been preferred again him, but wore based on the fact th he was opposed to the revolutions^ measures and schemes of the Senate opposed to the plundering of tl State treasury whioh was going o: and opposed to the character of tl present organization of the Goner Assembly. This was why tho Sena wanted- > to i have I bim expelled, ai thia he well understood, and Won see that he had his rights. [A planee in the gallery.] He was n speaking to curry-favor, but to s himself I right before the oountr Under-lying all Governments, w the beautiful principle of equal ai exact justice to ail men; but the men who preferred these oharg against him knew nothing of i workings. The whole obarge whii bad been tramped up against hi was fostered by two men (Rando!] and Corbin) who desired to vie t great impeacher Ashley, and th? zeal and anxiety to gain a roputatii I r I in --- i i - os impcsjhers waa inducing them to pursue their present course. ..Sir," Raid Mr. Leslie, addressing himself to the President, "I can see tho fu? turo, and in it I see plainly that this Sonato and the House, as now con? stituted, cannot stand; and it is for H thc expression of such an idea as this that I am to be expelled. Bat, be? fore I go, I call ou the people of South Carolina to' observe the men who, to-day, are driving out and suppressing every spirit of liberty." Mr. Leslie then proceeded to show up Corbin-h?w he had pretended to great friendship for him (Leslie;) had, night after night, been in his room, planning how dust could bo thrown into the eyes of his negro colleagues, by preparing a substitute for the objectionable discrimination bill, and how', by hie mean manipu? lations, Corbin had already saccee ded in securing five different offices for himself, and was expecting a sixth. At this stage of his speech, Mr. Leslse was gagged by a point of order, ostensibly because "he. was dealing in personalities, and, rather than submit to the unfairness of the so-called Senate, he asked leave to retire without further remark. He then started ont of the Senate cham? ber, but returned to his seat, and, in a very composed way, begged to say ono word more. He then remarked, in a dignified and earnest way: "This Senate has refused to hear me fairly, to-day; they will hear from me else? where." Ho retired, amidst great applause from the audience, the larger portion of which followed him into the street and cheered him for his exhi? bition of manliness and independ? ence. The Senate then proceeded with the debate, and Corbin, Randolph, Wright and others spoke in favor of tho resolution, saying, in general terms, that Leslie was a disgrace to the Senate and. should long' since " have been expelled. They failed, however, to show anything against him, except that he had handled them without gloves, whenever they had attempted any of their revolutionary schemes, and, so weak were their speeches and transparent their real motive in seeking Leslie's expulsion,, that, when the resolution was brought to a vote, it failed. to pass, notwith? standing the vigor?os application of the party lash and the earnest ap? peals made to the passions of the negro Senators by. the extremists. An effort was then made to pass a resolution of censure and to suspend Mr. Leslie, bat, before a conclusion was reached, the hoar of adjourn? ment arrived. In the afternoon, when tho Senate re-assembled, the whole matter was postp lidd until Monday. The feeling against Leslie is very intense, bnt it is not likely that anything will bo done to him, as he is a little too brave and influential to be tampered with. Lost evening three or four hun? dred citizens, who had heard of Mr. Leslie's independent course, called upon him, at Nickerson's Hotel, and invited him to say to the public, in defence of his course, who i the Sen? ate had refused to hear., He accept? ed, and delivered a . speech ..that created a stir in the radical. camp the effects of which will be felt by the hybrids for a long time to come. With clear, logical precision, ho re? viewed the legislation of the great unlawful, pointing ont, with- merci-,, less coolness, bow all that had been done was in the interest of the car pot-bag fraternity, and for the.accu? mulation of spoil. Whittemoro, Corbin, and that ilk, were held np to view as mere office hunters, and office holders, who loved the negro only for the sake of his vote; and the utter incompetency of the |black people to make laws was portrayed with a fidelity that laid bare in ft mo? ment tho enormous absurdity which is being perpetrated in Jan noy 's new State House. Mr. Leslie's speech, throughout, though consis? tently Republican in its tone* waa characterized by a frankness which won the continued applause of his hearers. It it. evident that he j.s thoroughly disgusted with the rotten concern he is in, and, though sacri? ficing no prinoiple represented by the party which sent him to the Senate, he is a firm believer in the doctrine that a white man in South Carolina has still some rights left which a negro is bound to respect. Tua . OCTOBER ^SCTIOKS.-Six States hold their elections in Octo? ber, as follows: Nebraska, October 6; Ohio. October 13; Indiana, Ooto ber 13; Pennsylvania, Ootober 13; Iowa, October ld;..West Virginia, October 22. ^ _ NMW ADVEBTISEMXNTS. -Special at tention is called to tho following ad? vertisements, published for the first time this morning: Nickerson's Hotel-Wanted. S. L. Leapbart-Insurance. Apply at thia Office--Dog Lost. ,T. & T. R. Agnew-Salt. L Sulzbaoher-Jewolry, &c. R. C. Shivor-Dry Goods. -.-*-?->-; Tim monotony of thc late h/rjg and dull season has boen brokon by the arrival of a large lot ot now dry goods at R. C. shiver's, whioh, on account of their beauty and cheap? ness, aro drawing crowds of buyers.