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COL; * 'BIA. Wednesday MOT ; Sept. 30,1868. THE DBBMK/KATIC T?CICKT. For President, HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF N. Y. For vice-President, GEN. F. P. BLAIR, OP MISSOURI. REPRESENTATIVES IN OONODESS. First Congressional District-Harris Covington. ? yjnd Congressional District.-A. P. Aldrich. laird Congressional District.-J. P. Rood. Fourth Congressional District.-W. D. Simpson. STATE ELECTORAL TICKET. For ?Sale at Large-j. P. Thomas, of Richland; J. D. Kennedy, of Ker? shaw. First Congressional District-R. F. Graham.-nf Marion. /Second Congressional District-B. H. Rutledge, of Charleston. Tliird Congressional District-A. C. Haskell, of Abbeville. Fourth Congressional District-E. C. MoLure, of Chester. Thc Fat? ot the Negro. In contemplating the present and past conditions of the negro and his future fate, nothing is moro striking than tho faot that the race seems to havo always been the mero plaything of circumstances. Ho has never Bhown tho capacity to carve out his own positic n among peoples as othor races have done, but has always been dependent upon the superior intelli? gence, courage and determination of tho other races to assign him a place in the social and political scale of tho world. If, at times, individuals of tho race have ventured upon ambi? tious views, their efforts have only succeeded in giving thom a tempora? ry elevation, where they became ob? jects of attention only as tho monkey when ho climbs a pole. There has never been an instance of a negro's permanently occupying a position in thc scale of humanity abovo the usual grade of his race and enabling his posterity to occupy it after him. It is not necessary to ac? count for his incompetency in this and other like respects as do tho radi? cal doctrines of Holpor and "Ariel," by denying that ho is at all a part of tho humau race, but only a beast of superior instinct. Yot no ono who knows him can doubt his absolute and essential inequality to the white race. Nor to tho white race only is he inferior. Whenever ho has been brought in contact with any other race, his inferiority has been mani? fested. We claim that tho white raco is vastly superior in every respect to the Indian, and the history of Ame? rica teaches no fact more clearly. His disappearance before the advance of the white raco and its civilization, affords us the unanswerable logic of events to provo it, and there can, in? deed, bo no doubt of tho fact even by tho Indians themselves. And yet tho indian has always made a slave of tho negro whenever the two races came in contact. It is alleged that somo of tho Indians of Florida to this day hold negro slaves. This inferiority has been thus clear? ly manifest iu the leas exacting rela? tions of society, and it has been still more striking in political relations, which afford, after all, tho true test of the power o? a race. No nation has over beon conquered by tho ne? gro, and no nation of negroes has over boen recognized aa ono of the pow? i*s of tho earth. All these things prove tho incapacity of the negro as a ruler. Ho has never beeu capable of self-government, and the attempt to niako him a ruler over an othor raco in tho South can never succeed, as a matter of course. No one knows this better than those who havo been moat active in advocating tho experi? ment, but nono will suffer by it moro sovcrcly than tho negro himself. It is ono of tho meanest of tho many crimes of tho radicals that thoy havo thus used tho negro to his own injury, only to promote their own solfish purposes of party aggrandizement. Tho radical advocacy of negro suf? frage in tho South, along with its train of othor enormities, is based solely upon tho assumed impossibili? ty of controlling the Southern States in tho interests of their party by any other process. It was forced upon the South not forcer ..rebellion," but for her oontumelions rejection of radical approaches since the var. There is no party ?n the North, nor a?y part of any party, which secretly desires to see the whites of the South ruled by negroes and the Sonthern States made negro provinces. Far less do any avow it. In the long run "blood is thicker than water," even among tho most unprincipled men of tho white race. . Nothing is clearer, says tho .Rich mond Enquirer and Examiner, in tho futuro, than tho fact that tho negro will bo cast asido by tho radicals as soon as ho has served their purposes in the present contest. And it is r? safe prediction that tho negro will have no more implacable enemies than those who now profess to be their peculiar friends, just so soon ns these professions are no longer pro? fitable. If it were necessary to sus? tain this opinion, whioh is based on general principles, by specific proofs, nothing is easier than to point to tho course of the radicals in tho Georgia Legislature, and even the conduct of tho radical "Central Committee" in thu city of Richmond. The Bank of the Stute. In 1840, a special joint committto was appointed by tho Legislature, to moke a thorough examination of the condition of this bank. This com? mittee was composed of F. D. Quash, Chairman, and others on tho part of tho Senate, and B. F. Hunt, Chair? man, and others on tho part of the House. Their investigation was most thorough and searching, and set forth the legal as well as tho financial status of tho bank. On points of law, tho name of B. F. Hunt is a host in itself. This report, accepted by tho Le? gislature, become, as it were, the law of tho contract between tho State, tho bank and it credits. We quote from this report au en? tire paragraph, without further com? ment: "Theso funds are, by law, 'vested in* the President and Directors.' And the extraordinary security foi the management of the bank, is con? tained in these words: 'The faith ol the State is hereby pledge, for the support of tho said bank, and tc supply any deficiency in tho fundf specially pledged, and to make good all losses arising from such de fioiency.' Thus, this institution has, in reality, tho whole resources of th( State, as its stay and support. Il cannot fail, in any event, ulthougl the State may suffer. Tho lGtl clause of tho first section, creates th( corporation, so that nil tho capital ii vested in a person known to the law, capable of suing and being sued, anc the capital is thus put beyond th< control of the State, as far as ere ditors are concerned; a fact worthy o being noted. Tho Act of 1813, di rected all the moneys to bo receivec from the United States, to bo trans ferred on account of capital; ant also, tho balances in thc treasury." -.-??-< TUE LIVERPOOL COTTON BIIOKEII? ON TUE Qui VIVE.-Tho press agen in England hus thought proper t< inform us Americans, in a brief tele gram, that the yield of the cottoi crop in Egypt this season is reporte* to bo "enormous." No facts of de tails are given, and the statement i made simply on tho reports said b bo contained in a letter or letters This is very vague and looks ver; much os if tho telegram had been in spired by the Liverpool cotton brok ors and manufacturers of England to knock down tho price of America cotton. Admitting even that thcr is an unusually largo yield in Egyj; this year, it ought to make no diffoi ence in the market valu o of our prc duct. Tho Egyptian cotton is a poe short staple and dirty artiolo, an cannot rival our beautiful and clea long stapio cotton. Wo havo onl about half a crop, compared wit what was raised in the mest produi tivo years before tho war, though may havo as largo a money value, an there will bo the fullest demand fe it at high rates. Wo advise our plai ters and cotton merchants not to I misled by such statements ns the ot referred to. -?-??-? Tho October elections aro excitic a good deal of attention. Tho Stub to vote, upon which tho chief inters centres, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ii diaua. In Indiana, tho Govern? and other Stato officers aro to I elected, together with members < Congress. In Pennsylvania, tv Stato officials, members of Congre and tho Legislature. In Ohio, mer hers of Congress and several Sta officers. No Governor is to 1 chosen in Pennsylvania or Obi Tho olection takos place on tho 13 of October, on which day, we b liovo, Iowa also votes. Tho con tc is warm and earnest in theso State and the result will bo looked for wi j great interest. MB. EDITOR: It ia high time that the press of Sooth Carolina, and the publi? speakers of the State, had tornad their attention from the usur? pations, tyranny and corruption of the radical Congress, to the wild, extravagant, and atrocious legislation of that "unlawful assembly," com? posed of carpet-baggers, negroes and scalawags, now sitting in Columbia, and styling themselves "the General Assembly of South Carolina." This heterogonious and motley group of would-be legislators, really seem disposed to bankrupt tho Stato, and drive tho people to acts of vio? lence, or goad them on to revolution. Never before, in the history of civil? ized legislation, was there a spectacle so revolting and disgusting, as we now have in South Carolina. A greedy swarm of unprincipled adven I turers from the North, without for? tune and without character-many of them escaped convicts from jails and penitentiaries-have como here, under the protection of Federal 1 bayonets, and by pandering to tho ignorance, prejudice and bad pas? sions of our former BIUVCS, have had ! themselves elected to thc Legislature, so-called, and aro filling all the high offices of tho Stato. It is in vain to say that somo of them may bo honest and worthy. No gentleman, or honest man, with tho instincts of a gentleman, could bo induced by any earthly considera? tion, to como here as they have, and occupy tho places they do, against tho wishes of all honest and respect? able citizens. Their sole purpose is to get money, and to get office, and to protect themselves against tho possible and discried vengeanco of an outroged and oppressed people. Whilst stealing and plundering tho public treasury, and being bribed for all their pretended bogus legislation, they aro trying, liko cowards, with guilty consciences, to guard against personal danger, by tyranny, oppres? sion and despotism. Impoverished and ruined as tho people of South Carolina are, this bogus Legislature havo not only in? creased salaries of all tho State officers one-third, but have created a multitude of offices, before unknown and wholly unnecessary, with extra? vagant salaries and perquisites, for tho express purpose of providing for their hungry and worthless positions hero und at tho North. For former years the most illustrious men of tho State, learned and profound lawyers, were willing to accept a seat on the bench, with a salary of $3,000. Now, a parcel of ignorant, low and grovel? ling mon, carpet-baggers and scala? wags, have been elected to the bench, with salaries of four aud five thou? sand dollars! So it is with all the other offices of tho States. A batch of County officers have been created, whoso salaries will amouut to two or three hundred thousand dollars, whoso duties were formerly performed by gentlemen of intelli? gence and public spirit, withoutcom pensation! These offices are now filled by tho most ignorant and un? principled men in tho community, who havo declared themselves traitort to their raco and their country. The salaries of the public officers of thc State and Counties, will amount tc six or seven hundred thousand dol lars! This is two or three hundret .thousand dollars more than the whoh expenses of the State amounted to ii former years! Tho expenses of th? Legislature, Penitentiary and Jails (worthy associations,) will cost th? State five or six huudred thousanc more. Tho freo school system, fo: the education of tho negroes, will re quiro over one million of dollars au nually, to put it in operation au? keep it upi Tho polico of tho State and tho maintaiuauco of a negri force in each County, provided fo by law, will require over a million o dollars 1 The pay of jurors, tho sur port of paupers.'and othor incidenta appropriations, will probably cost th Stato five or six hundred thousanc dollars more-making an aggregat of four millions of dollars! Thi enormous sum cannot bo paid, au should not bo paid by the impovci ished people of South Carolina. I is ton times tho taxation which w were required to pay, in our days c wealth and prosperity! But not satisfied with those enoi mously extravagant and prodige expenditures and appropriations fo a poverty-stricken people this moe gre!, stupid and unprincipled bogu --.-T-T:-:-rr L?gislature, have issued bonds and endorsed bonds for that body, amounting to several millions of dol? lars. They have likewise been bribed by the bill-holders of the Back pf the State, to issue bonds for those bille, at their nar value, when they were purchased" by tho holders for ten cents in the dollar I The most alarming feature, how? ever, of this wicked and utupid legis? lation, so-called, is the bili receutly introduced to snspond the writ of habeas corpus, seize tho railroads and telegraphic wires, and call ont a standing army of negroes, to protect tho cowardly tyrants and usurpers in their despotism, oppression aud plunder. This bill authorizes tho Governor, so-cnlled, and his minions all over tho State, to arrest and im? prison any one, without charge or accusation, and confine them in dun? geons ns long ns it may suit their pleasure-no trial to be had. In tho meantime, these black troops aro to insult nnd outrage our families, and plunder and destroy our bornes and property. A moro infamous, cruel, atrocious and degrading despotism, was never established by tho Graud Boshaw of Turkey, or the Imperial Czar of all tho Bussias! If there is nature or manhood Heft in tho white race, it will not, cannot bo borne. Their vengeance will fall on tho car? pet-baggers and scalawags, and not on tho poor deluded negro. Retribu? tivo justice, sooner or later, ever bas and ever will overtake tyranny and crime. It is high time, I havo said, for the people of South Carolina to turu their attention from national politics to these terriblo State wrongs and grievances. They must not be over? looked in our present political excite? ment, for the time will come, and hlmt speedily, when they will crush us to thc cart'1. We ought to pre? pare to meet thom. Not by violence and revolution, but by exposing their atrocity to the colored poople, whose interest is ours, and who havo been made the dupes and tools of these vile men from tho North. They havo come here for money, and will quit tho country when they seo there is no moro to bo had, or there is personal danger in their path. Our lino of policy is clear, patent, manifest. We must commit no aggression, no act of violence, but be prepared to act on tho defensive, with spirit and vigor, when action is imperative. Patience and forbearance, in suffering and op? pression, are high and patriotic vir? tues. Let us consider and reflect on our condition. A mau from Ohio pro? fesses to bo our Governor! Two of our Associate Judges ia the Appeal Court, aro from New York and Penn? sylvania! Two of our Circuit Judges from New England! Tho Attorney General, (shown to be an ass of tho first water, in our opinion given the bogus Legislature,) from some radi? cal clime! The School Commissioner from tho samo latitude! The Treasu? rer of the State is a carpet-bagger, and has boen published a roguo and forger from his boyhood! Ouo of our United States Senators is from New England, who now boasts bis great loyalty, but who wished to take an oath of allegiance to tho Confederacy in 18G1! The member of Congress from Charleston is from New Eng? land or tho North-west, with infa? mous antecedents! The Congressman from the Pedeo is from Massachu? setts, and said to have a bad record in the army, and in Darlington! But enough of these carpet-baggers. Is it likely that theso men will con? tinuo here, whon troublo comes, or that they will bo long sustained by the negroes? I think not-their ex? odus is at hand. They know that the people hold them responsible, with the carpet-bagger, in tho Legislature, for all their wrongs and oppressions endured, or to be endured in tho fu? ture. The prominent scamps in this bogus Legislature, black and white, aro all from the North! None of them have property here or are tax-payers, and yet they aro overwhelming tho property holders with taxation! B. F. PERRY. GKEENVIMJE, S. C., Sopt. 25, 18G8. Most of the figures in tho paint? ings whieh adorn the Capitol at Washington, aro said to bo portraits of "abandoned Treasury girls," what? ever they are; and tho angels which surround tho imago of Washington to bo accurate copies of the charms of somo of tho pretty "waiter girls" who lately flourished in his namcsako city. What can bo expected, asks the New Orleans Times, of a Govern? ment which thus prostitutes art and honesty, and is shameless enough to stamp tho record of its crimes upon the walls of tho rotunda of tho na? tional Capitol? If not now, certain? ly at no very distant day, Ibo con? quering ouemy which tho radical party will be forced to encounter, will provo to be tho thorough and universal disgust its outraces upon society will havo inspired. Tho samo licentiousness which heralded thc downfall of Caligula and Nero can bo plainly traced in tho history of the past four years at Washington. Printers are baptized in a font of type. THE MOBILE TRIBUNE AND THE "LOST CAUSE" PARAGRAPH.-Some of oar exchanges havo protested against the Tribune'a ? indulgence in lauda? tions of the "Lost Cause," as calcu? lated to work injury to the interests of the South and the Democratic party. Their strictures are founded on a paragraph, widely copied as coming from the Mobile Tribune, in? dulging in dreams ot the resurrection of tho "Confederate flag," etc. The Tribune pronounces tho paragraph a forgery, and requests its Democra? tic confreres everywhere to brand it ns such, and any of a like naturo timi may be attributed to that paper. ? ? ? ? Geueral Sickles, in a speech recent? ly delivered at Saratoga, said: "Tho ouly stato of pence worth securing was that under which the humblest Union soldier could build his cabin in South Carolina, and float tho star? ry flag from its roof tree, and wear himself tho old 'blue coat,' when he went out lo his toils, and yet no ono would dare to barm a hair of his loya1 head." Any respectable Union sol? dier can at present build his cabin in South Carolina, and float as many "starry flags" as ho pleases, without having a hair of his "loyal head" harmed. But wo have no room for "scalawags" and "carpet-baggers." <-???-? MR. EDITOR-DEAR Sm : My atten? tion was called yesterday to a com? munication in the Charleston News, as to a reported conversation between Gov. Scott and myself. This state? ment does injustice to both Gov. Scott aud myself, aud was unauthor? ized by me, and totally incorrect in all the principal parts. Yours, respectfully, J. G. GIBBES. HOMICIDE IN BERLELEY.-An in? quest was held at Oakley Depot, ou the lino of tho North-enstern Rail? road, on Saturday, tho 2Gth instant, by Sandford W. Barker, Esq., acting Coroner, on tho body of Richard Nesbitt, colored, who was killed by Gabriel Levy, colored, who inflicted a blow on his head, in the left tem? ple, with a boat paddle, which frac? tured the left temporal bone, causing an eztravasation of blood on the brain, resulting in death a short while after tbe act was committed. [Charleston Mercury. A man in Trumbull County, lately captured about half a bushel potato bugs aud carried them to Warren to sell, some one having told him that tho physicians were buying thurn at a big price to bo used as drugs. WANTED, Alargo lot of secondaianded SILVER WATCHES. ALSO, Old GOLD and SILVER. At Sept 30_j. SULZBACHER'S. TO RENT. 3ROOMS, Kitchen and Tantry, Water and Gat*. Rent low. Possession on tho first of October. Apply at this oflice. Septomhor 30_ Richland Lodge No. 39, A. F. M. A AN EXTRA COMMUNICATION *#^of Richland Lodge, No. 3'J, A. P. /^^\M., will he held, at Maaonic Hall, THIS EVENING, at 7 o'clock. Tho Second Degree will he conferred. Rv order of tho W. M. Sept 30 1_R. TOZER. Sec'y. Columbia Social Club. THE members of this. Club will meet THIS (Wednesday) EVENING, in their Club Room, over A. Rainier's''store. A full attendanco is requested. Ry order of Executive Committee. THOMAS T. MOORE, ?ecretarv. September 30 1?_ WASHINGTON HOUSE, BY lil HS. M. W. STRATTON, CORNER Gervais and Assembly streets, Columbia, S. C. Convenient to tho Greenville and Charleston Railroads, and tho business portion of the city. Rates of transient hoard-$2 per day. Lodgings can ho obtained with or with? out meals, at any time._Sept 30 3m BACK! Soptombcr 30 1 DID YOU SAY Was Back? September 30 1 WHY" E. E. JACKSON, IS BACK, With New Goods! September 301_ THE WELL KNOWN FORREST'S HAIR RESTORATIVE Just in at E. E. JACKSON'S. Septembi r 30 1 Bocal Itemt?. THEATRICAL.-Mr. John Temple? ton, pf th? Charleston and Savannah Theatres, after an absence of some months, again presented himself be? fore a Colombia audience last even? ing, at Gregg's Hall, supported by a corps whose performance on that oc? casion not only reflected great sredit on his management, but gave rich promise of an early return of the halcyon days of tho stage, when la? dies and gentlemen could attend dra? matic representations without fear of having their tastes or their sensibili? ties offended. Tho play was Maggie Mitchell's favorito, ' 'The Little Bare? foot," and the principal characters those of Amrie, Johanne? und Rosel, were ndmirablv sustained by Miss Alice Vane, Mr. Templeton and Miss Isabel Vane. The former, in the progress of her part, rendered with great skill the famous solo from "Il Baccio"-and at the earnest solicitations of somo of her admirers from abroad, who were present, sang "Constantinople," a musical trochure, so to speak, in which, wo think, she is unsurpassable. Tho lateness of the hour prevents ns from entering into any criticism of the performances of the other participants in the enter? tainment; and wo content ourselves with saying that wo were not disap? pointed in finding that Mr. Temple? ton moro than fulfilled all that he promised, when he said that he would offer our citizens a "select entertain? ment." This evening a new and attractive programme is presented, ono feature of which involves a representation of the doings of the great mis-represen? tatives who have lately vacated Jan uey's new State House. Wo cannot doubt that it will bo greeeted by a largo and appreciative audience. Messrs. E. E. and C. F. Jackson will accopt our thanks for late North? ern papers-the arrival of which was very opportune, as the Northern mail failed entirely yesterday. Mr. E. E. Jackson, as will be ob? served, by reference to our advertising columns, has brought on a fresh stock of drugs, and another curiosity for his aquarium, in the shape of se? veral genuine gold fish, which can be seen by visiting his store, on Plain street; and, of course, purchasing some of his fuuey articles. Mr. C. F. Jackson has just returned from thc North with a large stock of everything new and attractive in his line, and at fabulously low prices. Give him a call, and you will be satis? fied that ho is determined not to be undersold. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office open during the week from 8}.? a. m. to 7 p. m. On Sundays, from ?? to 5 p. m. The Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at 5 p. m., and close at 8} ? p. m. Charleston night mail open 8}.< a. m., close ?}.? p. m. Northern-Open for delivery at 8}.< a. m., closes at 2.45 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery 5 p. m., closes at 8% p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at tention is called to tho following ad? vertisements, published for the first time this morning: Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. M. W. Stratton-Wash'ton House. E. E. Jackson-Back. Columbia Social Club. Jacob Levin-Auction. R. Tozer-Richland Lodge. I. Sulzbacher-Wanted. To Rent. Tho monotony of the late long and dull season has been broken by the arrival of a large lot of new dry goods ot R. C. Shiver's, which, on account of their beauty and cheap? ness, aro drawing crowds of buyers. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. Wo have had remarkable weather since our last issue. On Wednesday tho 10th, tho previous warm weather culminated in a thunder storm, which resulted in a sudden fall of tho ther? mometer on Wednesday night, and on Thursday it was cold enough for winter apparel, tho thermometer fall? ing as low as 50 degrees. The wind blew stilly from tho North and North? east, and for two or three days we have had very heavy tides which have dono somo damago to the rico crops in breaking banks, overflowing fields, &c, and this has been tho more con? tributed to by a freshot on thc Pee Dee. Wo trust no very material dam? age has been sustained, for our plant ors have been somewhat cheered by their prospects, which are decidedly better for the rmall area of land planted.-Georgeioxcn Times.