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Thursday Morning, October 1, 1868. THE I) F. HIOC II AT IC TICKET. ^^^^^^^^^^^^ For President, HORATIO SEYMOUR? OF N. Y. For Vioe-PresidetU, GEN. F. P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. REPRESENTATIVES TN CONGRESS. . First Congressional District-HarriB Covington. Second Congressional District.-A. P. Aldrich. TJUrd Congressional District.-J. P. Reed. i Fourth Congressional District.-W. D. Simpson. STATE ELECTORAL TICK El'. 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. TJUrd Congressional District-A. C. Haskell, of Abbeville. Fourth Congressional District-E. C. MoLiure, of Chester. _ Democratic Economy Contrasted ' -with. Radical ' Extravagance. During the eight years of Demo? cratic rule, previous to 1861, the to? tal expenses connected with the army wer one hundred and fifty millions eight hundred and forty-three thou? sand and fifty-six dollars, or a little over eighteen millions per annum. During the seven years of Repub? lican rule, they have amounted to three billions two hundred and fifteen millions six hundred and six thou? sand one hundred and seventy-two dollars, or nearly five hundred mil? lions per annum, including three years of peaco, with tho army ro duoed to sixty thousand men; to which should be added appropropri ations for tho present yaar, (doubt? less entirely insufficient,) thirty-three millions eighty-one thousand and thirteen dollars, making a total of threo thousand two hundred and forty-eight millions for tho War De? partment alone. If to this, wo add expenses of tho Navy Department, four hundred and fourteen thousand threo hundred and twenty dollars and sixty-five cents, up till tho 80th of June last, and ap? propriations for the present year, seventeen thousand dollars, making four hundred and thirty-one thousand three hundred aud twenty dollars and sixty-five couts, we have a grand aggregate for the army and navy of three thousand six hundred and eighty millions five hundred and seven thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars, in four years of war and four years of peace. We cannot trace these vast expen? ditures. The information and data are not available. Doubtless vouch ers( with accounts, so-called, have been rendered for all this expendi? ture, but they aro inaccessible, ex? cept to those officials directly con? nected with them. No committee of Congress, no member has yet under? taken to unearth and lay bare the transactions that are hidden in this mountain of expenditure. There aro covered up in tons upon tons of ac? counts, reports, vouchers, documents, in print and manuscript, tho evi? dences cf tho expenditure of this vast sum. There are stored away the evideuces of payment for purchases of vessels, iiorsos, wagons, subsist? ence, clothing, ?fcc, whereby pre? tended patriots amassed princely for? tunes, and shoddy found tho means to flaunt lier diamonds in tho fuco of an outraged people. When the time come* for tho exhumation of these musty records, it will bo a her? culean task for him who undertakes it. Tho Kum of this exhibit is as fol? lows: Two thousand four hundred and fifty-seven millions of money collect? ed and expeudod. Two thousand fivo hundred and forty millions of dollars addod to tho public debt now outstanding. Total collections and addition to the public debt, four thousand nine hundred and two millions of dollars, besides an indefinito amouut of un? liquidated indebtedness not yet pro? vided for. Such is tho showing presented to the American people by the radical administration for their eight years of power. We search the annals of history in vain for a parallel. ( I Tb? T*-y ci S vii. We have long considered the day of the Presidential election a day of evil. Some of the fathers of the country-thought the Republic would finally fall to pieces from the shock of this periodical election. They did not think it could Burvivo for any long period the bitter and violent conflicts of parties to it. Indeed, it has sorely tried the Btrength of the Government; but so many defeots in its Constitution have been of late year? developed, that it is doubtful whethor there are not others more perilous to tho country than these rapidly recurring Presidential can? vasses. For instance, the usurpa? tions of Congress and its power to subvert tho character and principles of the Government, have appeared since the wnr in a light which has [ directed tho public apprehension to that body as the source of grentest danger. But the Presidential canvass is sufficiently fraught with evil to make ns all wish that the Presidential term were greatly prolonged. Tho present canvass is the cause of a great deal of injury to this nation. It has post? poned tho restoration of tho Union, and continued the prostration of the Southern States to the general dis? advantage of tbe national interests. It was necessary to insuro a radical triumph-if that could be done at all-that the anti-radical sentiment of the South should bo paralyzed by tho disfranchisement of white people, and it was equally necessary for the accomplishment of the samo object that the negroes should all bo enfran? chised and put upon an equality with the whitos. So also was it essential for their success at the present na? tional canvass that tho passions of the war, amidst which and of which radi calism was born, should bo kept alive and vigorous. Nothing could bo more disastrous to tho public prosperity and tho pub? lic peace, than all these moasures for tho maintainanco of radical predomi? nance in tho Government. It was apparout long since to observant men that tho radical party did not mean to forego the employment of each and all of them without soruple and without honesty with all possible efficiency. So that wo may readily see thal there has not been, and is not now a hope, that v?v may bo in any degree relieved from oppression, or from thc violent sectional prejudices which th? most atrocious falsehoods and exng geration of facts can inllamo until the election is over. What then tc expect will depend on circumstances. We all hope and trnst that Seymoui will bo chosen; but whoever is, the? will bo n joy and a relief when thc election is over. The day is one evei to be dreaded. In the best of times it mostseriously interfered with buss ness, and very much affected the dis position of capital. In tho presen1 case it has aillicted tho land with un told evils, and thousands of hones men are praying that they may neve] see another. Being tho most injnri OU8 of all that havo occurred, ther< will bo general joy when it is over and comparativo relief from tho dis guiit, irritation and distrust which i causes. -? ? ? MINISTER JOHNSON'S COMMISSIONS Mr. Roverdy Johnson presented hi credentials as United Statos Ministe near tho Court of Great Britain ti Queen Victoria, at Windsor Castle, ; few days siuce. TL i assurances o addresses of personal lelicitution am national congratulation and oompli ment, usually interchanged betweei a now Minister and tho Sovereign appear to havo been omitted on th occasion. The Queen, who had jut returned from hor trip to Switzei laud, waa engaged at the moment i preparing for a run to Scotland-s it may havo been that sho was eitbc too much fatigued or slightly excite by tho anticipation of coming enjoj mont in tho Highlands, to either Iii ten to or speak tho words of diplc macy. From whatevor cause we hu\ no record of tho language held o eitbor sido during the official prcsoi tation and reception; so neither th Queen nor our Minister stand in an wny committed to a speedy setth ment of tho Alabama claims, or tl endorsement of a bond of etvrni friendship between tho countries. -?-??-? Napoleon is said to bo experimen ing with petroleum for gun-powder. Spain-Her Present Condition and Glorious Fast. The prominent position aooorded to Espartero, in the present Spanish insurrection, gives it a dignity whiob it does not derive from the name of General Prim, who has no political or military record, and Who does not command the confidence of the in? telligent middle classes of Spain. General Espartero is now seventy-six years old, and is what is called in our country *'a self-made man," being tho son of a wheel-wright, and enlist? ing ns a common soldier in tho army in 1808. He after wards went to a military school, and passed through the vurious grades of the service to the highest rank. Ho has been tho original and most steadfast champion that Queen Isabella ever had, and tho sway of absolutism must have become intolerable, which alienated such a friend and arrayed him against her Government. It is not, however, true, es seems to be assumed by some of the press, that Espartero is a Re? publican. His regency was distin? guished by his opposition to the ex? tremes of that party, though there is no doubt of his moderate liberal ten? dencies. Whilst it is still di fli cu lt to ascer? tain what may be the designs of the present insurrectionary movement in Spain, there is no country of Europe wbose national character combines more of the qualities which aro re? quisite for tho success of free consti? tutional government. The intelli? gence and culture of her leading aud upper middle classes, the pride and dignity of personal character, exulted courago and stern, unyielding perse? verance, common to tho whole na? tion, give hopeful augury of ber futare. Tho past history of Spain is an attestation of the sterling virtues of her people, which, however sho may bo depressed for the present, invests with uuusuul interest overy struggle sho mnkes for liberal aud material progress. Cau Euglaud it? self show such a record of vitality of race, and of stubborn and eventually successful resistance to foreign inva? sion tus Spaiu can exhibit? Far from it. England was successively overrun by Danes, Saxons, Normans; but Spain, invaded by tho Moors in 711, despoiled of her finest provinces, her peoplo compelled to find a refuge in the mountains of the Asturias, and her fugitive chiefs holding a council in a cavern, kept upa war of resist? ance with but little intermission till 1492. The annals of history may be searched in vain for a contest as long, as bitter and involving so tunuy antagonistic elements of race, reli? gion, temperament and interest. For seven hundred and eighty-one years tho Spanish nation struggled to throw off the Moorish yoke, a grand consummation which was accom? plished in that magnificent reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, resplendent with the glories of two hemispheres. Scarcely had Spain emerged from this long night of centuries, spring? ing, like the tropical sun, suddenly and full-orbed from tho darkness, when she, who had for so long a pe? riod been convulsed in a life-and death struggle for her own existence, gavo birth, through tho enlightened patronage of her court to Christopher Columbus, to a new world. The names of her great captains, De Leon and De Cordova, and of her illustri? ons statesmen, Mendoza and Xime? nes, aro indissolubly linked with that brilliant period of her history, and gave the impetus to that career of greatness which mado her for two centuries tho first country of Europe Notwithstanding the subsequent de? cline of Spain iu material strength, her insurrection against French rule in 1808, when half n million of com? batants waged a fierce guerilla war? fare for four years against the usurp? ers, and illustrated their heroism by the immortal defence of Saragossa, Gerona, Cadiz, Tarrogona and Va? lencia, demonstrated that tho lofty courage and inflexible purpose of the Spanish nature had survived the de? cadence of its political power. With a national character that has much of the grave austerity, prido and perse? verance of tho Romans, modified in some degree by tho pacific and prac? tical tendencies of the ago, with one of the finest climates and most fruit? ful countries in Europe, and a conse? quent physical development not sur? passed by any race on th a continent, it is reasonable to conclude that there aro elements of recuperation and rescue in such a people, which not only give fair promise of their capacity to sustain a constitutional government, but to regain much of their old military and commercial as? cendency in Europe. [Bal7 i inure Sun. AN EXTRAORDINARY RESOLUTION. At tho extra meeting of Council last night, Alderman Weston, a colored man, appointed to his position by General Cunby, moved au election for city officers at tho next regular meet? ing, and said in explanation of this extraordinary resolution, that his rea? sons were "that many of the city officers were known to be opposed to some members of Council, and that iu the event of a distmbnnce would aid rather than assist in suppressing it."- Charleston Courier. A man in Norwich dropped a live coal into a bomah.eli ???o hour it fizz!" Yon may bot ho hoard it. Tho I nd inn Wnr-Details of til e nat? tie-Tho Indlane Bound Southward. FO.IT WAUI?OB, KANSAS, Septem? ber 27.-Chief scoot, L. L. Horn, who is jost from Col. Forsythe's camp, on the Delaware fork of the North .fork of the Republican River, reports that Col. Carpenter, who started from near Cheyenne Well, on the morning of the 24th, reached Col. Forsythe on the morning of the 2Hth. He saw no Indians on the way going, other than tho bodies of eight or moro warriors, evidently killed in a fight nearly twenty miles away. The command which left here on the 24th, under Col. Bnukhend, with provisions, supplies, ?fcc., arrived soon after Col. Carpenter. They were at? tacked on the way by a party ot In? dians, who wanted their stock, but did not got any of it. Col. Forsythe lost five killed aud twelvo wounded and all his horses. Tho Indian loss was about eighty killed and wounded, besides a largo quantity of stock. The fight on the first day is described as being the most desperate that has ever taken plnco on tho plains, the Indians making charge after charge, and sometimes coming within fifty feet of the men. The island on which the troops wore, contained oniy o few bushes and a small amount of grass, and they were almost entirely ex? posed, their only defences being breastworks of sand. Thoy were thrown up with their hands, tho men having no entrenching tools. The party were frequently obliged to sus? pend work lo resist the attacks of the Indians, who mndo several charges and rode around their breastworks. The Indians were Sioux, Cheyennes and Arapahoes. They numbered from COO to 700, and were well armed with Spencer carbines and Henry rifles. It is estimated that they fired 10,000 rounds of rifle shots, besides dis? charging a great quantity of arrows, as the ground in the vicinity was thickly strewn with tho latter. But little fighting was donb on the second day after that, though a por? tion of tho Indians remained iu the vicinity uutil tho last three days, but no attack was made by them. Tho scout saw tho trails of large parlies, driving many horses and mules, going South and East. It is thought the design of tho Indians is to get below the Arkansas. They would probably cross at Monument. They will bo closely watched. Col. Forsythe's commaud was to start for Fort Wallace this morning, and will reach here in four or five days. His wounds are doing well and he is said to be in no dunger. Among the thousands of pension? ers upon the bounty.of monarchial governments, wo frequently stumble upon names which aro strongly sug? gestive in tho instructive lessous which they teach. In America-and indeed under all Governments which are republican in form-the soldier alono is tho recipient of the pecuniary pensions of the nation. All other classes are strangers to tho nation's recognition. Whatever may bo a man's merit, unless he achieve great? ness on a martial field, he lives, struggles and dies, without so much ns a smile to assure him of the na? tional regard. Not so under other forms of Government. Republics aro proverbaliy ungrateful. No such stigma^attaches to the trans-Atlantic monarchies. Merit, wherever or whenever developed, is promptly re? cognized and rewarded. The Go? vernment has a parent's anxious eyo steadily fixed upon every son of toil. True worth is fostered and encour? aged as an indispensible duty on the part of the "powers that be." Does nn humble peasant, unknown and un? honored, develope and announce to his obscuro companion some long vexed theory at which philosophy has stumbled? the Government is the first to herald his achievements and lift his bodily frame above tho reach of want. No child of genius is per? mitted to live on and suffer for the necessaries of life. Tho nation boun? tifully provides for his needs. Tho list of pensioners in Franco is a curiosity. All descriptions of merit has its reward. The poor pago, whoso energy first announced to Napoleon I the birth of tho King of Rome, re? ceives his ten thousnnd francs per annum. But wo aro particularly struck with tho fact that some thirty superannuated school teachers aro in? cluded upon the Parisian budget. What class in any community aro more deserving? What life moro la? borious and exhausting? What toil so slightly remunerated as that of tho teacher? Day after day is spent in its never ending curriculum health ruined-energies gone-and old ago finds them trembling amid poverty. Teachers who go to their duties with a profound sonso of their responsibility, and discharge them with fidelity, aro indeed national be? nefactors. They aro tho deserving pensioners upon tho national bounty. Who but Franco has found it so? Napoleon grasped a mighty thought when ho proclaimed mothers to be the great want of Franco. [Petersburg JLxpreSi. Five Democrats, while attending church and in the act ^f devotion, and surrounded by women and chil? dren, were shot, and threo of thom instantly killed by a gang of radicals in Carrol Connty, Arkansas, on the 12th of September. Natural humbugs-Boos. Local Items CoBBEcrnoN.-In the interesting communication of Governor Perry, showing up our carpet-bag govern? ment, &c., published in yesterday's Phoenix, injustice was inadvertently done to the State Treasurer, N. G. Parker. We do not know that ho "has been published a roguo and forger from his boyhood;" but the allusion was meant for our Comptrol? ler, so-called, and Governor Perry desires us to mako the correction. A SAD OCCURRENCE.-We regret to chronicle the death of Wilson Abney, which took pince on Saturday last, at a barbecue in Edgefield. Tho cir? cumstances, ns far ns wo are able to ascertain, are these: There had ex? isted, for some time, a feud betweeu Abney and Talbert Perrin; and, on their coming in contact, at tho bar? becue, their ill-feelings found vent resulting as above, Abney being shot in the fracas which ensued, by Per riu. Both wore Democrats. At this time, such dissensions among our selves are particularly to be deplored We cannot afford to loso voters. Gregg's Hall was again Ailed, last evening, to witness the performance of Mr. Templeton's troupe of talented artistes-each member of tho corps doing their utmost to excel. From the "long, loud and continued ap plause," wo are satisfied that the en tire performance gave general satis faction. Matilda Heron's celebrated "Camille; or, La Dame Aux Came lias," will be presented to-night, upon which occasion Miss Alico Vane will sustain the character of Camille with aria from "Traviata," "G-iily Through Life."' Our theatre-going citizens had better make the most o this opportunity, for it is seldom tba Columbia is favored with such r visit. There was a Democratic demonstra tion, last evening, at Carolina Hall Tho speakers were all colored. Two colored men from Charleston, Snead and Thomas, together with several of our own colored citizens, among whom we noticed Pleasant Goode William Stowcrs and Henry Ker shaw, spoke at length and dismissed with tho ideas nt their command, th merits and demerits of the two con tending parties, political. The speak ers found it very difficult to proceed owing to interruptions from some ono in tho crowd, urged on by some of the opposite party, who were too ignorant, or totally incapable of ex pressing publicly their own senti incuts. It was difficult, indeed, for tho conservatives present to rcstrai their desire to expel tho malcontents from the assemblage. They, howev er, were silent, and noted carefully those who conducted themselves in disorderly manner. MAGISTRATE'S COURT.-Quite an interesting case was brought before Magistrate Johnson, on yesterday morning. Robt. Blako (colored) had indicted four parties, (also colored for an assault and battery. Th Magistrato held an examination, yes terday, and decided that Stepney Taylor, Henry Williams aud Fields Minor be held to bail for the assault aud that Charles Jagger ought to I discharged. Tho prosecutor, Blake, had been croas-indicted, and was required enter into recognizance for his ap pearance. Ho had lodged au accusa tion before tho Magistrate, again tho parties named above, for a violen assault-beating with sticks, &e., n finally tying him and putting a ro] around his neck; tho father of the prosecutor testified that this was dom: by his request. As we have heard that this scrape was set down to political animosity, and that tho man attompted to be lynched was maltreated becauso he intended to vote for Seymour and Blair, we have tho best authority for saying that politics had nothing to do with tho row, and that tho whole disputo was purely personal, aud re? sulted in a personal difficulty with the parties abovo mentioned. MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office open during the week from Sy2 a. m. to 7 p. m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. The Charleston and Western mails aro open for delivery at 5 p. m., and closo at 8j<j p. m. Charleston night mail open 8}? a. m., close 4>? p. m. Northern-Open for delivery at 8>? a. m., closes at 2.45 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery p. m., oloseB at & p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at tontion is oalled to tho following ad? vertisements, published for the first time this morning: W. J. Laval-School. H. E. Scott-Notice. M. A. Shelton-Notice. Wm. Munro-In Equity, ?fcc. Thoa. W. Wade-Tax Notice. Tho monotony of the late long and dull season has been broken by the arrival of a large lot of now dry goods at P.. C. Shiver's, which, on account of their beauty and cheap? ness, are drawing crowds of buyers. NOTICE. AMEETINO of tho 8ccond Ward De? mocratic Club will bo held on Friday Evening, at 7 o'clock, at tho Independent Firo Company's Hall. Oct 14_II. E. SCOTT, Sec. COLUMBIA MALE SCH00L7~ THIS SCHOOL will he re? opened thia morning, at the g.Odd Fellows' School House, TLiucolu Btrcet. The pupils are requested to assemble at 9 a. m., and bring their books with them. W. J. LAY Ali, October 1 1_Principal. TAX NOTICE. ALL merchante and traders in stores, stalls, or public highways; all persona manufacturing spirituous liquors by dis? tillery or otherwise, for aale or exchange: all restaurants and bar-rooms, aro requir? ed to make their returns of the gross amount of Bales of ail goods or articles eold bv them, up to the lat day of October. 1868. After tho 20th of October, my booka will bo closed for tho third quarter's taxes. THOS. H. WADE, T. C. It. October 13 Union District-In Equity. Louisa F. Worthy et. al. vs. G. |D. Peake, Executor, et. al. BUI to Marshal Assets. PURSUANT to a decretal order of His Honor Chancellor Carroll, in the above stated case, tho creditors of THOS. BROOKS, deccaaed, lato of Union District, S. C., aro required to prosont and estab? lish their claims before me, on or before tho 1st dav of JANUARY next. WM. MUNRO, C. E. U. D. Commissioner's oflico, Union C. H., S. C., Sopt 29, 18G8. October 1 tb3m Union District-In Equity. Henrietta Kaiser et. al. vs. Julius Kaiser et. al' Bill for Partition. PURSUANT to a decretal order of Hia Honor Chancellor Johnson, in the above stated case, the creditors of CH. KAISER, deceased, and of tho firm of Ch. Kaiser A Son, late of Unionvillo. 8. C., are required to proaent and establish their de? mands before me. on or beforo the let daj of JANUARY next. WM. MUNRO, C. E. ?. D. Commissioner's office, Union C. H., S. C., Sept. 2G, 186S. October 1_th3m NOTICE. HAVING disposed jf my entire stock of Boots, Shoes, ?fcc, to G. T. SHEL? TON, the business hereafter will bo con? ducted by him. All those indebted to mo, either by note or open account, will please make pavment to him. M. A. SHELTON. October 1, 18G8. Tho subscriber will continue the above business at tho same nt mid, and with the well assorted atock now on hand, will in a few days receivo large additions of Ladles', Misses'and Children's Shoes, Gents'Boots, Shoes and Gaitera, of latest styles; and trusts, by strict attention to business and small profits, to merit tho same amount of patronage so liberally bestowed upon his predecessor. G. T. SHELTON. Octobor 1, 18G8. In retiring from tho above business, I take occasion to return my sincere thanks to all who havo favored me with their patronage, and respectfully ask its con? tinuance to my eon, whom I recommend us in every respect worthy of their oustom and confidence. M. A. SHELTON. October 1, 18G8. Oct 1 2 OBITUARY. "Death lies on him like an untimoly frost Upon tho eweotest flower of all tho field." Died, 8optombor 9, 1808, THEODORE FI8HER, in the nineteenth ye&r of his age. In tho solemn presence of death, the sad aud tender privilogo is vouchsafed to the living of paying tribute to the virtuos of tho dead. When honored age sinks into the silent duat, or feeblo infancy yields up its little span of life, we BOO in it but the obedience to tho common law of naturo; but when bright radiant youth, standing upon the threshold of lifo, re?oives the dread sum? mons from which lies no appoal, we feel thcro is that in God'a wisdom beyond the limit of our feeblo intelligence. Some eighteen mouthe Binco, Theodore Fisher returned home from the Hillsboro Military Institute, bearing in bia system tho seeda of the disease which was to carry him to tho gravo. Life-as he thou stood upon its portals in tho dawn of manhood, strong in tho posacssion of faith and re? solution, nud bright with tho gracious hopea of youth- presented tho most allur? ing prospect of an useful and honnrabk career. Endowed with a Hear and ready intclli pnne?, he. hud improved it by Bludy anil discipline-his frank courtoay and manly bearing, united to a sweet and, amiable disposition, insured thc respect and affec? tion of bia companions; to a generous ami ardent nature, ho combined refined and delicate tauten. Tho holy influence and careful lessons of a good and pious mother, hail at once adorned him with tho lovoly graces of a Christian, and fitted him for that reward which tho good receive after death. To thoso upon whom tho blow baa falle; with greatest bitterness, we wotfld say in the lnngungo of ono to whom grief waa no titrauger: "There ia a calm for thoso who weep, A roat for weary pilgrims found, And while tho mouldering ashes sleep Low in the ground; Thc soul of origin divino God's glorious Imago frocd from clay. In Hoaven'e etornal sphere ?hall shine A star of day." Notice to Creditors. ALL creditors of J. FOSTER MAR? SHALL, deceased, and of JESSE DnRRUHL, deceased, are hereby required to present and prove their demands Before me, on or bofore tho 1st. day of NOVEM? BER next, or be barred. WM. H. PARKER, C. E. A. D. CoiniissiosKii's OFFICE, July 29, 18GS. Aug C ?hl8