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-,-? TUE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. 1778 ^Uppy 1868 For President, HORATIO SEYMOUR, OP N. Y. For ViM-President, ORN= F. P. BLAIR, cr "IiiSOURI. EKPRESESTATTVBS IN OONQBE8S. First Congressional District-Harris Covington. Second Congressional District.-A. P. Aldrioh. Third Congressional District.-J. P. Rood. Fourth Congressional District.-W. D. Simpson. 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. Tliird Congressional District-A. C. HnskoU, of Abbeville. Fourth Congressional District-E. C. McLuro, of Chester. COLUMBIA. Tuesday Morning, October 20, 1868. SECRET TRUSTS.-Tho United States Supremo Court has recently mado an important decision on the subject of the transfers of laud, pro? fessing to bo an absolute convoyrnco, but accompanied with n concealed verbal agreement between tho parties, securing a bonefit to tho grantor nt tho expense of his creditors. Tho court says that tho law will not per? mit a debtor in failing circumstances to convey his lands by deed without reservations, and yet occupy it for a limited time for his own benefit. Hence, when a debtor, in pursuance of a privato understanding, retains possession, rent free, for ono year, of j land sold by him, such conduct cre? ates a secret trust for his benefit, and renders the conveyance fraudulent as to creditors, and void. And it made no difference, in tho legal aspect of I the case before tho court, that the interest reserved was not of great value, and that tho debtor did not j intend to defraud his creditors. The nows from tho Northern States which voted last Tuesday grows better tho moro wc got of it. Tbe radicals commenced by claiming | 22,000 majority ia Ohio, 15,000 in Indiana, 18,000 in Pennsylvania. Later and moro reliable intelligence, however, establishes the fact that, except in Ohio, their majorities are only nominal. LooKrxa AHEAD.-Bennett, of the New York Herald, has made nomina? tions for 1872. He says : "We may yet witness, four years from next March, the spectacle of a restored Union, symbolized in the persons of John Quincy Adams and Wade Hampton-Massachusetts and South Carolina-marohing arm in arm into the White House to take possession UH its legitimate occupants for the next Presidential term." THE MISSOURI DISFRANCHISEMENT. A paragraph is going the rounds of the papers, copied, we believe, says tho National Intelligencer, from the Missouri Democrat, a radical sheet, stating that the number disfranchised in Missouri are some 25,000. From whatever sourco taken, this is a shameless falsehood. Tho actual number disfranchised is notoriously from 80,000 to 90,000 persons. The radicals show no disposition what? ever to relax this proscription, but, by means of their registration, have resolved to keep the power of the State in their ovvn hands. Egypt is making a very substantial show in the raising of cotton, and will eventually, it is thought, become a leading power in the culture of that important staple She began to fur? nish England with raw cotton in largo amount in 1861-sending 41,000,000 pounds. In 1865 the ?uantity famished was 177,000,000. n 1864, England paid Egypt over 864,000,000 for cotton. The year before the war sho paid less than 07,000,000. Unless tho South can be released from her present thral? dom, these Agares will multiply evory year. NEW PLANET.-Professor Watson, of the Michigan University, an? nounces the disoovery by himself of a now minor planet, in tho constella? tion of Cotas, Ho says it resembles a star of the tenth inagnitudo, and was situated in right ascension l? degrees 20 minutes, and in declina? tion zero degrees and 82 minutes North. Its daily motion is 45 seconds of tho timo retrograde in right ascen? sion, and il minutes of aro South in declination. Editor of the Daily Phoenix. DEAR SIB: Having seen a good deal of complaint relative to a certain lot ol apples, for which a receipt was given by the GronnviUe and Colum? bia Railroad Company, to A. Miller & Go., Greenville, S. G., consigned to G. N. Averill, Charleston, S. C., dated Ootober 1, 1868, not arriving at Charleston until October 7,1868, and feeling a little interested in such mat? ters, I have taken upon myself the trouble to inquire in lo thu whys and wherefores, and it has turned out just os I expected, "a mountain of a mole hill," so far os the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company is con? cerned. Tho down freight of th* Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company leaves Greenville at 3.30 A. M., which is an important item in this issue Now, if you will notice, the 1st day of October was Thursday. Tho re? ceipt was given for thoso apples on the 1st, after tho down freight had loft Greenville. Will not that ac? count for one day? On Friday, October 2, tho apples loft Greenville and arrived in Colum? bia October 4, being nctually only two days in transit? from Greenville to Columbia. Sunday intervening stopped them in Columbia one day, ns ibero was no freight train out on tho South Carolina Railroad on that day. On Monday morning, October 5, they were turned over to tho South Carolina Railroad Company, and Mr. C. N. Averill says they arrived in Charleston on tho 7th instant, 12 M. Who lind them longest in transporta? tion, tho Greenville nud Columbia Railroad Company or tho South Ca rolina Railroad Company? Wouldn't he like to purchase another ox cart? "Fair play is a jewel." Now, Mr. Editor, I have it from good authority, that if parlies en? gaged in this apple trade will ship them in sufficient quantities to justi? fy it, that tho Greenville and Colum? bia Railroad Company will transport them by passenger trains from either Greenville or Walhalla to Columbia, which will lay them down in Colum? bia in ono day. What moro can wc ask? JUSTICE. DISGRACEFUL.-At the gathering in Christ Church, Saturday, some gentlemen who wcro straggling through tho woods, at a little dis? tance from tho speakers' stand, dis? covered, in a clnmp of bushes, a largo number of muskets stacked nud apparently guarded by pome negro women. Wo learn that there were sufficient arms for 150 men. The negroes had evidently come to tho hustings armed, for what purposo it is not known. It would seem that theso people have been led on to this by some fire-brands among them, and, even at this late day, they fear to attend a political meeting of their own instigation unarmed, though what they fear it is difficult to see. Such lawlessness is greatly to be deprecated, aud should bo discoun? tenanced by the more influential leaders of tho party. It can result in no good; it niny lead to bloodshed. [Charleston Courier, 19th. A DOUUTFUIJ STATEMENT.-The Roman correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette announces, on good authori? ty, that the Ecumenical Council, which, by order of tho Pope, is to bo open not only to tho schismatic bishops of the Eastern Church, but to tho bishops and dignitaries of the Church of England, and as a matter of course to thoso of its offshoot, tho Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States. As the Roman Catho? lic Church has unvaryingly denied tho validity of Anglican orders, the con? cession mado by it in this instance must be considered an extraordinary one.- Washington Star. The political debate, in Christ Church Parish, on Saturday, passed off very quietly and orderly. About 2,000 persons were present, mostly negroes. Tho speakers were Colonel R. W. Seymour, Colonel Ii. H. Rut? ledge and Judge F. D. Richardson, on the Democratic side, and R. C. DoLargo, C. C. Rowen and D. (J. Chamberlain, on the Republican side. Wo had prepared a full report, of the proceedings and speeches, but regret that we could not make room for it. [Charleston Mercury. STABLES BURNT.-The log stables on the premises of Mr. Louis Dial, occupied by Mr. Joseph Crews, in this village, were burnt on Saturday night last. Mr. C. was absent at the timo. The town authorities com? menced an investigation of the mat? ter on Wednesday last, bnfc Mr. C. declined to allow certain parties who reside on tho premisos to testify, on the ground that he intended to take ont warrants against some parties. [Laurensville Herald. Disturbances have taken placo in New Zealand. A large number of Maoris confined at Chatana Island, breaking out of their prison reached the mainland, massacred a captain and ten men forming the guard and escaped to tho interior, where, being joinod by other tribes, they have commenced a fresh rebellion against the authority of England. . T? Advertising. A correspondent of the New York Mail writes: Does advertising pay? The uni? versal answer is that it does, and hardly a person bat can give cse or more instances within his own know? ledge of men who have made fortunes by advertising. Ask not merely tho ?>atent medicine men, but go to men n ordinary mercantile business. Ask Mr. Bradley if it paid to ad? vertise the "Duplex Eliptio Skirt," Ask Mr. W?lls if it pays to adver? tise the Phrenological Journal. A.'ik Mr. Charles Hassell if it paid to advertise his new hotel and diuiug knife. Ask Mr. Gilinau if it paid to ad? vertise tho Great American Tea Company. Ask tho North Amcricnu Life In? surance Company if advertising has paid them. Ask Mr. Packard or Mr. Putnam if advertising has helped their month? lies. Tho fact is, that sensible, skillful advertising pays ten-fold better thau any and all other investments that call for a like amouut of expenditure. Wo have seen it on a hnjf dozen leading papers, and have felt it in our own business. There is nothing that pays liko advertising. It is, in rcnli?y, the only royal road to wealth. And yet there is no element of success so little used and so much abused. We have in mind so many varied and remarkable instances of success? ful advertising, that we stop for a moment to recall some of them. Prominent among thom are the lead? ing Wall street banking houses. Everybody is familiar with thc suc? cess of Jay Cooke ?fc Co. with tho national loan, tho result of which, wo know, the linn ascribes very largely to its liberal advertising. A Utile later we como upon one of the most brilliant successes nf ibo coun? try-that of Fisk & Hatch, the Nas? sau street bankers, aud the fiscal agents of tho Central Pacific Rail? road. What with their energy, n good investment, and persistent ad? vertising, (amounting thc past year to not far from a quarter of n million of dollars.) this firm is able to supply tho Central all tho timo with moro monoy thau it needs. Mr. Hatch, ot this house, has no peer iu New York for sagacity and discernment in tho whole matter of advertising, and ho has tho utmost faith in its efficacy. The same success has attended the advertising of the Union Pacific bonds, in which an immense sum has been expended this year. Of tho medicine advertisers, of course, Helmbold stands promptly at the head-spending as ho does nearly a thousand dollars a day, every day in the year. Ho often sells, nt retail, from his New York stoic nlone, seve? ral hundred dollars worth of his tonio in a single day. Tho wholesale orders aro simply astounding, and would hardly bo credited by our readers if wo should givo thom. Thc boase of George P. Rowell & Co. was established in Boston, tho first borne of advertising agencies, in 1S05. Meeting with unexpected prosperity, it was soon after moved to New York, and in November, 1SGG, the Advertiser's Gazette, a monthly paper devoted to entertaining matter about advertising and newspapers, was established. The firm occupies an elegant suit of rooms in the Timen building, running through from tho Park to Nassau street. The number of men employed is eighteen, two of whom devoto all their time te forwarding advertisements to coun? try newspapers, and four uro assigned to the duty of examining the papers, to seo that all advertisements are cor? rectly inserted. It requires the con? stant labor of ono man to file and sort papers after they have been examin? ed. It is also ono man's solo duty to mark papers, and make up speci? men packages for advertisers. There are two book-keepers, and the simple office expenses are upward of 840,00C a year. Of the cities, tho business men oi Now York advertise the most. Bos ton is second, and Philadelphia third, Hartford, Conn.; Cleveland, Ohio.; and Pittsburg, Pa., furnish very large amounts of business. In tho South, there is little or no advertising, anc in the Weat it is done almost cntirolj through local agents. Philadelphie advertising agents do very little Chicago has tho best agents West o of New York, but all Western agon oies are unknown to Eastern people Western people advertiso entirely a tho West, San Francisco has several agencies Fisher's was, for a long time, consi dered to be at the hoad, but for t year past, the newly-establishec house of Rowell & Co., (branch o their house hero,) has taken thi load. Tho prices of advertising havo mon than doubled since tho war. There are five thousand papors it the United States. New ones un established at the rate of about tw< a day. Now York Stato has the most pa pers of any State-Utah tho fewest. There are only one hundred paper in tho country that have tcnthousunc oirqulation. There is no daily Weet of Nev York that has a bona fide circulatioi cf. twenty thousand copies. Not moro than twenty papers ii the whole fivo thousand, the agent ???- ' ' . . . say, C?? ba dopen d ed upon to always charge alike for the same service. It is said that ono publisher in four tells the troth about the oircula I tion. In advertising mercantile firms I generally prefer dailies; patent medi? cine men weeklies. I Messrs. Bowell & Co. are now compiling a completo directory-a volume that has long been needed. I It will bo a book of over three hun? dred pages. ----?-??-? Parson French, of the Freedman's Bureau, (who was defeated ia the Congressional race during tho late session of the Legislature,) delivered n political harangue in a Methodist Church, in Madison County, Ohio, a fow days ago, which so incensed the congregation that they left their seats. A resolution of censure of the rever? end was afterwards adopted. ANOTHER GIN HO CSE BURNT.-The gin house of Capt. Albert Dial, of this District, was burnt, on the night of the 13th instant. Eleven bales of cotton and other property were con? sumed. It is nnother case of the in? cendiary's torch. "We made the same record in our last issue. [ Laurens vi Ile Herald. ALMOST AN .IRISHMAN.-A professor in thc Dublin University has lately discovered that Homer's name was originally O'Mengher, which became abbreviated into O'Mer, which was originally pronounced Ho'Mer, by tho English cockneys, and finally came to be written Homer. Sydney Sarratt, a freedman, of Spartanbnrg, publishes the following in the Spartan: "I lake this method of informing my friends and the public generally that I am no longer a Union Leaguer or radical, and am li'>mid to vote in the coining election for Seymour and Blair." John Crabb, who fought with Sir John Moore iii Spain, is living with Mrs. Crabb, in ?Maine. Ho is ninety three, but, according to the local journal, in possession of all his facul? ties and in the apparent Hush ol youth. VOTES OF CITIES.-The largest voh ever polled in New York city was twe years since, when 111,109 were polled. Philadelphia, on Tuesday, police 9,000 above this, but New Yorl ought to poll from 150,000 to 100,00t votes in November. Madame Italia Garibaldi, wife ol Menotte Garibaldi, is about to raise a regiment of Amazons, who aro tc be clad in the celebrated Meurator cuirass, which is both ball and bayo net proof. A French journal is giver, as authority for this announcement. Only think of 400 souls surviving tho earthquake of Ecuador, out o .10,000, who were swallowed up in ai instaut bj' the subsidence of tin whole district, which is now coverec by a lake. Horror enough for ou< day. Two severe earthquake shocks wen felt on Saturday night by the people of Floyd Court House, Ya. Tho du ration of the first shock is suppos?e to have been about ten seconds, an< that of the second about five seconds The following announcement Intel; appeared in a paper: "Edward Eden painter, is requested to communicat with his brother, when ho will hen of something to his advantage-hi wife is dead." Mr. Thomas P. O'Sullivan, a mom ber of the "art preservative," wh has resided many years in Charlot ton, died in Savannah, on Frida evening last. His remains were sen to Charleston for interment. The New York Tri!, une has mad the discovery that "there is less free dom in tho South than there wa during the war or before tho war. Well, Horace, wo knew it, but ho' did you find it ont? It is stated that the Queen of Mac agascar has abolished idol worship and though she has not yet embrace Christianity, the effect of her cours is to give encouragement to tho mi: sionarifcs. A family quarrel occurred net Branchville, a few days ago. Iii suit-a woman named Charlot! Jones was killed. The parties wei colored. A STRANGE TRIO.-John Morrissey Horaco Greeley and George Franc Train, aro to competo for tho Coi gressional honors of the Fifth Di trict of New York. IN EARNEST.-Dr. H. T. llcraboli tho great Now York drug mcrchan has given $10,000 to aid in tho ele tion of Seymour and Blair. Tho Union Leaguo at Pleasa: Grove Church, Anderson Distric luis dissolved, and the books ai papers burnt by the Secretary. Four colored porsons-charge with murder, burglary and lnrceuy made their escape from tho Laurel jail, on the 8th inshmt. A late Quarterly Review estimai tho population of the world 1,850,200,000. In Russia tho mau of uext itnpc tanoe to the Emperor is tho editor tho Moscow Gazelle. Forty South Carolina families ha settled in tho neighborhood of Stan ton, Virginia, since tho war. The wheat crop in California tl year amounts to 9A.?00,000 bush! -an encouraging yield. f" if.) A street car that carries Its o\ rails has appeared in New York. We aro authorized to state that parties desiring to witness the tour? nament in Greenville, will be passed over the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, both ways, for one fare. DEBOW'S REVIEW.-The October number of this review has some in? teresting articles upon commcrco, race and government. The editor has an unfaltering beliof in the future prosperity of tho ??outh, and is de? voting his great talents to accom? plish so desirable an end. Tho Re? view is published in New York and Now Orleans. FAST AND CHEAP PBINTINO.-We have just added a fast card press-of tho Dogenor it Weiler patent-to tho machinery of the PJtonix office; and have also mede additions to our stock of fancy type, cards, paper, etc. Persons in want of any styles of book and job printing, arc invited to J call and examine samples and prices. Cards printed at shortest notice, and at prices varying from So to 810 per thousand. Mom: BLOODSHED.-Passengers by the Greenville Railroad, yesterday, report that a white man, whose name thej* did not learn, but who was a Democrat, was shot through tho thigh, by a negro, on Saturday night; and on Sunday night, Lee Nance, a colored man, but a conservative from Newberry, and who was thought to be at the head of tho party who fired on tho white man, was shot through the breast, and, it is thought, mortally wounded. Since tho above was written, wo lenin that the name of the white man who was wounded in Newberry was Thomas Ward. Lee Naneo is dead. There is no foundation for tho sensa? tional reports relative to the death of Thomlinson and others. A WORD OP ADVICE.-It having been understood that James Minor, a colored mau, who has been stump? ing tho upper Districts, in tho inter? ests of the Democratic party, was to return home yesterday, a number of his political opponents proceeded to the Greenville depot, prepared, it is reported, to give him a warmer recep? tion than ho. anticipated. The kill? ing of Randolph, and the lawless feel? ing apparently existing in portions ol the up-oonutry, is deeply deplored and deprecated by the botter class of the community; and wo sincerely hope that our colored citizens, whe hnvo been, heretofore, noted foi their excellent behavior and praise worthy conduct, will not be led astraj by excitement, or the advice of bad men, and attempt to retaliate upon innocent individuals for tho guilt oi others, and, by so doing, estrange their white friends. If there is auj law in the laud, punishment will bi meted out to law-breakers.' THE CAIUU CONCERT.-It is to bi hoped that, notwithstanding politica excitement and tho multitude o circusscs, our community will kcoj in mind the concert of young Carri to-morrow evening, at Gregg's Hall Tho debutant is thirteen; but thos who have witnessed his performance on the violin assure us that his cul turo and skill indicate at least twenty Ho is an elev; of Herr Koepper; anti as to nationality, comes from th Rhino province, in Prussia-but h is fully identified, by residence, wit' our city, and deserves tho encouragt mont which his remarkable talen merits. Ho is to be also ably assisted Columbia may justly take prido i her musical offsprings-Miss McCu! loch, who is at this timo on an oy>i rntic tour with Max Marotzek, in th Wost; Mrs. Brennan Dovilliers, wh is not without honor in her ow country; Miss Gabriello Feiningei who is preparing to appear soon upo tho music stago of New York; an Carl Feiuinger, who is attracting at teution also in the metropolis as violinist. After Wednesday evening we shall bo warranted in adding ti this list the name of Fordinam Carri. At a meeting of tho Democrati Club of WiHiamston, held on th 12th instant, tho following r?solutio was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we cordially recon mond James Minor, who this da addressed tho citizens, and with ta. ing effect on tho colored part of tb auuleuoe, to the Duniocrnta of Ando: son and elsewhere, aa a trae an faithful laborer for the Democrat cause in South Carolina. Mr. SynUner* has been appointed ag<snt for Clagett's superior cream * alo, and advertises a lot which he. has just received. Give it a trial judges pronounce it extra fino. DEATH OP MB. JACOB RAIFE. An individual was interred, yesterday afternoon, who, sevoral years, ago, was well known as the rhyming bridge-keeper-Jacob Ralfe. Mr. Raifo was a simple, inoffensive char? acter, whoso peculiar characteristics were his attempts at making rhymes and his great fondness for guns-a stock of each being kept on hand at all times, ready for nae. Many jokes were played on the old man, whioh ho usually enjoyed as well as those who perpetrated them. His age was. about, seventy. Randolph, tho colored Senator, was buried in Columbia, Sunday afternoon, and his funeral was largely attended by his colored friends and admirers. Tho African Methodist Episcopal Church, corner of Taylor and Sumter streets, whero the funeral services woro performed, was densely thronged. Eulogies wero pronounced over tho dead man by three of his colored friends, after which a proces? sion was formed and mnrchod to the cemetery, whero tho body was in? terred. Wo omitted to state in our notice on Suudny morning, that au inquest was held over tho body at Hodge's Depot, (or Cokesbury, as it is generally termed, although Cokes bury proper is nearly two miles off,) and a verdict rondercd that the de? ceased came to his untimely end at tho bauds of three persons unkuowu to the jury. Individuals who wore on the ground at tho time of tho occur? rence, say that as soon as tho terrible act was committed, the parties mounted their horses and rode off. KEEI- WARM AND SAVE YOUR LIFE. At this season, many deaths take place which might be provent?d by warmer clothing. Many a fatal case of dysentery is caused by the want of a woolen under-shirt, or of an extra blauket at night. Tho sudden changes of temperature which occur at this period of tho year are very trying to the constitution. People with weak lungs quickly feel the effect of them. Frequently, the thermometer falls many degrees within a few hours. Not only the feeble, but robust aud strong persons, suffer from such great variations of temperature. When tho weather grows cold rapidly, the pores of the skin aro suddenly closed, and the result, frequently, is a bad cold, which may hold on all winter and terminate in consumption, or a fatal attack of dysentery, or that dreadful disease the typhoid ?Fever, If thc day soems over so warm and bright, it is much safer to wear plenty of under-clothing at this season. lu the evenings, tho dows fall, and it grows chilly very suddenly. At all times, oven when it feels the warm? est, one experiences the difference, which iii so marked, between 'the autumn atmosphere and that of the Bummer. There is something more than thc mero difference in tempera? ture; it may be in the electricity. An occasional fire in a room dries tho walls and purifies tho atmosphere. A little timely attention to all theso things would provent a great deal of the diseaso and suffering which are among tho ills to which humanity is liable. ?_ It is said as tho twig is beut the trco's inclined. Some of the young ladies about lown will grow queerly if tho Grecian style prevails very long. _< ._ MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-Tho post office open during the week from 8J.? a. m. to C p. m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. Tho Charleston and Western mails are open for delivery at 5 p. m., and close at 8) J p. m. Charleston night mail open 8^ a. m., closo 4V? p. m. Northern-Open for delivery at 81J a. m., closes at 2.45 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery 5 p. m., close.1! at 8J? p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at tention is called to the following ad? vertisements, published for the first time this morning: George Symmera-Ale, &c. Independent Fire Engine. Columbia Lodge-Meoting. ?^??. "BBB STOP.*"-IT V> I?KB THE BEE STORE. -O. F. Jaokson suroly hos a run of trade; his place is crowded each day, and his assistants arc as busy as bees.