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C?^UMBIA. Sunday Morning. November lo, 1868. TIM Fortjr-Fint Congrcw. In tte fortieth Congress tbs radi? cals numbered 162, and tho Demo? crats 52, a political status which gave the dominant party the power of a two-thirds vote. Bat tho political complexion of the parties in tho for? ty-first Cougross hos been relioved of some of its sable hue by the onergotio efforts of the Democracy iu the re? cent political struggle. A fow more such triumphs would bo tho death? blow to rampant radicalism. And what has been done can bo done again, truthfully remarks the Peters? burg jucpress. In the forty-first Con? gress th J.Cr: Domoorats, who battled in the fortieth against 162 radicals, will be increased to 77, against 138 radicals. Ia the former Congress, the radical majority was 11.0, in the forty-first Congress it will be 61. So that, whereas, the radicals in tho for? tieth Congress had a two-thirds voto, viz: 162 against 112, the requisito two-thirds, they will not have a two thirds vote in the forty-first Con? gress, their number having boon ro daccd by the Democracy in the recent election from 1G2 to 138. Tho foregoing calculation is based upon the latest returns, and upon the sup? position that tho radicals will elect three from New Hampshiro in March, and two in Connecticut in April. If tho figures of our authority bo cor? rect, tho Democracy have real canso of congratulation at thc political change they have effected in tho next Congress. According to tho publish? ed returns ia the New York Herald, the forty-first Congress will be com? posed of eighty-one Democrats and 133 Republicans or radicals, which is still more flattering. Fall and ac? curate returns will not vary much either statement. ALL RIOHT.-A Washington tele? gram in a Now York paper says that as it is known that the Democrats intend to introduce a bill for the re? storation of the full privileges of the Presidency to General Grant, it is thought that thc Republicans v. iii an? ticipate them, and that an act will bo passed ut the commencement of the December session, to take effect from the 4th of March next, which will give tho now President the full privi? leges of his office. The telegram adds that the office-holders will, of course, bc in favor of thc oxisting condition of affairs. But as tho "outs" aro in a decided majority, and as most Congressmen would desire to conciliate tho rising power, iu view of tho immense number of offices to bo filled, there is little doubt that the act will go through Congress with a largo vote. -? o ? ? THE PKOTEST. - A meeting of tho City Couucil of Charleston was held on Friday night, tu consider the protest relative to the recent election. The following resolution was, after considerable discussion, adopted: Resolved, That it is tho duty of his Honor tho Mayor and Council to ap poiut an early day to verify the bal? loting* in the. various wards, as legal? ly required, to tako under oath evidences of fraud and other illegal acts said to have been practiced iu the recent municipal elections, and in J all needful ways to conform to the Act of Assembly, us au indispensable preliminary to an official enunciation of tho result of the electiou. And that the placo appointed by this Council to hear the evidence in the matter of tho protest of tbo recent electiou bo tho City Court Room, und tho hour 12 m., Saturday, November 14, and bo continued from day to day until completed, Sundays excopted. -? ? TUE CunBBNor ov mn COONTKY. Tho vost expansion which has been effected in tho currency of tho coun? try ia the past seven years, and which is now claimed to bo necessary to its business-oven though development hos boon restrained in ono groat sec? tion by political action-is very strik? ing when compared with.what it was beforo tho war. Tho bank paper cir? culation, January 1, 1861, was $202, 000,000, whilo tho banks held $87, 000,000 of specie; probably tho total iu use of both paper and coin was about $400,000,0d0. Tho highest au? thorized circulation of paper since, including certificates of indebted? ness, was over $1,200,000,000 in 1801- 'CG, but not all was ia nse at onco. The present paper circulation is a little over $700,000,000. inoludiug bank notes, legal tenders and frac? tional currency. Nearly completo returns from Ma? ryland givo Seymour 31,841 majori? ty. The total vote is 92,777. ,-.--^ For the Ptiunlx. lb <?* Conservative Colored Voters of die City of ,Columbia: | It was once written by a learned inan (Seneca) os a proverb of troth, ! shat "tue mun is deserving o? praise who considers not what be may do, bnt what is becoming bim to do." Of tho application of this saying to your? selves, thoro is no moro proper time to verify it than the presont. Tho citizens of Columbia have just emerg? ed from tho excitement of an elec? tion, in which wero involved the dearest interests and most important issues. That there is a League among you, concocted, encouraged and or? ganized by renegade white men from other States, is a fact well known; that these unprincipled -white men, who have no honor, virtue, honesty or patriotism, have seduced very mauy of you from the kind associa? tions with which you but lately lived and enjoyed nmong --cur foiTxioi* own? ers and white friends, is a matter of fact; and that so many of you havo listened to tho falsehoods and baso representations of such mon,may not bo so much a matter of surprise, when considering the short time iu which you havo enjoyed your freo dom. Tho greater propotiou of you havo beon born, raised, nurtured and cared for among us, the whito citizens of this city; and those who havo been brought hore and have been living in the city for many years, can, with the native colored man, testify to tho general kindness nnd caro which has always been shown and extended to you. But in nu ovil hour men have ap? peared among you whom you knew not, strangers many of them, without a home, and perchance, too, without a country, which would acknowledge or know them as citizens. These men havo taught you, not rebellion against your former masters, for you were freedmen, and there was no ne? cessity for rebellion or insurrection; not insubordination, for your former masters bcd by their oten act, in a Convention of tho Slate, resigned all control over you,and hence you were all free; but these men taught you that as you wero now freedmen you had ono privilege, never before en? joyed, and that was to hate reith a will, and to work out all injury aud opposition to your former masters and white friends, and defeat them, even io tho assumption of controlling and managing the State and city go? vernments, and generally to do as you should think (under their speciat direction and advice) most proper for you as freedmen to do. Nay more, somo of these special leaders counsel ed iu their incendiary speeches k rob, to burn, aye, to kill." Well, let all this pass. Muny o! you joined tho League; it was some thing 7iew foryoujyou were "countet in" for tho "free fight." A figb would certainly be on hand, ant tho first came on the questioi of " Couveutiou or no Con ventiou." Very well, you bent us then and there. Next was "Constitu? tion or no Constitution." Very wei again-you beat us lhere, too. Nex iu order was the grand rally for Go vernor, &G. In this trialfyou beat u again, aud elected men whom man; of you did not know, and the mos of you had never heard of. Men wh< wero not citizens of tho State; did nt owu as much dirt nu would cove them were they dead; nor were the; responsible for a dollar iu taxation But under tho wise, nblo and dish terested wh.'to leadership of this prc cious and im maculate League, yo overslaughed your white friends, an gave the State to traveling ?trauger.' You gave to these travelers all th offices, the/) Ickings, fragments, honor: powers and eruoliitueuts, and yo were so generous in your donation: so lavish in your obedience, (rcmombt you arc free,) that yon did not reserv and keep ?iud set asido and besto but one to any of your race. Th was extreme generosity in yoi League, or there was u carpet-ba? scallawng lash held over you. I kindness, however, and with goo feeling toward you, it is eousidort that yiri have beeu grossly deeoive? tho fulfillment of the promises mat you not huvtug been as yet realize these travelers not having yet nppo tioned tinto ouch and all of yoi Item 1. Forty acres of land and a f mulo for agricultural freedmen. Ile 2. A house, lot and appurteuances i somo city, village or other choii placo at your own choosing, for eil freedmen. Item 3. Any office, wheth high or low, to which you might o pire, even SENATOR in the Co gress of the United States, to whi< your abilities, position and previo conduit,t should recommend to t freedmen at large. These aro said bo among the promises made to ye by the travelers; but as to how mai of you having been successful these expectations, thoro is no oi dence thus far, whioh is at all ava able; and all that in left for inquir ia, have you received any of tbei and if you havo not, theo you ci behove, if you will, that these travi era havo lied unto you. and inlentic ally outraged yon-they tbemselv being elevated to office by your voli wbilo you are domed oliico by itu cunning and strategy. What think yon of these matters? Reflect among yourselves, for "facts are stubborn things." Having shown there ia a League among you, whether for good or evil, need; not be now debated, and having briefly presumed some of the consequences of that League, to-wit: offices, position and money to the travelers, and outside in the cold to the leaguers, an application of the saying of Seneca is now cheerfully tendered to the colored voters, who manfully, honestly and like freemen as they arc, joined their interests with, their white conservative friends, in tho Into elec? tion for Mayor and Aldermen of thc city on Tuesday last. The old saying is, "The mun is de? serving of praise who considers not what be may do, but what it is be? coming him to do.'' Those of you who boldly, and in spito of throats and the party lash, cast your votes on Tuesday last with and for your con? servative friends, acted nobly. You showed by that action that you are freemen in word, thought and deed, ns you are freomen by nome. Your conduct showed that you wero above tho League, by recognizing, knowing and assisting your true whito friends in an issue that is as important to thc colored, as it is to the white man. Your conduct has raised you largely in tho estimation of the white citi? zens with whom you voted, and of ono thing you may be assured, that the good will of your whito friends in Columbia, who have noticed and ap? preciate your votes, is of fur more consequence to you and your wives and little ones, than all the false rep? resentations and specious promises of these traveling patriots, who have neither permaueut home nor country, 60 to judge them by their own acts. The conservativo citizens of Colum? bia who voted tho Democratic ticket, which is elected, tender you their public thanks for your conduct in this election, and do not consider that they compromise their position and dignity as white citizens, by ren? dering unto you this meed of praise for your assistance, for you evidently had it in your power to have voted otherwise. Thus applying the maxim of Sene? ca to the colored voters, who are knowu, there is a strong hope that truth will still more influence aud prevail at a future time, not very dis? tant, is tho belief of mouy citizens, as it is the hope and belief of ONE OF THE PEOPLE. ?-??-? THE DANK OF THE STATE.-The Charleston JNWs, in publishing thc opinion of Associate Justice Willard, refusing the npplieutiou for a writ of mandamus to compel the President and Directors of thc Bank of the State of South Carolina to deliver the nssests of the Bnnk to Governor Scott, says: "The case is ono of the greatest importance, involving the faith and credit of the State, and at? tracting the attention, not only of this entire country, but of the com? mercial world wherevor South Caro? lina securitios ore known. "Justice Willard holds that the writ of mandamus was the proper remedy in this case to enforce the duty devolved by the statue upon the President nud Directors of the bank to deliver the assets of tho bank to Governor Scott, but that inasmuch as the wholo fund in dispute is now in the hands of the Court of Equity, a court of competent jurisdiction, no other court can lay hold on it or di? vert it from tho purposes to which it would be appropriated by tho courso of said snit-and he thereforo refuses the motion. The Act of 1868, en? titled 'An net to close the operations of the Bank of tho State.' he con? siders not as a remedial statute, but merely as an operation of a proprie? tary claim to tho fund, nud, there? fore, not exempting this case froiu the force of roasouiug applicable to cases in which the State is not a party." --- A NOVEL INVENTION.-The Charles? ton Mercury says that the latest no? velty of inventivo genius, is a car wi.ich carries its own track, and runs on au ordinary wagon road. Wero a freight train coupled at each end and pluced so ns to represent a per? pendicular hoop, and then o track bout around the circle and welded at each end, the cars and track would illustrate tho principle of which this muchine is constructed. Tho ear is oval, and encompassed by a track running lengthwise around it. The wheels ure in double, trios, connected by iron rods, and when tho car is in motion, tho wheels and rods revolve around it. The wheels do not touch the ground, but they are supported by feet, which, if broud, allow tho car to pass over sandy or swampy soil. It can bo steered to go in any desired direction with ease. The feet are six feet apart, and not the least jar is felt when thoy touch the ground. Tho ear is so constructed that holes or ditches offer no impediment. It is horribly hinted that two thirds of tho 30,000 patients in French lunatic asylums are perfectly sane, but havo boen placed in them for various infamous reasons. It is exceedingly easy to got a person in? carcerated, only the certificate o? a police doctor being required, but it is proportionately difficult to procure a release. FREEZING THE BRAIN.-Tho discov? ery that the brain of a living animal could be frozen and afterward could i recover was made by Dr. Jamen Ar I not , ?rho solidified the brain of a ' pigeon by exposing it to a freezing I mixture. Hore research stopped, be? cause with an ordinary freezing mix ! ture it was not possible to act on in? dividual parts of tho organ; but tho importance of the discovery is not I the less on that account. It was a marvelous revealing. Think what it was? Here was a living organ ol [ mind, a centre cf power, of all guid? ing power, of all volition. It took in every motion of the. universo to which it was exposed. It took the light, and form and color by the eye; it took in sound by the ear; sensation and substance by tho touch; odor by the nostrils, and tasto by the mouth; it gave out, in return or respouse.nni mnl motion, expression-all else that demonstrates a living animal; with? out it tho animal was turned iuto n mere vegetable. And this organ, tho very centre and soul of the organism, was, by mere physical experiment, for a time made dead-all its powers ico bound. Aud this organ, nguiu set free, received its functions back again, aud, as we know now by fur? ther observation, its functions unim? paired. Surely this was the discov? ery of a new world.-American Edu? cational Monthly. -? ? .... THE NEW REGIME AND How IT AF? FECTS TUE COLOREO PEOPLE.-The election of Pillsbury seems to have turned the heads of thc colored peo? ple, and they imagine that, with their idol on the throne, their wildest dreams will be realized. A number of colored women, evidently from the country, were seen yesterday, while passiug through the back street*, to stop and vie iv the bouses and select some for their future resi? dences. A lady was rudely pushed while endeavoring to pass between two negro girls, who took up the whole sidewalk; and, on remonstrat? ing with them politely, was abused and told to take tho outside, as that was her place now that the election was over. - Charleston News. The Portuguese possessions iu Mozambique, on the coast of South? eastern Africa, have been the scene of a terrible disaster. Au expedition of eight hundred men, which had been sent into the interior, has beeu at? tacked by the savages and almost an nihilated. Nominally, the posses? sions of Portugal in Mozambique are vory extensive, as they exceed tho aggregate area of Frauce, Belgium and Holland; but actually the Portu? guese only hold the few points occu? pied by their troops, and whenever they venture upou au expedition into tile interior, it is at n risk of terrible disasters which has just befallen them. VEEOOIPEDING UY LADIES.-Tho New York Post announces the c?m? plete success of a moon-light veloci? pede race, by ladies, which took place in that city a few evenings since. The enterprise was planned by a young lady fresh from Paris, where she got inoculated with the velocipede mania. Already the Ame? rican manufacturers of these articles of locomotion have improved very much on the French models, and it is thought that velocipeding will be? come the fashion for ladies ns well as gentlemen this season. A negro man named Melvin White, voted for Seymour and Blair, nt Murfresboro, N. C., left tho polls and went homo and fell dead shortly after. He was buried by his white friends in a silver-mount', d cofiiu, six of them carrying his collin to the grave as a token of respect to thc de? ceased. It was suspected ho was poisoned by some of thc Leaguers. SOETH CAROLINA MINING AND MAN (.:FACTORING COMPANY.-At thc uiiiiOn? meetiug of the stockholders of this association, the following gentlemen were elected the directors for the en? suing year: Professor F. S. Holmes, Dr. N. A. Pratt, Messrs. George T. Lewis, Samuel Grant, Jr., J. E. Smith, Frederick Klett, S. F. Fisher, E. N. Hutchinson and T. J. Summer. [Charleston News. A history o? tho slave trade curried on with tho port of Charleston from 1801 to IS03, taken from the custom bouse records, has recently been pub? lished. Tho whole number of slaves brought into Charleston during the period montioucd amounted to 38, 77G. Of these 19,649 wore brought in English ships, C70 by Frenchmen, and 8,103 in American vessels. FROM BALTIMOUE TO CHARLESTON IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURH.-Tho swift steamship "Carroll," in charge of hor popular commander, Captaiu Hud gins, arrived boro early yesterday morning, making tho run from wharf to wharf in forty-eight hours, which is tho quickest voyago yet made. [Charleston News. FLORIDA FRUIT.-It is thought thut if tho Florida fruit crop continues to increase, the United States need no longer look to the West Indies for orauges and lamons. Bishop, of Now Havoo, who gave $80,000 to tho canvass, now wants to buy the State Honse and grounds for $200, ono Edgofield being without a Board of Commissioners of Education, the town has no municipal officers. .nu The hotel and buildings at Bently Springs, the well known summer re? sort, BitimIud in Baltimore County, some thirty miles from the city, on tho Northern Central railway, caught fire from some unknown cause early on Saturday morning. Being mostly constructed of wood, they, together with the furniture contained in them, were in a short time almost entirely consumed. A New Hampshire editor who has been keeping a record of big beets, announces at Inst that "the beet that beat tho beet that beat the other beet is now beaten by a beet that beats all the beets, whether the original beet, tho beet that beat the boot, or the beet that beat the beet that bent tho beet that beat tho beet." On Friday last, a negro named Thomns Ryan was hanged in Wil liamston. Merlin County, N. C., for the brutal murder of u young man by the name of Legget, a clerk nt Jamesville. The murdored man's offence consisted in having refused to sell the negro liquor. PEKSONAL.- August Belmont, the Chairman of the Democratic Nation? al Committee, spent election day in thia city, not even casting his vote for Seymour and Blair. He probably thought it was asking a little too much of him to help Frauk to the Vice-Presidency.-Newport Neus. DEMORALIZATION OE THE PAPAL ATCMY.-A cabio despatch from Lou? don informs us that tho hetrogeneous gathering of men known as tho Pope's army in Rome is rapidly becoming demoralized. Desertions in large numbers are becoming more and more frequent. Grant was great eveu iu boyhood at breaking horses. But Prentice thinks that never before did he be? stride so vicious a nag as radicalism. We will wait and seo whether thc man breaks the nag or the nug the man. or each the other. Now that tho election is over, Southern papers ure beginning tc serve up dishes of f-pico and fun. The Now York Herald thinks that is the best way to take defeat and dis appointment. The city of Galena forms two town ships, East and Wost, and Genera Graut's rcsidenco is on the East side This gives twenty-eight Rep?blica! majority, while tho West side give? twenty Democratic majority. Tin? Memphis Appeal indulges ii big head lines over tho election muong other things ejaculating "Sound the Lend Timbrel o'er al Tennessee, Leftwich's elected, th< Eighth District is free." Brigham Young rueaus to educab the young Mormons to read only ii the "Deseret Alphabet," so that thei minds may not be contaminated b; wicked books of Gentilo authorship It is said that, although tho edee tiou is over, Butler and Kilpatricl still cherish a mutual and deadly hos tility. The world would be nono th worse off if Eil. wero to kill Butlei and Butler wero to kill KU. A man at Tillers, France, near! killed himself bj- drinking eightj four cups of coffee for a wager, j cup of strong salt and water, ponre down his throat in time, saved hi life. A justice in Buffalo rccontly di cided that umbrellas aro property and sentenced a man to tho ponitci tiary for thirty- days for stealing on of those useful articles. Every laboring man has to wor two and a half days each week to pa the taxes on what he eats and weal during the time. The "beat Coven mont on earth." A reverend gentleman in Wi.icoi siu has got into trouble with ono < the ewes of his flock, and un irat husband is chasing him, nut with pistol, but with a warrant. GREENVILLE.-Intendant-Dr. V ii. Jones. Wardens-Dr. S. S. Ma shall, Dr. A. D. Hoke, Dr. J. I Dean. T. C. Gower, O. A. Pickle, 1 Whitmire. The Hartford Post asks if it ongl not to "give God thc glory for tl election. To which the Norwh Adrerliser responds: "No, no-'gi the devil his due.' " A LON? TBAMI*.-Two un i. lia' arrived in Richmond, who claim have walked all thc way-except ? miles -from Texas. ORANOEBURO.-Intendant-N. Bull. Wardens-G. II. Cornelso E. J. Oliveros, Thomas Ruy. JOFCJ; McNamara. John Morrissey has more tb 11,000 majority in the Fifth Nc York District. George Francis Tra received 2,550 votes. LAUKENS.-Intendant-J. Wa Motte. Wardens-J. G. Traynhai A. W. Kruse, B. W. Ball, R. Richardson. Butler says Kilpatrick was put prison for stealing mules, and K patrick is of tho opinion that But onght to bo there for stealing spooi The Democratic majority in De ware is 3,528. The Republicans aa only two mombors of the State ? nate. The Spanish journals state Qne Isabella during the thirty-five yei of her reign received $89,503,000 gold for her personal expenses. A hurricane in Tennessee carriei brick chnroh half a milo and tumb it into a'rrcok. Le Bon-Ton-the lender of fashion - - for December, has just come to hand. It contains oat patterns, besides fash ion plates and miscellaneous reading. S. T. Taylor, 891 Canal street, New York, is the publisher. TUE METEORIC DISPLAY.-Newspa? per men at times enjoy advantages over those who are onabled to retire early. Gu Friday night or Saturday morning the meteoric display which was announced by the astronomers to come off from the 12th to tho 16th was witnessed in all its brilliancy by the I daily pnperites. The exhibition com? menced about one o'clock, but did not arrive at the auino of its splendor until about four A. M. Tho display was grand sud terrible in tho ex? treme. FAST AND CII^AT PiatraNt?.-Wo have just added a fast card press-of tho Degener & Weiler patent-to the machinery of the Plionix office; and have also made additions to our stock of fancy type, cards, paper, etc. Persons in want of any stylos of book and job printing, are invited to call and examine samples and prices. Cards printed at shortest notice, and at prices varying from $3 to $10 per thousand. RELIGIOUS SERVICES THIS DAT. Trinity Church-Rev. P. J. Shaml, Rector, 101? n. m. and 4 p. m. St. Peter's Church-Rev. J. J. O'Connell, Pastor, 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. Marion Street Church-Rev. Mr. Browne, lOJii a. m. and 3J? p. m. Washington Streot Chapel-Rev. Wm. Martin, 10*4 tt- m- ond 3J<i p. m. Lutheran Lecture Room-Rev. A. R. Rude, 10y? o. m. Presbyterian Church-Rev. W. E. Bogg8, 1014 ?. na. and 7 p. m. Baptist Church-Rev. J. L. Rey? nolds, 10y2 a. m. DESPONDENT YOUTH.-A bright lit little boy was asked by a lady if ho studied hard at school. He replied that he did not hurt himself much at it. "Ob," said the lady, "you mast study hard or you will never be Pre? sident of the United States." "Yes, ma'am," he replied, "bat I don't ex peet to be; I am a Democrat." MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The post office open during tho week from 8J-? a. m. to 6 p. m. On Sundays, from 4 to 5 p. m. The Charleston and Western mails uro opon for delivery at 6 p. m., and close at 8>4 p. m. Charleston night mail open 8>? a. m., close 4J? p. m. Northern-Open for delivery at S1., a. m., closes at 2.45 p. m. Greenville-Open for delivery 5 p. m., closes at 8).j p. m. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Special at tcntion is called to the following ad? vertisements, published for the first time this morning: J. P. Moore-Com. Sale. P. F. Frazee-Sheriff's Sales. ? C. F. Jackson-Grand Opening. E. R. Dorsey-Notice to Shippers. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. ENDURANCE.-It is astonishing what the human frame eau endure. Tho numerous assistants that C. F. Jack? son has in his cottiplete establishment aro as fresh from for to-morrow's work as thoy would be after a long rest. Try them. It is strango to seo with what care? lessness some invalids attend to their health. They will procure a box of PLANTATION BUTTERS, which ought to be used up in a month or six weeks, and upon inquiry it is found that they have used only two or three bottles. Some days they have used it according to the directions, and others have not touched it. The whole trial has been irregular, and of course n less favorable result hos come from their use. If it be true that "what is worth doing at all is worth doing well," how emphatically is it true in mattera relating to tho health ? A few bottles of PLANTATION BITTERS havo often wrought wonders, while in other instances disease has only been sub duod after weeks of resistance. MAGNOLIA WATER-Superior to tho best imporlod Gorman Cologne, and poid at half the price. N14jlf3 A SERIES OF AFFLIOTTO'NS.-Mr. Sylvester Gaylord, of Wallingford, hos recently suffered a serios of afflic? tions such as is seldom visited upon a human hoing in so short a period of timo. On toe 22d of October last his little daughter, six years old, died of diptheria; on tho 27th his wife followed, on the 30th au infant, a few days old, died. Last Sunday his son, aged eightcon years, succumbed to an attack of diplhoria, and was buried on Monday, u lodge of Good Templars, of which he was a member, attending. Mr. Gaylord lia? uow loft of a f*mi!y of five, whloh seventeen days ago made glad hi? homo circle, only om; child, thro" years old. His is truly a s id oasis [Kew Haven Journal, No?, ll