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COLUMBIA. S. C. friday Morning, June 14, 18.2. Greeley'? Record. This is the title of a pamphlet which .we received yesterday from New York. 'It embraces a series of editorials wbioh have appeared in the Tribuna from the poo of Mr. Greelery, on the subjects of atuuesty and reconstruction, from the timo-of tho surrender of the army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox; also, -speeches and extracts of speeches upon public topics since that time. We wish <4u?t every Democrat in tho land-at lev?t, every Southern Democrat-could have opportunity to read this pamphlet, and thus learn precisely what aro tbe .-sentiments towards the South, and what ideas of reconstruction and of tho policy of the General Government in tbe re-es? tablishment of the Union Mr. Greeley las entertained and advocated. Tbe .pamphlet is ti satisfactory and complete refutation of the bitter assaults made by Bourbon or Grant Democrats against Mr. Greeley, as being the personation of Radicalism and the persistent antagonist oi?c very Democratic principle. We defy ?ny candid and intelligent person to .lead these artioles, written by Mr. Gree? ley from after the 10th of April, 18G5, and t?ony that Horaoe Greeley bas been 'the consistent and earnest friend of the South; and what is more, has urgod no .measures of reconstruction which were not based upon the broadest philan? thropy and purest patriotism. He has beon right from the first and invariably -since. The South and the Democratic party has been wrong frequently, and 'there it is where we have clashed and found an antagonist in Horace Greeley. He has not done ns a siDgle wrong since emancipation. He hos failed to sustain an when we wero wrong, in matters in .which we can see that we are wrong. We should respect and esteem him the .morefor it. 'On the 10th day of April, 18G5, the 'dav-after General Lee surrender ed, Mr. .Greeley comes out in an article headed ?..Magnanimity in Triumph," in which he assumes the same attitude and tone of reconciliation to the conquered South aa that now maintained by the Liberal ^Republican movement, of which he is Ibo standard bearer. Liberal Republi? canism is nothing more than the deve? lopment of those same ideas, ibo samo feelings of friendship for the South and desire for a genuine re-nnion of the States, which filled the mind and warmed the big heart of honest old Horaoe seven years ago. In the article referred to, after speaking in deprecatory terms of the efforts which were being made to swerve Mr. Lincoln from his purpose of issuing a proclamation of amnesty to the .Confederates, and ??o instigate him, in? stead, to institute proceedings to puni- u th a more prominent of our Southern leaders, Mr. Greeley writes ns follows: "Nor can wo agree with those who would punish the original plotters of secession, yet spare their ultimate and scarcely willing converts. Ou the con? trary, .while we would revive or inflame resentment against none of them, we feel far less antipathy to the original up? holders of 'the resolutions of 1798,' to ? the disciples of Calhoun and MoDuffie, to the nullifiers of 1832, and the 'States rights* men of 1860, than to the John Bells. Humphrey Marshalls and Alexan? der H. H. Stuarts, who were schooled io the national faith, and who, in becoming disanionists and rebels, trampled on the professions of a life time and spurned the logio wherewith they bad so often demonstrated that accession was trea? son." **??** "We plead against passions certain at this moment to be fierce and intolerant; .bat on oar side are the ages and the voice of history. We plead for a resto? ration of the Union, against a policy which would afford a momentary gratifi? cation at the oost of years of perilous ?ate and bitterness. "'Wo have borne for a quarter of a ooo tu ry the unjust imputation of hating the Sooth, when we hated and sought to subvert only slavery, the scourge alike of South and North-and the sole cause of discord between them. We have done what we could-of conree, not always ojriaeJy-to baffle, to circumscribe-, and ultimately to overthrow the slave power. At length, through a snooession of ?vents which no hi man being could have devised or foreseen, tho end wbioh we sincerely hoped but hardly expected to see, is plainly before ns. American slavery is visibly in the agonies of disso? lution; if we lire a year longer, we shall almost certainly see it laid in the grave; snd, whenever abolished here, its expul? sion from the last rood of Christendom that it now curses cannot be postponed /fiveyears. Let us take care that no vin -dio ti ve impulse shall bo suffered to im? peril this glori?os consummation. -"Those who invoke military oxeoution tor the vanquished, or even for their leaders, we suspeot, will not generally bo found among the few who have long been -exposed to unjust odium as haters of the South, because they abhorred slavery. .And, as to the long oppressed and de? graded blaoks, so lately the slaves, des? tined still to be the neighbors, and we 'trust at no distant day the fellow-citizens .of tbe SoQtborn whites, weare sure their roi co, could it be authentically ottered, would ring ont decidedly, sonorously, on the side of clemency-of humanity." Tt is to Greeley and other genuine lovers of the Union and of their brother man, to whom we are indebted for the escape of oar most worthy citizens from the ignominious execution which Radical hate and fanaticism desired to oonaign them, and for the saving, too, of what little property was left oar people from confiscation. Grant WUB of the number at that time. Proud of his unexpected fame, the hero of the Union, and in? debted for his glory to General Lee, he was inolined, or seemed to be inolined, to aot magnanimously, and not the part of champion to his fallon foes. But he fell from that high estate. The entice? ments of office and power and the bland? ishments of flatterers and sycophants led him from the path of honor. The sparks of a higher ambition which brightened his life after Appomattox wcro smothered in the sordid lusts of pelf and political aggrandizement after he waa made President. Where the shattered Sooth had once looked for her staunchest protector, sho foaad her ohief spoliator. Tho time for execution of Southern leaders and public conGaea - tion wu? past, but Grant has done the worst he contd, or that the most malig? nant, venomous hater of the South could desiro. The South has Dot been confiscated to the Government, bat mil? lions of its property has been given to thievish carpet-baggers. It has been beset, bedeviled, plundered and perse? cuted with the most relentless hatred, and Grant is tho man responsible for it; for he and he only had the power to pre? vent it. Bat he would not. They have been his instrumenta who have done those damnable things, and the work is his. Grant was with Greeley in '66, but he left him, and has taken counsel rather of Morton, Beast Butler and others each as they. Greeley stands to-day where he stood tho day after Lee's surrender, and hos stood ever since, the advocate of complete amnesty and renewed friend? ship to the South and of the protection and enTranohisoment of the blacks. The following is an extract from an article following the one before oited: * * * ??yye entreat the President promptly to do and dare in the cause of magnanimity. The Southern mind is now open to kindness, and may be mag? netically affected by generosity. Lut assurance at onoo be given that there is to be a general amnesty, and no general confiscation. This is none the less the dictate of wisdom, because it is also the dictate of mercy. What we ask is, that the President say, in effect, 'Slavery having, through rebellion, committed suicide, let the North and the South unite to bury the carcass, and then clasp han'lo across tl i grave." We could go on and fill our paper with such extracts fren the pamphlet we have in hand. T" 3outh wants no better friend. * .jre reliable man for Presi? de* . .t.AU.ltlorace'Grecley. G BANT IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.-From all accounts the nominee of the Phila? delphia Convention is not held in favor in Beaufort, which embraces a large Re? publican voting population. A gentle? man, a Republican at that, from there a day or two ago, said that at a recent publio meeting only ono man threw up his hat for Grant, and very soon after tried to get oat of the strait he had got into by so doing. That maa was a Federal office-holder. ? * ??-> FATAL ACCIDENT.-A terrible accident occurred at the Anderson Depot on last Saturday afternoon, resulting in the death of Mr. Banders Smith, a well known sohool teacher of this County. It seems that Mr. Smith was desirous of taking the train for Belton at half-past 2 o'olook, and went to the depot for that purpose. He was considerably intoxi? cated, and went near the edge of the platform. The oars were being shifted at the time, and the freight oars were ran oat oa the track next to the platform with the intention of leaving tba hind? most car. When this was "oat off" from the train, one of the hands called oat "all right," as is oastomary, and it is sap posed that Mr. Smith concluded that this signal meant to get aboard, wbioh he at? tempted jost as the train moved rather briskly, when the oar striking him, he was thrown down next to the platform, and was caught between the oar and the platform, in which position he was tamed round several times within a spaoe of less than six inches, crashing him most horribly, and breaking his left arm and right thigh. Although the alarm was instantly given, the train could not be stopped until the entire length of the oar was passed, with the unfortunate man being crashed within this narrow space. His mangled body was taken into the reception room of the depot, where he breathed bio last in a short time.-Anderson Intelligencer. DEATHS.-Mr. John China, another venerable citizen of this community, breathed his last on Sunday, tho 9th inst. Mr. China was widely known, not only among the people of this County, but to the traveling public, having boon for many years the proprietor of tho old Sumter Hotel.-Sumter News. Muslnpha Pincknoy, a colored boy, wss drowned in Cooper River, last Sun? day, while bathing. Tbere were thirty-three deaths in Charleston, for the week ending the 8th-whites twelve; colored twenty-one. Judge Orr Blakes ? Speech. Yesterday afternoon hand-bills were distributed on the streets, announcing, in mammoth letters, that James L. Orr would deliver an address on the subject of the Philadelphia Convention and its nominees, at Carolina Hall, at half-past 8 o'clock P. M. The important an? nouncement was not circulated suffi? ciently, we presume, for ?there was not so large an audience present as generally attendu a one-borne Radical pow-wow. The ball, however, was pretty well filled with oolored folks of the masculine per? suasion, and there was a tolerably fair sprinkling of whites on tho front seats. The Judge, who was rosy and lookad hot, seemed to labor considerably, as bu spoke in that hard, dry, metallic and jerky tono characteristic of him. Per? haps we judged with a jaundiced mind, but we thought the Judge made a very poor speech. Judge Orr is never elo? quent, nor even smooth and pleasing in his diction, not to speak of his grammar; but ho is generally sensible, direct sud forcible in what bo has to say. What ho does know, he knows thoroughly and practically, and can present in a con? vincing manner. We presume he didn't know much about Qrant that is good, for he failed to show it. The Judge spoke of the Philadelphia Convention, and the wonderful Grant enthusiasm which pervaded it. He hud never before, during his long political career-to which be frequently alluded seen such an overpowering gush of devo? tion to any publio mao us was mani? fested towards Grant at Philadelphia. One thing that struck him as remarka? ble, was the singular unanimity with which all tho delegates went for Grant, and this, together with what he saw aud heard at New York and Washington, and elsewhere, convinced him that, unless all indications were deceptive, Grant waB sure to be elected in Novem? ber. The Judge then launched off into a straggling eulogy upon Grant, which was tremendous in design, but failed la? mentably iu exeoution. As a eulogist, Judge Orr is not a success, or else his subject was a bad one, and he is too much of a Washington to lie with grace or facility. We rather think that both causes combined to render this portion of the Judge's speeoh particularly drag? ging and laborious. It put one in mind of a bulky horse, or an over-laden one. He made desperate lunges, now and then tightened the chains, burst the hnme strings, and onoe plunged clear out of harness when he called Grant a "soldier and a gentleman." Rut he wiped bis face and tried it again, and finally suc? ceeded in lugging Grant from Fort Do? naldson to Appomattox Oourt House, showing him a pretty good soldier, il not a gentleman, all the way. It had been well for tbe Judge if he had left Grant at Appomattox, where he had succeeded in getting him sound in health and fuir in reputation. Rut thc fates ordered otherwise, aod tho Judge, doubtless with an oppressed sigh, hi tehee on to his hero again, and tugged him tc the White House, and through it. He bogged at nepotism, floundered ut gift taking, and finally tumbled himself. Grunt aud all headlong into the chaste created by tho suspension of habeai corpus. On the subject of Grant's nepo tism, tho Judgo tried to be legal ant eyllogistioul, and ended in being verj silly. He begged tho question aud mad; no case, auy way. If, he said, Grant's relatives whom h< bas appointed are competent, he baa ai much right to appoint them as anybody else. The only obligation that Gram owed tho people was that the public service should be properly managed, aoc if his relatives answered tbe purpose, i was nobody's business. We advise Judge Orr to read Sumner'i speech ag ?D, and see there with wha abhorrence Washington, Jefferson anc other great and good men looked opoi this disgraceful offenoe of nepotism. Wt know, though, that Judgo Orr did no' mean what be said here. He was play ing the roi? of the advooato rather thai the conscientious Judge, and he ough to be ashamed to instill such false senti meats into the hearts of Iiis coloree hearers, who were listening attentively aud receiving as gospel every word hi uttered. Judgo Orr bas been Governor of Sontl Carolina, and had offices and appoint ments in his gift. Was he in the Imbi of appointing his relatives to office' We think not. We bave heard it sait in his praise that he was not, but on tin contrary was scrupulously exact ii avoiding all appearanoo of evil io thii respect. Wo do not know, oor have wi ever heard, of a single relative of his and he bas a legion-whom be appointee to office while Governor of this State The samo reasons that dissuaded bin from aoting tho nepotist, should han made bim blush when he attempted ti justify Grant's condnot in this regan before an ignoiant people. We hope he bas not obanged his wholesome views on tbis subject since he tamed Republican; and if he has not, he is inexcuBuble in justifying that in another which be would be ashamed to do himself. On the subject of Grant's gift-taking, the Judge was soaraely more pleasing, and even less ooovincing, than on nepotism. When ho reached tho Ku Rlax out? rages, the Judgo put on all his mettle. He hnd evidently crammed on this sub? ject probably from somo of the edito? rials of our Ku Klux martyr across the way. But wo must close our comments hero on account of the lateness of the hour. On the subject of State affairs, Judgo Orr spoke but a few words at the wind? ing up. He advised tho colored people to send only honest men to the nomi? nating convention, end vote only for honest officiais. Hu said that the State Government sadly needed amendment, and was the cause of much anxiety to the party ut large. Governor Scott, who was sitting in front of the speuker, put on a dry grin here. Ho evidently thought tho Judgo was getting personal in bis remarks. ? -??-? TnE GIFT-TAKEII ACCEPTS.-Tho fol? lowing is Grant's letter of uccuptance of thu Bread and Butter nomination: WASUINGTON, Juno 10, 1872. HON. THOMAS SETTLE, PRESIDENT OF TUE NATIONAL IIEPUDLICAN CONVENTION: Your lutter of this dule, advising of tho action of the Convention held in Phila? delphia, cn thu 5th uud Gth of the mouth, and of my uuuuimous renomination for the Presidency, is received. I nccept the nomination, and through you return my heart-felt thanks to your constitu? ents for this murk of their confidence and support. If elected in November, and protected by a kind Providence in health and strength to perform the duties of the high trust couferrud, I promise the same zuul and devotion to the good of the whole people for the future of my of? ficial lifo as shown in the past. Past ex? perience muy guide me in avoiding mis? takes inevitable with novices in ull pro? fessions and in all occupations. When relieved from the responsibili? ties of my present trust by the election of a successor, whether it be at the end of this term or the next, I hope to leave to him, as Executive, a country at peace in ita own borders, at peace with outside nations, with a credit at home aud abroad, and without embarrassing ques? tions to threaten its future prosperity. With the expression of a desire to see a speedy healing of bitterness of feeling between sections, parties, or races of citizens, and the time when the title of citizen carries with it all tbe protection uud privileges to the humblest that it does tho most exalted, I subscribo my? self, most respectfully, your obedieut servant, U. S. GRANT. By way of comment, the Richmond Enquirer observes: We bad no idea he would accept. Who could have thought he would take anything of so little vaine, and with thanks? But he has really written a lutter, and it is all of bis own composi? tion. It bas his unmistakable ear-marks. No one else could huve manifested such self-complacent egotism, profound stu? pidity and unblushing impudence, tte speaks of his zeal und devotion to the good of the whole people. That is a very grim Presidential joke, and bis sa? tanic majesty, who stood at our Presi? dent's elbow, must have grinned sar? donically as hu prompted this "devilish inaccuracy." Tho idea of a Prosidtnt confessing that he entered upon his duties a mere novice four years ugo, and laying all the blame of his mismanagement upou his want of experience! Great heavens! what bas tho republic como toi Thu vuiy idea of our Government was based upon tho necessity of a person ex? perience being iu the President's chair a man who had learned the art of go? verning a country. It was not created as a school for novices and tyros-a place for young ap? prentices -to experiment in. This is Healthy. We havo been ia the hands of a novice for the last five years] He has just begun to leam what his duties are, and we must keep him four years longer, that wo may got tho benefits of his ex? perience acquired at our expense, and at tho expense of our murdered institu? tions. Wo think it time we dispensed with this journeyman or apprentice, and selected a master workman for the posi? tion. Wo understand a committee of gentle? men-practical cotton planters-will shortly take a trip of some seventeen miles over on the "Dark Corner" side of the District, to witness an uourual ano? maly in the cotton plant thus early in the si'ason, which we aro assured by Mr. Press Blackwell, and other reliable gen? tlemen, is already bursting its bolls and will soon bo ready for the nimble fingers of the cotton piokers. Wo hope to send a reporter with fchis sight-seeing and in? vestigating committee, and will present oar readers with a full description of this now species of cotton, whioh is now ex? citing considerable comment among cot? ton planters. Mr. B. tells us that ail tbe seed of this wonderful cotton have been engaged ut fabulous prices. f Rdge?-?d Advertiser. ---? # A coroner's jory was summoned yester? day morning to hold an inquest upon the body of an infant child, whioh had been found in the viein ty of the poor bouse.-Augusta Constitutionalist. Tbe post office formerly at Clear Spring, in Greenville County, has boen ru opened, mid Mr. Robert League ap? pointed postmaster. Eiooal Items. m ? m GiTT MATTERS.-The price of single copies of the PHOENIX is five cents. Defaulting city tax-payers will bear ?D mind that to-day is the last day of grace. All taxes unpaid to-morrow will have the penalty added. The agricultural meeting announced for yesterday afternoon bas been post? poned until Saturday. Brookbanks bas a fresh lot of oranges. They uro largo, Bwcct and juicy. Our readors oan hod nothing which tends to fill tho home circle with such cheerful faces and happy hearts as the cultivation of music around the fireside. Whitney's Musical Ouest is doiog much towards the advancement of this beauti? ful art. It gives in every number music worth more than the subscription price per year-SI. Send ten cents for a spe? cimen copy and satisfy yourselves. Ad? dress W. W. Whitney, Toledo, Ohio. Governor Scott bas re-appointed E. li. Losesno and Samuel T. Cooper Trial Justices for Williamsburg County; P?. H. Carlton for Beaufort County, and ap? pointed Melton Wallace a Trial Justice for Uuion County. The following is the programme of music by tho band of the 18th United States Infantry for this afternoon: No. 1-Rifle Club March, by Buch. No. 2-Duetto Opera Semiramide, by Rossini. No. 3-Potito Polka, by Faust. No. 4-Selections from J_iaPerichole, by Offenbach. No. 5-Leap Year Galop, by Samuels. There is a colored man in the City Hospital who claims to be 111 years old. The Charleston Nc tc s states that De? tective Hendricks made a brutal assault on Mr. John Moroso, of the Courier, on Wednesday last, in the public street. The provocation was the publication of his arrest in Atlanta, Ga., recently. Mr. W. H. Trezevant was carried to Charleston, last night, to appear before Judge Bryan, this morning, under a writ of habeas corpus. Several gentle? men from Chester will testify in bis be? half. Spring chickens have sprung up very high in our markets, and there is no guessing when they will come down. CuAniiESTOii REPUBLICAN.-We have received a circular of this journal, in which it invitee encouragement and sup? port. We make the following extract, which explains its position better than wo cao : "The Republican is firm in its advocacy of the Liberal nominees at Cincinnati, thoroughly endorsing the platform there adopted; and, in the approaching cam? paign, will lead its influence among thc members of its party to secure a change in tbe administration of the State, striv? ing to placG in power those above re? proach, battling for an honest reform, r diminution of tho taxes, and the protea tion of tbe citizen in every capacity, In fact, atriviug to placo in power those against whom a word of doubt bas nevei been raised, and whom every citizen cai thoroughly endorse. PHOXIXIANA.-Engagement braceleti aro the latest novelty. They aro placet on the lady's arm as soon as papa hai given bis consent, and locked on with i small gold key. An old revolver-Tho earth. Hop cul turibts-Dancing masters. The disease from which our journals suffer most Rumor-tism. A gentleman who was buying a watel to replace one that had been stolen fron bim remarked th; t he was "making n] for lost time." What Bort of ascent is descent? A tri] up, for it brings you down. The dead are never ill. Consequent ly all diseases may be classified as affec tiona of tbe liver. ''Forever" in the rhetoric of a woman' affection, is a sentimental hyperbol meaning a period of exactly two mouthe When a house barns down it barn up; when you drink a glassful you drin! it empty; and when you take a car i takes you. We are told that "California lawyen assert the legality of wife-beating." I may bo legal, but it strikes us as beioi in rather bad taste. Smiggles says that the most thrillin tale be ever listened to was that of a ral tlesnake. Dr. Johnson is reported to have sal that a second marriage is the triumph c bope over lore. ID Paris 21,056 babies are "farmed out every year. Maternal iosensibilit ?nd fashion aro the causes. Through a correspondence based o matrimonial advertisements, a youri man in Louisville, Ky., rcosntly pre poaod marriage to bis sister and was at [jppted. A Greeley Republican Club has bee formed at Springfield, 111., that airead ?umbers 200 members-all Republican! iTet we aro told by some people that ther tiu't any Greeley Republicans. "No oow8, no cream," was tbe way ai intelligent compositor set np the word "No croBB, no crown." O un AGENTS IN OHABTJBSTON.-The advertising agency of Messrs. Walker, Evans & Cogswell, represented by Bos? well T. Logan, Esq., is the only author? ized agency for this paper in Charleston. MAIL Aim ANO EM ENTH.-The Northern mail opona at 2.30 P. M.; closes 10.45 A. M. Oharleston day mail opens 4.30 P. M.; oloses 6.00 ?. M. Charleston night mail opens 7.15 A. M.; closes 6.00 P. M. Oreen ville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; oloses 6.00 A. M. Western mail opens 12.30 A. M.; oloses 12.30 P. M. Wilmington mail opens 2.30 P. M.: oloses 10.30 A. M. On Sunday office open from 3 to 4 P. M. HONOR TO WHOM HONOB is DUE.-In our issue, of yesterday, we made an? nouncement of tho successful examina? tion of several of our fellow-townsmen as pharmaceutists, and regret that we omitted our young friend, Mr. S. F. McGregor. His examination was as completo and fully as creditable SB that of his compeers, though we believe ho is their junior by several years. He re? ceived his diploma, and is now as well qualified to componnd a prescription or prescribe a compound ns any other druggist We referred to Mr. W. C. McGregor in yesterday's issue. SUIT AGAINST THE STATE TBEASUBEB. The examination of Niles G. Parker, State Treasurer, was commenced yester? day, before John T. Bhett, Esq., as ie* feree, appointed by his Honor Judge Willard, to take the testimony in the caso of T. J. & H. M. Gibson and Wm. B. Guliok, against the said State Trea? surer. The plaintiffs are represented by Messrs. Pope & Haskell, and the de? fendant by Mr. C. D. Melton and Mr. Chamberlain. The defendant not being ready to proceed, the case was adjourned over ti) this morning, at half-past 10 o'clock. It is understood that the exa? mination will be conducted at the State House, so as to permit the Treasurer to be near to his office, as the investigation may be protracted, and probably will be for days. Well, there is enongh to do. Let it all come out. We believe that Jndge Willard means to probe this thing to the bottom. And every good citizen in South Carolina will say "God speed!" There is no politics in this matter. It is law and order. LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. P. Cantwell-Lemon Sugar. B. L. Bryan-Map Frames. Phoenix Hook and I .adder Company. Jacob Levin-Corn. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. DUTCHEB'8 LIGHTNING FLY-KILLER sweeps them off and clears the house speedily. Try it. Sold by dealers every? where. A 30 tlj2m HOTEL ABBIVALB, June 18, 1872.-Nickerson JIouse-E B Wesley, N Y; K B Calhoun, 8 C; J O I lanko 11, wife, three children and servant, Mrs J lt Chivea, Savannah; A 8 Buford and wife, richmond; W J Yates, W Johnaton, N O; L Smith, Atlanta; B D Townsend, Society Hill; Q E Lee, Jr, wife and child, 8 C; JU Piolert, N J; B M Harris. N Y; Mrs Edwards, Mrs Jndge Murry. Anderson; F D Bush, Greenville. Columbia Hotel-S Kuhn, Philadelphia; C F Brem, NU; WM Beynolds, Qa; H D ailbert, O PCutchett, Wilmington; Geo Addison, 8 O Gilbert, J M Brawley, A ti Magrath, A Doug? lass. W D Kennedy, H C Mazyck, Charleston; E M Clayton, O 8 Clav ton, Walhalla; W O Fergus, Baltimore; T 8 Mille, A H Davega. W Nicholson, B H Jordan, J W Walker, Chester; J W Walker, NY; JA Cbambliss, Bichmond. FATAL SHOOTING AFFBAY.-A Spaniard, named Francisco Victor Yeldes, and a young Cuban-Jose Perez-were discus? sing the independence of Coba last evening, in Market, near Meeting street. Tbe discussion became very warm, when Veldes called Perez a "traitor." Pistols were immediately brought into requisi? tion, and rapid firing commenced. Seven ehots were exchanged, when the young Cuban fell, having been shot in the right lang. He was taken into the store of Joss Jara, at the corner of Market and Meeting streets, and laid on the floor. Dra. Davega and Robertson, Jr., SAW him as soon as possible, and pro? nounced the wound fatal. Lieut. Chapman, of the police force, who happened to be in the vicinity, took immediate oharge of the murdered man, and sent him to the City Hospital in an ambnlance. He had scarcely been laid in a bed ia one of the wards of the insti? tution when he expired. Valdez, who had left the sceno as soon after the firing as possible, was sought after by Lieut. Chapman in every direction, and at quarter of 12 o'clock, was arrested in a boase in George street, and taken to the gnard house. The affair caused consid?r? able exoitement, and drew a large orowd. [Charleston Courier. Tho I biladelpbia Presssaya: "Alargo number of thieves and disreputable cha? racters generally aro arriving in the oity to prey upon the strangers who will visit the convention." These thieves and dis? reputable characters should have been content with the privilege of preying upon the Government for the last three yean, without going to Philadelphia to prey upon strangers and reno mi nate Grant.-Courier-Journal. TBNNIE GETS A COMMAND AT LAST. Tonnie C. Claflin haviug failed to seoure tho election to the colonIcey of Fisk's re? dmont, the Ninth New York, has been jhosen to command tho Veteran Guards, i colored organization, and has accept sd. This command has been in exist :nce two years, and numbers about 150 nembers. Colonel Claflin will formally kssumo command on Wednesday next.