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_\_-_ COLUMBIA. -_ - * ?"_ ,_ Wednesday Morning-, Sept. 20,186? The Conventions met as usual, the business Of the day and session -was fairly begun, and the question, at an f>(VJ*Txr ^??rir, being that cf the abcliticu of slavery, soon resulted in a vigorous iebate, in which Messrs. Orr, Daw? kins, Dudley, Rion, Dunovant, Blair, tfcGowan, Conner, Les isne, Boyce, Frcst and others engaged, with not tess spirit than ability. The opposi ion died hard; but gentlemen had to swallow the leek. It is no easy tiring to give up the associations, the preconceptions, the convictions, the traditions, the habits and, last, not least, the wealth of eighty years, and to receive no equivalent for it. But . we have already a thousand thats told oTir readers that we are to eat a peck of dirt before Wc .>. according to the oriental proverb. We have to eat our leek, even as Pistol had to do. It is for the conqueror to impose con? ditions. We have no rights, and you must not even grumble over your wrongs.- You must grin and bear them, only too happy if you are per mitted sufficient breadth of jaw for a * grin. Those who cannot undergo these conditions . must expatriate themselves. A general of the United dBtates army has told us that we are nothing but paupers, and, however ungracious the speech, it is neverthe? less quite true. No :irts are used for our conciliation, and to thoso who remain in the country, it is becoming . that the sooner they lose themselves in the masses, tho sooner they lose their individuality the better. The North has converted a race of cus? toms into a race of competitors, and now we. have only to join in the race with all the zeal, courage, industry and ingenuity which a people can command; with necessity, the most terrible of all fates, driving at their heels. Eat thc leek, and extract what savor from it you can. We are clear that we can beat the Yankees at their own weapons. We must leam what our conntiy most needs for success and for the development of our re? sources; we must each of us learn, as soon as possible, what we can indivi? dually do. Tho worthless among us must go to the dogs, whither they should have gone long ago. The capable will hold their own, adapting themselves to our new conditions, and making the most of their circum? stances, just as they would do in an Indian country, when just about to take possession and found a settle? ment. HavijLg oaten our leelc, breth? ren, he sure that you set out a good bed of leeks in your own garden, that you may compel others to eat in turn. _-A. The vote on the resolution for the abolition of slavery was ninety-eight to eight, and this in the St;tte of South Carolina. We do not see what more our Northern brethreu could desire. They have here a sufficient proof of Southern sentiment. President John? son will be satisfied. We do uo"t know? how many other persons wish to be satisfied. We cannot satisfy all, espe? cially those who, having done no fighting, are yet fierce warriors, and would push us to extremity-with the aid of foreign pikes. We take for granted that many will not be satis? fied. Take from the Northern radi? cals all ground of complaint or cavil, and they must collapse-their occupa? tion will be gone. What will they do? Who next will they assail? We beg their immediate attention to the French in Mexico; and as, we take it, the devil has sufficient work for all bis handd, the sooner they go to him the better._ Should the trial of Wira be' pro? longed another, month, he will scarce? ly brve to receive bis sentence. The strain upon his physical and moral system is too much for him. He is visibly dying by inches. Antwnn. -We "were yesterday st7uimo:ued to th?- burial of a ..beautiful young maiden, one f or a long season greatly .endeared to us by ? thousand sweet and sad associations; full-bos?med memories, tears and laughter. Sum? mer is dead! That fir and lovely creature, so bright, so ?warm, so blooming; even in the hour of her most flush charm of life and loveli? ness, -while yet the bird sang above her in the tree, while thc roses were still in bloom upon her cheeks o..nd around , her steps, while her laugh was gayest, and her song was wildest, and her hope was most triumphant, even them she withered, smitten by (sudden jAr?ily,sis-and even thus we laid her in tlYS 4omb. It was*even as if the fair young*' sister, the glad daughter, the bloom nig bride, after a night of happiest dance and innocent revel, passing from thc gorgeous* hall into thc piazza or verandah, should be struck to the heart by an'ic? "bolt, and withered in the grasp of some cold malignant destroyer from the East. So perishes the gay aud beautiful summery who has been so long thc charm and satisfaction of eur homes. So perish thc flowers which her hands have planted, and already the late flush grasses about her grave are paling under the same sudden blight which has stricken down herself. The leaves begiu to'fall from thc trees; their branches shiver in the wind. The chilling breath of the Dcstroye1" is making itself felt to their roots, and a sad wail may bc heard nightly in nests which have hitherto been vocal with the songs of slimmer. And beside the grave of that beloved one, you may now behold a sad sister, the melancholy Autumn, with a with? ering chaplet on her brow, bearing a branch of cypress in one hand, while with the other she rends uncon? sciously thc dying flower, and strews them over thar eolfc of the silent sleeper. She, too. has her chaunt of sorrow, and recalls for us the moan? ing accents with k which, in almost every household, we have' committed our beloved ones to the earth. Alas! what a chonicle of sorrows arc in the mouruf,,l murmurs from her lips. How she speaks for us of the noble son slain in battle, of the desolate old father, pursuing the melancholy search after his .remains, and bearing them away to thc consecrated peace of the. family burial place; of the lonely widow, listening at the lattice hopelessly for the footsteps of the younghusband, her hero, whose last cry to her from the plains of Peters? burg or the fields?of Bentonsville and Avei-sboro have never reached her ears. What deep tones of a thousand nameless woe.?, and silent griefs, and tearful prayers, arc aft blended in that low toned chaunt of Autumn over the grave of her sister Summer. Sic in;nsit rjiwit mundi! Lcf ns retire from the grave to the home, and be the heart strengthened with that hope and faith which a hardy resolution to endure through, future seasons, will surely bring to maintain the soul in her stedfast progress, despite all the vicissitudes of Time! MUS,TKBE?G Our OE, ??01:0 TROOPS. The following order appears in the "Washington papers: WASHINGTON, September 8, 1865. To the Cori mandina General Depart? ment North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C.: The Secretary of. War directs that all organizations of colored troops in your Department, which were enlisted in the Northern States, be mustered out of service immediately. Le Commerce., the Imperial paper at Matamoras, say?' that at the banquet given t>y the Prua^ian Consul there, where Gen. Steele draak the health ol the Emperor Maximilian, ?he '-fete was wound "PjPft disorderly waltz by Gen. Brownt^Jnited States amy, aud another. " A Scotch agent cow "here "naa, Tire understand, secured a larg? tract of Hand in Virginia, where a colony of Scotch emigrants will settle in No? vember or December. S T AT g^C?r^ENTlO N Tuesday-, September 19, 1863. The Convention met at ll a. m.,; and waa opened with 'prayer by the Rev. BM. Palmer. On motion of Mr. Rion, the resolu? tion in relation to the number of members of Congress, and re-district? ing the State, was taken up and agreed to, and the President appointed the following comnrttee: Messrs. 33. F. Dunkin, Weatherley, Gaillard, Ba71., Chisolm, Brabham, Bbozer, Mills, Evins, Barnett, "Ross, Bratton. Mr. H?rndon introduced a resolu? tion, that no member of either branch of the Legislature shall be allowed to take his seat until he shall subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "And I do further swear (or affirm) that I have not gaiued my election either directly or indirectly bj* bribe? ry, treating, or any other immoral "means whatever.7' Messrs. Farrow, Bobertson, Boll ing, B?sense, Dudley, Btemphill, Hearst and others submitted rejiorts from various committees; which were ordered for consideration" to-morrow. Mr. Dudley snbmitted a report on the resolution of inquiry as to the propriety of substituting the word "Comity" for "District" in the Con? stitution. i Mr. Hammond made a report on resolutions to raise a police force; which was agreed to. The Convention proceeded to the consideration of general orders-re? port of the Committee on Ordinances and Resolutions, on au Ordinance to declare slavery abolished, and on other papers referred. Sundry amendments were proposed, and tho following was finally adopted, by a vote of yeas 98, nays 8 : "The slaves in South Carolina hav? ing been t left teto emancipated by the action of the Government of the United States, neither slavery nor in? voluntary servitude, except ?us a pu? nishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall ever be re-established in this State." Mr. Melton, from the Engrossing Committee, reported an Ordinance to repeal the Ordinance of Secession, as enpn*ossed and ready for ratification; which was forthwith ratified in due form. ? . Tlie Convention adjourned at half- j past ii p. m.,.to meet to-morrow at 10 l a. m. -. HEAVY IMMXO??.YTTOX.-The stream of immigration to this port shows no sign ol* abatement. Dining the first three weeks of the past month, seven? teen thousand passengers, from vari? ous European ports, landed in this city, and the ont ive number for the mouth will approximate twenty-five thousand. The larger part of these immigrants ave Germans, Swiss and Poles, who will prove a valuable ae quisitionto our indii?trial population. Nearly all of them have brought a little . apital-the closely husbanded savh.gs of hard labor at home-and with this they will establish them? selves and commence the work of ; ckrvingout their fortunes by industry and economy. Very few of tho im- i migrants stop in thc city permanent- ! ly. The majority have their destina.-1 tina fully decided upon before they j arrive here, and generally manifest ; great eagerness JD gp forward-West- j ward or Sonth\^*d, as the ease may i be. Our reports from the European cities where emigrants mostly em bark, all point to a continuation of ; this inilux. The German and English j seaports are overrun with emigrants, ; and the vessels leaving fot this conn-,' try are all crowded to then: Outmost j capacity. Let them come, anti the more thc better. Tho United States is now better prepared than ever be? fore to accept the industrial poor of ? Europe-to give them good homes in exchange for hovels, and liberty in exchange for despotism,: , . [JVeir Yaric Sun. A private letter te the Mobile Ad? vertiser and RcijLsie^ states that Mr. Samuel Hunter, of Cab aha, while re? turning from Selma was waylaid and badly beaten and sliot by five men in the garb of Federal soldiers. The Petersburg iidex says: we un? derstand that many of the gentlemen engaged before the ?var in the manu? facture of tobacco 4re preparing to open factories this fc|L . 1 M. F. Maury, tie distinguished saran, has been appointed by the Emperor M?xim?iaz chief of the Na? tional Observatory at Mexico. . :. 1 11. ?? 1-'-" The Indians have boen within thirty aides of Austin, and higher tip they ure murdering men, women ana cha? iren mctiscriminately. Arms and ?he r.n w. At the called? session of Congress, ia 1861, the following resolution was offered in the. Senate hy Andrew Johnson, and pressed upon the body until adopted: "Resolved hy Ute Senate, That the present deplorable civil war has'been forced upon the country by the dis unionists of the Southern States, now in arms against the constitutional government, and in arms around the capital; that in this national emer? gency, Congress, banishing all feel? ings of mere passion or re' itment, will recollect only its dui^ to the whole country; that this war is not waged on their part in any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose of con? quest or subjugation, or purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and main? tain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to ??reserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects aro accom? plished the war ought to cease."' The italicised words of this resolu? tion define the object for which the military power of the Union was call? ed into requisition, and the terminus at, which it ought, in tho opinion of Mr. Johnson, to be laid down. The President has so often declared that he stands by his antecedents, that it would In; doing him injustice to sup? pose he intends to abjure an opinion expressed in a manner so formal, with an emphasis so solemn, and having such direct relation to the particular stago in our affairs at winch he be? came the chief actor. No one can doubt that the supremacy of the Con? stitution has been maintained, and that the Union has been pieserved. The war has accomplished all that was held to be legitimate in its initiation and prosecution. It. hus ended. Is there occasion to keep1 agencies in force that belong only to a state of war? Is there propriety or poKcy in such a course," or any authority of law for it ? Tho law of Congress authorizing the suspension of the writ of Hubens \ Corpus, and the enforcement of mar? tial law, conferred such power (july "during tin? existing rebellion." Is there uuy "rebellion" now in exist? ence? "Rebellion" means violent re? sistance to lawful authority. "Who is nnking such resistance? Four months ago, (10th of May,) the President, in an official proclamation, declared that "armed resistance" was "\nrtually ut an end." Never since then, if we re? member rightly, has a hostile gun been fired The war has long been not only virtually but actually, at an end-at an end morally and political? ly as well .as physically. We are not surprised, therefore, at the intima? tion, from Washington, that a procla? mation is soon to be issued restoring th? privilege of thc writ of Habens Corpus. The President's regard "for law, we doubt not, makes hun feel this to be a duty-a duty which his knowledge that it may be done safely, and with good effect, makes a plea? sure. Wo persuade ourselves that such a step will be followed by the re? moval oi all military forces not ne? cessary' (as sultordinate to .civil au? thority) to perform police duties. Rich mond Whig. 0 A MEETING >UNCIL NO. 10, U. L. A.. will at their hall TO-NIGHT. Sept 20 V JLT'OJC? Sale, MA FARM in the Sand Hills, about 2j? miles from Columbia", containing about 50 acre3, of which 10 or 12 are under cultivation. Coon the premises is a comfortable COTTAGE, with six rooms and ample accommodations for servants; good stanles, store-rooms and well of water. Tf desired, some FURNITURE and FARMING UTENSILS would be sold with the place. Inquire at this office. Kept 20 wfi Kay BL Hewetson, Architects and Civil Engineers PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS attended to in South and North Carolina. Working drawings, plans, specifications, ind all necessary details promptly fax aished. JOUN A. KAY. RALPH E. B. HEWETSON Sept 20_ f JOHN -A.. "FC A y, CITY SURVEYOR. OFFICE at residence, in rear of the Presbyterian Chgrch, Columbia, S. C. Sept 20 _' _ f MIXED ermmiMs* A FINE lot of the* above, just received f\br 8HELTON, CALVO*WALSH, Sept 80 3 _gjjftg street. Bourbon Whiskey. Zjrfc?tettS fine old BOURBON WH?S Jlif 3?? *f.. Wolf a and other celebrated rands, luat received by' ' SHELTON, CALVO ? WALSH, Sept 90 S Bull street. Local I?0221S. Owing to circumstances over which we have no control, wo arc relnetantly com? pelled to return to the publication of a small sheet-for a shnrt time only, we hope. Persons in want of paints, oils, window ( glass, ?-tc, can find quite a hill assortment at tlie old stand of James Brown, on TVIain street, near Laurel. The Convention will meet this day at 10 o'clock. Membcrs.will take due heed. It is clear that the business must go on more rapidly if members expect to gfct home be? fore Aie whiter holidays. REV. DK. PALMEII.-It has given us great pleasure to welcome tho return of this eminent divine to Columbia, after his late sojourn in New Orleans. Ho is always welcome here to a large and inking circle, and the congregation which hung'upon his words last Sunday, found no abatement of his usual eloquence. His stay among us will he brief; but ho is too earnest a man, and too full efrcsources intellectually, to suppose that he will pass the few brief days be can give to us without profitable result. We trust that when he returns to thc wido field in which he is to latfbr, he will continue strengthened for those per? formances, which have hitherto made bia labors famous, and crowned lus perform? ances with triumphs. Ova LATE CASE.-Wc, the "Local" of the Pliu:u';r, have been sic, sic-that is, only so, so! As the sailor hath it, "Under the hatches;"' as the" backwoodsman hath it, "Under the weather;" as th? jockey phrases lt, "Off our feed;1' dull as ditch-wj?tor " drowsy as a dormouse; dreary as a stork in December; disconsolate as a Bermuda tur? tle, flat on his back, and looking up in thc world against his will, without even tho hope of Micawber. What with tho weather, the heat, and dust, and drouth; the daily toil; the nightly thoughts; the keon anx? iety; the hope deferred that makcth the . heart sick-wc have been made sick-had chill, had fever;pain in ibo bones, disquiet in the brain, and longing to be somewhere in the wilderness-in some vast contiguity of shads, with one fair spirit for our mi? nister. Shall wo go zo bed? Shall we bake physic? Our excellent hostess insisted on physic. She was preparing messages foi Drs.* Templeton and Lynch; she commend? ed Dr.-,. Trozovant and Gibbes; she said "Let me sendforyorir friend, Dr. Chisolm;' 'and when we stoutly resisted all thes< counsels, she rushed to lier own lnedieirn chest, proceeded ti> Compound, afc'"", a length produced o. pill-an absolute bolus which, in tho hollow of a saucer, looked ou like a black -.walnut; and that monstrous thing she called a blue pill, and that bim pill she insiste d we should swallow out right. We looked at it aghast, with t? .TO and horror. But. we were so wearied, s enfeebled, so uti. riv dreary, done up am spiritless, that wc -.vere about to yield, when to our great relief, a rap at the door usher ed in a smart and handsome looking boy ."vIth a ince decidedly Hebrew, who place before us a note and bottle from Melvin 3i Cohen. His not? was brief; unlike th bottle, which \>-;;s portly. The writer sin ply said: "Please accej t a bottle of m choice Heidsick-a new brand, and the ver bi st in thc country." Heidsiek! It shuni be anti-h idc-sich. Our hide was sufficient! sick already, a:;d to do us any good, w must resort to .something antagonist ft remedy. There stood the chatftpagnc there the bolus! We surveyed them bot] Our hostess pleaded the cause of the pi] but the silent Heidsick pleaded its ow cause, and-gained it! It suddenly occurre to us that acids were good in hot weatht -were the best medicines for hot weathi -and that we had been strangely obt?s in not thinking of champagne before. . was not an acid exactly, but it was a eil cousin. Perhaps champagne cider won! bo better; but tho champagne must do. W took the cider and not the bolus. We sha let our hostess keep that in reserve fi other patients. Wc have been better cv? since. Tho medicine acted like a chara We have already prescribed it to- ever physician in town, and they have all so fa adopted it as to give nothing but these piT to their patients. The patients aro nc improving, but the doctors arc ali in bette spirits than ever. Drink Heidsick, all y weary ones-drink champagne-cider, if yo can do no hotter-and go forth better an wiser man than ye ever w?re before. Nsw A?V*BTISEMKNTS.-Attention ia cal ed to the following advertisements, ?hie ire published for the first time this mon ing: Shelton, Calvo & Walsh-Claret. ? " " -Mackerel, ? " ?? - English. Ale. ? " ** -Segars. " " .' -Farina Crack'f " " " -Sugar Plums. . ? u ? -Whiskey ?. , .? " -Shoes. " ? " -^Felt Hats. -James^Brown-Paints, Oils, kc. Wu O. Clarke-Hew Gooda. Kay * Hewetson- Architects; Ste. John A. Kay-City atuw eyer. Meeting of Council No. 10 U. LL A.