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- ^^JL&S^^&3CLr ? THe Alabama^ <C'ouvcniion. MONTGUMEBY, Sept, 21.-Tho Cc . vention to-day passed an Ordinance ratifying a*# the laws passed by the Legislature during the wa? not incon? sistent with the Constitution of the Uniteu. States and the1 "ordinances of the ?Convention, exlfcpt, the issuance of Treasury notes and.State bonds. MONTGOMERY, September 22.-The Convention nasSed an .Ordinance abo ? **? . fl? ushing slavery by a vote o| 89 to 3. An amendment to the' Constitution was also passed, erasing all provisions relative to slavery, an$ making it the duty of the ' Legislature, at its next sessiop, to pass-laws to protect the freedmen in person and property, and to guard the State against the evils which may arise from sudden eman? cipation. Col. John J. Selfed*. This morning, the.citizens of Mont? gomery' attended to his last resting place on earth the remains of this most worthy^ and noble gentleman! Overwhelmed as we are by the sud? denness of this grief, language fails to . come to our relief in a proper expres? sion of our sorrow. After a hie of activity, usefulness and high position, he had but just reached that point in his history where his great manly j heart And mind would have sent their most gorgeous light and warmth abroad Over tr r fortunes of his coun? try. ? - r. . Col. Seibels had so, long been inj public life as to accustom the people to the idea of a right 4o. his influence, but for many months past, attributa? ble to the peculiar .condition of affairs, in the direction of which he was most properly supposed <to exert a great good influence, he appearedjjio bo taken entire possessiotn-tof byMfchem, and hr no instance was he ever k*uown to refuse to do what it was possible for him to do, or to confer whatever . was possible to be conferred. Col. Seibles' person was one of un? common manliness and noble bear? ing, and well portrayed the great and quiet affluence of his qualities-he was as superb in intellectual and moral courage as he was unsurpassed in per? sonal chivalry-and we can truly, say of him, as was said of Caesar: "His lifo wa? gentle, and the elements ?So mixed in him, tbat "nature might stand UP And Bay to all tho world, Th is teas a mon/" In mid-life he has left us, at the point of his highest usefulness, and wc are still here, not only to regret his loss in our selfishness, but to mourn it in our true heart's sorrow. Perhaps not above the frailties of hu? manity, he yet went over the. high? road of time with no blemish, no re? proach upon his habits, his thoughts, his life, his character, or. his name. His hospitalities were as grand as his 4iome, and many, too many of the refined and elegant -and sincerely so chd'relations of life have been severed by his death. * We will not now invade the sanc? tuary of^domestio grief. We have only attempted to write down hastily a few words of the many that might be spoken, and will be spoken, of the statesman, the patriot, the man of honor, the citizen, and our carly friend.-Montyomery Mail. Thc President's household is mue the largest that has ever graced Executive mansion. His family pro ?>er embraces his wife, a son', son-in aw, two daughters, and several grand? children. His son-i#law, Judge Pat-1 terson, one of the recently elected Senators of Tennessee, appears avery ! respectable gentleman of about fifty years, of dignified manners and good j address. Although without legislative experience, he has been many years on the bench, and wfll, doubtless, maintain a very reputable position in the Senate. In politics, he has always been a Democrat. His wife, who, on account of the ill-health of Mrs. J., will preside as lady of- the White House, was educated at Washington, D. C., during Mr. Polk's administra? tion, when sue was a frequent guest ri? his family. She is a person of frank and pleasing maniers, without any affectation, possesses good sense, and is well adapted to fill the impor? tant position to which she has been called," with credit to herself and the satisfaction of all reasonable people who shall enjoy the-social privileges of the White House. . --5 Contractors under the Confederate States Government, it his been de? cided by Attorney-General Speed, are not "civil agents," and hence need not apply for pardon on that account alone. > ; : . - * " The fol] owing extracts are from a communication tb the London Times, which we take ?from the^Tf?ew York Times, a Republican .paper. Indivi? dual acts of cruelty there no doubt were, and the perpetrators should be held to a rigid accountability % We have no sympathy for any man who would exercise cruelty ujjph a prisoner .f war: .'. In what I have to say, I wish to distinguish- between what I saw and what I heard. What I say about the Libby Piis/m^in Richmond I saw with mj- own ?yes. *W?at I say about Ahderaon?lle-, where I never was, I tnerely heard. I was Resident in Richmond, with occasional intervals of absence, from October, imi, till April, 1868. Dur? ing this period, I repeatedly visited the Libby Prison. Up to th? end of 1863, I believe that nowhere have prisoners of war ever been better j treated. They had tho very best I that could be procured, seasoned with kindness. Those prisoners who will perhaps hereafter deny this state? ment, were probably never in any other war prison except the Libby, and know- nothing of the hardships ; which, in every country, no less than in the North and South, prisoners of war have had to endure.. Upon the 20th of December, 1863, I went over the prison, accompanied by an Aus? trian, a Prussian, and a French officer, i and by other foreigners. Each of these officers knew war well, and each said (and two of them have since re? peated in pr;;?) that they .had never seen prisoners of war better treated. A young Englishman, who was an officer in the Federal army and a pri? soner, sent through me a message to his friends and to his brother in the Sixtieth Rifles, to the effect that "he was well and kindly treated."' At this momentjjthe Northern press was de? void of war news, and- 4[SLS fillbd gija harrowing tales of oruelty in the tan? by. Permission liadpreviously been given to- the Federals to send" boxes to their captured brethren. Before long accusations appeared in the Northern journals that Southern of? ficers were robbing the boxes and selling their contents at the- exorbi? tant rates which the ' destitution of Secessia facilitated, The only chance of stopping these accusations was by stopping tile Northern supplies and demanding that Northern officers should clear this matter up. The. ac? cusations wore withdrawn, and the Supplies were; re-commenced. I my? self frequently saw Northern officers dispensing the contents ?>f Northern bbxes to the prisoners on BfjUe Isle and in the Libby. I may remark, en passant, that nine prisoners out of ten on Belle Isle habitually swapped what they got for execrable whiskey a proof5 at any rate, that tlvey were not starving. Letters from Confederate prisoners in Johnson's Island, Camp Chaseanc Camp Doug! is, appeared every day. exhibiting that whatever tlie Libtn was, other war prisons were at least as bad. The war was at its savagest Complacent arm-chair critics, wb,< have never seen war, know little th< meaning of these half dozen words Food in Richmond was for eacl family a daily effort. Every one wa on the shortest commons. If, as oi more than one occasion (but not oi many) happened, meat rations fo one or two or three days were no issued to the prisoners in the Libby thia was because there w**re no mea rations to issue. Up to the very last the best that could be done was done .Whatever may have happened eist where, and whatever may have bee: the provocation in Richmond, inten I tional cruelty there was none. Ispea i advisedly when I say that throng! 11864 not a prisoner in the Libby pr ! son fared habitually harder than Ger I Lee. In the middle of 1864, Mi i Seddon, the Srcretary of War, toi me he had given orders that delict eies, such as chickens, which n< twenty men in Richmond could a ford, should be daily bought (if the could be had) in the market for sic! Federal .officers in the Libby. I February, 1865, a Federal Genera who had shown great courtesy to a ??uglish gentleman, of my acquain ance, was brought to the Libby, do not mention his name, because tb fact that he was kind to an Englisl man will be. no recommendation i the eyes of some of his coun?ryinei I immediately approached him an sought if in any way I could assii him. He replied that he Was as we treated in every way as he wishe< and would not allow me the gratifie tion of being of the slightest usc 1 him. At Andersonville, a remote point i Southern Central Georgia, the foe difficulties were enormous. Evei week, announcements appeared : Northorn journals that this Oener or that was ?ton the eve of releasii . the 'Federal- prisoners, and tolerably plain intimations of -what these pri? soners woidd do in Georgia when re? leased, were given and gloated over. It was impossible, by reason of the threatening cavalry forays, to spread the prisoners about in half a dozen camps thrAghbut Georgia and Ala? bama. Tn%. Federals con^pellecP a concentration of Federal prisoners at the best spot, as regards inaccessibili? ty, that could be found, and that spot was Ajttders?nville. It was impossi? ble to collect depots ofJfood-first, because it was so scarce ;mcondly-for fear of inviting a raid. Wherever the Northern troops went, they destroyed I everything that could be eaten, or that conduced to the making of food, or that could carrv or convey food. The prisoners, toward* the end of 1864, ^doubtless suffered horribly. ? But, though columns upon columns of I evidence and assertion may heseafter appear in Northern jduraals, tnere is ! nowhero a Southerner but believes, and will continue "to believe, that I these sufferings wen? in the main ] caused-first, by the persistent refusal of the Federals to continue the ex? change of prisoners; secondly, by the wholesale destruction of food,'which starved not only thousands of Federal soldiers, but also thousands of Con? federate men, women and children. VIRGINIA MATTERS.-Secretary Se ward visited Bichmond on Sunday, and had a consultation with General j Terry, returning to Washington the same evening. General Joe Johnson, j who arrived in Richmond on. Satur? day, will probably be elected Presi? dent of the Richmond and Danville i Railroad. Wynne and Pollard are engaged in a suit as to the proprie? torship of the Richmond Times. Meetings of returned Confederate soldiers are to be held at Benington, on the 27th instant, "the object being to give a healthy tone to public senti- i ment among this class of the com munity. ". The citizens of Nottoway County ask that the negro troops be removed. Over five hundred citations of confiscation have been issued in ! Richmond. The Richmond Times says that the "negroes, are beginning to come to their senses, and are less insolent and,, more industrious than formerly." DEATH OP A NOTED WOMAN.-Late foreign papers announce the death of Mrs. Kate Trelawney, better known as Miss -Kate Howard! tthe was pos- j sessed of qu:te. a fortune. Notwith- j standing her Unison with Napoleon, she married a Capt. Trelawney, and ever since was known by that hame. She died at her country-seat, near Versailles, at the age of forty-one years. Her funeral took place at the Church of Chesney! The building "was too small to contain the crowds which came to the service from Paris, Versailles and the neighborhood. The poor in tlie neighborhood lose in her a generous benefactress. INTERESTING DECISION.-A Mem . phis paper says Judge Trigg has de? cided zo admit all attorneys ?o the bar without taking the oath, pre? scribed by the Act of Congress. He is of opinion that the ^nly mode by t j which all the lawyers' of the court j ! ? could forfeit their light to practice after they had once been admitted, would bethe secession of the State of Tennessee from the Union, and this he was nofeprepared to admit had ever taken ?place ; and the on^ mode in which indi ?dmd members of thet bar could bf ^debarred, would be tke preferment 'mi (barges and trial of each case separately. . | I Gen. King, at Augusta* has issued j a general order, "thai hereafter when I ever contracts or agieements in .writ? ing are entered into between parties, the consideration tijerein named to be paid, shall be in lawful money of the United States; taat is, in the pa? per cuiTcriey issued and declared a legal tender by th) Government," and orders "that all contracts not in accordance with tlis order, which have been made previous to it, are void. "Four million's of our countrymen have been suddenly translated from the dirrk prison louse of chattel slavery to the light and air of relative freedom," says the New-York Tribune, and it might have added that one million out of the four have been translated beyond light and air main? ly through the instrumentality of such friends as the Trwkne. Kctchum is altogether the coolest defaulter of modern times. After stealing two OJ threo millions from his father, he sent a note to him say? ing: "Please ta ko care of my wife and child; 1 b*ve taken caro of my? self." It has been decided "by Judge Jack? son, , the United. States J udge at ; Wheeling, that parties who took the oath unc^er President Lincoln's pro? clamation, before President Johnson's was issued, are entitled to thabene-, fits of Lincoln's amnesty proclama? tion. - -i ffjjf g NUMBIE or TROOPS FURNISHED BX? OHIO.-Provost Marshal-General Fry has notified the Governor that the number of men furnished by Ohio, from April 17, 1861, to April 30, 1865, is ?16,339 men,> whose,time of service vari eu from three-months to three years.. The ex-rebel Gen. Longstreet ar-J rived in Mobile on the 4th instant. | The Daifa. Jfews, of that city, devotes half a column to a laudation of him, ranking him as next to Stonewall Jackson, and ''far superior to Murat. " [Ex?hctnge. An Illinois editor refers to a "he" that lie says be "can't stand." We should think he might stand lying; he can certainly lie standing. Building ?Lot for Sale. THAT desirable BUILDING LOT, located on the North-east comer of Wain and Marion streets, (containing nearly half an acre,) formerly occupied by J. E. Dent, Esq., is offered for ?ale. For terms, etc., apply to WM. HITCHCOCK. Sept 23_ 4 Huies for Sale. J^^^ THE undersigned -will offer at ?BA private ?ule. opposite Bedell's Row, ^aTJT-THTS DAY and MONDAY, twentv odd uead of fine MULES, two.WAGOKS and twelve setts HARNESS. Sept 23 2*_JP. B. LEE. FLOUR! i~)A BARRELS, just received at j&\J . C. S. JENKINS'. Asscniblv street, next Market street. Sept 23 1 For Sale, ONE of the NORCROSS PLANING MA- j CHINES. The planer is a good one, I and in excellent order. Inquire at this j office._Sept 23 1? | WATCHES, CLOCKS, fifi. ~? T. S. MOOD informs the ladies and y&K citizens of Columbia that he still ^.Jfrattonds to tho REPAIRING of JEW Er.iii, athis residence, directly in rear of tho Catholic Church. All workfieatlv done. Sept 23 _ T. S. MOOD. The Rear House! CHOICE WtN?3t UQUPft$t SEG-A.HS, db?. CRACKERS arid CHEESE at ll a. m. ""TwEOP IN," aa you are- on your way AJ down town. ' ? , . T. CT POLOCK, * Near Main Areet, Sept 33 Directly opposite City Hall. Headq'rs 1st Sub-District, DISTRICT OF WESTERN S. C., COLUHUIA, S. C., September 21, 1865. (PBXERAL ORDERS NO. 1. II HEREBY, assume command of the . 1st Sub-District, District of Western South Carolina--Headquarters at Colum? bia, S. C. II. The Staff of tho Snb-District wilj, re? main as folio wa: Liout. JOHN WALTON, 25th O. V. V. L, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General-. Capt. WM. P. SCOTT, 25th O. V. Y. I., Assiutan t Provost Marshal. . Capt. GEO. N. HOLCOMB, 25th O. V. Y. I, Acting Assistant Quartermaster. Capt. L.'B. MESNARD, 25th O. Y. V. I., Acting Commissary of Subsistence. III. All orders heretofore issued from these Headquarters will remain in force. . ' W. P. RICHARDSON, _ Sept 23 1 Brcjvet Brigadier-General. LUMSDEN & IT SEE, Auction and Commis'n Merchants AND FORWARDING AGENTS, COLUMBIA, S. C." HAYING built a large Store-house in the most central part of the city and con? venient to the different Railroads and Hotol8, solicit consignments of COUNTRY PRODUCE and MERCHANDIZE generally, We promise faithful and prompt attention to all who may favor us with their ship? ments for sale, forwarding or storing. REFERENCES. Hon. T. C. PERRIN, Abbeville, 8. C. H. T. PEAKE, Esq., Charleston, 8. C. RUFHS M. JOHNSTON- Eau.. Columbia. S. C. Gov. B. F. PERRY, Green ville, S. C. 9m- Abbeville Bulletin, Greenville Enter? prise, Newberry Herald, Winusboro News and Anderson Jnlel'.i'jencer copy once a week for three months. ' Sept 23 stu3mo ' The South Carolina College. THE exercises of this College will be resumed on the FIRST MONDAY in January next, j The Faculty having been au? thorized by the Board of Trus? tees to exercise their discretion as to tue requisites of applicants for admis? sion, such indulgence as the circumstances will permit will bc extended. Applicants must present themselves on the hrst Monday in January. M. LABORDE, .Chairman of Faculty. Columbia. S. C.. Sept. 23, 1865. $&. All papers in thc State will please publish onco a week until 1st November next, and forward bills to tho Treasurer of thc College, Rev. C. BRUCE WALKER. Sept 23 s7 r Auction SS^xXos. ' \ Estate Sal^r ON S.OTURDJjr, the 30th matant, I will selL on the ?remises, the PERSONAL PROPERTY of the lato J. J. ODOM, de? ceased, cdnsistmgof : Household and Kitchen Pnrmtua-e. L Curpentor's Tools. L Plantation Utensils, Plough?. p(gChickens, Hogs. Goats, Cattle, ia lino conditio!*. -V-Tj -< Terms tn ade known at the sale, or upon .applieationiP I>. B. Dt?AUSSURE, Administrator (Tum Testamento Annexo. O.S. Jenkins 1 m HAS REMOVED Tq|. Assembly Street, West Side, one door fi orth of Market Street, Where he has on hand a well-aclected . stock of GROCERIES, .PRf&ISIONS, - DRY GOODS, . CONFECTIONARY, HATS, f . SHOES, kc, &c. j To which he invites the publie attention. WHITE CUT SUGAR. . COFFEE, " Crus'd " TEA, CLARIFIED SUGAR, LARD, Light and Dark Brown do., BUTTER, FLOUR, , RICE, 1 BARLEY, JiACKEREL, SMOKED BEEF. SARDINES, CHEESE, PEPPER, MUSTARD, VINEGAR. CANDLES, MATCHES, SOAP, STARCH^ i YEAST POWDERS, r Trenton, Ovster and Butter CRACKERS, BOURBON* WHISKEY. CLARET WINE, "St. Julien,") I Old Club House Gin, i Aromatic S?hiedam Sehuapps, I Lemon Syrup, Stomach Bitters, (Bokcr'a^.) ; i Portable Lemonade, Spanish and American SegfWjB, Navy Tobacco, Elegant French Confectionary, #agar Plums, Cream Drops, wum Drops and Stick Candy, I Horse Brushes, Shoe Brushes, Btooms, Cloth Whisks, Blacking, Curry Combs, Clothes Lines, Ladies' and Gent's Shoes and Hata.,>i thc* latest styles, Ladies' and Gent's Gloves, " " Handkerchiefs, Calicoes, Ribbons," Spool Cotton, black and white, Shirting, Towelling, j Pius and Needles, China Doll Babies._Stipt 23 2 r. Groceries, DRY GOODS, &C. THE subscriber respe ctfullv calls the attention of the public to the following assortment of GROCERIES, DRY GOODS. Ac., which he is offering at' low prices, at his store, corner of Bull aod'C&mden street?: COFFEE^ Java and Rio. SlG.Ut.. Crushed, Powd'd, White, Coffee, Brown. TEA. Hvson and English Breakfast. CHEISSS. Extra English Dairv. SPICES. Cinnamon, Allspice, Popper, Nutmegs. Cloves, Mace. CANDLES. Sperm and Adamantine. SOAP. Colgate's and Fay's Palo, Extra and No. 1, Toilet Soap, ?e., Low's Windsor, Col? gate's Honey, Colgate's Almond and As? sorted, Julian's Rose Powder. 1 FISH. Sardines and Mackerel. LAU?. Choice Western. Extra and Superior Western, CORN MEAL. Frcpk->grouud Country. VINEGAR. White Wine and Cider. TOBACCO. "Killickinnick," in papers; Anderson &, Co.'s "Solace," iii tin fofl; Plug Tobacco, various brands. STARCH, ?fcc. ! Duryea's Superior, Colgate's Fig Blue. BLACKING. . Armv and Navy, Bixbv's and Moss', in boxes.* SUNDRIES. Rico, Salt, Sweet Oil, Chocolate, Jamaica Ginger, Soda, Matches, Buckets, Coversd Botes, ^Siove.f:, Clothe^ Pins, Clay Pipes, Mucilages Jellies, Lemon Syrup, Catsup, Pickles, Corn Starch, Cove and Spiced Oys? ters, Lobsters, y Condensed Milk, Segars, Coppera?, Saltpetre, Spice andCoffeo M?ls. BROOMS ANO BRUSHES. Straw Brooms, Whisks and Dusters, Scrubbing Brushes, Shoe Brushes. CON EECTION AR Y. Stick Candy, assorted Candies, Gum and Chocolate Drops, Chocolate Cream Drops. PAPER. Reams Straw Wrapphig, various sizes. Black, in quart and pint bottles. SHOES. Ladies', Misses' and Gent's Balmoral Shoes ami Brogans. DRY GOODS. Black, Mourning and Fancy Fruits, Os naburgs, Homespuns, Longcloth, Swiss Muslin, Stockings, Socks, Gloves, Paper Cambric; Corset Jeans, Corsets, Buttons. Pins, HookK and Eves, Noodles, Sewing and Embroidery Cotton, L. C. Handkerchiefs, Madrass and Muslin Handkerchiefs, Sus? penders, Shirts, Tapes, Braid, Scissors, Combs, Towels, Sewing Silk, Flax TbT< ad. Hair and Tooth Brushes, Boot Laces, Hair Pint?, Parasols, Umbrellas. _ Sept 28 1? RICHARD CALDWELL.