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COLUMBIA. Sunday Horning*, Sept. 24.1865. ""1 ?. " 1 =s=' MK. EDITOB: When the excel? lent Ephraim Badger was. beaten by Dick Sledge, the corpulent black? smith, he .in-wardly resolved that it was necessary, for his own peace of mind, and dignity of position, , that he should beat somebody in turn. Sore with , his own bruises, he determined to* inflict corres? ponding bruises on some other susceptible person ; and the more he meditated the matter, on his way home, the more fixed beearne his pur? pose. Unfortunately, for this reso? lution, ho encountered no proper sub? ject in his progress, and it was only after reaching home that ht) concluded to beat his wife. Tiiis he did withal degree of vigor,. corresponding to that which Dick Sledge had shown in cudgelling himself.' Ephraim's wife was an easy victim.* He could use his fists with impunity and without very mich fatiguing himself. And he satis? fied his sores and wounded dignities by sharing them with his help-mate. We have something of a parallel to this case, in the history of the war which has been waged upon the Parishes of South Carolina. The Parishes constituted tho feminine ele? ment in the organization of the State. There is a duality in States as in the natural world, and certain sections, by natural causes, confirmed by law, are made to constitute the feminine portion of the State. They are dis? tinguished? by their greater feebleness, their superior delicacy of organiza? tion, their more exquisite sensibility and these quabties necessarily pro? duce refinement, grace and elegance in superior degree. They are wed? ded, as it were, to the masculinity ot other sections, more distinguishec for power, force, audacity and mus cular exercise. These feminine sec? tions, while the masculine portions retain their ardor, are greatly pettet sections. It is only when youth gives way to age, that ;\ge, in its selfishness, degrades the pet of his youth into the drudge and scullion. The change of character in the one party, and of re? lation between the two, may be illus trated by a tragic story told by Ma turin. There were two lovers, fondh attached to each other; and pr?par?e for any. sacrifice for each other Their liaison is to be punished, an( they are. lodged together in adan geon, doomed to perish by starvation At first, for a day or two, they di vided the bread a?id water, tho mai yielding more than his share; am nothing can exceed 'the beauty am the tenderness, the sweetness and th devotion, which they lie stow upo: each other. Their caresses increase their pledges are res worn. They bin themselves to each other for Lfe am death. But, as Famine creeps upo them, the man devours his and tb shire of the woman; and wheii th supply* of food uttorly ceases, an they perish, it is found that thts lo^ iug lord has gnawed his way throug tho shoulder of his beloved on Thus age and external pressure', hui ger. thirst, and the desire for the e erciae of. power, will make the ma culino a despotism over the feniinh power. When the dowry which si brought is exhausted, there will con a chango with all those husbands whom the dowry had been the obj ec ? Tho Parishes had brought a splend dowry to the Districts. Nothh could exeeed their youthful elegant1 their grace, polish, sweetness, pr prie ty; in the hospitality of tin homes, the liberality of their bonni tho generosity Of their hearts, tl integrity of their faith. They large contributed to tho feminine eleme in tho Constitution of the State. B their dowry is exhausted, theil- i sources dried up; the invader li sacked their homes and made tin dc?o?iU;, *nd in tho hour oi til? greatest overthrow and desolation, their masculine kindred, grievously beaten themselves, take their revenge out of the feeble help-mates, and de? prive them of all that remains of their original dowry! Waat had boen the offence of these Parishes? Were they unproductive? unprolific? Quite the contrary. Were they illi berni in their intercourse with the more masculine sections? This is not their reproach. ?They had sought to share, not monopolize, offices-; nor had they been costive in their appro? priations of money to all public inte? rest?; nor had they been mean in the salaried endowments of public officers; and they had always been among the first in the encouragement of arts and education; aud their taxes had been freely paid, though sometimes heavily disproportioned to their means and to the powers accorded to them* It will be found, we think, that of the .public offices, for twenty years past, and perhaps longer, they had obtain? ed but a very small proportion. Yet, what have boen the contributions of these . Parishes for eighty years, to the intellectual and moral capital of the State. What a glorious recordof grand names, identified with noble histories, do they exhibit, beginning long before the Revolution, and com? ing down almost to the preocnt mo? ment. Wo recall the brilliant and ve? hement eloquence, as well as the patriotic devotion, of John Rutledge*; the stern, stoical fixedness of pur? pose of Christopher Gadsden; the admirable partisan warfare and un? selfish virtues of Francis Marion; the dogged courage of William Moultrie; tho political foresight und eloquence of Wm. Henry Drayton, and-bul what a list when we recall tin; Mid? dletons, the Dray tons. ' the H?gers, the Legares. When we remembei Wm. Lcfjvndes, and Robert Y. Hayne, and James Hamilton, and the Rhetts, the Barnwells, we find any mere re 00.1.a ?ux^Q^ihle. ?,>-1 .*nl?vr",m"*1 fttK! to find adequate words ?or just de? scription. Very marvellous, indeed, have boen the contributions of these "rotten boroughs'* to the moral ?ind intellectual,. to say nothing of th. physical, capital of the State, lt. WJIS not that these men represented thc Parishes that they attained power It was because they were instinct witl equal intellect and racuhood, so that from tho seaboard to the mountain there was but one voice-that of ? multitudinous instinct of the State which called them to the high place of responsibility and authority. Th power in themselves, trained by th femininity attributes of the Parishes was the sufficient secret of their elevn tion to power. There is a degree o femininity in all truly great men grounded in their more exquisit sensibilities, their greater suseepti bility, the warmth as well as the vigo of intellect, which, is equally inform ed by the imaginative faculty; and living in smaller circles, less anion the masses, in homes rather than i hustings, they preserve a domesti delicacy of constitution which keep their sensibilities alive, and quicken all the mental instincts; and the Pi rishes,"like the'"rotten boroughs" < j Eugland, were of the highest impo; j tance in nursing that femininity whic j never impaired the vigor of a Pitt o j Fox, nor lessened in a single degr* the vast, copious and exquisite pov/ei I of a Burke. Ia all experienced com tries, where the arts have made pr? greigs, there has beena large solicitad always shown for tm preservation < these small communities which exe eise the happiest influence in tempe i ing the more masculine oharacteristi? j of larger societies. What Athel . was to the rest of Greece, that wi , such small communities as the !>< j roughs or,Parishes be found to o ! in enabling a nation to exhibit, ri ! ing from the dead level of 1 ; masses; the colossal forms ot j genius, which makes a realm beai I til ol in times ol' pt**** and powe ful in war; which tend to refino so- ; oiety, to make manners lovely, action i graceful, to crown thought with fancy, and wing ideas on their way to other j regions, as the generous breezes waft , those leaves detached from the tree ? which carries, each of them, a swed [ within the leaf. Nor are we to regard and treat as an offence that a commu? nity or section is, in certain respects which we may call purely physical, small and insignificant. It .still cbn stitutes a community, a, component of the State, necessary to it^ welfare, which ought to be, by very reason di its feebleness, entitled to its special protection. The agency of these small sections is important to the whole, as contributing to form those, cheeks and balancea by which the more powerful ure kept from en : croaching upon the rights of feeble* suctions. This is ote of tLe first i necessities of every well-constituted ; Commonwealth, and tie winde r "ison ! for the several divisions of a State. I To destroy these is to disturb ali the j balance wheels of political society, j break down distinctions, and gricv I ously to impair the securities which, from time immemorial, have been established in order ihat each of the elements of a State should have free expression, and that, all should be re I strained' from tnose usurpations to I which we owe disruption, anarchy and i war. Destroying the States as sove ! reign ties, the Unitee? States Govern - I ment hus resolved tte whole into one . imperial power, which, in previous ? history, for six thousand yea^-s, has : been the one fruitful secret of general I disintegration. Shall we' on a small ! scale, imitate this usurpation? Are I the feeble never to be secure? Does I statesmanship mean only the aggran? dizement of tit' particular . section which it represents? And is the struggle to go on everywhere for the 1 increase of d?ninion, rather than for its developnicEt, beauty and refine ?ixrni,'/ .T??*>t K?r) long as tide?switUiueo to be the blind aim of the politician, just so sure is thc loss ol' all that makes States grateful to their, pos? sessor, and glorious as examples for the future. All these ochlocr?tic movements, for such they are, are fahd to veneration, and veneration is the one secret bj which wo cherish the beautiful, teach faith in the good and gentle, polish mere vigor into grace, lift the heart, elevate the sentiment, "and make of the soul a winged thing forever soaring for the skies! PHILO. . SCHOOL NOTICE. THE MISSES HENRY* will resume the duties of their ^SCHOOL, afc their residence on ^Stark's KU, East end of Gervais street, oa MONDAY, 2d Octo? ber, and solicit the patronage of their friends and the public. All the usual branches of an English education will bc taught, together with Music and FrcBch. For terms, &c, appb as above. Sept ?4_" 1* FX^CTRI TbtiT rect ived*ndfor sale. ZEALY. SCOTT A BRUNS. Supt 22 * 3 CIGARS! ACHOICE LOT, jist received, and con? sidered very fine. Sept 22 3 ZEALY SCOTT & BRUNS. S H OE S ! ! 2CASES BUFF BA1?M0R?LS, selling at a very low nrico. S?pt 22 3 ZEALY, K'OTT A BRUNS. ENG Li S H Dairy Cheese. TUST received, a ehdee lot of the above. Will be sold low bv the box. Sept 22 H ZEALY, BCOTTA BRUNS. FOE SALE, gjPgBgL A FIRST-CLASS SPRING WAGON, new and bi good !KctfiaM?j??Bjb?&B riler, with good cover and comfortable M<:HIS. di may be drawn by two or four horses, and cari ie? eight or hui passengers. Api-i? a? U?fi v????. Sept 2i . 5* GOOS NEWS FOR ALL I RE-OPEt?TOO 0? THE T?ftOE 1? CH??tESTONt IMMENSE ATTRACTION AT THE Wholesale Shoe House! NO. 133 MEETING STREET, ESTABLISHED IW 1836, IS now re-opened, after a. suspension of four yofcrs, with greater facilities than.cver. The proprietor now offers ?for sale \.T WHOLESALE ONLY, at thc lowest possiblo quotations, and recei#ng IMMENSE CONSIGN'M ENTS semi-weekly from the. larpent and most r* able manufactories. ' Tim proprietor takes pleasure in calling thc attention 01 the trade--t.he local mer? chants'of "th?; States of Ge?*rf(ia, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida-to the extensive stock of B< )0TS, SHOES, HATS. TRUCKS, etc, ORDERS NEATLY AND 1'HO MP LY ATTENDED TO. EDWARD DALY, Sept 24 - AGEN'I FOR MANUFACTURERS. * B 15V HAVING been appointed Agent for the sale of BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS and H AT St bv several of the most prominent mann"' f:turers at the North, and now located a, NO. ?SS MEETING STIiEEV, CHARLESTON, S. C., ' I offer this CHOICE STOCK OF GOODS for sale by the PACKAGE ONLY. The Trade will please notice. EDWARD DALY, Agent. Sept 24 | C. S. Jenkins! HAS REMOVED TO Assembly Street, West Side, one ' door ri orth. of Market Street, Where he has on hind a well-selected stock of GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, DRY GOODS,- ? CONFECTIONARY, HATS, SHOES, kc.;kc. I To which he invites the pnhlic attention. I _J_._ I "TT7"HITE CUT SUGAR, COFFEE, j VV " Crns'd " TEA, 1 CLARIFIED SUGAR, LARD, Light and Dark Brown do., RUTTER. I FLOUR, HU E j HARLEY, MACKEREL SMOKED BEEF. SARDINES CH EES F.. PEPPER ! MUSTARD, .VINEGAR CANDLES, MATCHES SOAP, STARCH YEAST POWDERS. Trenton, Oyster and But! er CRACKERS, BOURBON" WHISKEY, * . CLARET WINE, "St. Julien/ ) OKI Club House Gin, Aromatic Schiedam Schnapps, .Lemon Syrup, Stomach Bitters, (Boker'a,) Portable Lemonade, Sppuish and American Sogars, Navy Tobacco, Elegant French Confectionary, Sugar Plums, Cream Drops, Gum Drops and Stick Candy, ? Horse Brushes, Shoe Brushes, Brooms, Cloth Whisks, Blacking, Currv Combs, Clothes Lines, Ladie*' and Gent's Shoes and Hats, of th latest styles, Ladies' and "Gent's Gloves, " " Handkerchiefs, Calicoes, Ribbons, Spool Cotton, black and white, Blurting, Towelling, Sins and Needles, Oli?mi Doll Babies._Sept 2S 2 P. BK SXfcASS,' BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER I Plain Street, near Nickeison's Hotel, /Xfife IS now receiving u full stock < ?S^everything in his line of business SCHOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY \ N FANCY ARTICLES. ALREADY ARRIVED. Webster's School Dictionary and Spelle Davies' Primury Arithmetic and First Le sons, himith's Grammar, Wilson's Reader Nos. 1 and 2, Sargent's Primer and Rea ers. Nos. 1 and 2, Mitchell's Primary Ge graphyi Monteith's 1st and 2d Geograph Slates of all sizes. Slate Pencils, Lead Pe ! eile of every quality, Office, School Trav< I ing and Pocket Ink-stands, Black, Blue ai ! R<M1 Ink and Indellible Ink. Steel Pens ai ? Holders in j^reat variety, Mucilage, De; Pails, Sealing Wax, (Mips, Check4,'uttci Folders, Gum Ibags, RedTapo, W"lriteRu I ber. Paper Labels. Propelling Pend Pocket Books, Crayons, Checkers, Viol Strings, Memorandum Books and Co] B )okn. Also, a large lot of choice l" I Music and Instruction Books for the Pian and fine French Letter Paper. Sept 22 fS Brass Foundry. THE subscriber, thankful for past ] tronage, would inform II?H frien and thc public that he is stil? prcj)ar to furnish all kinds of BRASS CASTTt in a workmanlike manner an<l with i i tepateh. ROBERT l?oDOUGAL, . uly 31 m Gadsden, near Washington a STOLEN, |?^^^ FROM my premises, on tho 2d ?SS instant, a medium-sized Bav Mare ^JJfJ^MULE, blind in right oyo and both toro hoofs s^ht. She #as takeii by a black man name?. Jcrrv, formerly a slave of Mr. John Beard, of this place. His right arm is artificial, and he -wears a glove on the hand. I suppose him to be about Charles? ton, S. C., or Augusta. Ga. I will givo a reward of FIFTY DOLLARS for his arrest and delivery to proper authority, and a liberal reward for the recovery of the mule. W. S. SL?AN, Sept 22 10* Columbia, S. C. Executive Department S. C., SEPTEMBER 20, 1865. THE Provisional Governor of South Caro? lina has appointed thc following hamed 1 gentlemen as Special Aids, for the purpose I of assisting him in the discharge of bis ? official duties in reconstructing thc State and restoring her to all of lier civil and political rights in the Federal Union: WILLIAM L. TRENHOLM. of Charles? ton city. STEPHEN ELLIOTT, of Beaufort Dis? trict. WADE HAMPTON. Jr., of Columbia. I ROBERT L. MeCAW, of Yorkvillo. WILLIAM H. EVANS, of Society Hill. JAMES H. HARRISON, of Anderson vil? lage. " Thc above named gentlemen will receive and communicate to the Provisional Go? vernor, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PERRY, aU information which they may deem ad? visable as to the condition of the State, its citizens, the freedmen, the home pinico and *military garrisons. They will likewise re? port to him by letter, at his headquart?rs, at Greenville Court House. By order of the Provisional Governor. WM. H. PERRY, Sept 22 3 Private Secretary, Ac. J?" The newspapers wiR give three in-, sortions. Mounce & Calhoun, COMMIS* MERCHANTS, CORNER Gervais and Gates streets, (uear S. C. and G. A C. R. R. Depots.) Columbia. S. C" receive and forward ali kinds of Merchandize, Tobacco, Cotton and all Produce, or store the same." Parties -*.:n ^?.~?..i.. WIim^illMj, ?u uo "... UUL ^.re? shipped with despatch from Orangeburg, Alston, Wjnnsboro or other poipts, by wa? gon, during the breakage on said roads. We keep two two-horae wagons for city hauling. R. H. MOUNCE. J. W. CALHOUN. REFERENCES.-J. G. Gibbes, Edwin J. Scott, Columbia; Johnston, Crews & Co., Charleston; Linton A Dowty, Augusta, Ga.; Wm. Tarier A Co., Montgomery, Ala.; Cos, Braynard A Co? Mobile, Ala"; W. A. J. Finney, DanviUjL Va.; Robert Lunipkin, Richmond, Va. Sept 14 Imo* FASHIONABLE B?LUXK11Y, MRS. ADDIE DOUGAL in? forms the Indies of Columbia , that she has just returned ?from Noiv York with a small i but verv choice seleotion of BONNETS, RIBBONS, FEA? THERS, etc., which she tfill dispose of at reasonable rates. She will be in constant receipt of articles in th? millinery line, of thc very latest styles. Residence on Gates street, adjoining 'thcenix. onice. Sofa 20