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. GQJjDlfflBIA- . ? . - ? ' t -.-=V^ I Sunday Horning, October 1, 1865. * F?*pnlar Election? and thc Object? ot Legislation. * . If ever a people were^required to be circumspect and greatly scrupu? lous in the choice of their legislators, such now is the great necessity of the ? Southern people, and especially* the people of South Carolina. No mere common-place representatives should serve-no mere peanut-eaters-men only good as make-weights and tail? pieces of a leader, ar^d to sing . out yea and nay, according to tho will of a bell-wether. Even comm in sense, though a most sterling quality in law making, will only suffice in a degree. It is uncommon sejisc that we now require. There must, if possible, be brought forward those who possess forethought, and who can cast their minds far forward into the future, anticipating tho novel necessity aud guarding against the birth and growth of unexpected vicissitudes. The first diffieidties to be met, will ariae from out financial embarrassments-?he % necessity qfcyneeting, .out of our own resources, *ot merely the absolute expenses of Government, but, in very .considerable degree, the exigen? cies of our society. We have got td provide ways and niean?3, ' without making taxation too great a weight for a people so impoverished to bear. We have need for this, to consider and provide a means for the recupera? tion of our population. This will re? quire a legislation which shall teud to encourage and stimulate the diversi? fication of our pursuits. We have need to hold forth encouragement tc foreign people to colonize among us. This .will need that we extend every possible countenance to the manufac ' turing and industrial arts, to all thc arts, to machine shops, and everj variety and kind of artisan labor. The fatal error in our previous legis? lation, which naturally kept down the growth of our popvdation, .was in the concentration of all our favor upon the one pursuit of agriculture, to thc almost total exclusion from care 01 consideration -of the mechanical anc manufacturing arts. We are to lean that all the arts work together, anc are require<3> to work together, con sentaneously, if we calculate upon a social progress to fortune, improve ment and permanency of state anc condition. Our schools and college1 will need .such representation, as wil set Charly before the eyes of tin student, that they are to labor-tba labor is not inconsistent with tin grace and dignity of the gentle man-that it is no longer the po hey of the State, if it ever was to train up a race of spouters lawyers, doctors and parsons," irre spective of their natural endow naen ts; and that, failing in marke natural gifts of the highest order, ti pupil can only be rightly placed, an made duly |uceessful in life, by sin! ing into the ranks of ordinary labo and working out his deliverance 1 the sweat of his brow. We shoii encourage especially such schools ? will combine physical labor, so mar hours of each day, with nient studies, during a corresponding nm ber of hours. By this process, ^ .shall reconcile the minds of our youi to the performance of duties wilie hitherto, they have been too mu taught.to regard as servile and ince sistent with the claims of the gent man. Wo?must get r.d of this nc. sense, and we shall thus get rid swarms of worthless professional mc in all the profussions-weak, emp ridiculous, blatant-the blind leadi the blind-who now cover the coi try like the frogs of Egypt. 1 increase of population, theencovra? mont of tho industrial arts, a sev regimen in regard to education, I utmost economy, and taxes carefc laid so as to fall equally upon all, s not heavily on any class-these \ be tiie subjects* of most interest and importance beforj our Legislature. Considering, also, that Our lands are now almost the only'property left us?. it will be weil to touch them very tenderly, and to lift them, by legisla? tion, if possible, into first class con? sideration. It is found that trade can usually protect itself. It is quick, cunning, rapidly, commands money, and is not scrupulous ip the mode of ! getting it. The lands of the country -its labor-the arts, fine and indus? trial-and education, of course-these are the superior interests which will need to be considered. Our next 'Legislature will have an immense work before it, if it. shall have the faculty to rise to a full appreciation j of the needs* and embarrassments as I well UM the resources and characteris ! tics of the country-. Its session will I probably be the longest that this I State ha.o ever yet known--will proba? bly require at least three months of laborious and diligent working. Let, then, the people who arc assumed to be wise enough for everything, sec to it that the members they elect shall be good enough for something. The following communication did net reach Columbia in time to be pre? sented to tiie Convention. Thc rea? sons for addressing it are apparent on its face, and malee its publication ad? visable, notwithstanding its non-de livery. We, therefore, publish it at the request of the writer: OBAXGEEUKG, S. C.,' September 24, '18G5. To the Hon. D. L. Wardlair, Pr?sident ' of the Convention of Delegates sent from the Election Distriels of Saut?, Carolina at the cali of the Provisioner Governor: ? Sra: I am recently informed, as coming directly from a citizen of tin Election District of Prince William, who was present, that I was elected i Delegate to the honorable body ovei which you preside. * . Unable to return to my District, foi want of shelter, my house there, witl those of twenty-two others belonging to my family connexion, being burnet by "the vandal," and beiug no can didate, I was not at ^ho election, no: have I heard from or of it until I go this information. *, I deem it my duty to makj tin above statement, both on account o tho people of the District and nr own; on theirs, because the apparen vacancy, without explanation, ma; subject them to the suspicion of sur liness or indifference; on my own because, though 1 ?would not seek t< share your arduous and delicate tasl by becoming a candidate, I am std more averse to let my silence raise doubt of my willingness- to assam any responsibility cast on me by th voluntary vote of the people of an; portion of the State. Why the "credentials" have faile to get k> me, I am at a loss .to kno^ Until they are sent, or I have othe satisfactory testimony, it will be us< less for me to attend. Very r?sped fully, your obedient servant, W. F. HUTSON. GoiUSisiA, September 30, 1865. At a meeting of citizens held thi day, His Honor the Mayor took th chair and requested Edwin J. Scot to act as Secretary. The Chairman then explained tba the object of the meeting was t consider the expediei cy of ro-builc ing the market and deteraiinin whether it should be erected on il j old site, or at some other locality. I . On motion of Ilev. Wm. Marth j the Chairman was directed to appoii ! a committee of five,?to report fully o j the subject to a future niee?ng, to I I called by the Mayor, j The following gentlemen were a] pointed: John Stork, Hwy Davi John. A. Kay,? T. C. Vtfll and WE Glaze. . On motion of Dr. Join Fishe^ tl meeting then adjourned EDWIN J. SCOTT. Sec'y. i A CONVENIENCE FOS THE W?EKE I MAN.-Penny trains ?xe How "aria 1 stitution" in London TheynOw ri J early and late on toe undergroui ! railroads. The working man deseen j into a spacious suWorranean dept , we.ll lighted, in ont part of Londo ' takes Ids seat in > third-class "ci i riage," and, for ?wo cents, in t j minutes, is landed miles away, in a j other part of London, whither, ? "bus," would hafe cost ten cents a . an hour's ride. Correspondence. COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 25, I860. .JIo?u Wm. JJ. Parler, Ckfzrleston, S. C. - DEAR Sut: The people of South Carolina, by the Ordinance of the Convention, are about to elect a Go? vernor and Lieutenant-Goiernor for the State. Your eminent qualifica? tions fit you for the office of Lieute nant-Governor, and your long public services merit the promotion to this responsible and dignified office. The undersigned, members oP the Con? vention, ask that you will allow your name to be put in nomination for the position. With great Respect, your obedient servante, [limned by 92 ^Jembers of the Convention.] CHARLESTON. Sept. 28, 1865. GENTLEMEN: I have received your invitation to become a candidate for the \ office of Ldeutenant?Govemor, under the amended Constitution of the State. ^ There is no better way to convey to you my appreciation of this compli? ment, than to say simply/ a nd frankly 'that I accept the invitation. Should the people, at the polls, think proper to set the seal of their approval to youl" nomination, they shall have my most faithful service. The condition cf the State is*sueh as to call for a contribution of sacrifice and of service from all of her sons. Whatever any oue fs thought best fitted to do, let him do it cheerfully. The exactions and ravages of a gigan? tic war have brought .us well nigji to the verge of exhaustion. The work before us is tha^oi restoration, politi? cal and industrial. Whatever may be thought or said to the contrary, the people of South Carolina, and of the South, went into the late contest with, a sincerity of purpose, and an honesty and strength " of conviction, that w?l be beater appreciated here? after than thej are now; and it will not be denied that they bore them? selves throughout the contest in a manner and with a spirit not un? worthy of their name and history. Their appeal :o the last resort of a people has been adverse to them; and there cannot be dishonor in the ac knowledgmen: and acceptance of the logical resulte. Self-respect and dig? nity may be displaced in misfortune as wefl as in success; and our duties oftentimes roach far beyond ourselves. The life of a State is something more than the aggregate "lives of the indi? vidual citizens that compose it. There are interests of future generations tc be considered. The particulars ol your action have not yet come tc hand, but enough has reached us tc satisfy me that "you have fairly met. and acted upon, the great nationa issues presented in your difficult ant painful situation. Let us deal witl them, n <w and at all times, earnestly and faith rolly; not in a craven, spirit but like men who, Laving striver bravely but unsuccessfully, know hov to yield; and, having given a pledgt of faith, will not fail to redeem it. f I do noi? despond for the future The qualities our people have hereto fore displayed will carry them througl the difficulties tha,t surround them The entire disorganization of thei system of labor pats them to a grea' disadvantage; but'they have compen Rations, in their soil and climate; an< the young men of the State, intfret to hardships in? the fiada, are earnestly seeking work in any shape and ii every direction. This spirit, witl patience, perseverance and practica geed . sense, will inaugurate a nev career of industry, which, under th? favor of Heaven, may yet result ii unmeasured blessings to our people I have the hor-or to be, with grea respect, your obedient servant, W. D. PORTER. To Messrs. A. P. ALDRICH, EI?WAR] FROST, P. J. COOGAN and others > members of the Convention. THK COLORER TKOOPS.-The Re publican argumsntthat ballots shouL be put in the hands of all negxoe who have handled bayonets in defenc of the Federal Union, has led to a: investigation of the. numbers tha would bo effected by it. The whol number of negro troops mustere into the service since the commence mont of the war is, in round num bers, one hundred and eighty thou saud. The deaths and casualties anson, them greatly exceed the proportion among the whites, and amounted t over fifty thousand. Sixty tliousan of the remaining ono hundred an thirty thousand have lately been oj dered mustered ont in tho several de paitments, and these only are entitle to vote under the laws and reguh tions governing the service. Thi small number, distributed among th several States, would not bo an eh mont of calculation in any of then A recent export from Richraon was G,4D0 bushels of tobacco ashes. The three most prominent leaders of the radical party, which has just declared open war upon the' noble reconstruction policy of President Johnson, are Charles Sumner, Thad? deus Stevens and Benjamin F. Butler. We .can well understand why two of these persons should be filled with hatred <5f the" South, and should seek to degrade and impoverish the section by which they imagine 'themselves to have been terribly wronged. Mr. Charles Sumner's sp?cial cause for hating the South is too well known to need comment at this late day. The grave has long since closed over the unhappy author of his sufferings, but the wounds which' he inflicted appear never to have healed. Duri jg the invasion of Pennsyl ..vania oy the Confederate forces, the vast iron works of Mr. Stevens were destroyed at the instance of some Confederate General, and their de? struction enkindled in their owner's heart the flumes of an undying wrath so relentless that he hungers for the ruin of the ?fiend'ng section. Besides these grounds for personal hostility, Sumner and Stevens were educated in a school which inculcated lessons of sectional bato thirty years ago. They have never professed good will for the South ; and now that they each have special reasons for detest? ing us, they cannot be accused of having ever practiced the sins of hypocrisy and deceit. We feel for these politicians the dishke which one's, enemies * in variably excite, but we have no complaint to make of bad treatment pr deception at their hand?. Mr. Butler's case, however, is avery different one. Long before the war there were some hali dozen "National Demo? crats" in? Massachusetts who minis? tered to every prejudice, passion and demand of the most ultra Southern politicians. Having nothing to hopo from their own State, they utterly defied, derided and despised. "Massa? chusetts politics," and protested, in and out of season, their devotion to the South. They always took sides with us in every quarrel with the North and applauded many acts of excitable Southern members of Congress which did not meet thc approval of the calm, dispassionate men of our own section. The injury which these men did the South was incalculable. They flattered where they shpnld have .ad? monished, and encouraged where they should have dissuaded. Reck? lessly indifferent about their political standing at home, they knew that the road to wealth and honor was through the goocL. opinion of the Southern people. The South then made and unmade Presidents, and the "Massachusetts junta" played the part of obsequious, ready parasites. Prominent among these men was Mr. Benjamin F. But? ler. It was with his sanction and ap? proval that Mr. Hallet, in 1852, re? constructed the Democratic platform, interpolated into it the famous Reso? lutions of 1798-'99, and identified the national democracy (as it was alleged in South Carobna) with the dcK^rine of secession. When the real inter? ests of the South should have taught us to acquiesce without a struggle in the territorial views of Judge Doug? las, it was just such men as B. F. Butler who encouraged the South iii a course of suicidal folly towards that eminent statesman. As late as May, 1860, in the last National Convention of the Democracy, had we -then known as much as we know now, ?the horrors of civil war might have, bee?" averted by the nomination of Judge Douglas. But we rushed blindly over the precipice which led to disunion, encouraged and stimulated by B. F. Butler and Daniel S. Dickinson. . [Richmond Times. Among the most important pardons it has recently been our pleasure to record is that of General Joseph R. Anderson, of the Richmond Tredegar Iron Works, which was granted du? ring the early part of last week. This secures the uninterrupted working of the most important manufacturing establishment in the State, and one which gives employment to the largest number of skilic.l laborers. General. Anderson's case was embarrassed by his feeing included within V special exceptions. He is a grauuate of West Point, but resigned Iiis com? mission nearly thirty years ago; he was for a time a Brigadier-General in tho Confederate army, and owns property, the assessed value of twen? ty thousand dollars.-Richmond Timex. Governor Brownlow, in a recent let? ter to the Knoxville Whig, expressed the opinion that idleness, starvation and disease, will remove from the sphere of mortal existence the ma? jority of negroes of this generation, and that the race will ultimately be? come extinct like thc Indians. Xjopal Items. "Cotton Blanks" and permits-indispen? sable Jo all persons purchasing or ?hipping cotton-rf;an-bc (jbtaincd at this office. . RKLKT.OCS NOTICE.-Wc are requested to state that Ber. Ti. Talley will preach in tho Baptist Church, this afternoon, at 4 o'clock. We aro greatly indebted to Dr. J. F. ?speck for copies of late Charleston, New York and Boston papers. These papers are OB rile in our office for the inspection of our readers. CAIGAN A KEEUDBK-Our readers will do well to look in upon the excellent apart? ment of groceries, wines, liquors and ci? gars, in thc collection of Messrs. Calnan A Krouder, ?p Gervais street. House-wives may find it to their profit to diversify their walks, so as to ap^oroach thc capital, in the direction of this new house. TOUCHING THE BELIES.- We have just beard that four of the Charleston bells were forwarded from this place to Augusta, in order to be cast into cannon. This was at a late period in thc war, and the proba? bility is that the castings Vere never made,; and-that thc bells may still be found intact in tho city of Augusta. Will our friends of that city bc so good as to institute the ne? cessary inquiries? 1 THE CAPTURE AND DESTRUCTION- or THE CITY OB? COLUMBIA, S. C.-Originally Pub? lished in. the Columbia Phoenix-Rcvincd and Corrected by the Author.-About thc mideftc of October, the above work will bc issued from the press of the Columbia Phonix-printed with new type and on fine paper. Fcrsons desiring copies are re? quested to give their names as early as possible. Singlo copies will be furnished at Sl.SThe trade supplied at a discount. KEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call? ed to th? following advertisements, which are published for the first time this morn .?*: & Gen. Am es-General Orders No. 9. " " General Order No. 12. The Misses Henry-School Notice. Nomination for Legislature from Richl'd. "" of E. S. J. Hayes. C'S. Jenkins-Just Received. Meeting of Fir* Department. Wm.'S?jepherd-House to Rent. Edgorton & Richards-Job' Insr House. John Commins-rBoot and Shoe House. James G. Gibbes-Auction Business. DEATH OP JOSEPH BONAPARTE. Joseph Bonaparte, Prince o? Musig nana, died at Rome, on the 5th of September. He was a son of Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino and Musignana, and of a daughter to Jose nh Bonaparte, ex-King of Spain, l?e was for many years a resi? dent of this country, andtrepwn as a learned writer upon American orni? thology. Here he published in the Journal of Natural Sciences, of Phila? delphia, a series of articles entitled "Observations on the Nomenclature of Wilson's Ornithology," a work frequently quoted and held as autho? rity. He wrote "A Synopsis of the Birds of the United States, " {origin? ally printed in thc 'Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History, New York,") and a "Catalogue of Birds of the United States, " published in the "Contributions of the Maclurinn Lyceum," of Philadelphia. He ?was also an occasional writer for American magazines and scientific publications. His principal ' work is "Mongrafin delia Fauna Italic?," written and pub? lished in Rome after his . return to Europe. Joseph Bonaparte was for some time a resident of Philadelphia, where he was intimately known by, scientific men, and highly respected for his industry and earning. MOVEMENTS OF GEN. HOWARD. General Howard will leave to-morrow on a tour of inspection in Virginia, to examine into the condition of the" freedmen and the operations of the freedmen's bureau in thaitjState. Du? ring next month he contemplates making .t complete tour of all the Southern States, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the new rela? tions between tho freedmen and em? ployers are sufficiently established to admit of curtailing tho operations of the*bureau. The freedmen's bureau was designed by Congress to* bo a temporary arrangement to adjust the difficulties arising between the freed? men and their late masters under tho new order of afl'airs ; and when it shall be found that these two classes work harmoniously together, the ne? cessity for the burean will cease to exists and it will be discontinued, and it is understood to be the desire of the President that such au inspection as General Howard is about entering upon", shall be made to ascertain defi? nitely the actual Condition of affairs between thc freedmen and employers of the South, which will determine whether the bureau shall be main? tained or discontinued. Chicago has eighty-five hotels.