Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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_._ ? COLUMBIA. Saturrday Horning, Sept .9, 18ff*5. Appro*tb of tb? PMtU?c?. The cholera demon has given the world due notice of his approach, and our people will do wisely to take their precautions in'advance of bis coming. We were in Philadelphia and New York, in 1832, when he first made his appearance on the American conti? nent. We beheld his horrible" aspee ta, witnessed daily the dreadful extent of his ravages, and the terrible sweep of hts besom,- to. which science vainly strove to offer its impediments. Ho swept them away, even as the house? maid sweeps away, with her broom, the frail web-work of the spider. From two to three hundred persons, perished dally ia fhcee two great cities in that, season of his first advent Twenty-four hours sufficed for the overthrow of the most vigorous frames. - Many perished in'less than four hours" after attack. Men and women were stricken down in the streets, suddenly, in their usual walks and avocations, and the collapse followed the blow: Toa might Bee them borne away in carts, every fimb convulsed and thrown out in all directions, writhing with spasms of agony, which soon became spasms of death, The intem? perate in food and drink were usually the first vic timi. Temperance in all things, especially diet, avoidance of great fatigue in hot weather, moderate exercise, moderation in every respect, furnished the only securities. While no material change should take place in the daily habit, those guilty of any excess were required to curb their appetites, and endeavor to reestablish in season the regular exercise of the digestive apparatus. Coffee was con? sidered a danger. Black tea was pre .. f erred to green, though we fancy there was not much danger in the use of either. All fermenting liquors were .avoided-all varieties of food, The more simple the fe. ? more safe the party. Much con. lent was ob? jected to, though the cu..* used of an ? evening at table had generally a small portion of ginger in them. Each per? son carried with him, wherever he went, a small phial of spirits of cam? phor, to which he resorted immediate? ly whenever he felt any abdominal uneasiness. Eight drops, in a cordial glass of water, was considered .the proper dose on such occasions. You were required to avoid all unnecessary exposure to the sun; to walk slowly; to keep in at night, and not sleep in any direct draft of air; to keep a cool head and warm feet. Above all, you were not to suffer your mind to brood . with apprehension on the one subject of danger, or on any subject of annoy? ance.- Beep your mind calm, cheer? ful and always properly employed about your proper business. Bathing the feet jn cold water nightly, at morning the head, and; if possible, the whole body, we found beneficial, , And calculated, in the case of most persons, to determine the blood grate * fully to the surface. But your ablu? tions in cold water should never be continued more than four minutes, robbing off with a thick crash towel. You need not fear cold water, even when covered with perspiration, pro? vided von are not fatigued as well as heated. The danger does not lie in the heated condition of our frame, ? but in its temporary exhaustion, which makes recuperation difficult. There is a passive as well as active per? spiration-that is, you may be covered with sweat from the mere sultriness an 1 intensity of the atmosphere, with? out any exertion, of your own, and in this state may tale the cold bath with impunity; but beware of it, should the -perspiration bet induced by your own active physical exertions. It is, then, dangerous to all but the most power? ful physiques. We have repeatedly * encountered tine cholera, since 1832, in various towns ?and cities, and think ?hat W? may confidently assert thai * these precautions, properly taken* are rarely known to fail. Keep your mind, especially above the moon. We doubt that the cholera will reach our continent this season. The season is probably too far advanced, but you may look for it in# New York some-* where about June of 1866-hardly be? fore. Our- city authorities must, in the meanwhile, watch its march in Europe, and take their precautions accordingly. The quarantine restric? tions should be enforced with pre-up*f ness and firmness whenever the demon shall reach those ports in Europe with which our American cities have much intercourse. The streets and cellars of a town should be-duly cleansed. Houses should be well ventilated and purified. Ventilation is much more necessary for purification than drain? age; and few of Our houses are pro? perly built with regard to this prime and essential object. Crowded quar? ters of a town should be distributed, and where the cholera appears in country precincts, the inhabitants can? not do better than to take to the pine woods and go into camp, hutting it in log cabins. It would be well, mean? while, if some of c ar most experienced and scientific physicians should, in all the towns, give such instructions, in detail as to the treatment of the dis? ease, as to enable the patient to resort tosome temporary remedies until me? dical aid can be procured. But, after all, and before all, prevention is much more easy than cure; and precaution will be found more valuable than any supposed remedies, hpwever excellent in ordinary maladies. Cholera is no ordinary malady. It is a winged de? nton, sent especially, like war, for the purging of a race, and aims at a moral result, while acting specifically on the physical._ So far as we have seen,? the mem? bers chosen for thc Convention are generally men of sound judgment, large information and sound discre? tion. They are certainly among th< best that could be found in the severa! communities. Bichland has no reasoi to be ashamed of, or dissatisfied wi*h, her choice; and Charleston may felici tate herself on the good sense whicl has presided over her choice of dele gates. It would be impertinent foi us now to suggest the details of tin j work before the august body about t( assemble in this city. Of the solemnity I and permanent import of the dub j before them, they should, and mos I probably have, an adequate idea. Th State is about to be launched anew for afresh voyage, under new auspices It is now a dependency. It is an in tegral of a vast and powerful consoli dated empire, which at one blow ha shivered to atoms all the principle and tenets which it has always bee: proud and pleased to assert; and made an over-ruling destiny, to which w could offer no resistance. We hav succumbed to the decree; we have a? oepied the fiat, which wa could n longer gainsay, and yield that submit sion which our conscience , will nc construe to mean loyalty in the ol chivalric sense of the word. But or submission does not the less impl good faith and the recognition of til law. We shall not- be false to the; professions, which, however reluc?an ly, have been made by our peopl and with this resolution fixed, or Convention will no doubt decide to c all that ,is required as preliminar! necessary before the resumption of 01 relations with the National Unioi Let us do what is simply neoessar and attempt no more; and, above a things, avoid all unnecessary compl cations, on topics which might deli our proper action. The Louisville Journal says: "Tv Northern men, who had opened trade store near Tuskeegee, Mac< County, Alabama, detected a negro stealing something frem their stoc They tied him up and whipped hi all night with such severity that ] died soon after being released ne morning. The traders afterwards fl< to Cubs. We counsel our readers, such as desire to leave their children in pos? session of the necessary records, to preserve carefully all the pamphlets and publications of whatever sort, and all the newspapers that- they can, which have been issued from the Southern press during the last five years. In the wide spread destruc? tion of such publications, which must have followed the ravage and havoc of invasion, these things will be found very scarce. They form absolutely necessary materials for the future his? torian, and when we consider the vast influence upon "the future, of the events of the late wonderful episode in our own career, as a section, and as a portion,* now, of the United Statef, (the proper preservation of these publications for history is of the greatest consequence. We beg to add, that we ourselves shall be pleased to receive copies of any suoh publica? tions, during the last five years, from any parties not desiring themselves to make a collection. The New York Commercial Adver? tiser, in an article headed "Our Policy toward the South,v saya that a promi? nent Confederate general, on being unexpectedly befriended by a citizen of .the North a few days since, replied to him: "I never expected to receive such treatment at the North. Could the South but'know and believe that such is the spirit of your people toward them, all animosity would cease, and a 1 anting re-union would take place." "Our restored country _sn," conti? nues the Commercial Adve 'iser, "may rest assured that we cherish none other than the friendliest feelings toward them* and entertain the liveliest inte? rest m their welfare nd prosperity. Tho '?North never prosecuted the war in a spirit of hate or revenge. It was only when forced to do so in self-de? fence that we resorted to arms, and then not a shot was fired in anger. With the surrender of the insurgents and the termination of hostilities, a spirit of - forgiveness pervaded the Jiorth; and notwitlistanding the sud? den and terrible removal of the be? loved hen/I of the nation by Southern assassins, we have ever since stood ready and anxious to welcome back the wanderers to the Union fold. "Whatever may be the apparent policy of the Government, the people -are disposed to treat the masses of the restored States in the most lenient manner; to let them off with the punishment which they have already incurred in the loss of property and slaves. That those in authority are animated by similar motives, is shown in their treatment t?f the rebel leaders. With but very few exceptions, they have been liberated and permitted te? re tura to their homes. Not one of the civilian offenders whom the terms of capitulation did not cover has been put on trial for treason, when both the South as well as the North-expect? ed that many of them would be ar? raigned in the tribunal of death. . In various other ways the Government has shown that it is disposed to treat the people of the late Confederate States kindly. An entire absence of animosity or revenge has been wit? nessed in the conduct of President Johnson, who received so much perse? cution at the hands, of the rebels, and was compelled to flee from his native State." I. . -- ! THE FKNIANS rs IBKLAND.-Wilmer & Smith's European Times, August 10, says: j "The Fenians, it appears, are not I confined to the South or Western part of Ireland. They are to be found in the North as well. A body of them has appeared in the County Down-a district where their existence was never dreamt of. They marched through several towns with their in? signia, and would have been attacked by the Orangemen, but the constabu? lary force interfered and prevented any serious breach of the peace? It would really seem as if the accounts which have come from the other side of the Atlantic, respecting the pre? ponderance of the Fenians in Ireland, were a fact, and not, as many persons on this side of the water, believe, a fiction." * A correspondent of tho Louisville Journal says he overheard the follow? ing conversation between two urcliins: Says one, "Aint you got no grand? mother?" "No." "I tell yer," re? sponded the first, "they're "tip top. Let yer do as you please; give yer as much good stuff as yer can eat, and the more you saree them the better they like it." j] " Norther* gentimcmt. > The New ?ork Evening PoMt, one of the very oldest and ablest of the anti? slavery journals, which, in a.long and. admirable article, takes a .hopeful'and fraternal view pf the ' kindly and loyal feelings of the South, and which has published, from time to time, extracts from Southern papers? demonstrating, the prevalence of those sentiments in this section. * Now? as to the feelings of the North towards the South, let us hear what the Post says: "We notice in our Southern ex? changes frequent allusions to a sup? posed hostile spirit in the North'. They complain that certain journals and people here continue to regard tiie Southern people with suspicion and dislike) and they urge very earn? estly that this is all wrong, and that the Southern people desire only peace, food will, and a fair chance in the inion. These complaints have no proper grounds. There may be here and there a foolish speech or para? graph in the North, but there are no snell feelings here as are attributed to the Northern people; and it ia a pity that anything of the kind should be suspected. There is noba man, pro? bably, in the North that will notf rejoice to see peace, law, justice, prosperity and happiness firmly re-established in tile States lately torn by war; if no other motive caused this desire, that of self-interest would alone suffice. It is for our benefit that the Southern States should do well; that Southern men should be prosperous; that their natural wealth should be developed; that they should be able to govern themselves, so that our armies may be withdrawn and disbanded. "Of course, we are waiting anx? iously to see how far and how quickly these hopes and expectations will be fulfilled. We see that there are some things, perhaps many, in the way of the people of the Southern States; some of us, doubtless, expect too mach, and are disappointed because a few months do not bring forth the ? work for which a few years will, in all probability, be required. But in all this there is no ill will; and we here, as they down there, are daily learning patience." FBENCH TBOOPS.-In view of possi? ble complications on the Mexican' frontier, it may be o? interest to know what kind of an army Louis Napoleon is spending his feie day with at Cha? lons. The correspondent of the Lon? don Daily Pos*, writes: "Tho French cavalry is decidedly inferior to ours, except in numbers. The best corps they have, in my opin? ion, are the Chasseurs a Cheval, or mounted light troops. They are cer? tainly the lightest of light horsemen, but extremely well mounted. All that I have seen have Algerian horses, en? tire animals, stallions, very like the Arabs, on which the Tenth Hussars and Twelfth Lancers were mounted when they arrived at Sevastopol from India, overland. The horses of the Chasseurs a Cheval are not more than fourteen hands two inches, English measurement, but they look fully fif? teen hands, owing to the men being so very small. I am told the French have seventeen of these corps, each of j which consists of six squadrons of a hundred men. That would make ten thousand men of the most workman? like light horse I have seen in Europe.. There is nothing to be compared with them in the Austrian army. "Tho Lancers' are a fine body of men. They have eight regiments of them, each numbering 600 men and horses. The men axe much larger than the Chasseurs a Cheval, more like our hussar regiments. The Cui? rassiers are great* heavy fellows, as lumbering, but much more provincial than our Life Guards, and I should' think quite as useless. The dragoons I don't admire, although the French think so highly of them. They are trained to act as cavalry as well as in? fantry, and consequently spoil both. The artillery cannot hold a caudle to our fellows. Even the crack corps, tho horse artillery of the Imperial Guard, cannot be compared for a mo? ment to our horse artillery. The in? fantry, I must admit, is magnificent, and is certainly now the best dressed infantry in Europe. In their firing, their gymnastic exercise, their bayo? net, fencing and every other exercise, the Emperor seems determined to bring the whole infantry up to the standard of excellence which was once to be seen exclusively with the Zou? aves." Accounts of horrible atrocities by tho Indians on the border of Texas are given, and United States military forces "have been appealed to for pro? tection, and Gen. Merritt is using his cavalry to aid them. W. Izard Bull, Esq., has been elect? ed a member of the State Convention from St. Andrew's Parish, To insure insertion, advertisers ar? re? quested to band in their notices before 4 o'clock p. m. * .gitnLioioxre Nones.-Divine service will be? held in the Baptist Church to-morrow. BOT. C. H. Pritchard will preach at 10% o'clock arm., and BOT. F. Auld at 4 o'clock p. m. . THE CONVENTION.-Aa tho proceedings of the Convention may be expected to be of absorbing interest to all persons in th? State, and as the Phoniz will make daily reports of its progress and the results from if, besides publishing in full the new Con? stitution the moment it shall ba ratified, it will be well that persons desiring to sub? scribe should do so in due season. In the present scarcity and cost of printing paper, publishers cannot venture' to print upon a mere speculative or possible demand. W? ?hall publish but ? few more copio? than will suffice for our customers, and ?nicas they come forward promptly, they may fiad themselves too late for the supply. PHOTOGBAPHY.-Our "Local" ,congratu? lates the fair aex and their gallants of Co? lumbia, st the pleasant prospect which they now have of perpetuating the charms of the beloved object in enduring memorials. Tho sun has been subsidized, a? a miniature painter, by that excellent photographic artist, Mr. Riobard Weam, and ?you may now confront his beams -with your beauty, t and array yourself in his rays, at any hour when he is pleased-to shine for your benefit, ' at the neat little brick .?tadio of the artist, in Assembly street. Go thither and be made immortal. Mr. Weam ha? a reputa? tion among tile highest in this PTOT?IMC of i art. He has achieved the, prise of gold and . : silver medals, in competition before numer? ous institutes; unhappily, these testimo? nials were Sherm ?nixed on the great raid, and it is now incumbent on Mr. Weam to 5rove his ability to achieve st?l other prizes, 'hat he w?l feel this duty incombent upon him, wo believe, and this will prompt mm, no doubt, to make ejrery damsel who sits to him ? beauty, and every gentleman ? hero. Go, then, young ones-go it while ye ar? young-and be- glorified for the admiration of your* grand-ch?dren-that is, of pos? terity. # _^rwwvw^,_ To morrow, his Excellency Governor Perry has appointed to arrive in this city; and during all the three next days, wo may Ipok for the arrival of the members cloe' to* the Convention, and numerous guc= * bo- * sides. And now, we doubt not that all our good housewives will begin to ttajrasy, pro paring to give them a gracions leoeption. Floors will bo scoured with due industry silver, plated and tinware will bc burnished; pewter will be mable to ?hine; wines will be> drawn off; decanters, long neglected, will gleam once more with crimson and amber colored liquors. There will .be found, in sumo spider-covered vault or crevice, an odd bottle or two of golden Sherry. Purple Madeiras and able-bodied Port, the relics of some ancient cellars, now vacant, will spar? kle upon hoards, where the assembled party i will meet only to recall those days when 1 there was not a cloud in oorhaavens. Well, we ' must forget tiie past; for, ?s Dante hath it, "Xessun. maggior dolore, j Che ricordarse, del tempo /efio*, ! Nella miseria." . There is bad policy in perpetually remind? ing^ ourself s of the raptures and blisses which we have lost-perhaps forever. Let ns hope for better things and better timos. Let us make them. All ia in the will. The heart of courage, and the head of thought, and thc soul of energy, have hut to will and work together, in order to insure the tri? umph. Let our citizen? give to the mem? bers of the Convention a cheering and en? couraging reception. Let them throw wide > their doors and spread their boards wher? ever this can be done, and by their genial countenance warm the hearts of their visit? ors, and inspire their hopes, and atimulato their patriotism, so that they shall address themselves to the work of recuperation and regeneration, as well a? reconstruction, with tho resolution to bring the good old ship of State into port, refitted, repaired, rehaut masts standing, sails flowing to the wind, flags flying, au'well found, and preparod for a glorious voyaging for th? next hun? dred years j and a hundred years is an im? mortality in the caso of ?. modern ship of State._: i NEW APVBBTXSKXBNT?.-Attention is called , to tho folowing advertisements, which are published for the first tim? this morning: f Mrs. C. E. Loo mia-Boasting. W. E. Bose-Daily Fear-horse Co ?Ch. 1 Dr. J. Gadsden Edwards-Medical Card. ? Jacob Levin-Iron. Comer Senate and Bull Ste-White Cook*. Dr. Zimmerman's Female Institute. Harr al, Risley cfc Tompkins-Druggists. Richard Caldwell-Batter, Lard, ?kc. Apply at .this Offico- Brooch Lost. J. E. Meister-Coopers Wanted. .? " -Hands Wanted. A FENIAN FUMERAI* FOBBTJDDKN.-A despatch from St .Louis says: "It having been announced that the funeral of Henry O'Clarenoe McCar? thy, bite Deputy Head Centre of the Fenian Brotherhood, would take place on Sunday from St Patrick's Church, Archbishop Kenrick has forbidden the ceremonies, and instructed the super? intendent af Calvary Cemetery not to admit any procession of men or women bearing the insignia of Fen ianism within the cemetery. Thia has created quite, a sensation among the Fenians,' and it is not yet known what course theyVill pursue.", "Show your spirit," is the slang for bring out your whiskey, in New York.