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COLUMBIA. Tuesday Mornings Sept. 1%, 1865. What to be Don? for Us? The South has been stript literally of every thing but its lands. These are valueless -without the labor which should cultivate them. In the anni? hilation of slave property, the anni hdation of all negro labor hos been an inevitable consequence. But, even were this labor yet available to any useful or productive purpose, nothing could be done, with any considerable i result, unless the plantations were re? stocked with the necessary^ cattle, and refurnished with the necessary imple? ments. Ii the continued cultivation of the staples be desirable to thc United States-and we should think it properly one of tho desiderata of the North-the first necessity is to supply thc plantations with an ade? quate plough force. A working force of negroes of fifty hands on a planta? tion, implied at least twenty plough mules or horses. It was thc associated labor of mules and negroes that en? abled the cotton planter to achievt such wondrous results in production, to compass so large a territory wit! his labor, and realize those profit; which resulted rather from thc extent than the nicety of the cultivation Necessarily connected with this joint force of negroes and mules, was tin employment of a large variety of im plements, ploughs, plough-stocks hoes, shovels, axes, the common cart the timber cart, the wagon, the gin house, threshing-house, the corn sheller, the thresher, the blacksinitl shop, the cooperage, &c. Briefly every plantation of large dimension was a village, self-supplying and self supporting, after being once fairly es tablished and in operation. ?Thi understood, it will be easy to compre hend the embarrassments, in thc rc establishment of ail these things, i; the cane of a people who aro total! without money; who have nothin left to sell; who have been stript < horses, mules, cattlo of all sorts, ever tool and implement, every wagon an cart, and are lacking besides in all th facilities of communication and trans portation to which they have bee accustomed for thirty years Pei haps, no people over lived who hav been so thoroughly deprived of a that made life desirable. A barbarov people-a nomadic horde-never ai customed to civilizrtion, or its aid; would suffer little from any loss; bi civilization, which refines and el vates and fortifies and fructifies durir peace, is rendered more helpless thu any state of barbarism by the ravage of invasive war; and such a war ; ours-a war so recklessly conducted as. if in defiance of all those rules .convention which civilized natioi have, generally adopted as essenti for mollifying human suffering, ai for preserving still the essential (jua ties of humanity in tho bosoms men-has left the country in such state of desolation, that the me hopeful industry, and the most gen rous energies, might well despair its recuperation, even in the lapse many years, unless great succor yielded to us from abroad. We claii accordingly, from the United Stat Government, that it pubs us in con? tion, if only for its own sake, resumo our labors in the various pi vinces from which sha luis torn, her armies, all the recuperative a productive forces. It will be no pin to the Government if it makes cc quest of a land only to reduce it barrenness. Mere territorial extei without adequate return, would bc curse and a cost to any Govemmoi and when it is taken into conside: tion that the human force still mains, six or seven millions of whit three to four of blacks, all capable, their capacities for use be prope employed, it must be evident that t only policy which can suggest its to statesmanship, is the restoration the country of enough of the mater ld , capital of which it has been deprived, at least for the resumption of labor, and for a new beginning either in new or in old fields of enterprise and in? dustry. Constituting now one vast and single population; under one sovereign ride; without any conflict of power between States or peoples; with no struggle any longer of rival interests; no issues between the States and Central Government; it becomes the Government, in its paternal re? lations to the whole, to sec that so vast a body of its population shall not be overborne by fortune. They must address themselves to the work of restoration as an equal duty to them? selves and to humanity, and in recom? pense for that appropriation or anni? hilation of a great property which is the most monstrous feature of the ?war. The United States Government has already expended hundreds of millions upon the negro; it will need to expend hundreds more. Is it less willing-are the Northern people less wiling-to make a like appropriation for the benefit of the whites of the South, whom their acts have ruined? Horrible Murder. We give the following letter, from a gentleman of the first character, writing from Newberry, giving an ac? count of a* most horrible murder com? mitted in that precinct. We had heard the facts stated before, in private letters, to the same .fleet, but less ful in dehiil. Wo doubt nothing of the statement. It was only what was tr be expected from the employment ol negro troops throughout thc State We trust that proper steps will b< taken, by tho proper authorities, foi bringing to punishment the enacton of this cold-blooded tragedy. We have submitted tho statement to Genera Ames, the Commanding General ii this Department,, and shall bring t his and to public notice every atrocity of this or any sort, which shall be ie ported to us on any respectable an thority. We repeat our invitation fr all aggrieved parties, to submit thei facts on proper affidavits. We sha take care that they shill reich th 4>ropcr authorities: w On Thursday evening, Septombc \th, the 33d Regiment of U. S. C. 1 reached Newberry, by rail, from som point above. The command wi camped near the town during th night, intending to march early ne> morning towards Orangeburg. Son: negro quarters near the railroad dep< were made the "rendezvous" for a who could get out of camp, and nig] Wiis made hideous by their prof anil and loud talking-the result of drinl we take it for granted. During tl night, one of the negroes entered car in which some Indies were spoin ing the night-having come up fro Alston and having no other availab arrangements, sis the car arrived fro below at ll o'clock P. M. The ladies were under tho protection Mr. Calvin Crozer, of Galvesto: Texas, in bearing and appearance perfect gentleman. Some words e sued and the negro, being very ins lent and using offensive langung Crozer attempted to eject him frc the car into which he had intrude A fight ensued, in which others pi ticipated; and, in self-defence, Cro? used a knife on one of the negroi Shortly afterwards a Sergeant and ? armed negro soldiers returned a: seized Crozer, pinioned his arms a took him from thc depot. They ke him in custody until day break, wh he was taken to a convenient poi and deliberately "shot to death w m us/, vt ry." The Sergeant in char; to make Ins death a sun? thing, tiree pistol ball through his head. A b wa? thon dug and the yet warm 1 lifeless body was thrown in, head fo most, in a most disgraceful and bru manner, and only partly buri. Soon alter the battalion took up 1 line of march for Orangeburg. '1 ladies, exposed in an open ear, w in a most painful agony of mind, s before leaving for Greenville on 1 day morning, brought the murder the attention of the local authorit: A coroner's jury was ?Inly impannell and, after a protracted investigad brought in a verdict that the decca came to his death by shots fired fi muskets in the hands of a file of i diers from the 33d U. S. C. T., Ac. The remains of Mr. Crozer v decently interred, after funeralserv at the Methodist Church, amid regret:, cl the entire community. V Special Co?r<-8potrfl<mcc Phonii. Electiva for Convention in Greenville Revival cf Business-Rc-opcning cf Hie. Theological Seminan/ and other Schools-New Religious Paper-New Bo\\- OH Taxes-Suicide. GKEEXVIELE, S. C., Sept. 6, 1865. Our election for delegates to the "State Convention resulted in the choice of Lieut. Wm. H. Perry, Maj. T. C. Bolling, Rev. J. P. Boyce and Dr. J. 'P. Latimer. The number of votes polled was small, not exceeding in all 850. This was owing partly to a want of interest amongst the people relative to the election, and partly tt the revocation, by military order, oi authority given by Gov. PeiTy to ma? gistrates to administer the oath of am? nesty, for the purpose of enabling citizens to vote. The authority thu? given by the Governor was recognized and affirmed by a telegraphic, despatel from the President, on Friday nigh before the election; but it was too lab for the people generally to avail them selves of the information. This elec tion over, our people are beginning t< discuss with more interest that o Senator and members to the Legisla ture, and of Representative to Con gross. No candidates are out, as yet for the Legislature, but some hav been talked about. For Congress, y is probable that Col. Farrow, of Spai tanburg, Maj. Bolling, of (?reenvilli and Col. Reed, of Anderson, will b in the Held; and an addition to ou Congressional District that may unit Abbeville and Laurens with us, wi probably bring into the list the gallar and veteran Gen. McGowan, of Abbi ville. Within thc past few Averies, the] has been a sudden and marked revivi cf trade and business in Groenvill Various new stores have been opene< and are rapidly disposing of the wares, and some half-dozen others wi be in operation in a few days, (h people have gone to work in good ea nest to retrieve the losses of the pas and tt) improve the opportunities > the present and the future. Many . our American citizens of African d scout aro leaving for tho softer clin and moro prolific soil o? thoeoast, ai hope to rind in the profusion of oy tors, crabs and tish, in tin; water, ai the ease with which goobers, yam Ac, are produced from the Lind, j artial relief, at least, from the ha work to which, either as bond or frc he is fo little incRucd. This, from t! nature of circumstances, will coiithr and increase; and by tho same toke the white citizens, of sections who they are largely in the minority, w prefer the society and enjoymer which a thickly settled white popu tion will give, to the more profitai but less agreeable advantages of warmer and moTe fertile locatio The operation ol these causes pi mises, for sections like this, a raj improvement in population, progr? and refinement in the future. Among our topics of local inter? is the re-opening oi' the institutions learning for which. ( ?reenville has be so longhand justly famous. The Som ern Baptist Theological Seminary v renew its operations on the first October, with its full corps of prof sors, to wit: Rev. Drs. Boyce, Man W?liams and Broad us-presenting combination of literary and religit talent no where surpassed. Ma students are already awaiting its op ing, and many more will doubt! avail themselves of the advanta; which it offers. Its tuition ?3 free theological students of all denomi lions. The Furman University is bo re-opencd in February. The ! male College, which has continuer flourish through the var, is'succeed admirably under the superintende of President Judson, who is muk arrangements for still further at tions to his already able corps ol' ] fessors. Tho Gaillard School, forg and boys, will also be re-opened al early day. Our town newspapers, the Afr Utineer and the Enterprise, are I flourishing. The publisher of former has recently leased the uj story and a portion of the lower si of the old court house for his ofnet meet the increased demands of business. Hr will shortly issue a 1; weekly Baptist newspaper, to be. < ducted by gentlemen of great abi and which promises to stand at 1 amongst the first of its class in South. He is now engaged in ] lisliing a book called the "lute Revenue Guide," containing al eighty-four pages octavo, prepare, the Assessor for this Collection Irict, and intended for the informa of all tax-payers, under the ink revenue laws of the United State:: A very distressing suicide, from morphine, took place in this District, on last Wednesday' night. The sub? ject "was Major john M. Lynch, who lias resided at Hodges' old stand, known as MenittsvilU? for some years past Maj. Lynch was a gentleman of intelligence and great moral worth, and no cause can be conjectured for the rash act by which lie closed his life. We have had fine rains recently, and have the prospect of a good corn harvest. The country is generally quiet, with the exception of au occasional theft by some hungry and lazy freedman. *. $ EXTRAORDINARY DF.CI.SION OF A NE GROMEETINO.-The Mobile Adcertiser, of the lfith ult, makes the following extraordinary unnouncement, on the authority of a citizen who was present at a meeting of negroes on the pre? vious Sunday, near that city: "Nine hundred of them assembled to consider their condition, their rights and duties, under the new state of existence upon which they have been so suddenly launched. Our in? formant was surprised at the hard, practical sense and moderation of tone with which the spokesmen of the meeting tuged their views. After long talk and careful deliberation, this meeting resolved, by a Tote of seven hundred voices to two hundred, that they had made a practical trial for three months of the freedom which the war has bequeathed to them; that its realities were far from being so flattering as their imagina? tions had painted it; that they had discovered that the prejudices of color were by no means confined to the j people of the South, but on the con? trary, that it was stronger and more I marked against them in the strangers j from the North, than in tin; home j people of tlie South, among whom they had bei n reared; that negroes, ? no more than white men, could live j without work, or be comfortable vvith ? out homes; that their Northern de I liverers from bondage had not, us I tiny had expected and been taught lo ! expect, undertaken to provide lor ! their happy existence in their new shite of freedom, and that their old masters had ceased to take any inte? rest in them or have a care for them; ami finally, that their 'last state was worse than the first,' and it was their deliberate conclusion that their trim happiness and well being required them to return to their homes which they had abandoned in a moment ot" excitement, and go to work again un? der their old masters. And so the resolutions were passed, and at last accounts the wanderers were packing up their little stock of movable goods, preparatory to the execution of their sensible purposes." DEATH OF MAJOR WM. LAVAL.-We were painfully surprised, on Tuesday last, when we heard of the death of this well-known citizen of our State, who has for some time past been re? siding ut this place, with his son-in law, Capt. Leonard Williams. Major Laval was born in Goose Creek Parish, S. C., on the 27th of May, 17S8, and was therefore in his seventy-eighth year at the time of his death. He was peculiarly identified with the history of Charleston, and claimed his citizenship there. His father (Colonel Jacinth DeLaval, of Lyons, France, who married Rebecca Withers, of this State,) was one of the sympathizers with this country during the first Revolutionary struggle, and enm i to its assistance as an aid-de? camp of the Duke DeLausanne. At an early age, Major Laval en? tered the army, and shortly afterwards took a distinguished part in the war of 1S12, holding the rank of captain until the siege of Pensacola, when he was honored with the rank of brevet ' major for gallant and meritorious con- ! duct. During this siege, and at the storming of the fort, he received a wound, by which he permanently lost the use of a limb. In 1823, ho re? signed his commission in the army, and was ?beted Secretary of State. Since that time, he has' filled the offices of Treasurer and Convptroller Goneral almost continuously. During the intervals, he held positions in the Custom House and in the Sub-Trea snry Department. - Greenville PtrfritA. SUICIDE.-Maj. John F. Lynch, a citizen of our District, who resided near Merritsvillo Tost OfSec, on the Buncombe road, some twenty-five miles from town, we regret to learn, committed suicide on the 30th ult., by taking poison. He was a very re? spectable citizen, and his death is lamented. - (ilreen ville Enterprise. A certain dissatisfied wife says that her husband is such a blunderer that he can t oven try a new boot oa with? out .'putting his foot in it. "' XiOcal Xteirxs. T'.? insure insertion, advertisers are rc qucstcd to hand in their notices before 4 o'clock p. m. . Special attention is invited to the nale of an extensivo stock of groceries, furniture, etc., by Darbee A Walter, in front of the'r auction room, thia morning. The Convention, it is understood, v, ill bold its meetings in the baptist Church of this city- the only building of sufficient size which can now be had for this purpose. T<> MEMMEIIS OF TUE CONVENTION ANn Oru?us.--You are advised t o seek board and lodging at Mrs. C. Loomis", on Pendleton street, opposite the South Carolina College. The rooms are airy, water splendid and the accommodations as cheap as can bo bad in the eily. Bedell's how has had a new accession to ils variety stores, Messrs. J. F. *-peck and J. Polock having jmt opened in season for the Convention and tor our guests during the presen I week. We have been permitted to sample I heir wines, in order to assure our visitors that they may quaff with confidence; and a glance at their shelves would seem Uv promise as gratefully for the benefit of thu fair sex. We are pleased to welcome then:, and every addition to the mercantile area of Columbia, as arguing well for the futuro of our brave old city. TUE STATE HOUSE.-lt will need to bc a subject of early consid?ration with tho Le? gislature, whether anything can bc done with the new capitol, so as to convert it temporarily to its destined uses for the meetings of the Assembly. Whether :t temporary roof cannot be put on, and whe? ther the windows may not bc sashed and the area cleared of th'ttrifi, so as to render the building of early use, and so contribute, perhaps, to ?tr preservation from the wea? ther. ? consultation with Major Niernse? might, we think, from his art and intellect - nal resources, result in tito discovery that a temporary finish might be given to ti;..: building, which will render it available fi r temporary purposes, without in ucl i cost and without narai lo the architectural beauty of the structure. THOMAS' RESTAU UAXT. -We h ;;. t<> sug g< s'. to visitors in Columbia, as well as chi zens, that one of the b--i chop-houses n town ia that of W. J. Thomas, i:i Gervais slr. e', convenient to tho business maris and to thc capitol, 'ile.mas is ono <-f tho j freedmen, who has had the advantage of I training in a family which always insisted upon good manners, good cooking, fin? va? rieties and the' most absolute cleanliness. These arc tbt! essential qualities ia a good housekeeper. We have examined the re? staurant of Thomas, and have enjoyed a cindee s tipper at bistable, 'lhere, we lound uvi?rytbiug remarkably neat and nice, the cooking was admirable, The meats various, the service good, and the order, quiet and respectful civility which prevailed wvre quite grateful at an evening meal. We may add, as a matter of some importance in these days, that Thomas' char;;?rs W?TO quite moderate. TUE C'ONVV.NTION. As the proceedings of the Convention may bu expected to be of absorbing interest to rr ll persons in t he State, and as the I'htcnL". will make daily reports of i's progress and the results from it. besides publishing in full tie; new Con? stitution the moment it shall be ratified, it will he well that persons desiring to sub? scribe should do so in duo H'Mison. In th? present scarcity and cost of p 'hiting paper, publishers cannot venture i.> print upon a mere spocnlative or possible demand. Wv shall publish hut a few more copies than will suffice for our customers, and unless they come forward promptly, they may find themselves too late for the supply. NEW AOYT?UTISEMENTS.-- Atti ntion is called to the following advert?s* un nts, which aro published for the first time this morning: Mrs. John Palmer- Lodgt rt. Jenkins & Co.-Teas. Wm. W&rdlaw-Cottage for Sale. E. Pollard-Sole Leather. " *. -Crackers. .. -Pickled Pork. Richard Caldw; ll-Cheese, "xe. \V. M. beckham Notice to Travellers. Ward A Harvey Apply at this OTticc Situations Wanted.. i-'pecli iV Poioek - Ni w Goods, c". 1). Eberharl - Merchant Tailor, \c. P. Cantwell-Nails. " .. . -Soda Biscuit. -Ab-and Porter. -Candles. IX 1). Miller-Hoidiug of Court. MEMBERS or THE CONVENTION.- Tho following members have been elected to thc Convention: GKEEXVIX.EE-W. H. Terry, T. (*. Bolling, James P. Bi>yce, Dr.* Lari? mer. Ar.BEVTEEF.-D. L.Wnrdlaw, S. Me th ?wan. Tims. Thomson, J. W. Hearst, W. A. Lee. ANDERSON-James L. Orr, John Wilson, W. S. Pickeus, A. Evins. NEWBERRY- E. P. Lake, B. Stewart, Henry Summer. CLARENDON-Dr. James McCauley, Warren Wilson. DARLINGTON-David C. Miller, Dr. J. E. Byrd, Major James H. Nor? wood. MARLBORO-T. C. Weatherly, T. C. j Dudley. OBANGEBUKG- C. McMichael, Major J. P. Morgan. WlLLI.AMSBTJBG-E. J. Porter, Dr. J. A. James. ST. GEORGE'S PARISH-Chisolm. ST. JAMES' GOOSE CREEK-Dr. W. M. Brailsford. ST. PAC?, S PARISH- I. M. Dwight. M