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COLUMBIA.
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Wednesday Morning-, Sept. 20,186?
The Conventions met as usual, the
business Of the day and session -was
fairly begun, and the question, at an
f>(VJ*Txr ^??rir, being that cf the abcliticu
of slavery, soon resulted in a vigorous
iebate, in which Messrs. Orr, Daw?
kins, Dudley, Rion, Dunovant, Blair,
tfcGowan, Conner, Les isne, Boyce,
Frcst and others engaged, with not
tess spirit than ability. The opposi
ion died hard; but gentlemen had
to swallow the leek. It is no easy
tiring to give up the associations, the
preconceptions, the convictions, the
traditions, the habits and, last, not
least, the wealth of eighty years, and
to receive no equivalent for it. But
. we have already a thousand thats
told oTir readers that we are to eat a
peck of dirt before Wc .>. according
to the oriental proverb. We have to
eat our leek, even as Pistol had to do.
It is for the conqueror to impose con?
ditions. We have no rights, and you
must not even grumble over your
wrongs.- You must grin and bear
them, only too happy if you are per
mitted sufficient breadth of jaw for a
* grin. Those who cannot undergo
these conditions . must expatriate
themselves. A general of the United
dBtates army has told us that we are
nothing but paupers, and, however
ungracious the speech, it is neverthe?
less quite true. No :irts are used for
our conciliation, and to thoso who
remain in the country, it is becoming
. that the sooner they lose themselves
in the masses, tho sooner they lose
their individuality the better. The
North has converted a race of cus?
toms into a race of competitors, and
now we. have only to join in the race
with all the zeal, courage, industry
and ingenuity which a people can
command; with necessity, the most
terrible of all fates, driving at their
heels. Eat thc leek, and extract what
savor from it you can. We are clear
that we can beat the Yankees at their
own weapons. We must leam what
our conntiy most needs for success
and for the development of our re?
sources; we must each of us learn, as
soon as possible, what we can indivi?
dually do. Tho worthless among us
must go to the dogs, whither they
should have gone long ago. The
capable will hold their own, adapting
themselves to our new conditions,
and making the most of their circum?
stances, just as they would do in an
Indian country, when just about to
take possession and found a settle?
ment. HavijLg oaten our leelc, breth?
ren, he sure that you set out a good
bed of leeks in your own garden, that
you may compel others to eat in turn.
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The vote on the resolution for the
abolition of slavery was ninety-eight
to eight, and this in the St;tte of South
Carolina. We do not see what more
our Northern brethreu could desire.
They have here a sufficient proof of
Southern sentiment. President John?
son will be satisfied. We do uo"t know?
how many other persons wish to be
satisfied. We cannot satisfy all, espe?
cially those who, having done no
fighting, are yet fierce warriors, and
would push us to extremity-with the
aid of foreign pikes. We take for
granted that many will not be satis?
fied. Take from the Northern radi?
cals all ground of complaint or cavil,
and they must collapse-their occupa?
tion will be gone. What will they
do? Who next will they assail? We
beg their immediate attention to the
French in Mexico; and as, we take it,
the devil has sufficient work for all bis
handd, the sooner they go to him the
better._
Should the trial of Wira be' pro?
longed another, month, he will scarce?
ly brve to receive bis sentence. The
strain upon his physical and moral
system is too much for him. He is
visibly dying by inches.
Antwnn.
-We "were yesterday st7uimo:ued to
th?- burial of a ..beautiful young
maiden, one f or a long season greatly
.endeared to us by ? thousand sweet
and sad associations; full-bos?med
memories, tears and laughter. Sum?
mer is dead! That fir and lovely
creature, so bright, so ?warm, so
blooming; even in the hour of her
most flush charm of life and loveli?
ness, -while yet the bird sang above
her in the tree, while thc roses were
still in bloom upon her cheeks o..nd
around , her steps, while her laugh was
gayest, and her song was wildest, and
her hope was most triumphant, even
them she withered, smitten by (sudden
jAr?ily,sis-and even thus we laid her
in tlYS 4omb. It was*even as if the
fair young*' sister, the glad daughter,
the bloom nig bride, after a night of
happiest dance and innocent revel,
passing from thc gorgeous* hall into
thc piazza or verandah, should be
struck to the heart by an'ic? "bolt, and
withered in the grasp of some cold
malignant destroyer from the East.
So perishes the gay aud beautiful
summery who has been so long thc
charm and satisfaction of eur homes.
So perish thc flowers which her
hands have planted, and already the
late flush grasses about her grave are
paling under the same sudden blight
which has stricken down herself. The
leaves begiu to'fall from thc trees;
their branches shiver in the wind.
The chilling breath of the Dcstroye1"
is making itself felt to their roots,
and a sad wail may bc heard nightly
in nests which have hitherto been
vocal with the songs of slimmer.
And beside the grave of that beloved
one, you may now behold a sad sister,
the melancholy Autumn, with a with?
ering chaplet on her brow, bearing a
branch of cypress in one hand, while
with the other she rends uncon?
sciously thc dying flower, and strews
them over thar eolfc of the silent
sleeper. She, too. has her chaunt of
sorrow, and recalls for us the moan?
ing accents with k which, in almost
every household, we have' committed
our beloved ones to the earth. Alas!
what a chonicle of sorrows arc in the
mouruf,,l murmurs from her lips.
How she speaks for us of the noble
son slain in battle, of the desolate old
father, pursuing the melancholy
search after his .remains, and bearing
them away to thc consecrated peace
of the. family burial place; of the
lonely widow, listening at the lattice
hopelessly for the footsteps of the
younghusband, her hero, whose last
cry to her from the plains of Peters?
burg or the fields?of Bentonsville and
Avei-sboro have never reached her
ears. What deep tones of a thousand
nameless woe.?, and silent griefs, and
tearful prayers, arc aft blended in that
low toned chaunt of Autumn over the
grave of her sister Summer. Sic
in;nsit rjiwit mundi! Lcf ns retire
from the grave to the home, and be
the heart strengthened with that hope
and faith which a hardy resolution
to endure through, future seasons,
will surely bring to maintain the soul
in her stedfast progress, despite all
the vicissitudes of Time!
MUS,TKBE?G Our OE, ??01:0 TROOPS.
The following order appears in the
"Washington papers:
WASHINGTON, September 8, 1865.
To the Cori mandina General Depart?
ment North Carolina, Raleigh, N. C.:
The Secretary of. War directs that
all organizations of colored troops in
your Department, which were enlisted
in the Northern States, be mustered
out of service immediately.
Le Commerce., the Imperial paper at
Matamoras, say?' that at the banquet
given t>y the Prua^ian Consul there,
where Gen. Steele draak the health
ol the Emperor Maximilian, ?he '-fete
was wound "PjPft disorderly waltz
by Gen. Brownt^Jnited States amy,
aud another. "
A Scotch agent cow "here "naa, Tire
understand, secured a larg? tract of
Hand in Virginia, where a colony of
Scotch emigrants will settle in No?
vember or December.
S T AT g^C?r^ENTlO N
Tuesday-, September 19, 1863.
The Convention met at ll a. m.,;
and waa opened with 'prayer by the
Rev. BM. Palmer.
On motion of Mr. Rion, the resolu?
tion in relation to the number of
members of Congress, and re-district?
ing the State, was taken up and agreed
to, and the President appointed the
following comnrttee: Messrs. 33. F.
Dunkin, Weatherley, Gaillard, Ba71.,
Chisolm, Brabham, Bbozer, Mills,
Evins, Barnett, "Ross, Bratton.
Mr. H?rndon introduced a resolu?
tion, that no member of either branch
of the Legislature shall be allowed to
take his seat until he shall subscribe
the following oath or affirmation:
"And I do further swear (or affirm)
that I have not gaiued my election
either directly or indirectly bj* bribe?
ry, treating, or any other immoral
"means whatever.7'
Messrs. Farrow, Bobertson, Boll
ing, B?sense, Dudley, Btemphill,
Hearst and others submitted rejiorts
from various committees; which were
ordered for consideration" to-morrow.
Mr. Dudley snbmitted a report on
the resolution of inquiry as to the
propriety of substituting the word
"Comity" for "District" in the Con?
stitution.
i Mr. Hammond made a report on
resolutions to raise a police force;
which was agreed to.
The Convention proceeded to the
consideration of general orders-re?
port of the Committee on Ordinances
and Resolutions, on au Ordinance to
declare slavery abolished, and on other
papers referred.
Sundry amendments were proposed,
and tho following was finally adopted,
by a vote of yeas 98, nays 8 :
"The slaves in South Carolina hav?
ing been t left teto emancipated by the
action of the Government of the
United States, neither slavery nor in?
voluntary servitude, except ?us a pu?
nishment for crime, whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted, shall
ever be re-established in this State."
Mr. Melton, from the Engrossing
Committee, reported an Ordinance to
repeal the Ordinance of Secession, as
enpn*ossed and ready for ratification;
which was forthwith ratified in due
form. ? .
Tlie Convention adjourned at half- j
past ii p. m.,.to meet to-morrow at 10 l
a. m.
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HEAVY IMMXO??.YTTOX.-The stream
of immigration to this port shows no
sign ol* abatement. Dining the first
three weeks of the past month, seven?
teen thousand passengers, from vari?
ous European ports, landed in this
city, and the ont ive number for the
mouth will approximate twenty-five
thousand. The larger part of these
immigrants ave Germans, Swiss and
Poles, who will prove a valuable ae
quisitionto our indii?trial population.
Nearly all of them have brought a
little . apital-the closely husbanded
savh.gs of hard labor at home-and
with this they will establish them?
selves and commence the work of ;
ckrvingout their fortunes by industry
and economy. Very few of tho im- i
migrants stop in thc city permanent- !
ly. The majority have their destina.-1
tina fully decided upon before they j
arrive here, and generally manifest ;
great eagerness JD gp forward-West- j
ward or Sonth\^*d, as the ease may i
be. Our reports from the European
cities where emigrants mostly em
bark, all point to a continuation of ;
this inilux. The German and English j
seaports are overrun with emigrants, ;
and the vessels leaving fot this conn-,'
try are all crowded to then: Outmost j
capacity. Let them come, anti the
more thc better. Tho United States
is now better prepared than ever be?
fore to accept the industrial poor of ?
Europe-to give them good homes in
exchange for hovels, and liberty in
exchange for despotism,:
, . [JVeir Yaric Sun.
A private letter te the Mobile Ad?
vertiser and RcijLsie^ states that Mr.
Samuel Hunter, of Cab aha, while re?
turning from Selma was waylaid and
badly beaten and sliot by five men in
the garb of Federal soldiers.
The Petersburg iidex says: we un?
derstand that many of the gentlemen
engaged before the ?var in the manu?
facture of tobacco 4re preparing to
open factories this fc|L . 1
M. F. Maury, tie distinguished
saran, has been appointed by the
Emperor M?xim?iaz chief of the Na?
tional Observatory at Mexico.
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The Indians have boen within thirty
aides of Austin, and higher tip they
ure murdering men, women ana cha?
iren mctiscriminately.
Arms and ?he r.n w.
At the called? session of Congress,
ia 1861, the following resolution was
offered in the. Senate hy Andrew
Johnson, and pressed upon the body
until adopted:
"Resolved hy Ute Senate, That the
present deplorable civil war has'been
forced upon the country by the dis
unionists of the Southern States, now
in arms against the constitutional
government, and in arms around the
capital; that in this national emer?
gency, Congress, banishing all feel?
ings of mere passion or re' itment,
will recollect only its dui^ to the
whole country; that this war is not
waged on their part in any spirit of
oppression, or for any purpose of con?
quest or subjugation, or purpose of
overthrowing or interfering with the
rights or established institutions of
those States, but to defend and main?
tain the supremacy of the Constitution,
and to ??reserve the Union, with all the
dignity, equality, and rights of the
several States unimpaired; and that
as soon as these objects aro accom?
plished the war ought to cease."'
The italicised words of this resolu?
tion define the object for which the
military power of the Union was call?
ed into requisition, and the terminus
at, which it ought, in tho opinion of
Mr. Johnson, to be laid down. The
President has so often declared that
he stands by his antecedents, that it
would In; doing him injustice to sup?
pose he intends to abjure an opinion
expressed in a manner so formal, with
an emphasis so solemn, and having
such direct relation to the particular
stago in our affairs at winch he be?
came the chief actor. No one can
doubt that the supremacy of the Con?
stitution has been maintained, and
that the Union has been pieserved.
The war has accomplished all that was
held to be legitimate in its initiation
and prosecution. It. hus ended. Is
there occasion to keep1 agencies in
force that belong only to a state of
war? Is there propriety or poKcy in
such a course," or any authority of law
for it ?
Tho law of Congress authorizing
the suspension of the writ of Hubens \
Corpus, and the enforcement of mar?
tial law, conferred such power (july
"during tin? existing rebellion." Is
there uuy "rebellion" now in exist?
ence? "Rebellion" means violent re?
sistance to lawful authority. "Who is
nnking such resistance? Four months
ago, (10th of May,) the President, in
an official proclamation, declared that
"armed resistance" was "\nrtually ut
an end." Never since then, if we re?
member rightly, has a hostile gun
been fired The war has long been
not only virtually but actually, at an
end-at an end morally and political?
ly as well .as physically. We are not
surprised, therefore, at the intima?
tion, from Washington, that a procla?
mation is soon to be issued restoring
th? privilege of thc writ of Habens
Corpus. The President's regard "for
law, we doubt not, makes hun feel
this to be a duty-a duty which his
knowledge that it may be done safely,
and with good effect, makes a plea?
sure. Wo persuade ourselves that
such a step will be followed by the re?
moval oi all military forces not ne?
cessary' (as sultordinate to .civil au?
thority) to perform police duties.
Rich mond Whig.
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A MEETING
>UNCIL NO. 10, U. L. A.. will
at their hall TO-NIGHT.
Sept 20 V
JLT'OJC? Sale,
MA FARM in the Sand Hills, about
2j? miles from Columbia", containing
about 50 acre3, of which 10 or 12 are
under cultivation. Coon the premises is a
comfortable COTTAGE, with six rooms and
ample accommodations for servants; good
stanles, store-rooms and well of water. Tf
desired, some FURNITURE and FARMING
UTENSILS would be sold with the place.
Inquire at this office. Kept 20 wfi
Kay BL Hewetson,
Architects and Civil Engineers
PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS attended to
in South and North Carolina.
Working drawings, plans, specifications,
ind all necessary details promptly fax
aished.
JOUN A. KAY. RALPH E. B. HEWETSON
Sept 20_ f
JOHN -A.. "FC A y,
CITY SURVEYOR.
OFFICE at residence, in rear of the
Presbyterian Chgrch, Columbia, S. C.
Sept 20 _' _ f
MIXED ermmiMs*
A FINE lot of the* above, just received
f\br 8HELTON, CALVO*WALSH,
Sept 80 3 _gjjftg street.
Bourbon Whiskey.
Zjrfc?tettS fine old BOURBON WH?S
Jlif 3?? *f.. Wolf a and other celebrated
rands, luat received by' '
SHELTON, CALVO ? WALSH,
Sept 90 S Bull street.
Local I?0221S.
Owing to circumstances over which we
have no control, wo arc relnetantly com?
pelled to return to the publication of a
small sheet-for a shnrt time only, we hope.
Persons in want of paints, oils, window
( glass, ?-tc, can find quite a hill assortment
at tlie old stand of James Brown, on TVIain
street, near Laurel.
The Convention will meet this day at 10
o'clock. Membcrs.will take due heed. It
is clear that the business must go on more
rapidly if members expect to gfct home be?
fore Aie whiter holidays.
REV. DK. PALMEII.-It has given us great
pleasure to welcome tho return of this
eminent divine to Columbia, after his late
sojourn in New Orleans. Ho is always
welcome here to a large and inking circle,
and the congregation which hung'upon his
words last Sunday, found no abatement of
his usual eloquence. His stay among us
will he brief; but ho is too earnest a man,
and too full efrcsources intellectually, to
suppose that he will pass the few brief
days be can give to us without profitable
result. We trust that when he returns to
thc wido field in which he is to latfbr, he
will continue strengthened for those per?
formances, which have hitherto made bia
labors famous, and crowned lus perform?
ances with triumphs.
Ova LATE CASE.-Wc, the "Local" of the
Pliu:u';r, have been sic, sic-that is, only so,
so! As the sailor hath it, "Under the
hatches;"' as the" backwoodsman hath it,
"Under the weather;" as th? jockey phrases
lt, "Off our feed;1' dull as ditch-wj?tor "
drowsy as a dormouse; dreary as a stork in
December; disconsolate as a Bermuda tur?
tle, flat on his back, and looking up in thc
world against his will, without even tho
hope of Micawber. What with tho weather,
the heat, and dust, and drouth; the daily
toil; the nightly thoughts; the keon anx?
iety; the hope deferred that makcth the
. heart sick-wc have been made sick-had
chill, had fever;pain in ibo bones, disquiet
in the brain, and longing to be somewhere
in the wilderness-in some vast contiguity
of shads, with one fair spirit for our mi?
nister. Shall wo go zo bed? Shall we bake
physic? Our excellent hostess insisted on
physic. She was preparing messages foi
Drs.* Templeton and Lynch; she commend?
ed Dr.-,. Trozovant and Gibbes; she said
"Let me sendforyorir friend, Dr. Chisolm;'
'and when we stoutly resisted all thes<
counsels, she rushed to lier own lnedieirn
chest, proceeded ti> Compound, afc'"", a
length produced o. pill-an absolute bolus
which, in tho hollow of a saucer, looked ou
like a black -.walnut; and that monstrous
thing she called a blue pill, and that bim
pill she insiste d we should swallow out
right. We looked at it aghast, with t? .TO
and horror. But. we were so wearied, s
enfeebled, so uti. riv dreary, done up am
spiritless, that wc -.vere about to yield, when
to our great relief, a rap at the door usher
ed in a smart and handsome looking boy
."vIth a ince decidedly Hebrew, who place
before us a note and bottle from Melvin 3i
Cohen. His not? was brief; unlike th
bottle, which \>-;;s portly. The writer sin
ply said: "Please accej t a bottle of m
choice Heidsick-a new brand, and the ver
bi st in thc country." Heidsiek! It shuni
be anti-h idc-sich. Our hide was sufficient!
sick already, a:;d to do us any good, w
must resort to .something antagonist ft
remedy. There stood the chatftpagnc
there the bolus! We surveyed them bot]
Our hostess pleaded the cause of the pi]
but the silent Heidsick pleaded its ow
cause, and-gained it! It suddenly occurre
to us that acids were good in hot weatht
-were the best medicines for hot weathi
-and that we had been strangely obt?s
in not thinking of champagne before. .
was not an acid exactly, but it was a eil
cousin. Perhaps champagne cider won!
bo better; but tho champagne must do. W
took the cider and not the bolus. We sha
let our hostess keep that in reserve fi
other patients. Wc have been better cv?
since. Tho medicine acted like a chara
We have already prescribed it to- ever
physician in town, and they have all so fa
adopted it as to give nothing but these piT
to their patients. The patients aro nc
improving, but the doctors arc ali in bette
spirits than ever. Drink Heidsick, all y
weary ones-drink champagne-cider, if yo
can do no hotter-and go forth better an
wiser man than ye ever w?re before.
Nsw A?V*BTISEMKNTS.-Attention ia cal
ed to the following advertisements, ?hie
ire published for the first time this mon
ing:
Shelton, Calvo & Walsh-Claret.
? " " -Mackerel,
? " ?? - English. Ale.
? " ** -Segars.
" " .' -Farina Crack'f
" " " -Sugar Plums.
. ? u ? -Whiskey
?. , .? " -Shoes.
" ? " -^Felt Hats.
-James^Brown-Paints, Oils, kc.
Wu O. Clarke-Hew Gooda.
Kay * Hewetson- Architects; Ste.
John A. Kay-City atuw eyer.
Meeting of Council No. 10 U. LL A.