COLTJMBIA.
Tuesday Moiling, Sept. 26, 1865.
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Orga.nixi.tton of the ^Militia.
Wo assume that" the Co?rvention ha?
accorded, or will 'accord, that degree
of consideration to the military or?
ganization of this State, "as -will .leave
sufficient latitude to the action of tue
. Legislature. That the citizens* be?
tween eighteen and forty-five should
bo duly organized, efficiently, and
under ; efficient officers, throughout
. all tho beats in the country, is the
? first necessity, and the one which, if
properly met, will relieve us almost
. 'wholly from thej?<presencc of regular
garrisons. These, even now, are'
wholly unnecessary in all of tho up?
per and most of the middle, Districts.
They will need, however, to be re?
tained in considerable number along
. the sea coast, and in all those pre?
cincts where ?he negroes have been
largely congregated, mid when1 the
resident white population- is small.
This will be equally necessary for the
promotion of order and labor, and
the maintenance of the public peace
and security. Our militia, properly j
organized, will prove quite adequate to
these objects in all other quarters., It
will be within their power, or in most
of them, to organize a strong militia
force which, the experience of the
last four years will havo accomplished
in the use of arms, the drill and the
general knowledge which is needful
for the soldier. And the ^militia will
now be able to ohoose their- officers
with judgment, from able and ef?
ficient leaders, who have already
distinguished themselves in every
branch of the service. Under their
conduct and tuition there need
to be no falling back to that corn?
stalk captaincy and ridiculous drill,
whieh made the militia a laughing?
stock to sensible eyes. And wo shall
escapo the nuisance of all that class
of popinjay and holiday officers, who
sported fine feathers and brandished !
glittering swords, and .made them- j
selves gay in crimson sashes only for
ball-room purposes and as carpet
knights. Our youths, for the next
thirty years, will bo capable of going
into camp or entering upon a cam?
paign with a sufficient knowledge of !
what has to be done without need of j
the corporal to adjust hands and toes,
and indicate tho bearings of right J
and left, and so forth. Thc most im- I
portant, arm of the service, for some j
time to come, will be the cavalry, and j
the State should confer privileges and
hold out'inducements.to all those who \
are willing to enter this service and ,
can provide their own. horses. In j
towns and cities a preference should
be given to artillery. A town like
Columbia should have ut least two ;
companies of artillery, ttvo being bat- '
ter than one, if only for the purposes j
of bringing into activity a soldierly j
emulation and a generous rivalry j
which will constantly stimulate to im- i
provement. The sooner these, or?
ganizations shall be made the better,
and wo trust that the choice of gene?
ral ofde^rs, at least, will be reserved
to the Governor.
The Hlasonlc Brotherhood.
The Masons are to have a general
convention, sometime in the month of
October, in tho State ol Kentucky.
The object of this, convention is to
restore and re-invigorate their bonds
of brotherhood, which the late civil
war had threatened, if not impaired
and ruptured. Generally speaking,
the Masons have been everywhere
true to each other-so true and stead?
fast that, in some instances," in this
State, they have incurred the severest
censures of persons not of the craft,
for tho kindness which they showed
to the prisoners, members of the
craft, who had been made captives.
To them they had furnished money,
food, nourishment, clothes, and had
even so far prevailed with the keep?
er.* o' Iho prison ..o i? procuro kn cir
temporary- release from their cells,
that they might assemble with the
brethren at the several meetings of
the lodges- They can properly claim,
accordingly, to- be among those
classes who, steadfast to the faith,
superior to the events of war, have
maintained the interests-of humanity
and civilization, unaffected by politics
or strife. It becomes them to use
the instrumentality of. their wide?
spread and powerful organization, to
do all in their power to restore the
ties of tho brotherhood, to repair the
bouda of the temple, and to show
themselves ministers of peace and
harmony, as they have been of hu?
manity. There is yet another impor?
tant reason for this movement. It
appears, from communications made
by Masons of tho Northern armies,
while in the South, that pains had
been taken to disseminate among them
the idea that the Southern Masons
had, like the several church organi?
zations, broken off from* all connec?
tion with the Northern lodges, anti
refused ?ny longer to fraternize with
them-an idea which is wholly incon?
sistent with the first principles of Free
Masonry, which is no mor? affected iii
its laws by the conflict of arms thar
they would be by the prevalence of *
thunder storm. But we do not prc
pose to write an essay, but simply tx
express our concurrence with tin
course adopted by our Grand Maste:
j of South Carolina, who, as it will bi
I seen by the fallowing correspondence
j has determined that the brctherhooc
of tho State shall be ?represented ii
; the Kentucky Convention, and win
I has made the most judicious appoint
ment of the brother, Henry Buist
! ono of the brightest of Sou then
1 Masons, who combines with the ac
quisition.i of a highly taught and ex
perienced Mason, the fino qualitie
of the courtly gentleman, with tin
eroquenee of.the orator:
CoiiTTHBiA, September 18, 1SG.">.
Henry Jiu ?.-il, P. a. M., G. J,.
DEA it Sm ASI) BBOTHEB: Presumini
on your well known and deep inter?s
in all matters which are likely ti
affect the fortunes of Freo Masonr;
on this continent, and knowing wei
your superior fitness and ability ti
engage i '.he promotion of thi
object, I uaxe leave to appoint you a
the delegate from the Grand Lodge o
South (.'andina to the Convention o
the fraternity to be held some thu
during the next month, in the city c
Louisville, Kentucky. Warmly am
sincerely entreating you to accept til
appointment, I am, dear brothel
yours fraternally,
JOHN H. BOATWPJG HT,
G. M. of the G. L. of S. C.
NEWBERRY, S. C., Sept. 24, I8f,r>.
Bro. John li. Boatxcright, Grand Afat
ter nf Masons of South Carolina.
D?AB Sin AND BBO?HEK: Your corr
munication of 18th inst, -was hande
to me to-d?y in this town, where
am for a brief season resident.
Anterior to its rereipt, I had seo
reference made t* the Conventio
which, at tlie instance of the Gran
Master of Kentucky, it Mf?ts propose
should be. held during the ensuin
month, and it occurred to me that
would be eminently appropriate tin
: tho Grand Lodge of this State shoul
i be represented in that Convention,
i The great strugglo in which tl
j North and South have been*partic
j pants has ended. We of the Sout
? contended for tho maintenance i
; principles we deemed constitution:
j and fundamental? and with honest
i and determination vindicated them i
I the conflict of arms,
j Now that the contest is over, ar
j we have failed to assert what we r
! gardedas the right, it becomes us lil
! men finally and irrevocably to subin
j to the result, and that submissh
i should be in the utmost sincerity ai
i the best faith.
The Government of the Unit?
States is now that to which we all,
citizens, owe undivided faith and i
legiance, and T believe that it will 1
as magnanimous .and benificent
peace us it bas been powerful in wu
Tho highest statesmanship, t'.
profoundest -wisdom, which CHU n<
be manifested, is conciliation and h;
mony with those with whom our fa
is indissolubly linked. Our future
that of our common country, and \
shall become great, and happy, ai
prosperous only as that'country pn
pcrs.
l-i KC ki colily iuuy Meli be luvok*
?li
to do its part in tho work of concilia?
tion. Founded upon the rock of
brotherly love, supported by the pil?
lar of charity, those who minister at
its altar moy effect very much in
strengthening the bonds of fraternity
which should bind all sections and
States and people.? -
. I accept the appointment you ten?
der, and will devote myself with ear?
nestness to the accomplishment of the
objects and purposes of the Conven?
tion. I remain, very fraternally,
your obedient servant,
HENRY BUIST.
Correspondence.
"We have boen requested to publish
the subjoined correspondent be?
tween the undersigned members of
the Convention and thc Hon. James
! L. Orr :
j COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 25, 1S65.
j Eon. Janies L. Or.-Sir. : The Con
I stitution of this State having been so
! amended as to give the election of
i Governor t? the people, and an carly
i day having been appointed for the
: election, ii is desirable tlyit-tho public
! attention should be turned to the con
! siderationof a proper person to fill
j the office. In considering the sub
j jeet, we are. of opinion that you
i would be an excellent selection for
j the position. Your large experience
I in public affairs, together with your
j acknowledged ability and adminis
, trative talents, have induced our
j choice to fall upon you. We there
i fore beg leave respectfully to request
I that you will consent to the use of
your name for the^fiico of Governor,
j at the approaching election.
"With great respect, your obedient
servants,
D. Li. Wardlaw, Wm. C. Black,
T. N. Dawkins, .Tames L?. Heed,
C. W. Dudley, J. W. Hearst,
F. J. Moses," B. W. Ball,
W*. R. Robertson, J. B. Skipper,
J. Winsmith, John Wilson,
T. C. Weatherly, L. W. R. Blair,
D. 0.kMilhng, Wm. C. Beatty,
I P. J. Coogau, Cad. Jones,
j Jas. McCauley, R. Dozier,
Chas. Macbeth, B. F. Dunkin,
U. ?. DeLettre, J. E. Byrd,
C. P. Sullivan, W. A. Chisolm,
J. P. Larimer, John Fox,
Jas. Farrow, H. C. S"??r(.,
; Jas. H. Rion, Wm. Izord Bull,
I James Hemphill, T. J. Goodwyn,
i Wm. J. Keenan, A. W. Moore,
j W. H. Cannon, Jas. Conner,
, Edw. J. Porter, ? A. O. Andrews,
i T. M. Muldrow, Wm. Ravenel,
j R. M. Sims. W. H. Gilliland,
Ujehn Y. DuPre, W. S. Henerey,
nr^A. James, P. C. Gailliard,
, M. C. Barnett, H. D. Lesesne,
j W. H. Wallace, H. Gourdin,
! A. P. Aldrich, -James Rose,
: C. H. Simonton, John Schnierle,
! Alex. Evins, W. M. Martin,
T. C. Bolling, Jno. A. Wagener,
j Jas. P. Boycee, Thos. Thomson,
; Edwd. Fro'st, W. S. Mobley, .
! C. D. Melton, G. D. Tillman,
j B. C. Fishburne. F. W. McMaster,
? Edmd. Herndoa, * A. R. Taylor,
' A. P. Wylie, Jrlenry Summer,
; W. S. Pickens, R. Stewart,
I W. H. Perry, Jno. N. Frierson
! J. P. Richardson, P. W. Pickens,
{ C. M. Mcllichacl, John G. Gaillard
; Wm. Mills, Jr., A.. D. Goodwyn,
? F. Melchers,' L. Boozer,
j L. B. Johnson, C. M. Furman,
i S. McGowan, Henry Mciver,
j W. A. Lee, R. A. Ross,
. L. F. Youmans, J. H. Norwood.
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! COLUMBIA, Sepiember 25, 18G5.
i Giagr.r*F.MKN: I have the honor t<
! acknowledge tho receipt of your let
i ten pf this date, inviting me to be
! come a candidate for Governor at tin
[approaching election, on the thin
; Wednesday of October next.
The great increase of responsibility
1 resulting from the extension of th
term to lour year ?, and tile, change ii
j our political and industrial relations
I render nie distrustful of my ability ti
I discharge the duties in a manlier ti
! satisfy your just < xpxH-tations. I ch
i not, however, feel at liberty to de
j chm; the invitation, and therefor
? consent that my name be placed ii
! nomination. . *
i For the complimentary terms ii
which your invitation is communi
cated, 1 bog to make niy cordial ac
j knowledgment. If elected, my enei
I gies shall be earnestly devoted t
i develop the agricultural, commercial
1 mechanical und educational resource
j of the State, and to urge her forwar
j in that career of prosperity which
i earnestly hope may mark her future
j I have the honor to be, g ntlemer
i very respectfully, your obedient soi
! vant, JAMES L. ORR.
To Messrs. D. L. WARDLAW, T. IS
.DAWKINS, C. W. DUDLEY, F. J
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Calti-vo-tion of Cotton.
The New York Times has an article
upon tlio producing of cotton. Cot?
ton, though not a king,, thinks the
Times, is a magnate of the first renk
Othfer lands can produce wheat, oom,
tobacco and agricultural productions
of that class as well as ours. The
world is dependent upon us only to a
limited extent for such articles. "With?
out cotton, however, gold, che lifo
blood of our currency,' must bs con"
tinually drained away to foreigners.
The most serious difficulty in bring?
ing back cotton to the production of
five millions of bales as before the
war. is the question of labor. It is
doubtful whether the negroes w^ll
ever contract industrious habits, as
freedmen, which will make, good the
amount of labor forced out of them
under the old system. If we rely
upon emancipation to restore soon
tho old cotton, crop realized by slave?
ry, we shall certainly be disappointed.
Northern and European laborers must
be encouraged to become tillers of
Southern soil. The non-slaveholding
Germans of Texas long ago proved
that Southern cotton raising is nc
greater tax upon the white man's con?
stitution than Northern corn raising.
The pretence that white men cannot
work in the cotton field has exploded.
The great agent for the agricultura
restoration of the South, however,
ought to be labor-saving machines.
It is a well-known fact labor-saving
farm implements enable farmers of th?
North-west to accomplish three time!
the amount of labor that they cai
without them. They have been tin
cause of the agricultural prosperity o
the West. These implements are ap
plicable, good judges say, to th?
planting and cultivation of cotton ii
every stage up to the picking, whicl
must bo done by hand.
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t/nltctl Stuten Senator.
MB, EDITOR : It is generally under
stood that his Excellency B. F. Per
ry, will bo assigned to this distill
guished post of honor and usefulness
No one is better qualified than 1?', o
can carry with him a more fitting rc
cord, to give tho State that influenc
in the Federal councils, which wi
secure to the people an early an
complete restoration to all thei
rights in the Union. Such is th
general sentiment; and it only r<
mains for the General Assembly
which is soon to be convened, to carr
out this sentiment by an appoin
nient which will do justice to a wei
tried public servant, and ?it the sam
time avail itself of the very great ii
fluence which he is known to posses:
in determining the important issui
now pending over the country.
"TIMON."
Xjooal It;o233.ss
''Cotton Blanks" and permits-indispci
sable to all persons purchasing or shippin
cotton-can bu obtained at this office.
Members of tho ConvontiOB can proem
good, comfortable vehicles and teams f<
any point, at reduced prices, by applying)
this office.
THE CAPTURE AND DESTRUCTION OF TI
CITY OF COLUMBIA, S. C.-Originally P?i
lishvd in the Columbia PJuenix-Revis*
<oid Corrected by the Author.-About tl
middle of October, the above work will 1
issued from the press of the Columb
Phcenix-printed with new typo and on hi
papor. Persons desiring copies arc r
quested to giTO their names as pearly i
possible. Kingle copies will bc furnished;
$1. Thc trade supplied at a discount.
-BALTIMORE HOUSES ANO TRADE. -Mr. J.
Joice, a travelling a rent for" Baltimo!
houses, in trade, bas L-ft with r.s a copy
a pamphlet issued by a large number
these houses, engaged in every variety
trade, wi.ich desire to extend their associ
tions in the South. This pamphlet may 1
seen at our office. Mr. Joice gives a high!
encouraging account of the foreign trac
of Baltimore, its steam lines to Europe ai
the extent of its supplies and resource
and thinks that Baltimore enjoys son
special advantages over cities farther Nott
for doing business with and for the Sont
ern States. The claim in one upon whi(
we shall venture no opinion.
THE Ono FELLOWS.-Tt is some for
years ago. or nearly, that tue vonerab
Judge Buger presented an application f
?
a charter for tho Oid Fellow*' of South
Carolina, to tho Logislature of South Caro?
lina. At that time, tho order was new, and
the Judge, reading thc memorial with im?
perfect eyes, procured a charter for Un?
order of OUI Fellows-ethat seeming to him
thc most sonsible explanation oftho phraae.
j But why ?ld fellows should form a society,
that waa the question. Old fellows, by
I themselves, never form societies. That ia
j 'unnatural; th*>y must incorporate the
I young ifith them, if only for perpetjtntier.,
and perpetuation is the desire of ell socie?
ties, however seldom they secure it. The
Odd Fellows, imitating the Masons-their
institution built upon that of the Masons
have arrived at a long life. They are no ?
longer old fellows-they are young follows,
many of-thom fully marriageable; aud we
trust that they will soon pass an ordinance
requiring every brother to get a wife as
soon as possible This isa necessity of tho
times. In Columbia, they seem to have
preserved their vigor, and are now in lirst
ratc working capacity. It gives us great
pleasure to report that their members are
increasing, and that they h&vo nobly re?
solved to set themselves above all tho ca?
prices of fortune, in their resoluto aol??r
ence to the faith, in their craft studies, in
their active proselytism, their charities,
humanities and general disapproval of
bachelorism. Several members, we are
told, are in the nlarkot, looking out for tito
proper objects of marital devotion.
HEAVKNS! What does Mr. C S. Jenkins
mean by sending us-a paper of candy? .
Docs he impute to us extra juvenility?
Does he moan to reproach us with not
wearing a groy beard Uko our venerable
senior? And yet, aro wo not encouraging
otu moustache? Have we not tried Alonzo
Reese, Scott and William Ingliss, tho best
artists we know, in tutoring our sprouting
beard into moustache and imperials? Wo
are not so young as he thinks. But, there
is aomotbing further. Jcnkin.i rudeoms
himselJ. Here is a bunch of finely flarorod
cigars; and hero is' a bottle of claret.
Verily we forgive the tacit reproach of our
moustache. Alas! tho claret and tho cigars
are marked for our senior, and the sngar
plums are all that remain for us. We wUl
invite ourselves to sup with thc senior.
We wiU try those cigars; wc will smack of
this claret. We will not bc put off with thc
candying. N?d But let us examino it. Bon?
bons, hearts, lollipops and bull's oyes. Ah!
i we soe! Ho knows that we aro playing thc
gallant. He knows where we go nightly.
He moans that we shall bestow these com- 1
tits upon the dark-eyed Arabella, and the
fair-haired Wilhelmena -our Minna and
? Brenda. They shall have them. We shall
see the dark eye of tht? ono sparkle and the
blue eye of the other brighten, as they open
upon this charming collection of sugared
sweets and concrete delicacies. We shall
soe the dams"!* to-night. .-And here is
another packet-a bottle. Alas! again!
that is addressed to our elastic publisher.
He shall not monopolizer it. Wo mean to
waTtch him-to see when he prepares for a
supper, and to be in at tho proper moment.
Why should a publisher, wno simply sots
? the wheels agoing-why tho senior editor,
who deals in, dull philosophic and absurd
poetics-have all the good things? Wo arc
utterly irredeemable as a sinner, wc, the
local, if wo do not come in for a share of '
these spiritual comforts. We will act a
kecr. dog on the scent to know when that
claret is tobe sipped, that Bourbon gulped,
those cigars made to fumigate tho other?
wise barren atmosphere. They shall not
baffle us, either publisher or senior, in our
purposc^to bo in at thc death.
N. B. Wi- have caught them both. We
baye drank of all. We have smoked three
cigars of the twenty-live. We have tri?
umphed. The good editor had a group of
members of the Convention at a supper at
William Thomas', and a famous hue sup?
per it was. We tracked him thither. He
could do no less than order a goblet for us
and we soundad. bia claret. AH for tho
publisher, we caught him at lunch; cold
lobster, with salad dressing, very tine; some,
fine Salmon, from Shelton, ('alvo A Co.; a
pile of exquisit? caliea from McKenzie, and
the oxcellent Bourbon from Jenkins. Wo
have circumvented publisher and editor.
We are content with the blessings of the
day.
Msw ADTHUTISKMKUXS. Attention io call?
ed to the following advertisements, whiuk
are published for the first time this morn?
ing:
Shiver & Beckham-Now Goods.
C. Mary .V. M. Mott- Mantuamakers.
Apply Richland stlfrt-Wanted lo Hire.
P. F. Cuttino-Bacon and Lard.
J. G. Gibbes-Bacon, Herrings, ?kc.
Extra Communication Acacia" Lodge.
P. Cu itwoll - Canal Flour.
-Sugar-cured Hams.
" -(binny Bagging, ?fcc.
" " - SegarV. Ale, Portor, fcc.
John S. A Wm. J. Wiley-Teams for Sale.
Wu?. J. Terry-Residence to Rent.
JoLn Alexander- Sawyers Wanted.
U. Ward Hat Lost,
(len. Richardson-General Orders NO. 3.
Beach, Boot A Co.- New Firm.
Jacob Levin- VarieU Sale.
Speck A Polock- Extra Family Flour.
Dr. P. Melvin Cohen Blue Stone.
Mrs. M. E. Brady-Latest Fashions.