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By Telegrapli. . The Alaharaa ConTCntlOB. MONTGOMERY, September 23.-Tho Convention to-day passed an . ordj* nance dividing tho State into six con? gressional districts. The committee on"the secr/ssion- ordinance will report early next week. Flight ot the Rep?blica? Goverm mont. En PASO, MEXICO, August 15.-I take advantage of an 'express which goes up the country this afternoon to. send you an item of news which may not reach you so soon otherwise, juarez and suite, his Cabinet, some officers, about twent-flye men of an escort, go into El Paso this evening. Juarez has kept very cjhiet thus far. He held a Cabinet council yesterday, but what was decided is not known. A Mexica? colonel who came in with him says tho French are in Chihuahua to tlie number of 2,000. Juarez and his party seem to have money. It seems as if Juarez thought the ?nis ?republico had arrived, by his choice of El Paso as a phice of retireraient, There is no difficulty about "corral? ing" him there; and the only line of . retreat he is sure of is across the Rio Grande to the land of the red, white and blue. I believe the people of El Paso are not very enthusiastic. They, have not marked the arrival of the President by any demonstration. . THE COMET.-The anticipated early re-apjpearance of Biela's Comet, which is now on its way to its perihelion, is attracting the attention of astrono? mers. A correspondent of the Boston Courier says: It is not yet arrived Sufficiently near the earth to bc discerned with a teles? cope; its present distance from the earth being about one hundred and ten millions of miles, and ius position near the left arm of Andromeda. It is slowly moving into the adjoining constellation, Pegasus, and on the* first day of November next it will be close to the bright [Aloha Pagasi] Markab, one of tho four bright stars forming the well known square of ! Pegasus. It then pursues a southerly 1 course, crossing the celestial equator | about the middle of December, j Singularly enough, it then crosses the old path it followed in 1840, and near a point where it was then ob- ? served to separate into two comets. It will continue to approach the earth till the end of February, when its distance from the earth will be only one-sixth of its present distance. At that time it will have advaneeed far into the Southern heavens, and dis? appear from view here and in higher latitude. - ? REGENERATION OF MEXICO.-Mexico has been regenerated so many times that there is not much of her left. There is a restless spirit of military ( adventure in the United States, which hankers for distinction in that ancient: republic, under the lead of the Con? stitutional President Juarez, who is regarded by many as only temporarily supplanted by a foreign ?rch-duke. This spirit, says tho Journal of Com? merce, seems to gain strength as thc apparent end of the great rebellion approaches, and eventually may be? come in this country an important politisai element. Evidences of its existence have been repeatedly mani? fested within" the last few months, as ?at New Orleans and on the Pacific coast, where considerable seizures of arms and ammunition have been made by the Federal authorities, evidently intended to assist the Mexican Libe? rals in their resistance to thc Impc rialists. TROPICAL FRUITS.-More than 80 cargoes of foreign fruits arrives at the port of ?sew York annually, ex clusive of oranges Vurtl lemons, from the Mediterranean. Cuba is its chief source of supply for bananas and cocoa-nuts, and the Bahamas for june apples. Cargoes of bananas and cocoa nuts ?vre commonly worth from 5?8,0(10 to $10,0(H), and pine apples say ?0,000. These figures depend largely upon the length of tire voyage, if pro? tracted, the loss from decay is almost ruinous. The invariable mode of stowing cargoes is to place a layer of bananas on tho cocoa-nuts in the hold, then'construct a rough scaffold of boards for another tier, and above is a deck load. As foreign freit meets with a larger consumption in the United States than ever before, not? withstanding prices have rilera than doubled within a few years, the West Indiu planters- are turning their at? tention to this trade, instead of their former crops. In the Bahamas, for instance, the cuitare of tobacco, once Very extensive, is sum?se abandoned. STATEjC^VENJION. Monday, September 35, 1803. The Convention assembled nt 10 o'clock, the President took the Chair, and the deliberations were opened with prayer. Mr. Thos. Thomson introduced the-following resolution; which was agreed to: Resolved, That a Commission, con? sisting (rt two persons, be appointed rby His Excellency the Provisional Governor, to prepare and report to the next Legislature what laws M^ll be necessary and proper in consequence of the alteration made in the funda? mental law, and especially^ to prepare and submit a Ade for the regulation of labor and the protection and go? vernment of tho Colored Population of the State, and that??ho I legislature fix the compensation of said Commis? sioners. A resolution* from the Committee on Amendments to the-Constitution was amended so as to road as follows : "Hereafter, there shall be a capita? tion tax laid by the General Assembly, which, upon each poll, shall never Ix; less than one-fourth of thc tax laid on ono hundred dollars' worth of land, it being left to the General Assembly I to determine what inhabitants of the I State shall be excepted from the ope? ration of tho law;" was then agreed to, and was referred to the Revisory Committee. Messrs. Simonton, Frierson and Dudley presented reports from com? mittees. ' Mr. F. W. Pickens introduced the following clause for th? Constitution ; ' -which was referred ta the Committee .on Amendments to the Constitution*: "For debts hereafter contracted, no real estate^hall be subject to levy or execution ^but this shall not be construed so as to prevent any legal process against tho rents and profits of the same." Mr. Inglis, from the Committee on the Legislative Department, made a report on the articles prescribing the qualification of voters; which was ' agreed to, and referred to the Roviso I ry Committee. The Convention resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole, Mr. Sulli? van in the Chair, to consider the re? port of the Committee on Amend? ments to the Constitution ; and after a free discussion of the subject, the President resumed tho Choir. IHltuu IIcu.il m nd Beaufort. Hilton Head presents the appear? ance of a busy little town, although it is nothing but a creation, of mili? tary necessity. But one housefto?d there when our forces first took pos ! session of the place. The Hilton Head expedition and the subsequent occupation of Beaufort are still re? membered as one of the first cheer? ing successes of the wrar. Since then j a considerable number of neat houses, ! large and small, has been built for the [ accommodation of military and naval j officials. . A business street, Merchant's Row, has sprung up, giving evidence of j the commercial enterprise of our army sutlers. Extensive piers and v?harvosaiTordthe necessary accommo? dations for the. shipping, and clusters : of naval and military work-shops and '. storehouse* are scattered ?on the islands enclosing the spacious bay. ! The harbor is said to be superior in depth and security to those of Charles , ton and Savannah, and if. as seems to be the intention, th? Government work-shops and magazines remain there permanently, Hilton Head is likely to become one of the chief com I mercial "towns on thc Southern coast. : A city has been laid out on one of ! the islands^ considerable sums of money Intve already been invested in lots, and if Northern energy and enterprise take hold ?if thc chances {.resented here, the fesult can harcrry >e doubtful. All that is necessary to . secure the future development of thc place is a railroad connection wilt Branchville. Here *s a spot for a a Northern colony in South Carolina. An hour's ride on a steam tug took us across the bay to Beaufort. The appearance of tho town disappointed : my expectations. When our troops ! took possession of it in the early part j of the war, it was described* by the newspaper correspondents' as com? posed of the most elegant mansions, in which the wealthy planters of this I region led a luxurious lifo, .'fheroaro indeed some large houses in the , place, but they are clumsy, sober looking square structures, witli no? thing of that ornamental elegance ; which we are accustomed to lind in ? the.country houses of the North. The j town is at present almost exclusively j inhabited by colored people; I saw but very few white faces there. Ai\ j ambulance ride to a plantation tn the j neighborhood was far more int?rest > ing.-JJosion ?Ucerti?er. Colored Race in ?ie United Stetes. The wild talk now about the ne? groes spreading all over the country, and now about theis? speedy and toted, extinction, makes it proper to look afl the census-that valuable document which Gen. Sherman says he always had in his saddle-bags ' while march? ing throxigh Georgia. The following table gives a bird's eye view of the whole subject of the respective num? bers and increase of the two races in this country : Census "White Incr se Slave and Inc'se of Pop. per et. Free Col'd per ct. Population. 1700.. . .3,172,464 . 757,363 1800... .4,304,48!) 35.68 1,001,436 32.28 1810... .5,862,004 36.18 1,377,810 "37.58 1820....7,861.937 34.12 1,771,562 28.58 1830...10,537,378 34.03 2,323,61a 31.44 1840. ..14,395,6!? 3-1.72 2,87:1,758 23.41 1850. M9,553,068 37.74 8,638,762 26.62 I860. ..26,075,575 37.07 4,441,7:30 22.07 From those figures,.it will be seen that while tho ratio of increase of the white race has been rising during the last two decades, that of the negro has been falling. It may be stilted that thc great cause of tbfferencc is owing to immigration, ?nd that is why the early increase of the blacks was* so great before the African slave trade ; was closed up. Tho following table is still more striking from its brevity. It shows the respective proportions of the two races in the United States, as exhi? bited in each census: Years. Whites. S. and F. Col'd. 1700 . 80.73 19.27 1800 .81.13 18.87 1810 . 80.97 19.03 1820. 81.57 18.43 1830 . 81.90 18.10 1840....83.18 16.83 .1850.84.31 15.69 1860.'....85.88 14.12 Thus, the colored race has fallen from vearly one-fifth of the whole mass of population to about one seventh. This is tho showing of figures taken five years ago. The war undoubtedly has bad the effect to lessen the pifcportion of the colored race. It is apparent, therefore, tfcat the race is losing ground steadily, buf by natural causes and at a regular rate. [Bonton Traveller. A REFUGEE FOB THE TRUTH'S SAKE. A Chattanooga letter-writer says: This' morning, attending the ser? vices in the post chapel, we heard a sermon preached by the Rev. J. H. Caldwell, of Newnan, Georgia, wh?eh, for earnest *nd eloquent denunciation of the practice and effect of slavery, and for clear and logical perception of the residt of this war, was certaiidy i the ablest and most effective dis? course it has been my lot to hoar. Mr. Caldwell is a South Carolinian, nearly related to Jbhn C. Calhoun, and has been a slaveholder all his life, having inherited about a score of < slaves. He has always liv%l South, is a member of the Methodist Epis?o I pal Church South, and of the Geor? gia Conference. He claims, and I doubt not its truth, to have been originally, opposed to secession, though going with his own section in tho war, when the fatal die was I thrown. i The war has. made him poor. His negroes have left, stock run off, and farm run down. Fifty thousand dol? lars would not make him Whole. After the issuing of the Amnesty Proclamation of President Johnson, Mr. Caldjfell, then pooching *in the town of Newnan, anti at a church two miles off, preached" two sermons, one of which I heard this morning. After listening,- 1 wondered not at Mr. Caldwell's statement, that a large portion of his congregation left be- j I fore he had finished. ! The scars which the war has left j are terrible!. The South is mutilated ; almost beyond recognition. The fol- ( j lowing is an estirante, by the Raleigh i (N. C.) Progress^ of the number of 1 j Southern men enlisted and killed or ? disabled during tie rebeli?n : f/eitu ann < States. Enlistments, disable*. '? Alabama.120,000 70.000 , ! Arkansas, sav. 50,000 30.000 j Florida..". 17,000 10,000 ; Georgia. .131,000 . 76,000 Kentuckv, !*av. 50,000 , 30,000 '. Louisiana, sav. 60,000 34,000 . Mississippi . '.78,000 4.'.,000 Missouri, sav.40,000 24,000 j Maryland, ?av. 40,000 24,000 i North Carolina.11(1,000 85,000 South karolina. 65,000 40.000 1 I Tennessee, 'say. 60,000 34,000 Texas, say... .'.ftt.ODO 53,000 Virginia, 'hay.180,000 105,000 Total. .1,1-24,(100 ' 660,000 : What an appalling ?record! Six : hundred and sixty thousand men dead and disabled.'' This is probably far below the truth. And all because of the unhallowed ambition of half a dozen reckless politicians. Th? Greenville pApers announce ; tho sadden death, from disease of the . heart, of Mr. Thomas Powell, an old ? I and resneeted citizen of that town j . TOWN COUNCIL OP GREENVTLIIE.- j The following is the result of the election, held on Monday last for In-? ttendant and Wardens : G. E. Elford, Intendant ; R. McKay, Hamlin Beat ti?, T. Q. Donaldson,. C. M. McJun I kin, Lu Williams, ?. S. Gibbes, War j dens. j MARRIED, ! On Sunday, the 24th instant, by "Rey. Mr* Pringle, Mr. ROBERT H. YANCE, of the I 25th Ohio V. V. l., to Miss MARY J. TULLY, j of Columbia. j Wanted to Hire, 1 ARESPECTABLE WHITE GIRL, to cook and do home-work for a family of | I uve porswns. Lierai wages punctually I paid. Inquiro on Richland street, three j doors East of Bulb_' Sept 26,2? i M ANTTL?M?KERS-. " LADIES' DRESSES made in the latest faehious and on the cheapest terms by C. MABY A, M. MOT,T 1 Bull street, next cornor of Blanking st. ! T>Y SPECK A POLOCK. I JD Sept 26 Wanted, TWO FIRST-CLASS SAWYERS, for Cir? cular Saw Mills. Nono other need ap? ply. JOHN ALEXANDER. Oougaree iron Works, Sept 26 4_Columbia, S. C. *~~ LOST, . ?j BY tho subscriber, in tho street, on Fri- ! day last, somewhere between Hitch? cock's Livery Stables and Bower's Steam MiU, a new broad brim BLACK FUR HAT, about size seven. The lindar w?l confer a favor by leaving it at this office, or with Mr. HITCHCOCK, at his Stables. Sopt 26 2?_R. WARD. Acacia Lodge. A AN extra communication of this './V'Lod.fio will be held-THIS AFTER y^*j<\NOON, at 4 o'clock, in tho Hall in the College CaniDU8, for the purpose of con? ferring the tuird degree. By order of the W. M. E. O. WITHiNGTON, Secretary. Sept 26_. 1 JUST RECEIVED, . 1 AAA T'BS- BACON. JL.UV/VJ 1? bbls. LARD. For sale at reduced prices by ?\ F. CUTTING, Corner Boundary and Assembly streets. Sept 26__ 2* I Bluestone! ? 2,000 LBS. SUPERIOR ENGLISH, I C'JWfor sale LOW by DR. 1?. MELVIN COHEN. Druggist, riebens street, head of Lady street. Sept 26_ 1 GOTiD, GREENBACKS Oft COTTON! ; y*jK WILL bo taken in exchange to /Vflfc 50 MULES, young and healthy; tor j 'J^iffrpO sVts HARNESS, in good order; i ano lor 12 WAGONS, almost new, which j will be offered at private sale on MONDAY i next". Any person buying all tho above i articles, six months tinio will be given, ap I proved note, payable to tho First National ! Bank, at Charlotte, N. C. I For further particulars, inquire of j JOHN S. WILEY, Express Office. WM. J. WILEY, Sept 2C OJ* Columbia, S. C. TO RENT, WITH FURNITURE* the s u b - scriber's RESIDENCE, opposite the Lunatic Asylum; and tifteen acres of LAND, near it, will be let with the house, or separately, if desired. The house con? tains closets, a pantry and eight rooms above and throe rooms in the basement. The out-buildings are a Carriage ?louse and btable; a Servant's House, with four rooms; and a spacious Kitchen, with a tine "Cook? ing Range." There are also Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Gardens, a well of water and yards for tho cow, horses and poultry. FOR SALE-A commodious FAMILY CARRIAGE, ncarlv new. Apply to A. R. PHILLIPS, Bedell's Row. Or WILLIAM J. TAYLOR. Sept 2:> , 3 . Beach, Root & Co., Lio&i'oul, England. Marshall, Beach & Co , Cltarleston, ?9. C. Salomon, Root & Go., Cojnmercial Building, 42 Broadway, A". I'. NEW YORK, SrPTEinsF.il 1. 1?!65. WE have this day entered into copart nership, for the purpose of conduct? ing a GENERAL COMMISSION and BANK 1NG BUSINESS at each of the points abov I named. Our attention will also be devoted to till ing orders ami making collections for our Southern friends. Advances made on consignments o PRODUCE to either linn. Verv respect fully, J. X. BEACH, of Liverpool. E. W. MARSHALL, . f Charleston. S. ROOT, of Atlanta, Ga. E. SALOMON, late of.New Orleans. REFERENCES. UNION BANK, Liverpool. H. R. CLAFLIN & Co., New York. J. H. BRO WER, Escf.,New York. IL ROBERTS, Savannah. C. M. FURMAN/Esq., President Back c State S. C., Charleston. E. J. HART k CO.. New Orleans. . OHN CALDWELb, Columbi?, S. C. Omni oe +9 Auction Sales. Variety Sale. By Jacob Levin. TO-MORROW MORNING, at 10 o'clock, I * will ?ell, at my atoro, without reserve, . Barrels Water Crackers. " . White Beans. , Boxes Adamantine Candles. " Soap, Spice, Cloves. Starch, Vir? ginia Nails, Ac. ALSO, A vatioty of Glassware. . One Dinner Sett, Dresden China, consist? ing of 65 pieces. ? Sundry Law Books, ?fee. ALSO, # Sundry articles of Furniture. 15 bottles superior Madeira Wipe, said to ho forty years old. Sept 26 Real Estate. By Jacob Levin. ON MONDAY MORNING, October 3, I will sell positively without reserve, That new and neat COTTAGE BUILD? ING, with the land on which it is erected, ? consisting of half an acre, situated on thc; F.ast corner of Cates street-measuring on the same 104 tVet 4inches, and on the North by 3h:dium street, measuring 208 feet 8 inches. The building has hoon erected within the last four years, contains 4 rooms and pantry, with p?rtico iront and wear; also brick basement, finished, with 4 rooms, garden and goor" well of water. Persons desiring to purchase arerequest j ed to examine the promises, as the property ? will be positively sold. Sept 24 7 sacs- - - A New Assortment of DRY GOODS, MTS, SM & MTS! AT SHIVER St BECKHAM'S, Sept 26 1* Next to Shiver House. BACON, HERRINGS, &C. 1AAA LBS. primo Western BACON. .UUU 25 boxes SMOKED HER? RINGS. 1 bbl. PICKLED SALMON. 2 bbls. CRUSHED SUGAR. Just received and for sale hy Sept 26 2_J. G. GIBBES. Canal Flour. /T>0 BBLS. EXTRA. CANAL FLOUR, just* v)0 received and for sale at Sept 26 1 CANTWELL S. SIG VR-t'l REI) Ui?lS, 5TIERCES SUC.AR-CUKF.P HAMS, ?b?? salo low at CANTWELL'S, Sept 26 1 Bedells Row. fr BALES CUNNY BAGGING. O 100 lbs. BAGGING TWINE. 20 coils BALE ROPE. Just received and for sale bv P. CANTWELL, Sept 20 1 . Pedells Kow. SCOTCH ALE, PORTER, &e. 1AM HAVANA S?GARS. JLU 20 boxes and casks SCOTCH ALE. 5 casks LONDON PORTER. Just received and l'.?r sale at CANTWELL'S. Sept 26 1 Bedell's Row. Ml. ^? HAS just returned from New kYork widi a LARGE ASSORT? IMENT of FA? CY Millinery Goods ! 0l 17UNE FRENCH PLOWERS. 1 " ^ " FEATHERS. Latetf sWe HEAD NETS. .* BONNET:-.'. Fine ST';S\W*iiATS. A L'.r.OF. VAIUETY OF < FANCY BUTTONS. BUGLE GIMPS. i: FRINGES. COUDS and TASSELS. HAI li PINS. STAMPED SK'HTS. And Patterns of Latest Fashions from Madame Dcmorcst's Emporium <..i Fashioa. Besides a large vari, iv of other FANCY AllTICLES. lu prepared, also, to STAMP Braiding Patte rns tor Skirts, Ac. . Ladies aro iuvitrd to cul) and examino. Mi?. M. E. BRADY, liiniknd street. Between Main and Assembly. Sept 26 _ _ _ ;3 Headquarters 1st Sub-District, DISTRICT OF WESTERN S. c., CoLvaiBiA, S. C., September 25, 1*65. GENERAL Olt!>J:Its NO. 3. VLL restrictions heretofore imposed upon.tho sale of intoxicating liquors in the city nf Columbia, S. C., By order fruin these Headquarters, aro hereby ro? unded, except so far as they relate to en? listed men or ?lie United States army and United States Government employees. Br order of . * Pi? ret Brig. (ii i?. W. P. RICHARDSON, Commanding. JOHN w<- r..v Lient, and A. A. A. G. Sept 2t>. 3