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C?L?MBT?. ~' I Thursday Morning, August 16,1866. Sooth Carolina. Unionism. A Mr. Sidney Andrews, one o_f thoso. peripatetic scribblers from New Eng? land, has spent fourteen weeks in the South, and Ticknor & Fields, of Bos? ton, have dono np -what he has to say in a volume entitled "The South since the War." Fourteen weeks among the ruins of tho South to write a book, giving an accurate statement of the political feeling of her people! He calls North Carolina Unionism "a cheat, a will-o'-the wisp," and says "any man who trusts it will meet with an overthrow." That of Georgia ho calls "a sham Unionism," but "a cold toleration * for the idea of national sovereignty." He pays his respects to South Caro? lina os follows: "In South Carolina, there is very little pretense of love for the Union, but everywhere a passionate devotion to the State; and the common senti? ment holds that man guilty of trea? son who prefers the United States to South Carolina. There is nor occa? sion to wonder at the admiration of the people for Wade Hampton, for he is the very exemplar of their spi? rit-of their proud and narrow aud domineering spirit. . It is our duty,' ho says, in a lettor which he ha? recently addressed to the people of the State, 'it is our duty to sup? port -the- President of the United States so long as he manifests a dis? position to restore our rights as a sovereign State.' That sentence will forever stand as a model of cool arro gan ce, and yet it is in full accord with the spirit of South Carolinians. The war has taught them that the physical force of the nation cannot be resisted, and they will be obedient to the letter of the law; but the whole current of their lives flows in direct antagonism to its spirit." Tho people of South Carolina do entertain a passionate devotion to their State, and we honor them for it; it is their highest badge of honor, their proudest characteristic, and wo be to them when they fall from grace in this respect, and become like the migratory Scribes and Pharisees who hail from "the hub," and whose home is vherever the dollars are made most easily, and whoso affec? tions centre only where that load? stone of attraction is found. No love of home, no State pride, but an arro? gant assumption of super-excellence for the Puritan race and their de? scendants, ever enter into tho sterile hearts of these roving scribblers, Sc strictly Puritan are they that thej will whip their childron to death ii they do not rhyme out with the true Puritanic nasal twang, their set rou tine of meaningless word-prayer. It is a union with these people thai tho native-born Southerners feel i repugnance to-and they have gooc cause for such dislike. For a quarte] of a century they have been the mar plots of the peace of the country they have meddled with everything pertaining to society, manners, politi cal institutions and social relations, ii communities which never could com mingle with them, or assimilate them selves to their standard of religiou or civil duties. The two peoples ar< as far removed in these respects fron each other ns are the antipodes, and iu all probability, throughout tim will remain so. But when theso mendacious writer confound our aversion to them or union with them, with a repugnanc to the institutions of our Govern ment-when, because we will nc ?unbrace them and their politics tenets, their spurious morality, thei rampant radicalism and all the otho isms generated on New Euglaud so -they undertake to class the peopl of these States as unfriendly to th Constitution and the Government < the United States, then do they eith< wilfully malign us, or they have n( sense enough to discriminate betwee true patriotism and a mouthing Unioi ism, such as is indulged in by Brow] low, and was tho wont among tho o! regime of Faneuil Hall ranters. freely admit that South Carol? Unionism is not of that stamp, ari we hope never will be. They ha1 not consented that the term "Uuioi ism" should take the place of "p triotism" in its broadest and wide sense-a devotion to the Constitute of the United States, and an earuo support of the Government fraim upou its principles, and this is tl only trna Unionism, by and throuj which the Government can be perj tuated. Gen. Hampton is tho South Cai lina type of that kind of Unionism bravo in war, noble in defeat, and accepting with*.?bat -?el?-respect ?ml dignity which trne nxanhood fur? nishes to it? possessor, tho results of the contest in which he -was an active participant^-wX?n SS> in tho above, quoted sentence, uttered tho senti? ment of a true patriot and that of the whole peoplo of this State. And herein lies the secret of tho asper? sions ?nd misrepresentations of these writers-our support of tho President in his conflict with radicalism, alias New EtfgTand Unionism. The putting down of this horde of scribblers, who write books and fill the newspapers ol New England and the North with tho greatest misrep? resentations of the Southern people in everything, would don tribut? largely and effectually to tho restoration of peace and harmony. If, in the mean? time, the peoplo of tho North desire to know tho representative men of Southern Unionism, they will find them among thc delegates from this section to tho Philadelphia Conven? tion. TI10 City of Baltimore. The people of tho Southern States cannot soon forget Baltimore and her magnificent charities to the poor and destitute of tho stricken States South of her, and our pople feel grateful to her noble women for the er-Tgy aud I self-sacrifice they displayed in suc? cessfully carrying out their noble en ' terprise. It was a work of benevo? lence that will long live in tho hearts and affections of the peoplo of thc South. It has formed a new bond ol union and fraternal feeling betweer Maryland and her Southern sisters j which we hope will become strongei as their people become more inti mutely acquainted. Wo have before ns a copy <^f f publication-the Baltimore Traders Gazette-well filled with advertise ments, indicating a foll stock of mer chandize in every department in bu siness, aud suggesting to our mind: the inquiry, why could not Balti more, within the boundaries of on: own section, with direct Europeai connections, with her lines of steam ers and railways to every sea-port and almost every important commer cial city of the South, become th commercial emporium of tho South With all her advantages, thoro can b no reason why her merchants shouh not be able, to command tho large portion of tho Southern trade am compete successfully with her large rivals, New York, Boston and Philr delphia. She is nearer to the Soutl: ern merchant; railroad and stean boat facilities are abundant for ht and her people; our sympathies au affections have become strengthenec and, with a thorough organization c commercial capital in that centre, au tho hearty co-operation of Souther merchants, Baltimore can beconi what she out to bo-tho great in porting warehouse for tho Souther States. Let the merchants of Baltimore g to work in earnest, lay in large stocl of staple goods and useful artich adapted to the wants of the Southei people; let them import all that tin can, so that they can compete wit tho importing cities above-name' For the present, we can do with small amount of the wares and me chandize that can usually be found Stewart's, of New York, or Levy's, Philadelphia; and we feel confideii if her merchants present to buyers moderate rates, fair stocks of artiol of prime necessity-food, cloth: n agricultural implements, meehans .tools and machinery, &c, Ac.-th will shortly be able to check tho pr gress of our merchants Eastwar Let them advertise freely in eve city in the Southern States, and sin that spirit of liberality for whi they have always been cbaraci ized-in short, let them show to t Southern trader that they are earnest to secure tho business fl has always flowed past them, a success will crown their efforts. THE CONVENTION.-A special < spatch to tho Charleston Couri from Washington, says: Tho President i& greatly enc< raged at the accounts which he ! received. Gov. Orr's speech of last night highly commended on all sidos. Leading radicals here freely adi to-day that they expect to lind management of tho fall campaign tho interest of their party a tot undertaking. Cholerais now very prevalent the Danubian principalities, espec ly at .Tassy. Tho Convention. We cannot say that wa very much admire the opening scene Of this en? tertainment, although at this distance, and with only a brief telegram de? scribing it, we may not be quite com? petent to judge of its entire- pro? priety; but for the lifo of ns, we cannot seo the fitness of things, on the assembling of this grave, delibe? rative body, that the representatives of South Carolina aud Massachusetts Gov. Orr and a lato major-general of the United States army-should be chosen to make the "grand entree," arm in arm, keeping stop with the music, and preceded by banners-wo suppose the respective emblems of the Palmetto and . Bay States. Wo say nothing against it, but a doubt of its propriety; and who knows but that the whole thiug may turn out to have been pr?mature. The scenic effect was moving, no doubt, and had we beeu present, wo might have also shed tears, on seeing the representa? tives of these two States-moro an? tagonistic in politics than any other two in the Uniou-make this frater? nal exhibition after four yours strife but we confess that wo are uot yet so far reconstructed, as not to have pre? ferred somo other arrangement iu the programme. And having said this much about the incident, we sincerely hope it will have all the good effect intended by its originators, wdioefVer they were. The tone and temper of the Cou veution, and the manifest desire for harmony, as our telegrams inform us, aro indicative of good results. The course of Messrs. Wood and Val laudigham is worthy of commenda? tion, aud cannot fail to exercise a good influence over tho sitting mem? bers and oil their deliberations. The brief reports of tho speeches we have received also poiut to conciliatory action, aud foreshadow a harmonious session. The. good and true men ot our land are there-all professedly actuated by thu same motive, and as? sembled for the same object-thc speedy restoration of peace to the country, and its reconstruction or sound principles; and if such a bodj fails to accomplish so desirable ai end, we may look in vain for anj other instrumentality to effect it We sincerely pray that tho hope: of tho country in this respect are nol doomed to disappointment. A Kori-igncr'* Opinion. A writer in Blackwood's Magazine in noticing tho political situation ir this country, thus classifies parties: "At the present stage of the con flict," says he, "with the Congres and the fanatics, philosophers, revc lutionists ami centralizers of th North and East on ono side, Mi Johnson, the South, and tho conserv atives of the North and West upo: the other, it is us impossible, us i would be idle to predict which wa; the battle will turn." The classification is correct, an his doubts as to the result of th contest now going <>n betwee tho radicals and tho friends of con stitutional Government, uro naturi enough to a journalist so far distan from the conflict aud the many phase jit may assume. The writer sa) again: "If Mr. Johnson carries the da? supported by tho people at tho N< vember elections, the Union is prai ticable, and the United States mc become what the great majority ? the English people, and all tho tri friends of humanity, desire them 1 be-happy, respectable, prospcroi and tinaggressive." The unchecked rule-of radicalis would just place tho United States : the opposite position to that nunn above. Wo have sufficient faith tho good sense, virtue and patrio ism of the American people to belie : that Mr. Johnson will "e'arry tl ! day," and that the country will 1 j restored to the condition describ? j by tho writer. UAI> NEWS FBOM GEORGIA.-lt painful to read tho accounts in o ? Georgia, exchanges from North i Atlanta in regard to tho almost enti failure of the crops in that region, i consequence of a protracted drong] It is stated that in many Counti there had been no rain for sevei weeks, and undeir a blazing sun ai the high temperature of tho prese summer, the last hope of a corn er I had disappeared. The Koine Cour? of last week, says: "The drong continues, with no immediate jin peet of abatement. In many plac? the early corn is ruined. Thron i this and the adjoining Counties, j now seems impossible that there A\ be half a crop raised. Tho cott crop is also obliged to be short, a apprehensions aro now being felt tl j it will be almost entirely ont off." MUIBU.MI m.'MUfHfMHk I ?HMH^HII .<M?* ******** We baye again rumors of the fail? ing health of the prisoner of For? trosa Monroe, and they are eon firmed by a letter from his wife to a gentleman of this State, in which that stricken but devoted woman says: "Mr. Davis is not slowly, but surely, wasting away, and I look for? ward to his Maker's release, if man does not soon afford him one." The civilized world stands amazed at the treatment Jefferson Davis has 'received, and is still receiving,' af the hands of a great nation. From him the (lovernment has surely nothing to fear. Ho is wearing away, and is too feeble, were he inclined, to give any one much trouble in this world, and we do not believe that tiiere is a member of tho Government who docs not know that, if he were released on parolo, that parolo would bo reli? giously observed. Then why is this cruel imprison? ment lengthened out of a man whoso sands of lifo aro well-nigh mu? At tho close of the war, when passion, engendered by sectional strife, was in the asceudant, and when* ho was charged with somo complicity in the death of Mr. Lincoln, there might have been some shadow of excuso for rigid immurement in the walls of a fortress; but all such pretext has long passed away; the most searching investigation of his bitterest enemies has utterly failed to find the slightest stain of guilt on him as to the unfor? tunate assassination of the late Pre sident; and as to tho charge of treu son, we feel assured that there is not one of the thousands who have re? ceived tho sign-manual of pardoi from President Johnson, but who wai as guilty as he of the alleged crime. "His Maker's release." What doe not such a senteuce express? Wil not tho President, on tho strength o tho evidence of such a release coming shortly to his prisoner, endeavor, lr a prompt- exercise of one of tba Milker's attributes-mercy-to dela; its coming to a poor foliow-nian? Th public good would not suffer, nor th State receive detriment, by such a: act of clemency-an act that wouh win tho gratitude o? thousands of hi fellow-citizens, and claim the admira tion of the civilized world. Stiiy Ltwii To tin: Editor*, Legislature and Prop of South Carolina. The Legislature will soon be coi vencd fur the purpose of modifyin our District Court system, so as 1 moot the requirements of the legisl; tion of tho Inti: Federal Congres It is the design of a strong influent in thc State to use this extra sessic for the purpose of passing laws t I delay or hinder the collection > debts. I wish, briefly, to state tl effect of the attempt to carry o such a design. Such laws cannot bo made val without un amendment of the Cons' ttrtion of the United States. La vers who say otherwise are bad informed or wilfully mislead the pe pie. Our present distress is owing, n so much to the devastations of w and emancipation, as to the sho< given to our credit by the passage our late stay law. Otherwise, Nt York, Philadelphia and Baltiiuoi with millions seeking investmei would not refuse to sell to us OL credit. This is not opinion but fa* The merchants of these cities so sn They aie alarmed at-tho animus our legislation, and it will require least one regular session of o Legislature to pass, without an tempt ut tho passage of such laws, restore commercial confidence. ] law has ever been passed, interfer? with the laws of trade, that has i produced evil and harm to those tended to be benefitted. lhere t cases when1 the prevention of t collection of a debt would be alni' a moral crime. There are otb where the sacrifice of a debt?, property would bo an act worthy ?Shylock. An honest public opini will regulate tho arm of the law ! these cases. Why is it that n< j with Sherill's armed with sundry I fa.'s, very few levies are made? Tho agitation of the subject I stay laws holds out false hopes, r I prevents creditor aud debtor fr compromising. lt is not true; that creditors, t. general rule, design tho collectioi their claims; they desire to have th secured, which, being done, they ready to grant any reasonable, inc i gence. j Our Legislature, if they close j civil courts and leave tho erinn j courts open, will thereby leave I Judges in a position which will em i them, as honest Judges, to declare j laws delaying or hindering the lection of debts, "repugnant to Constitution of the United Stat. To close the civil courts, then, courts must be closed. What foll? Vide (bu. Grant's order: "' United States military will have cog? nizance o? all eritnas and ??sdemeau ors, without regard to the color of tho parties 1" Liberty has already gone, this will take away her shadow now left us. Suppose, however, the civil courts to bo closed, what then? The Freed? men's Bureau will collect the debts owiug to freediuou. What follows? Tho white man will transfer hi? dead claim to a-negro! This is not conjec? tured-it was done in one District, to some extent, before the annulling of the late stay law. Again, suppose the, hands ot credit? ors, who are citizens of tho State, to bo tied; then creditors, who arc citi? zens of other States, (now a large class,) whose claims exceed S5U0, will sue in the United States Courts, and the marshals will collect, aided by a posse of Federal bayonet?, if neces? sary. This is not all. Debts above S500, founded on bills of exchange, (Act ol Sept. 24, 178'.?, Sec. ll,) promissory notes, (I Mason, 251,) and notes pay? able to beaver, (II Peters, 318,) bout, fide conveyances of titles to land. (II Sumner, 232,) which four classes of causes of action will embraco it amount three-fourths of all debts, will leave the State and become tin property of citizens of other ?States who will suo in the United State: Courts, Is it true that creditors have nc conscience? Is it truo that all debt ors arc honest? Is it true tba creditors are always rich and tin debtors poor? Is it just to disregari tho rights of the creditor, altliougl n poor widow or orphan, and to pro tect the debtor who may be in pos session of the widows' or orphans property, without any consideratioi paid? Is it uot true that those win favor repudiation and stay laws are ns a general rule, either popularity stickers, or those who owe more thai they expect to collect from thei debtors? I pity the man reduced to povert by the late war, and eau syinpathiz with him in his struggles, even where in his extremity, he dosires to sta the hand of justice; but great is m contempt for the lawyer, or well-ii formed man, who. for a little popi larity, will delude his fellows an ruin bis country-for it is too tri; that our honor and our credit are tl that are left ns; take them away an we are poor indeed. Let public opinion alone, and fe: not the bug-bear of the poor debt? being "sold out of house and home I ask when, and in how mar instances in our State, from its ea Host history, has a man and h family been sohl out of bouse at home and turned out of doors liv h creditor, unless the debtor connive at it himself, in order to tako tl benefit of the Insolvent Debtor Act, or where tho debtor was fraud lently making way with or screenii his property? LAISSEZ -NOUS F ALEE. It:iilrou.c! Connect ions. At a meeting of the Nash vii Chamber of Commerce, beldon i Otb inst.. Col. DeBow, by reque: read a letter, which ho received fro Cleo. A. Trenholm, who recently we :us a delegate from Charleston to Ci ciunati, for the purpose of agitatii among capitalists the subject of short connection of Charleston wi the North-west by way of Knoxvil Louisville and Cincinnati. The f [ lowing is a copy of tho letter: CHARLESTON*, July 16, lobo. ! Hon. J. H. DeBow-DEMI S: i * ' * You will lind t ! route of the "Blue Ridge Railroae j however, traced out on nearly eve : railroad map of ?my authori I Appleton's Cuide has it corree delineated on the accompanying nu j except that it is finished to "Wal h j la," about fourteen miles boyo Pendleton, and not to the latter po ! only, its appears on the map. If y will take a glance at this mapyou v seo what new and extensive CC uections will bo accomplished, wi Louisville and Cincinnati will been placed, (as they soon will b in railroad communication w Knoxville, and the Blue Ridge Ri road, shall in like manner completed to that point. Thc K tucky road will not follow the 1 there indicated. The Lebanon tension passes six miles South Danville, and has already read Crab Orchard, on the way to Loud At Loudon it will turu due South i be carried to the Tennessee li There it will be met by the Knoxv and Kentucky Hoad, which, inst I of taking the direction indicated ? tho iua}i, will be carried due Nerti the line. Cincinnati will carry Lexington road iu tho direction Danville, (? think,) and pass through it, connect with the Le I non extension at the nearest poinI Tho more statement of these fi demonstrates tho necessity, forN: ville, of a direct road to Knoxvi j Your Lcisvillo Road and Mac 1 Bend Road, render this connect ! indispensable to ypu. Memphis,! will have a road direct from Cha nooga, through tho copper-n region of East Tennessee, today t Ga., or some poiut near it. In :i few days I will send yo copy of my report to the City Cc eil and to tho other bodies here, whom I was sent to the West. If too long for your Keciew, it may of interest to vour readers. Li. A. TREN HOL3 ?".LANKS FOB SALE AT THIS OFFICE_Let? ters of Adminisiration. Declaration on Bond or Sealed Note, Mortgages and Con? veyances of Beal Estate. THE BIIKNINO OF COLUMBIA. An w.\-t ? eating account ot tho '".Sack and Destnie tion of tho City of Columbia, S. C ," t..is just been issued, in pamphlet form, b om the Phoenix power press. .<>;d r ti"'.! any extent. Single copies 50 cents. The ladies of this eity who nro desirous of aiding in a fair, to be give? at thu. new Market House, on Tuesday ey??iug,next, for tho benefit of the Fir*! Department, Will please meet at Mr. J. McKenzie's Ice Cream Garden, this (Thursday) afternoon, at half-past 5 o'clock, to make all necessa? ry arrangements'. A valuable cow, belonging to Mr. George Lever, of this city, died a Tow days ago, and on examination it was found that a largo-sized needle-was imbedded in the breast, the poiut touching tho heart-so that at every beat the heart was punctured. The needle was perfectly black, showing that it had been in ttl?; animal's body for a length of time. "THE NATIONAL HOTET,'."-We are in? formed by* tho proprietor of this new estab? lishment that in's most sanguinisexpecta? tions have been realized with reference fro guests. Vehicles and porters will be found at tho various railroad depots to take charge of passengers and baggage, for the "National," free of charge. i MORE BOBBEBIES.- Thc residence- of Dr. j D. IL Trezevant was entered on Tuesday j night, and a number of valuable articles ; carried off. Tho noise made hythe robber j attracted attention, but he succeeded in i making his escape -but evidently ir? a con ? sidorable hurry, as a silver spoon, fork and Il cup were found in tho path which ho took. A few nights ago, a thief was chased out (ii tho dwelling of C. Bonknight, Esq. Tho cotton house of Major Thomas Davis was robbed wf a portion of its contents, ou Sun? day night, Lut fortunately some of the cot? ton was recovered, and tho suspected thieves arrested. The guard ?cus ? ia filled with freedme n, who are charged with the commission of murder, robbery -and other crimes. MESSRS. EDITORS: Having observed a j statement in one of our city dailies to the ! effect that no good money had been re I ceived from Tort land, Maine, in aid of the ? sufferers of this city, I think a statement should bc made with reference to it. 1 cannot say that there has been any general subscription for the object named, but 1 caa testify to the sympathy - expressed by the Masonic fraternity of Portland and . other towns in the State of Maine, for I their unfortunate brethren in this jariadic ! tion. We have received from the Grand I Secretary of tho tirand Lodge of Maine i $200, and from lodges through the aaun ! source $85-total ?'2S3, f<>r which wo are j truly thankful. AN OLD MASON. NEW ADVEBTIS?HENTS. -Attention ia caH cd to the following advertisements, winch I are published this morning for the lirst I time: Thorough-bred Stallion Bourbon. \Y. D. Peck- -Cottage to Rent. ' ! T. J. Bawls -Deed of Csuveyancc Lost. J. C. legers A- Co.-Cheese and Porter. SAD CALAMITY-A MINISTER BURNED TO DEATH.-A correspondent of the j St. Louis Republican, writing from I Tipton, Mo., under date of Augusts, has the following: j "It is with sorrow I inform you of a terrible accident which happened here on the 2Sth of July. Rev. Hur ' vev Ciiapin, Presbyterian minister, ; aged sixty years, and late of Michi? gan, was burned to death by the ar j cidental catching lire of his dwellii . I house. Himself and three children i were at one time safe from danger," i but in his anxiety to reach a trunk i sitting at the head of tho stairs, and j containing ii small amount of gold, : he fell with the burning stairs, and in a moment moro the entire roof fell upon him. He was burned to a black j crisp in sight of his three now or j phau children. Spectators were un I able to render any assistance towards i his rescue, on account of the great I heat." I PERSONAL.-On Wednesday last, ! Messrs. W. R. and C. S. Bull, of this ; place, were arrested by the military j authorities and carried to Columbia, to undergo the imprison ment to which they had been sentenced by the Pro? vost Court of this District. We are informed that they wefe thrown into a pVee ten by thirty-five feet, in close proximity to twenty four white and nineteen Huck crimi? nals. They are kept under close ' guard, and aro allowed a diet of a j small loaf of bread and a half pound of pork per day. These gentlemen j have the sympathy of the community ! in the disgusting ordeal to which they j ure subjected, aud their refusal to ' "pay ont" meets tho approval of all their friends. - Orangeburg Times. As there are at present a great many ? counterfeit and altered national bank j notes in circulation throughout the I country, we publish the following list of designs on the back of the genu? ine notes: $1,000 notes, Washington resigning his commission; $500 notes, surrender of Gem Burgoyne; $100 mites, Declaration of Independence; .S50 notes, baptism of Pocahontas; $10 notes, DeSoto discovering tho Mississippi; $5 notes, landing of Co? lumbus in 1492; $2 notes, Sir Walter i Raleigh; $1 notes, landing of the Pilgrims. All national bank notes, j the backs of which do not correspond ? with the above, are bogus. j A now crinoline in Paris is in the I shape of coat tails.