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COLUMBI^. Wednesday Morning, Aug. 22, 1866. The Hearing of (he Southern Dele? gated. That well-conducted and able con? servative journal, the New York News, in its issue of Friday, has an editorial article on tho hearing of the Southern delegates in tho Philadel? phia Convention, winch, although the writer may have been present during thc sessions of that assem? bly, we can scarcely think justified by tho facts, BO far as wo can gather them from various and very minute reports of every incident of the pro? ceedings. Tho News says: "It was impossible to suppress the thought-how changed from tho pride and firmness and strength of will that were once the elementa of Southern character. We will confess that to us tho impression waa pain? fully conveyed that tho South, if fairly represented at the Convention, is bending too low in its eagerness to conciliate the North. There are, it ia true, some noble exceptions in the persons of men who realize that man? hood need not forfeit either dignity or independence in misfortune; but] many of tho Southern delegates seem to have buried their pride of ra.ee in tho grave of the Confederacy. They wear too much the aspect of , courtiers at tho footstool of power, to ! bo true types of tho people who fought so well, and who endured so much for tho maintenance of their political faith. We do not for n mo? ment behove that these men are con ecious of self-abasement, that they havo deliberately assumed the office of time-servers; we simply believe that they have over-estimated thc price that they must pay for their po? litical rehabilitation." We are sorry to see a cotemporary so highly esteemed and regarde d at the South write in such a strain, and that he takes such an impression of the views and feelings of tho South? ern representatives at Philadelphia. We are loth to believe that there was exhibited, on their part, such evi. deuces of sycophancy or time-serving, as tho Neics indicates. Tho cail for the Convention,- its objects and its declarations, were before our people ; and, in obedience to that call, they, with great unanimity of purpose, selected their delegates to that body from tho best men that the South could produce, a largo majority of them experienced public men, aud not a few who had served that South and her causo both in the field and the foru;a. And looking over the hst of names of the entire Southern delega? tions, we find few, with whose charac? ter and antecedents we arc acquaint? ed, who could fawn and play the sycophant even "for their political rehabilitation." We rather think the News gave ?ay too much to a morbid sensitiveness, in brooding over tho present condition of the South, and the wrongs inflicted upon her by the radical faction in Congress, for we are well convinced it would not wil? fully cast reproach on the people of the South or their representatives. No journal knows better than the Neics what the South has at stake in thc coming contest; that her whole hope for the future is entirely based upon tho success of the conservatives of the North; that at their invitation they met these conservative men in council, for the expressly avowed purpose of concerting some plan of action to overthrow and defeat the enemies of the Constitution, and we may say of thc Government. Frank? ly and fully and openly did the South? ern pooplo accept tho invitation, and all tho reports that we havo read in? form us that their representatives were received in that body and treat? ed throughout the whole proceedings as equals. They may havo had to formally renounce doctrines they onco believed in, but tho results of the war had wiped them out many months before; there may have boen I some feelings of despondency, as j they remembered all the sufferings they had endured for these doctrines and for that cause so hopelessly lost; but wo do not perceive that in any? thing, save iu a sentence or two in the mero declaration of principles, were they called ?pou to sacrifice anything of their manhood or self-respect, or to yield up any doctrine that had not already been lost. The address and the declaration of principles are be? fore tho Southern people, and we think will, on tho whole, receive their approval The work boforo tho con? servative masses of the country is the defeat of the radicals, and the conse? quent restoration of all tlie States to their full participation in the Govern? ment; and if nome slight sacrifices not of honor or principle, but simply of feeling-are necessary to accom? plish tho result, is it not the part of .wisdom to make them? As we h?ve said in previous articles, all that the Southern delegates should require would be to sit iu the Convention as equals-less than such a reception they ought not to submit to, and less than that wa? not tendered to them. Thc Keir.t, with ourselves, and the whole conservativo press of the coun? try, will doubtless do all in its _power to aid in accomplishing the avowed objects and purposes of the Conven? tion, standing on tho platform it has laid down. Agricultural Colleges. Congress, some time ago, passed a law granting to States tho privilege of selecting lands-ior agricultural and mechanical schools or colleges. This law provides for an amount of public lands, equal to 30,000 acres for each Senator and Representative iu Con? gress, to which such States are re? spectively entitled by tho apportion? ment under tho census of 1860, the tracts to be selected from the public lands of the United States, subject to private entry, at $1.25 per acre; or selections may be made from the 02.50, or double minimum ; but in the latter case tho lands are to be com? puted at the maximum price, and the number of acres proportionally di? minished. No mineral lands aro to be selected, and no selections allowed of a quantity less than a quarter sec? tion The only Southern States that have thus far signified their intention o! accepting tho" provisions of the granl ol' Congress are North Carolina, Vir? ginia and Georgia. Our exchanges inform us that Governor Worth, oi the first named State, has already re ceived from Washington land scrip tc the amount of 190,080 acres, and that the scrip for Virginia will shortly b< prepared. If South Carolina is ea titled to her quota of this grant foi educational purposes, we thiuk tin attention of our State anthoritiei ought to be given to the matter While the people of the State have t< boar their sharo of tho burden o taxation, they ought to participate ii any benefits the Government ma; confer. - It Meant the Whole South. Tho New York Tribune is fre quently very frank and outspoken ii its admissions of the purposes am policy of tho party of which it is leading organ. For instance, speak ing of the New Orleans riot, it says "We should attach little impoi tance to a singlo outbreak, if ther was reason to believe it was duo t local causes; but tho conviction i forced upon us that New Orlean means tho whole South, as Presi dentially reconstructed, and we shud der to think of the future." Tho whole facts elicited by the iii vestigation of tho disturbance in Nei Orleans, and all concurrent teatime ny, go to provo that this riot wa long before planned and concocte by tho radical leaders, and that it wa to be followed up in Texas and else when.-, whenever opportunity offered No one will pretend to doubt tho nr thority of tho Tribunein the premises and we can only account for its bol exposition of tho. extensivo schein of riots aud bloodshed designed b tho radicals, from its grievous disaj pointmeut in the .sudden and officiel manner by which tho Presidei squelched the outbreak. It canut fail to be n salutary warning to tl squad of revolutionists who seek 1 violate tho peace of tho countr; Wo havo no doubt but tho prom] action > i the authorities in New O leans was very instrumental in eau ing thc authorities in Philadelphia take tho necessary steps for tho pr servation of tho peace in that ci j during the past week. "Tho who South, as Presidentially reconstruc ed," wo think a party safo from ai future attempts of tho kind. Its i constructor has tho nerve, abili and power to keep it reconstructe despite of Jacobin cabals and plo' Tnr. CAMDEN JointNAr,.-T. > Pegues, Esq., tho former publish of tho Journal, 1ms purchased t paper, and will resumo its publicati on Friday, tho 31st instaut. \ Pegues -is a veteran publisher, a i we wish him much success in retui ing to his first love. Tho Atlantic cable, from tho poi where it leaves Valentia Island to t spot where it was landed at Hear Content, is precisely 1,86G miles length. It's a queer coincidence tl it should have been perfectod t year. afc Th? Attempt to Cremte ? Riot* ! The correspondent of the New York World gives the following state i ment of the attempt t& create a riot I in Philadelphia on the first night of i tho Convention : ! During the afternoon, speeches [had been.made from the balcony of the Continental by several distin? guished gentlemen, to the evident satisfaction of a large crowd, who were very enthusiastic. Not a word of opposition was heard; in_ fact, everything was as peaceable as in the Convention. Whon dark came on this v?as all changed ; some 200 men marched np Chesnut street and scat? tered themselves among the crowd. They had arranged everything very j nicely for a fight, and to make a dis ? turbanoe, cheered for Jeff. Davis, and I then accused the Union men of doing it. At last there were somo blows, but a strong body of police stepped I m and prevented what might have proved a bloody encounter. ! The mob, which was led by a small man, who repeatedly cried out, "Let the d-d traitors come on; we are prepared for them," finding they could not provoke a riot, satisfied themselves by knocking down a gen? tleman who had simply remarked that he thought tho conduct of its mem? bers disgraceful, then yelled. "Let us pay Forney a visit." "Three cheers for the Dead Duck." "Threo groans for tho dead dog." lu a moment they were cn route for the Press office, marching four by four, which plainly proved that the meeting was not by accident. In passing the front of the Continental, they insulted every person who looked respectable, some? times asking for Southern traitors, but especially demanding copper? heads. It was certainly the deter? mined conduct of the police which prevented ? fight, and tho who!?, force deserves the thanks of everj citizen interested in tho movement, for preventing tho effusion of blood. Upon reaching tho Continental tb? procession was ordered to halt, anc the gang commenced to cheer foi Thad. Stevens, Forney, nnd othei disunionists. By this time anothei crowd of Philadelphians had assent bled, and they exhibited a disposi tion to contest the matter with thei: opponents. Cheers for Johnson, thc Union, Senator Cowan and other, nmg loudly upon the air, whereupoi the hostile parties got together, am blows began to be exchanged, whei the police once more interfered, an? compelled the radical mob to leave They did so, after some futile effort to remain, and made night hideou with their shouts and groans as the; passed up Chesnut street to th Union League Rooms. Beyond al doubt the preparations for the ric were most complete, and only th good sense of the Uniou men and th determination of the police prevent ed. It is but just to add that the ri spectable radicals of Philadelphia ea press deep mortification at th conduct of their political adherent; and begged that for the sako of th city, which officially had done wei it might bo forgotten. EDITORIAL BRASS.-We alwaj knew that the New York Herald ha moro brass than any other journal i the country, but it beats itself in tl; following. In ono of its recent issui it published tho following pnragrapl "WANTED-SOUTHERN RIOTS I HELP THE RADICALS.-It having bee deemed necessary to repeat tho ol game of 'bleeding Kansas' iu order t humbug tho Northern voters at tl coming elections, a number of rio are desired at various prominei points at the South, such as Rici mond, Mobile, Memphis and Ne Orleans. If twenty or thirty uegroe martyrs to liberty, can be killed each of those places, so much tl better for the radical cause. For fu tlier particulars, terms of compens tion, ?fcc, apply to oid Thad. Steve: or any other member of the Reco struction Committee." The Tribune, having copied tl paragraph without crediting it to tl Herald, and having commented on tho Herald, next day, accused Gre ley of really desiring these riots, ai says: "Wo cannot but admire the elev fashion in which tho Tribun*, t chief organ of the radicals, has n vertised for men and means to get i a few more bloody riots, while we n entirely in accord with it in the st timent-which it hypocritically r presses-that it is a wicked and de\ ish do vice." This is about tho richest specim of cool effrontery that v?*o havo so lately. Tho Richmond correspondent the New York Times says: "The National Exchange Bank, this city, has, during tho past ye discounted of business papor o:i and exclusive of call loans and it ling bills, no less than $2,455,0 and in addition to this, when first tablished, discounted for planters three and four months to tho amoi of $80,000, to enable them to I tho horses and mules the Govt; ment was then selling in this ci I mention theso facts for the rea that it has been asserted that tb hanks are of no benefit to the Son ern people, and especially to planters." Tho rice crop in South Carol will not exceed 5,000 tierce?. Health or Mr. lto-rts. We- extract, from the Now -York World, of Friday, the following, from , its Fortress Monroe correspondence: ' Since General Barnes' visit, Mr. Charles O'Conor has been here, and though it is only about six weeks since he saw Davis, still, his quick perception and study of physiognomy at once noticed the striking failure of the captive's features, and he was by no means reticent in making tho fact public. Wc also know that, Mr. O'Conor, after leaving here, proceeded direct to Washington, where he had an in? terview with President Johnson, and the result is, that, on Saturday morn? ing, Doctors Crane and Simpson, of the United States army, arrived here, for. the specific purpose of examining into and reporting on the physical! condition of Mr. Davis. Tins tho eminen t surgeons did, but they have not expressed themselves on the subject lo any extent, from which any intelligible solution may be obtained. They are very quiet about it, but their silence is ominous. Your correspondent has had au oppor? tunity of watching things, and deal? ing with them from actual observa? tion. I have seen tho prisoner on various occasions. Ho looks haggard and care-worn, although placid and serene. While he has lost the wild fire which used to kindle his eye be? fore ho was joined by his family, and iuhabited Carroll Hall os a closely confined prisoner, ho does not even look half as well and hearty as at that period. His fare is the same as before; he eos more company than ever, and enjoys tho most unbounded freedom, inside of Fortress Monroe. And 3ret, with all these indulgencies, ho conti? nues to fail, and, if ho is kept con? fined much longer, the worst results may be feared. It may bo possible that, from two such eminent aud chivalric professors as Drs. Grane and Simpson, President Johnson will receive such a report as he can rely upon ; and it would not be surprising to hear that Davis has been I released on bail, or paroled, before this month is out. Such a result is desired by everybody, oven tho radi? cal?. It could not harm tho cause of the North, (tho war being over,) and would tend to save the lifo of a hu? ndan being. We hope for tho best. From M rx leo. By tho way of Havana, wo have later dates from Mexico. Tho ex? pected chango in tho ministry was effected by the Emperor on the 20th of July, by a letter to Lacunza, and by the publication of three decrees. The letter says: MT DEAR PRESIDENT LACCNZA: At the moment when tho ministry over which you have so worthily presided becomes in part dissolved, wo are pleased to give you a public testimony of our profound gratitude for the : eminent services you have rendered us. Wo hope tho nation will con? tinuo to profit by the counsels of your patriotic and illustrious intelli? gence. Receive the assurances of my regard. MAXIMILIAN. The first decree appoints Gen. Osraont, Chief of Stafl' of the Ex? peditionary Corps, Minister of War. The second decree appoints Gen. Fraut, the Intendeut-General of thc same corps, Minister of Finance. Tho third decree orders tho Minis? try of Protection to be added, pro? visionally, to that of the Interior. lt is said that H.aro, Tamares and Lares, have been invited to form part of the new cabinet. It is also said that three new under-secretaries will bo appointed. Is Nor PR Er AR ICD TO PAY.-A Phi? ladelphia paper publishes tho follow ing letter, received by a firm in that | eitv from a North Carolina merchant: ' - CONCORD, N. C..Auguste, I860, j SIRS: Yours of August 3, 18G?, caine to hand this morning, with no tice that you had drawn on me. Your draft will not be honored, nor will the account which you hold i against me bo paid until it suits my convenience. I am well informed that you were ono of a party of Southern crushers and Northern radicals and fanatics, who gave your means for tho destruc? tion of Southern people, my property and my lifo among tho rest. My liff was narrowly saved and my health permanently injured by two most fatal gun-shot wounds. What funds I may now havo saved from the vandalism of bummers, is needed otherwise than in turning tho other j check for you to smite. Yours, D. R. PHIFER. j NEGRO HUMANITY.-The LaGrange (La.) Reporter says that some negroes in Merriwether" County, not wishing ! to bo troubled with their old father, j who was old and infirm, carried him to a brush tent some distance from their cabin, where, a few days after, he was found dead from starvation. Mr. Booker, their former ?master, was informed of the facts, and on going to the spot, found the buzzards prey- j ing upon the old man's body. It was with great difficulty that Mr. Booker could get tho wretches to havo tho old man buried. Ono of tho sons I gave us n reason why ho did not go and see his father buried-"Mei a foe red be will ketch me." Watches aro now mado in this country which wind themselves up, but the mode of winding is kept a profound seoret. . SOUTH CAROLINA AND MASSACHU? SETTS.-"Perley," in his despatch from Philadelphia to the Boston Journal, speaking of the visit paid by tho delegates from South Carolina to the Massachusetts delegation, says: "Then Gen. Custer came in, and was introduced th Gen. McGowan, of the Confederate army. After cor? dially shaking hands, Custer said: .(jieneral-we have been looking at I each other often during the war j through field-glasses und amid the smoko of battle. If we can now shake hands, these civilians who have I stayed at their homes in safety surely should.' .'Gov. Orr, in conversation, repn I dinted the iden that when, in his speech on Monday night, he alluded , to 'my Government,' ho meant the Confederate Government; that, he said, is dead, and is no one's Go? vernment; but the Government of tho United States is its executor, and is again my Government as well as your Government." TnE PR?SIDENT AND MEXICO.-The National Intelligence); referring to the proclamation of tho President relative to Mexico, says: The proclamation of the President, found elsewhere, is in strict consist? ence with American policy, and the recognized laws of nations touching neutral rights as between bellige? rents. This brittain fulmen of Maxi? milian, under the circumstances, maj havo a deeper significance than ap? pears upon its face, fi r he has nol ono iota of justification for his course. But let results be what they may, th( President will as sternly maintain th? rights of tho country as lie will faith fully discharge his sworn obligation; to fully recognize thoso of others. The proposed tunnel between Eng land and France, for which Mr Hawkshaw, with the Emperor's con sent, has been so busily boring hole.' j on each side of tho chanuel, is likeb to have a formidablo rival in tin I "oec>an ferry," proposed by Mr Fowler, who would employ enormoui steam vessels, like the "Great East ern," to ply between tho two shores These boats starting from specia docks -at Dover and Calais, woult take the trains on board, and couve] them across, so that there would b no delay, no changing of carriages between Loudon and Paris, and a the roughest weather would havo n> sensible effect on the motion of th mammoth ferry boats, tho demon o sickness would be banished fron thu favored highway. Tho tunnel wouh take twenty years to complete am cost ?20)000,000 sterliug. Th "ferry boats" could bo ready ii thirty months, and would oulv cos ?1,500,000; so that Mr. Fowler's ap pears to be quite the most practicabl proposal. A man has been found in Masse chusetts who has "a conscience. The Secretary of the Treasur vouches for "'is existence, and cert fies that he h?.j contributed "thirtee cents" to tho "conscience fund. This upright Puritan resides i "Chelsea," and writes a modest letti to the Treasury Department, i which he says: MR. SECRETARY: Enclosed I sen thirteen cents of mutilated fraction; currency, it being the exact anioni overpaid mo while iu the army th; saved this glorious Union from diss> lution. As Congress has made sue generous provision for our country defenders, in tho shape of bount [that's the reason the "thirtee cents" were sent,] I trust you will 1 able to pay all drafts ou tho Treasnt if all who have been overpaid su< ?urge amounts are honest enough return them. COUNTERFEIT EAGLES.-But ft people in these palmy days of grce backs have any recollection of eagle but for the benefit of tho few wi still enjoy the acquaintance of t bird, we subjoin a description of t now counterfeit, which a Boston \ per describes as follows: "Wo have been shown a count? feit gold eagle, so ingeniously ma that it is calculated to defy even e perts. Apparently, it is genuine, far as weight and appearance aro cc cerned, and tested by acids it woi be pronounced genuine, and even file, unless vigorously applied, woi not show the deception. Uponbrei ing open, however, the interior filled with a small plate of plat ii and instead of being worth ten d lars in gold, its valuo is only nix one-third of that amount." .-? ,-?. TnE BOOKS AND RECORDS OF T LATE SESSION OF CONGRESS REMOV TO ILLINOIS.-The New York Her says the Clerk of the House of R< resentatives has taken upon hims what appears to be an unwarran: liberty in permitting tho removal tho books and records of tho 1 session to Illinois, to suit the pl sure anil convenience of an uu< clerk in writing them up. In con quenco of this, so far as known, precedented proeeedure, it is imp sible to make up a statement of gross amount of the appropri?t! of the lato session. It is intima that this conrso has been pnrpos adopted, in orde^r to prevent tho p licatiou of theso immense approp tiona until it shall bo too late them to havo any effect upon the suing campaign._ Queen Victoria's health alarms people. Xac>o?L]L^xit orna. J'j,A.>'xs FOB SAXE AT THIS OFFICE. -Let? ters of Administration, Declaration ou Bond or Sealed Note, Mortgages ami Con? veyances of Real Estate. It may not, perhaps, be generally known that Messrs. Trevct & Beraghi furnish a capital lunch every day-but such ls the fact. Tun BUBNXNO OF COLUMBIA.-An intt-i estinR account ol the "Sack ami Destrr..-. tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.," has just be en issued, in pamphlet form, from the Pluznix power press. Orders tilled to any extent. Price 50 cents. Cop'os can be^ obtained at this office and the bookstores. ACCIDKN-T.- Tho Charlotte down train, yesterday morning, was delayed some four or five hours, by an accident which occurred above Chester. Tho train ran off tho track, in consequence of a loose rail on the track; but, fortunately, no other injury than thc breaking of tho trucks of ono or two of tho cars was the consequence. No? body hurt. ?JMAIX AURANOEMENTS.-Tho Poet Office is open during thc week from 8 a. m. to 1 p. ra. and from 5V p. m. to 7 p. m. On Sun? day, from 8 to 9 a. m. Nor I bern mail opens 8 a. m.; closes 21 p. m. Southern " 5ip.m.; " 9 p.m. Charleston " 5* p. m.: " 9 p.m. Greenville R. R. " 8" a. m.; " Hh p. m. Edgefield " 8 a.m.; *' S\p. m. All mails close on Sunday at 2 p. ni. FraEMEX's FESTIVAL.-The ladies and the Committees engaged in this work have very speedily transformed the New Market into a sylvan fairy bower, which almost made us wish that it would never bo used for thc grosser purposes for which it was erected. Fair forms and smiling winsome faces, moving among evergreens, offering delicious viands, cooling drinks, and other knick-knacks, aro much more attractivo than the most tempting display which hereafter may bo daily expected at theso stalls, in tho shape of coarser but very ne? cessary provender for the inner man. Wo mean that the extensive arcade, to bo here? after used as a market, waa very tastefully clot h?;d in evergreens, worked np and in? terwoven in very handsome designs, inter? spersed with appropriate mottoes, appeal? ing to the crowd of visitors in behalf of the gallant firemen, for the benefit of whom the entertainment was gotten up; and wo must say that the ladies exerted them? selves and spread their most fascinating lures to carry out tho object of tho fete to -jet all thc dollars which tho unsuspect? ing visitors carried within tho portals of the fairy temple. There waa, however, but little of that "boring" importunity usual on such occasions, and the business of selling and buying was carried on with great satisfaction on both sides; and it really seemed to bc a pleasant business to pay out the greenbacks to the fair sales? women, who were all so anxious to serve their customers. As we predicted, it was a rc-union of the young and light-hearted, intermingled with the graver faces of those of maturer years. All, however, appeared happy, anti we are sure received the full* worth of all tho money they spont in the enjoyment of tho evening. Thia fete, wo trnst, will realize a hand? some sum for our noble firemen, aud as it will be continued this evening, we again appeal to the community in their behalf. Even if visitors should not entirely empty their pockets in purchases-and they must have a strong power of resistance not to do so-a promenade around tho stalls will bc found to be richly worth the price of admission. Besides tho stalls elegantly dressed and plentifully supplied with good things, there was the attraction of a handsome fountain in the centre of tho arcade, erected under the superintendence of Mr. R. Tozer, which added much to the cool appearance of the place, and the jets of which "Were varied and fanciful. Thc menagerie, with the speaking dog and the white whales, was a veiled den, which attracted a large num? ber of visitors. The post office, presided over by Postmaster Shuler, who, by-the way, had not taken the oath, was also very extensively patronized, and tho missives handed ont by the gallant Lieutenant ap? peared to give very lively satisfaction to the recipients. Na 20 was also a favorite resort, with evident satisfaction to those who gave that attractivo stall tho prefer ouco. Tho "Clerk's Office," presided over by "Phil." and the "old mau," caUed forth universal admiration. The following is a list of the stalls and those in charge ot them: Nos. 1, 3 and 5--Mrs. Davenport. 4 -Soda Fountain, Dr. Jackson. 6 and 8-Mrs. Boyne, Mrs. Shicll. 7 and 9-Mrs. Jas. Smith. 10-Post Office, Mrs. Dougal, Miss Isaacs. 11 and 13- Mrs. A. L. Solomon. 12 and li-Mrs. John McKenzie. 17 and 19-J. McKenzie anti P. Walsh. 19-Menagerie-John L. Root, lid-M. A. Shelton. Of course, nt each of tho stalls thero weru a goodly number of young lady atta? che.*, but owing to tho impossibility of cap? taining a correct list of their names, we have omitted them. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention ie call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published this morning for the first time: Joshua H. Walker-A. .cst tho Murderer, 'let ting of tlic Commissioners of Roads. Tho. Stork-To Rent. Marvelous beyond precedent is the effect of Sozodont upon tho whole economy of tho mouth, kei ping the gums rosy and healthy, the teeth in perfect order, giving to the breath a balmy fragrance. Francis Hall, tho editor trad pro? prietor of tho Commercial Advertiser, died Saturday evening, in New York, aged eighty-tbrtro years. He was connected with the above paper fifty three years.