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v, COLUMBIA. Monday Morning, May 22, 1C65. The Case as Decided for TJ3. Thc long conflict ol' thirty ye\irs is over The end has been reached.. State right: aud State sovereignty are now but ti ct io ni of 111 o past-thc dream of statesmen v. ho, in ari abstract and ??lea', far beyond . he reach of ordinary humanity, fandet' they had found thc secret fur perpetuating 1 he liberties of ?1 people. We h ive, in a thur years struggle in anns, proved inca? pable of republican liberty-?'roved our ?elves un wort hy of independence-and : lie confederacy ol'States is resolved into a consolidated empire- The Stales are re? duced to mera municipalities-corpora tions, having their tenure solely at the will ot a central power, which lias only to will to make and unmake law. When Mr. Seward boasted to the British Minister hut he had only to touch a bell to cause the arrest of any Governor, ur any citizen, , bi any of the .Slates, he asserted the power of a perfect despotism. The ?.Oncea of Kurland-her ministers-possessed no stich power, li ?lid not ned, nf er this, that we should give to our Executive the title ?: King or Emperor. Ile possessed all the requisites for imperial sway under the ?nore familiar and less pretentious name of President. North and South have submit? ted to the change. The former cheerfully, in ?is moment of passion, and seeking the full indulgence of its rage against the 1 Smith, for having shaken ott* that more insidious sway, which, by indirection, was fully possessed of all the substantials of dominion; the South submits, in its far? ther inability to struggle, lt does not. much matter nn'v to inquire in what de? gree, and by what errors, our subjugation has been wrought. Enough that the fact ia to, and that nothing remains for us but ?uomission to thc fate which wo have vainly siriven to avert; satisfied, as we should bc, that there wa< an innate incapa? city ,*on our part, for the enjoyment of the :-,rand privileges of independence. That ?^lie'lc. province of Federal polities, in which we have for so long a time exercised ?mr thought ar.d agitated'our several com ru un: tic, is 110 longer a subject of our e n c or consideration. We may as well dismiss our ancient theories to Astolfo's mansions of Iii': moon-to enjoy the long bl umber of forgotten things, which have lost their 'u.-<.s herc on earth. We must accept the new conditions with whatever, v! ilosophy W ; may. We have simply realized the experience ol' ail thc confede? racies .and leagues o? State*, which the ingenuity of thu optimist, ever conceived, i -i t lie Iii pe of an ideal liberty for mun. V? e have succumbed, ns a people, precisely s 5 was the case willi ??'.1 the peoples ll.at ever strove at independence. And we have succumbed an.l fallen, with ai! our shrines broken an ? altars overthrown, .'Vom the ;?me "simple cause-ll c !..cl< of thc necessary niora! essentials ic-liberty. Our career, as a confederacy, has been much shorter than that of most of the confederacies of thc ancient and modern worlds. Tiie Creek, lb-brew, Italian, S wit ser, all enjoyed a longer duration of their leagues in civil iib~iiv. We have lived faster than any of .them-ti aii/.ed more rapidly the results of fortun. - be? come more rapidly the partakers of luxury and thc s-.vei-?s of aa insidious and sou!, sapping power, ar.d so the mote quickly lost om virtues. And we must submit to our fate, !:av mg really committed a moral . suicide. When cur ^cities, worshipping Mammon, would s<-::il a simply rich man. notoriously without capacity, as their representative to the highest council chamber i:: ti.e confederacy, our liberties were already sold to the highest hi lder. When it nee In, in the candidate, in our agricultural districts, no pt her qualifica 1 ions than the capacity to lie ad li f?t HM over a jug of whiskey, we wcte already wal? lowing in tho mire of self-degradation. When, dnritig a four years war, which .arried all our young men to the lield of I nattle, anfl has covered our country with -raves and maimed citizens, we could evolve in eur leadership no superior cn - .owtnimts-no high capacity for rule, no 'aleut, no geni'.;.-;-not even mere compe .. n ?.! for ?'lace-our imbecility was made .il .-nt, and we proved ourselves incapable . ?I elf government. In such a condition .?if thing:?, a despotism becomes a popular - ssitv. All government is legitimate .. I.-!: adapts it 'If to thc condition and ..-..:.! -risties c. a people; and thus it is ? : .. we make ourselves free, or subject] i ourselves to the away of a tyranny. The tvrant is simply, as thc poet tells us, "The creature of our need. The scourge that whips us for decaying virtue, And chastens to reform u*:" Conquered by ourselves-hy our own incapacities as well as vices-we pass under the operation of a natural law, and our destiny is shaped hy our wenknesres, instead of being shaped by our wills. If incapable of mle, by ourselves, we require a foreign master. God put his favorite people into foreign bonds for four hundred yeats, and did not then release them, until they* could evolve.from their own masses such treat leaders ns Meses and Aaron. -In degree as we submit .to the dispensation ol' the Deity-submit with, out murmur, and strive la place ourselves ri -_rl i t. in his courts once more, our burdens will be lightened and our deliverance wrought out. But let us have no vain and peevish strivings utter a lost condi? tion. Let all our dreams of State sove? reignty give place to that power which' we have so long combated in vain. Con; solidution triumphs. It is no longer Union - it is fusion, consolidation-the utter submerging of tho individual bein nth the mass; no longer, as Shnkspearc phrases it, "The unity and married calm of States;*' not. their wedlock, hut their welding-the links are no longer perceptible, in the rigid har, solid as iron, inflexible' a - fate which we have ii"t had the power to break, and which is now a Weight above our heads, which cur shoulders, however we uplift them, would struggle idly to shake oft". What, then, have we to do with politics, and vain babble in thc mar? ket-place, and hearkening to various ora? tors, with their "windy inspirations of forced breath;'' tearing passions to tatlers, under the pretence of freedom and oph tiion; when, in fact, til ey are only seeking for place, position, ellice, power. Let the dead bury their dead. Let ns to our work in ihe fields and in the shops. Let those prate of politics who will, and let us eschew them-satisfied to rear grateful homes in peace; io school submissive chil? dren to industry, mo lesty, intelligence and virtue. And, regardiug our Stales as mu? nicipalities only, notus sovereignties, ad? dress ourselves only* to those domestic considerations-the legislative or the home precinct-which shall develop together the qualities equally in the soul and i:: the soil, Oar Governor will probably nd ?ress him? self duly to the powers that, be, asking that tlve status nf the States be defined, ..u.d that he be counselled as to whatdutio ara expected at his hands, lie will simply bo required" lo obey the laws, and these he must learn. Thi< knowledge procured o'.'.r submission made, our penalties un posed and submitted to, it will be for ns th>n, each to address himself to his indi vidual duties, taking heed to find out lil: proper vocation. The best and first secret of the young beginner is to ascertain wini he is good for, and' to de; il. As a whole we should see thai we send good and abb men hito our councils and Legislatures men capable ed" knowing what are- lin proper virtues in the territory and tin people, and so legislating ?is io nllor. every stimulus to their development. On first great lack is population. To procur this, wo have need greatly to diversify lb objects of popular employment and indus try. All the industrial arts should b encouraged. We should introduce ever; form of manufacture, every agent of nm chinery; encourage the mechanic an. machinist, the engineer and the artisan the art:st and the teacher. Ourschools an colleges need thorough reform-a thou-an reforms; and the standards of educnlio should be greatly raised, especially in tl: professions. These, which are among th best guardians of a people, have been th first to decline and become abased arnon us, even beyond the degradation of th people-so milch so. indeed, as to ha\ sunk even into popular contempt. In fae they have greatly led the .way to on overthrow and abasement. --?~ Dy the proclamation ol President Join son, Thursday, 1st day of June next, : recommended to be set apart as a day tb special humiliation and prover, in cons quenco of the assassination of Abrahai Lincoln, kite President ol tho Lulle States. One of the processes of steel pen mal ing, done by'females at Birmingham, quick worker wfll?cut out in one day. < len working hours, 20i"> .''ross, or '? '.,''' jiens, which involves 712,000 dii tiuet in , lions o: the anu-;vo ..! e-verv sc oui. I Distinguished Unfortunates. (if-r.ernl Beauregard an'd staff recently* passed .through Atlanta, ou their way to Louisiana. Vice President Stephens was, at the same time, ii the same place, as a State prisoner, on his way North, lie was permitted, under a single guard, to see his friends along the streets. It was under? stood in the same city that ("ens. Bragg and Wheeler had been recently captured iu Clark County, Georgia. We presume j that there is some n.it-tuke iu this, as we see no r?ason why they sh o'lld La denied the privileges of parole, as accorded to all officers and soldiers in the convention agreed npou between Johnston and Sher? man. It i.-: probable that they have been released before this. We are glad to see tho resumption of the issues of the Augusta Constitutitrivilist. after a short enforced suspension by the military authorises. The editor, in his new prospectus, very properly submits to thc new condition of things, which would euro the press in its speech w hen addressing persons in authority. The suppression is not exactly l-gal. but the laws, as well as the muses, grow s'lent in the din ed" arm-'. We quote a paragraph which echoes the (?pinion we have repeatedly had occasion to express: ''Accepting in good faith the assurance that the military authority is herc fer tin; protection ol tile peoplo and of their peace* lui ; utsuits, and not to oppress or "harass, wc acquiesce freely in tb? reciprocal duty of obedience to law. IN o proposition is more manifestly true than that titos..- who receive protection to their bosiio-ss should so conduct it-as to avoid occasions . f col? lision, of antagonism and of oif.-tie--. The peace and ?rood order of societv require harmony and cooperation between the law-making power and the interests pro? tected by law. In this spirit society should settle duwu to its accustomed avocations. In this spirit alone eau it, reasonably ex peet, to lie again entrusted with its own destinies, and the civil power be restored to its ascendancy." TUE WAY TO FINISH THE CIKRII.I.AS. Now that all regular wartare is at au end. it is the duty <>l the Government promptly to suppress the roving bands of gu?rillas who are still scattered through the South? ern States., preying alike upon friend and foe, il", indeed, they have any friends among the Southern people, who must necessarily be Hie greatest sufferers by their -predatory raids. The way to finish thes-e fello ws "is to declare them outlaws, and treat iheiu as such whenever they aro captured. They can no longer be regard? ed in any tother light than ns brigands. Brigandage is a Spanish and Italian in-li? lli! inn, which may do very well iu Mexico and in portions ol' Italy, but is not suited to this country, and cannot flourish here. The soldiers of the guerilla chief Mosby have deserted him, but Mosby himself re fti-es to surrender. We understand that (len. (Irani issued ordi-rs to Cen. Hancock to give him one hour in which to surren? der, and if he refused, 'ode..'hire him out? lawed, and deal ont to him the penalty of outlawry. This order is probably au in? dication of the course the Government intends to pursue toward- all the rest ol the guerillas, and it is the proper way to get rid of them.- Xew Yorf. Herald. Tiu.w. or ENGRAVERS OF HEBET. BONDS AND Nor tts-Yesterday, the military e.Im? mission of which t?en. Bragg is President '"egan the trial of the seven engravers of Confederate notes and bonds who came here from the SoHth after the capture- of Columbia by Cen. Sherman. They are nil young Scotchmen, who en Ted the service oi' the rebe! Treasury I"), . ailment from Scotland in 1802. They were ?ir -rested Mardi 10. They are defended on tho ground that they are entitled to the amnesty terms of 1 lie President's procla? mation of March If. providing that ali domiciled aliens who should leave the South within twelve days thereafter, siiouhi be free from prosecution. [A?"H York Herald, May 1. - ARREST.-A Federal soldier who was rendering himself .piite troublesome to a citizen in the street, yesterday was promptly arrested ! y an ofHcer who chanced to pass that way. without any complaint being made. This is another i indication that the military authorities art ; determined lo do their utmost for the pre I servation of order in our iuiilsf. [Augusta Constitutionally*. At the Tribunal of Correctional Pol.ce, Paris. ..ii the 23th of March, M. Rogeard J was lound guilty of having adversely cri I ticised in a pamphlet the Emperor's "lli* tory of Julius Cajsart" He was sentenced to pay a tine of .v.'U?, and to bo impri? soned for live Veals. Mr. Secretary M illory, of the Cabinet of Mr. Davis, ha? surrendered himself at Pensacola to Capt. Gibson, of the United Stales Navy. The Confederate prisoners at Elmira, New York, held.a general meeting,.at which resolutions were passed expressing their dissent and condemnation of the ns sassiaatiou of Mr. Lincoln. . In New Oilcans, three men were snot for expressing ph'asmre at the itcws cf Lie Ci?!*i'r> death Ijocal Items. J Tlio ofiW<; of the Columbia l'ftfci?x is OD Gates street, second door from Plain. The correspondence between Gov. Ms- J gr: th and Gen. Gi ll more, together with ? other important articles, will be published 1 in our next issue. "Wc are indebted lo Dr. .1. .1. Cbisolm : for a copy of tho Augusta Conxlitittionti ist, of Hie IStli, numerous interesting ex- j tracts from which will be found in ibis j morning's issue. Wc will 1.- grateful t'? other friends to supply us ii: Iii;.; manner. ; We have also been favored by Alderman j Gibbes and Mr. J. Burnside w ith liles of i Augusta papers to th.- loth inst. REPARATION OF UAILWAYS.-We under? stand that the labor of repairing the seve? ral railroad* in our State is going ott rapidly, under the direction of the several [ military commands throughout, the coun? try. lt, is stated ihtit the United States Government will put thc roads in order, using them for military purpose-, and this use nt an end, will then turn thc roads over to their several proprietors. A hu g - force is understood to bc at work on the route (rom Charl..'sion, ns well in the di? rection of Columbia ns of Hamburg; that a like *force is at work on the Charlotte j Railroad, and-that thc rebuilding of th . I Cala.vlia Bridge is in rapid progress1. In I the extreme destitution of thc co'untry in i horse flesh, this intelligence will Le grate I tully, heard by thousands of soie tooted pedestrians. C KN. YottNO.- We ni e pU'aSed to meet I in town with the gallant Gen. Young, of Georgia, who basso much distinguished j himself in the late warby his valor, skill and admirable conduct. Ile appears in i citizen's clothes; renounce*, like Othello, ? the pomp and pageantry of war, and, with a manly resignation, will retire henceforward lo the peaceful duties of the citizen. Ile cnn - s with him tho reg"!?-ls of all who know lum. His conscience -will be troubled by no spectres of remorse. He has not wantonly preyed on tho fields and property of others; has outraged'nb j homes,' trespassed upon no possessions, despoih-d "Viun,o of his countrymen, lb has blended the high ?jualilies of valor with the gentles* manners and tho most, Christian tenderness for the rights and feelings of his fellow men. Ai'RiT. TEAKS.-Our gardens have been ! relieved by gtacious showers, and April, waving h.-r wand of a gav caprice at last, blends together her smiles and tears with the caprices of tin: damsel who woos, yet flies. Tho corn steps forth with ?ts green spears in serried array, having re eeived a new uniform within the hist three ibiys. Snap beans ar? curling themselves aboiil and arou.id with the consequence of ?a maiden, having first cleared her lucks from their paper felters, and made th?-m free as those which wai.tun in tin1 winds hom the neck of Nora Creina. Wo look at the promise from th,; potato l>t.!< v. iii, grateful anticipations of hoards yet <" he spread for our special satisfaction. Verily, our neighbor's garden haunts our eyes willi provoca! ion, as we haw no garde*: ol o'ir own. W ill he remember irs, W<* ask ourselves, in a melancholy muse, when he I shall ?'?ra? Muong his g.eeo intantry for his own tat.!, ; I Wc trust, that, our readers have already i seen [that our purpose ii to give them :?. j good family newspaper, such as will not ? only not impair the morals of (he vomit: j in any way, but tend gradually Do elevate I their intellectual standards and increase. J the variety of their information, especially I on subjects of art, s.ienoe. letters, philo j sophy and the economies of societv. Our j selections shall become more various as our resources in books shall increase, and we sh:.ll endeavor l" indicate, by just a:;,! liberal criticism, a proper choice of books in reading. Wc .-i:.i!l especially eschew I all slang, all vulgar app.-als to th- passions I or prejudices of clnsscj ur parties. Wi j shall have ?itt!.- to du with politics, and j shall conten? ourselv rs, in this respect, j with simply giving the necessary report ol j facts and event-", so that the reader shah form his own judgment upon them. We shall strive tu form a she t at one.- varier? ait J instructive; thoughtful as well as I graceful; pnssinsr "from gay to grave, fren: I lively to severe.'' C^** We WISH it distinctly understood I that our terms arc cash. Z\o advertise ; meats will, therefore, bo inserted univ.-; I paid for in advance. 1 We present the following schedule o rates, in the case of the m.,?st obvious com . motlities. i'\>r une month's subscription j to the P/ianix, we will receive either o ! the following, ?.'..; I bushel corn. I?btish. peasorpr'tatoei 5 pounds butter, '?J lbs. nour. ! 7 - lank ^ 4 cairnie*. rally received nt fair market rates ap Gen Lee and his Views ot tho Future We are seraewhat amused, mid not -it ail alarmed or astonished, when \v? relimen upon th" views Ce .. Le* enteri i'u.s of thc future of the i?*".th, provided peace I... U"t urn!" upon term* acceptai ic te tic ?ecession leaders in that* sceller. WcshaU have uo such trouble as Gen. I. .: antier pates. The fa<-t i-, the Sou'h : . a hi ass were ?.-ver in favor ot seee . :o:i. No Stat." South of thc Potomac, < xe pt S-nth Carolina, was-ever radically in Savor ol' recession, and Scull: Car")inti in tself wai ?inly committed to the folly because she c< i.-.-ivcd a s:ill greater one. and that was that MI" would become an ind? pendent republic herself, or perhaps erect a pigmy iiio.iarchv otj In.-r own tit.unt.. Sotnh Carolina was about the last Mate in the South lo adopt the Confederate Staten Constitution; probably f"'- this verv rea? son, lhe pe?-ole of Cen. Lee's Stale (Vir? ginia') Wele never in laver Ot .-- c.?.--:. i . and lhal Mate was t<*iu out ot the < uion. or rather tho ?ltU?lipt Was ie:.de lo ir her out, m.der lhe threats of rai '. viole! . lt. was the pressure "?' radical ?.-va isis, outside of her Si;t?e C><u\. .: ; um, that carried the vo e in favor of si c. ding. Wc doubt verv much whether u.innjor.'y ot the convention ever ar ere in in .??rot se? cession. It was the sam- with Tel:t?-s.-ee and doubt le?-3 many ol bi r Soul i rn ^ Uti es. Hatred of the Northern Ai., lin n Laders, intensified by the election ?f th-ir tandi diste for th? Presidency m LS-i'L.spurn.i tile Southern radicajs to ll:?KC fal?! 'x I reines, the fruits of which th*y ?re new re: ping, but. for which the gi-jt hedy ? ? have been responsible. 'Ac. lepea! th t, Cen. Lee need have no eoneern about tho future. He may gi ?eve to iiekniiwh.-d-rn that the South ini? been fairly ovreou <? ! in hom.rahle combat, 1 tl! it is the tr:;'.!;. I nevertheless, and all the vrumbbi r or heart-burnings, in thc wmi.i cannot wipe i out the fact. Thc best thing forC-n. Lee. and ail the. other Southern 1 ad-: who !. have surrendered t o t Grant,to do is to submit grace full v to their defeat, and, J returning cordially to the arni- of the i L'nion, axliihit by their future eon.luci their devotion to the interests, th- glories and the destinies o? thc great rej.ul.i .>. . ARREST VF A Coi-i-i:ia;i:.'.n MnMr.rn OK COXORES*.- Hon. l?enjatnin tr. Harris, t!; . Copperhead member of Congress from Soiiihern Maryland, .was arre.-t.d on Thursday last by Major While, of Cen. - ral Augur's stall, for treasona!>le e ec lu? t in dissuading paroled r. b. 1 pol.Hers her. taking tbe oath of allegiafiee and nrgii.g them as soon as exvhau"ed lo return t. thc South and ma li e huilier light. The arr. st ..j Harris h-is no cm: . <.: L u what? ever with the nssas ui ilion <.? iup?mov. ! A', w York J!- mlJ, \ A!'i "iii iN SA Ii KS. ZerJy, Seoii> & Bruns WILL sell. Tit IS Mi >!! N I N G..at,10 o'. '.. at. the Express Uliice, oppo?-ite tat : wan-room, A quantity of well kept Household Fur tiiuire, &c, with au assortment of Ki ehe: I'tei.sils. ALSO, 1 IL-ifer Yearling. ll fi:;" Mule*. 1 two horse Wagon. Terms cash. Unlimited articles received up to !:.>-::. of .?aie. in nv '2? 1 . 1 By A.' E.. Phillis." THIS (Monday) MOPNTNG. ut 10 oV-Tec*: ! will sell, at Head quarters, opposite In Geiger's, Ln?;:ayra C?fieo, Cre-'n Ten, Black Per per, English Longcloth. Agate P.ti::<;:.. Sniokilitr and Che win li Tobacco, M ec 1 Pens, Seis-orsV Padlocks, Knives ?'..Mon Vir: Ent?lish Sh..-Thr.-ad. -J pie.-.'s K.-r- y Unlimited ailieh-s received until :? i-'?-k FOR SAL?] AT Marien Street, near lumber O'POOL COTTON. CANDLE*. O ?NGLISII P?NS. NEEDLES. TA; F.. CALICO. STRIPE : IIIETiN'O. Spring Cassimero:-. Hair Netts. Silk Tie*. Flax Thread, Coin!.;. _ "Also. Blue Fiann.]. _ may 22 r? / 1 ENTLEM KN wishing to he SHAVE! U er to have their II.-MP CI T ? SHAMPOON ED, can be accommod?t .. next door to the present Post Orii.-e May 20 S Provisions for Sale. VFEW. bm reis of FLOUR, a fe? bnsliels of RICE and n small i- : ir.: . ty of SORGHUM can be had in it-:* : suit purchasers by applying to ti;.- ? . signed, at his residence) Winn slicer. : . . the Charlotte Railroad Depot, between' - and Iv o'clock in the njoruine:. may 20 r? AV M. SMEPIIEPP Furniture, &c, for Sale. T^HE undersigned otl'ei-s for sale tho rr i. tire lot-of HOUSEHOLD FL'RN L TURE of a family removing frara t!,. citi inciuuing not-only the usual complemem of the parlor, dining : ?rn, ehamb? .- r.nr. kit. hen, but Crockery, C.as-ware. Cutle-v and the nunrberless oilier article? requisite for e. rnfort Liberal conditions as "to ti .. ?in e of payment will i e given ii desired to :i party purchasingthe n ';,de'?.r great.. natl of the lot. \Y M. SiiEPlIERD Winn bfree*. ..ci" Cha: : ] v;o: rnav -"0 * -2?