COIiUMBI?. j JTrlday Morning, June 1865. Look at Home. I* ?8 in proof of the very vulgar mind that it is not willing to look al ?tome for its resources, either of pride or?pleasure. lt wanders off or yearns perpetually after the foreign and remote, lt fails to find attraction in the familiar. With 6uch mind?, it is-'distance lends enchantment to the -view;" and the local association takes from all the charms in thc prospect This leads to absenteeism-lo tim neglect of all domestic improvements-to a per? petual failure in the development of all the natural resources, of place. Mere egotiitn and vanity are thus Constantly bus}* in the disparagement of the native. They find nothing good ai home but themselves. But the worst influence of this sort of feeling and thinking-if such a course does not absolutely imply the equal absence of thought and feelinc-is to be found in social and moral effects. Such people never believe in one another. They have no faith in one another; they regard their successful brethren as so many rivals, whose successes are wrongs done to themselves and likely* to substract from their own importance. Now, one ?f thc great secrets of success and distinction among a people is to learn lo believe in one another, to tiare faith iu one another, and to take for granted that the same benevolent GocTwho has made them? selves has also fashioned among men other spirits and souls, with genius, art and in? tellect, adequate to the maintenance of the race in its progress to the greatest heights and the most diversified achievements in the history of civilization. Faith in one another is, in other words, that feel and touch bf the elbow which, in an army, makes the soldier confiden t of bis strength, assured that he will have support fr O'm a thousand'noble comrades when engaged in the shock of battle and the trials of dan? ger. Among the miserable class of ego , tists who never seem to comprehend this Jaw, r.nd who are continually, warring upon the native developments and demon? strations of*thcir own people, nothing is more common than to hear them disparage native! art, science und literature. For these they wiil look on!}' ;ibro?d- aud th<: bool;, thc picture ortho machinery must come to them with the imprimatur of Lon don or Paris, before they will condescend to acknowledge or even to examine into its merits. How common it is to hear the dilettante of a provincial town speak sneeringly of the native book and authot -nay, they will tell you that they never suffer themselves to rend thc writing!- ol the American author. And you will heat the author, in turn, but too frequently, speak in terms of contempt of all native art. All Iii is is the sheerest impudence and should be met always by such a rep]} ns ehall lay bare their own incompetence to speak at all on any suth subjects. Su el praters belong to a class having met social position, presume in judgment npor it, and forgetting the retort of Praxit?le to the shoemaker, "iVY- xutor ultra crepi dam," claim the right to preside as oracles speaking ex cathedra upon subjects ove which society has no authority-to which indeed, Bociely is bound to defer humbly as a debtor, depending upon their profee sors for all the light and guidance whiel shall conduct it safely on its march. Th vanity of people, thrs presuming, blind them to the fact that, in avowing thei disbelief, in the genius of tiieir people, i respects and qualities beyond their o TI all such avowals of opinion are fatal t nena more than to themselves. They are< the family, tue same race, and it is eithi endowed or not for the highest achievi in en ts. If a race is competent to th growth of a critic, why not to the growt of author and artist? If equal to one d< partmeut, why not to another and ever other? If wanting in art and lileratur how natural to assume its equal deficiene in ali? If not unendowed in one dewar ment which demands the 6ame requisit of taste, fancy, imagination and excursh thought, why should they lack in ar province which abai' call for the exerci of all these agents? But the notion is i impertinence, as 6iirely as it is an absu dity. The providence of God leaves i a p. ti o rr utterly without the means, not on of its extrication and deliverance, but itu high moral and intellectual triumpl The seeds of glory, n* well n?. lif?, a *;-:.<-kee'. in everv land There tni~bthn ^.5>"> p"^'? md artists find phiHsoph* among the snvnge tribe? of Ap?ff?tC?iia fizi the Rock}' Mountain?, great ar, ever ?vere produced among the fui. ?ai of the Cauca? sian tribe?, bad they tuleen the first step in the discovery of "The Home Secret." Hut here, was their difficulty, at the very threshhold-the}' had no homes. The his? tory of a national progress to civilization may be comprised in few words. Thc first step is to make a people stationary. To be stationary, labor bec-omes inevitable, as the habitual law of life; Labor begets thought, training, method, morality and, finally, art. These, in turn, beget thc spiritual tendencies. From these come nil the higher aim* of thc intellectual and re? ligious nature. Within a week, it is thought, hy the Winnsboro News, that the cars from Ches? ter will have reached a point but live miles from the former town; and m a little moro time, the oars are expected to reach the village itself. Tile sooner the better. Charles O'Connor, of New York, one of the most able and. perhaps, thc very ablest lawyerjof thc United -States, ami a high-toned gentleman, lias applied to the War Department of thu United Mates for pennission to tender his professional ser? vices to Jefferson Davis for hi't defence, in crf the means of knowing how to timi! their servants in respect - to dinner. We suggest to J. he Mayor the propriety of having thc hours j struck at S in the morning, 12 at. noon and 9 at night. This would occasion little J trouble to an officer, and would prove a j groat convenience to a large number of j citizens. The lady will then be able to know at what time she should tell her Jenny to put the kettle on, To Axn FROM TH:: Cr COCVTHY.-We are pleased to learn that wc shall have n direct and cxpcdil ions communication with the Greenville and Columbia Railroad at j an early day- It is proposed to run a light spring-wagon from the vicinity of Alston, the present terminus of the-Green ville, and Columbia Railroad, and in con? nection with the accommodation trains on I that road; returning, to leave-Columbia, in, I time, to connect with thc train going up. j A future advertisement will explain tho j matter fully. Messrs. Zealy, Scott A Rruns j arc thc agents here, and they hope to be I ready to despatch passengers, having light I baggage on Thursday, ?2d instant, at G ; o'clock n. m. I THK SEASON.-Our gardens were need? ing rain, when, on Tuesday inst, at, mid? night, wc had a thunder shower, which j made the vegetable and floral worlds re j joice, yr G may expect, lrom thc sultry : fires in the atmosphere and J's humid i pressure, that we shall have other s?lowcrs, J perhaps daily, through the week. Our j skies are capricious, with the intense j warmth of .Inno, blending with the uncer? tainties and sudden changes of April. Our fruits still promise well. Blackberries entreat you to receive them at live cents per quart; the plums go thc rounds, offer ing themselves at the some terms; huckle? berries, so far as our experience goes, arc taking airs upon themselves, demanding ten cents for their measure, and thus" flinging a sneer upon plum and blackberry alike, which is in bad taste, since the huckleberry is, thia peason, of mest dimi? nutive aspect. Tba peach crop still holds its promise, as do the grape and apple, and our good people, like M ?caw ber, arc looking up, in the hope to soc everything roms down. COITRY PRODUCE. RECEIVED in exchange for DRY ' GOODS, GROCERIES, PROVI? SION'S and MEDICINES, oh reasonable terms-or purchased for CASH. Also, GOODS received on Commission, by MELVIN M. COHEN, Assembly Street, Wert ride, one door from Pendleton Strset J?rne 16 ! Assembly Street, tVest side, one door from Pendleton Street. AS JUST RECEIVED A SUPPLY ; OF FRESH BUTTER, \ ENGLISH DAIRY CHEESE, SWEET CHOCOLATE, LAYER RAISINS. . I SAR! JINKS GROUND GINGER, CLOVES, ALLSPICE, CORN STARCH. SUPERIOR GREEN & BLACK TEAS, ! COFFEE. RICE, * Lei FRESH EGGS, PRIME LA RD, CHOICE BACON, including HAMS. SIDES and SHOULDERS. FLOUR. DRIED APPLES, BROWN SUGAR. CRUSHED SUGAR, . SUI ?A, Bl ACK PEPPER, MATCHES, CANDLES. j SEG-?RS' TOBACCO. Also, on hand, a seleet and valuable stock of DREGS, M?D?CIXES, HPzxm.c-y Articles &G\ &0; ?fcC, . Amon? ?winch recently arrived 1 CREAM OF TARTAR, OIL OF LEMON, ' 1 OIL OF ANISE, BKOWK2S ESe restored, and that, pence, order and freedom mav bc established, I. Andrew Johnson. President ol the ?nited Sla?ei>, do proclaim and dechn? that I hereby grant to all persons who have directly or indirectly participated in .the existing rebellion", except ns hereinafter excepted, amnesty and Dardon, with rest brutton of all rigbis of property, except ns to slaves, a:.d except in cuses where leeal" pToee?d i ii ?rp, miller the laws of the United States providmg'for the confiscation of property of persons engaged in rebellion, have been instituted, but on the condition, neverthe? less, that ev?rv such person shall take mid subscribe follow ng oath or iifHrtini tion, and theDect\>?ward keep, and main? tain sn id oath inviolate, and which o'ith f=hall Im reui-tered f " permanent preser? vation, am! -ii".!! be ol' the tenor and effect follo'.ving. to wit: > . 1,-, do solemnly swear or affirm, in presence of Almighty God, that. I will henceforth faithfully support nnd defend tb.? Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States there? under, and timi I' will in like manner abide by and faithfully support ali laws and proclam?t ons which have been ma ie during th, existing rebellion with refer? ence to the emancipation of si ive-. Si. help me God. 't he following class of persons ?rc ex? empted from the benefit of this procla? mation: 1ft. All who arc. or shell h ive been, pretended civil or diplomatic onieerrs. or othe-wise, domestic or foreign ?g?n,ts of the pretended Confederate Government. ..'.I. All who l.-fi. judicial stations nuder tile United Slat, s to aid in th? rebellion. Sd. All who shall have been military or naval ofjeers of said pretended Conside? rate Gov.-iii nient abo*. .-1 h.- rm k :ith of alliance ?to the Government, of the United States since the ? elate of stlid proclamation, and who have, not thenceforward kept and maintained the snrne inviolate. Provided, that special application may be made to ihe Pres iden Wf or pardon by any person belonging to the '.wcepted classes, an J such clemency will be libe? rally extended as muy be.consistent with the facts of thu case and thc peace and dignity of the United States. The'Secretary of State will establish rules and regulations for administering and recording the said amnesty oath, so as to insure its benefit to the people and guard thefPovernment against frtftid. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hann" and caused the seal of the United States to he affixed. Done at the city of Washington, the 29th day of May. in the year of our Lord lKi?.>, and of the independence of the United Slates the eighty-ninth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: WM. II. SEWARD, Secretary of State. June 9