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COLUMBIA. " Friday Morning, Oct. 20, 1865?^ ! ; ; - From Europe. ' . We publish, this morning,. later advices from Europe. . The recently published list of sub? scribers to the rebel loan has caused a stir among prominent Englishmen. Some of them, including Mr. Glad? stone, Chanoilor of- the Exchequer, Hon. Evelyn Ashley, Mr. Ridout, proprietor of the London Morning Vost, and Mr. Laird, M. P., have rushed into the newspapers, with as? sertions that they never had any inte? rest in said loan. The London Nei?s styles the hst a "nialiciovis impos? ture." A meeting of holders* of Southern State and railroad bond and bank se? curities, issued previous to tue rebel? lion, had been called to bo held in London. It is said that if thc people of the indebted States should manifest, a disposition for an arrangement^ their English creditors would meet them half way. In the Loudon money market, on the 6th instant, United States five t twenty bonds were quoted at 69J??@ 70.4 Consols for money were at 88% ?q>87%. In Liverpool, "on the Gth, the cotton market was excited, and closed at an advance of from 2??2}^d. per pound for American descriptions. Breadstuffs, . provisions -and produce had experienced no material change, but were firm.' Tho Fenian arrests^continued. Thc total in all places waa about 200. The examination of tho Fenians at Dublin was concluded on the 2*1. The " additional evidence developed nothing new of moment. * Five of the prison? ers were committed for trial for high treason. The prisoners denied the imputations that an indiscriminate slahghter of tho higher ?lasses was ever meditated. Arrests continued in various parts of the interior.. We will make further extracts from this summary of foreign intelligence, which we extract from tho New York Herald, of Monday. At the recent election of a new Legislature in California the Union party gained a complete victory. "Tlie State Senate is composed of forty members, of whom nineteen hold over from last year, and twenty-one were elected on September 6. Of the nine- j teen who hold over only two are ' Democrats, and five other Democrats have been elected this year, making seven Democrats in all, against thirty three Unionists. In tho Assembly the Democrats claim twenty-five mem? bers. TAX ON PLAYING CARDS.-The Com? missioner of Internal Revenue has caused the subject of the liability of playing cards, properly stamped by the manufacturer, to an additional stamp duty in tho hands of the re? tailer, to be carefully reconsideren. After giving the grounds of his deci? sion, he concludes as follows: "I am of thc opinion that when the manufacturer of playing cards has affixed stamps appropriate to the price per pack at which he sold them, the subsequent vender should not be required to affix any additional stamps thereto, whatever may bo the price at which he offers them." - ? ?a? .... POSTAL AFFAIRS.-The Post office Department is making up its accounts for the next Congress, and it appears that while the mail service has been sustained by the receipts for postage during the rebellion the deficit when the mail route services in the South? ern "States are resumed will be eight million dollars. The Boston Pilot states that a num? ber of the friends of Dr. O. A. Brown son have presented him with a life annuity of ono thousand dollars per ann n. The Doctor ?3 mainly in debt. for tins generous donation to Kev. L T. Hocker, of New York, ono of the Paulist Fathers. * * Tte South. * * Ti Mr. Johtt W. Forney, the well known editor pf the Washington Chronicle and tho Philadelphia Press, has greatly sinned by his former' abu se of the South, he is now most vigor? ously and earnestly engaged in repair? ing the* wrongs which he may then have committed. . As bis relations with the Pr?sident are of the most confidential character, the followmg editorial extract from the Oironicle, of the ll th, is both sig? nificant and cheering. We commend its perusal to our readers: No better proof exists of the wis? dom displayed in President Johnson's 'policy, thnu that afforded in tho spec? tacle of a people ' late in rebellion re? turning quietly but earnestly and con? scientiously to their allegiance. Not only are tho masses of the South satis? fied to lay down the arms of rebellion, and again come under the broad ?vg?s of the Constitution, and partake with their Northern brethren ol' the benefits of the Union, but many of tho most prominent secessionists ,and leaders in tho war have also? signified theil desire :;.d intention to lend theil efforts to tho restoration of peace anti fraternal fooling between the two sec? tions. *. The magnanimous position assum? ed by Andrew Johnson has disarmed even his most bitter-some of them his life-long-enemies. They seo in his action toward the South a broad, generous and comprehensive states? manship, While they realize that he is firm, they also confess that his heart contains those charitable feel? ings which accorel with the poet's idea, that '.To err is human, to forgive, divine." Throughout the Southern States, the people have become impressed with the nobility of character whicl marks President Johnsdh's career, and as a great community they appre ciate it, and are ready to sustain hin in the high discharge of his duties a: Chief Magistrate.- OM prejudices hav< melted away like snow before the sun and the men who, five brief mouth: since, were violently opposed to him are to-day subdued by his clemency and stand forth among the staunches defenders of his administration. Thej come willingly. They acknowledge their errors; they abandon tho doc trine of secession; they aro. penitent: at the footstool of mercy; they conies: their liability to punishment at tin hands of justice, anel, with a full con viction of tho wrong which they hav< pcrpetrateel agaiust the nation's life they .ask to be forgiven. It is Chris tian like to pardon. It' Ls carrying out the teaching of the Savior of man kind, and the ruler e>f an enlightens and God-fearing people sets an exam plo in the case of these penitent rebels which will not only add glory to hi own already illustrious name, but re dound to the honor of. our country. We have reason to believe that th South intends to act in good faith ti "the Government. There is not State South of the Potomac whicl has not spoken boldly, either throng' conventions or public meetings, i: favor of forsaking the dogmas c secession, State rights, and what uot and yielding true allegiance to th Constitution. 13ut in no one of tlj recently rebellious States has ther been sc> remarkable an expression* t sentiment in this respect as? in Tei hessee. The great mass meeting lui at Nashville, hist week, was siguit cant.* A large number of the mo: distinguished citizens in Tenuessc were present, and the majority ( ?these men had openly taken part i the rebellion, either on the batt! field, or by exerting their influence o the stump to raise troops for the reb Government. A revolution has indeed occurre in tho South, and it has been incite and brought to a erowiTing success 1 President Johnson himself. He h: conquered the hearts of a people wi were embittered by defeat ou the fie ofbattle, abel whose imaginary wron) and love for slavery had worked the u; l - the highest point of hatred ? the general Government. His o political antagonists are ??nong tl first to do honor to his unselfish a ministration of national affairs ai national justice. They have return? to reason? and henceforth we are ii .sured that their action and influen will be thrown in favor of the o flag, while they promise to praeti the duty of meeting all their felic citizee? socially and politically, brothers, of ono great nationalit Let us emulate them in this resoh that we, too, may have a share in t restoration of thutamity which shou characterise all sections of the cou try, and redound to its future hon and welfare. fmi Waih?igtoa. WASHINGTON, October IS.-Tho as? sertion is .made positively in intelli? gent quarters that there is now before the Government something in .the nature of a proposal from the British authorities to pay damages arising .from the depredations of Confederate privateers fitted out at British ports, and also to arrive at some agreement which shall prevent a recurrence of like transactions hereafter, as between the two nations, whether the hostile condition exists in Great Britain or in tho United States. t The Wirz trial is near its close. It is stated by the reporters, Messrs. Hinks, Hayes and Browne, that the amount of testimony is equal to that given in the great conspiracy trial. It is stated here in inside Repnbli cau circles that Joan Sherman will bo returned a Senator from Ohio instead of Gen. Scheuck, for the time expir? ing with 18G?. Tlie. former is regard? ed as favoring reforms in the currency, a just modification of the revenue and excise laws in thu interest of tax payers, and of reforrds and retrench? ment generally. Chief Justice Chase reached home to-day. lt is considered that he is in difficulties, since the rebuff* of the Northern people to his doctrine of negro suffrage, and especially that of the President to him in person for political proselyting to that end in the South. WASHINGTON-, October 15.-As the time for the assembling of the next Congress approaches, discussion and speculation increase in all quarters concerning the shmd the President will take in his message on the prac? tical question of admitting repr?sen? tatives from the Southern States. He may possibly say little that is now on the subject- All his words and deeds attest that ho believes the American people are for the union of all the ?States; that individuals who stand in the way of that result will have to stand aside or be trodden down in its progress; that we made war for the Union, denying the right of any State to secede, proclaiming all so called acts of secession utterly null and void; that the men who strove to ? break up the Uniou have niainly given np the attempt in goe*l faith and offer to come back, and. that we of the North cannot stultify our past action by now asserting that they not only were out ol' the Union during tho rebellion, but shall remain out of it after making proper submission.. These assortions have been expressed or implied in almost every public ad? dress of his since his installation, and may be taken as the unerring indices of his future actiou. . Among the more important repqrts concerning .the kite war that will be brought to the notiee of the next Congress is one now in rapid process of compilation at the headquarters of the Commissary of Prisoners. The above report will be ready in about six weeks, and will present a most accurate and remarkable resta?e of the captivity of Federal and rebel sol? diers and all essential mutters pertain? ing to their imprisonment. In antici? pation of this important document we may state the following: The prin? cipal, depots for the Government pri? soners during the late Avar were loca I ted at Point Lookout, Johnson's Island, Alton, Elmira, Chicago, Nash? ville, St. Louis and Fort Delaware. These prisons, during the summer of 1864, contained mon; prisoners than at any other period of the rebellion, the 'captives numbering between 75.000 and 80,000 men. The report iu question will show that*tho number of prisoners taken on both sides was in the aggregate, fully up to 5UO,00(f; and will give in accurate .numbers the strength of the Southern armies at the time of their par?lenle?! and dis? banding last spring. It will also in-: dicate the number exchanged, enlisted on the side of the enemy, died, es? caped and took tin; oath of allegiance, with a list of men dying in Southern prisons. The business now being transacted by this burean is almost incredible. Besides the vast amount of clerical labor -required to perfect the records before the repon of its operations eau be entirely completed, it has also to render certificate? o? thc Government's indebtedness to each Union soldier upon its rolls, the Wai Department having allowed all suet commutation of rations at the rate ai twenty-five cents per day during th* period of their confinement, and alsc three month's extra pay to all whe were not released previous to the 30tL of May last. These certificates art collectable of any commissary of sub sistehce in the county. We are au thorized to state, in this connection; that discharged soldiers who entrust their claims of this nature to th? agents of the Sanitary Commissioi and State agenta wi? be paid ii checks upon Government, deposito? ries. Those making applications -for commutations of rations in person should apply directly to the Commis? sary-General of Prisoners. ' Several days ago the Government received information of the seizure,' by the Canadian authorities .of Niaga? ra, of six hundred Spencer rifles, .which -were being smuggled into Canada for the use of Fenians or otho* agitators in the British Pro? vinces. It has since been ascertained that these arms were the purchases of one Moses, in Toronfso, & little Jew, formerly of Atlanta, Georgia, and Ono of the heaviest hardware merchants of the South, who, since his retire? ment into Canada, has been turning dishonest pennies by blockade run? ning and other transactions, in con? nection with yellow fever Blackburn, Steele, Sanders, and others of that class. Tho last notablo transaction in which Moses Avas concerned, and which came to the knowledge of thc War Department, was thc stealing and smuggling into Canada of pat? terns of Burden's horse-shoe machine? ry, with a view to the ultimate estab? lishment of a horse-shoe factory at Atlanta for the benefit of the rebel Government; but Sherman's opera? tions spoiled that game. Next, Moses went into the Fenian pike business, and furnished large invoices of that formidable weapon to Irish republican agents. Latterly, through agents in the principal cities of the North and West, he has been purchasing ser? viceable fire-arms for the same pur? pose. The business has really grown to be one of considerable- magnitude, and inasmuch as the purchase of fire? arms in this country is a perfectly legitimate business, thc ! rovernment can do nothing to st<> it. It be? hooves British Amen-. :-. ernie and detective officers to maintain a reason? able vigilance.-Cur. JV". Y. Herald. The events of the last week were full of significance to the South. They possess historic interest. The Republicans triumphed in all * States in which elections took j ret during the week, but they e-. rywhere either dogged negro suf? frage or pitched it overboard alto? gether. The only Republican Gover? nor who was elected last week advo? cates, the colonization ?i the emanci? pated slaves where they cannot, bc brought in contact with the' white man. A'leading radical of Massachusetts, (Senator Wilson,)? heretofore identi? fied with Butler * and Stevens, de? clared hist week that his party no longer desired the confiscation of the property of the Southern gentlemen who took part in the late civil war, and declared that he was opposed to prosecution for treason. During the past week, the Presi-. dent, with a will as . ? lute und a purpose a* firm as was Old Hickory's when he throttled the United States Bank with one hafid and nullification with tho other, took the long strides on tho road to pacification and recon? struction. He virtually pardoned Messrs. Stephens, Trenholm, Camp? bell and Clarke, four State prisoners of high rank, and he relieved Ken? tucky front military domination, re? stored the priv^ege of thc writ of habeas corpus, and disbanded the negro troops. More important events have rarely been crowded into the brief space of sexen short _days.-Richmond Times. DBLIGHTFCX STATE OP AFFAIRS IN TUB NATIONAL. CAPITA.!..-Stabbing, shooting, garroting and killing are daily pastimes in Washington. A member of the First District of Co? lumbia Regiment, colored, shot a co? lored woman fatally, last night. A squad from tho same regiment attack? ed, stabbed and dangerously wounded two or three privates of the Fifth United States Cavalry two nights ago. Last night, a scavenger of the Seventfi Ward gave a negro a fatal blow with aspado. Every night, robbery, gar? roting and burglary are perpetrated. These little pleasantries, added to the general and wide-spread unhealthiness of the city at the present time, are likely to deter many from loeating here at present and to drive away others who regard health and person? al safety parOmount to all other ?on siderations.- Washington Correspon? dence Nero York HeraliL* General Johnson, in commaud of the District of Middle Tennessee, has issued an order to the effect that all persons*now in arrest or confinement, against whom proceedings have been instituted by civil authority in that district for acts committed by them as soldiers of the United States army, and acting under the orders of their superiors, shall be released at once, and civil action against them sus? pended and dismissed. ? "Coitos Blanks" ?nd permit?-ind i? pea sable to ?U pcrapna purohaain j er shippiag .otton-gan bo obtained at tai? ?fio*. EKPixvrirtNT.-Eight or tea good print, .rs can obtain employment in this OQM during the . approaching seaaio? of thc L?gislature CASK.-VTs wish it dist?totly understeod that oar term s for subaoriptien, advertising and job work are ?ash. The money must in ?very oas? accompany orders, or they wt? not ie attended to: This rule applies to alb ACKNOWLKDGITBNT.-Wo are indobtod io A. Palmer, Esq., for a.^jopy of the Kew York Herald, of Monday last. Extracts of r . the latest news will be found in our columns , this morning. * W. GiLLMor.?SmMsTEsQ.-"VVe had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Simms yesterday. He has just rcturn'od from a visit to his home, a?jid is on his way North, as we learn, to superintend tho publication of a new work which hts has prepared for thc pross. THU ECLIPSE.-The eclipse of tho sun came off yesterday morning, according to the programmo which* wc published a few days ago. With a cloudless sky, the oppor- . tunity of observing the progress of, the phenomenon was very fine. STORE BIIEAKIXG.-Thc store of ?>r. V. HelvuvCohen was broken into on Wednes? day evening. The robbers entered the, store by forcing open ono of the window shutters. Our merchants ought to be on the alert to bring these depredators to epoedy and summary jpst?ce. ., AKBTVAL.-Among tho arrivals yesterday ai Nickcraon'a Hotel, we observed the name uf W. H. Treacott, Esq., tho Agent of tho State sent to Washington '.by the Conven? tion. We have not yet had ?h opportunity ' of conversing with him. . Tho following is the result of thc election held in this l'istrict for Governor, Licutcn ant-Goverhor, State Senator, and Repre- j eentatives: . , - x Governor. Orr. Hampton.. Lieut. Gov. Porter. Senate. Arthur .. I?epr?'twes. Wallace. Talley. Bachiuan.. Scott. Geiger. Kinsler Baskin ? ... Shiver. 203 27 279 ?10 17 26 28 I 13 1 30 317 I 19 i 29 286 j .24 I 28 229 I 15 14 266 7 13 25? 51 1 184 I 18 t 31 166 4 1 4 9 1 13 13' 13 13 I 334 28 349 401 379 356 280 296. 266 252 183 ll Total number of votes polled in thc Dia? trict553. % Up to the hour of going to press the re? turns from Gadsden had not boen received. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call? ed tb tho following advertisements, which aro published for the first time this morn? ing: ? Tho?, lt. Waring-Desirable Residence. C. D. Eberhardt-Tailoring. Zealy, Scott & Bruns-Dissolution. . Gatus street-To thc*Ladies. Mrs. A. J. Dougal-Millinery. . Jacob Levin-Handsome Furi??lure. A. L. Solomon-Wood-ware. " " -Tobacco. A. R. Phillips-Furniture, Ac. NEGRO LABORERS IN DEMAND nt MICHIGAN.-A railroad company in Michigan have lately made applica? tion to the Freedmen's Bureau for four hundred negro laborers, to bo employed in tho construction of a new line of road in that State. They offer to pay such laborers eighty-seven and a half cents per day and board them. Tho ?proper officers of the Bureau are now engaged in collecting the required number of blacks who are willing to close with the offer, and it is probable thai they will be de? spatched during the month. The English Government seems to become rn oft and more frightened in I regard to the supposed njp vernen ts of j the^ Fenians. ' number o? detectives i from London arrived in the last I steamer at New York, with special in? structions, it is understood,, to keep an eyo on the Fenians, and inform the English Government from time to I time of whatever facts may come to their knowledge in regard to them. jsOne or more of these detectives, it is stated, left for Chicago, where it is I behoved the Fenians are organized in i greater strength than anyw here else in I America, exepting New York and i vicinity, It . is understood that the I Fenians have lately adopted a stricter ; secrecy in their communications and, action than formerly.