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WINNSBOR. 4aturday Morning, July 8 11W DURBEC& WALT 14-Auetion,an4 Commission Merchants, Columbia, 8. 0., -aretho authorized agents at that place, in -collecting-subsoriptions atnd advertisements for tWe NBws. They will receipt for al monie due this office. A private telegram which has just been received here by a citizen of oar town, from Charlotte, N. C., says that the Hon. B. F, PERRY has been appoitit. ed Provisional dovernor of South Caro. lina by 1resident JollNBON. Iti another column will be found an article, written from Washington, that will be interestinig to South Carolinians. - We desire simply to call Uttention. to the article in question, without any ex. pression of opinion whs.tever in regard to it We learn that auring the negro bar. - becue in Columbia, one of the colored chaps was shof through the eye, and is not expected to live. He was3 shot by one of his own color. By a gentleman from Cokimbia we hav-been informed that business is very brisk in that city-that th'e merchants have large amounts of commodities for sale-hut how are the folks desiring those articles in the interior to know about it unless the merchants of Colum. bia advertise their wares ? A word to the wise issufficient. The cars on the Charlotte and South Carolina railroad, as we learn by advier tisemont, -now make daily trips from Ad. gers'-a point five miles north of Winns. boro-to Charlotte, N. C. Travelers should make a note of this, as it enables them to make a direct route through to the North. A. H. STEPHENS,-We are permit. ted to publish the following extractfrom a private letter. [ Augusta CAstitutionalist. FORT WARREN, Boston Harbdr, * 'June 3d, 1865. I am permitted to communicate with nq one' here, except those in* whose charge and cistody I am. But I am permitted to walk out ci day with an officer, and have accePq books and the daily papers. Tell all my Vinda I am in usual summer health. The New York tains. Ae followving statma-. J. B. Van De W the rebel War Departmen y Oincinnati Commercial th ary loat he tvas present at a w between Booth and Davis. as introduced to the Confederate ief byl Bonjamin, and two other young men wtre in his company. V "Hooth commended V aying that a plan was formed in the Northern States and Canada- friends of the Confederacy, to capture or asassinate Mr. Lincoln; that he had a full list of he names, and all they desired was an oMcial recogni. - tion on the pgrt of,the Qpnfederate au thorities, and that then the project would .certainly be exocuted. 'He 'further stated that they desired no pecnniary assistance from the Gov ernment, as that was already secured ; that they were not after gain, it were actuated oply by a desire to rider the Confedleracy a serv'ice by remjing the tyrant who was the cause oJ~much suff'ering to the country, and the only -obstacle in the way of a speedy .peace. These are the words as near ies I can re - edmber. Messrs. Davis and Breckcin 'ridge lbth dxpressed their >.liearty con demnation of the plot, arid advised 'Booth to think no more of it, That thef felt that ..heir cause was just, and that -God, in his own good 'tinie, would give them the victory without resotting to >aiitthing but the most honorable war. fare, and that- they'.vere willing tolearv* Lincoln's punishment, for hia geat critne, to the ProvidencoeofB ajust 9odand an outraged people. ot , Benaasid nespigg~. Bohthen * retired, and dIe last 'ords ho uttered in the room were:. 'He must dil After Booth and hi. frienas were gone, Davit said : Those 41hp~e came Jiere morely to se the Rich ~'sights, and their assassination plot is a mere fadge.' SBreckindidge n Be i aso me q sme m Reoonstruotion in South Darolina. A legio oAer Citione isditi d, Psdent- . ,rce anit general intm chiagi of Ve's--Jm portant Stat ment of hifdPNcy by Presiden' JTohn 8011. WASHINoToN', June 24. A delegation from ,;outh, Carolin consisting of the following named person! had, late this afternoon, an interviei by~ an appointment with the President Judge Frost, Isaac E. I Tolmes, Ge W. Williams, W. H. G3illiland, 'J. .Steinmeyer, Frederick Richards, Wir Whaley, Janes H. Taylor, Win. j Gayer, and'Joseph A. Yates. The President said it was his intet tion to talk plainly, so there might b no misunderstanding. . Thereford, i were better they should look each othe full in, the face and not imitate the at cieqt augurers who, v hen they met on another could smile at their success r deceiving the people. He, said that1 this Union was to be preserved it mus be on the principle of- fraternity, botl the Northern and Southern State maintaing certai'i relations to the gov ernment. ' A State cannot go out of th Union,' and therefore none of them hav ing gone out, we must deal with th question of restoration, and not recor struction. Ile suspected that lie was better States rights man than some c them now present. Mr. Hohnes-You always so claimel to be. [Laughter.] The President replied that lie alway thought that slavery could not be sue tained outside of the Constitution of th United States, and that when.the ex periment was made it would be lost Whether it could or coull ot, lie wa for the Union, and if slavery set itselt i to control the government, the govern ment must triumph and slavery perisl The institution of slavery made the issue and we might as well meet it like wis and patriotic and honest men. All ini stitutidns must be submitted to the gov ernminent, and slavery lis to give way le could not, if he would, remand it t, its former status. He knew that sop whom lie now addressed looked upoi him as a great people's man and i radical. But. however unpleasant i might be to them, lie had no hesitatioi in saying that, before and after lie entei ed public life lie was opposed to monope lies and perpetuitids and'entails. Fo this he used to be denounced as a deme gogue. We had a monopoly. South i: slaves. Though lie had bought an held slaves h16 had itever sold one From Magna Charta we had derive our ideas of freedom of speech, libert of the press, 'and unreasonable searche; and that private property should not b taken for public without just conipen sation. He h notions fixed ii his min 8-. f erefore opposed t class hiti6n. Being providentiall' brought 'to his present condition, I intended to exert the power and influene< of the goverhment, oo as to place. i power the population of this nation. H1 proceeded on the principle that the grea masses are not the m'ushrooms about i stImp which wet weather'nupplies. H< believed that this natioi was sent on i great mission to afford an example o freedom and substantial hapjInes t< all the powers of the earth. The Con stitution of the United States, in speak ing of persons to b chosen as Re'presen tatives in Congress, says that the sleet ore itn each State shm4ll have the -quali ficablon requisite for .electore 'of' se mom numerous branches of the Stete ILegisla ture. Here we find a resting placen Tlhis was the point At whieh the.-r hellion cotmeced-all the lStates wer in the Union, .1novims irn harnony--bu a portion of these rebelled, and, to somi extent, suspended. enid, pai-alised' th aions o theirgo 'ment. Ther on the Unlit5eStas vernmnent to pu down .rebellion1 gspges.. inurureotion and to tepel iaviO. : he slaves wen into the war as atu~ anmd came qsat fre< men of colqr; e aoIoi4 of the re boyion bar rubb .~ natr as charaotet h i#V.,le loyal meti who were cloedto - bow and sub mit to th ito n~% hoild' mow,a thal the rebsta '.'iag ld t< loy4 -,i ,overyvfere. opath< wmsh of eoration a the Lt l ti ato:te taesthe phi 1 Semsk mov peltyfibpoy 4dog late to seveA qu I %0 4. o:legg semsetase rtam afr'~ pumber, of white men. Ile would talk ,plain, 4the delegatinn had sad: that 'ja.s wha11tthev desired. .0e otfld"'tf men who. had owned fifly or 4 hnndred' slaves, ignd-who ditnot care aq traohfior the poor. white rq9n as .thej did fW the negro. *L'hose who own the laid have the.capital to employ help, aid thorefore, soine of our Northern friends are deceivedl when they, living afar off, think they can exercise a greater control bver th, v freedmen than the Southern men. who have been reared wh'rn the .ititutioi of slaver has prevailed. Now he did not want the slavehold. ers to control the negro voters against .vhite men. Let each Stite judge of the depository of its own political pow. er. He was for emancipation. He was for eniancipating the wrhite man a.s t well as the black. r Mi. Holmes asked: Is not that alto got her accomplished ? The President replied that l did nQt a think the question fully - settled. The f question as to whether the black man t shall be engrafted in the constitution will b settled as we gQ along. He would a not disguise the fact that wile" he had .. been persecnted and denounced as a trai e tor, he loved the great mass of the South ern people. He opposed the rebellion at e its breaking out, and fouh;lit it every where, and now wanted the principles of the government carried otnt and maintain ed. Mr. Holmes int-rru pted by saying we I want to get bfck to the same position as you describe, as wce are without law, no 8 courts are opbn, and you have the power . to assist us. 3 The President replied that the gov, ernment cannot go o's unless it is based' on right. The people ofSouth Carolina must have a conveiltion and amend their constitution by abolishing slavery, and this must be (lone in good faith,-and the 'convention or Legislature must adopt the proposed aniendment to the Consti tution of the tAied States, which pro hibitt rind 6xclide slavery everywhere. One of the delegates said we are muost anxious for civil rule, for we have had more than enough of military despot. ism. The President, resuming, said that as the Executive, he could only take the t initiatory steps to enable them to do the things wiJicL it was incumbent -upon them to- perform. . Another of the delegates rqmarked r 'that it was assumed in some parts of this . country that, in codsequence of the re. bellion, the Southern States had forf iited their rights as inembers of the Confoder. acy, and that if restored it could only be on certain conditions, One of Which was that slavery shall be abolished. This could only. be done through a conven tion. The' President replied. that the friction of the rebellion had rubbed slavery out, but it would be better so to declare by law. . As one of the delegates has just remarked that the Constitution of South 3 Carolina did not. establish slavery, it I were better to insert a clase antagonis. 4 tic to slavery. t Judge 'rost, aidisubstantially, the ob. i ject of our prayer. is the appointment of -a Governor. The State of South Caro. t lina will accept these vonditions in order f that law and .order may be restored, and , that enterprise and industry may be di. rected to useful ends. We desire re storation as soon as possible. It is the - .lmt of wisdom to make the best of cir. cumstances. Certain delusions have -been dispelled by the revolution-among t them that slavery is an element of polit -ical strength and moral power. It is .certain that the old notion renspecting -State rights,.in the maigtenance of which a those who madt rebellion in South t Catrolina err . oojised to exist. t Another. del igthat cotton is a kiag, has lidc anished in mist. SWe are to coink with these notions - dipelled Wa new system of Ia h or. Tb ofSouth Carolina will cordially saewith the govern t went in m l6abor fetv and o levating i(he negro aomnuclh as they cn It is howsot moe a wbrk of time tbia I t~w labls6i b~apand fanaticism. The peop~s,o tig~ B.~ have the lerg. - astantevestj.E }e qusion. We are wilging togQ opwte for seelih, if for > o higher ive.. We have taken the l~k~rty~~g~ by you .kin4nelis, to > tlrw on~ by which this po. li yof '*h tnn, will be mos; . erely an qtsr~ ubprved. I re erp~ a$I6 a~ re uo - KW~W oin to the master,. providqd you can supply ,motite for .Industry.3 The peopll o fWin their fidelity to. -honor have : submit ted to great, sarfiqes;- tja have pn ured alL We are defested and con quered -by the Northr..ho are too' strong for us.' The snee good faith which animated them in. the contest will mot be found wanting in their pledge of loyal support to the government. There may grow out of this, blessings which you have not foreseen,. 4@d some pleasing rays now illumine the horizon. I suppose the oath of alle'iance will be taken with as much unanimity in South Carolina as any where else, and we will subiit to the condition.o- things which "Providence has assigned, and endeavor to' believe 'A all discords harmony, not understood, and partial evil universal good." We cheerfully accept the meas utes recommended, and would thank You'to nominate. at your convenience, a Governor to carry out the wishes yog have expressed. President Johnson asked the dele. gates to submit whom they would prefer as'Pr.ovisional Governor, To this they replied they had. a list of five men, vir: Aiken, McAliloy Boyce, Cel. Man im g,late Governor, B. F. Peiry. All of them were spoken of as good men, -but who had been wore or less involved in the rehellion. Mr. Perry was a Dis. trici Judge in the Confederacy 1ntil a few weeks before it collapsed, and is said to have always been a good Union man and a gentleman of strict integrity. The pe6ple certainly respect him, and he conld not fail to be acceptable. , The Preosident said lie knew Benja. Perry well, having served with him in Congrees. There was no spirit of ven geance or vindictiveness on - the part of the government, whose only desire was. to restore the aelations which formerly ex. isted. He was not now prepared to give them an answer as to whom he should appoint ; but, qt the Cabinet meeting, next Tuesday, he would repeat the sub. stance of tis interview, with a hope to thprestoration which the gentlemen pres ent earnestly desired. .The delegates seemed to be pleased with the proceedings,. and lingered for some time to individually converse with the Presidcn. TRIAL OF TilE CoNSPIinAT.ons.-The Military Court, in Washington, was en gaged in trying the conspirators at 2 P. M., on tie 28th, when Assi'stant Judge Advocate,. Bingham, proceeded to read his summing lip of the evidence ill behalf of the prosecution,; occupying nearly the entire day'ssession. Ho reviewed'the testimony minutely, and at much length, maintained that it was cleqrlf shown by the evidence- that all the prisoners before .the Court, were connected in the plot to . mutrder President Liniolq, Vice President John. son, Gen. Grant, Secretary Seward, Secretary Stanton, . and others. He quoted high legal authority to sRustain the prosecution. Th.-1t being cognizant of tIo couspirqcy, and entering into it,. the prisoners were equally guilty. He contended that it was shown by evidence that Davis and John C. Breok. inridge, ex-rebel Secretary of War, and others in Richmond, .Saunders, Thomp. son, Tucker, and other 'agents in Cangjda, hai plauned, arranged, and as. sisted the conspirators, in -their hellish work, to murder,. burn, plunder, end make raids into the'United S9t'tes, for the purpose of aiding thme -rebellion -; to stprve natidnal 'prisoniers imprisoned in the South ; to initrodmuce yellow fever i. to Northern cities;i the armies ; and to carry on a wholesale burning of North #mt shipping aidc hospitals. -Tbe evidence proved thet Jeff. Davis had hired men, paid 'them, and isf- d blank commuissions for their use, He al so introduced the fact that it was in, the evidehice that one hundred and ehy thousand dollars, as part- pay for the work entrusted to the conspirators, had been deposited in the Ontario 'Bank at Montreal, by Jake Thopon.' A I1N F'LORIDA-We under sha~d that the prospect fot an ,abundant harvest is exoellent. The crop. lopked welli and the' aegroes are orderly 'and with their late u~ats. T~he 'a ade th~ough tle. State are1 being -.amrd The meda fro4Gines kovlelis aheadf a capera. The road fren BhidyWy to sni wsl oon y stre'i Lunaber 80 g ta, anmber oft The attempt made by some of the New York journals to create the impges. sign) tholither~e i4d lii a~h Sonith'__ give reoaly laithful at poit to tbewat authori ,"nd that the sub issiton of the peep lre is orly ield. ed'with a vii to future. misch'if An hIelee that they mut be linil ted to the'last degree, distrusted and coiro)led like.unyielding enemies, is working tpuch mischief to- the cause of pacificatiowand doing wrong to the South l We rely u1poI the better jud iraid kindler feelin g of the'people !P as a correctiv e of these inconsi. tet mischievous,-eflections.-* [ Rhmnn W'Ag. Unfortuns tely, there are (k sPyco phants here in the South -who" 4nsiddr it necessary to *stablish their own loya).. ty by abusni ig Southern men~ at dd manding thc ir punishment, degridatdoin and 'ruin; an I who thas deceiv6 th' North about the wishe ' and siitiments of the great i mass of the Southern ,people who are anxous to promote true peace and good fee'ling. Such miserable crea tures (their r.oal character and motivei not being- understood at the 'North) encourag 0 .som.'Ne York jeurnals' and bthc ri irt the exercise of malice- to' wards us.. It is, indeed, a foul bird that pollutes its nest. The g reat maa.s of Southern people heartily support ed the Confederacy whilst it. lad an - xistence, and now, it being dead, they vill & 'their dttiy as law.Rbiling citi:sens of tie United States; but they feel wounded.1iid hurt every I ithe a Sout-hern , miit's property is confi scated or I ds persoii' imprisonted for political offi aces. This is aitural. And we can assui:e the Northern Piople that the truo Union wen of the South [we riean those who. from principle prefer red the Tion to the confediirc partc'ipate in th is feling more 'r less they are not now- of the proscriptive clais but a:re generall.y found adoCatiug 'kin4 feeling and peace. It is on'ly the 4tter dayk unihts, the eloventh-hour Union ien, who urge proscription and exult it tho imprisonment of Southern men.,.they are always ready to. go with the.strAng side. Vie tire sincerely desirous df lotting by-Iones be - by gones--we are tired (f turniol and disputes, .and want to do all in. our power to promote peace-but it may become necessary, in bohalf of truth and in defence of conscienurdus, hone st and weUl disposed men evory7 where, to expose from the. reeord the past course of some of those in'the South who are note professing to be the salt of the earh, and constantly abusing men and calling for their degredation. [U/harlotte Democrat. Goon Nicwa.--The most gratifying new latly received, is th'e official an noun eennt; fom Washington City that no man will be excluded froni votir.g because he has been a soldier iii the Confederate army. It is desirable that. As many persons as possible should have the privilege of voting when the government is to beo. reorgunized. We want all to feel that they have aft qualand libstantil inter eat in cons.tructing a good gpernmnent. It would'have been most unfortihate if the soldiers, had been excluded ; we believe the majority of them have eves. been true men, strongly opposed to the? late war. They asre a brave and muanly body of rn'n, and sucka men readily forget and rorgive injuries done to' themselvs and athers. 'They have behaved nobly and magnansimously--they have had enough fwar. We gre sure they- will" rake usb'fdl mnd pe.aceable citizena, and will. be op ,osed t o the next war. ' *[RbleLndad. .Judg.e Robert Ould and: Major Ca,. ington,. connected with th.Ixchange 3ureau. of the late ao-caflq .o erat states. wel'e, on the 28rd, religase r9 Gibby prison npon tefr patole.2 e renmee that lonnection with Captain Wa$ ke sante zbal bureu, Wre lurance upotk char es - elation to the fna i~ rs from the '/peI, hadno t ~ ~ f I M h ~ ~ q 'e e~t IhIk )en and therefer e irs r frozm donto OAq n'~ der, wthere ilrqnaln uptil lr cases are I~d~g~.f.the Itenous tyrsant veror bi who. oscaped atta to ast