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WNNSBORO. Thursday Morning, August 81 1865 To Mr. JNo. MAr i NoR are we indebted for late files of Now York and Richmond pnpers. He will please accept our thanks. Ax EXTn.-We contemplate issu ing, on Monday next, (the day of the election,) an extra of our paper. Ad vertisers will take due notice, as they will then have a chance of informing nearly the whole District of thbir busi riess. It will be to the interest of our merchants to have a word to say to the country folks in reference to their com tnodities, in that issue. We publish this morning the amnesty proclamation issued by President JouN. SoN May 29, 1865, and will continue to do so until after the elqction, for the benefit of those who wish to exercise the elective franchise in the approaching election, as they are assured that they neither can vote nor take the oath until they have carefullf read the proclama. tion. Monday next is the time for the elc. tion of aelegates to the State Conven tion, and every one should have taken the amnesty onth and he prepared to vote. Those who have- not taken the said oath cannot . vote. Those intending taking the oath are required to read carefully the amnesty proclamation, which will be found in another coluinn. By the New Yoik 'hilune of the 24th we learn that, besides declaring the ordinance of Sqceasion null and void, the members of the Mississippi Conven tion have individuahy presented a peti. tion to President JOHNSON praying for the pardon of Ion. JEFF. DAVMS. Would i, not be well for the other Con. ventions of the South, to assemble, to fol low this humane and noble action ? We respectfully suggest the matter to the delegates of our State Convention. We hope those elected fton Fairfield will lake action in this premises. Our opinion is, President JoHNSoN will not fitil to take notice of a petition emanating fron such otirces. We notice by an exchangO that Col. WX. JOHNSTON, the gentlemanly Presi dent' of the Charlotte & South Carolina Railroad,.lhas been pardoned. - The Nqw York Nieiws ot the 26th inst., says, in its "Associated Press Dis. patches" from Washington, under date of 25th instadt, that "'the newspaper re ports that the President has stopped for the present extending pardons are con. tradicted by the fact that to-day he ha4 Sgranted six." COTTON IN Euw YoRIK.--L~test ad vices from New York tnarket state thiat cot'on is ag'ain -advancing. Forty-six is the last quotation. The Columbia PAen ix, in reference toGov. Paany, remarks in the course of an editorial : " AThe Governor writes us cheerfully as -to the futqro of the State--assures us that the curtain is gradually uplifting he fore our vision-that the President. holds forth thegnost favoring aspects, and has given his sanction to what he has been ding. We presume that the Governor 4 will so time it as to be present at the assemblsgeof4.he ConventIon ; arid with is papera so prepared as. to render no. cossary no delays in the proper prosecu. lion of business." *KILrt AGAIN.-It is surprising how miny times the celebrated circus.rftler, asi~s RoBINSoN, has been killed. -At h~e breaking out of the war he was kill 4p an a fracas at Raleigh, N.,0.,-then t~r-it was reported he had utet aaud. *'~n deth at aoe other plseve, and iao* es'ee it stated that he wan killed a few a~y since in Edouthern 1Kentuoky, by i ojg fronm~ horste. Thp follow.,os. .ps as m agilijy.asact 'mdd ftrnt nuejimber of 'tipes ,he Is reported: to hc: illed-uset also posee-ss as ~ ~ , ats, tddrding to the Big utghas nine. 4%h on, aJtikyu n'u e got sil. nOQiopes, die .e . foeyul i 4hr ri 4aas The Raleigh Progress thus speaks of. ili recent speech of Gov. PEany, deliv ered at Greenville, S. C. The Progress. is decidedly true in the winding up, of its article : SPEF.cH oF Gov. PEnuy.-We have no disposition or space this morning for comment on the admirable tprpeeh of Gov. Perry, of South Carolina, which will be found'-in another place. It is in good taste, breathes the true spirit and points out in simple but clear and forci ble languago 4'be duty of the people of that State.- It is equally applicable to North Carolina and will repay perusal. He is a statesman whose devotion to Southern interests no one will wnture to question, and yet decided in his opin. ions as to the necessity and duty of ac quiescing in the policy of President Johnson. The National Intdligencer, the organ of President JoHNsoN, says: Tus SOUTH MUST SI'EEDILY ANI) WITH A WILL, nY ITS 1jF<;sLAT'u5s, CONVYNTIONs, NxwsrArsIus, P1uio MEETINGS, RESOLUTIONS, &C., SHow ITS Goon FAITH ANI HONESTY OF PnUIrosE. -"And therefore it is indispensable to Southern interests, to their speedy equality, to the life of commerce, to their national representation, to the supre macWy of civil law, to the freedom they covet from the military power establish ed among them, that they shall fly as it were to put at rest the possibility of fu ture national disturbances on account of slavery, by accepting the amendment to the Constitution of tile United S5tates. and by ratifying the same unanimons1y, if possible, 'which interdicts slavery for evermore upon our soil. JLct this be done vith 'a will,' and superadd to this the selection of candidates for office from anong men of honest intent ions and sen tinients towards the new order of thing'; give expression by conventions and reso lutions to the sentiments which your newspapers 4eclare that the great masses of the people of thq South entertain throw away as ior thy, even of the few who so act, such mottoes as subdued but not conquered ; strive daily against disturbances with tihe wretched, and of ten insolent blacks. Do -these things, and it will be out of the power either of the enemies in your midst who malign you to the President and to the public through interested sources, or of the ex tremne Radicals of the North, to subject you long to tile burdens and humiliations ofwhich you complain. You will thus relieve the President and his adkiinis. tration, as we feel quito sure, ofa weight of doubt and sadness ; you will baffie your enemies, because You will thereby eiply their magazines ofolfence, and you will entitle yourselves to the open and earnest, support of the Northern masses as against all the tricks of consit ing politicians. 0 Tar CLASS OF PERSONS WHO SHOULD HE ELYCTED TO OFFIcE BY THE SoUTI -RN ProPLE.-"So with regard to such men s o u shall put forward to fill offices of dignity and trust. If these are selected to fill your local posts of honor and credit from amongnotorious rebels men whose names have been associated with the conspiracy that led to the rebel. lion-such acts will be received as -evi (dence and such evidence will ripen into judgment that the tone of the South is seditious, and that the rebellion is n-l subded. A LnANY, August 22.-R H. Gillett, one of the counsel of Jefferson Davis, in a note to the Argus, says that Mr. Davis has no :nore information concerning his trial than others have. In a letter from Davis, dated on the 15th inst., to Mr. Gillett, ho. says: "I am still ignorant of the charges agaipst me, the source of them, and the tribunal before Which [ am to answer. Your letter gave 'me the first notice of the Washington indict mont." Mr Davis reqjuests Mr. Glillet to have a 'conference with Charles O'Connor, his only other counsel, so they may be pro. pared for the trial whenever it may be brought on, with as little delay as the natue and importance of the case will admit. A direct application to thd prioper de partment asking :to be informed, if not unprompdr, when, where and before what tribunalgjavnis~ to be trled, remain:s unansweted, bedause,. as is supposed, rieither has !on actually determined by the President. A. Washington disp'toki of the- 21st 'says : The proceedings'of the Mississippi Stwte Coqvention are attracting moaeh Mateioru and comment here, and a en 'eei'ng prevails that the convpntion des~ig all tAantW leep the, State out 'th*dTnion. ThisPresident,'howeve; i Ai,~z to have them highest.conadenZ ~it~~v~ehar~~rad: believ'ep hiso ~~raprppe Letter froin Gon. Joseph 3: Johnstoub The ' reJericksburg Ledger gives the following timelf and patriotic letter: from Gen. Johnston We publish below the following let. ter from this man of brains and bravery. We commend its perusal and the senti ment it inculcates to every man who de _, to peace and prosperity of the Commonwealth : BUFFALO SPRINGS. Mecklenburg County, Va. July 17, 1865. You ask my "views of the future course and future interests of us all." The case is so plain that very little can be said' or written upon it. We of the South referred the question at issue' be t.ween us and the United Stites to the arbitrament of the sword. The decision has been made-and it is against us. 'We must acquiesce in that decision, ac cept it as final and recognize the fact that Virginia is again ond of the United States. 'Our dutios and interest coin cide. We shall consult the one and per. form the other by doing all we can to promote the welfare of 'ur 'neighbors and kindred, and to restore the prosperi ty of'the country. We should at once commence the duties of peaceful citizens by entering upon some useful pursuit, qualifying ourselves 'to vote, if possible -and at the polls our votes should be -cast for conservative mdi--men who understand and who maintain the inter ests of Virginig as one of the United States. This is the course I have recommend ed to all those with w0hom I have con versed on the subject, and is that which I have adopted for myself, as far as practicable. Very truly yours, J. E. JOHNSTON. TRIAL oF J EFF. DAvm.-The Herald's Fortress Monroe correspondent of the 20th instant, says: Everything indicates the forthcoming aldprobable speedy trial of Jeff. Davis here. I have alluded in a former letter to the tearing down of some of the par. titions in Carroll Iiall, inside of the fort, which, it is said. has been done to furn. isk a room suflicientlv large in which to conduct tho trial. Vorkinen are busily employed in pmtting the enlarged room in proper condition. Another fact favor. ing the theory of the proposed tsal here is the issue of an order placing additional restrictions upon ' admission inside the fort to those hitherto in torec. But all this may be theorizing. I give the ru mors and indications as they exist, and only for what they are worth. There has been some expectancy,based on what, I know not, of the arrival of President Johnson and party on a special steamer. This rumored Presidential visit is of course associated with the trial of Jeff. Davis. A Cincinnati dispatch to the Chicago Times says : The I [on. George 10. Pugh has received an intimation that the trial of Jeff. Davis will soon take place in a civil court, and he has commenced preparation for the defence, which prom ises to eclipse, in critinal proceedings, any defeilce ever known in this or the old country. Mr. : Pugh will join Mr. O'Connor, of New York, in Washington in a fhbv days.-Raleigh Atafndad. IloN. A. II. STEPlRENS. - Personal friends of Alex. HL Ste phens, who have' recently been porntted to visit him at Fort Warren, represont'that his 'health is very much broken down, and that the only favor he would ask of the Govern ment is to accord him a speedy trial. 'He says he has no complaints to make as to his treatment in prison, which is as good as he could desire, but that if he is kept much longer in confinement, he feels that he has but a shiort time longer to live. [ Awuusia Chronicle &~ Sentincl.' Annas-r oF BaroAuvran GE.NERIAL R Aus:Y.J-We undetand that another important arrest has been. made. The individual is no .less a. person'ge than ex-Brigadier General J. C. Thupsoy, late of the Confederate Army. It. is said that our Governor, W.. G.. Brownlow, is well acquaintedl with him. It is stated by a 'eptemporar~ 'ht the 'Goyernor is indebjod for "oh red . observations" through bars in Kn ivill,, East Tennes seef to the ex-Brigadier. ". His trial will develop some ex1*edingl'y? n scene'.-Nashpille Vairn. * Coi.oazi) TJIOOPS4.4fopfJ,AR ARgy. A Washingtoni dispeihUtfaf st.in There is - goodateitfrsin that allithe .colored .~66, nowi 'in the skryioos arb soon to :b 1utred out. 'Tho'idea~ tht the Wo1I~etafned as aw~ rp.the regn erranqpus [From thOashington Ritoputlie of Aug. 22.] AllP arconing of Bobeis Suspended The Presidnntlas tut His laoot Dowb. We are glad to be able to state tit President Johnson yesterday announced his purpose to quite a. crowd of Rebel ap plicants for pardon, that he should grant no ipore, pardons for the present, ind directed his' Secretary, Colonel Brown. ing, to notify the Attorney Genetal of the UnitQd States'to recommend to him no more persons for pardon under the Amnesty proclamation until he so or. dered. Quite a scene occurred in the Pres. dent's room yesterday. Some fifty per sons were preient, most of them seeking pardons. A Mr. Keitt, of Sonth Caro. liha, (not. Lawrefice M., he-having been killed by a loyal bullet at Fort Wag ner,) approached. the feresident and in formed him that he desired a pardon., "What have yon (lone ?" said. Mr. Johnson. "I opposed Sdcession until my State decided to go out of the Un. ion, and then I determined to go with it; I neverjoined the army ; I did noth. ing to bring on the rebellion," Was' the reply. "I see," rejoined the President, "you arb like all the rest-you did noth ing. Now," he added, "my experience is that the men who didn't join the Rebel army, but who acquiesced in re bellion, were the most mischievotus and dangerous men we had. I cannot liar don you sir." Keitt made several other efforts. Among other things he re minded thu President that lie had come all the way from South Carolina ; had been in Washington some time ; that hotel living there was very high, and that, altogether, his daily expense& were extravagantly large, and that he would like to get away as soon as he could go. The President responded fhat the hard ships of which he complained were the direct results 6f the rebellion ; that he did not bring on, nor contribute to bring on. the rebellion ; that he was 'not re sponsible for, -and could not extricate Mr. Keiti from, the difficulties he. epm plainled of, nor' hasten his pardon on' ac count *of them. The President was firm. IIis answer was a finality. ' Exit Keitt. i i Mr. Keitt retired, evidently satisfied that Mr. Johnson was President,- and treason was a stain not. removed by the mere asking for a signature. A Mr. Birch, member of the late Rebel Legislature of Virginia, next ap . proached the President and applied for a pardon. Similar questions were put to him by the President as were asked Mr. Keitt. From the answers it ap pears that Birch "did nothing," only as. a member of thle Virginia Legislature, in obedience to instructions, lie voted Virginia should secede from thd 'Union of the United States. That is all he did ; that was "nothing." The Presi dent refused to pardon him. Exit Birch. Next came a Rebel clergyman, who asked the President to grant ,him a par don. "What great sin -have you com. mitted that you come here in clerical rehes and crave Executive pardon ?" - "I was a Rebel." was the answer, "and desire your Fxcelloney to pardon' me that I may be restored . to citizen. ship, and be able to support and live under th e Government of' the United States." "You Rebel preachers," responded the President, "have done the Govern meat a great' deal of harm ; you have' proclaimed devilish doctrines and misled the people; You forgot that' it wAs your duty to 'yield obedience to the powers thatt be.' You minst-rest awhile upon the 'stool of r'epentance.' I do' el'mb to grant you a pardon at present." Eylt Rebel clergynman. The President then remarked, ad dressing the entire crowd in the romi,. that it was a little singular that rmost of the non-comnbatants who had come here from the South' for pardon .aasert that they did nothing, were opposell ao the rebellion at the beginninig, only' c quiended, and thought the Rebel G~6' ernent o'ught to h'avG intgerb~ ea her and stoppert bloodshed'; yet not one of them took advantage of the' 4naksty Prolamation offered by'Mr. Incolo, which would have shown sincerity et their part, and contributed so ,much gol" wards saving the enormoius expendituto of. hife and treasure. .1 iutillgrantian iM'e prerdone for the presen ivas tha piljac conclusion of thy rted~ tunuing to (olonel B~roWnig ho~h~ ed bI to -lsue' the order to the A~ Mwut1ry w the peewhp e *of lves or friends, btt the bearhingof the, President toward, sich applicants 'hal J aeen noticeaby changed of late. Ria lense of justice revolts at the bare idea af bribery and corruption- bing insau - inental in obtaining the pardon of any one. Theflerald's expdosure of an instatice last week in wIch five himdi-ed dQllars, nafil to Hn Thomas Corwin, seeied what the applicarit seemed otlydrwe iable to obtain, appears to have first 0 Dalled his attention. to the subject and aroused his suspicions. He is now de termined to ekercjse the greatest cau Lion in the matter, and to -give each un livided personal attention., Hi-3 first step, therefore, was to suspend the ac tion in the Attorney General's office up on all applications for pardon uititi some disposition has been made of those al.. ready accumulated. No more rbquisi tions are to be made on the State De. partment for pardon until further orders. The President is reported to have been severe in his remarks to those who ap proached him on the subject of pardons to-day. One old gentleman had a letter in his possession stating thot his pardon could be obtained for nine hundred dol lars. The President desired to know who offered to obtain it for that sum. He wa'ted, above all, things to ascertain who the men were that accepted bribes. He said lie had been notified that unfiir and dislionest influences were used to obtain. pardons, but ie desired specific information instead of generalities, and declared that, his office was the pardon office, and that the Attorney General's office lind little to do with it. The news papers might assert that two hundred were pardoned daily because that num ber of requisitions passed through the Attorney General's office ; but he wished the fact to be knpown that he investigated each case himself, and only granted such petitions as recommended themselves to his clemenecy. Some of.those present asked for permission to call again for a further consideration of their cases. Tice President signfi.cantly replied - "Ir. would be some time before many more pardons were granted." This would scom to dispose of the project of organi zing a separate Pardon. Bureau. The 8tar of tie 22d says: An unuisually large croyd of pardon seekers assembled at-he office of the At torney General to-day, completely filling up the ante roomt and worrying the courteous pardon clerks. Colonel Pleas. anta and Major Stittalmoit beyond en. durance. Many of these applicants de., feat their own purpose by their persist-' ent importunities. They are nbt even willing to await their on tithi for an .interview, but interrupt others convlrs ing. with tho clerks, and in many other ways render themselves *a miisance. The work of this office is conducted .with the greatest despatch, arid parties having business with it will never looso. by observing the customary civilities of gentlemen. Ainong-thmose avaiting an interview with the Attdhey General this niorning was iontenrint Gae~ral - Ewell, who called on' the President on Saturday in relatio4 to hiq applicatioit for. pardon. The President courteously but firmly deplined 'to nae any exceP 'tion in his'favor, and "Mr. Ewell', (as he introdnced himself) Will remain in the. sane Category with his bro'ther Rebel Tum Fflu.rIXO I CunAtLsro.-ThI Springield Rlpuscana, discussing this -reports from the Soutih, says: We are assured by a gentleman from Charleston; who has been there for sense month's and hasabad -every opportunity for free' intercourse with all classes .of ' > peole thtmeet of the reports -'~nt ' ,Noths to demontrationas ofamalignaunt elsseaidrphnl~i e real situation of affairs; a i~ro disposed to conforni to it, and wl hv~ o Aulbmit in silence to man wrdgs uAi: indignities rather th struct in ary way. the proce $auization ; 'that there i .; e-and no lesire to perpetuate f'oi oedhe in from' or substance . hat th~freedment woihd do niuch F'if th'ef; -cotild be tiefed of tI nfluen'ce of so"6tf their uivfandtidih advisers fiefn the ADGER '8 TO OO ,UB4 UTOLUMB.feAdgTO Ahe -s~s Iel -~~ ~j