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DAILY NEWS. CHAEL i :srJToisr. SATGltDAY MOUSING, AUGUST 20, 1805. Of OiiihiIi < *. As nn evidence of Hi? extreme kindlier to us of tho good people of this cuiimunity, we men tion that, at an onrly hour res'ordtvy, we lind not a copy of Unit day's issue leH in OUT oMco. From tho comntciicomcnl of (ho publication of tbO ?'Nkws" (Iwo weeks ago), the patronage of tho people, both nn subscribers and advertisers, ha? been steadily and largely increasing. Con gratulations and commendations reach ua from many qnarters, not only <>n tho matter which fill? our ?hoot, but on the neat nppcarancc it presents. We arc awiivo that in touching upon this subject wo lay ourselves open to chargea ?if conceit and affectation ; but we do not think wc show either, when weflmeiely exhibit our .success to those wlnme kindness have promoted our pros perity. But a few ?lay? ago, 011 the. arrival of a stcanicr, wc postponed the insertion of over a column of advertisements, so aa to publiait iut ineiriatcly all the news of impurtanco ; and it ?hall always bo nn object with us to make our shoot a mercantile paper that may be strictly depended on, while the general loader t?hall have uo oause to complain of its being uninteresting. Tue Convention* of the People of South Caroli na, to assemble ou the thirteenth of September, and the delegates t?> whieh are to bo elected one week from Monda)* next, will bo invoked to sub jects of very grave importance. In fact, it would be difficult to conceive of greater powers than it will bo called upon to exorcise. It will bo roquircd to alter, amend, or make a Constitution for the State. Every right, interest, and condition of our people, social and political, will bo not only under it? authority, but tho subject of its immediato ac .iiou. What may bo done, or what may bo undone, will bo equally radical and vital in resulta; and it is eminently important, therefore, that these mo mentous trusts should be committed to tho hands of conscientious men. The trust seems not to be solicited. Men feel the responsibility, and seem generally disinclined to assume them. Tho sub ject has been little urged on public attention, and it is to be feared that tho body will bo formed with out a duo sense of its full import. There is one thing favorable hi tho present con dition of our State. There are no parties, no feel ings of personal or political hostility, to push men beyond a sense of propriety. The war which has left us bankrupt in property has alao left ua in peace towards each other. Thcro are none?in party organization atloast?few individuals oven? to point to others as tho authors of their misfor tunes; all concur in tho common ruin with a sense of sympathy and brotherhood; aud we are free, therefore, from the apprehension that any moas -nrcs will bo urged before the Convention from per sonal and party feeling, and arc assured that what ever ajaall be tho action of that body, will be the ?dictate of an honest purpose, and tho expression of its best intelligence. In some respecta the duties of. this Convention will he aimplc. Many of its acts ate already de termined on. Slavery must be abolished; the election of Electors and Governor must bo given to the people; legal validity must be given to the acts, public and private, legislative and judicial, -which have bceonio facta accomplished since the ?usponsiou of civil government. Those nro deter mined' upou by the necessities of tho case and a preconception of public sentiment, and with re spect to these, therefore, there is apt to bo little delay or embarrasamont. - In transcending these, however, and entoriug japon the Hold. open by the inquiry what shall bo the relations bctweon the races thus brought into contact in the relations of natural equality, the diihiMiltii'M will commence, and they will be of a chfU'f'.c'-jr to impress anxiety and awe upon tho.?e who enter on them. It is a matter of tho very last importance that these relations should"" bo such ihat no antagonism between tho races shall result; that thoy ?mall continue intermixed in society, pur suits and enterprises; that thoy shall have individ tnal, immediate and continued intercourse with each other, and thus go hand in hand, with com annn energies, to tho achievement of thoir fortunes and the advancement of tli? country. ~ But if, in stead of this, they should be teased apart; there .should he distinct attitudes towards each other; if each shall regard tho other An "foreign to its feel ings and interests; if each race shall constitute a distinct society, and act within itself and for itself, and thus there shall arise 'two communities, two social sentiments and societies within tho State_ the evil will be irreparable. Whonthoso'.bodies shall come to have oiidy external relations to each other, -when each shall act from its own stand-point, and in their movements necessarily collide upon each father, there can bo no hope of peace between them, no plan of reconcilement, no process of in termixture, no modo of reintegrating and erecting one single society out' ofWoJaUch antagonistic con stituents; but thoy will stand to ppposo each other, ?land to contest every question o? respective right, stand as the Indians and the whites have done, in constant hostility towards caoh other, uno! the pain ful diorama shall bo closed tothooxtlnot?on of that which alihJI happen to be th? weaker. There can ho little question which that U; "?>fit it ?Vero a and calamity if this State shall ho for 0110 generation at least tho battle-ground for such a contest., Every . effort shouldho made to. avoid -it','und1 'the result will much depend on tho policy which may beiniti . .ated in this Convention. It is not evident what are tho measures compe tent to secure us against such a calamity. W? .have no ^experience to *gtriae*fl8?--tli? '?tibje?t nai* fbeen little illuminated by tho lights* of' in'te?lccf?'it has been but a short time before us; - there < ha? been but Ut?i^OMOrtunity "o, difusa .it : an?i?lo; the end, thorofojreVibiitat?ng^ resolving on -ft' Tit?e of policy,-to de^rmfiiebn'r rc1 tations and conduct in this matter of such extremo delicacy, tho inombera of the Convention will scarcely be prepared; and it is to bo hoped that ?ho body will como up to the occasion, puss tho ordinances demand?-?! by it, but pause when un certain of thoir furlhor steps, and wait for the pro .ccpts of onr oxperienco to guide us in our further course. This task will he not moro oasy than to proceed; aa much of greatness is exhibited in for . bearance as in action on momentous subjects; and there is occasion, thorofore, for all the eharac - ter ftnd capacity we may have amongst us, . ? ? ?-. ' / M 1-.' Ill I Badical Northern papers assail tho president's .appointments of Provisional Governors, and thus' ?nndortako tb destroy confidence in ht^Adsdutatra ?tion; but tho moro honest and candid Republican Journals speak in quite a ?lifteront tono. Tho Philadelphia North American says "it is pleasing ?to find that so many good appointments have boon' made for this responsible position, when the .. ihancea wore many to ono ftuft ttw '.wrw? men would haw acquired power. Except in a single Instand*! wo can recall no ctUMi where one of these i Executive? has shown a serious degreo of umvis (hini, or lack of patriotism, and that wo shall pro-1 babiy soon bear further from. It is cheering that ' this is tlu? casi?, ninl t?mt ?lu? l*rovi?ional Gover nors can bo credited with having helped tin work which ?t ;.? their anil our duty now loptudi forward, \ until poacu ami industry *ro as ?ride-spread orer the? whole South an their opposite? have lienn." I In another COLUMN will bo found, copied from I the Memphis, Tenu., Daily Commercial, n propo sition for holding a convention of delegates from the .Southern Slates, to declaro the sentiments of their constituents, and their own, upon their late and present relations to Ihe Genera] Government? (heir opinions1 and determination respecting their duties as citizens, and their fixed resolution to gire j a faithful support to the Constitution and Ihe National Administration. This course ?h urged an luces.sary to disabuse i the public mind of the erroneous impressions : made upon it respecting the disposition of the South, by gross misrepresentations, exaggeration, I and all thoso means of deception resorted to by vicious correspondents to mislead tho convictions of tho Northern people. This convention to de clare, in uinnistakablo terms, its appreciation of tho honorable obligations of the South, its deter mination to fulfill thorn, and thus put at rest tho thousand calumnies propagated for mischievous purposes, the chief end of which is to delay that perfect restoration which it is all important to have. Certain presses and certain parties at the North lind their interest in keeping alive tho sectional jealousy and animosity which resulted in the late dreadful contest, and arc willing to see tho country torn by agitation?its institutions vio lated?the republican principles of its government trampled upon?tho national burdens of taxation augmented to the last point of endurance?to ac complish their selfish wishes and partizan objects. But an undcniablo proclamation, and positive en forcement, of the sincero sentiments of the citi zens of tho South and North, would defeat the narrow designs of radical agitators, and restore the land to peace, prosperity, and a truly republi can administration of the Government, according to the Constitution and tho laws, in each of the States which constitutes this great nation. Wc hope the suggestion of our Memphis cotcnipoiary will receive a favorable and prompt response. -,-?-*.?. Prospect? of Cliarlcntoit. Previous to the evacuation the general business of the city could have, been put down as only tri-, fling, for though there was an appearance of bus tle, of transportation of merchandise, traflic, and other matters that denote mercantile occupation, it really did not exist to any extent. Trade was . confined to but a few good?, and the buyers and Bel lers were not many. Prices, also, were so extraor dinary that the masses could not or would not enter into business as purchasers. True, the currency was Confederate money, bnt such depreciation as sorno knew must occur never entered into the heads of tho crowd, and thoy rather dispensed with articles of real necessity than expend a large amount (as | it seemed to them) for things so small, but wanted. The laboring classes were also very much restrict ed in their expenditures, thoy autleriug, as they always do, by low wages, and thus a considerable traffic that exists through them was cut olT. So that this apparent activity was confined but tfj speculators and sharpers, and the drays rolling by with boxes and bales of merchandise were only I removing them from ono government department to another. Distress roamed throughout the com munity, and had it not been for the charitable con sideration of tho City Council, ably assisted by in dividual donors, starvation would have stalked into our houses. In six short months what a change has taken ?fiaco ! and, although the trade of Charleston at this timo has just rovived enough to show that life exists, our stores aro filling up with goods, and our people aro preparing for a busy winter season. Buildings aro being finished and new firms taking possession; old establishments aro being made more roomy in their accommodations for stock, while steamers and sailing v?asele arc pouring into our city immense cargoes of every variety of goods, ready to bo transferred to their shelves. Labor is abundant and wages good, so that the greatest satisfaction exists among the working classes; and, on the whole, wc look forward to a return of times that once blessed our good old city and her children, with the hope that thoy may speedily return to her, and that sho may soon bo able to extend a kindly hand not only to her eone whom sho has raised, but to thoso who have lately come and determined 'to abide with her " in weal or"1 wo? - --? . ? The Trial of Du vis. There has been so much nonsense published lately concerning Davis and his trial, that we have no doubt tho public has had quite enough of "re liable" information on tho subject. The following, however, seems to possess some interest, and is taken from tho N. Y. Post, of the 18th : A well-informed correspondent at Washington writes us that Jefferson Davis will be tried before a civil court, and probably at Richmond, before tlierUnitcd States Circuit Court there, ' Wo have reoson to behove, furtlior, that tho trial of Davis will not bo begun until that of Wertz is concluded. Tho friends and counsel of Wertz hope, it is said, to clear him, by proving that ho was acting under tho authority and orders of Davis and tho rebel Secretary of War. If thoy can pro duco satisfactory proofs of this, of course that would furnish important testimony lor uso upon tho trial of Davis. This and other circumstances aro likely to post pone tho trial of Davis for sorno months. It is probablo that tho rebel archives, captured after tho Burrcndor of Johnston, and now under Dr. Liobor's charge at Washington, will bo thoroughly examined for documentary evidence before the trial is begun. Of conrso If Davis is tried in Rich mond, a now indictment will have to bo drawn and found, by tho Grant! Jury, of that district. At prcs orit'he lias been indicted only in tho District of Columbia. Tho new indictment will probably arraign him on other counts &an'levying war; it will porhang contain a count charging him with tho slow and deliberate murder of prisoners of war. -1?>-1 ? Tiin Editor of the Boston Post ought to bo tried by a military commission. Not content with the gliilosophy of Giiket.ky, he has to go all tho way . tuck to old A?sop for an illustration concerning poor Sambo. Tho idea of Such an editor living in Boston I .?Esop. who has a fable illustrative of every phase of life, has left us one appropriate to tho effort now on foot to erect every negro into a voter, and to make lum tho white, man's, equal. .?Esop says : "A certain man having bought a Blackamoor, was so simple oo to think that tho color of his skin was only dirt and filth, which ho had contracted for want of due care under his former master. This fault ho imagined might easily ho removed. So he ordered tho poor black to be put into a tub, and was at considerable charco in providing ashes, soap, and scrubbnig-bruahea for tho operation. To work they wont, rubbing and scouring his skin all over, bnt to rd manner of purpose, for* when thoy had repeated their washings several times, and were grown quite weary, ail they got by it was that-tho wretched Blackamoor caught cold and died." .' '>.? . ..Thk Nkguo_ThoLagrangG (Goo) Reporter says: The radicals aro rampant respecting negro suffrage. ?Jhoy want tho negro to voto. As an evidonco of his'! capacity to yole.^he Government' is sending) agents oyor the South to make his labor contracts for him. To. allow liim-, to vote would necessitate the &ddi tie nal ?x?b lise i? tho country of employing agents to instruct him how? to vote. , , . , , .. . '-/..TtuvM.ta i.' .. mi ?of. .Tho duchess of Aleadla, young and lovely, was accidentally*Mu?* to'dMtli at the baths of Lucca. ...,' . .i/i ?i y. (TJfM I >'.' :??'.i '.? r ban h . > |. ? u1 u * !.. . -.' 1*1 ..-. , >. ;.? '! - . VARIOUS ITEMS C >HP;i_?3 SXl'I'.EJSI.T FOB THS OAIX.Y I/VTA"-*. Ice i.? made '.>.. machinery in Augusta, Ga. A youth of 83 married a maiden c: 75 in Xenio, Ohio, hist wool:. Washington Is described aa at the oxlrcma of dullness. An Augusta paper says non?; of th-^ ladles of Georgia are sec?. - s ion ist s. The Louisville Journal speaks e* tb; ftbdsstion of Sanders as petty larceny. rteventy tons of mail matter are d?.*?.y &333?ted in the N. Y. postofiice. The IUchmond Whig calla cx-Seuatcr Footo'a last letter a "flip-flap." Gen. Early, in Washington, is said to be dr Early and Lute. A New York financier suegceta a 0 per cent, con solidation of the national debt. The reporta of negro behavior at the South arc thought tobe highly colored.?Boston Cost. "Show your spirit" is the slang for bri?g out your whUkey in New York. An impudent travolor writes that :'. will take a long time yet to settle Connecticut. There Ls a elose light between Nebraska and North Carolina for emigrants. The Red River expedition was a real attack of "the army worm" ?m the cotton crop. The new financial theory?"A national debt is a national blessing in disguise." Slavery is no longer an institution in this coun try, but tho nigger ia an immense one.?Prentice. Gen. N. P. Banks has been admitted to practice as a lawyer in New Orleans. The burning of Barnum's Museum brought the poor whale to stteh grief that he blubbered. A young woman died from excessive laughter in New York last woi?k. The Connecticut Legislature raised their pay to $3 per day. A beautiful young girl in Michigan baa eloped with and married her father's negro coachman. Great mortality among the negroes nt Macon, Georg " The Taunton Gazette thinks the Atlantic cable isn't vet dead broke. But tho stockholders will be. Colt's pistol factory ct Hartford finds it necessa ry to run twenty hours per day to fill its orders. A man in Burlington, Yt., has eloped with three women. Hia friends are anxious for hia safety. Man is said to be a being of many trials, but .Tef?. Davis complains that he can't have one.?N. Y. Sat. Press. Anna Dickinson says she has aa much right to make a speech as to make a pudding. She cannot do either. A German young woman in Chicago sought to poison her husband, an?l wa3 quite unhappy at the lll-succesa of her attempt. Fifty thousand idiot? or imbeciles are supposed to exist in Great Britain?English Paper. Great many more.?Charleston Nmcs. Josh Billings writes from Cape May : "Tharc iz one church here, hut it won't nold but so.fu that, nobody don't go out of politeness." It is the {?Million in Paris now to have a pet monkey attired in costume and trained to act as a foot niaii. Four legs is not always the rule. A dissatisfied tax paver characterizes the reve nue laws aa an imposition and the assessors as 'impost-era." It is estimated that there are now at least 80,000,000copies of tho Bible in existence, and yet how ignorant many people are of its contents. It is said a human body has twenty-ejiyht miles of drainage through its seven million pores. That isn't enough to cleanse some we have seen. A man who had lost $1500 at faro, was prevented by the police from hanging himself to a lamp-post iii a street in New York. Queen Victoria took a pleasure trip by rail re cently, aud ice was strewn on tho top of the car to prevent her temper being affected by the heat. A negro barber was tarred ami feathered last week, m Greenport, L. I., for insulting a white lady. Andrew Thompson lately shot ami killed Mary Elmore, at Smyrna, Del., because Mary loved some body else better than she did Andrew. There are saiil to bo seventy-four divorce cases awaiting trial at EaCrossc, Wisconsin. Every complainant is said to be a soldier or u soldier's wife. A New York paper, contrasting the North with tho South, says that labor in the former goes on like clock-work. Exactly?striking all the time.? Exchange. A gentleman in Fair field, Maine, is tam?rblg for his pantaloons and fourteen hundred dollars in the pockots, taken from his bed-room hi the dead of night, recently. The Phoenix Bank defaulting teller, Jenkins, didn't want to tell how much money he had taken, for fear "it would make tho officers of the bank feel bad." Tender-hearted Jenkins I The exports of potroloum from January 1st to July 14th of the present year, were 13,338,217 gal lons; for the samo time last year, 5,444.004 gallons. So much taken from the whale oil trade, which the whales will not regret. A French company has determined to establish a lino of first-claBs packets between France and America. They are to bo at leaBt 900-h,r?vse power, and perform the voyage between Brest and New York in less than ten aays, Conciliation, and not confiscation, is what is needed to win back the South and send her for ward in a new career of prosperity, says the N. Y. Com. Advertiser. This 1b a hard pul from a Re publican doctor, for radicals to Bwallow. A witness in the Police Court at Troy, a few days since, answered "no" so persistently to questions put to him, that the suspicions of the Judge were oxcited, and on making inquiries he found the fel low was a Dutchman who did not understand another word of English. The Richmond Bulletin says: "It has pleased God to bless the Southern States with the most abundant and wonderful corn crop ever known, and wo are, therefore, saved from all danger of famine and suffering for want of food. No contin gency of drought, hail or storm can now injure that great Southern crop for man or beast." Tho verdict of the jury in the caso of the woman Harris, is goucrally understood to establish as a principio of law that a woman, when courted, has a right to kill tho man if ho won't marry her. The consequence will he a revival of the old air, "Bar ney, let tho girls alono."? Ex. A correspondent of the Liberator says: "Even in Baltimore, as I am well informed, tho spirit of reviling and persecution has become less domi nant; and tho keys of thoso prisons where Garri son was confined and the martyr Torrey died, aro now takon from Ute dying grasp of drunken tyran ny by tho angel of deliverance." A consus taker up in Otsego county, N. Y., in his returns has tho following item, which is given literally : " Remarks on tho influence of the war upon prices; tho credit system is abolished; self interest controls the Man?Religi?n has become a collateral issue?I- Tho god Barium becomes a fire hi evory heart I! and card playing becomes tho pastime of Christian homes? Mr. Fowler, the phronologist, writes to Mr. Gar rison, tho ab?litionint: "I rejoice that you woro enabled to go to Fort Sumter, to help raise our no bio flag on that ronownod ; old ruin. It must havo made you fool that God is on the side of the right, and that truth ultimately will prevail." Was this necessary to prove that God is right in hia judg ment? The National Intelligencer s ays tho danger to tho radicals constantly persist in levelling against the South?as if thoir purposo was to drive thatpeoplo from us and into the utter darkness of confusion, degradation, aud despair. North Carolina is making.rigorous exertions to secure emigration from tho North. Strong induce ments aro offered ; tho feeling is very strong in favor of tbo new system of labor, and the majority of the people, expresa gladness at tho abolition of slavory. Thoy offer for salo or lease largo quanti ties of land, gold, iron, load mineo and water priv ileges, and otbor liboral inducements for emigra tion. . ., ..,:,,. Iwi Attorney-General Speed's opinion rondorcd to Secretary MeCulloch upon' claims for cotton cap tured by Sherman in Savannah, docldos that all ootton-taken by military forces In insurrectionary districts is eaptnr?'i property, within the meaning of the statute of 18o3, whether owned by loyal men or not. He also holds that recourse must bo had in disputed cases-to tho Court of Claims, and that Juxisilictioa cannot bo conferred b^on. ft c?iuiuia .v ?i ihn Ei > . ? , ..' 11.11 ..? . ?o~i appointod cither by tho President or Bocro tary oi tho Treasury, to examino claims in tho question and to inako restoration of (ho proceeds of so mttcl: of this cotton as may belong lo lo, ,] chtixnacts. ?, v. Bovtfeenssxs t:? Mexico. i.r-rrTK.t k.-.osi an Bl-BBBKI. ?UTiCEU. Tli St. iroui.? lljptitifcan publishes tb?' fol lowing : St. Louis, August 10. Ha*, "?ig Keen various reports ad to tho names and number of thoso officers <? tho Confederate army who west to Morden, ? submit tho following, hav ing been onoof tin? party, and returned to this city yesterday, from Monterey. Qenerol Magrudcr, upon whoso stiff I was ?'hen tho war closed, determined to take his parole and join his family in Europe. With this view hi \v? tit to Qatveston with his .staff, June Oth, Where In met President Jbhnson'H proclamation; and being | exempted from the. amnesty, from having been s graduate of West Point, hoot onco dotcruiined to leave the country by tho way of Mexico. We left Houston on tho IIUi on horseback, having with us j three pack mules, and reached Kar. Antonio on the t 18th, where wo met General Shelby with a force of about three hundred men; .iIho Generals E. K. j .Smith, Price, WilcOX of Mississippi, llaws. Frank Gordon, Jaekman, Governors Allen and Moore, of] Louisiana, and Governor Hurrah, of Texas. The ? whole party left Kan Antonio on the '20th, and truv cled without interruption, reaching Eagle Pass on the 2.3tb, We wore treated civilly, yet were closely watched by tho Liberal party, who wore in posses sion of Piedras Negras. From here wc pushed on rapidly to Monterey. Some of the party report having been ??topped by robbers, though I'saw none. We reached Monterey, July 2, and found the place occupied by the French, one thousand strong; the liberal (general having fallen back upon uonelova with uve thousand meu. He was in possession of one of the strongest passes in the mountains, and mado every preparation for a fight, but, upon tho approach of tue French, he fled rapidly to Monclova. Tho French treated us with great kindness, and they seem to look upon their trip to the mountains as a summer excursion. Thoy keep no pickets nor guard in the city. Evorv other night tho great band plays in tho Plaza till midnight, where all Monterey assembles and en joys itself. The odd nights the theatre Is opened and again all Monterey is present. At Monterey we found General Preston, of Ken tucky; General Hindman, General Hardimau, of Texas; T. C. Reynolds, of Missouri; Colonel Broad well, of the Cotton Bureau; besides many colonels and officers of leaser note. At this placo the party dissolved. General Smith went to Havana, General Magrudcr to Germany, where his family is; Gene ral Prico to Rio, all" bv tho way of the city of Mexico, as the roads to Tampico and the Matamo ras were in the possession of robbors. Besides there is a weekly tine of steamers from Vera Cruz to Liverpool, by way of Havana. Ex-Governor" Trusten Polk left San Antonio on the 25th of Juno, and I hoard of his reaching Eagle Pass iu safety. General John B. Clark, Sr., in company with an ex-Senator from Louisiana, also passed through Han Antonio a few days after Governor Polk. The French admire Shelby vcryriiuch, and were anxious he should join their service. From what I saw, and from what the Duke of Ecklenghcn told me. I think Shelby will be offered a Brigadior Generoi's command, _ if he will accept it. Thcy allow enlistments for one year and upwards, iii the cavalry, and givo them fifty dollara per month. Goods were high in Monterey, owing to the blockade of tho ioada, and at Matamoras " dirt cheap." Finn boots were five dollars, and cloth ing for anything you would give. I reached Mata moras on* the 15th, after a four days' trip from Monterey, in the stage, after having been robbed three times and captured by Cortinas within fif teen miles of Matamora'B. I seo l?a force was set down at six hundred?he had just eighty men in tue fight with Lopez. I should think t?icre wore about eight hundred Con federates, . officers and men, in Monterey, when I left, and I have heard of several parties going in since. Python. -... - About Pardons, [From the Washington Chronicle] A very strange doubt or misconception oxwts in regard to the effect of the President a pardon upon the property rights of the party pardoned. The language of the proclamation seems to be as ex plicit as possible on thij point. It is as follows : "To the end, therefore, that the authority of the Government of the United States may be restored, and that peace, order and freedom may bo estab lished, I Andrew Johnson, President of "the United Htatea, do proclaim and declare that I herebv grant to all persons who have, directly or indirectly, par ticipated in the existing rebellion, except as here inafter exeepted, amnesty and pardon, with resto ration of all rights of property, except as to slaves, and except in cases where legal proceedings, linder, the laws of the United States providing for confiscation of property of persons engaged in re bellion, have beuu instituted ; but upon the condi tion, noverthclesa, that every auch person shall take and subscribe the following oath, ?Vc. Tliia is the general pardon, which tens of thou sands have token. The following is the tenor of the Bpecial pardons, granted in conformity with the same proclamation, under the bat of excep tions, viz : That I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United gtatss of America, in consideration of tho premises, di vers oilier good and eufneient reasons ine thereunto moving, do hereby grant to the said-a full par don and amnesty for all offences liy him committed, arisiiiL' from participation, direct or implied, in the Huid rebellion, conditioned as follows, viz: this pardon to begin and take elleot from the day on which the said -bU:iU take the oath prescribed in tho Proclama tion of the President, dated May 20, 1805, and to be void and of no effect if the said-shall hereafter, at any time acquire any property whatovcr, In. ?laves, or makb use of slave labor, and that he first pay all coats which wfl>> hare fleerit?! tn any proceedings hitherto insti tuted against ?tit person or property. These pardons, special and gonoraL are granted in -conformity with a clause of tho Confiscation Act itself, approved July 17,18(32, ana entitled "An Act to suppress insurrection, to punish treasoir^and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes." Tho clause is as follows : fir.c. 13. And be it further enacted. That the President is hereby authorized, at any time hereafter, by procla mation, to extend to persons who may have participated in tho existing rebellion, in any State or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions and at such time and on such conditions as he may deem expedient fur the public welfare. It thus appears that tho President has the au thority of Congress for granting amnesty and par don for all offences against the united States com mitted during the late rebellion, and that ho haa exorcisod the power thus conferred by restoring all property rights to the parties, even whore legal proceedings had been instituted, but not consum mated. San bonilngo. PROPOSAI. TO CEDE THE ISLAND TO HN'llI.AXD. [From flte Paris Patrie of August 3.] A serious event has occurred at San Domingo. After the signing of tho treaty between the pro visional government and the general commanding the Spanish forces, the Houso of Representatives was convened, and at tho second days session Mr. George Henneken, the Vico-Prcsidont of tho pro visional government, an Englishman by birth, al though resident here for over twenty years, put a motion proposing to transfor the island to Eng land. Tho proposal was taken into consideration and a committee of threo membors appointed to examine and report upon the motion. We believe that the English government has had nothing to do with tho project, and that Bugland never dreamed of taking possession of the Domin ican territory recently evacuated by Spain; but wo cannot refrain from remarking that Mr. Hood. formerly her Britannic Majesty s Consul-Gonorai at San Domingo, whero he mado himself public by preaching annexation to England, has rocontly boon reappointed to his old position. Stephens Ann Reagan at Foot Wabuen.?Tho Boston Traveler of a late date says: Thero are now but five prisoners at Fort War ren. Vico-Prcsidont Stophons for tho last ten days has been released from closo confinement, and is permitted to walk wherever he pleases in the fort between reveille and retreat, and ovon ascend tho ramparts. Ho is always unguarded, and seems to appreciate his relief from his dungeon. Another prisoner is Mr. Reagan, tho lato Con federate Postmaster-Goneral. A third is Charles Cheshire, formorly ono of tho Supervisors of Brook lyn, N. Y., who is in closo imprisonment for frauds perpetrated in fcho recruiting department, his sen tence being six months' imprisonment and fine of twenty thousand dollars. His coll is so situated that he can seo from his window tho whole intorior of tho fort, and ho was recognized by acquaintances of tho Seventy-first. A fourth prisoner is a British captain, a hlockado i uiuier; and a fifth party who refused to tako the oath of allogianoo. Reagan is allowed to take an hour'a WftU? CftvU day, attended, by a guard, . <..' i'o. ] :;. ' OBITCAIiY. H -Muni lia-: weeping .-itVvt:-?-: j...\i.-l i.v'l il- i- .!. .-i.f pin intlvu surrt?w ,trt?ru subject r-iiii.-r ol' lanuiiitatlvtt than llio?l?MtiiK?'(>f M:.~. l'.viri i, i..v:!:?*t.t. *JI??? nstminliti' Indi ?an (in rcn-.t ol thn ' '< I-aao liAHUKTT, .'im!. ?ike luT honored SpiMUM',i i liniOvI ?'liai I? >. : ni as fur birth ;'?;i"'-, and clung u> it ? |K.f|*lo ai"l ?t? a?*? sociaUons ?vitli fllinl fomhicss. A : ?ajourner fur several yssm in IheHlyirf Mauitmal. < ' nada, nli<- was I In nc?-. on tl?-- IStli ) August, ??i Iwretl ;-. Ui.it r.vl which ivn:..ii.' th ;..; 1'. < ' : !? of ?ml. Tito yearn of her < atthly pilori u, < ? re prolmi:<t ?I t<? ;!.:i!'-Ki:<ir<' ?iu?l live, and scrv?"? li?inilly lo develo pa rtrii'-ture of chnr.ict"i- n;;s ?k!\ in llii- Hiilld clciui-nld ?out of which i? was wrought, and rich i--. tiiogarniturt* <-f f?i-.>'<H Hiul <-:.?-?'ll--ii?-i. s* by which it as sdornvd. More thoti thirty yearn have pa ! nway sine.- he\" Itnart '.vas stiii-Ucu i.y U.>- sum'? : :-..'. i .' i njnun! tie*, an?V. hi!-' found herself :i ?one m Mow, cnlniat?*?] with tin- mir-? Into of two children.uudiT rlrciuu (iiiicch. peculiarly try-? !?; ?.ml nOlii-tivc. How u.il.ly ?lid .;.. n?e up l?> tin- lull,* measure <>f her allotted trust! Ittiw generously anil Ki'ir^weriflclii'dy til?! abc merge-' nil cotistucntluns upiH-rtaitiini; !? ? > own IndivMuullty in the lolly ami putifyiiiu puipuM' of Miimtudcriiig ??It the rich endowments ?Uli which ?; nl lud gift? ?I hit-, a* a wUUna offering on t u.> altar of h?>r ?liildrcu's welntrel Alas! the Ik-.iiI ol Hi'-ilwul ! m .thir mum destined to Moed nfresh. A ?"", the loveliness of wlios?' nature ?li-.-.v lilm eloKO to the heart? ot all with whom bo cania Into association, sank by sl<>v,- ?nil wasting disenso into Oiq sleep of ?loath! till! bow iiiucli of rich promise in all (ho opening beauty of manhood was rurtaincd over forever in tho grava of this darling non! Agonising an was this added blow In Die heart of Urs. BARKETT, it lint served to ?'?luce Ibu fullness of that graoc <>i" fortitude which bad trsnnfuH???j itself Uu-oukU her whole character. With exemplary ?levotrdness, siu> fourni renew?*! strength in tin- discharge of her ?liiti?"<to tho yet living etaiiuauU uixin her affection. A daughter, loin; an?l still an invalid, evoked the rich treasures of hci* maternal love, ami repaid in that mother's heart, in un stint"d mea?! i re. tin; pricr^?tri tribute of a daughter's] gratitude au?l affection, ivi-ply impressive, ton. upon the hearts of ?11 privileged to bu witnesses, were tin? more than filial interest und uuselttsh solicitude with which her son-in-law, the lies-. UcsTAVtia Poznanski. ministered in offices as gentle hk tln-y ?ere unceasing t?> our departed friend. Nor were her Interests and cures ?-ircuniscrihctl by ln%r own immediate offspring. Her heart was capaeiou? enough to ombraco withlu its ??lasest folds other loved, ones, wlio still live to bear witness to the pious assiduity anil tender vigilance whleh are even now giving a return iu fruits full of BOlncc anil eucouragciuciit. Two grandsons in Europe, already distinguished bc youd their years by the eminence they have attained in muateal culture, while they will hear, with saddened lieartH. the tidings of their ualoved relative's demise, will alHo raise (heir tbtUlksgivhias to Heaven for that more than maternal ffllldnnce which so faithfully tended their stem, and fitted them for usefulness and distinction iu (heir day und pe?era!ion. Throughout lit?- hIv? Itorc'ou the labh-tfl of her heart (ho imiipes. an ever present, of her dear children and praud-children. Amid (he sufloringa of a disease pain ful und protracted, kIic ever mingled, in her most fervid ejaculations to Heaven, (he aspirations of her heart for their welfare; andas if iu attestation that her supplica tions were not unblessed, on the fifteenth anniversar; of her eon's death she passed from earth to heaven. Rent, departed shade! Thy ?lut,es aro doue; thy re ward is before thee ! Sorrowing affection will oft recall thy many virtue?, and from unprompted lips wiU spring the exclamation? "Truly, (hin was a Mother in Israel." * A. FENIAN DROTIIEItllOOD. "\rOU AREEARNESTLV INVITliD TO ATTEND THE X Monthly Meeting of your Society, at the palmetto Enplno House, Auson-street, on (he 27th inst. at lialf paB( Four o'clock, P. M. R. J. FURhONO, Augustj?o _ 2* Acting Secretary. lOI'MtTM-.llSIHI'. TltrE, THE URDERSIONED, HAVE THIS DAT V V formed a Copartnership under the style of VAN TAMSEL & WOOD, for the purpose of carrying on th?s CARPENTERIM' AND HOLSIMIUILDINO BUSINESS. Wo wiU also coulract for MASONRY WORK. Onters left at No. 42 WcutworUi-slrect, or with Capt. Musson, ai Military Hall, wiU be promptly attended to. August 20 2 YA? TAS8BL k WOOD. "?irAETED, A SITUATION, BY A 17IUST V> CLASS SHIl'l'ING CLEKK. AiUlrcBs A. K. W.t roatofHee. :i* Anglist 25 WANTED TO BUT, A FIRST CLASS BUG?Y H<)RSE, from 6 to 9 years old, good sizo anil stylo, warranted sound in every respect. Ai?i>ly to Mr. KEGLER, No. 235 K?iR-streot, corner of lieaufain street, between lO A. M. and 2 P. M. August 18 1 PRIVATE HOARDING, CORNER OF KINO and Trudd-streeta. Day boarders taken. August M ELECTION NOTICE. IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROCLAMATION OF his Excellency, BEFJAMIN F. PERRY. Provisional Governor of the Sta(e of Smith Carolina, dated the 20U?. day of July, iu (he y?'ar of our Lord eighteen hundred anil sixly-Ove, wherein It is proclaimed, declared ana made known, "thai (he Manager* of Election through out (he State of South Carolina will hold an Election for Members of a STATE CONVENTION, at their respectiva Precincts, on tho FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER. NEXT, according to tho laws of South Carolina iu force before the secession of the Staie, and that each Election District in the Slate shall elect an many Mem bers of the Convention as the said District has Members of (he House of Representatives? (he basis of represen tation being population and taxation." Under the above Proclamation, the polls will be openeil on the said first Monday in September next, between the hours of 9 A. M., and 4 P. M. ; after which tho volos wiU be counted, and the election declared for the election of twenty Dele gates to said Convention; at tho follovrlng places, to wit ! Ward No. 1?at the City Hall; Ward No. 2?at tho Court House: Ward No. ??First Poll, at the Market; Ward No. S?Second Poll, Palmetto Engine House, An son-strcct; Ward No. 4?First Poll, Hope Fire Engine House, Archdale-strcet; Ward No. 4?Second Poll, En glue Houao. corner of George and College-streets; Wart! No. 5?EagleEngino House, Meettng-Btroet; Ward No. 0?Washington Engine House, Vanderhorst-strect; Ward No. 7?Engino House, Columbns-strcct; Ward No. 8? Marion Engino House, Cannon-street. No person ?inahticd to vote shall be permitted to voto in more than one election district, and the Managers will adpilnistcr to every person or persons offering to vote the fowbwing oath: "I do solemnly uwcar (or allinn, as the case may be) that I hsve not at this election for members of tue Convention voted In this or any other District, and that I am constitutionally qualified to vote." In addition to this oath tho voter roust show that he has taken tho Amnesty Oath, as prescribed by President Johnson in his Proclamation of the 29th Slay, A. D., 1865. s"nt,;;!;i such person offering to voto come within any of, tho exceptions' in tho said Amnesty Proclamation, ho must previously liavo received ? epoeial pardon berore ho can vote. The Act altering the 4th section of the Constitution of the Sta(o of South Carolina is as follows, to wit : " Every free white niau of the age of 21 years (paupers and non commissioned officers and privates of the army of the Uuited States excepted), being a citizen of this State. and having reside?! therein two years previous to the ?lav of election, and who has a freehold of fifty acres of laud or a town loi, of which ho has been legally seized und possessed at least six months before such election; or not hoving any such freehold or town lot, hath been resident hi tho 'Election District in which he offers to give his vote, before the election six months, shall have o right to vote in the Election District In which he holcls such property or residence." The two years' residence required by*tho Constitution in a voter, arc the two years immediately previous to tho election ; and tho six months' residenco in tho Election District are tho six: months lnunctJUatcly previous to tho election; but if any person has hie homo iu the State, ho docs not loso thu . right of residence by temporary absence with the inten tion of returning ; and if he has his homo in tho Election Dlshict, his right to vote is not impaired by a temporary absence with the intention of returning; but if on? has his home and his family in auoUior State, tho presence of such person, although continued for two years in the? State, gives no right to vote. Managers. WASP no. 1?cur IIAIX. CHARLES LOVE. H. WAnD. I C. WILLI MAN. W. SCHRODER. ? 2?court nousK. NO . WH 1TNEY. A. 3. T. A. W.MII? NO. 3, riRST imi,?MAKKKT. BURKE. I JOHN D. MILLER. THOMAS P. O'NEILL. WARS NO 3, SECOND POLL?PALMETTO KI.'OINF. UOUfm. JAMES GILLILAN?. I P. P. LOCKE. C. T. ROGERS. WAnD NO. 4, FIRST POLL?HOPE ENOINE ROUSE. T. ALLASON. I H, M. BRUNS. ROBERT E. BROWN, WARP MO. 4, SECOND POLL?ENOINE HOUSE, CORNKBl OEOnOB AND COLLK0E-8TXEKTB. JAME8 L. PATTERSON. I L. V. MARTIN. J. LAMB B?I8T. WARD NO. 5?KAC?LE KNOINB HOUSE. JOHN MOFFETT. I PETER OUEBRY. B. 8. K. CHRIETZBERO. WASD NO. d?WABHINOTON ENOME BOUSE. 8. HACKER. I 3. LAD80N WEBB. M. T. BABTLETT. WARD NO. 7? ENOINB HOUSE, OOLUMBUB-BTUEET. C. THABIN. I JOHN 8YMME8. ROBERT TEASDAIiB. WABU NO. S? MARION KNOINE BOOBS. . T. ALDERSON. I W. P. RUSSELL. JOHN BURNS. August 3d J! I? G B. : li. y?. SPKATT, OmCE OYEB it'KAY * CAMfflELI., HAfWr^BTBEEX, NEXT BOOB TO POST-OFFICE. ATTORNEY AT LAW, He wlli act as Agent In procuring PARDONS ao,d *> . jnsttngOi?AtM^9B^nasTu^iPoj??rtiapat,. , r ,. AT*?W ' - -'