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* . ? _* COLUMBIA. Wednesday Morning, Opt. 4,1865. i Amnesty* The publication of the President's proclamation, containing as it cfid a series of exceptions, which embraced many thousands of the best and least obnoxious, aa .of the most violent and disloyal of the Southern people, ex? cited in the minds of the entire South the most painful a?d gloomy appre hensionf. Men cast about them, to find . on every hand their dearest friends, their most trusted neighbors, the best of their several communities as men and citizens, formally exclud? ed from thc benefits of an official tender of clemency which was looked forward to, in the hours of its first announcement, as the harbinger of the return of ' -that era of good feel? ing" which was to obliterate all traces of recent strife, and extend to all the freedom and prosperity, as well as the power and protection, which we be? lieve to be tlie result of American liberty. . . . Not the least unfortunate result of these exceptions was the tendency it had to confirm the fear that tl ie assas? sination of Mr. Lincoln iras a direct injury to the South.; inasmuch as it substituted a loss merciful and liberad man and officer in his stead. Fortunately for all parties, the pro? gress of events has contradicted and corrected all these errors. Tho Pre? sident Kas^adhercd rigidly to the re. quirements of his proclamation, whereby a personal and special appli? cation is demanded at thc hands of every individual in tin1 excepted classes. Ho has cheerfully accepted the immense labor which tho consi? deration of this great mass of appli . cations involves, and he has judged them with a patient care and a patri? otic fidelity that do him infinite credit. Nor has he been wanting in that largo, comprehensive and catholic spirit, which can turn io the b<?st ac? count, for his country and ours, the - discharge of a duty apparently of so pvurclv personal a nature. The President has, during the bast five months, held official or personal communication with ten thousand ol the representative men of the South -^of all shades of opinion, of all varieties of position, of all characters and calhngs. He has learned thc South ?rom her own "people. He lias acquainted himself with her losses. . her feelings, her interests and hei resolutions. He has fortified himsol: with, ftc! s which have enabled him t< rate at their true value the falsehood: and fallacies of the correspondent; and editors, who have so persistently maligned us, and he is probably to day tho best informed man in th Union of the actual situation of ai fairs in the country at largo. All this is" thc direct result of ? feature in his proclamation wilie! filled the entire South at first wit alarm. At the same time, all no' see that this wide margin of exceptio was not designed, and is not availe of by the President to oppress or pe: secute the Southern people. So far, the President has re-fusel pardon to no man, not undercharge who has make even a respectai) show of claim to the interposition) > his clemency, while he has again ai again granted the favor to men wi were thought to have forfeited : right to the indulgence by virtue their origina! hostility to tho Unio In tome cases, moreover, t as chance to know, says the Petersbu Index, he has resisted the mc strenuous efforts of private interc or political malice, exerted to thwf him?in his evident purpose to hast the full return of peace and trust t people with their Government. FATAL ACCIDENT.-On Wednesc * of last week, Mr. B. F. Madden worthy citizen of Pickens, was ac dentally shot by a gun in his o hands. ' He survived but a few hoi . Important Circulas-. The following (?rcular has been issued from the Treasury Depart? ment : TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Sept. 15, 1865. The circular of the 1st inst., rela? tive to the shipment of guns and am? munition into States heretofore de? clared in insurrection, i's hereby so far modified that you will hereafter grant permits, without any reference to this# department, for the shipment of sporting (runs and ammunition there in any reasonable amount, and also blasting powder for mining pur? poses. X?u will make weekly returns, on the last day of cadi week, of the sev? eral applications granted hy you, showing thc names and resiliences of consignors and cons?gneos, tho j amount .'md character of the powder, i shot and lead shipped, which mus' be stated in pounds, and not kegs, j bags, or casks. It is designed that j those shipments shall, in no case cx I ceed what may, in your .judgment, ? be necessary to meet the ordinary I wants of the country. All other ap j x'Heations you will refuse. "With great respect, . H. MCCULLOUGH, Secretary ot* Treasury. I -o Soutla Carolina C'onr.-vcitco. j Tb.3 ' South Carolin:'. Conference I will convene in the city'of Charlotte : on the 1st ?."lay ol' November. Bishop j Pierce will preside. Those who expect to accommod?t* tho members of Conference may expect them to arrive in the city from the 28th October until the 31st Candidates for Hie Ministry, and Local Candidates for Orders, must please inform me of their intention to C?>nae, or homes will not be provided for them. Those who come in private conveyances will call at the Parson? age and will there be assigned to theil homes. Those who come by the cart will be met by one of tho Committee of Arrangements. It will be difficuH to secure homes for ministers' fami? lies. Tiley had better ascertain before they come that? accommodation can be had, as the pressure for accommo? dation* in ibo city is now equal t< tho provision. A hint to the wise h sufficient. . JAS. STACY. CHAKIIOTTE, N, C., Oct. 2, 1865. BITTING NEGROES.-A highly speen lative individual, in Petersburg, i: buying negroes upon the chance thu' the United States Government wil hereafter pay for all tire slaves eman cipated-by the residt of the late war He offers 810 in gold for the right o property in each negro, and the Pe tersburg Index learns that in som cases where he had effected purchase he had actually paid the monej The Richmond Times hopes the geu tlenian has a large amount of golc and that he will not confine his opt rations to Petersburg. THE FEXIANS, Ac-The New Yor correspondent of a Philadelphia pape gives what he professes to be rehab! evidences of the reality e>f theFenia movement : * Fact 1st. That negotiations ai peneliug for tho purchase of eigl ocean steanie'rs. each warranted 1 carry 1,000 men, with the certain! almost that the purchase will be mac before the 1st of October. Fact 2d. Thatjthere have been in meuse purchases of arms from ti Government by parties who are su; posed to be identified with tl Fenians, within thc, past fortnigto and that propositions for further pu , chases ure now under eonsideratio Fact 3d. That one of the bank no . companies of this city are now e \ gaged in engraving bonds for tho ne ; Irish Republic, lt matters not w] are their employee, but I have i j doubt the British v. onsnl and Iiis : j taches know all a''out it. I .---HM- ' - 1 USEFUL DISCOVERIES.- Two Fren j discoveries of merit have been recoi i ed lately. One which is anthon t. : enables copper smelters to utili their pestiferous smoke so period that Mr. Vivian, head of the .groat? j firmin Swansea, says he shall be al to turn out 1,000 tons of sulphu acid pen* week, restoring incidenta many thousand aeres of land to cul vation. The other, which is t authentic, is a new mode of tann] in turpentine-said to be su raj that twelve hours will tan a sk at half tbe former cost. That is ge news for shoe-wearer^ and bael n< for the Scotch proprietors, who hi for years been covering their un< \ tumble hills with young oaks, I bark of which they sell to the tann* -B?BMB-r j--a-a-M I United State? district Court. I Judge Underwood heard an argu? ment to-day from Francis L:. Smith, upon application to be admitted to the practice QC law in this court. An Act o? 'Cong?ess requires in suoh cases an oath to bWtajeen that the applicant "has not aided,' &c., the enemies of the United States. Mr. Smith, being unable to take this oath,* submitted the form of an? other, to the effect that he had not, since his pardon, rendered such aid as was specified, and that he would not hereafter do so, "and proceeded to show and to argue as follows : 1st. That he has a full pardon from the President for his past acts. That thc power of the President to grant such pardon is unequivocal and un? limited, except in cases of impeach? ment-that it operates as a restoration to all rights of person and property and that Congress could not override it or abrogate its privileges, it being a prerogative of the "President, con? ferred by the Constitution, and inca? pable of other limitation. He quoted from Bacon, Bishop, Hargrave, und other authorities, showing that "it is now settled that a pardon removes all legal disabilities." and absolves from all, whether "direct or collateral," and that wo. caanot make a particular exception pf this .'disability." He showed that mn were restored by a pardon to righ:s as jurors, witnesses, j guardians, members of Parliament, ' &c. I id. Mr. Smith argued that the act was unconstitutional. {being cc posi \facto in its ntture. lie quoted thc definition of ap?naity, "the suffering I imposed bylaw for an offence," to show that it was a penal statut;'. He argued that test oaths were not con? stitutional, and that the courts had a I right to modi y oaths and irecomnio date them to the Constitution and tin law, and quoted a casi- in 0 Mass, in which it had been so decided and practiced. He maintained that to deprive hin: of the [lower of practicing his profes pion was not a legal or constitutional act, and dosed with a compliment t< thc urbanity of the judge and distric attorney, and the President, whos< conciliatory policy is fast restoring "the happiness and prosperity of th< country. * Judge Underwood expressed a wil lingness to hear further argument which was not offered. He will pro bably give an opinion to-morrow The confiscation cases were proceeder with, and each ease dismissed in turn some on the payment of costs, other without any costs. [Alexandria (Jiizette, 2?(7i. A NATION OF SMALL FARMERS.-Ai intelligent American agriculture writes from abroad concerning th small farms of Saxony : Agriculture is better developed more science ?pplied and better rc suits are obtained in Saxony tha: anywhere I lnve yet visited. I Prussia-that is, in Mecklenburg Mark-Branden>urg, Pomerania, Pc sen and the province of Prussia-th laud is ownci. in large bodies, th estates averaging 2,000 morgens, < about 1,400 acres; but in Saxony, th "tiller of the syd" is the owner of th land; hence tie farms or tracts ur small, for th? population is vcr dense; in fact. Prof. Dr. Kening, th Minister of Agriculture for Saxony told me that, exclusive of forest, thei was just one acre of land for ever individual of the population. Th one acre, then, must produce the foo and clothing for the individual, bi sides produc?^ plants foi commesch purposes. If the land was farmed i it is in the United States, the Saxe must starve; lint, fortunately for hin he believed chat science could lissi him in his agricultural op! ration and he willingly accepted the comise of science and put them into practie There is an agricultural academy ; Tharand, another at Chemmitz, : experimental farm at Ponimritz. a other at Salzmunde, etc. Ti y, schools have accomplished a va amount of good; have mad'.; tl farmers intelligent, and have ina* agricultural operations as systeniai and intelligent as photography. While General Grant was retumii fnpm Indianapolis, at an early ho Saturday morning, ibo switch at t end of the- arve at Guilford had bo turned intentionally, and the car 1 which the General was scated xv thrown from thc track and dragg ' some distance, but no one was injttri ! About the same time the train on t ; Ohio and Mississippi railroad, can j iug ( relierai ?She rman, was also thro' from the track, this side of Lauren* burg, but no person was injured. lt is spited that the Fenian olga: /.ation in the Northern States nu bers 221,000 Is rr AELOWABXIE FOB EX-CONFED? ERATES TO GAIN A LrVELTHOOD?-The Springfield (Massachusetts) Republi? can, an able Republican paper, on this subject, says: If one of this class is appointed* to any office or allowed to be a candidate for any local position in the South, there is a.hue and- cry raised about putting rebels in power. The dissat? isfied do not seem to recognise any validity in the Executive amnesty and pardon,"or at least fail to comprehend that they involve full absolution. So if a man, formerly prominent as a rebel, is placed in any position by the Southern people, it is quoted against them as evidence of their persistence ii rebellion. General Joe Johnston was recently a candidato for the pre? sidency of the Danville Railroad in Virginia, and a majority of stockhold? ers voted for him. bur Governor Pier? pont got tire impression in some way thiit his elect iori would give offence nt Washington, and so intimated to the , stockholders, and the vote of the i State for i*s stock was then given to | Buford, tho other candidate, thus j electing him. Perhaps Buford is the bust niau for the position,?but Gene- j ral Johnston is one of the most omi- 1 nent civil engineers in the country, and* the stockholders voted for him ! because they thought he would pro- j mote the interests of the company. Now, if General Johnston is to be allowed to live, and to support him? self, it is.impossible -to give any good reasons for excluding him from the profession for which he is best fitted. ! Wo neither get indemnity for the past, nor security for the future, by excluding such men from the business : pursuits for which they are .qualified. ! Indeed, the employment of those who j were lately rebel commanders, in i peaceful pursuits, thus giving them a j personal interest in the tranquility of the country, will manifestly prove: an element in our future security. Gene? ral Johnston has since been elected President of one. of the railroads in Alabama, and it is not treasonable to hope that he will manage it well, and make money for himself and - the company. Theise has been a great deal of stupid rhetoric expended on the fact that General Lee has been made President of Washington Col? lege bi Virginia, and the trustees have been denounced. FREE LABOR IX KENTUCKY.-The Louisville Journal says: More than four months ago, we earnestly advised the slaveholders of Kentucky to cut the gordian' knot of their difficulties, recognize the indis? putable fact that slavery has ceased to be what it once was, by an arrange? ment with the negroes which should partake of the nature and obligations of a binding contract. We thought this would meet and overcome the difficulties in regard to the labor question in the only possible way open for a consummation so desirable. We are exceedingly gratified to know, from the evidence which is constantly reaching us, that this suggestion has been adopted in a great number of j eases, and with most pleasing and beneficial results to whites and blacks. ! One planter in the Southern part of | the State, who was in Louisville the ; other day, took home to his negroes ; sixty dollars apiece as their share in I the crops made on this contract sys-J tem. Another in like manner re- \ turned $140 to each of his hands. In both of these cases, everything worked smoothly, anti no difficulty of a se? rious nature was encountered. These gentlemen received greater profits ! from their farming operations in this I way than they could have done by attempting to hold on to the letter and spirit of the old system, and with far more satisfaction to them and j their laborers. .,- - BISHOP ?ABIJT.-Erom the Epasco pal Meiltodist of Thursday, we clip, the following: Bishop Early has been on a visit of ! several days to our city, exchanging! greetings and salutations with his nu? merous friends, and preaching on last Sabbath at Trinity Church, to a highly delighted congregation. It is a gratification to find him in the enjoyment of very robnat health, and fully prepared for the fall campaign Conferences assigned to him in the pian of Episcopal visitation. Wo eau scarcely, however, suppress the expression of a little surprise that he should have been assigned, by the council of Bishops, to the Arkansas und Wachita Conferences, lying so remote from the Virginia and other Conferences over which he is expect? ed to preside, with so sh ort an interval between thc Conference sessions.' A letter passed through the New York Post Office last week, from San Francisco for Dresden, Prussia, the postage upon which was $1,720.40. "Cotton Blanks'* and pcmits-indispen? sable to all persons purchasing or shipping cotton-can bc obtained at tins office. Messrs. C. N. Averill A Hon. as will bo seen by a notice in another column, have resumed the receiving and foi warding bu? siness in Charleston. This house is one of tho oldest inhibe city. ' DECLINATION.-Col. McMaster returns his thanks .to tba friends who have so kindly presented his name to the voters of Bichland as a candidate for a seat in the .Legislature, and begs most respectfully to decline the. nomination, as paramount duties of a private nature demand his un? divided attention. TUE CAFTCRK ANO DESTRUCTION OY THE CITY OF COLTT?CBIA. S. C.-Originally Pub ished in the Columbia Phouix-Revised find Corrected by the Author.-About the middle of October, the above work will bc issued from thc pros of the Columbia Phaniix-printed with acw type and on line paper. Persons desiring copies arc ?re? quested to give their names as early as possible. Single copies will be furnished at $l.T!>The trade supplied at a discount. NORTHERN: NEWSPAPERS.-To such of our citizens as desire to take a Northern news? paper, wc beg to say t\iat t?tere are three journals of New York which maybocspc cially commended to thc Southern public. Tlc su are the Xi tes, tho Wo'.'ld, and tho Day ?::n:l: These ave all favorable to us, friendly in sympathy, and. in greater or less degree, capable of thc argument in our behalf, la mos: respects.. But tho .Vi " s is especially to be Ammendcd as equally courageous and earnest in our cause, thoroughly inform d in our ease ? and condition, vigorous in thought and bold of speech, and leaving no subject un 1 touched, no argument unuttered which is i essential to our interest, or needful to tho j asst rt ion o'.'our rights. It is equally our j policy a ia! dey to sus::.in the Sews with I all thc pair inage which we can command. ! Se" thc advertisement of the Aetrs in our j columns. NEW-AUTEUTISEMENTS.-Attention is call- , I ed to the following, advertisements, which ; are published for tho first Minn this morn j ?ag: Richard Caldwell-Genteel Furniture. C.S. Jenkins-Brandy, Wine. &e. Speck & Pollock-New Goods. ? Airs. G. II. Cathcart-Booms to Bent, i A. R. Phillips- Small Farm for Sale. C. N. Averil! A- Son-Com. Merchants. ! Lumber, and Asscmblv sts.-To Bent, i T. 15. Crews - Abbeville Banner. Elias Marks-Estray Cow. Benj. Wood-New York News. Regular Communication Richland Lodge. Apply at this Office-Buggies, &e. Henry Skipper-Horse-shoeing, A c. RUMORS CONCEKN?NG MEXICO.-It is currertlyYeported that Gen. Oriego, I who will be the constitutional suc? cessor of President Juarez in a few months, has succeeded in effecting a very large loan for tho republican go? vernment in Mexico, based on the ! security of- confiscated property. It is well known that in S!in Francisco several hundred thousar 1i dollars have recently boen subscril cd, and it is thought here if the loar was properly put liefere thc public, it would gain very largely in amount. Since the rebel loan was negotiated openly, both in Paris and London, neither the French or British Government could object to a Mexican loan being taken in this country. The Mexican Re? publicans want money rather than men. and the friends of the Monroe doctrine would, no doubt, contribute cheerfully to assist them. In this way, mid by this means, tho Emperor Maximilian would very soon find out that ho grasps a barren sceptre, with? out giving our Government any fur? ther trouble. - Washmyton Cor. New .Yorh Hernhl. IMPORTANT ("ASK-MTUTAKT YIELD? ING TO CIVIL LAW.-A correspondent furnishes a report *>f the trial and acquittal of !>. R. Bingham, Benja? min Chamberlain, J??chard G. Wray, E. H. Wray and F. Ii. Bingham, charged with murder in the County of Hickman. These parties were ar? rested and brought hov for trial by thc military authorities, but on appli? cation to Gen. Tliomas by the counsel tor tho accused. (Judge Joseph C. Guild,) the parties were handed over to the civil authorities of Hickman County, to he tried by them. They were charged with thc mnrdcr of Cw1..;'., McGraw, in that County, in 186*2, and the trial took place at Shady Grove, on the 1-lth und 15th of this month, and resulted, alter a patient, investigation, in the acquittal of the accused. The trial elicited gnat interest in Hickman County, and a large number of the citizens wer.- present at the investigation. [Nash riHe Dispatch. Tho "Fenian Sisterhood" of Spring? field, Mass., have been having a ball.