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COLUMBIA. Saturday Morning, Hov. 25,1865. Rr nt omi ion. Tbc "Washington correspondent of tho Hew York World, says that a bill bas been drawn up in Washington, for presentation to Congress on tho first day of thc session, proposing a new scheme of restoration. lt provides for the appointment by the President of a Governor for each State lately in rebellion. Tho Governor so ap ?poiatod is to have tho power of the ap? pointment of all exocutivo and judicial tfiflicers within the State, according to thc laws of thc State in force at the time of his entering into office, except such laws or enactments as may have been passed by a Legislature recognizing, and co operating with, thc so-called Confederate Govern? ment after tho passage of the ordinance of secession in such State. The Governor is further authorized to organize courts in accordance with thc said laws of theState. All bf his proclamations arc to have the ?erne force as the laws. He is to open a registry, where all qualified voters can bc reg?sstered on taking a stringent oath of allegiance. They are then to elect legis? lators, who arc to prepare a constitution, on which Congress is to decide. If adopt? ed by Congress, all military restriction on ?aid State is to be abandoned. Tho World is not a Radical journal, but, on thc contrary, supports thc President's policy of reconstruction. If the above "report of its correspondent bc true, then, indeed, will tho Southern States bc reduced io tko condition of mere territories. The , Southern States (South Carolina being among thc foremost) have accepted tho conditions indicated by Prosidenl Johnson as necessary to their restoration, and we hope, therefore, that the above programme does not receive thc sanction of bia admin? istration, but is merely the speculations of a sensational newspaper writer. The Curcncy?National Debt. 'The premium at which gold now sells for thc currency of the counUv is, as a cotem porary remarks, attributable, in a great -degree, to an idle doubt on the part of thc Vitesses -ef the people that tho national debt will be repudiated and never paid. This doubt is encouraged by designing and artful men who know better, but whe anticipate the realization of immenso for tunes, by speculating on tho currency anc imn/iainir /vn tbf ifrnnrant wl">? the country to pay tho national debt is be yond any doubt, and thai in comparatively .a brief period, when AM consider how Eu xopean Governments have paid theirs If peace prevails., wd tho nation is involve< gbxaii joneign -wur-it will not be, we cr ?sure, .in a dontcstic one-ten years will no ' icxpire before the debt will cease to bo one Tip*o the people. Wealth, populatio: flwulirs'sourcea, not yet, but daily being dc -v?krped, will insure thia. There ia no arce country in. rhe world, and it can. endur tmrrtfiieiif aao other nation can. We loo nipan t?fc? efforts being mado to impair cor %dence in tho national currency as wicke in the extreme. The intelligence of th people, wc trust, will save them from bein further imposed upon by those who prop? gate the idea that the nation's debt will no be paid-thus causing the depreciation < the national currency, and raising th value of every commercial and agricultor! .commodity. "There is at this time a gentleman froi the South-west stopping at thc Charlesto Botel, who informs the Netra that bc ha "made an arrangement at the North forth cultivation of 1,000 acres of cotton land h fifty Swedish laborers. He says that thi jplan is being largely adopted in Tennesse? .Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. II also says that Northern capitalists ar Teddy advancing capital for the purpos of planting on shares; that societies ar formed that furnish labor for a commit wie>n, and that the effect has already bee to advance lands that four months ag could have been easily bought for $20, t $00 an acre. --.<-<-! Telegrams have been received by th President, Gen. Fisk and the Freedmen' Bureau, signed by seven or eight of th leading influential men of Tennessoi which remonstrate against, the anticipate removal of a supervising officer of th above Bureau, now on duty ir that Stat; and the appointment of a civilian of th ?State instead. The telcgra - in qa istio admit tho entire equity . freedmen system as at present admini tered in Tei nesseo, and desire that no change 1 made. Another communication has bec received by tho Bureau fr<>m a prominei citizen of the South, which warmly ei presses the belief that thc labor sys. the South, as now regulated and dircc.. ha? beon thc only safeguard from complet ?worthlessness of negro labor by reason < the sudden relaxation of disciplino an withdrawal of absolute authority to coerc industry among the blacks. The Freedmen. Major-General Howard, Superintendent of tho Freedmen's Isuroeu, returned to Washington on Saturday from his tour of inspection through the Southern States, under instructions from the President, having visited all tho States lately in rebel? lion except Texas and Arkansas. On tho ?whole ho speaks favorably of thc condition of affairs throughout tho South. In somo places the condition of freedmen is such that thc Bureau might bo abolished, while in other sections he regards it as necessary to continue its operations. He will make a report forthwith to the President. General Howard had a protracted inter? view on Saturday, with the President and Secretary of War. Ho will lay before the President in a few days his observations in thc shape of a report, after which tho President will immediately take up and dispose of the question of turning over to thc original owners the property new in possession oi thc negroes of tho South. The Bureau undoubtedly has been of great service in some sections of the South, but we trust that after thc 1st of January next, matters will bo so arranged that its operat ions can be safely dispensod with. Thc Career of thc Shenandoah. LIST OF VESSELS DESTROYED BY TUE PIRATE. Thc pirate Shenandoah has at last ar? rived home, having boen absent since the 8th of October, 1864, during which timo she has beon around the world, sinking, burning, destroying and bonding American vessels. Among her last acts was the de? struction of our North-western coast whal? ing fleot. The Sea King was built at Glasgow, in October, 18G3, and was registered as the Sropcrty of William Wallace, banker, of ondon, and others-her registered ton? nage being seven hundred and ninety tons, her combined power being two hundred harae, her frame work iron and wood plank? ing. On thc. 20th September, 1864, she was transferred by bill of sale to ltichard Wright, ship owner, of Liverpool, who was a very near connection of the rebel finan? cial agent in that town. On tho 30th Sep? tember, P. L. Corbett was endorsed as mas? ter, and on thc 7th October, ltichard Wright executed a certificate of sale to Peter Lu? ther Corbett, the master, empowering him to sell the Sea King at any port out of the United Kingdom, for not less than ?45,000, within six months from date of certificate. She was then entered and cleared in ballast as an ordinary merchant vessel at London for Bombay. In tho meantime, another vessel called the Laurel, and owned by Henry Lafono, of Liverpool, was taking on board all thc necessary armament stores, etc., several rebel officers and a large number of men. On the same day that the Sea King sailed from London for Bombay, the Laurel sail? ed from Liverpool for Nassau. Thc two oy, and there, within Portuguese waters, the armament and men were speedily trans? ferred from the Laurel to thc Sea King, both vessels being still under the Britisk flag. The Sea King was then renamed Shenandoah, hoisted thc rebel flagt and set forth on her piratical cruiso. H?r arm? ament consisted of six guns, vt? : four 68 pounders and two 32-poun<,.ors, with a full crew of British sadors. The first we heard of her after sho left Madeira, was that she ! had destroyed a few vessels in tho neigh? borhood of the Island of St. Helena. Her next performance w?s to double the Cape i of Good Hope and cruiso around in the > B?v of Bengal and tho Straits of Sundy. . She next made her appearance in the port of Melbourne, Australia, and was coaled, ' provisioned, and recoivod a reinforcement 1 ef men, strictly in accordance with British ; neutrality. After remaining there for some time sho started anew on her career of de > vastation. The next wo hear of the pirate - is that she is in tho Arctic Ocean, eaptur ; ing, destroying, and bonding the vessels . composing our whaling fleet. From the beginning of April to the end of June she . destroyed and bonded twenty-nine vessels, 1 thus entirely breaking up thc whaling sea? son in that quarter. We append a list ol vessels destroyed or bonded by the pirate in the Arctic : ' 1 'easels. Belonging to. Date of cap. i Bark Ed. Carey. . .San Francisco, April 1. j Bark Harvest . . Honolulu, April 1. Bark Pearl.New London, April 1. Ship Hector.New Bedford, April 1. ' Bark Abigail.New Bedford, May 27. i Ship Euphrates. .New Bedford, May 21. Ship W. Thompson, New Bedford, June 22. ' Bark Jirah Swift,. New Bedford, June 23. Ship S. Thornton, New Bedford, June 23. : Bark S. Abigail.. .New London, Juno 23. . Ship On. Williams, San Francisco, June 25. Bark N imrod .New Bedford, Juno 25. Bark Wm. C. Nye. .New Bedford, June 26. . Bark Catherine. . . .New Bedford, June 20. ! Bark Gipser.New Bedford. June 20. Bark Isabella.New Bedford, June 27. ' Ship Kilman.New Bedford, June 27. 1 Ship J. Howland. ..New Bedford, June 28. Ship Nassau.New Bedford, June 28. Bark Brunswick. . .New Bedford, Jnne 28. Bark Waverley... .New Bedford, June 28. Bark Martha '.New Bedford, Juno 28. 1 Bark Congress .. .New Bedford, June 2?. . Bark Favorite.Fair Haven, Juno 28. Bark Covington.. .Warren, June 28. [ Ship Milo..New Bedford, June 2S. Bal k (len. Pike,.. .New Bedford, June 22. ; Bark bile.Now Bedford, Juno 27. Bark Jas. Maury New Bedford, June 28. . [Naval Reporter. i ( Advices from New Orleans, of tho 5th, state tliat there is unusual activity among ? military circles in that city. Since the re ? ception of the recent despatches from thc , Kio Grande, mysterious orders have been issued and the sale of boats prohibited, and thoso on hand are being placed on a war footing. The sale of all transporta f tion and supplies has ceased. The l?t, 4th, and Rtli regiments of cavalry have been ordered to embark for Indianola, and ' report for duty at San Antonia, to General ? I Oerritt. Tho dismounted colored cavalry at Now Orleans are also destined for the same place. General Forsythe, General 1 Sheridan's chief of staff, has gone to Brazos. Caw? of W?r Against EtiRlaud-A Rod in Piela? for Her ?nd France. We puclish w-??/ some new and very important disclosures relative to the complicity of British officials in the departure of the rebel corsair Alabama from British -waters on her errand of piracy ' and devastation against American commerce. From these developments-and as they are based upon official data furnished by governmental authority we must place confidence in their reliability-one hitherto controverted point is made clear-that is. the Government of Great Britain is shown to bo entirely responsible for the departure of the vessel in question; and, as that re? sponsibility involves a perfected case of violation |of neutrality, thc power that sanctioned or connived at it must be held for indemnification, even to the extremity of war. We now have a cause for war with England which we can make usc of at any time. Wc hold the wage of battle, which we can throw down whenever it suits us best to do so. Besides this clear case which is made our. against England on authority furnished by herself, we have also other causes of complaint which can be urged against her when we deem proper; or we can reciprocate by giv? ing her like for like, tit for tat. As she recognized the Slave States as belligerents during the rebellion, so can we turn the tables against her by recognizing the Fenians as belliger? ents; and as she winked at the equip? ment and departure from British waters of the Alabama as a rebel cruiser, so can wc wink at the depar? ture Xrorn the waters of _the St. Law? rence' of a Shenandoah as a Fenian cruiser. England has made the issue, and the United States will meet it triumphantly at the proper time. It is the same with France, which joined hands with England in recog? nizing the Slave States as belliget enta, as regards Mexico. Betwecsr the parties fighting in Mexico, tht United States Government has reeog nized but one-the liberals or repub heans-as the de facto govommont o: the country. |Our Government know; nothing officially of the existence o Maximilian as Emperor of Mexico Napoleon might as weil, for all ou Government officially knows to th contrary, have sent a Parisian thiel taker across the Atlantic and place' him with his bj*vj^et&jmQ2u&is,;l? to have sent the German prince wh now occupies it. Hence, recognizin the republican leader Juarez as th head of the legitimate Government c \ Mexico, all the United States have t do to get quits with Napoleon for hi encouragement of the rebel cause an his defiance of the American doctrin \ of Monroe, is to recognize the repnl heans of Mexico as belligerents withi the intent and meaning held by bot ' England and France. By that ru] 1 privateers can leave our ports to caj tur? .and destrpy French merchar ships wherever found, under authorit of letters of marque issned by th \ President of Mexico. Why this hi not been done already may by som 1 be attributed to the want of pluck o tho part of the liberals in Mexic< But this is not the case. It is cause i by the lack of pecuniary means. Bi even now, in a respectable quarter < ; the city of New York, are responsibl ; financial parties receiving moneys i aid of the liberal cause in Mexic; which may be used either in fittin out privateers or in any other mannt calculated to attain the object in viev It may not be many weeks before w hear of Mexican privateers hoverin near the French coast, just as we ha^ recently heard of Fenian privateei hovering near the English coast. But it is not thc policy of the Unite States to quarrel just at this time wit any foreign power. We do uot wai to go to war now. It is our be course to keep quiet for the presen Lot us devote ourselves to the labt of reconciling the whole country, t restoring domestic tranquility, to a< I justing financial and other importai ' home questions, for :i little while. Meanwhile we can let England an I France know that they cannot qua I rel with us nor go to war with an I other power with impunity. W hold them both by the throat. At solitary signal, ten lines of a proel; mation from the President of tl; United States, or five lines of a res( lution in Congress, wo can, withoi going to war ourselves, make tl Atlantic ocean swarm with Mexica and Fenian privateers, that will swee their commerce from its surface lik an East India simoom. All that v? require of England and France no is to keep civil and step up to tb captain's office and settle. Otherwis we assure them that our causes c quarrel with them will keep, like barrel of mackerel well salted, unt the proper dav of reckoning sha 1 arrive.-New York Herald. The Northern radical presa have been commenting pretty freely and abusively on thc mm ar that Ga Hampton tras elected Governor of South Carolina, and winch they, as "they do with most ramon*, pub? lish as ?-facti He was not, nor did he wish to bc, and published a caird of declination as soon as he found the people of the Palmetto State were going to vote for him. Mr. Orr, one of thc- best and ablest mon ilk the State, was clceted by a small majority. Those impetuous- South Caro? linians-could not restrain their admiration for "Wade Hampton, the Murat of the Southern chivalry-with Murat's dash- and courage, but with far more- hoad. Cer? tainly, Wado Hampton, asa soldier andas a gentleman, must have challenged-the ad? miration of all, both North and-South-ho never could' havr bad an enemy.- Loaviog out Jackson and Lee, and Johnston and Cleburne, we doubt if there; waa another soldier in the Southern army like him. He wa? placed late at t he head of the Con? federate* cavalry. As a successoi-of M-arioa and Sumter, South Carolina-thc United States-may he proud of bins:, for sucit courage, ?ich chivalry and nobleness ot heart aa Wade Hampton haa>belongs- hi common tn the country. A family for organization, a power of in spiting confi? dence, a remarkable coolness and nww in battle, only equalled by sonic bri?li*n?t billiard-player, playing for tlia o.hampiou ship, mark the most splendid, cavalry leader and finest gentleman we-ever saw. The Augusta (Georgia) Transcript thus eloquently and truthfully ai<jaks of him, in connection with the report that he had. been elected Governor ancV tho-abuse- of him by the Northern radical press: "Now, as to the fire-eating; propensities,. Jfcc, off tho General, here arc tho facts: He waa amongst tho last to sustain <>*-ad vocat* a rupture with thc r-bderal Govswn ment^but one of the first -(?.take thc field ; when that fact was accomplished. HA-was ? aruoegst the laat to lay down his. asms, and one of tho first-if nat the firs*- dis? tinguished Southern officer- to ape?-k the nora of reconciliation au.Kpe.ace, when the Southern armies and pe?ple acknowledged a. tic feat. Thia is his record,, and a. pcootler has no man."?-liic&nwtvL T?lau*. Lrar^RT ron NEonOflBk:-Wc leam, ibas a i,Sbrary of 2,000 volumes haa been pur < chased by direction o? Brigadies-G-eneral ? Hill, commanding t bm-district., fcw.tue U6e I of tho free colored, schools ot this city. ! These schools are under-the coot roi of the Freedmen's Burean? with Mr. Shoemaker as superintendent-. The Ubnury ia appro? priated to the exefingive uso uC the negroes, and remains in ibo hands o? tho supcrin j tendent. Its citit was $266? which amount was, we. aro hafSormed, drawn from "the civil fund of thc city of Lynchburg." We do not know khe nature of this fund, but presume it was, raised bv means of fines at the provost marshal's office. [LyacJiburg IteprMican. G?NERAI, GRAST OX THE MEXICAN- QUES of General Grant's 'brief speech*' on tho Mexican question, in New York, last week, was omitted in the published reports. In waa one "of the few topics onwEich^f*1"" lowed himself to speak freely. It is known that the appointment of Genoral Logan to Die Mexican mission was made upon OranCs recommendation, and that in pri? vate conversation in New York he fre-cly expressed himself in tavor of driving tho French from Mexico at the point of the bayonet. LOUISIANA.-A correspondent writing from this State says: The largest esti? mate of the cotton product of Louisiana for thia season which has yet been made, ? is 25,000 balct,, against 620,000 bales in 1860; that of suger, 8,000 hogsheads, against j 4?0,000 in 1360; and 15,000 barrel? of mo I lasses, against 100,000 in 1860. Besides these two great articles, Lonisiona doos not produce as much as she consumes, except, perhaps, of the article of corn, of which there may bo a surplus, but not an available one, on account of the want and heavy expenses of transportation. j Hon. George W. Julian, republican, ad ! dressed a large audience at Indianapolis, Indiana, on Friday night, taking strong ground for the punishment of rebel lead? ers, thc confiscation of estates of promi? nent rebels, and their apportionment among loyal Southerners of whatever color, and thc oxtonsion to tho Southern negroes of tho right of suffrage. The ministor of an English church, tho pews of winch bring a rental of ?650, an? nounces that he is about to abandon this ! source of income and make all the scats j freo. He M as converted to tho free church system by reading a pamphlet thereon, which has lately attracted much attontion j in England. j A New Orleans firm. Francis Bonvian A j Co., propose to establish a publishing house, from which the productions of native authors may be issued as cheaply and as neatly as can bc done at the North. The first book issued will bc a new edition of the "History of Louisiana," by Charles Gayarre. I The Richmond Enquirer says a company i is organizing with a capital of $5,000,000, tor the purpose of making loans to South I ern planters who need capital to recom ! meneo onerations with. 'I bis is a capital 1 idea, and ns soon as the loans commence : wo ehall go into the planting business j ourselves. The Louisville Journal says that "tho I Hon. John Bell, of Tennessee, is about to j write a letter to the President of the United j States, which will doubtless attract much I attention. Mr. Boll's position and motives ; have been misunderstood, and consequent I ly misrepresented." The Washington Chronicle says that thc j excess of the receipts over the expendi I turcs in thc Post Oflieo Department for the year ending Juno 30, 1865, is moro than $850,000. Never before was so favorable an exhibit made in the Department. A Richmond letter says that the reason of the refusal to rectore tho property of Hon. Henry A. Wise is that ho declines to j take thc oath. General Palmer has been indicted by the grand jury of Louinvillo, for enticing slaves to leave Kentucky. Now England pays an internal revonuo of over $50,000,000 per annum. Massachu? setts handing over $28,789,835. Local Items. CASH_CST tcrrr.5 Tit nr?^^men, a?-" vertising airf'job work aro cmh. Wc hop? all parties wdllyear this in mrbdJ THE BoRN.wn or COLUMBI*^-- Ah inter .ssting account" ol the "Sack said Destruc? tion of the City of Columbia* S. C.," has jnst boen issued, ia pamphlet: Jfcrm, from the Phoenix, stearn power prt*ae. Orders can be filled to-any extent. MEETING OF -air. LKGISLATCISSU- Our Le ? gislators will rc^es?semblc tbi?+*->tihng, at 7 o'clock, and "prepare, cut amA/fry" work for thc regular jaasion, which <;?minonees on Monday next- Tlic House =i? hold its sessions in the t?i?!ehapel, witLaiathe Col lege Campus. Mr. C. H. BaHwia (whoso piiar?-of busi? ness is at, the od'stand of Ailton A Dial, corner Main antT>Washington rsreets,) ad? vertises a fine aHHsetment of a uricles in his hnc. Amongst cb* lot, some--extra fine baiter. Bead ?ii? advertise aseat, then, greenbacks in IJ?U.-.?, give him coll. RuMort-s.-It wes; reported r tu she streets yesterday, that war had boen declared against thc Uruted States :!y Oreat Bri? tain, and that i* consequence*cotton had declined to twsasty. cents is New York. Doubtful. The steamer EL D.' Mortat,, which left i New York for Acksonville,. Florida, some three weeks ??'.ce, is repcvtcti to-day to have fbnndere-.li.in the rt-caat hurricane, at sea, with alE an board. Wc- have rc*aeita!(l frolic Messrs. Town? send it North J- copy of L'Jurpor'H Monthly for December: They ar> agents for this publication, at well as tito- New York Her alfi, Pay Bixrii, Leslie'i^pablioations, thc-: J^edger, New: T?rk WeeiCOf, and the Albion,^, FINE Aprils.-"AIL hands" connectoci' with the. Pttceniir csJeblishmcut returji their ?ince-ra- thanks 1-J> Mr. Rich. O'Bri'in^ (Gervais street, nea:?- Assembly,) for..- a liberal supply of rcaity fine apples; w-jen wo say ficfc,.wo-mear.iit in every sense-in siz;i as well: aa narwr. Mr. B.'s stoca of grocerie6vAc, is ci.?nrplete, and he dosires. a call from all in search of something: good. SuQCaBsnox,-Thc finances of 'J\^ city being tji such a condition as to prevent at pressnb the employment of a sufficient civil police, we would respectfully- suggest to tho commandant of thc yt.-?t, that be dekait a portion of his forco tp- aid thc city authorities in preserving osder and quiet, rw?otnfni?, wo nave nan ty n .?police, and she city was kept in adm??.bte order, and we trust that the present efficient com? mandant will give the. svgj^stion thc con? sideration it deserve*. NEW ADVERTISE*****.-Attention is call? ed to the following advertisements, which are published, this morning for the first time: . Apply at thia Office- Boarding. " " -Hands Wanted. " " " -Horses for Sale. F. H. Elmore-Election of Alderman. ? " -Tax Books to be doaed. C. H. Baldwin-Bacon, Ac. " " - Olive Oil, Ac. Richard O'Brien-Apples. " " -Kerosene Oil, Ao. C. P. Pelham-Resumption of G nallian. Isaac Moise-Godard Brandy. J. J. McCarter-Law Books. J. J. Goodwyn-Rooms Wantod. Courtenay Sc Trenholm-Lost Box. J. G. Gibbes-Spring Wagon. Ac. Laurel Street-Board for Legislators. COMMERCIAL. LIVERPOOL, November 12.-Tho cotton market opened dull and closed firmer, with an advanco of jd. on American for tho week. Foreign cotton is dull, with a decline o? 4@Jd. on Surats for the woek. Orleans middling has advanced ld. EVEXINO.-Sales of cotton to-day 8,000 bales; market less firm; quotations un? changed. Breadstnffs unchanged. Provi? sions firmer. LONDON, November 12.-Consols 89<??894; five-twenties <53?fr?G4. NEW YOKK, November 21.-Flour has de? clined 5e. Wheat has declined l(ft?2c. Corn declined lc. Beef quiet. Pork heavv. Whiskey dull. Cotton quiet-sales 2,000 bales, at 52@53c. Naval stores duli. Freights quiet. Gold 171. Thc Cincinnati Pri?e Current, of a late date, says: There seems to be a very gene? ral determination on the part otpackers to avoid thc risks involved in accumulating stocks of pork, at prosont prices, and unless they can dispose of tlie product from tho block, they refuse to buy. About 5,000 hogs arrived during tho week, but the groat bulk of them are still in thc pens, the owners being greatly disappointed in not being abb; to dispose of them at pay? ing prices; ll@12c. per pound gross, in? cluding the slaughtering; which is one dollar a hoad, is the range of prices paid, and ?13.00rr/:*13.75 net, and about 100 head sold at tho inside rate. ATLANTA, November 18.-The cotton mai ket was very quiet yesterday, and thc transactions were fow. There was a re? luctance both on the part of buyers and sellers. There is not much on tho market, and little coming in. The outsido figures may be placed at from 33?S8c. Ve believe some lots were sold at the latter figures MONTOOMEBT, November 4.-The receipts of cotton in thu city from about tho first of May until the present time, amount, in round numbera, to 25,000 bales,