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COLUMBIA. m Saturday Morning, Nov. 17, 1866. Indictment of a. Perjured Witncn. Jt is really encouraging to know tbut justice is likely to overtake one of the principal conspirators who is alleged to have been used by Judge Advocate Holt in tho infamous plot to connect Jefferson Davis with the a - : -dilation of Lincoln-thc Grand Jury of tho District of Columbia having indicted tho redoubtable San? ford (Jonover {alias Dunbam) for per? jury. As tho New York Herald em? phatically asserts, no ono will regret to see brought to justice such an in? famous character as this n tn, who, if bo was not the concocter of tho hor? rible charges against Mr. Davis, was, at least, the pliant and -willing tool of persons iu a higher sphere, and thc principal agent in tho disgraceful transaction. Wherever tho blame rests for conceiving and working ur this conspiracy against tho lifo uric reputation of the ex-President of th( 1 so-called Confederacy, it is moralh certain that the man Conover did bi; part of the business boldly and uu scrupulously, i i ugh the denouemen proves that he was not quite?as relia ble or as cunning as bis employer supposed. The intimate connection of Judg Holt with this outrage lipon tho cha racter of a defenceless prisoner, whos reputation stauds out in all the linen ruents of perfect virtue, as compare with that.of his traducers, has bee: the subject'of much comment. Th authenticity of his letters to Conovei which aro iu possession of the edite of the Herald, was at first denied b Judge Holt, but, upon comparing hi note of denial with tho letters t Conover, tho hand-writing is foun to be marvellously similar. Siuc this fact bas been made public, n attempt bas been made to deny tl paternity of tho Holt-Conover letter This man Conover, tho Dispah thinks, was in Richmond during tl war-a ich ?lom resident of the wei kuown Libby. Ho is the man, v believe, who wrote, upon bis retui to the North, a loug letter, of son three or four columns, narrating ho successfully ho bad fooled'Jeb Stua and gained access to the Secretary War. His professed mission was obtain authority from tho Coufed rate Government to raise a regime iu thc Northern cities and bring the through the lines, to enter the Co federate service under bis leadersb as colonel in the Confederate arm Failing to attain bis object insecurii the promise of a commission, ai authority to recruit on behalf of t Confederacy, bo endeavored, duri: a raid upon Ashland, to reach t forces of tho enemy. Upon bis ? rest and the search of his perso there were found sundry very sus] cious papers, and he was held foi while as a suspected spy. Had t Confederate authorities been pi sessed of one-half the spirit of v? geanco and virulence which ho a bis creatures sought to ascribe to tin in their false swearing, his own 1. life had been terminated upon aC< federate gallows. Tho effort to implicate Mr. Da and high officials of tho Coufeder Government in the assassination pl ? r i to impute to them deliberate r calculated cruelty to Federal pris ers, was an injurious device to blacl thc reputation of the South. It i not without good reason to exp success, that tho enemies of Mr. ] vis and the South endeavored, in military trials of last year, to iden him with Booth, and Payne, ; Wirz. Tho record of those tri and the action of judges and judj ; ivocate, have yet to meet a crit examination, and woe be the daj tho reputa!ion of some men whei does. This trial of Sanford Conover invite tho public attention, and cessarily provoke such examin?t: at least partially. CONFEDEKATI DF.AT).-In a fiele the heights. . or Petersburg, (: the Index,) ar ,ix graves of Conf rate soldiers yet unattended to; of them aro unmarked, tho o four bead-boards are inscribed as lows : W. P. Hammet, Co. K, 5th S Vols., killed 1st July, 1864. W. H. Hall, Co. li, same regin killed on the samo day. Abner McAbee, Co. T, same ment, killed same day. J. B. Melton, Captain Co.?A, i regiment, killed on the 29th of J 1864. No Drain Southwmd. Tho New York Herald, speaking of the condition of the money market of that city, says that "tho drain Southward is not of sufficient magni? tude to bo perceptible," while tho Eastern money markets "aro trou? bled with a plethora of currency." Tho statement is truthful, and by no means a source of satisfaction to tho North. The madness of radicalism is, as ev?. " ? knows, the chief cause of tho o aco of thc drain of capital to thc ?( tth. There aro hero lands, water-power, mines and city property without limit, ottered in tho market at low rates, and the capital I ists, whom tho war has enriched while it impoverished us, are afraid to invest money in them, because of the unsettled condition of the coun? try. They are, indeed, tempting objects to tho speculator. Their purchase would enrich him, and en? able present owners to carryout their enterprises; thus increasing their gains, and adding to tho productive resources of tho State and nation. The South has learned to be pa? tient under this sort of adversity; but, says tho Richmond Dispatch, thc North eau hardly regard its reaction? ary force with composure. They must feel it, and feel it sharply, in course of time. It is impossible that a state of prosperity and ease car continue in a country one-half free and the other half held in vassalage. Commercially speaking, one-half liv? ing, and tho other half dead. Tb? North will count in vain upon th< ? rich profits on Southern produce. ! until thc South is free and equal, ant Northern capital can, with certainty and security, in the opinions of capi talists, be invested in tho South. TUE BALL, OPENED.-The telegrapl informs us that numerous emigrant: are preparing to leave Great Britaii for Texas. There is no longer reasoi why the tide of emigration shouh continue to flow in almost an un brokeu channel-as it bas so lon{ done-to the severe climate of tin "West, when lands equally as goo< and quite as cheap may bo in th genial latitude of the Gulf States We believe all that is needed, to fi] our country with the sterling worker of Great Britain and Central Europe is to inform them of tho true con dition of things at the South, and t furnish them lands on favorabl terms. Givo them a chance to bu; or to lease a portion of tho immens tracts now lying idle for want c laborers, and in a few years ou population" and agricultural prc ducts will bo doubled. NATIONAL, EXPRESS COMPANY.-Th trustees of the National Express an Transportation Company aro advei tising for proposals for tho purchas of the entire property of tho con pany, they being required to do s by the creditors. If it is not di: posed of in this way by the 10th t December, it will bo put up at publ: sale. There is a disposition arnon many merchants throughout tho com try to encourage this eompany, an it is earnestly desired that, under re-organization, it may be able to RU mount the obstacles which embarra: its progress. - -????->? Alexander McBee, Esq., has be? elected a Representative in tho Legi lature from Greenville District, witl out opposition, to fill tho vacanc occasioned by the resignation of \ P. Price, Esq. JAMES R. .RANDALL, ESQ., TI MARYLAND POET.-A Georgia paj)e tho Atlanta Xew Era, gives a sket< of this young and promising write who is a nativo of Baltimore, ai best known by his nervously writt< Southern soug, "My Maryland Tho Era says: "Mr. Randall is not over twent eight years of age, and wo may re sonably expect greater things th: he has yet accomplished. He seldo writes poetry, which fact gives tl public a greater relish for his prodn tions; but we think ho might wri moro frequently without any fear glutting tho market. In person, '. is slender, with pale complexion ai dark hair and eyes. He may or m not have much of tho poet in 1 look-justas people choose toes mate such things. It is enough know that he ha.' it iu his soul. E mind is naturally of a pious cast, ai he lives a religion which is as beau fui as bis lyrics. As a proso writ? he is terse and argumentative. Ai critic, he is acuto without being ce sorious, just wjthout being bars honest without being unkind. He at present chief editor of the A gusta Constitutionalist, and is a mi ried man." Greeley on Kennett. Thc Tribune has an article on the personal history of J. Gordon Ben? nett. Wo should like to read ii de? scription retaliating from tho caustic graver of thc Scotchman: Among tho emigrants of the early part of the present century vas a keon, ready, hard-working, thrifty, mischief-loving Scotchman. Having a certain faculty as a writer, good humor, a wonderful knowledge of men and things, and a talent for amusing invective that suggested the shrewdness of Bailie Nicol jarvie and thc coarseness of Andrew Fairservice, ' ho fouud ready employment. Ho hud great ambition and tenacity. We presume he made little money, for wo find him leaving journalism m disgust and attempting to teach school. But those whom tho taran? tula lias bitten must always dance, and so our adventurer drifted back to the press. Hard work and poor pay wore the necessities of journalism in thoso days, even moro than now. Ho tried Boston and failed. Hi; attempt? ed a newspaper in Philadelphia, and lost his money. Tho euphemistic politicians of that sedato metropolis were shocked by the plainness of speech of this droll Scotchman. .He wroto letters from Washington in praise of Jackson, but tho imperious President had his man Blair from Kentucky, and wished no other fa? vorite. Ho acton as sub-editor on the dreary New York dailies, but they tied him down, and he soon frayed his tether. Finally, going down in a cellar, ho arranged ami printed a small four paged sheet of paper, and sold it foi one penny. It was rude, coarse, personal and malicious, but apt, ready with news and always in gooc humor. This Scotchman had power, and now coming to deal with tin world in his owu person, he would be heard and seen-nay, more, he woulc rule. All the world learned from thi: waggish, laughing Sc.?chman-hi; penny-a-sheet radicals-that all thi world was bad; that men wero cor rnpt and women impure; that religio! was hypocrisy, politics a fraud honora fancy; this Scotchman onb remaining in his cellar, a merry, teas ing Diogenes, charged to tell eacl man how bad his neighbors were, fo the sum of one penny. GEORGE D. PRENTICE.-This vete ran editor having recovered from hi recent severe illness, thus touching! alludes to tho matter. Wo clip fror his paper, the Louisville Journal: "Our heart-felt thanks are duo t very many of our brethren of th press for their very kind notices o us during our lato illness. Thei sympathy soothed, and cheered, an strengthened us. It seemed to throi a calm and lovely light upon th world, and make us wish to lingi still among our fellow-men. Thor is much that is beautiful, and hoi] aud hallowing, in sickness. Its inti; enees are purer and better than thos of health. Indeed, the feebleness i the body ls often the health of tl soul. ?. see and hear what wo ma not in the f ?? ison of our physic strength. Myriad spirits of tin; a flutter oven: the dividing linebetwec two worlds, uttering to mortal beinf the tones they have learnqd iu He: ven. As wo move downward upo the sombre and mysterious pathwa that leads to the door of tho tomi we behold, aa from fae depths of shadowy well or cavern, tho pale s renities of floating stars, all invisib in tho glare and sunshine of tl upper air, and their sacred and hies ed light need never fado from tl spirit." DISCOVERY OF I?ELICSBELONCINI? I Sm JOHN FRANKLIN'.-Tho Capta and part of the crew of thu Arueric: whale ship Antelope, which was lo in October last, near Nantick, it said, have arrived at St. Johns. Tl Commercial Journal, of that tow: says the officers of the Antelope bril interesting information of discov ries made by Mr. C. F. Hail, respec ing tho Franklin expedition. Al Hall has in his possession a go watch and some silver spoons ai other relics supposed to have I longed to the Franklin part}-. 3 also learned that tho remains of sc of Franklin's men were lying undei boat in Commit Bay, where they ir been placed by natives after cleat The natives would not permit M Ha"! to go on shore to examine, b as several vessels will winter in li p ilse Bay, it is believed that M Hall can secure assistanco .and pu his way to whore tho remains a situated. The Chicago Post says that .*: felon can bo admitted to a seat Congress," which means that noni connected with the cause of the Cc federate States is entitled to honor respect. On the other hand, t peoplo of the South maintain that man who lived in the South duri the war, and for four years pretend that he sympathized with tho reb lion, anti is now willing to come and tako the iron-ciad oath, is fit represent any honorable constii ency. The men who were true tc falling cause, when they could ha made their fortunes by going over the other side, when they pied their faith to tho Government, c be safely trusted. They are men w have staked their lives in vindicati of their opinions, and, the man w calls them felons, is a scoundrel w would dishonor a felon's cell. The Elections Xor? li, and their Teach- { lng?. The October and November elec? tions in tho Northern States have re? sulted disastrously for the country. They have determined the complexion of Congress for the remainder of the present Presidential term, which is against tho views of the President and his supporters. Of course, tho President will bo deluged by a flood of disintereste d and patriotio advice from all quarters, as to their teach? ings and his duties in the premises. He will receive it in good part, con? sider it, and then do just as his supe? rior judgment shall dictate. The issues, true and real, which are now before the American people, have not been deliberately and im- | partially passed upon. The time has not come for such a decision. The South has had no voice. The repre? sentations, tho testimony and argu? ments have been all ou one side. They have been partially and nn truly presented. The South iscondemned without a hearing. Yet they have not sought exclusive privileges, nor as? sumed anything unwarranted by the Constitution and laws. They were made the hobby and tho scape-goat. The Constitution and laws were placed in the same category with "rebellion," and it was falsely and wickedly con? tended that any system of Govern? ment in which rebellious or revolu? tionary si rite could or did occur, needs a radical change, a thorough modifica? tion-even to the i prooting of the principles upon which it rests for so? lidity and durability. Such a change cannot be made by a partial popular vote, sue"-: as hus just been given. It requires the voice, of all the people, through tho pre? scribed State machinery, to olfect such a modification of tho organic law of the. land. The Constitution remains the same, notwithstanding the recent State elections. Neither is tho position of the South changed by them. The duty of the Southern | States and people is made still more j plain and imperative by these esh'.- I bitions of the madness of the hom-. Excluded from a voice in natior al affairs-far removed from the per? sonal excitement attending heated I party contests, they aie only the bet? ter prepared to judge deliberately and rationally of the dangers which threaten the liberties and institutions of the entire Union, and to resist the tendencies to ruin that are so fear? fully near and palpable. Let them stand calmly but observantly in view of the tumults that surround them and the entire country alike. Because tho Northern States have voted the revolutionary ticket, affords no reason why the South should fall in with them, and carry the country into the vortex of a common and ir? retrievable ruin. 'Xhc principles ?it issuo are precisely the same they were at tho adjournment of Congress. They will remain BO until they are finally decided, and the discussion ceases altogether. Tho South has, therefore, but one path to pursue aud that thc om* in which she hus hitherto walk? d-obedience to the laws passed in pursuance of the Con? stitution-refusal to adopt any men sure which directly or indirectly looks to the destruction of tho principles upon which alone the popular rights and liberties can be preserved-anda firm ?un? fearless support of the vital attributes of a free Government. There is but one pending proposi? tion in which she can display herself in this lofty attitude, and that is the proposed amendment to the Consti? tution. Let the vote in all the States be unanimous against it. Let us have no lot or part in its adoption, but let it be wholly .tho work of the madmen who framed it, and tho misguided people who temporarily support them. As for tho President, lie will doubt? less be guided by his great under? standing in the best course for the whohi country, now and in the future. We aro willing to trust him in all re? spects. -Nash ville Un ion. NEGRO LABOR rs TOE SOUTH.-"We are informed by an observer, who has had extensivo opportunities for surveying tho condition and pros? perity of negro labor in tho Southern States, that it would be a very liberal estimate to say that the blacks per? formed one-half as much labor as they formerly did when in slavery. Their former habits (enforced habits, it is true,) of steady and continuous work, have, to a large extent, given place to indolence, and employers find it difficult to rely upon them in those planting operations wh rj for? merly their industry was so eliectivo. In some places, tho condition of things is exceedingly bad, and plant? ers feel utterly discouraged. The question of compensating tho blacks has been one of tho hardest of seulement. Owing to tho want of money last spring, a great proportion of planters agreed.to give the negroes i share in the crop; but this mode is found to have led to endless confu? sion and trouble, besides producing discontent on all bands; and thc plan will be generally abolished hereafter, iud that of weekly or monthly wages u actual money substituted. There vro very many grave and threatening difficulties connected with this negro piestion in the South, and those who bink that they can all bo solved hy -imply giving thc black population >he privilege of voting, will yet lind themselves greatly ?n. [.. ric Times. During tho past fiscal year, 4,00(1, ?00 letters were returned to thc dead etter office in "Washington. Vrcr Negro Labor. Tho Augusta (Ga.) correspondent of tho New York Times thus states Iiis impression of ths experiment of i freo negro labor : I So far a;* results aro concerned, the first agi?cultural year of free negro labor has come to a < '.ose, and Un? interesting and important question is beiug universally discussed: Is freo negro labor a success, or is it a. fail? ure? Jt is very hard to form an ac? curate judgment amid thc mass ol varying and conflicting opinions. Each man's experience differs from that of his neighbor, as did his hopes and expectations, and thc conse? quence is, that the opinions as to tho color of the chameleon were not more diverse and contradictory than those which aro pronounced upon thc merits and demerits of the existing labor system. Wore J compelled to form a judgment, I would say that it has proved to bo neithe r a success nor a failure--neither as good as optimists supposed, nor as bad as pessimists predicted, and that wit! the modifications which a year's ex perienao has suggested, it will worl satisfactorily if no new disturbing cause arise to change tho present or dor of things. It has been demonstrated beyond a question that the freedmen will no; work as diligently or as long as die thc slave, and that in the require ment of continuous and certain labor the present system is inferior, as ? merely mechanical force, to tho for mer system. It is also certain tba the numerical strength of the labo now is one-half less than it was bc fore the war, and that women am children may be generally deducte* from all estimates of tho availabl laborers of the South. I have seen a good deal, daring th summer and fall, of thc practic; working of the freedmen on th plantations and elsewhere, and wit tho exception of the larger cities, lil-; this place, Atlanta, Savannah an Macon, there can be no well-grounde complaint against them, except tin they do not work as hard or as mau hours as when they were slaves. Th? aro docile, obedient, well affected ti wards their employers, and general well behaved; and if they are 1 alone, will, I think, re-engago for tl next year to work where they no are. This is particularly apparent c the largo plantations owued by tl former masters of th? negroes, whe they have been born and brought u and where they desire to remain. In South-western Georgia, ai wherever the lands aro rich and tl yield large, the compensation by sharo of the crop has worked ve satisfactorily, and will be continue The laborer bas seen tho value of di gence, and has identified his own i terest with that of his employer. I has been protected against the tem j ations to which the monthly recoil of money would have exposed hi; and now, that ho will receive the pi coeds of his two or three bides of ci ton, he will be encouraged to ma some sensible investment, which v< conduce to his future prosperity, a establish fn" bim habits of thrift a economy, as well as of industry. ( the poor lands, where the crops ha either failed or been small, a where tho laborer's share will necessarily insignificant, tho pi mont of monthly jrages must adopted. Although tho small ere are, in many instances, the con quenco of insufficient labor, and t fault of thc laborer, yet, to find, tho end of the year, that the fre< men will have barely enough to si them from want, and that they ! no better off than they were when begau, naturally produces discoide and will compel employers to adi the wages system, or do withe labor. FKNTON'S MAJORITY.-Tho radi majority in this State may be down, in round figures, at 15,000. tho morning after tho ejection, ne of tho journals of that party v tured to claim more than about 5,1 majority in tho State, but the offie returns have gradually brought it to tho figures before mentioned. RJ radical gain outside of this city i Brooklyn, therefore, exceeds tho g of the conservatives in tho saidcit: Ibo latter gaineel, over tho majoi for McClellan, 11,012 in New Y md Brooklyn. That gain blotted tho majority against McClellan in whole State, and left a balance 7,293 to the credit of Hoffman. r. gains for Fenton in the country, h iver, not only swallowed up that n ;in, but went over it about 15,( nuking the radical gains over 22,( mel their majority, omitting ? i'ork ami Brooklyn, about 70,( The rural districts are, therefore 3rm in their radicalism as the ci ire in the?r conservatism. \Xein York Stn THE AMENDMENT NOT A FINAL i C?MENT.-The New Ye>rk Indej lent says, in a double-leadeel lcaei trticle : "Timid state smen and half-heai Republicans may agree to pr?t hat the constitutional ameuelmer i just and final settlement. But t leceivo themselves. The <:onst ional amendment is not a just, herefore shall not bo a final, so neut." It is stated in Washington 'hilo and tho Liberal Governmcr) l?xico will immediately form n e lliance, the terms of which will irobably be made known for s ime. Ha O? CA? 3/C O -?l'JJx. S3.. Tho Phctnix office ie on Mn in strcr-t, ?. few doora abo vo Taylor (or Catudeu) street. ANOTHER COTTON STEALING SCHATE. < >no white man and two <>r three Frccdmou wo arc informed, wcro arrested yestcrdav, charged with cotton stealing. After nu carly breakfast, a good, sub? stantial lunch can be partaken of with a relish. At tho "Pollock House" you can obtain Hie necessary ingredients every day. By tho way. Mr. Polio? k will please accept our tb auks for a tempting plate of bivalves, presented yesterday. Tho attention of book dealers is invited to tho advertisement ol Mr. FI. Barris, iu another column. Ile supplies the old and favorite "Miller's Planters' and Merchants' Almanac.,! TUE GALAXY. -Tho thirteenth number of this most excellent fortnightly comes l>> us without any diminution of literary lustre. Thc contents are unusually varied and interesting. Il is published by W. < .v F. P. Church, :'.'.) Park Row, New York, at only ?.1 per annum. FOR HISTORY -AN HEIR-LOOM.-Preserve tho record of tho destruct ion of Columbia, written bj one of South Carolina's histo? rians, who was present during tho whole sack and destruction of our city, lt is the most authentic account published. THE LEGISLATURE.- Weare requested by tho President, of thc Senate-, and tho Speaker of tho House (d' Representatives, to state that tho Houses over which they respectively preside will assemble and bo called to order at 7 p. ni . on Monday, the 2Cth instant. No hour being named by the onstitution, this has be en selected, as it is believed to he the most convenient and agreeable to the members of both branches of the General Assembly. TnE SPOILED CHILD.-AIR-"Let Mc Kiss Him for his Mother.*' -Of course, tho following lines tire not applicable to any youngsters in thte community: J.ct mr whip him for his mother, Ile i-> snell a naughty boy; Ho baby tried to smother. And he's broken Emmy's toj'. Of the doll 1 gave to Ellen, He has melted off the nose, And there really is no telling To what lengths bis mischief goes. Last night, he put a crackoi 'Neath his Aunt Jemima's chair, And ho told me such a whacker When I asked how it caine there. Then when poor old Ors. 'Poodles Was just starting off by rail, He tied her two fat poodles Fast together by the tail! It really is quite, shocking How one's nerves ho doily jars; He puts pins into one's stockings, And Cayenne in one's cigars. You may guess thai1 many another boyish trick he's laily at, So I'll whip him for his mother, As a tiresome little brat. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. -Attention is call? ed to tin- following advertisements, which are published this morning for the first time: Pollock House-Bill (d' Fare. T. L. Stark and others-To Trespassers. A. R. Phillips -Furniture, ,\e. Grogg & Co. -Nursery hamps, ,Ve. Miller's Almanac for ?St">7. THE UNITED STATES SENATE.-Tho Senate is' composed nt present of thirty-eight radicals and thirteen De? mocrats and conservatives. Tlie next is likely to have forty-one radicals and ten Democrats. The Now"Scna tors, thus far, are the Hon. Cornelius Cole, of California, the Hons. J. S. Fowler and David T. Patterson, of Tennessee, (who have taken their seats,) A. G. Cottell, of New Jersey, (present Congress,) and H. W. Cor? bett, of Oregon. Only one of these, Senator Patterson, tho President's son-in-law, is a Democrat. The complexion will bo further changed by tho election of a Democratic Se? nator in Maryland, to til] tho placo uf the Hou. J. A. Cresswell, radical, whoso term expires next year; and in Pennsylvania and New .Jersey by the choice of radicals in the placo of the Hons. Edgar Cowan and William Wright, Democrats, tho latter de? ceased. John Evans and Jerome B. Chaffeo are tho Senators chosen from bho proposed new Stato of Colorado, md Thomas W. Tipton and Gen. Fohn U. Thayer, those chosen from that of Nebraska. These four Terri? torial Senators aro radicals. Should theso Territories be admitted as States in tho next Congress, the radi? cal strength will be forty-tivo mein lers.-Naslirille, Union. The Itichmond Enquirer says: "Unfortunately for tho Southern states, the supremacy of a certain aavty at the North depends on the )dium in which the Southern people ire there held. Whatever adds to ho bitterness against us, adds to the Republican strength. Every injn .ious allegation bas its value in votes. Under these circumstances, wo may LS well make up our minds to be tra luced and villified, as a business and >y system. Tba demand for tales of ?orror will ereato a market and snp >ly. The trade is especially diligent whenever a weariness of disquiet iu lines the Northern people to candid iews, aud thus imperils the radical upremacv." --? o- ? AMERICAN CLAIMANTS FOB AN ENO ,ISII ESTATE.-Tho Charleston Cott? ier quotes manuscript evidence to how that there" are valid American laims to the great Leeds estate in England, valued at $100,000,000. 'ho Ingram family of South Carolina ro a branch of tho English family of fir Mynell Ingram, tho last owner, nd aro now the next heirs to the state, which has recently become acant.