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COLUMBIA. Thursday Morning;, Dec. 13, 1866. Were wc Uclligcreiits? Thc dominant faction in Congress aro so rampant.in their assaults upon the South, and so persistent in their determination io oppress them, that they over-leap everything that has been dono in the past. Forinstauce, Senator Trumbull hus reported, from the Judiciary Committee, what he calls a bill "to protect the rights of action of all loyal citizens," in which it is provided that no action brought by loyal persons shall be defeated, nor any defence allowed, on the ground that the act complained of was dono by virtue of authority of the so-called Confederate States, or under or by virtuo of authority of any department officers or agents of said Confederate States. This is a sweeping bill in its cha? racter of oppression. The elTeet of such a law would be, as thc Louisville Courier says, to expose every Confed? erate officer or soldier who had, u legitimate warfare, as a recognized belligerent, interfered with the per? sons or property of those dubbed loyal citizens, to individual responsi? bility for their acts. The telegrams we published yes? terday morning relative to the en? dorsements of General Graut ou tho application of General Pickett for pardon, is conclusive authority that the commanding General of the Uni? ted States forces regarded the Con? federates as belligerents. Besides, the fact that thc Government of the United States recognized the Confed? erate States as belligerents is patent to thc whole world. They were so recognized in every possible form, and it is too late to go behind the re? cord and treat those who acted under the orders of the Government of the said States as common robbers or banditti. The passage ot" such a law would be as infamous, if not moro sn, than any oilier enactments of tho party which now .affects the whole country by its fanaticism and sectional hate. --?-.-.?- - - - Fcniani?m. 1 Thc London Times publishes s severe article, which i.s a significant indication of coming events in Ire land. The Irish are told vory??s tinctly that England knows how tc put down rebellions, and India ant Jamaica are referred to as illustra tions of what will occur on the otho: side of the channel, if overt acts art resorted to by the Fenians. "Scrape a Russian, " said Napoleon, and you will "iind a Tartar;" and tho Time: pretty clearly states that the Britisl civilization of 1S6G will prove as crue to the Irish as the British ferocity o 179?, if Iris!'. Fetiianisrn breaks eu into Irish rebellion. This is an V(.ry well, but the Time, forgets one rebellion, at least, tha England did //'// know how to pu down. That was when her America! colonies rebelled and determined t? free themselves from her yoke. An? although this is the day when so called "rebellions" arc more easil; put down by force of arms, yet \v cannot despond of the continued am persistent efforts of a people to b free, as in Ireland, being eventual!; successful. MISSISSIPPI FREEDMEN. -Tho pla of an association of freedmen to tu: tivate the Davis plantati ?na in Wai ren County, Mississippi, is not mt favorably by tho Vicksburg ' coloro people. At least, a meeting of thci has been held there io take into coi sideration tho card of B. T. Montg? mery, published in ::'C Yicksbur Times, of November 2G, 1SGG. Aft? reading thc address, they passed tl following resolutions: Resolved, That whilst we do n< wish to agitate polities in our pres< i statu ;, we detest the spirit manifeste in the said Montgomery's address I our people. Resolved, That we believe him I be seeking a power of despotisi among our people, winch will pro\ ?lisastrous to us as a race. Resolved, That wo advise our pp pie not to have anything to do wii such a person. --O- ? A letter from Gen. S. C. Hindma of Arkansas, dated Carlotta, Mexic has been received by President Joh ion, ?sking Executive pardon. Ti letter gives a doleful account of tl writer's health and situation. It not probable that thc pard?>n will 1 granted. Ilindman may be parole with permission to return to t United States under certain restri tions. ?A From Washington. Tho correspondent of the? New York Herald says: Tho President is displeased with tho tenor of Napoleon's reply to the telegram from the State Department, calling upon him to f nihill his pro? mise and withdraw his troops from Mexico in instalments. The Cabinet, with one exception, it is understood, sido with the President. It is con? sidered, doubtful, however, whether any further remonstrance will bc made, ?ind the probabilities ure that the French Emperor will be allowed to have his own way. Indirectly, it is hinted that Napoleon's action in refusing to withdraw, was mainly be? cause of what he regards a violation of the pledge of neutrality or'non? interference on our part, his position being that by the arrest of General Ortega, the despatch of General Slier nian and other objectionable move? ments, our pledge of neutrality was broken, and the compact, therefore, is withdrawn, rendered null and void. There has been much discussion out of Congress upon the bill looking to tho abrogation of the State Go? vernments at tile South, and the op? ponents of the measure are confident they can defeat it in thc Senate, where n two-third vote over tho veto could not bo secured. Thc movement "for tho assembl ug of the Fortieth Congress on the -1th of March is going on. General But? ler is here, and heads thc project. He thinks the present Congress too slow, nnd is anxious to enter it, pro? mising Alley, the Representative from the Essex District, that' if bc should resign, he (Al. y) would be the uext Governor of Massachusetts, Butler, in the meantime, taking Alley's place in the House. It is re? ported that Governor Bullock, of Massachusetts, sanctions tho ".nove ment, and will call a special election in Alley's District to secir o Butler's election to the present Congress, in ! case of Alley's resignation. SOUTHERN ?STEND MENT.-The New York World counsels the Southern States to oiler some sort of au amend? ment of their own. It says: \Ve believe that the true way out of the present difficulty is by the spontane j ous action of the South itself. When 1 the Southern States have all rejected tho amendment, as they certainly will, and have there!ty demonstrated that they are masters of the situation, so far as that measure is concerned, we trust they will by some method of joint action make a counter pro? position. SOUTHERN LAKOR QUESTION.-A New Orleans despatch contains tho following important intelligence: "Thc cotton factors herc to-day ad? vised correspondents in the country that it is unwise to make any prepa? rations to plant cotton with the ne? gro, or other kind of labor, until the course which Congress is about to pursue becomes settled, audits effects may be prognosticated.- A sentiment j of very great depression and hope? lessness as to th.* futuro prevails in this community."' FROM IRELAND.-A special despatch to the World, dated London, 8th instaut, says that the Fenian agita? tion in Ireland is increasing, and an other body of troops have been ordered to leave here immediately, including two regiments of cavalry. The troubles aro evidently assuming more alarming proportions. OFFICIAL OPINION.-Tho Kallon* Republican, the President's organ, in ii s issue of Monday, reminds thc radicals that, even if they reduce thc Southern States to Territories, those Stales will still be entitled to vote in the Presidential election. INHUMANITY AND PREJUDICE.-An atrocious : utrage wasperpretrated on Tuesday morning, in Brooklyn, by i gang of ruffians, who entered a house occupied by a number of sewing girls, and having robbed the inmates, sciz'.'d the terrified women and sub? jected them to the most revolting indignities. AU the females wore outraged in a horrible, manner. BEac this occurred in thc South, it woulc have been declared a remnant of tin barbarity of slavery, and bo cited a; another evidence why tho Soutl should be politically persi cited. W< note far more of" these shocking crimes, as well as murders, in tin North and North-west than in an; other part of tho country, and ye" there is, of course, much that is goo? in these sections.-Baltimore Sun. About five hundred wagons crossei into Ari . isas ut Memphis last month At ono Terry an average of twenty ne ! groes a day crossed the river, and th ! number was increasing daily. Th I largest part of these- emigrants wer from North-eastern Georgia, Fas Tennessee, Northern Alabama am South Carolina. Almost all thea movers were bound for Northen Texas. A late London liberal newspape j prints, "For President of England ? John Bright." Thc Revolutionary Criais in Enf? lniid. In a kvto number of Blackwood's Magazine, there ia a remarkable arti? cle, showing thc helpless condition to ? which England han been brought by various causes. The masses are re? duced to pauperism, tho financies of the country are in so critical a posi? tion that it hampers its foreign policy, and its navy is pronounced worthless. Thc picture is as gloomy as it can be, but it cannot be pronounced over? strained. It is hut a re-echo of what we have so long been saying, by way of warning to the statesmen, both Whig and Tory, who have been seek? ing to cultivate trouble with this country. The fact, can no longer be dis? guised, that the.British empire is on the eve of one of those great changes which occur periodically in the lives of nations. Since the time of the Commonwealth, it has enjoyed a term of factitious prosperity, which, while it has enriched the ruling classes, has beggared the great mass of the peo? ple. It is now at a point where this artificial system refuses to work longer. It is, in fact, in an analogous condition to that in which France found itself immediately prior to the first, revolution. From thc time of j Louis XI, down to 1789, that country ' had occupied a position of seeming prosperity and greatness, while, in reality, ail was poverty ami wretched? ness within. Too much church and too much feudalism were tho direct causes of its miseries, and it required a bloody ordeal to enable it to free itself from them. It is precisely the same influences which have brought England to her present wretched con? dition, A selfish and unprincipled aristocracy and a greedy church have so eaten up her resources that nothing is left to sustain even the machinery of Government. When it is con? fessed that a nation must renounce its foreign policy because of its inability to go to war, all is said. It lias either to submit to dismemberment, or to pass through the fires of revolution, in order to regenerate itself. It is in this situation that the Bri tish empire now finds itself. The : movement commenced by John { Bright is but the first throe of its po- j litical agony. When Mr. Bright set ] out in hi * present career of agitation, j we are persuaded that he had no clear | conception of whero it was leading him. He is the. Mirabeau?of the new revolution-vehement, self- willed and passionate, and acting from his im? pulses rather than from bis judg? ment. Like the French demagogue, ; be linds himself on the brink of a j precipice, tho depths of which he has not ventured to measure, but down which he will assuredly be carried by the avalanche that ho has assisted to unloose. Let his position bo not mistaken. Flo is the creature, and not the originator of the new revolu? tionary movement. Had he -not happened to be in the van, some other head would have been found to plan, and same other hand to point the way. There can be no stronger evidence of the correctness of these views than the pressing manner in which the leading English journals ure again begitining to urge tho settlement of the Alabama claims. If tho articles from the Loudon Post and Times, which have just reached us, do not exhibit a degree of alarm that is in? consistent with anything but a sense of extrem? danger, wo do not read them rightly Tho urgency of com? ing at one,; to an amicable settlement with this country is apparent in every line; and this arises not from a feel? ing of justice or a consciousness of wrong-doing, but from the fear of still farther complicating the dangers which threaten the empire with dis? solution. Whatever may bo the mo? tive, so far as Ave are concerned, wo shall be glad to have these claims disposed of. If England has to pass through tho ordeal of such a convul? sion us we anticipate, it will lrr\ better for its Government to insure our for? bearance thau our resentment. [New York Herald. FBOM XII a CA?ADAS.-A special de? spatch to the Nev York World, dated Toronto 7th says: The Sheriff this afternoon received information from tho Canadian Go? vernment that the Fenian prisoners, m 1er sentence of death, were re? spited until the 13th of March. A daring attempt was made last night to Mow up Beard's foundry. A lighted lai p was placed ander a barrel containing coal oil. Tho bar? rel was completely charred, but the lamp going out prematurely tho d< - sign miscarried. The perpetrators are supposed to be Fenians. A Montreal despatch of the same date says: The Governor General arrived here this morning, and the executive coun? cil convened at noon and sat five hours. Mr. Devlin's application for copies of the documents required by the fJnited States Government had not come up. The Governor leaves for England on Tuesday. Official information Las been re? ceived in Canada that a raid is in? tended by the Roberts faction of the Fenians immediately. They are to enter near tho village of Teneseonta. A private in the regulars received fifty lashes at Ottawa, on Saturday, for saying that Canada would be an? nexed to the United States in less than two years. Surratt. it appears, was supplied with funds by leading Southerners in Canada at the time he escaped to Europe. Its Working In >Iu??uo Jmsett s. Tho New Orleans Pian/une says: It bas been discovered in Massa? chusetts . that the Constitutional amendment, if ratified, will compel xix alteration in tho Constitution of the State, or olso largely reduce her representativo population. By that Constitution, no person can vote who Joes not pay a tax, and can read and write. By thc amendment, it is pro? vided that, when tho right to vote in my State is denied to any of the male inhabitants of twenty-one years of ige, being citizens or is, in any way \bridged, "except for participation in rebellion, or other crime," the basis of representation shall be re iuced, in a proportion defined. It follows that, in Massachusetts, the representation will be reduced in the proportion which the male citizens >ver twenty-ono year:; o? age, who jan not read ?ind write, and have not paid a tax, bears to the whole num? ber of male citizens of the samo age. The adoption of this restriction on lier own suffrage shows; tho recorded >pinion of Massachusetts in time of peace, and with ample deliberation, ni the safeguards to society required in regulating the right of suffrage. She does not think it safe to admit promiscuously all citizens of given ige, but made ciscriminations as to ..lusses she thought unfit to share in the control of thc State. Ignorance ind want she ruled out, as objects for the guardianship of the State, but not equal shares of political power: This is her judgment, recorded in her own Constitution. She is now fore? most in demanding a Constitutional iraendment which would compel fif? teen Southern States to vest an im? mense; number of wholly uneducated negroes, mostly without rneau? as without, education or knowledge of the rights and duties of a voter, willi tho right oT suffrage. The penalty for refusing is to he disfranchisement to the extent of the exclusion. The first fruit of the ratification of tho amendment as to herself, will bc to compel her to debase her own con? stituency, or renounce thc benefit of lier present representative numbers. Between tho loss of political pow? ind the enlargement of her basis, she would not be likely to hesitate long. With inward disgust she would let in the ignorant and the paupers. h:' ought to be grateful to the Southern legislatures, who, by rejecting thc imendment, will save lier from thc humiliation of such a choice. She if ?nore likely to give us uuditiona ibu se for obstinacy in refusing to bc the active agents in our own degra? dation. Two EXAMPLES roi: THE RADICALS The Richmond Times has the follow ing: Two notable examples of generou; forbearance and magnanimity have recently been set by two of the mos! despotic nations on the earth-Tur key and Russia. It will be recollected that, shortly after tho suppression o the insurrection in Crete, nows carn? to us that tho Sublime Porte linc extended a ge.aeral amnesty to all con cerned in the "rebellion." This ic uiency took all Cnristcndom by sur prise, because tho Turks have no been in the habit of dealing witl revolted provinces in that way. Tho other instance of mercy ant humanity, in au unexpected quarter is furnished us by the Czar, who ha: just made extensive concessions tc tho Poles, remitting "exceptional im posts, taxes and monopolies," am restoring to tho landholders vast cs tates which had been forfeited by tin participation of their owners in tin last "rebelbon" against thc imperia vuthority. As the Government of the Unitec States is a warm friend and admire af that of Russia, it is boped tba this example of humanity and justic will not bc without effect upon on: Republican despots. It is rather i jtrikingcommentary upon theboastei civilization, virtue and Christianity sf the Yankees, that we should tim them clinging to measures of perse cution and confiscation which evoi the Russians and Turks, those semi civilized nations of Europe, aro bc coming ashamed of. Perhaps, t< example, the Czar and tho Sublim L'orte may add precept, and addrcs i joint noto to thc Puritan Congress remonstrating against their adherene to the code of barbarism. BEGGING FOI; ma LASH.-Five nc ?roes, confined in a Virginia jail fo larceny, grow tired of confinemcii un fl awaiting for court day to arrive und asked tho magistrate who cora mitted them to give them a whippin ?nd let them go. l?o told them h liad no power to whip them befor sentence, and they agreed to certif their written'consent to tho eoruprc mise. Finally, bo consented; th lark ios signed the certificate, receive thirty-nine lashes on tho bare bact thanked tho justice and departed. Nitro glycerine is likely to ovei come the terrors of Hell Gate, Ne Stork harbor. Colon? 1 Shafi'ner pr< poses ti make a channel 300 fe< wide ai. thirty feet deep, and rc novo the rocks in tho remainder c the gate, so as to leave twenty fcc lepth of waler. He is of the opinio ihat this wili reduce the current to nominal speed and render navigatio it that place as safe as tho Eas [liver. A Western man, speaking of tli Pacific Railroad, says it is "one < ;he funniest coincidents in tho work mat almost every alternate section c and on each side of the road belong :o some member of Congress !" Legislature of South Carolina. -- -: Tunday, December ll, SENATET~ Tho Senate met at 12 m. Thc following billa received tho third j reading, and their titles were changed to! Act?: To incorporate "The Sea Island Cotton Company ol South Carolina;" to extend tho : .harter of the Marion Fire Engine Compa- ' ny; to authorize the City Couch of Charles ton to issue and pul in circulation notes receivable in dues or taxes to tho city; to! renew the charter of thc Salamander Fire Engine Company, of Georgetown; to pro? vide an expeditious .mode of ejecting tres? passers; td incorporate thc Supremo Conn- ; eil of Sovereign Grand [uspcctor-General ? of the Thirty-Third Degree for the South- ? ern Jurisdiction of thc United Stati s; to renew the charter of the Winy ah Fire En- i gi:.o Company. The President laid foro -.he Senate the reports of the Solicitors of thc Western and Southern Circuits on District Offices and Officers. j Adj? turned. HOUSE OF HEPP.ESESTATrVES. 1 The House UK t at 11 a. m., and the pro | cecdiugs were opened with praver bv ll v. Mr. Buggs. I he following bills were read rt third tim? and their titles changed to Acts: To ex? tend charter Charleston Firo Company of Ax. men; to alter and amend char:- r town of Camden; to alter law relative to publi? cation legal notices, in newspaper?; to in? corporate Charleston 1 ndependent Turners' Association; to extend time itt which to re? cord lost instruments in writing. Thc Speaker laid before the House tho re!< ri of tho Attorney-General <>u District Offices. Mr. Elliott submitted memorial citizens St. Helena Parish, praying relief in con? nection with sales of lands by "the United i-';att . Government for taxes. Mr. Tones in:rod:1 .-ed a bill to call a Convention of tho people of the State; which was referred to u Special Committee of ono member from each Congressional District. Thc Speaker announced tho fol? lowing gentlemen wt tho Commute : Messrs. Jones, Todd. I. ?rd and Coker. Mr. Clyburn introduced u bill to author? ize executors, administrators, and other trustees to adjust without suits, claims arising bet ween January, is,?j, uuu May Mr. Lord introduced a bill tn unite the "Uaptist Church m Charleston" and tho "Wentworth Street Baptist Church." Mr. Richardson introduced a bill to amend tho Act relative to tho sale of thc Columbia Canal. Mr. Hanckel introduced a r?solu;ion, which was agroed to and s.-nt to the Houso r ..: conenrrence, that every contingent account against the State shall bo lodged in th? Comptroller's office, in Columbia, by the -iOth of Nov, mher, and it shall be tho duty of thc Comptroller to examine and t . port ou the same to the Legislature, and no such account shall bo considered or j acted un by tho Legislature, unless so examined and reported. Mr. Duryea mtroduced a resolution, which was agreed to, inquiring into the propriety of legalizing the sale of lottery ; tickets in this state, and to license the same. The Speaker laid before the Houso tho reports of thc Solicitors oT thc Southern and Western Circuits. Mr. Bonham introduced v. resolution, which was agreed to, and a messago sent to the Senate accordingly, that it bo re? ferred to a Special Committee of live mem? bers of the House and three of tho Senate, to report to tho Legislature, at its next regular session, tho mode in which tho fund arising from tho lands given to tho State hy Act '>' Congress of July, 1862, shall be disposed of. Messrs. Trcscot, Hask< ll, Duryea, Larker and Hagood v ere appointed tho Hous i Committc -. Adj turned. For ifrtir Young 3Icn. We extract the following admirable [ article from the National Intelligencer, ; and commend it to th* attention of our young men : i We utter but a trite sentiment ! when wo say that the futuro of the j South is in the hands of its young I men. How many of them are quali? fying themselves tu manage its facto? ries, control its railroads, mine its ore, work its machine shops, and cul? tivate its plantations? Professional men it bus in abundance-able law? yers, accomplished physicians, elo? quent speakers. Tites, have their uses, but the growth o? a State de? pends less on them than on the cha? racter of tho men who manage its in? dustrial enterprises. What is most needed in the South to-day is that the young blood which fought for it so gallantly should work it as deter? minedly. On the plantation, in tho shop, in tho factory, there the South is to effect its true restoration. The young men who dug trenches, and fed on hominy and pork, who went clad in homespun gray, and slept in cold or rain or shine under the euuo ! py of the heavens, to further the for? tunes, as they believed, of their na-J tive land, can now do noblo service ? by laying hold of its plow batidles, turning its lathes, guiding its spin? dles, handling its locomotives. But there i<; want of capital. No matter. Tliey have youth, health, hope, am? bition and good abilities. They have every incentive for which to work, i'. jin with a will, and success will t <wn their effects. , TEXAS.-The Galveston Civilian says: '.The Comptroller of the Slate of Texas gives notice that tho former owners of lands sold for taxes, prior to the 28th day of -January, 1861, and bought by the State, are thereby no? tified that, by virtue of an Act of the Legislature, approved Novembt r f>, ItfBG, they can now redeem such lauds, npon payment of the taxes for which they were sohl, and all subse? quent taxes, with ten per centum on such subsequent taxes, and a fee of ?j? ! for the assessor and collector who made the sale. The payment maybe made either to the Assessor and Col? lector or to tho Comptroller." < ? ? The editor of a Sydney newspaper has a standing notice that he cannot bo spoken to i.y visitors unless paid for bis time. The Ashland (O.) Times reports the corn crop in that vicinity as enormous; corn is worth fifty-three cents a bushel at that point. Tho l'hiruis. o nico is on Main street, a fewdporjs abu ve Taylor (.or Camel? n) street. Cox. -Why are several young men in this city like babies? Becauso Hey live on rap. RETGBSED.-Capt. R. Li. !'.. Hewelson" (of thc Hi ni of Kay A Hewetson, architects. &c.,) who has been absent on be : .. :?s for .several months, returned t > thia city on yesterday. Although thc Captain has been seriously iii, lw hu,ks remarkably well. Oca READING I?OOM.-Member? of iii? Legislature and lh<- citizen* geuerally, are invited to visit the Phveniz reading room, where they will lind un Qlo papers and periodicals fruin every section of tho Union. Tho building is open day and night. Wno BURNES COLUMBIA': -Thia question will bo asked fifty years hence. Then place tho only full and true account of its destruction in your libraries, so that your chi!.Iren and children's children will know j tho whole truth. It will ho mor:' intorest ; Lng to them than any romance. I N^VT -V.iVK.-.TisKMKsrs.- Attention iseah ; ?re published chi.* tu truing for the first j .Tas. Wood Davidson Instruction. Misses Henry-School Notice. diehard Morgan-Cow Taken Up. Edward Sill-Mountain butter. \ V. Cantwell-Kerosene Oil, ?fcc. W. T. Waiter-Furniture at Auction. i Itch land Lodge-Extra Meeting. ; J. E. Bent-Sheriff's Salo. -:-.,.?<,.. THE PROCESS OF Ri :OVEI;Y.-After depicting the poverty, sorrow and humiliation entailed upon thc people of Virginia by the recent war, tho Richmond Whig speaks of the strug ; gles of the last few months to obtain j the necessaries of life-months of ' earnest and unremitting efforts iu the face of (?very conceivable discourage I mont: The result, is that our agricultural population is slowly, but surely, emerging from chaos. It has gather? ed up tho shattered remnants of former labor system, and reduced them to sonn thing of order and or? ganization. Our farmers have con? tributed their labor and that of their suns. They have thus been enabled to maintain their families, and to provide themselves with equip:: mt J for more extended operations in the I futur-. A corresponding degree of j energy has been manifested in till thu I other departments of business. Tho railroads, which wen; shattered and disjointed, have everywhere been re? paired, and are ready to meet all de? mands of transportation. Thc canal, with its boat fleet, is in working or? der from Richmond tit Buchanan. Steamboats are running on all tho navigable streams. Our merchants have gone to work with a zeal and energy that merit the highest praise, ! while those engaged in mechanical pursuits have been surpassed by none in activity and diligence. ENGLISH WOOL AGENCY.-A Co? lumbia correspondent of tho Now York Times writes: One of the largest wool factories in England bas recently established an agency in this State. Mr. Tron? chan!, of Charleston, is tho agent; and he is engaged in a tour over th? interior for the purpose of purchasing thc wool on band, and forming con? tracts for future production-organ? izing, that is to say, :? wool trade in the State. Much good is expected to accrue from the impetus thus im? parted to a branch of industry whick bas hitherto been very much neglect? ed. SALF_S OF GOLD BV THE TREASURY. The. bill authorizing the public sal? by thc Treasury of two millions of ? gold every Monday morning in th? city of New York, will bo adopted by ? tho Committee Lo which it waa refer I red, at an early day. Tho report, it j is considered, will be equivalent, to j the passage of the measure, though I it may undergo amendment in ono i or both of ibo Houses. The sales ure ! to have prominent notice in one i newspaper in each of the twelve prin I cipal cities, and the proceeds there? from are to be invested in tho inte? rest-bearing bonds of tho United ! States. ! MAJOR-GENERAL PICKETT.-Tho j Washington correspondent of theBal I timore (litzette says: : I learn that tho pape rs in tho ap i plication of General Pickett foe par ' don, (which has not been granted,) were to-day communicated by tho Attorney-General to the President, by whom they v. ill be sent to tho House of Representatives jn re? sponse to a call ot that body. It in presumed that tho purpose of the House is to uso thom in connect! n with some charge ae^ainst the Gene - al they inti nd to investigate -? ^ ? ??- - CONVICTION OF A COMIOSSIONER OF THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU. -Brigadier General Elephalet Whittlesey, Assis? tant. Commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina, was tried recently, at Raleigh, on the charge of having been pecuniarily interested in the cultivation of a plantation upon which freedmen wore employed, and j thus using the position of his office i tor his private emolument, He was ! lound guilty. -?-**-? -- ! There aro now in tho (JnitedStates Treasury about ?100,?UOf?U? in gold I and gold certificates. I