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From the Columbia Phent:r we gath.
er the following items:
The terrible explosion at Mobile is
now supposed to be the work of incen.
diarism. A man named John jackson
Wall has been arrested, charged with
the blowing up of the two steamers.
He tells the following story:
On the night before the explosion at
Mobile, he helped to lay three torpedoes
between two buildings, both stored with
gunpowder. These three were laid by
him, with the direction of Confederate
major, who, with drawn sword, threat.
ened the men with instant death on the
slightest resistance. After the torpe.
does were laid, a shell with long fuse
attached was given to him, and he was
told where to place it, at the end of the
line made by the three torpedoes, He
did as he was bid. He ascended a
plank +; he put down the shell--the fuse
uppermost. Then the end of the fuse
was lighted by the major, the three men
hurriedly getting out of the way. The
next morning, the explosion occurred. :.
GREENyILLE AND CoLuMBIA Rail.
RoAD.--We have had conversation
with Mr.. LaSalle, the worthy superin.
tendent Of this railroad, who tells us
that the surveyors have gone over the
new route of the road, which is to sup.
ply the gap between Columbia and Ais.
ton. He speaks encouragingly of the
work, and, says that it will be pressed
forward with all the energy possible to
the circumstances of the company and
the country. This very important track
is too essential to the prosperity Of Co.
lumbia and the country to make us in.
different 70 tbis promise, which we hope
to eerealiSe9 by the fall
The GoyerAorof Texas has called q
convention the people Of the State to
meet in the city of Austin on the 10th
of1uly. He jssues q, manly address to
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the people, expressing the hope that
peace will be secured for the State on
honorable and indulgent terms, and ex.
horts them to peace and order.
In Tennessee, she Act to limit the
election franchise excludes the leaders
of the rebels suffrage for fifteen years,
and for five years denies the right to
the smaller fry. How to determine the
status of each will be the question.
While the struggle lasted, every small
tacky fancied himself wheel horse.
We believe that t,oo and not three
cents per pound is the amount of the in.
ternal revenue tax to be levied on cot.
ton. Let the seller look to it. Short
cottons obtain twenty cents in the Co.
lumbia market at this moment.
Hon. GEORGE A. TRENnoLM.-It is
with great satisfaction that we learn that
this gentlemen has been released on his
parole, and is now at large in the city Of
Charleston.
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From Mexico
w ASHINGToN, Ju

Reliable and semi.of1icial intelligence
from the city of Mexico to May 20 has
been received here. General Negrette
occupies the States of Tamaulpas, New
Leon and Coahula. His retreat from
Matamoras was forced upon him on ad
count of a large French force sent BY
Marshal Bazaine to reinforce the garri
son and the assistance rendered"to thk
imperialists by Texas rebels.
De Potter, the French commanded,
imprisoned the wives and daughters IF
The liberal Generals Arteaga, ReguleI,
Salzar, and others. Maximilian ordet.
ed their release, but, as De Potter onk
obeys Marshal Bazaine, they have MT
been released. In Moreha the Frendi
punish the patriots with public whip
ping, and the inhabitants daily witneE s.
the horrid scenes.
A large force is to be sent by sta
from Vera Cruz to Mattamoras, atd
they intend to open the campaign
against Negrete and prevent any
Americans from crossing into Mexico.
The courts martial are hard at work.
From eighty to one hundred patriots ate
shot daily throughout that portion of tile
country occupied by the imperialists.
Elvin's mission, to France is to SEEK
assistance from Louis Napoleon against
the anticipated movements of Amer.
cans. Unless Napoleon will give the
the strongest assurances of aid in men
and money to the extent required by
Macmillan, he threatens to leave The
country and return to Miramar.
A fight took place on the I'd instant,
near Matamoras, between Generals Cor.
tina and Mejia. Cortina was twerty.
five miles from the CITY. when Mia
sent Lopez to repulse him with Two
thousand men, but he was driven lack
by Cortina and forced to make for the
American side Of the Rio Grande. The
latter expected reinforcements, but did
not receive them.
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since for $4,000. 1t comprises $500
acres, with all the improvements-sugar
house, mills, engines, dwellings, sc.
In order to secure loyal feeling in
the South, it is proposed that the land
warrants given to. soldiers surviving the
late war, be located in Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala.
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas,
in abandoned lands or confscated ,es.
tates
The military authorities at Chatta.
nooga, Tenn, have issued an order pro-
hibiting all p,roled officers and men of
the late Confederate army from visiting
any places Of public resort or amusement
in that vicinity.
Howell COBB is reported to have re-.
marked, when he heard of Gov.
Browns arrest, eyes, d-n him he'll
go to Washington "a prisoner, and be
sleeping with ANDY JOHNSON in less
than fortnight"
Reliable information has reached the
friends of JOHN G. BREoKINRrDaE, at
Lexington, Kentucky, that he has ar
arrived safe in Cuba. How he got
there they refuse to say.
A sculptor of some notoriety and no
excess of loyalty, applied. to Secretary
STANTON for permission to take cast
of BooTH's head. The blunt War Min.
lister replied: "Better take care Of your
own head"
Gov. WATTS of Alabama, who was
arrested few days ago at Macon, Ga,
has been released from arrest, and has
returned to Montgomery.
The King of Saxony has Just granted
an amnesty, without exception, to every
one implicated in the insurrectionary
movements of May, lS49.
Nearly all the leading Democratic
papers of Ohio advocate the election oi
Gen. w. T, SHERMAN as Governor oI
of that State.
The liberation Of the negroes gives
the South claim to fourteen more repre-.
sentatives in Congress.
Guerrilla bands are said to be pesti.
lent in north Georgia, Alabama and
Tennessee.
The choicest cotton is selling at,Vicks.
burg at twenty-five cents.
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GREENBACKs.--It may not be gen,
orally known that, by Act Of Congress,
United States Treasury Notes gener.
ally termed "greenbacks' are legal
tender for all dues except import and
export duties and the interest on the
public debt. Gold and silver can only
be rated as articles of merchandise.
This should be understood by one and
all. 5.I GEa- st
The judges Of the supreme court of
Pennsylvania have delivered an opinion
affirming the constitutionality. Of the
legal tender act, on the ground that the
clause Of the constitution authorizing
Congress to "coin money and regulate
the value thereof and oftoreign money"
does not constitute prohibition Of the
issue of paper money instead of coin.
The court held that the words of the
constitution should not be construed
literally but according to their spirit,
end cited the authority given to Congress
"to declare war"in the same instrument
as not being sufficiently ooirpT rp5h :. .,s;.$;;
20 authorize IL to make and carry On war
u Ginterpreted literally, a. y.
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IMPORTANT DECISION OF THE Wis.
CoNsIN SUPREME CoURT--THE UNITED
STATES STAMP ACT HELD TO BE UNooN.
srITUTIoNAL.--The Milwaukee Sentinel
of Friday says:
In the case of Jones and others VS..
Keep, our Supreme Court decided Wed.
nesday that the law of Congress requr.
ing stamps to legal processes, in the
commencement of suits or otherwise, is
unconstitutional, and that the law in
this repect is void, and the stamp on legal
papers is not necessary. This decision
was made by Chief Justice Dixon and
Judge Cole. Judge Downer dissented.
We have not yet seen the written opin.
ion of the Court, but We presume it pro.
ceeds upon the ground that the imposition
OF tax upon any proceedings or process.
ses in State Court isan invasion of the
right ofthe State to regulate proceedings
in its own courts; that if Congress can
tax these proceedings at all it can lay
upon them tax which would practically
amount to a prohibition, and can thus
practically legislate the State Court out
of existence.
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ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
Washington, June 7, 1865.

"By direction of the President, all
persons belonging to the excepted elias.
ses enumerated in the Presidents Am.
nesty Proclamation of May 30, 1865,
who may make special application to
the President for pardon, are hereby no.
tilted that, before their respective appli.
cations will be considered, ii, must be
81 bown that they have respectively
taken and subscribed the oath or afirma.
ton in the said Proclamation prescribed.
Every such person desiring special
pardon should make personal application
in writing therefor, and should transmit
with such application the original oath
or affirmation as taken and subscribed
before an officer authorized, under the
rules and regulation promulgated by, the
Secretary of State, to administer the
Amnesty oath prescribed in the said
Proclamation of The President
JAMES SPEED, Attorney Genl."
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Resume of the News.

General lIBoDEN was in charge of prs.
on5 South, he issued an order to the Of.
tectthat if any prisoner or prisoners of
war, confined in any,of the military pris-
ons in the States of Georgia, Alabama,
or Mississippi, shall engage in any meet.
ing, or attempt by force to escape, the
guard shall instantly fire upon the mutt.
neers, and, necessary, upon the whole
body of prisoners, until perfect order is
restored, and every prisoner found with
arms in his hands at the time of any
meeting or possible attempt to escape
shall be instantly shot to death, and this
penalty will in no case be remitted
where such armed prisoners are over.
powered by surrendering to the guard on
the suppression of a meeting. He also
directed that all prisoners of war who
conducted themselves in an orderly
manner should be treated with that hn.
manity becoming the Christian people
of the Confederate States.
The Richmond Times says that the
accounts from all parts of Virginia rep.
resent that the growing crops never
gave greater promise The wheat and
hay crops, in particular, are reported to
be unusually good, and the yield is ex-
pected to be great over the average.
A gentleman from Albemarle tells us
that the farmers there will make more
wheat this season than they have for
many years.
A Nashville paper talks in the fol.
lowing STRAIN of matters in that city ::
Probably no city in the country has
such motley population as Nashville
aS the present time. The city is over
run with paroled rebels, discharged gov.
ernment employees and thieves. The
peuitentiary is filed to overAowing, and
Recorder SHANE is doing heavy
business every morning in the way Of
collecting taxesfrom evil doers. Thieves
ply their vocation every highland laugh
at the endeavor of the police to ferret
them out.
News from Jackson, Mississippi, is to
the effect that the country thereabouts
has already farmore merchandise than
the people have money to pay for.
Good bacon was selling at ten dollars
per hundred pounds, and lard for the
same by the wagon load, showing that
there has heretofore been general con.
.cealment of property Of the edible kind.
In the Washington city election the
conservatives voted in greater strength
than since the war began, and elected
the ticket which they preferred. They
polled large majorities against all who
participated in the recent meeting for
the banishment from the city of those
who left during the war.
The President has appointed ANDREW
j. HAMILTON, Of Texas, 70 be Provi.
sional Governor of that State, and also
JAMES JOHNSON, of Georgia, B to be
Provisional Governor Of Georgia. The
form of the proclamation is precisely
similar to those heretofore appointing
Provisional Governors for North Caro-.
lima and Mississippi, and the duties pre-.
scribed the same.
A corresponding writing from New
Otleans says: "In short time twen-
ty.fve thousand Southerners, from Tex
as, will bein Mexico. Tie sympathies
of the leading men ofthat party will not
be with Maximilian." f%G 5a
Gen. DloK TAYLoR's Louisiana plan.
Haitian naar Naxu nrlnana ,.L;.L La
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The AMNESTY PARDoN.-Attorney
General Speed has issued the following
circular, for the benefit of those classes
making application for special pardon,
under the Presidents Amnesty Procla.
nation
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CONGRESSIONAL.
WASHINGTON, March lU.


SENArE.-Mr johnson presented the
credential of }, J. Cressard, elected Sena-
tor by the Legislature of Maryland in
place OF Senator Hicks, deceased. He
was qualified and took his seat.
Mr.. Lane, of Kansas, moved that the
Senate proceed to the consideration OF
the resolution to pay compensation and
mileage to the claimants OF seats from
Louisiana and Arkansas, and against
which the committee to audit the con-
tingeut expenses had reported.
Mr. Sumner called attention 10 the tact
that this resolution involved an eXpendl-
ture of $4,000, and that one of the per
sons. Mr.. Fishback, could not take the
oath required of every Senator. without
committing perjury
Mr.. Lane said that was not true. Mr.
Fishback was known TO be radical re-
publican from the commencement OF the
rebellion.
Mr.. Trumbull did not see what claim
the gentleman had to a seat from Arkan-
sas The committee on Judiciary had
investigated the matter, and the Senate
by a decided vote declared they were
not entitled to the seat
Mr.. Wade said the law making power
had declared Louisiana TO be i'll rebellion
against the people of the Uuited States.
Pending the consideration of this sub
iact the Senate went into Executive ses-
sion.
Adjourned.
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Raid up the Rappahannock- 4 Capi"re
of Tobacco.

PHILADELPHIA. March l0-A special
dispatch to the Evening Telegraph from
Washington to-day says: The Star says
Oh Monday last three transports of
troops from Fortress Monroe, accOmpa-
Med by the gunboats Carnidere, Reed
and Yankee, proceeded up the Kappa
hammock on raid, the principal object
icing the capture of large quantity of
tobacco, known to have been sent from
Richmond to Fredericksburg to he
,muggled into our lines On its way
he expedition proceeded cautiously and
the gunboats secured the river thorough
i for torpedoes.
A schooner bound up, with cargo of
Hhlskey and salt, was first captured by
the Read, and the crew and cargo re-
moved and the schooner blown up. On
arriving ut Fredericksburg it was found
to be garrisoned by a squad OF rebels
who, however, made no resistance. A
body OF troops and sailors were landed,
who succeeded in capturing the tobacco.
1t was manufactured tobacco, amount
ing TO % tuns, and Is estimated to be
worth $4,000
The country about Fredericksburg
was secured pretty efhciently, and du-
ring the raid over 400 prisoners were
taken
An extensive contraband trade has
been organized by the rebels on the Rap
pahannock. and the expedition was de-
signed to break it up.
AS the vessels passed down the river
on their return, numbers of deserters
came of from the shore, SO of whom were
from the Oath North Carolina
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ments. as this noble song. He runs ont
little risk of being wrong IN his facts,
who asserts that Campbell will deny ms
confidence to any uan, whom he sns.
poets has any attachment to the word
Virginia. Hence he counseled the ,driV-
ing of such people out of the State OF
West Virginia, saying they never would
be Republicans or such as true Republi-
cans ought TO trust or tolerate. His mot
to was 'let us drive them ont while we
have the power. or others viii come and
take their place." Inthe argument that
such policy was cruel and aWaSt, he
would sneeringly reply ''life and proper
ty is but prize" and belongs the art
fnl, the swift and the streng
He is the advocate of .despotic power,
and has not scrupled to applaud the use
of force at elections He has no regard,
beyond policy, for truth. He habitually
calls the Democrats rebels and traitors.
He is the enemy OF peace measures and
discusses and opposes them, bur will not
suffer Others to advocate them. He Is
the friend of war, but will net allow
Others to oppose it by peaceful, hut free
discussion In a word, he IS an enemy
10 the lreeuOIu Vi SPSSu az" va '"o
press, and favors abridging both.
He affects the great man and assumes
to give counsel in the affairs OF nations;
while he is in truth mere, small, NOUS
ing party thing, without lberality or
breadth sufficient to control orcounselln
library associations or in the common
council of municipal corporation. In
his LITTLENEsS and bitterness, he Is dis
turbed and fFetted il he sees one, who is
not of his party, an Alderman, or City
Councilman. or Constable. however hon
est or capable the man may be. His sell
fshness and malignancy, in times like
these. make him potent for mischief and
oDuression, while he is wholly impotent
to the accomplishment of anything that
is useful, good or great.
BETTY SELDEN
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sherman Forty Miles from Raleigh
The Sentiment in North Carolina.
Press Dispatch.


New YORK, March 10.-By the arrival
of the Dudly Beck, which left Newbern
Monday afternoon, 9th, we learn that the
weather has cleared off on Saturday
night. The enemy had felled great num-
bers of trees across the roads and paths
leading from Newbern to KinstOn, which
were being removed by the force advan-
cling from Newbern, which force was
within short distance of Kinston. Ref
upees arrived at Newbern state that Fay
etteyille, North Carolina, was i'll our pos
session last week, and that Sherman was
within 40 miles of Raleigh, Rebel SOL
diers were deserting in companies, and In
some cases by regiments. Some Of them
have returned to their homes
The people pay but little attention to
the proclamation of Governor Vance,
calling them to arms. In most places IN
North Carolina, the people 60 to the
front to meet Sherman with words OF
welcome. and are not particular about
placing their stock and supplies out OIL
his reach.
Quite a panic prevailed among the ne
groes of North Carolina since the an
pouncement that they were to be con-
scripted to fight in the rebel army The
rebels are now gathering them up,
A strong combination exists among
the conservative shareholders, who are
arming their slaves in order that they
NAV be able to defy the rebel authorities,
and thus retain their servants, who ex-
hibit a readiness to fight for their mas
ters and their homes rather than for the
Confederates. Great numbers of negroes
are docking to Sherman's army
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General Early Escapes on Fleet
Horse.

New YORK, March l0.-The conmuni-
cation addressed TO the Richmond En-
quirer sent by telegraph last night is
dated in the trenches March 4th. and
commences thus I'VE are alarmed.
What mean all these rumors i'll the city,
not of Sherman or his advance, or how
Early has been defeated; not of the war
or rumors of war; bat what are these
rumors of sena' orial committees and, etcI
In this we have the only reference made
in the Richmond papers to the defeat OF
Early.
The Herald's correspondent says Early
was found near Waynesboro' on range
of hills, with five pieces of artillery in
position Gen. Custer dismounted two
regiments as skirmishers In the rear.
on either side of the road, were two solid
regiments The movement npon the
enemy's works was made at once. The
rebels fired one volley and then fled like
sheep, Their attempt to escape was
fruitless, as Custer closed his lines upon
them and surrounded nearly the entire
force. Gen Early did not attempt to
rally his men, but rode otfon aflret horse,
attended bvan orderly. The victory was
almost bloOdless one, AS we only lost
ten or twelve killed and wounded