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Methodist Episcopal Church Confer

The Conference met at tho usual hour
yesterday.
The decision Of the Virginia annual Con-
ference, expelling Mr.. David F. Doggett
for improper conduct, an appeal from
which had been under consideration with
closed doors for two days, was sustained.
number of reports were presented and
appropriately referred, laid over under the
rules, or adopted. Among the last was
one from the Committee on Correspondence
WIN other churches. one resolution in
which was rs follows:
Resotred, That the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, South, stands this day, as she
has always stood, ready and willing to con
sIoer with Christian candor any uneqnivo-
cal and scriptaral overtures for sympathy
and Fellowship which may be rendered her
by any body Of Christians in their general
representative capacity.
one OF these laid over was a proposition
to re-estabish the publishing house at
Nashville, Tenn.
The report from the Committee OH Mis-
siens, which had already excited 80 much
feeling and 80 much debate, was called up.
The discussion upon it was very diffuse,
bnt nothing new was introduced into it.
and eventually the report was adopted as
whole, as it had been some days previous
favor, to sixteen against.
One member of the convention apolopized
for having unintentionally wounded the
feelings of another in the course of debate.
resolution for the appointment OF a
standing committee OF twelve to try charges
OF immortality, and hear appeals ut each
annual conference, was introduced, and
laid over under the rules
resolution for the appointment OF
committee Of one from each conference to
hear appeals taken on the trial of travelling
preachers was introduced, and referred to
the Committee ON Revisals
a nreambla and aeries ~ ;>,,.,
were introduced, protesting against the in
reference Of the civil or other power with
the church. The doctrine that sclf-prc-
servation IS the first law Of nature was OBJ
jected to, as opposed to the letter and
spirit Of the Christian religion, which in
suicates rather suffering and, if need be,
dying for its sake. They were referred TO
the Committee on Revisals.
A resolution was adopted that after to-
day no memorials, petitions or resolutions
relating to changes of discipline should be
received by the Conference.
The Conference adjourned at nearly 2
O'Clock, to meet at the usul hour, o'clock,
this morning.-Ne'o Orleans Crescent. 1871.
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DErARTURE. Quite a stirup among
the freedmen was occasioned last
week by an agent here from the West
IN search OF work hands AS large
inducements were offered in the way
of rations and wages, besides the
novelty of travel, of visiting other
scenes and society, very many took
eagerly to the offers, and entered into
engagements; and about 100 of both
sexes, with bag and baggage in happy
humor. took cars and left for parts to
them unknown, though full of hope
for their future. How far these hope
fnl expectations will be realized it is
not for us to know. Destiny working
out its ends. -Nc'rberry UeraH
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Sales.
Variety SAFE.
BY LEVIN & PEIXOTTO.
THIS (ThursJav) MORNING, 10Th ms;

IL O'Clock. VIC viii sell. al our store
fCENITCNC
Among wn:tA arc; Mahogany Belstcads,
Helr-sc:,t sofa. Hair seat and Cane Chairs
Once Chairs, bress!n-; Bureaus, Marble
top Tables, Card Tables, Wardrobe, Mat
tr"SS0~.
GROCERIES.
E3.s. sugar, Irish Potatoes. pic&lcd sal
mon. boxes Soap. Starch, Ink. Svgars, &c.
DRY GOODS AND CUTLERY.
Ladies Dress Patterns, SILK Cravata,
Suspcldcrs, Felt hats, Shoes.
l., =, and ibiade Pockc: Knives. Pocket
books, Pins, &c.
W. superior Patent Lever Gold Hun,ius :
Matc.!. April p
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General Butler, one day last week,
made speech bfeore the House of
Representatives of the Pennsylvania
Legislature. Among other things, he
said:
owe had conquered the South
conquered them Of all their rights,
except one-the right to be hanged.
He had impoverished himself and
shed the blood of brother and son
In defenceo of the great principles for
which they had fought, and he for
one would never yield, unless some
Of the leaders in the rebellion were
hung. The good and brave Presi-
dent Lincoln had, by public acts and
private conversation, said that JEFF.
Davis and Gen. Lee should be hung
But Andrew Johnson said these trai-
tors should be admitted to their
seats, aud help to make laws for us. -
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CIVIL RIGHTS Law IN BALTIMORE.
The american, of Tuesday, enume-
rates three cases of negro exclusion
from civil privileges. 1t does not say
that any prosecution had grown out
of them; but We may infer that it is
the opinion that it should or will.
One of them is the refusal to allow a
negro to SIT among the white passen-
gers III the York Road cars; another,
a refusal to sell ticket to n Negro al
the Holiday Street Theatre; and the
third, the refusal to sell negro
drink of liquor at q house on Eastern
and Canton Avenue.
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HE CIGAR SH1P.-The cigar ship
announced by late foreign arrival MS
having made a trial trip was not the
large one Mr.. Winans is engaged
upon, but little one, only seventy
two feet long, which came from
Havre to the Thames. She is said TO
have performed admirably we'll.
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The cholera approaches from the
North east this year, as it did in 1849
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Te1eBTaPh-
new York Market.

Nx1SSaax, April q. Cotton duh at 81 1-e
! eents. Gold, 27.
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There are 2o0 applicants for Iii.
vorces at the present term of the Su
preme Court Mt Boston.
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ArcUsrA, April 2:-Therc is 10 demand
Tor any grades OF cotton below strict mid
ding: We quote strict middiing Bic: good
midd'ins to nMlLnS Iair sec Gold dnll.
brokers arc buying at 26; sailing at p.
Silver buying at 20; selling ri -
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By A. r. Phillips.

ff"M'f'"e. my Goods, Watches, I'in,o
P1n.1.. Horses. .t.,
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LoNDoS, April 6.-CoDso,s ro, .,.n...
es Hos@ soy tive-twepties T3a73,. fhD bnj.
rpn on IN M the Bank OF England has .lc,r..,s..,
tllo,3OO sterling.
o.i LONDON, , April 7.-Con-ols for n.,,r
S"sefs63. FIve-tweutics 73!a.7l.
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STEPHENS FIRST SPEECH. Ste-
phens being serenaded on his arrival
at New York, made his first speech
in America, which is reported as fol-
lows:
"CoUNTRYMEN: I look upon this
demonstration as an honor paid to
Ireland. Cheers. I thank you in
the name of Ireland, and I very sin
cerely thank you on my own part;
for some reflection of t'1is honor paid
to Ireland falls to me. Cheers.
AS I told you last night, it is not
my intention to make any long
address to you till I thoroughly un-
derstand the position of affairs. It
is also my intention and my duty to
make every possible effort to conci-
iiate those good and true Irishmen
who differ in opinion with us, but
who, I trust, before the mass meeting
on Tuesday next, shall have come to
an understanding with u.s. Cheers.
The grand essential now is unity of
action. Long applause,] That unity
OF action we must have. Renew ed
cheers. No man shall stand between
us and it. Any man or sny party of
men who would keep us divided is an
enemy of Ireland, and as such you
must treat him. Cheers. I have
already made advances, and / shall
continue to make advances, and shall
make all necessary concessions con-
sistent with my duty and knowledge
of what we want in Ireland; for it is
to Ireland that we must in the first
as in every instance look Cheers
and cries of ''That's the talk. u There
is the arm, the heart and the cradle
of our race. lCheers. It is there
our action mnst begin as well as end.
Cheers and voice, This is New
York, the best city you were ever in
in your life. Yes, New York is a
city to be proud of. Arrangements
have been made for the meeting on
Tuesday next. I expect to meet every
friend of Irish liberty there, and then
[ shall lay before you a full state
ment of our position. Long cheers.
You must not be disappointed if 1 do
not give you much Of a speech to-
night. We only want to look at
yourself. Cheers and laughter, and
cries of That's all. Once more
thanking you for the honor paid to
Ireland, and Indirectly to myself,
bid you good night. Cries of NO,
no, go on, order, &c. Here person
in the crowd said, Say only what
you please. Mr.. Stephens conclud-
ed by promptly replying, cannot be
got to say anything do not think
proper. Once more accept my thanks,
an" farewell till Tuesday. Vocife-
eers, amid which Mr.. Ste
phi retired"1
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BANKING FOR THE BLAcKs.-We
find the following item in an ex-

BANKING FOR THE BLACKS. We
find the following item in an ex-
change:
The 'Freedmen's National Bank, >"
an institution organized by Boston
firm at Sandy Hill, South Carolina,
to receive and take care of the saw
ings of the negroes in that region.
has closed its doors finally. It's name
was mere sham, as it had no con-
nection with the Government to au
thorize the assumption of the title of
National Bank Its notes were
wretched Autographs resem-
bling backing g-box labels, but printed
In gaudy colors, which captivated the
eyes of the poor negroes. Each
freedman who deposited Il dollar
greenback in the 'bank," received
two-dollar note of this gay pictorial
issue, and fancied, of course. that he
was so much richer. There is no
telling how much longer the swindle
would have lasted, if Captain Jewett,
late OF the army, who has leased q
plantation in the neighborhood of
Sandy Hill, had not discovered some
OF the fraudulent notes among the
hands on his place, and learned from
the simple-minded creatures the ma
ture of the financial enterprise in
which they had embarked. He i'm
mediately wrote to Washington upon
the subject; but Charges & Higgin-
son, the proprietors of the institu-
ton, somehow getting wind of the
discovery. stole away in the night
carrying with them, of course, all the
deposits in their vaults" It is sup
posed that they realized by this
transaction betUeen three and fom-
thousand dollars. They came South
as temperance lecturers, and, at first,
eaked out their subsistence By selma
tracts and Bibles. It is said that GER
tain parties from the North, who are
occupying abandoned plantations
near the site of the defunct s.bank, :"
suggested the enterprise to these two
adventurers, induced the freedmen
in their employ to exchange their
wages for the beautiful bills of
Charges 4 Higginson, and divided the
profits of the concern with those
worthless. The freedmen who have
been thus shamefully gulled have
learned a lesson, but a very hard and
unpleasant one.
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Conditions for Publishing
THE LOST CAUSE.
A New
Southern History Of the Var Of the Coufderates.

BY E. A. POLLARD, or "a
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Hundred S pages, including twenty snr
2teei PORTRAITS Of prominent Confederate
Leaders. and will contain a full and antheno
,1c account OF the rise and progress of the
late Southern Confederacv, the Camns;on.
Battles, Incidents and Adventure. Of ~
most gigantic struggle Of the worlds histo-
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In substantial Cloth Binding, Umita-
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scrlption IN evory particular.
HEIhe wori will be delivered in a few
weeks, or as soon as ready
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2l2 King Street, Charleston. S. G..
Post Office Box 500.
robert Wilson, of Charleston, is the
General Agent for this work for North and
south Carolina. Good and responsible
Agents are wanted to engage in it's sale.
FOR terms and territory, address the Cen
eral Agent. Post Office Box 500. Charles
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Veto Message Of the President.

WAsHrSaToN, May 15.-The President re-
turned to the Senate, to-day, the bill for
the admission Of Colorado as State, with
his objections, which are merely on grounds
OF insufficient population. The President
remarks, in the course Of his message, that
II the information submitted in connection
with this bill is reliable, Colorado, instead
OF increasing, has declined in populatiou
In his concluding remarks, the President
says 1t ls common interest Of all the
States-as we'll those represented as those
unrepresented-tha the integrity and har-
mony, OF the Union should be restored as
completely as possible, SO that all those
who are expected to bear the burdens Of
the Federal Government shall be consult
ed concerning the admission Of the new
States, and that in the meantime no new
States shall be prematurely and unnecessa-
rily admitted to participation in the po-
htlcal power which the Federal Govern
ment wields-not for the benefit Of any
individual State or section, but for the
common safety, welfare and happiness Of
the whole country.
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Auction Sales,
SHERIFF'S SALE

Dayld T Glaze vs. McAdden x Albright.
Ufat IN Foreign Attachment.
pursuance of an order of the Conr,
i IN the above case, will sell. before ths
Court House in Columbia, within the Iccai
hours, on the FIRST MONDAY and TITtS
DAY in June next, N' 1 = ~
=, Three boxes of TOBACCO. attached ~
'n9 property of McAdden Il Albright.
Tcrms cash.
ALSO,
by virtue Of writ of teri tucias to mo
directed, a; l will sell, before the Court Honss
IN IN Columbia, within the legal hours on the
f1hSI MONDAY and TUESDAY in Inns
The following PROPERTY. viz:
rour pits OF Crude Turpentine of ,b.
dimensions, viz: @1'
One pit 4Ox15 feet, feet deep.
Two pits, each 30x15 feet, 6 feet deem
One PIT, 10x15 feet, 6 feet deep.
r. On the plantation formerly known q.
nocott u d Rawlinson, on the South Carol;na
M na Malroad, six miles from Columbia Ia'
vled d on as the property Of Daniel d. Ho.
5, cott' at the suit of the Bank of Camden
D. -, Vs. Daniel D. Hocott.
Terms cash. J. r. DENT G
~ 1000. May III
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THE MnLENN1UM.-A literary Gu
riosity has just appeared in London,
under the title of ''Louis Napoleon
the Destined Monarch of the World, +"
&c., by the Rev. M. Baxter, author
OF '"The Coming Battle" It is said
that II, 600 copies have been sold
the book finding readers, notwith
standing its apparent absurdity, on
account of the noteworthy names
used by the author as authorities.
We are indebted to Mr.. Baxter for
the cheerful news that the world is to
end !n 1e?2--so that people may set
about their preparations for that
event as soon as they like; but during
the brief interval of six or seven
years, the Emperor of the French is
to become sole monarch of the world,
personally representing the Anti
christ of the latter day. He is to
become supreme over England and
most OF America, the rest of Christen-
dom submitting to his sway. He is
to make covenant with the Jews.
who by his aid are to return to Pa
lestine, resume their rank Us g nation
and rebuild Jerusalem. Napoleon is
then to begin and carry on the per
secution of Christians, which an
swsrs to the pouring out of the Walls.
"Iwo years and six weeks after the
date OF the covenant with the Jews,
1.-The ascension of the 144,OOO wise
virgins" is expected to occur. The
Jews are to be favored only for seven
years and two and half months, and
then the great battle of Armageddon
IS to take place, in which Louis Ma
poleon (the ''great beast'') is to be
defeated and slain. This is revela-
ton more startling than any of DIR.
Cummings inventions.
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JOHN mitchell ON IRE1ANp.-From
the last Paris letter of Mr.. John
Mitchell, in the New York Daily Neacs.
we make the following extract:
There has been debate in the
London Parliament on the subject OF
the Established Church in Ireland.
Some curious features characterizet1
it. The Ministers all admitted that
this enormous Protestant Church es-
tablishment imposed upon Catholic
people is an injustice and an anomaly;
but they all simply refuse to take one
single step in order to redress the
grievance. They were ashamed to
avow their real motive for this re-
fusal; which is, that the disendow-
ment of the Irish Church would
probably turn the Protestants Eng
lands only allies in Ireland) into
Fenians. They cannot afford to
weaken any of their garrisons, whe-
ther military, civil or ecclesiastical.
And I think it as well they have re-
fused to touch that monstrous impo-
sition for the present. It is part, and
an essential part, of great system;
and the whole must one day come
down together. Besides, that church
in Ireland, though an emblem and
witness of subjugation, is not mate
rally grievance at all. If it were
disendowed-that is, if the 1.-THE rent
charge were suppressed-the land
lords would Immediately add proper
tionally to the rents; and they would
still go on and spend those rents in
England. Now, in fact, the revenues
of that church, amounting in all to
about 9750, 600 sterling, are at pre-
sent mainly spent in Ireland; and as
the great and crying evil of Ireland
is her poverty, caused by the constant
drain of her resources to England,
this e750,0O0 may be considered as
so much saved to the island out of
the clutches of her "sister country"
The Irish Church, it is true, ought to
be destroyed; but then Irish land
lordism ought to be destroyed along
with it; and this can only be done by
revolution of the northumberland
order In other words, there is no
salvation for Ireland except in reaiz-
ing the Fenian idea.
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SILVER PLArE.-Tax returns from
the Eighth Collection District in New
York show the name of l1ouseholders
who are assessed on more than a
thousand ounces of silver plate F.
D. Morgan, now of the Uuited States
Senate, appears to be the banner
|. der, and pays tax Oh 2,713 ounces.
n yris Ketchum is next, and pays on
2, 400 ounces. William b. Astor re-
turns less than fifty others of his rich
neighbors, his name being down as
owning only l, 1924 ounces.
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SOLID MATTER Commercial
Bulletin, in reply to 4 correspondent
offering to send something to fill up
with" says:
''That's just what we want. Sup
pose you commence now with o good
roasting piece Of beef and barrel of
-four
The Bulletin differs from most
printers in thus preferring "sohd
matter, but perhaps it desires that
the beef shall be Eat take"
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SANTA ANNA AND MAMMALIAN. The
New York Herald publishes docu-
ments to prove that Santa Anna was
one of the prime movers and getters-
up (although in his turn used by
others instead of using them) of the
Imperial scheme that is now coming
to so disastrous a failure in Mexico,
and which show that he was moving
in such plots as long ago as July 1,
1854. In 1861, Santa Anna again
enters into correspondence with him,
and approves of the attack being
made upon Mexico by the allied
powers. He also modestly offers his
own services to carry out their plans.
November 80, 1861, the selection Of
Maximilian and the placing him on a
throne in Mexico was already deter
mined upon in Europe, and perforce
Santa Anna gives in his adhesion to it,
although he would have preferred to
have been selected himself. He
makes haste, however, to offer his
services to aid in placing MaMmilian
on the throne
A month later, he expected to set
out for Mexico, but circumstances
delayed affairs, and we hear nothing
further of his helping the French, !"
until itappears that when Maximiian
himself was about to go to Mexico,
Santa Anna, thinking he could do
better with him than with the French,
hastens to write to him most affec-
tionate letter, stating "that his soul
overtiowed with pleasure at the idea
OF Ma1imilian's going to Mexico,
proffers in most earnest terms his own
utmost services, and closes by entreat-
ing permission to ''fervently kiss" the
Imperial hands" of his Imperial
Highness Maximilian. This last docu-
ment is too rich for anything, and
kills Santa Anna forever iii Mexico.
All bis subsequent manifestoes against
Macmillan go for nothing against
this document.
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AN IMPORTANT Mission.
Santa Anna, of Mexico, arrived at
Eizabethton, N. j., OH the 18th, by
the steamer from st. Thomas. The
New York Post says it is understood
that the object of the General in visit
ing the United States is to unite his
efforts with those of the Liberal party
OF Mexico in expelling Maximilian
from Itbat country. General Santa
Anna 'wih once more, it is announced,
risk his fortune and person in behalf
OF Mexico. He declares that he is
not seeking for power, but will place
himself under the leadership OF Pre-
sident Juarez.
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A HAPPY INCIDENT. "A Baltimore
correspondent gives the following as
one of the many pleasing incidents
Of the recent magnificent fair held
in that city, to aid the destitute peo-
pie of the South:
A characteristic feature of this
fair was the rafting constantly in
progress for various articles. An ad-
venturous friend of ours, from Rich
mond, entered the hall one evening,
when it was crowded to its utmost
capacity, and proceeded slowly with
the crowd down the East aisle. When
he had passed round and reached the
entrance, he was minus a sum Of
money which it gave him a chill to
think of, and the owner of one hun
dred and fifty chances, in as many
different articles, among which were
a doll baby. doll house, cradle,
two suits of infants clothing, q lace
night-cap, q box of ladies' hose, a
love of white bonnet, gipsy straw
hat, the prettiest pair of CATERS ever
seen, q hobby horse, q meerschaum
pipe. bottle of old whiskey, demi-
John of wine, silver mounted bill
lard cue, nm oil portrait of Gen. Lee,
an elegant Afghan, and numerous
other articles. A singular investment
for an old bachelor to make, we would
think. but we are witnesses to the
truth contained in his apolegetic
statement: "By jingo, sir, the, ladies
were so pretty, and asked SO sweetly,
please take {. a.chance, that they took
me, and for the life of me could not
refuse the dear, delightful creatures.
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The NEW YonK HERALD ON Ex-PRE-
s1pENr DAVIS IMPR1soN NENT. AN
editorial in the Herald, of the 10th,
says:
stIn barbarous ages and among bar
barous nations. prisoners have been
tortured before they were tried or
proven to be guilty; but that is not
the spirit of these times among civil
.Ized nations. Shall we, then, dis
grace ourselves in the eyes of the
wo rid, and in history, by torturing
this man with unnecessary severity
and by long imprisonment before
giving him trial? No one believes
severity necessary to keep him safely.
Nor does any one imagine he could
do any harm if even he were at large
on his parole. If be has the disposi-
ton to be troublesome again-and we
do not know that he has-he is not
SO crazy as to suppose he could do
anything. He is as powerless and as
harmless as child. 1t is not from
fear, consequently, that we need be
rigorous. As to the crime of treason,
If he be guilty, he is not more cri-
minal than ten thousands of others