The Columbia Daily Phoenix, 1865-06-29

given up at a :ime wlien the belligerent rights ot' the South were still in force at Cuba and elsewhere. Capt. Page was in the lull exercise of his right of property when lie transferred his \'ossel to the Captain General of?Ouba, and that Spain is now her legitimate and sole owner. If, on llie other hand, thc ! ; belligerent rights nf the South ha J j been annulled at '.he time of the ret? - dition of the Stonewall, that vessel | would "have ceased to enjoy the immtt- i nities and privileges conferred in such ' ; a case to belligerents, and a* such ! might have been seized and confiscated ! aa a pirate. In both cases, then, if j we ti'usflhis theory, the Federal Gov - ! ernment has no riglit to claim from I Spain the deliverv of thp vessel. Sue is to remain in th? hands of the power to which sim has been given. Parties just arrived I rom Charleston, with the intention, they say*, ol not returning to that ci tv, tor many years at ?cast, give the gloomiest account of I the state of a ilaire in that region. In their estimation the Palmetto State i-^ j threatened with a social revolution ! which nothing but the .permanent es? tablishment of a strong loree in several rfoealities of the interior can prevent. Thoy represent the negro as perfectly unmanageable,/nil ot pretension and . in-olence, unwilling t.? work, and : addicted to all thc? vices which idle - I nos engonders. In the rice districts) I where the bhtrk population is to the" ; white as four to one, threats have [been preferred by I lui tonner against the latter which have induced many i planters to leave their property and I come North, front whence they intend 1 to ?ail for Europe. ? have spoken to I half a dozen, who have all held tho ; same language and manifested the ! same apprehensions. Their tears, tr is to he iioped, are !>u\ the result oi a I frightened imagination. Itisimpussj j ble, however, to deny that they aro in ! eartie.-,*, and really anticipated the. evils which they lear. The organization of negro labor in the South, certainly one of thc mos: important problems, ol' the hour, has ; excited and is still holding the attell - ; lion of both Northerners anti South - j erners, who would be piad to lin.1 sonic j system enabling lliem to realize i ni - I mediately the benefits cd the activity ; an? industry ol' a imputation of four ; millions of souls. Many plans havn ' been proposed, but none yet so efficient I as to warrant the belief that the tina) i solution of the problem has been ap? prehended. In the French colonies, I where theories ferr the organization of j black labor have been put into prac? I tice, L see that religions orders are playing ii considerable part in the i regeneration of the ue^ro, debased by slavery. In several places, especially ! in the Island of Kennion, the religious j orders have formed associations ol I black* for working large tracts of land, j in which the pomp and ceremonies of j the Catholic religion are used as a j powerful means ol action upon the ! ignorant negro. These associations, I ! understand, have produced the best. results. The Legro lias all along paid ; the greatest respect to tlift.orders ol his superiors, and shown a docility and j activity truly remarkable. These as? sociations arc organized pretty much as a convent, or rather like the colo? nies of Indians over which the Jesuits held ?way so long ilk the Spanish pos? sessions ol' America. Parties who have known intimately the rebel Vi ce-President, Alex. Ste phens, previous to the outbreak of the rebellion, having asked permission , from the President to bend him written ! communications, have had their de - i maud returned wi til the answer that neither written nor verbal comrauni* I cations would 'ne sent him. They say ' that Stephens is very severely treated i in his prison, and that books have . been refused to the prisoner. I Several personal friends of Prince ! Napoleon, who became acquainted with hun or; h;s v;>:i to Washington. ' have written to him expressing their

admiration for his last. speech, and j their regret, at the news of his rcsig j nation. The Prince himself had ? ordered several of his printed speeches | to be forwarded to tins city, where he has a lot of admirers and friends with whom he keeps up ?a regular corres pondence. . j WASHINGTON, J un*? 1*2.- The Juno i term of the Circuit Court, nf this dis : trict commences ona ?eek from to-day. and i*. is now- quite certain that it, will J not end without the trial of J eil*, j Davis on tho sndivtment already, found. At all events preparations for ? his trial are go rig forward. Bill j whether with the approval of the Government or no! is unknown. It'is believed t<> have bern definitely de? termined not to '.rv !iim bv military i j commission. Since thii release of Gov. Brown, of j i Georgia, no pron ?neut lebi I official j j has been imprisotie I. i! v. Watts, ol j j Alabama, lias been released, and. ox? ? i ?overnor Smith. <. i \ ngiffia, who has I delivered himself np.is also allowed to goion parole. IV'teher and N ance aie I still in tho Old Capitol; hui, it .is i rumored that tlicv, too, will soon be j out on parole. Gov. Magrath, of I South Carohna, i!, is said," bas also been 1 J sent South to he paroled, j Judge Underwood, of the United I States District Court of the Kastern J" District of Virginia, bad an interview j with Attorney-General Speed today jon the '.ml iel mem found in Ins court ; against, tren. L> . . It. is the prevailing j j impression Ucre that.no trial xviii be I I had under that indictment, nor ?viii i j any arrest, bc ma le, j President John on is s?'1 overwhelmed j I with delegations from the South, office : I seekers and other-, that he ha? been j j forced Lo set as! . two clays el ihe i J week in wine i to attend cab:..et ?i???' i I ings and d-vos- his time to public i business. ?ie Inc-, however, granted i outsiders live, hours e .. !i day. except '. j Tuesdays, Friday., and Sundays. I The Ri'piihJ'irun this evening alt j no; i M rcs that .fohn MiU'hoil. Wv of the j j fvicliujond JCxtiii.ii r, i- about lo be indicted for treason in Judge Under -j wood's court. 'I ho statcmen: in ore? ol thc New j I York papers that a fleet of sixty I vessels was going imo European j waters from this country is a first class ? i canard. Only titree vessels ar. to be I sent abroad, and only one of those a 1 ? frigate, the Colorad.,,. I The mysterious letter intended foi j Booth, hut direct* i to initials J. W. , B. fourni at, tho National Hotel last ! week which pielciulcd to bc written by one of Booth's conspirators at South Branch, Va., terns out to be a forgery. The man who wrote il, i-, under arrest, j Iis object, il seems, i was to implicate parties against whom ! he had personal spite, j [Cor. Nc io York War! I. I A rr i. to AI IONS i OR PARDON.-Tho following circular has been issued from the AlLot'iiey-General's ellice: '.By direction of the President, all persons belonging to the excepted j classes enumerated in the President's j Amnesty proclamai iou of May 2'.), 1S65, who may mako special applica? tion to the Pr?sident for pardon, are hereby notified that before their respective applications will be con? sidered, it mus?, be shown that they have respectively taken and subscribe ! the oath or the affirmation in sriid proc? lamation prescribed. Every such per? son desiring a special pardon should make application m writing or in per? son therefor, and should transmit, with such application the original oath or affirmation, as taken ?nd subscribed before an officer authorized under the rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary ol' Slate to administer the amnesty oath prescribed in the i said proclamation of thc President, j IAMBS SPEED, t * .i''crt:"" 1 o-i.i,;-.'

THE COLUMBIA PHOENIX, PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY, BY JULIAN A. SELBY. TERMS-I y A JJ VA XC E. SUBSCRIPTION. Pix months, - - - - $5 Ono month, - - - 1 ADVERTISING. One square, (ten linos.) one time, 50 ets Subsequent insertions, - .'!."> ets Special notices ten cents per line. [ ( >rigina!j Though Love in After Years. I. Though lone in after years May he the heart 1 bring. When rapture droops beneath her tears, And hope, i? on the wing, Yet. not for the? to Weep. Oh! never let me know That grief of mine, however deep, Hath ever brought theo wo! It. Thus watching through the night. One thc-Ught IIIV grief beguiles. That, howsoe'er I fuel th" blicht, It doth not check thy smiles; My sdBl with courage bears The woes 1 may not shun. Assured ibut never yet my tears Hath ever cost th.ne! K. li. C. News from Washington. WASHINGTON", June !).-Tue rn vs - tory enshrouding the conspirator, Payne, instead of being pleuro 1 up, is growing deeper every day. His bear? ing and fortitude throughout thc trial is ??otnelhitjg wonderful. Heat, chains, handoiii?'s, and li.? awful presence of certain death, the enrtstant gaze of tho eag?-r ?md curious crowd, and all ihe surroundings of the commission, neither appal nor terrify him in thc least. Foi his companions in misery he deeply sympathize.--, and onlv wishes. ' because he is stronger and braver than they, that he cou! 1 bc executed tor cadi one. To-dav a Christian lady, of this city, sent him a pocket-handkerchief and a message that she should pray for him, und that others prayed for bim. Ile received the present with thc air and bearing-, seemingly, of a "gentleman, returning his thanks, and 'as to the prayers he said no one praying tor him should lal? ir alone; that be prayed for him? self, 'l iiis last remark \v,:s made with tntich emotion, his eye- filling with tears; his nature is two fold; lie is gentle, and yet as terrible as a hon. ?Ie has more endurance than falls to the lot o? most men. Ile will go four days at a time without eating or drink? ing, and still be strong, lie has sat in that court room thirty-two days without relief from the usual course ot' nature, and during all that time has not uttered^ a complaint, ns to his health, lie is yet young. Iii-; lace is beard? less. When dressed asa gentleman he is .'inc looking. lint w ho he is, and where ho came hom, :s thc great mystery. Two members of tue Alabama de? legation are still here, one of them being Judge Parsons, of Talladega who is so strongly urged for provisional governor of that State. The Missis? sippi delegation were well received hy the President, though they find that the same policy toward reconstruction is to he pursued in their casi'. Hon. George Houston, of Georgia, who is here with the Georgia delegation, claims lo have been a Union man over since he withdrew from tho Federal Congress. Tho latest news from Spain docs not state anything positive- as to tho manner in which thu ijuestion of the Stonewall is to be settled. Tho news of the surrender of that vessel had inst, reached theseatof Government; but., as it, was anticipated, it did not ci cate tho same impression as it the thing had been quito unexpected. People were discussing the probability of (he rendition of the Stonewall to the United States Government and of the demand which had been made to thal effect, bnt could not arrive nt a definite cODcluc-iou. Many wore ol opinion that thia vessel, bavins been