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8ATURDAY_'MORNI%, UL We will publish, -o Tuesd : A ing next, the remarks od'the Hon. W. W. Boros, delivered in the Court House in Winnsboro on Wednesday, June 21st, before the public meeting held on that day. Those wishing extra copies of the paper containing the -speech, had best order them before pub. lication. All orders left at our office for the paper promptly attended to. The price of a single copy of the Tt. WEEKLi NEWS is ten cents. We are forced to this charge from the sipple fast that when we purchase the necessa ries of life we are compelled to pay- two prices for them, and hence we have to charge in the same spirit for our labor. It will be found that we give a very large amount of reading matter, and the work we put in our paper, makes it well worth the small pittance asked for it per single copy. For one month we will send the paper for One Dollar, and for one copy our charge is ten ceits, either in coin or greenbacks. We received, yesterday, from No. 4 Bank Range, (Messrs. ELLIOTT & Co.,) a very suspicious' looking document labelled "Old Whiskey, 1861," accom. panied with the annexed note : "Accept this 'Visque,' from our store, We think you'll like it well I Please tell your friends we've plenty more At Elliott's house to sell 1" All of which is very rtspectfully re ceived, and laid oa the shelf for Jture consideration. Messrs E. & Co. will please accept our thanks for their prpsent. Should any of our friends wish to tiy the *nettle of the hovse of Messrs ELLIOTT & Co., we advise them to pro. ceed, without delay,. (as delays are dan gerous,) to pay die place a 'visit, pro. cure one of those mysteriously labelled document@, and if they don't say it is a pure article then we are no judge. We are authorized to say that the or ders of the military authority, in regard to the United States currency, do not design or contemplate that-this currency shall be confounded with- gold and ail ver, or assumed to he of equal value. U is oily required that it-shall be gene. rally received in trade as the authorised cculating medium under Government. [Coluinbia Phanix. Therefore; any person dejpg business, in any capacity, according to the author. ized statement of the Phoeii, can ask for their commodities one price in coin, gold vr silver, and another, -dither higher or lower, in greeibacks. This is quite an important piece of informaiion to those engaged in business, as it will be seen that the matter above is "author. .ized." We clip the following very appropri ate remarks from the Charlotte Deme crat, and endorse th'em. They are writ ten in the right spirit :' "It becomes southern meni to do the best they can under the present circum stances. It is not necessary for us to prove our loyalty by noisy professions or gymnistice in 'Union.- meetings.' Neither is it necessary for us to deny our co-operation in the Confederate cause. For our own patrt individually, we reiterate that we did all we coul'd, aftet the war commenced, tb carry it on successfully, and we never expect to see the day when we will deny that our sympathies were with the Sout in the late struggle ; b~ut the issue' has )been. decided against us and we are thereforei wowere sincere friends of the Confled aoy. Let us allshwb uoone as wu e;go-i n prouperity. The two great sucdof' ibhdoce, in the stipotesf labor and Spitbl 'WIUs. Pe4 " the faelIties fo 'r tion, and e Ue thai is made o th which iliry aobing to the', ility 04 the eil, .hd 6*eellence of equip. mente, and the Aill and capsmt of the labor; the wages of labor, and the in. terest of money, may both, therefore, be higher or lower, or they may vary their relative values, as the one or the other of these conditions prevail ; so that no arbitrary schedule of wages, can, with any propriety, be adopted for hired )a. bor, which shall be applicable to a com munity, or to a variety of ccupations; and all such sumptuary regulations are but the absurd conceits of a visionary. Property in negroes having been de. stroyed by the military arbitrary for'e of the government, not by the laws of the country, the landed proprietor has no longer any immediate interest in the black race; with him, for the first time, his capital and labor assume a seperate if not an antagonist attitude. For the capitalist, the wisest econo my is to employ the most remunera tive labor ; he will employ therefore on. ly those who are most expert and relia ble, and who are withoutincumbrances; generally the white foreignor in prefer ence to the black man. - The demand for intelligent labor, which this new relaion will create, will stimulate immigration to the South; the universal prejudice of the white me chanic to his black rival, will, in a meas ure, exclude him from the handicraft trades ; labor-saving machines will create further completion and conse quent reduction of wages; until soon poor cuffy, in the plentiLude of his free dom, will find- himself, without food, without employment, without a home, and without a friend, a citizen of the world, with perfect liberty to starve. "Shake not thy kinky wool at me, thou canst not say I did It." The South and North. Under this heading the New York Mes has some remarks which are very salutary at this juncture when new is sues are being heedlessly precipitated upon tile country by conceited would be leaders, endangering -the return of a wholesome state of affairs by the manip ulation of "fine phrases," with which to catch the ears of the thoughtless. We commend the following extract from the 7Vmnes, a Republic.&n journal, to atten tion : - We expect the Southern States, now thnt the war is over, to become instantly as quiet, as prosperous, as loyal, and as thoroughly anti-slavery in sentiment, as -Massachusetts or New York, and every incident that proves this not as yet to be the case, carries alarm to th public heart. Thisisunroasonable and absurd. Such a tornado as has swept the South leaves in ita track a desolation which years can not rempve. Society is uprooted, and must be raised again Trom the seed. The whole structure of Southern industry has been over thrown, and it can be rebuilt but slowly. Men's minds hate been di verted from the ordinary channel, of active thought, and it will be a slow task to bring them back. Four million slaves, who formerly did, by comnpulsion, all the work of the South, are now free, and will work or not, as, they and their ord masters can agree. Their 'relative positions are not favorable to rapid corn pacts, anid years may elapse before this tremetidous practical problem is fully, solved. We muat be prepared for a long and laborious struggle, for many defeats and discouragemhnta; and if, - at the end of twenty years, we Aind- the re lations of the two races in the Southern States all would desire, .e shall have done more than any other nation ever did in a century. .w in'eaI to-thepolitical action of the Southsrn people. We expeot them now-tha6 the war issove *nd they are beaten, to be come at once, not only loyal citisens, obeying all the laws, and suatdining fully the national authority, but thorough-go ing -abolitionists, and advocatea-pf negpo .sAAnything short bf athis, y have not beenutiped uite en Wegeownee them,. still ste a*ls, end call fcrer oxdlusiooth~i O4hegof ctsnsh r Thieaeapoable Asdenvisa *O hive 'nothng 'to do hk 14f - have ori tt setlves as peacoful lawabiaing citizens. Ifthiie do thi4 we an demiud nothing mdol ey ag beley in theifl ea-t what 'plea*#; they Cay fel aW they liko. ji the war and the governmpt; they may be at heart rebellious still 'but that is really none of our business. We cannot control their opinions or their sentiments; we can and must control theireconduct, but that is all. Nor is it reasonable to expect that the mass of the Southern people can or will become sud denly devotees of doctrines and senti ments- which they have hitherto abhor red, and against which they have staked their fortunes and their lives. Men do not thus instantly change their wholk natures on compulsion. And any oston tatious pretensions of such a change would be-hypocritical. The great body of the Southern people were unquestiona bly honest and sincere in the opinions, the prejudices and the resentments which led them to rebel against the Govern' ment; and it would be folly to suppost that those feelings would all be at once eradicated by the simple fact thr they have been beaten in the field A radi. cal change in the sentiment of the South: em people, concerning slavery and the purpose and temper of the na'ional authority, can only be wrought by time, by wise laws wisely administered. and by their exp'erience of the new conditior upon which they have entered. Nor should'we desire to break the spiriti or crush the self-respect of the people of the Southtrn States. Thei courage, their resolute and determined spirit, is now among the priceless pos sessions of the whole country. It has been our enemy, but hereafter'it is to b< our friend. It has been turned against us, and has vainly sought our destruction; henceforth it fights only on our side, and swells the power and the courage with which we may confront a world in arms It would be suicidal in us to crush or de stroy it-we should be destroying a part of that which is to give us the proudest place ever held by any nation on the face of the earth. They confess and feel hemselves overcome-subdued, sub "gated. From no quarter do we hea he faintest hint of any wish even tc enew the contest. It is not for us to toison the wound we have inflicted or eirpride, nor to stab, with insulting lows, the dead body of their ambition.' 2he Progress of Reoonstruction and Its Safbgnards. The President has issuel the sacn< abling Proclamation for Mississippi am fr North Carolina. He will, doubt 1 s, very soon do the same for Georgia labama, Florida, South-Carolina and xr.s-the only remaining States of the onfederacy" whose governments have n t been reorganized by other methods eat pains have thus far been taken a will continue to be taken, to secur< in at competent and trustworthy men fo1 P visional Governors, District Judges D trict Attorneys, and the other elli :e s necessary to clear the way for the no orders of things. Special care wil be xercised also in the selection of the mi tary commanders of the variout So thern departments, since a concilia tory spiit and discreet co-operation on their part may do much to smooth the way. Ample earnest has already beet given that whatever devolves upon thi 'President to d'o in this momentous work will be done wisely and well. But it nuet not be forgotten tha these enab)ing proclamations and officia alipointments, are not final acts. .A great deal has been said about the dan ger that the elections will be carried b3 those who are still inimical in spirit t< the national government, and who woub organise permannent sedition unless al howed to dictate, Even 0o moderate and liberally dispesed. a man as Senato Shermaar has expressed, in a speech jus delivered, the fear of tb ' the strong est terms. -We admit ~there arouli be no security against thisi if all the olb constitutional pbwers were now to be tes svtored fdy- and fally~ tp these Sttu Thes amnestyr oath,' prescribed as a pro requ'aite' or voting for .the ne* Stab~ conventIots, may perhaps be considseo by didloyal nen to'have no bidding~ foe ae has been clainte& in soIebe quarters ahad thuns shay ptacticalhy prove #orth that #rneehtant- "otdayi so~el aarl of tha ,idw obttu onal ao vetio in issia ' pi or South Caroliga of alay lother So- 05tate, and thas their wsrl* niay be paidatio and over way ptrnat twjuIschina, it dodsio folow that't n*O a o remedf. 'The rW Us~fPreidentiJohn sosa hu i ~ 4oohdiiodpy I nable *tion to' be 'framed by the Convention, does not secure that object, in the judg ment t PregAnt Johnsn, lie will have the same right to rejct the action of the Conventionthat heoriginally had to authorize ilie Convention. If the pow. ers he confers are not exercised for the constitutional ends lie sets forth, he can treat everything done under their per version as of no effect. Practically, he reserves to himself a veto power. over any disloyal or anti-republican feature of the new Constitution of each of the States. If, as many fear, these conven tions should incorporate into their work provisions that would revive slavery in some different form, or in any way operate oppressly upon the freedmen, or if it should accord power to the Legisla. ture that could be used to the same end, such work would contravene the author. it% given by the 'President, and thwart its declared purpose. We may be very sure that President Johnson would not accept it, and that lie would again remit the derelict State to military government. The knowledge that the President has this power in reserve, will of itself have an immense influence in conAtraining the conventions to carry out their trust in good faith to the Union and to avery Republican principle. But there is still a further protection; and ohe quite independent of the action or will of President Johnson. By the Constitution each branch of Congress is made the exclusive judge of the qualifi cations of its own members. 'the creden tials-of any Senator or Representative setit to the National Councils by any of the reclaimed States, may be subjected to the severest scrutiny. IV it shall be made to appear that he was elected by disloyal votes, or that the State which lie claims to represent has not in reality reinatated a republican form of govern. ment, or that there is a default m any other essential requirement, the repre sentation will not be allowed.' The jeal. ousy and rigor with which this power was exercised by each branch of the last Congress, against the claimants to seats from Louisiana and Arkansan, although those claimants were unquestionably loy al, sufficiently attests what the disposi tion of the next Congress with its far larger loyal inajority, will be upon the subject. The very oath which is now prescribed by law as a prerequisite to a sunt in either body, is so comprehensive and strict as to be of itself.an, immense obstacle to the schemes -of sedition. Every Senator and Representative, af ter his credentials are scrutinized and ap proved, is obliged, by the law of July, 1862, before admitted to his seit, to take this oath; "I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or af firm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, consel or encouiragement to persons en gaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise- the functions of any fce whatever, under any authori ty or pretended authority In hostility to -the United States; that I have not yield ed a volubtary support toany pretended government, autlhority, power or Consti tution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto, And I do further swvear (or affirm) thua t, the best of may knowledge and ability, I will support and defeind the - Constitutiono the United States against all enemies, fer I eign and domestio ; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the sne ; -that I take t his oliigation freely, with. out any mental reservation or .purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I amn about to enter, so help mec God.". Any person falsely taking-that oath is made by law guilty of perjury, and -subject to all the penaltieis sow presoribed I for tl1at ofiance. Ths oath. seems to be stringent enough to exclude all ,abet. tors of past treason, or fomentohs of - taire sedition. The reconstruction which is initiated by~ these proclamations of the Presidens will not be consuma:Atod until oetitu thons are framed by the. iespective States, which shalf' accord, in thd biati motion of the Presidedet, witdm the' bmids set forth in the probtsmtidwe, add #iWtfl sneh reprsiintaaire ts at to Cost. m.se as shall h~a I the jiudgment of ngrees, sede pgutitdtal'band lo qihlfidesion: Therfsfd,' N "say ) eklates nOWt4 trinsble dstgelves a fear th'at the4ineli /s~ the' 11 ~its the a~'tnd& se. proc niti h sh) ha auto OZ 9r old n .f dient 1y~t $~ a 94ph ofthf -domv'dh bieA aew 1 t tay accept thewroffer,' and-in good .faitlh jiaugurato a new order of things by coistjutiops aidla*s and elections of a chardoter that will fieal past dissensions and ienr& future concord, they will soon occupy at secure and as honorable as position in the Union as thdy can desire. If, on the other hand, they use the facilities now given them only t6 gratify their old hates, and to renew their old practices, they will not be long in fizding themselves balked. President' Johnson has thrown open the gate. It is for them to determine upon an easy or a hard road to travel.-IV. Y. 2mc. The Situation. The New York Herald, of the 18th, under the above heading, publishes the following items: The steamships George Cromwell and Evening Star, whieh arrived here yester. day from Nev Orleans on the 10th inst., broug, is important despatches from our correspondents in the Gulf .Department. They furnish interesting accounts of the incidents preceding, attending and fol. lowing the occupation of Brownsville, Texas, on the 31st ult., by the national troops, under Gen. Brown. The rebel troops, previous to evacuating the place, mutinied, pillaged the town and made prisoners some of their offiders until their demands for the payment of their back dues were complied with. The rebels left the day previous to, Gen. Brown's arrival, not waiting to be paroled or to comply in any manner with the terms of General Kirby Smith's surrender. Large numbers of them moved across the Rio Grande into Mexico, taking with them their arms. Their artillery they sold to the Mexican imperialists at Matamoras. It is said that the laat of the rebels.were driven from Browns. ville by Mexican residents, who organ. iged a home guard for the preservation of order soon after the evacuatiot' co menced. After taking posseqion o Brownsville, Gen. Brown wrote a letter to Gen. Mejia, the imperialists comman der at Matamoras, assuring him that neutrality would be observed by the American forces in regard to the contest in Moxico between the republicans and imperialists. It is said that the rebel Gen. Magruder, is well as Kirby Smith, has gone to Mexipo. The latter carried with him a considerable amount of money. On the Id inst., the rebel Generals Magruder and Kirby Smith were receiv ed on board the United 'States steknier Fort Jackson, Capt. Sands, off Galves. ton, when the articles of surrender of all the rebel Trans-Missisippi forces were signed by Gen. Smith. The next morning the rebel officersewere conveyed-. back to Galveston, and on the 5th inst Capt, Sands and other officers proceeded up to the town, landed, received itp surrender from the Mayor and once more unfurled, the national flag ovej the public buildings, in the presence -of'a large but undemonstrative and orderly asemblage of the people. The rebel Governqr of Texas. has issued a call for the Legislature to tndet in August. and aTgo for an election to. choose delegates to a. State convention. ThePresident's amnesty proclamation, created much excitement in- New Or leans. The cl1pses excepted, from par don were mnore numerous than hall been expected. Largl nmnbers of- pitrated rebels, officer, as well as soldiers, hago recently arrivqd in New Orleans apa settled down, to the quiet routineof pri vate life. Generals Bleauraggrd int Dick Taylor have- been for aome tinib residing in .the vicinity of the oity,. awaiting the proceedings of Governteet, in their cases. The business of the ciy was rapidly reviving. " ' The late rebel' Gor.' Alien, ef'Lonis iana, has issued a farewell addkesato the. peopke of hai Stete, acknowled gebe siexorable logic of events, the gire9f; the rebelhios, and th~at1he no' longet- us. aunee to be their Executive and cogns' selling them to submni( graoefh thy' national authorities. .a , The Alabama Sta * eev. .d by the .rebels on the atvance of , ere recovered arde kt Mnbis'aod the 4th lnst, ir-a to'beteIarned to the at ' The -~gy -s qb eqof the ye o siseppi alcboisecurt and were en rosas he' State capital. The Sta' rd~d Mare, of Al awrtahatebeear. a sept )Torthr. 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