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THE TRI-WEEKLY _EWS VOLUME I.] WINNSBORO, S. C., ,TUS.DAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 1865. [NUMBER 68. 'THE TRI-WEEKL yEWB: BY .J. e. BRITTON. THE'T4I-WEEKLY NEWS is pablished -on 'usday, Thursday and Saturday, at ONE DOLLAR per month, In advance. Single -copi. Tam sers. . . Adverdieements insertedi at ONE DOLLAR per square, of eiht line, or less, 'or the first, and SEVENTY.TIVK cents for each subse. quent insertin, invariably In advance. (From the Coluulbia Phoenix.] Under Whiob ting, Bezonian I We give a series of tent questions, wilch we find submitted to candidates in tle Alabama newspnpers. These questions may or may not be of impor. tance to the people. Hut the question, art, is whether there is a people or not. We are told that the elections are pro. nounced void in -Virginia. by the milita. ry authorities, because mlen who were old secessibnists have been elected. How have they been ele-ted ? Were they not pardoned-did they not be. ecome loyal citizens by the oath -have -they'not been granted ternisof citizen ship, and what does citizenship imply ? Is not amnesty a wiping out of' old scores ? If deniied the rights of citizen. 4hip, after taking the orth,of what-im. port the oath, and what . does citizen. slip raean, and what aces it confer of privilgo.? And if- the - military May suporcede t1he ballot box. what is suf. Ofag ? And if the resumption of civil authority is still subordinate to the ipsi discit of iatial law, of what use a Pro visional Governor ?. An d if the Presi kdeit of the United States .onflere'a pow. or which te military authorities -will ipot respect frhete are the people to look 'toiauihorty-? We ask these questions in a perfect state of bewilderment. Let 's know who to obey. Let us know where the authorities lies. We are pre ,pared to be submissive ; but really, in 'this couflict of authority, one knows not where to turn. We - do not bomplain. We only ask to know. Obeying one n'nthority we may offend another. .Where is the*sutiorty ? - What is law ? "W ehave the 'freed6m of the ' ballii bor," the.Govertior tells us. "Go and vote,.' sna Denocraoy. Well, we and vote. We vote, for Dick Smitha. ,Diok Smith Is the famous fellow that swallowed the broad-axo. Is Dick Smith ineligible to ofee ? Not a bit of :it He was a secosii6nist, -wes Dick. Poor Dick I- He voted, onceupqn a tinie, - for Jeff. Davis: for Mr. F oote. Wel, he repehted 4f his lilt., "If you rbpent," says- the precliuaatibaj %lyoni -are saved." You fhave put* yoirself right in couvf. Yop, etn comia' to the -communion tuble as -hvfopo. Ano so 'Dick votes,or 10, voted for, "but," says Papt. Martinet,: "you' were a&pestilat ecessioniut 6ine tione ago, and you shot at' nie with a- M4ibio bulat at. (Fettys, burg, or you votedtor' Dik'Smith.who did the shooting. , 'You vot# it null and id. The election- is null and .*oid. Your repentAnce is not woith4 daih,! Tour:ottli Iba fairce. - Yok mtwstad thio oesionbusisiets 6efr agin, und seo'tha~t Y-a vbte acoording to your consciences W-a4or' thd person ivhe de ' 1et os'hnve 4ll- this' iatte adjusted one isky er- atuother. Either Goyarnbr Perry.bas authority o' nek 'frat the odeident of tie'U Stat4s fo 'call. in ' ri the' peoplet to" gIts therub. 'tarailed votes aoiding to the'ideas of epublicaski) Io s -he. has not. 'GAV. lertnust see to it a save ft harm. less. He must u -sertaiafth wh~ rmv4~u autd *hether.we are he t t.,If not, we do iot ne etfsims sive. We roall re' not a strk~for' the priviJege, or a he denial of it. We only deieto $aae ed at our hand., aud-wbd .( agedies. We simply-wish to edge fe .demand of Gow'.. :Perryato a status and ours in seasoni/ that y waste no unnecessary tinme or tems the subject. 'HadaGov. Perry, for ..xamp1~list thority to order awl electipn for metaubqu *eaaoonvention?. Wad h~eathw~edsdtp set the. whaeels of iovit' and t je~liian. thbriief in bunow?""Waas-hlerdghI~We wrotwgIs insrwltdg-Ahn e.r enr4ly easy toapseiaia , tings, has erred and been premature--and we can hardly think so, coming, as ho does, from a personal conference with the President-then he should put himself right, and put us right,. with all possible expedition, so that harm may come to neither. It is not to be expected that the military government will forego its exercise of authority, unless it shall re ceive official instructions to' this effect directly from the Government at Wash ington. They will not recognize the proclamation of the Provisional Govern. or until distinctly instructed to do so by the paramont authoritf of the Unite'd States Government. All we ask is that that authority shall declare itself, as soon as possible, one way or the other. It is all idle to the talking about elections for conventions and congresses and legis. latuires, when germission is denied at the ballot-box by the interposition of tho bayonet. It is absurd to require the juilges of the Courts of General Sessions and of Common Pleaa, to issue their veniie, when we may have a conflict be. tween thoir-jurisdiction and that of the military courts. That we should, as soon as possible,- have our courts and 1tard juries in session, is called for by the condition of -the ~ country The so. cuirity of persons and property, the ad. jusitment of claii's and rights, the sup. port of the republic-these, all demand an edrly resumption of all the civil offi. ces and duties of'the State. But if the Government of - the United States shall decide otherwise, for the time, or for any length of time, the ppople are submissive. A l that they'. de. mand is simply to know what to do and what to forbear, and whom to obyy, and that they shall not be with the ,excitemente of elections, and mocked the commands of conflicting authorities. There is no conimotion among the people. They are e-ninently pacific ; subdued in tone and temper to the color of their fortumnee. They feel and behave as a subjugated people, conscious that they exist and possess only under the will of the United States ,Government. Any reports or. represen tations which would show them in-any ,other aspect, are false and without the elightest foundation. The people aire without arms and ammunition. There are no assemblages of them. There is no combinatiori. When they meet, it is in open day. in the sight and hearing. of United States garrisons.- It may be that some of them murmur in their im patience. It must needs be so, especially, wtenthey are struggling for the moans of life an& suffering from the spoliation of their fields and -gardens. But such ocisional murmurs are not to be con. sidered as impairing their 64elity to their eaths as loyal citizens. , But we have ,said enough. Briefly to recapitulate-let us know what is our status-What is expected at our hands. Is Gov. Perry authorizied to confer power on the courts-to call a convention of-the people-to order elections---to restore; the: State to the Union l.-:the well-known laws of the r'epublta. "Jler efollow the eneriOs of the Ala. n m papars, .hioh, of course, are swre impptsinenaes,.if, when the votp is aW it isdicovere4that.: Dick Smith is IneOdpetent at a -vpteO* and ineligible # asumadIdenkfy orof: <-. 14L *f" aofr'ok Snfe, vor of a f*e: OonstiWOUn, id4 howmill you vQte 00 ti)%s su* 2d. Are 1o,4or n Aip ,fvov of the disfrondhisemdia of alt' bo bive-bsen exchided frdui aw*esttythi;resi 'Wd.. you adv d osfeted tothe v*ItQei Ahe imenedine *s gadual sag laton of slayeryf'ng" 24 g'owr nott ini Ioim er.-O tending the eletiw& Iffiobotto,.the o4ne- ar',-do we can expect from Texas, both 'of the old and new crops, is 270,000 bales. This is expcuive of what reaches the market by the way of Red River. All accounts state that there is quite a large quantity of the old crop still along the line, of that stream. Of the new crop growing in the Red River country, we have heard nothing as yet. (Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel. THur. AquiA CRaWX ' RIov.-The Richmond correspondent of the New York .Wbune, speaking of the lato riot at Aqxia creek, says : "General T. M. Hairis, commanding Department of Southeast Virginia, has the matter under investigation. The white laborers, about forty in number, all discharged Confederate soldiets, have been arrested, tried and sentenced to ser vice in the chain-gang of Frededeksburg for 60 days. The superintendent of the gangs on the railroad, E. 1I. Thompsoni has been sentenced to six mo tHi's impris onment for encouraging tht whites in these unlawful proceedings. The lieuto. irant is to be court-martinle and the negroes have been sent ba k to their work. a. EDTRA Card. AR. EnTR : Having noticed in your paper of the 8th Inst. my namet anuounced on the list of candidates for theiConvention to meet In Columbia on tho 13tIj of Septeni ber next, you will please give publiety to the distinct deolaration on my fpart, that 1 am not a caudidate. Respectfully . TH08, F. FURMAN. August 1%' 1865. aug 22'65-Ipd Horse Stoles--25 eward. N.Ion Gray Horse, about five oyear old, no marks rcoollected ex aept. he boing tresh shod "all round," was stolon'fronu my plantation near Lougtown, on the night of the 20th inst. A reward of twenty-five dollars will. be gt'on for the re. turn of the lIorse, or or his being left at any place so that I can got him. sag 22'6-8 It. H. BELL. STRAYE-in OR Ai r9,EN. A RLD COW; -with a great appear ance of Milk, senahl crumuipled horm and a white spot on each flank, (that on th left the largest,) either strayed or was stolen 6n. Sunday morning last. Any. informatior onoerning the said cow will be greatfilly recelied MRS. M. 1. LAUGHLIN, aug 17'65--2 Winnsboro', 8. C. GRAND AUCTIONSALE OF GOVIINMENT STOR COMPRISING HORSES, MULES, AR MY.W AG0 NS, cgq., etc., etc., etc. COMMICNCING oN FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 916 AT, At On. n., and to be contintied fron day to dag until completed. A, AQ. ( - D1STRICT 8T 4 OQ. WI Wo', August 14, 16 ILI3V6 ~onf tdfo eat t arti at 6d y the Provisinal Governor of the e State of' South Carolina. a e - -a A PKOOLAIIATION ! W HEREAS, His E:-cellency, Presi dont Jbhnson, has issued his pro olatnalion, appointing. me' (Benjamin F. Perry) Provisional Goverior. ti und for the State of Meuth Carolina, with power to pro. I scribe suol' rules anel regulationis asiay be I necessary and proper for, convoqing a Con vention of the State, composed of delegates to be chosen by that portion of the people of said State who are loyal to the United States, for the purposo of altering or amend. ing the Constitution thereof; and with au thority to exercise within the limits of the Stato all the powers necessary And proper to enable such loy at people to restoro said Stato to its constitutional relations to the Federal Government, and to present uch a ItRopublican forim of State Government. as will entitle the State to the guarantee of the United.States therefor, and its people to protection by the United States against in vasion, insurrection and domestic violence Now, therefore, in obedience to the pro 'oamttion of' JIlI Excellency, Andrew John Wil, President of the Unite&States, I, BEN JAMIN F.' PERRY, Provisional Governor of the State of Soutp Carolin,. for the purpose of organizing a Provisignal Government hi South Carolina, restoring civil authority in said State, under the Cdl ttution and lais of the United State', toe hereby, proclatim and declare that all civil- officers in South CArolina, who were in office when the Civil Government of the State was suspended, in May last, (except those aurested .or under prosecution fobr treason,) shall, oir taking the oath of allogiance prescribed in the President's Amnesty Proclauition of the 19th day of May, 18165, resum'l' tihe duties of their ofilces.and continue to'dtlarge tmlcni under the Previsional Government till fur ther appointments are madd. And I do further proclaim. declaro and make ktnown, that it is' the duty of all loyal citizens of the State of South Carolina to pror.ptly go forward and I take the oat h of allegiance to the United States, before some mugistrate or military officer of the Federal Governmest, Who may bo qualified for ad. minleterIng oaths; and such are lioreby an thioraed to give certified copios thereof to the persons respectively by whom they were made. And such magistrates or offi cers are hereby required to transmit the originals of such oaths, at, as early a day as may be convenient,. to th'e Departmnent of State, Ir the 6iy of Washington, D. C.. And I do further proclaim, doolaro-and iuake known, that the Managers of Eleo tions throughout . tho State of.South Care lina will hold ni election for members ofaa State Conveption., at their respectivo pro einets, (n the FIRST MONDAY' IN 81Ai TEMBER NEXT, aboording'to the law.s' of South Carolina in force before the secession of the State,. and that each Election Disfrict in the State shall elect as gany micnibeirs of t.he Couvention .ig lhe said Distriot ,line members of ile I us'e offRejp'resentatives the basis of represntat ion being Oopulation and taxation. This -will give one hundred and twenty-four members ie the Convention --a number aufliciently large to represent .every portion of the 8tqto mit, fully. Every loyal citizen who had taken' 'th Amnesty oath, and not wishin the excepted classoe in the President's proclamation, wil be entitled to voto, piovldiA lie was a lega voter under the W ion as it stood ,prior ,t9 the secesl'b beth Carolina.: And Atl iyh arevwithin tMe e4 pted classes must, ke tIhe gath and apply. for a parden, In order to entitle theqi to vote or become menibers 6i61'Convenion' . E The Inember0. of "the Qo~vcutlon, th9a .0igqted ?A the first A;6ndp in Se tera'ber 'n atQ Hereb requid oiv iA the c ity o f C o lu m biA ,:-n ', W BV D N E S D 4 , - ,th e JS,11 uIpf Sep1zlq, 1805, for tijo pu* p s of altering and lendl ing the p lre*6b onstitutionof Sottgp r Carolin, -or renodul Ing agud ns~pa'- y one,'which ,will'eonie fotzi th roat, chs ~e whief havq takeit - t ela t'e E at', be' miti*in4 oord woewith.Bepabiean prisolplsaand qulI#7 s(f uLe oftiose h .th~~.4o 1 z~th' owiaional G p ' tey @1m t as ook4 ti/ 44 24 I.,'ean R 6f re of freed persons will be kip() to them, ad not. tura off the children o- aged to, erish; and the freed mon and women ai:0 arnestly enjoined to make contracts, just nd fair, for remaining with their former wners. In order to facilltite as much as possi Is the apylication Po' pardons under the xcepted sections of the Preshdent's Am. Lcst-y Proclamation it is qtsted for Infor nation that all applications must be by pe ition, stating the exception, and aooui. >anled with the oath ptesofibed., This - ition must be first approved by the Provis onal Governor, and then foiAded to the ?resident. The headquartqrs of the Pro risional Governor will be at Greenville*, where ll' communications to hin mnt'be ddresstd. The newspapero of this .tate will publishk his proelamation until the electlon for' men )era of the Convention. In.testimony. whereof, I have heretqnto. set my hand and seal. Done 'at the .1's.] town of Greenville, this 20th day of, July, in the year. of our Lord 1861 and of the independence of the Unl-' ted States thsd fnetieth. . .U. F. PURRY. By the Provisional Governor: WILT[AN 1i. PunnT. krivate Soeretary. july 29'65-tscp4.17 A N N- U N C E M E N T S. MonauuInatIio. Mn. EITOa : The near approach of the lay appointed for the eotiou of mnmbers to .ho SteConycution, renders It properfor~qs sonsider who we shall select tor that posi tion. The'. deolensions which have taken place very restrict the rango of selection. XL this important juncture of- our affairs, it skoqable that thoso whoarepeculiarly fitt, '4topsrvo the people should be called forth, [ k of-no one more suitabl'elJ all respects han Mr. WILLIAM R. ROBERTSQN. Ilis well known g09: sense, his moderation >f opinions, his business talents, his untir ing energy and practical sagacity point him out as a'man who can do us good service. I Ihurefore beg leave. to presen, his nwame. to the people ; and I feel satislied that whilo he does not seek the position his publio.spirt it will induce himA to obey the mandate of his fellow-citizens, who desire )is servioes. aug 22'05-to BROAD Rivsn. For tile coaveoation. "Choose for the Convention your best a 4 truest men ; notV those who have skullied 11 the hour of danger-nor those who have worshippod Mgrnon, while their -equatry was bleeding at every 'pot'e-hot the p911ti Mian, who, after urging *war; darod nc4 en. oounter its ltardships-but these who had laid their all upon the.altar ot the country. Select such men andr inake Mene servo as your representatives." Ma EDTOL; From tio above stand pqint of tile gallant VAUx IIAUPTO)I I an nricofor the bonveution to be. held t6e th $pteinber next, the following gentle men, beie'ving they will boao6eptable to - uTuuI~ona.~ QGN. JNO, DRATTON; - Q04 R.A8'44 WEANSt,; ang 8'0-to For: 0 4tseve unut. "Chooss ftA*4 t949tion-y60 best slid truieet4n.; ,ho to h v qulk I the- hour,.qf Vi pr-nor ihose4 h ha ioriliipped I while tbdl '0011a. try .wap bli at. every'. 0er-Ap thle politkolan L urgipg Sa ed not. encount6r 1 I ipabIR hsdh badli41d thair-,4d uRn the altr of thooxtxt. tty~ S e ju ~ n, andmafksg ' as yotirrPrsttil" in. IPt*z Nitv eeb l sd tV~h Me imm6niet ipotiom of Ahe abovad4vids of t the noble RHaszWvoN pI -reposeme a 4.* koreef tho C;nteet og f9qzFairMl. Dt, T. 14URhI S q 5:404!u0 ort b (A Gg oue