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WINNSBORO. 2Tnesday Morning, Septeiber 5, 1865 The reader will please excuse the nfon-appearanco of our usual variety. o editorial matter in this mornings i'ssue. It is our unpleasant duty to announcm this morning the death of the Hon. R B. BOYLSTON, which occurred last even ing about seven o'clock. A true friend n patriotic citizen, a kind-hearted fathe and doting, husband, has tOus been cu off from n community that prized hi services and honored him in many publi positions. His funeral will take plac this aflrrnoon, at six o'clock, at his lat residence. The election passed off very quietl' in our town yesterday ; in fact, so ver' calmly and with such dignity did ever person go up and dep6sit their vote (without any of the excitements' usunlf attlndlait upon elections,) that a stran 'ger in our midst would never hav thought. such'a thing was going on, n less the information had been vouch safed by some citizen. This speak well for the citizens of our town an District. . Elections, usually, are attended witi -an amount. (if riotous proceedings, wich we are pleased to chronicle, Fairfieldian have entirely ignored. There were five'candidates i the field two of whom however, *only consenting as we were informed, to run, on. th morning of the election. As soon as- returns are complete w will give the vote of the District entire in the meantimo, however, we giv . the boxes heard from as they come in. Our box,. Winnsboro', stands thus : Whole number of votes . polled 165 James H.. Rion, 132 ; W. R. Robert son, 130 ;; John tratton, 1?4 ; W. J Alston, 37; Rev. J. Boyce, 14', Scat tering, 6. Tug: NEOWS OF A Ssnu:S1BT Som;na:n. The views of the rebel General' Joseni E. Jolbson in reference to the policy ai( the duties now levolving upon. th< Southern- States anl Southern peopi, are the views of an honest and- sensibi( soldier, and they also embody the sound est stasnmianship. During I.he war land Jeff Davis followed the advic( and sipprted the plans of Joe Johnston his Confederacy would nothave suffere< the ignoninion 'collapse which wa brought upon it by the folly of )avis If wold at least have died with - some thing of dignaity and decorum. Genern Johnston, however, retained, and stil retains, his popularity all over th South ; and'a broughout the South thes opilnionls of 'his on the consequences an duties resulting from tt war, will do vast amount of good. [New Xork Herahl. H . --. 0*.& HEn iot tr Sics.-We see stated by various correspondlents tha "the Go'vernment intends giving Jeffea son Davis a fair trial." Therefore wv feel it onr det.,v to say tlaia't, if the assass nation of President Lincoln, apd the evi dence already taken in the case, is t have a hearig in the trial, witnesses ca be procured' at this place whose testi mony will show that Mr. Davis, an members of his Cab'inet, expressed d< cided disapprobation and reprobation < the assassination of the President of th UnuiteOl States. "Fair play is a jewel .at any time and in any place--we be lieve'Presiddnt J~hnson intends to allos 'fair play"--and we respectfully reque. 'that the witnesses alluded to be surr moned- and'permitted to testify. Cei tainaly no one .will object. [ Chaslouo J)emnoerat. PaapaxBs.'-Up to this time, twent~ . five thaonaantd ,petitions or par~lon hav .been received air the AttorneyGeneral emece. Those who, in-the opinaioreof tl1 A ttorney-Genieral,' haeo just claims t * Executive clemenoy. .ae -'duly recon * nendedl and- f'orwarlhlto ithe ?residei for his ntotiona. It i5shsaid on-th- a,horit of an offcer of the State lapartmeni th~at the sigiture of the Presldent ha been affxed to lass then on hundraed -the 'applications received foro'psrdon l111w i mber daily'announood aq pataon, Sare sir~% ithai natneuger those' i con .mendlis forwarde4frGm the ce 'the ' A ttor ey-General,'; he. PreidEr hasexecisd te- utmost ctionr at 416riuto in thfe apatta oapzo and has i mgabfy re a~t, fron. unaial goby ande -were-pJroduced tow o' (tIehrond Iej'ublic. GEN. La.-Te Chicago Repsbli can (edited by 0..'A. Dana, lato Assis tant Secretary of War) contains an ar ticle complaining of the terms made by Gen Grant with Lee at the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. It blames Grant for permitting a parole to be given. Lee and his men which pro. tects them from arrest and punishment, but says that inasmuch as the bargain was made, the Government decidted to stand by it in. good. faith. The article. we suppose, shows what the opinion of the Secretary of War was at the time . of the surrender,, viz : hostility to Gen; Grant's terms, and it also shows that the writer intertains malicious feelings for Gen. Leo especially. Here is an ex tract : "So long as General Lee remains in this country, and is allowed nqt only to go about without punishment, but to pro. claim disloyal and obnoxious opinions, such as lie fought for against the United States, there will always be a feeling of dissatisfaction amohg loyal citizens. There is something intensely galling in the fact that the articles of convention between him and Grant were so loosely worded as to afford a loophole for the escape of such a traitor from the clutch es of the law. Nothing could have been more unfortunate than this clerical lapsus. It tarnishes what would other wise have been the spotless glory of the surrender on the part of our great Gene. ral. A little lawyer cunning, a less magnanimity and generosity toward a a cruel and unscrupulous foe whom he had already vanquished, whose armies were at his mercy, out-generaled and beaten at every point,- would have left the rebel chief, who was the intellect and the Jeart of the ferocious War waged against us, to' be dealt with according to the forms and usages of law. As the case now stands, Geu. Grant, whose presence i the field is inspiration, and wJiose battles are conquests, suffer. ed himself to be drawn into an amnesty. The resul. is. that our Government de eided to accept the literal reading of the convention, and to pormit that arch traitor to the Unio-n to go at large, with. out arrest or trouble." ' We think it would be hard Ayork to prove that Gen. Lee was cruel or that lie Eas used disloyal language since the surrender.-Charotte Democrat. MrriNG EXTRAoRDINAn.- Upon th6 testimony of an old citizen who was presept, we have to report the proceed ing-s of a very extraordinary meeting of niegroes, which took place on Sunday, near. this city, in the direction of Dog River. Nine hundred of them assen bled to consider their condition, their rights and duties under the new state of existence upon which they have been so suddenly launched. Our informant avas surprised at the hard, practical sense, and moderation of toie with which the spokesmen of the meeting urged. their views. After long and careful delit-erations. this meeting re I solvd Lj a vote of seven hundred I voices to two hundred, that they had made a practical trial tor three months of the freedoi which the war had be. qucathed to them-that its realities t were far from being so flattering as their timagination hiad painted it-that LI' y .had discovered that the prejudices of a color were by no means confined to the .people of the ,South ; but, on the contra .ry, ia was stroiiger and more marked y against them in thie strangers from the i North, than in the home people of the .South, among whom. they had been reared ; that negroes, no more than white .men, could live without work, or be f comfortable without homes ; that theim s Northern deliverers from bonda ge had 'not, as they had expected, and been -taught to expect, undertaken .to provide for their happy existence in their new t state of :freedom ; and that their old masters had ceased to take any. interest .in them, .or have a care for thein ; ahd fiiially, that their; "last state was worse than the first," and it was their deliber. ate conclu'sion thati their true happinesi -and welfare -require ethem to return tc e the homes which th'ey had abandoned ir S a inoment of excitement, and go to worl< 0 again under their old masters. And se 0 the reuolutiqns were passed, and at laj o ccounts the wanderers were preking14 t their.little stock of movable goods, pre. T patatory t?.the execition of their' geni ( Molde AMverther, 1 6thinsvt. I; Sinia Apng ip at present 'residin~ d , t he island of St. ThomasY -tNe hwgig. &.~ a ' rdpuneiamnento, in wbhi61t d.,~xcunceus t1!. aton peden' 006*jo, .0m4i0o a rall i t fe o#' , the s eiud u/gs the e#tIt *6 h&i et th. invaders f4 hl tinoyt enpef p Mateo and vis. n.M ii PoloA g STATUS OF THE. SoUT.- I The South 3las been conquered, but it is still. an open question how it is henceforth to be ruled.. The combat between Federals and Confederates may be over, but the contest between Republicans and Democrats is about to be recommenced. Under these cir cumstances it is impossible to avoid feeling that The Southern people are exbrcising nsound discretion in acceptidg the consequen-ces of tlie military success of their late opponents, and once more' undertaking the duties of 'oyal citizens' to the established Government. In 'many respects the South is much better placed than such nations as the Polish or the Hungarian, which have endea yored in vain torfree themselves from ang oppressive yoke. The * Government in the United States is constantly cbang. ing, and, alhough in the minority at presenit, the Democrats may once mo'o secure the ascendant. What may be the future of the South it is impossible to say, but it could never be such as to bear the faintest resemblance to that of Poland or 1Hingary. Nor is it im possible, or even improbable, that public opinion may change in America in respect to the expediency of retain. ing the Northern and Southern States i the .ame Confederacy ; and although un11siuccessful in its recent attempt to establish its independence, the South may, at no distant period, obtain, as the result of an amicable arrange ment, that separate political -existence to secure which thousands of human lives have been sacrificed in vain. - In any event, however, the people of the Southern States do well to accept their present lot with resignation, and are wise in endeavoring, by such consti tutional means as are afforded to them, to.secure respect and consideration -at the hands of their former foes. *New York Berald. A well-informed correspondent at Vashington )yrites uis that Jefferson D.11tis will be tried before a civil court, and probably at Rfclhnond, before the United States Circuit Court there. We have reason to believe, further, that, the trial of Davis will not be be. gun until that of Wirtz' is concin'led. The friends and counsel of Virtz hope, it is said, to clear him, by proving that Ie was acting tinler the authority and order of Dlavis and the rebel Sec. cretary of Wri. I1 tiAy cal -produce satisfactory proofs of this, of course that would furnish importai t. testi iony for use upon the trial of Davis. This and other circunstances are likely to postpone the trial of Davis for some months. It. is probable that the rebel archives, captured after the surrender of Johns6n, and now under Dr. Lieber's charge at Walhingtonj will be thoroughly examined for docu mentary evidence before the trial is begun. Of course, if Davis is tried in Richmond, a new indictment will have to be drawn and found by the Grand Jury of that district. At pre. sent, he hls been indieged only in the District of Columbia. The new in dictment will probably prraign him on other counts tha'n levying war ; it will Iterhaps contain a coint charging him wvith the slow and deliberate murder of prisoners of war.--A'change. GksrtnAY WEBISTER AND TUE SOUTH-u EmNx RItAILOAns.-The press of New Orleans are jubilaht over the nrrival of Brigadier General James D. Webster, Chief of Major General Sherman's staff. General Webster is on a tour of in spection on the condition of the South#. era railroads. His orders from Wash ington are to report, if possible,'thi cost of placing them in running 'order. In referring to this tihe True Delta has the following: This mission is supposed to be preparatory'to an offer of suifficient aid of the Government to restore roads to operation at thd earliest possible moment. This wouild be an act of noble generosity on the part of the Goteornment and at the same titme one by which thes whole conntry would largely paroit. Speedy and safe m~eans of intor-corn mnumicanonl are absoluitely neceai-y Yor the revival of business priosperiL)y in the South, and upon~ this pr-ospority a .great deoal of the success of the North'is dopen dent.; and the era of testored harmony and good feehing will 'as beajstened by the same means. N~r d ie all h benefit the nation tI.yan~ hvsig-. in~g to re A t and're i~b Mogthirn rsib in Mexico-iill eetb no rnt Jrdbable,. OAn'ies *pi g w thb ~flin'gs of th 4!a een ,peopl' fellatory~ ofalleiw#n t)($S~ would be a &~for th~ tranbip,&e yi impg *nue~e Tims uL'iUnUnA N CRoPs.-A short tri in the country, a day or two ago, affor ed us an opporlunity of seeing and hear ing something of-rop results and pros. pects. We are Aorry to conclude that in, the counties of Henrico and Hanover the corn crop will be, as the wheat crop Was, short. The fine rains of the past few days are powerless to relieve thr restricted planting and the .inadequate cultivation. But the fruit crop has beer1 and is extraordinarily plentiful, and, .with vegetables, has quite recoinpensed the trucknen and small farmers for any loss they may .havi experienced' drac. count of short cereal crops. Threwghoni the twocounties named, there is a gen eral spirit of industry and enterpris prevailing. White labor is, to a con siderable extent, empfoyed upon the4 farms, but negro labor is not taboond and would be largely employed if iNd reliability could ) g-a ranteed. Thi great mass of the labor is being perform ed by the late soldiers of the Confederat army, many of whom haver no homes and are dependent upot their daily wage for their daily bread. Another yea will show this labor thoroughly sys tomatized and v.eU)ously employed - ii farming operation.-Ricdoaond Whig. CUAMP FInousos-, -rn GUEniILLA -Nashville, Aug. 19.-The )ipagec of this morning contains a "long an interesting report of an interview .be tween the local editor and the notei gnerrilla chieftiati Champ Ferguson, no% in this city. The interview was grant ed by. General Thomas. This is the firs conversation he i ps had sii'ice his arresw excepting with hi counsel. He give a complete history of his :areer, and ex presses, himself freely on everything relative to the charges against him. H denies ever having committed many ( the acts chargtd against him. He state that those whon ho killed were anel ing his life, were in arms -huntirig hir 'down, and waylaying himrt. He any he has never haried a Federal soldIo in the regular service, though he h taken many prisoners. He states lV could not have been taken'in ten yei1 if.he had remained iu::Clinton .count 'Ky., his hone, ,aud not saUrendered that he surrendered in good faith as regular Confederate offiger, not 'antic pating prosecntion. PAnnoRJ RVOKE.-We had ocel sion i dayw. or two ago to express oti gratifiention at the "pardoni" of Alexai der Dudley, President of.the York Iti er Railroad, for the, reason that it opene the way to resumption of operations o that important line. We regret now t have to state that Mr Dudley has bee requried by General Terry, a'cting, w presume, under instructions from Waal ington, to surrender his pardon. .V have heard no reason stated or surmise( The event will have an unifortunal tendency in disquieting otleri who hav received pardons, and who, doubtless fe that they could rely on them as fini 'fnld irrevocable, It is to be regrettei too, on account of the publio vork ov which Mr 1). presides. I Ricinond Tins. We confess to no*little surprise at i foregomng. It must, however, 1)e oprft that Mr. D. had violated the conditioi of his pardon, and not thiat his, pard< was revoked because of something goir before it. We had supposed that I exercise of Executive clemency wi irrevocable. Indeed, that the gardoni person alone could make null his pard< by some subsequent misdeed. R I1aleigh Rentine. A Washinigton dispatch to the N.1, 2Ynes, dated 22d, says: . Trhe sentiments of Governp~r Pprry~a expressed in his latest speech et Greel ville, 8. C., quoteJ,and commended this morning's EVnes, armthe yame .th he expressed to the Presidenit 'hen bei accomlanied by th9. aSI)Iappae hat t reforms Ii the pohitic,1 ndiit South Carolir -wo l.g sc iji at an early day.. ~ also expr~* same sentiment. in pblicRd'a Wore quoted: it eld 4rrig ud~6 thie-tune . A kxudeA 's departonet ab 3ij information thate'* ,~i4p been ehe4 r ThA betwyeeW g 'where~nal # b the~ C~i~ he y4 k- n Cna a ont dai* 4it Li .IslsIPPI oNVENTIOX. -The Mis. slssippi State Constitutional Convention., in'ession -at Jackson by authority of Governor Shai'ey, is transacting some business.of interest to all of the South ern States. It has passed to its firAt. reading an Qrdinance ratifyidg all judi. cial court, Imarriages, judgnments; - eO er#q -contracts, sales, deeds, indV* ments and State laws during the waf; also, an ordinance prohibiting tle Leg.~ islature from passing any law imposing any citil disability or -punishment or for iitureoupon any citisen engaged in the tte wet' *ith the United States for hi& politterf opinions occaujoned thereby. [New York News. TnE NUMnI OF BATTLR.--Te number of battles fought during the war is given by an exchange,who, we think, - under-states the number as two hundred and sixty-tivo. Of these, the soil of Vil ginia drank the blood of eighty-nine, - Tennessee witnessed thirty-soven, Mir-s sourl twenty-five, Georgia twelve, South Carolina teh, North Carolina eldven, Alabama seven,. Florida five, Kentncktv fourteen, the Indian Territory and N'ew Mexico one each. Once the wav& of war rolled into a Northern State, and broke in the great billow of Gettysbuwg. Of the battles enumerated, sixteen were naval engagements. PENNSYLVANIA RssOLUT:ONs.-The' resolutions passed by the Democrdtic Convention held at Harrisburg last week, for the nomination of State ffeers, assert. that the rebellious States are entitled to all the rights which they poesessed. re vious to the rebellion, and imthedte and unconditional representtuion In Con. gress ;.denuniciation )f military arrests and trials and negro suffrage. The resolutions are of a strong'State rights character, and promise President John. son support Iin all gonstitutional efforts to restore to the States the exercise of their rights and power." r No man in Virginia, however popular 1 and able,.should become a candidate for e Congr6ss, unless lie feels assured thathe 5 can tind ready admission Into Congress. This, we know; no original Secessionist or prominent Confedtrate officer can do. The perils which environ ida require that, we shouldspeak upon this-Ouhject in the plainest possible language, and'we have tried to do so.-Richmond limes. The same may be said of other South. r ern States. H1ovever much a majority - of the people might prefer a "Confed. erate officer!' or "secessionist," we think d it would be a waste of time to elect. such n at present.-Charlotte N. C. Democrat. n A RRESTED.-BisIaop Lay, o the e Episcopal Church, was arrestA on i- Thursday last at his home in Lincolnton, e by U. S. officers sent, for that purpose, 1. and on Thursday passed through- this e place under guard for Washington, e Bislrop Lay was, the Bishop of At. It kansas, but has. been temporarily resid. d. ing at Lincolnton, N. -.., for, sowe 1, months priat. The. .cuse of his -aret r is unknown to all eldoept the. authori ties..C4harlotte Deocorat. e -4The Fortress Monroerrespondent of n the Phil*dellphia .tit Ner says, unlderdate ofmu Auigust 23: " It is no't the intelligen Sofficers and soldiers of' the late tegb. army wor* out ernent hae 'to bu toea adguard againat'awaddersfagd a bt tosewretohes "who stayed at hote jseeosawed,'as~inter~stjlictated, b4*est ,A the rebels and .theh allegiance, asa 40. -ceiyo4 both sides. "fars0NEpRS APUaup.--.Stisj o the.WM Poetet sho' thA *the rebelhlipp . armnfe. es#i~k 800, 0t~rsiers of war, ses - in lg alro 6 one hundred and sfrti h~ ont f the fia ~ut'endE~ t ,ndthr facts deq re$intdret,' . astA I,.The. State C0n 16 en~tion t kinordhiancedeolar ing nul void the ordinance of se erevenue ordinaj r eaction of the A4IW t other business of hs ', A~bFO'' kr of the Wsah itl'~4J1t d oe Jeff. hai n *its r- chargetse, ah: aab. giobt ft subeliWdd P~h W~tis lu the .111