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-' WINNSBORO. Tuesday Morning, -October 24, 1865 We present our readers this morning with a larger sheut than usual, ind shall continue to, keep it at its present size. We do not desiro to write a longthy ar. ticle upon the merits of our paper, but hcave it to speak for itself. Those who think ft worthy of their patronage, we shall )e( ple.ased to wait. upon. The'Eleotion. We compile, as far as heardfrom, the result of the election throughout oir State for Governor, Lieutenaut-G over. nor, State Senator, avd members of tht House of Repr.esenta-tivcs RiCHiAND DISTRICT. (Goveirnor.-Orr, 344 ; I lampton 28. Lt. Governor.-Porter, 349. Setnator-E. J. Alhur 401. R~presentatives. Wallace, 379; Tal lev, 356 ; '3ach mUian, 280 ; Scott, 29; Geiger, 266 ; Kinsler, 252 ; Baskin, 183; Shiver, 11. Total number of votes polled in the District, 558. CiARIESTON DISTRICT. Governor-Jas. Lj. Orr, 280 ; Xad Hampton, 061. Lieutenat Governor.-Wrn. D. Por. ter (witiot. opposition,) 1,377. Senate-Heury Buist and W. S House of Representa.jtives.-The fol . , lowing gentleion have beeni elected as Representatives J. A. Vageier, ". Melchers, 0.11. Simonton, 'T. G. Bark. er. It. 8. Duryea, 1. Magrath, R.:eim linga, J. Hankel. F. J.'Porcher J. I Campbell, J. M. Eaoi, Bkenj Iauea. V. J. Gaver, W. E. Mikell, P. J.,Coo gin, J. Mulvaney, T. P. Ryan, T. M;lii gan, S. Lord,jr., F. D. lRic'hardson. I.i.lNGTON DISTRICT. Feaater-U! Bozr. Representati ves. -Col. F. S Lowrie and.Dr' S. S.'J. hayes. AnnEMvLLt. DISTRICT,. Se'nator-Thos. Thonpson. Representativea--J. W. Hearst. V A. Lee, ). Ar. Aiken, Robt. A. Fair A. C. lHaskell.' I epreser tive W, A. Valikr, p A. LPisey, TP. . 1 Y6tal'knbSrnrCT< * 2 SenatoM-G...W. Willianms. Representt ive"---W. C.. Black, A. S. rallace, J. . awlinson, A. B. Springs, -NEWInNRRY eDISTU ICT. - *Goverreor--rr, 71; Hampton, 241. Senator4. H. Villiams. pr~eatives-C. H1. Suiber, E. S. Keitt, A. C. Garlington. NotVrry Consistent. Ou riaders will see by tho annexed extracts, how conistent the Raleigh Progress has been. Th.is 'paper, it will be remembered, 'favors th haugiig of Jioy~mntsoN DAvIS for treason, when it s editorhlp'Ad.to place him at, the head of theflate Confederate Goverunment, and also .served in the army of the( C. S., as an offeer. onisistency with the Pro gress, indeed, would be ai most, remarka. * ble jewel: , ea sha1lI nt suppoifrt or advik loyal nin to support anly man for Congress, at the election soon to take place, nyhno is not prepared to say (liat he .can irk tho prescribed .oath. To send such men to Washington wvill be shoiply to trIfle *with tihe government and seal our own "We think that we are as loyal to *the gotrnment of the lJnited States as unan in Northi Carolina, that ive are 4 oda Union manr as the best, anid * et sde would not take the oath to, hold * any office in the gift of the President anid f'ot the simple reason that we coui not take. it withont petjniry. Nor de vq, isbe'ieve theire is a man in 'Noithl ~arlina, with saiciient- prominence t teildr it probable thet h9 .will be' called * to e~cial position, that Can." The Keys. heli latest that we hanvt from our our Sttte delegation, oew. iin Wehingsor, is that "Mr ~Iugerso ou f 61 hp Sosgh (aolia delegates t~o proserit the memo Ai. foj the piardeotof ,teff. 'Davie, being Lo1fill to Visit the Exeeutive Ma'nign ti~8aturday, the prop) rti' ~ ', ~ rddid nlot initumated that (Jovernor Magrath could t be released from Cstody. Not a word was said is to Jef. Davis." Gen. Monroe M. Parsons, of Missouri, late of tile Confederate service, is report. ed to have been recently killed ner(r < Camargo, Mex0o, in a lght .betweenl the Liberals and imperialis:s. After the sprrender of Kirby Smith ho went to Mexico, with:seeral of his men, and joined the forces of Jnarez. It[ served uiier Sterling 1-'rice dunring the war. Nearly all thet t~vh rs of til Ala. .iial to President J'ohnson in behalf of Jefrersoi Davis. Thie Vickbn.eg Herald leans that th property of Joseph E. Davis, Nq., elder. brother of the President, of the late Confederate States, lIoited in Warreni Conilt.y. has been restor(d to1 him ; 1110, that tho propertv of Jacob Thompson and General N. 13. Forrest, has never been tonched at all. ThI(I.ilon. lewis M'. Ayer is a candi. date for C(ongress from the( second. Con gressional. District. 1Ilr. Ayer is a eiti zen of Barnwell,- S. C. The North. Ca810111:1 State Con ven tion adjour'ned oi the 19t Ih inst:. but, unl dor a res.omai ion to nceet again next May. A proposition is before the Legi.sa ture of'Tegnessee to a uthorizo a stay of execution in C;lsd now pending, butil the farniers 6f that State cati nake two or three crops. A Washingten dispat.ch says tLat a farmer near Stenhenville, Oiio, hiss mide apphieation to the Freedmen's Bu. reni. at. Wasing; n. fr one hundred blacks. It is hoped he will be 0iromp1tfly supplied. Important 1ews for the Sea' Island - Planters. JULIAN MroIL.:., Ei'sq., of this city, says the iCharleston Ncws (if tile 12th inst., bft ero ome tiime since, on1 an l. portanat 1ission to Waslington City, in jgfirhfco oi' rebovory ajid svedy res-, $lands; on one1 Sea sp qpnprising thifiest Sea isa d iC-Mtona soil inl -t wlrid, hagieen s nflst of otr readers know, iin possession 61 the Freedmen's ireiu, and it was for tile pilrpose of gdling theIn out of that inst'i. .tntin, and to enable tIl oWnlers to get possessieiin of their property iand go to Work, that induced .Mr.. M~tIE'Lrto uindertavke tlio task.: W.%. %rWN.pY .Esq., law partner of Mr. MrTChLr.Li,y e. tei'diy receivd iavices that thie efforts for 'restrbr'mg the property had bp(een coilIlletely successful, adi'( that nfter re. peated and anxious intrviews wil tie Presidient ni111. Secrea~ rv of .W'.ar, -Mir.s M aiein . ~:;had uiccee1ded in procuring a general order for the restoration of theo larid-i to tile respetive own) In paranank~cof these orders, Gen. 11I1wA.RD will shortly visit Charles toil, to make a formal surrenider 'of [Communicated.] Scrip. EDrrIon Ni.ws: The great increase of sin-p.Jlasters lately, render it nepeg; ry tlihnt some r.lan gihud be .adogied 'in ordeor to curtaiil tl~e amotut' issued and to iv 01)o9 of a regdlestamp'. Ouaii net <nir ,towna Conneil issue a scrip t Onr mierchadte conld then .buy.a quantity of it. -Or,.if this is not approf..' ed, let the merchants clu~b togother agid 'send to the first National IBank, 01d~ lotte, N. C., and prbocuro thou~gh r cliang4' Souie plan shonid be a dopfe~ t ~et, changetsat wvil ijdve contldorigep aflf.stoip the excess of individ1)al ien~ to ALDsga i Destruoie Fire in Ch Irl morning ? most detr; 16~dt4 - ut irn'the rear of the p ie Haiyo 'uer'eet, occnpied bg''~rW Ohafee-he a'wholesale roegry a rdiqr torf.4ffhe cam# 0 'thefi$ a th e firat evdny mng iasovered while it aa lif itne. ~hoafter fe t ht o stopf the conftignlonl, tuntil as muany s thrme of our largeost. and finest siores Vore hIruied to the ground, and others njured. The (Ouricr oflice, No. 43 Hayne treet, adjoining Mlr. Chafee's store, Mught eariy after -he fire comm'ented, ld biured down. The large cylinder ns togetier wvitlh new fine, jo) press, mdVl a Large amountt of stock and tmac iiwas constunwtd. Messrs. W. T. B1urge & Co., who mave receltly opened a large andl( Well msorted stock of dry goods. oetipied lh0 upper,-1 sttries( of No. 41 Hlayne triet, and their eutire stock was do itroyed ; but we aro gratiffud to learn ,hat it was insured to the amount o1 ,k,,o'0 0. Messmr. H astie, Calhoun & Co., xchulesale dealers in shoes, siddlery, &c., it No. 3.9 Iiayne street, haid just received xI-ar of tueir stock, which was eltirely 30nsumlled.. itigil the fire, the difi!rent, engiit :omnnanies displayed il the energy that :ol 1, hettus to st.op.tlhe cotnlagratnon PtrIlmp, had the fire occurred iln dav neM by, when our firt compaites weru more able. so mich property would not h1ave been lost ; but, as it is, it coild scarcely have been otherwise. , Han street seems to have been particullarly unllfortunlate recenltly. -. Somel A, the most valuable storehouses lavt be-en burned down, and the street, thoitgli form.rly ie of the inost, thriving of the ciy, seems to be doomed to ashes. 1 is to-he hoped, however, that, our tmer ham s will -not becotni discouraged, hut will tebuild I heir house, aid . malke tit little att'eet, ill sytto of prosent asptcts, a. livel. as of yore. Til following is a list of the build ingS h-stroved, tle names of the firnn, Octit f tillg them, grud thp . insuran ce, sC far n, could he learned : Nc. 4~> H aynie street, corner of Meet ilg. cwned by . Crano, Bovlston &.C insir -d to; ti extent of aboutt $5,000. No 43 H ayne stroet, owned by John ston,-' 'rews & Brawley. . Bitilding en tirely devsti yvil. Partially insured Cot $12I., Occupied by - the ' Couri oAllce, who himii- an insurance of $10,001 onlther stock-, whi)ch -may. cover thtMeii loss I No -11 Hayne kreet, owned b"V Johtns;ti, Crews' & Dra'iy~ -pu~ild!t Lttotalh eatroyed.. for'~till iireQ9n roe 30 o.lu Il " to" N -e i nitpfat ~ . kipi 3~di iro i ~ r 11 -, for N) ['tt I 0d >ft li h ---- n~~rO c1 Jhkbj terw tine Ul(nne:otwi vautly News. 4. To His Excellency B. F. Perry, Provls ional Governor of South Carolina. As a Vitizmn -of this State, who, like yoluiself, desires a speudv restoration of order, and a revival of our. industri:l pursnits'antd liroiperity, I sitd you he f'llowing,.on lte subject of our fut ur relations with tihe freed negro race. I have been', a planter, owning, residiniv nong, and practically inaiginga large nmbitir of iegroles on a rice and cotton It plantillion onl the seaboard, in-thi. Stat, f'or the lut. thweniity year s; tand4 if the I Goverttnent willIlegislate to compel ite freedmen to conttrnct. for a cropt, iuid keep their Coltriacts till the crops are harvest. (el, I au - prepared to hire, on liberal tertms, from onie hundred and seventv. fivo to two hundred hnoids next year, and recommenle planting somW of dir fltst lands inl this St ate. All of the n groes frmerly.ownid by nio have remin ed w\ith ie uIp to this tlie, adil are aix. ions to retmu with mlp t. pai.1 4. I *also am'i nnxiouls to emplipr them, anld will provide the funds necessarY to-tlie niext year's operationls ; bnt. I elnot (10 So without ot.lt(r seetrities for order and thI(! sa'fety of ly intmndtl, whil wl conxsist inl tle \olitiolt of this pteople. I Cnnot puit nsel:if anld plantation in the hands of a people I itay not he able to control. Suic being tmy sitiation, I Iope imly Views 11nnyNbe of' stllte asis. tance, inl thet! present'distu'rbed condition Inssmie. of course, that thle inttention and polic' of the Govermnent is, a1nd will he, to, encoitrago the prosperity of the solutherlt States v alu imitiediiato resutmption of agrictutijual pursuits Iith-i erto carried otn by slave labor, and, for sotmt1 timo it. lenAt, in thie fitr. y th i intow freed men. My firm conviction, based tipon the experience and observa 6in of m, wiole life, is thnt the negro race, stidliy r'*eeased fi on a codition of'slavery and11 discipline, with distorted ideas of Ireedom and itmm1ttuntity fromi ha bor, will not ' work in tle 1,'t4re un le)tt compelled to do so by tii, power thti .htas freed th tm der suiry Iaws cOn ferring mutul benefit, on Ott thewhlite Iti t I blck race. If the Governiment, could at otnce retmiove the ugroes from the Sotth, attd colonize .them in. another .9ottitry, horeignt enigrattion . might int time sutpry '.t laol s h -ll that qustig~utaftle uli IM~ n t et onfil~vnt isrt.1'(rted- to61". iig imde to doltz d~lilr'work fia io:. matmter ais to P'rw "n PACttO ~a yste-u preveltt Ihe' hetairith 011" 1i J, ad losq'o( wqrk-, ald I hav e atdIz tiOWat it, to lail ill Xv.(ia (~i e O flaoa aM idrly tpo olwdieaace , i it- a 4ort t~it rid ott'e estatili'Aoed, sviliotial ltztq to be. tvsorted to. .'Of.cowirsei, JuStice MuSt'ba. If(! goverafitur pa'inlip~e, to itnke' im 41isahttat effec, iv te it Hystemr. T I'ho qrg(.af thiat' nb taut .. pqjta!attn, tI ,preattr t141 iteeeSiIy 'o1f diaciplithe nhit. Vsttti to itasure .31aCCOlZ9 At 111 ooto~rdul, nil I lie discipline muttst. be aickn&'wletidgn 11(1 proatapfly excect oil ti ' raaitatiola -ot- itf tri~t.,ils havo'1 LO' be -resorted o for the awau rd f'ptiisifne i nia~ manu 0f11!11.8, thle Aliclihajtk; nild rolys at a'tado itt. th ,treoit, ill loss5 or t imea, tilloaf..7 ta0c1 Withn otber aaia,&C., Will to at? Ot dete~r the piter fromt seek. tgitastiev, and tf ofta'tder escape there-~ So mtucht for the emprloyee. Thae em aiayer mliotald hwe lield to e'qual respoti ulht.Y for (lae satrict falt'lifityat of his pitart of the Ctat.a-nct, hild. Sumch puluisantcaat. 11t1 toseal ont Iiis failutre or aiehct. of obhai. f ials as will itasatr equald jbustice to the aegto. Ali orgauiwl sy!-tern, hasud oa .%i he. above pilat, sibhject of cotirse to local Iyditicit ioats, .1 alajik woilil. itt a slaori, itt''. r.!Sl.Ot'e ia- etaittary to coiptavrativ .1W tWOJti". Atta at tilei st'm do lot wisil to ])i tiilestool aq ndvocautllat Ito liret tine tha t, 1t1(i fteedom.., iwtt. ~rro will Nt! n htetit. a'1iar twiheiOt ry or dit'iK ratce, 11t3 coataparI. lwtttpr bafler coatdiitiota of shtverv' 'butt 'T, at r Ojit. t111t as tile he.tt ittern'tti va.jp~t IS 111 ithel troat the hopeea ralln'W",' lowV thltaoatetaa- i)(t ha. "I'hei above tlava possibly chnt~j~~ I pesttottt of import'a taco illQtt .. iatts 4 or Othefiro govea,i ' tOL1t rIaCa'S ill t Itir rel8 to" ilpt t 111, ft aid ill t".11t1bIhope' 1 oI1r ii44 XI0Hidetta1ticttt. A Frp mn Wtaisinti2' WVASINGcTON, 00t~oar, L:Zsvrtltial is itild .plsiti~al ,,(mt qiuarters-i tiklit Illert' 4i1o propoqK ha t' Ip At O0, vt Jit r itt n1I A ~ '4s,Me, or Ad bei trocd