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WINN~a m. Saturday Morning, Pecuiber 9, 1866. New Advertisements. Rf'e ntier-~i "Me t---- r's' RoT Ak,-o "-lahionabhl- Dri-s- Mtakinig " Ron. W .Bye About ten days Ago, this distinguiish ed citizen took his departir-' fr enm Winnsboro' for W4ashinigtol' - de-ignt lIocating hini-ll iii of his profession of lan.. Thi -nt, torifitiutiig as it d lk, hi - -it iI-shlip 411 the State, tand his rebtion wi Ih het polil I tics, nifirils the occasoto: for the addrt . which we lay before our reader. thi. Inorn g, It it an atble and] inst ritepive nid pil osophieil rovie'w of hi1wh..- pulilic ca. reer awl1 all expositio)n of whlmt Mr. 1B y e.: cn,idr-rs'th' l1 nd.-rs a1d-irrors ime!t idei. 1id t n il einilina ted inl, Ohw disrrii"" "ir. lie Governm.-ut and I te late enalaii'en.c. wril, iatitint ai this liette-r dos from ,a profound thinker aldn states 11:1n1. ancI nn activi participant ii all w .h- ir *-q - tions and issues thiat have agitated tih country for many years, it will he reni with intere'st by dl, however, disposei'd many may be, to dissent from particular views. It is the law Of iih p ciiim -to en. gender opposition and ennsitV, and mic represeitation, andi Mr. Boye's's career furnishes no exeelpicon to this principle in respect. At . Itest. to ono or Iwo pas. sages to which he toichingly allhles. But whatever asperities may have hei'n created by the aniagonismn of polities and idcas, we are sure, our whol State like him will re-nember only hi.s omi. nent services. an.l will recognize in hi public life a large and comprehensive ability, great forecast, unblemished pa. triotism and devotion to her interests. Govornment Stock. The anneked letter was handed to u. by a gentlenan of our town and wt theerfully give it ptiblicity for the bene fit of such of 'ut, citizens as may be af fected by it. he views of GenI. Gu. mornS as stated by Gov. PEnny are ex actly witat common fairness and eqiity demind. It has all along struck im that the seizure or compulsory delivery and sale, of stock abandoned by the United States army as sick, broker down and useless, and in many cases re surrected -alqost from lie. dead .and ren dered valhiable and efficient by the cart and attention and at the expense of citi zens without coinpensatiot, or pecuniar' acknowledgement of'any kind 4t an ex traordinary procedure and palpably tin jgst. The importance of the subject i. recognized when it is recolleted that th stock embraced in this description eon stituttes an important proportion of uthe numenhir onmpledi in the agrietlrore ic * the District. COI.O~fnt A. S. C., 3d, Dec. 1865. DPARn SIRa: I haveo seen your let-ei to my son and in; reply hlave to say, that Gen. GIt.LORons wrote me encelosini military orders, expressty -stating thal -horses avid mules broken down (b th< airmyv,) migd roerniteid hv t he planters were' not to be taken lhj thei T reamur Agents. When'ever losses of this character oc cur, make the issue and .appeal to th< high military anthorities. I have writn to the President in re gard to the conduct of thee agents. -Yours, &c. B. F. Panay. The London papers publish a long ac counv of the ftnernil of Tomn Sayers, th< ~.pugihis'. w i uaflfir wouna up with grand .ilc-t t het woee.n t he p dir-e and j ie roaghis, im whibh tihe f'orimer, afli'r a diis pernlte struggle, were asiccnsctful. A fee ,bie skir'niAb the 'emterv' grou:1d~e pre sepitedi the appearance f quito'an gaten Aive hattIe nd..--woitded, alan lay ang aroutn. . e'try direction It was disgraceful afthir thsroutghont. imalan, in a speech -maatle las ,,saidl, "I may iis, bitt I wH ~ot of our glourioa banner, fol niencfe a~ba w ,Ordnfec To the Citizens of York, Chster, r. field, Richland, Sumter and Kershan Districts, TI tAking leave of political life, I tqqs may not. ble considered inappropriat6 fir ine to ioldress a few parting wyorh to you, having beon for . for so ny years associarmed .with voti in the inti miatte relation of. representa'tive.' In 185) 1 took atin active part in oppsition to sicession. Wheti I irst took my seat. in Washington we had a friend in Ithl presidency, a majority in tihy House of Representatives, and it the Senate there wereouly fontr metinbers.of .the free-soil party. The first great -rror We comittmitted was in re'pealing the Mis.' sonri compromise. I shared in that, error and may the more freely refer to it.. Tits unfortunate step opened anew tite sLvery agitation. I became natis fled iefore the Kinsas controver'sy ha d come to an end. i mat we of tile South had male a mistake in going into the struggle for Kansas. I saw that Kan sas was obliged to be a free State Whien therefore Kanskt apphed, or tp. peared to apply for adtnis;sion tnder the LricomIIpton colstittition, I sought an in terview with Senator lunter of Vir. gnia, for whose judgem-nt I had the highest respect., and proposed to hi m, that we should reject Kanskts, and thus take the wind ont, of the sails of the Republican part.y. I took ' ground against the annexation of Cuha, mainly because I did not wish to add any more fuel to tho anti-slavery agitation. I agitated the subject of free trade, in order *o organize parties upon a Icss dangerons issue than' slavery, and to cenwti. an alliance between the South and great. North West. I took ground against the proposition tb revive the African slave trade, because I thought i$ impossible, inexpedient and cnlcuated only to net as a firebrand. 1855. being deeply inpressed with the dupger of the Federal Government passing. tito the hands of the Republican party, and atnxious to avert, this calamity, I wrote a letter and published a speech delivered near Rock Hill, in York District, to a portion of my constitteuts. In those publications ,ntdertook to inaugniate a a new li'n' of policy for ouE State, I said our great object then, 'was to du everything possible to prevent the elec tion of a Republican President, that to accomnphsh this, our policy was, "mode. ration, moderation, moderation." I said "our policy consists in the greatest, possible degree of moderation in the po. litical movetnents of the South." 1 then advanced.a doctrine on tlt subject of slavery in the Territories, which no public man it this State had before ven tured to put forth On this point I said, "As regards the .Ierritorial question. I think it at thistime a speculativo question, because tle Territories of the United States opeid to settlement are impossible. to slav'ery." It is unnecessary for me to say that I deeply deplored the dis rnption of the Democratic party at Ch..rleston and Baltimore. I thought that th; Sotith -in pushing the Territor. ial question as far as they did,.in these con.vent ions committed the greatest po sible blunder. If tley succeeded on the Territorial question, they .gained nothing, because there were. no Terri tories possible to slavery. If they broke down the Democratic party, they anr the risk of a -:onvulsion from which &hej' might lose everything. In the summer rof 18i6 in reply to a call for my 'opin. ten, I advocated secession int case of Mr Lincolnt's election. Thouse who can re= for to that letter will see thtat I stated seesston would lead to otie of -three re suits, a stntisfactory adjustmnent),a peAce ftul separation, 'or war. I was perfootly certain it would lead to a satisfactory adjustment. I believea there was. sutf ficient conservatism and* prudence 'out side of the State, both North and Sdutn to settle the question at isetde. I. was coteident that Georgia,' Alabama udns Loliisiatna would exhaust all ea'erts for a peaceful settleptent, before breAing h the Union. -Some persenid have ak me, why opFosing seicessioi so warmly in 1852, I yet natored$ i 1860. '%g answer is, tht't I thtought the timed4ad come to get a definile settlement .( tlg slavery question, and I' thougliit ggch' seulemtent certainlfattainable 'in, 180. B esides, a publio,wnitis'obliged, in ordpir to preserve atiy'p'fluen&e -to coupilki temtper of his pieopte. 1t wias impuostbio r-mu 1880 to oppoge~.cessottin thtig ; and preserve attfitold bn pub (~ t iont. My purpose ~vas t'o use seoea on like nulliifcatios haileeni used in 8 tto obtain a good aet4lement. [ .her 1860 I went on to Wa -While thure ~ok evefy step' t available~for t sin my altn~ii e ilate a sttle 'ent. I e(4itpj rmy ideas in thistregrd to are~f mten triere as we.Is ds64 jo' thathinen 4wo ot ertW~ sr J ohnlon, then Snator frem esse. -. 1 l a co iblentia iiitercourme wit Setnator Dougll:as, to a'ecoutiplish i settiL ment. He was sanguine of such a r sult if the South were prudent, , gav timi and avoided war.- rhe result miy consul.ation with him was, that A his instance I called otn Senator Day of Mississippi, to invite hini teto a -cot fidential cnfereice with'Senator Dont las. Mr. Douglasi said he.was satisfie if Mr. Davis could agree upon a ph gramme of setlement, everything coul be harmoniously ahangod. I wrot from Waslingt6on to Mr. Williani E rvles, a member of out Stato Convot Lion from Vairtield, urging upon him L the strongest terms, the avoidance a every step tending'to a collision wit the United Stutes authorities. I wrot in thl sanie strain to a high official i our State, and to Mr. Keitt Wie our conmtissioners, Messrs. Barnwel Orrantid Adams, arrived in WashingLo I called tipoti them and urged tlie'snm line of- policy. I wrote to a gentlema in Now York, Mr. Pell, at the sam time, awt stated'mty ideas of a compr< mise. I proposed in, this letter to M Poll, an extract from which was publish ed nt the time, in the New York Even ing Post. hat tle Souith should give tn slavery in the Territories, and the Nort. slionld, by an amendment to the Const tuttion leave slavery in the States to th RCtioln of each State. In this letter also aslyd for the Sonth a bhltnee o power, principle to . be inserted i the Cotnstitution to protect the Soutiher section., . I would not, h6wever. hav made this an nht imatum. It was wit most profound sadness that I heard < the attat-k on Fort Sitmter. I th'nghi it was a great mistake, and opeued future of indefinite horrors to my view I did not, think the authorities at Wash ington or Richiond either, had sufY ciently exerted tlemvselves to avoid collision. Mr. Seward was evidentl impressed wili the great. policy of 'con ciliation, which was obliged to be mtic cessful, bIt 4w u as overborno by, th pressur' in his own party. After th first battle of Matassas, I threw out th suggestion inl secret session of Congres. that we should send the prisoners bad At the. same time I nirged -that propos tionsfqr penoe should be - mide. Afto Gen, McClellan was driven from Rich mnd, I wrote to Mr Benjamin, thei Seeretaryjof State'. ndit urged.mpon htu the policy of openinig liegotialionls wha Congress assetle I dual. I 11mle this pol cy the suibjet uf a re-.'solAtionl anl. an It gent address in-secret sssion As son as I saw hows eartest the Njrth:r States were in proseouting thie war, saw it was impossible for %he 'Sout even to have a p-innent. peace, whil the Mississippi flowed in iIt pres.t channel. I was satisifi-d the otly sai factory soltition whs peace thr-:ntghi tI agency of the cotservativq porti n the North il possession of ti Gover went. I moved a rasouttion 'jfk Il pubject of peace again ill saecte Rses inl the winter of 1864. Uneed' it-it for to my leter in Seitemnber 1864, I President Davis. -with- which you a familiar, for it created grreat oppositio tojnme, anu opposition *hjch does not di ont, even no.v- Whten Mr 43lair can to lichnoid on his pacao emfbasy, did everydliug I cotild to make hio e for.s smiccessful. I shoild - also add tti that during the war I 4fwaystrged il mont humane treatmnent 'possible to th prisoners, as tentdin~r to bpn'efit the cg ditionof our own soldiers int the htan< of the United States, and leavtng tI door to conciliation as opten ns'possibl A few words as to our present poliej and I will have finished. Your rehabil tation is objected to by 'a party pt ti Northl, on the grounod that you are na loyaf to the Union. .To doid the o jection you shtould dloeverfthing in' y rower to mnanifest the sincerity bf yoi devotion to the Union. And this is a difilonk in your positibu, for nothit else is posstble but th&.Union. TI only possible way to presgrep free ins tntions is by clinging to tes Unhign, wile people never seekt, t~fWpasb they nmake the best' th(yvt out'$f a attiihable. * . Atother objection is ypg will tro a justice to the emanip.atd 6 cks Y ust goe. over this Ob~4att1Ol se-u l dou #a b'y doing. ortinfj' pssible, donsistenI wi ~tit odVvesl . togive theptpn fd nify q toe tfre' isp T ,~iv; wofr 4 say, o s4 de 9th t th tlif Jo n ihri or tinan k ** n P hI a h I f'ture I should .-ay, the first. i.hing fo the South is white iimigratiQn, the se .cond thing is white immigration,; the e thkird thing is white immigration. Vot it should do ev.ery.thing in- our power tn It invitto a white population, both by s' your legislation, and favorablo publi . sentiiet.. Receive immigrants fron - Europe and the Unittd States witl " open armn. The danger inl the future i. in a collision of races, your safety, i r] inl the closest, symplithy -with your own e race in the United States. You neei . the friendship ot the American people . tae every step,to obtain it, n Another objection to .re-coistrnctio: f is that 4te national debt will be inl dani Ih ger of repudiation from your votes o This would be a fatal policy on you n part--sustain.the nartiolial debt as a fun in damental article of your policy. I, And now fellow citizens pernit me t< N take a kind ihrewell. of you, and to re e ttayn you mlly -sincore .thanks for you: ni genero*us support for so many years k! Had the State ne.dud* Iny services : should have shared'her fottnes to thi -(nd. But I now feel at liberty to seeh elsewheroeto festoro . my fortmnne, shat. tered as it has been by the war. I slial p remembher nothing but yqur kindness I and will loue no opportuniiy that maiy be in mty power, to sdvance your inter ests. I With great. respeco. &c.. I . Wu.imt W. Boycs. (Communicated.J L A Plea for the English Latingunge, 1 "Companies are already being organ ined," &c. Such are tie words whici form a part of a setntence front Gov Orr's Inaugural. Tie three words itali cised for this ccasion forit a dellectior of the verb not only unpleasaint; to th< student of grammar, but wholly unwar ratitable. It. violates the taste forme< front the stuly of the best writers in th C English language. It owes its birth t< e nwpaper liternxtnre, anld its utsi more to our care-lessness than its.- legiti. macy. Ouir language will not suffe-r b) throttling the fouidling at once. r If it be asked what form of expres S'ion Cal be ulbstituLtte, it 11a1v be ant swertba that theuro are two methods o a voiding so chiusyi a phrase. If it i not devsirable, n1otr convenlient, or ever inmossibl. to Use th.- uctive roce, wh% there is iut (ni'lith in using a pre ent 'Sc It tive paiticipl.' ins a passive sense, for ith Ih cui'tornl of hiErarv nio sanction "Companies Are ir ' n izi ng"-has pre It priuety, uhphtony, c otci.ntess and1. cle'ar neswhich "compantuS are himg or gatizud" never c:.in claim. I. it aiskinoj - too mtch ('or .he welflare o)f oui iingung C to insist Jip'uni the imimnediat rejection o n thi objectionable phrase ? 1. , SPOT. luporlait Circular. e publishh the following circular, a e itcontains information of considerabl mnterest. at the present tungi : f- -IEIADQUARTERR, Lt A cT. A S'-T Cost. Itir.Au R Er-uo :s, o .F IRREDMNIi AND6 AnANDoN IIAN[I 0 ' D ISTRICT W VSTERN S. C. . -. Coixuai, S..0. Nov. 22,185 s Circular-: . ,145 * '-ini o'der to avoid the ev'ils thtat muns e- nneasarily follow a faibttru on thle par 'of.emtployers endi freedmen to enter int cotitraets for the enisning year,. it ha 'Cbeen 'determinedlto require that contract ht e made'imxmedliately. Tl he accompany -V ing form htas been adopted and will b ir observed, ir It tskop~ed that the stipulation in thi )t form providingfor the conttinnaitce e Sthese contra.cts after the restoration .c eO civil authority,' under uicht rules aw 'regulations as may be adopted by th Aesgislature of this State'will prove sat eJ. istaectorf to ai) parties., It is recomme ded-thtat, ae far ia. practicale, ini drde aot to break :pp:their hines.. for th ho presemt, freedmen be employed b sx anid m'ake eontracts with 'heir formt 4 masterend that care be taken to pre is ieJo fot' thenmainten'anco of'Ihe helploa e, ~tid'infirm 'This end will be usost eas 14 et~Ad br'fin the freedmen fc ei tai abor inlothmig, food and shelti in mtedio19ttendance, and, such additigi1 fio wages itt money-as 1nayple agreed uapo pa 6 man~ndigffler at each court- bone t ie . Dgh strefeto nct as agen& fe rMtbe Freed mab's Bntvau, and sto tak as Ghargeyf thittakig 6feon'tr, Thi a cefrpape*iad - 'tv o c4tI ng of th I'tary Distrit it~r .if.Ahk t0b OhidneA . a uto a boar de the pro a 40'O Qf~~at No.n un~t~tr of the ~ureau. I r triiplotar nd.Mr'edn~e ~ee R)he ~~of% g i tro~~after a arefttl< exatmn . 9 'inution of anl the facts, will fix the ierms, -The two citizens, (menbers -of the board) shall be, paid threow- lard per i (lay for ,the time actnially eti 6d tn the > discharge of their duty-the account t be certifliel to by the , ;licer" assocuttld with them and approved by the Sul. i District Conmnnding. To deta)y the necessary expenses 14 liese proceediigs, a fee of fifty centg shall be charged and collected for each freedmen so employed in cases wfire teln or iless niinher are employed; ir more thi ten, twent.y-five cents, will be collected for ieach additional freod i man, so enployed. These fees will be collected by the officer in charge, and accounted for to the'Sub-Assistant Coi. miesioner. No disbiursenewits by hin will be allowed, except th.0 per dIem of tihe tissocia to members of the board, up. oi approved accounts. A weekly re port will be made by him to the *Sub. Assist-int, Commissioner, which 'will be accompained by. a correct copy of .all contracts entered into. Sub-Assistant Commissioniers will re. port weekly to these headquarters the mumber of freedmen contracted with, I and every other matter of importance or interest connected with this business. They will also, to the full extent of their power. enforce the faithful perform ance of the conditions of these contracts. The interest.s of freelmnen will be care. fully gnarded, ind their rights in every respect protected, but,at the same time, they must be compelled to fulfill their greemont, iand, if idle or vicious, n1pst. be punished. No elfort should be spared to correct. tho erroneoims impression that prevails among the'freednien in regard to a di. visioln of land ; that. it is not necessary for them to make contracts, or that they will be permi ted to leave their present. homes. an~d go in great imbers to iny other part of the counrry. b . RAwn1i Ei.Y, Brevet Brig. Gen. Acting Ass't Com'r. COLUMBIA, Nov. 22, 1865. P5irrevet Brigadier General Ralph& P11,, Acting A4ss't -Conar B. Rt., P. a nd A. L. Si : Bv anthority of the Assistant Conhtinissiqner, you ard hereby direfted to assume chargo of the' affairs of the Bureau of Refnigees, Freedmen and Abando;ned Lands. for. the District of' Western South Cacolina, Yith Head. quartMs at C(Alumbih, SQuth Carolina. S'nhordirito A ssislant Connissianers. within this District will l& subject to sueh eneral regni tiona'. as you may publis4h1 in accorlance with orders from die Assistant nmnmissioner for Soth. Carolina and Georgilt.. I am, Genera very resp(dctfully, your ohdieit servant C. H. HoWAnIQ, Brevet Brig. Gen., Tnsp'r Gen. And Chief stif VMOMASTER'S HOTEL, WINNSBORO's si C. TIllS old and favorably known IHOUSE is sill kept by the widow of JoAn McNas.ter, Esq., do. censod. The patronage ot old frlends and of e,. public aro solicited. dec 9'65-law4 0& The Columbia PhWuix and Chnlotte 'Tine will copy once a week for. four weeks and send bill to this offce. Fashionable Dross Makingi ItRS. 3. M.. ELIOTT is expecting a i.Arst, class dress maker, at~d will capse ron fashionabl&' tiress making in the bese moat of lher residlene. She has. alsojuet opened a neat and fashionable seleetion' bf a all Wool.1Delaines, Freneh Merinoes Silke Poplins, Bllack and Brown Debates .audi. Blockc Alapaesi. Also, whiteKtd Glve Collars, and Dress Triiassings, whieb she~ will lake pleasure in showijig ,to eer.p trons'. dee 9'6-,4O, t auhoit irm h Coo Ordiset, cry at the late residenee of Jolt Gis (jeceased, on Tuesday, the aeth 1tVsWM~ lot - - s CORN, ' -'nji U , r PEAS id belonging to.th estate otyple , loa ng to .tsad'estate,~ LAGRANOE.' ) dee 6'6--1 , . SA LLproni.. dag ds aglnAt, e ed, will utnder 3hdm lw properly syged r withoA iddlay. AAll das1wdebted a',. B said estate arexequgste, tovafay 1minediate. a setess #1 they wMvpked. - 'uv3'6.O or -A Voit26 C ar wil 1 stehs