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TER il S OF SUBSCRIPTION. INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. The ADVERTISER is published regularly ev ery WKDSKSDAT MoiutixQrat THREE DOLLARS per annum ; ONE DOLLAR and FIFTY CTS. foTSix Months; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for Three Months,-ulwayp in advaitce. - ?SfAM papers discontinued at the expiration of the time for whieh they have been paid. . " ?ote tbe Bright Hoars Only.?? A leeton in itself sublime, A Jesion'worth enshrining, *Is this-n % take no heed of time, Save wh : n the sun is shining," Those mott e wu rd.? a dial bore, Q And wisdom Eever teaches To human hearts a better lore Than this short sentence tcaches. As lifo is sometimes bright and fair, And sometimes dark and lonely, Let its forgot its pam and care, And note the bright hours only. . 'lhere ia no grovo*on earth's broad chart Eut has some bird to cheer it,? So hope sin^s on in erory hesgt, Although we may not hear it; And If "to-dny the heavy-wing Of sorrow is oppressing, Perchance a morroTT*B cutt will bring A weary heart a blessing. For life ia se rae tim es bright and fair,. And 'sometimes dark and lonely ; Then let's forget its toil and caro, And note the bright hours only. Wa bid the joyous moments .haste. And.then forget thoir glitter We take Ibo oap of life, and taste No-portion bat tho bitter Btit we should teach our hearts to deem - Its sweetest drops tho strongest ; And pleasant hours should ?frer seem To linger round us longest. As life is'sometimes bright and fair, . And sometimes dark and lonely, Let us forget ita toil ana care, And noto its bright hours only. Th* darkest Shadows of the hight, Are just before the morning, Th ?n lot us trait, the coming.light?. All boding phantoms scorning; And while we're passing on the tido Of Time's fast ebbing river, Let's pluck the^blossoms by its side, And bless the gracious Giver. As lifo is sometimes bright and fair, And sometimes dark and lonely, IVe should forget its pain and care, And note its bright hours only. GOV. PERRI'S MESSAGE. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, S. CAROLINA, ) COLUMBIA, October, 24, 18G5, j To the Honorable Ike Senate and House of Representatives : .GENTLEMEN-You have convened in extra session, .by/order of the late Convention, for the purpose of considering the new aud ex traordinary condition,"f our State, and pro viding, by wise and proper legislation, for the welfare and best intered of South Carolina. As Provisional Governor of the State, and in the absence of the reee??ly "ef?ct?d constitu tional Governor, I consider it my duty to ad dress you orr the present occasion, ?nd re commend for your'considerslion such meas ures SB, in my judgment, the interest and wei faro of the State require. Although I have not the honor of deriving my authority,-aa Chief Executive of tbe State, from you, or the people "of South Carolina, yet I can assure you, in all sincerity, that no constitutional Governor of the State has ever had your interests, your honor and prosperi ty more at heart, or has ever devoted his time and energies moreelclusirely and zealously fc> what he honestly believed would best promote the welfare and happiness of thc State. And I may say," with equal truth, that, although appointed Provisional Governor over South . Carolina, no one has felt more respect for the majesty of her laws, or been more willing to render obedience to the sovereignty of her people. After the termination of our recent disas trous and ruinous struggle with the Federal Government, it pleased tbe President of tl o United States to select me, Tirj?|flft knowledge, or any solicitation on^S^mWot my friends, for the high and responsible posi tion which I now hold, to orga~ize a State Government for South Carolina, .ind have kgj.- ^tored-to all ber civil and political ri?hts asame^'nber of the Federal Union, ifclt deeply the J*?'cata rfcsonsibility of the station to which ? baa'.**011 c^ed* and ^/??ful that in obeying the' ord/rs and carrytng out the policy of the *****I Government, J should not be able to prou *'.lbff State/nd sav? the people from unjust ex^0B.*ad ?p" pression. But^ most fortunately, ^J^f' generous and.magnanimous policy 01 ff*'., dent Johnson towards tho Southern Sta. * I has enabled me, to do both, and rendered ray administration pleasant and gratifying to mo. I have been greatly sustained, too, by tho honor, p?fc-iot?sm aad loyalty of the people. -Although I received my. appointment sev eral montlts after other Provisional Gover nors had been commissioned, I have the pleasure ol informing you that South Carbi na is now as far advanced in her reconstruo tion as any other: Southern- State: Instead of wasting time "in trying to fill all the civil offices ot the State with my personal or po litical friends and partisans, I determined to restore those who were, in office, at^the sus pension of the. civil '^government, ' and. who bad been elected by the people or appointed by the Legislature, und wore familiar with their official duties. 1 knew too well the character of i'outh Carolina to * doubt, . for a moment, that her sots waddi prove loyai-and true, after-renewing t.beir. oaths ot allegiinco to the United States. In ibby way 1 re-es tablished civil gev'eniment nt once in South Carolina, and greatly ?xpedited'^her recon struction. An election foi' members , of the Convention, to reform our State Constitution, was immediately ordered.. ! Magistrates were authorized to admtnintfer * the oath of allcgi aoce so aa to qualify the voters in limo for the elect n:i. 1 also restored civil law through out the State, and-ordered tho .courts'to bo oponed. These -measurea were objected to by the military authorities, as traneceuding my powers as Provisional Governor. But the President sustained me in all . that ? had done, and ordered the military authorities not to interfere with my policy u?.recou'struc tion. Like: a wiseState/irhah a -d patriot, be confides iu the peopW?, desires tp see them enjoying mwlMihsr^n.'Smd governing .them selves.' ' Washington "had.the immortal hom-r of creating the Am* rican ? Ik-public, and to Andrew Johnson w)J . 3>e* assigned, in history, the glory oj Saving lecons'ructed itu broken and dismembered l'rtguieuts without.marring tte civil beautif*. Lik* Washington, top, he is, by-hisjpstj.wise andmsgtianiraous-polioy, uniti?g.an?l consolidating ail parties in.the support ol' his at?n misti atoll. TheiState Convection assembled, aud, after a most harntouious session of tiiteeu days, presented A new Constitution for tba future BY DURISOE, KEESE & CO. . . . . VOLUME XXX.-NO. 45. ni ill a---> iii i ' raga 11 ?g government of South Carolina. . This C tution is more popular and democratic. of its features than the old one, adopt -1790. The Parish system of represent ia the Senate, which had. become, tr growth.of the upper country in wealth population, unequal and unjust, allowjn| Judical District to - hare, ten .Senators, others of equal extent in .territory but was abolished, and all were assigned au c representation in tho Senate. The just, ? 'and conservative basis .of represontatk the House, founded on white population taxation, was relamed. The unequal cl ?cati?n of lands has been changed, arid t are now to be levied in proportion to lh sessed value of alL taxable property. A r erato poll ?ax is provided for, which will c all to contribute- something, towards the port of the Government under which I live and are protected. The proper ty ci i fication of members cf the Senate and iii of Representatives, which'seemed to pres: that a utans patriotisch depended on wealth, has been dispensed with. . The m bers of t-J Legislature aro required to ? vitia voce in all elections, - so. that their < stituents may kuow tor whom they YO The Chief ?Magistrate of the State is t< elected, by the people for four years, and a qualified veto on the legislation, of the Houses. -. Such) gentlemen, is the new Constitu? under which you have assembled, and wh it is hoped, will inspire the people ol So Carolina with new democratic zeal and ei gy in developing, iutullectu?iiy and phys: ly, the talent and resources of the State, is true that, under.th.- old regime, South C olina has given the Fiepalic a bright gataxj names which she may weil be proud of j I her material prosperity as a State h&s kept peace with that of her Southern sisli Her population has boen moviug to the Sou west, until there are, at this time, almost many sativo South Carolinians living ic oti States as there are in this State. They ht dreined the Stale, too, of her wealth and orgies. For the last thirty or forty years have likewise been oblivious of ali iuteri improvement in our fruitless and vexitii supervision of the action of the Federal U< ernment. Agriculture has been ifc-glecti manufactures almost ignored, and commet despised. Foreign immigration, which h filled other States with wealth mid populalh developed their resources, and made tin happy, prosperous and powerful, has be discouraged in South. Carolina, lier rici have been exhausted by her dependence others for almost everything seo censum or needed. Wc have been deperrdeui on t Western States for our horns, mules, catt and hogs, bacon, lard and beef. From t Northern States we have received, thc furi ture of our houses, and the implements our farms and plantations, the carriage? which we rode, and' tho clothes which* i wore. This policy must no lougcr be ccmliuuc It should be the pride of every farmer at planter in the State to raise, grow or mal everything which he uses 'or needs. "Si.: vc; has been abolished, and laboa made mci honorable as wei! as more necessary. Th? iviu}.hfi.v.ejL^re^ofoje spent jL_eirJi-.es hj cai md idleness will DU torcccTto work. Pl?.t,'i?;. and the learned professions, are no longer tl anly honorable means of livelihood for ot young men. They must become l rad es mei manufacturers, artisans and mechanics. In migration of industrious foreigners must I encouraged. Then manufacturers will spriii up, commerce will-revive", and we shall bi come an independent people. The emancipation of our slaves will, in a probability, abstract greatly from the ucti\ Jabot of the country. Planters ami l'arme: should dispose of a portion of. their Ianda ! immigrants, and capitalists fiv.tn Europe ac the Korth. This will increase the weait and induNtry of the Slate, and render mot valuable.the lands which remain unsold. '. -wilt alfK) have-a wholesome cluck on tho cc ored population, and strt ngtben our seem ir from insurrections and violence. Three fourth of the State of South Carolina are uncul;: vated. Instead of a population ol' s?ve hundred thousand, our ternary is snfficien to support one of seven millions, if proper! di3tvjbnted in manufactures, ccmmcrce ar. agriculture. It becomes your urgont duty, gentlemen, t make immediate provision for the protectio and govereraent ol the freedmen and colore people who have been 30- suddenly release from slavery in their ignorance and destila tion. This is alike due to humanity a*?d jus tica, as well as the imperativo necessities c society. 'The negro has lost tbs p.otcctioi of his master, and he must iiow be _.?ro*ectc by the law. This is fxpo'cted of you by th President and llic Federal Congress, and wii remove all pretence for military rule in th State, as well as facil?tale your speedy resto ration to the Union and Fe!f-govert;ment The nagro is innocent of ail ihat he ha 'qgd and all that yod. have lost, and he i: 3a'. *"_ei ?0 your pyti?pathy and kindness, yow mtttw. -, -pjjd guicjaucfe. The Cc-nyentioi Drotectio. oWy,-Ji?0DBi QovtiW lo * ppoiu nderedthe ^ of prepairint 1 Committee for ; ^ I?latyr? for ?el mdsummuungto ^ fe ^ pr?lecl??I dophon, a code of lu ^ ^ ^ sod government of the Itv ^ . T ^ persons, in obedience to. tm . f appointed Judge Wardlawand ? ' ? o? the most eminent jurists in the . *^f\. * compose this commission. Thpy will, ii? .'ft timo, report to you the result of their labo.^* The Convention also authorized the Legisla ture to establish a Court ?D each District for the trial of all cas.es in which frcedmeifttre concerned. It becomes your duty to-see that these Courts ure organized. 'The clecliou of Presidential Electors ha? heretofore been inadc by the Legislature ol S?uth Carolina," contrary lo Ute true' intent aud meaning of the: Federal. Constitution, and against tho usage in all the other Stiles. Aa Ordinance was pas-erf by the Convention, expressive of their judgment in regard tc this matter, and directed tho Provisional Governor to co'mmnnicate this Ordinance to fie Legislatute at its first session. In obedi ence to their order,?.! herewith, send your copy of the Ordinance, which you will a ouce carry into effect, by providing a propel mode of eiecrtiig electors of President am .Vice-President by the people. " Tho election of Member's of- Congres; should .bQ.provirtid for at as. early a. day a..' pcrssi'tlei tt is a.,.matter of. the. highest im portance that our "Bi-presentrttives in Congres, sho?id be in-W?*hi"ngtou, ready to take thor seat*, 00 the first M inday in December. * T>. Act bf-Congress, parsed. Msrchy j."(13, it i matlo the'duty of the* Clerk of thc previou House of itepresentati'vea to " makca roll 0 \ tho Representatives cleary, and placo therein ; thc names ot ?all persons,' sail such person . only, whoso credentials-, strew- that they vcr r-.-g;:lar!y .elected i:i aecovdhVice with tlfe law li of their rfWes veipectivdy. or the laws bf iii jj United S.ates.'' . lt is, thciefore, the ihiper.i ? tive du y of ftie Clerk to cM thc. roll of .th i meinbM? of I he Squthern States, whose cr* ' dentials bav? bee^t exhibited to him, an . m f shown that they were regularly elected has no more light, under thia Act, to c: the members elect from South Carolim he has to exclude those from Magaacbi ' The Federal authorities have maintaine \ the Union never wa* disolved, and th Southern States have rd ways been, an are, members of that Un iou. ]n July, Congress passe*] an Act prescribing an of efiise for >lt per*ons to take who elected or api-ointed to any office of hoi profit under the Government of the TJ Slates. This rath n-qaires the party to i that he bas never horno arms agains United States; that he has not yielded untary support to any authority hosti the Uni ltd Sta'e-<. If this oath is to b plied to members of Congress, it wi! course, exclude all from .South Carolina may, with troth, be said',, that no rn' South Carolina can take it without cot in- pergury. But tho Constitution o: United States prescribes an oath for Men of Congress to take, and they cannot b quired to take, any other oath constitute ly.. There may ')HVO b t?n souse show of priety for exacting this oath when i*wa acted, amidst the war betwejm the Sout States and the United Statis ; but there be none now, uniese it bo for the purpo excluding tho Southern peopleFrom all c within their respective States, and still 1 mg'these States in aiihtary subjection know that tin? is not the'policy of the P dent, and I cannot believe that it will be avowed policy of tho Federal Cougrcss. the Southern members are present when roll is called by-States, tbey will take a in the organization of the House, and vole against the oath being tendered to members when they ar;- sworn.' The Convention divided the State into I Congressional Districts, which yon will ?peet and rccngr ize af Election Districts will be yoorjduty, also, ot some conveni and proper time during your extra session elect two Uni1?, d Mates Senators, torepres the State of South Carolina in the Senat the United States. There are now two cauctee in that body from South Carolina, tho organization of the United States i three classes* the Sonttors from South Car nr. were rr?wn ta thc second feud third cla-? Tbe second-class stat for South Carolina came vacant ?rn the third of March, 18 and your election to fill that vacancy will (tit six years from that date. The third-cl seat bocame vacant on th*? third .of Mar 186l? and your election will be for the un pired term of j hat vacancy, which will bo third of March, ISC7. The subject of finance is one of "reut e ba-assment ard serious difficulty at this til iu South Carolina, and will require great v. d?a: and sagacity in your legislation. T people are ir. a most destitute condition, wii out money, and without the mean* ot paj i their taxes. Thrir gold and silver were e ported-during the -war as a specie* of coi mcrce. Tbe Stale banks are all broken, a their bills have ceased to circulate. T Confederate ninney, with which the count was inundated,'is utterly worthless. 'J'i Federal currency.is inaccessible to our pe pie. Their cotton bas been destrier', m tlieir provision* consumed by tbenrriii..?, at they JiaVr riotnif-e to procure mon-r irrt Under these circumstance-, it would b-; wi for you to consider whether or not it is pus: hie to defray the necessary expenses ot" ti State by is-uing and selling State bonds,! as to avoid levying itny tax durmg the ens' ing year. The present indebtedness of tt State is not large, and ber credit ought to I such as to tWure the sale of her bonds at fa prices. If jon conclude to raise money i this way. you ought to includo the payme: of tbe direet tax, and which South Carola no? owes the United States, and ?which hi citizens will soon be called upon to pay. It.is important that the Coin ts of Justit in this Sta'eshuuld be once more fully opene civil la?: restored and properly administer-.! Tjii< cannot be doue till you fill the spven vacancies on the bench. You wii! have i elect a Chief Justice of rho State, two La Judges und ono Chancellor. Opening ot Courts, snd tbe adminiRtra'ion of civil justit ouce more, troiiH h'ive a most salutary ir finance on a-Jt.it ty. and do more than anythin el?f to preserve the pt ?ce "nd quint of lb .Staate. We have been living without law lon enough, and have suffered enough from law less violence. -. Thc Act to prevent the collection of debt! known as tbe stay law, was wholly unnece> Miry at the time it wns passed, but is now matter of prime necessity to the community, This Act should be continued, with permi sion however, to collect the interest on debt due. Thorn are many widows and mino children whose sole subsistence depends o the payment of interest due them on tbei e?iate3. The reorganization of the militia is a mea* ure of thc highest importan e, under existinj circumstances. I have received informathn from the Secretary ol State at Washington that as soon aa our State Government is or ganized, all the Federal troops would be with drawn from'South Carolina. We must thei rely on the militia for the protection of th State against imnrrection and domestic vio lenee, lt is a matter of serious considera tion, however, whether we should not desir to retain, for the present, a portion of fbi Federal troops in the State. The freedmei and colored people look to the^e troops a their friends and protector*, and would bi much less likely to have any collision wit! i ?hem than with the militia. The coloret " Arri;ons, which were at one time 6tatione< turo n?boyt tho ' ceuutry,' have done infinit? mischief by inducing tbe negroes to believi that all the" Jnnds of their former owners wen to be divided out amongst them. This ha made them discontented apd unwilling t< make contracts .'or the ensuing year. Inman] portions of the State there are serums appre hensions of disturbance at the beginning o the next vear. Strong garrisons ought to bi continued in Cheleston, Beaufort, and Ge-.-rge town, where there is ?neb a prepondertm?i of thc negro population. But these garrison s ,. uld rot bo permitted to exerc?e any civi i iurisdiction. and should be subordinate ti civil law. Otherwise, their presence-wou!< j be productive of more mischief than good i Yon will take such action in this matter a i:i your judgment shall seem best for tho State ! ' The education of our young men and b.->y? 1 r, ii ri oe the paty five years, has been sadl j uoKlccted. Your College, which h*B beei ! the-pride of the State for mor?- than half ?.century, is cloted, aud should be at once ie ; opened. he buildipgs are ali standing nn' : unii jured. Tbe Professors are ready to re o'.iu;o their labors, and the yoong men ar . anxiotlri ?io commence their College course c studio?. ? hope vou will muk? the necessar ' ^appropriations lor sustaining the'inst.itutior liut it may be well, un'ler existing circuu; J stances, u> consider the propriety of couvert I ing thu Collegcintoa University, and makin . it in pnri, a sell-sustaining institut*! in. Giv i lie Pf" i' -s,lrS mod* rab- salaries, anc let thei depend !or further compensai ?on nn the tn ?j I tion fund, in a University the ?Indent ma pursue such a coart? of studies as will i contribute to the particular profession 01 siness which ho expects to follow in i life. In a College.-* he is reqnired to sj four years in a, regular coarse of stat many of which will he of no service to in after life, and?J)r which he has no tatt talent. In consequence of the impoverit condition of the country, there ar? very young men now able to defray their expei for fcur years iff'{?o'Jege. Having beet long in thc army, and their education I lected, they are norprepared to enter Colli Moreover, being -advanced in manhood, t cannot afford to.go through a College coe of studies before commencing the active p suits of life. The University system of e cation will meet all these objections, would brirjg to yow-institution of learn three timo? as many students as you could < lect in a College, and in this way the salai of the Professors might be paid out of ; tuition'fund. The State Military Schools, in Colnm and Charleston, baye likewise been suspi ded, and the buildings of the former were destroyed by fire daring the occupancy of I town by General Sherman.' It is fer yon deterniino what ooaree you will pursue in : ?r'ard to theBa*6choo?B. In them have be educated many of yonr most valuable a eminently ^practical men. Very few ha graduated at the Citadel who have not be successful in after lifts The CoEgress of tbe United. S ta tea . pass an Act, doringthe wir, authorizing theFree men's Bureau to tait? possession of ail lao wb?ch wero voluntarily abandoned by the ownors for tho purpose of going into tho a my, or aiding the rebellion. Under a me unwarrantable contraction of this Act, lar?e portion of the-iuds of the lower eon: try, where the planters Were driven, off I the Federal troops,?>r forced toleavebyir Serative orders of.the,? fado Government tate and Confederate, have been seized at appropriated as aba^dorred lands. In mar instances, the homes'Of widows and miner and old men, incapable of serving in the a my, and never aiding; in any way, tba rebel ion, have been taken possession of, and ke] for the usc of the negroes, whilst the proprii tors were starving wauflerers and refuge? thoughout the ?tate. But with that sense < justice and kindness which hus characterize every act of hi? administration,the Presidei has ordernd these lauds to be restored to tb proprietors on their taking the oath of alli giance to the United.States, or receiving spe?ial pardoo where they fall within the e: cepted classes under the Amnesty Proclaim Lion. Tlie Convention ordered the Prov sionel Governor to appoint a suitable ager td represent the. State'at Washington in re gard to these lands and other matters. lin: mediately appointed,the,Hon. William Her ry Tresc .t, a gentlemen Wall known to yo for his high character, talents and dipiomati ?xperience. His repvort will be comronnicate :o you as soon aa it ijt receivetl. As Koon HS the' Convention adjourned, communicated to the President-and Secretar i? Sute copies of-, the-Baw" Constitution qi South Carolina. T bare the ploasure of in brining vpn that President Johnson has ex pressed to me bijca^&fc?on at the amend 5dent nope twrfwe" should soon be. ono uone, " a united, happy and prosperous peo rile, forgetting tho past, and looking only ti the future welfare of our common country.' There is one mutter of embarrassment ii rour legislation, under the new Constitution A-hich I think it my duty to bring to your no tice. The Constitutional Governor will not ind cannot bo inaugurated till the first weeli ji your regular session. And yet tho Consti iutiou requireR all Acts to be presented tc lao Governor for hi? Mgoaturo. If he does not approve them, be must return them with bis objections ; and then, to become a law they must be pained by a majority of the whole representation of both Houses. Al though the State Convention acknowledger the authority and existence of tho Providion al Governor by severn j of their ordinances yet they omitted to authorize him to act a* Governor till thc ii.auguraticm of the Govenoi p.lfrCt. All your Acts should, thorefore, bc passed by a m?jnrity of the whole represen tation of both lionnes, unless you are dispos ed to recognize the Provisional Governor al Govrrrif?r of the ?State. But, oven with this recognition, I-lhink it would be Bafe to ?es that your Act8/.ropas8ed by the coiwtitatton ul majority required, in the absence of the approval of the Governor. Thia will place beyond controversy any Acts which you may ?e? proper to pass?t your extra sension, in the absence of your newly elected Constitu tional Governor. The State Works, at Greenville, for thu purposo of manuftoturing arma and munitions of war,-have not i*eu in operation since the surrender of General Johnston. They were unprofitable, and it is not likniy that you will bc disposed to continue them. I understand (hat the building, and machinery aro well adapted for a cotton factory, nnd that there is a company of gentlemen ' from different parts of thc State who propose to purchase them for that purpose. I would recommend sale of the entireproperty; with all tile machi nery appcrtainirg to the same. It would be well to dispos* of the Columbia canal for the same purpos?. . The Stato Rot;3, over the Saluda Moun tains, ?3 in a ino-t dilapidated condition The former lesseo of ?be road was. rejeased from his contract by the Legislature last session, and the Commiisiooera of Hoads for Green ville District wtie authorized to let it out, for thc present rear, fo the lowest bidder, fa keeping it in rpair. This was not done. No toll has beer collected over the'road, 01 work done on it, for two or three years past It should be loosed or sold. The State Hmse rcquirf-s your irannvlinte attention. Something should be dene to pre serve the building, in its present onGoUhec1 state, from ruin and destruction. If the Stat? is not able to proceed with the work and complete it, ycu should provide for having i temporary r?of thrown over the building, sc as to preserve :t and make it useful. It cor ->rcd it might be used for your sessions, and the accommodation of the public officers. The Bunk of the State, like all similar In stitutions, ?8 ir. a most embarrassed and erip pled condition by the loss of itsadvsncemeut1 to the late Confederate State!?. I have no had the pleasure of seeing the report of th* - Pr-aident. Tl.ia document will be sobmitte?: to you in proper time, and then you will bi able to tuko such action in reference to th< bank as ?ta condition reqnires. "Whatcve may bc tho state of our finances, I am sun i South Carolins will never sully her honor b; F any act of repudiation. If we have lost ev r erytbing else, let tis, oa that account, b . moro careful of ma'iutainiug the' honor of th State. v ,\ -. Hie admirable codification of tbe Statu.t 5 Laws ol'the State,.by the lamented Petign e has. not yet been adopted by the .Legi si alu r< a [ would recommend UH adoption"; and the a; i pointaient of an editor to snpcwiBO its pub! f cation, and maka th? necessary verbal a terations, to adapt it to the present condition of Sooth Carolina. It ia? work gr eat ly need ed by the profession and the people at large, and will be an -end-ring monument to tho fame of one of South Carolina's moat highly gifted and beloved 'sons. I hare received several official commaD? cations from the Northern States, with publio documents, asking a renewal of the exchange of such books, which I hope will be accede to by the .Legislature. I have also [reeeiveri from-the Department of the Interior, at Washington, aixty-aeven copies of the Acts pf Congreso, passed since I860, for official distribution. ' . 1 bavo received co m danica tiona from the Postmaster-General, stating that the mails would be carried ever-' all the railroads in South Carolina, as soon as the Department was assured of their responsibility ; and that he woola receive reasonable offers for carry iug thc mails from the railroads to all. the county seats or court houses till the first of January, when permanent contracts woald be made. ' There hat. been some difficulty in . regard to the appointment of postmasters in Son th Carolina. JL have informed the. Post master-General that it would be impossible tb fill his appointments if he exacted the whole oath sent, till another generatiea bad risen hp in this State. I have received a opmmnnicatiea rroarthe Secretary of State, enclosing information for warded by oar Consols abroad, io .reference to the spread of cholera, and requesting that the State would rigidly enforce her -quaran tine laws. I gave these papers to the Mayor of the City of Charleston.. Yon will tate such action as In your judgment may be ne cessary to prevent our State being visited by this terrible scoarage. . In conclusion, I would arge you, gentlemen, to look only to the future in your legislation, ana forget, so far as you can, tho past. There ? ?3 much lo hope for and live for, yetin South Carolina. Wo should congratulate ourselves and the country that civil : war has ceased, 1 and peace is restored to the land. No ??lon 1 ger are our citizens to be forced from their . homes and families and offered n bloody sac- ' nike on the field of hattie. No longer is cur beloved State lo be ravaged and desolated, 1 and oar towns and villages committed to the i flames.. A merdai Providence -has once ? more blessed onr land with an abundant crop, t and no longer have we any apprehensions ot want and starvation. "We are tn the' enjoy ment of health. Our yoong men, noble and < gallant soldiers, are peaceably resuming their j former vocations, and exerting themselves io < restoring the State to her wonted prosperity sud happiness. No civil broils or deadly ' feuds are disgracing our people as in other > States. We have no political divisions. South i Carolina prcseuted a unit after her act of se- . cession, and she is now united as one man in returning to tho Union, and will be as true ; and loyal to her plighted faith os any State ' north of Mason's and Dixon's line. In this i respect, there is no difference between former j Secessionists and old Union nieu. They all have equally, at heart, the peace, honor, gio- 1 ry and prosperity of the American Republic. And I earnestly pray that all your ltgndat ion and deliberations may tend to this great pur pojac. under. thojzuidance and protection ol Aimignty^taa:"" ' -f-^-T~ B. F. PERRY. - A Card. To the Votera of Orangeburg, Edgef.el?, Ab beville, Newberry, Lexington, Richland, and Fairfield. FELLOW CITIZEXS : After much hesitation, [ have consented io be put in nomination for your Representative in the Congress of the Unitud States. I publioh thin card, because the District is so large and the time before the election so sb art that I ci-uld not, if I de sired, canvas* the. District. If a canvass were possible, however, 1 do not think it'becorning or desirable, lu my judgment, thin is no lime lora scramble tor office.. .It seems to me that uo ona properly impreasedr'wil.h the so lemnily ot tue - crisis, and the delicacy and importance of rhe duties to be discharged, could seek the position. For myself, I de clare that 1 have no wish but to _erve the State. . In 17aS, South Carolina, through a conven tion of her people, became one of the Unit*'. States. Sho remained a . member vi the Union until December, I8fi0. wheu through another convention of h?*r people, ?he repealed the Ordinance of 178t> seceded from tht United States, and with certain other sisteJ States entered into anothergovernmeut knuwi as the Confederate Government. We believe that we had the right to secede and that oui security required ita exercise in co-operatioi with our Southern sieiers. ?South Carolina, in 1852, proclaimed by solemn ordiuance the right of secession lt hud long been the EC. tied opinion of the State that ?he was sover eign and eutitled to all the rights of sovereign ty. She asserted sell-government iu order to secure her institutions aud principles- from great evils, believed to be imminent. Seces sion waB in the natur? of a procetdiup quio iimct. It was conceived in the spirit ?if uelf pre_ervation--noi . to injure others butsavt ourselves, lt cannol.be necessary to .ay thal I am one. ot these, who b-ltejed it waa an honest effort for. honoi able purpose*. The United States Government denied the right of secession and waged war-upon tho Coufetf ? crate Sutes, wa?eh stood upon'the detersive. A terrible war bf invasion and desolation followed, and finally the Confederan Stetei were overwhelmed by force of.naroo**- and dissolved., At.tba end of the war the State I ot South Carolina found tbs Confederacy broken up, her citizens' who \ snrtived the terrible ordeal exhausted and impoverishf-d her institutions de-troyod, aud the whole country occupied. by tho military forces ot the Uuiied States. Under these painful cir jcumstances the President of the United j States invited'H.-O' Stated lately c.mpo_ing I the. Confederacy to reorganiza their goveifn ? meuls and restore theil- connection with the ' I Constitution aud Government cf .the United . I Suites, upou certain conditions the principal 1 of which was an acquiescence in the obeli ' tion of Blavery, which had beon accotnpHshec j by the military authorities. ~Tbe State, wise , ly in my judgment; responded favorably u the invitation. l? is true thelmere issue o } battle does not prove right jap j more thai L did the old "wager of battle j" but itdoe -?ta---?-III j j iiiflir il iii, iiimi,itaYiii KATES .Of ADVERTISING. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Advortisemcnta will be inserted at tho rate ef ONE DOLLAR'?ad FIFTY' C?Nt? per Square (10 Minion linea or lom,) fer the first insertien, sad ONE DOLLAR for each subsequent inaertisa $33* k liberal discount will bo raado to these wishing to idrestiM by th? month or y ear: #i Announcing Candidates $5,00, ?B advance: - prove power which c:nnot be disregarded. ? Provisional Governor ? waa appointed, who called another convention of the people J which his lately repealed the* Ordinance of Secession,' and by an ?rt i cl o in the State Con stitution recognised the abolition of slavery and-prohibited rts're-establishment. By re pealing that of Secession, the Ordinance of 1788, through which South Carolina became a member of th? Union, waa ipso fncia t*M vived, and we are thia day. ia the Union pre? -cisery * s we be cams .?.1788 and remained np to 18??. ' ; We are now in a .very anomalous position; Belying apon the good faith and patriotic in? tentions Urf -the Pres dent of the United States, we have domeall that vas required of us to restore our old relatioaa to the Con? a ti tu tion and the Union, jbut still we have not been'received into fellowship at Wash ington. That importa31 part of the plan ef reconstruction re m ai ns; ret to be accomplished. It is understood, thai a party will oppose the President's plan of reorganizing the States and giving to them ec uah ty of rights, and will insist npon still i arther despoiling and crushing the States of the.Southag'conquered provinces. This radical -fanatical party op posed oar leaving the Union, and dow they ' oppose OUT returning toft. When we'were in the Union, they abused us on account ei slavery. They waged war upon os because we tried to sep?rete from them, abd now that we propose to return without elavety they still object. In this emergency, tho State needs the assistance of all .her true men. Mach remains to be done, and not the least ts to' secure a prudent, faithful and ! pa triotic representation in Congress, to assist and forward the work of- restoration- which the State has commenced. I arrogate not to myself fitness to form part of such a repr?f tentation, bat friends have urged me forward, tod if you are willing to try me, I will give my best efforts. * . - In some respects, we ore at the beginning rf oar. policy, as if we were a new State' xbout to assume hew relations with our stater States j but we must not allow ourselves'tb forget that in ether respects wo are an . old State-a State having antecodents-a name a maintain and a history to preserve. What ever may betide as in the uncertain future, die past at least, is secure: South Carolina aas never swerved from this path of honor, is she conceived ft. We have a record of which none,need be ashamed;, and when any apostato son of hers disclaims or disparages it, may she cast him out as unworthy of-her. The devotion of every true son bf the State adheres in adversity as well as.in prospejuty mia lrtinl tflrgng*1 a? thsooglj .Mod report ; aud irv th? midst of tho great est misfortunes, "eticketh closer than ' a brother." After the* delegation from the Southern States shall have been received into Gengfessi many delicate and important duties will 'de volve upon them, especially, in reference to the freedmen of the South, and thc control which Congress, or a party in Congress;1 may desire still to exercise over them. It jSkj not be improper, in this connection, to say'that whilst I have approved the course of ?he ' State in seeking to-reston) her old rotations with tho Government of the United Stafee,;it has been upon the lait a and expectation that the Stat?, a? soon SB reconstructed, is to have entire control of the .whole subject of her domestic .affairs.. : .The State,, and the. Suite alone, must be left todecide-to whom she viii give the right of suffrage or other" political rights. A new code noir must bo.<<m*ctcld- to protect and govern the population lately m ade tree~to prevent idleness, vagrancy-,"' pa-cpe} Ham and crinffc. lam cot prophet ?nou^fi to forse? whether we can ?uccce'd, . buYl to~l~ ' . .jnnly.believe ;t will be irapoftsible to>liye-iii the country at all unless th? State has'exclnr -ive control of the whole rabjipc??^ Vhyftp hope that this will bs perm i tied, and/ J ! bink it is in accordan.ee with our interest and trua policy' to sustain the President sndtheDem .ir-ratic party in their" efforts to restore the States lo their position ol equality, and^JO" ?;ive th?ip equal rights in.f he Government.vj With these views; if. the i voters' of th?. Dis* tri ct thiuk that I can serve them or the Sute in' this criticol emergency, I wnrdb my best for them \ but I have too high a sense of . my own incompeteney-and the difficulties And'Jg: sponsibilities of th.) position to solicit it by a personal canvass.. . '. SAMUEL MCGOWAN... ' Abbeville C^H., Sept..?7/?865.1 -.Vv Pittsburg, Pa., haB another tfcrriul? poi*o?iug:o>se."' A Mrs. Lewis under^arr?et?, cherged with mixing strychnine", in |bny>dy" 'and adrniuisietiag .it to three of hcr.ehildres, all of whom died.in ayery short time after ward.. , : . . -, . ' ? . . ?^ The'commissioner cf Agricultiire bri received from. WSao?? a specimen of'|j^% tnt "made from. .the. , beek, Th? soggfe Isjoj" norry whiteuMi, and beautifully chciftt%lixed-t equaling anything produced from ? ugaTotase'. lt is claimed this beet sugarcih.be ponced at less cost than (hat mad? , fromrcfcnis\a X?S^The special- agent, fof tbellreasury Department in Mississippi has b?eti airestedj several of bio s?b-?genta'Jaave also'b)*njarj rested ; hie-buoks have heett taken possession of. - It is rumored that investigation will show great frauds which wflf im^lcatirhigh^kift&? a?-It is 'estimated at tie Treasnrjr^D?. partaient that if the-Wei Department suc ceeds in- placing its estimule propoiti???bly. lowwii?rthose of the-Havy DepartmenM?r: the fiscal year/that the entire cipensd bf the Goveri?ment for 18(18 will be about t$lp?jOW? OOO. It. ia claimed that the internal revenue will meet the total jum of expendit^^td say nothing of ,lke revenue: to be"dejdVed|Jia QC-toms. ?