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Address of Provisional Govt nor Perry, On wlst?day,lhe29|h,pWisioVa?Gov PEERY delivered ?is farewell Address to th< Legislature. Below, vre publish it entire: Senators and. Members of thc, Ho isc of, Rep , r&enlatioes : . . ... rl have come here icrday^to f>jd you fare well, as Provisional Governor ol South Cur olina^and to congratulate you on. the recto < ation of the State, ?nee more, to self-govern ment and independence, as a member of the Fedei?l Union; Eike the leader of God't chosen people of old, I have had the honor o conducting.you through the wilderness, with ia sight of the promised land, but am not permitted to enter iUi That great boon has been reserved for my distinguished friend, who ia now about to be inaugurated as fbe first Chief Magistrate of the State ever elec ted by the sovereign people. If not within " three day?,"'he will within a very short time be able to pass you over .the confusion and military .rule, under which you have sc long lived, to that happy state in uh'ch yon will'be able to govern.yourselves, and enjoy all the rights and privileges of a free and cn lightened people'. Under his wise and abk administration, I hope to ?ec the good old State-revive, prosper, and be ont? more happy. I am sure, gentlemen, that I u>iy nay witt perfect propriety, as the representative of the Federal Government in South Carolina, that the State has done enough to entitle her tc be received back aa a member of tho Pede ral Union, with all ?fher Constitutional right fully .restored. She was foremost in assum ing the post of danger in tho recent, revolu tion, and in Uer appeal to arms in de enee ol what she honestly, believed to be her reserved rights aa a State. Gallantly and nobly bei sons fought through the war, pouring oui their blood and sacrificing their lives -on al most every battle-field throughout the South ern State?. When conquered by. over whelm ing numbers, seeing t-heir-towns and village nolbing but smouldering ruins, their beloved State a wide-spread .desolation," their wives, aad "staten?, and.little child-eu, und aged par euti at the point of starvation, like brave mon they accepted the decrees of God, and submitted themselves to the dire fortunes ol war. Sad aad silent, with manly fortitude and firmness, they awaitnd the terras of the conqueror. When, those terms wait, made known, they were first, with a generous pride and high cbivalty,.to ajsumetkc humiliation which their Slate had, been foretnoet in brirging on our common country. As80onas the President's Proclamation WP.S issued, the people, of South Carolina wept cheerfully forward,and took the aranea ty oath. They promptly assembled in. Con vention, under the order of the Provitiioual ' Governor, and reformed their State Constitu tion, as was desired by the President. They abolished slavery, and freely gave "up their two hundred millions invested in slaves-. When advised to adopt the Congressional, amendment* to the Constitution of the United States abolishing slavery, South Carolina was the li rat Southern State which ratified the same, and set an example for her sister States to follow. She has been first, also, in prepar ing a wise and humano code, of laws for the protection of the freedmen in all their rights of personal property, and allowing them to give testimony in her Courts of Justice. She has now elected her Representatives in both Hourn s of Congress, and commissioned thom to take their seats in that body. She bas or ganized a perfect State Government, with Legislative, Executive and Judiciary De partments, all republican in their chat acter, and the members of each swearing to sup port the Constitution of the United States. Her Ordinance* of secession have been ro. pooled, and she now pledges herself to stand by the Union in good faith, cud with all sin cerity. Having done all this. you.and your Stat? have done your duty, gTaCeTU!iy'ana*"Ta?thfuI: ly, as becomes a gallaut and generous peo ple, who are never afraid to assume any po sition where honor and patriotism prompt. I know the President desires to relieve yon of military rule, and see your Represen tali voa once more seated in the councils of the nation. I cannot believe that Congress will exclude them, by a test oath, which does not apply to members of Congre?s, for they are not ofli cars of the Federal Government, as was ear ly decided in the history of our Government. Nor baa Congress any power to impose on its membors any other oath than that pre * scribed in the. Constitution. To admit a con trary doctrine, would enable the nujortty in Congress to exclude the minority, because they were Democrats, or States Rights' m*n, or professed aby other principles repugnant to the creed of the majority. The Constitu tional oath was wisely ordained, and excludes all other oath?. The" powers of Congress are delegated ard specific, and they have no oth ers. The reason for the passage of this test oath has passed away, and if not repealed, no one in South Corolina* can fill a Federal office till a new generation bas sprung up, for all now livrug, men, women and children, did, in some way, countenance the war. It in known to you, gentlemen, that I was opposed to the secession of South Carolina. No man in America regretted more deeply tbaa I did this fatal movement, for I thought I foresaw all the evil consequences- which have resulted from it.. Bat, when the issue was made, my feelings in sympathy were all with my native State. And yet, I conscientb ously believed that even the success" of tho Southern States would be disastrous. The jealousies and errors of the Grecian States were constantly in my mind. Disintegration once commenced in a confederation of repub lics, no one could foresee wher j it would # end, except ia petty tyrannies, or a consoli dated military despotism. Henceforth, no one will repudiate the fare well advice of Washington, as to tho .impor tance and perpetuity of the Federal Union. It has shown a power and strength, morai and physical, which defy dissolution; till some extraordinary chango has taken place in tho condition of the people. The tend?ney of civilization is to enlirge Government?, and not tb disintegrate them. All causes of dis content or dissatisfaction between the North and the South, have been removed by the abolition of slavety. The different sections of this great Republic are mutually dependent on each other, and the one cannot live well ' without the others. The Southern States plant cotton, and the Northern States man ufacture it. The .great West grows grain, and raises live stock for the supply of both sections. We all speak the same language, and have the same common origin. Our opinions and feelings in regard to the repub lican principles of government aro identical. There is, too, a similarity in our purouits and habits, manners, customs, and religion and education. History teaches u* that the present asperi ty ot feeling, which mayvexiat in the breasts of many, in consequence of the wrongs and injuries of the war, will soon r ar ont. Brave aad honorable men are always ready and willing to become reconciled. History teaches us, too, ,that the ravages of war are much more easily repaired than one is apt to sup pose. An industrious and enterprising peo ple will soon Testore a country desolated by war. Sach a people may soon convert a wil derness into productive and highlyimproved farms. No one. need despair of the State. Ina few years, with peace and industry, everything will change and wear a prosper ous and happy s spect. Yon have, gentlemen, in your legislative capacity, arduous and responsible duties to perform, requiring great prudence ?nd fore thought.. Your finances and banking sys tem, now prostrate, have to be restored ; you j laws have.to be amended to suit the ckangei condition ofQfe State; #oor militia system now mor? important than ever, requires yr-ui earliest consideration ; your judiciary musi bo restored, and in som o respects it-would be proper to make improvements itt the sys tem. But I om trespassing o? tho preroga lives of the Constitutional Governor. Hence forth, all of my communications, as the reprc Beutaiive of the Federal Government, ruui be made tkrough'nim, and to him. I hopi most devoutly that I may have tone to make jtxeept one, which authorizes me to say thai the President of the United States recognize! South Carolina, once more, as a member ol the Federal Union, fully restored to all of bel Constitutional rights. In conclusion, gentlemen, let me rcturr yon my most grateful thanks for thc ver] nattering manner in which you have confer red ou me the high and- distinguished trus of representing the Sta.e of South Carolina in the Senate of the United States. And lei me ass aro you that all my. energies and bum ble talents will be devoted to thc promotiot of thc. best interests pf the State, ber welfari and honor. I bid you an affectionate adieu. Inaugural Address of Gov. J. L. Orr His Excellency, the Hon. JAMES L. OKR tho Govurnor elect, then addressed the mern bers of lhe<5e'ncral Assembly as follows: Gentlemen oj tiffi Senate and House of Hep rcsentatives : The Constitution of South Carolina re quires that the oath of office-of the Gavernoi ?-hall be taken in your presence; and imme mor i al usage requires bim to make, on sud an occasion, a brief exposition of the princi pies which will control bis administration. The high honor conferred on me by a ma jority of my fellow citizen?, iii choosing m< I their first Governor under the ne:/ Constitu tion, and the eveutful period in the State'? history when the selection is made, fills VOA with a sense of the profoundest gratitude. 1 ! approach its grave duties and responsibilities with tho deepest humility, and with a sincere distrust of my capacity to-discbarge them ir such a manner as to .satiety tho reasonable expectattou of the State. Under these circumstances, I? can venture with safety to make at least one pledge tc the people of this ancient Commonwealth : that all the zeal and energy of my nature, during my official term, shall be earnestly and constantly demoted to their service. With the uniform practice of that partiality which caused them to elevate me te this great office, I trust they will exercise a generous confidence in all'the" acts ot my administra tion; always giving me full credit for just and patriotic motives. The State is now just entering upon a now and untried career, where there is much to hope for and not a little to fear. All of eur old landmarks in politics have been swept ofiT by the fires of war. Our social and in dustrial systems have perished from the same unrelenting and unpitying cause. Some of our most distinguished citizens, and many of our most promising young men, have fallen martyrs to the ancient principles of South Carolina. Grief over the biers of the loved ones has filled every household, and thc tears of the widow and the orphan have bedewed every hearthstone. And yet, amid this gen eral wreck in all tho relations .of life, it would be unmanly to despond. Thc highest courage and the sternest fortitude ia demand ed wherever tho heaviest calamities'overtako and threaten to engulpb us.. The people of South Carolina seceded from tho Federal Union under an earnest and honest conviction that they had the Con stitutional right so to do ; and they were equallv earnest and bone?t ia tu? co??!oii?i>, LUO.L tucar ioicrcMt. unti tue secnrTty"oT"a very large property in slaves required them to re sort to this extremo measure. Other States united with her to set up a new Government. The Executive, the' Legislative, and the Ju dicial Departments of the United States Government all denied the right which we had asserted, and war ensued. All parties knew that slavery was tho real foundation of tbc collision between the sections. Tho South engaged in it to preserve and perpetuate it ; the North to destroy it. Four years of bloody, desolating war was spent in settling the issue, which bad been committed to the arbitrament of the sword, abd that High Tribunal from which there is no earthly appeal, decided the cause against us.. It was a final, irreversible decree. We were exhausted, our armies sur rended, our last available recruit bad been Bent to the front, and our resources were all consumed. Wa succumbed tu the power of tie United States, and under the wise and magnanimous policy of Presideut Johnson we will, I hope and believe, very soon be re stored to all our persoral and political rights in the Federal .Union, on terms of perfect equality with all tho States of that powerful sisterhood. The war bas decided, first : That one or moro of the States of the Federal Union have not the right, at will, to secede therefrom. The doctrine of secession, which was bold to be orthodox in tho State Rights school of politics, is now exploded for any practical purpose. Tho theory of absolute sovereignty of a State of the Federal Union (from whence was derived the right tu secede) which was believed almost universally to bc a sound constitutional construction, must also bo ma terially modified to conform to this imposing decision. In all the powers grauted in the Constitution to tb e. Fed eral Government, it is supreme and sovereign, and must be obeyed and respected accordingly. Where the rights or a State arc disregarded, or un constitutional acts done. by any depart ment of the Federal Government, redress can no longer be nought by interposing the sov ereignty of the State, either for nullification or secession ; but the remedy is by petition or remonstrance ; by reason, which sooner or later will overtake justice ; by au appeal to the supreme judicial power of tho Union ; or by revolution, which, if unsuccessful, is treason. Thc decision was IV more imposing and obligatory than if it had been pronounced by the Supreme Court of the United States. Had it been tried there, an effort to reverse it might buvo been made, because its mem bers and opinions often change. But the God of Battles bas pronounced an irreversi ble judgment, after a long, desperate sud san guinary struggle, and it wonld be neither po litic or patriotic ever again to.invoke a new trial of th? fearful issue. The clemency which President Johnson has so generously extended to many of our citizens, in granting full and free pardon for participation in the late revolution, does hon or to his statesmanship and to bis sense of justice. He is the ruling power of 'a great and triumphant Government, and by his poli cy, will attach by cords stronger than " triple Steel" the citizens of one entire section of the Union to that Government which be bas BO long and so ably supported and maintained. He- was well acquainted with tho .South with ber politics and politician?, and knew however erroneous in bis judgmoutmay have been their political principles, tbat they hon estly entertained the .sentiments which they professed, and for which they periled their all; and after falling in their end, when they proposed to return to their loyalty, that hu manity mid policy dictated that they should not be bunted down for ignominious punish ment. I shall give his policy of reconstruction an earnest and zealous support. The war decided, second: That slavery should be totally and absolutely exterminated in all the States of the Union. The Conven tion of this State, with singular unanimity and promptness, accepted . the result of the issue made, and declared in the fondamental law " that slaves- having been emancipated by the action of the United States authorities, slaverv should never be re-established in lins S.ate." Vhe Legislature Las followed np the action of the Convention, by passing.the Constitu ai amendment proposed by the Federal Con gress prohibiting slavery everywhere in the United States, and conferring on Congress power to carry the same into effect' Slavery in America is, therefore, forever "extinct. The people of Sonth Carolina have acqui'eeced in this sequence of the war with remarkable cheerfulness, especially when it is noted that her people have been the staunchest" defend ers of the institution^on principle of policy, for more than a century-that her intere?t in the institution was p rester, relatively, than auy of her sisters, its cash value at the begin ning of the war being inor? than two hun dred millions of dollars-and ' tbat? from a settled conviction, her two great staples of cotton and rice could only be successfully cultivated by compulsory labor. The Convention and the Legislature, both recently elected by the people, bave.no doubt faithfully represented the sentiment of their constituents on this subject, and it cannot be doubted that; since the slave is emancipated, it is the, fixed purpose of the people to se cure to him his rights of person and proper ty is a freedman-that a just remuneration shall be paid him for his labor, and that be shall be protected against the fraud und vio lenee of the artful and the lawless. The im portance of your legislation, regulating the relative rights and duties of )tbe whites and the freedmen, at your present session, cannot be overestimated. The vital rate'resils of the State, in my judgment, aro dependent solely upon the laws you may pass with reference to tiiis population. They must be "restrained from theft, idleness, vagrancy and crime, and taught the absolute necessity of strictly com plying with their contract^ for iabor. They roust be protected in their person and prop erty; and, for a few jrearfrat least, 60me su pervisory power should be established to rati fy their contra?is for labor, until their expe rience and increasing knowledge- may teach them to guard against the craft of the un scrupulous. To insure his protection of per son and property, and to guard Roeiety against tumultuous disturbances of the peace-against trespasses, retaliations and issasiuations-it will be indispensably necessary to modify tbe rules of evidence so aa to permit the ne gro to testify in all cases where his rights of person and property are .involved. The labor of every negro in- the State ia needed, if not to till the seil, in some other useful employment-for - the culture of cot-, ton and rice ; and, in all menial occupations, it is very. doubtful whether any laborers in this country or in Europe can supply his place. His long and thorough training in these employments give him a certain skill and aptitude which a stranger ? can only ob tain by experience. It is, therefore, of the first importance that such a policy should be adopted as will enable the farmers and plan ters to employ the negro, and that he shoald remain cheerful and contented. But there is another consideration prompt ing us to legislate humanely and justly for the negro. He has been born and reared among us, and while he has, unfortunately, qualities that stamp his inferiority to the white man, he possesses others- that invite our respect. As a class, during the war, their loyalty to their owners and to society was worthy of the highest commendation. In no single instance, even where the ?lave population preponderated over the whites as an hundred to one, wat there,anioitfbreak or ?uiurrw?on. _WttH m. fall Jg??Jm?Ugjg? nit tbelr part of tbo nature of tho comest, and tho deep personal interest they had in its issuei is it not wonderful that they quietly pursued their labor, and mainly produced the supplies that fed our armies ? If there be reason to complain that the negro has been emancipa ted, in derogation of the right and interest of tho owner, such complaint cannot be lodged against him ; whatever of ill feeling exists in the minds of former owners for the present state of affair?, ii is not just that it should be visited on #him. Interest and humanity require us to treat him kindly, and to elevate him, morally and intellectually ; it will make him a better laborer, neighbor and man. Suddenly relieved from the restraints of the servile condition in which he was born and reared, his ignorance can excite no surprise; nor can we hope that he will eschew vice and crime. If he is to livo in our midst, -none are so deeply interested in enlightening and elevating him as ourselves. Tho Constitution of the United States re cognized property in slaves, and an appro priation was made by Congress to indemnify slave owners, in the District ot Columbia, when slavery was abolished there in 1861. I therefore cherish the hope that Congress will, as soon as the public debt is provided for, make some just and equitable arrangement, to make the citizens of the South some com pensation for the slaves manumitted by the United States authorities. Tho pursuits of South Carolina have not heretofore been sufficiently diversified. Ag riculture was the great business of the State. Thc mechanic, the manufacturer, and the artisan havo not been encouraged to migrate hither, and tho native population havo not embarked in these employments, The result has been that most of the proceeds of the two great staple crops-cotton and rice have been expended without the limits of the State, in purchasing such necessary arti cles as should have been fabricated or manu factured within our borders. Every facility and encouragement should be given by the State, government and by the people, to immigrants from the North and from Europe, so that this great deficiency in skilled labor may, at an early day, bc sup plied. Under our former system of labor, immigration was discountenanced from an apprehension that the immigrants, when they located in the country, would prove hostile and dangerous to the institution of slavery from want of knowledge and sympathy in it. The great change ip tho condition of thc ne groes has removed1 this abjection, and the material prosperity of the State imperatively demands a great increase of agricultural and skilled mechanical labor. .Vv ,The present is a most auspicious time for embarking in manufacturing pursuits. The high tariff which is likely to be cc-mMnoed for many years without material reduction, promises such protection to this interest ns will enable every branch of manufactures to. be developed. The extensive water-power in the central, Northern and Western portions of the State-the equable temperature-the facilities for transportation over the railroads penetrating every section of the State, invite capitalists, at homo and abroad,' to invest their money in these enterprises promising such handsome remunerating rewards. Com panies are already' being organized to nego tiate the selling and purchasing of lands and manufacturing sites, and wherever a citizen owns a water-power and is unable toimprove it with his own means, let him invite his neighbors to form a company ; and if that fails, let him sell to those who will improve and develop it. By well directed enterprise and energy every water-power in the State, in a few brief years, will bo decorated with a manufactory or a machine shop. The accumulation of capital and the great influx of population it Vrill bring will Btimglateindustry. The farmer . Laving a home market can diversify his labor and make it inoro profitable. Activity will bo imparted to commercial pursuits. :' Manu factures will flourish and yield largo' profits to their owners, fostered and protected as. they will be for many years by high protec tive tariffs-. A harmonious combination of agriculture, commerce aud manufactures and all of them are inviting in this S<ate will bring ns wealth and prosperity. We can then build up school houses and churches and colleges, and make a new Carolina not on worthy of the fame and renown of old Caro lina. Our first great want is enterprise aud in dustry-if we will them we command them. Our ne-yt great want is skilled labor-this must come from tho North and from Europe; it will not come if ?e do not invite it, and extend the hand of friendship to the immi grant. If he is looked upon with enmity and suspicion, it cannot bc expected that be will make your country the borne of himself and his descendants ; and other States, more sagacious, will derive the benefit of his skill, capital and citizenship. Our last want is capital to develops thc great and varied re sources of this State. It is to be obtained by labor, and from abroad, by making its profits remunerative to the owner. With' these waals supplied, there is no reason to view our fui ure gloomily; on the contrary, there is much to hope for ourselves a-.d our posterity. We have emerged from a long and disas trous war, with our cities and towns burnt, our houses destroyed, our fields and planta tions ravaged, and our wealth scattered, but we aro in .no worse condition than out fore fathers when they came oat of the revolution. Their virtue and labor and economy soon made them a more prosper?os people than over before. Why may not the same quali ties work out the same, happy result for us 1 It is vain to indulge in repinings over thc misfortunes of the past. Our work is with and for the future. If we are to deserve well of the country and of posterity, it mu. L depend on the fidelity with which it is exe cuted. A new Constitution has been adopted, and bf it-your Government has been liberalized. Every citizen may aspire to its honors ; and if esteemed worthy by his fellows, may occu py its high places. It merits a fair trial from the people, and will doubtless receive it. The hope ls ardently cherished by me that every change made in the old Constitution may prove a ment of the criminal, law, the evil passions of bad and inconsiderate men will be restrained, and order soon restored to society^ The total destruction of large tracts of country by an invading army, and the ex haustion of the entire State, consequent, upon a long war, incapacitates the people from paying the usual amount of taxes, and it behooves all departments of the Govern ment*to practice and enforce a rigid economy. The annual appropriations heretofore made will undergo the closest scrutiny, and when ever a reduction can be made, or the appro priation entirely dispensed with, it will be done. All supernumerary offices abolished, and the salaries of those continued reduced whenever it can be done without detriment to the public service, so that the expenditures for the support of the Government will be reduced to tho most frugal standard. The Executive Department will cordially co-oper ate with you in all measures .to reduce the exponscs of the' State to the lowest standard compatible with its efficient administration, Invoking the blessing1 of Almighty God on our united efforts to ameliorate the condition of our desolated and afflicted country, and appealing to Him for wisdom, moderation and fortitude in the discharge of our grave and arduous labors, l am prepared to take the oath to support the Constitution of thu State and the Uni teil State?, and enter upon the "'Atica of Chief Magistrate of Soutb Carolina,. Hon. B. P.. Dunkin, Chief Justice of th? State of South Carolina, then administered to thc Governor elect the Constitutional oatt of office. * The Writ of Habeas Corpus. WASHINGTON, NOV. 30.-The Pr?sident has is sued a proclamation restoring the writ of habeu corpus in all tho States, oxcepting those hereto fore declared insurrectionary, the District of Co lumbia and Territories of New Mexico ano Anuna. from North Carolina. RALEIGH, November 29, 1865. Gen. Grant and Staff, accompanied by Gens. Ruger and Hardin, and Dr. Sloan, State Treasurer, called on Gov. Holden thia morning, spending an hour or more with him Gov. Holden expressed regret that his state of health would not allow him to pay more attention to his distinguished visitors. The interview was pleasant and agreeable. Gen. Grant was invited to visit the Legis lature, which invitation he accepted, and wai introduced to both Houses. Gen. Grant leaves to-night for Charleston. SECOND DISPATCH. The following dispatch from President Johnson lo Governor Holden appears in this morning's papers : WASHINGTON, November 27,1865. To W. W. Holden, Provisional Governor oj Ike Slate of North Carolina : Accept my thanks for the noble and effi cient manner in which you have dischar**?. your duties as Provisional Governor. You will be sustained by the Government. The result of the recent elections in North Caro* lina has greatly' damaged Ihe prospects' of the State in the restoration of its governmen tal relations. Should the action and spirit of the Legislature be in the same manner, it will greatly increase tbo mischief, already done, and might bo fatal. It is hoped that ?he action and spirit manifested by the Leg islature will be so directed as rather to re pair than to increase the difficulties under which the State has already placed itself. "(Signed,) ANDREW JOHNSON, " President United Slates." From Wushington. WASHINGTON, November 24,1865. W. H. Trescot,. Esq., the Exocutive. Agent for South Carolina, (says the Charleston Courier) has had an interview wifh the Sec retary of the Treasury on the subject of the postponement of the collection of .direct taxes and sales of lands in South Carolina for.taxes unpaid, and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue has addressed the following letter to the Tax Commissioners in South Carolina: WASHINGTON, November 20,1865. Gentlemen-I am instructed by the Secre tary of the Treasury to say that his order in definitely postponing the sale of lands for direct taxes in the insurrectionary districts, and heretofore communicated to you', was intended to embrace all lands of whatever character or description situate in those dis tricts. Von will therefore postpone indefi nitely your sales of lots, blocks and houses situate in the town of Beaufort, South Caro lina, and advertised to take place on the 6th of December next. ty A disastrous collision occurred betweon tho Niagara and Post Boy, on the Mississippi rivor on tho night of the 25th, seyen miles above Helen-,. The Niagara sunk in twenty feet of water,* and ono hundred deck pasBengors mostly discharged colored soldiers, wore drowned. The cabin pasiengers and crew Were all saved. THE ADVERTISER. JAMES T. BACON, EDITOE. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6,18G5. Acknowledgement. ' We beg taara to express our kindest thanks to tho following gentlemen for many lata and time ly Newspapers : Col. B. IC Talbert, Col. W. G. Burt, Capt. Thos. Jones, Major Z. W. Carwile, A. Ramsay/ Esq., Wm. Lott,Esq., Jas. Richards, Esq., of Augusta; and last, bat by * jeans least, Jamen Kain s ford, Esq., who tr . kindly sands ns a- large batch of magnifir nt English Journals, of very recant date-tho ?reates: treat of the kind we haye had for many a long day ! -?T--. Gen, Gary. On evory hand, hts numerous frienda aro warm ly greeting eur distinguished fellow-citizen,.Gan. M. W. G.vnv, wbo, after fear years abseraoo, re appears in our midst. Although he fought his Uncle Samuel dnring all. these fon r yean, with tooth and-nail, through thick and thin, in weal ?nd woe, yet he has lost nothing in the way of weight er wit, talent or energy, good natara or good looks; and has como ba<k to resume hia old status of citizen and lawyer. Gen. GARY'? card will be found in another column. We hope his professional rentr?e will be no lost flattering than bis sooial. Hon. A. G. Magrath. Our distinguished folio w-citizon, ex Governor MAGRATH, arrived. in this city yesterday, (saya Charleston Courier of the 30th,) from Savannah, and took rooms at the Charleston Hotel. He was warmly received and congratulated, on his release by bis numerous friends. General STEPHEN EL LIOTT also arrived on the same'ateamer. IIo>;. JAMES A. SEDDON, late Socretary of War, in thc Confederate Cabinet, having been roleased from Fort Pulaski on parole, also reached this city last evening. Still Another Company. We ara happy to chronicle the formation of another company of stalwart mon in our District -in the lower Battalion of the 9tb Regt The officers of this Company aro aa follows-men who i hare drilled, and fought, and campaigned it, until all this has become seoend natura to them : Capt, BEN. ROPER; 1st Lieut., Gio. MORCAN; 2nd Lieut.,'Dr. P.. EXT; 3rd Lieut., J. C. POSTER. A New Lawyer. ? Among the names of gentlemen recently ad mitted to tho Bar of the State, we notice that our old friend, Lieut. ALFRED J. Nouma of this > District. We wish him unbonndod success. Address to the Freedmen of Edgefield District. Gen. ELY, Acting Assistant Commissioner ol the Freedman's Bureau for tba Military Depart ment of Western South Carolina, has been in om town for a few hours, since our last issue, and du ring his stay, requested and authorized us to make known to the people, white and blaek, of this District, that he will address th'e Freedmen ol Edgtfield District, at Edgefield C. H., on Wednes day the 13th Doc, inst., in the afternoon. Goa. ELT haa his Headquarters in Columbia where he haa been for several months past; he ii now beginning to visit the different Districts o his Department for the purpoBO of addressing tb colored peoplo. Gen'l. ELT thinks it hy no meant necessary oi adrisable that all the freedmen and freedwomei of the District should come to hear him, but hi would liko to know that two or three iatelligei onos from each plantation were in sound of hi voice. If the weather permits, his address wil probably be out pf doa? ftftiib tatup??^-?tast or ol.owb.ro ; bat aa regarda that, tba fraoJmci can learn tho facts whon the* reach here. We call attention to tho Circular of Gani. ELY published in another column. New Provost Marshal. Lieut BIOOIRSTAPP, the quiet, courteous ant popular officer, who has been acting as Proros Marshall of Edgefield District for a couple o months past, has gone, with a few soldiort of hil Company, to take np quarters in Hamburg, ant has been succeeded at this post by Capt. SCOT: of the samo Company and Rogt., the 25th Ohio. Capt SCOTT, is making application to GenL Aim for an increase in the numbor of soldiers for tb? garrison at Edgefield, and thinks his application will be granted. We felicitate our people upon the faet that their present garrison cornea from the 25th Ohio ; it is a Regiment which, under it ; leader, Lieut Col. HAUGHTON, Commandant al Columbia, has distinguished itself in our State for moderation, unobtrusiveness and gentleman linean. Edwin Bates & Co. Great Wholesale Dry Gooas Store at 124, Meet ing Street, Charleston. See their card elsewhere. Theso Merchants are well and popularly known throughout the South ; and they propose- te sell their large, splendid and unrivaled steck at rates which will antonish those who have lately beei buying at high prices. Dones & Henderson. We notice with pleasure the organization of the now firm of BONES i HK s DUH SON. Thor have oponod at 187, Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. and their business is furnishing men, women and children with Boots and Shoes, and the travelling publio with Trunks, Valises and Carpet Bags. Tho gentlemen comprising the firm are both of the highest character and most premising business qualifications, Mr. BONES of this firm is the brave and popular young soldier who lost s log at Chiokaaaauga, and who, since then, has spent so much timo in our immediate- community. It is quite certain that a house composed of auch gentlemen as those will prosper and 'make ita mark. We rofer to their card in another part of our paper. '-? ? Thc Itinerants. We publish below, the appointmontl ef the Methodist Conforonce fer the Cokcsbury Cir? uit. The Rev. W. A. CLARKE, who, during hia one year's sojourn among us, has made so many friends and given so many evidences of pioty, humanity, energy and zeal, comes back to us for another year. A host of friends will welcom/ his return. COKESBURT DISTRICT-S. H. Browne, P. E. Coktuiury. Circuit-W. P. Mouzon, J. B. Jones. Abbeville.-T. G. Herbert, C. Thom as on, J. E. Ponny. . * Ninety-Six-A L Smith. Upper Saluda River Jfiuion-Yfi H. Lawton. Mapleton-T. S. daniel, J. Attawey. Edgefield-Yt. A. Clarke. ' Rutter-Pi L. Herman. Newberry-J. W. Humbert " Circuit-J. H. Zimmerman, J. B. T ray wick. Zitureiji-W. A. McSwain, J. R. Little, A. W. Moore. Reedy River-F. Auld. Picken*-J. H. C. McKinney. Anderson-G. F. Round. ? Circuit-Wi A. Hodges. . Rendition-T. H. Edwards. Mt. Zion-J. M. Carlisle. Cokcsbury School--To be supplied. ___ ??!r- Rio Janeiro advices state .that Col. Wood and party, who went to Brazil to negotiate fer lands for some six hundred Southern planten, had met with a most enthusiastic reeoptjon, tho* Emperor promising to aid the Colonel in further ance of tho project. ?s ' From thc Legislature. As provided for on the adjourament 'of tho ex tra i ose ion, tho Legislator? re-assembled ai half past seven o'clock on Saturday evening, the 25th November. On this occasion no quorum of either House was present Early ia tba following week, the votes for Governor ned Members of Congrats i were counted. . Tb? voto stood'thns: Hon. J. L> OBR".M ...0,928 . Goo. WAD? HAUPTOX,..... .9,188 Majority for Hon. J. L. ORB....,.....'.. 7*2 On the 28tb, Provisional Governor PKBRT sent in to the Lcgiilatnfe a short message", of which the following paragraphs form the most impor tant parts ; s EXEOOTIVB'2BPABTMB?T,?)0. CA), ) November Wi 1885: - } ;- ' To the Honorable ther Senate and HOM*? af Repre sentative* : . . ? ' -. ' j ' j?J . GE ?TL EU ES-In obedience to-year directions I forwarded to the Secretary of State a certified .opy of the ratification-of- the Congressional amendmeat of tho Constitution of the United States abolishing-slavery. I had previously tele graphed Mr. Seward that the amendment bad been adopted hy yen, and, ra reply, ho stated that " the President and the whole country are gratified that Sooth Carolina has accepted tha Congressional amendment to tho Constitution abolishing slavery." Ia reply to my letter to the Secre-ary. of the .' Treasury, in relation to tho State of -' -uth Caro lina assuming her portion of the Direct Tax, and - giving her bonds fer the same, I have been in formed that this cannot be done, "unless"'4**0- " tionedby an Act of Congress." Tho letter of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury is herewith sent you. ? i ; I hope yon will appoint an early day fort he inauguration of the Constitutional Governor. Th? commissions of the members of Congress have to be signed by him, and if they are to be in Wash ington at the opening of the session they will hare to leave here In two or tb rec days. I have been instructed hy the President to re main in the exercise of my fonctions as Provis ional Governor until relieved by bis express dir rec tiona. Bot after the Governor elect bas quali fied I shall reoogaizo bim as the Chief Magistrate of the State, and make all my communications to him instead of the Legislature. ? (Sigaed,) - / . B. P. PEBBY. On the 28th, a Bill preliminary to the legisla ? tica induced by the emancipation of slaves, re ceived its third reading, was passed, ito title changed to an Act, and -waa sent to the Senate. >> This Bill provides that all negroes, ta-the extent of seven-eights' of 'Caucasian bleed, ?hill be known as persons of color, and confers opon them I the right te acquire, own and dispose of property? to make contracts, and tb sue a?d be. sued. On Wednesday, the 29th, GOT. Oas* was daly inaugaratod, tho oath of office being administered . by the newly elected Chief Justice Donkin. Im- . mediately preceding the inangoratieo. Provision al Gov. Perry took a formal leave of tho two Houses, and delivered to them a wise and hope ful farewell address. This address, together with the inaugural address of Gov. Orr, will bo found jj in our issue of te-day. Gov. Orr's address is chiefly distinguished for its wise suggestions and recom mendations concerning the successful devolope ment of the great internal resources of South | Carolina, ' OB Thursday, the 30th Nev., at 12 o'clock, tho f Hon. W. D. Porter, of Charleston, was inaugura ted as Lieut. Governor. Immediately thereafter the two Hooses joined io voting for two Associate Justices of the Court ' of Appeals. Judge Wardlaw andr Chancellor lng. f lis were elected. The present beach of the Court of Appeal?, thereforo, is aa follows :.- Hon. B. F. 5 Dunkin, Chief Justice; Hon. D. L. Wardlaw and Hon. John A. Inglis, Associate Justices. There r are BOW 4wo. Chancellors te be elected, the Hon. 1 Jas. P. Carroll being tho only gehtlemae on that 9 bench ; one to fill tho place of .tho lamented * Chancellor Wardlaw of Edgefield, and another 1 to fill the placo of Chancellor Inglis, jost elevated to the Appeal Court .There aro also Jhree Law *" 'Judges to be elected"-'one to HU the" praee "mado" 7 ~ vacant by the el oct iou of the lately deeeaaed Judge Withers, to the beneh of the Appeal Coori; ' another to fill the place just made vacant by the election of Judge Wardlaw, and another to fill the place of Judge Whitaer, who died daring 1 tho war. t Our Representatives in Congress, as may bo F seen by the Governor's Proclamation in another } column, a/o Gen. John D. Kennedy, from. tho. . 1st District ; Ex-G o v. Aiken,' from the 2nd ; Gen. Sam. McGowan, from the 3rd ; and Hon. James FARROW, from tho 4th. . So our Constitutional Governor has been duly t qualified ; our Senators and Representatives in Congress have been duly elected and oummisaioB : ed ; oar Convention has rescinded the Ordinance of Secession, and abolished slavery; our Legiela , turo has ratified the Constitutional Amendment; in short, we have got through with tho work of % reconstruction according te the eopditiuos laid down by President Johnson. The National Cos gross met, or was te meet, On Munda; last; and "' now it remains to ba seen whether or net our membors will got into' Congress daring the pres ent session. As far as we caa learn, the Demo crats and moderate Republicans will not pot any . obstructions in their way ; bat whether these, backed by President Johnson, ?an carr j' tko day : against the radical , and fanatical Republicans is a matter of very great doubt. At all events, wo. are proud that our Stat? has not elected soon tekb .. cen take the tent oath. Away with men who can take the test oath ! South Carolina should want ' nothing to do with? auch. Those Northern men . who insist on Southern Members taking this tost , oath,'are enemies-of the whole eoantry at large, and we ought to fight them out squarely, boldly, and from .the very beginning. .-j-? ? . A School of the Highest Character for Young Ladies. ! It gives us very great pleasure to point tho at tention of our readers to the advertisement of Madamo Sosaowsri, in another column ; and to . cordially and conscientiously recommend this la* dy to the patronage. of the people of Edgefield District. We have known Madamo SOBXOWSKI, and her accomplished daughters, long and well ; and we ooo safely say that her extensivo repata ' tion as one of the most capable and successful teacher: is the Sooth, is, io every way, folly merited. . .. *rw-?j--; Stoves asid Cooking Utensil?, By referring to his advertisement in another part of our paper,it will be seen that Mr. D. L. FULLERTON, Corner %road and Washington Streets, Augusta, Ga., has constantly on hsmda* now and large, assortment of Stoves, Cooking Utensils, and Tin Vi are. He also makes an y ves sel in Tin which may bo required; besides doing repairing business on shortest notice. That good i old citizen, C. L. Bxro, having left us, wo aro now without a Tinner; so it would bo.weil for our people to .remember the name and place of D. L. FuLLXBToa. ? -:-? ? I The Laurci.avilie Herald?. Fr om; the up-co un tr)- .some? to ol the Laurens- .. ville Herald-dead for four years, but now fully alive, and replete with'rigor and hop?. Edi.-jd by Messrs. HOMER L. MCGOWAN and B.W. BALL; published by Messrs T. B. CR KW s ?ni J. Wy LLS SIUPSOK ; issued every Friday morning* Terms, $3 in currency, or $2 in specie*. Tho Herald it a neat and tastefully arranged piper. The editori als exhibit judgment and toste, and with the apropos ?elections, will make this jonrnat a we?? como visitor to any fireside. jjfT? Gov. Allison and Mr. Yale?, of Florid*, ; and Gen. Mercer of Georgia, ar? tho only {irate j prisoners noir remaining la Fort Pulaski.