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Message from thc President. '. ID response to ? resolution calling for ii formation as to Ute condition of the Soot! ern States, the President sent to both Housi of Congress, Tuesday last, tho following me sage accompanying the annexed report < Gen. Grant on tbe same subject : To the Senate of the United States: - In reply to the re -ol at i ons auopted by tl Senate on tho 12th, I have the honor to sta that the war waged by a portion of the pe pie against the properly eonsti tu ted ai: 'hoi tf cs of the government of the I'ailed Stuti * bas been suppressed ; that the United S Uti are in possession of every State io which tl in3urrectiou existed, and that, aa far as cou Le, the courts of the United States ha> beeu restored, post offices rc-established, ar steps ttk'?n to put into effective operation, tl revenue laws of the country. A3 the rest! of m?nsnre3 insiitatedby the Executive, wi I a vievr 0/fcaacTog Vresamptionof the Tun tiona of tho States, comprehended in the i qixty tf the "Senate, the people in Nor! Uat???rip, Sontlj. Carolina, Georgia, Alabath M'sMssippi, Louisiana; Arkansas, and 'JVi nessce nave reorganized, their, respects State governments and are yielding obedier.! to the laws and government of tie U.-.itt States.with more willingness, and great* promptitude than, under the circumstance could .reasonably have been, anticipated. Tl proposed amendment to the Constitntio providing for the abolition ff slavery forevi within; the limits of the country; bas tee ratified by each one of these States, "with tl exceptic-u of Mississippi, from which no o? eial informatiou bas been received, and nearly all .of" them measures /have bot adopted,/ or are now pending, to confer np< the freedmen the privileges which are esse: tia? to their comfort, protection and securit fey Florida and Texas ike, people are makii commendable progress io rostering the State' governments and no doubt is eute tained that^hey wilt it an earlf period be a position t* resume.all of their political r lat ions with the FederaT government The aspect of all affairs is more promisii . than, in view,of all the circumstances, cou have been expected! The people throughoi the entire South evince ? laudable, desire 1 renew their allegiance 10 the government, ai torepair the devastations of warby aj>roi?? abd cheerful return to peaceful pursuit?. A abiding faith is entertained that their actioi will conform to their profession's, and tba in acknowledging the supremacy of the COJ atitution and laws of the United-States the loyalty wi I be unreservedly given to ? government whose "leniency they could n< . falito appreciate, *nd whi'se fus teri.;ig cai will soon restore them to a condition of pro perity.- lt is trae that ?J some of the Stat? the demoralizing effects of tb J war are tot seen in occasional disorderly conduct, bi these are local in character, not frequent i occurrence, and are rapidly disappearing t the authority ol' the civil power ix exteude and sustained. Perplexing questions wei naturally to bo expeefed from the great aa sudden change in the relations between til two race?, but systems are gradually, deve oping themselves under which the freed ma will. receive the protection co which bei justly entitled and bj means of his cole make himself a useful and independent 'ina of the community in which bo .has his horni From all the information In my possessio and from that which J-have recently receive from the most reliable authority, I am induce to cherish the belief that personal animosit is surely and rapidly merging itself into spirit of nationality, and that representatioi connected wilka properly adjusted system c taxation, will result Fn a harmonious reston lion of the relations of the States tc the Ni tiona! Union. The report ot Carl Shuns ia herewith trans mitted, as requested by the Senate. No rt port from the Hon. John Covode has bee received by tho President. The attention of the Senate is' invited t the accompanying report of Lieut. Genera Grant, who recently made a tour of ioapec tiou through several of the States whose in ? ' habitants participated in the rebellion. ANDREW Jensso.v, President. . Washington, Dec. IS, 18G?. II EA DQX ARTERS, ilBMT U. S., ) December 18, 1865. j To Hil Excellency, Andrew Johnson, Prest dent of the United States : Sir:-In reply to your note of the IC tl inst., requesting a report from me giving suet information as J may be possessed of coming within the scope of the inquiries made h] the Senate of the United States tn their res olutipns of the 12th inst, I bave tho honoi to submit the following, with your approval and also that of the Honorable the Secretar) .of War: ? J, leftKWashington on the 27th of lat? month for the purpose of making a tour ol inspection, throughout some of the Soothers States .lately in rebellion, and to see what changes were necessary ia the disposition o? ?he. military fortes of tho country ; bow these forces-could be reduced, ex Denses curtailed, etc., and to learn as far aa feasible, the feel' inge and intent ?ons of the citizens of these States toward the general government. The State of Virginia being so accessible to Washington City and information irom this quarter therefore, being readily obtained, I hastened through tbeState without convers ing* or meeting with its citizens-at Haleigh, ' Worth Carolina, tapent one day, in Charlea jtoo,Snnth Carolina, twp. days, and in Savan nah and Augusta, Georgia, each one day. But in leaving and whilst stopping I saw mach and conversed freely with the citizens of those States* aa well as with officers of ?be army who have been f talion ed among them. The folio wi ng are the conclusions come to by tue: T am satisfied that thu mass ofthink? ing in eu of the Sooth accept the present sit uation of affairs in good faith. The questions which have hitherto d vided the sentiments of the people of tho two sections tr* ola very ?od State rights, er the. right of < State to edeede. fry rn tu 0 Union. Thia th ey regard aa having beeni Jettied forever by the, highest tribunal that man can resort to. I was pleased to learn from the leading mea whom 1 met that they not or% accept ed the decision arrived at as iiual, but now the smoke of "battle has cea red away, and time has been given for rc flection',' that this decision has beena fortunate'.one for tho whole country, they rece iv: ng a 11 ko benefit {rom it with those who j opposed them in the held and in the council.. io ur year- of war, during which law w^as . executed only . at the foi?i ot the bayonet '. thr'o ughout^p, .States mj^ljioa, have left the people, possibly, in a'condition dot to yield that' ready ob?di ence to civil authority the American people have generally been.in tho habit of yielding. This would render the pr?sence of small gar risons, throughout .those States necessary, un til such time as labor returns to ita proper channel, and civil authority is fully establish* < eJ. Tho whites and the blacks mutually ro . quiro the protection of-the general govern ment. .TJiore if.auch universal acquiescence in the authority cf tho general government throughout the portions ot the country visit ed by me, that the merest presence of a mili ??ry force, without regard to number, is willi cieht to maintain order. 1 The good of the country requires that the force oe kepti* tho interior where- there" aVe j xaaeyfrecamen, or elsewhere in thc South- ! era State?. Those at forts, upon tho 3eaccast, , where no force 13 necessary, should ali be { white troops. The reasons for this are ob vious, without meritio?irig' many of them.' The presence of black troops, lately slaves, de moralizes labor, both by their adv: ce and fur nishing ia^their camps a resort for the freed men for long distances aronnd. White troops generally excite no opposition, and, there fore, a small number of them" can maintain order, ia a.giyen district. Colored.troops mast bc kept in bodies suf ficient to de Tend themselves. It- ts not tbe thinking men who would do violence toward any class of troops sent among them by the general government, but thc ignorant iu some places might, and the late slaves, too, who mjght be imbued with the idea, that the properly of his late master should by right belong to him-at least, should have no pro tection from the colored soldiers. There is no danger of collisions being brought on by such canse?. My observations led mc to Vic conclusion that the citizsns of the Stontcern Sistea arc auXioUito return lo self-govern ment within thc Union as soon as possible; that whilst reconstructing, tLey want and require protection from the government that they thii.k is required by the government, and is not humiliating to them i.s cit'zanB. and that ii mch a course was pointed out they would pursue'it in good fail h. It is to be reg felted t'tat. there cannot bo n greater comminghug at this time.bctween the. citi zens' of the twp sectious, and particularly those who are interested upon tbtrlaw making foints. I did not .give thc operations of the reedman's Bureau that attention J would have done if more time had been nt m)' dis posai. -'Convorsationu, however, with officer* cunnecfed with the Bureau, ltd rn? to tbink thal in come of the Sta:<*s its affairs have not been conducted witbgoid judgemenUandecon oiuy, and tho bel.oin video My sf road among the freedman.'of the Southern States that the lau^s of their former owners will, at (past in pm, be divided among them, has come from the agents of this Bureau. This belief is se riously ir^i freing with the willingness of the freedmen to make contracts for thc coming year. 'la somo.form the Freedman's Bureau ls an absolute neces-uy until civil law is es tab!?shed and enforced securing to the freed man their rights and full protection. At pres ent, however, it is.independent of the mil itary establishment of the country, and seems to be co operated with by the diff?rent agents of the Bureau according to their individual notions. Everywhere 'General 'Howard; the able head of the Bureau, made friends by the just and fur instructions and advice bc gave ; but the complaint in South Carolina was that when he left things went on as before. Many, perhaps the majority of the agonts of the Freedmen's Burean, advise thc Ireedmen that by their own industry they must expect to live, and to this end they endeavor to secure employment for them, and to see that both contracting parties comply with their engage ments. ? : In some cases, 1 am sorry to say, the freed man's mind does not seem to be disabused of the idea that the freedman has the right to live without care or provision for the future. The effect of the belief in the division of lands, is idleness and accumulation in camps, towns and cities. In such cases I think it will.be found vice and disease will tend to tho.extermination or great destruction of th? colored race. It cannot be expected that the opinions held by men at the South for years can be changed in a day, ?nd therefore the freedmen require for a few years, not only laws to protect them, but the fostering care of those who will give them good counsel, and upon whom they can rely. The Freedmen's Bureau being separated from the military establishment of the coun try, requires all the expenses of a separate organization. One does not know what the other is doing, or what orders they are act ing under, lt seems to me this could be corrected by regarding every officer on duty with troops in the Southern States as agent j of tho Freedmen's Bureau, and then have all orders for the head of the Bureau sent through the best commanders. This would create a responsibility .that would insure a uniformity of action throughout, tho South, and would i usuro the orders and instructions from the head of the Bureau being carried out, and would relieve from duty and pay a large num ber of employees of the government I have the honor tu be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, U. S. GRANT, Lieut. Gen. -?--?-?-'. IMPORTANT AND WELCOME NEWS.-The Montgomery Mail of the 20th contains the following : IMPORTAKT DISPATCHES.-It will be scon i by the following that President Johnson has concluded that the time has come when thc j proper aifuirs of Alabama may be remitted to her constitutional officers. We hail thia as another step towards complete restora tion.- Nothing now remains but for the Pr?sident to proclaim the war ended, and martial law removed : D EPARTM EN T OF STATE, 2 WASHINGTON-, Dec. 18,1865, 2:30, p. m $ His Excellency Robt. M. Patton, Governor of the State of Alabama: By direction of the President, I have the honor herewith to transmit to you a copy of I a communication which has been addressed j to his Excellency Lewis E. Parsons, late I Provisional Governor of Alabama, whereby ! he has been relieved of the trust heretofore imposed on bim, and directed to deliver into your Excellency's possession the papers and property relating to that trust. I have the honor tc tender yon tho co ope ration of the government of the United States whenever it may be found necessary in effec ting the early restoration and the permanent prosperity and welfare of the State over which you have been called to preside. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, ) Washington, Dec. 18,18?5. j To His Excellency Lewis R. Parsons, Provi sional Governor of Ala., Montgomery: The time bax arrived when, m the judg ment of the President of the United States, the cate and conduct of the proper affairs of the State of Alabama may be remitted to the constitutional authority cba?en by tho people thereof, without dancer to the peace and safety of the United States. By di rec'ion of the President, therefore, you are relieved from the trust which was heretofore reposed tn you is Pr-'visional Governor ja( the State of Alabama. Whenever the Governor elect sbail -have accepted and become qualified to dis charge the duties of the Exeeutiv? office, you Will transfer'to bjra the papers and property of the Slate-now in your custody. It gives mo special pleasure to convey to you the President's acknowledgment of the fidelity, the loyalty, arid the discretion Which havo marked your administration! W. H. SEWARD. M UP. DER AND Si'D?3E>>* RETRIBUTION.-A cold blooded and diabolical murder was per* ? pe^rated on Thursday night last, we learn, 1 near Stoney-Battery in this District, the vic- 1 tim an old lady by name of Mrs. White, harm* 1 le?3 and inoffensive in disposition. Mrs. < White lived entirely alone in a cabin in tho ?roods. She was found the next morning , with ber head broken iu two or three places. , The deed was supposed to have boen done by ? notorious renegade freedman, formerly the ?lav??fMr. U. Stockman, and who bad just 1 previously broken in to her c-ibin and stolen j i?ra? articles. On Suaday morning the body if the murderer and thief was found dead, lomewhere in the neighborhood, bia head 8 jcrforatod by a pistbl ball- A just rotrihu- d .iou-Niwoeny Herald. . . THE ADVERTISER. ; JASf7.fi T. BACON, EDITOB. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 37,'l805. - Tonus for I860 ? For 18?8, our term* teilt be $?ricthj Ca? A for both Subscription* nuil Adcertiting. Partit? ?rho fa?l to r?rricc 'tie APVTHTIMER nf'tr fhe*\?t Janu ary trill inow thotthtir nnbttiriptfoMharcftpired, ?fdpaper will & **uiltu'cs* phill 'fir it? advance. Everybody Should Have-a Copy. In about ten days we will have ready for de livery, In pamphlet form/ the " Neuro Code" as passed by the Legislature at Its recent session. Everybody, both wbilo and freedwao, should haye a copy. Single copies, 25 cento,-five copies for $1. Post Mastors and country mercbauU will be supplied by tho fifty or hundred eopMej at prices which will enable them to realizo a handsome profit. ; -? ^ ?.--_ We Grind our Axe on the Public Wheel. Ycr, like Dan Rice, and-Phineas Barnurrii and Artemus Ward, and Ella Wren, and other sbow mon and thow-womcn too numerous to mention, wo grind our axe on thc public wheel. And our Axe is now thirty yoara old ; war and death, and povorty and misfortune, and many trying vicissi tudes, hare worn ifs onre keen edge to a sad and sorrowful bluntness. We are goiug to make every effort, however, to sharpen it up^ until it shall hew willi.telling effect iu tho causo of truth and right, and honesty, and justice, and pleasure, aad profit. And to-tbia end, we now oarncally and respect fully solicit the kind assistance of our old and honored friond, TUE PUBLIC. . ; With ibis Usuo, tho last of the 30th Volume, tho Advertiser completes its Thirtieth Year. -But it is not yot dono growing! Between this and the first wcok of 1866, it will grow considerably taller aad broader and handsomer, and more ?miling; And now, good friends, is tho limo*to help it. Very shortly the mails will be again in operation. Let your subscriptions from all parts of this beloved old District, and its honored sister District?, fall upon us liko a goodly shewer-like tho shower of-Manna upon the weary and hungry Israelites.^ We will gather the Manna joyfully and strive deeply in future to prove our gratitude' ---*-?-?-r Important to Country JUercbants-*and to riauters. If you want Boots, Shoes, Trunks, or anything in that Uno, you will find it most undubiubly to your advantage to rUit D. P. FLKMI.NO <fc Co. No. 2, Hayne Streot, Charleston, S. C. They are among the oldest and most honored merchants of the city, and bolih as regards the worth and ele gancc of their Stoek, and their personal arid mer cantile dealings wiih the public, they will over be found entirely unimpeachable. We refer our readers to their advertisement lo another part of to-day's Adeertiter. Schools. . The attention of our readers is respectfully usk I od for the various School Notices in this woek's Advertiser. .-? * ? Vapors, Clouds, Storms, Sunshine. For a fortnight past, the weather has been all that change or caprice could wish iL. The blue devil element, how ev**, hus largely preponderated. At times we have been driven (almost driven '.) to the dilemma of either getting drpiik to forget the fearful and gloomy weather, or hanging our selves to get rid .of it finally. At the time we write, though, the sun is shining btjghtly, and the air which comes in at the open window is as pleasant as a May breeze. t And as for rain, there cannot possibly be any more between this and 1866, for it is a most evident fact; Hutt this year'n contract is perfectly and completely rslnod out. P. S. " Man proposes, but God dil poses." Thc contract ls not rained out after all, fer it is pour ing again ; and with as much vigor as if the ful fillment of the contract bad but just begun. The Negro Code and The District Ceart. The Negro Code has been completed by thc Legislature and has become a law. We will pub lish it in full in our two next issues. JOH i? E. BA cos, Esq., has been elected District Judge for Edge&eld District. We have perused the Code, and we do not envy the District Judge the immense lahore and responsibilities which wiU fall upon him. This post, should the Court aver go into operation, will be one of vast impor tance ; and the mau who fills it ably must bring to bear not only tho greatest energy, and wisdom of judgment, but also a very high degree of legal knowledge and experience. When this Court shall go into actual operation will depend, we suppose, Upon the powers at Washington. We cannot even hazard a guess as to the matter. Messrs. Teagne and Carwile. i As will be seen, by referring to our advertising columns, Dr. T. J. TEAGUE and Capt THOMAS W. CARWILE have bought out the large and com plete stock of drugs and medicines of HODGES A JBXNIXGR. The well-established character ?f these two gentlemen for intelligence, reliability and business capacity is sufficient guarantee that those who deal with them will always receive tho fullest satisfaction in every way. We bespeak for them the fullest measure of. patronage at the hands of the people of Edgefield District. Hodges and Jennings. We would call attention to the cstrd of HODGBB ?k JHMUNGS, and?> that of J. B. HODQBB. These gentlemen, who will leave behind them none but warm friends, aro about to depart from us towards the West. We regret their departure more than we can well say ; it must bo a longer period than the longest lifo that will make tis forget snch kind hearts, such worthy fellow citizens, and such well-tried friends.. We bid them God-speed sadly, yet hopofally ; knowing full well that their honorable character as high-toned gentlemen, and their undoubted skill and experience as Physi cian and Druggist, will secure tc them a most nattering patronage wherever they may set up their rest. South Carolina College. This time-honored Institution kai been changed, by the Legislature lately adjourned, into a Uni versity. It will be known in future, we suppose, as tho University of South Carolina, An appropriation of $?000 was zafi?e for the Citadel Academy. Genl. Joass OH HAGOOD is Chairman of the Board of Visitorr. Both these institutions are to be made self-sus taining. In our next issue we will give further particulars connected with these all-important seats of scientific and military learning. ---- ' ' / SST Mr. Thomas Olive, of the City Police, (says the Co?i?i/tKt?onaf??f) recently tried beforo a military commission for the murder of a United States colored soldier, was acquitted and dis :barged from custody yesterday. f?r Tho Chronicle, of Augaata, says that iboot a thousand porsons havo been sent from hat section to the Mississippi Valley. These )arlie* refused to make contracts with their former > wo ors. ..tafJ* The Herald's Washington dispatch nays : X is rumored taut the Freneh Minister, now in ?'ow York, ii much dispensed with the* congres ional action on the Mexican question, and has ?aided not to return to Washington onlocs som* xplanaUon bo"giran, bia. Merry Christmas ! I' Tl,if, our much-loved friends and readers, is 'Christmas morning-a morning of good wishes. Accept ours-so Heaven hear us as tboy are sin cere .'-that every blessing may attend your steps, and affection or sorrow know you not forever. Wo have beon sitting quietly a* our table for a fal! half hour, ruminating ns to how wc should most gracefully cxprere our kind thought* to thc nu o, rro UH and indulgent patrons of the Adv*rti?ir AVe havo tried tho thing in prose,-nna wc bavc tried it in-rerse r hut our poetical effort prcving tolerable neither to gods or mon, we discard it and come back to plain prose. May the good things of prose, theroforo, and also thc good things of verse, come among your bandi unli] tboy bo filled with all tho good thlags of lifo. And most especially do wo wi?h you a ricrry C.'tritt mas-a good, jolly timo right now ! Since we arc here, creature* of a day; since "a fow summer days and a few winter nights," and the lifo of man ii'at an end; why should we not, de?r friends, cast care behind us for a while-tho bitter past, and perhaps Litter future-and seise upon any thing and everything that can make for us a mo ment's ratrih and gladness ? Thc Legislature. Tho Legislature of South Carolina adjourned on Wednesday last, and our members have roach ed their respectivo homes in safety and good health. Most of tho proceedings of the Legisla ture will be found ic our columns to day. The " Stay Law," a very important matter to all, will bo found in a letter from Columbia to tho Charles ton Courier, which, so long ai wc cannot procuro tho Bill itsolf, we copy into our paper. Wo can not belp expressing tho opinion that the amend ment to tho old Stay Law of 1861 is most wise, thoughtful and humane. We call to mind, in a moment, hundreds of poor and unfortunate mon, sufferors by the war, who, could they get one tenth of ? what is owing them, would bc placed beyond care and want; and not ociy they themselves, but their wives, daughters and.little ohildren. The New Tax Bill. The chief foatnres of the new Tax Bill, just passod by both Houses of our General Assembly, aro as follows: Fifteen cents per $100 of market valuo of land. One dollar for each hundred dol lars value of cotton oa hand on 1st October last; and the same on all cotton sold since May last. Ic a letter from Columbia to the Charleston Cou rier, which wo publish olsewhere, if will be seen that the tax upon each hundred dollars valuo of j cotton is fifty cents. As the report, however, from which wo write, waa given us by our Sena tor, Hon. GEO. D. TILLKA?, we think that it is one dollar instead of fifty cents. The Bill itseK j we have not been able to obtain. This last is a-: enormous tax, but it must be levied, wo suppose, to support tho State government It ia a melan choly fact that South Carolina is in a .condition of almost absolute impecuniosity-a new and popular word which moans being literally uithout money. All tho funds which she can command must come from the coners of the Bank of the State, and they aro ludicrously small in propor tion to her necessities. Indeed the President of j that institution reported lately, in substance, that j it was temporarily bankrupt; and whero tho j funds to meet tho ordinary expenses of State gov ernment aro now to come from bas boen a subject of anxious inquiry to the Finance Committees of both.Houses. Tho issne of certificates of indebt edness, recommended by Gov. ORR ia a late Mes *] sage, has been authoriied by the Legislature-to the amount of $500,000. But to return to tho Tux Bill : Two dollars per head, poll tax, on all Males between 21 and 60 years of age. One dollar per head on all Bogs. Two dollars In this last case.would have bera wiser and better. A dog oats as* much as a man, and does no particular good in the world that we could ever see. Two hundred dollars on every Still, and Twenty dollars on. every hundred dol lars value of all Liquors sold. Liquor will there fore be very dear; and Temperance Societies may Bomowhat relax their efforts. The Judiciary of South Carolina. The Judicial Bench of South Carolina is now complete. The Chief Justice is Hon. B. F. DUR KIN of Charleston ; his two associate Judges aro Hon. D. L. WARULAW, of Abbeville and Hon. J. A. Ix G us, of- These three constitute the Bench of the Coart of Appeals-tho highest Court. The three Chancellors are Hon. J. P. CARROLL, formerly of Edgeficld, now of Columbia; Hoc. W. D. Jonxsox of Marlborough, and Hon. H. D. LESESNB of Charleston. The latter two are just elected. They constitute the Bench of the Court j of Chancery or Equity. The five Law Judges aro Judge Mono, of j Anderson, Judge GLOVHR of Orangeburg, and three newly elected-Hon. THOS. N. DAWKINS, of j Union, Hon. FRAXKUN j. Moses, of Sumter, and Hon. A L r a u D P. ALDRICH, of Barnwell. Christmas Bay. Notwithstanding the great African millennium, and all the fears of mon, women and ohildren to the contrary, the Christmas Day just past, was the quietest we have ever known in onr towa. Mud and free niggers wore,, to be sure, the specialities of the day, but the mud was greatly in the ma jority and much the most obtrusive. Never be foro in all our Southern, nigger-blessed life have we seen so few colorod pe opio roving about at this season. And never havo we seen that old blackguard miscreant, Satan, so apparently ?cac tire. 'Tis at Christmas that he is generally most "liko a roaring lion, seoking whom he may de Tour." The negroes aro doubtless beginning to look at things ic their right light, to view mat terri la their store and nakod truth ; and although wo doubt their character, or capacity for coming up to the requirements of the situation, yet we think it undeniable that they now realize the ne cossity for doing something better than streaming about tho country, Idle and gaping. The Secretary of State officially declares the Constitutional amendment, which bas been ratified by throe-fourths of the Statos, valid to all in tents and purposes as part of the Constitu tion of tho United States. Broken National Bank*. A gentleman who is well posted in financial affairs furnishes us with the annexed list of Na tional Banks which are said to be broken : First National Bank of New Tork city, National Bank of Utica, N. Y., National Bank of Syracuse, N. T., National Bank of New Bedford, Mass., Na tional Back of Lowell, Mass. We are informed that a large number of the bills are in circulation. Our oitisecs should be on their guard* 83TIt is said that the Emporor Napoleon, a M short time since, ad ?tossed a letter diroot to the | j Secretory of State, asking for the reoogcitioo by the United States of Maximilian's government as a government de facto. Tho ground upon which be based his request was, that it had maintained itself for nearly two years, and was, therefore, en titled to such recognition. It is said (hat the Secretary of State has replied to tho noto, and that ho emphatically declines to accede to tho request, and giros at length the reasons therefor. He denies ?hat it b a government de facto; that the whole of the United States are pledged against any euch rocogrii tion, it thcro was any ground for it, whiob then to not Death of Col. John Qnattlebaum. -We announce- with unfoignod sorrow that Col. ions- QUATTLEB'AUM, than whom no man in Edgo ield District was more widely known or more universally <stecmed nnd honored, departed this ife, nt his residence, near Dom's Mills, on the l.'tlh of the present monte. Col. QUA.TTI.CD A uv a . for two or Ihrcc terms Tax Collector of Edge Held District, nnd represented us moro than once in the Legislature. Wo remember well bis noblo ell v. rt.* for tho comfort and weU-bcjrff-of Southern Soldiers. And wc would call attention to the obituary in tins issue, of W. N. Mooan, Esq., another of our oldest, most honored and most honorable citizens. Iiis death, of which wo did not hcac until quite lately, took place somo weeks ago at hts home in this Di?tck't. The National Congress. . The N it ion al Congress ?snow enjoying a recess, which is to last through tho Christmas and New Year's holidays; they adjourned on tho 21st of this month, ansi will moot again o*n the 5th of January 1SG6. As far as we can seo, or hear, or read, the determination of the radical majority to koop the South out of Congress is a? firm and bitter as e\ or. Thc excluded States aro tamed over to tho keeping, and the tender mercies, of the.famous Joint Committee, and thoir prospects bf an early (admission into either House are, therefore, exceedingly slim. The very appointing of this Committee n an outrage- upon ns. ? Each House ttaving a regular Committee on Election:? this departure from tho usual prccoeding* in re gard to questionable elections means nothing more nor less than a new and rigid inquisition, with new and rigid conditions, in reference to the Southern Status. All we can do, under these try ing and most dograding circumstances, is to ieai? with imperturbable patience ; and to hope, if we. can. And it is oaf Opinion that We will wait and hope until the Devil get3 the greater part of this so-called "radical majority." Up, Satan, and claim your own ! Presto-quick ! One Step Forward. : - The Provisional Governors of North Carolins, South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama have, with? ia ten days past, beon- "rolieved " by President JOHNSON; consequently, the Constitutions] Gov ernors of these States are now in the exercise of their legitimate rights and duties. Not in the/u/i exercise of such rights and duties however; that cannot be until the bayonet is removed from amongst ns. When will Prosidcnt JOHNSON/' re lievo" the. bayonet? If he feels as he says ho does, and hopes as he says he does, and means as he says he does, then ho cannot much longer hes* itato to deliver us frem this most unmerited and unnecessary surveillance of tsjie Military. Infinitely Obliged. To the following very kind and thoughtful friends, who have lately sent or given us many valuable papers, we rotura oar most cordial thank?: Mr. BARON HOLM KS, Mr. F. M. ScntRUBB and Maj. JAB. H. MURRELL of Charlestonf'R. L. GENTRT, Esq., of Hamburg; Taos. A. BONES, Esq., of Augusta ; Mr. Wir. HE.VRY MCCLINTOCK, now at the North ; Mr. M. LEDKSCHULTZ, Capt STUART HARRISON, Hon. G. D. TILLMAN, Col. BABT TALBERT, LUKE CULBREATTJ, Esq.,,and Gent M. C. BUTLER. -? -?- ? Grand Lodge of Ancient Freemasons of South Carolina. The Annual Communication of the Most Wor shipful Grand Lodge of * Ancient Freemasons, of South Carolina, olosed at Columbia, on Wednes day evening, 22d November. The following Grand Officers were elected for the ensuing Masonic year : His Excellency Bro. James L. Orr, of Andor son, M. W. Grand Master. Bro. James H. Nash, of Beaufort, B. W. Depu ty Grand Master. Bro. Irby Dunklin, M. D., of Laurens, R. W. Senior Grand Warden. Br?. William F. Paddon, pf Charleston, B. W. Junior Grand Warden, * Bro. Henry W. Schroder, of Charleston, R. W. Grand Treasuror. Bro. Albert G. Mackey, M.-D., of Charleston, B. W. Grand Secretary. Bro. J. L. Reynolds, of Columbia, R. W. Grand Chaplain. Bros. Z P. Moses and J. E. McKnight, W. G. Stewards. The other subordinate officers biro not yat been appointed. Tho next regular annual Com munication will bo holden in the city of Charles, ton, on the. third Tuesday in November, I860. From Washington. WASHINGTON, Doc. 23. Secretary Seward, by direction of the President has addressed a letter to Gov. Worth of N. C., informing him that Gov. Holden has been relieved of his trust as Pro visional Governor, and been directed to de liver to him the papers properly connected therewith. The Secretary, in his communication to Gov. Holden, conveys the President's ac- ! knowledgments of the fidelity, loyalty and discretion which has marked Holders ad ministration. Secretary Seward has received & commu nication from Gov. Orr, in the name of the. people of South Carolina, returning thanks fur the tonder of the co operation of the government when found necessary in effect ing the early restoration, permanent pros perity and welfare of the State. You may be assured, he adds, of my unalterable pur-' pose to aid in upholding the supremacy of | the laws of the United States, and advancing the honor, interest and prosperity of the com mon country.. The vote in Washington city On tho 22J, to test the sentiments of the citizens on tho ques tion of nogro t u ff rage, resulted . 36 in favor and over 6,500 in opposition. a OBIT?ABY. Dieu, on tho 25th of October, 1805, at his resi dence in Edge6o1d District, S. C., WRIGHT NICHOLSON MOOBE, aged 54'years. When about twenty years of age, he eonnooted himself with the Mountain Crook'Baptist Church, from which his membership wa? transferred to Fellowship Church, whore he served as Deacon, with gros t acceptance, fur over a quarter of a contury. He was for some time Treasurer, of the Edgcfield Baptist Association, and was eyer for-, ward in promoting, according to bis ability, every good enterprise. His last illness was aggravated, if not produced, by exposure in attending' the I meeting of the Association at Gilgal, while suf fering ?ndor indisposition. He returned to find binuelf a.victim to typhoid fever, and after al most rocovoring, hod a relapso, accompanied by inflammation of th? bo weis, under which he finally sank. Though his weakness prevented much convor lation uftor his illness was thought to be danger jus, be had throughout no dread of the approach ing change. One of hit last remarks was a obarac ;eristic one to bis bolo ved daughter Susan : '' I invo done what I could, and have given all things nto my Master's hands." ?? . . While he was a very quiet, modest, unobtrusive nan, bis sober common sense, sound judgment, ind candor made him much valued an an adviser ind friend. And his high, sense bf duty, unswervi ng fidelity and energy, caused him to be loaned tpon, and looked up to, by a large circle, with a onfidence which wa? Borer disappointed. It was . just and feeling tribute to his worth, when one T his old serrants sn i J-" I m (.urn orcr Mass Nicholson like I would over my wife or my child. fe was the beet friend I ever bad." In that say ng, man y others oan join. "\ In his departure, nat only his immediate faml jr, not only his Church, but the whole communi- f j sustained a bereavement. " Ho will be missed, or bil pla?? will be empty." B. M. Jra * 1 Special ISTotices. IRON IN THE BLOOD. TUE PERUVIAN SYRUP supplies the Blood with ?ts Lint ELEMENT, IRON, infusingSTRENGTH, Viaoit, and NEW LIPE into the whole system.- For DYSPEPSIA, DROPSY, CHRONIC DIARRHEA, DE-.. niL?TY, FEMALE WEAKNBSSKS.ETC,, il is a sp?cifi?. Thomamh have leen changed lg the ute of th'i? ' medicine from xcea}:, tickly, suffering creature*, to' tirang, healthy, and happy u-en aud lootueu, A 32 p:ij;o pamjilet sent Free. Frico $1 per bottl?:. ?r 0 for $5;' J. P. DINSMORE, 36 Dey Streot, New York. ! Sol J by Druggists generally..M " Nov. 8 (M. k c.) 3m 45 DR. H. ANDERS' IODINE WATER. Atl rnralnatde Ditacert/. , A F?tt GnAiN of Iodine in each ounce of WaW,% Ditt?tccd without a Solvent! Thc most POWERFUL VITALIZING AGENT and ;RESTOBATIVB known. SCROFDLA, SA LT.- Il DE UM, 'CANCERS, RHEITMATTSW, CONSUMPTION, and many Chronic and Hereditary Diseases,'aro.cared'by. ita use, as thousands con testify. .. Circulars senj: free. Price, $1 per bettie, or 6 for$5. . . Dr. H. ANDERS k Co., Physicians ?ad Chem ists, 428 Broadway, Now York. SolJ by Drug gists generally. Nov. 8." (it. tc c.) 3m . 45 EDITOR of the Advertiser--DEAL With your permission, I wish to say to the of your paper; that I will send/Sy relu all who wish it [free] a Recipe, with tions for making and using a simple Balm, that will effectually remove, Pimples, Blotches, Tan, Ffeckles, rities of the Skin, leaving'tho som smooth and beautiful. " / d will also mjril free to those ba-vJ>*:?. cr Bare Faces, nuiple directions * that will enable them to start a Luxuriant Heir, .Whiskers, 'pi a less than thirty days. AU applications answered byre out charge. Respectfully yo THOS. F. CBAPMi 831 Breadw Oct. 25, ... (Aip)Stt To CONS?MPTTVBS.-Then ing been restored to health in very simple remedy, after bavin years, with ? severe long affection disease, Consumption-ls anxion t to his fellow-ruffe'rors the mean- of To all who desire it, he will ?nd prescription ured, fYree of Chaiv rections for preparing and using, they will anda ture cure for CONS?? BRONCHITIS, COUGHS, COLDS, etc. jeet of the advertiser in sending the ? is to benefit the afflicted, and spread into which he conceives to ?c tn valuable, and every sufferer will ?ry bi? remedy, as it wil them nothing, and may prove a blessing. ?Parties wishing tho prescription, will please address REV. EDWARD A. WILSON, WtHlomburgh, Kings County NewYork. Oct. 25 ' (A. tc.) 3moi ' 42 =- ... rsa More New Goods! THE Subscriber has just returned from Char leston, and has now in Store ri pood assort ment of DRY GOODS' OF ALL KINDS, aixfcof tho LATEST STYLES AND PATTERNS, which will be sold at the LOWEST CASH PRI CES. . Moots and Shoes. A large assortment of Ladies', Misses and Chil dren's SHOES; Men's and Boys'BOOTS and SHOES, Also, a good assortment for tho Freedmen. Groceries. SUGAR, COFFEE. TEA, SOAP, CANDLES, CHEESE, MACARONI, POWDBR, SHOT, *c. Crockery and Glassware. GRANITE HANDLE CUPS and SAUCERS, PLATES, BOWLS and PITCHERS, GOBLETS, TUMBLERS, A*. ; " \ C Hardware and Cutlery. KNIVES and FORKS, TABLE and TEA SPOONS, NAILS, TRACE CHAINS, Ac. Leather ! JLeather ! On hand at all times a good lot of SOLE and HARNESS LEATHER. SIDE and KIP SKIXS. The highest market prico paid fur good DRY HIDES. B. C. BRYAN. Deo 26 tf - .52 A Card, A VIN G disposed^ our entire interest in the . _, Drug Store under tba name an'd style of HODGES k JENNINGS, to D'- T. J. TEAGUE and T. W. CARWILE, wt take great pleasure in recommending them to our patrons and the pub lio generally as accommodating and competent - htlcinen foatbo business thoy have undertaken. HODGES k JENNINGS: Dec 20, St 52 Drugs and Medicines. HAVING bought Messrs. HODGES A JEN NINGS' stock of MEDICINES, DRUGS, Ac, wo will continue the business at their old stand, under the firm name of TEAGUE k CAR WILE, and will endeavor, by paying prompt at tention to the interests of our customers, to nerit a' liberal share of publie patronage. T. J. TEAGUE, T. W. CARWILE. Doc 20, tf ol A Card. ITAKE this: method of. returning thanks to the people of Edgefield kind and liberal patronage extend the last five years, and solicit the snmo for Messrs. TEAGU mr successors in the.buaincss. . ?J. B. Dec 20 v St H To Ren A nOUSE AND LOT situate* i^. thin Village. The. DwelK comfortable Rooms, besides p?? necessary outbuildings. TBe-L or six acres of lend. Apply to JOHN Dtc 27 tf I Salt and Mac N Store a goed supply oCLIV Also, a few Kita Choice >f A .- . J..R.CARW Deo 27 ";. 3t ---'--t Kerosene Lamps, Oil? JUST Received a fine supply of KEROf OIL, LAMPS, CHIMNEYS, WICK8,? which we are soiling very ohoap. TEAGUE * CARWILEJ Dec 28_tf_ 52 Valuable Medicines. TUST received and for sale at Augusta pri?es ?I Dennis'SARSAPARILLA; Wis tar's Balsam WILD. CHERRY for Coughs abd Colds; Watson's NEURALGIA KING, fer Rheuma tism and Neuralgia ; McAlistorYAU-Hoaling OINTMENT; Dalby'? Magical PAIN EXTRACTOR ; Dalby's CARMINATIVE r * ' C***-' DEAD SHOT for Worm?. . . -. ? TEAGUE .k CARWILE. Dee 26 _ ?. tf . J &1 Worm Medicin?:1 JUST received HURLEY'S POPULAR WORM CANDY-the best Worm Expeller known I or tale by TEAGUE A CARWILE. Dec 26 _tf 61 A Splendid Clock for Sale POR sale at my Shop a splendid english eight ? day CLOCK-in good randing order. Price rery low. H. A* GRAY. Dec 27 ? - .'? -tf - ' 52 Dried Fruit! ANTED E IPI ? B ush els D RI ED FRUIT, for which tho highest marks : price will be aid. We wUl pay tko highest prices for BUTTER, Saas,*/' J. B. CARWILE A<?0.