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. J.. , , ' V *" - ^ ? ? *? * EXTRA LANCASTER LEDGER. SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT., 2, 1865. . . V . .? 'J"L . _ 111 .. ?J LI? - J I . I We Irene Another extra to day for the bene fit of our old cubcciibert. As the desire for the paper appears to be universal in the Die* tnct, and circumstances aeenrhg to justify us in doing so, we will anticipate the malls in our publication; and Issue a paper about the Hth inst., and every alternate week thereafter until he mails are reestablish ad, when the publicstion will be weekly. By the assistance of our friends of the prt'tu in Charlotte and In Camden, and the courtesy of others, we hope to be supplied with news matter until we get Mails, which will prehably not Ic many wcoka heu c? Our atuct will be ef tbe *ize which we published before the collapse In February.? Term* for the picscnt, fl.CO for six month*. We ail receive provisions for subscription and adrcrtiAing where the parti** hare no money ; *'ho rage. Single copica, 6 ceut.?. Pasab.e tn all inettucra in advance. It is obvious that *e cennot now do business any other way ; unless aOme ol our old patrons, who did not 4 * 'lo?e their cotton, will consider our necessities and settle old srciee. As stated u_u weak, those of our subaetibers to whom we are indebted will receive tl.o pa< per for the time for vbiclt ihi v ps.d. Thev mutt, howover, fur the pieoent, inake their own arrangements for getting it to I ho diffeicnt neighborhood s. We arid assist ll?tu in every araiUQe pppOi tui.iiy. Person' who xvi?b begin with the Cut number \*ij! jdcttao I avd in their r.ainss before publiesl'ox, so no pspem will bo loaned from Mtice cxcrpt th<>-?e eriticlx arc pvd for. The itopioxsiun veems to prevail imorg i ^ood nury person* that the approaching State (invention w.ll haw nothing moie to do thou tunipiy to alter the Constitution in logard to slaveiy, in ncioi dance with the directions laid down iii the prut Uraatio'n of ^President Johneon ; and that, therefore, it io not nectaoary to bo sctnpuloua in their choice of delegate*. i ins, nnwfvrr, if1* great mutaKc. UeaiUe the a'avert question, there arc yarioue important measures to he considered. The Pariah ayatern oti^ht " he annulled, and the political powe. between the lower and upper portions of the State equalised. Tlic present arbitrary and artificial clasriftc.illou ol lauds ^ fixed by Act !hlO) s'touhli lie alufed and taxes assessed according t > actual va.uc The election ?lt (iov rttor i.ixl ct Jilevtoi* for President and viae Preside it should be cotum.tted to the hands of the people, **he:\J tbey ptoperly belong ThetJ, b ,-i In other niatterj, not n#?* hough! # will romc up for itotiaidetation.~I'ho KtnU. as H vcte wiJ lie??ii> f'mm ???? foundation, a.:d evary May taken wtJl haro-importmt bearing, not only upon our interceta, hut upon the Je'iinic- of on.- posterity. How nectaraiy, then, tb.it wo be represented by om aery bee: nun? The people ahouid arouae -ha natives to the ijipoitat.ee of thle end of other Inteieata around them?abake off the etbergy whkh accrue to here taken poeaesaion of tl.eui and coaae to echo the unmanly and monotonoua eong that we are all ruined. We are not ruined utile:* wo chooae to make ourselves *o. No man who has beelth and iiutba and.brein ought to aay that ?c are ruined ; Let go diligently to wot k, with the 'determination to retrieve hie individual lo.-ecs and add to the general prosperity of the country. Lot this be dono in eveiy leiation end vocation of life, and twelve mouths will nott-lap.ee be'ote e uew era 01 p: oepeny win a??n tor me wane population of thie country, Dot now dreamed of in the pb/loocpby ol tbo dlepydant etreet lounge rr. We will pursue this theine when we bare, note loom to extend our editorial 'urulirt tie*. In the m?ad time, let oar people go foiward to the polls on Monday next and men:feet their coocera la tbo important ii.ureeu "bleb eunouDd theat Th? N ?w*. The ctfwj froot abroad ia ocimpcauati Wo "earn iroca the Charlotte P$mmrat of the tdth 'ilk, that th > Mlaaueippi ConrenUoa hoe aiwended tbo Cenetitutioa of that State <Mhlii| slavery.. Tbo latoat dot? from Woehiaeteo %vj that oedoc \m the Attorney VeMnTo depertment bee been eaepended open cpplteettene lor perdoo until the President hot bod tint to (too bio ptrooool oltootioo to t?e Toot number e! reedy evra&iuioted. The Cemden Journal publioboo o letter from Goal Giimore, in which bo mti it is aot the intention of the United Siv.ee to deprive the people residing in the liiiiiarj District of Feetern Booth Caroline* comprising the dietrictoof Georgetown. Hoiry. Morion, Williamsburg, Sumter, Dariingto?. Marlborough, Chesterfield v"! of the horm end male* thev 4 m > i * hare obtained honeatly, whether by purchaee, or found running at large, after being abaudonod by either army. In the abeenco of the raaUR, we wilt feet greatly obliged to our friend* who will favor ua with any papera which they may chance to get poeeeaelon of. The commuuiealion of "A Cittern" ( in? long for insertion in tills Extra. We liope hen after to be bettor prepared for the reception of cotiifibutoriai favors. ~~ ANNOUNCEMENTS^" Mr. Editor?You will please announce ("apt. Jamk3 L. Rud as a candidate to represent tbe occple oi Lancaster District in the State Con. eution, to aaseinblo on tire 18th pros. WILD CAT. The friends of W. A. ioori, Esq , announce him as a candidate to represent Lancaster DigI trict in the State Convention. V.'e are authorised to aanounce Cspt. II. M. Sims as a candidate to represent, the people of Lancaster Disliict in the State Convert* tion. | l>r. J. H. Wiflicrspoou respectfully offers liis professional services to the peeple or Laneastorvilie and surrounding country. lie can he found at his office opposite the residence nf J * i? -- - ^ ... wi BL the residence of his lathrr Col. J. II. Witherspoon. . September 2, lfrftR.? tf. V, IL.U3 &TOHISOLM, Factor*,Commission ncrchanl* < AMD SHIPPING AGENTS, Office; MILLS HOUBE, - CIlARtESTOM, P. C. K WILLIS A. II CHDOLM WILL A'l TEN I) TO THE PURCHASE, SALE AM) SHIPMENT?(to Fo eif n und DoMtitic J'orU)?of COTTON, RICE, LUMBER, NAVAL STORES, to the Collection of Drafts, Purclmao mod Sale of all Securities, tJoLaigaiuouta of Voaecla solicited nereRa To : . I 1a1.? r r. i'~ r?i? ??- ? Messrs. (i?o \V. Willisum &l Ce , Charleston 8. C. Mtinn. Geo. A. 1 loplcy Ac. Co., Charleston. fc?. C. Geo. Schley. Esq., Augusts, G.i. T. S.'Metcalf. Krq , A ugiist.i, G*. Messrs Clark, Do.ty*. &i Co , N?w York Messrs. Murray Si Nephew. New Yoik. Messrs. E w. Gisik Si Co. Phi ladelpliia Meaafa. Peiiderg.iat, Pen wick di Co., lialli more. Md. j Messrs. Sain'l Harris Si .Sons, Baltimore. ) Sept i. I6$5.~lt. Fcr bale in Lanoaater J A SMALL S I'OCK OF GOODS, JUST RECEIVED, consisting in part, of CALICOS, HANDKERCHIEFS, SPOOL THREAD, NEEDLES, PINS, 1 COMBS, KNIVES ANDFOUKS, Cotton and Wool Cards, SUGAR and COFFEE, Rice, Salt, Soda, Starch, Candles, Black Pepper, Matches, Chewing and Smoking Tobacco, Snuff, Crockery Ware, Tin Ware, Copperas, Blacking, Shot, G. D. Caps, and other articles too numerous to mention. Call and see. jar C o tou, Wheat, Corn, and Ba ; cod takcu i't exchange for Gbods. J. M SADLER & CO. Opposite lias* el tine <1: Mnaeay. LapcaaUrvllle. Aug. 26. iSflA?St. LoTrrnment Claim* and Applu niiou (br Pardon. '-ptJE fcUBSCRlBEK HAS MADE ARX R.ANGEMENTS with o&#ef the meet eblo end influential legal firnn la Wuahiof. tea citv, for the prosecution of Govern mvfit elaim* and app'loaii ?n for pudoo. AM applications for pardon undor tha Annaatry Proela (nation onual brat bo lodg od with tba Provisional d->v?ritor, and from thanca foroardad to Waahi gton city for Ural action by tho PntaidaQ*. 'J'ha in'ar vootioo of ao ' t'lrnay, bath of ttiia olira and Waal.icu'ton city,'will graatly faaiiitata tSa traoaaelioo tad completion of auota butioMt C.J KLPOKD, Attorn*? at Law, Ang 9d~-kt. Grtanailla. 8. C. JOB WORK. Wi in now prrpartd to axacuta all kioda of Job Work, wit'j oaataaaa and diapatcb. tad i oc trcommodaMrf t?ra>t. t. Notice. 1 1 TAKK. T,,IS method * fc )\a' ?f informing the public, thnt lr' jg* 1 have resumed tho Watch busiuea* nt mv old stand, op. pnsite Haaselline &i Mamey, nod nin pro Fared to execute, nt short notice, nil aiders have lately received n now supply of Wntch material. Charges moderate, Aug. 26-?t. * A? HALES. | J. N HOBSON. H/*s rescued TUE COMMISSION BUSINESS AT HIS OLD STAND, CO r? a cm -o a v VA aaoi JDXIX Charleston, 8 C wr Paiticular attention given to the sale of , COTTON, FLOUR, CORN, etc ,; and, from hla long experience, he feels confidont of giving general satisfaction. Aug. 2o. ' Election Notioe. PURSUANT TO CERTAIN Pro? I mom X oi the Proclamation of his Kvcelleacy llot^amfn F, Perry, Provisional Governor of tho State of Sootli Carolina, i??ued on the 20th day ot July, 18fio; ait Flection i for two members, to a Convention of tho. j Po plo, to meet in the city of Columbia on tho 13lh day oC September, 1will bo held in Lnueaeter District, on tho FIRST MONDAY in September next, nt the aero ral precinct* throughout Ihe District. ino r.iecMOD win tic nciaMdoanrtiieUd I according to tho In we of the.State of South Uu;?lit>i. rottufutint? F*leotlone, before the lute Sec,-union ef the State from the Federal Government : and the changes and modification* iti.iiie Flection lawn nioco the aforesaid nei-eRaion of tlio State in ItyftO, Mill nut bo observed nnd repaid ed. K. H. ALLISON, 1 Munugtr* at the J. T K. DLLK. /Box at Liucaator W* M. ADAMS. >0. II. Augavl 26?2t.~ By the Provision* 1 Governor of the State of , South Carolina, *. A PROCLAMATION. "MMHIKKFAS Ills EXCELLENCY f f president Johnson ha* i?sued bin proclamation, jij p<>ii ><_r me (Benj* mtn F. l'?*rrj) Provisional Governor in ar.il f.?r I 1?a* sllelit r.f nue/.liwf. with pnw?r to prescribe such -rules and regulation^ as may l<e necessary ai.fi proper for cocvet>in<r a Convention of the Slate, composed of delegate* to be chosen bv that portion of the people of saij Statu-who are loyal to the United State*, for the purpose of altering or amen.ling the Constitution tl.cicof; and witia ?u thofitv to exercise wiihin tho limits of the State all tee powers necessary and proper to enablr tucli loyal pe.)ploto restore said State to its constitutional rela tions to the Federal Government, and to present such a Republican fo: a: of StateGovernment as will entitle' the State to llrt fV II r ILnt A* if lltA PllitA.I Vla.a- ' l>*?ft for, and il* people to protection by the United State* against invasion, insurrection and domestic violence : Now, therefore, in obedience to the proclamation of hi* Kxceliencv Andrew John?on, President of the United States, i, BENJAMIN F. PERKY, Provisional Governor of the State of South Carolina, for the purpose of organising a Provision al Governraanl iu South Carolina, reforming the Stars Constitution and restoring civil authori!y in said Slate, under the Constitntioa and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim and declare that all civil officer* in South Carolina, who nsre in office nbeu tho ciril Gov eminent of the State was suspended, ic. M?y last, (except those arrested or under prosecution for treason,) shall, on taking the oath of allegiance prescribed in the Presidents Amnesty Proclamation of the 20th day of May. 1865, resume the c'u ties of their office* and continue to dis A.. I - - il, ft - - ? uuiu^u iuciu uo'iii IU9 riOTIIIODII WO*eroniert till further appointments are male. And I do furtLer proclaim, declare and make kno?s. that it ie the djty of all ley*! oitiMua of the State of South Caroiina to promptly go forward and lake the oath of allegiance to the United States, before some magietrr.e ->? icilitar? aHRmt r\4 iIm t<*.? Iai.I who o>?y b? qialta^ Inr ftdoniaiiuring oitka ; *nJ auib Larel.y ituiborizad to glvj f*r??<Ud cApia: tltraof to <b? p#r sons respectively by jshuro they were made. And such Magistrates or officers are hereby required to transmittbe originnls of such oath*, nt as early a day as may be convenient, to the Department of Stnte, in the city of Washington, D. C. And I do further proclaim, declare anil make known, that the Managers of 'elections throughout the Butt of ftBlh Carolina will hold an election for members of a State Con Taut'on, at thoir respective p-ecinrts, on the FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER NRXT, according to the laws of South Carolina in force before the secession of- the State ; aud that each Election District iu the State tbail, elect as ninnv members of the Convention ns the said Distiict hf?3 mom* bcrs ef the House of Representativesthe basin of the representation being population mid* taxation. This will give one hundred and twenty-four members to the Convention?a number sufficiently large to represent every portion of the State most fully. |Cvory^oyal citizen who has taken the Amnestry oath and not within the excep ted daewea of the President's Proclamation. will be entitled to vote, provided he was u legal voter under the Constitution as it stood prior to tbo secession of South Carolina. And all who are within the excopieu ciuavei must lake Hie oath and apply for a pardon, m order to entitle tbeui lo vote or become .members if tLo Couvention, The members ot the Convention thus I elected on tbe lirst Monday in Seplemj bcr next, are hereby required to convene in tbe city of Columbia, on WEDNESDAY, the 13th <lay of September, 1868. for tbe purpose of altering and amending tbe preieul Constitution of South Carolina, or remodelling ai d making a oaf one, which will conform lo the graat change* which litre taken place in the State, and be uoro in accordance with Republican principles and equality of representation. And I do further proclaim and rcak* known, that the Constitution and ail lari of force in South Carolina prior to the KACMainn nf I ha S(?l? uro ! ??.. V.? ? " force under the Provisional Government, except wherein they may conflict with the provisions of thin proclamation. And | the judges and Chancellor* of the Slat* ; are hereby required to exercise all the powers nod perform all the duties which appertain to their respective offices, and especially in criminal cases. It wiil be expected of the federal military authorities now in South Carolina, to lend the*: authority 10 the civil officers of the Provisional Government, for the purDoae o; enforcing the laws ami presorvit.tr the i peace and good order of the Sost-. And I do further command and e? join j all good and lawful citizens of the >ut? I r :- ~ i-- I 1 I lu uu.m riiiuiuinn IUU inns IHU U' ?!( j iug to justice ail disorderly person*, all ' plunder* ., robbers and inauraudem, nil vagrant* and idle persons who are wandering about without employment or any viaihie means of aupporting themselves. It is alto expected that all formorown. art of freed pernoua will be kind to then), and not turn off the children or aged to perieh ; and the freed men and women aro earnestly enjoined to make contracts, just and fair, for remaining with their for. mar owners. In order to facilitate as much as poaei> ble the application fer pardons uudar the excepted section* of the PreeideotY 4m* Mwatww ? I- J ' I UOOM j x I UViniUAliUU, lb ID BlHlflU ior in I formation, that all applicants must be by I petition, atiting tha careptiou, and ao| companied with .the oatlt prescribed.? I Tbis petition nma* W first approved by the Provi?: ?n-?I Governor, and then forwarded to be President. T'.ie Henlqoartars ot tue Proveional Governor wi I |>e at Greenville, wbere oiumjuica,noua I to hiifi roust be a<lil'?">? ?'? j lu testimony whereof, I hav* . u ?. r hereunto set toy hand and seal: I ?- ) Done at Qreanvilla, thia 20th day of July, in the year of our Lord oo? tbonaaud ei^ht hundred and ailtv five, i ?r i.- :..j J .? ? - uu ui mo iimcpruueuce Ol lilt UQIIM States the nineliotli. B. F. PERRY. By the Provisional Governor W* H Perry, Private Secretary. The newapapere of this Stata will pah* iish this proclamation till tba alaction fot members of the Convention. Aug. ?A. ? J