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THE LANCASTER LEDGER. VOLUME XIV, SATURDAY MORNING, NOV., 11, 1865. NUMBER 10. ?" > - -I't - , ' i 1 THE LANCASTER LEDGER. " 8 Published every Saturday Morning. B* CONNORS A CARTER, , J5D1TORS AMD PROPRIETORS. ( W. M. COHNORB, D. J. CARTER ? TERMS: r For One year in advance, - M.00 i Fot- six months " " * ? * 1.00 ? No namo will be entered until the subscrip- 1 tien price is paid. I ADVERTISEMENTS I Will be ihserted at one dollar and fifty Centi 4 per square for the first, and one dollar pjr t square for each subsequent insertion. A < square to consist of the space of tkh links, < vrtTtw type. N? ?<f?w<iiiiwt considered Itai than a square. ' The number ( insertions must be written < on each advertisement, or they will bei inserted till ordered out attd charged accordingly. 1 Semi-Monthly, Moutliiy, or Quarterly Adver- I tisemenU, will be charged Ml* dollar andJlfly ttnt? per square for edfch insertion. 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Bacon, Lard, Sorgfctua, Jko., Will be received in payment of sabscHptioss and advertising at tha market ratea. Also clean cotton and linen rigs. 1 MESSAGE No. 1. Exacunvar Department, St C. \ October 14, 1865. ) To tbt Honorable the Senate, and Houo* of Representative*: Qintlbhir : You bavo oODvenadtm extra session, by order of ibo late Hv< venltooi for ibo purport of ounSiderinf Ue M?v and extraordinary oonditioo of our 8t*Ut aad providing, by wise nod proper legislation, tot the welfaie and Mot interests of Sotttb Carolini. Aa Provisional Governor of tbe 8tale, and tn tbe abeenoe of tbt recently sleeted constitutional Executive, 1 consider it my duty to addkert yob on An prdeeat ocoMion nod recommend to yoUr coeeid eratioa atreh BMuarn ?, ra my jadgmeet, the fetereet end welfare Of the Sigte require. Although I hirt not the houok 6f del Hviog my authority, m Chief ftxecutive of the Suto, from you, or the people of Booth Carol in*, yet t ean aeture TttL. in all eiocerity, that no eonatilutioyH^mj era or of the State hae ever haJuim?| Ureeta, youf honor aad pr carpet * at heart, or hae ever deveUd hfe thae aad ftoergiee more ekdueively aad keelOhtly to what be hooeetly believed would beet promote the welfare aad happier* of .the Stale. . . After the termiaatioo of oar recent die i aearoee aad Vhlaotn et/uggle with the i Federal OofaOmMi, it pteahed the Free* i Meat of the Uaited Statea to eelect roe, | without my khowledgh, or aay eoliciu | ti*?a on the part of my Meade^ for the | high aad reepoaeible poeitioa wbieh I , now hold to orgaoixe a Stale Govern | meet for Sooth "C^rofiria, aad bare her | reetored to aH her Olvil and political i Vighte aa a member 6f tbh Federal tJuioe. i f Alt deeply the delicate reepbuelbi lity of | the eUti^e to which I bed been ee'led, | ead war fearful that, la obeying the or- , dare ead carrying oat the policy of the < Federal Ooferameot, ! ebon Id rot be I able to protect the Sidle aad ear* the i people from enjiul exactidb nod Oppreee < ioa. Bat, moot fortdbately, tba aiee, I geoeroue dad magnanioioba policy of I Free id eat Joltaeoa towerde the Boat here < tlUMh hae eaabted die tb dh both, aadij^ sudered my administration pleasant and o ratifying to me. 1 hare been greatly h uataioed, too, by the honor, patriotism d nd loyalty of the people. ri Although 1 received my appointment p everal months after other Provisional a Jovernora had been commiasionad,I have he pleasure of informing you that South t Carolina ia now as far advanced in b6r f econatruttion aa any other Southern g itate. Instead of wasting time in try* c g to fill all the Civil officers of the State i with dty personal or political friends and i >*rtisBDSt I determined to restore those I vho were in office at the suspension of i .he civil government, and who had been i ilected by the people or appointed by t be Legislature, and were familiar with I .heir official duties. I knew too well the I :hnracter of South .Carolina to doubt, < Tor a moment, that ber sonfl would prove I oyal and true, alter renewing their oaths i >f allegiance to the United 8tates. In ' this way, I re-established civil govern < raent at once in 8outh Carolina, and greatly expedited her reconstruction.? i Ah election for members of the Conven- i tion, to reform our StaLe Cnnsiitntmn wu immediately ordered. Magistrates 1 were authorized to admiuister the oath oi allegiance louto qualify the voters in time fer the election. I also restored eivil lew throughout the Stele, and or* dered th%court* to be opened. These measures were objected to by Ibe military authorities, as transcending my powers as Provisional Governor. Hut the President sustained roe in all that I had done, and ordered the military autboritiee not to interfere with my policy of reconstruction. Like a wise statesman and patriot, be cooGdes in the people, desires to see them enjoying civil liberty and governing themselves. Washington had the immortal honor Of creatine the Atnerioan Repobllc,and to Andrew John son will he aeeigoed, in history,the glory of havinw MCiintlrnriwI ila hmltu ?" dismembered fragments without marring its civil beauties. Liks Washington, too, ha is, by his just* wise and magnanimous policy, uniting aod consolidating ail par tins in the support of his administration. The 8tate Convention assembled, aod, after a most harmonious seesion of fifteen days, presented a new Constitution (or the future government of South Carolina. This Constitution is more popular and democratic in ail of its features than the bid one, adopted in 1700. The Parish system of representation in the Senate, which had become, by the growth of the Upper country in wealth aud population, unequal hod unjust, allowing ona Judicial District to have ten Senators, and others of squal extent in territory but one, was Id, aod Ell were assigned an equal dalion In the Senate. The just, A conservative basis of rsprsaeo | the House, founded oti white [on afcti taxation, was retained.? tqual Classification of lauds has sngeth **d taxes are now to be levied In proportion to the assessed value of all taxable property. A moderate poll tax is provided for, which will cause all to contribute something towards the support eT the Government under which they live aad are proteoted. The prop erty ^nalifioetion ot members of the Senate aad HoOae of Representatives, which seemed to presume that a man's patriotism depended on his wealth has been dispensed with. The members of the Leg islater* are required to vote vtVc voce in nil elections, so that their constituents may know for whom tbsy voted. The Chief Magistral# of the State is to be el ected by the people for four years, and baa a qualified veto on the legislation of the two Houses. Soch, gentle matt, h the new Constitution under which yWU bnvn assembled, Ma bwb, it to 1 toped, will tapirs the people off South Oeroliee with oew democratic seel and energy in developing, intellectually end physically, the tele at end resources Of the Btala. It it true that, under the *ld rtfimt, South Carolina haa given the Republic a bright galloiy of names whioh she may well be proud of J but her material prosperity as a State has not kept paoe with that of bar Southern sisters. Her population has been moving to the Soulh-weet til! there are, et this time, almost as many native South Carolinians living in other Btatee as thara ara ia this Stats. They have drained the Bute, too, of her wealth sad analgias. For the last thirty or forty yoars, Wa haeaTikawiaa boon oblivious of all internal improvement in our fruitless sad vexatious supervision of ths action of the Federal Ooverament. Agriculture has b^ggruiylaelad, maoafaetures almost ifaoreot-wMI com marc* deapia*!. tor Mga Imaiwratioo, wbieh h?a filial oib?r BteUt with wealth aad population,dml ^ 40 . ped their resources end made them eppy, prosperous end powerful, bet been iacouregod in Boulb Caroline. Her ichea bare been exhausted by ber de? endence oh otbera for elmaet everything be consumed or heeded. Tbie policy must flo longer be con inued. it should be tbe pride of every erraer end plenter in tbe State to retae, ;row or make every thing which he uaes >r needs. Slevery hea been eboliahed, md labor tnede more honorable ea well is more necessary, Tbey who heve leretofore apent their lives in ease end dienesa will be foreed to work. Planting tod llie learned professions ere no longer be only honorable means of livelihood or our young men. They roust become , tradesmen, manufacturers, artisans and I uechanics. Immigration of industrious I foreigners must be encooraged. Then nanufacturoa will spring up, commerce will revive, and we shall become an in iependent people. The emancipation of our slaves will, in all probability, abstract greatly from tbe active labor of t^e country. Planters and farmers abould dispose of a portion of thair lands to immigrants and capital list* from Europe aod the North. This will iocrease the wealth and industry of the Slate, and render more valuable the lands which remain unsold. It becomes you.- urgent doty, gentle men, to make immediate provision for the protection and government of the freed* men and colored people who have been ao suddenly released from slavery in tbeir ignorance and destitution. This ia alike due to humanity aod justice, aa well ee the imperative necessities of society. The negro baa lost the protection of hia mas tar, and be must now be protected by the law. This is expected of you by the Preeident and the Federal Congress, and will remove all pretence for military rule ia the 8tate, as well as facilitate your speedy restoration to the Union and self government. The negro is Innocent oi all that be has gained aod all that you hlVJI Ir*t anrl k* ia .ntM.-l I. ?? ? ?? - ? .v-.| -? %. mv ? ?uiiH?u JVUI WJUM patby and kindness, your protection end guidance. The Convention ordered the Provisional Governor to appoint a Com mission for the purpose of preparing and submitting to toe Legislature, for their adoption, a code of lave for the protec lion and government of the freedmen and colored persons. In obedience to their order I have appointed Jodge Wardlav and Mr. Burt, two of tho most emiooot jurists in tho State, to compoee this Com mission. They will* in due time, report to you the reeult of their labors. The Convention also authorised the Legislature to eetabiish a Court in each District for the trial of all cases in vhich freedmen are concerned. It becomes your duty to see that these Courts ere orgaaThe election of Presidential electors has heretofore been made by the Legislature of South Carol its, contrary to the true intent end meaning of the Federal Constitution, and against the usage ia all the other States. An Ordinance was passed by the Convention, expressive of their judgment in regard to this matter, end directed the Previeiooal Governor to com* munteate tMe Ordinance to the Legbla lure at ite first session. le obedience to their order, I herewith send you a copy of the Ordinance, which you will, at once, cert? into effect, by providing a proper mode of eleotiof elweton of Preeideot and Vice President ny the people. The election of Members of Congress should be provided for at as early a day as possible, li is a matter of the highest importance that oar Representatives in Congress should be in Washington, ready to taaa their seats, on the firs^Mooday in Deosmber. By Act of Congress, passed Meroh, 1863 it is aeada the duty of toe Clerk of the previous House of Hepraeaa lattves to uath a rod of the Rupees en tativee sleet, and pi son thereon the names oi an porooo*, ana too* ptn^i ooly, whooo crodaatial* ?how that thvy war* rogulariy *kt?d ffe aceordaooo with tb* laws of th*ir Slat** raapoctivaly, or tho law* ot tho Ooinri Stat**." It to tborofor* tho imfwraCira doty of tho Cfcrit to eail tho rati wf tho UMnbor* of tho Soothorn ftoilo, who** orodoattala ha?o booo oxhfbiud to hito, aad showa that thoy woro rofwlarty oloctod. Ho h*o ao noio right, oador tbto Ad, to aehido tho rnoahon otoet fro** South Carolina than ho haa loozoladO tho** from Maaaaohn aotla. Tho y*d*ral aatharrtUo bar* aai* ttitad that lha tTaloa ??? n* lla^vl?*J ud tWt llit -Hoolkora 8tatoo bw* Always bin, sod Mill IN, member* of thai Union lo Joly, 180B,1Coa(rsas pssssri so A?t prsssribinf so oath of oSes for all porsoos lo uks who wars slsolod or appointed to say oSao of kooor or profit aador tho Qooorooosl of Ik* Uoltod Butoa. This oatk rto quiro the party te ivur that he Hm never t berne arms against the United States ; tnat t he haa never held of sought office under < any pewer inimical to the United Stales; | that ha baa given no aid, counsel or eouo- \ tenance to aersone in hostility to the United I States ) and that he haa not yielded a vol* i notary support to any authority hostile to I the United Statee. If Ibia oath is to be 1 applied to members of Congress, it will, of i course, excl ode all from South Carolina. I It may, with truth, be said, that no man ill i South Carolina can lake it without commit- I ting psrjuix But the Conalitution of the | United Slates prescribes an oath for mem- i bars of Congress to take, and thev cannot I be required to tske any ether oath consti- t tutionully. If the Soetherc members are | present when the roll is called by Slates, j they will takp a part in the organization of lha House, and may vale against the oath being tendered to the members whe? tney , are sworn. The Convention di Ided the State Into | four Congressional Districts, which you will respect and recognize aa election Districts. It will be your duty, also, at some convenient and proper time, during your extra seesion, to elect two United States Senators, to represent the State of South Carolina in the Senate of the United Statee. There are now two vacancies in that body from South Carolina lu the organization of the Senate of the United Slates into three classes, the j u c U ' ? . uvumvia 11obi ouuui uarouna were drawn ia the second and third clauses. The see ond clsaa sesl fo. Mouth Carolina became vacant on the third of March, 1865, and your election to fill that vacancy will be for six years from that date. Thu third class seat became vacant en the third of March, 1861, and yoor election will be for the tn> expired term of that vacancy, which will be till third of March, 1867. The subject of finance is one of (rest embarassmeut sad serious difficulty at this time in South Carolina, and will require great wisdom and sagasity in your legiaia* t oo. Ths people are in a aioat destitute condition, without money, and without the means ef paying tbe'r taxes, Their gold and silver were exported during the wsras a species of commerce. The State banks are all broken, and their bills have ceased to eironlate. The Confederate money, with whieh the country was inundated, is utterly worthless. The Foderal currency is inaccessible to onr people. Their cotton has been destroyed, sad their provisions consumed by the armies, and they have nothing to procure mooey with. Under these circumstances, it would bo well for you to consider whether or net it is possible to defray the necessary expenses of the State by iasniey and selling State beode, ee as to id levying any tax during the ensuing year. The present indebtedness ef the 8tate ie not large, and ber aredit ought to be aucb as to aeeure the sale if her bends at fair prices. If you conclude to raise money in this way, you ought to iaelude the payment of the direct tax, and which 8outh Carolina new ewes the United States, end which her citixens will sooa be called upon to pay. It ie important that the eenrts of justice in this State should be ooce more fully opened, eivil law restored and properly ad ministered. This cannot be done till you til the several vacancies on the bench. You will have to elect a Ch;ef Justice of the State, two law Judges aud one Chancellor The Act to prevent the collection of debts, known as the stay law, waa wholly unnecessary at the time it waa passed, but is now a matter ef prime necessity to the community. This Act should be continued, with permission, however, to collect the interest on debts due. There are many widows and minor children whose sole subsistence depends on the payment of interest due them on their estates. ' The re organization of the militia is a measure of the highest impeitaoce, under existing cirsumstaocea. I have received information from the Secretary of State at Washington, that as soon as our State Government is organized, all the Federal troops would be withdrawn from South Carolina. Wo must then rely on .he militia for the prdleclion of the State against laanrrection and domaetic violence. It la a matter ef serious consideration, however, whether we should not desire to retaio, for the present, a portioa of the Federal troops in the State. The headmen sod aolorod people look to those troops as their friends and protector*, end would he much lose likely to have any colMusion with them than with tba militia. Tils colsred garrisons, I which were, at one time atatioaed throughout ibeeouauy, have done infinite mischief, by inducing Urn negroes to believe that all the lands of their former owners were to ho divided oet amongst tkem. This has made them discontented and unwilling to makf contracts for the ensuing year, lu manv aortlona af the Stale, ibur* am eaa apprehensions of disturbance at the bagiaaiog of the next year. Strong garrieoas oaf ht to bo aoatiaaed ia Charleston, Beaafort aod Georgetown, where there ia saeh a prepoaderaaee of the aegro population. The education of oar youog men and a, daring the paat five yeare, baa been ly neglected. Yoar College, which bae been the pride of the State Tor mere than half a eeatary, is eleeed, aod ahoald be at ooee re opened. The taildiags are all etand lag aad uninjured The Professors are ready to reeaate their labors, aod the yoaog asset are anxious to eeuMneuao their College eoarae of utadloa. I hope yea will maxe he ntcenury appropriations for sustaining it he institution. Bat it may be wall, under ei existing circumstances, to consider the pro- n prletv of converting the College intea Uni- h rsrsity, and mnklng it, in part, a salt hub p Laining institution. Givo the Prafaesors b moderate salaries, and let them depend for tl further compensation en the tuition fnnd. it In a University, the student may pursue q such a course of studies as will most con- fi tribute to the particular profession or hu- n inass which ha azpacta to follow in after al life. In a Callage, ha is required te spend u four years in a regular course of studies, a many of which will bo of no service to him in after life, and for which he has no P taste or talent. In consequence of the iiu- w povished condition ef the country, there 3 are very few young men, now, able to de- * fray their enpeosee for feur years in Col tl lege. Having been so long in the army, c and their education neglected, they are net tl prepared to enter College. Moreover, be- fi ing advanced in manhood, they eaenot af * ford to go thrsngh a College course of stu fi diss bafore eommsnsing the active pursuits p of life. Ths Uqlversily system of educa- f tien will asset all these objections It would ? bring to yoor institution of learning three i times as many students as you could col- t lect In a College, and in this way the salaries of the Professors might be paid out of t the tuiiieo fund. t The JState Military SehnnU in PTnlnmKi- , and Charleston, hare likewise been suspen- <j ded, and the building* of the farmer were f destroyed by fire daring the occupancy of [ the town by (ieneral Sherman. It is for t you to determine what course you will pur- j sue in regard to those schools. ? The Congress of the United States passed an Act, during the war, authorising the r Freed men's Bureau te take pessesaion of I all lands which were voluntarily abandoned t by their owners for the purpose of going I into the army, or aiding the rebellion, Un a der a most unwarrantable construction of < this Act, a large portion of the lands of t the lower country, whero the planters were i driven off by the Federal troops, or forced < to leave by imperative orders of the dtfacto < Governments, State and Confederate, nave I been seized and appropriated, as abandoned t lauds. In many instances, the homes of i wide ws and minora, and old men, incapa- < ble of serving in the army, and never aiding I in nny way, me reoeiuoo, have qeen taken i poeaeaaion of, and kept far the oaa of the ? negroes, whilst the proprietora were alarv. I iug wanderers and refugeea throughout the ' State. But with that aeoac of justice and < k'aduess which haa characterised every act of his aduiaiatration, the President haa ordereu these laoda to be restored to the proprietors ?n their taking the oath of allegiance te the United States, or receiving a special pardon where they fall within the i excepted classes under the Amnesty Pros tarnation. The Convention ordered the 1 Provisional Governor to appoint a suitable agent to represent the 8tate at Washington i in regard lo I heae lands, and other matters 1 immediately ap) oioted the Hon. William I Henry Treaeott, a gentleman well known i to you for his high character, talents and | diplomatic experience. His report will be communicated to you as soon as it is re eeived. I As soon as the Convention adjourned, I communicated to ^e President end Secretary of State copies of the new Constitution ef South Carolina. I have the pleas ure of isformisg you that President Johason has expressed te me his grstifieatioe st the amendments made in oer Constitution, and bis conldent hope that .we should sooa be, ooce mora ua united, happy and prosperous people, forgetting the past, and look ing only to the future welfare of our common country. There ie one nastier of emhernusmeet in vonr legislation, nndee the new Constitution, which 1 think it my duty to bring to vour notice. The Constitutional Gov erffcr will not, and can net be inaugurated, till the first waek of your regular session. And yat the Constitution requires 41 Acta to be presented Vo the Gevereor for hteeig nature. If he doee not approve them, he must return them with hie objections ; sod then, to become n law, thev mast be passed by a majority of the whole re presents lien of both Houses. Although the State Con S I.J -M a? ? ' njuiiun HinaWNO|N IM UWOrilJ Mia liilMM of the Provisional Govsrnor by sevtral of tbolr ordinances, yet they omit* tod to autboriso him to Mt as Govoraor till tbo ioaafuration of tho Govoroor oloet.? All yopr Acta should, thsrefere, bo passed by a majority ?t tbo wholo representation of both Houses, usloss you are disposed to recognise the Provisional Governor as Gov. ernor of the State. But even with this recognition, ( think it weald be safe to see that your Ante are passed by the censtitotional majority required, in the absence of the approval of tho Governor. Thin will place beyond controversy any Acta which you may see proper to pons at your extra session, (a tho sbssnse of year newly sleeted Constitutional Governor. The State Hoove requires year immediate atieotioo. Something should be dene to preserve the bnil^jng, in its present unfinished state, from rum and destroetien. If the Htsts is net able to free end with the work and complete it, you should provide fer having a temporary MOf thrown (VU the baildiaf, wtu to preserve it sad make it eaefal. If covered, it aigbt be ased for yosr seesioas, cad the aeeeumodatioa of the public oAeers, 'l'Ue Beak of U? Stele, like ell similar istUutians, ia is moat embarrassed and rippied eendi'ion by tba loaa af ita Advanceicota to the late Confederate States. I ava not had the pleasure of seeing the leort of tka President. This document will a submitted to you in proper lime, and tien you will be able to take such action i reference to the bank ns its condition reuires. Whatever may be the state of our Ounces, I am euro South Caroliaa will ever sully her honor by any uct of repudiLi*n If iva Knt/a Irnif ? 1 1 .. w . V ,v... Vfvijmmy omo, l?b a, on that accaunt, be more careful of inintaining the honor of the State. I have received communication* from the ostmaster.Ueoeral, stating that the mails rould be tarried over all the railroada in outh Carolina, na aoon as the Department a* nseured of their responsibility; and lat lie would receive reasonable offers for arrying the mails from tha railroad* to all bo county sent* or court housea till tha rat of Jaauary, wbea permanent contracts ronld be made. There has been some dificulty In regard to the appointment of ostinasters is South Car>lina. 1 have in* orined the Poximaster-General that it veuld be impossible to fill his appointments f be existed the whole oath sent, till anoher generatioa had risen up in this State. I have received a communication from he Secretary el State, enclosing informs* ion for waraail by our Consuls abroad, ia eference to tho spread of cholera, and revesting that the State would rigidly enbrce hor quarantine laws. I gave these ispara to ttie Mayor of the eity of Chadeson. You will take such action as in your ugujoui muy u? necestmry 10 prevent eur >UU being visited by this terrible scourge. In conclusion, I would urge yen, gentlencn, t<? look only to the falure in your egislation, and forget, ee Far a* you can, he paet. There ia aauch to hepe'for and ive for, yet, in South Carolina, We should 10 gratutate ouraelvea and the eonntry that livil war liaa censed, and peace ia restored o the lead. Ne longei are our citizen* to >e forced from their home* and families md offered a bloody sacrifice en the ield >f battle. No longer ia our beloved State ,o be ravaged and deeolated, and our town* ind village* committed to the flame*. A nwrciful 1'rovidence ha* once mere bloaeod >ur land with an abundant crop, and no onger have we any appreh*n*io*a of want ind starvation. We ure in the enjoyment )f health. Our young men, noble and gallant soldier*, are peauoably realising their former vocations, and exerting themselves in restoring the State to h*r wonted prosperity and bappincv*. No civ* 11 broils or deadly feud* are disgracing our people as in other States. We have uo political diviaiou*. Sou h (Carolina presented a unit after her act of eecession, an I she is now united a* one man ia returniug to the Union; and will be ae true and loyal to her plighted faith aa any State Nerthiof Mason's and Dixon's line. In this respect ihere ia no differonce between former * ; seeeioniate and old Union men. They all have equally, at heart, the peace, honor, glory aud prosperity of the American Republic. And i enrueeily pray that all yeur legislation and deliberations may tend to this great purpoio, und?r the guidance and protection of Almighty Uod. B. K. PERRY. KUVTVED! a newTeTies of "TIIW RIDWICT DINDND b 1UU AMI lit) I U.I 11U illl. WILL HE COMMENCED OK SATURDAY, THE 9TH INSTANT AT A0008TA, OA, BY TUK FORMER PROPRIETOR. I AM HAPPY IN?BEING ABLE. TO Make the above announcement. " The Banner" will b? published trtrj Saturday. fy Subscriptions are respoctfully aolicited. Price, *3.00 per annum. Address. JAMES N ELLS, Proprietor. Nov. 4, 1??6.?-9,-at. THE CHRISTIAN INDEX. BY the Fir.i ot October, or aa noon as the mails are re-established, I will renew the publication of the "CHRISTIAN INDEX" and the "CHILD'S INDEX" I have been publishing. Price of "Index.** per annum $300 Price ef "Child's Index," 60 Money may be remitted at onoe, aa my determination is positive. My desire ia to secure a large subscription list with which U? tog in, and I issus ibis prospectus that subacribsrs may have tinaa to forward thoir rsaiillaneea. It ia ay intention to isens flrat elaaa pa* para, and no paiaa or expanse will ba spared to aaenra that and. Tba baatwritora and eorraapoodant* will be secnr*^ and the highest religious and literary talent will ba given to the papers. Tne CHILD'S PA* PER will ba profusely illustrated and will, in every aeose, be made to eonform to a new title. Ths Chill's DollghtMosey may bo seot ay Express or other* wise?if by Express, at my risk, if tits sx* prsss receipt is ssnt me. on tba ra?iimnt??n of atil facilities. Mj coaoeeiioa with the firm of J. \V. Bark# & Co.. ie dieeelred, but I will estsblieh ea office ia Macon, Ua , where cewmsateeUeae may .be addressed. 8AMUKL BOYKIN. Sept. 88, 1864-4.-1 ino. i aiYTBin