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THE LANCASTER LEDGER. | l - ; ??s? I VOLUME XIV. SATURDAY MORNING, DEC., 23, 1865. NUMBER 16. I THE LANCASTER LEDGER. ?s * ? Published rrery Saturday Morning. BY CONNORS Ac CARTER, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. W. X. COHUORS, D. J. CARTER. TERMS: Far one year in advance, .... |8.00 Fee Ms month* " " . . . 1 m No nane will b? entered until llie subscripti?D price i* paid. ? .J.. ___ ADVERTISEMENTS Will b? inserted at one dtdlar and fifly emit par aauara for the tint, and ont cellar p sr square tor aaah subsequent mieilion. A quara to conalat of the space of tu visas, I Brevier type. Vt> advertisement considered last than a square. ? The auaiber ?f insertions n?u?t be written en'iach advertisement, or they will be inserted till ordered out aad ehirgei accordingly. fenii-MontlTy, Monthly, bt Quarterly' Advertisements, will be charg?\l one dollar and Jijly cents per square for each insertion. Literal deduction* will be made in favor ?f advertisements'Of threo month*, or longer o tending. U" Announcing candidates for Office five dollar?. ' ir Communications recommending candi. I dftea for office aod all others of limited or in. dividual interest, charged at advertising rates. All legal or official notices must be paid for by the individual authorizing the publication of the sense, without reference to their official capacity. vr Announcement*of Marri\gc* or Death*; Notices of Religious Meetings published gratis and solicited. Obituary Notices decoding the announcement, will be charged for the overplus at reg tiler advertising rates. ' [y Tributes of Rcrpeet, rated as advertisemtuts. JOB WOKK Will be executed with neatacss sad dispatch aajo. arco mandating tertql. tw THE CASH for Advertising ant) Job Work will bo required la all instances as soon as the work is tendered, vWritten orders, to feceure attention, must bo accompanied with the cash. Floor, Bacon, Lard, Sorghum, Ac., will be received in payment of subscriptions and advertising at the market rates. Also clean cottoo and liaea rage. (Inesvniaant I wv ? ? mmmrnmm V VI M|V VBIIVU O Pleeideol?AddraW Jbboaon, of Tenn. Secretary of Slat*?W. II. Seward, of Now York. Secretary of War?Edwin M. Stanton, of Panntyirauia. Poetmaater Oeoaral?Wm. Danniaon, of Ohio. Secretary of tha Nary-Gideon Welle* of Connecticut. Secretary of tba Interior?Jamea liarIan of lo^a. Secretarr of tba Traaaary?Hugh MeCu)laugb, of Illinoia. Attorney General?Jamaa .Speed, of Kentucky. 'Preeident of tba Senate?Lafayette S. Foater, of Connecticut. Speaker of tba llouae?Sckuyier Col* far) of Indiana. Jofco' W. Forney?Secretary of tbe Senate. eUPBtMK OOCHT. $a|moo P. Cbaae, 0bl&, Chief Juttice. 1. JkOM M. Wajbe, Georgia. 2. Samuel Nelaoo, New York. 3; IlobartC. Giier, i*enaa)lvaaia. 4. Nathan Clifford, Main#. C. Noah II. Swajrne, Ohio. 6. Daoial Davie, Illinois. 7. Samuel Millar, Iowa. 6. Samuel F. Field, California. LIKUTBNANT OCKKRAl-*. VYioDeld Scott, Virgtota. Ujvaeea S. Grant, of Obio. Adjutant General? Lorenzo Thoma*, Delaware. Jddge Advocate General?Joe. IJolt, D. O. Quartet no aater General?Montgomery < C. Meige, of Pennsylvania. 41 mm mm The Augueta Conatitutionaliaia leerne 1 ?h.? /.all. - .t . mrnmwmm mm ?>?auiwi V# HIIKfllUUI 111 that vicinity b*<l chaogad hands lm?lv, |b? purchaaara baiog unoatlr parties from I jba North. > I I * 9**t I The President's Message. The length of "President Johnson's Message, precludes the possibility of our laying it entire before the readers of the I rn>. ... 't'l- - / ? I - u>vuiih i no lotniwing teiegrxpinc synopsis, which we find m our excban* ges, gives a clear conception of its lead iog features. The ['resident says in suhi stance : "The resistance to the General Goverm meot has exhausted itself.' The first question which occurred was whether the territory within tho limits of the Suues which attempted lo'secede should he held as conquered territory under military authority emanating from the l're-ident. He considered that M lilarv Qovernmenls established for an indefinite period would have offered no security for the early suppression of discontent, but' would have divided the people into vanquished classes nod caused envenomed haired rather than resioied atl'ection. '1 he true theory is that all pretended acts of recession were, from the beginning, null and void. Slates cannot commit treason, nor secede in their individual cilizenVfcho may have committed treason. States attempting to secede, placed themselves in a condition where their funtlicr.a were suspended, but not destroyed." Put if any State neglects or refuses to perform its otlices, there is the more need that the General Government rfhould maintain its authority, and as soon ns practicable resume its official functions. On this principle he acted. Gradually and equally, by almost imperceptible steps, he sought to restore the rightful energy of the General Government and of the States. To that end Provisional Gover nors were appointed. All parties in the late terrible conflict must work together in harmony. It is not too much to ask Of one ?t(jo that the plan of restoring shall proceed in conformity with the willing ness to cast the di$0(Jers of the paat in'o oblivion, and that on the other ride the ...uvuvs v.i D iiiniij in inn niiire inauii ten Alice of tbe Union Ahull he put beyond any doubt by the ratification of the pro posed anU slavery amendment to the Consti ution of the United States. This amendment hoi tig adopted, it would regain for the States to resume their func tons, take their place in the two branches 6f Congress, and thereby complete the work of restoration. "The President says he has no authority to make thefreedmen electors. That remains with the States. They can de cide whether it is l'6 he adopted at once or introduced gradually with a condition. Good faith, however, requires laws for the security of the freedmen in their liberty, property, right to labor, and to claim jurisdiction of their labor. 'It will be bis constant aim to pro mote peace and unity with all foreign nations, and believes all of them are animated by the same disposition. The accordance of belligerent rights to insun gent Stales was tit justifiable, hut Great Britain was an exception. She built ships, furnished men end material of war to tbe insurgents. J ustification for it cannot be sustained before the tribunal of tbe world. At the same time lie does not advise any present attempt at redress by acts of legislation, for the future friendship between the countries must rest on the basis of mutual justice. "We have wisely forborne propagand ism of republicanism, but if it &b?ui^ be because of some great calamity tp cur, selves, and in the cause of good govern meat, any foreign power should challenge tbe American people to its defence, against foreign interference, he re'ies on tbe wisdom and justice of those powers to respect the system of non interference which has so long been sanctioned by time." lloMKSTBAO KOIt J KKKKPSON DaYIS. A Jackson, Mississippi, paper maLes $ proposition to raise a fund of half a mil lion dollars, by the contributions etrVlu sively of soldiers who served in the Con federate army, to purchase XIr. l>avis a homestead in a foreign country, after be Is lil>erated from prison. Each private soldier is to give one dollsr, and those wnu were commnmonM otticers will be allowed to contribute at their discretion. o. mm Gkihada, Nov. 30.?A collusion took place here last night, l>e iween a party of the State nTililia searching lor arm* among the freed men, and a iqoad of negroea assisted hv some col )r?fd aoldieri. Sereral of the militia were wounded, one eevnrelv ntim l?er? of iniifikete, ammunition, Ac , were ouml ao<J taken from negro*. * i Vuterloo the Day after Battle. On the surface of two square miles, it was ascertained tliat fifty thousand men and horses were lying 1 l'he luxurious crop of ripe grain ydiich had covered the field of battle, waa reduced to litter and beaten into the earth, and the surface. trodden down by the cavalry and fur rowe.l deeply by the cannon wheels, strewed witb many a relic of the fight. Helmets and cuirasses, shattered firearms and broken swords; all the variety of military ornaments, lancers caps and Highland bonnets ; uniforms of every color, plumes and penons ; musical instruments, the apparatus of artillery ; drums, bugles; but why dwell on the harrowing picture of a foughteii field T each and every ruinous displ.iv bore mute testimony to the misery of such a battle. Could the melancholy appearance of thia scene of death be heightened, it would be by witnessing the researches j of the living, amid its desolation for the \ objects of their love. Mothers, and w ive?, and children, for days were occupied in that mournful duty ; and the confusion of corpses?friend and foe intermingled. as they were, often rendered the attempt at recngnusing individuals difficult, and sometimes impossible. In many places thb dead lay font deep upon each other, marking the spot some British srpiare had occupied, exposed for hours to the murderous fire of a French battery. Outside, lance cuirassiers were scattered thickly on the earth. Madly attempting to force loo ae.ried bayonets of the Britij.li, they had fallen in bootless essay by the muskets of the inner files. Further on you trace the spot wlure the . cavalry of France and England had en countered ; chasseur and hussar were intermingled ; and the heavy Norman Inmes of the Imperial (>uard were inter, spersed with the gray chargers which had carried Albion's chivalry. Hero the Ilighlandera and lirrailleur lay, side by side, together; and the heavy dragoon, with green Erin's badge upon his heltnit, was grappling in death wilj; tjio Polish lancer. * # * * On the summit of the ridze. where the ground whs cumbered with the deadend trodden fetlock deep in the mud and gore by the (requeni rush of rival caval rv, the thick strewn corpses of the Iin, |H*rial Guard pointed out the spot where Napoleon had been defeated. Here, in column, that favored corps, on whom his last chances rested, had been annihilated; and the advance and repulse of the Guard was traceable in mass of fallen French man. In the hollow below, the last struggle of Kranoe had been vainly made ; for there the Old Guard attempt ed to meet the British and atTord lime to their disorganized companions to rally. Gxnepal Grant on the Mexican Question.?The most important pari, perhaps, of Gen. Grant's biief speech on the Mexican question, in New York, last week,' was ouriited in the published re ports. In closing, he said that the Mexi can question war, one of the few topics on which he allowed himself to speak freely. It is known that the appointment of General Logan to the Mexican mis. sioa whs made upon Grant's recommendation, and that iu private conversation .v.? v*?l_ i.. i? ? 1 " 111 .tmn mit ne iree y expressed mmseil in favor of driving the F.u.cli from M e x ico Ht the point of the bayonet. A pious African hi Louisville stumbled while walking one very dark night nnd "?i pitched headforemost down a cellar, which affirdetl hiin an "open er.trance." Springing to hia feet, he exclaimed "Hies <)e Lord dat I l:t on my head ! If die nigger had scraped his shins so barJ, I spec he broke his lag," A Dutch JSioiiy.-I and prolher Ilonce And two oilier toga, whhIi out hunting nei? week, and we drove nine wood, chuck* into a a'one heap, and kilt ten out ob de nine befote lev cot in." Salaries of District Judge* In tiie Senate, on Thursday, the Tib, in obed ienco to instructions, the Judicia ry Committee reported in reference to the salaries of District Judges. The follow ing was agreed to : For Abbeville District, $700 : (or Anderson, $500; for llnrnwell, $700; for lleaufort, $1,000 ; for ltorkley, $1,000; for Clarendon &Af)0- for r.lui?t?rfiol/l Annn for Charleston, $ 1,000; for Chester, $500 for Colleton, $1,000; for Darlington $500 for Edgefield, $800; for Fairfield, $500 ; for Georgetown, $1,000; for Greenville, $500; for II >rry, ?500; for Kershaw, $500, for T aneaster $500 ; for Laurens, $500; for Lexington, $500; for Marlboro, $500; for Marion, $500; for Newber ry, $500 ; for Orangeburg, $500; for Dickens, $500; for Richland, $1,00C; for Spnrtanburg, $500 ; for Sumtct, $700; for Union, $500; for Williamsburg, $500 for York, $ 5'0o. A llill has been submitted whioli pro* vides for the salary of the Governor, which is fixed at $5000 per annum ; that of the Lieutenant Governor at $10 per diem whilst iti attendance upon the ses siou of the Legislature. The Hill also provides for the appointment of a Private Secretary to the Governor with a fixed salary of $1500 per annum. The following ofticial returns for the | election of Governor and Lieut. Gover nor, of South Carolina, have been announced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives : Our. HamptonAnderson 69'5 276 Abbeville 301 425 Barnwell 71 400 Itcnufort 232 Iter k ley 61 225 J Charleston 780 861 Cheater 68 4 88 Clarendon 126 138 Colleton 23 502 Darlington 329 2t>3 Kd gefir Id 628 704 Fairfield 2?0 >44 Georgetown 63 30 Greenville 314 6o9 H^rrv 1 18 41 Kershaw 179 * 7 iMincaster 219 162 Laurens 679 424 Islington 219 172 Marion 260 a 404 Marlboro' 460 tto Ntfwlifuy 355 360 t)ranj;?* urg 137 711 Pickens 261 &8I Kiclilarnl 334 2H Spartanburg 7b2 155 Sumlcr 258 Union 21A 3A" Williamsburg AI 260 York .. 927 00 Total 9776 9109 Majority for Orr 867 The vote of Chesterfield District was discarded, in consequence of informali lies. It was as follows ; Orr, 153 ; Hampton, 79. lion. W. D. Porter, was elected Lieut. Governor, with put opposition, having received 15,072 votes. The Boston Hoard of trade has adopted resolutions looking to the increase of cot* ton raising in the Southern States, and ask* llie government, within the sphere of its legitimate powers, to give ila aid forthwith in sustaining aql organ zing such portion of the laboring classes as cannot be reached by private capital. l'orker hjharpe snya his wife it eq"al to five "fulls"?beauli ful, duti ful, arm fill, youth ful, and aw fu!! ? lioston I'ost. Notioe. PERSONS knowing themselves indeb ted to me for I.timber are hereby no. iilied and requested to settle the same with my Attorney til i.anc?ater C. II., W. M. Connors, Esq., in whose hands the papers have been left fur settlement. Those in. debtftd by account will pleaae nettle t>y*msh or nolu. "lireeuliui-K n" will U' received at par fur either note* or accountn due th?n6n aaid claims, if tendered at an early day, JAMES M. INGRAM. December 2, 1885. 13?If The Amnesty Oath. Blank foruna of lh? Ainneaty Oath may be purchased at thin nttice, either by tlie hundred or'by th<? ?ihRio blank. Single blank 10 centa lty the hundred (6.00 ' * r Headquarters - LANCASTER C. II., 8. C., > < December 14, 1865. \ T.ie following Circulm Order is publish* ed for tli* information of all concerned. HEADQUARTERS Acting Assistant Commissioner, Bu- i heau Refugees, Frf.edmen, and > / bandoned Lands. ) COLUMBIA, S. C , Nsv. 22, 1865. Ciroular, In order lo avoid the evils that must HnpMHmiril v t'nlliiw ?? fjiilurn in* i??rl employers and freadmeu to enter into cmtracts for the ensuing year,-it hits been determined to require that contr&ct* be made immediately. The accmnpanyitlg form ban been adopted and wiH be O'bxcrveU. It in hoped that tli6 stipulation in this form providing for thv continuance of these contracts after the restoration of civil authority under'such rules and regulations as may be adopted bv the Legislature of this Stale will prove sit'sfactorv to all parties. It is recommendei that as fur as pruc livable, in order not to break up their homes, for the present, Freedmen to he employed by and muke contracts with their former masters, at.d that care he taken to provide for the maintenance of the helpless and inlirni. This will he most easily secured by paying the Freedmen for their labor in Clothing, food, shelter and metji cat attendance, and such addition.*}! wages in money as may be agreed upon. Commanding olhcers of ISub. Districts will designate an officer at each Court House in the Sub. Di-trict, to act as Agent for the Freedinen's Bureau, and to take charge of the making of contracts. This officer associated with two citizens of the .Military District, Magistrates, if they can he obtained* will constitute a board under I liit nrtu iuirili? <if C'lrcnlfir V ft frnm ,,v I "* I,",M Headquarters of the Bureau.* in dates whtre the employer anil Frees men cannot agree ?ijh>c the term* of the contract, this board, after a curcful ?xni..in*l|aii of all the fact*, will fix the terms. " ' ' ' The two citizens, meinbwrs of the board, shall be paid three dollars per day for the time actually enraged in the discharge ol their doty? he account to he certified to by tho officer associated with thedj. and np proved by the Nub. District t'ommandrf. To defray tho npcessnrv expenses ol these proceedings a fee of fifty con's shall .be charged snd collected for each Freed, aiau so employed.?> ill cases where ten or a less number arc employed. if more than ten, twenty-five cents will bo Collected for each additional frccdmcn so employed ? the entire fee to be paid by the employer. These fees will bo collec ed by the officer in charge and accounted for to tho Nub. Commissioner. No d.soursenient by him will be allowed except the par diem of the associate members of the board upon approve^ accounts. A weekly report will bo mado by bira'to the Nob. Assistant Commissioner which will be accompanied bv a correct copy of hII coiitruc's entered into. Nub. Assistant Commissioners will report weekly to these Headquarters the number of contracts made ; the number of Freedmen contracted with and every other matter of importance ?r uiu ri Ni connected wun mm uusiness? They Mil> also to the full extent <>t their p- wer enforce the f..iihful performance of tlie conditions of these contracts. The interest of Freedman will l>e enre fully guarded nnd their rights in every respect protected, hut at the same lime they must be compelled to fhlfrtl their agree' incuts, and if idle or vicious inucl'be funishrd. * " 1* No effort should be spared to correct the erroneous impression Unit prevails among freed mm in regard to n division of land,? that it is not necessary for them to make contracts?or that they will be permitted to go in great nsmbers to any other part of the country. RAI.1MI F.I.F.Y. 13rcvt. Brig Gcii'l. and Acting Assisinnl Cemmissioner. A board hns been organized in accord anew with the requirements of the above Circular, nritl consists of the following member*, viz : Lieut NV. L.ORCUI'T, Chairman JOHN I). WYLIB, J. T. K. RF.LK. The form of contract referred to in the above Circular may be seen by applying at my office at l.unoss'er, C. II. Km ploy era und Kreedmen are requested to make their eontraciH fur the essuir.g year, and present them for approvul as soon us possible. W. L ORCUTT. 1st I.isut. Com'dg, Lancaster Dis't. Dec. 16,?2L The 8outhern Guardian. IPIIOI'OSK t? revive the pudlication ol this jouraal, at Columbia. S. C.. aa soor m inniI communications have been restored and the nec?a*ary arrangement* oan be made. Ctl AKLK3 P. PKLHAM. November 25, >885. JOB WORK. W a are now prepared to eiecute all kinda ol Job Work, with iiealneaa and diapatcb, and on accommodating tor me. | Cotton Plantation to Kcnf I IOFPERFORttEflTUR LEASE SI ? I Plantation, aitualed on" the main road I leading from Lancaster to Cuinden, lying fl between Salem Camp-Grouad and Hanging H Itork Creek, and known as the Spring B /'lace, On the place there nre about Four I Hundred acres of land in a pood atate of I cultiVatirn ; one half of whicn i? fresh land I and all of it highly productive. With or dintiry attention, it will produce flue crop* I of rjfher Cotton or Provisions. The fene- I ing in in excellent condition. Benides the I planting land, there are seveiul hundred I acres of hue pasture laud, all under g'xed I fence. 'Hie place is well watered, and in I everv respect well worthy of a visit frtun any who may wish to rent. It will be I rented for one year or longer if desired. I I will lake pleasure in allowing the place, I and tr.av be totind at inv residence uuu mile | ueiow- ilanding hock i;reeX. JAMKS M. INGRAM. Oct. 7lh, 18G5,?5-tf. King's Mountain Military SchooL ' YoKKVILLK, H. C. rrMIK exercises of the eleventh vear of JL this well known institution will begin on the I5Ji of JANUARY. 18?H. The untiill instructions in TACTICS and DRIUU will be omitted un'il the State in dell dtcly restored to her political statu*. Terms?For first Suasion of five (5) "month*?Tuition, Board, Fuel, Lights, Washing and Hooka, $12) 00. in advance. Pupils are required to fiirninh their own Towels, Pillow Cases, Sheets mid Blan* ketn for Cot Msttrass. For further information apply to A. OWARI), Surviving Principal and Proprietor. \ December 9, 1365. 14?3t. "Tlic Phoenix." PUBLISH ED AT CO Lt' M t I A , I, C , BY JULIAN A. SKI.BY. i r | MIK Daily Phojnix, issued every tnnrn, JL ing, except Sunday., ia filled with tho I laleal news, (by telegraph, mails, vie.,) KJj uoriai Oerresponileuce, JlincelDney, l'vwtry, and Stories. , The tri weekly I'hccnix, for country cir. [ culalion.ie published every Tuesday,Thurw , day and Malurdav, and ha* all the resiling matter of interest contained in the daily is. sue* of the week. p Daily, one year $10.00 | " three months 3 0t> Tri-VVeekly, one year 7.00 " ti res moDltis 3 IMJ Weekly, one yW 4 0(1 " three months 1 33 Advertisement* inserted in the Daily or Trl Weekly at $1 a square for the first insertion, and 75 een Is for each subsequent insertion. Weekly advertisements $1 a square every insertion. Every one thonld have a Copy. INTKKKALREVENUEGUIDI. SEIN'G an abstract of the Internal Revenue and direct (or land) tax laws of the United > Mutes, with Schedule* of Taxation, Licensee] Sump Duties, Exemptions, showing tbs rates, under the various Law* sines July 1, 1843; and intended lor the general information of ' the Tkx payer ; to which it added an Abstract of the Act* of Congress, psssea during the War, relative to Abandoned Lands aud to other matter* of general interest. Dy C. J. Klford, Attorney at law, Greenville S. C , Assessor of the Internal Ke*euue Tax tor the Third Collection District of South Cari oli.ia. The Book will contain about 72 pvges, and will be issued in tt few weeks. Price 6(J cents ner copy, with a liberal discount to the trade. Order* must be accompanied with '.hi ciib I* secure attention. . 5 Addrc.-w, G, E. EI.FOKO, Publisher, Greenville, B. C. No*. 18, 18A5. i THE CHRISTIAN INDEX BY (he Fir^t ot October, or aa boob as the mulls are roteetablialiod. I will r?in?w the public tlion "f the "CHRISTIAN INDEX" and the 'CHILD'S INDEX" J have been publishing. I Price of "Index." per annum 93 00 I'rice of "Child's Index," 60 1 M' n-y may be remitted at once, a* my determination i? positive. My deaire ie t<? eecure a large subscription list with which In begin, and 1 Mane tbia prospectus that ubsoribara in-iv hnva lima In fnpi>.?J W?.1 remittances. 1 1*. is aiy i.itention to Issue first class paper", siid no pains or exponas wiil bs sp >r*<t to secure that end. Tits beat writers sad correspondents ? >. ill be secured, and the highest religious and literary talent will ba > rjiven to the papers. The CHILD'S PA* l'Klt will be profusely illustrated and will, ib every sense, be made to eoaforai t# *, new title. ? The ChilVa Delight. Money insy be sent by Kxpre-v* er other. . r wiae?(I by Kxpress, at my risk. If the *- * pros receipt is sent ms,on las ro?umptiea 1 of mail facilities. * ' My connection with the firm of J. W. 1 Burke &. Co.. is dissolved, but I will estab. lish an office in M icon, U;t , where comma* oicalieus may b? addressed. SAMUKL BOVKIN. * Sept. 28, 1885?4-1 mo. r A I.AR.GK Supply of BLANKS for sola I XJL for cash, in this office, embracing lawyer's, Maystr-ilca, Sheriff's, dtc. I % ^