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' . . THOMPSON, Editor. * . A. Thompson, W. . Holeonibe,Il. Young, PROPRIETORS. , j ? ; * , * (?'~ * TERMS?Ono Dollar and Twenty-Avo Cents for six montile, in ad vaneo. Provision also takpn in payment, at tho'markot rates. ??^* Advertisements insortod at $1 per squaro for-tho first insortimi, and'60 cents for oach subse quent nnortion, cash or provision. . ' ??* Obituary Noticos exceeding fivolinos, Trib utes of Rospo?t, Communications of a personal .chai-autor, and Announocinonts of Candidates, will bo ohargod for as advertisements. . JflgJ* Job Printing oxocuted with neatness and despateh, for cash or provision. . J8??y Nooessity pomp?is us to adhcro strictly to ibo requirement of oash payment. I?, gMMW?it????w^jw??wo>??n??Ma?Miiiii il * inm?i? ? PICKE??S C. IL, S. C: ??^- - -: Saturday Morning, October 14, 1865. afe - ' 1? ? FOR GOVERNOR: wON. JAMES L. ORR, f 'of anderson. . FOR LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR : HON WM- D. PORTER, OF CHARLESTON. ' ? ? AGENCIES- * Messrs. John B. Sitton, Rowland & Knaufe, Pendleton ; Dr. Norman and D. ; BlEMANN, Walhalla, will act as Agents for the Coierie)'; receiving subscriptions cither in cash or provision. So, likewise, will Post-, masters generally. . Wo have made arrangements to have the paper delivered regularly at Pendleton, Wal-, halla, and on the Railroad. Subscriptions will^be reoeiptod through our columns. Persons receiving late 'papers will confer a favor by loaning them to us. ? For Congress. Hon. J. P. Reed, of Anderson, is a candi date for Cortgross from this Congressional District.' Col. Farrow, Col. Asiimore, and Moj. Bollino? uw.also, candidates. Geb. McGowAN and Geo. >. T?Llman, Esq., are candidates for Congress in the 3d District. ? . Killed. ?EneXs Hunter, a citizen of this District, was killed on Friday night, the 6th .instant. He was shot, we learn, by one or inoro per sons. , Further particulars of this affair are unknown, to us* Police Force. We again call attention to the Proclamation "of Gov. Perry, which authorizes oach Dis trict to organizo one or mQro companies of Militia for polioo purposes. This force is to bo. auxiliary to the garrisons, and must supply their places when they loavc.thc country; We conceive it to be a matter of importance, and trust that some of our public*spirited citizens will get up a squad of some twenty or more persons iu each battalion, and then form a Company. Quiet prevails now, butit may be different when the garrisons are removed. / The Press. The prdss of tlio State is again unfolding its "sheets, and prcpari?gUbr tbc duties which fate has dcorecd for us."*' 4 The Ncwberry Herald comes to' us thi& week greatly oulargcd and otherwise improved,1 and bears tlib,inipress of prosperity. * *\ Our j'exchange list is very* limited. The Newberry Herald, Anderson Intelligencer, Abbeville Press, and Groenvillc Mountaineer, are all tbat wo now receive. Wh?ro is tho Phoenix, Charleston Courier, and. other ac ceptable State papers ? Owing to the financial straights to which a ' majority of the Southern pcopl^ hayo'found themselves reduced now that the war is ended, .to their want'of information in regard to tho requirements of tjio Internal Rqvenue tiaws, and for other reasons, tlio Scorotary of tho Treasury has ;prdorod that all articles in the lately rebellious Suites which can bo shown to have been manufactured boforoJbhe establish ment of tho collection districtlu which they .arc found, shall be>f?co from the present ns ' sesamont'or collection of tax, unless transport ed beyond the State limits. , Breaking Ground. The ' tusi for tho -Legislature is neatly over. Ih Anderson, ten candidates are an nounced for the House, to wit ; Messrs, tVv H. Thesoott, Jas. A. Hoyt, W. B. Miu wee, ?. S. Mattison, T. Jrl. Kus?veIl, if. W. Nonius, Jr., A. T. Broyles, B. p. Cray ton, R. N. Wilmut, KiJJAif Weub. Col. .TiiEscoTT, in, his letter of acooptanoe, snysi ' That where it is the duty of the-Leg islature to maintain with tho most sorupulous 'care tho publioand private credit of the State, aud" to impress upon our people the vital ne cessity to their existence as a society of? a sa cred respcot for tho obligation of cofttraots, yet it is equally, the duty of tho legislature in the present impoverished and distressed con dition of tho people to take care that justice is not abused into oppression .and to provide tluit the collection of debts sha?* bo mado^grad ually,' and with duo regard .both to the claim of the creditor and tho condition and necessi ty of tho debtor. The Future of, the Emancipated Negro. The flood tide of emigration which o?ft* stantly rolls from Eupo^e to Ameri?a, s/iys the 1 Louisvillo Courtc)\ will press tli? negro befor? ' it as it did tho Indian. The surplus popula tion of Northern towns also will pour into tho South. The poor will come in seatoh of labor, those of small oapital will coin e to better their condition and tho capitalist -will come to in vest. In a few years our population will bo trebled and white labor will abound. I . The negroes will move southward, until within thirty years they will be as scarce hero as they are in tho Northern States now. . And why ? Becauso the Southern people will be unkind and prejudiced against them ? No. But because now that they are free, wo shall become as careless about them as the North men arcj.aud when we find it to our interest to employ whites t? perform the meuial ser vice they have been performing, with an oyo to self-interest, we shal| not be slow to do it. If pressed.back, it will not be the Southern,, but the Northern people aiui Europe that will do it. They will leavo becauso the superior and moro energetic whites will take their places ; aud as t(iey own no part of the soil, !u* -Mon jiR.ili^nanjAoi^?n^ will begin to disappear. \? negro prospered physically and increased in number as a slave; but with this, tide of white emigration press ing forward as the result of his being frccd, wo do not believe he can now. Already wc hoar that th? intelligence offices will bo able to furnish white servants for faro-' ilice who wish them; iu .North Carolina, and uo doubt by tho first of January next it will bo as easy to.^et any'kind pf white" holn" that may be desired, in thnt'Sfyte, as in Balti more or New York.' And when this becomes to be tho caso,, anpj the people who have to hire, find that one Irish or German woman o?n do the labor ?f two negro women, like the people 0/ the North they will give the prefer ence. If the negro is driven out, .as we be-. Hove he will bo ultimately, it will not be on account of persecution by tho former owners, but by the floooV ef. emigration which had pressed slavery before it. before" the war began, from Massachusetts to Marylaad. If the negro-would remain here as an infe rior, not demanu'too much, and perform for reasonable compensation the labor the country must-have, hp might' stay this volume of im migration to some extent; Jbut if he listens to the few fanatics who preach political and so cial equality to him, and aspires to govern, rather than be govorned, the tide will press forward and ongulph him. Leave, finally, to make room foK the firm tread -of tho white' man, wc Relieve ho must, but he. may prolong his stay by good behavior and industry. .Th? same Anglo-Saxon that has pressed him out of the Northern States is now applying for that place he has hitherto occupied here, and unless he can render his labor as valuublo and his presence as acceptable to tho owners Of thQ soil as the moro energetic pale-face, ho m?y take up his bed and walk. , ?'?.? ; Intelligent negro.es will do well to, consider these things. One of tho evidences of tho sad deoay of correct and nioral sentiment jn this country is to be seen in the/ largo number of divorces granted by the courts-, and the disgraceful, moans resorted to pVoouro thein,\^A* New York cotomporary states that a " c?ivtojrbo lawT yer" o?, that city has made forty thqusauu dollars in fifteen months by managing such cases; that)?40 divorces hftvo been granted by the Supremo Court during tWpast yoar, and that they are going on at a rate of atiouti a dozen a' week, . , . v .:?]??,;?jJ? u * Open:-r--The; College at ]}uo West, ?. C./ is. now op?n. i ?I , Southerners in Washington. The general deportment of Southerners in ?/Woflhington is thus set'forth in a letter to the New York Worldi It will be been their bear ing is suoli as characterizes a high-toned chiv?< al roue people : , ?y?jfc * ^ ' Serious, w itli an air of resignation in their faces, which does not exclude vivacity, digni fied^ without haughtiness, reserved but not taciturn, tho prodigal children of tho Union c?in? baok homo, if not entirely 'converted,, with the best,intention at least to bo faithful to their pledge, and to live in peace .with the government. The liotel at Whioh I put up Was filled with families from tho South, com ing here with tho avowed intoution of obtain ing tlieir pardon from tho President. The* men looked gravo, the women sud ; tho chil dren surprised and almost' bewildered to seo themselves in suoli aplace. Most of those I saw were in mourning. At breakfast or din ner they ate solemnly and^?nmst without ex changing a word. It was evident, from their manners that thoy belonged to what was for merly called.the aristr?cracy of the South -? Their manners were easy and simple, Without any mixture of stiffness and -constraint which you meet witti^so frequently among upstarts. . Cool, reserved and modest, they speak very little, go straight-forward to their busiues3 without looking either to the right or to the left, like people who are iu haste to leave the city, or go home. In the President's ante-room, whoro I met several, and^tnong them a few members of the Confederate Congress, they stood in cor ners or out of doors, with a ri?wspaper in their .hands, communicating with no .one, and acting pretty nearly as if they were' prisoners ot war, and had lost the right of speaking their minds. Tho ladies copy and even ex aggerate the reserve of the men. They re main mofb of the time confined to their rooms, never go .down to the parlor, and* when they leave the hotel, which is ve/y St?y?j it is fot a visit to some fri'ends, or to exobango civilities with Southern families in so?ie other hotel. The only timo I saw Southern . ladies depart from their, silent aud reserved^atti'tudc was ^iienOhj?jLiiddi^sed, theLJire^an^in.Jiclvaitl of their sons and lrusbanas: > Ot) that occasion their timidity vanished j they beoamo-bold, and, with true eloquence, tried to awakeu thc sympathies of tho Chief Magistrate. The im passibility of tho Prcsidont and his apparent coolness did not.seem to make them flinch; they renewed their entreaties with greatorspir it and force, and did not leave the ground un til they had either carried their point or hoped to carry it. ' J The Convention and President Johnson On Thursday evening, says the Greenville' M?untwineer, the mails brought*to hand tho following telegram to His Excellency Gover nor PeriIy, in roferenco to the proceedings of the. late Stato Con volition : )' > 's . Washington, Sept. 29th, 1865. Gov. . F'. PfciiRY : I thank you for your djspatoh of the 28th inst. I have to congrat ulate your Convention upon its harmonious .and Successful amendments of the Constitu tion * It affords great satisfaction here to all who favor a speedy restoration 'of all tho States in tho Union. Let this work go on, and wo will soon bo once\nore united, a pros perous and a happy people, forgetting the past, looking with confidence to a prosperous and harmonious future., ANDREW, JOHNSON, . " President U, S, Presrytery^?TliC' South Carolina Pres bytery was in session at Newbprry, on tho 29th ult. Rov. S. S. Gaillard, Moderator. The ne^t ineetiug of Prasbytery will beat Greenwood, 0., on Thursday before tho 3d Sabbath in April,-1866. Cotton.?Tho price of this staple has fal len considerably. The movement commeuced in JLivorpool. .. ?--*.?? -,?^? Great Fires.?-Three thousand buildings have been burnt at Constantinople?loss, ma ny millions. A terrible conflagration recent ly swept over tho city of Augusta, Maine.? A fire broke out in New York city, on tho 18th ult., destroying 03,OOO#OO worth of property* ????- -t=^z???^?.. ,, ?. , . MAllIUKD, on feunday morning, 8th instant, .at ,tbo house of tho bride's father, by L. N. Romns, Ksq./^MK'CHAIILIW DURHAM, of Anderson, to Misa M Alt Y ANN UUIULVM, of Piokcua. < '\ '? '?'" : ". '. ''" .?'' ? .?'' '?? '' \, tho Voter? Of the 4th Congressional District of^ South Car ;na, consisting ?f the Judicial Districts, of Anderson, Pickeps, Greenville, Spartan burg, La?rens, Uuifb, York and Chester. Fellow Citizens t I have, after inuoh hesitation, at the instanoe of a number of frieuds for whose opinion nod wishes I ent r tnin gieat respect, consented to becoino a can didate, to represent you in the Congress of the - United States.' The election will probably * \ take place about the' piddle of November, and as the time is vory, short, and the District very large, it would bo quit? impossible for me to see, and make myself personally known to a^ majority of you, even I considered ijbnoc-W cssary.oiF-propor.'to resort to the ancient'mode of electioneering. But I take it fpr girante!) that in the present condition *ok the. cou?t y, personal importunity for ^osifcioh; would, wilh the intelligent voters of the mountain District of South Carolina, be as distasteful, ?s mere ,. personal influence and friendship would bo unavailing. That laying all pprs?wd consid erations asido, each voter of tho District, ,in vr this day of his coup try's tribulation, Wf )I, on approaching the .ballot-box and depositing his vQte, bo governed exclusively by the judg ment he may form of tho ability of the party whom he seeks to invest with office, to dia- ' charge the great duties that will devolve upon him. Entertaining these views, distrustful or .. my own ability, but willing to submit myself , to the judgment of those whom offer to rep resent, it would bo aliko inconsistent with, my sense of propriety, and degrading to my fopl- , inga as a patrjot, looking alone, if I know my-, self, to the restoration and prosperity of my country, to hunt^yoii down at yonr residences, in tho social ? circle, or elsewhero iu detail, ? with personal importunity for your suffragos. I therefore taK .his method of announcing ? myself, and retipootfully solicit your favorable consideration, with tho assurance that if hon- * ored with your choice, what^or ability I pos sess will be devoted with untiring energy a^nd j? industry to your service. I would not, how- ,/ ever, be understood "as ignoring the duty of f the enndidato to mix with and make himself ' 'known to those"whom he offers ?> represent.. -Ojv.*4i^c?ntrajfy,Jtu8 tho moro^tlesi ^SSL ??cde of incoomfilistang .tuft$ ? bbjs^i^^; prcsent, to meet you at certain times unti v . places, of Whioh notice is annexed below, for the purpose of making myself known to you \ personally and politically, and taking cpunsef with you in relation to the groat interests of our country. I earnestly and respectfully iu vite as many of tho citizens of the. respective ? Districts, as can mako it con.voni?nt, to meet me at the places iudioated, where I proposo * to address you and devolope ' fully my views end Opinions touching the politioal condition of the country, andrehe best mode of restoring our now prostrate commonwealth to her an cient prosperity, glory and fenoWn. I have the honor-to be^ respectfully, your obedient^ervant, J. P. HEED. 1 propose to address the people at tho fol- ' lowing times and places. Other appointments will be made hereafter, if practicable : Chester Court House, Wednesday, O?t. 18. Yorkville, Thursday, October 10. - Uni?n Court House, .Monday, Cetebe? 23. ?., Cross Keys, Union District, Tuesday, Oc tober 24. . ' df Laurens Court House, Wednesday, Oot. 25.' Woodruff'?. Spartanburg District, Thws rlnxr *?1> .. Ol? ' ^ Spartanburg Court Houso, Friday, Oct. 27. ? \ Greenville Court Hquso, Saturday Oct. 28. i Walhalla, Monday, October 30. Pickons Court House, Tuesday, Qpt^'Bl: Pendleton,-Wednesday, "November 1. '.' : Anderson, Thursday, November 2? BSr TIic friends of Hon. '05V respectfully announce hiui a Candidat? for a soat in tho Congress of the United States, ?t the next eleotion. ' * Oot ober 12, 18?6 '6? tf _ ;-?-1-!-U r Letter of Acceptance.- "*> [Prom tho GreenvUte Mountaineer.) . GREENVILLE, S. C, October'2, 18G?, ajr. Editor: l'ara indebted to tho kindness of ? . a some friend or. friends for a very flattering nomi- '' ' nation, coutainod in your issuo of tho %thultirao, to a scat in tho Unitod Statos Congress. *I aooept ' tho nomination, am grateful for the support prom ised, and, if elooted, will do my duty. Very lleapectfully, * r \ ' ? JOHN J>. 8 E. '/ H@r TIm? Fr?gide of Coli John I>. ASHMOHE^ospectfuliy announce him aoandidato ; ' for a soat in tho Congress of tho United States, at . ? ' tho ensuing eleotion. 0 . Oot 2,. 1805 : ' 4 tf