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?l? la? ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. . A. Thompson, W.H. Holoorabc R. Young, PROPRIETORS. _____ ?? ?.1 - ' " i "7~ E, .?Ono Dgtftraud Tw.enty-nye Cent? for six months, in advance. Provision aleo taken in pay menj!, at the market rates. M&T Advertisements ineerted;at $1 per square for the Arat insert ion, and 60 conte for eaoU jsabsc-. quent insertion; cash or provision. M@F~ Obituary Notices exceeding five'lines, Trib utos of'Respect, Gommunioations of a personal ohiAaoter, and Announcements of Candidates, will be ch?rged for,as advertisements. ? Ygy* Job Printing executed with neatness and despatch, for,cash or provision. # jj^a>"" Necessity compels 'us to adhore strictly to the requirement of cash payment. PICONS C. IL, S. C: Saturday Horning, Ootober 28, 1866. AGENCIES. , Messrs. John B. SittoN, Rowland & Knaupf, Pendleton* Dr. Norman and I). Biemann, Walhalla, will act as Agents for ' the Courier; receiving subscriptions cither in cash or provision. So, likewise, will* Post ' masters generally. . ? We have made arrangements to have the paper delivered regularly at Pcnd^ton, Wal halla, and on the Railroad. Subscriptions will be receipted through our Columns/ Persons receiving late papers will confer a favor by - loaning..them to us. * The Congressional Election. % ' Hon. Samuel McAliley, of Chester* an nounces himself a candidate for Congress from the 4th Congressional district. He declares ? that he was opposed to secession, but, when the war broke out, he stood up manfully for his ;eection. He declines to canvass the district. li It will be recollected that Mr. 'Reed will address the public at this place on Tuesday next. It is probable, that other candidates will also be present. Col. Farrow^ has been pardoned by the President* ?. 1 Internal Revenue Guide \Ve have reoeived a copy of the " Internal Revenue Guide," prepared by. Col. C. J. j?r, ford. It contains an abstract of the tax laws of the United States, which makes it of intcr est to the tax-payer at the present time. G. , E. Elford, publisher :. price, fifty cents. Orecnvilro, S. G. w The Legislature The late Convention, by ordinance con vened the Legislature, in extra session, on "Wednesday last. This was necessary? '; 1, To order an election for members of the Congress of the United States. 2. To elect United States Senators. 3. To organize " District Courts," as pro vided by Article III, section 1, of tue Con stitution of the State. ^There arc other matters of grave importance ? to come before our legislators, cither at the extra or regular session. Prominent among thede wili be the status of the white and black races; th$ indebtedness, both of the State and'its citizens, and the mode* of payment j police regulations, for preserving order and enforcing rig?jfcr the laws; the banks, their condition, anoThe currency the rc-organi/.a - ?ion of t,hp militia ; offices, officers,. and sala ries j taxation; together with a varioty of other subjects made prominent by tho disas trous -revolution out of wh'ich \\\c country has just emerged, almost entirely shorn of life, liberty, and property/ 7 We aliali endeavor, from tifie to time, to give our views upon some or all of these enn trolfing questions of the day. \ Pardoned. & The President has released from prison, otf' parole, John A. Campbell, of Alabama; John H. Reagan, of Texas ; Alex.' H.'Stk jtyENS,<of Georgia; Oeoiige A.-T'eenholm, of /.South Carolina; and ?x-Gov. Charles /A , of Mississippi.' Their parole corv haw thorn to their (respcoUVe States. ' ?he President has also pardoned nearly ov <tery member of t^e late State Convexi?n of Seu?h fcarolina. ..''.UJM . . " -.- * '!' .. ' . Li). The Provisional Governor The correspondence in another column, be t t?yon Gov. Perry and the Secretary of State, leads to the conclusion that the Provisional Government of the State will continuo for a longer period than was anticipated. We fear that the restlessness! and disquietude of a few persons in the State contribute'to this end. Tho continuation of Gov. Perry as Provision al Governor longer tha?? December, <wi/' de prive the Stato of hisservioOs as United States Senator. His commanding iuflueuCTj in that position, atJWashingtou, On the assembling of the Federal Congress, will, we fear, not only bo a great loss to South Carolina, but to the country at large. - The impression gains ground daily that ? ly unobjectionable* l?yal men will bo permit ted to take seats in Congress. Wisdom eu joins upon us, therefore, the selection of suoli men for Senators and Represeu/tativea in 'that body as will ?nduoe 'te; the pacification atid prosperity of the country; and as will also strengthen the hands of President Johnson in his laudable worfcof restoring the Southern States to their appropriate places in the Un toli of the States. Any other'course Will be suicidal in the extreme. The Election. , We give below such return? of the election as have coipc to haftd. Nothing definite is known in relation to the election for Governor : \ : Anderson.?Senator : John Wilson. Rep rescntatives : 15. F. Cray ton, lt. N. Wright, T. H. Russell, W. U. Treeoot&' 1 Greenville.?Senator : G.- F. Townee1.?f Representatives : W. II. Perry, J. II. Good win, H. P. Hammett, W. P. Pric?. *. vl?>?cvi7//?.--Scnator ; Thos. Thomson.-jr ltcpreschtativcs : \ A. C. Haskell, J*. W. Hearst, W. A. Leo, R. A. Fair, D. W, Aiken. Spartanhurg.?Senator: J. Winemith. Representatives : J. W. Carlyle, A. 13. Wood ruff, D. R. Duncan) ?abriel Cannon, A. Cope land. , [*"?'' . Falrficld.?Senator: John Bratton.^Utcp rescntatives : W. J. Aistop, J. R. A>Wph, J. E. Elkin. \ ; ,\ The Division of Picken s. The following.Petition" will be Nciroulatcd' for signatures, and then presented to tho Leg islature : ? j To the Honorable the Members of the Senate and House of Roprcson tati ves : The humble Petition of the undersigned; citizens of the District of Tickens, respectful ly showeth f,o your Honorable body : That the District of Pickens comprises, as is well known to your Honorable body, an #area ex tending from the Sajuda to the Tugaloo River, a distance of sixty mh?e&, and from tho An derson line to the North Carolina line, a dis tance of forty ,e? ; and contains a popu lation, according to tho last Stato c?usus, ex ceeding 20,000, less thnu'6,000 of whom are blacks : That the body of Mije population i resides on the Tugaloo and Saluda, and tho streams flowing respectively into those llivcri; and that, to reach the Court House, the mais of the citizens must travel from fifteen thirty miles, crossing, for the greater length. I of thoir way, a continual succession of hills': *That the village of Pickens contains onlyelcv I en families, and no house of public entertain ment ;t* so that, when the weary citizen has it [ length toiled to the ?place, he must depend upon the kindness or charity of the few per sons, whose business as district officers com pel them to'reside there, fora nights lodging and food : That the country surrounding the I Court House for many miles being extremely broken ?nd barren, and incapable of supporlj ing a village population of ? few hundred, thv town cau never prospor or afford to the peo ple of tho District the advantages of a central place of trado i That, in the opinion of ymitj Petitioners, were tlm District divided by tho line of the Keowce Rivery into two Judicial Districts, a flourishing town in the midst of a fertile and populous region woutd spring up in each, which would g?vc new impetus "to the enterprise, and greatly promote the con venience, 'prosperity and happiness of the people. ? Therefore, your Petitioners respectfully pray, that your Honorable. body will nsidci? their interest, and divide the said District in to two Judicial and Eleotioo districts. ,4 ' And your Petitioners,, as in duty bound, will ever pray, and.so forth. J5@*~ It is announced, for the information of the public, that the tratos on the South Carolina Railroad, are now rutiping to fj. Hop kins' Depot," twelve milj& Wow Columbia. -'?* ' '"" r'-t"'-j . ?. .' ' i . i .' ' " ? ? -? ; ' . The Situation. The sudden aud entire change-in the labo$ system of the South, says the "Phconix," renderti the situation her people are called to accept one qCgrave. responsibility, and attend ed with more serious difficulties than any ^hey* haveiiad yet to*oucour.ter. Still \t must be accepted Cordialjy, honestly and loyally, with out reserve or hesitation, by all who desire to see the country rostorcd to poaoe and prosper-, ity. Under, the n?w order of things; wo find ourselves' surrounded by a busy c^wd. All have work?to do and duties to perform, which, although new to most of us,ipustbe done n^d' performed ' with singleness of. purpose and hearty devotion to a work of such paramount importance as the reconstruction of a free Government.* ' ? It is not inappropriate to remark hero, that wo of' South Carolina have had more to do with politics in the past tha'u was either profit able or advantageous to our interestsas a peo ple'. It will b? a long time before wo fan be dragged again into political complications or party feuds. And it is eminently proper and wise to abjure for thy present party or politi cal organizations, only selecting for our suf frages our best, wisest an. most experienced men for,the various' positions which it is nec essary to fill to complete the work of organi zing our Government. Place in the Congress, in the Legislature, in the Executive and all other civil offices, men to whom yon can con fide your greatest interests ; aiid having done this*, you may apply ^ourselves unfettered and unencumbered to the great work you have to accomplish both for yourselves and your pos terity. Whatever might have beqn the early appre hensions of our people on tho acco3sion of the present Chief Magistrate of the United States, wo may frankly say.that they are iot now en tertained?that the policy of the President, so far as it has been developed; and his official acts to the present time, have inspired the people of the S?uth with confidence in his patriotism and honesty of purpose. So far, he has a right to claim the approval and sup port of the people of the- Southern States iu the conning contest* which \ti\ almost certain 'lie. wffi nave with the restless spirit of radical-1 ism. To,this extent, then, onr ?people may patriotipally go, and?must feel a deep interest in the\result of'the struugle between wj%e ^conservatism aud rampant fanaticism. In all other political issues, they have but little in terest, and we have* no doubt they will turn* to'tlie cultivation of their lauds, the building up*of their trade, commerce and manufac tures, with an earnestness of purpose and a cheerful devotion, that will leave little time for political harangues or party caucussce.? fhis is the'path of wisdom and of duty. ? Another New State.?In 1861, Colo rado was organized as a Territory, and on the 6th of this., month the inhabitants thereof adopted the Constitution proposed to them by 1i Convention ^assembled for that purpose.? Application will he made at the^ensuing ses sion of Congress^, for admittance, and, as an enabling Aot has already been passed, Colo rado will enter the American Union, ere the year expires, as the tlfirty-seventh member $f that sisterhood of States.* By tl^ Constitu tion just adopted, the Legislature is to 'consist of thirteen senators and twenty-six members of the lower house, to be afterwards increased as circumstances may require up to the niaxh numi?thirty?sevcn senators andaeventy-cight representux-lves. ^Colorado lies* just North of New Mexico/- has Denver City as its capital, ?md theugb closely land-locked, bids fair to wax great in population and fioh in well de veloped resources. Some other of 'the-adja cent Territories- arc, it is understood, also fitting themselves fyr 'habilitation as States, and, perhaps, some, now living will4 behold a century of Sonatore at Washington, even as Home Had Jicr August court of the Centum \viri. ' . ' .-, ?. f* ' -*?.-* -? j1 mr Gov. Perry offers aVcward of $1,000 for the. apprehension of tho murdcrors of *the i j three men belonging to *ibo Federal garrison in Anderson. The oitizens of Anderson, iii 'public meeting assembled, likewise donounco ^thc assassins, and. condole the families of the deceased soldiers. , '.' The Republicans have^eurried Pennsylva nia and Ohio in the laic dtectioni.. ' n o-iJ? A isr isr a-s. Mt?kT' The schedule on tho Blue lUdg6lla.il-? road has been changed. Hereafter the oars will* leave \Valhalla ou Tties^jays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 11 O'clock, A.*'M. .. Leave Anderson, same days, on the ^arrival of the train from' Belton. ' .,' Safe.?Wo are pleased to learn, from a card published by/Wm. . Hunt, Esq., Sec retary of Slate, that the rooords of tho State have been by bim preserved, in tact, and are now in his official possession. Help for the South.?Wo see it stated iu a New York journal, says the " Phoenix," that an association has been organized in that city, Under 'the' title of the u Southern Heal Estate and Emigratjon Company," who?c ob ject is to^introduce capital, mechanical skill, aud emigration into tho Southern S.tates,? Capital, mechanical skill, and labor, arc all necessary to aid the. South in the. work of re cuperation, and it is4o be desired that every* honest and honorable effort in that direction?! will meet with success All such enterprises' should receive the? encouragement of our peo ple, for tho reason that our prosperity depeuds on the success of such movements. A " mountain of "'silver,"1 oratali events a mountain containing vast quantities of the metal, has been discovered in the new Stete of Nevada. Its name1 is Sifter Peak, it is east of San Francisco and about 70 miles south of Austin, and 12 immensely rieh lodes have already been opened. The whole of "Nevada is rich in silver, ' but this particular spot will, it is believed, produce more than any mines yet discovered. Close to the peak is an ex 'tinct crater, near it a vast deposit, of salt, with sight a hill of pure sulphur, and around an endless stony desert, the whole^sceue sug gesting strongly the picture which Milton drew of hell. - _ o ? ; Destruction of Recouds.?A'corrospon dent of the Charleston " Courier," says :? " The late struggle has unquestionably* en tail ep upon us and our posterity a long train Of ovils. We are only enteringupon the thresh ?h\ of ? penal oxpor?cncct w\uc|i w^^*p*o tr/ictod into coming yqifrs. ; The loss4of pub lic records off the State-may be otysjed among irreparable disasters. In this particular, South Carolina has, greatly suffered. 'Jlie State records and other papers of importance are gone fqrever. Some of the districts-'? Clarendon, for example?have had the entire cofitonte of the district offices destroyed. Ti tlc8,,deeds,- wills, judgments and decrees','have disappeared in the flames of war.. How march of confusion, how much qf litigation*, how much of perplexing embarrassment'^ ?nd, perhaps, of injustice and fraud, may not all this involve?" Ifi.'uv// iW(if/fi,? letter passed through the New York Post Office, last week,. Areni ftp Francisco for Dresden, Prussia, the-post age upon which was ?1,720.40. , ? It is said that a proposition will b*f made at the approaching session of the Loaisinnn Legislature, to pension the surviving married soldiers of- t?i?t State whose physical disabildi ties were incurred dnring the late war.. A Colored Mail Contractor.?Roberti. Orrick a colored man has received the con> tract to oonvey the mails 'between* Leesbnrg and Winchester, Va.; at?>525 per year. He is said to be the first colored nwwv that ever received a contract of the kind. Jackson,. Miss. Sept. 29,-7-?ov. Sh'arftey to-day issued a proclamation-?teepting the proposition of Obi. Thomas, Assistant Com missioner of the Frccdmen's^frtycau of Mis sissippi, transferring ?Jic riglit of trying all! cases in which the rights of fro&?raeri arc in volved from |hc Froedmen's Bureau to the civil authority, upon condition that the Pro visional Government of that State will, taig?/ for thoir mode of procedure' the laws now ny force, except so far ?s those Jaws ?mako dis tinction on account of color. The negroes are also to bo protected in person and property. They can be sued and have tho right to 8u*e. They aro also to be competent witnesses ac^ cording to tho laws of Cvioonce. Tho " News," jn an editorial, denounces the act as an ?ncr?aohmehi upon th^e .rights of the whites, oud eays^lt will he repudiated by the?people. . * .?$$,.