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EOB'T. A. THOMPSON, Edita. E.A. Thompson, W.H. Holcombe, ft. Young, PROPRIETORS. TE H MS.-G?<^jDoiiaf and Twonty-ftre C?i?ts for six months, in advauoe. Provision aleo taken in paymont, at tho market ratos/ 4?@Ti Advertisements inserted afc $1 per square for the Qrs^jLnsertion, aud 50 oouts for ouch.subse quent insertion, cash or provision. J5$gr Obituary Notices oxocodiug fl ve lines, Trib utes of Respect, Communications of a personal character, and Announcements of Candidates, will bo oharged for as advertisements, Job Printing executed with neatness and ,dsspatoh, for cash or provision. . _ Necessity ?aompols us* to adhere strelly to tuotfequircmon'Pof cash paymont.. PICkENS C H., S. C.: Saturday Morning, December 9, 1865. ADVANCE PAYMENT 1 We wish it distinctly understood that our tormo for ?ubscription, advertising and job work, arc advanc? payme?t, in all cases, cither in provision or cash I JEST Mr. W. H. D. GAILLARD wiU aoccpt our thanks.for Columbia papers. We are. indebted to, our R.eproseata i tive8, Messrs. KEITH-and NORTON, for pub lie documents and other favors. / J06T" The semi-valedictory of Golv. PERRY, and tn? Inaugural of Gov. ORR. exclude our usual variety this week. Study these states meu-lLkc documents. Give your chos? lead ers your oo^ifideuco. Accept^ their principles and suggestions. Act up to them, and oease .your repining*. Accept thiugs as you lind them, and go forward manfully, prepared to work ou! your destiny ! In civil life, men con trol very much 'their own destiny 1 JIST Wo invito.sp.eoiul attention to the Cir cular of Gen. ELY in another .column, requir ing oontracts to be made immediately between freed persons and their employers for tim yeaf 1866. Geu. ELY authorizos the formation of a Board, to consist of the Provost Marshal and tw? oitizons of tho* District, to approve coa' traots. Capt,. BRAY prives notioo to tho peo ple to meet at Walhalla, to day, to seleot the members of this Board. i K --?a-a, - t&"; Congress astern bled on Monday: last; since, wc have not had a lino from the F*dert s al capitol. ^ It is .not believed that Southern members generally will bo admitted to seats at once, unless they can take the test oath. Tho President's plan of "speedy restoration" has been well-nigh defeated: by radicals both North and South. When wilWwisdom prevail? JB3T J. E. HAOOOD, Esq., as will be ?coo by Iiis advertisement, is tho Ageilt of the ^Southern Real Estate Company," at Wash ,, ington, D. C. This Company was established .at the* f?d?ral capitol, to enable owners of Heal Estafo to sell tho sanio on the most ad vantageous terms. Mr. HAGOOD'si/?ne busi ness qualities m alee him a most acceptabfo me dium for both seller and purchaser. . gig"* JOSEPH M.'ADAMS, Esq., of Picken?, has been admitted to practice in tho CourtsJpf Law and Equity it this State. . * & Tho Anderson %* Intelligencer" comes tons ''greatly enlarged and 'otherwiso improved. The very encouraging patronage extended to friend Hovx,enables him to unfurl his bonnor in tho best style. His'insorlptionaare pointed, entertaining, mid useful. Long may it wave! ?@7*The "Laureiisvillo Herald," inthohistory of whielvsd much that is sad and ploasant to us is intertwined, has beery ve?cstrib|ished ; and is now .published'in.good styloby M?yj/rs, T. B. CHEWS and* , J. WELLS SIMPSON. McBsye H. L." MCGOWAN and B. W. BALL are uio Euijpre. The establishment .bus' out best wishes fc?r Us'sueooss. J?3T A despatoh fi-oin President ?OUNSON to Provisional Governor HOLDEN, of N. 0., 'says: "You will bo sustained by the govern- j mont. "Tho results of the recent ejections in North Carolina*have greatly damaged the pros pects of the S&ite, in the restoration of its gov ernmental' relations. Should ?ho actiooVind spirit of tho Legislature bo shown'in tho sam? manner, it will greatly*increase the mischief already done, and might be fatal." ? The Small Pox is spreading at Abbe Vaccinate ? vaccinate 1 Ujn. CHARLES J. JENKINS has been , elected Governorof Georgia, without opposition CORRESPONDENCE Og TffE OOP&Xijfc ' COLUMBIA, Dec. 2; 1865; . pear Colonel : The day for tho Inaug?ra te tion/)f our Governor ej?ot was tyinp, cold.and cloudy*l-n fit .emblem of our political condi tion. ' Notwithstanding thc inauspiciousness of ^bc weather) th o ceremony took place, ?ov PJ?RRY first delivered au addr^, bidding fare well to. ?ho Legislature, and" sacing that bo wouh) her?o?forth communicate thr6^g;l| our constitutipna? Governor. ' His address bo*& in style and dplivory, sensible and luauX ly, ah.d gave great satisfaction to tyjs friends and admirers. Gov. ORR then took tho stand and delivered Iii? Jn-aiigural ^dui-jaa, setting forth his .politjcalfaith in his usual .ol?ar and forcible style, which was woll received by the intelligent audience. A large ' tfuuibor of la dies,' (considering' tho unpropitipusness of the [day) graced the htdl with their presence ' On the next flay, Lieut. Gov. PpRTER-mado his appearance ahd was inaugurated.. He de livered au^?x?eedingly neat and appropriate address on the oooasiou. Chief Justioe DUN KIN administered the oath of pffioe -'at both inaugurals. . / * Judge WARDLAW and Chancellor. JNGJLIS were'elected Assooiato Justices bf. tho Appeal Court, .the*former unanimously, ancWhp'Lutter.. losing, only two votes out of 189 east. It mttst be gratifying in the highest degree to the gen tlemen now on thojAppcal Hench, to feel that tboy ha.o tho entire po'mjdunco of tho bar and people of South Carolina; ?j?Lwo look to the futuro charac ter of our AppellntPwibunal, feeling assured that it will maintain its hitherto high standard. There ore two Chancellors and three Law Judges to bc elected ot tho present session also. Maj. W. W. HUMI'URKYS was elected Commission er in Equity for Andorsou distriotj having received* '8^ votes, a id A. O. Nouais, Esq., incumbent, 62' vot?s. The other OomraiasionerS in Equity elected are: JAMES PATTERSON, Barnwell; GILES J. FAT* TERSON, Chester'; JAMKS C. CRAIG, Chesterfield ; M. A. HUGGINS, Clarendon J BENJ. STOCKS, Colle ton ; A. F. EDWARDS, Darlington ; U. E. SESSIONS, Harry ; A. L. EVINS, Marion ; V. D. "Y". JAMESON,' Orangeburg ; D. Ii. DES^SSURK, Richland ; T. S. FARROW, Spartanburg; WM. MUNRO, Union? JAS L. GANTT was elected Register, and) J*s. W. GRAY Master in Equity.for Charleston district ; and HEN RY TRUSCOTT, Kcgistcr of Moshe Conveyance, for CfiarleLfon. J. C. M??vea, Esq., Svus ^e-electgtl Solicitor of tho Eastern Circuit. J Our legislation, "drags its slow length along." impeded by tho numerous elections, and.tho coast jess importunity of candidatos. By-tho-way, a bill has been introduced to give tho election of Cotn tnissidhcr in Equity to tho people. ' The bill to repeal the Usury law hos received its second reading in the House? and been sent to tho Senate.- Wo have in neither House progressed bo-' vond thc sixth section of the bill to establish Dis trict Courts;.and have only reached No. 6 of the General Orders in the HouSc, thoro being thirty nine matters on tho Calendar. . A motion to adjourn "sinie dio" on tho 12t?i in stant has been introduo'ed?u the Hoijso, but we will hot eVch got through'tho Codo by that timo, unless members take moro interest iu legislation and talk less'. Tho fact is, th? discouragements,' J Wo havemet vrlth inPreeiUont JojiNSoN'stol?grain'i. J and reports from the Northuru*leotions. and tho political aspect of affuirtat Washington generally,, have made maUy deem our legislation? fas almost useless. 1 have soon and read tho proceedings of the "No^ gro Convention," in.Charlcston, and am more fully satisfied thereby that the whito and blaok races can not live together. That body issued an address to thc people of tho State, a declaration of rights and Wrongs, and memorial^ respectively to our Legis lature nud tho U. S. Congress. They domand thc right to vote; sit upon juries, carry arms, fcrftify in courts, and, in fact, that the laws which govern whites shall direct blacks; luit, to;bo appreciated?; these jraBoedlngs should bo road.-' . Gov. ORR wont to Charleston this morning to con fer ,with Oon. GRANT, who is there on ? visit, and Gen. SICKLES, who has takeu command of this Stato, in thc stead of Gen. Q|M.MOUK, relioveti. ? N. THE INAUGURATION Of Col. OUR, the Governor elect, on thc 29th ult., was an imposing ceremony, l^rovisional Governor PERRY, said : Senators and Members of thc House of Rep resentatives : I.'have come here to-day to bid you farewell, as Provisional Governor of Soii^h Carolina' and to congratulate yotu on the restoration of the, State, Vnce more, .to solf.gover'nmont and independence^ ns a member of the Federal Unioft. Like the leader of God's chosen peo-, | plc'of old, I have had the honor of conducting you through the wilderness, within sight of j the promised laud, but am not permitted to eater it, *That great boon has. been reserved for my distinguished friend, who is now about to bo inau'guratecl.as the first Chief Magistrate pf the' State ever elected by the sovereign people. If not within " threo days,'' lie Will, within a very, short time be able to pass you |(Avor the confusion an? military rule, under "which' you haye so lohgjived,^ to that happy state, in whioh you will be able to govern your selves, aud enjoy ^l? the rights and privilege:*] of a' free and enlightened people. Under his wisc,and able administration, Ividpc to,see the good Old State revive, prosper, au* be pneo more liappv: ? am sure, gentlemen, that ? may say- with pfftfeet propriety, us tho representative of the Federal Government in South' Carolina, that' tho Statp bas .done enough to entitle her fo be ?eoeived back os a member of thc Federal Union, witli alliof her Constitutional rights fully rostofcrl.' ?he wa? foreruost in assuming the post of changer in the recent revolution, and tn her appeal to arms in defence of what shQ honestly believe*! to be lier reserved rights, as a State. Gallantly and nobly her sons fought through ,t(jo war, pouring out their | blood and saorif?ojng their lives on almost;ev> cry bt?ttl?-fiel4f#hroughout the.Southcru States^ | AVhcn concpiercd by flfrerwuelmirtg nutnb6fa> ? . : ? ?j?.' . j' ._ -. ' ' _' eocitigf their towna and villages nothing bat. sw?ujder.ing ruins,(their beloved State1? wide $nre?0 desolation^ their .wfvos, ahd sisters, and Wiffo children,'and aged parents.at tho point yr ' starvation, like bravo men they aocoptcd thodccfecs 'Or God, and 8ubm>t(?e$ themselves t? tho dir? fortunes nf w?.r. Sad uud silent, with, manly fortitude and firmness, they await ed tho lerms pf th6 conqueror. " When those, terms we're n.ado known, they'w?rofirst, with a generous pride and high chivalry,-to assume 'thc humiliation which their State'had boon foremost in bwnging.on our common country. O%^B soon hs ?the President's .Proclamation was issued, tho people of South Carolina wont cheerfully forward rind took the,amnesty oath, .?hoy .promptly assembled jn Convention, uu cler tho order of the Provisional Governor, and reformed thoir. State (Constitution, as was desired by the'President. They abolished slavery, hud freely gave UP their two ^mildred millions invested in slaves. ' When advised to adopt the Congressional''amendment to. the Coustitutibn of tho United States abolishing slavery, South Carolipa was the first Southern State which ratified'the same, and set un ex?? ampio for ber sister States to follow. She has beou first, also, in preparing a wiso and hu mane codo of laws for tho protection of the freedmen'iii all their rights of persoual prop* crty, and. allowing thom to give testiinouiy in hor eourts'of .lusticc. She has now elected lier Representatives in both Houses of Con gress, 1&ind eonimissioni?l 4hein trji take, their seats in that body. She bas organized a pcr , feet State. G oven? mont, wi&h Legislative, Ex ecutive and Judioiary Departments; all ijepnV licau in their character^ and the members of each shearing .to support the ?onsti?ntion of tho Uuited States. Her Ordinances of secos? sion have been repealed, and'sho now pledges herself to stund hy the Union in good fuHh, ano*' witji all Sincerity." Having done all?this, you, and your State ha verene yoitt-duty, gracefully and faithfully, tis becomes a gallant and generous people, who are'noyer afraid to assume any position where honor and patjiotisi? prompt. ? I kuow tho President cjcsires to relieve you of military rule, and see your Representatives once more seated in the councils, of tho nation. I csn ,110t beliovc that Congress will exclude themr py a test.oath, Which does not apply to mem bers of Congress, ?for they are not ofticers of the "PederahGovemmoiit, as was early decided io the history of - pur Government.', Nor has jCongress auy power to impose on ita members [$\y other oath than that prescribed in the Constitution'. To aMmit a contrary doctrine, would enable tho majority in Congress to ex clude the minority, because they, were Demo crats, ?r States Rights' men, or professed any other pVinciplen repugnant to the oreed of tho majority. 'J[bo Constitutional oath was wisely ordained, ai(<^ excludes all o/ther oaths. Tho' powers of Congress arcdclegated and sp?cifie,, and they have no'others/ The rcasou for tho passage of this test*oa^h has passed away, and if..not repealed, noone in South Carolina can filia federal office till anew generation has sprung up, for all now living, mon, women and children, did, in some way, countenance tho War. % . . . . lt is known to you, gentlemen, that I was opposed to the secession of South Carolina. No, man in America regrettera more deeply* than I did this fatal movement? fdr 1 thought I foresaw all the evil consequenceswhich have rosftltcd fr?m it. Rut, when the issue was mlHo,'.ihjy feelings and sympathy were all with my native State And yet', I conscientiously believed that even the.succees of the Southern States' would bc disastrous. Thc jealousies and errors of tlffc'Orecian States were constant ly in my mind. " Disintegration once oom menoecb in a confederation of republics^ no one' eon ld foresee where it would J e??d, except in petty tyrannies, ol a consolidated military des p?tis?i.* . ? . ' Henceforth, no one will repudiate the fare well adviccof Washington, as tb the impor tance and perpetuity of tho Fedora! Union. It \\nh shown a power and strong'th, moral and physical, which defy dissolution, till.some ex traordinary, change ha? taken place in the condition of the people. The tendency of civilization is to <enlarge ^jraeVninents, and not to* disintegrate them., 'JMT causes of Wis 'content or. dissatisfaction between tho North ana thc Southe have been removed ky, the abolition or* slavery. TheN different section^ of this great Republic aro mutually dependent on each other, aud the one cannot live well without? tho others. Tho*Southcm ?>tatcs, plant cotton, and tho Northern States manu faet?ro it, Tlie great West grows grain, and iraises live stock for the supply of both seqtibnst TVO all speak the samc.fanguage, and have tho same couimcm origin. Our opinions and fertl in gs ^n'regard to th* republican principles of government are identical. Thero is, too, a similarity in ouymrsuits and habits, manners, oustoms, and religion, and education.', N $ < Hiskiry teaches its that the prcsont'aspority, of feeling; which may exist in the breasts bf many, ih/conscquonco of tho wrongs and inju ries of the w^r, will soon wear out. ?Brave and honorable weft'aro always ready ?t?'?Vwil-, ling to b??omo reconciled. History tenches ! li?. too, t?niVt?i? ravages of war afp ?ft?bl^iiloro .. .' ' ' ' ? ' * , ..,? ??. " f mmmm1 iiijijij M ?; ? .i iifc. ?ni iii'i 11 H in mu. ?jiiij.. U j j ?t'-Jl1-1.. f, L?VSSS**? oasjly repaired, than ono isnpt to suppose. An? industrious and enterprising pebpjo vfOl^sdoi* . ? restore ? country desolated by war. Suob a j?eoplo may ,soon convert'a wilderness iuto productivo and highly unproved farms. No one need despair of thc. Statu, ?n a few years, with peuce and ipdustry, everything wilt .?ha?go aha Wear a proFi?rous and happy as^ pect. \ ? You have, gentlemen,, in your legislative* capa?jty nrduoos duties to perform, .requiring*,^ .. grdat prudence and forethought Your finan- ^?'v ; (VS and banking system, how prostruto, have t6 be restored ; your laws bave to be amended to suit tho changed condition of the State ^ yq^r militia system, now more important fcjjjfm over, requires your earliest consideration ; your judiciary^ must bc restored, and in s?ino re spects it would bo proper lo make improve- . mcuts in tho system; But I am tresspassing^ on tho prerogatives of the Constitutional (Joy ornor. Henceforth, all of mV communications as the representative ,of the Adorai Govern ment, must bc made through him, and to him. I -hefbe -most devoutly that I may have none* . to. mako, oxcept ono, which authorizes mo to- ' say that tho President of, the United States-- * recognizes. South Carolina, once in^re. ' r.s f> ;? member of the Federal Union, fully restored to all of her Constitutional, rights. ^ y lu conclusion, gentlemen', lot ino return you my most gratefuhhanks for the very flattering; ' manner in which you have conferred on me Mic high and distinguished trust of represent- t ing the State of South Carolina in thc Senate of t?io Xlnite?* States. And let me assure you, V; ' that.all of my energies and humble taleuts will be devoted to the promotion of the best in terests of th e State, her wei faro and honor. , ' I bid you ?? affectionate adieu. Col. ORR, the Governor elect, then .ad dressed th? members of the General Assembly* ? as follows; . ? '. Gentleman pf thc .Sertatc anil House of\ Jtcp->* rcsentaf'ivcft : ?;}> \ Th?'?pnstit\ni?;^S'(?oth Carolina require-* ' that" the oath* of oHioe of tlid Governor shall be? taken in your presence[j and immemorial .usa^c requires him to make, on.such an occasion, if brief exposition: of tho principles which will oontrol his administration. . ' 1 Tho high hortor conferred on inc by a ma jority of , my follow .citizens, in choosing mc their fl$$ Governor nuder the now. Constitu tion, ?nd tho ?vehtful period in the State's- ^ ?history when the selection fe made, lilla me with a sen.se of the profoundest gratitude. I . approach its grave duties, and! n^ponsibijities, with tho deepest humility, and1 with'a slimere* J* .distrust of ^n^tmpacity to discharge them irv such a manner as to satisfy the reasonable ex-: pectatioiis of tho. State. . s i ?'UMdpi* these eircumst?ncos, I can venture* * ' : with'jjafcty to inake at least one pledge to the- " people of1 this ancient Commonwealth : that all the zoa? nivd energy pf my nature, during my offiojial term, shall b? earnestly and con stantly ^dovotcfl t<>thoir ?erviee.* With the', i uniform practice of that, partiality which, 'caiwcd them to elevate me ta this great offioo, I trust they will exercise a generous confidence* . '? in thc acts of my adm inundation, always givr' - ing mo fiill credit for just abd patriotic mo tives. . * Tho State is.now just ontcring upon a, new* . and'untried career, where there js muoh to hope for and not a little to fear. AU of our > old landmarks in politics hnvo been swept ofF ; \ by fcjie fires of war. Our social and industrial '. . ?.y st Rms have- perished from tho samo uprclcnttt^f nml unpityijYg oauwo. Some of our most distin goislwjU citixews. and many of our most promising. young men, have fallen ni-tr (yrs to the ancient principle* uf South Carolina. Grief over the bier?. of tho loved uues has filled overy housohuld, and tho tears of tho widow and the orphan-hare be dewed cvory hearthsftono,. ; And yet, amid this genern-1 wrook in all the relati??? of life, it woiilci ? be unmanly to despond*. The highest courage and the sternest..fortitude is demanded, wherever.th?***- ? . hoaviest calamities overtake andi thrcateh to ent? gulph us. ... ; ' > . ". ' .. The peoplo-of South"Carolina seceded from the Feder?! Union under an earnest and hcne?it con viction that thoy had tho Constitutional right so'to> do; and they wero equally earnest and honest in tho conviction that their interest and tho, security . of a very largo property in slaves required them! to rosort to this extreme jncasure. Other ^Sl-Ur* united with her to set nj> a new Government. The Kxechtrvo, tho Legislativo, and the Judicial Derart monts of the United States Government ntl denied '? , \ the right which we had asserted, and v/ar ensued. All partiesjtnew that slavery was thc-roal founda- ' tion of tho collision Iretween tho sections. .Th.? South eugaged in it to. prcsorve nud perpetuate it ; tho North to destroy it?. F?itir yearn of bloody, desolating war was spcf.t in seitling tho i?suo, wldoh had been eomuvitted to tho arbitrament of thc sword, and- that High Tribunal from yfhloh ' there is no earthly appeal, decided the oause against us. It was .a final, irreversible dooroo. "We woro; o'xhausted, our annies tmrrondered, our last avail ablo 'rooruit had been sciit to fho front, and oUr resources wore aT? consumed. Wo succumbed.,"/?* ? tho power of tho' United States, and under tho^lso 'and inagnanih?oiu?. policy of President johnson w?' will, 1 hope and believe, very soon bo r'ostorod te* all our personal and political rights in tho< Redorai , Union, on terms of ^orfeoti equality .with all tho States oC that powerful sisterhood. - ...'',, Tlio war has deoided, first:; TJiat ono or moro of tho States of tho Federal Union hafvojewt tho right,v '.} at will, to secede tWurefroav.. Tho dbetrino of se possion, whioh was held to bo orthodoXjlp tho State Uightss suhool of politics, is ?ow exploded -for any ; practloal purposo. The theory of absolute sove- ^ ruignty of u State-ol' tb^ Federal.-.Ubloo (froftt