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A$V&#OE p^yt?EWfTi > Wo wis?it ?islinotly 'Understood that our terms for ^description, advertising and job work, are advance payment, in all cases, either In provision pr cash [. j . Gov- Orr's Message. * We preseut .to-day, on*our first jago, the fl first regular Message of His Excellency Gov. ORR,* His views are liberal and'sound, and . hissuggestions en?incnt?y practical. We com mend this Message to tho j^ton'tive considera tion of the reader. . > '_v . Con gre s 8, > 1 This body has met an?l organised, by the ' rc-eleotifltt of the old officers5. Tho speech ot Mr. COLFAX, the Speaker, .which appears on our fourth pago, indicates somewhat thc seuti .mbn?.of that bojy. Tho action of Congress, , thus far, has btfeu as effeotualfy to ignore thc existenoo of thtPSouther.n States, as its action ??during the war. ^Ve'liop? for tho best, but ^ without much couscdatiofr; a ' .'/ [ . Th^?|8;t^y??^8. ^ 'v' The vari??s District ijt?a^ are Quired bj law, we, believe, to as,'Scmblo atv the; Court House , on Saleday in January, for thc p?rpos? of transacting such business tis may come bc fore them. It is especially important that tin Comm?8(?pners of Roads and Public Building! should meet. The-bridgcs -arc in bad condi tion, and growing worse. A light tax s??ouh also" be imposed for bridge*|ntrposesyan*d keep ing, in repair tho public buildings. Let u rctu. .i to our old habits-of law aud order tax-payings-courts-&o. . ? if. The President1 s Message; . This document has been'received, but it i too lengthy for our columns this week. W ?n?st satisfy ourselves,'for the present, wit) tho following synopsis : ? Tho President thanks God for thc preserve tion of the Union*,' tfnd eulogizes the mcmor <>f LINCOLN. Ho sets forth distinctly an ably his views of thc rights and powers of th General Government-its aims anti purpose; This brings-him to thc rebellion, where h re-states, fully and explicitly, hi? restorai?io > policy. (Our readers arc familiar wiH^i this. Hesay^ tho States must bo the judge^** ii electors-he is opposed to unqualified negr suffrage. The rigb& of the1 ?reed people mm bo respected. Ho is opposed to monopole ol'class legislation. Tho homestead law worl will. * There were 1st Juno last, 85,986/pot slopers,'-and the number has been greatly ill * cronsed. Tl?e income of the Post pflico D .fmrtruont is $14,5,56,158' annually) andtl * expenditures 613,694,728, leaving's surplt ' of $801.^80^, The men in tho naval servit has behn reduced from 31#00 to 12,128;/ Tl strength of the army on the lstfMay last, wi $1,000,51$ men. 'lt 1 las been reduced 80C 000, and wilt bm out ?own tb. 00,000, a po . manoafthing. tho next, year's oxp?nditur for tho army will be ^3,814,461.. The p*? ^ ' lio debt is $2,740,854,760, which :mu?t 1 paid by taxes ahd| duties on imports. ? War' not foreshadowed anywhere in the message. < ?he South ??roHnl?n, 5 This Valu?d exchange fails to come to han Wo have not received a copy in a week gr.ti days. What is tho matter ? . r j?g?* We are indebted -to W. C. KBIT E?f?j.",'.Cor public documents. v ..Li' vrivJvf?*.'. * '. .?. . '.. .. *? . Masonio Eleotion, ,; At the Regular Communication of Keoft?o | :Lo\jgo, No. Ty,'A.-, F.*. ni.'., V" jWy?n iu?. slant, tho following named brethren wero*e?oo ted officers for the Masnnio^yo^f oominonci^g 6860 : ' -v ^ H. A: II.GTOON, w.4. M.*. ??OB'TVA. THOMPSON, S.-. Jfy. W. II. HOLCOMBE, J,?. .W.-. *> GIBSON, Treasurer.' .. TL. 'THOMAS. Seorctary. ? . 3). HUG II WS, Senior Deacon. . - . KOB'T. YOUNG, .junior Deacon. , ? ROB'.T. KNOX, Tyler. ? ' , An Extra 'Comwunyation will, tAe place tn Saturday t^e;23d instant, at 10 ?'olo.ok, A. M., for the purposo 4of. iustelllng tho vicers oleot, and conferring Degrees; j * Tho legislature. This body lins, we leam, enacted tho code, prepared!; by|j^Ie|srsl, "VVAUDLAW and BUKT, without. .Vny material chango. . "Mr. NORTON introduced tho petition of sundry, citizens of -Pickons distriot, praying thftf a ;noW Section precinct, tobe called, Hick-1 Qry Lund" mighjb be established. f Mr. Ki?i'jfn presented the petition of sun dry citizens of Piokonfli District, asking 4to have Managers bf Elections exempted froni road duty or? Compensated in < some other way os a consideration fpr their, services. In the Senate, Mr. GRI?IIAM introduced a bill to alter the Constitution, so as to divide Pickcns District into Wo Judicial and Eleo '" ?, 1, . . ,? \ ' . nf, "? tion Districts. ,. . , *' ' '.. w . . * Organize ! Organize ! Organize I $We have again^and again brought to the attention of our readers tho necessit^of form^ lng ono or moro militia companies, under the^ Governor's Proclamation, for the preservation of law and order. Recently, two ai three,} horses ha^ve been stolon, and several cases of theft have beten repu ted to us. ? We trust all i *now see tlio necessity of action .in this bobalf. \ Delays are dangerous. Lot us; thoroforoj have^ action. M -.. Proceedings of eprVgress. :VvJj Congress convened on ?rfc4 th instant. ?jj? Seiiato was called . to order by tilo J^r?sidpncT Scuator SUMNER introduced sundry radical, measures'in relation to tho South and lue freedmen gonerally, (J The ??ouso of Representatives was organ ized to-day by the rc-clect/ion of Hon. Schuy ler Colfax. No Southern mein bora* were called. Mr. Maynard, of Tennessee^ protested, but thc Clerk refused to listen to him. The . Presi dent, announces that ho is not only in favor of tho admission of thc Tennessee delegates, Duv of all meinbers elected' who can Wke thc oath. Strong efforts will bc made to make Tennessee an..exception, but it will fail. Tho galleries of the House of Representa tives are densely crowded,, atid uiuch good humor is prevalent among the members .. Mr'. Brooks, of New York, made q speech, characterizing thc ?rnis?iou oftho .meinbers from Tennessee from thc roll as unprecedent ed. If Mr. Mayuard warf riot a loyal man, from a Union and a loyal Stato, thc President himself was 'not loyal, but an alien and a stranger. He charged tjiat thc adoption of the resolution by |j?ho Republican caucus was designed as. antagonistic to the President's forthcoming message. . . The House took no action'on* the subjcot,, but under thc operations of tljve previous quos'-1 ytion, proceeded to tho election of Speaker" Mr. Colfax, of Indiana, and Mr. Brooks, of New York, being placed in nomination. THE SOUTHERN MUMMERS. .As the ?Glorie was calling the roll of tho members from New Yprlfc Mr. Maynard, of .Tennessee, rose to speak,- bul was prevented from |jpceeding by tljo Clerk, who stated that no remarksat tho time wore irt. order. Mr. Maynard,, again attempted to; bc heard,, but was silbneed by cries of ' border. Mr^ BroolA,; of New York, protostcd against thc refysnl to hear Mr. Maynard, claiming that if Tennessee was not ii State of tho Union, and if Mr. Maynard was to bo regarded as an alien, thc President of 'lite United'Statos-? citizen of Tonnessee-was also au alien and a usurpfltv He demanded that ,tho members fyom Virginia and' Tonncsseo should be ad mitted, and denounced tho refusal ofj.tho House to admir thom as despotism.'; > .Mr Brooks was* frequently caliea to order during his romnrks by Mr. Stevo^us, af Penn sylvania, and others, and finally asked Bjr. Stevens whon he proposed .to consider the question. Mr. S. replied jbhntVjho. proposed ,to consider it at thoproper thoo". Tho response' elicited considerable' applause from tho mopj bers and speot?tors. The Clerk said ho could not recognize any one as a member whose name wa^ not on the roll. . ?. ".. . 'Mr. McPherson was elected Clerk; Mr ['PVdway, Scrgcnnfc-ot-Arms; Mr. Goodouow, TOor-koepor j und Joseph Grace, Postionstor. 'V.'?Mr. Stevens offered u bill for the .appoint, 'jipent of?fifteen members to report whether nriy j of'tho'late Confederate States are entitled to representation. . - . ' . . The WU was passed' by ? vot0.of 123 yeas 4to-86 nays.\ \ WASUI NGTONJ Incomber 5.-But little was dono4iu tho Senate to-day besides rending tho Message, Tho credentials of Messrs. Alcorn and Sharkey,-Senators elect from Mississippi, were presented, and ordbred to He ou tho t? ftle until further action. . ! v In.thc? Houso, a se?cct commifctco was ap pointed vu tho subject of a uniform bankrupt jaw . > A resolution was nearly unanimously ?adopt ed, dcolurrbg that the public debt, with inter est, should^be promptly paid. At "the exclusion of tbo reading of .thc Nlessuge in the House to-day, there -wae ap plause from all sides. It is generally regarded Us a frank.exposition of thc Prcsidpnt's views ^on tho vital question of tho present. WASHINGTON, december G.--In thc Sen ate, to-day, Mr. Dixon offered a series of res olutions passed by tho Connecticut Legisla ture in favor pr negro Equality before the law. f Tho committees appointed vary but little ' from those of last session Mr. Summer, of Massachusetts, introduced ?bill regulating commerce, between the States, and.a resolution instructing tho Se?retary of the Treasury to inform thc Senate whether any persons employed i?n the Treasury Depart ment have not taken, the requisite oath. . Mr. Bingham proposed, amending trie Con stitution, annulling tlie prohibition on export duties, prohibiting the'payment of the^rcbcl War debt, und'securing iijl persons equality in {t]io protection of life, liberty, etc. 1 i Both br?rtjoh'?s of Congress have adjourned^ .over to Monday. / y * _-.._*..,^T-. i?roedtnen?s Affairs. 1 . Our .readers are interested in anything that concerns this department : ., In aligases, where contracts have'been m?hle for 1865, no part of the compensation allowed the freed people will be turned, over to thom. It is to bc* delivered to1 the Provost Marshal. , t Contrasts niu^t be made for tho year lS'GG, mi soon as- practicable' and they will be cp proyod at an carly day. V*:,,?apt.<BRAY, Provost Marshal a,t Walhalla, his been suddenly ordered to Anderson for a 'couple of weeks. When he returns, the con tract business will bo attendod to at once. Capt. BRAY has, so far, given very general satisfaction as "Provost Marshal. PROM 'Aii?oAb.~The news from South Amcrioa is important. Hostilities had actu ally commenced between Spain and Chili- An armed, boat's^crcw attempted to make a laud ing tit Valparaiso, and wero fired upon and driven back'by thc Chilians. Admiral Par eja has blockaded six of thc ports of Chili, and threatened Valparaiso with bombardment;. It is believcdV ttia?? he ?as exceeded thc instruc tions of his Queen, and will bo recalled. Thc revolutionists of Peru have triumphed, and President Pozetlius fled from thc country. In the? attack on Lima') thc palace was.fired, and narrowly escaped destruction. The, troqpi who defended it fought with great bravery tili every one was ^hot. Order was re'-ostablishec at tbe capital and at Callao. 'President Pczel took refuge on ,a ^ritish vessel, an^ was tc proceed to Panama cn route for'Europe, , ' . T^i?rq is later nows from Mexico Maxi .milian's journals report successes in the into, rior, but accounts arc conflicting. .Thc Em press had n decided ovation in Vera Cruz, nm .sailed for .Yucatan. Gon. Zuloiga had beor .banished by order of the Emperor, for receiv ing a letter from one of the ?Juarez Covern mont. Its contents linvo pot transpired'. There seems-, to be qdditioMl complication between tho . French and ,tho; Americans oi tho Kio Grande, '-aifcHhe probabilities of i w*nr aro hinted at. Tho, French hqpo evncu .hied Sinalon, and aro concentrating their force at-n feW'points. Hein forcements for tho Im penalista have renohod^Iatamorns.v i .. 'Jt?gP Mr. Raymond, o.f tho New, Yorl li Times," in an artiolc on 'Fenians, called th affair on imposture, farce and swindle.; whore ;.upon, the President Col. O'Mahoney, aske a retraction of what ho considered a ^persorn . insult. Raymond declined;; 'O'Mahoney cha! lunged bim, and Raymond" refused to figlv Thc former'published tho correspondence, an says of the lnt?.<*r, <?a person w^io wilFocithc undo a foul libe] nor place himself.in a pos tion to bo chastised for it, is not possessed ( the courago of, a mao. or the instincts of *gentlemW." . 1 ..' % ''. ^^^??/?^^ ; a Y . ' to 1 i'"-1- ?? 1 ' W? PP? (3-LE A- 3ST 1ST ita-s/:" Oy? P.v.W. A. McSwaia has hud his. lop: ^broken by j umpi n? from a buggy, Ho is juf i foriug very inuoh. | ? ' ? ' ' . . -- : .... ' Mes&rfj. Keys; By rum and Stowers nr# to be tried at Darlington^. ??.< * Col. Farrow, our lloprcsentative^a Congress, has gone to Washington^ ??gr In tho .WU w.hioh passed the Missis sippi Lorianne, conferring tho right on ne groes to testify in Court, tho freedmen has tull privileges, except that ho opnnot giverhis tos?.* timonys where two white* men are parties to* 1 the suit and the freedman has no interest itt 'si- ''. ''WA ? ?. . ??' ' '?J, the caset ? . ' i '}.; ',?..>. ' >' * '.J&?T iMie Washington correspondent of the-' \ N. Y. '".News'* states that the difficulties in the way of bringing 'Mr. Davis to trial have riot been returned, and that it is trie opinion of Hon. Charles O'Counor, of Nojw York, Senior counsel for Mr. Davis, that he will not be i brought to trial ?tall., \ . J?W* 'Tlio South Carolina. Railroad is run ning to Hampton's Turn-out, six-miles, fron* Columbia. ., % jr&Sr Tho President has rfceoive'd a despatoh dated Milledgouijle, 6th, from Gov? Johnson*,, . informing him that the L?gislature Jiad passed thc anti-slavery constitutional amendment, and " that law3 amply protecting freedmen in' their rights of person and property and allowing them to testify in cases in which they m^y b? interested will also be passed. % ?^T" The. Secretary of the Treasury recom- ' tngnd* the coWncttoP of tho currency, 'and says that lie fices na Way for the payment o? >. the public detrt but by an increase of tho in? cpmo bi.yoiul (lin expenditures. Dc recom mends, that tho collection of internal revenue to those States accruing previous to thc cstab ligjinicnt of collection Offices, bc indefinitely postponed, and that sales of property undor the>. direct tax law bo suspended until the Stales shall have an, opportunity of. assuming tho . payment of tho tax AsseHtftod upmvthtun- ' 1 -^.-r .. t\ ?"? " '. '"MAK?NO TREASON ODIOUS."-A bilB: with this title has been reported in the Senato of Missouri. Section 1 provides thatv no per son shall address another wlio has acquired, a .title in the robe) servioo'by such title, without prefixing the word " robel." Section^ pro vides that any person' violating tl?e provisio?.? %of the first section shall bo fiacd not less than . . ?iOm?r moro tlutu $50,. ' JBj%T It is said hy Havana correspondent**!, that the arms and sun m unction used by th.? Jamaica negroes, in the late insurrection wore furnished from New l?ti&lurid. FREEDMEN IN NoilTH IN ^CAROLINA. Official returns received at thc Freedmen's Bureau show that of thc 10,000^negroes sent* ? down Cape Fear River, in March, 1865, to Wilmington, by Gen. Shorwan, 2,000 died . from 17th March to 31st of May, for the want of medical Tatteation, whieh it was impossible . to afford them nt the time. A SUNDAY SOHOOL PAPER.-We aro grat ified to know taatthe Sunday School4Board of the Southern Baptist Convention have de termined upon issuing from this point a trionth- ? ly publication entitled V Kind Words for Sim- * ' day School Children.'*^ The publication will co m m on co on 1st January next, and will bo furnished*at ton cents a year I No imbserip- ?. tions received for less than ten numbers. All communications for the pnpor are to bo ad-' dressed \o " Kind Words, Greenville, S. C f*4 . remittances arid subscriptions) to " G. G. W?lls, Mailing Agont, Greenville S. C.."~ From our knowledge^' tho leading spirit of . this enterprise, wo can guarantco that tho' ". Kind Words'' will win its way ns a wcjoome . guest'to many a family circle. $ [Greenville Mountaineer.; ? Ton thousand nogrpes ard to bo triopl |^ py court-martial; and cjteoutcd, we are told/ for engaging in ibo Jaujaica rebellion. - *\Vo ' :! wonder if this ?mt?hery'of bia ok rebels will bo approved by those who desired ten thous and whito, re*bel8 put to de?tn%y our govern-* - \ ? ment, and who ate ojnily imputing for,ttie ex ecution of Jeff, Davis ? f.'x XKwhia-yp?riylkrt?kV . " fe* * <W- ? .!'<