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SP ROB T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. Ki; Thompson, W. H. Holcombe, R. Young, PROPRIETORS. TE R M Si-Oue Dollar and Twenty-five Cegts fdr six months, in advance.' Provision also taken in pay . *nt, nt ifco market ratos. fi?aT* Advertisements innen ni at $1 per square for tho ftrst insertion, and 60'con ts for oaeh subso . quent insertion, cash or provision. AII?"* Obituary Kotices,exoeeding Avelinos, Trib% utos or Respect, Communications of a personal ^'character, and Announcements of Candidates, \vill be ohargod for as advertisements. Jt&* Job Printing executed with neatness and despatch, for cash or provision. **. t8?F~ Ncoessity compote us to adhere strictly to tho requirement of cash payment. PICKENS C. IL, S. C.: Saturday Morning*, December S3, 1865. jfeyln accordance with custom, more hon ored in thc observance than the breach, no paper will be issued from this office uext week. This will enable those connected with tho COURIER to enjoy the festivities of the sea . sondas well as other people ) and. prepare them to resume their labors, for tho coming year, with spirit, energy, and promptness. We bespeak for all-friends and patrons n pleasant onjoyment of thesoason, with many ' happy returns of the same I Anderson High Sohool. . We call tho attention of the public ^o thc advertisement of the Anderson* High School; to be found in our columns this .week. The Teachers of thia School can exhibit a record for scholarly attainments, aptness in impart ing instruction, and discipline, excelled by few, if any, in the country. The Legislature. The proceedings of this body, so important to our readers, reaches us very irregularly.-* Tho day of adjournment has been changed from Tuesday to Thursday last. This prevents us from publishing the results of th# deliber ations of tho Legislature until wc issue our nest number. The, Legislature hits authorized tho issue of StatotTreasury Notes to tho amount of $300, 000. To be received in the payment of all dues, iuoluding taxes, to thc State, The peo ple aro greatly in need, of money, but they would like tho little they arc to have to bo of good value' ?I lion's. W. D. JOHNSON, of Marlboro' and H, D. LESENEJ. of Charleston, have been elec ted Chancellors. Hon's. R J. MOSES, of Sumter, A. P. AL DRIC:!!, of Barnwell, and T. ?'. DAWKINS, of Union, have been elected Law Judges. ' Jfcir Lieut. Col. C. S. BROWN, commander of the Military District comprising the dis tricts of Andorsoq, Abbeville, G reenville, Lau rens and Pickons, appeals to thc people ' to prevent confusion at the end of the present ycar,'to give employment to the freed people, to iilsuro support and.comfort for all-to es tablish, order in the system of free labor-to secure justice ?o all-also, to hasten the with drawal of thc U, S. troops-it is very impor tant to make contracts at once for 1866V . Lieut. Col. BUCAVN further'sftys: "The free people are among you, and must bo pro tected and receive a support; they* are able ( aud willing to work-your lands are sufficiont I ly productive to give employment, comfort and profit to all, but they need cultivation. .Will you allow the freedmen and women the privilege of cultivating your lands ? Are you desirous to have order, quiet, and industry again restored ? Let the number of coutraots fornred this mon(.h answer," We do not quito understand this order, but perhaps this is not Col. BROWN'S fault. ?We deny that the freed 'people aro " willing to work"--nothing but force or necessity will produce KO desirable a result. We are glad te know that the freedmen are to M bo protected and receive a support." . Both aro necessary, but Col. BROWN must kno .v that thoy will not . "re?oive ? support," either by tho manage^ ment or labor of the.~whi.to people of, this sec tion. Wo trust that Coi. BROWN,, who is so exceedingly wide-awako ae to tho interests of alt--white and black-Will tnakesuitable prep arations,'by the first day of January next, to take charge of his El?phant ! ' . '.<.>-. - ? .' ? Vir itt i* ??'i'-i-u-.^ .g ? '..|nirfrr~j; :.ti^._SSBESBH The President'?! Message. ; We ht; ve surrendered much Of our space to day to tho President's Message. It is impor tant lot. ?m ?hc7<i::g fully tu? views ot tno Presidont in relation to his restoration!polioy. 2d. Iiis suggestions in reference to the $ afin* oinl condition of the country, and the inapirovc mont thereof* And 3d. The practical results of the war.! ' , . . Under this latter view of the case, the Pros ident, whilst contending for the rights of the States, is nevertheless plain that the powers of the General Government arc paramount, and that unsuccessful resistance toftt, by force, is treason. That peac?fu? secession is myth ical, ^nd that its exercise w as never contem plated by thc framers of .the Constitution.-; This much having been definitely settled by the results of thc war, the politicians, office-' seekers, and wire-pullers, mustmecessarily turn their attention to.a more successful "platform of prinoiples," if they expect thereby to main tain their influence, and enjoy th? spoils of office. ' The practical teachings of thc last five years, markedly admonishes us, that the Gen eral Government is tho supreme power of the land j and it matters not, whether tho dbet ished prinoiples of ^outh Carolina or Massa chusetts run counter to it, they are aliko dis regarded^ and must., be buried under tho wheois of a great central power. The President is opposed to negro suffrage, ind is solicitous that thc States ma}' enact such laws as will protect thc freed people in their rights of person and property. Wodia'vo excluded only such portions of the Message as-refer ld reports of departmeutg.. Thc Message has been favorably received by the iSputlieru people. ? j Serious Disturbance.. \? Wo regret to learn that a serious difturb ince occurred at Union C. II!*, quite recently. Lt appears that from sonic cause, the garrison it that point-had arrested onc-or more of .tho ?itizeus. This lc,d te tho difficulty. The cit zens collected together, charged tho garrison, tilled one and wounded others, and captured , ;he whole party; and released the citizens^ Wc givo the statement as it wus rpl?tecrty \ as. i New Advertisements. 1. Law Card^f Messrs. ADAMS & MCGOW AN. Maj. ADAMS, the junior member pf tho inn, eau bc found at their office in this placo. . 2.. Mr. S. MAXWELL advertises os "lost, caned or mislaid," a handsome lloyal Arch Illegal ?a. " Houesty is thq^est policy." , 8. Law Card of Messrs. HARRISON & WHITNKUS. , Maj. J. H. WHITNER is the .csident member of the firm in our midst. 4. Notices of there-appearance of the " Cou cderate Baptist" mid ?< Southern Guardian", ' -both to be published in Columbia.' Fulling. 'f^ho. price of gold, cotton, provision, and ?oods gcuerally, " has falleu very considerably ??tho markets of the United States. Just lore, prices are very high, and mouey very ea rec. MR. W. P. PRICK, member of thc Legisla ure, writing to the " Greenville Jt?nterprise" rom Columbia, says : * " Mr. WagcnCr, of Charleston, has a scheme br encouraging foreigu emigration, which ' neets with much favor. . All of thc provisions >f his bill may not be acceptable, yet every mo admits t^iat in the main the idea is a good mo. Our political salvation may depend in \ few (hiys upon our having an iucrease inoUr vhitc population.' Industrious foreigners, )articularly the Germans, because, ?ney are nore accustomed to perform as&oultural lay " )or, should be encouraged. Whatever pveju lices may have existed in'the minds of our iconic' heretofore upon tho subject of foreign ' ?.migration, everjr consideration must now "b? ', jjLven up to tho one grand consideration of icopling our country with whites. Blaok la )6r in thc South can novcrbo safe Or reliable, ind until colonized or swept away, tho negro viii prove a dangerous element in sociely.-^ Dangorous, beoauso thc Yankees will not let lim aloi?e, and, dangerous, because those who icst ; understand his nature and necessities, viii not be permitted to govern him, without he officious ip. term edi i ng of the Yunkeo,. LOUISVILLE, KY.,, December 10.-Thc m ea rot ed guerilla, Berry, captured yesterday, lear Bloomfield, was? hung hero to day. /Tho N??hville V Bauuor" Contains an,ao !ount*qf a party of guerillas committing dop? edutions upon the ?esidontsof La Vornge, Fennesseo. They held the town foran hour, )?t were finally dispersed by the military. '? -v-y-" . . - . i " '. ? ??? "".1 ? H 1 1 .)..??? - - wag C0RR??i>0NO?NCS OF THE COURIER COLUMRIA, Deo. lt; 18G?. , Ztear Colonel.? The conference botwoou Gov. ORR and Genjs. GRANT and SICKLES resulted in nothing more than ,a renewal of : the promiso to place tho, negro troops in the forts as soon os possie ; which possibility will of cours? be, when it suits the conven ience of the commanding General. ' Last week was speut principally in discuss ing the bills " To Kstablish District?Courts" 'und "To amend tho Criminal Law," both parts of tho negro codo, and tho " stay law." In the firs? bill, the salary of thc judges elici ted much discussion, thc minimum salary* pro posed in both houses is ooo thousand dollars. The maximum salary proposed by the Senate is. ?fteep hundred dollar?, and by the House of Jleprcsenta.tives two thousand dollars-the salaries, to be graduated according to the num ber of negroes in* any aistrict. The jurisdic tion of tho court over misdemeanors wherein whites alone shall bc oonccrned, was stricken out. One of the most important amendments to tho second bill is f^hc making of horse steal ing a hanging crime, wl?ther committed by white or black. No conclusion has yet been reached as to tho "s.tay law," but the indications are that tho simple stay of suit, with ueccssary excep tions, will bo adopted for, one your. The Seriate refused to adjourn last Thurs day ip respeot t) the 'proclamation of Presi dent JOHNSON, but the House receded from business for the day. The President presses the consideration of the repudiation of the war debt of the State, upon the Legislature. Mr. EASLEY introduced.the petitions and a bill to divide Picketts distriot, but, owing to the late day at which the petitions were re ceived,' it will bo impossible to get the bill through this session. This will n'ot, however, delay' thb matter, as the next Legislature will have to pass upOn. tho measure, before it can become a law. ; Tho Senate and House ^?ave agreed to ad journ on Tuesday, the 19t1i instant. ' N. From Washington. WASHINGTON, December 8.-It is an nounced in official circlps that President 'John sou is very ur^outu for tho admission of the Tennessee Delegates', lt scorns settled that there will be exoeption in their case. . The Republican Senatorial caucus was con siderably divided on thc question. Congross is not disposed to make au issue with tho Pres ident if it can be avoided. . The resignation of Benjamin F. Butler, which was tendered to the WAr Department, a few days since, was proinptly accepted to day. Tim announcement creates a sensation hero to-day. . The Illinois 'members flx the sum to be de voted to tyra. Lincoln at $100,000.. The se lect committee rsiised on the subject will prob ably recommend this sum. WASHINGTON, Dccombcr 9.-Gen. Banks, and Speaker Colfax have promised to lecture before the Negro Sufl'rago Association. It is understood ?they tako strong gro?nds in favor of negro suffrage.? Mrs. Swisshc!tn*s*'ncw paper, to bo started hfcro, will advocate negro suffrage/ . Tho Southern members elected to Congress aro still herc. Some of them, believing that it will be a long time before they arc admitted, contemplate returning, home and remaining there until tho door is oponed to receive them. There was quite' a crowd of visitors at thc White House, to-day, including ?iembcrs of Cougress. Tho representatives vtrom Ohio and Kentucky were among those who were? admitted to an interview with tho President. WASHINGTON, December 10.-The Repub licans are, in a very anxious condition. Men of conservative > arid radical views are seen m?ch iu*conforeneo, Lnd the result, doubtless, will be a letting down gradually from the O?l fax-Stephens-Sumncr platform towards that of the President. In ??o other ??way can thc Re publican party-be kept together.. I believe Horace Greeley and Col. Forney.arc both working to this end. ' Whatever truth there may bein thc recent ly published rumors respecting tho President's contemplated action with regard to tho South ern States', it is well known that he acts in all cases affecting the restoration as they arise.; ar/d thus, while'engaged in that work, is the best exponent/ of Ws own policy, none being authorized to decla?e what course he will pur sue in tim future.'* jj?"' WASHINGTON;. December ll-Lending Congressmen from Nev/ jOngland had an in-' tervicw with the President on Saturday. The latter expressed tho,-belief that Congress and the Executive could harmonize on a plan of reconstruction, ile expressed Afars that, un dcrvthe lead of Thaddeus Stevens, the llou>o would take a position which it could not hold. Prospccts^of tho Tennessee delegation for carly admission grow hotter every day. A Senate caucus was held this morning on Stevens' joint, resolution? without result. An other will be held this afternoon. The rcso: lution cannot pafo tbc ?Senate Without amend ment. . . , ' ' ' i ... . . ? \ ' . . ,;_> Gratifying Intelligence. Provisional Governor PKRHY ha? furnished for publication the fellowing higuiy gnuifyiiig dcspatoh from Presidont JOHNSON : > "^WASHINGTONjPecombor. ll.-I thank yd? for your despatch. It ja gratifying to know that tho message was favorably recoivod. In a few days, you will receive full instructions as to being relieved as Provisional Governor. I hope that all will move off right, in a f?w days, with Oougress. , ?. ANDREW JOHNSON,ProsUentU. S. LOSSKS TO BE PA?O --Tho Mllledgoviller (Ga.) Union states that it luis good authority for saying that all men over the age of sixty /ivel v'l.o took, no part in the war/ahd all wid ows, at tiie time General Sherman's army in jured their properly, will bo reimbursed by the United States govornmeut for damages. The assessor is already nb? work in the.county < of Hancock, ascertaining damages so far as re spects the two classes of our people above named, < LOSSES TO UK PAID.--Tho Milledgoviile (Ga..). " Union "? states that it has gqod au thority for saying that, all men over" the age of sixty-five, who took, no part in the war, and all widows, at the time General Sherman's) anny, injured their property,* will bo reim bursed by the United States Government for damages. 'The as?essor is already at work in thc county of Hancock, ascertaining damage? so far as respects the two classes of our people * above named. THE State of ^Mississippi, with n white pop* ^dation not exceeding 850,000, had sixty-three regiments in thc late war, which numbered . . about 73,000 combatants. , Of. these, 15,600 ' died'of disease j 12,000 were killed or died of wounds; 19,000 were discharged, resigned and retired ; 11,000 deserted or were dropped ; 250 missing; and 1,500 transferred-to other commands. Total loss from all causes, 59,850; balance accounted for, 18,750. Thus it ap-' peurs that more than onp person in five was> in service . r THE New Orleans "Picayune '^ says : ''As evidence of the great business transacted in. this city, wc may state two facts. One house, on Canal street^ engaged in the wholesale and ready-made clothing business, sold for tho month of October last goods to the amount of ?.150,000. Buring that month one banking house paid over its counter an, average of $1,400,000 po?? d..y. 1 Last SntiM'dttjy, nb thi*. hank, 1,200 checks were paid between bank . hours, the total amount of which was $1,700, 0.00. We doubt if as large a business as tliis; was ever done in this city by one bank." Jf?gr- The ^Secretary of War states that 2,'- , 759,049 was the number of men balled for to put down the rebellion, and that all were brought out but 102^496. Th'cso were ruiHhe- . way when thc war stopped. 9 . PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. . [CONOMJOI-?U.] / . - Our domestic contest, now happily ended',, has left some traces in our relations with cue* at-least of the great maritime Powers/ Thc formal accordance of belligerent rights to- tho insurgent States was unprecedented, and has? not been justified }>y the issue. But in? the systems of neutrality pursued by thc Power? which made that concession, there was a marked) difference. The materials of war for tho in-N surgent States were furnished, in a great meas ure, from the work-shops of Great Brittain ^ and British ships, inanued by/British subj'cctB>. and prepared for receiving British armajnonts>. sallied from the Ports of Great Britain to? ?make war on American commerce, under the shelter of a com mission, from th cf iusurgoiU States. These ships, having once escaped! from British ports, ffcer afterwards enteretli them in cvpry pjir?t of the world, to refit, and!" soto renew their depredations. The conse quences of this conduct were most disastrous , .to the States thou in rebellion, iiku'easing their desolation and misery hy the prolongation of our civil . -ontest- It had, moreover', the etl'ect, to a great extent, to drive the American fla?? from, *the sea, and to transfer much of our ship-, <. ping and our commence to tho very Powort whoso subjects lind created tho necessity fou ?uch a chango. These events took place'be fore ?I was called to tho administration of tho* government. The sinoero desire for peace i)y whioh I am animated, lcd irte to approve tho proposal, already made, to submit tho ques tions which had thus arisen between thc coun tries to arbitration.. These questions are o.f such momont that thoy.must have commanded ' .th*e attention pf the great Powers,'and are so? interwoven with the peace and interests of ev eryone of .them as to have ensured an impar tial decision I regret to inform ryou that Great Britain declined the aibitrament, but,, on Mic other hand, inviten na to the formation of. a joint commission to settle mutual claim,* between the two countries, /rom which those for the depredations hAfWe mentioned alioult? ? be excluded. . The 'proposition, in flint very nnsntisfaotory form, lias boen declined.. , Thc United. Stitt'-? did not prescht thc Hp v''