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ROB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. K. A. Thompson, W.H. Holcombe, R. Young, PUOPRIETOUS._ TB R MS.-Ono Dollar ?nd Twenly-tivo Cent? f ir six months, In advance Provision also taken ?ti navmoid, at the market rates. ; Advertisomoilts inserted at $1 per square ror tho llrst insertion, and 50 cents for ouch subse quent ?Insertion, onslt or provision. BOP" Obituary Notices exceeding (Ivolines, Trib utes of RispeoL Communications of a personal character, and Announccincnts of Candidates, will bc charged for as advert Isements. Job Printing executed willi neatness mid despatch, for cash or provision. #3?" Necessity oonipols us to adhcro strictly to tho requirement of cash payment. PICI?ENS C. H., S. C.: Saturday Morning," Octobs? 13? 1866v 84?f*Vurious mutters publie interest of feotnally cxoludo us fiojp this department. Tho interesting lotter of J?Jc-Oov. PKR HY fills our first page. iC??" Thc important military orders of Gen. SICKLES occupy much of our space this week. General Orders, No. 10, is of thc utmost im portance to every one. - t-uj" We continue to publish the " Ads of tho Legislature" p:issed at tho recent extra scsjion. The Court of General Sessions con venes at this placo on Monday next, There tire eight or ten Capital cases to be tried, which will probably consume the entire week. it<i" Wo regret to learn that on the night of tho fith instant, CATO, n freedman, shot and hilled Jos. WILLIAMS, of Anderson district. The occurrence took place, near Salubrity, in this district. Thu freedman has been arres ted, is now in jail, and will, we presumo, be tried next week. ?37* Hoad tho new advertisements ! Cotton has gouc down, in New York, to 37 a o?). Gold. 40. it3?- Tho post office at Five Milo, in this District, has been rc-opened, and Mrs. MA HALA THOMPSON appointed postmistress. iC^r The following is important in connec tion with tho military order of Gen. SCOTT CYrcularissued' Iroui "tlic.se Headquarters, dated Augu.it 17, 18G0, wherein the Cotton is required to bo stored until all tho crop is gathered, shall bo so c< nslrued as to permit the parties lo divide at any time they may mutually agree upon." iCir Matthew Skates, a Revolutionary sold ier aged 108, died near Cowpons battle-ground, in Spartiuiburg District, on tho 20th August list. The District Courts. Judge WICKLIFFE lins received his com mission, and will proceed, under thc law, to organize his Court for the dispatch of business. Thc Court of Appeals have made and pub lished regulations for thc sittings of the Dis trict Courts, as follows : "The Quarterly Sessions of thc several Dis trio?. Courts, to bo continued so long us the despatch of business may require, shall com mence on tho days following to wit : For tho Districts of Anderson, Edgefield, Richland, Union und Williamsburg, on thc second Monday in January, April, July and October. For tho Districts of Dickens, Darn well, Newberry, York and Hurry, on thc third Mon day in January, April, July and October. For tho Districts of Creen ville, Beaufort, Sumter, Lancaster and Marlborough, on tho fourth Monday in January, April, July and October. [Wc have omitted eomo of tho Districts.] Each District Judge will procure a jiiry list and j ury box, and will hold a spcoiul court for drawing of juries as required by law; but in each District the first session for tho ordi nary transaction of business, will bo held on tho day above appointed for that District which follows next after the first day of Janu ary next." PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 0-Noon.-The elec tion is progressing (juicily, anti evidently a largo vote is hoing polled. Both parties tire bringing out cvory voter possible, and each profess to bo confident of success. Republi can papers just issued assert that there are largo Republican gains. Tho re-election of Myers in the Second District is claimed. The Democrats have a largely increased majority in tho First District in this city. Tho radical candidate for Congress will have 3,000 major ity. P. M.-Returns indicate tho election of Randall, Democrat, in tho First District; O'Neill, Republican, and Lemuel Myers, Re publican, in tho Third ; Kelly, Republican, and Taylor, Republican, in thc Fifth ; Cuke, Republican, in Tenth District. Tho Inst two ?oed confirmation. Returns from fourteen words, about half of tho city, show a Demo cratic gain of about 1,000. Scattering re turns up to this hour show both Republican and Democratic gains, and no just estimate t^n be gi von. rr- '--?'"i" ?.. - 1.- --: Our Court. 1 ho October Term of our Court, says tho " Abbeville Press," commenced on Monday lust, His Honor Judgo MUNRO presiding. Tho Court by recent not of tho Legislature had been curtailed somewhat of it? propor tions, divested of souio of its ancient perogn tives. Hy that Act nil writs, except in cases of torts, wero made returnable to the next Spring Term of thc Court, nnd tho jurisdic tion of the Courts, in nil civil cases except those enumerated was suspended until that time. Again a difficulty was presented at thc very threshold of the Torin, as to the jurisdic tion of tho Court, in larceny and misde meanors," of which exclusive jurisdiction had been conferred upon tho Districts Courts. Tho question to be determined ut thc outset was whether the "District Court Act" was a valid and subsisting law, which had gone iuto operation, so as to divest the jurisdiction of tho Superior Court in oases of h.rocny or mis demeanor^ for which indictments might bo pr^sented'or which aro already ponding. The 'V?)is^rio^otftt.V Act provides, thut^theso Courts should Ve immediately Organized j but I whether it had so provided or not, did not tho I nure passago of tho Act divest tho jnvlo^J* tion of the Superior Court ? Was any nsscnt on tho part of the military authorities neces sary lo give validity to tho Aol? These ques tions were submitted by his Honor to thc con sid?ration of tho Solicito)1, and the members ! of the bar, and thc concurrent opinion of Ult latter was. that the Act divested immediate!) tho jurisdiction of the Superior Court, in thc enumerated cases of " larceny and misdemenn ors," in so far as tho Act was constitutional and was not controlled hythe military author ith s. Upon these latter points there was sonn difference of opinion. His Honor resolve* his opiuion until tim following day, and in th meantime abstained from tho exercise of th doubtful jurisdiction. On Tuccday morning his Ilouor announce, the opinion of thc Court. He. concurred lui ly in the opiuion that so far as the Act wa constitutional, it divested the jurisdiction c the Superior Court immediately upon its pas sage. Whether thc jurisdiction lind bec. vested elsewhere by tho organization of tli District Court, immaterial ; since thc only cr quiry for him would bo, was the jurisdicti? of his own Court divested by thc creation < another with exclusivo powers. Vet cone ding all this his Honor pronounced thc A< to ho unconstitutional, ill ?<< far r.s it confe red. upon an inferior Ci urt, jurisdiction i criminal cases, where whites were parties a cused. The clausa of thc New Constitutif is as follows : ' ' " The judicial power shall bc vested in sui Superior and Inferior Courts of Law and K uity as the Ceneral Assembly shall, from tin to?titnc direct and establish. Tho Judges I?L?.. .?.^Rri?^. .VJ?^^?.?. .??PIM ihr iV.Vr^ bth^ey /t1 ring good behavior, and shall,nt stated timi receive a compensation for their sorVjct which shall neither bo increased nor di mi ished during their continuance in office; b they shall receive no foes or perquisites oilice, nor hold any other office of profit trust, nuder this State, the United States A morion, or any of them, or any other p?'Vi Thc Ceneral Assembly shall, ns soon as pos ble, establish for each District itt the State Inferior Court or Courts, to be. styled 41 T District Court," tho .fudge whereof shall resident in tho District while in office, sh bc elected by the Ceneral Assembly for fe years, and shall he rc eligible, which Coi .shall have jurisdiction of all civil causes who in one or both of the parties are persons color, and of till criminal cases wherein t accused is a person of color, and thc Cene Assembly is empowered to extend tho jut diction of tho said Court to other subjects.' Cndcr thc provisions of this clause, Honor decided that the District Courts w< restricted to criminal cases whore the necu; was a person of color, and that the right ci ferrcd upon tho Legislature to ext?, ml the risdiotion to " other subjects " could not nu to other persons. Hut why not, if thc often committed come within the purview of an ferior Court? Since tho discriminations tween white and black have been abolish the character of tho offence and not that the perpetrator must determine whether ii ft proper suhjoofc of cognizance before an In rior or Superior Court. H is Honor also expressed very groat dot whether tho Superior Court could assume risdiotion pf nny criminal caso, in which t accused Was n person of color. Thc effect such a decision would bc to discharge tho p son of color in most capital felonies. If der tho Constitution, he cannot bo tried tho Superior Court, neither can hebe tried tho. District Court, ns tho lato Act restri thc jurisdiction of that Court to " larceny i misdemeanors." If such be thc Coustituti thc sooner it is ohnnged tho bettor, to conti to the changed relations of tho two races These questions will como up for decision fore tho Court of Errors during tho ensu Fall, and tho final decision will determino necessity and character of tho future legi tion on tho subject. It is supposed that the District Courts not bo organized beforo the beginning of next year, and perhaps before that timo A material chunges may bo made in tho cot tution of theso Courts. GOVERNOR ORR.-Wo were pleased meet Governor Orr yesterday, says tho ?j i umbin Pheonix" of the 5th, behaving rctt cd from home on Wednesday night. Wc gratified to learn from him that his two s who were seriously ill, aro now considered of danger. With the promptitude charac istic of Governor Orr, ho has returned headquarters ns soon as domcstio afllict permitted. . LETTER FROM GEN BRATTON To the^ Soldiers' Meeting at Walhalla. boLVMutA, S. C., Sept. 17, 1800. Mn. R. LKWIS, Pendleton S. C. : My Dear 7/KU/. : Your letter inviting me to attend a , meeting of Soldiers nt Walhalla, on tho' 2-d,prox.? is received. It is with much regret that I find myself Compelled to forego tho gratification of ? moot ing, faoe to face, with so many of myoid com rades, nnd debarred the privilege of participa ting with them in the noble work which, if I have conceived it aright, it is tho object of this mooting to achieve. I have been for nearly two ye?rs, under the dictates of necessity lind the advice nnd coun sel of the politicians, accepting the situition and realizing thc changes made in the old thing vrhielt was PO dear to us under thc name ?of ?'our country." Thc sad nnd agonizing path' traversed hy tim mind in tracing out those changes, leads to duri; and gloomy oom olCisi?nVin^whieh it is al.nost impossible lt dise.er.? *i?? old thing for which wo fought. lt is vain to look to our State, nt present, m a covering Shield to our maimed mid mutila ted comrades, or to tho orphans of our dent heroes, lt is, as it were, held in a st ile o suspension by tho victors in the late struggle who scorn to lind sonic difficulty in ngroeinj among themselves on the position to l?o ai signed us or the terms to bo allowed us. 1 is a question of groat moment, involving, i my judgment, the fate of constitutional libel ty on this continent ; but one, in the. doeisto of which We can tiiko no p >i t. We have mad our fight, liaV? been overe?me, and have sui milled Injin') unconditional surrender. Tli rniostion is properly in the hands of the coi querors. and there let it rest until they KOO I lo debido itf The **:?tir*:h** and restless anxiety whit; has led sonn to make an eliott to particip?t with a view to turning it to our advantage, i the content which is to decide this qucstio detracts il) nly judgment, from the merits i our case, &oes injustice to the manliness of ot people, ana materially increases the embarras incuts of pur condition. Wc nro really on passenger] on board, and have nothing to < with tho ninmigomcht of thc ship. Shoo her coursd bc turned towards the tdd channel our powem and duties as a State and a poopl will be rouu?red to take their place and pi form their pr?rt in working her into a safe li von, and i(i that event, we are prepared to i our full ditty. If, however, the present, dire 'lion bo persisted in, the breakers are abc; and thc wreck inevitable. With this vesu f uYni,n.?t Miffi-'vvWi! > -?-.? ~' ?V? - battle-days will ctu.Wi. ,,s to construct our ri on which to reach thc sltb<<% While the powers of the StaV? urc tl,rn ? operative and she is unable tudu li'tfu]| t\\\ to her sons, it is the glorious privilege ttf j, true people, in whose hearts she is enshrliv to combino their efforts and use every mc: in their powOr tn make good the obligation preserve from oblivion and suffering the nu ories and families ol' her heroic dead. lt had been in toy thought for sonic ti past to organize, if possible, a Rrigado A> ..intion for the benefit fd' the helpless of i Brigade; and if other Brigades would di) saino, a central association of the whole mi finally be consummated, which would b common receptacle for cherished memoria well as a common (.'entre from which cha could bc elfioiontly a'tid largely 'dispensed Our Brigade is so widely scat tared over State that it will bo impracticable to orgai in time to meet the necessities of thc pro? emergency, which requires immediate act such as onn be taken by neighborhoods. 11 in your section arc entitled to thc thank thc State for loading off in this direction, I trtut that your example will be goner followed. And now, my dear Lieutenant, accept thnnks for thc warmth of kindness that c' acteri/.ed your letter, lt stirred feelings o common gratification, and awakened sad glorious recollections of my noble comr; who are and ever will bo identified and a oiated in my henri with that sacred and lowed name-*-" our country." I nm, most truly, yours. . . V . .^._._JNO. BRATTON . Tho Andorson Intelligencer says: have only space.to mention that tho Oeb term of tho above Court began on Moi last, Hon. Rv MUNRO presiding Judge. Solicitor and Grand Jury have been kept 1 in rectifying abuses of tho law, nnd britt; offenders to thc bar bf justico. MOSKH Lt KV luis been convicted of Horse Stealing, JOHN SMART, indicted for Burglary, coi ted of Grant) Larceny. Thc trial of ll ('heafham, freedman, charged with tho i dor of SAMUEL A. OKKK iii January hisl gan on yesterday in tho forenoon. WILMINGTON, Del., October 0.-Ai election for Judges nnd Inspectors of J tiona, hold throughout this State, yestoi tho Dem?crata nnd conservatives wore tr phant. Ncwoostlc County, thc only Rep can .County, gives 4,000 majority for tho ] ocrnts nnd Conservatives against 1,301 tho voto for Jjinpoln, it? 1801. In this they corned two wards and gained 15Go voto for Mayor, n few weeks ago. Then Domocrntio mnjority of 1,500 in tho Sta riur.ADK.r.MiiA, Octobci 3.-Tho oh is increasing in thia city. Yesterday, were forty eases reported to tho Bom Health. During tho last few day?, BC fatal oases have occurred in Camden, New soy. Impartant Military Order. IlKAUyUAHTBK? DKI'AIITMK.ST OF THU SoUTII. I (Jlmrlostou. H. 0., October 1, 18150. | General Order?, No. l?i I. Tho Civil Courts ot' thc United States for South parolina ?rc opon, and all casos of wit loh they havo local cognizance will bo re mitted to them. Citizens heh! for tri il for violations of the laws of tho United States, will he surrendered to the custody of the Uni ted States Marshal, on proper warrant. De positions, evidence and papers in such cases will ho forwarded to tho United States District Attorney for South Carolina. II. The Courts of the Slate of South Car olina, as now constituted ami to he organized, ate declared by law to he upon to all persons, with equal civil rights therein, without dis Unction or discrimination in any particular, on account of color or former servitude. All eases, civil and criminal, in which the partie." aro civilians, will be turned over to the judi cial tribunals of tho Stale, having Jurisdic tion of the same. Civilians in military cus tody, awaiting trial for offences against thc law's of Smith Carolina, will bc surrenderee on proper warrant, tn the custody of tho Sher ill* of t he District in which the crime is charg?e to have been commited ; and all depositions proofs and papers in these cases will be trans mittod to tho Prosecuting Solicitor for tin ! Circuit in whioh such District is situated. UL. Military Provost Courts will be dis continued in tho several Districts as soon a District Courts shall be organized therein. At the Military Reservation of Hilton Head and on the Sea Islands included within th territorial limits of that Post and of the PCM of Charleston, Provost Courts will be contit ned until further orders. ] V. Tho Jails now in the possession of th Military Authorities will be restored to til Sheriffs of the several Districts. Prisonei undergoing sentence pf Military Courts hn^ ing less than thirty days ot' their terms of in prisonment unexpired, will be disehtugod. All other persons in Jails, undergoing sci tenon of Military ('curls, will bo sent undi .ruard, with ? brief statement of the eas showing the offence and term of imprisonuien tn the Commanding Officer of tho Post i Charleston, who will cause them to be eon fi m in (jostle Pi ti ch ney for the remainder of the respective terms of imprisonment. V. Corporal punishment shall not bc inflie ed upon any person other than a minor, in then only by the parent, guardian, teacher, . one to Whom said minor is lawfully hound I indenture of apprenticeship. Nor shall ni person bo sold to service ns a punishment f crime, or for other cause, by any nnthorl I whatever. (G. O. No. I. Par. XVI II, Hen ! quarters Depart mont of South Carolina, Ja u irv 1st. 18013.) Vt. The laws of the States respectively this Department defining and punishing y l?i'i.nov. applicable, to white persons, may on forced against all persons ; nevertheless, ono who shall have used roi.sonahlo diligen to obtain employment, or who shall be. until to work by reason of infirmity, shall he deem a vagrant. (G. O. No "I, Kr. Xiii, I?0.1 quarters Department of South Carolina, Ja Ist, 1806.) VII. No prosecution or suit shall bo ont? lathed ju tl,rt (Jivil Courts within this Mili ry Department against office rs or soldiers thc annie, 0f thc United States, or perse in anywise thereto belonging, subj cot to mi j ta ry authority, o1",v,rfi,i with nets done in th i military capacity, ot pursuant to orders fri I proper military authorn y ; nor against lo; I ci ti/.ens or persona charged with acts done," I rectly or indirectly, against ?ho rebel for. I during the rebellion; and all persons, th ! agents or servants, charged with the oeeu tion of abandoned lands and tenements, or t possession or custody of any khwl of propo whatsoever, in cases where such oceupnti< use or possession, was authorized hythe Pi ident, or by any of tho civil or military debi incuts of the Government, shall bo proteo from any recoveries, penalties or damages t may havo boon, or may bo imposed, or judged therefor in said Courts. (G. O. 1 8, War Department,, A. G. 0., January Pi 1801). VIH. District and Post Commanders i report any instance of a failure nf justice reason of tho neglect or refusal of any Coi Magistrate or Otficcr to porform any oft! J act properly required of him, whereby and rightful protection to persons or prop? shall have been denied. IX. District nnd Post Commanders will rost all persona who havo been or moy her tor bo, charged with tho commission of uri I and offences against officers, agents, citis mid inhabitants of thc United States, irre?] t,ivo of color, in cases whore thc civil nutli tics havo failed, neglected or aro unable te rest and bring suoh parties to trial, and to tain them in military confinement until s time as a proper judicial tribunal may be rc and willing to try thom. (G. O. No. Headquarters of tho Army, A. G. 0., , i Otb, 18G0.) X. District and Post Commanders wi 1 heretofore, in coinplinnce with existing orr! extend all proper facilities and protootio i tho officers and ngeuts of the Bureau of ! j ligeos. Freedmen and Abandoned Land j tho dischnrgo of their duties. i XI. In remitting to the civil author j the jurisdiction spcoificd in this order, all sous arc enjoined to yield unreserved and hesitating obedience to tho authority and of tho State, and of tho United States ; ; for tho sako of justice, order and peace so that no occasion may nriso hereafter foi exercise of military authority in matter ordinary civil administration concerning frond peonlo, thc Major Gcnoral Cominan, respectfully and earnestly commonds to authorities and pcoplo of South Carolina patient, consideraba and impartial cxocii yf tho laws [ti all proceedings nQcctiti" Humorous and hitherto dependant ohms of per sons recently clothed with civil rights, undi made unionahlo to the obligations of citizens. Hy command of Maj Hon. 1). li. SiOKT.KS.j Military Order. HKADQ'KS DKI?'T.MKNT OF TtiK SOUTH, ) Charleston, S. C., Sept. 1, 1800. > [General Order? No. 7.] I. Organizations of white or colored per sons bearing arms, or intended to bc armed, nut belonging t.. tho military or naval forces nf tho United States, are unauthorized, and will not bb allowed to assemble, parade, patrol, drill, make arrests or exercise any authority. This will not he construed to prohibit tho law? ful enrolment of thc militia. II. Armed bands bf outlaws known ns " Regulators," engaged in nets ?if hostility against the Coiled States forces, or in d?pr? dations and outrages upon tho persons und property of well disposed citizens,. will bo deemed and treated ns gunn illas, by Cont" madding Officers, and when captnred, will bo summarily punished according to tho oircutn i sta neos ot' tho ease, pursuant to General Or>? der No. HO, War Department, Adjutant f?on . ral's Office, Washington, May 1 Ith, 1805. Commanding Officers of Posts art; authorized, when these Banditti on punt lui dispersed by means nf the regular garrisons to uecept tho services of such citizens as may be willing to assist in capturing tho uftenden? and their ac complices. 111. Associations, or assemblages, composed of persons who served in tho rebel forces, har ing for their object thc perpetuation of nny military or civil organization engaged in tho j r?bellion, or the oonVinemoralion of any of tho nets of the insurgents prior to the final sur render, will not bc permitted. This prohibi tion will not be unforced against any society formed for a charitable purpose, which shall in good faith confine its action to the relief of the poor. . l\r. All fines, ordnance. equipments and other materials pf war used hy thu insurgent? during thc rebellion, excepting only the sido arms and private property of officers reserved to them hy the terms of surrender, together with all olh'cial records, books, papers and cor respondence relating te tho rebel for?, sand agents and their operation.?, are thc pr??perty of thc United States and will bo tnrned over lo the nearest Post Commander, who will re> ccipt for the same. By com in a nd of Mnjor-CIenornl P. 10. SICKLES. J. W. Ct.oos, 1st Ut. H. S. Inft. Bvt. Capt, U S. A. Act. Asst. Adj't. den. W ASH I Nt ?TON", Oct. 0.-Special despatches report that Berk's county lin? given 8,000 D.emoerntio majority, and Alloglm'ny 7,000 l?cpttbitcan Both reports need authenticity. A special to the *' Chvoi?ele " say* Pendle hnn w.o b....*oii fyr Confie*? in OiocTe??iftt?f Ohio, by a large majority. j Nt:w Yo UK, Oct 2.-The " New York I Herald Says that Santa Anna is negotiating I n loan of ?500,000 in behalf of Mexico, with. I some prospect of success. Special dispatches received hero from ai i number of town elections in Connecticut, heidi j yesterday, report that nearly nil tho places j heard from have boon carried by thc Radicals by increased majorities. TORONTO, C. \V., Oct. 1.-At tho Assizes held hen; to day tho Fenian prisoners we.ro served with ?copies of the indictments against them and a li.-t of the witnesses. The 18th Royal Hussars have arrived from langland. The force of regulars in Canada in now about 1'2,000 and about 41 cannon.-r Thirty-four thousand militia are op thc rolls, but not more than twenty thousand are cott I sidered effective. NK\V YOHK, October 2.-South American advices state that thc Chilians are auxions to carry tho war into Spain. Tho Secretary f*J Foreign A flairs, in his speech, said that Chili would ever regard Spain asher natural enemy. Tho ICx.Confed?ralo Admiral Tucker, has bcMi installed as Commander of thc allieil squadron. it was reported that Peru hn<l bought thc United :-'tates Steamer Idaho, and the Lima pipers say that she will ntoncc leave on n cruise. Tho shock of an earthquake was. felt at San Salvador on the 20th of August. ?o dam age done. Sr. Loris, October 2.-The Anti-Radical Convention of the lat Districts hnvo rcnomi liatcd lion. Jno Hogan for Congress. LOUISVILLE* October Li-The tobacco fac tory, machino shops nnd tho foundry of tb? penitentiary nt Jefforsnnvill?, Indiana, were burned this evening. Hill, Mooro &' Miller Cossc, of tho foundry, lost about 8100,000. Tho tobacco fuetory was lensed hy Najk ifc Sons, of Louisville. Their loss is bc tweet* 8200,000 and ?300,000. Tho firo is attribu ted to incendiarism on tho part of a convict. Tho following porsons have poid on their sub? scriplion lo tho CotmtKR, as follows : Col. L. N. Robins, - - - $2 .10 Ralina Mix. 1 25 A. 8. Stophons, - - , . ,1 25 AV. T. (lasawiiv, ... 1 25 Col. J. L. Boyd, - - - 1 25 Sims 1)\ Clary, - - - I 25 Notico IS HEREBY Ol Y KN that application will bo mndo to tho Legislature, nt the next regular session, for un act to incorporato tho Ladies' Educational Society of Pickons District," nt Wnlhalla. 8. C. August 20, 1800 3m