The tri-weekly news. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, September 05, 1865, Image 2
WINNSBORO.
2Tnesday Morning, Septeiber 5, 1865
The reader will please excuse the
nfon-appearanco of our usual variety. o
editorial matter in this mornings i'ssue.
It is our unpleasant duty to announcm
this morning the death of the Hon. R
B. BOYLSTON, which occurred last even
ing about seven o'clock. A true friend
n patriotic citizen, a kind-hearted fathe
and doting, husband, has tOus been cu
off from n community that prized hi
services and honored him in many publi
positions. His funeral will take plac
this aflrrnoon, at six o'clock, at his lat
residence.
The election passed off very quietl'
in our town yesterday ; in fact, so ver'
calmly and with such dignity did ever
person go up and dep6sit their vote
(without any of the excitements' usunlf
attlndlait upon elections,) that a stran
'ger in our midst would never hav
thought. such'a thing was going on, n
less the information had been vouch
safed by some citizen. This speak
well for the citizens of our town an
District.
. Elections, usually, are attended witi
-an amount. (if riotous proceedings, wich
we are pleased to chronicle, Fairfieldian
have entirely ignored.
There were five'candidates i the field
two of whom however, *only consenting
as we were informed, to run, on. th
morning of the election.
As soon as- returns are complete w
will give the vote of the District entire
in the meantimo, however, we giv
. the boxes heard from as they come in.
Our box,. Winnsboro', stands thus :
Whole number of votes . polled 165
James H.. Rion, 132 ; W. R. Robert
son, 130 ;; John tratton, 1?4 ; W. J
Alston, 37; Rev. J. Boyce, 14', Scat
tering, 6.
Tug: NEOWS OF A Ssnu:S1BT Som;na:n.
The views of the rebel General' Joseni
E. Jolbson in reference to the policy ai(
the duties now levolving upon. th<
Southern- States anl Southern peopi,
are the views of an honest and- sensibi(
soldier, and they also embody the sound
est stasnmianship. During I.he war
land Jeff Davis followed the advic(
and sipprted the plans of Joe Johnston
his Confederacy would nothave suffere<
the ignoninion 'collapse which wa
brought upon it by the folly of )avis
If wold at least have died with - some
thing of dignaity and decorum. Genern
Johnston, however, retained, and stil
retains, his popularity all over th
South ; and'a broughout the South thes
opilnionls of 'his on the consequences an
duties resulting from tt war, will do
vast amount of good.
[New Xork Herahl.
H . --. 0*.&
HEn iot tr Sics.-We see
stated by various correspondlents tha
"the Go'vernment intends giving Jeffea
son Davis a fair trial." Therefore wv
feel it onr det.,v to say tlaia't, if the assass
nation of President Lincoln, apd the evi
dence already taken in the case, is t
have a hearig in the trial, witnesses ca
be procured' at this place whose testi
mony will show that Mr. Davis, an
members of his Cab'inet, expressed d<
cided disapprobation and reprobation <
the assassination of the President of th
UnuiteOl States. "Fair play is a jewel
.at any time and in any place--we be
lieve'Presiddnt J~hnson intends to allos
'fair play"--and we respectfully reque.
'that the witnesses alluded to be surr
moned- and'permitted to testify. Cei
tainaly no one .will object.
[ Chaslouo J)emnoerat.
PaapaxBs.'-Up to this time, twent~
. five thaonaantd ,petitions or par~lon hav
.been received air the AttorneyGeneral
emece. Those who, in-the opinaioreof tl1
A ttorney-Genieral,' haeo just claims t
* Executive clemenoy. .ae -'duly recon
* nendedl and- f'orwarlhlto ithe ?residei
for his ntotiona. It i5shsaid on-th- a,horit
of an offcer of the State lapartmeni
th~at the sigiture of the Presldent ha
been affxed to lass then on hundraed
-the 'applications received foro'psrdon
l111w i mber daily'announood aq pataon,
Sare sir~% ithai natneuger those' i con
.mendlis forwarde4frGm the ce
'the ' A ttor ey-General,'; he. PreidEr
hasexecisd te- utmost ctionr at
416riuto in thfe apatta oapzo
and has i mgabfy re a~t,
fron. unaial goby ande
-were-pJroduced tow o'
(tIehrond Iej'ublic.
GEN. La.-Te Chicago Repsbli
can (edited by 0..'A. Dana, lato Assis
tant Secretary of War) contains an ar
ticle complaining of the terms made by
Gen Grant with Lee at the surrender of
the Army of Northern Virginia. It
blames Grant for permitting a parole to
be given. Lee and his men which pro.
tects them from arrest and punishment,
but says that inasmuch as the bargain
was made, the Government decidted to
stand by it in. good. faith. The article.
we suppose, shows what the opinion of
the Secretary of War was at the time
. of the surrender,, viz : hostility to Gen;
Grant's terms, and it also shows that the
writer intertains malicious feelings for
Gen. Leo especially. Here is an ex
tract :
"So long as General Lee remains in
this country, and is allowed nqt only to
go about without punishment, but to pro.
claim disloyal and obnoxious opinions,
such as lie fought for against the United
States, there will always be a feeling of
dissatisfaction amohg loyal citizens.
There is something intensely galling in
the fact that the articles of convention
between him and Grant were so loosely
worded as to afford a loophole for the
escape of such a traitor from the clutch
es of the law. Nothing could have
been more unfortunate than this clerical
lapsus. It tarnishes what would other
wise have been the spotless glory of the
surrender on the part of our great Gene.
ral. A little lawyer cunning, a less
magnanimity and generosity toward a
a cruel and unscrupulous foe whom he
had already vanquished, whose armies
were at his mercy, out-generaled and
beaten at every point,- would have left
the rebel chief, who was the intellect
and the Jeart of the ferocious War waged
against us, to' be dealt with according to
the forms and usages of law.
As the case now stands, Geu. Grant,
whose presence i the field is inspiration,
and wJiose battles are conquests, suffer.
ed himself to be drawn into an amnesty.
The resul. is. that our Government de
eided to accept the literal reading of the
convention, and to pormit that arch
traitor to the Unio-n to go at large, with.
out arrest or trouble."
' We think it would be hard Ayork to
prove that Gen. Lee was cruel or that
lie Eas used disloyal language since the
surrender.-Charotte Democrat.
MrriNG EXTRAoRDINAn.- Upon
th6 testimony of an old citizen who was
presept, we have to report the proceed
ing-s of a very extraordinary meeting of
niegroes, which took place on Sunday,
near. this city, in the direction of Dog
River. Nine hundred of them assen
bled to consider their condition, their
rights and duties under the new state of
existence upon which they have been
so suddenly launched. Our informant
avas surprised at the hard, practical
sense, and moderation of toie with
which the spokesmen of the meeting
urged. their views. After long and
careful delit-erations. this meeting re
I solvd Lj a vote of seven hundred
I voices to two hundred, that they had
made a practical trial tor three months of
the freedoi which the war had be.
qucathed to them-that its realities
t were far from being so flattering as their
timagination hiad painted it-that LI' y
.had discovered that the prejudices of
a color were by no means confined to the
.people of the ,South ; but, on the contra
.ry, ia was stroiiger and more marked
y against them in thie strangers from the
i North, than in the home people of the
.South, among whom. they had been
reared ; that negroes, no more than white
.men, could live without work, or be
f comfortable without homes ; that theim
s Northern deliverers from bonda ge had
'not, as they had expected, and been
-taught to expect, undertaken .to provide
for their happy existence in their new
t state of :freedom ; and that their old
masters had ceased to take any. interest
.in them, .or have a care for thein ; ahd
fiiially, that their; "last state was worse
than the first," and it was their deliber.
ate conclu'sion thati their true happinesi
-and welfare -require ethem to return tc
e the homes which th'ey had abandoned ir
S a inoment of excitement, and go to worl<
0 again under their old masters. And se
0 the reuolutiqns were passed, and at laj
o ccounts the wanderers were preking14
t their.little stock of movable goods, pre.
T patatory t?.the execition of their' geni
( Molde AMverther, 1 6thinsvt.
I; Sinia Apng ip at present 'residin~
d , t he island of St. ThomasY -tNe hwgig.
&.~ a ' rdpuneiamnento, in wbhi61t
d.,~xcunceus t1!. aton peden'
006*jo, .0m4i0o a rall i t fe o#' ,
the s eiud u/gs the e#tIt
*6 h&i et th. invaders
f4 hl tinoyt enpef p
Mateo and vis. n.M ii
PoloA g STATUS OF THE. SoUT.- I
The South 3las been conquered, but it
is still. an open question how it is
henceforth to be ruled.. The combat
between Federals and Confederates may
be over, but the contest between
Republicans and Democrats is about
to be recommenced. Under these cir
cumstances it is impossible to avoid
feeling that The Southern people are
exbrcising nsound discretion in acceptidg
the consequen-ces of tlie military success
of their late opponents, and once more'
undertaking the duties of 'oyal citizens'
to the established Government. In
'many respects the South is much better
placed than such nations as the Polish
or the Hungarian, which have endea
yored in vain torfree themselves from ang
oppressive yoke. The * Government in
the United States is constantly cbang.
ing, and, alhough in the minority at
presenit, the Democrats may once mo'o
secure the ascendant. What may be
the future of the South it is impossible
to say, but it could never be such as to
bear the faintest resemblance to that
of Poland or 1Hingary. Nor is it im
possible, or even improbable, that
public opinion may change in America
in respect to the expediency of retain.
ing the Northern and Southern States
i the .ame Confederacy ; and although
un11siuccessful in its recent attempt to
establish its independence, the South
may, at no distant period, obtain,
as the result of an amicable arrange
ment, that separate political -existence
to secure which thousands of human
lives have been sacrificed in vain. - In
any event, however, the people of the
Southern States do well to accept their
present lot with resignation, and are
wise in endeavoring, by such consti
tutional means as are afforded to them,
to.secure respect and consideration -at
the hands of their former foes.
*New York Berald.
A well-informed correspondent at
Vashington )yrites uis that Jefferson
D.11tis will be tried before a civil court,
and probably at Rfclhnond, before the
United States Circuit Court there.
We have reason to believe, further,
that, the trial of Davis will not be be.
gun until that of Wirtz' is concin'led.
The friends and counsel of Virtz hope,
it is said, to clear him, by proving
that Ie was acting tinler the authority
and order of Dlavis and the rebel Sec.
cretary of Wri. I1 tiAy cal -produce
satisfactory proofs of this, of course
that would furnish importai t. testi
iony for use upon the trial of Davis.
This and other circunstances are
likely to postpone the trial of Davis
for some months. It. is probable that
the rebel archives, captured after the
surrender of Johns6n, and now under
Dr. Lieber's charge at Walhingtonj
will be thoroughly examined for docu
mentary evidence before the trial is
begun. Of course, if Davis is tried
in Richmond, a new indictment will
have to be drawn and found by the
Grand Jury of that district. At pre.
sent, he hls been indieged only in the
District of Columbia. The new in
dictment will probably prraign him on
other counts tha'n levying war ; it will
Iterhaps contain a coint charging him
wvith the slow and deliberate murder of
prisoners of war.--A'change.
GksrtnAY WEBISTER AND TUE SOUTH-u
EmNx RItAILOAns.-The press of New
Orleans are jubilaht over the nrrival of
Brigadier General James D. Webster,
Chief of Major General Sherman's staff.
General Webster is on a tour of in
spection on the condition of the South#.
era railroads. His orders from Wash
ington are to report, if possible,'thi cost
of placing them in running 'order. In
referring to this tihe True Delta has the
following: This mission is supposed to
be preparatory'to an offer of suifficient
aid of the Government to restore roads
to operation at thd earliest possible
moment. This wouild be an act of noble
generosity on the part of the Goteornment
and at the same titme one by which thes
whole conntry would largely paroit.
Speedy and safe m~eans of intor-corn
mnumicanonl are absoluitely neceai-y Yor
the revival of business priosperiL)y in the
South, and upon~ this pr-ospority a .great
deoal of the success of the North'is dopen
dent.; and the era of testored harmony
and good feehing will 'as beajstened by
the same means. N~r d ie all h
benefit the nation tI.yan~ hvsig-.
in~g to re A t and're i~b Mogthirn rsib
in Mexico-iill eetb no rnt
Jrdbable,. OAn'ies *pi g w thb
~flin'gs of th 4!a een ,peopl'
fellatory~ ofalleiw#n t)($S~
would be a &~for th~ tranbip,&e
yi impg *nue~e
Tims uL'iUnUnA N CRoPs.-A short tri
in the country, a day or two ago, affor
ed us an opporlunity of seeing and hear
ing something of-rop results and pros.
pects. We are Aorry to conclude that
in, the counties of Henrico and Hanover
the corn crop will be, as the wheat crop
Was, short. The fine rains of the past
few days are powerless to relieve thr
restricted planting and the .inadequate
cultivation. But the fruit crop has beer1
and is extraordinarily plentiful, and,
.with vegetables, has quite recoinpensed
the trucknen and small farmers for any
loss they may .havi experienced' drac.
count of short cereal crops. Threwghoni
the twocounties named, there is a gen
eral spirit of industry and enterpris
prevailing. White labor is, to a con
siderable extent, empfoyed upon the4
farms, but negro labor is not taboond
and would be largely employed if iNd
reliability could ) g-a ranteed. Thi
great mass of the labor is being perform
ed by the late soldiers of the Confederat
army, many of whom haver no homes
and are dependent upot their daily wage
for their daily bread. Another yea
will show this labor thoroughly sys
tomatized and v.eU)ously employed - ii
farming operation.-Ricdoaond Whig.
CUAMP FInousos-, -rn GUEniILLA
-Nashville, Aug. 19.-The )ipagec
of this morning contains a "long an
interesting report of an interview .be
tween the local editor and the notei
gnerrilla chieftiati Champ Ferguson, no%
in this city. The interview was grant
ed by. General Thomas. This is the firs
conversation he i ps had sii'ice his arresw
excepting with hi counsel. He give
a complete history of his :areer, and ex
presses, himself freely on everything
relative to the charges against him. H
denies ever having committed many (
the acts chargtd against him. He state
that those whon ho killed were anel
ing his life, were in arms -huntirig hir
'down, and waylaying himrt. He any
he has never haried a Federal soldIo
in the regular service, though he h
taken many prisoners. He states lV
could not have been taken'in ten yei1
if.he had remained iu::Clinton .count
'Ky., his hone, ,aud not saUrendered
that he surrendered in good faith as
regular Confederate offiger, not 'antic
pating prosecntion.
PAnnoRJ RVOKE.-We had ocel
sion i dayw. or two ago to express oti
gratifiention at the "pardoni" of Alexai
der Dudley, President of.the York Iti
er Railroad, for the, reason that it opene
the way to resumption of operations o
that important line. We regret now t
have to state that Mr Dudley has bee
requried by General Terry, a'cting, w
presume, under instructions from Waal
ington, to surrender his pardon. .V
have heard no reason stated or surmise(
The event will have an unifortunal
tendency in disquieting otleri who hav
received pardons, and who, doubtless fe
that they could rely on them as fini
'fnld irrevocable, It is to be regrettei
too, on account of the publio vork ov
which Mr 1). presides.
I Ricinond Tins.
We confess to no*little surprise at i
foregomng. It must, however, 1)e oprft
that Mr. D. had violated the conditioi
of his pardon, and not thiat his, pard<
was revoked because of something goir
before it. We had supposed that I
exercise of Executive clemency wi
irrevocable. Indeed, that the gardoni
person alone could make null his pard<
by some subsequent misdeed.
R I1aleigh Rentine.
A Washinigton dispatch to the N.1,
2Ynes, dated 22d, says:
. Trhe sentiments of Governp~r Pprry~a
expressed in his latest speech et Greel
ville, 8. C., quoteJ,and commended
this morning's EVnes, armthe yame .th
he expressed to the Presidenit 'hen bei
accomlanied by th9. aSI)Iappae hat t
reforms Ii the pohitic,1 ndiit
South Carolir -wo l.g sc iji
at an early day.. ~ also expr~*
same sentiment. in pblicRd'a
Wore quoted: it eld 4rrig ud~6
thie-tune
. A kxudeA 's
departonet ab 3ij
information thate'* ,~i4p
been ehe4 r
ThA betwyeeW g
'where~nal # b
the~ C~i~ he y4
k- n Cna
a ont dai* 4it
Li .IslsIPPI oNVENTIOX. -The Mis.
slssippi State Constitutional Convention.,
in'ession -at Jackson by authority of
Governor Shai'ey, is transacting some
business.of interest to all of the South
ern States. It has passed to its firAt.
reading an Qrdinance ratifyidg all judi.
cial court, Imarriages, judgnments; - eO
er#q -contracts, sales, deeds, indV*
ments and State laws during the waf;
also, an ordinance prohibiting tle Leg.~
islature from passing any law imposing
any citil disability or -punishment or for
iitureoupon any citisen engaged in the
tte wet' *ith the United States for hi&
politterf opinions occaujoned thereby.
[New York News.
TnE NUMnI OF BATTLR.--Te
number of battles fought during the war
is given by an exchange,who, we think, -
under-states the number as two hundred
and sixty-tivo. Of these, the soil of Vil
ginia drank the blood of eighty-nine, -
Tennessee witnessed thirty-soven, Mir-s
sourl twenty-five, Georgia twelve, South
Carolina teh, North Carolina eldven,
Alabama seven,. Florida five, Kentncktv
fourteen, the Indian Territory and N'ew
Mexico one each. Once the wav& of
war rolled into a Northern State, and
broke in the great billow of Gettysbuwg.
Of the battles enumerated, sixteen were
naval engagements.
PENNSYLVANIA RssOLUT:ONs.-The'
resolutions passed by the Democrdtic
Convention held at Harrisburg last week,
for the nomination of State ffeers, assert.
that the rebellious States are entitled to
all the rights which they poesessed. re
vious to the rebellion, and imthedte
and unconditional representtuion In Con.
gress ;.denuniciation )f military arrests
and trials and negro suffrage. The
resolutions are of a strong'State rights
character, and promise President John.
son support Iin all gonstitutional efforts
to restore to the States the exercise of
their rights and power."
r No man in Virginia, however popular
1 and able,.should become a candidate for
e Congr6ss, unless lie feels assured thathe
5 can tind ready admission Into Congress.
This, we know; no original Secessionist
or prominent Confedtrate officer can do.
The perils which environ ida require that,
we shouldspeak upon this-Ouhject in the
plainest possible language, and'we have
tried to do so.-Richmond limes.
The same may be said of other South.
r ern States. H1ovever much a majority
- of the people might prefer a "Confed.
erate officer!' or "secessionist," we think
d it would be a waste of time to elect. such
n at present.-Charlotte N. C. Democrat.
n A RRESTED.-BisIaop Lay, o the
e Episcopal Church, was arrestA on
i- Thursday last at his home in Lincolnton,
e by U. S. officers sent, for that purpose,
1. and on Thursday passed through- this
e place under guard for Washington,
e Bislrop Lay was, the Bishop of At.
It kansas, but has. been temporarily resid.
d. ing at Lincolnton, N. -.., for, sowe
1, months priat. The. .cuse of his -aret
r is unknown to all eldoept the. authori
ties..C4harlotte Deocorat.
e -4The Fortress Monroerrespondent of
n the Phil*dellphia .tit Ner says, unlderdate
ofmu Auigust 23: " It is no't the intelligen
Sofficers and soldiers of' the late tegb.
army wor* out ernent hae 'to
bu toea adguard againat'awaddersfagd
a bt tosewretohes "who stayed at hote
jseeosawed,'as~inter~stjlictated, b4*est
,A the rebels and .theh allegiance, asa 40.
-ceiyo4 both sides.
"fars0NEpRS APUaup.--.Stisj o
the.WM Poetet sho' thA
*the rebelhlipp . armnfe. es#i~k
800, 0t~rsiers of war, ses -
in lg alro 6 one hundred and sfrti h~
ont f the fia ~ut'endE~ t
,ndthr facts deq
re$intdret,'
. astA I,.The. State C0n
16 en~tion t kinordhiancedeolar
ing nul void the ordinance of se
erevenue ordinaj r
eaction of the A4IW t
other business of hs
', A~bFO''
kr of the Wsah itl'~4J1t d
oe Jeff. hai n *its
r- chargetse, ah: aab. giobt
ft subeliWdd P~h W~tis lu the
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