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T YORKV1LLE. S. C. ? ?? THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24,1866. Persons who received the "ENquirer" last week, and do not get it this, will understand that they are in arrears. Errors will be corrected on application at the office. , jgg"- We are under obligations to the editor of the Charlotte Democrat, Br. A. P. Wylie of Chester, Mr. J. W. Henry of the Southern Express Company,'and Moses Alexander of this place, for late papers. DISTRESSING AFFAIR. A Jury of Inquest "was impanneled in Yorkville, on Friday last, the 18th inst., to inquire into the. cause of the death of a colored woman, named Cajeusy Ann Smith ; who rendered a verdict that the deceased came to her death by a pistol shot fired at her in the streets of Yorkville by Wm. BroVn, a youth of about 16 years of age; in defence of his own person. ? The body of the deceased was taken to the'home-of her former master, the same night, for interment in the oldhu . rial ground; another evidence ot the | last lingering attachment of the master to the slave. "THE BUBBLE BURST." With all the great preparation, and vast expense chat has occurred, we are told that the Atlantic Cable is again a failure. It seems that the Great Edstern steamer had succeeded in paying . . out 700 miles of the cable, when insu' lation was lost, and that all efforts to recover It had been unavailing at last acoounts. It'was a great undertaking, and one that has been pushed with an energy that deserved success. Though we may be among those who doubted the probability of its ultimate completion, we still sympathize with Field and DeSauty, who, doubtless are still sanguine, if means are obtainable. It is significant, the steamer had not arrived jeX11 Heart's Content.1* OVER-ZEALOUS.' We think some of our cotemporaries, mVin UVo mTpeolvARKftvohppnmfi Converts H Mv WMA WV* f VVi MV. . v to the fresh dootrines, in their devotion to the new order of things, are rather over-zealous. They pitch into "rebels" and "Secessionists," and "Southerners," with a vim that would honor the other side of Dixie a few months ago. We were rebels, and as such have "done the State some service," but now, having taken the Amnesty Oath, as well as those who have not, will have to do, we consider ourselves as loyal as any in the Union, without being called on to show an extri-devotion to prove we are in earnest. We are all "Union men," now, but see no use in imitating the Patlander, who, desirous of blending the National motto with that of the old country, had painted on ins sign-board, "Erin go unum, EPluribuz bragh!" ' POSTAL AFFAIBS. . The Postmaster General is gradually restoring the Postal service all over the South. He has informed the Provisional Governors, that as soon as reasonable bids are received, he will authorize 'the transmission of the mail once a week from each county seat, to the nearest railroad point. It is alsq stated, that hereafter all letters addressed to post postoffices in the South, which have not been re-opened since the commencement of the war will be forwarded to re-opencd offices nearest the ones for which they are designed, td remain, if they are not previously called for; until offices to which they are addressed shall be acain ;?peration. ** \ THE - ? A. C. CONVENTION. governor Holden, of North Caroli na has issued his proclamation, ordering an election for members of a Convention on the 21st of September.? The Convention is to consist of one hundred and twenty delegates, and is ordered to assemble at Raleigh, on Monday, the second day of October next. * Previous to the publication of Governor Holder's proclamation, it was submitted to President Johnson for his approval. From this ihct we are m? duced to make the subjoined extract from the proclamation instructing the officers in North Carolina, authorized to administer the Amnesty Oath, as to their duties. The extract refers to persons of the ''twenty thousand dollar class." "Under the thirteenth exception are included all who, during the rebellion, have held any office or agency under the State or pretended Confederate government ; or have in any way voluntarily joined in the rebellion, as for example, by entering or marching with armed forces hostile to the United States; by sending or furnishing money, provisions, or arms to persons engaged in the rebellion, save in cases where money or provisions were furnished from the promptings of charity or humanity; by acting with assemblages of persons, whether organized or unorganized, hos- I * f tile to the U. States; or in any ot her way giving aid, assistance or encouragejnent to the rebellion; and whose taxable property on the 29th day of May, 1865, exceeded in value the sum of twenty thousand dollars.'"' THE CONVENTION. The time for electing members to our State Convention is near at hand, when we hope a large vote will be polled.? From all appearances the people are preparing themselves for the change before them, and the more readily that the garrisons have been generally removed, at least from the up-country. There are, perhaps, some who are not willing to take the oath, and .go into Cbnven tion, and talk resistingly, but these are generally of that class who took care when occasion offered, to "snuff the battle afar off." We believe the Convention will be a harmonious one, though great changes have to be made in the Constitution; besides the slavery clause, the .election of Governor and President will have to be given to the people, as in all the other States, and the Parish system of Representatives equalized with that of the entire State. It is useless for anv set of men to coun 7 .... ?r . sel inaction?the oath must he swallowed, and the sooner our people enter into civil Government the better it will be Sm for -black and white?especially the former, who seem to be but illy instructed as to what are their rights, "Under military law. MERE-MENTION. At a public meeting in Chester, on Monday last, Dr. A. P. Wylie, Maj. C. D. Melton and James Hemphill, Esq., were nominated as candidates for the n ? a VU&i veil turn* puvpic nuu are in the excepted classes, appear to be still in doubt whether it is necessary for them to apply for pardon. We tell them that it is necessary, according to the edicts of the authorities ; and the sooner they do so the better. It would be difficult to pack 'away more sense in the same compass than President Johnsoifhas given' expression to in this sentence; "He that will keep a State out of the Union is just as great a secessionist asthe person who would take a State out."*v?*The Washington Union is severe on the gentleman from Lowell. It says, "If Ben Butler had been in Heaven during the rebellion there, he would have stolen all the gold of the new Jerusalem, and run away with the silver of the Ark of the Covenant." Oliver Waters of Cleveland county N. C., a whiskey pedlar, wq,s killed in affray at Chester^ S. C., a day or two since hy a man named Kistlcr, of said District. The following paragraph is going the rounds of the Press: "A movement is on foot by colored men to purchase the Charleston Mercury and publish it. as an anti-slavery Journal. Some progress Jias been made, and money is being subscribed with a good prospect of success." In Baltimore, as we learn by the Sun, South Carolina Bank notes are selling at eighteen cents on the dollar. Anthony Bertceni, has been appointed by the President, Postmaster for Salisbury. The United States military force at Savannah has been disbanded, and an organization of armed patrols substituted. The provpst courts have been abolished. JSTine million dollars worth of cotton arrived at New York in July. Tllf1 "WostAvri orrain rlofilpvc nniT ?_ ? b others begin to look gloomy about the crops. The Rev. Dr. Palmer (recently of Columbia, S. C.) has returned to New Orleans and taken charge of a Presbyterian Church in that. city. A Washington despatch says that imposing effort is being put forth to secure the influence of Lieut. Gen. Grant, in behalf of the pardon by President Johnson, of a number of General Officers of the late Confederate army, with every probability of success, as the distinguished military Chief is known to favor such a general polity as promises the earliest pacification. Mrs. Jefferson Davis has applied for permission to =ec her hu^ancV at Fortress Monroo, *aas been refused. A subscription is being raised in Washington in Secession circles for the b?nefit of Mrs. Davis. ;The war-horse of Gen. Stonewall Jackson is said to be on exhibition "Wrtwr.nv* Rhode Island. Ex ill) VJ Senator Foote, has written a letter to Goyernor Brownlow, of Tennessee, asking for a recommendation of pardon. It is estimated that at least one hundred thousand colored troops are retained in the service of the U. States. The Russians are conscripting Poland at the rate of six and a half men per 1,000. Hayti has had eleven revolutions in six years. Its career is a dark one. Gen. J. E. Johnson is at Buffalo Springs, Mecklenburg, Va.x recruiting his health. Thirty five employees have been discharged from the gas works, at St. Louis, and one hundred and fifty negroes employed to do their work. The negroes receive twenty five cents per day more- tjian was paid to whites. The police were sent to the spot to prevent the whites from jnobbing them. It is stated that Gen. Ueauregarcl is going to Europe, via- New York, by permission. The motto on the Virginia Coat of Arms has been changed. "Sic Semper Tyrannis" has been expunged, and the words "Liberty and Union" now appear above the Goddess of. Liberty trampling upon the prostrate form of Tyranny a large number of distinguished Confederates have already passed through Monterey for the City of Mexico. Among those steering for the capital are Gens. E. Kirby Smith, Price,. Wilcox, Walker, King, Preston, Magmder and Leadbetters j- Colonels Flournoy and O'Bannon; Governor Allen and ex-Governor Moore. Hershell Y. Johnson, of Geoigia, whowas the candidate for Vice-President with Douglas, in 1860, has been pardoned by the President." *'The control of the town of Wilmington, N. C., has been formally transferred by the military into, the hands of the civil authorities. ""Rev. Samuel Townsend, Bookseller of Columbia, died in. Philadelphia on the 1-st of August. THE ASIATIC CHOLEBA. Advices from the East show that this scourge has visited Alexandria, in Egypt with unusual violence, there having been 1,785 deaths in twenty days of June and tTuly, though 30,000 citizens had fled on its approach. A cor respondent of the N. Y. News of the 5th inst., reports it as almost entirely subsiding in Alexandria ; while that of the Tribune, says, "there can be but little doubt that it will sweep through Turkey into Europe, and probably reach America during the' coming fall, ' or at furthest next spring. It has all the characteristics of the worst epidemic's of past years." A pestilence, after four years war is dreadful to contemplate; but we can onlv watch and wait, while practising V cleanliness, using wholesome food, with moderate exercise. Already we- have the prophets and sooth-sayers at work, to excite the credulous> and alarm the timid ; our. people should have been cured of all superstitious, notions the last four years, when wfe had "Armageddon" and a h?st of others pointing out success to the Confederacy,, which many' believed, because they wanted ow/1 ntlioi-Q hncnnsp t.nev.ha<i" no more I V, WBilWW J sense; yet, as the public appetite may crave more, we give the following "horrible prediction" of Prof. Leonidas, an Indianapolis Astrologer,- after looking at the rings round the sun: "I observe by the planets that a dreadful plague will commence in Russia, originating from silks brought over from Egypt, Cairo and Turkey. It. will extend across the Baltic Sea, desolate Germany, cause immense mortality in England, and thgn spread to the United States. This dreadful epidemic will spot the people like a leopard, and turn the flesh of a purple black.? The pestilence will carry off such an amount of mortals that frhere will be not enough loft to bury the dead or give i them .Christian burial. The streets of our oities, towns and villages will be ( swarmed with the dead and dying. The groans and yells of horror will fill every breast with consternation. Confu-. sion will abound on all sides. The death-knell will cease to toll as the malady rages in fury. The infected will fall and die wherever they take it.? The stench of the dead will become socommon that the survivors will not heed it." We hope that this will'not deter our former patrons from renewing their subscriptions to our paper for another year. It has long been known by the most celebrated physicians and divines that nothing is so conducive to health ?? " + /-vrr? -mil a nnn ao a WilbCUb^U 1111111*2 XIV IT ithv Villi 1/V content to sit with moping melancholy at his winter's evening fireside, and no newspaper to cheer his .old heart and inform his little ones ? Consider this, j 7 and grant we are as .good an Astrologer as Prof. Leonidas. FROM CHESTER. Chester C. H., August 13,1865. Mr. Editor:?I am pleased to hear that the Yorkville Enquirer is to be once more a thing of life. I trust it may soon recover its antc-hollum position and prosperity, in .which particulars, if I am correctly informed, it was second to no paper in the State. Our hapless community has, for two months, been whirled about "the unwilling spirit of circumstance and passion." First, we had with us'Captain Brown, with a detachment of the 9th Ohio cavalry. Their policy was to fraternize entirely with the colored brethren. They held the ultra northern doctrine that a "white man is as. good as a negro if lie behaves himself." Through the teaching of some of these men, the negroes were led to believe that the Agrarian doctrine was to be the lqw of the land?that this Fall there. was to be a grand "divide"- of everything. In pursuance of their supposed rights, the negroes in a good many places actually marked out their respective shares of God's -green earth, in some instances squabbling among them- ' selves as to the quantity of wood land, arable land, &c., to which they were respectively entitled. ' After an administration of several . weeks, Capt. Brown was relieved by a Captain?a Dutchman?whose name is beyond my orthography. He, the Dutchman, was as far on one extreme, as CapL Brown had been on the other. A few days after his arrival, he called a mass meeting of the citizens of the nrul rlnlivnrori tiirriQAlf in n. quite lengthy speech, in -which ho represented that the rights of the -white man as employer, were far greater and more absolute than had ever been the rights of the master under the State law. Ilis remedy for all improprieties on the part of the negro was to knock him down, and if that did not suffice, to kill him. The result of his teaching was, that a good many men who had got behind in the matter of punishing their negroes during Capt. Brown's administration, went home and brought up the average immediately. Capt. Dutchman's reign was a Short one?only about a week. He was succeeded by an interregnum, during which the reins of power were in the hands of a home organization with Mr. G. J. Patterson, a discreet and equitable gentleman, atits head. During the two weeks that we- had matters in our own hands, quiet and order reigned. The streets were not filed with vagabond freedmen, and things began to wear a more satisfactory aspect. In the midst of this quiet, another garrison came down upon us, commanded by Capt. 'Bennett, of an" Indiana regiment Capt. Bennett and Capt. Mayes, Provost Marshal, witlrthe men under their command, conducted themselves in the most gentlemanly manner, and, I am glad to say, gave universal satisfaction. While they protected the rights of .the colored people, they for bi?hthem from loafing about in idleness, required them to remain pn the plantations, and when necessary, enforced discipline to require them to labor. While we were all congratulating ourselves on our good fortune in having received so unexceptionable a garrison, we were suddenly dismayed at the announcement that a colored company was on the way to abide with us. They did come; and to the surprise of everybody, remained quietly in their camp, molesting no one, till last Tuesday?the day ordered for their departure?when some difficulty sprang up between some of $hem and Borne of the citizens. Their departure was delayed, and daily, until yesterday, when they left us, disputes of a more or less serious nature occurred. * The citizens of the town in the meantime were in the most feverish state ' - i of anxiety I have ever known; dreading lest if a general collision were .to take place it might end in a most deplorable catastrophe to our town and our people. Providentially, they were taken away'on yesterday,, and, as we are informed, are to be removed from the State entirely. This result is due to the untiring efforts of our excellent Governor. Again we are left to "paddle our own canoe '?the Town Council at the helm, (that is if a. "canoe" has a helm, of which fact I am uncertain, not being familiar with water craft) and it is to be hoped that we will glide along quietly, and dispense with the necessity of any more "foreign intervention." How times change and men with them !? "Foreign intervention" has been our prayer for four years?now we'll have none of it, if we can help ourselves. Our people are rapidly restoring themselves to the position of good and loyal citizens by means of the Amnesty Oath. True, there are some men who live a considerable distanceirom the big road, and who are still keeping watch and ward over the dead body of slavery, who refuse to take the oath, because, say they, they will thereby admit that their negroes are free!. They are hugging to their bosoms the delusive hope that Congress will not ratify the proceedings of the military authorities.? Pitiable infatuation! In" their blind-% ' -i i a ^ r I a! _ A ness or tneir ignorance, mey iorgei mat revolutions never go backward. That a great principle once established by blood is established for all time. We had some amusement here some time ago in getting up a petition to President Johnson for' the restoration of civil government. The fun consisted in hearing the petty quibbles of those who were averse to signing anything.? One great quibble was, that in the petition, the war was called a "civil war." I think Webster's Dictionary answers this very conclusively. Another was that secession was not an "appeal to. the God of Battles." The petition stated "our State, contrary ft the earnest remonstrances of many of us, appealed to the God of Battles."*" On the assumption that secession was a "peaceable remedy," their criticism was right ; ; but I am of opinion that the events of the last four years have rather knocked the bottoip out of that doctrine. Some, and it is almost incredible, in. fact, so much so, that I would rather tell it to marines than to sailors, objected to signing because the sentence: "We, therefore, humbly submit,"*began with a small "w" instead of a capital "W." In spite, however, of all these formidable criticisms, the petition was a complete success. Over six hundred of as good and tnle men as there are in or out of the State, signed it. And when Gov. Perrt was in Washington, President Johnson hunted up the document and ohowcd it to him, with the statement that in point of language and force, it was superior to anything of the kihd that had been forwarded from the South. Chester is beginning to assume its old appearance. The doors on the public square that have been closed so long are opening up. All departments of business are being revived. Cotton is coming in quite freely, and in consequence thereof, gold is%quite plenty.? Gold or silver is the only circulating medium. People are instinctively afraid of'greenbacks.' .They quote injustifi? a!? a! xr -1.1 aT. - a ?*_ cation uiereoi,. tuc uiu saw, iiiut "a burnt child dreads the fire." Most of them got burned with Confed., and now they are indisposed to handle anything but the metallic currency. Corn crops bid fair to-be more abundant than they have been for many years. A blessed thing for the hundreds of freedmen who will inevitably be homeless and wandering next year. If our Legislature, when it meets, can succeed in making wise laws for the governiflent of this class, I do not entirely despair of once more seeing prosperity within our borders. Yours, X. FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS. The following appointments of Federal officers in South Caroliqa have been made by His Excellency the Provisional Governor: Col. Charles J. Elford, Assessor of the Internal Revenue, and James G. Gibbes, Collector of the Third Collection District of the State, including the District of Richland, Lexington, Edgefield, Abbeville, Newberry, Fairfield, Chester, Laurens, Anderson, Pickens, Greenville, Spartanburg, Union and York. In each one of these Districts 'Sub-Collectors and Assessors will be appointed by the Assessor' and Collector respectively. Col. J. N; Norwood, of Darlington, Assessor, and ColrMontgomery Moses, of Sumter, Collector of the First Collection District, . including! Horry, Georgetown, Williamsburg, Marion, Marlborough, Darlington, Clarendon, Sumter, Kershaw, . Chesterfield and Lancaster. Inw the Second Collection District, including Charleston, Colleton, Beaufort, Barnwell and Orangeburg, Messrs. J. B. Sawyer and Charles Haskell were appointed Collector and Assessor before the Provisional Governor received his appointment. * B. C. Pressly, Assistant Treasurer: - W. Y. Leitch," Port Surveyor of Charleston. Fleetwood Lanneau, Commissioner of Direct Tax. W. G. Croft, Collector of the Port of Georgetown. Hon. Alfred Huger, Postmaster of Charleston, S. G. Douthit, Postmaster of Greenville. P. "Wells, Route Agent G; & C. Railroad. ^ Augustine Bacon, Route Agent G. a Kj. aauroaa. C. B; Roberta, Route Agent G. & C. Railroad. Dr. Roberts, Inspector of Drugs at Charleston. - ' Carter Y. Pool, Route Agent S. C. Railroad. . Thomas Miles, Route Agent S. C. Railroad. , W. C. Meredith, Route Agent S. C. Railroad. Pardoned.?We learn that a telegram from Washington has been received in this city announcing the complete and unconditional pardon of our esteemed fellow-oiti^ zen, T. D. Wagner, Esq. This announcement will be received with intense gratification hv nni- whnlft nnrnmnnitv. in whioh Mr. Wagner has been so long a benefactor and active friend of the poor. Charleston Courier. -Repairing Southern Railroads.? ! Mr. John W. Garrett,4. President of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, has obtained an order from the'Government to furnish the Southern railroads with all the stock belonging to the United States government at a fair valuation ; trusting the roads for the money, to be paid, out of the receipts from business. PEOFIjE'S TICKET FOR THE CONVENTION. COL. W. C. DEATTV, REV. R. A. ROSS, DIV A. ?. C. CAMPBELL,' . J. NEWMAN McELWEE. MANY CITIZENS. August 34 - ' 19 ' 2t t7hdr sale.?an excellent --Um..A nmonrp .?I,K wi?hn?t ? HHOn sett orDOUBTE^HARNESs!" A*J*o^ aCTOOD PIANO," Apply 10 Dr. JMIN MAY. August 94 19 . tf at CI K> unfitly aaaMvxaiv ic Xq apis joj -sjaqranu ips Jo 'gsnOViOHdS annuj-paisu pun to318 '".MIS J? muiUoM uu 'ua -AlgPgH ^Snj^- ggTDYJGQgdb lyriCKERSON'S HOTEL, COLUM-L v BIA, 8. C^?The undersigned, having leased the LARGfiand COMMODIOUS BUILDING known as die "Coluintia Methodist Female College," will open it as a FIRST-CLASS HOTEL, on September 7. '. . T. S. NICKERSON, Proprietor. ' Angina 24 19 Ot COUTH CAROLINA?YORK DISTRICT.?Whereas, J. A. CAMP, has applied to me Tor Letters of Admlnlitration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of ABRAHAM CAMP, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all-and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to'beand appear before me at our next Ordinary'sCourt for the said District, to be holden at York Court House ou tile 4th day of .September next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand ana Beal, this 91st day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight bundredond sixty-five, and In the ninetieth year"or the Independence of the United States of America. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. August 94 19 * 2t T N. ROBSON, HAS RESUMED ei the COMMISSION BUSINESS, at his old stand, Gfl East Bay, Charleston, S. C. QQ- Particular attention given to the sale of COTTON, FLOUR, CORN, etc.; and from his long experience, he feels confident of giving full satisfaction. Antrum 17 18 4t THOMAS J. ECCLES, REGISJL TERED NOTARY PUBLIC, for York District, will give attention to all matters pertaining to Government affairs. AMNESTY OATHS and PETITIONS FOR PARDON, tlie Collection of Debts, the Probate of Wills, Testaments, Lands, Sic., as the laws ol'the State, under tlie United States, may nllow or prescribe." . August 17 18 tf "VT OTICE.?ADMINISTRATORS, J.! Executors and Guardians, who have noynade thefr FINAL* RETURNS, are hereby notified to male their annual retnms forthwith. Those foiling or neglecting to make said returns on or before the FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER next, will be dealt with as the law directs. J. A. BROWN, Ordinary of York District. August 17 18 3t T^URNITURE FORSALE.?THE I -J? undersigned offers at private sale, hits HOUSEHOLD iflid KITCHEN FURNITURE, consisting of Double and Single Bedsteads, Matrasses, Centre Table, Chairs, Sofa, Tables, Carpets, Sale, Crockery, Cooking Stove, Cooking I Utensils, Stc. Also, a fine Seven-Octave Piano, and a fine : Melodeou. The above propewy, or any part oflt, is offered at private splc until tlie 31st of August. If not disposed of by that | time, it will then be sold at public auction. r Terms made known on application, or on the day of J. D. MULLER. August 17 18 2t /GOVERNMENT CLAIMS AND UT APPLICATIONS FOR TARDON?The subscriber respectfully offers to the citizens of the State his attention in all matters pertaining to GOVERNMENT CLAIMS and APPLICATIONS FOR PARDON. All Applications Ibr Pardon, under the excepted sections of the President's Amnesty Proclamation, must be In tlie" form oi a petition, stating (he exception or exceptions, and accompanied both by tlie Oath prescribed and with this approval of the Provisional Governor of the State. Tlie subscriber presents, at the same time, his Cnrd as Atjorney at Law. WM. J. GAYER, 12 Chapel-street, Charleslon, S. C. August 17 18 3t ' A- DAILY 4-IIORSE COACH, Will leave ROSE'S HOTEL, Yorkville, 8. C? at 5 o'cloclr, A. M., FOR ROCK HILL, to conucct with the up-train on the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad; looi'o P/wiW TVII1 nn mfurn nf flip Down Train, ailil arrive afYorkville, the same evening. PARE?Two Dollars and fifty cents, eacli way. To go and return, fame day, Three Dollars. OQ- PACKAGES under one hundred pounds weight, will be received at reasonable rates, if left at the office the night previous. . W. E. ROSE. August 17 18 4t *,* Columbia and Charlotte papers will copy four times weekly, and send bill to this office. UOUTH CAROLINA-YORK DISTRICT.?Whereas, WILLIAM L. CASTLES, ha? applied to me for Letters of. Administration on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Mrs. J. U. CASTLES, late of the District aforesaid, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admonish ay and singular, the kindred nnd creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Ordinary \s Court for the said District, to he holden at York Court House on the 35th day of AUGUST Inst., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 8th day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty five, and in the ninetieth year of the Independence of the United States of America. JOHN A. BROWN, Q. Y. D. August 17 18 2t QOUTH CAROLINA?YORK DI~SO TRICT.?Whereas, WILLIAM L. CASTLES, has plied to me for Letters of Administration, ile bonis non with the will annexed, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of THOMAS h. CASTLES, late ol the District aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to qite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to he and appear before m8, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at York Court House on the 25th day of August next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 8th day of August , in theyearofourLord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and in the 90tli year of the Independence oi the United States of America. JOHN A. BROWN, 0, Y. D. ' August 17 * IB & COUTH CAROM? A?YORK DISO TRICT. Whereas I. L. JACKSON and VV. J. JACKSON, have applied,lo mc for Letter* of Administration, with the will annexed, on all and Hlncular; the goods and chattels, rights and credits of HUGH M. JACKSON, laic of the District aforesaid, deceased. ' - These ore. therefore, to .cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditor* of the sold deceased, to be and appear t>efore me, at our next Ordlnara's Court for the said District, to be nolden at York Court House, on the 25th' day of August, instant, to shew cause, if any, why the said administration should not be grouted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 5hh day of August, in the year of our Lord one'thousand eight hundred and sixty^five, and in the ninetieth year ofihe Independence of the United States of America. ' ' JOHN A. .BROWN, 0. Y. D. August 17 18- 2t WILLIS & CHISOLM] FACTORS, COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND SHIPPING AGENTS, OFFICE?-MILLS HOUSE, * CHARLESTON, S. C. E. WILLIS.... ... A. R. CRI30LK. WILL ATTEND TO THE PURCHA8E, SALE AND SHIPMENT?(in Foreign and Domestic Ports)?of Couon, Rice, Lumber. Naval Stores; to the Collcctlbn of Drafts, Purchase ana Sale of- all Securities. Consignments 'of Vessels solicited. - , refers to : Messrs. JOHN FRASER k CO., Charleston, H. C. Messrs. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO., ClmrleKton, S. C. Messrs. CEO. A. HOPLEY k CO., Charleston, 8. C. GEO. SCHLEY, Esq., Augusta, Ga. T. S. METCALF, Esq., Augusta, Ga. Messrs. CLARK, DODGR k CO., New York. Messrs. MURRAY A NEPHBW, New York. Messrs. E. W. CLARK k CO., Philadelphia, Pcnn. x? Duwiu'ontBT ppvtAMfir v < ? > n.tttTn/w. Maryland. Messrs. 3/CM'L HARRIS k SONS, Baltimore, Md. ' / August 17 18 5t T?LEOTION :NOTICE.?PURSUIT ANT to the order of B. P. Perry, Governor of South Carolina, an election will be held nt the several election precincts In York District, op MONDAY, FOURTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER next, for POUR DELEGATES to the State Convention, to meet at Colombia,' on the 13th day of said month o f September. All persons entitled to vfite fur members of the 8&te Legislature, and who have token the oath of allegiance to the Doited States, as jet fortU In the Proclamation of Governor Perky, will be entitled to rote atnnld election. The managers will proceed to count tbe votes, publicly. Immediately after the final closing of the polls, at the' precinct where the votes have been taken, make oat ^certificate of tbe result, which must be signed by a majority of the managers, awl taken to the Court House ou tbe next <lny, when the managers will examine the several .statements and declare the result of U?r election. On the.day of etecUon.polls to be opened at 9 o'clock, A. M. and closed at 4 P. M. with convcplent Intervals. J.HBRNDOIV J. E.JEFFEHT3, Managers at Yorkviile. rutcircTs and kaksorrm. TatJcpilk.?J. Her..con, J. E. Jefferys. .fl/lison's.?Job n B. Lowry, R. B. Alexander, R. Allison. - Ring's Mountain.?M. A. Hambrlght, R. U. Whlsonant. Bratlons\-ilU.?S. S. Brnuon, J. M. Wallace. BoyAon.?H. Martin, A. J. McCill, R. Caveay. Content.?3. L. Adams, J. L. M. Adams, C. M. Carter. dark's Store.?J. M. Smarr, L. Smltlt, J. G. Alexander. Ebenczer?T. 8. Neely.P. Garrison, A. P. Pewell. Fccvuter'i.?G. L. McNcel, S. Fecmstcr, 8. Blair. . Fort ililU.?B. J. Patter ton, H. C. Harris, B. H. Massey. Kerr't.?W. Hope, W. Stephenson, W. P. Wylle. Zone's?T. T. Gwlnn. J. M.Moore. A. F. Love. Moore'i.?0. Sarratt, W. Moore, C. Webber. Rock Hill.?A. E. Hutchison, H. Simpson, A. Klrkpatrlck. . Shiloh.?S. Anderson, H. II. Drcnnon, A. IMtertson. WyUe's.~E. O. Dyers, T. D. Byera, J. J. Wylle. Clay Hill.?J. D. Currence, D. T. Partlow, J. C. Phillips. Coates' Tevera.?J. R. Patton, T. VVhliesJdcs, N. Biggins. McCovjielsvillc.?P. W. Lindsay, J. Moore, J. D. McConncll. Augnst 17 18 2t ????mLrnmm??? DIRECTIONS .FOR ADMINISTERING AND HECORDINO THE AMNESTY PATH. The following official circular has been Issued: . Department op State, Washington, May 29, 1865. Sir : A copy of the. President's amnesty proclamation of thls'date is herewith appended. By a clause in the Instrument the Secretary of State Is directed to establish rules and regulations for administering and recording the amnesty oath, so as to insure its bench li to the people and guard the government against fraud. Pursuant to this Injunction, you arc informed that the oath proscribed in the proclamation maybe taken and subscribed before any commissioned officer, civil, military or naval, in the service of the United States, or any civil or military officer of a loyal State or Territory, who by the laws thereof may be qualified for administering oaths. All officers who receive such oaths arc hereby authorized to give certified copies thereof to the persons respectively by whom they were made; and such officers are hereby required to transmit the originals of iucIi oaths, at as early a day as may bu convenient, to tills department, where they will he deposited and remain in the archives of the government. A register thereof wltl be kept In the department, and 011 application, in proper cases, certificates of such records will be issued in the customary form of official certificates. I am, sir, your obedient servant/ . WftL H. SEWARD. t , Secretary of Slate. Amnesty Proclamation. By the President of the United Staler of Jhnerica. Whereas, the President of the United Stales, on the 8th day of December, A. D., eighteen hundred and sixty three and on the twenty sixth day of March, A. D., eighteen hon dred and sixty four, did, with the object to suppress the existing rebellion, to induce all persons to return to their loyalty nnd to restore the anthorjty. of the United State*;, issue proclamations offering amnesty and pardon tooertftin persons who hod, directly or by impllcarlon, participated In the said rebellion; and " 4 . Whereas, many persons, who had so engaged in tahl rebellfQii, have since the Issuance ofNaid proolamxtloa/ailed or neglected to take the benefits offered thereby; and Whereas, many persons whlfhave been justly deprived of all clatm to amnesty and pardon thereunder by reason of their participation, directly or by Implication, in said rebellion and coulinued humility 10 the Government of lirtf United State* since the date of said proclamation now de sire to apply for ana obtain amnesty and pardon ; . To this end, therefore, that the authority of the government of the United States may be restored, nnd tlint peace, order and freedom mny be established,!, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, do proclaim and declare thai I hereby great to all persons who have, directly or in 'dlrectlyparticTpntcd iu the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, amnesty and pardon, with restoration of oil rights of property, except as to slaves, and*except In case? where legal proceedings, under the laws of the United States providing for the confiscation of property of.per-. ions engaged in rebellion, have been Instituted, but on ttao condition, nevertheless, that every such person shall subscribe and take, the following oath or affirmation, and thence forward keep and-malntaln said oath Inviolate, and which oath shall be registered for permanent preservation, and shall be iff the tenor and effect following, to wit: I ? , do solemnly swear, or affirm, in presence of Almighty Cod, that 1 will henceforth faithfully support and defend the constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, and tliaf I will, in like manuer, abide by and faithfully support oil laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion witli retereace to the emancipation of slave:). So help me God. * The following classes of persons are excepted from the benefits of this proclainatiou : First.?All who are, or shall have been, pretended civil of diplomatic officers, or otherwise, domestic or foreign agents of the pretended Conft-dehuc government. Second.?All who left judicial stations under the United States to aid the rebellion. Third.?All i^ho shall have been military or naval ofli cers of said pretended Confederate government abo.vc the rank of Coloncfin the army or Lieutenant in the navy. Fourth.?All who left seats In the Congress of the United States to aid the rebellion. Fi/lli.?All who resigned or tendered resignations of their commissions in the army or navy oftlte United States* to evade duly in resisting lite rebellion. S?cth.?All who hove engaged in any way iu treating otherwise than lawfully as prisoners of war, persons found in the United State's service, as officers, soldiers, stamen, or in other capacities. Seventh.?All persons who have been or are absentees from the United States for lite purpose of aiding the rebel lion. . EiglUh.- All military and naval officers in the rebel service who were educated by the government in the Military Academy at West Point, or the United Syncs Naval Acadcmy. .' Ninth.?All persons who held the pretended offices of Governors of ^States in insurrection against the United States. Tenth All persons who left their homes wlthla the Jurisdiction and protection of the United States, and passed beyond Federal military llncsjn to the so called Confederate States for the purpose of aiding the rebellion. Eleventh.?All persons who have been engaged in' the destruction of the commerce of the United states upon the Mgh seas, and all persons who made raids into United States from Canada, or been, engaged In destroying the commerce at the Uolted States upon the lakes and rivers that separate the British provinces from the United State*. T(rf. Jtji.?All persons who, at the time when they seek to obtain tne ocnotits ncrcot i?y taxing mo imui ut-reui p?tscribed, are In military smaval or civil confinement or custody, or under bonds of the civil, military or'naya! tathoritles of agents of the United States, as prisoners of war or persons detained for offenses of any kind either before or' after conviction. Thirteenth.?AW persons wl?o voluntarily participated In said rebellion, nnd the estimated vol Eft of wliose taxable property is over twepty thousand dollars. Fourteenth.?All persons who have taker, iheoath of, amnesty as prescribed in the President's proclamation of December eight, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty throe, or an oath of allegiance to the government of the United States since the date of Said proclamation, and who have not thenceforth kept and maintained the same ^ Inviolate: Provided, That spcclpl application may bo made to the President for pardon by any person belonging to the ex copied .daises, and such clemency will be liberally extended as may be consistent with the facts of the case and the peace and dignity of the United States. The Secretary of State will establish rules and regulations for administering and recording said amnesty oath so as to insure its benefits to the people, and guard the govf>r?m*nr nvf>lti?t fraud. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to he affixed. * Done at the city of Washington, the twenty-ninth"day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty five, and of the independence of the United States, the eighty-ninth. ANDREW JOHNSON. \ By the President: WM. II. SEWARD, Secretary of Staje. PETITIONS FOB FABDON. parties forwarding Petitions for Pardon through the Governor's office, in drawing them should observe the'followlng directions 1st.?Address the Petition to the President of the United States. 2nd.?State the name, age, residence and occupation of the applicant. 3rd.?State the general conduct of the applicant during tlte rebellion, and -die part taken therein, wnlclt may render his property liable to confiscation. 4tli.?State the clause in the Amnesty Proclamation of May 29th, 1865, under which be comes. 5th.?State that the Applicant has taken the Oath of Amnesty as prescribed by die President's Proclamation of May 29tl?. 1865, and his intention to observe the same. 6th.?Sign the petition. 7th.?Attach to the petition, with mucilage of wafers, a copy of the Amnesty Oath, sworn and subscribed to by the appucam. . The petition should be written on large size letter, or foolscap paper, and folded with the lines of the-writing. Make no endorsement on the back of the petition. By observing these directions, applicants will secure promptness la the consideration of their petitions, PBOCLAHATIOW. By die Provisional Governor of the 3tnte nfSo. OmmMbi. WhebKAS^ Bis Excellency, President Johnson, has issued his Proclamation, *p. pointing me (Benjamin F. Perry) Piwfbional Governor in and for the State of Booth Carolina, with power to prescribe such roles < and regulations as may be neeenary and proper for convening a Convention of the State, composed of Delegates to tw chosen by that portion of the people ofstidBtate who are loyal to the United States, for the purpose of altering'or amending the Constitution thereof; and with authority to exercise within the limits of the State all the powers necessary and proper to enable ouoh loyal people to Testore said State to its constitutional relations to the Federal Governmeot, and to present sneh' a Republican . form of State Government as will entitle the State to the guarantee of tha?$J?iM States therefor, and its people to protection * by the United' States against invasion, insurrection and'domestic violence : *". ? ? * I_ ? 1* -? ?--!& JNOW, inereiore, m uuuuteucv hi hw pv claraation of his Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the United Stateaw^ BENJAMIN F. PERRY, Proviahitftwfcvernor of the State of South Carolina, for the purpose of organizing a Provisional^ vemmeiit in Sooth Carolina, restoring civil authority in said State, under the flewniitntion and laws ot the United Statas^o hereby proclaim and declare that oil em! officers in Sooth Carolina, who were ha office when the Civil Government of the State was suspended, in May last, (except thaee arrested or under prosecution-for treason,) shall, on taking the oath of allegiance prescribed in the President's Amnesty Proojfsp motion of the 29th day of May, 18G5, resume the duties of their offices and continue to discharge them under tho Provisional Government till further appointments ere medif. And I do further proclaim, declare"and make known, that it is the doty of all loyal citizens of the State of South Carolina "to DroDJDtlv eo forward and take the oath of allegiance to the United States, before some magistrate or military officer of the Federal Government, who may be qualified for administering oaths ; and soeh are herebyanthorized to give certified copies thereof to the persons respectively by whom they ! were made. And such magistrates or officers are hereby required to transmit the 0rigiaals of such oaths, at as early a day as maybe convenient, to tbe Department of State in tbe city of Washington, D. 0. And I do farther-proclaim, declare make known, that the Managers of tions throughout tbe State of South Carolina will hold an election for members of a State Convention, at their respective precincts, on the FIRST MONDAY IN S^TEMBER NEXT, according to-the lawn of Sooth Carolina in .force before the secession of the State, and that each Election District in the State shall elect as many members of tbe Convention as the said District has members of the House of Representative? tbe basis of representation being population and taxation. This will give one hundred and twenty-four members to tbe Convention ?a number sufficiently large to represent every portion of the State most folly- _ J Every loyal citizen who Jiad taken the Amnesty oath, and not within the excepted classes in the President's juroobrnfttion^ will be entitled to vote, provided he"fcns legal voter under the Constitution 3a it stood prior (o the secession Of South Carolina. And all who are within the excepted classes must take the oath and apply for a pardqti, jn order to entitle them to vote or become members of the Convention. The members of the Convention thua elected on the first Monday in September next, are 'hereby required to convene in the city of Colombia, on WEDNESDAY, (be 13th day of September, 1865, for thejpurpose of alteringapd amending the present Constitution, of South Carolina, or remodeling and making a new one, which will conform to the gfeafc changes which have taken place iu the State, and be more in accordance with Republican principles and equality of representation. And I do farther proclaim end make known, that the Constitution and all tars of force in Soath Carolina prior to the secession of the State, are hereby made* Of force under the Provisional Government* except wherein they may conflict .with ft* provisions of this proclamation. And fte Judges, and Chancellors of the Stafce-fte hereby required to exercise 0)1 the powers and perform all the duties which appertain to their respective offices, and especially in criminal cases. It will be expected of. the Federal military authorities now in Jftft Carolina, to lend tbeir authority to the.eftfU officers of the Provisional Government, for the purpose of enforcing the laws and paserving the peace and good order of fte State. ' And I do farther command and enjoin good and lawful citizens of the State to unite in enforcing the 1*WB and bringingto justice all disorderly persons, all plondeaft, robbers and marauders, all vagrants and ime jwimus ituy wwtuuiug ttuuuii w oat employment or any visible rtWBMf supporting themselves., It is also expected that all former ov&vs of freed persons ipll be kind to them, and not torn off the children or aged to petiSh; and the freed men and women ace earnestly enjoined to make contraota just and fair,4br remaining with their former owners. In order to facilitate as mooh as possible the application for pardons nnder the excepted sections of the President's Amnesty Proclamation, it is stated for information that all applications most be by petition, stating the exception, and accompanied with the oath prescribed, This petition mast be first approved by the Provisional Governor, and then forwarded to the President. The headquarters of the Provisional Governor wiH be at Greenville, where all oomttanieations to him most be addressed. The- newspapers of this State will publish this proclamation until the election for members of the. Convention. In testimony whereof, J have hereunto set my hand and seal. Done at the town of Greenville, this 20th day of Tl. s.] July, in the year of our Lord 1866, and of the independendence of Pie * United States the ninetieth. B. P. PERRY. By the Provisional Governor* Wm. H. Perry. Private Secretary. | Aug 18 V c 18 " # I