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feeliug, tbey still point to the language sofreely used by the old party in reference to President Johnson as ? tailor" and President Lincoln as "a rail splitter." Mayor Macbeth, has not yet taken bis . seat, nor Sheriff Career taken possession of the jail, although General Gillmore was expected to. iarae his orders to that effeot last Tuesday. It is now reported that no farther aetian will be had until the return of Gen. Gilhnore from Washington, whither he has gone for the purpose of consultation. The poor of- Charleston, about sixteen hun'dred in number, are now supported entirely from the United States commissary stores. Since the entrance of the Union forces more than twenty thousand people hare been relieved by the United States rations furnished them. . Yesterday, in pursuance of a call from Lieutenant Linqnist, Inspector, the presidents of the different ward committies assembled at Bennett's headquarters to hear his suggestions made in behalf of the suffering. General Bennet has made strenuous efforts in behalf of 'V ? * V 1 M l? toe poor who crowd upon mm aaiiy ior relief. So far ho bas been very successful.? Lieutenant Linquist also dererves the gratitude of the poblio for his efforts and oheerfnll co-operation with the General in car-1 rying ou?hia views. In the upper portion of the. city are numerous destitute families, .country refugees, &c. Mr. S. D. Kirk, chairman of the committee of the ward in which these poor people reside, has been exceedingly aotive and diligent, and hi connection with Messrs. G. W. Williams and Dr. John F. Poppenheim, relieved much misery and distress among many too proud to let their1 condition be known. A petition from the planters on Cooper and Ashley rivers, drawn up and signed by thirty-three of their number, was recently sent.to General Bennett for action. It was originally intended to be sent to General Gillmore. It will be seen that it calls tbe General's attention to several very irnpor- 1 tani, if not vital, subjeots. The following is a copy :? Charleston, S. C., August 29,1865. To Bvig^^Gen* W. F. Bennett:?. nvxtTW a T .Thn -naJnMmnarl nlnntorc ,1 -" VI " ft T II >T |'" " * A WW MUUV4U|^UVWJ |/?MU Wl W on the Cooper and Ashley rivers, respectfully call to your attention the unfortunate condition of affairs in the seotion of country where they reside. They will do so in as brief a manner as possible! On many plantations the freed negroes decline emphatically to enter into any contract with the ownera of the soil ; on every plantation where * a contract has been made and approved, the said free negroes have violated, in every particular, both in letter aod spirit the agreement existing between them and the landholders of the country. Instead of applying themselves to habits of industry and work; their time is spent in idleness and sleep. Owning, as they now do, small boats avi^ noDcala nnli/ionno/) Kr ntifKnvifn uuu vywwviOj uuiivouatu uj auuuuiibjy they bring every article they can seize to the oity for sale, inolnding rice, com, wood, staves, &c.' * We as loyal citizens are disposed to do every in oar power to accommodate ourseivcs the existing condition of affairs, and ts sMfl iiHijiiiiillnllj nii'l 1411UI JTimill ? aid to protect us under' the terms of oar < contracts, that our interests may not be sac- : fificed by the improvidence and idleness of those freed persons. We suggest for yonr consideration the following plan and trust yonr judgment will be favorably inclined thereto :? Firtt?We recommend that the boats or vessels now owned or to be owned by thes& freedmen should not be used unless licensed by some proper authority, and the oaptaiDs be held responsible for the stoles property found therein. Second?That should property of any land be found therein belonging to other parties, the captain and crew of said vessel bo punished as the Provost Courts .ghall direct, by fine and imprisonment. Third?That no persons shall be allowed to sell produce or any article ooming from said plantations unless they are provided 1 - with a certificate from the owDer or agent of -the plantation on whioh they reside, stating that the property belongs to them and \ specifies the bind and amount; also that. persons be warned not to buy unless such I certificate is produoed. Unless some check be placed upon the traffic.already established, the crops soon to be harvested will be disposed of before any 1 division is made with the owner of the soil. We respectfully request that military aid I be given us, either to compel a fair fulfil- j iucut ui uur vuuwrauis uu tuc pait ui wit freed negroes, or, in case that be impracticable, some aid be given us to remove from the plantations snoh negroes, who, having signed contracts, refuse to work, as well as those who persistently refuse to enter into 1 any terms whatever, as also those who, hav- ing no visible means of -sppport," reside on the plantations perfectly idle and in no way connected therewith.* We very anxiously impress upon you the importance-of vonr intervention. Our river Jpraking is entirely negleoted7 Th case of a gtlff or high tides the - small crop of rice now growing may be swept away, leaving yoar pp^tioners without food fof another year, besides destroying the plantations as rice producing ones. We, in concision, -earnestly request your consideration of these v.ery grave matters, and assure yon that unless something is done we will he forced to abandon our plantations. Very res jieot fully, John B. Irving,-' M. D.J A". Irving, M. D.; Edward"Locus, Simon Locas, H. E. Lnoas, Jno. B. Mallikan, M. L. Gibbs, B. H. Read, R. L. Baker, Win. Postell Ingraham, J. H. Simons, C. J. Tcmnent, Wm. Izard Ball; Jr., Wia. Izard Bull, sen., Jno: Drayton, LewiB Sinaons, W. L. Yenning, Keating S. Ball, Gv H. Deas, W. G. Vardell, Keating Simocis, sen., B. B. Sim ons, P. Gourdin, Jno. IS. Waring, T. B Ferguson, John Harlestan, Benjamin Huger, M D.j Ed. Hsrleston, Jr. j J. M. Prioleau, M L. Ball, Eliza C. Ball, Jane Bchoolbred, W. L. Webb. REPLY Of "?EN BENNETT. lUCdtJUTHS. Miuuaav Jftawcr or Charleston, ) Ckari*?tO?i, S'C., Au?u?ta), I860, s Respectfully returned to Dr. Irving..? The commanding o'fficer nearest this place in my command has received the following instructions for the 1'emedy of the within ^complaints of the planters of that region:? The negroes are to he disarmed/ and neither whites nor blaoka trill be permitted* to retain arms except by special permission. Those negroes who refuse to make contracts are advised to do so at once on the basis prescribed by the. nearest agent of the Freedmen's Bureau. Either party failing to carry out his part of the oontraot may be prosecuted by the provost courts, which will be ordered to hold sessions in that and the adjacent localities at once. Parties arrested for thieving, removing wood, &o., from the plantations, are also to | be brought before the oonrt. Outrages committed by either whites or blaoks subject the party to be brought before a military commission for trial. W. F. BENNETT, ' Brigadier General Commanding. The Charleston Mercury is to be shortly re-established nnder the anspices of its former proprietor R B. Rhett, Jr. A good deal of curiosity is felt to know what will be its particular lipe of politics and doc- i trine8 to be advooated. It is reported that the editor has already taken grounds against the adoptioD by .the State Convention of the constitutional amendment abolishing slavery. / * i ' An opposition paper, called the Independent African, to be published by T. Burley 1 and John Bonum, the former a white man ' and the latter color odr is announced to appear almost &t the same time as the Mercury. The proprietors have issued theit 1 circular and caused considerable of a sen- J sation, some of onr more, fiery tempered youths having resolved that it shall never 1 have any other than a feeble and short lived existence. A letter from Hon. W. H. Trescott, ap- 9 pointed commissioner by Governor Perry 1 for the investigation -of-dhe question of ' "restoration of abandoned lands and other 9 property," is published in the Courier of 9 Friday. Mr. Trescott gives a very clear and minute account of the course neoessary I to recover property in -the possession of the f Freedmen's Bureau and says all applioa- < tions must rest upon one or two grounds < ?1_ il. l J- ?, ?n? i UUlJTt X' 1IOU) tUUb IUO iUUUo It CI C ICIIUJf UUt I abandoned in the sense of the definition .ofthe act of Congress of July, 1864, whioh says t?"Property, real op personal, shall be regarded as abandoned where the lawful owner thereof shall be voluntarily absent therefrom and engaged, either in arms or otherwise? in aiding or encouraging the rebellion." Second, "That the property was bona fide before the war settled on women and minors, who, when their interests are separate, cannot be punished for the acts of their husbands and fathers, whioh they oould in no way control." The largest pqrtion of the lands on the ooast between Charleston and Savannah is now in possession of the Freedmen's Bu- 1 reau, as well as some in the interior, abau- 1 i i _ a. al . * CM n _i t_ ? aonea at toe lime 01 uen. ouerman a marca = thraagh the State. 1 ?< !> ? - v THE CONFISCATION QUESTION, t The speech of the Hon. Thaddeus Ste- f veus, of Pennsylvania, delivered at Lancas- 1 ter on the .6th instant, is a most important i one, as it may be accepted as an anthorita- 1 uve exposition of the Sontbern r'econstruo-. 1 irimi fV* j * f-aMnn nt tlf iUnriT-j" ftn J chairman of the House Committee of Wavs and Meansof the late Congress, as a leader t in all the confiscation acts and other pains ( and penalties against rebels passed by that c and the preceding Congress, and as the re- 1 cognised oraole of the Pennsylvania radicals, I Thaddeas Stevens, itmay be fairly assumed, 1 has in this speech declared the programme I of the implacable revolutionary abolition ) school to which he belongs. We publish c below a commentary upon the speech from t the New York Times, which embodies all a the points Mr. Stevens makes. The Times a says: t The position held by Mr. Stevens in n v,;= * VUUgicoS) auu uio auunu aviiibjr auu puuvi- ? cal experience, give special interest to his 2 views npen the most important question c now before the country. The war is over; c the rebellion is ended, and the sovereign f authority of the National Government is t re-established over every foot of the Na- 1; tional domain. In what way shall we make this victory most beneficial to the country ? a Sow shall we treat the great body of the ]| people lately in rebellion? Shall we re- ], mabd them and their affairs to the great n fundamental prinoiple of self-government, f jr shall we assert over them the extreme a rights of conquerors, imposing npon them t such laws as we please, and holding their T lives, their property, their civil rights and p their political power subject, wh6Ily and exclusively, to our will and pleasure ? Mr. Stevens answers these questions for himself with distinctness and emphasis ? He insists that we have treated the rebel States as belligerents?that we have substantially acknowledged thexn to be a de facto government, and we have, therefore, the right to treat them now as a conquered alien enemy. Their lives, liberties and property are subject to our final and absolute control. All writers agree, says Mr. Stevens, that "the victor may inflict punishment upon the vanquished enemy, even to ?he taking of bis life, liberty, or the confiscation of ail hi* property; bat that this extreme right is never exercised except upon a cruel, barbarous, obstinate and dangerous foe, who has waged an unjust war." And ] he holds, moreover, that as the rebels have s shpwn themselves in this unjust war to be c a "cruel, barbarous, obstinate, and danger- f ous foe," it is our right to "execute, impris- < on aud confiscate." And this right Air. ( Stevens is in favor of exercising to its ful- [ lest extent. How many of these conquered t enemies we should execute he leaves for t others to judge; but enough to "propitiate I the manes" of our slaughtered martyrs oi i the war ; and tbey should be tried by courtsmartial. But be proposes-to "confiscate all ] the estate of every rebel belligerent wboee \ estate was worth ten thousand dollars, or I whose land exceeded two hundred acres," .1 and to appropriate the proceeds to the pay- i ment of tbe National debt. 1 That we may "not be suspected of over- . stating his views on this point, we quote in his own language, the exact disposition j which ISlf Stevens proposes to make of the proctifids of this wholesale confiscation : "There ate<about six millions of freedmen in the South. The number of acres of land is 465,000,000. Of this, those who own i above two bundled acres each, number j about. 70,000 person#, holding^n the aggregate (together with the States) aj^out 394,- j 000,000 acres, leaving &r all the others be low 200 each, about 71,000,000 of acres? By thus forfeiting the estates of the leading rebels, the Government would, have 394,000,000 of acres besides their town property, and yet nine-tentbs of the people would remain untouched. Divide this land into convenient farms. Give, if you please, forty acres to each adult freedman. Suppose there are one million of them. That would require 40,000,000 of acres, which dednoted from 394,000,000, leaves 354,000,000 of ayes for sale. Divide it into suitable farms and sell it to the highest bidders. I think it, inolnding town property, would average at least ten dollars per acre. That would produce $3,540,000,000?three billions five hundred and forty millions of dollars. Let that be apjflied as follows, to wit: 1. Invest 8300,000,000 in six per cent. Government bonds, -and add the interest semi-annually to the pension of those who have become entitled to them by this villainous war. 2. Appropriate 8200,000,"000 to pay the damages done to loyal men, both North and South, by the rebellion. 3. Pay the residue,, being $3,040,000,000, toward the payment of the National debt. What loyal man oan -object to this ? Mr. Stevens proceeds to show how very onerously the public debt will press upon the National industry unless this plan, for its "easy payment" is adopted, and to insist that, unless we adopt .the theory by which this policy is held to be justified, we must concede the right to re-establish slavery in every Southern State. Mr. Lincoln's proclamation, be says, has never liberated a single slave, and if the rebel States sire still members of the Union, then their slave laws are still in fnll foroe. Mr. Stevens insists that we must revolutionize by the vigorous ezeroise of the absolute powers we have acquired by conquest nf the South, the whole structure of Southsrn society? "We have oonquered them," be says, "and as a conquered enemy we'can ?ive them laws?can abolish all their municipal institutions and give them new jnes.'1 He claims for Congress the right nf thus "giving law to the vanquished," ind thus sets forth his view of the'duty of chat body and his definition of the parties nf the political future: "If a majority of Congress can be found wise and firm enough to deoiare the Confederate States a conauered enemv. reaon struotion will be' easy and legitimate, and ;he friends of freedom will long role in ;he oouncils of the nation. If restoration prevails, the prospect is gloomy, and the new 'lords will make new laws.' The Union party will be overwhelmed. The Copperaead party has become extinct with Beces}ion. But with secession it will revive.? Under 'restoration' every rebel State will ;end rebels to Congress, and they, with iheir allies in the North, will control Congress and occupy the White House. Then restoration of jaws and anoient constitutions vill be sure to follow, our publio debt will )6 repudiated, or the rebel National debt frill be added to ours, and the people will fiT-nohi.fi hpnpnfh hongy Kn^snn "Let os forget all parties and build an he broad platform of 'reconstructing' the government out of the conquered territory inverted into new and free States ttnd adnitted into the Union by the sovereign jower of Congress, with another plank? THE PROPERTY OF THE REBELS SHALL ' ?ay our national debt and indemnify . rreedmen and loyal sufferers?and that nn- j ler no oiroumstanoes will we suffer the naion's debt to be repudiated, or the interest ( oaled below the oontraot rates; nor permit ] my part of the rebel debt to be assumed >y the nation.' ' t | 11 Let all who approve of these principles ( ally with us. Let all others go with Cop ( Ttrhedds and Rebels. Those will be the ] pposing parties. Young men, this duty i levolves on you. Would to God, if only ( or that, I were still in the prime of life, hat I might aid you to fight through this ! _ j - j* r j a ast ana gredtest Dame oi ireeaom. m I We do not pow propose to enter npon | ny special oritioism of the platform thus 'i aid down by Mr. Stevens. Bat we beg | save to doubt his right thus to prescribe < ew principles and a new policy for the i Joion party and to brand as "Copperheads i nd rebels" all who refuse their adhesion j o them. Andrew Johnson, for example, ] pould scarcely be considered either a "Cop- i icrhead or a rebel," and yet his position is rery distinctly and very decidedly adverse < o the theory and the policy herein laid j lown by Mr. Steveos We do not believe i hat the people have fought this war for the ] mrpose of establishing at Washington the nost relentless despotism tb'e civilized world las ever seen. Nor are they at all'likely ' o regard the extermination of the South- t '.to. people as the most likely means Qf res- i oring tranquility, promoting order, apd I orming a "more perfect Union." If that I s their temper and their purpose, Congress I nay pass such enactments as Mr. SteVens lemands. Otherwise, we think they will ' lesitate about it, to say the least. ( ?i?.?: i IMPOST A NT NEWS. i The London correspondent of the New. < fork Herald reports considerable discos ion in English politioal circles, in oonse juence of a report that England intends to < orm a secret alliance with France in the ) svent of American troops crossing the Rio 1 Jrande to enforoe the Monroe doctrine.? ' The recent interchange of compliments be- 1 ween the two nations on the occasion of 1 he great naval fetes at Plymouth and Cher- 1 i>ourg, is regarded as significant in this connection, and according to the notions of the Herald's correspondent, "gives an air of re- J iability to the rumor of the Anglo-French i rlliance, "and the more so when it is remem- : oered that nothing would please England more than the speedy prospect of a war between the United States and France, added t.o the knowledge that she will resort to every subterfuge to indnoe the latter power to retain her-hold on Mexico, oven .to the promise of active support, which, in the face of an American fleet ready to destroy her commerce, she dare not perform. The Frenoh Emperor will not suffer himself to risk the obanoea of a disaster to the-Frenoh arms by the force of English intrigue. New York, Sept. 11.?Private letters from the city of,Mexico to Aug. 28, state that the oity is under the most" tyrannous form of martial law. On the 24th of Auw 9 gust, M. Zam&OODft; formorly Minister of State, Rimero Ruhio, ex-membor of Oongress, Madariago, ditto, and M. Guzman, together with twenty six othe? were arrested and sent to San Jnan d'Utiba for an alleged conspiracy to kill Maxiiiiliiah. SOUTHERN COTTOfT. Exhausted and prostrated as the Southern States hare been by the war, the trade which has sprang ap between them and the city of New York since the retarn of peaoe is a matter of as maoh surprise as pleasure to oar merchants. It is the cotton of the Soath, hidden away in holes and corners daring the war that is finding its way to market ap the Mississippi and op the seaboard. These reserves of cotton have* been estimated at two millions of bales in all; bat a million and a half will probably be nearer the aggregate in th? South at the time of Lee's surrender. This aggregate, however, will go a great wayito pot the cot ton States apon their legs again, if disoraniziog] politicians can only be kept from i Any serious intermeddling tith the practical Southern restoration pbliey of President Johnson. < 1 What we have urged, heriofore we here % repeat?that the question of;?he most pressing and Tltal importance to tae country people, government andTreastffy, is the speediest possible development of the agrioultu- 1 ral staples of tb&6outh to aid us in settling onr commercial defioiences, in sustaining ( the burdep of our taxations and meeting the obligations of onr national debt. The qnestion.of negro suffrage can be postponed; , hot our financial obligations most be met, and witbont the rich resources of the Sontb we shall be pnzzled and sorely tried totneet them Herein lies the wisdom pfPresident Johnson's restoration policy. Let as take for ibstance, the single article j Tn 1 CfiA MAA? tLn Ul UUIWJU* jlu xuvvj uc ycai vgii/iv vu? , war, the export value of the cotton crop of the United States swelled op to the spendid figure of 8232,000,000. Now, if the cotton ] States can be fully restored as members of | the Union in good standing during the j coming winter, we shall probably get from* , them next yearasjnuoh as one half the cotton crop of 1860, which, at three times the , prices of that year under allotted market, j will be equal to the addition of 8358,000,000 . to the substantial wealth of the country ip commercial exports, and this on the single article of cotton.: At the same rate of developement we shalhgain two or three hundred, millions more in Southern sugar, rice , and tobacco, pitch, tar and turpentine, lum- ( ber and minerals. - The sooner, therefore, , we can restore to the late 'rebellious States t the working machinery of law and order, , industry and trade, under their State governments, the better 14will be for the coun- < try,^ North and Sooth, for all tax payers, for j the Treasnry-and for the settlement of oar , national debt. There is no necessity for ( any hurry in regard to negro suffrage; but ] the necessity of bringing forth all our re- ( sources to lighten the burdens of our taxa- j tions and the pressure of our national debt is felt on every hand. Hence the confidence of the masses of the people of all par- , ties in the wisdom of the Southern reatora- ; trro-polioy -of President ffohnflon. ^ * J%ew York Herald. ( Every Man to Father His own Children.?The giving to the colored man and woman his and her oath in the 1 courts is destined to produce some interest- ] ing episodes in Southern sooiety. In the i following case, related by a Tribune correspondent, which has just come before the f FreedmenVBjureau in North Carolina for f decision, there are what "A. Ward" once 1 had in his familv?wo enisodes." f A colored woman living in or near Hills- < borough, whose husband had beenunavoid- Lably absent for four yeare, has two lightcomplexioned youngsters added to her first < two children, one and two years of age.? 1 The husband having returned to his home, < olaims his wife and two children, but ob- < jects to supporting the other two, who re- > semble another and whiter man living near by. The woman desires to make oath 4s f to the paternity, of the last . Jtwo ohildren, i ind the solicitor of the county has stated i the facts to Col. Whittlesey and asked his < lecision in the oftse. The Colonel directs 1 that the woman be allowed to declare who lIs the father of the children ; and upon a i fair hearing of the case, to require that he 1 provide for their support, according to the ! laws of the State. The principle settled by this case will provide fathers for a numerous / offspring hitherto without responsible mal^ : parents. This strikes at the root of tfne f matter, and is likely to produce some liftle c perturbation in domestic affairs. y ^ Not Very Creditable.?The Winston Seotinel states that the candidates to repre jent Forsyth county in the Convention an- ; aounced themselves in publio speeches at 0 cnac piace recently, ana gives a b&cluu ui the remarks of one of the candidates as b Follows: ?Dr. J. L. Johnson, who was the first ; that addressed the people, took broad ground J in favor of repudiating the war debt. As o an evidence of his loyalty to North Carolina _ and the Union, he stated that during a part 1 of the four years just ended, he had bqen J in the recruiting service of the United States, and a part of the time be had acted Steward and Assistant Surgeon in the Conferate army, and, while in this position, he * had secretly furnished Southern soldiers . with^passes from hospitals, by means of ^ which they could escape to the Federal J lines, and that he had frequently conducted ? deserters out of. the Confederacy." . u "Dr. J. L. Johnson" may oonsider this very creditable to.himself, but we don't think many others of any claes will look on -< it in that light. No wonder Ihe Confeder- Jj acy was crushed when its own officers acted in that way.?Charlotte Democrat. A Difficulty at Chapel Hill.?A . friend at Chapel Hill informs us that a ? rather serious difficulty occurred on. the " night of the 12th inat., between the negroes of the village.and the.Students-of the Uni- ^ versity. It is represented that the negroes ^ were holding a "secret meeting," and that ? the Students attacked them for the purpose J of breaking up the meeting. A general a fight ensued, in whiob some of the stadents j; were pretty, badly injured and the negroes 1 roughly handled, pistols and sticks being d freely used. The next day the students l found- that their Society .Halle had been de faced and the furniture torn up by the negroes. It is represented that the student* are greatly excited and will not allow a negro to show his head in the Campus. Charlotte Depu^rat The Bells of St. .Michael's Chuboh. ?Many inquiries.of late, baaing been made of the fate of this beautiful ohime of bells, whose sound attracted the attention of all strangers Who ever beard them on the Sabbath, and whose notes upon the ears of those who were raised within the hearing of them never can be forgotten, we have to reply, that after being taken down from the steepie they were removed to Columbia, and there plaoed upoo the railroad platform, mUmWa aamainAil until flrtt* QknvmAn'oi VTUQiO liUOJF IOUIMUCVI UUW1 Vjl OUi uuu*kM?u a entry into that city last February, when the/ were broken np and destroyed by bis troops. These bells had been taken down-before the evaoaation of Charleston by the British in 1781, and sent to England by Major Traille, of the Royal Artillery, who olaimed them as a military perquisite.' Tbey were there sold at auction to a Mr. Rybenew, who shipped them back to this oity as a commercial adventure; bnt when they landed on the wharf the overjoyed citizens took possession of them) and replaced them in their former positions in the steeple.??; This gentleman shortly after became bank* rapt, and nothing farther was ever heard of the transaction.? Charleston New*. Ig. We learn that some months ago, Col. Garret, of Edgecombe, determined to make a fall experiment of the efficiency of free labor. He obtained through the Freedmen's Bureau here, one hundred laborers for bis farm in Edgecombe. He entered into contraot with them for the year, the officers of the Buereau consented to all stipulations They went down and went to work. Col. G. was filling on his part -the contract to the letter. For a few days matters went on well, bat after awhile on? by one they began to leave. At the end vf three months be had of the 100 laborers only 30 left. We learn be is disgusted with the effort, and has gone to New York determined to hire German laborers, and will next year make the trial wjth white men alone.?Raleigh Sentinel. THE MARKETS. Charlotte, Sept. 18,1865: The gold market on Satnrday exhibited anusual animation. A fair qaantity was offered and holders appeared disposed to press the market. Bayers appeared easy ind freely paid froto 40 to 41 i ; Bankers demanding 45 premium * * The Cotton marlret' was very firm on Saturday, and prices were a sbadfe higher for fine ootton. About 200 bales were sold it figures ranging from 31 to 32 io currenjy, and 211 to 22 io gold. Several lots brought to market were stored oo account )f sellers, who preferred holding for better prices. . Flour, $6 50 to . $7 00 per hundred Baoon, hog round, 20 to 25; Sagging, p< r pardj 40; Rope, per lb, 35; Corn, 90 to' 51 00.; Wheat, $2 76 to 03 00; Coffee, 10 to 50; Sugar, brown, 25 to 30.?Cftorlotte papers, 19 th. Itaw York, Sept. 13, 1865. The gold market was weak and a decline :rom 1441, the opening price, to 143} took place. This was followed by an advance of I, the closing quotations heing 1431. CoxtON.?The market was again very ictive, and full "prices were obtained. The tales comprised 4,300 bales, at our quotations, the outside figures for middling grades extremes. We quote Upland: Oriinary, 36; Middling, 45; Good Middling, IT C| uouu. Coffee was in better demand, and prices jontinue to rale strongly in sellers' favor or all descriptions. We notice the resale >f a cargo of Rio, ez-Navarinos, consisting >f 6,300 bags, at 14}o., gold; also 600 nats Java, at 27c. Sugar.?The market was fairly.active, rod prices were steady. The reoeipts were noderate and barely sufficient for the demand. The sales we're about 1,700 bhds. Duba muscovado'at 12c. a 14}c., and 170 lhds. Porto Rico at 13c. a_15fc ; also 1,100 boxes Havana at 13o a 16?c. Refined vas also steady, with a good business, inostyahead. Upmstl. . . ->| Married?In this District, on Thursday, 14th instant, by lev. O. A. Darby, Eev. L. A. JOHNSON, of the South Carolina Conference, and Miss MARGARET SMITH, of bis District. Died?Near EbcnezcL in this District, at the residence f her brother, Wm. J. Paris, August 11th, Miss MARGALET PARI 8, aged 67 years. Near Ebcnezer, in this District, at the residence of her rothcr, William J. Faris, September 1st, Miss NANCY /MMD, 0?VU ill Jftuia. I70R SALE?A HANDSOME t? Wheeler k Wilson SEWING MACHINE, In good rdcr. Apply AT 8TOWE'8 HOTEL. September 21 23 It* f?OR SALE.?AN EXCELLENT L second-hand CARRIAGE, with or without a GOOD ett of DOUBLE HARNE88. Also, a GOOD PIANO. Apgjy to Dr. JOHN MAY. iVTUSIC. MRS. A. COWARD LtJL wllTglve instructions in VOCAL and 1N8TRUIENTAL MUSIC. For terms, apply at her residence. September 14 ' 22 2t ROADS! ROADS!! AT A meeting of the BOARD of ROADS, BRIDGES, Ac., n Monday. 18th instant, it was Resolved, That each Comdssloner should call our the hands in his Division and put te Roads in good order befoft the SECOND" MONDAY N OCTOBER. By order of the Chairman. S. G. BROWN, Sec'y aniWreas'r. September 21 v 23 2t .IFTllOlifE IN THE ADICKKS' BUILDING, UP-STAIRS. \yfILES JOHNSON respectfullyinly 1 forms his friends and customers tliat his HARNESS iND SADDLERY ESTABLISHMENT has been removed > the sacond story of the "ADICKES' BUILDING," rhere he Is prepared to execute all work in his line. " MILES JOHNBON. September 21 ... 23 3m' SCHOOL NOTICE?AS THE ^ College Building cannot be had for the present, Provlence permitting, I will open a FEMALE SCHOOL, In a tillable room in my house,-the FIRST MONDAY OF OC'OBER. My best energies will be devoted to the work.? Ipeciai attention will be given to those who may wish to unllTy themselves.for teaching. In case the interests of Ue school should demand the services of an Assistant, my steewed brother, the Pastor of the Yorkvllle Presbyterian ihurch, will cheerfully lend his aid. Boarding can be had in good families. It is hoped accoring to the expressed desire of many, that the regular exeriscs of the College will be resumed, as soon as the Bulldog can be obtained, with a full corps of Teachers. 6 - " j. M. ANDERSON. September 21 ? 23 It % [ TQ THE PTJBtilC, AT AOAiD}, McCOEZLE ft CO'S OLD STAND, 1 We are now opening a very LARGE STOCK OP AS- i SORTED GOODS and will ask you to O A Zi li And satisfy yourselves that yon can buy our GOODS aa' cheap as In any market this side of Mason & Dixon's line. 3CP?W? take Cotton and all kinds at Produce In exchange for Goods. BAUM & BARUCH. September 21 23 3m* r AAA LBS. BEESWAX WANTED, for which we will pay the highest market price. BAUM k BARUCH, AtAdams, McCorkle k Co's Old 8tand. September 21 23 3m* O^AA OTTER, MINK and RAC?0\J\J COON SKINS "WANTED, for which we will pay the highest prices. BAUM k BARUCH, - At Adams, McCorkle k Co's Old Stand. , September 21 23 3m* FLOYD, DOBSOW &. CO. REMOVAL I NEW STORE AND NEW GOODS! rnHE undersigned take this method to Inform their 1 customers and the public generally, that they have REMOVED their STOCK OF GOODS, to the building formerly occupied by LIND8AY ft GORDON, where they have on hand an assortment of DRY GOODS, v' CROCKERY-WARE, . HARDWARE, HATS, SHOES, GROCERIES, FANCY ARTICLES, &<?., &c., &c., Which they will SELL AS CHEAf as any other concern In Yorkvllle. Their TERMS are CASH, and persons will please not ask for Credit. QQ- All kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE at the highest market prices, will be taken In EXCHANGE for GOODS. Give us a call?we do hot charge for showing our goods. FLOYD, DOBSON & CO. Yorkvllle, Sept. 14, 1865. 22 tf ' 1AAA POUNDS OF B A C 0 N, ll/UU 5000 POUNDS OF, FLOUR, 1000 ?' LARD, WANTED Immediately, for which the highest market price will be paid by FLOYD, DOBSON k CO. September 14 32 tf T oon LBS* OF. "SUGARXr v/V/V/ Just received and for sale by 7 , FLOYD, DOBSON A CO. September 21 . 23* tf POFFE&?800 LBS. OF COFFEE. For sale by FLOYD, DOBSON fc CO. September 21 , 23 ? . tf TORACCO 1UU For sale by FLOYD, DOBSON & Co7 I September 21 23 - tf QALT?25 SACKS OF'SALT. O For sale by FLOYD, DOBSON fcGO. September 21 23 tf SPELLING BOOKS.?U)0- WEBO STER'8 ELEMENTARY SPELLING BOOKS. For sale by FLOYD, DOBSON & CO. Septembes 14 22 tf 1AA BUNCHES COTTON YARN. 1UV/ For sale by FLOYD, DOBSON k CO." . September 14 22 ' tf BURROWS, BLAIR & CO.' AT G. E. EATCHFOED'S OLD STAKE, i We would respectfully invite the attention of the public generally, to our large and varied assortment of DRY GOODS, SHOES," BOOTS, CROCKERY, NOTIONS, AND HARDWARE, All of which have lust been received from the North. MERCHANTS FROM THE COUNTRY, who wlah to bay a small Stock of Goods, would do well to call and ex amine. ire ir?u ?cu iu uicin ih u ?c?r oihbu vvi vu New York 'Cost. [ , COME EVERYBODY AND LOOK, we charge nothing for showing. We ore determined to SELL CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE. BURROWS, BLAIR & CO. September 21 23 * tf ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. ; BY permission of the Ordinary of , CHESTER "DISTRICT, I will sell to die highest bidder, on THURSDAY, the 28th day of SEPTEMBER, j Inst., at the residence of the late JOSEPH CARTER, Sr., deceased, most of the personal property belonging to said .estate, consisting In part of - - -' . - : 5* BALES OF COTTON, 120 BUSHELS WHEAT. BYE; OATS, HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE, 6 head of mules, 15 head of fat beef cattle, 2 wagcms, buggy, carriage, 70 head of hop Of which 25 are large enough to kltl (his fafl. Terms of Sale?Cash.. JOSEPH CARTER, Administrator. September 21 23 ' 2t COUTH CAROLINA?YORK DISkj TRICT.?Whereas, J. B. GOOD, has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights antl credits of W?- H. GOOD, late ot the District aforesaid, deceased. These ore, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, theltlndrcd and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at York Court House on the 9th day of October next, to shew cause'. If any, why the said I Administration should not be granted. Given under my band and Seal, this 18th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and in the 90th year of the Independence ol the United States of America. - i JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. September 21 23> 2t 1V0TICE.?THE UNDERSIGNED JL 1 have this day formed a LIMITED PARTNERSHIP undw the name of JOHN MAY, for the buying and selling of Drugs, Medicines, Dye Stuffs, Groceries, Tobacco, Snuff, Segars, Wines, Liquors,* Fancy Articles, Stc. The place of business of the firm Is'to be In the town of Yorkvllle, South Carolina. JOEL W. RAWL1NBON is the ennrtlfil nnrtnnr. nnil hn? pnnlrihnfpH In nntnnl rfloh. ihn sum of"FlFT^EN_HUNDRED JJOLL ARB. JOHN MAY Js the general partner. Said Partnership commences tliia acy, and is to continue for the term of two years from this date, September 5, 1865. JOEL W. RAWLINSON, i I JOHN MAY. 'September 14 * 22 6t c"r'i ^ NEW GOODS! i Opposite King's Mountain Hotel. fUE UNDERSIGNED IS RE- i JL CEIV1NG direct from Northern elites a LAHGE 1 and VARIED assortment of GOODS, such as are usually found in a well appointed store. From bis loug experience 1 as a merchant, be flatters himself to be able to please all * who may fiivor him with a call. "Short Profits and Qcick Sales" ls-my motto. G. R. RATCHFORD. ; September. 14 -22 .if AGON SHOP.?THE UNIffiRSIGNED respectfully tender their services to the community In MAKING and REPAIRING WAGONS, BUGGIES, Ac., with promptness and dispatch. AH work must be paid for before taken from the shop. Country Produce and Wagon Timber taken In exchange for work. There is a BLACKSMITH SHOP on the premises, conducted by R. W. SMITH, where work can be doneprompt ly to order. J. ED. JBFFERYS, W. P. HOBBS. August 31 30 4t "VTOTICE TO GUARDIANS, &c.^J.1 GUARDIANS, TRUSTEES 'fc COMMITTEES, who have not made their annual returns ftr the present year, arc required to do so^between this time and the 30th of OCTOBER next. . The Commissioner Is anxious that milA MttiMo kn nnunntlu anal nrill llA mmnpllpH _ ffl 9CUU ICIU1IW UV UtUUV |#I \nsmji+aJ y IMIM " -rw ?? ? Issue rules against all who make default In this matter. _ffiAITBft B. 5TETT8, - m Commissioner in Equity. / August 31 20 ' - 4t a THOMAS J. ECCLES, REGIS- ; X TERED NOTARY PUBLIC, for York District, WlJ| ? give attention to all matters pertaining to Government of- ? fair*. AMNESTY OATHS and PETITIONS FOR PAR- T DON, the Collection of Dept.*, the Probate of Wills, Testaments, Lands, Ac., as the laws of the Stats, under the p United States, may allow or preccrlbe. - ? August 17 18 tf "VTICKERSON'S HOTEL, COLUM- J il BIA, S. C.?The undersigned- having leased the ' LARGE and COMMODIOUS BUILDING )tnown as the " "Columbia Methodist Female College," wfll open it as a r FIRST-CLASS IIOTEL, on September 7. p T. S. NICKERSON, Proprietor. ' August 24 19 St - t| SCHOOL NOTICE. n JftIk. MISS ELIZA S. MANIGAULT, 1* dealrousof undertakingthelnnructloaof CHIL- Jj DRF.N from five to fourteen years old, In all " branches of an ENGLISH EDUCATy TION. For terms. Ac., apply at her real - dence, opposite Wnltaker's Stables. September 14 22 2t*.,r OLD! GOLD!! GOLD!!I?THE OT HIGHEST PRICE- GIVEN IN GOLD, i. FOR OOTTON. 1 B.T.WHEELER. J August 31 20 ') C;... r,- tf j$ m y k ROSE'S HOTEL, YOHKVIliE, S. C. i TIICB huge and commodious establish? Jt/Tt - \ ment is now open fat the usepdoa of WHMd VIS ITOR3?permanent and trahsient, MBA. by the proprietor in person. Every inVPCHp ducement is offered to-tke TRAVELING PUBLIC, uid no eflbrt will be spared to afford geoe- V ra] satisfaction. ^ ^ ?0SE' US'HACKS, ficm'thls Hoose, connect with w Ball road at Hock HID and other points daily.We ' A 'jtsziV September U ? " 1 - - ?' H. P. BAKER.*...E. P. 8WEBGAN....C. E. BAKEB. H. F. BAKER & CO, SHIPPING. COMMISSION AND FORWAB&IHG MERCHANTS, 1*0. 30, CUMBERLAND STREET, CHARLESTON, 8, C. .nKSErrsfiX"' BarM To?T. J. Bell, Esq., H. P. Adickes, Esq., B. P. B<^'pte'lte"m ? ?" Esq-. YorkvIIle, 8. C. /GOVERNMENT CLAIMS A APVJT PLICATIONS FOR PARDON?TUeun designed respectfully tenders to the citizens of .York-. District, and the State at lane, his professional attention in'ail matters pertaining to GOVERNMENT CLAIMS and APPLICATIONSior PARDON. He ha* succeeded in ?.*?.. v. rangementswith a dirfnjntoM *? lngton, lowngmaii jipigauvus mwji ui?t approval of the Governor, are forwarded. Said flrta will prosecute them promptly through the Deportments at Washington, and thus avoid the lsag delajmto which they are subject on taking the usual coarse. : W. B. METTS, Attorney at Law. August 31 20. r> T H. FAULICNEB & WEFE, Y$. cf A. K. 8AV1I.LB, ET. Ai~?u Bournr?Yoar'? v Bill for Partition of Land. ? It appearing to my satisfaction.' that A. K. Saville, lerome 13. 8avflle, Nancy P. Crockett, lamw M. Patttrtoa, the children of David Han and his wife .MaHgh lately deceased. (names unknown;) Ore children of Henry Ward and his wife, Sarah, lately deceased, (names unknown;) defendants In above stated case, reside beyond the limits of this ' State: It Is, therefore, on motion of J. Bolton Smith. Solicitor for Complainants, ordered, that said abseht Defendants do appear and plead, answer or demyr to the bUl filed In this case within three months from the publication 'of this notice, or said bill will be taken pro con/a to as to them. ($20.) WALTER B. METT8, ci a. tTjaT August 31 SO' " 3m COUTH CAROLINA?YOB.K DT$O TRICT.?Whereas, JAMES COBB, has applied to + me for Letters of Administration on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of DAVID BAMSAY , late of the District aforesaid, deceased, These are therefore to citesndadmonlsh all and singular, the kindred and creditors ofthe said deceased, to be and appear before me at onr next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holdon at York Court House on the'SSthday * of 8EPTEMBER lnst., to Shew cause, if afly, why. foe said Administration should not be granted. Given under my rand and Seal, this 12th day ofvSeptember In foe year of our Lord one thousand eight iron/tweasl anil alwftr Atm an/I In ehn *v!nolinih VMP Ar t)id^ft). UIVU BUU DUW Ulbt UUU iU.MiV. UlilV?IVIU V?. *uu ? dependence of the United States of America. " JOHNA. BROWN, 0. Y. ). September 14 V 22 **?" ? . COUTH CAROLINA?YORE DIBO TRICT.?Wheren's, H. D. fiTOWE, ha* applied to me for Letters of Administration, on *]] and. singular, die goods and chattels, rights anil credits of DAVID WEBB, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. Thflc are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be ana appear before me at ournextOrdinary'sCoimforthesaid District, to be bolden at York Court House oh the 36th day of September lnst., to shew cause, tf any, why the Aid Administration should not bemm ted. . , Given under my hand and Seal, this 12th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and lb the ninetieth year ortbe th-.. dependence of the united States ofAmbrlcn. .mm JOHN A. BROWS, !a T. 0. September 14 . 2S . ."Rty* COUTH CAROLINA?YORK DT8O TRJCT.?Whereu JANE PULTON" mi JAUG8 M. BIRD, have applied W ine for Letters of Administration. on all and'ainiulur. the goods and ohattel*,- rights and credits ot JAMJB8, PULTON, late of. the Dfclrtct aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and adtponlsh all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased) 'to be and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be bolden at York Court House, on the 35th day of September, lnst., U> shew, cause, if any, why the said administration should not be granted. (Given under my hand and Seal, this 12th day of September in'the year of our Lord one thousand eight bun. dred and sixty-five, and In the ninetieth year tir the Independence of the United-States of America. ? . JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y?D. September 14 SSI . 3t PROVISIONAL GOVERNMIflrr. NOTICE la hereby given, that from and after the wev>. enth day of Septembeuiext, the Headquarters of the Provisional Governor will he at Colombia, where all communications addressed to him must be directed. WILLIAM H. PERRY, Private Secretary. Greenville, 8. C. August 98,1863. September 14 99 3t The s&md workmen at their posts again, making and repairing Carriages. AL8?;. Every article used by Carriage ofr Harness-Makers, for sale. ' * T. WHEELER. August 31 90 tf Tie christian index-by the Jim of October, or as soon as the malls are reestablished, I- win renew the pttbUcaSonjof the "CHRISTIAN INDEX" and the "CHILD'S INDEX,"! have been ?rlce of "index," per annum .S3 00 Price of "Child's Index,??per annum........ ^ -50 money may oe re milieu ui uikc, as uiy uckiwhuuuh t? positive. My desire is to secure , a large subscription list with which to begin, and I issue this prospectus that subscriber* may have time 10 forward tbsR remittances. It is my inteatlon to Issue ijrst class pa pets, and no pains or expense win be spared to secure that end.*: The best writers and correspondents will be secured, and the .highest religious and literary talent will be given to the'papers.? fhe CHILD'S PAPER will be'profuscly Illustrated and will In every sense, be made to confirm to Its hew title, THE CHILD'S DELIGHT. Money may be sent bv Express or otherwise?If by Ex >ress, at my risk, If the Express receipt h sent me, on the esumption of mall fhcllitles. - Bftf connection with, the firm of J. W. Jurke It Co- is ' lissqlved, but I will establish an office in Macoa; Go., vhere communlcotions may be addressed. < SAMUEL COYKIN. September? 21 :: A PBOCLAMATIOIf! 3y the Provisional Governor of South' Carolina. . \jfm ' a.f -?;ill - :w 'IIBK ]4 1 'jiMLr <**. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, 8. C., Jit WHEREAS; a seeming conflict of jurisdiction having rjseh between the dell and military authorities of South Carolina, under the Provisional Government of the State; nd whereas, Major General Glllmore, commanding the department of South Carolina, having nought an Interview ritii me, as Provisional Governor, in the presence of lajor General Meade, commanding the Atlantic Stales; ad whereas, all matters giving rise to ifye seeming conflict ere adjusted and arranged with the oaaimrtaBMH*iwal I Major General mmi?; rar^n Via^ d'?' n T Now, therefore, 1, BENJAMIN PRANKT.IN PERKY, rovisional Governor of South Carolina, *!o proclaim and take known, that the t??? orSTaWmSTCw iHowb: "That In ail cases-where frecdmen or persons of Dior are concerned, the Courts of the Provost Ifmhaie ton have exchntve-cognizance to uy and aflftug then, >r the present, and that ail other cases shaK be heard and djadicated by the civil courts,'municipal authorities aad IvU officer*, under and according to the Jaws,of South arollna. Tnat the civil courts shall be opened udder the rovisional Government, and all cftril aad munlotpsl offiers be allowed to resume their official duties aQdmsehaigo icm freely without interruption on the port of tbbJnlitiaiy uthoriiles. That It to further Hpderstopd General Gilllore will Issue a millifliy order, and Odfrnaonreiy wlli, ?like manner, issue ilia proclamation, malujiak^nthis rrongemenv which to to continue dJJ civO antbotity to enrcly restored in this State and the flofWMMBt reconiructod , And I dohereby call upon all psttons and wltr them > strictlyoosyaadaamv ootthaienns of this utangsaMt. Done in tite<i|jt Of Columbia, the dajf art waralwve Kder of- the^VuiomUG^ernor. * * . W. H. Psaar, Private- Secretary. September 14 ' ?* BLANKS FORM>MB0Sf??NG t> *&*> |ffi5SS%ato V > 1* ^ * * i * Vw*s? % /