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-i ' i ?? Scraps mi facts. = ' ^'The Washington correspondent of the N. Y. News states that the difficulties in tho way of brining Mr. Davis to. trial |- . hate not been removed, and that it is the w opinion of Hon. Charles O'Connor, of New ** fcjgwrk, Senior counsel for Mr. Davis, that he will not be brought to trial at all. .Ten thousand negroes are to be tried by court-martial, and executed, we are told, for engaging in the Jamaica rebellion. We wonder if this butchery of blaoff rebels will be approved by those who desired ten thousand white rebels put to death by our Government, and'who are daily shouting for the .execution of Jeff. Davis??Newburyport Herald. An English writer says, that Mr. T> ?? MMainn flntprfld & mOOk i^COUUOi Uyvu vuo wvotmvm ?? .-anoSion, and was at onoe recognized by "Peter Funk," who cried out: "Why don't yen bid, Mr. Beecher?" Upon this Mr. Beeober disappeared, bat persaaded a friend to go and ask him bow he oame to know Mr. Beeober. "Know Beeober!" exolaimed Funk, "why I've owned a pew in his ehntoh for five years , ?? oome orTEememberaot tne~Tennessee Legislature having questioned the right [ . Governor Browulow to keep so large a military staff employed, he oomes out with a blast, declaring the assaults to be animamated by "green-eyed envy, disappointed . ambition, and a littleness of sonl, characteristic of small meb, with small and dirty ob. . jects in view," and closes with a gentle intimation that the members are "whiakey.. 'bloated miscreants^' ?- The following fact, though horrible, has in it something ludiorous: "A gentleman ; visited one of the battle-fieldB near Peters burg not long rinoe, for the pnrpoee of re< covering the remains of a brother, killed in battle during the last month of the war.? v Having obtained them, he made inquiries % oostof ooffin and transportation, and as to the finding that this mode of oonveying them would be very expensive, be pnt the bones in bis large traveling bag, and thus carried them home/' - A citizen of Wilson county, Tennessee, hired a substitute in the Confederate army, who served as such through the war. Hie hirer agreed, in writing, to convey to ' the substitute a tract of land, for whioh suit was brought. Chancellor Steele, of Tennessee, has annulled the oontract. He declares that the recognition of the Confederates as "belligerents was induoed by considerations of humanity, and in no wise invest a ed the "so-oalled" with rights of nationali. fcy. Henoe oontraota made in oontemplation of the existenoe of suoh Government, in obedience to its exactions, and to promote its ends, are in derogation of publio morals aud law, and are void. 1 The United States -Gazette relates ?the following inoident: A gentleman hid V &n nlrT And Dnined V)r\raa mknDA j. | - *"v" OlfiUK wno uotective. For some time past the quadruped ev?nced a tendenoy to stumble, and to stroia 1? bla "got at objects close to bim, in a man. that 881 *"8 *in<* hearted. o^ner to dovising a remedy.The gentleman judged 1 that with a pair o? speotaofes ** ^li do *s we# as when ?- * ,u6 bone 9Ptwiau ground f>' tU bi8piime. An MB' * - order a pair of pebble .?oUt the size of the object glasses a large lorgnette. They were fixed in a frame over the horse's eyes. That animal is now a horse in spectacles, and not an elderly gentleman ever yet showed a greatei appreciation of the convenience. When in the stable the spectacles are removed. * The Secretary of the Pennsylvania Steel Works has deoided to accept what ii known as the Feeker Farm, two and a hall miles south east of Harrisburg. The ground at that point is contiguous to the Suusqehanna River, and immediately on the Pennsyl vania Railroad. Engineers were on th? plot surveying the neoessary lines for the area required for the erection of the works K is admitted by all practical machinists that this enterprise Mil be the most exten sire of its kind ever ereoted in America and is to be on this continent, what tb< celebrated works of Wade and Butcher, ai Sheffield, are to Europe. Une toousanc experienced workmen in steel will bi brought from England, while fifteen hun dred other skilled mechanics will be requir ed for the fall operation of these works. The rale applies to the redemptioi .of the United States Treasury notes thai all should understand?that is, if a portioi pf the note be* taken off, and the principa part be presented for redemption, deduotioi is made in proportion to the amount of thi note that is missing j if only a oorner is ton off, deduotion is made aooordingly. Wheth er this is a matter of law, or mere regulatioi of the Department, we do not know; but i is well for all, e9peoially the laboring mass es, to bear is mind. Latterly the Chemucj Canal Natiuuul Dauh of Elatira, New York has adopted the same principal in the re demption of its notes. If the banks are t adopt it as a rule, the announcement Bhoul be distinctly made, that those who can i! afford to bp deprived of any part of wba they have or reoeive, may know what to de . pend on. i A correspondent pf the Baltimor Gazette, is responsible for the following "Mr. Davis sinoe his imprisonment, ha twioe had his hair cut. On the first occa sion General Miles took possession of th hair whiob was shorn. On the second oc oasion Mr. Davb carried off his hair to hi quarters, bat soon an orderly came dashing np from the General and demanded th< hair, but Mr. Davis had already destroyed it. The late Confederate President is al lowed to walk upon the ramparts. Recent ly a large number of ladies, friends of Gen Miles, posted themselves in such a way thai Mr. Davis would have to pass them. Mr Davis seeing their object, turned baok tc his quarters. The ladies tferenot'to be that deprived of a close inspection, so they followed after him at a good pace, whereupon Mr. Davis seated himself and lit-bis cigar, the odor of which must have been offensive to their delicate senses, for General Miles sent word next day that Mr. Davis was not to be allowed any more cigars." In a speech at Monnt Carbon (Pa. j on the 21st ulti no, Senator Sherman made the following remarks; "During the war the Government was oompelled to resort tc the utmost limits of taxation; but I am i happy to say that the business of Congress j will be, after securing peace upon the basis of universal' liberty, to relieve ourselves from taxation no longer necessary. In ma- ' king this reduotion we naturally look to J those articles, the ohief oost of which is low labor. The foundation of wealth is, and ] should be, as free from burdens as the air. ( The oheerfulness with which all classes and oooupations bore taxes during the war, makes it doubly the duty of Congress to 1 lessen and equalise the taxes now. I con- ( fidently anticipate that iu a short time the ( duties on imported goods, a moderate income tax, and taxes on luxuries, will enable us honorably to perform all our obliga I MODS." $0tM* timquim. YORKVILLE, S. C. THTJB8DAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7,1866. - , OUB TERMS?IN ADVANCE. THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS per year TWO DOLLARS for iLx months; ONE DOLLAR for three months?payable in "greenbacks." When payment - - , I"""""" STIO ttmpnwvpp?Tfl . per yeai-i ONE DOLLAR AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS for six months; SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS for three months. Single copies, TEN CENTS. ? &?- Com, Ffour, Wheat, Bacon, Lard, Firewood, kc., will be received for Subscription, Advertising or Job-Work, at market prices. ft?-The paper wilt be discontinued on the expiration of the time for which payment has beeu made. Subscriber who And a (X) eross mark on the wrapper or margin of their " paper, will understand that the time paid for has expired. G&- Mr. JOHN R. ALLEN, Post Master, at Cheater C. H., is our authorized agent ibr Chester District. ENQUIRES CLUB BATES. PER YEAB?IN ADVANCE, IN SPECIE. ' IN "GREENBACKS." 9 COPIES,...8 * 50 .....f 6 OQ S COPIES,... 8 75...'. 19 50 10 COPIES,... 17 50 95 00 tod an extra Dopy to the person making a olub of ten. After a olnb baa been returned and the ' money paid, the person making the olnb I may add as many more subscribers at the 1 rate, of the original olnb, as is desired. "? 1 Subscribers who find a (X) oross mark on 1 the wrapper or margin of their paper, will 1 refViof timo nnM fnn lioo ant ? ' UUUCiOUtUU 111?V VUV WiUiw vwi vAfc pired. CASH! ' 1 We wish, it distinotly understood that ! our terms for subscription, advertising and job work are dash. 1 We tender our thanks to Col. Joel W. Rawlinson for the daily journals of the Senate and House of Representatives, ( together with other valuable documents. it?ii * I GEN. GRANT IN CHARLESTON. i Gen. Gra^T and staff arrived in Charles^ ton on Friday bsr It is understood that ; he k on an official visit of inspection, and I ! it was expen'-gjj Governors Perry and I ^/wouUm^TWmnirebarh?toa on 8n urday last for eonfeTenoe as to the oebdition of affairs in this State,^ ?* ?> ? CLERK'S ELECTION. It will be observed by an advertisement in another oolumn, that an election for Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for this Distriot, will be I I . . . .. J .TT 5 J T held od tne second n eunesu?y iu uuuuaijr next. Two candidates are in the field?Sam? del ?. Moore, Esq., the present inoum[ bent, and Mr. Joseph F. Wallace. Both are worthy men. . , CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS. ; The following is the result of the elec tion for a Member to Congress from this ' (the 4th) Congressional District: Farrow. Reed. McAlUey. ' Union . it.. 128 75 91 9 SpAruuibtux 544 128 38 , York 162 53 151 1 Chester 132 22 . 689 I Laurens 215 -113 15 Crecnvlllle .' .. 2)1 200 00 3 Anderson 031 230 , 32 Pickens 282 70 I 34 2,405 891 | 1,050 General J. B. Kennedy has Been elected from the First Congressional District; t Hon. William Aiken from the Second; i and General Samuel McGowan from the 1 Third. ? NEWSPAPERS--rHI GH PRICES. 3 Paper has risen almost one hundred-per - cent, since the first of. August, and is now n quite as high as it was at any time last year, t and the tendency is still onward and upi ward. There is little prospect of relief beI fore spring. Paper, ink, labor, and all the :, -materials which go to make a newspaper are t- so high, that no proprietor can afford to 0 publish a paper for less than doable the 1 price received before the war. Still, peoII pie oomplain because the prices are not re't duced, never thinking that the matter is u entirely beyond the oontrol of publishers. ? Westminister (Md.^ Sentinel. e We are sorry to say the above is true? ~ every word of it. Previous to the war, the s paper upon which the Enquirer wasprine ted, oost us from eight to nine cents per > pound. The paper whioh we are now using, b and an inferior article at that?costs us ? tioenty-tioo cents per pound ! Ink, which j before the war was worth twenty oents per pound, we can not now buy for less 'than . thirty to thirty-five cents. Every descrip tion of printing material has advanced in " the same ratio. V" MAIL CONTBACTS. ' We learn that five out of th? seven oon[ tracts for carrying the "horse mails" on the , lines running oat of .Yorkville, have been I awarded by the Post Master General. ' Route No. 6672, from Yorkville to Spartanburg, Hiokory Grove, Smith's* Ford, Draytonsville, Limestone Springs, &c. has J been awarded to Mr. Robert A. Blaok. Route No. 5675, from Yorkville to Char- 1 II lotte, N. C*, via Clay Hill, Ranalesbarg, 1' tod While Hall; to Mr. James H. Card- " 7EB. fi Route No. 5674, from Yorkville to Cross Anchor, via Blairsville, Ballook's Creek, s Mount Tabor, &o. to Mr. Robt. A. Black, i Route No. 5678, from Yorkville to South e Point, N. C., via Allison Creek and Zeno, to Mr. Joseph MoKenzie. c Route No. 5676, from Yorkville to Sbel- r by, N. C., via Clark's Fork, New House, i and Swangstown, N. C-, with an additional c trip from Yorkville, by Grand Hill, Clark's < - ? t> i- tt p.- \t_ -p^t,ti < Dors, JDOyaion, nanuuuy tw. w mi. uu?i. ? A. Black. . j Tht service on "the above routes is to i oommenoe on the first of January next. The routes from Yorkville to Rook Hill, < and from Yorkville to Spartanburg via < Meek's Hill, &c., have not been "let out" i so far as we have heard. We hope that < some person in our community will apply ! for these routes at an early day, in. order that we may enjoy our ante-belwn mail fa- < atlities. _ We have not heard anything with refer- 1 enoe to the route from Linoolnton to York- i ville, via New Centre, Crowders' Creek &c.4 i This route belongs to the North Carolina i division, and we presume that it has been i "let out" to some person in that State. I THE NY C. LEGISLATURE. *?' This body assembled at Raleigh on Mon- ' day of last week. In the Senate, Hon. ' Thomas Settle was elected Speaker; 1 Joseph A. Engelhard, Esq., Principal ' Clerk; J. W. Albebtson, Reading Clerk; 1 and Messrs. Page & Talley, Door-keepers. ' In the House of Commons, S. F. ?hil- 1 lips, Esq., of Orange was elected Speaker; 1 Seaton Gales, Esq., of Wake, Principal Secretary; and Washington Hardy, Esq.; of Buncombe, Assistant Clerk, Hon. W. A.-Graham, who it will be remembered reoeived fill the votes oa9t for Senator in Orange "county, was present and presented his credentials, but stated that i _ J:J i :_i 3 L- ? ' -- it. i. ne Qiu uui. mieuu iu pun.icipaie id me aeliberations of tbe Senate, nntil the pleasure of tbe President in regard to a special application for pardon was known. Mr. Graham was a prominent member of the late Confederate Congress, and is probably the most popular man in North Carolina On Thursday, the House of Commons adopted the amendment to the National Constitution, abolishing slavery in the U. 3tates, by a vote of 99 to 4. It will pass in the Senate. R. N. PiarsO'n, e g. Reade and W. H. Battle \?ere eleeted Judges of the Supreme Court. "W. E. Pell, of the Sentinel, was electedToblio Prtuter over Jos. W. Holden, of the Standard, by a majority of 25 votes. No other business of special importance had been transacted in the Legislature, up to. the date of our last advices. NEW ADVEBTi.?JUJia.?;iX TO. J. A. Brown, 0. Y. D.?Citation?Milton H. Current? Margaret II. Jackson, deceased. J. A. Brown, O. Y. D.?Citation?William White?Francis Armstrong, deceased. J. A. Brown, O. Y. 1).?Citation?J. A". Carothers?Win. H. Merritt. deceased. J. A. Brown, O. Y.?D Citation?Z.D. Smith?Col. Thou. Davis, deceased. J. A. Brown, 0- Y. D.?Citation?Z. D. Smlth-r-Joseph Starnes, deceased. Mary E. Pone and Jas. A. Erwln?Administrator'* Notice. Enquirer Office?No more Rags Wanted. C. H. Molse 8t Co?Grocers and Commission Merchants. James Masqn, S. Y. D.?Ordinary's Sale. W. B. Metis. C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale?Real Estate or A. W. Poag, deceased. W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale-Real Estate of Harris M. Saville, deceased. W. B. Metts, C. E. Y.'D.?Commissioner's Sale?Real Estate of Arthur Klrkpatrich, deceased. W. B. Metis, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale?Real Estate of Thomas L. Castles, deceased. Rev. James Stoney?Public.Sale of Lands, Household Furniture, 8c.c. S. E.'Moore, C. C. C. P.?Clerk's Election. * W. E. Rose?Dwelling House and Store Room to Rent. Joseph F. Wallace?Candidate for Clerk. Samuel E. Moore?Candidate for Clerk. Dr. John May?Pure Liquors. " " ?Spices, Cloves, 8cc. ? ? ?Essences. " . " ? Confectioneries." ? ?Oils. " " ?Fire Crackers. W. II. McCorkle?Liverpool Salt. ? ? -Ladles'Cloth Cloaks. Enquirer Office?United States Postage Stamps. meee-mStvion. We will next week, publish the reply of "Arteipus Ward" to "Bill Arp." Look nnt fnr if?it ia ttrinh. rare and necnliar." The Hon. W. W. BoYOE,-wbo represented South Carolina in the United States Congress for nearly eight years, is about to commenoe the practice of law in Washington city.* The official vote for Governor in North Carolina has been received. The vote stands, Worth, 30,914; Holden, 23,334. Worth's majority, 7,580. The Riobmond Sentinel says that the calf of a thoroughbred cow, belonging to Colonel J. W. Fairfax, of Loudon county, weighed 124 pounds when only a day old., j A number of Indians in canoes pass'a /I /Inwn f k A XfaoaAinwi n a* T ? ? uvnu UU? XIJ.IOOVUII ujjpUhllU XJUXington last week. They were on their way to Washington to see the President, and preferred canoes to steamboats a", a mode of traveling. ??The Ma<Von Teltyraph of the 24th says: "It is authentically stated in this city that the "Hon Robert Toombs, who had been concealed for months in one of the adjacent counties, has eladed his puisaers, escaped across the country, and made his safe exit from the port of New Orleans for foreign parts." There are over nine hundred oases on the dooket | of the Coqrt fo; the county, of which Knox-! ville, Tennessee, is the shiretown. Most of them are suits against Confederates for ; damages growing out of the war. Those ' persons woo aoiea as uoniederate (Jonsorip-1 tion officers receive severe punishment ir, the Courte. Hon. John Reagan and Ex-Lieutenant-General J. C. Pem~berroN were in Colombia last week rhe "Persimmon (bounty Debatinr/ Club." out in Indiana, are debating the question,.1 'Whioh is the proudest, a girl with her ret beau, or a woman with her first baby?" There are two directly opposite reaons why a hud sometimes cannot get credt: one is, because he is not known; the othir,because he is. Upwards of thirty thousaad negroes have lied in and around Atlanta, Georgia, duing the past twelve motrtbs. "In, a ecent English novel, the author desoribes >ne of her characters as conducting himself <Kke an overseer in a Massachusetts cotton ield !"-' The Savannah Herald has nformation that an emeute took place anoog the negroes near Marianna, Florida, rbe rioters burned the Court House. A sompany of regulars were sent there to keep 3rder. The President designs having irrangements perfected to have his. message delivered to the press of tha country simultaneously with its delivery to Congress The New Bedford Standarilestimates the damage to tbe~whaling interests by the Sheoandonh at Sl,05CtjOQO. -The Now Orleans papers advocate t&at the coolie system be adopted at once in the oultura of the Mississippi plantations. ' " Since the middle of October there have been 17 railroad accidents. /. ' "-Why is a biidee/oom at the altar ' like a sailor ? Because he's, a marr'in her.;-" The Boston churches are discussing whether President Johnson's plan of Reconstruction is the right one. -Twenty-two of the most thinly populated counties in Indiana expended (luring the war over $5,000,000 for local bounties and the relief of soldiers' families. -Jos. Barker just elected to Congress from Louisiana is eighty-five fears of age. In Scotland a minister "refused the saorament to a printer who was engaged during a part of Sunday night in producing a paper which the minister confessed that he read with pleasure every Monday morning!" ?A writer in.' Blackwood says: "When people want to speak of a native of Holland, they call him an Amsterdam Dutchman; but when they speak of the German race generally, they leave ont the Amster." .For lUe Yorfcvflle Enquirer. TH*E TIMES, Mr. Editor : The times in which it is oar fortune, or misfortune, to live, afe of no ordinary character. No man can look back oveT the past and not experience a feeling of sadness. It is absolutely heart-rending. Thfi nontemnlation of the scenes which have been enacted on our soil daring tbe last four years chills the blood in the veins, and extorts a uollow gruau. But what can be said of tbe future ? "Tbe past is composed of murders^ Jobberies, rapines and moral desolation; bat does any bow of hope appear npon the angry cload wbich bu bat a moment ago stormed so farionsly apon as5 This interrogation admits neither of a positive negative, nor absolute affirmative answer. There are some grounds of hope, and there'arp some omens of ill. We are not fully initiated into tbe nen state of things which have been inaugara* rr" * - 1 i Tk.l ted. xne crisis is uut jet upuu us. xum the Institution of slavery which once exist eJ among hi is annihilated, is true, to i moral and physical demonstration. Thii institution formed the wealth of the South It was the base of credit at home anc abroad. 'Heretofore, a man in" the Sort! was considered rich, not because he v/ai possessed of coffers of gold, but because b< owned a large number of negroes. Hence by the abolition nf slavery, the South hai been made poor?emphatically poor. All the other resources of the South weri exhausted in carrying on the. war, or des troyed by the enemy. What have we lef us ? Nothing except tbe soil. This, it 1 Raid, is rioh io resources. It is readii' granted.' Bat it has to be patiently cnltiva ted; and where ia the laborer ? Is it tbh fre negro? No I no, is responded >by all th' antecedents of the African race. His idea of freedom are narrow and contracted mean and grovelling. Freedom, acoordinj to his idea, means to live a life of idlenes and barbarism?to live like the beasts o the field, unrestrained by law?to live a the majority of'them in oar midst are no\ living. Little need we expect fropi tb freedmen of the country. Whence then it is asked, is the Sooth to look for redemp tion from her miserable state of poverty From the Yankees ? No, most assuredl; not! The Yankee makes every body els poor and himself rich 1 Oar hope is in th handB of OOr own people. The time ha come when we must work?aH must work and work hard. W.e may as well thjoi awav our cloves at once, lav aside our fin ' 7 . ' " clothes, and take hold of the plow and botl hold and drive. The little cotton whiob onr now "so called'* friends have left us, will Boon hav found ita way into Northern manufactories and the country will receive in returi Northern goods, and then one of two- thing will take place?either the merchants wil break, or th.oy will break the people. There is no profit in concealing tha^fao that we are on the eve of a great naone^ panic. It will avail little that stay-law are passed. No law can be passed that wil make a bankrupt people rich, or even sqI vent. Stay-laws may do some people at som< period of their history good, but nothing will do tu any good, but work ! If then - 5r. ' ,\* be bdj ohapoe for as to rise from oar pros- a trate condition, it is by men, women and ? children going to work. Bat oar labor must ? be distributed differently from what it has j, been heretofore. 'Morewhite men'mnst become mechanics. We mast not depend on t the North, England or the negroes. If we 6 do this?if we resolve, to live like poor people fl ?we will ultimately become * rich people. If we will cultivate oar own fields and e manufacture onr own necessaries, it will not 8 * - ?L'l- ? ? !??? In..'/) sn/t rlpfl. 8 De a great wuue, uuui. a mug, iv?u . ^ perate wail will be beard all over tbe North. ^ The Massachusetts spindles will soon be ] covered with rest, and those who now have their feet upon oar neoks, will soon be beg- * ging as for bread ! Bat in every effort to rise, .we mast humbly look to God for as- ] sistance. God wilT redeem as if. we place , oar confidence in him. B. ... ( THE LEGISLATURE. j Pursuant to tbe order of adjournment, '< under the joint Resolution of the General Assembly, adopted on tbe 9tb ultimo, tbe Legislature convened at 7 o'clock, on Sat- i nrday evening of last week, bat failing to 1 obtain aqaornm, adjourned to tbe following i ' Monday morning at 10 o'clock. - < On Monday, 27th ultimo, a quorum was i obtained in the House, but not iu the Sen- < ate. .' ' On Tuesday, there was a quorum in each House. A number of petitions, memorials, i &c., were submitted, none of which possess special interest to our. readers.* The follow- < ing message was received from His Excellency Governor Pkrry : EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Sr\n<pw pARnT.TNA. November 27. 1865. ?To the Honorable^ the Senate and Route of Representatives : Gentlemen : Id obedietioe to your directions, I forwarded to (be Seoretary of State a certified copy of the ratification of the Congressional amendment of the Constitution of the United .States abolishing slavery. I bad previously telegraphed Mr. Seward that the amendment had been adopted by you, .and in reply be stated that "the President and the whole country are gratified that South Carolina has accepted the Congressional amendment to tbe Constitution abolishing slavery. I have likewise communicated to the President your resolutions in reference to the postponement of the sales of lands' in Beaufort Distriot, and have the gratification, of informing you that I have beard, through our agent at Washington, that these sales have been countermanded. - - ? ? Id reply to my letter to the Secretary or the Treasury, in relation to the State of South Carolina assuming her portion of tbedirect tax, and giving her bond for the same, I have been informed that this cannot be done "unless sanctioned by an Act , of Congress." The letter of the Aoting Seo retary of State is-herewith sent you. I have received two communications from London in reference to the bonds of South Carolina, doe in England, which axe herewith sent you for yonr consideration. The . bondholders propose "that tfye whole arrears and the dividends to January, 1867, inclu, sive, should he funded into a bonded debt, carrying the same rate of'interest as the - /bonds or stocks, on whioh the arrears have' . accrued. That a sinking fund, shall be es I tablish|d (accumulative) of two., per cent, per annum, wbicb, on a five per cent stook, will pay off the debt ia twenty-five and ' tbree-qurfrter years, and on a six per cent. stock in twenty-four -years.!' You will ' ....Inn ? .nmrnnnimfiAn frftm f.hA k prUUttUlJ ICUWYO a wluuu South Carolina Railroad Company in conneotion'witb this bonded debt, as tbe.State 1 has endorsed two millions of the bonds of that Company, which fall due in January .. next, and no provision has been made for j tbeir payment by the Company. I forward you also tho resignation of the 1 State Auditor, James Topper, Esq/, with * views as to the continuance of the office.? i He thinks the office*. unnecessary, and at , some future time he will make a report on the various matters conneoted with the office. . I hope you will appoint an early day for 9 the inauguration of the constitutional Gov ernor. The commissions of jthe members t of CoDgress have to be signed by him, and if they are to be in Washington at the opening of the session,'they will have to leave 7 here in two or three days. I have- been instructed by the President e "to remain in the exercise of my functions ? .!t 3 I e as Provisional uovernor, coin renevea py bis express directions." Bat after the Gov8 ernor elect is qualified, I shall recognize > him as the Chief Magistrate of the State, I and make.all my communications to him 8 instead of .the Legislature. f B. F. PERRY. A Bill preliminary ta the'legislation in9 duced by the emancipation of slaves, rev ceiyed its third reading, was passed, its e title changed to an Act, and was sent to the Senate. This Bill provides that all ne' groes, to the extent of seven-eighths of Caucasian blood, shall be "known as persons of ? oolor, and confers upon them tho right to y acquire, owq and dispose of property, to e make contraots, to sue and be sued. j The Sepate then joined the House in ! counting the votes for Governor and Lieu- j 8 tenant-(?ovemor of South Carolina, and , the following pffioiaf returns wereaonounoed ir by the Speaker : , _ ~ Oil*. HiStPTON. 0 s'i ? __?. 1 Anderson 696 276 a Abbeville 361 425 Barnwell 71 400 Benufon 80 232 Berkley... 61 225 Charleston 780 , 661 Chester 68-1 88 V 6 Clarendon 126 138 Colleton 23 502 I. Darlington 329 263 ' Edgefield.. .'. 528 701 j Fairfield 260 44 Georgetown 83 30 1 ? Greenville 314 609 8 Homr 148 41 | Kershaw 179 7>~J Lancaster ? 1 219 102 Laurens 675 424 Lexington...., 319 172Marlon .: .260 494. t Marlboro' ....: ? 460 -X? " * Newberry............; -335. *0 7 Onulgeburg 137. 711Plckeni..........i 361" 889 9 Richland;..... -* 334 ., .28 Spartanburg 783 155 1 Sumter....,......;...,............., 258 455 88a^....,.=..y...vr.,...?^v ? ? -m <# 5 Total..-. .... ...: . , . -"-TZ ' ? . . ag?Jority for. On-.... 667 > The vote of CbeBte$eld Distriot waa i?caraea, in ooow^aouvo vi ^uawiuw?w. . t was as follows : Orr, 158 ; Hampton, < 9.- Hon. W; D. Porter, was eleoted I <ieutenaDt-Governor without opposition, i aving received 15,072-votes. " i Committees were appointed to wait npon he Governor and Lieutenant Governor leot, to inform them of their eleotion, and equost their qualifications at the earliest onvenient moment. On Wednesday^the Committees appointid in eaoh House to inform the Governor ind Lieutenant-Governor of their eleotions, md to make arrangements for the inauguraion, submitted reports recommending half )ast one o'olook for the ceremony, which re jorta were adopted : At the hoar appointed, the Senate atended in the hall of the House of Reprelentatives, and immediately after Hon. Fames L. Ore, Governor elect, aocompalied-hy bis Excellency B. F. Pebby, Provisional Governor, and the Joint Committee )f Arrangements, entered the ball.^ The Provisional Governor then addressed the Members of the General Assembly - as follows : iSenators and Membert of the l A House of Representatives : . I have come here to-day to bid you farewell, as Provisional Governor of South Carolina, and to oongratnlate you on the restoration of the State, once more, to Tsolf gov* ernment and independence, as a member of the Federal Union. Like the leader of God's ohosen people of old, I had the honor of oondnotinfc yoa tbroagh the wilderness, within sight of the promised land, bat am not permitted to enter it. Tiiat great boon has been reserved for my distibgnished friend, who is now abont to be inaugurated as the first Chief Magistrate of the State ever elected by the sovereign people. If oot withio "three days/' be will witnin a, very short time'be able to pass yon over tbe coo fusion and * military rale, noder which you have sd long lived; to that happy state in which yon will be able to govern yourselves, and to enjoy all tHe rights and privileges of a free and enlightened people. Under* hw-idae and able administration, I hope to see the good old State revive, prosper, and be onee more happy. I am sore, gentlemen, that I may say with perfect propriety, as the representative of tbe Federal Government in Sooth Carolina, that the State has done enongfa to entitle her to be received back as a member of tbe Federal Union, with all of her Constitutional rights fully restored. She was > 1 i_ ? if. ...i ?f JanAMW in' ioreujoat iu tuauuiiug tuc poot ui u?ug? <u the recent revolution, and in ber appeal lo afms in defenoe of what she honestly believed to be ber reserved rights as a State. Gallantly and nobly her sons fought through the war, pouring out their blood and sacrificing their lives on almost every battle field throughout tbe Southerp States.? When conquered by overwhelming numbers, seeing their towQ^and villages nothing but smouldering ruins, their beloved State a wide-spread desolation, their wives, and sisters, and little children, and aged parents at the point of starvation, like brave men they accepted tbe deorecs of God, and" thomBAloAB tn (ha itira frtrtnnfifl* of thewar. Sad and silent, With manly fortitude and firmness, they awaited the terms of the conqueror. When those terms .were made known, they wefe first, with a generous pride and high chivalry, to assome the humiliation with which their State had been foremost in brihging on onr common country. As soon as the President's Proclamation was issued, the people of South Carolina went cheerfully forward, and took the amnesty oath. They promptly assembled in Convention, under the order ofthe Provisional Governor, and reformed their State Constitution, as was desired by the President. They.abolished slavery, and freely gave up their two hundred millions invested in slaves. When advised to adopt the Congressional amendment to the Constitu: tion of tbe United States abolishing slavery, South Carolina was the first Southern State wbicn raimea toe same, ana set an example for her sister States to follow:? She has been first, also, in preparing a wise and humane oode of laws for the .protection of the freedmen in all their rights of personal property, and allowiog them to give testimony in her Conrts of Justice. She has now elected her Representatives in both Houses of Congress, and commissioned them to take their seats in that body. She has organized a perfect State Government, jritb Legislative, Executive and Judiciary Departments, all republican, in .their character, and the members of each swearing to sop ?? - it. Ct??on purl; LUtJ VUUQblliUblUU Ml IUO UUIVCU Her Ordinances of secession have been repealed, and she now pledges herself to stand by the Union in good faith, and with 1fll sincerity. Having done all this, yon and your State I have done your doty, gracefully and faith; folly, as becomes a gallant aod generous I people, who are ueverafraidto assume any position where honor and patriotismprompt. I know the President desires to relieve you of military rule, and see your Representatives once more seated in the. councils of the nation. I cannot believe that Congress I will exolade them, by a test oath, which does not apply to members of Congress, for they are not members of the Federal Government, as was early deeided in the history of our Government. Nor has Congress any power to impose on its vemben any other oath than that prescribed in the Constitution. To admit a contrary doctrine, would enable a majority in Congress to exolttde the minority, because they were Democrats, or States Rights' men, or professed any oth er principles^repugnant to the breed* of the majority. The Constitutional oath was wisely ordained, and; excludes all other oaths. The powers of Congress are delegated and specific, and they have no otbejn. The reason for the passage of. this test oath has passed away, aod~if' not repealed, nc hue io South Carolina cau fill a Federal of fice till a new generation has sprung up, foi all now Hvincr. men. women and children. did, io some way, couoteuaibe the:w4r. It is known to yon, gentlemen, that ] was opposed to the secession of South Caro Una. No mate in America regretted nion deeply than I "did this fetal movement, fo I thought 1 foresaw ail the evil consequgn ces which have resulted from it. But, wbei the issoewas made, my feelings in sympa tby were all of my native State. And yet I conscientiously believed that even tb ? . .-ft r^VWVMi* V* tn? 'y.v rlisastrous. The jealoneiee and errors of A -he Grecian States were (instantly in my WBB mind. Disintegration once commenced in. ?. fl a confederation of republics, no One could . K foresee where it wonld end, except ropet- ^Qj ty tyrannies, or a consolidated military dee- . %5B potiom. BsBb Henceforth, no,.on/rvirilI repudiate the MB farewell advice of Washington, aa to the Ji importance and perpetuity of the Federal |^8| Union. It has shown a power and strength, fl moral and physical, whioh defy dissolution, till some extraordinary change bee taken I place in the condition of -thepeople. The ffigjsl tendency of divilisatioti is to enlarge Gov- B e rumen ts, and not to disintegrate then. MBffli All causes of discontent or dissatisfsiotioa between the North and the 8outb,fc*?e .Iffia been removed bj the . abolition of slavery. jj|?S The different sections of this greatRtptto* 8 lio are mutnsNy dependent on each other, ^flj and the one eanoot live well witbontthe |?B| othors The Southern States plant ootton, fl -and the Northern States maoufaotore it. f%| The great West grow* graio, and raises |B live stock for the supply of both seotious. jltB We all speak the same language, and have H the same common origin. Our opinions andfe: -. &S| feelings in- regard to the republican prfoj^ pies of government are identical. Them |?H? is, too, a similarity in our pursnits and hab- ? Us, manners, customs, and religion sod ed- f?Bfl ucation. * I w8 History teaches as that the present asper- fl ity of feeling, which may exist in jfcjki breasta of many, in oon&qqeace of tW*^ ^8 wrongs and injuries of the war, will soon wear oat. Brave aod honorable men are flfl always ready and willing to become- recdu- J Bj oiled. History teaches us, too, that the jgHjj - ravages of war are mnoh more easily repair- I ed than one is apt to enppoee.;. Anindua- * giflBa trious and enterprising people will .soon re- ffigjw store a country desolated by war. Such a flflfl people may sooo convert a wilderness into HB| productive and highly improredfanni. No " ll? one need despair of the State loafew B years, with peace and industry, everything Bgl5 will ohaoge and wear a prosperous and hap- . 8 py aspect: 8 Yon have, gentlemen, in yonr legislatiffc jgSH cuDflcity arduous and responsible duties?to I perform, requiring great prudence and fore- gpgjffi thought. Your finances and banking syS- BBh tem, now postrate, hare to be restored; 9 your laws hawe to be amended to sait the HB ob&nged condition of tbe State; yoar mill- 8 tie system, now more important than ever, ^8jB requires your earliest consideration; ^att BBS* judiciary must be restored, and in some re- ' dpects it would be proper- to make improve. ffiaH mentarn the system. But lam tniepu- 9 sing on the prerogatives of tbe CqnstUutlan. al Governor. Henceforth, all -of thy epm- jftajE munications, aa tbe repreflentativi*iftlto' Federal Government, most bei made ihtough MB him) and to him. I hope most devoutly JjffiSl that I may have none to make, except one, 8 which authorizes me to say that tbe President of the United States recogfibes 3ooth IfijB parolina,-opce more, as a roen&ber btf Ike afflB Federal Union, fully restored to aiCjMgp ' raH Constitutional rigbft^^^SjM^^S^ 8 Io conclusion, gentlemen, let i&K you my most gratefal thanks -for the,'very 8 flattering manner in wniotLydttlWW^Spaflfc.' a??j red on me the high and distinguished trust jSBB of representing tbe State of South. Carolina 1 in the Senate of tbe United State* : And let me assure you that all my eMifeikiHnd 8 talents willbe devoted to the pomotioo of - - ] the best interests of the State, her welfare . J and honor. *%($>9 I bid you an affectionate adieu.IjjSi The Governor el dot then addressed the |11S members of the Gener&I Assembly as fol- 8 lows-. SBB| Gentlemen of the Senateand 198 Bouse of Representative* : 9 The Constitution of South CaroUjg^-tt* quires that the oath of office of thw Cover- j?M nor shall be taken in your presencej and SoB immemorial usage requires him ^to make, |%Mi on suoh an ooeasion, a brief exposition of U&3 the principles which will control his admin- r^H jatration. ^ The high honor conferred on me by a flH majority of my fellow-citizens, in choosing |ctM me their first Governor nnder the new Goo- ISflB stitution, and tbe^ eventful period la the . [ 9 State's history, when the selection is shade, aHfl filial rna mitk' B aanua rtf (ha nmtuinilaat BQ gratitude. I approach its grave dutfea and * j B responsibilities with the deepest humility, M and with a sincere distrust of my oapacity fl jg to discharge them id such manner as to ^9 satisfy the reasonable expectation of the US State. IBS Under these circumstances I can ventuae with safety to make at. least one pledge to the people of this ancient Commonwealth^ that all the z?a! and energy of my nature, BH during my official term, shall be'earnestly $5|B| and constantly devoted to their service.? n With the troiform practice of that partiality fl which caused them to elevate me to tbl* J|9B| great office, I trust they will exercise a gen". ES eroos confidence in all the. acts of my administratloo, always giving ^me foil credit ^H| for jost and patriotic motives. Beg The State is now just entering upon a PtB new and untried oareer, where ther* is much H to hope for and not a little to fear. All of |||h i our old land-marks in politics have been fgfnS swept off by the fires of war. Om^aooml |?g| and industrial systems have perished from the same unrelenting and unpityiog cause. 9 Some of onr most distinguished citizens, j|g| and many of our most prominent young ^BB men,; have fallen martyrs to the-ancient m principles of South Carolina. Grief over the biers of the loved ones has filled every -^B household, and the tears of the widow and S3 the orphan have bedewed every hearthstone. |fflH And yet, amid the general wreck in all the |3g reUtioos oMift, fr -oold be nomol, despond, 'ine mgnest courage. ana tqe n . sternest fortitude is demanded wherever the I heaviest calamities overtake and threaten to . 9 engulph us. M > The people of South Carolina weeded ij8| from the Federal Union under an earnest r and honest oonvibtiotf^ that they had the fl , Constitutional right so to do; and they were B [ ' 'that their interest.and the security of* very Hj . BWP MB wg