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MEETING IN NEWBERKV. The. following preamble and resolutions ?were passed unanimously at a meeting of the citizens of Newberry District, on the 3d iust: "We are convinced that the object which has brought ns together to-day is one of vital consequence to all; and wo do not j believe it possible that anyone can fail to I perceive, how deeplv his own welfare, and that of all most dear to him, is involved in the action which we may take. The object of this meeting is to do what lies in our power to heal the wounds which a long and disastrous war has indicted on the country, and to restore to it law and order, and all the securities and benefits which a recbgnlted and stable govern? ment affords. The surrender of Lee and Johnston has been followed by the capit? ulation of all the rest -of the organized forces called into the field by the late Confederate Government. The armies recently arrayed against the Government of the United States have dispersed, the soldiers have returned to their homes and are there quietly waiting for an opportu? nity to resume their former peaceful pur? suits. The apprehension entertained by some that after all organized resistance had ceased, bands of desperate men would continue tho hopeless contest, and pro? long the dreadful scenes of blood and suf? fering, has. happily not been realized.? Peace reigns throughout the .whole land, . and nowhere is thero manifested any-dis? position to disturb it. But, though peace has returned, the. evil effec?s?>f the war still continue. In some porttons of tho, late Confederacy, these evil consequences are beginning to be abated; civil government has resumed its sway, business is slowly reviving,-and. all the political and social relations dis? turbed by the war are undergoing re-ad? justment. But in our State civil govern? ment is stillsuspcndec, and inconvenient and arbitrary substitute of military rule has taken its place; all business-is at a stand still, in the abseneo of a circulating medium in sufficient quantity for the wants of the people; much difficulty and embarrassment has been produced by the sudden sundering of tho ties which have, heretofore existed, between ourselves and the laboring population, and tho expedi? ents which liavo been adopted to remedj those- evils will, it&s to be feared, but im? perfectly accqmplislfthis end ; and mean While, the minds ofjnen arc in a state of painful suspense and anxiety. Whereas, under these circumsttfhc.es, we have met to consider what course we shall adopt to remedy existing evils, and-to avert other and, perhaps, greater ones in the future, therefore, Resolved, That wo regard the war as fi? nally at an end; that we are convinced, and believe it to be the conviction of the whole people, that ail opposition to the authority of the United States Govern? ment has ceased in this distinct, and that there is no disposition, on the part of any one, to renew it. . Resolved,'Thiit the speedy rostoration of the State, to .the relations formerly ex? isting between it'and the Union and Con stitution of the States, is the only means by which law and order can resume their control, and prosperity be restored. Resolved, That we are fully prepared to see the authority of the Constitution and laws ot the United States restored in this State, and to give the promise of obe .dierice to the same required by the Gov? ernment. I Resolved, Tbat we fully concur i?the memorial, to the President of the Uni? ted States, adopted by a public meeting'of the citizens of Abbeville District, as ex? pressing our own sentiments and convic tidnsi Resolved, That, in compliance with the recommendation contained in that memo? rial, we appoint Col. J. H. Williams as a. member ot the proposed deputation to wait on the President, together with the Hon. Armistcad Burt, deputy elect from Abbeville District. Resolved, .That,' in the sense of this meeting, the Hon. W. W. Boyee, by his long and largo experience in the political afn|j|s of the country, his discreet judg mcnt,"and his pure patriotisTn, is a very suitable person to be appointed Governor of South Carolina, for the purpose of re? organizing her government, and bringing her back into the Federal Union, and his appointment as earnestly but respectfully requested. . Resolved, That the distinguished ability, the political wisdom and broad patriotism of the Hon. James L. Orr, and his thor? ough knowledge of the condition and wants of the State of South Carolina, point him out as a very tit person to.be sent on to Washington,-to represent her interests, and to urge her restoration to the;Federal Union, and we therefore en dors* his appointment for that purpose, and urgo his acceptance. -,-> ? The following circular has'been issued from the Attorney Gencrals's offico: ?:- By the direction of the President, all persons belonging to the excepted classes enumerated in the President's proclama? tion of ;May 29, 1865, who may make special application to the President for pardon, are hereby notified that before their respective applications will be con? sidered, it rnifct be shown that they have respectively taken and subscribedtheoath. or affirmation in said proclamation pre? scribed. Eveiy such person desiring a special pardon should make application in writing or in person therefor, and should transmit with such application the origi? nal oath or affirmation, as taken and sub? scribed before an officer authorized under the'Secrctary of State to administer the amnesty oath prescribed in the said proc? lamation of the President. The Shreveport (La.) IVeics, of tho 3d instant, after giving favorable accounts of all the crops in Texas, says: '"In many par^s of Texas tho quantity of cotton planted is"about equal to the crop of for? mer 3'ears, but in this part of Louisiana and in tho adjoining portions of Texas, the quantity planted is quite' limited, not more, we, would say, than the fifth of a crop." ?Washington, Jurio 25. The temperature to-day has' been as high as "ninety-sis degrees in tbe shade. Lute this afternoon'there was a heavy rain-storm accompanied by .thunder and lightning. The health of President Johnson is^ much better. ? The military commission recently en- ? gaged in the trial of the conspirators, met 'tliis morning, and after a brief consulta? tion, ma(h3 up their findings and adjourn? ed. The result will not be positively known until officially promulgated. Among the cases to be tried before the Military Commission of which Col. Chip man is Judge-Advocato, and which is sit? ting in this city, is that of a resident of Virginia; who a year ago conspired with a guerilla to cause the death of a loyal citizen, the accused having furnished the* guerilla with a United States uniform as a disguise. . G/4W. Gale,'who, in last**Decembcr, ad? vertised in the Selma (Ala.) Despatch, for one million-dollars, to procure, the assas? sination of President Lincoln. William H. Seward and Andrew Johnson, was taken ?trom the Old Capitol Prison to-day .and sent back to Alabama for trial. The mohey-order offices are, after to? day, to be increased from two hundred and eighty to four hundred and twenty, principally in the Western States. Meas ii?res:have been taken to extend the ays* tern to the Pacific Coast. The result of tbe experiment so'far. has" been satisfac? tory to the Post-office Department, wrhilo those who remit small sums of money, u.rc perfectly insured from loss. Afecommittce of*delegntes, representing, the colored population of Virginia, is to be held at Alexandria, August 2, to take into consideration their present ahd-fii ture condition, and devise means for the good and welfare of the colored pcoole " throughout the State. The number Of passports issued at the State Department during the past month is 'unprecentedly large. Status of the Colored Population ? .A.bill fixing ?he leg?d status of the color? ed people of 'Tennessee has passed the lower branch of/the Legislature of that State. It guarantees the sanctity of tho matrimonial relation among thenv but for? bids their intermarriage with whites. Wi.ll laws in 'force for the benefit of married women and children arc to apply to peo-' pie of Color, provided that colored chil? dren shall not bo admitted to the schools with the whites. - Colored persons may be witnesses in all Stiate cases in court against each other, but not against white persons, and no contract between a white and colored poison shall bo binding, un? less made in writing and witnessed by a white person. Colored persons are sub? ject to tho same penalties for crimes, as whites, with the addition that rape* by a colored man on a white woman is punish? ed with-death. There are various outlier provisions in the bill, but these are tho most prominent. . ^ --0- h Gov. Brown, of Georgia, is now at Ids home at Milledgevillo.