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The Intelligencer *S PUBLISHED "WEEKLY AT FIFTY CTS. FOS, THREE MONTHS IN* SPECIE OR PROVISIONS. - RATES OF ADVERTISING. Advertisements inserted"at the rates of One Dol? lar per square of twelve lines for the first insertion sind Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. Obituaries and Marriage Notices charged for at .these rates. "Extracts from Gov. Perry's Mes? sage. The Presidentof the United States has manifested a generous and patriotic so licitade for the restoration of the South? ern States to all their civil and political rights under the Constitution and laws of tlie United States. He desires to see the Federal-UnTon reconstructed as it was before the secession of those States; and he will oppose the centralization of pow? er in Congress, and the infringement of the constitutional rights of the States, with" the same zeal, energy, and power with which he resisted the assumed right of secession on the part of the States. In order to accomplish this re-union of the States, the President desires that South Carolina, as, well as all the other States in rebellion, should accept as inevitable ?and unavoidable the groat final results of the war. African slavery, which was a cherished institution of South Carolina from her earliest colonial history, patriarchal in its character,* under which tho negro has multiplied and increased with a rapidity proving that he has been kindly cared for and protected, is gone, dead forever, nev? er to bo revived <Jr hoped for in the future of this State. Under the war-m:iking l>owcr, ,the military authorities of the United State's have abolished slavery in all the speeding States. The oath you have.solemnly" taken-to "abide by and faithfully support all laws and proclama? tions which have been made daring the existing rebellion,, with reference to the emancipation of slaves," requires you, in good faith, to abolish .slavery in ytv-r new or amended Constitution. The express terras on which pardons have been'issucd, stipulate that you shall never again own or .employ slave labor. It is likewise al? together probable that . the proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution, ?abolishing slaverj-, will be adopted b}r " three fourths of the States and become a part of th,c Constitution. Morcovor,"it is impossible for SoutU? Carolina ever to regain her civil rights and be restored to the Union till* she voluntarily abolishes i slavery; and declares, by an organic law, that neither "slavery nor involuntary ser? vitude, except as a punishment for crime, ?whereof the party shall have been duly convicted," shall ever again exist within the limits of tho State. Urttil this is done, we shall be kept under military rule, and the negroes will be protected as "freedmen" by tho whole military, force Of the United States. But I know that you are all honorable men, as well as pa? triotic men, and will do your duty faith? fully to yourselves and your country, however painful it may be. tn making this unavoidable change in your Constitution, abolishing slavery ,, and whieh will requird the substitution of aired labor for that of slave labor, it is to be*hoped that none of thoso evils will be experienced which some have anticipa? ted. By a wise, just and humane treat? ment of your "freedmen" ajid women, you may attach them to you as strongly in then* new condition as they were whilst your slaves. They will soon learn to sec and^feol their dependence on 3-ou, and know that,their interests require them to be true and tait-hf ul to you. It is to be expected, that so great and sudden a change as this in the condition of the ne? gro will produce at first, eonfnsioh; idle ness and dissatisfaction. This, however, will only-bo ? temporary. Time and experience must bring order and system. .The "freodman". wall soon find out that he must either "work or perish. Legisla? tion will necessarily bo required to regu? late the relative duties of tho employer and employee. . ? *-' * *' * The question of suffrage, and who shall exercise tho right of voting in South Car-, olina, is one of grave importance, and must bo settled by you in your new Con? stitution. In 1790, the-State Constitution declared that no one"should be allowed to vote unless he was a freeholder or tax? payer and a free white man of the age of twenty-one years. In 1810, tho right of suffrage was extended^ to all free white men of the ago of twenty-one, who wnere residents of tho Stato two years 'and of tho Election District six months previous to voting. 'Tl^e qualification of a free? hold or the payment of a tax was no longer required. It was though t proper I at that period that a free white man who had to serve in the militia, do -patrol du? ty, work on the roads, and defend his country in time of war, should be allowed to vote for members of the Legislature and other officers of tho State, without the ownership of a freehold or the pay? ment of taxes. To extend this universal suffrage to the "freedmcn" in their pres? ent- ignorant and degraded condition, would be little less than folly and mad? ness. It would be giving to the man of wealth and huge landed possessions in the State a most undue influence in all elections. He would be enablod to march to the polls, with his two or three hun? dred "freed mcu" as employees, voting as he directed, and control all elections: The .poor white men in the Eelectijn Districts would have no influence, ortheirinfluence would be overpowered by one man of large landed estate. In Connecticut^ Ohio, Sndiapa, Illinois, and several other non-slaveholding . States, at the .North, ffcee negroes and- colored persons are eti tircly excluded from voting. In most of i the Northern Statea thero is a property qualification required of all voters, which excludes them. If the New York- quali? fication of a freehold for a person of col? or voting wore adopted in South Caroli? na, very few of tire "freedmcn" in this State would ever be able to exercise the right of suffrage. In North Carolina, Tennessee, and perhaps other slavehold ing States, free negroes formerly* were en? titled to vote, but it is understood that they seldom saw proper to exercise this franchise. " . The Eadical Republican party North .arclooking with great interest to the ac? tion of the Southern States in reference to negro suffrage, and whilst they admit that a man should, bo able to read ?and write and have a property qualification in order to vote, yet they contend that there should be no distinction between voters on account of color. They forget that this is a white man's government, and intended for white men onlj-; and that the Supreme Court of the United States has.dccided that the negro is not an American citizen under the Federal Constitution. That each and every Stute of the Union has tho" unquestioned 'right of deciding for herself who shall exercise the right of suffrage, is beyond all dis pnte. You will settle this grave question as the interest and honor of the State de? mand. ? Gloomy asthe present may seem, .the future will be* bright and glorions'.'"Noth irjg is ever likely to occur again to mar the harmony of the Union. The great cause of dissension between the two sec? tions has been removed. There are no rival interests. The North and the South are mutually necessary to each other, and all the pursuits of the one are dependent o'n those of'the other. The United States, as n whole, combine all tbo elements of national prosperity and greatness, in a higher degree than any other people on tho.'face of the earth. No empire in tho world ever united in so eminent a degree the three great sources of independence, power and wealth?agriculture, com mci*ce and manufactures. As long as civ? ilization continues, this great Republic will flourish, and increase in numbers, wealth and grandeur. It can only crum? ble and break into fragments when igno? rance and darkness shall havo pervaded the land. South Carolina, as an integral part of this great power, must partako of its richness and prosperity." The abolition of slavery will give new energy and self reliance to our people, stimulate industry and promote economy in all the vocations of life. ".In less than ten years-we shall realize in the loss of slavery a blessing in disguise, to ourselves and our children. In resuming her allegiance to the Uni? ted States, I know that South Carolina does so in good faith, and with perfect sincerity lo her plighted hon?T. As ehe was tho first to lead off in this great and most unfortunate secession movement, it now becomes her duly to set a bright ex? ample of loyalty to tho other Southern States, in returning to the Union, and cheerfully performing all the obligations to the Federal Government. She will re-^ colve, in return, from that .Government, a restoration of all her civil and political rights as a sovereign State, with a gene . ral amnesty for the past. - Gen. Marmaduke, known as a/promi? nent officer in tho late rebellion, is the first one to avail hrmse1' of the privilege to go abroad, and remain without tho United States during tho pleasure of the Government, and has received a passport accordingly. - ? . Official documents at Raleigh show that North Carolina furnished 118,160 troops for the rebel army, From the Boston Courier. - Sympathy with the South. - It is still a reproach in"certain circles to be called a sympathizer with the South. An American may sympathize with Mex? ico or Brazil, Russia, India or China, without any. imputation npon his patriot? ism or morals, but to have a kindly feel? ing toward his own flesh and blood, his countrymen of the South, is in those cir? cles still discreditable, still "disloyal." To speak well of the Southern people in any respect, commend their courage, ad? vert to the sudden and wonderful devel? opment of mechanical skill and industry among them .during the war; to their perseverance and endurance; or to praise the good faith and good spirit in which, the war over, they have submitted to its award and gone to* work t? reinstate themselves as faithful citizens, all tfiis ex? poses ono to malevolent imputations. With tho^ people to which wo allude noth? ing upon the subject is acceptable that is not depredatory, condemnatory, defam? ing, insulting. A fallen foe excites no pity in their hearts; the gospel of hate which has fed them for so many years has eradicated tho very germ of all gen? tle sentiments toward the objects of their hostile passion. And yet to an nr.warped nature noth? ing would seem more deserving of pit}*, and sympathy than these eight millions j of our fellow-citizens. It is true their leaders led some a.id forced more of them into rebellion,.but how have they suffer? ed for their fault! ? .War never more thor? oughly scourged, impoverished,, ruined au}- country in four short years than that. All the accumulated capital, the result of decades ^of prosperous agriculture, is swept away. This nm- be replaced, it is true, but it will never be replaced by those who have lost it, and but in a small de? gree even by their descendants, for they are dead, Over two-thirds of all the men enlisted in many of tho States have dis? appeared. Another generation of anoth? er people must replace them, and inherit the poor remains of what was^ theirs. Thousands upon thousands-of families, once comfortable and happy in their homes as any that tho world has ever seen, are now destitmte, suffering, de? prived of all stay and support, and de? pendent upon charity and lljo scanty re? turns of their own labor for- a hare sub? sistence. It would seem that any degree of enmity might be satisfied with this? even that of-a philanthropist. But the temper to which wo allude, though it exists, is not the dominant tem? per of the people. Thej- do sympathize with their lately rebellious countiymen, and none more, warmly than those whose hands have chastised them for their trea? son. A brave foe, bravely vanquished and now submissive, excites in the sol? diers of our armies ho feeling but a desiro to aid him in restoring the prosperity of tho past, and rebuilding the Republic in inbie than its pristine ?randeur ai.d ylo ry. And indeed this is in a great degree the actual work awaiting our disbanded heroes. After a brief visit to their old homes, multitudes of them will return to tho South, and find thcro better opportu? nities for their energies than the North can afford them. They will go to assist, in Jjuilding.up a free South, carrying with them Northern thrifts and Northern methods of labor, and by their assistance and example firing tho Southern heart with friendly omulalion in the work of renewing tho old and opening new ways of prosperous enterprise. Settling in the South, they will feel its interests to be .their own, and will heartily join the na? tive people in resisting tyranny, claiming and asserting the same liberties for their new home that was theirs by right in the old. There is nothing in the way 6f com? plete fraternization ' between emigrants from the North and the Southern people, who 'are even now calling for them to come and help. The same blood flows in the veins of both, the same thoughts and 'aspirations, the same courage to encoun? ter and subdue tho obstructions of na? ture, tho same principles of liberty, and the same glorious recollections of the old past, the brotherhood of the revolution, tho war of 1812, and the Mexican cam? paigns?all bind them far more strongly than tho past struggle can. separate; and the same future now assured to both guarantee a unity and community of heart againat which no narrow sectional hatred can ever prevail. -'--?? Gov. Sharkey, of Mississippi, has issued a proclamation calling on the people to form two companies in each county, one of cavalry and the other of infantry, for the purpose of putting a stop to murders and robberies. ' ? . ?:-* The corn crop in tho Valley of Vir? ginia, it is said, promise agobd yield. But fow farmers will raise any pork. From Washington. TROOPS TO BE ENTIRELY WITHDRAWN FROM THE 80UTII. W AsniNGTON, Sept. 16.?It is under? stood here, that it is contemplated by the President to entirely withdraw the troops from the South, in a short time, leaving the States lately in rebellion to re-organi? zation on the basis of civil government, precisely as they stood before the late war, with tho exception of slavery. This policy is said to have arisen through the good sense of the leading So cithern men. them? selves, in accepting the present position of affairs, as disclosed in the interview be? tween President Johnson and a conside? rable deputation of their leading men at, the White House, the other day. Thus, the late slave States will have hardly a soldier left among them, save such as may be required to garrison the several forts; and these, as in the Northern.States, will be retained in active service only for the purpose of meeting any emergency that may arise from the action of foreign pow? ers. APPLICATIONS FOR PARDONS. There is no perceptible abatement from any quarter in the applications for pardon. Thousands on thousands are filed away fri the Attorney-General's office, and other thousands at the "White House. Shelving is being erected in the room of the pardon clerk, capable of. holding hundreds of thousands of applications, and unless some more expeditious method be devised for passing upon them, the shelf room Will all soon be needed. It is estimated that not less than one hundred thousand separate amnest}r oaths have already been received at the ?State Department. Two clerks are constantly engaged assorting and filing these, but months would be necessary to arrange those now on hand, if no more were received. In the meantime, the magnitude of the clerical work necessary to pardon one hundred thousand persons by the present method is but imperfectly understood by the public at large. Its present progress is a transparent farce, incompatible with the dignity of the gov? ernment, and slvould thcreforo be aban? doned. a new ?proclamation BY the president. Washington, September 14.?It is as? serted that another amnesty'proclamation will soon be issued, by President Johnson. The manliness with which the Southern people havo submitted to the conditions imposed on them by the fortunes of war, as well as tlie condition of that section, has decided the President on issuing an? other amnesty proclamation, broad and generous in its provisions. He knows the people of the South, and is satisfied that they will act in good faith with the Fed? eral Government. This is also rendered necessary by the vast number" of petitions for pardon, which have accumulated to that cxtcntjthat it"wo*ld require years to examine them. It is-probable, too, that it will have been hastened, to some ex? tent, by threats of impeachment by the radicals; for Andrew Johnson, when an? gered, is not only obstinate, but dogmatic. He hates secession, but has a contempt for the Abolitionists. Tho change in the policy as to aban? doned lands, out of which the agents of tho Freodmen's Bureau, expected to make fortunes, was a bombshell into the radical camp. It was a scheme for gigantic plun? der, and so soon as the-President was in? formed of its practical working, he caused to be issued the order which restores pro? perty to its lawful owners. There can be no confiscation without duo process of law. Tho President stands by tho Con? stitution. . The radicals of the Butler-Wilson school, who thought they could mould Andrew Johnson, to their bold, bad schemes, aro bitter and revengeful over their discom? fiture. They will wago war relentlessly on the Executive, but the pcople.will sus? tain in him in all the measures which will produce complete restoration, and consor queutly the earliest prosperity. - ? . ? "I am not, and never have been in fa? vor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold offices or to intermarry with the white people; and"' I will say, in addition to this, that thero is a physical difference botween the white and black races," which I believe will for? ever forbid tho two races living together on terms of social and political equality. And inasmuch as they cannot so live, while they do remain togethor, there must be tho position of superior and inferior; and I, as much as any other man, ?m in favor of having the superior position as? signed to the white race, to which I be? long.?Abraham Lincoln. A brother of Maj. Gen. Rosseau, U. S. A-, who was a private in the Confed? erate army, has boon confined in tho New Orleans parish prison for the last two month?. Stato Convention. Tuesday; September 19, ? 1865.?The Convention met at 11 a. m., and wasfopes ed with prayer by the Rev. B. M. Paimer. On motion of Mr. Rion, the resolution in relation to the number of members of Congress, and.re-districting the Stato, was taken up and agreed to, and the Presi? dent appointed tho following committee. Messrs. B. P. Dunkin, "Weutherley, Gail lard, Ball, Chisolm, Brabham", Boozer, Mills, Evins, Barnett, Ross,. Bratton. Mr. Ilerndon introduced a resolution, . that no member of cither brtfhch of the Legislature shall be allowed to tako his seat until he shall subscribe the following oath or affirmation: " And I do "further swear (or affirm) that' I have not gained my election, either directly or indirectly, by bribing, treating, or any other immoral means whatever." Messrs. Farrow, Robertson, Bolljng, Lc sense, Dudley, Hcmphill, Hearst nnd others, submitted reports from Various committees; which were ordered for con? sideration to-morrow. Mr. Dudley submitted a report on the ' resolution of inquiry as to the propriety of substituting the word " County", for^ "District" in the Constitution. Mr. Hammond made a report on reso? lutions to raise a police force; which was agreed to. Tho Convention proceeded to the con? sideration of general orders?report of the - Committee on Ordinances and Resolu? tions, on an Ordinance to declare slavery abolished, and on other papers referred. Sundry amendments wero proposed, and the following was finally adopted, by . a vote of yeas 98, hays 8: "The slaves in South Carolina having' been de facto emancipated by tho action of the Government of tho United States, neither slavery nor involuntry servitude, except as a punishment of crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall ever bo re-established in this State.". Mr. Melton, from tho Engrossing Coui mitto, reported an Ordinance to repeal the Ordinance of Secession, as engrossed and ready ?for ratification; which was forthwith ratified in due form. The Convention adjourned at half-past 3 p. m., to meet to-morrow at 10, a. m. Wednesday, Sept. 20,1865.?The Con? vention was opened with prayer by Ret. A. W. Moore. Mr. McMaster introduced*the following resolution, which was ordered to be print? ed, and to bo laid on tho table: llesolved, That the Governor shall al? ways reside, during the sitting of the Legislature, at the place w-ficrc the ses? sion may be held ; at all other times ho shall habitually reside at Columbia, so loi)?* as it remains the seat of Govern-" mcnt. The report of the Committee on Ordi? nances and Resolutions, in relation to electors of President and Vice-Presidcnt of the United States, was agreed to. On motion of Mr. Sims, tho privileges Of the floor ?f thcHali-of the Convention were extended to Gen. M. W. Gary. Mr. McGowan introduced the following as an addition to the 4th Section of the '?Ordinance to declare in force tho Con? stitution and Laws heretofore in force," &c.: "Provided, however, That in caso suit shall be brought upon any such contracts or obligations, not by their terms payable in gold, or in other specifiod manner, and entered into between the first day of January, A. D.. 1863, and th'e tenth day of May, 1865, the measure of recovery shall be the true value at the time of trial, of tho property contracted for; but in ascertain^this value reference'shall be had to tho condition of the property at tho time of contract. And in all such cases, the defendant ma}-show such value without specially pleading the same." Resolutions as to the Constitution of the State, was ordered to bo laid on the table. ? ' ' ' . Mr. Andrews announced the following amendment to the third section of the first article of the Constitution, proposing to strike out the section and insert the following, which was agroed to:.' "Each Judicial District in the State shall constitute ono Election District, ex? cept Charleston District, which shall be divided into three Election Districts. The first consisting of all that part of the city, of Charleston which lies "East of the mid? dle thread of King street in said city, throughout its whole -extent, and' to be called Charleston District East; the second, of all that part of tho city which lies West of the same line., and to be called Charleston District West;' and the third, consisting of all that part of the Judicial District which is without the corporate limits of the city, and to bo known as the'Election District of Wash? ington." . I After the reception of several reports of Committees, the Convention adjourned. Thursday, September 21.~The mem? bers of the Convention assembled, tho President took.the Chair, and the pro? ceedings epened with prayer by the Rev. P. JrShand. Messrs. Dawkins and Dudley submit? ted reports of committees; which ?wero ordered' to be printed and laid on tfio ta? ble. Messrs. Dunkin and Farrow submitted various reports of committees; which were ordered for consideration to-morrow. Z\Ir, Androws introduced-tho following, which was agreed' to: No member, on addressing the Convention, shall, at any? time, occupy the floor for more than fif? teen minutes, without the consent of the Convention. Saturday. Sept. 23.?The.President took the'Chair, and tho proceedings were opened with prayer. .. * Messrs. Mclver, Dudley and others, pre? sented reports from suridry 'committees. Mr. Furman. from the Committee'ot Ways and Means, made a report on reso-. lotion as to providing for the expenses pf the Con7ention, which was ordered for consideration. Mr. Boyce introduced a resolution that a Revising Comraitteejof Five be appoint? ed, to whom shall be referred all Consti, tutiortal provisions agreed to by tho<Jo(n vention, which was 3greecl to. . Where-. upon the President announced Messrs. Inglis, Orr, Lesesne, Dudley and Daw kins. The Convention resumed the eonside ratjpA-tjf the report of the Committee on the Executive Department on various matters referred. Mr; Rion introduced a resolution, which was agreed to; that it be referred to the Committee on the Executive Department to inquire and report upon the propriety of giving to the Governor a qualified veto. Mr. Orr, offered the following resolu? tion,which was ordered to be printed: "The Secretary of State, Comptroller-General, and* Treasurer, shall be elected by the qualified voters of" tho State, at tho same general elect :on~ when the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor are elected." The report-of the Committee on the Judieial Department, on a proposition that the Judges and Chancellors t?e ap? pointed by the Governor, subject to the confirmation of the Senate, wasagreedto. Mr. Melton introduced an ordinance to provide for the first ensuing election of Governor and Lieutenaht-Governor, and for Members of the first ensuing General Assembly of the State of South Carolina; which was) ordered to be printed, and to be laid on tho table. Mr. Jones introduced the following res? olution: which was referred to the Com? mittee on Amendments to the Constitu? tion: Resolved, That hereafter -there shall be a capitation tax laid, by the General. Assembly, ou all male inhabitants of this State, between tho ages of' twenty-one and fifty years, which shall never be less' than one-fourth of the .tax - laid on one . hundred dollars worth of land. Mr. Black introduced*a resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution: The General Assembly is forever hereafter prohibited from exempting .the property of any corporation, association or indi? vidual from taxation. ;-.-1 Grand Master C. G. Wintersmith, of Kentucky, has issued an appeal to the leading members of the Masonic Order in ' the United States, calling a convention to meet in Louisville, on the second Monday in October, to aid in bringing back tho old harmony "rckween ?11 sections oi the Union. \ President Johnson has declined to in? terfere with the action of the Southern Bishops. He says they may "unite with the Northern Church or not, just as they please. The pressure of the radicals was., strong; but. in reply to" their remon? strances, he sakl the Constitution gave' him no power to interfere; it was silent on the subject. The Auburn (New York) Advertiser, Mr Seward's horie organ, says: "Lot us pause a moment to take observations. The sol? diers have returned from the war. rXhey are a,power in the land. Let us consult. them. Unless, they are in favor of negro suffrage their votes will defeat the party, and the candidates for office who favor it." Ex-Senator Footo has written a letter to Governor Brownlow, of Tennessee, asking for a recommendation of pardon. Winchester was occupied, during the war, by Federal and Confederate' trdops, i seventy-six times. Goneral Custis Lee has been appointed Professor in the Virginia Military Insti? tute to fill the chair formerly occupied by General Jackson.