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Th.e Intelligencer IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT THEEE DOLLASS . PEE ANNUM, IX U. S. CURRENCY, OB, ?8.00 A YE AB IS SPECIE. BATES OF ADVERTISING. ' j ^ ? Advertisement* inserted M the rates of One Dol? lar per ?quare of-twelv? lines for tlie first insertion and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. - Obituaries and Marriage Notices charged for at j |hesi> rates. GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. Execotive' Department, S. C.) October 24, lSb% J To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives: ? Gentlemen : You have convened, in extra session, by or.ier of the lato Con? vention, for the purpose of considering the new. and extraoidinary condition of our State,, and providing, by wise and proper legislation, for the welfare and beet interests of South Carolina. .As provi? sional Governor of the State', and in tho absence of the recently elected constitu? tional Executive, I consider it my duty tp j address you on the present occasion - and recommend for }"our consideration such j measures as, in my judgment, the interest and welfare of the State require. Although I Have not the honor of deriving my authority, as Chiof Executive 'of'the State, from you, or the' people of South Carolina, yet I can assure you,, in ali sincerity, that no Constitutional Gov? ernor of the State has ever had your in? terests, your honor and prosperity more at heart, or has ever devoted his time and energies more exclusively and zealously to what he honestly believed would*Wt promote the welfare and happiness of the " State. And I may say, with equal truth, that, althoughappointed Provisional Go.v < eroer over South Carolina, no one has felt more respect for the majesty of her laws, or been more willing to. render obedience to the sovereignty of her people. After commenting, -upon the action of the recent State Convention, the Gover? nor says : Such, gentlemen, is the new Constitu? tion under which you.have assembled,-and which, it is hopod, will inspire the people of South Carolina with "new. democratic seal and.energy in developing, intellectu? ally and physically, the talent and re? sources of the State. It is true* that under tho oldregime, South Carolina has given the Republic a bright gallaxy of names which she may well bo proud of; but her mate? rial prosperity as a State has not kept paco with that of her Southern sisters. .Her population has been moving to the South-west till there are, at this time, al ?i?-. . . ? ? . most as many native South Carolinians living in other States 38 there are in thjs ?$tate. They have drained the State, too, ?f -ht* wealth and engios. For the last thirty or forty, years wo have likewise been oblivious of all internal improvement in our fruitless and vexatious supervision of the action of the Federal Government. Apiculture has been neglected, manufac? tures almost ignored, and commerce de npiscd. Foreign immigration, which has filled other States with wealth and popu? lation, developed their resources and raado thenX happy,prosperous and powerful, has boon discouraged in South Carolina? Her riches have been exhausted by her depen? dence on others for almost every thing she consumed or needed. . We have boon de? pendent on the Western States for "our horses, in?les, cattle and hogs, bacon, lard and beef. Prom the Northern States, we hav? received the furniture of our houses, and the implements of our farms and plantations, the carriages in which we jrode, and the clothes which we wore. This policy must no longer be continu? ed. It should be the pride of every far mer and planter in the State- to* raise, grow or make every thing whioh he uses or needs. Slavery has been abolished, and labor made more honorable as well us more necessary. They who have herotofb e spent their lives in ease and idleness will be forced to work. Planting and the learn? ed professions are no longer the only hon? orable means of livelihood for our young men. They must become tradesmen, man ufacturers, artisans and mechanics. Im? migration of industrious foreigners must be encouraged. Then manufactures will spring up, commerce wiil revive, and we shall become an independent people. The emancipation of our slaves will, in all probability, abstract greatly from the active labor of the country. Planters and farmers should dispose of a portion of their lands to immigrants and capitalists trom Europe and the North This will increase tho wealth and industry of the i Stute, and render more valuable the lands I which remain unsold. It will also have a j wholesome check on* the- colored poptila | tion, and strengthen our security from in? surrections and violence. Three-fourths 1 of the State of South Carolina are uncul? tivated. Instead of a population of seven i hundred thousand, our territory is sulH ' cient to support one .of seven millions, if properly distributed in manufacturers, commerce and agriculture. It becomes your urgent duty, gentle? men, te make immediate provision for the protection and government of the freed men and colored people who have been so suddenly'released from'slavery in their ignorance and destitution. This is .alike due to humanity and justice, as well as the imperative necessities of society. The negro hasjost the protection of his mas? ter, and he must now be protected by the law. This is expected of you by the Pre? sident and tho Federal Congress, and will remove all pretence for military rule in the State, a6 well as facilitate your speedy restoration to the Union and self-govern? ment. The negro is innocent of all that he has gained and all that you have" lost, and he is entitled to your sympathy and kindness, your protection and guidance. Tho Convention ordered the Provisional Governor to appoint a Commission for the purpose of preparing and submitting to the? Legislature, for their adoption, a code of laws for tho protection and govern? ment of the frcedmen and colored per? sons'. In obedience to their order I havo appointed Judge YVardlaw and Mr. Burt, two of. the most eminent jurists in the State, to compose this Commission. They will, in due time, report to you the result of their labors. The Convention also au? thorized the Legislature to establish a ?Court in each District lor tho trial of all cases in which freed men are concerned. It becomes your duty to see that Courts aie organized. .**? The election for Presidential electors has heretofore been made by the Legisla? ture of South Carolina., contrary to the true intent and meaning of tho Federal Constitution, and against tho usage in all the otl'or States. An Ordinance was passed by tho Convention, expressive'of their judgment in regard to this matter, and directed the Pre visional Governor to communicate this Ordinance to the Legis? lature at' its first session. In obedience to their order, I herewith send you a copy of the Ordinance, which you will, at once, carry i,nto effect, by providing a proper mode of electing electors of President and Yice President by the people. The election of Members of Congress should be provided for at as early a day as possible. It is a-matter of the highest importance that our Representatives in Congress should be in Washington, ready to take their seats, on the first Monday in December. By Act of CongreSo, passed March, lb'b'3,~it is made tho duty of the Clerk of the previous House of Represen? tatives to " make a roll of the Rcpresen tives elect; and place thereon the names of all persons, and such persons .only, whose credentials show that they were regularly elected in accordance with the laws of their States respectively, or tho laws of the Uuited States." It is there? fore tie imperative duty of the Clerk to call the roil of the members of the South? ern States, whose credentials have been exhibited -ti> him, and shown that they were regularly elected. He has no more" right, under this Act, to exclude tho mem? bers elect from South Carolina than he has to exclude those from Massachusetts. The Federal authorities havo maintained thafcthe Union never was dissolved, and that the Southern States have alwaj's been, and still are, members of that Union. In July, 1862, Congress passed an Act prescribing an oa?h of office for all per sons^o take who we're elected or appoint? ed to any office of honor or profit under the Government of the United States., This oath requires the party to swear that lie has, never borne arms against the ?United States; that he has1 never held or sought office under any power inimical to the United States; that he has given no aid, counsel or countenance to persons in hostility to the United States >? and that he has not yielded a volutary support to any authority hostile to the United States. ? If ttiis oath is to be applied to. members of Congress,'it wilLof course, exclude all from South Carolina. It may, Aptlrtruth, 5o*huid, that no man*^ S.outh Carolina, can take it without committing perjury. But tho Constitution of the United States prescribes an oath for members of Con? gress to take, and they cannot be required ' to ta&e any other oath constitutionally. There may have been some show of pro? priety for exacting this oath when it -was e'nactcd, amidst the war between the Southern Stales and tho United States ; but there can be none now, unless it be for the purpose of excluding the Southern people from all office within their respec? tive States, and still holding those State3 in military subjection. I know that this is not the policy of the President, and I cannot believe that it will be the avowed policy of the Tcderal Congress. If the Southern members are present when tho roll is called by States," they will take part in tho organization of the House, and may vote against the oath being ten-, dered to the members when they arc sworn. Tho subject of finance is one of great embarrassment and serious difficulty at this time in South Carolina, and will re? quire great wisdom and sagacity in your legislation. The people are in a most destitute condition, without money, and without the means of paying their taxes. Their gold and silver were exported du? ring the war as a species of commerce. The Stato banks are all broken, and their bills have ceased to circulate. Tho Con? federate money, with which the eountry was inundated, is utterly worthless. The Federal currency is inaccessible to our people. Their cotton has been destroyed, and their provisions "consumed by the ar? mies, and they have nothing to procure money with. Under these circumatences, it would be well for you to consider whether or not it ispossible to defray the necessary expenses of the State by issu? ing and selling State bonds, so as to avoid levying any tax during the ensuing year. The present indebtedness of the State is not large, and her credit ought to be such as to secure the sale of her bonds at fair 4>rices. It you conclude to raise money in this way, you ought to include the payment of the direct tax, and which South Carolina now owes the United States, and which her citizens will soon be called upon to pay. . It is important that the courts of jus? tice in this State should be once moro ful? ly opened, civil law restored and properly administered. This cannot be done till you fill the several vacancies on the bench. You will have to elect a Chief Justice of the State, two law Judges and one .Chancellor. * Opening our courts, and tho administration of civil justice once more, would have a most salutary influ? ence on society, and do more, than aay thing else te preserve the peace and quiet of the State. We have been-living with? out law long enough, and have suffered enough from lawless violence. The Act to provont the collection of debts, known as the stay law, was wholly unnecessary at the time it was passed, but is now a matter of prime nocessity to the community. This Act should bo contin? ued, with permission, howover, to collect the interest on debts due. There are many, widows and minor children whose sole subsistence depends on the payment of interests due them on their estates. The re-organization of the militia is a mea'suro of tho highest importance, under existing circumstances. I have received information from the Secretary of State at Washington, that as soon as our State . Government is organized, all the Federal troops Would be withdrawn from South Carolina. We must then rely on tho mi? litia for the protection of the State against insurrection and domestic vio? lence. It is a matter of serious conside? ration, however, whether we should not-' desire to reiain, for the present, a portion of the Federal troops in the State. The froedmen and colored people look to these troops as their f riends and protectors, and would be much less likely to have any collision with them than with the mili The colored garrisons, which wore at one time stationed throughout the country, have done, infinite mischief, by inducing tho negroes to believe that all ? the lands of their former owners were to be divided out amongst them. This has made them discontented and unwilling to "maketieontracts for the ensuing year, in many portions of the State, there, are se? rious apprehensions of disturbance' at tho beginning of the next year. Strong gar? risons ought to be continued in Charles? ton, Beaufort and Georgetown, where i tliere is such a preponderance of the i& gro population. But theso garrisons should not be permitted to exercise any civil jurisdiction, and should be subordi? nate to civil law. Otherwise, their pres? ence would be productive of more mis. chief than good. You will take'such ac? tion in this matter as, in your judgment shall seem best for the State. * * * . .-.-:*. * * * As soon as the Convention adjourned,, I communicated^ to the President and! Secretary of Stato copies of tho new Con? stitution of South Carolina. I have tho pleasure of informing you that President Johnson has expressed to me his gratifi? cation at the amendments made in our Constitution, and his confident hope that we should soon be, once more, a " united, happy , and prosperous people, forgetting the past, and looking only to the future welfare of our common country." . There is oho matter of embarrassment in your legislation, under the new Consti? tution, which I think my duty to bring to your notice. The Constitutional Gov? ernor will not, and cannot be inaugurated, till the first wfcek of your regular session. And yet the Constitution roquires all Acts to be presented to the Governor for his signature. If he does not approve them he must return them with his objections j and then, to become <a law, they must be passed by a majority of the whole repre-1 sentation of both Houses. Although tho State Convention acknowledged the au? thority and existence of the Provisional Governor by several of their ordinances, yet they omitted to authorize Him to act .as Governor till tho inauguration of the Governor elect. All your Acts should, therefore, bo passed by a majority of the whole representation of both Houses, un? less you are disposefd to recognize the Provisional Governor as Governor of the State. But even with this repognition, I think it would be safo to see that your Acts arc passed by the constitutional ma? jority required, in tho absenco of the ap? proval of the Governor. This will place beyond controversy any Acts which you may see proper to pass at your extra ses? sion, in the absence of your new elected Constitutional Governor. In conclusion,.! would urge 3rou. gen? tlemen, to look only to tho future in your legislation, and forget, so^far as you can, the past. There is much to hope for and live for, yet. in South Carolina. We should congratulate ourselves and the country that civil war has ceased, and peace is restored to the land. No longer aro our citizens to be forced from their homes and families, and offered a bloody sacrifice on the'field of battle. No longer is our beloved State to bo ravaged and* desolated,-and our towns and villages com? mitted to the flames. A merciful Provi? dence has once more blessed our lanji with an abundant crop, and no longer have we any apprehensions of want and starva? tion. We are in the enjbymer.t of health. Our young men, noble and gallant sol? diers, are peaceably resuming their for? mer vocations, and exerting themselves in restoring the State to her wonted pros? perity .and happiness. No civil broils, or deadly feuds aro disgracing our people as in other States.. Wo have no political di? visions. South Carolina presented a unit after her act of secession, and she is now united as one man in returning to tho Union; and will bo as true and loyal to her plighted faith as any State north of Masor.'s and 'Dixon's line. In this re spect, there is no difference between for? mer secessionists and old Union men. They all have equally, at heart, the peace, honor, glory and prosperity of tho Amer? ican Kepublic. And I earnestly pray that your legislation and deliberations may tend to this great purpose, under the guidance and protection of Almighty God. - B. F. PEPvRY. - A correspondent of the Boston Adver? tiser, animadverting to the fear affectedly entertained' by men of the school of'THad. Stevens, says: It is idle and foolish?more, it is false and cruel?to urge or argue Ibaf there is danger of further armed resistance to the authority of the Government in South Car I olina. I know" there was a score of ex Confederate officers in the. Convention? doesn't that indicate a rebellious'spirit? may be queried. For my part, I wish every office in tho State could be filled with late rebel officers. It is the univer? sal testimony of evory officer of our own troops with whom I have conversed, from the commanding general down, as weffas of ovorv Northern man two months njbI? dent in the State," that the late rebel offi? cers are of better disposition' towards the Government, towards Northerners" to- \ wards progression, than any other clar.s of citizens. -r?* A Strange Statement?How W. L. i Yancey met his Death. As you enter the cemetery at Mont? gomery, and turn to the right, you will perceive a eolonade of inaplo trees lead? ing off to a quiet glen. Bej-ond is a grassy knoll, and leaving this to the left you will approach a pleasant level of greensward. .Here you will be terfcpted to pause before a plain slab of white mar? ble of the inost humble ccecription. It bears a single inscription : "William L. Yancey." His Jast words ware: H Put. me out of sight," and it i3 sard thit he was constantly muttering, toward his lat? ter end, thoso lines of Pope : ? '?Let me live unseen, unknown, . And unlamcntpd let me die. Nor mound, nor monument, uor stcne, Tell where 1 lie." His death was quiet and painless, after . acuto physical and mental suffering. He was a strict churchman j a man of quiet manuers; a handsome declaimer, and a fair scholar. He was never wealthy, and", it is understood that ho left his family without an1 independence. The time has come when the circum? stances of his last illness and death; with the occasion which suddenly convulsed a frame from perfect health into* a mere wreck and shadow, may be mentioned js a historical fact. "William L. Yancey camo to his end by violence. It was to? wards the close of the second session of the first Confederate ' Congress that he broke from the counsels and influence of -Mr. Davis, and became, with Mr. Henry S. Foote, a leader of the opposition. Mr. ' Ben. Hill, a Senator froms Georgia, had likewise changed his front, and was ro markatrle for the earnestness, personal ; interest and persistency with which he sustained the measures of an administra? tion to which" his allegiance hud been" given but late in the day. Mr. Yancey. it. will be remembered, had returned from an unsuccessful mission to Europe, and was representing Alabama in the Confederate Senate. . . The question of a na?y was under dis? cussion in secrot session. The debate ranged beyond the parliamentary limits, and Messrs. Yancey and Hill became an? imated over the abstract doctrine of State rights and the divinity of s.avery. High words passed, and finally the lie was giv? en by Mr. Hill. Mr. Yancey loaped for? ward, as he aimed a blow at his adversa? ry, was caught in tho arms of the latter arid violently thrown back over a- desk. Mr. Hill is a man of wonderful muscular doveloperaent. Mr. Yancey was never very-heavy, though lithe and active. In the fall Ms .spine was seriously injured, and when the bystanders rushed upon the two and dragged the one from the other, the great fire-cator lay unconcious upon the floor, with a little trickle of blood oozing from his lips. He was carried to his hotel; a vote'of secresy was passed, and tho encounter pushed up. ftoone in Richmond except that body of men knew ,.of tho circumstance for six months after: Meanwhile the victim did'not recover. He drooped from day to. day. He became listless, hopeless and- vacant. He was transferred to his own home, where his convulsions ceased a fexy weeks before his death, which was trdht[uil and calm, -o-j--: Nashvillle, October 20.?Champ Fer? guson, "the guerilla, was executed at noon to-day. He evinced no emotion until, the rope was placed around his neck, when his face turned ve^ry red and broko into " profuse perspiration, attended with a strong quivering of the lips. Ho stood" composedly on the drop some twenty min? utes, while the. charges, specifications and sentence were read by Col. Shafter. He nodded recognition to several persons in the crowd, and shifted his positiou in an impatient manner while.the sentence.was" being read. To some specifications, he inclined his head in assent. To others he shook his head. He requested that his body* be given in charge of his wife, and called npon- his Maker to have mercy on him. The drop then fell, and in a few seconds he was a lifeless corpse. -: White paper for newspaper- is ftoi^. be ; ing extensively made, in this country, ^nt of .bamboo. Is not this putting the mark ? of cane upon the prew ?