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{Concluded from First Page.) J general government appeared to have ex- \ haustcd itself. The United States had recovorcd possession of their forts and ar? senals; and their armies were in tho oc? cupation of ovory Stato "which had at tcmptod-to^cedo. Whether tho terri? tory -within tho limits of thoso States should be held as conquered territory, j undor military authority emanating from tho President as the head of the army, j was the first question that presented itself for decision. MILITARY -GOVERNMENTS. Now, military governments, established for an indefinite period, would havo of? fered no security for the early suppres? sion of discontent; would havo divided ? tho people into the vanquishers and the vanquished; and would havo envenomed hatred, rathor than havo restored affec? tion. Once established, no procise limit to thoir continuance was conceivable.? They would havo occasioned an incalcu? lable and exhausting exponsc. Peaceful emigration to and from that portion of the country is ono of tho best means that can bo thought of for tho rostoration of harmony; and that emigration would have been prevented; for what emigrant from abroad, what industrious citizen at homo, would place himself willinghy un? der military rule? Tho chief persons who would havo followed in tho train of the army would have been dependents on thegen^rai government, ormany who ox peeted profit from tho miseries of their erring follow citizons. Tho powers of patromigo and rulo which would havo been exercised, under tho President, over a vast and populous, and naturally wealthy region, are greater than, unless, under extreme necessity, I should bo willing to entrust to any one man; they aro such as, for myself, I could never, unless, on ; occasions of great emergency, consent to exercise. Tho wilful use of such powers, if continued through a period of years, would havo endangcied the purity of tho goneral administration and tho liberties of tho States which remainod loyal. Besides, the policy of military rule over a conquered territory would have implied that the States whose inhabitants may havo taken part in the rebellion had. by tho act of these inhabitants, ceased to ex? ist. But tho true theory is that all pre? tended acts of secession were from the beginning null and void. Tho States cannot commit treason,.nor screen the in? dividual citizen who may havo committed treason, any moro than they can make valid treaties or cngago in lawless com? merce with any foreign Powor. The States attempting to secede placed them solvcs in a condition where their vitality was impaired, but not extinguished?their ftinctious suspended, but not destroyed. THE PLAN OF RECONSTRUCTION. But if any Stato neglects or refuses to perform its offices,, there is tho moro need that the goneral government should main? tain all its authority, and, as soon as practicable, resume the exercise of all its functions. On this principle I have actod, and havo gradually and quietly', and by almost imperceptible steps, sought to re? store the rightful energy of tho general government and of tho Statos. To that end Provisional Govornors havo beon ap? pointed for tho States, conventions called. Governors clccrod, Legislatures assembled and Senators and Representatives chosen to tho Congress of tho United States. At tho same time, tho courts of tho United ?tates, as far as could be done, have been reopened, so that tho laws of the United States may be enforced through their agency. The blockade has been romoved and tho custom houses ro-establiehod in ports of entry, so that tho revenue of the United States may be collected. The Post Offico Department renews its coase toss activity, and tho general govern? ment is thereby enabled to communicate promptly with its officers and agents.? The courts bring security to persons and property; the opening of the ports in? vites the restoration of industiy and commerce, the Post Office renews tho fa? cilities of social intercourse and of busi? ness. And is it' not happy for us all that tho restoration of ?ach one of theso func? tions of tho general government brings with it a b'e-^in;: to the States over which thoy aro extended 1 Is it not a sure promise of harmony and rcnowod attach? ment to tho Union that, after all that has happenod, the return of the general gov? ernment is known only as a bonoficenco ? ITS DIFFICULTIES AND DANGER. 1 know vory well that this policy is at? tended with somo risk; that for its suc? cess it requires at least tho acquiescence Of the Statos which it concerns; that it implies an invitation to thoso States, by renewing their allegiance to tlio United Statos, to resume their functions as States of the Union. But it is a risk that must be taken; in tho choico of difficulties it is the smallest risk; and to diminish, and, if possible, to remove all danger, I have felt it incumbent on me to assert one other power of tho general government?tho power of pardon.- As no Stato can throw a defence over the crimo of treason, the power of pardon is exclusively vested in tho cxecutivo government of tho United States. In exorcising that power, I havo taken every precaution to connect it with the clearest, recognition of tho binding force of tho laws of the United States, and an unqualified acknowledgment of the great social change of condition in regard to slavery which has grown out of tho war. THE AMENDMENT TO TnE CONSTITUTION ' AUOLISniNQ SLANERY. The next step which I havo taken to restoro the constitutional relations of the States, has been an invitation to them to participate in tho high office of amending the constitution. Every patriot must wish for a general amnesty at tho earliest epoch consistent with public safety. For this great end there is need of a concur? rent of all opinions, and the spirit of mutual conciliation. All parties in the J late tcrriblo conflict must work together I in harmony. It is not too mnch to ask, j in tho namo of the whole people, that, on tho one side, tho plan of restoration shall proceed in conformity with a willingness to cast the disorders of tho past into ob? livion; and that, on tho other, the evi? dence of sincerity in tho fuluro mainten? ance of tho Union shall bo put beyond any doubt by the ratification of tho pro? posed amendment to the Constitution, which provides for tho abolu: a of slavery forever within tho limits or' our country. So long as tho adoption of this amend? ment is deiayod so long will doubt, and jealousy and uncertainty provail.? This is the measure which will efface the sad memory of the past; this is the meas? ure which will most certainly call popula? tion, and capital, and security to those parts of the Union that need them most. Indeed, it is not too mnch to ask of the States which aro now resuming their places in tho family of the Union to give this pledge of perpetual loyalty and peace. Until it is done, the past, howev? er much we may desire it. will not be for? gotten. The adoption of the amendment reunites us beyond all power of disrup? tion. It heals the wound that is still im? perfectly closed; it removes slavery, tho element which has so long perplexed and divided tho country; it makes us once moro a united people, renewed and strengthened, bound moro than ever to mutual affection and support. The amendment to the constitution be? ing adopted, it would remain for tho States, whoso powers have been so long in abeyance, to resume their places in the two branches of the national Legislature, and thereby complete the work of restora? tion. Hero it is for you, fellow-citizens of tho Senate, and for you, fellow-citizens of the Houso of Representatives, to judge, each of you for yourselves, of tho elec? tions, returns and qualifications of your own members. THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS IN THE SECEDED STATES. Tho full assertion of the powers of the general government requires the holding of circuit courts of the United States within tho districts where their authority has boon interrupted. In the present posture of our public affairs strong ob? jections have been urged to holding those courts in any of the States where the re? bellion has existed, and it was ascertained by inquiry that tho Circuit Court of tho United States would not be held within the District of Virginia during the au? tumn or early winter, nor until Congress should have "an opportunity to consider and act on tho whole subject." To your deliberations the restoration of this branch of tho civil authority of tho United States is therefore necessarily referred, with tho hopo that early provision will be made for tho resumption of all its functions.? It is manifest that treason, most flagrant in character, has been committed. Per? sons who aro charged with its commis? sion should havo fair and impartial trials in the highest civil tribunals of the coun? try, in ordor that the constitution and the laws may be fully vindicated; the truth clearly established and affirmed that trea? son is a crimo, that traitors should bo punished and the offen eo mado infamous; and, at tho same time, that tho question may bo judicially settled, finally and for? ever, that no Stale of its own will has the right to rcnounco its place in tho Union. TUE RELATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT TO THE FREEDMEN. The relations of the general govern? ment towards the four millions of inhabi? tants whom the war has called into free? dom havo engaged my most serious con? sideration. On the propriety of attempt? ing to make tho freed men electors by the proclamation of tho Executive, I took for my counsel the constitution itself, the in? terpretations of that instrument by its authors and their contemporaries and re? cent legislation by Congress. When, at the first movement towards independence^ the Congress of tho LTnitcd States in? structed tho several States to institute crovernmeats of their own, thev left each Stale to decide for itself tho conditions for tho enjoyment of the elective franchise. During the period of the confederacy there continued to esist a very great di? versity in the qualifications of electors in the several States; and even within a Stato a distinction of qualifications pre? vailed with regard to the officers who were to be chosen. The constitution of the United States recognises these diver? sities when it enjoins that, in the choice of members of the House of .Representa? tives of the United States, :< tho electors in each Stato shall havo the qualifications requisite for electors of tho most numer? ous branch of the Slate Legislature."? After the formation of the constitution.! it remains as beforo, tho uniform usa?ie ' 1 I for each State to enlacgo the body of its J electors, according to itsjjown judgment; and, under thifl 8}-stem, one State after another lias proceeded to .increase the number of its elect, until now universal suffrage, or something very near it. is the I general rulo. So fixed was this reserva? tion of power in the habits of tho people, ! and, so unquestioned has been tho inter? pretation of the constitution, that during tho civil war the lato President never harbored tho purpoeo?certainly never avowed the purpose?of disregarding it; and, in the acts of Congress during that period, nothing can be found which, dur? ing tho continuance of hostilities, much less after their close, would havo sanc? tioned any departure by tho Executive from a policy which has so uniformly ob? tained. Moreover, a concession of tho cloctivo franchise to the freedmen, by act of tho President of tho United States, must havo been extended to all colored men, wherever found, and so must have established a change of suffrage in the Northern, Middle and Western States, not.leea than in tho Southern and South? western. Such an act would havo crea? ted a new class of voters, and would have been an assumption of power by tho Presi? dent which nothing in tho constitution or laws of tho United States would havo warranted. On the other hand, every danger of conflict is avoided when tho eetllcmont of tho question is referred to the several States. They can, each for itself, decide on the measure, and whether it is to be adopted at once and absolutely, or in? troduced gradually and with conditions. In my judgment, tho freedmen, if they show patience and manly virtues, will sooner obtain a participation in the elec? tive franchise through the Statos than through tho goneral government, oven if it had power to intervene. When the tumult of emotions that have been raised by tho suddenness of the social change shall have subsided, it may provo that they will receive the kindliest usage from some of thoso on whom they have hereto? fore most closely depended. GOVERNMENT NOT COMPETENT TO EXTEND THE ELECTIVE ERANCIIISE TO TUE PRESO? MEN. But whilo I havo no doubt, that now. after tho close of tho war, it iu not com? petent for tho general government to ex? tend tho elective franchise in tho several States, it i3 equally clear that good faith requires tho security of tho freedmon in their liberty and their property, their right to labor, and their right to claim the just return of their labor. I cannot too strongly urge a dispassionate treatment of this subject, which should ho carefully kept aloof from party strife. We must equally avoid hasty assumptions of any natural impossibility for the two races to live sido by side, in a state of mutual benefit and good will. Tho experiment involves us in no inconsistency; let us then go on and mako the experiment in o-oed faith, and not bo too easily dis? heartened. The country is in ncad of la? bor, and tho freedmen are in need of em? ployment, culturo and protection. While their right of voluntary migration and expatriation is not to be questioned, I would not advise their forced removal and colonization. Let us rather encourage them to honorable and useful industry, whore it may be beneficial to themselves and to the country; and. instead of hasty anticipations of tho certainty of failure, let thcro bo nothing wanting to tho fair trial of tho experiment. Tho change in their condition is the substitution of labor by contract for the status of slavery.? The frccdman cannot fairly be accused of unwillingness to work, so long as doubt remains about his freedom of choice in his pursuits, and the certainty of his re? covering his stipulated wages. In this tho interests of tho employer and the em? ployed coincide. Tho employer desires in his workmen spirit, aud alacrity, and these can bo permanently secured in no other way. Aud if the one ought to be able to enforce the contract, so ought the other. The public interest will be best promoted if the several States will provide adequate protection and remedies for the freedmen. Until this is in some way accomplished there is no chance for the advantageous use of their labor; and the blame of ill success will not rest on thorn. I know that sinccro philanthropy is earnest for the immediate realization of its remotest aims; but limo is always an element in reform. It h one of the greatest acts on record to havo brought four millions of people into freedom. The career of freo industry must be fairly opened to them, and then their future prosperity and condition must, after all, rest mainly on themselves. If they fall, and so perish away, let us be careful that the failure shall not be attributable toanj' denial of justice. In all that relates to tho destiny of tho freedmen, wo need not bo too anxious to read tho future; many incidents which, from a speculative point of view, might raise alarm, will quietly settle themselves. FREE LABOR HASTENING TO THE SOUTH. Epw that slavery is at an end or near its end, tho greatness of its ovil. in the point of view of public, economy, becomes more and more apparent. Slavery was essentially a monoply of labor, and as such locked the States where it prcvailod against the incoming of free industry.? Where labor was tho property of the capitalist, tho white man wn-3 oxcluded from employment, or had but tho second best chance of finding it; and tho foreign j emigrant turned away from the region where his condition would bo so precari? ous. With tho destruction of tho mono ply, freo labor will hasten from all parts of the civilized world to assist in develop? ing various and immeasurable resources which havo hitherto lain dormant. Tho eight or nine States nearest the Gulf of Mexico have a soil of exuberant fertility, a climr.to friendly to long life, and can sustain a denser population than is founa as yet in any part of our country. And the future influx ol population to them will be mainly from the North, or from tho most cultivated nations in Europe.? From the sufferings t^hat have attended them during our late struggle, let us look away to the future, which is sure to be laden for them with greater prosperity than has ever before boen known. The romoval of the monoply of slave labor is a pledge that thoso regions' will bo poo pled by a numerous and enterprising population, which will vio with any in the Union in compactness, inventive genin?, wealth and industry. Our government springs from and was made for the people?not tho people for the government. To them it owes alle? giance* from them ifc must derive its courage, strength and wisdom. But, while tho government is thus bound to defer to the people, from whom it dcrivej its ex? igence, it should, from tho very consid? eration of its origin, bo strong in its pow? er of resistance to tho establishment of inequalities. Monopolies, perpetuities and class legislation aro contrary to the genius of freo government and ought not to bo allowed. Here there is no room for favored classes or monopolies; the prin? ciple of our government is that of equal laws and freedom of industry. Wherever monoply attains a foothold it is suro to be a source of dangor, discord and trouble. Wo shall but fulfil cur duties as legisla? tors by according " equal and exact justice to all men," special privilege to none.? The government fa subordinate to the people; but, as tho agent and representa? tive of the people, it must bo held supe? rior to monopolies, which, in themselves, ought never to bo granted, and which, where they exist, must be subordinate and yield to the government. TUT. PRESERVATION Or THE UNION. When, on the organization of onr gov? ernment, xinder tho constitution, the President of the Unitod States delivered his inaugural address to tho two bouses of Congress, he said to them, and through them to tho country and to mankind, -that the preservation of the sacred firo of liberty and tho destiny of the republican model of government aro justly consid? ered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked on tho experiment intrusted to the Amer? ican people." And tho House of Repre? sentatives answered Washington by the voice of Madison:?,:We adore the invis? ible hand which has led the American people, through eo many difficulties, to cherish a concious responsibility for the destiny of republican liberty." More than sovcnty-f.ix years have glided away sinco theso words were spoken : tho Unit? ed States havo passed through severer trials than wore foreseen; and now, at this now epoch in our existence ascne nation, with our Union purified by sorrow3 and strengthened by conflict, and established by tho virtue of the people, tho great? ness of the occasion invites us once more to repeat, with solemnity, the pledges of our fathers to hold ourselves answerable beforo our fellow-men for the success of Iiis republican form of Government. Experience has proved its sufficiency in peaco and war; it has vindicated its au? thority through dangers, and afflictions, and sudden and terrible emergencies, which would havo crushed any system that had boen?less firmly fixed in tho heart of tho people. At the inauguration of Washington the foreign relations of the country wore few, and its trade was re? pressed by bostilo regulations; now all the civilized nations of the globe wclcomo our commerce, and their Governments profess towards us amity. Thou our country felt its way hesitatingly along an untried path, with States so little bound together by rapid means of communica? tion as to bo hardly known to one anoth? er, and with historic traditions extend? ing over very fow years; now intercourse between tho States is swift and intimate, the experience of centuries' has been crowded into a few generations, and has created an intense, indestructible nation? ality. Then our jurisdiction did not roach beyond the inconvenient bounda? ries of tho territory which had achieved independence; now, through cessions of lands, first colonized by Spain and Franco the country has acquired a more com? plex character, and has for its natural limits the chain of lakes, tho Gulf of Mexico, and on the East and the West, tho two great Oceans. Other nations wcro wasted by civil Avars forages before they could establish for themselves the necessary degree of unity; tho latent con? viction that our form of Government is tho best ever known to the world, has enabled us to em ergo from civil war with? in four years, with a complete vindication of the constitutional authority of the General Government, and with our local liberties and State institutions unim? paired, j j The throngs of emigrants that crowd to j our shores are witnesses of tho confidence of all peoples in our permanence Here is tho great land of free labor, where in? dustry is blessed with unexampled re? wards, and the bread of the workingman {is sweetened by the consciousness that tho cause of tho country " is his own ' cause, his own safety, his own dignity." if ere every ono onjoj\s the free use of his faculties and the choico of activity as a natural right. Here, under the combined influence of a fruitful soil, genial climes and happy institutions, population has increased fifteen-fold within a century.? Here, through tho easy development of boundless resources, wealth has increased I with two-fold greater rapidity than num? bers, eo that wo havo become secure against the financial vicissitudes of other conntric8, and, alike in business and in opinion, are self-centred and truly inde? pendent. Here, moro and mere earo is given to provide education for every ono hern on o^.ir soil. Hero, religion, reloascd from political connection with the civil o-overnmcnt, refuses to obsorvo the craft of statesmen, and becomes, in its inde? pendence, tho spiritual life of tho people. Hero, toleration is extended to every opinion, in the quiet certainty that truth needs only a fair field to secure the vic? tory. Here, the human mind goes forth unshackled in the pursuit of science, to collect stores of knowledgo and acquire an ever increasing mastery over the forces of nature. Hero, the national do? main is offered and held in millions of sep? arate freeholds, so that cur fellow-citizens, bey .-ad the occupants of any other part of tho earth, constitute in reality a pco. pie. Here exists tho Democratic form of government; and that form of govern? ment, by the confession of European statements, "gives a power of which n"> other form is capable, because it incor? porates every man with the Stato, and arouses everything that pertains to the soul." Whcro, in past history, does a parallel ' exist to tho public happiness which is I within tho reach of the people of the United States? "Where, in any part of the globe, can institutions be found so snited to their habits, or so entitled to their love, as their own free Constitution ? Every one of them, then, in whatever part of the land he has his home, must wish its pcrpotuity. Who of them will not now acknowledge, in tho words of Washington, that "every step by which the pcoplo of tho United States have ad? vanced to the character of an indepen? dent nation, seems to have been distin I guished by some tokens of Providential ; agency." Who will not join with mo in the prayer that the invisible hand which ! haj led us through the clouds that "loom j ed around our path, will so guide us on? ward to a perfect restoration of fraternal affection, that wo of thin day may be able to transmit our great inheritance of State Governments in all their rignts, of the General Government in its Constitutional vigor, to our posterity; and they to theirs through countless generations? ANDREW JOHNSON. Washington, December G, 180*5. '(ik |ntc[(igcitccr. THUSSDAY HOBNEffG, DEC. 14, 1865\ SPECIAL NOTICE. Wc aro compelled to remind the patrons of tbc TnUliigcnctr that our terms for subscription, adver? tising and job-work arc rush in advance! In no other way can tlio establishment realize profits, and we have worked long enough gratuitously. Ilcincm bcr, if you are indebted, that we n-.'cd the money, or at least would prefer to manage the currrency which properly belongs to our purse. You have had it long enough, r.tul we prefer a change of mas? ters. Bring along j our greenbacks or specie I -o JtSf* Our wannest thanks are due to W. SI. Os dobnk, of this village, for an early copy of the Presidents' Message. Also, to Messrs. E. F. Cuayton and Jou.v Wilson, and G. N. Leitcii, of Charleston, for like favors. THE PRESIDENTS' MESSAGE. The great leugth of thij document excludes va? riety, and wc have oir.itied such portions of the Message as pertain to reports of the various de? partments of the Government. LCCALTTEMS. Brnsixo Busn Cuai'teh, R. A. M.?The follow? ing Companions were elected to serve the ensuing Masonic year as officers of Burning Bush Chapter, No. 7, R. A. M., on Monday night, December 11th, A. I. 2305 : Thomas Hall, M.\ E.-. II .? P.-. J. B. Clark, K.\ S. II. Langston, S.\ John B. Moons, C.\ II.\ F. M. MobgahJ'P;:. S.-. W. C. BnwLET, 11.?. A.-. C.\ A. T. IIubbabd, G. M. 3d Veil. N. A. McCi lly, G. M. 2d Veil. M. Lessee, G. M. 1st Veil. F. C. v. Eor.sTia, Treasurer. jambs A. Hovt, Secretary. II. Gabbisox, Sentinel. An extra convocation will bo held on next Sat? urday evening, 16th instant, at seven o'clock, for the purpose of installing the newly elected officers. Companions will assemble without further notice. Is Lrcrc Auaix.?With all the cares and re? sponsibilities of editorial life, there are bright oases in the dreary desert, and one is loci occa? sionally to bless his "lucky star " that there arc j people wito appreciate the toil and sacrifice of the j onerous position. Such is our condition to-day. j We have to return thanks, sincere and heartfelt, to S. Biiowx, jr., for a neat and'clegant Pocket Knife, : of the finest description of cutlery. By the way, j Mr. Bnow.vis just receiving .a complete and gen? eral stock of Coods, at his old stand, comprising all manner of staple and fancy articles. Ladies and gents' dress goods, toilet fixturos and sur? roundings, hardwaro, groceries, perfumeries, ex? tracts, boots and qjjoes, hats and caps, and in short an extensive variety to please the entire commu? nity. In addition to the assortment of goods, Mr. Bttow.v ha? scoured the sendees of our docompllahed and clever friend, Mr. Jons P. Sciuvan, long and favorably known in this section, who gives' his en? tire attention to the establishment, and wo feel as 3ured will extend a hearty welcome to fcrmcr cita tomcrs. None should forget the inimitable JoHVj nor fail to reward his gallant services in the field by a hearty support in business. The ladies, we are confident, will bestow their brightest uuliibs upon this announcement. New Advektisemkxts.?The pressure of adver? tising matter precludes editorial from thin issue.? We beg indulgence, and refer the reader to tho favors from our advertising friends. ?.JSSSSSSSSSS^SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBSBBBi MARRIED, at the residence of the bride's fath? er, on Tuesday evening, December 12ih, by the Rev. W. E. Walters, Mr. N. A. McCullt and Mias Cabbib M., daughter of J. Y. Frr.twcll, 33sq. =MB?????????J For the Intelligencer. DEATH OF CAPT. PEGGh Capt. Lee M. Pejg, Enrolling Officer pt ?rcfno" County, Ga., was assassinated by some' unknown person on the night of the 13th of M.'iy last, in the town of Greensb jro, Ga., wliilc on the street neiir Liu oKlce. The weapon used in this most j vricked and .ntolerablc murder wad supposed to I be a pistol, which vas fired once at the person of j Capt. P., the b.'.il trking effect below the right shoulder in the back, and passing diagonally through the body. He fell on his face, and'lay weltering in his blood for a few minutes; when s friend reached him, ho was a lifelcts corpse. Capt. P. had been the Enrolling Officer of Green County for more than & y >ar, to which position he bad bceu assigned on accoant of ill health, ccm'tractcd earlier in the war in Virginia. As Enrolling Offi? cer, his courtesy, officiency and promptness to du? ty, won for him the confidence and esteem of all who had business with him in the enrolling de? partment. As a soldier and officer, he had on more than one occasion given evidence of that strategy and undaunted bravery and courage that renders a deed noble, and the actor admired and beloved, as shown in his most noble and horoic d?-' fence of Green County last Fall, when Sherman'a' grand army was triumphantly moving on Savan? nah, and leaving barren the granaries of Georgia, .and thousands of suffering women and childrari behind. It was under these trying and awful cir? cumstances?when almost every man had fled, and' women and children were about to be left to tho' mcrcic3 of a brutal soldiery, that this gallant mail borrowed a horse, and went to meet the enemy at Oconce river, and baffled and prevented a division from crossing, which had for its object the devas? tation of Grceu county. After scouting and scour? ing the county on the west, and capturing se^srar prisoners, and by his ready strategy putting to Hight all that came in his way?clearing tho coun* ty of them?ho returned to Greensboro, the town he had defended, and in a short time received the gratitude of our noble ladies and citizens general? ly, in tho shape of a splendid steod which thoy gave him, besides the appellation of "defender of Greensboro." At the breaking out of the war, Cr.pt. P. was associated with the bite Judge T. W. Thomas, of Elberton, in the practice of law, in which pursuit he was distinguished for his sound judgment in the common and constitutional law, and winning eloquence, for one of his age, in that profession, ile was a polished; courteous and handsome gentleman, possessing that candor, with a large ami liberal heart, mingled with a ready and pleasing wit, which rendered all happy in Iiis pres? ence, and which made hirn such that none could fail to admire and love him, but the envious and jealous. Capt. P. served nearly a year a.-* a pri? vate in tlic Gth ticorj;ia, in which ho volunttcred early in'?l; he was then transfcred to Toonibs; Brigade, and was connected with Gen. Toombu' staff until his health compelled him to quit the ser? vice, and bore credentials from that oltieer of hav? ing performed all his duties with ability and ?n tire satisfaction. He was r. clerk in tho Augusta post office for several years, and iu this capacity way distinguished for the ability with which ho' discharged his duties, at that time a mere boy. Capt. P. was born in Anderson District, S. C., lS.'iS, and was the second son of his father, J.- B Pegg, a respectable farmer of that District?. Flo' was such a son as made a jdad father, nr.d on whonV a mother doted, and brothers and sisters loved and were proud of. In the wicked and brutal assassination* of this* most estimable of gentlemen, not only are his fanV ily and relatives called on to mourn bis un? timely death, but his profession has lost one who was cniiuently qualified to give counsel, and of whom they were proud, and humanity has again been outraged by a foul and unfair minder, and robbed of one of her brightest jeweld. In vain might we search the black catalogue of crime for an equal to this in wicked and wanton barbarity. With the name of President Lincoln, in our mind, is associated the idea of one of the bloodiost crimes on record, but not without the idea of bravery ; but with the name of (.'apt. Pegg is as? sociated the idea of one of the most wicked and groveling acts of cowardice that man ever com? mitted. Too noble to die such a death; in such men as he was, is the hope of a country; possess? ing a giant and towering mind, it only required his glance at the most intricate problems and the? orems for their satisfactory solution. As a deba? ter, he was second to none of his age?lucid, logi? cal, eloquent and conclusive, never failing to car? ry his point?where sound and philosophic roason ing was necessary to attain that end?he know no ] such thing as fail or fear, and that magnanimity of soul and mind, mingled with honesty and morality which he possessed?held hirn above those vioos and faults which render men detested and ab? horred. Iiis relations may rest" assured that Lc lies among friends, as was attested by the largo and respectable escort of ladies and gentlemen who accompanied his remains to its place of inter? ment, there to pay the last tribute to one held high in thoir esteem. Peace to t he ashes of one no less brave than a Ney, and in profoundness like unto a Calhoun. VALE. Greensboro, Ga., Nov. 1865. ?Mtuaru. IN MHMOKIAM. DEPARTED THIS LIFE, on the 12th Novem? ber, Mrs. FIATTIE KARLE, beloved wife of F. W. Earle, and daughter of Mrs. Wm. Ilubbard. Having nobly fulfilled hor mission on earth, she has passed away to that rest which " remainethfor the people of God." Early in life she uuitcd with the Presbyterian Church at Anderson, and dedica ted herself to the service of her Maker. She lived to his honor and glory. This was the crowning excellence of her life?a life alternating between the brightest sunshine and the deepest gloom. In all the endearing relations of wife,-mother,' daughter, sister, with her pure, earnest, self-sacri? ficing devotion, there was intimately blcudcd a spirit so bright and joyous, that while it constitu? ted one of the chief attractions of her character, it: at the same time served to secure for her, the cs teem and admiration of all who were brought within the sphere of her influence. Her friend? ships were steadfast ami enduring?unalloyed by. envy or detraction. Delicately nurtured, she carried to her western ? home all those refining influences which soften the rough edges of pioneer Ufa..and of her it may with"' truth be said, she "made the wilderness te blossom as tho rose." When the ravages of war swept over her home, leaving nought but desolation in its track, she battled against adverse circumstances with a noble courage, and strengthened her hus? band iu the performance cl1 that duty to his coun? try, to-which he devoted himseif, from the com1 mencement of tho war to its clotc. Her's was that true heroism which sacrifices self upon the altar of duty, and leaves its impress upon the history of daily life. Though dead she yot lives?lives in the warmed ' affections of the human heart, enshrined in the memory of all who were connected with her, either by the tics of consanguinity or friendship, and es? pecially of him whose homo she made so happy. And oh .'"consoling thought! she still lives' in that, glorious and better world, where tho pure iu heart see God, and there realizes the full fruition of thai, hope and faith which sustained hor in life, and cheered her through the dark valley and shadow af death." " Oh! glorious hope, of an Immortal Power?' That from the acorn rears the giant tree And grants to faith, for a triumphant dower ; The crown that neref tries?of Iaiae/tauix-.'"'