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WIN N S s. c.,, T E DA Y,N- UDBEl 1,l878. 1VOL. N UNWRITTIN WAR HI-STORY. A -POC ICrMA'N0V (N WlIC. 9'FA[t I'A711 01" i1 NTA'IRA ON JPAWAND1* 'D. The Document t!m Mr. UdnmnIn Pre pared Acknow!edgiiig the IrCepend-.. ence of the Bduth--Why Anotier was Substituted. t( rrespondence qf the New York Sun.] WAsmNo'(ON, September 22.--n the dark an uncertain days pro coding the outbreak of the rebellion there was much doubt in the mind of Mr. Lincoln regarding ( dis-. position of the people north of the recognized tdiyiling lino botwoon freedom and slavery to sustain aggressivo metasuros; for the prms e1vatiQ1. of the Union. Stato after State had seceded, and po demon ftration had been made at the Nor, h to counteract the force of such ImovemnentW at the South. On the contrary, thero were public mn10 who openly advocated a division of the Union into such parts as would! suit geograpIhical lines and their own interests and amition. Nota bly, Mr. I-Iondrieks favored a North westorn Confederacy; some New Yorkers saw in the confusion of the times an opportulity to make their city the venico of Amierici, and m01110 Californians thought at ropub lie on the Pacific, with San Fran cisco for its coilmercial and political capital, would develop into iniglIty proportions before the end of the ecentury. Horace Greeley had ad-, vocated in the TAribune peacelblo separation, and boldly proolaiimed( (Let the erring sisttrs go in peace." The Indianapolis Journqi .in the West, ispired by an ambition to "take position," occupied tho same ground. The .orthern States spnv peaco corinpssloners to Waslitigtoli to plead wifh the South for a peaceablo solution of the diflicalties jud a ma111intenlaile of the Union. The goyernmont under Mr. IBuchan nn did pothing to repress tle pilitary preparition making in the South, and When A.fr. iincoln was mvugurated there were min States defying his authority, and ready for Iyar. His administratio.n bad a most formidable opposition in the two reining States that seceded, aind in thlosp Olpo that attolmpted to do so. His support at ti~ North, in the event of var, he regarded as uncertain, and ana i nnared 11-vitablo, --p,lesciudaives:6 If. A. G1aillrd . - - 101 Thos. S. Brice - - - - 67 James Piigan - - - -56 NJo. V. L'iobinlson 36 ?. C. lowley .35 X- G. Lamiar . . - - 8 T. B. MclKiinsty . . 6 FYord Judqe of Probate: o. R. Tiompson .. . to J. . loyles - - 98 hC f<'lm Sekool Comissioner :. B. 11. 1Rober'tson)z . 43C 'John Vinson - - - - 3 temporary hmbitant, --. - 2:3 .fHouse, and acquired informatio a private way that no one could have obtained in an ofiil capacity, and which was iniado uso of as tipmo and circumstances required. The negotiations of South Caro lina with the government failed, not because of gtn indisposition to entertain the p)roposition submitted, but on account of the precipitate action of South Carolina 'troops in bombarding Fort Sumter. This mado a peaceable dissolution of the Union a matter of impossiblity and war an inevitablo necessity, While these negotiations ayo ponidinig, however, ma proclanlation had been prepared recognir.ing the fact of the secession of certain States and virtially acknowledging their independence, surren doring to them stated powers of the general - government over property and places within their limits, and guar'anteeing them~ peaceablo pos session of the same on conditions specified. TIhmis proclamation had the sanction of Mr. Wade, of Ohio, snd was in accordance with Mr, Greeley's frequently expressed views. With the appearance of the proclamation was to be an editoria~l in th~e Washington and New Yorks papers sustaining the action of the admninistration. This was also pre-. pared and helcl ready for use when the occasion demand ed jt. But the action at Fort Sumter changed all this and a proclamation was issued instead foe '75,000 men for three months to suppress the rebellion ; and,war was thus accepted by an un, wlling government and pople. The prolmation calling for trools is A matter qf history ; that previously prepared looking to peaco is not, and its exiRtonno iuist be proved from other sources than oflicial records. The evidenco on which it rusts is the following state w out Mr. A. T.. Cavis, a proof,ruidor at the govornment printing office, is a gontleinan of intellignce and cul ture, and of undoubted veracity. He is a nitivo of Pennsylvania, but went to ' South CarlOina in 1847, and remained un11til aftor the war. Pro vious to and during the war, he was editor of the 8ottl (arolina (Y'Iu'r dimn, published at Columbia. His position gave him acquaintance and association with the State. authori ties, and he spoaks from personal knowledge regarding the matters heroin stated. Thoe proclamation looking to a; peaceable separatiol of the States Nyas obtained by Dr. Todd while at the Whito House, and by him given to Go vernor Pickens. It is not known how he came in possession of it, and it isii not lecessary to inquire into that now. But that ho had the orig-i11 (1-aft of tihe procla Imation, that it and the Odi torial designed to accompany its publica tion wero written on official paper bearing the impress "Executive Mansion, is undoubto:lly true. Thle proclamation and editorial woro shown by Governor 1ickens to Mr.! Cavis, and by the lattor published in his plper, the A0eSlth. Oaroila (teardifn. In the burning of Columbia by Sherman's troops the Otico and files of tihe GuardUmn wore destroyed, and there is no copy of to paper extant containing tler:o documients. The ori8inal papers, however, are in the Dossession Of Mrs. Pickens at idgofield, S. C., who nam carofully preserved all the boolks and manuscripts collocted by her Ito husband. This io a tpost important and in toresting fact connbeted with the unwAritten history of the rebollion. It shows how difficult it was CYon for the most sagacious men to "read tho signs of the times," and the events following proved that the people kpew more than their rulers and assumed leaders, BAnTON. WASHINrON, Sopt. 28 -Reports to D)r. Woodworth, Surgeon-Gene ral of the United States Marino Hospital Sorvieo, 0l4IY is follows: New Orleans:-During the weeki endio. yesterday evening, 926 cases .i>eriltonl !eatls ; for tho twenty-four Alow:--- '1 SCas and 4 deaths S.AT , 8,404 ; doaths, 2,700. Omra; o donge-From the 20th to cor,UN 'f the 20th, 221 eascs and aaths ; total cases, 893 4. Rlonre. For I minc--For th-. week ending ...h, 10 do tthi. and 10 cases; Dear S des to the 1th, 305 ; doaths, -ml yP. rolt. eksburg-,For the wook, 58 14 in tho 24 hours ; total mo .chs, 779. Assistant-Surgeon y's reports ; "The eplilemic is or, save a few sp)oradic cases." Greenville - Out of the remaining population of 450, there have beoi 227 deaths. Grenada-,For the wveek, 10 cases aind 3 deaths ; total deoaths, 974. Fort Gibson.-T'otal cases, 620 ; deaths 116. Memphis-For the week whijch pnded the 2Qth, 2,97 deaths ; total dieathis, 2,428. Brownsville, Tenn.--For the woek, ended yesterday, 67 casos and ~2 deaths ; total cases, 197~; total Cairo, Ill.-Twvo cases-one a refugee i total cases, 14 ; deanths, (j.j LJouisville-Eigh teen eases anid 10 deaths ; total cases, 95 ; dort;hs, B6. Chat tanooga,.Total eases, 41; loaths, 26. Mobile--From the 20th to the 24th, 10 eases and seven deaths. We never knew a person who suffered with Boils or Carbilncles but wvho was congratulated upon iits being bet ter out than in." How much more appropriate the adice.. Use Dr. B3ull's Blood Mixture and be entirel,y rid of all such. nnoy The Connecticut '.reonbackerg, of the third district, have nominatd Chais. W. Carter on the soft money platform Tle Democrats endorsed the nomination on a haird nioney platform. Carter is absent. If ho recepts the hard mionoy platform. the QrQonbackers will re-convene, Butler says : "He laughs best who laughq last." Ije is in favqr ot urinhaka.. W%AHHJNG TON GOSSIP. '.1Io Radicals Wasting Printer's Ink Chat about General Grant--The Ocr,ober INloctions-A Contemplated Chango in the Departnonts. [Conm*.,,'oNim-cF oF- Tims NFWHANDu1.1.]. WVASIIINGroN, September 27.-If s01110 powver would infolrm1 Chairnan Halo or Secretary Clorham, of tll Ropiblican Colingressio.nall Commit. tcu, what true Roplblicalisl is, there would be a great siving of itationery and tiautps ab headquar tors in this city. I visited the place to-day anld wont through its four. stolivs, from basement to roof. Tie twenty rooms were all filled with doumiiits and cerks, and each eer. was working as if the salvation of the country restod upon him. The documents cover all imaginable issues, and are more diverse in thisi respect than beforo the Maine olection. The Committee is shooting wil;1, in the hope of brillging down game by chaneo. This sending out of documents, whether by Domoorats or R1epibli Can1s, somectimles prodilces the result desired, bitt in nino eases out of ten the mnonley is thrown away. Tho time to influence menl, except by spoaling is goie by beforo t'ic docuieits are sent out. The tiuo way tW reach votCris i. tO oNtend tho circulation of the papors they road from day to day or from week to week. 13y and by the parties will un1 d1prstal d this botter. The absurdity of forsaking Grant, as a. candidate, by tlo REopublicans, simply because tha party is shown by the lato elections to be going to pieces, will becomo plain yet to the dullest 11adical. The diliculty in his caso, ald it is the 011 Blaillo, in his advocacy of Grant, is. counting Ol, is im socurimlg tile nomination. Tile politicians iake tihe Repibli can noination, an(] they foar the effect of it third term nomination. The truth is that Qrant is stronger than his party, and would receivo more votes, if nominated, than any other Repmblican. He would not be elected, of course, for, woro he oVeIr so strong, th iniquity of 1876 hias iado Iteplblicall slecess imli possible. Tiit be would hold enough of the party together t koep np an organization, and give it snecess in a few States, which now seems to )e more thanl any other caindidate could do. Senator Kirkwood, of Iowa, is credited with saying that the Re puiblicans will lose four Districts il that State. Vermont, Maine id Iowa have been reliable Republi can States, but the pooplo are tired of the issues on which tile party was based, and havo sought now Qnes. The party has no life outside of Pnrely sectional qiostions, alld when these have lost thewir hold the party <jiem. From the October States, and especially from Ohio, the news is extrenjely good, and reports received at headquarters froi all ections are favorable. One of the subjects which will imovitably come befjro the Ilext (Jongress, if not boefore tihe p)resont on1e, is a di vision ot tihe Interior Do partmnent. It is no0w an uniwieldy body compILosod( of diverse ma:ter'ials. By it patonits and pensions ure gran3t(d, the publio lands inanaged and sokl, the affairs If' tile governmnent in this D)istrict 10ookod after, the 'indians mnismlan aged, and other dissimilar matters ttonmded to. The work is too much for one man. HeI cannot in an or - linary tem of oflice become familiar vith his duities. There are two rop)ositions for a change. One is o transfer the Indian Burean to the Warl Depairtnmnt, andl the other to nake the Patent Office an indopen. lent body. Tro thoso miay 1)0 added he tranlsfer of the Fension l.uroan-l o0 tihe War and Navy Department. 11 three of these wvill be discussedl ni the neoar future, andc without ioubt one or more of them wvili be ucted up~on. AusmI. An UNDENIAnL1 IUTu ~-Ou do.,. serve to suffer and if you lead at miss arall unsatisfactory life in this beau biful wvorld, it is entirely your own fault, and tilere is only one excuse for you, your unreasonall preju dice and skepticism, which has kill ed thousands. Personal knowledg-e and common sense reasoning will soon show you that Groon's August Flower will cure you of Ljiver Comn plaint, or Dyspepsia, with all its miserable effects, such as sick head - ache, palpitation~ 01 tihe heart, sour stomach, habitual costiveness, diz ziness of tho head, nervous prostra-~ tiQn, low spirits, &c. Its saLle now reachee 9vory town on tihe Western Continent and not a druggist but will toll you of its wonderful ogres. You can buy' a sample bottle for 10 cents. Thre doses will relieve you 'p MET1HODISM IN I'LIRPIELD. Experionco of Its Followors Forty Years' Ago, and the Qret 0hanges Time l.as Wrought. A writer in the Southern Chris tian Advocate contributes the fol-! lowing article, which will bo road with interest 'Winnsboro, named after Genoral Winn, of Revolutionary fame, was one of our prominent appointments in 1835. It was then a 3trong church,I not so much in1 m11embora ats in elharateor. At ono time it had been tho head of a Presiding Eldor's District, and the remains of the old district piarsonago are probably to bo found thoro yet. It was built of brick, as was also the comfortable church building, a part of which is still standing, near the proselit handsome now church, built within the last few years. Liko Philippi of Macedonia, Winnsboro was the chief city (,r town) in the 1pper part of the Stato abovo Co lumbia, and a colony. The Scotclh Irish had settled the place and the surrounding counitry, and entronch ed themselvos religiously behind the fortificatiosii of Presbyterianism and tho aneient Leagilp and Cove nant. It ic; doubtful if the north of Ireland ever sont out a nobler rop resentation of stalwart, fe-irless, thinking mon and pious women, than those who spread themselves over a largo part of Fairfiold and the southern side of Chester district. The Buchanans, Adgers, Stevens. Means, Frasers, Elliotts, Brclays, Carlisles, and a host Qf others, no less worthy, haye refe.tod in perishable honor on the character of their race. The Presbyterim and the Associato Roformed Churches had possession of the country to a largo extent. And yet Mothodisin had won her way into the very heart of the community, and secured a triumlph over soue of the, very best material among them. Brother John R. Buchanan, our leader and steward at Winnsboro, Yas a mnodel man. In manners and dress ho was a quiet, unobtrusive gentleman ; his intellect was clear ; his judgmont rarely at fault ; his temperament cool ; and, far an Irishman, he was perhaps the most self-possessod (savo one othor) man that the writer ever knew. But in his home his Christian graces shone with a constant but brilliant light. His excellent wifo was worthy of him, and his equal in the nialce up of her Christian character. His home was also the home of Brother Joel Townsend, proecher in charge, and his fanAily. He will, no doubt, V1dorso all ti -writer has said of Ilthis Christian familv. Of his sisters, ie writor has a distinct recollection. Mrs. MeCreight, whose husband was a Presbyterian older, and a man of unblemished Christian character, was herself a very superior Christian woman. A great sufferer, she bore her trials with much patienco and resignation, and always soonjod to rojoiC with that joy which is in, spoalkable and full of glory, Sister Carlisle, the mother of our much loved President JT. H. Carlisle, of W'olh)rd College, wvas another sister. If the mother of a brave band of Roman soldiers could point out to her children and say "these are my) jewels," might not our clistinguished friend and the other surviving children lpoint to this Christian mother and say, behold our instruc tor, our exemplar, and our guide. S.till another sister of excellent Christian character and usefulness was found in Mrs. Loewis, who probab)ly still lives in~ F1loriia, But wve had Brothera GIlover and Chanm b)ors, and their excellent wives, all decidedt and useful Christians. Mrs. Chambers wvas a~n Adger, and a lady ofrare Christian culture for that day. Just about that time there came a young nian from Augusta, Ga., to Winnsboro, seeking his for% tune and a home. Ijo was tinmid as a deor, nervous, impulsive, with a mlind of universal activity, and a heart full of blessed recollections of Bishop (then George) Pierce, and, Georgia M~ ethodism. .He hlas lived to the present day-.,passed through the sto.rms and temnpests incident to this ever-changing life, and suffered the loss of the hard-cearned accumu lations of a vigorous manhood. The writer thlought he would have beezn dead long ago ; but Thonmas Jordan (Qod bless him and his household) still lives on, and his energy and zeal for the cause of Christ are largely aiding in putting the Methodist Church on a solid and enduring basis. May he ive forever (not in this life) in the life to come. We nmust not forget old Billy,sthe coloredi sexton and leader, who for so many years rang the bell ina the oMd hnrch~ and1 now mos his harp. in Ilie. region of the >lossed. All the old Methodists are, ;ono, but Brother Jordan and hi Christian wifu and children. Allow. bho write r to say, in losing this mticle, that the District Conforonc" of 1877, which brought him in con tact with so many of thomo memories, was blessed indeed. ITINERANT. Sonator Dawes, in tho 1asSachu setts Republican Convention, gave General Butler a severe cudgoling, remarking, among other unkind things, that the General is much more successful in capturing con V0ntions than lie was in taking. forts. VEGETINK Ptrilles the Blood and Gives Strength. Mv QUOIN, ILL., ,an. 21, 1878. Dear Mir-Your nVegetine" has been doing. wonders for me. Have been having the Chills anml oever, contracted in the swamis, or tho' S(PI'th, nothinig kl,iitpn reller until I begaix the ius or your ege im, itgiving n g me ate relief, toning up my system, Iurifyingmy blood, giving .(rength; whereas a I other i%( Cles weakzne. me and filled mily system witi po1son ; 1nt I am satislied that, it families that li*e in Ihe ag tic dist rIts of the Soith and West would take Yo\gt ine two or three times a week, they woild nol, be troubled with the Chills or. th millgin , Fevers that, prevail at, certain ties of the year save doctor's bills, and live t(; a good old age. ltepetfully yours, . E. 31ITCH ELL, Agent londersonl's Looms, bt,. Louis, kfo. Ar,.l DISFAMs OF T11 ISLOOD.-If Vegetne will releve p:Iii. elemins, purify, and cure such diseases, restoring itho patient to perfect hea11h after trying difTerent phvsIcIans, many' remedies sufferiIng for years, isit not conclu sive proof if you are a sufferer, you can be cured ? 1hy is his mnedicine performing sucl great cures ? It, works in the blood, in the cIr culating fluid. It can 'truly be called the Great, Blood Ituriller. The great source of dis case originates in the bloo ; and jjo medicine that does not, act directly upoli it to purify anQ renovate, has juit clali uponi i public att,ontioA; VEGE'TINE Has Entirely Curedl 4e of Vertigo. Mlt. I. I_. STKVHNS FAIRO, ILL., Jan. 23, 1878. Dear Mir-I havo ied several bottles of "VEGlTINE"; It has entirely cured me of Vertigo. I have also sed It fol' KidneS Con plaint.. It Is the best, mnedicine' for kidney complaint. I would reconjuxend it a' a good blood puriier. N. 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