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low, TIII-NVEEK14AY EA DI()N.l WINN S'loitO., S. coo(EIX,Uc~FRLI88 {O 2 O 0 UNWRITTEN WAR HISTORY. -0o A I'll OCrAr r110 IVN ly VIrr,IF 7.yy;b -A TE 7 OF TIM NAT TON 1)APEY)N1)). The Document t1n Mr. Linooln Pre pared Acknowledgiig the Independ so' ence of the Sduth--Why Another was substituted. f (1drrespondewe qf the Neto York Sn.] WAsHIN'TON, Septo,nber 22.-In the dark and uncertain days pro ceding the outbreak of the rebellion there was much doubt in the mind of Mr. Lincoln regarding tho di4 position of the peoplo north of the recognized diyiding lino between frecdom and slavery to sustain aggressive measuros2 for the prs erva1.n of tihe Union. State after State had seceded, and po demon ptration had been made at the North to counteraet tho foreo of such movements at the South. On 'lie Coitiary, there wero public mon who openly advocated a division of the Union into such parts as would suit geographical lines and their own interests and ambition. Nota.. bly, Mr. 17ondricks favored a North westorn Confederacy; some Now Yorkers saw in the confusion of tile times aln opportunity to make their city the Venico of America, and som Californians thought i ropib lic on the Pacific, with San Fran cisco for its commercial and political capital, would develop into miglIty proportions before the en( of tile century. Horace Greeley had ad, vocated in the Trdiune' peaceiablo poparation, and bQldly prolaimined: f'Let the erring sisters go in peace." The Indiamiaolis journfi .in the West, inspired by an ambition to "take position," occilpied tile same ground. The Northern States senl" peace coinlssioners to Washington to plead wifih the South for a peaceablo solition of the diflic'lties ond a mainteance of the Union. 'The goyernment under Mr. luchaij un did pothing to ropress the ilitary preparatiousni making in the South, and *hen Afr. Lincoln was m1auguratod there were iiinc States defying his authority, and ready for yar. His administrattio. had a most formidable opposition in the two remaining States that secededl and in those atlso that attempted to do so. His supl)ort at tho North, in the event of war, lie regarded as uncertain, and ana'-D noare( Inavitable. temporary habitant House, and acquired informnatio. a private way that noQ one could hiave obtained in an official capacity, and which was riade use of as timie and circumstances required. The negotiations of South Care-. lina with the government failed, not because of an indisposition to entertain the proposition submitted, but on account of the precipitate action of South Carolina troops in bombarding Fort Sumter. This made a p)eaceablo dissolution of the Union a matter of impossibility and war an inevitable necessity, While these negotiations weore pending, however, a procolamation had been prepar'ed recognir.ing the fact of the secession of certain States and virtnally acknowledging their independence, surrendering to them stated powers of the general -government over property and places within their limits, and guaraunteoing them penceable pos session of the same on conditions specified. This proclamation~ had the sanction of Mr. Wade, of Ohio, snd was in accordance with Mr, Greeley's frequently expressed views. With tihe appearance of the proclamation was to be an editorial in the Washington and New Yorle papers sustaining the action of the administration. This was also pre pared and hepld ready for uss when the occasion demanded it. But the action at Fort Sumter changed all this and a proclamation wvas issued instead for 75,000 men for three months to suppress the re'bellion; And,war was thus accepted by ain un iing government and people. The proclamation calling for troops is fk matter o.f hi,story ; that proviously prepared looking to peace is not, and its existence must be proved from other sources than official records. The ovidonce on which it rests is the following state n:outi Mr. A. T, Oavis, a proof.,oador at the govprimient priting office, is a gentleman of intolligo.nco and cul turo, and of undoubted voracity. 1e is It native of Ponusylvania, but went to, South Carolina in 1847, and remainedl until aftor the war. Pro vious to and during the war, he wts editor of the South (Arolina (ha r (an, published at Columbia. His position gave him acquaintanco ind association with the State, authori ties, and lio speaks from personal knowledge regarding the matters heroin stated. The prochmation looking to a peaceable separation of the States iyjis obtained by Dr. Todd while at the White House, and by him given to GoVernor Pickens. It is not known how Ie came in possession of it, and it is not necessary to inquire into that now. But that ho had the origilmi dpift of the procla I mation, that it and the Odi torial d to accompany its publica tion wero written on official paper bearing the impress "Executivo Mansion," is undoubte:lly true. The proclamation and editorial were shown by Governor ?ickens to Mr. Cavis, and by the latter published im his paper, the South ('aroinatq Gardi(n. In the burning of Columbia by Sheriman's troopm the o41ice and files of the Gutardian woro dostroyed, and there is ro copy of the paper extant containing ther doctinont.s. The original pipors, however, are in the 1ossession of Mrs. Pickens at itdg~ofeld, S. C., who llaq carofully preserved all the books and manuscripts collooted by her litto husband. This iv a iogt important and in toresting fact conncted with the unyritten history of the rebellion. It shows how difficult it was even for tihe most Sagacions men to "road tho sicns of the times," and the events following lproved that the people kpew more than their rulers apd assumed leaders. BARTON. TIIE E>,W E(1 WAsINoToN, Sept. 28 --Reports to Ir. Woodworth, Surgeon-Gene ral of the United States Marino Hospital Service, shw as follows: New Orleans-During the week cndir yesterday evening, 926 cases -eaths ; for the twenty-four cases and 41 deaths -, 8,404 ; doaths, 2,700. Rlongo-From the 20th to f the 26th, 221 cases and .as ; total cases, 893 46. omino--For the week ending -b, 10 de tth- and 1a0 casos; 4s to the 15th, .05; deaths, clcsburg.- .For the week, 8 .hs ; 14 in the 24 hours ; total .alhs, 779. Assistant-SurgoonI ye reports ; "The epidemic is cor, save a few sporadic cases." Greenville -Out of the remaining population of 450, there have boomi 227 deaths. Grcnada-,For the week, 10 cases and 3 (loathe ; total deaths, 274. Fort Gibson-Total cases, 62' ; donths 116. Momphis-For the week which 0nded the 20th, 297 deaths ; total deaths, 2,428. Brownsville, Tenn.--:For the woek, ended yosterdlay, 67 casos and 22 deaths ; total cases, 197 ; total deaths, 66. Cairo, .1.-Two cases-one a refugee ; total cases, 14 ; deaths, Qj. Louiisvile-Eightoon cases an~d 10 deaths ; total cases, 95 ; deaths, 36. Chattanooga-,Total cases, 41; deaths, 26. Mobile-From the 20th to the 24th, 10 casos and seven deaths. We never knew a person who suffered with Boils or Carbunches but wvho was congratulatod upon "its being better out than in." H-ow much more appropriate the advice. Use Dr. Bull's Blood Mixture and be entirely rid of all such. annoy ances. The Connecticut t*roonbackers, of the third district, have nominata Chas. WV. Carter on the soft money platformn Tile Democrats endorsed t;ho nomination Qfn a hard nioney platform. Carter is absent. If lie acepts the hard money platform. the Grooenbackers wvill re-convene, Butler nays : "He laughs best who laughs last" Ile is in favoqr of grinhanka. W ASHIN1TON (JOSSIP. %he RadicalB Wasting Printor's Ink 0hat about Otoeral Jrant--The Octobor Iloctions--A Contemplated Chango in tho Dupartmonts. [CORESPONI,HNCH or 'ith NEWH AND u!iAD.] Wa'U1.NwToN, Septumbor 27.-If Olllo p w ould inforn Chairman I-lalo or Sceretary Gorhaml, of the llopIbliCIn Congr-ssio.ntil (oimmit. tee, what truo Ropublicanism is, there would bo a great saving of utatiionery and iiimps at headquar tors in thiti city. I visited the place to-day and wont through its four stovies, froim basemont to roof. The twenty rooms were all filled With documents and clerks, anld each elerl; wnas working as if the salvation of the country rested upon him. The documients cover all imaginable issues, and are more diverse in this respect thaii before the Maino olection. The Committe(I is shootilig wild, in the ho). of bringing dowN glano by chance. This sonding out of documents, whether by )maocrats or lepubli cans, soietilms produces tic result desired, but in nine cases out of ten the money is thrown away. The tilm. to i1ifluenceO nie, except by speling, is gone by before the doclinients ire sent out. Tle true way to reach vot,is in to e n.Lotd the circulation of the papers they read from day to day or from week to week. By and by the parties will unldorstanid tbig botter. The absurdity of forsaking Grant as a Ciandidate, by the Republicans, simply becauso the party iti showl by the lato elections to be going to pieces, will becomo plain yet to the (1ullest 11adieal. The diffculty in hii case, and it is the one Blaine, in his advocacy of Q1rant, is counting on, is in seurg t ieo nomiation. The politicians m1ako the Republi can nomination, and they fear the effect of a third term nonlination. The truth is that Cirant is stronger than his parly, anld would receive more votes, if noininatedt, than any other Repuibliean. He woild not be elected, of course, for, wore he ever so strong, tho iniquity of 1876 hats mado lleplblican sucess im possible. ut he would hold enough of the party together tb keop up an organization, and give it success in a few States, whicl now seems to be More thn any othr candidate could do. Senator Kirkwood, of Iowa, is credited with saying that the Re publicans will lose four I)istrits in that Stato. Vermont, Maino and Iowa have been reliable Ropubli canl States, but the people are tirod of the issues0n1 which the party was based, and have sought now o.nes. The party has 110 life outside of pulrely sectional questions, and when these havo lost their hold the party (lie. i'rom the October States, and espocially from Ohio, the news is extrenely good, and reports received at headquarters frou all Poctions are favorablo. One of the subjects which will inovitabl)y como efo,ro the ]Iext Aongress, if not before the present one, is a division of the Interior Do partmnent. It is no0w an unwvieldy body comlpos9ed of diverse materials. By it pitents and pensions are granted, the puLblic lands managed and sol, the affairs of the govornent iln this D)istrict l ooked after, the T.ndians imsman aged, and other dissimilar matters attended to. The wvork is too much for one mn. He cannot in an or dinary termn of offico become familiar with his duiities. There are twvo propositions for a change. One is to transfer thoe Indian Bureau to the WVar Department, andl the other to make the Patent Ollce an indepen. Lient body. To theoso may be added the transfer of the Fonsion Burean to the War111 and1 Navy Depar tment. All three of those will be dliscusned in the noar future, and wvithout doubt one or moro of them will be ricted upon. AUsTIN. AN UNrnixAmiLJTnum'You do. serve to suffer and if you lead a mis4 orable unsatisfactory life in this beau tiful wvorld, it is entirely your own fault, and thero is only one excuse for you, your unreasonable preju (lice and skoeptioism, which has kill-. ad thousands. Per'sonal knowledge and common sense reasoning will soon show you that Greeni's August Flower will cure you of Liver Coim plaint, or Dyspepsia, with all its miserable effects, such as sick head - ache, palp)itattion~ of the heart, sour stomach, ha.btulal costiveness, diz ziness of the head, ne~rvous prostra., tion, low spirits, &c. Its sale now reaches ory town on the Western Continent and not a druggist but will toll you of its wonderful enres. You can buy a sample bottle for 10 cents. Three doses will relieve you M1'T1ODSM.IN PJI1FBELD. Experience of its Followors Forty Years Ago, and the Qreat ohangee Time Aas WroIght. A writer in the Sovutihern 7Aris tan AdvocCate contributes the fol lowing article, which will 1>o road with interest Winnsboro, named aftw, Genoral Winn, of Revolutionary 6ame, was one of our p)roimiioniit al)poiitments4 il 1835. It was thon a strong church, not s0 much ill m1enmbor9 as in charactor. At one time it had been the head of a Preaiding Eldor's District, and the romains of the old district parsanage are probtbly to be found thero yet. It was built of brick, as was also the comfortable church building, a part of which is still standing, near the prosent handsome now church, built within the last few years. Like Philippi of Macedonia, Winnsboro was the chief city (or town) in the ipper part of the State abovo Co Ilunibia, and a colony. The Scotch Jrish had settled the place and the Fsurrounding country, and entronch ed themiselvos roligiously behind the fortificatiolns of Presbyterianisi and the ancient Loagilo and Cove nant. It i, doubtful if the north of Ireland evor sont out a nobler rop resentation of stalwart, fo-tirless, thinking men and pious women, than those who spread themselves over a large part of Firfield and the southern side of Choster district. The Buchanans, Adgers, Stevens. Means, Frasers, Elliotts, B-rclays, Carlisles, and a host of others, no less worthy, hayo rofgotd inq. perishable honor on the character of their race. The Presbyterian and the Associate Reformed Churches had possession of the country to a largo extent. And yet Methodisn had won hor wiay into the very heart of tho community, and secured a triumph over sonj of the very best material aiong them. Brother John It. Buchanan, our leader and steward at Winnsboro, was a nodel man. In manners and dress hj was a quiet, unobtrusive gentleman ; his intellect was clear ; his judgment rarely at fault ; his temporament cool ; and, far an Irishman, he was perhaps the most self-possessed (sa;ve one other) man that the writer ever knew. But in his home his Christian graces shone with a constant but brilliant light. His excellet wife was worthy of him, and his equal in thEo nake up of her Christian character. His hoiq was also the home of Brother Joel Towniend, preacher in charge, and his fanily. He will, no doubt, vndorse all thie writer has said of I this Christian family. Of his sisters, the writer has a distinct recollection. Mrs. McCreight, whose husband was a Presbyterian older, and a man of unblemished Christian character, was herself a very superior Christian woman. A great sulTerer, she bore her trials with munch patienco and resignation, and always seenod to rejoice with that joy which is un, spealkable and full of glory, Sister Carlisle, the mother of our munch loved President J. H. Carlisle, of WVolford College, was 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 rlistinguishedl friend and the other surviving children point to this Christian mother and say, behold our instruc tor, our exemplar, and our guide. Still another sister of excellent Christian character and usefulness wVas fou~nd in1 Mrs. Lewvis, who probab)ly still lives inl Florida, But we had Brothera GIlover and Chamn bors, andl their excellent wives, all decided anld useful CJhristians. Mrs. Chambers was an 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 antd a home. iH;o avas tinaid as a doer, nervous, impulsive, with a mind of universal activity, and a heart full of blessed rccollections of Bishop (then George) Pierce, and (Goorgia Methodism. .He llas lived to the present day-.passed through the storms and tempests incident to this ever-changing life, and suffered the loss of the hard--earned accumu lations of a vigorous manhood. The writer $hought he would have beeni dead long ago ; but Thomas Jordan (Qod bless him and his household) still lives on, and his energy and zeal for the eMuse of Christ are largely aiding ini putting the Methodist Church e.n a solid and enduring basis. May lhe iveoforever' (not in this life) in' the life to come. We niusti not forget old Billy, the colored sexton and leader, who for so maxny yea,rs rang the bell in) the old chtirh. n.nA now tunes hs larp, in the. region of the blossed. All the old Mothodists are, gono, but Brother Jordan and hiaf Christian wife and chil'iren. Allow the writer to say, in closing. this article, that the District Conference of 1877, whicli brought hlin in con-. tact with so many of thoco inemories, 10as blCed indeed. ITINERANT. Senator Dawes, in tho 1mssachu Betts Ropublican ConVOntion, gavO. General Butler a sovere cudgeling, reniarking, among othor unkind things, that tho General is much more successful in capturing con ventions than ho was in taking. forts. VEGETINN Pgrilles the Blood and Gives Strength. Mv (UoIN, ILL., fan. 21, isis. Mit. 11. It. S'rRVFRs: Dear Mir-Your 'Vegetine" has been doing. wonders for i. iiave been having the Chils and lever, contracted in the swanips of thq soul h, nothing givIn5 n o relie until I began the use of your Veget, nd,itgving mc immedi.: ate reliir, toing up my system, p.urifyig mi blood, gIving strengt.h; whereas all Other inaq cines weakeied mn c and iled iy system wit i 1i0son ; and i m111 istlled that if families that live in tle Ague dist ricts of the South and Westi would lake Yeg(tlike two or three times a week, they would not, he t roubled wit.h the Chills or. the mignaniitr, Fevers that, prevail at certain times of the year, save doctor's isl, and live tq a good old age. Respeetfully your .1. 1;. AllTUCLI Agent 1onderson's Looins, S,. Louis, S. Am., DrSAMAss or 1u JILoo.D.-If VCotinO will reheve p:in. cleanse, purify, and cure such' disi-ases, restoring (hie patient, to. perfect healith after tryIng different physicians, many' remedies tufTering for years, isit not conclu sivo proo if you are a sufferer, you can b' cured? YVhy is this medicine performing sucit great cures? It works In the blood, in thecir culating flutd. It can 'truly bd called thq Great Blood ilurifler. The great source of dis case orig! ,uiqa in the b.lood ; an lid inedicin4 that d.,es I act directly upo.i it to purify anA renova, -, h is just claim upon public attontiorA. VEGETINE Has Entirely Cirel' 4e of Vertigo. CAM%O ILL., JaiA. 23) 1878. M. II. i. ST1sXNs; Di,ar Sr-I havh used several bottles of "VEGHT'NE''; it has entirely cured ine of Vertigo. I have also i1sed It for Kidney Com plaint.. It is the bst medicine' for kidney complaint. I would reconimond It a'a a good blood purifier. N. YOCU. pAIN AND DrmiAs.-Van we expect to onjoy. good health when bad or corrupt humors cir Cilate with the blood, causing Rain dnd'disease; and these humors, being (epoited thrqugh the entire body, produce pimles, eruptions, ulcers, indigestion, costiveness, leadaches, neuralgia rheumatism and ntmeroUs other con1plainta itenove the cause by takl'ag Vegetine, the lost reliable reir%edy for cleansing qk4 purify ifig tie blood. VEGETINE I.1leYO It to be A' ood Hedi rine. M It. SvPV NS: XCNrA, Q., Ml%qrcI J, 1877. Dear Sir-I wish to inform you what your. Vegetine has done for nio. Ihave been Aict ed with NeuralgIa, and After using 'three bot. ties of the Vegetine was entirely relieved. t also found my general health much Improved. I believe it to ile a good medicine. Yours truly, FIED IIARVERSTICK. V oHTINK thoroughly eradicates every kin4 of humor, and restores the dntire syston to a heIClthy condition. VEGETrINE, Druggist's lleport. HI. 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