The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-07-11

don granted by the President of the
United States to those whose petitions
are favorably received:
"Whereas, ------, by taking part in
the late rebellion against the govern.
ment of the United States, has made
himself liable in heavy pains and penal.
ties and whereas the circumstances of
his case render him a proper object of
Executive clemency. Now, therefore,
beit known that l, Andrew Johnson,
President, do hereby grant to fhe said
---, a full pardon and amnesty for all
offences by him committed, arising from
participation, direct or implied, in The
said rebellion, conditioned as follows
This pardon to begin and take effect
from the day on which the said -
shall take the oath prescribed in the
proclamation ofthe President dated May
20, 1865, and to be void and of no effect
if the said ---- shall hereafter at any
time acquire any property whatever in
slaves, or make use of slave labor
A correspondent Of the New York
Herald, writing from Columbia, s. c.,
gives the following letter to that paper
which we publish for the information Of
our readers. and to let them see the cor.
RESPONDENTS idea in general:
COLUMBIA, S O.; JuAe 81, 1865.
THE DIFFICULTIES ATTENDING TRAvEI.
through the Southern States are greater
in South Carolina than any section /
have yet visited. The railroads along
the line ofwhich Sherman's army march.
ed are completely obliteratcd For
eighty miles not vestige is left, with
the exception Of the bed of the road and
bent rails. From Charlotte, n. O., the
road is running to the Catawba river
distance'of about thirty miles. At this
point the railroad bridge, consisting Of
nine spans, was burned by Stoneman.
Here the passengers alight and cross the
river in n small boat, tho pontoon bridge
having been carried away by recent
freshet, A walk of two miles through
the broilmg sun brought US to tho rail.
road again, whefe train was in waiting
for Chesterville. To Chesteryille, a dis.
tance of about forty miles, both tho road
and rolling stock are in better condition
than any have seen. The cars are in
good order, and the speed double that of
any road in Virginia or North Carolina.
Judging from the receipts the day /
came over it, l ,opine that the stockheld.
ers are not declaring very heavy divi.
dends at present. The number of pay
ing passengers was four, the balance
consisting Of paroled rebel prisoners.
Ten miles beyond Chesserville and
eight miles from Winnsboro, the road
terminates, leaving thirty eight miles to
Columbia TO travel as best you can.
Onr mode of. conveyance, and the only
one available, consisted of an old fash.
ioned rebel army wagon, drawn by four
mules. For this luxury we were oblig.
cd to pay the moderate sum of fifteen
dollars each. presume the rate was
higher on account of having oneio Of the
chivalric sons Of the Palmetto State for
driver AT all events he knows how
TO take advantage of ones necessities,
III hSs siltat pIOpVstu y 10 take us Tor ten
dollars, but, finding there was no compe
tition and that we would be compelled
to SO with him or remain another day,
he at once raised his price FIVE dollars q
passenger.
We felt some slight apprehensions OF,
taking so long q trip through the coun-.
try unprotected, as we leaTned we were
the first Yankees" who had been over
the road, and rumors of guerilla parties
and rowing bands Of rebel soldiers were
current ht,t we have reached thns far
without difficulty or adventure of any.
kind. We have fosty.fve miles further
Of staging TO Orangsbnrg before We can
again reach the railroad, From there
to Charleston thereis no interruption.
silE3RhAN's cLgAS SWEEP IN SOUTH
CAROLINA. n
General Sherman certainly made, b
clean sweep Of it through this State.
Nothing but ruin and desolation on eve.
ny side. Houses burned csa,,a fjastfo,,!