The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1865-09-19

cOndltonS by winch theyare Surrounued,
was rcHcaledn conversation this morn
ing witfEa gentleman Of considerable
wealth, before the war began and the
present owner of two large plantations
in Georgia. He intends returning home
immediately, subdiyiding his plantations
into small lots containing from ten to
fifty acres each, and leasing Them out for
a number Of years to the most reliable
and industrious of his former negro
servants, at such rates as they will agree
to give and can well afford to pay. In
some instances he will give the right Of
purchase at the expiration of the lease.
When the negroes are settled he will
crecta cotton gin and open a country
dry goods and grocery store for supply
ing them with necessaries, and he be.
lieves that in ten years his income will
quadruple what it was before the war.
lie is too sensible to be long without
followers. The true interest Of large
Southern landholders is in this direction.
THEsUBJECT OF rARDcNs
The reported project of establishing an
executive burean for the specdier
transaction of business pertaining to par.
dons has given rise to considerable dis.
cusslon concerning that business as at
present discharged But two opinions are
held regardinglt One class of men feel
yindictive, aud believe no pardons should
be granted untilthe people of the rebel.
lious State have at least passed through
severe probationary period. The Others
are IN tavorof pardons, but believe the
present laborious method of examining
cases wholly impracticable. The Presi.
dents life SINE would not suffice for
moiety of the work. Why, then, they
ask, does he not submit to the IRENE.
diable necessities ofthes case, designate
byname or BY class the few whom he
does not intend to pardon, and declareia
sweeping amnesty for all the others
10 this complexion must it come at
last. az auF ,ss
.'fa AFFAIsIN GEORGIA.
I'm army officer, WHO has arrired'
here direct from Georgia, reports that
willie recently travelling from Atlanta
TO Savannah, he saw in all directions
teams loaded with cotton on their way
to- points whence the staple conll be
transported to q market, either bv rail
or water, There were large quantities
at Augusta, and the article was being
conveyed thence by boat to Savannah
for shipment North. He states that the
people of the country, especially those
who have severely suffered by the war.
express an apparently sincere desire to
conform to the changed condition of af.
fairs, and sustain the general government.
while III. towns which have sustained
comparatively little damage by the war,
n spiritof dissatisfaction exists, pfmci.
pally confined to the yonng men, who
assume to belong to boasted better
class ofsociety, but few of whom have
served in therebel army. b
coLoRED TROOPS TO BE MUSTERED OUT.
Orders have been issued from the
War Department Of the commanding
generals ofthc Departments of North
Carolina Virginia, Florida, Texas.
llouisanaand Arkansas, directing inc
immediate muster out of all organiza
tons of colorcd troops enlisted in the
Northern States, the muster to be by
entire organizations Qand nnder the
regulations prescribed by.GeneraI Orders
No. 94. s!@
CONTRACTS FOX CARRYING SOUTHERN
MAILS. Y 4s{
The Post Office Department today
ordered contract with Arthur ,Leary,.
lofNew York, to convey the mails by
steamships from that city to Charleston.
!. s. G., and back twice week also. ,l
SUFFRAGE IN SoUrH CARoLrNA.- -,
From highly intelligent gentlemen, iii.
rect from South Carolina, we learn that
the question Of sufffag 90 may prove some.
what embarrassing to the South Carroll
ma politicians in settling the basis Of
representation in that State. A strong
party will beins favorof fSingit orthe
white basis while the low country IN.
terests have heretofore controlled the
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