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Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-01

AS to the proposed new route, the Com.
mittee to whom were referred the reports Of
the Surveyor and Engineer, say:
They have read the very able report OF
the Surveyor, and are of opinion that a
new road must be built as soon as practical
BILE. 1t has occurred to them, however, that
the route surveyed may not be the best one
for the road, and they would suggest that
Directors, before commencing operations on
the new road, should have additional sur
veys made. The President of the Com
pany stated, in the course of remarks made
in the meeting, that if tho road by the
contemplated route should not be built
the road by the present route would have
to be changed SO as to place the bed OF
the road several feet higher and beyond
the risk Of freshets.! Your Committee think
that it would be advisable to have this
route surveyed and comparative estimates
made Of the cost of the road upon it. 1t
may be found practicable to get assistance
in the way of new stock taken, or at least
of contracts taken at low rates, and rights
OF way and timber given, which may make
it, on the whole. advisable to select the
route not otherwise best. With these sug.
gestions, however they propose that the
whole matter be loft in the hands of tho
board, with authority to issue additional
stock; and, if necessary, to apply for that
purpose for an amendment of tho charter.
Meantime, the charter granted at the last
session Of the Legislature should be accep.
ted, it. being practicable to secure such
changes in it hereafter as may the better
adapt it to the purposes of the road.
Gas to the time of commencing the
new enterprise, the Committee simply re-
commend that it should be as soon as prac.
ticable."
The whole proceedings possess much ia.
terest, and the reports of the officers show
that they have been diligeut and energetic
in the performance OF their several duties.
and in behalf Of. the intereah Of the
road.-Phoeaiz. 90.
APublic Dandss.-A gsutton OF a fel-
low was dining at the a hotel, Who, Id tho
conree Of the tbattle Of knives and forks, .
sccidsntly cut his mouth, which being
obserssd: by . Yankee sitting near by, be
ba~lsa out, ~ say, friend, don't make tliat
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-01

eB- Evidently Clair Clyde is woman; the
last verse is confirmation strong as holy
writ"
Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-01

- A. dsndy acquaintance Dfaours wss5re-
fussd admission to 8 guDpOwder' magazine
~. the ssoanel 81 las .ahss aahd 2 That ,al he vas
a spark - ssA.'e'S4..Ia i. Il ~.,r
! Lady Gne fashionable 'hoopad idrSsAs
!: RI Esall aiiS Boy, can I go through this gats M
i" Boy 'tPethaps; = load' sf
Jay ewsnt through this morning. Z go .<ss
: hat BLESSINGS ebildnnesassR 'xss sssls
pafish slssk ssia: :rbsps saioot ,tss d.;
snfs'stsA,ne. tnala sasgs Il gssesss.s'se
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HDIToRIAL INKLINGs.

: .-sl5.I =. ? r ~ 70.
a startling report iFom ene MO
Grande, comes byHay of New Orleans
We are inclined to doubt the whole story,
and oons;der,;s a caaard gotten nm for SEN.
'-.yH>.'>HH =, ;. =. ~. ~,
sanon purposes. Ine iono"'us 70 JUG s'ase- ''
ment: ,...f.e
aseyeral ofscers and men recently GROSS.
ed over from glarksyille, Texas: and took
M. quarters apparently for the night; but
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!; CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

The session Of Congressis fast wearing
away without any positive legislation; thus
far, upon the condition of the country. The
Reconstruction Committee, will delay their
report until Information has been. received,
defining the exact status of each of the
Southern States-the effect Of all proclsma.
tions of Provisional Governors, and the re-.
suits of elections under such proolamations.
The programme seems to be to keep South
ern representation cut of Congress as long
as possible.
STEVENS offered resolutions on the L 9Th,
instructipg the Committee on the Judiciary
to consider the expediency of 30 amending
the Act of 1865, relative to the test.oattl,
as to allow lawyers to practice their profess
sion, without taking said oath, on an equal
footing with other professions; which was
adopted Z. e-~-s ~
This is taken as an Indication Of q
"break" on the part Of the Radicals, which
may finally result the repeal Of the test
oath. The Secretary Of the Treasury and
the Postmaster GeneraI aIssrnestIy call for its
Modification SO fsf as itsatfects postmasters
and officers Of internal revenue. =.
The debate upon the, bill to extend the
right of suffrage in the District Of Colum-
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schoolnaster perceiFss ths inmense adssn-
tagss Of uniformity Of stext books; and-we
venture 10 throw out our suggestions with
agiew 70 bringing about that desirable con.
samnxsions Or suggassions ara iutarEasf
atlse eud are the results Of some years Of
experience d d feasasar. Wo ssk, sre not
thess the best sad g ust the hast, ~by
are they not and what ar fhsbest
1--ID Eaglssh Grdntmar. TIE Aha
lysicai sud Pnctical Eugliabs GnumSr Of
Bullions.. Z.
2--In Gsogsaphy hs Series II Con.
nell, consisting Of Fist a1s, Pfimssy, u.
termedists, and High B5apoi. ~,
Bib Masaemasie NE Series d Bs-
yies.
4-spsll;ing, g Woresstsrs Dirtionariea.
5-Latin Harkness ArnoIds Birst
Latin Book, and Harknsss' Ssccnd Iatin
Book with Hardness Latin Gizmmsf snd
Andrews Latin lexicon. s,:;s s.
g. Greek Harknsss First Greek
Book; with Crosbys Greek Tables, and
LiddelI and SCOTS Greek Laxicsp.
him who demuIpat our liat, vs quote,
translsting :--siIf yo1 know better fhan
these, tellthsln; iif not, NE s6sm wifh ma
Hhs.E .E1esdmausx Isaraan.
We undsrstand that General SAxron
:has bsanlfeiiesed from the colnmsha 4 ftis
Department Of the .Freedmen,s :sprear !.
and that. General GAEpHEk, . nan lar
more acceptable 10 the people q Ne South
and especially Of South Carolips has hssa
appointed. 81. "a
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destiny is in his own hands, and his vii.
.lineness to labor determines it.
REMOVAL oF'TRooPs.

hE5mS v all Ne 4SSS-Hs -
Affairs have for some Time indicated the
speedy withdrawal Of the Federal troops
from the State Of Alabama, and the dis.
charge of their duties left to the militia.
Gen. THoMAs has approved the requisitiop
of Governor PATTON for arms for the mill.
tia, and signifies bis readiness to turn over
the control of the State toits civil officers,
whenever the local military organizations
are completed. ~:
Gen. GRANT, however, in acting upon
the application Of the Governor, throws cold
water upon the whole scheme. he says :
sFor the present and until there is q se-
curity for eguitably maintaining the rights
and safety of all CLASSES of citizens in the
States lately in rebellion, IsMould not re-
commend the withdrawal Of the United
States troops from thence. The number
of interior gaFrisons might be reduced, but
q msveable force sufficient to, insure tran
guilty should be retained. While such a
force is retained 10 the. South I doubt the
Of putting arms into the hands
of the nsi1itia." I'D. =; t5.-sr> --x,.ss.
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REFRIGERATION TO THEsoUTH.
Efforts are being made-in almost every

1MMIHRATION TO THE SOUTH.
Efforts are being made-ip almost every
State in the South to encourage the'immi.
grafton of foreign white labor, to supercede
that Of the negro. Legislative enactments
have been profuse on this subject, and 60
to show that the country places but little
RELIANCE upon the negro as . laborer, in his
new condition "A colony of Germans has
arrived in Louisiana, and found immediate
employment at high wages; another has
just landed at Wilmington, N. G., and So
cured employment before leaving the vessel
they came in A colony of Swedes recent.
ly arriving at Richmond, Va, have gone to
work on the James River plantations, un.
der favorable prospects. Another colony
arriving at Alexandria has found immediate
employment on farms in the vicinity.
The readiness with which these foreign.
ers obtain employment, exhibits the best ar
gument yet offered upon the wants of the
country. That want is labor. The ad.
vanced prices of all agricultural products
is stimulating tito its utmost tension, while
the actual wants of the country in its spresent
Impoverished state, render it necessary to
make every productive patch of ground
yield its income. Planting never offered
greater inducements or better compensation
than now. Formerly it was adopted as a
safe investment for capital; henoeforth it
will, to great extent. gcssinto the hands of
capitalists as speculation. The income
from Southern plantation, will, if prop.
erly managed, yield better profit than its
yalue invested in trade. ..
The experiment of compensated freed
labor is now on trial, If itfail then for.
eign white labor will come 10 to take the
place of the black. This experiment with
negro labor has not yet been fully tested.
We have high hopes of its success, and bs.
lieve it will eventually meet the wants Of
the country. Should it fail, the freedman's
| doom is sealed. he cannot come in com.
petition with. the European, who will be
called in to, take bis place. He must give
way to superior tact and industry, and the
only use the country had for him will have
aba.sd. Efforts toencourage foreign immi-
grafton. will probably be suspended until
this experiment is determined. The negro
is giving better promise of usefulness now,
than in the early days Of his freedom. His
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1@- Attention is called to the order of
Col. j. A. MCLEAN, in another column, re-
quiring the beats within the precincts Of
the s4th Regt., s. G, M.,, to organize into
companies on the 18th of February:
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MERR-MRNTIou.

~
! A,fsnt;c,, Is adissotei n ti,a dvtaFiaep,aus
.fIRa, Roapar, T,agHxN ! 3, 3rrc,o.;s. ~
sa,,,,nsncs n 9. h;ss Iraa;dsnos acns Mooi.,
as.s s =, sEnol;aband 4 t1Ias,icsl sebnols......
TEs M Gorol;;a;aa5sio,s tbes J()fb .inaiaat s.m
,sats l s.bs = s ;vs.ahsr. = at a,.rimtoos = hss, -.
.ooldar I Than. n ever ras before - nss,s sssok
,sot;on; os ;ss saitors !. .s....T T5r RoSanar NJ
GIanEs Of oolumbia. han bssn. s sssopoiss.
,ad S1ruSpn Genera .;of . lsouf1 ,sS.liaa
..s.... I,r dosrp,f { nm lnass. .isfesa a;.1in.
on;ahaa d;rins ~ M m 4 Metbc3iss 4 4 uhureb /,
aid IA ba,a caniidate .for bolpordsm5ip fhe
Proteatant Gbursh ........i9en. PIxsfER.
.of Kentuoky, has decided that the.siyil "a.
thorities NAV: punish soIdisrs forSHsEces
in the citysof Iooissiliss..r,s...
Gen. STERIrra Prior is;lisiag inza ssns
suear Vera Cruz and proposes TO found
citv iar to ba called gariotts; that shall rival
Naa1 1urlaalussI. ....,ss.4 4hs' 'Rsssdmen,s Bu.
reau Of Mississsirrui has been ordered fo,as.
siststbe military iinrecons nssuluting shs Mia.
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. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

NJ Acknowledgements and Goggles.
A.sF. McCorneD-Dog Lost. -,
w. P. Nc Fadden--Caniage Factory Co., -.
T. T. Youngblood- -Auchoneer. - -
Mrs. J. N. Jones-Notice This. s-g ~ @
Joseph Miler-Twenty-f five Dollars Reward
A. Coward Circular. - - EI-,- sE- - 3
Robert Luthan-Schoo Notice.
a Conner Co-Co Commission and Forwarding Merchants
Geo. W. Williams Co-Merchants and. Bankers.
Col J. A. Mel Lean--Generll Orders No. ]. .
w. B. Metts C, e. Y. D.-Notce TO Creditors,
w: II. cCofkle-Anction Sale
w II. cCorkle-Couon Seed for Sale. 1.S=s-- s-..
q. T. swim, A. s. t. T.iAgent-Governme Sale.
L. d. Goore-oh! you Black Republicans. =
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THE FREBpMENs BUREAU.

3 w Hll6 We unu Uucu W McetOuT appIU'
val in the special conductsoe the officers of
the Freedmen's Bureau, We regard its gen.
eral tendency as unfortunate in the extreme.
The results of its. action, are opening an
irreconcilable an.sgonism between the for.
mer owner and the freed slave. The negro
is taught to believe that every concession. of
remuneration by his former employer, is
only SO much wruug from the white mandy
compnlsion--that his rights are unsafe in
his hands, and that the white community
are his natural enemies.
Such are the injurious impressions created
upon the minds of IN ignorant people, by
the operation of the Bureau and just so
long as the government may consider it
necessary to impose this incubus upon the
South, just SO great in proportion will be
the arrangement created between the white
and black races. While the one regards it
as an engine of oppression, the ether looks
upon,it as his safeguard against the tyranny
of the other. Such sentiments are in an
tagonism to the interests of both white and
black. Whatever may have been the feel.
ings-of the country towards the negro as
q slayes it is disposed to extend to him as .
freedman, fully as much as this Bureau has
asserted in his behalf. The Code adopted by
the s. G. Legislature for establishing domes-
tic relations towards persons Of color, has
accorded to the black overnight and privi-
Log s;sss BY tho Fraadnaan'a Rurean- In
even handed Justice, it even goes farther,
denying to the negro social and political
equality, bu. guaranteeing to him every
right not Inconsistent with this position,
that justice can require. Politically the
negro is placed upon the status of the I'M.
naturalized foreigner. His labor completes
with sll other, and is hedged about with
whatever legislative protection it may re-
,qujre. Socially, however, he is designed
by the law to remain what be is. His oBn
efforts may in time elevate him to higher
grade Of importance and usefulness. But
for the present, hemnst accept The posision
to which the country has assigned bin. No
outside aid can do anything more for him.
The Freedmen's Bureau is powerless to
elevate his social status; and his usefulness
to the country, as laborer, supplying a
common want, must be the means of ele-
waiting him as high as his capacity. will en-
able him to reach. .:p5 - ~, b
Itis erroneous tosuppose that the couR.
try sntertains hatred for the negro. On
the other hand, it is willing to afford every
encouragement to him to become useful
aud industrious. Needing his labor, it is
willing to pay remunerative prices to OBJ.
tain it, and the competition which it will
excite is the surest guarantee of good wa
ges, and just treatment. His services are
not less in demand as freedman than when
a slave-aud these services will always
command for him willing concession of
such rights as may become his through hon.
est exertions. O..
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Subscribers who find 9 CX) cross mark on
the wrapper or margin of their paper, viii
understand that the time. paid for has ex.
pired. !.
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the harbor opened FIRE, compelling. the 6lli-
busters to take refuge in the upper part OF
.ns l.s, psn. ,s q. lass accounts .ne nll'oas's'
I ss : s.ssa zig ~. - e,,;t,,..,,, ,,o ,o,,,
:. = nasa 80 - ~, T Rsaa I nsns,a, r.vsora
had sts,.sS - @ from i, Rrownav;lla far tbs asene
.of, ,aot;on y -, -,
- H.. las, .o,onn,. :. - tb.t 1aOf, ;mnerial.
;s,s hsd ,af, Ms..,sor.s :. .tt.,k ,be f;lli
$500, = '.--',.''-,. - !.
/ aa.a,,.. s.,,,. a,h.r .,nr,ss stots tbst
oolonsI Rad 9th. fam, bnndred t;llibustara
.rosssd ,bs. 'R.o G,snds- fran, tba Ameri,
can ala. snd .osntursd Rsod.d an : tbe
Msr;csn side bs,av MatamoTas tatinu as
n,;.or.r, ,ba ,boia of ,ha ;n,ne,;.I os,,;.
a., af1sa,n.n 80 - - r. %
: 'on wv = Aoc w -. - go J
Hon. JOHN, BELL, of Tenaes.
see. who vas a candidate for the Presidency
in 1860, is out ia q long letter in which he
gives his yie,,wna w .oof ntbe situation," and his
advice as to what course the Southern
States should pursue. he thinks that ne:
.proes should beailowed; to testify in courts
~; .;nst;os and, n hseo,o : votara vhas, thew
= -. -. -. -, " . -.
Own . oelealn !F1aa' amount OF pr'pei'y ana pos
sess q certain degree OF intelligence-say,
are able to read and write. zes.. !
1t is said that the Emperor Ma.
,or po. - Ii. ,o,sn;n,, s,dd,sss "a .tba,y 40.
- 80 - = - -. -.,,S
lsiaslYe oooies aoous 70 asse'uoie' wan Va
press smicsble sentiments towards this
conntrv. If 20. the war between the two
..;.,. uh;,h ...,.-., ,,,t;a. bo,s an -.t,an
' ,.,.. -, ....,.
,uousiy. eneeAsoaeu " gov zup' "" ee- = :,
through. It feared, however, tnas Amer-
loan fllibustering on the Rio Grande may
hl.,t this bov. of ! neace. ara Il fulIy ripsns
mn. 49,. .h.,,.: p,..,... Man
t.' AA''' ~ .-
roe have taken ols scare anu ~ 'lslons IONS. '0'
"men in grey again swarm before the eyes
Of those in charge there. The following
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.sTHE CHARGE"

Those who have experienced the trying
sensations Of waiting IN reserve during
the progress of a battle, will appreciate the
vivid reality pictured in this little poem BY
J. E. WILSON. The iufantry.mau, whose
brigade lay .
aBeyond that wooded hillslde's sheltering curve"
And there
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TEE LICENSE LAW,

<s5fxs. TEE LIcENSE Law,
The following are the amendments to the
License laws of South Caroline, for the sale
Of spiritous liquors, passed at the last ses.
sion of the Legislatnre: p
. l.. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives, nov met and
sitting in General assembly, and By the
authority of the same; That the City Coun-
Gil of Charleston, the various Municipal
Corporations and Boards of Commissioners
of Roads, and all other persons or bodies
corporate, in whom the right to grant tav-
ern licenses, or license to retail spirituous
liquors is now vested, be and the same are
hereby authorized to fix the price Of such
license at such sums as to them may seem
proper Provided, That the same shall not
be less than fifty dollars for each license. :
II. That any person who shall violate
the License Law Of this State, upon. con-
vietion thereof. shall be fined in a sum not
less thar treble the aufount Of the price Of a
license prescribed, ], and; ct the time Of the
commission Of the offence, existing for the
local jurisdiction wherein such offence is
committed, aud shall be imprisoned at the
discretion of the Court. s.
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III 1te OD6tuoi tofm. C0WeVooJ 1vnotSuSa
resolution The same day-prObably as 9
counter-irritant-to inquire into the expe-
diency Of letting che negroes decide BY
vote whether OF. not the whites;in che Dis
sriet should be allowed to vote. :
In the Senate, CHANDLER's resolution
offered on the 18th, declaring uon.inter.
course between this country and Great Brit.
ain, and Withdrawing our Minister from
the Court Of St. James, Was tabled.
A resolution offered by HowAhD, in the
Senate, asking for the speedy trial by q
Military COmmission, Of DAvIsand glAY,
upon various charges, xas objected 70, and
lay over under the rules. asssss ~
The. reportof sthe Houss Committee on
claims, came,up on the 18th inst. In re-
gard to the compensation Of loyal persons
in the South for the destruction or sppro-
psistion OF property by 1.-The United States
during the war an exchange says:
ssThe committees discuss the question
elaborately, and come 70 the conclusion that
no rule or Law requires The recognition of
claims Of this character that the nagni-
tuds Of the public debt tereated to suppress
the rebellion, renders it impossible for the
Government to attempt to compensate all
who hare sustained individual Iossesby the
action Of armies in the field that the az
tempt pay such claims would impair na-
|tional credit abroad, destroy confidence in
public securities, impose such, additional
taxation as would give causesof discomfort,
and lead to the possible encouragement of
such evil.mindsds persons as favor the poll
cy of repudiatioh." !" r.s' !,
DooIdTrs; Of Wisconsin, who seems to
be the leader Of the party in support Of the
Presidents policy, delivered a lengthy ar
gument in its favor on the 17sh. He ar
gued thatsif the terms offered by President
JOHNSON have been accepted by the South
ern States in good faith, the faith of the
nation is pledged to them just as much as
by the terms contained in the surrender Of
their armies. He would admit as Repre-
sentatives all: who could take the prescribed
oath. AS all know, the most justifable Of
all causes for rebellion or revolution is TO
tax and govern people without representa-
tion.
/ In the House, Mr.. goNKLrNa introduced
a series Of resolutions proposing q re.estabs-
lisbment of federal relationship in rebel
Ilious communities on the conditioner abso-
lutte reuunciatioh Of secessiiou,, repudiation
| Of Confederate debts Of all kinds, and the
adoption of ,sucb measures as viii relieve
the Government of the necessity of stand.
ing armies in the South, etc. The resolu-
s;oDo ro.e oSjeesed 70. -. -! J.
+ mn %. s. e - NJ ~
ifo poAs'ou u 'ae onauusF :.
Commerce, asking that Southern debtors be
excepted from the benefit of the statntes
of Limitation in the Federal Courts, has re.
ceived the attention Of the House Judicia.
sec.....:., M. -. =, -. az. -,
o ops.' ' .a. a.9
rartner leg's'ason upon 'ne sop)ecs OF the
petition is deemed unnecessary and mex.
Peu'out' ioa'uuou 90 -" :" aoS VI Cos