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WI Ul UJ -J W s>-^ Ul U* Ul UJ Ul ul Ul BOB'T. A. THOMPSON, Editor. B. A. Thompson, W.H. Holcombe, B. Young-, PROPRIETORS. TKUMS.--Ono Dollar and Twonty-fivo Cents for six months, in advance. Provision also takcu in paymont, at tho market rates. g?* Advertisements inserted at $1 per square for tho first insertion, and 60 cents for each subse quent insertion, casi? or provision. JH?y? Obituary Notices oxcecding Jive lines, Trib utes of Respect, Communications of a personal diameter, and Announcements of Candidates, will be charged for as advertisements. JB?gr* Job Printing executed with neatness and despatch, for cash or provision. JJ@r* Necossity compels' us to adhere strictly to tho requirement of cash payment. PICKENS C. IL, S. C.: Saturday Morning-, March 3, 1?6?. W?r Cpl. THOMAS T P. SLIDER is our au thorized Agent in Charleston. Jt??* The PRESIDENT, in a speech at Wash ington on thc 22d ult., clearly defined his po eition. He was "heavy" .on thc Radicals. Jt3T Thursday, thc first day of March, was Spring-like and pleasant. Gold i? 37?) in New York/ Cottou, firm. Price of almost everything falling. jfSgr There is great rejoicing, firing cannon, &c, over the President's veto, by his friends, in the North and West. jjggr Hon. B. Fi PERRY lias returned home. We will publish next week a long letter* from him*on tho "situation." For Sale Day Tho Sheriff will sell the Real Estate of THOMAS TOMPKINS, deceased, for partition. See advertisement. New Drug Store1. Tho attention of the public is invited to thc advertisement of Drs. JOHNSON <fc GILLI LA ND, of Walhalla, in another column,. These gen tlemen understand thoroughly thp business they have engaged in, aud merit thc patron age of a generous public. Court of Common Pleas. Wc learn from Mr. REED, Solicitor of this Circuit, that we are to have an u old fash ioned" Court of Common Picas and General Sessions, for this district, commencing on Monday tho 19th day of March, inst. Judge MOSES, it is understood, will preside. Litigants, jurors, witnesses, and all other persous interested, " will take due notice und govern themselves accordingly." . Be-Arrested Mr. W. S. WILLIAMS has been arrested again, and will, we learn, be sent on for trial. The charges against him have not been made public. His son, HERBERT, made his escape. Mr. T. P. WILLIAMS, who was absent From home, was likowise not arrested. The Federal Court. The Federal.Court, for thc District of South Carolina, has been organized. B C. BRYAN, -Esq., is Judge, and J. P. M. EPPING, Esq., District Attorney. Both these gentlemen aro from Charleston, and can take the test oath. New Advertisements 1. Du. McWnoitTEit continues tho prac tice of his profession. 2. MR. COLLINS advertises that he will not pay certain notes unless compelled by law. 3. J. C. CALHOUN, Ad m 'r., refers all in terested iu the l?state of A. P. Calhouu, to Messrs. HARRISON & WHITNERS. 4. By the Sheriff-Snle of land for costs. 5. W. N. WHITE, Athens, Ga., offers the rt Southern Cultivator" and " Maryland Far mer" for 82 50, in clubs of ton. 6. By tho Commissioner in Equity-Rule in relation to perpetuating testimony. Jt3T Last week the prices of produce and coal in tho New York market declined mate rially. It is believed by commercial men that lower prices in all kinds of morohandize-will aoon bo announced. Our people will rejoice to seo this downward tendency in the prices of tho commodities of lifo. M&r On and after Monday tho 26th ult. "through freight" has been received by thc Greenville and Colombia Railroad. I ? Bancroft's Oration Tim 1<?>1? ?1n?f rtf Vniilhiarn wno ' 1 n.nnv'o -v.- -?j v? -.x.^.-.- #-ff V??*? " birthday. Congress commemorated tho occa sion by listening to. an oration, delivered by BANCROFT, the historian. Tho President, hts Cabinet, Foreign Ministers, and all the dignitaries of tho land were present. The oration, since printed, docs not come up to public expectation. It is taken up id discuss ing slavery, tho various phases of thc war, tte. Tho orator states explicitly that President LINCOLN was opposed to Unqualified negro suffrage ; ho only favored suffrage to thc blacks where they could read and write. The President's Veto. President JOHNSON has returned to the Senate, in which body it originated, tho Freed men's Bureau bill, with his objections. Thc President, in a mild, conciliatory style, gives his reasons for withholding his signature from the bill. Ile regards it unconstitutional, and also unnecessary. vAs may bc imagined, it has widened the breach bctwecu the Executive and the Radi cals. Tn fact, the war has just begun between thc friends of the President and thoflladicals. The following proceedings of Congress will show in what spirit the veto was received by that body : WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 1866.-In thc Senate to-day Mr. Wall offered .i resolution proposing to amend the Constitution by ren dering a person ineligible to fill the Presiden tial chair for a second term. In the course of his speech upon the subject ho alluded in caustic terms to thc President, whom he said had developed a policy agreeable to every en emy of the country. Mr. Wilson offered a resoVution, which was adopted, instructing the Committee on Reconstruction to enquire how far thc late rebellious States had conformed to thc sentiments contained in thc President's reconduction policy. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, read a long i < - ment in opposition to the Freedmen's Bureau Bill and sustaining the veto message of thc President. Mr. Trumbull followed, opposing the veto. Thc vote was taken upon the passage of the Bill over thc velo aud resulted, ayes 30, nays 18. So tho vote was insufficient to procure tho pa?BRgo of-tho BUL - , -if :jf'f In tho House, Mr. Stevens, from thc Com mittee on Reconstruction, reported a Joint Resolution declaring that no Senator or Rep resentative shall be admitted to eitlrer bran oh of Congress from any of thc late rebellious States until Congress shall have declared such States entitled.to representation. Mr. Grinder obtained leave to read thc Minority Report of the Committee on 'Recon struction, declaring that the State of Tennes ncssee is entitled to representation. Mr. Stevens said it was his earnest disposi tion until yesterday to inquire into the condi tion of the State of Tennessee and see wheth er that State is entitled to representation, but since.then there has been a change and it is entirely out of the power of the Committee to proceed further without surrendering thc rights of that body to thc usurpation of anoth er power. Much excitement prevailed during thc pro ceedings. Stovens demanded a vote on thc previous question. A motion was made to adjourn in order ta stave off the vote, but' failed. The House will continue its session t?-night. STILL LATKR.-Stevens' Resolution to de prive the Southern States of represen ta tioii until declared fit by Congress, passed thc House to-night by a vote of 100 to 40. WASHINGTON, February 23,1866.-In the Senate, a Bill was introduced to continue the Freedmen's Bureau for two years longer, which was referred to the Military Committee. An animated debate then ensued, ano' thc question was taken on SteVcns' resolution relative te the admission of tho Southern States, which w,as decided in the affirmative. The Public Whipping Case. The sentences of Jttdge Aldrich, passed on the 14th instant, upon Fox, Armady and Fos ter, prisoners found guilty of larceny, thc former to receive thirty-nine lashes at inter vals of every two months, and the latter five lashes each at thc end of a mopth, have beer annulled by tho military authorities, says tin " Charleston Courier," on the ground thai they are in violation of Gen. Sickles' orders issued on thc 1st of January, Parngrapl XVIII of which says : " No corporal pun iohmcnt shall bo inflicted on any person otho than a minor/' &?., and that by parent o guardian. As thc case has oxoited some comment an< created a false impression, we give bolow tin statement of Judge Aldrich in delation to hi interview with tho Brevet Brigadicr-Gcuera commandita thc city : * LL.', ".'j".:_ .. 'j.j ? 1 1 "J. , LIJIJ- I LI....:1 On thc evening ol' Thursday, the 15th pf IfohrunV-V T PM 1 lori nu Mr Oinrdn tho Tlnniitv - ?-v> - -. P" --r"V Sheriff, who ia a friend, ile asked me what tho military authorities wanted with inc. I replied I did uot know, as I had not heard that they wished to see mc. Ile then informed me that a^out 10 or ll o'clock, a soldier had called nt his office-the Sherill's-inquiring for the J udgo ; that he replied the Judge had adjourned the Court*. About 2 o'clock, the same day, thc soldier returned, and made the same inquiry. ? Mr. Di ugle made the same re ply, and asked him what he wanted with thc Judge; to which ho answered that General Bennett wished to see him at his office. Mr. Dingle asked him if he had no paper for thc Judge, lie said no. Ile was then directed to thc Judge's lodgings, and, upon inquiry there, was informed that tho Judge was not tit home, (thc 10th.) The man returned, and was shown into the Judge's room, and pro duced the following note : HDQ'RS PROVOST MARSH AT/S OFFICE, MILITARY DISTRICT, Charleston, & C., Feb 16, 18(50. lion. A. 2> Aldrich, Charleston, S. C.: Thc Brevet Brigadier-General Commanding directs me to present his compliments, and desires to see you at his office immediately. . A'cry respectfully, FRANK GEISE, 1st Lieut. 54th N.Y V. V., Prov't Marshal. To this note the Judge replied us follows: Mus. GI ni KR K'S, CHARLESTON, Broad Street, ' February 16, 1866. Sir : I have just received your note inform ing me that thc Brevet Brigadier-til encrai commanding desires to see me ut his office im mediately. I respectfully fu form you that if I had any business with the General, I would promptly call upon him for its transaction. But as 1 am not aware of any matter either public or private which demands in y pfcscUcc, 1 beg leave respectfully to decline answering your summons. If the General has any bus iness with me, it will give me great pleasure to receive him at my place of residence while ill the city-Mrs. Gidicrc's, Broad street. Respectfully, your obedient servant, 0 . A. P. ALDRICH. To Lieut. GEISE. Thc next morning Lieut. Geise called on mo and was shown to my room. He informed mc that he had received my reply to his note, and was directed by Gen. Bennett to call on mc in person, present his compliments, and respectfully ask mc to sec him ut his office on public business, of the nature of which he was 'not fully informed. I ??ked him at what time the General had appointed to see me. Ile replied, immediately. I answered, I am ready to go with you. Arriving at headquarters, tho King House, I was presented to General Bennett, who received me politely. He then said he had seen my reply to Lieut. (Jeise, and considered it disrespectful. ' 1 said, I mn sorry you so consider it, for I intended it to be entirely respectful, lie said, 1 think it rather curt. 1 answered, that the office of a Judge of the Superior Court in South Caroli na had always .been considered ono of great, dignity, that those who hat] preceded me had maintained its station and that I was not in clined to depart from their example. I added, if I had been in Charleston on my private affairs and he had requested me to come to his ellice, I would have had no hesitation in doing so. But as I was here officially, holding Court, I thought something was due to thc dignity of thc office, and that he might nt least have addressed mc under his own hand and informed me of his business. He asked mc if 1 did not recognize the authority of the Uni ted States Government in toe Slate, I said, 1 did, and wa? forced to do so. Ile then said, that he represented the Government, and al though it would have given him pleasure td call on mc, yet he thought my reply might have been less curt. He then drew my attention to the report in .the daily newspapers of the sente.ices passed by me ih the,Court of Sessions, and asked mc if tho report w::s correct. He said, X ask you this question because thc reporters sometimes make great blunders and we areleJ into error, I replied, that thc sentences were correctly reported. He answered, I suppose so, ns 1 sent down my Provost Marshal to examine thc records. He th?n said 1 nm directed by (Jen, Sickles to request you to revoke the sentences, as they, aro in violation of his order nod incon sistent with the advance of civilization and thc humanity of the agc. 1 replied, that I had never seen Gen. Sickles' order, which ho hud handed litt j but that I would not revoke thc sentences, as that punishment was imposed b) law ; .that thc only discretion I had, as : Judge, was to increase or decrease the num ber of stripes to a certain li'mit; but that thc law prescribed whipping, and 1 could not, a? the Judge, dispense with it aud perform 1113 duty. I then explained to him the divisioi of our Courts into Law, Equity and of Ap peals, and a Court of terrors. He asked me i tho Chief Justice was in tho city, and if there was any difference in thc rank of Judges. 1 replied np, that thc Chief Justice presided ir the Court of Appeals', and in the Court of Er rors ; that the Court of Appeals was a separat? I Court, and -that thc Court of Errors was c*m posed of all tho Judges, and that caoh Judge lia:-? the Raino n?tho?!t* n,,d dignity as^tho Chief Justice. I then said to him," thoro is hut ono way in which the whipping can be avoided, and that is by applying to tho Gov ernor to exercise the power of pardon. I ad ded, it was also to be avoided by your taking the prisoners out of tho custody of tho Sheriff. Ile then said, I understand you. to, decline to? rcvokothe sciltcnces. I said, I -did. li? re plied, 1 ?viii report this conversation to Gen. Mickies, and you may hear from me in thc course of the day. This terminated tho inter view. A. P. ALPUTCM. On Tuesday morning Sheriff Carew visited tile jail for the. purpose of carrying thc sen tence into execution, but was refused posses sion of the prisoners and permission to carry out the sentence. MESE MENTION. The Tannery, tools, stock, coro, &c., known as Cruikshank's, near Pickensville, will be sold on the place on 7th inst.-Eleven men were fro/.en to death near IJamilton, Minne sota, on tho 20th ult-A caf?c of genuine Asiatic cholera has appeared at Richmond, Vn.J-There are 161 churches ?ti BaHimore, which place has a population of 230,000-? Mr. Peabody, tifo American banker, has given the munifioont sum of ??250,000 to ibo poor of London-Tho circus was in Columbia ?this week-Gen. Stephen Klliotfe, Jr., died on thc 2od ult-Three things are essential to happiness, namely : something to do; some thing to love; something to hope for-Tlie total war debt of the '' loyal States" is $475, 000,000-lion. George Scho?y, of Augus ta, Cn., is dead-$29,000,000 internal rev enue has been received from the yon&hsmiee the "war went up"--Murders and robbe ries are prevailing to a great extent on the Rio Grande-western papers are full of re ligious revivals-nothing like it has occurred since 1858--Mad dogs are abundant, int Rucks and Chester counties, Vv-At Sal- . tillo, Miss., recently, five white men, horse thieves, were hung by the citizens--The people on the. Mississippi feel ?thorne now,! we suppose, for the steamboats arc blowing up every day just as they used to do in times of peace-Dr. Jarrott, of Darlington, was kill ed Sy his pvorsecr recently-Receipt? from the internal revenue on the l-l th ult. were. ?1,248,049-At Knoxville, Tenn., on the 13th ult^, ti ticgro was hung by a mob for shooting Lieut. Col. Dy?r, of t\ie 1st Tennes see cavalry-Wm. Hill has been re-elected Ordinary of Abbeville district-Thc cotton? tax at Galveston, Texas, for the past four months, was 8031,000-Dr. Nott, httcly de ceased, was President of Union College six ty-two years! ?gF Wc are' ?nd ol tod to Col. BURNETT for late New York and Charleston papers, Wo have received the first number of the " Weekly Gleaner," published at Colum bia, S. C., by Mr. J. A. SKLUY, State Prin-, ter, at $4 a year. It is a large doublc-shcct, well filled. fifty*' Mr. C. P. Pelham announces that ho will bc able, in a short time, to re-commence thc publication of his excellent papers : The Daily, Tri-Weekly, and Weekly " Guardian." 'REOEIPTS. The following persons have paid on their sub. script ion to the COURIBR, ns follows : Dr. T. 8. Miller, $2 50 mnvHWraanwr.?np.iwt r?--- IMIU ----- Dil, W. 1). M'WIIORTER /1?NTINUBS to olfor his services iii the fi*r?tc \J tieft rfjW'<l?'<iu?; in all ils branohw, ?FFICK : PIC iv IONS C. H. K?ST* Rc respectfully rcquvsts th oso indebted for professional services fo make settlement by cash or harter al the market rales. March 1, 1800 21 ff AfiMIOTSTKATOR'S NOTICE, A th PERSONS having demands against the E.** /\ tate of A. P. Calhoun, deceased, will pr?sent them, properly attested, to Harrison & >V hit ncr?, Attorneys nt Law, Dickens C. ll. And nfl other persons having business connected with the KsUto are rofcrred to them. .1. C. CALHOUN, Adm'r. dc bonis non. Feb. 28. ] SOO - 24 4 lml?TATJW OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ?? Equity-ricken?. Ex Parte. "J " The Solicitor of tho Wes- I B"U? l>T<dnate tern Circuit. j - Icstimony. HON. J. P. Uti til), Solicitor of tho Western Cir cuit, having tiled a Dill in my oftice in con formity with a recent Act of the Legislature, enti tled an "Act lo perpetuate testimony in relation to Deeds, Wills, Choses in Action, other papers, and records destroyed or lost during thc rece nt war:" lt. is ordered, that all persona interested thcroin, appear'in this Court, and have taken and perpetu ated all evidenco which they shall produce, in rela tion to such lost pa fiera, record ft, and-sn-furl h. ? ROBT. A. THOMPSON, e.B.r.ix Coin'ns Otllcc, Marcha, 1800. '2,4-.tf '-.tim -3],/