The tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, June 21, 1865, Image 1
VOL. I. ^ CAMDEN. S. C., WEDNESDAY MORN]N^ JUNE^21> 1865. ^ 4^^^
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Return to the Union?Public
Meeting..
In pursuance of a call of Council for a public
meeting of the citizens of Columbia abd
Richland District, with the view to t.bc restoration
of the State of South' Carolina tto the
TTrn + n/1 .Qfofnc o loivrn m ??<-! rr?cnr?r?fohlr* 4i ucom.
blagetook place at the City Hall, yesterday
inortiing. Ou motion of Mr. M. C. MordecaijjS
Mayor Gibbes was called to the Chair, Mr.
Andrew G. Baskin was appointed Secretary,
and the meeting was duly organized. The
objects of the meeting being then fully stated
" by the Chairman, Mr. C. R. Bryco moved that
a committee of five be appointed by the Chair
? to report upon 'the object in view. The com.>
mittee consisted of Messrs. C. R. Brycc, John
' Caldwell, A. R. Taylor, Edward J. Arthur and
. W- Hr Scarborough,^ who .reported, through.,
. " their ChairmaD, the following resolutions,
,which were adopted: ?.
* Resolved, That the citizens of Columbia and
' Richland District, respectfully request his Excellency
Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States, to take such measures as will
lead to an early restoration of the State of
South Carolina to her former relations with
' - - her sister States of the Federal Republic, and
,as will restore her people to the enjoyment of
their civil antf political rights in .the Union
. aud tinder the Constitution and laws thereof,
and remit them at an early day to the prosecution
of their wonted industrial pursuits,
v- Resolved, That a committee of twenty-one be
appointed to communicate the foregoing applition
in such manner as they may find most
nrrtnnr anH Y>ftnvpni(?nt.
v , Resolved, That . our fellow-citizens of the
ether Districts in the State, are earnestly invited
to take early action for the.attainment
the above object," and that the committee
appointed under the second resolution are authorized
to.act'as a committee of correspondence
with them whenever it may bo desirable.
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The following .gentlemen constitute the
committee appointed under the second resoluj
tion: C. R. Bryce, John. Cal .well, Dr. John
Fisher, M. C. Mordecai, A. L. Hunt, Jacob
> Lyons, E. J. Arthur, Capt. W. B.Stanly, Wm.
Gilmore Simrns, John Townscnd, Wm. F' De*
Sanssure, E. J. Scott, J. A. Crawford, E. L.
Kerrifon, J. MoKenzie, A. R. Taylor, W. H.
Scarborough, H. Leiding* C. H. Baldwin, C.
A. Bedell, J. M. Blakely.?Columbia Phoenix.
JspF. Davis' Female Garments.?The
* Secretary of War has promised that if'the historical
female garments, including the boots,
worn by Jeff. Davis at his capture are received
in time at the War Department, they shall be
forwarded to Chicago for. exhibition at the
great fair for the Sanitary Commis^OD and
Soldier's Home. jk
Mail communicatiuu lia:j Leon re opened
between Momphis and Mississippi, along the
; ' lino of the Mississippi and Tennessee Kaihond.
The peo? V of North AfNsis'ij'pi Inv: i.!?vj
"out in ; r '!" nearly -r- y
CAMOEW, WSJWJfESDAY, JlJflE 21.
The Union Prayorraeetirig will bo held on Friday*
evening next nt live o'clock, at the Baptist Church.
Corn ! Corn* !! Corn !! i?Two hundred bushels
corn may bo purchased by making immediate application
at this office. ~ '
Jf the gentleman who presumed to onter our sanctum
during die editor's absence, and felonously and
without the jgar of God or man before his eyes, tako
copies of oxoPfnge papers.from oh our table,"will retnrn
the same without delay, no questions will bo
asked, but will forever after be debarred the privilege
of our exchange?unless tin amende ho nor able oe presented
for our consideration
Such papers are only presented us through the.-conr
tesy of friends, who may have been abroad, and who
expect us to ^return the same. Hence (heir being
! filched from our premises without, permission, frequently
places us in an awkward and unpleasant positiom
We are pleased to have gentlemen enjoy the perusal
of any papers we mu}' have on band, but dislike much
I their appropriating them in our absence, and. being
' ^t? return them when needed.
Financial.; ^
We clip-the following from the financial and
commercial article of the New 3fork Herald,
of the 2d inst. . - .
Gc2d, whiob'* opened ut 136-5-8 yesterday
morning, closed tirra on the street at 137 3-8,
and the purchases for shiouient on Saturday
have for the most part yet to be made. Cash
gold Is, however, abundant, and freely lent
without interest. The war being ended, suoe
illation caiTdo little to control the premium;
but the European news wi/l exert a teniporary iufluencc
upon it from time to time, which,
speculation may assist somewhat. It is unfortunate
in ffc practical consequences that our securities
ever found their way into European
market, for the holders have the potVer at any
time to derange the course, of our exchanges,
and thereby affect the price of gold, while they
are already a constant'sonrce of financial disturbance.
Eventually they must, influence the
course of exchange against us to the extent of
their value, which is at present nearly double
what it was'gwhen a large portion of them
were sent home, and the difference between!'
their spjpie value at the time ot their export^
and their return, or redemption, will be so |
much against us, and a dead loss to the country.
Many of Our securities now in Europe
were purchased when gold was worth from 37
to 40 cents on the dollar only. Supposing the
three hundred millions, more or less, of fivetwenties
held abroad to have been bought here j
at par, with gold at an average of two hundred, I
making the currency dollar worth fifty cents, j
it would cost us jnst double, or three hun-1
dred millions for what we received only a hun-j
dred and fifty millions to redeem the same on a j
specie Dasis. wiiere ttie debt is held.at home
this difference is comparative immaterial, because
its redemption would not affect our foreign
exchanges, wberea^ a contrary effect is
produced in the other case. There Are other j
evils to which we are exposed by having a |
large amount of our national securities held i
abroad, ope of which is the possibility of a
suddcu return of heavy parcels of them for sale
here. , This is certainly not a contingency to
be apprehended under ordinary circumstances;
bnt it would be a very possible one in the
event of our being threatened with a foreign
war; or if a commercial panic occurcd in Europe;
for t'ho latter would realize upon their foreign
securities, in which case this market would Lis
a convenient one to draw upon. And with i
.oily forty-six millions of gold in the bauk* of!
this loyal States aDd the Sab-Treasury in this
city, how .could we meet the drain ?
If an anti-taxation party arises it will bo
likely to take the form of a contliet of labor
against capital, by the .majority calling for
every citizen to contribute to the revenue -and
the payment of the principal of the debt, in
proportion to his or her substantial wealth;
hikI the blow wilhbc aimed cliiefly^at real
estate qwflers. 1 Labor, in other wj^ds' will
strive to emancipate itself from the yoke of
taxation by making capital pay the debt; and
it would not be surprising if the next Congressional
as well as Presidential-election turned
upon this issue.
The prospects of the speedy conversion of
all but seven of the old banks of this city ..to
the national system points to a large increase
of paper money, by which aggregate circulation
of the national banks will suon be raised' to a
sum not far short of the'threc hundred millions
authorized by ' the act of Congress. The
amount of currency issued to national iustitu-i
tioris up to the 27tli of the Jast month was
?132,472,09.0, leaving t$lG7,527,310 still to
issued. .v
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Marriage of Negroes'to be
Encouraged.
The following general order has been issued?
It is eminently proper that negroes living together'as
man aud wife should bo married and
should be held responsible for their coYiduct
towards one another, and for the carc and supn.vvk
n+* tlinin nMiili'nn
fVlU Vi W....W..,.. .
IJeadq'es Military Division of the")
James, 1
Richmond} Va , .May 27j 1865. j
[General Orders, No. 8.]
I. The attenttion of clergymen add magistrates
who are authorized by the laws of Virginia
and North .Carolina to perform marriage
ceremonies is respectfully called to the cases of
colored men and women in their respective
parishes and districts who liaVe martial relations
without contracting martial obligations.?
Such persons should be duly instructed in regard
to their social and domestic duties, and
especially in regard to their duty to support
and educate their offspring. They must be
made to uuderstand that the laws of God, as
well as the laws of their country, forbid their
liviDg together as man and wife without the'
solemnization of marriage.
II. Military orders in regard to oaths and
license to be taken before marriage will not be
deemed applicable to colored persons, nor to
those who marry them, unless a fee be charged,
nor will any formalities be required which ,are
not necessary for the completion of a civil contract
of marriage by the laws of the State*?
All sucb marriages, however, should be duly
registered -and a proper certificate given to the
parties. It is recommended that all fees io
such cases be remitted, and all unnecessary
expenses discouraged.
111. It is hoped that all persons interested
in ameliorating the condition of the colored
race, and in improving their social character,
will use their influence in promoting the object
in view.
By order of Major General Halleok,
J. C.KELTON, Assistant Adjutant General.
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Mtutary.,?A Washington despatch states
that burgeon General Barns has been hroveted
Major'G?n.'In f''>: regular army; also;that
Ilea. Li'gan'will Ijo tendered a Brigadier-Gen iruMiip
i:i the regular service, and assigned to
an important command in Texas service.
, . "kfc.
The Freedmen'sBureatii|?^^
Gen.O. 0. Howard, having been
to the burean of refugees, freedruen uiid aban^v*/, ?jj
doned lands, lias issued his first bulletin as'slNg
follows: . X
Fbeedmen's Bureau, vc?*
Washington, D. (J., May lb, I860. J^.v Jj2
Circular Letter.?In accordance with ?
Generul Orders of the War Department, Noi ^5
91, I enter immediately upon the duties of
Commissioner of ^Refugees, Freedmcu ->on<i^.^j
Abandoned Lands. The bureau,^, contcuipld-^"3^
ted in order, will be located atthtf corner of-I
and Nineteetli-streets; All commissions, ho^-;-^p
ever appointed, who have charge of frQedAieq,*
are requested to report as soon ?^sgiblc$*?^
of the character and cxtfent of
- - -- .Itf. ? " ,5
The Commissions or 'Superintendents iriijyirgiuia,
South Carolina and Louisiana are re- 7 ' >.
quested to report direct to me the 'amount of
land they may have under supervision for their * *
use. 'flic Department Commanders in the 11.-'
surrectionary States will do tuc the favqi^of; \
transmitting a copy of the different orders issued rf- ;
by themselves or by their District Commaud* 7
ers relating to the government and theism- .
ploymcnt of freed men. While-it shall be my '/
object to secure as much uniformity as possible- r,
in the matter of employment" and instruction v V*of
freedmeVr, I earnestly solici^ co-operatiou *&:i.
from all officers and agents whose, position
duty renders it possible for them to'aid-me?^
Till' npnrft fhni/M >. ,tilorol/itirl * >
free, but on no account, if able work, should?* ;
he harbor the thought that the Government wife '
support him in idleness.
O. 0. HOWARD, Major-General, ' .*
Commissioner of Frecdinen's Bureau.
Ten*guerillas were hung by the citizens itt , '
Northern Georgia, a few days ago. , - - ?
" : obittjaryT I
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Died, in Camden, on the 8th inst., in the 2 2tfa year I
of her age, ELLEN LEDWEDGE, daughter of Mr.
a nd Mrs. John P. Reed, of Charleston. It- is hard to-v
realize that our dear little friend has passed away from
us forever. She was a bright, intelligent child?conscientiously
performing her dut es&t school, and making*
rapid progress in all her studies. Of a swfce't, amiable
disposition, her school-mates were mucb
attached to her. Many days must pass ere we ceaso
tn fp.al nuinfnllv t.lio vnlH lofV. Ktt Iia* lypnflft flnitit?
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Special 1ST otiee's. *"
CffiClXlR. - -^--HEADQ^AKTERS
TJ. S. FOECES, )
Camden, S/C. June 19, 1865. ji
*1. THAT IT IS OEHONAL WITH WOMEN
whether they take the Oath of Allegiaiax) to tko United
States Government or not, but if they expect to
hold pl-operly, they qaflst 4o bo.
II. Paroled Officers and Soldiers below the. rank of
Brigadier General have again the 'right to take the
Oath of Allegiance tcr the United States Government
and all who do not'do so will bo considered as a registered
Euemy of the United States, and have no right? v>
a- -i_ r. il.
to ciaun any prutecuuu uuiii iiie uuiicu oiuies.
By order of ,
Capt. C. W. FERGUSON,
v. 25tli Regiment 0. V. V. loft. 9
June 21 ' Commanding Post
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School Books.
\ SMALL COLLECTION OF GREEK, LATIN"
(V and English School Books, well bound, and most
of tliem us good as hew, will bo sold. low? |A catalogue
may be seen'by applying to
. ?C. J. PEGl/ES.
Also, for sale, a Guitar, witlr case, in good or<W
and well toned, nearly new. ' -; .
' June 21