Address of Governor Johnson.
DIL1YMBD IS TUE CITY BAIL, MACOS, Oa., 09
AATCBDAY EVENING, JCLT 15th, 1865.
Xtperted for tkt Maton Daily Tdtgraph, by A.
E. Marthall.
4t the hour of 5 o'clock, according to pro-
vioiu announcement, the citiicul of Macon as-
listening to the addresa of Hon. James John
son, Provisional Governor of Georgia. Moj.
Gen. Wilson, Hon. Thomas Hardeman, and
others, were present. In an appropriate ad
dress Governor Johnson was introduced to the
meeting assembled by Mr. Uurdeinau, and ad
dressed the audience as follows :
Fkllow-Citizkns—According to the procla
mation of the President of the United States,
wc as Georgians stand to-day without any civ
il government. We have no Governor, no leg
islature, no judges, no inferior magistrates.
This has been the result of the rebellion. It
has deprived us of all the machinery necessary
to carry on a civil government.
Under this state of fttets 1 have been appoin
ted, by the President, Provisional Governor of
Georgia. All the power which I can exercise
over yon in this office is derived, by virtue of
my appointment, from him. I have not been
elected Governor under the laws of Georgia,
nor by the soverign people of Georgia. I have
not been appointed for the purpose of estab
lishing government, administering government
but appointed, as the proclamation declares,
fur on* tiagU purpoo*, and tK«t U t«
the people of Georgia to form a Government.
I am invested with no such authority. It is
not the theory of our Government that 1 should
be so invested. It has been the theory of this
Hepublic, from its earliest infancy to die pres
ent time, that the people, the people, arc the
source of all power, and to them it rightfully
belongs to organize, establish and model gov
ernment. That I may not be misunderstood,
and that the idea may fasten itself upon your
minds, I will state that I am clothed with the
simple authority to enable you to emerge from
this chaotic stated-tins state of disorder and
lawlessness—and to place yourselves under
the operation of an established Government
I have been requested time and again, and
it has been urged upon me, that I should ex
ercise the prerogative of appointing judges o!
the supreme and inferior courts and magis
trates. I have uniformly decliued. It has
been urged upon me that I should appoint
.'State H ousc officers—Secretary of State, Treas
urer. Ccmjp roller General, &c. I have uni
formly declined to appoint them, simply for
the reason that i lu.ve not Wn clothed, by
the President, with authority for any such
purpose.
It has been urged that the Provisional Gov
ernors of North Carolina and Mississippi have
appointed civil magistrates. It is so reported,
fellow-citizens, in the journals. I have been
further urged to make choice of some one in
each county to administer the amnesty oath.
I 'have declined ; others have done it. Now,
as to my reasons: In the first place, the Pres
ident in his proclamation has clearly defined
uiy powers, and in the next place, in that pro-
clumatien it is stated, in distinct terms, that it
is referred to the Secretary of Slate to pres
cribe the rules and regulations under which
this oath is to bo administered by any civil,
military, or naval officer, or any magistrate in
the loyat States. He at the same time de
clares that no judge and no magistrate of the
disloyal States shall administer it, And yet I
am requested to make appointments for that
purpose. I cannot do it.
I reroe'iibcr that the question was presented
to me wh le in Washington, and as others dif
fered with me in opinion for the purpose of
having the question officially explained, I cal
led upon the Attorney-General to know wheth
er, under the terms of the proclamation, 1 hud
the authority. He replied with promptness 1
hud not« ami that If 1 should appoint a Judge
then judgement would be, in tWlanguage of
lawyers, quorum non judice. Then 1 have no
such authority expressly given in the terms of
my commission, but on the contrary it is ex
pressly forbidden ; and no matter what may be
the necessity for the appointment, or however
beneficial they might be used, as the authori
ty does not exist the appointments cannot be
made.
But there are officers appointed who will ad-.
’ minister this oath. They are the military of
ficers in the country, and; if they are not suf
ficient, others, I have no doubt, will be given
us. There is every disposition on the part of
the Government to administer this oath, and
with as little^inconvehicnce to us as possible.
It is left for us to come forward and take it.
No obstacle will be thrown in the way of our
doing so. These military gentlemen, I have
no doubt, will gladly avail themselves of this
power to serve you under the rnels prescribed
bj the Secretary of State. There has been
some misunderstanding on this'snbject, which,
if rectified, there will be a better disposition
on the part of the people to conform to the
regulations prescribed, to enable you to estab
lish a Republican form of Government.
Now I call on you, having discharged my
duty in this particular, to discharge yours,
and remove the obstacles which may be in the
way of receiving the amnesty oath, and to pre
pare yourselves to become voters for delegates
to a Convention of the people of Georgia, and
then to vote for these delegates. This Con
vention, when thus assembled, will represent
the masses of the State, and this is the power
that will prescribe the jurisdiction of judges
and limit their powers. It is called for the
purpose of enabling you to establish a free
Government. When this Convention has as
sembled it will adopt a Constitution that shall
provide when the Governor and members of
each brunet of the General Assembly shall be
elected, how the State shall be districted in or
der to be represented in Congress ; thus put
ting in operation the whole machinery of Gov
ernment. When under their order the Gover
nor and members of the Legislature shall be
elected, then the Legislature may meet and
make laws for the government of the State.
Georgia will then be once more invested with
all the rights and authority belonging to a
sovereign State.*
I now feel bound to declare to you one thing
which you must recognize as acccmpllshed ;
and the sooner you know it, and conform to it
the ooner you will he relieved from a. diary
rule Slavery exists no more. This ■ ie-
creed Its restoration, undr- any fo-m. ir ut-
ieriv out of the question. Those who indulge
* op *s to the contrary arc laboring under a de
lusion. In order to convince you of this, I
wtil call y ur attention to certain facts which
have already trab pired.
Tweu'y-"vc Stat -s in the Union have alrea
dy accepted the proposed amendment to the
'Constitution of the United States, by which a-
mendment it is declared that slavery or invol
untary servitude shall no longer exist in the
United Slates, and that Congress may make
laws to carry this into efiect. Twenty-five
States have ratified and adopted this proposed
amendment; only two a»e wanting to pass it
by a constitutional majority, and when it is
no passed it will be the law of the land. These
two will be obtained. There is no possibility
of defeating it. And when it shall have been
done, the Constitution will declare that slavery
in the United State* no longer exists.
But furthermore, slavery has bee* extin
guished by the operations of the late war. I
do not propose, in this connection, to enter
upon a lengthy argument te prove it. I simp
ly state what it universally acnkowledged by
all writers on nstionsl law, that belligerents
have the right lo make esjrturesoi persons and
property, and that they may make what dispo-
sitiou they please of the property captured.
The vanquished are at the dispositiou of the
conquerors, and may be disposed of as they
think proper. Such is war, and it is a sin a-
gsinst God and humanity that it should be
waged. - Wt must submit to the result of the
war. Congress, by the Constitution of the
United States, has the power to give to the
President the regulations of captureAty soa
and land, and the President, in the exercise of
this power given to him by the Constitution
and by Congress, issued bis proclamation dis
posing of their captures, declaring that all the
negroes who were slaves in the revolted States
should, by virtue of that proclamation, become
emancipated. Such is, in my judgement, the
law, and 1 believe the Supreme Court will so
decide.
I come to another point. The Constitution
which the people of Georgia shall adopt in
Convention will be required to recognize this
fact. The Convention will be called upon to
agree to this ameudment to the Constitution,
that slavery shall no longer exist' in these
States. They will be called upon to decide
this before their restoration to the Union, in
ordor that this question about slavery, which
has existed since the boginiug of the Govern
ment up to the present time, shall never be rc-
invhe you to
love, must go on prospering until this great
nation shall be unequaled by any power on
earth. This is our country; these are her
prospects. To this standard I
rally. .
- Tin tbs >tar spangled banner, oh lo*E way it wave.
O’er the land of the free and tbe home of the brave,’’
[ After the conclusion of his address. Gov.
nson spent some time in greeting his nu
merous friends who presented themselves,
while tbe audience quietly dispersed.—Rtpvrt-
sr.]
The Fullest, Best and Cheapest
Store in Darlington.
B. A. & J. F. Early,
Of Charleston S. C.
WEST SIDE OF COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
DARLINGTON.
OSOCEES A GENERAL
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
Are receiving and will keep constantly on
hand a complete assortment of Family Gro
ceries, Dry Goods. Clothing, Hardware, Scgars,
goods. Wo will keep
est prices, hoping to merit a share of public
patronage.
The highest prices paid forCotton in Specie,
Green Backs or Goods.
*1*. Darlington, July 1AG5.
Head Quarters Military Dist. E. S. C.
THIRD SEPARATE BRIGADE.
DAIMSGTOS\ S. C. July 28th, I8C5.
[General Order, No. 9.]
I. It will hen ufter be the duty of Sub-Dlatrirt Com-
mnnderH to Bee that charge*and Kpeciflcation* in all caw'd t
rtnjuiring the jurisdiction of & Cloneral Court Martial or
Military Comoiistiioii are prepared by the Amistnnt Pro- .
voet M.ushals, or other proper officers, and promptly for- I
warded through Sub-District, to these Head Quarters.
II. The proee«Hlmg« of Provost Courts being subject to !
tbe revision of .Sub-District or higher Commanders, (iien- \
era! Order 102 Par. V.) the Assistant Provost .Tudgen of >
the several Sub-Dist riots will hereafter make lo the*e j
Head Quarters through the Head Quarters of their res- |
pectivo Sub-Districts, on the 9th, loth and 28th of each
month, a full report as follows: j
1st. Of all cam s tried since last report, whether sen- i
tenee has been executed, ami if or not appeal has been j
made to Sub-District or higher Commander.
2d, Of all cases awaiting trial with ntat emont of com
plaint or charges.
III. Appeal, if made to Sub-District or District Com
mander, will bo made within twenty-four (24) hours after
the promulgation of the sentence of the Court, and if not
made within that time said sentence will bo executed
forthwith. In case of appeal a report of their proceed
ing* will atonic bo forwarded to tho Commander to whom
appeal is marie.
IV. The reports of Aasistant Prorost Marshals in ref
erence to prisoners heretofore requirod by Circular No. 9,
Dated Head Quarters Military DiHtrlct Eastern South
Candina, Provost Marshal's Office, July 14th, 1805, wlii
be promptly rendered.
By Command of #
Brig. Gen. G*o. L. BEAL.
I'll AS. B. Fillebuown.
Lt. & A. A. A. G.
Head Qrs. Military District, E. S. C. !
THIRD SEPARATE BRIGADE.
DARLISGTOS, S. C., July 26, 1805 j
[Circular No. 10.]
Notice is hereby given that all persons ap
plying for executive pardon must first take
the amnesty oath, a certified copy of which
they will forward with their petition to the
President.
Paroled prisoners of war of all grades de
siring to apply for special pardon may sub
scribe to this oath. Blanks for which will be
furnished by the Sub-District Provost Mar
shals.
By Command of
Brig. Genl. BEAL.
Cuas. B. Fim.ebrown,
Lt. & A. A. A. 0.
Aug. 1, 1865.
Head. Qrs. Dep’t. of Sontli Carolina.
Hilton Head, S. C., July 18, 1805.
General Orders, No. 1.
I. Incompliance General Orders, No. 118j
current scries, from the War Department, Ma-
Liquors-and Plantation goods. Wo will
rived, and in onler that there may be no dis- none but tbe best goods, and sell at the low-
pute among the people of this State on the 1 —* * •- ——- -* ~ r — K,s -
subjoct. They must provide for an extinction
now, and I tell you to-day, if you -.*mj to be
admitted into tbe Union, this Convention of
tDe people ofOworghk munt be comp*>»c»l of
such material as will recognize the fact of the
extinction of slaverj in Georgia, and agree to
the emendment in the Constitution of the Uni
ted Stales which will ■ extinguish slavery
throughout the country.
So, then, I sav to you again, under whatever
view you may take of the subject, slavery is ex
tinguished. It is gone—it is gone forever.
1 have heard complaints upon this point, fel-
low-citizcns* that in passing from the state in
which we have been into the new order of
things a great many difficulties and inconve
niences will arise. Nothing else could have
been expected. It is said the negroes will
straggle through the country, commit depre
dations, many of them be impudent. All this
may be true. But for the purpose of rectify
ing these evils, we must have a legislature that
will make laws to punish them and punish
them severely, for the commission of crime.—
That is your remedy; complaining will not do
any good. And not only that, but it is claimed
by some that the negroes will not work, I
know that those who have been driven off the
farms do not work, because they have no op
portunity of working, and some of them will
not work where they have not been driven off.
For this latter class the legislature must make
laws declaring them vagrants, and punishing
them as such. The negro will not work I—
How do you know they will not ? I saw them
working very well in Now York, and other
places where I have been. It is true they
sometimes commit crimes in those places, and
are punished for it. They must work—they
can work—they must either work or perish.—
What is the diffidulty! Do not the people
have to work in Germany, in France, in New
Y'ork, in Ohio? What is the reason they will
not work? I tell you they will work; and I
must say- that under the peculiar circumstances
by which they were surrounded, no people ev
er behaved better than they have done. Those
who toll you they will not work have hopes of
continuing their control and dominion over
them. They will work under contracts of hire,
and if they fail, they become vagrants, and
may be punished or exiled, as the laws of the
Stale may direct. Let the legislature meet and
pass the needful laws for their regulation, and
everything will move smoothly on. Let them
be employed by men of humanity, and have
fair compensation given them, and in my judg
ment no difficulty will lie in the way.
We have lost our capital in tvegrro property.
It is gone. We are reduced as a people to
bankruptcy. We have been in affluence, and
our riches have flown away. But who is to
blame ? From what source came the result ?
It is from the war—it is one of tho penalties
we must pay. It was a war of our own seek
ing. and such has been the result of it. We
made the war. As a Southern man I am bound
to say, and history will say, we fired the first
gun, the result of which has been a war of
gigantic, huge proportions. We have been
impoverished by our folly, and such will ever
be the result of stupendous folly.
•But while I say (hose things on this point, I
think some advantages will result from this
war in the future. Whilst we have been hurt
and chastised for the present, let us remember
that we may accumulate property in the fu
ture, and all our surplus capital, instead of
being laid out in negroes, will be expended in
permanent improvements, in increasing the
comforts of our homes, manuring our lands,
planting orchards, building permanent fences,
and in manufactures of all kinds. Attracted
to this land, immigrants from other parts of
the world, and from the North, will come to
settle amongst us, -because we have as good
clime as any under the sun. Our towns and
villages, instead of going to decay, will im
prove, and arts and sciences will flourish among
us. Such, I believe, will be one of the results
of this war.
And not only that, there is another advan
tage. We have been very sensitive, as a peo
ple. We allowed no man to think slavery was a
moral, social or political evil, and if any one
thought thus he was deemed unsound and ar
raigned before vigilance committees. Even
wheu Lord John Russell, in England, took oc.
casion to say that he hoped slavery would be
abolished by this revolution, our people com
menced abusing as if he had trespassed upon
our rights’ We abused mankind when they
differed with us, and w? carried our opposition
to men s thinking as they pleased to such an
extreme that meu among us who dared to dif
fer from us on this subject were arraigned, not
by law, or before a tribunal, but before vigi
lant societies, and personally abused. Civili
zation was almost driven from tbe land—law
and order was suppressed by these lawless
men. But now we can look over this land and
pray, as Solomon did, that all of Adam's race
may be elevated to dignity and happiness.—
Now every one may, in the exercise of his con
stitutional rights, advocate slavery or denounce
it, surrounded as he is by the power of the Gov
ernment of the United States, which protects
us fully in the enjoyment of these rights.
But, fcllow-cittzcns, as 1 have before remark
ed, wo have severely suffered from this war.—
Our towns have been burned and destroyed,
our fields have been laid waste, our homes and
cattle have been taken from us. and our chil
dren have fallen on bloody fields. But not
withstanding this, there is hope. It seems to
be the order of Proyidence in dealing with na
tions, as He deals with individuals, that, they
.shall be perfected by sufferings. Wo shall
come out of this controversy a more glorious
and happy people. The presence of liberty
will be well guarded among us.. We shall re
main a free and united people. In lookini
down the vista of time, I see Georgia ten fob
more prosperous, and when all our sectional
prejudices shall have died away, we shall meet
together. North and South, as brethren, re
joicing under our Government, and marching
on the glorious destiny whieh is before us.—
Not only will Georgia increase in wealth and
population, but the whole Southern country
will be more prosperous in arta, manufactures,
wealth and civilisation. I see them marching
on in this new order of things. Tbe whole
country united in the bonds of charity and
Headquarters, Department of the South,
HILTON HEAD, 8. C\, July H>, 1865.
[General Orders, No. 111.]
The following Circular issued from the ••Bu
reau of Refugees. Frccdmen and Abandoned
Lauda,” and approved by the Hou. Secretary
of War, is publiab*d tor the Information of
this Command. Its requirements will be strict
ly conformed to:
Circular 1 WAR DEPARTMENT,
> Bureau or lUruaEEs, Frkedxen
No. 7. ) and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, June 13, I860.
In accordance with section 2 of the act of
Congress establishing this Bureau, which pro
vide.* for the issue of provisions, clothing, and
fuel for the immediate and temporary shelter
and supply of destitute and suffering refugees
and frccdmen, the Assistant Commissioners of
this Bureau will at once makecarefulestimates
of the amounts of provisions, clothing, Ac., as
may be needed for the present quarter for the
supply of such class of persons as may bo
within their respective departments, and they
will hereafter, quarterly, make like estimates.
All estimates must be approved by the Com
missioner of the Bureau prior to issue.
Rations, fuel, transportation, and quarters
have been heretofore furnished to teachers of
; refugees and freedmen, and to other persons
; voluntarily laboring for the benefit of such
i p*mns. by certain commanders of departmente
| po»:s, Ac., while others have refused to fur-
i nls> the same. Therefore, in onler that there
om|7 be uuitormity of action and a clear un-
dOSHMIullug to tkia matter, tbe fMlo'Niua rules
will h* adopted, and will lake ctleci and be in
force on and after July 1, 1865, to wit:
Rations will not be gratuitously issued to teach
ers of refugees or freedmen, or to other persons
voluntarily laboring for the benefit of such
persons, but such teachers as are authorized
br the Assistant Commissioners of this Bureau
while actually on duty in their fields of labor,
uuiy purchase rations of the Government under
precisely the same rules which apply to such
purchases when made by commissioned officers
of the army.
Free transportation will he granted to such
teachers on government transports and milita
ry railroads only.
Public buildings, or buildings that may have
lice 11 seized from disloyal owners, not required
fir military purposes, may be used for oecupa-
t!«n for schools, teachers, soldiers’ wives, and
refugees.
0. O. HOWARD, Msj. General,
• Com. Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, Ac.
Approved:
E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
, By Command or
Major-General
[OrrieiAi.]
Q. A. G1LLMORK,
W. L. M. Burger,
Aitt. Adjt. General.
:Hcad. Qrs. Department of tbe South.
Hilton Head, 8. C., June 23, 1865.
Si'kcial Orders. No. 164.1
The State of South Carolina is hereby divid-
1 cd into four Military Districts, as folllows :
1st. The Miti'ary [hetriet of Eartem South
! Carolina, comprising tho Districts of George-
tswn, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg. Marlboro,’
Darlington, Sumter, Kershaw and Chesterfield.
Brigadier-General Beal is assigned to the eom-
I ifr&nd of this District, with his Headquarters
' at Florence. His force will comprise his own
I Brigade, and a Battalion of Cavalry, to be dc-
! signaled by Brevet Major-General J. P. Hatch.
He will establish a Depot of Supplies on the
Santee river, at the crossing of the North Eas-
tern Railroad.
2d. The Military District of Charleston, com
prising the Districts of Charleston, Colleton,
Orangeburg, Lexington, Barnwell and Rich
land. Brevet Major General J. P. Hatch is
assigned to the command of this District, with
Head Qaarters at Charleston.
3d. The Military District of Western South
Citronitd, conrpmtng tfic Districts of bsm-**-
ter, Fairfield, Chester, York, Union, Newber
ry. Edgefield, Abbeville, Laurens. Spartan
burg. Greenville, Anderson and Pickens. Bre
vet Brigadier-General VanWyck is temporari
ly assigned to the command of this District,
jor General Q. A. Gillmork hereby assumes with his Headquarters at Alston. His force
command of the Military Department of South will comprise his own Regiment, and, in addi-
Carolina, comprising the Slate of South Caro- tion thereto one regiment of Infantry and a
linn; Head Quarters at Hilton Head, S. C.
II, The following named officers arc an
nounced as the General Staff of the Depart
ment :
Brevet Brigadier-General S. L. Woodford,
Col. 103d U. 8. C. T., Chief of Staff.
Major W. L. M. Burger, U. S. Vols., Assis
tant Adjutant General.
Capt. T. D. Hodges, 35th U. 8. C. T., Acting 1
Assistant Adjutant General.
Brevet Brigadier-General C. L. Kilburn, Col
and Assist. Com. Gen. Sub. U. S. A., Chief
Commissary.
Major C. W. Thomas, U. 8. Vols., Chiel
Quartermaster.
Lt. Col. M. Clymer, U. 8. Vols., Medical
Director.
Brevet Major Goo. E. Gouratid, Capt. and
A. D. C., Acting Assistant Inspector Gene-'
ral.
Lt. Col. B. W. Thompson, 32d U. 8. V T.,
Provost Marshal General.
Brevet Major C. R. Suter, Capt. U. S. Eng.,
Chief Engineer.
Brevet Capt. I. Arnold, Jr., 1st Lt. U. 8.,
Ord., Chief of Ordnance.
Lt. Col. Wm. Ames, 8d R. I, Art., Chief of
Artillery.
Brevet Major Leslie Smith, Capt. let. U. 8.
Inf., Commissary of Musters..
Major A. V. Elliott, Add. Paymaster, U. 8.
A., 'Chief Fay master.
1st Lieut. C. M. Bailey, Cth U. 8. Inf., Act
ing Judge Advocate.
Capt. Jess* Merrill, Chief Signal Officer.
Cep* Jan ~
CapL James R. Gilmore, A. Q. M
Vols., Sunt. Military Telegraph.
Capt. Henry M. Bragg, Aid-de-Camp.
Capt. Garth W. James, Aide-de-Camp,
Capt. Daniel 8. Leslie, Aide-de-Camp.
U. 8.1
Battalion of Cavalry, to be designated by Bre
vet Major General J. P. Hatch.
4tb. The Military District of Port Royal,
comprising the District of Beaufort only. Bre
vet Major General E. E. Potter is assigned to
the command of this District, with Headquar
ters at Hilton Head.
6th. Those portions of the District of Char
leston, and the Distrivt of Western South Caro
lina, lying contig ions to the Savannah river,
and now occupied by the troops of Brevet
Brigadier-General Molineux, Commanding
the District of Northern Georgia, will remain
under the command of that officer until further
orders.
6th. Brevet Major-General J. P. Hatch,
Commanding District of Charleston, will at
once establish a Depot at Orangeburg, of suf-
ftcient capacity to satisfy all requisitions for
Commissary Supplies, for the District ef Wes
tern South Carolina.
7th. Brevet Brigadier-General VanWtck
will at once organize and put in operation, a
! supply train between Orangeburg and Alston
' for his own command, making requisition on
General Hatch for necessary transportation.
8th. The Chief Quartermaster will assign a
light draft Steamer to ply between Charleston
and the Railroad Crossing of the Santee river,
of suitable draft to take the inland passage.
This Steamer will be under the control of Gen
eral Beal, and will not be interfered with by
other Commanders.
By command of Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gillmore,
W. L. M. BURGER,
Ass. Adj. General.
Adg I.
Head. ttn. Department of South Carolina
Hilton Head, 8. C„ July 22, 1865.
[General Orders, No. 3.]
I. The following General Order from the
War Department, is hereby published for the
information of this command:
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant General's Oh ice.
Washington, July 8, I860.
[psxF.RAi Orders, No. 122.]
Regimental Officers of Volunteers on detached ser
vice to join their proper commands,
I. With th« exceptions hereinafter enume
rated, the following is ordered :
1. AH commissioned officers of Volunteers,
for both white and colored regiments, or inde
pendent companies, now absent on detached
service from their commands, and not on duty
icithin their proper armies or Departments, will
proceed, forthveith, to join their respective regi
ments and companies.
2. Hereafter, no commissioned, regimental
officer of Volunteers will be placed on duty, or
tranyerredthereon, out of the Army or Depart
ment in which his regiment may be serving.
The exceptions authorised under the foregoing
are us foiloies :
1. Officers on duty mustering out and dis
charging the Volunteer forces.
2. AUles-de-Camp to General Officers on duty
commanding troops.
8. Officers on Courts Martial or Military
Commissions, and those on duty in the Bureau
of Refugees. Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
under direct orders from the War Department,
Adjutant General's Office.
II. All enlisted men, absent on detached ser
vice from their regiments or companies and
outside the Armies or Departments in whieh
the same may be serving, will at once be sent
to join their respective commands, unless they
are absent therefrom bv orders from the Head
quarters of a Military Division or superior au-
thofity.
III. Commanding Generals of Departments
and Armies are charged with the prompt exe
cution of this Order, and, upon its provisions
being fully complied with, will report the fact
to the Adjuiant General of the Army.
IV. No commissioned officer or enlisted man
absent in violation of this Order, will be paid
outside the Army or Department in which his
regiment or company may be serving.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant General,
II. District Commanders will immediately
cause the necessary steps to be taken, to re
lieve all officers and enlisted men, serving in
their respective Districts, who come within the
requirements of the above order, and will send
a list. Iff those to be relieved, to these Head
quarters without delay.
By command of Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gillmore, [
’ W. L. M. BURGER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
[official.] Aug 1.
Head. Qrs. Dep’t. of South Carolina.
Hilton Head, 8. C., July 23, 1865.
[General Orders No. 4.]
The final statements of men discharged the
service of tho United States, are frequently so
full of errors, through the ignorance, or care
lessness, of company officers, ns to seriously
prejudice the pay of the soldier. These errors
have become so frequent of late, as to call for
stringent measures to prevent the possibility
of their recurrence in the future.
All information necessary for the prompt
payment of the soldier by the Paymaster, must
appear on the final statements. They should
show when the clothing account of the soldier
was last settled, or that it never was settled;
also, the amount of clothing drawn since last
settlement, or date of enlistment, as the case
may be.
Great care should be taken to see that boun
ties due le colored eoldtere, wbe *ee toy lure •&-
titled to the same, but who have never receiv
ed any of the installments, especially the first
which should have been paid by the Mustering
Officer at the time of muster into the service,
and all bounties due on whatsoever account,
are particularly »-*»d ; also, the amount of all
bounties that have been paid.
(.'are must also be taken that both final state
ments given to the soldier are exactly alike in
every particular.
On the final statements of a colored soldier,
not a slave April 19th, 1861, this remark must
be clearly stated, “Free on or before the lilth
of April, 1861,” (vide General Orders No. 120,
scries 1864, Headquarters, Department of the
South.)
Any officer, in future, who is known to give
a discharged soldier an incorrect, or incom
plete, final statement, will be arrested and
tried before a Court Martial for neglect of du
a
lly command cf Moj. Gen Q. A. Gillmore,
W. L. M. BURGER,
Asst. Adj. General.
[official.] Aug. 1.
Headquarters Military Division of the
Atlantic-
rmuMLFRU, l*» . clulv 1st, ISM.
[OtSMUl Os Mills. No. 1.]
I. Ill otHsli«ur« tu Urto-ral Onl<r«, No. US. current •*>
rioa, from the Adjutant UencnU'i office. Major Qeoarel
Miami lueumi* cuiunuml of tbe Military Division of Ibo
Atlantic.
II. The f JlowIna offli-cn arc announced ns tbeOea*-
rul Staff of tbe Military Division, vim:
Krevrt Rriaadicr Qonerul tlso. D. Kroous, C. 8. Tola.,
.Hdetant Adjutant tti-uerul Army.
Iirevrt Colon.-! S. F. HarstoW, M«jjv and Assiitaat Ad
jutant General C. 8. Volunteers.
Brevet Major A. 8. Vua, U. 8. Yoluutscrs, Act!Of
Inspector General.
Brevet Major C. P. Eaoav. Captain 9th C. A Infantry,
Acting A—Ut.uit Inspector Uoncrul.
Colonel It. N. Bm n«i.ui.ii. Cant, and A. Q. II, C. A A.
’Ircvct Colonel J. C Major tad A. A. I*. C.
Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 1’. M Baces,, Captain 14th
Infantry. A D C.
Hrci.M Licuteuant Colonel CIO. Miam, Captain and
A. D. C
III. D< nartment Conunnndcrs will forward to tbSM
Headitoait. ". with tin- lenst p-ailblc delay, couplets re
turns of tin'r several command*, ftatinj tho location of
posts, and the number and deel glial ton of ROirlsoM of
onoli. with sucb Other details b» letter, as may bo Impor
tant f„r the mfun tatlon of tbe Major General Command-
in(.
By command of Major General Mi auk,
gbo. n. uriKtLn,
Assutunt AijiutaHt Geassnf-
Head Qrs. Pep’f. of South Carolina.
HILTON HEAD, 8. C., July 22, 1886.
General Order* No. 2.
Col. B. U. Eggleston. 1st Ohio Y«4*r*B
Cavalry, is hereby announced Chief of Caval
ry, on"the Staff of the Major-General Com
manding, and will be obeyed and reipeeletl
accordingly.
By Command of Major-General
y. A. OILMORB,
W. L. M. Burger,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Circu
No
jular )
s'o. 9. j
Circular
No. 8.
, Head. Qrs. Dep’t. of South Carolina.
„ - J „ HILTON HEAD, 8. C., July 24, 1805.
By command of Maj Gen. Q. A. Gillmore, i r deneral Orders, A r o. 6.1
W. L. M. BURGER. 1 fbe following nnrai
Asst. Adj. General
Official :
Aug 1.
Head. Qrs. Department of the South.]
Hilton Head, 8. C., July 17, 1865. '
[General Orders, No. 112.]
I. Captsin D. S. Leslie, 104th U. 8. C. T..
is hereby announced as Aide-de-Camp on tbe
Staff of the Major General Commanding, and
will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
II. Tbe following General Order from tbe
■War Department, is hereby published for the
information of this command :
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant Grneral's Office,
Washington, June 29, 1865.
[General Orders, Xo. 120.1
The whiskey ration will no longer be su(w
plied to the troops of the United States by th*
Sunsistcnce Department. The whiskey now
on hand will be sold under th* orders aCtht
Commissary General of Subsistence. ™
v By order oi the Secretary *f War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Asst. A4j. General.
By command of M*j, Gen. Q. A. Gillmore,
W. L. M. BURGER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official:
T. D. Hodges.
' Capt. 86th tT. 8. C. T.
Acting Assistant Adjutant Gencrtl.
Auf 1.
The following paragraph from Special Or
ders No. 37(>, Adjutant General's Office, July
14. 1865, is republished for the information of
this Command.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant Generals Oefice.
Washington, July 14, 1865.
[Special Orders No. 3i0.]
(Extract.)
* * * * » * «
17. By direetion of the President the follow
ing officers are hercby'dishonorubly dismissed
the service of the United States, with forfeiture
of all pay and allowances, of dates set opposite
their respective names, for violation of orders
and neglect of duty, in allowing their regiments
to disband, thus delaying the payments and final
discharge thereof, embarrassing the public ser
vice, and causing suffering and inconvenience to
the enlisted men under their control:
Colonel I. C. Edwards, 82d Massachusetts
Volunteers, July 1st. 1865.
Colonel W. S. King, 4th Massachusetts Hea
vy Artiflery, June 21st, 1866.
Commanding Generals of Military Divisions
and Departments will promulgate this Order
to their respective commands. *
**'**** *
By order of th* Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Aset. Adj. Gensral.
By command of M^j.-Gen. Q. A. Gillmore.
W. L. M. BURGER,
Assistant Adjutant General.
[Official.] Aug. 1.
(to 100 rationn.)
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau ofRefuoef.s, Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, June 20, 1865.
I. The following ration, being substantially
that established iu General Orders, No. 30.
War Department, 1804, for issue by the Sub
sistence Department to adult refugees and to
adult freedmen, when they are not employed
by tbe Government, and who may have no
means of subsisting themselves, is republished
for the information of officers of the Subsis
tence Department who are issuing rations to
the persons above mentioned ; .
Ration.
Pork or baron ...... 10 o*.„ (to lieu of fresh beef.)
Kre#li Beef -------- 1(1 “
FW ur or #ofl bread - - - 16 “ (twice a week.)
Hard bread - 12-*• (In lieu of flour or a. bread)
Corn meal - -- **---10“ (flve times a week.)
Bonn*, peas or hominy - 10 Iba.
Sugar - -- -- -- -- -- 8 **
Vinegar 2 qu.
(’audit*, aditnian. or atar R or..
Soap - -- -- -- -- --- 2 Iba.
Salt * * • - 2 *
Pepper 2 or.
Women and children, in addition to th* fore
going ration, are allowed roasted rye coffee al
the rate of ten (10) pounds, or tea at the rate
of fifteen (15) ounces to every one hundred
(100) rations. Children under fourteen (14 j
years of age arc allowed half rations.
II. Issues of provisions to tbe classes of per
sons above described will be made on ration
returns for short periods of time, not exceed
ing seven days, signed by a comujsvmned offi
cer, and approved by the commanjitig officer
of the post or station, and, vr’jeu * practicable,
by the Assistant Comro'>sioacr, or one of his
agents forth* State or Dixtrii* in which the is
sues arc made.
At the end of the monJih these original ra
tion returns will be entered on a separate ab
stract, compared, cmilled to, Ac., ns is des
cribed for iss’jos io troops in paragragh 23,
Subsistenne Regulations of June 8.1863, N*
subsistence stores will be turned over in bu’k
o any Assistant Commissioner or agent vliat-
jver to he by him issned.
III. In many cases th* classes of persons
.hove named are nearly able to gi’.bsist. them-
elves; in which event only such pates and pro
portions of the ration as or* actually needed
will be issued.
0. O. HOWARD, Maj. General,
Com. Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, Ac
Approved: ”
_ . A. B. EATON,
Commissary General of Subsistence.
Aug 1.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen amt
Abandoned Lands.
Wsshington, July 6, 1866.
Whereas, it is reported officially that a lorg*
number of de*titute refugees, taking advantage
of Circular No. 5, from Ibis Bureau, hav«b**n
transported South, against their interests, to
places where it is extremely difficult to procure
food, and, in most cases, impossible to do so
except when provided by military authorities,
it is ordered that hereafter no transportation
be granted to refugees, except where human
ity evidently demands it, and then only by th*
requisition of the Commissioner of this Bureau.,
O. 0. HOWARD,
Major General, Commissioner,
Head Qrs. Military District E. S.C.,
THIRD SEPARATE BRIGADE,
Darlington, 8. C., July 16, 1866.
[General Order No. 8.]
Repeated complaints having been mad* to
these Headquarters that the Freedmen and
Women arc frequently driven from the planta
tions upon which they have been engaged ia.
cultivating the crops during the present year,
therefore it is ordered.
That the Frccdmen, women and children,,
who have been engaged in cultivating the lands
the present year, will not be driven away.-—
They will be allowed to remain until the grow
ing crops arc harvested, unless dismissed by
Military authority, or s Provost Court, and will
bq entitled to receive fair compensation for
their labor.
It is i hcreforc required that equitable con
tracts iu writing bo made between thePlanUra
and the Freedmen and women for the eoltivo-
tion of the lands the present season.
Payment in kind will be made, and the al
lowance of one-half the crop is recommended
as fair compensation for the labor, therlandlord
furnishing subsistence until the growing cropa
are harvested.
These Contracts will be submitted to th* ‘
nearest military commander for approval.
When the above contracts are complied with,
protection will be granted as far as military ne
cessity will allow ; but when no contract 1*
made, tbe crops are liable to be considered for-
fritTyi foe Site mm of tho i-buSOM.
Should the owners refuse to cultivate th*
lands, nr to comply with this order, they will
be considered as endeavoring to embarrass th*
Government, and will be treated accordingly.
By command of Brigadier General BEAL,
C. B. Fii.lebrown,
jy 18 Lt. A A. A. A. O.
iDAMS’ EXPRESS d
T HE ADAMS' EPPRE88 CO. have open
ed an office at the K. R. Depot in Dar.-
linglou. S. C., and have appointed Mr. T. P.
McCAKTER as their agent, who will attesal to
the forwarding of all packages and money par
cels. Business letters addressed to Mr. Mot
CARTER from any part of tho Diotmt, aw
tended to. jy 26—2t*.
nf7\v btohe.
SUMTER VILLE, 8. C.
B O. YOCUM has taken a Store in town
. where he intends to keep a large and'
well selected Assortment of
DRY GOODS. GKOflERIES, CLOTH
ING. roots a Shoes, hats,
CAPS AND FURNISHING
GOODS, HARDWARE,
C U T T L E R Y ,
WINES, LIQUORS, kC. tr.
Exchange will be made in C /(>0 4, Cash
will be paid for any amtrunt of Gotten that
may be offered. July if, 1866:
*
NEW .STORE
a.nd
NEW OOODS.
JUST OPE jJir^o at DARLIHGTOH *. 0.,
UNDER masonic hall.
T HR Si'.tjscribcrs are just receiving from
Char |(. s , on ft large and complete stock of
DKV AND \V. I. GOODS.
Groceries, boots, shoes,
furnishing goods, etc.; etc..
r /lapted to tho wants of Planters add the peo-
plc generally, which they wtTT l?c AM* to offer
at reasonable terms for CASH or PRODUCE.
We expect our Goods will be fully opened
on the 26th in at., when we hop* to bo aUe to
offer our customers such inducements oa will
in •lire their favor and pafronnge.
This Store will at present b w under the man
agement ol W. E. McNulty, n young gen
tleman well and favorably known in tUs Dis
trict.
jflLAKK & THOMPSON.
jnly 18—If
¥ew store
AT GEORGETOWN, S C*
BLAKE Sc THOMPSON
opening a new stock of
DRY AND W. I. GdbbS*
GROCERIES of all kinda,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
FURXISmXO GOODS, Mil.,
At their Store (th* Kirton Store) in George
town, 8. C., which will be offered at very
•unable rates for CASH or PRODUCE. •
It is intended to keep thi* Star* hdro
fully replenished with a variety of Good* each
Os It# trade requires. ^ 1^—4^