. Teasay Morning, t ,
Itt consquence of the numerous in
1 uiries'daily iade as t.o the price of gold
1n Confederate money during certain pe.
9iods of the ar 'e hae, forthe don
venienee of oni roadeti given place to
the following table said to be compiled
fron the books of one. of the most relia.
ble and prominent city brokers of Rich.
mond:
1862.-,May, 1.50 for 1 ; June, 1.60
for I; July, 1.50 for 1; August, 1.50 for
1 December, 3 for 1.
8f3.--Jaimary, 3 for 1; February,
4for 1;- March. 5 for 1; - A pril, 6.60 to
0, for 1; MViy, 5.50 to 6 for 1; June,
7-o 8 for 1; July, 9 for 1; August, 12
a V4 for 1; Soptember, 12 to 13 for 1;
October. 14 for-1; November, 15 to 17
fot1; December, 18 to 20 for 1.
1864.-January, 20 to 20J for 1;
February, 221 to 25 for 1; March, 23
to 24} fOr 1; April, 22 to 23 for 1; May,
18 to 2r .for: 1;- June 17 to 19 for 1; Ju.
-ly, 10 to 23 for 1; Lugust, 221 to 25
for 1; Septomber, 22J to 271 for 1; Oc
tober 26 to 27 for 1; November, 274 to
33} for 1; December, 34 to 49 for 1.
1805, January, 40 to 60 for 1; Feb
ruary, 46 to 65.for 1; March, 60 to 70
for 1; April 60.fpr 1.
Eteout ion of the Assassing.
We have advices'Qf the execution. at
Washington, qn the 7th instant, of Mrs.
fiAAur E. SUnRATT, L.cwis THORNTON,
(otherwise PAY4,) DAVID t. HAROLD
atd GEORGE A. ABzERODT, condemned,
by a military court, for the murder of
ABRAHAM LINooLN. They are all de.
soribed as dying ponitent. Mrs. Sun
RAaT made A 0onfession ; she died firtnly
ind qdickly, without aRiy struggle.
P-AYNE died' a horrible- death, the knot
slipped from behind his ear to the back
of his neck, so that the suffedston was'
a slow prdcess, nd the neeck' retnained
unbroken. 9AROLDtoffeied at'o, and it
is said his neck was unbroken. AnzE
poD-r died 'asily. The exeoution seems
to have been a very bungling and cruel
Vp.rformance. So says the Columbia
Phenix.
, 09S R ob orpus,,
-Giln. .Her;Cop(,, pys hie. Columbia
Sg , "eerived' 'ith' a wrt ofr
Agnew capus from Lthe Supreme Court,
-requiring him to produce the body of
Mr.. louTT st a oerii ho6ur. le
tpok uo notice of the writ. The court
oy the militafy, arid -cditld do nothing.
Thre is no law but that of the sword.
Subequntly, Gen. hANoCK made a
return ' tho court, and showed that ho
scpeg 6odgr special orders of Preui.
- 4en Jod1(so-ethat, in brief, the Presi
10yl4.d spgerpded the writ of hIabea
orpm for th oo n.
6- its generalbysupposed by those who
yet hefoath of allegiance as ad
m b ooskiadat of this
postm arrilval in our town
in of Xee. -8, 1868,
th e. to'tdr the oath
oy(otli wM h
4t JouwSON appdInting BENJA'MIN '.'
Pianv, Jf , ~s PreisidtialOe~r
of fo..tl~,lhna, is will be .seenr tltv
egiilatt~ forth "thuat i any elde.
tion thinay be el'hreafterh~q.
as .id, no ptaon. bbe qutalieed
;az d ector, or sha&d be .lslbfrle a
- 4Wmbehr o cnt .q i, unless he
An ay .of May
aA iatofter qualhi
4 ytItopati0rgseiad
oF$p ph, Oeplia I6
-.,Or eto atIe
to a Con*'ion.of
sue election be
second, (th' liga.
ftion. Upon egates so ch-e n to
a State Oevention, before they can en:
ter upon the duties for which they have
been elepted by tho people. This is an
important matter for the attention of
those who have taken the oath as writ.
teni by President LINooLN in his pro.
clamation of December 8, 1863, and.
which is annexed:
I, -- do solemnly and sincerely
promise and. swear, that I utterly repui
diate all allegiance to the soecallqd Con.
federate State of Amiorica, or any other
power, State or Sovereignty whatsoever
within the United States, hostile or
inimical thereto ; that I will to the best
of my knoWledge and ability, support
and aefend the Soveroignty of the United
States, and the Constitution and Laws
thereof, against all enemies, foreign or
domestio; and that I will bear true faith
and allegiance to the same, performing
all duties that may be required of gool
and lawful citizens. I do futher swear,
that I take this obligation freely and
willingly, without'any mental reserva
tion or secret evasion of purpose whatev
er,. and that I will well and faithfully
discharge its claints-So help me God.'
Those who have taken and subscribed
to the above oath, will, before they are
allowed to idte for a delegate to a con
vention, have to subsczibe to the one
lollowing, as' will also those.whb may be
eleoted by the people to assemble in con
vention.
This matter should be attended to 'at
6ce. Now that a Provisional Govern
or has been appointed for our, State, and
he will, ere longi e'nter upon the duties
of office, thpeople should have no obsta.
cle in their'*ay,' by which they will not
be able to give a free expression of their
view; through the ballot box..
I, , do'solomnly awear or nffirm,
in presence of -Almighty God, that I will
henceforth faithtully snpport and defeud
the Constitution of the UnitedStates
and the Union of the States thereunder,
and that I will in like manner abide by
and faithtully support all laws and pro
clamationa 'which have been made dar
ing the existing rebellion with reference
to the emancipation of slaves. So help
me Cod.
The Provisional Governor of- South
Carolina.
The proclamation of'President JarN.
so appointing the. Honor-ableKNjwJ&gs:N
1". Prany, Provisional Governor of
South Carolina, is in precisely the same
terms and 'apgunage as thoise by' which
civil Government 4nd Governors have
been proclaimed for this and the other
rehabiliated States. It is dated the
thirteenth day of June 1865.,
The f9llowing is the clause containing
the appointment of Mr. PERRY:
-. Nowi therefore, in obedience to the
high ano solemn duties imposed upon
me by the Constitution of the Unid
States, and for the purpose of enabling
the loy-l pople of said State to orgnizo
a $tate governmete whereby justicoi
may' be established,. domestio tranqilty
insured, a loyal .Citizens proteote in
a~ theirri gte oflife, liber3 and iroper.
S e~ tates, and Comm re-in.
earmiyandajvy ohhe uited
erli ~iorft Benjamin F'.
ut rela -rovi9el
peripd, toa presarlbe; atieh
k4dW u ligns . ,~ybe neces
c 4t a*to, be
4 bly 4het .por$10R, Df ,t4iql of
am te who ate loyal 4oibh Uited
StatdE, utnts other,, for imepose of
al.d .the oneithrUi
wittiin li -l the
POW 4 tp*iA ble
0 se sai etii
enil ne oSt th F P4 t1
on tie4 hete bre e
tp9teet onby t7la ~~aD
ij n, fi~ and o
ai fJ reddeups pte. it
Id kaeWthe $Wofpt
i foreeigbnediat fore thj'
tee day e4ho vitp7ber,
1860, the date of th 86 called o nahi
of secession - and the said conventton,
whQn convened, or the legislature that
may be thereafter assembled, will pro
scribe the qualification of the. electors,
and the. eligibility of pereonw to: hold
ollice under the constitution and laws
of the State, a power the people of the
several States coin p.osing the Federal
Union have rightfully exercised from
the origin of the Government to the
present time.
Goveruor'of KisslAippI.
The following is the letter of the Sec.
rotary of State to Jusge SnANKLEY, ap
pointing him Governor of the State of
Mississippi :
- DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
WASHINGTON, June 13, 1865.
To Win. L. Sharkley, .sg.. Washing.
ton, D. C.-Sn: The President directs
me to inform you that he has appointed
you Provisional Governor of the State
of Mississippi. A copy of his proclama
tion of this date, for the re-orgaization
of the Government of that State, is hero
with communicated; and also an oMcial
oath which you will cause to be admin
istered to you by a ngistrate competent
for that purposq.
Your compeoisation will be at the
rate of three thousand dollars a year
from this date. You may draw for it
as it may become due, thonthly or quar
terly, directing your draft to this Do.
partmnent.
I am, sir, your obedient se'rvant,
W. H. SEWARD.,
THE OATH OF OFFICE.
The Governor took the oath of office
on the day, following his appointment.
It is as follows:
I, Win. L. Sliarkley, of Miss.,- do sol.
e.mnly swear that I will support,- protect
and defend phe Constitution and Govern.
ment of tlhe Onited Status against all
enemies, whether domestic or foreign,
auid that I will bear truie faith, alle,
giance and loyalty to the same, ny or
dinance, resolition, or law of -any State
Convention or Legislature. to the coin
trary notwithstanding; and further, that
I do this with a full determiiMation,
pledgo and purpose, without any mental
reservation or. evasion whatsoever ; and
furthor, that I will well and faithfully
perform all the dities which may he re
quired of ne by law. So help rme God.
(Sigmd) W. L. SiAmac.
Sworn , and subscribed before me
this 14th thy of June, 1865.
(Signedl ANDnw Wyt.iE,
Justice ofSupeni Court of D 0.
VroE-PASI1ErNTSriuiEmcm. --A par.
ty, says the Tribune. who has patiently
read the eitire 40 pages of Alexander
Stephens' lea for pardon, savs lie shows
little or no contrition, and seems to con
sider the PWbellion as a dice legitimately
thrown an. havipg lost, the Southern
people are untitled ut- gracefully rptire
and submit. Mr. Stephens, in his argu.
ient on the reasons and cases which in
dnceod him to join the Confederacy. sav
.that h6 was educated to bolieve in tlit
right of seqission, fron1 whence spring
his convictions, and he wvas strengthenedl
ini those coovictions b th6 last annual
messagd of Presidenti uchanan, and the
opinion of Attorney G neral Black,
He claima that he reahtid wil ht ig ;
cilities to thaeir utmost prevent soeaes.
sjong and that' he, ac pted tiue Vice
1'reuidencit of the Go ederacy only fbe
caiuse ft was tend'ered nahimously and
'for'the purpose of'pr rvling, as far as
lay in his poder, theoe at princeiplsero
freedom which' i at~ e fodtito of
Atherlin colistitio a) liberty.3 '
desired to make the hiltutooA of the
onifeaeracy as near possible like tisat
of the . United' States atid'Iv ithis h
Claims he sucnde i 1'the point. in
te~it freedtd1i the safs ras of
at FoW'EWarred li 1kh 0 lIkea any' other
distibetished pt'Ialoner, &*Id his health is
#6 ood asust
1O'ON -mslitiated
a 1QUnet stored mW gsep thrt'.fgye
thoijmad baledi, taktd 4ti Isy
0tl thres in othdusarid hkled.
tWilt rlpi 4ifes~tkn i
. T d beIf
Mto the
of
.4
f.pf the Solih
cnsI~ Yn 4w jrdustryeoo'nony 'and
enterprie'et hINte populltien.
There is danger that the present gen
eratioii, reared, as it )as bien to 'a great
extent, in iltileness and' contempt of la
bor, lill never learn to work, and that
its d cendents imay equal Italian Laz
zeroni in idlen'ess, misery and filth, and
that the Southern States may sink into
the degraded condition of Mexico or
Naples.
The only, escape from this fate lies
either in the development of all the re
sources of our people and country with
energy and perseverante, or in the sup.
planting our present population by a
more industrious race from Europe.
False pride, especially in South Caro.
lina, has been our ruin. Let no there
fore profit by past errors, and let us de.
termino that henceforth labor shall be
honored, and idleness shall be despised
and punished. Let parents put their
sons to work in th' farm, or apprenitice
them to trades. Let the girls be taught
to spin and cook. Let them feel that a
trado is as respectable as a profession.
Let them cease to reserve Ihoir smiles
for those who do no manual labor,
whether lawyers, planters or loafers, and
let them bestow them equally upon the
intelligent and honest working man.
Let education- be fostored more than
formerly, but let labor be honored, and
industry and enterprise in every useful
department be encouraged.
W hen our people shall be fully alive to
this spirit, the Skates of the South may
look with confidence to,a brighter desti.
ny, and may expect to asumte the high
positions to which their supdrior advan
tages of soil and climate entitle them.
- .. * 0..-- - -- SPMii
[Prom the New YorkExpress.)
What iq Freedom to Negroes I
A negro delegation, we see-mulatto
fellows, doubtless, who have ever bem
thriving South, oi the "fat of the-land,"
-have gone fron Richmond, Va., to
Washington, to appeal from the military
government over them there, and to adid
that such freedom as theirs, there, is as
bad as slavery I They seem to be hav.
ing the same freedom as white men
have in- New York-arrests, when
vugalbonds ; the Ilouse of Refuge, whin
idle ; the work-house, when not earning
a . living . elsewhere. Their paticuilar
trouble is, that they cannot vagabondize
idle in Itichmond; or, if they atntempt it,
the military pitts them to work, or
drives themi out of tovn. We do pret.
ty muoli so with the .whites 'here.
We lock up the vagabouds; we put the
idle into the work house. We strive to
makeevery man work r sarve. This
is Now York life, whild, in symo parts
of New. England. thery vell the paiper to
the lowest- lidder that will take hm to
board, laid who cami then work hii iat
will.
The great errok of the Southern negro
is and is to be, that freedom is idlenevs,
loaferismi, vagabonmdism, wvhereas free.
domn is hard work, teni hours per day
certainly, or eighteen. if- one ineanis to
thrive anid bes rich. Eighten h19urs a
day of hard wak, seeums.to be the sad
paynmentof freedom, but there is mauy
a white mian who pars the penalty, in
order, to he, "free." ft reedomn is uot fim,
or frolic, and the freemnan is thme IIIt
gge of his bones, muscles, and brains,
hldis wife and chmildreni for lit.. When
hot R~ichmond' negro comes to ndver
thm& freedom is not what hdoko
lets cracked it up te be, lAnt, etterthe
1.o" all thisais what freedom imas.
- HUmebands must labor -for the *mupprt
of their wives and famuiliss, sonafor tvir
parents, and brothea, sforoungor broth.
SNeithe, the free maong woiorte o
children,- have any .jight to temain on
ihe plantation of their (orier asier,
ies mpoyed. bf 'him ; ord whe..
eve~th dedurn e to be a 'nd
and faithful habores sa gel~, o. h,
tha. seW er hastte boe
ueheeby da 4 Mi.,by
tholtaty fe#I ft. -i.*M
The freedmeftm mise~id.
ilty to liye tppo
hldo ina
J a
A. k
lowedi~fge tQ'n 6,1 t
remain ietly at hoe .th plats
tlo thOr emplAl and if necessary
for the maihtenDine. o- good order, the
Inilitary fotd vill' be used to compaY
thema to do so.
They are forbidden to maraud or
steal. The killing of cattle, sheep, etv., -
by them mnist be discontinued'at once,.,
or guards will be stationed on tiep.lau
tations, and any, one detected will ,be'h
stantly shot They are warned that,
idleness and' collecting in, citi" onj
towns is fraught with. the greatest evil
to themselves; if they are' idTe they will
soon become thieves an4 vagabonds; if'
they collect in cities and tow sufbrig
and starvation will be inevitbly the to
sult. It is only by remaining , on the
plantations' and working that theyca
hope to be happy. They may as well
understand first a last that the govern.
ment will not maintain them in ideiins..
The white ian of Virginia ba been
a slave now for 60 or 70 yearq tb the
negro of Virginia, and not til thir
A. D. 1860, was this white man emanci
pated from his real slave master; the ne
gro. The white man then, ouht-to im.
prove the coming 4th of July, as the an
niversary of his jubilee, for the- emanoi
pation he. has won now is a good dest
more practical importance to him than,
the emancipation Patrick Henry, Gefgo
Washington, and tlhk Laio's and. Ba-.
dolph's, won for hi from 177,6 on to'
1793. The white ian hp toile4 ,
and toiled on the soil of the greaft
State of the Union, with tle grtest
natural resosiroes in it, al these years,
and about all the profits of all. thai .tei
have been given to raising negroes is
Virginia. Now, . the ,negro is left .to.
"raise" himself and if, he, don't "ise"
himself he will 6ertainly die, and no An.
drew Johnson in Washington- cin help
him. His race will perish from hunger
and cold, and starvation and want of
foresight and forethought as it has'jr.
ished here in New York, and as it per.
ishes everywhere - in any but tropical
climates, when the white race comes in
to competition with the unprotected
black man. The negro is now fr-o to
live and free to die, whereas in Virginia.
if lie has not been (roee to- live, he has
never been free to die, a kind master
generally protecting bin. and caring not
only for him but for wife and childrei.
No Washingtoin burean cvi help the
negro. No Freedom ; only the negro
can help himself. It is now work or
(ie.
Military orders in Virginia aire begin
rung to teach, negroes there, what the
Eepress is illustrating, vis:-that free
dom is hard work.
Oun RIETURNING BRAVS.--W oaro
they? Why, man or wuman who rea'ls
this, the men 1ately soldiers in the Coir
fedoate artijes, held for srmto timea.s
prisoner4of wgr in the North. and eW
jhat they gre'rqlrenise, fillingtbia good.
gusta ou their'hinnwAhl
-way. Tihe Governmnt of the 'Unhed
States 4 blinig them, bit thip more
bread and meat that, hold bixlv and soul
together io not all they nee' Shame
upt oiif, in 'this w'ealthv city' *heIro
the 8ht 6f a hostile guni ''hns Aufer 4e6a
leatrd, where the 11amt' of % raillers torch
has nhver ht the air, we aiffor theiv
men -our *ar-worin, tagged, irapover.
ishmed,' destittet bna-~-to, lack any..
thing that grtitumde ('an anggest or kind
ness offer. Shine nyirn if we permit
the' Government aginst which,' in o't~r
honr of pride, we sont thera- forth to do,
battie, to be the only 'hand" stretehied
forth in the day of their downfall tOluhd
our people, bone of our boe, UBeek of
ai .sh--wd aridhd them, we o9eriod
thema on,'ip'us they fotlh an4 'l1e4
suftrdd vabunds and hnW l
bliraing thirt, th#s -h
to aretipof e urise to 'We
oufse of tngrtitea ifogkt '#~h
if *'* would.' They rit i
on. e side' end
-' fhatskl o.II
*r a a aint4 rith
Sbattenepsaoks, that shell
de 49 o gerri fewhen
hp.in the- Ar eshall
diets.. .As ee p
at ether 'MSti s4reat, ' Jooe
den van'a' ere teo
a the half beer