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WINNSBORO. Saturday Morning, July 29,~1865. WAN9ED, at this. office, one or two newsboys, to sell papers on the Charlotte & South Carolina railroad. None need apply except those of an industrious and enterprising disposition. In another column will be found the proclamation of Gov. B. F. PrRY, re cently appointed Provisional Governor by the President of the United States for and in the State of South Carolina. It is a manly and open document, and will, no doubt, be read with interest, and receivo the firm support of every true Carolinian. Time alone forbid us expressing our views in reference to this able document, as we should like to do, but we will take the first opportunity of giving our opin ions, in extenso, upon its merits. Suf fice for the present. we lend our cordial and hearty support to the Governor, on the principles laid down in his proclama tion. An Unfortunate Occurrence. We learn from a gentleman just from Newberry, that a most unfortunate shooting affair took place near that place -on Saturday last. It seems that a wa termellon patch of a Mr. HARE was dep redate I upon by iome persons unknown, and that Mr. H. employed a gentlemaq by the name of REYIoLDs, (a Confedp rate soldier,) to stand guard and s e that no one intaided upon the promises, and while Mr RacyxoTos was fulfilling his contract, two soldiers of the 56th New York regiment, on provost duty at Newberry, entered the place and commenced pluggingmelons for the pur. pose of getting ripe ones, when they were fired upon by Mr. RIEYNOLDS and on? of them mortally wounded. The other sinrrendered himself up, and was - taken to headquarters. Our informant states that both Mr. IARS and Mr. REvoIwa were arrested and lodged in jail. Mr. HARi's dwelling house, at his plantation near Newberry, was subse quently burnt. down by some of the comrades of the wounded man, in retaha tion, as was told us, for the shooting of the soldier. [From the Now York Herald, July 19.] . ef.Davis Ris Health ' Greatly impaired-H is not expected to Live Long-One IEye Alnost ybtally Bly'i'n.d the other much Impaitl64 1 it 11 D0JdSs of Igis Habits in --7 ews of the Execution A58a Coinmuni cated to H, ati s ct. 1[ur Fortress Monroe Correpondence.] FoRTRSS MoNRoE, July 17. From all the souroes of information I am able to command, there is no doubt Jeff. Davis is slowly but surely declining in health from his 'protracted imprison ment. IHe will not even avail himself of the opportunities of exercise afforded .him, and he has a space wf about twen ty by twenty feet he could walk about in uf~ he'choso ; but all the long hours of eaoth weary day lie sits at the barred -embrasureoef his casemate, sullen, silent, speechless ,With his chin alternately e r-esting on one hand and then en 6oth, he lookse unintermittingly through this opening. Where rest his eyes and .what thoughts stir that brain no one can tell. Before him are the bay and the passing ships, and the Rip Raps, grow ing each day . ipto a wonderous work of impregnable strength ; and beyondc, the blue sky and fleeting clouds and wild sea - birds enjoying tlie gotadies freedom of the outer air. And mingling with these sights comes the perpetual,.inournful re frain, the sound of thie waves dashing upon the bgach. Hlere he is a prisoner, and under what circunmstances and un 'der what terrible oliarges batn 'ng over hin, Not a momelit i he lef alone not a moment pases hjis dotundsr the vigilant .eye of soldiers. there is no e ttht, tilat, for%# .bs growa emaciated, the~e , cheeks, V4ulor ag those eyes Anog lus~troh14. :b pore wrInk d-is hair whit~ h~a wp ~~ er, h'irstin,osqk fa' a al-glon? Hfea -has hfthbisi o is' ee; that proud, spirit is broken, and Ue endiis nlot fa#s. : UU . itl.... fancy sketch. I have been told to -day that Jeff. Davis, if he keeps up his pres.. bnt prison -habits and despondency, toill not live. six weeks longer. A UHAPLAIN ATTENDS HIM. Yesterday Mr. Davis requested per mission for a chaplain to see him. This is the second request of this kind ho has wade since his arrival. Chaplain Ker. foot was sent'to his cell. He greeted the chaplain with warmth. "It is to you and to this book" (holding the Bible in his hand) "I must look," lie said, "for consolation now." The chaplain talked to him of his spiritual condition, read to him passages from the Bible and pray. ed with him. After the chaplain left Davis appeared to be in much better spir its than he has been in for some time past. READING THE BIBLE. He reads the Bible morning and even ing. Recently, I am told, he protracts these readings much more than at the commencement of his imprisonment. He confesses his belief in the Bible, and professes to have made it the ruling guide of his life. It is evident that be does not fancy being confined exclusively to reading the Scriptures, foei he some times clamors for a different style of literature ; but his request in this r'egard thus far has not been complied with. The refusal to extend his reading privi leges, and not permitting him to write to his wife or see letters from her, have formed the burden of his complaints. UIS XYEIOIIT GROWING MORE DKFEC TIVE. If permission was given him tolhave all the books lie wished he could not read much himself, and for the comfort derived from them would have to rely mainly on others reading to him. One eye is now almost totally blind, and the other gives indication of rapidly be. coming so. He has complained lately of seeing objects double. H1 still wears his goggles during the day time. . nIS DAILY ItOUTINE. Life in prison is necessarily monoto. nous. With few it has ever been more so thah with Davis. H1 1 pretty early, usually at five o'clock in the morning. He takes a bath the first thing, using salt water at first, and winding up with first water. His bath. ing facilities are lmited, consisting of a common washtub half filled with salt water, a wash basin 'of fresh water, coarse towels and soap. An army blanket he converts into a tempo. sary screen, and bathes behind this. He is not very particular about his toilet, the fashion of combing his hair and all that, but is exact upon the subject of cleanliness of his underclothing, sheets, towels, &c. Bath and toilet completed, he reads his Bible, and at half-past eight has his breakfast. This is served him fiom Dr. Craven's table. The state ment in some of the papers that a daugh. ter of Dr. Craven brings him his food is incorrect. A soldier brings his meals to him. Tea, toast and an egg or two, or broiled steak, usually' make up his breakfast. His appetite is very variable. O#heral Miles may cal! in to see him and pass a few words, or the officer of the guard may have something to say; for only these two, except his physician and Craven, and the chaplain. of course, when hie calls, are allowed to speak to him. In conversution lie hifs betrayed an anxiety and even determination to discuss the subject of the impossibility of ever convicting hiim of treason. Hie throws himself back upon the question of'State iights as his main point of de fence. For some tinie, finding that all the discussi'on was on his own side, he baa kept bilent on the subject. Except these interruptions in the6 way of con versation, which, it will be understood, are not daily by any means, he. passes most of hiis time till h'alfpast three P. M., his dinner hour, in looking at the win dow. He smokes his pipo occasionally, but is no great smoker. He says that much smoking makes him too- nervous. After dinner he passes the time as before. He ias supperat halfvpast eight o'clock, an hn.ireotly nosto betd. Hie sleep. pretty edutinc but niore so formerly than latterl. At Airst the light kept burning in te room all night trouble him, but he has become used to it and makes no complaint on the subject now, as perhaps he knpws It would do no good if he did. obxPLAINTa ABOUT THE QUARD. In previous letters I have described Mt, Dsyis' quarters, and. the guard plkoed over hi. Both coatinue the saine as at first.. Hie has been urgetitto' have' b ~a in his own room, the of te W~eb toom~le no MeiJ. 14ext Wae d.ied be~Slloi toa .staud' instad of 4 .~ kept 4alking, but here, too, his request has not been complied with. THE LA'E EXECUTiON OF Ti ASSASSINA TION 6ONSPItAToS. There is every reasbn to believe that the -execution of the assassination con. sHirators in Washington has been com. municated to Davis within the past three or four days. It is certain that a great and marked change has come over hi, and to his ufidoubted know ledge of this executionu the change is attributed. His food is of the best quaility, he has abundaRice of pure air, and there is no special reason otherwise accounting for present gloominess and decreasing health. [Frfm tMe New York Herald, July 19.] South Carolina. The A gro Troubles at Charleston-Mat. ters in the Interior-The Railroads and Cotton Crop, &c. [Oua CBARLaTsox ConRBSPoNDENcE.] CIlIAnLRESTON, S. C., July 15. THJ. CITY is again quiet. The Forty-seventh re giment Pennsylvania Veteran Volun teers makes a very efficient police. They patrol the streets in squads of sir, with noother weapon than a small club. A number of colored men, disguised as soldiers in United States uniforms, have been arrested and lodged injail. Near. ly every one of them had a pistQl and knife concealed under the belt. But for the decisive measures taken, bloody en counters would have doubtless been the result. General Bennett, commandant of the post issued the following order , General Order--No. 61. HEADQ'MS, CITY oF CHKARLESTON, CH AHLESTON, July 12, 1865. 1. The attention of the commander of tWis post having been called to the tie. fl&ia and discourteous spirit manifested in the city between the troops and the civilians, both white and colored, caus ing of late serious and disgraceful dis turance, it is deemed'necessary, and is hereby ordered. that all citierns remain at their homes after eight o'clock P. M., abstaining from noisy discussions, or as. sembling im groups on the streets or oth er public places, doy or night. Some citizens disguised as soldiers having been-engaged in disorderly acts, it is ordered that any citizen hereafter found in the ITnited States uniform will be arrested and turned ovei- to-the Pro vost Marshal. 3. At tids time of comparative peace, when the energies of the nation ate ab sorbed in the restoration of harmony and the re-establishment of good feeling among all classes entitled to the rights of citizenship, discourtesy toward civil. ians is beneath the dignity of soldiers. Respectful deportment among soldiers, as well as toward their officers, as an in dication ot g6od discipline in any con mand; but courtesy without humility toward those who have no claim except upon your manhood, is the best guaran tee of good breeding and nobleness of character. It is enjoitned tupon ihe en listed men in the city that they bohave insolently to no per:-ou, of whatever col or; that they do not monopolize the sidewalks or assemble in groups tO the inconvenience of wromen or other pas sers by. Citizens should remember thak civil rule is not established, and that any act of theirs which may lead to diffi cul ties with the troops - will tend to pro. tract that end. Their bearing should bo in no manner defiant or discourteous to the troops, and any insolence leading to disturbances will subject tihe offenders to punishment. Upon the creation of any disturbance during tihe day or night, the commanding offoer of the distu ict of the city in which it may occur will at once send patrols tunder commissioned officers to arrest all persons found in the streets hi the vicinity of the disturbance, ex pept persons on important business, who will be required to r tthners guard for an escord. -,a h ers By order of Brevet Brigadier Gen. W. T. BENNET, Commanding Post. CgfAna R. of 'First ideutenant F'ifty fourth tassachusettg Volunteers, and A. A. ,A. GeneraL. The citisens (whites) complain loudly 9f tfe justcs f eabove -order. feeingb~eeenthetroop, and theip. selve. The- order~ compels busiess men to close thbit' 'o aboet'seveft in the evening, t~ fer th6 ljyelst retail buea056 ' Jigstrwtwha 14 heat of the dayrhas passd. Since the oar iwued the head* here oa hu a ~mones stieme Cbmmt* u.~~h obet -e the General's visit was tQ make special inquiry into the-origin and cause of the disturbances. le was in close consulta. tion with General Hatch all day Thurs day. From the information he had re ceived the' General had been led to ex pect a good deal of trouble, and accord ingly ordered the Sixth regular United States infantry to accompany him. Learning everything was qiiiet, the regu lars, on their arrival here, were ordered to Hilton Head. - ANOTHER ORDEP. On Friday morning General Bennett issued the following additional order: General Orders-No. 62. HIADQ'RS, Ci.TY OF CHARLESTON,. CUARI.ESTON, July 13, 1865. Aesidents of the city of Charlestons not in the military service of the United States, are required, within forty-eight hours, to turn into the Provost Marshal. Captain Charles E. Tucker, at 191 Meeting street, all the firearms within their possession. All persons hereafter arriving in the city will, within twenty four hours after their arrival, deposit their arms at the place mentioned. Guards will arrest any person found carrying firearms in the city or within. the mtrenchments on Charleston Neck. Persons so arrested, or those neglecting to comply with the terms of this order, will be dealt with by military court. All arms turned in, in compliance with this order, will be progerly marked, safely stored and receipts given for the same. They are held for the owner, and a monthly return for them will be made to these headquarters. In some special cases the commander of the post of Charleston will, when he thinks prop er, grant a written permit to, retain arms, The carrying of clubs and sword canes in the city of Charleston will be considered a military offonce. and per. sons will be arrested for the same. Aged or infirm persons will not be mo lested for carrying canes -not loaded or containing swords. By order of Brevet lriad ier Gen. . W. T. 1 ENNETT, Commanding Post. CHARLYS F. Joy, First Lieutenant Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, Ating Assistant Adjutant General. - As the whites. with few exceptions; delivered up their. arms on the occupa tion of the city by the Union troops, the order to them will be of little interest. Every house in the city at the time of the occupntion by the Union soldiers underwent a thorough searching opera. tion by the troops of the Twentyfirst United States colored troops, for the purpose of announcing freedom to th# slaves, the seizure of firemins and.the capture of abandoned property, furni. ture, &c. The number of filpartns thus far brought in since since 'the publita. Lion of the order, are five rifles and seven pistols, mostly belonging to blacks. The Colored Orphan Asylum, after a number of changes by the release of property to the owner, has at last the been settled in Momminger's extensive mansion and grounds at the corner of Smith and Wentworth streets. It now has about one hundred and seventy-five members, HriE MORTALITT reiST haes considerably diminished withiin the past two wveeks. For the wveek from the 11Ith ti the 1'7th June, inclusive, the deashis were oighfy-eight blacks, twenty. live whites'; from tihe 18th to the 24th of June, inclusive, sixty-eight black., twensy-one whites; from 25th of Junae to the .let of July, inclusive, sixty.six blacks, tweinty-two whites ; from 2nd to the 8th of July, inclusive. sixty-six blacks, twenty-two whites, making a to tal in month of four hundred and-eighty five blacks and one hundred and shi'rty four .whites,' a dreadful oomparuson with former yrears, when the whole number of' deaths in a month did not average forty er fifty, white -and black. The highest number of deaths .'in the -yellow fever. epidemic of 1884, was fifty-nine. THE NORTHlEASTEE4 UAILniOAD . is doing a fine busness, though running at present only tri-weekly yamsa. TUE SOUTH 0&sorttU RAILRoas The work on thif ford Is progrissing steadily and rapidly. The miana ne have taken ump the' iron oirt tbn (anden) branch toeomplete thee.d to Colomb' This is considered~g verygood tno, thesuplisof ootnangohe Ra muoh greatist'If the seetion o '1.' iambi. than in' the sehlgqr of try atound Oamddir.5 Th'eGtent d, 0-., road and the-Chalata, 'N ., toad, arE fhetwo gt at iosa4 lir lying thealmn ina totChatieeo. lng, from Aqmgt ad twedate points to Orangeburg, the present ter miUn* of the SCuth Carolina Railroad to Chalesto. The residentof the roa4,, W. J. Maotg , Esq., leaves on the AlhaAbra to-day for Ne* York,. to endeater to make some arrangements for iroi to complete tLe Augusta branch. Itcan., only be accomplished through $orthern, capital and , rNQrtern pt, han to whom the complution t roa ill be of hiostimable valhi in -Aaare 1stp phes of cotton that will be brought it. once to this market and shipped to New York. The management,. however, must complete the Augusta branch, either by Northern or foreign capital, as it will be as much as they :an do to finish the Columbia branch. If North ern capitalists will aid in this work,, the cotton trade will speedily revive, in something like- its former grandeur. The South Casolina Railroad has al. ways been favorite stock. The planters in that portion of the country are will. ing and anxious to sell. but the difficul ty has been to got it to market. A number of young men out of employ ment have directed their attention to this matter and are engaged as wagon. ers, bringing in five and six bales of cot ton at each trip to Orangeburg, and then selling it at a margin between the interior prices and the market' price in Charleston. It is to be hoped' that they will continue in this laudable 'enterprise and bring some of the cotton now looked up in the interior to our market. MILLITARY DIVISION8. The following order wUl show- the sub-distncs into which General Hatch's department has beeu divided: General .Orders-No. 71. HEADQUARTERS, MILITARY DITRIOT OF CUARJlteTON CUARLESTON, July .6, 1865. In accocdance with General Orders No. 102, Headquarters, Departnient of the South, the following sub-districisare erected within this. military: distruict I. The First sub.district will 1.oom prise the city of Charleston,-the district of country outside Charleston city limits within five miles- of the fortifications on Charleston Neck, tha' parianes -of St. Andrew's and St. John's CollecLion, Sullivan'alsl and and Fort Snmter. Bre vet Brigadwr General W. ,. Bennett is assigned to the command of the sub-dis trict, headquarters at Charleston. The garrison will consit,- for the presen tof the Forty-seventh-Peonoylvania Volun teer, Fifty-fourth Masaaeiusetts Vol unteers, one Hundred and Sixty-ffth New York Volunteers, Twnit-0rst United States colored troopsand the companies of the Third Rhode Islain artillery now on duty in the district. 2. TIle Secoed sub-distriot will -eem. prise Colleton district amd the country, within five smiles of Sammerile -:,olo. nel James C. Becher. Thirty fifth United States colored troops, columiandig ; headquarters at Summerville. Gaffthson to consist ot the Thirty-Afth United States colored troops ancd one company of the First Ohio cwA)ry. 3.- The Third sub-distri t will'eem prise the districts of Oran gburi" and Barnweli-Brevet Btigadier General A. T. Hartwell commvatsdng tjheadquartars at Orangebirg. Garrison to consit of thme Fift-fourth New York .Volunteers, Fifty.fifh Massachusetts -Volunteers, and ue company of the First Ohiml v - 4. The Fourth sub-dtis #$ will equm. prise the districts of Richimon'l a~nd Leg ington-Colonet NT. Haughtbn,T'wetity, fifth Ohio Volunteers, comnding ; headquarters at .Cohumbia. .Garuisoet to *4 consist of the Twenty-fifth Ohio Voj - teers and one company of the tVir io c .a hes Fif. sub-distrit'4v hy11s the district of Charletso, exepesch part a is placed by. this ordr 4' the First and Second dub districts; h toe at Mount Pleasant. T - wIll be designated ,in ' or 6. Thme comma ts. of-aubdigts will, with as 1' dela as bpt~ le, nae sue ' ition of hel if a Will, in tfjudgmnent, best' eitil them to.tho ly suppress anf disstisfaction to t govemadut and -malitaini oser - the hiimts '-of rcom nnd. *y will imiodiadIol 4niV.pe. mnd Circuit Oouirts" dr ted by 'General Orderet N..' 10% T2, q~u Dpartment -of thp ,South iuos ng~ tihes. headquartes. -of the o' i~on of the court,' the natew of the asitu Pr.oot Judges anjatI bltistias ted with thew. a eamst. will betasa akl itses aa . LUonaxo 1B. 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