THE TRI WEEKLY _EWS
VOLUME I.] WINNSBORO, S. C. SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1865.- -NUMBER 0
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Fow the Cosnventlont.
"Choose for the Convention your best and
truest men ; not those who have skulked in
the hour of danger-nor those who have
worshipped Mammon, while their coun
-try was bleeding at every pore-nor
the politiolati, who after urging war, dared
not encounter its hardsilips-but those who
had laid their all upon the altar of the coun
try. Selet sjuch men, and Make them serve
as your representatives."
Ma. EnTon : Deeply impessed irith the
immense importance of the- abovo advice
-of the noble H[AMPToN, I propose sa mem
bers of the Convention for Fairfield
JOHN BRATTON,
JAMES it. RION,
Dr. T. F. FURMAN.
aug 5'65-te Axon PATSIX.
Caudidates for lime Convestion.
. Air. Editor : The timo being very nearly
at hand when the peoploof Fairfield District
will be called upon to select suitable persons
to represent them in the Convention which
is to re.estabilih civil order in the State,
It becomes us to take initial action Ili the
promises. Title Convention is one of the
inost Important that has ever. been called,
and considering the vast andoomplicated in.
terests which will be entrusted to it. and the
delicate nature of the trats, it is quite evi.
di4 that men of experience and personal
worth should be selected.
Permit me to nominate three gentlemen
who contain in a high degree all of the
qualities neoessary-who have been tried in
publio eapacities au4 have never been found
wabiing.' who have legat ahd legislative
experience and areknown to the people of
the Distric, for idtegrity, persoal worth,
. moderktion and public spirit. I refer to
WM.-. ROBERTSON.
JAMESlI. McO-ANTS.
JAMES It. RION. %
. August 2, 1865. 'FAJR7rL.
aug 8 65--te
HEAD QVARTSRS,
4T SUB -DISTRICT, WESTERN S. C.,
', lNNBoloS S. C., August 4, 1865.
0enra Orders .
No. 1. -
IN ,complianoe *ith General Orders
No. 2, from Headquarters Distrl% of
Western S. C., dated July 24, 1866. The
undersigned hereby assumes command of
the 4th Sub-distrit, of Western 8. C., com
prising the Distrigt of Fairfield, Chester,
ork atud Lancaster.
.The.Collowlng named officers are hereby
announoed on the staff and will be obeyed
Afif repectedAobordingly. '.'
1st Lieutenant Jas. A. MOKuig 'r, -102
U, S. Q, T., A. A. A. 0.
t WuIAa 'NaRLN, A. 0. S. and A.
le ut. Yotd 1ouaA. . C.
HENRT'8. HPrAN,
brevet, B ogdir Geperal,
- mandifJ 4th ab-beist. W. 8. -0
98 iAE!R WANTE .
- UR-ot fiie No. i Bot and Shoe.
, 'aszakets, hite, faa lad steady. oth
goti o4 wa b i slat
y*'6 Wisnsboro, S. C.
I AM p to byfrom 'otas to a
. thos .xCOTTON,.and wiJ
pay the highest mar price for the samI,
ether in qpoio or.~ " .
Formerly of Baltimnore, Md ,'late of South a .
NO. 62, WALL STREUT, N4EW 1
1COTTO'N BRtOK
Croo oEarlmd e Leatber, heirli
u04 * anaasot
exehsage for ges. 4le ip fvorable .terms.
OrdmereesalyoMd) attdyauee
Aegses monty - '
KEAD QUARTERS,
- DISTRICT OF WESTERN S C.,
WrNxsfono',' S. C., July 24, 1865.
General Order.
No. 2.
S TEI District of Western South
eCarolina, is hereby divided into .the
following Sub-Distriots, vi.
let Sub-distriot. will comprise the Dis
tricts of Greenville, Anderson and Pickens,
and Charles T. Trowbridge is assigned to
command, with headquarters at, Calhoun or
Anderson.
2nd Sub-district. The Districts of Lau
f'ena, Abboville, Edgenield and Newberty,
Brevet Brigadier General C. H1. Van Wyck
to command. Headquarters at Newberry.
3rd Sub-district. The Districts of Spar.
tanburg and Union, commanding officer and
Headquarters to be hereafter designate4.
'4th Sub-district. The Districts of Fair
Wield, Chester, York and Lancaster, Brevet
Brigadier General H. C. Chipman to com
mand, Headquarters at Winnsboro', S. t.
The regular reports required by the regu
lations War Department, and department of
the South, will be immediately forwarded to
these Headquarters.
II. The following named officers are here
by announced on the staff of the Brigadier
General commanding District of Western
South Carolina.
1st Lieut, CRAs. B. HALL, 30th. Maine
Volunteers, A. A. A. G.
1st Lieut. and R. Q. M., FnANK II. CorrN,
80th Maine Volunteers, A. A. Q. 'N.
Captain D. B MinLL , U. S.-Volunteers.
2nd Lieut. F. E. DwiNAL, 80th Maine
Volunteers. A. A. D C.
By command of Brigadler General,
* J. D. FESSENDEN.
CRAB. B. HALL. A. A. A; General.
July 29'65--1 mo14
R3EAD QUA 3tTERK,
DISTRICT OF WESTERN S. C..
WiNxssono',-. C., Jul 25, 18065.
Special Order.
NO. 6. 1
H EREAFTER, until further orders,
i no liquor of any kind will be sold at
this place, njess by special permission from
the "Provist Marshal" at these Headquar
ters. By command of
1rig, Gen. J. D. FESSENDEN.
Cuas. B. HALt., A. A..A. Gen't.
........_._july 27'05
IIEAD QUAU'TA:,R8.
DISTRICT OF WE*STER1N 8. C,.
I Wjeusnonao' July 25, 1806.
Genera4 Orders, 1
No. 8. f
INASMUCH- as niany'of the colored
people living within this District
show no disposition to labor industriously
and faithfully, either for thomselves or their
employers, whereby they might be able to
live comfortably,andprovide food and cloth
ing for theirfetmilles during the coming.-slp
ter, but rather. show an entire disregard for
their own interests in the future. by lestvIng
off work, roaramg idly - oveT tle country,
living on what they can steal from plantad
tiots, and congregating An large numbers
in tht vicinity o. .l military posts,.whihm,
cannot but produce want and suffering
to all, It is ordered,
That all colored people remain steadily at
work with their employers and former
masters; that they refrain from all deeds of
theft and violence, and faithitlly and dili
gently strive to ensure tle' preservation anud
satt(y of the orop, upon which th4 future
subsentone of all classes depend.
-Aty 41iolation df this order will be severe
ly pidnished, and all,.colored people found
loafing about military posts and in the
counatry wij be arrested avid punished.
NIo ,o4 of injustiee Or' oppression. by
"I t4v6 "id, bthers,' toWards the negroes In
64lsetapgy,will be folerated.
Goottots for the work and labor of the
blacks, to be lpproved by oflicers designat
ed for hat purpose, will bo tide in all oass
wh - pioe'ab i, 'j64 both paties will be
held to 9;at Io obwrvazfe oftb same. -
*Commanding officers of Sub.districts and
peth, will be.thapged with the istriet eaeou
Lien of the above order.
Py command of
Brig. Gen..3. D.E801NDEN,
CGAS. B AmL A. A."Ai G4'l
___n__ly _7'6--1mo14
.REAP QVA& ~ i
Gened1 Order, i
the hh4ui~ e rbihteeamsad of]
Wasqn oth at Jlt~ ~
No IiUq~.
anel -'.g
By the Provisional Goveirnor of the
State of South Carolina.
A PROCLAMEATIONI
W IHEREAS, His Excellency, Presi
dent Johnsen, has issued'his pro.
clamatlon, appointing me (Benjamin F,
Perry) Provisional Governor an and for tb
State of South Carolina, with power to pro.
scribe such rules and regulations as may b4
necessary and proper for convening a Con.
vention of the State, composed of delegatei
to be chosen by that portion of the people o
said State who are loyal to the United
States, for the purpose %f altering or amend.
ing the Constitution thereof.: and with au
thority to exercise within the limits of thc
State all the powers necessary and propet
to enable such loyal people to restore said
State to its constitutional relations to tia
Fedel-al Government, and to present %uoh a
Republican form of State Government. ai
will entitle the State tb the guarantee of the
United States therefor, and its people t(
protection by the United States against in.
vasion, insur'ection and domestic violence :
Now, therefore, in obedience to the pro
olamation of His Excellency, Andrew John.
son, President of the United States, I, BEN.
JA MIN F. PERRY, Provisional Governor of
the State of South Carolina. for the purpose
of organizing a . Provisional Government In
South Carolina, restoring civil authority in
said State, under the Constitution and lwa
of the United States, do- hereby proolaim
and declare that all civil officers in South
Carolina, who were in office when the Civil
Government of the State was suspended, in
May last, (except those arrested or tunder
prosecutition for treason,) shall, on taking
the oath of allegianoe prescribed in the
President's Atnnosty Proclamation of the
Ath day of May, 1865, resume the duties of
their offices and continue to discharge theni
under the Provisional Government till fur.
ther appointmetts are made. .
And I do further- proclaim, declaro nnd
make known, that itIs the duty of all loyal
citisens of the State - of Sbuta Cavolina tc
proraptly go forward and take the oath of
allegiance to the United States; before somi
magistrat'e or military 4ficler of the Federal
Gu9ernment, 1rho may be qualified for ad.
ministering oaths; and stch are hereby au
thorized to give, certified copies thereof tc
the persons respectively by whom they
were made. And suqh magistrates or oi.
cers arc hereby required to tranmit the
originale of such oat hs, at as early a day a
unay be convenient, to the Dopartment of
State, In the city of Washington, D. C.
'And I do further proclaim, - declaro and
make kawn, ,that the, Managers. of Elec,
tions throughout the State of South Carot
lina'will bold an election for members of am
State Conventloi, at'their respective pro
oincts, on'the FIRST MONDAY IN IEP
TEMBER NEXT, according to the laws -of
South Carolina in force before the secestaon
of the State, and that each Election Dwstriqt
in the State shall elect as many neitbei
of the Convention as the said District, lia
members of the House of Representatives
the basis of representation beingpopnlation
and taxation. This will give onehaundred
and twenty-four members to the Convention
-a nunaber sufficiently large to i'oprosent
evtyy portion of the State most fully.
Every loyal citizen who had fiken the
Amnesty oath, and not wl.hin 1the'excepted
classes in trIhe President's proelamation,
wilt be eutitled to vote,- provided he was a
legal voter under the Constitutioa as it stood
prior to the secession of South , Carolina.
And all who are within the excepted classes
must take the oath and apply for a pardon,
In order to entitle them to vote- or . become
metaibeft oftise Convention.
The. menabers of. the Convention thus
eleated qn:the first Monday in Septemaber
next, are hereby reqpired to cqDOtee in the
1ity of' Celumbia, on WEDN.ISDAY, the
18th da4 of September, 1865, for the pur
pose of altering and amending the prsent
Constltutien of South Carolia,, or lemnodel.
lng and anstking a new one, whieh,will con
form toh esat, ehavgse whiocs. have taken
plaos iiitb ta3ite, andi be mor, ein- scoerd
andaylvtih nbliplatrinplesaend equeIlty
of ton -
- zAnd. I do fuethev, proclalim- sad 'make
kuows. tAsl thor Constitution. and ali. laws
of fotee in Souith Carolina prioe tq b
seession of thet State, are hiereby ma of
fao po.the Ptyfs~lon vpnmenat,
ex euid tsyusa Vihtea
'ofths 4o d1th
0 ed
ers of freed persons %ill be kind to then,
and nt. turn off the obildren or aged to
perish; and the freed men and women are
earnestly enjoined to make contracts, just
and fair, for remaining with their former
owners.
In order to facilitate as much as possi
ble the application for pardons under the
excepted sections of the President's Am
nesty Proclamation, it is ,stated for infor
mation that all applications must be by pe
tition, stating the exception, and accom
panied with the oath prescribed. This pe
tition must be first approved by the Provis
ional Governor, and then forwarded to the
President. The headquarters of the Pro
visional Governor will be .t Greenville,
where all conmmuinications to him must be
addressed.
The newspapers of this State will publish
this proclamation until the election for mem
bers of the Convention.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal. Done at.the
[L. a.] town of Greenville, this 20th (lay of
July, in the year of our Lord 1865,
and of the independence of the Uni
ted States the ninetieth.
D. F. PERRY.
ly the Provisional Governor:
WILIAM h. PsaitY. Private Secretary.
july 29'65--tsep4.17
PROCLAMATION.
By the President of the United tates of A merica
W HEREAS, the President of .:ao
United Slates, on the eighth day of
Decemler, A. D., eighteen hundred and
sixty-three, and on the twentieth-sixth day
of March, A. D., eighteen hundred and six
ty-four, did, with the object to suppress the
existing rebellion, to induco all persons to
return to their loyalty and to restore the au
thority of the United States, issue proclaiua
tions offering amnesty and 'pardon to cer
tain persons who had, directly or by impli
cation, participated in the said rebellion
and,
WREaAs, Many persons, who had so en
gaged in said rebellion, have, since the is
suance of said proclamation, failed or neg
lected to takd the benefits offered thereby
and,
WSREAs, Many persons who have been
justly deprived of all claim to amnesty and
'pardon thereunder by reason of their parti
pation, directly or by implication, in said
rebellion and continued hostility to the gov
eruni'ent of the. United States since the date
of said proclamation, now desire to apply
for and obtain amnesty and pardon.
To the'and, therefore, that the authority
of the government of the United Statea.may
be totored, an4 that peace, order and free
dom iuay be established, I, ANDREW JOIIN
SON, President of the United States, do'
proclaim and declare that I hereby grant to
all persons who hate directly or indirectly
partloinated in the rebellion, except as
hereinafter excepted, amnesty and pardon,
with restoration of all rights of property,
*xcept as to slaves, aud except in cases
'where legal proceedings. under the laws of
the United States providing for the confis
cation of property of perfons engaged in
rebellion, have been instituted, but on the
oondition, nevertheless, that every such per
son shall take and subscribe the following
oathor affirmation, and thenceforward keep
and maintain said oath inviolate; and which
oath shall be regiated for permanent pres
ervation, and shall be of the tenor and effect
following. to-wit :,
I, 1, do solemnly swear or affirmn, in
presence of Almighty God, that I will hence
forth faithfully support, protect and defend
the Constitution of the Uni t es, and
the Union of the States . er, and
that I will, in like maun by and
faithiully suppor, all laws ama
tions which have been mad i he ex
isting rebellion with refere eman
cipation of slaves. So el
The following clalsev of p are ex
cepted fropn the benents of t rochama
tion.
* Frst-All who are, or shall have been,
pretended clvil or diplomatlo officers, or
otherwise, domestic or foreign agents of the
pretended Confederate government.
.Beoxndr-All.who left,judlical stations un
der the United States to aid the rebellion.
TAird-All *ho shall' hive Peen military
or naval offioqrs of sid" pttended Confede
rate goveromnt, aboVe the tank of Colonel
in~ the army or'lieutenaua in the navy.
o f 9AAl-h left. seats in the Ocngsess
ofe United 8tates to aid in the rebellion.
'WA4j*o resigned.. rtendered r-s
igu toti*r their commtissiona ii the army
or uiv~ f tha'United Stated t6 evade duty
its rob tfgthe rebelhiom.
BistA+.*ll Who have-engaged- .In ay way
States Irae~ asofioevs, soldiers, seauyen,
of In tet spoitf Vs.
Bette41'A ns. who- have bsen 'de
~re alen tre te -United Statesfore h4
e i hereeljan. .
th1 e udte ' yt
o ilte State W
United States from Canada, or been engag
ed in destroying the Commerce of the Uni
ted States upon 'the lakes and rivets that
separate the British provinces from the Uni,
ted States.
TwdMth-All persons who, at the time
when they seek to obtain the benefits hereof
by taking the oath herein prescribed, are in
military, naval or civil confineient or cus
tody, or under bonds of the civil, military
or naval authorities or agents of the United
States, al prisoners of war or persons de
tained for offences of any kind eitherbefore
or aft er conviction.
Thirteenth---All persons who have volun.
tarily participated in said rebellion, and the
estimiated value of whose taxable property
is over twenty thousand dollars.
Foura nith-All persous who have taken
the oath of amnesty as prescribed In the
President's proclamation of December eight,
A. D., one thousand eight hundred and six,
ty-three, or an oath of allegiance to the gov,
erinent of the United States since the date
of said proclaimation, and who have not
thenceforward kept and mnaintained the
sane inviolate :
Provided that special Upplication may be
mnado to the President. for pardon by any
person belonging to the excepted classes,
and such clemency will be -liberally extend.
ed as may be consistent with the fagts of
(if the case and the peace and dignity of the
United States.
The Secretary of State will ot ablish rules
and regulations for administering and re
cording tilo said amnesty onth so as to in
sure its benefit to the people, and the .Gov
ornment against fraud.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set
my hand and caused the sealof the Uni
ted States to he afixed : Done at the
City of Washington, tho.twenty-uinth day
ot"lay, in the year of Our Lord one thous
and eight hundred and sixty-five, and of
thp independence of the United States the
eighty-ninth.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
WM. H. S Awann, Secretary of State.
aug 6'65-tf
Government of the 'United atste.
President-Andrew Johnson, of Tennes
see.
Secretary of State-W. i1. Soward, of
Npw York.
Secretary of War-Edwin M. Stanton, of
Pennsylvania.
Postmaster Genoral-Williamn Dennison,
of Ohio.
Secretary.of the Ndy-Gideon Welles, of
Connecticut.
Secretary of the interior-James Harlan,
of Iowa.
Secretary of the freasury-fugh McCul
lough, ofillinois.
Attorney General-James Speed,,,of Ken
tucky.
President of the Senate-Lafayette S.
Poster, of Connecticut..
1.peaker of theo louse-Schuylor Colfax,
of Indiant.
sUPUrnuw Cou1r.
Salmon C. Chase, Ohio, Chief Justice.
1. Jaqes M. Wayne, Georgia.
2. Samuel Nelson, New York.
3. Robert C. Grier, Pennsylvania.
4. Nathan Clifford, Maino.
(. Noah H. Swayno, Ohio.
6. Daniel Davis, Illinois.
7. Samuel Miller, Iowa.
8. Samuel F. Field, Ci s ala.
", IUTHN ANT 4.
Wingfield Scott, V
Ulysses S. Grant,
Adjutant Gene omas, Dela
ware.
Judge Advo Joseph Holt,
D. C.
Quartermest M6ntgome-y C.
Nleigs, of Pennd
0 RMS.
For the one month, ONE
DOLLAR, O barter for other cow
ihodities. All articles necessary, or use
Ral in families, or in business, will be
taken in exchauge, at fair prices, as
tsually understood in the market. But,
for th hetter 'understanding of our
eln'ds, we present the following sced
uileo f rates, in the case of the most ob
vio~s cdmmodities. F~or one month's
mbs)cription to the Nks, we will re
eeive either of the following, via:
i buashet corn, 1 bushel peas er JotP.
toes.
24 ,lbs Flour.
5 " bacon
head of a ke
4h ingl io 1a -* Ca
o~daisaaea dhe