C-^ta-^t^eV /) mi..,...... ;^ CHARLESTON, S. C, MONDAY, AUGUST ?1, 1865. PRICE FIVE CENTS. RMSTflN DAILY NEWS, fCHCART, HoMILLAN & MORTON, PBOPWETOBS. 18 HAYNE-STREET. . : TBBM8-CA8H, -DAl?-Or?EYEAK.$10.00 DA?S-SIX "MONTHS.&.0O DA???TH?IEE MONTHS.?.30 ?- Staple Copies FIVE CENT8. Ja-Nows Dealers supplied at a liberal discount. ADVERTISING. . Co Square, Ten Lines, ono insertion, ONE DOL ?LA AND FD7TY CENT8. .j.h continuation, SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS. 3ssr than a square, FIFTEEN CENTS TER LINE for *r insertion ; HALF PKICE for each continuation. Three Days Later from the North. mERESTIN^l?TELLIGENCE trough the kindness of an esteemed friend, we ha' been favored with a copy of tho N. Y. Herald anN. Y. Express of the 15th instant, from which wiiako tho following summary of late news : New Yoke, August l?. . ... . THE CABLE. ' '_ . tie dispatches brought by tho steamships Pre m &h?'China, with regard to the. Atlantic Cable; he created a moat painful impression. Four days^ hi intervened e?ico tho insulation became for tho tld time suspended, and nothing had been heard cJhe Great ?astern or the cable since. Tests ap p!d at "Valentin, are stated to have shown that tho ?bet was located twelve hundred and fifty miles ftn shore, in the deepest water of the entire route, ai that insulation was completely lOBt. This, if erect, would indicate that either the cable had pted of itself, or had been cut and tho end buoy eap through some unforeseen difficulty arising, l?ither case, tho Great Eastern would probably Turn to port without delay, and as she was not Me than nine days' sail from Europe, by the 20th i.tant wc may hoar of her return.to. Yalentia, un ?a in the meantime tho leviathan should create agreeable surprise by turning up safe and sound Heart's Content. Hopes o? ? successful prosecution of the enter co were still cherished in England, and the tclc ph shares bad not fallen so low as might have n anticipated. ;. theory moro ingenious than probable was sng gted, that possibly a magnetic storm of more tJi usual severity, which prevailed .00 the.2d in stit, had caused the derangement .of the innular tiof tho-ca?lo. y tho arrival of the steamship China, at Hali f: wo have European advices to tho 6th inst. bolera, in its westward travels, had reached iiona, Italy, where thirty-four persons were eng of the terrible disease daily. . 'ho ravages of the Russian murrain among the ?tie in tho, neighborhood of London continued, nl there were fears of the mortality extending :o the provinces. ! ulvices from Spain state that there is a proha . ". ty of war being declared by that country against ' Domingo. ' Jnited States, five-twenties wore quoted at 68? . ? on the London Stock Exchange on the 5th inst. itiHh consols 89{@90. Tho Mississippi State Convention met at Jackson I the 14th feat. After an examination into tho alty and qualifications of the members by Qov. arkey, the organization was completed by the i xtion of the proper officers. ,' Governor Holden, of North Carolina, has issued second proclamation, dated.at Baloigh on the8th '"stant, appointing Thursday, the 21st day of Sep ,'mber, for an elontion. to be held throughout the | ate to choose one hundred and twenty delegates ?a convention, which is to meet at Boleigh on onday, the 2d of October. Governor Marvin, of Florida, addressed his fel ? w-citizens at Jacksonville on the 2d instant. He kformed them ?b to tho plan.of tho President for \e purpose of reconstruction, giving his viows on Mancipation, confiscation and other topics he Lnmod most essential to the welfare of the people. Slavery," says tho Governor, "has ceased to exist. Vith the fall of tho Confederacy its corner-stono rumbled to dust, and the winds have scattered ." After some advice to the freedmon, tho Gov nor closed his address with an appeal to all to tieerfully accept the new ordor of things. \ Brigadier-General Harris, commanding a eub jopartment of Virginia, delivered a speech at pottsylvania Court-House on tho. 7th instant. 'ho Genera], who is a Virginian, takes unmistaka 0 ground on the slavery question. He state s iat tho pcoplo of the North still Buspcct the Vir inians, and that the only way they can be restor 1 to their rights in to elect men wlio will go to ichmond and vote for tho constitutional amend ment abohBlxing slavery. Tho State, h?fcevef, ?Msms to bo gradually reorganizing, most of tho isticcs recently elected having qualified. j^&uquier correspondent also tienda us an account aU. ftjjneeotal?'.KW.:'...Democratic'..'..... .. Aufru?l?. fansylvania....Republican. Auaustl?. ?mnrytvanla.*....... .Democratic. AuiruHt 21 Aw Jcraey...........Democratic.August 01. ?Tho old flf&ate CongroBs, ?onk in the Merrbnao r|d off Nowport'a Nows, has been inieceasfuuy ritod, and in to bo taken to the dry-dock'at the ?tamouth Navy Yard. Tho iron and copper on her . an cstiajated-i?? be worth thirty thousand dollars, ""i a^ccestfui navtioa-wilL (4t.4aundor.atood, he. Vthe^on6*r?it?n?thd<7n^^^ *J ? ic most startling enbjoo street" yes lay wee tl)o removal of Mr. Simeon Draper aa I sotor.pf .thiaport, and tho appointment of tho . Pr04)ton King an his successor. The change1 t ?ko effect on tho first of September. The ? i casons for Mr. Draper's removal have notyot been ma?lo public, albeit every quidnunc in town lina probably Bottled it to hie satisfaction. Wall-street hail another sensation yesterday, in tho suspension of a lnrgo gold operator, with li abilities estimated all tho way from seventy-five thousand to three hundred thousand dollars. It is stated that several forged checks have been dis covered, and that a great deal of very mysterious financiering has taken place. Tho examination in the caso of tho Ph nix Bank defalcation -will commence ?i?b morning at half past ton o'clock, at tho Jefferson Market Polico Court. No facts of importance were elicited yes terday, though it was provon that whilo Jenkins was robbing the hank, Earlo was robbing tho de faulter, and had secured a largo portion of the money which Jenkins hod supposed tobo lost in speculation in his own name. The detectives ex pect to recover about one-third of tho stolen money, which amounted in all to about three hun dred thousand dollars. The somewhat romantic wife abandonment caHe, the complainant in which was the nieco of an ex Prosiden.t, and the defendant a sonof a New York millionaire, was brought to a sudden termination ycBterday morning by the wife accepting tho prom ises of the husband to again love, cherish and support her. The happy pair took tho train for their home in Washington, while tho Canadian lady is loft disconsolate. In the United 8tat?8 District Court yesterday, before Judge B?tts, a libel was filed by United States District Attorney Courtney against the steamer Columbia for a breach of the Revenue law in landing goods without a permit. According to tho City Inspector's report, thorc wcro 652 deaths in the city during tho past week being an incroaeo of 20 as compared with tho mor tality of tho week previous, and 1C less than oc curred during the corresponding week last year. The recapitulation table gives the following result: Acuto diseases, 410; chronic diseases, 216; exter nal causes, ?fcc, 26. There were 477 natives of tho United State?, 108 of Ireland, 42 of Germany, 13 of England, 2 of Scotland, and tho balance of various foreign countries. Yesterday was an exceedingly quiet and une ventful day in commercial circles. The higher price of gold checked the demand for some com modities; hut as a general thing thero was but lit tle demand to be checked. Foreign goods were very quiet, while domestic produce was in limited demand, as a general thing, though without es sential change in prices. Cotton was dull but un changed. Groceries wore steady, with a mode rate demand. On 'Change flour wub without decid ed change. Wheat was Bteady; Bpring dull, win ter firm. Corn was a shade off, under the influ ence of Tory heavy receipt?. Pork was lower. Lard was steady. Whisky was nearly nominal. The Washington, correspondent of tho Herald, undor duto of tho 14th, says : GENERAL FOBREflT. As a alight indication of the esteem in which mony rebel general officers aro how held by their follow-citizena whom they so long and so cruelly deluded, it may interest the public to know that Genoral Forrest cannot return to bin plantation and old homo on the Mississippi River with safety to himself, unless protected by Federal bayonets. Forrest il one of the bravest men living, and should be as little obnoxious to his neighbors as any offi cer of the Confederacy, but tho facts are as stated. He is at the present time endeavoring to lease his land to a resigned Federal officer, because ho feels Ids life would not bo safe a day among bis infuri ated acquaintances and former associates. Doubt Ices there are many similar cases. Tire ___U?_ or wniz. Tho trial of Captain Wins, rebel commander of the Andersonville prison, will commence to-morrow before the military commission of which General Underwood is President, and Colonel Chipman is Judge Advocate. About ono hundred witnesses have already been Bubpcenacd ; and by them'aB many individual cases of cruelty are expected to be proved against the accused. They will testify from personal experience. GENERAL LAND OKFKTE HUHTNK&8. Twenty-three thousand three hundred and thir ty-four acres of public lands were taken up for*ac tual settlement under tho Homestead law last month at St. Cloud, Minnesota. In addition there to the cash receipt? at that office for the samo pe riod amounted io one thousand eight hundred and two dollars. The Superintendent of tho Land Of fice at Brownsville, Nebraska Territory, also re ports eight thousand seven hundred and sixty-five acres taken up under the Pre-emption law. AI'PIJCATIONS FOB PABDON. Applications for pardon flow in steadily, but few aro granted. The President evidently intends to exereiso this function of his office loisurely and with great care. As tho fact becomes known im portunity will abate. Southern people should un derstand that no amount of personal solicitation will obtain a pardon hurriedly; neither is it within the power of any combination of "pardon brokers" or others to expedito their business in the least. All must submit to delay. Some may never bo par doned; those who are should accept it as a boon; pono must demand it as a right. /.FFAIEfl IN TEXAS. Private letters received here from prominent citizens of Texas state that very many of those whb were intense secessionists are now equally as 'fervent and zealous for the Union. The largest slaveholders express themselves reconciled to the changed condition of affairs, and say that, well regulated free labor will prove more profitable than servile help, the war having irretrievably de moralized the domestic institution. The crops throughout Texas arc represented as good, and the opinion prevails among the leading men that , no lately rebellious State will more easily return to its for mor-national relations than Texas. .. ElflBANDINO THE HIONAL COlirS. , The disbanding of tho Signal corps of the- army has commenced under orders from tho Secretary ofWr-r. This corps, etarting an a now organiza tion *t the beginning of tho rebellion, has served in almost every battle and siege from Bull Bun to Mobile, and has tho commendation of yearly every gcnorel and admiral in tho service NEW PATENTS. ' From tHe number of applications for patente re examined at the Patent Office last week one hun dxe?i ami thirty-five will be issued to-morrow. MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS ANO SHOES IN NCT.?a^h :>'!.: :... o A I land.' , .' - . . v?ti?, ' Tho last obiasue reports thai in tho manufacture of boots and ehoea New England is represented in tho following proportion: Number of e?Ubli?liA<| monts, 2,438; capital invested, $10,977,113; cost of material nsed, $27,189,91G; malo hands employed, 62,007, and females, 22,282; coBt of labor, tl7j??0U, 13C; annual valuo of products, $54,815,948. APPOINTMENTS. Tho President to-day appointed Wm. G. Dicker son United States Marshal for tho District of Georgia; Thos. B. Carroll, Assessor of Internal Bevenuo for iho First District of Maryland; Hooper C. Hicks, Appraiser of Merchandise of Port of Bal timore, Md.; Anthony B. Nenorton, Collector of Internal Bevenue, Fourteenth District of Texas; Wm. M. Gray, Assessor of Internal Bevenue, Fourth District of Georgia, and Augustus Canfield, of New Jersey, United States Consul at Foo Chow, China. ? special telegraphic dispatch to tho Augusta Constitutionalist, dated Petersburg 15th, says: Tho first railroad through train since tho 16th of last Align?t, camo into Petersburg Friday after noon. Railroad communication between Petersburg, Baleigh, Washington, and points South, is now com pleted. Tho Petersburg Express says there is constant trouble between the soldiers, white citizens, and negroes. Tho planters are Bending hito Petersburg a large amount of cotton. Sales raado at 37 cents. The Petersburg and Weldon railroad will bo open in a day or two. A dispatch dated St. Louis, August 15, says Gen. Sherman arrived in that city on yesterday. Tho Baltimore Sun, of tho 12th, says that South Carolina Bank notes aro selling at eighteen cents on the dollar in that city. TRIAL TniP OF TUE DICTATOR. Portland, Aug. 14.?Tho Dictator arrive 1 at fifty five minutes past four o'clock. The race from Ports mouth was a well contested fifty milcBrun. The Aga menticuB made tho distance in five hours and ton minutes, at a rate of nearly ten knots an hour. Tho Dictator was a mile and a half behind her whon they arrived off Portland, and should have an allowance of seventeen minutes for the stoppage of her ma chinery on account of tho heating of tho crank pin. At forty-five minutes past two o'clock the Dictator hauled off and bore down tho bay for a sail, so that the party might arrive at tho expect ed hour?five o'clock. Tho Dictator is somowhat foul, and the Agamenticuu clean. The vessels are evidently fairly matched for speed. Tho officers of each claim a decided superiority in sailing for their respective vessels. Mayor McLellan, with the members of the city government, went down on a tender to tho Dicta tor to receive Admiral Farragut and suite, about twenty-fivo in number, including the ladies. The reception was quiet, social, nnd'informaL Return ing to tho city, the party were taken to tho >roble House in carriages. After tea they wore driven about to view the city. To-rooi-row morning tho Admiral proposes to return1"to Portsmouth in the Agamenticus at nine o'clock, in which event no public reception will be held. TEIUUDLE HAILhOAD EXPLOSION. New Haven, August 15.?A frightful railroad disaster occurred this morning, ou the Housato nic River Railroad. The morning freight train, going up tho Housa tonic Railroad, became disabled several miles abovo Bridgeport, and the 10:30 train following found it on the tr ack, and hitched on and backed towards Bridgeport with it. A new engine was out for trial on tho track, and coming up about three miles abovo Bridgeport, ran into the rear of the passenger train. Tho locomotive struck the hind cor, and split it in twoj passing directly through, and the boiler burst just as it reached the second car from tho rear, making awful havoc. Seven were killed outright, and eleven were terribly mangled and scalded. President Charles limit, of the Housatonio Road, was on board. Everything is now being done for tho relief of the passengers. ?4? Letter from .?. D. B. Delfow. Mr. J. D. B. DeBow, publisher of the famous Review, has addressed the following lotter iu refer ence to that publication, to the Winnaboro' 7W Weekly News: WiNNBBono', 8. C, August 14. Editor News: A statement has been copied from one of tho Northern newspapers, into several at the South, to the effect that I was about to resume tho publication of my Review " upon tho basis of free labor." It is my wish and intention to resume tho publi cation of tho Review at somo point which shall bo regarded most eligible, if I can control tho means ana machinery to do so, and I very clearly perceive what should bo the mission of tho work. Regarding the issues of the post as dead, about which a practical philosophy will not dispute, and thoBo of tho present as living and potential, it would bo tho part of the Review to accept tho situ ation, and deduce from it all that cau be promotive of tho boat in tereBts of tho wholo country. Within the wide rango of discussion which the future will opon, there is surely a field for labor. The restoration of social and political order throughout the South?the re-establishment of its agricultural, manufacturing, and commercial in dustry, prostrated by tho war.?tho reopening of its internal communications,?the relations which its several classes'of population shall sustain to each other, and the mode in which they shall co operate for tho best interest? of each and for tho ?rablic weal?-the establishment of schools snd col Cgcs?these ore tho landmarks! Each State and community will look to and be aided by the experiences of others, and hence the, importance of an organ for such information; and wo may assuredly look very closely into what has been done by other countries similarly situated with regard to slavery and emancipation, adopting what was wise and rejecting the rest, in their ac tion. I do not despair of a high degree of prosperity in tho future throughout tho boundless fields of tho South, and if our people will take hold with a brave heart and noble purpose, in a few years all traces of the recent calamitous times will be erased. If wo oro met in tho samo spirit, which I have no doubt hill be the case, by tho peoplo of the North, tho nation will advance m a career of greatness for which history hoe no parallel and oe moved by ono heart, one spirit, and ono high and gonoroua impulse. Your obedient servant. J. D. B. BbBOW. -11 ?? Important to the Traveling Pud lio.?The At lanta Intelligencer, of the 13th, aays: We are ad vised that on and after today the Montgomery and West Point Babroad passenger trama, run ning in connection with tbo trains from Atlanta, will arrive at Bhortor's siation, 22 miles from Montgomery, daily, at 9.30 P.M.; and will lea'ro that station, daily, at 2.80 P. & This arrange ment naves six hours in tho travel from this point to Montgomery, tho staging distance towards the last named city being reduced by it to 22 mile?. The miserable okl bachelor who'edits the Nor folk (Va.) Post print? such paragraphs, aa tho fol lowing: "A colored soldier, formerly of this city, but at present with General Woitsel on tho Bio Grande, writes to his wife, who requested ns to read the-letter, as her ?ducation had been some what rjcglcct?d: ?Darliu* duck, I loves you out hero * thousand time? botter than when I waa'by your ald?.'j 'Heia not singular in thlB. A great many huabands lovn their wives oil tho better at a dis tance." ?9 i. TMENT, I 1NF.D LAN08, f M 20, 1BC5. J (to 100 rations.) HEADQUARTERS, DEPT. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, I lliuiis Hk\i>, S. C, August 10, 1865. ] [Omnauxi Ohdebs, No. 18.) I. THE PROVISIONS OF THE FOLLOWING CIRCU LAR will be strictly enforced tbroughout tbis Depart ment. Officer, of the Inspector-General's Department will take coguizauce of it in their infection h : WAR DEPARTMENT, BunKAU OF RKFUOEES, FnEEBMEN, AS? Abandoned Washington, June [Circulas, No. 8.] I. Tho following ration, boing substantially that estab lished in General Orilers No. ?0, War Deportment, 1864, for Issue by tho Subsistence Department, to adult refu gees and to adtdt freedmen, when thoy arc not employed by tho Government, and who may have no means of subsisting themselves, is republishcd for the information of officers of tho Subsistence Department who are issu ing rations to the persons abovo mentioned: RATION. Pork or bacon.10 oz. (in lieu of fresh beef.) Fresh beef. .10 oz. Flour or soft bread.10 oz. (twice a week.) Hard bread.12 oz. (in lieu of flour or soft bread.) Corn Meal.1C oz. (five times a week.) Reims, peas or hominy. 10 lbs. ] Sugar. 8 lbs. Vinegar. 2 qts. Candles, adamantino or star.*.. 8oz. Soap. 2 lbs. Salt. 21bs. Pepper. 2 oz. Women and children, in addition to tho foregoing ration, aro allowed roasted Rye Coffee at tho rate of ten (10) pounds, or tea at the rate of fifteen (16) ounces to every ono hundred rations. Children under fourteen (1*) year? of ago are allowed half rations. II. Issues of provisions to the classes of persons above ilcscribed will be mado on ration returns for short pe rtain of time, not exceeding seven days, signed by a commissioned officer, and approved by the commanding ?ifficer of tho post or station, and, when practicable, by tho Assistant Commissioner or ono of his agents for the State or District in which the issues are made. At tho end of the month these original ration returns will bo entered on a separate abstract, compared, certi fied to, etc., an is described for issues to troops in para graph 23, Subsistence Regulations of Juno 8, 1863. No subsistence stores will ho turned over in butt to any Assistant Commissioner or Agont whatever to bo by him issued. III. In many cases the classes of persons above named aro nearly able to snbsist themselves ; in which event, only such parts and proportions of tho ration as are ac tually n-.-cileil will be issued. O. O. HOWARD. Major-Gcuoral, Commissioner Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, etc. Approved : A. B. Eaton, Commissary-General of Sub sistence. IL AU "abandoned" houses and lands now in the pos session of the Military Authorities throughout the State of South Carolina, that are not require?! for Military use, will bo at once turned over to such agents of tho Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, as have authority, from Brevet Major-General R. SAXTON, to rc ceivo them. By command of Major-General Q. A. GiLUfons. W. L. M. BURGER, Assistant Adjutant-General. O?!?*?!-. T. D. HonoEfii Captain 35th. D. S. C. T.. Aot iug Assistant Adjutant-General. 3 August 21 ICE! ICE!! ICE!!! IN ANY QUANTITY, .A.t One Cent a DPoundl AT CORNER OF CHURCH AND MARKET-STREETS, AND AT THE NECK ICE HOUSE. J?. OA.OE Sd CO. AuRiist 19 2 ?CE5 ICE! ICE! OLD MEBT1NG-ST. ICE HOUSE, No. 116 Meetius-St., near Market. CHANCE FOR ALL PURCHASERS. ICE WltL BE SOLD AT THIS HOUSE AT ONE CENT A POUND in quantities of five (5) pounds and over. Liberal arrangements made with proprie torn of Hotels, Restaurants, Bar Rooms, and all large consumers, Ice jiackcd for shipment by Barrel, Ton or Car Load, by experienced hands, at tho lowest possible price. JAS. S. DURYEA, August 17 4 AGENT. PHILIP H. KEG.LER, BANKEE AND COLLECTION AGENT, No. 255 KING-STREET. GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT AND SOLD; AND EXCHANGE, IN AMOUNTS TO SUIT PURCHASERS, FOB 8ALE ON NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, AND BOS'T O 1ST. AGENT FOR AYER8, MABTIN As CO., ATTORNEYS and Councilors at Law, and Prosecutors of Claims against tho Government, Washington, V. O. Angustio _ ' | ' ". ?OLD AND SILVER, BOUGHT ANDSOLD. Drafts on New York, Boston and Philadelphia, AT P. H? KEGLER'S BANKING OFFICE, No. 2C5 KINd-STREET, August 18 Corner of Beanfaln. GOLD AND SIXVE rpflE HIGHEST PREMIUM PAID X SILVER, at No. 35? KINCb August 14 W# Bp^KBANKS, PRACWCV***8 p|TTE& & PLUMBER, ,oT 888 KiAg-8tre?t, ^rfDOOX TO PORTER'S OJJ) STAND S. G. COURTENAY, BOOK AND STATIONERY DEPOT, No. 9 BROAD-STREET, 'August 1? CHARLESTON, S. C. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO., MERCHANTS & BANKERS, NOS. 1 & 3 HAYNE-STREET, CHARLESTON, S. C. ARE RECEIVING THE LARGEST STOCK OF FOR EION AND DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE evor offered at the South, which will be sold at the LOWEST MARKET PRICES. GOLD, SILVER, BANK NOTES, 8TOCKS, BONDS, EXCHANGE, etc, bought ami sold. August 14 fmwl2 GIVE US A CALL. MOTTS' SAMPLE ROOMS. ALES, WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, ETC., ETC., ETC. No. 8 BROAD-STREET, CHARLESTON-, S. G. ?- FREE LUNCH from 11 UU 1 o'clock every day.?S? pnorniETOM : JOHN MOTT.W. V. MOTT. August 14 TURNER & LEWIS, DEALERS IN CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, AND ARMY AND NAVY MESS SUPPLIES, Not 432 King-st., corner Hudson, CHARLESTON, S. C. J. L. TURNER.J. E. LEWIS. August 14 BY THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, HI8 EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT JOHN JON has issued bis proclamation, appointing mo (BENJAMIN F. PERRY) Provisional Governor in and for the State of South Carolin?, with power to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for convening a Convention of the > ate, com posed of delegates to be chosen by that portion of the people of said State who are loyal to the United States, for tibe purpose of altering or amending the Constitution thereof, and with authority to exercise within the limits of the State all the powers necessary and proper to ena ble such loyal people to restore said ?statu to its consti tutional relations to tho Federal Government, and to present such a Republican form of State Government as will entitle the State to the guarantee of the United States therefor, and its people to protection by the Uni ted States against invasion, insurrection and domestic violence : Now, therefore, in obedience to the Proclamation of his Excellency Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, I, BENJAMIN F. PERRY, Provisional Governor of the State of South Carolina, for the purpose of organizing a Provisional Government in South Carolina, reforming the State Constitution and restoring civil authority in said State, undor tho Constitution and laws of the Uni ted States, do hereby proclaim and declaro that all civil officers in South Carolina, who were in office when tho Civil Government of the State was suspended in May last (except those arrested or under prosecution for treason), shall, on taking the oath of allegiance pre scribed in the President's Amnesty Proclamation of tho 2Vth day of May, IMS, resume the duties of their offices, and continue to discharge them under the Provisional Government till further appointments ore mado. And I do further proclaim, declare and n.oko known, that it is the duty of all loyal citizens of the State of South Carolina to promptly go forward and take the oath of allegiance to the United Statin, before some magis trate or military officer of the Federal Government, who may be qualified for administering oaths ; and such are hereby authorized to give certified copies thereof to the persons respectively by whom they were made. And such magistrates or officers are hereby required to trans mit the originals of such oaths, at as early a day as may be convenient, to the Department of State, in the City of Washington, D. C. And I do further proclaim, declare aud make known, that the Managers of Elections throughout the State of South Carolina will hold an election for members of a State Convention at their rcspoctivo precincts on the FIRST MONDAY IN SEPTEMBER NEXT, according to the laws of South Carolina in force before the secession of the State, and that each Election District in the State shall elect as many members of the Convention as the said District has members of the House of Represen tatives? thg basis of representation being population and taxation. This will give one hundred and twenty, four member? to tho Convention?a number sufficiently large to represent every portion of the State most fully. Every loyal citizen who has taken the Amnesty Oath and not within the excepted classes in tho President's Proclamation, will be entitled to vote, provided he was a legal voter under the Constitution as it stood prior to tho secession of South Carolina. And all who are within tho exceptad classes must take the oath and apply for a par don, in order to entitle them to vote or become members of the Convention. The members of the Convention thus elected on the flrxt Monday in September next, are hereby required to convene in the city of Columbia on Wednesday, the 13th day of September, 1865, for the purpose of alte, 'lug and amending the present Constitution of South Carolina, or remodelling and making a new one, which will con form to the groat changes which have taken place in the State, and be more in accordance with Republican prin cipies and equality of representation. And I do farther proclaim and make known, that tho Constitution and all laws of force in South Carolina prior to the secession of the State, are hereby made of force under the Provisional Government, except wherein they may conflict with the provisions of this Proclamation. And the Judges and ChoftceJlors of the Stato are hereby required to exercise all the powers and perform all tho duties which appertain to their respective offices, ami especially in criminal oases. It will no expected of too Federal military authorities now in South Carotf?t?. ?O lond their authority to the civil officers of tho Provisional lawful ciUzens of the State to unite,** enforcing thetawe and bringing to Jnatice all cTlsor-?^ P0 011?. ?Uplun. deters, robbers and mwiaA^?".."?^?? ?nd idle persons who arc wandering? 1 T^0"1. omp.oyment or any visible mcxvtf?fiIP!TtiaS themselves. ' Itfi also txo^^*1 fono*r owntrn of freed pe*. ecnYwmheU^0 *h..cm?*n?Ln,ot tttrn off the ch?dVan or wedI to>*?Bhi *ad *?" tret? men ">d women are ???^^%mod tomake contract-,Jus?and Mr, tor i J~ p3Qig with their former owners. "?V.ilUlM M facilitate as much m ptWaibl? the applies, .dona for pardon? under" the excepte, sections of tho President's Amnesty Prochunattoa, it U stated /or Infor matlon that all appllcationo- must be by petition, ?tatlng ' the exception, and accompanied with the oath pwecrib- ' od. This petition must be first approved by the Pro visional Governor, and then forwarded to tho President rho headquarters of the Provisional Governor will M at areenvllle, where all communications to hlru must be .ddressed. . The newtfpsper? of this State will publish this Precia* ' nation till the election for members of thd Oonvontlon. In testimony whereot; I have hereunto set my hand And neal. Done at tho town of Greenville, this h. a.} 20th dar of July, in the year of our Lord 1848, . . and of tho independence o? the United Siataa tho ninetieth. B, F. PERRY. By the Provisional Governor: WruxiM If. I'Aijxr, Private Secretary. August X? - ? Sv