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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
<r a totuTiament recently l\e?d at th.?'J?apqnier Sul
phur Springs, whore a friendly, cou tost, took, place
tttwoen the Union troopa and. the ahrvivoT?Df
tjo famous Virginia black hone cavalry, where all
drove together for tho' gucrttOri iff fVir woman's
?toile. .- ... ,
Tho Main? Democratic Convention mecta at
lirtland to-day to nominate a candidate for Gov
?aor, to JiUj* OvState Ckunntf ttee/ox tho .political
ar e?Anteaein^ January*, (1866/aM!to transact
tryotherbusinesswhich may be'deemed expe-,
Jent. THe following State Convontiona are to be
hid during the present month :
[State. + pfrj i fyUfieSr ftl ., i ? r u . j>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 enbjo<?t.on:"??>o 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? - ?
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