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■S9HH $tlertfd |Joffrt). RELICS. Here's » withered leaf, a fa<lo<l flow’r, A ring, and a lock of hair, Laid in a casket of sandal-wood, And careful I jr treasured there. Is it not long since the lid was raised, And why la it opened now ? Ah ! turn to that frail, fair, lifeless form, And look on that death-cold brow. Though we nearer knew her history, They tell of a human lore Which, to us, may remain a mystery ; tint surely 'tie known above. Just look at the relics treasured there, Aud what is the tale they tell ? That a woman’s love is tried and true Until death shall break the spell! The dark lock comes from a youthful brow, Where the eyes beamed a tender love. • 'Tis fancy the portrait draws for mo. For the truth we can not prove. Now shut them up from the light of day, Turn gently the silver key. The corpse and casket together laid In one quiet grave shall be ! The EtnprcSH Eugenia, who likes lo convert people to her ideas, particularly ns regard* dress, made up her royal mind that her young cousin, the princess ('lo ti Idc, must not wear so much pink She therefore sent, as a present, three of the most exquisite hats ever conceived in Pa risian brain, devoid of the obnoxious col or, which the independent Princess foith- with returned, with thanks or comment, and at the very next good opportunity appeared attired from bonnet to dress in cvttlcur dc rose. An exchange tells a "ood story of the Bale ol a horse, at a high figure, aflcr the auctioneer had stated (hat ho had “made a mile inside of three minutes.” Before taking away his purchase, the buyer asked “when and where” the horse performed the feat ? “About three weeks since—on the Hut- land railroad, </o»rn grade" replied the knight of the hammer, as he furled his flag and left the ficld’of his triumph. We know not whether the following matrimonial statistics arc correct:— “May and November arc usually the most marrying mouths. Fewer people are married in March than any other month. When bachelors marry widows, the widow is generally the older; but when widow ers marry maids, the maid is usually the younger.” “Are you, really, yon know, going to ang Davis V' said an English sojourner, here ; “ ’twould be too blarstcd bad, that would, you know." “Oh, wc shan’t hang him,” said his interlocutor. “We shall probably blow him from the mucxle of a gun, as you did the Sepoys in India.”— “Ah,” said the strange'-, “but that was quite another thing, you know.” Thackeray says that “when a man is in love with one woman iu a family, it is as touishing how fond ho booumoii of every one connected with it. He heats tim^ when the darling little Fanny performs her piece on the piano, aud smiles when wicked little Bobby upsets the coffee on his shirt.” Rev. Petroleum V. Nasby hits “magna nimity” a very hard blow in his advice to President Johnson, when he savs, refer ring to the treatment of rebels, “Take cm back 2 ycr biizzum, and dout hoomiliatc om by degradin condishuns. Give cm a chance 2 forgive us for whaliu uv cm.” A son of Dr. Breckcnridgc having re turned from the rebel army, the old man asked in his quaint way, “My son,’ have you found out what you’ve been fighting for ?” “\es, father,” the returned prod igal replied, “We’ve been trying tu get the nigger tnfo Kantan." Can the history of the war, from a Southenr staud-pouit, be given in fewer words? “My sister in Charleston writes me,” said a lady the other day, “that we (sesesh) have no country. What do you say to that r “Only this,” replied the gentleman ad dressed, “that if they have now no conn try, I hope they won’t insist on ruling tt 0 C* ours. \\ hen the Jew Benjamin parted from Davis he is said to have perpetrated a tick lish joke “We are both going to the same place,” said the Jew “How is that?” asked Davis. “Well,” said Benjamin, “I am going to Europe, and you're going to your rope." A friend of the Portsmouth Chronicle, while reading a paper yesterday, came to an advtetisement of “Paradise Lost,” wherein the following line occurred, “Rc- bellioo in Heaven ” “Vou can rest as sured that won’t last long,—Uncle Abo is there now,’* said he. Josh Billings says that “If a man is go ing to mukea busincssof serving the Lord he likes to aec him do it when he meas ures out onions, as well as when he hol lers glory halleluyer.” A Jri>GE or Pork—“No man,” f,ays Mm. Partington, “was better calculated to judge of pork than my husband was; he knew what good hogs were, he did, for he had been brought up with ’em from childhood ” The botanist tells us there is no such thing iu aatare sa a black flower We suppose they never heaid of the ‘ coal black Ruec.’’ Washington, William III., Anne, Geo I., George IT , George TIL, George IV., William IV , uud President Lincoln, have all <flcd ou a Saturday. Plenty—applications for pardon Few the pardoni A PROCLAMATION. Wkttea*, the President of the United States of America, on the 8th ilay of De cember, A. D., 18t>3, and on the 2C'th day of March, A. D., did, with the ob ject of suppressing the existing rebellion, to induce all persous to return to loyalty, aud to restore the authority of flic United States, Issue proclamations offering aiunes ty and pardon to certain persons who had directly, or by implication participated in the said rebellion, and as many persons who had so engaged ifi said rebellion, have since the issues of said proclamation, fail ed or neglected to take the benefit offered thereby, under which many persous have been justly deprived of all claim and par don there under, by reason of their parti cipation directly, or by implication in said rebellion and continued hostility to the Government of the United States since the date of said proclamation, now desire to apply for and obtain amnesty and par don. To the end and hereafter that the authority of the Government of the Uni ted States may be restored; and that peace, order and freedom may be established, I, Andrew Johnson, President of the Uni ted States, do proclaim aud decree, that I hereby grant to all persons who have directly or indirectly participated in the existing rebellion, except as hereafter ex cepted, amnesty and pardon, with restora tion of all rights of property except as to slaves, aud except iu cases where legal proceedings under the laws of the United States, providing for the confiscation of property of persons engaged iu rebellion have been instituted, but on the condition nevertheless that such person shall take and subscribe the following oath or affirm ation, mid thenceforward keep and main tain said oath inviolate, and which oath shall be registered for permanent preser vation, and shall be of the tenor and effect following, to wit : ( do solemnly swear, or affirm, in pres ence of Almighty God, that 1 will hence forth faithfully support and defend the Constitution of the United Statet and the union of the States thereunder, and that I will henceforth faithfully support all laws and proclamations which have been made during the existing rebellion with refer ence to the emancipation of slaves. Ho help me God. The following class of persons are ex cluded from the benefits of this proclama tion : First. All who arc or who shall have been pretended civil or diplomatic officers, or otherwise foreign or domestic agents pl'thc protended Confederate government. Second. All who left judicial stations under the United States to aid the rebel lion. Third. All who shall have" been mili tary or naval officers ol said pretended Confederate government above the rank of Colonel in the army, or Lieutenant iu the navy. Fourth. All who left seats in the Con gress of the United States to aid in the rebellion. Fifth. All who resigned or tendered the resignations of their commissions iu the army or navy of the United States to evade duty in resisting the rebellion. Sixth. All who have engaged in any way in treating otherwise than lawfully as t ruoners of war, persons found in the nited Stiles service as officers, soldiers, seamen or in other capacities. Seventh. All persons who have been or arc absentees from the United States, for the purpose of aiding the rebellion. Eighth.. All military and naval officers in the rebel service, who were educated by the Government in the Military Academ at West Uoint or the U. H. Naval ry Academy S’ aval Acad em JiOrd one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of the independence of the United States, the eiudity-ninth. (Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: (Signed) Wm. H. Sew'ard, Secretary of State >y- • Ninth. All persons who held the pre tended office of Governors of States in in surrection against the United States. Tenth. All persons who left tVir homes within the jurisdiction and protection of the United States, uud passed beyond the Federal military line into the so-called Confederate States, for the purpose of aid ing the rebellion. Eleven h. AH persons who have btfen engaged in the destruction of the com merce of the United States, upon the high seas, aud all persons who have made raids into the United Status, from Canada, or been engaged in destroying the commerce of the United States, upon the lakes and rivers t ha If separates the British Provinces faun the United States. Twelfth. All persous who ore at the time when they seek to obtain the benefit hereof by taking the oath herein prescri bed are iu the military, naval or civil cus tody, or are under bonds to the civil, mil itary or naval authorities of the United States, ns prisoners of war, or persons de tained for any offenses of any kind, either before or after conviction. Thirteentb. All persons whfl have vol- untarily participated in said rebellion and the estimated value of whose taxable pro perty is over twenty thousand dollars. Fourteenth. All persons who have ta ken the oath of amnesty as prescribed in the President’s proclamation of l>ec 18, A. D. 1863, or another of allegiance to the goverumentof the United States, since the date of said proclamation, and have uot thenceforward kept and maintained the same inviolate, provided that special application may be made to the President, for pardon by any person belonging to the excepted classes, ami such clemency will be liberally extended as may be consistent with the faces af the ease and the peace and dignity of the United States. The Secretary of State will establish rules and regulations for administering aud recording said amnesty, loth so as to en sure its benefits to the people and guard the Government against fraud. In testimony #heroof I have hereunto set 0 iny hand, and caused the seal of the United States, to lie affixed. Done at the city of Washington, the twenty- ninth day of May, in the year of our A COMPLETE LIST OF STAMP DUTIES, As Approved June 30th, 1864. AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT, notolherwUe Kpecitled; any aiq>raiHemcnt of value or damage, or other purpose; for each agree ment, or for each sheet of each agreement ke., or renewal of same $0,06 ASSIGNMENT, or TRANSFER, of mortgage, lease or policy of insur ance, cr renewal or continuance of agreement, contract or charter, same stamp as the original instrument. BANK CHECK, DR AFT or ORDER for the payment of any sum of money drawn upon any bank, bauker, or trust company, or for any sum ex ceeding $10, drawn upon any oth er person, companies or corpora tions, at sight or on demand 02 RILL OF EXCHANGE (Inland) DRAFT orORDKR, for the payment of mon ey not at sight or on demand, or any PROMIS8ARV NOTE, (except bank notes issued for circulation, and checks made and intended to be forthwith presented, and which shall be presented to a bank or ban ker for payment) or any memoran dum, check, receipt or other writ ten or printed evidence of money to be paid on demand, or at a time de signated, for every $100 or part thereof C5 U1LL OF EXCHANGE, (Foreign) or LETTERS OF CREDIT, drawn in but payable out of the United States: If drawn singly or in duplicate, same as Inland Bills of Exchange. If drawn in sets of three or more, every bill of each set, for every $100 or (be equivalent thereof, in any foreign currency in which the bill is expressed 02 RILL OF LADING, or RECEIPT, (oth er than charter party,) for any goods, Ac., exported to a foreign port, (except to British North A- raerica) „io RILL OF SALE OF VESSEL, or any purl thereof, consideration of value not K»vcr $- r )00 ; 60 Every additional > >00, or part thereof, oO cents more. ROND OF IMDEMNITY, every $1000, or part thereof. 50 BOND, fortlie execution of the duties of any office 1.00 RON D, other than, required in legal pro ceedings, or used in connection with mortgage deeds, and not otherwise charged 26 CERTIFICATE OF STOCK, in incorpo rated company 25 CERTIFICATE OF PROFITS, or any certificate or memorandum showing an interest in the property or ac cumulations of any incorporated company, if for $10 and not over $50 10 Over $50 and uot over $10(10 25 Every additional Sl'HK), or part thereof 25 cents more. CERTIFICATE OF DAMAGE, or other wise, and all other certificates or documents issued by any port war- * den, marine surveyor, or person noting as such 25 CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT, $100 or less ' 02 Ov~*luO 05 (Certificates of measurment or weight of animals, wood, coal, or other arti cles, except Gaugers’ Measurers, and Weighers’ returns; Certificates of Record of Deed or other instru ment in writing, or acknowledge ment thereof, by attestiug witness, require no stamp.) CERTIFICATE, of any other descrip tion 05 CHARTER PARTY, (or renewal, &c„ of same,) contract or agreement for charter of vessels or steamer of reg istered lounge, not over 150 tons 1,00 Over 150 and not over 300 tons 300 Over 300 and not over COO tons 5.00 Over 000 Ions ,....10.00 CONTRACT, Rrokcr’s note, or memo randum of sale of merchandise, stocks, bonds, exchange, notes, real csttae, or other property issued by brokers, or persous acting as such, each 10 CONVEYANCE.—Deed or writing, whereby any lands, tenements, or _ other realty sold is grouted, assign ed, or transferred, for every $500, or part thereof. 60 ENTRY OF GOODS, at any custom house, for consumption or ware- bouscing, of value not over $100 25 Over $100 and not over $500 50 Over $500 1,00 •WITHDRAWAL from bonded ware house :....50 GAUGERS’ RETURNS, if for not over 500 gallons gross ,...50 Over 500 gallons 1,00 INSURANCE, (Marine, Inlandand Fire) Each jiolicy or renewal, (or assign ment, Ac., of same,) on which pre mium is $10 or less 10 Over $10 aud not over $50 Over $50 ,50 INSURANCE, (Life.) Policy (orassign ment, Ac., of saniH,) not over$1000... .....25 Over $1000 and not over $6000 50 Over $5000 ..„1.00 Every additional $50, or part thereof, $1 more. POWER OP ATTORNEY, to -sell or transfer any stock, bond or scrip, •r for the collection of any dividend or interest thereon To vote by proxy fer officers of any cor poration or society, (exccp. relig ious, charitable, literary societies, or public cemeteries) To sell or rent real estate To collect rents To perform any act not herein mention ed PROBATE OF WILL, or LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, value of es tate not over $2000 Every additional $1000, or part thereof 50 cents more. PROTEST, of note, check, draft’ Ac.... RECEIPT, for payment of money or debt, over $20, not being for the satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment, and a receipt for the de livery of property WAREHOUSE RECEIPT, for ary goods, Wares, merchandise or property, Mot otherwise provided for, depos ited or stored in any public or pri vate warehouse, not exceeding $500 in value Over $500 and not over $1000 Evenr additional $1000, or part thereof. 0 cents more. For ny goods, Ac., not otherwise pro- ided for, held on storage in any ublic or private warehouse or yard. WEBHERS’ RETURNS, for weight tin*, over 3000 |wmntta...vrr.T...t*ii.ttt Over 5000 pounds LEGAL DOCUMENTS, Writ or other original process, (except those com menced by the United States, or any State,( for beginning suits in any Court of Record (or Court not of Record if amount claimed is $100 or over;) or on Appeal from Courts of inferior jurisdiction to a * Court of Record Upon every confession of judgment, or cognovit, for $100 or over (except where tax for Writ in beginning of suit has been paid) Warrant of distress, amount of rent claimed not over $100 Over$100 Affidavits in suits or legal prooccedings exempt. PROPRIETARY', Medicines, Perfum- gry, Cosmetics, Preparations, Ac., each package retailed at not over 25 cents Over 25 cents and not over 50 cents Over 50 cents and not over 75 cents Over 75 cents and not over $1 Evesy additional 50 cents, or part therc- , of, 2 cents more. FRICTION MATCHES, or lucifor matches, or other articles made in part of wood, and -used for like purposes, each package of 100 matches or part thereof..... SEG \R LIGHTS, and wax tapers, dou ble tho rates imposed on matches. PHOTOGRAPHS, AMBROTYPES, DA GUERREOTYPES, Ac., on each picture retail price not over 25 cents Over 26 cents aud not over 50 cents Over 00 cents and not over $1 Every additional $1, or part thereof, 5 cents wore. (Photographs, or any sun picture, being copies of engravings or works • . of art, or used for the illustration on books, and on photographs so small in siic that stamps cannot be affixed, pay an ad valorem duty.) PLAYING CARDS, price not over 18 cents each pack Over 18 cents and not over 25 cents Over 25 cents and not over 50 cents Every aulitioiiul 60 cents, 6 coats ■*«•*. ....10 .1.00 06 25 ...50 .1.00 .02 .10 .20 .25 .50 .01 .02 .03 .04 .01 Head. Qrs. Dep’L of South Caroftaa. Hiltox Head, 8. C., July 28, 1805. [General Orders No. 4 ] The final statements of men discharged ifi? service of tho United States, are frequently so full of errors, through the ignorance, or care lessness, of company officers, as to seriously prejudice the pay of the soldier. These errors have become so frequent of late, as to call for stringent measures to prevent the possibility of their recurrence in the future. All information necessary for the prompt payment of the soldier by the Paymaster, must appear on the final statements. They should show when the clothing account of the soldier was last settled, or that it never was settled; also, the amount of clothing drawn since last settlement, or date of enlistment, as the case may be. Great care should be taken to sec that boun ties due to colored soldiers, who arc by law cn-* titled to the same, but who have never receiv ed any of the installments, especially the first which should have been paid by the Mustering Officer at the time of muster into the service, uud all bounties due on whatsoever account, are particularly noted ; also, the amount of all bounties that have been paid. Care must also be taken that both fimil state ments given to the soldier arc exactly alike in every particular. . On the final statements of a colored soldier, not a slave April 19th, 1861, this remark must be clearly stated, “Free on or before the I9th of April, 1861,” (vide General Orders No. 120, series 1861, Headquarters, Department of the South.) „, „ T - Wtj^i an 1 mi a ■, a discharged soldier un incorrect, or incom plete, final statement, will bo arrested and tried before a Court Martial for neglect of du ly. ' By commaud bf Maj. Gen Q. A. Ojllmore, YV. L. M. BURGER, Asst. Adj. General. [orncUL.] Aug. 1. Headquarters* Degwtmeil #f the South. HILTON IIBAD, S. C., June 27, 1865. [General Orders, No. 102.) With a view to estfaMish and preserve good order, settle disputes,-encourage industry, com pel obedience to laws and orders and educate he poor, the following rules and regulations , « hereby established, and will be put in ope- rati ' on throughout this Department with as lit- tle 1 practicable : , District Commanders will divide their- smwctm, d* into sub-district* of suitable size, ' vising one or more wunties, parishes xion.al districts. To- each sub-dis- .02 .08 .05 ..02 ...10 Tho indiscriminate use of ail kinds of stamps (except postage or proprietary.) is per mitted, care being taken to affix a stump or stamps of the proper amount. The person using or affixing the stamp or stamps, shall write thereupon the initials of his name and the date upon which the same shall be attached or used, so that the same shall uot be used again, under a penalty of $50; or they may be canceled by such athcr method as the Commissioner of Internal Revenue may pre scribe. Documents made in any foreign country, to be used in the United States, shall pay the same duty as when made here. Powers of Attorney, or other papers rela ting to applications for bounties, arrearages of pay, or pensions, require no stamp; neither do indorsement of negotiable instrument, nor any warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or note when such bond or note shall be stamped; and whenever any bond or note shall be secu- -rad by mortgage, but one stamp duty is requi red, provided the stamp duty placed thereon is the highest rate required for said instru ment, or either of them. All willful neglect to comply with the con ditions of those Stamp Duties will be punished as tho law direets. (Tickets orcoplractsof insurance lim ited to fatal or non-fatal injury to persons while traveling; also deposit notes to Mutual Insurance Compa nies, for insurance upon which pol icies subject lo stamp duties arc is sued, require no stamp.) LEASE, (or assignment, Ac., of same,) agreement, memorandum, of con tract, for the hire, use, or rent of land, tenement, or portion thereof, when rent or rents value is not over $300 per annum 50 Every additional $200, or part thereof 50 cents more. MANIFEST, for custom house entry or clearance of vessel’s cargo for for eign port, (except to British North America.) tonnage not over 300 tons..l 00 Over 300 and not over 600 tons 3.00 Over 600 tons „5 qq MEASURER S RETURNS, if for uot over 1000 bushels 10 Over 1*100 bushels ”5 MORTGAGE, (or assignment Ac., of same,) Trust, Deed, or Personal Bond, for the payment of money, over $100 and uot over $500 60 Every additional $600, or part thereof, . 60 renle mwm. TRUST DEED conveying estate to uses, to he stamp id as a conveyance. PASSAGE TICKET, to foreign port, (except British North America,) costing $3.5 or los«. Head Quarters Military DLst E. S. C. THIRD SEPARATE BRIGADE. DARLINGTON, July 11, 1865. [General Order, No. 6.] It having como to the knowledge of the General Commanding, that a large ‘amount of property, formerly belonging to the so called “Confederate Government,” is now in the possession of citizens within this District, it is ordered, That all such property, of whatever descrip tion, be immediately reported to the nearest Marshal in the District, by person or persons having it in possession, that an exact account may be taken of the same for the future dis. position of the Government. Asst. Provost Marshals arc directed to ar rest all persons who fail to comply with the above order, and take them to the Sub. Dis- jriet Superior Provost Court for trial. By Command of Brig. Gen. BEAL. C. B. Fillebrown, Lt. A A. A. A. G. [OrriciAt..] July 18, 1865. Over $ 15 and not over $>0. ...50 1.60 Head. Qrs. Department of South Carolina Hilton Head, S. C,, July 22, 1865. [General Orders, No. 3.] I. The following General Order from the War Department, is hereby published for the information of this command: WAR DEPARTMENT, Adjutant General’s Office, Washington, July 8, 1865. [General Orders, No. 122. j Regimtn'al Officers of Volunteers on delaehtd ser vice to join their proper commands, I. YY'ith the exceptions hereinafter enume rated, the following is ordered: 1. All commissioned officers of Volunteers’, for both white and colored regiments, or inde pendent companies, now absent on detaebed service from their commands, and uot on duty within their proper armies or Departments, will proceed,/or/AwiM, to join their respective regi ments and companies. 2. Hereafter, no commissioned regimental officer of Volunteers will be placed on duty, or transferred thereon, out of the Army or Depart ment in which his regiment may be serving. The exceptions authorized ujider the foregoing arc us follows : 1. Officers on duty nttistering out and dis charging tho Y'oluntccr forces. 2. Aides-dc-Camp to (Jeneral Officers on duty commanding troops. 3. Officers on Courts Martial or Military Commissions, and those on duty iu the Bureau of Refugees, Frecdmcn and Abandoned Lands under direct orders from the War Department, Adjutant. General's Office. II. All enlisted men, absent on detached ser vice from their regiments or companies aud outside the Armies or Departments in which the same may be serving, will at once be sent to join their respective commands, unless they are absent therefrom by orders from the Head quarters of a Military Division or superior au thority. III. Coniuiamling Generals of Departments and Armies are charged with the prompt exc cation of this Order, and, upon its provisions being fully complied with, will report the fact to the Adjutant General of the Army. 1\'. No comiMssioned officer or enlisted man absent iu violation of this Order, will be paid outside the Army or Department in which his regiment or company may be serving. By order of tho Secretary of War: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant General, 11. District Commanders will immediately cause the necessary steps to be taken, to re lieve all officers and enlisted men, serving in their respective Districts, who come within the requirements of the above order, and will send 11 list, of those to bo relieved, to these Head quarters without delay. By command of Maj. Gen. Q. A. Gillxore, W. L. M. BURGER, Assistant Adjutant General. [official.] Aug 1. FOR 1W YORK DIRECT, REGULAR WEEKLY U. S. MAIL LINE, FROM CHARLESTON, 8. 0. STEAM SHIP GRANADA, IQDNEY BAXTER, Commander. STEAM SHIP ALHAMBRA, I. B. BENSON, Commander. Address, THADEUS STREET. East Ray, July 18 Charleston, S. C. THE NEW PRA will b. sold at tbs office of publication, at TEN CENTS pee Copy Head Qrs. Military District E. S. C., TIIIRD SEPARATE BRIGADE, DAnLiNOTos, 8. C., July 15, 1865. [General Order No. 8.] Repeated complaints Laving been made to these Headquarters that the Frecdmen and Women, arc frequently driven from the planta tions upon which they have been engaged in cultivating the crops during the present year, therefore it is ordered, . That the Frecdmen, women and children, who have been engaged in cultivating the lands the present year, will not be driven away.— They will bo allowed to remain until the grow ing crops are harvested, unless dismissed by Military authority, or a Provost Court, and will be entitled to receive fair compensation for their labor. It is therefore required that equitable con tracts iu writing be made between the Planters and the Frecdmen and women for the coltiva- lion of the lands tho present season. Payment in kind will be made, and the al lowance of one-half the crop is recommended as fair compensation for the labor, the landlord furnishing subsistence until the growing crops are harvested. These contracts will be submitted to the nearest military commander for approval. When the aliove contracts are complied with, protection will be granted as far as military ne cessity will allow; but when no contract made, the crops arc liable to be considered for feited for the use of the laborers. Should the owners refuse to cultivate the lands, or to comply with this order, they will be considered as endeavoring to embarrass the Government, and will be treated accordingly. By commaud of Brigadier General BKAL, 0. B. Fillbbbowi, jy 18 Lt. & A. A. A. G. or congees. . trlct they w, 1 with a sultabl ant Provost .Mat Judge. A pel *na- assign a commanding officer, s number of troops) an Assist- shal, and an Assist ML Provost vent Provost Gua^d will bo' mediate orders of the As- courts to ha-*' cases as here - ■Jy tried bc- placed undor the' “*» . . sistant Provost to'** 8 . t> II. YVithin each ' J ^ nct Supemrl ro- x r% * . o-v Provost Courts, 30m j vost Courts, and Cirt ult „„„ I • • . ., , *1, ^ee memoeis c»icn—— posed of not more that.’ shall be held at stated ti. "e* * P ^ superior and circuit pro.' -081 concurrent jurisdiction over inaftcr specified that can be p. ''“I* fore thqjn. -n l.uj. III. The Superior Provost CoL rt hend~ (tally hold its sessions at sub-dt. tr * ct nn , quarters, and be presided over by the Assise Provost Judge, who may associate w» th him, one or two respectable loyal citizens, g’Wng’ the preference to local magistrates, otherthil ‘3* being equal. IV. Circuit Provost Courts shall be held at important points and at stated times, within one of the members' oT~ flifr TSttpei fiir 1 ivwAot- Court, designated by the sub-district comman der for that purpose. The president of tfio Circuit Provost Court may associate with him one or two loyal citizens or magistrates. V. The courts above named shall have pow er to try all cases between citizens and soldiers, and all crimes and all violations of military orders and the laws of the United States which do not come within the jurisdiction of a court martial, and to issue the usual process for tho attendance of witnesses, and decrees for tho possession of property, and for the payment of debts, damages and costs. The decrees will go only to the rigfit of possession and not of property. They mgy impose fines not exceed ing one hundred dollars. ($10U,) aud imprison not exceeding two months. Offences by citi zens rcquiryig a severer punishment, will bo tried by a military’commission. They will ap- >oint their clerks and other officers, shall tcep a record of their proceedings subject to the revision of subdistrict and higher com- mJhders, and will adopt rules and forms of procecdurc, which shall be as simple as possi ble. Citizen members of courts may be allow ed three dollar* for each days’ attendance. The fees charged -will be merely sufficient to pay all expenses. VI. Appeals from the Provost Courts will be bad to the sub ’district and district com manders, under such rules and on such terms the district commanders may provide. Y’ll.' All parties ti suits before the Superior or Circuit Piovost Courts may emp'oy counsel. But all persons bringing suit or appearing as counsel before said courts, as well as the cit izen members of said courts, will be required to give proof that they have taken the oath of allegiance. Y’lll. It is the duty of the military author ities throughout this Department, when cal led upon to do so, to aid the assistant commis sioners and agents of the “ Bureau of Refu gees, Frecdmen and Abandoned Lands,” in the execution of their duties under the laws of tl>e United Slates and the orders of the com missioner of said Bureau issued in aceord- ,incc therewith ; and, when there is no such assistant commissioner or agent upon the spot, to take cognizance themselves of all violations of such laws and orders. AU cases of such violation may be tried before the courts herain- above authorized. IX. All cases properly coming within the jurisdiction of these courts will bo brought to trial promptly, ami all unnecessary arrest of citizens will be avoided. X. Tho existence of the courts hereina bove authorized, will cease whenever and wherever, the functions of the qUiccrs of the civil laws ore restored to operation by proper authority. XI. District and sub-district commander* are directed to provide, whenever practicable, for the education of the children of the poor within their commands, and for that purpose they arc authorized to detail regimental chap lains and non-commissioned officers and pri vates for teachers. The education of the children of Refugee* and Freedmon will be relinquished into tho hands of the assistant commissioners and agents of the Frecdmen’* Bureau, whenever they are in readiness to take charge of the same. By Command of Msjor-Gcncrcl Q. A. GILI.MORE. YV. L. M. Buroer, [Official.] Asst. Aeljl. General. Head Quarters Military Dist. E. S. C. THIRD SEPARATE BRIGADE. DARLLYGTOX, S. C., July 12,1865 [General Order, No. 7.] The attention of Commanding officers is a- gain called to the necessity of continual ener gy in maintaining the discipline of their com mands. To promote the object it is hereby ordered, I. No Commissioned officer will quarter a- wny from his command without ipccial per mission. II. Daily Drills and Inspections as prescrib ed by existing orders will not be discontinued. III. Soldiers arc forbidden to invade upon the private property or premises of any citizen without authority. Y'iolation of this provis ion, or of any of the Military rules or “ arti cles of war,” will be severely punished. Complaint being entered of such violation before any Asst. Provost Marshal within the limits of this District, the said Provost Mar shal shall heed the same, and if the cause of complaint be in hi* judgement sufficient, he shall make charges against the accused and cause him to be brought to trial before the Sub District Superior or Ciro.wW Provost Court according to the magnit^ue of the offence. By Compand of Brig. Gen. BEAL. Cuas. B. Fillebrown, , Lt. & A. A. A. G. [OrnciAi..] j uly 18i 186<5 Circular No. 9 :} YVAR DEPARTMENT, Bureau of Refugees, Frecdmen and Abandoned Lands. Washington, July 6, 1866. Whereas, it is reported officially that a large number of destitute refugee*, taking advantage of Circular No. 6, from this Bureau, have been transported Sonth, against their interests, te places Where it is extremely difficult to procure food, and, ia most cases, impossible to do so except when provided by military authorities, it is ordered that hereafter no transportation be granted to refugees, except where human ity evidently demands it, and then only by the requisition of the Commissioner of this Buretn. 0. O HOWARD. Jftyor General^ Commtssionp. Head Qrs. Military District, E. S. C.. THIRD SEPARATE BRIGADE. DARLLYGTOX, S. C., July 26, 1865 [Circular No. 10.] Notice ia hereby given that all persons ap plying for executive pardon must first take the amnesty oath, a certified copy of which they will forward with their petition to the President. Paroled prisoners of war of all grades de siring to apply for special pardon may sub scribe to this oath, Blanks for whieh will he furnished by the Sub-Diatriet Provost Mar shals. By Command of Brig. Ocol BEAL. Chas. B. Fillbbrowr, ’ Lt. & A- A. A- G Aug. 1, 1866. "