The new era. (Darlington, S.C.) 1865-1866, August 08, 1865, Image 4
■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. "