Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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_JLU_'-L1.1 ll1.1_' .'J-i-l..-._'lilil? I. ",1 J.'I )// -re f?? m <4 2b //ti?? oxen self bc true, and it must fotloio, as thc nigfy the ??yf thou can*Bt not then bc falsa to a?iy man.*9 BF ll. A. THOMPSON &-CO.] - ! ? PICKENS C. H., S. C., SA|\??U)AY, DE?EMWEII 9, 1805. ' .-, '. '. --.-1111 ? i ' 111 M , i. .... ju.a-i-'i'i^itX?m^?^ ?.:.:^ ,?>. V.'J.J .s'.:^i;.t!ij^:.xi^ V fi [^?L. I-NO. m MIS?ELLAN-YV Message of Gov. Perry. EXF?UT?VB DEI?AKTMKNT, f So?Tii CAUOIJ?A, November 27, 1865. To the ?onorabl? the Senate and'House c r 'Representatives ; . ; Gentlemen : In obedience to your dir?4 ? tions, I forwardod. to the Secretary of State -Certified copy of tho ratification of the Cot gressional amendment of tho Constitution c the United Stades abolishing slavery: I ha previously telegraphed Mr. Soward that th amepdment had been adopted by you,. and i reply ho stated that " the President and th . ' whole couirlry are gratified that South Carob n? has accented the Congressional amcnctnieu to tho Constitution abolishing slavery/ '." ' 'I have likewise communicated tb tbe Prc.1 ident your resolutions in reference to the post ?ioncuient of thc sales of lands in BeVufoi Jistriot, and hay,e tho gratification of inform ing you that I have heai'd, through* our agen ?at ^ellington, that: these sales have beei ' -countermanded. lb reply to my letter to the Secretary c s " tim Treasury, iu relation to tlieSfcate'of Soutl Carolina', assuming her. portion of tho direc . tax, and giving her boira for t^jc same, I hav been informed that this cannot be done " un less sanotione^by aili ?ctof Go.ngress." Th letter of trjie Aot,ing Secretary of Ctjate is horp Nvith'-scnt you. ' . I have received two communications fron London in reference to thc bopdff of ,Soutl Carolina, dufe in Englaud, wh?oh are'horcwitl sent you, for'your consideration. The bond holders proposo " that the whole arrears ant dividmias to January, 1867, incltt?ivo/shbuh be', ?\ndej? into a 'bonded. debt, Carrying th? sante,rhJ'eW interest as the bonds or'-stocks ' '?rf^a1^l?ho,;?tmfrs tof ?c'?'d. ' Thiit! ( stoking fund shall bo established, (accumula ? tiv?) of two per cent, per annuavwhich, on ? 4 & five p?rs?cnt. stock, wjjl pay off the debt ii twenty-five and three-quarter ;years?" Yoi will probably receive a communication' frdji thc South ?Carolina'Railroad Company in .con . ^DCctiou witrF this bonded debt, as the Stat? *. . has endorsed two millions of the bonds'of tba Oompany, which fall duo in January *hoxt . and nq provision has been uiad? for their pay mont by thc Company. - ? for^rd you also, .the resignation of, th i S ta to Auditor, James Tupper, Esq., with hii views as to the continuance of tho oificc. He thinks tho office unnecessary, aijd at some fu ture timo ho will make a report O? tho various matters connected with tho olheo. f r I hopo you. Viii appoint an early day for thc inauguration of thc Constitutional ?ovevnor. Tile commissions of the members of Congress ./ bavft^to bo signed by hinf/and if they are to be in Washington at the opening of. the ses * ' . sion, ''Ihoy will have to leave here in two?or three days. * / , .. I have been instructed by the PK .mt ** to remain' in the oxorciso of my functions as .Provisional Governor, until relieved by )i?3 express directions." But aftor tho Governor ? elqct. has qualified, I shall reoogni/.o him as tho Ohiof Alugi.strato,.of the S.tate, and make 'all,of .my communications to him' instead of tho Legislature. . , . . , B>*F. PERRY. ^.8IHN(?TON, Nov. 24, ?8G5.-W. II, ' Troscott, Es^q.; the ?xecutivo Agent for'. . South Carolina*, has had am interview with tho . Soorotary of' tho Treasury on the sulrject of, . thc ppsopon'qmbn.t of tho colleotion of direct taxes'and satos of lands in South Carolina for taxes'un paid, and th? Commissioner of . Inter-, nalRevonuo has addressed .tho following let-' / .. ter tO/ tlT?e Tax/Commissioners in South Car olina : ^Asnt,\m^N, Noveihbor20, 1865. ' Ck>nt,lemca : I am instructed by the Secre> tary pf the Treasury to say that his; order in definitely postponing tho salo of lands for direct taxes , in tho insurrectionary distriots, and ' heretofore communicated to you-, was intended to embrace all lands of whatever pharactor or doroription . situate in those districts. You will thoriiforo postpone'indefinitely your sales . of lotty/blocks and houses sit?ate in thotoWti . ^f?eauhn-t, South Carolina, and advertised * , to tako placo ou^Uio 6th of Pcoombor. ? '; GKNI^S li^htfJ its own Oro but it is con stantly collecting' material to keep alive tho . flame. .-.'..i V .: ' WA*: L?, * Important Ciroxil??. 'i Wo pblish tho following circularlas ito?j tainsHriforniatiott of corwiderable interest tho present timo : v , . . HKADQ'RS AOT. ASS'T COM, BUREAU IIEIWG'?JES, FREEDMEN AND AD'D LANDS, , ; DISTRICT WESTERN SO. CA, ? COLUMBIA, ?fc C. November 22, 1805;-: Circular. In order to avoid the evils that musttaeco sarily follow a failure on the part of employe: and freedmen to en toi into contracts for t? ensuing year, it has been doterminod tor quxv? that contracts bc made immediately. Tho accompanying form has been adopted an will bk observed. . ? - It is hoped that the ^ipulation in thistjfon providing for,tho continuance of these coi tracts -after the restoocation of civil authority under Suob rules and regulations as' may t ?adopted by the Legisla Vu re, of this State wi Sf'pve satisfactory to all parties. It is recon lended that, as far as practicable, in ord( not , to. break up their homes for the proseu freSduion^o bc employed by and make coi tracts with their former masters, and that cai betaken to provjdo for the maintenance ( .tho .* helpless .and infirm. , This end willi most easily scoured by.paying the freedom for their labor in clothing,' fopd and shcltc and medical attendance, and such addition; images injnoncy as may bs agreed upon. Oommanding officer at each court house i jibe Sub-District to'act as ageni. for the Freec incn's Bureau, and take change of tho nf akin bf contracte. TMs officer, associated with tw citions of thc Military District, (magistrate if they, can bo obtained,) will c?pstituto Doai'd under the provisions of Circular No. { <From headquarters of, thc Bureau? In ease whore the employer and frcccUuon oannt ngi^ee ^en the terms of the ?Ontraot, thi board, after a oareful examination of all th facts, will fix tho terms. , Tho tw<? citizen! fmembcra of tho board) .stall bp .paid th re dollars p'or day for tho time actually engage in the, discharge of their.duty--tue accourt to?b? certified to by the officer associated .wit; them and approved by tl\p Sub-Djffcrict oijioe commanding.; . * ?\ To-defray the" nocessary exporises of thos proceedings, a fee of fifty couts sha?lbe charg? aud collect?e! fox each iroedmon so employed in cases where ten or a less number are "em ployed, if more than ton, twenty-five cent will bo Collected for each additional freedman so employed./' Thpso. fees will be collected b; the oilicor in charge, and accounted for to tin Sttb-Assista nt Commissioner. No -disburse mont's by him wLJi be alloted, exocpt the pei diem of tho associate members of tho board upon approved accounts. A weekly reporj will bc. made by him to the Sub-Assjstam j (Commissioner, which will be accompanied bj .a correct copy of all contracts entered into. . They will also, to" thc full extent of theil power, enforce the faithful performance of tlx oonditipn pf those contracts, fflfo iutercsts ol freedmen will be carefully guarded, and Jjioii rigliiu hi every respect protected,, but, at thc sam? time, they must be'compelled to fulfill their agreement, and, if idle, or vicious, mu^t be punished. ? '..?.' No efforts slipqld be spared to correct the erroneous impression tjiat prevails among freedmen in regard-to a division bf land ; that ^ is not necessary for them to hiake'contracts, or they will be permitted to leave their,pres ent hornes, and go in great numbers to any other part of tho* couutry. . RALPH ELY, i\ . Brevet Brig. Geu'l, Actin g. Ass't Com'r. - " QO'LUMRIA, C., Nov. .'22, 1865. ' To ^Brevet Brigadier General, Ralph Elyy Acting Ast't, Oom'r. J?* Ii.,1 F. and A. IA.> Sir': By authority of the Assistant Com missioner, you aro hereby directed to assumo charge of'tho affairs of tho Bureau of Kef??. .gees, Freedmen and Abandourfd Lands, for the District of Western South Carolina, witti Headquarters at Columbia, South.Coolina. Subordinate Assistant Commissioners with in .this District will be subject to such gonoral regulations-as you may publish in accordance with prdors frpm the Assistant Commissioner ?br youth Carplina ano>,Georgia. I? am, Gen eral, very respeotfully, your obedient sej'vunti > . 7 V s C. IL HOWARD, ;. Brevet Brig. Gen./Insp'r.'Gen., . , And Cl?ef-?f Staff. - ---? . Queen Viotoria, has kuightod ? negro ! , . . ? ?. ' < i? ?? the Work of fcostoration. *. , [y; In an aciclo upon thc obstacles to Southern ^(oration, tho Washington " Chronicle " of the l?th eays : ' jJ^$$uo,b??t friends of the Sputher/i people are no^, willing to admit that they have not done their share in the work of restoration.^ ^u'stead bf accepting,the magnanimous terms ?^uoQoV?rum?wv in the spir'rjin which they woro offered, aud obliterating^ traces of the rebellion, Uiey have a h?sitaipolicy, whioh has rendered the way to full restoration and harmony; tn oro difficult. With the ooridi tions snuaroly boforc them, and with a full knowl edge of tWfaoti'that they could only resume vtljeir. position in the Union by an uncondition al complianoo with them, they huve purs??d au^c'h a courso as is calculated to make thc most anxious frionds believe that' they hove ? nov heart in'the work. We do not say-these .?&ploQsan.t truths in tho censorious spirit. In - ^?mq?on with the great fh?jority of the North ern people, .We Jiave watched and labored for an'entire return'to substantiurpeace ?nd har mony botWOco-the two sections. * Three influ ences, however, have been Kt work to prevent tho. realization of tho hopes of tho loyai tnil liona of the couutry. , '?? , ?. The so called Democratic leaders and newspapers at the North. ? II. The majority of tho Southern press*. III. *l?he did political leaders of the South. ? Tlie first of these, by promulgating the idea j- entirely falso and groundless-that there is ?.j)Hrty at tho North whioh is interested in jeeping the.Southern States in the'position in .Vh'ioli the rebellion placed1'them, has done iVucli to disseminate a feeling of estrangement hmongth?.Southern people. They*, have done .upmost defoni tho fre? laboi^expori I lt????v by oqt?ring 'to ,-thht spirit of 'pr^iudioe Weh is Wiiowtj ti^?Mil-the S?uWagnhist it: But. the most' pernicious part of their conduct balbeen tho holding forth the hope .-now demonstrated to bo delusive---tfiat they would attaito such power and influence at the North as" would enable' them, to offer more lit eral terms to the South. Tho second of the?e influences,'*the Southern press, has had. a most disastrous effect upon thewjork of restoration. The leading newspapers of the'South.'are con trolled to-cujy to< a great ox te nt, by tho samo mep who conducted them during the rebellion. Their columns boar witness to the facj^iat the terrible teachings of the last toiiryears have had little, if any effect upon them/ Many /of them are as openly defiant and bitter in their opposition to thc Federal Government ns at any time during the war. ?So flagrant has been the iecendiary oharacter of some that their suppression by tho military authorities has beon a *matter of neocssity. Th? third influence at work, tho old political leaders of the South, has contributed its full sharo of thc mischief. The. course pursued by these men in conventions and elsewhere shows that their loyalty is, to any the least of, a very d? bious quality, and their ideas of restoration considerably confused. Theyarc whojly unfit to gut?e tho peoglo for whom thcyj>resume to act in such a orisis. Tjj? oonduot of .the^e men,, together with the pernicious-influence of i the Souther,!) press,,(has done muoh to retard tho good work. - But we believe the masses of the Southern peoplo aro right, and if left un I trem?ineled would recei ve the President's terms io the propor spirit." A N?w Spp:euLATipN.-.Sinco;tho war closed, and tKc lines of travel No?t' and South, have been re-ostablished, a class o: .peculators has sprung up.in. this vicinity tbfft war alono so'ould hav? generated, ah'ey food tho rjoun try with circulars headed, f4Tho Fallen jira ve," "'ifno'lIqno.red^Doad," and so on, nnnounoi?gf that, for a- consideration,- t?rey will exhume, box uftjand forward- tho remains ot* any officer or soldier to his friotfds br relatives. Qr' courso the body is always found, no matter in what battle the braye man fell, or how Vague tho particulars furnished. Tho speculators gets . a^andsofte foo, tho oxpress oomnanv u roiind freight, lind the sorrowing friends tho identi cal rennins of tho lost loved one-^-so they<be-< Heve. Petersburg is ai; present, -t\\Q jiead q'uartoys of this new and thriving tiracto. [yliehmond Tones'. MR. BUCHANAN has road? tho last proof sheet of Ids forthcoming history ?f his Admin- . istration, mid tho public may expcot to1 roceive thtfboiik iri the course pf. the next^onth. /f?*M? '...'viv . ?IEADQ'RS. DEPARTMENT OF S. C. 1? J?ILTON HEAD, S. C,,. Oct. 2, I860, j General Orders No. 59. ' . , Until such times os Unitecl States Coutts shall be (July authorized and put in operation in tho Siftte of Soil ttl Carolina^ fy .is tho duty of the. Military Authorities toioubrd full and i ample protection to officers and agente of ffy Unltbd States in the discharge of their official "f duties. 1 All civil officers and" magistrates are foereby notified that they will not be perfected to c?uso 'the arrest ,of ?ujtcd States officers or agents, o?s to issue any writ of injunction of other civil process ?alo?latod to impede or ?pibarrass themv in tjie discharge of their '.T ... duties. v 4 Claims uiade by citizens for property in the r custody oft dr claimed "by, such ofticprs or agents, acting in behalf of the United States, may bo adjudicated by the. Provost Couria, with the right to appeal to District Command ers. In oases of doubt, the-custody of tho A property claimed will be assumed by the Mil itary Authorities until Civil Courts are estab lished,vpr orders for its disposal are'recoiVed from higher authorityV . . , # By Command of " Maj. Gen. Q. A. GILLMOfiB. ' ' W. L. M. BURGER, A. A. General. VERY SENSIBLE.-The gallant Maj/ Gen, J. B. Gordon, in declining to run for Gover nor of Georgia, says i * <..' ; f* Several gentlemen have been named whose oharaotor and talents fit them for tintposition. Let us pelect from those che whose long civil services,' matute cxporicooe, nnd.unbl?inished rectitude/pfe-'emilhently qualify him to con duct thc> State through the shoals and quick- 0 sands that environ her j and, while *'-$6 tims >con^ult tho high^t iutorests of Jour St?to, let us, by a faithful observance of tho obligations wc haye assumed, and by all the moral power ; > I we may exert, sustain the President in hist Herculean endeavor to defeat the ?tadicols of jj the North in their .efforts, to destroy us. . " Lc?t "is demonstrate to these enemies to truth, to principle and sound, policy, that tl?o men of the-.South, who'have \een K : il/ to vindicate with .their lives thehonprof their section, and-thc cause they believed just and holy, are most rcliablo ii^their observances of plighted faith, and truest to tlie principles of*. the Constitution. '.Difficulties of tho.greatest magpitudc oppose our political and material advancement; but let us give p?rsclv?s to u the task of overcoming them with brave l?carts m and \viso, unremitting toil." ?. BROWNLOW ON? THE * J?EBELS."-^ Parson . Brownlow thus pours out tho vials of his -' wrath hi thc Knoxville " Whig" of tho 8th j,nstaritf: ^ . ' ' Tho Southern leaders still haVe thc devil in them, and presuming upon the leniency of the President, they arc losing sight of their real positions.. Louisiana is now proposing to oleet ex-Governor Aik?n, now a refugeo traitor in Mexico, to gubernatorial honors, on the ground that he is endeared to the people because of Iiis services rendered fin the cause of thc re- * hellion. In North Carolina, Georgia and Al abama; unpardoned rebels are running for Congress, boasting^ that they are still unpar* doned, and do not intend to change. 'Weare 'sorry toSec tliis state of things, but it is-just what we predicted from thc start; The .war was dosed out two years too soon. Thc Prcs-^ id?iit will adopt a now and. different course towards tfics? ' robe! . States. He "will, in a word, withdraw all amuosty/ and introduce; 0 dWifiscation, martial law and'military rule, and * finally, all that extreme men bave contended for. Tir? mild and benignant policy of tho President has becyi abused-?os (not at a|l ap {>reciatod by rebel loaders ; but it is insul?ing y demanded as their right 1 .These Southern reb?is have their fnto in their own ke?pin?, and they a'vo nursing their wrath td keep it warm. , We feel confident that the President? % will not yield any moro grouud? to tlsem, if,' indeed, be does not wi(,hdrayii from tbeni what . he has conceded, i? THE AVashington Rational Intelligencer' says y Gen. Howard,,of the Freedmen's, Bu reau, has returned froin his ?odthorn tour? . and reports that wherever lie has gone tho blacks and all the loyal whites universally dc- ? sire th'?.prcscn?e of United States^ troops in 4 their respective "States, aucf distjrust'their abil jfjby?o maintain their commonest rights with-^ put them;. ?. " * ??' "'. ' '