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TH E TRIW EKitLY NE S. VOLUME I.] WINNSBORO,*S. C., SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1865. NUMB ' 3 THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS: BY J. E. AURTTON. THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS is ptiblished 1m Tuesday, Thursday aid Sattirday, at ONE DOLIAI per month, 'in advance. Single copics TrN CENTS. AdvertiiemntWA inserted at ONE DOLLAR por eqonre. of oight lines or less, for the first, and SEVENTY-FIVK cent- for each suboo. -guent in idon, invariablv.in ndvaico GREAT ATTRACTION AT No. 2, BANK RANGE; NEW GOODS JUST REC EAV ED '11E undersigned has just received, and offers for sale, at the lowest mar ket, prices, FOR CASH, ..the following dosirable articles: -CA LICOES. DE LAlNESo ALPACAS, BLACK SILKS, RED FLANNELS, WHITE FLANNELS. OPERA FLANNELS, JACONETS, -DISHOP LAWN, IRISH LINENS, LACE VEILS, . 8ATINETS. IANDKEICHIEFS, * CASSIMERES. H081SERY,, GLOVES, MEIRINO SHIRTS, TOWELLING. . TABLE COVERS, HATS, &c., &c., &c. ALSO, A fine assortment of Ready-Made Clothing. - . I. PRiOPST, Isept, 2'65- Agent. WILLIs8 & C111000 , Factors, Comuilsson Merchants, AND. SHIPPING AGENTS, OFPCA 41 L LS HO USE, OHARLESTON, S. C., . wuLti A. B, enISsorM.. W ILL atteud to the puirchase, sale and shipment-(to Foreign and Do 'istic Ports)-of Cottor, Rice, vinmber, Naval Stores,; to the Collection of Drafts, 1urdmeaso anasale of all Securities. Con * tgtoneits oreussbls sollepied. Messrs. JOhN RItASBi & CO., Charles - . G W. WILLIAlM9 & 00., rCharlestont.. 0; Messrs. GlEO. -A. IIOPLEY & 00., Char leaton,. S.C0. Gio.-50lECu:Y. Esq., ,Augusta, Ga. 8. METGAl, Esq., Augusta. Ga. Megsrs's $,ARK, DOPGE & CO., Nei York. 4easvd. NPRIAY & NEPHEW, New Yori. - Messr.&L W., CLARK &#C., Philadel phia. Penn. Messrs.- PENDErIoRAST, FENWmicK & U IA tAIS* SONS, 1al timore, Ag-lil~.u lHna apses will dopy weekly for nune fde s'd edud bills to the *Charleston Coturier o aug 22'65--lIaw4 " IP.ELPS,.& I)A N, * General Commission AND FOR WA RDING ~ o6i b~tst Shd ordei so ' Headq''rs Dept of S. C., HILTON IhEAD, S. C., July 20, 1865. General Order No. 0. I T is announced, for the Itformation and government. of this command, that B:N.JAMIN . Vutny, of South Carolina, has been appointed by the President, Provisional Goveritor of the State of South Carolina, withofit. au thority and instructions. "at the earliest practicable perioll, to prescribe ciuch rules and regulations as nay-be necessa. ry and proper for convening a Conven tion, composed of delegates to be chosen by that portion of the people of said State who are loyal to lte United Slates, and no ot.hers, for the purpose of altering or amending the Constitution thereof ; and with authority to exercise, within the limits of said State, all the powers necessary and proper to enable such loyal people of the State of South Carolina to restore said State to its consti. tutional relations to the Federal Govern Iment, and 10 present sntch i Repuiblicant forin of State Got-ertnent ats will enti. to the State to tht guarantee of tite United States therefor, and its people to protection by the United States against invasion, insurrection and domestic vio Iecc ; provided, hat in any electioti that uany hereafter be held for choosing delegates to any State Convention as aforesaid, no person shall be qualified as an elect-or. or shall be eligible as a mem. ber of such Convention, unless he shall have greviously taken and subscribed the oath of amnesty, ats set forth in the President's proclaImation of May 29, A. D. 1865, and is a voter qualified as pre scribed by the Constitution and laws of the State of South Carolinita in force ii mediately before the seventh (I'7th) day of November, A. D. 1860, the date of the so-called Ordintance of Secession ; nitd ite said Convention, when convent ed, or the Legislature that may be thereafter assembled, will prescribe the qualificAtion of electors, and the eligibih ty of persons to hold ofcee uicinder th Constitution alid laws of tle State. a power thepeoplu. of the several States composing the Federal Union have rightfully exercised front the origin of the Government to the present time." It istherefore, ordered, tiat all officers and other persons in the United States military service, within the - State of South Carolina, aid alid assist Governor Perry in carrying into. effect the . forego. ing instrnctions, and they are enjoined to abstain from, in any way, hindering, impeding or discouraging the lhyal peo. ple of the State front the organization of a State Government, as hereinabovo au. thorized and directed. All orders and instructions now iu operation throughout this Department, whether emanating from these headquar ters, or front Headquarters Department of the South, that are not inconsistent, with. tle foregoing distinctly specified provisions of this order, will continne in tpre. ap leretofore,; throughout the State of South CArolinia. Every needful facility for taking the Amnesty oath will be afforded by the military autherities, on forms heretofore supplied for that purpose. Hereafter Provost jfarshals and As. sistant Proyost Marshals will constitute. the only military ofEcers entitled to ad minister tile amnesty oath, a. certified copy of which will, in all cases, be fur, nished to the individual taking it. The drigmnal oaths will be transmitted, semi monthly. by. tle officer administering the stme. to the Prov'ost Mar uhal General'ar. these 'Headquarters, by tylom they will be recorded in a book kept toy that pur poser and then forwarded oteSce tary of State.dtoteec* Pesons applying for14eqcutive clem. encyprill send their potitioui.(with'a cer tifled, py of. the 4ineaW20tth it.' taohed. .tpthe Presiden,thtrougatiePro. Visional Goernor at Gr'emle,.So. C a. D y .comidaid of Majord'eheoal .A. tjyw een : th* l4Mk A.P e.G De~ W aidA fIA stance of said proclamation, failed or ncg leoted to take'the benefits cifered thereby and, VIMI.ntA, Alany persons who have been justly deprived of all claim to amnesty and pardon tiereunder by reason of their parti cipation, directly or by implication, in said rebellion and contintued host.ility to the gov ertnent. of the United States since the date of said proclamation, now desire to apply for and obtain amnesty and pardon. To the end, therefore, thet the authority of the government of the United States iay be restored, and that peace. order and ft-ree .dom may be established, 1, ANDREW J0)IN SON, President of the United States, (o proclaim and declare that I hereby grant. to all persons who halo directly or indirectly participated in the vebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, ninne.ty and pardon, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves. and rxcepr. in case where legal proceedings, under the laws of the United States providing for the 6orfis cation of property of perfonti engaged in rebellion, have been instittied, but on the condition, nevertheless, that, every such per son shall take and subscrib' the following oath or affirmation, and thenceforward1 keep and inaintain said oath inviolate; and which oath shall lhe registed for permanent pros ervation, and thall be of thu tenor and effect following, to-wit : I, , do soleminly swear or affirm, in 'presence of Almighty God, that I will hence forth fait hfully support, protect and dalbnd .the Constijution of the 'nited States, and the Union of tho liates thereunder. and that I will, in like mnlner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and procatna tions which have beeni mado during the ex isting rebellion wit h reference to t he eman cipation of slaves. So hotp me God. Thie following classes of persons are ex cepted front the benefits of this proclamia tiont. First-All who are, or shall have been, pretended civil or diplomatic oficers, or otherwi'me, domestic or foreign agents of the pretended Confederato government. Second--All who left judicial stations tin der the United States to aidthe rebellion. Third-All who shall have been military or naval officers of said preteinded Confede rate government. above the rank of Cohumel it the army or Lieutenant. in the navy. Fourth -All who left seat s in the Coi gress of the United States to aid in the rebellion. Pinh-All-iwho resigned or tendered res ignations (ot their commissionas In thi army or navy of the United States to evado duty it resisting the rebeli(on. Sixth-All who h'ave engaged in any way in treating otherwise thad lawfully as pris oners of war persons found in the United States service, as oflicert, soldiers. seamen, or-in other oapacities. . &eenth-All persons w-.o have beet or are absentees from the United States for the purl>uso of aiding therebellion. ,ihth-All military and naval officers in tho'robol service who were oducated by the government In the Military Academy at. West Point, or the United States. Naval Academy. Ninth-All persons who held the pretend ed otfices of Governors of 8t ates in insurree tion against the United States. Tenth-All persons who left their homes within the jurisdiction and protection of the United States, and/passed beyond the fede. tal military lines into the so called Confeder ate States for the purpose of aiding the re bellion. Eleventh-All persons who have been en gaged In the destruction of tie commerse of the United States upon the high seas, ai-d all persons who have made raids into the UnIteil States from Canada, or been engag od in destroying the Commerce of the Uui ted States upon the lakes and, river ihat separate the British provinces from the Uni ted States. * 2lielth-All persons who, at the timo when they seek to obtain the benefits hereof by taking the oath herein prescribed, are in military, naval or civil confinement br cus tody, orunder bonds of fhe civil, military or naval anthoritles or agents qf the United States, as prisoners of war or persons do tained for offenoes of any kind either before or after convietion. Thirteenth-All persons who have volun. tarily participated-in said rebellion, and the estimated value of whose taxable property is over twenty thousand dollars.. *Fourteenth-All persons who have takena t):e oath of amnesty as prescribed in the Pr-esident's proelajnation of Dtcemsbor eight, A. D., one thousand eight hundrsed and six ty-three, or anx oath of allegiaitet to th's gov ernmeqnt, of the United States sinco- thie date 6f *taid proclamation, and who have not thepooeforward kept and n4intained ' the samhe itiviolate: - .Pfev!ded . thaf speial Aipp i'allon may, li made'to the President for Apardon by any pierson belomging to Athe excejbw -elness; and such eleznenby will be libetaU cviend ed anisy ho e onsistent, wIth;. q fa'cts of and the peace and digtity of thes -~TfSecrete ,o(State will 9sb~]isb ntiles o~~II~h~J~taesty oath s a o i 'ml ' *~ a~t-the people a di at fraud. It) * eofI hate. i~ i'~ ~ n athe it t ;edfl'*7 By the Provisional Govern6r of the e State of South Carolina. a II it 0 11 A PROCLARKATION . W 1HARTEAS, His Excellenc, Presi- v dent .iohnson, has issued'his pro clanation, appointing me (Bonjamin F. Perry) Provisional 0overnor 1,n and for the State of South Carolina, lvit.hl power tW pro scribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for convening a Con.. vent ion of the State, composed of delegates to be chosen by that. portion of lie peopleof laid State who are loyal to the United States, for t he purpose of alterink or anend. ing tile Constitution thereof: and with au thority to exeroise within the laits of the State all the powers necessary and proper to enablo such loyal people to restoro said State to its constitutional relations to tile Federal Govetntent, and to present, ich It Republican tforii of State Government as will entitle the State to the gtarantec of the Uhilted States therefor, and its people to protectlon by the Uiited States against in vion, insurrection and dojuestio violece : Now, therefore, in obedience to the pro clamtation of His Excellency, Androw John- t. son, President of fla Unit4 tatest I, BEN- , JAMIN F. PEiIRY, Provisional Governor of (te State of South Carolina. for the purpose of organizing a Provisional tovernment in P South Carolina, restoring civil atilhority in t] uai*d State, under t lie Constitution and laws i of tile United States, do hereby proclaim 4 and,doclaro that all civil oflicers In South Carolina, who were in offce wheti the Civil T Government, of the State was suspended, in tJ May last, (except those arrested or under p prosecution for treason,) shall, on taking 0 the oat h of' allegiance prescribed ' In the President's Amnesty Proclamation 'of the it 2th day of May, 1865, restumo the duties of o their otlices and continue to discharge them 1 under the Provisional Government till fur titer appointments are made. And I do further proclaim, declare and l ia'to knwn, that. it is the duty of all loyal citizens of the State of Soth Carolina to t pror.ptly go forward and take t he oat It of allegiance to the United States, before somno~ tiagistratJ or military olicer of the Federal G(uiernnott, who may be qualified for ad ministering oaths; and such are hereby au thorized to give certified copies thereof to ti the persons respectively by whom ,they t' were made. And such magistrates or offi- n cers are hereby required to transmit the ti ariginals of such oaths, at as early a day as i imay be convenient, to the Department of n State,,in the ctty of Washington, D. C. h1 And I do further proclatin, declare and ti ake known, that the Managers of Eleo. a tions throughott, the State of South Caro linn, will hold an election for members of a it State Convention, at their respectiee pre cincts, on the' FIRST MONDAY IN SEP. 0 TEMBBIL NEXT, according to the laws of b South Carolina in force before the secession of the State, and that each Eletion District. in the State shall elect as many members of the Convention as the said District, haa mnenbers of the House of Representatives t he basis of repr9sentation being population andi taxatign. This will give onehutindred and ..wenty-four members to the Convention -.a nunibr sufficiently large to represent, every portion of the State mosefully. b Every loyal citizen who lad taken the Amnesty oath, and not wi.hin the excepted P classes In the President's proclamation, P will be entitled to vote, provided lie was a legal voter under the Constitution as it stood U prior to the secession of South Carolina. 0 And all who are within the excepted elasses must take the oath and apply for a pardsn, In orler to entitle them to vote or become m members oftlie Convention. The members of the Convention thus elected on the first Monday -in September t next, are heraby required to 'conTane In the 0 city of Columbia, on WEDNESDAY, the h 18th (lay of September- 1865, for the pur pose of altering and amending the irsent (Contlttition of South Carolina, or remodel- i ig and mna'ing a now one, which will con feomto the gr6at, chat'gett which-hiave taken place in the State, and be mlol' in accord anewith.,Repnblican prinoiples and eqtiality of representation, And L do futrthecr pr'oclaim and .reake known, that thte Constitution and all laws of, force in Sgutth Otarlna prior .t te seseion of the state, are hereby radeotf force 'under the Provisional Goveronohtt, dxept Vherein thley may .conflict with. tht, previsions' of this proohaiqation, . And' the.1 hereby.sqi-ed toa.egoeie. all the power-s and perfcrtl all the. dat'ip W~h~ ,Qbxh n P to thqh respq6't1ve'offi4,. aod la~eith~ - erbriinall .- It' UifK boO exi .he * Federal .yt' tit,ie~ {0o ii8. toa auth rity te h (e4011 1 1 " .'s of freed persons will be kind to them, uid not. tturn off, the children or aged to Drish ; and the freed men and womon are trnestly enjoined to make contracts, just id fir, fur renaining with their formoz; Wners. In order to facilitate as much as possi. le the application for pardons under lid xceptod sections of the Presidents Am. esty Proclamation, it, is stated for infor intion that all applicatlons must be by pt ition, stating the exception,. and 'acconm anied with the oath 'prescribed. This. peo ition must be first apptoved by the' Prbvis )mal Governor, and then forwarded to the 'resident. The hendqriarters of the Pro. isional Governor will be at Greenvillej there all.communications to ii must be ddressed. The newspapers of thi State will publish Iis proclamation unt il the election for mom ers of itfe Convention. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto. set my hand atid seal. Done' at the, i., s.] town of Greenville, this 20th day of July, in the year 6four Lord - 1865, and of the independence of the tJnla ted States the ninetieth. B. F. PERRY. By the Provisional Governor: WILLA I. Pny. Private Secretary. july 20'i5-tscp4.17 ANNOUNCE MENTS. - INoltistation. Mn. EniToit : The near approach of the ny 'appointed for the elcotion of members to teStateConventiorl, renders it properforus colsider who we shall select for that po1. tion. The ,declensions *hich have taken lace very much restrict the Pange of seloe on. At thisimp6rtantjuncture.four affairs, is desirable that those who arepeculiarlyfl. U id to serve the people should be called foili,. know of no one morosuitablo.it all respeQts ian Mr. WILLIAM Rt. ,ROBERTSOi. [is well known good sense, his nodefitlon f opinions his butsitiass talents, lis untir ig energy and practical segacity, poiht hiun tit as a man who can do us good serVice. cerefore. beg leave, to present his name to lo people ; and I feel' satisfied' that while o does not seek the position his public spir will Induce him to obey the mandate of his xllow-citizens, who desire his services. aug 22'ti---to 11n1oAV Rsvsn. For the4 Convention. 'Choose'for the Convention your best and nest nien ; not. those who haveskulked ilt to hour of danger-nor those who'have orshipped Mammon, while their cour y was bleeding at every pore-nor to politician, who after urging wat, dated At. encounter its~lardships-but those who d laid their all upon the altar of the coun -y. Select such men, and make them strd your representatives." Mn. En6roi : Deei? Impressed with the imense importance of the above adVice the noble HAMTrOv, I proposo as mem& ars of the Convention for Fairfiehl JOHN BRATTON, JAMES 11. RION, aug 5'66-to Axo- 1Am THE COIINTNAN INDE1. 3 Y the First of October, or as'soonl as the mails are re-catablished, I wilise sW the publication of the '(IRITfit 4DEX'" and thd "CHILD'*INDBX" ]Ci* sen publishing. rice of -,Index," por annum : 8: _ rice of "Child's Index," " : g 0 Money may be remittoO at once,'ssmy da. rmination is positive. '' My'desire is to sW. ire a large subsoriptioi list with which to )gin, and3 issue this propeotust that.sub ribers may have limo to forwardithoir re Ittancos. ' It is my inte'tio'n to -issue first elatss.pa rs., and no pains or expense will be spared secure that :end. The best writers "nd krrespondets 'Viil be, seoured, and'the gbest religiou apd'literary talent *Ifl bo von to the papers. The COILD 8 PA EIL will be7 proftisely Illustrautedmasd will, Lever sense, be made to conform to its Moe y 1 may e nt by Expreseo'hteret iseitbyExress at may vfi, if te'e eens receipt is sent mime, enx the resurlptio oygnuodon wit Atra ot '3W. n & Ce., i disisol tb ls I will gatabt sin in' ofileirs i aan Ga., *h.rse nnmatx lcations maye addtresed. i' ,iloa, eergia and J* p cr diy and Wee Oly,,will Oop~~e~hI