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Cotton. I was a paltry seed-a worthless weed, lu my o wu laud to scarce a nae decreed; Tnough rich in growth, neglected and de? spised, , . . Ne culture fostcr'd, and no people prized: The stranger came; h?J boro me to hisjiome, A tnousaud leagues across the sale sea loam; , . Then- Loused mc warmly in the rich, dark soil, And called the savage to his prop?r toil; WiUi Sovereign art enforced tho law which said, "By thy own labor shalt thou earn thy " bread" 'Till he. like nie, by art and order driven, Grew bleat, fthrilling the decree of Heaven? He, thc bliild savage, late HO foul aud base, lu the just training of a nobler race. Matured to manhood, with developed pow . ers, That crowns the world with wealth, the watte with flowers, ' Lost all felicity, and soon Became, por toil au expert, and for labor tame! No more thc savage, doom'd to-s.lame and strife, But saved and lifted to superior life; Glad iu his progeny of great increase, And sure of fostering care, and crowu'd with I peace! Grateful I flourished 'neath thc guardian i care, That hronght me needful light and gene? rous air; That nursed my growth, protected me from | wited. Brok* tie" unwilling clod that bound thc seed, Fostcr'd with food and nurture, nor fore- | borfc Till he and 1. at last, could do no more, But look to ?lim. Hie Lord vf Al', who tirings | Increase aud hope to seasons, men aud i things! I bourgt.on'd glad, with branches widelv ! spread, And liautning blossoms, orange, white and ! red; Thea heavy hung with fruits-great hoi's of ' gre? u, That, bursting, showed the precious wealth between; Soft curls of sib;, laid open to the sight, Hove?l'd my virgin treasure, pure an?! white; ? Starring great fields of green, with myriad eyes, # Th'.ck as the heavenly host in autumn fckios. These, by my guardian gon^is gatherd well, Ana p .ss'd tiiroiigh engine, as by wizard spell . Were script cf weed and seed, of mote and stain, And, sped to thousand realms beyond the. matu! * By other arts employ'd-through other j hands 1 pa. s'd, a*idclothed iu beauty ether lauds.; ?Jay tissues, whitest' lawns, and loveliest theee, Gave tod employment and ihtj nations peace. Art .'.^iioulmg labor with superior lore, Crowa'd tits wnolo world with wea]?ii un- i known befor Ke: has, fondly struggled for- my 'virgin i ."harms, Ant beauty gladly wrapt me. in hermanas! | Th-.'s wCjKe tho. nations ghtddoivd, and they i carno To hail with homage that which once was biiame, A toing ol' little use and lowliest name! hue little bumble seed.tue worthless weed, Won manics with blessing, honor for its meed; m Fiird tne world's eye from Europe to Ca? thay, And grew, through human need, to-human sway! Maintaw'd thc peaccof States^itheir wrath subdued, Sooth'd war's blind ire, aud huslfd his sa- j vago brood; Grew from thc lowliest to tli?loftiest worth, I 'Ino octa material gilt of heaven tJ earth! | A Midnight Adventure. Females often possess presence of mihd and tho power of .self-control undt?r circumstances of imminent peril, which seems almost foreign to their natmw and beyond "the endur-. ance of-a delicate piiysigjl orguni/.a tion. A striking; m^WSfe of self <:ommand, by a lady whose fears must have boen powerfully excited, and whose lifo of affluence hu?Lj?robubly never before given lier ne'rves any severer test than those incident to the vexations of domestic? euros, is given in Chanibers' Journal. Wo copy tho adventure, promising by way of ex? planation, that the lady was the daughter of a rector, residing in a quiet English country village, and was upon thc eve of marriage. The wedding day was to be on the morrow ol' that on which our adven? ture happened. Grund preparations were made for the wedding, and the rector's fine old plate ami the costly gifts of the bride were discussed with Sride and pleasure at the Hare and Lounds,' in the presence .of some strangers who had come to a prize fight which had token place in' the neighborhood. Tuat night, Adelaide, who occupied a separate room from lier sister, sut up late-long after ?ill the household had ?Mired to rest. She had a long interview with her father and had been reading a chapter io which he had di? rected lier attention, aud since, hail packed her jewels, ?cc. ?She was, conse? quently, still dressed when the church clock tolled midnight. As it ceased sue fancied she heard a low noise like fc.iat of a life; she 'istened but could not distinguish anythmg clearly. It might, have been made by some ol' the sen ants -..till about, or perhaps it was the ?r^.ci ii.j.; oi ?ho old trees. She j heard nothing but the sighing of tho winter winds fof many minutes after j ward. Hqnsobreakers were myths in j primitive Thyndon, and ?he bride I elect, without a thought of fear, re I sumed her occupation, She was gaz I'ing ou a glittering set of diamonds, j destined to be worn at the wedding, I when her bedroom door softly opened. She turned, looked up, and beheld a man, with a black mask, holding a pistol in bis hand, standing before her. She did not scream, for her first thought"was "for her father, who slept in the next room, and to whom any j sudden alarm might be death, for he I was obi, feeble and sui?oring from heart complaint. She confronted the robber boldly, and addressed lum in a Vhisper: "You are come." she said, "to rob us. Spare your soul theawful guilt of murder. "My father sleeps I next door to my roqm, and to be j startled from bis sleep TI onld kill him. Make no noise, I beg of you." 4 The fellow was astonished and cowed* "We won't make any noise," he replied suddenly, "if you give us j everything quietly." \ Adelaide drew back and lot bim take her jewels-not without a pang, for they AVG re precious love gifts, remark 1 ing, at tile suinc time, that two more masked ruffians stood? at tho half opeued door. As l?o took the jewel ? case and watch from thc table, and demanded ber purse, she asked him if [ he intended ti) go into her father's room. She received a surly affirma-, tive: "He wasu't agoingto run all the I risk and leave half the. tin behind?" She proposed ins tautly that she would go herself, saying: "I will briug you whatever you' wish, and kill me if I play false to you." Thc fellow con? sulted bis comrades, and, altera short parley, they agreed to the proposal; and with a pistol pointed at her bead, the dauntless fdrl crossed .the passage and entered the old rector's room. Very gently she stole across tho cham? ber, and removing bis purse, watch, keys and desk, gave them^ip to the robbers "who stood at the door. The old man slept peacefully and calrrdv, thus guarded by his child, who s?<?ly shut the door.'and demanded if thc robbers were yet. satisfied. The leader r< plied that they should be when they got the show of plato spr&id out be? low, and that they couldn't let lieront ! of sight, and that she must go with them. Tn compliance, with this man i date, she followed thean down stairs I to Ibo dining room, to save trouble ? and burry on the morrow. To her ?.surprise, the follows-eight in-number when assembled-seated themselves and prepared**U> make a good moid. They ordered her to get them out the wine, and to "cut ber own w?dding cake for them; and then .scated at the bead of the table, she was compelled ! to preside at :bis extraordinary revel. They atc, drank, laughed and joked: and Adelaide, quick of car and eye, had thus time to study, in he^Snuiei way, the figures and voices Ol the whole set. , j When tho repast was ended, and th? ; plate transferred to a s?ck. they pre j pared to depart, whispering togethel j and glancing at tho yening lady. Foi Lthe first rime, Adelaide's courage gave way, and she trembled; but it wai not a consultation against her, as il proved. The loader, approaching lier, told ber that they did not wish to barn: her-that she was "a jolly wench, regular came," and they wouldn't hurl her. Vint th it siie must swear not ti give the alarm till 0 or 10 the next day when they should be off all safe. Ti this, of coryse, she wa* obliged ti assent, and then they all insisted or shaking bands with her. She notice?: during this parting ceremony that oui of the ruffians had only three fingen on the left hand. Alone,,and in the despoiled rooms Adelaide, taint and exhausted, awaitei tho first gleam of daylight; then, a the robbers did not return, she stol up to her room, undressed, and fe] into a disturbed slumber. The con stertiation of the family next momiuj may lie imagined; and Adelaide's stor was still more astounding than th fact of the robber^itself. Police wer sent from Loudon, and they, guide? by Adelaide's lucid description of be midnight gitwts, actually succeeded i; capturing every one of the gajwj, whor the-young lady had no dinfculty i: identifying and swearing to-th "three-fingered Jack" being the m?u ing clue to the discovery. Tue stole property was newrly all recovered, an the old rector always declared-an with truth-thaAie owed his life t the stalf-possession and judgment i his daughter. The only ill <:fiect i the gaeat trial to ber nerves was a di position on the part of the youn heroine to listen to? midnight sonne and start uneasily from trouble dreams; but timo ?nam chango soo ejected its ero e. In viow of tho importance of .tho approach? ing Convention, it ?H of vital consequence to us that we should he represented by men, not only of patriotism and experience, but of legal acquirements. I beg, therefore, to present to the voterg of Richland the names of the following gentlemen, who are emi? nently titted for the responsible post for which they are nominated: CHANCELLOR CS?iROL, HOS. WM. F. DESADSSURE, COL. WM. WALLA*. S, COL. EVW. MoMAS?KR. Aug 3 THE following gentlemen arcllspectfally suggested as candidates for ?he Convention to be hi id in September next: WADE HAMPTON, A. If. TAYLOR, " W. A. HARRIS, J. G. CIBLES. July 31 * I Por tho Convention. I Thc friends of tho Union and Of their State, desiring tn bring into ker councils practical knowledge, sound patriotism and devotion to her h..st interests, respectfully nomrr."te thc following gentlemen as d.-le? gares" to tin1 Sta*- Convention from thc District of bie.hlami: JOHN CALDWELL, ? WADE HAMPTON, A. R. TAYLOR, W. A. HARRIS. August 1* JUST RECEIVES, THRESH LEMONS and FRENCH CON j? FECTIONERY. at wholesale and retail, Hy H?RDY SOLOMON & CO. Aug >5 t 3 W. B. JOIIXSTUV, Office on Pinken? street ll'st ima af Lady. "?T^iliL attend to all of?ieial business brought ix f..rn him: will also attend to drawing up Deals, Conveyances, Mort? gages, Contracts, end otlu-r ordinary legal instruments of writing. Fair copie** of any document executed with neat neg* and de? spatch. August 1 mm, BEXiETT & BOWMAN, (SueVors to Hotohkiss, Fenner ? bennert,) COM. MERCHANTS, 10 V ESS Ey STREET. SEW Tv RE. M EMPIIIS, TENNESSEE. Titos. I'HSNEU. TI. nRXXKTT, I>. W. HOWMAN'. Ml;. T. A. TOBIN, who wa-1 for a length of tinieetBUiectod with tho old flrni oj Hotchkiss, Fenner ? Bennett, has an int' est in tin- present firm, and will devote Ins attention principally to the St.ite of South Carolina. His address will be Clinton. Laurens District. Aug 4 Imo War Department, BUREAU OF REFUGEES. FREEDMEN* AND ABANDONED LANDS, Wvsitisoio.N. Jtdv G, lsiw. ?ern WEA ii .va n. ?"ITJTIEREAS ii :H reported ofiua'ally that VV a large iiumbi'fof desjjtnton fugeos. t'O-iint; advantage of Circular No. 5, from this Bureau, have been transported Si nth. against tht-islnt- rests^o pla.-vs where it is extremely difHenlt t.. procure fond, and, in most rases, impossible to dosooxee.pt wh^n provided by military authorities, it is or? dered that hereafter iu> transportation lit granted to refugees, except wht-ro hnmti?utj [ eva..'inly demands it. ano tuen only by ti:i requisition of thi Commissioner ol this Bu? reau, o. 0.?HO WARD, Maj.?r-General, ( ..mmissinner. I Official: S. Vi. SAXTO?L Brevet Major* am" A. D. C. . Avig 15_ j Headers Freedmen's Sureau. CITY OF COLUMBIA, S. C., Arm-si i he'.". SP Efl AL "?{DEI: Xi.'. J. JT having come to thc knowledge of thh . ic'iice that in se\. ra? ei'sos plarite;> havi discharged and driven tho frondnu-n fron i their plantations without? sufr?, ient . aus., i Therefore, as tlie present cr p- are lloarb lAalnred and laid J.J. it is hereby * I Oivere-t, That in no case will tho freed ? men ;.. discharged er driven fr uri the pian tat ? without pi rinissii n from this nftici or borne oilicer or agent conn, ctcd with tli. Freethne.u's Bureau. Brevet Brig. Cen. ?AI.Vi? ELY, Act. Ass't Con. Freedmen s Buri au. Aug 1.") I Valuable Family lii-.->iilence, j With a Juli supplyof Furniture, in fine order ot Prir.ate Side. "Tl'lF above is situated on Plain street, ii X the vicinity of the Female Oil ige-,'lo catod on l? aeres oLgrouud. 'l ue hons e...,..ons eight room.-;, with servant's hons of eight rooms, a.id all other buildings r. quired, and a fine well of water. Attache to the grounds are a chohttvarh tv of frui trees and shrubbery. W Particulars, with t iu- lis>t of furniture, ea: bc- had on application at mv olliee. JACOB- LEVIN. Auction und Commission Agent. Corner Blain and Assemblv street;'.. Aug !? tlO BENTISTRY. gg??3-z?!> DBS. REYNOLDS A BFA i?5rvP?&% NOLDS, liebig now fully prt ^-LTJ x |f r)urod. resume the practice i their profession in all its departments. *3?" Office, for the present., at the Colun bia Female Academy. Aug ia 7 Notice.-CliarttuliU- Appeal. milE ladies of the URSULINE CONVEN X and ACADEMY a?e anxious to.rebuilt as speedily as possible, an edifice suitabl for iheir Monastery and Institute, theil having been burned in the general conth gration of Columbia by the United Stati Army, under Gen. Sherman, on the night i February 17th. And^ while they are fi from pressing their necessities on their fe low-sufferers of thc South, will grateful: receive any contributions which the fri? lit of education and religion may donate the: for this exoellout work. Remittances mi be* made through the Express C.ompan; Please address THE MOTHER s FI'Ebb db Ursuline Convent and Acitdemy, Care Dr. John Lynch, Columbia, S. C. Au." '? inio Headquarters Military L?ixtritC ct Charlies tori. DEPARTMENT SOUTH CAROLINA. ASSISTANT ADJUyANT-GEN.'S OFFICE, P, CHA.HLE.STON, 8. C., July 27, Uk&. NO TWEEf ERSONS desiring to pu blieh Newspapers within the limits of this District, are Hereby informed that it will nrst ku i-oc?B sary to obtain the cons??nt ot the Major General Commanding the Department. jBv command of B?ovet Bri". Gen. JOHN P. ZATCH LEONARD B. RSK&X, Ass't Adj.,Gen. Official: F.. HAINS JIWSTT, 1st Lieut, sud A. A. A. Gen. _" Aug ? 18 -The Hew^oik If ewsa DALLY and YvBEZLT. THE NTH' ?OBK WEEKLY NEWS, a great faaaiiy nsT?a naper-BENJAMIN WOOD, Propriet?r-tba lartyist, best and cheapest paper uublished in "New? York. Single copies, 5 centu; ona copy enc year, $2; throe oodles caa yeer, ; 5.i>?; five copieo ens year, i.lC; ton copie:? one year, 17; and an extra copy to r.ny club of ten. Twenty ccpios one yesr, S3; the Weekly Neics is aent to clergymen ?t i .GO. NEW YOES DAILY *;"E WS. To mail subscribers, $10 per an:iurr.; -ix months, 5; payments mvariablv in adv?nee. 1 Specimen copies of Daily ??ud Weekly "News sent free. .Address BJSNJ. WOOD", Dally Kev? BnflcJittfr, No 19 City Hall Square, New Yolk Cit-, I Aug 9_! ~ THE CHRISTIAN INDEX. ?J> Y thc FIRST OE OCTOBER, er s.3 eoon j as the mails are re-established, 1 will renew the publication o? i?.c "CI?BI?lTlAN INDEX*" and the "CHILD'S INDEX" I have , bei n publishing. i i'rice ol' "Index,*'per annum.?3 DO Price of "Child's Index," '*.... SO (A deduction ia s de fur Clubs, ; Money may bs remitted at once, ae my ? determination ie pocitivs. .My desire is to aeenre a large sunscription ?ioi with which to begin, and I issue "this prospectus tb ut subscribers may have tuite to forwoad their remittances. It is my intention tu tesr.e firsi class papers, a.-.? no pains or expense will bc spared to secure thu L end. The best wanera . amt correspondents will be secured, amt th > his:i.cst relic iocs and literary talent will be t;iveu to the papers. The CHILD'S PAPER will bo profus? Iv illustrated anti will, in ev.-rv sense, be made to conform t* its new title* THE CIIIJLI>,S DK"LIGl?'"r: Money maV be sent by Express or t>ther wise- if by Express, at ray risk, if the Lo? presti receipt i-< neut me, on the resumption ol mail facilities. . Mtr connection with the firm et' J. w. Burke & Co., is dissolved* but I will esta? blish an omeo hi ?lacon. Oeortii. where communiititiona nfljr be addressed. Ango Imo SAMUEL BOYEIN. T??AT wm SUPPLIED ? ?XEWS FROM ALL Q CARTERS : THE ipuosxx. PUBLISHED At* thc Capital of^South Prolin?, 0 0?jTJM3IA THCSA!LY?H<?ll3X-i 1"SSTJED cverv morning exeont Suttdav, lu tilled with the LATEST NEWS, (bv fele e.raj.ii. mails, etc.,)EDITORIAL, <'?''.;i;E.'-'. FONDENCE, MISCELLANY, POETB?, STORIES, e.r. Tins is the only daily paper in the .state outside of the city of Charles! on. The Tri-Weekly Ph?nix, For country circula; ion, is published every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday^ and h.ia al! thc reading matter of interest contained in tye daily iusucs of tito week. WEEKLY mmm, .4 HOME COMPANION. As its natue indicates, is intended as a FAMILY JOURNAL, and t# published every Wednesday, qt will contain Eight Pages, of Forty Columns. The cream of the News, Miscellany, Tales, etc., oj the Daily and Tri-weckly will be found in ifs column.'. TERMS-INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. Daily, one year.rid 00 ' three months. ;" 00 Tri-Weekly, one year.. 7 00 " * three months.?. 2(H) Weekly, one ye?tr. -1 Oil " three months. 1 25 Advertisements inserted in tho Daily or Tri-Weekly at $1 a square for thc 1irst in? sertion, and 7? cents for each subsequent insertion. Weekly advertisements tl a square every insertion. JOB WORK, Such as" HAND-BILLS. CARDS. CIRCE LARS, SHIN-PLASTERS, etc., ' execute, promptly and at reasonable rates. w JVIAXS A. fSKLBY, Julv'JJ Publisher and Proprietor. ?y By tlxP Frov?3?3??i.i GoTi-rnor ai tXil A. P?CCLAS????fil ? .?ITE53SAT> ISnoeixe^cj Pr?sident YY Jo?naon tao ia3ued Lia proclaim: ?iwxi, appointing rae (benjamin Jc\ Pm-/) Provisional Governor in and for i lie State o; South Carolina, with po~cr to prescribe suca rulea and regulations as may oe nsces gary and proper for convening a Conv^ntioa of the ?State, cciapoaed ci delegates to be chosen by that poiticn of the people c: taie ?tate vmo are loyal to the United States, for the purpose ol altering or amending the Constrtiit-cn thereof; and with authority to azercis? -'Mithin the limits ol' the ?tate ail ? tue powers necessary and proper t?> enable buch loyal people to restore said ??tate to it ? constitutional relations to the Federal Gov? ernment, and to present such a Republican lot ia ol ?tate Government as v-di omni : the ??tate to me guarantee of the Un,ted Staten therefor, and ita people to protection by Ute United ??tates against ?ava?icp, insurrection and uomcatid violence. Kow, therefore, in obedience tc, the pro? clamation ot hi3 Excellency Andrew John soi., President' ol' the United otares, ?, .av ?;.?A.\itN> p. pJuf;KV, Provisional (jorer ..- .-r ol' th3 Slate cv South Carolina, tor the palpase of o.(.-.s.n.. lng u Provisional Gov? ernment ia So at;j c*?olinai rd..ruling the state LonulUuttoa anu restoring civ? au the ritv ui said State auder thc Const Unci?n and lu tra o? the United States, do hereby proclaim, aud declare that ad civil officers hi South Carolina, wiiu were in ollice when the ._:v? Government o; the tltate was r;uspend s-.l, in .vidy lust, (except tltoee arrested or aaoV-r prosecution for treason,) shall, ou takln; tue oath of allegiance prescrioed in the P resident's Amnesty Proclamation ol the ?dtai day cf May, lS'j?, resume the duties ol' their o?i.-i?; and cotitaiue'to ?is charge them mular the Provi.sion.al Govern? ment till fuither appointments arc made. And 1 do further proclaim,?declare and make known, th.a it io the duty ol ai) luya! .dtizeos <ji t?? ?icata of Saiuit Carunna to promptly go forward and ?tac lin: oaia Ol* allegiant:? to the United states, beloit e^me taa.-j.m.-:e or military ulueer oi the Federal Government, who muy e.* qu.iliritd foetid ministering oaths; a.al anea are hareby au?normed tu giva certhlcd cap?es tmrooi lo tin: perseus re:.poetiveiy by .mom they ?vere ii:adi?. Ano. such magistrates er oCivera are bend ty required to transmit tue original j.?f .-.tue, oath?, at ar- ea riv a .!.:? n.-i may be tonvoniont, i > tao Department ol' State, ia the city of Washington, D. C. , And 1 do ?i.: thvr pro .jijara, ti ...ciare anJ make known, thai tue .\i.i!'.n;ic:\s ..! i i-.-f tio'as throughout thc State ol ,-e.tu Caioh li.i will held an elect:.ai for biei*bcrs < i .? ?yate ?.'oavoittion. at their . respective pr-: cntess. on the FIRST .HONDA i IN- V.i.? TEAL'iEi: Nl.XT. cec a (tm-; to : he Ja va of boucl: Carolina in lore belo.:- :nc .a-..-c.-:? of the State; and tart .:.:h .Mf ...tan 0..-> tr ?et in thc. Sta io sha tl eh tr., ai'xr;.' a a. hers of the Convention ?..? tue ;a...t ?>:.> trio; has members of ute ?loas . of l'-;>:... ^ac. lives-the basis of .eprebC-ntiitii?! ln.ing population ain't taxation. This v.'ill ;;ivo one hundred and tvAnt \-faur mctnnors to ti.?- Convention-a number ?Qf.lueutly 1.-:r?r?. io represent every portion of the :>!att; most fully. i'.very loyal citi.ten ?ho lia-; taken tli?j" Amnesty oath aad not within tkeexecpud classes ia the President's Proclamation, will be eniitleJ it? vote, provided he was a i'-trn 1 i tier ender lae Constitution as ti stood prior to thc secession of South Caro liuif. And all who are wi thin i/.e excepted ?lusses laust rake the oath rt nd apply for a pai-doa, in "Viler to cati:le mem io vole or become members of the l'on vern ion. The meittberti of tm Couvc-ntion thus ..letted on the lirst ?londayin twp;? inber next, ar e hereby feitnirc<i to convejte in the city vi Columbia?on Vv liDNE&DAY, tie: lUch day of September, 13t??, ?or tho purpose o? altering and aiaemiing the preaeht Col-:?ti t at ion af S'->a..;i l'a Quitta, <>r raiuodeiliiig and niakiug a new one, which \*^11 conform ni rte greivt ehang.-ij whieh have taken* place in tie. :>:a',.e. and bo more in.accord? ance with Republican pu?ncipics and eauah t.v of reorosentation. And J. dil further prochtira and make kilowa, that the Constitution ami all lews of li*rue in Hout?i Carolina prior to*the seces sitiii of the State, ure hereby made of torco nuder the Provisional Government, except wherein they may conlHct \\.:ii th* provi? sions ol this proclamation. Aad tin Judges and Chanel tiers ai' Co: Stine are ie-rcby required to cxerca.e ail .in.- power? aaa par form all th?- inuit ? which apr .?tain ta (noir respective offices, and especially in criminal cases, ?i will be" expected ol the Federal military authorities now tn }>t nth Carolina, ta lend their authority to thc civil of?cers of :he Provisi a.al Gove: enteric, tor the pur pttse of eu ? >rci:ig i.lje laws and preserving the peace aad ^eod order of tia- state. And 1 do further command and enjoin all good and lawful eitiv.etis of the Stn te to unite m enforcing the laws and bringing to j justice :i!l disorderly persons, all plunder? ers, robbers and marauders, all vagrants anti idle persons wi- > are wandering abolit withtmt employment or any visible means of .supporting themselves. lt is also expected f bat all fermer owners of freed persons will be kind to them, and not turn off thc children or aged to perish; and :1a- freed men and women are earnestly enjoined to nuite contra?is, just and fair, for remaining with their former owner. _ I lu order to facilitate as muches posado the application for pardon* under the ex? cepted sections (if the President'.-- Amnesty Proclamation, it is stated for information : that all applications must be by petition, I stating the exception, and accompanied with the oath prescribed." This petition mu.vt be first approved by the Provisional Governor, and then forwarded ta the Presi? dent. The headquarters of the Provisional Governor tvill be at Greenville, where all communications to him must be addressed. . The newspapers of this State will puUlieh this proclamation tiU the election for mom bcrs of the Convention. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand an3 seal. Done at the [n. s.] towri of Greenville, this ?Oth day of July, in thc year of our Lord, lifts, and .of the independence of tho United States the ninetieth. ^ Ii. F. PERRY. By thc Provisional Governor: WILLIAM H. PERKS, Private Secretary, l .Tuly ?C . J