The weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1865-1865, August 04, 1865, Image 2
1. J11*"-"'''!.'
Articles of Agreement.
STATE OKSOUTli CAJ. UNA.
JjlSTJITCT.
The Agreement Entered into between
of tlie one part, anil the
Frceilnien ami "Women of
l'lantatiou of the other paxlWitncssah:
That the latter agree, for the remainder of
the present year, to reside upon and devote
their iahor to the cultivation <>!' ihe plantation
of the former. And tjjuy fur:her agree, that
they will in all re: peels confirm to such reason
aide ami necessary pinuhti n rules and
regulations as nun' pm-cribe:
that tlnty will not keep any gun, pistol, or
other od'wsivc weapon, or leave the r-h.ntation
without the permission of their employer; that
in all.thi'.ig* c. ..neetcd with their duties as laborers
on said plnntstion, they will yield
prompt ob(dicr.se to ell orders IV mi
or Ills agent; that they will be
orderly and quiet in their conduct, avoiding
'drunkenness and other gross vice:-;' that limy
will rivt misuse any of the plantation tools, or
agrl. ultura! implements, or any animals entrusted
to their rare, or any boats, fiats, carts
' or"wagons; that tlicy will give up at the expiration
of the. contract, all tools; ,tc., belonging
to tuc plantation, and in ease any proper**
ty of any description belonging to the plantation
shall he willfully or through negligence
destroyed or injured, the WiluiT of the articles
so destroyed shall be deducted from the portion
of the crops wlr'cli the persons so offending
shall he entitled to receive under this contract.
'
Anv devj.it ion fro in the conditions of the
foregoing* contract-shall, upon sufficient proof,
bo punished with dismissal from the plantation;
At* I?t on/alt ivihof rouimni" ne Kn
Wl 114 V/VliV,? I ?1U ii 11VI UO IliHJ VU 14^1^,1 U'.iliVU
by tlic Provost Onuri; and the person or persons
f.o dismissed; sliall forfeit tbo whole, or a pari
of iiis, her or their portion of the crop as the
Court iuav decide.
In consideration of llie foregoing services
dtily performed, agrees,
after deducting bushels of corn
for each woltk animal, nx dusivcly used in cul
tivr.ti ug the crops for the present year, and
the iiueunt of Cotton tiercs?ary to pay for bagging
and ropes, lAlun: v \- v t<- the said freed,
ween and women, one-half of the remaining
cotton, corn, rieo, peas, p?iiatoes, wheat., C,-c.,
^ made this season. He further agiv?-s u> furnish
the usual rations until the contract is ner,
formed.
All cotton seed produced on the plnjitapon
io to be reserved for the i:Ciofthe plant alien.
Tho. freed men, women and ehildrci; are. to
be treated in a manner consist'.nf 'vi:h :Jicir
freedom, iNeeessnry medic:1.! 'ivnuaneo will'
be furnished as hmavefnm.
Any deviation iYo::i Ihe conditions of ibis
contract upou tLc pan' c-f ths s*'d
or his agent or agents, .shall oc punish-!
oJ in such manner as ma\ bo (IcUe-nr'nod i-v ]
Provost Court or a military Commis.-ion. This !
agreement to contimTe t.i!i the Hirst ilav of Jan* i
nary, ISGG.
Witness our hand's r.t this |
day of 18G5. ?|
? ?
New Vokk Miij.!0.\k.s:i:>.?- Wm. II. Astor
is sixty .five years old; worth millions; a round-'
faced, pleasant, anict mannered "onilcnian on !
the cloudy side of sixty; owes two thousand
dwellings, is a lenient landlord.
A. T. Stewart, tliib, nervous, dignified;
vorth thirty millions, and libcial i:t e;:s(sof
benevolence which appeal to his ^sympathies. !
Commodore Vunderbill i? white.-haired, red
chrkcd,, seventy, worth forty niiiiiwus, drives
a fas* horse, keeps a fast boat, controls two fast'
raihoad companies with fast men, and gives
'awav- his money very lavishly.
\ugustJBelinont, twenty millions, coar>.e,
atom. ';fty, and very German.
George Opdykc, fi-e millions, fifty, but
looks younger; an Hgroablcgenti?.i.?:.n.
J*hks Gordon Bennett, live tuilllors, seventy-t'nrce
years old, diguified in manner, broad i
Scotch accent, lenevoleut to the poor.
The venerable John Ii. Gibbon, Esq, has;
been appointed by President Johnson ..ssaycr j1
j'or the Branch Mint at C'bniiotU*, N. C,
\
? #
~mm*mygfci nwymriinrV.iTrVfl *&**
CAiTXI>EIV, FRIDAY, A UGLTT 4.
Mr. H. F htti.s-.ny. it will scon by advertisement,
has open. . new stock o. .i.ujrs, medicines, &c.,
at the old aud w. . *nown stnti! ??1" 11. W. Annot, llrst
door above A. M. x it. M. ?en> Ei.r's store lioiuc. He
calls the attention of tlie public to his stock. Give
him a call. --------
Thk Charleston Dailv News.?By . referring to
prospectus in onothc-r column, it will be. seen that
Messrs. McMillan, Catiicart and Norton' are about
commencing the publication of a daily newspaper en'
tilled the "CharlestonHaiti/ 1Vciim." TVc wish them
every success in their new undertaking. Charleston
is much ;u r.-sed of another daily jounj.nl, and we have
no doubt but that under the management of those gunn.
?.?.. ~ .1 :11 ir?it.. a ? ~ ?
uuiuru i:iu wiiut- wwi w \uu) bujjj>jii."u* nuy pur-runs
vvisliinsx to.subscribe to tbo tfcics ctui have their subser:j'l
ion forwarded immediately by calling at the
Journal cfiieo* 0
Ei:vuj;n'in<: jMk?:iia.\'ts.?We are glad to see by
advert i;-:c;neul in another column that Mr.1 J. N. UobSuJT,
of Charleston, hss resumed his commission business
at liis old stand, (J2 East "Bay. Webope the day
is not liir distant, when llic old city -will again become
an emporium in the commercial world. Mr. Itonsox
won the heart of our people by bis urbanity and
prompt business talent during the war pressure, while
engaged in I ho bonevolcul task of supplying Charleston
and Columbia with provisions. Persons holdiug
cotton, tiour, corn, bacon or produce of any k.ind who
desire to ship to the city at the opening of the Rail
Road iu a few weeks, will find liiiu prompt and particular
in all assignments made to him. Merchants
wishing to lay in their fall stocks, or persons wishing
lo make any purchases or having any business connected
with the rcntin^of houses, the payment of tax
or seeking any information of city business will find
r.11 demands cheerfully met by addressing Un> a line.
We bespeak for,his enterprise a liberal patronage.
On the fourth page of this pt^ier will be found his
excellency Governor Perky's proclamation, ordering
an election f^r members of a convention, Ac., Ac.
Tl! people of this district liavc now before them
the highest anil most important duties that were ever
connected with the elective franchise. They have to
select two members' of a Convention, upon,^.decrees
of which, all tho iot^f-pf-our beloved Stat*rwflh)6uig
?iijKtn which vn'll turn" the destiny of our children
and eiir cbildrens children. Let us urge our citizens
with a saddened ln-art, yet overflowing- with love and
dev'iiion to our "Id home, to select their two very
best inm f"i- litis post,?men of enlarged and libeVnl
v?i vi_- fif miiiil 'Hilt h/int-S'until- wit' .1 iwl?l?llon.
::iui titisc-lflsli devotion 10 their country; of intellect
expanded by the throbbing* of noble heart. V.'c have
such men among us; lot us select them, eschewing all
seif-.-.ecke's. 11 is true souse of our best men sire vet
under the c\fC'jit.ious of Prt.-i'lejif. Joil.v.SQX.'but we
I: vo others as good and true; let their services ho
demanded; and let up true man withhold the service
demanded of him.
The Administration party at the 2v"orlh and the
Black Republican party sire waging hot war on the
subject cf universal stifl'rage. Tho President and his
parly Per a gradual bestowal of the franchise on the
b!:a lis, tiinl r tho management of the States within
which tlicy reside.. The Republicans going iu for
inime'iinto universal suffrage and unconstitutional
atiieudiuciiis to the consthution. The Black Rcpulicans
recently Ging out their banners bearing on litem,
"universal amnesty]!o the rebels," ''universal suflrago
to the blacks;" an ! the administration party, with
sotnu little show of reluctance and modesty, accept
these terms upon tho conditiou that the sufi'rage shall
bO Cl'lldliullv lie*!or.'Ofl iind UllflftP rpmilntiAna pf tUn. i
States respectively interested. These great questions,
more vital to the South than those involved
in the recent war, are discussed as if the people
mostly concerned had no interest, and wero tohove
no voice in the matter. Are theso people
Mad; Hart nut blood enough been shed? Shall a
war between races eucrimson the lairest portion Of
our bud? V i 1 they force such a vrar upon us, with
a knowledge that such a war cau only cease with the
oiiinction of one of the rotes ? In the name of God,
;f nothing will answer them but the elective franchise
for all ''black citizens of Hat United States,'them
have it, but not within the borders of tho..g?itliern
States., Let them colonize the ucgroes; Icttbeni build
up in the North western territories tcrd or three
Stales forihe tir/ks, and let them hire 'everything
there ash-lack as n-qh', from a governor and ranr^'-crs
t
#
ofcongress down to the boot blacks. Let a new "Dahomey"
and "Ashauti" riso far in the interior of the
American forests. For Heaven's sake let tliem not
. * ?
blot the fairest portion of our Atlantic c.>ast? an everburning
shame in the very face of tho civilization and
refinement of the nineteenth century.
The productive labor of the negro has been destroyed
in his emancipation; and lias been made an incubus
on the soil of ten or twelve States of the Union.
What is the remedy which will save the black race
for the experiment of civilization ar.4_will preserve th*
South from utter and complete destruction ? Wo
answer, colonization?gradual colonization?not across
the seas?that is impossible?but colonization to tho
north-west territories. It could be accomplished easily
within five years. Koch instalment would not only
prepare homes and food for its successor, but would
find in its successor a market for the crops it had produced.
Wo know that our page is au humble one,
. that wo occupy but an obscure corner of this' afflicted
land, but wc believe there is apkKcrnity of truth in
those views, and that if some 3cficino of this nature is
not drvised, the future ofthe South is dark indeed)
and the United States will find h* its conquered
provinces valleys of dry bones, instead of peaceful
happy homes where peace and plenty abormd.
The nineteenth century lias exhibited most remarkable
advancements and transitions in all that is material,
as well as what may be generalized under tho
liead'df the speculative.
Among all the wonders presented to our consideration
duriDg this wonderful era tliero is no one more
striking than this.fact, thatbutafew mouths sinco the
people of the Southern Stales presented an instance of
devodun and loyalty to the Southern ConfedcracyVnsurpassed.
To-day the same people arc as earnest
and true in their loyalty to their late enemy, the
United States. A fact, at the first glance, most surprising;
and yet reflection presents it in a most
: reasonable light as the logical sequence of erents.?
\ The Southern people were true to the government of
' Minir /tliAt/v* liitf nil llinir* Ii/hiao #/?% Hioh riTwarTMiwant
! were centcrod in the armies of Gens. Lke nod JottsS30K.
"SS^iLli the destruction of theso armies perished
their every hope, and here llio sagacity of the federal
administration oxhibited itself iu a striking manner.
If wo had been conquered merely and held as conquer,
od provinces, not otrif-w^tdd thoro have been no restoration
of good feeling but dosperation would have produced
constant outbreaks. ]5ut the Federal government
have held out !o Iho people of tlie Southern
Slates all the hope that their wrecked position could'
justify. Slavery and their cherished rights of seccs:
siou were ruinidelessly gone it is true?most of the
properly of the South was destroyed, but yet motives
for lileanil action remained; and all tlwsc motives
have been strongly appealed to; and that those moLives
could only be readied through- the oath of
i IliVf-ifmru nl'tii*ou<?nt;nr# on Imu I a n
e ~*l " UK UWV-!.*, nua ..*11
a source of increased earnestness to the loyally of the
people of the South ; for although the oaih was-obnoxious,
in the first instance, yet calm and earnest rejection
and consideration was necessary to prepare minds
to acquiesce in it?that reflection and consideration
necessarily led to the conviction that- taking the oath
was not only the best thin"o be done, but (hat really
tlio.State governments having been destroyed, the
Confederacy passed away, and there was no earthly
objection to our resuming our fealiy to the United
States in the new form presented. This reflection
and.consideration proceeding the oath begat, too, a
settled serious determination that, as tire oath was
taken as an alternative, with a deliberate choice, it
wits a most solemn and binding obligation which shut
out all nossibiltv t>f reservation and evasion. Tn ntlier
words, that the highest moral, religious aud political
obligations were assumed individually by each ?he
who took the oath.
IVo do not censure?wo applaud this universal
exhibition of sulmwion lp the necessities of our
condition. It is the submission of a true and brave,
though conquered people; and the quiet thoughtfulriess
evinced by our people now, with the devotion
exhibited by them to the late Confederacy, give the
highest evidence of the loyalty to be expected from
our people in their new relations with - the United
States.
i TVc know,of but one instance offered in the course
1 of the Southern people of acquiescence in the view and
| the course of the government from which wecarnestly
\ dissent. "We arc satisfied that it is out a seeming
acquiescence, or rather a seeming appthy, resulting
i from the engrossing nature of private and publiccares
and duties. AYe allude to the view and treatment
?
J*
w>i3iotftiwBa?w??w?ww?
which llie'government holds towards Jeffeiisois * .
Davis . *
The United Slates government look upon him as ?
leader of the late rebellion?the master spirit of the
movement; and are disposed to make hn example ol It'tre
as a leading rebel and traitor. This is ail entire mistake
and the records of the revolution prove it; and it is.
unbecoming the people of the South to sit quietly and
enjoy the few blessings which peace and pardon may
yet have in#store for them, and let him suffer for their
dins, without an effort to shield him, at Idst by an ac- ?.
knowlcdgomcnt ol the Irurli. The revolution was
initiated by the people, in spite of and in many instances,
in direct opposition to the will of the politi- ,
cuius of llie South. It was started in South Carolina
?let the truth be avowed, whether for glory or for
shnjno: and if anv classes were more responsible than*
otliers, they were the preachers aud women?so if error
there was, it eamo from a whole people educated*
in Hie school of John*. C. CaLiioun.
The members of Congress froffi the Southern Stalesdid
not lead in the dissolution of the Union?thejr
followed their constituency, and were regarded pretty
generally as holding oa to the "flesh pots" in and,,
about Washington. Of Jefeersok Davis this was
peculiarly so. His love to the Union, his devotion to
the "old flag"were well known, and the opposition k
to him in the Provisional Government instituted at.
Montgomery, anil in the more permanent government
afterwards,'resulted from his known devotion^to tho '
Onion; his affinity to the North-western SL^esTand
among a few, his aversion to the slave trade.
It is universally known at the South, that he was
not only not a favorite with the ultra secessionists,
but ihat that party were exceedingly hostile and v
bitter towards him, denouueing him as a traitor to
the South, reconstructionist, &c. It is not pretended
that he was any such thing. He was a devoted friend
and servant of lite Confederacy?true to tho very last;
true when all was lost, true when all others nearly
ianed; but j:e is to be admired the more, even by a ioer
for a truth and devotion which outlasted every liopo
of success. Surely tlio government cannot expect,
loyalty from those who deserted a cause to which they
had expressed dovoiiun and fealty, when that cause- ?
became dangerous.
JeffeusOX Davis was not our leader. He was j
our servant, devoted aod true, ami each man add
woman in tiie couth should petition President Jbnxsox
to extend to bim (lie pardon he has proclaimed toils.
The public and private charaeter.of Mr. Davis.
both give assurances of loyalty to any obligation hoassumes,
while the boon of. his pardon would be a
claim in the affection of the -whole Southern people.
Such .petitions would lie untitled to and would receiverespectful
consideration at Jeast; anil even if they accomplished
nothing, they would be Titling tributes;
from the people of the South to one, who, spire ut his
misfortunes and evr?rs, served tliem faithfully audi
devotedly.
The Atlantic Telegraph.
It may not be impossible that already the
New and Old World are linked with lightning
media, and that national sentiments ofcourtesy
are being exchanged betwecu theQueen
ofEngland and the President of the
United States.
The Great Eastern with her 2600 miles of
cable, and all the nparatus necessary for the
fulfillment of Jts important mission, was tohave
bcguD her momentous voyage on tbc Otb
or 10th of July from the west coast of IvclancJ
to America. It was anticipated that, by the24th
of the month, the laying of the wire
would be completed. All that*human foresight. .
and skill could devise for tbe Atlantic telegraph
Las been done, and no apprehension is
felt as to tbe consumation of the hopes of the
Proprietors only in event of an nnlooked for
storm; which, Capt. Andersen, who is to command
the expedition, says "never blows long"
or strong in the early part of July."
The starting point is Valentia, Ireland, and
Heart's Content, Trinity Bay, Newfonndlar-d,
the destination of the telegraphic fleet.
For the success of this noble endeavor, twite
undertaken, wo wait with solicitude aad inter? j
est to hear.
May the first message he?"Peace <ra earth
"ood will to all men.i-iVcwr Era of tfo: 25C&
ult.
?-?
The Spanish Government has uccondiiioEaly
placed the war steamer Stonewall in the hands
of the United States Government. . ,
I