The Tri-Weekly News, 1865-08-05

ers of freed persons %ill be kind to then, and nt. turn off the obildren or aged to perish; and the freed men and women are earnestly enjoined to make contracts, just and fair, for remaining with their former owners. In order to facilitate as much as possi possible - ble possible the application for pardons under the excepted sections of the President's Am Amnesty - nesty Amnesty Proclamation, it is ,stated for infor information - mation information that all applications must be by pe petition, - tition, petition, stating the exception, and accom accompanied - panied accompanied with the oath prescribed. This pe petition - tition petition must be first approved by the Provis Provisional - ional Provisional Governor, and then forwarded to the President. The headquarters of the Pro Provisional - visional Provisional Governor will be .t Greenville, where all conmmuinications to him must be addressed. The newspapers of this State will publish this proclamation until the election for mem members - bers members of the Convention. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal. Done at.the [L. a.] town of Greenville, this 20th (lay of July, in the year of our Lord 1865, and of the independence of the Uni United - ted United States the ninetieth. D. F. PERRY. ly the Provisional Governor: WILIAM h. PsaitY. Private Secretary. july 29'65--tsep4.17 PROCLAMATION. By the President of the United tates of A merica W HEREAS, the President of .:ao United Slates, on the eighth day of Decemler, A. D., eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and on the twentieth-sixth day of March, A. D., eighteen hundred and six sixty-four, - ty-four, sixty-four, did, with the object to suppress the existing rebellion, to induco all persons to return to their loyalty and to restore the au authority - thority authority of the United States, issue proclaiua proclaiuations - tions proclaiuations offering amnesty and 'pardon to cer certain - tain certain persons who had, directly or by impli implication, - cation, implication, participated in the said rebellion and, WREaAs, Many persons, who had so en engaged - gaged engaged in said rebellion, have, since the is issuance - suance issuance of said proclamation, failed or neg neglected - lected neglected to takd the benefits offered thereby and, WSREAs, Many persons who have been justly deprived of all claim to amnesty and 'pardon thereunder by reason of their parti partipation, - pation, partipation, directly or by implication, in said rebellion and continued hostility to the gov goveruni'ent - eruni'ent goveruni'ent of the. United States since the date of said proclamation, now desire to apply for and obtain amnesty and pardon. To the'and, therefore, that the authority of the government of the United Statea.may be totored, an4 that peace, order and free freedom - dom freedom iuay be established, I, ANDREW JOIIN JOIINSON, - SON, JOIINSON, President of the United States, do' proclaim and declare that I hereby grant to all persons who hate directly or indirectly partloinated in the rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, amnesty and pardon, with restoration of all rights of property, *xcept as to slaves, aud except in cases 'where legal proceedings. under the laws of the United States providing for the confis confiscation - cation confiscation of property of perfons engaged in rebellion, have been instituted, but on the oondition, nevertheless, that every such per person - son person shall take and subscribe the following oathor affirmation, and thenceforward keep and maintain said oath inviolate; and which oath shall be regiated for permanent pres preservation, - ervation, preservation, and shall be of the tenor and effect following. to-wit :, I, 1, do solemnly swear or affirmn, in presence of Almighty God, that I will hence henceforth - forth henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the Uni t es, and the Union of the States . er, and that I will, in like maun by and faithiully suppor, all laws ama amations - tions amations which have been mad i he ex isting rebellion with refere eman emancipation - cipation emancipation of slaves. So el The following clalsev of p are ex excepted - cepted excepted fropn the benents of t rochama rochamation. - tion. rochamation. * Frst-All who are, or shall have been, pretended clvil or diplomatlo officers, or otherwise, domestic or foreign agents of the pretended Confederate government. .Beoxndr-All.who left,judlical stations un under - der under the United States to aid the rebellion. TAird-All *ho shall' hive Peen military or naval offioqrs of sid" pttended Confede Confederate - rate Confederate goveromnt, aboVe the tank of Colonel in~ the army or'lieutenaua in the navy. o f 9AAl-h left. seats in the Ocngsess ofe United 8tates to aid in the rebellion. 'WA4j*o resigned.. rtendered r-s igu toti*r their commtissiona ii the army or uiv~ f tha'United Stated t6 evade duty its rob tfgthe rebelhiom. BistA+.*ll Who have-engaged- .In ay way States Irae~ asofioevs, soldiers, seauyen, of In tet spoitf Vs. Bette41'A ns. who- have bsen 'de ~re alen tre te -United Statesfore h4 e i hereeljan. . th1 e udte ' yt o ilte State W

By the Provisional Goveirnor of the State of South Carolina. A PROCLAMEATIONI W IHEREAS, His Excellency, Presi dent Johnsen, has issued'his pro. clamatlon, appointing me (Benjamin F, Perry) Provisional Governor an and for tb State of South Carolina, with power to pro. scribe such rules and regulations as may b4 necessary and proper for convening a Con. vention of the State, composed of delegatei to be chosen by that portion of the people o said State who are loyal to the United States, for the purpose %f altering or amend. ing the Constitution thereof.: and with au authority - thority authority to exercise within the limits of thc State all the powers necessary and propet to enable such loyal people to restore said State to its constitutional relations to tia Fedel-al Government, and to present %uoh a Republican form of State Government. ai will entitle the State tb the guarantee of the United States therefor, and its people t( protection by the United States against in. vasion, insur'ection and domestic violence : Now, therefore, in obedience to the pro proolamation - olamation proolamation of His Excellency, Andrew John. son, President of the United States, I, BEN. JA MIN F. PERRY, Provisional Governor of the State of South Carolina. for the purpose of organizing a . Provisional Government In South Carolina, restoring civil authority in said State, under the Constitution and lwa of the United States, do- hereby proolaim and declare that all civil officers in South Carolina, who were in office when the Civil Government of the State was suspended, in May last, (except those arrested or tunder prosecutition for treason,) shall, on taking the oath of allegianoe prescribed in the President's Atnnosty Proclamation of the Ath day of May, 1865, resume the duties of their offices and continue to discharge theni under the Provisional Government till fur. ther appointmetts are made. . And I do further- proclaim, declaro nnd make known, that itIs the duty of all loyal citisens of the State - of Sbuta Cavolina tc proraptly go forward and take the oath of allegiance to the United States; before somi magistrat'e or military 4ficler of the Federal Gu9ernment, 1rho may be qualified for ad. ministering oaths; and stch are hereby au authorized - thorized authorized to give, certified copies thereof tc the persons respectively by whom they were made. And suqh magistrates or oi. cers arc hereby required to tranmit the originale of such oat hs, at as early a day a unay be convenient, to the Dopartment of State, In the city of Washington, D. C. 'And I do further proclaim, - declaro and make kawn, ,that the, Managers. of Elec, tions throughout the State of South Carot lina'will bold an election for members of am State Conventloi, at'their respective pro prooincts, - oincts, prooincts, on'the FIRST MONDAY IN IEP IEPTEMBER - TEMBER IEPTEMBER NEXT, according to the laws -of South Carolina in force before the secestaon of the State, and that each Election Dwstriqt in the State shall elect as many neitbei of the Convention as the said District, lia members of the House of Representatives Representativesthe -- the Representativesthe basis of representation beingpopnlation and taxation. This will give onehaundred and twenty-four members to the Convention -a nunaber sufficiently large to i'oprosent evtyy portion of the State most fully. Every loyal citizen who had fiken the Amnesty oath, and not wl.hin 1the'excepted classes in trIhe President's proelamation, wilt be eutitled to vote,- provided he was a legal voter under the Constitutioa as it stood prior to the secession of South , Carolina. And all who are within the excepted classes must take the oath and apply for a pardon, In order to entitle them to vote- or . become metaibeft oftise Convention. The. menabers of. the Convention thus eleated qn:the first Monday in Septemaber next, are hereby reqpired to cqDOtee in the 1ity of' Celumbia, on WEDN.ISDAY, the 18th da4 of September, 1865, for the pur purpose - pose purpose of altering and amending the prsent Constltutien of South Carolia,, or lemnodel. lng and anstking a new one, whieh,will con conform - form conform toh esat, ehavgse whiocs. have taken plaos iiitb ta3ite, andi be mor, ein- scoerd scoerdandaylvtih - andaylvtih scoerdandaylvtih nbliplatrinplesaend equeIlty of ton - - zAnd. I do fuethev, proclalim- sad 'make kuows. tAsl thor Constitution. and ali. laws of fotee in Souith Carolina prioe tq b seession of thet State, are hiereby ma of fao po.the Ptyfs~lon vpnmenat, ex euid tsyusa Vihtea 'ofths 4o d1th 0 ed

KEAD QUARTERS, - DISTRICT OF WESTERN S C., WrNxsfono',' S. C., July 24, 1865. General Order. No. 2. S TEI District of Western South eCarolina, is hereby divided into .the following Sub-Distriots, vi. let Sub-distriot. will comprise the Dis Districts - tricts Districts of Greenville, Anderson and Pickens, and Charles T. Trowbridge is assigned to command, with headquarters at, Calhoun or Anderson. 2nd Sub-district. The Districts of Lau Lauf'ena, - f'ena, Lauf'ena, Abboville, Edgenield and Newberty, Brevet Brigadier General C. H1. Van Wyck to command. Headquarters at Newberry. 3rd Sub-district. The Districts of Spar. tanburg and Union, commanding officer and Headquarters to be hereafter designate4. '4th Sub-district. The Districts of Fair FairWield, - Wield, FairWield, Chester, York and Lancaster, Brevet Brigadier General H. C. Chipman to com command, - mand, command, Headquarters at Winnsboro', S. t. The regular reports required by the regu regulations - lations regulations War Department, and department of the South, will be immediately forwarded to these Headquarters. II. The following named officers are here hereby - by hereby announced on the staff of the Brigadier General commanding District of Western South Carolina. 1st Lieut, CRAs. B. HALL, 30th. Maine Volunteers, A. A. A. G. 1st Lieut. and R. Q. M., FnANK II. CorrN, 80th Maine Volunteers, A. A. Q. 'N. Captain D. B MinLL , U. S.-Volunteers. 2nd Lieut. F. E. DwiNAL, 80th Maine Volunteers. A. A. D C. By command of Brigadler General, * J. D. FESSENDEN. CRAB. B. HALL. A. A. A; General. July 29'65--1 mo14 R3EAD QUA 3tTERK, DISTRICT OF WESTERN S. C.. WiNxssono',-. C., Jul 25, 18065. Special Order. NO. 6. 1 H EREAFTER, until further orders, i no liquor of any kind will be sold at this place, njess by special permission from the "Provist Marshal" at these Headquar Headquarters. - ters. Headquarters. By command of 1rig, Gen. J. D. FESSENDEN. Cuas. B. HALt., A. A..A. Gen't. ........_._july 27'05 27'05IIEAD - IIEAD 27'05IIEAD QUAU'TA:,R8. DISTRICT OF WE*STER1N 8. C,. I Wjeusnonao' July 25, 1806. Genera4 Orders, 1 No. 8. f INASMUCH- as niany'of the colored people living within this District show no disposition to labor industriously and faithfully, either for thomselves or their employers, whereby they might be able to live comfortably,andprovide food and cloth clothing - ing clothing for theirfetmilles during the coming.-slp coming.-slpter, - ter, coming.-slpter, but rather. show an entire disregard for their own interests in the future. by lestvIng off work, roaramg idly - oveT tle country, living on what they can steal from plantad tiots, and congregating An large numbers in tht vicinity o. .l military posts,.whihm, cannot but produce want and suffering to all, It is ordered, That all colored people remain steadily at work with their employers and former masters; that they refrain from all deeds of theft and violence, and faithitlly and dili diligently - gently diligently strive to ensure tle' preservation anud satt(y of the orop, upon which th4 future subsentone of all classes depend. -Aty 41iolation df this order will be severe severely - ly severely pidnished, and all,.colored people found loafing about military posts and in the counatry wij be arrested avid punished. NIo ,o4 of injustiee Or' oppression. by "I t4v6 "id, bthers,' toWards the negroes In 64lsetapgy,will be folerated. Goottots for the work and labor of the blacks, to be lpproved by oflicers designat designated - ed designated for hat purpose, will bo tide in all oass wh - pioe'ab i, 'j64 both paties will be held to 9;at Io obwrvazfe oftb same. - *Commanding officers of Sub.districts and peth, will be.thapged with the istriet eaeou eaeouLien - Lien eaeouLien of the above order. Py command of Brig. Gen..3. D.E801NDEN, D.E801NDEN,CGAS. - CGAS. D.E801NDEN,CGAS. B AmL A. A."Ai G4'l ___n__ly _7'6--1mo14 .REAP QVA& ~ i Gened1 Order, i the hh4ui~ e rbihteeamsad of] Wasqn oth at Jlt~ ~ No IiUq~. anel -'.g

United States from Canada, or been engag ed in destroying the Commerce of the Uni United - ted United States upon 'the lakes and rivets that separate the British provinces from the Uni, ted States. TwdMth-All persons who, at the time when they seek to obtain the benefits hereof by taking the oath herein prescribed, are in military, naval or civil confineient or cus custody, - tody, custody, or under bonds of the civil, military or naval authorities or agents of the United States, al prisoners of war or persons de detained - tained detained for offences of any kind eitherbefore or aft er conviction. Thirteenth---All persons who have volun. tarily participated in said rebellion, and the estimiated value of whose taxable property is over twenty thousand dollars. Foura nith-All persous who have taken the oath of amnesty as prescribed In the President's proclamation of December eight, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and six, ty-three, or an oath of allegiance to the gov, erinent of the United States since the date of said proclaimation, and who have not thenceforward kept and mnaintained the sane inviolate : Provided that special Upplication may be mnado to the President. for pardon by any person belonging to the excepted classes, and such clemency will be -liberally extend. ed as may be consistent with the fagts of (if the case and the peace and dignity of the United States. The Secretary of State will ot ablish rules and regulations for administering and re recording - cording recording tilo said amnesty onth so as to in insure - sure insure its benefit to the people, and the .Gov .Govornment - ornment .Govornment against fraud. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the sealof the Uni United - ted United States to he afixed : Done at the City of Washington, tho.twenty-uinth day ot"lay, in the year of Our Lord one thous thousand - and thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and of thp independence of the United States the eighty-ninth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: WM. H. S Awann, Secretary of State. aug 6'65-tf Government of the 'United atste. President-Andrew Johnson, of Tennes Tennessee. - see. Tennessee. Secretary of State-W. i1. Soward, of Npw York. Secretary of War-Edwin M. Stanton, of Pennsylvania. Postmaster Genoral-Williamn Dennison, of Ohio. Secretary.of the Ndy-Gideon Welles, of Connecticut. Secretary of the interior-James Harlan, of Iowa. Secretary of the freasury-fugh McCul McCullough, - lough, McCullough, ofillinois. Attorney General-James Speed,,,of Ken Kentucky. - tucky. Kentucky. President of the Senate-Lafayette S. Poster, of Connecticut.. 1.peaker of theo louse-Schuylor Colfax, of Indiant. sUPUrnuw Cou1r. Salmon C. Chase, Ohio, Chief Justice. 1. Jaqes M. Wayne, Georgia. 2. Samuel Nelson, New York. 3. Robert C. Grier, Pennsylvania. 4. Nathan Clifford, Maino. (. Noah H. Swayno, Ohio. 6. Daniel Davis, Illinois. 7. Samuel Miller, Iowa. 8. Samuel F. Field, Ci s ala. ", IUTHN ANT 4. Wingfield Scott, V Ulysses S. Grant, Adjutant Gene omas, Dela Delaware. - ware. Delaware. Judge Advo Joseph Holt, D. C. Quartermest M6ntgome-y C. Nleigs, of Pennd 0 RMS. For the one month, ONE DOLLAR, O barter for other cow cowihodities. - ihodities. cowihodities. All articles necessary, or use useRal - Ral useRal in families, or in business, will be taken in exchauge, at fair prices, as tsually understood in the market. But, for th hetter 'understanding of our eln'ds, we present the following sced sceduileo - uileo sceduileo f rates, in the case of the most ob obvio~s - vio~s obvio~s cdmmodities. F~or one month's mbs)cription to the Nks, we will re reeeive - eeive reeeive either of the following, via: i buashet corn, 1 bushel peas er JotP. toes. toes.24 - 24 toes.24 ,lbs Flour. 5 " bacon head of a ke 4h ingl io 1a -* Ca o~daisaaea dhe