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By J. A. SELBY. . COLtJMBIA, S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 1865. VOL. l.-NO. 43.
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Public Meeting in Abbeville.
Pursuant to notice, a mass meeting
af the citizens of Abbeville District,
South Carolina, mostly farmers, was
held on Wednesday, June 21, 1865,
in the Court House, to consider their
present political condition, and ?to
further the establishment of civil go?
vernment in the State.
On motion of Mr. R. A. Fair, Hon.
D. .h. Wardlaw was called to the
chair, and James C. Calhoun appoint?
ed Secretary.
The Chairman having explained the
object of the meeting, on motion of
the lion. A. Burt, it was resolved that
a committee of fifteen be appointed by
the chair to prepare business for the
meeting: Whereupon the following
gentlemen were appointed as said cora
initi?e, viz: Messrs. Armietead Burt,
Taos. C. Perrin, Tho.?. Thomson, J.
Augustus Bbl? k, Robert A. Fair, Jas.
MoCaslan, S. H. Bradley, Jam.-s Gil?
lam, H. L. Jeffers, M. C. Taggart, Wm.
T. Drennan, John H. Marshall, T. B.
Milford, James A. Norwood and Rev.
J. N. Yoting, who reported through
their Chairman the following me?
morial, which was unanimously ^opt?
ed, viz:
To His Excellency Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States:
The memorial ot the citizens of
Abbeville District, South Carolins,
assembled in mass meeting, respectluliy
?heweth: That South Caroiina has laid
down her arms; hostilities have ceased
in her borders; yet her people enjoy
neither the blessings of peace, nor the
protection of law. We have not and
know not any persons in this State
wiio have the purpose or the incli?
nation to renew the contest in any
form. The speedy and complete resto
ration of our -relations to the Consti?
tution of the United States and the
Union, and the peace and securitv
which they guarantee to the citizen,
are our unfeigned desire and the great
want of our whole couutry. In view
of these desirable ends, we pleJge in
goo'' faith, ready and unreserved sub?
mission and obedience to all lawful
authority.
The state of our exhausted means
and resources requires trie fostering
care of law and order. Parts of our
State are under the inconvenient -re?
straints of uiilitarv authority, whilst
large sections, including that in which
we live, are without any form of go?
vernment. All civil rule and rulers
are suspended and men aro subject to
no oilier restraints than those which
habit or their own sense of propriety
imposes. All experience attests that
these voluntary restraints are inade?
quate to repress the rapacious and
other vicious passions of men. Clime,
outrage and wrong are perpetrated
with impunity upon the penceable and
heloless. Oar community depend
upon irregular and voluntary oigani
z itions for the protection of persons
and property, and a sense of insecu?
rity <i. pi esses the en? rgy and diuturbs
the repose <->{ our people
The effit ieucy (d' the great laboring
class of the btale has been seriously,
and wf fear, disastrously impaired by
inconvenient military regulations. This
whole b?dy of labor, rs bas been de?
moralized by the removal ol the do
mestic regulations to which they have
been accustomed, and the failure tc
\ substitute any other discipline or go?
vernment over them. The able-bodied
men and women have, in many in?
stances, abandoned the farms upon
which they were employed, leaving
b'ehind them the children and the old
to be supported by the proprietors.
In some instances husbands have?de
serted their wives and children, and
we have known both father and
mother to abandon their infant to be
cared -Sor by others. We have not
seen that these laborers have been re?
quired by any order to remain upon
the farms and to labor for the present
year, or even to assist in makins; or
harvesting the growing crops. Many
of those who left the farms have taken
with them the mules and horses which
were- indispensable for the farm work.
Those who remain upon the farms are
generally indisposed to labor as they
had p'eviously done, or to be orderly
and industrious, and many are loiter?
ing idly and, mischievously through
the country.
. The devastation of whole Districts
of our Smte by armies or raiding
parties-removing or destroying every
animal for labor or for food, every
article for the subsistence of ma* or
beast, every implement or appliance
of agriculture-has left the whole
agricultural population of tho country
in a most deplorable condition. Tue
cotton crop for ?he last four years has
been inconsiderable, as but a small
area was allowed by law to be plant?
ed; and even now the supply of the
mere necessaries of life is not only
meagre every where, but in some
.Districts wholly exhausted. This sec?
tion is without' mail facilities, and its
communications by railroad have been
wholly interrupted and are not likely
to be soon restored.
These evils are greatly aggravated
by the total absence of any circulating
medium. Gold and silver are pos*
sessed by but few, and by these few in
small sums. The stock of cotton on
hand will supply but little, if any,
more money than will be necessary to
pay taxes, and we fear that a large
number of farms must inevitably be
sold for that purpose. The growing
crop of cotton can add but little, it is
believed not one-fourth of a million of
bales to the existing stock, which pro?
bably does not amount to one and a
i^alf millions of bales.
Amongst the greatest disasters,
which the wisn and prudent amongst
us behold in the immediate future ol
our unhappy country, is a conflict be?
tween tho white and the black races,
which there is much in their sundered
relations to incite, and in many parts
of our State no power of civil or mili?
tary Government to repress. Thif
danger is fearfully augmented, in iti
imniinency and in its horrors, by tlx
superior. numerical strength of th<
Wacks over the whites, and by tm
fact that the latterare generally bein^
disarmed of all offensive weapon?
whilst many of the former are in th<
possession of fire arms, and are exper
in the use of them.
These political, social and industria
evils have greatly paralyzed the me
chatiical and agricultural industry o
our country, and sadly depressed tin
spirit and energies of our people.
lu tender consideration whereof wt
crave the prompt aid of the Govern
ment, by remedial and preventiv
measures, to muirte the evils lha
disturb us at the present, and to aver
the calamities which menace us in th
fut ure.
We pray that our Legislature ma
be alto A erl to hold its usual session.'
and thut it may have wisdom to devis
measures suitable to the necessities <
the State; that a convention of th
people may be assembled; that iii
Congress of the United States ma
exhibit the magnanimity and state
raanship which the difficult posture t
affairs requires; that the President <
i he United States may so exercise tl:
1 high powers entrusted to him by th
1 Constitution and the Laws, as t
acquire for himself imperishable r
1 nown, and for his country the blessing
?Mmwitjiyqu - m I iimwiTm---awn
of pear-, h if? - v uni) universal pros?
perity; thu C uri.-, Federal and Suite, 1
may ayain < xm their beneficent
powers auiuiiUMt n*, crime- be restrain
ed, contracts enforced, controversies
peaceably settled, and opportunity
given for ea-y aer-ess to judicial au?
thority; that ?".' tal facilities may be
again affordeu it is; that our public
offices may be re-opened, and our pii
vate avocations rifely and profitably
resumed^ and tba* in all respects, our
State government may r?assume its
functions, and tl o re lations of our
people and State to the Constitution
and Union be speedily re established.
We recommend nour fellow-citizens
in other patts of he State an early
exposition of their views -.rn the .-.ob?
ject of our deliberations. We desire
that this memorial ne respectfully laid
bef?te the President of the United
States; and to give greater effect to
the.voice of the State as it may pro?
ceed from primary meetings, we sug?
gest that a deputation of citizens
should, if permuten, watt upon.the
President. We, on our part, nomi?
nate as one of sm h deputation our
fellow citizen, the Hon. Armistead
Burt, who is possesed of the sense of
this meeting and tie i i ls we suffer
much moro fully than we have been
able to express them; and if this
should be agreeable to other meeting.-,
-we hone that they n*:ll confirm the
appointment of Mr. Burt, an 1 ajLj. tc
him other suitable persons from Their
respective district- o" sections.
Wo recommend that a committee
of three be app inted hy the chair to
correspond wi U persons in other pails
ot the S ate, and inv-te meir concur?
rence in the foregoing memorial.
We requrat the newspapers of this
State and" Augusta, Ga.,to publish ?his
memorial as soon as may be con?
venient.
On motion of Mr. Jeffers, the chair?
man of the meeting appointed
chairman of the committee on corres
pondence, and Mt-ssrs. Thos. 0. perri-.:
and Thos. Thom.-on were appoiuted o!
the committee by the chair.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
D. L. WARBLA W. Chairman.
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary.
I PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.- Dr. A.
G. Mackey sailed on Saturday in the
AHiHinbre, for Charleston, to assume
the duties of his office as Collector of
the Port. A large crowd congregated
tc bid him farewell, ?rn i gare hun niuo
i enthusiastic cheers as tho vessel steam?
ed out into the-stream. Dr. Mackey
has a host of friends in New York,
and his loyalty is undoubted. Ho is
hailed as the representative man of the
Union sentiment South.
Among tho recent death? in En?
gland are Mr. Joseph Paxton, the
architect of the Chrystal Palace in
1801, and Mr. Charles K. Gray, who
had held from time to time a number
of diplomatic and ministerial positions,
ile died at the patriarchal age of SO.
An expedition is on foot for the colo?
nization of the yellow stone conntrv,
on the Hastern slope of the Rocky
Mountains. The enterprise is stimu?
lated t>v the notion that there i> ^old
in the lund. Hoi ho! for Idaho!
Gen. Uurlbut, very weil known in
South Carolina as a loose liver, is to
i be court martia'lod in New Orleans on
serious charges. Ile has probably
been guilty of making serious charges,
A riot between soldiers and ci'izeiif
took place on the 21 st J .me, at Staten
Island, New York, in which several oi;
hotli si>ies were wounded.
Gen. Sup ts O?fice C & S. C. R.R.
fgs& ??3@ ?i rj
CHESTER JULY 3, 1865,
UNTIL further nouer, trains wi!! ho ru;
daily on this road, ns follow?
Leave Chat lotte at 8 a m; ?irrivu a
Adger's about 4 pm. Leave Alger's a
7 a. m.; arrive in Charlotte about 3 p m.
JAMES ^KDERiON", S.ip't.
July 6 i2
JUST RECEIVED
PER STEAMER GRENADA!
"^7" i. SL Gr 2* ?, xx "fc> "XT 2
A LARGE stock of French CORSETS.
i\. Ladies' SHOES, HOSIERY and PA?
RASOLS. Gilliat
H. SOLOMON ?fe CO.'*,
Assembly street, Weat, below Plain.
Juiy 6
' Lost,
BETWEEN the Catholic Church and
the College Campus, a large GOLD
CHAIN, which thelander will be rewarded
by leaving at Mr. C. J. DOLLIN'S. oppo
site. Catholic Church. July 3
IMMEDIATELY a GOOD WHEEL?
WRIGHT. Such a one can find steady
j employment and gocd wages by applying
i at. this office. Jurie 27 fi*
i Omce Gen- Sur/t Wilmington and
I Manchester "Railroad Company,
SUMTER, S. C . JULY 8. 1865.
VTRAIN tor thc conveyance of pas?
sei g.-rs and freight is now running
semi-weekly between Kingsville and Gr<"it
Pee Dee Uiver; leaving Kingsville ea? h
Monday and Thursday at 6 a. m., and ar?
riving at Pee Dee same days at. 1.45 p. m.
Returning, the train leaves Pee Dee at
10.45 a. m. each Tuesday and Friday, and
arrives at Kingsville at 6.27 p. m. Con?
nections are made, both going and return?
ing, with trains of the North-eastern Rail?
road rind Cheraw and Darlington Railroad
at Florence. Trips of this train will be
increased to tri-weekly and daily, as con?
nections are opened and business justifias.
HENRY M. DRANE,
July 4 6* Gen.-ral Superintendent.
JUST Ri. CEI VED
VND for sale at the corner of Bul! and
Senate s'reeta, by G. AL COFFIN:
! STATIONERY, SUGARS
TEA. TOBACCO,
FAN< CANDY,
! <.' \NDLK-v t'ENCrm,
PARASOLS, STA&CH,
I T-rpen'ine and Toil"t SOAP3.
TOOTH BRUSHES,
THREaD. FIG ULUE,
ESSENCES, PINS.
Ladle-' UNDERSLEEVES, "July 4 3*|
TOliilSilAMOFCOLUMBLl
RARE INDUCEMENTS!
rpilE D4. li. Y NEWS] published at
JL WintKhoro, S. C.. offers GREAT IN?
DUCEMENTS to tl... merchants of Colum?
bia as a.i advertising medium between
tii?-ur and the merchants of Winnsboro.
Thc merchants of W:au?boro are, irf- a
great, measure, ?lepemlent'Hipon the mer?
chants of Columbia for their supplies; and
rs to their always knowing what supplies
tho merchants ol" Columbia have on hand,
j the NEWS offers thc inducement of a me
I-dium between them.
! All advertisements left at the Phonix
! Office for publication in the NEWS, will,
! as si>on as practicable, appear in Winns
I boro, when the mei chants of Winnsboro
c tr. always see what attractions the mer
ehants of Colnn|bia oiler them for purchas
! mg their commodities.
j Advertisements will be inserted at (for
j a square of eight lines or less) fifty cents
I for th.- ilrs!, und thirty five cents for each
subsequent publication, invariably in ad?
vance.
All communications left at the Phceni"
' Office will he promptly attended to. Ad
I vtrtiseiiieiits can also be forwarded per
j Express, and iu cn"h case must he accom
j panicd with the money. Advertisements
? will be inserted to the value of themoney
?sent. Address J. E. BRITTON,
j Editor and Prop'r "Thc Daily News,"
June 23 fo* W'inns.boro, S. C.
AMNESTY."
THE TERMS OF PARDON..
Proclamaron by the President of the
ULited States of America.
t Whereas .the President of the United
States, on the Sth ?lay of December. A. D.
1863, and on the ?l?ih day of March, A. 1).
1864. with the object to suppress tl\e ex?
isting rebellion, to induce all persons to
return to their loyalty and to restore tho
authority of the United States, issue pro?
clamations offering amnesty and pardon to
i certain persons who had, direct!v* or by
I implication, participated in thesaid'rebel
I bon; and whereas many persons, who had
s ? eiii;ii^ed in said rebellion, have, sinc>;
tuc 'ssu ince of said proclamation, failed
I or neglected to take the benefits offered
J th.-r-eby; and whereas many persons, who
j have been justly deprived of al! claim to
j amnesty and pardon the; eunder by reason
I of their p..r ieipation. directly or by im
? plication, ?ri s-'d rebellion and continued
hostility to ti. s Government of the Uc;t.?d
States since the date of said pioclar.ia''o.i.
now desire to apply tor and obtain amnes?
ty pardon;
T"> t>'?. ??id, therefore, tbs? thc authority
of the Government of the United States
may be restored, and that peace, order and
freedom may be eatablit-hed, I, Andrew
Johnson. President ot the United Staley
do proclaim and declare that I hereby
grant to all persons who have directly or
indirectly participated in the existing
rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted,
amnesty ar.d pardon, with restoration of
ali righ'M of property, except aa to slavee,
and except in caaes where legal proceed?
ings, under the ??ns of tho United States
providing for the confiscation of property
cf persons engaged in rebellion, have been
instituted, but on the condition, revertir??
leis, that every such person shall take SE J
subscribe t-he following oath or affirma?
tion, and thenc-'drward keep and main
t.iiri said cali, ?uviolate, ard which oath
shall be registered for permanent preser?
vation, and shall be of the tenor and effect,
follow:ng, to wit: w :
I.-, do solemnly swear or ?
affirm, in presence ot* Almighty God, that
I wilt henceforth faithfully support and'
defend .the Constitution of the United
States and the Union of the States there- ,
under, and that I will in like manner
abide by and faithfully support all laws
und proclam?t.ons which have been made
during the existing rebellion w"th refer?
ence to t!>e emancipation of slaves. So
help me God.
The following cluss of persons are ex?
empted from the benefits of this procla?
mation:
1st. All who aro, or ch ali have been,
pretended civil or diplomatie officers, or
otherwise, domestic or foreign agents ol
the pretended Confederate Government.
2d. All who left judicial stations under
the United Status to aid in the rebellion.
3d. All who shall have been military or
naval officers of said pre'ended Confede?
ral e Government above the rank of colonel ?
in the army or lieutenant m the navy.
4th. Ail who left spat* ii the Congress
of the United States to a d the rebellion.
6th. All who resigned or ten'lered r^cig
nationsof their commissions in the army
or navy of t he United State?'to evade duty
in resisting the rebellion.
6th. -.11 wh:> have enga-.t-.-d ii. any way
in trea-j.:g otherwise Thau lawful!^ as pri
.oners "f war persons found in the United
States soi-vice, as '.i?ieeis, soldiers, seamen
or in other capacities.
7'.h. All persona who have been or are
ahsantee? from the United Stales f?lr tho
purpose of aiding the rebellion.
8th. AH military und naval officers in
tho rebel service who wera educated by
tle? Government in the Military Acudernv
at West Point or the Ucited States Naval
Academy.
9th. All persons who held the pretended
offices ?.( Govern ir of States lu insurrec?
tion against the United Stales.
10th. All persons who left tneir hornes
within the jurisdiction and protection of
the United States, and pissed bayoud the
Federal military lines into the so-called
Confederare States for the purpose of aid?
ing the rebcdHon.
llth. Ali persons'who have hoon ea
gaged in tho destruction of thu o .-irr. ute roi:
cf the United Stater- noon the high bean,
and who have made ??aids into thc United
States from Canada, or been engaged in
destroying the commerce of the United
States upon, th* lakes and rivers ' hat sepa?
rate the British provinces irom thc United
States. ?
12th. Al! perseus who. at thc tim? when
they seek to obtain th"; benefits hereof by
taking the oath herein prescribed, arc .n
milifhry, naval or civil confinement or
custody, cr under boods'of the oivii, mili?
tary <<r naval authorities ot agoni? of th?
United State's, as prisoners of war or per?
sons detained for offenses of any kind, 1
either before or niter conviction. **
13th. Ail personsAvho haye voluntarily
participated in said rebellion, and th- euti
mated value of whpse taxable property is
over twenty thousand doilars.
14th. Ai! persona whe have taken tho
oath of amnesty ts preser-bed in the Pre?
sident's proclamation, of December 3, A.
I). 1 SO?, or an oath of alegiar.ee ?to the
Government ol' tho UniledlStates since tho
date of said proclamation, and who h.?ve
not thenceforward ki pt, a nd maintained
the same in violate.
Provided, that special application may
bo made to thc President for pardon by
any person belonging to the '.'.xecpted
classes, and such clemency will bc libe?
rally extended as may be consistent with,
the facta of thc case and the peace and
dignity of the United States.
Tho Secretary of State will establish
rules ar.d regulations tot administer ing and
recording the said amnesty oatfi. s" as to
insure its benefit to the people and guard
the Government against fraud.
In testimony where'd, I have hereunto set
my h,ind and caused ?he seal of the
United Slates to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, the 29th
day ol' May, in tho year of our . J
18?.>5, ?fi i oi the independence of tte
Loitvd Si ites the eighty-nit th.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Ey the ?resident:
j Wu. H Srjw.tit.u, 3evet?ry of St**!*.
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