Newspaper Page Text
The Savannah Dally Herald*
MONDAY. MAY »». 1869.
FHOJVf OI B evening EDITION
OF SATURDAY.
PUBLIC MEETING OP TflE CITIZENS
OP CHATHAM COTNTY.
Savannah, May 26tb, 1865.
A meeting of the citizens of Chatham
County was held this day at the Savannah
Exchange. His Honor Richard D. Arnold,
Mayor, In the chair, John J. Kelly, John
Gammel and John R. Wilder, Secretaries.
His Honor,upon taking the chair opened the
meeting with a suitable address explaining
the object of the call. *
He dwelt upon the urgent necessity for
concert of action and earnestness of effort in
the movements to he undertaken to place
the State right with the general government,
and to "bring about a return of order and set
tled government in place of the uncertainty,
insecurity and anarchy which now prevails.
On motion of the Hon. Wm. Law, the
Committee appointed at the last public
meeting were requested to act as a com
mittee and report business lor the consid
eration of the meeting.
The following named gentlemen composed
the Committee
John Stoddard, Isaac Cohen, A. Porter,
Noah B. Knapp, Henry Brigham, Noble
Hardee, T. G. Mills, Lewis S. Bennett, Hi
ram Roberts,George W. Wyliy.
The committee retired and after an absence
of a short time returned and presented a
memorial from the citizens ot Chatham
county to the President of the United State 9,
and several resolutions which were unani
mously adopted.
In presenting the memorial, Col. Wm. J.
Rockwell made a brief but energetic speech,
placing in a strong light the exigencies of the
situation, and elucidating the purpose of the
memorial to the Pi evident and the new as
pect of affairs which it was intended to bring
about.
Col. Rockwell was followed by Hon. Wm.
Law, in an eloquent and forcible speech upon
the relation of the citizens of Georgia to the
government, and their duties iu the approach
ing Issues. Judge Law’s remarks were fre
quently interrupted with applause.
Col. Fitch of New York, at the invitation
of the Mayor then addressed the meeting.
We are enabled to give his speech in full:
Speech of C«L Fitch,
Although but recently among you, Laving
none of those tits of association aud vested
interests which bind you so closely to this
community, still as an intended citizen of
Georgia if not as a resident of Savannah, I
cannot but feel a keen solicitude for the po
litical and social status of this State.
Where there not a fundamental falacy in
the old Democratic adage, that “that is the
best Government which governs least,”
Georgia might congratulate herself • 1 upon
having attained a very high degree of politi
cal felicity, for it is evident from the remarks
of the gentlemen who proceeded me that a
large portion of her territory is absolutely
with out auy government at all—scarcely the
shadow of authority. Nothing but an educa
ted habit of order springing from love of
accustomed obedience to law, preveuts the
people from breaking through all the ordi
nary restraints of society.
Even at garrisoned Posts where Martial
Law exists, that is a something either above
or below all law, according to the intellectu
al calibre of the man whose individual will
composes the code Napoleonic,there is found
despite General Orders, such diversity ot
views and opinions, such a confusion of offl
eial togues, such a wondrous irregularity
of regulations, that one cannot tell
during a single revolution of the earth
whether he will stand upon his heels
or his head, if indeed he stand at all. The
principle of vicissitude which underlies the
doctrine of “military necessity” is not the
most pleasaut or convenient rule of actum
for a commercial or agricultural people. We
have passed through a terrific war, making
a century of History in four brief years,
revolutionizing the entire social system of
the South. The burdeus of the war have
fallen heavily upon Georgia. Her material
wealth has been destroyed to an extent. now
Impossible to calculate. Her loss, also, in :
moral and intellectual vitalities, in brain as
well -as sinew, has been enormous. Her rich
soil still remains ready and willing to yield
large reward to skill and labor, but the al
most total destruction all land and water
transportation, cuts ofl these fertile fields
tirom the old outlets of trade and render for
the present the resources of the State una
vailable. Georgia is weak and prostrated,
and must be treated kindly and judiciously
or there will be a return of those political
convulsions the end whereof no man know*
eth. • v
Therefore the most serious as well as the
most difficult problem of political economy
which we have to solve is the question of la
bor its.lt. i tn. system of compulsory service
upon which the patriarchalfstructure qf south
ei u society was built ha 9 Wen demolished. By
whom, from what motives, whether for good
or bad, the critical investigation of History
and the impartial judgment of posterity will
determine. Our only business is with the
present, and its relations with ourselves. The
death of slavery Is an accomplished fact,
which it were ignorance to deny, folly to
combat . But freedom is not license nor com
pensated labor, insolent indolence. Tbe ne
gro, although fotced from penal servitude
Owes as do you and I, a tribute with welfare
of tbe commifnlty in which he lives. An
idle rich man Is an evil to society—an idle
poor man is both an evil and a tax. The ne
gro must Uvc>ot upon the means or charity
of others, but' by the sweat of his own brow.
He must work, and if, as there is reason to
fear the of his moral and physical na
ture resists this process, he mu9t be made to
work-.. Much has been done for the negro
and much remains to be done, but in the
meantime there are certain- interests and
frights attaching to the white race, that
should not be overlooked. We are the
dvufi&aaf »od superior race and as su«u
i are dereiect to ourselves if wc do not direct
and control the sluggish energies of the
emancipated slaves. /The productive labor
ol Georgia is uow,_ and for many years
will be found in the jjrawny arm of the Afri
can. It must be made to till the soil and en
rich the State —not Left to l*eg alms at a Cora-'
missarv door, nor suii itself into a pestilence
upon the deserted wharis of commerce. The
great motive power must lie turned to utility,
or the fields of Georgia will soon be a wilder
ness ot weeds. How can this best be doue ?
The General Government has determined,
ami wisely not to permit the old political
regime to longer rule the destiny of the State.
It is not permissible, nor would it be politic,
in the present* disturbed couditiou of the
people to hold an election aud organize a
new State Government. For while the
chances would be largely against the new
functionaries equaling the old in ability or
experience, there is still less assurance that
they would avoid the iatters’dangerous poli
tical heresies. Your only resource-therefore
is a Military Governor. A Military Governor
Ls an anomaly to American Law—but the
very necessity which renders the office indis
pensable renders it also desirable. Under a
judicious officer, oue worthy of that high and
responsible position, civil courts would be
established as rapidly as the communities
were prepared to receive them. Uniformity
of action and stability of purpose, would
reign throughout the .State. Repose and con
fidence would take the place of the present
fevered and restless uncertainty. The an
imosities and passions engendered by the
late war would gradually calm down under
the influence of industrial pursuits and sober
reflection, and Georgia would ouce more re
sume her proud position as Umpire State of
the South. The social and political difficul
ties with which the Military' Governor of
Georgia will have Vo grapple will be of the
most momentous and intricate character,
such as few public meu have ever been com
pelled to meet. Exhaust the resources of
highest statesmanship and you have not ex
ceeded the importance of the problem. You
can hardly expect to secure a man equal to
the magnitude of the task, but can, and I
trust will get one approximating thereto.
You want a conservative, earnest, honest,
gentleman, too wise for the purposes of the
vicious, and too modest iu his wisdom to
reject advice of the experienced. You want
no demagogues who, though they had no
more to do with the emancipation of the
Africans than Brigham Young with the
Christianity of St., raul, are constantly ex
claimjng to the credulous ignorauce of the
race, and for their own private advancement:
‘ These be thy pods, O, Israel, which brought
thee up out of the land of Egypt ’’—but a
sincere man who understands ancf appreciates
the delicate embarrassments of an intelligent
people in their sudden abrupt transit from old
hereditary cycle of Law aud Life to anew
and unexpected one. 1 was glad to see that
no expression of Individual preference was
inserted In the memorial of your committee.
President Johnson will be Very likely to con
sult his ovvu judgmeut, instead of the predi
lections of a Georgia delegation in selecting
an officer to rule over the State. On the other
hand Mr. Johnson is an old Democrat, ac
customed to look upon the people as the
source of all power, and to accept the com
mon sense ot a community as the definition
of political wisdom, and I have no doubt but
that the temperate and able exposition of
your views embodied iu tue petition, will re
ceive his careful consideration and command
his respect. While he would not probably
be influenced by your advocacy of auy indi
vidual applicant, be will undoubtedly consult
your judgment in deciding the general cali
bre aud character of the officer he may ap
point. If you cannot select the man, -you
can at least indicate the school of
politics from which he should be selected. By
politics I mean, not party, but that highest of
all science, the science o*f governing men.
I thank you, gentlemen, for the courtesy
which has prompted you to listen so atten
tively to my remarks, and wish you every suc
cess iu the prosecution of your important
mißSiou.
Col. Fitch’ remarks were received with
great favor and approbation.
On motion the meeting adjourned, subject
to the call of the Chair.
R. P. ARNOLD, Chairman.
John J. Kelly, )
John Gammell, V Secretaries.
John R. Wilder, )
mwLASi r?m& eve am a*.
§ava&mb Greets New York.
Telegraphic Communication with aii Parts
of the Country Complete.
We are enabled to give to the public the
glorious intelligence that Savannah ts this
day placed again in telegraphic communica
tion, with the North. The operators of the
U. 3. Military Telegraph at Savannah trans
mitted to-day the following despatch of
greeting to their brethren in New Yoik city:
Savannah, May 27, 1865.
M. B. V. finch and A. S. fioii/nei, Afamqers
-Y. Y. Office.
Gentlemen . —The undersigned send their
greetings to you all, and thank. God that we
are once more in communication by wire with
the - Empire city. Compliments to all.
-s P. C. Havens, )
L. W. Coo an, >- Operators
J. L. Mcllvajne )
A despatch received to-day from Augusta
3tates that communication is now entire be
tween the extremes of the country, and that
despatches have been interchanged between
Maine and New Orleans.
Communication with the Isjeexob.—Spec
ial Order No. 88, published to-day, revokes
the order prohibiting sending of newspapers
and written communications to points in the
interior. This revoking of restrictions upon
correspondence, together with ths opening
of telegraphic enmmunioation marks the era
of returning freedom of Intercourse through
out the country. . ~
Oliver Cromwell was* a staunch' Puritan
and could not brook the least approach to
popery. “\V hat are thesp, ’* he once inquired
as he saw a dozen silver statutes in the niches
of a chapel. “The twelve apostles," replied
trembling dean. "Take them down,"
said Cromwell, “and coin them into money,
so that they may go about doing good.”
CHARLESTON NEWS.
THE PATAPSCO DISASTER.
We are informed, through Acting Volun
teer Lieutenant W. L. Churchill, Superinten
dent of Marine Operations In this Depart
ment, that the number of bodies taken lrom
the ill-fated monitor Patapsco is thirteen,
only one of which, that of Joseph 11. Johnson,
son of Fleet Surgeon Johnson, has been re
cognized. Another body had the initials
C. L. B. marked on one of the stockings.
The bodies have been buried on James’
Island. A desk belonging to R. Ryder, and
another to Lieutenafit Sampson, have also
been taken from the wreck. The work of
examining the vessel is still in progress. The
schobner Hope is the vessel employed iu this
duty, the schooner Blunt acting as a tender.
Lieutenant Churchill has algo superintend
ed the raising of two torpedo boats.
The ram Columbia sailed for the North on
Monday.
Parties wishing information concerning
relatives or friends lost on the Patapsco. at
the time of her sinking, are - advised to apply
personally or in writing to Lieutenant
Churchill.—Owner, 2 ith.
Difficulty Between the Soldiers and tue
Colored Citizens.
The following order from Col. Gurney,
commanding at Charleston, appears in the
Courier of the 24th:
Hkadqcartebß, Cnx of Charleston,'!
\ Charleston, 8. C., May 21st, 1865. >
Complaints have been made to these Head
quarters of the manner in which certain
enlisted men of the 127th N. Y. Yols, have
treated the colored citizens of this city, in
sulting, and in some ca3es, beating them.
The Colonel Commanding is aware that
the spirit exhibited by these men is by no
means shared by a majority of the Regiment,
aud for that reason he earnestly calls upon
the officers and men to exert themselves to
the end that the guilty may be punished and
such ill practices cease; and he herebv com
mands each and all to Use their utmost en
deavor to prevent in the luture all causes for
complaint.
He also takes this means of assuring the
citizens and soldiers, both white and colored,
that hereafter, as heretotore, any one found
guilty ot the practices mentioned above will
meet with the severe, punishment which his
offence deserves; aud that all orderly persons,
without distinction, shall receive courteous
treatment aud protection from the Officers
and soldiers of this command.
A due degree of forbearance and courtesy
ou the part of all will ensure that real peace
aud harmony of feeling without which free
dom cannot be properly enjoyed, nor the
dignity of individuals as citizens of thi9 great
Republic maintained. Wm. Gurney.
Col. 127th N- Y. V., Com’g City of Char
leston.
Rev. Charles H. Corey being about to re
linquish bis connection with the Christian
Commission Agency at Charleston, the
members of the Wentworth street Baptist
Church have addressed him with a most
flatteriug preamble and resolutions, thanking
him for “tue ministerial servic. s he has so
cheerfully and acceptably per.oruied, during
the past few mouths.
L. J. Moses, Esq.
We had the pleasure yesterday of greeting
this old veteran who has just returned to the
city after several months’ absence;
Mr. Moses is a native Carolinian, belonging
to oue of our oldest families, and for fifty-two
years a resident of Charleston. He has been
known during the war as an unyielding, un
compromising Unionist, and lor his steadiest
adherence to principle ha3 been reduced iu
his old age to great poverty. It is hoped
that some of his old friends will testify their
appreciation of his manly and faithful course
by making up a subscription for his benefit.
Sailing of th« Granada.
The steamer Granada was to sail on Wed
nesday, the 24th, with passengers, freight
and the mails.
One Hamlet and Two Ghosts. —Some few
years ago, at a benefit given to a.ttre compa
ny in Philadelphia, a new’ aspirant tor his
trionic honors appeared upon the boards of
the Walnut Street Theatre. The play was
“Hamlet.” Just before the curtain rose, the
gentleman engaged to play the “Ghost,”
struck for “wages,” and the manager Was
forced to supply his place as best he could.
In due time the play went on; and the
Ghost, in blue armor appeared, saying in liis
usual lugubrious tone —
“Hamlet, I am thy fathers ghost i”
When, even as the Prince of Denmark was
contemplating the image of his father s ghost,
a voice was heard from another wing—
“ Don’t you believe him, Hamlet; lam
your father’s ghost—this fellow underbid
me, And with the word, another a Gho»t" in
blue armor, of course, stepped on the stage.
The embarrassment of Hamlet was extreme.
Two ghosts of one father, both dressed in
blue armor, speaking at once, and each
claiming to be the Simon Pure, as thus—
“ Hamlet, I am thy father’s ghost,” began
No. 1.
“No Hamlet, I’m your father’s ghost,"
cries No. 2.
“Doomed for a certain time to walk the
earth,” coutinned No. 1. >
“No, Hamlet,” continued ghost No. 2, in
sinuatingly, “it’s me that’s doomed to walk
the earth—not him. You see, he plays for
five dollars a week ; and I would .not do it
under six. I m your father's ghosh Hamlet.”
At this juncture, while Hamlet stood look
from one to the other, in most unpriucely
confusion. No. 1 again rallied—
“l could a tale untold," he said.
“All fudge, Hamlet; it’3 me that could the
tale untold,” cried Gho3t No. 2. “This fel
low ain't got any tale to unfold. Tin your
father's ghost, my boy."
At this crisis me curtain fell, leaving Ham
let to settle the matter with the ghost, lie
hind the scenes, while tbe audience were
Shedding tears, but not of sorrow.
General Fry, who killed the Rebel General
Zollicoffcr, has been nominated for Congress
lu tbe Filth District ol Kentucky.
Mwwwaßwcgrawpggqa l . l ..i.jj | .,KgggssawKaagg^sgr?
|jotsl l^rribals.
PORT ROYAL HOTEL (HILTON HEAP;, MAY*'*?.
Col Bonnet and wife, Char D Adams, Savannah,
D W Cooley, - uJ L Ring Fort Pnlaekl.
Lt J Justus, Beaufort. c Weasel, Savannah.
Lt W « Bradford 1 •• JR Sealy, “
A Whyte, ** J GarrMu, H Head.
M A Knowiden. Goto. J It Loob, Charleston.
B March, N Y. J Campbell,
W Rowe, *■ Col J A Boe-crt Sav,
M L Sot ho wo, Baltimore. P Corcoran: *•
NkWS-okAnChr^^uTuEßS L SESiJtIN‘G fiTfe
Savannah Jllauv Heaap at Wbolaale are re
qo -fted to sand In their order# as early In advance at
practicable. W. MASON 6 CO.
a- ■
oetrg.
[OFFICIAL.]
HEADQ’RP. DEPT. OP THE SOUTH
Hilton Head, S. C , May 25, isi*.
Genf*u Of.i»f.es>
No. 11. |
I. The following Executive Order V his Excellence
the President of the United States, dated April 29th,
IS <5, and the following Rales and Regulations of the
Treasury Department, approved bv the President on
May Hth. IMJS are hereby published for the information
aud guidance of this Command:
EXECUTIVE 068F.a.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, >
Washington, Aprils, 13C5. f
Being desirous to relieve all loyal citizens and well
ui.spo.-ed per.-ous residing in insurrectionary States
from unnecessary toinnu rcial restrictions, and to en
courage them to retnru to peaceful pursuits, it is here
by ordered:
I. That all restrictions upon internal, domestic and
coastwise commercial intercourse lie discontinued in
such parts of the States oi Tennessee, Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, and so much of Lonisiana as lies east of
the Mississippi river, as shall be embraced within the
lines ot national military occupation, excepting only
such restrictions as are imposed by acts of Congress
aud regulations in pursuance thereof, prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, and approved by the
President; and excepting also‘from the effect of this
order the following ariicles contraband oi war, to-wit:
Arms, ammunition, all articles from which ammuni
tion is manufactured, gray unilorms and cloth, loco
motives, care, railroad iron, and machinery for opera
ting railroads, telegraph wires, insulators, aud instru
ments for operating telegraphic lines.
It. Tnat all existing military and naval orders In
any manner restricting Internal, domestic aud coast
wise commercial intercouse and trade with or lu the
localities abome named be, aud the same are hereby
revoked; and that no military or naval officer, in auy
manner, interrupt or interfere with the same, or with
any boats or other vessels engaged therein, under
proper authority, pursuant to the regulations of the
Secretary of the Treasury.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
ECLS3 Ai<D aiOCLAIIONtt CONCEaXLEG COMMERCIAL IX
iekoocßse with and iy i.NSCEitKciio'AUY stated
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, >
_ . „ May 9, 1905./
W ith a view of carrying out the purposes of the Ex
ecutive, as expressed in his executive order, beariug
dam April 29, ISOC, “to relieve ail loyal citizens and
well-uispnsed persons residing in lusuri eotionary
States from uunecetsary commercial restrictions, and
to encourage them to return to peaceful pursuits," tue
following regulations are prescribed, and will hereaf
ter govern commercial intercourse iu and between the
States of Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and
Eouist.iua east of the Mississippi river, heretotore de-
Glared in insurrection, and the ioyal states.
L
All commercial transactions under these resolutions
shall be conducted under the supervision of officers of
the customs, and others acting as officers of the cus
toms.
11, CUOUtEtTEP ARTICLES.
The following articles are prohibited, and nonesuch
will be allowed to be transported to or within any
State heretofore declared in insurrection, except on
Government account, viz: Arms, ammunition, all
articles f out which ammunition is manufactured,gray
uniforms uud locomotives, cars.r ailroad Iron, aud ma
chinery for operating railroads, telegraph vvhes, insu
lators, and instruments for operating tolograph wires.
IXL AiIOOtTS OF PRODUCE ALLOWED, AND PLACES JO
WHICH SCCiI MAY UK TRANSPORTED.
It having been determined and agreed upon by the
proper officers of the War and Treasury Departments
In accordance with the requirement of section 9 of the
act of July 2, 180i, that the amount of goods required
to supply the necessities of loyal persoDs residing in
insurrectionary States, within the‘military lines of the
United States forces, sbali be an amount equal to the
aggregate of the applications therefor, aud that the
Places to which such goods may be taken sbali be all
places within such lines that maybe named in tht
several applications for transportation thereto, it Ls
therefore directed that clearance shall be granted,.upon
application by any loyal person or party, for all goods
and merchandise not prohibited, In such amount-,and
to such places which, under the revenue aud collection
laws of the United states, have been created ports oi
entry aud delivery In-tbe coastwise trade, as the appli
cant may desire. f ‘ *
Before any vessel shall be cleared for any port with
in the insurrectionary States, or from .one’ port to an
other therein, or from any such ports to a port in tbe
loyal States the master of every such vessel shall pre
sent to the proper offleer of customs, or other officer
acting as snch, a manifest of her cargo, which mani
fest shall set forth the character of the merchandise
composing said cargo, aud, if showing no prohibited
articles, shell be certified by snch officer of the enstom.
7. AJiB DiaGuAROrS OF CißuO Hi A.N INoUBBEC
TIOaNAJSY STATE.
On the arrival of auy such vessel at the port of des
tination, it shall be tue duty of the master thereof
forthwith t o present to the proper officer of the cus
toms the certified manifest of her cargo: whereupon
tiie officer shall cause the vessel to be discharged un
der his general supervision; and, if the cargo U found
to correspond with the manifest, u certificate to that
efi'ect shall be given to said master.
If there shall ne found ou board any prohibited arti
cles, snch articles shall be seized .anti held subject to
the orders of the Secretary of the Treasury; and the
officer shall forthwith report to the Department of the
facts of the cask; and auy such’ vessel arriving from
any,foreign port, or from auy domestic port without a
proper clearance, or kith contraband articles on board,
shall, withzhe cargo, be tried and held as subject to
confiscation under the laws of the United States.
VI. LANDING WITHIN AND DEPASTURE TEOii AN IN SCO. *
SECTTONABY STATE.
Vessels in ports within an insurrectionary State, not
declared by pmdamai ion open to the Commerce of
the world, shall be laden under the supervision of the
proper officer of this Department, whose duty it shall
be to require before any articles are allowed to be
shipped, satisfactory evidence that upon all merchan
dise so shipped the taxes and lees required by law
and -these regulations have been paid or secured to
be paid, which fact, with the amouut so paid, sha 1 be
certified upon the manliest before clearance shad be
granted; and if; upon any articles so shipped, tbe
lees and internal revenue taxes, or either, shall only
have secured to be paid, such fact shall be noted upon
the manifest, and the proper officer at the port of
destination of such vessel shall 'lioid the goods until
all such taxes and fees shall be paid according to law
and these regulations, (
VII. SIT/LT STOKES.
Persons desiring to keep a supply store at any place
within an Insurrectionary State snail make applica
tion therefor to the nearest officer of the Treasury
Department, which application shall set-forth that the
applicant is Ipyal to the Government of the United
States; and upon filing evidence of such loyalty a
license for such supply Btore shall be forthwith grant
ed ; and the person to whom the license is given shall
be authorized to purchase 'goods at any other supply
store within the Insurrectionary States, or at such other
point In the United States as he may select
VIII. EXCEPTED ARTICLES.
All articles of local production and consumption,
such as fresh vegetables, fruits, butter, Ice, eggs,
rresh meat, wood, coal, &c\, Ac., may, without fee or
restriction, be freely transported and sold at such
points within an Insurrectionary State a* the owner
therefor may dcsira.
IX. S3IT.MEXT 0» PRODUCTS OF AN INSUE2ECTIONARF
STATS.
Aii cotton not produced by persons with their own
labor, or with the labor of tnvdmen or others em
ployed and paid by them, mu3t, before shipment to
any port or place iu a loyal State, be sold to and and
resold by an officer of the Government especially an
pointed for the purpose, under regulations prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury and approved by the
President; and before allowing any cotton or other
product to be shipped or granting clearance tor anv
vessel, the proper custom Officer, orolher person act
ing-aa such must require from the or
the internal revenue officer a certificate that cotton
proposed to be shipped has bean resold by him, or that
twenty-five per cent, of the value thereof has been
paid to such purchasing Agent iu money, and that the
cotton is thereby free from further fee or tax if the
cotton proposed be shipped Is claimed to he fire pr£
duct of a person* own labor or of freedmen or others
employed and paid by them, the officer will renal, e
that the shipping fee of three cents per pound shad be
paid or secured to be paid thereon.
If any product other than cottcn is offered for shlo
'k ‘ interna! revenue officer,
tb&c all Internal taxes duo thereon btive hceu collect
ed and paid, must be produced prior to such products
being shipped or cleared; and (f there is no Internal
revenue officer, then such taxes/hall be cailwted by
the customs officer, or he shall cause the same to be
secured to he paid as provided-ip these rcstiuifonl
X. IM-ANL IATJON,
The provisions of these regulation*, neeWsnrily
modified, shall beccnsideied applicable to all ship
ments tnJanmt© or within insurrectionary States by
any means otvausportation whatever. •
XI. CHARGES.
Goods not prohibited may be transported to lnrunaa
tlonary States free.
The charges upon all products shipped or tunsppjtfd
which must be credited by the offlcercJmL ponnd ’
follows, viz: two cents e“n “
and one cent per pound as the shipping
ton purchased and resold bv theGoveremeSt
whatsoever! e trßnMported free ah ices WculxS
XU, RKCOED3 TO EE KEPT.
Fuil and-roroplete accounts aud records » w
XIII. LOTALTf A PJtQtrtStTE.
No gooda shall be sold to an insurrectionary v»„,
by or to, nor any transaction held with/
Persons not loyal to the OoverLment^^^
f^.tu“"feSS,h,S e h,K'.' s »*
port, protect and defend the Consti utfon Q B ,
ritates.and all laws made in pureuance thereto?..
FORM&R BEGULATIONS REVOKED
sede all other regulation? and cir<ulan SUp€r
Secretary of the Treaty 4
Bxeoctivr Ciiambbf »
mi. r , " ashington Citv, Mav 9 1 sr,- t
The foregoing rules and regulations conL™i ’
merclal lntercour-e with ans in * > “S*, rnin fr c °ni-
States declared in insurrection:*^Xribe<f
Secretary oi the Treasury in conformhv with a 7 , l
Congress relating thereto, having .'been seen JtdL?*
"tiered by me, are hereby approved. dC and cou '
ANDREW JGHNSON.
11. laobedience to said Executive Order nit
mg Departmental Orders in any manner ? v *
ternan domestic and coasturie coramerciri
and trade with or In the limits of the DenawKSH”?
JasMttfessr , ®®Ss
The collection of the one per cent
“fi*.¥ llita ll TnX ' toP OI by General
the *> headquarteraj is
, L V ’ restrictions upon trade are thus
removed, suit District and Post Commanders are
minded that they are expected to keep such a military
control over ail merchants and traders as is newasarv
sol ,vv e ? a V 2tenaEce of g°°d order and a pioper uolice
w i thin their commands. To this end they are autrif
,o e^nH B ?H refrulate the Ba,e or bleating
“h? and 'rines a- mav seem to them reaufsStec *
9j Command of Major General '
Q- A. GILMOR*,
W. L. M. B> rg.'s.
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official : »j j> Hodges
2?&yp* u - s - c - T - “ and
H kadq'rs District of Savannah, i
Savannah, Ga., May 26, 1865. f
General Orders,>
No. 24. |
The following General Order is republish
ed for the information of ail concerned:
Headqb’s, Department of the Socth, )
' Hilton Head, 3. C., May 15, 1865.;
General Orders.}
No. 63. >
1. The proclamation of A. G. Magrath,
styling himself Governor of South Carolina,
dated at Headquarters, Columbia. . South
Carolina, May 2d, 1665, declaring that all sub*
sistence stores and the property ot tbe Con
federate States within the limits of tbe State
should be turned over and accounted for by
the Agents of the State, appointed for that
purpose, and directing that the subsistence
and other stores 3ball be used for the relief of
the people of llte State j and tbe proclama
tion of Joseph E. Brown, styling himself Gov
ernor of Georgia, dated at tbe capital oflhat
State, on the 3d day of May, 1865, requiring
the officers and members of the Gtaeral As
sembly to meet In extraordinary ses-ioa at ■
the Capitol in Milledgeville on Monduv, the
22d day ot «May, 1860 ; and tbe proclamation
of A. K. Allison, styling himself Acting Gov
ernor of Florida, dated at Tallahassee, on the
Bth day of April 18C5, giving notice and di
rection that an election will be held on Wed
nesday, the 7th day of June, 1865, for Gov
ernor of the State of Florida ; are, each and
all of them, declared null and void, It baviug
become known to me, from trustworthy in
formation, that the aloresaid A. G. Magrath,
Joseph E. Brown, aud A. K. Allison, are dis
loyal to the United States, having committed
sundry aud divers acts of troasou against the
same, in adhering to their enemies, giviug
Jiem aid and comfort .
The persons aud peoples, to whom tho
proclamations hereinabove referred to have
been respectively addressed, are therefore
enjoined and commanded to give no heed
whatever thereto, or to any orders, procla
mations, commissions, or commands, emana
ting from persons claiming the right to exer
cise the functions and autuority of Governor
in either ot tbe States of South Carolina,
Georgia, or Florida, unless the same shall
have been promulgated by the advice or
consent of the United States authorities.
11. The policy and wishes of the general
government towards the people ot these
States, and the method which should be pur -
sued by them in resuming or assuming the
exercise of their political rights, will doubt
less be made known at an early day.
It is deemed sufficient, meanwhile, to an
nounce that the people ol the black race we
free citizens of the United States, that it is
the fixed intention ot a wise and beneficent
government to protect them in the enjoy
ment of their freedom and the fruits of their
industry, and that it is the tnauifest aud
binding duty of all citizens, whites as well
as blacks, to make such arrangements aud
agreements among themselves, for compen
sated labor, as shall be mutually advan
tageous to all parties. Neither idleness nor
vagrancy will be tolerated, and the govern
ment will not extend pecuniary aid to any
persons, whether white or black, who are
unwilling to help themselves.
111. District anej Post Commanders
throughout this Department will at once
cause this order to be circulated far and wide,
by special couriers or otherwise, and will
take such steps to secure its enforcement as
may by them be deemed necessary.
Q. A. Qillmore, ..
Major-General Commanding
T. y. Hodges,
Capt- 35th U- 9. C. TANARUS., Act. Asst. Adj'tGen'l-
The Commanding Officers of the Defences
of Savannah, Post of Augusta, Fort Pulaski,
and detached commands will see that the
above order is circulated, not within the
limits ot their respective commands but
throughout the adjacent country.-
By command of
Brevet Maj. Gen. GROVER-'
Oliver Matthews, A. A. G.
may 27—7 t ,
1 'DISINFECTANT
