Georgia Historic Newspapers

    The Savannah Daily Herald.
TI'ESDAY, JH,V 18,1864.
EVElli EDITH.
HOW CITIZKKS DIAY QUALIFY THEM
SELVES TO VOTE
The following synopsis of Governor John
son's exposition of the course to be pursued
by citizens in order to qualify themselves to
vote at the election lor delegates to a re-or
ganization convention, we find in the Augus
ta Constitutionalist. We re-print it at this
time, although substantially the same thing
has appeared in our own columns, in conse
quence of a widely-expressed desire for in
formation on this important matter;
On the Bth of December, 1863, President
Lincoln issued a proclamation commonly
know’ll as the Amnesty Proclamation, in
which full pardon is promised to all hereto
fore engaged in revolt against the United
States, on condition of taking and keeping
the following oath :
“I, , do solemnly swear, in
the presence of Almighty God, that I will
henceforth faithfully support, protect and de
fend the Constitution of the United Slates,
and the Union of the States thereunder ; and
that I will, in like manner, abide by and
faithfully support all acts of Cougreas passed
during the existing rebellion with reference
to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed,
modified, or held void by Congress, or by
decision of the Supreme Court; aud that I
will, in like mauuer, abide by and faithfully
support all proclamations of the President
made during the existing rebellion having
reference to slaves, so long and so far as not
modified or declared void by decision of the
Supreme Court. So help me God.”
v On the 2!>th May, 1855, President Johnson
issued a proclamation known as the new Am
nesty Proclamation, in which it is declared
that, since many persons have failed or ne
glected to take advantage of the proffer of
pardon made in President Lincoln’s procla
mation of December Bth, 1868, by taking the
oath*therein set forth, such persons—not of
excepted classes—may receive such benefit
by taking aud subscribing an oath utjLie ten
or aud effect, following, to-wit :
“I do solemnly swear or afiirm in presence
of Almighty God, that I w ill henceforth faith
fully defend the Constitution of the United
States aud the Union oi the States thereun
der, and that I will in like mauner abide by
aud faithfully support all laws and proclama
tions w'hich have been made during the ex
isting rebellion with reference to the emanci
pation of slaves. So help me God.’’
Now it is very generally supposed that
those who took the first oath are under no
necessity of taking the one just above given,
in older to vote at the election for delegates
to a Convention w hen such election may be
ordered. This is a most fatal error, and
Provisional Governor Johusdn very properly
strove to impress that all important tact on
the minds of his hearers. In the proclama
tion appointing that gentleman to the provis
ional governorship of this State, and declar
ing in what way its re-organization must be
proceeded w’itb, it is most explicitly set forth
“that iu any election that may be held here
atter for choosing delegates to any State Con
vention, as aforesaid, uo person shall be
qualified as an elector, or shall be eligible as
a membeV of such convention, unless he shall
have previously takeu aud subscribed the
oath of amnesty, as set, forth in the Presi
dent s proclamation of May 29th, A. D 1865,
aud is a voter qualified as prescribed by the
constitution and laws of the State of Georgia,
iu force immediately before the 19th df Janu
ary, A. D. 1861, the date of the so-called or
dinance of secession.”
lu a circular,bearing date May 29th, 1865, the'
Secretary of State states that this, oath “ntay
be taken and subscribed before any commis
sioned officer, civil, military or naval, in the
service of the United Slates, or any civil or
military officer oi a loyal State or Territory a
who, by the laws thereof, may be qualified
for administering oaths.” Provisional Gov
ernor Johnson is understood to be empower
ed to appoint Justices of the Peace pro tun.,
before whom as “civil officers’’ this oath
may be taken and a right to vote thereby
acquired. This summary oi the steps neces
sary to the possession of the elective fran
chise, has been giveu in view of the over
whelming importance of the subject. Upou
it depends, to a very great degree, the civil
reorganization of the State of Georgia, and it
is the imperative duty of every one who
cares for her welfare, to qualify himself as
speedily as may be, to take part in that
great and crying requirement. To put the
matter in a'nutshell, he who would vote for
delegates to the Convention must, first, lie,
by the terms" of the proclamation of the 29th
of May, entitled to take the oath therein set
forth, and secondly, must take it. Huviug
taken the amnesty oath of President Lincoln,
isof no avail whatsoever in this regard. It
will shield one from the pains and penalties
of treason, but gives no right to vote. Presi
dent Johnson’s amnesty oath alone does that,
aud once more we urge on every citizen to
take it at once. Georgia, in the manly lan
guage of the Richmond countv resolutions,
needs “the intelligent and unselfish services
of net" sous * * * and all should be pre
pared to sacrifice personal views aud consid
erations on the altar of the public good.”
Genera 1 News.
A daily line of steamers is established be
tween Alobile and Alontgomery, Ala. The
United States Telegraph Company is about
to bujld anew line to connect Washington
with all the principal cities of the South.
The famous ram Alerrimac is to be raised.
The yacht Wanderer was sold yesterday at
a sale of Government vessels at Key West.
The street-sweepers of New York city
are on a strike. Thirty persons in one
portion of the city of Cincinnati were pois
oned recently, by eating cheese. The
receipts of the Treasury from the Internal
Revenue are about half a million a day.
On the J2th, army paymaster’s warrants
were made out for over eleven millions of
dollars. Ex-Gov. Letcher has been re
leased from imprisonment. —-43,391 pris
oners of war have been released by President
Johnson.
lt is stated in Warsaw that the Russian
government intends to dividePoiaud into ten
governments.
IMPORTANT OHDKK PROM GEIEftAL
STEEDMAN.
Headq’bs Dep’t of Georgia, I
July 14, 1865./
General Crush, ; .
No. 4. )
To prevent misunderstanding, aud to in
sure uniformity iu the administration of the
military affairs of this department, the fol
lowing instructions will be observed by the
officers of this command: •
Ist. The aid which the President of the
United States, in bis Proclamation appoint
ing a Provisional Governor for the State of
Georgia, has directed the military authorities
to gi, e the Governor in his efforts to organ
ize a State Government, will be rendered by
all officers on duty in this department, to
whom application may lie made by the Gov
ernor or his duly authorized agents, aud no
interference by any person in the military
service of the United States with the official
acts, orders or efforts of the Provisional
Governor will be permitted. “ The military
authority should sustain, not assume the
functions ot civil authority, except whe%the
unsettled state of society requites such as
sumption as a last resource, to preserve
peace and quiet.”
2d. Strict discipline will be maintained,
pillaging and marauding will be severely and
promptly punished; private property will not
be seized or impressed upon any pretext
whatever, nor will the house of any citizen
be searched for property uuless the search is
ordered upon sworn affidavit, but officers
will aid the officers of the Treasury Depart
ment in protecting and bringing to market,
property, already seized by the Government
as formerly claimed by the so-called Confed
erate States, or which was included in the
surrender of the rebel army, /so citizen will
be arrested upon the complaint of auother
citizen, unless the accusation, supported by
the oath of the complainant, would justify
the issuing ot a warrant in time of peace.
3d. All officers of the Department are en
joined to abstain from interfering with the
business affairs or social relations of citizens;
such interference will not be permitted, and
officers are especially directed not to obtrude
upon families, but to confine themselves in
their social intercourse strictly to those who
seek or invite their society. But while citi
zens are to be protected in all their lawful
rights and pursuits by the military, it will be
the duty of officers to see that the dignity
and authority of the military power ot the
Government is maintained and respected.—
While enforcing strict discipline, they will be
careful to protect the soldier from insult or
indignities.
4th. Aid and assistance w ill be rendered
by all officers in command of troops w ithin
the Department, to the Freedmen’s Bureau;
and on the application of the Commissioner,
or auv of the Assistant Commissioners of said
Bureau for the Department of Georgia, to
commanding officers of troops, arrests will
be made qn the statement of a commissioned
officer ovt*r liis official signature or ou the
sw’orn statements of agents who are not com
missioned office!s, of persons accused of
crimes aud offences against freedmen. All
persons arrested on the application of com
missioners or agenls of the Freedineu’s Bu
reau, will be held in military custody until
they can be turned over to the civil authori
ties or their cases disposed of by duly au
thorized courts. t
sth. The aged and decrepjd and helpless
women and children, madq. free by the Presi
dent’s Proclamation, living in the cabins of
their former masters, will not be deprived ot
such homes until provision has been made
for them by the State or General Government;
but this protection will not extend to those
able to work, who will not be permitted to
remain iu idleness. By command of
Maj. Gen. Steedman.
S. B. Moe, Brevet Col. & A. A. G.
(From the Mucon Journal & Messenger.J
The Negro.
A great many people are disposed to quar
rel with the negro in his new position as
freedman. There is no justice in this. To
our mind he is but the victim of circum
stances. The slave has had very little if any
agency in freeing himself. The event was,
doubtless, as unexpected to him as to his
master; but that he accepts the condition
and, without weighing its future responsibil
ities, is elated with it, should not excite our
ire against him. The negro loves novelty,
aud is not amenable to severe censure for in
dulging this characteristic upon an oecasiou
of so mu "h importance as his own emanci
pation from bondage. A great many of them
have acted very thoughtlessly iu quitting
good homes, and without making any pro
vision for the future, to run after a deceptive
freedom, or rather a freedom which involves
more of personal care and trouble than was
ever dreamed of iu their philosophy. But
this is no more than we should have ex
pected from our knowledge ot the negro
character. Being angry with him, will not
help either his or our own ease. If his mind
is susceptible of logical impressions, surely
h were better for us to reason kindly with
him, and controvert the specious theories of
those who neither understand him as well,
nor care as much about his personal happi
ness, as do we, who have borne toward him,
under different auspices, the most kindly
feelings.
There is no reason why we should make
the uegro think us his enemies, simply be
cause he accepts a condition which has been
*as much forced upon him as our own has
been upon us. The field for honorable em
ulation is now open to the negro, aud it
should be our care to euqourage and sus
tain the good, aud discountenance the evil
disposed among them. Upon the question
of compensation, we think, if the negro
will faithfully discharge his obligations of
contract, that his iormer master can afford
to give him all that his labor is worth, aud
yet he be the gainer, in a pecuniary sense,
by the change. It is our business to show
him tliat we are willing to employ and treat
him kindly so long as he is worthy of em
ployment and kind treatment; to convince
him that he can win our confidence and re
spect by a manly and honest discharge of
his duties as a freedman; bpt that, on the
other hand, if he neglects those duties, be
comes idle and vicious, a reproach to himself
and a burthen to others, he will be contemn
ed and punished, liis condition now is one
of sell-dependence; what he makes is his
own, to dispose of to the best advantage. -
If by industry and economy he can achieve
wealth,he will be justly entitled to enjoy its
benefits. VVe have got to employ labor, and
it ought to be satisfaction to us to kuow that
our former slaves are to be the recipients of
all the benefits which may accrue from la
bor faithfully discharged, rather than stran
gers.
There is no reason, then, why the faithful
negro should not retain the kind regards of
his former master, and receive from him such
friendly counsels as will tend to advance hia
moral, intellectual and social interests. Bui
that the line of distinction between good and
evil may be plainly defined, we should stern
ly rebuke all tendency to idleness and vag
rancy, and mark with displeasure those who
by their iniwpuduct bring reproach upon the
negro character, and subject the innocent to
unjust suspicion VVe believe the negro
mind is susceptible of a given amount ot cul
tivation —certainly enough to distinguish be
tween right aud wrong, aud both as philan
thropists" and statesmen, it is the policy of
the w'hiles to stimulate this intelligence and
direct it tor the best Interests of the State
aud the negro himself. While we are no
longer permitted to direct him in the capa
city of masters, we may influence him as
friends And this, we think, is our duty,
politically and philantbropicaily. Such a
course on our part will also prove that our
iuterest in the negro has not been an entirely
mercenary one, as rame of our enemies are
disposed to chargdJ* For oqi own part, while
we had no part in making his fieedom toler
able, aud will give him all the aid in our
power to do right, but shall nut spare cen
sure when he does wrong. - He shall at least
huve the benefit of our best wishes for his
success as a freedmao, though we think the
day will come w’hen he will not those who
made him so.
(From the New York Tribune.]
Reductiou of the Hours of Labor to Eight
per Day.
It is probable that the great body of skilled
laborers in this country produce double the
amount per man of the articles conducive to
human sustenance and oomfort tbau the la
bor of the corresponding class did seventy
to ninety years ago. Asa consequence of
this, mechanics and artisans dress more ex
pensively, fare more generously, have richer
furniture aud give their children a better
education than their grandfathers did or
could ; but is improvement to anl here ?
When the effectiveness of labor shall have
been once more doubled, shall the workman
go on toiling from dawn to dark—at least tor
ten hours per day—as hitherto? On the con
trary, is it not reasonable and proper to anti
cipate and advocate a further curtailment
aud limitation of the hours of daily toil, as a
natural, legitimate, beneficent consequence
of the increased and continually increasing
efficiency ot human effort ?
The question of late has been widely dis
cussed among the Mechanics and Artisans of
our seaboard cities, but especially by those
of Massachusetts, who were enabled at the
last session of their legislature to command
its emphatic attention. A Joint Committee
W’as appointed to consider the subject, be
fore whoin the Eight-Hour advocates ap
peared with facts, arguments, documents;
and the result was a unanimous report in la
vor of the Eight-Hour system. And the
fact that Gov. Andrew has appointed, iu
obedienefe to a vote of the Legislature, an
unpaid aud most influential Commission,
composed of Rev. Edward E. Hale, Hon.
Charles T. Russell, Hon. Joseph White, Dr.
H. I. Bowditch aud F. B. Sanborn, Esq., to
pursue the inquiry, collect testimony, and
‘"report the facts and their conclusions to tiie
next Legislature, encourage the hope that
the truth, whatever it may be developed and
established, aud the Eight-Hour System, if
it be proyed correct and beneficent, receive
legislative indorsement and sanction from
that State which, though widely reviled and
bated, has nobly won her title to be con
sidered second in intelligence and enterprise,
in energy and industrial efficiency, to no
other iu the Uniou.
- For our own part, we have never yet been
able to limit our own hours of labor to sixty
per week, and should contemplate their re
duction to that number as a welcome solace
to advancing years aud waning physical en
ergies; yet we cannot realize that our work
is less arduous or less deserving thau that of
mechanics or artisans. But we believe in
Progress—iu a better physical as well as in
tellectual aud moral condition in the future
for the toiling millions than they have en
dured in the past; and we see no reason
why muscular exertions should be as con
tinuous, as exhausting, after as before the
stupendous labor-saving inventions and de
vices of the present century. We do not be
lieAe the Laboring Class can secure more pay
by working fewer hours, as they are confi
dently assured iu some of the Eight-Hour
appeals betore us, for our experience tends
entirely in the opposite directiou ; but it is
right that they should fairly narticipate in
the advantages constantly accruing to the
public from the expiration of patents issued
fourteen to twenty-eight years ago ; aud it
is quite possible that lower w'ages and more
frugal living combined with larger opportu
nities for reflection and mental improvement,
would be hailed by many of them as alike ac
ceptable aud advantageous. Inflexible only
on one point—that whatever is best for La
bor is best tor Capital as well—we call atten
tion to the subject of a regulation and further
limitation ot the hours of labor, aud will
gladly receive any facts or suggestions which
seemfiealculaied to shed further light there
upon. ,
Memphis Items.— Major General Smith has
revoked the special order suspending the
municipal government of Memphis, and
’ placing the city under military provisional
control, aud has restored the city to the con
trol of the civil authorities.
Memphis is making au effort to repair the
railroad connecting that city with Granada,
Aliss., and the railroads of the interior of that
State. .
The Closing of Fohd’s Theatre.—The
New York Herald’s Washington correspond
ent says:
Mr. John T. Ford, whose theatre was
closed by order of the War Depaitment just
previous to the hour designated tor 'the com
mencement of its first performance since the
assassination of Air. Lincoln, had a brief in
terview with Secretary Stanton this morning,
in which the latter informed him that the
seizure of the previous night had been made
from apprehensions that a riot would occur
in the theatre during the progress of the
play.
The Secretary also informed Mr. Ford that
the matter would come up before the Cabinet
at its meeting to-day, and that he would be
made acquainted this evening with the result
of its deliberations. At seven o’clock this
evening nothing in reference to thp subject
had been received by Mr Ford. .*b
The Olden Times Again. —We were pleased
to note ou yesterday, the arrival in our city
of several wagon loads of cotton from South
Carolina We take this as a good omen.—
Let the people bring in cotton and articles of
produce, that the gates of trade may be
thrown wide open again, and things be as
they wen.— Constitutionalist, 15th.
[From the New York News, 15th.]
Httearr Rising Into Religion.
The Masons oi Massachusetts have made
offer of their hospitality to leading brethren
of their ancient Order at the South. ComiDg
frpm Massachusetts, too. this tact will rejoice
the heart of every true Mason—will show him
the secret of the fact that while religions dis
appeared—while dynasties were swept away
—while empires went down—the lamp that
was trimmed in the days of Solomon has con
tinued to burn brightly untft to-day.
Masonry has in the pastMone good service
to religion by keeping alive among men the
spirit of its morality. Opinion in these latter
(lays had taken the shape very generally of
the conclusion that in that respect the Ma
sonic system had outljved its uses. The error'
of that public judgment was at all times plain
to the thinkers who are able to see underly
ing the fair surface of modern civilization, As
in the case of ancient civilization, all these
wild and destructive passions that constitute
to society a constant menace.
But confidence in the permanence of our
social system of modern times has been ex
poafc to all classes of intelligence as a delu
sion, by the horrible atrocities that, within
the last four years, and up to even to-day,
have burst from the bad passions of men,
darkening our civilization with the shadows
and ashes of moral desolatioh Under these
circumstances it is delightful to observe the'
humauities that have been enshrined for ages
in the bosom of the mystic brothcnftxid com
ing upoii the scene aud rising onfphe wreck
of religion, holding out to mankind the lan
guage of universal brotherhood and love. All
honor to that precious institution of the an
cient times, which, wheg Christianity has
had its voice choked to a very great extent
by the falsehood of hundreds who had been
pledged to its service, stands out before man
kind with the lamp of a loving humanity in
its hand, teaching and acting the loving kind
ness of the Sermon on the Mount.
LOC A L MATTERS.
Sale of the Steamer Gen, Lee.
The. sale at auction of the river steamer
Gen. Lee took place this looming, in front
of the office of Lieut. D. H. Knowlton, A.
Q. Jf. The steamer Gen. Lee is a well known
river steamer, and was built for the up-river
trade by Krcpson & Hawkes, in 1862. She
was used by the Confederate Government as
a transport until the occupation of the city,
when she was taken by the United States
Government. The Lee was snagged and
sunk opposite McAlpin’s Landing, about two
months since, aud was ordered to be sold as
she lies by Geo. Gillmore.
The sale took place at 12 o’clock to-day,
by Bell & Christian, Samuel P Bell, Auc
tioneer.
A respectable attendance of business |nen
was present. The bidding opened at $ 100.
TUe-second bid was .SSOO, from which figure
it rapidly rose to $2,000, at which point the
hammer fell, and the steamer was knocked
down to W. S. Johns, agent of H- B. Plant,
of Augusta, Ga.
The Gen. Lee will be immediately raised,
and repairs commenced. It is the intention
of the owners to put her on the line between
this city and Augusta. She will probably be
placed iu running order in the course of two
weeks.
Live Oak Lodge, No. 3, I. O. O. F—The
following brethren have been elected and in
stalled officers for the ensuing term—
R. Al. Barthelmess, N G.
v> John Houston, V. G.
David H. Galloway, S.
David Thompson; T.
Representatives to the Grand. Lodge,(meet
ing in August), David Baily and James W.
White.
Wrong Date. —Some of our subscribers
this morning were doubtless surprised at be
ing served with Heralds dated Monday, July
17. Those who examined the contents,
however, saw that they were all fresh, and
readily understood that the paper had been
misdated, by an inadvertauce. “Accidents
will happen,” etc. “By the same token”
the wroug date inside this evening is excus
able.
Receipts of Cotton, &c.— The Enterprise
Flats, Nos. 1 and 2, arrived
this morning, having on board 400 bales cot
ton and 100 bales domestics. The following
are the consignees: Hunter & Gamraell, C.
L. Colby & Cos., W. H. Stark, J. L. Villa
longa, Juo. R. Wilder,. E. E. Hertz, W. C.
O’Driscoll.
Dimensions of the new Schooner Built
by Mr. llawkes —The following are the di
mensions of the schooner built by Mi".
Hawkes, at his shipyard in this city.—
Length, fa feet; breadth of beam, 16 feet 10
inches ; depth of hold, C feet 6 inches ; 55
tons burthen.
Mr. A. Hudson, at Nugent &
Chambers’ old stand, south-east corner of
East Broad and Broughton streets, has an
advertisement in another column, to which
we call attention. He deals in groceries,
ales, wine 9, liquors, segars, &c., and we we
assured on good authority that he i9 an en
terprising and honorable man.
Departure of Troops.— This forenoon
Companies C, D and G of the 103d United
States Colored Troops, ynder the command
of Capt. Easton, left on the steamer Emelie
for Fort Pulaski. This post in future will be
garrisoned by the colored troops.
Q.EORGE A. HUDSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer
IN
GROCERIES, ALES, WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS, Ac
THE ‘‘SOJOURN.”
“A* u>e Journey through Li/e, let us Live by the uay. »
SOUTH EAST CORNER OF
EAST BROAD AND BROUGHTON STREETS,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
jyt» ' lm
ißftftut Order from Cob. Darts—The
■Hilary Police Abolished.
HEAOQ'RS POST OF SAVANN AH,
Savannah. Ga., July 18, 1866.
Gcnexu. Orders]
No. I*. f .
General Orders No.' 49 from these Headquarters,
dated June 23d, 1865, which provides for the organi
zation ol a Military Police for the dry, is hereby abol
ished^
The Chief of Police will immediately torn over to the
Post (Quartermaster all buildings heretofore held tor
the us* of the force under his command.
The Provost Marshal of this Post will at once pro
ceed to organ a ? a system of armed Patrols, the ob
ject of which will be to insure good order and public
safety throughout the city.
By command'of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS
Jno. Millem, A. A. A. G. jyis 7
HEADERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH.)
Hilton Head, S. C., July 6, 1865. /
Genebai. Orders, 1
No. 110. f
The following General Order and Memorandum
from the War Department are published for the infor
mation of this command: .
ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE,)
Washington, June 12,1865. f
“ The telegram of May 30, from this office, applies
only to men who were at its date returned prisoners of
war. Men who have been prisoners of war and re
turned to duty with their commands before the 30th of
May are not included.
By order of the Secretary of War .-
SAM'L BRECK,
Ass't Adj’t Gen.
WAR DEPARTMENT, )
Adjutant General s Office, V
Washington, June 29, 1865. j
Gemeral Orders,)
No. 119. /
Penalties#or neglect of dctv and disobedience of
ORDERS ON THE PART OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS IN
CiIARGB OF TROOPS ABOUT TO UR DISCHARGED TUB
SERVICE.
lii many instances delays have resulted in paying
mustered out troops, moousequence of regimental and
cumpiuiy officers allowing their men to disband,- in
violation of orders, prior to their commands being re
ported for payment and final discharge to the Chief
Mustering Officer or his Assistant, after arrival at the
designated State Rendezvous. In other cases there
has been delay from company and regimental officers
neglecting to furnish full data relative to the enlisted
men, thus rendering the muster-out rolls imperfect
and necessitating corrections.
With the arrangements of the War Department as
now completed, there need be no delay, and conse
quently no hardship or inconvenience to the enlisted
men, if full data fox the rolls be furnished in the field,
and, if after arrival in their respective States, as well
as during transit thereto, commissioned officers look
closely after the comfort and interests of their men,
and remain constantly with them, so as to enforce or
ders and control them.
It is therefore Ordered
That Chief Mustering Officers, and their assistants,
report by telegram the names of all neglectful officers,
with the charges against them, to the Adjutant Gen
eral of the Army, (withholding iu the meantime their
dual payments and honorable discharges,] with a view
to their summary and dishonorable dismissal from the
service with forfeiture of all pay. The report, by tele
graph, will be sent promptly upon cases of neglect be
ing brought to notice, -and at the same time the facts
in full will be reported by mail.
Governors of States are requested to report delin
quencies coming t.< their notice, to the Chief Muster
ing Officer of the State, and to the Adjutant General
of the Army, so that a prompt remedy may be ap
plied.
By order of the Secretary of War:
E. D. TOWNSEND.
Ass’t Adj’t Gen.
By Command of
Major General Q. A. GILLMORE.
W. L. M. Burger,
Ass’t Adj’t Gen.
Official :
J. B. Babcock, A. A. A. G. jy 12-7
liEADQ'HS DEPA uTMENT OF Til K SOUTH, 7
Hilton Head, S. C., July 3,1565. /
General Order,)
No. 10S. /
The following Circulars from the War Department
are published for the information of this command:
* WAR DEPARTMENT, ,
Adjutant General's Office, >
Washington, May 16, 18C5.)
Circular. )
No. 19. (
I. Under Paragraph 111, General Orders, No. 94,
May 16, current series, from this Office, the following
State Rendezvous, to which troops mustered out W'lll
be forwarded for payment, are announced, viz:
Maine—Augusta, Portland and Bangor.
New Hampshire- -Concord and Manchester.
Vermont—Montpelier, Brattleboro and Burlington.
Massachusetts—Boston, (Readville and Gallouue’s
Island.)
Rhode Island—Providence.
Connecticut—Hartford and New Haven.
New York—New York City, (Hart’s Island,] Alba
ny, Elmira, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Sackett’s
Harbor, Plattsburg. and Ogdensourg.
New Jersey—Trenton.
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, and Pittsburg.
Delaware—Wilmington.
, Maryland—Baltimore and Frederick.
West Virginia—Wheeling.
Ohio —Cincinnati, (Camp Dennison.] Cleveland,
‘(Camp Cleveland,) Columbus, (Oaeip Chase and Tod
Barracks.)
Indiana—lndianapolis.
Illiuois—Springfield and Chicago.
Michigan—Detroit and Jackson.
Wisconsin—Madison and Milwaukee
Minnesota—Fort Snelling.
lowa—Davenport and Clinton.
Kansas—Lawrence and Leavenworth,
Missouri-St. Louis, (Benton Barracks),
Kentucky—Louisville, Lexington and Covington.
IL When the muster-out roll of a regiment has
been completed, and it iB ready to start for the State,
(see Paragrhph 5, General Orders, No. 94, current se
nes, Adjutai t General's Office.] the Assistant Com
missary ol Musters for the Division to which it be
longed will immediately report (bv telegram, when
practicable,) to the Paymaster General of-the Army,
Washington, D. C„ its numerical designation, number
ol commissioned officers, number of enlisted men, and
rendezvous iu the State where ordered for payment
and final discharge. <
By order of the Secretary of War: * -
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Ass't Adjt. General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, !
Adjutant General’s Office, V
_ • . Washington, June 5,1865. )
Circular,)
No. 23. /
Volunteer soldiers entitled to discharge, and wishing
to enlist in the Regular Army, under the terms of Gen
eral Orders, No. 99, current series, will be forthwith
mustered out at their several commands, receive their
discharges, and will not be sent to rendezvous under
the provisions of General Orders No. 94, current sc
ries ; but on enlistment in the Regular Army will re
ceive final payments under the requirements of Para
graph 3, Generql Orders No. 99, current series.
, ' The attention of Commanding Officers of regiments,
batteries and detached commands of the Regular Army
is called to the immediate necessity of appointing Re
cruiting Officers for their several communes, in order
to obtain the advantages of General Orders, No. 99,
current series. In designating these officers, Com
manding Officer* will be governed by the requirements
of Paragraps 986 and 987, and 9SS, Revised Regula
Seme rn>y ’ K oVeru i n E Regimental Recruiting
E. D. TOWNSEND,
_ „ Ass’t Adj't General
By Command of
Mujor General Q, A. GILLMORE,
W. L. M. Burger,
Official: Ass’t Adj’?pin..
J. It. Babcock, A. A. A. G. jyl2-7
J SHAFFER,
COMMISSION DEALER
In all kinds of
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FRUITS and PRODUCE,
, West Washington Market, •
Opposite 143 West st., Bulkhead between Barclay and
Vesey sts.,
E W YORK.
Potatoes, Apples and Onions constantly on hand, and
put up for the Southern market
All consignments pronely attenked to.
Refers to A. L. Bradley, A. Haywood, T. J.
Walsh, anil J. H. Parsons.
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FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
BAT BTIIIT,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
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