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L UST FROM THE NOflTH.
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INTERESTING- NEWS.
Arrival of the Steamer
Helen Getty.
Dates to the 12th Instant.
The steamer Helen Getty, Capt. 0. R. Ingras
hem, from Philadelphia, on Saturday the 12th
instant, arrived this morning. We are indebted
to Mr. b. S. Bennett, of this city, to whom the
steamer is consigned, for late Philadelphia
papers, two days in advance of previous dates.—
V,' e five the latest intelligence condensed from
our files in our Extra.
The steamer America, which was to sail from
hew York on the 12th, will be due this after-
men at four o’clock, but her dates are probably
anticipated by the arrival of the Helen Getty.
L'nfouti.nate.—Our cotemporary of the Herald
met with a slight accident at an early hour this
morning, tbeir press breaking down. Owing to
this mishap, the evening Herald was not issued
to-dav. The proprietor of this paper having
tendered the use pf his press until the necessary
tepairs ate made on the Herald’s press, our
neighbor will be out all right in 'he morning.
Price of Gold in New York.
[By People’s Telegraph Lioe.j
New Yobk, Aug. 12.—Gold has been quoted
to-day as follows :
SO M HP. - 12:30 P, M ltf?i
...111 1:00 P. M 111?='
.. .141 1:30 P. if
.. ..Ill 'A
UOO A. M
1:30 A. M
>:Mlt M. ••
Markets.
New Y'oek, Aug. 12—The Cotton market is
quiet at 33c for middling. Flour dull; 7,500 bbls
sold at >: 6UaO 65 for State; 47 95a9 65 for
Ohi'; 90a6 90 for Western; $7 S5al2 50 for
Southern, and $6 60a9 25 for Canadian. Wheat
is firm for winter stock, and dull for the spring
supply. The sales are small. Cora is dull, with
small sales. Beef steady. Pork firm at $33 25
for me3S. Lard steady. Whisky dull.
IMTEHESTiNQ FR3»F9RT!SSS
M NR IE '
A United Slates Officer Grossly-
Insulted whilo Searching for
Col, Uliic Dahlgren’s
C at.
SALE OF GOVERNMENT HORSES.
No Tidings of the Suspicious
Steamer Etfort.
ALL EFFORTS TO FIND
ABORTIVE.
HER
Fortress Monroe, Aug. 9.—Information
having been received at headquarters that the
coat of the late Col. Dahlgrcn was in the hands
of Charles Davis, of Matthews county, Va.,
an order was issufed to Lieutenant S. J. Tow-
son, Provost Marshal at Camp Hamilton, to
go and secure it. The Lieutenant according?
ly left last- Sabbath, and on landing on the
farm of one Barney Weston, on North river,
was treated very rudely and disgracefully by
the inhabitants, and by Weston in particular,
who informed the Lieutenant and his men that
they lived under civil law- now, and would not
have the military there, and spoke contemptu
ously of other Union Officers.
They, however, ascertained that Mr. Daris
had moved to Norfolk, and last night the
Lieutenant succeeded in obtaining the Colo
nel’s coat. It has five bullet holes in it.—
Weston’s arrest is ordered.
The 5th and 3d Pennsylvania cavalry, re
cently consolidated, arrived this, morning from
Richmond, on steamers Vineland, Norfolk,
Clyde and Charles Osgood, en route for Phila
delphia to be mustered put. Col. R. M. West
isin command. .
Steamer Edward Everett arrived from New
York, bound to Richmond.
The sale of government horses and mules
commenced yesterday. Horses sold from $7
to $ 175, mules from JtwJO to $90. One hun
dred and thirty of the former and fifty of the
latter were sold. The sale was continued to
day.
A thorough search has been made for the
steamer Effort, which has been reported as
leaving New York under suspicious circum
stances. She is not in these waters.
The pumps have not yet been repaired, but
the work of raising the Cumberland will soon
be resumed.
NEWS.
Oar GomumeBt Disapproves of tbe
Decision of tbe Vice Chancellor
of Fugiand in Relation to
Rebel Cotton.
Wm. G. Dixon, U. S.Mar-
^ihal for Georgia.
Mosby, the Guerilla, Liberated.
News from North Carolina.
Movements of Prominent Poli-
„ ticians.
Calamity on Lake
Huron.
lolli§ioit of two Pro
pellers.
between fc'eventy-five and One
Hundred Lives Lost
Detroit, August 11, 1865.
The propellers Meteor and Pewabic collided
on Wednesday night, in Thunder Bay, Lake
Huron.
The Pewabic was sunk in three minutes af
ter the collision.
From seventy-five to a hundred lives were
lost. y , -
The boats were running at fall speed, and
struck with such terrible force as to crush in
the entire bow of the Pewabic. At the time
the accident occurred it was scarcely dark, and
the boats saw each other six miles apart. When
approaching -they exchanged signals, and the
Tewabic bore olf to pass, but the Meteor, for
some unexplained reason, turned in the same
direction and struck the Pewabic.
A Dumber of tbe passengers-on board the
Tewabic were killed by the crushing of her tim
bers.
I few jumped on board the Meteor before the
j ewab’.c sunk. »
Lile-boau were immediately lowered from the
Meteor, and picked up those who were not car-
Led down with the wreck.
i rcm one hundred and seventy-five to two hon
ored passengers were ou board ot the Pewabic at
the ume ol the disaster. Seventy-five of the
passengers aad twenty-three of the crew were
s. iv.d.
I be loss of life cannot be correctly ascertained
as ret, but it will be near one hundred.
the Meteor remained near the scene of the
disaster till morning, in tbe hope of picking up
■‘tr? persons that might be still floating on pieces
o wrecx, but none were found
ttie propeller Mohawk passing down, tbe sur
vivors were transferred to her trom the Meteor,
and brought to this city,
the Meteor was but slightly injured, and con
t. nued her trip to Lake Superior.
.yuncs o/ the Crew that Were Lost:
Assistant Engineer, R G Jackson and wife,
Mroit; 1st cook, Sam. Bomlos, De roit; greaser,
-,icr, Cleveland; deckhand, T &mes Riley,
'eveland; chambermaid, Maggie, Cleveland;
l' jrter , watchman, and bar tender.
Regulations in Reference to the
Disinterment of Soldiers’
Booies
INTERESTING From WASHINGTON.
MOVEMENTS OF THE GUERILLA
MOSBY.
HIS LIFE THREATENED.
Further Particulars.
etroit, August 11.--No lurther particulars
lavs been received from the scene of the late ea-
astrc.phe on Lake Huron. Capt. McKay, of the
jicomer Pewabic, has gone with a ,-malt steamer
? cru 'sc in the neighborhood of the place where
be til fated Pewabic sunk. It is also proposed
" Sea< * 11 diver to the wreck. All the books and
Papers of the steamer were lost, and it is there-
ore impossible to give complete lists of the pas
sengers who were on board. The list already
^legraphed comprises those saved.
ine Pewabic was built last year, and was val-
„ at 5100,900, upon which there was an ins$r-
of $60,000.
Railway Accident in Iowa.
. esc ATONE’ Iowa, August 14.—A train from
is place to Washington, yesterday afternoon
th ™ t lr _[ u gh a bridge at Ainsworth, and one of
cars were precipitated into a chasm. Four
persons were killed and several wounded.
1’Mp Saratoga Races.
»f<A AI0 !"'’A u £' '0-—Tbe great three mile race
to-ciuy to two straight beats by the Bsl-
“Fleet Wing « “Captain Moore"
5 w^K be< £? n on , the second heat. Tune,
Was^in 5,4d ' i Sf Wio 8 race oriW mile dash
** won e « ll 7 bj Throgeueck.” Urne, 2.4*.
From North Carolina.
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 5. -The wealthy lead
ers of tbi'late rebellion, who expect to control the
coming State Convention and the political affairs
of North Carolina, have for the past five weeke
been giviDg public dinners in many of the coun
ties of the State to returned members of the late
rebel armies. A committes was appointed [and a
day designated for a like display of hospitalities
at the county seat of this county.
As this looked like a public exhibition of ap
probation to rebel soldiers for their attempt to
overthrow the government, it was suppressed by
Major General Ruger.
YVhmikgton, N. C., Aug. 9.—As the friends of
deceased soldiers are either coming to this placjs
at great expense or are writing to know ifitheir
friends can be disinterred, and if it is necessary
lor them to come and do it, the. following fact
should be generally known as pertaining to Wil
mington, Fort Fisher, Smitbville and vicinity:
First—No bodies can be disinterred until No
vember, 1865.
Second—The former agent of the U. S. San
itary Commission, F. W. Foster, who was at
the fall of Fort Fisher, and has been here ever
since this town fell, will embalm and send
North or disinfect and send home any bodies
that ean be found here on reasonable terms.
He has access to all the records, and will do it
as cheaply as those who come here, and it will
save the great expense of coming. His ad
dress is Box 110, Wilmington, N. C.
W. G. Leonard,
Hospital Chaplain, U. S. A.
[Correspondence of the Associated Press.]
Washington, August 12.—Repairs to tbe
damaged railroads in Virginia are rapidly pro
gressing, and it will not be long before such
communication will be restored throughout the
State By Monday next the cars on the
Orange and Alexandria railroad will run
through to Lynchburg.
J. S. Mosby left Alexandria on Thursday even
ing for his home in Warrenton, Va., thereto re
main until the further orders of the War De
partment. Such was the excited feeling against'
him on the part of the citizens and soldiers, that
Ijis life was in danger while he remained in Alex
andria. Several persons whom he had deeply
wronged during the war, armed themselres to-
kill him.
Maine Politics. .
Portland, Aug. 10.—The Union State
Convention met here to-day at 10 o’clock.—
The attendance was large, with a full repre
sentation from the whole State. The Conven
tion was organized by the election of Hon.
John Peters, of Bangor, as president, as
sisted by a Vice President from each county,
by E. Rowell, Alden Sprague and W. H.
Wheeler as Secretaries.
A committee on resolutions was appointed.
At 11.30 A. M. a ballot was taken for Gover
nor. The whole number of votes was, 504,
Qf which Samuel Cony, the present Governor,
received 553, and he was declared unanimous
ly nominated. The Convention was then ad
dressed by Hon. John Rice and CoL Suther
land, of Tennessee.
The convention also adopted, by a unanimous
vote, a series of ten resolutions, endorsing the
policy of President Johnson, suggesting tn^t it
is the duty of the government to keep the re
bellious States under provisional government for
the time, and insisting on tbeir adopting the con
stitutional amendment as a basis of reconstruc
tion ; recommending the trial and punishment
ol Jeff. Davis in advance of tbe subordinates of
the fate rebel confederacy; proposing an amend
ment to tbe United States Constitution to secure
an equality of representation in Congress; as
serting that the negroes have earned their free
dom ; announcing their gratitude to tbe army
and navy, and endorsing the administration of
Gov. Cony.
Tbe convention then adjourn** She prtoeed-
ngs were vary bax womans,
Return of Judg* "Wayne.
Washing don, Aug. 11.
The Rebel Cotton in fingland.
It is said that the Government does not
assent to the doctrine of the Vice Chan
cellor of England, as pronounced in the
case of the United States against Prioleau.
The United States are not likely to con-'
cede very soon that the rebels are now
or ever were a da facto Government, nOr
very likely ever to consent to derive title
to their own property through that ima-1
ginary concern; and being a sovereign
State, dealing with other States accord
ing to the customary methods, they are
not especially likely to submit without
process of attachment to decrees which
may be registered against them by a
.Court of Chancery, sitting in Westmin
ster Hall.
Presidential Appoint merits.
' The President to-day appointed William G.
Dixon U. S. Marshal for the State of Georgia;
Daniel Orton, Surveyor of Customs at Cairo,
1U.
International Courtesies.
A black man, who was liberated in Kentucky
five yegra ago, and who went to Africa as a
preacher and missionary, recently arrived in
Washington on private business, and brought
a message of respect to the President from the
King of the Baasas, accompanied by a request
that tbe former should send him a raincoat—
meaning one made of india rubber. The
garment has been purchased, and will be for
warded to his African majesty in due time.
Mosby Released from Arrest.
The military, authorities released Mosby
from arrest this morning. After remaining
some time in Alexandria he left for home.
He says be came up to be admitted to the bar.
Justice Wayne of the Supreme Court r
Judge Wayne, of the Supreme Bench, re
turned here to-day from Georgia, where he lias
been for some time looking after his property
interests.
The War in South
America.
Great JYaral Engagement.
TERRIFIC SLAUGHTER.
The Brazilians Reported Victorious,
An
Entire Brazilian Garrison
Slaughtered.
New Y'oek, Aug. 10.—The steamer Sala-
din which arrived at this port to-day, brings
news from the River Platte to June 29th, giv
ing an account of a severe naval engagement
between the Brazilian fleet and eight Para
guayan steamers and floating batteries, which
took place on June lltli, at Richuelo, just be
low Corrientes, on the river Parana. The
greatest bravery was displayed on both sides,
and the? slaughter was fearful. The victory
was claimed by the Brazilians.
The town of Saa Borfa, on the River Uru
guay, had bean captured by the Paraguayans,
who, it is said, put the entire Brazilian garrison
to death.
The Tennessee Eelection.
Three Union Candidates Certainly
Elected to Congress-
Nashville, Aug. II.—The Pressand Times of
this morning publishes the foil wing: . I
“Tbe Representatives elect in the respective,
districts are as follows: N. G. Taylor, Upper
East Tennessee, almost a certainty; Knox
ville district, Horace Maynard: Asa Faulkner
over Stokes in the Chattanooga district; Nash-,
ville, W. B. Campbell ; Clarksville, D. B.
Thomas; West Tennessee, Colonel Hawkins
over Etheridge. Faulkner, who we fear is
elected over Stokes, will vote with Governor
Campbell and Mr. Thomas, if they get a
chance to vote at all. Maynard and Hawkins
can be depended on as supporters ol a liberal
national policy, and we hope also Taylor.—
Dr. Leftwich is also reported to be a good
Union man. The chances of admission of our
delegates are not very flattering. The Union
says Colonel Hawkins is undoubtedly elected.
His majority, as far as heard from, is 1,749.”
No News of the Cable.
Asm? Bat, C. B., Aug. 11,11.30 P M.—Nothing
later trom Heart’s Coutent was embraced in tbe
despatches from Sidney to-day.
New Yohk, Aug 11.—The flera’d’s special des
patches from Heart's Content, «uly 9th, say that
when the Sphinx was sighted in Trinity Bay tbe
entire cable fleet was reported as’ arrived, and
great excitement prevailed. :
Two steamers proceeded down bay early in
tbe morning to meet the Great Eastern, and tbeir
disappointment Was very great. About noou tbe
same day three guns weje fired down the bay,
and it was again reported that the big Bhip-had
arrived. Tbe tiring was occasioned by the steam
sloop-of-war Royalist mistaking tbe SphinxgBd
Stevenson lor the cable fleet, a thick fog prevail
ing at the time.
There are no signs of tbe Great Eastern yet,
and the cable and people are beginning to give
op all hopes of her arrival. Thera were thuu-
sands of visitors fast week, but they are going
home disgusted.
Governor MusgTave has just arrived from (he
Salatea, sixty miles out at sea. The weather is
now foggy, and unfavorable for the arrival of (be
fleet
Tbe New York Bank Defalcation.
Nearly Tltrec flundred Thousand Hollars Pur
loined from the 'Rank—One of the Guilty
Parties Commit Sutride.
Farther developments of the defalcation on the
Phoenix Bank of New Y'ork has come to tight.—
The Bank is a loser of more than $276,000. A
former book-keeper, named Earie, was arrested
for complicity with Jenkins, the paying telfar.
Earle confessed to having received from eenkins
on* hundred thousand dollars, which he !osLi n
speculation. During Thursday night hecat hia.
throat in tbe cell ot the station house. Jenkins,
it .fa naid, had been leading a fast lift although
hfa outward appearances did not show it.
[PMMelpMft frw, 12<i, the coutl
Al Hi A BAMA.
Proclamation of Gov. Parsons.
To the People of Alabama:
The appeal to arms has been made add decided
against us. bat not until our sons and brothers
had exhibited a degree of cmwage and endurance
which commands the respect and admiration’of
the world.
Alabama was admitted to the Union on the 2d
day of March, 1819. What her population and
resources were at that time I h:tv,- not the means
at hand to state; but the ct nsus of I860 enables
us to see what her condition was when the con
vention passed the ordinance of Secession, on the
11th day of January, 1861.
Our State then had a population of 964,201
souls, of which 526,431 were whites, 1,690 were
free colored, and 435,080 were efaves. We had
6,462,987 acres of improved lands, the greater
part of which was in cultivation, producing 32,-
761,194 bushels of corn, 1,222,487 bushels of
wheat, 79,1)42 bushels of rye, 221,284 bushels of
oats, 499,559 pounds of rice, 221,284 pounds of
tobacco, 1,483,609 bushels of peas and beans,
397,566 bushels ol Irish potatoes, 5,420,987 bush
els of sweet potatoes, and 937,978 bales ot cotton.
We had 108,701 mules, 127,205 horses, 284,045
milch cows, 92,495 working oxen, 452,613 bead
01 other cattle, 309,061 sheep, yielding 661,404
pounds of wool, and 1,736,569 swine
-y\’e bad seven hundred and lorty-three miles of
railroad in operation, which had cost ut $17,591,-
188. We had $4,901,000 invested in bank stock,
$2,747,174 in specie, and $4,851,153 on deposit
in the diflerent banks of the State, and *8,260,000
invested in manufactures, the value ot whose an
nual product vas $9,400,000.
The value ot our real estate and personal prop
erty, exclusive of the value of negroes, was $495,-
277,678.
The State owed a sterling bond debt, payable
in London, of 336,000, and a decimal bond
debt] payable in New Y ork, of $2,109,000. It
also owed what is called the funded debt of the
State, consisting of the sixteenth section and the
University fund, on which the interest only ean
be.paid, the State having assumed this in perpe
tuity, amounting to $12u,000. To meet this the
Slate had $1,200,000 m Noith Carolina and Vir
ginia six per cent bonds; worth, at that time, a
premium in the market, and an annual revenue
which exceeded all its expenses about $ . a
In the prosecution bf the war, for the last
four years, into which Alabama was precipita
ted. about one hundred and twenty-two thou
sand of her sons have been carried to the field
of battle^ thirty-five thousand of whom will
never return; and it is probable an equal or
larger number are permanently injured by
wounds or disease while ia the service. A very
large proportion of our material wealth lias
been exhaused. Onr fields are laid waste, our
townB and cities, our railroads and bridges, onr
schools and colleges, many of our private dwel-
Iings.aud public edifices are in rains. Silence
and desolation reign where once stood the com
fortable home which resounded with the joyous
laugh of childhood and innocence.
Tbe State lias contracted a large war debt
during this period, and haa on hand, as near as
ean now be ascertained, about $ in Con
federate Treasury notes, which are utterly
worthless, and about $ in good funds.
Untold sufferings have been and are still
endured by thousands of our women and child
ren and the aged and helpless of our land.
There is no longer a slave in Alabama. It
is thus made manifest to the world that the
right of secession for the purpose of establish
ing a separate confederacy, based on the idea
of African slavery, has been fully , and effectu
ally tried, and is a failure.
Y'et, amid all the ruin, suffering and death
which have resulted from it, every polhieai
right which the State possessed under the fede
ral constitution is here to-day, with the single
exception relating to slavery.
The lifeboat of the Union is still within our
reach. The flag which, our fathers established
with tbeir blood among the nations of the earth
still floats at her.[masthead. On her quarter
deck, despite the bullet and dagger of the as
sassin', still stands a helmsman athis post, sur
rounded by a crew who, for the most part, with
outstretched hands ahd in cordial tones, invite
us to come on board and share equally with
them the prosperity, the danger aud the glory
which may fail to the lot of those whose for
tunes are united to her.
Friends and fellow-citizens, shall we not do
it ? There is no other sail in sight. England
and France often seemed to be bearing down
to our relief, hut they have tacked—nsy/.they
have put square about, and are now Hull down
on the distant verge of the oqean. ' But the
ship which our fathers built has backed her
engines and her sails, and is lying to ready to
receive us. Her commander says come. It is
your right. Her fcrew'itrd looking over her
sides ready to lend us a baud. And if they
who fell at Lexington and Bunker Hill, at the
Cowpens and Yorktown, could speak to us,
would they, not say, go on board the ship which
we built and launched for all of you ; brethren,
be at peace and dwell together in unity; you
have fallen ont; you have had a dreadful fami
ly quarrel, as children too often have, after the
parents are dead and gone who acquired the
ment. And as It is necessary that the persons
who fill these several offices should be loyal to
the United States, the power is hereby reserv
ed to remove any person for disloyally or for
improper conduct in office, or neglect of its
duties; and I earnestly request all loyal citi
zens to give me prompt information in regard
to any officer who is objectionable on any of
these grounds.
The judges of probate and sheriff's who
wefo in office on the 22d of May, 1865, wiU
take the oath as herein required of other offi
cers, and continue to discharge the ditties of
tbeir respective offices until others are ap
pointed. fa
Second—Each of these persons thus appointedto
office must take aul su scribe the oath of ainnes-.
ty as prescribed by the President's proclamation
of the 20th of May, 1865, and immediately trans
mit the same to this office At the end of said
oath, and after the word “slave,” he must add
these words, “And I will faithfully discharge the
duties, of my office to the best of my ability.”.
Each of these officers must also give bond and'
security, payable to tbe State of Alabama, as re
quired by the laws of Alabama on thi llth day of
January, 1861. If any person acts in the digs
charge of the duties of any oi the aforesaid of
fices without having complied with tbe foregoing
regulations on his part he wilt be punished. This
oath of amnesty and of office may be taken be
fore any commissioned officer inthe civil, military
•or naval service of the United States; 'and the
judge of probale in each county in this Stutff on
the 22d of May, 1865, may also administer it;
unless another judge of probate shall have been
appointed By. me in the mean time, and' approve
and fiie the bond which is hereby required to be
given. But no one can hold any of these office*
who is excepted by the proclamation of the Presi
dent from the benefit of amnesty, unless he has
been specially pardoned.
Third—,The appointment of judge of'probate
and sheriff in each county will be made specially
as soon as suitable persons are properly recem-
’mended; and, when appointed, they trill take the
oath of amnesty prescribed in the foregdiug sec
tion, and give bond and security, as required by
tbe law of Alabama On the llth of January,
1861; and vacancies in any of the .bounty offices
will oc promptly filled when it is made known and
a proper person recommended.
Fourth—If the loyal citizens of the State find
it necessary to have other officers appointed, Viz.:
clerks of the circuit courts, solicitors, judges of
tbe circuit courts, chancellors and judges of the-
supreme court, when that necessity is satisfacto
rily established the appointments will be made
Fifth—An election for delegates to a conven
tion of the loyal oitizehs of Alabama wilt.be hpld
In each county in the State on Monday, the 31st
day of August next, in the mannef provided
by the laws of A fabama on the llth day of Jan
uary, 1861; but no person can vote jn said elec
tion, or be a candidate for election, who is not a
legal voter as the law was on that day; and if he
is excepted from the benefit of amnesty under fhe
1'resideDt’s proclamation of the 29ih of May, 1865,
he must have obtained a pardon.
Sixth—Every person must vote in the county
of his residence, and. before he is allowed to do ; so
he mutt (ake and subscribe to the oath of amnesty
prescribed in the President’s proclamation of tba
29th of May, 18C5, before some of the officers
hereinafter appointed for that, purpose in the
oouncy where he offers to Vole; and any person
offering to rote in violation of these rules or the
laws of Alabama on the llth bf January^.1861,
■ will be punished; .■-fi Lrf
Seventh—Tnoro will be elected in each county
ol tbe State on said day as many delegates to shid
Convention as said county was entitled to repre
sentatives in th# House of Representatives on fhe
llth day of January, 1861; and the delegates so
elected will receive a certificate of election from
the sheriff of the conoty, and will assemble in
convention at the Capitol on Montgomery, oh the
16th day of September, 1850, at twelve M.
JEiylUh—.From and after this date the civil and
criminals laws of Alabama, as they stood on the
ji 1th day ot January, 1861, except that portion
which relates to slavery,are hereby declared to be
in full force and operation; and afl proceedings
for the punishment of offences against them will
be turned over to the proper civil Officers together
with ihe custody of the person charged, aud the
civil authorites will proceed iu all cases accord
ing to law. Suits iu civil cases now peofliBg,
. whether an original mesne or flu&l process, be
fore any officer apting under military authority,
will also bo turfieJ over to the proper civil Offi
cer, aud will be governed in all things by ihe
laws of tbe State aforesaid.
Ninth —Ail unlawful means to punish p^eadprs
are hereby strictly prohibited, “vigilance
committee” or other organisation far the punisb-
rneut of supposed offenders, not authorized by
the Jaws of the State, will be permitted, and if
sd v such are attempted tbe person or persons'so -
offending will be promptly arrested and punished.
Tbe lovers of law and order throughout tbe Stito
are appealed to aud solemnly urged to »id, bv all
lawful means, in sustaining the oanse of law and
order. If tbe people of the State will do this
willingly and promptly we shall be able to re
store peace and security to every home in our
beloved State; but if offenders 1 become too
strong tbe military power of the United Stqfea
will aid us. Henceforth that povyor will act in
aid of and in subordinating to. the civil authority
of tbe State.
Tenth.—The oath, which is required to be
taken by those who desire to vote for delegates
to tbe Convention may be administered by tbe-
estate; but be thankful to God that the priori- j D< ^8 e P r °b*te of the county where the voter
_ - . _ _ * 1: — v l.n onn innlinn *ltA kaaaa - —' IU
pies of civil and religious liberty, of free gov
erument and man’s capacity to govern himself,
still survive amid the rain which you have
wrought. You will all be once more integral
parts of an empire which contains yyithifl itself
the elements neeessgry to secure all of peace,
prosperity and happiness which fails to the lot
of men and nations. There fa not a friend to
the principles of government which we be
queathed you among the kings and despots of
the earth. You have had, during all this death
struggle, but one real friend in 'Europe, the
Emperor of Russia.
Shall we not heed their advice? In the
hope, the belief that we will, it has pleased
lives, or by any justice of tbe peace ip said
county and by officers specially thereunto ap
pointed. Bi an Hs will b,e furnished these offi
cers by the judge qf probate, to whom they
wifi be sent on application, where they cannot
be printed. One copy of said oath will be
given to the voter and an other will be kept by
the officer before whom it is taken, which
must be filed with the judge of probate and
endorsed by the judge of probate, with affiant’s
name, and numbered from one up, and pre
served by him as a part of the records of his
office. The judge of probate must make out
a certified list of names, numbered to corres
pond with the affidavits, and transmit it
Done at Montgomery, Alabama, on the 20th
dfly of July, A. P., I865.
Lewis E. Parson*,
Provisional Governor of Alabama.
How to Obtain Pardon.
Suggestions by the Governor.
Kxxcdtivr Dxpabthbnt or Alabama, 1
Montgomery, Ala., July 25,1865. j
For th* porposeof enabling those Who" desire
*o apply for pardon tff do so with *s little defay
as possible, they wiUdp.wril to notice the follow
ing points in their applications :
First—Are von under arrest ? If so, by whst
authority, sod with what offence are yon charged?
Second—WA vou order the taking of Fort Mor
gan, or Mt. Vernon Arsenal, or aid in taking, or
advise fhe taking of either of them t
Third—Have you served ou any “vigilance
committee” doriog tbe war, before which per
sons charged with disloyalty to tbe Confederate
States have been examined or tried ? If so,when
and where, and how often S What person orper-
sons were tried and examined by you ? What
sentence was parsed or decision made in each
case * When where and by whom was it earned,
into execution ?
fourth—Has any person been shot or hung by
your order for real nr supposed disloyalty to the
Confederate States ? If so, by what authority
did you give that order? Who have been exe
cuted by virtue of such order? When and whore
was it done? State all the facts you rely on to
justify suah action on your pait.
Fifth— Have you shot or hung, or aided in
shooting or banging aoj person for real or sup
posed disloyalty to me' Confederate States ? It
So when, where, of how many ? State all the
circumstances you rely onto justify this action
onyonr part.
Sixth—Hare you ordered, or been engaged in
hunting any one with dogs, who was disloyal to
the Confederate States, or supposed to bo ? If so,
when, where, and how many ? State all tbe facts
yon refy on to justify this action.
Seventh—Were you in favor of the so-called
.ordinance of secession *t the time it was passed,
on the llth flay of January, 1861.
Eighth—No one is bound to criminate himSelf.
Therefore the applicant can exercise his own
pleasure in thjs behalf a*, to any one of the fore
going interrogatories, except the first.
Ninth—The following must be answered in ad
dition to such other 'facts as the applicant
may be advised or think proper to state :—
Tenth—Will you bs a peaceable and loyal citi
zen in the future?
Eleventh—Have any p-bceedings been institu
ted against your property under the Confiscation
Act?
Twelfth—Is any property belonging to you in
the possession of the United States authorities as
abandoned property or otherwise?
Lewis E. Pabsons,
, Provisional .Governor ot Alabama.
Almost a Fatal Accident to Harry
Leslie, the Rope Walker.
Clifton. House, Niagara Falls, Aug. 10.
Harry Leslie, the aorobat, nearly met his
death tbfa afternoon. He had crossed and re-
crossed on the rope below the Suspension
Bridge, and completed one-half of the second
trip, by crossing to the Canada side with a
peach basket on one foot. On returning jfor
the last time, he essayed a new feat, by
piaffing a bucket of water In a tin frame |on
bis head, and holding a similar bucket in each
hand, with a balance pole. On reitching the
middle he slipped and stombled, causing the
three buckets to fall. Still holding the pole,
be olung to the rope, straggling to right him-
self. Ju a minute or two he succeeded, and
reached the American shore, with a brisk step,
amid cheers and congratulations.
Gen. Granf and suite were present.
SB, [
35. J
Headq’bs Dept, of Georgia, 1
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 5th, 1865. f
GENERAL ORDER, 1
,, No. ?. f
I. The following General Order, from
the War Department, is published for
the information of this command ;
"War Department,
Adjutant General’s Office,
Washington, D. C., July 8th, 1865.
GENERAL ORDER, 1
No. 122, x (
I. With the exception hereinafter
enumerated, the following is ordered ;
1. All Commissioned Officers of Vol
unteers, for both white and colored reg
iments, or independent companies, now
absent on detached service from their
commands, and not on duty within their
proper armies or departments, will pro
ceed, forthwith, to join their respective
regiments and companies,
2. Hereafter no Commissioned Regi
mental Officers of Yolnnteers will be
plaoedon duty, or trftUsferred therecin,
out of the army or department in which
his regiment may be serving
The exceptions authorized under the
foreging are as follows ;
I. Officers qu doty mustering out and
discharging the volunteer forces.
9. Aides-de-Camp to General Officers,
on duty commanding troops.
3. Officers on Court Martial or Mil
itary Commissions, and those on duty
in tne bureau of 'Refugees, Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands, under direct
orders from the War Department, Adju
tant General’s Office.
.2., All. enlisted men absent on de
tached service from their regiments or
ctfcipaJries, and outside the armies or de
partments in which the same may be
serving, will at onee be sent to join their
respective commands, unless they are
absent therefrom by orders from Head
hia-Excellency Andrew Johnson; President of < tM® office by some one of the delegates to the .quarters, of a Military Division, or supe-
the United States, to appoint the undersigned . Convention. It is important that the hqts nor Authority.
Provisional Governor of Alabama, “for the should all be here on the 1 )th ffay 01 Snptcm- 3. Commanding Generals of Dopai t-
ETotheir Jeritsq^dW^ are charged with the
btete to orgawze a btate government, wnpreby f h „ 'services at the same time prompt execution of this order, and upon
rights of life, liberty and property ;” and the ro^oer, accompanies them, the accounts will report the fact to the Adjutant Gen-
President has made it my duty ‘‘w prescribe ^ promptly laid before the Convention fqr ad- eral of the army. .
such rules and regulations as may be necessary justment . _4* -' No commtssiofted pffioer or enlist-
and proper for convening a convention com- t AWL-There are »o slaves now in Ala-, ed ma*. aT^ent m violation of this order,
posed of delegates to be chosen by that portion M ,ac ?t?* . ihe.slave code is a dead letter. They will be paid outside of thu army or de-
of the people of the State who are loyal to the; were P nc ? 9“^® m aa f l * r ° e > *nd must payment in which his regiment or com- ’
United States, and no others, for the purpose Bf> v «oed by the laws ot Alabama a* free pany may be serving,
of altering or Amending the' constitution there- j ?h en ' 1 R is the dictate of wisdom, aud we owe By order of the Secretary of War.
of; and with authority to exercise within the!«to ourselves and them to produce the btfct feigned,! E. D. TOWNSEND,
limits of said State all the powers necessary : possible results for both races from the new or- - Assist. Adj’t Gen.
and proper to enable such loyal people of the, der °t T
State of Alabama to restore said State to its 1 iwel/th.—A\l good citizens are respectfully 2. In addition to the requirements of
comtttntional relations to the federal govern,! anc \ earnestly urged to set the example of en- General Order No. 122, War Department
ment, and to present soch a republican form of gaging cheerfully, hopefully and energetically „ it ia ordered < That all
State govern meat as will entitle the State to; 111 t J» e prosecution of industrial pursuit*., In r“- orflfired , Ifrat all Oommm-
the guarantee of the United States therefor, 80 doing, they will exert a good influence upon [ atoned Uflioera and enlisted men of this
and its people to protection by the United ■ those w* 10 despondent and cost down by | oommand now absent from their respect-
States against “invasion, insurrection and do- thecalamities W^have | iveregimente, companies or detachmente,
^/itiieeaM.-^The idle, the evil disposed and , . . ,
the virions, if any such there be within the 1 OI ^ detached service, and not on duty
limits of onr State, most distinctly understand vritlrio their proper districts, be at once
that all violations of law will be promptly • relieved from such duty and ordered to
punished. The sheriff* of the several conn- ... f . ,
tie* are hereby required 10 keep in readiness a proper commands, upless act-
sufficient force of deputies or assistants to : ing uader orders from these Headquar-
eDable them to execute all legal process a*d ; tens or superior authority,
arrest All offenders promptly; and they will be j ^ ■» . , .
held strictly accountable for neglect of duty in . OmnmsBdmg officers will report by
this respect. Rights of persons and property when this order Is-fully
must be respected; law and order must be pre-
served. If seriously impeded in the execution I
of these orders, sheriffs will immediately re. j
jure port the fact r — " W1 —W—»—K l
*-ig measure* may
Headq’bs Dist. of Savannah, )
1st Division, Deft, of Georgia, V
Savanoah, Ga,, Aug. 15th, 1866. )
GENERAL ORDERS, 1
No. 15. ; f
All commissioned officers and enlisted
men belonging HO the 75th New York
Yok., 30th Maine Vols., and 26th Massa
chusetts Vok., on detached service and
absent from tbeir commands, will be re
lieved at once and ordered to join their
respective regiments for mnster-ont.
By- command of • fi .
Bvt Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN.
Will A, Coulter,
2t Assistant Adjutant General.
Headq’bs SuR-Dis’t. of Oghechee, \
Savainnah, Ga., August 9th, 1865 . 5
SPECIAL ORDER, I
No. 20. , f
Hereafter and until further orders all
Commissioned Officers of the United
States Army visiting this City will be re
quired to register their names at these
Headquarters, stating authority and
length of .absence.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Jno. Mullen, A: A. A. G.
Headq’es Sub-Dist. of Ogebchee, 1
Savannah, Ga., Atig. 13th, 1865. j
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 21. J
Capt. John Mnllen, 12th Connecticut
Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty as
A. A. A. General Sub-District of Ogee-
chee, as his regiment is to be mustered
out of the service.
1st Lieut. W. H. Folk, Adj’t 173d N. Y.
Infantry, is hereby announced as A. A.
G-of the Sub-Distriot of Ogeechee. He
will be obeyed and respected according
ly. EDWIN P. DAVIS,
Brevet Brig. Gen’I Comd’g.
Head’qrs Sub. Dist. of Ogeechee, I
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 14, 1865. J
GENERAL ORDER, |
No 22. f
Surgeon J. K. Bigelow, 8th Indiana
Infantry, is hereby relieved from duty
as Chief Medical Officer Sub District of
Ogeechee, and will report to Command
ing Officer of his Regiment for duty,
Surgeon N. A. Baldwin, 173d N. Y.
Volunteers, is hereby announced as
Chief Medical Officer of the Sub District
bf Ogeechee.
By Command of
Bvt.'Brig, Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G.
Headqb’s Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, 1
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 13th, 1865. J
GENERAL ORDER, 1
No. 23. f
Hereafter no carts, wagons or convey
ances of any kind will be allowed to as
semble in the vicinity of the Public Mar
ket, except during market hours.
No goods of any kind will be exposed
for sale in the vicinity of the Public
Market, except during market hours.
All persons found violating this order
will be summarily dealt with.
The Provost Marshal is charged with
the execution of this order.
By Command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVTS.
Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A. G.
NOTICE.
Office Provost Marshal,
Sub-District of Ogeifihee,
Savannah, Ga., Aug. llth, 1865.
The people of Savannah are hereby
notified that an office will be open at the
U. S. Custom House on and after the
12th day of August, 1865, where"Lieut
W. S. Norton, 153d N. Y. V., Assistant
Provost Marshal, will be on dutyior the
purpose of administering to ladies the
Amnesty Oath, as prescribed by Presi
dent Johnson’s Proclamation of May 29,
1865.
(Signed) SAM’L COWDREY,
Capt and Pro. Mar.
Sub-District of Ogeechee.
HiadquartemBub District of Ogeechee, )
Jjfavannah, Ga., July 28, 1866. j
Circular, I
So. 12. f
On and after this date articles in tbe Public
Market of this city will be sold at tbe following
prices. Poisons violating this order, will be re
ported to this Office and summarily dealt with.
By command of Brv’t. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Jno. Mullen, A. A. A. G. 1*
Fresh Beef, 1st cot per lb
Country Dried Beet
si
States against “invasion, insurrection and do-
iawtfic violence," “ i«
Now, for the unraqso of carrying into exe
cution the commands of the President, and to
enable tbe loyal people of Alabama to secure
to themselves the benefits of civil government,
I do hereby declare and ordain:
hirst—That the justices of the peace aad
constables in each county of tbil Suite, the
members of the Commissioners’ Court (except
tbe jodges of the probate, (the connty treasur
er, fax collector aufl assessor, the coroner and
the several nmmcmsl «|oms pf e*oh =
rated city or town In this Stale, who were
pectively in office andready to
uties theresf on the 22d of May, I)
hereby appointed to fill those
when this order is
corn-
command of
U iris#
Max Gen. 8TEEDMAN. ]
8. B. Mob, A. A. O.
of iini provisional gov
assert the supremacy of toe
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