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,vn lHPORTANT ORDERS
1 S °fjn THE FREED MEN’S BF
K E A1' •
. jlinHS, ASSIS’T COMMISSIONER,
freedmen and AbancTd Lands,
..„uh Carolina, Georgia and Florida
Beaufort, S. C., Aug. 11, 186o.fg
... .ilOkdbrs, I
No. 3. f
Marriage Rules.
- , , rrect as far as possible one of the most
‘ wrongs inflicted by slavery, and also to
’ireedmen in properly appreciating and
' n.iidv observing the sacred obligations of
..Yardage state, the following rides arepub-
' '.T f 0 r the information and guidance of all
nnected with this Bureau throughout the
.rates of South Carolina, Georgia
and Flor-
SKCTION i.
ffifible to Marriage. I—Ail male
. ! , n < having never been married, of the age
tnntvone, ami all females having never
v.. „ married of the age of eighteen, shall be
,| .mol eligible to marriage.
• ■■ _ Ul married persons who shall furnish
fatw'aetorv evidence of either the marriage
nrdivorceef all former companions, accord-
in;U the u«agcs of slavery, or of their decease,
„ti; k- eligible to marriage again.
section ii.
r. r„ t Authorized to Grant Permits of Mar-
1.—All religious societies or churches
.j ie freedmen or of other persons, whose or-
, itions are recognized by their respective
luinations, are authorized to grant permits
i-,rmarriages, provided;
; .... That the parties are of lawful age,
; that neither have ever been married.
That if either or both have been
v rried, that such party have complied with
conditions of Sec. 2., Rules 2 and 9-
..—Anv society or church,having an ordain-
.: astur, may delegate to him its power to ex-
i:;\ne applicants and grant permits for mar-
arc. Such power, however, may be revoked
■: any time.
—Civil officers may give permits for mar-
ic if the laws of the State provide for the
and such laws are recognized as in force
die General Government.
! —livery party on receiving a permit for
naze, or for a reunion, as provided in Sec.
i\Rule », shall pay therefor to the society
r church granting the same, the sum of fifty
SECTION III.
A'lthurr.ud to Solemnize Marriages. 1—
A „rd»iued ministers of the Gospel are au-
t- iz.d to solemnize marriages.
such civil officers may solemnize mar-
■ as are authorized by the State, provided
f' ot their respective States are recog-
: : t a. in force by the General Government.
. M images, Appeals, <yc. 3—
•'••.r ;; ige is a solemn covenant, made by the
■ «inture God, and not to be broken till
i or crimes, however, in either party,
-r., r peculiar prudential reasons, growing
■> ;r ot the injustice of slavery, as hereinafter
'ledand provided, marriages may be dis-
r 4 -Religious societies and churches, fully
vnued by their respective denominations,
i. ..ave power to dissolve marriages of the
r.nien for the following causes;
- - —for moral causes, to-wit, ; Adtff-
f rnication, proven against either party.
i°r prudential reasons, as provided
\ ‘ •» Rul es 10 and 11.
iriies dissatisfied with the decision of
- ! 1 e- : y or church, in authorizing or forbid-
, ^ totiied piersons* to dissolve their mar-
u - r, ations, may appeal from such decision
‘' -t minister or pastor of such society or
tvamirt*°°f e .^ ut y ’. l . s hall be to appoint a
ee of live disinterested male persons,
in-eiiot having acted with the society or
fPPealed from. The party appoint-
• emnmittee shall preside ever
- ^ proceedings, and report their de-
... . ‘ n ' case to the society or church
• < n aCtl ii n keen appealed from. Such
j'.t *“[ accepted as final, and the ac-
• l ,art ies must conform thereto.
‘. however, the society or church whose
^■ J is appealed from, have no minister
'“ e!1 the appeal may bei made to any
' i" el f or church organised as above
!■,. w, j*' n K to give a hearing to the par
; —pealing. The decision of such soci-
i UF i ^ us appealed to shall be received
"• and the party appealing will be
’ | k, bbtnply therewith.
- er. .reedman having only one name
aw h» * SSame a ‘'title,” or family name,
tv ■; ttte na ®« of a former owner or of
tv,P e tson. When once assumed, it
.^thereafter be used, and no other.
Gr-vi, i M , m ’ n ' s ter shall furnish each
• ium with an
3. —No parties having agreed to enter the mar
riage relation will be allowed to live together as
husband and wife until their mariiage has been
legally solemnized.
4. —All parties claiming to have been married,
but separated by slavery, and having no certifi
cate of their marriage, must obtain from some
society or church a permit ior their reunion, he-
fore they will be allowed to live together as hus
band and wife.
Duties of Husbands to former Wives 5.—A wife
when re-tored by freedom to her husband, if he
be living with no other, shall be received by him
as his lawful wifo, except for moral causes, as
provided in Sec. III., Rule 4, first.
6. —If a man living without a wife find two
wives restored to him by freedom, the one having
children by him and the other not, he shall take
tbe mother of his children as his lawful wife, un
less he show cause as provided in Sec. Ill, Rule
4, first.
7. —If a man living without a wife shall refuse
to renew the marriage relation with a former wife
restored by freedom, who may desire such renew
al, there being no moral or legal objection to tbe
same proven by him, he shall be held responsible
for the support of such wife, and also of all his
children by her so long as they remain minors.
8. —No man, failing for want of cause proven to
ob ain a release frbm renewing his marriage re
lations with a former wife, will be ailowod to
marry another woman so long as such wife mav
live, or until for just cause she shall have married
another.
9. —Every man marrying a womai» having
children shall be responsible for their protection
nd support so long as they remain minors.
10—A husband living with a wife, having no
children by her. may be permitted to take a pre
vious wife, provided;
First. He have children by such wife who are
still minors.
Stroud. That such wife have no other hus
band known to be living.
Third. That his present wife assent to such
change of their marriage relations.
11.—If a former wife utterly refuse, upon ap
plication made by the husband, to renew her
former marriage relation with him, he may noti
fy some society or church of the fact of such re
fusal, and ask for a release from said wife. If,
after due notice given by such society or church
>o the w ife so refusing, she fail to show any mor
al or legal objection, as provided for in these re
gulations, to the renewal of her former marriage
relations with him, then the society or church
acting in the case shall grant to the man a re
lease from all bis obligations to her as a husband
aDd for the support of all his children by her,
section v.
Rights of Wivesand Children.—1. If a woman
living alone be claimed by two former husbands,
she shall be free to accept either, provided there
be no moral or legal objections, as provided in
these regulations, against either party. If, how
ever, she has children who are minors by one only,
she will be required to accept the father of her
children as her lawful husband.
2. —If a wife be released from her husband for
a moral cause proven against him, to wit: adul-
try or fornication, she shall bo entitled to receive
one half of his real and personal property and
11 the household effects. If the wife have chil
dren by him sbe.shall have the entire control of
such as are minors, and all the property, person
al and real, shall be forfeited to the wife and
children!
3. —Allohildren by a former wife deceased, bes
ing minors and without means of subsistence,
shall have c'aitn for protection and support upon
their natural father, even if he have another
family.
4. —On the decease of a mac, all ohildren
acknowledged or otherwise proven to be his by a
former wife, who has not married another, or by
a former wife deceased, if minors and without
supp >r;, shall be recognized as his legal heirs.
The sacred institution ol marriage ties at the
very foundation of all civil society. It should be
carefully guarded by all tbe agents of this Bureau.
It is hoped these rules may do something to cor
rect a monster evil which meets us at the very
foundation of our work.
As far as possible they will be rigidly enforced,
By order of
Brevet Maj. Gen. R. SAXTON,
Assistant Commissioner.
Stuart M. Taylok, Ass’t. Adj’t. Gen.
Official:
5. W. §axton, Bvt. Maj and A- D. 0.
plant, and the more carefully it is cultivated, the
greater will be the crop. Let the world see ere
long the fields of South Carolina,Georgia and Flo*
rida white with this important staple, cultivated
by free labor.
In slavery the domestic relations of man and
wife were generally disregarded. Yirtne. purity
and honor among men and women were not re
quired or expected. All this must change now
tbat you are free. The domestic altar must be
held sacred, aud with jealous care must you guard
Austria and Prussia.
The Neue Frcie Presse, ol Vienna, says
Count Blanc, who had proceeded to Gaston to
resume negotiations with Prusiia, relative to
the Duchies, is to consider Austria’s conces
sion of July 10, as definite and unchangeable.
Should Prussia insist on the strict fulfilment
of th$ conditions she proposed last February,
Count Blanc will declare negotiations broken
off. A oisus belli would only be considered to
party
, . — authenticated certifi-
■ a 'tiage. for which tbs party shall pay
of one dollar. 1 < ■
I 4 a Biarri m * D ' St . er s °l emn ‘to>g or confirm-
I *‘ i: the i P la ^ e ’ w *^ nia ke return of the same
‘ :f Reciira 81 P^'Lle delay to the ottce of
tta,] iritrict, which will be hereaf-
“ c and announced by the Assistant
1 ,!!; S !°, ner ^ the Bureau.
• «oed ministers are ‘ authorized to
t ir f Utl v' to P*rties married since obtain- I
: . «*om, and having no official evi- J
4 ti't 6 feame ’ P r °vided such parties fur-
izn' o| Ct °!7 ev ’ ae bce of their marriage.—
/; si'ii. a 't s uch certificates for public re-
A H required, as in all other cases.
‘ . cml '-ririera are respectfully requested
HEADQ’KS ASST. COMMISSIONER,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and A band'd Lands,
South Caroliua, Geoigia and Florida,
Beaufort, S. C-, Aug. 16, 1865.
Circular, )
No. 2. j
To the Freedmen of Georgia, South Carolina
and Florida :
la entering upon that portion of my duty which
relates to your welfare, I deem it proper to ad'
dress you a few words of counsel. By the Eman
cipation Proclamation of President Iqnooln, the
laws of Congress and the will of God you have
been declared “forever free.” At the outset of
your new career it is important that you should
understand some of the duties'and responsibilities
of freemen. Your first duty is to go to work at
whatever honest labor] your hands oan find to
do, and provide food, clothing and shelter for
your families. Bear in mind that a man who will
□ot work should not be allowed to eat. Labor is
ennobling to the character, and, if rightly direct
ed, brings to tbe laborer all the comforts and lux
uries of life. The only argument left to those
who would keep yon in slavery is, that in freedom
you will not work; that the lash is necessary to
drive you to the cqtton and rioe fields, that these
fair lands which you have cultivated Sy luaoy
years in slavery, will qow be left desolate. On
tbe sea islands of South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, where your brethren have been free for
three years, they have mofcly shown how much
better they oan work in freedom. Over forty
thousand are now engaged in cultivating the soil,
their children are being eduoated, and they are
self sustaining, happy and free. Some are work
ing for wages, others are cultivating the land on
shares, giving one half to the owner.
The Agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau will aid
you in making contracts to work for fair wages
for year former masters or others who may desire
to hire you, or will locate you on small farms of
forty aores, which you oau hire at an easy rent,
with an opportunity to purchase at low rates any
time within three years. These are splendid op
portunities. Freedmen, let not a day pass ere
you find some work for your hands to do, and do
it with all your might. Plough and plant, dig
and hoe, cut aqd gather in the harvest. Let it be
seen that where in slavery there was raised a
blade of com or a pound of cotton, in freedom
there will be two. Be peaceful nod honest. False
hood and theit should not be found In freedom;
they are th^vioe of slavery; Keep in good faith
all your contracts and agreements, remembering
ahvays that you are a slave no longer. Whiie
guardingecarefuily your own rights, be as careful
not to violate your neighbor’s. “Do unto others
as you would they should do unto you.”
In cases where you feel that you have been
wronged, it is neither wise nor expedient to take
redress in your own hands, but leave the matter
to be settled by three impartial friends of both
parties. In cases of difficulty between White men
l and yourselves, you should appeal tp one of the
j agents of this Bureau in your viainity, who may
! appoint one referee, the other party one> and yott
{ should appoint a third, and the decision of the
majority should be considered final. By this easy
•' direouheir^f them, unless the laws In slavery y0Tt 0B , thoughtof t0 . dsy . Haying
#t th61r retUrns t0 b6 “t" 19 other - nothing to hope for beyond the present, you did
not think of the future, but, liice tbe ox and horse,
thought onty of the food and work for the day.
In freodom you must have an oye to the future,
'Fa
section Iy.
*i'.(,f al ] r '' w 5'. 08 ar f Reanitns. I.—The mar-
: *ile fhf 1 ,'- 08 a 'i n * together as husband
Prized .i ™ 6 ^ obtaining their freedom,
2: k2.7.; ebm,, .he...... sm».
ting Article 3 of the Treaty of Peace, conclu
ded at Vienna. A special telegram from Vi
enna to the Times, says Count Blanc is the
bearer of most pacific dispatches. Austria
has concluded not to break with Prussia, for
the sake of the Duke of Augustenburg.
Spain.
In consequence of a conference between
Marshal O’Donnell, Gen. Prime and Senor
Madoz, the Progressist party will abandon the
policy of Abstention from public affairs.
Ministers have under consideration the state
of affairs at St. Domingo.
Liverpool Cotton Marhet.
Liverpool, Aug. 10.
Cotton opened with a declining tendency,
but closed firmer, all qualities having ad
vanced a trifle. The sales of three days past
foot up 23,000 bales, including 6,500 bales to
speculators and exporters,
Liverpool Breadstuffs Market.
The Breadstuff) Market is still advancing.
The weather is more unfavorable for the crops,
for which reason there is an improvement in
most articles of breadstuff's. Com, however,
is tending downward.
The Provision Market is firm.
Ashes—Sales small. Sugar quiet and
steady, Coffee steady. Rice inactive. Ros
in quiet and steady. Spirits Turpentine—sales
small, at 47s.
London Markets.
London, Aug. 10.
Wheat advanced ls.a3s., on the week.—
Flour firmer at the advance of 6d. Sugar
quiet. Coffee firm. Tea steady. Tallow
steady at 42s. 3d. Spirits of Turpentine 47s.
Illinois Central Shares, 77; Erie Shares,
56 l-2a57; Five-Twenties, 68 1-2,
ANOTHER STUPENDOUS FRiUP
REMARK \ BLE CASE OF THEFT AND
FORGERY.
the betrayer ot their hoDor should be punished,
and held up to universal condemnation. Y r ou are
advised to study, in church and out of it, tbe
rules of the marriage relation issued from these
Headquarters. Colored men aud women, prove
by your future lives that you can be virtuous and
pure.
No people can be truly grest or free without
education. Upon the education ot your children
depends in a great degree tbe measure of your
success as a people. Send your children to
school whenever you can. Deny yourselves even
the necessaries of life to keep your boys and girls
at school, and never allow them to be absent a
day or an hour while it is in session.
Your liberty is a great blessing which has been
vouchsafed to you, and you should be patient and
hopeful. The nation, through this Bureau, has
taken your cause in hand, and will endeavor to
do you ample justice. It you do not obtain all
your rights this year, be content with part, and
if you act rightly, all will come in good time.—
Try to show by your good conduct, that you are
worthy of all, and whatever may happen, let no
uneasy spirit stir yon up to any act of rebellion
against the Government. Strive to live down by
your true and loyal conduct the wicked lie and
weak invention of your enemies, that in any
event you would rebel against that Government
and people which have sacrificed so many pre
cious lives and so much treasure in your cause.
Could yoa rise even against those who .oppress
you, or against a Government which has given
you a right to yourselves, your wives and child
ren, and taken from you the overseer, the slave
trader, the auction block, and broken the driver’s
whip torever ? I have no fears on this point, and
trust you to show those who have, how ground
less they are, and that you are willing to leave
our cause in the bands of
Iver cherish in;
the Government.—
Ever cherish in your hearts the prayerful spirit,
the trusting, childlike faith in God's good provi
dence, which has sustained so many of you in
your darkest hour.
The Assistant Commissioners and Agents of
this Bureau will publish this Circular to the
freedmen throughout these States, and ministers
of the Gospel are requested to have it read in all
the churches where the freedmen are assembled.
K. SAXTON,
Bv’t. Maj. Gen,, Assistant Commissioner.
Official :
S. W. Saxton, Bv’t. Maj. & A. D. C.
FIVE DAYS LATER FROM EU
ROPE.
Arrival of the Belgian at Father
Point,
Speculations on the Fate of the
Atlantic Cable.
ActioB of the fompaBT—The Stock
holders Encouraged to Persevere.
ADVANCE IN AMERICAN' SECURITIES.
Rumored Reinforcement of the French A»
my in Mexico-
The Forger Obtains the Money
and Makes Extensive
Investments.
He Draws $204,000 in Railroad
Bonds fxom a Hotel Safe
on a Forged Receipt.
THE CULPRIT ARHESTtD.
HU Confession and Recovery of the
Property.
familiar with Smith’s style of writing the ac
cused took some blank cards and practised
writing “Aaron Smith”, on them till it was
almost a facsimile of the genuine. This be
ing accomplished, Gladwin boldly approached
the safe and asked for Aaron Smith’s package.
The clerk, not suspecting anything wrong, de
livered it to him, when he gave a receipt in
the name of Aaron Smith, and walked away
with the bonds, which he deposited elsewhere.
These facts having been obtained by Captain
Jourdan, he sought still further information
concerning the whereabouts of the bonds, and
succeeded in learning where the prisoner had
left them. Accordingly, yesterday afternoon
the bonds, which belonged to numerous par
ties, were recovered and taken possession of by
Captain Jourdan.
Gladw®[ whose appearance is far from be
ing prepossessing, is in prison awaiting a for
mal complaint, which, it is expected, wiH be
preferred against him this morning before Jus
tice Hogan.
Another singular circumstance connected
with this case is the fact that the clerks of the
St. Nicholas Hotel had not been made aware
of the alarming mistake committed by them in
delivering the bonds to the wrong man til] in
formed of their felonious abstraction from the
safe by Captain Jourdan yesterday afternoon.
They seemed to think it impossible - that such
an error could have occurred.
[From the New lor>-
_ ~ , , -o. ncrald.]
One of the mn ’
that ev»- ’
remarkable cases of crime
UNFRIENDLY AND CRITICAL RELA
TIONS BETWEEN PRUSSIA
AND AUSTRIA.
War Bei tyeen the Great German Pow
er* Not Improbable.
•
A Father Point, Aug. 20.
The steamship Belgian, which left Liver
pool at 1 P. M, on the 10th inst., and Lon
donderry the next day, passed this point last
night. Her dates are five days later than those
of the China and City of Cork.
The Atlantic Cable,
The condition of tie Atlantio oable remains
unchanged. No news had been received of the
Great Eastern or of her consorts. The delay at
her retain strengthened the impression that some
thing might have happened to the tanks in which
the oable was stowed, and that it might have
been necessary to buoy the oable until the tanks
were made good.
At an extraordinary meeting of the Atlantio
Cable Company, held in London on the 9th, it
was resolved to convort the preference shares in
to consolidated 8 per cent, perfereutial stock, and
to issue additional capital to the extent of 86,000
pounds sterling to complete tbe present cable and
oonstruct and lay down a second. The Chair
man, Hon. J. S. Wortiey, said he bad no informa
tion to give the meeting, bat hoped for reliable
information in a day or two. He said the share
holders should be encouraged and persevere. The
tqeeting was large and unanimous.
The latest tests from Valemia indicate tbat the
fanlt is 1,175 miles out. Bat it is thought that
the previous tests, showing it at 1,250 miles, are
more likely to be correct. It was reported tbat matter as was in his possession. The Captain
the oompany were about to take immediate steps
to replaee the lost cable.
Great Britain.
hattorthwaite’s Circular of the evening of the
6th, says: “American securities remained steady
for some days, until the arrival of telegrams per
tbe North American, reporting a rapid advanoe
in Erie shares, and the declaration of dividends.
This caused much excitement in London, and a
large business was done at about 58; but on sel
lers appearing to realise profits, they gave way
to 56 1-2. Illinois shares dull and declining.—
Five-Twenties have fluctuated between 68 and
69, dosing steady at 63, 1-2. Considerable busi
ness wae done in the Atlantio and Great Western
debentures at S5a87.”
Queen Victoria and the junior members of the
royal family had arrived at Antwerp) and pro
needed to visit the King of the Belgians.
A terrible tragedy had occured in London. A
man took three children to lodge temporarily at
a coffee-house, and murdered them all in their
beds ity suffocation. The murderer had escap
ed.
The Daily News says there is no prospeot wha^
ever of any further payment of dividend or prin
cipal of the Confederate Loan.
The Times highly eulogises Gen. Sherman
for his modest speech at St. Louis,
The new Parliament was further nominally
adjourned till tbe 1st of November.
Abd-el-Kader bad quitted England for Paris;
it was reported on account of lack of attention
in high quarters
The Liverpool Chambers of Commerce had
memorialized the Postmaster-General for a
Canard steamer to sail on Fridays instead of
Saturdays
France,
political news was unimportant,
The Paris correspondent of the London
—, Star says the popular subscription of ten cen-
and have a plan and objeot in life. Decide now- tibies for a gold medal for Mrs. Lincoln was
what you are to do “next year—where you - — —•-—*
aro to plant in the spring, and how muoh—and
Parties whose
in the autumn and winter prepare yo^r laud and
rfaE wT
I ’ ■*** a*reem u marriage was only a manure for the early spring planting. After be-
I !l -form Ulent themse]?e?, with* no • ing sure that ypu have planted sufficient corn and
I 'warris 0 * cerci “ ony > “ 9 required to dfaave potatoes tor food, then put in all the ootton and
l <i *certifio=, 00I1 , fi, 2 uod by “■ “riaieter, and ob- rice you oan, for the*are.the crop* which will
Sit0 of the same. pay tbe hast Sear in uted that cotton is a regal
still progressing. There were 25,000 Subscri
bers and a oommittee appointed to raise the
number of 100,000.
It was rumored in Paris that reinforcements
to the extent of '6,000 troops were on the point
of bring sent to Mexico, 1,000 from France
and 1,000 from Algeria.
transpired in this city was partially de
veloped yesterday afternoon, and involves two
distinct cases of lorgery, by means of which the
perpetrator obtained a draft and bonds to the
amount of nearly f 209,000.
It appears trom ihe facts, as far as they have
transpired, that some ten days ago a man thirty-
two years ot age, a carpenter by trade, who had
been a soldier in the army, and giviDg bis name
as George Gladwin, called at the Post Office in
New Haven, Conn., and asked the clerk for the
letters of Mr. Trowbridge, a gentleman doing
business at No. 16 Long Wharf, in tbat city. The
clerk, believing that the applicant was duly em
powered to receive the letters, delivered them to
him. Among this mail matter was a draft drawn
on the Manhattan Company of this city by Messrs.
Burdick, Frisbee A Co., brokers, 93 Wall street,
for 43,966 76, payable to the order of Mr. Trow
bridge, and bearing date August 12, 1865. That
nigbt or on the following morning Gladwin start
ed for this city, bringing with him a woman
whom he is pleased to call “Emma,” and took
rooms at the Sj. Nicholas Hotel. Gladwin de
posited the draft he had taken from the letter of
Mr. Trowbridge In the hotel safe for safe keep
ing, but withdrew the next day, and proceeded
to the jewelry establishment of Mr. Thomas Kirk
patrick, corner of Broadway and Duane street,
and asked to look at sonie jewelry. He finally
selected two beautiful gold watches aud chains,
a costly pearl set diamond breastpin, ring, Ac.,
valued in all at $1,200, in payment for which he
offered tbe draft in question, or, if Mr. Kirk
patrick preferred, he could take his pay from
railroad bonds, which Gladwin exhibited. Mr.
Kirkpatrick madeisquiry concerning tbe draft,
and, becoming satisfied that it was genuine, ac
cepted it and gave Gladwin the difference be
tween the amount of the purchase and the lace of
the draft. Mr. Kirkpatrick desposited the draft
in hia bank for collection.
The Bank of the Manhattan Company subse
quently pronounced the endorsement of “H.
Trowbridge” on the back of the draft to b# a for
gery. One of the bank officers immediately call
ed on Captain Jourdan, of the Sixth preoinct, and
imparted to him snob information concerning the
FROJI WASHINGTON.
[Dispatches to the Associated Press.] •
Washington, Sunday, Aug. 20.
Southern Mails. I
The Postmaster General has just concluded
a contract with the Raleigh and Gaston Raff,
road Company for the daily conveyance of the
mails between Weldon and Raleigh. This es
tablishes continuous postal commnnication be
tween the Northern States and the Capitol of
North Carolinn.
Penalties for Using the Sign United States Mail-
/ The act of Congress* forbidding, nnder
heavy penalties, the placing of the words “Uni
ted States Mail,” &c., on a steamboat or other
vessel not employed in carrying the mail, and
the publishing in a newspaper or otherwise, that
any such steamboat or vessel not so used in
carrying the mails of the United States, hav
ing recently been evaded in many instances,
the Postmaster-General has given instructions
to postmasters to take the necessary steps to
promptly enforce its provisions againsit all of
fenders.
Southern Modesty.
Some of the Southern visitors to Washing
ton behave as if they had an undisputed right
to the pardon for which they have applied, and
are correspondingly importunate. This retards
rather than facilitates their object, for the
President continues to act in such a manner
as to assure them that pardon is an act of
clemency .and not of right. The larger num
ber of applicants are, however, more consid
erate.
The Pardon of Mr. Foster.
It has been stated in some of the papers that a
Mr. Foster procured, the other day, a pardon un
der the Amnesty Proclamation by giving a
agent at Washington a fee of $500. -*. m
the ease are substantially ** ' , in
applied to a gentle"- . ‘, ows j ” oiteT
the papers *•' .-an in Richmond to prepare
rpt,s5 -ut his pardon and urge its passage.—
_-.o gentleman did so, and the warrant was
made out and forwarded to the President. It lay
on his table, with hundreds of others, awaiting
his signature. At length Mr. Foster became im
patient, and offered a claim agent of this city a
fee of $500 to procure it from the President. This
gentleman, who has a national reputation, called
upon tbe President at one of his general recep
tions ;;ml requested him to take np Mr. Foster’s
pardon and sign it, indorsing the applicant and
leaving the impression tbat Mr. Foster was a per
sonal friend of his, and he asked for it upon that
ground He in no manner represented himself as
Mr. Foster’s attorney. The request was granted,
and the pardon was delivered to him. There is
authority for stating that hereafter no pardons
will be delivered to agents or attorneys. They
will be delivered either to the applicants in per
son, or (what is more convenient and less harass
ing to the President) will be sent to tbe applicants
by the mails ft cm the State Department.
Amnesty Blanks.
The immediate attention of County
Ordinaries and Clerks is called to the
proviso in Gov. Johnson’s Proclamation,
authorizing the above officers to procure
at the office of the Savannah Republi
can the requisite number of blank forms
for the administering of the Amnesty
Oath. The Republican Job Printing
Office, having recently been established,
is well supplied with the latest and most
approved fonts of type, and we are now
prepared to furnish thp blanks in such
quantities as may be required at the
shortest notice.
The civil officers upon whom has been
devolved the duty of administering the
oath, will please bear this in mind.
For the information of the above offi
cers we would state that all blanks or
dered at the duly authorized offices as
enumerated in the Governor’s Proclama
tion will be paid for by the State. If
procured at other offices they will be
obliged to pay their own bills.
soon obtained a minute description of Gladwin,
and, heariog that he returned to Now Haven last
Thurday with his travelling companion, Emma,
despatched officer Woodbridge alter him. On
reaching New Haven detective Woodbridge car£
fully proceeded with tbe business he had in hand,
and learned that Gladwin had offered for Bale a
watch to a man named Bradley, with whom he
was on intimate terms. A strict watch was kept
on Gladwin’s boarding house, and on Monday
evening officer Woodbridge succeeded in arrest
ing him, aad finding iu his possession all the jew
elry he had obtained from Mr. Kirkpatrick. The
prisoner was placed on board the first train for
New York yesterday morning, and arrived here
in the aftemoqn, In a conversation with Captain
Jourdan the prisoner stated that he had fonnd
the draff, with seven $1,060 bonds of the Tiffin
and Fort Wayne Kailro&d Company and other
papers, in Broadway, and had left the bonds at
the store of Messrs. Kohlsatt Brothers, corner of
Broadway and Keade street, till he should call for
them. The prisoner also oonlessed to forging the
name of Mr. Trowbridge on the book of the draft.
Of course the Captain did not believe that
part of the prisoners story where he stated
that he had fotmd the draft and bonds in the
street, and intimated in an unmistakable man
ner that it was useless to attempt to deceive
him, as he knew the whole trnth of the matter.
This brought the accused to terms, and he
frankly confessed that be had obtained two
hundred and four thousand dollars’ worth of
the Tiffin and Fort Wayne Railroad Com-
pany’s bonds from the safe in the St. Nicholas
Hotel, without the knowledge of the hotel pro
prietors or any of the clerks. The plan
adopted by Gladwin to possess himself of the
honda, and that, too, witbont exciting the ins-
pieiona of the persons having charge of the
safe, shows him to be ad expert in that line of
business. As the draft which Gladwin had de
posited in the safe was returned to him he saw
a large package in the iron receptacle address
ed to Aaron Smith, and carefully noted the
handwriting on the package. ' In giving a re
ceipt for the draft Gladwin again saw the sig
nature of Mr. Smith on tbe receipt book.-—
This operation of depositing and withdrawing
the draft from the safe waa repeated several
time* by Qladwjn, and after having become
Headq’bs Sub. Bist. of Ogeechee, )
Savannah, Ga., August 28, 1865. J
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 26. f
> Pursuant to General Order No. 18,
Headquarters District of Savannah, 1st
Division Department of Georgia, the fol
lowing taxes will be collected to defray
the expenses of lighting streets, cleaning
of city, etc.
1st. Tax of three (3) per cent, upon all
incomes of six hundred (600) dollars or
upwards from real estate.
2d. Tax on all sales of Liquors, as per
General Order No. 13, from these Head
quarters.
3d. Tax on all traders, dealers, com
mission merchants and shippers of one
(1) per cent, on all sales and commissions.
4th. These taxes will be paid monthly,
commencing on the 31st inst., to the Tax
Collector, on account of sales and rents
sworn to by parties.
5th, All persons who have received
licenses without paying the license fee as
specified in General Order No. 13, from
these Headquarters, are hereby noti^^j
that their licenses are revok^ | rom
date, and^ that a*- ’ uce nses mil be re
quired continuing their business.
6th. All persons coming under the pro
visions of this order will report immedi
ately to the Tax Collector, and register
their names and places of business. Any
person neglecting to comply with the re
quirements _of this order will be subject
to a fine.
7th. Captain Calvin H. Pike, 153d N.
Y. Volunteers, is hereby announced as
Tax Collector city of Savannah. He will
be obeyed and respected accordingly.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. E. P. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Fole, A. A. A. G.
Headqr’s Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee,
BUSINESS OARDS.
E EHRLI’ H,
Wholesale and Retail
“ - _T~, — m. mmmMMmly Ol - ^ .
" men, Liquors, Ac , ot tbe best quality, at
angl9 lm No. 30 WHITAKER STREET.
J. J- SOBEBTHOi&CO.
GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
-A.TTG-TTSTA, GA.
Will rive strict attention to the purchase and ship
ment of Cotton, Domestics and Earns.
Also solicit consignments of MereMbdizc of* all
kinds, especially Bagging. Rope, Refined Sugars and
Coffee; and will remit in every instance as soon as sale
is made.
Refer to Wm. K. Kitchen, President National Park
Bank, New York; A. Porter, Esq., President Bank
State of Georgia, Savannah; Jno. Davison, Esq.,Presi
dent Branch Bank State of Georgia, Anguriaf a
N. B.—We do exclusively a commission r
angS 3m
S. X. BBUCS, THOMAS S. MOBQAK.
E. M. BRUCE & CO.,
288 BROAD ST., AVGUSTA, GA.,
B INKERS AND COTTON FACTORS.
Dealers exclusively in
Foreign and Domestic Exchange, Coin, Un-
current Money and Ootton.
I H AV K this day taken into partnership THOMAS
S. MORGAN.
dation of his unii
parity as a business i
successful management of my commercial and finan
cial affairs, ana his fidelity to my interests, (having
been with me almost without intermi-sion for more
than fifteen years. 1 I do therefore commend him with
Du ‘
confidence to the business public.
aug.
lm
E. M. BRUCE.
WM. U. JACKSON, L- WABROCK
JACKSON & WARM)CK
^UOTIOISr
AND
General Commission Merchants
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED .
Personal attention given to forwarding Merchandize
and Cotton.lm ang!9
The
Military Commission for
Trial of YVirz and Others.
the
}
The Wirz Military Commission has under
gone several changes of late, and by special
order of the War Department is constitated as
follows :
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant-General's Office,
Washington, Ang. 19, 1865.
“Special Obdebs, No. 449—(Extract.)—
Thirteen—The special Military Commission,
convened by special orders No. 447, August
18, 1865, from this office, and of which Major
General L. Wallace, United States Volunteers,
is President, is hereby dissolved.
Fourteen—A special military'commission is
hereby appointed to meet in this city at 11
o’clock A. M. on the 21st day of August, 1865,
or as soon thereafter as practicable, for the
trial of such prisoners as may be brought be
fore it.
“Detailfor the Commission—Major General
L. Wallace, United States Volunteers; Bre
vet Majof General G. Mott, United States
Volunteers; Brevet Major General J- W.
Geary, United States Volunteers; Brevet
Major General L. Thomas, Adjutant-General
United States army ^ Brigadier General Fran
cis Fessenden, United States Volunteers;
Brigadier General E. S. Bragg, United States
Volunteers; Brevet Brigadier General John
F. Ballier, Colonel 98th Pennsylvania Volun
teers ; Brevet Colonel T. Aleock, Lieutenant-
Colonel Fourth Artillery; Lieutenant-Colonel
J. H. Stibbs, 12th Iowa Volunteers; Colonel
N. P. Chipman, additional aid-de-camp, Judge
Advocate of the Commission, with such as
sistants as the Judge-Advocate-General may
approve. *
“By order of the President of the United
States. E. D. Townsend,
“Asst. Adjt. Gen.”
Troublous Times in West Tennessee—
We have received intelligence from West Ten
nessee which shows that Old Adam still walks
abroad in some localities. The Union men
are very unpleasantly situated in some neigh
borhoods. The rebel citiaens are very bitter
toward them, and are disposed to inflict many
petty indignities upon them, and even commit
acts of violence on the least pretext. Conse
quently, many a man lies down at night un
certain whether or not his repose will be dis
turbed by the burning of his bam, or even of
his dwelling. The precincts of the hallowed
roof-tree afford but slight protection against
men whose souls have been steeped in treason.
On last Sabbath, within ten miles of the vil
lage of Savannah, near the memorable battle
field of Shiloh, two rebel soldiers in foil uni
form rode up to the bouse of Dan. Shipman,
a discharged Union soldier. A faithful dog
gave warning of their approach, and Mr.
Shipman took down his gun and went to the
door. The two soldiers made their appear
ance and Shipoufn opened fire on them, when
the rebels returned a few rounds and galloped
off, without doing any injury. Union men
frequently receive threats of assassination and
violence. A scouting party of our troops
rode through the counties off Lawrenoe, Perry
and Hardin, some ten days ago, and made an
impression on three bushwhackers, by firing a
few slugs of lead through them, which it ia
hoped trill keep them more quiet than the am
nesty oath would,—KathtiUh Press,
JA§. B. CAHILL,
General and Commission Merchant,
AUGUSTS GA
Holders of Merchs^oj^g wishing to realize immedi
ately, will COn^ut their interests by consigning the
same.
Strict business attention will he given all consign
ments, and prompt returns made, at the most reasona
ble rates.
Refer to Messrs. Hunter & Gammell, C. L. Colby &
Co., Hilton & Randell, A. C. Lomelins, Halsey, Wat
son &Co,, and btnart A Co aag!9
w. W. ALEXAADEB,
(Successor to Wright & Alexander,!
GENERAL COMMISSION’MEHCHANT
No. 268 Broad Street.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
All consignments and orders will have prompt at
tention. 2w ang!4
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 24th, 1865
GENERAL ORDER, )
No. 25. )
Captain E. A. Parkinson, 153d Reg’t
N. Y. Vols„ is hereby announced as
Street Commissioner City of Savannah.
He will be obeyed and respeoted accord
ingly.
By Command of
• Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Wm. H. Folk, A. A. A G.
CIRCULAR.
Office of Street Commissioner, 1
Savannah, Ga,, Aug. 23, 1865. \
In accordance with General Order No.
24, all horses, mules, and cattle found at
large in the streets and squares of the
city, on and after Friday, the 25th inst,
will be impounded under the following
regulations :
For first offence—Impounding fee will
be five dollars, and one dollar per day
while the animal remains in pound.
For second offence—Impounding fee
shall be ten dollars, and one dollar per
day while the animal remains in pound.
If not called for in five days they shall
be advertised in the city papers for three
days, and sold to pay expenses, or turned
over for military purposes.
Picketing any of the above animals to
graze in the streets and squares of the
city is hereby positively forbidden, and
the above penalties enforced.
By command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS,
Edw. A. Parkinson,
Capt. and Street Commissioner.
Headq’rs Sub-Dis’t. of Ogeechee, )
. Savannah, Ga., August 9th, 1865. f
The following Order is republished for
the information of all concerned
GENERAL ORDER, J
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 oo mm and of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS,
Jno. Mullen, A. A. A. G.
All Commissioned Officers not on du
at this Post will report at these H
uarters, and show by what authority
eyare in the city,
command of
Bvt. Brig. Gen. DAVIS.
Wit. H. Folk, A. A. A. G. au23-7
NOTICE.
Office Provost Marshal,
Savannah, Ga., August 21, 1865,
Gentlemen wishing to take the Amnesty
Oath still apply at tbe offioe on Bryan
street between 9 and 12 A. M. Ladies
will apply at the office in Custom House
brtweu, 1 „d 4 P. «■ I&n,
Lieut and Apst, Provost Marshal.
as
W. HENRY WARREN,
fGENERAL
Commission Mercliimt,
255 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.,
Dealer in Cotton, all kinds of Foreign
and Domestic Goods, Groceries,
Grain, Produce, etc.
Consignments solicited, to which the most prompt
attention will be riven.
References—Hunter & Gammell, Hill Gowdy, Jno.
L. Villalonga, Wm. Batte-sby, John C. Ferrill, and to
the I end ingM erchan ts and bankers of Augusta, Ga.,
and Nashville, Tenn. 3m jane20
Horton & Walton,
General Commission Merchants,
287 Broad Street,
AU&USTA, GEORGIA.
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W. A RAMSEY & uO.,
GENERAL
Commission Merchants
AND
AUCTIONEERS
308 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
BEKSB TO
Robert Habersham & Sons, Savannah.
W. H. Stark, do.
Bones, Brown & Co, Augusta.
Ed. Thomas, ao.
W. K. Kitchen, Presment National Park Bank, N
V. jyl»
TO COTTON SHIPPERS,
ALEXANDER HARDEE
Cotton Shipper,
IS prepared to take cotton on storage, at the lowest
rates, and has opened on tbe comer of Jefferson and
Bay streets, for the purpose of
Weighing, Repairing, Sampling.
Classing and Shipping Cotton
for the public, at tbe LOWEST RATES, furnishing
Ink, &c.julyl
Wright & Co.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Represented by our Agent, JOHN S. WRIGHT, Esq-
No. 69 Wall Street. New York.
june28
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(jADEV k IMKLES
CORNER OF
Bay and Barnard Streets,
H AVE on hand and Cor sale at the Lowest Market
Kates: Extra Family Flour. SUGARS—
Crushed, Granulated and Browns. Crackers and
Cakes, in boxes and bbls. NUTS—Brazil, English
Walnuts and Almonds. TEAS—Black and Green.
COFFEE—Rio and Java. Spices, Soaps, Olive Oil,
Cocoa, Chocolate, Mackerel, Syrups, Currants,Raisins,
Corn Meal, Grits, Cheese, Brooms, Pails, &c., &c.
Have also for sale:
Gunny Bagging. Kentucky Bagging Rope, Manilla
Rope, all sizes; Oakum Sizing Spun Yam, Martinez
Houseline, Rounding American Hemp Packing Yam.
Kerosene oil, in cans, Hardware, all kinds,
angl* lm
Useful, Cheap,
AND
desirab;
TT Patent Stamp Cancel]
LA-for stamping Revenue Stamps. Chec_,—
Ac- A new invention and great auxiliary to the oonfc-
ing room. Orders received by
C. F. BOUVE A OO.,
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sale by
GILBERT,
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