The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-09-19

erected in the room of the pardon
clerk, capable of holding hundreds of
thousands of applications, and unless
some more expeditions method be de-
vised for passing upon them, the shelf
room will all soon be needed. It is
estimated that not less than one hun
dred thousand separate amnesty oaths
have already been received at the
State Department. Two clerks are
constantly engaged asserting and
fling these, but months would be
necessary to arrange those now Oh
hand, if no mere were received. In
the meantime the magnitude. OF the
clerical work necessary to pardon one
hundred thousand persons by the
present method is but imperfectly I'M
derstood by the public at large Its
present progress is a transparent farce,
Incompatible with the dignity of the
Government, anI should therefore be
abandoned.
General Gillr,nrc'~ esrylc. cs. the i:c-
st"r"tiom of Civil Authority.
GENERAL ORDERS-SO 30.
HDoRs DEPT SoUTr CAROLINA,
HILTON HEAD. S. c., ScptS, 1860.
.InzRilr lrr to remove all seeming con-
dict h'isdiction between the civil
and military authorities throughout
the State of South Carolina, promote
tho preservation Of quiet aud good
order; relieve the people u; much as
possible from all unnecessary re
straintS of martial law, and reduce
the expense OF the military establish
ment, it is hereby ordered:
! First-That the Superior and CIR
cult PROVOST Courts will continue in
operation as heretofore, and shall
have, us against any and all civil
courts, exclusive cosnizancc sto try
and ;ldiutlicatc in all eases where
freedmen and other persons of color
are directly OF indirectly concerned
This will not be so interpreted as to
restrict tho authority Of the agents of
The B"rcau of Refugees, Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands
Sccond-Thc civil courts NAV l,e
opened, and all civil and municipal
officers. who shall have taken the am
nesty oath last prescribed, and who,
if they belong to either OF the classes
excepted from amnesty, shall have
received executive pardon, will be al
lowed to rcs;tmc the exercise OF Their.
official duties, under such of th, laws
OF South Carolina in force imme-
diatcly before the 18th day OF No
vembcr, 1860, us are not inconsistent
| hn <,f
proclamations Of the President, which
laws and proclamations are in all eases,
to be respected.
TMrd-It being impracticab1e TO
establish and preserve military posts
IL sufficiently close proximity toma;n-
tain Il perfect military police in every
portion OF the State, the civil anacis-
trates will be allowed to make arrest,
i'll al, eases Of breach of the public
peace; but the arrests OF freed
men and other persons Of color. when
rendered necessary by tive absence OF
the military, viii i'll all cases be i'm
medlateiy reported, and the custody
promptly transferred to the nearest
military commander.
The functions of civil officers who
By command of
MaiorGcn. @. A. GILLMORB.
". t. NJ. BURGER, 4. Y. General.
The CoSFEDEHyrE CoTTo1 LOAN
Inc following are extracts from ::n
important decision OF Vice Chancellor
Sit, w. p. Wood:
According TO the recognized law Of
nations--and I'll the authorities were
clear upon this point-when a lc cfscio
Government had Been superseded or
put ~ end to, the disDlarimg Govern
mcnt succeeds to all the rights Of the
"e. .fItc@o Government; but the United
States Government could only take
cotton, because it had been the pro
ducc of funds raised by thc de f1tcio
Confederate Government, not by rob
berry Or violence, but by the ordinary
course Of taxation, and because they.