Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1865-05-12
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
The Be0fflftisag of Prosperous Peace
i5l the Stdte--iSIGCes Occurred Free
i9s North CG4DlinU--A PrOcldDsa-
ton bD Coz. Fdaace.
NEW YnnK Mau I

Raleigh letters of April 2Sth and goth,
state that General Sherman and staff leftthat
day for Charleston and Savannah, thence
going to Richmond TO meet bis army which
was to leave Raleigh the next Monday
Sherman has issued an order announcing
the final agreement Of surrender by Johns
ton. He prohibits all foraging, and pro-
vides certain ways to relieve the pressing
wants Of the inhabitants
The 10th and 23d Corps remain In the
Department Of North Carolina, together
with Fitzpatrick $ cavalry. Stoneman's cav
airy is ordered to East Tennessee, and Will
sons to the Tennessee river, near Decatur,
Alabama.
General Howard and the Army of the
Tennessee viii march to Richmond Gen.
Slocum and the Army OF Georgia viii also
march to Richmond
The rebel army are all leaving for their
homes. many taking their arms with them,
and some trouble is appTehended from those
who took their arms and went away on their
own hook.
Gen. Johnston has endeavored to carry
out the terms agreed upon. but the time in.
tervening between the first and second
agreements caused some decentralization.
A movement is on foot to recognize the
State government.
WASHINGTON, May Z.
Gen. Schofeld has issued the following
important order HEADQUARTERS DEPART
MENT OF NORTH CAROLINA, ARMY OF THE
OHIo-RALEIeH, n. c., April q, 1866
To remove doubt which seems to exist in
the minds of some of the people of North
Carolina, it is hereby declared that by virtue
of the proclamation of the President of the
limited States, dated January lst, 1868, all
persons in this State, heretofore held as
slaves. are now free, and that it is the duty
of the army to maintain the freedom OF such
| persons. 1t is recommended to former mas
ters Of freedmen to employ them as hired
servants at reasonable wages, and it is rec
commended to freedmen, that when allowed
| to do so, they remain with their former mas
| ters. and labor faithfully so long as they
| shall be treated kindly, and paid reasonable
wages, OF that they Immediately seek en-
ployInent elsewhere in the kind of work to
which they are accustomed. 1t is not well
| for them to congregate about towns or mill
tary camps. They viii not be supported in
i idleness.
By command of Major General Scho-
j. "A. CAMPBELL, a. A. G.
The following is published In the Raleigh
1 papers of the Sd inst.
| STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA EX- DEPT,
GREENsBoRoUeH, April 28, 1865.
/ Whereas, By the recent surrender Of the
/ principal armies Of the Confederate States,
/ further resistance to the forces of the United
| States has become vain and would result in
a useless waste of blood. And
Whereas, All the natural disorders atten-
| 1ant upon the disbandiDg of large armies
| are upon US, and the country is filed with
numerous bands of citizens and soldiers dis
| posed to do violence to persons and proper
Now, therefore, /, Izbnlon d. Vance,
Governor of the State Of North Carolina,
in the sincere hope Of ayerting some OF the
many evils which threaten US, do issue
this, my proclamation, commanding all such
persons to abstain from any and all acts Of
| lawlessnesS to avoid assembling together
/ in crowds in all towns and cities or doing
/ anything whatsoever calculated to cause ex-
citement, and Earnestly appealing to all good
citizens who are now at home, to remain
! there, and to all soldiers of this State to re-
lstire quietly to their homes, and exert them
selves In preserving order, should it become
necessary for the protection of citizens.
also appeal to the good and true soldiers Of
North Carolina, whether they have been
surrendered and paroled, or otherwise, to
unite themselves together In sufficient num-
bers In the various counties of the State
under the superintendent of the civil mag
istrates thereof to elect or stay any bodies
of lawless and unprincipled men who may
be committing depredatiens upon the per-
sons or property of peaceable citizens, assu-
ring them that it win be no violation of the
parole to do so and | would assure my fel-
low-citizens generally that under God / viii
do all that may be In my power to settle the
government of the State, to restore the
civil authority in her borders, and to further
the great ends of peace, domestic tranquil
ty and the general welfare of the people.
Without their aid | am powerless to do
anything.
By the Governor.
NJ McPHET0RS,
Private Secretary