The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-07-08
News of the Week.


the duty Of the said Governor, at the earliest
practicable period to prescribe such rules as may
be necessary and proper for converting Conven-
ton, composed of delegates to be elected by that
portion Of the people who are loyal to the United
States and no Others. The Convention is to be
called for the purpose of altering or amending
the Constitution thereof, and with authority 10
exercise within the limits OF that State all the
power necessary and proper to enable such loyal
people of South Carolina to restore the said State
to ;ts constitutional relations to the Federal Gov
eminent, and to present such republican form
of State Government as will entitle the State TO
the guarantee of the United States therefor, and
its people to the protection Of the United States
against invasion, instruction and domestic yio-
lence. Provided That in any election that may
hereafter be held for choosing delegates to any
State Convention as aforesaid, no person shall be
qualified as an elector or shall be eligible as
member of snch Convention unless he shall have
previously taken and subscribed to the oath OF
amnesty as set forth in the Presidents proch-
nation of May 10th, 1885, and is a voter quail
| fed as prescribed by the Constitution and laws
of South Carolina in force Immediately before
the l7th day of November, 1860, the date Of the
so-caled ordinance of secession. Mr.. Perry,
who was member of Congress when President
Johnson was first in that body, is represented to
be q a man Of the people. Governors have
now been appointed for all the lately rebellious
| Ctatas avcenfino Florida .Ni'N ~ x
The commissary General reports yet in our
hands about ten thousand Rebel prisoners, ex-
elusive of officers above the rank Of Captain :
He thinks they will all be released within ten
days though they are not likely to be all sent
South in that time. s..' ""q"
The Government is making arrangements to
send to Atlanta sufficient quantity OF Supplies
to relieve The necessities of the people in that
section, who for some time past have been re-
dnccd TO the last extremtics by famine. 7ifag
r. The Treasury Department has now cash enough
OH hand to pay all coininterest on Government
securities falling due prior to February next.
Judge Mason, the Chairman of the National
Democratic Committee, has issued an address
from Washington to the Democrats of the United
States appealing to them to rally to the support
of President Johnson 3'iiH# 9tl silh2Tiq
Washington correspondents say it is the gen
eral impression among parties who have tolera-
BILE means of judging correctly, that the court
has found a verdict Of guilty in the cases OF all
the persons tried for the assassination of the late
President. atD Hta1@ 9dj ,g0Lopo1at /
Gen. Howard is constantly receiving intelli-
gcnce from his assistant Commissioners, in ref
erence to freedmen affairs in the late insnrrec-
tionary States. In most cases they represent
that planters and freedmen have arrived at a
more definite understanding in regard to- their
respective relations towards each other. The for
mer master is disposed TO adapt himself to the
changed conditions Of affairs and the former
slave cheerfully assists in cultvating his employ
er's farm. The crops are promising, and order
is being rapidly restored. ESQ aGp Oh 5aa
It is stated that elections for delegates to the
North Carolina State Convention will be held
about the 10th Of August, and that the eonven-
J ton will probably meet the lst of September,
The convention will amend and alter the State
Constitution and order elections for Governor,
members of the Legislature, members of Con-
gress and county officers. ai 9ia. LaGTut a
1t is understood that General Sherman shear
lilly in favor of the election of his felowsolder,
Major General ]. D. Cox, whom he greatly es-
teens as an officer and gentleman, for Cover
nor of Ohio. sq.g.I, ..a- f,..e,aisf
Albert Pike, the ex-Rebel General, arrived at
Indianapolis on the eth inst, on his way to
Washington TO settle his Indian affairs. Mr..
Pike denies having countenanced the atrocities
with which he is charged at Pea Ridge and is
confident of his ability to exculpate himself.
Governor Bramlette, ofKentucky, is canvass
ing his State in favor of the election of members
of the Legislature who will vote for the adoption
of the Constitutional amendment forever abolish
ing slavery, and made speech at Louisville on
Thursday night in advocacy of bis views.9. N
/ The armies are still being further reduced,
and Regiments are daily passing up, the North
ern Central Railway, on their joyful way home.
Joseph J. Lewis, Esq, the late efficient COM
missioner Of Internal Revenue, has retired from
office and given place to his successor, William
Orion of N. York. 4.an9 s.4 pailfjloe fno
Atop. NJ, on Friday yesterday a week, the
Thermometer stood at 90 degrees IN the shade in
N. York city, and in Washington it was Sc in
the shade. .''3' ''t 1'f
1t it expected that the Great Atlantic Tele-
graph Cable will be laid across the ocean by the
goth instant. htei.efq.. 4a}soo4 hio al
South Carolina, for the present, will be divi-
ded into four military Districts. aid sa
Delegates to the number of seventy, from IA
Indian tribes, who have been in hostility to the
United States during the late rebellion, are now
on their way 10 Washington, their object being
to make, a treaty of perpetual peace and to be
reinstated in the rights and benefits which they
forfeited by taking up arms in behalf of the in
surgents a9 i.1a ifaiA aae @ht slila
There is the best authority for contradicting
the report that Charles ]. Faulkner, Of Virginia,
has been pardoned by the President. He has not
rs yet acted in the case, and therefore all which
has been said and published in the case is prcma-
ture 3gH1 I. ESQ fa4. % Hshl $500 sd
President johnson has been quite unwel for
some time past g 'Fsi''!2l1n 91a# 7.i'3s
The Celebration at Gettysburg.
The exercises Of laying the corner Stone of the
National Cemetry Monument at Gettysburg, on
the Fourth were of an exceedingly interesting
character. An immense throng of people was
present. The corner stone was laid by the
Grand Master ofthe Grand Lodge ofiMasons OF
Pennsylvania. The grafton was delivered by
Maj. Gen. Howard, who lost his right arm in
the Peninsula campaign. A fine poem was read
by Col Halpine Of New York, who has written a
number Of poems since the war, under the
name of Private Miles O'Reilly. The Baltimore