The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-30
Headqrs Dept Of South Carolina

r EN EH " CHNIi.S No q
is announced, .or the information and
JANIE +. FERRY, Of South Carolina, has
te,n appointed. r. the President, Provi-
2onal Governor ut the state Of South Caro-
lll>a with autip;ity and Instructions, AT
tn" earliest Practicable period, to prescribe
n'1"h 'ulas ana regulations as NAV Ge neces-
Slry aud proper for crnvcninS q Convention,
composed Of delegates TO he chosen by that
PORTION of the people Of said State who are
l.'yal II the United States. and no others,
f'>r the purpose Of altering or amending the
'"nsfl'Hti"n thereof. and with authority to
eH"rc'ae. within the limits of SAID State all
IL" powers necessary and proper to enable
sIuh lova] people ~ h. Stat of South Ca
r'''"" - r>-'"; fld state to its constitu-
i:"pai r",ati'l'>; t" the Federal Government,
an! :" ,',.'.,,'r- ::ucl. y Enl1lhliran forna Of
state Coy, ri'rl"nt ~ i'll Si.tl!le the State
i" ~" -;uar.:n;e" ~: the United States, there
ton. ara us people t. protection hv tho
n1ttt> States gains, lnva&;c'!, lnSurrectiOn
and '"n"Stlr 'i"isnce: s''v!do.l, that IN
any elect. .on tina, may hereafter !,e held for
ri:o',''n:: ''eiv ,tr, ~ any STATE Nrnveniiuu
= a'''.:,l. l':';'n shall ho .l..lii tiou a..
~: citrt"i ii tlall l'c cllCiHc a., member
"i such Convention, unless he shall have
previously taken and Subscribed the oath Of
amnesty, as srt forth in the Presidents
proclamation Of May -, \. q. 1865, and is
u voter qualified as prescribed bN the Con
st!tuti"n an.i law, of the State of South
Carolina in force Immediately before the
severteentll uTthl day Of November, A. D.
1850, the ''ate OF the to-calleti Ordinance Of
Secession; and the said Convention, when
'"nv>ioI. OF III" Legislature that NAV bs
thereafter assembled. VIII prescribe tha
'inaitic alton ~ electors, and The eligibility
=: ,ci%"ls to it",,l office under the Cousti-
iii1l"n and laws of the State, nower tho
i''Hpl, of the several S;at:. romros!nr the
Federal tni..n have :ightfullv exercised
iI".n'thr U!i::in q! Nh Government 70 tLe
present time.
i, IS, therefore, ordered, thai all officers
| and otis: p'!f"nS in the United States
m!ta;." s,rvi,.:.. W, ain the State Of south
;'Nr''i'!a, aid and assist Governor Terry ia
''ArryinS int" effect the foregoing instluc-
tons, and they are cni"inc,! to abstain
from. III amy way, hindrring, impeding or
'':sc"nraS:'r The loyal people of the State
; 'r;'m tlf organ! :at!"n of a State Govern
mcnt. as lrl,i!:;ho>c authorized and di-
rrVtCd.
All orders ana Instructions now in opera
tl"ii 'h''i.,i.'' =; !"!> Department. whether
cn!anatin:, ir".i thesc.:e;,ll,, quarters, or from
Headquarters Department Of the South,
| dl:tintiy specified provisions Of tlls order,
VIII continue III fore, as heretofore, through
out II" Stat" ''t Sonti. Carolina.
Every nreG:l! facility ior taking the am
nrsty oath VII! i't ;iioIded /. the military
authorities, nn i,!'i.!s heretofore an1,,,i,d
for tha. ri::rn>r.
r"afIcr I.'uyost Narsh;:ls and Assistan
Provost Na"S!iais will constitute the ONLY
mli!1ary "liIr, = entitled to administer The
alih:st> oath, i certified rol,v Of wiich
VII, IL all cases, b. furnished To he md
vidual t.!N,!-, it. The original oatlls viii be
transmitted, s,?ni-nonil!jy, by the officer
adnnnIStcrinS the same, to The Proves:
Marshal General al these Headquarters, by
whom they viii be rvc"r!c,! in Il book kept
for tNai rui.posv. a:id thcn forwarded 10 the
Secretary oi Stat@.
l'arsoils apply ing for Executive clemcncv
Will send their petition with a certified
COPY "I til; Amnesty Oath attached toxhs
President, through the Provisional Cover.
nor at Grrcnvilc, South Carolina.
By C lumand OF
Maj. Gen. Q. a. GILMORE.
Official: W. J.. NJ. BURGER, \. a. G.
Aug lG