, 1865-06-17
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Int-rest1nG Correspondence UetWeen
Gen. Gilmore aud G0V. mnErAfhs
From the Columbia Paenix.l
The STATE or SoUrn CAROLINA,
EYF7Y-rJvr nrptrFSfNT


TuE STATE or saUrn CAROLINA, !
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT..
Co1uAB1A, Nay ~, 1eG5.
]. Tha proclamation from this Department,
and the dile< tions th.Ee,n given hereby cou1.
,ern.nded. The .l.owing correspondence With
G.n. @. A. Gilmore, Will tat forth the causes
rh,ea ha1s 1sa me e; 70 revSKe that proclamation
Hu7ox Read. 8. c., M,y II, 1865. !
Han. A. g. Masrath Eosumhsa, 8. c.:
perts to BE- Be- proc,anat,oa M % issusd By you 70 he
ptor3e Of The state q South carohna, dsted at
tHe. dquarters, ColumbIa,, Nay 2, 1865" direct;
II IL censeaessse % % ssstts %wi,htn tho i.ris ii ths
State be turned over to and accounted for By The
agents Of the State appolatcd for that purpose.
the relief oi tho peop1a Of The state and tbs other
common benefit Of the stst..'
" the convention oetwe.n dsns: Sherman i az! and
mo. at Benefits uouse, near Durham Station,
n. c.. m Official copy of which 1euc!oss, all acts
Of war on the part OF Cen; JoansIone command
surrendered 10 the United States. The district
covered By sad contention tns!udes tha STATE Of
South carelins. a. is correctly ttated to y you 10
the dispstch from Gsn. Johnston. dstcd Gfcers.
All pubic property, therefore, should be de-
lse1ed to officers Of the Cnited States, and Its
Il.
fs IN direct violation Of the convention. is an act
Of var, crime ng Atnet humanity, and will be 60
| REGARDED and treated At these he4dquatte.s.
Ieonsidet that You caunot properly take any
official action In tha matter, except through the
United States authority: to whom tn. property
| der. It. gratuftous di.tstt uton among persons
I rho, hy persistent treasOu On the part Of teetF
eateIs. baye been reduced 10 . condition Of nb.
jsct panperisu, IN een.e'ess and irulte. attempt
| 1t revolution must BIZ N act or ch1Etty On the
part af the Goyc EuHent "nieh t9ey have tried 10
| Gen. Sherman. to take possessrn OF this proper
ty, and '.to relieve pre:ent wants tnd encourage
,he fnhtb1tsn1E 10 EsEnIc theis peacetul n1r.
suits " Ia The state Of Iaonth Cafoin1; aud ex-
pcct those vine bold any sem e1auct Of autho r,sJ
in the Stste 10 set in ad Of ths benevolent
/ II they attempt to ntt At n}s-
lam, sir. respectfully, your obed;ent s.rysnt
Maor.General Com aandtns.
GoLuuE1A, Nay u, 1865.
Msjor General @. d. Gilmore, Couusu1lng De
purtmept Of The south:
SIn-At Union, on The 18th, I received your let
| tel uf the 1Hth. Il, the same ttae snd place.
| was informed that 3 detachment q Urited States
| truops were 1t Spsrtanhu'gh-these with dis
| p.tfbes 10 me, aM altfDe NJ arrival. I arrived
there to find that the party Ia chsrgt ofthese dis
| nstehef hid departed, and Immediately returned
to this p1sce, for the rurpoas o. sending yoa my
| repy.
that It tsfs not ia any wse tntcni.d By me 10 in
tsrfers with. Of ib anT manner affect. the terms OF
/ conditions Of tho military contention between
Gen Sherman and Gen. Johnston. Ga The con.
| Lazy. desire and consider Inytel. bound 10 con
form to it In all pattte9ista
When the proc'awtfton was pu hllshed, two con
alterations were present to me-tae one to Re