The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1865-09-27
Proclamation BY the President.


WASHINGTON, August 29-The following
proclamation was issued this afternoon
By the President Of the Limited States Of
Whereas, by my proclamation of the 18th
and Oath of June, 1866, removing restrictions,
in part upon Internal, domestic and coastwise
intercourse and trade with those States recent
ly declared in insurrection, certain articles
Tere exempted from the effect of said procla.
nations as contraband Of war, and
Whereas, the necessity for restricting trade
in said articles has now in a great measure
ceased, it is hereby ordered that on and after
the 81 day Of September, 1865, all restrictions
aforesaid he removed, SO that articles declared
by the SAID procfamations to be contraband Of
war may be imported into and sold in said
States, subject only to such regulations as the
Secretary Of the Treasury may prescribe,
In testimony whereof have hercunto set
my hand and caused the seal Of the United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, this 2sth
day of August, IN the year Of our Lord 1865,
and the independence Of the United States Of
America, the eightyninth,
By the President:
W. H. SEWARD, Secretary ofState.
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DEsT1TUT1oN- IN CHARLEsToN-Th Phiadel.
phia Inquirer publishes the following extract
from private letter received in that city
from Sister of Charity, dated Charleston,
South Carolina, July T.: ="
Many hundreds of TIE citizens who have
been accustomed to all the luxuries Of life
have been compelled to sue for and live on
Government rstions. Even these have been
stopped. Could you but see these delicate
ladies in houses void of furniture, reduced to
! the wash-tub, the cook pot, your heart would
bleed still more when you reflect they have
no means of procuring the bare necessaFies
of life A few who we're in business before
| and during the war are making attempts to
regain footing, but the planting population
around Charleston are destitute ofeVerything.
God alone knows the full tide of misery
which has set in on these people. We see =
part of it but not ALL Sill, five were made
the medium of assistance to them, We could
reach the bulk. We invite the cooperation
of your citizens in this work for the relief of
these people, who will Inevitably die Of star
vation if not assisted. This is a cause of hu-
Inanitv, therefore persons Of all opinions. may
unite in i. ... -.
I hope this appea! will not be in vain, and
that you will bc able TO forward, ere long,
proofs Of the good will of your city for suffer.
40 SISTER NJ. HELEN,
Convent of our Mary, Charleston, S. c. !
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Letter from Gen. Joseph E. Johnson.
BUFFALO SPRINGS,
MEcKLINGBUEG County, Va, .
July II, 1866:
You ask my "yiews of the future course
FS7sd raEaTs interests or US att The case is
| so plain that very little can be said or wHHeR
upon it.. We of the South referred the euee.
tion at issue between US and the United States
| to the arbitrament Of the sword. The decision
has been made-aud it is against us. We
must acquiesce in that decision, accept it as
fral, and recognize that Virginia is again one
of the United States. Our duties and interests
coiqcidc We shall consult the cne and per-
form the other by doing al we can to pro
mote the welfare Of cur neighbors and kin
dred, and. to restore the prosperity of the
tcountry. We should at once commence the
dutes of peaceful citizens by entering upoa
some useful pursuit, qualifying ourselves to
vote if possible-and at the. polls our votes
should be cast for conservative men-rnen
who understand and will maintain the inter.
ests of Virginia as ore Of the United States.
This is the course which ! have ree0mrlen.
I.ded to all those with whom have con7ersed
on the subject, and il is that which I have
adopted for myself as far as practicable. Ners
truly yours, j. E. JOHNSTON.