Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-03-24
HEADQUARTERS, J
DEPARTMENT. OF SoUrH CAROLINA,
Charleston. S. c., March 4, 1866. J


Charleston, S. c., March 4, 1866.
General Orders No, 7.
T. In order that the loyal people Of this
State may be relieved from aH unnt cessary re-
straints incident to the existence Of Martial
Law, the administration of civil affairs in tho
several Districts, Parishes and municipalities,
respectively, will be renlitted by Commanding
Officers of Military Districts to the civil officers
therein, duly qualified to perform s,tch duties.
No person shall be dceued eligible to hold
Office unless he shall have taken the Amnesty
Oath last prescribed, and, if he belong to ci-
ther of the classes excepted from amnesty,
shall have received Executive pardon. Civil
Officers will I'D all cases respect and obey the
Proclamatious of the President, the haws of
Congress and oil orders relating to the govern
ment Of this Department, issued by competent
Military authority.
II. TO aid the local functienaries in resu-
ming their proper duties, it is ordered that
hereafter, Without authority from these Head
quarters, no military tax, assessment or charge
of any kind whatsoever, shall be levied upon
citizens, except fines and penalties imposcd
by the Provost Courts or other competent mil
itary tribunals, for offences whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted; and with tho
further. exception Of the ground rents at the
Post of Hilton nead, that being Military
Reservation.
III. No prosecution or suit shall be enter
taincd in the Courts of South Carolina against
officers or soldiers of the armies of the United
States, or persons III any wise thereto belong
ing, subject to military authority, charged with
acts done in their military capacity, or pursu-
ant to orders from proper military authority
nor against loyal citizens or persons charged
with acts done against the rebel forces, directly
or indirectly, during the rebellion; and all
persons, their agents or servants, charged s'ith
the occupation of Abandoned Lands and ten
emcnts or the possession or custody of any
kind of property whatever, in eases where such
occupation, use or possession was authorized
by the President, or by any of the civil or mil
itary Departments Of the Government, shall
be protected from any recoveries, penalties or
damages that may have been, or may be I'M
posed, or adjudged therefor, in said Courts.
Nv. Superior and Circuit Provost Courts
will continue in operation MS heretofore, ano
shall have as against any and all Civil Courts,
exclusive Jurisdiction in all cases where Freed
men and other persons Of color are directly or
indirectly concerned, until such persons shall
be admitted to the State Courtsas parties and
witnesses with the same rights and remedies
accorded to all other persons. 1t shall never
,thelcsy be competent for a State Court to hear
and determine cause or proceeding wherein
persons of color are parties to the record, whom
they shall file a written stipulation to submit
the cause or proceeding to State Court.
By com of Mag. Gen. d. +. SlCKLES.
W. l.. NJ BURGER, a. A. General
MURDER-O Thursday morning last, somc
negroes in field in Lexington District, and
not far from the Court House, hearing an un-
usual noise, together with the report of pis-
tol, repaired to the spot, and there discovered
dead body, which was afterwards identified
by Mr. john Hair, of Frog Level then on his
way to Columbia, as that Of Captain Chesiey
Herbert, of this District most estimablc
christian gentleman. The body was worry auoh
mutilated, apparently from blows inflicted
with club, while ball fired at the back OF
the head had passed out near the upper lip.
1t appears that on Sunday night, the 4th,
Captain Ii. had . horse stolen from him by
negro. On Monday he started in pursuit, and
overlook thc thief on Tuesday. On Thursday
morning whils on his way back With tho nc
gro, he was most fouly murdered by him
The negro has heen arrested aud sent to Co
lumbia for trial. Ncmbcrry Herald, 1W.
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