The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-02

10 onr shipping interests is owned by Mr.. j. TUoMEY
and the onterprisng arm OF CRAIG. TuoMEY Co.. and
was named the Agnes." In compliment to the wife OF
Mr. CRAIG, the senior member OF that nrm.
AS matter Of information to our mechan ics we
would say that this built Two thousand dol
lars less cost than offered by Northern and
ono thousand dollars less than by Eastern bidders
proposals from Wilmington, Del. aud Baltimore. ap-
preached nearer the Char eston estimates than any
others.
We wish the utmost to tho "Agncs," her off,
eers' and her worthy and public spirited owners.
THE ERE.EsTADLIsHMENT ORDER.-Our readers will
be glad to learn tha. been issued from the
Headquarters Of this Military District for tho arrest OF
all vagrants, and to prevent the selling ofquor to freed
men, This is step in tho right direction and shows
that the military authorities appreciate the situation
aud determined to do all their power for tho reso.
ration of law and order Below we give the Order in
full:
HEADQUARTERS STATE OF souTa oARoLINA,>
CHARLESTON, S. c., June ~, 1866.
GENERA Al SonDERs.}
1. The Brevet Major-General Commanding has no.
ced with deep regret the disposition the part
freedmen in the vicinity OF Ohareston and along the
coast to disregard their ag eements plantations to
their houses roam at large tho country, congre
gate in Charleston and other towns This total dsre-
filth win cause an entire "a lure of crops in the slate
and the result must be destiton and starvation The
increasing amount of theft drunkenness and vagrancy
demands that the most prompt and severc measures
be taken by all officers to check the evil
H. It is ordered that oil omen who leave the
plantation ON which they employed labor either
by the month"; for share OF the crops or as renters Of
land, and thereby neglect their growing crops be at
arrested vagrants and put on the public
roads, as provided for by Par. XII, g. o. No. l. Head.
quarters Department of South Carolina
All planters who have freedmen employed on their
plantations who do not nt this important of the
year, give their entire time to the growing crops are
authorized after reading this order to them and they
neglect or refuse to obey It, to report them ut once to
the ocer Ia command of the district who will cause
them to DO taken from the plantation vagrans and put
10 work on tho public roads. Their children II any,
Will be bound to such persons will take care them
and learn them habits of industry.
LII. prison will be established for all persons of
color convicted of such crimes by
death on one OF the islands, where employment can be
iurnished and all convlcs will be compelled labor
from sunrise until sunset, under tho control Of such
guards an will Insure their safety. Any person con
victed OF selling sprtuous liquors to freedman with.
out permit from some officer having control will be
lined In any sum not less than twenty-five dollar tS25
nor moro than hundred dollars (S100) for every
offence OF which he may be convicted.
w. Commanding officers will have this order read in
the seVeral coored churches In their iy in order
that 1t may become generally understood.
BY command Of Brevet Major General r. Z. SCOTT.
II. W. SMITH,
breVet LteutenantCoonel and A. A. General.
oFFlcIAL; II. W. SMITH,
Assistant Adjutant General.