Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-03-31
HEADQUARTERS,
ASSISTANT COM III ISSIONER,

General Orders No 8.
l. The former owners of land upon the Sea
Islands, on the coast of South Carolina, with
the exception of Port Royal, St. Helena, La
dies and Hilton Head Islands, and such other
Islands as may have been sold by the United
States Tax Commissioners for taxes, and the
owners of land on the Main, embraced in Gen.
Sherman's Special Field Orders No. Is, will
be permitted to return and occupy their lands.
or portion Of them, subject to the terms and
conditions hereinafter specified
IL. Neither owners of land nor freed people
will be allowed to make threats against each
other or the authorities Of the United States,
to use any violence, or to say or do anything
to disturb the peace on said Islands; but all
disputes will be referred to Major j. H.. Cor
nclus, Acting Sub Assistant Commissioner,
at Rockville, on Wadmslaw Island, for justi-
fcation.
III. Grants Of land made to the freed peo-
pie in good faith, BY proper authority. and oc
cnpcd by them under the provisions Of Gen.
Shcrmans Special Field Orders No. Is, dated
january 1G, 1865, VIII be held Us good and
valid, until changed or modified by competent
authority. But Major Cornelius, Acting Sub
Assistant Commissioner for Sea Islands, may
'iset apnrt and consoliasta them contiguous to
each other, en- one portion of the plantation
upon which grants have been given, in such
manner as to give the freed people part pos
sessing average fertility and other advantages,
and at the same time placeno unnecessary OBJ
staces in the way of the owners occupying
and cultivating the remaining portion Of tho
plantation.
/ ~ The former owners of lands on the said
Islands and the Main, will be allowed to occu-
by and cultivate the same when not assigned
to freeApcople,' as described in the preceding
section. Such owners are recommended to
hire freed people on terms satisfactory to both
parties and approved by the Bureau.
V. The people now on the Islands and
Main. not having grants of land, will not be
forced to leave present domcls until the own
! ers of the lands upon which they may be ioca-
ted or their representatives, shall have offered
them opportunities of labor upon such terms
and conditions as shall be satisfactory to this
Bureau Should such freed people refuse to
accept the offers thus made, they shall remove
/ from such plantations, and allow the owners
thereof the opportunity to hire others to cult
yatc the same.
| VI Nothing in this Order shall be con-
strued into formal restoration of such lands.
| by order of Brig. Gen r. X ScoTr,
Assistant Commissioner.
| n. w. SMITH, Assiss Adj't Gen
Official: II. w. SMITH, A. A. G..
THE SpRrNG TRADE The heavy decline
in many lines of goods and the fall in general
merchandise are having very unsettling cf-
feet on the Spring trade, and business is much
more backward at this season than had been
anticipated. Many of our merchants are very
much discouraged, both on account Of fhe
limited demands, and the heavy losses uron
the stock in hand. They may take it for GER
tain we think, that this fall is not mere
fuctuation, which may take another direction
in another day. 1t is quite sure to prove per-
mancnt, and to be followed, by-and. by, by
further movements in the same direction
This is the legitimate course now and hence
forward, and all parties might as we'll prepare
for it. 1t will take from many dealers por-
ton of the heavy profits of previous years
but it will also selp to bring about time in
which the course of trade will be more steady,
and it's results, on the whole, more satisfactory.
! Neo York IsD,cs.
| TIVE Democratic State Convention of Indi-
ana has adopted resolutions strongly endorsing
! the policy Of the Administration, and denying
the right OF secession; also, plcdging the sup
por: of the Democracy Of Indiana to President
Johnson.