The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1867-10-02


lively demanded by the cxigcncics of the
situation. and the civil authorities in geno
raj have been upheld, and civil law has
been administered, with only such limita-
lions as became necessary in the execution
of tho several acts Of Congress The par
ticular measure of my administration which
you are pleased to mention with special
mcndatiou-Gcncral Orders No. 10.
was, it is said, the occasion OF my dismiss
sal troiu command. You hive justly des-
scribed The order in question IS intended 10
enable the people to make II good crop this
year and Ihcrcby obtain the means TO sup.
port themselves and pay thcir debts.
1t my removal had been provoked by
some act of oppression, spolintion Of cruel,
ty, it would have been n matter of more
to rcproach myself for cndeavoring to re.
store in some degree The natural prosperity
Of IN impoverished population, and to avert
The serious disturbances that would have
followed the prosecution Of more than thir-
ty Thousand suits for debts pending in
South Carolina when General Order No. 10
was issued in April last. Although my
official relations to the department of the
Caroliuas has ceased, | cannot bo indifferent
TO the welfare OF communities whose inter
rsts were SO long coniidcd to my charge,
nor is their prosperity matter of iuditfer.
cncc 70 he people of the United States or
thcii representatives in Congress.
The population Of tho Carolinas have not
tried to prevent the organization of legal
civil Governments in the rebel States, and
it is only just for me state that your own
prompt and patriotic ao%uicsccnco in the
requirements of tho government relieved
the people you represent of many of the
h,,r r 4
sa..nc time removed some Of the most seri.
Gus impcdiments to tho execution of the
reconstruction acts in Sonth Carolina.
trust your people will not suffer any detri
mcnt by reason Of complications for which
they arc not responsible. 1t only rcmans
for them to comply with the conditions pre-
scribcd by Congress. and South Carolina
Will soon be restored to tho Union, with all
her ancient rights aud dignity rs d soyc-
reign State unimpaircd
These conditions havo no other object
than to make our institutions truly republi-
can III substance and form, that justice may
be done, and that no occasion or pretext for
conflict may hereafter be found. There is
not, in my Judgment, any sufficient reason
to npprchcnd that The colorcd people will
not make good citizens. Freedom ana edu.
cation arc rapidly developing this long
dormant, helpless caste. With advantages
far inferior to tho other raocs which have
found their way 10 this country, the African
has proved himself loyal, Industrious, and
obedicnt TO the laws.
Generously fostcred and justly treated,
the freedmen will become the bone and
sinew ofSouthcrn population and power.
With the solution Of this problem and the
disappearance Of the asperities incident to
q long war the Cnrolinas will enter upon a
new career Of prosperity, alike attrNc i've
TO tho phlanthropist who seeks tho happi.
ness Of his fellows, and gratifying to the
states whose ambition is gratificd in the
progress Of the commonwealth.
Remembering wish pleasure tho courtc.
Gus consideration always shown to me by
your cXcellcncy in all our intercourse, Off
.cial and personal. and with the liyclics
Interest in The happy tcrmingtion Of tho sad
ycars of strife which have already too long
afflicted our country.
Ircmain truly yours.
D. Il. SIcKLEs,
Major General.
10 his Exccllcncy James l.. Orr, Govern
or of South Carolina. Columbia, s. G.
PRocULEsE, PRoFANI!-We find ihc
following il, tho St. Loos RTpuDH'
ST.. Louis. July s.
SIR: This late meteor has caused
considerable talk. and several persons
have called on me to find out it's mys-
ferrous meaning, | phrophesicd three
years ago in the Indianapolis Daily
Jounal, Of the dirclnl plague or pes.
tilrnce coming on this earth, somewhat
like The one foreLold by William Lilly,
of England foretold of 1915 but as he
forctold II would mark the people black,
which it did, and killed nearly all
who took it in the city of London,
1865.
This one forthcoming will spot on
whom it scizrs, purple black, and
they will fall and die where ,hcv take it,.
The time is very near. / see from as.
troligical study. and as the planet Sat
urn rules snprcmcly this year, he for
bodies great deal Of mischief by being
near The earth, and ruling the signs,
Leo, Scorpio and Caprice. In three
years from hence tins plague will set in.
Oh, the trouble no man has ever seen
This is the great tribnlation. The
prophets Of God forcsaw Daniel, Micha,
Isaiah and John the livine in the Reve.
lations.
This document is signed with the
lame, Of Grecnn Warrior. to which is
aodrd 'Astrologer and oracle Of the
10Th Century"
4 a "STUMpER."-Thc Macon .Tele.
grnph says: In an an art'cle copied
els where this morning, the New York
HcraM proponntls a most troublesome
question to Thad Stevens, Mr.. Bingham
and their brother radicals, ,whutmaintail,
that three fourths of the represented
States are competent TO pass n consti-
tulional amendment. 1t is this q If
the amendmenLfxing the terms for tho
admission Of tho Sontkern States, pro.
posed last years, bo a part OF the Con.
st'tution,gby whst authority did Con.
gress pass the military bills, which are
clearly IN conflict with said amendment
We would be glad to sue some of the
radicals answer it. tgszggaf 4 I