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Congress from South Carolina that they should 

 not be attacked if no reinforcements were sent 

 to them, 654 ; Governor Pickens's speech, De- 

 cember 21, 1860, 654; Governor Pickens's cabi- 

 net, 654, 655 ; seizure of the United States ar- 

 senal, December 31, 1860, 655 ; loan of $400,- 

 000 authorized, 655 ; Palmetto flag adopted, 

 655 ; Governor Pickens proposes purchase of 

 three war-steamers, 655 ; J. N". Merriman, col- 

 lector at Georgetown, South Carolina, seized 

 on charge of treason against the State, 655 ; re- 

 ply of South Carolina to the peace propositions 

 of Virginia, 655, 656 ; Dudley Mann sent to Eu- 

 rope as a commissioner to negotiate for the 

 opening of direct trade, 656 ; 'arms sent to 

 Florida on its secession, 656 ; correspondence 

 between Governor Pickens and Major Anderson 

 relative to surrender of Fort Sumter, 656 ; Gov- 

 ernor Pickens's letter to President Buchanan, 

 656 ; $1,880,000 to be issued in Treasury notes, 

 656; volunteer force of 10,000 men ordered to 

 be raised, 656 ; Provisional Constitution of Con- 

 federate States adopted, March 26, 656 ; Fort 

 Sumter captured by orders from Confederate 

 Government, 657 ; Governor Pickens's address, 

 657; 19,000 troops sent to Virginia, 657; rep- 

 resentatives of South Carolina in Confederate" 

 Congress, 657. 



II. Population, 759 ; State Convention, 759 ; 

 command of the sea-coast, 759 ; troops refuse 

 to go out of the State, 759 ; crops, 759 ; troops 

 furnished to the Confederate army, 760 ; fail- 

 lire of the stone blockade, 760. 



III. Legislature, 824 ; raid of Colonel Mont- 

 gomery, 824. 



IV. Army operations unimportant, 752 ; ef- 

 fects of the cannonade on Charleston, 752 ; mass 

 convention at Beaufort, 752 ; action of the se- 

 cession government, 752 ; message of Govern- 

 or Bonham, 752 ; inauguration of new State 

 officers, 753 ; men furnished to the army, 753. 



V. Proclamation- of General Gillmore, 757; 

 Benjamin F. Perry appointed Provisional Gov- 

 ernor, 757; proclamation of Governor Perry 

 in relation to a State Convention, 758 ; elec- 

 tion of delegates to the convention, 758 ; agree- 

 ment between the civil and military authorities, 

 758 ; meeting of the convention, 758 ; address 

 of Governor Perry, 758 ; Governor Perry on 

 colored troops, 759 ; proceedings of the con- 

 vention, 759 ; question as to the admissibility of 

 colored witnesses, 759 ; letter of Mr. Seward 

 to the Provisional Governor, 759 ; election of 



Governor and Lieutenant- Governor, 760; as- 

 sembly of the Legislature, 760; message of 

 Governor Perry, 760 ; question as to the legality 

 of bills passed, 760 ; message of Governor 

 Perry in relation to the constitutional amend- 

 ment, 760, 761 ; dispatches of President John- 

 son, 760; letter from Mr. Seward, 761; second 

 message of Governor Perry in relation to the 

 constitutional amendment, 761, 7B2 ; resolu- 

 tions adopting the amendment, 762 ; vote on 

 the amendment, 762; dispatch of President 

 Johnson in relation to members of Congress, 

 762 ; proposition of English bondholders, 762 ; 

 bonds of the South Carolina Railroad, 762; 

 inaugural address of Governor Orr, 762, 763 ; 

 question of repudiating the war debt of the 

 State, 763 ; total State debt, 763 ; proposed 

 code in relation to colored persons, 763-765 ; 

 Mr. Chase on the elective franchise for freed- 

 men, 765 ; State Convention of colored people, 

 765 ; extract from their address to the whites, 

 765; organization of the militia, 766; Gov- 

 ernor Perry relieved, 766 ; letter of Governor 

 Orr to authorities at Washington, 766; flag 

 raised on Fort Sumter, 766 ; petition of ladies 

 of Abbeville District in favor of Jefferson 

 Davis, 766. 



VI. Futility of criminal laws, 707 ; modifi- 

 cations, 707; stay law, 708; session of the 

 Legislature, 708; its acts, 708; public debt, 

 708 ; penitentiary, 708 ; schools, 708 ; impris- 

 onment for debt, 708 ; rice-crop, 708 ; amend- 

 ment to the Federal Constitution, 709 ; civil 

 rights of negroes, 709 ; exports of cotton, 709 ; 

 manufactures, 709. 



VII. Made a part of Second Military District, 

 690; General Sickles's order assuming com- 

 mand, 690 ; meetings of freedmen, 691 ; Gen- 

 eral Sickles's address to the freedmen, 691 ; 

 views of reconstruction expressed at meeting 

 of Charleston Board of Trade by General 

 Sickles and Governor Orr, 692 ; views of ex- 

 Governor Perry, 692 ; conference of General 

 Sickles with Governors* Orr and Worth, 692; 

 division into posts, and instructions to the 

 commanders, 692 ; provisions of Order No. 

 10, for relief of debtors and other purposes, 

 692; explanation of the order, 693; the fire 

 companies required to carry the flag, 693 ; mu- 

 tilation of the national colors, 693 ; street dis- 

 turbances and trials therefor, 693 ; action of 

 Charleston Railway Company, allowing all per- 

 sons to ride on their cars, 693 ; order prohibit- 



