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,".U>MM.?.?UM"<.,..U."."..".."-..?...b.'.>...WV.......M'.........,....!,,..........-?............'....................M,....'.......................H..,.?....'..".....?... DURISOE, REESE & CO. EDGEFIELD)'?. C., AUGUST 14 1867. .;...."."....j...o.....,.,.,.".......Mrf.........'....Mu?......^.....?...,..:.'...l,~ VOLUME XXXH.-No. 33 M. 0. BUTLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, A.ND Solicitor in Equity, Office, LAW RANGE, EDGEFIELD, ' S. C. Feb 27 tf 9 M. L. BONHAM, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Solicitor in Equity, EDGEFIELD. S. C., Wi ILL Practice in the Courts of this State and in Augusta, Ga. Also, in the United States District and Circuit Courts for So. Ca., giving special attention to cases in Bankruptcy. April 2nd,_3m_14 M. W. GARY. Wit. T. GARV. GARY & GARY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS IN EQUITY, EDGEFIELD, S. C. June 2i 3m 2G Medical Card. DU. T. J. TEAGUE has moved to thc Dwelling recently occupied by Mr. J. R. Carwilo, next door below Episcopal Church. Ho may be found at the Drug Store of Teague A Carwilc during the day, and at his residence during the night, when not out on professional business. Having boen ongaged in the practice of Medi cine, iu its various branches, for the last Thirteen Years, ho feds that ho docs not arr?gale to hitn solf undue merit -vhen he solicits a liberal share of patronage at thc hands of this community. Jan 1 tf 1 DENTISTRY. Di "lt II. l'ARKER?respectfully announce* that he is well preparcu to execute in the best manner and promptly al) work in the business, -and at greatly reduced figures. Having acquainted himself with the late ines timable improvements in tho profession, and se cured a full stock of materials, ?tc, he warrant good and satisfactory work to all who may desire his services. E lgeficld, S. C., Aug. 1, tf 31 Tor Sherill'. Tho Friends of Capt. A. P. WEST respectful ly announce him as a Candidate fur Sheriff o Edgcfi?ld atthc r.uxtelection. Nov 7 te* -15 jZSf* Wc have been authorized by the Friend.' of Capt. H. BOULWARE to announce him i Candidate fur Sheriff of Edgoficld District at th? ? oxtoloction. Apr 12 te* 16 ? For Tax Collector. Tho Many Friends of D. A. J.-BELL, Esq.. respectfully nominate him as a Candidate foi Tax Collector at the next election. Oct IS te 43 THE many Friondsof Capt. JAMES MITCH ELL respectfully nominate him as a Candida?' for TAX COLLECTOR at the next election. SALUDA. Doc 6 te* 50 We have been requested by many friends o? Mr. JOnX A. BARKER to announce him a Can didato for Tax Collector of Edgefield District at the ensuing election. Oct. 2, te* 4 g?S~ Wo havo been authorized by friend? of Capt. STUART HARRISOX to announce him a Candidate for re-election io tho office of Clerk of the Court of Common Picas for this District, at thc next election. April 9 tc 15 JEST*Wo have been authorized by the many friends of Capt. L. YANCEY DE AX to an nounce him a Candidate for Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas for Edgefield District at thc next election. June 20 te CARRIAGE MANUFACTORY EDGEFIELD, S. C. THE Subscribers respectfully announce tho they are now prepared to do all work in th< COACH MAKING and REPAIRING BUS1 NESS that m iy be entrusted to them, in a work in inliko manner, and with neatnessand dispatch Wo havo on hand ?. few CARRIAGES and su perior BUG GI BS, of our own manufacture, whic J we will sell low. A'.lkinds of REPAIRING done promptly ami warranted to give satisfaction. ?ST* Aa ire soil ONLY FOR CASH, ourprico ar unusually reasonable All wc a.<k is a trial. SMITH & JOIVF,S. Mar 7 tf in um kE BL T, HE Undersigned-jives notice that he is now prepared to havo REPAIRED in a good and workmanlike manner, WAGONS. CARRIAGES. BUGGIES, and other Vehicles that may be brought to bis Shops, at fair and reasonable pri ces for Ca?h. NEW WAGONS, CARTS and BUGGIES will also bo put up in the best style, and on as reason able terms as can bc afforded. Having EFFICIENT and EXPERIENCED WORKMEN" in uiv Shops, and a good supply of | .the BEST SEASONED TIMBER, no pains w?Il .bc spared to give entire satisfaction to tht-se who .:nay sond their work to these Shops. W. W. ADAMS, Sept. 26 tf Beef Cattle and &Iieep Wanted. IWTLL pey the highest market prier for good BEEF CATTLE and FAT SHEEP LAMBS. If preferable I will Barter Corn and Bacon for Cattle and Sheep. A. A. GLOVER, Apt. May 23 tf 22 PLANTERS' HOTEL. AUGUSTA, GA. Newly Furnished and Refined, Unsurpassed by any Hotel South, Was Reopened to the Public Oct. S, 1 SOG. T. S. NICKERSON, Proprietor. Jan. 1. tf 1 Pure Kerosine Oil. WE HAVE just received a fresh supply of PURR KEROSINE OIL. which will bc sold low for Cash only. Fivo Gallons $5,00. Sin gie Gallon, $1,15. TEAGUE & CARWILE, Under Masonic Hal!. JsdyS tf St 1 lion. ?. H. Hill's Speech ON THE CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY. Delivered at Atlanta, on the 16th July, 1SG7. -o (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.), These bills (the Military. Bills) propose at every step to abrogate the Constitution-tram ple upon the State and its laws-to blot out every hope-to perjure every man who ac cepts them, with every principle o? honor, justice and safety disregarded, trampled upon and despised-to perpetuate the power of their wicked authors. Can this scheme suc ceed? Will it succeed? That is the ques tion. I feel truly thankful in my heart that I have an answer which lifts my soul amidst all the gloom and apprehension of the hour. Some ol you may not appreciate it, but to me it is the ou'.y oasis in this desert. This scheme will never, NEVER succeed, and I pro claim its ultimate failure to-day in your hear ing. [Unbounded applause.] I know that some think it will. The air is full of the words of those who proclaim that there is no power to prevent it. Men have, before this, been weak and foolish, and cowards and trait ors hive before believed as you talk now, but I have a reason for the faith that, is iu me, w hich is absolutely sublime in the strenglh of its foundations. 1st. It will fail because it is not possible to perpetuate a government of force U'-.der the forms of a democracy. It may take some time to comprehend this thought, but you will not forget it. That which is now pro posed is force. It is proposed by men who do not live in this State, and whose agenti, do not live here; and it is sough: to be accora pli>bed by military, power, but under tho pre tense of your sanction-not to please your selves, but them. There ?3 not an ir-stance in history where a government of fo'ce Las been perpetuated under the forms of free in stitutions. It is an impossibility, aud can never succeed. [Applause.] 2d. But it is sought to be accomplished by deceit and fraud, which cannot much longer escape detection. The masses of the people of the North love the Constitution and fought lor it and the Union, lut the leaders did not fight fer it, and do not love it ; and they now seek to destroy ii under pretense that wc mutt give some further guarantee for our.fu ture good behavior than merely supporting the Constitution. As soou as the inr.a.is by which their deceit and fraud have been cov eted up are removed, the scheme will be crushed to death by the people. It isadouble shaped monster, like the sentinel at Hellgate, which can live nowhere except in a political pandemonium. And what must be the result? 1 do not say we will come o il of all this with free in solutions preserved, but this scheme can nev er succeed. A despotism over the whole country and over ail the people guiity and in nocent alike may ensue. You'll fail, but yoi; may bring ruin upon all. Whenever you pull down the temple of liberty you also will t be crushed by the full. You cannot level or r lower us and elevate yourselves. We must c either all risc or all go down together. Dis- t polism may erne, empires may rise aud fall umang us, but whether they do or not, we shall not hiive thc reign of a Radical party. Understand me: If I saya man cannot live high up in the air. I do not mean he cannai go uf in a balloon and remain for a 'ime ; oi if I say a man cannot live under water, I do not say he cannot go down in a diving bell and iemain awhile; but the Radicals will as certainly f;iil to perpetuate their power under the scheme, as that a man will fail who at : empts to dwell in the :J.ir, or drown who tnnkes his home under water. Such a gov ernment would be unnatural-a political mon strosity, and cannot possibly last ; but you may destroy tbe forms as wei! as thc princi ples of.frcc government, and then you will have a monarchy, an autocracy, an empire, or a despotism, as the case may be. This very scheme was attempted in Home by much better men than you Radicals are, and for a much better reason than you give. It is not original with you. You arc but plagiarizing traitors at best, and get your scheme from the criminals of long ago. If I did steal, I would try to steal sutnelhing bet ter and Irom a more respectable source. If you will examine, and compare with former times, the productions of such men as Stevens, Phillips, and Sumner, and their les ser followers and second-hand plagiarizers down South, you will find all their miserable jargon about "liberty and equality," tho Datural right of man," and " born right of manhood suffrage," are borrowed from the I ( men who fomented social and civil wars in 11 Rome, and which havu been repeated in every age since, by those who have no statesman ship but the devilish ability of exciting ig norant men to cut each other's throats. Re- | 1 publican Rome had a large number of slaves I f and freedmen, and non-voting citizens. She t had a landed aristocracy embracing compara- ? i lively few of her people. An agrarian law was propesed, and for a time was immensely popular, hut it failed and its first author WBS slain. His brother re newed the law and enlarged it by proposing I ] >uffVage to the slav s and freedmen withequni j t political rights. It was said '' there could be j ] no f.rcdoni without equality." But the brother i c also perished. Then a great general bec-une ? I the leader of the Radicals ofthat day. and he | I had mor-: fame arni merit and ability and j c honesty than al! the Kulteal party of His day r combined, but he also failed. And why did 11 they sll fail ? Because they were attempting j c to crgraft a government of force and io bier y j I upon republican forms-attempting the ab surd task of making equal, things which Ged had made unequal-attempting equality by taking that which industrious and frugal mc i had made and giving it to thriftless vaga bonds; a-.d by depositing in the keeping of Ignorance and vice powers and trusts which intelligence alone can know how to exercise and preserve hut by thu struggle Republican Rome per ished and never knew liberty again. Nor was this all; her history from the beginning of the agrarian attempt was one of blood, and faction,-and waste, and ruin, until tl|e goal of Empire was reached. In the social and civil wars which marked tho struggle, more than seven hundred thousand of her best citizens were slain ; and besid s these, wholo popula tions cf somo of her most populous territo ries were exterminated. It may be that we of the United Stales have been so crazy in leaving the Constitu tion-the onlv Ark of safety-that our Heav enly father has d joned us to perish, but I am gratified with a nope that it is not so. Ii not, there is but ono method for our rescue, and that is by a prompt restoration of the C'on siitution. Will it come?. Will we c-cape an agrarian war with resulting despotism, and ? J save our institutions for our children ? 111 hope we stall ; I believe wo shall. Though : s a great effort is being made-a designed ??f- I l fort-to destroy us as Home was destroyed, 11 I believe the effort wi.1 fail. I have ?;reat faith I in the Anglo-Saxon blood. I derive great en-1 I courugement from Anglo-Saxon histor)'. Our liberty was not born in a da)'. It is not the work of one generation. It is thc fruits of a hundred struggles, and its guaranties have j s been perfecting for eight hundred year*, j t Many have been the efforts to destroy it. ? ti Often the English Constitution was trampled \ on. Orten traitors sought to sui stituto arbi- j t trary will for well established law, and often v have the people for a time been misled. But \ tims fer they hare always waked np and 1 j called tbe traitors and factionists to a Abarles I. trampled on rte Constitutio bad judges who decided that, his will \ aw, and all who resisted that will and led the Constitution.were punished as tl. And it did seem as if his power wi iistible. No doubt if you weak-kneec ;als of the South had "lived in that c ivould have said, "the Constitution ind we must consent to what we can .dst." But John Hampden would ni ?cut. Ho resisted. Ile was tried as a lal for resisting, and was condemned ?vhat was the sequel ? The people fina ?erted their power. Charles and his ;ers perished. The very judges tba iemned Hampden were themselves trii condemned as criminals, and the very o ?ven the sheriffs, who executed the on Charles and his courts, were sued by t!i sens for damages, and had to pay nc million of dollars for executing the prc of a void, unconstitutional law ! For i traitors held the power and trampli rights, but vengeance came, and perpct fa my followed. So Cromwell and his Parliament vii ;he Constitution, and though they also shed for a season, they, toe, were overth So James ll. trampled on the Constit ind had to fly from his kingdom a fu br life. In all these struggles good mc t time, suffero'I, and bad men, for a .uled, but the English race have nevi ailed to rescue their Constitution fro jower, both of traitors and fanatics. I tell you the American people will n ivavS be deceived. The/ will rise in de >f their Constitution, and traitor* wilLJ de. They who rallied three million s o defeat what they considered an arme ault on the Constitution and Union, wi deep until a few hundred traitors froi jind the musked battery of Congress jaths and deceptive pretensions of lo ihall utterly bater down the Conslitutiui Union fjrever. I warn you, boastful, vi tire K^.dirals. by thc history of your fathers, by c. ' 7' instinct, of manlinoc ivcry right of liberty andover}' impul ustico, that the day is corang when yoi feel the power of an outraged and heir people. [Applause.] Go on confisca Arrest without warrautdr .probable cn lestroy habeas corpus ; deny trial by J xbrogate State governments : defile your race, und flippantly say the Constitutif lead ! Go, on, with your work of ruii hel!-b?ru rioters in sacred things! but m 'jer for ail thfse thing.-, the people will pou to judgment [Prolonged applause.] what an issue you have made for jour-e Succeed, and you destroy the Constitu? Pail, .and you have Covered the land nourning. Succeed, and you bring ruii yourselves and all thc country: Fail, rou bring infamy upon yourselves nm four delude! followers! Succeed, and ire the perjured assassins of liberty ! ] md you are defeated, despised traitors fo ;r. Ye who aspire to thejiadical G..ven md Judges in Georgia. I paint before ;h:s dayyour destiny. [Unbounded npplai fou atc but 'cowards and knaves, and ?mc will come when you will call upon ocks and mountains to fall on you and larknoss to hide you from an outraged ] )le. [Applause.] Does ii do you good to trample on lhe C ititution-deceive tho negroes and ruin .ountry? It may ho sweet now, but I pm the Milp'hurou-. tires of public infamy lever be quenched tn your spirits. [. danse J I pity you from my soul. Wc that the time had never come when I hat. ii and upon Georgia's soil and thus lal! Georgians. A -.truggle is coming. It ri be a long and a bloody one, and you who recite this wicked scheme will perish in unless the people new arouse and check ?onsummalion. Let every true law luv nan rally at once to the standard of thcC stitution of his country. [Applause.] Coi Do not abandon your rights. Defend tin Talk for them, and i! nerd be, before G ind the country, fight and die for thc [Frithusiastie and prolonged applause.] ot talk or think ol secession or disunion, 1 come up to the good old platform ff our fa 2rs-the Constitution. Let all. North a South, come and swear before God that ?rill abide by it in good faith, and appose e ry-thing that violates it. Thc ma*i wLo!o lhe Constitution now mid is willing to 1 ind die for it, is my fricud and broth ;hough he come from the frozen peak iMouut Washington ; and the man who is ! dampling upon it is my enemy, and I sh ?old him so, though he come from thc sim ;lime of the orange and the cotton bloo That is my issue. O ! how sorry a creature is the man w :annot stand up for the truth, when the cou ry is iii danger. There never wa<. such : opportunity as now exists for a man to shu )f what stuif he is made. How c;ii you : ibout the street and say, " All is wrong, b [ cannot help it !" You want courage, u riend ! You are a coward! You Lek con ige to tell thc truth aud would sell your biri ight for a temporary moss of poi tage, eve or a little bit of a judgeship or a bureau ell ser's place. But some one ?ny? : " How will you rose t?" I will res st it first by not approving i S cverybodv would do liiat it would be effe .nally resisted so far as wc aro concerne* Sut the so-called Congress has provided .over for itself in advance, under which t lido from the odium attaching to this schcmi t has provided that you can vote either fe >r against a convention and again vote for a igainst whatever constitution it may frami t is sought to make us responsible for whal iver may be the consequences, and relie* hem. After a while when you become alarme lt thc results, they will say, " We did not di his ; we only gave you a ?L ance and you dil t." Butif'we deieat this, it is said, militar; .ule will continue. Certainly-until wicket nen shall be driven from power. But let i >Q so. General Pope seems to be a gentle nan, and I infinitely prefer his rule to lin ule of such men as 3'ou will get under thi: scheme. Besides, the new government, if in lugurated, will not be able to live a day wilh )ut military protection, l t is safer to begov ;rncd by power than by treachery. Perhaps you will think I have overdrawn .he picture of the fearful consequences ol tccopting this f-cheme. J recollect an inc! lent which occurred over six years ago, when i was urging the people of Georgia not to leccde, because the country would thomby all into the hands of Radicals, and predicted var aud its attendant sufferings as the result -though then rleemcd visionary. I would bc dmost ashamed now to read my remarks of hat day--my picture would be so tame and o far short of the dreadful reality that has bllowed. A very prominent gentleman re jlied to me, urging that there would be no var, and to prove it, he read an article from Iorace Greeley's Tribune and old Ben. Wade's peech, declaring the South had a right to ecedc, and if she chose to exercise that right, hey should be allowed to do so in peace, ie then said that Greeley and Wade were idler friends ol the South than I, who was >or'n here, for I was trying to frighten the Southern people from the exercise of a right vhich they conceded, and they were repre entative men of their party. What could I ay in reply ? I could only tell him the ruth-that "these men only desired loencour- j ige thc South to disunion for their wicked mrposos to destroy the Constitution ; and i hat a great government could not be dissolved j vithout blood ; and what have Greeley and Vade done since that time ! and now I advise rou to reject this scheme of force, fraud and 1 ! deceit which Congress has deviled. If J of your own free will, submit to it, you i .see th? consequences of it. I advise you to register. There is no ! honor in that. It is arming yourself v an important power to be wielded against nefarious scheme, but don't vote for a com Lion-don't go for anything whatever wi is an assent to the scheme, but be agaim at every step. Never go half way wit traitor, nor compromise with treason or i bery. If they hold a convention, vote aga: ratification-vote against all their meas'c and men, and indict every one who, un such void authority, invades your rights cording to existing State laws. That's policy. Fight this scheme all the time, have no more idea of obeying than J< Hampden had of paying ship-moucy, beca I have taken an oath to support the Con tution, and I ir.tend to keep it. This whole scheme is in violation of all issues of the war-all the promises dur its progress-and all the terms of surreni More than a hundred thousand men aband ed Lee's army becauseluey were assured t if they laid down their arms they would in the Union again with all their rights before. I knew tho promise was false, i warned )rou against the seductions of Syren. Tho people-the . soldiers of United States-were then willing to fuifiU obligation ; but the politicians intended deceive you. Such men asSuraner and Steve never intended to carry out thc pledge of t nation. They would acknowledge tue ?ni patience of thc Confederate States to-c before they would arrrcc to restore, the Uuion. even with slavery abolished. I resp the Northern man who honestly fought thc Uuion, but I despise the traitors w! under the name of Union, . have used t N'or'Vrn people to destroy the South, a thci) to destroy thc Constitution. The pi pie ot the North have been long discoveri this dec option, but they will be compelled see i'. oetbre tue traitors can go much furl! in their work. How many people in Atlanta belong to I "loyal league?" [Laughter.] I warn all < cent men to abandon such dens. I kni the times have been suth that many gd men have naturally gone astray. But si] yourselves before it is too late! Destroy tiic evidences of your membership-hind ? ymir comrades to mutual concealment ef t fact I hat you were members, and come ot You are pardonable, for the past ; but it' yt continue you will bc covered with shame, a your very children will disuwi. you. Con juin ibo Patriots1 League. Our only pied is to support the Constitution-love its (rion and bato Us enenves, and proclaim our lo and hatred at nuot-day and from the bous tops. Save yourselves now, or bc foret lost to decent society and your own sell-i spect. Ail the brave and true men, ev?ii the North, respect rn? tin's day more tht they do you. The very Radicals will us but fven they will despise, the Southern mi wh' > becomes their sycophant. My colored friends, will you receive word of admonition ? Of all the people, y will mest need the protect ion of the la You will most suffer by anarchy and usurp lion. Do you believe that thc m;:n who is fait 1< ss to the Constitution of the country wilW faithful to you? If a man will fake an oa to support the Constitution and then viola it, can you rely upon his keeping any pror iso lo you? No j 1 teil you MICH people a friends to nothing but their own inter?s They are betrayers ol thc Constitution i kc p themselves in oflic* ; tl ev desire iou: you to help theu) get olBc?, [?pp!aus<*] ati Ihey will betray you whenever they lind to their interest to do so. They tell you they are your friends. J ?S false; they are your very worst nncilie They tell you they set you free. It is falsi These vile creatures who come amongy<< and put themselves on a level with you, neve '.vent with t!ie anny except to steal spoon! jewelry ami gold watches. [G;eai applause. They are too low to be brave. They are dir ty spavrn, ca>t out from decent society, vb ernie down here and seek to use you I further their own base purposes. They promise you lauds, and teach you it hate lue Soutt-ern people, whom you li a v ? known always and who never dcceiveC yon Are you foolish cnotlgh to believe that yoi eau get another man's lund for nothing, am thal the white people will give up their lam without resistance 1 If you gel up strife between your race am the white race do you not know yon mus perish ? You are now ten to one the weake race. You will grow weaker every dav. Yt can have no safety but in the Constitutiot and no peace except by cultivating relation i-f kindness with those who are lixed herc who need your services, and wnp are willlni to i rotect you. The same experiment which is now bairn attempted with you by these Northern knave: who seek your votes was attempted bv simi lar people in France for the negroes in flayti They passed laws, to give tho negroes pol?tica equality-abolished all distinctions uf coloi -and what was the re*ult ? There was Hrs a war t f classes ; then a war between thc whites on one side and thc blacks and mu hittocs on the other. Then there was a wat between thc blacks and thc mulattoes, aud neither white, black, nor mulatto have evei seen peace or prosperity in Uayti since. These men intend your extermination. Some of them aro writing books iii favor t l your extermination, and 1 have myself heard some of them avow that you ought to be ex terminated or driven from the country. These are the same people whose fathers foqnd the Indians here. They declared the Earth was the Lord's and belonged to his saints, and that they were his saints. Then they killed .and drove oil' the poor Indian and took his lands. If you do not make and keep friwds of the Southern people, your fate is that.uf the Indians! . Woo to your race I Yon well know yo,urraco is not prepared lo vote, Why do you caf? to do what you do not under stand? Improve yourselves. Lcsru to read ?ind IO write; bu industrious; lay up yent" means; acquire huun-s ; live in peace with your neighbors ; and drive t?T, RS you jwoild a serpent, the miserable, dirty adventuiers who come among you, and who, being -oo iow to be received into waite society, seek to foment among you hatred lor the dec:nt portion of thc white race. You can'al ways know a gentleman, whether from the Nari h or South, and all Mich respect and est estar for such will not deceive you. Do not lesire to vote until yon are qualified to vote, ani then look for the right to be given, not in a mintier that violates the Constitution, but in nCOra ance with it, and through your own State governments. I leel more deeply 1er you than I do for the white race. White jeoplc ought to know better than to disrcgaid the laws and expect any good. But you rb not know the laws; you do not understatd de ceivers. I am willing, anxious to welcome amrng us good and true men from the North whdeome to help build up our country, and adc! to its prosperity. I wish they would come m and come in multitudes. They will lind usfiiends. But whon I see the low dingy creatures_ hatched from thc venomous eggs of trttson - doming here as mere ad vc ni ure rs to getfjlljccs through negro votes-to ride into povcr on the deluded negro's shou!der.s_ard erbepinr* into secict leagues with negroes and a few renegade Southern whites, and talking flip pantly about disfranchising ihc wisest and best men of the land, because thev know i' is thc only possible chance for knaves and fools like themselves to pct place, I Cftn but feel ashamod that such monsters are to bo considered as belonging to the haman species.1 I warn you, my.colored friend?, if you would be respectable in society, or prosperous in your purse, or decent in your own feelings, to avoid ali such people. They will hug you and call you friend, and talk about your friend?, but they will pull you down to de gradation, to sorrow, topovprtyand to shame. They have white skins but black hearts, and will ruin your characters if you associate jj with them. They are creatures born of po litical accidency and treasonable conspiracy, and are the enemies of all good governments ; and of all decent people. [Applause.] And now, my friends cf all .races, of all colors, of all nations, gf all sexes, of all ages -let us resolve to stand by our Constitution, and surrender it to no enemy. This is our country. Let us resolve that we will never be driven from it, nor ostracised in it. Mr. Hill concluded amidst rapturous and prolonged cheering. When it had somewhat subsided a gentleman in the rear of the audi ence proposed three cheers for the only man south rf M ison and Dixon's line that has proclaimed the truth from the seaboard to the mountains, which tho vast assembly gave with a hearty will. -? ? ? The Old Oak Tree. Ob, thc old oak tree is standing now, Where it stood so long ngo, When in ils shi.de wo children played, Till thc sun in tho west grow low ; j And its branches reach as far and high, And the sky above is as clear; But undo.r ir, now no children play, In the golden day of tho year. The sun beams orcep through the TOS tiing loaves, That fail on tho moss-grown seat, And the lull grass waves where in othor years It wns trodden by children's feet ; And the bees hum lazily in the shade, Through the long bright summer's day, And tho soft wind murmurs with lonely sound, Whore we children used to play. AVo arc all gone from our childhood's home, And have wandered far away Of all that band of the dear old timo, TIHTC i* not one left to-day. Wc nrc parted now by many a mile, O'er tho waves and mountains high ; And one bas gone to tho borne bt^ond, Through the golden gates of thc sky. And many a year has como and gone, Ai * many a summer's sun Has passed adowa thc golden west, When the lung bright day was done; And many an autumn wind has blown, And man}' a winter enst, O'er hill omi vale its shroud of snow, Since we children met there last. Thc weary years will still move on, With their sunshines and their pain; But there in ihe *hnde of tho old oak tree We will never all meet again. But ibero is a city of qui'jt rest, And ita purtuls aro open wide ; ?- 1 one by ono ns tho angels call, May we meet on thc other side. When I Was a Girl. When I was a wee little slip of a girl, Too ari less and young fur n prude, Thc men, as I passed, wou d exclaim, "pretty dear!" Which, I must say. I thcught rather rude ; Rather rude, so I did ; Which, I must sa^ , I thought rather rude. IIuWDV.ir, said I, when I'm once in my teens, They'll sure cease to worry mo thru ; But as I grew older, so they grew buldc; Such impudent things are tho nun ; Arc the men, ure the men, Such impudent things nr? thc men. But of all thc bold things I could ever suppose, (Yet how could I t ike it ara'ss?) Was that of my impudent cousin last night, ? When bc actuall}1 gave mc a kiss, Ay, a ki.-s, so ho did, When ho actually gave mc a kiss ! I quickly reproved bim, but ah, ia such tones, That eic wo were half through the glen, My nnyer to smother, ho ?ave mc another Such strungo, cuaxing things uro thu men, Are the men, ?re the mon, Such strange, coaxing things atc the men. linn., .ou? Items. ?r??"'Aubig sister"' teaching her little brotb?r montai arithmetic, ?aid: "Now, .Charles, suppose you have twenty sugar plums,'?Hill you want tu di vi :e thom into four parts. Y.Hi give b-by five a d me five, what would yiiu do with thu otLer ten?"-''Suck 'em," was thc reply. JJ?^* A country editor describing the bon nets now lu ia-hioii, says : " They have a down ward slant that reminds one uf a vicious cow with a hoard across her eyes." fi?*" Mr. President," said a member of a school committee oin West, " I rise to get up, and u,m not backwjud to Como iorwurd in tho Cause Of edicatiou. H.id it not been fur edi cation, I might have been as ignorant as yourself, Mr. President." ??Qr RATHER HEAVY-A correspondent from Jasper, Tennessee, writes that, during Bragg's retreat from Middle Tennessee, two rebel soldiers stopped at the bou*e vi Mr. K-, and one ff them proposed a trade for a very fine horse, but thought that a largo while spot on the horse's forehead lessened | his value somewhat. "Why so?" "Be cause," said the soldier, " the Yankees can see it great way off." "Never mind ihut," said his companion; " i'other end is always toward tho Yankees I" fc??E" An editor never leaves any money at home 1.ir fear ol'fire, and never carries any with him lor fear of rubbers, nor deposits it in auy bauk for fear ol speculative bank olfici-rs. J inks says that cucumbers can be made into pickles, while growing, if you ge a cross old maid to look over the fence at the vines three times a wee?. jtZSI* A- cotcmporaty says :-" General Grant is a man of few words." That is, be cause he is a mau of remarkably few ideas, and even they seem to bo of a not over bril liant character. j^rSTA young gentloman, after having paid ins addresses to a lady for some time, "popped the question;" tho lady in a fright ened iuauner said : " You scare me, sir." The genllciuau did not wish to frighten tho lady, and consequently remained quiet for some time, when she exclaimed "Scare me again." We did not learn how nlfairs turned out, but should think it was pretty nea- his turn to bo scared. ?;2L~* Forney complained of the filth that is thrown at him, and Prentice suggests that it makes very little difference whether the filth is thrown at homey, or Forney at thc filth. r-s?r" Pat, a raw " son of Erin," at dinner nne.Friday was ur^cd by some of his fellow servants to eat some beef soup. Pat declined, as he ate no meat on that day. " But," ?hys one, " ibis is no meal, it is only soup." j " Faix," says Pat, " ycz might as well ate j , the'divil as'to drink hi.-, broth 1" ggy? A young Indy, on being asked where 1 i washer native place replied, "I have none ; I am the daughter of a MethwUet minister." I REGISTRATION. HEADQ'RS, SECOND MILITA?? DISTRICT, ) CHARLESTON, S. C., August 1,1867. y [GENERAL ORDERS. NO. GO.] REGULATIONS FOR REGISTRATION'. I. REGISTRATION SHALL COM MENCE IMMEDIATELY upon the promul gation of this order. II. Post Commanders will be Superinten dents of registration within their respective commands, exercising in addition to the func tions hereinafter specially conferred, a gene ral supervisory authority, looking to the faith ful execution of the several Reconstruction Acts, the maintenance of order, and the pro tection of politisai rights. They will suspend registrars for malfeasance in office, neglect of duty, Of incompetency, promptly repotting their action, with the reasons therefor, to these Headquarters. III. The Boards of Registration are em-, powered and required to suppress all disor ders interfering with the execution of their duties, to cause the arrest and confinement of all persons falsely taking the oath pre scribed, al! persons cummitting any breach of the peace or conducting themselves in a man ner tending thereto, and all persons whoshall threaten or otherwise attempt to intimidate, or corruptly or improperly iufluence any citi zen offering to register ; and for ibis purpose they may apply for aid to the Post Comman der, and may require the attendance and ser vices of sheriffs, their deputies, constables, policemen, and also of any citizen ; and all State, district, county and town officers charged with the preservation of the public peace, as well as all citizens, are required to obey the orders of said Boards, given in pur 6uance of the authority aforesaid, and to per form all such acts and duties as may be re quisite therefor. All arrests made as herein provided will be promptly reported to the Post Commander, to whom also thc prisoners will be turned over with charges for trial by a Post Court, to be organized as provided in Circular of May 30, 1867, from these Headquarters, and any civil officer or citizen failing lo respond .to the call ot the Board for assistance, will b? dealt with in like manner. IV. Whenever any citizen shall suffer in jury in person, family or property, while exer cising or seeking to exercise the right of reg I istrution, in .addition to any penalty pre scribed by law for the <ffrtr.ce, damages shall be awarded to the injured party against the perpetrator, upon his conviction'; and in case of default in payment of the same, or of thc escapo of thc offender, if it shall appear that the w-jng was countenanced, or tie i ?ender harbored or concealed, by the neighborhood, or that the civil authorities failed to employ proper measures to preserve the peace, the damages shall be assessed against and paid by the town, county or district. V. Offences perpetrated by while persons disguised as blacks, being of frequent occur [ renee, the attention of all authorities, civil aud military, is directed to the device, as one adopted to escape detection, and to cast un 1 merited obloquy upon the colored people. In i all cases, when resort thereto shall be shown, the fact will be taken into consideration as i aggravating the offence. VI. Depriving a ci:?zen of any righi, bene fit or advantage of hire or employment, to discourage him from registering, or on ac count of his having registered, or having sought to remisier, shall be deemed an offence punishable by the Post Court, and shall enti tie the injured pitty to damages against the ofF.ritdt r, any clause in any contract or agree mei't to the contrary notwithstanding. VII. The Ac*, of Congress entitled " An Act for tLe more efficient government of tho rebel States," aud thc sevetal Acts supple inentftry thereto, will be carefully observed by ail Boards of Registration. VIII. Each Board .shall, after having taken the oath preserii ed by ?he Act of Cougress ol'July ?d. 1802, entitled "An Act to pre scribe au uatb of offlce," (sec Appcndix.jhrm I.) choose one of its members as Chuirman, ? who shall preside at all sessions of the Board, preserve order at its meetings for registration, and represent the Boa d, and announce its I action in all matters coming before it. IX. The places of session of th" Boards shall be the voting pinces established by law or custom in eaeh election precinct, unless for good cause otherwise directed by tho Post Commander. J X. Each Board shall determine the order in which the registration shall take place in the several election precincts, that may be as signed to it by the Post Commander, and the time wiiich shall be allotted to each-bearing in mind that the whole work is to be finished before the first day pf October. Xi. Each Board shall, forthwith upon no tice of publication of this order, and at least five day.s bef.?re commencing registration, ??ive notice thereof to the Post Commander, and tue Sheriff, and the Mayor of the city or the Intendant of the town, and shall cause written or printed notice? to bc posted in five .of the most public places in each election precinc t, announcing the tin e when and I he place where its sessions will beheld, the num ber of days (in no case le>s than two) and the hours of the day the Board will remain ia session nt each place for the purpose of regis tration, and inviting all persons qualified to veto under the provisions of the Act of Con gross, passed March 2.1, 1 SGT, entitled "An Act to provide for the mora efficient govern ment of tho rebel State-." and . the several Acts supplementary thereto, to appear before the Board for registration. XU. On the day and at the hour designa ted in thu notice, for commencing registra tion, the Boar! shall, at the place announced, convene atid enter upon its duties, and shall then and there also post notices nf the time of final scssioti providedforin paragraph XIX. XIII. The room used for registration, which the Chairman shall have previously provided for the purpose, shall ba so arranged that thu Board shall be separated by a bar from all other persons who may be,assem bled, and those to be registered shall be ad mitted within the bar, one by one, and their ingress and egress 60 arranged as to avoid confusion. XIV. Two citizens shall be admitted with in the bar as challengers, whose duty it shall be to challenge the right of any citizen offer ing to register, upon ouy ot the grounds of disqualification cnumeraled in tho Acts of Congress before cited ; but the general right of c'iailcnge shall be conceded to all citizens present. XV. If any challenge bc made, the Board shall, before final decision, examine the per son presenting li i mr-elf for registration, in ref- I erence to the cause of disqualification alleged, j and shall hear any evideuco that may be of fered, to substantial or disprove the cause of' challenge, and shall have power to summon : and compel tho attendance of witnesses and administer oaths in any case of registration. : XVI. In registering, the names of white and colored citizens snail b- entered alpha- . helically, in separate columns of the list. XVII. The following shall be tho process \ of registering : '. First. Every citizen presenting himself for ( registry shall take and subscribe the oath , prescribed hy law, (see Appendix, form 2.) which shall be administered by a member of the Board, aud such oath shall bo preserved with the lists. ikcond. His name shall then be entered in ; Lhe proper column of the list, and called out by the chairman. ( Third. Any challenge made shall bc noted ] in the proper e dumu, opposite, the name, ; with the cause thereof. .. Fourth. It is recommended to Boards to t defer the hearing and decidion of contested cases until tho session for revision provided for in paragraph XIX. Fifth. Whether or not there be any chal lenge, the Board most ascertain upon such fkcts or information as can be obtained, chat the applicant ra entitled to be registered be fore making his name as "accepted"-the oath not being conclusive. Sixth. Section 7 of the Act of July 19th, 1867, declares that no citizen shall be unti tled to be registered by reason of anj execu tive pardon or amnesty for any act or taing which without such pardon or amnesty would disqualify him from registration. Seventh. Boards will take notice that it is enacted by Section 6th of the Act of July 19tb, 1S67, that the true intent and meaning ot t ie oath prescribed in said supplementary Act is, (among other things), that no person whe has been a member of the Legislature of any State or who has held any executive or judicial office in any State, whether he has take n an oath to support the Constitution of the United States or not, and whether ht was hoking tffice at the commencement of the rebellion, or had held it before, and who has afterwards engaged in insurrection or tabel lion against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof, is entitled to be registered or to vote ; and the words executive or judicial office in any Stats" in saic oath mentioned, shall be construed to in clude all civil offices created by law for the administration of any general law of a State, or for the administration of justice. ? Eighth. If there be no challenge, or it the challenge be finally overruled, and thc- Board delermiue that the applicant is entitled to be reg stered, the Board shall mark opposite the nacie of the applicant, in the proper column, " Accepted," and he shall thereupon be deemed legally registered. Ninth. If the final decision of the Board be that the applicant is not entitled to be reg istered, the Board shall mark Tu the proper column, opposite his name, "Rejected." Tenth. In every case of a rejection, the Board 8hull make a note or memorandum, set ing forth the ground of such rejection, and retirn it, with the registration list, mentioned in paragraph XX. A Viii. The registration, conducted as pro vided in Paragraph XVII, shall be made in triplicate lists, two of which shall, after the conclusion of the first session, be exposed for public inspection at convenient places, forlive days ; and the third shall be retained in pos session of the Board till after the completion of registration at the meeting provided for in pa-agraph X X, when the three having been compared and verified,shall be certified in the foi ni prescribed and printed at the end of the blauk registration list. XIX. Session for revising the lists shall be held in each election precinct, after said five days exposure of the list?, upon notice as piovided in paragraph XII, and the Boards of Registration shall have power, and it shall be their duly, to revise the same for a period of two days : and upon being satisfied that ar y person not entitled thereto has been reg is^ered, to strike tne name of such person from the list. And the Boards shall also, du ri-jg the same period, add to such registry the names of all persons who at that time possess the qualifications required by said Act, who have not been already tvgistered and who shall then apply to be registered. XX. One of the said lists shall (hen bu inmediately delivered to the Post Comman der, who will forward the same to these Headquarters. XXI. Etch Board shall, at or before the conclusion of registration, forward through the Post Commander to these Headquarters, a recommendation of three suitable person.s for Inspectors of Elections in each elect:on precinct,- stating the name, occupation and post- fficc address of each person recommended. XXII. It is enjoined upon all Boards of Registration to explain, car., ful ly, to all citi zens who have not hitherto enjoyed thc right cf suffrage, the nature of the privileges which 1 ave been extended to them, and thc impor tance . f excrcioing with intelligence '.he new and honorable franchise with which they have been invested by the Congress of the United States. XXIII. Boards will take notice that ac? corning to Section 10, of thc Act of July 19, 1807, they are not tobe bound in i heir ac tion by any opinion of any civil officer of the tjnited States. XXIV. Boards are instructed that all the provisions of the sev?ral Acts of Congress cited, are to be liberally construed, to the end hat all the intents thereof be fully and per I fectly carried oui. XXV. The attention of all concerned is directed to the requirements of Sectiou 4, of the said Act of July 10, 1SU7, by which it is ..nade the duty o' the Commanding Gencial : o remove from offic? all persons who are dis ioyul to thc Government of the United States, or who use their official influence in any man ier to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct the due and perfect administration of the Recon utruclion Acts. Thc names of all such offen ders will be reported through the Pest Com manders: and all persons in this Military District are called upon to aid and facilitate ?.he execution in pood faith of the said Acts ind the orders issued in pursuance tiiereof. XXVI. The Major-General Comnanding, in the exercise of an ultimate revi jory au thority, will, indue season, before the holding of any election, entertain and determine questions assigning errors in the registry, and will, upon inspection of the completed lis s, cause corrections of the same, that the true design and purpose of the laws be faithfully answered, and tbat all the rights thereby guaranteed be fully a?d fairly cnjoyiid. By command of Mnjor-Genert.l D. E. SICKLES. J. W. CLOUS, Captain 33ih U. S. Infantry, A. D. C. and A. A. A. G. Official : J. W. Cr.ocs, Capt. 3Sth Infantry, A. D. C. and A. A. A. G. APPENDIX. (FORM I.)-Oath Prescribed for Regissers. I.of. County of.and State of.? do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the Uni ted States 6ince I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, counte nance, counsel or encouragement to persons engaged m armed hostility thereto ; that I have neither sought, nor accepted, nor at tempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; that I have not vielded a voluntary support to any pretended Government, authority, power or Constitution within the United States, hos tile or inimical thereto. And I do further swear (or affirm) that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support and de fend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic ; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, with out any mental reservation or purpose of eva sion ; and that I will well and faithfully dis 2hurge the duties of the office on which I am ibout to enter. So help me God. .Carolina, Subscribed and sworn to before me, a . .i .this.day of., me thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. . i NOTE.-Registers will be required to take ] he oath prescribed by the Act of Congress ' approved 2d July, 18G2. Blr.nk forms of this oath will be furnished to Post Commanders, and duly subscribed and sworn, will be re turned to the Post Commander, who will for ward them to District Headquarters. And if any person shall falsely taie and subscribe such oath or affirmation, such person so of fending and being duly convicted thereof, shall be subject to the pams, penalties and disabilities which, by-law, are provided for the punishment of the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury. (FORM 2.)-Oath Prescribed for Voters. I..dosolemn ly swear ^or affirm), in the presence of Almigh ty God, that I am a citizen of the State of .; that I have resided in said State for.... .months next preceding this day, and now reside in the county of .or the parish of.. in said State, (as the case may be) ; that I am twenty-one years old ; that I have not been disfranchised for participation in any re hellion or civil war against the United States, nor for felony committed against the.laws cf any State or of the United States; that I have never been a member of any State Leg islature, nor held any executive or judicial office in any State, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that I have never taken oath as a member of Congress of the United States, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an "executive or jud lal officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or re bellion ?g?innt tho Halted. StaUa, cc pivan aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that I will faithfully support the Constitution, and obey the laws of the United S^ges, and will, to the best of my ability, encourage others so to do : So help me God. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this day of.1SG7. The Tennessee Jnggle. : Tho New York Express, one of the boldest as well as ono of the ablestadvoeates-of Con stitutional Government and the equality of thc States, exposes and dcuounces the Ten nessee election farce: u The result of tbs bogus election in Ten nessee on^ht not-and, it is to be presumed, will not-surprise anybody who has beni at the pains to keep himself informed of the conditions of things in that unhappy State. That Brownlow should have elected himself by twenty five or thirty thousand majority is certainly nothing remarkable. While he w;.s about it, he might as easily have made it fifty or sixty thousand, or, if need be, ' unanimous.' " The telcgruph tells us thc 'whole pf the eight Congressmen are also elected. Tennes see has one Conservative member in thc present1 Rump,' but it looks as if even he (in the Memphis district) has been counted out. '' " Now, we do rot hesitate to say that this so-called election is, in all its re.-poets, one of the boldest and most transparent frauds upon the people thc conntry lins witne scd Since the accession of the Radical party to power and this is saying not a little. About ev? ry mau who was not a Radical was set down as a Rebel; and uo Rebel was permitted to rote. In this way, it is estimated between fifty and sixty thousand white men were disfranchised ; at the same time that a corresponding num ber of negroes M'ere admitted t-? thc ballot I box'. And, as we have heretofore shown, in order to prevent the possible election cf any of tho Conservative candidates, ?ri thc mr>i^ sequesleicd parts of tho State, Brownlow brought his State miltl?a on the stage to in timidate, where intimidation was necessary to secure thc success of the Jacobin candidates. '.Aud now, what is the result of it all ? We answer-to keep Tennessee awhile longer under one of thc meanest despotisms with which ever a people wuv cursed, aud to ?end to Congress seven frau?:uicnt!y elected mem bers to help make law?, not for Tennessee aloue but ron vs, hove in New York, and for all the rest of the comm /. These Tcnncscro Radical members ol* Congress thus forced in (o the Capitol, as it were, by fraud, force, ter ror, are to sit there, perchante to make con stitutional amendments for us, to impose tax es upon us, to help impeach and remove tho President, and to aid the Stevenses, the Sum ners, the Wilsons, and the Butlers, to plan new usurpations and new outrages upon Con stitutional Liberty and tho rights of the peo. pie! And all this.be it remembered, while Democratic and Conservative members from Kentucky-of whose regular election there can be no reasonable doubt-?re not permit ted to take their seats. A State that never rebelled against the Union, but which sent forty thousand of her sons to suppress" tho re bellion, disfranchised-while thc negroes and "mean whites" of "seccsh"' Tennessee arc permitted to send whomsoever they like to Congress (provided the)' be neither Demo crats nor Conservatives;, to strengthen thc hands of the tyrants and dei pots who arc al ready supreme there." "The wickedness O?* this pretended elec tion, and the flagrant outrage it perpetuates upon the forms of even self government, may be the means of rousing the people of tho North and West to the rapidity with \. :( h these demagogues, arc subverting the tr bolo system of our Government. The additio i of these fraudulently choses members ol Con gress to the existing majority of thc Rump, are but so many new links in the chain they are forging for us. It will help them to main tain their Five Monarchy system throughout thc Southern military dependencies, lt will enable them, by and.bye, to give lo M:?ryland what they call ' a republican system .f gov ernment,' whereby they will bc ena':-led, by tho negro vote, and the 'disfranchisement of rebels,' to play over again, with like results, thc same game old Brownlow has just been playing,.in Tennessee. It will do mare than this. It will enable them to so lay their plau.s as to cheat the people out of a free expression of their will in the next Presidential election. It will enable them to perpetuate tneir power, to retain their big bounties and high tariffs, and, in short, to transform our whole system of Government into as complete an oliga;chy as mankind ever beheld. " We do not know whether thc masses of the people are resigned to. the prospect before them. If they are, why, then, it is best to lef the Brownlows and the bogus Congress men have their own way, in peace. If they aro not, then the sooner they shake off tho stupor which seems just now to benumb their senses, if not to destroy their manhood, the better. There is no time to lose-for Despo tism and Tyranny never beat a retreat of their own accord. If they are obliged to turn back, they must be beaten back, or not at all." ?3jTA DUTCHMAN'S DESCRIPTION ci- A RAINY NIGHT.-"Veil, last night vash do vorst as never vash. I tonght to go down de bill to mine house : but no sooner did I valk den do vaster I stand still, for de darkness was so tick dat I coot not stir it mit mino boots, and de rain-dunder and blixen ! in more den tree minute mine skin vas vet troo to mine clo's. But after von leet?e vile stopped quittin, to rain something ; so kep feelink of mineself all dc vay 'long ; and ven I comes to minc own house to valk in, vat you tink? It belong to somebody else 1" BS* ? PHILOPQENA."--An exchange says this word signifies, in its common use, u friend ship's forfeit." It is a Greek and Latin com pound, and, literally interpreted, signifies, 'Hove the penalty."