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THti OBANtiEBURfl NEWS,
. - . PUBLISHED WEEKLY .
ORANGE BURG, S. C.
Office of Publication on Market-Street over 0
Post Office.
' SAMUEL DIBBLE, Editor. '
VIRGIL C. DIBBLE, Associate Editor.
CHARLES. H. HALL, Publisher:
READINQ MATTER ON EVERY PAGE,
i? 4?htegtoh 'News.
JULY 13.?A huge mass of correspondence
betweon tho Administration, Gen. Grant, and
district commanders bos been mado public;
but as tho issues involved have all been decided
by tho bill tolegrapheoV last night, it is not
thought worth Avhilo t<r burden the wires with
? "^rfce ??rresp^nil'enco shows that i Goii. Grhnt
was strongly inclined toward the latitude claim
ed by commanders under the old bills.:
- A.bill passed tho House appropriating 81.
675,000. for^ reobnfl'trtfotiou. d
? During the -discussion, Eldridgo spoke about
tho extravagance of district commanders,- allu
ding to Sickles as a greater harlequin than the
commander at New Orloaus, and had road by
the clerk a newspaper article, speaking of dis
plays' made by'Sjckles, riding round Charles
ton in a coach and four.
Ringham replied, that it wos fitting that a
aian who lost his leg in defenco of his Govern
imcnt should ride in a coach and four.
,JSdr..Elridgo wanted to know whether it re*
qutrafl more horses to draw a man with one
leg than a man with two legs. [Laughter.]
Mr. .-Schcnck insinuated that certain gentle
men! had unadc their'way to Canada during the
vnr without any.horses at all.
. Mr. Eldridgo rotortcd that the gentleman
froni Ohio (Mr. Schcnck) had made a charge
in America whioh, if he had continued, would
have carried him to "Canada.?[Alluding to
Vienna.?Ed.]
Mr. Schcnck declared that this was an old
lie, which had..been exploded- in the teeth of
liars.
Mr. Eldridgo said he knew that that topic
would make the gentlemen (Mr. Schcnck) got
nervous.
Mr.' Schcnck repeated that it was art old lie,
which had been put down long since.
Mr. Eldridgo remarked that he know the
gentleman had contradicted it, but the people
repeated it.
Nothing important transpired in the Senate,
excopt the passage of the Reconstruction Bill,
which goes to the President.
Raymond was nominated for Austria, Ban
croft for Prussia.
It is'now positively known that the State
Department will await, further developments j
before formally mcvliig in Santa Anna's case'.**
The reconstruction bill was signed by the
proper officers of both houses, and presented to
-?the President.
Un the House io-day a petition from the
legislature of Arkansas, for au appropriation
to improve the .Mississippi levee, "received a
vote of 56 to 43, and was referred to tho Com
mittee on Appropriations. Its reception was
opposed on the ground that Arkansas was not
a State, and the Legislature could not peti
tion. .
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- JULY. 15.?In-the.Senate tho House Bill ap
propriating over 81,500,000 to meet the
pense of executing tho Reconstruction Acts
was amended by reducing , tho amount to
?1,000,000, and then passed by a vote of 37
ayes to 3 nays.' J
The President's message suggesting the
Federal liability for the debts of the Southern
States occasioned an animated debate. It was
pronounced inopportune and as calculated to
unsettle the national finances.
' In the House a Resolution was passed in
structing the Committee on Public Lands to
report tt Bill forfeiting to the United States
the swamp lands "formerly granted to Southoru
States.
A Resolution instructing th3 Judiciary Com
mittee to enquire whether Kentucky, Maryland
and Delaware have State Constitutions of a
Republican form, was passed by the Speaker's
vote,1 the House standing 47 to 47.
j An amendment reducing th? Reconstruction
Appropriation Bill to $1,000,000 (as passed by
tLb,e Senate) was conourrod in, and tho Bill sent
tp tho Prosident for approval. v
Tho Bill prohibiting tho President from
treating with tho Indians, ns passed at the last
session, was repoaled amidst applause from the
Demooratio side of tho Houso, who regarded
this as tbo first step backward from Radical
ism.'.
July 16.?In the Senate the President sent
in a mcssago relative to the Russian-American
treaty, and asking an appropriation to carry it
rout. .
Cn tho House Rtivcns introduced two bills
,on Rcrcbns'ruction ?ono entitled "a bill to en
;rfb\e the inhabitants' of the Southern Territo
ries to form State governments/' They were
.ordered to bo printed and referred to tho Com
mittee on Reconstruction. Adjourned.
The President has notified Colfax that both
?vetoes would be sent in on Thursday.
,'f *4?fctt it' lA^JS&J >. . ? ?
JuiiY 17.?In the Senate, Mr. Wilson pro
posed the following amendment, to the Consti
tution.! "No distinction shall bo made by tho
United/States, nor by any Stato, among ci ti
zens in th.oir civil or political rights, on account
of jraee or color." Ordered to bp printed.
A. Bill that no person shal\ be disqualified
by reason of race or color, Irani ^holding office
in tho Diblrje^ of Columbia paused?25 ayes to
ofjmo Navy sub
ig that Fnrrngut
y navi
5 nays?$3uynrd, Buckalew'j^TJavis, Hpmlricks
and Johnson. V,Jrik ?
? '-v'?-X ndiau; almb-s/woro. tlicti diijcusacd until the
l?*t?^ffifhW
In the- Hy iso''tho Secretary;
m'stteA! oa inja^iiior^bowdfi;
^Gotu^?fgi we'$8ie ojy
fifty-five years in service*
Butler roso to a quest ion of privilege, and
made allegations regarding prisoners. ' A col
loquy ensued. Baldwin.asked EldriJge wheth
er he expected the House to take Gcu. Ould's
statements against tho testimony and statements
of Union officers. Eldridgo believed that
Gen. Butler himself would not deny that Gen.
Ofuld,. was a highly honorablo and conscientious
man, (sneering laughter pu the Republican
aide.) Butler, remarked that bofore tho war
bo had thought Gen. Ould highly-conscientious
and honorable, but when a man committed
trepspn, Im was likp a woman fallen from vir
tue, ready for* any crime, and- from that hour
no one knew where to, find him. Eldridgo re
minded Butler that on making that statement
he had forgotten the emiueut . men who hud
gone into rebellion. Hancock and Adaius and
"Wasbingtpnj. (hisses) every one had been palled
a , rebel and every one of them had been a
rebel, (continued hisses) until rebellion became
a success.
The ' lowing .was introduced and passed un
der a suspension} of tho rules by a strict party
vote : That the doctrine evoked by tho Presi
dent, that the .obligation of tho rebel States
binds the nation to pay their debts hlcurred
prior tp the rebellion, is at war with the prin
ciples of international law, a stab at the na
tional credit,! abhorrent to ovcry sentiment of
loyalty, and pleasing only to traitors and their
allies and 'sympathisers, by whose agency alone
tho government ot the said States were over
thrown.
The Sonato Bill conferring on negroes the
right of holding office, amended to include the
right to servo on -juries, was referred to tho
Judiciary Committee. . .
? A resolution requesting the President to is
sue a proclamation directing nil proper officers
to prevent the invasion of Mexico, was referred
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
THE ORANGEBURG NEWS.
SATURDAY, JULY 20,18G7.
}\'hilc wc. reserve to ourselves the right of def,
nine/ our own p^W^f?oK hy means of our
editorial columns, tec will bcpleu^'J '" P"Ul?
contributions from our fellow-citizen'^ upon the
grave questions which note agitate the. public
mmd^thhctljer their opinions coincide with ours
or not. A district newsjiaper, wc consider,
should be an index of the various shades of pop
ular sentiment in the section of country in which
it circulates. Our columns arc open, therefore,
for nny communicatiunsproperly written, acrom
pan'ted by a responsible nanicj not 'personal in
tfmff vhnrartetrj nor. ahaoUitrltf injurious in ihctr
tendency.
. Tho Doings of Congress.
^Persons who have at any time visited a
Menagerie, have been doubtless struck with the
interest which the caged animals exhibit to
wards the slightest movement of their keepers.
Tho lordly lion, once king of the Afric wild,
when confined in his iron-barred quarters, fol
lows, with his eyes, the actions of a single hu
man being, who is. to the imprisoned brute, the
arbiter 01* his fate from day to day. Such is
our role now. Wc conquoi'cd rebels, subdued
traitors, captured barbarians, arc caged at last,
and tho groat Congress of tho United States
ha^ organized itself into a company of beast
trainers, to bring us from the rough moods of
savagery, to the sweeter dispositions and habits
of civilized life. .
? While undergoing this process of political
discipline, we naturally net as other wild ani
mals would do in similar circumstances;?wo
watch with oager intorcst the movements of our
keepers, and often speculate whether the next
proceeding will be our. scanty ration of favor,
or tho sharp lash of punishment. And just
new, though we aro in that condition of serai
starvation, which it is suid, renders tho fiercest
beast docile and tractable, yet Congress doesn't
trust to that alone. Wo have broken out of
our cages once, and we might do it again; so
extra precautions aro to be adopted. We must
feel the smart of the lash, as well as tho in
ward gnawing of privation. Such is the will
of our absolute masters.
But we perceive among them some differ
ences of opinion as to the proper mode of civi
lizing and rcpublicanizing the savuge South.
There is one class composed of old fogies,
called tho Senate, who believe in training us
with some regard to an antiquated set of rules,
called the Constitution of,the United States.
But there is a more enterprising body of young
Mcnageric-mcn, called the House of Represen
tatives, who wish to kcop up with tho spirit of |
tho age; who desire, as they say, to make
rules to suit the times.; who arc wedded to
now theories, and think that the present is a.
fine opportunity to test them. These two par
tics would never agree, but for one thing,?
they both have a wholesome fear and hatred of |
tho wild animals under their keeping. Thoy
know that when the said wild animals broke
out befpfp, they had to call upon their neigh
bors all around, to get theni within bounds
again; nnd as they ore not always certain of
help, they want to make the cages strong
cnoughv|^,jto) ltfe^?o the"pos?ibilltjjr df'/uch*
an accident again. .
The drf)atj^ upon the passage of the last
Reconstruction, Bill gave risp to new develop-'
ments, f^jnVhich *^ may gather some idoas
as to thc^tulurc formation of political parties.
There Is fomcthing Biguillcant in the lan
g?agQ ?f Yf ii>\udkus StkvkN?, as reported by
the Woshiugton correspondent of tho Charlcs
ton Obtirpri 11^ iwritcsrtis |ollc?va : ?'. j
The new Reconstruction Bill, ns it passed
Congress,* is published this morning. It- is, in.
substantially the Senate project, and-' is, in
some particulars, less offensive and abominable
than the llonse Bill. Tho reason for this back
wardness on the part of the Senate , to accent
all the extreme projects of the House Radicals
is stated by Mr. Thaddens Stevens. The Sen
ate had, or pretended to have, old fogy notions
of constitutional law. "The Senate" he said,
"was several furlongs' behind the House in the
work of reform?perhaps he ought to say, Rad
icalism. Some fragments of' the old shat.teied
Constitution had stuck perhaps in the kidney?.
of some Senators and troubled them at night.
The ghost of tho past Constitution stood in
their way and obstructed their progress."
This was the apology -which Mr. Stevens
made to the House for the short-comings of
the Senate, and it was accepted.
This much for Stevens: now let us hear
from Wilson in the Senate, who is the expo
nent of tho public sentiment of a lurgo section
of tho North. The same correspondent writes,
that "Senator Wilson and others expressed" the
opiuioil that under the provisions of these Re
construction Acts, as they stand, the South
could and would be admitted upon compliance
with tho same. He believed that this Bill
would complete the work of reconstruction,
and he deprecated all propositions and discus
sions, about further guarantees."
Wo opine that these differences of opinion
will eventually result in a great "split" in the
Republican party, aud with their division will
conic the downfall of the extremists. The
moderate wing is hound to triumph, and the
ultraists will die out of political existence;
while conservative elements will cluster around
the fragments of the Constitution, and endeavor
to save the country. Thai). Stf.vkn.? will.
a';t "fa brokeu heart; beast bvtlek Will re.
tire to private life, and employ f"? rcmaiue.
of his days in giving dinner parties,, where he
can display the quantity aud the excellence of
his silver plate, and sip soup with rebel spoon
and perchance, some other magnate of the pi
Hont will rido in u Hloigh nnd foUIj o\ er .the
snows of Alaska, shutting up the bar-rooms,
and passing stay-laws for tho benefit of the
Esquimaux in our newly acquired Russian pro
vinces': while the American eagle will flap bis
wings for a more heavenly flight, and the
American rooster will crow defiance iifa louder
note to all surrounding nations. 17rr la AV
publlQUC.
Lloyd Garrison in England.
This fanatical apostle of the Abolition party
has recently been honored with a public break
fast at St. James's Hall, London, at which tho
great English Radical, Mr. Bright, as well as
the Duke of Argyle, Karl Russell, Mr. Stuart
Mill and several others made addresses. The
English speakers enlarged upon the magnan
imity and mercy of our Yankee conquerors'.
We wish that they could see a little id'the
real statu of thu case ; they would open their
eyes, and shut their mouths.
Garrison in the course of his remarks related
the following anecdote, which shows how much
the people of England understand of Ameri
can Institutions and American Society. We
clip from the London (Eng.) Observer of tho
30th ult.. ("for which wc are indebted to the
kindness of Mr. E. E/.ekicl.) the following ox
tract from Garrison's speech :
I first came to England iu 1833 to expose to
Mr. Wilbcrforce, Mr. Clarkson, and other
philanthropists the real character and real ten
dency of the American Colonization Society.
I am happy to say I succeeded in doing so. and
in a short time had the pleasure of receiving
a protest against that society as an obstruction
to the cause of freedom throughout the world,
signed by Wilherforce, Buxton, Zachary 31 a
caulay, and others of your great friends of the
negro. On arriving in London on that occa
sion I received a very polite invitation from
Mr. Buxton to take breakfast with him, and
on going to bis house, and when my name was
announced. Mr. Buxton, instead of coming
forward as I expected he would have done to
give nie his hand, paused and scrutinised me
very carefully from head to foot, and then said.
"Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Gar
rison, of Boston, of the United States of
America V I replied, "Yes, sir, I am he. I
have conic, in accordance with your kind note,
to take breakfast with you" [a laugh]. Udld
ing up his hands he exclaimed aloud to a largo
number of ladies and gentlemen present, ' Why
my dear sir, I thought yon were a black man,
and I have invited this largo number of ladies
und gentlemen to welcome Mr. Garrison, the
black advocate of emancipation" [cheers .and
laughter]. That is the only compliment ever^
I had .paid to mo which 1 care to rcineiut
aiicij
lip Cost of IlecoiLstmclionYL "
ijfi #a '%1 ' y?f
Tho JVjljpwing is the priucipal part of the
message of the 1'rcsidcnt concerning the ex
penses of Reconstruction :
In answer to thnt-portiono? the ' resolution
which inquires whether the "sum of money
heretofore appropriated?for- carrving-these Acts
into 'effect is r probably suflrcifent, rcforerieo is
made to the accompanying report of the Secre
tary of War. It will be seen from that report
that the appropriation of five hundred thousand
I dollars mado iu the Act approved March 30,
18C7, for.the purpose of carrying into effect
the "Act to provide for the more efficient gov
ernment of the rebel States.".passed March 2,
1807, and the Act supplementary, passed
March 23, 1807, has already been expended by
tho commanders of tho several Military Dis
tricts, and that in addition tho-sum of 81.048,
277 is required for prcsont purposes. h
It is exceedingly., difficult, at the present
timo, to estimate the probable expenso of carry
ing into full effoct the two Acts of March last,
and the Bill which passed the two houses of
Congress on the 13th instant; If the existing
Governments of ton States of tho Union are to
be deposed, and tlicir entire machinery is to be
placed under the exclusive control and authori
ty of the respective District Commanders, all
the expenditures incident to the administration
of such Governments must necessarily bo in
curred by the Federal Government; It is be
lieved that in addition to the 82.100.000 al
ready expendod or estimated for, the sum which
would be required for this purpose would not
be less than fourteen millions of dollars?the
aggregate amount expended prior to the re
bellion, iu the administration of thoir respec
tive Governments by the ten States embraced
in the provisions of those Acts. This sum
would no doubt be considerably augmented if
the machinery of these States is to be operated
by the Federal Government, and would bo
largely increased if the Fuited States, by abol
ishing the existing State Govern incuts, should
become responsible for liabilities incurred by
them before the rebellion, in laudable efforts to
develop their resources, and iu nowise created
fur .insurrectionary or revolutionary purposes.
The debts of these States, thus legitimately in
curved,'when accurately ascertained, will, it is
believed, approximate a hundred millions of
dollars, and they arc held not only by our own
citizens, among whom are residents of portions of
I ill? country which have ever remained loyal to
[ the Union, !??? by pcrso!:? who ?a? the subjects
of foreign Governments, xt L ?vnrt M? fh? *' 1
sidcrntion of Congress-and the country wheth
er.- if the Federal Government by its action,
were to assume such obligations, .so large an ad
dition ?o our public eifperiultui'cs woUUt not |
scriouslv impair the credit of the nation; or,
on the other hand, whether the refusal of Con
gress to guarantee, the. payment of the debts of
these States, after having displaced or abolished
their State Governments, would not be viewed
as a violation of good faith, and a repudiation
by the National Legislature of liabilities which
these States had justly and legally incurred.
ANimiyW .JOHNSON.
Washington, D. C. duly 15. 1807.
Another Attack on Fort Wiilhiec-rHcavy
Loss Sustained by the Garrison-- The
Indian Leader Killed.
FoitT Wai.i.Ack. Kansas, Juno 25.?Yes
terday four hundred Indians, the same band
that were driven off a few days ago, made an
other attack on this post. Captain Borwitz,
with G troop, of 7th Cavalry, went out and
gave the savages battle. At first ho was re
pulsed, but after a desperate fight succeeded
in driving the red skins away. Out of forty
eight soldiers who participated in the action
thirteen were killed. Besides this loss in men,
twenty horses were either killod or captured.
The Indian loss is uncertain, as they carried
off their killed and wounded, but it must have
been large. Tho Cheyenno chief, Hornau
Nose, one of the most influential Indians on the
plains, is reported slain. All mail communi
cation has been stopped, and I am only ablo to
send this by a spocial courier. Gen. Wright
is here, waiting for further developments.
The Second Supplementary Act.
The following is the Second Supplementary
act as it passed both Houses of Congress:
An Act supplementary to an act entitled "An
Act to provide for the more efficient govern
eminent of the rebel States;" passed March
2d, 1 StiT. and the act supplementary thereto,
passed March 23, 18f>7 :
He it enacted fy the Senate (wit House of'
lieprescn/ativcs of'the ('nitro' Stiftes of .America
in Cougrcss asse.niolcd, That it is hereby de
clared to have been the true intent and mean
ing of the act of 2d day March. 1807, entitled
an act to provide for the more efficient govern
inent of the rebel States, and of the acts sup
plementary thereto, passed on the 23d day of
March. 18(57. that the governments then exist
ing in the rebel States of Virginia, North ('aro
Una, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi,
Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Ar
kntisas, wen; not legal, and that hereafter said
governments, if continued, were State govern
ments continued subject in all respects to the
Military Commanders of the respective dip
trlcts ami to the paramount authority of Con
gress.
SRC. 2. And he it farther enncirtf, That the
commander of nny district named in said-net,
shall have power, subject to the disapproval of
cgxereising, or profcssiug to hold or gscrc?jggj
'nfiv^'vil or niilitary office or duty in KichmR
itt?$fc render any power, c?ction>j{?p^tuie4t?
or authority derived from,: or gt?tUej(l by. ot
elj^m$|, under, any so-called?tatfc?r ($he gov**|
crnuumt thereof, or any municipal or other di
vision thereof, and upon-:$uoh-suspension or
removal such commander, uubject to the disap
proval ol the general as aforesaid, shall have
power to provide from time to time for the per
formance of the said duties of such officer ,op
person so Suspended or removed, by'tho detail
of some' competent officer or soldier of the
army, or by the appointment of some other
person to perform the samcj and to fill vacan
cies occasioned by death, resignation, or other
wise. . T a. X :i 0 %
Skc. 'A. And be it further enacted, That the
general of tho armies of .the United States
shall be invested with all tho, powers of suspen
sion, removal, appointment, and detail granted
in the prcccding'scction to District Command
ers, .v ?'? t ? < ? ??<? ? ?
Sko. 4. Ami'be it further enacted, That tho
acts of the officers of the army already done
in removing in said districts persons exercising
the functions of civil officers and appointing
others in their stead .aro horcby confirmed.
Provided, That any person heretofore or here
after appointed by any District Commander, to
exercise tho functions of nuy civil office, may
be removed cither by the military officer in
comuiaud of tho District or by tho general of
the armies of the United .States; and it shall
be the duty of such Commanders to remove
from office ns aforesaid all persons who are dis
loyal to the Government of the United States,
or who use their official influence in any man
ner to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct the
due aud proper administration of this act, and
the acts to which it is supplementary.
SkO. 5. And be it farther enacted, That the
Hoards of Registration provided for in the act
entitled "An act supplementary to an. act enti
tled 'An act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States,' passed [March
2, 1807, and to facilitate restoration," passed
March 18G7, shall have power, and it shall
be their duty before allowing the registration
of any person, to ascertain, upon such facts or
information as they can obtain, whether such
person is entitled to be registered under said
act, and the oath required by said act shall not
be conclusive /on such question, and no
person shall bo registered unless such board
shall decide that he is entitled thereto, and
such board shall also' have iniwer to exam
ine under oath (to be administered by any
member of such board) any one touching the
qualification of any pefs? n claiming registra
tion. Rut iu every case of a refusal by the
board to register nn applicant; and in every
case of striking his name from the list as here
I iiuiflci j ..7!'"'!(1" the board vhnll :nakc a note
' T.hjcU sit bC ?cUU'Ufd with
or memoranttM .. ' ? .
i ? . ' ? V / ? -Manding
such registration lists to the luu.
General <?f the district, setting forth , the I
grounds of such refusal or such striking from I
the list, prorulcd, that no person shall he dis
qualified as member of any Board of Registra
tion by re.ison of race or color.
Sec. G. And be it further enacted, That the
true intent and meaning of the oath prescribed
in said Supplementary act is (among otljer
things) tint no pers in who has been a m.Muber
of the Legislature of any State, or who has
held any executive or judicial office in any
State, wlluthur ho has taken an oath to support
tlio Constitution of the United State? or not,
and whether he was holding office at the com
mencement of the rebellion ov had held it be
fore, and who was afterwards engaged in in
surrection or robollion against the United
States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof, is entitled to bo registered or to vote;
and the words "executive or judicial office in
an}' State" in said oath mentioned shall be
construed to include all eivil offices ercated by
law for the administration of any general law
of a State, or for the administration of justice.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the
time for completing the original registration
provided for in said act may. in the discretion
of the commander of any district, be extended
to the first day of October, 18G7, aud the
Roards of Registration shall have power and
it shall be their duty, commencing fourteen
days prior to any election under said act, and
upon reasonable public notice of the timo and
place thoreof, to revise, for a period of five
days, tho registration lists, and upon boing sat
isfied that any person not entitled thereto has
been registered, to strike tho name of such
person from tho list. And such board shall
also, during the same period, add to such regis
try the names ol all persons who at that time
possess the qualifications required by said act
who have not been already registered, and no
person shall at any time be entitled to be regis
tered or to vote by reason of any executive
pardon or amnesty for any act or thing which,
without such pardon or amnesty, would dis
qualify him from registration or voting.
Sec. 8. And be. if further enacted, That
section four of last said named act shall be
construed to authorize tho Commanding Gene
ral named therein, whenever he shall deem it
needful, to remove any member of a Hoard of
Registration aud to appoint another in his stead,
and to fill any vacancy in such board.
Sec. D' Ami be. if further enacted, That all
the general of the armies of the United States,
to have effect until disapproved whenever in
the opinion of such commander the proper ad
ministration of said net shall require it, to sus
pend or romove from offioo, or from the per
formance of official duties nnd the exercise of
official powers, any officer or person holding or
members of said Hoard of Registration, nnd all
persons honrnftcr entered or appointed to office
in said military districts, under any so-called
State or muuictpa? authority, or by detail ov
int incut of tho District Com ma adore' shall
quired to take and subscribe the oath
oftoffico prescribed by law folf offices of tho ,
tujW States.
jec. 10. And be it furtlicr.enackcdy That no
District Commander or member of the Board
of Registration, or any of the officers or ap
pointees nctiHg Under them, shall be bound in
his action by any opinion .of any civil officer of
tho United States.
( ^eo, lk^iin^^yt^^^ts?ff^'That '
the provisions of this act and the acts to which
this is supplementary, sbnjl bo^constru^d liber- .
rally to tho end thajt ??^jg^i^tf^^lp^
may be fully and perfectly carried out.
? am ik/l?AM as* ";
Mrs. Adclicia Acklinhasprcsented tho First
Presbyterian Church ef Nashville with5 a bell
wcighiug.dOOO poundsj aij,d casting.$3000.'
The First African Church in Richmond/1&* ? ?
supposed tobe tho largest on, the jconfcincnt. .
It has over 4000 names on its rccortVand 3000
resident members.
Gen. Ord complains oT tho difficulty he ex
periences of finding a sufficient:number of loy- .
nl men in Mississippi qualified to act an regbv
trars. *.'. ' ? ? ??'?'? ?
Gen. Grant approves a suggestion from Gem
Pope that cx-Confederates who oppose the jOon*,
grcssional Reconstruction Acts ui?y bo rOgafd*
cd as violating their-paroles. 'l? .
The French Government-, hearing nothing
from its Mexican Minister since tile capture of
the City of Mexico, is about scrtdlng a strong
fleet to Vora-CruH to protect hirh or to resent
any indisfnitics offered'hiui.
J . . . . tr? wtirttvwh*. V?
Tho. Fourth' of July passed off Very quietly
in Chicago. Only twelve fires, five murders,
three suicides, half a- dozon robberies, and nine
cases of. rapc , arc reported.. The morals of
that city must be improving. . ,_
The Republican Union-Congressional Com
mittee met in Washington, July 15th, for the
purpose of 'hearing reports from Southern
Agents, to consider tho political situation and
to adopt means to secure political j douunanco
in that section.
Political nrrcsts in f?pain are always inado
on tho largest scale, and-it is therefore not a
matter of surprise that, in consequence of ? a '
rumor of a conspiracy against the lit'o^of'tho
Quoon. tho Government has at once made-a'big
haul of over two thousand persons suspected of
complicity.
The wonderful vitality of the Hebrew race*
has never neon nifire forcibly dcmonfu&fod tbaii
in the instance of Disraeli. .Horn. jx?houfe,
tank, for|uno or social ]>c*ition, ^dbu.-.-fibeer
force of intellect he has mounted to tho high
est place in England, and leads the . proudest
nd matt -?ar,!*^t riU'y m the ^:t\A inirf
test. ? ' *' ' " 1,1
The American Consul at Vera Cm/., under,
date of Juno 28, writes > This State;! Deport
mcn*. and City of Vora Cruz, and Castle.-uf *.
St. Juan d'CUua, is in quiot possession of the
Mexican National General Renn rides ? The
Imperial chief and foreign troops have cm?*
barked and loft tho country.
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..The vetomessago will probably bo delayed.
Instead of a formal veto and protest on grounds
already argured, an elaborate and Carefully
prcparod State paper will be presented by the
President.
The expenses of tho Iudian War, ncoording
to estimates made at General 'Grant's head
quarters, arc-fully one million dollars a week,
says a Washington dispatch to tho Boston
Advertiser. The same authority says, in .case
it is determined to inaugurate.a vigorous cam
paign, oxpcnditurcM will -soon bo needed to
meet the wants of the increased force. of about
live mill ions per week. Thus far, since the
troublo began, every Indian killed has cost the>
government one million dollars and the live*
of about ten whitc'mcn.
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Commencement of WofFord CoUege-,. ?
The entertainments and exercises of the
week cominencod on Sunday, with the very"
ablo and eloquent Commencement Sermon < bys
tbc Rev. Dr. Wbitcfoord Smith, >o tV* college
chapel, On Monday evening, Prof. James H>
Carlisle gave his learned aud instructive lec
ture on the HTnited . States Coast Surveys
Tuesday evoning was appropriated tea concert
by the young ladies of the Fcmnlo College,,
now presided over by the Rev. Dr. Cummings..
The performances of this musical entertain
ment gave much satisfaction and assurance of
correct teaching and fine taste.
At 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, the
capacious Chapel of tho Collego was tilled
throughout with a largo and- rcspcctatlp. audi
nnco. The exorcises of the occasion commenc
ed by music and a prayer by the Rev. Dr'.
Smith.
J. Adolph us Foster, of Spartnnburg, theni
delivered an oration, the text of which was,.
"X stone that is fit for the wall, is not left in,
the way." . ?
The next in order, was an oration by John
Wilds Shipp, of Spartnnburg; his theme, "Tho
Land we Love." %.hi
The subjects discussed by the orators w*ifb,
different, consequently the notion was different.
Roth alike, however acquitted themselves whU,
much honor. J? ? * **tiV
The Rev. Abnor A, Porter, pastor of tho
Presbyterian Churchy ?f tli fa place, closed) tho
ficroi^H. of the ocya?rou by the dclfcery of ttn
appropriate aud: masterty address.
[Carolina Spartan g