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More Orders, The following Order* (No. 12,) datsd the 20th instant, have just bven issued by God. Sickle* c I. The Military Sub-Districts of North Carolina and South Carolina are hereby ditscontiuUod. II. The territory embraced within this command is divided into Posts, as fol lows ; SOUTH CMtOMXA. 1. The Military Post of Charleston to embrace the State Districts of Chat'eston, Colleton, and Berkley, and the adjacent islands; to bo commanded bv Brevet llrigalier-Oeneral 11. B. Clilfc, Lieuttn? ant Colonel Gdi Infantry. Headquarters at Chsrleston, S. C. Garrison : Head quarters and Companies A. D. F and T, Gth Infantry, and- Companies D. and F, 40ih Infantry. 2. The Military Post of Hilton Head, to embrace tbe State Districts of Beau fort and adjacent islands; to be commanded by Brevet Captain James Chester, 1st lieutenant 3d Artillery, Iieadquar ters at Hilton Head. Garrison : Company E, 3d Artillery, and Company K, 40th Infantry. # 3. The Military Post of Georgetown, to embrace the State Districts of Q ftnrntM town, and Horry; to be commanded by Ilrevet Major R W. II. Read, Captain 8th Infantry. 'Headquarters at Georgetown, S. C. Garrison : Company Oj 8tb Infantry. 4. The Military Post of Aiken, to em< brace the State DiatricU'of Barnwell and Kdgefiald ; to be commanded by Brevet Major L.#Walker, Captain 5tb Cavalry. Headquarters at Aiken, S. C. Garrison: Companies II, and L, Glli Cavalry. 6. The Military Post of Darlington, to embrace the State Districts of Williamsburg, Clarendon, Marion, Darlington, Marlboro', and Chesterfield ; to be commanded by Captain H. S. Hawkins, Gth Infantry. Headquarters at Darlington, S. C. Garrison : Company G, Oth In faulry. G. The Military Post of Columbia, to embrace the State Districts of Oraogeburg, Surate[, Kershaw^ Richland "tend Lexington : to be commanded by Brevet Brigadier-Gtneral J. D. Greene, Colonel Oth Infantry. Headquarters at Cotum bia, S. C. Garrison : Companies, B, C, and K, Gth Infantry. 1 Tim r>?< _r xr__i .. .no .v.i i y i ui 11?wnerrr, 10 embrace the State Districts of Newberry, Laurens, and Abbeville ; to be coalman ded by Brevet "Major J. M. Cleary, Cap. tain 6th Infantry. Headquarters at New. berry, S. C. Garrison : Company H Cth Infantry. The Military Post of Anderson, to em brace iho State Districts of Anderson, Greenville and Pickens; to be cominm ded by Brevet Lieutenant Colonel A. T. Smith, Captain 8th Infantrv. Headquarters at Anderson, S. C. Garrison \ Com* pany /, 8th Infantry. ? 9. The Military Poet of UnionVille, to embrace the Slate Distrieta of Spartan burg and Union; to be commanded by Brevet LieutenantiColonel J. N. Andrews Captain 8th Infantrv. Headquarters at Unionvllle, S. C. Garrison j Company G, 8tb Infantry. 10. The Military Post of Chester, to embrace tbe State Districts of York.Ches ter, Fairfield and LancaUpr : to tie comi niHDded by Brevet M ?j ?r I). I). Lvnn, Captain Gih Infantry* !I<*ni)qnariert at Chester. S. C. Garrison : Company K, Gib Infantry. III. Special Orders Concerning the movement or troops, assigned to post* in this order, will bo issued from these bead, quarters. IV. The records of the Military SubDistricts herein abolished will be turned over in person by the staff officer* re*pec lively, now in charge of the tame, to the Acting Assistant Adjutant-General on duty at these headquarters. V. The attention of Post Commanders is called to General Orders Nos. T, 15 . (paragraphs V111. IX and X), 21 and 42, series of i860. Headquarters Depart ineot of the South, and paragraph 69? of the Revised Regulations fut the Army of 1803. VI. The reports, returns, etc., required in circular from these headquarters, of this date, must be promptly forwarded. VII. The following named officer*, in addition to their other duliee, hare been fcnigned in orders from the War Depart inent, as Assistant Commissioners of the Bureau of Refugees, Froedmen and Abaodoned Lands, within tba limits of this command t . Brevet Major General R. K. Scott, foj South Carolina. Headquarters at Char .jeston, 8. C. Brevet Major General N. A. Miles, Colonel 40th Inlantry, for North Carolina, Hindquarters at Raleigh, N. C. Ceo.mending Officers will, as hereto 'ore in compliance with existing orders, extend all propor facilities and protection to the officer* and agents of the Bureau ,y( Refuged, Freed men a=d '.'.:se<iosdd Lands, ito the discharge of their duties. Pout Commander*, on the application of the Commissioner or Assistant Com rnissioner of the Bureau, will* in addition to their pre#en^ duties assume the duties of flub Assistant Commissi' new of the Bureau for the teyitory included withitt the limits of their posts, respectively. VIII. All officer* charged with the Care of public property, or the disbursement of publio money, will render to the chiefs of the respfctive Staff Departments on duty at these Beadqoarteis such reports, re turns, accounts, Ac., as the? may require in order to enable them fully to carry nut, under the direction of the commanding General,* the requirements of General Order No. 08,-seris* of 1866, and Articla XLI. of the Revised Regulation# for the Army of 1843. IX. Requisition for supplies will be sent by Commander* of Poata to tb* Cbi*f? of proper Staff Department. X. Tb* aale of apirifoti* liquor* by any person or peraona to soldier*, sailors or marine* in the service of tbe United State*, (a hereby prohibited, and any per*on *o offending, procuring for, or giring away 1 U1 L-'- MIL ?IML-UfclMlf ? to any soldier, sailor or marine any spirit ou* liquors, will be brought tc trial before a military tribunal, atiti shall be fined in a sum not exceed in one hundred nor less than fifty dollars, or imprisoned for a pa riod not exceeding l*o months. And any person giving information of an> violation of tins order shall, upon conviction of the person accused, be entitled to receive one fourth ot the fine imposed and collected. Post Commanders will require Sheriffs, j t'epuiy rsticritts, Constables and (tie police ! within tli?ir coinnianda 10 report to ibem j any violation of military orders and arrest j the guilty parties. XI. Poet Commanders will eiercise a j supervision over all Magstrates, Sheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs, Constables, and Police : within their commands ; and will, when ! ever necessary for the preservation of or j der and the efficient discharge of their duties, assume command of the police force. By command of MajoriOeneral D. E Sickles, J. W. CLOUS, Captain 38th Iufantrr, A. I) C. ?b A. A. A. Gen. Official: J. \V. Clous, Aid J? Camp. a? HVqrs, 2d Military District. Charleston, S. C., April 20, 'C7. Special Orders No 13. (EXTRACT) w * * * * * I. Special Orders No. 21, current series, from thece Headquarters, which establish a provost Court within the military post of Aiken, S. C., are hcteby so modified that no sentence affecting the liberty of inv nersnn. shall So ?vnr>ni?.t ?..ttl it t. I approved by the Commanding General; and it 4s fu'ther ordered, that white persona charged with murder, manslaughter, rape, or arson, on the person or property of persons of color, and persons of color charged with like offences against iba persons or property of white persons will he brought to tr\?1 before a Military Com mission', the accused will he taken into military custody and the evidence in the ' case with charges forwatdod to these Headquarters. a * * * * % By Command df Major General D. E, Sickles. J. W. CLOUS, Captain 38lb U. S. Infantry, A. I). C. & A. A. A. Gen'. Official: J. ?V\ Clocs, Aid de Camp. The White And Colored Popnlation of Sooth Carolina in I860. The following table shows the White ( and Colored" (slave and free) population ( of this State, according to the census of ( 1800 : , ft District j White | Col'd [Total, i ??? I??- ??- ^ Abbeville 11.516 i 20,869 32.385 Anderson 14.286 j 8.687| 21 873 ' Barnwell 12.702 18 041, 30.743 | Beaufort 6 714 3 j 339 40.053 Charleaion... 29."'88 40?l2: 70.100 . Cheater 7.088 11,024 18,122 ' Chesterfield. 7,354 4 480 1 1,834 c Clarendon .. 4,378 8,717 13.095 Colleton 9.255 32.661 41.916 Darling'oo .. 8.432 11.929 20 361 c Edgefield 15.654 | 24.213 39.887 Fail field 6 373 j 15.738; 22.Ill Georgetown.. 30lS | 18.292 '21.305 Greenville .. 14,631 ' 7.26l' 21.892 llorry 6 564 j 2.398 7.962 I Kershaw 6,048 8,038! 18.086 Lancaster .. . 6.054 5.7431 11,797 laturena 10.529 13.3291 23 858 Lexington ... 9,833 ! C 246) 16 579 I i - ' ? -?1 aiinin....u 1 1 UU7 | 10,in;ti 21.190 Marlboro'... 5.873 7,06l| 12,434 S Newberry... 7,000 j 43.H"7^?| 20,979 t Orangeburg .? 8.108 i 16788 24.896 ( 1'ickeus 15,835 4.304 19.639 Richland 6 863 11444 18,307 ' Spartanburg . 18.537 8.382 016 919 I Sumter 6,857 17.002 23.859 , Union 8.670 10 965 19.635 YVilli*tti?burg 5,187 I 10 303 16,489 1 York 11.329 ! 10.173 21,502 I 1 Tetwl 291.388 I 412.320 703.7o8 Br thie table it will be eeen that in ( 1860 there ?u a preponderance cf the { whites over the blacks in the district! of Anderson,Chesterfinld, Greenville, Horry, Lancaster, Lexington, Maiiec, Pickens, . Spartanburg, and York ; and that in the. following districts the whites were in the minority Abbeville Barnwell, Beaufort, > Charleston, Chester, Clarendon, Oollefon, : Darlington. Edgefield, Fairfield, George I town, Kershaw, Laurens. Marlboro', New| berry, Orangeburg, Richland, Sumter, Union, and Williamshnrg. All of the results shown in the table must, however, have been cnnsidereLly modified by the course and results of the late war. Uhmrldton Mercury. mm* Gen. Sickles. The New York Herald, in publishing the general orders of Geo. Sickles, in concluding its comments on said ordets, says : wllia ge'neral order of the 11th is a piece of real wisdom, all lbs more escel. lent for being timely, it sets aside laws eery boldlv ; h?r iU Ikoldnes* is decreet since it sets aside Isms for the very reason for which tbev were first grade?to protect the people and prevent misery. General Sick1**e acta in the spirit of a commander who regards the people as committed not so much to his rule as to bis care, ile gives a noble answer to those disaffected Southern politicians who haA denounced the military bill a* an oppression, in showi j ing them how well it will serve for a da| fence againe*. oppressors IIis first use cf birgreat powers ku been in favor of the people, and that grave fact will go far to eerrect the erroneous Impression the South has had of th? apirit in which the North intended to govern. We see in General Sickles a men of fhe same type with tboee who made Home greet?one equal" ly competent io wer end in politics, with th^ emple development that enables bim to sbioe :n either sphere. Qe is possessed of genius, of experience, and bas a mind cultivated by extensive study?the three < requisites laid down ny Holingbrote as necessary to a great leader; and if he uses his opportunities witli ihe discretion ' and moderation that have marked bis 1 course thus far, his future career will be a < splendid one for bis country." < ICauruster ICeitger. PUBLISHED AT LANCASTER 0. H. S. C., V COM IVORS A CARTER. WEDNESDAY MORNING, M.y 1. 1B6T. ^ Subscribers finding >i (X) cross mark on the margin of their paper may know that their time is about to expire. TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION. For one year, in advance, |3 00 For mx mon ths, " ? 1 50 For three months, " 1 00 Order No. 12. The Order of, Gen'l Sick Lite (No 10) published bv us last we?g. has been fob lowed bv Order No. 12. which will he found in this paper. It will be seen that the Stale is divided into Military 'Posts, and a garrison stationed at each Post.? Post Commanders are required to exer else supervision overall Magistrate*, Sher iff*, Constables, die Whi's person* wit If in the militarv Post of Ait***, S C. consisting of Edgefield snd llarnwell, char ged with murder, manslaughter, rape, or arson, on the person or property of per? sons of color, and pessons of color charg At] Willi 111.* A nffuncAa uo>!nit ?wkil a'Sva* vv? ? ?? Vimin OK * ?! % " ii"n J?VI softs, will he tried by a Military Commission. These orders will he read with in. tereat hv our people, if not with entire satisfaction. We are alout to experience the operations of the military hill in ?^)l its details. What the gnd will he, time only can reveal. The A. 11- E. Zton Conference. The proceedihgs qf the Conference of colored ministers of the A. M E. Jfrpn Church, held at Chester a abort time since, are published elsewhere in this pa. per, and will he re?d with interest aa the flret assemblage of the kind ever held in South Carolina. The deliberation#, aa presented in the report, are quite respec table and do credit to the colored people. The lietler clasa of whitea will rejoice to nee this and other eyid.-nces of the elevation of the blacks, and nons more an than their former masters. We have now a jommon interest and destine, and what* aver tenda to imp'oVe and elevate one j ;laaa of citizens, inures to the welfare of he whole people. Confidence and har monv of feeling between llin two races is what all should endeavor to inculcate and istahliah, aa the means of promoting the jrosperuy 01 our common coun'rv. In nil proper efforts to advance their ntereata end improve their condition, the elored peop's will find that they will l>e ncouraged and auatalnad by lh? beat tpi among ua. The Injunction Cases. The motion before the Supreme Court o resira'n by injunction the operations if the Military hill in the State* of Mis. issippi and Georgia, which were to have teen argued ou Friday last, cannot he re. yarded, tie matter what may be the pracical results, with other than profonnd in. erest. The Augusta Chronicle and Seninel reports that Governor Jkhkina, who las lately returned from Washington, is not without hope that the Injunction will be granted. The question of jurisdiction reamed to b? admittecWn the granting of the order for a subpoena, an'd it was thought by our friends in Washington, that the court would, at the hearing of the bill on Friday, grant the - injunction Pendente lite. Kven lite temporary in junction to restrain until the answer of the defendants are regularly filed and a full hearing upon the merits of the gr^Rt queationa raised hv the hill would present the enforcement of thf Military bill foj m year at leaat. The opinion of that eminent lawrer, Charlea O'Connor, ta thua reported hv the Washington correspondent of the New YorMUerald : w "Mr. Charles O'Conor expresses himself as thoroughly satisfied that an injuuction will iaaue to reatram the execution of the reconstruction measures aa against the parttea embraced by the (Georgia bill, and he declares that tlia court cannot evade the queetioo without disgrace.? The Southern States, he asserts, have the same constitutional States as hefora the war ; that to maintain that statu* was the object of the war, as repaaiedlv resol ved by Congress itself, and it is an idl# for any person or power now to ignore the fact as it would be to question the result On the other hand. Mr Ca'eb Gushing advances the opinion that the injunction cannot issue against the Secre farv of War any more than it can agair.st the President himself, because the official acts of that Secretary are the executive acts of the Preeident, and the Secretary is the executive agent of the President ; hence >1 is that the courts have always held that the writ of mandamus will not lie to compel the heads of any of the ex ao ill sia ilui.act n>aikfc lit /4/? 11- - performance of which is within their offl c;al discretion. Tint Injukctiow Casks ?The counsel engaged 'in behalf of the Georgia and Mississippi injunction cases held a consultation on Saturday, and agreed that Charles O'Conor should address the 8upremu Court in the Georgia case, and Judge Black should speak oc the Mississippi case. The arguments will he beard on the 2ith, and a decision is eipected as early as the succeeding Monday. l The Bankrupt Law. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has Appointed Justices Nelson, Swayne aad Miller, of that Court, a com mission to prepare the forms and practice to b? employed under the bankrupt law. Mr. Clinton Rice, of New York, has been chosen secretary of the commission. There are many people who are wait ins; to take advantage of this law, so that the business of becoming voluntary bankrupts will be quite brisk in-the South Ci. . - < - ' ern otaies mr a nine I lie law goes into practical nperaiion on the let of June. Our contemporary, the Marion Cres> cent, not having the fear of military eommissions before his eyes, thus diseourseth upon the origin of Order No 10 : "We do not propose a criticism of the Order, hot simply to platy* before our rea ders the impression made, and the conclu? aion to which wn and manv others have come It is this, that Genera1 Sickles, in issuing this t^rder.did not act unadvisedly and without consulting with certain smart men of this State, (for it was not neces sarv in Norih Carolina, as thev have al ready a Slav Law tn force in that State.) which in itself whs perfectly right and proper, hut his counsellors, in this in stance, all of whose names and circumstances are known to the Country, (and of course the? are gentlemen whose princi pies and tnorals are wel known and need not he impeached) were actuated and fiiascd bv their own interests and necessi ties, and had these things more prominent before them than the general good, when | they assembled in Secret Session in Char ! leston, for devising a selietiie for relief. , Tuk Prrhidrnt Comixo South ?It | is stated thai President Johnson has ac | cepted an invitation frou) lite citizens pf v r? ?._ . - , in i?n |irn?Hiii HI IIIHI place about the middle of Mar, at the laying of a corner stone of a monumaut in niemory of die President'* father, whose place of burial baa only recently been discovered He will be accompanied by Mr Seward and one of two others of hi* Cabinet. He will go via Richmond, and tn?y extend hi* trip*further South. ( Gen Pope and Gov- 'JenkinsAugusta, April 24. The correspondence between General Pope and Governor Jenkrns baa been published. Pope asks Jenkins if lie had seen General Order No. 1, issued April 10. to re organize the Stales under the military bill, before the latter issued his address to the people of Georgia, advising noil action until the question is decided by the Supreme Court. Jenkins replies, thai he had supposed he was exercising such freedom in the expression of opinion relative to public matters at seems still accorded to the Citizen* ?>f a republic; and dui not imagine that it was abri<iu?d by the accident of the speaker or writer holding ofHce. In future, lie shall do and toy what he believe* in reqtyired by duty end his oath of office He will not involve either m outl et or controversy on the eieculion of the respective trusts ; everything of this character he desire* to avoid The General save Jenkins' expla nation ie satisfactory, so far as the fact i* concerned ; but h?-ing sent to execute the laws of Congress, lie will carrv out the provisions of the military bill, wliiali re cognieos ihe existing State Governments as merely provisional ; fcith the object of allowing these to continue for the admin istration of the Slate laws during the pro gres* of reconstruction. Had Congress contemplated opposition from the civil authorities, it would have legislated to put the State Governments out of ex's tenre. General Pope requires that the civil machinery of the State be not per verted ta frustrate the execution of the ' laws; the civil officers are required not j to use their influence to prevent the peo < pie from suhmtiiing to and carrying out the law* of Congress. After discussing the matter fully, Pope *avt he will he compelled to remove a'l officer* who, while >n office, use their influence to pre* ! vent (he execution of the Ih??, but hope* { harmonious relations m*v continue be. tween the military And civil authorities Paragraph 3. General Order No 1. reed*' "It is to l?e cle*rlv understood tlmt civil officers being retained office ?h*|l con' i fine themselves strictlv totbe performance ! of their officiel dutiee, end whilst hn'dmg officer shall not use env influence whet ever to deter or dissuade the?y?eople from taking an ec?ive pert in the reconstruction of their State Government, under the Act of Congress providing for the more elfi cient government ef the rebel SiaUeTnnd the Act supolementsl thereto " HkvRKOT JoIINHON DttCl.tKRI) TO act as CoUNHKL rOK ((KOKGIA in the InJCNO | tion Cask ?Mr. O'Oooor on Friday Aenl i to Senator Johnson r? questing that gen i tleman to associate himself with counsel ! for the applicaiion in the matter of the | Georgia injunction. Mr Johnson respon. | tied that he would have to decline, mas much as he desires to aid the South, and I his opinion ie that these proceedings must en I in injure to that section of )he coua try, rather than good? He does not think ; the court will entertain ft.e lull* in the | two cares before it, aed the same views j tnat eaused him to pursue the course ta? l ken by hint in the Senate on the recon i >i ; strnction question now compels hun to | keep aloof froii^ all eurh proceedings in opposition to tiie measure* determined upon ht Congress and to regret their ap. pesrance in the courts. It is the opinion of the most eminent lawyers here, even of thosf who are suspected of having hud sympathies with the South during the war, that the court will not entertain the bill* htenniM if cannot Ho so. The ease of the removal of the deposits hr Presi. dent Jackson U instanced aa one in ppirt, end it ie asserted (but in those good old timeh?the^ava of food lawyers, loftwhen the mandate* of the Supreme Court were held in the highest respect bv the tntiro country, it oceuired to the mind of no one that the Supreme Court could interfere hv injunction to restrain the removal? Herald. 0 m LOCAL. Thk EarlT WhicatCrop is row in full bloom and promises well so far. Ii gives hope ol belter times soon, and encourages us lo wait patiently for our ' short-cake.** Tkmpkrancr. ? notice the revival of the Sobs o4 Temperance in many sec? tiors of this Stale. The Grand Division recently convened in Columbia, and ap pearsnces indicate a happy re-organiia tion of this honored and noble Society. Msv its salutary influence extend to this part of the vineyard. More Relief. The subjoined letter explains itself t Baltimore, April 22d, 186?. j. r. (?. MITtao, Ksq.,?Dear Sir: i am in receipt of your letter of the 16th Inst. The Commissioner* hare appropriated to your State 16,000 bushel* oorn and 40,000 lbs. of bacon, which arc now going forward to Chatleston and Wilmington. It is sent subject to the order or Got. Orr, who jins been requested to apportion it as in ' his judgment mar scetn best and appoint local agents in the different districts. Your be*t plan would be to communicate with lorn, and you will doubtless receive a fair proportion lor your district. Your* truly, LaUrknce Lasrstom. Render Unto Caeaar, <&c. The people of this District have cause to l?e profoundly grateful for the Johat tion* of supplies afforded from various j source*, in this out time of extreme want j tt would ha a matter of considerable im j tere*t and importance to have some record 1 of the various sources from whence these supplies hare been received, and by whose ajfsr.cy pfbcii'ed and distributed. The gentleman who hav# been prominent in this good work, actuated solely from motives of huinanitv, would no doubt prefer to avo'd notoriety aril the incitei ment of public praise and approbation, j But anv scruples of this sort, however | commendable, should yield to the de' nanda of history. It is due to the occat kion that some tangible atatement, ouch ho we here suggested, be placed upon record, not only for the gratification of thi% but fot the benefit of future'gener.ii tlona. District Coukt.?The following Sea otons cases were determined laal week : The State va. Joseph Kdgore, (colored) Assault find flattery?guilty. Sentenced to pay a fine of $5 00. The State va Anthony Robert*on, (col ored) Ixirteny?guilty. Not present to receive aenlence. The State vs. John A. iTowera. Assault and flattery?guilty. Net present to rereive asntence. The State vs Harriet llaaaeltins. (col* ored)?malirious trespass?not guil?y. The Court adjoomed on Tneaday. Thk UoTro* Maiikkt.?The great de I cline ia cotton, at thi* mdiou of lb* jrear, ie rather unaccountable. We know of no belter cause to attribute it than the rumor* of th* pending war between France and Prussia. Our latest quota? lions from the Charlotte market rate middling* at 10 to 17 eta. per pound. It i* irug there i* hut very little cotton remaining in the country ; some few have held on with the hope of obtainiog big price* this Spring, but have been sadly deceived. War, or its appearances, makes havoc of all calculation*. We believe th*pl*n> ler who ahip* bis eotton as soon as ready ( for market generally meets mort success. The indications of a fbrtber decline admonish the planters to put in more corn and lea* cotton. Profit by expert eace. m Advice. In these lime* public men, and iom? of the newspapers, are volunteering a good deal of advice. Hut hare is n small in* I'.nlniHnt by "Sehed> l?t. AH people who have not yet died a nature! death, are advised not to get scared to death at this late alale of the glme 2d. ThtAe who were Inrkv enough to keep their carcasses out of range of Yen kee leaden bullet* during the war, need not get alarmed at pap4r onea now. 3d. If the Yankee# do confiscate the Southern lande, they cannot move the lar.de out ot the country. 4th. If any bod? ba? done anything extra meed, that l>e can't get forgiveneaa for, and feara that the local lawa of the country will gat hold of him. let him make hie peace with the Kadicala at once' and he will be protected in hia rascality. 5tn. Let birb who he* aiw*v* acted honestly. and endeavored to do hia duty to hia fellow-man, go about Ida business fearlessly whatever that business may he Oih. Good wives, who Jeeire to retain j the atfectiona of their husbands, ahould always meet them with a smile, and try to have their cakea and coffee hot when they come home at night, tired and fret ted with the dav'e tronhlee and vexations. 7th. Husbands should hold themselves in readiness to ''mind the baby" on all | reasonable occasions?and happy ia he hat has a baby to wind. 1 8th. (On the pious order)?The Lord oemleth rain upon the evil artd the ffeod 4M oaunoth the ami to ahiri* upon^ha just and the unjoat?errjo. theinduMriou* man aball reap hi* reward. The*# Comprise all the Law and the Prophet* applicable to the timea. Important Dboisiow?Interaat on debt* accruing during the rahellion to Northern creditor* ha* been decided by Judge Warner, of Georgia, lobe collectable ? N. Y. Herald. But almoal every other judge has decided otherwise. > ii i. r> 1 .'J -i?*i '"'iij ? To the Citlseas of this State who hate Lost their Legs Daring the Rsoent War. For ilia impose of carrvinar into effect the provision# of an ant entitled "An act to provide artificial legs for all citizen* of tlio Stale who have lost their leg* during the recent war," approved December 20, 1800, I caused a notice to he published to all manufacturers of artiticial limbs to exhibit their specimens in the Oily of Columbia on the fourth Monday in March* and appointed a Hoard of Surgeons, com posed of Drs A. N. Talley, Robert Wt Gibhes and H. W. Taylor, to examiue the various specimens submitted. They unanimously recommend the "Army and Navy Legs" or Dr. Bly, and his "Anatomical Lag,'* as combining more advantages than any others exhibited { and I, therefore, Concluded a contract with Dr. Bly, to furnish the ciiiz-n* of this State with the '^Army and Navy Leg," at tile price of $74.65 each, which amtiUnt is to lie paid by the State. The cost of Dr. Bit's anatomical ball and socket jointed leg precluded roe from contracting for it, because the sum appro* printed by the Legislature whs insufficient to have furnished that leg to each citizen J nevertheless, each person who choose* to do so, may. by paving Dr. Bly from hie own means, the additional sum of $75.35, secure ibis more perfect limb, the cost of which is $150. * . His office will he located In Charleston, an ! but one trip ll necessary to be made there for the purpose of having the limb properly adjusted to the stump. Before it* delivery each leg will l>? inspected by * competent porson. To procure a leg, the following rules hare been adopted : 1 No person other than a citizen of this S**t- is entitled, under the act of the Legislature, to recei?e?*n Art ficial Leg. 2 The person applying, must appear before the clerk of the court for the diet trict in which he resides, and satisfy thnt officer that he is a citizen, that he lost hit leg during tl.erecent war, and is embraced within the provisions of the act of the assembly aforesaid. The clerk will thVreupon give ^micIi person an original and duplicate certificate, under the seal of the court, certifying that the party Is entitled to receive a leg. 3. Th'e c'erks of the courte have had forwarded to tlyem blank forms for meai uring the slump. Kacli citizen will procure two of these on obtaining his cerlifi ChIc*. After carefully making ilia menu urernan's, as directed in the form, he will enclose tli* original certificate unr) man* urynent to Dr Douglass B'y, Charleston, sc. The Huplicwta certificate he will retain in hi* possession, until he receives not'ce 'hat liia personal presence is required, at Dr. Hit's ollic?, fur the purpose of adjusting tliM lag to the stump. Upon exhibiting this certificate to the conductors of the several railroads of iba S'ate, they will doubtless give liiin free transportation, joing and returning, one time, the Legit lature having in ilia act requested the railroad companies to furnish transportation free of cost, and eacb conductor will make such indorsement upon the cerlifii cate as wilt prevent it (mm being fraudiM lantly used again by the s..mo or any other parson. Dr. Bly will notjfy per^pns at what time tt will be necessary for them to at? tend at bis office in Charleston for tbs purpose of fitting the lag to the stump. As two hundred and fifty or more art! ficial limbs are to be supplied, considera b'e time will necessarily ho consumed in I their manufacture, and you are requested | to practice patience in what may aeem to you an unreasonable delay in procuring your limb. se Dr. Rly adviaea that unless some pressing emergency exist*, theji?w leg ahouM not be fitted to the stomp during the warm season, and that the patient himself will he moat likely to obtain a ratisfactory result by awaiting the return of cool i weather. The clerks of the court will be entitled to charge their fees for their official certlfloats, but it is presumed that they will, under the circumstances, cheerfully render the service gratuitously. . JAMES I. oun. Governor of South Ctiohna. Thb Distribution or Rationsroxit* Poor and Rkstitutb.?We ste'gled to team that the commanding officers at this post has curtailed very much the iodiscriminahle issue of ration* fines it strictly to l*t, the aged and in* linn, who CHunot labor and *rfc entirely destitute. Baconctly, to children of tender yesra who have oo parenta or other peri none willing to support them. 'Thirdly, persons suffering from phytic*! incapacity, tnch a* blindne?e, or, being maimed or ' crippled, and fourthly, the tick. Thie ie an pminnntly w m discrimination. Ha. fore thia discrimination was made, ii waa ' common to- see robust men and women i of both colors with hags under their arina ; l>ea:?ging the tent from which the bounty I 5s drawn. K?err or.e, who it able to work, can rooat certainly obtain sufficient to prevent their becoming mendicants.? One improper distribution of raliona l?eaide the waate upon wortbleaa objects, would tend to make the lahoriog population iazv, and indeed we have- heard o( many caaea where atout, able bodied men have dropped the plough and the hoe, on the first rumor of ieatias being made.* All uch characters should he marked. They ill hereafter find, we hope, that it iause* leaa Irt ha aaarina nut iki.it ah/va I.. L ? irt tramping on tba road, for tha pork barral And tha maal bag will ba cloaad to lha laty and lha tdla. CketUr Standard. Odk Sanator.? Hon. T. G. Waatbnrlf h<*a Ixtniyummonnd to appear bafore lha Judiciary Committee* in Waahingtoa, oa lha Aral Monday in May nasi, aa a witnaaa. Wa do not of couraa know what ba ia to prove, but aurmiaa that ha ia to ba queationed aa to hia viait to Waabiogl ton during the winter, and tha convaraai lion reported In tha papara at lha lima to hava taken place between him and Praat idant Johoaon.?BtnnettsvilU Journal*