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[From the C -u-'itlon Mercury.] Synoptical Statement of the Opinion of the AttorneyGaneral upon the Clauses of the Military Aots refetr* ing to Voting: and Holding OfficeThe following is a synopticil analysis of '.bo opinion vf Attorney-General Sian* | berry : RKQt9TR ATIOS . 1 st. Qualification or disqualification is fixed by regiatration. .2d. No power i? given to Any other board or any other Authority, after regis* tration is completed, to change the regis ters ; aud persons whose names Are ad tnitled to registration aro entitled to Voto and none others. 3 1. The registration must he completed before September 1, 1807. At that time, the functions of tlig board as a board o( registration cease, and after that, iu duties are limited to holding And superintending elections and making the required returns. QOMLIiriOATIOtT8 FOR RROttTKATtON? 1. One year s residence in the State at the time of registration is not necessary f but if m person who has been duly tegisi terect tins not at the holding ot any Mibsequent election bean A resident of tbe Bute for one year, Counting front tbe day of that election* tbe person so registered cannot rote At such election. 2. By Ihfl nets, tbe qualification to registration is citizenship of the United States and of the State) tbe phrase being intended to include only such as afe both citizens of the United Stales and of a State. Aliens, not citizens of the United States, cannot safely take the required oath ; but the board of registration have Only authority to administer the prescrib, ed oath and cannot require further proof, ao that an alien not a citizen may take the oatb at bis peril and tuhjoat to prose, cation. 3. No person is entitled to registration who is not twenty one years of age on the day that he ajtplies for registration. DISFIt A NCHI8XMENT. Under the Military acts, the following causes work disfranchisement: Treason or participation in rebellion ; commission of a felony; membership of any Slate Legislature, or tenure of nor executive or Judicial oflice it) any State, with sub*" quenl engagement io insurrection or re bellion, or the giving of aid and comfort td any Onemy of the United States; the taking of an oath, as a member of Coo gross or officer of the United Stales or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of auv State, to support the Constitution of the United States, with subsequent engagement io insurrection or rebellion' against, or the giving of aid and Comfort to the enemies of the United States. Upon these grave questions, the Attorney-General offers the following opinions; hut it will always he borne in mind thAt the exclusion as to holding office is all comprehensive ae to time, and applies,-not only to those who were in oflice when the rebellion com mencert, but to those who held the pro* hibited offices ?t any previous time, si thong?) they imv have ceased to hold such office en indefinite number of yeah) prior to the rebpllion. * 1. TKBAROSf OR FRLOSY. 0 The commisaiou of felony or thenar ticipatiob in rebellion does not of ita?lf work disfranchisement. It must be a*i rertained by judgment of court or legis lative act passed by competent authority ; and the disfranchisement depends on a' conviction in the courts either of tbe United States or of a State, or on a declarai tion of the' laws of either. The ijnited States laws do not wo'k disfranchisement, as a consequence of conviction o! treason or conspiracy to commit treason nor in tbe ten Southern Stales is there any statute in force except, perhaps, in Virginia, which declares disfranchisement by force of the act itsslf. So that in this I $>l*ltf,di$fr<inchistmentfor treaeon or fflrx ny depends absolutely upon a previous conviction oj the offence in the State or the federal Courte. 2. MBUBKR8 or 81'ATH LKOIBLATL'HU AND MKMIUCK8 OP CONORCB8. All members of Southern State Legis laturee and members of Congress who, afterwards, engaged in insurrection or re bellion,' or gave aid or Comfort to the enemies of the United States, are clearly disfranchised. All members of legislative bodies which passed ordinances of secev eion are disfranchised ; but it is doubtful whether nimple membership of a convention held for the sole purpose of amsnd> ing the constitution of a State, would, in itself, work disfranchisement. 3. 81 ATE, EXECUTIVE OR JUDICIAL OFEIOCRS. All militHt officers, as such,are not dis fmncbiswd, as they are not included in the terms "executive and judicial officers of a State." But this freedom from disfran cbisemeot refers oalv U> the class of m". riffs ( officers who were such prior to Che rebel lion, and nol to that class who bOcaihe military officers during the rebellion, who are liable to disfranchisement on ennvro finn of nAP(i/*inftfinn in it Tits Dnessnrw Lleutrfnunt-HoVeroor, Susie A minor, Treasurer, Secretary a*fl'<*i#|ft? officials proper, who exercise fnl4MnR tie sent of government, and State^^ffM of courts whose jurisdiction extefdj^piar the Uni States, ere disfrasftffiMd ; hut the A'Mfctiey Genera! is nJf^Whred to say tMfctonly the foregnin^lrmie within the tese* "executive and jud'cial officers." Municipal officers, such as officers of. cities, towns, villages and subordinate municipal divisions, whether their func lions are executive or judicial, or bodb, art not, as such, disfranchised. In addition to those officers before rti*n tinned, who clesrly do or do not emne wftbin the term of ihe act as to '^judicial or executive officers," there remains a vast nnmber of officers whose states is node' fined. Theee are known as twenty, town ship and preeincft offi-era The Attorney General is collecting information concern' ing this cletts, wh1rh"1#B48Wllteriff* sfifi justices o1 the coiintjf OdtJyie, aa3 pill issue a further opinion wiffi rtwdeH'fp them. All other executirt aad-jjfbJ&ftl officer* who are not, in popular language, char Scterized aa County ellicers, do, in the opinion of Mr. Stanberry, come under the disqualifying clause. Persons who exercise of exerciaed spe cinl or occasional ptfb-ic duiirs. are not included as State officers, and such as the following ate, therefore, i?ol disfranchised ; commissioner* of public works, directors , of State asylums, visitors of Slate univer' sities, State directors of batiks or other corporations, special commissioners or agems appomieu uv stats aumorny, 10 perforin special duties as examiners of hank*. Notaries Public, auJ Commission era of Deeds. 4 oaths or office. Any person who has taken an oath of office to support the Consiiiution of the i United States aim) has violated that ohiIi And engaged in rebellion, is disfftllichised. This cUtlse, As'for as the executive or ju diciAl officers of a State are concerned, does not enlarge the clave subject to .disfranchisement, bocaose the officer break ing the oath miisl also ho "a Judicial or executive offieer" oT a State, According tt) tho rule hereinbefore mentioeed. * Thlls a militia officer or a Notary Public, who had taken the said oath, would not be disfranchised under this clause, because he is not he'd to be ft Sl|te judicial or executive officer. All' officers of the United States, both civil and military, who havejjnlated their Oftths, are of sotlrsa disfranchised, 6. KSO.VCIJiO IN INSURRECTION OR RE BKLLtOM AND Q1VINO AID AND COMFORT. These, w ithout concurrent holding of one of the designated offices, accompanied by the taking of the oath of office, do not work disfranchisement. Tile two elertlents must concur, and in the order mentioned. Tor a person who has held a designated office and hail taken the oath and had not ' afterutardt. participated in a rebellion, iiihv safely take the registration oath. The clause, ho*eVer. Comprehend* every rebellion which has taken place In the United Stales; and evtry foreign war In wnich the Umteo States has ever been engaged. A person, therefore, who gave aid and coin/ori to the enemies of the United States fh the war with Great Britain of 1812. or in the war with Meai co fn 184'/, would be di*qya:itied.> All persons who did xav overt act. either individually or officiallr, or in a civil or military capacitv, in furtherance of or for'the purpose of promoting ihe rebellion^ did, under the law, engage in rebellion. Soldiers compelled to service by con scription, and slaves Serving or aiding l>v the command Of their tliasiera, Or by military order, did not "engage in rebel lion," are not disfranchised. Officers who. during the rebellion, disi charged official duties not incident to the war, but in preiejrvaliiiii of order and ad ministration of law, are not to be consul ered as engaging in rebellion. This ap plies to all offices of a purely cifilcharac Ihr such as miltill' snd miii.i.tn.l .-.dl...... nnd all others of like nature, which were not cteated for the furtherance of ths war or the more effectual carrying oo of hoe lilitiee Rome direct overt act, dtne with intent to further the rebellion, is necessary to bring the party within the provision and mea..:ttg*>f tlie law; and the pers< h ?p plvlhg for registration Is not, therefore, required to clear himself from any taiflt of disloyally incurrrW bv msre disloyal aenlii menu or expressions. Merc acta of common humanity or charily are not participation in rebellion, nor are forced contributions or the Coinpolsory payment of tsxee in aid of the rebellion ; but voluntary contributions, subscription* to loaos, no J even organized contributions yf fi*?d or clothing or necessary supplies, eicept of * strictly sanUarv character, are to be classed with acts which disqualify. * * DUTIES AND P(t*KM OT RKt>I8T# ATlOU BOARDS. No other oath can be required of, or | administered to, auv applicant for rygis? tration but that contained in The Supple mentary act. Any oiher would he extra jud'cial and without authority, and fal?u swearing could not t* assigned as perjury upon such unauthor zed oath. No authority is given to enter upon any outside inquirv into the qualification of the person proposing to teg'itev, for the oath itself is the sole and only lest of the qualification of tbq applicant. If he take that oath bis name must go upon the registry ; the hoard cannot inqqire whether hA has fc worn Yahrely or truly ; th?t inquiry rortal bA reserved* to the court which mav afterwards have jurisdiction to try bits on an indictment for perjury In superintending the elections it is the Hutv of the boards to deceive the votes of the persons whose names are up for mgis tration, and to rgject all others. There is no provision anvwbere to ^surcharge or falsify, or to add a single name to the registration, or ro erase a single nam* which appears upon it Aid roK thk Sooth ?The Baltimore Sun af Tuesday savs: The State Belief Commissioner* have forwarded. up to thia dale, as follows: To N'wlh Carolina, 6160 bushels corn. 60 barrels flour, 40, 496 founds bacon, $2600 ia cash.? T<> South Ca'olina, 16 002 bushels jeotn, 49 000 pounds bacon. To Georgia. ti, 539 bushels corn, 36,000 pounds bacon. To Alabama, 14,864 hushnls corn, 39 ?53 pounds bacon. Arrangement* have been made by which $10,000 will tar in vested in corn and bacon in New Orleans, for distribution in .he flooded portions of Loiii?n*ria and Mississippi. The dratribu ij|)n is ihadfe by co'iuiiitlees *ho arc ap pointed by relief commissioners selected by the Governors of the States. The p'an is found to work well, except that each uountv thinks its proportion too small, in . lew of it* r?ec**?*?tie*. Further ahipment* will tie made aa the cotniniaaionara can obtain tli6 mean* To th?* Motion. it ia gratifying to alate, the fiToat influential colored people ere doing tfcrenr bant to encourage feelings of' "harmony heiweot. flia tw?> racee. Tliere are no dtaiiirbanrea here?bill without a garriaon everything ia goin? on mootlily, and not one white man that w? know of ia dUpoaed (o dene any right po*?<.?,A?d now by the colored people.? FuirJUld kit mid. ' \ ITnurnstrr Ifrilget. PUULlSIIEt) AT LANCASTER C. II. 8. 0.\ tor <<>>!><> IIS <V CARTER. WEDNESDAY MORNING, Juno 12. 18fit Subscribers tinding a (X) cross mark on the rhnrgin -of their paper nlay know thit thelf Time ih noouv vu c*pirc. TKRMS KOft SUBSCRIPTION. For otic year, in advance^ $3 00 For tlx ntrtnlit!*, " i . 1 60 For three months, " 1 00 f Shall the People Register? Judge A I.PR1CH* git es the 'ollowing sensible advice through a communication to the Charleston Mtrcury' With the single rttceptioh of Oov. Picusr, we d<> not know of a prominent man in the State who counsel* Inaction in the present alarming Crisis. Tile Judge says ] "I have hern as^ed If the people shall regis ler ! I answer unhesitatingly, that ovcrv man who will he permitted to rsgister his Dairies a voter, should do so The ques lion is. not if he shall vote at the Coining election, hut if he shal! secUre to himself the privilege of vo'ing at mill There are oiher maiters to he passed upon-by the CoiiKtrv, tinder the Mi itar\ UHI, besides who shall he members of the convention. The Constitution to be flamed bv that convention is 10 be Submitted to the peo< pie for tt}pir approval, and unless the pri vil.-ge of voting is secure^ by registration, the power ol the country may he seined by designing and Unscrupulous ttieni? My counsel, therefore, is that it will he a fatal blunder trot to secure thru high privilege. If a man regia'er*. he is not obliged to vote*; if be fail* to do bo, be will not be permitted 10 sxercise'lhis great franchise. I think the Mili'arv b?H is harsh, op preMiVe ajid * ungenerous, but we must constantly beer in mind, that it is h htw of tbe land In which we live end wi.icb we are compelled to obey { we must also remember our condition and not refuse to exercise tlie rights which remain because we have been deprived <>i many that we value. Let us patiently endure and cheer, fully acquiesce in that which we Cannot av?ij?h until an opportunity offers itself to take advantage of a change in public opinion to better our condition. Unless we secure the righi^o voip, we will in>t be able to embrace tbe "golden moment.*1 It is no} sound philosophy to Of sullen and inactive in times of afll ciion and op presston t let us do all that we can do,lo prescrto the Institutions of the country and secure all of Constitutional liberty left 1 liave I'fHMl gix*l men mv, "?lim mibn lias 10 try, we ere a conquered people P I I tnucli prefer lo hear litem, tn the Ihii gunge of lite catechism, cheerfully say, I wi!| 'Mo mv duty in llmt state of life into which it shell please God to call me" ? That is All?do tour ddtv end be patient. Military Commissions in Virginia. Gen. bcuoriKLD. who is* generaMy re garded hs one of the .ablest Arid most cog. aervative of the I> strict commanders, hi* recently issued nii order appointing tnilf tary commissions ,to overlook 'sitd con trol the Administration of the laws in V fr gini* The Uichrnond* Timet, in publish nig inn onter, s?v* that it com** upon thr people like h clap of thunder from a cleat sky The order purport* to he iMtted foi lie pur|n*e of giving adequate protection to *11 persons in their right* of persoo end property, in case* where the civil authori .tie* m*y f*il. directing the appointment ol military commission* in etlb district* here' after to he defined, giving them the com maud of the police, sheriff's and constable* and clothing them with the (tower* ol magistrate*. These commission* are tc take jurisdiction in all caae* where the* may hajre reaaon to believe that jnatice t? not done. The order conclude* a* follow* I Trial by the civil court* will be preferred in *11 case* where there is Battsfsctorji reason to believe that justice will l>e <jone : but until the order* of the commanding general are made known in any case, the paramount jurisdiction essoined by the military commiakion will he exclusive. All persons?civil officer* and others?arc re quired to ntrej and tkecute the lawful order* of the military commission* to th? am* extent a* they are required by l?w to obev and execute writ* iiaumd hv civil magistrates. Anv person who shall di* obey or resist the lawful order* or author* ty of * military commission, shall tut tried by military eomti'Mion, and, upon^nn iclioT), aha!l he punished by fine nod im priaonment, according to the nature end degree of the offr-nce. Tim order *?ill not be conatrued to excuae c*vil officer*, re anv degree. frO'O the faithful dia<-|i uue ol their dutiea. It ta intended to aid the civi' authorities. and no' tnattapend llrem except in caeea of neeeaaitv. Atlearion ? directed to itie advrftliat m*ot <?f 4hs Hteven'a Hnote, kept upon the European plan in New York cfly.? Thia hotlee ia to be of 'the highest order end located in the ce'ni>?i bjtinsss part of the Th? 8oornein? Cultivatoh for June hna been removed Farmers would find it to their interest to eulwcribe for thie valuable agricultural journal. Registration^ We have published h full synopsis of' the opinion of Atlornev-Qeneral StanMJut on ?he recor?ti action Acts. General SctlOPtKLD has issued an Or der for the instruction of Boards of Reg is'ration in Virginia which throws andii tional light upon the subject. tie says that the following will he regarded as "r.xecmtve nnd Judical Uffic*r* of t*?e S'ate of Virginia within the meaning of the lew, viz : Governor, Lieutenant Governor. Rpcretarv of State, Auditor of Pub lie Account*. Second Auditor, Reg'ater of thqjifnd Office, Stele Treasurer, Alton nev-General, Judge* of the Supreme Court of Appeal*, Judge* of the Circuit Court*, Judge of the Court of floating*, Jueticeif of the Coitnlv Court*. Mavor, Recorder and A'dermeft of any eiiv.orin Airpofated town, who are tt officio ju* tices, coroner* of town* and counties, eacheator*, inspector* of tohacco, (lour and other comttindilie*. ' Person* who held ant of the above n?mod office* before the war, and after ttiardt participated in the rebellion. are di*franchi*ed. A* to what constitute* a participation ih the rebellion, he *av* i "All person* who v< htMarilv joined the rebel army and aM person* in that afmv, whether volunteer* or conscript*, who committed, Voluntarily, any hostile act, therehv en paged In itlsuilection of rebellion. Any person, however, who wn* forced Into the rebel armv, hut avoidetl, ** far a* possible doing hostile ac's, ftnd escaped .from that armt as soon a* pos-ih'e, cannot be said to have ehpaged in the rebellion. "All ?tho exercised the functions of anv office under the Confederate Government, or the Government of anv One of the Confederate S'a'ps. which function* were of ft nature to aid in prn*eeotiug the war or maintaining th? hostile character ol thrtae Governments and a|l who Vo'ed foi the ordinance of secession, fncfiwl iti the redellion or gave aid *nd comfort tc the enemy. Those who voluntarily furnished ?np plies of food, clothing, nrmft, ammunition, horses or mole*, or *nv other tnarerial ol war or labor, of service of anv kind^ tc the Confederate armv or naval fnrfes, 01 money by loan or otherwise, to the Con federate Oortemment, or aided in (tnv way the raising, organiistinn or equipment o troops, gava aid and comfort to the enei mv, ftnd participated in the rebellion an<l civ*l w?r against 'he United S'ates. i "To give individttftl soldlnr* food or c'o thing enough to re'ieve present snflferirg of to minuter to the sick or wounded, an .simple nets of eharity or hiimanitv, and do not constitute giving aid or comfort t< the enemv. A parent mat give his sor 9 ?hn belongs in thehoa'ile armv food an< clothing for hi* own use. ; hilt if he give him n gun. horse or other thjng to hn on ed for hostile purpose*, he thereby gi*ei ftid and comfort to the ei>emv. Narrow Rscafk ?The Impress wag on belonging to the firm of Me*?rs fins seltioe A Chsfee?plring between tbit p'aca and Rock Hill, met with if narrov e?eape while cros-intr the. Oatawha Rive 'at Jonas' Kerry, en Fridhv last. Whei somrf distance from the hank the fla sunk, earning down with it the wagon si* mules, and a hnavv load of merchftn di*e Through the exe'tions of the dri vera the team waa cut looee and *ared a portion of the load was then rrmorn and the hnm rose to the fop apd hnvi to^o fon.tdacshfe dam *oe sustained ' Rroirtkrrd Lkttbrr. ?T"? new la* in relaiion to registered letters went int< ' effect on the first of the present month The letter is. p'acrd io a lar>ra eirvalon# with conspicuous lettering, *t?d receipt ' kr?t eichenged between the pieitnasier ' And (he various mail agents ihrougl 1 whoee hands ihn packages are to pass consequently missing registered letter > c?n Ik- readily (raced. > Our Po*t-m??ier has received a fnl I supply of these envelo|?ea. The price ? registered letters ia no* fhed at twenty cents. ' Post orrtcrs.?The following name* 1'oat?offices have freen reopened to tbi ? Die-rict : I ornce postmastrrs Lanoaater U. H. Mrs. 8. J. Johnson Gn*sion? Store, T R. Magiii, Ptwaeanl Hill. A. Andrews 1 CraigvifU, 8 I). Tavlor. ' f)rv Creek, Mia* Vanlandingham Tub Crops m Viroisia?From al doections |lir reports continue rnc>U'stf mg with reference to th* wheat crop (t I the South the prospect appears y-rs gOo< for a better A heat crop than weh*v#ha< for ten veara course the hreadth o i land in wheat ia not so t/reat as before t? < ??>, t'i in?i Timii win, ii no injurv n nun 'anted by tlnrcrop htdore haavmu, hn eeri large t r The teaton han 'hu? fur, hn?M?, bee? l orinniullv cold and backward for othe , orope. Com it much retarded In por liont of itm wffctrrn purl of (he Rmu owing 10 (he enldneta and dampneet o the ground. (be corn (bet waa planie< hne rotted, end (he work of replanting , hee behn neceatary. The eeeeon for nia king -corn it thort (here, and (he eroj ' that it Ytoi forward ie alwaet in peril froj* (he early frnete of Pall. Thp .fannara ii thai rt(i<p are (herclpre eomewhat unea e?? hut it it a long tone in advance to l>< 'croak-rig. A ear* genial Rummer mat litirrv up the growing crop* en a* to makr op the (irue luat be the backward Spring Jhckmomi Dupatck. Important Order. HVqs 2d MiLiTAr.Y District, ) Ch?rlwton, 8. C , May 30. j General Orders No. 32. I. Any ciliteti, a qualified voter accord ing lo'the requirements of ?he "Act tc provide far the more efficient government of the rebel Statespasted March 2d, 1807, and the Act supplementary thereto passed March 28rd, 1807. is "eligible tc | office in the provisional ^otrernmenl ol 1 ir l_ _ j a i ms _ ?i- a i> ixonn inn cioiimi C/aroiina. mi person! appointed lo office will he required to tak? the na-h prescribed d>y the Act aforesaid nnd to Hie the same duly subscribed end worn, with the Post t^ommander. II. All citizens nHSo'ftgd for taxes and who shall have paid lai?-s for the currenl year are qualified to serve as jurors. It shall he ti<f dotj^of the proper civil officeri charged with providing lists of jurors, l< proceed within their several jurisdjetione without delav, and ascertain the names o al! qualified persons and place them Pi the jury lists, and from etich revised Dsn all jurors shall he heseafter summoned ant drawn in^tho umnner required by law. III. All citisens ara eligible to folios atrV licensed calling, employment of voca lion, subject to such impartial regulationi aa may he prescribed by municipal o other competent authority, not inconsiaien with common right and the constitutioi and lawsol the United Stales. The honr required as security shall not exceed th< penal sum of ohe hundred dollats. On( or more sorties, being C'tlBens and wort! in he aggregate double the arflcntiit o he bond 4>ver and above just debts wil he suilicieot. IV The mayors of cities and other mu nicipsl and town officers, and all sheriffs magistrates and police forces are requiret to he vigilant and efficient in maintainini order \ and in the discharge of their dutie they will he expected to co operate will the military authorities. V. Post Commanders may summon t< ( their aid whenever the ordinary means a their disposal shall not he sufficient lo ex ecute their orders, such of the civil officer and ss ntnnv of <he cilitens within the ter ritorial limits of the military post as ma; he necessary ; aad the nog'ect or refusa of any person'to aid and assist in the ex ecutioh of the order*of the commandinj ofticer will he deemed a tnisdemeano ' . 1.1~ i... u ?..? ?i : : jiii'nrjmi'ic 1/ J Ollt'l IIIIC Willi IIII|II|^WI1 ment ;ia m*v Ift itnp<?*ed hv a militar tribunal, approved of by ihe Comtnandin t General. f VI N? license for thaaale ofintoxical (? ing liquor* in quantities leaa than on gallon or lo be drank on the premise) ball he granted to Any peraou other tlia an inn keeper ; Hie number of ?och licede* ' shall be determined and the fees to h f charged for eauh licenae ahalhbe preacrif ed and collected hv the municipal or to* I authorises and appropriated eicluaivel fur the benefit of tbe poor. If any pei on aha!) be found drunk on the premiar where liquor ia aold, the licence may h , revoked hv any magistrate. The tax irr , posed hv the internal revenue lawa ot lb I United State* ta an additional charge, an doea no* excuse the parlv from the ohaei * va? ceof local regulations nor exemnt hit ' from the pwment of auch other bcen? I fee* aa may Im imposed hv municipal < oih?r competent authority. VII AM c??ntMC?* hereafter made ft ilia manufacture, eale or tranaportatioi !, storage or in?oraoce rtf intoxicating liqlioi shell within this Military District be d?n ed and tren'fd el a/ainst public polic and no civil a.-tnm, suit or proceeding ft . the enforcement of eny such contract aha i be entertained in any court. r VIII. In potvic conveyances on rei roads, high wave. streets of navigeh waters, no diacrimination hecause of colt " or caste shall be made. end the commo t right of ell cititene therein ehell be n , cog meed end respected. The violation < ihie regulation will he deemed e misdi meanor end render the offender liable t arrest end trie! hv e military tribunal t he designated by the ('ommend'ng 0?i I eral, Ivesid^t'such demegee ju the injure e p*rtv may sue for and recover in thtiCiv | Cigina IX The remedv for distress for rer r is abolished Where len?)a ere leased t 9 let out fur hire or rent, cotton, corn < nthet pr<>dttce of the seme, when aerere from the lend, mev be impounded: bt >? tliH aame abatl not he removed. An cntton,*corn or other proHncaao impounf ? o<1. ahull he held a* anrtiritv f??r the ret ^ or hira an claimed, and mav be aold I *a?i*faction of ho* jud'jeuvtf nt for the aam "provided, that any unaatiafled claim f? * labor bestowed upon the cultivation i attch cotton. rorn or other produce aha I in no caae he postponed to any dernan ' for rent or hire but to the event of sue claim for labor, there a hall he a lien n # tuch cotton, corn or other produce, bavin prelereuce over any claim for rent or hir 1 By Command of a Major General I) E Sicklk* j w. Clou?, Cap* 38th U S Infantry. A. L>. C. A A. A A. G. A DiHPOTrc Ohdich ?Under this hea the Ifmtional Intelligencer of Sa'uola . puhliahe* Genet al Hcbotield'e laat ordt and ray* * ' It ia difficult V? nwtram withii^the lirr * Ua of rational dt?cu*?toa our indiffnatio at the ellraord-narV order of Generi ' Schofield, which pnta the whole civil ayi ' lam ofVirifypia?the court*, the p^ltCi ' the ahenffa. the coeatahlea, io a word, a ' th# r?lfici?U of tho Hi *?*?nndor ih<r?np# vwion, not simply of K)?n?rol Kcb?>fisU ' hut of liis p??ty Anh?li?roa? A morn dst pone AC! Wft CAO hArd'V COOCaIva of ! 1 thf RiAcuiiv* proposes to r*t*in i)ia ret r p<-ci of those s?In> bslirvs in "liberty rftf ul*t*d hy Iaw," lit cannot much lonfi rs(r*it> from instructing Wis sultordinsti ' aa to lb* limit* of their amtboritv. 0*t I Nchoflold may b? a mm of tho puiast ii I untioon, And wa CArtsinly h*vs no riispi ' tition to AMAil him ; but this order * or ' caIM for nnd iniquitous, And cmbcdii 1 th* r?r? qti'slOAAAACA-of despotism. W 1 cannot, however, Aot?r now into A do Ctlision of it* UcATing* And An AlpOSttrA < its offensive provision*. W*nt ofsp*r ' compel* tit to defer thnt to A fotor* d*t i^i m ?i Thn p*rk*g* o? |)*iBore*t'* for J eoe failed lo VAoeh \kh Potfeofiot Tha Various Issuer Dors Station, May 27, 1807. Eilitars Columbia P hit nix } 1 have read with noma care And interr est the letieja of ?* Oar. Perry on the po> litical situation of our Slate They IiaiI 1 the greater weight on me o?? account of our political alllnitie* and sympathies, ant) because of my admiration for bie cultivai i ted talents and -manly efforts to preserve) f hia eons'Steney an>) maintain his personal i honof. Tb?we are rfleny things which he* > Utters which meet with acceptance ; but, on the point of voting "Conventioe," of I -No Convention," there are just grouoda for ? difference of opinion. Great and grave qnpft'ion* at" Involved in this decis ion. Our situation is a new end critical one, and it must he met in'some form. Now. what is the heat form for which to struggle f Hera I*-* the rub, and it be comes everv citizen t > thick seriously on this matter, and wake up to an energetic discharge of hie duty. Confiscation and its concomitants come in view of all par ties concerned. Stevens' bill, offered ah ready to Congress, is to ha considered at the regu'ar a??a<on, in December next. He regards It a mild one in its provisions J and so it is, when we consider the extreme feelings of its author, t do not dread this so much, as it is comparatively mild, and m?y not become a law. We are ad< vprtlsed through the papers that the gen' eral and peaceable acceptance of the plan of reconstruction proposed now by Con* press, will surely defeat the measure there, This is in rhe future and is to he put on trial. If the outside States reject this p'ati of 'ero(latruction,*and continue to struggle fgr their former constitutional *tatus on the suffrage question, where it the chance or hojw of euccete ? Will the parly in power, struggling for a lease of power for years to come, yield their posit lion, or meet us on milner or compromise grounds t Will the Democratic party be able or willing to do anything for us in this direction I No!* To get better term* 1 behove to he utlefly hopeless. We will notice next the work of reconstruction in progress in the S-ste. and the prnbab'e result*. The maehirerv for the p registration of the voters, end for holding ' the forthcoming election*, will he put in operation in due time, by ' our citizen* of f strangers. All the counsellors of the peo ' pie see the importance of urging those 1 who can to register, ahd not hv default * disfranchise themselves Hut Mr. Perry, I? then, cpunscls to vote "No Convention," a* a refhedv against confiscation and its I- concomitants, by State conventions snd e legislatures. I propose a different logic ?. of reasoning, on the admitted facts and n grounds of danger, on this branch of the s general subject lie assumes that tho e newly made claas of voters r.ninhers AO,* ?- 000. against 40,000 whites. Upon trial, n this mav prove a mistake, if all register v w ho, we think, are not disfranchised. Of r the number, really, no one can vet he eer >s tain. Put, for the sake of ihe argument, ? aifmit the correctness of the estimate, and t then add to it his other assertion ! "Thev ? arar going to, enfranchise 60 000 hlaclf d votes, and surrender the political power nf the Stale into tha handa of the nogroe. p What avail will 4U 000 white voter hare * in South Caroline with thin welch-cry >r (oonfirpation) ringing at the pollr ! There are'thouaanda of unprincipled while men ,f among n* who unile their dealinv B> with the negro for the sake of the apoile and plunder." dfla* ! can thia he *o f? i. I do not want to think of it. Suppore r> there rtatementa to he all true. Dope it ir leave aitv poaaihle chance the reaulta pret || dic'ed and to he dreaded hv oa, h? attempting to vote ''No Cnnvfchtion frt t | ho'd that the arftumed 60.000 new votera l# will he urged to register, and mil regUtef >f which enfranchinea thenf already. Nof n do I think that inanv of them can l>e # p???nade.| wot to vole for a convention ? , A/any tthitex will alio repirtfr, (and all ? who c*n rhould.) and a majority pf them, 0 I a?*ume, will vote "Convention." It ia 0 impoMihle to prevent a favorable rofe Tof 1 a convention. What, then, are the nnn* regietered and nnn voter* to pain f>y theif II mkiiuii i iimitr 100* 10 conn'^'lsniM here Even if the call of e contention could he defeated. could the State gain 1 anvthing hy it, especially e*. we heller* nit the other State* will vote for cnnr*n? " linn*! In riew of ell these fi?cte end pro' 1 hahilitie*, mv bumhle conolu*ion is, that 1 nil who can shoo'd reg:*ter without fail, j rote for a convention, end take en entire internet in choming *e many worthy del* 1 egatea a* pnaeihle, who ere* honeat, juat, and her* an appreciative regard fyr the *" preeent end future intereste of the conn^ try, e* the r*rv hest wo can do in our eite H nation. Hut our right*, under the old , Copetitntlon, enn*i?tencv end honor ere ^ held out to our view, prominently. Al*e 1 the oW thporee end the old cnnatltuKoee) argument* ere plaved out, end we threw * down our cluh of trjimpe whin we ?nr* ?" rendered, end e*me forward end took the oath of amneetf, tinder the proclamation of President Johnaon. We have now to act. Ill riew of e new political condition, which require* t' e eierciee of wisdom end e tollable cnn*'*tency. too. Ott* WHO Lo?'>?<t ON horn Si Dan. d ? * " ,f From LoaisWnn Ntw Omitm, Jan? 4.?By onWff 1 th? President, thmngh the ^eritm at n W*r. Sheri^en Iih fHitml the oM whli *' CnrmtiiMineera, in compliance with a pe k tit inn from On?. WeIN Sheridan, in s? obeying the order, denounces Wells in '' strong term*, end remorse him. sr point r ing Thomas J Purant in h?e place. !Tn ' *l*n removed the Street Oommieeioner, 1 end Appointed William Bakeo in hie " piece. [ Cnorsm Faihitiblo.?Tbe Wi oar born m Knet mti: ' So far a* we leara, the crop k ' Mil! promising a yV?l<l. Corn ie 3 growing well, end cotton i? not'-aa mneh damaged Aft we feared it would be, i? " oonaequeoce of the continued cold weatbl * or. k m wm + Mr. Davie will reeide, duriog the u?t*? r n??r, < Niagara?a beautiful little village* and one of tbe oldeet in Canada?on Lake Ontario A 6an reeidewoe bee beee Ailed a. up for kftie eooouiModatiew.