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F * ? ? ' ? ?!"? I ! > I I W 1 Things in Sooth Carolina. A correspondent ofili?NeiV York Pott writes ti IcUei from Columbia, which gives Some information as to things abo it us, nnd a* ?eer. through Conservative spect* * eles. Wo extractsevernl paragrapha Irotii the letter : Although premature?*, candidate* for Congress are looming up in good'y pro tJOrtion. Tlte wires are heinor n.lr.iiilv puUH.1 by.one or I wo designing v???ite?, | nnd the negfoes are already giving I pledges. iifor Senators three persons are chieflv i spoken of} Qeu. Daniel E ft cklea (whose napip&rioua ere understood to incline him like wise to the Vice Presidency.) Mr. Sawyer, the Collector of fHtr'rhal K^venue in Charleston, and Mr C VV. Dudley, >? native of the State In the le?*er branch of Congress the State tods fair to he ret presented by a person named Whittemore, a Massachusetts superintendent of colored schools id DtrlmglOn District. In Char leston a colored man will probably be run. although several officers of the Kreedineti'Bureau are known to be on the anxious seat : while in Columbia a fcillfcan rtahipd Mr. TomRibtrUun linn consented to wear the honor* when imposed upon Itiin. There can be no manner of doubt that tlifl Sontlierrt State* will give a large Hadithtl iha] trily in arty election in wfah'b the issues of that party are at stake? Wherever registration ha* taken place, the figure# tell the whole stoty, and that story will be repeated from the Potomac to the Itio Grande. The work of organ izin? thd nCgroes, conducted as it ha# been, with wonderful svsiem, adroitness and dispatch, ha* welded the colored ele looms together with bands of steel. It is not merely the balance of power that these people hold, hut power itself, and there are not a few who will he surprised if it ia not used in a manner nnanticipat fed at the North, and most lerrdiiy sub Versire of the interest# of the South. Lad by intelligent emissaries, both while and black. they will first carrv ?s track into the VInion, so we hope end prav.? I Secondly bv mere force of number*, ihev will demand, on tiio ground that they are liltereaie 1 neither in their or'^in nor pay ment, a repudiation of the S'ate debt* ? Thirdly, thov will resist n poll tax for 'he purpose of education or the support of the poor, laving the dead weight of public expense ou the property of the whiles.? Finally* "wild confiscation," is tiio apple of theif eye, but they don't say so. Such is the tendfchcy of cpnion nmonj the ambitious of tho race ill South Caro Itua. The State Convention will tie a mixed aflairi composed of a larijo ntiinber of colored men, some Northerners, and but /_ _ C* ? - iow ^southern men, unless, indeed, the re BtriCtioo of die oath is removed. Thertvi1 he f-w or no lawyers in the bodv, arid a general lack of acquaintance vVith forma of statute and (style of legisla tion. Tennessee. 1 Tennessee was the first Stale to gel hack | into the Union?and it is to day in a worse , condition?infinitely worae?tltsn either , of til** tou embrace*] in tho five military f districts?a fact which parties now engagi r ed in dividing and distracting tiie people oi the South would do w ell to make a ? note of- The article below, from the c Memphis Bulletin, is iliuatralive of the ( force:, n We looked in upor. them at their poll v ihg plfloee, at about 12 o'clock. Not he jog a voter ourselves, on account'of a sup posed defect of patriotism, our visit *a?, tif oourse. one of mere ruriosiiv. Tr* >.nr fcyea, (be long procession of dusky figures |, making their way slowly lo the judge's t bland, bore tlie semblance ol a fonnrxl procession. Liberty was dead, we thought, ' and these were her pall heireVs. Tlie ^ white people, those unfortunate trdividui I ttll Who bad bee t tabooed ou Recount of { their color, were looking on curiously, t from a d stance, pietty much ss they would look upon the realil'alinh of some T.tistt'fri tale in 11?*? Arabian Ifijltts. \V^ scanned lite rduntenanioes of the dusky voters. Childish curiosity and simplicity, stolid indifference, blank ignorance, wre ch edness and crime were the main cliarac j (eristics. And these were tlie enters of: America, the men who are to be the to. ; lore guardians of the constitutional liber ties of ifae.se Stales, lb# law givers and judges of a land of white men. We turned away, sick at heart. As we passed by Court Squate, we fotmd a regimfant of (mops eoCaiiped, with a sentinel at each gate, with a Irish ling bayonet, and rows of stacked arm* belonging to the men who weie lying about among the shade tree*. Tli? statde of Andrew Jackson looftet! down upon 1 these men. How the old hero, the old ' Constitution-defender, would have been j < astonished, if be could have a i*** from , ti* grave and looked upon all llt?a^ things ' eing enacted iii the State of Tennessee, I j in the year of grace 1887. off frtthiit The play w ossr, the actor* are dispersed, 1 , nnd our readers wiil find in our local ' columns that the Caucasian, in the Stale of Tennessee, has pa*?ed under the ride ' of the African. The Yankee is avfcAgerl ; ! lie has thrown down the Southern niah, ' and raised up the negro in his stead.? jThank Ood I we hare resisted thedese ' oration of our altars and the degradation 1 of out rsco all we knew how. From South Carolina. Charleston. Aug. 8.?Gen. Sickles a . ? nas issued an order tn relation to curiam inonny advanced by fldutb Carolina banks, during (be war, for the purchase of borace for lli? Confederate service, but which, not being expended, had been <lin tributed since lli? war, under a chancery decree, among hahtts and other claimants The order annuls the decree as a fraud Against tbe United ttmte<% and appoints a receiver, on the part of ih? Government, to whom tbe funds distributed, including costs and fees of counsel, are to Bis repaid. receiver is directed to report prompt Jv and delinquency or obstruction, on the part of individuals or corporations, in tbe way of the execution of tbe order. ITimrastei' ]te%r. ' -J g-l ? ' PUBLISHED AT I./VU(?Adt'lkll G. U.S. C.f BT CO\?IOUH A ( vVEDN'i:>DA\ M'iRXISO, AtJO Cln, 18rt7 q..i.a..f.;i...ro n.. /V\ tn u gin ?>f their p tper nnty know that their i' time is about to expire , ? ' i j ! 1 TBRUS FOR SUBSCRIPTION. For one vehr, in advance, |3 0<> i For tix months, " 1 r?0 For throe piontlin, " - 1 00 , I ??t i ?? i i i i i In I Registration^ j The B vtra of Keiilstets met at this piece on Friday last ati-J were e?gig<-d in the wgrk ol Registration twadavs? Ftii | day niul Sa'tirdsy O ie hundred and , hinety one names were registered in all? | sixty-five whites and one hundred and twenty i>x colured Considerable crowds were in attendance hoih days, mostly , blacks; many more than the Board could dispose of. Boards opened at two other precincts in the l> <trict at the same time. The Board which met hero is e*>(?aged , elsewhere this week, hot will, v?e tinder- j stand, re often here shortly. We regret to see thai there ts still eon' eiderahle apathy among the whites oh i the subject of registration. We do not know that we run add northing to the | strength of tlfo reasons, repeatedly urged j' throtiwrfi this paper, whv everv individual ; enlille'l to do so, shoti'd register. The ! result of tlie two dava registration, shows, in the disparity between the numbers of whites and colored. how th'a business in to end, unless the whites' come tip and do their duty. When we have given tip the ' ballot box, with all its power for pood or , evil, to a race who are sneoepriHte of the 1 most violent passions and prejudice*, an l who are taught hv Northern emissaries 1 to rerard us with hate and suspicion, M j ' will then he too hitu to retrace our ateps and make amends f >r present rtegliger.ee. ! ' The sa'ratlon of ottf r?ce, homes, and coitntrv depend upon action unto. When : ottce disfranchised, the opportunity of aij ' hig ourselves. our I unifies and fallow ci>i ' /ens at thn ballot hox is lost forever. The , disfranchised man is as power'ess to a).| t tlie cause of ptstioe and fight at the hal 1 ? lot liox, as the he ?-t pf 'he fiel I. lie can , neither hold office himself nor assist in ! M having offices fi fa 1 liv Compe'?nt person*. ? And this may not |>e all. If he d'sfiam | ? chises himself, as we will do hv refusing J to register, the act may l)e regarded as ,, an evidence of disloyally, which will tell j j, rpainst him hereafter. It may subject t tint to disabilities and deprivations rot ? tow conceived of. He m ?y he p'aced in ,.| i worse condition than those w ho are d h rancldsed hv law, h?cause of Itis willful " ej"Cti'?u of a pnvlege. These and many oth?r consideration* ' i * ltould fttompt every trr>n to reg!s*?-r who , ^ an do so. and wh?-re -.ny are in doubt as ' |, 0 tlieif right, lltev should apply and ! 'I tafo fh-tr douhts to the Hoard, who * tl rill decide the point for 'hem. _ ll Who are Entitled to Register 1 *' _____ fx The reconstruction Acts and the regu ,r s ations c?f the Military Oomman lant hereupon have all been published) the j( rork of registration is actually in pro p ;iess, and yet we have no satisfaetorv *-? c ution of the forego ng interrogatory ? " iveu in O'tiirleston, where the facilities or information are much greater than fi .ern^ ?hs papers say that many ciiiflens J ire at a loss lo know their status with h egard to the r'ght of registration. In view of this uncertainty, hi d the I ^ inpossibilitr of eflVctii g h thorough <xa | j :utK>n of the Imw in consequence of i?, K we hope that the Commanding General I will, before the J&egistrrtion closes. clearly > ^ ndicate in h General Order, who are en I ' .illed to register, and especially who era > ( smbraced in the clans of. "civil ofjtcr* ere I i sted hv law for the administration of nnv ! " 1 * general l*w of a State," There aro numbers of good citiiann, i | who are desiroun of complying wi<h the f requisitions of the law, but who are de. t .erred from registering for fear they may i lo so wrongfully and incur the penalties J lreaeriherl. j 1M - /"?l I ?' L .1 ? i I im v^imr uMiin irfifl HI taes ine lot | owing classification of persons entitled to J ^ >egster, which is Undoubtcdlv correct a* I r as it goes *. {t' 1. All colored men Iwenty-oha ve?r? 1 * I'd, who have resided in (lie State one tl rear next preceding the date Of regtstra I lion. . n 2. All white men, native rind reaidenl * here, who have attained theageof twen d ty one tears since the close of the war a 3. All men, whether thev were engag | fi ed in rebellion against the United State* r or not?provided they did not t.efore the I war hold any office under the Uni e I tl States Government, or held any "civil of- , ? fioa created hv law for the administration I tl of anv gen-rel law nf a State, or for the n administration of justice." li Tho great ppint of doubt is, as to who T are "etvll officers" within the meaning of 1 It the Act, "created hy law for the Admin ^ istration i>f any general law ol a State." ^ If tu ibis elass ere included llioee who, at : ,] any tint* before the war, held Municipal 1 <1 offices, or wh<) wete members of anv t* iu n;.i.ii.i it-.-u. .l. ? * 'h vu? minuter Ol ai?? j frAiicU??fd perirone are far greater then we f *t firwt r The following, we obierre, ere regard- d til in \ i^'hi* H8 ?i cuiiva ur Judicinl Officers wit Inn ilie ineHtriittf of t lie Act, Mt<) it inuv he that about the mtue rule will he observed here : "rtovernor, L;eutenitf*tt-Oovefnor, Sec rf'ntv <f Stele, A mil tor of luhlic Ac i'miiIiIx, S-conri Auditor. K-u'^irer of lli?* (llH 'f, Stare Vrextoirflr, Attorney ttenentl, Htierirte, Seriremii of a ciiv or town Cuinmi**inhers of the fl-venue. Countv Surveyor*, Con*< tjble*. Overseer* of the P>Mir|^iiiii)niMtoiief* of the Poor. Comm ssioner* of ilie Board of Pub'ic WorkvJii?lk!c? of the Supreme Court, Judge ol the Circuit Qourt, Judoi- ??f the Court of the Circuit Court, .1 udi?e the OlMII I nf llilwllfora I "1? inn* a/ I* ? .. .... t-, I?l lilt* vnmn tv Cimin, Mnvor, Kwotiler nnd A'der mnn nf h oiiv or Corn? efs mid JC* rhentore, Ineperlori* of Ti?t>n?*en, Fi?>nr, ifce , Cl*?h? ot the Supreme. Dietricl. Cir i*i.it nm| Cobiilv Courfe. xnd of the Court of 11 Attorneys for the Common wvxlih." % \ If the CnrhtTltndinj* Ge"?rnl, wotrM Mnnmern n? wn? done In V?rgtnin, the particulxf Office* which the Act in tended to oinfirxce, it *onM relieve, not onlv the people, hot tlic limjixirHrs thenr n-dve* of freet nncertniiHv. Ail the d?f ficflhv in the wmv of executing the Ixw proved* from thin uncer'a nty. It B J?e?,recti* pixiii ('h>Mi?li mime aflVct to rinilerntHud it d.nerentIv) Out' pppicil px I ion in the rebellion, whether voluntary or inVoluuhiryi doe* not of lt*elf dtxfrxn chine J xnd nnj former obd, ilinugli be ir*f?v hove Im Oii no prominent h? G> n T.kk li'inne f. rit-iv >-xfe'v register, index* he he'd ? di-qMilifyini* office Iiefore llie ? ?r. If the per*.m up living f r >f.jMi xli<m held, one of the proKcribeil otlice* I efore the wur. then the question come* up, wheth ?? i.- ..,.1.. ? ...:i_ - -? * ?imiuiurnv pnnicin?ien in fne rp l.pllion. Jf Iip (1 '*1. Oipn li? i* olpMrlv <li*i ; am! if nnt, lip in ??n i l'p?l tr? tp(?iwlpr, 'lir>n<>l? lipirHV hnVe li?M oipfi of11c? lipfntp ilip wiij. \Y* r^gr-i In fin.l tli-t at?li:s latp ilur, lliprp ?fp * ?i 11 rinulit* in fl-p mimta of iIip ppr.p'p np.in point*, wli'rli ?prn Pol cfilt ic'tlpil lot ? h-n, Vnt wliicn nrn pprfect'v |)!nin in 'In1 In*. Reaction. T' p N'n* Yurie fferatd lit* IaIpIv pro uilli? up.I h 8-npH of nrlic'pa A|tmIiiaI tipgro loiniiiAtion in iIih 8'nrhprn Siaipa It irjp? tl.p I'r-n'il-'Mt t.i r?'tn ive StatsYon mil iln* fivp 1) strict CntiriiHnd?'r?, to il'P 'inl di it i!ip reconA'rupiiun l??v* iiihv I-p i'linirimlrri d v*iih nrp?',r f<*(?r m Hip ?linpH (li it tiip\ wiii Iip uu'er iln* prpnetii iflpr of tliinps. tim boldness of iIip 'frrufrl 4 p notions, tli ?t p-tp.*r beinj rp? ;anle l ha M ^TphI i'lilpX of pnpillnr fpptini;, i ttikpn a* ?ri pviiipiice tl.at the I'd* i? | llrliiui* tiiinuu Iml I" ^ * ' fc, ! ?? in nerii liites. Wh shall ?ee The JIfrahl eon!?k1-8 !>* i f ins erlic'en h* follow* 5 ? Im'Ih i??tie III t'"B Slilllll tlcpend* pon lint ?ptr 1 in wliteli 'lie** imti nf i>< iiiKit<iolio*i hiw applied |l In' rnniiii'iiuuii _?siii 1?I ii-IihIh urn rigorous'v enforced, llll* III* lie^fO**, W 11111 )111 (|<l** t'Oll, Mre **lv ndiitiiied m ilm Hnliir* ili?v wvii I e*n Mi 'xr, iho iie/nwi will ni'fl in ih w,.ik of r? 01 ^Hii'Miiio'i ho I tifinl limn iIihv plena* to Cmigrees. If, on 1* oiliMr li tiid, tun re?ir < tioc* ?cmii*i in Southern wliii*n*?re emnewh ?t r*i*X' 1, r m1 ilm r- q oreine'ila l?? e<lfTrit.4* are ii?lf Mppied 10 the b'tacke, the wlii'e iMjurit v, wit Br* it ma's in uny Southern m*, will I>m lironifl.t into mciion, m<d rliit* nncemiHitev will ( ? tl.o remit. \V* *li*ve. too, that inul*f iliia nvniC'ii S mill rn reeofj*' r>ir'ion maa he ??> fairly mcriinn!i?!i*(l hh lo compel *Vi*n llie radical* f Oon ;re?* 'rt accept it J for if the li}e* r.f nive'H'd MutyriifH Ii nil now ij'ine hi fur IihI ii cannot Ii* arretted. thai other idea I * n*narxl hin 11 e*tv 1* clone Imhind. If *|T J.)?vi*. oil llie bad eo'twifpred by JHilinif radical*. CRn |>fl Itirned ioft-e, nrelv we need no lunger de'ar in lettine II tlie nrn-dler fry of llie rebellion ;n rrnt r*e. N >w, 1 lien, it lime for I'osidnnl ohneon to inxke i**ne we Iihva kiii; ;e?'eij liel*e*n liia'iiiode of eX*cmiiicr 1 lie mo of r*ror airnciion, winch mean* Inntliem wliiie anpremacv. mid die S an on method, winch mernia Rmi'lirrn neuro n|jrHnmrv, aim iwoniv Of tntflV J tgrOM n the i wo hon*e? na a beginning r?* bo oyptration of tlio preaont Oon^re?t.? <-1 Mr Johnaon preparo at one* to try Cow York and Ponnat l?;?nia on tHia toat, ind ho will diacnvor, bofo/a tlia ro a?aOin ?l|njr of CnnffrrM. ilint tliav are not vet eadv to be jo*ti?-?l liy Smuboioiba Uni ed Statu Senate." A Inter arti?!e from the same paper ?\ a : 'The inanity i:justlyalarmed attfhal as already heroine evident in the realijia ion of the Radical party programme ? t ia r.iexr (hat line programme no-ana no ?m th*H hiflre?T anprewiiie? -ft ton State*, nrf the Conaoq-iont divainn of the conn ?v on a *nr?? ba*ia then thai eliirb l-d n the rebellion Wo fought to fro* the a (ion from pirtv domination guided hv laveholde'ra. and no f*ll Undor h party omina'ion haaed oh the vote* of tho i ?vea wo made (too. Wo have m| ?hom oo to male* them nor We er. ha age a white tyranny for a hlack tyranny. 'liia n li*t ttie people meant whon liov pave livee wi'hnut lirtvt, and money ml.out eiint tn proooon'o thtt war. Rvon lino* who doairod to free tha alavea would ot htve in ado thorn m*aiei* of il.? >?! ? - I? ip.hI dnetimee of anv part of the nation; at omething verv near to thin rnu?t l>? lie remit of th? policy <jf radical rader* of whom Mr. Ntanton ia th? type totiial political domination in ten St*:#-* ? giwn to tlie nigger; and wli\\ did lie lo to fle*wrv? it f Frprn fifty to a bun red thortaand elilia'od on our a'd*. out of nir million*, an'd tlie remainder tia't ed a> irthnn and did what ihev could affninat n? mi our raua? in gfow'ng dm corn tha? |i o reb?l nrmi-e. Not a amgU inanr cetion-1? ?wm or,? organ'i?d blow for free lom? came from thee* eleeee aod tone of I - - I k * eleven timing four year* of a ?nr tlmt intrtl ihe U'iru>*t ener^i** of their in** tcr*. TPf degrade and adulterate the na t fan a I life by introducing into it half a million eervile, semi-brutal voters?nl> that tlm ?oprt?iiiNcy> nf mi ??Cogent ncd 'fanv'*roira faction may ha ?ecttferi ar><! nmdfl p-rmanent Ami ll i?, i"<i-6'l? this making of nigger voters and driving the white men of-th* Sontli from the polls ? ' 'lie whole irgtilt of the w?r n# lindi oal leaileg* a?*e it Ti?t the people are awakening to the true percepinn of thi* grant rn itfar, ai.il it need* no extreme v'gion in know that the nation at ill fvenlttalh/ trample under its feet every vestige of the party that holds srteh ideas and has led it into this false position. The ftiaiii qieMlon for Mr J o iiifoiii in whe'her In* I Hi* the ronr age to take the current of tf'if* nntiofial tendency and make a hoM tight with Onngres* anil t he'Raiiiea'g, now th?t thev are in the wrong?to fight when he may have the people on his side, wi'h 'he entile ( npirit with which he a**aile<l Oongre?* j when it* ?r's wem in harmony *hh the 1 national will. If he ha*, the c me ia plain before hon. lie most make a clean I SWCri) of nil Ihr -- - r -, ...? . ? w< "? f ur ' ' I construction. ffe mus^ brush away all ' the ewnmnnfttrs. ou<f if (heir are t>o yruernts to take their places. make tone. lie m'i?i not *?oii with Stanton even in hia C*hin?t. PnWinc thus a . new departure. pursuing an hones' p >licv of r^nni ruction nerar losing eight <>f the real n' i?("o of the w?r lull breaking up utterly thin mischievous attempt to secure nee/ro ! swjrrwtry. he will nierelr go Inborn inn ?ist ps ot iIip peon e mid though an at tempt at impeachment woul/l come a? sure ?a sunrise with the aMeinh'ing of Congress the attitude of the nation would a w? it into st'once " For tlio Lancaster I.edeer. I To the People of Lancaster District. I have reoeiy?d silica mv late address to,yon through this paper, from hii eiili ne.tt ladv m iIip North, to aid in pnrehas inp clothing for 11 o destitute fewaiee of this 1 hstrict. $>.j 1 will men I inn here thai I hws l?*d tnanr Solicitations to foil for men !>.-r?hip n the approach'tli? State Convention lo fotnrt a new Co>.eiititiion. In reft'v let v>"' n!> ii m imrHrmin no**' ? I'li ill* whether 11 na'h required tor re_>'? (ratnm is *o be understood H'TtT'linir to its li'ef-il meaning. or whether the mi pieme a>iI'ior>i 'ps mi.-lit interpret it riif fprentlv, and if mi, ttliNt hnI meaning miohf I p. I I'unnni consent to i*ke i* I wi|i hiM that I limn nn extreme averaii.fi lo outer iip'in t'>e political arena in our present demoralized h n I rtteoluiiotiarr atute of. society. ( hope, theref.'P. piV friem1l? Wi)| select too n ??<fior individual lo r ?ti lor dm office ? I' I#"I to?a-.d i malting c'? *io?i. lei me Hr)>i?o tlietn to set''? upon one of age ? * |o?rionO", nii'l, wore especially, onfi w ||o ha* * ? hv been devtVad to (lie Union ? since up have suffered enough froiri *e version politicians. J.F. O MITTAO. Judge Fi?h?r*? Charge WXfclilNdTOS. August 7. ? fhe following is I lie summing tip hv Judge Fisher, to il.e jury in tlie Sorriti ca?o ; From the ol??ervat'Ona winch I li*?* addressed lo von, ion ?i I inter J K rsi I I.mi a cnii?pirm'i formed in ti'ii# "f o l.ikn the life of tlie I'.eddent mot Vice I'rei.'lent of the repnlilir, slid the head* | "( the Kieouiiva I iepartiiier l?. f >r dm pnr pose of aiding the enemies of din Federal Government, liv throwing it m)o anarchy and confusion, is ttea?nh as be.twin and as hiirif.il to the people of this country, die cointiHssin ? the death of a Kin.; or Q teen of Great Britain i* to the anbj-cls of that realm SssiiiH That even- p~r soft nngn-'etl fo Such con-piracy, hs long a* lie continue* a nieint.er of it. is respon sib'e. I.O! mils* for "he U*t ??f i?- l-?? - ? - - V V Itn-'ll,, ??* f>r any niur'trr or le?? crime w|??'-h nuv from it. Tflird. T*>?%* 'h? f* -vern merit miv waive *lt? ch>? r i? e of ir??>*i?<>Ti ai/amM ikv or m 11 <he ctnupirttnri) and pm.-eed the ii for the rtnal'i-r rrii?i? of inn/der. |nrlil?1?-r| in |l,p greater crime of ira**on f'iiitrlli Tint* ii'id?r an inticiment f<>r murder. rr-?n'fi?iu frntfl the pro?e<Mitinn of aiich ennap'racv. evidence of ihe entire eoope of the ?Mn?pir4rv mar !tie cnnad-red in e*'iiuai ing the Lemon* character of ih6 oflf-nfe laid-in the indict inent F fill. TJmt it wan not nece**arv j 10 aver in the indictment the fact that Abraham Lincoln, 'he victim of the rnur derer. was, at the time of It* coiiimi*aion, Preeiilent of the Umled State*, or to prove it, in order to allow ti e jury to take that fart intA the account, in ileler mining the hefrinuachar&cier of thfl crime; it helot* tt'fUct of wtrcli the court* will lak/i judicial cogniemce. S-*th. That he who doea an act hy anotlier d'-e* it bv himee'f, and i? re?p tn?'hle for it* cnn?e qeence*, in criminal a* well aa P'vil ram* Seventh That although an alihi, when I rl/??r'v a?tnbliah* t. firma onmplala and untntwfnahla d-hoiO'-, tha inarn hIc?? from tha lintnediata NCana of crima, ing from h conspiracy uiircprntrH of and iiiiahandnna'* >v tha p*ftv ohHtoad, ?' will not avail hitn if lia ??r? v aomw other tilaca *a?lyti#d him. perform ny hia .pari <n thh ?t??>ip?taor. E'jfhth. That thin plea i?. nnlaaa olaar'v mada out, til wava me^rd* ? with aokploioh and a cir# otimatanoe a?!(f'iih|t ayainat h>m who at lofflft't it. heonuao it imp!ina an adrn'taion of tha truth of tha far'a alleged ay<in?t htm, and tha enrrPO.I"a?? of ttia infpreno# drawn fVom them. Tfintli. That fl'yht from the aoahn of orm?, the fabrication of fata# noaontita, and the ennraalmant of in airnmant* of violence, ar* ciro iima'anm* ind'oaltriff piii'l Tamil. AhllOil/h a* ron faaaibn, in thn aliyhtpat d*-yr<*P tainted with tha promiaa of f ttrnr nr Kt A a*aa a# f??r, fa not aduit'ad a? ati-fano* a^aina' hitti wlm rViakoa if. y*t if fr<?e't ewd., voluntarily, ia on* of lh* aureal poims of girl*. Th* f iri?m<m of lh* j'irv r*qw?a?*H a copv i>f |1ia rfCV'le l aviifanrn, lw? J I'lpn hmhar "aid it w*a Dn;mii|l. Th* dafanrn waU willing, bul the protecatl&n objact * ed. < Foa'oftWa ?r* rf?'*?d, mtd n## nhee opeoed every day throughout the South. Local. Re gUtrattoa. Tlie (..Hawing is die registration in tbe precinct! up to our going to p'?>u : W HI TP. 8. CO!.OH8t> fjunCftftter C n. 05 126 W*?k?u.< on ion - "v, * v* 1 ? v lliikorv Head, 140 Itf In all ili? precincts good order and do c<>rum who observed. But Tow of (lie \ whiles fit this p'ace have registered, owing 1 to (ho great ruth of colored people from the country. Of the number of co'ored rtgisieft j (2d5) one only conld write hi* oa.ne. Freshet. The rain which foil on Wednpsdav night of last week caused a greater freshet in the water course* hi this section than h a been known for a gVeft*. number of years. We hear of rery serious damage to the crops, and in some places, almost a total destrnction of the corn on the hot torn lands The Mills hate all been more or less bjured, R ibertson's and Reaves* Mills, both on I,iit!e Benches creek have been washed entirely away ?house, ma rhinerv and everything. A nnmher of public Bridges have shared the same fste. -? **? ? We learn from a laie Chaf'e?ton pa per that 0*n? SicKt.ws haa decided the ipiestions referred to'hm bv the rpgislra i tnin Boards of Charleston D strict, as to |? whether Notary Public* and Milila?'fii | rer* ?ro entitled to reg si*-' t" The rieimral an* were that ihev are cleerU ?n> tilled and d<rec!s tlie Registrars to act accordingly. Favors. Mr. Ciiakkk, of llie popnlsr firm of IIaSHRI.IINK ?t t'llAFKl, Will aCOeptotir thanks lor la e Charleston pipers in ad vnice of the mails. The New Bank upt LawTlie foliow?iijj hints to prtflioner* are understood to have be.-u prepared by tbe New York Hour.I of Registry 1 Make up your petition with the el even forms of schedules A ami If in duplicate ; swear hi both ; ti'e one m li the c'erlt of the court, and ask 10 hare tlie esse referred to a register. 2 At the hour spec died in tlie order referring ili? case to s register, appear be fore the (egisiei to whom the com is ns Signed. alllj lllake Oltll l>ef >re llint lIlHl the dup |.eiiron Mini r.*lt?*<!u1a-? are on Hla wil'i ill- clerk, anil :nnee that 11 he certified correct in form This being, dime, move that the petitioner t'?i il-C'Hr e<l a banki ii|>t l ion im clone hy nn order made l>v the register, of which he wilt give V'tii h certified rcipt. Yon will then mov- for the warrant. Some tone will I.a r-q I'm.I to iiihW* t! i* out At tlie time appointed rail upon the register for llie Warrant ami lake it (o tlie marshal The marshal will ren tire satisfactory re runtv for liia fees and disbursements for the newspaper pi|h|i> a'iona. (fce., winch yon will arrange wi Ii liint, \ oil have nothing nv>ru lo do till tlie return day of ill- Wariallt. 3 He verv c ireful that your petition and achedil'ea are written out plainly, free from a'l eraanrea, ititer'nieaiinna or ahretiapons. As the. whole proceeding ia strictly statutory, the aiatute and roles made tinder it must be most a'.rictly Coin plied with. 4. In case the register rsftl?e to certify Tour petition to he correct in point of form yon will take a certified copy of the points A llfrisin tmir hat Iflra ur- ao?nfio/4 ^ * ^ v .. i. ? .. i n \r?iiur<| IU Wr defective, and proceed to prep,re amend men'a, or ho MiiiHtulft] petition, ha m?v he most convenient, in diip'ieate Wb*n lit in in <l<>n?, have audi amendment, 01 | amended petition. iwurn^o it. dupli ca'e I then rtpp'v ?o tin- rejiAter upon *n affidavit excusing 'lie error*, for nn f>rrli*r lo rttnend. Such order l>ein(r a'lowed, dill <ih from 11"? register h Certified ?opr. aiijI fi n iIiIa v?uh one of the duplicate* mill 111m c'erlc. C?rrv the oilier to (lie register, who will ex Amine it, nn?l if cor ran, certify it; and you then proceed h* above. Silent Politicians. Some of our coniemporuries txpres* surprise at the fact that tnanv of our liitli erto voluminous ndviAwra end country ah vera are now adeni ?now alien, if ever, we need the advice and wisdom of expo rience to jjnide us It does not surprise ue. The case is a very clear one If >ou Iihvm ever seen a coon up a tree while the hunter Wha chopping at the tree ! m?(I w*tched III* cour-a, yon c*n re*dt>v (ti? po ni of our illiivrntmn. The do. >n km:* Ii>k'i up in tllM It AM, A Mior>K 'I"1 lopnioHt I'OUtfli*. An<l select* m fork. 11* k-ep* in iliM fork, keenly eye iftK lio li tbe rloK>* mill the nxmnun, e?p? ri* !y the l?i>r. After the tr**? ina to tot ler, Arid fmrly to *(Nr( orar to one ?fd? ? A<>r| iIimia i* no loiitfur n doutii winch wav the tree will fn I?I*** j.iii p*. Our nilti'il pilntcmm *re like the coon. Whenever it become* perfectly App* rent which w*y politic*! RfTtlr* *re going to turn, ibee there Holoti* wtll *p**t( out ?wtll *p?*k out voeif?'otuly * aood a* it i* ?*f? for them to do *o. Governor Perry i* a brere men. 11* in*y I'* wrong ?wa believe mine of hi* crm<*lu*ion* nre?-hu' we a thou*end time* prefer rtirh men io thore cow *i?ilJ ooom p>>liiiciho* who nre waiting until w? ere rt?inn<|, in order ih*t the? rjy*y ?? whet rdric* will be ino?t profitable to therA to give U* Awat #ith Anch p*tiW>ti?m. To the dm* with *nch politic#. If irMetioo u the true policy, lot thern uy ao. tf -tb#y believe in lla(Iic*li*it>, let them Announce it note. If Governor P?rrr li nrlit, let tbera uy ao.? Cor. YorbtlU JSnfuirtr, LAT?9T~BV me \i c. . ^3 From Washington. WAsntMoro*, Aug. 10. ? At 1 o'clock Surmlt w?> ?. roil gill into the court >oom end HMitgnrd lite nent occupied l?y liioi during the trinl. beside hi* counsel. The clerk. n rid raiding lie jury, ?*id : Gentleni n of ihc Jury? Have you ? j gr^el a'pon ? verdict I Todd ? We heve ool been ?b!e to Agree, I t J _ L.V -I- ' - .)<H)ge riMlfr II HllVlllIllg Hits to he said on either rule why the jury was not to he discharged t Mr. Bradley said the prisoner did not consent, and if there wae any dacliuig? it would be againrt the protest of the prison er. Mr. Carrington ssid he would leave the whole inciter wjili the court. Judge Fisher ssid if there was any post sibdny of the jury agreeing, lie would not object to keeping litem for h reasonable time, hut m he ?u informed they could not poseihty agree, be would discharge them. The jury ens accordingly discharged at ten minute* past one o'clock. Wahhinoton, August. 12?The F'res idem, at 10 o'clock this morning, sent St ?i>tnn a communication suspending h tit from ofTlre, a* Secretary ol War, ant) di. reeling him to transfer the books and records of the nflice to Grant, who had hemi empowered to act as Secretary of War ad interim. At the same hour am liority was sent to Grant autliodr.mg liirn to act as Secretary of War ad iattaint, and direr-ting him to enter upon the dut ties of the office immediately Stanlon vacated under protest. Grant has aesuuir ed charge nf lite War Department Wahhinoton, Auc?*t 14 ?The Pres ident through (ten. Grant, ha* inatMicts-1 CJen. Sick1** that n<? order can l>e issued hy the In'.ter conflicting with tne procese of Federal Courts. This revokes Older No 10, interfering with case* recently adt judicated bjr Judge Chase in North Caro'ina. Stanton and wife have gone to Boston, From Virginia Richmond, An./ 8.?Geo Rihofield, to day, i*sued an order that, after the 20'li tM*,? all the destitute in the State he turned over hv the military nuthnrttia* to the overseers of the poor in the respective ?'onnfiei and cities. The Freed man's Bureau rations will no longer l?e issued. From North Carolina RAt.KIOIt, Aug. 0 ?Cell. S ckfea ha4 ordered the Post Commander hare to notify Gov. Worth thai tho adjourned Auguat session of ihe Legislature is postponed un it further orders. Wii.viKrttnv A n?? rt ?I. ?"n. been r?-e?"VHiJ from <?en. Sickle* to urn* penif nil jury inula no amount of n<?n compliance of (Jcnerul Or.inn No. 32, requiring a re^ml of the jury li*'a. All jury trial* were mi upended upon the re? ceipt of (tie order. Prom Alabama. Mowooiiknt. Aug. 0 ?Pope order* the discontinuance of and forhida futtirH proceedinga in cane* against soldiers for act* cnmmittecd in pursuance of military order*. Ciiari.ksto?), August 12.?flen. Sickles tin* approved (lie sen'eneft o( the court martial, hi ihe o??e of KadclifTe win! 1) ?lv, who recently nsasiil'e.l two Northern men m a bar room at Columbia. The sentence <a at* monlbs iinprisouineut in Kort Mar con. N. 0. Registration began quietly today.? A path v prevail* to a large extent in tbe communist. Tit* number registered toilnr *?< 556. of whom 153 were white and 403 colored. What We Mqu Do. Pollard'* Southern Opinion says W? tell ilia iimuL r\l it>? I. -..J especially of Virginia, that they cannot help theinaelve* hy phi"ging into til* of neUncholv end despondency. That pluck which hurl* defiance in H<e face of misfortune nod d**pa>r m what we now need, I nod what will save us. It will not do to | lie-en to those *lio?? sets and vo ce* pro* Claim a iImt fJo I and justice hare abandoned us forever. We are unworthy of our anceairy?unworthy of that grand old Anglo Saxon blood, who** I*?*, Ian* Hinges, euitoiQi and traditions live irn* perishable in K'iglsnd to day. despite the effort* of William the Conqueror and hia Norman* to crush them?we repeat, we are unworthy of that nturdy island race if we succumb in base and ignoble weak* n?*e to the cohorts of misfortune, tho ugb ten fold greater than thev are. The name son shine* over us now that shed hia ravs upon our j ojoti* land in the devs of our prosperity. Not a star ia missing from tiie pottering dome of h?ae en. The Itoentn of our la-loved Virginia, although scarred and rugged with tho track* of desolating war, is still aa rich aa ever in all the elements of wealth ar.d greatness, The physical and material w<#ld in which we tnove is unchanged ? The wheel of time stdl revolves?let ua I J - - - ?- - wi??ij una pruaonnj nun ion met ?H * nk not ao deep from *p%*hy, indifference end d?*p*'r, that no future revolution of the wheel elitell hnng u* tip. Let our people keep their heed* end heart* in food repeir L*l not corroding care* end bit* >er menv>ri?e' unman the people of the Houth, or it will he eeid they deaerved ell the celainilie* which d??e!oped them. tilt Cnoy*?The corn crop I# ahont made, end i? equal to our anticipation*; while the cotton elao ia doing very well, flprtllnj of cotton, we would ment'on a piece nf ten eeree, planted bv a friend in St Matthew*, which will m?ke, in the eetiinaimn of go >d judge*, 2000 oouuda of *e?*d cotton to he acre ; which ahoot 1? ha'ea to the Intel. We CM' graduate nor friend On h'* aooce**, and weald he p'eaewd to h?ar from him. ae to tha mode of cuhnre puraoed. to produce aucb reaelu.? Qrtngtburf Newe.