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m Cancaster JTrbger. VOLUME XVI. LANCASTER C. H., S. C., SEPT., 12, 1867. Mini * [For the Lancaster Lrtlgcr.] A Grand Occasion. Tt was a lovely morning in Msv 180?, that an unusual commotion and the prea ettce of tunny bright, cherry face*, with heat apparel, betokened the dawn of a pain day on the Village of Duns',en. Ee long crowds were seen rep.ring to at em Inence in the suburbs, crow ned i?y ?n ?m posing structure, and shaded in choicest proves of Acsdentus, Old sud voung, ibe grsve and ihe gav, members of every profession and pursuit had chimed s r? spite from the carsa and dniiaa of life, end were coming up to attend an scadmic festival, in which nN seemed to feel a common interest. In all ag?s, ail peoples *?nd common?. liee, an well n? ind<viil|i'\ 1""' their cbaracleriaiic feature* The Oreake fl rk ed in rr uliit.ulee to their O't ntp'c ean?e?. j and ahowered o'ive* on the trnmph.mt wreatlera Tl>? Homer? ?hot"*d the ! prainea of th? niiecenafid i.'n ,;:iinn Some! inol^rn cnunlriea of Southern K??rnp? ' have their eatnriiH'ia o> earnlva'a; nil ?'e- j aigned chiefly to ma' e 'ipn a fur war or to indultf? in revelrv. Whatever tva< le cha reel eristic of A rel pntt us a whole, it may (><* aafelv asne.-ied that the com muni tr, of which We r, 0 np??ki ??. gave tin I mintakable evidence of *^o al ^hi rpnre' elation of a niih)e<v etprensod hv ? wor.l of deeneat imnO'l in the tSn^lirh !< ' pnrji? ? Education ; and an a nn'mn' nereaaary cnnaeqi.pnca, ihev had ? c?n'i achool. Efficiency in a teacher :a nece? ftnrv so i? en oi>i?oM?ii?? ?? ' ? 1 . .. h | tir* community. Hustling r'iioiii the ground*, and full of eXoecianCV. were the trno|>? of of wlioin w?f* to ai?pe*r for ? ???r firat time. "in public on toe aiage." To them llmt waa a "great and ii??nn"tant dav, l?iqf with the fate of C;Uo and Koine."? tn fact there in aa much real life in hoy hood ** in - manhood. Youthful anorl? j fcnd oonfVc'a, jora am! aormwa. are -?a keenly f?*lt frequently, a* are yrarpr mat1 tera of maluiei ye urn ; and hare ro?m?li influence in forming chaiacter. The achool room, MtwomUv. I>ks not been in pity called n miniature of the l?oav, ?! rli jryli .y w or hi w't'inot. Difficult would it hare heen for any anv one to rea'xn (lie influence of de cheer fuh>e?a and hilarity, (hat beamed from youthful conntei.nnceaon that genial occaat'on. There ia much of war-ward ! I neaa and impeluoaitv in youth, that <le j manda n atern and rigid check ; hut there ia much warm, generotia enthnaia*m that I i? truly amiahle?nothint* dark, nothing . . , . . u>sier, nniPiug repulsive. I lie open, frenk, ingenuous nir mey well c?n?e n j sigh, litmt the rude contact of the world j oftentimes obliterates in the men so much of the lw>y. Memory went Itownding beck over a i few veers In the time when I wss n per ' ticipam in aimilar scenes, eslling tip r??o ' nations hoth pleasant end otherwise.? | One form, in particular, stood in distinct, I end even then, ternld* outline l>efore mv mind. To him I emit with satchel end mournful face "unwillingly to school.*? |le taught gremmnr, j?eoyr-<phv. Ac , hn' in addition t<> theee studies, he kept i?if whet is reiher uncommon now, dancing exercises. The spsce appropriated for this ~r it.* J-i" * - ?* f.wmww ? Iiw.ma wm in iiiv rnuur' ' of th* floor, vImmU ii-lti hy ten ; and al? ' though lh? qnotilliona am never gone through in lli* njoal apnrnved atvle, ?ki, tinder the |n?oi?nioii of the rod. gyration* of every description were certainly ?i? cuted. Jim ? a ram cm?, and Jim nat oft an on the floor; hut f would - not have any nna to infnr that he wa? a yemarkatdy amart I?ot, juat heeauae he traa a had Ur, Jim war frequently up without a partner, hut nia practice in the graceful art alwaya had the arcompani ment of plenty voc*! roua'c, differing how* ver, eooaewhat from the concord of aweet aounda apohen of hy Riiakapeare. The teacher liked to aee the effecie of be whipping and J'm an prompt to abow them. Ah,? 'Wei! did we boding trembler* team te trace* ( The day'* diaaateia in hia aiming'* face." No*, thia ?a juat the oppoelte extreme to a aentimentaliem, aometimea found, that would b??iah the rod eltogether from I the echool-room. lu maintaining diectp { )! *, U hae great virtue yet; hut other ifeotlvee than fear ehould be appealed to, aa a general thing, to produce application. Under the momentary etimulant of the rod. hotter recitation* m?f ho mad#, hat it roro'y giro# the habit?tho Iota of ate. rty. Such WM tho doctrine and policy of inboAqooot inalruoinr of akioo, who stood forth in marked eontraat, Arm hat rnttd/T patient, faithful, loo rood. Wl not pod "otic?o modot U*ebor. Tbere woo oomotbiug in hi* hrow and boorinc, too, (bot go?o'"tbo ootid assurance of ? moo." ITe adorned a calling iltal yields an im i porlftnce unci usefulness to none, hu?, which mmei'mp* receive* ?erv pe'ronitmg from pretenders in u'he* professions. Teaching is often wontfiiHv n>"dn a mere stepping atone to other pursuits, end sometimes no dopht, a refuge for indolem e and Hiiniluliflr^lift" fft? .n.,,!.!... ?l? ' .. . ^ -V nii??nnn{ risr , l)Ub 1 that i* no more than Maying that there are pedagogue* a* well a* qoirka >ind pat, lifogger*. But where Mm I remMlug lo, , lei iim go liack lo the Ac?demv The piepurxtorv muffing, the pat aphernalia nod fl 'ih tunm'ty attending d^p'aya of thin kind n??Ua iIimui the gminlhi f rcee. Hih lhi? proved a niark~d excepdon in auountng 1,0 falae pre'ei-dionM. The regular programme having heen co.npl.*t?d, an addreaa ?n delivered, which Reem^d e'uioet en uiinece*?art ?p pe> dftge, tdnce itm- va?l. encouraging, fa vorh>g na-euih!v proved thai eduction t' ere r ooH not in need of edvociea* and . p.* Iinr Keen <d>?erved, too muc!i rhetoric 1 i? noineiiiliua epenl in ex'oMing a thing ...... vu' U'iuiio. I win, However, ' t/tvn ?* as possible,ihe tenor of ti c ?d<lr?AA : ' Mh i* a combeing, m?de up ' of a little du*> end a npiri'OHl e*Ae? c?*; the one \ AOOO 10 crumble Ami return 10 UA O i.in it a'eif ; .he other is to mrvivn lU '*wk nf mAUer?n?l tlie crush of world*.* o'd A1 dure n* loot; en ibe I) vinitv ! whei ce ii ei'snet-d Thev A re *on"? j fine'cgoo*. in etch he<n,r a snVj-et j of <l"v,c'?ipin?'i'i, growth nml diAcipline, j bn O''lie"*he, hev . re ?? d'terse aa life i *nd Hext'i, as hreven end esrib. TI'P one it possessed in common with the b-me. the other is the p?*ooitA*.r1ietin(jrniel* inc AttriUn eof men. H.iw A'ii>z'tig then the folly the I i'ne mind should ever be el lowed to lAngu'sh, wht e no toi's, or sirng C'C". or perils. ere loo greet to 1>e endnr- I C<i in order 10 usurper snd eilorn tlie l?o j dy Ho* 'nfinilelv inferior, in aII ihet j p-r'n oa to true dignity end drt iev, it wee' b 01 reck, o leerning, thMi which i* { .i." i ?- ? - |>n nm 1 nil in well lliHl >< KKIIl 1mt 2 o , milt ime end netful, widen bring" U drr it* I'omin on earth, eir nn<i Re-, which irerw planet" in their feRrful ?pee I through ?pxcc unbounded, which evi k.t 'he spirit# of lite ni'nluv deed md intro duces io-v!ie in is'er mini* of every age r d country, which i??che? to 'Look llirouuli IIR ur? lip to online'" Ouil.'? True, ii i* rwmrved for uenium-a onlv, ?iich R nneur mi inlervntii ?f centuries, 10 un fold 'he MrrRit* of nature or to traverse very exten?iv?-ly ilie ?iiU fie'd" of lea ji in2, yet (he Mute* d'sdam hoi to bemo* reward* on patten1, bumble plodders.? True, limited teeonrcen Rod the neoe"?nrv ileiiiRnda upon time muy give but little leinure for the improvement of mind', vet oftentimes indolence, fashion end exirava _ Hlice, |i**?ii>n* end nlsRSHras ??.> far <MI" exacting limn tie demands of pove'tv. ' Great revolutions are ever talcing p'ace; they may nol l?e acsomp'tn'ed | wiili the cliiftli of arms or any violent upheaving* of society ; things may go on a* smoothly xi on a 'land lor Led l?*y', and vat, grant change* come. Toe aetorn nre those at whose bands ilia rising gen rrattao in to receive the culture with which thay are to enter the stage, after they themselves have been shuffled off and lain in their 'narrow rhnrrh-vard eel's.* Then, all that would have ll e?r mantles fall on an intelligent and virtu, on* offspring, al! that wou;d have their memory revered, and the soda, under wjticb theii bonee are soon to moulder, hallowed with tributes of gratitude, educate, educate ihe whole 0811110.** Lswykks?We havaalwaya been forri ' blv impreeaed with the courtesy and chari ty which lawyer* extend to each other, 1 and base often thought thai sh#if ?rnu?- ! plee might be imitated with profit by other classes of persona, and oven hv Ministers of the Goepal. While witr.eea ing the e?ntMt io the Court Hone# at1 Dallas. Oaeton county, b?i*Mn ?uch men j K O-bont* and lironm on one tide, and Vance, Lander and 8-*henck on the other, ' we Mi an admiration for the proftsalon that we never felt befoie. The disputes and coeientione were eonducted in aueh a gentlemanly, liberal and charitable spirit, and one or the other party yielded with ueh good ({race, that aabil it was pteae ant, rather (ban disagreeable, to bear thera.? CharlotU Dtmoemt. Capt. Toiberi,of the ship 'Ocean Bird.* | bae won another bet (this time ?2 000) on J Wilkes Bontb be'ag still alive ? Anothsr "doubter" having been convinced, at a forfeit oHhe above earn, we he gin to thioftf that the statements of Baker and others reletire -to the dea'h of Boo?h '# really only faStieatioee. Tolbert will m?he a fortune, if be cootianee.? Cot., Pkmoia [From the Charleston Me>ci?rv.] A Hew Ltfht and a Brilliant Project. A Black Radical Emissary ? He is sent by Stevens and Douglass, and in Marl boro' Demands Lands or Death ? Advises the Negroes to have no Con' vention? The South to be Made a Oreat Negro Nation ? Some Negroes become Maniacs 1 MAtu.Bono' S. C., Aug 21 1887 | Mv D"*ni ^ir ; A nej'n, p*lhm{ lnnwe'f the Rev Nioli William*. *?<l hailing from Oh#rlin, Ohio, made hi* appearance in the j tipper pin oi ?hi? d'MriN mIhhii tweiva J .i - -- ? imvi nun nan cre?te<l the mot* in j . ten?C eXehemen nninn{j our n?-Si'0 pnpUi ; I x linn. He lien to''! .lie wilier of thin ; coimnnn cntmn thai lie with forty o Iter neyro min-ionnrien, en'erej ii in S iaie to ??eil>er iiw' ?i*r? sent on llielr mission fov T'l i'l. Stoyeni H'mI Fred I) ?u_?l .nn. He i noeim In he ignorant, hut is undoubtedly keen and fully alive 10 liin import mce,? | He lien ma !? many apxpche*. at wliii-b, | not only lerije crowds of negrom, Iml ninny nvlme person* ??re urenent He ur^e* die na^mes to ?oie for no one f<r office Ivu* oemnns of *t>e*r own clour unrl ; -i?i - * n iv* viuv"v 'og? net ; lei's ticm ?1 r tt?*Y sre ll??? rniiii "powerful nation no n??lh " .Toil Mlh*v mill iipy ?'one whip tied the rebs,** shuse* lie Yankee* more I thno our Ho<nl>ern people, denounces toe F'fH!m?n'ii Hnrt-su, >.n<! s*y* ?nv of its ?geius em lx" IkmcIiI for wo tinllnr* and fifi* ret ib lie is e perinllv f??pri> upon | the Rett Mr VV?ii t*?>r?o'e, wlimn !i?? sxv?. , 1? k<?ew fifteen veer* ego in Bo?ton as* hlnrlc le^. sod <? bom lie now denounces hh a thief. At first the r.ey?o?B were verr bJiv of l.im end <-hHi3fefl bi n widt being ? Dtmoc, aker" out lie has pained upon | heir alVeO tonn l|n?i| now lie is Almost 1 worshipped ab Cio'l. lie -ItreAtenB .Item ?vi |i arrest and sei-ere non-aliment il ihev dUpti.e hi* woid O" <*ent lit* doctrine ? He a * A llp't A lie L' co'n rr mi?ed litem fortv acres of land, one Inndred dollars in tnonev, end ?* months* r>tion?to Oomniei ce nper*:Inns opon, ?nd that on j his deaih be?l lie swore Anirev Job son to carry on*. Ids pledge, * d it will be carried ont. lie say* lend we most ll-veor we will ie." He ie'U Id* aujl . enceti tint "we ( I s negroes) w hipped die rebels nod we will now whip the h'ns , U:|i-?l l?l s'eretl lip Ystiks-i." Alioit fiftv ex reh* t er? p e*en ? ben 11*is 'as' expreaaion ?!'* m>?1a. and ?htli>t ii ** ?? rora vmI witb Minna of itfcUm?t'o" be ibe negroea, the i*! 'el?a were aileni and lo think lha' aa that Ith< 1 bad | enough of fivbih'g. l' ?v wou'd prefer to I be excused from 'aking anv p ri in the opemien, and would aimplv ask 10 be a'loeed in look on Heatvaihe Yankee treata 'he ne_"0 a' the.Nor-H tone ihan they are treaxl here, no privilege* l?ei"g allowed iliem. and pr >poae* io bring lite negro pop'iU ion of ilie Norib lo occupy t'e ten cornered S>a'ea and to make litem a great neyro nation. He aakea the ne. ?oe? wbv ahou'd ihey v>le for reconatrnet'on f Will it put mna keia in your hand* or m'ne f If von go into reeon*'ruction, yon will be ct>e* ed out of your right*. No ! atiok to tout I colnut 1 Ha denounce* the Sou1 IteMier aa having joat aa muck rigbt at'll to claim the negro aa bia ?Uve, aa he baa to claim a ri^Iti 10 hi* Uml : : - .. . ?. fvyif* tun ll|>njfl"*. ' i. on lea* be ?m prr-ent nmund us, the eii ietit and character of the excitement among (be negroee. All labour is suspended; our fodder withers in the fields ; whilst 1 crowds a'tend the reverend gentlemen everywhere he goes fie is pertiel to young girls end has a troop waiting on his every want. Bo greet is the feer of hitn hy tlf negroes generally, that more the.; one b -.ve lost their ronton in virtue Ol some of his threats of punishment.-One, e fevour:ie servant for years of a gentlemen in the neighbourhood, is made e raving m^n'sc, and e gentleman lella ine that he has seen another on hie knees to hitn imploring hie mercy. Gentlemen, when ia this to end, and what ie to be the reeu'tf Does oot thie immigration of stgroM from the North lo our conquered I land moid full of untold war to ut | [Tbu atove later ia from a gentleman who to known to in and in whom we bete confidence.?Enu Mbr ] Why Not K>etrru?I? If any while man, bavin* tbe right to re*inter, hae one toll arv reeaon, belter than a foofa reaaon, why be ebould not regieter, we would be glad to bear it, or lo bear of it. If you wtoh lo earrv out Mr. fwr^k policy, or to oppoee it, equally, you muet | regtoier. If you are coaeervaitee?demo*1 eratte?radical?negro?dog?or detll? | in order 10 carry out yoer policr, you muet Sret regieter.? York Enquirer, j j The Boys at West Point 'An Old Dr 'coon* ia writing a aeriea of imereafing akaiche* for a Richmond i p?per, giving rc ninia -Micea of cadet life at the We*t Point Military Academy.? The following are ex'ract* : T' e firat c?det I ewer heard give the ' word of command was Albert Sydnev ' Johnaion, and the impre** on hi* appear ance made op me it a* de<r and diaiinct now a* it waa liteii Ilia atal-?art foVm j and we'l developed tnuaclea give an ap- j t appearance of gienf aireog'h, while hia * gentle manner* and benevolent coumen i ance indicated a man of the tendereat af ft-c'iona II rd to aronae to anger, he waa ever ready to eaponac the cauae of . the opor-aaed. Ilia nob'e nature endear* k,-.. -~ t.;. r~i iv ? itii u?*ir?(ie?n ind Inn RMO -ji*'#* in afi*r life. On one of the fairest pages of SiH'O'v most he written il?* ' <l>'cds of this gallaiu soldier end true pa. iriif. | Leonids* P.i'k, till and straight aa ^ti arrow, was toe orderly sergeant of my ' Cotnpa y Scrupulously strict in the <nsi charge of Ilia duiie*, retiring in hi* man | nere, mid r devoul member, even then,of the Episcopal Clunc'', he invariably com nvm.'ed the re?pec' of u* nil. Hubert E. La-a held ihe two offices in ihe c>"-pB usually filled, by the be*? sold-! iera of ihe cl as?sergeant major and r<I jntnol. He discharged the d;niea > f these offices wi.h zea! and fiueihv." Hia per hi>rhI :< pp? n. dch surpassed in manly < beauty liiHi of anv o.her cadet iu the ' onrj Trough fir ii in hi* position, and pmlecily erect, lie had none of liie ".villi int.* * often n?*umed bv ikhh *im affect i in be very strict in ibnr id*iii of what is ; nili.arv. Ha limb*, beautiful and tym ! metrical, lo- krd ?? though they had come | Irnm a lu*- inn U.lin , his steps ??? *a | elastic a* if be spurned lite ground upon ' j which be 'rod He was nxe.l ini'Mig his ' c'*v*no" re an a great sinden', and h* bav, it C p?**ed through 'be Irving ordeal ot a military school without a mngle demerit mark (' jenerallv go 150 a vev ) ? lliiri' g B<>b si-y a. Went Point. I ! am *n' sfied ii.at lie never sworn an oath, | lasted a drop of ardent *p r s, nor us?d be ween"' in anv shape or fntnt. Trie I *ame virtues nf r.b?-it>ei'ce :n*y be at , irbmed tn Charles M .so" but 1 think [ 'Charley*'occasionally let slip An oath ; a. 'ea*i be lookeri a* if be did. M??on I w,i? iii L-a'a v??d i >t ? )' 111 m 11 v hail ni? superior ?t -he Point. How T c^n record lii? bright, pierrng eve, glen. m?ng ?inl 4an*ppi?j;n with excitement as lie S'oud ??i ilie hlick l?o*r<l, <lem>natrat inff fome in'rcate a?r] beau'ifnl tnaihe Imaiic.il problem. M*?oo early |*fl the army, and n*? since sought and gained llial ^i?li><ciiiin io civil life which bia lal ems soil pure character entitled lnm la He was for* long limn C >m'ni?eioner of the Patent Office, choaei for hU soienttQc attainments, and fi'led with ability for aeveral veira a place oa the supreme bench of Iowa. Joseph K. Joheston had a great deal of ihe military spirit that pervaded the co-pa, and which was inftiae-1 by tj ^jnr W orth. He was not remarkable for bis studious habits, and belonged 10 a f?at ... .1 f.i xvi, ui wmoii i nvMi *u hd active mem l?er. Fn* of that eet HCxpe.J arrant, con. ftnement and court martial. J.>* John alon wan one of ihoee genial apir la lltal II?T? lent lo a eadet'e life. Full of arohi' lion and a daaire to exoel, he waa vet ready to join a ecoming party to Butter mitk Filla, the rve'desce of the immortal Benny llavene. Ilia appearance eaa fry military, and when under arm*, no man looked more ibe eoldier. Ue waa very expert in the manual of arma, and carried Ilia rauhket ao perpendicular that it leaned a little too much to the front. Though we recognized hie taie-i* ,u^ , j*e iiuie dreamed he had the miliiery ganioa be haa elnce diaplayed aa a commander. old friend and claaa mate, John U Magrnder, waa perbapa the tnoat elegant and diatingue cadet et the Academy, in that day, and I do not believe Wet Point haa ever had kit equal. He waa a firat rate eoldier. 6f like appearance, end very atrict when on duty ea "officer of lb# dry," never failing to report the alighteet violation of regulation#, even though the delinquent waa the moat intimate friend and room mate. Thia trait in hia char actev I have reaaon to know from peraou? al experience. John waa for the corpa the "arbiter of tbioge elegant, tba glaae f-.v? " TbuddtM. SitfMi it blooming mors Mid mors fssbls svsry dnj. Us bud in t?ndsd 10 visit Bedford this MMOn, hut U rompsllsd 10 shsndon ?h? idss, 00 MOMiit of ill hosltb. H? is sot oonfWd to his M, hot is eotnpsllud to knspths housa hv pmos of his inemsiinc iolt'mi if. An ititimnto ff?t?id n| Ms th'tiks it doubtful whstbsr he will evsr tesch Wash* (agtOB sgsiu. From the "Panorama of Brents," SCRNK I. A fine open chariot, with the Goddess of LH>err taking a ride with her physician, I Dr. Johnson. Grant,* the coachman, I driving a team ot five verv restive coursers. j Miss Liberty rather alarmed, Dr. Johnson leeling her pulse. White House in the d'S'ance. Dr. J ?I say, Grunt, tbis is a very ! ran h ro?<l tp travel with a sick patient. I 0?aiiI.?Can't help it, Doctor; Con- I giess sats we mustn't travel any other j road hut this. Dr J ? Can't you rein in your horses bet ter, then ! Grant.?Give me ? lit tie ch?nce. That fellow Stanton was such a poor driver, he has vp- tiled the steeds; hut I'll bring them all tight. Dr J. ? (Noticinjj the antics of the team) Grant, I do >'t like t'ne actions of that foremost pony of ours. He carries his head too high and looks mischievous. He has alarmrd Miss Liberty dreadfully, fake him out, and put that steady horse Hancock in his place. Giant.?Doctor, you had better be careful. The VViiita H""" ?.?t?t? r>p?n, and he i? veiy foud of Waahington oh la. If you i?l;e liim out. lie will make d ?ah ill ?t ?? *, ami maybe we won't be able to atop him. > D< J.?0 ! we will fit that all right. Drive him into the Indian p*?iu>e, and put the hara up well; and let him feed on piairie gra?a for awiiiTe. Perhaps the |> dians will aienl him, and I wouldn't oare if <hey did : they are great at pick, trig up horses with the "U. S.n brand on them. Grant.? I don'i like your insinuations, D" tor. Perhaps you'll want to bend me < there next. Remember, I'iu engaged ; permanently to drive thia te?tn. 1 Dr J. ? (In a flattering manner.) My ' fi I ...... vi.nui, viiu ikHy d? aure ol your place, ** long m? 1 prescribe for Mi?h Ldierty.? , (Amde) Wonder if lie suspects that I . can't drive the team tr.yse'f, end can't 1 ir 11 si any one but liim to do it. CKNK II. A high pressure locomotive, under full 1 meant drawing a train of twenty six cars. ! wiib ilie wreck* of ten other* lying beside 1 the track, some distance behind. Five I hand car*, loadvd with the surviving pa* sender* of the shattered irajn^ and worked ; hy darkey*, trying to ea ch up. j Dan.? I *ay. Phil, you're ahead t is ; d*re anv chance oh obertakin* de glorious Express tra n of freedom. Phil.? ftainin' groun' fa?8, brudder Din ; elbow grease am de tarry best of "train ileand urcle Harry Wilson drapped a rope een<) to nie while ago. Dan.?Be preurkW about rope eands ' Phil . some fool Democrat may say via | de*arh, em. Just then a little shock, and Phil and 1 Dan drop off. But the glorious "Express i rain of freedom" moves on.? Orangeburg ' v.... WWThe Appointment of Officer*. Hi* Excellency Governor Orr baa rei cetved the following communication from General Sickles, in reference to the future vppointment of officers in this Slate.? Smoe the passage <of the Reconstruction ; laws, all officers who were appointed by law received their appointments from Governor Orr, aa before. But this power will hereafter be exercised by the com mending General, as well as the appoint I roent of officers to fill vacaooios io elective #* t.r i office* : ' H'fk?*rr. 2d Miutast Disvriot, ) Chsrlws'on, ft C,f A.?g, 23. j" Sir: In compliance with the require menta of Section 2 of the Supplementary ' Act of Congress, approved July 19, 1807, | all appointments to office in this Militsrv ? / ' pialfiet will he made by Military author! ty m therein provided. Tn the discharge : of thie duty, the Commanding General deeirea that all vaeaneiee in officea, of which you are notified, be reported to! theee headquarters, with aqch recommendation* of pereona to fill vacancies aa you may be pieaaed to make. Your attention i* invited to the provieiooe of See. 0 of the ^ct aforesaid. requiring (hat all pereona appointed to office in the Military Diatrirta created by the Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel 8tatee, aball take tbe oath of office preecribed by law lor nfficera of tba United Stelae. 1 have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your obedient errvant, ' J. W. CLOUS, Capt. 3ftth Iof. A. A.. A. G. To Bit Kxcclleocy Jams* L. Orb. ni/iuuuil ?;ii The 8outh Carolina Penitentiary. Tlie Columbia Phanix publishes the following summary of the report of the Board of Commissioners of the Peniten* tiary : Thorn ur? nn? <Sf._ --II ... V uv*f V/Vlll |/iO iCU Uliy C? I llf and the stone cut for twenty more. Tho first convicts were received on the 18th April. At present, tuere ere upwards of 100. There has been one death ; one escape; one pardoned by the Governor, and one discharged. The cost of subtest1 ing convicts is about twenty cents a day ; but the entire cost of keeping a convict cannot yet be ascertained. No convict who is now working is worth less tban sixty cents per day and bis board if be was a hired labourer; thirty are worth eighty cents per day and their board.? All are kept at work except when excused by the surgeon. Sione cut'ing and masonry is the chief employment. . Seventeen'are daily sent to the quarry?about one and a half miles distant. An amount of clothing is on band, sufficient to last until ma 1st January. Kach prisoner, on entering, ia invested with the convict coetume, after being thoroughly cleansed and purified, and the commissioners heard no complaint made, during their conversations with (be prisoners, concerning either theit treatment or their, food; and it wag found that neatly all of them were in a fair way to learn a remunerative trade.-? With few exceptions, pun'shment h?e l>een found unnecessary. Since the month of April, the convicts. l??ve peifortued 2570 days of labour, which, at sixty ceu^s per day, is equal to (1542. Tbikos ark Workiko.?Tba Near York Tribune, of Monday, has an article on the doings of Washiogtou. We ex tract : We need only add, that no one has ever vet called.Hancock, Canby and Gori don Granger radicals; and no one pre* tenda thai Sheridan, Sickles and Pope have offended otherwise than in giving an Mcive. hearty support to the reconstruction policy of Congress. What, then, do these acts portend f VVe can understand them no otherwise than as the opening of a new and de*pe* rate struggle to arrest the reconstruction policy decreed by Congress, and, if possible, defeat and subvert it. To this end, ee inter that it is deemed necessary to tior' from oliiee every radieal whom the President or his Cabinet can reach, bat especially those wielding military power ! over the Souib. We judge that this final struggle is to be far more bitter, mora violent, more prescriptive, than ih^t of I860. Mokex-Order Post Officea.?Ar? raagements are now perfected fqr the e$< cienl extension of this important system, which insures the transmission of money hy mail without toss. There are now throughout the country 882 offices. On Mon day, t ie fifth day of September next, there will be added 882 offices, making the whole number 1,224. The new offices in South Carolina are Andersep Court House, Chester Court House, and Columbia. It must b* borne in mind that the money order business of these offices will not ooramence until Monday, | the 9ill of September. Orders not ex ceeumg ozu, ten ceoli; over 920, atd not exceeding $50, tweotjifive cent* ; 09 pingle order issued for more than $50.? Parties desiring to remit lergereum# inuet obtain additional money order*. Excitement in Careen.?Yesterday morning, aa the congregation of the Seoood African Baptist Church, on Franklin giiare. were about as*eir<bting for ssp hip, a crexjr negro, named Jacob Wilkineon, entered the pulpit, and etarted to preach. He commenced by eaying thai Brother Campbell wae ft good Baptist, but he wae a better lletbodiet. After going oa for a abort time, be euddealy picked up a spittoon and threw it in tbg midst of the congregation, and then starred after them. The church was cleared in remarkably abort limn, b? bad it all to bimaaif, till a polieaman earn* m4 took him to iba barracka.??SawuMq$ Advertiser, The State ftteaaoey.? Wa art pla* bly infoiraad ibat iba Stata Tmaanry ia now ampty, tba tataa already paid u? having baan atpaadad. Tbara ia pittbieg ovar $100,009 ootataodtog ia asat eutiona at tba praaaat lima. At Iba laal aavaioa ot tba LtgiaUtum, tba Coiamiliaa on Way* and ktaaaa valiaaalad lb at tba Tas Bill would raiaa $600,000, bofcfe baa Wlaa abort aboal $>00,000. tm Inltfhffww. ^ i?f3anq