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M.ll =-6 - 44 _ _* - THIIE DOLLRS A EAR,]FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. [INVARIABLY JRD~ VOL. III.SDYMRNN,API , 87 I8 PUBLISHED -EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING, A Newberry C. H., My THOB. ' & I. H. GRENEBSR, s RM, $3 PER ANNUM, IN CURRENCY OR PROVISIONS. ; Vyy6atequired invariably in advance. - notices,Funeral invitation-, Obitu Communications snbserving private -.re ebarged as advertisements _.. ucict Statement of the ry and Supplemental Acts. SECTIONS. -:egistrations to take place of iqulfied; by the "Act for mte Iore ecient government of heeb States.' - .E Nectons to be held to de . w: ne whether a convention 'ale called:--.-votes by ballot t be indorsed convention or no lections to be held for dele ,ate8 to a convention, if determ ' 4. Constitation adopted by con etion to be submitted to people f- atination or rejection. The people, consisting othe stered voters, are thus to be p pealed to three -times for their 4meet action at the polls. THE VOTERS. F he voters to be registered %..uthave the, following qualifica tions 1. Twenty-one years old ; 2. esident one year before day glection; 3. "Of whatever race o eoloi-' 4. Not disfranchised for icipation in rebellion or for log; &. Never been a member, .af any State legislature, nor held an executive or judicial office in n y-tate, and afterwards engaged -in. insurrection or rebellion against the United States ; 6. Never hav ta- n a.- oath as a member CoIgress, or an officer of the tedStates; or a member of a . a ' gisature or an executive or 4 ffieer of a:State to sup pqrt the-Constitution of the Un --tiStte's, -and afperwards engaged in i~uretion or rebellion ; 7. Sears to the above qulifications, * iiath the addition "that I will faitfull suporttheConstitu. fion and obey the laws of the Uni S ted .States, and will to the best of ~y ability encourage others to do so. THE CoNSTITUTTION. - -The constitution to be framed, must be~: 1. In conformity with * 4he- Constitution of the United States in all respects ; 2. Prescri bes that thie-elective franchise shall * enjoyed by "all such persons. h1ave the "q.ualifications" pre -' ~.i4ed in the acts for the election Sdelegates, to the convention; 3 s:Shall be ratified by the quali *;fed el,ectors; 4. Shall be submitted' ~to, and be approved of by Con * -gres; 5: And the Legislature of the State, under this constitution, shall have adopted the constitu .tional amendments, known as ar tile fourteen ;-and, 6. Said article shall have become a part of the Constitution of the United States. *EPREsENTATIoN-IN CONGRESS. -1, Representative must never have taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, as a- member of Congress ~or officer of the United States--or a mem ber of a State legislature, or as an ;.eecutive or judicial officer of a State, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against ~the United States ; 2. Must appear to Congress that the election was one, in which the registered and -qualed electors had an opportu nity to vote freely and without re straint, fear, or .the influence of fraud;--and that t:he.Constitution meets the approval of a* majority of all the qualifiedZ electors ~in the State.; 3. Mus't take the iron-clad. ~UBLIC DEBTs AND' sLAVEs. A mendmnent -Article XLYX-T he validity of the public debt of the United States, shall not . be ques tioned; and neither the United States, nor any State, shall assume or pay any debt incurred in aid of~ in,e,,--on or rebellion. or claim tor the loss or emancipation of any slaves. Congress empowered to eniorce Article XIX. with appro priate legislation. PENALTY. For swearing falsely, penalty perjury, to be prosecuted and con cicted in criminal courts.-~Mercury. District No. 2-General Orders No. 1. The following general orders have been issued by Gen. Sickles, on assuming command of this de partment, for a copy of which we are indebted to Gen. Green. HEADQ'RS 2D MILITARY Dis TRICT, (NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA,) COLUMBIA, S. C., March 21, 1867. General Orders No. 1. I. In compliance with General Orders.No.10, Headquarters of the Army, March 11. 1867. the under signed hereby assumes command of the Second Military District constituted by the Act of Con gress, Public No. 68, 2d March, 1867, entitled "An Act for the efficient government of the rebel States. TI. In the execution Df the duty of the Commanding General to maintain the secn'rity of the in habitants in their. persons and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder and violence, and to. pun ish, or cause to be puiiished, all disturbers of the public peace and criminals, the local civil tribunals will be permitted to take jurisdic tion of and try offenders, except ing only such eases as may, by the Drdcr of the Commanding General, be referred to a commission or oth er military tribunal for trial. III. The civil Government now Ixisting in North Carolina and south Carolina is provisional only, ind in all respects subject. to the parancunt authority of the Uni ted States, at any time to abolish, rnodify, control or supersede the same. Local laws and municipal regulations not inconsistent with the Constitution anid laws of the United States, or the proclama tions of the President, or with such regulations as are or may .be prescribed in the orders of the Commanding General, are hereby declared to be in force ; and, in con formity therewith, civil officers are hereby .authorzed to continue the exerc-ise of their proper func tions, and will be respected and obeyed by the inhabitants. IV. Whenever any civil officer,~ magistrate or court neglects or re fses to perform an official act properly required of such tribunal or officer, whereby due and right ful security to person or property shall be denied, the case will be reported by the post Commander to these Headquarters. V. Post Commanders will cause to be arrested persons charged with the commission of crimes and offences, when the civil au thorities fail to arrest and bring such offenders to trial, and will hold the accused in custody for trial by military commission, pro vost court or other tribunal organ ized pursuant to orders from these hedquarters. Arrests by military authority will be reported prompt ly. The charges preferred will be accompanied by the evidence on which they are founded. VI. The commanding- General, desiring to preserve traniquility and order by means and agencies most congenial to the people, so licits the zealous and cordial co operation of civil officers, in the discharge of their duties, and the aid of al1 good citi zerg in preve-n tin. conduct tending to disturb~ the peace ; and' to the end that occasion may seldom arise for the exercse of military authority in matters of ordinary civil adminis tration, the Comnmanding Gene rai repectfully and earnestly com mends to the-people and authori ties of North and South C,arolina unresered obedience to the au thority now established, and the d-+ ien.emeate an1 impartial execution of the laws enacted for their government. VII. All orders heretofore pub lished in the Department of the South are hereby continued in force. VIII. The following-named offi eers are announced as the staff of the Major-general Co-Mmanding: Capt. J. W. Clous, 38th U. S. Infantry, Act. Ass't Adjt. Gen. and Aid-de-Camp. Capt. Alexander Moore, 38th U. S. Infantry, A;d-de-Camp. Brevet Maj. J. R. Myrick, 1st Lieut. 3d Art., Aid-de-Camp and Act. Judge Advocate. Maj. James P. Roy, 6th U. S. In fantry, Act. Ass't Inspect. Gen. Brevet Maj. Gen. R. 0. Tyler, Deputy Quartermaster Gen. U. S. A., Chief Quartermaster. Brevet Brig. Gen. W. W. Burns, Major and C. S., U. S. A., Chief Commissary of Subsistence. Brevet Lieut. Col. Chas. Page, Surg. U. S. A., Med. Director. D. E. SICKLES, Major-General Commanding. It will be seen from the order that no change whatever will take place in the administaation of the laws by the civil authorities, un less some exigency arises which may demand the interference of the militai y authorities. We hc'e and trust that no such exigency will occur, and that the desire of the Commanding General, ex pressed in the sixth paragraph of the order, "to preserve tranquility and order by means and agencies most congenial to the people," will be faithfully co-operated with, both by the civil authorities and all good citizens, and that they will render that "universal obedience" to the laws which is so highly desirable in the present condition of our po litical affairs.-Phenix. Woman's Wages. Reform is the order of the day ; yet there is one reform sadly need ed, which is overlooked by those desirous of improving human con dition ; that is a reform in woman's wages. A woman may do a particu lar work just as well as a man does, perhaps even with more care, yet, while her strong brother re ceives three dollars, one is placed in her weak hands, and she is told to be thankful that she can earn even that. Now, why is this ? Does it not cost a woman as much to live as a man ? She pays as high a rent ; the person from whom she buys groceries does not deduct on ac count of her womanhood ; she gets her shoes no cheaper because she is a woman ; yet, because she is a woman, she receives scarcely enough for her work to keep body and soul together. She requires .s much to live on as man, though she may not require as much for liquor and cigars. In speaking of the remuneration awarded to woman for her work, we are not alluding to the higher modes of labor-literature and the arts. Here woman stands as man's equal. The magazine that pays three or five dollars a page, as the case may be, does so irrespective of sex. A woman's book is as well paid for as a man's ; no one thinks of paying Miss Hosmer less for her statues, or Rosa Bonheu.r less for her pictures, because they are the creation of women. A volume of Augusta Evan's enniobling thoughts wvill sell for as mugh as one of Bulwer's emanations. T literature and the arts fortunately, -for its female votaries, there is no sex. A woman, if she has the gift, can make as much by her pen, her chisel, and -her brush, as a man can. It is the every day, hemely ways of making a living to which we now allude. Take teaching, for instance: a man can always exa-ct more for his services as a teacher, than a woman possibly can, even though .she may possess better qualifications for the work. A g~-m.e- may eceive two hun dred dollars for a year's work; her brother, for doing precisely the same thing, will get eight hundred or a thousand. In New York city alone there are thirty thousand women whose labor averages from twelve to fifteen hours a day, and whose in come does not exceed thirty-three cents a day. Now, when it is remembered that some of these women have families to support, we can readily imagine how they live, or, rather how they starve. Why, at the present rate of living, a single woman can scarcely main tain herself under .a dollar a day; to what a condition, then, must the women be reduced who has half a dozen little mouths to feed. at is the consequence of this? Either the woman is ground down to the earth by want and misery; having scarcely the heart left to even pray to her God for relief; or with a despair, that the world calls sin, forgets the teachings of a pious mother, tramples on the instincts of her own virtuous heart, and plunging into guilt,' lives by it. Alas ! that sin should pay so much better than honest virtue. We wonder at the fearful tide of sin swelling and surging up in our large cities; and blame the Black Crook, and Swinburne's poems, and Griffith Gaunt, and the public schools, and the war-indeed every thing but the right cause. Let us look deeper; cleave this matter with the axe. of investigation to the very heart ; this evil is not on the surface-look beneath the upper crust of daily life, and you will find that this simple matter of woman's wages lies at the root of it.. Theologians may preach, and moralists may sigh and suggest remedies ; but you can never turn the tide back -until you do justice to woman, and make her realize that if she will work,- she shall live, not starve by it.-Fairfield Herald. Planting the Wrong Crop. The Milledgeville, (Ga.) Pederal Union, after stating that thle ap p'eals oft the press to planters, to plant corn instead of cotton, have had the contrary effect, each man thinking that his neighbors would follow the advice and leave him a chance to make money on cotton, says : From all that we can hear, there will be a much larger crop of cot ton and less corn, planted this year than last. Consequently we may look out, if the season is good, for a fall in the price of cotton and a rise in the prise of corn. If such a system of farming does not bring distress and poverty, and ruin, upon the country, all history and experience is a cheat and a lie. The attachment which some men feel towards cotton bales, is a species of idolatry-they literally worship them. But God in all ages has punished idolatry of every kind. Southern planters should remember that by the time .the next cotton crop is picked out, in in all probability, the country will be swarming with military officers, who will begoverned by no law but their own will. These men have a great affection for cotton bales, and will be quite' likely to appropriate a few of them to their own use. They wil? have the power and will not be long in find ing an excuse; : We would ask our planters sincerely, if they would lie to raise cotton for ourmilitary .rulers ? They will not be likely to s~eize upon provisians. They do not want us to starve. They' are send ing provisions now to lgeep us from starving. They want us to live to make cotton for ti'm Let us be careful how we starve the poor, impoveri'sh ourselves and offend God, for the sake of raising cotton to enrich military officers. We recommend the aboys sensi bleremarks to the consideration of farmers, with this 'slight qual-. ification. Cotton, being the most ping cro of the South, should be planted extensively, as a means of paying off debts and bringing money into the Souuh. But in prosecuting this end, the means of sustaining life should not be neglected.-Bread is more impor tant than money ; and in the pre sent condition of our country, it becomes the duty of those who cultivate the soil, to see to it that there is enough bread produ 3d to supply the country. Alter this duty is performed, let them, by all means, raise as much cotton as they can, to add to the capital and resources of the South.-But we I hope the temptation to make money will not lead our .planters to the suicidal policy of trusting to other portions of the country for corn, at $1.20 in specie, with cotton at 10 to 15 cents. Plant Grain. The political affairs of the coun try are in such a disturbed condi tion, that the public mind at the South scarcely knows which way to turn its attention. Threatened with military rule, commerce and business of all kinds becomes de pressed, agriculture fnds a difficul ty in securing assistance necessary to conduct successfully, and every thing is at a stand still. This is a state of affairs greatly to be de plored, and it becomcs the duty of Lue people to mitigate the evil as far as lies in their power. We do not suppose that the military will interfere with labor and trade, any further than may be absolutely necessary in enforcing their or ders; but will rather give every facility in their power to encour age them. At least, we hope so. With this expectation and this hope, we advise our people to con tinue on in the even tenor of their way; not to allow their fears and regrets to overcome them; but to continue to work-and particular ly to cultivate the soil. Plant grain and make as much to eat as possible. If we cannot vote or talk politics, let us, at least do all that we'can to keep from starva tion. Perhaps, after all, something may soon turn up for our good, that will relieve us from dangers which threaten us, and enable us to progress in Union, peace, and harmony.-Aug. Prss ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.-The Monroe (La.') Intelligencer, advises all young men of small means, to dub their capital in partnerships from two to a half dozen, rent a plantation, and go to work them selves. The proceeds of a copart nership of a half dozen manly young men's labor, on a plantation, would be a larger dividend than ~they can get in almost any other way. Besides, it would be an in come from honest and honorable labor-to many of our young men, we are constrained to say, a novel consideration. Several young men who were heretofore hangers on about town, went to work last season, and we are told that they earned~more than they ever did in a year before.- Our young men have both opportunity and--incen tive. Let them conquer their ma uvaise haute, and pull off their coats ivith the manly determination t-o owe nothing to friends or chance, but all to their own manly exer tions.. A WOMAN DID IT.-It seems that'the womnei are at the bottom f everything that is go.od~ The New York Times, speaking of the' bill now before Co'ngress appropyi ating a million dollars to .relieve 'the distress of the South, says : "It is due to the 'truth of histo ry' to say that the springs which have brought about this noble re sut were set in motion by the gracious genius of a woman, Mrs. Jessie B. Fremont, to whom also we are iudebted for the ' contribni tion of a national ship, the Duma barton. now loading at this port with stores for the immediate re ief of the Fothern States. East Florida-Interesting In dian Data. We are. indebted, says the New Qrleans Picayune, to General Hart suff, commanding the department of the Gulf, for copies of letters relative to the affairs of the Dis trict of East Florida, from which we extract items of interest. The follo:ing letter from Chas. F. Hopkins, dated St. Augustine February. 6, 1867, and addressed to General John F. Sprague, com manding the District of Florida, will be found interesting, as it gives an account of the Indians still remaining in the Everglades of that State : I have the honor tp state, for your information, that during my recent travels through this State, and more particularly throughout that portion of it occupied by In dians, I have been enabled to _col lect some information in relation to this race, which may be . inter esting -to you. As regards their number, I am induced to believe that there are about 450 in all now in the south-. ern portion of the State ' about 85 or 90 of this number are- war riors. In December last, I saw at Fort Capror one warrior ("Indian Parger,")-his squaw and five chil dren, who had visited that point for the purpose sellhig -hogs, tra ding, etc. They spoke English, and evinced every disposition to be friendly with the -white set tlers. There are forty-seven warriors residing east of the- Kimsimee river, and the remainder south west, or between that stream and the Gulf 'cast. One warrier and his family and a negro man, (slave) reside on Shingle Creek_: one war rior with family and one negro man (slave,)' reside at the -head waters of the Kissimmee, and ano ther warrior and family at the head waters -of the St. John's river. There are probably other slate holding Indians in this State and, they are either ignorant of the President's proclamation in rela tion to slavery, or do-not regard it, as one of them offered to sell his negro man at Fort Ca.pror, a short time since, for three hundred dol lars. These Indians do not claim to be Seminoles, style -themselves "Micausukies" and in theirf op)in ion still ow.n the country, as they have never disposed of it to -the United States. -Ther6 is a -large and valuable region of country, peculiarly adapted for the raising of stock and the cultivation of tropical fruits, sugar, cotton, to bacco, etc., commencing about New River and extending south between the Everglades and the Atlantic coast, the resources, of which will never be fully- devels oped until it has been su@ved and emigranta desiring to settle there are enabled to know the numbers of lots or land they adre cultivating and improving. The climate in this region is healthy, and delightfully pleasant the en tire year. In the vicinity of Fort Dallas, or the "Miami country," as it is commonly known, and along the western shore of Key Bisca- - Bay, there are many beautial. sites for residences, and the day is. not far distant when this region of.cQuntry will be the garden spot of the State. LONDON, March SI'-1he reform bill passed to .a ,segornd reading withoute dissenting sofce? -- The Liverpool Timeas,of the 23d instait, tells 4he sfollowing heart rendiiv story ( aA fire broke, t gesterdayimorniing, aidecingtoni, in a seed dealet's shop, ovei- which was an infant'gschool. The rapid ity of the flame&prevented the es tape of the 'hildren-w-ixty in num ber-and it is feared that the ma ority have perished. T welve dead bodies had been 'taken out when th report was despatchd." Rules for. Cow Manae n Cows.shotId.roml azR before ealving-if .mekS toward calving the calv ' poorer. A Cow newly e.ome Y W not drink cold waterin ol } er, bu'r moderately warmn o Calves intended foi- aisin k. be taken-from.-the s few days and .they.wille bl s able to suck whIn old.- ee e h first vith new mill f then skim _milk taking as at . - -all ehangesare radal - only a poitiondir t-:;,. a little meal.,c'; Calves well fed and of with a quart or two - daily in Wfnter- will be d sizeiat two years they ow - attained by comn:o tre tj - Heifers thus treated in at tiro yearsL- 9n.Ed better than negtetsd- x three, and one&ye saved. Hearty eates -rE cowsa spd-tyra' ed whe. 9 aveas.: A -#ill be a daintyo. - Parsons who. -M' their nails cut sh - sometries-hurf wit .lessness. Old e.CWS sloa fi#teea years. Thedairyw e fore,-vho his fifteel raise a heiferaflfCa y supply .t}h taeney calves, and soort Heifers driQ d' calvmg, -will 41'gs rt the sametiinejn,ee fore, be. carefarl o; c firs't year, unti abo before calving Sprig cows slr eu p while they are ye rn before they - re u which will be mof vent caked hag and% k ever doaht tEere nia- he ~ in the minds.oa' in refedrene:6 t'o lii ex14 ~A pursued under the i has been enthi 1ied0 passage of the ipe- 2bi -ahe-formner leftVns the choose or reject itdo4iMd take the chnnd of-Congrss. 'The etto the, machinery by wiliegt e~ of reorganizationids t. be ~ i-' pli'shed. If it *as desidg& the policy. of. no-achogfamre *by many, to thiyd the dsli' Congress, h'erg MoJs 1 e~-~ case-'for apath-n et by abstamme-g frm an~~'~ the work ?of %conegstrne~i, voluntarily surrender th3-'oIn - mnachifery of ou gorn State and Federae irrto the1%i9 of-those havimgno sy t i# onr' past suffngs altr capacity orgp~rpose 4e~ the~ overnment swith a1sti&>r efficiency. Whatever -exense ithef n~q' have been for waiting h the time for amnted nd~ eamst action has iow ari'jed. -To i-e main sullen pr passivenowire>to sur-render the State int thehands of some Brownlow, or'~ Baylor, with a reti io~ and truculant soldiers' 6f-fre who will seize upon bar ~irns to become our rulers. Every, one, therefore, not disfranchised by the Mii, should not only resolve to vote, but should exert to the- ut most his influence to induce others to vote for those who w hatevet may haie been. their views -f se 'ceson,pre true to the hondian traditions of the State>-Pres A Dutchman~ oute i d a second wife a week ate theka of wife No. The5abythfblIow ing the bride askea' hier lordsto take her riding, and was Mat' up" with the following response: "You tink I ride out mit anothei' woman so soon after thevdeathi of mine frau ? No. No !'