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"'**" " ' " .'.irrluj^r-- . . - - IP O T 4 $ $QM; YOUNG, The Old Oak -.?it^^^------. the old oak troo is statu? vMfpSeeniyJvc ?eiit?. Whore il stood so lon* ??< *'**Moa//?* Subucnptioti. cu lu its sh.uk.- we eh?WrAWWg4?.$.l /w o/ Till tho bon 'in the WcJfttl^HiOn, and GO mi/* ml it's tu-ttiiches i ?-a<;h id?*r<fOHv'^- y And the ?kv above is?{W <**?<; fin */???. Wto ut under it 'now my Ommunicatton^of a Phonal In tho croidon o>4^?^W?.)(a <tf-tyndidatu, ?,// ??*^.i/<>6 Printing neatly, and jhcaply executed. ifS?* Paymetil can bc made in currency, or in pro' \ I;,pt??Qiy ai thc in a rket rales. " 1 'VV-ljSjP" Necessitycompels us ,/y adhtre strictly lo Vi A* ?os?r*>hi?rt< ?/ eas/* paytnenf. -LilU.lil'il'tj-L-L,jp_[...j!!i .'."!" J.U'lLL'.LlJ ^pO:,PICKENS Ci H., S. C. : Saturday Mo?hinJ August io, 1867. . ?^^^=^^^-^7-?-=-.-g /.AW Th^EpiTOit is.ucoossarily absent; this Week. -. $t% ,. V/ ? --??i-: 1 -jfc3T Owing to Thursday morning's moil failing to bvif.g us tho Columbia and Charles ton papers, wo ar? unable to lay boforo our ' rendors the t?test news. 9&gn Tho Baptist State Convention will hold ?] ?t?; nb* t ab n un} session at Newberry^ on Fri day boforo tho last Sabbath in July,' ?868. ? mm mm - >. ^y&SSr Mr. PERRY E. BUNGAN, a prominent -citizen of Greenville Distriot, died in Georgia a few woeks since, after a brief illness. Registration A very lengthy and important order from 'Gen. SioRLiis appears in our columba'* this ^r?ek.. It wilt bo seen from this order, that registration is to commence ot an, carly day. Hon. B. F, Perry. Wo publish thisweok another lotter from tliis gOUtlqmnu, which, we b?liovc, is the sixth .?f a/?eries of lottoro ho has written on Rocon % struct iou, and in whioh ho. strongly opposes ;; 'tho, Oonvention sohemo. The letter is to bo I.fi$|o?> on tho first pago. Kew Advertisements. ''?MkW:* <**ireot attention to tho following ucw Advertisements, to be found in our columns : 1. To Rent--Mcrohaot Mills, Saw Mil', Valuable farming lands, &o. For particulars, apply at this office. 2. Commissioner's Sale-Tho Commission er in Equity will sell on Solcday next, sovor al valuable Lots tn thc town of Walhalla. .i^8j^$he.riflf>8 Satys.-Tho long list of Lands, &Q.t advertised tjiis week by tl?o Shorilf, to be sold on Salcday'in September, cannot fail to attract the attention of the reader Ile od V^fa-aom? valuable pror/orty. A personal difficulty oooUrred in Columbia ' ^n Snntjay tho 25th"; Ultimo," between J. 0. ^HOWi-aON, ..oorrcspondont of a Westorn pa per, W. J. ARMSTRONG,^agont of the Execu tive B^opublioan Committee of Washington, ; audjR.ADOLiFFB and DALY, of Columbia. A telegraphic'dospatoh states that tho Columbia 'p^arty woro drunk. Tho citizens of Columbia denounce the assault tuado by DALY and RAD ?L?P?E. These gentlemen were arrested and ooniniitted to jail. Subsequently they wore ' .bailed by Magistrate ZBALY, in a small sum. Si??oV Q;un.' SiutLbey has dismissed tliG Mag jstratO;fo'r taking insufficient bail in a case so Sgg?wTwt?v?, ?nd ?iuu ?v?uu?.ir?'r. mid DAI/lf ;' ?rro^t?ti and sont to Cliarleston for trial by military authority.. Tho "Oharloiton Nows," in alluding to this matter, says that Messrs. i Itadbf iffe and Daly were triod by a Military OoiiitiijsGi?a, on tho 2d instant, and plead guilty t? the charges proforred. They havo lioen sent to Costlo Piftokuoy. . .-?- > ? Importanoo of Registering. As registration is soon to commence, tho various papera of tho Stato arc endeavoring to ' impress Upon* tho minds of tho pcoplo tho . duty of registering. Wo mako tho following Ktraot f'r^nit'an article in tho " Orangoburg ows/' urgihg all who aro not disqualified, to ^.register : il Wo,aro glad to.soo that all olnssos of our pooplo ar?^wakening to tho neoossity of rog '^?jltl?'ay.yot?'r^-, Wa-aro now living under ^llniijlt?ry dc,3ppy?!?^, hateful as it 'oan bo ' ' tofe'.by-an' inj^aio.!??^.?.?t* .^.**%o??*y? ol,?oP t ; nub if oj?:WiM?.r? think that this font? i^Voinm'dnf ^1, tho Wdr?t that thoy qa h pos My(ho o'allcd urion to cnduro, lot us toll thom, ^?? B,iii^rity;^ntI,Oandor, that tho govern bhb ofj&fflw?b, ''unrestrairiod by any o?n rv?tivo inflti?nco, and governed only by ig raneo, fanaticism, and tho wild passions of : hour, is \t?nfold worse. Persons, aro oo ?tOto/?d .to sa* that wo staked our all upon 0 issue of. thwkte war, ahd Wo havo lost, >. ?.?d nothing ; wortfg can b?fall us ; but wo would assure our fellow-eitlzons that there aro some things whioh wo havo yet to lose, and ' .whioh w?|l bo w.restoil from us, if wo lio su . ? 1-UiiO?y itpon our hacks, and mako no ofForts tor pur proservatioj). Wo havo a family ?trthsfcpno, around wai oh cluster tho objeots out? fondest afTcottons. Wo havo a few of ground, awuriajpur homestead, Wh'oro, tito bosom of mother earth, we obtain |?'^ji^?|?.?nt;fbT i*^^ ?VO-IOV^?; WO on ^?^j|jf|Wj|e;^t '"4oiiikwhat we will with ajul wo can oall l^?urs. Are these ^fopoirty nothing to. U5? Ada to i^^!:^OTitlo.W~a potion of intel *of grc^cr i'^clligcncr, and ^r? those of ??aluo ? And ;;*t?-???.H?o llwea't?jt by tho wild ?^nj^ia^ft.widi not rully <hh.tw,\x? ? Forl)i(| ?t. G oil of Nations and ot Liborty !. By. o vcr y fooling most (loar to tho heart ; py ovory impulso, Of patri?lo duty y hy ovory hop?, that oven this most do spoudipg?horish, of bettor days; by nil that is nearly lost, which wy cannot afford to loso, let us coiiio up to tho requiromort,ts of tho tloics, anpl jiisohargO thia sluiplo duty to om* our country, our neighbors, our loved ones, and ourselves, liot us register if wo can !" Tho " Greenville Enterprise " 8$? : " It seems Rogisters for every Distriot aro now being appointed. Soon registration will b? giu. Lot no white man ontitlod to rogistor, bo so silly or so wicked, ns to nogloot it j to neglect to exercise all your remaining right and power to protect yourselves, your families, friends and country, kindred and posterity, will bo buso treason to God and to uinu. That will bo base and loW-mindcd, " an ignominy beneath this downfall," aud will show that yo deserved tho degradation of loosing tho right of self-govornmont. If you fuil to register it ( will bo vory foolish, wo think, nud show that your uudors'tandings haVo suuk below tho lev el of tho most common negro, that you huvo not only lpst character, property, liberty, but your sonsos havo gone with them. But sure ly thhvlast oxcuso will fail, and you who may neglect to rogistor for voting, will bo loft oven without tho poor, excuso that your indecent want of regard to every snored interest, is " a want of sense." But wo expeot bettor things of our citlzons, and ono hardly believe that any of thom will, wilfully so act, os to rouder themselves obnoxious to tho censures which Would justly apply to noglectors of tho duty of registering." The Bine Ridge Railroad. Tho City Council of Charlostou has passed tho . following ordinance. This removes all difficulty in the way of President HARRISON putting his enterprise in tho market. Wo hopo to bo able to announce a favorable re port for tho interests of this great enterprise before a great while. Thc ordinance roads aa follows c Whereas, the General 'Assembly of the State did, on tho eighteenth day of Septem ber, in tho year eighteen hundred and sixty six, pass a Joint Resolution of tho followiug tenor and effect, to wit : s Resolved, That the President and Direc tors of tho Blue Ridge Railroad Company in South' Carolina bc, and aro hereby, authorized to doa! wiith tho shares held by thc State in said Company in thc same manner as with tho shares of all other stockholders, in any ar rangement that may bo mado with any Com panies or individuals, for tho completion of the said Rond/ by tho issuing of preferred shares, or reducing tho uumberof shares hold by tho Stato in tho same ratio in which the City of Charleston and other stockholders may consent that their shares shall bc reduced, or in aiiyothbr manner in which it may bc-found necessary to surrender a portion of tho capital already VUyCSt.od tr? nopnmplish t.l\n wnatrun: tum ot tho said 'Railroad : Provided, That -Ih. ??y-?wr?ng?unorrV- that may bo Blade, tho Stateshall not be held liable for any addition al assessment on the shares hold." And Wherous, tho City Council arc desi rous of aiding in tho completion of tho Blue Ridge Railroad by any reasonable arrange ment that will .conduce to that end : Now bc it Ordained, That the City Coun cil oP'Oharlcstou do hereby consent-to defer their olaim for dividonds on all stopjt now held by the Corporation in tho Mino .R'idge Railroad Company in favor of any new stock that may bo duly taken in said Company, so far as, and until such ucw stockholders shall rcceivo dividends at a rate not exceeding sev en per cont, per annum upon tho amounts of thoir Htook respectively : Provided, however, that if tho earnings of thc Compauy which are divided f><? profits sha!! bo in excess of the amount necessary to pay said preferred divi dends ou tho stock, such excess shall bo ap plied in equal ratio to thp old and new stock. And bo it further nroyid?d, . nlso, that thc stook held by the City Counoil shall not bo subject to auy additional csscssmcnt : And provided, further, ?hut if tho dividends for any ono year shall bc short of seven per cont., the deficiency thereof shall bo made up out of tho earnings of any futuro year. SUICIDK.-Mr. Benjamin Thompson, a cit izen of St. Rotor's Parish, Beaufort District, who has for some time past been much de pressed in spirits, on account of his grcnt los ses during thc war, and who has several timon recoiltly attempted to terminate his existence, waS brought to this olty Sunday ovoning, and lodged in the lunatic nssylum j nnd although great caro and attontion were exercised-tho watchman visiting his room every half hour during the night-he committed suicide yor iopttnyjri.Qrninf?, :nboUtt?l noolook, by hanging himself with his suspo'ndera and a piccoof the sheet froni his bcd. When discovered, the alurm was given, and Dr. Parker, tho Super intendant, sont for; ovory effort was made to resuscitate tho unfortunate man, but if was of no avail. An inquest, was held upon tho bouy by Coronor Thomas P. Walker and tho jury rendored n verdict in aooordanco with tho abovo foots. Mr, Thompson was a wealthy planter, aud los ves four chi ld ion nnd a lnrge circle of friends to lamont his untimely end. ijjs remains will bo treen to Charleston for irttcrmont.- Columbia Phoenix, Q(h inst. The number of oolorod people in Now 'York-city, which 17 years ngo was 16,000, is now only 10,000. Among them aro 20 cler gymen, and an oqual number of dootors and druggists, 2 notaries publie, 2 rieh merchant*, 1 lawyer, 50 school teachers, 2 professors, 25 musicians, 20. sho?innkers, 30 tailors, 500 coach mon, 95 bar-k?epors, 2,800 waitors, 400 house painters, 500 washerwomen, 100 nur ses and 20 fortune-tellers. Two papers are published by colored persons. Ono olaim s to bo a professional poet, and 18 possess a fortuno above 840,000. Thcfto aro 7 oojored sohools, and,82 mixed marriages, namely, of a whito porson with a colored one, A convlot in tho NeW Jersey. Stato prison has rooontly fallon heir to 080,000. ito thinks he could-enjoy H bettor outside. MERE MENTION. .Thirty vy/vung mon of color Uro studying for tho ministry at IticbnVoud, Va.--^-(jhinft and and Ji>riau together contain nearly half tho population of tho globo.--Tho Oonoral com manding has made a now military poet of the Distriotof Sumtor, with headquarters at Suui ter'C? IX.^-rA Mb. Youug, of Patis, Ken tu?ky, ro?ontly shot dead a negro for insult ing her. lier house hus boen burned down by his friouds.-n-Tho body of Maximilian, aftor he was shot, monsurod six foot and throe inohes.--It has boon discovered that by grinding .toa in the samo mauuor as coffee, be fore infusion, the quantity of exhilorating fluid obtained ia noarly. double.-A haudsomo memorial monument has boen orootqd in Che? vaw, S. C., to tho memory of the Conf?dorato dead "from Chesterfield Dis.trlot.-:-Parties aro purehosing land near Apalachicola, Flori da, for tho purposo of going to raising oranges and lemons on a largo scale.-A Southern farmer advises the uso of "Sunflower, asgrcon fodder, for horses and mules. Ho says-it wjll, yield eight tous to tho aoro, and is eaton with avidity.--Michigan is going to disfranchise prize fighters. ARRESTED.-JameB Jennings, ^h<^' t?fc charged withtho murder of--Hull,nt W\l liamston, about'two years ago, passed through Columbia yesterday morning, ironed, on his way to Anderson C. If.) for trial, in ohargo of Deputy Sheriff Vickers, ot Greenville., by whom he was arrested iii Marion County, Al abama, ns ho was on the ovo of departure for Brazil. Jennings formerly resided in .Green ville.- Columbia IViom'.r, G(h inst. ?SaF* The announcement recently made in tho " Charleston Mercury," that United Slates Marshal Epping had appointed C. M. Wilder, a negro, his deputy for Columbia, is premature. Tho appointment is, however, in contemplation, and will doubtless be mndo. If so, this negro will bo thc first, wc believe, to hold a Federal oflieo in South Carolina. For this choice the reason assingnod is that white men who can take thc oath arc not fit to fill thc office. BS^" Returns from forty-nine counties in Albania show a majority of twenty-one thom, and colored .voters. Their total majority in thc State is estimated at from twenty-five to t'tirty thousand. WASHINGTON, August 2.-Despatches re ceived from Tennessee indicate that the elec tion yesterday passed off quietly, and without tho bloodshed anticipated. Tn Memphis, a regiment of infantry was stationed, ready to be called upon in cano of emergency, but their services wero "not required. A large vote was polled. Br? wu.'o.v seems to have thc advtin t?go. ji? WASHINGTON, August ii.-Ail ort roi TegrV thoff, of tho Austrian.navy, nnd suit, whonro. eu route to recover the body of Maximilian, have nrrivod hero. Tho order for the removal of Sheridan is not yet prepared. It is said in circles usually woll-informed on public affairs, that. General Thomas will succeed Sheridan, that Hancock will take the position nowououpicd by Thom as, nnd that Sheridan will be ordered t? re port to Lieut. Gen. Sherman. No foreign representative in Mexico nre recognized but our own-tho other foreign Consuls having struck their fhigs. Santa Anna is at Cnmpeaohy. Internal revenue receipts to-day $1,380, OOO. NASHVILLE, August 3. - Returns so far foot up a majority of 17,000 for Brownlow. Trimble, Stokes, Arnoll, Maynard, Hawkins, Muiicns, Mann and Butler-ali Republic ns -aro elected to Congress. They make a cle?n sweep of both branches of the Legislature. 1 CINCINNATI, August 2 -A Knoxville dc spaoth to tho Commercial says Brownlow es timates his majority at 80,000. All eight. Congressmen will bo radical, and a radical United States Senator in place of Patterson. SAVANNAH, August 8.-Registration clos ed in this city to-day-white 2,209 ; colored 3,002-majority colored 703. SAN FRANCISCO, August 8.-The steamer Resoca has arrived from Panania, with yellow fever on board. She reports sixty-eight cases on tho voyage up ; there were eighteen deaths. Most of tho doa'd were buried nt ?ea. Thc siokness is confined to the crew. NEW ORLEANS, August 2.-The following aro tho returns of registration in New Orleans and Algiers : whites 14,795-white majority in the city 921. Tho expected revision of tho rolls may make a large difference. So for heard as from, tho State registers-white? 42,662; blacks 79,129. Advices from Galveston, Texas, of tho 81st, state that thorc wore six interments that day.' The fever is pronounced epidemic CHARLESTON, August 2.-Gonoral Sickles has removed the police of tho town of Sum tor, for alleged maltreatment of the blacks and Inefficiency. Ho appoints two colored and ono white poliocmon to succeed tho lato in cumbents. United States Marshal Epping Wns arrested last night, on a oharge of intending to fight a duel with C. C. Bowon, owing to an abusivo letter about Epping, published by Bowen. The difficulty grow out of rivalry for thc lead ership of tho Republican party organization hero. NEW ORLEANS, August 5.-Joseph Her nandez has boen romovod from the treasury ship of this city by Gen. Shoridan, and Stod' dart Howell appointed in his plnoo. N. Thoro wero nino deaths from yellow fever last wook apd eight from oholern. Thoro wero five donths in thi/j oity Satur day and sovon yostordoy from yellow fever._< The Chief Polleo and Dr. Tuylor, Medioal Dircotor, aro dead. RICHMOND, August , ?.-To day, in tho United States grand jury room, on altercation' took plnoo between Mrv Hawkslmrst, Presi dent of th? lato Convention, and John M.. Botts-:tho latt?r aoousing tho formor of hav ing, by triokery, .brought about an adjournr in?nt of that body to provont Botts addressing it. Mr. Hawkshurst denied the oh?rgo, and addressed a lotter to Judge Underwood, -de clining any longer to servo on the juty with Bott?, . Ilt?AptfttTKHS 2? Mn/lTAltV ?)IST?I0T, ) \ Qljurlcstoh, 'S. pi, August 1, 1807. j tG'ci&ai Orders ?% M.] limth AT IONS FOR HK(??STlt ATION I. Registration ?hall ?o.mmonco immediato upou tho nrqmulgatiort'of this ordor, .ipps't Couimnudora will bo Supcrinto? do?t?*of registration within their respectivo oommfnds, exercising in addition to the func tions hereinafter specially conforrcd, a geno ral B^porvisory authority,,looking to tho faith ful oxcoution of tho several Reconstruction Acts^tlio maintenance of ordor, and the pro teCtlflO of political rights. They will suspend registers for niolfeasanoo in oflioo, neglect of dp ty? or incompetency, promptly roportiug tlieir;action, with tho rensous thorefor, to those Headquarters. Xii. Tho Boards of Registration aro em powered -and required to suppress all disordon interfering'with tho exoention of their du tie.S,J0.,0aU80 thc arrest and confinement of nil persons falsely taking the oath proscribed, all perena committing any breach of tho poaoe b> conducting themselves in a mnnnor loading thooto, and.all poisons who shall threaten or Otherwiseattompt to intimidator or corruptly br,iii properly influence any oitizen offering to regUter ; and for this purpose they may np pW/or aid to tho. Post Contmtuidor, and may recuire tho ottondunoo and services of sheriffs, VV?etV deputies, eons tul il es, policemen, ?ind also of ?ny oitizen ; nnd all State, district, county an.d^towu oilicers obargod with the preserva tion nf tito public peaco, as well OB nil citi BQjWuro required to obey tho orders of said Boards, given in pursuance of the authority aforesaid, and to perform all such nets and du tipa?is may be requisite therefor. All arrests made as herein provided will be projuptly reported to tho Post Commander, to whim also thc prisoners will bo turned over wit i charges for trial by a Post Court, to bo organized us provided in Circular of May 1ft, 18(7, from these Headquarters, and any civil ofl.iecr or oitizen failing to respond to tho call of Ihe Board for assistance, will be dealt with iu. o. manner. ?V. Whonovcr any citizen shall suffer in jury in person, family or property, while ex ercsingor seeking to exorcise tho right of registration, in addition to any penalty pro scribed by law for tho offence, damages shall bo ?warded to the injured party against the perpetrator, upon his conviction ; and in case of'default in payment of tho same, or of tho osclpc of thc offender, if it shall appear that tho wrong was countenanced, or the offender luiKQ/cd or concealed by tho neighborly od, or (that tho civil authorities failed to employ proper mesures to preserve thc penco, the dathiiges shall he assessed against and paid by thc,town, ooumy or district. V. Offences perpetrated by white persons d|sg?iscd ns blaoks, heilig of frequent occur rence, tho attention of all auth irtiA?*?, <jivii and- military, is directed to the device,* as ?.no adopted to escapo dotection, nnd to cast un merited obloquy upon tho c-lored people. Ici all cases, wheu resort thereto h! all bo shown, the fact will .bc taken into consideration n^ ag gravating the ol?uuco. / VI. Depriving n. citizen of any right, ben '?.tyirV.au vantage of biro or employ mont, to dis engage Mm ftoin- rof.ioioringi pv ph account of his having registered, or having soumit to register, shall bo deemed an offence punhjlm. blp by the Post Court, and shall entitle the injured party to dnnngcs against the offender, ayy cause in any contractor ogr'ccuient to the cbntniry notwithstanding. VII. The Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the more cfliciont government of the rebel Statoa," and tho several Acts supple mentary thereto, will bo carefully observed by all Boards of Registration! VIII. .10ich Board shall, after having ta ken tho o;itli prescribed by tho Act of Con gress of July 2d, 1802, entitled " An Act to prescribe un oath of office," (see Appendix, form 1,) choose ono of its members as Chair man Who shall presido nt all sessions of the Bo ird, preserve order at his meetings for rog lair?tion, nod represent tho Board, and an nounce its action in all matters coming before it. IX. Thc places of session of tho Boards shaU be the voting places established by law or custom in each election precinct, unless for good ciuso otherwise directed by the Post Ooininnnder. X. iEnch Board shall determine tho ordor in which thc registration shall take place in thc several eleelion precincts, that may be ns signod?t6"?t by the Post Ooininnnder, and tho time which shall be allotted to each-bearing in miftd thaf the whole work is to bo finished before^ the first day of October. XI. JSnoh Board shall forthwith upon no tice of'publication of this ordor, and at ieaat five days beforo commencing registration, give notico thereof to tho Post Commander, and tho Sheriff, and she Mayor of thc city or tho Intenojont of tho town, and shall pause writ ten or.iprinted notices to bo posted in fivo.of the ludjBt-publio places in caph election pre cinct, mi'nounein;; tho timo when and tho place who.rVAts sessions will ho'li'eld j the number pf days (rh no onso less than two) and tho hours of tho (lay tho Board will romain in session at caph place for tho purpose of registration, and inviting all persons qunlified to voto un der tho provisions of tho Act of Congress pnssed ?yjaroh 2dr1807, entitled " An Act to proviso for tho moro efficient government of tho rebe"! ..?tnt'os," and the several Acts supplementary theroto, to aproar before thc Board far registration. XII. J^n the dny and at th9 hour designa ted in tho notices, for commonoing registra tion, tholBoard shall, nt thc placoannounced, convene and ontor upon its duties, and s?mil then andi Micro ulso past notioos of tho time nf final' ?essions. provided for in parngroph XIX. ? XIII. /ihe room used for registration, which tho Chairman ehnil have previounly provided for tho purpose shall he so arranged that the Board shaft bri separated by a bar from all oth ar persons who may be assembled, and those tb bo registered shall bo admitted within tho uar, ono by ono, and their ingress and ogrosa ib arraigned as to avoid confusion. XIV, Two citizens shall bo admitted with in tho* bar os elm] len gera, whoso duty it sholl So to ohalleugo tho right of tiny oitizen offor ing to rogister, upon any of tho grounds . of. Usqualifioation onumoratcd in tho Ao'tfl of Dbn^ress before oltod j.bbt tho gonoral right j-f oV.cdlongo shall be conceded to all citizens pr?sent; } v*\ . ' ' XY. It 'any oballontf? ho made,' th? Board jhaJl, beforo final deoision, examine tho por. nres^?ng h^nifto?? 'fbr registration, hvref pr^atf? to ih$ 0Rb?e bf diikjUftli?oRtlpn *ty?$ft}; mid 'slinib h"6??V \ ?tiy*S^???ii??O that muy^ b? of fer 0 cl, to^subfltnotiato ok* disapprove tho oause of challenge, and ?hull huvo power to summon orjd compel tho attendance of witnessed fm] administer oiiths in any oaso of registration. XVI. Io registering, tho names of white and colorad citizeus shall bo entered a.lph-u betioully, in separate columns of the list. XVII. Tho following shall bo tho process ' ot registering : 'j . .? , ?'/FirBt. Every el tita ri fresen tin g himself for registry'shall tnlto^and subsorioe th?o?th pre scribed by law, (seo Appendix, form 2d.) which shall bo administered by a member of tho Hoard, and such oath shall bo preserved with tho lists. Second. His namo shall then bo pntcr?d in tho proper column of tho list, and culled out by thc chairman. Third. Any challcngo made shall bc noted in thp proper column, opposite thc ?am?, with tho cause thereof. Fourth. 11 is recommended to Bo rd 11 defer ho hearing and decision of eon teated oases until tho session for rovisiou provided fur in paragraph XIX. ' Fifth. Whether or not thcro bo any chal lenge, thc Board, must ascertain upon such facts or information us eau bo obtained, that tho applicant is outitled to .be restored be fore making his name as "accepted"-thc oath bot being conclusive. Sixth. Section 7 of thc Act of July 19th, 1867, declares that no citizen shall bo enti tled to bo registered by reason of any oxecu tivo pardon or nnincBty for any act or thing which without such purdon or amnesty would disqualify him from registration. Seventh. Hoards will tako notioo that it is enacted by Section Otb of tho Act of July 19th, 1807, that thc true intent and moaning of tho oath proscribed in said supplementary Aot is, (among other th in its J that no person who has been a member of the Legislature ol any State, or who has held any oxcoutivc Ol judicial offieo in any State, whether he has ta. kon an oath to support thc Constitution of thc United States or not, und whether ho win holding ollice at the commencement of tin rebellion, or had held it before, and who hat afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebel lion against tho Uni ted States, or given nh or comfort to tho enemies thereof, is eiitttlct to be registered or to vote; and thc wurdi " executive or judicial oflico in any State" ii said oath mentioned, shall be c.nxtrucd to in elude all civil ofliccs created by law for the ad ministration of any general law of a State, ? tor the administration of justice. Eighth: If there bc no challenge, or if th dinllo.iige be finally overruled, and the Boar? determine that the applicant is entitled to b registered, the Board shall mark opposite th name of the applicant, in thc proper column " Accepted," and he shall thereupon be deem ed legally registered." Ninth. If thc. final decision of tho boan be that the applicant is not entitled to bo re? ?8 ter ed, the Board shall mark in tho propo column, opposite his name, " Rejected." Tenth lu every case of a rejection, th BourAs|,ull make a note or memorandum, set ting forth <l,o ground of such rejection, an return t, with t,h0 registration list, mcntiono in paragraph XX. ; ... XVIII. The rcgistratv,,!, conducted as pn vided tu Paragraph XVII, ?hull be in tripl onto lista, two of which shall, after tho poi elusion of the first session, bv exposed f< publie inspection nt convenient placeo, ft Uve days ; and. thc third shall be retuned i p?tw.cssion of tho Board till after tho cohxpj, tion 6f registration al tho meeting prov'uh for in paragraph XIX, when the three havit been comparen und verified, shall be ecrtifit in the form prescribed and printed ut tho cn of tho blank registration Hat. . XIX. Sessions for revising . tho'lists sh; bo held in each election precinct, alter 8a five days jBKposurc of the lists, lipon, liotl as provided in paragraph XII. and thelWr* of Registration shall have power, ami it <h; bo their duty, to revise tho same for a peril of two days ; and upon being satisfied th any person not entitled thereto has been re istered, to strike the namo of such p rsi from thc list. And tho Boards shall alsod ring tho same period, add to snob registry tl names of all persons who at that time posse ?ic qualifications required by said Ai who have not beon already registered and wi shall then apply to tic registered. XX. One of the said list shall then bo ii mediately delivered to the Post Connuaudi who will forward the sumo to these llondqut ter? XXI. Each Board shall, nt or before t conclusion of registration foward through t Post Commander to theso Headquarters, a r< otmnondation of three suitable persons for I spectors of Elections in enoh election precin stating tho namo, occupation and post oft address of each person recommended. XXII. It is onjoincd upon all. Boards Registration to explain, oarofully, to all oi zens who have not hitherto enjoyed tho rip suffrage, thonnturp of tho'privilogos whi havo boon extended to them, nod tho imp .tan.ee of exoroishig with intelligence'tho rr mid honorable franchise with which they ha boen invested by tho .Congress of the Unit States. XXIII. Hoards will tako notico that i cording to Section 10, of tho Aot of July 1 1807, they uro not to bo bound in their noti by any opinion of any civil olhoorof the U tod States. XXIV. Boards are instructed that nil t provisions of tho sevoral Acts of Congress ted, aro to bo liberally oonstruod, to tho c that all tho intents thereof bc fully and p feotly carried out. XXV. Tho attention of all conoernod is rcctod to tho requirements of Section 4, tho said Act of July 10, 1807, by whioh it made tho duty of tho Commanding (leno to remove from ofiioo all persons who aro d' loyal to the Qovorumontof tho United Stat or who uso their official influence in any mi nor to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruot t duo and porfect administration of tho Rubi struction Aots. Tho nonios of ?ll suoh fenders will bo reported through tho P Commanders; nnd all persons in this Mili rv Disttipt nro c/illed upon to aid nnd fuoilit tho oxocution in good faith of .th Q ?said A and tho orders issued in ptasuimco thereof. XX. Tho Mnjor-Gonofal. Commanding, tho oxoroiso of an ultimate rpyisory nuthorl will, in. $uo season, befoVo thej holding of n olnctioni; entertain Rnd'de.tof (nine questions sighing errors in tho registry, and will, iq inspection of-tho colonie ted listo, oauso o rcotion of tho sauio/ tftUt Ibo true design p purpose oC lui) ?.?w?, iuu. faitufuliy an$W0f and that all tho rights thereby guaranteed f?Uy ftbd fairly on)oyed. . Hy command ef Maj> jenora) D. E. S ?wfi ' JW. OTJOUS, Captain 88th ?. S. I?fautry, Ai IX 0. aud A. A. A, ' .' * / * jj - Official: J.-Yt. OLOUS, Capt. 88tU rufim? ?fy A. JXC.audA. A. A. G. AP?WX. , f?-?* ? (FORVI.I.) i i, j--?:#\ V S Of --;---1 County ot--1-. ajod butte ot -^-- i..., do solomnly ewear (ol* affirm) tliat I bate never vol u n tinily brtrno arm? ajjainsttho United States ?ince I havo been acltiaeti thereof ; th ul I.havo vol ii ?it m ilv given no aid,- oouutcnqno?v ?ou ne el or encouragement.toipersjms engngodln armed hostility thereto; thut tina ve iioitlior-sought, nor ac?optod, nor attoihpied to oxoroiae tho functions of any ofttoo Whatever tinder tiny, au thority or pretended authority in hostility to tho United S tatos ; that I huvo .not yielded a volun tary support to any pretondod Gavorometit, au thority, p?wor or Constitution .within* ?he Uni tpd.StiUOs;' hostilo or inimical thoroto. And I do iuj?thor swear .(or aOirui) that; to the-oest of my ktiowlodge nnd ability. 1 will support and defend the Constitution of tho United1 Stut?s nguiu At all encinto*, furoign or dumostlo; that I will hour true faith and alleginuoo to tiwsnme; -, that I.take this obligation freelywithout, any tnoutiil rctfonvation or purposo of evasion ; andy that I will ? oil and faithfully disohnrgo tho du* tie?of tho office on which I am about to enter. So help mo (ind. - -Carolina, )" t --i. Subscribed and sworn to boforo mo,, n-;-p. this --^---^ilflv Af : ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-aoYoi?,' N'iTB.-Uogist?i'8 will be required to take tho oath prosoribod bv tho Act of Congress approved 2d July. 1802. Blank tm .ms of this oath will be furnished to Post Commanders. and when duly subscribed and sworn, will bo roturnod to thc Post Commander, who will forward them to District Headquarters. And if any person shall fulsoly take and subsoribo such oath oraffir.ma tiou, such person so offending and hoing duly convicted thereof, shall bo subject to tho pains, penni ties und disabilities which, by law, aro provided for tho punishment of the ori.mo of wilful and corrupt perjury, (KoliM 2.) . . T.-?-, do solemnly swear (or affirm j, in tho prosonco of Almighty Cod, that I mn a citizen of tho State of . that I havo rosidod in anid Stato f,,r-.- months nest precoding thia day, and now resido in.the county of. -; ?. . - -. or tho parish of-r. in said Stato. (as the case may bo) *> that I am twenty-one yonrs' (dd ; that 1 havo not boon disfranchised for par ticipation in any robotlion or civil war, against tho United States, nor for felony committed against thc laws of any Si ute or of tho United States ; that I have novor boon a member of any Stato Legislature, nor held any oxooutive or judicial office in any State, and afterwards on- , aaend in insurrection or robollion' against tho United States, or given aid and oomfirt to tho enoinios thereof ; that I havo never takon nnth aa ii mein lier of Congress of tho United States, or as un officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature : or as no ex ecutive or judicial officer of any State, to sup port tho Constitution of tho United State-?, and. afterwards engaged in insuroeotion or robollion I age i nat tho United States, or given aid or com fort to tho enemies thereof . that I will faithful ly support tho Constitution, and obey tho luWs of the United States, and will, to thc best bf my ability, encourage ot hera ao tu do. So help me Cod. S ?vorn tn and subscribed boforo mn tills-- ) . day of-.-U?>7. J August 7, 1K67. j?gr Two citizens of Gahma, Illinois, woro arrested during tito war for treasonable utter ance*, und confined iu Fort ?lill fayette by mil itary. nuvWity. T!M7 Imo sued the United States Marshal for ilmnges to tho amount i f ono hundred I housed doll irs for falso impris onment, and thc Supreme Court of tho Sh te h.is decidod in favor of tho plaintiffs. Thu ouse will-go to tho United Stoics Court. JCST-Wo learn from our exchange.* that in Alabama a call for a consorvativo Convention irrespective nf race, to assemble at Montgom ery on the third of SoptembQr, hus been is sued bv Gen. James ll. danton. Commissioner's Balo. 'NIE STATE OL'1 SOUTH CAROLINA, I'lekcas.-Ia I2<xtiUy. Tho Gorman Sot (lemont Sooioty of (Charleston. Hill to Foreclose M ort gage. . W. T. Hyland. 1)URSUANT to an ordnr of tho Court of Equity, ' made Juno Term, 18U7, in thia oaso, I will sell to tho highest bidder .AT J>T0KEN?S C. II., On Salcdayin Soptombor next,- tho following VALUABLE LOTS OP LAND, in the town of Walhalla, namoly : . Lot No. 1, containing one-half noro, known in thu plan of said town aa lot No- 70? Lot No. 2, ooiitainiug.ono-l\a)f-aoro,?kpoWn in tho plan of said town aa lot No> 8L Lot. No. 3, containing ono-half aoro, kndwn in tho plan of said town as tot No. 83. Lot. No. 4, containing ono-half aoro, known in tho plan of said town na lot No. 85. TUKiW* Or SAE,!*. On a orodlt of t wolvo months, willi interest from tho day of salo-tho pnroliasor to glvo lila bond, aooured hy a morlgago of tho promises. Coat? to bo patd In oaah on tho day of salo. Purohaser to pay exlra for tillo, mortgage and alampa. IiOB'T. A. THOMPSON, ?.B.r.?). Com'rs. Ofllco, Aug. 6\ 1807 j . 4rf-4 . ' TO II??T; MBROU ANT'MILLS, SAW MILL, TURNING' LATIIB, and the fUturosupporte'nant thereto." Valuable FARMING LANDS will bo.vented WUK the Milla.df desired. Will alao sell ono new throe horse Wagon, and a Swo horso Wagon; w.hioh baa boen used sorno."^ For particulars, apply at this offioo. / Augusto, 1807 40 . "\ ' ' ff -,-1..-?-r-,-~~-<?-i..--:s ' THE STATE, OF SO?TTI QAKC-L1NA, R"I<;It?S8H -Hu ?qaiity. E. B. Colhoun, Adin'r,.V Amended WM for In^ ! vs. Hnnovl?n," R??irshaUin* John B. Karlo, ?t.als. ) Assaft?, Povtltlo.n, ?Jko., ?N hearing tho arnon dod bill, und on, motion :^6? Mr. lin rt, complainant'n S?liottOr,^ it ia^> . ordered that i* Writ of Ii\junot?liOU do'l$suo in thia oaso, dirootod to tho oroilltors, If any thpra bo, of the late Col, John' Kwif.g Calhoun,' Mar tha Maria .Calhoun, eonlort feud'Martha Marlu, Calhoun, junior, restraining them, from institu ting BUI>? pitjaw for tho ree?vory t)f their claim? against the Estates of eaoh of theno intostate? rospootivoly. . : v ^OB'T., A., THOMPSON, O.*.IM>. > 0<>rn'rs Qfa?o, May 13j 18?7. . ?<t~dV