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PUBLIC OFFICERS.
ORANGEBURG DISTRICT.
OnniNARY?P. A. SleMieh.iel.
Commissioner ix Equity?V. D. V. Jamison.
Clerk of Court?Joseph F. Robinson.
. Siii;nirr'-'-J. W. It. DukeS.
Coroner?C. D. Glover.,
Tax Collectors.?Ornnge Parish.?P. W. Fairy.
St. Matthews PariskHYVirlf* Dantzler,
Asst. Assessor U. S. Revenue.?George W.
Sturgeon.
ao ext for stamps, &e;?r. V. Dibble.
Magistrates?Thomas P. Stokes, W. R. Tread
well, A. J. Gaskins, F. W. Fairy, David L. Connor,
J. IL. Felder. Levin Argoc, R. V. Daunclly, E. A.
Price, W. L. Ehncy, J. D. Pricket, Samuel E. Moor
cr, C. B. Glover, E. C. Holman, P. C.Buyck, F. M.
Wannnmnker, D. 0. Tindnll.
Commissioners to .Ait-rove Securities?J. (1.
Wannnmakcr, James Stokes, D. R. Barton, Adam
Smoke, A. D. Frederick.
Commissioners or Public BuiLUixrifl?Wm. M.
Hut.sottv'Harpin Riggs, E. Ezekiel, Joseph P. Hur
ley, f, II. W. Briggmann.
Commissioners or Ro.vns?Orange Parish?Wcst
le^'llonser, F.'W. Fairy, Samuel M. Fairy, Samuel
G.#rTtWLivingston,dW. S.'Rilcy, Westley Culler,
II.i C.'^nnWtftrViiJ,,'N:1 E. W. Sistrunk, If. Living
fit?fl* JfrfiVSg Slokc's; Jl ?: Knotts, It? P. Anitey,' John
S. Bowman, J. L. MooVcir,*'W. C.'Moss, Lewis Gti
rloHy?R.<yA?Vori; J. K. 0TCftin, Ellison Connor. John
Brodle) ? Ji' b/ Guigiiard, Jacob Cdoner, George
Pyrd.'J.'T. Jennings, David Dnnnclly.
Com m 18 si one RS of Roads?St. Matthews Parish?
C. S. Dilrby, w\ 'C. Haue, M. K. Ilolmnu,. Andrew
Ilouscr, J. A. Parlour, E. T. Shular, J. L, Parlour,
Owen Sliular,' T. 0. Shular, W. L. Pou, J. W. Sel
lers, R. W. Bates, J. AY. Barbour, Augustus Avin
gcr, P. W.'Avingcr, J. D. Zciglcr, M. J. Keller, J.
C> Holman.
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CommwsJombrs of Fuke Schools?Ornhgc Finish
^avid, L. jCp^Ror, J. ? R- Milhous, Henry N. Sncll,
John'Jordan, M*. C Whe^lpnc, John Inabinpt, Dr.
O. N. Bowman, Samuel Dipv-'?.
CoMMissioxKnsi nt)FffBES]ui^bLS-2st. Matthews
Parish?Peter Buyck, J. II. Keller, Westley Ilpuscr.
John Riley, 'J. It. Felder, Adi)itn Ilolinun.
Commissioners of the Poor.?Orange Parish.?
AV. R. Trcadwcll,,John G rambling, W. H. War, J.
B. Morrow, S. B. Sawyer.
Tost OfRces in Orangeburg DLstricL
. OFFIOBfl. TOSTMASTKItS.
(Orangeburg.Thaddens C. Ilubbell.
Matthew^;.-....Mrs. Sally J. Wiles.
Vance's Ferry.R. M. 12. Avingcr.
BrnHdhyiub.Mrs. Amy Thompson.
Fort. Motte.John Birchniore.
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'Schedule Nonih Carolina Kail Koatl.
Down J'osKi'Uf/er. t
-Leave Columbia at....;. O.flOA. M.
Orangeburg at. lt).?i? A. M.
Arrivo Rt Charleston. 4 P. M.
m .?? Augusta. 6 P. M.
Up Passenger.
Leave Augusta at... 7 A. M.
.?* Charleston at,..,. 8 A. M.
)* .Ornrigdburg at. l.!10 P. M.
'Arriyo nt Coluinbia.al.... 5.20 P. M.
Duxen Freight.
JiCiivc Orangeburg nt.,.10 A. M.
Arrive at cjiarleslpn at. 0.10 P. M.
Up Freight.
Leave Orangeburg at.'....1.H8 P. M.
Arrive at C?l?bi?l/} at,,..'i.;50 P. M.
nmi-281 'xt*? g to
_' 1 ? ' POETRY. ,????, ,,.
I.ami of tlio gentle ami tho brave 1
Um* lovo is us wiile us thy woe,
, It deepens beside every grave
"Where the heart, of a horo lios low.
band ofthc brightest of skies!
Our lovo glows the more inid thy gloom,
0urhcart8, by the saddest of tics,
Cling closest to thee in tby doom.
Land where the desolate weep!
In ri1 sorrow too decp to console; ? '
Our tears are but atrenms making dcop,
The ocean of love in our soul.
Land whore the victor's flag wavos
Where only the dead are the free,
Each link, of the chain that enslaves
Shall land us the closer to thee.
Land whore the sign of the cross.
Its shadow of sorrow halb slied,
AVc measure our love by thy loss?
Thy loss?by the graves of our dead.
SELECTED STORY.
A Rift in the Cloud.
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A STORY FOR MARRIED FOLKS.
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Andrew T.cc came home from his shop where
he had worked all day, tired and but of spirits;
came home to his wile, who was also tired and
out of spirits. ? < .
"A .smiling' wife and a cheerful home?a
paradise it would be i" said Andrew to himself, ]
as he turned his eyes from tho ;clouded lace of
Mrs. Lee, and sat down with knitted brows and
moody aspect.
, Not a word w'nsspokeneither. Mrs. Lee
was getting supper, and she moved about with
aweary step.
"Come." she said at last, with a side glance
at hor husband.
Andrew arose nnd went'to the table. Ik*
was tempted to speak an angry word, but eon
trolled himself and kept silent, lib'could find
no fault with the chop nur tho home-made
bread, nor the fragrant tea. They would have
cheered his inward inau if there bad been si
gleam of sunshine(on the face of bis wife, lie
noticed she did nut cat.
'?Are you not well. Mary ?" The words were
on bis lips, but he did not utter them, for, the
face of his wife looked so repellant, that he
feared au irritating-reply.
And so, in moody silence, the twain sat to
gether until Andrew bad finished bis supper
As be pushed his chair back, his wife arose and
commenced clearing ofi' the table.
? This is purgatory !" said fjee to himself, as
lie commenced walking the floor of their little
breakfast room, with his bauds thrust despe
rately away down into his trowsers' pockets,
and his chip almost touching his breast.
After removing all the dishes and taking
them into the kitchen, Mrs. Leo spread a green
cover on the table, and placing a fresh trimmed
lamp'tUei'eou, went out and shut, the door after,
her, leaving hor husband alone with; his un
pleasant feelings-;, :Hc took a long, deep broath
as he did so^'pattscd 'ill his walk','stood still fbr
some moments, and when drawing a paper from
his pocket sat down by the table, opened tin:
sheet, and , commenced reading. Singularly
enough, the words upon which bis eyes rested
were ''Praise your wife." They rather tended
to increase the disturbance of mind from which
he was suffering. '
' '"I should like to find some occasion for prais
ing mine." How quickly his thoughts ex
pressed that ill-natured sentiment: Rut bis
eyes were on the pnge before him, ff*?*1 ' ,
? _ . . dl n '."'5.nc lcau
oh.,,..', v,jijimft"iikdt'moil tit) .
"l'raise your wile, man ; for pity's pake give
her a little encouragement. It won't hurt
her."
Andrew Lue rai.iod his, eyes from the paper
ami muttered, "O,-yun'{/tfchftt's'.all very well.
Praise is cheap ethmgh: lint ?'praise her for
what? For being sujl.Qn\j and making her
home the most disagreeable place in the
world ?" His eyes fell .again to the paper.
' ".She has made your home conifortiiblo, yViur
heart bright. and shining, your food agree-"
able ; forfpifcy's sako tell hor you thank her. if !
nothing mure. She don't expeet it; it will
make her eyes open wider than thoy have for
ten years; but it will do her good for all that,
and you too."
It seemed to .Andrew as if this sentence was
written just for him, and j?st for the occasion.
It was a complete answer to bis question.
"Praise her for what?" and he felt it also a
rebuke. Ho read no further, for t hought came
too busy and in a new direction, i Memory was
convicting him of injustice to his wile. Sie
had always made., his homo tis comfortable for
?him as her hands could make it, and had he
offered tbc light return of praise or commenda
tion? Had ho ever told licr of the satisfac
tion he had.known, or tho 'coin fort ho had ex
perienced? He was nut able to recall the
time or occasion. As he thought thus. Mis
t.A? P.MIJ?-JI<J II ?.7. (?I MIHI'?
cc came in from the kitchen, und taking her
work-baskot from tho closet, placed it on the
table," ami, sfttirig down without * Speaking, be
gan to sew. Mr. Lee glanced almost stcultbfty
at the work in hoi? hands, aud saw that it was
the bosom of a shirt, which she was stitching
neatly. He knew that it was for him that she
was at work.
"Prnisb your wife." Tho words were be
fore the eyes of bis mind, and ho could not'
look away from them. But he was not ready
for this yet. lie still folt moody ,and unfor
giving. I The oppression of his wife's face he
interpreted to mean ill-nature, for which ho
had ~no patience. His eyes fell upon Cne
newspaper that lay spread out before him) and
be read the sentence:
f'A kind, gentle word, spoken in a gloomy
house, is the little rift in the cloud that lots
tho .sunshine through."
Loo struggled with himself a while longer.
His own ill-nature bad to bo conqiwfcu" first;
his moody, accusing spirit bad to be subdued.
He thought of: many things to say, yet he
feared to say them lost bin wifo should meet
Ids address with a cold robuli*. At last, loan
ing toward, her, aud taking hold of thc shirt
bosom upon which she was at work, he said in
a voice carefully modulated with kindness;
"Ynu arc doing thc work beautifully, Mary."
Mrs. Loo made no reply. But her husband
did not fail to notice that she- lost almost in
stantly that rigid crcctucss with which she
bad boon sitting, nor that thc motion of her
noodle ceased.
"My shirts arc better made, and whiter than
those of any man in'thc shop," said Loo, cn
courngu'd to go ou.
"Are they ?" Mrs. Leo's voice was low, and
had in it a slight butkinoss. She did turn
her face, but her husband saw that she loaned
a little towards him. Ho had broken the ice
of reset ve. and all was easy now. His hand
was among the clouds and a feeble ray was al
ready struggling through tluj rift it bad made.
"Y'cs, Mary," be answered softly j "and I've
board it more than once what a good wife An
drew Leo-must have." Mrs. Leo turned her
face towards her husband. There was light in
it, and lijrhl. in hor oye. Uut ihoiu luua. snuu.
thing in the expression of thc countenance
that a little puzzled him.
?'Don't you think so?" she asked, quite so
berly.
"What a question!" ejaculated Andrew
Loo, starting up, and going round to the side
of tho table where his wifo was sitting.
'What a question, Mary !" be repeated as he
stood before her.'
;'l)o yon Tt was all she said
??Yes, darling." was his warmly spoken an
swer, aud he stooped down and kissed her.
'jllow strange thai you should ask me such a
question !''
"If you would only tell me so now and then.
Andrew, it would do mo good." Mrs. Lee
arose, and leaning her face against the manly
breast of her husband, stood and wept.
What a strong light broke in upou thc mind
uf Andrew Lee. lie bad never given his wife
even tho small reward of praise for the loving
interest she had manifested drill}-, until doubt
of his love hntl entered her f*onl, nnd made the
liglM? around her thick darkness. 2v> wonder
that tcv face grow clouded, nor what he con
sidered, nioodiness and ill-nature, took posses-;
sion of hev spirit.
!;You arc good and true, Mary; toy o\vn dear
Y/ii'e ; 1 am proud of you?T love you. and my
firi! desire is for your Happiness. (). if f could
always .see your face in sunshine, my howc
would be the dearest place on earth."
"HoW precious to me arc your words of We
amJ pjUl-Svj Andrew," said Mrs. Leo, s.:;;f/mg
up through her tears into his faoo. ' With
them in my ears, my heart can never \io in
shadow "
How pas'* bad bocii tho Work for Andr.'w
lice, lie bad swept ibis hand across tho clouly
horizon, and n >w tho bright sunshine uis
streaming (1 wn. and Hooding thai home will
i6y and beatify.
O KKICI A.L.
H'i?q'|5s., 2u. Miutauy Misti:u. r.
Ciiarlv.-toii. S. ('.. August I, I8U7.
[G> iti nil Or:!- r \'<>. 05.]
i.!;t.t i.ATioxa !'<<i: ur.r.isritATiON.
I. [legistration shall commence imuicdiatoly
upon the promulgation of this order.
II. l'osl Commanders will be Supuriutcn
dents of registration within their respective
commands, exercising, in addition to the func
tions hereinafter specially conferred, a general
supervisory authority, looking (o the faitiful
execution of the several Reconstruct ion Aids,
the maintenance ?f brde'r and thc protectioj of
political rights. Tlioy will suspend registrars
for malfeasance in uHiee, neglect of duty, o-.in
cpinpetcucy, pronrptly reporting ibeir net >n.
with the reasons iherefor, to these hcndqiu;
(ers.
III. Tho Hoards of Registration are cm pe
ered and roquirod to suppress all disorders!!
l-criering with the execution of Micir dVuticsj to
cause the iirrcst ami confinement of all persons
falsely taking the oath prescribed, all persons
committing any breach of the peace or con
ducting themselves in a manner tending there
to, and all persons who shall thronten or other
wise attempt to intimidate, or corruptly or im
properly influence any citizen offering to regis
ter; and for this purpose they may apply for
aid to tho Post Commander, and may require
tho attendance and services of shciiffs, their
deputies, coustables, .policemen, and also, of
any citizen; and all State, district, county aud
town officers charged with the preservation of
the public peace, as well as all citizens, are re
quired to obey the orders of said Hoards, given
in pursuance of the authority aforesaid, and to
perform all such aets and duties as may be re
quisite tlierefor.
All arrests made as herein provided will be
promptly reported to the Post Commander, to
whom also the prisoner:: will be turned over
with charges for trial by a .Post Comt, to be
organized as provided.in Circular of .May 15,
(StJ7. from these headquarters, ami any civil
officer or eitizen failing to respond to the call
of the Hoard fbr assistance will be dealt with in
like manner.
IV. Whenever any citizen shall suffer injury
in person, family or property, while exercising
or seeking to exereise the right of registration.
I in addition to any penalty prescribed by law
j for the offence, damages shall be awarded to
I the injured party against the perpetrator', upon
his conviction; and in cause of default in pay
ment ofthc same, or of the escape of the offen
der, if it'.-hail appear that the wrong was coun
tenanced, or the offender harboured or eonccal
: ed by 'he neighborhood, or that the civil au
! thoritics failed to employ proper measures to
j preserve the peace, the damages shall be usscs
? sed against and paid by the town, county or
j district.
V. Offences perpetrated by white persons
? disguised as blacks, being of frequent occur
rence, the attention of all authorities, civil and
military, is directed to the device, as one adopt
ed to escape detection, and to east unmerited
I '? 'it
obloquy upon the coloured people. In all
eases, when resort, thereto shall be shown, the
"Tflt?ri wuiTicrlaken info consideration as aggra
vating the offence.
VI. Depriving a citizen of any right, benefit
or advantage of hire or employment, to dis
courage him from registering, or on account of
his having registered, or having sought to reg
ister, shall be deemed an offence punishable by
the Post Court, and shall entitle the injured
j party to damages against the offender, any
j el'use in any contract ?r agreement to the con
trary notwithstanding.
V 11. The Act of Congress entitled ;:An Act
for the more efficient government, of the rebel
.Stales." and the several acts supplementary
thereto, will be carefully observed by all Hoards
! i f llegistration.
i V ill. Each Hoard shall, after having taken
the oath prescribed by the act of Congress of
July 2d, IStili, entitled "An Act to prescribe
sill oath of office (jxec A/muIix, /unit- 1), choose
one of its members as chairman, who shall pre
side at all sessions of the Hoard, preserve order
it its meetings for registration, and represent
the Hoard, and announce it;< action in all mat
t si's coining before it.
I X. Tin- places of session of the Hoards shall
bo the voting places established by law or cus
tom in each election precinct, unless for good
! c-isusc olln iwise dir- eted by the Host Comtnan
j , ?
I der.
X. Each Hoard .shall determine the ordei in
! which the registration ?baU take place in the
j sevccul election p,0cincfs. that maybe assigned
I io it by tho Post Commander, and the time
J V."'men shall, bo allotted to each?bearing in
j mind that the whole work is to be iiuisbod be
fore the first day of October,
t XT. Kaeh Hoard shall, forthwith upon notice,
of publication of this or'.er. and at least five
days before commencing registration, give nn
tive thoroof to the l'orft Commander, ami the
.-heriil', and (lie mayor of the city or the iu'iaul
antof thc town, and shall cause \vrjttcu or
printed notices to be posted in five of the inosl
public places in each election precinct, an
nouncing the time when and the place where
its sctsiom will he held, the nuiiibcr of days (in
no case less, than two), and the hours of the
day the Hoard will remain in session at each
place for the purpose of l egist ration ; and invi
ting all persons qualified to vote tinder tin:
j provisions ofthc act ofOongrcss passed March
J'i. !S(!7. entitled "An Act to provide for the
, ufnie efficient government of tho rebel State.-."
at 1 the several acts supplementary thereto, to
appear before the Hoard for registration.
On the (lay aud at the hour designated
ii the notices, for commcuciii". registration,
tie Hoard shall, at the place announced, eoii
vj'iie mil enter up .n its duties, and shall then
in il there also post notices ofthc time of final
ions provided for in Paragraph XIX.
Xlll. The room used for registration, which
tie chairman shall have previously provided
l\r the purpose, shall he so arranged that the
Hoard shall shall he separated by a bar from all
oilier persons who may be assembled, aud those
to be registered shall lie admitted within the
iar, on*i by .one, nnfl. tUoir ingress and egress;
so arranged ns to avoid confusion. [MHi ?
XIV. Two citizens shall be admitted within
tbc bar as challengers, whoso duty it shall he to
challenge the right of any citizen offering to
register, upon any of tho grouuds of disqualifi
cation enumerated in thc Acta of Congress be
fore cited ; but the general right of challenge
shall be couceded to all. citizens present., r
XV. If any challenge bo made, the Board
shall, before final decision, examine thc person'
presenting himself for registration, in refer
ence to the cause of disqualification alleged','
and shall Ti'car any evidence tlmt 'mayb'e.bfler<jd;
j to substantiate or disprove ^hc cause' of chat-J
! lenge, nnd sbnll have''power to' ??hnmo? and
compel the attendance of witnesses and admin
ister oaths in any case of registration.
XV T. In registering, thc names of white and
coloured citizcus shall be entered alphabetical
ly, in separate Columns of the list.
XVII. The following shall be the process
of registering: I i ? P ! in
First. Every citizen presenting ..himself for
registry-shall take and subscribe - tho- oath pro
scribed by.law (*cc Apin{lix\.f<>pn,2), which
shall be administered by a' member of the
Board, and such oath shall be. preserved with
the list.
Sauna. His name shall thou be entered in
the proper column, of the list, and called out
by the chairman.
Thinl. Any challenge made shall be noted
in tlio proper column, opposite thc name, with
the cause thereof.
Fourth. It is recommended to Boards to de
fer the hearing and decision of contested cases
until the session lor revision provided for in
Paragraph XIX.
Fifth. Whether or not there be any chal
lenge, the Board must ascertain upon such
facts or information as cau be obtained, that
the applicant is-entUled to be registered before
marking as "accepted,"?thc oath not being
conclusive.
Sixth. Section 7 of thc Act of July 19th,
1S07, declares that no citizen shall be entitled
to be registered by reason of any executive
pardon or amnesty for any act or thing which,
without such pardon or amnesty would disqual
ify him from registration.
... Si'cinth. Boards will take notico thut it is
enacted by Section 6 of tho Act of July 19th,
1807, that tho hue intent aud meaning of thc
oath prescribed in said Supplementary Act is
(among other things), that no person who has
been a member of thc Legislature of any State,
or who has held any executive or judicial office
in any State, whether he has t.ikon an oath to
support the Constitution of the United States
or not, and whether he was holding such office,
at the commencement of the rebellion, or liad
held it before, nnd who has afterwards engaged
in insurrection or rebellion against tho United
States, or given aid or comfort to thc enemies"
thereof, is entitled to be registered or to vote;
and the words "executive or judicial office in
any State" in said oath mentioned, shall be
construed to include all civil offices created by
law for thc administration of any general law
of a State, or for tho ndministration of justice.
Fii/hth. :If there bo no challenge..or ,.if the
ehallongo.be finally overruled, und j thc Board
determine that tho applicant is entitled to be
registered, thc Board shall mark opposite the
name of thc applicant, in the proper column,
"Accrptcdand he shall thereupon bo deemed
I legally r< gistered.
I JV?W7i. If the final decision <>f the Board *??
' 'v -'* ?* ? . "*
I quit *:io applicant is not entitled to be rcgistcr
I ed, thotBoard shall mark in the proper column,
opposite bis name, liRfjccte$.v.
Truth. In every ease of a rejection, the
Board shall nmko a note or memorandum, sot
ting forth the ground of such rejection, and ro-1
turn it, with-the registration list, mentioned'
in Paragraph XX. \xn\i iiw*r?u
XVII I. The registration, conducted as pro
vided in Paragraph XVII, shall )ta made ut
triplicate lists, two of which shall, after thc
conclusion of the first session, be exposed for
pithlic inspection pii convenient places, for five
days; and the third shall be retained in posses
sion of tho Board till after tho completion of
registration at tho meeting provided for in
Paragraph XIX, when tho three haying boon
compared, and verified, shall be certified in the
form prescribed and printed at the end of the
blank registration lists.
XIX. Sessions for revising the lists shall bo
held iu each election precinct, after said five
tiny.- exposure of the lists, upon notice as pro
vided in Paragraph XII, and the Boards of
Registration shall have power, and it shall be
their duty, to revise the same for a period of
two days ; and upon being satisfied that any
person not entitled thereto has been registered,
to strike the name of such person from the list.
And the Hoards shall also, during thc same pe
riod, add to such registry tho names of all per
sons who. it that time, possess the qualifications
required by said Act, who have not been al
ready registered and who shall thon apply to
be .registered.
XX. Ono of the said lists shall then be im
mediately delivered to the Post Commander,
who will forward the same to these hcadqnar
tors. ..-.>'
XX!. Kach Board shall, at or before the
conclusion ol( Registration forward through t^o
Post! Commander1,' tffoSsk hSA^^.rU^^^.%^
commendation ot'ribrec a
spectors of Elections 'in <
stating'the name, occupation' and postofficc Ad
dress of" .each person rccpmihchdcd.
XXtt.'It is enjoiued "upon all Hoards of
tioii to explain,' ca,rcTiillyj' to;all' citi
lastratiou
zens who have hot 'hitherto enjoyed the right
of shlfrage, !the nature of the privileges which.
; ",;;; "i,,v'J-k"!,",,i,";,n'' '
1 XaIII. Boards^wilt take n?tteertfeat1ac?6rd/
ing^o Section T?, of the Aofcdf Julyrl$ 1867,
t)icy are not t6 bo bound in their action by any
opiuion of any ctv.il officer of the- United
States.
XXIV. Hoards are instructed that, all the
provisions ofthc several Acts of CdrtgTcas''1
.cited, arc to be liberally construed, U> iho oad' i.
that nil the intents thereof bet fully and :per
fectly carried out. ? t9H>'mv ? u<
? XXV. The attention^of( all copcocucdjifl.di
rected to the requirements of ,Sectiou'^of^'ilio
said Act of July 10,1867, b/Wliich'Ifc'iiVTOa'de
the duty of the Commanding ?General to-rd?! ?
move from office all persons who aro^Iisloyal'to
the (.lovornmcnt of the United States or who>[!
use their official influence in any manner ta
hipdor, delay, prevent or obstruct the due and
perfect administration of the Reconstruction
acts. The names of all such. offenders will bo
reported through the JL'ost ConnnandCrs j. nnd I
all per.sous in this Military District arc called .
upon to aid and facilitate the execution in '.
good faith of the said Acts aha* the orders
issued in pursuance thereof. ?' '' ' ' ? 1
XXVI.1 "The 3Iajor-tlcndral Commanding, i
in the exercise of an ulthmito.revisory aut&orir-ij
ty, will, in due seasoiij before jtUe,..lioldjng, ofT,,,
any election, entertain and detcrpiinc questions
assigning errors in the' registry^' and will, upbu.
inspection of the comploted lists, cause-correc
tions of the same, that the t'ntc design and pur-11
pose of the laws be faithfully answered, and j
tliat all tho rights thereby guaranteed be fully
and fairly enjoyed.
Hy command of Maj. Gen. D. E. Sickt.ES..
tu J: W. CLOUS, ? ' '
Captain 3Stb S.-Irifantryy I i?
: A. D. C.andA,, A. A. O., Iv
Official, $%?LOVS?$^
A. 1). C. and A. A. A1. G. .
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APPENDIX,
(form1 1.) mrtjini
I,-of-County of ?^-? and State
of-, do Bolouiuly swear; (or affirm) that H
have never voluntarily, borne arms against tho
United States since I have "been, a citizen, ^
thereof; that I have voluntarily'given no aid
countenance, counsel, or encouragement toper
sous engaged in armed hostility thereto ; tlinb
I havo neither sought nor accepted, not at*:
tempted to exercise the functions of any office:,
whatever under any authority or pretended' au
thority in hostility to the United States j ta?t
I have-not yielded a voluntary support f?'ntrjr "?"
pretended . government, authority,' power, or1,
constitution within the United States, hostile
or inimical thereto. And I do further swear
(or affirm) that, to the best .of my knowledge-,
and ability. I will support and defend the Coii
stittttion of the United States) against all cne-^
mies, foreign or.domestic ; that I will bear true
faith and, allegiance; to the same; that} 1 take -
this obligation freely, withoutf any mental rc--^
.scrvation Or purpose of evasion ; aud that'1.! *'
Will wellend LfhithfnllyT discharge the ddtie?'of>5
the office on which 1 am about to enter. So
help 1110 God.?... ..:? ; ,; aj nrii b ' ... m . ^'t\nf'
-Carolina, L . .. ? .vmu'w
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a -t
this ?- day of ?, one thousand eight liua-'
died and sixty-seven._
Xotk.?Registrars will be required to take
the
pro\
oath
aiid'when duly^imbscr'ib?d a'rtd;sworti> wiU:b<5^.
returned to the Post Commander, wbb willl fferv<
ward them to District Headquarters. Ar.d if i
any perron shall falsely take tin^.s^^scxJlio Bitob-j;',.
oath or affirmation, such person so' offending
and boihg duly convicted tiicrcof, 8ltal!'bo Sub
ject to the pains, penalties nnd disabilities
which, by law, uro provided for the punishment
of the ci inio of wilful and corrupt porjury.
[form 2.]
I,-rr? do solemnly swear (ov affirm,) in tho
presence of Almighty Cod, that I am a citizen
Of the State of-; that I have resided in
said State for-months next preceding tit it*
day. and now reside in the Cbunty of--?^ ov
the parish of ?:?. in said State (as the case
may be) ; that I am twouty-ono . ycam old ;
that I have not been disfranchised for partici
pation in any rebellion or civil war against the .
United States, nor for felony committed.against,
the laws of any State or of tho United Stales: .
that Tliavo never beeu a member of any State
Legislature nor held any executive or judicial
office in any State, and afterwards engaged in
insurrection or rebellion against the United.
States, or given aid or comfort to tho onomios
thereof; that I have never taken on oath as a
member f?f Congress of tho United States, br
as an officer of the United States, or as a mont
bcr of any State Legislature, or as an execu
tive or judicial officer-of any State, to supportv
the Constitution of the United States, and af
terwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion
against the United States or given aid or com
fort to the enemies thereof; that I will faith.
fully support the Constitution and obey tho
laws of the foiled States, and will, to the host,
of my ability, encourage others so to do. So*
help 111c God. -,
Sworn to and subscribed beforo )
me. this ? day of ?;T867. j