Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 15, 1867, Image 2
%mp and Jf?ct? ~j
Bennett is going to start a weekly religious
paper. It will b? edited by the "devil/'
-?- A man at Boston Who sharpens and sets the
teeth of saws, announoes himself* on his sign as a
"sew dentist"
??-The American Watch Company, Watertown,
Conn., tarns oat a watch every two and a
half minutes during the working hours of the day.
?; Prentice says one Kttle objection to confiscation
is that it is theft. But of course that's no
objection at all in the mind of Congress.
7-The latest invention is said to be ink made
from India rubber. It has been suggested that
writers inclined to "stretch a story" will make use
of this valuable acquisition.
An old lady in Knox county, Tennessee, on
reading Governor Browntow's bulletin stating his
health to be in a favorable condition, burst out
with, "WeH, folks, I tell you what it is, if Brownlow
aon't die soon, he'll go to hell olive."
There has been a great freshet in the Upper
Mississippi river, the heaviest that has been known
since 1850; and it is estimated that the Minnesota
lumbermen have lost thbiy-five miiiioa feet or lumber,
worth it least f350,000.
The Washington Intelligencer says the powers
conferred on General Grant by the reconstruction
Act are of no acoonnt; that the President will
enforce the Act without interference, and, if necessary,
will use the army and navy to secure obedi
enoe to his commands.
The Planters' (La.) Banner says : "On the
Opelousaa Railroad, since the overflow, the engineer
on the train has frequently to blow the whistle
to clear the track of alligators, as the trade is
the only thing above water for them to rest on, for
many miles beyond Tigerville. The train has run
over several alligators since the water went down."
A Leather dealer of Philadelphia recently
add two sides of leather weighing one hundred ana
two pounds, at twenty-five cents per pound, amounting
to $56.10. The leather is the hide of
an extra fatted ox, which was killed at one of the
barbecues preceding the election of General Harrison
to the Presidency, about twenty-five years
ago.
Atlanta, has proved an exception to other
Southern cities, and has a majority of white leafr
tered citizens in the five wards. The total Kunming
up of registration wasj after a careful overhauling
of the nooks, ascertained to be as follows:'
Total registration 3386. Of the above, 1765 are
whites and 1621 are colored?making a majority
in favor of the whites of 144.
The Sheriffs and Tax Collectors inportions
of North Carolina report unexampled difficulty in
the collection of the State and County taxes.
Some of the parties refuse to pay the State taxes
on the ground that the State government nas no
practical existence, and believing that the Sheriff
will not be allowed to distrain property for the non
payment of taxes.
The New York Tribune is opposed to offering
die Yioe Presidency to a black man, and quotes
the opinion of Major Delany, with approbation,
that no such nonsense should for a moment be
entertained." So that the negro is to be kept out
of this office and his votes used for the white radical.
This is the practical negro equality of radicalism.
The State of North Carolina now offers fori
sale all her public swamp lands, amounting to about
1,500,000 acres. These lands are very fertile, and
well adapted for grazing purposes. Some of them
have, already been drained, and the remainder are
susceptible of drainage at a moderate expense.?
The lands are sold to aid in developing State resource*,
and to support the common schools.
A recent letter from Hon. Thaddeus Stevens
to a radical friend in Washington city, states that
a bill will be presented at the opening of the November
Congressional session, for confiscating the
property of all ex-slaveholders who dismiss the
freedmen for voting the republican ticket Senator
Wilson, it is understood, strongly favors this
course. The names of such ex-rebels are to be
collected by the military commanders for ref5f?enoe.
The growth of Texas in material prosperity
is gratifying. The population of the State has increased
at least 300,000 since 1860, and is being
daily swelled by immigration from Europe, and
from the Southern States East of the Mississippi.
Texas is the land of promise for agriculturists and
stock raisers. It affords within its boundaries the
products of both the temperate and tropical zones.
Provisions are abundant and cheap, and the people
desirous of encouraging immigration.
Col. Miguel Lopez, the traitor, after selling
Maximillian and his generals, went to Puebla to
visit his wife. His reception was decidedly cold.
His wife advanced to meet him, leading their little
son by the hand, and addressed him thus:
"Sir, here is vour son; we cannot cut him in two,
take him. You are a base coward and traitor..
You have betrayed your country and your benefactor.
From this hour we are strangers, for I shall
this day retire to my family. Go.'
A correspondent of the Charleston Courier
writing from Sumter, in this State, says: "The
Tax Collector (State) for this District, has returned
to "the Sheriff twenty-nine hundred executions,
including his own name and the Sheriff's
among the deraulters. If the order prevails that
none shall vote but those who have paid their taxes,
it may have good effect in hastening settlement.
Money may be abundant elsewhere, but from the
fact here stated, no one would infer there was any
redundancy of it in this country."
Since 1821 Mexico has gone through the
forms of a Republic, an Empire, a Despotism, an
Empire again, and has returned now to a so-called
Republic. There have been revolutions every
year or two?civil wars continually, national and
confederated governments at intervals. There
have been Generals-in-Chief, Emperors, Presidents
and Dictators?nothing settled, everything changing,
and that continually. The consequence is that
one of the finest countries in the world is almost
entirely ruined.
-The St. Louis Democrat says: "General
Sterling Price, once of the Confederate army, is
now a quiet, unostentatious commission merchant
in this city. He may be seen occasionally walking
down Chesnut street to his place of business, with
a careworn countenance ana a slow, wearied step.
Being still a fine looking man he attracts attention
by his appearance, but many pass him by without
recognizing in him the "terrible rebel," who once
spread alarm and consternation all over the State."
A man, named Schram, while binding wheat
in a field near Buchanan, Michigan, last week,
gathered up in a sheaf a rattlesnake, which bit
him on the finger. With remarkable coolness he
immediately took his pocket knife and cut open
the end of the finger through the wound made by
the snake's tootn, quickly wound a horse-hair
tightly around the finger to prevent as much as
possible the circulation of the blood, and drank a
glass of liquor. Next day he was nearly well, having
suffered little inconvenience except being very
sick for a short time.
The next election, outside the unreconstructed
States, will be that of Vermont, which will occur
on the 3d of September, and the day after,
California at the other extremity of the Union,
will follow. A few days afterward, on the 9th of
September, Maine will be heard from. Nearly a
month will then elapse, at the end of which time
the great States of Pennsylvania, Indiana and 0hio
will engage in the political struggle?their day
of election being the 8th of October. Next will
come the elections that occur on the first Tuesday
+ TknT?0*A \TAtTT VAT?l? MklTXr
vi nuvciuuci 1lie aiu. xucvaic^vn Av/ifti^vn
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michiganj
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri
and Nevada. Colorado will vote on the 12th
of November, which will close the list of fall elections.
The time required to see the Paris Exposi
tion is the subject of calculation by an English writer.
He says it is necessary to devote, on an average,
five minutes to the glass-case of each exhibitor.
These number 45,000; it would, therefore, take
225,000 minutes, making 3,750 hours, or 156 days
6 hours; that is, 5 months, 6 days and 6 hours,
reckoning 24 hours for each day. But as the interior
of the place can only be visited from ten
o'clock in the morning till six in the evening, there
are only 8 hours at the visitor's disposal, instead
of 24. One would, therefore, be occupied in the
inspection 15 montns, 20 days, 2 hours, supposing
that he entered the building every day at 10 o'clock
and did not leave it until 6. It is obvious
from this calculation that it is impossible to examine
the whole of the exhibition during the time
allotted for its duration.
A New Orleans gentleman gives the Missouri
Republican a minute description of General
Sheridan in his public appearance. The state carriage
used is a landau, a covered carriage which
opens at the top, so as to give an obstructed view
or the inmates. Therein sits the General, surround
-f.
ed by select members of bis staff, he and they bedecked
all over with gold laoe, with gold buttons
and other ornamentation. To this vehicle are attached
six horses, and these are caparisoned with
the most elaborately ornamented harness. All this
is finished off with a grand display of long white
tipped with red feathers, which are fastened to the
horses' heads in such fashion as to cause them to
undulate in all the graceful mazes of poetic emotion.
The cortege is completed by a train of outriders
and guards, consisting of two regiments of
mounted troops, who, on such occasions, appear in
their best bib and tucker.
The Charlotte Democrat says that a man,
calling himself John R. Sherman, (and representing
himself as a son of Ge& Sherman,) has been
going through Union County professing to be an
agent for the Government to sell land scrip to the
negroes, promising that each negro that held the
scrip should receive a tract of land. In some instances
he swindled the negroes out of as much as
$10 and $20 each. In certain sections of Meoklenburg
the negroes have been deceived in the
same way. Some negroes have held this land
scrip for six months, before making any inauiries
about its value. It would be well, says the Democrat,
for some one to put the colored people on
their guard against the operations of a set of mean,
low life swindlers, who are going about the country
making false promises, and leading the negroes
to believe that they will get land, without buying
it from the rightful owners.
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YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 15, 1867.
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GO AND REGISTER I
The Registers, under the .Military Reconstruction
Acts, begin the important work of registration,
in this State, this week. The life of the State depends
upon the votes of its intelligent citizens; and
if such feel an interest in the future, or experience
a hope for the return of better days to our State,
let them go at once and exercise this important
privilege. All who can register, owe it to themselves
and their children to do so now.
It may be the last time the privilege will be offered.
If you are not disfranchised by the Acts of Congress,
do not disfranchise yourself by failing to reg
ister.
Under the Acts aU can register who did not hold
any civil office before the war.
Some who did hold such offices, are not disfranchised,
and we would advise such as have doubts
to go, this week, and consult with the members of
the Registry Boards, as to their status under the
Acts.
The wisest and best men of the country have
unanimously recommended to every citizen the duty
of registering his name in readiness to vote,
whether he wants to vote or not The time may
soon come when you will deeply regret a neglect
o^this duty, if neglect it you should.
The life of the State depends upon the votes of
its intelligent citizens. Don't fail to prepare yourselves
to vote. .
RUMORS OF WAR IN EUROPE.
The relations between France and Prussia are
beginning to assume an appearance of decided hostility.
German papers report, that Louis Napoleon
sent an unpleasant note to King William,
and when this statement is denied by the Moniteur,
the Emperor's official organ, they re-affirm it,
saying that the Emperor wishes to conceal the correspondence
because the Prussian King's reply
was defiant Whether the bad feeling will culminate
in an open rupture or gradually die out, cannot
be predicted with certainty. But both powers
are seeking alliances with other nations, evidently
with a view to a possible conflict. Foreign papers
state that "a council of war is at the present moment
being held in Russia, between the staffs of
the armies of Russia and Prussia, and under the
presidency of the Czar himself. Plans of campaigns
suggested by probable coalitions between
France and other States are under consideration.
Further, it is asserted that Prussia is eager to begin
the war immediately and before France has got
into attitude. Russia, however, inclines to a postponement,
which does not make the strife it may
defer less inevitable."
On the other hand, France is endeavoring to
gain the alliance of Austria. When it is remembered
that Louis Napoleon is the remote cause
of Maximilian's death and the direct cause of
his failure in Mexico, an alliance with Austria seems
a delicate matter for him to attempt But the domestic
affections of royalty are not of the Damon
and Pythias order, and the probabilities are that
France and Austria will fight together, if there be
a war in Europe. Napoleon was to visit Vienna
about the seventh of this month, to offer his
"heart-felt condolence" to the Emperor of Austria,
for the misfortunes of his ill-fated brother.?
Perhaps he will succeed in squeezing out a few
tears for his victim; but the main object of his
visit is to catch another dupe. A common jealousy
and distrust of Prussia is the basis upon which
these monarchs will unite, one of them sealing his
covenant with a brother's unavenged blood.
The war, if there be a war, will be one solely of
interest. No principle is involved ; there is, indeed,
no cause of war but the ambition of three
or four great men, backed up by national prejudices
and rivalries. The cause of humanity can
gain nothing by it, however it may result, and may
lose much. But, since mankind is composed mainly
of fools, ready to be led like lambs to the slaughter,
at the call of ambition and prejudice; there is
no help for it but in a free blood-letting, in which
the rule is "everybody for himself and the devil
take the hindmost"
CONFISCATION.
tfov. Worth, ofJNorth Uaroiina, has, under the
authority of an act of the North Carolina legislature,
recently chartered the Cabarrus Mining Company.
This company, whose capital is allowed to
reach $600,000, has already purchased lands in Cabarrus
county, and expects to commence operations
at once. One of the corporators is Th ad. Stevens,
the same amiable individual who is in the
habit of presenting confiscation bills to the consideration
of Congress at every session, and supporting
them by blood and thunder speeches.
That he should venture his money on Southern
lands, is a fact of great significance. It proves that
he neither wishes nor expects a confiscation ol
Southern real estate. It does more than this. It
affords room for the suspicion that his speeches
are made for effect on the land market, in which
he is speculating. By a continual agitation of the
subject, he hopes to scare Southern men into
selling their land for little or nothing; when he will
step in and buy it up. This kind of legislation is
about the only kind now in use, and no one need
be astonished to learn that so eminent a "patriot"
as Thad. Stevens, the great high priest of "loyalty,"
is not above using his official influence to
speculate in "rebel" lands.
The beauty of the case lies in the skill with which
Thad made confiscation a weapon to cut both ways
for his interests. Self-interest is the mainspring
of Radical statesmanship, and all the measures of
Congress are shaped with a view to the political
and pecuniary interests of "honorable members."
The cry of confiscation has been a good thing for
Stevens. It gratified his malice toward the South;
it gave him a cheap reputation for exalted "loyal
tyand it enabled hhn to bully the Sou them gi
States into a perfect terror of his power. And no w la
it oonfers upon him what he*doubtless considers its
choicest blessing?it fids his pocket*. 0(
We sincerely hope that that large class of peo- n
pie who are in constant dread of "the Yankees con- T
fiscating our lands," will draw some consolation
from Thad's investment If he thinks the title ai
good enough to justify him in buying it, others
nOed not fear to hold by it; for the same law that aj
confiscates their land will confiscate his. There is a
no great danger from confiscation by Congress, E
when the principal agitator of the subject is, by his tl
acts, giving the lie'to his words. p
The danger lies in another and an opposite direction.
If any one wishes to know where to look for e
confiscation, let him read the various platforms of n
the "Union Republican Party" in South Carcli- ci
na, Virginia and other Southern State. The idea ii
is not distinctly stated therein, but itcrops out to the a
Surface, in the shape of resolutions in favor of a d
more general distribution of lands. These senti- n
ments may become something more than resolu- b
tions, if the party maintaining them make the b
laws. Men who have nothing to lose and want
something, are more likely to risk the consequences I
of a revolution in order to gain their object, than p
1 1 linmAWflw _
tnose who nave property at ?ui?.c, uunovwA aviv ? c
ciously the latter may talk.
It has become a matter of importance to defeat
that party if possible. All lovers of peace, law
and order are interested in the question of confisca- g
tion; for the loss or preservation of all these bles- r
sings is involved in it But so far as pecuniary in- ]
terest is concerned, some are more deeply interest- 1
ed than others. It is high time that this class s
were at work to accomplish the defeat of a party
which scarcely pretends to hide its designs against
j their property. The proper policy to be pursued *
may not be evident; but one thing is certainly ^
necessary. The party to be defeated is thorough- j
t ly organized, and it cannot be defeated except by /
i a counter organization and a full registration of all f
who oppose it Shall this be attempted? *
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MERE-MENTION. *
S The population of York District, by the census ?
or 1860, is put down at 21,502. White, 11,3:29; ?
colored, 10,173. Majority for the whites, 1,156. i
If you do not wish to disfranchise yourself, ?
be sure to register All males twenty-one
, years of age, who have resided in the State twelve J
months immediately preceding the day of registra- j
tion, who did not hold any civil office prcvicm.Xn i
the war, are entitled to be registered. Having t
aided the rebellion, "so called," d#es not alter the
case Persons who held office before the war J
and did not aid the rebellion, are entitled to regis- t
ter. The Rome (Da.) Courier of the 6th in- (
stant mentions the suicide in that place of Mr. L. s
C. Johnson, a eon of ex-Governor Johnson, of t
South Carolina. "The Southern Recorder sug- *
gests the propriety of Tax Collectors examining f
registration lists, in order to ascertain what ne- t
groes are liable to pay taxes. The opponents {
of the Republican Radical party carried Kentucky t
at the late State elections, by about forty thousand J
majority. "Judge Chase pays tax on an income
of $700,000 per year. When he went to |.
Washington, in 1864, he was not worth ten thou- f
sand dollars. The Uberaw Advertiser expires- a
ses a preference for Glen. Sickles and Gen. S<!Ott e
for U. S. Senators from South Carolina. "The 1
latest story is that Wilkes Booth is now the captain j
tain of a pirate vessel and the terror of the China f
Seas. i
About half the Table Rock at Niagara Falls was a
blown off reoently. A blast of 200.pounds of pow- i
der moved the whole mass of rock, but the most r>
projecting point breaking off, the rest settled back 11
again. It is not yet known what has beoome
of the old agitator Santa Anna. The last that was
heard from him he was still in prison at Camjieachy.
A mocking-bird was sold in Nashville, 1
Tenn., for $200. The August statement of
the public debt will, it is stated, show a reduction r
in the debt of two or three millions. A Mis- li
sissippi paper thinks Gen. Ord was omitted from g
the vote of thanks at the late session of Congress, c
because he was the only commander who had fail- t
ed to get up a riot. A Connecticut gentle- t
man lost a set of false teeth by incautiously sneez- e
ing out of a car window. Since January 1st, q
144,330 immigrants have arrived at New York a
from foreign ports, which is a slight excess com- s
pared with the arrivals last year for the correspond- i
ing months. "The true believers are down on the s
Sultan because he has had his photograph taken, <
contrary to the commands of the Koran. "There
now remain undisposed of, 1,455,460,000 acres of 8
U. S. public lands. 8
The Raleigh Sentinel says that a firm in Salem, t
last week, purchased 30,000 pounds of dried blackberries.
The corn crop in Central Alabama is <]
described as "magnificent." Brownlow's ma- !
jority in Tennessee will probably reach 25,000.? fc
There is no good reason why he did not make it 0
50,000 just as well. The widow of Stonewall j
Jackson is in New York.""*""""Jefferson Davis is ii
now the guest of T. Lee Terrill, ex-Provincial t
' Secretary of Canada. An Ohio editor has re- g
ceived a cake of sugar made from the sap of the j
black walnut tree. He pronounces it superior to
maple sugar. " "." The police force of Paris con- c
sists of 5,700 men, and the cost of maintaining: the j,
department is thirteen millions of francs, or one- j
twelfth of the revenue on the capital. A despondent
editor remarks that if the country grows
much worse he shall publish notices of births un- *
der the head of "disasters." - "
CHOLERA IN THE WEST. *
The cholera is prevailing to a considerable ex- ^
tent, in the West. Its ravages are, however, con- ^
fined to certain .isolated localities, and the disease 1
has not as yet got into the country, in the form of 1
a wide spread epidemic. Up to this time its track ?
is along the lines of travel, (the rivers &c), and the
frontier military posts. At Fort Harker, Kansas, [
there were more than three hundred deaths du- *
ring the thirty days immediately proceeding the
23d of July. At Ellsworth in the same State, 1
there were thirteen deaths on the 24th ultimo.
Local causes, such as high water, poor and unclean- ?
ly houses, and mean whiskey, have greatly added c
to the fatality of the disease, in the above named ?
places. ?
The Board of Health, of the city of New c
York, have been investigating the facts with re- I
gard to the spread of cholera in the West, with a 1
: view to guard against its coming to New York. *
Their Health Officer says:
Cholera is now spreading in a very fatal manner *
, west of the Mississippi river, ^ but only upon the 1
great routes of travel. During the months of i
October and November last, it prevailed fatally at ]
various military posts as far westward as Fort .
Smith and Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas. But at !
these military posts there was such sanitary care as 1
. seemed to extinguish the infection; while at. cer- t
tain badly policed points where the epidemic pre- g
vailed along the Mississippi, as at Helena, Ark., ^
the pestilence smouldered, and burst forth in
1 warm periods during the winter and spring. Hele.
na and Memnhis are at the present time the chief s
? centres of the epidemic, but in the latter city the
; sanitary authorities are so intelligent and so
| thoroughly in earnest, that we may reasonably ex- j
pect that cholera will be extinguished there.
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. E
> There are over twenty thousand acres of land in t
Alabama planted in sweet potatoes this year, which *
will produce eight hundred thousand bushels. r
. Major General Howard, through the Freedinen's i
Bureau, reports the crops of Tennessee this year c
to be the best and largest ever raised in that State. J
The wheat harvest is over in Missouri, the whole o
crop being considerably above the average, and the c
quality superior. t
In Texas the caterpillar and army worm are do- ii
ing gTeat mischief. F
The money value of the crops this year, as esti- j<
mated by a writer in the New York Times, will be ii
$400,000,000 greater than last year, so large has b
been the increase. o
Much attention is now being paid in the interior fi
of Louisiana to the. propagation of Hungarian f
rass, which yields two tons to the acre on bottom C
nds. " p
The Raleigh Sentinel has information from the a
>tton-growing region of North Carolina, which to
(presents a very general improvement of the crop. C
he corn crop will, however, be quite short
Farmers in Wisconsin say wheat will be as low
i fifty cents a bushel before the end of the year, f;
The crop prospects in Arkansas are very encour- j
?ing, and large amounts of corn have been plant- ],
i General Pillow efetiibates the corn crop near t
telena at 200,000 bushels. Fully two-thirds of s
le land under cultivation this season have been g
lanted in cereals. j
The St Louis Gazette learns that in the north- j
rn portion of Hancock county the people are com- j,
lencing to cultivate rice in the^woods without g
tearing off the trees, and, in fact, without deaden- {
ig them. The dead leaves are turned under with t
bull-tongue plow, wherever it is practicable to
o so, and the rice planted. Fair crops have been j
lade in this way without any of the immense la- G
or of deadening and clearing, which is generally (
eyond the means of a poor man. ?
The Russian grain crops indicate a heavy yield. 1
- - - ? 1? I
t is said tnere will De an immense surplus iur tu- i
lortation. From Liverpool the weather is report- <
d favorable for crops, and the grain market easy. <
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REACTION AT THE NORTH.
The New York Eeraldhaa oome out against ne- j
,to supremacy in America, and its action in this (
natter has brought out the following response from (
2x-Senator Hagas^of New York, which we pub- (
ish as a hopeful sigh for the long-hoped for "reotion"
at the North:
To the Editor of the New York Herald :
I thank you for your manly announcement in
his morning's Herald, in the article headed, "The
Itfew Crisis." Your views in that article are so 1
wholesome, that I cannot leave the city this morn- 1
ng, being transiently here, without expressing
gratitude. I assure you, sir, that the present ef- J
ort of party leaders to secure political power, by 1
naking the Southern States negro States, is most '
darming, and the people of the North must hot 1
illow its success, if they value their own freedom 1
ind prosperity. 1
If the people stop to think they will spurn such 1
in attempt with indignation. Nothing but false '
ssues can possibly allow such a ruinous project to 1
iuooeedL. * 1
To cheat the people the advocates of this neferi- '
jus scheme will keep before them the idea of maryrdom.
and all that sort of thing, but the true j
ssue should be ever present to our minds, and
nartyrs rewarded at less expense than the over- (
,hrow of our institutions.
Now, sir, I have done my humble part in the late '
var for the Union; two of my sons have fallen under j
he "Union flag, and my part has been in contribu- '
aon, and not in the reception of a penny's profit
luring the strife; but never have I wished 1
inythmg but "1 restored Union. For this, and '
his alcne, I have sacrificed, and not for the j
slevation of the negro, nor-the disfranchisement of 1
he people of the Southern States. If the people of !
he South are not to be restored to the Union, then '
he old Copperhead cry; "That the Union could not j
ie restored py arms," is verified. The idea that j
he South must be Africanized before its States '
ire allowed to return, is an admission that the war 1
las been a wicked failure, and has been waged for J
he destruction of the Republic. It is not a de>atable
question. We dm not send our sons to die
or the erection of negro States in the South. I
ippeal to the great masses in the North who gen- 1
rously poured out their blood in the conflict, if 1
his was their object Mr. Editor, you have hit ]
. tender chord in your remarks this morning, and j
know will awaken the sleeping sense of the peo>le
on this crisis. 1 have purchased a plantation (
Alabama and contemplate removing there, and j
m encouraging others in the North to follow me; ,
ut if that State is to he a negro State, farewell to
>iy purchase. The reasons are obvious?fanatics (
aay not see thera; but men of common sense can.
I thank you again, from my heart ]
Ira E. Harris.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The North Carolina Legislature. ]
This body, at its last session, adjourned to
aeet again on the 19th inst But Gen. Sickles has '
andly relieved the members of the necessity for (
;oing to Raleigh during the dog days. By Spe- J
ial Order, No. 114, he "indefinitely postpones"
he appointed session. Inasmuch as the legisla- '
ure, if it had assembled, could only have "played '
asking laws" after the manner of school-boys, the 1
[uietus which Gen. Sickles has given them, is not 1
> matter of any great importance. As the sutv *
tance of our free institutions is lost, we see no use '
n keeping up the shadow. The expense of the .
how is more than the empty forms are worth.
Commendable Diligence.
An exchange informs us that "one third of the <
tudents in Mercer University, in Georgia, were
oldiers in the Confederate army, and one-fifth of !
hem were killed or wounded." ,
That portion of them who were killed certainly ,
leserve great credit for their zeal in the pursuit of i
:nowledge under difficulties. Having "fought, I
led and died" for their country, they might reas- J
nably expect an exemption from further labors. (
k.nd unless they are studying the dead languages, ,
t is hard to conceive what advantages they hope <
o gain by-haunting the classic shades of the Geor- I
jo. college.
jarge Rale of Land in North Carolina.
The Raleigh Sentinel says: "R. W. Best, j
secretary of State, left for New York, on Monday I
ist, to close, as Agent, a bargain for the sale of 1
>0,000 acres of State lands, and from 70 to 90,000 j
ores of lands owned by Col. Bryson, and others, }
>erhaps, of Jackson, lying in the counties of Jack- j
on, Macon and Cherokee, to the American Agri- 1
mltural and Mineral Company. This Company 1
vas chartered by the last Legislature, and its head- '
luarters arc in New York. Several Northern
;entlemen, as well as citizens of the State, com- i
irise the Company. We learn that it is the pur>ose
of the Company to put upon these lands, in 1
t short time, 20,000 sheep, for wool growing.? >
3esides this, several thousand laborers will be em)loyed
in mining, &c. We hope this is but the ]
eginning of a large ingress of industrious, enter- \
erprising people into the State." i
L Cabinet Impediment. <
President Johnson has, in imitation of Gen.
Sheridan, been looking for impediments, and has <
t last found a yery big one in Mr. Stanton, the 1
Secretary of War. But he has not, as yet, had <
Sheridan's luckin getting rid of it. Unlike the do- 1
iile governors of District, No. 5, Mr. Johnson's im- '
jediment won't be removed. On being informed ,
>y the President that his resignation would be ve- ;
y acceptable, the undismayed official replied that 1
'grave public considerations constrain him to re- <
nain in office until the next meeting of Congress." !
VIr. Johnson, on the failure of his first effort to rc- ;
nove this huge impediment, paused to take breath. ;
lis friends are patting him on the back and tell- ,
ng him to try again. Some of them say he is go- i
**?? J" cnmnAin a jind snniethim? verv terrible to <
*'?5 W UV ? ? ? a v __
he impediment; but as he has been "going to do ;
omething" for two years, and has not done it yet, ;
fe expect he will find it his duty to "execute the
rill of Congress," which, in this case is likely to be i
i surrender to his impediment. ]
The Surratt Trial.
The trial of John H. Surratt, for complicity i
n the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, was concluded i
>n the 10th instant The case has been on trial i
leveral weeks, a vast amount of evidence having !
>een offered, for and against the prisoner. As the :
fitnesses swore point blank against each other, j
nany of them must be perjured. But their labor
8 lost, as the jury failed to agree and were disharged
by the judge. After he had done this, 1
fudge Fisher got up a little sensation on his own <
ocount, by ordering the name of Mr. .Bradley,
ine of the prisoner's lawyers, to be struck from i
he roll of Attorneys, because he had used insult- i
ng and threatening language towards the Judge i
residing. When the Court had adjourned, Brad2y
followed Fisher and handed him a note, accept- i
og a verbal challenge which the Judge had sent i
iim during the trial This irascible administrator (
f the laws has thus rendered himself liable to a c
ne and a five years' imprisonment, that being the 1
enalty for sending a challenge in the District of t
Columbia. As the jury failed to agree, the expenses
of the case thus far have been for nothing,
nd the swearing will have to be repeated in a new
rial
>n Dress. - *
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It is stated that a lady afrSaratoga Springs disinguished
herself lately, by appearing in seven difsrent
dresses on the day of her arrival. This lay
is a fair specimen of a class which, though once
irge, is now, we are happy to believe, almost exinct
in the South. Impressed with a sense of
uperiority over,-others, and unable to show that
uperiority in any other way, they were exceedingf
ambitious to shine in the matter of dress.?
'aste or elegance of ornament was a secondary obect;
the great desideratum, was variety. The
[reater number of expensive dresses such a lady
>osaessed, the higher she stood in her own estimaion
and that of her ' 'set''
But the years of adversity through which we
lave passed, have taught our people many valuable
lessons, and among them the lesson of judging
ithers by their intrinsic, and not their external
ittractions. The lady who indulges in a supers
jundance of dress now, is generally looked upon
is a little weak in the upper story. Our Southirn
ladies never occupied a higher "place in the
istimation of their countrymen than they now do.
rheir deeds of kindness and self-denial during the
var are unforgotten. But their sensible conduct
n conforming their dress to the altered condition
)f their country since the war, is not their least
'Jaim to respect and admiration.
^Seven-Thirties" Going Up.
A New York paper gives the following ao?unt
of a juvenile financier's success in "operating
:or a rise" of United States stock:
A young son of a retired merchant down the
river, whose parents reside in one of those princely
mansions on the Hudson, opposite the Palisades,
took it into his head the other day to make a kite.
Rumaging about the house in search of paper to
make it, nis eyes accidently fell upon a number of
jeven-thirties-which had been carelessly left in an
unlocked desk. 'Twas but the work of a few momenta
tn lav them out on the kite sticks, and a
short tine thereafter seven-thirties took a sadden
rise, going over the Palisades. Luckily theycame
down safely, and have been converted. We do
not remember the time when Government securities
were so high.
The Vicissitudes of an Adventurer.
A writer in an Indiana paper narrates the
following incidents in the life of a man who fought
an both sides, during the late war:
"While passing through the Union Depot a few
days ago, I w:is accosted by a one armea man in
faded army blue. Fourteen years ago I first saw
him working at a windlass in the gold diggings of
A.ustralia. He and his three partners hoisted by
that windlass from a single shaft, more than $800,XX).
A few months later, I bade him good-bye
is he sailed from Melbourne to New York with
>200,000, in bills of exchange, in his pocket. I
next saw him a wounded Confederate soldier, lying
on the battle-field of Antietam. A little more
than a year later, I saw him, a Union soldier, lying
in a hospital in Tennessee. To-day he is a
helpless wanderer, dependent on public oharity for
i dinner."
Sow to Receive Evil Reports.
The author of the,rules mentioned below,
must have possessed that charity "which covereth
i multitude of sins." We do not know who he
ivas, but if he was always able to carry them into
practice, he would be a great curiosity (as well as
i worthy model) in these days of strife and slander.
"The longer I live," says he, "the more I feel
the importance of adhering to the rules which I
have laid down for myself in relation to such matters:
1. To hear as little as possible to the prejudice
jf others.
2. To believe nothing of the kind till I am absolutely
forced to it
3. Never to drink in the spirit of one who circulates
an evil report
4. Always to moderate, as far as I can, the untindness
which i6 expressed towards others.
5. Always to believe, that if the other side were
heard, a very different account would be given to
;he matter.'
Anecdote of General Lee.
? A private letter, which appears in the New
Orleans Bulletin, gives some interesting particulars
of a visit made by General Lee, during the
vacation of the college over which he presides. As
tve know our readers are always glad to hear
from this great and good man, we take from the
letter alluded to, the following anecdote:
General Lee concluded to enjoy his vacation in
his own way. Accompanied by his youngest daughter,
he rode across the mountain at the gap of the
Peaks of Otter. They stayed all night at the foot
rf the Peaks and walked the next day to the top.
n ?V.^Anm IA "Rnrlfrvvv^ in
rrom uie niuuuuini lucjt mus uunu w <u
the rain, Miss Lee protected by an oil cloth.?
They arrived late at night in the rain, and being
unexpected were not at first recognized. The travjlers
were soon refitted, the young lady having
managed with the resource of a soldier's daughter
to pack a small wardrobe?duplex extension no
ioubt included?in a pair of saddle bags. They
both appeared in the parlor as fresh as ever.?
General Lee enjoyed the simple hospitality of these
true friends, and returned as he came, refreshed
by the excursion and gratified to know that
there are still those in this evil world whom no
misfortunes can alienate. They were on their way
to the Peaks on a mountain road he had never
[.raveled before. There were two little girls playng
on the rocks by the road side. JAs soon as
:hey saw him they whispered to each other and
ran towards their home, flc called to them, and
lsked pleasantly, "Why do you run ? Are you a"raid
oi me?" "Oh, no sir," said the eldest, "we
ire not afraid, but we are not dressed nice enough
:o see you." "Who, then, do you think I am r"
'You are General Lee." they both exclaimed;
'we know you by your"pictures."
The Capitol at Richmond.
A correspondent of the Raleigh Sentinel,
ivriting from Richmond, says:
The Capitol and its grounds are the same they
bave remained for years. The same old unsightly
State House, with a saddened appearance, as if
For its former days. The same old worn-out bench's
for the now weary freedmen, being quite forsaken
by the whites. The same boards nailed to the
:rees, bearing their solemn warning, "Don't walk
un the grass, nor sleep on the benches," greet the
sye at eveiy turn. But little attention was paid to
the admonition on the "glorious Fourth,'' just pass
scl, when Hunnicut, Wardwell & (Jo., with their
thousands of dusky freedmen, with the latters' attendants
of little "dittos/' with their banners, fifes,
drums and all the ingredients that go to make up
a modern negro celebration, assembled to give vent
to their patriotic (?) feelings. They literally
"pawed" the grass to their heart's content, so
that now the grounds adjacent have quite a woe begone
air; and also did they snooze, too. The statues
of Washington, Jefferson, Patrick Henry and
others have quite an elegant iron railing enclosing
them, recently manufactured in this city by one of
her foundries. It is very plain, quite neat in appearance,
adding greatly to the tout ensemble by its
olegant simplicity of workmanship. This idea of
enclosing the statues is certainly a capital one. It
is at the foot of these splendid monuments of our
country's honored, that itinerant Radicals, stationary
ones also, collect their crews of "Niggers" and
mean white men, and here retail their pestiferous
bile and slander of the South three or four times
per week. It's a blessing that the sacred place is
thus cut off from the contamination of these foul
mouthed birds, who have heretofore flapped their
wings of strength over this beloved spot.
The whole of this beautiful spot is shunned, to a
great degree, by the respectable white portion of
the city, especially the ladies, whose former favor?>?nmonQ(to
if TpnH Tf is now entiralv avoided
IUG puiuvuwuv ? _ -
by thera. It is yielded up to Mr. "Nigger," Mrs.
N., and all the little Nigs, with their peculiar
friends, lying around on the benches, snoozing aDout
and lolling in their indolence.
Thompson, the Martvr.?"Plametto," the
Washington correspondent of the Charleston Merwry,
writes:
I notice that certain radical papers in the North
ire attempting to make political capital out of the
nsignificant broil at Columbia, S. C., a few days
igo, wherein one Thompson became involved.
" I am reliably informed that the said Thompson
s now under bonds in this city to appear at the
lext term of the Criminal Court, to answer the
sharge of assaulting the bar-keeper at the Metropilitan
Hotel, last spring, because he wouldn't give
lim credit on a drink of whiskey. So much for
he martyr Thompson. '
LOCAL ITEMS,
HEW ADVEBTIBKMKHT8.
P. J. 0'Conn ell, Chairman of Board?Registra- tion
in the first Precinct of York District. .
R. L. Crook, Chairman of Board?Registration in _
the Second Precinct of York District. Daniel
Kerr, Chairman of Board?Registration in A
the Third Precinct of York District.
Rev. R. B. Anderson, Principal?YorkvilW Female
College. *
Dr. John May?Wailted. ?
A. R. Homesley?Notice.
Hobbs & Doeter?Wood-Working.
The Chronicle and SenfcineL Angosta,.Ga. 4
R. H. Glenn?Sheriff's Safe. . ' h
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00H0EBI AT TEE FEMALE COLLEGE . %
We remind oar readers that the Concert in aid B
of the Theological Seminary, at. Columbia, will
come off at thrfFemale College, in this place, on v
Tuesday evening next See advertisement . a
CAHDIDATE8 OUJT.. J ^ ' f
We hear it rtunored upon ?he. streets, that sev- *
eral freedmen of this District have teeir seised with ^
office on the brain, and have 6ome out*as.caridi- c
dates for the Convention. Fronr this it appeard 4
that colored, as well as white, human nature has a
yearnings for office. For the enoeuragement of 4
these prompt aspirants, we offef them the old '
adage: "the early bird catches the worm." ?
Par tha Vorkvlile EnaBlrer.
BAPTIST UNION MEETING. - V I
Pursuant to previous appointment, a meeting f
was held with the baptist Church, at Yorkville, on *
Saturday, the 10th of August, 1867.' After rehg- }
ious services by the Pastor *of the Church, the
meeting was organized by calling A. J. Matthews I
to the Chair; and Deacon Z. D. Smith, to act as
Clerk. Delegates from the different Churches
were called for, and their names enrolled as follows: .
YorkvUle?Elder T. R Gaines, J. W. Howe!r- !
ton, M. Holbrooks, G. W. Byers, H. Gibson. ' ' j
Union?A J. Matthews, J. T. Warrea \
Enon?A. C. Biggers. . t
New Bethel?T. Gwinn, C. C. Gwinn.
MiU Creek?Z. D. Smith. ~' 1
An Essay was then read by Z. D. Smith, on c
"Christian Union," after which a Committee,eon- <
sisting of T. R Gaines, Z. D. Smith, G. W. By- i
ere, and A. C. Biggers were appointed to fix the ?
time and plaoe of the next meeting, and prepare 1
the business thereof * ^ !
Next meeting to be with the Union Church, j
four miles North West of Yorkville, commencing t
on Friday before the fifth Lord's Day in September
next, at 11 o'clock, A. M. ; M. C. Barnettto preach 1
the Introductory Sermon?A. L. Stough, alternate. 1
P. Nicholson to read an Essay on the "Officers *
and Government of Baptist Churches." A. L. (
Stough to read an Essay on the "Beoeptioo of t
Members into Baptist Churches.'' The above sub- e
jects to be opened for discussion after reading.
Resolved, That a Committee, consisting of Z. D.
Smith, T. R Gaines, and A. J. Matthews, be ap- J
pointed to prepare a Constitution and By-Laws, to J
be presented for consideration at the next meeting.
Resolved, That the editonfof the Yorkville :
Enquirer, and South Carolina Baptist, be re
queued to publish the proceedings of this meeting. !
Z. D. SMITH, Clerk
For the Yorkville Enquirer. c
a prophetic dream. l
Messrs. Editors: Accoording to the promise made i
by me in the Enquirer of last week, I furnish yon '
with "A Dream," copied from the Encydopcedia, t
a newspaper published at Yorkville, S. C., in June j
1826. The editors, in introducing the article to J
their readers, say: "The following dream, handed i
to us by a friend, we are assured, is real We in i
sert it more on aocount of its fine Scripture style, 1
than from any prophetic allusion that we can per- 1
ceive it has to future political events. We must
acknowledge, with the dreamer, we "know not the
interpretation thereof" <
"A Dream.?1. Now it came to pass in the sec- (
ond year of the reign of John, who is also called
Quincy, who rules over the four and twenty provinces
of Columbia, that I dreamed a'dream-in the
night, even on. the night -of the first day of the
sixth month. * ?. * I
4. But behold when I went forth out of the
camp, I came into a great plain, the one end there- <
of was toward the East, and the other end thereof
went out toward the West; (
5. And I lifted up mine eyes, and behold on the j
North, and on the South, and on the East, were
high hills round about the plain like unto moun- i
tains; , i
6. Then I turned and looked toward the West, *
but I could not see unto the end of the plain that
lay before me, for it was exceeding great
7. And again I beheld, and lo! a great tree grew <
in* the midst of the plain, and the tree wsff to look t
upon like a white-oalc tree, the trunk whereof was
exceeding great and strong above all the other trees (
of the forest; '
8. And the branches thereof were spread out o- (
ver the plain and covered the hills on the North
and on the'South and on the East; e
9. And I beheld much people under the shadow c
and upon the branches thereof, who called it the ]
Tree of Congress, and many cried out unto the /
tree, saying, 0 tree, live and flourish forever! (
10. Now the branch that went out towards the t
North, and spread over the hills beyond the plain, c
was great and strong above all the branches that
came forth out of the tree;
n Ttnf behold, in manvDlaces the branches were c
chopped with an axe, and were much decayed and \
ready to fall; nevertheless, it fell not ^
12. And again I looked, and behold I the branch i
that went ont toward the Sooth, which was a nota- c.
ble branch, and on the under tide thereof two little ^
branches shot forth, and they were laden and did s
bend with fruit; t
13. And lo! there came forth two little tquurrdt ]
to eat the fruit that was on the two little branches; (
and there came forth, also, on the large branch, a y
great cat, exceeding fierce, and sought to destroy j
the two little squirrels; and while they were war- j
ring, behold! the two little branches were broken
off" and fell to the earth. . e
14. Then I went forth to the two little branches
that were fallen off, and when I had looked thereon, .
behold the fruit thereof was blasted.
15. Then I looked on the large branch from >
which the two small branches had fallen, and be- f
hold! it withered and fell also. e
16. And when I had looked on the branches that ?
went out towards the East, they were short, and j
had not waxed great and strong like the two form- r
er, neither did they flourish, but the leaves thereof j,
faded as the leaf fadeth when the winter oometh. a
17. Then I beheld the branohes that shot forth i
towards the West'; and behold! they were many, 4
and because the trunk of the tree remained firm c
and strong, they flourished greatly, for they were 0
in their youth. * i
18. After these things I returned to the camp, t
' '1 al li. j:j i ua a
greatly perpiexea, ana my uiuuguus uiu uvuuc ?
me, &c.
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20. Now at this time a person awoke me out of ^
sleep, and behold! I had dreamed a dream, but I f
knew not the interpretation thereof." t
The above is copied, and italicized the same as in t
the original, and presented to the readers of the c
present generation, for their interpretation, after 1
the "lamp of experience" has, for forty-one years, t
thrown light upon the history of the country.
t J. 0.0. 8
Registration in Virginia.?A writer for the
Lexington Gazette sums up the registration returns j
for twenty-seven Counties in Virginia, exhibiting a
an aggregate of Whites 34,575, and Blacks 15,231, a
In the list are embraced some of the extreme 8
Counties either way. The writer, upon the 1
strength of this exhibit, remarks: . .
"The above registration figures are highly grati- \
tying, as they afford great encouragement to be i
lieve that the whites will haye a very large rmyori- 1
ty of the total registered voters of the State.?
There is no doubt that they can have such majori- I
'ty, if they so desire," c
OONTKIBUTORIAIi.
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BY JAB. WOOD PAVIP8QN.
XH.UMBIA, SOUTH CAEOLIIA, 12THAUQUBT, 1867.
Ldvice to all who are entitled to tfc? Privilege
of Registration.
Register, v . ... ri
regjro Officials.
United States District Marshal Eppiog (white?
foreigner) has appointed as his Deputy, in Coimbia,
one Charles Wilder (mulatto), aveiy worhy
and* intelligent carpenter* This appointment
ras in thfeplaceof Dark (white) who'was removed
ipon a change of accepting hush money. While
he commnmty do not regard Wilder, personally,
rith any disfavor, but on the contrary, ho&him
s a favorite of his olass, yet they feel that the 49toiptmentof
other than white men to offiogi of
his kind now is premature. The Deputy Marshal
s an executive officer?one who arrests persons
harged with offences against th$ peace and digniy
of the United States.; and.the exercise of such
luthority by ofitoed men is expected to produce
he unpleasant antagonism of ideas between rates,
rhich (antagonism) ianow-the Haneof the South;
rnd in the future will be the fetal cause of her
ieavie8t%HT0ir8/ - .
The appointment of Registrars from among the
tegroea i/not looked upon with so mtach t&ftvor,
rom (he feet that the .duties to he perfonned are
u ineir naiqre cwKauawijprnim a rauuuuw wu
ust exercise of thoeeduties (which is in good faith
ixpected by the whites) will do much to remove
jitterneases already sprung up between the noes.
crops nr south caroliwa.
jlershaw<rrNeariy every part of oar District
u? been blessed with good hum daring the .past
en days; the prospect of fab com crops Hare
mproved, hndmany sad countenances have beeif
>rightenea. From what we hear, notwithstanding
he injury sustained from drought, by some, and
rom overflows by others, an ample supply of com
or the wants of the District will be msecL?Ciitnlen
JournaL " .0*
Lancaster.?Cheering reports reach us from
iveiy section of the District, as to the proepect of a
500a cotton crop. The oorn crop has suffered to
tome extent by the drought, but the rains of the
jast week which have been abundant for present
leed, will no doubt increase' the yield beyond the
inticipations of a few days ago. The farmers are
n much better humor, and of course we share in
,he general spirit?Lcmcaeter Ledger,
Greenville. ?From every quarter of this and
idjoining Districts, we hear charming accounts of
he crops. A very large yield indeed will be made,
is we have already had almost enough rain to.serure
it. It has been a little dry in the lower part
>f Greenville, bnt parties from that section report
hat the want has been supplied by heavy and
loaking falls of water.?Greenville Enterprise .Jf*,*
Laurens.?Since our last issue, the farmers'
learts in this District have-been rqioiced with colioos
rains upon their thirsty fields. The corn
irop in some sections had suffered for the want of
aim?LaxrrensriRe Herald.
Fairfield.?The past ten days has changed, b
l great measure, the aspect of things, as well as
he hopes of the citizens ofthis District. Befreshng
rains have visited us, and there is now quite
1 prevailing opinion that a sufficient crop for the '
rapport of the District .will be realized.? Warn*
wro JVeu*. s
Charleston.?The caterpillar has undoubtedly
nade its appearance in the sea.-islandcotton region
of this state. But the 'danger of the crop
>eing destroyed is contingent upon the maturity of
he third brood of caterpillars. The broods are
iroduced at intervals of three wrecks apart, and
lamp weather is essential to the young caterpillar,
khot, dry spell at this period of their growth is
atal to these creatures. So there is no reason yet
'or ahum They have much to go through with
>efore they become at all formidable, and may be
ill destroyed by the sun.?Charleston Mercury.
f", ,
WHO CA? REGISTER T
All males or ran u?wnoutve resided utrns
State for twelve months are entitled to register and
jq vote, provided that they have not been?
1. Convicted of felony, or . x.2.
Members of any State Legiahtfpre, or m
3. Executive or judicial officers of any State, or
4. Members of Congress of the United States,
And have not afterward* engaged in insurrection
or rebellion against the United States or given
lid and comfort to the enemies thereof
If they have been convicted of felony they art
iisfranchited. r
If they are included in either of the three last
)f the above four classes, and, after the holding of
iffice, gave any voluntary aid to-the rebellion, or
ook any voluntary part in it, they are disfranchised.
If they did not hold any of the offices named,
uid have not been convicted of felony, they are not
lufranchised, whether they did or did not give aid I
0 the rebellion or take part in the war against the -{
LJnited States. "
If they did hold any of the offioee named, bat
lid not engage in the rebellion against the United ^
States, or give aid or comfort to the Soap* they
ire not disfranchised.
If they did hold any of the offices named, and
lid not engage in rebellion or give aidto thfrSouth
1 fter such holding office, they are not dufrcenchitrd
ilthough before such holding offioe they may have
sngaged in rebellion or given aid to the S?Uh,
The only point at all in doubt is as to what offices
ire included under the head of "executive or judical
offioe" in any State. No definition of the
>hrase is given in the rules for regulation, except
hat it shall include "all civil offices created by law
'or the administration of any general law of a State,
ir for the administration of justice." In Vfamnia
he following are regarded aa executive or judicial
officers withm the meaning of the act:
"Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of
State, Auditor of Public Aooounta, Second Auditir,
Registrar of the Land Office, State Treasurer,
kttorney-General, Sheriffs, Sergeant of a city or
own, Commissioners of the Revenue, County Surveyors,
Constables, Overseers of the Poor, Com- ft
nissioners of the Board of Public Works, Judges
if the Supreme Court, Judge of the Circuit Court,
fudge of the Court of Hustings, Justices of the
bounty Courts, Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of
i City or Town, Coroners and Escheators, Ins pecA
fit v _ _ _ TSi v a
ore 01 xooacco, r lour, ?c., uierKs ot toe Supreme, -1
Mstrict, Circuit and County Courts, and of the ?J
3ourt of Hustings, Attorneys for the Commonwealth."
And it is probable that about the same rule will
>e observed in this District At all events any
>erson who has not held either of the offices named
ibove, is not disfranchised as having held an "exicutive
or judicial office" in any State.?Mercury.
Bedding Fruit Trees.?From about the midlie
of July to the last jof August is considered^^.
nost favorable time to bud fruit trees. It iaj^H^,
)le operation, requiring no special art, andflng^
ormed in a brief period. To the novice,
izplain the process?well knowing that olcQRp;
ulturists -need no instructions. BuddingiswBPF
ntroduction of the bud of one tree beneath the
ark of another. This should be done when the
lew wood is in its most vigorous growth. A bud
b taken from a branch of this year's growth, with
, small portion of the bark, cut lengthwise. This
3 inserted beneath the bark of the tree intended
o be budded?a slight incision being made to reeive
it The edges of this bark are then raised
,nd the bud pushed in. A bandage of cloth, bass
r corn-husk, is then wrapped round, and the job
3 completed. Care should be taken not to bruise
he bud or bark. Some of our best fruits are propgated
in this way.? Farm and Fireside.
Don't Drink to Drive Away Care.?No 1
nan is safe who has once formed the fatal habit of
poking to drink for solace, or cheerfulness, or oombrt
While the world goes well, they will Hkely
ie temperate, but the habit is built, the railroad
o destruction is ready for use, the rails are laid j
town, and the station house erected; and the train
s on the line waiting only the looomotive. Well, 1
he first great trouble or hopeless grief is the loco- I
Dotive: it comes to ub and grapples us, awayVe
p in a moment down.the line we have been contructing,
like a flash of lightning.
A Protest.?We learn that a Committee apK)inted
at a Republican meeting, have addressed
, letter to General Sickles, protesting against the
appointment and retention of Hon. Wm. Aiken
a one of the registers of voters. The objections
oade are, that Mr. Aiken reoeived and entertaind
Jefferson Davis at his residence in this city duing
the war, that he aided the rebellion by contributions
of guns and ammunition, and that he does
lot epjoy the confidence of the loyal voters of this
)istrict?Charlaton Courier.
B&- Santa Anna has been brought to Vera Croi
iy a Mexioan man-of-war and was to be tried for
onspiracy. * I 4