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Eebby in the Columbia ;. j|fe&c'6f Iasi Tbargday.; It wi ll he seen Salvfehiadistingnis ^s^tUnjon man dinars wniely with the - ,^m|jo^Vpf the ? leading ; citizens j of this . ipd u?tfcerv Southern;,States-;. His views i ^eHw'carofukattention from the :" J^tftey?;^fe^ doubtless : jih^erice^^njHfljthei^ action: guarantee- to ;e^0?tjMji in. i?is- Unionrepublican '-!?^^^^^^?,l)?'ifc?,'?Section,; 4, j?rticfe ' '.?tl^r-^ ?epreseota i'^^^?^^^"^' States,,has. estab ji$&>i^^?^ . States a ? -^jlrta^-^verh merit, absolute and unlirh ''tt^^njiiB j??^^'^^'"^-611 knbwn that -thes^i^^ their power. .?'^n?;?rt8?ar^.V'ii-?.% .'jjallant arid, heroic '-?*^uj?|#e^^^ self-gov - ^-"^^^tW^^T^^ na alternative /^Ijritvirj^uai to themilitary "i^8^?l|^.t^iwilX)y^\thein-.t is to,be :'-&^?j*{aid:it is j^eneraily: believed, that ^tfj^l^^^^l^r'^er8 1X1 tne Southern -^ta^^pr|xe:rei8e their despotic powers v^iga|y%^ It is the adminis ' ^at^^^^^Q.vemiaenti^ and .not the form ^^^^^Tpmeiii, vvhxch makes it odious .V^j&;^p^riMBivo. A despotism, wisely, >:<3riQe^J^fect~g^ that can bees ;^^^tisni^:rIt is the government :of God, . ealifctt&hed by bim for the govern meet of :.^1^e*:pR:6ixtao.ntbfifairo, South -Carolina, e.c Southern. Suvtes^ rej'ee -^4^?1^naFa.mendmHerit,-w^ proposed to ^^^dji)f^ra;^S?(se[ their leading men, and ? ^lrje^ii^^e)r n^-oiientnCwnin .'Congress^ '^'?^^^0&y^permti^ universal negro ?i^^^ ^dW^Itls proposed by the mil .' 'itor^blit^ot.Qbly;, to. exclude this class-of >^^dlb^^^!ifSde',; :btffc;'to disfranchise x tbeitt&'na^^ from- voting in all ?' ^leclSo^s^ And iit the same time to en fran i-^^njbf??V. tfieir 'former: slaves and give ;.rsuniyori3\l^ Strange *.tO:sayfthat there arejnany persons in the /Southern' St?tea wJipseT high sense of h o n - ;-3>r>wo,i^^ eonstitu * Jingjjffl now urging '?'??'^?^^P^:t^y?'-4^?i*y swallow the uiil it?rjrB'ill,---ro^aniless. of honor, principle t ^wnsfstency. I am happy 1^0 know tbat .^iey>:\aTerseees8tonist8" and. never were i-^ip?-j?^n-, -- - otVlfie inquiry ? is, which, then, shall we ~&oJ'^Whilst? I'.haye'?been writing, the .. "telegraph;-brings*;the^glorious news that Mississippi and Georgia iiave appealed to l tho judieiary "foi*. the:-protection of their ;^?^Utotiehat.j^h^;^ sovereign S tates i \of the ?mepcan .0jiion/ ,; Would to God that;?pu'tb~;..C>rctliha.-stood by the side of . Mi^sipprand (Borgia, in-this tbeir last '?.pql^^^^^^m^?^p their dignity;and' ^pnw^Sl?fes: andi^the - just rights and liberties of,their cltfeens; ; If'this last . grands expiring .eflbrt in favor of freedom \ 'ilwa^feU^then-the..Sonrb- .will, have to * quietly.meet th 0-.tyranny: of Congress j .-1i>at, in m eeting, she need not embrace the' Ibideoas "tinjfg* When the military order -is-issued' for - a^registration of voters, let jeveyj man,riot 'diBfraricbiscd, go forward * ^id . register hiic.riame.. When the elec ^tion is ordered for.a c.orivention^it will be vj?he.duty of eve!.ly. voter to cast his vote for the: wisest, be?t and most trustworthv lnen.whp are.eligible to seats, in that con Ven.tionv ..This rauch'.be is forced to do for eelf-p^tectron j aihd .it<> keep the "State G<>veromehtfrqm falling into tbe. hands ;_of unworthy rand base menu He need go ?o further. Let him tben endorse on his ' ticket, "JVo Convention." If he is a pa? triot and Ian honorable man, he cannot desire the change which the military bill contemplates, and he should riot vote a He! ? ' With.the crrnnmg which always char ?cteriz?e^the tyrant, CorigreKS has enac? ted .that the people tbemHelves shall en dorse the call of a convention, in order to give legal.validity to its acts.. Without , this endorsem?nt,-the whole proceeding 'in'i^bt.be. regardedi^as forced on the States -:by-the military government," and,- thei-e fbre, nuliand void. Hence, the trick of malting the people endorse the call of a convention. It-is.tq.be hoped that they "Will not be caught by this cunning device, end that they may be ablo to influence their freedraen to act with them. But should a majority ot the votes be for a convention, tben it is to assomble, and not otherwise. Wben it assembles, the honor and destiny of tho State will be iu its keeping; ? But if the people should vote "no con? vention," w'bat then ?. .The honor- and dignity of the Statos will, at least, not be thereby sacrificed by their citizens. We shall remain as we are, under a military rule, till there is a reaction at the North. It. has already commenced in Connecticut, and will, sooner or later sweep, over the .whole Nprtb-western and Middle States. Then we shall be restored to our rights in theiUniori^ with-honor unsullied .and the rigbtr;of suffrage unchanged. Let us await this Democratic triumph, be it "a hundred years, rather than seek now as Bociations with our Black Republican ty? rants and oppressors, and be guilty of the baseness of abandoning our friends at the "North, who bayo nobly defended our cause for .iWo years.^p?st^ and ' sacrificed themselves in the straggle for Southern rijs^bts.and cpnstitutionaTireedom. If we.are^rinwilling to boar the ills to which we aro subjected^ for the mainten? ance of honor and principle, then we de r serye our destiny. It is said that, if we d^ not accept the degrading terms now *:\.-.-v-""-CiL"-; offered, worse will be imposed! Have we' any assurance tbat worse may not be im? posed, if we do accept? Like the wo: man who consented to her own dishonor to save the life of her husband, and was then made to witness his execution 1 Thero is tio faith in tyrants. Threats of confiscation are futile. Almost every one has been pardoned, by taking the amnesty oath or by special application. The Southern people may bo robbed and mur? dered, but their property cannot be con? fiscated. In order to debauch prominent South? ern men, offers have been made in Con? gress to remove their disabilities, and, it would seem, not without success! Threats to the many, and bribes to a few, is the policy adopted for.radicalizing the South? ern States. With universal negro suf? frage and debauched politicians, we may bid farewell to all hope of republican in? stitutions. Virtue and intelligence alone can sustain a republic. When the negro has acquired intelligence to understand his political rights, and property to make hfmtael un interestin the proper exercise of them, he. should be allowed to vote. This Srinoiple has been adopted in most of the fortbern States, and in wise and just. But it is wicked to put ballots into the hands of those who will be the passive tools of their emploj'ers, or the mischiev? ous agents of Black Bepublican emissa? ries. " Nothing can be more unjust and iniqui? tous than the discriminating disfranchise thont of the military bill. A Union man, whose life has been spent in trying to maintain the integrity of the Union, but who was a member of the Legislature or a judge ten or twelve yeai-s ago, and who, after his State seceded, fed or clothed a son in the Confederate, army, is disfran? chised! But the man whoae whole life may have been spent in treasonable ef? forts to destroy the Union and involve the country in a bloody civil war, who was a leading member of the Secession Convention, and afterwards a distinguish? ed Geu era I in the Confederate army, hurl? ing his command against the United States forces in a hundred bloody fields of battle, is not disfranchised,, unless he had pre? viously taken an oath to support the Con? stitution <>i the United States! There are many instances of this character which might be mentioned, allowing the injustice and lolly of this disfranchise ment. It is believed that .neither Gens. Beauregard, Hill, Magruder, or Gen. Lee himself, the illustrious communder-in chief of the Confederate forces, ia disfran? chised. But the humble Union magis? trate, who relieved the distresses of a son or friend in the Confederate army,-is dis? franchised ! There is not the remotest hope or pro? bability of the Southern States being re? stored to the Union till after the next Presidential election. Why, then, shall we" voluntarily degrade oursolves, and give up our dearest political rights for a delusion ? If dishonor must come, do not embrace it. If we are to wear manacles, let them be put on by our tyrants, not by ourselves. If a man threatens to kick you,' self-respect would forbid your ex? posing your person to him and asking him to kick you at once and be done with it. We have Jived already t\vo years under military rule, in groat poverty and dig tress, and have been cboered all the time by the consciousness that we are not a degraded, though a conquered people.? We. can continue to live in the same way two jiears longer, or, if need be, ten }'ears, and feel a pride in knowing that we have maintained our honor, and made every effort possible to preserve our freedom and constitutional rights. A man who feels that he has dishonored himself, is lost; and so it if with a people. Let us live quietiy and peaceably, at? tending diligently to our various voca? tions in life?obeying patiently the pow? ers that be; but never think of volunta? rily voting away our rights as a State or our honor and freedom as men. Let us trust In a returning sense of justice od the part of our oppressors, which sooner or later must come. Have patience; for? bearance nhd long suffering. The South? ern States fought four long bloody j'ears lor what they believed to be a sacred right proclaimed by all the American people in their Declaration of Indepen? dence. Can they not now afford to live four years longer out of that Union, rather thai) sacrifice their honor, their rights, as States, and the great republican principles of freedom? B; F; ir-EKIlY. . -^-# Taking it Hard.?"A young lady of my acquaintance," says a friend, in a re? cent note to the editor, "married recently, and the mother of her husband being in very poor health, she was taken immedi? ately home by her liege lord to nurse and take care of the 'old folks." In the course of a few months the mother was removed by death. The dutiful and sjMiiputhizing daughter-in-law thus expressed her grief at this erent, to a company of her neigh? bors who called in to take tea with her one afternoon soon after her sad bereave? ment" : "Oh, dear!" said she. "how much I miss my poor, dear mother! Why it seems to me I can see her now. just as she use to sit at the breakfast table, reaching oUthe) fork for the best potato .'" "This reminds us of a man without a tear," a Missouri husband at the grave'of his wifo: "I have lost cows/' he said to a neigh borr as the coffin was lowered into the grave, "I've lost sheep, I've lost bonnes, and I've, lost calves, but this is the wusfc of the whole loss."?Knickerbocker. ? A minister at a camp meeting said: If the lady with a blue hat, red hair, and cross eyes don't stop talking, she will be pointed out to the congregation. Important Orders* Head'qrs, Second Military District; Charleston; S: C;, April i2th- 1367. Circular: In reply to' several communications ad? dressed to these Headquarters, in refer? ence ti) the proceedings of the civil autho? rities of South Carolina in the collection of taxes, the following letter of instruction from his Excellency the Governor, -to the Comptroller-General, is published for the information of all concerned: Executive Department; S. C; .. . Columbia, ioth Feb., 1867. Son. S. L. J?eaphart, Comptroller-General: Sir. Upon conference' with several of the Tax Collectors, as well as the Attorney General, I am satisfied that the enforce? ments of the Acts of the General Assembly, according to their technical Import, will be very oppressive to the poor who are unable to pay their taxes and have no property, and who, in such contingency, are required to be arrested and confined in jail until they do pay the execution ; and it will impose a ruinous burthen on the State to pay for dieting all who may be arrested. When once placed in jail, there is no power to release the delinquent until the Legislature meets. In the present straightened condition of the finances ot the State it must be avoided, and you are hereby directed to issue a notice to the Sheriffs of the several Districts, instruct? ing them not to?arrest and put in jail any delinquent in a tax execution, unless such Sheriff, upon inquiry, 3hall be satisfied that he or she is fraudulently concealiug prop? erty, or withholding money, belongmg to him or her ; and that in every case where he believes the delinquent is unable, for want of means, to pay, the execution shall be so endorsed, and no proceedings further taken upon it. 1 have the honor to be, Very respectfully, yours, &c, JAMES L. ORR, Governor. The instructions of the Governor will be carefully observed by Sheriffs and all other officers. Sheriffs or other officers charged with the execution of process for the collection of taxes, will be required to report to the Commanding Officer of the Post in which their duties are performed, the names of all parties imprisoned for the non-payment of taxes, the amount of tax due, and the amount of costs and fees, to? gether with the evidence showing "that he or she is fraudulently concealing pro? perty or withholding money belonging to him or her." Post Commanders will see that the re? quirements of this Circular are observed. By Command' of Major General D. E. Sickles : J. W. CLOUS, Captain 38th Infantry, A. D. C. & Asst. Adjt. Gen'I. Head'qrs, Second Military District, Charleston, S. C, April 11th, 1867. General Orders, No. 10. The general destitution prevailingamong the population of this Military District cannot be relieved without affording means for the development of their industrial re? sources. The nature and extent of the destitution demand extraordinary meas? ures. The people are borne down by a heavy burden of debt; the crops of grain and garden produce failed last year; many families have been deprived ot shelter; many more need food and clothing; need? ful implements and auxiliaries of husban? dry are very scarce; the laboring popula? tion in numerous localities are threatened with starvation, unless supplied with food by the Government of the United States; the inability of a large portion ot the peo? ple to pay taxes leaves the local authorities without adequate'means of relief; and the gravity of the situation is increased by the general disposition shown by creditors to enforce, upon an impoverished people, the immediate collection of all claims. To suffei* all this to go on without re? straint or remedy is to sacrifice the general good. The rights of creditors shall be res pected; but the appeal of want and suffering must be heeded. Moved by these consi? derations, the following regulations are announced: They will continue in force, with such modifications as the occasion may require, until the civil government of the respective States shall be established, in accordance with the requirements of the Government of the United States. The Commanding General earnestly de? sires and confidently believes that the ob? servance of these regulations, and the co? operation of all persons concerned in em? ploying fairly and justly the advantages still remaining to them, will mitigate the distress now existing; and that the aven? ues of industry, enterprise, and the organ? ization thus opened, will contribute to the permanent welfare and future happiness of the peoplei L Imprisonment for debt is prohited; unless the defendant in execution shall be convicted of a fraudulent concealment or disposition of his property, with intent to hinder, delay and prevent the creditors in the recovery of his debt or demands And the proceedings now established in North and South Carolina, respectively, for the trial and determination of such questions, may be adopted. If. Judgments or decrees, for the pay? ment of money, on causes of action arising between the 19th of December, i860, and the 15th of May, 1865, shall not be enforced by execution against the property or the person ot the defendant. Proceedings in such causes of action, now pending, shall be stayed; and no suit or process shall be hereafter instituted or commenced, lor any such causes of action. HI. Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables, are hereby directed to suspend for twelve calender months the sale of all property upon execution or process, on liabilities contracted! prior to the 19th of December, 1860, unless upon the written consent of the defendants, except in cases where the plaintiff, or in his absence, his agent or a.t tprney,- shall upon oath, with corroborative testimony, allege and prove that the de? fendant is removing or intends fraudulent? ly to remove; his property beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the' Court; The' sale of real or personal property by fore? closure pi mortgage is likewise suspended for twelve calendar months, except in cases where the payment Of interest money; accruing since the 15th day of May, 1865, shall not have been made before the day of sale. ? y IV. . Judgment or decrees entered or enrolled, on causes of action arising subse? quent to the 15th of May, 1865, may be enforced by execution against the property of the defendant; ?nd m the application of the money arising under such executions regard shalf.be had to the priority of liens, unless in cases where the good faith of any lien shall be drawn in question. In such cases the usual mode of proceeding adopt? ed in North and South Carolina, respec? tively; to determine that question, shall be adopted:' V. All proceedings for the recovery ot money under contracts, whether, under seal, or by parole, the consideration for which was the purchase of negroes, are suspended. Judgments or decrees en? tered or enrolled for such causes of action, shall not be enforced. VI. All advances of moneys., subsistence, implements and fertilizers, loaned, used, employed or required for the purpose of aiding the agricultural pursuits of the peo? ple, shall be protected. And the existing laws which have provided the most effi? cient remedies in such cases for the lender, will be supported and enforced. Wages for labor performed in the production of the crop shall be a lien on the crop, and payment of the amount due for such wages shall be enforced by the like reme? dies provided to secure advances ?f money and other means for.the cultivation of the crop. VII. In all sales of property under ex? ecution or by order of any court, there shall be reserved out of the property of any defendant, who has a family dependent upon his or her labor; a dwelling house and appurtenances and twenty acres of land for the use and occupation of the family of the defendant; and necessary articles of furniture, apparel, subsistence, imple? ments of trade, husbandry or other em? ployment, of the value of five hundred dollars. The homestead exemption shall inure only to the benefit of families?that is to . say, to parent or parents and child or children. In other cases, the exemption shall extend only to clothing, implements of trade or other employment usually fol? lowed by the defendant, to the value of one hundred dollars. .The exemption hereby made shall not be waived or de? feated by the act of the defendant: The exempted property of the defendant shall be ascertained by the Sheriff, or other offi? cer enforcing the execution, who shall specifically describe the same and make a report thereof in each case to tlae court. V II L The currency of the United States, declared by the Congress of the United States to be a legal tender in the payment of all debts, dues and demands;, 6hall be so recognized in North and South Caroli? na. And all cases in which the same shall be tendered in payment, and. irefused by any public officer, will be at once reported to these Headquarters or to the Command? ing Offioer ot ..the Post within which such officer resides. IX. Property of absent debtor, or one charged .as such, without fraud, whether consisting of money advanced for the pur? poses of agriculture, or appliances for the cultivation ot the soil, shall not be taken I under the process known as "Foreign At? tachment ;" but the lieu created by any existing law shall not be disturbed, nor shall the possession or the use of the same be in any wise interfered with., except in the execution of a judgment or final de? cree, in cases where they are authorized to be enforced. X. In suits brought to recover ordinary debts, kuown as actions ex contractu, bail as heretofore authorized, shall not be de? manded by the suitor, nor taken by the Sheriff or other officer serving the process. On suits for trespass, libel} wrongful con? version of property, and other cases known! as aetions ex delicto, bail as heretofore au? thorized may be demanded, and taken.? | The prohibition of bail in cases ex contrac? tu, shall not extend to parties about to \ leave the State; but the fact of intention must be clearly established by proof; XL In criminal proceedings, the usual recognizances shall be required and taken by the proper civil officers heretofore au? thorized by law to take the same, Provi-' ded : That upon complaint being made to any magistrate or other person author? ized by law to issue a warrant for breach ot the peace, or any crimnal offence, it shall be the duty of such magistrate or officer to issue his warrant upon the re? cognizance of the complainant to prosecute, without requiring him to give security on such recognizance. XII. The practice of carrying deadly weapons, except by officers and soldiers in the military service of the United States, is prohibited. The concealment of such weapons on the person will be deemed an aggravation ot the offence. A viola? tion of this order will render the offender amenable to trial and punishment by Mili? tary Commission. Whenever wounding or killing shall result from the U6e of such weapon, proof that the . party carried or concealed a deadly weapon, shall be deem? ed evidence of a felonious intent to take the life of the injured person. XIII. The orders heretoforoj$*rf6airt this Military Department, preprinting the punishment of crimes gftf offences by whipping, raaiming,>*randing, stocks, pil? lory or othercpiforal punishment, are in force aud jj?flfbe obeyed by'all persons. ? Xl^^The punishment of death in cer tairfcases ofburglary and larceny, im? posed by the existing laws of the provi sion?l government in this Military District,, is abolished. Any person convicted of buglary, of larceny, when the property stolen is of the value of twenty-five dol- \ l?rs; of assault and batcery with intent to kill; or of any assault with ? deadly weapon, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment at h?rd labor tor a term not exceeding ten ye?rs nor less than two years, in the dis? cretion df the Court having jurisdiction thereof Larceny, when the value of the property stolen is less than twenty-five dollars, shall be punished by imprisonment it hard labor for ? term not exceeding one year, at the discretion of the Court. XV. The Governors of North and South Carolina shall have authority, within their jurisdictions respectively, to reprieve or pardon any person1 convicted and sentenc? ed by a civil court, and to remit fines and penalties:. XVI, Nothing in this order shall be construed to restrain or prevent the oper? ation of proceedings in bankruptcy, in ac? cordance with the Acts of Congress in such cases made and provided, nor with the collection of any tili:, impost, excise, or ch?rge levied by authority df the Uni I ted States or of the provisional Govern? ments of North and South Carolira; but no imprisonment for,, overdue taxes shaii be allowed. Nor shall this order, or any law of the provisional governments of North or South Carolina, operate to de? ny to minor, children coming Of ?ge, ?i; their legal representatives, nor to suspend, as to them, any right of action, remedy, or proceeding, against Executors, Adminis? trators, Trustees, Guardians, Masters or Clerks of Equity Cou rts, or other offi? cers or person holding :t :Sduciary relation to the parties or the sudject matter of the action Or proceeding. XVIL Any law or ordinance heretofore in force in North or South Carolina, in? consistent with the provisions of this Gerife?nil Order, is hereby suspended and declared inoperative. By command of'Major General D; E. Sickles. J. W: CLOUS, Captain 38th U. S. Infantry, A. D. C, & A. A. A. G. ?-; Washington News and Gossip. Washington, April 15. In the Supreme Court, to-day, Chief Justice Chase delivered an opinion in the case of the State of Mississippi agaihsL President Johnson and Gen. Ord, on a motion for leave to file a bill restraining [ them from the execution of the reconstruc? tion Act. The court'dhisented from the [ argument of counsel; that the President is required merely to perform a ministerial act, and held that the terras ministerial and executive are by no means equivalent in their import. A ministerial duty, the performance of which may, in proper eases, be required ot the head of a depart? ment by judicial process:, is one in respect to which nothing is left to discretion: On the other hand, it is the duty of the Pres? ident to see that the laws are faithfully ex? ecuted, and among the laws are the recon? struction Acts; An atte nipt on the part of the judicial department to enjoin the performance of such duties by the Presi? dent might justly be characterized, in the language of Chief Justice Marshall, "as an absurd and excessive extravagance;"? Congress is the legislative department of the Government?^the President is the e?* ecutive department. Neither can be re? strained in its action by the judicial de? partment, though the acts of both, when performed, are, in prope r cases, subject to its cognizance. The court proceeded to show the impropriety of such interference; by considering the probable consequences, and concluded as follows: "It has been suggested that the bill contains a prayer that if the releif sought cannot be held against Andrew Johnson as President, it may be granted against him ?s a citizen ot the State of Tennessee; But it is plain that relief against the execution of an Act of Congress "by Andrew Johnson is relief against its execution by the President.? A bill prayiug for an injunction against the execution of an Act of Congress by the incumbent of the Presidential office cannot be received, whether it describes him as President or siniply as a Citizen of a State;', The motion to file the bill is therefore, denied. In the case of the State of Georgia against cei tain officers, the Attorney-Gen? eral makes no objection to the policy oi the bill, and he will, therefore, grant leave to file the bilh Judge Sharkey said th<3 dejection to the bill he attempted to file seemed to be that it was an effort to enjoin the President.? The bill was not filed, and he could reform it to suit the views of the court, and pre? sent it again. I The Chief justice replied, that leave to file the motion is refused. When another bill is presented, it will be considered. Judge Sharkey?I understand the court to say that application can be made on Thursday; The Chief justice re plied: On Thurs Thus ended, for the present, the pro^ ceedings in court, Subsequently, a .??fr pmna was ordered to be icsued agaiD*^Gen. Pope, commanding iri Georg??: Accord? ing to the rule of the co,?*^ process is- to be served on defend??t&aixty days before the return 0f>Ji?*1>rocess. As the court will adjoitf?*"? May, the returns in this case^atfmot be made until next December. Jp*' Washington, April 16. The registration in the fifth ward com? menced yesterday; and458 were register? ed, of which 247 were colored. The Senate has agreed to adjourn on Thursday at 4 p. m. D?ring an incidcutal debate in the Sen? ate Chandler charged Fessenden with having said the latter would confirm cop? perheads and rebels. Fessenden repudia? ted this with the scorn and contempt which he felt, and adviued Chandler hereafter td etifckto the truth. Chandler reiterated his charge. Fessenden . again denied it* and made a speech, holding that the Sen? ate was bound to stay here until all vacan? cies were filled, and mentioned that of four or five hundred vacaneieSj only fifty remain Unfilled: This fact showed contra ?ry to what had been asserted, that the President was doing all he could to sup? ply vacancies. Davis said the President was entitled to praise, and insist ed that he had the right to fill vacancies with bis po? litical friends. Tates claimed that as the radicals had triumphed in the country/ they had a right to all the offices. Subset quently, in executive session, the Senate rejected twelve Presidential nominations and confirmed only oa6; The negroes in Washington and Rich? mond celebrated Emancipation Day to? day* -:-??-? Artificial Legs; We publish the foliowing notice for the benefit of the citizens of this State who have lost their legs during the recent war: Fot the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of an Act entitled "An Ae't to provide Artificial Legs for all citi? zens of the State who have lost their legs during the recent war-" approved De? cember 20j 1866. I caused a notice to be published tU iiil manufacturers of artifi? cial limbs, to exhibit their specimens.in the city of Columbia, on the fourth Mon-* day in March, and appointed a Board of. Surgeons, composed of Drs. A. N. Talley, Robert W. Gibbes and B. W. Taylor, to examine the various specimens submitted; They unanimously recommended the "Army and Bux-y Leg" of Dr. Bly, and his '?Anatomical Leg," as combining mord ?dvantages than any others exhibited; and I, therefore; Concluded a contract with Dr. Bly, to f?rniab the citizens of this State with the "Army and Navy L3g," at the price of $74:65 ieach, which amount is to be paid by the State: The cost of Dr. Bly'6 anatomical ball and socket-jointed leg precluded me from contracting lor it. because the sum appro? priated by the Legislature was insufficient to have furnished that leg to each citizen; nevertheless, each person who chooses td. do so, may, by paying Dr. Bly .from his own means?the additional sum of 675.35, ; secure thjs more perfect lifnbj the cost of which is $150:... His office will he located in Charleston^ and but one trip is necessary to be made there for the purpose cf having the limb properly adjusted to the stump. Before its delivery, each leg will be inspected by a competent person: To procure a leg, the following rules have beeh adopted: 1. iflo persbu -Other than a citizen of this State, is ebtitled, under the Act of the Legislature; to receive an artificial leg. 2. The person applying must appear before the Clerk of the Court for the Dis? trict in which he resides; and satisfy that officer that he is a citizen j that be lost his leg during the recent war, and is em? braced within the provisjcns of the Act ot Assembly aforesaid. The Clerk will thereupon give such person an original and duplicate Certificate, Under the seal of the Court, certifying that the party is en? titled to receive a leg; 3. Tho Clerks of the Courts have had forwarded to them blank foims for measi uring the stump. Each citizen Will pro? cure two of thesfe On obtaining his certifi? cate: After Carefully making the meas? urements, as directed in the form, be will enclose the Original certificate and meas? urements to Dr. Douglas Bly, ?harle?ton'j S. a The duplicate certificate he will retain in his possession, until he receives notice that his personal presence is required, at Dr. Bly'8 office, for the purpose of ad? justing* the leg to the stump; Upon ex? hibiting this certificate to the conductors ot the several railr?uds of the State, they will doubtless give him free transporta? tion, going and returning, one time, the Legislature having in the Act requested the railroad companies to furnish trans? portation free of cost, and each conductor will make such endorsement upon the certificate *s will prevent it from being fraudulently used again by tho same or any other person.- . Dr. Bly will notify persons at what time it will be necessary, for them to at? tend at his office in Charleston for the purpose of fitting the leg to the stump. As two hundred and fifty or more ar? tificial limbs are to be. supplied, considera? ble time wiil necessarily be consumed in their manufacture, abd you are requested to practice patience in what may seem * t? you an Unreasonable delay in procuring vour limbi " Dr. Bly advises, that unless'Bome pres? sing emergency exists^tb^ew leg should not bo fitted t?ibe^?tump during the warm seasonr**** that the patient him? self wili^^niost likely to obtain a satis* facttfiyresult by awaiting the return of 'Cool weather. Tho Clerks of the Court will be enti? tled to charge their fees for their official certificate, but it is presumed that they will, under the circumstances, cheerfully render the service gratuitously. James L. Orb, Governor of South Carolina* . Postscript.?"I love to look ?upon"* young man. T^here is hidden potency concealed in his breast which charms and pains me." The daughter of a clergyman happen? ing to find the aboYe.Bentenceat tho close of her father's.manuscript, as he had left it in his study,.sat down and added: "Them's my "sentiments exactly, papa, excepting-.tbe pains."