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VOLUME IV.NO. 534. CHARLESTON, S. C., TUESDAY MORNING, M>Y 7, 1867. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Oar Cable Dispatches. THE FENIAN PB1SONERS. LONDON; May 27.-The question . whether the deatli sentence of the Fenian convicts will bo car? ried ont ox not,'engroises public attention. Thc presa'of--'England and Ireland, generally, urge that tho sentences bo committal to transporta? tion for life. It is said that Minister Adams will interpose to savo McClure lr om the scaffold. DUBLIN, May 25.-If tho Fenians are to bo hung the authorities expect reprisals on the part of the Fenians. ..Ino ..houses of the Judges and Crown Cqnnsel are guarded day and night by armed poaoemon in citizens' drena. ?. ST. PETEBBBUBO, May 25.-Since tho London Conference, the Eastern Qnestion hos assumed more importance; efforts will be mado to set? tle it. Tho United States offers to sell Russia the iron clad Miantonomah, a frigato anu two new cruisers. Tho offer is likely to bo a.-ccpted. LONDON, May 27-Noon-Consols 93i; United States Bonds 725. LONDON, May 27-L coning.-Consols 93h United States Bonds 72?. . LIVERPOOL. May 27-Noon.-Cotton firm; Up? lands ll; Orleans 114; sales 10,000 balos. Bread stuffs steady. LIVEBPOOL, May 27-Evening_Cotton closed quiet; Uplands lld.; Orleans ll^d.; sales 12,000 balos. Sugar firm at 24s. 3d. Wash, tn gt o i NeWS. WASHINGTON, . May 27.-John H. Surratt was brough? into Court to-day to be tried for mun 1er and conspiracy. to kill Prosident Lincoln. His brother Isaac had been brought from Texas, and was in tho Court room. The defence wore ready for the trial, but the United Sta tos were not. Tho lat ter rep reseii ted that they had used duo dil i . gonce, but as yet had Deon nnsucesslul in procur? ing the attendance of four or five important wit I -068868.. f . GALVESTON, May 27.-An attempt to collect taxes' v here, levied during the war in Confederate curren? cy, which would sacrifice tho property .of Union men, called .forth an order from. General. Griffin. . forbidding the collect ionof snob, taxes. ..Judge Bivera, of .the 9th District of Texas, de? cides that negroes are noV competent witnesses: in the trial of white men. , The Sheriff of Victoria Comity rofo303 to take . jj t greenbacks os a legal tandan;. . . , , .. , tm* ! From Brazos via Galveston. NEW OBLEANS, May 27.-News from Brazos via Galveston says that .the" American t.'onsul at Mon .torey confirmed the .oapture of Maximilian. The reply of President Jaurez to Minister Campboll re? counts tho griovanees pf his party at tho conduct' I of Maximilhan. He -justifies the * previous elocu? tions and declines to promise-the safety of -?Maxi m?!?an in the case of his capture. .' From Rhode Island. PaovTDENCE. R. L, May 27.-The will-of Shuball . : Hutchings, a leading merchant of this city, who diedJast week, has a bequest of $10,000 for the C. education, and improvement of-the negroes in the South. g ; , . - From Mexico- Capturo of Maximilian. WASHINGTON, May 27.-A. telegram has befen re? ceived fro ni the Stnto. IJopartment from New Or ..; ,"leans, dated ?h?'2?t? i?E?t., transmitting.an official -t letter, froin Juarez, dated at San Luis Potosi) on t- the 15th inst., stating that Qaerataro has fallen ab ' - o'clock thu morning. Maximilian, Mejia, Cos? tello and Miramon are prisoners. '. Domestic Marketa.-' : :* 5tt?V?? J ; . .. NOON DISPATCH. .. fpj?~ , ? NEW YOEE, May 27.-Flour dull and drooping : , i rTOt*t declining., Corn unchanged. Po-k Btcadv at $23 20. Cotton quiet at 27c. Gold 36$. Stocks heavy'.^ - ' >u'-: .. , . EVEN INO DISPATCH. Cotton firm; salsa 10,000 bales at 27c. Flour dull and declined ipa20o. Wheat declined 2a3c. Corn steady and m good demand. Provisions quiet and unchanged. Whiskey quiet. Sugar steady and in J; : iiKood-domand.- 'toffee stoadtl '? Niwal s?ori?e quiet. Turpentine. 6Satec. , Rceu\,4a8c.. Freights dull and declining; ! Exchange Arm ' at $100 jalOd'. Gold closed at 36ia37c Governments quiet and unchanged. Stocks cloe ed. firm and slightly advanced. . .5. t .f CTNCINNATT, . May 27.-?lour unchanged. Corn .OS doll. ; - Whiskey UnsetSted and no JiiiraL 'Provisions i' ? '- quiet and unchanged. . ? - - ..:?:<.'. oaTtT-j ip LOTOSVIXLE, May iW.^m?erfine Flour- $9 25a 10 GO: Moss Pork tte, 25. -Bacon, 9$c. for shbuld ' era; 12Jc for clear sides. Baw Whiskey, free', $220; - Lani 12?C. - - . * '---ir; I OauEAjiSj Sav27.-Salea'1750 -bales. - firm. idolmgsS*ia23oi BAcWpts-2720.vExpdrt8 12?L Sugar, Louisiana 2ds lLjo. ; choice, 14c; Cuba, No. 12, lij?. Molasses nominal. Flour 'J ?t?l snd.tmsetiied, , SapeT?ne quoted at-niall 75 ; ? -choic?^extra, $18 00. 'Corn in -good demaSafi; ad^ van cod 2i cents... Mixed and yellow, $12 Jal 22; White, $12501 A). Oats 'firm at 92*a95c. Bacon ?raor. Shouklors,,-0?c. ; iiihbod. Sides, 12c.: Olear,-1%. ??.'Pork drill st mm m. ? Lard. IScV; laid. 36 ; Sterling, 46a49J ; New .-. r Middlings 28a28Jc. Receipts 99 bales. AUGUSTA, May .27.-The market quiet but firm; .ales 102 bales. Eecoipts 59 bales. Strict Mid dlinga 24c. ',. ? ;j < .. , .::.f;-?:',,r; ;?; < SAVANNAH, May 27.-Cotton firm; Middling Up? lands 24^244 c. Sales 220 bales. Receipts 350. WE HAVE received the following order, from Haver GJULLABXA. relating, -.to the- quarantine es? tablished by the United St t tes Government on tho . .?' ::coa8t of Florida, and invite tho attention.of ;ehip-.-l ping, merell an ts and others int er est ed ? to tho - * - T HaADQUABTX^S DrSTBIOT ~oY~f?/?0X)'?, 1 u V t i JACXSOKVIIXZ,-FLA., May 30th, 1867. f Grjnm?,QawcB8,i ; v iL [t 3 ?S\ " Ia compliance with instructions from Brevet Major ? Gem? John Pope, Oommandisg Thinf Military District, -.Arf?ti<nA\?n ine'wifl l5ai esfahished within ons . com? ics : 1 J, aa carly as possible, comprehending all Ports upon toa eastern, southern and western coasts of Florida. To . *frt"T~^ there, will be stationed at every Port, a Surgeon, ' ' With boat and crew,-whoso duty it shall ber to'board and ? inspect wry vasse! attempting to enter the harbor, as Soon ?a they have passed the bar, and'to give them all *'^jujceasary orders for their destination. ' . v In order to enable this officer to compel'aU Vessels to Submit to this inerpec?ou, tlicro BIIBII be kept ready at all 'peints where permanent forts command the.entrances, three guns loaded, two of them with balL' with a detail of I '- at least two gunnars alwayson duty.'J"" : - - Sports where there are' no forts, field pieces, (rifles ~:: preferred,) with gunners, will be placed at the t carding Hit stations, namely: on Mayport MlBs Point; at-tho mouth *? ' of tho tit John's River ; on AmtRtaala Island, at the' eo traqce to St. Angus Une; at Fernandina; near the Light ' 'Honsein tosJachaa Bay ; and at AppsJachiebh;' i No vesatil will be "permitted to proceed and enter 'the LArbor. except by written' permission bf the Boarding ' "Surgeon. .. "*' uAli. vessels hsvfog any lnfeHious or contagious dis esAeVon board will be ordered to proceed direct .to tho . , nearest Quarto tine station and report to the Burgeon In , . Agveasels Arriving 'from the West India Islands, from '. Eej Wetit, or from any* port where the Cholera or Yell w 5 ' . Fevor prevails, with or without disease on "boartl, will be ' ordared to procoed to tho same point ", i The Quarantine Etalions will be SB^thllflhN'as.fbl. ,.' * lowsyt;. ; : - . . For the Eastern District; one at the month of the St ' ' John's River,' to be located by the Commanding Officer, , b v advice dt the senior Medical Officer, and after consul ' : taaon WUh the civil authorities; on the Gulf coast; ono to be located near tho Appalacbicols; one' at Pensacola Harbor; one at Key West; one at the Tortugas Islands, and one at Tampa 1 ay. The first three will be be located . by the Comm niling Officers of the nearest military jr ji posts, upon the advice of the Surgeons, and consultation fi ] wfta the naval and civil authorities ; that at tho Tortugas, 1 - r,Ibytbe C^'m?hdini? Officer and Snrgeo'm " 7 Each Quarantine anchorage will be marked by a yellow buoy, surmounted by a yellow flag. Temporary hospital accommodations, for the reception andcttre of the t?ckx will bo provided ar points most oon veir4ant; to tho. Quarantine suchoragos, by the Comm, nd fng Officers and Surgeons. 8. No vessel w ll be permitted to leive any Quarantine - station without a written permit of the Surgeon ia charge. ; . Vessels that have had any infectious flr contagious diseases on board, will be compelled to remain at the Quarantine anchorage twenty days after all traces of In faction have been removed from them. V?asela arriving "from any infected ports, with or with out diseuse on beard -?111 be-compelled to remain in Qnai antin e ten days. 4. The* Cominan (Ung Officer at St. Augustine wUl send messengern to etnyrna,:rrhaian River, and other Inlets on tba Atlantic Oooat, to requeajrjkne-civti authorities, or prominent cdtitena^'to eo-ope'rate iu establishmg a strict Quarantine Wm?S???nW 5. The Ckimmamung Officer at Tampa will respectfully request ti,e -\tval Commander on the station to make tho nece sary arrangements to-enforce tho Quarantine in that harbor, and wid render him aB the assistance ia his power. V; .' - - ". f 6. The Commanding Officer at Key West will confer freely with the naval and civil authorities a?.to the best' method of preventing the introduction of Cholera and spread of the Yellow Fever at that post. > ll tue above instructions for other porte should be deemed inapplicable to Key Wost, he will untie with the authorities m any course that may be judged most effec? tive. 7. At all the remaining Gulf ports, the enforcement of this Quarantine will devolve upon Ute civil authorities and the commanders of naval and revenue veas.is ou duty at the coast, who ar? respectfully requested to co? op rate for this important purpose. 8. A moderate fee, io defray the necessary expenses, will be charged by the Boarding Surgeon at each port. Where this ls not eatabli-hod by tho civil authorities, it will be fixed st three dollars for each visit during ihc day, sud five dollars between sunset and sunrise. All fees tiius collected, if by au United States Surgeon or Contract Physician, will be turned over to the Qnar termuet r at the nearest Post, at tho end of e ch month. If collected by a citizen Surgeon, properly authenticated by t'.e civil authorities, they will bo divided equally, One-half to surgeon and half to tho boat and crew A penalty of not less than one thousand dolUrs will bo exacted for entering a port ia violation of tho orders of a Boarding Surgeon. 9. Boarding Surgeons and Surgeons in Charge of Quarantine stations, will obtain au necessary supplies, not furnished by thu civil authorities, by requisitions on the proper officers at the nearest military posts. When additional medical aid is required, contracts may be mado with private physicians, and lortvardoa to the Medical Director'a Office for approval. xhe Quartermaster's Department will, if rcqnired, fur? nish boats coxs .ams, and boats crews for which detail? ed men will boused, if obtainable); also the ueceesary materials for temporary hospitals, ior which tents with board floors wUl, in most cases, be sufficient. 10. Commandern of Posts and Camps ad? jacent to Pons, are desired to consult freely, witu the civil authorities, thereby securing a harmony of action, ss well as obtaining mutual assistance in prevent? ing the introduction ot disease throughout the state. Remote as some ports arc, officers, civil und military, are at ail tfap?s at liberty to exerc.eo a sound discretion in th- ezecu.ion ol' thu tore^oing order. ' IL Com ..anding officers will report to the no Head? quarters the couipled u of their Quarantine arrange? ments, which should bo perfected bcioro tho 15m of June. Bv order of Colonel JOHN T. SPEAO?E. T . K. C. WOODRUFF, Brevet Major U. s. Army and A. A. A. G. Official : CHAS. F. LAitKABEE, First Lieutenant 7th Darin try and A. A. A. G. ATTORNEY GENERAL STANSBERR?'S OPINION ON THE Reconstruction Laws. WASHINGTON, May 25.-The Attorney General has prepared the following opinion npon the clauses of the Reconstruction Act with reference to voting and holding office. The provisions rel?, ti ve to the powers and duties of the commanding officers, etc., will be considered in a future opinion: ATTOBNET-GENEBAL'S OFFICE, { May 24,1867. f The President : SIB : I have the honor to state my opinion upon questions arising under Act March 2,1867, entitled an Act toprovide for the more efficient government of rebel States, and an Act of March 23d, 1867, en? titled "An Act supplementary to an Act enti? tled an Act to provide for the moro efficient government of the rebel States," upon which ques tiens the military commanders of districts in which these States are comprised, have asked your in y tructious. j The first and most i nportant of these questions may be thus stated: "Who are entitled to vote and who are disqualified from voting at elec Jons pro? vided for or coming within purview of those acts ?" The first provision UDOU this subject is to be found in the fifth section of the original act and declares tho qualifications and disqualifications of voters for'an election to be held for delegates to the pro? posed Constitutional Convention in each State, and for an election to be held for the ratification of the Constitution that may bo framed by such Con? vention. That section provides that delegates to such convention shall be elected by male citizens of said State, twenty-one years old a*id upward, of whatover race, color or previous condition, who have been resident m said State for one year pre? vious to the day of such election, except such as may be disfranchised for participating in rebellion or for felony at common law, and that the same qualifications so required for the election of dele? gates shall also be required upon election for rati? fication. The proviso to this section also excludes from right to vote for delegates ?o convention everyju?raon excluded from the privilege of hold? ing office, by an amendment of the Constitution of the United States proposed by the T.iirty-Ninth Congress, and known tts article fourteenth. The sixth section proceeds, that until people ol said rebel States shall bo, by law admitted to rep? resentation in the Congress of the United States, any civil governments which may exist Hierein shall- be deemed provisional - only', and in all re ' specie subject to the paramount authority of the United Slates, at any ti me .to abolish, modify, con? trol orto supersede the same,' and in all elections to any office under such provisional governments -all persons shall be entitled to vote, and none others who are entitled to vote under provisions of the. fifth section of thia act, and no person shall be eligible to any office under any such provisional governments who would be disqualified from hold? ing' office under provisions' of third article, Section- of said constitutional amendment. It-is to - bo observed hore that qualification s of a voter are by fifth section limited to election of delegate? to the convention fend to question wheth? er such Convention shall or shall not be held, and that no qualification is declared for a delegate so to be elected, but by sixth section same qualifica? tions as to a voter aro required in all elections to oixyoffice under.the.existing provisional govern? ments during their continuance and as to oligibili tv at : such elections certain classes are | excluded. The first section of supplemental oct provides that ".tho , commanding general in each district shall cause a-legislation to1 bo made of male citizens of tho United States twenty-one years of age and up? ward residents in each county orparish "in; State or States included in bis district, which registra tion shall include only those persons who are quali? fied to vote for delegates by original act. The per? son o florin g himself for registration 'ia abo re? quired to tako an oath tor .convenience. I-now divide into paragraphs or sections, preserving os near as maybe language of act. . fie must swear or affirm as follows. "" .First. That he is a citizen of the State, and his resided in said >*>tate for --- months, next'pre? ceding day when he takes, oath, and tust he now resides in the county of -^- or in parish of-in said State. - -, J Second That he ?B twenty-one years old. Third. That he has not been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil war against the United States, nor for felony committed against the laws of any State or of the United States: fourth. That he has never been a member of any State Legisla turo nor' held' any executive or udicial office in any State, and afterwards engaged m insurrection or" rebellion against the United Slates, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. .--'..' - Fifth. That ho has never taken an oath as a member of Congress of the United States, or as an officer ol the U Jited States, or aaa m?mber of any G?kvoXogislainro an ?n executive "br Judicial offioor of any .State .to sapport tho Constitution of tho United States; and afterwards engaged in insur? rection or rebellion against the United States,, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof. S.xth. That he will faithfully support the Con? stitution ' and obey the ld wa of the United States, snd will, to the best of his ability, encourage others so to do. Second section of this act provides that ofter tho completion of this registration in any State, and after at least thirty days' public notioe of tho times and places which the commanding general shall Appoint ?nd dire ct,-an election shall be held for delegates to the convention, and a rule is given ' to fix the : number of . delegates to be eleotc d, and the appointment' of these delegates in proper civil sub-divisions, giving to each sub-division repre? sentation in tho ratio of the registered votera. The third section provides that at the election for delegates, registered voters shall vote for or against convention. The fourth section pr?vidos for-an ela? ti on io ratify tho constitution that may be framed by the delegates, and the right to vote at this election is confined to persons registered. The sn tb section provides that all elections in the States mentioned in said original act shall, during .ti te operation of such act, be by ballot, and all office ra making said registiation of voters and jOondutting : aui? election shall, before entering upon the discbarge of then* duties, toko an oath prescribed by the act of July 2d. 1862, entitled "An act lo prescribe an oath of office." The first consid?ration which requires my atten? tion upon the question as to the right to vota, arise upon the regulation of voters; questions of qualification or disqualification is fixed by regis I tration. No power is given to any other board or any other authority, after registration is com? pleted, to change the registry. Persons whose names are admitted to registration, are entitled to vote subject to the limitatio -s hereinafter men? tioned and none others. This registration must be completed before the first day of September, 1867. The functions of the boord as a board of regis? tration cannot be extended beyond that fixed time, but after that the duties which remain to be per? formed by tho officers composing this boord are limited to holding and superintending elections, and making proper returns to the commanding I general.* This bringa ss to the direct question who 1 are entitled to registration. 1st. As to citizenship and residence. No person is entitled to vote who shall not be a resident of the State for one year I previous to the day cf election. It ?B not necessa? ry that this previous residence for a year should exist at the time the parson applies for registra? tion. A person in all other respects entitled to .vote is entitled .to re gis tm tion, although he has not at that time been a resident of the State for a foll year. For we find that in the supple? mental act that the oath as to residence does not require tho applicant to swear that he hos been a resident for a year, but only requires him to state tho number ot montha of hts residence, contem? plating a period less thau as well as a full term of twelve months. Therefore, as to such a person so registered if it happen at any election ?ubsequent ly to be held, that the time of his residence, counting from the day of election, does not cover an entire year, he cannot vote at such election, for this supplemental act does not, as to residence, change the provisions of the original act, as it is expressly provided by it, as to regulation, that it shall include only those who are qualified to vote hy tho original act. To carry ont the purposes of the law in this respect as to residence, the Board of Registration should note opposite the name of tbe person whose residence baa not extended to the foll term, the exact time of his residence as to citizenship. The qualification stated in the original act is citizenship of State, but by the first clause of the first section in the Supplemental Act, the regis? tration is to be made of male citizens of the Unit? ed States, and as to oath the applicant is only re? quired to swear that he is a citizen of the S>ate. I cm of opinion that the phrase citizen of the State, a.3 used in the oath, is intended to include only such persons as oro citizens of the United States and citizens of the State, and that an alien who has not been made a citizen of the United State < Court cannot safely take the oath-but as the boord of registration have only authority to ad? minister the present oath, they cannot require any further oath or proof as to citizenship; and if on alien, who is not made a citizen of tho United States, takes the oath, ho tokes it ot his peril, and is iubjoct to prosecution for perjury. Second. As to age no one entitled' to registration who is not ot least twenty-one years of age on tho day bo applies for registration; in this respect qualification os to age difiere from qualification os to residence, und the fact that the majority must exist ot tho dato of registration, nas relation to tho day of registration and not to tho day of sub qucnt election. Third Next as to disfranchisement I shall con? sider tho various clauses of disfranchisement ac? cording to the order and division into sections herciubclore stated, and first as to tho general claims declaring disfranchisement. Thc fifth sec? tion of tho original act denies the right to vote to such as may be disfranchised for participation in tho rebellion or for felony at common law. Words here used, in the rebellion, must be taken to meau m the recent rebellion, but the supplemental act enlarged disqualification and requites thc appli caus to swear th .t ho has not been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil war against tho United States, nor for felony commit? ed against the laws of any State or the United States. What, then, works a disfranchisement under these provisions? Whether we consider this disa? bility as arising out o? participation in rebellion or commission of felony, the mere fact of partici? pation or commission of felonious offenes does not of itself work disfranchisement. It must be as? certained by the judgment of the court or legisla? tive act passed by" competent authority, (lisfrau chisemcnfc for felony committed against the of a Stato or tho United States, consequent conviction in the courts, either of the TJ States ar of a State, or declared by tho la oither, would be fatal under the<e facts. I am not aware of any law of the United States i works disfranchisement as to right of suffi age b; force of the act itself, nor does such a consequence i i rom conviction tor treason cr conspiracy to co treason, or for any other act of participation in rebe The provision in the Constitution of tho United Sta to treason against the United states does not declare shall be the punishment on conv ction of treason. T left for Congress, with the lijiitation that corrupts blood snail not follow as a consequence, or any torfe: except during thc life of the parly. Congress in tl eroise of its power to declare the punishment, has ] ed such punishment as a consequence of conviolk the penalty of death or imprisonment, and ma tumi of slaves owned by tho party, and to disqualifie from holding ouy office under tho United states. : not advised of any Btu tu tc now in force in either of t ten States, except, porliaps, in Virgin a, which dec disfranchisement as to the right of suffrage by for the net itself. The fourth and fifth sections mav be considera crether. The party anplyi g for registration must s that. "I have n?.v?r been a member of any Stato L tature, nor held tvnv executive or judicial office in State, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or r lion against tho United States, or given aid and con to the enemies thereof; that I have neve- taken an as a member of OnnsrresH of the United States, or a nfflcr of tho United '"tates, or as amomhor of any ? L?gislature, or a<i an executive or judicial officer of State to snpnort the Constitution of the United St? and afterwards ?"gaped in insurrection or rebe' against tho Stetes, or given aid and comfort to enemies thereof." 7hese clauses of the oath tn effect extend disfroncl ment be.vond the .provision? nf the original act and prior clauses of tho act itself, in tho important partiT that neither conviction nnr judgment of cnurt, nor express l?gislative enactment is required to est?t the tact of dlsfrancrilooroent. In legal parlance, disfranchisement under these eta of the oath results from matters tn prc/*. But in om spect theso danses limit the genoralitv of tho orlo act as to disfranchisement. The oritrinal act con! ni?tes that disfranchisement nnd?r theos clauses r not arise from r,articipatinn in rebellion slone. but o clements must concur-that is to say, holding cer offices, or taking the official oath by certain officers afterwards participating in the rebellion against United 8tates. i he consideration of theso two clai leads to two distinct subjects of inquiry. Flut, v ofiVes or officers are comprehended ? Second. What amount to engaging in insurrection or rebellion aga the United States, or giving aid and comfort, to the i mies thereof? I will at first consider what officer or cen are comprehended ? As to some officers there it room for doubt Members of Stato Legislatures, m bera of Congress aro clearly enough designated, question might, however, anne, whether a convention! in a 5tate for fr iming or amemondment. of its const tlon, would answer to thc description of a State Legi ture within tho meaning ot t e neb Such a convent: although it is clothed with, legislativo powers, cac properly bc denominated a State Logistatui o, .'ai id in acts now under consideration a convention and Legi turo are '?-xpresdy" distinguished . from each other ; they require tho constitution to be framed by a conv ti on, and they reqniro the Legislature of the samo S to adopt the constitutional amendment. When, then th? same acts, thoy again use the phrase " Legislatur the State," they must be understood to use it to I same sense, and as distinguished from a constitutic convention. But as to those legislativo bodies wt passed what are called ordinances of secession, by wi ever name they may have been called, I am of opin that th'ir members are properly comprehended wit j this disqualifying clause, for I can imagine no offi I legislative position in whieh the duty of allegiance < more distinctly violated. 'Ins next and more, difficult inquiry LB, who is to considered an effie r of Che" United States, or execul or judicial tofflrer of any Suite within the moaning these clauses? Varions classes of officers are hero tended. State officers and Federal officers, xecutivc judicial officers. No legislative officers are mention excopt a member of the State Legislature or a mern be: Congress. The desorip' ions used 'as to other officers ss to State offi ere. that they must be judicial or exe tive, and ss to. a Federal officer the terms exocuilve judicial ore not expressed. He is described simply as officer of the Unit d States, It has boon shown tl Fe;.eral officers and State officers are classified simply the clauses ot the act under consideration. I de it profitable and conducive to a clear order to foll this classification. I shall, accordingly, first a sider what Stats officers sro included in tho tor -executive; or judicial; this ph rase'is twice used in tb clauses with tho e up* radded description; "in any Sta! in tho flt st clause, and "of any State" m tho seco I clause. I think the controlling term of description there is any repugnancy in the terms,- must be taken ; be tho last, for that ia used in tho first clause, and j others; besides, it is tho same terms of description ui in thc act of Congress of 1789, declaring what St ito o cere are required to take an oath to support th' Const!1 tlon of the Umtod States, and to the 3d section of t Constitutional Amendment. Both use ' the same ton of description-"Executive and judicial officers of Stato." Tho terms are so general and indefinite that th fail to . express . with sufficient certainty s desigi Son of the persons intended to bo reached. It is be regretted, in a matter of so much importance, tl the rule of designation adopted ss to members Congress and of a State Le?is aturo hod not bean follow np. Or, if that were found -impracticable, that soi more definite general rules had not been declared. T uncertainty becomes manifest in the appl cation of t law; and this uncertainty necessitates construction. T necessity for construction, wbicb arises from i generality ot the law. cannot be bettor stated than in f language of Plowden : "though tho words be general tb are to bo reduced to a particularity by exposition mai according to the intent of. tho act. Those statin which comprehend all tilings in the letter, the s -ges the law have oxpoun od to ci tend bul to somo thing Those which generally prohibit all people from doti such an act, they have i.terpreted .to .permit , same pc 0 j?io w .1^ it, .J M,-r nr'-l -1- 1 " -'-vi~ -SSM ps tho letter, they have' adjudged to* reach some porsoi only, all founded upon the intent, collected by consldc lng tho cuso and the necessity of the act and compart? one part with another, and some, i me s by foreign c rc ur stances." I deem it proper bore to fix some clear ide; 01 the general intent of - theso acts and by what rule construction, strict or liberal,.that intent may best bo s rived at The intent, as expressed, ls to enable the pc pie of each or these States to frame a constitution for tl St ?to by tho exorcise of the right of suffrage. There ai Clan es of the act giving tho right by general terms of d wi Qi don to the people generally, and especially to thoi who have never enjoyed tho right before. There ai other clauses of the act which by general terms toko awi this right af suffi age from those who nave, always ei Joyed iL The rule of construction os to the clauses which gb tho right must be h ocrai, and as to bern the goner terms are not to be restricto.I, but as to those claus* which derogate from the existing right the rule of coi atruoticn must be strict, that none should bo exclude who are not clearly within the lotter and intent. I begii then, with the inquiry whether officers of tho militia of Stat.' aro embraced within these terms of descripUoi and I have no doubt that they are not, Certainly Coi gress, as to the officers of a State, waa not content to u tho term at large and without qua li Heat ion, but, an M see, intended to qualify. ' The usual words to manifoi that intent would have been adopted, and the toni would havn been the judio.al lind executive, tli civil or military officers of tho State. Accon in g ly we fi.id wben that was the purpose, s we see lt was in tho third section of th Constitutional Amendment, known as article 14U Congress expressed that purpose vory cte ? riv. Tint act tion provides that no person sholl be s Senator or Repri seutetivo in Congiess, or elector of President or Vlei President, or hold any office, civil or military, under th United States, who, as a n.ember of any Stato Legish ture, or as executive or judicial officer of a 9.atc, ha taken ai. oath to supnort the Constitution or tho Caite States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebelho against the tame, or given aid or comfort t the enemies thereof. This third section is ci pressly relerred to moro than once -n these sch It ia made, in fact; part of these acte. Its languag ia followed word for word in these disqualuyin clauses os far os was possible, except ia the particular i which ono is made to apply to cligib h tv, and tb other to the right to vote. When,'therefore, we fin that Congress, ia declaring what persons shall be die franchised from holding any office, expressly include mi. i tory as well as civil officers, as in third section c amendment, and in providing what persons shall bo die franchishod from vuting wnp held any office, omits f mention military officers, we cannot escapo he conclu sion that military officers were not here within their con temptation. It is impossible to Imagino a caso in wbicl the construction f om the law? in part materia has more cogent application, for lt is evident hero that th law maker in framing thc disqualifications of a vote took special cognizance of the third section of tin amen mont, and weighed it word by word, followini it literally for the most part and rejecting deliberate ly the vory word intended to embrace t? military officer It must be borne in mind that we are here consider m; the class of military officers who were such prior to thi rebellion, when the office was lawful, and who wert known as officers of tho militia-not that class who be came military officers during the rebellion ?as to this las class, they ali come under that other cl ?uso of disquali flcation, w. ich applies to participation in th? rebellion lia vin g tho Inquiry thus circumscribed lo civil office is tho question recurs what civil officers are to be brough within the terms, executive or judicial officers of i Stet?. They clearly Include, so far as executlvo o thc en are concerned, all such officers as aro generally kuowi by the proper description of State officers or officers, o State. In one sense, and in a popular sense, tho deserip lion, executive officers of a Siuto, is applicable io a wei kno.>n class, the Governor, Lieutonaut-?i verror, Stat? Auditor, Treasure , Secretary and Stato officials proper, who exorcise executive functions at the seat of Govern ment I am not prepared to say that only thoso proper State officials como wi tn in this term of description, nor am 1 prepared to, as lo judicial officers of u Stato, to limit thc description to Judgo- of Courts whose jurisdiction ex? tends over tho United States. I must content myself lu saying of these officers, executive or judicial, that they are clearly within the meaning of thc law. Now, chang? ing thc inquiry from an affirmative to a 7 ogalivc pro? cess, such officers us usually pass under tho descrip? tion municipal do not come within the purview of thc act such au officers ol cities, towns, villages end subor? dinate municipal divisions, whether theil functions are executive ur judicial, or, as lu sometimes the case, whero the samo officer acts in bolh capacities. Outside of these two representative classes, the first of which ls clearly within, and tho last ol' whic . is clearly without. Ute purview of theso citruses, we find in each ot these States a host of officers whoso status is in some way to be determined. It iu impossible beru to proceed by way of enumeration, und to disti guisb by name all thoso who ore included and all those who aro exeuided. All that can be done is to establish some fixed rules. I feel the necessity of circumspection hero in saying who are in? cluded within thc di sfran eh ls uni cut rather than iu saying who aro not included, for whore there is doubt, according to the rule of construction which has been referred to, that doubt must be solved in favor of, rather than against, tho light of thu voter. Tho exclusion is all com? prehensive as tx time, and applies not only to those who were m office when tue rebellion commenced, but to those who held thc prohibited offices at any previous lime, al? though they may have ceased to hold such office an inde? finite number of years prior to the rebellion, lt ig found? ed on thu i oa ol' u breach of official crust, due to tho stato as tho author or donor of tho trust. It is founded on the idea ol' a breach ol trust not arising merely lroin allogiam e au a citizen, but duty lo the ?toto in a direct Official relation to that State, and through that io the Federal Government. So iur as this act designates by namo the persons who violated such a trust, it is that class to whose keeping tho trust is especially confided that is to say, thc personB who were clothed with tho legislative power. Where, as in this instance, there is a purpose of exclusion ou a common ground, on? one class ls designated as coming within the purpcee and other classes are left Indefinite and only to be ascertained by construction, it is adorable to find the indefinite class by the rule of assiuihatnn. Wu seo them, in this law, a purpose ol'exclusion as to tho three groat Departments of a state. Legislative, Judicial and ijtecutivo. Wu see, lurther, t ut us to thu Legislativo Department, made up ola legislative body, composed of memo ru and various officers appertaining to such a body as a Legislature, tho exclusion is only ol' the higher functionaries ol' that body, tue member.-, and iu not carried to its subord?nale oui cors. The terms of cxclu-ion ure not the member- and office's of a State Leg stature but simply thu members ot a state Legislature. Au. therefore, tuc exclusion in the Legislative Department has effect only upon thc highest class in that Department, it is sale to say the same policy ol' exclus on uttaches rather to such officers as exercised functions of important trust ia the Exocu live and Judicial Department than to those whose tions md duties are merely limited and subordinate I have already called attention to tho comprehci ness of these exclusions os to time. Now, to ic them equally comprehensive os to persons, and t that thoy embrace all officers, large and small, comb any sense within tho desorption of executive or jut officer, who have at any hmo dunn? their Uves hell one of th oso offices, would hove this Inovitablo rc that in tho formation of the Constitution of a Stato b; agency of its own people, a large proportion, perbi majority, of the most intelligent and capable of thc pie would be excluded. There ls no part of my du attempting to give construction to these laws in whi find mvoctf involver! tn such painful uncertainty ? determining what officers outside of the classes nip designated come within ?o Ju8t rai: ge of excJui V hBvo said that in addition to the cines of nffi Rn o'enrly coming within tho torms ot the net ai ind nid executive oflleprp nf th? State. o"d to lboPC fi? which compTf'hiynd mil'Hn nfflepr? ?nd municipal offl who cle?Tlv are not wifhtr- the terras of tho act, then main a vant numhor of "ftWr* whoqc ?tahia io in s wav donned. Tspan (ir* known in porai>r isuiuvr ouch tcrnR of r'os^vrnHons as cnnuly, township and cine/- offleta Their nano iq tefrirm : thoirfiinotiorifl imtiofi arc, for tho roost rort. atrietlv local. Pom thora, snr-h nn RherifTs ind ju"Hceq of tho Cnnnrr Tor bavfl luriBdictlonovw tho ebra county; others are 9rri<*tofl to tho ?nn>n<?BF Rut-fliviRions. I have dirnWod nhatract" to he prppawvl for ead thpRo Statefl whi"b will ftxT1 "hit all thean oftWrR. ont! duHpR which orinoTt'in to rtfm, ann* th? fnrra nf oatt quired. I must re-ervc for f'irthprcnnc'doruHon. n the abplraciR are mVf. th" onpRtinn whpt* er all nf th or if nnt. all. what CISBBPR of thoRo oftWfl comp within *i??oua1iflcatjon. As to all other PXPCUHVP or ludirla! i cors who ?rn nnt, in ronnter laruma!??. characterize* "oirnty offlnpTn. T inclino to iWitdnVr thpra ?.a pom nnrlpr tho h>aprlpHon of PTP<mt!vn"aud indicialroWr^r .he State, witMn HIP me"nini nf thcRO laws. I ?IPPT nroppr her? in reference to that CIRRR of offlrera. indi nr oxpcntive, who are. by ?ho min I hnvp laid dn< brought within tho operation of dLsfranrhiRpmpnt rliRtlnr/ulsh a class whose dutiOR are nnt localized. \ atand in direct relation to the Stato, ?nd who, rav OTjIr.lnn, cannot prnnorlv bo deflimatod os M utive or iurlieial nfflcera ci n State-T mian that ctaRfl nprsons who cxprclBO special public dtitioR tnthor in nature of orcaflional r.mnlovmoTita than general ond c Hnuinr? official durv. This distlnctlira botwpp.n oil ind emnlovracnt and between an officer of a Stato t an acont. of a State is well ?RtaWished. Chief. Just Tilffhmnn. in S Sertr. and ITawle 149. recognizes it in case of Commissioners appnlnted to lay out roads t canals and other workfi of public improvement. The qn Hon arose upon a section in thc Constitution of Pei "sylvania, which provided "that tho Governor pr appoint all officers whose offices tro ostabliRhed this Const'tuticn or snail bo cstnbliRbed by li and whoRe appointmonta are not herein othorw provided for." Tho Chief Justice Rays: "It haH ne b?pn ascertained, nor is ti: easy to ascertain, to w! offlopfl this powor of appdinhnents nxtendu. I BPI of offi-es created by law stn ce tho makins of the O stitniinn. The word offlco is of vory vague and indi nite import. Everything concerning tho adniintetrnti of justice or the general intertssts of society, mav be BI noped to be with'n the mcahing of tho Constitution, pocial'y if fe?? or emoluments aro annexed to the nfl) nut there are matters cf temporary and local concc which, although comprehended in the terra office, hi not been thought to be embraced br the Constitutif, and when offices of that kl d have been created the L ?'stature has sometimos mode tho appointment in tho 1 which created them, sometimes giving tho appolntrai to others than the Governor, and sometimes giving I pewor of removal to others, ?althongh thoappointm? was loft to th? Governor. The officers bf whom 11 speaking, arc often described in. acts of ABS ami by the name of Commissioners, auch, for Rta ce, aa are employed" in tho laying out roads and canals, ?nd other works of a pub nature. Yat all of these p cs np r ru a duty, or lu oil words exorcise an office." I cannot enumerate all of t employments under State authority which, in my op io -, work no diifraucbls -mo?t. I will name some way of illustration, viz: Bairds of CommieHionors Public Works, Directors of State Asylums, Visitors ?-tate Universities,' Directors of State Pcnitcntiari Stato Directors of Banks or other corpora - lons, Spec Commissioners or Agents appointed by thc Govoruor other Stato authority to perform special duties, as I aminoro of Banks, Notaries of the Public and Co . m nioners to take acknowledgments of doods Tho n laid down, and those illustrations will, perhaps, bs su clent to determine who como within ita operations. Tho next disqualifying clause ls founded on tho on office. Tho oat i aa incidental to tho office is not mc Honed in tho first disqualifying clause, but tbe ofE alone. But in the second clause tho oath ls .made to c ter as a nocesary element in orderto wort disfranchu mont, and it is applied to the same blas-OB of office named in tbe first clause, and also to others not nam in the first clause, thetis 'to say, officers of tho Unit States. It is an oath to support tho Constitution of t United States, and it is clearly provided by this clau that If this oath baa been taken by a member of a Sb Legislature, or by an executive or Judicial officer of ai State, then, such person violating that oath and engagii in insurrection shall be disfranchised. There ls PO obscurity in these clauses and room for doubt, who ch disqualification under t :e first clause would arise in t case of a member of a State Legislature or any executi or judicial officer of any Stato who had not taken the oa to support the Constitution of thc United Mates. . I incl?n? to the opinion that thia oath is put as an c ?e tial thing, the breach of wlich, by lnxurrcctii against the United States, vi?lale? tho trust imposed I it upon the officer. But this clause, BO far ae tho exec tivo or Judicial officers bf a Stato'are concerned, do not enlarge the class subject to disfranchisement. Tl offlcor breaking tho oath which works dtairancbiseme must also be a Judicial or executive officer of a State, a cording to the rule hereinbefore established. I do n apprehend any practical quostioa will arise hero, 'or I Uie Constitution of the Unit?! States this oath is r quired to bo taken by the member., of thu spvoral Stn Legislatures, and all executive and Judicial officers, bo: of the United Statis and ol (he several States, oud ; those topStates the sama oath was required in to mei hers of the Legistature and tbs cxcxutiv? and judie! ?^rii89r?rlng8 n?e^? tho question, who Ia to DOcoomoo ed au officer .of tho United s ta toa within the meaning the claose-nnder consideration ? Here the term, offi i is usod-in its most general sense and without any qual cation as legislative, or exocutive, or j u.' ici al, and I thin: as hero used, it was intended to comprehend military i well as civil officers of the United States who bad take the prescribed oath. Inasmuch as tho violation of il official oath an l the official trust has relation to fealty I tho United States, which ie broken by rebellion again tbe United tates, thc reason ls apparent for including o officers of the United States, and for making tho clialra; cbiscmcnt moro general and comprehensive as to then standing, as tbey do, m moro direct relation and trust I tho United States than tho officers ora Stato. I now como io consider what te tito meaning and seor of the disqualification arising upon that part of the oat which requires tho person to state that he bas not ei gaged In insurrection or rebellion against thc Unit States, or given aid and rom fort to the enemies thereof, must here repeut, what bas been said before, that to wor disqualification two elements must concur: Find- Holt jug tue designated office, State or Federal, accompauic by an official oath to support tho Cc ns ti lu clou of th United . tates; and eocond -Engaging in rebellion ngaini -the United States, or giving aid or comfort to-their eu< mies. B th those must not only con?u:-, but they inui concur in the order of time mention ed. First, the office and tho oath, and afterwards engaging in rebellion o giving aid and comfort. A poison who has held an ollie within the meaning of this Law, and bas taken tho offlcL oath, and who has not aftoiwards participated in r rc beluon, may safely toko the oath ; and so, too, tho persoi who bus fully participated m tho rebellion, but bas uc prior thereto bold an office and taken thc official oath may with safety take the oath. My duty is simply o..e of conetr.iption, I Jo not deer it proper to enter upon any question of tho constitution ph tv of this part of tho act. Taking it as granted, for tb Burpose of construction, that Congress has inipoaci such au oath.it te not only allowable, but imperative that I keep in view ita essential eborac!arteries. It i something more Utan a legislative act ia derogation of ui existing right. It ia, in effect, a law which taite* away ai existing right os a consequence of acta done at a prio time, and which, at the time they were done, entailed u such consequences. In thc late casca before thc suprem< Court of the United States upon the test oath presetibei by an act of Congress to bc tai on by lawyers, to whlcl tho exclusion from tho right to practice their pi vf CK sion waa mudo to arise upon prior participation in tin rebellion, the Court Bay: "As tho oath prescribe cannot be taken by these parties, tho act, an agnins them, operates as a legislative (teprcp Of perpi-tuul ex elusion-and exclusion Hom any of tho professions o any ot' tho ordinary avocations or Ufe for past conduin can bo regarded iu no other light than as puuisbinen lor such conduct. Thc exaction of tho oath lu tbo modi provided for ascertaining tho parties upon whom tho ac ia intended to operate, and instead of lessoning, increase! its objectionable character. All enact mente or this kine partake of tho nature of bills of pains and iranalti s.' ino Court further say : "Tho deprivation or any righi s civil or political, p.eviously enjoyed, ma.- bc punish ment, the circumstances attending and tho causes of th. deprivation determining this fact. Tho characteristic! ot this riuuso ot tho act are therefore r?trospective, pena and punitive. Cf course there can be no question ns ti thu rule of construction which is here to bo applied rhose who aro expressly brought within ita operatiotu cannot ba saved from its operations. Whi-re, from th? I generality Ol' terms ot description, or tor nm other reeson, * reasonable doubt arbes, tba doubt is lo be resolved against tho operalioiu I of tho law and in favor of tho voter. WbR acts, then, within the moaning ot thc law, make a part) .ru lty of engaging in insurrection or rebellion agaiusi ibu United Slat, e, or giving aid and comfort to the ene mies thereof? Tho language hero oumprohends noi only lato rebellion, but every past r?bellion wnich hat happened ill the United States, So, too, it comprohcnib every loreign war Lu which the United state- hos at an> , time been engaged. The first port of tho sentence coven ! thc caso of domestic war existii g in tho form of a rebel lion or insurrection, while tho la-t part applies to lor? eign war. The words "giving aid and comfort to thc enemies of the United ? tates" are tin* suma used iu the constiiutiouui definition of treaeon, and "the ene? mies thereof" must be taken to bo loreign onemie-. these words, originally found in the early s atute ol England against treason, have reeoived their settled iu terpretfttion in Englaud and American comte, Thuy are used in this without any qualification, and we givo tiicm full force and application when they are mude to app.y to adherence or giving aid and comfort to foroign ene? mies. Such an act as to the breach of oath or duty ol allegiance stands upon tho .-ame poiicy of disquaullc.i tion, ss engaging in rebellion or civil war. A person, thcrofore, who gave aid and comfort to oiir enemies Iii the war with Great Britain of mis, and in tho wur with Mexico in 1847 would, in lhat particular, come witbi;> this clause. In laying down this rule, I do not forget that for certain purposes and in a certain sense every citizen in tho rebel States during the lato rebellion is to be considered a public enemy, as lu respect to the liability of lite property to capture as a prize of war, and in respect to various acte of Congress, passed during thc rebellion, which, as io property, declare its liability to capture, forfeiture or confiscation, wbcu used iu aid of , he late i ebel ?ion. But whenever, in any of these act? of Congress, these terms aid and confiscation aro used in any other than thc commonly received acceptation, nome qualitieatiou or description is added to uudto them ap? ply to the robclliou. rJcvcrthekns, although I am strongly inclined io think that the aid an. com tort here mentioned should strictly be confined to its ucLuiowlcdgiXl legal interpretation, 1 am not quite prepared to say that Cougrcss may not have used it us applicable to thc rebel? lion, I shall, therefore, allow it due weight in tbe next in? quiry in giving construction on Ihe clause now to bo con? sidered. Wc aro now to inquiro what is meant by engaging iu insurrection or rcbeJuou against tile Uuited Stales? Thu loree of the tenn 1 to engage" carries tho Idea ol' act vu rather than passive conduct, au., or voluntary ruiner than cotuuul ory .edon, J uko, assn iustanco, :i roDcl soldier compelled to service by forco of ccuwcrlptio ; iliku os another instance thc case of a siavo, who, by tho command of his master or by niibtary order, bas served iu the ranks or aided in the consiruction ul miUtarv works, lt would bo au abuse of language to hold that in these ms; unces the parties have o (piged lu rebellion witniu ihc mojulug of that word au used in law. But while in my opinion a eoneoript or siavo iorced into the rants or other in ni tory service is not includ'd, it does not folloiv tuat otht.-. classes than those who actually lovied war and voluntarily joined thc ranks of rebels oro to b. excluded; taking it to be clear that ia tho sense ot that law puraoutf may have engaged in rebellion without having uciuullv levied wur ur taken arms. Ail tbusc who, in legislative or other official capacity, were engaged in iu. themuce oi c mniuu unlawiui purpose, or persona who, in their in* dividuil capacity, done any overt act for thc purpose ol promoting tho rubeUiou, may well be said ui ibu mean? ing ol this law to have engaged in ruOclllon. AU pomona who. dnrfnrr rebellion, acted In an official capacity where the dutton of officer necessarily had ?lnHfr? to tho snnport. of the rebellion, mich au members of rphel Legldatures and rebel Cor.pTfiss. and rebel conventions, and rebel diplomatic agents of the rebel Oonfed'rapv, or mich otKcr officials whooe dnt?ps more psnecWlv snnprtainpd to the pupnort of thu rebel cau?e. must be bold to rome within the terms of exclusion. Of. flcc-s In those rebel fitste*, who. during the rovPlHon. 'tisch nreed official duties not incident to war. bnt in we servstinn of order nnd ndmlnistarion of Isw. nre. not to be considered as <herebv engardug in rebellion. The in? terests of hnmsn!ly r?ouvre siicv> officers for the T,erform "nce of ?ne*! officio! condnct I-' time of war OT insurrec? tion, as well as in time of pence, and the uer'ormsncp o' ouch dnHpncqn novo?" bA rnnoidTPd criminal. T cannot brin<7 m-seKto the condnsion ths,t ConTesB could l-s^o nr-onnt thst ?neb nnrclv civil snd necpsoary officer? In? volved thc incn-nhent. in tho m'lt. of insurrection. lforh *n<r bnt. thc moot co?ent. lanPTMire. sneh as wns used In th? p?t on?h for lawers. could manifest such a nunton-. Tti o fin T?reme Court, in construine; the test. onth, and in reference to the clause to which I have alluded, uses this lainwre. Th? third clause annlies to the speVintr. acceptance or "Terc'se not only of office? pr"?t?d for the nurpose of more pffectnslly csrrvintf on noatjijtip?. bnt slsn of anv of those O%*PS which a'e reonircd io evorv comraunlfrv, irhetb?r in nenes or WST. for the administration of ins tf cn nnd tv preservation of order. T fi"d no such pur? pose in the nso of sny of the te-ms of the net now under consideration. T nm accordingly or opinion that holding a nimn'e bidiclal oWcc or ot1? sr cwnnv> office, o~nnbl:r emnlovnieitt a? sre of nnrply civil character, sneh as "onntr offices, mnnic'nal offices, und all others of HVn na 'nre w'u'ch were not emited for the pnmo?e of more efTeernsllv carrvinii on bo-it'ilHes. ?rd whi"h did not in? volve the rorformmce. of dnt.:es expressiv in forth -rance "f rebellion, do not. como within the meaning of ?bis part of the oath or fir on tho incumbent the milt of entng 'nit in the rebellion. So much for tho official partlcipa t'on. I nowrocur to what amounts to Individual narticlpa .ion in the rebellion. Tn the attempt tn arrive at the -Insses. of persons or of acts intended to be comnrehen 'ed In tho matter of enracine; in rebellion, we roust Vive flue r-eard to the, subiect matter, undoubtedly, al? thone^ overy rebellion against tho United Stoics is com. nrehended. It ls the late rebe'lion which slmost, if not a!to?e?hPr. cnn bo said to be tho proper subiect matter. \ rebellion which extendpd over eleven states of the TTnion, involvinrr moro or less a million of their neonle, continuing for more than four vosrs, and maint-tined bv .>> vast mllitarv antborltv, which nfl fo all thean people 'ora time ?nd a? to most of th m during its continuance, exolnde/l them from all protection under tho law.ul Gov? ernment. The obligations of allegiance, when thus separated ?rom tho corresponding right of protection, "nd the broach of that alto isnco. are nocessirily modified under such circumstances. Tho obligation ts les*' stringent, and a broach of that obligation less reprehensible than bi esses of temporary or local insurrection. Nor mu t we orgct that throughout these rebel States there were large classes of their populations moro or less opposed to the r 'hcllinus movement, mid who wero vet more or loss ne? cessarily involved in its support I have already said that tho language used in this act as to participation, carries the idea of voluntary particl oation, an I I nm satisfied that these considerations, trowing out of the nature of the rebell on. induced Cou? rre sa to uso tho word "ongsgo," tn the pls.ee of involun? tary par icipntioD. Whon au insurrection, by its con tiunanco and power, takes the form o? a * facto .overrunent, and proscribes and en.ornes laws over tho oe .pie within its territory, individual rights and obliga? tions unilorco an inevitable modification, and the right? ful and displaced nuthontv, when it ag.tin comes m to place, must, in a measure, accommodate its action to circumstances, and consider many things as rightfully done, which, in a mere insurrection, would have no color of legality. This principle is recognized by all civilized nations, bas been especially enforced in every lund by ?tal uto and by the decisions of the Court early In the reign ol Henry the VII. Obedionco to the de facto gov? ernment, established under a usurping monarch, has hcen held not to involve a subject to the guilt of trea? son to tho lawfhl King. Giving due weight to these well established principles, I proceed with the inquiry. I am nf opinion that somo direct overt act dono with intent to rarthor tho rebellion is necessary Lo bring the party within tho provision and meaning of this law. Merely disloyal sentiments or expressions aro not anf icient Tho person applying for registration is not re? quired to clear himself f om tho taint of disloyalty. The meaning of Congress hero becomes yet more evident when, In the last clauso of tho p escribed oath, ho is re? quired to swear that he will fal tl; fully eur port tho Con? stitution, obey-the laws of the United ?tates, and will to .be boat of my ability, encourage oth.-rs so to do. This part of tho oath is not exculpatory, but promissory. It looks .o the fa:ure and not to tho past, and the purpose i i hero .? ul t'est to omit as to the right to vote tho dis? qualification from tho right to exercise office. Mere acts ol' common hu milty and charity cannot be considered is involving tho party bi participation In the rebellion. ?io, too, aro torced contributions by tho rebel auihoritios .ir tlie compulsory payment ot' tax s m old of the rebel cause ; lt wonld involve the person and lt must woik dis luulflcation under this law. Voluntary contribution in furtherance of the rebellion, or subscription to the rebel loans, and oven organized contributions of food or cloth? ing, or nee: seary supplies, oxcept i ? a strictly sanitary character, aro to bo classed with acts which dlsqualifr. Thc criminal act contains no provision as to thi msn . icr and timo for holding tho election of delegates to the ?onvoutio: ', or ratification of tho constitution framed by that convention, or for other purposes. Tho first section ot tho supplemental act provides that .1 registration of voters shall bo mode beforo the first of -ieptemb r, 18G7. Tho fourth and subsequent sec? tions provide for means by which this registration ts to bo effectod. The Commanding General ls directed to appoint os many boards of registration is may bo necessary, consisting of three. loyal od? ors or persons to moko a completo registration, su .icrintcnd tho election, and make return to him of votes, list of votera and af person* eiocted as dele? gates by a plurality of votes cast at said election; and ipon receiving the said returns sba'l open the same, tscertalu tho persons elected as de?og.ites, according ,o returns cf tho officers who conducted sal. eleo ripn, and make proclamation thereof; and if a nn jori ty - jf vote J given on mar quem?n snan m im- ^^?-^?^."n, ihe Commanding General, within sixty days inundate ot Section, shall notify the delegates to assemble in con-' ..on tion at a time and placo to bo mentioned in the noti .?cation ; and said convention, whon organized, shall pro? ceed to rame a constitution and civil government, ac .-ording to ihe provisions of this act, ana the act to v?hieb t is supplementary. When the samo shall have been so rained, said resolutions sholl be submitted to the con? vention lor ratification to persons registered under the provisions of ihib ac , at an election to bo conducted by iffli'crs, or persons appointed or to be appointed by the Jommanding General, a* hereinbefore provided, and to oe held siter tho expiration of burty days from the date if the notice thereof, to bo given by said convention, aid ret rna thereof s all be made to the Commanding Jouerai of tho district. The sixth section provides that all elections in the : ttl tos mentioned In said act to piovi o for ihe more effl? uent government ol' tho rebel Statis, shall during the ?I -orations of s dd oct, bo by babot, and all othcorH nakina said registration of voters and conducting slid .1 ction shall, beroi e entering upon the discharge of thelr luties, take and subscribe to thc oath proscribed by tho ict approved Juiy '2.18G2, entitled "An act to prescribe in oatu of office." Provided, that If any person shall ?uowiug y and falsely take and sub-cribe to any oath in .ids set proscribed, auch person so offending, a d being hereof duly convict d, shall be subject to the pains, ena!ii os und liabilities which, by law, are provided for .hu puuishuiont ol' wilful sud corrupt perjury. The >aths prescribed by this act aro the oatus to be token by ;no person applying for ru .?stration und the oath to be uk en by the persons composing thu Board ot hegisira ion. 'the dulles of Ibo Hoard are to muke and complote JJ J registration and superintend thu election. The first qumtiou is as m tho duties and powers of tho lourd lu making and completing tho registration. The iret sectiou provides that the Commandbig General ?U..U cause s registration to be made of tho citizens ot Jiu United States twen-one yours of age and upward, . eoident in cac county or parish in thc state or btateti iucluded in bis district, wbi.h registration snail include mly those perseus who are quallhed to vote for delegates :>y tho act aforcstid, and wbo ahull have tasen snd sub icribud to thc following oath or affirmation, by this rath tho person applying for registration must swear or "?linn to cvi-ry qualification provided for by the original ich Thu first question arises here is, ?bethe - any other ?nth can bo required Qt tUo person M pp) yin for rugistra ion, or any cato um be administered to any other per? on or persous touc. lng the qualification of tho applicant jy the boord of ltcglstration. The last clauso ot this first .ecuoii provides as follows : "Which oath or affirmation may be odniiuistered t> any registration officer." The .Kith hero ruforrud to is the oath to bo taken by the per? on applying tor registration. I have very carefully examined ali tho provisions of .hisact and lean find uo uuthonty for auy oa-h to bo .ai; .ii by any ono touching .ha qualifications of the ap? plicant tor regibtia.ion, but only this oath : I am clearly if opinion that any other toucuiug thc qualifications ot .ho applicant would beextrajuuicioi and without uuthori y aud thu false swearing could not be assigned as perju? ry upon such unautuorizod oath and especially in provis j 0 th e s.xth section above quoted which declares .what also swearing shall amount to perju y ls expressly .united to any oath lu thia Aot prescribed. In arriving xl tula conclusion, I liavo given due weight to that part >f tho first sectiou of thu Act which declares that the ugistrulion shall include only those persons who are pjubfiud to vote for delegates by the Act aiorcsaid, and .i ho ?hall nave taken and subscribed thu ful.o wing oom or affirmation. li we read these words for themselves, without regard to tho other provis.c-us of tho Act, thc inpresai?o is mode 1 bat two tiling? must concur to authorize thu registra .iou ol the applicant : FilMl, Thal ho actually possesses .hu qualification required by Ihe ordinal Act, and hud hut ho is required by this oath to swear to every one oi hose qualifiestious, and that no authority is anywhere ?iven to outer upon any otber inquiry into his qualifica .:ou or to admhiiHter any othor oath to him, or auy oa.b to any utter person touching his qualification, and that ai i oath, una hia oath alono, is punished with perjury. n is impossible to resist the conclusion that thc jath itsoii ls the so.o and oaly test ol' the qualifica ti-on of thu applicant. When, therefore, a person sp .iticii to tho bourd tu.* registiation, tho power of tito uoard ts confined to thc adiniiiislrution ol' tho prescribed oatb, und if the applicant takes that his name must go upou tho registry; thu board cannot enter upon the is luiry whether he has sworn truly or falsely; that inquiry must bc reserved tu the court which may afterwards uavo j uri sd tut lon to try him on un indictment for perju? ry. Next to the dullen of the boa d, after the registration ts completed, they aro to supon:; ???ud the election and moko return of tho votes, hst of voiors, and ot the per? sons elected to the Commanding General, lt ia vory clear, from these provisions, tba: lu supuriutending these elections thu duty oi the board ia to re?oive tho votes of ?hu persons whoso names oro up for registration, and to rejet ult o the is. 1 here is no provision auy where to surcharge, or lalalty, or to add u Bingie name to the re-1 gistruUou, or to erase a single nome which appears j upon lt. Tm DEBT AND FINANCES OF GEOHGIA.-In closing a long resume of thc debt and nuances of Georgia, tho April number of //ant's Merchants1 Magazine aays : Tho probable resources of thc State Treasury for tho current yoar (18G6-G7) aro estimated at ?332,2?2.0;>; and tho expenditures at $879,906.06. The mci.mo from each suurcu is thus es'knutcii general tux, $-15 .,000; tax un banks and railroads, .'itch, ??uyo, and on fareign insurance- agencien, nu,0U0; tax on liquor sales, I60,0U0; divideuds from Atlantic ami Gulf Railroad, $20,000, and uet earnings of Western and Atlaut'c ltaii road, $2i>0,000. The dibuuraomeutu include $100,000 for ino Assembly, $70,000 for the civil cstabUbbmcnt, and $307,000 for interest on tho pubiio neut. There is atso included in the cs.imatus of disbursements $bu,000 for the pay? ment of temporary loan, und $100,805.00 for un? drawn balances of old appropriations-together, $102,805.00 not belonging to tlie current year, leav? ing ti io* actual necessary expenses of the Slate at ?oS?.O?O. Itaun the exbibt?8 above given, it in quite appa? rent that Georgia is rapidly recovering from tho i ruutratio.i cauaoil by tu? lalo hostilities. A Stato that is able tu rutsc auch a revenue as is hero -.sti luated, froiu a population of loss than a mnliou .souls, ttvo-iifthu mo number only just emerged from tho condition ol' slavery, is a sure test ol financial vitality. No further 1 ,aus aro wanted; all old accounts aro liquidated, and onco again tho two sidos of the public ledger are balanced. CURRENT TOPICS. The London Spectator reports a rumor that Mr SEWABD ie "negotiating for the purchase of all British America from the Pole to forty degress north latitude, md from the Pacific to tho Ca?adas;" and Lord STANXET is said not to he averse to Buch a transfer. Ine Spectator there? upon remarks : "If Mr. SEW ABD has made any such offer, we trust Lord STANLEY will remember that the owner of the American Pacific seaboard will always be the most formidable enemy India could have." Whether or not there is any truth in this rumor, it is of course impossible to say. We Rurmise, however, that it ia nothing more than a canard. Since the Russian purchase all the wits in Yankeedom, and it would seem, some even out? side the pale, have been at work, conjuring up new plantations, to be bid off by Mr. SKWABS. TO be sure, there is some excuse for his coveting the Weet Pacific coast, for he wants the right of way to Walrnssia. Sunday was a very hot dey, and yesterday more sn. Of this, however, we have no right to com? plain, as this has unquestionably been one of the longest and latent springs we have ever known. While this has given ns dwellers in the citv a very agreeab e atmospheric condition, we fear our coun? try friends are not equally contented; for while the nights were cold, and thus retarded the growth of the infant cotton plant, the grass, thanks to the copious and frequently recurring showers, has not suffered under a similar arrest of development; and we are in daily expectation of receiving long letters from the interior full of lond laments, and bristling with the wo ful wit about fine crone of hay in the cotton fields, and covert allusions to snake bites, and other kindred subjects, well known to our cotton planters, for have they not been the regularly recurring themes of wit, well worn, every summer during the lost ten decades ? General BABER is getting a very unenviable no? toriety, in connection witb the BOOTH and SDB BATT coses. The New York World, a few days ago, pronounced the so-called BOOTH Diary a lome forgery, manufactured to order by some news? paper correspondent. This charge, in our opin? ion, is sustained by excellent circumstantial evi? dence. Biding sixty miles that nifht after the assassination, whon he had broken his leg jump? ing off the stage at the theatre, and the "broken bone tearing his flesh at every step," can hardly be called a very probable story, evon after all the circu ms tances of danger and urgency are taken into consideration; a id that then he should have stopped, not to have his leg splinted and band? aged, bat to see what the newspapers said about him, and to moko entries into his diary-is, to say the very least that can bo said, passing strange. Now, we see that "General" BAHES says Mrs. Strs P.ATT confessed to him "her complicity with the conspirators, so far as the kit ci-dod abduction was concerned, but affirmed that shu reluctantly yield? ed to the urging of BOOTH in aiding tho plot of assassination." The New York Times very perti? nently asks why he did not testify to this fact on the trial of Mrs. SUBBATT. The following from the New York Times, of Fri? day, while not as yet applicable to this latitude, may serve the useful parp?se of aver tinsuch a conjunc? ture : " The unusual punishment of a fine and one month's imprisonment, was yesterday imposed by Jnstico DOWLING, at the Court of Special Sessions, upon ri Third Avenue Railroad Conductor, who was found guilty of assaulting and ejecting from his car, a boy-passenger, who refused to yield his seat after he had paid the fall fare. We trust that this exemplary penalty will not be without its earning effect upon the class to which the prison? er beloaged, many of whom, by their rudeness to passengers, have disgraced their employers and afforded much cause for complaint on the part of the public. In the case under consideration, the magistrate found no palliating circumstance in the .act that the conductor wished to find room for a female. He held that the yielding of a seat was entirely a matter of courtesy, and took ocoision to make some suggestions to tho fair sex, in connec? tion with this mal tor, whioh aro of ?-timely char? acter." Boston is & christian town, and has a christian people ; it is in fact the tee to tale st city on this mundane sphere. The very smell of Monongahela is a penitentiary offence ; how strange and at the same tune how sad the reflection induced by a re? port from that godly city, that "there is no diminution of arrests for drunkenness in BOB ton, since the closing of tho Bar-rooms" oy legal process. The New York Times, contrasts this picture of the Puritan city with Paris on Sunday as recently portrayed by its correspondent. This, too, during the carnival limes oi the Exposition. He says : " Neatness, order, decency aro o very where ; and if there is anything else in Paris, it does not make its iDpea.ance in public. People como out by the hundred thousands-all tho liquor shops of Paris are opoi. ; there is no Maine Law ; the supply of liquor is unlimited, and not one person is seen drunk." Darkest night, where should be greatest tight. M. EMILE GLRABDIN appealed against the judg? ment of tho Correctional Police Court, which had 40 - fenced him to 50007. fine (this was his second conviction), for holding up tue Government to hatred and contempt in an article in his journal La Liberte. The appeal, which came on before the Cour Imperiale, bas just been dismissed with costa, and consequently the judgment of the lower Court confirmed. The article for which be was prosecuted was a sort of comment on the first judgment, in which, according to the Cvurt, the same offences were re? peated. In the preamble to the present lenten :e the Court finds that, being condemn? ed for having oxcited in his first article hatred and contempt against the Government, and having stated in his second article that he was condemned for speaking the truth, he reproduced all the assertions contained in his spirit. Ho de? clares that truth finds no favor under the prosent Government, and that it is by servility people gain all they want; that if dangers are pointed out to the Government the person who docs so is charged with having occasioned them, and is condemned; that flatterers only are loaded with favors, where? as the champion of truth incurs nothing but se? verity, calumny, persecution, condemnation, im? prisonment and exile, otc. M. Girordin announced bis intention before the case came on of appealing to the Court of Cessa? tion if tho Cour Imperiale decided against him. Our readers may not bc aware that there is, at this time, a fierce war raging in the Kingdom of Massachusetts, or more properly speaking a whis? key rebellion. MILTON somewhere asks the ques? tion: "Why should we affect n rigor contrary to be mannor of God and of nature V That ques? ta on haa often been asked, and never more beauti? fully than in FBANKLIN'S celebrated apologue ol the Eastern Patriarch and his heathen guest, whom he cast out because he did not worship the True God. The Lord then reproved him, saying that bo had suffered this old man for ninety and nine years, gave him food and raiment, and yet ABBAHAM could not give him shelter for one night. But all the parables of Arabia contd not make a Puritan tolerant. Massachusetts hos run much on the anti-liquor law, and evon ostracises her long-tried and faithful ex-Governor ANDBEW, be? cause be refuses to go the whole leugth of her insensate fanaticism. Tho New York Herald says: "All are quarrelling over the rum botte, and both sides pub away at it, to keep their spirits up by poviriug spirits down-somo openly and others (their name is logion) 'on thc sly.' Massachusetts is reeling with excitement, sud doubtless ere long none will dispute hor title to tho distinction of be? ing tho drunkenest, as well as tho craziest, State in tho Union." Ono of America's most popular authoresses is Mrs. MA nv J. HOLMES, au tn or of " Tempest and Sunshine," "LEWA RIVEBS," ?tc. More than a quarter of a milhon copies of her volumes have been so d, and her new novel, THE CAMEBON PBIDE, now in tho press of G. W. CABLETON S? CO., will he another hit for her lu.ky publishers. Tho Lynchburg Republican of the 24th says : " The lecture on the Chivalry of the South, by Mr. H. RIVES POLLAED, announced to como eff last night at the Philharmonie Hall, did not take place for the want of an audience. At 8 o'clock, tho lec? turer appeared upon the stago and announced to empty benches, that the lecture would bo indefi? nitely postponed,9 On Thursday evening. May 33d, 3867, at tbs restadme* of the bride's father, by the Bev. P. T. Keith, Vr. B. 0. ADAMS, of Beaufort District, 8. C., to Miss JULTA 0.; Toanuest daughter of RICHARD CAWWSZX, Esq., ~? I Charleston, H. 0. _ * MW The Relativ*-!, Friends ?nd Acquaint? ances of Mr. BOBEBT JOBDAN, Senior, and or his ism tty, are respectfully invited to attend the Funeral Servi? ces of the former st Bethel Church This Afternoon, at Four o'clock, vd th ont further invitation. MayOS . av CHARLESTON MECHA ICS SOCIETY -YOU are respectful!? Invited to attend the Funeral Ssrvices ot your late brother member. Mr. BO FEET JORDAN, Sr., at Bethel Church. Thu Afternoon, at Four o'clock. May 38 1 JAMES GUY, Secretary 0. M. 8. MW MARI"N LODGE NO. 3, L 0. O. F.-THB Offlr*?? and Members of th's LnrUje are requested to as? semble at Odd Fellow's Hall, TM? Afternoon. at8 '.'dock, to wv the l?t tribute of re?nect to our late Brother, ROBERT JORDAN. The "Brethren of the Fraternity are reonec^fully invited to attend. Mav38 1 CF.D.PETIT, Secretary. SPERUl NOTICES. MW LOST OR 8 rOLRN.-TKE FOLT/YvmG THREF. DRAFTS have mv??terion?iy di"UTrpe*red from our possession, and we fcwebv cantion aTl nnrnons not to deal in than, ss Mr. EPSTTN has stopped the payment Of th? Wime: 1. Draft cf P. W. PLEDGER for $183.83, accepted by GEO. H. INGRAHAM. % Draft of J. H. STEVENS for $68.11, acceptad by BOPER * STONEY. 3. Dmft of T. J. DAVIS for $70.28, aroepted by GEO H. INGRAHAM. May 38_3_EPSTTN k ZEMANSKY. "?yl?OTTOE.-I. HARRIETTARIOAILfUCK, Wife of WK. M. 8ACT, Grocer, corner of Line rtreetani Sears Lane, sive notice that thirty days after dato, I will become a Sole Trader on my own account May 38 tu thu Imo O*T)UT0HKR,8 LT?HTNIN?}' "FTiY-KILLEB wiD certainly exterminate these peat*, if its us? is per? severed in. Beware ot bogus Fly-paper, which ooma dealers keep because they can get it for nearly nothing. Don't sa swindled. Ask for DUT CHER'S, which is told by ail live druggists. Imo May 3T ?5-FINAL NOTICE_ALL PERSONS HAVING deminds against the estate of Mrs. HENRIETTA HEATH, lato of Charlpston, decevsed. will present' tba ! same properly attested, and those Indebted thereto wal j make payment to OTTO TTEDEMAN, Esq., corner Washington and Calhoun streets. MILLWARD W. HEATH, Administrator of Hrs. Henrietta Heath. May 38 ta3* MW IN EQ?TTY-COLLETON DISTRICT. BILL FOB DOWER AND TO MARSHALL ASSETS, AND FOR RELIEF. -CATHERINE BUMPH, WIDOW AND ADMINISTRATRIX, JOHN RUMPH, DECEASED, vt. LOUISA-J. RUMPH AND OTHERS, CREDITORS OF MRS. RUMPH AND MARY A. E. STOKES AND OTH? ERS, HEIRS AT LAW OF JOHN BUMPH, DECEASED. Pursuant to an order of his Honor Chancellor Johnson in this canso made at the last February sitting of this Court, for Colle ton District, nonce ls hereby given for the creditors of JOHN BUMPH, deceased, to prove th ir respective claims before me at my office on or before tbs first day of September next B. STOKES, 0. E. C. D. Commissioners Office, Oolleton District, March 25th, 1887. lame 7 March 38 ?a- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ! three months after dato application will be made for re? newal of Certificate No. 883, CITY OF CHARLESTON I SIX PEB CENT. STOCK, issued October, 1869'dated 3d Msy, 1868, and standing ba the name of W.H. GOD? FREY lamoSmo March 38 ay NOTICE.-I, EMILY STAATS, WIFE OF JOHN H. STAATS, Butcher, do h er sb / give notice that I will become a Free Dealer in one month from dat?. EMILY STAATS, May 31 rafi* King Street Road. ?a-WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE E. M. WHITING, Esq., ss a candidate mr Sherill ot Charleston (Judicial) District, st the next election. 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By its direct action on the cuticle lt draws from it all its impurities, kindly healing the same, and leaving the sur? face as Nature intended it should be-dear, soft, smooth and beautiful. Price SI, sent by Mall or Express, on re? olpt of an order, by W. L. CLARK k CO., Chemists, No. 3 West Fayette Street Syracuse, N. Y. The only American Agents for the sale of the same. March 30 ly THE MARION STAB ESTABLISHED NEARLY TWENTY YEARS AGO, IS published at Marion, S. C., in the can tra] portion ot tho country, and otters a favorable medium to Mer? chants, Druggists, Machinists, and all classes who desire to extend their business in the Pee Dee country. For the benefit oi our advertising patrons, we'shall, ia addition to our subscription hst which ls constantly in? creasing, publish and distribute gratuitously 3OU0 extra copies of the STAR, during the business MMQB thia FalL Rates of Advertising liberal. W. J. MoKEBALL, November 30 Editor sad Proprietor.