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EZ connected nv i i 1 periodical^ vvhatto Chester Castle (in En^tsnd) was ^pre- i . I em( tt6rtlrlf' cUief of the-Fenians on i either side of the Atlantic ; and I never "v;twnt any order, nor knew ?f any order t being sent, to regulate, to farther, or to 1 < ? prevent any movement or proceeding of ( the Fenians, either in England, in Can , w2|U^(s Ireland, or In the United States, ] 1 find, further, that American and 4 Itjtajb journals have printed ft certain let leFaadresaed to Captain Grace, Fenian organizer for Minnesota, and purporting to have been writton by me. It is true that I did reply to a communication from ibfrCaptain Grnco.'but the letter i which I wrote is not the letter which he , has published* I gave him permission to print my^olwer ; but, instead of do- ] ing so, be has given such parts of it as , be thought might serve his own branch , of (he Fenians, suppressed the rest, and , altered what he has printed. Such ate ( the perils, and somtimes the penalties, , of answering letters from 44 Centres" that are not in the circle of your acquaintance. The substance of what I wrolo was ; that while I approved of the Fenian or oanizaliou in America and in Ireland, 1 disapproved strongly of calling on the people for large contributions of money for immediate military operations, under the delusion that anything important could be effected, either in Ireland or in Canada, so long as England is at peace both with Franco and with the United States?that I thought it wrong; aud cruel to demand such sacrifices and such risks from the Irish settled in | America, upon the faith of every man who promises " insurrection in the harvest," or " war this year," or any given year?that it was too much in the Irish character to be impatient for quick re-1 suits ; and that if tire organizations here ! could content themselves with keeping' up their own cxiatenco for the present. I demanding no larger subscriptions than re sufficient for that purpose, I should he happy to co-operate w ith them, w aiting patiently for the essential condition of all effective movement?war between England and either of the other powers j J have named. It is with great reluctance I have made the-e rectifications, because I greatly respect and admire the patriotic eagerness of my countrymen for thede atruction of English dominion in their native country ; and it is painful to me to say a word which looks like discour ' agement. Nothing hut the extensive misuse of my name could have induced ju? to break my silence. Your obedient servant, JOHN MITCH EL. ; ? . ? -4^^ Debts Contracted Under the Con*- ( yrdhrats government.? iii theCoUnly Court yesterday, before his Honor, Judge Russell, were tried thiee cases, eimilar in character, of some interest to f those involved in debts during the wat or in any way connected with the Confederacy. In the leading case the plaintiff, ' hrnnorlit nn a/?linn fnr atofi'i f.i? r furnished to defendant at stipulated j 1 prices, and fur which a due bill had been ' given, signed by him personally. The j 1 defendant claimed that he was an agent | ?f the Confederate Government, did not i I hly the wood on his personal account, and realised not a cent of profit from , r any transaction with plaintiff. But the | i only direct evidence sustaining his claim ; r was the phrase, " for Government use,"i t attached to the due hill acknowledging' * the delivery of the wood ; and the quar-1 t termaster to whom he furnished it tes-1 tified that defendant acted solely in ?he I capacity of a contractor, with no au-1 thorlty to involve the Government in ^ any indebtedness except to himself, and that defendant had been paid in full.? The latter admitted his settlement with | 1 the Confederate Government, but in j F 'currency which soon after became worth 1 leJM. And vrns novo in hia ivMiautnn Tl.n 1 i case was very elaborately investigated,> f both in regard to law and evidence, with able counsel on each aide. The defend- | I antV integrity was maintained through j t put, by all the other testimony as well f a* his own, but there being no proof of i ( hit having legal authority to act as a ^ Government agent, the jury raturned a n verdict for plaint iff. In scaling the mc- 1 " count to the basis of greenbacks, the ? 'due bill baring been given in April, t 1664, the jury reduced the sum from ? $3262, to $350. * - * ri ITbe -other two ca?es, with smaller ? -Amounts involved, but in All other re- ? peels of similar character, were decided in the same way, with the proportionate r Amount of reduction. t [Savannah JVawt, Gift. e General 8jkl*.8.? We learn that ? General Sickles will leave Washington , i( Monday neil ?nd arrive in this city on l ^ t'.e following Wednesday. For the Li present, his IIeadqnsri??r* will ho nt j < .ufurobta.?Chorlafton Macxry. ' ) c Br " **REK?rV*kLB, ^ ^ w THURSDAY, MABCH ft, 18G7. ' t * ' -' ~ ' - . Military Order*. General Stcauts, milliarj oouomander of forth and South Carolina, baaleaned hie orore from hie headquarters at Columbia, \ rhieh we publish. The/ do not interfere J rilh the civil administration of the lavra In hie State, and It is evident, therefore hat if the people continue to teapect iw and order, as heretofore, that here is no danger of anj active interfer oee by the- military. Indeed, under the irection of good officers and true friend* f the oountry, the militery raey be nie^e minently subservient, under tbe new order >r things, in keeping evil minded, or corrupt oen in any part of the Southern S'ates uo)er wholesome control Wo imagine there nay be some disappointment with those who anticipated encouragement to disturb Ihe peaee of the oountry, because of the exensior of the right of suffrage to all colof* ; hose, we mean, who auppdeed that tbe nilitary would lend itself to encourage law!e?e. ontrnges or persecutions agailist any lues of cilizene. Court at OreenvlUo. ' * >The CpuVt has been Ccctipied up to Thursday with '.lie Summary Procoss and Sessions Dockets, and there is still business of a day or two for the Summary Procoss cases. Thero were several convictions for distilling without license,, assault and battery, snd otiier misdemeanors. There was nlso a conviction for bigamy. There were do oases of homicide or burglary, and al-' ' together a nianif.-st change in the complex ion of the Court since last fall. The effect of the Courts of Sessions in restraining crime and outrage, is very obvious; offences have very much diminished since the Courts have been regularly held. A Bare Chanco to Invest. The proprietor of the Daily South Carolinian, at Columbia, S. C., announces that, desiring to ho. In part, relieved from the severe labors of the profession, he wishes n thoroughly practical editorial oo-pnrtnor, who will naoiino entire c mtrol of the large business interest of (lie paper, or the paper wi.i uc tensed entire. rou TUE southern KNTKltreiSR. Distribution of Missouri Funds. I pfoposo to divide the lust five hundred dollars received from Missouri, among those Indies who have applied hut have not gotten any aid. 1 have bought corn and bacon, and deposited it in Greenville, and willgive orders for it the first Monday iu April, at the Court ltouso. T. L>. 6 WIN. March 26th, 1867. Religious NoticeWe have been requested to state that tl.c next Union Meeting of the first Division of Tyg'-r Uiver llaptist A-soctnt ion. will he held at Wurhlngton Church, Greenville District, on Friday before the 5th Sunday in March. The following ore the appointments: introductory sermon Rev. R. F. WiiiLtiitN; Charity sermon, ltev. I. G. Laxukcm ; Kssay on tuiuUlerial suppoit, Henry S. Gibson. IOR THE SOUTllEItN ENTKkPHlSE. Some lime since I noticed in the Chnf'cs Ion Mercury, nn account of a lady in Darn well, who had become the h ippy (f) mother :tf four lioys at ona birth. It was stated that the hoys weighed three pounds each, ?nd that they and their mother were nit loing " as well as could he expected.'' I nenMoned the extraordinary facta to a lady riend of minp, when she remarked that the 3arnwel) Indy lin<l done well enough, but | lint her friend, M-s. Kline Pricliard, living , tear Marietta, in this District, as to size, , veight and sex, had done better still?that , he, at one birth, had presented her bus- , >and with three daughters, weighing re- t peotivelv, No. 1, eight pounds; No. 2, nine } lounds ; and, Xo. 3, nine un l a half pounds I 1 Mrs. T , or why should 1 not give the mine of my informant I?Mrs. Threldkill, , rho was present at the birth of the chil i Iren, and snw them weighed, added that ' heso three children are now all living ; ix years old, and, like their mother, all ] hree beautiful. " . 8 A. T. 1 roa toe Boituekx jtsTanruieK. i Beet.?If a Culture fcr the Table and For Feeding Stock . Southern Kurope, and near the sea oosst, s the native place of this valuable biennial dnnt. Botanists enumerate many varieties, bat n describing their usos and culture, these nay be reduced to six in number. 1. The early turnip rooted red beet.' 2. The. **ir/ blood beet. 8. The yellow beet. These hree Rpecics are cultivated for culinary turposea, as weH as the 4th, or white chard or card, or sea kale) beets, which iri-smt Llis white a.,d orp?n <a inmcd from the color of their foot stalks. 1 'he leaves or tops on I)', of this plant, are Hed, the root being email npd com parstive- , ly worthless. Like the tope of the Man- i el Wurzel (though by far the most an pes 1 ior,) the leaves are used as a substitute for ' pinaoh ; whilst the stalks are prepared and , erved like asparagus i 6. The white or sugar beet, and the fllh va- I lety or Mangel Wurzel beet, hare been eul irated for a long time in Europe, and very , Xtensfvely in France, Switzerland, and lermany, for the ptirpoae>of making soger, I1 nd for the distillation of alcoholic spirits. ' >, ie slated that 100 pounda-of good elean t eeta ttill make from ten to twelve pounds, v r over H gallons of proof rum.* *fhe c?l- " ivulion of these I wo verb-ties ie the suns. ^ Here in the Southern Stales, the sugar g sue aud other cenreuieut sources frvidr d ime, preclude life oulOT?^>n^ Itie beet or i?? ssejiarine mslter } Th. Mongol WW?f, {root of scarcity.) lowever, m well as the sugar beet,>iutve j lerived their superior claims to notletflVWtM heir very great valce as winter food for! arrt?jrard stock. The Mangel Wursel ap* iroxiinstoe In color to the red beet; and Sqtaniste hare asserted that it i? a hybrids >elwaan the rs?i Hdihi Mii >>-" * Sir Humphrey rmch made a coinparaihrbaAAiysaHdik'Of Mangel Worsel and Rut* Dtga turnip. They liMoftr^d that the bee! exceeded the 9weo*di?h or Rut* Baga t"rnip, near a hundred per cent., as a nutritive element As aoiiual food, nevertheless. the Sweedish u well as the Norfolk GHobe, and other vataable turnips, ate proven to be roots of the utmost importance to the world. The oulturSof. the <Ugar, or Mangel "Wurxel beet, ie hilly as easy as that tl the turnip*, bat Is a great exhauster of thatoU. In Rostand,' the beet, oarrot and parsnip are Crops specially resorted- to in reclaiming baryta wastes, by using them As green fallows, thereby losing no tln^e/whilst deepening a soil, and rendering it friable and clear of dbnorfovs vegetation. Nor ia there a lady who superintend# l?er garden who is not Aware of the fact, that where theee roots were cultivated during a previous year, the ground is invariably more loose, productive, and free from grass and weeds, than other portions of a garden. Those varieties of beets, however, will produoe well on ground comparatively poor, and should be tried by u?. Y-> Cattle eat every thing that pertains to the beet with avidity ; therefore, the beet should be fed with bran, meal, or a few boiled peas or oats, to milk cowe, and mixed with such food as hay, shucks or fodder, I fur other cattle, eo as to prevent scouring. Some prefer thnn to be kept over for the I last of wioter. , \ . / Dairymen state that they receive 2 ccnta more Dcr nound fur tinlt^r -n.1 ?! ""?? >? , , ? ?? Cv" duced from beets and parsnips, than for that produced by other food, and that the qnnntily is much greater when the cows arc fed from these roots, and entirely free from that odor and taste experienced from feeding on turnips, carrots, or cabbage.? Farmers assert that nothing exceed* the beet in fattening beeves; and that, one; bushel per day will fatten a beef in ninety days. By boiling them and mixing them with brun or meal, tbey are equally efficacious in fattening swine. Even the leaves may be gathered (clippedl mid boiled with bran, and given to milk Jtuvs, cnlves, or swine, to great advantage. All average crop is five bund red bushels per acre, on good giound thoroughly prepared. This crop should he stored away in dry weather, in November. They must be carefully fUilled up, w ithout bruising or destroying tlie fi1 fes. nor should a knife lie need. Save a small portion' oT the tops uliovc their heads, niul treat, them, before they are laid away, very much as sweet potatoes am treated. Tliey may be stored1 ike turnips, or tliey may be built up in a square pile to any reasonable height, and tapered i<> a roof shape. The tops and sides must be covered to the thickness of a foot, with dry stubble, and the whole hoarded in and covered so as to throw all moisture not only off the top, but clear off the shies.? This enclosure should, in fact, be prepared la fore the crop is taken up, and near the feeding yards and c.ittle sheds. As- this plant w ill stand some degree of cold, s por lion where its leaves have been left may iriiiiini unsroreu mr immediate use. 1 lis preparation of the soil for nil kind* of beet*, and even other root crop?, should he made during the l?l) or w inter before they are to lie planted. Subsoil the field (usirg two or more oxen or burses) to the depth of fourteen or eighteen inches. Over one acre of ground thua ploughed, spread the following quantities if manure that has been comported for a ihort time, and well mixed and covered, iir.: 2ft cubic yards of strong, decomposed table manure ; or in place of it, 30 cubic ,-ardaof rich leaf soil from the foio.<t,or ich swamp muck, six or seren bushels of talt /brine or fish, ?fcc.,) 12 or 15 bushels of itrong wood ashes, and 40 or 50 huahels of :oa! dust. The suit produces the soda, the ishes form potassa, and the coal dust generates carbonic neid gas ; these being throe tl the principal constituents of the beet, yield J'riparation ?After the manure has lieen spread, immediately open a trench lully 14 inches deep, and as wide as possible across the former furrows with a wide *nd deep trenching and turning plow.? Follow lire edgea of this trench with a wide, hut light and shallow, turn over-plow, which will akitn off the manure and three inches of the toil, and turn it into the hot torn of the trench previously formeJ. Follow the width of this furrow left by the light plow with the first or great trenching plow to the same depth as that of the first; ind again turh off an edge of the m mure Mid soil into this new ditcli, and so on Ihrough the field ; depositing the manure is near the bottom as possible,, fi f r? ,- ? uomrFi j-rrjiarauoii.?ror convenience ind ease io working beets, and other root jropa. lay off heda 4 fret wide, separated [>y alloys or wa ks sufficiently wlds for passing or standing between them. With t spn.ie or fork tbrow out the roll of eaob )f these bed* to lbe depth of a foot. Then >padethe lower aurface to an additional iebth of 8 or 10 inches. Pulverize and nix this lower earth with any decomposed ich mould. Give It a thorough top dress ng of manure prepared as above directed ; >ud dually fill in the aoil originally taken ?ut, incorporating the first portions of it . hat is thrown buck ( which in ay be suppos d to be from 8 lo 14 inches below the orignal surface) with the prepared manure ; tutting in Ires manure as the final surface ipproximates. No top rooted plant w ill do veil, even if the surface is rich, when the uhsoil is poor. riaiitiuii Early Turniiw?T^rny Blood and he Yellow Beet.?Give tne beds a top d re Seng with any lively and active decomposed nanure. guano, fowl housa, or manure from be pig pen, applied ima liquid state does veil, and this top dressing should also be pplied loa Held of sugar or Mangel Wureal ' *cts. Coal dust and ashes improves tftis iressing. At soy time after ?l???oarv ni.?k? I tills 14 i.iius* sysrt due If ui 4 inch's| ?ej>. After the seed* (for arty viae*) has I oftHtewUPft; ? io?A and threefohrtha ofitt Inch If^jBfjfjkeai may be laid off in dMsalona twft^HpL?r<?ft. Bore. them to the depth of a'balf-inch. with & ineh mop bltt, end finish the hole withilr half-Inch bitt. By ptveing thia measure if the'drift s ehlld four Years old can saMy d-posft the wtdv/A G$Mr ahd preaa the earth orer thJjK^pjp|jj$^N^b afrollcr, o\ by ae?d pt^peeed^^^po^^ftanla afHjtet plat>U should be thinned at ttirt;|a-4 or 5] itnohae. Those drawn |pa>, ag^n bafdant-j e<J, but Uley rarely make as fine Wta ?? I those left standing. As soon at the plants | are large enough to use, thin them to 10 or ! 12 inches apart, feeding to any exce*s after I being well washed to the milk eowa. Keep the ground oloar and well opened ao as to preserve moisture and. admit the gaaea. 1 The long bloed baet for wldier nee mint | oe sown in June/ia a mmev sttuhMAa, If tlio weather is dry, water tba bods after tun set, and shade Iho young plants during i the extreme heat of lh? day until th?y are estaolished. To preserve them through the winter, take them up jjq, dry weather inlid let them be p n ok Cjfl tytfi p - n dry jplece, covering each laver wftrndfyl^ho.J** WAtfe Sugar a*ii Mattffrt IMflfrel ttetf.? About the first of April^or not later than the last of that monthfthroW the manured fie'd iotc ridges, similar to those mad* for rutabaga turnips, '27 ioclive "apart. Give these ridge* a top dree sing similar td that described for garden beets/in *xact lines so as to admit of easy culture. In tlTe mid die oflheae ridges nuike holes exactly 2 or 1\ Inehesdeyp, mid from 12 to 18 inches apart f Drop the seed In thrin, nod cover with a rake ; or if the ground 4s very well 'pulverised, the persoo dropping the seeds may at the same time cover them by dragging in the soil with Ms foot lly ail means thin thorn to one plant per hole, and ho* I I and plough them as often as weeds and I gross present thcm*elves,*nd, also, to ad mit the. gases and 4he expansion of the roots. , . To nave feed?At proper plaee* out of the ?eoy.-?Sow seed* In ground well prepared. Or if it has,not been done, beets. may be carefully taken nn in November with all their fibres, nnd planted in such places as will suit to mature for seeds. -Cover their tops w ith litter nnd brush ta protect thom from the weather, line and supply them with liquid manure as they brunch into seed stalks, nnd keep each variety nt a sufficient distance to provjnl mixing. Outlier them fts they ripe", nnd Sun dry tltem.? llsng tliein up out* of the Way of niice.-?Tlujy will retain the power of VegitalioD 10" yenrs. L . ' The nneient. Israelite.*, Oiccke, nnd Itn mant, were unacquainted wilh distillation. I.'quids with tlietu only underwent the sinv pie process of fermentation. It is said that Noilhcrn barbarians were Uie inventors, aud produc- ra-of the alcoholic beverage ? TlleV lliisseallen it anna witnr twn\ar nt life \ | It was, nnil 5?yet, keenly relisted l?y them n* n crentnr ??f courage aud solace tor a cold, humid region. f A vhtrl propelled like a wheel liarrow, of the proper dinmrti-r to admit of teeth nr< iiud ir# outward clroooifvrenoe nt such distance* of vJeh other, and of n proper length and #:/.e *o as to mark and make i planting cavities on the ridges that a?e lo receive the sugar and Mangel Wurz-d beet, is now used by those who cultivate this root. A Letter from an Old Man of Eighty ! 'Flie New Orleans Picayune publishes the letter below, and say# it cornea from j one of the Northernmost State#, and though not intended for the public, is I loo f.dl of wisdom and wise reflection lo he lost f I take occasion lo say I am well pleased with the ]>*per. and wish it was more generally circulated among our Northern people, as moat .of them seem lo he a- ignorant of Southern character as they are of the inhabitant* of the moon. In the Counties of and ?, where 1 have lived for eighty years, I have neTer known a man who regularly took a Southern newspaper. I presume they have a limited circulation in our cities. Our Northern papers, of lite radical stamp, publish such horrible stories of the barbarities practiced in the South formerly on the slave, and Northern men and women, and now on the frcedmen and Union men, and such Stories of crueltv hv CimdiUrHln nftti>nr? and soldiers lo Federal prisoners, till thousands of our Northern peoplo, and probably million*, if so unfortunate as to l>e dropped into the heart of the South em Slate*, would have no idea of coming out alive. These people are honest, intelligent, and. generally, well informed on moat subjects; and, if once oonvinaad thai the Southern people were humane and trustworthy, would be ready and glad to do them justice, and treat thein with kindness. I have no i?lea that the radical mem hers of Congress are all.of thcfn thus ignorant ; though T think many of them would make a better figure in almost any other place than in Congress. My object in taking your paper is nof so much for myself, as to disabuse others of their prejudices, and help to promote kindly feelings bef.woen the North and South. For neither acta of Congross, nor Executive prod aim lion*, nor decimods of courts, wiH ever produce per mnnent ar.d happy union, audi ns should exist between American citizens. Of one thing I feel assured,.that un leas the people are aroused to a sense o their danger, and a veto- placed upon the insano course of the present Congress, the-epitaph of this boasted Re public may bo written before the end of the first hundred years of the existence Of the Constitution. 1 am an old man of eighty years, but America i*still my country. The Marshall*, Carrolls, Lees, Jacksona, Marions, Ilorrys. all were my country men. The North and South have had a dreadful quarrel, but'we are brethren ; there is tuuvb to forgive on both sides, and the sooner accorded the better. 1 did not think of writing so much ; my ahxiettr for the welfare of my country is my only apology.. 1 have few 04soctatoa, excepting radicals, and am gat ling your paper into llwir bands as f**t as ios it!c. May the g Lorda? e Us ! V ' ' -I I. Ill compliance 'will * jew No. 10, lleadqHRriars of the Armfefl| March *lltb, 1867. jffie imderBigbe^frj hereby assumes commend of fh'ttecion j r Military District constituted by the Act | ?Bngres?., Public No. 69. 2d March, | entitled " An Act for the more j t Hut government of the rebel State#." W T"|hy. v:i mc CACVUIIVU vi mo u?lj n Co in making General to maintain I Bta-Wecuiity of the inhabitants in their J persons ami property, to suppress insur I reel ion, disorder and violence, and to punish Or caused to be punished all die* turbers of the public peace and eristica Is, the local civil tribunals will be permitted to take jurisdiction of and try offenders, excepting only such cases as may by the order of the Commanding General be referred to a commission or other military tribunal for trial. TIL The civil government now existing,in North Carolina and South Carolina is provisional Only, and in all respects sul<j*ot to the paramount author* iiy of the United States, at any lira? to .abolUh, modify, control1 or supercede the same. Local laws and municipal regulations not inconsistent with tbe constjtu ioh And laws of the United Slate*, or the proclamations of the-Prel* ident, or with such regulations ae are or may be prescribed in tbe orders of the Commanding General, are hereby declared to he in force J and, in conformity therewith, citil officers are hereby authorized to continue the exercise of their proper functions, and will be respected and obeyed by the inhabitants. IV. Whenever any Civil Officer, Magistrate, or Court negleots or refuses to pei form an official act properly required of such tribunal or officer, whereby due and rightful sernrity to person or property shall be dehied.'llie case will be reported by-tbe I'ost Commander to those Headquarters. V. 1'osl Commanders will cause to be arrested persons charged with the commision of crimes and offences when the civil authorities fail to arrest and bring such offenders to trial, and will |?A*J it* 1 : ? J*- - 1.! 1 L 1 nwiu me nwwr" " c.isiouy lor trial, vy Military Cb|n mission, Provost Court or other tribunal organized pursuant to ordeis from the*e Headquarters. Arrests by military authority will be reported promptly. The cbnrgrs preferred will be accompanied by the evidence on which they are founded. VI. The Commanding General d?o siring to preserve tranquility and ordfcr by muam and agtncibs most-congenial to the people, solicits the zealous And cordial co-operation of civil officers in the di.-chnrge of their' duties, And the aid of all good citizens in preventing conduct tending to disturb the peace \ and to the end that occfl-ioii may *el- I dotn ari.-e fur the exercise of military authority in matters of ordinary civil administration, the Commanding General respectfully and earnestly commends to the people and authorities of Noith And South Carolina unreserved obedience to the authority now established, and the di igent, canaiderat*and" impartial execution of the laws enacted , for their government. VII. All orders heretofore published to the Department of the South are hereby Continued in force. VIII. The following named officers are announced as the staff of the MajorGeneral Commanding : Capt. J. YV. Clous, 39th United Slates Infantry, Acting Assistant AdjutantGeneral and Aide-de?Camp. Capt. Aloxander Moor, 38th U. S. i Infantry, Aide decamp. " llvt. Major J. R. Myriek, 1st Lieut. 3d Art., Aide de Camp and Acting Judge Advocate. Major James P. Roy, tlih TJ. 8. In ft. | Acting Assistant Inspector General. Hvi Maj". Gen. R. O. Tyler, Depdtjr , Quartermaster General U.S. A., Chief , Quartermaster. livt. Brig. Gen. W. W. Burns, Major | and C. S? U. S. A., Chief Commissary of J Subsistence. Bvt. Lieut. Colonel Charles Surgeon U. S. A., Medical Director. D. E. SICKLES, Major General Commanding. ( Official: J. W. Cvotrs, Aide do Camp. ( Richmond.?Gen. Lee is strongly in t favor of the people voting for a conven- 1 tion, and that every man not actually di.-franchised should not only take the necessary steps to prepare himself to vote, but to prepare all bis friends, white ] and Colored, to vote. lie thinks the co operation of alt the neonle. officials 1 and citizens, should be prompt, and that the chief object abould be to get book into the Union, with auch rlghta as are left in. m quickly and quietly M possible. lie thinks the oath proposed is hucIi as every good citisen not disfranchised ought how to be able to take, as a simple matter of truth and duty M a citizen of the country. '???? *rs ' J Tub San Antonio Herald publishes advertiaments for 200 cavalry horses.-The New Orleans Picayune is. glad lo chronicle the fact, for the tvao reasons : ' First, it rgivet the Western Texan* a chance to sell thyir surplus horses ; second, we know that the half and three quarter blood horses raised on grass io Texas, tough and wiry, are every way suited for campaigning beyond the reaoh of fodder stacks and core ar>bt, and third, because it gives us some aesuranoe that General Sheridan is preparing for an onslaught among the murderous Heads who bars so- long jweved upon the exp- ed Texas frotftier." - ^ v. . l rt 111 A r*-'| TTA T A % rnSZ8SS^El^BSi?Mi?2rt^i<?lMnUfii 'ill* Pnnsueni r#o retell tho supRt^ "*: -, '' '"*' ne?U) bill, ?uh b^uljvaiuflju^j^dHH lM? ' ?"*?!" n^n' estrfctibns. Preliminary iomea regUtraUoir, ami ib? :annot vot?;pre)initnfery to & vJtrrtlA nnlli trial Unfranchised by participation >ellion ; it id required:. urat for registration mart lirnseif. Ibis is a fearful reapont?H or though the bill don't ior tlx the penally for mistajfien iWear? . ng, wo must not forget that martial la?*a| H jrevails, and thai one and all am r?Kll H iponsible to military comtnissiobs, wltM *<? flj rut previous presentment bv grand H dee. The military commander deter** ^ mines what is an offence and nreacribea* ^ .he punishment, The fourln section' provides that the military commander iball appoint all necessary boards of registration?each consisting of thrdb_ loyal persons?*? ho may be military officer.-, citizens of a- State, or strangera sxcrcisinc important furitttiotiir, 4bd vaatV . ^ . ?d with unlimited discretion'. They dO^ side questions and make return* wha^' , ever erroM or fraudj'lhe^ commit',' -. pass unquestioned. By sueh measures, ; inventions of delegates am to beoonat^ luted. These delegates-am* to speafe for the people. Common "Justicfc ra-^ quire* that Uiey should havpmpthoriiy from the people. No conVfujjoDiNftO' constituted will; In any tense, represent the wishes of the people; for under it all embracing the exceptions and uo&4t> taiutv which the disfranchisement clauw leaves open, lb- great body of the peo*" pie may be excluded from the polls ^ and be deems it unnecessary to invest!' gate further the details Of the bill. No consideration could induce him to approve sitch an election law for any pur~' pose, especially for the purpose of forming a constitution for a State; The' President argues the question at some 'ill..*..?.:?*v-? ?-- ? - HiMg.ii, mustiaiing iuiu iuw lurmmiotl or republican Governments, according to1 Congressional ideas, may as well coittt mence in Ohio or Pennsylvania aa North Carolina,. and concludes aa frtl--. lows : 1 confidently believe that the 'r timo wijr come when those State* will again occupy their true position- in lb? ?Union, Tho-barriers which now seetk1 obstinate tnusl yield to the force of eh? . lightened and just public opinion, soon-er or later, and unconstitutional and op4preasive legislation will be effaced from* tire statute books. When this shall have been consuiuated, I pray God that ~ the errors of tho past inay be forgotten, and-that once more wo shall be a happy, united and prosperous people, and thai at last, after the bitter and eventful experience through which wo have passed', shall we all come to know our only safety is in- tire preservation of the Federal Constitution, and in according to every American citizen and every State thr right which that Constitution seouresv ' Baxkrcpt Act Official?.-?Chief . Justice Chase ie already overwhelmed by applications for appointments an registers under tho bankrupt act. Ho will not appoint any one until after '.ha meeting of the Supreme Court in April next, where several counties are em- braced in one Congressional District, v one register wili' probably be elected ftr each countv. and none will Be annoi?J ed except lawyers who stand a* l&a . Iiead of their profession, and all will b* rigidly examined, as these positions am regarded as pf as much importance aa that of United SuHea District judge^ and the fees will be fixed bjr the otxpreme Court so that the best attorneys v can afiord to attend to it. Where iherw are any number of persona who desireto take the benefit of the law, the posilion ef register will be very profitable. ' The Boston Post says that a blacfr dcrgyman in TenneMee aspires to the <uberuatorialchair of that State. Will, if he lias a church, hasn't he a right to ' ? spire 1 .- ' *-v ? ----- - 1 1 - - - -?LI Iteliffious Services, Sunday, March St,' W si^nAr-ecaooi.s. Baptist Church, 9, A. M.?Col. CO'AS. J. Klkoiu>, Superlntoadsnt. Methvdi?t Churoh, 9, A. At.?J.lf. 8roXl>f Esq., Superintendent. . * Episcopal Church, 9, A. M^-Ur. W. I. Sable, Soperlntcsden*. Preibjrtsrisn. Church, 9, A. M.?Mr. A. M? s FoStrb, Superintendent. , _'iV* ' efWrtMii" *T I ' i,. ./?- * ' Btptin Church,.. 11, A. M., sad 1, P. 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