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.
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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."
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. 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 ?
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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. If,
Rev. W. D. Thomas.
Af..?i?.Ai.f PV.MV ll a sir " *>? w
? U. U?u.t *W H. ?.
Dr. K T. Bnwt ? ' ..
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