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VOLUME XXVI. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 25, 1867. NUMBER 2,;
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MISCELLANEOUSr"
Washington, July 13.?The following
is the text of the Bill as it
ipassca both Houses:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of America, in Congress
assembled, That it is hereby declared
to have been the intent and meaning
of the Act of 2d day of March,
1867, entitled an act to provide for
the more efficient government of the
rebel States, and of the act supplementary
thereto, passed on the 23d
day of March, 1SG7, that the go 7ernments
then existing in the rebel States
of Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina. Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Florida, Texas and Arkansas,
wrerc not loyal State governments,
and that, therefore, said governments,
jf continued, were continued subject i
in all respects to the military commanders
of the respective districts, ;
and to the paramount authority of j
.Congress. <
Sec. 2. That the commander of i
any district named in said act shall
8\ave power, subject to the disappro- i
val of the general of the army of the i
United States, to have effect till dis- i
approved, whenever in the opinion of i
such commander, the proper a(]min- i
istration of said act shall require it i
to suspend or remove from 'office or 1
{from the performance of official du- ;
A Alf AHAtOA A^tlOlol 1
a-ii'.i tut; c.\ui\^?ou ui vuiviwt |/VM
.ers, any officer or person holding or
.exercising or professing to hold or
.exercise any military office or duty
:in such district, under any power,
election, appointment or authority
derived from or granted by or claimed
lunder any so-called State or the government
thereof, or any municipal or \
other division thereof; and upon such 1
suspension or removal such command- <
er, subject to the disapproval of the i
general as aforesaid, shall have pow- |
er to provide from time to time for 1
the performance of the said duties of
such officer or person so suspended or ]
removed by the detail of some com- t
petent officer or soldier of the army, i
or by the appointment of some other <
persons to perform the same, and to 1
fill vacancies occasioned by death, re- i
signation or otherwise.
Sec. 3. That the General of the ]
army of the United States shall be ]
revested with all the powers of sus- j
pension, removal, appointment and ,<
detail granted in the preceding sec- i
tion to district commanders. i
Sec. 4. And be it furthor enacted, i
That the acts of the offioers of the <
.army already done in removing in 1
? .districts persons exorcising the functions
of civil officers and appointing i
others in their stead are hereby
confirmed; provided, that any person
,heretofore or hereafter appointed by
;any district commander to exercise i
the functions, any civil officer may
be removed either by the military officers
in command of the district or
by the general of the army, and it
shall be the duty of such commanders
to remove from office, as aforesaid,
all persons who are disloyal to
the Government of the United States,
or who use their official influence in
any manner to hinder, delay, prevent 1
,or abstruct the use and proper admin- j
istration of this Act and Acts to
which it is supplemental. '
Sec. 5. That the boards of regis- 1
tration provided for in the act entitled
an act supplementary to an act
entitled an act to provide for the
more efficient government of the Rebel
States, passed March 23d, 18G7,
'shall have power and it shall be their
xluty before allowing the registration
'of any person, to ascertain upon such
facts or information as they can ob4
tain, whether such person is entitled
to be registered under said act, and
the oath required by said act not be
conclusive on such question, and no
person shall be registered until such
board shall decide that he is entitled
thereto, and such board shall have
i
power to examine, under oath, to be
administered by any member of such
board, any one touching the qualification
of any person claiming registration
; but in every case of a. refusal
the board to register an applicant,
and in every case of striking his
name from the list, as hereinafter
provided, the board shall make a note
or memorandum, which shall be returned,
with the .registration list, to
the commanding general of the district,
setting forth the grounds of
such refusal or such striking from the
list; provided, that no person shall
be disqualified as member of any
board of registration by reason of
race or color.
Sec. 6. That the true intent .and
meaning of the oath prescribed insaid
supplementary act, is, among other
things, that no person who lias been
a member of the Legislature of any
State, or who has held any executive
or judicial office in any State, whether
he has taken an oath to support the
Constitution of the United States or
not, and whether he was holdingsuch
office at the commencement of the rebellion
or had held it before, or who
was afterwards encased in insurrection
o o
or rebelloin against the United States,
or giving aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof, is entitled to be regisistered or
vote; and the word "executive or judicial
office in any State," in said oath
mentioned, shall be construed to include
all civil offices created by law
for the administra tion of any general
law of a State, or forthcadmirstration
of justice.
Sec. 7. That the time for completing
the original registration provided \
for in said act may, in the discretion |
of the commander of any district, be '
extended to the first day of October,
1S67, and the boards of registration
shall have power, and it shall be their
duty, commencing fourteen days prior
to any election under said act, and
upon reasonable public notico of the
time and place thereof, to revise for
a period of five days the registration,.
fists, arid upon being satisfied that
uny person not entitled thereto lias '
been registered, to strike the name of
such person from the list; and such
board shall, also, during the same pe- ]
-iod, add to such registry the names
)f all persons who, at any time, possess
the qualifications required by ]
said act who have not been already
registered, and no person shall at any
:imc be entitled to be registered,or to
rote by reason of any executive parIon
or amnesty for any act or thing
ivhich without such pardon or amnes;y,
would disqualify him from registration
or voting.
SiiC. 8. That section four of said
last named act shall be construed to
luthorize the commanding geneial
named therein, whenever lie shall
loom it needful, to remove any member
of a board of registration and to
fill any vacancy in such board. 1
Sec. 9. That all members of such 1
Hoards of registration and all persons c
ticrcat ter elected or appointed to omcc
in said military districts, under any
so-called State or municipal authority,
or by detail or appointment of the
district commanders, shall be required
to take and to subscribe the oath of
office prescribed by law for officers of
the United States.
Sec. 10. That no district commander
or member of the board of registration,
or any of the officers or appointees
acting under them, shall be
bound in his action by any opinion
of any civil officer of the United States.Sec.
11. That all the provisions of
this act, and the acts to which this
is supplementary, shall be construed
literally to the end that all the intents
thereof may be fully and perfectly
carried out.
How to Preserve Ice.?Take two
bags of stout osnaburg; the inner one
should be ten inches wide by fourteen
inches deep. The outer bag should
bo made at least two inches wider
each way. After placing one bag inside
the other, stuff feathers between
htio twn nnrl saw tlifi two En,<rs
w, WW. - Q-- ? D J
cr at the top. Put ft block of ice into ^
a bag of this description, and it will (
be preserved from melting for nearly f
a "week, "when under exposure it will
melt in less than an hour. Invalids ^
and others will find the above article
indesponsable for the sick room.
?
Death of an old Printer.?Mr.
M. Traccy, for some time foreman of
tfio Charleston Mercury, died in this
city at half past 10 yesterday morning,
after a lingering illness of several
months, in the forty-seventh year of *
his age.?Charleston News 18th.
From flic Southern Cultivator.
YOUNG MEN OF THE SOUTH.
Editors Southern Cultivator:
?To those who stood by the Lost
Cause until "the bitter end," we would
address this article. Those who faltered
and fainted by the way-side?
who were "weary in well doing," from
what cause soever, arc to be pitied.?
Many of them wanted in faith; many
were jealous of the favor, so to say,
shown to others, became recreant to
their high trust; many lacked true
courage, indomitable will, perseverance,
and the nobler principles of our
noble-born Southern youth. Whether
so constituted by nature, or a wrong
bias given by education, it is no less
true they faltered and fell by the wayside,
and wc pity them and their progeny.
But there are hosts of ye left, that
stood up to our Lost Cause until
the very end, and whether with an
"armless sleeve," or but one leg to
hobble on through' life, yet ye arc
nobles, heroes, every one, and if you
will but carry out your principles
through all the changes and fiuctuaO
O _
tions of life, you will be certain of receiving
your reward?if not in this,
you will in another and a better
world.
Patient perseverance will give you
at least the knowledge of a conscientious
discharge of duty, worth all the
silver and gold, with the "mines of
Golconda" added.
We have accepted the issue placed
upon us by force; we have acknowledged
defeat. Let us, one and all,
old and young, stand by our acceptance,
and stadfastly in the line of
duty, as you all have shown a capacity
to do?not influenced by the cold
3huddcr, or doubts or fears of the
timid. Each and all of you had high
hopes, and on occasional misgiving,
jr may be not so far as that, but something
like a fear, we might fail; yet
pu relaxed not?you tired not. You
ivere first to the reveille, and the last
ri-ttie Tnournnrrairge Tffiit putTo rest
the last hope of liberty on this coutiicnt.
ht . n u 1.
w c arc no muicrcr?>>e speaa sjin-,
lie truth when we say, when History
lips her pen in ink, and writes for
inborn millions to read, the young
ucn who stood shoulder to shoulder
111 til our Joe Johnston yielded his
sword and struck his colors, will bo
classed with the heroes of Therm opdue,
and a new song will be sung,
classing their names with "the bravest
if the brave." There was even hope
o some, when the great Jtobt. E.
bee yielded to superior force?never
o superior Generalship or true braeery;
but when Joe Johnston fell,
lope were folly.
Your courage and steadfast adherence
to principle, proves beyond all
question, that you are capable of
luilding up our walls, battered down
>y a bloody and hired fanatical solliery.
And we beseech you, by all
fou hold sacred on earth or in Heaven,
;hat you now turn to the peaceful vocations
of life, and show to the world
hat you are as competent to handle
:hc plow, the hoe, the spade, the axe,
die sledge, the hammer, the plane, the
saw, the adze, &c., &c., as you did
i an die the sword, the carbine, the rifle,
;he musket, tho cartridge. Let others
say or do as they will, but let us go
o work, and make our own, our suniy
South, more than she ever was.?
We have the talent, the energy, enterprise,
the industry and zeal, for 4ny
vork?only let not ease and luxury
md display draw you from the work,
fhosc of us who Avcre born to gloves
md broadcloth, can, without detractng
any worth we may have had, lay
:hcm aside, and if for a blistered hand
tnd a sunburnt face, they will be only
the "shibboleth" that wi 11 pass us on
;o a higher station. Leave all unkind- 1
less and harsh expressions of individlals,
to those who lacked spirit to
ict. Be courtoous and civil, even to
Lose who were our enemies, and let
ndustry and perseverance, with good
nrvrnls. be vour iewels. You have
" * ' / O ' - nade
too exalted a record on the page :
>f time, to have it blotted out by intction
and querelous complaints. Be
nen, and leave politics meddling in
jeneral Government affairs to those
vho could not meet the foe on the
iloody field, and "great will be your
eward." M. W. P.
Mississippi.
The Chicago Journal knows of one
*irm in Southern Illinois which sold,
;hc present season, in six Counties,
IOC new reaping machines.
Fr;aj4:thc Ilouma (La.) Civic Guards.
^CHINESE LABORERS. '
Col. Dennett, of the Planters' Banner
has been on one of his tours of
observation, and gives his readers the
benefit of what he saw in his usual
clear and simple style. We copy his
observations on the Chinese laborers
he saw on Dr. Kittridge's plantation:
There are now twelve Chinese laborers
at work for Dr. Kittridgc on his
plantation, and Lieut. Kelley is daily
cjpecting thirty-eight more. These
laborers have served out their time as
coolies 011 the Island of Cuba, and
now at liberty to go where they please,
and hire with whom they please.?
They receive on this plantation fourteen
dollars per month the year round.
They don't mind the sun "while at
work, but when walking out on Sun
(lays each lias a red umnreiia ana a
fan. I happened to see them in their
Sunday gear. They are neat in their
persons, food, bedding and everything
else. They bathe often, and take
gooct care of clothes and bedding.?
They are of a light copper color, have
black straight hair, and look more
like Indians than any other people.
I noticed one "with his head shaved on
the sides and top, and a queue behind.
They wear a white blouse reaching
to their hips, a pair of breeches and
hat, shoes in dry weather, and in wet
weather they go barefoot and roll
their breeches above their knees, when
working in ditches or nmd. Their
beds are of matting, and their pillows
blocks of wood about as large as a
man's hand and three times as thick,
with a blouzc folded and laid on each.
Tlicy have mosquito bars, and fix
them and their bedding up neatly,
and keep them in good order.
The rations of these Cuba Chinamen
arc simply half a pound of pork
and a pound of rice daily. They abhor
corn bread, and will nearly starve
before they will touch it. They cook
careless weed, and other weeds for ,
greeilR, and nr^ fond nf npHtnoa ami _
They hang up an
opossum till it is jucy and mellow,
and then cook it and stuff it with
raisins.
They .ire neat cooks, neat gardinors,
and ingenious. Whatever they
do is not rapidly, but well. They
speak the Spanish language, and a
Creole of the Lafourche, who speaks
Spanish, manages them and acts as
interpreter. They appear to he
peaceable anil satisfied, do anything
they arc required to do without a
murincr, and as freely to work in a
ditch knee deep in mud as in the field.
They arc always quiet, and work
steadily all day long, but not rapidOn
Monday morning, the 1st int.,
Lieut. Kelly had a couple of horses
T 11 1 V? 1 i. C. 1
SIUKllCIl oy auom O U ClUCK, aiiu nt;
rodo over the fields together. We
circled round to where the Chinese
laborers were working on ditches, cutting
weeds from the banks, sides and
bottoms. They cut every weed with
great care, not allowing one to escape,
but thoy do not cut quite as fast as
the negroes who were more careless
in their work. We rode on to a part
of the field where they had worked i
on cane a few days before. Though
it was necessary to work rapidly on j
account of the crop being much in
the grass, the Chinese, could not be j
induced to slight their work. They .
would work among the. cane with ;
their fingers, and pull all of the grass <
out, and round the ridge up with '
thoic hoes. i
From what I saw I am favorably 1
impressed with Chinese laborers, but I
I would sooner have these direct from s
China than those from Cuba, who (
have passed through the hands of la- c
bor agents. Labor agents arc usually 1
sharp and unscrupulous, and would be i
likely to pick up the most worthless 1
coolies on too island, loaicrs, uuers, \
and those unskilled in agriculture.? i
The agent, who furnished Dr. Kit- t
tredge's laborers, stated that the t
planters will not let the best of the (
coolies leave the Island of Cuba.? i
They will pay them fifteen to twenty- <
five dollars in gold per month rather t
than let them go. v ]
As to the stealing propensities of i
these laborers, or their malice, I don't j
think these will give their employers i
any more trouble than they would ?
find in white or black laborers. They t
appear to be social, and much more ]
passionless than either whites or blacks. 1
I think they arc the laborers for Louis- j
isiana. The negroes arc entirely all
raising their children in perfect idle- c
ness, and the next generation of this t
race now growing up will not culti- <
vatc these cane, corn, and cotton fields,
and Trill not keep up these levees.
We may as well commence providing
for this inevitable event in season.1?
Many of the negroes who have been
raised to habits of industry will be
industrious as long as they live, but
their children will be of little account
to themselves or any others, except
the white politicians who want their
votes to help them to fat offices.
?
Scientific.?The Richmond Medical
Journal for June, 1867, has
reached us, and in it we find two articles
from Soutn Carolina contributors.
In former times, Charleston
used to have a first class medical journal
but now its late editor is a brilliant
contributor to a New Orleans journal.
Another South Carolinian is the editor
of the Richmond journal, and the
two most interesting original com
municauons in me present imuiuer
are those by Dr. Baruch, of Camden,
and Dr. S. Logan, late of this city,
but now Professor elect of Surgery
in the New Orleans School of Medicine;
all of which shows that if means
or energy are lacking, and prevent
our having a medical journal of our
own, it is gratifying to find such sub
stantial assurance that it is in the
minor and accessory qualities only
our Profession can even be suspected
deficient, but that in the essentials of
learning, they are abreast with their
brethren elsewhere.
Dr. S. Baruch, of Camden, S. C., |
contributes a very interesting article j
on Hypodermic Medication. We|
have read it over carefully, and if a I.
layman may be permitted an opinion j
on a purely professional subject, we .
should say that Dr. B. has reason to
be well satisfied with his production. .
It is well conceived, well arranged,
and admirably executed; and if the
little we can say in his commendation
can induce him to try his pen again,
we know we shall do the profession a
service. Dr. B. contributed some
^rtrrcsnng ooservations oir"Bayonet
Wounds" to the (Confederate
Medical and Surgical Journal,
published in Richmond during the
last two years of the war. Dr. B.
studied medicine in the Medical College
of South Carolina, and entered
the Confederate army as Assistant
Surgeon in the 3d S. C. Battalion.?
This command he accompanied
through Virginia and the two Maryland
campaigns, during which time
ho had frequent and abundant opportunity
both of acquiring large experience
and giving proof of proficiency.
His early promotion, notwithstanding
his youth, gives proof that his worth
found acknowledgement even in the
Surgeon-General's office. In 1864
he was made Surgeon of the 13th
Mississippi Regiment, and early in
1865 he was sent to establish hospitals
in North Carolina, where tho
close of the war found him. Although
a mere country practitioner, we are
pleased to see that lie keeps up his
studios n.nfl still occasionally yields
OUU.vvj . ' ^ n
to his writing propensity.
Charleston JJaily News.
Sexsibt.e Advice.?Geo. W. Ken- 1
Jail writes from Texas to the New '
Orleans Picayune, and gives us the
following sensible views;
The lessons which adversity teaches
:ire hard, yet they must be learned. t
A.nd these lessons arc always useful.
[ know that it comes hard for a (
young man to walk behind a plow (
who once rode behind a fast trotter; 1
ior is it agreeable to a young lady to I
nake and put on her dresses all by 1
lersclf, who formerly had a couple of '
servants to take these irksome jobs 1
>ff her hands. Yet I can see no 1
sther remedy, at least for those who 1
lave simply been ruined J)y the war, *
md the list is a long one. That a
argc majority have accepted tho situation
cheerfully, I am glad to say
s true?1 mean the situation to earn
;heir own living; all must do it. And
here arc many who think, and I am
>ne of them, that in the long run it
vill be all the better for the rising
generation of the South?a gencra:ion
which is to follow ono notoriousy
brought up in ignorance of work
md indolence as to any useful occu)ation.
The raoo of men growing up
vill be more muscular?the woman
itrongcr and heartier?and their chillrcil
again improve upon the stock.
[ have never heard that exercise was
lurtful, and I have consulted good s
>hysicians on the subject. a
How often do we hear our people p
:omplain that they have been out <
ill day hunting for a. servant, with- ?
>ut success. Had they turned to in j
he morning they could have done all j
I
their work themselves in a couple rof
hours, and saved money and'shoe
leather by the operation. Too toany
people in the South have been'brotrgbt
up to be waited upon; they must now
tie their own shoes, arid I :.repeat that
the sooner Ahey begin, -the better'it
will he. I know that"many thinks
they can escape this state of things by
goin<*to Brazil, or some'other out-6fthe-way
country; but toil is the coinmon
lot of the poor man the world
over, so far as I have seen, and in ho
part of the world is toil as remunerative
as in the Southern States of
America. Let us work.
Pay the Public Debt.?The proposition
to pay the national debt immediately?all
in greenbacks?seems
to be meeting with general and uriiVfirsnl
fn.vrvr. TVin frvllrvnMr./-.
- *va*v niugi iiym
the Washington (Ohio) Register, is.'a s.
fair specimen of the voice of the country
press. It says:
We are in favor of paying off the
public debt in greenbacks. If they
arc good enough for Jhe farmers,
mechanics and business men of the
nation, why are they not good enough
for the rich men of the country? If
the public debt was paid off in greenbacks,
the entire wealth of the country '
would be brought upon the tax duplicate,
and every man would be required
to pay taxes according to his wealth.
There would be no rich men exempt
from taxation, while drawing interest
in gold on Governmentbonds, while tho
masses of the people were doing bui8i-.
ness with a rag currency. The nation
would save millions, .every yealr
in interest to bond-holders. The taxes
of the people would be lessened,
and all the greenbacks destroyed by
accident or other cause would inure to
the benefit of the Government. Pay
the public debt immediately?pay it
in greenbacks, and let all the citiienb
havethe same kind of money and all
m,V +OVIVT -llilr-Q.
Uniform Currency.?The monetary
conference in sesston in Paris,
with the object of bringing about a
unificative currency among- the nations
of the world, has adopted the
U. VUOHOJ/HiW -O fcUC U111V UX gum
coins.
It is understood that the United
States Government, under this ajv
rangemont, vrill reduce the value.of
the gold dollar to that of the five franp
piece, and that the French Govern?
mcnt will coin pieces of twentyVfivo
francs, which will then be of the same
value as the United States five dollar
gold piece, while England, by a slight
reduction in- the value of the sovereign,
will bring it down to the same
standard.
The English members of the conference
were very loth to. agree to
this arrangement, which will virtually
make the American dollar the unit
for gold, and tried to effect a compromise
upon the ten franc piece.?
mis, However, lanett; ana now that
the three principal commercial nations
of the world are agreed upon a,
standard, it is probable that it willnot
be long before most of the others
will unite with them.
Char I eston Co urier^.
The Crops in Georgetown.?
rhe Georgetown Times says: Wocontinue
to hear discouragcing accounts
about the crops. Too much
ain is the universal cry, an exuberant
growth of grass, and certain destruc;ion
to rice of late planting, with, in.
iome cases, probable loss of the plant *
n the more advanced stages. From:
vhat we can learn, the greatest damige
has been felt in the Pee Dee coun
ry, and in some portions of the Wac
camaw. The Black River, Sampit-.
md Santee planters are not so much;5'
njured as was at first supposed, as*
ve infer from conversations, with':
gentlemen from those sections, although
none speak vory encouraging
y of the prospects. The rivers still
:ontinuc too full for the drainage of '
ands and are kept so by the prevaencc
of Easterly winds, which keep*
ip the tides, and prevent the rivers<
'rom attaining their former level.?.
tfcry little is expected from the oora*
is the most flattering prospects in th$.'
ow lands have been almost entirely
lestroyed."
An old clergyman who had been,
m army chaplain, and wa3 teaching
i, female seminary in the course of. .
(onversation said: "I have been un?
lor oivil government, ecclesiastical)
government, military government and!
>etticoat government?and I lik<*.jetticoat
government the best."