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# generaiTne ws.~ REGULATIONS FOR REGISTRATION. Headquarsers Second Militant ^ District, Charleston, S. C., V August 1. 1SG7. J General Orders J\To. Go. I. Registration shall commence immediately upon the promulgation of this order. II. Post Commanders will be Superintendents of registration within their respective commands, exercising, in addition to the functions hereinafter specially conferred, a general supervisory authority, looking to the faithful execution of the several Reconstruction Acts, the maintenance of order and protection of political rights. Tlicy will suspend registrars for malfeasance in ofllcc, neglect of duty, or incompetency, promptly reporting their action, with the reasons therefor, to these headquarters. III. The Boards of Registration arc empowered and required to suppress all disorders interfering with the execution of their duties, to cause the arrest and confinement of all per sons falsely taking the oath prescribed, all persons committing any Breach of the peace or conducting themsclevs in a manner tending thereto, and all persons who shall threaten or otherwise attempt to intimidate,- or corruptly or improperly influence any citizen, offering to register; and for this purpose they may apply for aid to the Post Commander, and may require the a ttendance and service of sheriffs, their deputies, constables, policemen, and also of any citizen; and all State, district, county and town officers charged with the preservation of the public peace, as well as all citizens, are required to obey the orders of said Boards, given in pursuance to the authority aforesaid and to perform all such acts and duties as may be requisite therefor. All arrests made as herein provided will be promptly reported to the Post Commander, to whom also the prisoners will be turned over with charges if? i,,T n Pnef: Court, to be or 1U1 tliiirl UJ t?# A V^V ? , ganizcd as provided in Circular of May 15, 18b7, from these headquarters and any civil officer 01* citizen failing to respond to the call of the Board for assistance will be dealt with in like manner. _ TV. Whenever anyr citizen shall suffur injury in person, family or property, while exercising or seeking to exercise the right of registration, in ltifr 101" tnu miL'ncivhx.tiiKfgrg-yiVjd be awardad to the injured party against the perpetrator, upon his conviction; and in case of default in payment of the same, or of the escape of the offender, if it shall appear that the wrong was countenanced, or the offender harboured or concealed by the neighborhood, or that the civil authorities failed to employ proper measures to preserve the peace the damages shall be assessed against and paid by the town, county or district. V. Offences, perpetrated by white persons disguised as blacks, being of frequent occurrene, the attention of all authorities, civil ?and military, is directed to the device, as one adopted to escape detection, and to cast unmerited obloquy upon the colored people. In all cases, when resort thereto shallbc shown, the fact will be taken into consideration as a<r"rava. rr co mng tneoncnce. VI. Depriving a citizen of any right, benefit or advantage of hire or on account of his having registered, or having sought to register, shall be deemed an offence punishab'e by the Post Court, and shall entitle the injured party to damages against the offender, any clause in any contract or agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. * VII. The Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the more efficient government of the rebel States," and the several acts supplementary thereto, will be carefully observed by all Hoards of Registration. VIII. Each Board shall, after having taken the oath prescribed by the act of Congress of July 2d, 18G2, entitled "An Act to prescribe an oath of office (see Appendix, form 1,) choose one of its members as chairman, who shall preside at all sessions of the Board preserve order at its meetings for registration, and represent the Board, and announce its action in all matters coming before it. IX. The places of session of the Boards shall he the voting places established by law or custom in each election precinct, unless for good cause otherwise directed by the Post . Commander. X. Each Board shall determine the order in which the registration shall take place in the several election pre cincts, that may be assigned to it by. the Post Commander, and the time which shall be allotted to each? . heaving in mind that the whole work is to be finished before the first day of October. XI. Each Board shall, forthwith upon notice of publication of this or dcr, and at least five days before commencing-\rqgistrationsgive notice thereof to the Post Commander, and' the sheriff, and the Mayor of the city or the intendant of the town, and shall cause written or printed notices to be posted in five of the most of public places in each election precinct anrioucing the time when and the the place where its sessions will be held, the number of days (in no ease less than two), and the hours of tho day the Board will remain in session at each place for the purpose ! of registration; and inviting all persons qualified to vote under the provisions of the act of Congress passed March 2d, 1867, entitled'"An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States," and the several acts supplementary thereto, appear before the Board of registration. XII. On the day and at the hour designated in the notices, for commencing registration, the Board shall at the place announced,- convene and enter upon its duties, and shall then and there also post notices of the time of final sessions provided for in Paragraph XIX. XIII. The room used for registration, which the chairman shall previously provide for the purpose, shall he so,arranged that the Board shall be separated by a bar from all other persons who may bo assembled, and those to be registered shall be admitted within the bar, one by one, and their ingress and egress so arranged as to avoid confusion. XIV. Two citizens shall be admitted within the bar as challengers, whose duty it shall be to challenge the right of any citizen offering to register, upon any of the grounds of disqualification enumerated in the act of Congress before cited; but the general right of challenge shall be conceded O ^ O to all citizens present. XV. If any challenge be made, the Board shall, before final decision, examine the person presenting himself for registration, in reference to the cause of disqualification alleged, and shall hear any evidence that may he offered, to substantiate or disprove the cause of challenge, and shall have power to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses and administer ycini^ in CHIJ tiiav; ui xu^iowtiiJUiu XVI. In registering, the names of white and colored citizens shall be entered alphabetically, in separate columns of the list. XVII. The following shall be the process of registering^ . rx-uvll tl Ji^ UUJi" self for registry shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by law (see Appendix form 2), which shall beadministered by a member of the Board, and such oaths shall be preserved with the lists. Second. His name shall then be entered in the proper column of the list, and called out by the chairman. Third. Any challenge made shall be noted in the proper column, oppo sin; uic iiuuiti, wun xnc cause thereof. Fourth. It is recommended to Boards to* defer ihc hearing and decision of contested cases until the session for revision provided for in Paragraph XIX. Fifth. Whether or not there be a^y challenge, the Board must ascertain upon such facts or information as can be obtained, that the applicant is entitled to be registered bcfor&marking his name as " accepted,"?the oath not being conclusive. Sixth. Section 7 of the Act of July 19th, 1867, declares that no citizen shall be entitled to be registered by reason of any executive pardon or amnesty for any act or thing which without such pardon or amnesty would disqualify him from registration. Seventh. Boards will take notice that it is enacted by Section 6 of the Act of July 19th, 1867, that the true intent and meaning of the oath prescribe in said Supplementary Act is (among other things), that no person who has been a member of the Legis-. lature of any State, or who has held n.nv fkYnrmtivn nu i/Ii ...y v?vvwwi ? v Ui I UUiV/J (ii Ullit'U III tll\y State, whether lie has taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States or not, and whether he was holding such office at the commcncement of the rebellion, or had held it before, and who has afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the enimics thereof, is entitled to be registered or to vote; and the words "executive or judicial office in any State" in said oath mentioned, shall be construed to include all civil offices created by law for the administration of justice. Eighth. If there be no challenge, or if the challenge be finally overruled, and the Board determine that the applicant is entitled to be regis tercd, the Board shall mark opposite the name?of the applicant, in the proper column, "Accepted," and he shall thereupon be deemed legally registered. Ninth. If the final decision of the Board be that the applicant is not entitled to be registered, the Board X shall mark in the proper column, opposite his name,"Rejected." > Tenth. In "every case of rejection, the Board shall make a note or memorandum, setting forth the ground of such rejection, and return it, with the registration list, mentioned in Paragraph XX. XVIII. The registration, conducted as provided in Paragraph XVII, shall be made in triplicate lists, two of which shall, after the conclusion of the first session, be exposed for public inspection at convenient places, for five days; and the third shall be retained in possession of the Board till after the completion of registration at the meeting provided for in. Paragraph XIX, when the three having been compared, and verified, shall be certified in the form prcscibcd and printed at the end of the blank registration lists. XIX. Sessions for revising the licfc clioll liplrl in each election precinct, after said five days exposure of the lists, upon notice as provided in Paragraph XII, and the Boards of Registration shall have pdw.er, and it shall be their duty, to revise the same for a period of two days; and upon being satisfied that any person not entitled thereto has been registered, to strike the name of such person from the list. And the Boards shall also, during the same period, add to such registry the names of all persons who at that time, possess thj qualifications required by said Act, who have not been already registered and who shall then apply to be registered. XX. One of the said lists shall, then be immediately delivered to the Post Commander, who will forward the same to headquarters. XXL Each Board shall, at or before the conclusion of Registration forward through the Post Commander, to these headquarters, a recommendation of three suitable persons for Inspectors of Elections in each election precinct, stating the name, occupation and postofficc address of each person recommended. XXII. It is enjoined upon all Boards of Registration to explain, carefully, to ail citizens who have not hitherto enjoyed the right ot suffrage, the nature of the privileges which have been extended to them, and the importance of exercising with intelligence,'the new and honourable franchise with which they have been invested by the Congress of the United States. XXTIL Boards will take, notice ?um * to uuuuiimi en?rrrc Act of July ly, 1867, they arc not to be bound in their action by any opinion of any civil officer of the United States. XXIY. Boards are instructed that all the provisions of the several Acts of Congress cited, arc to be liberally construed, to the end that all the intents thereof be fully and perfectly carried out. XXY. The attention of all concerned is directed to the require ments of Section 4'of the said Act of July 19, 1867, by which it is made the duty of the Commanding General to remove from office all persons who are disloyal to the Government of the United States or who use their official influence m any manner to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct the due and perfect administration of the Reconstruction acts. The names of all such offenders will be reported through the Post Commanders; and all persons in this Military District are called upon to aid and facilitate the execution in good faith of the said Acts and the orders issued in pursuance thereof. XXVI. The Major General Commanding, in the exercise of an ultimate revisory authority, will, in due season, before the holding of any elec tion, entertain and determine questions assigning errors in the registry, and "will, upon inspection of the complied lists, cause corrections of the same, that the true design and purpose of the laws be faithfully answered, and that all the rights thereby guaranteed be fully and fairly enjoyed. By command of Major General *D. E. Sickles. J. W. CLOUS, Capt. 38th U. S. I., A. D. C and A. A. A.G. APPENDIX. (form 1.) I, of County of and State of , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily j borne arms against the United States j since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought. nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever under any authority or pretended authority in * hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power, i or constitution within the United * . " ty$L * " " " *7 ' States; hostile or inimical thereto. And I do further swear, (or affirm) . that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support and defend : the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and al- 1 legiancc to the same; that I take this 1 obligation freely, without any men- 1 tal reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." Carolina, ) Subscribed ana sworn to before me, a , this day of??.one thousand eight hundred as sixty seven. Note.?Registrars will be required to take the oath prescribed by the a a* af pnnmwsi nnnrnved 2d Julv. 1862. Blank forms of this oath will he furnished to Post Commanders, and when duly subscribed and sworn, will be returned to the Post Commander, who will forward them to District Headquarters. ** And if any person shall falsely take and subscribe such oath or affirmation, such person so offending and being duly convicted thereof, shall be subject to the pains, penalties and disabilities which, by law, are provided for the punishment of the cyimc of wilful and corrupt , perjury. [form 2.] I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm), in the presence of Almighty God, that I am a citizen of the State of?-; that I have resided in said State for months next preceding this day, and now reside in the county of , or the parish of , in-said State (as the case may be); that I am twenty-one years old; that I have not been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil wai* against the United States, nor for felony committed'against the laws of any State or of the United States; that I have never been a member of any State Legislature, nor held any executive or judicial office in any State, and afterwards engaged iri insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies. timvAA?. flint. T hn.vfi never taken an Ui^l V/Ui) ? ? ? ? oath as a member of Congress of the United States, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member 'of any State Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, and afterwards eno"b^r TT?? ?? against the United'States or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that I will faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, encourage others so to do. So help me God. . Sworn to and subscribed before \ me, this?day of?y 1307. - J . 1 1 Coolie Labor.?The States of Mississippi and Louisiana have moved in the matter of Coolie labor. Ah You, a Commissioner from the Chinese Government,- has introduced a goodly number into *these States, and has contracts from Alabama and Texas planters for 1 5,000 more, to arrive within a few months. We learn from the New York Times that planters "expect to profit greatly by the introduction of this class of labor, to supply the place of the Avomen and children of the freedmen who are now supported by their husbands and fathers, attending schools instead of working as field hands, as they did when slaves:" A Vienna paper gives a most melancholy account of the Empress Charlotta. Her insanity has become so confirmed and so violent that she cannot be left alone for a moment.? She is constantly endeavoring to destroy herself. At rare intervals she has sane moments, in which she de aT ,i j. A A- i: T ciares, j. uu nut mint uu live. x prefer death to such a life as this.? Where is,my husband ? Shall I never see him again? No, no; he is dead, and yet I still live." Not a quarter of an hour passes but what the unhappy Princess demands news of her husband. Her bodily health has suffered severely, ard it is very doubtful if she will survive her husband long. A Man Eats a Pound of Tobacco.?Last Thursday one of our ohl country friends came to town with an arm full of woollen rags to sell.? lie took them to the rag depot, but the agent refused to buy them because they were yarn. The gentleman said he wanted to sell them to buy some tobacco, saying, "I cat tobacco."? Finally he took them to one of our merchants who gave him a pound of; tobacco for the rags. - After he got j it he sat down on the door step of the j storehouse and did actually eat the i whole of it without chewing. We ! have authority for this statement. Fredericksburg (Fh.) News, July 30. 1 THE JOURXAfc | . Thursday, Aug 11 si 8, 1867. ; ( . ' Registration. We publish in another column^ the order 1 of Gen. Sicki.es on the subject or registra- 1 tion, and nlson communication from "Caution'' { on the same subject to which the reader's at- j tenf ion is called. ^ We arc not informed when the registration will bo commenced in this District, but presume due and timely notice will be given. The Weather and Crops. ( Jicarly every part, of our Distrct has been blest with good rains during the past ten days?the prospect of fair corn crops have improved and many sad countenances have been hrightoned. From what we hear, notwithstanding the injury sustained from drought by some, nud from overflows by others, an ample supply of corn for the wants of the District will be raised. The Bar Room Rebellion. The remark often made by students that history repeats itself, has been recently signally verified in the city of Columbia. The "whiskey rebellion" ;of Washington's administration, has found its parallel in the following circumstances^ Two emissaries of the dominant party of the North having visited Columbia, the one to speak to the Convention in the cause of Republicanism, and the other to record its proceedings in letters to some Newspaper, yclept respectively, Akmstroxu and Th&mvsox; having suitably regaled themselves to luxurious contentment with that bevernge once so dear to the tastes of the young bloods of our obsolete Southern aristocracy, iced champagne, during a sultry summer evening (a.sabbuth eve) sauntered into the bar room of Kickereox's Hotel. There unfortunately two cx re&j, radctirre and 2>aly, bad preceded Jhetn, and having perhaps had the fur rubbed the wrong way for some days by the speeches and proceedings of the Convention, sought a restoration to amiability through the medium of sundry potations of bar-room whiskey. From all accounts, they had nearly reached the point where they would have emerged from the quarrelsome, into the sleepy stage of inebriety, when they would have been harmless "as any sucking dove," but, unfortunately, had not reached that con dition, wiien .Messrs. Armstrong nnu uiu-ursox came upon the scene of action. Whether it was that the champagne could not affiliate with the whiskey, or lor whatever other reason, we know not, but we are credibly in formed, that one of the cx-rebs offered Armstroxg a glass of grog, not with the usual polite ceremonial, but by throwing it into his face. This, Armstrong resented. Why, we cannot say. We know men who would act as target all day for such practice. But, perhaps Armstrong did not like to take it straight?perhaps he did not like whiskey ?> f"tmn?h? fnnlj nffcncc at the manner in which the compound was pressed to his lips! Be that as it may, the fact is, he resented it. A general engagementtook place between the four. Landlord, assistants, clerks, waiters, cooks and scullions intervened to restore peace. Couriers were sent off for General Burton and Governor Orr. Upon the arrival of the august officials, hostilities ceased and order was re stored. The ex-rcbs. were put in custody of the so-called law and marched off to the Mag ( istrate. iiie engagement was snori, occupying, in all, about seven minutes. The casualties were few and unimportant. At the time, it was supposed that this was a common bar room fight, but snbseqaent events have invested it with nn importance little dreamed of by the actors and spectators. Thompson and Armstrong were'visited by a number of negroes at their room. Thompson sent for a guard of soldiers, which was furnished.? Thompson sent off dispatches and reports of the engagement. RAncr.tvFE and D.u.r, released on bail by Magistrate Zbat.y, in the sum of three hundred Pollars each, were rearrested on the application of Armstrong and Thompson. Zeai.y the Magistrate was removed from office for taking insufficient bail. A Military Commisiion has been held for the trial of the offenders for this assault upon the majesty of the Nution, in the persons of two political* emissaries and adventurers, they have been condemned to Castle Pinckney and the entire country placed in a state of excitement and ferment, by nn event, which in the North, would have led to a night- in the station house and a fine of five to twenty dollars. There has been nothing like it since the famous "Battlo of the Kegs." Tennessee Election. Returns from Tennessee indicate the reelection of Br.owNi.ow for Governor and the entire radical ticket for Congress by large majoritcs. Both branches of the Legislature are almost unanimously radical. We see it surmised that Bkownlow will probably be elected U. S. Senator, to succeed Patterson, the present incumbent. Another Meteoric Shower is expected during the present month, and astronomers set down the exhibition for the evenings of August 9th and 10th. It is not expected to be a very brilliant exhibition, however, as the observer, it is said, cannot expect to count more than three or four shooting stars a minute. The Colorado Tribune of the 9th says, notwithstanding the grasshop pers had damaged the crop in the vicinity of Denver considerably, in some 1 cases destroying entire fields, farmers ' are now generally confident that no more damage will be sustained. The 1 wheat crops look well, though suffer- 1 ing in some localities from drouth. \ t. ' ?neocamiiftm ?>?> '\{C FOB THE CAMBEH JOURSAC. \ J- . "Our Native Land." Imtreat'ng of the agricultural resources of Kershaw District, it will be iece3sa*y to divide the subject, viewingt from two stand points. One, in the general aspect relating to us as a comnunity. The other, in relation te us. is individuals. The one applicable to an increased population. The other te us as individuals of a sparse and impoverished population. The latter ia af more immediate and pressing importance to us, but as the former is theweightier subject, more comprehensive* and to some extent includes the latter, I will first present the general view. Kershaw District lies on both sides ^ * of the Watcreo Diver, which flows through its wliolo length from North to South, while its tributaries, Single ton, Beaver, Wliito Oak, Granney's Quarter, Sanders, Pine Tree, Swifts Sawneys, Speers, Twenty-five mile Creeks and Lynches Creeks, and the head wators of Black River, furnish abundant supplies of water for all con- . .. ceivable uses and add their fructifying influences to our soiL r Within the district, there are three hundred and sixty thousand acres of land, of which only sevonty-thousand are improved, one fifth part, supporting a population of fifteen thousand, one third white, two thirds colored, and produ cing six thousand bushels wheat, twenty-four thousand bushels of rye, oats &c., three hundred and sixty thousand busbelsof corn, filty-five thousand bushels of potatoes, twenty-five thousand bushels of peas, and nine thousand bales of cotton. These figures are the approximate round numbers deduced from census reports and official estimates made before the war. They suggest important information and deductions which are so patent, that I do not purpose to dwell upon them, only recording them as premises, justifying conclusions^ which will be attained in the course of this article. The climate of this district"1 is most propitious, being dry and healthful, while the cold of winter, and the heat of summer never reach such extremes as to interfei'e with the safe, healthful and profitable labor of the white man in the fields, as has been abundantly proven by the experience of six generations, and our combined advantages of soil and olimate enable us. success fttlly-n-nfl pynfifnbly in prndiien wheat, rye, oats, barley, rice, corn, potatoes, peas, cotton, indigo &e., with all the varieties of vegetables and fruits common to the temperate zone, with many which have their more congenial home amid the tropics. Political economy has, as the result both of experience and logical deduct tion, announced two propositions as essentials to high agricultural success in a national point of view. First, a variety of agricultural products. Second, a dense population. As to the first, it is announced that "Nations which thrive most by their agriculture are thoso that cultivate the greatest variety of products, for where one article fails, another may succeed and make up the deficiency ; a season may be uiffavora bie for wheat or potatoes ana gooa lor corn, or unsuitable for the three, and 4 yet good for fruits, vegetable and grass," and we may add, for cotton. The soil and climate of Kershaw Distinct, fnlly complies with the above requisitions, and fits a greater variety: of products than is common to the most favored agricultural regions of the world, and in addition, it has the great advantage arising from an exception which may be taken to the general proposition, for it has in common with the South, a somewhat monopoly of the great staple, cotton- It is true, cotton is largely grown in many portions of the world, but no where so cheaply and advantageously, as in the Southern States. The greatly enhanced price for the few years immediately past shows this, for it resulted first from the absence of our cotton from the markets of the world, and more recently from the diminution of our crops. The unwilling labor of the freodmen in the South, confirms this monopoly in the hands of industrious southern laborers, bo they white or colored. As to the second proposition, i. e. that ^ a dense population develops all agricultural resources, and as indeed it does all other material resouroes, argument l would easily demonstrate, but it is more " simple and brief to produce the result by experience, than to go through the irgumcnt. China, with a population of 300,000,000?ten times greater than that of the United States, supports m them on a cultivated area, only three ^ times greater, thus producing more han three times as much per acre. 1