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Ir- I 11 ' ' mr" ' -" 1 ' ' !"' '-' ' ' ' 1 ' '. " ' ' il ' 1 f .- - ' . . - . ' - . : 'A ' - 1 ' -, 1 ? - -' 1 - ' 1 I ' r--) " J - WILMINGTON, N; C., TUESPM MORNING AUG-UST 13; 1867. v. ' NO. 8 TUE -WILMINGTON; MHY POST. E. AW PAUL &.CO. Proprietors.! i l" f h iix rnontbs . i - - f .? y - w j " one month;..;'.... V" RATES OF At)VERTISING : . , ATertrsements will be inserted at $100 per square for flret insertion and 50 cents lor each BubVeqnent Insertion. I - j: : I'; " Ten lines or less, solid minioujtjye, constitute a gqttare. THE WEBKIY WILMINGTON POST, 13 PUBLISHED EV.EKY MONDAY. i - t . - StTBSCBIlTION : , Oue year....!.... Advertisements f 1 per square. ...f3 00 TELEGRAPHIC. BEPOBTE&KOR THE. DAILY POST. r " ' !.'. i .-. . . j . . ".. .... ; THE "HARRIS BETTER ! A FORGERY ' iTlie V P The Yellow Fever. (atATVT SECRETARY OF W iA R. THE CORN CROP. From New. York' 11 New Yoim, Aug. 12. r Ex Senator. Ira Harris denounces the let- ter in Saturday's Ilercdd as a forgery. The steamer Rising Star is still detained - I ' r ' ...... if ? : i i ; ' 1 . Waaranime;;:;, , From "Washington. . V j ' . : ' Washingtok, Aug. 12. i The reports regarding the President's re signation are utterly groundless: y ; Gen. Rosseau has arrived and will have an interview with" the Russian minister to-j- day. . j . r , ' - ' f ' v ' Ameetin'g of the Bar was held to-day rel- " at! veto the'Fisher-Bradlv dirHcultv;, It was Urcelv attended. l"Ar committee was ap poinled to investigate and report.4; ( V jprowned. Chicago, Aug. 12." Colonel R. A. Gilmore, Postmaster, . was drowned in the lake to-day. . ' r i ,.' : , New YoJik, Aug,' 11. J ! Panama advices state that itiuiet, has been! restored throughout the Columbian States. ; I Magdalina ' still holds Mosqueras' secret archives.: -They contain documents. proving! i Mosqueras' anti-American scheming.. ; i Cholera has broken out in Nicarauga. i The transit route is unaffected as yet. i The Peruvian Congress has ordered a goldjl medal for Juarez,.for his services in . behalfj of Republicanism in America. i I President Parades has been appointed a -Minister to Mexico. The Chilians are indignant" at the declara bon of defensive operations ngainstt Spain They want offensive war 1 I . s -.' From Kichmond, -."! ; . : r Richmond,' Vam Aug. 12. QenrSchofietd. issued 'an order day of J . which the following is an extract : i ; ' "Military , Commissioners are reminded that they -jar to be r governed in the dis charge of theif duties by the laws -of Virgin - w as tar as the sameare.not in conflict with f the; laws of the' United States,- or. orders isn r-Aucd from these. , Head Quarters, and they not totupercede the civil authorities ex cept in cases of necessity.: In such cases the actios or failure1 to act of the ' civil officers! should be fully reported in ordef; tGat the Commanding General may bold thern pro perly accountable for any neglect of duty."' Gen . Schofleld wrote a letter to tbe city , council this evening, asking what amount of1, vv wa3 extracted -daring the war. ' I ''ytbycaW of Wm.jam4, Collector of In ternal Revenue of this District, two id?rt. ments were qnasl?ed to-day- in the : Unifed' States Court and he is now" bein tried W receiying a bribe of $1,000 from a distiller. of a Jllon-r - j if, The corner stone ,i of h a Monastery lunde' th0s auspices; t)f; the. order t ilonists5 Svai laid yesterday iu the presence of 'Aye tbousV, and person's.- Three, tbousan"d-Cathoiix5a were in process! on.'; 1. I . Yellow Fever in Galveston. . i n 4 " GALVfiSTONt AllgUSt 12. 1 .Deatbs byTever for tbe week endiog !5a4 urday, numfJerpd one hundred and eight!. Eighty-one interments Vm Saturday; .an ini-i crease of ten over previous day. The f troops arc thus far exemptl '. ' i "A messeqgc'r from'Cdrpus-Giiristi . reports' tbat the fever h.d appeared tlicre "Wlsi tli it it had appeared al Houston! 1 i $ixhundred colored troops" are en route from Brazos to New Orleans to muster out. ' NKwYonk,jAug. ll.v. Stocks strong; Money 4 a: 5 per cents. Gold UOy a 140 S . Sterling-rtimc, i)f i sight 1 10i a?10K coupons 13 a ISf V Virginia sixes, new i?suet ou.a oxi , Flour, old $10; new dull andlieavy. Wheat dull.' Oorn beavy, il a H cents lower.: Pork ; as formly, ' $23 35 a $23 30. . Lard' quiet, at 13cr" Wlrjskey 'steady.' Cotton 28Jc. Turpentine 60 a $1. Rosin steady.' Common $4 ; Strained $4 Il2 a $4 25. ; i l The Markets. . I 'm . - London, Aug. 12-Noon: - Consols 94. Bonds 73fi Liverpool, Aug. 12. Noon. Cotfon firmer, more doing. Sales 13,000 bales, t Quotations: unchanged. f Weather favorable fbr cropsJ Bread-stuffs, provisions and produce unchanged;; London, AugJ 12. 2 o'clock, Consols p4. Bonds 7311 -j Liverpool, Aug; 12. 2 o'clock : Cotton has advanced to 10$. Breadstuffs unchanged. Pork has declined 75 and Gj r Medium Rpsin declined to 11 sliirllings. I j New Orleans Market. i i ' New Orleans', Aug. 12. j j uoiton cii uiet, low middling 26c. Sales of 450 bales. Receipts 315 bales. Louisiana sugar quie ; but firm with a light stock; good fair 13Jc. . 14c; Cuba do retailing at 13Jc; i ... I a J4c. foj; fully fair. Molasses dull, quoted at '40c.. a 5Jc. Flour dull uand unchanged; superfine nlominal at 8 0 a $8 75; choice $13 a $14. Corn declined 5c.; yellow mixed white 25c'. a 30c. u Oats declined whole range. PorkuietV hold- 15c. a 20c. -.I1 toe. a yuc. ers' asking S25 50 a $25 75 for hog roundi Lotst bacon shoulders 13c. al3c.; clear sides 16c. k 16ic; hams 21q. a 22c. Larcl tierces ISJc. kegs 14 Sterling 52 a 54. New York sight i percent: premium. Goll 140 New York, Aug. 1 2. j ; Cotton v iery firm but quiet ; sales 80Abalcs at 28f c Flour quiet State $7 70 a $11 30; Southern fill 25 a $15. Wheat drooping Southern ainber $2 a $2 35. Western corn $1 06 a 1 08; Provisions quite steady. Groceries quiet. Turpentine 61 a 62 cents. M.JS3lll. ft Ul Jv' t If4 AJV. jL- iCIgUlS lit U1C1 Corn .5 ; Wheat 6J per steam to" Liverpool. 'C2-coupons 13. Gold 140 a 140f. ' Bank statements, decrease loans $1,500,000; specie $1,149,000 ; ' Deposits $1,745,000 ; increase circulation $6,000 ; legal tenders $948,000. I if Baltimore, -Aug. 12. , Cotton steady i and unchanged. . Cdfiee quiet and firm, I stock mostly ! low graded. Flour wanted for -shipment, but holders are waiting for decline Wheat market favors buyers. Cc rn unsettled white $1 04 a $1 11 ; yellow $1 12 a $1 17. 1 Sugar firm! and unchanged, for jobbing Provision dull for round lots;; lots prices are unchanged. : I p j i t Washington, Aug. 12. The first communication from the' Execu :.-.( . ' I . . i !l ' i .! tive department to General Grant, as Secre tary "of Way, ad interim, i was issued at 2 o'clock to-djay j. and refers to Lousianna mat ters.1 ?The order" it is said on' good author, ity, is in harmony withHhe views .of' Cutler. Revenue Jeceipts to-'day f 1,062,000. ! ' There are no further changes in the Cabi net probable. " v -'j ! ' Cincinnati, Aug. J2. i Flour firmer and higher, supply, light. Corn dull and lowerat 84c for No. 1 mix ed, j Cotton! firmermiddling 26c. Pro- visions firmer, with market "buoyant niess pork sold at $23 75 but generally held fir Bacon advanced :&houlders 12Jc.; rib sides il4xc..;' clear generally at aih 15c; : clear sides 15$ ; held 16c; good demand. from Soutl, adjoining States. Lard 12c." interior andi iili,,! V1 - , Cotton s Chakleston, Aug. 12. eady, Sales of 33 bales. ! Mfd- dlings 26c. a 26 Jc , Receipts 210 bales.! t Augusta GLi Qig' stiff; prices Jirm. Sal 12J Cotton.m krket stiff; prices rm. Sales of 26 bales fiddling ,at 25c a 250.,... t - , j Weathef jslearjand pleasant; cbttori crop accounts ooiitinue-fayorable from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and JSouth Carolina. J. , The cater jillar has appeared 'in sonicfsec tions but no serious damage done, . I - The wheat and corn crop "isi-the largest in tl I mi . I 1 '. 1 . .i..frl lis. OO Viif many years.! ine aouuuauv - thousands ftbm stervation and there are no w of suffering 'from sections till th- na accounts Laving of .the Corner; Stone erto in want r v-if... Mobile, Aug. 12. Cotton sales of 50 biles, low middling 24Jc. Iarket closed quiet T Receipts for two davs 206 bales. - - . - f i ' v The case of MayoV, Horton, arrested on Saturday f for violation of tbe Civil Rights bill'wsi tried to-9ay -before Commissioned Turjjer. j Mayor Horton was bailed in the sum of $2,000 to appear before tbe United States Court. Registering .Commenced ' t Charleston, 8. C, Augf. 12. Gen. Sickles has approved the. sentence of the Court Martial in .case ot Dally and Rad cliffe who recently assaulted , two Northern nien in a bar, room at Columbia, j Sentence, six months imprisonment in Fort Macon. Registration began quietly to day. Apa-, hy prevails to a large extent in the commu nity. Number registered to-day 556, of whom 153 were whites and 403 colored. Arrived steatner O. B. Souder from, New York. ' ' -S C5AVANNAH, Aug. 12. . Cotton in fair demand. Sales of 230 bales. Middlings firm at 26c. 7 Receipts 2&4 bales, v. From Washington, i ; ' '' r Washington, Aug. 12. The President at 10 o'clock this morning 6ent a coramuniqation to Secretary Stanton suspending him from office as Secretary of War, and directing him to transfer his records, books,! etc , to" General 'Grant, and informing jj"s Secretary, Stanton that General Grant had been empowered to act as Secretary of ; War ad interim. -AC the same hour authority was sent tq General Grant authorizing him to act as Secretary of War ad interim, directing him at once to enter upon his duty. At nooo the President) received a note from Secretary Stanton deny- mg the President's right under the Consti- jj tutioh arid laws to suspend him withput his consent or. legal cause, but in as much as the General Commanding the armies of the United States had notified him that General Grant had accepted the appointment ot Sec retary of War ad interim, he had no alter native but to submit under protest to superior force. ! I General Grant has assumed charge of the War Department and appeared at the Cabi net meeting ta-day for the purpose of con sidering c5Ttain questions in connection with the ; territory recently acquired from Russia.. . ',:.'' ' v ' j The papers presented by Dunham alias' Conover as ground for pardon contain no word impuging " Ashley,' Butler, or ahy other persons. Those who professed to dis nmsn rmr Arpn niffi Riihspnnpntiv Ann - fin- pareutly in dlspaiv of procuring a pardon without them ; they are altogether distinct from the original pardon papers. There is the highest authority for saying that when disclosures came officially before the Presi- dent he decided to submit thm to the pub lic without further investigation 5r without any attempt to gather additional evidence which was said to exist. " j 1 . . It is officially stated that the value ot the New Orleans and Carotlton Railroad ' assign ed by the United States, in part payment of a recent New Orleans defalcation, is not affect ed by the mortgage held by the ' JFourth National Bank of New York. i ; ; NORTH CAROLINA NEWS. Rev.' S. Milton Frost, of. Goldsboro', has temporary charge of Chalsworth Methodist Church, Baltimore. Another! robbery was committed near Kih ston early in the week. The efforts ot, the military to'arrest the'robbersi were ineffectual, Gov. Swain has lately resigned the Presi- dency ot the University ot JNorth (Jaroiina. It is reported that Col. W,. J. Martin, Pro fessor of Chemistrv has. also, tendered his resignation. . North Carolina Bonds appear to be stead intending upwards, according to, the New York advices. They sold a few days ago as high as 57, with the prospect , ot still up ward advancement ' , ' '! . -Our 'Country. The Southern Recorder calls attention to a- communication in its columns from T. C. Peters, who was commis nioned to travel over the South, and make a renort of its agricultural products, and says: There is no use for Southerners to talk about a lief ter: coiintrv than our own. It is trUe that our! political situation is just at, this time unpleasant, but in a few years, perhaps in" two. there will be a chshsre for, the better. Wo KavA asi finir -ti nniintrv as the sun shinea on ; all thajt is needed, is energy ana a wise l axraivXT? ATAnnrfi and cultivate well, and rich returns wilt repay the laborer. ArwosT a Difficulty. From parties ar riving here from Nag's Head on Monday, ,.r !flm tiiot n ri? ffionltv assuming the na ture of a conflict tiet armis, occurred in re gard,to the wreck how ashore in that yiein ity.'. . r . ' , u appears mat iiie. ""i , Top th TTnrlfirwritp.rs. went to work tom nine hnnrl to av the cargo i air. J oun irfioKwoV.raster for the Dis- trict claimed the right of managing, the bnsiueis: and the usual salvage, and refusetl ir-' Ko' nnrk " imon otheTf . terms. MrMoft thought that four dollars per day, the;preced6rit establisW inthe wreck. ot th fthprfdn RnmPtTnieTast :Falf was suffi- ' rlwplnrfid that, it tb UCUd W ouun) auu vv-.. , w wriror TVAPii iiWwillinpr to be employed at a oQri tr Norfolk! and else- where for laborers. The question was unai- luait ui' n vui.u w , lv nnt to imtp. fts to who would, or would not work,' at the rates proposed, a majority acceeaing co me terms, w '"v; i - ses.'an animated i discussion arose between the nartlea. and continued to wax warmer and warmer, until it culminated almost to a ; CLIPPINGS ; . I- . Cumulative voting aearly and often." , To . preserve the hair remain a1 bach elor.'" - -.f . ; ... Gen. Lyon is to have a rare monument. A college 03 tjie spot where be fclli J.T ' ' Chignon is French - for- cabbage. , Cabbage-heads ! Oh,' ladies i; . iJz-C- r. John Mitchell was convicted at murder at a special term ot Lenoir coprt this week. The Prince of Wales ha3 signed the tem perance pledge. , ' 1 ' The Pennsylvania iron.worKers lost nearly three millions of dollars in wages ! by the strikes. l.: - ,!4JbC:.;--.v.-'.- Schools for colored " children "are toV be opened. in Nashville i,ri' September., r, . . , : The Methodiss will hol.d thirteen camp meetings in New England this season. Nine will be in August and four in September. ' I ! .... .M - ' ' :! - An editor, referring tot; air-tight i-coffins says : "No person having once tried ; one of these coffins will, ever use any 4th'er.Mj ; The Council of State will 'meet on the 16tb, to.recommend a successor to Judge Merrimon. ; The appointee will have to take the test oath. - ! ' Four horses were roasted to ' death at the recent -fire in Saratoga, h A ? correspondent darkly declares that he subsequently found a horse-shoe nail in his hash. '. It has been decided by a Vermont court that a school teacher has control over a boy at home, if 'his conduct is such as is calcu lated to injure the interests ot .the school. Between the- teachers and their daddies, the . boys of Vermont must have a hard time. I The Colorado! 2Vi'says that there are three things that a woman cannot do. She can not sharpen a lead pencil, can, not do up a bundle, and can not carry an umbrella. Nor can she sing base, climb a tree or throw a stone. " i The editors of the Montgomery Mail are " ipoiling. A fate' issue says -f oij what ever we have written, or may "write, reflect ing upon the 'conduct of individuals, the; editors of the Mail bold themselves entirely responsible, and will promptly answer - any demand lor satisfaction, coming irons any: one who wears a clean shirt,- and. has not been in the Penitentiary '. . I : . . ' . A friend in Macon, Georgia, writes that in one ward in that city, there are thirty-three Abe Lincolns, seventeen John Browias, twelve amin Butlers, and twentv-one Horace Greeley s, all registered ready to vote. John Brougham, in company with a friencl, once called at the house ot Bancroft, the historian, They tell me," said the lat ter to Brougham, in the course of conversa tion, ' that you love a glass ot wine." "Those who 3o informed you," replied Brougham, Hhave done me a great injustice they should h'ave said a buttle." : After the greatest amount of conflicting testimony, as to the rate ot Dr Livingstone, it is now stated in England that the latest intelligence from Africa, indicates " every probability of :I)r. Livingstone being still "'" A New Disease. A Wisconsin writer has made a most singular pathological discove ry. He has found out a new and startling disease. Hear him : "A new disease,' savs he," has. attacked pork jn IRock county. Three hogs of Mr. McCue, in Janesyille, were .SUUUtk UY UUUllHUU Ull OilLUlLlclV UiLillt. This is about equal to the backwoodsman, who, ou ueing luiu uiut a uenaiu iauy uau a piano-forte, asked whether it was anything like the fever and ague, ; Death of an Authoress. Miss Cather ine M. Sedgwick, the well known authoress, died on Tuesday, near Roxlmry,; Massachu setts, in the 78th year of her age. Her w ri- tmgs have endeared i her to two generations of Americans,, and gained her, much tame in Europe as well as here. ; 1 ' One of the, significant features of the re cent overwhelming Radical triumph iu Ten nessee is the-fact that 'f in the .mountain, counties, where ; there is scarcely, a colored voter or disfranchised ..' citizen, the Radical majority is about the same jasj the Union ma jority in 1861." Fidelity to; the Union at the outset of the struggle has thus been fol lowed by persistent attachment to the lie- publican cause. Honor ablf. Industry. -f- The . New Bed - ord Mercury has the following : If true, it would seem that the colored Sullivan "trav els on. his muscle'' an a different manner. from that rcnowed Sullivan, known in fistic annaltf as "Yankee :" k ' I 1 I v A friend informs us that a dav or two since, in pissing through one ot our streets, he observed two persons hard at work get ting in a loacPof coal. He recognized one of them, and remarked, to liiih: "Well, hard at work. ' Sullivan." "Yes" replied the sung man, "anything to turn an honest, Dennv." this was Jtimanuel au Uvan. tne colored youth who has just entered Harvard College and who is not afraid or ashamed to work for his living. ! Bv telegraph, we learn that there is n6 evi dence before the President implicating Asu- Ley and others in an attempt to suborn wit nesses for ampeachinents alleged by the National? Intelligencer. . Cojjover 'alias D un- HAii, who attempted to manu facture such a story, will., now probably get, his deserts. The President deserves credit for his course in this matter. .") !! " 'i KIRE 15 BANGOR. MB. TiaaV: AUgUSl ytUi At Bangor, Me.i Grover & Co.'s steam works,1 em bracing Vr(fer & uur grist-mill; Grover b Co.a dry liOuse and plaining machines ; W. N. Gillis' and-fieorge W. Merrill's t furniture manu lacturing and turning-shop; Halliburton &. Rice's sash and blind factory ; D. Washnurn'a wood turning shop; A: Every'a ! machine-shop,' and Thomas Mason's blacksmith-shop were entirely destroyed by fire. IL D. Hill's ITheatre and the National House stable, owned byMrHUl: and occnDiedv A. R. Greenough. wre!al6b"uestrov- ed. VThe loss is about $35,iX)Jr-ttnd. not ,a7 dollar Insured, everai nremen were. i3 urea'; oy over work. VM -7:". VV I "VkV $ yV&.?V : ':':: Officers Elected. At .jib meeting of the Washington Hebrew congregation, held on Sun day, August 4th, the folio wing' officers were elect tA to i..rvi for the' next : vear : H.s Li 'blount. I'resldent ; H. Adler, V-Preaident;i S.& Heller, Treasurer; J. Jacobs jn, Recsirding Secretary ; J. Peach. Corresponding Secretary ; Adolph Adier, Financial Secretary ; W. Wolf and Moses Cohen, Board of Managers: M. Oppenheimer, bexton J. 8. Jacobson. Reader and Teacher ; B. Raff, P. Wallach,and L. RosseubergV trustees ior nve Registration We are placed under obligations to . Colonel Frahk, Com andant of this Post, for a copy of General Orders No. 65. from Hred quarters Sec ond Military DMHct. " The order directs .that registration commence at once, and; prescribes rules and regulations for the government iof the Registration Boards.) We publish it in fall; alio the form of oath prescribed for Registers, and tbat for persons registering, which are ap pended: ; t ' ' Head Q'rs Second Military District, I : . V Charleston, S. C, August 1, 1867J f Geseral Orders, , . , I . 1 ; .pV:.Nd.;65i.::-l ;j -fj'-:?Wvv--W i RBRULATIONS FOR REGISTRATION, j ' : h Registration shall commence immediately upon the promulgation of this order. IL Post Commanders will be Su perintendents of registration within tbeir respective commands, exercising, in addition to the In notions hereinaf ter specially 'conferred, a general supervisory authority, looking to the faithful execution of h the several Reconstruction Acts, the mainten ance of order, t and the protection i bf poltieal rights. They will suspend registrars for malfeas ance in office, neglect of doty, or incompetency,; promptly reporting their action, with the reasons therefor, to these Headquarters. . v ; III.4The Boards of Registration are empower , ed and required to suppress all disorders Inter feilni with the execution of their duties, to Cause the arrest and confinement of all persons falsely taking the oath prescribed, all persons cotnmit ting any breach of the I peace or conducting themselves in a manner tending thereto, and all persons who shall threaten or otherwise attempt to intimidate, or corruptly or improperly!! influ ence any citizen offering to reg ster; and for this J purjiusc uivy may appiy jor aiatoine rosiuom mander, and may require the attendance apd ser vices of sheriffs their deputies, constables,- po liceman, and also of any citizen,; and; aUlSJtate, 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 pursnanae of the' authority aforesaid and to perform all such acts and duties as may be requisite therefor. j All arrests made a3 herein provided vf ill be promptly reported to the Post Commander to whom also the prisoners will be . turned over with charges for trial by a Post Court, to be or ganized as provided in Circular of May 15, 1867, from these Headquarters, and any civil officer or citizen Jailing to respond to the call of the Board for assistance will be dealt with in like manner. ' . ,. - . r IV. Whenever any citizen shall suffer Injury in person,x family or property, while exercising or seeking to exercise the right (ot registration', in addition to any penalty prescribed by law for the, offence, damages shall be awarded to the in jured party against 'the perpetrator, upon bis 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 harbored or concealed by the neighborhood, or that the civil authorities failed to employ proper measures to preserve the peace, the damages shall be assessechagainst and paid by the town, county or d'strict. ' V. Offences perpetrated by w.bite persocs dis guised as blacks, being of frequent occurrence. the attention pf all authorities, civil and militarv, : is airectea to tne aevice, as one adopted o . es cape detection, and to cast unmerited obloquy upon the colored people. In all cases, when re sort thereto shall be, shown, the fact will be taken into consideration as . aggravating ' the offencej . . . - ' , ; , . '.''' Y- Depriving a citizen of 9any' right, benefit or advantage of hire or employmenti to discour age him from registering,,)r on account of his having registered or having 60 ight to register, shall b deemed an offeiaee punishable by the- Post Court, and shall entitle the in jured party to .1 xi rr ' , r uamuges agaiust iueuu .-nuer, any ciauss in any contract or agreement to the contrary notwith standing. ,s i 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 Boards of Registration. - ! I ' VIL Eacb Board shall, after. having taken the oath prescribed by the Act of Congress of July 2d, 16 , entitled " An Act to prescribe an oath of office," (see Appendix, form 1.) choose buc of its membere 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 oming before it. ' . ? ! L IX. The places of session of the Boards shall oc the voting places estaoasned by Jaw or cus torn in each election precinct, unless for good cause otherwise directed by the Post Cohiman der.- - j.-; ' isr - X. Each Board shall determine j the order in which the registration shall take place in the' severe election precincts, that may be assigned to it by the Post .Commander, and the time which shall be allotted to euch, bearing in mind that the whole work U to be tiuished before the first day ot October -' XI. Each Board shall, forthwith upon notice of publication ot this order, and at least five days oeiore commencing registration, g ve 'notiee, thereof for the Post Commander, and the sheriff. and the. mayor of thej eity or theintendautj of the town, and shall cause written or printed notices to be posted In five ot the most public placas in each election pi ecinot, announcing , the time when and the place where its "sessions will be held, the number of days (in no case less than two), and the hours of the day the Board wifl re main in session at each place for the uiniose of registration ; and inviting all persons quali9ed to vote under the provisions of tbe Act ot Congress passed March 2d, 1867, entitled "An Act to pro vide for the more eAcfent government of the Tebel States,?' and the several Acts supplemen tary thereto to appear before the Board of Reg isti at km i ; ' J! ' . . f- r XII On the day and at the hour designated in tne notice, Board shall, for commenting registration, the at the place announced, convene and enter upon its duties, and shall then and there also post notices of the time of final ses sions urovided for in paragh XIX. - I .,2k 1 11,; fine room used lor . registration, .wtuch the chairman shall have previously provided for the purpose, shall be so arranged that the Board Shall be saparated by a bar irom all other persons who may be assembled and those to be register ed shall be admitted within th bar one Lby one, and their ingress ana egress so arraigned! as to . - . . . . L avoid confusion. 1 ; 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 disqualifi- AdtlAn uhnmnratfiH fri t li a Artft Af fAnrrrnea hofrvra cited : but the general right of challenge shalFbe? conceaea vo au citizens present. i - XV. If any challenge be made, the Board shall, before final decision, examine the person i pre senting himself for registration, in refarence to the cause of disqualification alleged, and shall: hear any evidence that may be offered, to sub; stahtiate or disprove the cause of challenge,, and shall have power to summon and compel the at- tenuance oi witnesses ana aumimster oams in any case of registiation. ' I cXVl. in registenkg, the names of white and iolored citizens' shall be entered : alphabetically , n separate columns oi the list. XVIL The following shall be ! the process of registering: . . ; v J ' First. Every citizen presenting himself for reg istry shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed Djyaw, (tee APpena zjarmx, .which shall, be ad ministered by a member of the Board, and such oath shall ?e preserved with1 the lists ' i . I becond. ilia name 6 hall then ie entwrcd in the proper column of the list, and called ouyby'the. chairman. ' :'t -; i . r- " i- ' V Third. Aar challenge made shall be noted in the proper column, opposite the name, with the cause ttereof., h 1 ? ! ' JFUirth. It is recommended to.Boards t defer the hearing and decision of contested cases until the session for revision provided for in paragraph XIX. " j Fifth. Whether or not there be any challenge, the Board must ascertain upon such Ltctsj or formation as can be obUined, that the applicant is entitled to be registered before marking his nami as accepted" the oath not being con clusive. . m-V. .AArr'- :A' Sixth. Section 7 of the 4ct of July 19th, 1837 declares tbat no citizen sllail be entitled to vote by reason of any executive pardon or amnesty for any actor thing which witbont! such pardon or amnesty wQuia aisqnaiuy mm irom registration. a SeveftlfL BoarrU xni .wl f s.. . i:.L " acteu by Section 6 bMhMetTjuVwtb that the true Intent ad Sti cribedjn said, supplementary Act K(imoSg other things.! that no nonnn k s rnemberof the Legislature ot any Stated or who! nasi held any executivo or; judicial omce In an?! onw,.wiwDer. ne nas taKen an oath to support' the; Constitution of the I n? ted States or btaud .whether he was holding uch office at the com-r mcocement oi sue n oeiuon, or uan held It be-l fore; and who has afterwards ' engaged in inam ! rection or rebellion against the iUntted States a or givpn aid or comfort to the enemies thereof f is entitled, to be registered or to Vote; and the word ? executive or judicial office in any H tate'fll In said oath mentioned, shaft be construed to injJ elude "U civil offices crieated by law for the ad--mlnistration of any general law of a State, or for the admmi'tration of justice. .. j ! j 1 J&gMh.,! If there bo no challengejbr if the chal4 lenge be finally overruled, and the Board deter mine that the applicant is entitled to . be regis tered, the Board shall mark opposl e the name of the applicant, in the proper colum n Acctpted;n and he shall thereupon be deemed legally regis tered. ; 1 1 - - -:...".. 7:V : ; . : . j- 3 ; Mnth. i If the final decision of the Boarcf be that J the applicant Is not entitled to be registered, the jjoara snail mark in the proper column, opposite his name, ' .t Rejected?-. (avja ;fr--..- i IfentySL In everv casabf a relection. the Boarfl" shall make anote or memorandum, setting forth the ground of such rejection, and return it; .with- 1 ine, registration list, mentioned f in paragraph i XVIII. T he registration, condacted as nrov!.. ded Id paragraph X VII, tshall be made in trlDlil ' cate lists, two of blch shall, after , the conclu- ', sion of the first session, be exposed fo public; inspection at convenient places, lor nvc days i and f he third shall be retained in possession "ot 1 the Board till . alter the completion of reglstra- woniai: ine meeting providoa for In paragraph n XIX, when the three having 4een !compr4 and . verified, shall be certified in the form prescribed and Printed at the end of the blank registration -n lists. ; ; .y? -'va-.:--,V: jf.-rS- XIX. Sessiona for revising the lists' shall be 1 held in each election precinct, after said five days exposure of the lists, upon notice as provided in . paragiaph XII, and the Boards of Registration shall have power, and it hall be 'their duty, to revise tne same ior a penou oi; two days; and . upon being satisfied that any person not entitled thereto ) has been registe cd to 6trlke the name of such from the list. : And the Boards shail also. during the same period; add to such registry the names oi au persons . wno at that time possess .: -the qualifications required by said Act, who have not! I bieeb already registered and jwho shall then . apply td be registered. , :, :V:i .! .: : : . t i XX.1 -One of the said liss shall then be imme d'ately delivered to the Post Commander, who . will forward the same to these Headquarters. ' XXL Each Board shall, at or before the con clusion of registration, forward through the Post Commander to these Ileadquartens, a reco men- dation of three suitable personvfor Inspectors' of -Elections in each election precinct, stating the ' name, occupation and postoffice address; of each person recommended. i- ! ':J . i i a All. it is enjoined upon all Boards of Regis- ; . tration to explain, earefully, to ail citizens who ; X have not hitherto enjoyed the right of suffrage, thej-nature of the privileges which have been ex tended to them, and the importance bf exercising with intelligence' the new and honorable fran- chie .with which they have been Congress of the United States, i- nvested by the XXIII. Boards will take notice? that acorMing to Sect ion 10, of the Act of July 19, 18'7, they are not to be bound in their action by any opin- ion oi any civil omcer o tne u nuea aiaies. . : j XXIV.-Boards are instructed that all the prof i visions of the several Acts of Congress cited are to be liberally construed, to tbe end that all the ; intents then of be fully and perfectly earried out 4 XXV. The attention ol all concerned is direct ed to ' the requi-ements of Section 4 of the said -Act of July 19, 1867; by which Itls madethe duty of the Commanding General to remove from oi tice all persons who are idisloyal to the govern ment of thel United States." or who use-their offi- ; ;cial influence m any manner to hinder, delay, . prevent or obstructjhe due and perfect adminis tration of the Reconstruction Acts. The names of 11 such offenders -will be reported; through the' Post Commander ; and all persons in tius ! Military District are called upon to aid and faeil- ; itate the execution iq good faith 6f thesald Acts and the orders issued In pursuance there f. : XXVI. ; The Major General Commanding, iu : the exercise 61 an ultimate revisory authority swill, in due season before j the - holding of' any election, entertain - and determine questions as signing errors in the registry: and will. Upon in spection of the complctedliots. cause corrections !f:f the same, that the trae' design' and purpose of tuu laws ue lauuiuny answerea ana that all the rights thereby guaranteed be fullV and falrlv en. By command of Maj. Gen. D. E. Sickles : V . i '' ' J.. W, CLOUS, i Capt 3Sth U. S. Infantry, - j! I ,! A. D. C and A. A. A. G. ; r -jt ' appen ix. -i -vi '.. . OATU FRESCitlBED FOR REGISTERS. (FORM L) of- county of and; State of - , do solemnly swear for af-1 nrmi tuat i, nave never voluntarily, borne arms against the! United States since I have beetf a cit izen thereof ; that I have voluntarily given,. no aid; countenance," counsel or : encouragemen to' persctos engaged in armed hostility thereto!; that I have neither sought nor accepted, nor at tempted to exercisa the functions of any office 'whatever under any authority or pretended au thority in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded; a voluntary support to any pre tended government, authority, power, or constl tution within the United 8tates; hostile or in ml caltheretoj And I do further swear (or affirm) that, to the.best of my knowledge and ability, ! will support and defend the Constitution ot the United States against all enemies, foreign or do mestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance ' to the same; that I take this obligation frec'y, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully dis-' ,chaige the duties of the office on which i am about to enter, oo haip me.uod, . ; ; : Carolina, ' j lF Suhscribtd and sworn to before tne, a this ! day of , one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven... . j i - - -.V Note. Uegi&tcrs will be required to take tbe oath prescribed by the Act of Congress approved 2d July, 1802. Blank orms of this oath will W furnished to Post Commanders,. and when duly- suuscnueaanu swora, -wiu ue returned to the Post Commander, who will forward them I to District Headquarters. And it any person shall falsely take and subscribe such bath or affirmation such.? person so offending and being -duly, con victed thereof, shall be subject to the pains, pen-' alties anddisabilities which, by law; are provided for the punishment of the crime of wiiful and rnrmnt. Borlnrv i ; i '-' 1 ' ' (FORM12L1) Y ' r ' r f ' OATH PRESCRIBE O FOR VOTERS, f T .1 f I, ;" p , do solemnly swear (or affirm) in the pi esence of Almighty G od, that lama citi zen of the State of that I hav resided' in said State for ' months next proceed ing this day and no w re ide in. the Co u n ty of - , 'i - or the parish of ' " ':':". In said state, (as the case may be;) that I am twenty-one years old, that I 'have not been dlsJrahchisedr for parti cipation in any rebellion or civil war against the United estates, nor for felony committed against the laws oi any atase or ot the u nlted Mates; that ! I have never been a member of any State, Legislature, no held any executive or inaicialff- office in any State aad.-afterwjirda entired in in? ' X i 6 ur rection or. reoe ran against the United ttes - m that I have never t iktn an oath, as a memter of' Cougress of the United State; or as an officer of United states, or las a member if any State Legis lature, or as an executiye or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of tne United States, and alter wards engaged in Insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given uid . or comfort to the enemies tbeif; that L will faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United states, and will, to the best of my abilityjl encourageothers - so t?dof"'SoxieIp. me God. I ; - . Sworn to and subscribed before mc, tfcii day of i J- r.
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