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SHERIDAN AtlD ROSSEAU.
Heavy Raiiis.
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THE MARKETS.
flOK. J. &. PENDELTON
AND JUDGE
THOMAS OF VA. INDICTED.
New Y6rk, Aug. 14. Arrived--Schooner
Ira Birdsell, from jtfavannab j several of her
seamen are sck, and one died daring the
passage from Liverpool. , .
I tie Minnesota arriveu irom; r lymoutjb
Foq ChqWaqvicea state that fourteen mil-
lion pounds of j new crop
eii sold. j ' H
tea had already
i Washington, I Aug; 14.-
The " President,
through Gen. Grant, has. instructed General
fjtckles that no order, can bet issued by the
latter conflicting with the process ! of 'federal'
courtsr This revokes Order No. ilO, inter
fering with cases recently adjudicated 'by
Judge Chase, of Nortli Carolina, 1
; 0enf ahejidan writes to Gen. Grant com
plaining that Gen, Rousseau's sreneral de-
meanor, towards hinr was not such as the
Commanding offices of the
right to expect.
District had a
i i r Cable Summary, j
New Yobk, Auff. 14. The Federal steam-
en Hartford and. Wyoming fought the Chi
nese pirates on. the Island of Tenos?i, who
refuse to surrender the murderers of the
American bark Reyers' crew. After shelling
Jhe shore, several boat loads ( effected a land
ing, A.hve hours' sharp right ensued. Fif-
&6n officers ahji men Were sun-struck.' Lt.
McKenzie was fatally wounded, whci) the
lighting party withdrew, but the bombard-
ment continued until ,he natives disappear
ed, wnen tne vessels lert. the scene. '
'The Chinese refuse to receive dollars coin
ed by Maximilian, ', ...
Garibaldi is at Siennat renewing his prepa
rations for a movement on Rome. . . -
Jt is nimored tha.t Omar pasha, obmmand
bg in Candia, has resigned. r ' ' - r
Capt. Moriarty has' been sentenced to ten
jear's imprisonment.
Negotiations between Denmark and Prus
,n&.are progressing amicably.
From New Orleans.
"New Orleans, Aug: 14. jit appears that
Sen; Bhcjidan was wrong In the premises
tAketf in iBpeckl Order N. 110, ejecting
J Congdon from possessioa of the Killard
Plantation,' iff St. Charles' Parish g and i n
italling "Mark Hoy t, on : the ground' that
Congdon still remained in possession,' al
4ongh the Court having nd jurisdictioii bad
dismissed the injunctionissued by it re
training action as stated in! the order.) The
se is still on the docketffltriai ripx ses-
0n, and the Deputy Marshal was in posses
non, by order of theCourt,
fte order giving, possessio
hen ejected by
to Hoyt. The
matter , tq the
" 8. Marshal will refer th
Attorney. General. -.r
Arrest of Two Prominent Virginians.
Richmond. Aug. 14. Hon. John S. Pen-
eton, of Culpepper cbunty a former mem
ber of Congress, arrived here this evening,
"Ting been arrested on the charge of per
.toy in having registered, r ll pif. ;
.The case of J udge W. Thdmas; of Fairfax,
ho arrived last night under arrest for hav
ing violated the Civil Rights bill by refus-
ing to takq negro testimotiy, has been set
for next : term of the U. S, Oourt. He was
taled,tb ar)pekr. Eoth parties' had been
indicted by .the Grand JuryJ
-crr- f -" ' . ' V1''-';;-
From Washington.! -
Washington, Aug. 14. An Omaha dis
patch aays the Sioux Indians were banding
$gether $nd crossing th,eJPlaUe for battle,
t, BlumV Creek 8tation. f 'General advices
lfldicate the hostilities increasing.
9$$aj "aotice is given ttat on and afte
October the first, , a first order fixed light,
will be exhibited .from" Assatiague 6n the
Virginia coast, in place of the fourth order
niit heretofore exhibited there: "
post offices are reyived and new nes open
ed every lay, throughout the South, j , 1
,,y f : From Charleston
Chableston, Aug. i4.Hegistered to-day,
sii hundred, and t forty.four jof whom one
hundred and sixty-two were white, and four
hundred and eighty-two colored. - '
At a meeting, of the - Board of Trade1 this
morning a long letter was read from Gen.
Sickles; in reply to a recent j-emonstrWc of
thj Board concerning orders No. ten and
thirty-two. " He .UpholdsT alt provisions "of
thjse orders. , "' tv ' ' ' 'r
Cotton firmer and advancetl. a tc.
65 bales;; Middlings ' at 27c. a!27c;
Sales ,
Re-
eiy
ceipts 2lt) bales. - -i
; failed. Schooners Americus
lor
Yqrk, and Wenmah, for Baltimore.'
mm-
Baltimore
Markets.
;Ba'iTimobe 'AuS-s 14. dotton firm' and
oochanged.;, Coffctr dull , flat ; Flour, quiet
anJ steady some demand for export. Prime,
wheat steady ; prime to choipc red $2 25 a
$2 5 ; inferior lots $1 75; prime and choice
whjte $2 .50. a. $2 60. Whitelcorn active and
higher;. prime $1 10; yellow; $117 a $1 18.
Oals -common to prime $1 68 a $1 80 ' in
ferior $: 106 ; bulk $1'75 a j$l '78.' Sugar
firm and unchanged. Provisions dull land
unchanged "Whiskey noniirjal; quoted fur
free- $2 pd'5 in bond $1 30 a 1 35!
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Washington1, Aug. 14,-J-Secretary Stan
ton andj wife have gone to Boston. Stan-
tons sop retains a clerkship: in-jthe War; De
partment.! Gen. Grant is j very busy there.
Few visitors are admitted. ! ,
Jpo. II. Kinkuid is appointed -Post-Master
atTitka Walrussia.
Fjaymaster B. W. Bryce has issued a circu
lar discrediting the :rfnnrtn nf navmm,fc nr.
fratiriiiionf ri;0n i v - i j
ttdujentdischarge papers, and cone udes
rj j "r! r ; - xcojwusiwh:iwi i
illegal disbursements bv navmasters.-
':T ' j.' i . j, . , i 7 i . - .;j ...
i Attorney-General Stanberry is at Capon
Sprtngs in bad health j j 1 : - -1 j . ! ; J a
Yesteirday'4 Cabinet meeting was the most
harmonious that has been held for months.
lo day's revenue receipts are $486,000,
New York- Markets , - ' '
I ew lii ore. Aur. 14. Uottor very nrm
salens 1,400 bales at.28&c.
Flour State and
it ' . s - .1
Western $15 25 ;" better for old
new ; dull
lower State $7 a $11 75; Southern $11 50 a
$1 50i II Wheat rather imore doing
Southern new amber Southern $2 23 a
in
$2
30: white
Georgia
40 a $2 47. J Cbrri
opeped i-J- better, but advance lost, closing
dull ; mixed western $1 10
a $1 11 ; ' white
Southern $1 22.
Oats less, active and ' firm
rie southern 90 a 93c. Pork lower, closing
at $23 20.; Lard dull. Whiskey, rice and
sugar quiet. Turpentine 59 a 60c. Rosin
$3 $5 a $8 50.
Tallow llfja llc.; Wool
heavy ; 1 Texas
24 a 33C. iFrciffhtS Quiet.
StofcHs 1 1 heavy,!
Gold 140f. .'62 coupons
registered, 131
j I
1
I ! Mobile Markets, v
Mobile, Aujr. 14. Cotton market closed
firmj; lpw middling 24c ;
j sales
- ..
10O bales:
The first
receipts, one iDaie new
cotton.
bale: of new cotton at Selma yesterday, class
ed Iqaiddling, bought by Basil M.'Wooley, at
25cJ per pound. - . i ' 1
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i Angnsta Cotton Market. I
I Augusta, Aug. 14. Cotton I firm and in
T0od demand; but offerings lierht.. Sales , of
79
bales ; middling at 1 25ic. . '
Tb,ere has been a heavy rain storm
here
al
I IrloTr, artrl ia atill nnntiniiinf
It is feared
that cotton will be seriously injured..
. . i-. - , wvv.i Jul .-v.
New Orleans Markets &c.
Hew 1 OBLEAKS,Aug; i4.-Cotton' (juiet
htlfirm, with sales or 450 bales low mid.
dling at 26 a 36 Jc. Receipts s 1,1 1G bales.
xports 2,376 bales. Flour dull and unset
tled; superfine $ 25. i Corn dull and de
clined 21 a 5c; mixed to white- $1 12 a
1 i 15. I Oats dull and declined 5c,
WltU
f
at
sales at ou a ooc. r rorK amei out nrm
$25 75..;- Bacon shoulders! 13 a 13c; clear
sides 16J a 16f ; sugar cured hams 20 a 210.
Lard 244c t Gold 140. Sterling 521 a 54.
Yoxk Sight ic. premium.
Admiral Tigethaff arrived here r last vcn-
insr land! wilt await orders from
i. .
he Austrain
govienimeiii.
Lrii -f
J
:.r M Cincinnati Markets.
Cincinnati. Auer. 14. Flour
unchanged.
Corb firmer. "Cotton firmer,: demand light
U. i! - ii . . 1 . - xri.;i
at
Steady, prices
..b 1,1r Ktinoca Moca
porjc $23 70. Bacon shoulders 12$c; clear
sides 16c;
! Foreign Markets. , V
ondon,; August "14 Evening. Consols
closed strong at 94. . Bonds 74..
Frankfort, Aug. 14 Evening. Bonds
closed steady at 77$ . I 1
j Liverpool; Aug. 14 Evening.UCottJn
closed firm with 'an advance of lid. Mid-
dliog uplands 10$c;- Orleans 11 i.
i i Savannah Markets
ayannah, Ga., Aug. 14. Cotton';quiet
steady, middling, twenty six and half , cts.
Receipts two : hundred i and ? forty bales.
Sales one hundred and ten bales.-
It 13 raining in torrents to-day.
Reports from Florida and Georgia state
hat the crops are very good.
London, Aug. 14. 2 o'clock, P. M.
.Weather throughput. England very 'hot.
Consols 94 13-16. Bonds' 74; ; !
; LrvERPooL,'Aug. 14. 2 o'clock, PlJM.
Cotton firm and less active ; sales now esti
mated at 12,000 bales. & f , !
' '" New ToVlI "llarkets. '
New York,-Aug. 14. Stocks very dull.
Erie Strong money 4 a 5. Gold 40f Ster
ling on time 05; sight 10$. ' '62 coupons
13.' Tennessee sixes ex-coupon,' 68f ; new
issue 66fr."4 - .- ' , ') . 1
FOR FATHER'S HONOR."
i "So much gone ! L might have ! known
how it would be I" said Mr. SterlingVlookr
ing up from the morning paper, with a most
unpleasant expression upon his face, ji " :
j "What is gone ?'T asked his wife, jl '
My money is gone,"! answered Mr. Ster
ling, fretfully.
m' "What money ?"
! "That money I was foolish enough to lend
ill. Granger." . . ,
! "Why do you say that ?" ' ? I
rf ."He's dead," replied Mr. Sterling, coldly.
"Dead !7 The wife's voice was full ot
surprise and' pain. ' Sorrow overshadowed
her face. i 1 .
t 'Yes, gone, and my money ; with him.
Here's a notice of! hisdeath .; I was sure
when I saw him go away that he'd never
come back, except in his coffin. Why will
doctors send their patients , from home to
die!" . ' '
uIoor Mrs. . Granger ! Poor little or
phans 1" sighed Mrs; Sterling "What will
they! do?"' i : i! . ,
i"As well without hi pi as with hiin' was
the unfeeling answer of her husband who
was only thinking of the three hundred dol
lars hu hail J)ten over-persuaded to loan the
sick clergyman, m order that he might go
J3outh during the Winter. "He's been more
pf a burden than a support to them these
two years.".!. : . . i -il . -
"Oh,.Hfirry ! how can you speak so !" re
monstrated j Mrs. Sterling. "A kinder man
in his family was never seen. Poor t Irs.
Granger,!! she will be heart broken." -ill.
Kindness is cheap and easily dispensed,''
coldly replied j Air. Sterling. "He would
have been of more use to his iamily if he
had m d clotlied them beltel, ieckori
tney can up pitnout mm. it l naa my
tnree nunqrea aoiiarsii wouian t " x
But he checked for shame, liol for any
bettei feelipg, ! the almost brutal ' words his.
heart sent up to his tongue. j-
Not many yards away from. Mr. Sterling's
handsome residence stood a small, plain
cottage; with a garden in front neatly laid
out in box-bordered walks, and filled with
shrubbery. I A honeysuckle, twined with I a
running rosebush, covered the latticed por
tion, and' looked in -at the chamber win
dows, giving beauty and sweetness. The
hand of taste was seen everywhere, not
lavish but discriminating taste. Two years
befdre there was hot a happier home than
this in all the pleasant town of C ;. Now
the hand of death was; upon it.
'Poor Mrs Granger ! Poor little orphans !'
Well migh t, Mrs. Sterling pity them.' When
her mercenary husband was sighing over
the loss of three hundred dollars, the young
widow lay senseless, ! with her two little
ones weeping over ner in cniiaisn terror.
The hews ot his ' death found her unpre
pared Only a week before she had received
a letter from Mr. , Granger, in which he
fnllfftrf.. KnnefnTlv nf his rprnvp.rv. T am
art cnA : nW (fnnofita ia hotfor. T
have gained jfve . pounds in flesh since I left
home.' Thrbe days after writing this letter
there came.a sudden charge of temperature.
He took cold, which was followed by con
gestion of trie lungs, and no medical ! skill
was sufficient forthe,case. ; His body was
not sent home for interment.. When the
husband and father went away two; or three
months before, his beloved ones looked Upon
liis face lor the lastjtime in this world, j
vLove and honor made the heart strong.
Mrs Granger j was a gentle, retiring woman.
She had. .leaned upohjier husband very
heavily ;" she had clung to him as a viae.
Those who lenew her best felt most anxious
about her. 'She has no mental stamina,
they said ; ihe-cannot stand alone.' 5
But they were mistaken. As we have
iust said, love and honor made her heart"
strong.1 Only a week after Mr. Sterling read
the news oi
the
young minister s deathyne
receiyed a: note from the widow. ; j ,
'My ! husband,' she said, 'was able to, go
1 South, in the . hope of regaining, his health,
JmJ.:
faithfullV returned, for he was a man
" ; - . .
for hp. was a man oi
honor. Dying,- he left that honor in my
keeping, and I will see that the debt is paid.
But you will have to be a little patient with
me,
t
All verv fine ' muttered Mr. Sterling with
a curling lip; 'I've heard of such things
before4-thev sound , well. People will say
x nrj,f: nilUWn iwiinf nVnnWp wnman I
nrfor
'What a noble
woman I
What a fine sense of honor she has V
Butl
shall heverf seen the three hundred dollars
was foolish enough to lend her husband.'
I
I Very much to Mr. Sterling's surprise, not
a little to his pleasure, he discovered about
tw0:mnnfh9 afterwards that he was mista-
; Wtiniatfi of Mrs. Granger. 1 he
pale, sad, fragile little woman brought him
the sum pi xweniy-nve uuuai
see
the tears' in her eyes as he aispiayeu uer
husbahd'srlnot with sits dear, familiar wri-
f. nfl Zde. thereon: with considerable
I. ' ii .L ,inrv.Hf f thn sum naid.
of her
Shft WOUia nave Siveu uiauj utvr-
i h KiAri frt havfi been aDie to ciuiuu
Ileal i o uivy .i" t , i j
that document from Mr. Sterling's hands
His possession of it seemed like a blot on
the dear, lost ones mebory. ; 4 ;r1
' Katie granger is tho queerest little girl
I ever knew," : said Flora Temple to her
mothWloti&eW
Which her first payment was .-f;
flf.riin lipard the remark, and letting his
eyes drop from the newspaper he was reau-
listen. i i
"T thmt her a verv
re-
So she is'nice" returned the child, but
tuen SUC la w uwi,
" What
do you mean by queer? "
to-be continued.j. ,
Seth Green's Hatching had at IIoI yoke.
BY
GKNIO C. SCOTT. '
c'i think' tath trie New England States are
in a fair way to replemsii tneir wavws w
all the . food-fishes,
and well as the. i game-.
fishes of the North.- Legislatures' ot these
States have appointed commissions to carry
forward the enterprise of restocking ;their
rivers ;' but they have not appropriated the
wherewithal to carry it out. Men of enter
prise and science may , be willing to give
their time and horne t philanthropical per
sons might even' pay some, money ;. but few
meriwourd be willing to combat prejudice,
and invest money to benefit fishermen whose
ignorance renders - them - worse than a vis
inertia. If, therefore, a driver can be annual
ly stocked, by artificial means, with h 100,
000,000 shad, and only one-fourth of them
live to mature, shad' would be so much
cheapened as to save millions of dollars ev
ery year. For it would hot. only benefit in
the reduced cost ot shkd, but it would cheap
en meats and help the poor. . , '
Seth Green, brought up" a fisherman, has
studied the habits of; different families and
species of fishes, probably as closely as any
other man in the. Union. Some tea years
ago, he purchased - the Caledonia trout.
springs, and part of the brook, and built the
necessary troughV , for fish j culture ; . since
which time he ha? been engaged at artificial
ly propagating trout. Finding, " however,
that trouts were easily reproduced, it ;n-'
couraged him to trfcrt in multiplying liz
ards and frogs.2uUit he found no difficul
ty in hatching, d the formed food, for
his trout. 'Last March, he hatched 100,000
frogs, and they are all doing wen. j They
are now worth $30 a i; thousand, or three
thousand dollars. This is an item! Worth
knowing, by any farmer who owns a lot of
swail or swampy land. Mr. Green tells me
that he might have hatched several million
frogs, about as easily as the 100,000. 1
gThe great Creator, in stocking waters With
food for man, made the provision for re
stocking them ; so that man's ignorance, or
cupidity, should not ruin him past recuper
ation. Hence the annual increase of a mil
liontold by artificial propagation. ; t
The soul and body ot Mr. Green afc in
this great work. After he concluded' the
sales of his stock of young trout last Spring,
he wrote to i different places and persons,
asking the privilege, of i increasing the num
bers of shad in their waters by artificial
propagation The Fisheries Commissioners
ot New England gave him a cordial invita
tion to come and help them. He went to
Holyoke, Mass.. It was just the time when
the roe escapea by handling the fish. In
other words, it -was spawning-time. Tuc
fishermen were! drawing the seine when he
arrived f and. so anxious was he to ascertain
whether he could hatch shad artificially,
that he deferred changing his clothes until
he had put fecundated roe into his pans
(which he had brought with him) to hatch.
Clad in a black frock-coat and pants, Mr.
Green 'took his pans and went down to the
river, to be in at the haul of shad.1 There
Was a good haul. He informed the fisher
men of his business. They tipped each oth
sr the wink, and with the passage ol a little
Billingsgate slang,' all jocosely among them
selves, they handed him a female fish, and
another, and: another. ) In fact, they consid
ered it so good a joke, and him so great a
greenhorn that a dozen shad were held for
his use at a time; and while he was on his
knees, stripping three shad, they let the roe
of a dozen drip uver him. Mr. Green saw
it, but took it all in good part, mildly at
tributing it to1 ignorance. ;He mixed the
troe and melt of three pairs of shad, kmd
then deposited his boxes in water, uiitil he
could change his clothes at i the : hotel ; for
he must work all . that night to build patch
ing boxes and proceed with his work!; .
A creek entered the river near,. Hdlyoke.
He dammed it, erected his sub-dams aud
wabte gates, uuiit ms batclung-boxes, anil
placed his eggs in them." ' : 4
In the meantime, the fishermen became sur
prised at his earnestness1; and as a shad con
tain about 200,000 egss, they thought that
if one in a hundred should be hatched; it
wotild materially reduce the price of shad,
and' thus injure netting. i r ; Vf
The Fisheries Commissioners had inotar
ri ved, andthere was not a person in Holyoke
with whom Mr. Green was acquainted. The
fishermen, upon consultation, decided hat
if he should succeed, it would injure the lousi
ness: and if he should not, why, he was m
not much account, and they might: just as
well head him off. They therefore j closed
the gate which supplied his hatehingj-boxes,
ri oil in a ocrrra. rlird Tift thfin tfifid.fhfi'p-Y
periment of-hatching them in boxes 'placed
' . i i? : 1 a
in the current orj tue. jonneciicui ; luyer,
and watched nightly to jwevent the .fisher
men from destroying them. . '' . j
Seth Green had hot been long at Holyoke,
before it was somehow ascertained that? he
was one ot 'the best shots in the Union, with
rifle, shot-gun, or pistol. The respect shown
him was? therefore, commensurate. . ' j: '
, One night, about one o'clock, while Seth
satin a clump of bushes .on ilk. shore jhe es
yied a man wading out to his hatching-boxes,
i lie waited until sure of bad , intention,
when hecalled "Stop !" The man', surprised
and alarmed, desisted, and, at the order of
Mr. Green, came to hi m and acknowledged
his object. . - f :
The next day, Mr. Russell, one of the most
efficient of the Fisheriea Commissioners, ar
rived. On dipping lip, with a glass, some
of the eggs from' a hatcniqg-box, it wa$ at
once discovered that they .were alive ind
natural. Suffice it to say, ninety per cent,
hatched in the most healthy condition. ;
. : It was ascertained from experiments, that
WAf Pp of 75 decrees ' temperature is the best.
Shad requires much warmer water to hatch
in than do the nsnes oi tue, saino penus.
Not but that all fishes will hatch in water ot
mi Id temperature ; out caqu species requires,
. - . i ... ..ii.- i... -
in order to be healtuy, water similar to iuat
wliich it is hatched in naturally. River wa-
" .1 ( J . A Z
wlii oh is warmer man spring waier, is
bes't for hatching shad. ;
swirrTR show life in 33 hours after de-
0;tol in the hatching: box, and tbey hatch
j x en liMira Tho n.lmn a Mini
in from 4:0 LO vv UWi" t mw -
rPrfinires from .70 to HU aays umaicu. ou?u
V - ... . .. ...... . - -, ij 1. 1
2.x. : iocs nn m her oi uours man ioe
naicu iu .u "-.: - .' lU . , ...
UbUCl A HI w --,' .
beiuff the coarser auui ww r "
Z71..?B nlv Vis many hours as does the
,aLo genus, which is more refined and gam-
This is n i fact for a nat-
lli: 'i atinv a nin of remembrance in 1
KS? f Grhatched, while at .Holyoke,
from two to six millions shad daily.
-r. T?nccoii;-wrnie me. on I the 9tb inst.,
that he expected to stock Connecticut
a uu mn 000.000 voung shad this sea-
- j iiAd to have all, the New
BOD. SUU luai uv mvj..
Sri. j I in a few years, and
mAnM h in time to warrant Min
In inviting me to cast fly for salmon in the
;onnecuvub ,
are piacta under obligations to Colonel
KAiik, wimiuanttant or this Post, for a copy of
6e?J,Pde No 65i from HeadquarterslSec
ond Military District. ;j The oifler directs that
reffistration commence at once, and prescribes
rules aud regulaUons for the government ot the
Registration Boards. We publish it in full: also
tne form of oath prescribed for Registers, and
r ..jtovu tcguu;riut wnicn are aiv-
Head Q'ks SscoirD Militabt Distbict,
Charleston, S. C, August 1, 1867.
, No. 65." ; .
, , v. uiwuiiwiiua -
' J. Registration, shall commence immediai
upon the Dromalation of this nrdfti-
ly
IL Post Commanders will be Superintendents
or registration within, tbeir respective cotamarids,
exercising, in addition to the functions heremaf
ter specially conferred, a general supervisory
authority, looking to the faithful execuUbntof
the several Reconstruction! Acts, the mainten
ance of order, and the - protection of political
rights. They will suspend registrars for malfeas
ance in office, neglect of duty, or incompetenfcy,
promptly reporting their action, with the reasons
thereibr; to these Headquarters, j
1 IIL The Boards of Registration are empower
ed and required to suppress all disorders inter
f ering with thiexecutipn of their duties, to cause
the arrest and confinement of all persons falsely
taking the oath prescribed, all persons commit
ting any , breach of the peace or conducting
themselves in a manner tending thereto, and afl
persons who shall threaten or otherwise attempt
to intimidate, or corruptly or- improperly influ
ence any citizen offering td register; and for this
purpose they may apply for aid to the Post Com
mander, and may require the attendance and ser
vices of sheriffs, their deputies, ; constables; po
licemen, and also Of any citizen ; and all State,
districtycounty and town officers charged with
the preservation of the public peace, as well as
all citizens, are required to obey the orders if
said Boards, given in pursuanae of the authority
aforesaid and to perform all such acts land duties
as may be requisite therefor. .1 ' , 1 ; ;
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 for trial by a Post Court, to be or
ganized'asjprovided in Circular of May 15, 1867,
from these Headquarters,! and any civil officer cjr
citizen tailing to . respond to the call of the
Board for assistance will be dealt : with in like
manner.. ' ; --j , . ;t-.. - j
IV. Whenever any citizen shall suffer injury
in person, family or property, while exercising
or seeking to exercise the right of registration.
in auvuuuu w aujf yeuuiLy prescnueu uy law ior
the offence, damages shall be awarded to the in
jured 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 harbored ior concealed by the
neighborhood, or that the civil authorities failed
to, employ proper measures to preserve th6
peace, the damages shall be assessed, against and
paid by the town, county or district. - ;
V. Offences perpetrated by white persons dis-
guiseuas DiacKs, oeing 01 irequent pecurrencei
the attention of all authorities, civil and military,
is directed to the device, as one adopted to 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 I consideration as aggravating the
offence. ' i 'i'. ' )- " v f. ' . :' J j-' '
VI. Depriving a citizen of any right, benefit
or, advantage of hire or employment, to discour
age him from registering, or on account of his
having registered or having sought to register,
shall be deemed an offence punishable 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 notwith
standinff. " :-"
VIL The Act of Conerress entitled "An Act
for the more efficient government of the rebel
States," and the several Acts supplementary
thereto, will be carefully ot served by ali Boards
of Registration, j , i :.j !
VIL' EachlBoard shall, af er having taken the
oath prescribed by the Act of Congress of July
2d, lS6'i, entitled "An Act to prescribe an oath
of office," see Appendix, forrn 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
cominer before it. K-
IX. The places of session of the Boards shall
be the voting places established by law. or cus-?
torn in each election prechlct, unless for good
cause otherwise directed by the Post Comman
der.' ' ' ' 1 ' : i- :'
X. Eadh Board shall determine the order ' in
which the registration shall take place im the
several election precincts, that may be assigned
to it by the Post Commander, and the time
which shall be allotted to each, bearing in mind
that the whQle work is to, b6 finished before Ihe
first day ot October. i , j '
XL Each Board shall, fmlb with Upon notice
of publication ot this order, and at least five days
fip.rpnf for the Post Commander, and the sheriff,
and the mayor of the city or the intendant of the
town, and sqaii cause wniien or pnmeu uuuwo
to be posted in five of the most public placas in
each election precinct, announcing the time
when and the place wherel Jts sessions will he
held, the number of days (m no case less man
flH thft hnnra of the da v the Board will re
J mfinn an! Invitln? iall Dersons auali9edto
tnn.n fn BPQSlflll SIT, P.H.CU TJliLUC lUf IrUC UlUUVOS v&
I f ttitk-nrninBioriR M the Act of Con&ress
passed SLlateh 2d, 1867, entitled " An Act. to pro
rphAi stotftg." And the several Acts supplemen
tary thereto , to appear hefore the Board of Keg
!;YiT i nn H. davand at tne nour aesiiniaieu m
tn nntina ifn,' commencing resisirauuu,
Board shall; at tiA' ."
ZL .' dr.tW. and fihall then anal
thnr,.,!.. r,Act r,nfiv of the time of final sea
s - i . iTcrn XIX. t
aiii. ;xuB.tuviu uovu :- o 5 . j fnl
K .l.At.m.n .1,1.11 1rn x Tft Vl Oil ll IT T PATi . iO r
Vlll 'I'll a .nnm nn'orl lur FKiraij UUUi '
the Duroose. shall be so ani.1"ged that the BoaiJ
shall be saparated by a bar frt"uu all other persons
who may be assemhied and thJ'fe w oc register
ed shall be admitted within
he par, one by one,
so; ai'raigned as to
and their ingress and egress
avoiu uuuiusiuu. .i.ji-:-
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XIV. Two citizens shall be admitted within
the bar as challengers, whose duty it ehall be to
challenge the right of any citizen ; offering to
register, upon any of the grounds of disqualifi
catioe enumerated in the Acts of Congress before
cited ; but the general right of challenge snail he
conceded to ail citizens present. -vv
) Tf nnr rhallAnp-H be made, the Board shall.!
before final decision, examine the : person pre
senting himself ror registration, in reiarence to
the cause of disqualitication alleged, and shall
hear any evidence that may be ouerea, -to suo,
stantiate or disprove the cause of challenge, and
shall have power to summon and compel the at
tendance of witnesses and administer oaths, in
any case of registration, j w
xVI. In reeisterikg.the names of whit e and
iolored citizens shall be entered alphabetically,
n separate columns Ol the list.
XVIL The following shall be -the process oi
registering :) t ,
First. Everv citizen presenting himself for reg
istry shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed
by law, (see Appendix form 2,) which; shall be ad-
ministerea oyra mfmuer oi tne xuaru, uu euvu
oath shall be preserved witn tne usis
Second. His name shall then be entered in the
proper column of the list, and called out by the
chairman. ; , : t . .. . . v.
ThtrvL Adt challenere made shall be noted in
the proper (.olumn, opposite the name, with the
causetnereoi. ! . " , 4; V i
Ftmrih. It is recommended to Boards to defer
the hearing and decision of contested cases until
the session for revision provided for in paragraph
XIX I - . . . ' .' '.
m mflh. Whether or not tnere De.any cnauenge, ;
the "Board must ascertain upon such facts or in
formation as can be obtained, that thd applicant ;
is entitled 4 to be registerea Deiore maritu u ,
name as "accepted v the oath not being con
clusive. T 1 ,MI. tOUT
Sixth. Section 7 oi ineactoi amj ui, aji,
declares that no citizen shall be entitled to vote
v-w i.nn nf anv PTecnuvemaraon or amnesty iur
any act or thing which without such pardon orj
amnesty woma m&qu&uiy mux www
acted by Section 6 of the Act of July 19th; 1867
.true meaning of the oath Se-
"rtbed in said supplementary Act Is, (amon ! i
other things, tlAt no person who has beef
member off the Legislature ot any SUte, orwhS :
rf? he bas taken an oath to support :
the ConsUtuUon of the United States or noLd -whether
he was holding such office at the corn-
mencement of the rebelUoa,or had held it &
fore, and who has afterwards engaged in Inurit4
rectlon or rebellion against thenited 8UtesJ i i
?.rft?ld or comfort to the enemies thereof! !
Is entitled to be registered or to vote ; and the
word " execuUve or Judicial office in any State "
5 d mentioned, shall be construed to In-' f
dude aU civil offices created by law for the ad-'
mhdstratipn of any general law of a State, or for i f
headmnistration oflustlce. ' - ; i !
j If there bo no challenge, or If the chal- f
lenge be finally overruled, and the Board deter- S
mine that the applicant la enUUed to be regis- v
tered, the Board shaU mark opposite the name of Hi
the applicant, in the proper column. m j J
and he shall thereupon be deemed legally leis
tered.; 4; m:- J -:. . --i . y. 6
2SxnOi. If the final decision of the Board be that
the applicant is not entitled to be registered, the
lioard shall mark in the kroner ml
his name. ff&jectecL" : Zr.rp
'f Tenth. In every case of a rejection, the Board';
shall make a note or memorandum, setUng forth t
the &und of such rejection, and return it, with: ! I
the reeristrationi list. mehtinni in rNM.K ' 1
xx. ! . T n
i XyilL j The registration, conducted as provi
ded In paragraph XVil, shall be made in tripU- '
cate lists, two of which shall, after the conclu
sion of the i first session, be exposed for public "S
Inspection; iat convenient' places, fori five days
and the third shall be retained la possession of
the Board till after the completion, of registra
tion at the meeting provided for, in paragraph
XIX, when the three having been compared and
verified, shall be certified in the form prescribed '
and printed at the end of .the blank registration 1 1
llStS. ' - ;tf" 'jvll''".- 5 ,5V' I : .fii'-.V.-. p a ', 'X-f: '. .1 'i'i-
i XlXi Sessions for revising the lists shall be I
held in each elecdon precinct, after said five days
exposure of the lists, upon notice as provided in"
paragraph ;Xn, and thei Boards of RegistraUon,
shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to
revise the (same for a period of two days rand
upon being satisfied that any person not entitled
thereto ; has been registered, tp strike the name
of such 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
the qualifications required by said Act, who have V
pot been already registered and who shall then fr
apply to be registered. i ! . ut. y r u
i XX. One of the said lists shall then be imme
diately delivered to the Post Commander, who
will forward the same to these Headquarters. V I
1 XXI. :l Each Board shall, at or before the con
clusion of registration, forward: through the Post
Commander to these Headquarters, a recommen
dation of three suitable person for Inspectors of
Elections in ; each election precinct, stating the
name, occupation and postoffice address of each
person recommended. ' ?!! ': i i 1' ' I
XXII. It is enjoined upon all Boards of Regis
tration to explain, carefully, to all citizens who
have not hitherto enjoyed. the right of suffrage, ' '
the nature of the privileges which haver been ex
tended to them, and the importance of exercising '
with intelUgence the hew and honorable fran
chise with which they have been Invested by thb
Congress of the United-States. ; i Ml 1 fi
; XXIIL; Boards will take notice that aecoruing
to Sectfon 10, of the Act of July 19, 1867, they
arp not to be bound in thelp action by any opin
ion ot any civil officer of the United States.
'! XXIV. Boards are. instructed that all the pro-r
rvisions of the several Acts of Congress cited, are'
ito.be liberally construed, to the end that all thai
intents thereof be fully and perfectly carried out
? i XX The attention ot all concerned is direct
ed to the requirements of Section 4 of the said
Act of July 19, 1867, by which it Is made the duty
of the Commanding tiecral i to remove from of
fice all Persons who are 1 disloval to the covern.
ment of, the United States, or who use their offif,
dial influence. In any manner to hinder, delay,
preventer Obstruct the due and perfect ad minis-'
tration of the Keconstruction Acts; The names
of all such offenders will be reported through
the Post Commander; and all persons ; in ' this
Military District are called upon to aid and facil
ilate the execution in good faith of the said Acts'
and the Orders issued in pursuance thereat t
I JLA.V1. rue Major ueneru Uommandlng, m
the exerciso of an ultimate revisory authority,
will, In due season, before : the holding of i any
election, entertain and determine questions as
signing errors in the registry. ; and will, upon In
spection of the completed lists, cause corrections
ol the same, that tne true design and purpose of
the laws be faithfully answered and that' all the
rights thereby guaranteed be fully and fairly en-i
joyed. " f.-.'i"b . S--X- i ;
ay command or Mau uen. u. is. sickles: ":
J. VV. UL.UUS, ;
I Ca pt. 38th U. S. Infantry -
A D. C. and A A A G, i
APPENUIX. ivAUxx'll
OATH PRESCRIBED. TOB BEOISTXBS.- '
I (rOKM 1.) ' i ' y ! . 'i . : ' " '
of - county of
and State of : , do solemnly swear I cor af
firm) that I: have never voluntarily borne arms
against the United States since I have been a clt-i
lzen tnereoi : mat i nave voluntarily given no
Hid,: countenance, counsel or eneouragemen to ;
persons; engaged m armed, nostiilty thereto;
that I have neither sought nor accepted, nor at
tempted to cxercisd the functions of any office
whatever under any authority or pretended au
thority in hostility! to the United States; that I i
have5 not yielded a voluntary support to any pre
tended government, authority,-power, or consti
tution within the United Stiles; hostile or Inimi
cal thereto. And I do further swear (or affirm) S
that; to the best of my knowledge and ability, I' ,
will support &nd defend the Constitution of the
United States against ail enemies, foreign or do- .
mestic: i that I will bear trun faith and allegiance i
to the : same: that I take this obligation Treety,
Without any mental reservation or purpose of
AvnAinn and that I will we! 1 and falthfullv dla-
charire the duties of the office on which i anr1
about to enter, bo naip me uoa. 4
ii- -'. ; ; ; . Carolina,
5nbscritkd and sworn to before me. a
this uay 01 , une tuuusauu eigut
hundred ana rweven. .- , j K ; t
i'-r
NoTtUKiisters will be! required to Uke the
Ik i-T-irTw ! bv the Act IbtConzress approved
furnSficd E triPot Commanders, and wheni duly
Post Commander, wh 0 jgf ifEiSBbatt
UJ brfns dulyvcon-
victcd thereof, shall be subject to thepa, f-.
aities and disauiituea which, by taw, re proviaeu
ior me punishment ort the cnm. o wuiQi na
corrupt perjury. ! v ;f .
oxTa FaEscRiBxo foa votbhs.
I
do solemnly: swear (or affirm)
la
the presence of Almighty God, that I am a citi-
zen of the State of -r-t that I hav resided .
in said State for month next preceed-
ing this day. and now reside in the County ; of
or the . parish of
in aid State,
fas the case may be;) that I am twenty-one years'
old, that I have not been disfranchised for parti
cipation in any rebellion or civil war against the
United Stateb, nor for felony committed against
the laws of ny Stage or oi the United BUtes; ?
that I have never been a member of any 8tate
legislature, nor held any executive or Judicial
oflice in any State and afterwards engaged in in
surrection or rebellion against the United 8tates,
or given aidt or comfort to the enemies thereof:-
that I nave never ttKen an oaiu u & dicww vt
A nti-jt ata a. .t nfllMf nf
(congress vi 110 j uitvu owti v. m - wv. j
United States, or as a mcmoer si any Dtaw Agi- ?
lature, or as au executive or judicial officer of any f
State, to support the Constitution of the United vi
States, and afterwards engaged In Insurrection or j
rebeulon imst the United: States, or given id V
or comfort to the enemies -thereof; that I will
faithfully support the Constitution and obey the ;
lawa'of the United States, and will, to the beat or
my ability, encourage others so Jte do ; So help
me God.' :. 1 '. :
Sworn to and subscribed bciore me, 1 :;i 1 ; :
this day of
1867.
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