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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-08-21
X Registration.

The Board OF. Registers met at shis
place on Friday las, ard we're engaged in
the work OF Registration tive ,lavs-Fril
day and Saturday, OIe hundred and
ninety one names were registered in all
six!y'ive whites and one hurdrel and
twenty six colored. Considerable crowds
were IN attendance both davs, mostly
blacks; many more than the Bnnrd could
dispose OF. Boards opened at two other
precincts in the District at the same time.
The Board which me, here ia engaged
elsewhere this week, but will, We under.
stand, re open here shortly.
We regret to see that there is still con,
siderable apathy among the whites ON
the suhJact Of registration. We do no,
know that we can add ANYTHING 10 the
strength of Tie reasons, repeatedly urged
through this paper, why every individual
entitled to do so, should tegister. The
result Of the two davs registration, shows.
in the disparity between the numbers OF
whites and coored. how this husine.s is
to end. unless the whites come up and do
their duty. When we have given ny,ba
ballot hox, with all its power Tor good cr
evil, 10 race who are snccenrih!e of The
most violent PASSIONS and ore;,dico. .rd
Who are taugh, hv Northern e,nissaries
to re- gard us with hate and susn;c;or :,
will then he too 'a,a n ,.,,oca our o,o,,
and make amends frr pr4sen, rsrIiyeuca
The salvation Of onr race homos and
conn,ty depend upon action now. When
once disfranchsed. the opportunity ofa;d
Inv ours.,vss onr f,miI;oo md coII a.;
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Who are Entitled to Register 7

The reconstruction Acts and the regu
lations OF the Military Commanls
thefeupon have all been published, the
work Of registration is actually in pro
eress, and yet we have no satisfactory ~
ln'ion Of the foregoing inierrogatory
Even in Charleston, where the facilities
for information are mach greater than
here, 'hs papers say that many .cilinens
are at loss 10 know their status with
regard to the right Of registration.
In view Of this uncertainty, aud the
impossibili,y Of effec,ing thorough exc
cution Of the law in consequence Of il,
we hope that the Commanding General
will, before the Registration closes. clearly
Indicate in a General Order, who are en-
titled to rsgrste'. and especially who ara
embraced in the class Of civil officers ere
ated by law for the administration Of an
general law of a State" .........
There are numbers Of good citizens,
who are desirous OF complying with the
requsitions Of the law, but who are de.
TERED from registering for fear they may
do 50 wrongful!y and incur the pen a,ie,
prescribed
The Charleston Wews make. the fol
lowing classification OF persons entitled to
regster. which Is undoubtedly correct rs
far rs il goes:
]. All colored men twenty one wears
old. who have resided in the State one
year mex, preceding the date OF rsgistra
ton. .. ...... ...-.... .....
2. All white men. nstive and resident
here, Who have attained the age Of TWEEN
ty one years since the close of the war
8. All men, whether they we're enoao
ed in rebellion against the United State.
or not--proVided they did not before the
war hold any Office under the Unired
states Government, or held any "civ,l Of
fce created by law for the administration
OF any genaral ls~ Of a State, or for the
administration of Justice"
The great poin, Of doubt i., as to Who
are "c'viI officers" within the meaning OF
The Ac, "creaied by. law Tor the Admin
isualion OF any general Law OF a State"
II IN this cla" are included I'll hoss who, at
any time before the war, held Municipal
offices, or wbo, we're members Of any. Of
tue District Boards. the number Of dis
franch'sed persons are far greater than we
at first supposed.
The following, We observe, are regard,
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Tennessee.

Tennessee was the first Stale TO get back
into the Union and it is to day 10 worne
condition---iDfuitely worse-illsn eilher
OF the Ten embraced in the five military
distriets-a fac, which parties now engagr
ed in dividing and dislraeting the people
OF the South would do well to make a
note Of The article below, from the
Memphis Bulletin, is illustrative Of tue
farce :: Y.......... .......... .... ..-..
We looked in upon them at tnen poll
ing places, at about IL o'clock. Not be
ing a voter ourselves, on account OF a sup
posed defect of patriotism, our visit was,
of course, one OF mere curiosity. To our
eyes, the long procession Of dusky figures
making their way slowly 10 the judges
stand, bore the semblance Of q fnner Il
procession. Liberty was dead. ws thought,
and these were her pail be.refs. The
white people. those unfortunate irdividu
als who had been tabooed, on accoun. of
their color, were looking on curiously.
fromta distance, prstty much as they
would look upon the realization OF some
Eastern tale in the Arabian Nights. W.
scanned tie countenanees of the dusky
voters Childish curiosity and simplicity,
stolid indifference, blank ignorance, wre ch
edness aud crime were the main charac
feris,ics. And these were the voters of
America, the men who are to be the tu.
ture guardians Of the consli,a,ionaI hber
ties OF these States, the law.eiver. and
judges Of a land Of white men. We
turned away, sick at heart.
As we passed by Court Square. we
fouod A regiment Of troops encan ped
with a sentinel at each gate, With krist,
ling bayonet, and rows Of stacked arms
belonging to the men who were living
about among the shade trees. The statae
Of Andrew Jackson looked down Upon
these men. How the old hero, the old
Constitutional defender. would have been
astoDished. II be could have arisen from
bis grave and looked upon all these things
being enacted 10 The State Of Tsshn hssssee,
in the year Of grace 1857 S;stfaasi,
q The playis over, the actors are dispersed,
5 and ohr readers will find 10 our local
columns that the Caucasian, in the State
Of Tennessee, has passed under the rule
ofthe African. The Yankee is avenged t;
he has thrown down the Southern man,
. and raised up the negro in bis stead
Thank God we have resisted the desc
Grafton of our atars aud the dsgrad alton
Of our race all we knew how.
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For tho Lancaster Ledger.
To the People of Lancaster District.

have received since nv late address
t"ryon through This paper, from an emi
"e1, lady IN the North. 10 aid in pnrchas
ing clo,hipe for the destitute feMales OF
1his District. $5
] will mention here that hsre h,d
na"r-so'icita'ions to ran for mem bership
~ the approaching State Crnvenrinn 10
form new Constitution in replv let
NE say, thai as j; is Uncertain now with
me whether tie oa't required Tor regis
tratrou is % be understood accorhinp ~
its li'afal ms.niog. or whether the sn
p'eme AUTHORITIES mirht interpret i, dif
'eren'lv, aud # 40, what that msanirg
NIGH: he. ! cannot consent 10 lake l.. |
will add that | have an extreme aversion
tn enter upon the political arena in our
prescott dem"ralizrd and revolutionary
state of society. .a
hope. rhsref,rs. my friends will selar,
sor"e other indivrual to run Tor ia. Office
alluded fo--ard H. mskirg choice. let me
advise them ~ settle upon one of ac. snd
-xperienc", aud, mor" especially. one who
has a"ays been devoei TO the Uoion-
since We have suffered enough from Sc
cession politicians.
F. G.. MlTTAG.
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From South Carolina.

CHARLESTON. Aug. s.-Gen. Sickles
has issued an ords, in relation to certain
money advanced by South Carolina
r. banks. during the war, for the purchase Of
{ lo'ses fot lhs Confederate service, but
which. not being expended. had been dis
tributed since ihs war, under chancery
decree, among banks and other claimants
The orderannnls the decree as a fraud
against the Umted Statss and appoints a
Receiver, on the part Of he Govern ment,
TO whom tue funds distributed. iacludine
costs and fees Of counsel, are to be repaid.
The receiver is directed to report prompt
ly and delinquency or obstruction. onithe
part OF individuals or corr orations, in the
way Of the execution Of the order.
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Things In South Carolina.

A correspondent of the New York Post
writes letter from Columbia, which gives
come information as 70 things about us,
and "a seen through Conservative specta
eses. We extraetseversl paragraphs from
the letter:
Although premaiure's, candidates for
Congress are looming up III good'y pro
portion. The wires are being adroitlv
pulled bs one or Two designing whites
and the negsoes are already giving
pledges.
iFor Senators three persons are chiefly
spoken Of Gen, Daniel E Srckles (whose
aspiPaiions are understood 10 Incline hin
Likewise to the Vice Presidencv,) Mr. Saw.
yer, the Collector ot frtethal Revenue in
Charleston, and Mr. G. w. Dudley, a
native Of the State In the lesser branch
OF Congress the State bids fair to be rel,
presented by n person named Whit,emore.
a Massachusetts superintendent OF colored
schools id Darlington District. In Char
lestcn a colOred man will probably be run.
although several officers Of the Freedmen.
Bureau are known to he on the anxious
seat: while in Columbia a citizen named
Mr. Tom Robertson has consented to wear
the donors when imposed upon him. ...
There can De no manner Of doubt tn at
the SootBern States will give large
hsdicai hajnrity IN any election in With
the Issues Of that party are At stake -
Where' er registration has taken place,
the figures tel the whole stoty, aud that
story will be repeated from The Potomac
10 the Rio Grands The work Of organ
lzing the negroes, conducted as it has
been, with wonderful svstem, adroi,n nes,
and dispatch, has welded the coIored ele
inents together with bands Of steel. Il is
not merely the balance Of power that
these people hold, bu, power itself, and
there are not few who will be surprised
II u IS not used 10 manner unanticipat
ed at the North, aud most terribly sub
fersive Of the interests Of the South.
Led by intelligent emissaries, both white
and black. they will frat carry us back
into the Union, so we hope and pray
Secondly bv mere force Of numbers, they
will demand, on the ground that they are
interested neither in their origin nor paw
ment, repudiaion of the State debts =
Thirdly, they will resist a poll tax for The
purpose ofeducation or the supper, Of the
poor, laying the dead weight Of pubic
expense on the property of the whites
Finally, "mi'd confsca,ion," is the apple
Of theft eye, but they don't say so.
Such is the tendency Of opinion among
the ambitious OF tho race ih South Caro-
The State Convention will be mixed
affair; composed OF large number Of
colored men, some Nor,herners. and bu,
few Southern men. unless, indeed, the re-
stuetion Of the oath is removed. There
Will be few or no lawyers in the BODY,
and a general lack Of acquaintance urth
forms OF statute and style Of legisla
tion. eos ..f r.-....
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Ell i" Vuginis rs Executive or Judicial
Officers wirh,n the meanius of the Act.
and it may he that abou, the sams rule
will he observed here:
"Gnvernnr, Lieutenant-Governo or Sec
re'af' 81 STATE, Auditor nf Public Ac
I'"", an, ', A"''''o'' h"Y'"rar OF '""
.Gsrs,,,- -shs,;e. t A'G"e,
town Commissioners Of the R-y.nu.
County Snrvarors. Ccnslslles. Ovp,seprs
"t TIE PnrIComlniss,onef of the Poor.
WD'',' ~, SI'""e's o' 'ne Do"rd oi f"o'c
J,Jca y, ,Lo o., 60 rr' r',
Court Of the Circni, Cnn,, Ind. r. ,b,.
Cnnr, OF Ilns,lrcs. Justices of the Conu
w Courts, Mav"r, kecother and Alder
',o" " Z" INV !" '"""' C,'"' efs ann ~
Lc CIs,p. =, ~. s,nra.ao ' IT,, w.;
cut and Coun,y Cnnr,s and of tho Com,
Of llns'i"gs, Attorneys for The Common.
wealth ..-. = I.. ..f
If the Commanding General, world
enumerae, as was done In Virginia, The
particular Offices which the Act Was in
teuded 10 cmbrace, it would relieve, not
ONLY he people, hut the Registrars them
s~ivFs "h great Uncertainty All the dif
fiCn'tv in the wac Of executing the law
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Judge Fishers Charge
J F. G. MlTTAG.

WAsHtNGroS. August T. rhe follow.
ing is the summing mp Nv Jn4se Fl.Rpr.
10 tie jury III the Surr,tt case: r..
FROM the ohservsrons winch have
addressed To Won. Won will utter: Frs,
That n conspiracy formed IN time IL var
10 Ike the irf. Of the P,e,iiert and Vice
President ~ the repuh'ic, and the heads
"f the Executive Departments. frr the pur
pose Of aiding the euemies Of the Federal
Government, hy Throwing i, in,o anarchv
ann confusion, Is treason a. irenous and
as hur,f"l 10 the people OF this co.ntry,
- the c"mbssSng the death ofa KING o,
Qrsen of Grea, British ,s To the .uhi-c,.
Of rhat real'n tsssrnnd That every DER
sonaenga".d in such can~ ~prscv, as long
"a he c"ntlnu-s msnheT Of il. ia re.pon
sib'e, not onlv for he act OF treason. bu,
f"r any murder or less crime which m.v
flow from il. Third THAI the G ,vern
ment may waive The ckargs of treason
against aRy or all The conspir,tors aud
pIoread against then .or rb. .msiler
crime Of murder. included in The praa,er
crime OF ttsasoh Fourth That n"d-r az
inticrmen, Tor murder. Resulting from, The
prosecution Of such conspiracy. evidsnce
Of The entire scope Of the conspiracy NAV
he considered III eS'imsiing the heinous
character Of The offence laid. in the indict.
ment Fifth. That il was not necessary
10 aver Ia the Indictment the fact that
abraham Lirc"'n, the victim Of the mur
derer. was, ~ tho time Of its commission,
President Of the United States. or To
prove il, in order 10 allow tie jnry 10
take that fact into the account, iu deter
mining the heinous character Of the crime.
u being afact of which the courts will
take judicial cognizancs. six,h. Ths, he
who does an act by another does it bv
himself and il responsible Tor it's cdnss
| qnences, IN criminal as we'll ~ riviI cases
Seventh That although an olibi. when
clearly established. forms complete and
unsusvekahle defence, the mere absence
from the jn'nedia'e scsns Of crime, result
icQ from a conspiracy unrenenied of and
unshandoned hv the pNrv charged, t.
| will not avail him IL he were 4, sope
othAr plsce assigned him. pIrforminp his
part IN the corsprscv.5 Eighth. Tha,
A
This plea is. unless clearly mads ont. al
wavs reg-rdei with suspicion and cir
"nmstsnca weighing sqainst him Who At
temps ". beeause II implies an admission
of the truth OF the fac's alleged ags,ns,
| him, and The correctupss Of the Inference
drawn ffom Them. Nin,h. That H;oh,
from the SCENE Of crime, the f,brlca,ion O,
false sccounts, and The concesIman, Of in
sirnmen,s Of violence, ara circumstance.
ind'catipe guilt. Tenth. Although = scon
fess'on, in the slightest dagree tainted
With The promise "r fwor or nv dnra.s or
fear, is not admired a. evidence auain.,
him who rh.kes II. yet II made freelv an A
voluntarily. is one of tSs surest poia,s OF
guilt.
10 The foreman Of the jury requested a
cnpv NJ the rscoidel evidence. hu, tndpe
Fisher said IL IVA. unnsual. Tha d-fence
wss wiling, But the prosecution object
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What We Must Do.

PoIlsrd's Southern Opinion says -
We tell she people Of ,,he Souib, and
especially d VWginia, that they canno.
help themselves by plunging into dts of
melancholy and despondency. That pluck
which hurls defiance iD the face OF mis-.
fortune and despair is what We nov need,
and what will saveu Us. II will not do to
l's'en TO those whose acts and voices pro,
claim belief that God and justice have
abandoned US forever We are unworthy
OF our ancestry worthy Of that grand
old Anglo Saxon blood, whose laws, Ian.
gnsges, customs and traditions live i'm.
p-risbshle in E"gIand 10 day. despite the
efforts OF W'Iliani the Con9ueror and his
Normsns to crush them-ws repest. We
are unworthy Of that sturdy island race if
We succnmb in bsse and ieDoble weak.
ness 10 the cohorts Of misfortune, though
ten fold greater than they are
The same am shines over u. now that
shed his RAYS upon our joyous land in the
daVs OF our prosperity. Not star is
missing frcm the giitteriog dome nj heas.
en-. The bosom OF our beIov,d Virgins.
although SCARED and rugged with the
tracks of desola,ing war, is sthl rs rich q,
ever in all the elements Of wealth AID
greatness. The physical and material
void IN which We move 10 unchanged -
The wheel OF time s,ll reyolvss-let US
wisely and prudently sea 10 !, that va
sink not 40 deep from apathy. indifference
and despair, ,hs, no future revolution OF
the wheel shall bring us up. Ls, our
people keep their heads and hearts in good
repsir let not corroding cares and bit.
Ter memories unman the people Of the
Sonth. or il will be said they deserved all
the calami,ies which developed them.
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Freshet.

The rain which fell on Wednesday
night Of last week caused a greater fresh
ct in the water courses in this section'thau
his been known for gfea. number of
wears. We hear OF very serious damage
to the crops, and in some places, almost
a total destruction Of the corn on the bot
tom lands The Mills have all been MOI e
or less i, jnred. R,bArtson's and Reeves
Mills, both on Little Lunches creek have
heen washed entirely awsy---house, ma
chinery and everything. A number Of
public Bridges have shared the same r. ste.
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TnE Caops The corn cropis about
made, and Is squ.l to our so,icipa,ions;
~hi's the cotton also is doing very cell.
Spaakino Of cotton. we would mention
p'ec. often acres, planted by a kosnd ID
81 Msithsvs,1 which will N Ike, 10 ths
s.u'n.ii9n Of good judges. 1000 pounds
Of seed cotton to he acre; ~bich viii Re
shoo, IL bsss 10 the tract We cont
grs,nlats our friend on his success, and
would he pisssed 90 hear from him. a. TO
the uode OF culture pursued. to produce
such rsssIis.-- orasgsbugg Nevs.
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From Virginia.

RICHMOND. Aug S.-Gen SChofiald,
To dsv. issued an order that. afie the 2Oth
turned over bv the military authorities to
the o'er'srrs Of the poor in ,hs re.pectivs
'munties and cities. The Freedmen's
Bureau rations will no longer he issued.
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CHARLRsTos, August l2.-Gep. Sick.

CHARLRsTos, August l2.-Gen. Sick.
les has approved the sentence OF the court
martial, ~ the case Of Radcliffe 1nd d ,ly,
who recently assaulted two Northern men
IN bar room nj Columbia. The sentence
's SIX months imprisonment in Fort Ma,
con, n. Q.
Registration began quie,ly to-day
Apathy Prevails TO a large extent in the
community. The number registered to-
dav was $50. Of whom 153 were white
aud 4o3 colorrd
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We learn from late Charleston pa
per that Cen. SICKLRs has decided the
questions referred to'hm bv ,he regis,ra
tor Boards of Charleston DISTRICT, as to
whether Notary PubIics and Militia nffi
GERS are entitled TO regisrer T. The
General answers that thev are clearly en-,
ti,Ied and directs the Registrars 10 act
accordingly. ....
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From North Carolina.

RALEroU. Aug. 6-Gsn. S:ckIes has
ordered the Post Commander here to
notify Gov. Worth ,ha, the adjnurnei
August session Of The lie .isl.ture is post
poned un'il further orders.
WnNISGroN. Aug. 8.-Otders have
h-en received from Gen. Sickles 10 sus .
pend all jnry trials on account Of non
compliance Of Gcner.l Orders No. 81,
requiring rers. Of the jury Iisrs. All
jurv trials were suspended upon the re.
ceip, Of the order.
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Favors.

Favors.
Mr.. CHAFEE, of the popular frn o!
llhssGLTINE Il CHaPEE, will accept ou.
thanks tor lac Charleston papers 10 ad
vance Of the mails. ... ..
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Pos'offices are revived. and ns~ ones
opened every day throughout the south.
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l. d e. A L..

Registration.
The following is the registration 10 the
precincts sp 10 our going to press:
WHITES. coLoHsD
Lancaster G ii. 65 1926
WaShaws. &c l2O
Hickory Head, l46 20
In all the precincts good order and de
corum ,was observed. But few Of the
whites at this place have registered, owing
to the great rush of colored people from
the country.
or the number OF co'ored regislefs
(285) one only conld write his name.
The evening Argus., 1867-05-08
KNOW THX DHsTugY.

Madame E. F. Thornton, the great English As
trologist, Clairvoyant and Psychometrician, who
has astonished the scientific classes of the Old
World, has now located herself at Hudson, N. Y.
Madame Thornton possesses such wonderful pow
ers of second sight, as to enable her to impart
knowledge of the greatest importance to the sin
gle or married of either sex. While in a state of
trance, she deiineates the very features of the
person you are to marry, and by the aid of an in
strument of intense power, known as the Psyche
motrope, guarantees to produce a ife-like picture
of the future husband or wife of the applicant,
together with date of marriage, position in life,
leading traits of character, DC. This is no hum
bug, thousands of testimonials can assert. She
will send when desired certified certificate, or
written guarantee that the picture is what it pur-
ports to be. By enclosing small lock of hair,
and stating place of birth, age, disposition and
complexion, and enclosing fifty cents and stamped
envelope addressed to yourself, you will receive
the picture and desired information by return
mail All communications saered1y confidential.
Address in confidence,
MADAME E. F. THORNTON,
P. o. Box 223, Hudson, n. 7.
mch2Adw1y. ..s-.
The evening Argus., 1867-05-08
For the Rock Island Argus.
Obituary Of Henrietta Sharp. =

D1Ep.-ApriI q, 1867, aged 50 years, g
months and day disease scrofula, or con
sumption, which caused her great suffering
for some years, until it finally finished its
work, by releasing its victim from these sor.
the evergreen fields of eternal joys. Sister,
Sharp, wife Of Jacob Sharp, was born in
Tennessee, from whence, in company with
her comparison and three children, she moved
to Adams, Co, iii, in 1888, from thence to
Henry, Co, I'll, in 1851 and settled on the
prairies in Colona, IA miles east OF Rock Is
land City, where she was permitted to over
come the last enemy, death. Sister Sharp
united with the,M. E. Church, inher 18th year,
and continued faithful until death released her
from all her trials. She leavesa companion,
seven children, twenty grand children.
and a large circle of friends, to mourn her de-
parture. Funeral by the Rev. D. S. Byers, OF
Watertown, from Revelations "a chap. 18th
verse. = ss Sd FEACE.