Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-04-11

! ,nimity which NE would do well to initiate,
1.-THE Privcrnates had been more than
ONCE subdued by the Romans, and had as
often rebelled. Their cityw at length
taken by PLAur1Us the Consul, after their
leader V1rRuyIUs and great numbers Of;
their Senate had been killed. Being rc-s
l1ducedl to lowscoDdition, they sent ambas-
sailors to Rome to desire peace; where,
when Senator asked them what punish
nient they deserved. one of them answer
ed, The same which they deserve who
think themselves worthy of liberty The
Consul then demanded what kind Of peace
might be expected from them if the pun
ishmcnt should be remitted.' The ambas-
sador answered, If the terms you give be
good, the peace will be observed by us
faithfully and perpetually; if bad, it will
soon be broken And though some were
offended by the ferocity of the answer, vet
the best part Of the Senate approved it as
worthy "a man and a freeman land con-
Tossing that no man or nation would, con-
tinue under an uneasy condition longer
than they were compelled by force, SAID,
They were only fit to be made Romans
who had nothing valuable but liberty
| Upon which they were all made citizens of
Rome, and obtained whatever they desir-
ed. "aaa2 f.. III 'as-sa Is .r..e.e. -o
| Upon par with that great and most
lamentable error which the North commits
in imposing unjust and humiliating condi-
| lions upon the South, would be the error
Of the South in confessing its unworthi-
ness by the acceptance Of those conditions.
Nothing else that. the South could do
would SO undignify it in the eyes Of man
kind and posterity: for it would not only
be q voluntary putting ON OF the badge of
inferiority, but would be virtual admis-
sion that, in the place Of an innocent par
ty suffering undesirable wrong and out
rage, it was merely felon undergoing
just and richly merited punishment
Hest and South ~ .''
The following Order, just Issued from
Headquarters, will interest our readers.
| ,ejSauEAD QRS FIRST DISTRICT, !
,s7aa a- STATE OF VIRGINIA.,
RICHMOND, VA, April ID, 1867. }
EXTRACT.
Special Orders No. l.
/. A board Of officers is hereby appoint
ed to select and recommend to the Com.
handing General for appointment, persons
to form boards of registration throughout
this District, as required by the act of
March Odd, 1867.
The persons required, will be one regis
tering officer for each magisterial district
Of a county or ward of a city, and two,
four or six for the county or city at large,
according to the size Of the county or city.
so as to form. with the registering officers
of the several districts or wards, one, two
OR three boards Of registration for the coun-
Ety orcity. ri i9. ~# a..s,=-..-.-
An officer of the army OF Freedman's
Bureau will, if possible, be selected as
member of each board, and the other two
will be selected from the following classes
of persons, viz: LIST. Officers of the Uni
ted States army or of volunteers, who have
been honorably discharged after meritori-
Gus services during the late war. %. 10y
al citizens of the county or city for which
they are selected. Sd. Any other loyal cit
liens having the proper qualifications.
These boards must be composed of men
who. not only are now, but always have
been, loyalt to the Government of the Uni
ted States men Of high character and
sound impartial judgment, and. as far as
possible, men who have the confidence Of
all classes of citizens.
No registering officer shall be candi-
date for any elective Office while holding
the Office of registering officer
I With their recommendations for appoint
ment, the Board will report to the Com
manding General a brief of the testimoni-
ais and other evidence upon which their
selections are based s.9
The Board will report from time to time
their selections for particular counties or
cities, without waiting to complete the
| list r
DETAIL FOR THE BOARD.
Brevet Lieut. Col GEO GIBSON, JR.,
Capt 11th United States Infantry.
Brevet Major c. R. LAYTON, Captain
18th United States Infantry
Brevet Major D. W. VANCE, captain
18th United States Infantry. a
Captain GARR1cK MALLEEY, 43d United
States Infantry.
Captain J. A. BATES, 43d United States
Infantry.
BY cammand of Brig. and Brevet Major
| General J NJ. ScHoFIELD, q. S. A.
(Signed) S. r. CHAFLIN,
| 4, 4. Assistant Adjutant General.
/ Another Clerical Rascal. ba.
t u The disagreeable duty of exposing the