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Headquarters Second Military District,
CHARLESTON, S. c., May 20, 1867.

CHARLESTON, s. g., May ~, 1851
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. %.
1t appears from sundry petitions and official
representations that the present scanty supply of
food in the Carolinas is seriously diminished by
the large quantity of grain consumed in numerous
diStilleries, put up and worked in defiance of the
revenue laws of the United States; it is represen-
ted that few none of the requirements of law
are observed in any of these establishments; that
the officers of the internal revenue service while
endeavorDg to assess and collect the whiskey tax
are frequently treated with disrespect and some
times menaced with violence; and that when
Offenders are prosecuted in the civil courts and
violations of the internal revenue laws indisputa-
bly, proved uries fail to convict the parties it is
further shown that this unlawful traffic makes
food dcarer in places where large numbers are de-
pending upon public and private bounty; that
the Government is besides, defrauded of large
amount of revenue that the authority of its civil
officers is brought into contempt; and further
more, that the mischief complained of tends to
increase poverty, disorder and crime; therefore,
in the exercise of the authority vested in the
Commanding General it is ordered that,
I. The distillation or manufacture of whiskey
other spirits from grain is prohibited in this
Military District. Any person so engaged or en-
ployed will be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
The possession of a still other apparatus for
this purpose will be considered presumptlve evil
dence of a violation of the revenue laws and the
party OR parties using the same, or on whose
premises, or in whose possession the same may be
found, will be arrested and brought to trial before
officer OF the Post and two officers of the army
next in rank duty within the territorial limits
of the Post. If the exigencies of the service do
not permit the detail of other officers that fact
will be duly certified and the Post Commander
will hear and determine the case.
II. The penalties, punishments and forfeitures
prescribed by the several acts of Congress for dis
tlling or manufacturing whiskey or other spirits
in violation of the revenue laws, will be imposed
and executed by the military tribunals hereby au-
thOrized.
III. No sentence extending to Imprisonment,
forfeiture of stills, liquor or other property,
the imposition of fine other penalty will be
carried into effect until reported to these Head
quarters and approved by the Commanding Gen
eral.
~ All troops of the United States, Magis-
trates, Sheritfs, Constables, Police and others in
authority required, and all citizens are solic-
tied, to be vigilant in detecting and prompt in
giving information of the violation of these or
ders Commanding officers will be held respon-
sbe for their enforcement.
By Command of Major-General D. E. SIcKLEs:
j. w. CLOUS,
Capt. 3Sth Infantry,
A. D. c. & A. A. A. G.
May 80 1866. 29-1aW3t,
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Selections.

The LATE GENERAL MEAGHER-
PARTICULARS OF HIS DEATH.-A pri-
waite letter from Montana Territory,
dated Virginia City, July 6, gives the
following account of the death Of Gene
neral Meagher:
He was at Fort Benton, waiting for
the arms the Government sent up. He
arrived there on the 1st of July, having
riden thirty miles on horseback in the
hot sun that day. He spent the after
noon in conversation and letter-wr
inc, and retired early to his berth on
boar,l the steamboat G. A. Thompson.
There was no railing on the guards OPP
posite his. state-room door, it hav-
ING been broken off in some way.
About 10 o'clock at night he went on
the guards. Here, it is supposed, he
stumbled on a coil of rope, lost his ba-
lance, and was preci plated over the
side of the boat. The river is greatly
swollen, and the current is so strong
that the best swimmer has no chance
in it. 1t is stated that he called for
help, when the deck hands ran with
tticlI LSutS, ttlIu SiW uliIl HOdllilS away
There was no boat ready. Everything
appears to have been in confusion and
excitement. I have received a charm
ing letter that he wrote me late that af
ternoon, (his last on earth,) telling me
that lie hoped to start for home by the
last OF the week; so that he evidently
had no presentiment of his dreadful
fate. * A gentleman who was
in his company for over an hour late in
the afternoon before the accident occur
red has informed me of most of the
circumstances Of his last hours in this
life, as l state them to you. fear that
his remains will never be recovered,
though the citizens of Montana are
making every effort to find them
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AN ORIENTAL LIGHT.

It is impossible for those who have never
visited the glowing East to form an ade-
quate idea of the exceeding beauty of an
Oriental light. The sky-which bends en-
amored over the clusters of graceful palm
trees, fringing some slow-moving stream, or
groves of dark motionless expresses rising
up like Gothic spires from the midst of the
white f1at-roofed villages-is of the deepest
darkest purple, unstained by the faintest
film Of vapor, undimmed by single f1eecv
cloud. 1t is the very image of purity and
peace, idealizing the dull earth with its
beauty, elevating sense into the sphere of
soul, and suggesting thoughts and warnings
too tender and ethereal to be invested with
human language. Through its transparent
depths the eye wanders dreamily upward
until it loses itself on the Threshold of other
worlds. Over the dark mountain-ran
the lonely moon walks in brightness, cloth
ing the landscape with the pale glories OF
mimic day; while the zodiacal light far
more distinct and vivid than it is ever seen
in this country, diffuses mild pyramidal
radiance above the horizon, like the after
glow of sunset. Consultations. tremulous
with excess of brightness, sparkle in the
heavens, associated with classical myths and
legends which are a mental inheritance to
every educated man from his earliest wears
Ihere the snip ArSo sails over the trackless
upper ocean in search of the golden fleece of
Colchis; there Perseus, returning from the
conquest of the Gorgeous, holds in his hand
the terrible head of Nedusa there the virgin
Andromeda, chained naked to the rock,
awaits in agony the approach of the devour-
ing monster; the luxuriant yellow hair of
beIenlce hangs suspended as a votive Offering
TO Venus; while the dim misty track form
ed by the milk that dropped from Juno's
breast, ana which, as it fell upon the earth,
changed the lilies from purple to snowy
tha ahest extends across the heavens like
them all, far up towards the zenith. old Orion
with his blazing belt, meets the admirino
eye, suggestive of gentle memories and kind
thoughts thou of home; while Immediately be-
s1na IS seen the familiar cluster of the Pie
aides, or the Seven Sisters, glittering and
auivering with the radiance Of the ametbv v
fre etne., like breastplate of jewels-tbe
sFsp and Fhummin of the Eternal WIG
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POETRY.
sALOME,s PRAYER.

"Grant that these my two sons may s.. sit
one on Thy right hand, and the other on In!
left, in Thy Kingdom"
O mother! full of modest dreams,
And did thy hopes aspire
To where before the Throne there CLEANS
The crystal sea of fire?
Didst see in vision, left and right,
Thy two sons seated there,
With golden crowns, arrayed In Whl'e'
In glory none might share!
All could thine eyes have seen, lloeeu'
The boon that thou didst ask
How one dear son for Christ must pleed,.
And one work out his task!
Not cen their Lord that Doon nilghI SNe'
Rnt bv His Fathers rule;
And suffering is for all that 1--we,
The saints appointed school.
He crowns the victims brow but, first
Must come the fierce, hot strife;
The soul must taste earth's last and worst,
And then the perfect life;
By weary ways. or sudden pain,
He ends what he began;
And only thus his children gain
The stature of the man.
Ye mothers, who for children seek
Great heritage of fame:
Gods gifts, prophets word to speak,
A statesmans might and name,
The wreath that binds the conqueror's brow,
The aaet's tongue of fire
Who thus if free would utter now
Your deepest heart desire,
How would ye shrink in pale dismay,
Could We the future scan,
And trace the lonely abe and grew,
The features wern and wan;
Could hear the minstrels minor sad,
And see the statesman folled,
The one prize never to be had,
For which alone they toiled
We know not how the fire which burns
In words from poets lips,
Inon the mans own spirit turns,
And ends in dark eclipse;
Ye know not, when for those We love,
Ye ask the worlds success,
That wealth, power, glory, never prove
Enough the heart to bless.
Far better ask Salome's prayer
For those the heirs of light,
When thy Lords Kingdom comes, to share
The thrones to left and right;
Then with thy Fathers perfect will
Be ready to comply,
Sure that His Love will lead them still
In wanderings far and high.
But, best of all, seek only this,
The power for service true,
TO find in good their perfect bliss,
One light in varying hue;
They please him best who make their choice
10 take the lowest place;
And in His presence they rejoice,
True heirs of Gods great grace
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Headuuarters Second MILITARY Distrtet.

Headquarters Second Military District,
CHARLESTON, s. c., May 9th, 1867.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 10.
All persons in this Department employed or
concerned at any time in seizing, holding or dis
ties, shares in any Bank, Rail Road or other Cor
poration, bonds, mortgages, notes, bills assets
of any kind sequestrated by the late so-called
Confederate Government, are required without
delay to report in writing to these Headquarters
their action, specifying the kind and amount of
property sequestrated, the time and place of
sequestration, and the names of the original
owners, and of the parties by whom property is
now held.
By Command of Maj. Gen. D. E. s1oKLEs:
j. w. CLOUS,
Capt. 3Sth q. s. Inf, A. D. c., and A. A. A. G.
May 10, 1857. 2S-1awSw.
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Official.
Headquarters Second Military District,
CHARLESTON, 8. c., May 18th, 1867.


[CIRoULAR.]
Paragraph XII of General Orders, No. 10, cur
rent series from these Headquarters, does not
prohibit the use of fowling pieces for hunting
game upon ones own premises.
Commanding officers of Posts are authorized,
upon good and sufficient cause shown, to grant
permission to public officers to carry arms when
absolutely necessary in the discharge of their du
ties such permission to be in writing, in each
case, and to be revoked when abused.
Commanding officers of Posts, to be associated
with one or more commissioned officers on duty
at the Post, next in rank, when practicable, are
constituted military tribunals for the trial OF all
persons within the limits of their commands
charged with violating Par. XII of G. o. No. 10,
these Headquarters. The proceedings in such
cases to be forwarded to these Headquarters for
approval.
By Command of Major-Gen. D. E. SIcKLEs:
j. W. CLoUs,
Capt. 3Sth U. 8. Infantry,
27-G A. D. c., & A. A. A. g.
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Constitutional Amendment.
The following is the Constitutional Amend
ment, commonly called the Howard Amendment:


The following is the Constitutional Amend
ment, commonly called the Howard Amendment:
ARTICLE XIV.
Section l. All persons born naturalized in
the United States and subject to the jurisdiction
thereof are citizens of the United States and of
the State wherein they reside No State shall
make or enforce any law which shall abridge the
privileges or mmunities of citizens of the United
States; nor shall any State deprive any person of
life, liberty property without due process OF
law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdic-
ton the equal protection of the laws.
Sec 2. Representatives shall be apportioned
among the several States according to their re-
spective numbers, counting the whole number OF
persons in each State excluding Indians not tax
ed But when the right to vote at any election
for the choice of electors for President and Vice
President OF the United States, representatives in
Congress, executive and judicial officers ola State
orthe members OF the Legislature thereof, is de-
MED to any of the male inhabitants of such State
being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the
United States, or in any way abridged except for
participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis
of representation therein shall be reduced in the
proportion which the number of such male citi-
zens shall bear to the whole number OF male citi-
Zens twenty one years Of age in such State.
Sec. 3. No person shall be Senator or Repre-
sentative in Congress, elector OF President and
Vive-Fresident, or hold any office, civil or mill
tary, under the United States under any State,
who, having previously taken an oath mem
Der of Congress, or as an officer of the United
States, or as member of any State Legislature,
executive or judicial officer of any State,
to support the Constitution of the United States,
shall have engaged in instruction rebellion
against the same, or given aid and comfort to the
enemies thereof. But Congress may, bya vote of
two-thirds Of each House. remove such disability.
Sec. 4. The validity of the public debt of the
United States authorized by law, including debts
incurred for payment of pensions and bounties
for services in suppressing Instruction rebel
lion shall not be questioned. But neither the
United States any State shall assume or pay
any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insur-
rection or rebellion against the United States,
any claim for the loss or emancipation of any
slave; but all such debts, obligations and claims,
shall be held illegal and void.
Sec. s. The Congress shall have power to ell
force by appropriate legislation the provisions of
this article.
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Headquarters Post of Raleigh,

HeauquarIefs POSC OF Ka1eIgh,
RALEIGH, N. c., June 18th, 1867.
GENERAL ORDERS,
No. 81.
The "Raleigh StamdarT' and Henderson
Pioneer" of this State, having been designated by
the proper authority, under an Act of Congress,
" approved March I'd, 1872 for public advertis-
therein will be considered as official within the
limits of this Post, comprising the following
named countless
Person, Orange, Chatham, Wake, Granville,
Warren and Franklin.
By Order of Colonel j. V. BoMFoRD:
DAN'L T. WELLS,
LIST Lieut.. 9Th Inf, Brevet Major,
Post Adjutant.
June 20, 1867. 3s-tf
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OFFICIAL,

XVII. Amy law or ordinance nerotoe>
force in North or South Carolina ;naatore in
with the provisions of this General Order
By command of Major-Gen. B - r sta,.,
Ssth u. s. Infantry, A. D. c. 4 A. apt
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PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS.

A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT JUST RE-
IA ceived and for sale low at
Watson's Photograph Gallery.
members OF the Legislature visitors and citi
zens are invited to cali at WATSON'S PHOTO
SHApH GALLERY and hear of something to
their interest. J. w WATSONe ~
Raleigh, Nov O. 1886. lO8-tf
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June Is, 1857.
= ,r,,t0rv commapd Of N. CarOlns,

Headouarters, Military Command Of N. CarOIh''
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, April l0tn' i'0''
GENERAL ORDERS,
Tho soiloWing General Order is rePubiished 10.
.ha ;nformation of all concerned LII 'ii' WIN
mand: D,srp,cr
HEADQUARTERS, SECOND Milhr LIT Si,,tbl Gar lima.
CHARLEsToN, s. c., April LIST, 1867.
GENERAL ORDERS,
1v,o No q, election for District, County, Mum
w nr Town Officers is required to take piaosi'
u paccordance with the provisions OF inc ,m.
law, within the limits OF any posi- III LINE re-
nnrt to these Headquarters the time ana PlLsSi crs
spnch election and the designation OF Tue on'''
to be filled. .,,;o;b,e TO hold
office or any objection exist, arising oul 81 tbeiI
misconduct in office, to the conend d br the Post
functions, the facts will be reported. in view
Commander. with his suggestions, hnlIaTe Of the
the interests of the service and the
locality Immediately concerned.
BY '0 MaSoS.sssrHA1 D. E. sI ". 1cciI:ous,o
Capt ssth U. s. Inf, A. D. Co. and a. a. -
By o0 COLONEL J. y. B0nf D. F: WELLS, i
ps-tt and ss;s ~ So :: e
zLzxcE SEWING MACHINE
FL Si2MBER ARTICLE, IN NJ PE For sale
~ runn'nW W. Il. & R. s. TUCKER ST 8 If
June 16, 1867.
.IouRr FLoURII FLOURMIr1s
rITMTy SACKS OF NORTH CAk ~ Store
Flour. From 81 to 81 per SA'A'
or sale by D WILLIAMSON q ~
May 81, 1857,
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The concealmeut of such weapons on the person
will be deemed an aggravation OF the otfense. a
violation of this order will render the offender
amenable to trial and punishment by military
commission. Whenever wOunding or Killing
shall result from the use OF such Weapons proof
that the party carried or concealed deadly
weapon shall be deemed evidence OF felonlous
attempt to take the life of the injured person
Kill The orders heretofore issued in this
military department prohibiting the punishment
of crimes and offenses by whipping, manning,
branding, stocks, pillory or other corpora punish
ment Elm force and will be obeycd by all persons
XIV. The punishment of death in GER
tain cases of burglary and larceny imposed Dy
the existing laws of the provisional governments
in this military district, is abolished ANY pers1n
convicted of burglary or of larceny when tns
property stolen is of the value of OF au
battery with intent to kill, or of any assauls WILL
a deadly weapon, shall be deemed gnllty Vi iei ~
ny, and shall be punished by Imprisonment a.
hard labor for term not exceeding ten years nu
less than two years, in the discretion OF lne
having jurisdiction thereof Larceny, s5E shaII
value of the property stolen Is less labor for
term not exceeding one year IN the oiseie'ioA ~
the court
XIV. The Governors of North and SOIL
Carolina shall have authority within t1sT Jurls-
dictions respectively to reprieye or Paraon any
person convicted and sentenee9by a Civil court
and to remit fines and penalties.
XVI. Nothing in this oyder SHALL b De - con con
acts Of Congress in such CASES m1de andProvidsd,
nor with the collection 81 anyx P9Rost sSaass
Sr charge levied BY asthoy od Of North
and South Carolina; but 10 impris onment Tor
over due taxes shall be allowed nor shall TINS OF
dereF any law of the provisional government Minor
North and South Carolina operate to deny 10 lIln
children or children coming of age OIL their leu,
representatives, to suspend as to Ine, a
right of action, remedy or proceeding agaD mas
ecutors administrators, trustees guardans, ,n" or
tiers or clerks of equity courts, or other oee
persons holding fiduciary relation to inc
or the subject matter Of the action or-Ffocse1s'
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-04-17

THE WHEAT CRoP-The Cincinnati Ga
zette says: The new crop Of wheat will
come upon market more bare than has
been experienced for many years. This be-
ing the case, it is particularly pleasant to
know that the wheat crop was never more
promising. In some sections the breadth
Of land planted was not as large as usual,
owing to the great scarcity of seed, but
there is nevertheless, fair average of land
under winter wheat, and if the harvest
turns out as well as it now promises, we
shall have a large yield The crop is of
course still liable to suffer, but let suffice for
the present, that the prospects are excellent
and the season decidedly favorable.
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Louis Schadc, of Washington, the Attor-
ney of the Andersonvlle monster Captain
Wirz, has written long letter addressed to
the American people in vindication of the
felons memory. He may succeed in tick
ling the fancy of the south, but similar
writings heaped mountains high, viii fail to
create any better opinion in the northern
mind of the barbarous prison keeper, who
only partly expatiated his horrid crimes in
an ignominious death.
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RUSSIAN AMERICA-In another column
we publish an article in reference to the
soil, products, ETC., of Russian America,
just ceded to the United States. The arti-
Gle viii be read with interest, as it embraces
extracts from the pen of an Englishman,
who in 1855 advocated its annexation to
British America, on account of its vast for
ests of timber, and its commercial advanta-
ges ON the Pacific coast. Whether Russian
America is as valuable as is generally sup
posed is not satisfactorily demonstrated as
yet. That it is of some considerable i'm
portance in a commercial point, may be in
ferred from the fact the London Times and
Ners exhibit much uneasiness on account
of it's cession to the United States, and de-
clare that England would enter protest
against its purchace by our government if
she had a right to do so. But time alone
can demonstrate satisfactorily the wisdom
of the purchase OF this vast Northwestern
territory by our authorities So let us wait
and see.
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LARGE Crops LOOKED FOR.-Those VII 0
pretend to be weatherwise, predict that we
will be blessed with heavy crops the ensuing
season. 1t has been noticed says the Frank
lin Reposjtogy that whenever heavy fall
Of snow occurred about the time of full
moon, in February, large crops and en- a
bundance Of everything were sure to follow
We trust that in the present instance there
will be no deviation from the custom. Rich
aud poor will be gratifed to see large sup
plies the coming summer.
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TnE RAFTsmAn's JOURNAL.

A SINGULAR CAsE.-The Fort Wayne
lind. Gazette gives the following account
OF the recovery of his speech and hearing
by boy named Stanley Marshall, who lost
both IN consequence OF an attack of lung
lever about year and a half ago:
week or ten days ago, George Lloyd
and others, who had for some time before
taken good deal of interest in the boy,
conceived the idea of restoring his hearing
by means of some violent shock. They fired
pistol over his head, and within few
inches of his ear, but it made no impress
sion. Some one told him that liberal use
Of liquor would cure him. and taking a no.
tion TO try the experiment, last Monday af-
ternoon he pawned his pocket book for 4
glass of whisky Sir. Lloyd coming in lat
Strong eating house, andfnding him tip
sy, determined to carry the experiment fur
ther, and giving him more whisky, until he
was quite drunk, and then commenced a
rubbing and shaking that shortly resulted
in return of hearing. He rubbed the ears
Of the boy until the skin was broken, and
shook him until he was almost as tired of
the exercise as the boy was, or rather would
have been if sober. Suddenly something
seemed to break loose in his chest or throat.
There was a report like the popping Of a
cork from a bottle of mineral water. and
the boy called Lloyd a fool the first
word he had spoken for over a year. He
soon began to talk more freely, his speech
coming back in broken accents ike those of
child. He went to bed quite sick that
night, and woke up the next morning quite
stiff and sore from the harsh treatment OF
the day before, but able to talk and hear
nearly as well as ever The boy says that
when his speech returned it seemed as if a
weight was lifted from his lungs-he felt as
if something in him had busted and got
| in both ears.