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and all those who did not would be driven from the County. He then returned home and informed the other men on the place, when some of them went to Mr. Gilmore, and asked if he knew anything about it. he informed them that he had been in the city the previous day, and had not heard anything of it. On the following day the 22nd of July, the men with the exception of five or six went to town and there found the Register in session. There is but one man on the place who states that he knew he was going to Register, and he admits that he went without first informing  Mr. Gilmore. There is not a man in his employ who ever heard Mr. Gilmore attempt