Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 23, 1867, Image 4
ptrnflttftt* Department.
A NODE TO SPRING.
BY A KXDIQNIXT FARMER.
Well, Spring, youv com at last, bev you!
The poll sez youv bin a sittin in Old'Winter's
Lap?now ain't vou ashamed of yourself?
I spose that old filler's bin a bussin you.
I should think ho had from your breth
A bein so-cold, but that's the way thein
Old fellers hev a doin.
Well, as I was sayin,
Youv cum at last with your "balmy
Breth" a blowin from the North wes?
Westconstant or Nebrasky I spose,
Grate Kuntries for bam I rekin!
>Now youv cum wen
Evervbodi's feed an Kora an things
Hev all bin fed out. Now luk at
Our kritters will ye? See our Kattel
Youv left, a hevin to be steddied by
Thur tales when they gits up a mornings!
Luk at our hossis wats all rejuced
To skeletons a weepin over a troft;
A hull troft full of Icobs!
A hull troft full of bitter rekelekshuns!
Luk at them shepe a lien in
The fens kornurs a waitin for grass!
Yis! an they bin a waitin sum ov
Them for weex!?An ef they wasn't
Puld they'd a bin "shakin tner lox
Atyu and sed U dun it!" (That thur
Iz frum Hamlet, wun ov Sbiakspur's plais)
As another poit sez?"Gras-diffurd maks
The stumacK ake"?so these shepe will
Never open thur ii onto gras again?No!
Now luk at them hogs, as has bin
A Mlann thorn Vottol u'nf. hfiv ben
A IVUVi iu VUVAU T, ?. ?w .
Stuft with straw. Luk at them
Ere? will ye?bigger than eny
Cabbage lefb. ..
See the shotes
A lenin onter the fens to squele!
Luk at them eres a "hangin pendint"
"Onto sieh Kttel hogs! Se a hundrid
Gnd sboats rejuiced down to a even
Korn baskit ful!
Yes, that thors o vur doins, U
Tardi loiterin Spring?a hangin bak
Az youv bin a doin! .
But now youv cum!
We fele yer cheer in presenz wen we
Oit round onto the south side uv the barn !
We hear the hens a kaklin when they've
Laid a eg. We see the horseradish a
Springin up a long side the gardin
Fens! The wimin is a lukin into
. The old tepot arter garden sedes!
All these tmngs make me think youv cum.
Ef so be I'v riled
Ye, Spring, a showin up uv yer short cummins,
Jest set it down to havm a poit's lisens,
[Tho I haint taken wun out yet, I low to.]
COOL.
Out at Columbus, in Ohio, lives a little, weazen,
dried-up, shabby-looking politician, named Joe
G . He is the most insignificant-looking specimen
of humanity one would meet in a month, bnt
smart as a steel-trap, and any one who takes him
for a fool will find nimself sadly deceived. He is
notorious for furnishing the finest specimens of
cool impudence of any man in Ohio. The following
anecdote, illustrative of this trait of his character,
is told of him:
Some years ago, being in Philadelphia, he received
an introduction to a prominent divine of
that citv. The reverend gentleman invited Joe to
attend his church on a certain Sunday, which invitation
was accepted. They entered the sacred
? * a. c__i. -l
edifice togetner. it was one ui me urst vhuivucs
in the city, and its members were fashionable and
aristocratic in the extreme. The minister put Joe
into an elaborately-furnished pew, well to the front
Joe nestled comfortably down into one corner of
the same, and looked about as interesting and
contented as a toad under a cabbage leaf.
After awhile the owner of the pew arrived; and
at once rave signs of intense disgust and indignation
at ine presence of the interloper. He looked
at Joe, looked at the pew, scowled magnificently,
and finally, after fumbling through his pockets
some time, drew forth a card and wrote on it with
a pencil: This is my seat, sir I" and, with an air
of the loftiest contempt, tossed it over to Joe, who
took it up; read it with lamblike meekness peculiar
to himself, and then, with the most delightful
coolness, wrote in reply: "It's a very good seat I
"What rent do you pay ?" and tossed the card back
to its owner. The latter took it, looked at it with
the most profound astonishment a minute or two,
and then a broad grin overspread his countenance.
He evidently enjoyed the sublime brass and coolness
of his new acquaintance, and when service
was over he approached Joe, apologized for his
rudeness, invited him to his house, rave him the
best he had, and treated him with the utmost respect
and consideration during his sojourn in the
city. t
A GOOD JOKE.
Many years ago, when church organs first came
in use, a worthy old clergyman was pastor of a
church where they had just purchased an organ.
Not far from the church was a large town pasture,
where a great many cattle grazed, and among them
a large bufi. One hot sabbath in the summer,
Mr. bull came up near the church grazing, and just
as the Rev. Mr. B was in the midst of- his
sermon? 'boo-woo-woo' went the bull
.The parson paused, looked up at the*singing
seats, and with a grave face said:
'I would thank the musicians not to tune their
instruments during service; it annoys me veiy
much.'
The people stared, and the minister went on.
'Boo-woo-woo,' went the bull again as he drew
a little nearer the church.
The parson paused again and addressed the
choir:
'I really wish the singers would not tune their
instruments while I am preaching.'
The congregation tittered, for they knew what
the real cause of this disturbance was.
The old parson went on again and he had just
about started goou when, 'Boo-woo-woo' came
- * from Mr. bulL
The minister paused once more and exclaimed:
'I have twice requested the musicians in the
gallery not to tune their instruments during the
sermon. I now particularly request Mr. L
that he will not tune his double base organ while
I am preaching.'
This was too much. L got up. too much
agitated at the idea of speaking out in cnurch, and
^ stammered out:
'It is-isn't me* parson B , it-it is that d?d
town bull.
Joking in School.?Mr. Moody, of the Winthrop
Gazette who has had some pedagogical experience,
tells the following good joke of himself:
We once had a pftpil who would not study, but
who was a keen, quick-witted, perfect clown. We
one day saw him busily engaged with his slate.?
Accidently passing near his desk, we discovered on
his slate a caricature of somebody. We cared nothing
for the picture, but wishing him to know we
had seen it, we Baid, "'George. ' He looked up
and drawled out "What?" "Were you looking
in the glass when you drew that?" "No," said
- he, ' 'I was looking at you."
It is dangerous joking with clowns or fools.?
Once we set one of the latter class to work in our
garden, and suspecting he would "nurse the hoenandle
' as soon as we were out of sight, we stole
upon him unawares after half an hour. He stood
with his right hand poised over a large musquito
that was drawing tne foolish blood from his left
arm. Stepping up Deiuna mm, we gave mm a
quick slap ou the shoulder, and said, briskly,
Work away! musquitoes never bite a fool'' The
surprise hastened the fatal catastrophe to poor
'akeeter: and as fool raised the trap to see the result,
one eye looking at the bloody blotch on his
arm and the other askew at us, he said, with very
leisurely emphasis, "Hain't you glad orn't?"?
WaterviRe Mail.
A Boy's First Composition.?The Terre
Haute (Ind.) Album, gives the following essay on
"The Ox" from of its young contributors, just as
it comes from his pen. It is so natural and spontaneous,
that we aoubt if Shilibar or Josh Billings
could equal it in genuine humor:
Oxen is a very slow animal, they are good to
brake ground up, i would drather have horses if
they didn't have kolick, which they say is wind
collected in a bunch, which makes it dangerrer for
to keep horses the people would have to wheal
thare wood on a wheal-barrow, it would take too
or three days to wheal a cord a mile. Cows is useful
too, i have heard some say that if they had to
be tother or an ox thay would be a cow. But i
think when it cum to have their tits pulled of a
mornin thay would wish thay wasn't, for oxen dont
generally have to raise caves, if i had to be enny
1 would rather be a heffur. But if i coodent be a
hefifur and hed to be both i wood be an ox.
Isaac Spiker.
J?"An old Scotch lady had an evening party,
where a young man was present, who was about to
leave for an appointment in China. As he was
exceedingly extravagant in his conversation about
himself, the old lady said, when he was leaving,.
"Tak' gude care a' yourself when ye are away; for
mind ye, they eat puppies in China." 1
JVjjricttltural fJepartmrttt.
EFFECT OF SOIL UPON POTATOES.
Soil has an influence upon potatoes aside from
their growth. Some soil?alight sandy loam?will <
produce mellowness where it is wanting, and im- J
prove it where it exists. Manure is hurtful to the <
quality, and eepecially to the flavor of potatoes.? 1
Hence a soil sufficiently rich should never have t
manure for potatoes?and a very rich soil is not re- i
quired for this tuber. A rank growth of potatoes 1
will give a rank taste. The same potatoes raised
on a light natural soil, where the only manure has i
been vegetable?for instance the carbonaceous mat- i
ter of new land?will be improved. This accounts i
for the diversity of opinion in regard to the differ- 1
ent kinds of potatoes. The Garnet Chili is con- !
demned by some. We have just heard a man pro- i
nounce against them?who gave the preference to ;
other kinds, among which the Peach Blow is one. i
He had "no luck with the Gtrnets last year.'1 He :
raises his potatoes in soil manured from the horse i
stable. His neighbor has just the reverse opinion.
He raised his wnere little or no manure has been
used?some on a discontinued strawberry bed, i
where saw-dust had been applied for mulching,
and afterwards worked into the soil, and rotten
when the potatoes were grown. This was vegetable
manure, and made tne difference between the
two crops. '
?*" ' * ?i? I
mere is anotner element 01 great vaiue m mc
potato crop: this is lime. It is probably better
than anything that can bo used. This in connection
with vegetable manure on a light sandy loam. i
well-drained, will insure the best crop. It will <
yield largely, as well as of the best quality. On
such soil there is also less rot A moist soil is al- i
ways to be avoided if quality is to be considered, i
For feeding purposes, a rank growth is probably
preferable, as more potatoes Jire generally pro- ?
auoed.
The soil should not only be light and loose, but ]
the seed should be well down in the ground, not
raised in ridges. Five or six inches below the level
of the sou will give more moisture?in other
words withstand a drouth better, than when elevated
above this level, giving a chance for the air
more effectually to diy the soil in which the potatoes
are imbedded.
Never hill a potato?or, if hilling will be done,
do it after a shower, as soon as the ground will
permit Cultivate and keep the soil mellow, especially
in a drouth. This is a thing that is much
neglected. We do not cultivate potatoes sufficiently.
They require much moisture; and unless the
ground is well stirred, repeatedly, there will be
great hurt?small potatoes and few in a hill.
Clay will also improve the quality of potatoes,
as weU as of other rootj and grains in general.?
But it will not much increase the growth.
Cohians Rural World.
SEEDLING PEACHES.
Editors Southern Cultivator:?In the summer
of 1857 or '58, the first Chinese Cling Peaches
were brought to the "ad interim Fruit Exhibition,"
in Columbia. After they were examined and eaten,
Mr. Hemy Lyons gave eight of the seed to
me. with the request that they should be planted
ana taken u special care of." I planted or rather
buried them, in a box until the following February,
at which time they wero disinterred, and planted
in the garden, where no other seed were planted
or could have dropped. Six came up?three
given to friends, the remaining three transplanted,
and place noted in Fruit Book. These trees have
fruited three years and are of different varieties.
No. 1 very like the original?not quite so large,
rather more flushed on one side?just as juicy, and
I think a better peach than the parent. No. 2,
fully as large as the original, round, thin skinned,
and. to mv astonishment, a free-stone. No. 3, al
together different in shape, size and taste from either?a
cling, but not worth the ground it occupied.
I have been raising almost all kinds of fruit
from the seed, and this is the only case in which a
cling has produced a free, or vice versa. I believe
it is generally conceded that few varieties of the
peach, plum or apple will produce the identical
fruit. There are a few which approach so near,
that few persons can tell the difference, and I have
heard it said by old fruit growers that a freo-stone
peach will always produce a free-stone, &c., though ;
different in shape or taste. Did you or any of your ,
contributors ever witness a departure from this sup- ,
posed to be uniform law ? HOLLY HILL.
Fairfield District, S- C.
The LaGrange, a free-stone peach, probably j
originated from the Heath Cling. At least peaches
auite similar have come before as, said to be
seedlings of the White English or Heath, which '
generally produces something very like itself.
Ed. Southern Cultivator.
DRYING CLOTHES. <
By observing the treatment which clothes re- '
ceive after they have been washed and are ready !
to be rinsed, we are led to affirm that while few un- 1
derstand the best method of making clothes clean, j
fewer still know how to rinse and dry them proper- 1
ly. Abundance of water should be used, and the !
clothes moved about in it freely, and lifted up and
down, so that water may reach alike all portions 1
of a garment. It is better to have the rinsing wa- 1
tor warm, especially where a clothes wringer is not (
used, as warm water softens the fabric and makes 1
! it more pliable.
I If clothes have not been well washed, do not tft !
I to conceal the fact under a cover of indigo. Half 1
washed clothes, if much blued, have an intolerable '
look of falsehood about them ; we would rather
see them hung up to tell their own stoiy of unclcanlincss.
If the weather is favorable, clothes
will bleach in 'the process of drying. Days when (
we have sunshine upon snow, the light is most in- *
tense, and therefore clothes bleach the best on 1
such days. Every woman accustomed to observe 1
these things, knows that she need not expect 1
clothes to look well, if dried in a strong wind ; if
it is convenient to do so, leave them lying in the J
water until the air is quiet. If at any time it is
found necessary to hang them up when the wind 1
is blowing, let them be taken from the line as soon J
as dry. *
Nothing wears clothes more than the whipping '
and snapping they get on a windy day; yet it is *
not uncommon to see "clothes chafing away at the t
line and tearing away at the pins, after all the j
~ -~~A ' l*"*- At?nUnr?i?A ?"?* fivr. J
UlOlSLUru mis ueeu LUh.cn aw ay m c^vcnau^g ivi iw*eign
particles which the wind has brought, perhaps,
from some distant sand-bank. Linen wristbands
suffer particularly, and the house-keeper
may expect to renlace them often who leaves the
shirts to be stretched horizontal to the earth's surface,
and fretted by a gale.? Western Rural.
LATIJ vs. EARLY COLTS.
In conversing with some of the gentlemen practically
familiar with the subject ?f breeding, who
were in attendance at the recent exhibition of horses
in this city, we found it to be the opinion of
many of them that it was far better to have
colts dropped late in the season than in the spring,
as is now the almost universal practice, and in
some sections of the State the former is fast gain- .
ing ground. It certainly has many advantages.?
Where colts come in the spring and are taken off
at the approach of cold weather, they are poorly 1
fitted to withstand thfc severe season of winter, are <
obliged to be kept on dry forage, if given a little <
grain as an extra feed, they are often injured by it, <
as their system is easily thrown out of order thereby,
and they almost invariably come out in the 1
spring very poor. Now it seems to us these disadvantages
can be most completelv overcome by
just reversing the general order. Ilave colts come i
in the fall, say about the last of August, and let (
them remain with the mare through the winter.
Provide a large stall, have the floor well furnished (
with straw, sawdust or fine shavings, as a litter, <
and turn them in together loose. Feed the-mare 1
well, giving a moderate quantity of grain, This 1
will make the milk richer, and consequently the t
colt will receive full benefit of the grain without (
the ill results attending the feeding it directly to
them'when young. Then in the spring, with the
fresh starting of the new, tender grass, the colt can (
be taken off and enclosed in some spot where he t
can have a choice "bite," where, in a short time, ]
he will be all ready to go on growing, and by fall, c
will have attained sufficient age, and practice in
"foraging" to withstand the winter well. The '
matter is worthy of attention by all who ajp engaged
in breeding.?Maine Farmer. j
Tite Striped Bug.?Every gardner knows that
this is a most destructive insect among melon, cucumber
and other young vines, sometimes dama- s
ging the crop seriously. Many remedies have been t
suggested, some ol tiiem no doubt, good in tneir c
way, but troublesome. Now we have tried for scv- 1
eral years another, which has proved with us a t
complete success. Instead of aiming to drive a- t
way the insect by soot, ashes, &c., we pet it, or a
rather furnish it with food better than the young I
melon and cucumber plant. We sow arouna each
hill at the time of planting a few radish seed, and
coming up about the same time the tops furnish i:
pasture for the bug which it much prefers to the 1:
vines. Lettuce will also answer, but the radish (j
is rather liked the best While our vines is un- t
touched by making this little provision for it, the (
young radish tops are completely perforated. We s
can recommend the remedy with confidence. a
gut the pome (tfirtlr.
THE EDGE OF THE C1TARACT.
A good many years since, a steamboat was accustomed
to make daily trips between Buffalo and
Niagra Falls. The nearest point to which she
could approach the mighty cataract was Chippewa
Creek, about ten miles distant on the Canada
side. One day there was a pleasure excursion,
md several hundred men, women, and children
went down from Buffalo.
After spending the day in all sorts of amusements,
in looking upon the falls, admiring the
rainbow, passing under Table llock, and hehind
the falling water, they gathered themselves on
board the boat toward night to return to their
bomes. By some miscalculation of the engineer,
sufficient steam had not been generated, and when,
after passing out of the creek, the boat met the
strong, rapid current of the river, instead of going
forward, sne was slowly, slowly borne backward
toward the dreadful cataract.
The people on board, as may well be imagined,
became instantly alarmed." The color fled from
their cheeks ? they stood in speechless horror;
the roar of the cataract soundea fearfully distinct
in their ears, and slowly, slowly, they were still
borne back toward it
At length the engineer bethought himself of the
oil with which he lubricated the machinery. He
threw it into the furnace ?the flames blazed up
more intensely?steam was generated more rapidly
? the wheels moved round with increased velocity?
there was a pause as the Titian forces were
contending for the mastery. A moment more, and
there was ixn upward movement Now solwly,
slowly, the boat passed against the current In a
short time the point of danger was passed, and a
long, heavy sign of relief broke from the bosom
of every one on board.
A venerable grey haired man was there among
them. He lifted lus hat and said, in a voice trembling
with emotion,
' 'The Lord has delivered us. Great is the name
of the Lord. Let us pray."
And down upon the deck kneeled the multitude,
while the heartfelt offering of thanksgiving went
up to God, who had wrought for them so great a
salvation. But it did not end here. The feeling
that had been awakened by the near approach of
death did not, with all, pass away when the danger
was over, as is very often the case. Even
there on the brink of that awful precipice, many
found their Saviour. A revival followed in the
church to which many of them belonged ? it was
a Sabbath school excursion ? and many found
peace in believing. One, a man of great wealth,
dedicated much of it to God, in the building of
a church, as a memorial of his gratitude for being
snatched from destruction, both in this life ana
the life to come. Thus God got many unto himself
from the carelessness?as we term it?of that engineer,
through which the lives of hundreds were
tor the moment imperiled." He chose his way to
work out his pacious purposes toward the people.
It is thus that the gate of Heaven seems often
hard by the gate of Hell. God takes the heedless
sinner and shakes him over the mouth of the
pit He trembles all over. He sees sin; he sees
righteousness; he sees wrath; he sees grace; Jie
sees judgment ; he sees love. He looks up and
calls upon the name of the Lord. The Lord saves,
and the delivered soul praises him forever. A
new song is put into his mouth. He rejoices in
the Lord.?Christian Treasury.
OLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD.
TN Al rrv~,
isamascus is me uiuest uy m mc nvuu.
and Sidon have crumbled on the shore; Baalbec is
a ruin; Palmira lies buried in the sands of the
desert; Ninevah and Babylon have disappeared
from the shores of the Tigris and Euphrates, Damascus
remains what it was before the days of Abraham?a
centre of trade and travel, an island oi
verdure in the desert, a "predestinated. capital,"
with martial and sacred associations extending beyond
thirty centuries.
It was near Damascus that Saul of Tarsus saw
the lightTfrom heaven "above the brightness of the
sun; the street which is called Straight, in which
it is said "he prayeth" still runs through the city;
the caravan comes and goes as it did one thousand
years ago ; there is still the sheik, the ass and the
waterwlieel; the merchants of the Euphates and
the Mediterranean still occupy these with the "multitude
of their wares." The city which Mohomet
surveyed from a neighboring height and was afraid
to enter, because it was given to man to have
but one paraaise, and for his part he was "resolved
not to have it in this world, ' is to this day what
Julian called the "Eye of the East," as it was in
the time of Isiah the "Head of Syria."
From Damascus came our damson, our blue
plumbs, and the delicious apricot of Porgtugal,
jailed damasco j damask, our beautiful fabric of
cotton and silk, with vines and flowers raised upon
i smooth, bright ground; damask rose introduced
into England in the time of Henry VII.; the Damascus
blade, so famous the world over for its
keen edge and remarkable elasticity, the secret of
the manufacture of which was lost when Tamerlane
carried off the artists into Persia ; and the
beautiful art of inlaying wood and steel with silver
:tnd gold?a kind of mosaic -and sculpture united,
called damaskeeing, with which boxes and bureaus
and swords ana guns are ornamented.
It is still a city of flowers and bright waters; the
streams from Lebanon, the "rivers of Damascus,"
;he "rivers of Gold" still murmur and sparkle in
die wilderness of "Lyria Gardens."
A BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.
At an Israelite Sunday School Festival in Cincinnati
lately, the occasion being a celebration of
die return of the Jews and restoration of their
vorship under Judas Maccabeaus, tiie following
prayer was made by Rev. Dr. Dilhentbal, a Jewsh
Rabbi :
Father in Heaven! We, the parents of these
children, are leading them before the throne of
riiy eternal grace and mercy, to intrust to Thy
parental care and love. As Thou hast been with us,
jo be Thou with them, and accept the prayers of
:heir iunocent hearts! As thou has permitted us
:o understand and comprehend the principles of
;ruth, iustice, liberty and universal chanty, so
jrant them Thy spirit, that they may learn to appreciate
their value! As thou hast yarded us
ike a true anc? faithful shepherd, so lead them
natVi flwf tlmv mm; find fnvnr in Thv fivfis.
v..?v ..?J ?J
md be an honor to us, to society and to our counxy.^
Teach them to shun error, to abhor vice and
jo live a life that promises a rich harvest of joy
ind blessing. Give them the spirit of the Meccajces,
that they set principles over frail and momentary
advantages, and the glorious time we are
celebrating to-day may be renewed by them and
vith them. They Love Thee, 0 God, these chilIren;
they love Thee, and wish to obey Thy word
md thy command; grant them, therefore, their
supplication; grant the prayers which fxthers and
mothers, for the joyful future of their children,
ire sending up to Thee: for in Thee we put our
:rust, we ana our children, forever and ever.?
Amen.
Devil's Responsibility and Ours.?The
Rev. John Thomas, one of the missionary brethren
>f Serarapore was one day, after addressing a
crowd of natives on the banks of the Ganges, accosted
by a Brahmin, as follows:
"Sir, don't you say that the devil tempts man
:osin?"
"Yes," answered Mr. Thomas.
"Then," said the Brahmin, "certainly the fault
sthe devil's; the devil therefore, and not man,
cucrht to suffer the punishment."
While the countenances of manv of the natives
liscovered the approbation of the lirahu tin's inference,
Mr. Tkonias4 observing a boat with several
men on board descending the river, with that feicity
of instructive retort for which he was dis;inguished;
replied: "Brahmin, do you see yonlerboat?"
' "Yes."
"Suppose I" was to send some of my friends to
lestroy every person on board, and bring me all
hat was valuaole in the boat, who ought to suffer ,
junishment? /, for instructing them, or they, for
loing the wicked act ?''
"Why," said the Brahmin, with great emotion,
?.~li ?11 4-s\ iva nnf fn /loofli fnnrnfvinr "
yUU UUUllli (IU W lA/ jjut w uvuvu w^vwuvtt
"Ah, lirahmin," replied Mr. Thomas, "and if
,'ou and the devil sin together, the devil and you
vill be punished together."
Youthful Conduct.?The line of conduct choen
by a young man during the five yeans from fifecn
to twenty, will in all probability determine his
:haracter for life. As he is then, careful or careess.
prudent or imprudent, industrious or indolent,
ruthful or dissimulating, intelligent or ignorant,
emperate or dissolute, so will he be in after years,
md it needs no prophet to calculate his chances in
ife.
Dead Heads.?"Two-thirds of the members of
ny church," says a pastor, "are honorary mem- <
ters." They don't come to prayer-meeting; they
lon't attend the Sunday school; they don't add to <
he life of the church; they are passenge rs on the
xospel ship. They bear no burdens, add no !
trength; tneir names are on our boolis ? they i
re honorary members." ' i
fgistfcilattMUS jUiictes.
FALB TO ME.
I know you are getting old love;
Your form is shrunken and bent;
I know that the curls of gold, love,
With silvery threads are blent.
Yet you're young and handsome to me, love,
Rosy, ana winning, and fair,
For I shut my eyes, and I see, love,
Back through the years of care.
I see the form of my bride, love,
Dressed in her raiment of white,
Standing, as close by my side, love,
She stood on our wedaing night.
The eyes looked into my own, love,
Their azure dimmed with a tear;
And I saw but that face alone, love,
Of all who were standing near.
The eyes are no longer bright, love,
The cheeks are no longer red;
The form is shrunken and slight, love,
And grey hairs cover the head.
"Rut. t.hn hunH that T used to ClftSD. l0V6.
Browned with exposure and care,
I hold in as warm a grasp, love.
As when it was dimpled and rair.
The smile is the smile of youth, love,
The voice is the same that said,
"I'll lovethee lbrever more, love,
Till beauty and love are dead."
And that beautv will never die, love,
Eternal its life will be;
And so. as the years go by, love,
You'll always be fair to me.
[.Syttn'c A. Sperry,
LOVE WITHOUT NONSENSE.
NOT A BIT LIKE A NOVEL.
Once upon a time there was a fair young maiden,
whose name was Mary, although they called
her Moll for short She.was'nt a tall, dark-eyed
maiden, with clear, transparent skin, and lips like
cherries, and cheeks suffused -with blushes. She
didn't have gJossy black hair, sweeping back in
wavy tresses from her queenly brow, ana her form
wasn't a bit like Hebe's. No, there was none of
those things; on the contrary she was short and
tliin, and had red hair and freckles, and she also
sported snaggled teeth and wore pads; but still she
was a right nice girl, and there was a young man
who fell in love with her, and his name was Bill,
although his friends called him Wliliam when they
wantea to hurt his feelings^ for he didn't like it
much. He wasn't fine looking, and had neither
curly brown hair nor a moustache. Not much.?
Bill laid himself out on soap locks, and wore a
goatee that he had dyed twice a week.
Now this Bill, he was in love with Mary, but
did he go and make a deliberatdAss of himself??
Did he, 1 say, go into a grove with her, and in the
soft-moonlight, by the streamlet that murmured
sweetly by, ana with the tender zephyrs sighing
through the foliage, fall down on his kneesj seize
her jeweled hand, and breathe .his deep affection
in the tender accents of fond attachment and
swear by yon brieht orb above, always to be thine ?
Did he, I say ? You can just bet he didn't You
can lay out your whole revenue safely on that?
William knew too much about the price of pants
to, go flopping around the wet grass with his best
Va nnvo/1 nnxrihinnr oHnn#
U1UU1U0 UU j UW1UW) uc iievgi vuiuu wwvm?
streamlets or any kind.of cold water, except to mix
with his gin. No, sir; it was exceedingly strange,
but thisinfatuated William met her at the alley
gate, and he stood right up on his old legs and
says: "Say, Moll, old gal, sposen we get hitched ?''
But how did Mary behave ? Did she go dropping
to sleep over on the bricks in a dead faint, or
did she hide her gentle head on his shirt bosom to
conceal her blushes? No, she didn't, and she
didn't sav "I am ever thine, my own love, dear
William I Oh, my, no! She looked right in
his yellow eyes and says, "I'm in, Billv; I'm the
gal for these sort of things. Go in! And instead
of referring him to her father, she only said,
"Won't the old man bust right out when you tell
him? Ha! ha I" and?he laughed. But she did
not ask William to mollify her fond father. No,
no. She very wickedly advised him to "poke the
old man in the nose, if he gave him any of nis lip."
She was a funny girl, this Mary.
Now the old man wasn't wealthv, for he sold
soap fat for a living, and so he didn't think Bill
was nosing around after his stamps; so, when Bill
asked him, he neither ordered him flercoly away,
nor did the dewy moisture gather in his eagle eye
as he passed his hem-stitched up there ana said:
"Bless you. my children, bless you!" Oh no,
nothing of the sort He just blew his old red nose
on his bandanna and told Bill to take her along,
for he was glad to get rid of her, he was, and
William would be the same way soon, for she was
awful rough on victuals, and always broke plates
when she got mad.
So, you see, there really was no neoessity for
William to come at midnight's solemn hour, in a
cab, and throw a rope ladder np to her window,
and whistle three times on his fingers, and then
go up, hand over hand, and bring her down in one
hand, and her trunk in the other, and a band box
and umbrella under each arm, and a whole lot of
bundles, and then get into a cab and fly to some
distant shore. That's the way it would have been
in a novel; but Bill said he wasn't on that lay, so
he just went out in the yard, and out of pure joy,
he skinned the cat three or four times on tne grapevine
arbor, and then went and got his butcher
cart, and drove Maryrightdownto the magistrate,
to get the job done for a quarter?for he said he
was some on the low price, he was.
But the queerest thing of all was, that Bill had
no tall, dark, ruffianly rival, with a scowling visage
and black whiskers, who flew at him with a drawn
* ? _ .-t? 1- i j j 4
dagger ana a norse pistoi in eacn nana, uuu ? mustered
curse upon his lips, and cried wildly for "Revenge.
Ha! ha!" ana said "Sdeth!" and "Villian,
thou diest!" Not any. There was another
fellow in love with Mollie, to be sure, but ho was a
weak-eyed young man, who had sandy hair and
wore spectacles and a choker collar, and always
looked scared when you hollered at him. So, when
he saw that Bill had the best of the girl's affections,
he looked all serene, aud said, "Go in Billy, if you
hanker for her;" and as Billy was a trifle on the
hanker, he sailed right in.
So William, you see had' no trouble at all ancf
you couldn't get upan agonizing novel about him,
if you had tried. He didn't have any urgent business
that called him to a foreign land, so he had
to bid her a fond good-bye, and swear always to be
true, and then go away and forget her and fall in
love with a dark-eyed Italian girl, picking grapes
in a vineyard, with a square towel folded on her
head, while his forgotten and forsaken Maiy, gradually
faded and pined away, and baffled the physician's
skill, and grew paler, and at last when the
June roses were in bloom, lying gently down to die,
while through the open window floated in the balmy
odor of jessamine and honeysuckle. And William
didn't come home at last, and filled with
deathless remorse, go daily to the ceiuetery and
strew flowers on her grave, and teach his children
to lisp her name. Not at all. That is the way
Mrs. E. I). E. N. Southworth would have dono it,
but she wasn't around. Billy was a butcher who
wore a white shirt and a shiny hat, and he stayed
at home and killed beef and sold it at a big price,
and he stuck to Mary, and she kept healthy and
wasn't much on the pine, or the fade, while if any
fellers got to lurking around, William went rite out
aud battered them in the eye. He did.
And then, at last when all was over, Mary didn't
sit in the room while they dressed her in white,
and mixed orange blossoms in her waterfall, ana
then gently went down stairs with six bridesmaids
at her heels to stand up with her and William, apd
weep gently while she was being married by the
minister, and then get lots of presents, and then
go to her new house, and live through all the happy
years with Billy, and never know sorrow, or
trouble any more. Why, of course, she didn't,
for it wasn't her style, you see.
She just rushed up stairs and put on her pink
muslin and her ola sun bonnet, and had nary
bridesmaid, and went to the magistrate's and never
wept a particle, and got 110 presents except fifteen
cents from the. old man to pay her car fare
home, and when she got to the magistrate's she
just rose up off the bench and told Bill she didn't
see no use in splicing, and sIk. didn't like him anyway
; and so she went home, and Bill he went with
her, and told her he wasn't sorry, as he didn't
want her, and he guessed she was hard on her
clothes, any how, and so they never got married,
and the whole thing turned out wrong; but I
couldn't help it, for I ain't going to put facts on
record that ain't so. But it ain't a hit like any
novel that I ever read, so there must have been
something strange about this fellow and Mollie
that I never could find out, so I'll have to let it
slide as it is.
Mr. Davis' Bail.?It will interest some of our
readers to know that General J. D. Jackman, of
Philadelphia, who is the third on the list of Mr.
Davis' bail, has purchased the plantation, in St
Andrew's Parish, known as Bolton, formerly belonging
to the Barker family, and is about to become
a citizen of this State. Gen. Jackman is a
native of New Hampshire, and obtained his title
of general by commanding the Pennsylvania malitia
during the war. His action in the case of Mr.
Davis, and his investment of capital in the South,
show him to be a reconstructionist of the right
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COUNTING-HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1861
ilium 11 in
'pom??5S S?S?!W2S
%aay ! > > ? h 00 ^ 2 laa-r **'> 5 H' 5
1 : i 5 ! j i gi5)i 5
5 I ?jj_* *:ji;
Jan. i 1 2 3j 4 5 July ...I 1 2, 3^ 41 5 6
16 7 8 9 10 11 12 7i 8 9,10 11 12113
113 14 15 16 17'18 191 1415 16'l7 18 19 20
120 21 22 23 24|25 26 21 22 23i24 25 20;27
127:28 29 30 311 1 28 29 30 31 1...
Feb. I 1 2 AUG. ..." |... 1 2\ 3
! 3j 4 5 6 7, 8 0 4| 5| 0i l\ 8 9 10
10 11 12 13 14115 16 11!12i 13!14 15 10 17
17 18 19 2021 22 23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
24 25 20 27 281.J. J 25.20 27 28 29 30131
Mar. i.j li 2 ..." ...
J 3 4 5 C. 7, 8j 9 Sept. 1, 2 3 4 5 6 -7
'10 11 12 13 14 15:16 8 9 10 11 12 13il4
.17 18| 19 20 21 22 23 IS'lO 17il8 19 20 21
24.25 26 27128129,30 22 23 24125 26 27 28
181 U.JJ 29 30
APR. ... 1 2 3 41 51 6 OCT 1 2 3 4 5
|7 8 9 10 11 12 13 -6 7 8 9 10 11 12
114 15 16 17:18 19 20 13 14 15 16 17 18:19
121 22)23 24 25 26i27 20)21 22 23 24 25 26
28 29;30 27 28 29 30 31
May.1 1 2 3, 4 Nov ...J...I... ... 1 2
I 5 6| 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 81 9
j12 13 14 15 10 17118 10' 11'12,18 14 15 16
.119 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19,20 21|22;23
26 27;28 29:30 31...l 24 25 26 27 22129,30
June ...i... li ...j... ... ....
2 3i 4 5, 0; 7: 8 DEC.. 1! 2 3! 4 5: 6: 7
9 10 11 12,18 14115 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
16 17 18 19.20 21 22 15:16 17il8 19 20 21
23 24,25 26:27,28.29. 22|23 24,25 26:27 28
30 J 29,30 31j...i...|...[....
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
TIE following table shows the price of gold for
Confederate cnrrcncy in Augusta, Ga., at va.
nnna Hwiiia frnm t.ho hraalrin<r out to thfi rloso of
the war. The record was kept by a broker long
doing business in that city:
1861. Gold. Premium. For 81 in Gold.
January 1 5 December 15 8 21 00
July 1 10 1864.
October 1 12 January 1 8 2100
October 15 15: January 15 20 00
December 1 20:Februaryl 20 00
December 15 30: February 15 21 00
1862. MaTchl 26 00
January! 20'March 15 20 00
January 15 20' April 1 }9 00
February 1 25: April 15 2100
February 15 40'May 1 20 00
March 1 60 May 15 18 00
March 15 60 June 1 to July 15 18 00
April 1 75| July 15to Aug. 16 20 00
April 15 85lAugustl5 22 00
i-Mayl po;Septeinber 1 '20 50
May 15 95 September 15 22 50
June 1 95;Octoberl 27 00
.For 81 in Gold. October 15....?.... 25 00
June 15 8 2 00 November 1 26 00
August 1 2 20 November 15 28 00
September 1 2 50; December 1 32 00
November 1 3 00; December 15 35 00
1863. | December 31 50 00
February 1 3 lOj 1865.
March 1 .. 3 25 January 1 60 00
March 15.. 5 00 January 15 65 00
May 15 6 00 February 1 50 00
Juno 1 6 50 February 15 46 00
June 15.; 7 50 March 1 65 00
July 1 8 00 March 15 57 00
July 15 10 00 April 1 70 00
August 1 14 00 April 15 80 00
August 15 15 00 April 20 100 00
September 1 14 00, April 26 200 00
September 15 14 00* April 27 300 00
October 1 13 OOi April 28 500 00
October 15 12 50j April 29 800 00
November 1....: 13 00| April 30 1,000 00
November 15 15 50iMay 1 1,200 00
December 1 20 001
?Which was the last actual sales of Confederate i
notes.
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THE BECOHSTBUCTIOH LAWS.
For the information of our readers, we re-pub- J
lish, the "Reconstruction Act," the "Proposed
Constitutional Amendment," "An Act to Prescribe
an Oath of Office," and the "Supplement to the
Stevens-Sherman Shellabarger Bill," all of which f
we will keep standing until an opportunity shall (
have been presented for obtaining the necessary '
information which these papers contain<
TEE BE00B8TBU0TI0E ACT. c
An Act to provide for the more efficient govern- <
ment of the rebel States. . i
Wassed over the President's Veto, March 2d, 1867.] t
heueas, no legal State governments or ade- s
quate protection for life or property now exists I
in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, t
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama.
Lousiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas; and j
whereas, it is necessary that peace and good or- j
der should be enforced in saia States;until loyal 1
and Republican State Governments can'be legal- j
lv established: Therefore, i
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- 1
rcsentatives of the United States of America in <
Congress assembled, That said rebel States shall i
be divided into military districts and madd sub- i
ject to the military authority of the United States, t
hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpose t
\ irginia shall constitute the first district; North .
Carolina and South Carolina the second district; i
Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, the third district; i
Mississippi and Arkansas the fourth district; and <
Louisiana and Texas the fifth district. - 1
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall I
be the duty of the President to assign to the com- ]
in and of each of said districts an officer of the <
army, not below the rank of Brigadier general, i
and to detail a sufficient military force to enable i
such officer to perform his duties and enforce his <
anthnritv within thfi district in which he- is 88- I
signed.
Sec. 3. And bo it farther enacted. That it shall
be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid
fo ptoteofrul persons in their ,rights of person and
property, to suppress insurrection, disorder and
violence, and to punish or cause to be punished
all disturbers of the publio peace and criminals,
and to this end he may allow local civil tribunals
to take jurisdiction of and to try offenders, or,
when in his judgment it may be necessary for the
trial-of offenders, he shall have power to organize
military commissions or tribunals for that purpose,
and all interference, under color of State
authority, with the exercise of military authority
under this act, shall be null and void.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all persons
put under military arrest by virtue of this
act snail be tried without unnecessary delay, and
no cruel or unusual punishment shall he inflicted;
and no sentence of any military commission oj
tribunal hereby authorized, affecting the life or
liberty of any person, shall be executed until it is
approved by the officer in command of the district,
ana the laws and regulations of the government
of the army shall not be effected by this act. except
in so far as they conflict with its provisions.
Provided, That no sentence ofc death, under the
provisions of this act, shall be carried into effect
without the approval of the President.
Sec. 5. Ana be it further enacted, That when
the people of any of said rebel States shall have
formed a constitution of government in conformity
with the Constitution of the United States in
all respects, framed by a convention of delegates
elected by ibe male citizens of said State, twenty-one
years old and upwards, of whatever race, color
or previous oondition, who have been resident in
said State for one year previous to the day of such
election, except such as may be disfranchised for
participation in the rebellion, or for felony at common
law; and when such constitution snail provide
that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by
all such persons as have the qualifications herein
stated for electors of delegates; and when such
constitution shall bo ratified by a majority of the
persons voting on the question of ratification, who
are qualified as electors for delegates; and when
such Constitution shall have oeen submitted
to Congress for examination and approval, and
Congress shall have approved the same; and
when the said State, by a vote of its Legislature,
elected under said constitution, shall have adopted
the amendment to the constitution of the United
States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress,
and known as article fourteen; and when s&id ar- j
tide shall have become a part of the constitution <
of the United States, said State shall be declared
entitled to representation in Congress, and Senators
and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom.
on their taking the oath prescribed by law;
and then and thereafter the preceding sections of
this act shall be inoperative in said State. Provided,
That no person excluded from the privilege
of holding office by said amendment to the constitution
of the United States shall be eligible to election
as a member of the convention to frame a
constitution for any of said rebel States, nor shall
any such person vote tor members of such convention.
Sec. 6. And be it ftlrther enacted, That until
the people of said rebel States shall be by law admitted
to representation in the Congress of the
United States, any civil government which may
exist therein shall bo deemed provisional only,
and in nil rospeots subject to the paramount authority
of the United States at any<time to abolish,
modify, control or supersede the same; and in all
elections to any office under such provisional governments
all persons shall be entitled to vote, and
none others, who are entitled to vote under the
provisions of the fifth section of this act; and no
person shall be eligible to any office under socb
provisional governments who would be disqualified
from holding office under the provisions of
the third article of said constitutional amendment.
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Speaker bf the House of Representatives.
LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER,
President of the Senate, pro tern.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT,
* The following is tho Constitutional Amendment
referred to in tho 4th section of the "Reconstruction
Act,"
aeticle xiv.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the
United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof
are citizens of the United States and of tne State
wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce
any^law which shall abridge the privileges
or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor
shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty
or property, without due process of law, nor deny 1
to any person within its jurisdiction the equal I
protection of the laws. e
Sec. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned a- 1
mong the several States according to their respbc- 1
tive numbers, counting the whole number of persons
in each State excluding Indians not taxeia.? e
But when the right to vote at any election for the c
choice ol' electors lor Presidentand Vice President 1
or tne u mtea states, rvepresentauves in uongress, Executive
and Judicial Officers of a State, or the c
members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to 1
any of the male inhabitants of such State, being c
twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United c.
States, or in any way abridged except for partici- J
pation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of rep- ?
resentation therein shall be reduced in the proportion
which the number of such male citizens shall ?
bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty- 11
one years of age in such State. 8
Sec. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Repre- J
sentative in Congress, or elector of President and 1
Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military,
under the United States or under any State, j5
who, having previously taken an oath as a memher
of Congress, or as an officer of the United ^
States, or as a member of any State Legislature, e
or as an Executive or Judicial Officer of any State
to support the Constitution of the United States, P
shall liave engaged in insurrection or rebellion a- P
gainst the same, or given aid and comfort to the J
enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of 1
two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. v
Sec. 4. The validity of the public debt of the 1(
United States authorized by law, including debts a
incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for
services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion. tJ
shall not be questioned. But neither the United 8
States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt *
or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or re- '
bellion against the United States, or any claim for
the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such J
debts, obligations and claims, shall be held illegal f<
and void. n
Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce a
by appropriate legislation the provisions of this
article. c
? o
AS ACT TO PBESOBIBE AH OATH OP OFFICE. *
The following is the oath of office referred to in
the 5th section of the "Reconstruction Act," and F
also in the 6th of the Supplementary Bill:
Be it enacted, That hereafter any person elected
or appointed to any office of honor or profit under
the government of the United States, either in the _
civil military or naval department of the public
service, except the President of the United States,
shall before entering? upon the duties of such office, *
and before being entitled toany of the salary or other
emolument thereof, take and subscribe the following
oath or affirmation: "I, A. B, do solemn- _
ly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily j
borne arms against the U. S. since I have been a cit- p
izen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, ^
countenance, counsel or encouragement to persons ^
engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have nev- ^
er sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise j
the functions of an v offloe whatever, und r any au- j
thority, or pretended authority, in hostility to the ^
United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary g
jupporc UJ liny preteijuuu jjuycmmuiv, iwnoi ui (J
institution witnin the United States, hostile or in- j
imieal thereto; and I do further swear (or affirm) r
;hat to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will mpport
and defend the constitution of the United
States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; f<
,hat I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; ti
hat I take this obligation freely, without any men- f<
al reservation or purpose of evasion, and thatl will S
veil and faithftilly discharge the duties of the office ~
>n which I am about to enter. So help me God," "
svhich oath, so taken and signed, shall be preserved "1
tmong the files of the Court, Houses of Congress, or J
lie department to which said officer may apper- S
ain. And any person who may falsely take said
iath shall be guilty or peijury, and on conviction, $.
n addition tolhe penalties now prescribed for that y
iffence, shall be deprived of his office, and rendered
ncapable, fbrever after, of holding any office or g
ilace under the United States. 0
Approved July 2,1862.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE 8TBVBIS-8HBBMAH BILL
iN ACT supplemental to an Act entitled An Act
to provide for the more efficient government of
the rebel States, passed March 2,1887, and to facilitate
restoration.
Be it enacted, Ac., That before the first day of
September. 1867, the commanding general in each
listrict defined by the Act to provide for the more
ifflcient government of the rebel States, approved
March 2,1867, shall cause a registration to he made
>f the male citizens of the United States, twentymo
years of age. and upwards, resident in each
rounty or parish in the State or States, included
n his district, which registration will include only
hose persons who are qualified to vote for dele- *
rates by the Act aforesaid, and who shall have ta- m
ten ana subscribed the following oath or affirms
Ion: ^
"I, , do solemnly swear, or affirm, in the \
presence of Almighty God, that I am a citizen of
he State of ; that I have resided in said State
br months next preceding this day, and now
reside in the county of , or the parish of ,
n said State, as the case may be; that I am twenty-one
years old; that I have not been disfranchised
for participation in any rebellion or civil
var against the United States, nor for felony committed
against the laws of any State or of the United
States; that I* have never been a member of
my State Legislature, or held any Executive or
Judicial Office in any State, and afterwards engaged
n insurrection and rebellion against the United
3tates, and given aid or comfort to the enemies
hereof; that I have never taken an oath as a memhn*
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he United States, or as a member of any State
Legislature, or as an Executive or Judicial Officer
)f any State, to support the Constitution of the U.
States, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or
rebellion against the Uuitea States or riven aid or
comfort to the enemies thereof; that I will faith- j
fully support the Constitution and obey the laws J
jf the United States, and will, to the beat of my
ability, encourage others so to do. So help me 1
Grod.
which oath or affirmation may be administered by 1
my registering officer.
Sec. 2. That after the completion of the registration
hereby provided for in any State at such time j
md place therein as the commanding general shall I
ippoint and direct, of which at least thirty day's
public notice shall be given, an election shall beneld
of delegates to a convention for the purpose of
3stablishing a constitution and civil government
for such State, loyal to the Union; saiaconvention
in each State, except Virginia, to consist of the same
lumber of members as the most numerous branch
>f the State Legislature of such State in the year
1860,.to be apportioned among the several districts, (j
xmntles, or parishes of such State by the command- i
ng general, giving to each, representation In the T
ratio of voters registered as aforesaid as nearly as
maybe. The convention in Virginia shall consist
jf the same number of members as represented the
orritoiy now, constituting Virginia in the most
lumerous branch of the Legislature of said State
n the year 1860, to be apportioned as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. That at such election the registeredvoters
if each State shall vote for or against a convention
x> form a constitution thereof under this act. Those
rating in fcvor of such a convention shall have
written or printed on the ballots by which they
rate for delegates as aforesaid, the words "for a con/entionand
those voting against such aconven-.
ion shall have written or printed oni such ballots
he words "against a conventidn." The persons
ippointed to superintend said election, and to make
eturn of the votes given thereat, as herein prodded,
shall count and make return of the votes
pven for and against a convention} and the comnan
ding general, to whom the same shall have
seen returned, shall ascertain and declare the total
rows in eacn msw lor ana a^ainsc a convention. IT
i majority oi the votes given on that question
ihall bo for a convention, then a convention shall
se held, as hereinafter provided; bat if a majority
>f said votes shall be against a convention, then no
invention shall be held under this act: Provided,
rhat such convention shall not be held unless a
majority of all such registered voters shall have
rated on the question or holding such convention.
Sec. 4. That the commanding general of each .
iistrict shall appoint such loyal omcere or persons
is may be necessary, not exceeding three in each
election district, in any State, to make and complete
the registration, superintend the election,
ind make return to him of the votes, lists of
raters and of the persons elected as delegates bv
i plurality of the votes oast at said election; and
upon receiving said returns he shall open the
?me, ascertain the persons elected as delegates
iccordingto the returns of the officers who conducted
said election, and make proclamation
thereof; and if a majority of the votes given on
that question shall be for a convention, the commanding
general within sixty days from the date
3f election, hhalLnotiiy the delegates to assemble
In convention at a time and place to be mentioned
in the notification, and said convention, when
organized, shall proceed to form a Constitution >
md civil government according to the provisions
sf this act. and the act to which it is supplemen- .
tary ; ana when the same shall have been, so framed,
said Constitution shall be submitted by the
convention for ratification to the persons register- '
ed .under the provisions of this act, at an elec- i
yon to be conducted by the officers, or persons '
appointed by the commanding general as nereinbefore
provided, and to be held after the expirs- .
tion of thirty days from the date of notice thereof
to be given by said convention, and the returns
thereof shall be made to the commanding general J
of the district.
Sec. 5. That if. according to said returns, the
constitution shall be ratified by a majority of the
votes of the registered electors qualified as herein
specified, cast at said election, at least one-half i
it all the registered voters voting upon the quesion
of such ratification, the president of the convention
shall transmits copy of the same, duly
certified, to the President of the United States,
tvho shall fbrthwith transmit the same to Congress,
if then in session,-and if not in session,
hen immediately upon its next assembling; ana ,
fit shall moreover appear to Congress that the
election was one at which all the registered and
jualifled electors in the State had an opportunity
a vote freely and without resti nt. tear or the
nfluence of fraud, and if Congress shall be satisied
that such constitution meets the approval of . I
i majority of the qualified electors in the State,
ind if the said constitution shall be declared by
Congress to be in conformity with the provisions
>f the act to which this is supplementary, and the
>ther provisions of said act snail have been com- .
>lied with, and the said constitution shall be ap>rovedby
Congress, 'the State shall be declared ,
intifcled to representation, and Senators and Reireeentatives
shall be admitted therefrom as hereh
provided.
Sec. 6. That all elections in the States mentionid
in the said "Act to provide for the moreefflient
government of the rebel States," shall, dn- i
ing the operation of said act, be by ballot; and all
ifflcers making thejudd registration of voters and
onducting said elections shall, before entering
ipon the discharge of their duties, subscribe an
iath faithfully to perform the duties of their said
ifflce, and the oath prescribed by the act approved f
ruly 2,1882, entitled "An act to prescribe an oath
>f office:" Provided, That if any person shall
mAwirXvlvr on^ folanlrr fnl'n I 11
?-n?' ""v* uuov.li ,w?s ouu uuwunue any 1
ath in tnia act prescribed, such person so Offend- J
off, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be |
ubject to the pains, penalties and disabilities 1
rhich by law are provided fbr the punishment of I
be crime of wilful and corrupt penury.
Sec. 7. That all expenses incurred, by the several
ommanding generals, or by virtue of aqy orders u
jsued or appointments made by them under or by ^
irtue of this Act, shall be paid out of any mon- M
ys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 8. That the Convention for each State shall n
irescribe the fees, salary, and compensation to be \
aid to all delegates ana other officers and agents ?'
lerein authorized or necessary to carry into effect
be purposes of this Act, not herein otherwise proided
for, and shall provide for the levy and eolation
of such taxes on the property in such State
s may be necessary to pay the same.
Sec. 9. That the worn "article" in the sixth secIon
of the Act. to which this is supplementary,
ball be construed to mean "section." . _
rAftTE OF COUFEDEBATE CTTBBEXCY.
A NNEXED is a table showing the value of "ConV
federate currrency'' in United States currency
>r the last four years?deputed from the average |
lonthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold, fl
t New York, Richmond and Augusta. ;]
As the rate of stamp duty Upon documents exe
uted during the late war is baaed upon the value 9
f theoonsideration in United States currency, this "2
ible will be fonnd very convenient in filing that fi
alue. 1
ABLE SHOWING THE RELATIVE VALUE OP "CON- fl
EDERATE" ANDU. 8. CURRENCY FORFOPRYEARS. 9
MONTH. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1965. 1
Vullia in:Vnln? 1? TT~1??
,? ?? "i fwwniTIHNU
average for C?n-cur-Con.eur-Con.cur- Concur- \l
moutLof &a &3f???cS af 1
c^cy? cur'cy. | cur'cy. cur'cy.'
,a"uai7 82.00 I $13.60 $26.90
ebruary 2.19 13.79 26.20
^ 2.93 14.67 34.90
iP 3.23 12.33
? 3.87 10.65 ""T"
une 4.85 ai2
uly 6.89 7.79
.^.... 10.63 8.85 !
optember.. $2.19 9.71 10.56
ctober 1.95 9.70 12.80
rovember- 2.29 9.90 12.55 .
lecember...1 2J28 12.60 18.28
To ascertain the value of a given amount of ConHierate
currency, divide the number of dollars b v
16 o 'lumn opposite the date souubt
>r,, and the quotient will be the amount in United
tates currency. |
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