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flfpartawnt j SPINK HIM FOR* HIS MOTHER. Let me spank him for his mother, He is each a naughty boy; He the baby tried to smother. And he's broken Emmy's toy. Of the doll I gave to Ellen, j He has melted off the nose, { Afad there really is no telling To what length his mischief goes. Last night he pnt a cracker 'Neatn >><*? Aunt Jemima's chair, * And. he told me such a whacker When I asked how it came there. Then when poor old Mrs. Toodles Was lost starting off by rail, He tied her two fid poodles Fast together by the tail! It really is quite shocking How one's nerves he daily jars; How he puts pins in one's stockings, And Cayenne in one's cigars. Ton may guess that many another Boyish trick he's daily at, So Pll spank him for his mother, As a tiresome little brat. SOMETHING ABOUT BRAZIL. The Petersburg Express indulges in the following humorous review of the charms of this modern land of promise: There is a delightful region in South America, , accessible by steamboat which is not onlv pleasant . to Hve in butafibrds charmed prospect for all who . -wish to die, as well as to live easy. it is peculiarly well suited to those of our fellow-citizens who look forward for support to public offices and confiscation. The vegetation of the country is perennial, and the splendor and elegence of nature are, beyond description, fine. The emigrant, like the native, has only to step ashore, go into the woods, and be happy. He reclines with dignified ease underneath the first clump of trees. On looking up, he discovers the bread fruit growing, and above that the pendant branches of the cocoanut, * The morning breeze churns the milk in the coooannt The not sun of the genial clime cracks the aheU, the butter trickles down just as the bread fruit expands, like pairs of hot English rolls, and oovers them over with a most delicious unction. The breese at length shakes the buttered rolls down into your mouth, and you eat without effort, and enjoy yourself without labor. It is good. In the same woods the shirt tree grows, described by the celebrated traveller, Humholt The tree is felled with an ordinaiy knife, the skin is taken off, two arm holes are cat into it, and there is the shirt A work of five poor little minutes, such as one may get through with lazily in an idle spell whitling off the small end of nothing from a chunk of pine. . To vaiy the diet one need only whistle for a native who will come, and for the consideration of half a oent will produce from his traps two dozen woodoocks, which are plentiful there, and as we all know are most delicious eating. For one cent one may obtain a bushel and a half of sweet potatoes. The yam indeed, grows almost spontaneously, and it is brought to its high state of perfection by being simply poked in a hole ana covered - over with sand, an operation requiring no more energy than is necessary to dip up a gourd of water and mink All sorts of fruits grow in the greatest abundance , in*a aVioawqfinn Kw flvoir nm. Will AVMVC Minilimaiw tUW vwobt itmvu ( fusion. , Death in that country is, as we have intimated, ( easy. All that is necessary is for one to satiate ( himsetf yams, bread fruit, shirts, grapes and lazi- . ness ana Ke aown in a iungle and a go to sleep.? j "When he wakes he will find himself in the belly of j a boa-constrictor, or heaven, or perhaps somewhere , else. ( THE YANKEE PEDDLER. There is a sheriff residing in Illinois who was taken in and done for^ on one occasion. He made. : it a prominent part of his business to ferret out and punish peddlers for traveling through the State , without a license, but one morning he met his , match in the person of a genuine Yankee peddler. : "What have you got to sell?anything? ' asked ' the sheriff. j "Yaas, sartain; what d'ye wan't? Got razors, , fust, that's an article you need, squire, I should J say by the look of your baird. Got good blackin'; , 'twill make them old boots of yourn shine so't you J can shave in 'em e'namost. Balm of Columby, too, only a dollar a bottle; good for the, ha'r. and j assisten poor human natur, as the poet says.' j And so he rattled on. At length the sheriff j bought a bottle of the balm of Columbia, and in ( reply to the question whether he wanted anything else, that functionary said he did?he wanted to ( see the Yankee's license for peddling in Illinois, , that being his dnty as sheriff. The Yank showed him a document fixed up good ( and strong, in black and white. The sheriff looked , at it and pronounced it all right Then handihg , back the bottle to the peddler, he said: "I don't think now that I've bought this staff. ( I shall ever want it. I reckon I might as well sell it back to you. What will you give for it ?'' "O, the darn stuff is no use to me, but. seein' it's j you, sheriff. I'll give you twenty-five cents for it, if < you really don't want it" i The sheriff handed over the bottle at the large ' discount from his own purchase, and received his change. "Now," said the peddler, "I've got a question J to ask you. Have you got any peddler's licenses , about your trowsers anywhere?" "No; I hav'nt any use for the article myself," , replied the sheriff. Hain't eh? Wah I guess we'll see about that, poorty darn soon. Ef lunderstand the law, it's a dear case that you've been tradin' with me? , kawkin' and peddlin' balm of Columby on the high way?I'll inform on you?darn'd if I don't now!" The Yankee was as good as his word. When , he reached the next village he made his complaint, and the sheriff was fined $8 for selling without a ' license. He was heard afterwards to say, that "you might ' as well try to hold a greased eel as a live Yankee.'' ' II- On Ann ivmnnn a o l.n PatT TVTo+fVlOtff \V lllrQ HTJT VU VUC WUU31VU OO liiV XW I . AUMVVUVn ? ? J a celebrated London preacher, was on his way to a meeting of ministers, he got caught in a shower in the place called Billingsgate, where there were a large number of women dealing in fish, who were using most profane and vulgar language. As he stopped under a shed in the midst 01 them, he felt i called upon to give at least his testimony against i theinwickednesa 1 "Don't you think," said he, speaking with the i greatest deliberation and solemnity, "I snail appear i as a swift witness against you in the day of judg- 1 ment?" < "I presume so," said one, "for the biggest rogue 1 always turns state's evidence!" < Matthew, when he got to the meeting, related the incident. < "And what did you say in reply, Mr. Wilks?" ' said one of the ministers present < "What could I ?" was the characteristic reply, j tsr A certain minister had promised a little boy of his that he should accompany him to church the 1 following Sabbath. The little fellow, although not quite four years old, was still old enough to re- i member the promise. But when church time came i it happened that he was fast asleep, and his par- < ents went away leaving him in bea. Some time 1 after he awoke, and calling to his mind the promise ; given him he hurried down stairs only to find his father and mother gone. Determined not to be i frustrated in this manner, he made his way into i the street, and crossing to where the church stood, < entered the open door. The minister at that mo- i ment was commencing his sermon. Fixing his eyes < upon his father, the little fellow waddled up the i aisle, in his night clothes, until directly opposite 1 the pulpit, when he halted, and looking up at him, j called out: "I des you fordot me I" ^ ? ?y ? * ? . t UIDN'T -KISE.?in tne year 18G3, a meeting was -( held in Lebanon, Indiana, for the purpose of get- 1 ting up a supper and fair for sick and wounded 1 soldiers. Judge B., being loyal all over, was very ? active in such matters, and was appointed chair- j man of the meeting. There was quite a number of j ladies present. The business progressed rapidly, t and as most of the articles for supper were to be t donated, the Judge called, in his ludicrous man- ? ner, on those present to know how much they r could contribute. Almost enough was given to complete the arrangements, when some one sugges ted that it would be necessary to have some milk. ( "Oh, yes," said the Judge, rising with great i dignity, 4 'all young ladies who give milk will please f rise." . 1 The young ladies didn't rise. s i J?- Mrs. Perkins says she never can understand y these era market reports. She can understand c how cheese can be lively, and pork can be active t that is before it is dead?and feathers can be droop- a ing?that is if it's raining?but how whiskey can t be steady, or hops quiet, or spirits dull, she can't c see; neither how lara can be firm in warm weather, nor iron unsettled, nor potatoes depressed, nor flour rising lest there had been yeast put into it?some- i times it would not rise even then. <. 1 J^riotttutal ffrpattment. From the Maryland Farmer. THE CHANGE OF SEASONS. Ages ago the earth crust ceased to be affected. Its molten and fiery centre; its gigantic fauna and Bora disappeared and all animated things upon its surface were thenceforth left to receive from, the sun alone the light and^warmth necessary to their existence. From -that time to the present there has been, in the opinion of the most eminent scientific men, no general variation in the distribution of heat and cold upon any part of the globe. As far as the scanty meteorological data of the past enables us to form an opinion, this question seems to be settled. The facts and conjectures which have been adduced to support a contrary theory have either been refuted, or have proved inconclusive and vague. This at least we know?that the vine and the fig tree, both of which are very easily affected by changes of climate, flourish now vigorously in places where they were cultivated^ in the days of Abraham and Homer. We may conclude, therefore, that no perceptible change has occured, for at least three thousand years. There is another question however which is more open to controversy, and that is, that whilst the general equilibrium may not have been disturbed, whether local variations may not have taken place or may not even now be in progress f upon tms sumeci no positive opinion can yet be advanced, as derived from ascertained and undeniable facts. Meteorology as a science is not yet far enough advanced to enable theorists to express confidently new and strange views, and to support them by an irrefutable mass of data. For the present we can only observe and conjecture, collect facts, and wait for time to solve the problem. There are doubtless opinions that are now considered wild and visionary which more acurate knowledge may verify in the future. In one of the former numbers of the jFarmer we called attention to a letter addressed by Rev. Mr. Leakin, to the Agricultural Department with reference to the periodicity of irought. The answer in this case was brief and to the point?there were no data to justify the assumption. There are nevertheless, vague notions ifloat in regard to many things, which notions obtain credence in spito of data. There are intelligent and experienced men who hold, with stubborn tenacity, that the seasons of intense cold move in cycles?that for a period of seven years our winters go on increasing in intensity, and that for the seven years succeeding, they go on increasing iu mildness, and that these cycles succeed to each in regular rotation. Of course the idea is a loose me and the limit thus set may be arbitrary. It is nevertheless quite possible, that hereafter some law may be discovered' governing such changes.? Fhere are many persons again who assert that our seasons of spring end autumn are changing their sharacter. This last opinion which might be accounted for here by the extensive denudation of dut forest lands, we were surprised to find is also entertained in England. There are few closer observers of nature than Mr. Anthony Trollope, and in his last novel "The Claverings," we nnd the following sentence: "It was now the middle of May?and Spring was giving way to early summer almost before the the Spring had itself arrived. It is so, I think, in these latter years. The sharpness of March, proi hi v A?*i j *v longs useil UIUIOSI; turuugu xxum, uuu uicij, wuuc we are still hoping for the Spring, there fhlls upon us suddenly a bright dangerous delicious gleam of sunshine/' If this be so, the Spring, instead of its traditional soft airs, gives us little less than sold heavy rians and rough blasts, has not the annual equilibrium of the seasons been restored by long, mild and open Autumns. We remember of late years, but few cold and wintry days before the middle of December, and even up to Christmas day although some sharp frosts may have occurred, the weather is not unfrequentiy mild and balmy. Even November, satirically known in England as the "month of suicides,' come to us usually as a pleasant sunshiny acquaintance. The Farmer's interest however lies chiefly in the favorable character of the Spring, which is the season when all species of field work presses most heavily. If there should prove to be any permanent change in this particular season, it is to him [)f the utmost importance that he should know something more concerning these modifications of :limate. Our elders tell us that the Spring seasons of recent years are not like those to which they were accostumed in their younger days.? Even we ourselves can remember far enough back to find some plausibility in the assertion. Certainly the last three or four Spring seasons have been Invariably cold and wet. We should rejoice if wc jould hope that in the Spring just past we have bad the worst of them. Both the moral and physical world seems out of ioints. In the moral world, us in the physical, judging by accounts from all auarters, an equally remarkable and abnormal conlition of things is manifesting itself. In this country there have been heavy floods and great destruction of property at the West and South?tornados in New Jersey and elsewhere?a severe earthquake in Missouri and Kansas?and a terrible one attended by great loss of life in the Island jfMitylene. Last year there were heavy frosts in Maryland, as late as the 25th and 26th of May. rhis year there was ice a fifth of an inch thick on the 29th of April, and a heavy snow storm on the 3d )f May, followed a few days afterwards by hail. All through the season there have been incessant rains, frequently accompanied by high winds md a low temperature. Europe has also suffered from the backwardness of the Spring almost as much as ourselves. One of the London papers speaking of the French Exhibition says: "France, like the rest of Europe, was visited in April by a sort of second winter. With snow on the ground md the thermometer below the freezing point it was out of the question to visit such a snow.? When at last the long dreary winter came to an jnd, it was the turn of the wind and the rain. We have as much wet as would soak the Great Palace, and day after day the bleak western winds have iriveu the waves wild with fury." These facts certainly justify us in asking the question?Is there any change taking place in our seasons? Time and a more extensive knowledge of meteorological laws can alone answer such a. question satisfactorily. ? From the Southern Cultivator. HOW WE~MANAGE. "We desire to inform those of our readers who are fearing this "raw head and bloody bones," that the Yankees-are too shrewd a people to confiscate our lands as long as we follow our present system of business; for they get every thing valuable that we raise on our farms, and we buy every thing we wear from them, and every thing we eat except a little turnip salad?and if the Yankees would send that here for sale our people would quit raising it"?Griffin Star. That is so?we see a demonstration of the fact every day. See that farmer moving cautiously towards town with a load of wood, or with an empty cart. "Say mister, have you any Irish potatoes for sale?" "No." "Any sweet?" "No. "Any beans?" "No." "Any peas?" "No, I Mutt ?too dry last-year. I hain't got nothin for sale but wood. I am gxcine to town for a sack of corn." "How does your wheat look?" "I hain't got but tittle?that looks bully.'' ' 'I suppose you are going [ihead gardeniug?" "I hain't broke up my garden vet, but some of these ere days I am gwinc to break it up if it don't get too hard for my stoclc, md fix for planting cabbages and cowcumbers.'' "Not going to plant any other vegetable?" "No, my folks won't eat auy other yarb but them. I mtend to try to make corn enough to do me another year." "Don't ?xpcct to make any thing for market then ?" "No, I hain't got open ground mough, and if I had my nay ain't able to plow without corn. I am going to let him run on grass half the day and work along that way." Oh, fes. I see now." "Now, Mr. Editor, I absolutely heard some:hing similar to the above the other day. Grape md canister, fire, sword, famine, thunder and jlood have not learned one half of us any thing. 'Nothingbut rattlesnakes ' will ever bring many of ? * to n ?1 . _i?j /?_ _ is to repentance. Une nair 01 our so cauea iarners never dream of making anything whatever br sale-ynst enough corn to do them for bread? urn their "nags" on broomsedge?so uon with he dance; senaon your "turnip salad," Yankee, md we'll be independent of the ground until we ningle with the dust Land Measure.?Every farmer, at this season ' >f the year more particularly, should have a rod neasurc?a light stiff pole?just 16J feet long, | br measuring land. By a httle practice he can j earn to step a rod at five paces, which will an- < wer veiy well for ordinary farm work. Ascertain ng the number of rods in width and length of a lot i rou wish to measure, and multiply one into the < ?ther, and divide by 160, and you have the num- \ >er of acres, as 160 square rods make, a square i ere. If you wish to lay off one acre, mejisure i hirteen rods upon each ^ide. This lacks only i ne rod of full measure. j SOT" One pound of potash to six gallons of water s a good wash to apply to trees on whose bodies or imbs are insects, moss, etc. ! / gUsdfaig for the Children. From the Boy* and Girt'* Monthly. WILLIE'S FAITH. Willie was the name of a child friend that I knew a good many years ago, a bright manly, winning little fellow, of somewhat less than four years of age, but in my conversations with him I often forgot his childish years; for his questions and answers were marked by so much thought and good sense that he seemed older than he really was. This was particularly true in regard to the subject of religion. His mother had taught him the simple, yet grand truths of the being, wisdom and power of God: and the dear little boy seemed to have received a very? deep impression of God's constant presence and protection. On one occasion his faith was illustrated in a striking and somewhat amusing manner. Willie and his mother were spending some time at the beautiful country home of a friend. All the scenes were new ana very attractive to the little boy, who had never before lived away from town. He never wearied of the grand old trees, with their clinging vines, and that strange gray moss that hung in long streamera from their branches. Night always came too soon for his busy feet and eyes; there were so * ' * . 11 . ?_ l ' i.l many long ana pleasant wants to oe uusen, su iuuuy new and wonderful sights to be seen. Tnfts of soft green grass, snail shells of all sizes, acorn cups, and new flowers with and without roots, filled boxes and baskets in his mother's room, all to be taken to town to decorate his "play-house." The 'chicken yard" had a wonderful charm for Willie, and he formed a strict friendship with "Aunt Charity," the head poultry woman. She ' had been pleased with his gentle, polite manner, and had completely won his heart by the gift of a ^ little yellow chicken for ' 'Aw own dear." He went i the rounds with "aunt Charity" every morning, and heard again and again, with pleased wonder, how the little new chicken pecked a hole and found ' its way out of the egg; and there was more than once a severe struggle in his mind, whether he j should accept a fine fresh eg? for his breakfast, or put it away for future hatching. One evening he came to his mother in great ' glee, holding in one hand, and carefully covering ' with the other, some new and precious treasure: ) "onlva peep;" but that was sufficient to show a ; small white egg, a tiny bantam egg. "Was this ; to boiled for to-morrow's breakfast?" Oh! no; it 1 was to be "hatched" as soon as possible, and as ' aunt Charity had told him there was no hen just now ready to set, his plan was to place his pre- 1 cious egg under a low,'spreading tree on the lawn, in front of the house, and leave it there, to be 1 "hatched by a jaybird. 1 Just at dusk his colored ' nurse saidtonim. "Willie, where is your egg?" ' "Oh!" said the little fellow, "I've put it under i the tree for the iaybird to hatch." ctBut," 'said : mammy, "who'll take care of it to-night? Some harm will be sure to happen to it" My poor little friend put on his gravest look: he was in trouble: his treasure all alone, out in the dark. There," 1 said mammy, "what wiU you do?" He looked at her thoughtfully for a moment or two, and then a happy thought flashed a light over his sweet face: "Mi?my. I know, I know, what I'll do. God_Ml be out there, He can see in the night, aDd He can take care of my egg, and I'll pray to nira to do it:" and a fervent petition went from his heart and 1 lips that night, along with blessings for his mother and friends, that "the little egg might be kept safe until morning." Bright and early next day was that simple faith confirmed; for as his mother sat by the window before breakfast with her Bible on her lap, Willie ran in; joy was in the tones of his voice and in his beaming blue eye? "Mother, I told you so; I told you God would take care of my egg! He did; it s all safe, right under the tree where I left it" Natchez. A. L. W. From the Boys and Girl's Monthly. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. "Father of Waters," is the name which was bestowed on this mighty stream by the Indians, who once roamed beside the dark, flowing torrent, ; or ventured to launch their canoes upon its danger- , ous bosom. It is suggestive of awe and veneration. but could we behold its source among the ] shallow and pebbly lakes of North Minnesota, we would not deem the feeble rivulet worthy of so great a title. There, like a bright and happy child , at play, it meanders from one clear little lake to 1 another, until it reaches Itasca. Starting thence . on its southward journey, of more than three thou- , sand miles, the little child gives promise of the sturdy giant. From east and west its tributaries come, adding continually to its depth and strength. , Until it receives the turbid waters of Missouri, the ; current is pure and bright, but beyond that point I the mighty stream is dark and gloomy, and flows j with great force. This would be much greater if { it were not modified by the remarkably winding course of the river. As it is, portions of earth, with large trees, are often detached from its shores : and borne into the stream. These form the snags . and sawyers by which boats are so often, destroyed ( Who can count the lives, or tell the amount , of ( wealth which this river has swallowed up ? But , though it is the grave of precious lives and untold , treasure, it is also the cradle of bold enterpiise and , industry, conducting the wealth of every section of ! the United States to the Gulf of Mexico, thus com- : pleting the circle of a mighty commerce. From ' the east comes Ohio, la beUc Riviere, laden with j the handicraft of the most inventive people* Tinder the sun: from the west flow.wild Missouri, Arkansas and Red rivers, with the results of startling ad- , venture and hardy enterprise, infusing into the ( heart of the United States some faint pulsations of the almost extinct Indian life. One April day; three hundred and twenty-four years ago, the Mississippi river was first beheld by European eyes. Ferdinand De Soto, urged by that ; terrible thirst for gold, which seemed then to characterize his nation, roamed the fafr land which ice have called "our south." When worn out by exposure and privation, he discovered the Mississippi river, April 25th, 1541. The next year he was again encamped beside this wonderful stream, not ' " * i ^ TV , j _ xr L i_. iar Deiow lue entrance ui xveu river, xiere ne , sickened and died. At his own request his body ; was sunk in the middle of the current A historian says of him: "He crossed a large part of the continent iu search of gold, and found nothing so ! remarkable as his burial place." JD. SOWING LITTLE SEED. Little Bessie had got a present of a new book, | and she eagerly opened it to look at the first pic- , ture. It was the picture of a boy sitting by the , side of a stream, and throwing seeds into the water. "I wonder what this picture is about," said she, "why does the boy throw seeds into tnc water?" "Oh! I know," said her brother Edward, who ' had been looking at the book; "he is sowing the 1 seeds of water-lillies.'' "But how small the seeds look!" said Bessie. ' "It seems strange that such large plants should 1 grow from such little things." i "You are just sowing such tiny seeds every day, ] Bessie, and they will come up large sfcwng plants J after a while,'' said her father. i 'Oh, no, father, I have not planted any seeds j for a long while." i "I have seen my daughter sow a number o ' seeds to-day." i Bessie looked puzzled, and her father smiled 1 and said, "Yes, I have watched you planting flow- \ ers, and seeds, and weeds to-day." i "Now I know that you are joking, for I would < not plant ugly weeds.'' < "I will tell you what I mean. When you laid 1 aside that interesting book, and attended to what 1 your mother wished done, you were sowing seeds < of kindness and love. When you broke that dish 1 that you know your mother valued, and came in- ' stantly and told her, you were sowing seeds of 1 truth. When you took the cup of cola water to J the poor woman at the gato, you were sowing seeds J of mercy. These are all beautiful flowers, Bessie. 1 But I hope my little girl has been planting the < great tree of 'love to God,' and that she will tend < and watch itv until its branches reach the skies aud ' meet before Mis throne." > "And the weeds, father ?" ] "When you were impatient with baby, you sow- ' ed the seeds of ill-temper. When you waited some < time after your mother called you, you sowed diso- < bedience and selfishness. These are all noxious weeds. Pull them up. Do not let them grow in 1 your garden." ? ? t 56T* There is a particular tenderness due to per- t sons under any recent affliction, not onlv that we t may not seem to "vex them, whom (3od hath wounded, and prsecutc them, whom He hath afflicted;" but because men are more susceptible ^ cf resentment, in proportion to the greatness jf their distress. Their adversity will embitter 8 their spirit, and discolor every object Handle J then gently "a wounded mind, as you would do a wounded body, with all the tenderness you can. It a will not bear too rough a hand. Remember that a c jood natured man cannot give pain, without feel- 1 ing in some measure the pain he gives. 1 * ? _ c S&" Learn to hold your tongue. Five words cost t Zacharias forty weeks silence. 1 IpSttlktMusi JUtirtw. COFFEE. Notwithstanding the general nse of Coffee as a dietetic beverage ni this country, few people areac- ? quainted with its history and botanical features, ? and perhaps as few understand the proper mode of -] preparing the decoction for the table. I The Coffee tree?Coffee Arahica?belongs to the 1 natural order Cinchonaccc of Lindley, ana to the class and order Pkntandria Monoffynia of the six- J ual system. " It is a beautiful evergreen shrub, approximating in size and height the Peach tree of tnis country. The leaves are smooth, acuminate, oblong, ovate, F and opposite upon short foot-stalks. They are a- [ bout five inches long and of a dark green color, c and have small stipules at their base. The flow- j ere are white and have a pleasant odor, somewhat like the jasmine. They grow in clusters at the ti roots of the leaves and close to the branches. The f( fruit, which is said not to be pleasant to the taste, is a berry which grows in ciusters'at the base of * the leaves. It is about the size of the cherry, and a much like it in its stages of growth and color; being first green, then red, ana lastly of a dark pur- a pie. There are two seeds in each berry, enclosed a in a tough membranous pericarp, flat on one side R with a longitudinal groove on the other convex.? ^ The seed, with the covering removed by peeling e and winnowing mills, constitutes the Coffee of com- 0 merce. v The coffee shrub is indigenous to Arabia, Ethio- pia, Abysinia and Liberia. It is cultivated in the ( West Indies, in Southern Mexico and other tropical countries. The best coffee brought to this market is produced in Mocha, in Arabia, and in Java. To -procure an orchard Of coffee trees the seed is sown, and the shrubs transplanted when about a year old. In three years they commence bearing, and will continue to bear, under proper culture, about forty years. There are always flowers and berries on the trees; but there are two seasons in the year when the ripe seeds are most abundant, and when harvesting is done. The infusion and decoction of coffee with both the seed and the leaves, have been used as an. article of diet in Arabia and Persia from time imme-. aaoriaL It is said to have been introduced by the rorks into Constantinople, in the year 1515.? rhevenot, the traveller, first brought it to France in 1G52, and about the same time Pasque, a Greek servant, introduced it into England. Since which time its use gradually extended into nearly every portion of the globe. In the preparation of coffee for use, all the faulty grains and every foreign substance should be f carefully sorted and removed. The good quality of coffee depends greatly on the manner of roasting. The berries should be roasted slowly to a light brown color, or until their horny condition is lost so that they may be ground. Roasted coffee does not keep well but rapidly loses its aroma. Liebig sCates that this is in consequence of'the influence of the oxygen of the air, ~ which easily penetrates the berries on account of their porosity. This may be prevented by strewing over the berries, when the roasting is completed, and while the roasting vessel is still hot, some powdered white or brown sugar (half an ounce to the pound of coffee is sufficient). The sugar melts immediately, and by well shaking or turning the roaster quickly, v it spreads oyer all the berries and gives each one a ' fine glaze, impervious to the atmosphere. After this operation they are to be shaken out rapidly from the roaster and spread-out on a cold plate of q iron, so that they may cool as soon as possible to prevent the heating and sweating process, which will result from keeping them in a hot pile. They should then be kept in a cool and dry place, as the coating of sugar inclines to attract moisture. Thus n prepared the berries will hold their strength and aroma for months; even the ground coffee coated with sugar will keep for a considerable period. Coffee as usually prepared in this country is ~ boiled too long. In the East, where they pride themselves on the fine quality of their coffee, the powder is put on the fire in cold water, andallowed to boil less than a minute. Long boiling dissipates the aroma and destroys the tonic and exhilarating 1 properties of the coffee. Liebig proposes the following method as still better than the above: "With three fourths of the coffee to be employed, the water is made to boil ten or fifteen minutes, a the one-fourth of the coffee which has been kept back is then flung in. and the vessel immediately withdrawn from the fire,^covored over and allowed to stand for five or six minutes. In order that the powder on the surface may fall to the bottom, it is > stirred round, the deposit takes place and thexoffee, poured off, is readjrfor use. The first boiling gives the strength, the second addition the flavor, l'he beverage when ready for use ought to be of a brown, black color. Untransparent it always is J somewhat like chocolate thinned with water, and this want of clearness in coffee so prepared, does not come from the fine grounds, but fronr a pecu- . liar fat resembling butter, about 12per cent of J which the berries contain, and which, if over roasted is partly destroyed.'' The addition of the white of an egg as practioed in this country would probably give transparency to Liebig'8 coffee and could not, as we suppose, impair its qualities in any re- spect. In the ordinary methods of preparing coffee, more than half of its valuable part is lost? ^ Liebig further remarks of his coffee, that its taste -J is not to be compared with that of the ordinary [j beverage, while its effects upon the system are far ^ more favorable. The real flavor of coffee is little ' known to most persons. Many dislike the coffee J thus prepared, because it tastes of the berries. A J ooffee, however, whioh has not the flavor of the 0 berries is no coffee, but an artificial beverage little ^ better than the substitute of rye, chickoiy, &c." E rinnri r^nflfWfi nvrl in moderation is a wholesome and somewhat nutritive drink?invigorating to the J nervous system, and exhilarating to the boaily and ? mental functions. It is useful as a remedy in oer- ? tain low and depressed states of the system, and y imparts the power of resisting extremes both of $ heat and cold. Soldiers on long marches have been A found to endure fatigue and fasting much longer -A when supplied with coffee, than when deprived of ? it. This fact was observed in a marked degree by ^ the surgeons of the late wan - The excessive use of coffee, however, is injuri- j ous, especially to nervous persons, and leads to a wakefulness, nervous excitement, sick headache, S constipation, flatulence, palpitation of the heart N and other nervous derangements. These injurious effects of coffee were noted-by numerous persons ? during the war, who found relief from their afflio- ^ tions, consequent upon not being able to procure y the coffe s. , - j _ '? J EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE. J A Scotch paper, the Haddington Courier, has a an extraordinary story of the escape of a miner, A who fell down the shaft of a coal pit near Tarnent & An old shaft was made use of to open up a comrau- Sj mention with a new pit recently sunk. About ~ halfway down the shaft, which was 276 feet deep, K i wooden staging, composed of strong two-inch planks, was built completely intersecting the down d shaft, to afford a firm footing to the miners enter? ing the side shaft. At the bottom of the down n; shaft was a considerable accumulation ofSvater, as "" s usal in pits which have not been worked for some time. On the occasion in question, a young J nan named Mylne, rather than wait for the comparatively tedious process of being lowered down by the rope. Disregarding the advice of his companions, he got upon the rope, and they were in another moment horrified to see that he had lost hold if it The crash of his body against the wooden I staging was heard, and they were making prepara- 1 tions to descend for the mangled remains, when a :ry for assistance was heard coming up from the E very bottom of the pit The rapidity of his de- j8 scent of 170 feed had propelled him through the two-inch boards as neatly as if h is body had been a B rifle-bullet, and with about as little injury, for not ibone was broken, and except a small scratch on ol tiis chin, his person did not bear the slightest mark 01 if coining in contact with anything during the de- m lent. Falling into the water at the bottom, he at lad on coining to the surface providentially thrown lis arms over some wooden frame work which hap- ai nonoi-l tn tliaro nnH tlJlH t.VlllR hf>Pn RftVftff Thft nan was found here, [and was conveyed home quite _ conscious, and under medical care was soon able jo co ojit of doors. The story has certainly the appearance of a fade, yet if it is possible to shoot a candle through in inch board, why cannot a man be shot through i two-inch plank ? The narrative is at least arauling, and anybody who chooses can have the libery of doubting that it is well authenticated. BeHF Brownlow has issued an address to the public vhich is in character with the vile old miscreant, md, therefore, simply infamous. The Petersburg Express gives the following synopsis of it: "He.deiwunees "that prince of swindlers, liars, md scoundrels, John Baxter,'' and goes on to speak >f the "gang of lick spittles" who revolve around iim, and then asks questions of the most insulting ;ind, concerning the mother, > wife, sisters, broth- _ ire and other relatives of his opponent?msinuaing against them every crime known to the deca- /a ogue and to the criminal law." X lbrf|0Mle TERM8-IN ADVANCE ? - " 8PBCIE. CURRENCY. j )ne Copy, one year, 2 60 f13 50 I )ne Copy, Six months, 125' 2 00 )ne Copy, Three months,.. '75 1,00 ?wo Copies, one year, 4 50 6 00 rive Copies, " " 8 75 12 50 ?en Copies, " " 17 50 25 0.0 _?3f*To persons who make up clubs of ten br nore names, an extra copy of the paper.will be j urnished one year, free ofcharge. I ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents >er square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents >er square for each subsequent insertion?less than liree months. A square consists of the space ocupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. Jo advertisement considered less than a square. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly AdverLsements, will be charged. Two Dollars per square )T each insertion. i Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts < rill be made on liberal terms?the contract, how- 1 ver, must in all cases be confined to the immedi- J te business of the firm or individual contracting, i Obituarv Nnfciofla and Tributes of Resneet. rated a advertisements. Announcements of Marriages nd Deaths, and notices of a religions character, merted gratis, and solicited. Personal Communications, when admissale; Communications of limited or indivual interat, or recommendations of Candidates for offices f honor, profit or trust, will be charged for as adertisements. JOB PRINTING. DHE ENQUIRER OFFICE Being now supplied with the VERY BEST MACHINERY, And a fine assortment of NEW JOB TYPE And other Material, JOB PRINTING Of every description, N1LL BE NEATLY EXECUTED. TERMS?CASH. OrNTIKMOUSEALMAlTAC FOR 1867. 3 K Mass ???|!?;g^ ??B|a SHIsli SlBg-S : j ^ : : : p* *4 r Lii^LLL LLL*LLl rAN 1 2 3 4 5 July...! 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12; 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 14 15 16 17118 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20121 22 23 24125 2^ 21 22 23 24 25 28 27 27 28 29 30 31 | 28 29 30 31 ?eu, ... ... l 2* aug. ... ... ...... 1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 .9i 4 '5 6 7, 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 15:10 1112 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 1221231 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 :24 25 26 27 28 ... ..[ 25 26 27 28,29 30 31 lab. 1 ^ 3 4 5 6; 7! 8 9 Sept. 1 2 3 4j 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14:15 16 8 9,10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20'21!22 23: 15 16 17 18119 20 21 24.25 28 27! 28'29 SO 22 23 24 25128 27 28 31 ... ... ... 29 30 : I... ... ... lpb. ... 1 2 3 4j 5 6; oct ll 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 Illl2:i3! 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18; 19 20j 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25*26 27j 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 ! 27 28 29 30 31 ilAY lj 2' 3 4: Nov 1 2 5 6 7 8l 910 11' 3: 41 5 6! 7 8 9 12 13 14 1511617118' 10 11:12 13,14 15 16 J 19 20 21 22 23:24:25 17 18 19 20,21 22 28 J 26 27-28 29,30.31 j... 24 25 26 27,28 29 30 1 UNE ! 1I ' ~ 2 3j 4 6, C; 7| 8 DE?.. II 2 3 4! 5 6 7 9 lo! 11 12 13 14:15j 8 9 10 ll|l2 13 14 16 17i 18 19 20(21;22! . 15:10 17 18 19 20 21 23 24125 26 27i28'29 22 23 24 25(26 27 28 30 ...I Li...iJ 29130 31 ...| CONFEDERATE MONEY. pHE following tablo shows the price of gold for * 9 fnnfndnrate cnrrencv in Auirusta. Ga.. at va- t ious times from the breaking out to the close of le war. The record was kept by a broker long oing business in that city: j 1861. Gold Premium. For Si in Gold. c anuaryl 5 December 15 S 21 00 , ulyl 10 1864. f etoborl 12:January 1 S 21 00 t etoberl5 151 January 15 20 00 a lecember 1 20!February 1... 20 00 c ecember 15 30|Fobruary 15 21 00 1862. . |March 1 26 00 t anuaryl... 20jMarchl5 20 00 . anuaryl5...... 20| April 1.... 19 00 r 'ebruary 1. 25;April 15 21 00 t 'ebruaryl5 40iMay 1... 20 00 a [arch 1 50 May 15 18 00 j [arch 15 ?60 June 1 to July 15 18 00 c .prill 75, J uly 15 to Aug. 15 20 00 c .pril 15 85 August 15 22 00 j Lay 1 90|Septemberl 20 50 ? [ay 15 95]September 15 22 50 a uno 1 95jOctoberl 27 00 t For Si in Gold. October 15 " 25 00 c uno 15 S 2 00 November 1 26 00 r .ugust 1 2 20 November 15 28 00 ? eptember 1 2 50 December 1 32 00 t 'ovember 1.... 3 00 December 15 35 00 v 1863. December 31 50 00 Q ebruary 1 3 10 1865. [arch 1 3 25 January 1 60 00 s [arch 15 5 00 January 15 65 00 -i [ay 15 6 00; February 1 50 00 r une 1 :.... 6 50,February 15 46 00 v une 15 7 50;March 1 55 00 t uly 1 8 00 March 15 57 00 g uly 15 10 00 April 1 70 00 0 .ugust 1 14 00 April 15 80 00 ^ .ugust 15 15 00 April 20 100 00 a eptember 1 14 00 April 26 200 00 ? eptember 15 14 00 April 27 300 c e etobor 1 13 00 April 28 500 00 t ctober 15 12 50 April 29 800 00 ovembor 1 13 00 April 30 1,000 00 { ovember 15 15 50 May 1 1,200 00 ^ ecember 1..., 20 00 s -Which was the last actual sales of Confederate s Dtes. g BOOK - BINDER, t AND d BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTURER, ? ArirvnoUn T A THol'o TTorHntora fifnro - ?/ V? w MWTAV} ^ MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. 5LANK-BOOKS Ruled to any Pattern, Paged and Bonnd in the best Possible Mannor, with rinted Hoadings when required. The attention j. ' Clerks, Sheriffs, Ordinaries, Commissioners in quity, Railroad Officials, and all public officers a particularly invited. A large stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of the 0 est Quality, always on hand, tl Special attcntion'givon to the binding of Music, c d Books and Files, and all other work in plain & ornamental style. s Orders sent to, and contracts made directly with a e, will save money, as I am prepared to do work e a very small advance on Now York Prices. 1< My business motto is "Promptness, Economy b id Substantial Work." h E. R. STOKES, Columbia, S. C. h November 29.1866. 32 tf c THE BEST TONIC Iff USE. e FS?i ' MANUFACTURED BY ? Or. O. F. Panknin, S ' CHARLESTON, S. C. January 21 39 ly* ir INDIGO. ir k r POUNDS OF GOOD INDIGO. For Sale pi cheap by T. M. DOBSON<fc CO. THE RECONSTRUCTION LAWS. For the Information of our readers, we re-pub- J lisb, 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 I we will keep standing until an opportunity shall 1 have been presented for obtaining the necessary , Information which these papers contain: ( THE BE00H8T2U0TI0H ACT. < An Act to provide for the more efficient govern- c mentof the rebel States, i [Passed over the President's Veto, March 2d, 1867.] t Whereas, no legal State governments or ade- t qnate 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; ana j whereas, it is necessary that peace and good org ,t der should be enforced in said States.until loyal f and RepublicanGtate Governments can beleg^l- r lv established: Therefore, i Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- t resentatives of the United States of America in c Congress assembled, That said rebel States shall \ be divided into military districts and made sub- r lect to the military authority of the United States, t is hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpose a Virginia shall constitute the first district: North J Carolina and South Carolina the second district; L Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, the tffird district: S Mississippi and Arkansas the fourth district; ana t Louisiana and Texas the fifth district. t Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall t be the duty of the President to assign to the com- I tnand of each of said districts an officer of the c irmy, not below the rank of Brigadier general, S md to detail a sufficient military force to enable r jucli officer to perform his duties and enforce his c inthority within the district in which he. is as- f rigfied. c Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That it shall a be the dnty of each offioer assigned as aforesaid ( r> nmM. nil noranna In t-hnir ,-iorfita nfnArann and n property, to suppress' InSurreCTion, disorder and a riolence, and to punish or cause to be punished , ill disturbers of the public peace and criminals, t! md to this end he may allow local civil tribunals a to take jurisdiction or and to try offenders, or, a when in his judgment it may be necessary for the p trial of offenders, he shall have power to organize h military commissions or tribunals for that pur- e pose, and all interference, under color of State f< luthority, with the exercise of military authority h under this act, shall be null and void. n Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all per- o Jons put unjler military arrest by virtue of this 11 ict shall bo tried without unnecessary delay, and o no cruel or unusual punishment shall be indicted; ii indno sentence of any military commission Or n tribunal hereby authorized, affecting the life or n liberty of any person, shall be executed until it is o: ipproved by the officer in command of the district, U ina the laws and regulations of the government n >f the army shall not be effected by this act ex- ii )ept in so iar as they conflict with its provisions.' Provided, That no sentence of death, under the oi provisions of this act, shall be carried into effect tc without the approval of the President. v Sec. 5. Ana be it farther enacted, That when w he people of any of said rebel States shall have y brmed a constitution of government in conformi- v ;y with the Constitution of the United States in ti ul respects, framed by a convention of delegates tt elected by the male citizens of said State, twenty- a] me years old and upwards, of whatever race, color n >r previous condition, who have been resident in v laid State for one year previous to the day of such gj election, except such as may be disfranchised for n participation in the rebellion, orfbr felony at com- b non law; and when such constitution snail pro- v< ride that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by a ill such persons as have the' qualifications herein 3] itated for electors of delegates; and when such b institution shall be ratified by a majority of the oi >ersons voting on the question of ratification, who c< ire qualified as electors for delegates;: send when T iuch Constitution shall have been submitted a o Congress for examination and approval, and yi Congress shall have upproved the same; and when the said State, by a vote of its Legislature, d ilected under said constitution, shall have adopted ai he amendnfent to the constitution of the United ej States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress, p ind known as article fourteen; and when said ar- x ;icle shall have become a part of the constitution v )f the United States, said State shall be declared a mtitied to representation in Congress, and Sena- Q :ors and Representatives shall be admitted there- g rom. on their taking the oath prescribed by law; a, indtnen and thereafter the preceding sections of d ;his act shall be inoperative In said State, iron- tl led, That no person excluded from the privilege tl >f holding office by said amendment to the consti- n ution of the United States shall be eligible to elec- 0 ion as a member of the convention to frame a ^ ^institution for any of said rebel States, nor shall e< my such person vote for members of such oonven- 0 ion. ' . ai Sec. 6. And be it farther enacted, That until 0 he people of said rebel States shall be by law ad- ti nittcd to representation iix the Congress of the & Jnited States, any civil government which may c sxist therein shall be deemed provisional only, a tndin all respects subject to the paramount au- ti liority of the United Suites at any time to abolish. aj nodify, control or supersede the same; and in all b ilec tions to any office under suoh provisional gov- ti irnments all persons shall be entitled to vote, and t< lone others, who are entitled to vote under the tl irovisions of the fifth section of this act; and no 0: lorson shall be eligible to any offioe under such provisional governments who would be disquali- 0 led from holding office under the provisions of v he third article or said constitutional amendment, h SCHUYLER COLFAX, - 0i Speaker of the House of Representatives. - ti LAFAYETTE 8. FOSTER, v President of the Senate, pro ten. o, r u PB0P08ED 00H3TITUTI0HAL AMEHDMEHT. r. g The following is the Constitutional Amendment eferred to in the 4th section of the "Reconstrtio- Q ion Act." q ARTICLE XIV. - fi Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the b Jnited States ana subject to the jurisdiction there* >f are citizens of the United States and of the State a vherein they reside. No State shall make or en- a orce any law which shall abridge the privileges L >r immunities of citizens of the United States; nor ? ihall any State deprive any person of life, liberty ? ir property, without due process of law, nor deny P 0 any person within Its jurisdiction the equal P irotection of the laws. e: Sec. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned a- P nong the several States according to weir respec- u ive numbers, counting the whole number of perons in each State exclnding Indians not taxed.? ?] Jut when the right to vote at any election for the ? ihoiceof elec to re for President and Vice President " if the United States, Representatives in Congress, o: Executive and Judicial Officers of a State, or the 04 nembcrs of the Legislature thereof, is denied to u my of the male inhabitants of such State, being 01 wenty-one years of age and citizens of the United Itates, or in any way abridged except for partici- J' 1 atio n in rebellion or other crime, the basis of rep- S esentation therein shall bo reduced in the propor- * ion which tlie number of such male citizens shall ?i (ear to the whole number of male citizens twentyne years of age in such State. 81 Sec. 3. No Dereon shall be a Senator or Repre- J* entative in Congress, or elector of President and 111 rice-P resident, or hold any office Joivil or mllitay, under the United States or unaer any State, 9? > ho, having previously taken an oath as a mem- J? or of Congress, or as an officer of the United Itates, or as a member of any State Legislature, v au on T?T?r>nf.ivn nr .Tndioifil Officer nf >nv fltalA cr support the Constitution of the United States, P1 hall nave engaged in insurrection or rebellion a- F ainst the same, or given aid and comfort to the h( nemies thereof, But Congress may, try a vote of "1 wo-thirds of each House, remove such disability. 7 Sec. 4. The validity of the public debt of the le Tnited States authorized by law, including debts M ncurred forpayment ofpensionsand bountiesfor ervices in suppressing insurrection or rebellion. hall not be questioned. But neither the United itates nor any State shall assume or pay any debt ^ robUgHtiuu mem red La aM~n^|rnni imTiiuu ui 19 * ellion against the United States, or any claim for 1 be loss or emancipation of any slave: but all such J* .ebts, obligations and claims, shall be held illegal fo' nd void. n Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce at iy appropriate legislation the provisions of this rticJe. co ' . of AS ACT TO PBBSOMBE AS OATH OF OFFICE. ta The following is the oath of office referred to in ** be 5th section of the "Reconstruction Act," and FJ lso in the 6th of the Supplementary BID : ? Be it enacted, That hereafter any person elected r appointed to any office of honor or profit under be government of the United States, either In the _ ivil, military or naval department of the public or vice, except the President of the United States, hall before entering iipon the duties of such office, A nd before being entitled to any of the salary or oth- 1 r emolument thereof take and subscribe the folswing oath or affirmation: "I, A. B, do solemn- _ v swear (or afflnn) that I have never voluntarily js brno arms against the U. S. since I have been a dt- p( sen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, ^ ountenancc, counsel or encouragement to persons a n gaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have nev- u r sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise jt be functions of any office whatever, under any on- j, a* anth/\rlhr -In KudHAv fri ! HUAlfJ) Wl ^tcvouubu J ?U UV?J?<UVT wr vuc Inited States; that I have not yielded a voluntary ^ upport to anypretended government, power or q< [institution within the United States, hostile or in- jj nical thereto; and I do further swear (or affirm) tv lat to the best of ray knowledge and ability, I will ? upport and defend the constitution of the United tates against all enemies, foreign and domestic; fe* iat I will bear true faith aftd allegiance to the same; th iat I take this obligation freely, without any men- to d reservation or purpose of evasion, and thatlwill St 'ell and faithfully discharge the duties of the office ? a which I am aoQUttgJBntar. So help me God," T 'hich oath, so takMUBm signed, shall be preserved T tnong the files dpPwrourt, Houses of Congress, or i ie department which said officer may apper- Sc iin. And any person who may falsely ath shall be guhtyor peijury, and on conviction So 1 addition to the penalties now prescribed for that v? (fence, shall be deprived of his offlce^andSndered icapable, forever after, of holding any office or ire laceunder the United States. B 7 ?mc0 ? Approved July 2,1832. ~-*j% . [- . auppLBKBit Tote BTOTW-fflM?^^njr \2S ACT supplemental to an Act entltledrAn Act to provide lor the.more efficient government of the rebel States passed March 2,1887, and to facilitate reatoration. Be it.enafitedj.Aa., That before the first day of September. 1887, the Oommyidfrig general in each listrict defined by the Act to provide for the more jfflcient government of the rebel States, approved March 2,1887. shall cause a registration to. do made >f tfre male citizens of the United States,' twentymo years of age. and upwards, resident -in each jounty or parish In the State or States, included n his district, which registration will include only hose persons who are qualified to vote for delefates by the Act aforesaid, and who shall have tacen ana subscribed the following oath or affirmaion: % , do solemnly swear, or affirm, in the iresence of Almighty ttod, that I am a citizen of he State of?;?i that I have resided in said State or months next preceding this day, and now eside in the county of , or the parish of?, . n said State, as the case may be; that I am tweny-oneyears old; that I have not been diafran hised for participation In any rebellion or etvil var against the United States, nor for felony comnittod against the laws of any State or of theUni- " ed States; that I have never been * member of ny State Legislature, or held any Executive or rudicial Office in any State, and afterwards engaged n insurrection aha rebellion against the United Itates, and given aid or comfort to the enefoies hereof; that I have never taken an oath as a mem>er of Congress of the U. S., or as an offtcer of he United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as on Executive or Judicial Officer >f any State, to support the Constitution of the U. Itates, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or ebeliion against the Uoltea States or given did or omfort to the enenfles thereof; that I will feith* Oily support the Constitution and obey the laws if the United States, and will, to the best of my bility, encourage, others so to do. So help me rhich oath or affirmation may be administered by ny registering officer. Sec. 2. That after the completion of the registra- ( Ion hereby provided for in any State at such time nd place therein as the commanding general ahaU ppoint and direct, of which at least thirty day's nblic notice shall be given, an election'shall be eld of delegates to a convention for the purpose pf stablishing a constitution and civil government jr such State, loyal to the UnAop;?riaeoSMreBliod i each State, exoept Virginia, tocondst of the same umber of members as the most numerous branch f the Stpte Legislature of such State in the yeas 580, to be apportioned among the several districts, Dunties, or parishes of such Stato by the command: Jioof voters* registered as aforesaid as nearly as lay be. The convention in Virginia Shall oousift f the same number of members as represented the srritory now constituting Virginia in; the moet umerous branch of the Legislature of said-Stats i the year 1880, to be apportioned,as aforesaid. sec. a. xnar at sncn election theregLrteretl votors feach State shall vote fcror against a oonventkm1 > form aconatitntion thereof under tfci*Mt_/nioM otlng in fevor of such a convention shall have ritfcen or printed on the-ballots by which they ote for delegates as aforesaid, the words "foraoonentlonand those voting against such aaxmvenon shall have written of printed on such ballots le words "against a convention." Hie persons ppointed to superintend said election, and to make turn of the votes given thereat,, as herein proIded, shall count and make return of the votes [yen for and against a convention; and the eoxnlanding general, to whom the same Aall have een returned, shall ascertain and declare the total ote in each'Stofe for andagainsta convention. If majority oi the votes given on that question lallbe for a convention, then a convention shall b held, as hereinafter providedjbat if a majority rsaid votes shall be against a convention, then no invention shall be held under this am': Provided, hat such convention shall not be held unless a lajority of all such registered voters Shall bsvS oted on the qneation or holding such convention. Sec. 4. That the commanding general of each * (strict shallapppint such loyal officers or persons fy i may be necessary, not exceeding three in each lection district, in any State, to make apd com- 1 lete the registration, superintend the election, ' ad make return \o him of t^ie votes, lifts or oters and o&the persons elected as delegates bv | plurality of the votes cast'at said election; and 1 pon receiving said returns ho Shall open the une, ascertain, the persons elected ae delegates wording to the returns of the officers who' conucted said election, and .make . proclamation lereof; and if a majority o/ the votes given on lat question shall be for a convention, the comi an ding general within sixty dfiys from the date f election, shall notify the delegates to wamble lconvenuonatatlmeand.nlacetobe mention 1 ih ' the notification, and said convention,when * c rganixed, shall proceed to form* a Constitution ad civil government accord iugfo the pnaWost f this act, andthe a# to which it issapnlemeniry; and when the same shall have been sbfhtmd, said Constitution shall be submitted by the ] invention for ratification to the persons register 1 under the provisions of this act, at Sh eleconto he.^ooimucnt^^ri^oflicere^or-^feraons on of thirty day*'from thirdftte of notice thereof >be given tnLsald convention; and -the returns aereof^iall be made to the oommanding general Sec. 5. That if according to said returns, the institution shall be ratified by a majority uf the otes of the registered electors qualified sa herer specified,- ?5t at said election, at least one-half fall the registered voters voting Upon the iqneeon of sqcb ratification, the presUbant of the cooention shall transmit a copy of the aamewiluly rho shall forthwith transmit the same to -Con- ' 1 ress, if then in session, and if not do sessioiw jen immediately n'pofi its next assembling j ana 'it shall moreover appear to Congress thai the < lection was one "at which all the 'registered and ualifled electors ih the State had an opportunity > vote, freely and without restraint, wmr or .the ifiuenee of fraud, and if Congress snail be satiaedthat such conaitntidn-mMfai ^ ?nwniM>?f majority of the- tpg^fled electors faT^mJStah^ 4 fl ad' if the said constitution shall 6? declared by ongreSs to be in conformity witfe the provisions f tbeaiottowhich this is supplementary, and the ther provisions of said act shall have been, ooallied with, and the said: constitutionsball be ap- * roved by Con| ?Tesa, ;tho Stato shall be declared I ntitled to representation, and Sepat9i?,iqd Beresentatives shall be admitted therefrom as bere1 provided. * ' " * '* Sue. 6. That all elections in the States mention* g> i in the said "Act to provide for the more effllent government of the rebel States," shall, dung the operation of said act, be by ballot? and all (ficejre making the said registration of voters add inducting said elections shall, before Entering pon the discharge of their duties, subscribe .til ith faithfully to perform the duties of their said See, and the oath prescribed by the act approved uly 2,1882, entitled "An act to prescribe an oath r office:" Provided, That if any person shall nowinglv and falser* take and subscribe any ith in Ms act prescribed, such person so offenaig, and being thereof dtily convicted, shall be ibject to the pains, penalties and disabilities hich by law are provided for the punishment of v ie crime of wilful and corrupt penury. Sec. 7. That all expenses Incurred by the several urnnandlng generals, or by virtue of any orders sued or appointments made by tliem under or by rtue of tms< Act, shall he paid out of any mon- ' rs in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 8. That the Convention for eaeh State shall ascribe the fees, salary, gad compensation to be * Lid to all delegates ana other officers and agents ?rein authorized or necessary to carry into effect w e purposes of this Act, notherein otherwise proded for. and shall provide for the levy mid eolation of such taxes on the property in such State may be necessary to pay the same. Sec, 9. That the word "article" in ihesixfbseem of the Apt to which this is supplementary, j iall be construed to mean 4<Section." ** V ALUE OF COKTEDraATS GSB&EHCY. . LNNEXED is a table showing the value of 4*Confederate currrency" in United States currency r the last four years?deputed from the average 9 onthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold, fl New York, Richmond and Augusta. ' As the rate of stampduty upon documents exe- I ited during the late warm based upon thB value 1 theconsiaeration in United States currency, this f ble will be found very convenient in flying that I ilue. fl ible showing the relative value op "cox- 9 idbrate" akdp. 8. comb^fcot fob pour years. 9 mouth. 1862. 1883. 1884, 1965. i -..'I "-i. 1 .. m . B i i 1 fl Value in Value in Value in Value in fl veraae for Con* car-jCon.cur- Con. car- Con enr- ' ca^?y- oofgy. cur'cy. cur'cy. |13.50 "^.9CT ) JjS"* V &? 18.79 25.20 X= IS S? sP j fty ; 8.87 10.6ft ?P? ? ? 4.85 8.12 S&5"t~. ,j? m Knhi" -fc-ii *?S 8.85 I ESS!!:- ? |?J &g ~ 2ES?* ' ? ? u? 12.55 3Cembe?-^- 12.60 18.26 4 HE CHARLESTON COURIER. H by A. S. 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