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A VLRTUE OF NECESSITY.
Phelim was a young Irishman who wanted
to marry Kitty, who was a young Irish *
girl. Kitty's father would not consent to 1
the match, and?the story runs thus: ?
All of these things was Phelim cogitating
as he was walking pensively along the ^
river the afternoon after nis refusal. A >
plash awoke him from his reverie?he <
sprang toward the place?he looked into
the water?and good heavens! up came the <
bald head of Kitty's father! Here was *
vengeance for him. The old gentleman
could swim a little, just enough to keep above
water a few minutes. There was
nothing for him to cling to, and only Phelim
in sight. Should he let him drown,
and go marry the girl ? No, he would save
him. Irish generosity overbalanced his
love, and, seizing a long but very slender
pole, lying near by, he reached the end to
mm. The old gentleman took it. Phelim
commenced hading in, when a thought
struck him, and he shoved him back into
the water, allowing him to still hold on to
the end of the pole.
"Do you know me, you old blackguard?"
"Av coarse I do?pull me up!"
"Are you entirely comfortable there in
the water?"
"Pull me up, ye spalpeen."
"Faix, an' that I won't. It's the furst
time I iver see ye in the water, an' it plazes
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me.
"Pull me up." i
"Will you consent?" ^
"Consent to what ?" 2
"Kitty?ye know well enough what I *
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"Niver!"
"It's all one to me; ye may drown in- ^
tirely, and who'll stop me thin? Think *
twice. * Will ye consent ?" I
The old gentleman was becoming ex- 1
hausted. He never liked water at best,
and the Maumee was too much for him. <
"Yes; I consent. Pull me up." i
"Will you give us a sittin' out ?" said ^
Phelim, who knew his advantage, and was
disposed to improve it. 1
"Yes; pull me out." 1
Phelim hesitated a moment as to the pro- 1
priety of tying him in some way to the <
dock in the water and going up and marry- 1
ing the girl before saving him, and then he
hauled him out of the water. 1
The event proved that the old man was <
as good as his word. The young couple <
were married, and moved, with a very suit- 1
able outfit for housekeeping, into a comfortable
cottage which the father of Kitty <
possesses, and has heretofore rented. 1
HOW TO TELL A GOOD TEACHER.
A gentleman from Swampville was tell- i
ing how many different occupations he had j
attempted. Among others he had tried i
scnooi teacmng. . i
"How long did you teach ?" asked a bystander.
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"Wal, I didn't teach long; that is, I only 1
vent to teach." <
"Did you hire out ?"
"Wal, I didn't hire out, I only went to i
hire out." i
"Why did you give it up ?" i
"Wal, I guv it up for some reason or <
nuther. You see, I traveled into a district ]
and inquired for the trustees. Somebody <
said Mr- Snickles was the man I wanted to
see. So I found Mr. Snickles?named my 1
object, introducing myself, and asked him i
what he thought about lettin me try my i
luck with the big boys and unruly gals j
in the destrict. He wanted to know if I
raaly considered myself capable ; and I told i
. him I wouldn't mind his asking me a few i
easy questions in 'rithmetic and jography, 1
or showing my hand-writing. He said no, i
never mina, he could tell a good teacher by i
his gait.
"Let me see you walk off a little ways,'-'
says he 'and I can tell jist as well if I'd
heard you examined,' says he. .
He sot in the door as he spoke, and I .
thought he looked a littile skittish.; but I ,
was consid'rable frustrated, and walked on .
as smart as I knowed how. He said he'd :
tell me |when to stop, so I kep' on till I j
thought I'd gone far enough?and then ,
s'pected s'thing was to pay, and looked
round. Wal, the door was shet, and
Snickles was qone !
"Did you go back ?"
"Wal, no?I didn't go back"
"Did you apply for another school ?"
"Wal, no?I didn't apply for another
school," said the gentleman from Swampville,
"I rather judged my appearance
was agin me."?iV. Y. Teacher.
DROVERS vs. FOPS.
Dinner was spread in the cabin of that
peerless steamer, the New World, and a
splendid company were assembled about the
table. Among the passengers thus pre
pared for gastronomic duty was a little
creature of the genius. Fop, decked daintly
as an early butterfly with kids of irreproachable
whiteness, "miraclous" neck tie and
spider like quizzing glass on his nose. The
delicate animal turned his head affectedly
aside with?
"Waitah?"
"Sah r
"Bwing me a pwopellah of a fwemale
woostah I
"Yis sah!"
"And, Waitah, tell the steward to wub
my plate with a wegetable called onion,'
wnichNwill give a deScious flavaw to my
dinnah."
"While the refined exquisite was giving
his order, a jolly western drover had listened
with open mouth and protruding eyes.
When the diminutive creature paused, he
brought his fist down upon the table with
a force that made every dish bounce and
then thundered out?
"Here ! you gaul darned ace-of-spades!"
"Yis, sah."
"Bring me a thundering big plate of
oTrrmlr'a erifctfarfls !"
"'"Sah?"*"'
"And an old ink pot; tuck a horse blanket
under my chin, and rub me down with
brickbats while I feed !"
The poor dandy showed a pair of straight
tails instanter, and the whole table joined
in a 'tremenjus roar.'
IS" A Tennessee Dutchman having
caught his son in wrong doing, determined
to administer a dose of hickory. So he
trimmed a switch and went to look for the
youngster, who incontinently took to his
heels. After chasing the boy around for
awhile, the old man thought to persuade
him to stop and take the licking. So he
halted and hailed the wary fugitive:
"Shon," said he, "Shon, sthop ! I'm
not so mad as vat I wash!"
?gwfttltotal fepartment. j
SHORT RULES IN RURAL ECONOMY.
1. Paint all tools exposed to the weather,
ind if with a light colored paint, they will 8
lot heat, warp and crack, the least, in the r
mn. 1
2. Dip well seasoned shingles in lime 8
rash, and dry them before laying, and they 1
nil last much longer, and not become cov- t
ired with moss. r
3. In hitching a horse to a common rail a
>r worm fence, always select the inside cor- r
- i
ler, whicii will De more secure Dy us urawug
josition, and the halter will not become 1
;angled among the projecting ends of the s
ails, as when hitched to an outside corner.
4. Always tie a halter by making first a e
tingle loop and then thrusting the end of a
;he halter through this loop." This is ii
juickly untied, and will never come untied
>f itself. t
5. Dip the tips of nails into grease, and 1
hey will easily drive into any hard wood, 1
vhere otherwise they would double and a
>reak. 1
6. In screwing nuts into any part of ma- s
shinery, in cold weather, be careful not to c
leat them first by the hands, or they will i
:ontract, after being screwed on tight, and
>ecome immovable afterwards.
7. In ploughing or teaming on the road
n hot weather, always rest the horses on
in eminence, and where one minute will be a
vorth two in a valley. s
8. In setting out young orchards, always b
egister the varieties immediately in a book, f
vhere they may be referred to in a few s
rears when the trees commence bearing c
md after the labels are lost and the names 1
orgotten. a
9. In laying out gardens for fruits and r
regetables, place everything in drills or 1:
ows, so that they may be cultivated by a
iorse, and thus save the expense of hand p
abor. (
10. Plant a patch of osier willows on a
>very farm. A rod square will furnish as t
nany bands for binding cornstalks, straw,
fee., as an acre of rye straw. J
11. Remove every stone from the track s
n the highway. A single projection, which
night have been removed in one minute, i
las battered and injured a thousand wag- ?
>ns, at a damage equal to a hundred days <
abor. s
12. When board fences become old, and i
die boards begin to come off, put upright faring
strips upon them against each post, and 1
;he boards will be held to their place, and (
;he fence will last several years longer. t
13. Always set a post fence over a ditch
jr near good drainage, and the post always <
remaining dry, last many years longer than t
;hose standing in wet soil. 1
14. In writing on wooden labels or mark- <
ng sticks, with a common wooden pencil, <
f the wood is first wet, the mark will last ?
;wo years, if written on dry, one or two 1
rains will wash it all away. <
15. Always keep a supply of copper wire <
m hand, of different sizes, for repairing 1
;ools?it is greatly superior 10 eitner iwme '
)r iron wire. '
16. Every farmer should have a tool
room, against the smooth walls of which a 1
suitable place should be provided for hang- i
ing up every tool. An accurate outline of 1
each tool should be painted on the wall, to ;
remind every man of its absence when left i
out of place. i
17. Oil paint, applied to houses and i
barns, out-buildings and fences, will last i
much longer, and harden better, if put on i
is late as the middle of autumn, instead <
of during the heat of summer. < ]
18. Every gin and granary should have
% scale, or upright row of figures marked
inside, showing accurately the number of i
bushels to fill to each figure. This will en- ,
able the farmer to know at a glance, how ,
much grain he has rised, or has on hand. (
Rural Affairs. j
MANAGEMENT OF MANURE. ]
The success of the farmer certainly de- 1
pends very much upon the management of
manure. The remark has often been made 1
that much of the most valuable part of ani- <
mal excrements is often lost, through neg- !
ligence or mismanagement. The practice i
of exposing manure to the action of the i
sun, wind and rain, has been severely censured,
and the digging of barn cellars, the
building of sheds, coverings for barn-yards, i
&c., have been highly recommended. i
No good farmer would suffer any of his
crops to lie in the field till one half of their i
value is lost by exposure to weather; but i
how is the case with barn-yard and the ma- :
nure heaps ? Here is a treasure indeed; 1
but it is wasting its value continually; are
not its virtues every hour escaping into the
air?
But many farmers will confess that their
management is not such as it should be,
but, through lack of capital, cannot make
the changes which they desire, in a single
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year or two. Uut we contend tnat a tarmer
of small means can do much to preserve
the virtues of his manure. lie can house a
part of it, at least, in some way; and he
can put a cover of muck or loam upon his
manure heaps, and also in his barn-yard,
and thereby prevent most of its virtues escaping.
If he hauls manure into the field,
if it is not immediately plowed in, it should
be put in rather large heaps, and be well
covered with earth.
A difference in opinion has existed among
distinguished writers and farmers, in reference
to the degree of fermentation which
manure ought to undergo before applying
it to the soil. Some are advocates for long
or fermented manure, and others think that
it should not be applied to soil till it is partially
or completely decomposed. The former
contend that much fluid and gaseous
matter of tfce manure is lost, unless it be
applied immediately to the soil in its green
state and plowed in. The latter contend
that long or green manure cannot be regularly
spread, and that the animal matter
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does not mix intimately witn me su-uw, uui
is in masses by itself. They also complain
that the straw will sometimes dry rot, and
becomes dead, useless matter. It is probable,
however, that by proper care, manure
in its green state, may be pretty evenly
spread, and the straw will not often dry
rot.
It is said that stable manure, when lying
in heaps, is liable to be spoiled by being
overheated. To prevent this, it would be
well to either apply it to the soil and plow
it under as soon as may be, or mix it with
charcoal and other substances.
Soot.?Twelve quarts of soot in a hogshead
of water will make a powerful liquid
manure, which will improve the growth of
flowers, garden vegetables, or root crops.
In either a liquid or solid state, it makes an
excellent top-dressing for grass or cereal
crops.?Practical Farmer. ?
fading Car the Children.
PRACTICAL JOKES.
Two years ago, the writer of this article
ittended a pic-nic where the children were
anged round the tables, and waited upon
>y kind ladies, who furnished them with an
ibundance of good things. All' seemed
lappy and contented, except one little boy,
eho, sad and silent, stood apart from the
est. "He has been forgotten," I thought,
md drew the attention of the lady nearest
ae to the child.
"There is a little boy who looks wistfulv
at the cakes and pies," I said, "but he
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eems to be eating nothing."
"Why, don't you know that he cannot
:at ?" the lady asked in evident surprise ;
,nd she then told his sad story. Here it
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Two boys were playing together in the
tarn-yard of a dwelling where one of them
ived. They had everything to make their
ives pleasant?friends, fortune, health?
,nd no future was brighter than theirs.?
Vs they ran through the yard, one of them
topped for a moment before a vat of dark
lear liquid, and asked his playmate what
t was.
"I know," was the reply, "taste it."
"Is it good ?"
"Yes, real good; taste it."
The little > fellow put his mouth down,
nd took one swallow of the liquid. It was
trong lye, and it shrank the membranes of
lis throat, and destroyed his palate; and
rom that day to this he has never eaten of
olid food. Bread, broth, or sugar, is the
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Che story is true. It was a cruel joke,
.nd the boy that perpetrated it will bitterly
epent it, for it will yet, probably cost a
luman life.
Some boys were playing on a frozen
>ond that had several spots of weak ice.
)ne of the boys tied his skates together,
md whirled them to the centre of one of
hem, where he left them lying.
"Just wait," he said to a boy near, "till
Toe Burke comes down, and we will have
iome fun."
Joe was a small, poorly dressed boy,
vho suffered much at the hands of his elder
md more knowing companions. When he
;ame to the pond, the boy to whom the
ikates belonged was sitting on the ice, lookng
quite forlorn.
"If I only had my skates, I'd go home,"
le was saying. "Maybe you will just run
>ver and get them, Joe, like a good fellow;
;here they are," pointing to the spot.
Joe, who was possesed of an accommoda;ing
spirit, ran briskly to get them, and, as
;he other boy had planned and foreseen,
)roke through the ice that was only strong
mough to-bear the skates, and got a thor)ugh
wetting. There was great laughter
it his rueful face when he scrambled out,
)ut he was poor, and he had no clothes to
jxchange for his wet ones. The cold and
lampness struck into his feeble frame, and
le died in less than a month?of typhus ferer,
the physican said; but the drenching
'for fun" sowed the seeds.
I have related two practical jokes, with
;he results. They were not so very funny,
ifter all. Even if they had not ended so
Fatally, you have only to imagine what
your feeling would be in such positions,
md avoid an amusement that has for its
Foundation, even the temporary unhappiaess
of a fellow-being. There are a thousmd
sports that involve no peril or suffering.
Embrace them all, to the entire exclusion
of such Questionable pleasure as
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practical jokes.?Christian Times.
WHAT HAVE* I LOSTT
A good old man, a few days since, was
speaking of his conversation with a skeptic,
who was bringing up various arguments to
prove that religion was all a delusion. The
Did man was unlearned, and could not confute
him by reasoning, but he used the simple
logic of a true Christian's . heart, and
there was no gainsaying in it.
"I have tried," he said, 4'to serve my
God for fifty years, and have found sweet
enjoyment in his service. He has been a
sure support and comfort in every trouble
and every sorrow. Now, if it is all a delusion,
what have I lost ?"
The man had no answer for him. "Well
he knew that his boasted reasoning would
never afford a solace to the heart when the
storms beat and the floods rose around it.
"But, if religion is true," continued the
old man, "what have you lost ?" And well
might he ask that question, and well would
it be for that scoffer if he would ponder it
deeply. He had lost his immortal soul if
he persisted in his unbelief.
"My religion has made me happy in tjiis
life," said the aged man referred to, "and
when I come to the end of it I expect to be
happier still. What have I lost by being a
Christian ?"
There was never yet an infidel death-bed
made happy by its boasted philosophy. In
that solemn hour, when the soul stands
face to face with its Creator, it knows how
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about to hide itself from His all-seeing eye.
Sometimes the proud heart mails itself in a
calm exterior, that the world may not witness
its agony, but oftener the anguish of
despair masters every other feeling, and
the hearts 'that are nearest and dearest are
wrung with tenfold grief, as they must
stand by helplessly, while the poor lost
soul
"Raves round tho walls of her clay tenement,
Runs to each avenuo and shrieks for help,
But shrieks in vain."
Oh, it were worth a life-time of cross-bearing
here to gain the victory over death alone.
But after death, we know there
comes the judgement. Oh, what eternal
gain to have Christ for our advocate then.
Who is Safe ??God who has never created
a mind yet that can safely challenge
combat with the appetite of drink. Earth
has no ambition that is not engulfed, no
hope which is not blasted, no tie which is
uot broken, no sanctuary which is not invaded,
no friend, no kinsman, wife or child
that is not forgotten; no fibre of human
agony which is not wrung. Minds of common
mould will go through life without excess,
while those gifted with God-like powers
are smitten with weakness. The gifted
author of Childe Harold walked in fetters,
and died at Missolonghi of a drunken debauch.
He who led the prosecution in the
British Parliament against Hastings, was
hurried to the grave to escape the clutch
of his landlords. Poor Charley Fox ! And
the author of Gertrude oj Wyoming died a
drivelling imbecile. How the "Gentle Elia"
wept over the habit that enthralled him.
Ah! how these tragedies of human individual
history?of temptation and fall?stalk
before us! The history of the best minds
of our land is darkened by these episodes of
weakness and ruin.?T. M. Brown.
IpSfcltottMttSi JMitles.
PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE.
BY MRU. SARAH T. BOLTON.
Voyager upon Life's sea,
To yourself bo true,
And wher'er your lot inay be,
Paddle your own canoe.
Never, though the winds may rave,
Falter or look back,
But upon the darkest wave
Leave a shining track.
Nobly dare the wildest storm,
Stem the hardest gale,
Brave of heart and strong of arm
You will never fail.
When the world is cold and dark,
Keep an aim in view,
And toward the beacon-mark
Paddle your own canoe.
Every wave that bears you on
To the silent shore,
From its sunny source lias gone
To return no more.
Then let not an hour's delay
Cheat you of your due,
But while it is called to-day,
Paddle your own canoe.
If your birth denied you wealth,
Lofty state and power,
Honest feme and hardy health,
Are a better dower;
But if those will not suffice,
Golden gain pursue,
And to win the glittering prize,
Paddle your own canoe.
Would you wrest the wreath of Fame
From the hand of Fate ;
Would you write a deathless name,
With the good and great;
Would you olees your fellow-men,
Heart and soul imbue
With the holy task, and then
Paddle your own canoe.
Would you crush the tyrant Wrong,
In the World's free fight,
With a spirit brave and strong,
Battle lor the Right;
And to break the chains that bind
The many to the few?
The enfranchise slavish mind,
To paddle your own canoe.
Nothing great is lightly won,
Nothing won is lost^Everv
good deed, nobly done,
Will repay the cost.
Leave to Heaven in humble trust,
All you will to do ;
But, if you succeed, you must
Paddle your own canoe.
A TREMENDOUS GUN.
The experimental firing of the 20-inch
gun which took place not long since at
Fort Hamilton, shows that we possess a
tremendous weapon of war which no foreign
vessel can withstand. But this trial also
showed that our ordnance officers hitherto
have been handling their monstrous
cannon in the daintiest and most gingerly
fashion. The charges used were?first
shot, 125 pounds, of "mammoth grain"
powder ; second shot, 150 pounds; third
shot, 175 pounds; fourth shot, 200 pounds.
The result, which was highly successful,
put to shame some of our officers, we think,
for not finding out earlier the endurance of
these monstrous smooth bores. They have
long been engaged in dry-nursing or weaning
these guns with a kind of drugged powder,
administered in homeopathic doses.?
The Monitor's 15-inch guns were not allowed
to be used with over. thirty-five
pounds of powder, and to that cause alone
is attributable the fact that she did not
make a prize of the Merrimac in Hampton
Roads. The service charge, then fixed
at thirty-five pounds, has been raised till
it reached sixty pounds, and, if we mistake
not, since the war, no less than 100 pounds
have been safely used in the 15-inch gun.
It is strange that we had this splendid weapon
so many years before venturing to find
out what it would stand in the way of a
practical service charge. The 20-inch
guns, too, we have employed for several
years, and until late trials at Fort Monroe
and Fort Hamilton, we know nothing
about thpm. One was mounted in N. York
harbor some time since, and a great time
made over the feat then achieved with it,
which was to put down its enormous throat
100 pounds of patent powder for a charge.
This charge bore so small a proportion to
the calibre of the cannon that the artillerists
had to support the powder by introducing
it on "mattresses of straw" (to quote
the report), so as to hold it up to the vent.
And now we have 200 pounds of powder
safely and successfully used. These gigantic
smooth-bore guns of ours will accomplish
wonders, if we will but give them a
chance. As it is, there is something startling
in the very thought of a projectile
weighing no less than 1080 pounds, driven
by the explosive power of a mass of 200
pounds of powder. It is a token of Titanic
warfare to come.?N. ?. Times.
Secret of Happiness.-?An Italian
Bishop, who had struggled through many
difficulties without repining, and been much
opposed without manifesting impatience,
being asked by a friend to communicate
the secret of his always being so happy,
replied: "It consists in a single thing,
and that is, making a right use of my eyes."
His friend in surprise, begged him to explain
the meaning. "Most willingly," replied
the Bishop. "In whatsoever state I
am, I first look up to heaven, and remember
that my great business is to get there. I
then look down upon earth, and call to
mind how small a place I shall soon fill in
it. I then look abroad in the world, and
see what multitudes are, in all respects, less
happy than myself. And thus I learn
where true happiness is placed ; where all
my cares must end and how little reason I
ever had to murmur, or to be otherwise
than thankful. And to live in this spirit
is to be always happy."
Money.?Men work for it, fight for it.
beg for it, steal for it, starve for it, and die
for it, and all the while from the cradle to
the grave, nature and God are thundering
in our ears the solemn question: "What
shall it profit a man if he gain the whole
world and lose his own soul ?" This madness
for money is the strongest and lowest
of the passions; it is the insatiate Moloch
of the human heart, before whose remorseless
altar all the finer attributes of humanity
are sacrified. It maks merchandise of
all that is sacred in human affections, and
even traffics in the awful solemnities of the
eternal.
Amaurosis and Loss of Memory.?
Twenty-eight years of observation have
convinced Dr. Litchel that few persons can
continue to consume (smoke) daily twenty
grammes of tobacco without their vision or
memory becoming impaired, xnere are
many smokers, he urges, -who may long resist
these effects, but the pernicious consequences,
though slow in manifesting themselves,
are, however, none the less certain.
Fleas and Mosquitoes.?A correspondent
of the Scientific American says that,
"oil or essence of pennyroyal is believed to
be a specific against the attack of fleas. I
have always used it when fleas were in my
bed or about my clothing, and found that
it would banish them entirely, and am now
using it with equal success to banish mosquitoes.
They will not come where it is."
fotMIe inquirer.
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CONFEDERATE MONEY. ,
THE following table shows the price of gold for |
Confederate currency in Augusta, Ga., at various
times from the breaking out to the close of
the war. The record was kept by a broker long
doing business in that city:
1861. Gold Preinium.\ For ?1 in Gold. <
January 1 5! December 15 ? 21 00 1
July 1 10, 18&4. I
October 1 12;January 1 $ 21 00 <
October 15 15' January 15 20 00'
December 1 20; February 1 20 00 <
December 15 30, February 15 21 00 <
1862. ! March 1 20 Oo J
Januaryl 20iMarchl5 20 Oo
January 15 20l April 1 19 Oo 1
February 1 25jApril 15 21 Oo *
February 15 40 May 1 20 00 |
March 1 50! May 15 18 00
March 15 60i June 1 to July 15 18 00 <
April 1 75, July 15 to Aug. 15 20 00 <
April 15 851 August 15 22 00May
1 90 September 1 20 50 >
May 15 95,September 15 22 0Q 1
June 1 95:Octoberl 27'00 '
For $1 in Gold. ;October 15 25 05 i
June 15 ? 2 00 November 1 26 00 ]
August 1 2 20;November 15 28 00 J
September 1 2 SOjDecember 1 32 00'
November 1 3 00 j December 15 35 00 '
1863. December 31 50 00 (
February 1 3 101 1865.
March 1 3 251 January 1 60 00 \
March 15 5 00! January 15 65 00
May 15 6 00 February 1 50 00 '
June 1 6 50 February 15 46 00 1
Juno 15 7 50 March 1 55 00 '
July 1 8 00 March 15 57 00 5
July 15 10 OOl 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 1
September 15 14 00| April 27 300 00 1
October 1 13 00| April 28 500 00 '
October 15 12 50| April 29 800 00
November 1 13 00| AprU 30 1,000 00 ,
November 15 15 50! May 1 .".1,200 00 '
December 1 20 001 1
?Which was the last actual sales of Confederate ;
notes. '
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THE EECONSTEUCTIOH LAWS.
For the information jof our readers, we re-pubish,
the "Reconstruction Act," the "Proposed
institutional Amendment," "An Act to Prescribe
n Oath of Office," and the "Supplement to the
Itevcns-Sherman Shellabarger Bill," all of which l
.-e will keep standing until an opportunity shall 1
aye been presented for obtaining the necessary
affirmation which these papers contain :
THE SECOI8TBUOTIOH ACT.
An Act to provide for the more efficient govern- i
acnt of the rebel States.
Passed over the President's Veto, March 2d, 1867.]
Vhereas, no legal State governments or ade- |
quate protection for life or property now exists
in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama.
Lousiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas; and
whereas, it is necessary tliat peace and good order
should be enforced in said States.until loyal
and Republican State Governments can be legally
established: Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repesentatives
of the United States of America in
Jongress assembled, That said rebel States shall
e divided into military districts and made sublet
to the military authority of the United States,
s hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpose
Virginia shall constitute the first district; North
Carolina and South Carolina the second district;
lonrtna. Alabama, and Florida, the third district;
I ississippi and Arkansas the fourth district; and I
Louisiana and Texas the fifth district. '
Sec. 2. And be ..t further enacted, That it shall
e the duty of the President to assign to the comaand
of each of said districts an officer of the
rmy, not below the rank of Brigadier general,
nd to detail a sufficient military force to enable
uch officer to perform his duties and enforce his
uthority within the district in which he is asigned.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That it shall
>e the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid
o protect all persons in their rights of person and
iroperty, to suppress insun ction, disorder and
riolence, and to punish or cause to be punished
II disturbers of the public peace and criminals,
nd to this end he may allow local civil tribunals
o take jurisdiction of and to try offenders, or,
vhen in his judgment it may be necessary for the
rial of offenders, he shall have power to organize
nilitary commissions or tribunals for that puriose,
and all interference, under color of State
uthority, with the exercise of military authority
inder this act, shall be null and void.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all perons
put under military arrest by virtue of this
,ct shall be tried without unnecessary delay, and
10 cruel or unusual punishment shall oe inflicted;
nd no sentence of any military commission or
ribunal hereby authorized- affecting the life or
iberty of any person, shall be executed until it is
pproved by the officer in command of the district,
nd the laws and regulations of the government
if the army shall not be effected by this act? exept
in so lar as they conflict with its provisions.
>rovided, That no sentonce of death, under the
irovisions of this act, shall be carried into effect
vithout the approval of the President.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That when
he people of any of said rebel States shall have
ormed a constitution of government in conformiy
with the Constitution of the United States in
11 respects, framed by a convention of delegates
lected by the male citizens of said State, twenty
me year.? old and upwards, or wnaieverrace, coior
ir previous condition, who have been resident in
aid State for one year previous to the day of such
lection, except such as may be disfranchised for
larticipation in the rebellion, orforfelonv atcomnon
law; and when such constitution snail prodde
that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by
11 such persons as have the qualifications herein
tatod for electors of delegates; and when such
onstitution shall be ratified by a majority of the
>ersons voting on the question of ratification, who
ire qualified as electors for delegates; and when
uch Constitution shall have been submitted
o Congress for examination and approval, and
Congress shall have approved the same; and
vhen the said State, by a vote of its Legislature.
>lected under said constitution, shall have adopted
he amendment to the constitution of the United
States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress,
rad known as article fourteen; and when said ar;icle
shall have become a part of the constitution
>f the United States, said State shall be declared
mtitled to representation in Congress, and Senaors
and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom.
on their taking the oath prescribed by law;
mdthcn and thereafter the preceding sections of
his act shall be inoperative in said State. Proviled,
That no person excluded from the privilege
)f holding office by said amendment to the consti;ution
of the United States shall be eligible to elec;ion
as a member of the convention to frame a
jonstitution for any of said rebel States, nor shall
iny such person vote for members of such conven;ion.
Seo. 6. And be it further enacted, That until
he people of said rebel States shall be by law admitted
to representation in the Congress of the
[Jnited States, any civil government which may
jxist therein shall be deemed provisional only,
ind in all respects subject to tho paramount auhority
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 govjrnments
all persons shall be entitled to vote, and
lone 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 such
provisional governments who would be disqualified
from holding office under the provisions of
;he third article of said constitutional amendment.
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
L. Ar AI r. i"? r, o. r ua irav,
President of the Senate, pro tern,
" PEOPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The following is the Constitutional Amendment
referred to in the 4th section of the "Reconstruction
Act."
ARTICLE XIV.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized m the
[Jnited States ana subject to the j urisdiction thereof
are citizens of the United States and of the State
wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the privileges
ar immunities of citizens of the United States; nor
shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty
ir proporty, without due process of law, nor deny
to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.
Sec. 2. Representatives shall bo apportioned atnong
the several States according to their respective
numbers, counting the whole number of persons
in each State excluding Indians not taxed.?
But when the right to vote at any election for the
ilioice of electors for President;and Vice President
sf the United States. Representatives in Congress,
Executive and Judicial Oflicers of a State, or the
members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to
my of the male inhabitants of such State, being
twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United
States, or in any way abridged except for participate
i in rebellion or other crime, the basis of represoc
.on therein shall bo reduced in the propor;ion
which the number of such male citizens snail
boar to the whole number of male citizens twentymo
years of age in such State.
Sec. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative
in Congress, or elector of President and
Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military,
under the United States or under ahy State,
who, having previously taken an oath as a member
of Congress, or as an officer of the United
States, or as a member of any State Legislature,
>r as an Executive or Judicial Officer of any State
X) support the Constitution of the United States,
jhall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion ajainst
the same, or given aid and comfort to the
memies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of
two-thirds.of each House, remove such disability.
Sec. 4. The validity of the public debt of the
United Stutes authorized by law, including debts
incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for
services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion,
shall not be questioned. But neither the United
States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt
ar obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion
against the United States, or any claim for
the loss or emancipation of any slave; but all such
loLfo nhlifriitinns and claims, shall bo held illecral
and void.
Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce
by appropriate legislation the provisions of this
article.
AN ACT TO PBE8GBIBE AN OATH OP OFPIOE.
The following is the oath of office referred to in
tho 5th section of the "Reconstruction Act," and
also in tho 6th of the Supplementary Bill:
Be it enacted, That hereafter any person elected
->r appointed to any office of honor or profit under
the government of the United States, either in the
siviE military or naval department of the public
service, except the President of the United States,
shall before entering upon tho duties of such office,
and before being entitled to any of the salm-y or otli2r
emolument thereof, take and subscribe the following
oath or affirmation: "I, B, do solemnly
swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily
borne arms against the U. S. since I have been a citizen
thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid,
countenance, counsel or encouragement to persons
engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have never
sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise
;he functions of any office whatever, under any authority,
or pretended authority, in hostility to the
United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary
support to any pretended government, power or
constitution within the United States, hostile or inmical
thereto; and I do further swear (or affirm)
;hat to the best of my knowledge and ability, I -will
support and defend the constitution of tho United
States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
hat I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
;hat I take this obligation freely, without any menal
reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will
veil and faithfully discharge tho duties of the office
m which I am about to enter. So help me God,"
vhlch oath, so taken and signed, shall be preserved
im ong the files of the Court, Houses of Congress, or
;he department to which said officer may appierain.
And any person who may falsely take said
>ath shall be guilty or perjury, and on conviction,
n addition to the penalties now prescribed for tW
iffcnce, shall be deprived of his office, and rendered
ncapable, forever after, of holding any office or
place under the United States..
' Approved July 2,1862.
SUPPLEHEHT TO THE 8TEVEH8-8HBBKAH BILL
AN 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, <fcc., That before the first day of
September. 1867, the commanding general in each
district denned by the Act to provide for the more
efficient government of the rebel States, approved
March 2,1867, shall cause a registration to De made
of the male citizens of the United States, twentyone
years of age. and upwards, resident in each
county or parish in the State or States, included
in his district, which registration will include only
those persons who are qualified to vote for delegates
bv the Act aforesaid, and who shall have taken
ana subscribed the following oath or affirmation
:
"I, , do solemnly swear, or affirm, in the
presence of Almighty God, that I am a citizen of
the State of ; that I have resided in said State
for months next preceding this day, and now
reside in the county of , or the parish of ,
in 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
war 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
any State Legislature, or held any Executive or
Judicial Office in any State, and afterwards engaged
in insurrection ana rebellion against the United
States, and given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof; that I have never taken an oath as a member
of Congress of the U. S., or as an officer of
TT?-?Ufafaa A*? na a tyiamhAw av>?t a
tilt? UIUIUU ?UHWj vl uo O lUCUiUUl VI OliV OUIIV
Legislature, or as an Executive or Judicial Officer
of any State, to support the Constitution of the U.
States, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or
rebellion against the UnitedStates or given aid or
comfort to the enemies thereof; that I will faithfully
support the Constitution and obey the laws
of the .United States, and will, to the best of my
ability, encourage others so to do. So help me
God.''
which oath or affirmation may be administered by
any registering officer.
Sec. 2. That after the completion of the registration
hereby provided for in any State at sucn time
and place therein as the commanding general shall
appoint and direct, of which at least thirty day's
public notice shall be given, an election shall be
held of delegates to a convention for the purpose of
establishing a constitution and civil government
for such State, loyal to the Union; saidconvention
in each State, except Virginia, to consist of the same
number of members as the most numerous branch
of the State Legislature of such State in the year
1860, to baapportioned among the several districts,
counties, or parishes of such State by the commanding
general, giving to each, representation in the ,
ratio of voters registered as aforesaid as nearly as
maybe. The convention in Virginia shall consist
of the same number of members as represented the
territory now constituting Virginia in the most
numerous branch of the Legislature of said State
in the year 1860, to be apportioned as aforesaid.
Sec. 3. That at such election the registered voters
of each State shall vote for or againsia convention
to form a constitution thereof under this act Those
voting in favor of such a convention shall have
written or printed on the ballots by which they
vote for delegates as aforesaid, the words "for a convention
and those voting against such a convention
shall have written or printed on such ballots
the words "against a convention." The persona
appointed to superintend said election, and to make
return of the votes given thereat, aa herein pro
vided, shall count and. make return of the votes
given for and against a convention; and the commanding
general, to whom the same shall have
been returned, shall ascertain and declare the total
vote in each State for and against a convention. If
a majority ot the votes given on that question
shall be for a convention, then a convention shall
be held, as hereinafter provided; but if a majority
of said votes shall be against a convention, then no
convention shall be held underthis act: Provided,
That such convention shall not be held unless a
majority of all such registered voters shall have
voted on the question or holding such convention.
Sec. 4. That the commanding general of each
district shall appoint such loyaTofficers or persons
as may be necessary, not exceeding three in each
election district, in any State, to make and complete
the registration, superintend the election,
and make return to him of the votes, lists of
voters and of the persons elected as delegates bv
a plurality of the votes cast at said election; and
upon receiving said returns he shall open the
same, ascertain the persons elected as delegates
according to 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 bo for a convention, the comj
mantling general within sixty days from the date
of election, shall notify 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
ana civil government according to the provisions
of this act. and the act to which it is supplementary
; ana when the same shall have been so framed,
said Constitution shall be submitted by the
convention for ratification to the persons registered
under the provisions of this act, at an election
to be conducted by the officers, or persons
appointed by the commanding general as hereinbefore
provided, and to be held after the expiration
of thirty days from the date of notice thereof
to be given by said convention, and the returns
thereof shall he made to the commanding general
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
of all the registered voters voting upon the question
of such ratification, the president of the convention
8hall transmit a copy of the same, duly
certified, to the President of the United States,
who shall forthwith transmit the same to Congress,
if then in session, and if not in session,
then immediately upon its next assembling; ana
if it shall moreover appear to Congress that the
election was one at which all the registered and
qualified electors in the State had an opportunity
to vote freely and without restraint, fear or the
influence of fraud, and if Congress snail be satisfied
that such constitution meets the approval of
a majority or the qualified electors In the State,
and If the said constitution shall be declared by
Congress to be in conformity with the provisions
of the act to which this is supplementary, and the
other provisions of said act snail have been complied
with, and the said constitution shall bo approved
by Congress, ;the State shall be declared
entitled to ^presentation, and Senators and Representatives
shall be admitted therefrom as herein
provided.
Sec. 6. That all elections in the States mentioned
in the said "Act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States," shall, during
the operation of said act, be by ballot; and all
officers making the said registration of voters and
conducting said elections shall, before entering .
upon the discharge of their dunes, subscribe an
oath faithfully to perform the duties of their said
office, and the oath prescribed by the act approved
July 2,1862, entitled "An act to prescribe an oath
of office:" Provided, That if any person shall
knowingly and falsely take and subscribe any
oath in this act prescribed, such person so offending,
and being thereof duly convicted, shall be
subject to the pains, penalties and disabilities
which by law are provided for the punishment of
the crime of wilful and corrupt penury.
Sec. 7. That all expenses incurred by the several
commanding generals, or by virtue or any orders
issued or appointments made by them unaer or by
virtue of this Act, shall be paid out of any mon- 1
eys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 8. That the Convention for each State shall
prescribe the fees, salary, and compensation to be
paid to all delegates ana other officers and agents
herein authorized or necessary to carry into effect
the purposes of this Act, not herein otherwise provided
for, and shall provide for the levy and collection
of such taxes on the property in such State
as may be necessary to pay the same.
Sec. 9. That the word "article" in the sixth section
of the Act to which this is supplementary,
shall be construed to mean "section."
VALUE OF CONFEDERATE CtTRSEBTCY.
A>\N EXiSU 13 a table showing the value of "Confederate
currrency" in UnitedStates curronoy
lor the last four years?deputed from the average
monthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold,
at New York, Richmond and Augusta.
As the rate of stamp duty upon documents executed
during the late war Is based upon the value
of the consideration in United States currency, this
table will be found very convenient in fixing that
value.
table showing the relative value op "confederate"
asdu. s. currency forfoubyeabs.
month. 1882. 1863. 1884. 1965.
I Value in Value in Value inj Value in
frir Con.cur- Con.cur- Con.cur-;Concur^
[ rency of rency ofrency ofrency of
month of j$iintr.S. $linU.S. $linU.S.;$linU.S.
I cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy.
January $2.00 $13.50 $28.90
February 2.19 13.79 25.20
March 2.93 14.57 34.90
April 3.23 12.33
May 3.87 10.65
June - 4.85 8.12
July 6.89 7.79
August 10.53 8.85
September.. $2.19 9.71 10.58
October 1.95 9.70 . 12.80
November- 2.29 9.90 12.55
December... 2.28. 12.60 18.26
To ascertain the value of a given amount of Confederate
currency, divide the number of dollars by
the figures in the column opposite the date sought
for, and the quotient will be the amount in United
i States currency.
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