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<?mmnz ftpartratDt. NOT BAD. About forty years ago, there lived in Western Pennsylvania two farmers, named Wood and Osborne, respectively. They were near neighbors, but inveterate enemies, and it is said they lived almost in sight of each other for fourteen years with out speaking to each other. Wood one . day .went out with a mattock, to dig up half * dozen stumps that had never yet been removed from his meadow; but finding it pretty hard work, he gave it up and returned to the house. On the way, it occurred to him that, by a cunning device, he might induce his unfriendly neighbor to uproot the little annoyances. Acting on a bright idea that occurred tp him, he entered his house, got hfii writing'materials, and, in a disguised hand wrote: "ilfr. Wood : I am an old man, fast approaching my end, and I cannot go to my grave without revealing to you a secret.? When I was a young man, I helped to rob your grandfather of a large amount of money. I and my partner in crime buried , five thousand dollars of it under the roots of a tree that now belongs to you. No uouul (qcb6 brcco uavc ucca vuv uvnu j this time, but the stamps may still remain He was soon after hanged for a murder he committed, and I was sent to prison for highway robbery. I was but lately released, and I wish to do all I can to atone for misdeeds. I send this fetter by a person who says he knows, where you live, and he will throw it into your house. "4- Repentant Criminal." Mr. Wood sealed this bit of fiction, addressed it to himself, and when night came, crept stealthily to Osborne's door, opened it a little way, tossed it in, and ran away as if Satan were after him. On reaching home he retired to rest, and reposed sweetly tiH morning. When he rose he cast a glance towards his meadow, anc? to his satisfaction, discovered- that every stump in his meadow had been dug up during the night and pulled out by the roots. After breakfast he went coolly to work and rolled them together in a pile, in order to burn .them. And imagine Osborne's bitterness of heart, as he passed by on his way to the village that morning, saw Wood thus engaged and knew he had been duped by him. RETALIATION. Some few years since, in the county of Penobscot, Maine, 4here lived a man by tlig name of H , whose greatest pleasure as in tormenting others. His own family was generally the butt of his sport. One cold and blustering night he retired to bed at an early hour, his wife being absent at a neighbor's. Some time after, she returned. ( "Finding the door closed, she demanded adznittance. "Who are you ?" cried Mr. H. "Ton know who I am. Let me in; its very cold." "Begone, you strolling vagabond! I want nothing of you." "But I must come in." "What is your name Vf t "You know my name?it is Mrs. H." "Begone! Mrs. H. is a very likely woman. She never keeps such late hours as this." "If you do not let me in, I will drown myself in the well," Mrs* H. -replied. "Do, if you please," replied the husband. She at that time taking a log plunged it into the well, and retired to the side of the door. . 4 ? Mr. H., hearing the noise, rushed from the house to save, as ha supposed, his drowning wife. She at the same time slipped in and closed the door after her. , Mr. H. almost naked, in turn demanded, admittance. "Who ar? you V she demanded. "You know who I am; let me in, or I shall freeze." ] * * T x "iJegone, you tmevisn rogue; i wain; nothing of you here." ' j "But I must corae in." <cWhat is your name?" "You know my name?it is Mr. H." "Mr. H. is a very likely man. He don't i keep such late hours." 1 Suffice it to say, after keeping him in the cold uptil she was satisfied, she opened the door and let him in. GUULTY, BUT DRUNK. The business of the court was drawing to a close, when one morning a rough sort of customer was Arraigned on a charge of stealing. After the clerk had read the indictment to him, he put the questions: "Guilty, or not guilty ?" "Guilty, but drunk, your honor," answered the prisoner. "What's the plea?" asked the Judge, half dozing on the bench. "He pleads guilty, but says he was drunk," replied the clerk. "What is the charge against the man ?" demanded the Judge. "He is indicted for grand larceny," replied the clerk. "What's the case ?" "May it please your honor," said the prosecuting attorney, "the man is regularly indicted for stealing a large sum of money from Mr. Christopher Sterret, of the Columbus Hotel." "He is hey ? and plead?" "He pleads guilty and drunk." The Judge was now fully aroused.?> "Guilty but drunk?that is a most extraordinary plea. Young man are you certain you were drunk?" "Yes. sir." "Where did you get the liquor ?" ' 1 "At Sterret's." "Did you get none anywhere else ?" "Not a droD." "You got drunk on his liquor, and then stole the money?" "Yes, sir." "Mr, Prosecutor," said the Judge, "do me the favor to enter in that man's case a 4toUe progegui. That liquor at Sterret's is ! -^ust enough to make any man rob his grand-father^ I got drunk on it myself the other day, and stole Sterret's spoons.'' Mr. Sheriff please release the prisoner. 1 - Adjourn the Court. j A dancing master, on being cast a- j way on a desolate island, lived six months < without any other food than that which he derived from "cutting pigeon wings," and stewing them. Here's a hint worth taking J to sea. If learning to dance will prevent 1 you from shuffling this mortal coil, it is the duty of every man and woman to grow wise \ in cotillions. I 0 I ? If you had gone half crazy at not 1 having won your sweetheart as a wife, re- < member you might have gone the other 1 half if you had suoceeded. n Jlgmttftuutf gijrartmeat. THE INDEPENDENT FARMER. Le? sailors sing of the windy deep, Let soldiers praise their banner, But In my heart this toast I'll keep? The Independent Fanner. When first the rose in robe of green Unfolds its crimson lining, And round his cottage porch is seen The honeysuckle twining; When banks of bloom their sweetness yield, To bees that gather honey, He drives his team across the field, Where skies are soft and sunny. The blackbird clucks behind the plow, The quail pipes loud and clearly, Yon orchard hides behind its bough The home he loves so dearly; The gray and old barn doors unfold His ample store in measure, More rich than heaps of hoarded gold, A precious, blessed treaure; While yonder in the porch there Btailds His wife, the lovely charmer, The sweetest rose on"all his lands? The Independent Farmer. Tohim the Spring comes dancingly, To mm tne summer Diusnes, The Autumn smiles with yellow ray, His sleep old Winter hushes; He cares not how the world may move, No doubts or fears confound him; His little flocks are linked in love, And household angels round him; He trusts to God ana loves his wife, Nor griefa nor ills may harm her, ' He's nature's nobleman in life? The Independent Fanner. TURNIPS. Ijfaw is the time to commence the preparation of land for the turnip crop, and gspecially for the Rutabaga. A lioh, lighf^WW suits the turnip best, but it will grow and do well on almost any kind of land, well prepared and manured. . The planter should now select his ground, and at once thoroughly break it up with a two-horse plow as deep as possible, and at least once in ten days repeat the operation till planting time. If he has manure enough he should broad-cast it over the land before the first plowing; if not then the manure should be reserved until he is ready to plant. When the time comes for planting* about the 20th of July is the best, if the .land has not been thoroughly manured it should be trenched with a scooter, or narrow shovel, and the manure distributed in the trench, and then the trenches covered by a light turn-plow, and the ridges formed; the seed put in with a drill, if to be had. A bottle, with the mouth covered by a piece of sheet lead, perforated like a pepper-box lid, makes a very good ? r ! .1 J apparatus ior suwiug me seeu. The ridges should be about 20 inches apart, and the seed so put in' that the plants will stand about ten inches apart in the drill. Thus planted the after-culture of the turnip becomes an easy matter. We of the South have never properly estimated the importance of this crop. In Europe it is second to scarcely anything else except the wheat crop. Horses, cattle and sheep are fed with the turnip, and thrive and do well upon it. Here, the turnip is equally important in an economical husbanding of our resources. It may be made to yield as well, and we may save the trouble and expense of gathering and housing the crop, which they have to incur in Europe. If our people, could be once induced to try the experiment fairly, after that the Rutabaga would be found to be one of our most valuable staple productions. It is not too soon to begin to prepare the ground for the later varieties of turnip, which should be sown aboht the 20th of August. The best varieties for the table are the White Flat Dutch, and the Red Top, also, a flat turnip. These are the earliest varieties. At the same time these are sown, the Globe and Norfolk, field*turnips, should also be sown. They come later, and will stand all the winter, retaining their crispness and sweetness. These varieties should be sown also for stock. The yield per acre is enormous, and they are invaluable as a food for stock. A similar preparation and manuring of the land as prescribed for Rutabaga, is requisite for the .successful grow lug ui me umer vanetiea ui iuc ttuuip. jjgf In Flanders, where manures are applied and animals well fed, the urine of a single cow is reckoned at an average of ten dollars per annum, and the solid parts are estimated at one half to three quarters of this sum. Taking the usual price of guano, at $50 per ton as the standard, the manure of a single cow, saved in the best manner, would be worth about $20. This is, however, higher than manure is generally sold, and by the common management more than half is lost. We believe that if a cow is properly beded with muck, and the urine and manure are kept from waste and leaching, the compost thus made, would bp worth fully the amount named ; but generally three-fourths of its value goes into the atmosphere or nearest streams.?Southern Cultivator. Whitewash tor Out-buildings.?In response to any inquiry for the best whitewash for barns and out-buildings, the Mas sachusetts Ploughman says: "Take a bushel of well-burnt lime, white and unslaked, twenty pounds of Spanish whiting, seventeen pounds of rock salt, and twelve pounds of brown sugar. Slake the lime and sift out any coarse lumps and mix it into a good whitewash with about forty gallons of water, and then add the other ingredients and stir the whole together thoroughly, and put on two or three coats with a common brush." To mak? a cream color, add to the above three pounds of yellow ochre; a fawn color, four pounds umber, one pound Indian red, and one of lampblack; if a gray or stone color, add four pounds of raw umber and two of lampblack.?Exchange. Deep vs. Shallow Pans.?M. A. Richardson, Esq., of Sherman, New York, says: "Whether more cream can be obtained from deep or shallow pans is an easy matter to settle, without even an experiment. It takes time for cream to rise; therefore it will rise in a shallow pan sooner than in a deep one, and consequently, in warm weather, when milk will thicken in a few hours, shallow pans should be used, or the cream will be caught in the thicked milk and the skimmer won't find it. But in cooler weather, when milk will remain thin long enough for the milk to rise, deep pans are preferred by some. Even then, sweeter butter can be made from .shallow pans." A Pleasant Summer Drink.?To five gallons of cold water, add one quart of jound corn and tw quarts of molasses.? Put all into a keg. Shake well, and in two :wo or three days it will be fit for use.? Bung tight. It may be flavored with esjence of spruce or lemon. The corn will ast to make five or six brewings. If it becomes sour, add more molasses and water, [t is a cheap and simple beer, and is called rery good. A Yankee girl says this. fp0((ttaoc0w$ REMARKABLE BOG. . > The following remarkable dog story was communicated to the Sunday School Visi- ' tor, a few years ago, by the learned and 1 pious A. P. Greene, D. D., of Tennessee. ' We may have published it before. It will j do to read again: "Did you ever notice what a very small amount of education the dogs receive ? We learn them their name?which they obtain a knowledge of very soon?we learn them ] to "get out," "begone," "here! here! ( here!" and -"sick! sick! sick!" and then their education stopB; but I would judge { that as the length of time it takes them to ( learn this much is so very short, we could teach them a great deal more, if we were to , try. I will here give the account of a dog x that I was well acquainted with. He lived t for several years in the town of Clarksville, j Tenn., ana almost 'every citizen of the ] place was acquainted with him. He made his appearance on entering the 1 a ?1A AA TltltAMA 1 town at, me nuiei, iuc piauc nucic vwci j strangers were generally first seen. He j did not register his name and call for a room, but he went into the back yard and , laid himself down to rest, but soon render- j ed himself useful by keeping all dogs out ? bf the back yard, by which service he earn- } ed his supper. ' t The next place where he made his ap- \ pearance.was at the Presbyterian Church, which he attended for a while with great i regularity and promptness, not merely go- ] ing when the bell rang for preaching, but ? went to the prayer meeting, which was not announced by the bell. From the fact that } he attended the Presbyterian Church al- } together, the .boys called him Calvin. He never went to Church with any person, or r kept the company of any other dog. He ? had two other places of visiting ; one was ( the Democratic meetings whenever they came olf, and he went to market every morning. And without any election or appointment in any way, he became town < constable, in so far as keeping order at the market house, not suffering a hog or any other dog to trouble any article that might be in the market house. In this service he t was perfectly impartial. He took as much interest in minding the property of ,one person as another, never touching any- ? thing himself. But he was always reward- ( ed by the persons attending the market, j for at the end of the marketing hour they handed over to him enough provisions to \ last him during the 'day, which he in thelx most orderly * manner carried home in his mouth. | So things went on for sometime, till at j last Dr. Bascom had an appointment at the Methodist Church. Some one said that j Calvin would be at. the Methodist Church next Sunday; he would go to hear Bascom, certain. Sure enough, when Sunday came he made his appearance at the Methodist Church,' and seemed to listen to the Doctor with great interest; and after this was never again known to attend the Presbyterian Church, but attended the Methodist Church ever after. He also changed .his politics, and went ever after to the Whig meetings. I have preached to this dog frequently. He had his regular place in the aisle close to the head of a certain pew. Here he would lay himself down, with his head to the preacher, looking him in the eye and listening attentively. I never knew him to go to sleep in Church, .or to get up and go out in time-of service, or leave the Church before the congregation was dismissed. He was the- wonder of all who knew him. He came to his end*by taking up some poisoned bait that had been set for some other dog. A lengthy notice was published of him at the time in the papers. So lived and died this singular dog." COST OF MARRIED LIFE. One of our exchanges, in descanting upon the relative cost of married and unmarried life, says: It has become common for some newspapers to harp upon female extravagance, and to assign that as the principal reason why more young men do not marry; thus directly insinuating that it costs more to keep a wife than a mistress. The thousands of unmarried men who throng our cities, and through whose patronage the "social evil" is mainly fostered and made to pay, thus find a ready-made excuse for immoinmff m oin ncc nrl nooa wliiflli tJ>or I A guiuiuillg ALA OlAiglV TV AAAVAA IUVJ are not slow to avail themselves of. It is true that the pictures of fashionable society, and the females that mix therein as candidates for matrimony, drawn by Thackeray, Dickens, and the satirists of that school, are sufficient to deter any man, who values his honor, domestic happiness or peace of mind, from taking any chances in such a lottery of doubtful prizes, while, the description which Jenkins gives, with such pains-taking fidelity, of the frills and furbelows, silks, laces, and diamonds of bewildering magnificence and price, that are * the necessary adornments of good society 1 at a fashionable ball, are calculated to frighten any young man of hymenial proclivities, who does not possess the purse of Fortunatus. But these frivolous carica- 1 tures are not to be regarded as represent- j ing the true womanhood of the race, and if ' they are portraits, they only stand for a certain class of fashionables) and young 1 men are not limited to such butterflies in 2 their selection of partners for life. ( Taking society all through, in every { grade, there are more women who would k make good and exemplary wives, than there ? are men who would make faithful husbands; and it is unquestionable, that even nice ) young men spend more money, every year, i upon their little pet vices, than would suf- i fice to maintain a wife comfortably for the 1 same length of time. ^ We are decidedly in favor of early mar- ? riages, on the grounds both of economy and morality. It is an old proverb, that, when 1 a man marries, he gives to society hostages I for good behavior; he is surrounded by in- * fluences that render it difficult for him to do wrong; and he has a personal interest in,a the preservation of womanly purity, and in * contributing to her social elevation. HI- a assorted marriages, based wholly upon mer- E cenary motives, are, of course, productive * of untold ill and misery; but it is doubful 1 if even a bad marriage is productive of so a much evil in society as celibacy. The own- f er of the poorest apology for a game' pre- t serve, is not so apt to become a poacher as 13 I the one who owns none at all. t . d Men spend their lives in trying to t understand each other, and at the close are h compelled to acknowledge that they cannot 1; even understand themselves. li Ifl* the pome Steele. "PLAYING FOB KEEPR", " "Why! my son," said Mrs. Fielding, 'where did you get so many marbles?"? She had been looking for a string in Paul's Irawer, and had picked up a bag full of narbles. "You said you had only fifty the Jther day?where did these come from?" "Won 'em," said Paul briefly. "How so ?" "Playing for keeps." "And was that what kept you out so late ast night, when mother had told you to ;ome in early ?" Paul's handsome face sobered a little, md he said, "Well, I cant help it, the othjr. fellows make me." "How can they make you if you don't ?ant to ?" ' "They'll kick me 'cause I've gotdieir narbles, and say its mean "not to give them l chance to win back; and then there'll be ;wo folks kicked;" Paul added emphatical*. .... ".But is it rig&t, raui r "I don't know as it is," said he;*"but ['m in for it; so here goes," and off he ran ;o school. Mrs. Fielding carefully.thought over the natter. She had aimed to tram Paul to a ;horough self-control, rather than mere lubmission to authority. So that evening, vhen Paul had laid aside his books, and lat beside her for his "good-night talk," as le called it, she said: "Paul, what would you think of a drinkng man who wanted to reform, and yet cept his cups and well-filled bottles conitantly in sight ?" "I should think it would take him a good vhile, besides making it much harder for lim." "And the only way in which he could easonably expect ,to be delivered from the >vil sin, would be by giving up what was constantly a temptation ?" "Yes, of course." "Could you do it?"* Paul lifted his head, proudly, and said, 'I should rather think I could." "Could you give up playing for keeps ?" "But where's the harm ?" "Dt> you pay for them ?" asked Ins nother. "Course not, I win "em." "So does the gambler win the money itaked on the game. Can you tell me any lifference in the principle of playing for noney, or playing for marbles ?' Paul tried his best to think of some difference, but could not. At length his nother said: You have admitted that you did not ;hink it right, and that alone is enough to nake it wrong to you. Then it has become i passion beyond your control. Ought you ;o give it up ?" This was a hard question. Paul was a skilful p^yer, always winning, rarely lossing, and the game had become so fascina;ing as to keep him late after school. "But, mother," he. said, "Fred Kingsey is my partner, and he and all the other >oys will say I am a mean sneak to stop ilaying now, when I've got all their marjles." "It would be rather mean, too,"saidshe; 'What can you do about it ? Can you not jive up the thing that leads you intotemp;ation?" "What! Give up my marbles! The >oys would all laugh at me." '^Hasn't my son the courage to do right vhen the boys laugh ?" Paul felt ashamed, for he had learned hat true courage lies in the heart, and not n the fist. "Can you truly pray, 'Deliver me from his evil,' and keep the temptation in your land ! I wish that you would decide that question before you lie down to-night; be issured it will be a great' gain if you can Liuhc up juui miuu iu wuutiui jvuiocia iu ;his, even though it should seem to you rery much like loosing a right hand." Paul thought it did seem very much like hat, and remarked that it was "tough buliness." The struggle was severe. For >ne minute he thought he could, and then he thought of tamely playing marbles 'just for play," seemed more than'he could lubmit to, besides knowing how the boys vould look upon it. Mrs. Fielding said nothing for a time, jut at length spoke softly, "Our Lord ;aught us how to pray, 'Lead us not into ;emptation.' Do you not need that prayer low ?" Paul sprang up, walked up and down prickly, then came and knelt beside his nother, while she in a few earnest words, lesought the strength and help so much leeded. Afterward, as they set beside the fire, he iSid quietly, "I'll do it, mother." The boys did laugh some, but Paul's coniciousness that he was doing right carried rim through, and his manly example did nore to check this growing evil than all the ;eachers had said, and no boy really ;hought less of him for doing what they tnew they would riot have darea to do. HEAL COURAGE. "Rnvs and trirls. as well as men and wo nen, are apt sometimes to mistake prudenge 'or cowardice, and yet no two qualities can ie more unlike. . "Pooh!" said a rough boy*once, to his nore gentle cousin, "I do beheve, John, you're afraid to go near that horse just bejause he isn't tied." "There is no need of me going near him, Stephen," was the reply, "and there is danger of his kicking any one who teases him." "Ha! ha!" shouted Stephen, "you're a iravey, now, ain't you? Thaidea ofbeng afraid of a horse !" and with a tauntng looked at John, the foolish boy walked lp to the grazing animal and poked him vith a stick. The horse gave an uneasy itart, but continued pulling at the grass. "See here.!"* exclaimed Stephen, growng bold, "if you'll promise not to faint, I'll iresent you with a lock of his tail in a minite." John didn't faint, but Stephen did; for is he stealthily approached the horse in the ear, thp animal bounded away, performing k flourish with his hoofs that laid his tornentor senseless in the dust. John tried lard to restore Stephen to consciousness. Ie loosened his clothing, rubbed his hands -nd feet, and bringing water in his cap rom the pool near by,. dashed it on the ioys white, face, but all in vain?there was 10 sign of life. The nearest house was heir own home, and a quarter of a mile istant. John felt tljat not a moment was o be lost. He approached the now quiet orse and leaping upon his back, rode swifty, without saddle or bridle, to his uncle's ouse -for help. When, after a long illness Stephen1 recovered, he was a wiser boy and told his cousin that he really! believed that the horse had managed to kick a little common sense into him. ' "And what a dunce I must have been, John," he added, "to fancy you were afraid of that horse.". ffltfevilte (frapuw. TERMS?IN ADVANCE: .. 8PKCH5. CURRENCY. One Copy, one year, 9 2 50 - f 3 50 One Copy, Six months, 1 25 2 00 One Copy, Three months,.. 75 1 00 Two Copies, one year, 4 50 6 00 Five Copies, 44 44 ? 8 75 12 50 Ten Copies, 44 44 17 50 25 00 j&~To persons who make up ciuds 01 ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. ' ADTEBTI8EMENT8 Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents per squire for each subsequent insertion?less than three months. A square consists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. No advertisement considered leas than a square. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements, will be charged Two Dollars per square for each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts will.be made on liberal terms?the contract, however, must in all cases be confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated as advertisements. Annohhcements of Marriages and Deaths, and notices of a religious character, Inserted gratis, and solicited. ^-Personal Communications, when admissable; Communications of limited or indivual interest. or recommendations of Candidates for offices of nonor, profit or trust, will bo charged for as advertisements^^ - JOB PRINTING. THE 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, , WILL BE NEATLY EXECUTED. TERMS?CASH. C0UNTIN6-H0USE ALMANAC FOE 1867. 'SiSIS 1 Si g S mi 9 S' ? % g Si hi 3 8 ? 111#! I|S sip | I ii li rt | If ! S* iiii.il dill 1; ill l?il 11 Jan. ..-.I..: 1 2l '8j 4 & July ...I li 2l 3l 4| 5 6 ! 6| 7 8 Oiiolll 12 , 7! 8| gilOlLliijlS 113(14 18 10-lTiISnir 14:i5jlfi l7 18 19 20 120 21 22 23 24 25 26 4 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 127 28.29 30 31 1 28 29 30181 * Feb.! 1 2 AUG 12 3 13 4 5 0 7 8 9 4 5 0' 7 8 9 10 " 110 11 12 13 14 15| 16 11 12 1314^18 10 17 17 18 19 28 2li22i2:il 18:19 20 21 22 23 24 124 25 26 27;28....j. .: '25 26 27.28.29 30131 Mar. ! It 2 !... 13 4 5 8 7! 8| 9 SEPT. 1 21 3 4 5 0! 7 10 1112 13114,15 16 8 9110 11 12! 13i 14 17 18 10 20 21,22.23, 15 16,17 18 19 20 21 \Zi 25|26 27:28*29 30 22 23,24,25126 27,28 31... 29 30) 1 APR. ... 1 2 3 4; 5 6, Oct j 1 2 3 4 5 1 7 81 9 10,11 12 13 6' 7| 8 9:10 11 12 14 lo! 16 17 18 19 20 1.3:14 15 16:17 18,19 ;21 22 23 24:25:26.27, 20(21,22 23,24 25(26 28 29 30 27 28 29 30'31 May/1 1 2: 3 4 Nov ... 1 2 | 5 6 7 8 9,10 11 3' 4 5 o| 7 8,9 (12 13 14 15,16;17,18 10,11 12 13 14 15'l6 .19 20 21 22:23:24 25 17(18il9 20 21 22;23 120 27 28 29,30131... 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 June' ...'...j 1 i i? 2 3 4 5; 0; 7, 8. DEC.. 1 2 3 4, 5 6 7 9 10 11 12;iS 14 15, 8 9 10 11,12,13,14 16 17(18 19120 21-22 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24:25 26 27-28 29: 22 23 24 26 26 27 28 30 J 29130 31 ...j I.... 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 i 1861. Gold PremiumA For $1 in Gold. Januaryl 5IDecember 15 $ 21 00 July 1 10! 1864. 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 2100 1862. March 1 26 Qo Januaryl .20jMarch 15..., 20 Oo January 15.; 20 April 1 19 Oo February 1 25!Amril 15.- 21 Oo February 15 40jMayl 20 00 March 1 50 May 15 18 00 March 15 60; June 1 to July 15 * 18 00 April 1 75 July 15 to Aug. 15 20 00 April 15 . 85, August 15 22 00 May 1 90 September 1 20 50 May 15 95 September 15 22 00 June 1 95;Octoberl 27 00 For ?1 in Gold. \October 15 25 05 June 15 $-2 00|Noven\ber 1...... 26 00 August 1 2 201 November.15 28 00 September 1 2 50-December 1 32 00 November 1 3 00 December 15 35 00 1863. I December 81 50 00 February 1 3 10 1865. March 1 3 25lJanuary 1 60 00 March 15 5 00! January 15 65 00 May 15 6 00 j February 1 50 00 June 1 6 50l February 15 46 00 .June 15 7 501 March 1 55 00 July 1 8 001 March 15 57 00 July 15 10 001 April 1 70 00 August 1 14 00| April 15 80 00 August 15 15 OOUpril 20 100 00 September 1 14 00 April 26 200 00 September 15 14 00 April 27 300 00 October 1 13 00 April 28 500 00 October 15 12 50 April 29 800 00 November 1 13 00 April 80 1,000 00 November 15 15 50 May 1 1,200 00 December 1 20 00 ?Which was the last actual sales of Confederate notes. THE BEST TOXIC 1JT USE. I I F A I>r. O. F. Fanknin, CHARLESTON, S. C. January 24 39 iy II PARISH AND LATIMORE, * Chester, S. C. MANUFACTURERS and Dealers In NEW and SECOND HAND FURNITURE, LookingGlass Plates for Bureaus, Ac. Constantly on hand COFFIN MATERIAL, ol the best quality. They are prepared to furnish COFFlNSataiewhours'notice. Cane-Seat Chairs Re-Bottomed. , Shop and Ware-Room in the old Thespian Hall, over Heyman's Store. November 29 32 tf MUSCOVADO MOLASSES. (j)AA GALLONS MUSCOVADO MOLASSES. For sale cheap. By T. M. DOBSON <fc CO. i JuneC .0 tf f , lK * THE EECOHSTBHCnOH LAWS. For the information of our readers, we re-publisli, the "Reconstruction Act," the "Proposed Constitutional Amendment," "An Act to Prescribe an Oath of Office,'.' and the ''Supplement to the Stevens-Sherman Sheila barge r Bill," all of which we will keep standing until an opportunity shall have been presented for obtaining the necessary information which these papers oontain: THE BBOOVBTSUOTIOV 10T. : Air Act to provide forthe more efficient government of the rebel States. FPassed over the President's Veto, March 2d, 1867.] Whs be as, no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exists in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, Sonth Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama. Lousiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas; and whereas, it is necessary that peace and good order should be enforced in said. States.until loyal and Republican State Governments can belegalIv established: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America In Congress'assembled, That said rebel States shall be divided into military districts and made subject to the military authority of the United States, as hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpose Virginia shall constitute the first district: North Carolina and South Carolina the second district; Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, the third district: Mississippi and Arkansas the fourth district; and Louisiana and Texas the fifth district. ' * Sec. 2. And be.it further enacted, That it shall bo the duty of the President to assign to the com mand or eacn or saia auancis an ornwr ui m? army, not below the rank of Brigadier general, and to detail a sufficient military force to enable such officer to perform his duties and enforce his authority within tho district in which he: is assigned. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid to protect all persons in their rights of person and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder and violence, and to punish or cause to be punished ail disturbers of the public peace and criminals, and to this end he may allow local civil tribunals to take jurisdiction of and to try offenders, cr, when in his judgment it may be necessary for the trial of offenders, he shall have power to organize military commissions or tribunals for that purpose, and all interference, under color of State authority, with the exercise of military authority under this act, shall be null and void. Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That all persons put under military arrest by virtue of this act spgll be tried without unnecessary delay, and no cnjel or unusual punishment shall oe inflicted; and no sentence of any military commission or tribunal' hereby authorized, affecting the life or liberty of any person, shall be executed until it.is approved by tboofficer in command of the district, and the laws and regulations of the government of the army shall not be effected by this get. except in so far as they conflict with its provisions. Provided, That no sentence of death, under the < provisions of this act, shall be carried into effect j without tho approval of die President. Sec. 5. Ana be it further enacted, That when the people of any of said rebel States shall have formed a constitution of government in conformity with the Constitution of the United 8tatea in 1 all respects, framed by a convention of delegates 1 elected by the male citizens of said State, twenty- i one years old and upwards, of whatever race, color j or previous condition, 'Who have been resident in saia State for one year previous to the day of such j election, except such as may be disfranchised for i participation In the rebellion, orforfelony at com- ] mon law; and when such constitution shall pro vide that the elective franchise shall be enjoyeaby t all such persons as have the qualifications herein '< stated for electors', of delegates; and whenanch constitution shall be ratified by a majority of the < persons voting on the question of ratincatioft, who < are qualified as electors for delegates; and when 1 such Constitution shall have been submitted to Congress for examination and approval, and > Congress shall have approved the same ; and. when the said State,' by a vote of its Legislature, elected under said constitution, shall havo adopted the amendment to the constitution of tho United States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress, and known as article fourteen; and when said article shall have become a part of tl o constitution of the United States, said State shall be declared entitled to representation in Congress, and Senators and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom, on their taking the oath prescribed by law: and then and thereafter the preceding sections of this act shall be inoperative in said State. -Provided, That no person excluded from the privilege of holdincr office by said amendment to the oonsti tution of the United States shall be eligible to eleotion ad a member of the convention to frame a constitution for any of said rebel States, nor shall any such person vote for members of such convention.* - tSec. 6. And belt further enacted, That until the people of said rebel States shall be Ijy law admitted to representation) in the Congress of the United States, any civil government which may, exist therein shall be deemed prcfrisional only, and in all respects subject to the paramount authority of the United States at any time to aboliahi modify, control or supersede the same; and in all elections to any office under such provisional governments all persons shall be entitled to-vote, and none others, who are entitled to vote nnder the provisions of thafifth section of this-act; and no person shall be eligible to any office nnder such provisional governments who.would be disqualified from holding office under the provisions of the third article of said constitutional amendment. 8CHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. . LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER, President of the Senate, pro tern. g .. J ' . PROPOSED 00I8TITUTI0HA1 AMEJTOMEHT. The following is the Constitutional Amendment referred to in the 4th section of the "Reoonstrnc- , tion Act." article xry. ) .Section 1. All persons born or naturalized m the United States ana subject to the j urisdlction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the State 1 wherein (hey reside. No State shall make or en- j force any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor ' shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty ! or property, without due process of law, nor deny j to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. 1 Sec. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned a- : mong the several States aocording to their respec tive 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 1 choice of electors for President and Vice President ' of the United States, Representatives In Congress, Executive and Judicial Officers of a State, or the ' members of the Legislature thereof, is denied to anv 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 partici- ' pation in rebellion or other crime, the basi&of rep- . resentation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall * bear to the whole number of male citizens twentyone years of age in such State. * . , Sec. 3/ No person shall be a Senator or Repre- ( sentative in Congress, or elector of President and Yiae-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath as a mem- , ber of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State Legislature, or as an Executive or Judicial Officer of any State to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of ] two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. , Sec. 4. The /aridity or the public debt of the United States authorized by law, including debts incurred forpayment 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 or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or any claim for the lessor emancipation of any slave; but all such . debts, obligations and claims, shall be held illegal ; and void. Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce 1 by appropriate legislation the provisions of this article. -v ' ? < AH ACT TO PBE80BIBE AS OATH OF OFFICE. 1 The following is the oath of office referred to in ] the 5th section of the "Reconstruction Act," and ] also in the 6th of the Supplementary Bill: Be it enacted, That hereafter any person.elected or appointed to any office of honor or profit under the government or the United States, either Jn the . civil, military or naval department of the publio service, except the President of the United States, shall before entering upon the duties of such office, anbefore being entitled to any of the salary or other emolument thereof take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I, A. B, do solemn- . ly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the U. S. since I have been a cit- ] izen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, i countenance, counsel* or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I havenev- j er sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of anv office whatever, under tnv an- * thority, or pretended authority, in hostility to the * United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary j support to any pretended government, power or < sonstitution within the United States, hostile or in- ] Lmical thereto; and I do further swear {or affirm) ] that to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestio; 1 ;hat I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; t ;hat I take this obligation freely, withoubany men-1 al reservation or purpose bf evasion, and thatX will t veil and faithfully discharge the duties of theoffipe ; m which lam about to enter. So helpmefjKxl^" . vhich oath, so taken and signed, shall be preserved " imong the files of the Court, Houses ofCongress, or he department to which said offioer may apper- 5 ain. And any person who may falsely fake >ath shall be guilty or peijury, and on conviction, I n addition to the penalties now prescribed for that j iffepce, shall be deprived of his om?e, and rendered ncapable, forever after, of holding any office or s )lace under the United Stater, Approved July 2^1882. BUFPLSMEHT TCTTBE 8TEVBIB-8HBBMAOT1LI Ato the rebel States, passed March 2,18C7, and to &cilltats restoration, . .<?/ ' -- w . Be it enacted. Ac., That before the first day or September, 1807, the commanding geiieralin each distridrdefhiedby the Act fo pVovide for OiejfnQre efficient government of the rebel States. approved March 2,1867, shall cause a registration to TOftthao of. the male citizens of the United States, tweedyone years of age, aild upwards, resident in each county or parish in the State or States, inefafled in his district, which registration will includoenly those persons who are , qualified to vote fordat?gates dv thC Act aforesaid, and Who shallhay& 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 add State for months next preceding this day, apd now reside in the county of ??, or the parish of-*?, in said State, as the case may he; that I anrtwentjponayearn old; that 1 have not been disfranchised. for particlpatio& in any rebellion or piyil war against this United States, nor fer felony committed against the laws of . any State or of ma 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 the United States, or as a member of g$y. State Legislature, or as an Executive or Judicial Officer of any 8tate, to support the Constitution of the'tT. States, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or given aid or comforttothe extemies thereof; that I will faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States^ god will, to the best of my ability, encourage others ao to do. So help me which oath or affirmation may be adth Watered by AAIAA. aiiv awuNoiui^ wwiwi. ' sec. 2. That after the completion of the regfetxation hereby provldedfcrrfai any Mate at such time and place th *rein aa the commanding general shall appoint and direct, of which afcjeant thirty day's .. public notice shall be given, an electionAallbe held of delegates to a convention forthd pttrpole of establishing a constitution and civil government number of members as wemofttxramerotfrbrandh of the State Legislature afsnch State in the year 1860, to be apportioned among the several districts, counties, or parishes of suchstateby the commanding general, giving to each, representation in tnd ratio of voter* registered as aforesaid aa auBariyUs may be. 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. safcbState in the year I860, to be apportioned as.aforesaldi^ - Sec. *8. That at sttch election the regista-ecf voter* of each State shall vols foror againat-aeonvettttMl to form a constitution thereof under thia set, voting in lhvor of such a convention shall h%ve written or printed on the ballot* by WtlcirtMy vote for delegates as aforesaid, iheworda ?4br*ubnveutiouaiTd those voting against such a convention shall have written or printed on such balioU the words 'gainst a convention." The persons appointed to superintend said etedtlmT, and tojaa** return of the votes given thereat,.as herein jupvided, shall couiitand make*return,of the ^Jtea given for and against a oonventftm; and the tfbmmanding general, to whom the aama ahaU Jmrs been returned, shall ascertain and decbqp tbq total vote in each State Ibr ahd against a convention. Tff a majority ot the Votea given <m tiua-dtrtttfon shall be for a convention, then a convention shall be held, as hereinafter provided jjfcut if a.mjjojity of said votes BhaH be against a convention, then no aopventionahallbeheld under this act: Ptotrfded, That such convention shall not be held; unices a majority of all such roistered voters shall have voted On the Question or holding such cotfvenadn. . Sea. 4. That the oommaadlng genertf mMi district shall appoint such loyal officers or pehMtf I as may be necessary, hot exceeding three in each | election district, in any State, to make and odftfplete the registration, superintend tha?XttH6tt < and make return to him of the votes, lists-of voters ahd ?flbe persons elected as delegates *bv a plurality, of the vote* 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 ajnqfority of, the vpteagiven that question shall be. for i convention, the commanding general within sbctyday* from the date of election, shall notify the delegates to assemble In convention at a time and place to be .motioned in the notification, and said convention, when organized, shall proceed to form a Constitution and civil government sooording to the provisions of this act, and the act to which it is supplementary f and when the Bame shall have been sofiHned, said Constitution shall be submitted'by the convention for ratification to the persona regiatered nnder the provisions of this act, at an elsetiontobe conducted by the officers, or persons appointed bv the commaitding genend as herein- . before provided, and to.be held after the expira- v tion of thirty days from the date of notice thereof to be given by said convention, and the returns thereof shall be made to the commanding general of the district. r . % wdtoJ 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 betein specified, cast at said election, at least on%half of all the registered voters voting upon the question of such ratification/the president of the convention shall transmit a copy-of the same, duly certified, to the President of the XJnited States, who" shall forthwith transmit the'same to Congress, if then in session; and if not in session, then immediately upon us next assembling:; and a if it shall moreover appear to Congress that the 1 election was one at which all the registered and - *: qualified electors in the 8tate had an opportunity to vote freely and without restraint, fear or-the influence of fraud, and If Congress shall be, satisfied that such constitution mebffe the approval?of a majority of the qualified eleetora lit the State, and if the said ooiutitptiqn shall be declared by Congress to be in conformity with the provisions of the act to which this is supplementaiy, ana the other .provisions of said act shaU have cent Complied with, and the said.constitution ahali be approved by Congress, ;t&e State shall' be declared entitled to representation; 'and' Senators and 3eKresentativee shall be admitted therefrom a* haml provided. .. rvau fl Sec. 0. That all elections in the States mentioned in the said "AcbtopafOvfcte for the mom efficient government df the rebel States,?? shall, finconducting said elections shall/ before enuring upon the discharge of their duties, subscribe an oath faithfullyto perform the duties of their aatf office, and the oath prescribed by the aet'sptiroved July 2,1862, entitled "An-act to pMMrtb*& bath of office:"- Provided, That if any gift11 , knowingly and ftdsely tajce. and subscribe any oath in this act prescribed, -such penjon so offending and beintf thereof dnVv subject to the pains, penalties and diepbibtfes svhlch by laware provided for the punishment of the crime ofwUftiland cmrupfr penury. Sec. 7. That all expenses incurred by these vend x>mm aiding generals, or by virtue or any orders I [Barred or appolntmen ts made bv them, turner or by 4 virtue of this Act, shall be paid ont of anv mon- * jys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 1 Sec. 9.'That the Convention for each Stak>ahall 1 prescribethe fees, salary, and compensation to be 1 pidd to all delegates ana other officers and agents herein anthemed or heoeesary to carry intoiefleet the purposes of this Act^not hercin otherwisanro dded for, and shftHprovldefot'the levy and collection of such taxes on the property In such State is may be necessary to-pay the same. .J( Sec. 9. That the word "article'' in the sixth aecM<m of the Aicfr tbwM&r'thhr is supplementary, jhsdl be consfcrned-td mean ^section. V; VALTrft OF COHFEl)JiRAT^ VCTRBOTCY. 4 NTTEXED is a table showing the value of "Co.n* federate currrency" In UnitedStated currency tor the last four years?deputed from the average monthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold, it New York, Richmond and Augusta! " As therateof stampdutv upon documents exejuted during the late war is baaed upon the value jftheconsideration in United States currency, this table will be fotmd very convenient In fixing that value. . '.iu * : a amnKoo rABLB SHOWING THU RELATIVE VALUE OF ' -OfltlFEPERATE" AND P. 8. CURRENCY FOB FOUU YEARSMonth. 1862. 1863.' 1864. I' lfflK. - ' | Value in Value in Value in! Value in \voi~uro for Gfm-cxlY- Uon.cdr-! Con. cur-Icon curcur'cy. jjur'cy. qur'cy. 1 ggy. j Tannovw ?J ?... 4........ ?e.w u f 1S?0U $26.90 j t^bruary.... ......... ' ?. HH <*? I M>ril 8.28 12.88 ........ I My;.m?uM .HMrtK iff.- ~ 10.65 iune ......... 4.85 8.12 July . 6,? 7.79 iugust J0.53 -, . 835 September.. |2.19 SJ71* 1036 October...... ? 1.98 9.70 12.90 November.. 939 9.90 12.66 December... 12.60 1 ,1838 1 II To asoertain the value of a given amount of Con- i federate currency, divide the number of dollaje by he figures in the column opposite the date sought 'or, an&'the (Quotient will be fee amount in United Bates currency.'; EHE CHARLESTON COURIER. DUBLISHED by A. & WILLtNGTON A CO., ? S r City Printers, NO 111 East^Bay, Charie^n, I Terms.?Daily, one year, |10; Daily. 6 months, ' I< 15; Daily, three months, f2 0O; Tri-Weekly, one ff< rear, 88; Tri-Weekly, six months, $4. Mm The Proprietor of the Enquirer is the A- H jent of the ft Oowrier" for Yorkville. He will take B tf !| / flfl