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pntK0*0tt$ ?ejjartmmt. * ' MODERN J^kCOB. ~ T ' The St. Louis Times, which loves dearly xts^littl? sensation, tells a queer story, for 1 * the truth of which it vouches: I Hans Lear, some years: ago, inclined to ] be a fanner, and engaged himself to one <1 George Adam Schmidt, who runs an onion \ x and lettuce patch on the Gravois road.? < * Hans was a susceptible youth, who had ] never known a maiden, and soon fell in loye 1 with" the fanner's daughter Sophie. Time 1 wore on, and: the spark of love soon fanned i into a flame "which could only be put out 1 by .a dive into the waters of matrimony.? 1 The affectionate Teutons made known their i determination to the old folks, and, after t considerable argument in the German i tongue, consent to the bans was given, and < von "Friday the old horse was hitched to the i Vegetable wagon, and the. quartette wended 1 their way to the office of Justice Jecko, who 1 was to do the splicing. i Everything in readiness, the good look- i ? ing Squire was about to read the usual cer- 1 empny, when the mother bade him "stchop," ] Ytaali firaf <rnt. ROTTIA nizneHS to i * """ ""* 6" ? r Settle mit Hans/' 1 "Well," said the squire, "what is it?" < ' Veil, den," said she, "mine hoosband 1 he owe Hans for work mit him eight i ? months, and if he vants my Sophie he must ( give me yon receipts." t Xo this the youthful lover assented, and 1 . again the Justice got ready to wed the couple into a state of married ecstacy. But 1 the old lady was not yet satisfied. She be- i lieved marriageable daughters to be of too < great value recklessly to be given away, i looking at the matter in a business way, ? and exclaimed, "Hans you wantB mine So- i phie, den you must work on the farm for i dree years, and mifie man gives you only ! your board and clothes. If dat ish right, ] you bese married, eh ?" - * s Hans loved Sophie and wanted her for a 1 frau, and Sophie loved Hans as bad, so af- ' ter some little buzzing he agreed to the t hard terms. * i This oyer, the party sailed out of court 1 % .. contendedly, and the last heard of them ! . they were making for home as rapidly as i the old pelter could carry them, where it is < to be hoped a pleasant honeymoon may be ' passed, and Hans may not be overworked. 1 A PRACTICAL JOKE. 1 'Out West there lived two young fellows J who painted signs for a liveliehood. One of . the painters had once some out-door busi- * ness to attend to, and left the shop in charge of his partner, and # boy employed i to grind paints. During his absence, the . partner, to"gratify a whim, painted the boy 1 so, as to represent a large gash upon his . ' forehead, and a cut over the eye. He 1 , bespattered the floor with red paint, clotted T the boy's hair, and made him lie down in . a corner, after which he painted a great . gash on his own cheek, bared his bosom, 1 disordered his dress, dipped a long bladed c knife in the red paint-pot, and awaited the | coming of his partner. Directly aftewards , he heard him at the door, and then the per- . formance commenced. The partner looked c in at the door, and saw the boy prostrate s on the floor, groaning and crying murder; ? chairs, tables, benches, jugs, and paint' pots being strewed round the room in dire . confusion, while the murderous looking 1 partner, with the red knife in his uplifted r hand, was running through the room utter- c ing wild incoherent expressions. It was I evident to the partner at the door, that his partner had killed the boy. Swift as light- : ning he fled to obtain assistance, and a num- 1 ber of friends were speedily mustered, and ^ *n fbfl haptip nf t.hp niirvnnqpd t.pr rible tragedy. , The crowd augmented as it neared the shop, and in walked the whole posse; but in the meantime everything had 1 been set to rights; the boy was without a ? mark of any kind, the room in perfect order, no marks of blood perceptible; and the | man who was engaged in lettering a sign, declared his utter ignorance of what his c partner alleged to have occurred. The com- ? pany left,, hinting to one another, that the . man who had seen the sight, must be a littie touched in the head, cr suffering from illusions caused by too free use of ardent spirits. jA humane lady in the West of Ohio, 1 during the rush of contrabands, thither, s took pity on a poor ragged body of decided- o ly dark complexion, and gave him a home t in her family. After being decently cloth- T ed, Jack was happy, and soon as fat as a a prize pig. The good woman was pleased with her success, and all went on swimming- b ly till one day she heard him use the name li of the Lord in anything but a reverent man- n r> or PolliT\r? "T q aTt +a oltn t\i?aaaa/1a^ n JLAV1 VCfcliillg UGbV/A. IV AJUAj OUU ^VUCCUCU O - to lecture him upon the enormity of the h deed, telling him he would certainly go to s Tophet unless he stopped swearing. 1: "What kind ob place am dat ?" f "It is a lake of fire and brimstone." p "Fiar and brimstun, missus ?" <3 . ?"Yes, and you will be put into it and t burned forever and ever." "But poor Jack burned all up, missus!" "No, you won't?you will keep burning and never be consumed." "But I never could stand it." * "You will have to stand it," replied the * lady, somewhat at a loss for words to make 3 liim understand her meaning. 9 "Well," replied the juvenile contraband, ? "If I can only stand it, missus, I don't care 1 a damn for hell-fiar or brimstun eder." J jj?? Gen. C. gave his black man, Saw- f ney, funds and permission to get a quarter's t worth of zoology at a menagerie, at the i same time hinting to him the striking affini- g ty between the Simia and the negro races, j Our sable friend soon found himself under 8 the canvas, and brought up in front of a c sedate-looking baboon, and eyeing the hipo- c quadruped closely, soliloquized thus:? i "Folks, sure's yer born; feet, hands, bad t looking countenance, just the nigger gettin' g old, I reckon." Then, as if seized with a r bright idea, he extended his hand with a general Southern "How d'ye do, uncle ?" t The uncle clasped the negroe's hand and j shook it long and cordially. Sawney then ? plied his new acquaintance with interrogations, but eliciting no replies beyond a * knowing shake of the head, or a merry 1 twinkle of the eye, (the ape was probably 1 meditating the best way of breaking the ] darkey's nose,) he concluded that the ape e was bound to keep non-committal, and look- e ing cautiously around, chuckled out, "He, i he, ye to sharp for them, old feller; keep c dark; if ye'd jest speak one word of En- i glish, white man have a hoe in your hand in less than two minutes. i m , i J?- An exchange says, the dictionary of t young ladies contains just two words?the t "horrid" and the "splendid." { jptaftfatenui Reading. THE ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA. It is said that the birds of Australia do not sing, that they merely chirp and chatter. Some of them chant most hillarious notes,' like the tinkling of bells. The ''laughing jackass" is a prodigy, giving out unexpectedly a low, uproarious noise, suffisient to awaken the "seven sleepers."? Many of the birds are of the same type as those of Great Britain; some, however, rary a little in their plumage. There is the domestic pet, the robin, with the wren, wagtail crow, curlew, plover and snipe.? There are also the harbingers of Spring ind Summer in the several varieties of the swallow and the cuckoo. The cuckoo is only heard at night. There are bats, )wls and hawks in great abundance; and the * 1 t* 5 l!.l# mountain pneasant or lyre oira, wmcn, however, is rare. The eagle hawk is very large and destructive to young lambs; there 3 one species of a pure white. There are many varieties of pigeons; one is very small, jeipg about the size of a house sparrow.? [t is seldom that more than two or three ire seen together; and there are no large locks of them, such as are seen in the forests of New Zealand. The fleshy berries ivith which the pine trees are there covered, furnish them with the greatest abundance >f food, and they do not appear to have ;he enemies there which they have in Aus;ralia. The macaw, a large black parrot, and ;he quail, seem to be the only two birds ilike in both countries, with this remarkable difference?the macaw in New Zealand s very tame, permitting one to come near rod kill it; at least I know that one permitted me to approach it; but in Australia it is exceeding wild?said, indeed to be un?meable. There are some large birds in New Zealand which do not fly, and some of singular habits, as the mutton bird, which iurrows holes in sandy places in the ground, rhe natives have their seasons for catching ;hem, and adopt ingenious methods for preserving them when killed, for future use >y the use of their fat and aromatic herbs, rhere is the robin, too, in New Zealand, vhere it is very tame. Whilst traveling, )ne percEed itself on my shoulder. There ire many other birds of hallowed asspcia;ions, which make the forest resound with nirth and melody. The most remarkable, jerhaps, is the "tui" or "parson bird," the atter name having been given it in consequence of its being jet black, and having wo small white feathers, like a clergynan's bands, hanging out from its breast. !t is of the same size as the blackbird, and s the most noisy of all New Zealand birds, ["here are parrots in New Zealand, but not n any proportion to the very great variety rhich exist in Australia. The climate in Australia being so vividly Efferent, there is a corresponding difference n the animal life. The large white parrot locatoos are always seen in flocks, and are ;reat pests to the farmers. The greatest avorite is the magpie, which may always >e observed hopping about the door of a Iwelling, piping out a long carrol of friendly alutations. Of the wild turkey, more propirly the bustard, one seldom sees more than wo together. The brush turkey, very liks he Norfolk, but much smaller, and found n the scrubs in hot districts, is very reoarkable for laying a large quantity of ggs, for covering them with leaves and and, and leaving the sun to hatch them.? Che emu is nearly as large as an ostrich, o which it bears some resemblance, but it 3 dark in color. It lays about a dozen ggs, and hatches them in the same way as lomestic fowls. Largo numbers of them nay be seen together; they do not fly, and ?we their safety to their fleetness in runling. A stroke from one of their feet will tun, if not kill, a dog which may attempt o seize it.. The native companion is a gigantic crane, which is very easily tamed, mt it is dangerous for children who may ome near, as it has been known to make a udden dart with its long narrow beak at heir eyes. It evidently takes great delight a companionship, and flocks of them may e seen often together, where there is pleny of water, employed, as one would readiy say, in amusing themselves, fluttering aout, chattering and performing antics.? ?he pelican and black swan are often seen ailing with great gravity amongst numbers f other water fowl in the sheets of water in he courses of the river in the interior.? Vild geese are of migratory habits, and -re only seen occasionally. Wild ducks are very plentiful, and aound everywhere in the rivers, creeks and agoons. The aborigines adopt a curious aethod of catching them, which borders trongly on the ridiculous. Covering his iead with a green sod, a native quietly wims towards and drops in amongst a flock, ays quickly hold of one's feet, pulls the owl under the surface of the water, dis>atches it there, and carries on the work of leath in this way till naught remains save he dead bodies floating on the surface. Australia as it Is. Hints About Health.?The chief cause >f most of the diseases to which the human tody is subject, is a super-abundant acid in he stomach, occasioned by over loading the tomach with food or drink. For the tomach can digest only a certain portion >f food in a given time, namely, that which s in contact with it sides, all the rest must fait its turn; consequently, if the stomach >e overloaded the super-abundant food will erment and generate an acid, and the porirvn <vf fr>nd flina fprmpnt.pd and pnnvprtpd nto acid, when it comes, in its turn, to be ipread over the sides of the stomach for the )urpose of being converted into chyle, frets md irrates the stomach by the acid and :orrosive qualities, and very often produ:es inflammation more or less violent, which s indicated either by heart-burn eructaion, stomach-ache or other distressing senlations. Nor is this the whole of the inju y. If the effects of the acid be not arrestid, all the organs which sympathize with ;he stomach partake of the distress, in iroportion to their previous constitutional strength or debility. "I am glad," said a missionary to an [ndian chief, "that you do not drink whiscey; but it grieves me to find that your people use so much of it." "Ah, yes," laid the red man, and he fixed an impreslive eye upon the preacher, which commulicated the reproof he uttered is. "We Inlians use a great deal of whisky but we do lot make it." ? + A young man tried to drown himself n Philadelphia because he could not afford ;o get married. Several have recently shot .hemselves because they had gained that great blessing. Jtgricultol Urprtrntttt. DRYING FRUIT. ' Prying fruits has several advantages over-canning or bottling. It is cheaper |t< it may be adopted on an extensive scale; t] 1 the fruit may be kept with less care and being several times lighter than when fresh, ai may be sent long distances, or to foreign a< ' countries, at a moderate cost. When fruit- a growers shall learn that dried fruit from st the highest flavored sorts, is as much better c< than {hat. from the poor unsaleable varie- p< ties so often used for this purpose, as the k< best fresh fruit of the one sort exceeds the ft other, purchasers will also be willing to pay in ' a much higher price for the best article.? a< When, superadded to this, the fruit is dried m rapidly so as to retain a clear, light color, w and a perfect flavor, instead of the dark, gi half fermented fruit resulting from slow tii drying, in bad weather, there will bo no dif- tl Acuity In finding a ready sale for all that d< may be offered in market. When abundant pi seasons occur, the surplus should be saved 01 * > ?j v. i.?i.? Dy drying, ana may i>? *.eut auuw? jg?i. m In some parts .of the Western States, bi houses are erected for drying fruit, and are B warmed by fire heat, by means of a furnace la with a flue extending around the building, d< similar to that formerly used for green- ci houses. This flue is covered with Bheet iron. An ample ventilator is placed at the tj top for the free escape of the large volumes wi of watery vapor which rises from the drying fruit. Trays or hurdles, about two feet pi wide,"six feet long, and three inches deep, in with small strips or laths forming the hot- sv torn, are placed in three tiers, one above h( the other, with a foot or more of apace be- dc tween them. Long strips of scantling, laid horizontally, extending the whole length of so the house, and six or eight feet outside, form a sort of railway track on which a cl frame with rollers runs in and out through th a wide door, for running in the fresh fruit th and bringing out the dried. A house ten h< by fourteen feet, and eight feet high, has ap been found sufficient for about two barrels wi of fruit at a time, and about twenity-hours complete the drying process. ' ,,. vc -* * * k Boiling Meats.?In boiling meats, jjiew; er put them in cpld water, but plump in* w to that which is boiling briskly. Tins will fa coagulate the albumen on the outside,* close pj the pores, and prevent the water from soak- sa ing out the rich juices. If salted meats W needs refreshing, let it be previously done with cold water, taking all needed time, ^ with frequent changing of the water, if it er is very salty. Tough, cheap pieces of beef ar can be made tender and palatable as fol- an lows : If salt, freshen as above. Put into bj the pot with a trifle more water than will te be finally needed.^ Set into the top ot 8e this cooking pot a closely fitting tin pail A or pan, and fill it with cold water. If this gets boiling hot, dip out some and add 8C cold water from time to time. Boil the m: meat until it gets so entirely tender that th the bones will drop out, even if it takes five 0f or ten hours. The steam and aroroa, or fla- m, vor of the meat, will be condensed on the fa bottom of the pan or pail of water, and th drop back, and thus be retained. When thoroughly done, remove cover and slowly in simmer down thick enough to jelly when cold. Dip out the meat, remove the bones, pa place it in a pan, pour over it the boiled w< liquid, lay over it a large or inverted tin p8 platter, and put fifteen or twenty pounds of Bi weight. When cold, it will cut into nice se slices, and if lean and fat, or whea t meal be m, mixed, it will be beautifully marbled. The th juice will jelly and compact it firmly together, and'you will have nice juicy meat, good re for breakfast, dinner or supper, and so ten- re der that poor teeth can masticate it. Fresh tei beef, or corned beef, well freshened in cold fa water, may be used in this way with decided ? economy, and it is far superior to meat boil- ta ed in an open vessel from which the flavor br has constantly escaped, as you can perceive by the odor all through the house, if Bridget ne leaves the kitchen aoor open & minute or se; two, as she will certainly happen to do. bj American Agriculturist. laj SEED COBN--HOW TO SELECT IT. ro A season never goes by without more or less complaint about seed corn not coming ^ up. This is owing to several causes, such as damaged seed, shiftless planting, followed, m, by wet, cold weather. But failure is oftener the result of poor seed than from either j of the other causes named. There is no grain the vegetative powers of which are so liable to injury as corn. A very slight ^ freeze before the grain arrives afr maturity ?? in the field, a slight heating in the crib, or exposure to alternations of wet and frost, ^ most effectually destroys its germ. Far- _ mers rely too much upon corn cribs for their k0 seed corn, instead of selecting it at the prop- aQ er time in the Fall. It will be remembered re that very little corn escaped the frost last u Fall without damage. It is not safe to judge seed corn alone by its external appearance. The only safe criterion to go by in selecting ar seed corn is the appearance of the chit.? CQ Every ear intended for seed should be broken near the centre. When thus broken, jg if the skin of the chit is blistered, or wrinkeled, reject it. If the skin is smooth and ^ clear?not one kernel in a hundred will fail fr, to grow. This has been our practice in the selection of seed corn for many years past, and without a single failure in getting a full stand even when selected from the crib. The true way, and the safest to secure good seed corn is, to select from the field as soon as the corn is out of the dough state j and fairly hard. Select the most pefectly ^ ripened ears, braid them together with a ge portion ot tne rusks, ana nang tnem up in a dry place, there to remain till planting time. Seed corn saved in this way seldom, if ever fails to come, when properly planted. ur Iowa Homestead. ^ Planting Nuts, &c.?In replying to an inquiry as to the best time to plant nuts for growing trees, the Q-ermantown Telegraph says that it should be done as soon wi as they come from the burr or pericarp, mi and of course before they get dry. This ar includes the chesnut, shellbark walnut, a- th corn, as well as some seeds like the paw- qi paw, magnolia, &c., &c. Hence they must ey be planted in the fall. If left until the following spring they will either not come up I'] at all, or be two years in doing so. ? it, Salt and Ashes for Horses.?Those keeping horses, should, twice a week, throw A in a handful to each, of salt and ashes.? gi Mix them by putting in three parts of salt br to one of ashes. Horses relish this, and it a will keep their hair soft and fine. It will wi prevent bots, colic, &c. A little ground fo: sulphur mixed with salt and ashes, and giv- lei en once in two or three weeks, is also bene- ba ficial. All domestic animals will be thus a < benefited.?American Farmer. o? Jet tb? ??Mt (Me. XELE WRITING ON T?E WALL. "You little mischief! What are you up > now ? I'll teach you better, you naughjy naughty child ?" "It was on the mother's lips to say this; ! id for a moment, in her heart to act in ;cordance with it. But a better thought ime into her mind and she paused an inant, keeping back the hasty words. It >8t her an effort, for she was young, imJtuous, high-spirited, a very nice house- ( seper; and here was her boy Willie, of < (ro or three years, busily engaged in draw- J g a "horse and cart," as' it seemed to his j jtive fancy, on the parlor wall. To his ' other's eye, the delicate, pretty wall paper, t ith its rose-buds scattered on a white 1 round, was not improved by the young arBt's handiwork. It was provoking, when le girl was sick, and she had all the work to J ), and had only left him five minutes, with t ? !- _;_l 1 i vr.L c ayimngs ana s picture uuu*., iu a.ccp iuui , it of mischief, to think that he should stray to that one forbidden place, and do a for- * dden thing, just where it. mattered most, ut she conquered her angry feelings, and 1 ying her hand gently on the child's shoul- \ ir, with the other she took away his pen1, and saidcalmly, though gravely: "Willie, don't you know that was naugh- a r ? Mamma told you not to write on the * all" ..." e The boy had raised his little hands, to c ead for his pencil, but he dropped them . stantly, while a look of surprise and pain rept over his face. His lip quivered as i met his mother's eyes, and tears rolled >wn, as he said earnestly : "Oh, mamma ! Willie did forget. Willie i sorry, mammie!" Mrs. Lawson felt in her heart that the tild's words were true; and grateful for e better thought that had come to her? e strength that had been given to rule jrself, she took her boy in her lap and iftlrA crpntlv. tonHarlv tn Tiim wininer c?v? v? -?J "-r?& w ay his tears. Willie looked up in amazement. "Don't >u tink Willie's hort be pritty, mamma ?" 5 asked. Two months had passed away, and an aw1 shadow brooded over the hitherto hapr home. There were anxious vigils, and 1 d silence, and a wrestling of prayer by illie's bedside. The doctor came and ?nt with a few words, and a face carrying ith it more of sympathy than of hope or icouragement. Willie had been healthy, td his mother, though young, was careful id judicious; but with no note of warning, r some unseen and unexpected door, that rrible disease, that only those who have en it can imagine, croup, had entered.? h! in that trial time, when prayer swelled > from anguished hearts, and love could arcely feel weariness, doing all that hu: 1 an love might do, by day or night?in at hour, again and again the recollection , the little scene in the parlor, only two ( onths before, when she had never even ncied such an experience as this, thrilled e mother's soul with thanksgiving. She lew, then, that if she had been unju3t or j ipatient with her child, the remembrance >uld in this dark hour be her keenest mg; it seemed to her that every hasty _ >ra she had spoken to her boy, every im- . ktient feeling even, came back at this time, at the dreaded cup passed, and Willie emed twice forgiven, when father and . other held him to their greatful hearts, in e glad certainty of recovery. Afterwards whenever Mrs. Lawson's eye sted on Willie's rude picture, which still 1 mained?for though she, at first, had inuded to erase it, she had been so busy here Willie's sickness that it was forgotten it seemed a watchword, a reminder, a . lisman that quieted wrong feelings, and ought into her heart love and gratitude. For years it remained there; and when ^ iw paper was needed, Mrs. Lawson herlf so carefully removed the strip traced r baby fingers, that it was not torn, and id it in her drawer as a precious thing. : y that time, seven little ones gathered und her .preside, and that picture had en a medium of good to them all, though ey knew it not. There Willie found it when grown to . anhood. It is Christmas Eve. Peace and good11 abide in the comfortable, well-ordered me of the Lawson family. The darknged angel has sometimes overshadowed at home, but never borne any way. All 1 e gathered now beside its fire, save one. \ illie, the first born, is a painter, studying o 3 profession in the land of beauty and art * sunny Italy. But he is well, expected me before this festive season shall return, 1 d a long letter this evening received, and 0 plete with hopeful affection and earnest o irpose, seems the thing next best to see- n g him. a But scarcely is the letter read, when they _ e surprised by the arrival of a package ntaining a Christmas gift, which, to their _ arts, must ever be beyond all price. It a picture, delicate and rich in coloring,' aceful in design, of a little child drawing , a wall. Fastened to one corner of the ime, is a tiny note, inscribed simply dother." All gather eagerly around. Now the cture is held in every light, examined and Iked about;in tones of loving enthusiasm; it "mother", sits silent, till one of the lunger children addresses a remark directto her?"I wonder, mother, why Will ose this subject? It is beautiful; but it ems a little strange to send us from Italy st "what he might find any day in our ighbors' houses." ^ And then "mother," with eyes a little f isteady, told, for the first time to them, e story of the child's "writing on the h >ii." ' A HAPPY HEART. I A little boy came to me this morning t th a broken arrow, and begged me to a and it for him. It was a very handsome c row, and was the pride of his heart, just ^ en, so I did not wonder to see his lip livering, and the tears coming into his n es. "I'll try to fix it, darling," I said, ''but m afraid I can't do it." "Never mind, mamma; if you can't fix I'll just be as happy, without it." Wasn't that a brave, sunshiny heart? 1 nd that made me think of her dear little g rl, only three years old, whom I once saw t] ing out her choicest playthings to amuse c little home-sick cousin. Among the rest 1 is a little trunk, with bands of guilt paper j r strops?a very pretty toy; but caressly little Fred tipped the lid too far >ck, and broke it off. He burst out with / cry of fright, but little Minnie, with her m eyes full of tears, said: - "ifever mind, Freddie; just see what a cunning little cradle the top will make" Dear little Minnie went to live with the angels a few years ago, but we have a great many such sweet memories to keep of her, E^eep a happy heart, little children, and you will be like sunbeams everywhere yon go.?Little Corporal. forfeviUr (?ttquiw. TERMS?IN ADVANCE i BPECIE. CURRENCY, Due Copy, one year, 9 2 50 9 3 50 Dne Copy, Six months, 1 25 2 00 Dne Copy, Three months,.. 75 1 00 rwo Copies, one year, 4 50 6 00 Five Copies, " " 8 75 12 50 ren Copies, " " 17 50 25 00 jJ^"*To persons who make up clubs of ten or nore names, an extra copy of the paper will be iurnished one year, free or charge. 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Junel8 7 tf ; THE EECOHBTElfariOH LAWS. For the information of our readers, wo ro-pub , lisb, the "Reconstruction Act,7' the "Prppopec ' Constitutional Amendment," "An ActtoFfeecrib* 1 an Oath of Office," and the "Supplement tovth< Stevens-Sherman Shellabarger. Bill," all ofwhid [ we will keep standing until an opportunity shall t have been presented for obtaining the necessary information which these papers contain": TEC REOOHBTBUOTIOI ACT. An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel Statee. [Passed over the President's Veto, March 2d, ,18?.] WfiEREAs, no legal State governments or. adequate protection for life or property now exlsta - in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama. Lousiana, Florida, - Texas, and Arkansas; and whereas, It is necessary that peace and good order should be enforced in said Statesmen til loyal an# Republican State Governments can be legally established: Therefore, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bep. resentatives'of the United State* of America in , Congress assembled, That said rebel Statee shall be divided into xnilitarv- districts and made sub ' jectto the military authority Qf the United States, as hereinafter prescribed, ana for that purpose i Virginia shall constitute the first district: North i Carolina and South Carolina the second district; Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, the third district; Mississippi and Arkansas the fourth district; and T/vn iai'ono on/1 Tneaa tVio fifth . Sec. 2. And be it farther enacted, That it shall be the duty of the President to assign to the oomi mand of each of said districts 'an officer of the 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 hb authority within the district in which he is assigned. Bee. 8. And be it farther 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 all disturbers of the public peace and criminals, i and to this end he may allow local dvil tribunals to take jurisdiction or and to try offenders, or, *hen in his Judgment it may be neoeesaiy for the i trial of offenders, he shall have power to organise military commissions or tribunals for thai purpose, and all interference, nnder color of State authority, with the exercise of military authority under this act, shall be null and void. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all persons put under, military afreet by vlrtaeof this act shall be tried without unnecessary delay, and no cruel or unusual punishmentshall be 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 toe officer in command of the district, ana the laws and regulations of the government of the army shall not be effected by this act-except in so far as they oonfllct with Its provisions. Provided, That no sentence of death, under the provisions of this act, shall bo carried into effect without the approval of the President. ' f. Sec. 6. And ?e it further enacted, That when the people of any of said rebel States shall have formed a constitution of government in conformiS' with the Constitution of the United States in 1 respects, framed by a convention x>f delegates elected by the male citizens of said State, twentyone years old and upwards, of whatever race, color or previous condition, who have been resident in said State for one year previous to the day of such . election, except such as may be disfranchised for participation in the rebellion, orfbrfelony at common law; and when such constitution snail pro vide that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed oy all such persons as havethS -qualifications herein stated for electors* of delegates; and when snch constitution shall be ratified by a majority pf the persons voting on the question of ratification, who are qualified as electors for delegates;" and whefi such Constitution shall have been submitted to Congress for examination add approval, and Congress shall have approved the same; and when the said State, by a vote of its Legislature, elected under said constitution, shall have adopted the amendment to the constitution of thaJJnited States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress, and known as article fourteen; and when said article shall here become a part of the constitution of the United States, said State shall be declared entitled to representation ixr Congress, and Senators and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom. on their taking the oath prescribed by law; and then and thereafter the preoeding sections oi this act shall be inoperative in said State. Provi1 ded, That no person excluded from the privilege , of holding office by said amendment to the constitution of the United States shah be eligible to eleoI tionasa member of the convention to frames | constitution for any of said rebel States, nor shall j any such person vote for members of such convention. I Sec. 6. And be it farther enacted, That until 1 the people of said rebel States shall be by law admitted to representation In the Congress of the United States, any civil government which may exist therein shall be deemed provisional only, and in all respects subject to the paramount authority of the United States at ariy gma to abolish, modify, control or snperaode the aamei. and in all elections to any offtortmSwr suA prdfjOOnal governments all persons shall be entitled to vote, and none others, who are entitled to vote under the provisions of the fifth section of this act; and no person shall be eligible to any office under snch provisional governments who Would be disqualified from holding office under the provisions oi the third article or said constitutional amendment. SCHUYLER COLFAX, Speaker of the House of Representatives. LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER, President of the Senate, pro term. PROPOSED 00H8T1TUT10NAL AXE5D1CBKT. The following is the Constitutional Amendment referred to in the 4th section of the "Reconstruction Act.'' ; abtioiie xiv. Section 1. All persons born or jfttoralized in the United States ana subject to t&e jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein thev reside. No State shall make or ?en force any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities ef citizens of the.United States; nor shall any State deprive any "person oflife, liberty or property, without due procesfc of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Sec. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned a-, mong 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 choice of electors for Preaidentand 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 any of the male inhabitants of suoh State, being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States, or in anyway abridged except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced In the proportion which the number of snch male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twentyone years of age in such Stat?. Sec. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold anjf office, civil or military, under the United States o* under any 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, or as an Executive or Judicial Officer of any State to support the Constitution of the United St?te$ shall have engaged in insurrection or rebefflonagainst the same, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof, But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove snch disability. Sec. 4. The validity or the public debt of the United States 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 Uni ted 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 loss or 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 by appropriate 'legislation the provisions of this article. AH ACT TO PBE80REBE AH OATH OF OFFICE. 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 ip the civil, military or naval department of the public service, except the President of the United States, shall before entering upon the duties of such office, and before being entitled to any of the salary or other emolument thereof, take and subscribe the following oathor affirmation: "I,'A. B, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the U. S. sJnceT 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 the 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 inimical 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 domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same: that 1 take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and thatl will well and faithfully discharge the dutleedf the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God," which oath, so taken and signed, shall be preserved amongthe files of the Court, Houses of Congress or the department to which said officer may apiertain. And any person who mayfalaelymke said oath shall be guilty or perjury, and on conviction; in addition to the penalties now prescribed for that offence, shall bedeprived of his office, and rendered incapable, forever after, of holding any office or place under the United States. Approved Juty 2,1SG& 3 . , to provide fgr tbe mora iflchttt govern m^nt^f 1 the rebel Statee. passed March(2, 1887, jand *o<s' dllUtie restoration., ? . 9 Be it enacted, Ac., That before the first day t>f [ Sfiptdxibftc# 1867, th6 cozmDfiQ dingggnettdiausaah i district defined by the Act to provioe the XpQn r efficient government of the rebel States, approved | March 2,1887. shall causea registration to nrtMfle of the male citizenaof the United States, twenty one years of age, and upwards, resident Jami 1 county or parish in the State or States, included in his district, whichregistration will inelude only | those persons who are qualified to vote for doie gates by the Act afbresaid, and who shall have jtoi ken anasubscribed the following rfhth or afOrma, tion: >V ? > tfrsrf s. : ": ' '% . do solemnly swear,or affirm, JuMfc? Sresence of Almighty God, that I am a duzen of le State of ; that I have resMMih aild$l4te m 1 for ??months next preceding this day, and' now w ' reside in the county of ??, or' the parish of^?, ] in said State, as the case m ay be; that iwe?- ' tv-oneyears old; that I have not been disft-ahi cnised for participation in any. jwheatofr or qtell I war against the. United States, nor-for fflonyoem- ' mitted against the laws of any Stateorof thetlni- J , ted States; that I have never been a' i i any State L^giala^ire, or iwM. any. KmcuH?* #r J . Judicial Office in any State, ahd afterwards engaged 1 ; in insurrection and rebellion against 'the Uimed '1 States, i'iUi aid or oomfbrt to' the enemies i [ thereof; thill have never taken anoatheagmem- 1 ber of Congress of the U. ?,, or as an officer of 1 the United States, or as a member of anyState Legislature, or as an Executive og Judicial Oftefcr 1 &JE.7 u- i i 8tfit69. Slid SitoTWSrdfl GD^&^Od in iDBCLrrvCtiOii or 1 i rebellion against the Unitea States orgiven aid'or ' i oomfort to the enemies thereof;, thatfwilL faith of toe United states, jam will, to the Dest Of my I ability, encourage others ao to do. So help me jL . which oath or affirmation may be administered by * ! any registering officer. I Sec. 2. That after the completion of the registra- I tion hereby provided for in any State at suck time \ i and plaoe therein afmb commanding general shall ! appoint and direct, of Whidh at least thirty day's | public notice ahall be giyen,an election ahail be I held of delegates to oonyontion forthp pmpoee of i establishing a constitution and civil government | for sneh State, loyal to the Union; said convention 1 In each State, except Ylndnla, to qenSlsCof the aame / s?s. 1800, to bespportidned amongttoseveral ^Mstrfcta,? < counties, orparishas of such State bythe coram and ing general, giving to each, representation in the ratio of voters registered as aforesaid as nearly as may be. The canvehtioa in Virginia shall consist of uie same number of members as represented the territory now constituting 'Virginia in tile most ' numerous branch of the Legislature of said State in the year 1060, to be apportioned sir aforesaid. -v 8ec. 8. That at such election the registered yot&s of each State shall vote for or against a convention to form a constitution thereof under thia-act Tnoee voting in Avorof auch a convention shell" bare written or printed on the ballots by which they vote for delegates as aforesaid, the words "for acdnventionand thoee voting against rattsconvention shall have written or printed oa.spch.ballots fl the words "against a convention." The persons M appointed to superintend said election ( ahd to' mate J return of tile votes given thereat, as herein pro- 1 vidod, shall count and mefcMgguca- ti tter**" fl given for and against fi convention; and ttuSeem- 1 man ding general, to whom th^ tene^Ehll! lltiVe 1 been returned, shall ascertain and declare fchetotal I vote in each State for and Against soon veutioft. If 1 a majority ot the votes given on {hat question 1 shallbe for a oouventioii, then acodWntionshall I be held, as hereinafter provided ;bttfctf a majority 1 of said votes shall be against a convention, then no I convention sJiaUbehelanndertWiact: Provided, I That such convention shall not be held unless a 1 majority of all such registered wtMtetiwil Save I voted on the question of holding such convention. 1 Sec. 4. That commanding geiforal of each jfl district shall appoint sooh loyaTofficdm ofdMMs m as may be necessary. not eaKseedln?Jfch*e?ii> wh fl election district in any State, to make and com- jfl pleto the' registration, superfhten?Mfcer election, V and make return to ^topvif the wotea, Hats of \ 1 , voters and of the persons elected as delegates bv 'flM a plurality or the votes cast at said election; and ? ' upon receiving said nfarinr he sluu) open 'the f same, ascertain the persons elected as delegates 1 according .to .the returnsgf the^ffloera who con- fl ' ducted said election, and make proclamation fl . thereof; and if anatforlty of the totes given on I i that question shall be for a convention, Hhecom- fl mending general within sixty days from the date flj of election, shall notiiy :the delegates to assemble J , in convention at a time and 'pttecfto be mention- fl L of thiaaot, and (he act to wMdr- itte suppkm?n- j . tary; when the same shall baw bees so fram- ' i ed, said Constitutionjhall be.anbmltted, by the j vvju t ouuuu iui jl ftii iiuiiiimi MJ LI16 pOrttOQS register- v-J ed under toe pro visions of this aet, dan 'elec- 31 tion to be conducted by the offieew, or persona J appointed by the commanding general as herein- j \ before provided, and to b6h?cPafter toe expira- J tion of thirty days from the date of notice thereof 1 to be given by said convention, and the returns J i thereof shall be made to the commanding general M of the district. fl Sec. 5. That if aooording to said returns, the 9 constitution shall be ratified by a majority of the B ' votes of the registered electors qualified as here- < in specified, cast at said election, at least one-half |S of nil the registered voters voting opon the qnes- IB tion of such ratification, the president' of the eon- m vention shall transmit a copy of the same, duly 9 certified, to the President of the United States, 9 who shall forthwith transmit the same to Con- 'M gress, if then in session, and* if not in session. J9 then immediately upon its next assembling ; and ^9 if it shall moreover appear to Congress that the ^9 election was one at which all the registered and qualified electors in toe State had an opportunity 9 to vote freely and without restraint, rear or toe I influence of fraud, and if Congress snallhe satis- tJ fled that Buch constitatipaLineete t^e approval of JM and if the said ^Mtitatiqn^s^^he^eda^ by jfl other provisions of-said act alall hefe^ees com- 9 plied with, and the said amstitntkfn shall be sp- |9 proved by Congress, 'the Stateshall he declared | entitled to representation, and Senators and Be- 9 Eresentatives shall be admitted therefrom aa here- j<9 i provided* - - -.9 Seo. 6. That all elections in the States mention- 9 ed in toe said "Act to provide for toe more effi- 9 clent government of the rebel States," shall, A- ^B ring toe operation of said act, be by ballot; and. all officers making the said registration of voters and h conducting said elections shall, before entering M upon the discharge of their duties," subscribe an fl oath faithfully to perform toe duties-of their said j B office, and the oath prescribed by toe act approved aB July 2,1862, entitled "An act to prescribe an oath ffl of office:" Provided^ That if any person shall 'B knowingly and falsely take.and subacribeapy 9 oath in this act prescribed, such person eo ofiaHa- 9 ing, and being thereof dnuy* convicted, shall be subject to the pains, penalties and disabilities K which by law axe provided for thC punishment of |9 toe crime of wilfu^ and corrxtotpeijhry. 9 Sec, 7. That all expenses incurred by the several ^B commanding generals, or by virtue of any orders^9 issued or appointanents maoe by them under or by^^B virtue of this Act, 8hall .be pud oat of any juol^H eys in toe Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 19 Sec. 8. That toe Convention for each State shall ^B prescribe the fees, salary, and comnenaation in ha paid to all delegates and other officers and agents herein authorized or necessary to cany into eflEect the purposes of this Act, not herein otherwise provided for, and shall provide for the levy and col- jH lection 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, ahall be construed to mean "section." VA1UE0F COHFEEEEATE \ federate cnrrrency" in United 8^1 for the last four years?deputed from tholTWi ago monthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold, at New York, Richmond and Augusta. l^H As the rate of stamp duty upon documents oxecuted during the late war is based upon the value oftheconsiderationin United States currency, this table will be found very convenisnt in fixing that^H value. TABLE SHOWTNG THE RELATIVE VALUE OF "CONFEDERATE" ANDU. 8. CURBKNCY FORFOURTEARS. m MOWTH. 1862. 1868. 1864. 1968. ,, Value in Valne in Value in Value in Aversure for Con*cur- Con.cur- Con.cur- Concur-^B month of > cur'cy. cur'oy. cur'ay. cux'cy. jmB ' ? i. .i n Vi ^ i 1 ~ January...? $2.00 < $18166 $28.00 February 2.16 18.79 2SJ20 March .. 2.9S 14.87 34.90 April ??h4h?4? 8J28 } 12.88 B 8.87 T. 10.65 ! JunOnMiimN smwM 4*85 8*12 July ? ? 6,89 7,79 ?.u(5uo?....?| 10.58 8.85 f^H September. $2.19 9.71 10.56 ........ October...,. 1.96 9.70 1180 ? 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