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?* ?fomoratt$ Ifrprttfaot. ~ DOING A DUN.-, Our friend, the ex-reporter, remembers ns with another scene _4jom his early experience: In the early days of the Pott, when I first became associated with it, there was a- j mong its compositors one of the maddest i wags that ever made night uproarious with ] "4is wild pranks. He was terror to board- , ing-house keepers and to restaurant proprie- j tors, and pushed his credit to a limit that ( was only stayed bv the dead wall of refu- i sal to trust. He is now a useful and res- L pectable member of. society, a leading ex- < hortor at political meetings, and enjoys a , prominent place among the opponents of a i license law. His good-nature remains, however, and he loves his jokes as dearly as he i eyer did; One day, a tall and Cadaverous-looking gentleman came into the office, and step ping up to our friend, asked if G was in, giving his own name. G divined i his' errand in an instant, and, looking up < where the hats were hung in a row, re- i plied? i uv?a +)ioro'a his bat; he's round here ^ somewhere. Say," looking over his case, ' "G-? over there?" . i "No," was the reply, "I saw him over your i way last." * "You'd better wait, sir," said G i "he'll be in soon." ( The dun?for such he was?waited until j patience gave out, and then went off, G i assuring him that the one he sought was a y 'tricky fellow, and had undoubtedly dodged i him. 1 Next day he came in again, and, going t up to G , whom he felt acquainted e with, he asked in a whisper? c "Is he in . t "Yes," was the reply, "there's his hat." 1 And then he looked round among the # men, assuring the dun he couldn't see him, i but advising him to wait, which he did for i an hour ana then went away. The next day when he came in, he went ^ directly to his new acquaintance with the s same question, receiving the same answer, j "The truth is," said G , "he k'nows i you, and as you come in one door, he goes ( out at the other. You had better watch for him on the outside." I And that patient man did watch, in the t cold, till the printers went to dinner, receiv- t ' ? nf artomirn crpmpnt from G??. p lug a vvviu vi vuwu. ? f as he went oat. i Each day, till Saturday, thus he came in, t and on eacn occasion was sent off by the po- 1 lite and urbane Q , who went and paid r the bill, and the dun ceased, so mortified with, his want"of shrewdness that he left dunning, and went into the undertaking business. , , , 1 * SLEEPING EQUALITY. t The Enterprise (Miss.,) Star tells the j following good story of a minister well i known among the Methodists on Pearl i River, but who has moved to Alabama: t "A friend has just stepped in who gives 1 us the following as a practical test of the < sincerity of the newly converted Radicals. ] "We recommend its general adoption by ? those of our colored people whose votes and < influence the Radicals are endeavoring to ' obtain by a regular system of equality hoodwinking: / ( Rev. Mr. Talley, of the Montgomery ? Conference of the Methodist Episcopal i Church South, who is a "weak vessel," has j been bought up by the emissaries of the < Northern Methodist Church. In the igno- < rant zeal of a new convert, who of course i wished to render some service for his mon- 1 ey, he went into the Summerfield District, 1 over which Dr. A. H. Mitchell presides, and began the propagation of the perfect 1 equality doctrine among the colored people, t This equality he carried iBeyond, and as the J legitimate result was lionized by the ne- i groes. j .An old gentleman of the white persua- ? sion, residing in the neighborhood where this missionary of equality was laboring, saw proper to doubt Mr. Talley's sincerity, j and told a favorite boy?an old time house ana oouy bcrvtuit, wnv uau nuyiyvu vwV confidence in Mr. Talley as a sincere equali- ] ty man?that he had as well keep his mon- ' ey, if he intended to give Mr. Talley any, until he could test his sincerity. A new * idea struck Jack. Mr. Talley was to stay all night at Jack's master's. When he re- ( tired to bed Jack accompanied the rever- 1 end turn-coat to his room and held him in 1 long conversation on the equality doctrine, ( until Mr. Talley was fully committed to it, and thoroughly sleepy, he took off his coat ' ready for bed; so did Jack. Boots came i next; so did Jack's. Tally's pants off; : Jack's ditto. "Look here Jack, what are 1 you up to?" quoth Mr. Talley. "Nuffin 'tall sir. Des going to be 'down to' somefin, dat's all," replied Jack. "What'3 that you are going to be 'down to,'" said his reverence. "Well, I'se goin to bed with you, dat's all dere is about it. I is jes as good as you is, accordin to the Lord's gospel by you, and I am tired of sleeping wid miself in de shuck pen. So I is going to sleep wid you in master's bed," said Jack. Mr. Talley took a deliberate, indignant survey of Jack from head to foot, slowly put on his clothes, went to the stable, bridled and saddled his horse, and left that hill a sadder and a wiser man." In a Bad Fix.?A farmer had occasion to send his man, who, by the way, was a jolly Dutchman, to the neighboring town for a barrel .of molasses. The weather being warm, and the road rough, and the driver, moreover, driving rather fast, the molasses took a notion to 'work' as it is generally. But we will let him tell his own words : "Yell, I goraed along and I gomed along till I got to de hill vat stand on de top of de blacksmit shop, and den, I looks around behind my pung hole, tinks I, I vill ^thop dat; so I sthops de cart, and scotches the oxen mit a grabble rock, and trove der pung hole in as tight as never vos, mil a lightwood knot; and gomed along again till I got to where de vorks of de road cross each oder *?;+ /la mootin-Krmca T looks around pehind my pack again, and the shtuff was all ran ober mit de barrel again. 0, says I, I vill fix you now, and I pick up a chonk mit all my might; de ting flew out mit a noise like a gun and knocked me down flat off de road mit my pack, and scart de cart, and it runned away mit de oxen an' turned dem all ober etwh oder?proke eberything in beices, and I am gomed home mit myself, but de cart is running to der tyful." jff* How may a man be known from a fatigued dog! One wears a shirt, the other pants. ' JNjrartwrot, THE WOODPILE. The practice of many farmers of preparing fuel only as. it is needed cannot b< censured- too severely. Thiy is a mosl wasteful and inconvenient practice: wasteful, because the wood is then not properlj seasoned, and it takes twice as mucn tc make as much heat as it would were the wood dry, for one-half the wood will be consumed in evaporating the water which is contained ; wasteful of valuable time, for it will take more time to prepare a given quantity, at many different times, than if it were alJ done at once; and this work ought to be done in winter when there is not much else ~ A -? xl-? M ctimmAf DO GO* SLI1U GOT/ 1G tilt/ Bpriiig ouu OUUIUIU when there are so many things requiring the farmer's attention. Inconvenient, because the wife comes tc you of a summer morning just as you are ready to go to the field and tells you that you must have wood cut to cook dinner with, and there is no help, for no wood no iinner, and you must stop and cut some if ihere is some hauled up; if not you must Eirst bring some home. Inconvenient, for your wife and whoever has to cook with wood that is prepared as geeded, and late meals, smoky rooms, sore eyes, and a bad :emper are the consequences. There is a time in the fall or early win;er when most farmers have but little to lo. This time should be improved and a year's supply of fuel got out from the woods, which can then be cut up during the winter in the wood-shed if you have one, if lot, cut a pile and cover with boards to ceep dry. If machinery can be had to do he sawing, it will be the cheapest and most sxpedient way. Two horses to a good majhine, will saw from ten to fifteen cords ino stove lengths per day. If this can not ie done then, use a buck" or common wood ;aw; do not cut up large wood with the axe, t is a great waste of wood, and sawed it is nuch neater and better to handle. With many western farmers the saving of wood is no object, but with the present icarcity, and high price of help, it is an obect to save the labor of preparing so much wood, hence all should have a good supply >n hand that is well seasoned. In conclusion, let me suggest to all who >urn wood, that when they buy a stove, * A- '1 4-1-*ATT r?Af Ann fkof 1 iney see iu it tuut tucjr gcu ?uuu ake in a good long and large stick; such a itove, all things being equql, will throw out nore heat with a given amount of wood, han one requiring a small- stick ; and the abor saved in preparing the wood is much nore than many would suppose. Farmer 8 Advertiser. BOILED WHEAT. It is possibly not as well understood as t should be, among housekeepers, that a lealthful and nutritive food may be prejared by boiling wheat to be eaten with nilk or molasses?the former to be prefer ed when attainable. It is a first rate ;hing for children, while adults may use it ;o an advantage. Some have the wheat cracked in a mill before using, which is, cerhaps, the preferable plan, but it will anjwer well without this preparation. A lady correspondent of the Ohio Farmer, says : 'The wheat should be cracked in a mill. Take one quart and put it into half a pot cf warm water, and let it stand upon the stove for several hours ; then boil slowly, md stir it occasionally, till it becomes thick; put in a handful of salt. For children it can be used with milk. If left standing till cool, it is very nice to cut in slices, and use it with cream and sugar, fry it like mush ; the last mentioned I prefer for general use, but it can be prepared in various ways." If boiled whole, the wheat should be allowed to soak in tepid water before boiling, that the grain may have a chance to soften md swell. When properly boiled, use with nilk suitably seasoned with salt and pepper, md it will be found a nourishing, heathful md palatable dish.? Valley Farmer. Whole Meal Bread.?It is well known ;o chemists and physiologists that the very inely bolted and white flour, which is so nuch sought after, is far less nutritious than vhat is termed middlings or unbolted flour. The most nutritious ingredients of the grain ?the wheat phosphates and' gluten?are emoved to obtain the desired whiteness.? Dr. Henry McCormac, an eminent physician of Belfast, Ireland, in some interest emarks on the subject, says: "What I ivant to see everywhere is the preparation >f whole meal bread?bread including the cran, with the bran gluten and the bran phosphates, so all essential to good bread md the nurture of our flesh and bones. Bui [ do not think the working classes, to whom it is so important, will ever take to it fully antil set the example by the more instructed classes." How to Judge Flour.?Place a thim ble-ful of flour in the palm of the hand, rut it gently with the finger of the other hand r* * n j??1~_ a?.. II 1116 IlOUr smooins uuwn uuuci mc uiigci feeling silkey and slippery, it is of inferioi quality, though of fancy brand, high pricec and white as the virgin snow drift. It hai been either too low ground or made fron damaged wheat, or perhaps having an un usual per centum of gluten; murdered witl dull burs, and will never make good whole some bread, But if the flour rubs rough t< the palm, feeling like fine sand, and has ai orange tint, purchase confidently. It wil not disappoint you. Such flour, whateve may be its branded reputation, though ii price it may be at the lowest figure, wil make good light, nutrious bread. Philadelphia Farm and Fireside. . Apples as Food.?The importance o apples as food has not hitherto been suffi ciently Estimated or understood. Beside contributing a large proportion of sugar mucilage, and other nutritive compounds ii the form of food, they contain such a fin combination of vegetable acids, extractiv substances, and aromatic principles, witl the nutritive matter, as to act powerful! in the capacity of refrigerents, tonics, am antiseptics, and when freely used, at th season of ripeness, by rural laborers, am others, they prevent debility, strengths digestion, correct the putrefactive tenden cies of nitrogenous food, avert scurvy am probably maintain and strengthen the pow er of productive labor.?Leibig. Making a Ewe own a Strange Lamb ?A. P. Taft, Trumbull, Ohio, writes a follows: "When you find a ewe with a deai lamb, bleating piteously and mourning ove it, if you wish to make her adopt another catch the ewe, milk her own milk upon th lamb, then removing the dead one out o her sight, step back out of the way and wit ness the joy of the mother at the supposei restoration of her offspring." the ftowr t.. THE ANT-LION. I "I was going into a deep forest alone, i on foot, with my blanket and food and cookt ing utensils on my back. The day was - very hot; and the road seemed very lonely r and long. Just before plunging into the > woods, I passed over a piece of land which I some hunter's fire had burned over. NoI thing was left but here and there a tall stump of a tree, blackened by the fire, and i entirely dead, and now and then a great , rock which had its coverings all burned off, I and it was left to be bleached in the sun > and to be pelted by the storms. Under the shadow of one of those huge rocks I sat down to rest. Every bird was still, ; and every leaf hung motionless on the trees, and the only sound to be heard was wrnfflrfoll foi* O WQ.V ' lily murmur ui u uioiuui naivuwu) . ?j i in the forest. ; " 'I am now,' I said to myself, 'beyond ' the reach of men, and almost beyond ani mal life. I cannot see a living thing mo' ving. This is solitude !' "Just then I noticed something that caused the sand to fly tip from the middle of my foot-path; and looking carefully at i it, I satisfied myself what it was. It was a small insect that had burrowed down in the sand; and, with his tail or some other apparatus, (I could not see what,} he was throwing up the sand fast and thick. How it flew ! In a few minutes he had made for himself a hole about the size and depth of a large coffee-cup. It was shaped very much like a coffee-cup, as nearly so as the dry sand would take that shape. The sand was dry in a few moments, and of course would very readily roll down into the centre. I had read of the creature, but had never seen one before. He was a little dark-looking fellow*'; and now he put himself in the very centre of his den, and pushing himself into the sand, there was nothing to be seen but a little black horn, as it appeared, to be sticking out in sight. It looked as if it might be the point of a small rusty needle. This was the ant-lion; and that was his den. "After the sand was dry, and the hunter was still buried in the sand, I had a speciwklo olrtll nTtrl r\r\nra* A lifflp ypf} ill C LA Ui 11 ID a IX XXX UUU pvnvki - AJb MVVAW vv? ant came running along, seeking food for herself and her young. So she climbed up on the rim of this sandy cup, and peeped over to see if she could see anything. Presently she seemed to suspect danger, and tried to scramble off. Alas ! it was too late; the sand rolled under her feet, and down she went to the bottom; when, in an instant, that little black horn opened like a a pair of shears, and 'clip,' and the poor ant had one leg cut off! Now she saw her danger, and struggled to mount up the sides. The lion did not move or show himself; he knew what he was about. And now the poor thing struggles to climb up; but one leg is gone; and she finds it hard work.? But she had got almost to the top and almost out, when the sands slip and down she rolls again to the bottom. 'Clip' go the shears, and a second leg is gone. She now seems terrified beyond measure, and struggles hard; but she gets up a little way before she slips again, and another leg is off. She now gives up the struggle, and the lion devours her in a few minutes ; and then ' with the snap of the fail or paddle, he throws the skin of the ant entirely out of the cup, and the trap is now set for another. A fly crept down to see what was smelling so good there; and again, 'clip,' and | his wing was off! and he was \second course of the dinner. I found several more such dens ; and around them lay the skins the dead ; but the inside looked clean and . innocent. There was no lion to be seen; but the destroyer was there ! The dead are shoved out of sight. , "0, ant-lion! you are a preacher to me. I now see hpw it is that our young men, as | they walk over sandy places, have their feet slide. They go into the hotel. It is all fair and inviting. They take a glass of i drink, and 'clip,' they are crippled. They will soon roll back and take another, every 1 time less and less able to escape, every t time the destroyer cutting off sin, and know not that the dead are there! Ah! every fall makes the next easier, and the probai bility of escape less and less. LIT ??? hatit Jo wlfli amw nliilrlrAn TWv X OUC HUM ib 10 tv k 111 v/ua vuuuivui jl *ivj go into the street, they fall into bad com; pany, and every profane word they hear, every improper word they use, every ini delicate thought they allow, is like having > a leg cut off; they go feebly, and can hardi ly escape ruin. I "0, ant-lion! I wish all our children ' could see the, so cunning for mischief, so i cruel to thy victims, so much like that r great lion, the wicked one, who seeketh "whom he may devour." jRev. Dr. Todd. Little Things.?It is of small things * that a great life is made up and he who will ' acknowledge no life as great save that ' which is built up of great things, will find [ little in Bible characters to admire or copy. Little things and little people have often 3 brought great things to pass. The large 1 world, in which we exist, is made of little particles as small as sand on the sea-shore. 3 The vast sea is composed of little drops-of water. The little busy bees, how much 3 honey they gather ? Do not be discour3 aged because they are little. A little star shines brightly in the sky on a dark night, r and may be the means of saving many a 3 poor sailor from shipwreck; and a little Christian may do a great deal of good, if he or she will try. There is nothing like trying.?Dr. Chalmers. f J5@?* The rising of the sun is known by g the shining beams; the fire is known by its . burning ; the life of the body is known by [J its moving; even so. certainly is the prese ence of God's spirit known by the shining e light of a holy conversation; even so the [i Purging fire ?f grace is known by the burner ing zeal against sin, and a fervent desire 'i to keep God's commandments; even so cer e tainly the life and liveliness of faith is ^ known by the good motives of the heart, by n the bestirring of all the powers both of the . soul and body, to do whatsoever God wills d us to be doing, as soon as we once know He would have us do it. He that hath this evidence, hath a bulwark against despair, and may dare the devil to his face; he, that t. hath this, hath the broad seal of eternal s life, and such a man shall live forever. i r A Little Boy's Answer.?A little boy, ', when asking his mother how many gods e there were, was instantly answered by his f younger brother. "Why one to-be-sure." "But how do you know that ?" i "Because," he replied,. "God fills every place, so there is no room for any other.' lidding. ii. " ' ' ' CAVALRY SCOUTS. BY GENERAL WADE HAMPTON. The following sketch of scout life, bj General Wade Hampton, is taken from th< August number of the "Land we Love.* ' Captain John Esten Cooke, in his last book, "Wearing of the Grey ?a most, interesting and captivating work?has giver a chapter to this same subject. He gives various gallant deeds .and hair-breadtl escapes as occurring to onej>f those brave men, whom I recognize well, though his name is not mentioned; But he omits one exploitr which was among the most remarkable of his career. In supplying this omission, I preserve the incognito of S as Captain Cooke has not given his name. - The occasion to which allusion is here ? i i 1 1 made, took place wben jyieaae naa nis army camped near Culpepper Court Houae, and the object was to endeavor to ascertain the position, numbers, &c., &c., of the Federal troops. S undertook to accomplish this object, and he adopted a plan worthy of his boldness and address. Disguising himself as a country woman, he procured a small cart, which he loaded with poultry, vegetables, &c., and he drove boldly into the Yankee lines, where he made application for a pass. This he obtained; he then sold his stock and after spending three days at Meade's headquarters?it is to be hoped without scandal to that worthy ?he left his friends in blue, bringing in to General Stuart all the information desired. This anecdote forms the only exception to the statement made by me previously. That only such as came under my personal observation would be given. This occurred before S was associated with us, as he was after General Stuart's death; but I have every reason to believe that the affair happened just as has been described. Selecting special scouts and particular incidents from the whole number, as I propose to do, I beg now to introduce to your readers, Sergeant Shadbourne, of the Jeff. Davis Legion, whose exploits would, of themselves, form a volume. Shadbourne was detailed as a scout by General Hampton, and he yas constantly engaged on this duty until the end of the war. He was a young man of very prepossesing appearance, tall, active and resolute. Ordinarily, he appeared to be only a handsome young fellow, with large, soft, mild eyes ; but as soon as a fight began, he became transformed instantly into the dashing cavalry man; his whole soul seemed to be in the battle, and his black eye blazed like fire. Armed with at least two pistols, and often three, he would often dash against the enemy, with a rapidity and precision not surpassed by even Mosby, who was "very handy with his pistol." But in all the excitement of a battle, Shadbourne was perfectly cool, ready for any emergency, or to avail himself of an advantage. On occasions of this sort, he proved that he possessed qualities which only needed a wider field for theii exercise to make him a leader. As illustrative of this I shall give, first, an account ol one of his performances which was witnessed by myself. If you remember, Wilson and Kautz with a large force made a raid against the South Side and Danville Railroad. At Stanton river bridge they were repulsed and returned to join Grant near Petersburg. Near Stony Creek they were met by our cavalry and defeated with loss. Retreating towards Reams' Station they were met by Fitz Lee and Mahone, when their rout became complete and final.? Kautz pushed down to cross the Halifax road, so that he could get into his lines; Wilson fled towards the Nottaway river.? Shadbourne was sent by General Hampton just after the fight at Reams' Station tc find out where the enemy were. Taking five men with him, he moved up a country road leading from Halifax to the stage road, On this, he had not proceeded far, when he met the advanced guard of Kautz's retreating column. He at once ordered them tc surrender, when they began to deploy.? Without a moment's hesitation, he gave orders in a loud voice for "two regiments tc be brought up; one on the right, the othei on the left." As soon as this order was given the Yankees said they would surrender. Placing one. man on one side of the road and occupying the other, Shadbourne directed the Yankees to advance and drof their arms. While doing this, the mair column of the enemy came in sight, and see ing the condition of their advance guard they charged to release them. But Shad bourne was too quick for them. He pui his prisoners in motion, guarded by three men on each flank, made them gallop, thei "form fours" and all swept down towards our command. As soon as his prisoners wpra rinsed ud and charaina from their owr men, he dispatched a man to inform Gen Hampton to "look out, for the Yankee: were charging down the road he was on.' The General immediately took a few mer back and soon met Shadbourne, who -hac brought off safely seventy-three prisoners the whole advance squadron of Kautz'i command, and this too in full sight of th< enemy! For this feat, Shadbourne ipti highly c&mplimented by his commanding officer, and he was recommended for pro motion on the ground of his "extraordina nary skill and gallantry" shown by him ii his conduct of this affair. On one occasion, he was betrayed by ! negro, while sleeping in the lines of the ene my and wa^ captured.. While his captor were taking him off, he requested them i let him look for his hat, which had dropped In the pretended search for this he go near a wood, when dashing through th surrounding enemy, he made into it, fol lowed by a volley from the whole part; and a vigorous pursuit, which proved fruit less. Subsequently, he, with another brav scout, young Swan of the 1st North Care lina cavalry, was captured in Fredericks burg. They were hand-cuffed and sent b; water to the guard-boat near Fortress Mon roe, with the constant assurances from thei humane captors that they would be sure! hung. Not liking this prospect, they man acred to aim their hand-cuffs, dropped over board, swam to a small boat anchored neai and after several hours hard rowing, reach ed the shore of the James river. Here the; found a small party of our men on signa duty, and Shadbourne also ascertained tha a company of negro cavalry was in the hah bit of patrolling a certain road every daj Getting the signal party to join them, ou two scouts formed an ambush for the Yar kees, attacked them and killed nineteen, be sides their commanding officers. This al fair gave arms and horses to Shadbourn and his scouts, so getting his men togethe he brought them to General Hampton, in North Carolina, where he served until the : surrender of Gen. Johnston: Killing and capturing Yankees to the close, with a most laudable perseverance ,und most untiring energy. Such are a very few of the inci-, dents in the career of this gallant young soldier. 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For the information of our readers, we re-publish, -the "Reconstruction Act," the "Proposed Constitutional Amendment," "AnActto Prescribe an Oath of Office," and the "Supplement to the Stevens-Sherman Shellabarger Bill," all of which we will keep standing until an opportunity shall have been presented for obtaining the necessary information which these-papers contain: THE BEOOI8TBUOTIOV ACT. An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States. [Passed over the President's Veto, March 2d, 1807.] Whereas, no legal State governments or adequate protection for life or property now exists in the rebel States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama. Lousiana, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas; and whereas, it is necessary that peace and good order should be enforoed in said States.until loyal and Republican State Governments can be' egally 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 thfi United States, as hereinafter prescribed; and for that purpose Virginia shall constitute the first district: North Carolina and South Carolina the second district; I flArvMMU AlnVnmn r*?"? A ltO fllfoil /liufwnf vxc7VSigu?j iuauuuu), auu a av??u?* ?uu vu^u , Mississippi and Arkansas the fourth district; ana Louisiana and Texas the fifth district See. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the President to assign to the command of each of said district* 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 aud -enforce his authority within the district in which he is assigned. . m. Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted. That it shall be the duty of each offloer 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 pnnlshed all disturbers of the public peace and criminals, and to this end he may allow local civil tribunals to take jurisdiction or and to try offenders, or, when in his judgment it may be neoessary 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 exeroise of military authority under this act, shall be null and void. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That all persons put under military arrest by virtue of this act shall be tried without unnecessary delay, and no cruol 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 the officer in command of the district, and the laws and regulations of the government of the armv shall not be effected by this act. 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 without the approval of the President. Sec. 5. And be it farther enacted, ftiat when the people of any of said rebel States shall have formed a constitution of government in conformity with the Constitution of the United Statesdn all respects, framed by a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens or said State, twentyone years old and upwards, of whatever race, color or previous condition, who have been resident in aaia State for one year previous to the day of such election, except such as may be disfranchised for -A!-1 41 -aVAIIUM of onm_ pUrUUipliLlUll ill MiO 1CUC1UUU, 1/1 11/1 401VUT ?v wu? mon law; and when such constitution snail.provide that the elective franchise shall be enjoWlby all such persons as have the qualifications nerein stated for electors of delegates; and when suoh constitution shall be ratified by. a majority of the persons voting on the question of ratification, who are qualified as electors for delegates; and when such Constitution shall hove Deen submitted to Congress for examination and approval, and Congress shall have approved the same; and when the said State, by a vote of its Legislature, elected under said constitution, shall have adopted the amendment to the constitution of the United States, proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress, and known as article fourteen; and when said article shall have become a part of Ihe 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 bv law; and then and thereafter the preceding sections of this act shall be inoperative in said State. Provided, That no person excluded from the privilege of holding office by said amendment to the constitution of the United States shall be eligible to eleotion as a member of the convention to frame a constitution for any of said rebel States, nor shall any such porson vote for members of such convention. Sec. 6. And be it ftirther-enacted, That until the people of said rebel States shall be by law admitted to representation in the Congress of the United States, any-civil government which may exist therein shall be deemed provisional only, and in all respects subject to the paramount authority of the United States at any tube to abolish, modify, control or supersede the same; and in all elections to any office under such provisional governments all persons shall be entitled to vote, and none others, who are entitled to vote nnder the provisions of the fifth section of this act; and no person shall be eligible to any office under such provisional governments who would be disqualified from holding office under the provisions of the third article of said constitutional amendment. 1 SCHUYLER COLFAX, . Speaker of the House of Representatives. LAFAYETTE 8. FOSTER, President of the Senate, pro tem. nftrnmrfrrrmrnp a t i lfPWTMf uilf rnvrvaijv uunoxixuxxun/uu w "??j? ?" The following is the Constitutional Amendment referred to in the 4th section of the "Reconstruc' tionAct." 1 ARTICLE XIV. i Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States ana subject to the j urisdiction therei of arc citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enI 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 j or property, without due process of law, nor deny I to any person within its jurisdiction the equal ; protection of the laws. % t Sec. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned aI mong the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of per' sons in each State excluding Indians not taxed.? I But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for Presidentand Vice President j 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 such State, being twenty-one years of age and citizens of the Unitea 1 States, or in any way abridged except for participation in rebellion or other crime, the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the proportion which the number of such male citizens snail bear to the whole number of male citizens twentyone years of age in such State. Sec. 3. No person shall be a Senator or Reprei sentative in Congress, or elector of President and i Vice-President, or hold any offloe, civil or militai ry, under the United States or under any State, i who, having previously taken an oath as amemi 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 ai gainst the same, or given aid.and comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of i two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. : Sec. 4. The validity or the public debt of the United States authorized by law, including debts r incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned. But neither the Unitea 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. AN ACT TO PBE80BIBE AH OATH OP 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, 'mat nereaiter any person electee or appointed to any office of honor or profit undei the government or the United States, either in the civil, military or naval department of the public service, except the President of the United States, shall before entering upon the duties of such office, and before being entitled toany of the salary or other emolument thereof, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation: "I, A. B, do solemn ly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily t borne arms against the U. S. since I have been a citJ izen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I havenev' er sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any ani thority, or pretended authority, in hostility to the , United States; that I have not yielded a voluntarj support to any pretended government, power 01 constitution within the United States, hostile or in - imical thereto; and I do further swear (or affirm ) that to the best of my knowledge and ability, I wil support and defend the constitution of the Unite* States against all enemies, foreign and domestic that I will bear true fhith and allegiance to the same that I take this obligation freely, without any men tal reservation or purpose of evasion, and thatl wil woll and faithfully discharge the duties of the offlo on which I am about to enter. So help me God ' which oath, so taken and signed, shall be preserve* amongthefilesofthe Court, Houses of Congress, o the department to which said officer may apper , tain. And any person who may falsely tekeaaJ, 7 oath shall be guilty or perjury, and on conviction - in addition to the penalties now prescribed for tha . offence, shall be deprived of his office, and renders* r incapable, forever after, of holding anv office o place under the United States. Approved July 2,1862, SUFPLBKMTTO THE BTBVEI8-8HSIMAH BILL AN ACT supplemental to an Act entitled An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States, passed March 2, 1867, and to facilitate restoration. Be it enacted, Ac., That before the first day of , September. 1867. the commanding general in each district denned by the Act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States, approved March 2,1867. shall cause a registration to be made of the male citizens of tlie United States, twentyone years Of age. and upwards, resident in each county or parish in the State or States, included in his district, which registration will include only those persons who are qualified to vote for delegates by the Act aforesaid, add who shell have taken ana subscribed the following oath or affirmation : "I, , do solemnly swear, or-affirm, in the preeenoe of Almighty God, that I am a citizen of the State o/??; that I have resided in said State J reside intl^.'county of^^or the parlslfof-?, in said State, as the case may be; that I am tiirigtv-one years old: that I have not been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion df cHU war against the United States, nor for felony committed against the laws of any State orof the United States; that I have never been a member of any State Legislature, or held any Executive or i Judicial Office in any State, and afterwards engaged in insurrection ana rebellion against the United States, and given aid i<v comfort to the enemies thereof; thafi have never taken an oath as a member of Congress of the U. S., or as an officer <ff 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 U. States, and afterwards engaged in lnsoxtectioa yr paVmIMoti MPidnflt tlie UnitcdStitcs ar oHvpti aid or comfort tolhe enemies thereof; thai f yrft fnithfallv eapport the Constitution and obey the Ikwt of the United States, and..will, to the best of ray ability, encourage othBnrao to do. So help me \ God/ i which oath or affirmation may be administered by any registering officer. Sec. 2. That after the Completion of the" registration hereby provided for ittany State at Stum time and place therein as the commanding geceraltbttU appoint and direct, of which at least thirty4day'S public notice shall be -given, an election shall be held of delegates ton convention fox the purpose of establishing a constitution and civil government for such State, loyal to the Union ;aaldconvention -in each State, except Virginia, to consist of the safne jj number of members as the most numerous branch of the State Legislature of suetfstato In the year I860, to be apportioned among the several districted * counties, orpariahes of such State by the nurtrtgrl; ing general, giving to each, representation mrage ratio of voters registered as aforesaid as nearly** maybe. The convention in Virginia shall consist of the same number of members as represented Che territory now constituting Virginia in the iftost numerous branch of the Legislature of said State in the year 1860, to be apportioned as aforesaid. > Sec. 3. That at such election the registered voters of each State shall vote for or against a convention to form a constitution thereof under this act. Those voting in flivor of such a convention shall have written or printed on the ballots by wMch they vote for delegates as aforesaid, the words "for aeOnventionand those voting against such a convention shall have written or printed on such ballots the words "against a convention." The persons appointed to superintend said election, and to make return of the votes given there&t, as herein provided, shah count and make return of the rote* given for and against a convention; and thftaommanding general, to whom the same shall hays been returned, shall ascertain aaddeehre the total vote in each State for and against a convention. -a a majority ot the votes given on that question shall De for a convention, then a convention mil be held, as hereinafter provided;but if s majprity of said votes shall be against a convention, tiMti.no . convention shall be held under thissct: P&vidql, That such convention shall not be held onlmsgr majority of all such registered voters shall bars voted on the question or holding such convention. Sec. 4. That the commanding general of e*ch district shall appoint such loyal officers or persons as may be necessary, not exceeding three In *ch < election district, in any State, to make and complete the registration, superintend the election, . i and make return to him of the votes, lists of voters and of the persons elected as-delegates -fa? a plurality of the votes cast at said election; and npon receiving said returns he shall open (he same, ascertain the persona elected as delegates according to the returns of the officers who conducted said election, and make proclamation thereof; and if a majority of the votes given on ( that question shall be for a convention, the commanding general within sixty days from the date of election, shall notify the delegates to aasenfble in convention ata time and place to be mentioned in the notification, and said convention, when j organized, shall proceed to form a Constitution and civil government according to the pro virions of this act, and the act to which it is supplementary ; and when the same shall have been so fram- , J ed, said Constitution shall be submitted by the convention for ratification to the persons registered under the provisions of this act, at an election to be conducted by the officers, or persons appointed by the commanding general as Hereinbefore provided, and to be held alter the expiration 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, Sec. 5. That it according to said returns, the .1 constitution shall be ratified by a majority of the i votes of the registered electors qualified as herein specified, cast at said election, at least orie-half 9 of all the registered voters voting upon the ques tion of such ratification, the president Of the con- 1 vention shall transmit a copy of the same, duly 1 certified, to the President or the United States, who shall forthwith transmit the eame to Con- -9 gress, if then in session, and if not in session. J then immediately upon its next assembling; and 9 if it shall moreover appear to Congress that the 9 election was one at wnich all the registered and qualified electors in the State had an opportunity to vote freely and without restraint, mar or the influence of fraud, and if Congress shall be satisfied that such constitution meets the approval of a majority of the qualified*eleqtors in the State, and if the said constitution, shall be declared by Congress to be in conformity with the provisions of the act to which this Is supplementary, and the other provisions of said act snail have been complied with, and thesald constitution shall be approved by Congress, ;the State shall be declared h entitled to representation, and Senators and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom as here- 1 inprovided. . . 1 Sec. 6. That all elections in the States mentioned in the said "Act to provide for the more effi- ] dent government of the rebel States," shall, daring the operation of said act, be by ballot; and all officers making the said registration of voters and conducting said elections shall, before entering upon the discharge of their duties, subscribe an oath faithfully to perform the duties of their said office, and the oatn prescribed by the act approved July 2, 4862, entitled "An act to prescribe an oath of office:" Provided, That if any person shall knowingly and falsely trice and subscribe any oath in this act prescribed, such person so offend- * ing, and being thereof duly convicted, shall be subject to the pains, penalties and disabilities which by law are provided for the. punishment of the crime of wilful and corrupt penary. Sec. 7. That all expenses incurred by the several commanding generals, or by virtue or any orders J issued or appointments made by them under or by virtue of this Act, shall be pud out of any mon- ^ eys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 1 Sec. 8. That the Convention for each State shall I prescribe the fees, salary, and compensation to be I paid to all delegates ana other officers and agents I herein authorized or necessary to carry into effect j , the purposes of this Act, not herein otherwise pro- 1 vided for, and shall provide for the levy and col- J lection of such taxes on the property in snoh State j as may be necessary to pay the same. 1 Sec. 9. That the word "article" in. the sixth see- I tion of the Act to which this is supplementary, I shall be construed to mean "section." j j J VALUE OF C01TFEDERATE CTJIL&jflj Hfe! , a NNEXED is a table showing the value o4Hmk, I j\_ federate currrency" in United 8tates eurWpji* jH lor the last four years?deputed from the avertBP^ monthly rateeof the respective currenciee,in gola, I at New York, Richmond and Augusta. 9 1 Aa the rate of stamp dnty upon documents exe- Jj cuted during : the late war Is based upon the value J of the consideration in United States currency, this table will be found very oonverBent in fixing that - value. I table showing the relative value op "con i federate" and p. 8. cubbbnct fob pour years. j I Month. 1862. 1868. 1864. | 1965. > Value in Value in Value in. Value in 9] i . ? Con. cur- Con. cur- Con. cur-Con cur- jj j ? rencv of rencv of rency ofrency of A month of nintj.8. IlinU.S. $linTJ.S.ilinU.S. 1 cur'cy. cur'oy. cur'cy. cur'cy. ll r January.... #2.00 $18.50 $26.90 ll February 2.19 18.79 25.20 , March 2.93 I4.C7 84.90 I I April 3.23 1188 .... II Mny - 8.87 10.65 ' June - 4.85 8.12 July 6.89 7.79 j Autrust 1........ 10.53 8.85 I 1 r September- $2.19 9.71 10.56 || f Ckxober 1.95 9.70 12.80 .9] - November- 2229 9.90 12.55 14 December... 128- 12.60 18.26" II 1 To ascertain the value of a given amount of Con- U j federate currency, divide the number of dollars by m . the figures in the oolnmn la data anturht 1 for, and the quotient will txTthe amount in United I 1 States currency. _ I ? THE CHARLESTON COURIER* I i "DUBUSHED by A. S. WILLINGTON A CO., I r JL Cite Printers, NO 111 East-Bay, Charleston, I - South Carolina. i Terms.?Daily, one year, flO; Daily. 6 months, 9 l 15; Daily, three months, $2 50; Tri-Weekly, one I I year, $8; Tri-Weekly, six months, *4. . I i pir The Proprietor of the Enquirer is die A- I r gent of the "Charier" for Yorkville. 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