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^matrni Jpqiiwtment. , JIM WOLF AJ.fD THE TOM CATS. - Here is one of* Mark Twain's good stories. He knows how to make the reader i laugh, and if the following does not pro- i Yoke a smile, it is because there is no mirth ] in mankind during the hot weather: i * I knew by the sympathetic glow upon < his bald head?I knew by the thoughtful 1 look upon his face?I knew by the emotion- ' al flush upon the strawberry on the end of i old free liver's nose, that Simon Wheeler's f memory was busy with the olden time, i And so I prepared to leave, because all these were symptoms of a reminiscence? 1 signs that he was going to be delivered of < another of his tiresome personal experien- i ces?but I was too slow; he got the start j of me. As nearly as I can recollect, the i infliction was couched in the following lan- ; guage: : "We were all boys, then, and didn't care - * w 'wTw t. V A VI for nothing, and aiont nave no wouuiea, and didn't worry about nothing only how i to shirk school and keep up a revi vin' state of ; devilment all the time. This-yar Jim Wolf 1 I was a talking about, was the 'prentice, < and he was the best hearted feller, he was, i and the most forgivin' and onselfish I ever see?well, there couldn't be a more bullier boy than what he was, take him how you < would; and sorry enough I was when I see i him for the last time. "Me and Henry was always pesterin him i and plastering hoss-bills on his back, and < putting tumble bees in his bed, and so on, i and sometimes we'd crowd in and bunk with ' him, not'thstanding his growling, and then < we'd let on to get mad and fight acrost him, ; so as to keep him stirred up like. He was nineteen, he was, and long, and lank, and < bashful, and we was fifteen and sixteen, and I tolerable lazy and worthless. I "So, that night, you know, that my sis- < ter Mary give the candy pullin,' they start- i jkl us off to bed early, so as the comp'ny i could have full swing, and we rung in on j Jim to have some fun. 1 "Our winder looked out on the roof of 1 the ell, and about ten o'clock a couple of 1 old torn cats got to rarin' and chargin' a- ] round on it and carryin' on like sin. There i was four inches of snow on the roof, and it j was frozen so that there was a right smart 1 crust of ice on it, and the moon was Lhining i bright, and we could see them cats like day- i light. First, they'd stand off and e-yow- i yow-yow, just the same as if they was a I cussin one another, you know, and bow up < their backs and push up their tails, and f swell around and spit, and then all of a sudden the gray cat he'd snatch a handful of fur out of the yaller cat's ham, and spin her a- I round, like the button on a barn-door. But ] the yaller cat was game, and he'd come and clinch, and the way they'd gouge, and bite, and howl; and the way they'd make the fur fly was powerful. "Well, Jim, he got disgusted with the row, and 'lowed he'd climb out there and snake him off n that roof. He hadn't reely no notion doin' it, likely, but we everlastin'ly dogged him, and bullyragged him, and lowed how he'd always bragged how he wouldn't take a dare, and so on, till bimeby he high'sted up the window, and lo and behold you, he went?went exactly as he was ?nothin' on but a shirt and it was short. But yon ought to seen him ! You ought to see him cree-pin' over that ice, and diggin' , his toe-nails and finger-nails in for to keep j > from slippin'; and 'bove all, you ought to seen that shirt flappin' in the wind, and j them long ridiklous shanks of his'n a glist- , enin'in the moonlight. "Them comp'ny folks was down there un- ^ der the eaves, the whole squad of e'm under ( that onery shed of old Washin'ton Bower ^ vines?all settin' round about two dozen sassers of hot candy, which they'd sot in the snow to cool. And they was laughin' j and talkin' lively; but they didn't know nothin' 'bout the panarama that was goin' J on over their heads. Well, Jim, he went j a-sne-akin and a sneakin up unbeknowns to , them tom-cats?they was a swishin' their , tails and yow-yowin' and threatening to clinch, you know, and not payin' any at- J tention?he went a-sneakin' right up to the comb of the roof, till he was in a foot 'n' a \ ----- * % 11 r i i 1 I half of em, ana then all 01 a suuuen ne ^ made a grab for the yallar cat! But by t Gosh he missed fire and slipped his holt, and his heels flew up and he flopped on his back, and shot off n th t roof like a dart! went a smashin' and a-crashin' down thro' them old rusty vines and landed right in ^ the dead centre of all them comp'ny-people! c sot down like a earth-quake in them two j dozen sassers of red-hot candy, and let off a howl that was hark f m the tomb! Them , firls?well they felt, you know. They see . e warn't dressed for comp'ny and so they left. All done in a second, it was just one little war-whoop, and a whish ! of their dresses, and blame the wench of'm was in sight, i "Jim he was a sight. He was gormed i with that bilin* hot molasses candy clean { down to his heels, and had more busted sas- < sers hangin' to him than if he was a Injun j princess?and he come a prancin' up stairs j just a-whoopin' and a cussin,' and every ' jump he gave he shed some china, and eve- ] ry squirm he fetched he drippet some can- j day i i "And blistered! Why bless your soul, i that pore cretur couldn't reely set down 1 comfortable for as much as four weeks." 1 g?Josh Billings says there is one cold, i blue, lean kiss that always makes him shiv- ] er to see: "Two persons (ov the female j persuasion) who have witnessed a great < many more younger and more pulpy daze, meet in some public place, not having seen i each other for twenty-four hous, tha kiss i immegiately. Then they tork about the weather and the young man who preached yesterday, and tha kiss immegediately; and i then tha blush and larf at what tha say to i each other, and kiss immegiately. This i kind of kissing olways puts me in mind ov 1 tew ole flints trying to strike fire." ] ? A man named Walker went to a I Dutch tailor and had his measure taken for * a pair "of pantaloons. He gave directions i to have them made large and full. W alter ' was a heavy man and liked his clothes < loose, and when he came to try on the new i unmentionables found that they stuck tight i to his legs, whereat he thus remonstrated : 1 "I told you to make these pants full."? < - After some objurgatory expressions of a n profane nature, the tailor ended the contro- i versy by declaring : "I dink dese pants is full enough; if dey was any fuller dey i would shplit!" ? < X9* A writer says that he has come to the conclusion that the term grass widows arises from the fact that their hus- i bands are always roving "blades." ? Agricultural gcpariturut. IMPROVE THE HOMESTEAD. The first thing I should press on the farners, in the way of improvement, would be vhat we might call roadside improvement. Keep the cattle off the highways, keep the veeds cut close, and lines of shade-trees >n each side?this, with neat fences, will ae an evidence of civilization to begin with. Then, I would enjoin the removal from the roadsides near the dwelling, of all dilapidated and broken implements, which are apt, jomehow or other, to accumulate. The bam and other out-buildings are very frequently located more on the principle of convenience than good taste, but we must take these things as they are, and improve them with paint or wash of some sort, and a good thick belt of rapid growing trees around them, both for shelter and shade, and to partly conceal their unsightly appearance. Then, as for the door yard, I would dig up, root out all the old neglected plum, peach, cherry and quince trees, that seem to have sprung up by chance in the fence corners. All the finer fruits, I would form into a nice fruit garden of half an acre to two acres, as might be necessary. There * '1 ? 1 wouia nave a complete uuiiecuuu ui pcaio, cherries, apricots, plums, quinces, all the 3mall fruits, systematically planted and carefully cultivated. This garden might be made one of the most interesting portions of the premises, to say nothing of the abun iant supply of fine fruit and vegetables it <vou\d yield. Here the family could acquire a taste for gardening, as well as to practice it. * Then the ground about the house, I would f convert into a smooth lawn, which must be ? kept cut close all summer. This lawn must * be suitably embellished with deciduous and t evergreen trees, flowering shrubs, roses, * fee. This is the way I preach to the far- s mers when I vist them, but only once in a 2 great while with any effect. It is a shame 1 for our well-to-do farmers that they are so * behind in this matter. It makes a farm ? life so dull and dreary a pursuit, that I am e aot surprised to see all the brighter boys 1 run away from it, and our rural population c growing less and less every year. Then i think how much these impovements would ^ add to the market value of the farms, A t nice house, some good fences, an orchard, c increase the value of a farm from $20 to t $25 per acre, other things being equal; but I carry out such suggestions as I have made, ^ and what do you suppose it would add to ^ the value of a farm ? Almost double it.?? t This argument has some weight; it touches c the pocket; but the moral effect of such im- t provements would be absolutely incalcu- s lable.?P. Barry. t LATE CULTIVATION* OF ORCHARDS. C The period of the year has arrived when t cultivation in the orchard should cease. It j should not be the policy of the owner to q stimulate his trees, either by manuring or cultivating in the latter part of the sum- ^ aaer, to make a vigorous late growth. The I iime for the wood to be formed is in the p spring and early summer,?then the culti- v rator should be kept at work and manure ^ applied. But ample time should be allowed \ ifterwards for the trees to ripen their wood r jo as to endure the winter uninjured. On rich soils, where the apple is delicate, \ late growth of the wood should be especial- a ly guarded against. Pear orchards every- a svherc should not be cultivated and stimu ^ lated after the prime of summer is passed. The peach growers of Maryland and Dela- c ivare have learned better than to cultivate p their orchards late in the season by noticing t the tendency of trees thus treated to cast t their fruit. If a neglected orchard is plow- s ?d late the fruit is sure to fall the next year. c [n localities where the rot has been preva- v ,ent in vineyards it has been noticed that 8 mcultivated vines escaped while those well g ;aken care of were infected. So it has v )een thought better by some cultivators to a iave weeds cover the ground and healthy f) Vuit the vines, than to take up with the re- fc rerse, clean ground and rotten fruit. Per- j laps late cultivation in the vineyard indu- jj :es the rot when other circumstances also 'avor. But a weedy, apparently uncared g or orchard or vineyard is an eye-sore to s he enthusiastic fruit grower, and such an $ tppearance is likely to be assumed when t: he cultivator and hoe are laid aside at p nidsummer. To avoid this, to check late a growth of orchards, and for the purpose of h mriching the soil at proper time, we sug- ^ jest that some crop, as rye, be sown the t, ast time of cultivating. This crop would q dso shield the ground in the winter and jj urnish a coat of manure to plow under in he succeeding spring. s MANGE OR BA*RN ITCII. f This is often a troublesome disorder. It s contagious, and liable to run through the vhole herd if not arrested. It makes its ippearance more frequently about the head >f the animal, but extends to other parts of . ihe body causing much annoyance to stock, 11 and giving a very unsightly appearance.? D The disease is very easily cured by ming- ? ling sulphur with oil or lard, and applying hhe rqixtnre to tfie diseased parts. Sulphur ? is a sovereign remedy for many diseases of 41 the skin and is used internally with success v by many stock-men for promoting the health and thrift of domestic animals.? When used for this purpose, it is mixed in * 3mall quantites with salt, and is readily taken in this way Animals kept upon dry food for six months of the year are more li- 1 able to contract diseases on such food than while in pasture, and sulphur fed in the way 11 suggested serves an important purpose in purifying the blood and in promoting health. ^ ? I To Cure Weak Eyes in Horses.?A s aVinrt. tfrriA sinre T nnrehased a valuable I mare, five years old, for saddle purposes, and found, unfortunate for me, that her t [eft eye was very weak, and good judges ^ pronounced that she would loose it. There I is a Canadian Frenchman residing in my t family, by the name of Wilson, who affirm- 1 ed that he could cure her. I directed him a to try his skill, amd he immediately made a up a wash of alum and water, which he re- t duced to about blood heat, and would, with c a quill, blow the liquid into the eye. After c trying the above preparation three times, t he took a piece of alum, as large as the end * of one's finger, and burning it in the fire, ' reduced it to powder, and blew it stoutly by I the same process, into her eye. So far as we can judge, she can now see perfectly, } and the eye is apparently sound and well, g It is a valuable remedy.?Country Q-entle- e man. v ?r*?:? 1 A Cork Screw.?Tie a string to an ordinary screw with which to pull out the cork after the screw is inserted in it. I $ot the grow RED RIDING HOOD. Long years ago, when bat a child, By mothers side I've stood, And listened, weeping, while she^told Of dear Rea Riding Hood. And even now, when growing old, The story I recall, Of that most kind and loving girl, Who was beloved by all. No wonder, when she alwavs was So diligent and good, And helped her parents and her friends In every way she could. She gladly read unto the blind, Took food unto the poor, And by kind actions helped the sick Their sufferings to endure. So mother told me years ago While sitting by nor knee; I wish my little readers all Like that good girl would be. The winter time has now begun, The cold winds keenly blow, And drifted on the streets and lanes We see the sleet and snow. Alas! how many poor ones now Crouch round a cheerless hearth; How many, poorer, shivering go, Without a home on earth! * Help them in every way you can: Remember them in prayer; And from your plentiful supply A little portion spare. Give Momething, though the gift should bo Small as the widow's mite, , 'Twill help to All some aching heart With comfort and delight. The youngest of you has the power And means of doing good; You all can do what once was done By dear Red Riding Hood. From the Boyi and Qlrl'e Monthly. unconscious "influence. One morning, when engaged in making some paper lamp-lighters, I received & visit rom little Lena, a four-year-old friend.? She wanted to know what I was doing, and, vhen informed, wished to try her skill at he same work. I started a lighter for her, vhen she rolled it partly up, but cotfld not mcceed in finishing it. I took it, finished md returned it to her. She seemed much leased, and said, with a bright smile, 'There now, I made it, didn't If I replied, "Yes, you made it, 'partly." She seemid to ponder for some time to this reply, ooking down at the lighter, and twisting md turning it meanwhile. At length the esult of her cogitations became evident, vhen looking up in my face with the earlestness of.one who had made an important liscovery, she exclaimed, "You wouldn't ell a lie would you ?" Ah! thought I, iow great an influence we may be exerting vhen we least expect it; and how careful ve should be of every word and look a t all imes, but especially in the presence of -hildren. We are constantly teaching them >y our example, more than by direct induction. They learn in this way either o deceive or to be truthful; to be Ifonest >r dishonest; to be kind and gentle, or the :ontrary. You, boys and girls, who read his Magazine, are hourly exerting such an nfluence upon your younger brothers and isters and playmates. And how often a single word or look rereals the character of an individual. That ittle child very well understood the pur>ort of that word partly. She knew it vas placed there to guard the truth. My roung friend, remember that when you are east thinking of it, you are unconsciously evealing your character to those who see md hear you ; you are telling them what :ind of a boy or girl you are; whether you ire dutiful to your parents; whether you ire kind-hearted and benevolent; in short, rhether or not you are a youth of principle. A party of ladies were having a little so:iable chat, when one who was rather dis>osed to indulge in a little gossip, related o the disadvantage of a neighbor some hings that she had learned from a hired ervant, in whom it seemed she had great :onfidence. One of the company, whom ire will call Miss B., not relishing the gosip, replied, "I don't believe all servant ;irls say." "0," was the retort, in no ery amiable tones. "J don't belive all mybody says." A silence followed this ling, which was broken by Annie W., a right, intelligent little girl, some thirteen rears old. Speaking with deliberation, as f she had first weighed her words, she said, 'Well, I believe all Miss B. says." A ;eneral laugh followed this, while Miss B. aid : She had seen much of her for some ime, and had often gone to her for assisance in her studies, and for advice in her erplexities. She had watched her closely nd with increasing confidence, until she ad arrived at the conclusion that her friend ras governed by principle, and would not dllingly vary from the truth. The conseuence was, Miss B. exerted a very great mfluence over her little friend Annie. My young reader do you wish to bo repected and influential ? Let your conduct e always governed by strict, high-toned Christian principle f Ellie Eglantine. IS YOUR HUSBAND LIKE THAT. There was a poor woman who had fallen mto a melancholy and murmuring frame of mind. Her minister tried in vain to reasn her out of it. She persisted that she tad nothing to be thankful for. At last he poke to her of her neighbor's husband., an atamparata man, who wasted his money rhen he went out, and ill-treated his wife rhen he came home. "Now," he said, "is your husband like hat?" "No," was the reluctant answer. "Well, then, should you not thank God hat you have a kind husband?" She was forced to admit this, and promised that she would thank God every 1... j : c?L:. e Ligiu Jtiiu luuriiiug iui ins luciuy. cuuie [ays elapsed before her minister revisited ler dwelling; but when he did so, he was truck with her bright look, as she greeted lim. "Oh, sir," she exclaimed, "I have longed o see you ; I have so wished to thank you ! ?ora morning or two I did as I promised, >ut I did not rightly feel what I said. But he next day when I was thanking God that ! had a kind husband, I thought I should ilso thank him that I had healthy children; md when I was thanking him for that, I hought I should thank him that I had :lothes for them to wear, and a house to attq?? lion/la <itw? an air wVinn T tthq 'VTV/i DUV/li UVUI\4U j WU\A UWJ Uil f n 11VU A II UO hanking God for one thing, another*came nto ray head, and another still; and now I mow not where to stop, or how to thank lim enough; and I feel so happy!" "So will it be with you, my reader, if rou will only try the experiment. For gratitude increases with its use. The aore thankful we are, the more thankful re shall become, and the more we shall tave to be thankful for. It?. One million of the inhabitants of London, never see the inside of a church. fPsrdlairMUjs Reading. CURIOSITIES OF MARRIAGE. Marriage is the first and most ancient of all institutions. As the foundation of society and the family, it is universally observed throughout the globe, no nation having been discovered, however barbarous, which does not celebrate the union of the sexes by ceremony and rejoicing. The abuses of the institution, as polygamy, infidelity and divorce,, have in no manner touched its existence, however they may have vitiated its purity. The condition of women in all countries has afforded a fruitful, theme for the observation of the traveler, and the speculations of the philosoper and the novelist. It has been uniformly found that the savago is the tyrant of the female sex, while the position and consideration given to the woman is given in proportion to the refinement of social life. Under the laws of Lycurgus, Numa, and even later law-givers, the power of the husband over the wife was absolute, sometimes even including the power of life or death. The wife was always defined and treated as a thing, not as a person? the absolute property of her lord. In the earlier ages a man might sell his children or his wife indifferently, and relics of this rude custom still survive, even among nations called civilized and Christian. In the countries of the East, where po lygamy is almost universal, marriage is not the sacred tie which it-is held to be in Christian countries. In Persia men marry either for life or for a determinate time.? Travelers or merchants commonly apply to the magistrate for a wife during their residence in any place, and the Cadi produces a number of girls for a selection, whom he declares to be honest and healthy. Four wives are permitted to each husband in Persia, and the same number is allowed by the Mohammedan law to the Mussulman. In Chinese Tartary a kind of male polygamy is practiced, and a plurality of husbands is highly respected. In Thibet it is customary for the brothers of a family to have a wife in common, and they generally live in harmony and comfort with her.? Among*the Calmucks, the ceremony of mar riage is performed on horseback. The girl is first mounted, and permitted to ride off at full speed, when her lover takes a horse and gallops after her. If he overtakes the fugitive she becomes his wife, and marriage is consumated on the spot. It is said that no instance is known of a Calmuck girl ever being overtaken unless she is really fond of her pursuer. The Arabs divide their affections between their horses and their wives, and regard the purity of blood in the former quite as much as in their offspring. Polygamy is practiced only by the rich, and divorces are rare. In Ceylon the marriage proposal is brought about by the man first sending to her whom he wishes to become his wife, to purchase her clothes. These she sells for a stipulated sum, generally asking as much as she thinks requisite for them to begin the world with. In the evening he calls on her, with the wardrobe, at her father's house, and they pass the night in each other's company. Next morning, if mutually satisfied, they appoint the day of marriage. They are permitted to separate whenever they please, and so frequently avail themselves of this privilege that they sometimes change a dozen times before their inclinations are wholly suited. In Hindostan the women have a peculiar veneration for marriage, as it is a popular creed that those females who die virgins are excluded from the joys of paradise.? In that precocious country the women begin to bear children at about the age of twelve, some even at eleven. The proximity of the natives of India, to the burning sun, which ripens men, as well as plants, at the earliest period in these tropical latitudes, is assigned as the cause. The distinguished mark of the Hindoo wife is the most profound fidelity, submission and attachment to her husband. On the banks of the Senegal and among many African tribes, the matrimonial prize most sought after is abundance of flesh.? To obtain corpulence is regarded as the only real comeliness. A female who can move with the aid of two men, is but a moderate beauty, while the lady who cannot stir, and is only to be moved on a camel, is esteemed a perfect paragon. Nor is this queer fancy for obesity in women confined to the savages in the torrid zone, since we read in Waxall's Travels in Russia that 'iin order to possess any pre-eminent degree of loveliness, a woman must weigh at least two hundred weight." The Empress Elizabeth, and Catharine II, both accounted very fine women, were of this massive kind. In Italy, matches are made with proverbial levity, and marriage vows, if report speaks truly, are easily broken. Young ?' oTrofAVMofinolltr o r? rl anlH VirglllO Ol C OJf ou\/iuciiWiv/Uiii^ cai ivi yu uiuu uv?v? i by their parents, and young people are married every day who never saw one another before. Concubinage is a constant remedy for the these ill-advised and deceitful marriages, and the peculiarly Italian term, cwisbio, indicates the indemnity which custom prescribes for the fair sex fettered to husbands unloved. In France, as has often been remarked, women monopolize all the society and a large share of the business of life. The coffee house, the theatres, the shops, the cabarets, or drinking shops, are filled with ITr ^ 1 Zt. .. i _ 11 _ WOmeD. women luru it ai an usBeinuiiea, and are better informed and more capable managers than men. Marriage is looked upon not so much as a matter of affection as of interest, and the sacredness of the tie is proportionately slender. Marriage in Sweden is commonly governed wholly by the will of the parents, and is founded upon interest. A stolen match is almost unheard of, and persons of either sex seldom marry before the age of twenty-five or thirty. Divorces are very rare. Russia appears to be the most preposterous country in Europe in its treatment of women. The nuptial jeremonies, all singular, are based upon the degradation of the female. When the parents have agreed upon the match, the bride is examined J>y a number of women to see if she has any bodily defect. On her wedding day she is i t t* j crowned with a gariana 01 wormwoou, io denote the bitterness of the marriage state. She is exhorted to be obedient to her husband, and it is a custom in some districts for the newly married wife to present the bridegroom with a whip, in token of submission, and with this he seldom fails to show his authority. In this cold and cruel country, husbands are sometimes known to torture their wives to death without any punishment for the murder. I?a woman prove barren, the husband generally prevails on her to retire into a convent and leave him at liberty. If he fails in persuasion, he is permitted to whip her into condescension. Such is the slavery in which the Muscovites are kept by their parents and guardians, that they are not allowed to dispute any union agreed upon by their elders, however odious or incompatible it may be. This extends so far, that officers in the army are not permitted to marry without the consent of the sovereign, and wives whom they do not want are even sometimes forced upon them. Whether it be the result of this system of oppression, or of their savage climate, or of the unnatural hot air of the stove-heated apartments, it is certain that a more unlovely race of women than the Russian would be difficult to find. "They want," says an English traveler, "the genuine flavor which only nature can give. That charming firmness and elasticity of flesh, so indispensably requisite to constitute beauty, and so delicious to the touch, exists not among the Russian females, or in very few of them." We are told of the Aleutian Islanders who form a part of our new Russian Ameri- J can acquisition, that they marry one, two i or three wives, as they have the means of supporting them. The bridegroom takes ] the bride upon trial, and may return her to , her parents, should he not be satisfied, but" i cannot demand his presents back again. No man is -allowed to sell his wife without her consent; but he may (and often does) assign her over to another. This custom, it is said, is availed of by the Russian hunters, who take Aleutian women or girls to wife for a time, for a trifling compensation. IJarMh #uquiw. TERMS?IN ADVANCE x SPECIE. CURBENCY. 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I... 1 2 3 4 Nov JI... 1 2 i 5 0, 7 8 9 10 11 3. 4, 5 0 7 8 9, 12 13 14 15 10 17 18 1011 12 13 14 15 16 ;19 20i21 22 23 24 25 47 18;19 20 21:22 23 , 26 27:28 29 30 31 ... 24 25 20 27 28 29 30 1 June I 1 ...j.... 1 2 3| 4 5! 6 7 8 DEC.. 1 2! 3! 4 5 6, 7 9 10111 12 13 14 15' 8 9 1011 12.13 14 I 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 15'l6 17 18 19 20 21 j 23 24j25 26 27 28 29, 22 23 24 25 26 27:28 " 30 ...I 29,30 31|...|...|...|.... * THE CHARLESTON MERCURY. 1 THE CHARLESTON MERCURY is now, as it 1 has ever been, a true Carolina paper, in the ( | hands of Carolinians, and an exponent of the pre- ? ' ?-?. J-!-? ?4? riAAnl n vauing seniaiieiim ui mo yvup.t. As an advertising medium it offers advantages that cannot well be surpassed. Its circulation extends throughout the whole South as well as through the Northern and Northwestern States, and is rapidlv and steadily increasing. THE MEftCURY contains all the latest political, foreign, religious, and literary news, in a condensed and attractive form, and will be found to be all that it claims?a live Southern newspaper. fid- Terms of Subscription for Daily, per annum, 88.00: for Tri-Weelcly, per annum, ?4.00. Conducted by R. B. RHETT <fc BRO. F. W. DAWSON, Assistant Editor. March 28 48 tf THE BEST TONIC IN USE. MANUFACTURED BY Dr, O. F. Panbnin, CHARLESTON* S. C. 1 January 24 39 s ly* I REGISTRATION. Head Quarters Second Military Dist., \ Charleston, S. C., Aug. 1,1867. j General Ordcrt, No. 65. 1 Registration shall commence immediately up>a the promulgation of this order.' IL Post Commanders will be superintendents >f registration within their respective commands, ixercising, in addition to the functions hereinafter tpecially conferred, a general supervisory authority, ooking to the faithful execution of the several Kesonstruction Acts, the maintenance of order and he protection of political rights. They will suspend registrars for malfeasance in office, neglect of luty, or incompetence, promptly reporting their iction, with the reasons therefor, to these headquarters. HI. Boards of Registration are empowered and equircd to suppress aD disorders interfering with the execution of their duties, to cause the arrest and onfinement of all persons falsely taking the oath prescribed, all persons committing any breach of he peace or conducting themselves in a manner sending thereto, and all peisons who shall threaten >r otherwise attempt to intimidate, or corruptly or mproperly influence any citizen offering to regiso ter; and for this purpose they may apply for aid the Post Commander, and may require the attendance and services of sheriffs, their deputies, constables, policemen, and also of any citizen; and all 3tate, district, county and town officers charged with the preservation of the public peace, as well is all citizens, are required to obev the ordersof said Boards, given in pursuance of the authority aforesaid, ana to perform all such acts and duties is may be requisite therefor. A11 unll ko nil arrrsu) uisuc ao ucicui piunucu w promptly reported to the Post Commander, to whom also the prisoners will he turned over with charges for trial by a Post Court, to be organized as provided in Circular of May 15, 1867, from these headquarters, and any civil officer or citizen failing to respond to the call of the Board for assistance will be dealt with in like manner. IV. Whenever any citizen shaU suffer injury in person, family or property, while exercising or seeking to exercise the right of registration, in addition to any penalty prescribed by law for the offence, damages shall he awarded to the injured party against the perpetrator, upon his conviction; and m case of default in payment of the same, or of the escape of the offender, if it shall appear that the wrong was countenanced, or the offender harboured or ooncealed by the neighborhood, or that the civil authorities failed to employ proper measures to preserve the peace, the damages shall be assessed against and paid h? the town, county or district V. Offences perpetrated by white persons disguised as blacks, being of frequent occurrence, the attention oftll authorities, civil and miHtuy, Js directed to the device, as one adopted to escape detection, and to cast unmerited obloquy upon tne colored people. In all cases, when resort thereto shall be shown, the fact will be taken into consideration as aggravating the offence. VI. Depriving a citizen of any right, benefit or advantage of hire or employment, to discourage him from registering, or on account of his having registered, or haying sought to register, shall be deemed an offence punishable by the Post Court, and shall entitle the injured party to damages against the offender, any clause in any contract or agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. - VIL The Act of Congress entitled "An Act fbr the more efficient government of the rebel States," and tbe several acts supplementary thereto, will be carefully observed by all Boards of Registration. VIII. Each Board shall, after having taken the oath prescribed by tbe act of Congress of July 2d, 1862, entitled "An Act to prescribe an oath of office (see Appendix^ form 1), choose one of its members as chairman, who shall preside at all sessions of the Board, preserve order at its meetings for registration, and represent the Board, and announce its action in all matters coining before it IX The places of session of the Boards shall be tbe voting places established by law or custom in each election precinct, unless for good cause otherwise directed by the Post Commander. X Each Board snail determine the order in which the registration shall take place in the several election precincts that may be assigned to it by the Post Commanderj and the time which shall be allotted to each?bearing in mind that the whole work is to be finished before the first day of October. XL Each Board shall, forthwith upon notice of Enblication of this order, and at least five days ofnro nnmmonmnir rooiatrntmn. irivA nntiAA t.hprft liA^iVl WUJIMVKVIU^ A v^swvawnvuj Q V ?w .??w ? - . ^ of to the Post Commander^ and the sheriff, and the mayor of the city or the intendant of the town, and shall cause written or printed notices to be posted in five of the most public places in each election precinct, announcing tl!e time when and the place where its sessions will be held, the number of days (in no case less than two^ and the hours of the day the Board will remain in session at each place for the purpose of registration: and'inviting all persons oualified to vote under the provisions of the act or Congress passed March 2d, 1867, entitled "An Act }/> provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States," and the several acts supplementary theret ' to appear before the Board for registration. XII. On the day and at the hour designated in the notices, for commencing registration, the Board shall, at the place announced, convene and enter upon its duties, and shall then and there also post notices of the time of final sessions provided for in Paragraph XIX XILL The room used for registration, which the chairman shall have previously provided for the purpose, shall be so arranged tnat the Board shall be separated by a bar from all other persons who may be assembled, and those to be registered shall be admitted within the bar, one by one, and I?n?Aflo ftn/1 nnrracc OA io fn QVni/) llieu lligiroo UUU 0V MllKUQVX ?W W confusion. XTV. Twojpitizens shall be admitted within the bar as challengers, whosainiily. it shall be to challenge the right of any^H&en offering to register, upon any of the grounds of disqualification enumerated in the Acts of Congress before cited: but the general right of challenge shall be conceded to all citizens present XV. If any challenge be made, the Board shall, before final decision, examine the person presenting himself for registration, in reference to the cause of disqualification alleged, and shall hear any evidence that may be offered, to substantiate or disprove the cause of challenge, and shall have power to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses and administer oaths in any case of registration. XVI. In registering, the names of white and colored citizens shall be entered alphabetically, in w?narflte columns of the list !XViL The following shall be the process of registering: First. Eveiy citizen presenting himself for registry shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by law (see Appendix form 2), which shall be administered by a member of the Board, and such oath shall be preserved with the lists. Second. His name shall then be entered in the proper column of the list, and called out hy the jhairman. Third. Any challenge made shall be noted in the proper column, opposite the name, with the jause thereof. Fourth. It is recommended to boards to defer ;he hearing and decision of contested cases until :he session for revision provided for in Paragraph XIX. ' Fifth. Whether or not there be any ohaDenge, ;he Board must ascertain upon such facts or irilor nation as can be obtained, tbat tbe applicant ib entitled to be registered before marking his name is "accepted,"?the oath not being conclusive. Sixth. Section 7 of the Act of July 19th, 1867, leclares that no citizen shall be entitled to be regstered by reason of any executive pardon or amlesty for any act or thing which, without such pardon or imnesty, would disqualify *him from regstration. Seventh. Boards will take notice that it is enaced by Section G of the Act of July 19th, 1867, :hat the true intent and meaning of the oath preicribed in said Supplementary Act is (among oth;r things), that no person who has been a member if the Legislature of any State, or who has held iny executive or judicial office in any State, whe:her he has taken an oath to support the Constituion of the United States or not, and whether he vas holding such office at the commencement of he rebellion, or had held it before, and who has ifterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion ajainst the United States, or given aid and comfort o the enemies thereof, is entitled to be registered >r to vote; and the words "executive or judicial iffice in any State" in said oath mentioned, shall ie construed to include all civil offices created by aw for the administration of any general law of a State, or for the administration of justice. Eighth. If there be no challenge, or if the chalenge be finally overruled, and theBoard determine -hat the applicant is entitled to be registered, the Board shall mark opposite the name of the applijant, in the proper column, "Acceptedand he shall thereupon be deemed legally registered. Ninth. If the final decision of the Board be ffiat the applicant is not entitled to be registered, the Bond shell mark in the proper column, opposite his name, "Rotated." -wr** "lenth. In every case of a raection, the Board shall make a note or memorandum, setting forth the ground of such rejection, and return it, with the registration list, mentioned in Paragraph XX. XvIIL The registration, eondncted as provided in Paragraph XVII, shall be" made in triplicate lists, two of which shall, after the oooclosion of the first session, be exposed for public inspection at convenient places, tor five days; and the third shall be retained in possession of the Boprd till after the completion or registration at the meeting provided for in Paragraph XEX, when the three having been oompared, and veri&d, shall be certified in the form prescribed and printed at the end of the blank registration list XTX. Sessions for revising the lists shall be heldjh each election precinct, after said five days exposure of the lists, upon notice as provided m raragrapn All, ana toe uoaras or itegBtntttoo shallnave power,-and it shall be their duty, to revise the same for a period of two days: and upoa being satisfied that any peftpn not entitled (hereto has been registered, to strike the nadfc of such person from the fist And the Boards shall also, daring the same pflriod, add to sueh Registry the names of all persons who at that time, possess the qualifications required by said Act- who have not been already registered and who shall then apply to be registered. + XX. One of the said lists shall thcuribe immediately delivered to the Post Commander, who will forward the same to these headquarters. x XT. Each Board shall, at or before the conclusion of Registration, forward through the Post Commander, to these headquarters, a recommendation of three suitable persons for Inspectors of Elections in each election precinct, stating the name, occupation and post-office address of each person recommended. XXTT. It is eqjoined upon all Boards of Registration to explain, carefully, to all citizens who have not hitherto eryoyed the right of suffirage, the nature of the privileges which hive been extended to them, arid the importance of exercising with intelligence the new and honorable frarichiae with which theyhave been invested by the Cctogress of the United States. XXIH Boards will take notice that according to Section 10, of the Act-of July 19, 1867, they are not to be bound in their action by any opinion of any civil officer of the United States. ' XXIV. Boards are instructed ihat -all the provisions of the several Acts of Congress eked, are to be liberally construed, to the end that all the intents thereof be fully and perfectly carried out XXV. The attention of all oonoerned is directed to the requirements of Section 4 of the said Act of July 19,1667, bv which it is made the duty of the Commanding General to remove from office afi persons who are disloyal to the Government of the United States, or who use their official influence in any manner to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct the due and perfect administration of the Reconstruction acts. The names of all such' offenders will be reported through the Poet Commander*; and all persons in this Military District are oiled upon to aid and facilitate the execution in good faith of the said Acts and die orders issued in pursuance thereof :.;,i ^-'r XXVL The Mfgor-General Commanding; in the exercise ot an ultimate revisory authority, will, in doe season, before the holding of any election, entertain and determine questions assigning errors in the> registry, and wiH, upon inspection of the completed lists, cause corrections of the same, that the true design and purpose of the laws lie faithfully answered, and that all the rights thereby guaranteed be fully and fairly enjoyed By command of Major-GenCTmT)^E^^OTCVE8. Capt 38th U. S. Inft, A. D. C. & A. A. A. G. Official : J. W. Cloiib, Capt 38th Infkntry, A. D. C. & A. A. A. G. ' <'' appendix. ^pobx l) Oath prescribed for Members of Boards of Registration. ? I, ??of County of and State of r, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that! nave voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever under any authority orpretended authorityin hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, 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 or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the . same; that I take this obligation freely2 without mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which lam about to enter. So help me God." Carolina, Subscribed and sworn to before me, a , this day of ? , one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. ? . Note.?Registrars will be required to take the oath prescribed by the Act of Congress approved 2d July, 1862. Blank forms of this oath will be furnished to Poet Commanders, and when dtfly subscribed and sworn, will he returned to the Post Commander, who will forward them to. District | Headquarters. And if any person shall fidaelv ! take and subscribe such oath or affirmation, such person, so offending and being duly convicted thereof, shall be subject to the pains, penalties and disabilities which, by law. are provided for the punishment of the crime of wilful and corrupt pequry. [form 2.] Oath prescribed for Yotera* I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm): in the presence of Almighty God, that I am a of the State of ; that I hare resided in said 1 State for months next preceding this day, and now reside in the oounty of , or the parish of , in said State (as the case may be]; that I am twento-one pears old j that I have not been disfranchised for participation in any rebellion or civil war against the United States, nor for felony committed against the laws of any State or of the United States; that I have never been a member of any State Legislature, nor held any executive or judicial office in any State, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or oomfort to the enemies thereof; that i have never taken an oath as a member , of Congress of the United States, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any 8tate Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof*, that I will faithfully support the Constitution ana ohttL the laws of the United States, and wiH, toflflfc. best of my ability, encourage others so to doMMf help me God. ;?. Sworn to and subscribed before 1 me, this ? day of?, 1867. J VAiiUJS Uif UUJI .FEDERATE CURRENCY. A NNEXEDisatableshowingthevalueof'Conj\_ federate eurrrency" In United States currency for the last four years?deputed from the average monthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold, at New York, Richmond and Augusta. As the rate of stamp duty upon documents executed during the late warjs based upon the value of theconsiaerationin United States currency, this table will be found very convenient in fixing that value. TABLE SHOWING THE BELATTVE VALUE OV "CONFEDERATE" AXDU. S. CURRENCY FOBfQURYEARS. MONTH. 1862. 1868. 1884. | 1965. Value In Value in Value in Value in Average for Concur- Con.cur- Con.cur-jCoaeurmonth of cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'ey. January $2.00 $13.50 $2*90 February..- 2.19 13.79 25.20 March -. 2.93 1A3T 84.90 April 3.23 12.38 May .... 3.87 10.65 ......... June ......... 4.85 8.12 ......... July .... 6.89 7.79 August... 10.53 8.85 ? September- $2.19 9.71 10.56 - October...... 1.95 9.70 12.80 November- 2.29 9.90 12.56 December... 2.28 12.60 18.26 To ascertain the value of a given amount of Con- j federate currency, divide the number of dollars by i the figures in the column opposite the date sought 1 for, and the quotient will be the amount in United I States currency. SEIVES. 1 61 DOZEN GOOD SEIVES. For sale cheap.? 1 By T. M. DOBSON A CO. f: August 8 15 tf 1