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Jgmnm ?epartment. HOW TENNE88EE WAS SETTLED. "Yes," said Tom, "there she is."? "Who ?" said I. "Did I never tell you," said Tom, "about that old woman you see e over there buying snuff and calico at the ^ corner grocery? Well, you know this part i of the country (West Tennessee) was set- ^ tied originally by old Virginians and a large sprinkling of people from the State of . Buncombe, in Iforth Carolina; you know t the State of Buncombe, don't you ?" We l confessed our ignorance of geography, and a Tom went out of his way to tell us that e Buncombe was situate in that region of Tar { river which burnt up some time ago, and ? consisted of four counties known as Upper a and Lower Hog Thief, Promise Fair, and t Never Pay. ''But, as I was going on to t tell, the way this part of the country hap- ? pened to be settled was this: Some families from Virginia, in moving out West, passed t through tne State of Buncombe. They all ( had regular old-fashioned covered road wag- r ons, the hind wheels of which were, as usual, much larger than the fore wheels. A a wagon of any sort was something new in t those parts and everybody turned out along the road to see them; a great many follow- ? ed them, expecting every moment to see t the big wheels overtake the little ones. In j this way, they kept on until they got clear r over west of the mountains, and not having a over sense enough to get back, settled down t right there." "Look here, Tom," said one, x "you don't intend We should believe that ?" T "Pledge you my word it's true as preach- ?] ing?yes." "But what about the old wo- , man, Tom?" said one of the party. "Well," r said he, "she was one among those .first ? ones who followed the wagons from Bun- ( combe. After she had been out here about t ten or fifteen years, her father died in old Q Virginia and left a parcel of negroes to be j divided among his children. There war'nt ^ many negroes in this settlement, and those r who did have them were looked upon as f sort of aristocrats. So when that old wo- t man heard of her fortune she at once made arrangements to get the chattels, and one p Monday morning, bright and early, she and D the old man harnessed up the only horse t they had, put their best feather bed in the a bottom of the wagon, and started for Vir- p ginia to bring their negroes home. After 0 weeks of travel they reached the old home- s stead, and secured their share of the com- q mon fortune in the shape of ah old negro t wench by the name of Nancy. They pla- c ced her right in the middle of the big feath- g er bed ana hauled her all the way back to g West Tennessee. They of course had to 0 walk, but that was nothing; they were the ^ proud owners of slaves ana could afford to t do a great many things that their poor 0 neighbors could not. d "When they arrived home the old woman a was so proud of being called 'Miss Betsey' that she would go to the door of the log ^ cabin and call to Nancy, who was in the ^ kitchen, N-a-n-c-i-e; and the answer would p invariably come back, 'What do you want, c Miss Betsey ?' 'Nothing at all; only want j{ to hear you call me Miss Betsey.' Jfyct," ^ said Tom, "and one time I was there just z after they got home. Eli and Some more tj of us were going up on the crooked fork of ^ Little Sandy to fish, and stopped to get a 8 little water to mix with something one of ? the boys had in a jug. Nancy was down ^ at the spring just under the hill doing the ^ washing, and the old woman went out in the back yard, and yelled at the top of her ? ?c\t 1? ^ Kill T VOlUe "XI-tt-U-17-jr . auu rt ay uuuci uuv u??> jl jj heard the answer, 'W-h-a-t d-o y-o-u- jj w-a-n-t, M-i-s-sJB-e-t-s-e-y ?' Then the old j; woman sung out again, 'Oh, nothing; I only t] wanted to near you call me Niss Betsey from the s-p-r-i-n-g!'" jj By this time everybody was laughing fit 8j to kill themselves, except Tom, whose face was without a wrinkle. "Yes, sir," said f( he, "I believe in ancestry; nothing like 0 knowing where we all sprung from. Come, ^ boys, if Judd has any schnapps left let's o; take a drink." N. 0. Crescent. p A SECRET KEPT. vi A French actress, whose youth and beauty appeared inexhaustable?on the boards ei ?never would tell her age. Of course, the b more she wouldn't tell it, the more curious tl people were to know it. A woman can't b keep a secret! She kept that. e By good luck?as the multitude thought a ?she was summoned as a witness on a tri- n al. The irossins rubbed their hands and n 0 - chuckled. "Aha I we shall know it now. c She must tell, or go to prison for contempt r' of court. She won't go to prison; she will, ^ therefore, tell." The court was crowded P with opened eared listeners. In French f' courts of justice, the witness does not stand d in a box to give evidence, but sits on a stool 0 in the middle of the floor of the court, in a front of the President's desk, and with no ^ barrier or separation between it and himself. v The lady was ushered in, raised her right .n hand to heaven, took the oath to speak the e truth, and then seated herself on the wit- v ness stool. "Your name !** asked the President. "Angelique Tonjoursfleurie." "Your age V' You might have heard a pin drop, or the hair grow on the bystander's head. Every eye was bent on the lady. She was 8 driven into a corner at last! Foolish Parisian public to think so! An gelique simply rose from her seat, walked {( straight up to the President's desk, and whispered the secret in his year. He nod- c ded, made the entry in his private k notes, and smiling, continued, the rest of ^ his interroeratorv as soon as she had re sumed her place on the sellette. The pub- ^ lie retired with feelings of mingled disgust 4 and admii'ation. The trial had lost all further interest; and the President was known * to be a man of honor and gallantry, who would never let a pretty woman's cat es- i: / cape from his presidential bag. i Exchange. I How it was Done.?An Irishman, ad- J! dieted to telling queer stories, said he saw n a man beheaded with his hands tied behind t him, who directly picked up his head and a put it on his shoulders in the right place. c "Ha! ha!" said a bystander. "How ^ could he pick up his head when his hands t( were tied behind him?" "An' sure what a purty fool ye are!" said Pat. "Couldn't he pick it up with his t! tathe? To the devil wid yer botheration!" li A lady says the first time she was j] kissed, she felt like a tub of roses swim- c ming ill honey, cologne, nutmegs and cranberries. She felt also, as if something was running through her nerves on feet of dia- w monds, escorted by several little cupids in t< chariots drawn by angels, shaded by honey- li suckles, and the whole spread with melted t< rainbows. |d |or t&t Jtfwt iircb. J Porihe Yorkville Enquirer. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE YOUNG. The time in which we live demands the * xercise of wisdom. The period has never E leen?will never be?when this is not true ; tut of the present, it is certainly true in a c >eculiar sense. 11 It were presumption in any person to * >ropose, in the compass of a newspaper ar- J icle, or by the labor of a life time, to im- * art wisdom to any class. The means of .cquiring knowledge is various, but knowl- 8 tdge is not wisdom. This consists in a e >roper use of the former. The class ad- * Iressed will pardon me for offering a few v uggestions, with the intent of impressing a ipon them the importance of using their alents and acquirements, for their own u jood and their country's in her time of need. 0 1st. Because, having just passed through a he period of life best adapted for activity v md improvement, the retrospect discovers fc uuch of error and neglects. 0 2d. Because youth is the period of ide- * ilities, rather than of a just perception of a ealities, and a 3d. Because on the young, both male . tnd female, rest the heaviest responsibili- 1 lies. .Responsibility comes ana enas witn ~ ife and reason; but the old have discharged } uost of their duties or lost the opportunity, 1 md I say it with respect, but because it is v rue, are the subjects of feelings and habits, msuited tor the changed condition of affairs, ? vhich they will never be able to overcome. 11 Che middle-aged are too much harrassed ? vith cares, for great mental exertion; too * uuch discouraged by disappointment and larassing fears for physical enterprise.? d )n those rests the responsibility for the f >ast, on you, young men and women, that t f shaping the futute. You will be not on- g y the chief actors in the remaining portion a f the nineteenth, but the legislators, juists, executives, divines, and teachers, the u athers and mothers, in the beginning of n he twentieth century. * The country is, at present, in an un- ii iromising condition. Few have any defi- v lite plans for the future, in consequence of t] he uncertainty of the prospects. Many Q re living with a simple reference to the iresent, without making any calculations M r preparation for the future. Should this tate of things' continue long, the conseluence will be ruinous to the interests of he country. The brightening of the politi- a al horizon, which is a contingency, would g oon produce a change. This may come n oon, but whether or not, delay is danger- a us. If nothing can be done, politically, e y us at this time for the amelioration of a he situation, much can be done in the way tl f industry. That is a bad government, in- d eed, under which energy and economy, t< pplied with proper judgment, in all the b epartments of industry, will not ijisure a n igh degree of prosperity in such a coun- o ry as the one in which we live. More de- u ends on individual character than on the tl haracter of the Government, so far as it a: i possible for these to be different; but, E rhether we regard the character of the citiens collectively as identical with that of no tie government, no country can prosper no ithout individual success. The whole con- tl ists of all its parts. Every one should re- 01 ard himself as a "pillar of the State," ri ithout whose entire support the fabric ti ould be weakened. -N Many who were brought up in ease and T ffluence have been suddenly deprived of the tl teans of support and enjoyment, but man- a] ness of character forbid that such should. K ve merely because they are here, or, as if g< le world was made for their convenience, s( How many ask themselves why do I li' ve ? Ye.t, each has a mission, the respon- P' ibility of which cannot be evaded. Every si lan should reflect, choose that avocation >r which he possesses the highest degree f adaptation, from His plans, and by the w ischarge of his duty, fill up the measure h< f his usefulness. If this duty be thought- ri tssly delayed until the period of youth be st ast, there is, necessarily, loss to the indi- ki idual, the community, and the world. a It is a great mistake to suppose that tal- na ats and cultivation are thrown away un- ft >ss employed in some of what are called p: le learned professions, or that in these on- c( y, distinction and reputation can be reach- tl d. Manual employments have been, and d re, too much despised, but I am greatly listaken if the changed order of things will ot, in a short time, produce a salutary ^ hange in sentiment on this subject. That evolution in opinion which would assign to be honest, industrious laborer, his proper ? lace in society, would be one of the hope- ^ al signs of the times. The desire to be ? istinguished is selfish ; to be useful, patri- tj tic. The time is fresh in the memory of rj 11, when patriotism was high in esteem, hen young men aspired to it, and young | 'omen were loud in its praise. Though Q ot so much spoken of, it is as much need- ^ d now as then; but what is it ? This I rill try to tell you at another time. ? J- c- c. I For Sunday.?The following is to be a ead every Sabbath morning just before ^ tarting to church: n "Mary, do you remember the text this u lorning?" "No, papa, I never can re- a leinber the text, I've such a bad memory." n Mary," said mother, "did you notice Su- n an Brown?" "Oh, yes. What a fright. n 5he had on her last year's bonnet, done up, ^ . r>ea creen silk, a black lace mantilla. 0 r? o # 7 - 1 rown gaiters, an imitation of a Honiton v ollar, a lava bracelet, her old ear drops, ,nd such a fan ! Oh, my ! " Mother? 'Well, my daughter, your memory is im- v iroving." Effective Hearing.?Effecting preach- 11 ng is called for in churches. How pathet- ^ c every one grows in telling the need of it! 0 Sut how little one hears of effective hear- P ng! Yet effecting hearing is half the se- 2 ret of effective preaching. The hearers c aake half the preachers?alas ! unmake t( hem too. Who can preach to shut eyes ? nd yawning mouths? Who to those that are nothing for His word ? Who to that s' ear only a bit of His truth, and go forth 0 0 misrepresent that as the whole ? *( jA citizen of New Hartford tells that p he first time he attended church, he, a e ttle four year, was seated in a pew. Upon S is coming home he was asked what he did d 1 church, when he replied, "I went into a ft upbard, and took a seat on the shelf." a: Ministers are so frequently engrossed 'ith the terrors of hell, that they forget to c< all their congregations that there is a better ft md, which is heaven. God never intended g 5 frighten men into heaven by turning the g evil loose upon them. Irs Igricutturat fppattwcut. UTILITY OF MOLES. An interesting experiment, which sliows he service rendered to agriculturists, by ! Qoles, and the impolicy of destroying these i ittle quadrupeds, has been made. In a i ommune of the canton of Zurich, the mu- < licipal council was lately'about to proceed i o the selection of a molecatcher, when M. < Veber, a distinguished naturalist, laid be- 1 ore the board the following facts: M. Weber had carefully examined the i tomachs of fifteen moles, caught in differ- < nt localities, but failed to discover therein 1 he slightest vestige of plants or roots; < rhereas they were filled by the remains of 1 scaris or earth-worms. < M. Weber not satisfied by this fact, shut ] ip several moles in a box containing soda 1 f earth, on which fresh grass was growing, i ,nd a smaller case of grub and earth- ] rorm9. In nine days two#moles devoured < hree hundred and forty-on*e white worms, 1 ne hundred and ninety-three earth-worms, 1 wenty-five caterpillars, and a mouse, skin 1 ,nd bones, which had been enclosed while ] live in the box. orn.vAf.Vtnm raw mpaf, wit Tin 11 d small pieces, mixed with vegetables ; the ? aoles eat the meats and left the plants.? l le next gave them nothing bat vegetables; ] n twenty four honra two moles died of star- 1 ation. i Another naturalist calculated that two 1 aoles destroy twenty thousand white worms 1 a a single year. Evidently farmers ought I o endeavor to multiply moles rather than i ;ill them.? American Farmer. 1 An old gentleman, who has given a great < eal of attention to the habits of moles, in- 1 orms us that they do not injure vegetation in | be least, except in making holes in the ^ round, and thereby admitting rats, vrhich ( re .responsible for the damages that are ( sually attributed to the moles- While the loles do not injure the roots of the plants rith which they come in contact, by subsistig on them; they, nevertheless, make the ] ray easy for the rats to do so, and from ] bis circumstance, we rather incline to the 1 pinion that the mole is a nuisance, and it ] rill be best to make war on him. [Ed. Enquirer. ' keeping*turnips. , Editors Southern CultivatorI noticed ? n inquiry in your valuable paper, in re- { ard to the best mode of storing away Tur ( ips. I had an abundant yield last fall, ? nd still have nice fresh turnips. I gath- \ red them in the latter part of November, 1 nd cut off the tops in the field, and fed j bem to cows; let the turnips remain one 1 ay in the field to dry; then hauled them \ ) a high, dry place, and placed about 40 ( ushels in a bank, and covered with dirt? ( o leaves or straw?dirt, to the thickness \ f six inches, placed on and packed down ? tell. Gathered and stored last November, \ le turnips are still very fresh and sweet, s nd beautiful new tops forming. My Ruta , iagas did remarkably well, averaging 2f ( >s.?some weighing 7? and 8, tifter trim- j ling. They are easily kept, in the same r tanner; in fact, I believe they do better. I ( link every farmer should so an acre or two ( f Ruta Bagas. They are much sweeter, r cher, larger, and in every respect, better f lrnips than the Flat Dutch, Red Tops, &c. j lb use of sowing. if vour ground is noor. * ~ ~ o' y o # * . ? hey require very rich, light soil. Sow r le latter part of August, in drills 2$ feet } part, and thin the plants to 12 inches. ] !eep down weeds with the hoe?give two t ood ploughiugs, and in November you will c ;e a pretty sight. I watered mine with j quid manux'e from the horse stable. This t roduces a remarkable change in a very ] lort time. R. J. W. \ Macon Miss., Feb. 11 th, 1867. 1 We kept turnips exactly the same way c ith our correspondent, but in smaller eaps, and they kept well through Februaj. Ruta Eagas we kept well in piles in a able, covered well with straw. Beets 1 ept perfectly for stock, also covered with * light coat of earth. We found the beet ^ iore useful than we expected?hogs pre- ( srring it to most other roots. The latter 1 art of February, all these roots were un- I >vered, and placed on a lower floor, where 1 ley are keeping sound, and are likely to ^ o so till April.?Ed. Southern Cultivator. * ? i THE GARDENER'S PRIVILEGES. f The question was once asked by a very T eautiful woman, " Why is a gardner the mt extraordinary man in the world ?"? t 'he reply was as follows: "Because no ( lan has more business on earth, and he al ays chooses good grounds for what he does. g le commands his thyme ; he is master of x be mint; and he fingers pennyroyal. He r aises his celery eve^y year, and it is a bad j ear indeed that does not bring him a plum. t le meets with more boughs than a minister \ f state. He makes more beds than the \ ing of France, and has more genuine ro- ' ?s and allies than are to be found at a j ountry wake. He makes raking his busi- ' ess more than his diversion, but it is an ? dvantage to his health and fortune, which j 2w others find; his wife, moreover, has eough of heartsease, and never wishes for weds. Disorders fatal to others never y urt him; he walks and bustles and thrives "1 lost in consume tion. He can boast of i iore bleeding hearts than you can, and has c iore laurels than the Duke of Weilirigton. 1 lut his greatest pride, and greatest envy < f his companion is, that he can have yew 1 rhen he pleases." 1 ] Care for the Feet.?Many are care- } 2ss in the keeping of the feet, If they rash them once a week they think they are oing well. They do not consider that the lrgest pores of the system are located in he bottom of the foot, and that the most ffensive matter is discharged through the ores. They wear stockings from the beinning to the end of the week without hange, which becomes completely saturasd with offensive matter. Ill health is enerated by such treatment of the feet.? ?he pores are not only repellants bat nborbents, and this fetid matter, to a greater r less extent, is taken back into the sys- 1 2m. The feet should be washed every day i rith pure water only, as well as the arm- 1 its, from which an offensive odor is only mitted, unless daily ablution is practiced. ] tockings should not be worn more than a t ay or two at a time. They may be worn t >r one day, and then aired and sunned, i nd worn another day, if necessary. i Solon Robinson, in the agrcultural * )lums of the Tribune, says : "Clover is to irming what faith is to religion. One may o through the whole list of manures and 1 ood works, and must come to clover and t lith at last." c IpSfdliMiwttSi ' "I THANK THEE, JEW.?? The following admirable anecdote is from Q Breslau, and is of recent date. Not long oi since an elderly man, with bare head, stood Oj in an eating house, surrounded by a crowd p* rf people. The landlord held the man's hat T< ind cane in his hands, and an impudent wait* m sr stood between the guest and the. door.? fu The confusion.of the old man was indescribable. He seemed to be for the first time in such a scrape, said nothing, looked down >n the ground and with difficulty restrained tij his tears, while all around mocked and jeer- ^ sd him. Just then a poorly dressed Jew, with a long white beard, entered, and en- ^ quired what it all meant, and with an expression of almost feminine curiosity. He w was told that the man had eaten and drank, at md, now that he must pay, he searched his pockets in vain for money. 'Well,'exclaim- ^ jd the Jew, "I see the old man' for the first se time, but I'll be bound he did not come here to cheat. And landlord, if he had no money es to forget, couldn't you for once give a poor 01 man something to eat, for God's sake ?? How much does he owe, anyhow ?" The lebt was eight silver groschen, and the * Jew paying this, took the p >r old man by the hand and led him to tne door. Those present did not seem to enjoy the reproof which their brutality had received, and one insolent fellow crid out: "Hey! Jew, what have you done; this is the Sabbath, and you have touched money ?" [This is forbidden to the Israelites.] "You are right," an 3wered the Jew. "Just now 1 forgot that l was a Jew, just as you forgot that you were Christians. But you may rest easy on my account; I understand my commandment which says, "Honor the Sabbath day and keep it holy." Just get some school-master to explain it to you, and if he is a reasonable man, he will agree with me. Good leeds have no Sabbath." And with these words the good man left the room. 1 MINIT DEPENDENT ON BODY. Great men have, as a rule, had strong handsome, fine-fibered, enduring bodies.? Napoleon was very strongly and handsomely built, and had immense powers of wording and enduring fatigue. So had Wei- ] lington. Humboldt all his long life needed inly four hours a day sleep. Agassiz is a nan of prodigious physical vigor. Charle nagne was of colossal stature and vast phylical strength. Washington was an exjeedingly strong man. Henry Ward Beech- -n ;r is remarkable powerful in his make, " itrong limbed, deep-chested, heavy, and, at ;he same time, quick and active. Daniel SVebster was of massive physical propor- ^ .ions. Henry Clay had immense endurance. So had S. S. Prentiss, probably ;he most wonderful orator the United States jver produced, and who could travel, speak, 18 jat, talk, plead in court and gamble over a aro table for three or four days without ileeping at all, and looked all fresh and ~ jright when he got' through. All great jolaiers have had great strength and endu ance. Of Wellington and Napoleon and Uaesar I have spoken. Frederick the Great F lad it; and Marshall Saxe, the strongest nan of his age, and Charles XII., of Swelen and Gustavus Adolphus. Great phil- M >sophers and great poets and artists have lot been so remarkable for vast strength as irmness of texture and (in cases of the loets at least) for personal beauty. Goethe rns wonderfully handsome and stately in >erson. Shakespeare was a handsome man. Milton was singularly attractive in person. Jyron, though lame, had otherwise an ex- RJ remely fine face and person. Tennyson is i man of great strength and commanding )hysique. Southey and Wadsworth were Ji nen of fine persons. Keats was handsome. Raphael, Albert Durer, Michael Angelo, Titian, Leonardo de Vinci, Reubens and Vandyke were all men of very beautiful or >f very stately personal appearance. CRUEL TREATMENT OF JEWS. ^ An example of the treatment to which he Jews in the Principalities have been lubjected is given in a letter from Galatz. [t is exhibited as one of the most cruel and sowardly things that could be done even by ? Moldavians. Some twelve Jews were ex- Pi >elled from Jassey because they could not ^ >ay some tax. They were sent down to is jalaz with orders that they were to be B( mnished to the Turkish side of the river, < vhich was done. The Turks at first re- ol used to receive them, as their passports or, verc not vise by the Turkish authority here, m The Moldavians then proceeded to throw "v he Israelites in the water, and drowned an >ne, when the Turks said they would rath>r take take them without passports than ? lee the poor wretches drowned. After re- T naining three days on the Turkish side the Turks sent them back to Galatz, and on ha ittempting to land them the Moldavian au- va horities, soldiers and police, upset the th )oat, thrust the Jews with their bayonets jack into the water, and drowned three.? ac The body of one, the correspondent saw tacen to the hospital; the other two were lost. ^ The Jews offered, before the men were first be lent away, to pay their taxes, but were not istened to. A novel mode of keeping accounts vas developed at a trial in West Troy, N. _ Fork, last week. James Hunter, an illite- S1 ate man, who swore upon the trial t^iat he jould not read or write, sued Thomas Wells L( or services in rafting lumber from Slab -* 3ity to Utica. The counsel for Wells asked * Hunter how he could swear so positively to ;he number of days work, twenty-nine, when th le was unable to read or write and keep an [Jj iccount of the services ?' The witness re- th plied that after every day's labor, he cut a lotch in the top of his boot, and there were l< ;wenty-nine of these notches. Hunter's ot 1 xi? j: 4.^,1 ? gi ;uuusei IUKI1 UIICCICU. Hit mgv,uiuuo UV/1/UUU?mt to pull his boot off, which he did, exhibting the "account" to the somewhat aston- _ shed gaze of the court. He then presentid the boot in evidence: the same was ac;epted, and Hunter recovered the amount )f compensation claimed for twenty-nine lays labor. Perfectly %-itimate. Useful Recipes.?We pick up for the jenefit of housekeepers, the following use*ul hints. Roaches are disposed of as folows: "Take ten cents worth of pulverized Prussian blue, mix it with a little flour and iugar, put the mixture on a piece of paper, ihen lay the paper on the floor where the oaches generally run. Try it for a week, ind they will all disappear. Prussian blue ? sontains the poison that ends their depre- ^ lations." JWlt was an apt answer of a young ^ ady who beinjs; asked where was her na- w< ive place, replied, "I have none; I am the 11 laughter of a Methodist minister." ^fcphrfo. TERMS?IN ADVANCE : SPECIE. CURRENCY ne Copy, one year,... $ 2 50 9 3 50 ae Copy, Six months, 1 25 2 00 ne Copy, Three moptns,.. 75 1 00 wo Copies, one year, 4 50 6 00 tre Copies, " " ...... 8 75 12 50 an Copies, " " 17 50 25 00 ?8T- To persons who make up clubs of ten oi ore names, an extra copy of the paper will b< rnished one year, free of charge. 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Announcements of Marriages td Deaths, and notices of a religious character, inirted gratis, and solicited. tSI- Personal Communications, when admissao; Communications of limited or indivuol interit, or recommendations of Candidates for offices ' honor, profit or trust, will be charged for as ad jrtisements JOB PRINTING. 1HE ENQUIRER (OFFICE Being now supplied with the VERT BEST MACHINERY, And a fine assortment of !^EW JOB TYPE And other Material, JOB PRINTING Of every description, (TELL BE NEATLY EXECUTED. TERMS?CASH. i^?t??i???????? OTTNTING-HOUSE ALMANAC FOE 1867, I 33' *3' ? 30' t=^i ?-3 5JIH! *53!? 1 c3' o' c W' ^ cilo d ? 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Orders sent to, and contracts made directly with e, will save money, as I am prepared to do work a very small advance on Now York Prices. My business motto is "Promptness, Economy d Substantial Work." E. R. STOKES, Columbia, S. C. November 29. I860. 82 - tf HE CHARLESTON MERCURY. [1HE CHARLESTON MERCURY is now, as it |_ has ever been, a true Carolina paper, in the ,nds of Carolinians, and an exponent of the preliling sentiments of the people. As an advertising medium it offers advantages at cannot well be surpassed. Its circulation exnds throughout the whole South as well as rough the Northern and Northwestern States, id is rapidlv and steadily increasing. THE MERCURY contains all the latest politi1, foreign, religious, and literary news, in a conmsed ana attractive form, and will be found to i ah ihat it claims?a live Southern newspaper. EEr Terms of Subscription for Daily, per anim, $8.00 : for Tri-Weckly, per annum, $4.00. Conducted bv R. B. RnETT <fc BRO. F. W. DAWSON, Assistant Editor. March 28 48 tf TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York District. swis M. Grist, vs. Soth W. Fowle <fc Co.?In the Common Pleas.?Attachment. TETIIEREAS, the Plaintiff did, on the 9th day of Fobruury, 1867, tile his declaration against e Defendant, who, (as it is said) is absent from id without the limits or this state, ana has ncier wife nor Attorney known within the limits of e same, upon whom a copy of the said declara>n might be served. It is, therefore, ordered, at the scid Defendant do appear and plead to the sclaration filed against him, on or before the 3d ly of March, which will be in the year of our 3rd, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, herwise final and absolute judgment will be ven against him. J. F. WALLACE, c. c. o. P. A ?. s. Clerk's Office, York District, S. C. March 7 45 lyq tup nwaf tavtc iv itsf.. X JLM.MJJ XJJLikJ JL. A AV/ AAl VMJM* m \ Ni'i'ACTT'i;t:i? i;v Dr, C. F. Panknin, CHARLESTON, S. C. January 24 39 ly* rHE HISTORY OF GREGG'S BRIGADE. PRICE REDUCED. 1HE History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, known first as GREGG'S, and subsequently "McGOWAN'S BRIGADE, by J. F. J. Cald311. lately an officer of the 1st Regiment, S. C. V. roi. 12mo., f 1.00 In currency. A few copies for leatthe "ENQUIRER" OFFICE. Juno 27 9 tf REGISTRATION. Head Quarters Second Military Diet., 1 Charleston, S. C., Aug. 1, 1867. j . General Orders, No. 66. I. Registration shall oommenoe immediately upon the promulgation of this order. II. Post Commanders will be superintendent* of registration within their respective commands, exercising, in addition to the functions hereinafter specially conferred, a general supervisory authority, > looking to the faithful execution of the several Reconstruction Acts, the maintenance of order and the protection of political rights. They will suspend registrars for malfeasance in office, neglect of duty, or incompetence-, promptly reporting their action, with the reasons therefor, to these headquarters. III. Boards of Registration are empowered and required to suppress aril disorders interfering with the execution of their duties, to cause the arrest and confinement of all persons falsely taking the oath prescribed, all persons committing any broach of the peace or conducting themselves in a manner tending thereto, and all persons who shall threaten or otherwise attempt to intimidate, or corruptly or improperly influenoe any citizen offering to regiso ter; and for this purpose they may apply for aia tthe Post Commander, and may require the attendance and services of sheriff* their deputies, constables, policemen, and also of any 'citizen; and all State, district, couuty and town officers charged ' with the preservation of the public peaoe, as well as all citizens, are required to obey the orders of ! said Boards, given in pursuance of the authority , aforesaid, and to perftrm all such acts and duties as may be requisite therefor. ~j' ',; All arrests made nn herein nrovidcd will be promptly reported to the Post Commander, to whom also the prisoners will be tamed oyer with chargesfor 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 fo assistance will be dealt with in like manner. . IV. Whenever any citizen shall suffer injury in person* family or property,- while exercising or seeking to exercise the right of registration, in addition to any penalty prescribed by Iaw*tbr tike-offence, damages shall De awarded to the injured party against the perpetrator, upon his conviction; and in 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 concealed by the - neighborhood, or that the civil authorities failed, to employ proper measures to preserve the peace, the damages snail be assessed against and paid by the town, county [ or district. V. Offences perpetrated by white persons disguised as blacks, being of frequent occurrence, the attention of all authorities, civil and military, is directed to the device, as one adopted to escape detection, and to cast unmerited obloquy upon the colored people. In all cases, when resort thereto shall be shown, the fact will be taken into consid eration as aggravating the offence. 1 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 having sought to register, shall he deemed an offence punishable by the Post Court, and shall entitle the injured party to damages againstthe offender, any clause in any contract or agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. VII. The Act of Congress entitled "An Act for the more efficient government of the rebel States, " i and the several acta supplementary thereto, will be carefully observed by all Boards of Registration. r j " V ill. Each Board shall, after having taken the \ oath prescribed by the act of Congress of July 2d. ] 1862, entitled "An Act to prescribe an oath of or' fice (see Appendix, form 1), choose one of its mem; bers as chairman, who shall preside at all sessions nf iLa D n ? /] aiJah ni ; ui UK? Kuuiu, picccivc uiuci ot iw uicvuu^o xui registration, and represent the Board, ana an* nounce its action in aJl matters coming before it IX. The places of session of the Boards shall be the 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 b which the registration shall take place in the several election precincts that may he assigned to it by the Post Commander2 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. XI. Each Board shall, forthwith upon notice of publication of this order, and at least five, days before commencing registration, give notice thereof to the Post Commander, and the sheriff, and the mayor of the city or the btendant of the town, and shall cause written or printed notices to be posted in five of the most public places b eaoh election precinct, announcing the 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 auahned to vote under the provisions of the act or Congress passed March 2d, 1867, entitled "An Act t^ provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States," and the several : acts supplementary thereto, to appear before the Board for registration. XII. On the day and at the hour designated in the notices, for cwpmencing 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 that 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 their ingress and egress so arranged as to avoid confusion. XTV. Two citizens shall be admitted within the bar as challengers, whose duty it shall be to challenge the right of any citizen offering to register, upon any of the grounds of disqualification enumerated in the Acts of Congress before cited: Bat the i i a i it _ _ i.ii l.. : - :'i- 3 i general ngnt 01 cnauenge ?nan oe conceaea w au 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. XVL In registering, the names of white and colored citizens shall be entered alphabetically, in separate columns of the list AVII. The following shall be the process of registering: , First. Every citizen presenting himself for rapstry shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by law (we 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 by the1 chairman. Third. Any' challenge made shall be noted in the proper column, opposite the name, with the cause thereof. Fourth. It is recommended to boards to defer the hearing and decision of contested cases until the session for revision provided for in Paragraph XIX. J'Vth. Whether or not there be airy challenge, the Board must ascertain upon such facts or information as can be obtained, that tta applicant is entitled to be registered before marking nis name as "accepted,"?the oath not being conclusive. Sixth. Section 7 of the Act of July 19th, 1867, declares that no citizen shall be entitled to be registered by reason of any executive pardon or amnesty for any act or thing which, without such pardon or amnesty, would disqualify him from registration. Seventh'. Boards will take notice that it is enacted by Section 6 of the Act of July 19th, 1867, i . A - a?- ?x j : ..iL mat lue true lnieuL ami uieuuiug ui tue uam prescribed in said Supplementary Act is (among other things), that no person who has been a member of the Legislature of anv State, or who has held any executive or judicial office in any State, whether he has taken an oath to support the Constitution of the United States or not, and whether he was folding such office at the commencement of the rebellion, or had held it before, and who has afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof, is entitled to be registered or to vote; and the words "executive or judicial office in any State" in said oath mentioned, shall be construed to include all civil offices created by law for the administration of any general law of a State, or for the administration of justice. Eighth If there be no challenge, or if tip challenge be finally overruled, andtheBoard determine that the applicant is entitled to be registered,- the Board shall mark opposite the name of the applicant, in the proper column, "Acceptedand he shall thereupon be deemed legally raristered. ' Ninth Ir the final decision of the Board be that the applicant is not entitled to be registered, " Tenth. In every case of a rejection, the Board shall make a note or memorandum, setting fotth the groand of audi rejection, and. return it, with the registration Est, mentioned in Paragraph XX. XVIII The registration, conducted as provided r in Paragraph XVII, shall be made id triplteate lists, two of which shall, after -the coocfasion of , the first ses8ioa. be exposed for public inspection at convenient places, for five days; and the third shall be retained in possession of the Board till after the completion of registration at the'meeting < provided form Paragraph XIX, when the three f Having been compared, and verified, shall be eer- i , tified in theform presoribedand printed at the end \ of the blank registration list XIX. Sessions for revising the lists shall be held in each election precinct, after said five | exposure of the lists, upon notice as provided *n Paragraph XII, and the Boards of Registration shallh ave powir, and it shall be their doty, to re> vise the same ftr a period of two ckys; and upon , being satisfied that any person not entitled thereto has Been register^ to strike the name of sash , person from the list And the Boards shall also,, during the same ptviod, add to such registry the names of all persons who at that time,'possess the qualifications required by said Act, who have, wot been already registered and who shall the* appfr "f^On^the said lists shall then be hun^iately delivered to the Poet Commander, who will t forward the same to these headquarters. TYT: Each Board shall, at or befbrethC oon, ehuioD of Registration, forward through the Port Commander, to these headquarters, arecommeadadon of three suitable persons for Insperters of Elections in each jdection preciwt^ statmg^the person recommended. *K'B'"<) \1:"T x X TT It is enjoined upon all Boarchnjf Registration to explain, caieraflvf to all oititeoaf rtho have not hitherto enjoyed the .right of suffrage, the nature of the privileges whjcfe. have . teem extended to them, and the importance of exercising . with intelligence the new ana honorable frabchiae with which tbey have been inverted by the Congreasefthe UnitedStates. XXnL Boards will take notice that Mooring to Section 10, of the Act of July 19,1867, they are not to be bound in their action by anyopinl0nfflthe iOvisions of the several Acts of Congress cited,Pare . to beliberally construed, to the end'that all the intents iheiWbe fafly and perfect^ carried art XXV. The attention of all conoerned is directed to the requirements of Section 4 of the said Act of July 19, 1867, by which it is made the duty of the Commanding General to tortdveffoft bBfee aS persons who aredialoyal to the Government of the United States, or who use their offioial influence in any.raanner to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct the due and perfect administration of the Reconstruction acts. The names of all such offenders wffiUe reptwsdthroflglf WT8#T8fhfeMflefs: and aO persons in this Military District are called upon ioaidaud JfaciHta6-thePexrtutl6a in good faith of the said Acts and the orders issued in. pursuance thereof. v J . : v XXVL The Major-Genend Commanding, in the exercise of an animate revisory authority, w21, in due season, before the holding of any election, entertain and determine questions' assigning errors in the registry, and wiB, upon inspection of the completed lists, cause corrections of the same, that the true deeign and purpose af the laws be faithfully answered, aof that all .the rights thereby guaranteed be rally and fairly enjoyed. : id By command of Sky or-General D. E. SiCKUfe. - ' J. W CLOU8, Capt 38th U. S. Inffc, A. D. C. & A. A. A. G.' Official : J: W. Clous, Capt 38th Iuftuttry, A. D. C. & A. A. A. G. fl APPENDIX. (form 1.) v. Oath prescribed far Members of Boards if Rnvi<trn*inB. fi I, of?-Ootmty of and State of?w-, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne aims against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; thatlhare voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counselor encouragement to persons engaged in armed heetiUty thereto ? that I have neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted to the functwwMif ' ed^authority in I Have not yielded a voluntary support to Mr pretended government, authority, power, or oooatitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto." And I doforllmr Weartpr^ftffirm) that, to the best of my knowledge and ability, I wil' support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign or domestic;. that I wiu hear tone faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely without mental reservation or purpose of evasion: and ' that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God." . Carolina, J Subscribed and sworn to before me, a -??, this day of , one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. ? y-j. j - ??? j Note.?Registrars will be required totake$e oath, prescribed by the Act of Congress approved 2d July, 1862. Blank forms of this oath will be furnished to Poet Commanders, and when duly subscribed and sworn, will be retorned to the Poet Commander, who will forward them to District Headquarters. And if any person falsely trice and subscribe such oath or' affirmition, such person, so offending and being duly convicted thereof, shall be subjeot to the pains, penalties and disabilities which, by law, are provided^ fbr the punishment of the crime of wilful and corrupt perjury. [form 2. ] Oath prescribed for Voter*. . I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm), in the presence of Almighty God, that I am a citizen of the State of ; that I have resided in mid State for?r- months next preceding this day, and now reside in the county of-?, or the parish of , in said State (as the case may beh that I am twentv-ouejyearsda; that I have not been disfranchised fbr participation in any rebellion or civil war against toe United States, nor for felony committed against toe laws of any State or of the TT-i. I Oi-i--. 1L-.T1. uuivcu ouwaj urn x nave never becD t member of any State Legislature, nor held any executive or judicial office in any State, and afterwards engaged i in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or comfort 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 State 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 and obey the laws of the United States, Ad will, to the best of my ability, encourage others so to do. *{k> help me Cod. ? Sworn to and subscribed before V me, this ? day of?, 1867. j VALUE OF CONFEDERATE CU&REBCY. ANNEXED is a table showing the value of "Confederate currrency" in United States currency for tl^?1la8kt^Ujt^eare^^ated fronrth? average at New York, Richmond and Augusta. As the rate of stamp duty upon documents executed during the late war is based upon'the value of the consideration in United Statee currency, this table will be found very convenient in fixing that value. ' table showing tee relative value or "confederate" and u. 8. currency tor pour yhars. Month. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1966. \ Value In Value in Value In Value in . f Con. cur- Con. cur- Con. cur-lCon cur ! rency of rency or rency ofrency of month of Hintj.s. |linTJJ3. |linUa|lInU.S. cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. January ...J $2.00 $13.60 $28.90 February.... 2.19 13.79 26.20 March J ......... 2.93 14.67 34.90 April .....m.. 8.23 12.83 ? Mav -?A *<* 1 v _ MHum 0%0I XV. OO ? June ~ 4.85 8.12 July..., 6.89 7.79 August....... 10.63 . 8.85 September.. |2.19 9.71 10.56 Octobe*. 1.96 9.70 12.80 November.. 2.29 9.90 12.55 j December... 2J28 12.60 18.26 To ascertain the value of a given amount of Con- j federate currency, divide the number of dollars by (he figures in the column opposite the date sought for, and the quotient will be the amount in United States eurrency. SEIVES. /5I DOZEN GOOD SETVE8. For sale cheap.? By T. M. DOBSON A CO.