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||^^^^HH^HHBHnHRainy H^H|H|HHHBp9nS^Piwfiig thai RH^0MPnS|^HpMntWrluon fhy. HRRppFfflP^init that arvty lima a ^PwP|fcMt spoken that M to tn? period I 'whan Oharley Morgan firat mat my eouria I May, they Totld both laugh very heartily] Mt wowa always refuse to tell at whatever they laughed.' Tliia was certainly very provoking, aad 1 had litU^_luvMbuj_oii_ni uotog them bo?not ones; but many times ?u which they always ended by k Using eadh other nod looking very affectionate. "'I'^rteifariijed to have solution of the mMtir, if -for no other purpose then that it OTMled-aa* I am but a woman, and hevlag pleaded to the possession of curiosity, 1 eel forth one evening, when we threes MorSn, May and myself, were drawn up before e fire and early aettled for a talk. There time, mincing matter* wm my first Idea, and with this thought I dashed bolJ1/ o?t with? " fir. Morgan "?I usually call him Char1 ef. butl wm deal roua of showing that 1 WOTreally in earnest?"Mr. Morgan, why do yon always laogh and look at May when the subject of your meeting with Lor la spoken off This, I win anre, wm a simple question, sad yet, Instead of answering it la a simple way, they went hack, both or them, on the old plan, and laughed aa if the words I had Joalepoken were the best joke in the world. 1 oonid do nothing,-of course, but look grave and solemn, which in a few moments brought them bath looking in the same way, and toon May spoke to me seriously and "Ctmain Jane,' you take our Toughing mooh more earnestly then 1 thought you would. It U only a memory between Charley and I, that brings up that laugh ; to us itlS a droll femewbrance, but perhaps, in ?siting it, there would be nothing to amuse anyone." The explanation brought back my good humor Ja an instant, and, with a smile, I - Now, May, this is really unkind of yon ; for so long have yon excited my curiosity, that even if the story were not worth tellIng.you should tell it." .. ''Well, cousin Jane shall hav4 the story. May; I will tell it to her." *54, Charley, that Is really too bad! Ton ahali not do it, sir. If eonsin Jane is Co have the story, 1 will tell her myself." And than nft?r a .! -> ? t.l ???V ??IU, UCil W? iM alouo. "You shall do no such thing, M(ultimo was Charley's laughable response; "you shall do no such thing. This time 1 Will have my own way. aud oousin Jane shall not-bare bar ourioaity excited any mora without being satisfied." I saw tbsre was no discussion on that (Mist, b*t knew in some way Charley was to oome off viator, so 1 merely said that I would be back In a few mluuU-s, stepped oat of |he room and walked about the gar den until I felt sure the point was settled, When I went back and found Chnrley and May as happy aa birds, and laughing the old laugh aa usual. Aa I entered, Charley draw up the rocking chair, and after seeing ma safely deposited in its depths, mid: How, oousin Jane, I shall tell you the story, how I first met ray wife. "It is just fire years ago this summer that I wae granted exemption for a month at my and went down with my old ehum, Mesa is Hyatt, to bia father's in old Mon raowlh, the garden of that unjustly abused Htate, New Jersey. I should never have forgotten that visit, even though I had not Ma ibfluenoe on my wholo future life. 1 should remember it for the reel, trne hospitality, the ootid, aid thne comfort of the fama, and the quiet way in which, a few days after my arrival, I was put into possession of it and mads to feel that it all belonged to me to do just what I pleased with & There were plenty of fish, and we fish ad; plenty of woodcock, and we ehot. All this shall be spoken with a proviso. I say ww?by which, be it understood, I do not moan Horace's twin aiutn n*r*4* >i>J w?? tie M having participated in these sports They rode, to be tore, and charmingly tliej did it; they fished, and I am obliged tc they were luckier than their guest But they did not shoot, though I shall nol exult otrer their lack of this accomplish Beak. They were charming enough with eet, I am eare. I shall excite no jealous? by declaring that with one exception, which I ahull not mention here, Carrie and Nellie Hyatt were the most charming girls I bad deer seen, and I was just hesitating as tc which of th cm I should fall desperately it lore with, when ray calculations were disturbed by an aooidenl?Tor so 1 suppose 1 mflst eail it?though really teeming like a special Providence. What this was, I (hall tilt hi the beat way I know how. jif fa* atase days after oty arrival at thi amy aurioslty liad been mneh excited e occasional panegyrics lavished bj onng ladles upon one schoolmate <> rwnTMayfttsf >nens by name, who was, aeaaediag to their highly eolorad aooiunt the ynoet perfect thing in the shape of i woman then living. I tried to persuade uJMK that nothing in that line could sur piwm mo xs out a, bat still the re^nt v ?( M*y Stephen# haunted me, en<j MM like I ehadow across my now borr paeelon, I formed at laat an imaginary Maj Stephen#, and do what I eentd, the flgnn WW* with MO. At laat I waa worked Intc ft agony of curiosity, and trembling will aotn? great purpose which should bring bo for# me the object of my thoughta, and o tiftr two fetetw conversation. Inwhatthii mwoid have ended, it is ImpoaeibU for aa< t ftfcla tinea to eay, had 1 not learned em morning ae I entered the break fa?t roon Ike startling words from Nettie : ' ** Aad ee nhe ie coming at lest I I'm t< * WWther It Wee that the train of mj thought# waa npee that point at the mo ma?h J cannot eay, bat I knew directly lli< whole matter. I earn Carrie with an opei latter In her hand, and oqupllng it wit) Nettle'# word*, I knew that the hllhcrti only heard ol May Stephens was no doub IgggEIfciuT M DNd to Mk mtllou w a?^^ri'tTcr?J^; we?k?it vti en wm Ioji fluUwof ex-; t, an A my whole mind fljj the lieet flgtiro neem. With thi? Idea 07 wardrobe. I had i?nt clothe* to anwear > all ordinary purposes, Including, of course, Carrie ana Nettie; but the new goddcu was certainly worthy of a new ilgon my part, and certainly ehonld hare K. This resolution was made in fifteen minutesafter hearing the annouuocmeat of her intended coming, and before two hour* had gone I was wluxxlug on iuv way to town to carry Out my resolve. My choicest morsel of wardrobe should be offered at the shrine of i May Mepht-iift. '* I had absented myself on tho plea of a sudden memory of business neglected, and ? faithfully promised Nettie and Carrie that the next day should set me down at Hyatt's again, to stay out the month that May Stephens, the wonderful, was about to pass ' with them. u The racking of brain that day to create i a grand cnttmbl* ol costume?something be' yond all criticism, that should, at the first 1 glance, strike tlva beholder with silent admiration?was indeed terrible. TTle labor of writing " Paradise Lost" was no'hlng to it. It was early in the day when 1 arrived at my city rooms, and for six hours I dressed and re dressed, compared and rejected and selected", and at tho end of Uiat time 1 had laid out those portions of my wearing foods in which I had decided to make my rst app? nranco before May Stephens. It ^ wanted still several hours to sunset. HavI log gone through the great object of my visit, 1 thought it would not bo a bad idea 1 for me to take the lsst train, and return the 1 same night to Hyatt's instead of remaining > over until morning. No sooner said than I done. I packed my habiliments lind away 1 went. Whirling and puffing over an un' interesting road is provooAlive of sleep. Ho 1 found it when the shades of evening fell; to tho best of my recollection, I was in the i midst of a dream, in which May Stephens, attired in book muslin, and plain blue satin, ( appeared on a purple cloud, and admiringly inquired who my tailor was Just as I was about to inform her, there came a crash, and for a moment I was not certain whether it was the elotid Lhit lied ? self that bad torn some portion of my apparel that was overstrained. It required but a mem i a', to eee that both j resump tions were wrong. It was the out train? 2:27?that had run off the track, smashing generally, and spilling the eontente of several baggage car* all along the road, to say nothing ol frightening half a hundred pes sengers into a condition bordering on lunacy. This wan a pretty slate o( things, and to make it. still worse, 1 was eight miles from my destination, though, at it afterwards appeared, rot n niilo from the next village, where I heard it canvassed, a lavorn, supper and bed could be had. ' 1 wasdiaposed to mako myself agreeable, and accordingly rendered all the assistance in my power to unprotected females, for widen I got my reward on arriving at the ' haven of refuge, the promised tavern, by i being iuformed that sncb a thing as a bod for the night was an impossible idea, and that with some twenty more of the male i gender, I must bo content with chairs, while ' the beds were appropriated to to the gen' tier sex. Slightly disgusted, I swallowed I my supper and looked out upon the night. It was a beautiful moonlight and verging > on ten o'clock. By Jove, I would walk over to Hyatt's. No sooner said than done. - Giving my carpet bag into the bands of the landlord, with the most emphatic charges > of its safety, and punctual delivery at llyatt's next morning, at my expense, 1 set i forth. Eight miles is n trifle, nnd just as i my watch marked the quarter after midnight, I w ant up the lane that led to the house. They were early to bed and early up. I walked round the house trying each ? entrance, hut each nnd every one were fastened. It was of no consequence; my bed room window looked out upon the piazza ; I would not disturb the house by i l.. - l !i -I -is ? J- - >jw?ujg , ? Ult ui OllluOlllg WOUia UO llltt business; and should it be fastened, I would I tap and wake Horace, who was my roommate and bed f?l!ow. The thing waa ex ecnted as thought of, and my hand on the window, which yielded, and I stood in my room. By the moonlight which streamed ' in, I saw that the bed waa occupied, and by the heavy breathing I knew that Horhce > was in n heavy sleep. I would not awake 1 him, but save the story ot my mishap for the following day. With this resolution 1 slipped quietly into bed and in threemin' ntcs waa oblivious. What ought 1 to have > dreamed that night f But 1 shall not an licipate. I lay faoing the window as the 1 sun peeped up above the distant hills, and > scattered the gray mists of the morning ? i My bed-fellow was breathing benyily, bnt - it was broad daylight, and there waa no i more sleep in me, > I was determined Hori nee should wske up and hear the story of I the railroad breakdown. 1 turn- d quickly and gave the sleeper a sudden shake. As > rapidly as my own motion my bod fellow, i who had Inin with his back towards me, ' sprang to a sitting position. There are surf prises without terror, which depiive us of . our speeoh, until the brain has time to act > and reason. Such surprises do not generate t screams and faints. They are expressed by > opea-mouthod and silent wonder. This was the ease of myself and bed-fellow, as we a?f nnrifrlif nhn atorp/) K?v m%i ?<Ja ?- -f ? *"" "* *; * ? vy '"J rmc? with hor face within two Utt of my own, rat a young woman, not more than seventeen, with great, dark, hazel eyes, and such groat masses of brown curls, tucked away under the neatest little night cap that ever wna. feho had gathered the bed clothe*, with spasmodic jerk, up about the throat, and the most rigid astonishment, looking as though doubling whether she wae steeping or Waking;gazing steadily in my eyes.? Memory serves a man but little in each caste, bnt if my memory serves ms right, it was I who spoke first, 1 blurted out with: " 'JTow came yon herd' " Tho figure started, still in speechless astonishment, but in a moment, as though awakened from ita stupefaction, spoke: Are you Charles Morgan 1' " 1 answered in the affirmative. Well, then, Mr. Morgan,' said the fig. ? ure, by this time calm, with quite as much t d gnity ns though in the drawing room, ' I i r ok 5'c I if* ftt *41 >w viiWj ; ^ii^JL^SOOtll am Mty ?U>ph?M, and wabWin tide rMRn itfMr nrmmpMtrf arriral. Horace Md gone or? l? * ?e*ghl*>r'e a few mile* off before 1 got here, au<) *? not to return till to <Jay. Tliie.ie how 1 wee put in thin room.' " So here 1 wee, Kitting pit t1 wit with thl? May Stephehe.ltiyelieiiT lady,'for the flret meeting wHh whom > intended to g<* tff> such a eiiperlatlre to*Jot. A nice style of introduction, cud a pice et$U o{ toiWi? Ana the?elio by this time ?e 000J ? the 8Iel of December, and eat fboktiig rrie right in the eyre, in I mad* some rambling explaaatfen of my being in that etteaordtAary portion.- It ?* a Urn* aapfcmdttad, wonderfully- mixed up w W? irrelevant mat-' ter. and atamu.cred and ?tutt?r?d iu ft way Oint should hnv? di-,qustei any aonirtfd person. Sh# immeJtb* e seriously pondering the recital, and ?l Nb' *nd, looking at me as though asking the most simple question in Ut* world, said : 'x^L " ' What's to bo done I' *" tct me jump ont_oi the window as I came in,' said T7tn*a sclly tone of voice, for (lie thought came to mo that to achieve this end, 1 must make soma desperate die play of roys?\i in a style of costume which I deprecated. 8he relieved mo instantly. ' No, that will not do; theke are people moving about, and yoti will bb sepn." ?It woo wow ray turn to stammer out " t What'a to bo (lone V For I saw the little hapel eyed girl waa superior tp mo- in presence of mind and energy, of notion, gho did not wplt long to answer my questing ' Ydtj Witsl lie still here until,I get Bp. When I hare left the root**, you can fise, dress sod go aWay at the first opportunity/ was her response, delivered iu a quiet and business-like manner. " And so 1 did. Under May Stephens' command, I buried my head under thebed clothes and kept well covered until I heard the retreating (oot-slcpson the sinks, which was but a few minutes, though it acemcd an ago; thin, with a despernto bound, Jl sprang from the bed, nnd tnrisd the key on the departed one. It was the quMfeot dressing I ever tnnde, nnd 1 will venture to say that no tnat) ever sneaked out of his own apartment moro stealthily than I did. " That morning we met?Mny Stephens and I-at the breakfast table, I in the olmrae ter of the newly arrived thnt morning, nnd were formally introduced, during the ceremony of which wo astonished evory one present, and planted a thorn of wonder in the sides of Nettie and Carrie, by bursting Bimumtneoufliy into & nenrty laugh, which wo never fail to repeat when the memory of our first meeting cornea up. And now, cousin Jane, you have tho whole story of how I first met my wife." RepudiationGeneral Duboso has kindly favored us with a copy of tho II'mI and South, (say* Un Wimhington (Ja- (iuteUe,) published at Cincinnati, nud containing the proceedings of tiio Kutiouni Democratic Convention hold in that cily on 13th April Inst, for tho purpose of re-orgnwl*iug tho Democracy throughout tho country.? There wciu tunny good tilings said and done, of course, nud wu would liko to ninUo nioro liberal extracts from soma of theso vjiceches thuu our spuoo will peruiiC. To umko only one selection, however, wo present so much of tho remarks of Hon. Henry Clay Peanc, ns relates to this interesting question of tho repudiation of tho Hational doht, a topic now being broached with a frequency omiuous indeed to tlio " bloated bondholder." Its n dangerous thing to talk about, beCnuso tAlking educates pooplo up to tho ldou, and then the thing is dono. Mr. Dcano gives us many good reasons why tho U. S. War debt ought to bo repudiated.? It seems to bo a part of tho Domocratie pro gramme. Read : Wo xuay bo obarged with n purpose to repudiate this debt. Upon this subject, I bave but a few Words: Tho collection of this debt Is a question for tho determination of tho courts. I shall not therefore mere than refer it te those courts.? Aro wo bound for this debt; if so, how, and by what law? Wo are not bound by the Constitution to pay it, because it was contracted in a wur to overthrow tlia Constitution and destroy tho system of government under It. Wo aro not bound by theory of our governs incnt to pay it, bocnuso tho debt was contracted in tho destruction of the American theory of govornmont. Wo are not bound by tho laws of civilised warfare to pay it, bocnuso theso laws, as understood by Americans and laid down by our treaty with Mexico, wore violated at overy step of tho war from its iuccptiou^ to_iU eou elusion. Wo aro not bonnd in Jnstloo to pny this dobt, fur wo have received nothing in return for it. Nut only no equivalent, but it has boon contracted in tlio destruction of overy thing held sacred in property, obligation and security. Thcro has been po </ntd profwo. Ail this is outs'.do of tho consideration of the violence, fraud, opposition and cheats employed in tho contraction of tho dobt. M'o aro not bonnd in honor to pay this dc\>t. It was contracted without our oonsent. Tho Congress was ulooted by tho combinations of forco, fraud and Corruption?legislated under tho duress imposoJ by tho bayonets held by arbitrary power over Congress and Legislatures, and the Congress thus assuming to legislate for the country bad no eonstitutionul exis tcnoo. Then tbero is tho court of last resort, before wliotu all theso questions aro to bo hereafter tried?tho popular will. I need not predict tho resuit of the issue. Bnoh eases hare been tried before tbo aaiuo tribunal. No such debt ever has been paid; no such debt can bu paid; uo suoh dobt uught to bo paid ; no aueh debt will bepabi. Hut, overlooking tho other repudiations of thu world, tho party iu power is a pur;y of repudiation. It repudiated the Constitution of the Cnlted States, eul.diluting in its stead, edicts, militaiy commissions aud proclamatiuns. It repudiated, by positive legislation, tho dobts duo to innocent third porsons, corporation* and trust* in the Southern (States. It rcpudiatod tho obligations of servitude, an established by law, bctwoen tho black and whites. Tho Ocnernl flnrornmmt Is now officially engaged in tho lowest and most di honorable (orin of repudiation, by shaving its own paper in. tho money used. Tho gold is tho only constitutional form of money f?f that pnrposo j and after carrying on a legislation whieh is rcsolvud into no other general principle (than that of repudiation, tho ballot box, never in love with monopolies, will master repudiation. Tho bondholder* nro provoking rcpadinlioo, Fitst~-By refusing to submit their bouds to taxation. Second?Tly making thoir bonds an instrument of double monopoly, by using them as the capital in banking as well ni drawing interest upon their face. Repudiation offers the only hopo of rolief to flic country. . First?tt takes the corrupting influcnco of monry out of legislation. ' ?. - < .- ? ? ... .? ' 1 . '-' )PULAR fmmmmmm?ammmtmrnama?w CAtlOJJ^A. JOSE 27. IE BoconJ?It ri?lf tho country of tho whole plague wit cnmo oriCfeftcMore, clerk*, collect?rs'opto* phwp* atat?|*,'?aiMriv waffcee and xatw aiom tint aou MMa*. m, 7f It c<tua)iM). the WOWl?f,lV Tho poor tncp rovo llioir Tivoi In battle* Thjs itewntAitk that tho rich,wbo-fcrW fkt on btdofl, abaltnwrcndcr ?be pdnwdtw of war, to fare the poor who foii|(ht in battle fruHl buinir further ground by direct awl indirect taxation. Constitutional amend won ta can't nforca.tlie debt. When addpfod tSey dill bo ftttile In tbe hands rf revolution lets, who hare set tho example of repndiaiiea eoastLUiHoaa without auiondiuont, and ?U otlior obligations. I runst respectfully commit the publto debt to time, which outlaw* * It claim* by limitation. ^ - - s^-iwba-? *' Opinion of tho Attorney-General as to the Powers of the Military Commenders Perrons will do wCT Id keep this order. Th* following; 1? the concluding portion of AttdrneyOeneral Stanherry's opinion in r?(allou to th* KecoosUudlen Act*, definl?8 . ,, , ? ?T| WHO AM KKTtTLKI) TO J*EOI6TKATTOW. 1. The oath prnertbed in tho supplemental Act defiuea all tiie qualification* required, and every person who can take the oath is entitled to have his name enter ed upon the list of voters. 2. The board of registration have no authority to administer any other oath to the person applying for registration than this prescribed oath ; nor to administer any oath to any other person touching the qualifications of the applicant, or the falsity of the oath, so taken by him. The Act, to guard against. falsity in tlio oath, provides that, if false, the person taking it shall bo tiled and famished for perjury. Ko protision is mode for challenging the qualifications of the applicant, or euteiing npyn any trial or investigation of his qualifications, either "by witnesses or auy oilier form of proof. 8. At to citizenship and residence. The applicant for registration must be a citizen of the Stale and of the United Kinino aud must be a resident of a County included iu tho election district, lie may be registered if ho lias been such citizen for a period less than twelve months at the timo he applies for registration, but he cannot vote at any election unless his citizenship has then extended to the full term of one year. Ai to such a person, the exact length of lib citizenship should be noted opposite hit name on the list, so that it may appear oil the day of election, upon reference to tlx list, whether the lull term hns then been accomplished. 4. An unnaturalized person cannot take this ontlt, but an alien who has been naturalized can take it, and no other proof ol naturalization can he required from him, C. No One who Is not twenty-one years ol age at the time of registration can take the outli, fur ha inuet swear that he hue then attained thai age. r . - ,,, 0. Jio one who hap l-ccn 3is'ranchi?od for participation in nny rebellion against ilie United Hratee, or for felony committed against the laws of An)* Statu or of tile United States, can tnfely take this oath. The actual participation in a rebellion,or the actual commission of a felony, does not amount to disfranchisement. The sort ol disfranchisement here meant is that which is declared by law passed by competent an lliority, or which has been fixed upon the criminal by the st ntence of the Court which tried hitn tor tho crime. No law of the United States itas declared the penalty of disfranchisement for partici pation ir. the rebellion alone. Nor is it known thnt my such law exists in cither ol these ten Stater, except, perhaps, Virginia, ni to which State special instructions will he given. 7. A* to di*franchitemcnl ariting from having held office followed Ay participation ill rebel I ion. Thie is the most important part of tlx oath, and "I'?n.? - -?' nt iU meaning. I doom it proper to give the exact words. Tito aj plicaut must sweat oj* ofl'viin ns follows: "That 1 have never been a member ol any State Leglsbtlnre nor held nny executive or judicial oflieein nny Stole, And afterward* engaged in An insurrection or re belliou against the United State*, or given aid or comfort to the enctnica thereof; that I have never taken an oath as a member ol Oongieas of the United States, or as a mem her of any State Legislature, or nsan ofllcer of the United Slate*, or aa an executive or judicial officer o( any State, to support th< Constitution of the United States, and after wards engog? d in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid 01 oomf?rt V? u>* enemies thereof. Two elemcnta must concur in order t? disqualify a person under these clauses: First, the office and official oath to supporl the Constitution of the United States; sec ond, engaging afterwords in rebellion.? Both must exist to work disqualification, and must hap|>cn in the order of liino men tionedA perron who has held an ofFio* and taken tlio oath to support the Federal Constitution and has not afterwards engaged in rebel lion, in not disqualified. So, too, a person who has engages! in rebellion, but has not heretofore held an olV.ee and taken that oath is not disqualified. 8. Officers o/ the United States. As to these, the language is without limitation. The person who has at auy time prior to tho rebellion held nny office, civil of military, nndcr tho United States, and has taken an ofhelal oath to support the Constitution of t We Unitsd States, is subject 9. Military ojlcert of any Stale, prior to the rebellion, are not subject to disqualification. 10. Jlfunittpal oflleera? that is to say, officers of incorporated cities, towns and villages, such as mayors, aldermen, town council, police and other city or town officers?arc not subject to disqualification. 11. Persons who have, prior to the rebel lion, been members of the Congress of the United Stales, or member* of a Slate Legislature, arc subject to disqualification. -But thoso who have been members of conventions framing or amending the constitution of a Slate, prior lo the rebellion, are not subject to disqualification. 12. All the executive or judioial officers of any $tnte who took an oath to eupport the donstitntlon of the tTnitcd State.-*, arc subject to disqualification, nnd In these I include County officers, en to whom 1 made a reservation in the opinion heretofore given. After full consideration, I have arrived at the conclusion that they are subject |o disqualification if tliev were required to take, as a part of tlx it official oath, the < aln EVENTS 167. - ' 1 'i?ii !l_.! .?> to' support tho Constitution of ths United 8U(M.I''vI r'J ' ? -o. . ? '' I 1*. -Persons who eaerciaed msro ngtnoi* or erapluynMuits un?l?r St#t# Authority, are '? not (Jifquajifled; euoli a* copiuiaaionere to : -?!r? it roedsj commissioners of nublio ; work#, vfsM.oh? of 3tats Institutions direct' or* ofiJUte hank*, or other 8loto inslitull.o.t*, sxsuiinereof bauka. notaries public, , cpnpuitsibnsrs to tako acknowledgments of i d^erte, atad lawyers. ' . Having specified what offices heM by any odd prior to tlia rebellion ooioe within the meaning of the law, it fa necessary next to act forth what subsequent conduct fixes , upon such person the offencfc of engaging In rebellion. -I repeM that two things must l: exist as. to any peraon to disqualify him ? _ from voting; first, *be office bald prior to rebellion, and, afterwards, participation in the rebellion. l ?. An act to Ax upon a person the offenoo of engngiog la rebellion under this law, must be an overt and voluntary not, done with the intent of aiding or furthering the oommon unlawful purpose. A person forced into the rebel eerviee by conscription, or under a paramount authority which he could hot safely disobey, and who would not hove entered such service If loft frcs. to the exercise of his own will, cannot bo ln\d to be dieqnalifled from voting. 15. Merc nets of charity, where tbe Intent is to relieve the wants of the object of such charity, and not done In aid of the cause In which he may have been engnged, do not disqualify. But organised contribution* of food and clothing for the general relief of persops engaged in the rebellion, and not of a merely sanitary character, but cont- ibutcd to enable thirti to perform their unlawful object, may bo classed with acts which do disqualify. loreed contributions to the rebel eanse' in tho form of taxes or military assessments' wbioh a person may be compelled to pay or contribute, do not disqualify. But voluntary contributions to the rebel cause even such indirect contributions as nrire from tbe voldntsry loan of money to rebel authorities, or purchase of bonds or securities created to afford the meant of carrying on tho rebellion, will work disqualification. 10. All those who, in legislative or other official capacity, were engaged in tbe furi tbeiance of the common unlawful purpose, ? where the duties of the office necessarily i hnd relation to tho support of the rebellion, i such as members of the rebel conventions, i congresses snd legislatures, diplomatic * agents of the rebel Confederacy, and other i officials whose offices were created for the purpose of more effectually carrying on i hostilities, or whoso duties appertained to the support of ttic rebel cause, must be held r td tie dbqunlified. But officers who, during the rebellion, ' : discharged official duties not incident to war, but only such duties as b?lou<r ?v?i tn a ftnlc of peace, and were necessary to the preservation ol order nnd the administration of law, are not to he considered on thereby engaging in rebellion or a* disqualified.? Dirlornl aontlments, opinions or sympathies would not disqualify, but where a person has, by speech or hpr writing, incited other# to engage in rebellion, he must come under the disqualification. I iY. The duties of the hoard opointed to sit i per in tend the elections. This hoard, having the custody of the li#t >. of registered voters in the district for which it is constituted, must see that the name of tiie person offering to vote is found upon the registration list, and it such proves to be the fact, it is the duty of the bonrd to > receive his vote. They cannot receive tbo r vote of nny person whose name is not upon , the list, though he may bo ready to take 1 the registration oath, and although he may satisfy them that lie was unable to have his i namu registered at the proper time, in con > ecquonce of absence, sickness, or other cautcsi > The board cannot enter into or.y inquiry t a# to the qualification of nny person whose i namo is not on the list, or as to the qualifications of |nny person whose name is on the list. 18. The modi of votinrf is provided in tho Act to be by bal/ot. The board will keep a record nnd poll book of tho election, showing the votes, list of voters, and the person# elected by n plurality of the votes cast at tho election, and make reforms of these to the commanding General of tho district. 19. The board appointed for registration ' and for superintending tho elections mnst tako the oath proscribed by the Act of Con> grcss approved July 2, 1802, entitled " An Act to prescribe an oath of oflico." i uibruix si'ANUKuy, ' A Homey General. > Aid won the South.?It U staled that the subscribers to tho English cotton famine fund desire to appropriate their surplus fnnds, amonnttng to tho largo sum of $600, ? 000, in go'd, to the relief ot tlie Southern States of tho American Union. It is known hut a small portion of the fnndft would ever ho claimed by the subscribers onder any i circumstances, and, therefore, it is not likely i that there will he nuy difficulty in Ilia way of Us suggested application. It would ho i n magnificent donation. The Liverpool ? American say a: > "There may be some legsl obstacles to i(9 iiumedistc use for this purpose; but, as the character of the suffering will admit of no delay.it has been proposed to send forward a portion now, and retain a part until such time ns might bo fixed for its withdrawal. At present, no demand is more > urgent, no people more necessitous limn tho sufferers front old wrongs, civil war and recent fire and flood, in the Southern States 1 of America."?Charleiton Courier. Cure for Hydrophobia.?A writer rends to n paper the following prescript lion for hydrophobia, which cannot do harm ; " Eat the green shoots of asparagus, raw ; sleep, and perspiration will be induced, and the diaea?o can be cured in anv stago of canino madness."? A man in Athens, Greece, was cured by this remedy, after the paroxysms had aocnraenecd. Tnit tmwio of a wealthy church in Now York oosta more than tho minister's salary. Trinity pays $5,000 a year for its music ; St. John's, $4,000; Trinity Ubapel, $4,000. A number of 'fuarlette choirs in New Yoik receive from $3,000 to $4,000. For an avor?i;e second rate quartette and organist, 5" 000 must be paid. k i ft .%?tMfcMyfcre *** *> - wu^i *4tl r H-i? , ... *>K. * .. .! i .?!.. ?J jiJ?LSjj* 1' J .. 'If ,1 Mfl* NO. & ^ THE WINDS. tr Nearly alt tho battle flelde Weud Richmond are now eo*rn with grain. ?y Tho Rue*!an Emperor la believed to apend about #100,600 a day in Park. CfTTho Maeaaebnaetto contribution % the Southern Relief road, U $49,OM. |y Tli ere were 004/190 mar rf a gee So* year in the United Statea. 1ST Klein Itmlli ku W. ?*? --* OOo for an engagement of two weeks, Ufti. LOUIS. fg* Daring, the month of May, 87,199 foreign immigrants arrived at Now York. Tl?? famoua Twdegar Iron Works art frt full blast bc4> Richmond, employing 400 rtfli. * J ' * IW The ?iTf-plus of the wheat harreat In Georgia, U la Mtimaled, will reach 10,990,000 boshela. * * tW K eomnan* of capitalists arc said to bo negotiating for ths purehass of tha Mammoth Cave. The Indiana Kara taken almost antire possession of Brown County, Tanas, driving out tha settlers. {y Mrs. Abraham IJnooln has given $000 to tlio Association for the relief of destitute colored wotffen. tff* Idaho Cltjr, recently destroyed by fire, in being rebuilt at the rate of one bandied buildings a week. IfT John Randolph's former slaves are settled in Ohio, and are highly spoken of for industry and good conduct. BT The cultivation of tha grape is Increasing in tha Valley of Virginia, and tbo upper country genera ly. r> At Dublin, the funeral of a victim of the Iste riot was attended by 6,000 person^ oil wearing green emblems. fy The Eondon Morning Herald baa reason to believe that Jefferson Davis will arrive in England in the month of June. gy Frederick Douglass is being urged by influential persons at Washington for Suderintondent of the Freedmen's Bureau. ty The Department of State has information that tiie court-martial in the ease of Maximilian has been suspended for the present. 537" Old Jacob Barker, of tha Rank of Commerce of New Orleans, is said to havs been the first to take the benofit of the bankrupt law. . There is a whole sormon in the saying of tbo Persian : " In all thy quarrels, leave open the doer of reconciliation. We shoal<1 never forget it. The expansion of the rails of a rail roau guv nines long, amounts, in bot nniiitr day, to nearly a quarter of a mile, front the poiut of tho extreme ooutraction in winter. OTA Massachusetts youth recently passcil a counterfeit note on the minister who married liirn, and afterwards stole the minister's umbrella. iw a en. Joseph E. Johnston has bsstt appointed President ot the Charleston, Memphis and Topeka ltailway, via Atlanta and Decatur direct. t$f" Ex-President Buchanan contributed $200 to the Southern ltelief Fund recently raised in Philadelphia. The money was sent to the Rey. Dr. Boardmao. ?gn Ono of tho first questions ths Indiana asked of the PnrltsuB, was: ? Whst keeps the ocean sslt, when all the river* that run iuto it aro fresh!" iy After an interval of more than six years, tho Alexandria, Loudon and Hampshire Railroad has been re-opsned to Leasburg, Va. The Cincinnati VoiksblsU says that scvonty thousand emigrants are on thslr way from Germany, many of them intends ing to come to Missouri. ?5y Bancroft sends word to the Associated Press, that lis is a "statesman and historian," and that he will leave for Berlin on Ssturd iy by the Alleinania. jy The Louisiana Republican State Convention has recommended a July session of Congress as neodful tor the proper reconstruction of the South. An exchange says that a now religious paper has been established in Indiana for the express purposo of " savagely pitching into Christiuu ladies who wear fritxlod hair and things." %W Dispensaries have been located In different districts In Richmond, where medicine is prepared for the poor, without charge. This is a most hums no and generous movement. a jury in New Orleans has given a verdiet of $26,000 against the City Railroad Company, (or personal injuries to a lad named Martinez, previously weak-witted, who was made wholly imbecile by being run over. ?5?" Mr. Yoiintt, the famous veretinary surgeon, who has been bitten eight or ten times by rabid animain, soys that crystal* of nitrate of silver, rubbed into the wound, will positively prevent hydtophobia in the bitten person or animal. The (otal amount of aalee of live stock at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago, during the year ending April 80th, reached the sum of $30,888,124. Muring the eamo time, .172 cnttlo brokers' licenses were assessed. There is an announcement in tho Turkish r?Ticsl.meut room, at the French Exhibition, to the effect that every purchaser of a dozen of Celestial wine, will receive, ns a premium, one bottle of the water or mo rtvor Jordan, for baptismal purposes. t?r a citizen of Ppringfield, Mass., took a ride, th?- iber day, through the Longmeadow mci.dows, and without leaving his carriage, exec p.. to hag tlio game, sliot tltir. teen woodcocks wilii his rtflo, so rue of them at pretty long distances. 1ST Both houses of the Connecticut Legislature have nnnr.inx only passed resolutions welcoming President Johnson aa the guest of the Stale. Governor Knglish and his stnlf are to receive him, and he U to be invited to visit the Legislature. Dick Carter, the negro porter wha robbed the post office in Lynchburg, Va., in February last, was tried in Underwood'# court on Friday, and found guilty. Thn sentence was deferred. The case presented n'singular anomaly in the history of ertminnl proceeding* in Virginia, nine of the juiv . . < 1 t.i g ? < loied end thice * hite n <?r 4