||^^^^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.
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)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.
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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.
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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
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