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f ' I' ' . I ... - ' v t y 4 P. . tvHuduty the Ihtraniun l1urt the ttar. - - : ....... Tram (!u . , (Wlm bi in kui n kui j J , I . ' '..., ,l- HWi. .1 I ftccompaniml the J'rfbulent ;to IUwlyv The' l'reeidcnt doea'nt feel eafo at goin anywhere witbout me to arrange tlic details auJ do the nice finanoeerio wicli in uccoMsarv.- . - Tbe 'Raw! trip wu$ the okkanioo 3 117 a serious trouble in -tho Cabinet. -.- The President was i n furor f f t lis LesetlhewuzeasensheHr lira fillial .. . . . . ri , 4 ' w . . persuasion. 110 baa niltiz exnen enced a moat consoomin lov for his , parents pertikerlclj for them on Lis Jather'i side.; lie lied wung around the entire circle uv offishel honor, and lied found traitors on all sides. V., but he cood lay bis hand ori his heart ' and say that he hed never knowd a troo man, bnt who, at some period uy his life, bed a father. Why, then, ; snood we not honor our lathers ? How ceodit be better dun than laym corner stuns ?: His father de . ccest in 1812, and it wua time that mis aooty wuz attended to. Uesides, at this crisis in the affairs uv the country, with Wilson and Kelly a snortin throughihe South, he felt ' it wood, be a good thing to show ourselves. ".',', Seward felt that it wuz well to go, Fillial love wa charmin, Shak" peer, who wuz ez justly celebrated ez a dramatist ez one he cood men shun, wuz for diplomatic. telegraffin. remarkt, "How sharper nor a ser pent's tooth it is to hev a thankless child,' the truth uv wich he hed ex perienced, ez he had bin styled the father uv the ' Republican party, but that wuz not to the, pint. s it is the uottty, uv every son to lav corner stuns.' In this case it wood perhaps hev bin more creditable hed it bin done fifty years' ago, butwat differ ence is it? It is natral, ez we are ... Kbout bcin 'gathered to our fathers, , 'ttfot we shood remember., 'em. ' Be sides, he hed a little speech which be felt: he'd , like to.deliver .--He wantid to bear testimony to the pat- ." riotism uv the "son uv Jacob' Johnsonj particklerly to our colored brethren in North Oarlina, - wlio hev bin ' lis- tenin to Kelly and Wilson.'"! ' Bandall didn' bleeve in it at all. . He made bold to say that as the Ueceagt Johnson had slept without a corner stun for fifty-five years, he'd manage to git along a while longer , It wuz rather late in the day. He bleeved in ieehn sorrowful over the decease uv. our relatives, - but he didn't go much on doin it fifty-five years alter date.' It wuz' too much like bust in into tears over the suf- . frins uvthe last illness nv j$et first. wifeTsgreat Tg'Fand-mother. The ; speecheB ho didn't" bleeve in at all. He hed seen some uv it ho battle- - companied one toor uvthe kind. "lie hed bin on itV He-was At Cleveland; . at Indianapolis, and Springfield, "Illiri6y. Ho legged to be excoosed. He didn't keer about ' tailing sich a kite agin. If the people uv , the - South shood receivo us ez corjclly ez the pceple uv the North-did, he pre ferred to consult his fcelins and be absent. He wuz a Bcnsative plant and disliked Bira things. - Et his merary served him rite the demon fitrashens cooden't bo considered flat terin. 4 The peeple didn't fling dead cats at ns, hut they did wuss. Ef ther wuz cold they, wuz rather too cold. -Ef they wcz in a yolatile humor they wuz rather too lively. He hed about made up his mind that it wozn'ttiv any yoose to fits fit out on that line ef it took all summer Success is a dooty, but when success ' is ez impossible ez water in the great Sahara j wat's the yoose ? w Wherefor struggle - i.et us go slow, draw our salaries to the end uy our 'spective terms,: and . so live that when the summons comes to jino the innum erable caravan that moves out uv Washington to ards their spectiv homes,, we go not like the dusky slave at night, watY bet his all on .. two pair, but soothed and sustained by wat we've saved: go like one who's ..?t.tklSdi.?tewjtha a source uv comlort to him to know that the worst uv men wuz. soon for gotten. Whoever speaks uv Tyler . or reerce or Uukanon now f JJcno , diet Arnold is onlv snokon uv on l"ourth of July and Judit Iskariot T on Bundaysr ItwllI bo so with." ns in time, for wich. thank tho Lord. But it wuz determined to go, and I wuz sent to Rawly to find out where --- the grave nv the honored father uv our honored President wua reely 1 i 1.' 1 , 4ocaieu, ana to mane sicn arrange ments ez tne exigencies uv the case demanded, which I did. I had diffi. . culty in locatin the grave, and ain't list ahoor that i found the rit-e oho. Tba people of Rawley wuz anxious to hov itcomeoli.cz trade wuz dull in the retail line, and , fur fear that I would report that the grave cocdent be found and thus nip their buddint; hopes, they gave mo - the choice of some twelve er hucea., belectin tho most eligible. I made , the other arrangement and returned. , , The excursion contrasted very fa vorably with the one we took last fall, ihe people received us at every etashen with tho most t ffectin demon strations uv love. " Johnson! John onl Jehnsonl" they yelled attach torpin place, wich sounded sweeter in Lis cars and mine than tho dam nable itersshon uv "Grant! Grant! Grant! " which grccf id u at every jiint nortli. The PrriiJcnt was sorry hedo't Uken Grant-with him to hho- him tb&t ef Ve u the inn( alax in utotne localities, we hed the iiaru uv the Teor!e in bthprii. D nt there wuz dwwbiX. to our en- joyracut. . No soontr wrxxl the Jfres- ident c:iiuicnce " Fellow citizens!" than Randall wcxk! pull the Ml rope audc.u the trane vould start. He wuz di'termined tLat he lou?.n't vesik, wlch (nit .nie t a a grate deal uv iron Die, ez after we arrived I hed torittr out find telegraph to the papers the speeches the Freii!ent wok1 hev made. . ;.. ; h At jILiwlv General Hattles wel comed, the rresidcnwhel party anl the FCdident responded. He remark ed that in Kawly he first opened his tender eyes, a penniless boy. Here is the scenes uv his childhood; here is everything to bind man to his fellow, and to associate him with that with which he is associated; here is' where the tenderness uv heart hev taken holt upon everything to wich it hez attaclied itself. - But. he was wandrin from his subjick. - His mind went back to the day he left this city a penniless boy.' Where is them wich Ke left behind him? He begged to inquire, where is the mends uv his childhood ? Where . U . the Hay wood's? ... . w , - "Killed at Antietam!" shoutid a returned Confedrit.fl ,',I wuz by Willyum's side wen he wuz Bhot." --"wher is the Hunters?" - ' . ' Running distillery at Waxhall Court-ou8e,"N)ed ! this same feller. who thot the President reely wantid to kno. He wuz choked down,: and the President perceeded. : Wher is the' Roysters, and the Smithsec; the Brownses, .and the Joneses ? ' Wher is the long list uv men who lived at that day: who lived here wheu I wuz a penniless boy , and who,- like me, command rcspeck for constancy uy devoshon ? I ieel proud uv'this demonlrashen I. feel proud of any demonstrashen XjZ auoosion nez -ran maae to my Doy tiooa days, when I wuz a penni less ooy, 1 may say here, ez perti nent to that Bubieck, that I hev ad hered -to the'f a ndamenlle principles uv the gov ment,jaart the flag and ConstooBhen,' i But to return to my subjeck, When I went out from among yoo, a penniless boy, I adop tid the Oonstooshen ez my guide; ana dv them i hev alluz bin guided. To the young" I Wood say that" they will be safe in takin me ez a model. Leavin here a penniless boy, it is not for me to say whether or not ,1 hev succeeded. I am no longer a penni less boy, nor is them wich is round me, -Mrsr-Cobh in'k penniless boy, nor is but ; this Js wanderin from the subjick. For the encour agement u v the young men afore ?ie"''t3S8.aXjyteK.Osyj Sfljojred all ITare about, ""aiq no aspirant for-not)) in, and -therefor -tha w?y I now open tor em.- All places uv honor 19 now before em. j I thank yo0 for this corjcl welcum North CaroliDy sent me out a jpenniless boy, and did hot "afford me, sich ad vantages ez, considerin my merits, 1 ought to hev hed, yet" I ' love hen Its better ez it wuz. Goin out a pen niless boy, and returnin after holdin evory qlns, trom Alderman uv my adoptid ; village President sho advantage a penniless boy. : 1 thank you this tribute to ray many good qual ltics And he startid,to git down when Randall whispered sumthin in his left ear. " Risin promptly, and drawin out his jianxercner, me rresiaent as Boomed A look uv subdood greef and resoomed 1 hev come fcmdng yoo to partic ipate in the detticashcn uv a monu ment to a man which yoo all loved, though it has taken suthin like fifty years for yoo to diskiver it. He wuz poor and humble, wich akkounts for my goin from among you a penniless boy, but uv him I am proud, for hed it not bin for him, I wooden't hev returned the shinin example to yoor young men which Iam. ,.'- ; The corner-stun was laid, and the monument set on it-.-lt is uv red nmestone,i"teB""iiwFTughrrsez good a ten foot Q stun rcspeck ez there is in North Caroliny. Ez the monument wuz elevated there wuz the appropriate speeches and then my Jitlo; arrangements cum in. tigger woman. 1 hed took with from Washinton rushed for' ard and sod : Brcss do Lord, Vz$ bin 1 waitin for dis dav td see do Presi Jent-HjMf 'Preuidentl " at" wich 1 squad ofniVcers I'd riicked nn and drilled hillored RoH" ; Ihis liulifaflectin sccun over, two qnaaroons, which I d Igo bro t with us in a pnvit car, cum for'ard wifli a expression uv, profound yrreef. at wich the President wept, and tender ly slung s bokays uv the choicest flowers wp cood buy in Washington upon mo torn t,.., s It' wuz. reely a tech in talloo.. The ancient niggur woman a hold lo2 to President's band, the youns quadroons a slinging the boksys : the I'reHident with his hed bowed. apparently a dreamin uv the days uv bis boyhood ; mo with an expression uv thankfulness that the hieircrt hed at lat recognized their Mosof Re ward with a saintly smile on liii face; Welles tryin to look cz neer ike bewird as possible, but fallin miserably to look like any tiling but tho egjrrcjn ell u$ as ha it: and 'andall with lis hnoJkerther to his cycn c ct onnianood ly flje movinj ceH, .rp one-eye s cocked over the handkercbe t-"ie how it t ok amons the niczer. it wnz eeen easier to be imagined than de scribed., 4 (- J-" -':l - Ther -wnz several incidents wiih okknrred wich did no, appear in the telegraph. When His - Excellency wuz spec-kin nv himself and remaifkt that his race Wuz "nearly rnn, a nn regenerated nigger yelled out "Tank de Lord ! " and when the quadroons wnz a strewin flowers on the grave nv Uis Lxcelleney's father!' observed rather more ; tittering among 4 the niggers than I approved v on'so solium an occasion, l askt Kandall wot he' thot Qv the 6pekel,ashen, and his answer w It didn't pay I ', struck me ez harm a vane uv trooth rnn nin thro it. - ' ' On our return the President wuz allowed to speak more, for Randall got urea uv watcbin him. We re turned in good health, and sum uv us in good spirits. ISeward feels well, for he hez au abidin faith that the mere showin nv hisself alluz hez an effeck for good upon the people, and ez -a4aatter uv coorse Sekretarv weiies tninKs so too. ' , ' Petbolbcm V. Nasbt. P,-t (Wich is Poptmaster.) and Professor in the nam and Japheth Free Acad emy for the development uv, the in tones ; uv,;,au races . irrespective uv color. , ' ' ' UkcLb Sam'8 Ebtatb. Within the last few days the annual, report of the general land office has been is sued from the government press in its complete form, accompanied by a number of valuable maps. - We ex tract the following facts from the re port; ; Tho public domain, at the present time, amounts to no less than 1,465,468,80JJ. - ..... The lauds in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, once a part of the national territory, have nearly all passed into individual ownership.,. The unsold lands are divided, into ten surveying departments-, with sixty-one districts, each one -being supplied with a register and receiver. The lands which have already'been surveyed " amount to - 474,160,551 acres, leaving unsurveyed 991,308, 249 acres, - , During the last' fiscal year the sales of the rmblic land amounted to $388,294 acres; the locations for military . oounty covered r 403, 180 acres and the total , 'quantity taken under the homestead act for actual -.111 . i j, . a. seniement was i,yz,oi(5 acres, Titles vested under railroad erants amounted to 04,506 acres ; - while the number of acres assigned tn agricul tural and mechanical colleges was b5 1,00b. Ihe whole number of aeresjdisposod of during the last fis cal year was i,GZ),m2. ' - It will be wen that "Unele Bam" has still a large farm, though he Bells off a good deal of land every year. We Bhall soon have to add to the national estate the considerable terri tory still known as Russian Amer ica. N. Y. Evening Pott. TIIIXG8 WORTH JigMMPRjfGJt Whitewash and STAOCH.--The CJtem- strong so- magnesia will r tO whitewash. and little of it used with starch will aaa considerably to its stiffness, Coin ct-thb Head. DrPollion, of ranee, says that cold in the head can be cured bv inhalinsf hartshorn The inhalation by the nose should be oovuii ur ciguv vnues in jive minutes. " CHAMOnnjt. -A decoction of the leaves of common chamomile will de stroy every species of Insect, and nothina: contributes so much to the health of the garden as a number of chamomile plants dispersed through . . To Keep lex vroh Mextoo.- Put the ice Into a deep dish, cover it with a plate, and place the dish on a pillow stuffed with . feathers, and cover tha top with another pillow carefully, by mis means excmaing tne external air. , Feathers are well known non- iTSjcductortof f hnafc and" hroonne; qnenoe the ice is preserved from melting. " . , . ' To ' Dbwbot Aim.-Get a large, loose sponge, ( wash it clean, and sprinkle it , oyer with sugar, , and lay it where most the : ants do congregate they will soon fill every cell and it wilf.be to them a sell. too. lor yon nave only to dm vonr spongolii hot water, to slay them by the hundred. . " v . .i To Prevent Steers frox Jcunnoj. To prevent steers from jumping fences, clip off tho eyelashes of the nnder lids with a pair of scissors, and the ability or dispoBition to jump is as effectually destroyed as Sampson's power was by the loss of his looks, Tlie animal will "not attempt a fenco until the eyelids are grown, ' 1 t)sirBCTAKT8. Scientific chemists and experi men tern, and all well in-- lorniea sanitary owoars, now agree that saturated solutions of coneroi ind carbonic acid are at once the beat and cheapest disiufuctaiits tint can be used, . Ad o MiaoxRr. W flud an item taken from a Glaagow paper, stating that Sf. John's Ixxtee Na 3. of that city, has recently celebrated tho SOyth anniversary pf itsexifitence,it having been trttted by chaitcr from hmx AlaMminJOO;, , BTATJSlICSftF TEf WHAT CBOP, tniwete returns Ci th mouth nf : Juno to the statistical diviSiciiTof the 1 sgricwfttiral deptrtm? n , corroborate atid fgrtify tlitrSfatenxnts relative to wheat prwspccts, tbicao have herc tolorf" giretfi. A cartfal analysis of information from all th tat-efiows that the total aCrease in wheat is 10 Ho 15 per cent greater than last year ln.a majority oU)i-e3tlIie breadth of winter wbSi quits M wide as nsnaLandthat of fpnng irhcat much jjyeSter. In the Ohio Valley the ocre nge ofwihter wheat is lew by 12 sr 15 per cent, with a Very heavy in crease of spring sowing. The states showing -any material decrease of acreage ' of winter wheat are Ohio," inaiaua, luwisas and iexas. 1 A large increase is indicated in ;Yirginia,H ueorgia, Arfcansas and lettnessee, and in the south erenerallr. and a slieht advance is shown in the New England and middle states. The increase in breadth of spring wheat in certain states is as lollows Ohio, . . .,37 per cent Indiana. .48 per cent Illinois. , 35 per cent Mi'nesota 35 per cent Wisc'nsinlS per cent Michigan. , 18 ner ct. MiBsouri , .81 perct Iowa,.... 28 per ct Kansas.... 80 perct. m-brasHa? 5)0 perct. TbttTaoit: indicatinar the condition of the crop are still more encouraeinffj rr-l. . , II ,11. 1 . 0 IO i ine ionowing tame snows the aver age improvement upon laBt year Ohio.,. 4. 160 perct, Misfionri ,, .80 perct, Kentucky . . 53 per ct Indiana ... 73 per ct Wisconsin S2 perct. Michigan. 80 perct Minnesota . 7 per ct Illinois,,. . , 15 per ct. Virginia.. 100 perct N. Carolina 40 per ct Tennessee. .53 per ct. . The other states, excepting Texas, make, a '.favorable comparison with last year.. It is too early to estimatfe the final result of the harvest; but with average success in ripening, the crop ought not to be less than 200. 000,000 bushels. ' An averac-e of win ter barley has been sown in a major ity 01 tne states, a aocrease 01 hve per" cent is estimated for New York, Ohio, eight per cent. Indiana, three per cent; an increase in Tennessee of- ten per cent., and in Arkansas of twonty-hve per cent Un the whole, there- is a -very elightlydiminished breadth of winter-barley, but the in crease ot the spring sowing 'mil com pensate for tho deficiency. - The con dition of clover is good throughout the country. uuuBuallv fine in Ohio and th Middle and "New . England states. In Pennsylvania it is some what better than in New York; and in Maine and -Massachusetts more, 1 r n comparatively,, uounsnuiff as com pared with last year, than in the re mainder of New England. . The acre ageof oats is larger than usual; in the west, Ohio is the only state which cannot' show an iricrea'sa " ";The crop is somewhaf; "variable" in""" condition ; in the soutii.iar above an average ; 111 New York, ten per ceut .below; in Pennsylvania, six per cent. ; in Ken- tuokv fourteen - per cent. In the weat, ftftjierolly, the prospoct ia better i .,.Jr ' t 1-17 ni..-( ' . i f The Eeconstruolion Act, AW ACT TO PltOVrDB FOB TirJC MOUK EFTICTF.NT OOVEBNMKNT OK THE KEHKL BTATK8. W'iikkkas, No legal state governmeute or adequate protection for life or property now exists in.the rebel states tf Virginia, North Carolina, South Corolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi and Arkansas, and whereas, lg necessary that peace and good order sliould be enforced in said states nntil loyalty and republican state governments can be legally established ; therefore. J3 it enacted ly (h Senate and HouM of Jiyreentatttc f tM llmled tSUtut of America in Congret assembled, That said rebel states shall be divided into military districts, and made subject to the military authority of the United (States, as hereinafter prescribed, and for that purpose Virginia shall constitute the first district; North Carolina and South Car olina the second district; Georgia, Alabama and Florida the third district 1 MiwiusWinl and Arkansas the fourth district, and Louis iana and Texas the fifth district . Sue. 3. And 60 it further enacted. That it shall be the duty of the President to assign. j ine command or eacn 01 said district an officer of the army not below the rank of brigadier general, and to detail a sufficient military force to enable inch officer to per form hi duties and enforce his authority Within the district to which he is assigned. . Shc. S. And he it f urther mooted, That it shall be the dnty of each officer assigned as aforesaid to protect all persona iu their rights of person and property, to suppress Insurrection, disorder and violence, and to punish or cause to b punished all disturbers of the rmblie tx-aoe and criminnlaf nmi tit this ead.be may allow .lucal civil4ibunal4 to take jurisdiction 01 and try offenders, pr when in 1U judgment it may be necessary for the trial of ilf enjoin, he shall hare power to organise military eommluaion of frjbunul for that purpose ; and all interference uiidur color of State authority with the exercise of military authority under thia act shall U null and void. ' v " . ? 3m. 4, And It it further enacted. That all persons put under military arrest by virtue of this act shall be tried without unnecessary delay and no cruder unusual tmnialiiucnt shall be inflicted; and no sentence of any military com mission or tribunal hereby au thorized, affe ting the life or liberty f any person, shall lie executed until it ia approved by the officer ji command of the district; and the laws ami regulations fjr the govern ment of We army shall not be affected by this act, excrjit in so far at they may ounilict with ita Drovisiuni : Provided. That no n- tend of death, under the provisions t this act, shall be earned into uuct without the l'prpfal pf th l'residciit BltC. 8. And U it fortW r(ide. That when Ui people of any one of the aforeaniil rebel taut snail nave formed a. constitution of government in conforadty with the constitu tion of tho United States in all resnecta. framed by a convention of delegate elected by the mala citizens of wikl auto twenty w yer o(J pud upward, of whatever race, v'lr, or jrt,-Tius cumliii ji Jjq ;;;ye been ' evident iu ti J state for one year prevbtut to the dar of turn cler tlon, except gti h' as may Ije dmfranrhiNcd for participation In the re)H-(llon or for Wony st common law ; and bin i h conitutM.B shaU provide that tl eliKUy fran'ihine ahull be enjoyed l,y all SUCH poni.Hu aa have the oualiljcationi h(rein. Utetl for eleolion of dekgoiet and when ut h eomttitutioQ , aWi U Ulic4 by niajoriy of the person voting on th qui, tion o( ratitiuation who are qualified as rht-tor for delegnU.ii, and when ueU con- dilation ah&U have !.wa i'jraitted k eon fr?T" for examiEsit : a hl ' appmva, ami cutigrr rtiall lt' ;sj ;nveil the ie;afnd lu-n sail state, lv a vote rf it h ;UUture e!e-tel under said t-ijiistitt-rion flull hare adotol the arnt-ndnifnt to the. eouslitution of the A nited bttt prttel by th thirty ninth ctngrew, ami known as article 14, and wlicn waXU article shall hare become a part f the cortf t!tntijn of the Unitrd Sttca, said state shall be declared entitif d to represen tation in congress, and nat and n-pre-sentatirw shall be.eilniittl therefrom on taking the oath prescribed l'y law, and then and thereafter the mling sections-of this act shall be inpj;cratrtve-4n- eaid state s PrvrUlil, That no pciwm excludod front the privilege of holding office by eaid propotuMl amendment to the Constitution f the United States shall be elijjible to election as a mem ber of the conveptiun to frame a constitntion for ant of said rebel States, nor shall aus such person vote for memtx of said conven tion., V. Sec. And be U furtUr enacted, That'until the people of said rebel states shall be, by law, admitted to representation in congress of TJnited States, any civil ffovemments Whicn miay exist therein, shall be deemed provisional only, and in all respect subject to the paramount authority of the United States at any time to abolish, modifv, con trol or sui)ercie the same and in all elec tions to any office under such provisional government all persons shall be entitled to Tote, and none other, who are entitled to vote under the provisions of the fifth section or tins act rana 110 person shall be eligible to any office nnder artv "such-nrovisional governments whd would tev disqualified from- holding office tinder the provisions of the third artiele of said constitutional amendment - - Constitutional Amendment.l.L The following Is the Constitutional Amend ment, commonly called the Howard Amend ment 1,' " , "r., , , ARTICIB xiv, 8KCTto 1 . All persons born or naturalized in the united States and subject to the juris diction thereof are citizens, of the United States and of the Btate wherein they reside. No state shall' make or enforce - any law wmcn stiuu aunasro tne pnvueces or immu nities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state - deprive any person of lifs, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its juris diction the equal protection of the laws. Sf; -a..;. Representatives shall' be apnor- tioned among tle several states according to the) respective numCcrsi countSng the whole number of persons- in each state excluding Tlll'itina nviiA L.U4-w,MM-ti'?;-t-:,-.i' 4-77 vote at any election for the choice of elec tors for president and vice president of the united states, representatives in con cress. executive and ludiclal officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to airy of the mttle inhabitants of such state being twenty-one years of age and citizen of the United State, or in any way anriaged except tor participation in rebel lion or other crime, the basia of represen tation therein shall be reduced in the oro portion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens twenty-one years of age in such state. . She. 8. No person shall be a senator or representative in onffress, or elector of pres ident and vice iresiWt, or hold anv office, civil or military, under the United fyatcs or under any stu'te, who, having - previously taken an outh as a member of congress, or as an officer of the Un'd fitates, or as a meniDfr ot imynww lcgtmature, or as an executive or judicial officer of anv state, to sui)iort the Cf)nntitution of , the United States, slmH have tflnj?t)d in insurrection or rebellion against the smne, or given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof, ' lint con- cress mav. bV ft VOtC Of twA.t.htrrlfl nt ..ol, house, remove sneh (liability "Sii!c,:4."TlicvaIidltv of the lllllilir- fhilit n nie v iiiwu Dinies auuiorizca by law, Inclu ding debts incurred fur payment of pen. sionsand bounties for services in suppres sing insurrection or"rebeilioa, Shall not be questioned. " But naithcr the United States nor ny state shall , assume or nay any debt . j n.!,. i 0,,,' . . ; . . 1 . r " vu..k,,u.u. .uiifi.u iit 01 insurrection pr rebellion against the United States,' or any claim for the los or- emancipation of any slave but all such debts, obligations and claims, shall be held illegal and void. - Sec. 5. The Congress Bhall have power to enforce by appropriate legislation the pro viiaopstif Hi is article,- An lot to Presoribe an Oathflf Office and for Other Purposes- , The following is the oath ("iron-clad") of office .referred to In tho Reconstruction and Supplemental Acta, . -' lie it enacted, That hereafter acy person elected or appointed to any office of honor or profit under the government of the Uni ted States, either in the civil, military or naval department of tha public service ex cept the president of the United Statei, shall liefpre entering upon the dijfie of gUch office, and before being untitled to thy of the salary or other emoluments thereqf, take and subscribe the following oath or afilrma timn,' A' "8" lwnnly iwear or! affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United State since I have been a citizen thereof ; that I have voln. tarily. given no aid, countenance, counsel or ' encouragement" to persons engaged ia armed hwtijity tljefiloi that I have, iPeyer aougltt hor occcjfed, nor attempted to exerf-ise the mncuons ot any oiiiee whatever, under any authority or pretended authority, In hostility to the United State? that I have not yield ed voluntary support to any pretended government, power or constitution within the United State, hostile or inimical llwrrtn- and I do furtliw wear (or affirm) that to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will sup- biiu ueienu we constitution of tue Uni ted States against all enemlea, foreism and domestic; that, I Will bear trtio fnith and Bltei'iafic to Hife iantinf fiat-1 "V' H,i v.i.i;" gathn freely, without any mcutul monn tioti or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully dincliare' the diitie of the ofliee on which I am aloift to enter, to help me OorV," which oath to taken and shroud, shall U preserved among the files of of the cotftt, house- of ofdircfc, nr l,e de-partnw-nt to Which snld .officer nmy apiHir tln. And any jx-rnon who may fulsely take said oath fchull be guilty of perjury, and on conviction, in addition to the pnaltie now proscribed for that offence, shall be deprived of hit offl, and rendered forever incapable affcr, of holing nnr offleo or phire under tlie Cnitoti Siniet, ' . 1 , , , A;4rutl July , 1S"2. , . , , BjfjJ'iiiion'.Bjry ExoimlrucUtm EilL An npii-i,i,Uil t iinnieiit;dfid an tut to lUe r.-I h'fnt ptwl X'-ir-k 2, 1 j8? Cn,f lie it ennetil, Tlml be fore (bo 1 day cf fVptrnjlK-r, 1K07, th rmnmatuliii g-nerl 111 each dWrkt detn-d bv t: c t entitled Anet o prrirhla (.)r the mr, T-m.-lriit fovfrrimetit of the rcbta S.tiit. tpi.rovtl lartlj wMxmd, t-lxt.tei-n hqnJrl an.i ivt fceren, shall cau a regioHtion t I made of tha mala ciliwti of the l'iu;d stu twenfy-oueycaniof br and iij.wnnln, nhI dent ia each rounty or ptariuli, iu tiic StU) or h tes incladed in hi duitrict," which rg m will include only thus nrmmi who are qialitied to rte f delegBU- bv the art aforvsaid, and ho shall lve taken and ut)scriledjUe f ollowlnsr oath or affirmation : 1,- , i Kiiemuly awtsr, or aSirm) in ft liifcscnc of AluJi-lirr Gut. tlua I am . of tue Staw of . t that 1 hr mnW in State Ut Mkotoits next nracniinj- taw dav, and now reside in the enoatT of -a , or nu-Uh of 1 1 1 . in mii SiiUc. tlw r.i m... i. ,v.t I am twentv-ooe rturt M : lW I tiiKfriinchijwd f,r jrticijuuioo iu anr rebellion er civil war atm'st u,, t'jiited 8uu, i'r for felon v mmmirtwi against th lttna of any State or of tifc United State s tliat h never been a memlr of any Seat legislature, nor heW any exei-utivt or jialkud office ia any State, and afterward eu-jpijrtdin-insurreeaou aj.Tunst tlie L' rated Btot, ami iri-ven aid or conifort to the enemies thereof: tha 1 bave never token aa ontli as member of Coopress of the United States, or aa an nfRir nf tbe I'njtcd rUton, or as a member of anv State LrguUtare. or as an execative or hutirW oDur of any Sut, to aupjioVt the Constitution of the L uted btates, and afterwards ensured in itwur- ecttoa or rebellion against tlie United States, or given aia or ronuon to t&a eneniiea therewf f and that I will faithfully snnport the Conniituljnn and oIy tlie law of tlie Uuited StaliS'and will, to the bcsr.of my ability, enconrage all others to do o heip .ma Uoo." w hich oath or affirmation may te administered by any rcgurtering ofhoer. Sec. 3. That after the comoletion of the registration hereby provided f of in any State at such time and places therein as the com manding geaeral, shall appoint and direct 01 which at least thirty dava' notice shall h given, the election shall be held of delegates yi b vonvention lortne purpose of establish ine ft constitution and civil imnmnunit such State loyal to the Union, and said Con vention m eaca. Btate (except Virginia) to con8iat of the aanie number of members as the most numerous branch of the State Ir. lslature of such State in the yeaj1860, to be apportioned among the aeveral district, eouatiesror parishe of the State by the com manding general, giving to each representa tion in the ratio of the VOter- -reoiatnmrl aa tforesaid, as nearly a may be. The conven tion in Virginia siiau consist of the same numberof members as represented the terri tory now constituting Virginia in the most numerous urancn 01 the iKislature of said dune iu iue year igou, to ie appoKioneu as atoresaid.. . Skc. 8. That at Said election the reister uu luraB uj. eacu Diaie snau vote- tor or against a convention to form a Constitution therefor tinder this act. Those voting in fa vor of such ft Convention shall have written orjprinted on the ballots by which they vote for delegates, as aforesaid, the words "fori Convention 5" aijd those voting againstsuch ft convention shall have written or printed on suon uauois ine word against a Con vention." The persons appointed to suner- intend "said election, and to make return vf tne voters given thereat, as herein provided, shall ' count ftiid make return of the votes giyen for and 8gwn4 ft Convntwu and tbe commanding general, to whom the same shaU have been returned, shall ascertain and declare the total vote in each State for and ftfninst a ConventioBvC lf a majority of the vote given on tliot question shall be for a Convention, then such Convention shall be held, a hereinafter provided; but if ma jority of aid Vote shall be against a Con vention, then no such Convention shall fee held nnder this act s Pro vided,. That such Convention shall not be held unless a ma jority of all such registered voters shull have voted on the question of holding such Con vention. -, . , Beo. 4, That the commanding general f each district shall appoint ueh loyal oflieer -or. person as may be necessary, not exceed- j ing three in each election district, in any Htate, to make and complete the registra tion, superintend the election, and make re turtrto him of the votes, list of voter, and of the persons elected ,aa delegates by pin mlrty of tlie vote east at sai&leetiw, Wd tipoi, receiving said returns he slMOl onen trip. Hftmrt mmrtilai . . , , .v,, ,uo ponsons eiectod a delegates according to the return of the of Mcm who-eond acted said election aad make joutuumwon tnereot, and if majority of the votes given on that question ahall be for a Convention the commanding general with- ! e delegates to assemble, jtt Conven- II ' 1,Z ;. rWc 10 M mentioned in tiK0,i md Wid Conon, when rhBlMfU-,proceed'to fnje consti helri"T.? 11 k: 1 cc ana the act to for tittbe !itted l lw owenon drl -S I1" 'stored tin M?" PSlJ ? faction vj ine onicerg or person appointed by the commanding genend7 hereinbefore provided, and to Se held after ,L ot tmrty aaya from ;th date aTT' w W gven by said con- TCHWJI4 , ana nie returns thereof shall be made to the commanding general of the di- SKO. S, Tllftt if. ftncordlnir in anl.l the constitution Shall be ratified by malo lty or tne vote of the registered'elector .lumiiicu " nemn specified,' cast at said w.c"lu"i le" one-nairof all the reginter ed voter upon the question of ucq ratifica tion, the president of the convention .i,.n tranamit ft conj rpf ie same, fay certified, V'0' Hepnited States, who auauionnwim transmit the same to Coni grew, if then ia session and if not in session, then immediately upon it next assembling; and if it shall moreover appear to Congress that the election was one at which all the registered and qualified electors In the State had an opportunity to vote freely and wHh- outscaM-ainL P,. tlj intinenc of fraud; and if the Congress shall be aat.ixfin,! tht suoh constitution , meet the approval of a ..j ui 110 ijuniiiicu elector In the 8ute,andif the iid constitution shall be aeclared tiy C)ngrew fq be in confonnitv witn tue provwlon of the net to which thf iupi)lcmcntary, and the other provisions ia act anau nave neerr complied With mii the said cotmtitntlon lmll be approved p.. C'mgres, the Btate shall bo declared en wt'ei to representation, hnd senators Hnd t!ientaUve si mil be admitted therefrom wireln provide, -'-.v ; - , Bei . All elections in the Rtaies men tioned In the eaid "Act to provide f,r tho more ettdent govanmientof the rebel StaU," slui 1, rising the operation of sii act, )m by bubrf; and all officers mnVvit the wid reginHir, ,f voters and fomlrtinlr shl clwtipiu. thai, before intnivj u,,,, the ruw Tl te,r dutle. uba.aiU m oath faithfully iu perform tlie dutii of their Wid ofHoi and t oath prescriled by the act ar proVedJuly J, 1 sua, entitled "An ftct to prescnb an oath of office": . t rvtidM, That 1 any perm nhall knowingly and fabr-ty take and suWri'-n bit nu.h U ii,;. .,: ( .1 ' VrJ: " "F'-n't'ngr nd brr h --' thereof dulf V-onvbi.1 .i.ii 1.7' .1. J.-m 'O the paV, peiiuities. and disabilities vhich b law Ve provide.l for the punUh meat of the , vui anil "t . perjury. . ,y- ; ; . , K'-; Tb"t etjienws incurred ,y t!, rtvend coi.inmn. g,tier1s or by virtue Of any onk-ru oraniiilim-ntMn nle by them nnder or by tblul.f this a. t, al,U f,e pabi out ofny moneykV the'IWury not oth. Win IpJiropriuU-d.g ( , , Tht the Invention forcah kUf ahall prwml-c the f ., Ury, and cuinpen satiot, to bo ! i del.Mjnb i r,,l tUT Offlcematid a, ..i-. h. t nsuthori. r ner. a- ary to carry in' t ( fT.-c ,) ,,,., . or ,,;. aet. pot herein oiUitwIm) provided for, and mil provide for tlie levy and collection of a iu property 13 och State m umy m necery to pay the same. fKc. . niat the Word f article" in the -f?h section of the act to whit h thia i. plementary fUnll be coimtrued to mean "seo- - Uoo.1 " " ' - - ' ,v Anotaar Important Ordef. - . H'n Q'fta, 2d Miut a r IUrtbict, , k Chaklksto. S. t. June SO. lmif. ' GtXETUt OftDfillS, ' ' ' - 1 Sberiffn. chief nf tVlV(a rirw maml..1a Z clucfiol defck-bvfls-aud ton mai.luila of the nitv. " - end districts, eitie. towns, and other luanieiiMtl orgamttttione, m Korth CWinaand South Care- liua, -will at oaeci hy letter, '.imri to Bvt, Col -Edward Wl liiiM, U. 8. airnv. provost mafbal general of tlie seeoo4 military oistrk-t, Chariea- , Duum varuuna, setting torJ in tha retHvrt . " tlie name of each officer, his residence, dttWdalnia--: turn, duties post office address, salary per annum, H7 and the authority hy.whom appointed. Coroners, . constables and other officer in this military rtia- . trtet, whose duty it is to make arrests, and who are not included in the force of anv sheriff, chief : ' of poiiee, city marshal .chief of detietiTos or tons - ' marshal, will mke mdivuinal reports to tlie pro vest marshal general in like manner and form a aWe required. -..!,. ILW'bcnaver-any homicide, rape, mayhem, ' -feloiuoni assault, burglary, arson, robbery or lar ceny where the-property. stolen is of the value of twenty-ttvedbllars and more shall be committed ' ' -within any city or town in this military uwtrict, ; the chief officer of police of such city or town shall at once investigate the ease and report the facte to the provost marshal general, setting forth - the nature of the crime, the name and resideBr of the jiiu-tj- against whose person or property roch - -crime ,has been committed, the time whsn and " placa where It was committed, the name. Uw(w ' tion and residence of offender, if known; and if the offender has been -arrested, stating what steps ' have been taken to secure his punishment; and if notinjmatodyigiving any information which may be of service hi aecuFing his detection and arrest. Sheriffs of counties in North Carolina and of dis- tricts in South Carolina, shall investigate and ' ' make report of sach offences, when committed - : within their .respective counties or districts, and -not within the limits of any city or town, iu like manner and form a is herein required of poiiee ofcities and towns. When an offender, whose -offence bat been reported,shall be arrested, report , t of the arrest will bo made at once by the officer in, charge, to the provost marshal general. " Consolidated monthly reports of the above enn merateil crimes w ill also be made by tha resp-w- -tive otlicers and for tho localities above designated ' to the provost marshal general. Blanks will be ' furnished. by him pon appUeftfittw.vTfaa ftnt r. gjrt to iiichide the period from January Jst to ' 111. Whenever any ' prisoner shall hreak and ' escape f rom a pouiteutiary, jail or other prison i in the second, military dintriet, the oflieer in charge , of such penitentiary, iail or other prison shall at uu hiiuvb reiKirt or tne I acta to the provost mar- ' shal generaltsctttag forth in ueh report theflate .' of escape, the name of . the escaped prwoner.his description, ge, residence, the crime for which ' committedj wliether under sentence or awaituur ' trial, whether recaptured, and stating fully tha -manner of the escape and the circumstanoeB un. dcr whichlt waseffectcd. 1 Heports in like form ami manner wiU b made by all -officers front ' ' whose Custody prisoner may escape while beinar conducted to or from; a prison. Whenever a pris oner shall be reeaptured, the fact will be at once reported to the provost marshal general by the officer from whose custody the prisoner escaped Failure to make prompt reiwt of eseaiied prison- -crs as herein required, wll inculpate the delin- ' qnont offlcer a anting and abetting the escape. IV. The sheriUs of tha counties, in North Car. ohna, and of districts in South CarolinsjwiH at once report to the provost marshal general the " conditimof the iaila. nruwna or mm,hn. der their irge, win UieirTsimctlv djstriote or :'T TOunucs, m to capacity, convenience and securitv . ki uw names ana re4noes of the oftWrs n- ' sponaible.fot tlvs condition and car of such jails prisons and Workhouses,, , 4 , AUeivfloflkwh,, jii, : " Woridiote this military dUtriet, Shall, on the last day of each month, make a report to the piwost manduilgeheral upon blanks to l t V, l"D"""w,u"i iuruisnea npon application, of all persons who have been confined in such iail forththe name of the prisoner, bis description, residence, ago. when committed, for what offem, arrested, by whom arrested, by -whose order arres ted, whether Under sentence or awaiting trial-' if umlcr sentence, by what tribunal tried aud. ten. -teneed; if seiiteneed, for what period, ami the amount of fine or costs, if any? how wnploved how subsisted, whether diachareeO, transferred. . fiined or deceased if aisehRrged, hywhat an., Uwrityif transferred , to whit place, and bv ' whom, -.Tlie fieat report made tm.ler the rtsm.lre- ' meats of thla paragraph will include th perioil " from January 1st to May Slsjt, 18C7, . , Jt-tm heriffs.conttle, police and other " l?V?' provWoiud govern went of Nortli . and South Carolina to serve wriUor makear. . 1 i",ro "I rrHlred to 'r and execute th,' ' ?ful OTd the provost - marshal mmeral to tlie sains effect asthev an rnmi ki!!7 . 10 and exeeuta writ. w.'r,nV. 'TZ'i "w -"" sul by eivil magistrates, And any resiHtanrc, of the provct tnarsbal general, ahaU sabject tii offondw to trial by a military oommidon. and ' upon nvlcti0n, te removal from ofliee and Pm ishment by flne and impriaonment .. V, V1L Duplicates of the report required, by tha provisions of narncmnh IT. Ill , v ,V nJf. . der, to he made by looal offleara to the pravoxt marnhal general, will at the same tiin b seat to "VI II. Tb parformanee of tha rfntlJ .t. by this oVder will not be eonatrud to .i;..i ..n . otlicers from the discharge of anr of the duties - now required of them by laws of tlie local previa tonal governments. And anvoivil uw..!Li'' shall refuse of neglect to perform promptlv the duties herein reqniredof him, or wbOT mak. any fl"e return or report of the matters herein prescribed, shall be dUmhsed from bU offkVanJ be intuect to trial bv snilitarrmm,tu-, 77.' ",w demeanor. , ' TT" a'-cMal.le, and other' oftVetSr whose official emoluments an eonflned to eosu and fees, sb. l b allowed for service, perform under the orders of tha prorost marshal general the same crL and fee, to be paid In tl aarn. manlier as ts prorfcled by the laws of the local provwhxml government for lik servic nnder thoas lawn; X. All persons in' this mflitiir 'ti.j way know U any thnatamid brwu h ol th ZZeZ 1 or of the eonimiMiioQ of any crime na offnieaiw rcni-tl to make eomplaiot thereol atonAate e t hief of polhw or marnhal of tlie eity or towni , if tlie crime or dWdar ahall 1-. X ,i..-.l .... ? uho ,e Umita of any eity or town, to mast wtrato or the sheriff of lh county or district ami if rwnpt action shall not be taken by th oulcnr to wliwn tiw matter shall repwtwV (qrh Mr. "' arercquetei to report all tba lactate. tU " rommHiiMi-r and to Urn nni 1.1 neraj , . X. Imprisonment ft default In payment of !t, foes, or ( liargea of court, atUmuM or put), otileem, lmll uH exceed Uiirty days, lty coiniiiand ( - " , " Miij-Gml I), t KICKLE. ' '. T' OCX A TCS T BLEF.Si'Xa efU, AOS it DAMOUTII K CiVS, - DON . TON.' BOAT; ' ' ' - -.' )rs DM will Mm, 77 VK a rUliea w,h qui. krr " " ' .' '. , A HORt f-m ebrthef no.,1 ha ruUilug , ! MOS Hi I) ' as etm pian4 will g( far a. t of ofiiina:-y nwi. It will it injure tha Kno t fMl.rk-. ' ' It will (irraaHintat he. " 1lut ""ipfottfirgminHitm., Wa al n mue , niaiiufwtitra wir CI-'LH. l. tATlU) XXX. FAMILY H),M'. . iMNKOK'lif ft) CO," j , : 70 Murray Street, N,w T'k. . k : -v t 1 ; ft- i v 1 r 5; -v.' V I f i :.' -a
The Weekly Raleigh Register (Raleigh, N.C.)
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