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Vol. LI.
MILLEDGBVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1870.
No. 23.
~ R <3c S0.2ST,
EDITOR 8 AND PROPRIETORS.
Tertt8 $ 3,00 per annum, in Advance.
, T1S 1SC—Persquare often lines, each
A° TE ^'| do. ALreuauts and others forall
iasertija, 2a, twenty-five per cent. off.
lUjuut*J’ ei *
LEGAL advertising.
, . piiatinnsiorlettersot ad-
Or*‘»*T t I.■-«> hip ,<kc $ 3 00
ministration guardians f v 2 0()
Kwestamd notice— d [ s ”’L'f'romad'm’.i 6 GO
Apphcat.ontor etters » . nQ rd , n s 5Q
App «c»t.onft»r ertersof * ft 0 0
Rries of Land, per square of Un lines.... o 10
-Foreclosure of mortgage and oth-
Sr monthly's, per square 1 00
V.tray notices, thirty days -. 00
Tribute* of Reaped, Resolutions by Societies,
Obituaries, exceeding six line*,to be charged
transient advertising.
Lo r dales of Laud, by Administrators, Execu-
,ff or Guardians, are lequired by law, to be held
the firs* Taesdav in the month, between the
Hour* often in the forenoon and three in the af-
i*a, attheGourt-h mseui the county in winch
L^oroparty is situated.
Notice ofthwe sales must begiven in a public
..,0116 40 days previous to the-day of sale.
Vetice f»r the sale of personal property mnst.be
riven inline manner 10 Jays previous to sale day.
Notices to debtors and creditors of an estate
»»<• •»
1»1. »»•* >»
toi two months.
!**?“ f. r letters of Administration, Guar-
CUalioni [ or ' e “ C b r e % nblis hed30days-fordis-
4 ‘' n ' h \fn Administration, monthly six months ;
":T.mi^on^o« guardianship, 40 days.
• # , .„« nrP of M“rtgages must be
lisies frtV f« r f ur f 0lir months—for establish-
f abhihed nomt ' £ tht full:spactof three months—
i*glosipap«rs,/ fr om Executors or Admiuis-
f *rcuiapelbuff tl^ ^ been gJven by the de-
r * I Se full space of three months.^ Charge,
I?” ttn line, for each insert.on
“ ,.. , v ;n jiivvavs be continued accord
,J tt o Jh*V*.‘the legal requirements,unless otb
•r»i«e ordered.
, E S
CHANGE 0TSCHEDULE.
NO CHANCrB OF CARS BE
TWEEN SAVANNAH, AU
GUSTA AND 2&XOWTGOBX-
E&7, ALABAMA
TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, CET. R.
Savannah, August 14, 1868.
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 16th iust., Pas
senger Trains on the Georgia Central R. R
will run as follows :
UP DAY TRAIN.
leave arrive.
Savannah — -.8:00 A M
Macon - 5:38 P M
Augusta ...5:38 P M
Milledgeviile 8:58 P M
Eatonton .... ..11.00 P M
Connecting with trains that leaves
Augusta.. 8:45 AM
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Macon 7:00
Savannah 5:30 P M
Augusta 5:38 P M
Connecting with train that leaves
Augusta. —8:45 A M
UP NIGHT TRAIN
Savannah 7:20 P M
Macon 6:55 A M
Augusta 8:13 A M
Connecting with trains that leaves
Augusta — 9:33 P M
DOWN NIGHT TRAIN.
Macon - 6:25 P M
Savannah 5:10 A M
Augusta 9:13 A M
Milledgeviile 4:30 P M
Eatonton - - .2:40 P M
Connecting with train that leaves
Augusta 9:53 P M
A M Trains (rom Savannah and Augusta, a
P M Train from Macon connect with Milledg e
rille Train at Gordon daily. Sundays excepted.
P M. Train from Savannah connects with thro’
mail-train on South Caroline Wnilrcad, and P. M.
train from Savannah and Augusta with trains on
South-Western &ud Muscogee Railroads.
WM. ROGERS,
Act’g Master of Transportation.
February 1,1870 '5 tf
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
. v citoc’RIMTF.NDENT’S OFFICE
1
instant,
run as
.2.10 P M
ERA.L SUPERINTENDENT’S OFF
ATLANTIC k GL'LK, R. R- LOMPA!' ,
Savannah, January < , > s ' u -
AND AFTER SUNDAY, the 9th i
O Paweuger Trains on tins Road will
fellow EPXPKESo TRAIN.
Lht. Savannah .very day at... — -4.30 P M
Arrive at Jesup junction. M & « 7 30 P M
Arrive at Live Oak eveiy day -- jj
Arrive at Jacksonville every y • -
Arrive at TaHahas.ee every day * M
Arrive at Quincy every day
Arrive at Bainbridge Mondays ex- A M
L^veBa P inbridge, Sundays excepted.9 30 P M
Leave Quincy every day*- ^ p #c
Leave Tallahassee every day *
Leave Jacksonville every day
Leave Live Oak every day *
Leave Jesup every uay--- ioftOA M
Arrive at Savannah every day 10-oU
MACON A BRUNSWICK ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN.
Leave Savannah, Sundays except
Arrive at’J*eeupa Sundays except- ^ p M
Arrive « Brunswick daily at 8 P ^
Leave M.oon dajly at - - -JJJ p M
Leare Jeitfp daily w
Arrive at Savannah daily at 9-30 P M
On Sunday this Train will leave Savannah at
7 15 A. it., connecting with Trains for Macon &
Brnnawick, and connecting with trams homj&a.
con and Brunswick will arrive at baiaunan at
,WPM ' DAY TRAIN.
Leave Savannah, Sundays except
ed at
Arrive at Jeeups, Sundays except
ed at
Arrive at Live.Oak, Sundays ex-
* »
Leave Live Oak, Sundays except
ed at
leave Jeaups, Sunday* except
ed at —
Arriv* at Savannah ,Sundays ex
cepted at --
OF* Paeeengers for Macon take 7.15 A M train
frea Savannah, leaving daily. .. .
Passenger* for Brunswick take 2 10 P M. train
irem Savannah. ,
Passengers leaving Macon at 8 30 A M connect
at Jeeup with express train for Florida and West
er* Division, and with train for Savannah, arriv
ing at 9.30 PM.
Pawengerg from Brunswick connect at Jesup with
train for Savauuah, arriving at 5.35 P M except
on Sunday*, when it arrives at 9 30 P. M at Jesup
with Expres* Train for Savannah, arriving at
10 50 A M.
Connect at Macon with Train for Atlanta, leav
ing at 9.00 P M.
SOUTH GEORGIA & FLORIDA R. R.TRAIM.
Leave Thomasville Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Satardavs Rt - 8.00 A M
Arrive at Pelham, Tuesdays Thursdays and Sat
urday. at - — 9*5 A M
Leave Pelham, Tuesday*, Thursdays and Satur
days at 3 45 P M
Arrive at Thomasville, Tuesdays, Thursday s ana
Saterdaye at ■■«■»}’Z M
H. S. IIAINES,
General Superintendent.
Januuary 1 1870 3 1
. 7.15 A M
.10.45 A M
7 .00 P M
6.00 A M
2.16 P M
5.35 P M
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
South-Western Rsilroaj) Compsnx,
Office, Macon, Ga., Jan. 15th, Ip70.
i
Eufaula dmj Passenger and Mail Irani.
Leave Macon 8 00 A. M.
Arrive at Eufaula „
Leave Euf.-u la 7 n »«
Arrive «t Macon 4.50 P.M.
Night Freight 4^ Accommodation 7 rain.
Leave Macon f
Arrive at Eufaula ^ V*
Leave Eufaula... - » ?!
Arrive at Macon - — - 9:10 A M
Col ambus Mail Train.
Leave Macon
Arrive at Colmnbue
Leave Columbus
Arrive at Macon....
7:25 A M
1.22 A M
12:25 P M
6:05 P M
Columbus Night Freight Ac om'n Train
Leave Macon.•• /; 40 P M
Arrive at Columbus 3:05 A M
Leave Columbus.......— -- <:GG P M
Arrive at Macon 4:43 A M
“Albany Train’’ connect* at Smithville with
Befaula Trains aud Arrive at Albany at 3:11 P M
»r4 Leave* Albany at 9:35 A M—Regular Mail
Traia.
Aeeeaimedation Train connects three times a
week.
“Pert Gaines Train," connects at Cutbbert.
Leave Fort Gaines at 7:05 A M and Arrive at
Vert Gainas 3:40 PM.
AeeommodatioR Train connect* twice a week,
•» Toe*day* and Thuradar*. ’
W. S. BRANTLY, Aud.
Vakraary 1, 1870 r * *'■
NOTICE-
Atlantic i Gulf Railroad Co., <
Savannah, December 15, 1869. j
O N AND AFTER THIS DATE, BY AGREE
MENT, the rate of Freight between Savan-
uan and Macon, by the Atlantic and Gulf and Ma
con aud Brunswick Railroads, will be as follows :
First class per pound $2 30
Second class per IGG pounds...- 1 40
Third class per 100 pounds 1 00
Fourth class per 100 pounds 80
Fifth class per 100 pounds 70
Sixth class per 100 pounds 50
Seventh class per 100 pounds 45
Eighth class per'100 pounds -35
Ninth class per 100 pounds.... 30
Cotton per 100 pounds 50
Salt per sack 30
Guauo per 100 pounds 1°
Freight, received for all Stations on Macon and
Western Railroad, Atlanta and points beyond.
H. S. HAINES,
General Superintendent.
February 1, 1879 5 tf
Schedule of the Georgia Railroad.
ITCE, )
IMPART, V
her 23,’69. )
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE,
Gkokgia Railroad Co
Augusta, Ga., December
O N AND AFTER SUNDAY, 20th inst , the
Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad
will run as follows:
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at 7.00 A M.
“ Atlanta at 5.00 AM.
Arrive at August at...- 3.45 P M.
“ at Atlanta - 5.30 P M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Augusta at — --- ---- .. -.10.00 P M.
“ Atlanta at
Arrive at Augusta...... —. .3.45 A M.
“ Atlanta 8.00 A.M.
S. K. JOHNSON,
Superintendent.
January, 18 1870 3 tf
Schedule Macon & Brunswick R. R-
January, 7th, 1870
I > EGIJLAR THRO’ PASSENGER TRAINS
L will commence running ou this Road on
Sunday, the 9th inst., as follows :
Leave Macon at 9.15 A M.
Arrive at Brunswick at 10.20 P M.
Arrive at Savannah at 10.00 P M.
Leave Brunswick 4.30 A. M.
Arrive at Macon .6.15 A. M.
TRAIXS^TO IIAWKINSVIKLE.
Leave Macon P M.
Arrive at Hawkinsville .6.30 A M.
Leave Hawkinsville--.- - — .7.00 A M.
Arrive at Macon 10.25 A M.
This train runs daily Sundays excepted.
RETURNING :
Leave Brunswick at..-- 8.00 A M.
Leave Savannah at 7.15 A M.
Arrive at Macon at.--*-* - •-- -7.50 P M.
Trains make direct connections at Jesap,
both ways, with trains for Bainbridge, Thomas-
the crossing of the Atlantic and Gulf Road,
ville and all points on that Road, as weli;as with
those for Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and all sta-
tions on the Florida Roads.
Fare to Savannah and Brunswick $ 8 00
Fare to Jacksonville 00
Fare to 'Tallahassee ... — 00
Fare to Bainbridge 15 00
Fare to New York, Philadelphia or
Baltimore, by steamers 27 00
Under recent arrangements made with the At
lantic & Gulf Road, freights to and from Savau
nab and New York have increased dispatch.
The Southern Express Company^will operate on
this line to Brunswick, points in Southern Geor
gia and in Florida, commencing on Monday, the
10th instant. BOB EET SCHMIDT.
Master transportation.
January 18,1870 J
filitkw for tala at ilitt Oftwhn .
T. W. WHITE,
jlttarnei^-at-jZauL,
MILLEDGBVILLE, GA. t
Will practice in this and the*ad]oining counties.
CF* Applications for Homestaad Exemptions
under the new law, and other business before the
Court of Ordinary, will receive proper attention.
October 13.1868 41 tf
W ANTED.—A Northern man—friendly to the
South, and a believer in the old Jefferso
nian idea of government—a College graduate, de
sire* a situation as Teacher in some Southern
State. Satisfactory references furnished if desired.
Address, stating terms, “CLASSICS,"
Publishers’ Box No. 7, Davtox, Ouki
or Recorder Office.
Oatober K». (MW #
The Josh Biliin«s Papers.
MARRIAGE.
Marriage is a fair transaction on the
face ov it.
But there iz quite too often put up jobs
in it.
It is an old instilushion, older than
the pyramids, and as phull of hyrogli-
phics, that nobody can parse.
History hold# its tongue who the
pair waz who fu*t put on the silken
harness, and promised to work kind it,
thru thick and thin, up hill and down,
and on the level, rain or shine, sur
vive or perish, sink or swim, drown or
float.
But whoever they waz, they must
have made a good thing out ov it, or
so menny of their posterity would not
hev harnessed up and drove out.
There is a grate moral grip to mar
riage ; it is the rnortar that holds the
soshul bricks together.
But there ain’t but darn few pholks
who put their money in matrimony
who could set down and give a good
written opinyun why un earth they
cum to did it.
This is a grate proof that it is one
uv them natral kind of acksidents that
must happen, jist as birds fly out of the
nest when they hev fethers enuflf, with
out being able tew tell why.
Sum marry for buty, and never dis-
kover their mistake ; this iz lucky.
Sum macry for pedigree, and leel
big for six months, and then very sen
sibly come tew the conclusion that
pedigree aint no belter than skim milk.
Sum marry bekawse they hev bin
highsted sum where else ; this iz a
cross match, a hay and a sorrel; pride
may make it endurable
Sum marry for love, without a cent
in their pocket, nor a friend in the
world, nor a drop of pedigree. This
looks desperate, but it iz the strength
of the game.
If marrying for love ain’t a success,
then matrimony is a ded beet.
Sum marry betause they think wim-
min will be scarce next year, and live
to wonder how the crop holds out.
Sutn marry tew get rid ol themselves
and diskover that the game waz one
that two could play at and neither win.
Sum ma*"ry the second time to get
even, and find it a gambling game, the
more they put down the less they take
up-
Sum marry lew be happy, and not
finding it, wonder where all the hap
piness goes tew when it dies.
Sum marry, they can’t tell why, and
live, they can’t tell how.
Almost everybody gets married, and
it is a good joke.
Sum marry iri haste, and thenjsit down
and think it carefully over.
Sum think it over carefully fust and
then set down and marry.
Both ways are right if they can hit
the mark.
Sum marry rakes to
This is a little risky and
missionary to do it.
Sum marry coquetts.
buying a poor farm heavily mortgaged
and working the balance of your days
to clear oph the debt.
Married life haz its chances, and
this is just what gives it its flavor. Ev-
erbody luvs to phool with the chances,
because everbody expekts lew win.
But I am authorized to state that ev-
erhoddy don’t win.
But, after nil, married life iz full as
certain az the dry goods bizziness.
No man kan swear exactly where be
will fetch up when he touches calico.
Kno man kan tell jist what calico
haz made up it3 mind lew do next.
Calico don’t kno even herself.
Dry goods ov all kinds iz the child
ov circumsiansis.
Sum never marry, but this iz jisl es
risky ; the disease iz the same, with
no other name to it.
The man who elands on the bank
shivering, and dazzent, iz more apt
tew ketch cold than him who pitches
hiz hed lust into the river.
Thare iz but few who never marry
beknuse they won't—they all hanker,
and most ov them starve, with slices
ol bread before them (spread on both
sides), jist for the lack ov grit.
Marry ynng ! iz mi motto.
I hav tried it, and kno what lam
talking about.
If ennv boddy asks yu whi yu got
married [if it needs be,] tell him yu
don't recoltekt.
Marriage iz a safe way lew gamble
—ifyu win yu win a* pile, and if yu
loze yu don’t loze ennything, only the
privilege ov living dismally alone, and
soaking yure own feet.
I repeat it, in italicks, marry yung !
Thare iz but one good excuse for a
marriage late in life, and thatizaicc-
ond marriage.
cogvert them,
take# a smart
This
like
The Shooting Fish.—This very
remarkable fish is a native of the East
Indies. Nature h>8 constructed this
aquatic sportsman in a very singular
manner, but one admirably adapted to
his sporting predilections. The fish
has a hollow, oylindrical beak. He |
frequents the rivers of the sea shore iu
search of food, and from the usua
manner in which he provides for his
daily want# he derives his name
When this hungry gentleman espie# a
fly or insect not taking due caie of
himself, but sitting on the plant# that
grow in shallow water, lie swim# a-
way to the distance of four or five feet
that he may take aim at his prey ; and
when he lias done so- to his satisfaction
he then with amazing dexterity and
cleverness, ejects out of his tube-like
mouth one diop of water, which i# so
well directed and so swiftly shot forth
that it never fails to knock the fly into
the water, and once there all hope ol
escape is gone—the fish darts upon his
prey and eagerly devours it; thus sup
plying us with another instance of the
diversified inodes by which nature
qualifies its countless millions of crea
tures with the powers necessary lor
procuring food.
Female Beanly and Ornaments.
The ladies of Japan gild their teeth ;
and those of the Indies paint them red.
The pearl of the teeth must be died
black to be beautiful in Guserat. In
Greenland the woman color their faces
with blue and yellow. However fresh
the complexion of a Muscovite may be,
she would think herself very ugly if
she was not plastered over with paint.
The Chinese mu«t have their feet as
diminutive as those ofthe she-goat; and
to render them thus, their youth is
pasted in tortures. In ancient Persia
an aquiline nose was often thought wor
thy of the crown ; and if there was any
competition between two princes, the
people generall went by this criterion
of majesty. In some countries, the
mothers break the noses of their chil
dren ; and in others press the head be
tween two boards, that it may become
square. The modern Persians have a
strong aversion to red hair; the Turks,
on the'contrary, are warm admirers of
it. The female Hottentot receives
from the hand of her lover, not silks
nor wreaths of flowers, but warm guts
and reeking tripe, to dress herself with
enviable ornaments. *
In China, small round eyes are liked ;
and the girls are continually plucking
their eyebrows, that they may he thin
and long. The Turkish women dip a
gold brush in the tincture of a b ack
drug, which they pass over their eye
brows. It is too visible by day, but
looks shining by night. They tinge
their nails with a rose color. An Af
rican beauty' must have small eyes,
thick lips, a large Hal nose, and a skin
beautifully black. The Emperor of
Monomotapa would not change his
amiable negress for the most brilliant
European beauty.
An ornament lor the nose appears,
to us, perfectly unnecessary. The Pe
ruvians, however, think otherwise;
and they hang on it a weighty ring, the
thickness of which is proportioned by
the rank of their husbands; The cus
tom of boring it, as our ladies do their
ears, is very common in several nations.
Through the perforations are hung va
rious materials ; such as green crystal,
gold, stones, a single and sometimes a
great number of gold rings. This is
rather troublesome to them in blowing
their noses ; and the fact is, as some
have informed us, that the Indian la
dies never perform this veiy useful op
eration.
The female head-dress is carried, in
some countries, to singular extrava
gance. The Chinese fair carries on
her head the figure of a certain bird.
his bird is composed of copper or
gold, according to the quality of the
persons; the wings spread out, fall
over the front of the head-dress, and
conceal the temples. The tail, long
and open.forrr.s a beautiful tuft of feath
ers. The back covers the top of the
nose ; the neck is fastened to the body
of the artificial animal by a spring, that
it may more freely play and tumble, at
the slightest motion.
The extravagance of the Myantses
is far more ridiculous than the above.
They carry on their heads a slight
board, rather longer than a foot, and
about six inches broad ; with which
they cover their hair, and seal it with
wax. They cannot lie clown or lean,
without keeping the neck straight; and
the country being very woody, it ie not
uncommon to find them with their
head-dress entangled in the trees.—
Whenever they comb their hair, they
pass an hour by the fire in melting the
wax ; but this combing is only per
formed once or twice a year.
The inhabitants of the land of Natal
wear caps or bonnets, from six to ten
inches high, composed of the fat of ox
en. They then gradually anoint the
head with purer greese, which mixing
with the hair, fastens these bonnets for
their lives.—D' Israeli's Curiosities of
Literature.
“257 Degrees Below Zero.—We
have very liltl# idea of the extraordin
ary low temperatuee express by 257°
below zero, yet such a degree of cold
has been attained by the exposure to
air of liquified laughing-gas.
Let us begin at about blood-heatand
oieep down the scale toward 257° be
low zero, and see if we can realize the
fearful degree of cold which is thus in
dicated. This is the proposition of a
writer in tfie Manufacturer and Builder :
“Human existence requires a tempera
ture in the neighborhood of 10U° above
Zero a temperature which is easily
maintained however, by the chemical
action;going on in the system,whenev
er the external atmosphere does not
sink below 60 deg. above zero. When
the teuqieratiire falls below 60 deg.
the animal carries on a conttnu d fight
lor the maintenance of its notmal tem
perature. At 32 deg. above, the con
it St becomes most energetic, warm
clothing is called into requisition, and,
if the air be agitated by keen win
the clothing must lie warm and the lu-
'el (food) liberal, or the animal will suf
fer. When the temperature sinks to
zero, even on a dry, still day, there are
few persons that do not feel it keenly,
and if any wind should be stirring,
ugh ! how cold it i3. But, keenly tho’
we feel it, we have just begun to de
scend the scale.
. “Let us lake a leap down to 40 deg.
below zero. The mercury in our ther
mometers will now congeal, and, it we
find it necessary to expose ourselves,
we must encase ourselves in triple lay
ers of lur. Descend to 80 deg. below
zero—this is lower than any natural
temperature ever observed—and it is
improbable that human life could be
long sustained in such an .atmosphere.
At six degrees below this point carbon
ic acid becomes a liquid, and the breath
of our nostrils would liquify and fall to
the ground in streams. At 130 deg.
below zero, if such a temperature could
be produced over a large area, what
strange phenomena would present
themselves ! The air would be dry—
dryer than the summer dust—for all
moisture would have been precipitated
in the form of snow. No animal could
breath such air, and if plants could live
and perform their functions at such a
low temperature, they could find no
sustenance in an atmosphere as cold as
this, for all the carbonic acid would
descend to the earth as beautiful white
snow.
“The breath from the nostrils of ev
ery animal, provided animals could ex
ist, would yield a shower of these flakes
and the air w’ould be entirely purified
from the products of respiration. And
yet we are halfway down to the point
indicated by the experiments of Natter-
er in his fruitless attempts to liquify
hydrogen.
Bill to Enforce the Provision# of tHe Fifteenth
Amendment.
The following is the text of the bill
to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
as passed by both Houses of Congress
and signed by the President:
An Act to enforce the rights of citizens
ofthe United States to vote in the
several Slates of this Union and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America, in Congress assembled, That all
citizens ot the United State# who are
or shall be otherwise qualified by law
to vote at any election by the people
in any State Territory, district, coun
ty, parish, town-ship, school district,
municipal or other territorial subdivis
ion, shall be entitled aud allowed to
vote at all such elections, without dis
tinction of race, color or previous con-
condition of servitude ; any constitu
tion, law, custom usage or regulation
of any Stale or Territory, or, by or
under its authority, to the cronlrary
notwithstanding.
Section 2- And belt further enacted.
That if by or under the authority of the
constitution or laws of any Slate, or
the laws of any Territory, any act is
or shall be required to be done as a
prerequisite or qualification for voting,
and by such constitution or laws per
sons or officers are or shall be charged
with the performance of duties in fur
nishing to citizens an opportunity to
perform such prerequisite, or to become
qualified to vote, it shall be the duty
of every such person and officer to
give all citizens of the United Slates
the same and equal opportunity to
perforin such pierequisile, and to be
come qualified to vote without distinc
lion of race, color or previous condi-
of servitude; and if any such person or
officer shall refuse to knowingly omit
to give full effect to this section, he
shall, for every such offense, forfeit
and pay the sum of $500 to the person
aggrieved thereby, to be recovered by
an action on the case, with full costs
and such allowance lor counsel fees as
the court shall deem just, and shall
also tor every such offense be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on
conviction thereof, be fined not less
than $500, or imprisoned not less than
one month or more than one year, or
both, at the discretion of the court.
Sue. 3 And be it further enacted, That
whenever, by or under the authority
of the constitution or law of any State,
or under the laws of any Territory, an
act is or shall be required to be done
by any citizen as a prerequisite to
quality or entitle him to vote, the offer
of any such citizen to perform the act
required to be done as aforesaid shall
if it iail to lie carried into execution by
reason ofthe wrongful act or omission
aforesaid of the person cr officer charg
ed with the duty of receiving or per
mitting such performance, or offer to
perform or acting thereon, be deemed,
and held a# a performance in law ol
such act ; and the person so offering
and failing as aforesaid, and being
otherwise qualified, shall be entitled
to vole in the same manner and to the
same extent as if he had in lact per-
f T ned su :h act; and any judge, in
spector, o r shall be to receive, count,
certify, register, report or give effect to
the vote of any such citizen, or who
shall wrongfully refuse or omit to re
ceive. count, certify, register, report
or give effect to the vote of such cili
zen upon the presentation by him ol
his affidavit stating such offer aud the
time and place thereof, and the name
ofthe offi:er or person whose duty is
was to act thereon, a nd that he was
wrongfully prevented by such person
or officer from performing such act,
shall for every such offense forfeit and
pay the’sum of five hundred dollars to
mideineanor, and
thereof, be fined
be imprisoned
'the person aggrieved thereby, to be
recovered by an action on the case,
with full cost and.such allowance for
counsel fees as the court shall deem
just, and shall also for every such of
fense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
shall, on conviction thereof, befiued
not less than five hundred dollars, or
be imprisoned not less than one month
and not more than ol year, or both at
the discretion of the couit.
Sec. 4 And be it further enacted, That
if any person by force, bribery, threats,
intimidation or other unlawful means,
shall hinder delay, prevent or obstruct
or shall combine and confederate with
others to hipder, delay, prevent or ob
struct any citizen from doing any act
required to be done to qualify him to
vote or from voting at any election as
aforesaid, such person shall for every
such offense forfeit and pay the sum of
$500 to the person aggrieved thereby,
to be recovered by an action ori the
case, with full costs and such allowance
for counsel fees as the court shall deem
just, and shall also for every such of
fense be guilty of a
shall on conviction
not less than $500,
not less than one month anil not more
than one year, or both, at the discre
tion of the court.
Sec. 5 And be it further enacted, That
if any person shall prevent, hinder,
control or i itimidate, or shall attempt
to prevent, hinder, control or intimi
date any person from exercising the
right of suffrage, to whom the right of
suffrage is secured or guaranteed by
the Fifteenth Amendment to the Con
stitution ofthe United Slates, by means
of bribery,threats, or threats of depriv
ing such person of employment or oc
cupation, or of ejecting such per#oti
from rented houses lands other proper
ty, or by threats of refusing to renew
leases or contracts for labor, or by
threats of violence to himself or such
person so offending shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall on
conviction thereof be fined not less
than five hundred dollars, or be im
prisoned not less than one month, and
not more than one year, or both, at the
discretion ofthe court.
Sec. 6. And be itfurther enacted, That
if two or more persons shall band or
conspire together, or go in disguise up
on the public highway, or upon the
premises of another, with intent to vi
olate any provision of this act, or to
injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate j
any citizen with intent to prevent or
hinder his free exercise and enjoyment
of any right or privilege granted or se
cured to him by the Constitution or
laws ofthe United Slates, or because
of his having exercised the same, such
persons shall be guilty of felony, and
on conviction thereof, shall be fined or
imprisoned, or both, at the discretion
of the court—the fine not to exceed $5-
000 and the imprisonment not to ex
ceed ten years ; and shall, mmeover,
be hereafter ineligible to and disabled
from holding any office or place of hon
or, profit or trust cieated by the Con
stitution or laws ofthe United States.
Sec. 7. And be '•further enacted,
That if in the act of violating any pro
vision in either of the two preceding
sections, any other feiony, crime or
misdemeanor shall be committed the
offender, on conviction of such violation
of said sections, shall lie punished for
the same with such punishments as
are attached to the said felonies,
crimes and misdemeanors by the laws
of the State in which the offense may
be committed.
Sec. 8. And be itJurlher enacted, That
the District Courts of the United States
within their respective districts, shall
have, exclusively of the courts of the
several States, cognizance of all crimes
and offense# committed against the
provisions of this act, and, also, con
currently with the Circuit Courts of
the United Stales, of all causes, civil
and criminal, arising under this act,
except as herein otherwise provided,
and the jurisdiction hereby conferred
shall be exercised in conformity with
the laws and practice governing United
States courts ; and all crimes and of
fenses committed against the provis
ions of this act may be prosecuted by
the indictment of a grand jury, or, in
case of crimes and offenses not infa
mous, the prosecution may be either
by indictment or information filed by
the district attorney in a court having
jurisdiction.
Sec. 9 And be it further enacted, That
the district attorneys, marshals and
deputy marshals of the United States,
the commisioners appointed by the
Circuit and Territorial courts of the
United States, with powers arresting,
imprisoning or bail offenders against
the laws of the United State#, and ev
ery other officer who may be specially
empowered by the President of the
United Slates shall be and they are
hereby, specially authorized and re
quired, at the expense of the United
Slates, to institute proceeding* against
all and every person who shall violate
the provisions of this act, and cause
him or them to he arrested and impris-
med, or bailed, as the case may be
or trial before such court ofthe United
Sutf 8 or Territorial court as has cog
nizance offi-nse. Ami with a view to
iffbrd reasonable protection to all per
sons in their constitutional right to vote
v'it iout distinction ol race, color or
previous condition of servitude, and to
hepronr.pt discharge ofthe duties of
his act, it shall be the duty of the
Circuit Couits ot the United States,
and tie Superior Courts of the Terri
tories of the United States, from tune
to time, to increase the number of com
missioners so as to afford a speedy and
convenient means for the arrest and
examinling of persons charged with
a violation of this act ; and such com
missioners are hereby authorized and
required to exercise and discharge all
the powers and duties conferred on
them by this act, and the same duties
with regard to offenses created by
this act as they are authorized by law
to exercise with regard to other offen
ses against the Iawsofthe United States.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted,
That it shall he the duty of all mar
shals and deputy marshals to obey
and execute all warrants and precepts
issued under the provisions of this act
when to them directed; and should
any marshal or deputy marshal refuse
to receive such warrant or other pro
cess When tendered, or to use all prop
er means diligently ter execute the
same, he shall, on conviction thereof,
he fined in the sum of Si,000, to the
use ofthe person deprived ot the rights
conferred by this act. And the better
to enable the said commissioners to
execute their duties faithfully and
efficiently, in conformity with the Con
stitution of the United States and the
requirements of this act, they are here
by authorized and empowered, within
their districts respectively, to appoint,
in writing, under their hand, anv one
or more suitable persons, from time to
time, to execute all su» h warrants and
other process as may be issued bv
them in the lawful performance of
their respective duties, and the person
so appointed to execute any warrant
or process as aforesaid, shall have
authority to summon and call to their
aid the bystanders or posse comi'atus of
the proper county, or such portion of
the land or naval forces of the United
Slates, ot of tho militia, as mav be
necessary to the performance ofthe
duty with which they are charged and
to insure a faithful observance ot the
Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitu
tion ot the United Slates ; and such
warrants shall run and be executed by
said officers any where in ibe State or
Territory within which they are issued.
Sec. 11 And be it further enacted,
Thai any person who shall knowingly
and willfully obstruct, hinder or pre
vent any officer or other person charg
ed with the execution ot anv warrant
or process issued under the provisions
[of this act, or allv person or persons
lawfully assisting him or them liom ar
resting any person for whose appre
hension such warrant or precess may
have been issued, <^r shall rescue <»r
attempt to rescue such person from the
custody of the officer or other person
or persons, or those lawfully assisting
as aforesaid, when so arrested, pursu
ant to the autority herein given and
declared, or shall aid, abet or assist
any person so arrested asjaforesaid, di
rectly or indirectly, to escape from the
custody of the officer or other person
legally authorized as aforesaid, or shall
harbor or conceal any person lor whose
arrest a process or warrant shall have
been issued as aforesaid, so as to pre
vent his discovery and arrest after no
tice or knowledge of the fact that a
warrant has been issued for the appre
hension ot such person, shall for either
of said offenses, he subject to a fine
not exceeding $ 1,000, or imprisonment
not exceeding six months, or both, at
the discretion of the court, on convic
tion before the District or Circuit
Court of the United States for the dis
trict or circuit in which said offense
may have been committed, or before
the prop er court- of criminal jurisdic
tion, ifeommitted within any one of
the organized Territories ofthe United
State#.
Sec. 12, And be it further enacted,
That the commissioners, district attor
neys, the marshals, their deputies, and
the clerks r.f the said district, circuit
and territorial courts shall be paid for
services the like fees as may be allow
ed to them for similar services in other
cases. The person or persons author
ized to execute the process to be is
sued by such commissioners for the
arrest of offenders against the provis
ions of this act shall be entitled to the
usual fees allowed to the marshal for
an arrest of each person he or they
may arrest and lake, before any such
commissioner as aforesoid, with such
other fees as may be deemed reasona
ble by such commissioner for such oth
er additional services as may be nec
essarily performed by him or them,
such as attending at the examination,
keeping the prisoner in custody, anil
and providing him with food and lodg
ing during his detention and until the
final determination of such commis
sioner,,and in general for performing
such other duties as may he required
in the premises ; such lees to lie
made up in conformity with the fees
usually charged bv the officers of the
court of justice within the proper dis
trict or county, as near as may be
practicable, and paid out of the Treas
ury of the United Slates oc certificate
of the judge of the district within
which the arrest is made, and to be
recoverable from the defendant us
part of the judgment in case of convic
tion.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted.
That it shall be lawful for the Pres
ident ofthe United States to employ
such partol the land and naval forces
of the United Slates, or of the militia,
as shall be necessary to aid in the exe
cution of judical process issued under
(his act,
