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He’ll See it When he
Wakes.
We remember at the battle of the
Wilderness, a gallant Mississippian
had fallen, and at night, just before
burying him, there came a letter
from her he loved best. One of
the group around his body—a chap
lain, whose tenderness was woman
ly—broke the silent tearfulness,
with which he saw the dead letter,
lie took it and laid it on the breast
of him whose heroic heart was still:
Bury it with him ; he will see it
when he wakes.” It was the sub
limest sentence of his funeral ser
vice.—xEchang.e
Amid the clouds of battle smoke
The sun had died away, **
And where tbe storm of battle broke
A thousand warriors lay.
A band of.friends upon llio field
Stood round a youthful form ;
Who, when the war-clouds thunder pealed
Had perished in the storm ;
Upon Ids forehead, on his bail',
The coming moonlight breaks,
And each dear comrade standing there
A tender farewell takes.
Uut ere they laid him in his home,
There came a messmate near,
And gave a token that-had come
From her, the dead held dear.
A. moment's doubt npon him pressed,
The one the letter takes,
And lays it low upon his breast,
“ He’ll see it when ho wakes«
Oh, thou, who dost in sorrow wait,
Though thy dear message came too late,
“ He’ll see it when he wakes.”
INo more amid the fiery storm
Will his strong arm be seen ;
Ho more his young and manly form
Tread Mississippi’s green ;
And e’en the tender words of love—
The world’s affection speaks—
Came all too late ; and oh ! thy love
“ Will se-.- them when he wakes 1” ,
Ho jars disturb his gentle rest,
No noise his slumber breaks,
Tint thy words sleep upon his breast—
•* lie'll see them when he wakes.”
A Caucasian Editor in
liove.
In Lexington, Missouri, an edi
tor, “ a matter of fact practical ge
nius,” beard a “ moonstruck chap”
say he loved a certain young lady
w ell enough to die for her.”—
the “Caucasian” indi-*
ted the following lines :
I’d swear for her—l’d tear for her,
The Lord knoss what I’d bear for her ;
I’d lie for her, I’d sigh for her,
I’d drink a “ grocery” dry for her,
I’d “ enss” for her, do v wuss” tor tier,
I'd kick up a thunderin’ fuss tor her ;
I’d weep for her, I’d leap for her,
I’d go without sleep for her ;
I’d fight for her, I’d bite for her,
I'd walk the streets all night for her ;
I’d pleacl (or her. I’d bleed for her,
I’d go without my “ feed'' for her ;
I’d shoot for her, I’d boot, for her,
A rival who’d come to suit for her,
I'd kneel for her, I’d steal for her ;
Such is the love I feel for hOr ;
I’d slide for her. I’d ride for her/
I’d swim ’gainst wind and tide for her ;
I’d try for iter, I’d cry for her,
But hang me if I’d die for her.
H. B.—Or any other woman.
Kissing in xue. D^iik.— Gentle
reader, did you ever—T desire not
to be personal—but did you ever?
kiss a girl in a railroad tunnel ? I
never did, but if the truth must be
told, I’ve wanted to awful bad.
Not that I have any idea that gob
bling a chaste salute within the
dark and narrow confines of a tun
nel renders a kiss mor® delicious
than if stolen or taken with full
permission anywhere else; it U the
darkness; the rank burglary*; the
calculation as to time ; the sudden
assault; the desperate defense ; tlie
cute agorty of the skirmish line of
hair-pins ; the carrying of the outer
work;the fierce straggle at the scarp;
the glorious sweetness of the sur
render; and then the condemna
ble meanness, afterward, of the
victory. Then hurried repairs, and
the impossible attempt to appear
placid and all serefle before the
other passengers. I tell you there’s
a short life lime passed in the kiss
ing of a girl in a tunnel.
AnpeaL
Not 4.
**• ESPRIT FOBfl'.
Conversation is a chief means of
giving pleasure or suppressing it,
ij| social life, and I make, no apolo
gy for noticing it specially.
A§suiQing that the great aim is
to impart and receive knowledge,
improvement and pleasure; aud to
remove everything that impedes or
obstructs them; and to contribute
to the volume of happiness of our
selves and others, it is apparent at
once, that the details must of neces
sity depend in great part on circum
.stances, and tire judgement and
skill of the talkers. . There is always
a fine field for the display of these
qualities, in deciding what to dis
cuss and to what length; and in
deed, when to talk at all. There
m;e times, and places, and circles in
which a particular person would, by’
general .’co'ifsent, be admitted the
,chief talkist; and be honored with
general Attention* There are other
times,Traces, and circles in which
if that person were to attempt it,
bis or her arrogance would be in
tolerable.
- There is one condition every
vrhefff "required, which is, that
there must boa distribution of talk
ers and listeners; who ought to
bear some proportion to each other
as to ability to communicate, and
power to comprehend and appreci
ate ; or the talkers themselves must
alternate, in the exercise of the two
. avocations.
If I know, or know of, what will
promote the interest, or pleasure of
my company, it is my duty to speak
of it, if I can do so without viola
ting duty or obligation, and with
out injury to myself or others. If
the matter be that which the dis
cussion of, would inflict pain, or dis
turb pleasure, unless duty requires
It, 1 eliould nos allude to it. There
is a species of social skirmishing,
prompted it may be, by a mild type
of jnalacc, in which many good peo
ple; in their vicioitudes of temper,
are often led to engage ; and which
cannot be too strongly condemned.
■lt is to ‘remark or interrogate in
matters in- which they have no iu
- terest to be • affected, and where
they know, that the interest or
pride of the party will suggest a
false reply ; or where a truthful one
would wound or mortify.
1 have agi netal idea about talking,
somewhat similar to one I have ad
vanced of dressing. It is whether
the talker or the talking is the mas
ter / and whether words or thoughts
are holding the ceptre. If ideas
are subordinated to words, and
the performer manifests that he is
striving to show me how many he
can multiply, and IwAv large and
high sounding ones he can pile up
me for to hear and admire him for
using, then lie utterly fails to im
press mo that he is either an agree
able or profitable talkist. If on the
other hand there is in his mind a
: spring of thought from which ideas
flow, through words and figures that
are subordinated to them, then he
will entertain and give pleasure to
all who feel an interest in, or are
accustomed to think of the subjects
discussed, or whose attention may
be enlisted by their novelty’.
The inquisitive talkist has been
indiscriminately, and therefore very
unjustly black-balled by’ many crit
ics. The truth is there can scarce
ly be found a more agreeable per
son in conversation than one who
asks leading questions about what
we wish to have known, and to have
the pleasure of telling. He or she
who plies questions about the
last sensation novel we read;
or fashion plates we examined ;
party we attended ; trip we took ff
estate we purchased; or success-!
ful speculation in which we en-’l
gaged ; or about the faults of our
rival iu love or business; or for
fame ; and about a thousand other
things, our tongues are dancing to
deliver, is, par excellence, the agree
able person among all our acquaint
ances. But there arc different
kinds of interrogators, and their ef
fects differ like heat from cold.—
There are a class of talkers that
persist iu confiding to us dispara
ging stories of onr relatives’ and
known friends, there arc others who
persist in giving the details of mat.
iers iu Avhich we have and feel no
interest, and after we have so
hinted; there are others who find
ceaseless words to draw into our
ears, after we have fruitlessly
yawned, examined the spo
ken of the lateness of thrones,. , or
an engagement about
there are others who dilate upon
their own merits or their own per
CUTHBERT, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1872.
formances, until we almost burst to
say r , what could, with truth and pro
priety be said to any other person,
but which if saj,d theD, would di
minish the pleasure and self-com
placency of our company. Any of
these, will prove a hard bargain,
when circumstances compel us to
endure them. But they do not
compare with that .irrepressible
class, that set their heads on know
ing what they are aware we do not
wish to communicate, or at .an in
opportune occasion, and who them
selves are in no possible chance of
being benefited by the disclosure
when made.
And still there is a class, of ques
tioners, that are, all social pests be
yond, compared with whom the
stollidly ignorant may be, to* some
extent, endured. They are tbe per
sons who ply to us questions, of
matters not within our knowledge ;
and abeut which, they have no rea
son to suppose we are any wiser
than they are. And who put their
questions with such an Assumption
of predicates, as imply, that wo arc
bound to know and do know. A
doctor is held'to answer what is the
condition of another doctor's pa
tient and after he has politely as
sured that he has not seen the pa
tient ; or conversed with the at
tending physician, and perhaps
had not heard the man was sick,
he still has to answer, when lie was
taken, how his case differs from
that of Mr. A. who died last year,
what physic he is. now taking,
when the disease is likely to' reach
a crisis, and whether he has made
his will.
A lawyer has to stand under a
shower of pointed interrogatories
about a suit in which he has never
been consulted, and it may be, be
tween parties -that are to
him : or in a court whore he does
not practice ; lie has to assure and
avow of hjs want of information as
to when the case will bo tried,
what fees are paid, .who the wit
nesses that arc relied on, and who
will probably gain the suit, and the
probability of its going up on a
writ of error to the Supreme Court.
Mr. 11., a merchant, lias to endure
the most searching investigation
for knowledge, that he could not be
presumed to possess, and which, on
the first enquiry he has discov
ered as to Mr. B’s last speculations
iu cotton, or stocks, or grain ; wheth
er he will he able to meet his paper
at maturity ; and if he fails what he
will be able to compromise at, and
whether the property he now holds
is subject or settled on his wife. In
every community, every body’ is
presumed, by this class of question
ers, except themselves, to know who
is courting, when they will marry,
whether the old folks are willing,
when Mrs. 11. will start on her trip,
when she will return, and what
new dressing she has bought for it;
and. its probable cost. I cannot
better illustrate my idea than by re
lating an actual occuraenec. Maj.
B. was an elderly gentleman of fee
ble health, but of great personal
dignity’, and uniform politeness.—
Mr. C. was a Scotch shoe maker, of
the class I have been describing. —
They were sitting in the presence
of several other gentleman in the
piaza of a store, engaged' in occa
sional conversation when a train
of several w r agons drove into the
square in front, coining iu sight of
both at the same moment, when the
following dialogue ensued :
Mr. C.—Major, whose wagons are
those ?
Maj. B.—l never saw them before
sir, and am unable to tell you any
thing about them.
Mr. C.—*W here did they come
.fe'7;
o k'
. pj. B.—Really, lain, unable to
u iy°u.
Mr. C.—Whei e are they going ?
Maj. B.—l hare no information
whatever, Mr. C., on the subject.
Mr. C.—And what are they load
ed with ?
Maj. B.*—D—m you, go and ask
the drivers, if you must know!
Now, I don’t approve, the profani
ty, but am in full sympathy with
Maj. B. in the loss of bis temper
under the circumstances. This
class of questioners, are general dis
turbers of the pleasure of associa
tion ; and the number of persons
whose patience is bumb-proof
against their assaults, is too limited
to form any considerable exception.
An inebriated persoD, seeing a
globe lamp with letters on it, ex
claimed : “ Ilic, well I'll be dogged,
if somebody hie, hasn’t stuck an ad
vertisement on the hie, moon, hie.”
--“What is dress” asks a popular
writer,
Things to be Remember
ed.
Edward Everett became over
heated in testifying in a court room,
went to Faneuil Hall, which was
cold,, sat in a draught of air until
his turn came to speak. ‘ r ßut my
hands and feet W’ere ice, iny lungs
on fire. In this condition I had to
spend three horns in the court
room.” lie died in less than a week
from thus checking the perspiratioD.
It was enough to kill any man.
Professor Mitchell, while in a
state of perspiration in yellow ‘fe
ver, the certain sign of recovery,
left his bed, went iuto another room,
beecame chilled in a moment, and
died the same night.
If while perspiring or warmer
han usual from exercise, or in a
heated room, there is a sudden ex
posure to chill air or raw, damp at
mosphere, or a draught, whether at
window or door, or street corner,
the inevitable result is a violent and
instantaneous closing of the pores
pf the skin, by which the waste
aud impure matter, which was ma
king its way out of the system, is
compelled to seek au exit through
some weaker part. To illustrate :
A lady wan about getting into a
small boat to cross the Delaware,
but wishing first to get an orange,
she ran to the bank of the river, and
on returning to the boat found her
self much heated, for it was sum
mer, but there was a little wind on
the water and her clothes soon felt
cold, which produced a cold which
settled on her lungs, and within a
year died of consumption.
A Boston ship owner, while on
the deck of one of his vessels,
thought ho would lend a hand in
some emergency, and pulling off
.his coat, worked with a will until
lie perspired freely’, when he sat
down to rest for a while, enjoying
the delicious breeze from the sea.—
On attempting to rise he found
himself unable, and was so stiff in
his joints that he had to be carried
home and put t 6 bod, which he did
not leave for two mouths, when he
was barely able to hobble down to
the wharf on crutches.
Multitudes of women lose health
every y’ear, in one or more ways, by
busying tliemselve* in a warm kitch
en until Weary, and then lowing
themselves on a bed or sofa, with
out covering, and perhaps changing
the dress for a common one, as soon
as they’ enter the (jouse after shop
ping. The rule should be invaria
bly to go at once into a warm room,
and keep on *all the clothing for at
least ten minutes, until the forehead
is perfectly dry. In all weathers,
if you have to walk or ride on an
occasion, do the riding first. — Dr.
Ilall.
Temperance Law in Illinois.—
The following are some of its lead
ing features:
1, No man shall sell liquor with
out a license, and no man- shall have
a license who will not give a bond
in the penal burl of $3,000, with
two good securities, to repay all
damages that may arise from either
selling or giving away such liquor.
2. No liquor shall be sold to mi
nors or to persons either-intoxicated
or in the habit of becoming intoxi
cated. 3. All places where intoxi
cating liquors are sold contrary to
law shall be shut up and abated as
public nuisances.. 4. Any man who
causes the intoxication of another,
with or without a license, shall pay
a reasonable compensation to the
person who takes care of the ine
briate, to bo recovered in an action
of debt. 5. Every person who is
injured, iu any way, by any intoxi
cated person, shall have a right of
action against any man who caused
the intoxication in whole or in part,
and against the owner or owners of
the building in which the sale took
place; a married woman having-the
sam9 right to bring suits, and to
contrql the same and the amount
recovered, as a feme-sole. The
giving away of liquors to evade the
provisions of the act shall be held
to be an unlawful selling. The re
maining provisions relate mainly to
the enforcement of these above enu
merated.
Inferential*. —A mother, who
had with her a little daughter, was
examining the figure of a horse on a
tombstone, aud wondering of what
it was an emblem. There was
nothing to explain it in the inscrip
tion. “Mama,” said the little one,
as they moved away, <C I shouldn’t
wonder if she died of the nightmare.”
—A lady who had repeatedly call
ed her little boy to come in and say
his prhyers, was shocked by his
asking her if “God was in a hurry.”
—The greatest run of luck wh
record is that of a Baltimore segar
dealer, who wilhiu.the last three
months has inherited a fortune,
drawn a big lottery prize, found
$7,000 buried in the collar of hfs
house, and lost his mother-in law.
The Great Temple of Sol
omon.
From an article by the World,
upon the explorations in|Jerusalem,
conducted under the authority ot
the British Society for the explora
tion of Palestine, and by Royal en
gineers, we take the following :
The society at once w r ent to work
regardless of danger, and expese,
and the results have been most sin
gular and astonishing. Sinking
shafts 100 feet deep, and running
galleries off from tl#m at right an
gles, by the light of magnesian wire,
they have come upon foundation
walls composed of stones twenty’ or
twenty-five leet long and five or six
feet thick, which were laid in their
bed at least 1,000 years before the
birth of Christ ! Working with
pick axe and shovel, these explorers'
have fought their way through the
debris of a city that has been sack
ed, burned and overthrown more
than twenty times, until they came
down to the original foundation of
titanic blocks, laid in their places by
the hands of Phccnican builders, and
with even the vermillion quarry
marks upon them !
Through a depth of not less than
one hundred and twenty-five suet
of rubbish, through cinders and
broken colums and costly refuse, in
which was found the’seal of Haggai,
in Hebrew chaVacters (nothing but
the accumulations of successive Je
rusalems piled upon each other),
they actually discovered the arch
and abutment of a bridge (called
the “Arch of Robinson,” because the
doctor had foretold it w r as there),
and -which is nothing less than part
of the bridge which must have span
ned the valley, some three hundred
and fifty feet wide, that separated
Mount Moriah, the site of the city,
from the modern Zion, and thus
connected with the royal palace on
the other side.
At a depth of thirty feet below’
this they found a worn pavement,
and twenty four feet below’ that
agian a still more ancient pavement.
This “Robinsons Arch” is the re
miaoa of the bridge that w r as stan
ding at the siege of Jerusalem,
w’here we can imagine the Roman
General Titus at one end holding a
parley with the beleaguered Jews at
the other. The older bridge be
neath this doubtless belongs to the
days of Solomon, and was therefore
the one over which the Queen of
Sheba passed to the royal presence.
These discoveries make plain
many a poin that had hitherto been
deemed fabulous or exaggerated in
historic pages; as, for instance,
where Josephus says, in speaking
of the walls' of Jerusalem : “If any
one looked down from the top of
the battlement he would be giddy,
while his sight could not reach to
such an immense depth.” But ex
plorations have proved that walls
w’ero actually built along the de
clivity, on the summit of which
stood the temple, extending from 100
to 150 feet lower than the surface
on which the building stood.
Still 100 feet below this was the
bed of the brook Kedron, w’hich
flowed at tbe foot of the decliyy.
The surface on which stoodthe tem
ple waslhei efore 250 feetabovethede
lesaround. If now we plant upon this
upper surface the glorious temple
itself, ascending story above story,
tower above tower, to the height of
someone hundred and fifty feet,
only imagine what a spectacle must
have burst upon any one approach
ing Mount Moriah from the Mount
of Olives oposite—such a sight as
the Savior himself witnessed—w’ith
this grand artificial mountain
towering before him from the
depths below, a huge altitude of
rock wall, column, towers, and pin
nacles culminating in the gorgeous
temple on tbe summit, and reach
ing an aggregate height of not less
than 500 or 600 feet —three times
the height of Triuity spire. Space will
not permit an enumeration of the
many important discoveries that
have been made and the conflicting
questions that have been perma
nently set at rest by the labors of
this society since its formation.
Make a Note of This* —lf you
wish to make any purchase, don’t
go away’ from home to do it. En
courage home idustry and give your
trade to merchants and mechaics,
especially those who advertise freely
That is the way to build up a lively
business in y’our own town, and
benefit yourselves as well as others.
Every’ dollar spent in a town is of an
advantage to a place in general, and
every dollar spent abroad for articles
which could be bought on as favor
able terms at home is like taking
so much capital out of the business
interests of the place, w
A Bill
To Ref und Certain Taxes Collect
ed by the Government of the
United Stated on Raw cotton
During the Years 1865'’6-’7- : 8.
Whereas, Large sums of money
have been collected by the United
States as a tax on raw cotton since
the close of the late civil war, under
the provisions of the internal revenue
laws of the United States ; and
Whereas, After two solemn argu
ments; she judges of the Supreme-
Court of the TJuited States were
equally divided in opinion as to
the validity of said taxes and the
constitutionality of the laws under
which they were collected ; and.
Whereas; The same were unequal
aud unjust in their operation, and
have been repealed so far as regards
said cotton tax; and
Whereas, Said tax law’s, in their
practical operation, have not had
the effect contemplated when they
were enacted, of imposing a burden
upon the consumers; but said taxes
have fallen exclusively on producers
who, while paying this special tax
on cotton, and which, at that time,
were especially burdensome, have, in
common with‘citizens of the several
States, paid their due proportion of
all other taxes ; and
Whereas, No "other raw agricul
tural product of any of the States
has ever been so taxed, even during
the war; therefore .
Be it enacted, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Con
gress assembled, that resitution shall
be made of all moneys collected as
taxes under and by virtue of the
several acts of Congress, and regula
tions pursuant thereto, imposing a
tax on raw cotton, after the procla
mation of the President of the Uni
ted States removing- all restrictions
from trade throughout the United
States, dated June 13th, and 24th,
1865 ; and the said restitution
shall be mado as herein after provi
ded.
•
Sec. 2. That a commission shall be
appointed by the President, by’ and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate, to consist of three discreet
and competent persons, who shall
have pow’er to examine, heai and
determine all claims and applica
tions, under the provisions of.this
act, and when found just and correct,
to direct the payment of the same
to the person or persona entitled
thereto, their heirs, executors, ad
ministrators, or assigns, and as plan
ters, freedmen and others, are inter
ested in the cotton tax, said commis
sion, shall adopt such rules and
regulations as will most effectually
secure the payment of tile tax to
the parties to whom the same is
justly due and properly belongs.
Sec. 3. That said Commission
shall hold its sessions in the city of
Washington ; shall continue in office
for the term of two years from the
date of their commission ; shall sit
upon its own adjournments, and a
majority of the members shall coq
stitutea quorum for the transac
tion of business. Before entering
on their duties, said commissioners
shall take and subscribe an oath to
support the Constitution of the
LTnited States and faithfully to pet
form the duties* prescribed by this
act. In case of vacancy by death,
resignation, or otherwise, the Pres
ident shall appoint some discreet
and competent person to fill the
same.
Sec. 4. That said Commission
shall have power to make and pre
scribe the forms of evidence and
rules of proceeding for its govern
ment and the transaction of bus
iness and the adjudication of cases
before it, and shall have power to
call on any department of the gov
ernment or any subordinate officer
of the same for information, for
copies of books, papers, and other
proofs in their custody, or* under
their control, or for any books,
papers or proofs re.maining in or
under the control of former or pres
ent officers of the government con.
taining entries concerning said tax
es, with the names of parties pay
ing said. taxes t and the amount or
amounts paid. When original rev
enue collector’s ‘books cannot be
produced, nor copies of the same
certified under the rules of the
board be had, or said books or
vouchers fail to show*the payment
of* the tax claimed, the Commis
sioners may T satisfy themselves of
the validity of the claim or claims
submitted by the testimony of wit
nesses under oath, taken under.such
rules and regulations as they’may
adopt; but when the originals or
copies of the same, certified undef
their rules, are produced, they shall
Vbe deemed conclusive as against
the government of the United
States.
Sec. 5. That said commissioners
shall designate one of their number
to act as chairman, aud his signa
ture shall be the attestation of all
process, proceedings, and copies;
and said commission shall have
power to summond witnesses, and
t 5 enforce their attendance in any’
part of the United States, marshals
or bailiffs specially appointed by
the commissioners to discharge
such duties, and Jo issue subpoenas
duces tecum, and writs of attach
ment, to compel the production of
any’ book, papers, vouchers or
“other documentary or written ev
idence pertaining to the payment or
collection of said tax which may be
in the possession of finy public offi
cer or other person ; and any per
son who shall refuse obey any
legal subpoena, attachment, order,
or summons issuing from said Com
mission shall be subject to such
pains and penalties as the Circuit
and District Court of the United
States may inflict in cases of sim
ilar contempt. And it is hereby
declared that all books, papers,
vouchers, (private receipts except
ed,) and other documents pertain
ing to the collection of said cotton
tax heretofore, now, or hereafter in
the hands of public officers or other
persons, are the property of the
government of the United States,
and are hereby , made subject to
the order or control of the Com
mission named in this act; and any
person who shall wantonly’ or ma
liciously secrete, deface, erase, mu
tilate, or destroy any book, paper,
voucher, receipt, or other official
evidence of tbe payment or collec
tion of said lax, or any part there
of, shall be deemed guilty’ of felony,
and, on conviction in any court of
competent jurisdiction, shall be im
prisoned for not less than one y’ear
or more than three years.
Sec. G. That whenever in their
discretion it may be deemed expe
dient, said commission may require
the testimony by commission of all
or any persons competent to testi
fy in the circuit courts of the Uni
ted States; and when, in the judg
ment pf said commission it is nec
essary, they are hereby clothed
with power to send for persons and
papers.
Sec. 7. That it shall be th-e duty
of a the Secretary’ of the Treasury to
cause bonds of the United States
to be prepared in sums of five hun
dred dollars each, and one thousand
dollars each payable at the Treasury
of the United States, to bearer a*
the end of forty years from date, in
gold, bearing interest at the rate of
four and one-half per centum per
annum, payable semi annually, in
gold with coupons attached, to be
called cotton bonds, to be signed
and authenticated in the manner di
rected and provided in section thr<?e
of an act entitled “An act to
authorize the issue of United States
notes, and for funding the floating
debt of the United States,” approv
ed Febuaty 25, 1862; w’hich bonds
so authenticated, shall be by him
delivered to the person or persons
in whose favor the Commission shall
have made an award,or to his, her,
or .their administrators, executors,
or assigns, in payment of such
claims as said board shall allow’, on
the presentation of such claims or
claims certified by the chairman
of said board; Provided,.That when
any such claims are for a less sum
than the smallest denomination of
bonds, or an excess be left of a
claim allowed or er and above, the
exact amount of a bond, certificates
for the odd amount, payable to the
older of the claimant or his assigns,
shall be issued by the Secretary of
the Treasury; which certificates,
when presented in amounts exceed
ing five hundred dollars, shall be
redeemed at the Treasury Depart
ment in the above bonds so far
as practicable, and for the residue a
new certificate shall be issued in
like manner as provided for the
original issue. All claims certified
by the chairman of the Commission
shall draw inrerest from the date of
such certification until the same are
exchanged for bonds as above pro
vided. The faith of the Uftited
States is hereby pledged for the due
payment of the interest and the re
demption of the principle of said
bonds, and the same shall be free
from taxation, as in the case of oth
er bonds of the United States.
Sec. 8. That as several of the
States in wlHch*cobton is produced
have not received their proportion
ate share of banking capital, it is
hereby enacted that the bonds here
by authorized to be used as capital
for banking in the State in which
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said tax money was paid, in the
same manner and form as is provi
ded for under the laws establishing
the present system of national
banks.
Sec. 9. That there shall be paid to
each commissioner a salery of———
thousand dollars per year, payable
quarterly ; and they shall have pow
er to appoint a clerk and messen
ger to attend their sessions at
Washington, and are authorized to
employ such additional services as
they may deem necessary.
Sec. 10. That all laws and parts
of laws and regulations in conflict
with the provisions of this act, so
far as they conflict with the same
are hereby repealed.
Bays a Word to Aon.
We will suppose that every boy
who reads this paragraph has a
mother. If not he is to be pitied.
It matters not how many other
friends he has, nobody else can
take the place of his mother ; not
father or brother or sister—uncle
or aunt or grandparents. They
may all be very good to him and
deserve his love, confidence and
respect j but none of them is so
near as his mother; none will love
him so devotedly ; none will sacri
fice so.much for his good; none
will labor so harcl for his happiness;
none will rejoice so much in his
prosperity; none grieve so much
for his losses ; none cling so closely
in adversity. All others may aban
don him ; but a mother never will
never can. If he goes to the pris
on she will follow him to the door ;
if he goes to the gallows she will
be the last to say farewell ; and the
last to drop a tear on his grave.
Nothing can surpass the love of a
mother. Now, what we want to
say, is, love your mother; and if
you love her, you will obey her.
Long years have gone by since such
advice was applicable to us; and in
those passing years we never met
with a good and true man who did
not regret every act of disobedience
to his mother; and seldom one who
despised his mother who was not
afterwards despised by the world;
or one who deserted his mother
who was not afterwards deserte'd
by fortune. So common is this re
sult that one seldom is known to
prosper who does not treat his moth
er well. Ilis actions is contrary to
nature aud can only spring from an
evil heart. lie who will not lore
mother, can have no affection for
anybody. And why should he
prosper ? He lives contrary to the
law of God, which insists upon
honor to father and mother and
pronounces blessings iherefor, while
the Bible reads—“tbe eye that mock
eth at his father and despiseth his
mother, the ravens of the valley
shall pick it out and the young
eagles shall eat it.” We can look
back many years and call to mind
the history of many persons, and
uniformly their lives have proved
these words true. Honor of parents
has been succeeded bjr the honor of
those who obeyed that command
ment ; while dishonor of parents
has indicated the evil life and the
evil end to follow. Our lesson for
boys therefore is this : the first duty
of life is obedience, and the first
person to be loved, honored and
obeyed is your mother. Never say
a word that will give her grief—
never do an act that wiil cause her
to blush. Stand up for your moth
er. Whoever she is, whatever she
is, don’t ferget that she is your
mother, and therefore your fir*t
duty is to listen to, obey and re
spect her.
Advice to Young Men. —Young
men, get married ; you will never be
worth a lasfyear’s robbin'snest until
you do. The fruits of disobedience
are misery and misfortune, and
you will never be truly happy while
living iu disobedience to God’a
commandment to our first parents in
the Gartlen. Remember,that there
are seventy five thousand more
marriagables ladies in the United
States than gentlemen and, 300,010
more females than- males. Imagine
yourself at the bar of judgement
with 75,000 old spinsters, with
tootldess.jaws and tongues sharpen
ed on the grind-stone of temper, and
honed on the strap of unrequited af
fection, as your accusers, then your
chance for eternal bliss would not
be very flattering. Aud further
more, remember that unperformed
duties always come homo roost, so
you will be very likely to go through
the world with holes in the heels of
your stockings, and your elbows out,
aud finally die unregretted, and be
forgotten like any other brute.
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