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Pardoned South Carolinlans


The following is list of South Caro-.
lnians pardoned by the President, with
the names Of The persons by whom the
pardon was recommen ded, as reported in
the recent communication Of the President
to Congress
VIM. Aiken, ex Governor Of South
Carolina, by. ex Governor Perry. Hon.
Montgomery Blair, E. Vauderh of, James
Lynch, l. Z. Holmes, and several hundred
others.
John D. Asbpore, resigned seat in
United States Congress no recommeuds,
tiouc.
NJ. L. Bonbam, Brigadier General, by
Governor Perry, and ordered by the Pre-.
sident.
NJ. Butler, Brgadier General BY Gov.
ernor Perry, and ordered by The Presi.
isnt.
|. john Bratton. Brigadier- G eneral, by
Governor Perry, and ordered by the Pre-
sideut.
George Davis, Attorney General, by
Governor Perry, Governor Worth, and n
large number Of citizens.
Jesse b, d. DeBow, editor DeBox's 3
Re0'ew, by ex Governor Aiken, lion. w.
w. Boyce and Governor Perry.
Stephen Elliott, Jr., Brigadier Geaerar,
Ivy Governor Perry, Major General 0. II.
Gilmore and Rev r. Fuller.
Walter Gwynn, Brigadier General, and
graduate Of West Point, resigned, by
Governor Perry. ]. S. Gallaghc., Hon,
James Seeger, Hon. l.. Ii. Chandler a nd
George A. Pearre.
ii. J. Hnrtstein, ex Commander United
States Navy, hy J. r. McKinslev, United
States Navy, John E. Ward, Of New
York and w. S. Desen,z.
}. Hagood, Bsigsdicr General, by Gov,
ernor Perry.
Duncan n. Ingraham. ex Captain
United States Navy, by Rear-Admira
S"ubrick, Governor Perry, and ordered
by Attorney-General Speed.
=. n. bvnch, Catholic Bishop, b,
Archbishop NJ j. spaIding.
J. L. Or, Seua,o', by Govern or Per
ry..
}. s. Preston, Brigadier. General, b,
Governor Perry.
IL. f. Sims Senator, ty L. C. Shank
lin and G. N. Gibbs.
G. a. Trenholm, Secretary OF III,
Treasury, by s. r. King, General Petit
CRU, Msjar General Sickles, Major Gener
a! Howard, Major General Curtis. Ed
wards pierreront, Of New York, A. a
Long, Major General Hatch, Major Cen
eraI Stea1msn, and over eigh, hundred
others.
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To Keep Fowls Free from Vermin.

There are several kinds Of vermin that
infest the hen. BY attending 10 the fol.
lowing remedies, they will te eat.rely
kept clear: First Of all, ifin confinement.
in the dust corner o. the poultry house,
mix about pound Of sulphur among the
dust, sshes, and fine air Stacked lime for
them to dust in. This will give the
feathers fine, glossy appearance. IF in,
tested with inssct,, damp tho skin with a
little water; then sprinkle with pepper.
box a little sulphur on the skin. Let a
bird be covered with these insects, and
they will all disappear in twelve h ours.-
Previous 10 setting hen. moro particular.
ly in warm weather, il Tie nes, be slightly
sprlnkIed with sul phur, there is no fear Of
the hen being annoyed hy them. MANY
line brood OF chickens pine away and
die through nothing else, whom no one
knows the caase. Having observed hens
leaving their nests just before matching
time, we examined their nest and found
the eggs covered and literally, with very
small and minute vermin-almost too
small to be observed with The naked eve.
A Tree application Of air-slacked lime, dry
wood ashes and sulphur spriaklsd oves
the eggs, will exterminate them; or, when
the house is infested with them, clear out
the fowls, close the doors, windows, etc.,
and fumigate with birthstone, by burning
i. in an iron vessel, and the fowls will mot
be annoyed afterwards.
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How the Gable is Worked.

The. other iay teegrapher. who bad
looked into the matter, tod me in 4 f.w
words how the Atlantic cable is worked.
/ had read column after column in the
psrsrs in a vain effort 10 understand how
fh ~ss done. and was astonished enough,
i ssssre von, TO see how simple thing
= was the in.rument which talks across the
sea. Imagine n SIN all npelle-it weighs
only three ssvantecnths Of = gr,in--.S SO
,thA, either end points to = powerful fixed
magnet. .Q,sr lhis nsel;s is a board in
which i. a small lsb!e, above AMI behind
which is a black board. One end Of ,hS
needle, or rather one magnet, is the posi-
tive, and The other tho negative one..-
The battery is taken off at one side OF the
oessn by the action Of the m,gnom them
sslyss when tho operator st the other
side is writing. The battery used at
either end contains only three cups; a
wonderfully small number when you
know that il takes a thousand or more to
work the various wires leading out OF No.
145 Broadway, The head Office hero
Tho application OF current from lhe
battery to the positive magnet at Valeniia
Induces an attraction Of the needle by the
negative magnet at Hearts Content, or
q vice versa. The movement ofthe needle,
however. is SO very small that il could
not bs detected by the aaked eye. A
powerful magnifer. however, carries the
reflection Of the motion Of the needle
tprougE tho hole in the board above, and
,tran'fsrs it in an enlarged, and With the
aid Of light, an oniigh,ed form to the
blackboard. The alphabet is similar to,
though hos exactly like, tho "Morse." {"
and a motion OF :hs needle one way i'm
plies dash, or tbs other way dot; Of
ieourse as many Of each can be made use
bfas is desirable. The msgneu being
equally attractive hold the needle station
afy. when no other influence is applied
And nov for the reason why small ba,
tery works the best. II 10 not that
large battery, as has been popularly sup
posed, would eat up the conducting wire,
but that j, would make the motion Of In Q
delicate needle too violent, to use vulgar
phrase, itwould be perpstually "wabbling
Gbou,." The smalI current used has no
such effect. have tried 10 explain the
matter, in as few words as possible, as
heard j, myself, from an eminsn, tele
grapher, and trust have made myself
perspicuous 10 the readers Of the Courier.
-, ,'te Evsniny Post.
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NUMBER 81.
Boiled Peas for Mich Cows and Hogs.

Boiled Peas for Mich Cows and Hogs.
Boiled peas, saws a correspondent OF tho
Richmond (Vs.) Farmer, as food for mIch
cows, and for fat,ening hogs, is fsr superior
TO corn, meal, or anything el5s have ever
seen tried. My homes, opinion is that two
bushels OF peas are superior to, or worth
more for fattening hogs, or to increase tho
milk of cows. than three bushels Of corn
applied to the same object. In expert.
mcrt'ng, | have found that hogs not only
fstten double "a fast, but the improvement.
OF their general condition was in like pro-
portion. With respec, to cows, he SAYS,
the effect was in ten days to double the
yield OF milk. Ny plan in using them
was 10 soak them in water for tweIy.
hours or through the night before boiling
them. BY this process their bulk was
doubled and consequently required less
boiling. Besides this advantage, I found
soaked peas an excellent substitute for
green food, hs wing not only the effect on
stock produced by turnip,, carrots and
bos's, in improving the milking properties,
but lmpartS none Of the bad taste to the
milk, which is often derived from the
green crop, above referred TO. 1. wss,
moreover, found to exhibit fattenne quail
ties almost equal to those of the boiled
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10 Make Cows Give Milk.

writer, who says his cow gives all
the milk that is wanted in family Of
eight persons. and from which was made
two hundred and sixty pounds Of butter
during the year, gives the following as hi.
mode OF ireatmen.-it is cheap, and worth
st least trial:
II you desire to get a large yield Of
rich milk, give your cows three times .
day, water slightly warm, slighuy salted,
in which bran has been stirred at the rate
OF one quart to two galloas Of water.-
You will find, il you have not tried this
daily practice, that your COW will give
twenty five rer cent. more milk immedi.
ateIy under the effect Of it, and she will
become 30 attached to the diet 40 10 70
fuse to drink clear water unless very tt,rs.
ty, but this mesa she will drink at almost
any time and ask for more. The amount
OF this drink necessary, is an ordinary
water pail full each time, morning, noon
and night. Your animal will then do
her best at dscounting tho lae,eal-
-Four hundred pounds OF butter are often
obtained from good stock, and instance.
are mentioned where the yield is even at
a higher figure.
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Bill Simpsons Legal Experience.


Many years ago the Legislature Of
tennessee passed an act to organize the
county Of McNsiry, alias Snake. Atthat
time the country embraced in the limits
Of Snake was occupied by steady set Of
bsckwoodsmen, totally unacquainted with
courts, jsils, etc. The county assembled
at the appointed site for the purpose Of
cutting logs, making boards, ETC., to build
Court house and Jail. The only theme
Of conversation, whvn the men were as.
semb'ed, was the court, etc. None Of
them bad ever seen court in session, as
yet developed. Each one would give
what his idea was Of court, etc.
None, no wcver. were entirely sat,.fac.
. tory. until Bill Simpson WAS called on 10
give his ideas. lie said he know all a.
bout a. court-that he. had lawsuit in
North CAROLINA One Of his neichbor's
hogs kept coming when be fed his hogs
until it GO, fat. One morning he got so
id mad that he shot the hog He
thought it would not do TO throw it,vav
so be cleaned and salted it. Sbor,Iv ar
! terwards his neighbor and man came "a
! his house, examined the smoke house, and
took him 10 town and put him in little
Office. About three months after that
this man came and took. him up to a
large room. A large man sat upon a
| high bench--a man WAS sitting at a desk
about a dozen fine dressed men sat in
place that was paled around. The man
put mo in pen just behind them.
lie then called in twelve men, they
took seats il box in front Of the fine
dressed men. The msn that was writing
gavethe twelve men a book and said
something about Bill Simpson and State.
Then one OF the fine men read something
about Bill Simpson and the hog, and I've
and another one Of the fine dressed men
had the biggest quarrel you ever heard
| thought they would fsh, every minute,
but they didn't. 1t Was Bile Simpson
and the hog, and the hog and Bill Simp.
son, and sometimes Mr.. Simpson. but
Id seldom. After they quit quar-
reling, the big man talked awhile to the
twelve men, and tbcn they went out and
staid shori time, and came back and
said something TO the men at the desk.
The man on the bench said something TO
the man tha. put me in office, and he
took me out and tied me to persimmon
"ee and commehcsd fighting me with a
cowhide, and i, made me 40 Id mad
that I shook all the persimmon. off tho
tree Winchester Home Journal.
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. Cosr or rHE NATIosAL CArTroL. - The
old building burnt by the British on tie
capture Of Washington in 1914, cost
S78s.07l. The cost Of the new capitol
TO 1889, including Improvements Of
grounds, vas Sl.8Os,4ls. Expended
between 1880 and 1885, 10 alterations
and Improvements, $s205s; making a
total cost Of the capitol and grounds,
81, 2,690,44s. The additions snd improve
meots since made to the building, ard
still in progress, will cost a, least 800,
0eo more.
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An Act

10 SHORTEN AID REGULATE TIE rUBLICA-
TIoN OF NOTICES TO ABSENT DrFrS,
DANTs IN EQUITY.
BE IL enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives, now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and 10y the author
ty OF the same, That hereafter a decree
pro coy6sso may be had against any de,
fendsnt to bill or other proceeding in
Equity, who may be without the State.
after notice from the Regis:or in Equity
for the District in which such bill or other
proceeding is filed, published in a news
paper once within every ten days of the
time hereinafter mentioned, that such de.
fenGant appear and plead, answer or de.
mur to such bill, or other proceedins.
within forty days from the date of the
first publication Of said notice, or that a
decree pro cowesso be entered on record
against him, any law, usage, or practice
to the contrary in anywiss notwi,h,,and.
ing.
Ratified Decemher 10.
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some on his muscle when his dauder WAS
up, he knocked the blackguard out Of
time in the first round, recovered his pro
fe'sy and handed the chap over to the
first policeman who came along.
"Bedad," SAID Mr.. O'Keeg.n, "if I
had only done tha: in the 6rst place I'd
have saved myself dale Of trouble and
a bad cowd."
| think we had better fight it out on
tho first issue.
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CoLIc IN HoRsEs.-The following ia a
certain cure. have seen /, tried dozens
OF times, and always with success. l am
sure it will save any horse, il my directions
are followed
Dissolve one pint of salt in a pint Of
hot water; then add quart Of good
vinegar. and pour half Of this mixture
down the horses throat. II the horse is
not well ic half an hour, give him the
balance, aud You will soon ind him ali
rght.-Rurol World.
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A CHARGE TO JuRY.-An Iudiana
justice recently summed up case in
novel and sprightly style, which aslopish.
ed his entire auditory. He said -
Gentlemen OF the jury, in this case the
counsel on both sides are uninteI!igibls,
the witnesses on both aides are incredible
and the plaintiff and defendant are both
such bad characters, that to me il is in.
different which way you give your YER,
dict.p
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7. B. LOGAN.

M1LIrARY AEnEsr.-Lisut. Ross, com
mandrs Tho parrison a: this place, act
ing under instructions from Gen. Scott. Of
the F'esamrn's Bnreau, arrested Sheriff
Matthews, James y. Barrineau ard J. S
Beck on yesterday. and sen, them to
Chsrles,on this morning. This arrps,
~" msd' in consequence Of their being
in charge Of the Jail Which sm recently
dss,ror'd 10y fire at this rlaco.
Thee officers werA arrested while in
di'chsfQs Of Their duty on the Di.tric,
Cour.-Kingstrte Star.
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The Stay Law-Intere,ting Legal aaes-

lion.
The Alexandria Gazette Of Friday
says:
A very interesting legal question arose
10 case IN the county court yesterday,
growing ou, Of the "stay .aw." Barley
" luPpIet, being indebted before th. war,
to finn in New York to the amount, OF
some $500 or 5000, compromised the
claim Gy executing their note for 5000
payable on the Is, Of January 1867, with
endorssrs to secure its payment. This
note not beng paid at maturity, the firm
brought suit upon the note, and obtained
Judgmen,against the endorsers, and issued
an execution thereon, which execution
tue defendants moved to quash, as having
been issued In contravenlion OF the ,tay
law. The question was elaborately argued
by Messrs. Smot and Brent in favor OF
the motion, and Messrs. WiIIoughby and
Beach agsins, it. The argument was in.
teresting and ingenious, involving, we be.
liere, for the frs. time, the true eons,ruc.
'tion OF section 8. Of the stay law Of 1866.
a question Of gssat importance to debtors
IN this State who have compromised theis
debts. The court refused 70 qussh the
execution, and decided that il WA a ne "
debt and WAS not affected BY the stay
law.
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An Act

10 EXTEND THE TIME IN WHICH TO RE.
RECORD LOST "IssrRUMkSTs IN WRIT.
ING"
Be 10 enacted by the Senate and II ou.s
OF Representatives, now met and sitting
10 Genssal Assembly, and BY the au,hori.
" OF ,he.same, That the time :or re- re
cording. provided by the 9Th section Of
the Act OF The General Assembly, ratified
on the twentieth day Of September, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty..ir,
entitled "An' Act to amend aud extend
the operation Of an Act to provide mode
oy which to perpetua,o testimony in rela 1.
ton to deeds, wills, chooses in action, and
other papers and records, destroyed or
lost during the recent war" be extended
until the fist day Of December, one
Thousand eight hundted and sixty seven.
Ratified December II.
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Burning of the Klugstrse Jail-Ra.
port of the Coroner's Inquest-Ar.
rest of the Sheriff and Jailors by the
Military

Military
Alta jury OF Inquest summoned to in
quire into the cause and circums' apce, of
the burning Of the jail. the following yer.
tlict WAS rendered after four days inves,i.
ga'ion:
"Tha. tho twenty two colored persons
eorfined in The jail Of Kings,ree came TO
their deaths by the burning of said Jail,
wherein they were all CONSUMED, except
The portions of three bodies inspected by
the jury. They further found tina, the
fire originated between the ceiling over
head Of the second floor and TIE Hoor Of
the third story; that it was com mmunca,
ted ty some Of the prisoners CO.. fined in
the jail, but whether communicated by
Hccident or de'ign the jury are unable to
agree upon any conclusion. They also
stated that had the j,ilor been in hi. pro.
per place n, The Jail, and with the KEYS
in hi, possession, when tho jsi! was frs,
discovered to he on fire, and when the
alarm had frs, been given. the three wo
men, and perhaps mme Of the prisoners,
could have been saved, and tha, fnr this
neglect and derelic!ion Of duty The Sheriff
and JaiIor are censurable.
In NtncsS whereof 7, T. B. Logan,
District Judge for .aid Disrric,. acting AZ
Coroner, and the Jurors aforesaid to this
inqui'uion, Nave interchangs~h'y pm our
hands and seals, this eleventh day OF Jan
uary, A. d., 1867.
7. B. LOGAN.
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A traveller, about to star, on journey
through country infested by robbers,
took the precaulion Of pni,ipg brace Of
.pisto,s at the bottom OF ave trunk
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DO you plant trees without knowing
what they are--a good tree costs no moro
tr"nb'e than worthless one, and cccupies
no more space. -,
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-11-15

"Brownlow IN the Senate - exclaims
the irrepressible Brick Pomeroy. 1--WE
may yet write with far keener relish and
uualloyed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on the
gaHows - Brick thinks;
The wrongs of the last few years must
be atoned for-iustice must be satisfied
and more than one member of the present
accursed Rump will yet feel the hangman's s
merciless gripe, to satisfy the demands OF
an outraged and insulted people
Brownlow--beast-br -brute-devil--lo
not single trick in your desperate game,
for behind you. dim and ghostly. now, but
gaining bodily form and shape with every
passing hour, is discernabIe the ayenging
agent of justice
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-11-15

RECIPE FOR MAKING RADIcALs.-The
following recipe for making Radicals has
been placed in our hands. For the bene-
fl of all interested. we give it place in
our columns
Take large amount ofignoronca half
pint Of corruption +; one ounce of coward
ice; one pound Of negro fattery or deceP-
tion. Put them all in the unconstitution-
al mortar of contention bruise them well
with the pes'le Of oppression ''--Aaarla
LatelAgen-sr.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-11-15

With all their errors, our Southern bre-
thern were never for moment disloyal to
Republican ideas. They adopted with
elaVen States precisely the same system of
government which their fathers and ours
put in operation with thirteen. They
maintained their State governments precise
ly az they were before. and in uniting the
States in new confederation they readopt-
ed tie Federal Constitution almost word
FIR word. They did not abjure Repubi
can ideas; they merely attempted to set
up new republic on the same model as
that from which they seeded. They did
not renounce the true faith and become
political heretics they only sOugh. to
conduct the same form of worship in new
edifce. They therefore need no conver-
/ sion 10 fl them for readmission TO the na-
tional communion.
It is high time to revive the proud mem
oriea of better days. For great part of
what IS glorious in our history and valua-
bic in our iustitutions the country is in
| debted to Southern citizens. Washington,
who led our armies to success in the Rev
olution, and gave US a country, was a
| Southerner. Madison, who was as truly
! the father OF the Constitution as Washing
ton was of his country. was Southerner.
Marshall, the greatest of our jurist, the
creator of our constitutional jurisprudence,
was a Southerner. jefferson, who secured
| for US all the vast portion of our territory
which lies west of the Mississippi River,
! and about its mouths, was a Southerner.-
| What names have we ever had in the
North to be weighed against these. wheth-
er we consider the greatness of the men or
| the magnitude of their services Ameri-
can citizens have reason to blush when
they permit Republican Institutions to be
suppIauted by military despolism in the
home and over the honored graves of these
iEuslrious architects of their country's
! greatness.
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TIE CLARKsvILLE ASYLUM.
lis Condition, Prospects and Necessi les.

lis Condition, Prospects and Necessi les.
With regard to the present condition Of
the Confederate Orphan Asylum, the fol-
lowing letter from the present able aud
efficient President of the Association for
the State at large to the worthy Secretary
of the Davidson County auxiliary Society,
will doubtless be read with deep interest
By every friend Of The cause
CLARKsvILLE. Tenn, Nov. Q, 1866
Mrs. Jane Watkins, AasAviIle. Tenn
Ny DEAR MADAME-Your note was re
ceived to-day. In reply I would state
that we have now in the Asylum about
twenty five orphans. Several have lately
gone homo, their mothers being anxious to
have them with them, after having been
away from them for more than a year.
We are receiving new applications every
day or so. l have approved two to-day
from Williamson County, The Asylum is
in far better condition than ever before
We have it fully and economically organ
lied and are prepared 10 receive a good
many orphans--not, however. with our
present means moro than three or four
from each county. Still we have made as
general a distribution of favors as possible.
We have nearly paid for the Asylum pro-
perty, and have good matron and over
seer, or agent, to attend to the farm, who
/ has by the assistance of th q boys collected
together large supply Of winter wood,
has saved his crop Of wheat, which turn
ed out near twenty barrels of hou-, also =
good supply of corn and fodder for the
mules and mich cows.
We are trying to make it as nearly self
sustaining as possible for supplies. Still
our wants are numerous. We want some
money to buy groceries and clothing fol
the children. Anything Of that kind would
be gratefully acknowledged. Blankets
sheets, ETC., for bedding are greatly need
eI.
The school is doing very well, and tie
children are learning well, and would dc
better were it not for interference of theil
mothers, who very naturally want to stay
with them and frequently take them away
when they find this is against our rules
The public will bear in mind that the in
stitution was organized solely for the pur
pose of taking care of and educating tn,
children of Confederate soldiers that fel
fighting for the cause that was SO dear t
Us all, and that there has been no provision
| made for anv one else
A few suits of plain. s0arna clothing fol
boys and girls from seven to fifteen years
of age would help us very much.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
Mas. MARION HEERT,
President.