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Special sotices.
IE -1HJf GU
Know Thy Destiny.

MAp,ss Z. Y. Tmoasro >, tie great EnelA
A.troiaesst, Clsirycy nj and fsyehoms 70 ieis,l
who has astcnished de seicnlfe slssses at q
Old world, has now 10 Gated hersrlf st Huksaal
y. T.. Madame Thorntsn pcssessss such sss,
derfal powers Of second sight, a. 70 enable VI
10 impartkncrledge of the greatest impsrtssr'
10 the single er married af either ser. MA,
in q state Of trance, sbe delineates the v~ry nj
lures az the person YOU are ts marry, and u
the aid 81 an instrunrnto Of intense power, kass3
a. the Psyehomotrcpe, guarsntees n prolsct 4
hfe-ike picture Of the fasure hsshand or Vi
Of the applicant. tofesher with date II M!
risge, position In life, leading raib u chars
ter, &c. This Is no hambue, 10 thsssspd,
testimenials can assert. she win send ~hi
dcsired q certified certiheate, OF written gurs
antee, that tho picture u whath purpotts 70
Wy enclosing small lock q hair, and sisuI
place Of birth, sge, disposition asd cosple1i1
and enclosing iifiy eenis and stanped envsiTl
addressed 70 yourse1f zoe win reeeiye ~ n
ture md desired information By reisfe nal
All concentrations saered;y epsRdessisi. q
dress 10 eonfdcsce, MApAss 3. D. fsessr
7. D. Box rs, Hudson, N. Y. feb1-lsH
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At Franklin, Pa, a burning well
shoots up flames ono hundred feet high.
Il 10 bursipg we'll.
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CRlSPER COMA,

Oil she was beautiful and fair, .... N
With starry eyes, and radiant hair.
Whose curling tsndriis sof,, estwiaed,
EnShAined the very hesrt and mind.
, llHg CRIsPEasl COsaA, fl11Il.
fos Curling the Hair Of either Sen is,e w,y
and Glossy Ringist, or Heavy
Massive tgfi. "tl
ny using this article Ladies snd Gen u, nu
eah b-aniify tLepssiyes thousand feis. II \
the only article in the world that vii rsy
straight hair, and 81 the ssme time give h !
beautiful, glossy appearance. The crispsr Gems
no, only euils the hair, but invigefs,ss, btssbI
hcs and eicsn.cs Il; Is highly and d.iis A,islr
perfumed, and Is the most complete article u
the Kind ever offered TO the Ameriesn publ
Ths CrisPer Coma viii be seat 10 any addrt-l
sealed and post paid for 81. i
Address all ordsrst TO
e WI CLARkA CO., Chrmits,
Nc. West fsyei,e Street, syfssass. y. J.
fcbl-iy
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Estate Fl calhariae Yaghing, decd.
NOTICE Is hereby given that fhe Sab.
IN scriber has obsained from the Or
phans' Cogrt Of Carroll county letters
Testamentary on the Personal Estate Of Cara.
AaIsE YfsGLIko, lats Of Carroll county dec d.
All persons having claims against said Es-
tate are hereby wRrnsd 70 EXHIBIT the sans
within six months from this date, otherxi 4
they may be excluded from all benefit d
said Estate. Those indebted are requested
70 make immediate payment. /, ,5ss ~: ~.
WILLIAM sYIN0LING, as,.
feb6-4t NJ Executor.
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MONEY, fREE As WATER, q. - Aef
WI LocAI and frsveIlisg 4fsset NAB
Female, Of all ages, arc waited n sollcii y
ne. r every ,a csi.y: rsss. vi.,sss ns.lss "
500 Pxs CsxI. PaovrS ssk fsady ssis Whsss
of[eredIi smart men ard uonen esa =
from IS 20 $50 per Day. ~ - ~ q lessI
mall capital required ~ frsn ~ u oloo-
more money invested lhs gseslef ne pseGl
No Hsney ssgsissd IN s1ssaes --ss - =
fAs arfidss esd rseeiss ~ Ssv sflwinrisf
you sctnally wish % make ncssy rseidly
easily. write Tor fuli pasticulasess4 sadrss
.as'l MII.N0R 3 CO., (krsD Rnris.)
40 broadway, New York CIR
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Comm issI eners, Notice

rfNHE County Commissioners for Csrrol
u County win meet at their Once, Il
Westminster, on the FrRsr MONDAY Of
n Asou, 1896, for the transsction d
business. W. ri. -
BY order, gA.aa .. q
LEVI VALENTINE,
feno-st Clerk.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-19
PETER FRIES,

pECTIFIER- AND MANUFACTURER OF
II Domestic liquors, Importer and Dealer in
foselgn Wines and Liquors. Front street, oppo-
site Ferry Landing. Rnnk Island, III.
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ONE PILLIN A DOSE.
IS CENTS BOX or POT.
Another Great Triumph /!
F.. LIGHTE & CO.'S
PIANOS

lave just received the highest premium at
IL the Iowa and Illinois State Fairs orer all
the most celebrated makers in the United States,
On the Committees Award Book, after the en-
try of the Lighte & Co. Piano, under the head of
Best Squire Pianos, the following remarks
1st Premium-Splendid Instrument. Reasons
why this Piano received the first premium: lst,
best ease; I'd, best rim ging tone, vibration,
taking the same tone and striking with same
power; Sd, best tone; 4th, most mellow tone ;
9th, best melody; 9th, best general finish" The
president of the Committee says that '1the MEM
Pcrs each took to themselves piece of paper and
went from instrument to instrument, each making
their own notes without seeing each others pa
pers, on the following points, viz: First case ;
second, vibration third, tone; fourth, power );
fifth. sweetness sixth, melody; seventh, general
finish. The committee unanimously gave the +.
G.. Lighte Piano the first premium. These
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MERCHANTS INSURANCE co.
.-.-s5 HARTFORD, CONN. g.
Cash Capital, S500,o0o
@ GEO ". CoPP, Agent, Rock Island.


@.+ GEe. ". CoPP, Agent, Rock Island.
A glance at the eminent services and great pub.
lie usefulness of this well-tried and thoroughly
tested corporation, may be obtained from peru
sal Of the following figures Of losses paid:
Maine. s26, ,sS4, 80 Arkansas, $22,s39,43
n. Hampshire SO Missouri, 44,726l2
Vermont, 32l ,43 Tennessee, as, ,4s2,9 90
Massachusetts "a, 4,307s SO Kentucky, 362e0,71
Rhode Island, IA, sos, 81 Ohio, -69,267,69
Connecticut, 190, ,s7 Indiana, 43,645,4 ,46
New York, 4o9 635, SO Illinois, 1853 1SS, SO
New Jersey, --3,32o,s2 fowa,---- 20,ssO,73
Pennsylvania, 27, ,s03,47 Michigan, 53,2s5,02
MARYLAND, : SO, ,602, ,95 Wisconsin, 66,I07,s3
Dist of Columbia 1885 Kansas, e,T65,s2
Virginia. 7,24 Minnesota, I4,e2S,I0
s. Carolina, 20,s32,75 Nebraska, l,l67.0o
Georgia, 21,933,75 California, o9,630, "a
Florida, : 2o.46S,42 N. Brunswick, .4,934,7 ~
Alabama, 5a5,5s Nova Scotia, l4,2s5,7s
Mississippi, 0,s32.55 Canada, 3s,s73,s0
Texas, 3,96l,9S
All of which have been promptly adjusted and
paid. ...s
&sa- The man who omits to insure his property
now, must be either negligent, ignorant or reck-
less.
ZE~ Call on the undersigned.
GEO, w. COPP, Agent.
Office under Babcocks Hall,
Rock Island.
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SINGER,S
New Family Machine.

Which has been over ten years in preparation,
and which has been brought to perfection regard
less of time, labor expense, is now conf
IDENTIFY presented to the public as incomparably
the best sewing machine in existence. -
The machine in question is simple, compact,
durable and beautiful 1t is quiet, Iight-running,
and capable of performing range and variety of
work never before attempted upon a single ma
chine using either silk, twist, linen or cotton
thread, and sewing with equal facility the very
finest and coarsest of materials, and anything be-
tween the two extremes, in the most beautiful and
substantial manner. Its attachments for hem
ming, braiding, eording, tucking, quilting, fel.
ling, trimming, binding, &C., are novel and prac
tical, and have been invented and adjusted espe
cially for this machine Fs..s u 81.
New designs of the unique, useful and popular
Folding Tops aud Cabinet cases peculiar to the
machines manufactured by this company have
been prepared for enclosing the new machine
These gotten up in every variety of wood,
such as black walnut, mahogany, rosewood, and
the like, and from the plainest to the most ella.
borate pattern and fnish,-the machines them
selves being or less highly ornamented, to
correspond with the cabinets or tables for which
they are intended.
JAMES BOLTON.
General Northwestern Agent. so Clark St., Chi
90, under the Sherman House. ..4is ..-
w. r. NORRIS.
dec22dwtf. Agent, Rock Island.
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LYGN'S PERIODICAL DROPS.
THE GREAT FEMALE REMEDY
FOR IRREGULARITIES.

I have tested these drops in my own practice
over ten years, and do not hesitate to say, tnat
nothing has yet been developed by medical re-
search, that acts so powerfully, positively, and
harmless!y, in of female irregularity, as
does this medicine In all recent cases it never
fails, while thousands who have been long suffer-
ers, are indebted to it for the boon of health to-
day.
Although powerful and positive, they are
perfectly harmless, and may be used at all times,
except when specially forbidden in the directions
They have been extensively employed by emi-
nent physicians ia France and England, as well
as in my own practice, over ten ycais, and have
yet to hear of the first instance of failure.
could give you Testimonials of their efficacy from
ladies all over the northern and western states
were they not in their nature private. Over I00,-
600 bottles have been sold the past year, and
hope and trust many sufferers have been bene-
fitted. am well aware teat remedy SO potent
to remove all obstructioEs, may be used for bad
purpose, but trust that where one bottle is TINS
used, ten may fall into the hands of really needy
sufferers. g.s --..
. To all who suffer from any irregularity; pain
ful, difficult, excessive, offensive or obstructed
Menstruation, Lueorrhea, or the train Sf diseases
that follow, would say, try bottle of DR.. Ly-
on's French Periodical Drops. Being fluid
preparation, their action is more direct and posi-
tive than any pills or powders. Explicit direc-
tions, wearing my facsimile, accompany each bot
tie.
They may be obtained of nearly every druggist
in the country, or by incosing the price to c. G.
Clark & Co., New Haven, Ct, General Agents
for the United States and Canada.
@-+ = DR.. JOHN L. LYON.
Practicing Physician, New Haven, Et
Price $3.50 per bottle. sep26dweowly.
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In addition to our business of selling Wines
&e., in original packages, and in order to insure
to consumers pure Liquors in a compact and con-
venient form, we commenced the enterprize of
bottIing and packing in cases well known
Wines. Brandies, Whskies, &c, and have cent
them out in style that would preclude the pos
sibiity of their being tampered with before reach
ing the purchaser. The general appreciation and
gratifying success that has rewarded our efforts
has encouraged us to maintain the standard as
regards quality, also, to make increased efforts to
retain the confidence and patronage which has
been 80 literally bestowed upon us.
"a. BIN1NGER & CO.,
Established l71Sl Importers of Wines, DC,
No. Is Beaver Street, New York.
The above popular goods put up in eases
containing one dozen bottles each, and are sold by
all prominent Druggists, Grocers, &c.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-19

Nervous Prostration, Weakness, General Lassi
tude, Want of Appetite, MaggiePs Pills will
be found effeetual remedy.
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BUSINESS CARDS,
M. MARX,

nEUTSCHER ADVOCATE, ATTORNEY AT
IL Law and Notary Public. Office in Post Of
hce Block, Rock Island, Illinois. -+sa
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MFB IN A PILL BOX
s51 - - .er t-. s. -
EXTRAORDIEARY EFFECTS FROM
MACCIEL'S
ANTI BILIOUS PILLS
ONE PILL A DOSE,
ONE PILLIN DOSE,
ONE PILL IN A DOSE.

What one hundred letters day say from pa
tients all over the habitable Globe,
CDR. Maggiel, your pill has rid me of all bill
BUSINESS"
"No more noxious doses for me in s or 10 pills
taken at a time. One of your pills cured me-"
Thanks, Doctor. My headache has left me.
Send another box to keep in the house" "
"After suffering tortures from Bilious Choiic,
two of your pills cured me, and have had no re-
turn of the malady.'
sour doctors treated me for chronic constipa-
tion, as they called it, and at last said was in
durable. Your pills cured me-
az had no appetite; Maggiers pills gave me a
hearty one."
''Your pills are marvellous" .t
81 send for another box, and keep them in the
house."
'Dr Maggiel has cured my headache that was
chrcnio.:'
"I gave half of one of your pills to my babe
well in a day"
"My nausea of morning is now cured"
"Your box of Maggiel's salve cured me of
noises in the head. rubbed some sslve behind
my and the noises left" ,.. ..
"Send me two boxes; I want for poor
family"
'I enclose dollar; your price is twenty five
cents, but the medicine to me is worth dollar. u
''Send me five boxes Of your pills"
"Let me have three boxes of your salve and
pills by return mail ....
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Chicago, Rock Island and
=. @E % IT Es---s---1 Es.=zss-.s.sl
Pacific Rail Road Co.
THE OLD CENTRAL ROUTE
! .-. CONNECTING THE
Atlantic and Pacific States.


ALL TRAINS on this Road are in direct connee-
ton at Chicago with all Eastern and Southern
Roads to and from all points in the New Eng
land, Middle and Southern States.
AT La SALE, with Illinois Central Railroad;
North to Dixon, Freeport, Galena, Dunleith and
Dubuque; South to Bloomington, Decatur,
Springfield, st. Louis, Cairo, Memphis and New
Orleans.
AT PEORIA, with all roads East, West and South;
also, with Illinois River Packets to all points
on the Illinois River.
AT ROCK ISLAND, with Mississippi River
Packets, to alipoints between St. Paul and New
Orleans.
AT WASHINGTON, KELLOGG and NEWTON,
with Western Stage Co., to all points in Central
and Western Iowa, and at OMAHA, with the
Union Pacific Railroad, 10 Kearney, Denver,
Fort Bridger, Salt Lake, &C., &c.
On and after Monday, December 30th, 1865, un-
til further notice, Trains will leave Rock Island
Station, as follows:
GOING EAST.
Day Express and Mail leaves at. ......7 20a. m.
Night Express, ...9 Dep. m
Express Freight, ........6 COP. m.
Way Freight, ........9 p. IN.
GOING WEST.
Passenger Trains leave at 700 a. m, and $50 D. N.
Freight Trains leave at $3.50 a. m, and p. m.
Through Tickets for sale, and Receipts for
Freight given to most important points in the
United States and Canadas, by
WIN. B. GRENELL,
Freight and Ticket Agent, Rock Island, III.
w. III. WHITMAN, Asst Supt.
A. P. HALL,
Assistant General superintendent.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-19

For all diseases of the Kidneys, retention of
Urine, &c, Maggiel's Pills perfect cure. One
dose will satisfy any one.
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WALTER KENNEDY.

NINE AND LIQUOR STORE. CHICAGO
w bottled Ale and Porter. Palace Row, Rock
Island III. =
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OPINIONS or FaE PRESS.

The name of Bininger & Co., No. Is Beaver
street, is a guarantee of the exact and literal
truth of whatever they represent-N. Y. Com
nerciGi AdreTtiSer.
The importing house of Binirger & Co, No.
Is Beaver street, is conducted upon principles Of
integrity, fairness, and the highest honor-N, T.
Erening Express.
nov2deodweowly
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- co E,5S
Dyspepsia Cure.
This great remedy for all diseases of the
STOM ACH.

. ~ Il l1AN(AAS 60
is the discovery of the inventor of Goes valuable
Cough Balsan, while experimenting for his own
health. 1t cured Cramp in the Stomach for him
which had before yielded to nothing but ehioro-
form. ra#a Ec3 Ga-arg -et. I.H- E J.
The almost daily testimony from various parts
of the country encourage to believe there is no
disease caused by disordered stomach it viii
not speedily cure. -.
Physicians Endorse and Use 1t!
Ministers give Testimony Of Its Ell
~ ficacy!
And from all directions we receive tidings Of
cures performed. ID L-i'
DYSPEPSIA .- ..-- ..- .sa
ETa a5h 1t is sure to cure. -.- n g-.e
HEARTBIIRN .s -r-.- rs.e ......
t-- One dose will cure ...
SICK HEADACH
1t has cured in hundreds of cases.
HEADACHE AND DIZZINESS
-i-. 1t stops in thirty minutes.
AClDITf1OF THE STOMACH 80
ri IL correets at once -e. -s -=
RISING OF, TIL E FOOD .
-,-a It stops Immediately. -
DISTRESS AFTER EATING
One dose will remove.
CHOLERA MORBUS '.a
I Gs- Rapidly yields to few doses.
BAD HEALTH
VIII be changed with half bottle.
1T Is PERFECTLf HARMLESS.
Its unprecedented success is owing to the ffsct
that it by assisting nature to re-assert her
sway in the system. Nearly every dealer in the
United States sells it at
-- ONE DOLLAR PER BOTTLE.
a-s. C.G. CLARK CO., Proprieters,
sep26dweowly- New Haven, Conn.
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Ladies. Fake Part,sular no,1es. y
THE REAL VELPEhU FEMALE PILLS.


sale for tho first time In America.
They have been kept in comparative obscurity,
from the fact that the originator, DIR. Velpeau,
is physician in Paris, of great wealth and strict
conscientious principles, and has Withheld them
from general use lest they should be employed
for unlawful purposes.
In overcoming Female Distractions, Falling
Of the Womb, Whites, Green Sickness, Suppress
sion, Retention, or Immoderate Flow of the
Monthly Discharges, Nervous and Spinal Afec-
tions, Pains in the Back and Limbs, Fatigue on
Slight Exertion, Palpitation of the Heart, Hys-
terics, &C., ana viii effect q cure when all other
means have failed; and, although q powerful
remedy, do not contain calomei, antimony, or
anything hurtfui to the constitution.
To married ladies and young girls who have
never been regulated, they peculiarly suited.
They will, in . short time, bring on the monthly
period with regularity.
CAUTION. Married ladies should never take
them when there is any reason to believe them
selves pregnant, for thav viii be sure to produce
q miscarriage. = .-f .l
These Pills are entire,, sase, under all circum-
stances, being composed entirely of substances
from the vegetable kingdom.
Paris stamped on the box, with the words &c Trade
Mark in French, to countexfeit which is .
misdemeanor, and all persons win be dealt with
according to law.
Full directions accompany each box.
Ladies can obtain box, sealed from the eyes
of the curious, by enclosing one dollar and seven
postage stamps. to any respectable druggist,
.---,M. W. MACOMBER,
General Agent for United States and Canadas, nj
Albany, New York, or to any authorized Agent
GIeim & Hinckley, Charles A. Benser, Rock Is
land, Ill, and druggists everywhere sep26dIy
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LIVERY AND SALE STABLE,

THE UNDERSIGNED HAS OPENED A
L Stable on Market Square, Rock Island, where
he keeps few good Horses and Carriages to let
He also has large covered stage wagon for fish,
ing and picnic parties. A share of public pat
ronage respectfully solicited
B- Prices moderate. Horses bought and sold.
E. G. SPENCER
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3H wARNoCK. ROBERT RALsr
WARNOCK & RALSTON.

Successors to Warnock It Kelly
MANUFACTURERS OF SOAP~AND CAN
1tI dies. and Lard Oil, Rock Island ILL., Cash
paid for Tallow and Grease. mch3 3-dSwtf
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1867-08-14
An Act to Prescribe an Oath of Office

The following il the oath of office te
f.rrrd to in the 9th lection Of The "Recon.
srrurrion Act" and also in the 9th Of the
Supplrmrrtnr Bill,
Be II enacted Thpt hereafter anv person
elected or appointed to anv office Of honor
or profit under the government of. he IIni
u.d States. either in the civil. military or
uavn! department Of the public SERVICE, ex
crpr the President "f th, United States.
sho'l before ct trrtng np"n the duties cr
such Office. and before being entitled To any
Of the salary or otter rm"liment thereof
take and subscribe The following oath or
affirmation: II, a b., do s"lemnlv swear
Cor nllirm) that have never vnluntarilv
borne arms against the u ) sin"" have
been n ciIz" thereof: ih | hn,c volunta
rilv uI,en 40 aid, co n,r' ance, counsel or
encouragement t" Persons en- ynVrd in arm
rd hostility ii"'ct"; that | hryc never
sought nor a"cept"d nor attempted To OK.
crri," Re functions "f INV Office Whatever
under a"v III huritv. nr pretended a~th0rit,
in hostility to the United States: IN
hav" not Yielded voluntary support 10
nnv prrirndcd government, 20 yer ar con
~titurinn Within ia" Untei S'a'.s hostile
or nim'caI thereto: ani io furiher swear
(or Hthrm) that IL the best uf INV knnvl,
edge and ability. will surpnr' aud defend
the constitution Of the United States against
aii enemies. frreign aud d"u-siic that !
will bear true faith AID .lrginnre to he
same that take this "h!iga ion freely,
wihTm, uu, mental rr>rrvatinn ar purpose
&C evasion. and that will we'll AMI fai'h
fully discharge the duties Of the office on
WHICH am abnu' TO enter so help NE
God " which ."n;r. =" taken and signed
sbai be preserved among The flies Of the
Court Houses IF CONGRESS-. or the depart 9
meet "hich ~ad officer mnv npp"rtuin.
And any pcrs"n who may fuSty take said
oath sha. b. guilty of p-rjnry. and on con
ric'iGn. in rddlii,n. tn IN. penalties nnN
pr.sr'ibrd f. rha' "tf.ncr -hlll he d.rsiv-
I'd "is "tiic- and reudrr-i ircop hi.
r"v"r nf"r. of holding a"v "tfi,c or place
under ia" Cnit"d S'n'"-
Approved jaw , 1862
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Inhabitants of such State, being twenty one
wears Of aye aud citizens of the Uuj I'd
States. or in any way abridged except for
participation in rebellion OF oib.r crime. the
basis "f representation therein shall b. re-
dured IN the proportion which th. number
OF such male citizens sh III bear to the
whole number "f male ri,izeps twenty enc
years of age in such State
Sec. g. No PERSON shall be Senator or
Representative in Congress, e eiee:ct &C
President aud VicePre-idcnt or hold any
office, civil or military. under tue United
States or under anv State. wn". having pre-
vnusIy taken an oath as II member ot Con
grcss. or us an officer Of the United States,
o. ns member of an, State LIE si-lnrre. or
as an Executive or Judicial Officer Of nnv
State o support the 'on iitu'iuh of he
United States, shaI! have engaged in insur
rec;ion or rebellion against tn. same, or
given aid and cnUfnrt to the enemies there
of But Congress may, bv vote "f tw"
thirds of GUch llUusr, remove such disabli
ty.
Sec A. The validity If the public debt Of
the United States authorized bv law. in.
clndng debts incurred for pavmcnt "f pen
sons and hcuntieS for services in suppress
ing insnrrecii"n or rebellion. shall not be
Questi ned Bot neither the Un;t'd Sta -
hor any State shall a~sume or pay any deb
or obligation incnrrcd in aid ofinsurrccion
or rebellion against the United >la'e-. or
any claim for the loss or emancipation Of
nnv slave; but all surh debts, ouliga'ious
aud claims. shall be held illegal and void
Sec 8 Tn. Congress shall have power
10 enforce oV appropriate Legislation the
provisions of this srticle