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Year: 1867

As 1t Is very we'll settled that the
people of Georgia will determine i'll
favor of holding q Convention under
the reconstruction laws, questions be-
Gin to arise As to the qualification OF
delegates.


One has already been mootcd-
whether a delegate will be required to
take the oath Of office prescribed by
the act Of July ,. 1862, commonly
called the 'iron clad" oath. We
think there can be little doubt on that
point. The office of delegate is one
created by the paramount authority OF
the United States, a delegate is an
officer of the United States, and as
such must be required to take the
same oath, as are all officers


Another question will come up in
time, whether a delegate must neccs-
sarily be Il resident Of the county OF
district he represents. The law is
silent on this point. There is nothing
i'll the reconstruction laws which re-
quircs the delegate to be u resident of
the county, and Judging from the
practice i'll Georgia and other States
Cif such practice is prccedcnD, it
will not hc improper, if II suitable
candidate cannot be found in any
county. for the voters to select, vote
for, and elect a person from any other
county to represent them.


No provision is made i'll the laws
for those persons who, between the
time OF their registration and the time
of the election of delegates for the
Convention, or the time to vote for
the ratification of the Constitution
formed by the Convention may remove
or wish to remove from the precinct
in which they are registered Much
of our population is very migratory,
and it may happen that, through this
cause, reconstruction may be defeated
A reading of the law indicates that
each voter must vote at the precinct
where he has been registered, and
none other. y removal to such dis
tance from that precinct that attend
ance would he impossible or so incon-
yenient as to prevent his presence,
would of course disfranchisc him. as
cffectually as though he had never
been registered.


Some authoritative decision should
be promulgated on these and similar
points In these, as in some other
respects the reconstruction laws are
deficient. They are careful in pre-
scribing the qualifications Of voters,
but leave to inference and analogy the
qualifications of delegates. which are
of as much or more Importance, and
they certainly should make provision
by granting certificates or otherwise,
tor persons who cannot vote at the
precincts where they arc registered.
County lines, as such, are not recog-
nizcd by the reconstruction acts,
except for convenience. Representa-
ton in the Convention is founded
entirely on population, somewhat rs
in our State Senatorial and Congress
sional Districts. The whole number
Of voters has to be divided by the
number of members in the most
numerous branch of the Legislature
in 1860, and the delegates arc to
be apportioned accordingly. OF
course it will be the duty of those in
Year: 1867

s All communications for publca-
ton must be written only on one side Of
the paper, and accompanied with the name
Of the writer We will not publish the
name, unless the writer wishes us to do
SO, but We must have it as a guarantee Of
the truthfulncss Of the article.
Year: 1867

We copy as follows from the New York
Journal Of Commerce


Several months ago person came to
tho president of an Insurance company,
with the request that he would insure, in
the sum of ten thousand dollars, his
schooner, her tackle and machinery
What machinery does your schooner
carry asked the insurer The appli-
cant for insurance hesitated for little,
but finally said: may as we'll tell you
the whole story; / have a schooner load
of molasses; Ihave also still on board ;
| want to insure my vessel for voyage
between here and Boston, with the un.
derstanding that she may anchor in the
Sound, long enough to turn the stuff into
whisky


"0f course he did not mean to pay
revenue duties on the whisky.


"There are in this city, places where
clay stills can be bought they cost about
one hundred dollars, we are told and
the loss, if they are coniscated, is, Of
course, so slight that one days success
ful run will moro than pay for it.


There is q man in Ohio who was, flve
years ago. WOrtu Tess tnhu tuOushHu
dollars and who is now worth million.
He is whisky distiller. Yet it is noto.
rious that honorable men engaged in
distilling have met with serious losses,
and there is general complaint that a
distiller who pays the Government tax
cannot make living.


In 1860 ninety million gallons Of
whisky were manufactured in the United
States; in 1866 the Government col
lected the tax only on fourteen millions
Yet there is reason to believe that over
one hundred and fourteen million gallons
were made in that year; and there is
reason to believe that the Government
lost nearly two hundred million dollars
last year by frauds in the whisky manu-
facture alone"
Year: 1867

Nevesin our experience as journalists
has u Been our duty TO chronicle an
occurreuce more horrid in its details
than the one We are about 10 relate.


The sad affair that left q widowed
mother childless, and for the time being
almost beref Of reason, happened about
TIE 18th ult, in The adjoining county Of
Year: 1867

n6r A young man in southwestern
Missouri has committed suicide in q
manner to excite the envy Of Partisan.
He put himself at an angle of "Vir-
ginia rail fence" and using an ak helve
as lever, he raised the fence, put his
head under It, and caused his neck to be
broken by the falling weight of fence
Year: 1867

Visiting the city would greatly consult their own
interest by purchasing a supply of this never
falling King Of Chilli. Much time can bo
saved by curing the Chills Immediately, and
this medicine uproots tho disease and so
destroys the cause that II will not return, as il
daea whan cured with nuinina
Year: 1867

Don't throw this advertisement one side with the
remark that he 8 blowing, or he don't keep nice
goods; Mr.. So and So told me that bis goods we're
low priced, but were not good for anything Arrays
bear In mind that the money scH be refunded on any
goods purchased at my store. provided they are re.
turned In as good order as they were when pur-
chased Don't believe word they tell you, for it is
all false 10 a
Year: 1867




When a tree has produced nothingl
but wood fer several years, the tenden1
Gy may be checked by judicious pruning.
This is done by opening trench around
the trees, at suitable distance from the
trunk. That distance must depend on
the size OF the tree, for the roots extend
nearly as far as the branches. The
trench should be from one foot to two
and half feet deep, according to the
size OF the tree, in order to admit of an
inspection of all the lateral roots. Some
persons cut the vertical, or tap.roots.
by striking a spade under the tree. but
1t is not advisable to cut these roots, as
they are anchors which hold the tree
firm in its place. In opening a trench
around tree, care should be taken not
to hack the roots; they should be cut
clean with sharp knife; making a
draw cut, the same as when pruning
the branches. Much damage is some.
times done to trees in pruning, by
hacking the roots with a spade, or cut
ting them too close to the trunk.


The best time for this kind of prun-
ing is in the fall, when vegetation ia
suspended. 1t may be done in the
spring before vegetation commences.
Some orchardists think that August il
the most appropriate month for this
work, bat the greater number prefer to
operate In the fall or early in the spring. .
Some persons do not open trench, but
merely cut a circle around the tree with
a spade-a very imperfect method of
performing the operation, as q great
many of the roots cannot be reached in
that way, and such as are reached, are
hacked, instead of being cut clean.


When the tree has been properly
root-pruned its disposition to grow
wood, at the expense of fruit, will be
effectually checked, and its energies
directed to the formation of fruit-bnds.
The tree having been deprived Of the
greater number of its fbrous roots bv
this method of pruning, will require
the application of manure to enable the
old roots which remain within the circle.
and the new ones which spring out
where the cuts have been made, to sus-
tain the growth of the tree and the
formation of fruit. A root pruned
tree, without the application of manure,
generally produces profusion of un-
productive blossoms or a large number
of very small fruits.


1t is good plan to fll up the circu-
lar trench which has been made around
the tree, with compost of such ma
nures as are best suited to the variety
of fruit that is being operated on. Bro
ken bones, charcoal, lime, ashes, plas-
ter, poultry manure, common salt, bits
of leather, dead leaves and twigs, ETC.,
will be found very beneficial to nearly
all kinds of fruit trees. Barnyard ma
nurs generally produces a rank growth
Of wood, but is not well calculated to
encourage the growth of fruit. Trees
heavily mulched with barnyard manure
seldom ripen their wood before trest,
and on this account are liable to dam
age from the rigors of winter. We
have seen the productiveness of geese.
berry and Currant bushes greatly in.
creased by root pruning, and filling the
trunks with the well rotted remains Of
old hot beds. - Western Rural.
Year: 1867

Peel and slice crossways a quarter of
an inch thick, some apples; remove
the core, and dip them one after the
other in the following batter: Put in
basin about two ounces Of flour, little
salt, two teaspoonsful of oil, and the
yolk Of an egg, moistened by degrees
with water, stirring all the while with
a spoon, till forming smooth consist
ency, to the thickness of cream; then
beat the white of the egg till firm,
mixing it with the batter; it is then
ready to fry. Use any fruit as fritters.
If no oil, use an ounce of butter previ-
ously melted, adding it to the batter
before the white of the egg is used.
Year: 1867

A ToAp UNDRESSING - Audubon relates
that he once saw a toad undressing himself.
He commenced by pressing his elbows hard
against his sides and rubbing downwsrds.
After few smart rubs, his hide began to
burst open along his back. He kept on
rubbing until he worked all his skin into
io!ds on his sides and hips; then grasping
one hind leg with both his hands, he haul
ed off one leg Of his pants the same as any
body would, then stripped of the other hind
Leg In the same way. lie then took his
cast off skin forward between his forelegs
into his mouth and swallowed it then. by
raising and lowering his head. swallowing
as his head came down. hc stripped off his
skin underneath until it came to his fore.
legs, then graspug one Of those with the
opposite hand, by a single motion Of the
head, !, and while swallowing, he drew it
from the neck and swallowed the whole.
Year: 1867

THE latest rumor says that young
Benefits fame won the heart of an English
girl. whose father is . member Of Parlia.
ment, and whose wealth is Of such nature
as to satisfy the most avaricious mind and
that he is to bring her back with him ~
Mrs. J. G. B.. Jr. No time for man who
seeks an advantageous match to wed, like
that in which his reputation is blossoming:
for then he can do better than after the pub.
lie has grown little accustomed to his
good fortune. alH ""
Year: 1867

OPINION OF ROBERT f.. LEA cor
respondent of the New York Herald had
an interview with Gen. Lee on the 3lst
ult. His letter to the Herald is very in
terestng, and we copy the following
paragraph, knowing that our readers will
agree with the General that it is the duty
of a good citizen to vote, and thus aid in
securing the speedy restoration and wei,
fare of his country:


The General informed the writer that
he believed the people in that part of Vir-
ginia were better off than those of most
other sections of the South, or even OF
the State, there being no case of actual
dcstituton. On political subjects the
General was non committal. TO remark
OF the visitor that Wade Hampton had
been giving the freedmen some sensible
advice, he merely replied, 80 l have
heard y Being questioned as to his views
of the duty Of the Southern people in re
gard TO reconstruction, he said: " You
must excuse me, sir, from expressing
myself on that subject. My position is a
very peculiar one. | am paroled pris-
oner, and have no right to speak upon
political matters, and anything | may
have said has only been among my i'm
mediate circle Of friends from whom ii
doubtless escaped unintentonally and
reached the newspapers" | then re-
marked, "The reports alluded to have
been published in the entire press of the
country, and in this way will have decid.
ed effect with the Southern people,
which elected the following Il wish
the Southern people to take such meas
ures as will most speedily restore them to
their prosperity, with that view | was in
favor Of a convention to accept the terms
Of the military bill, but now learn tha,
the supplementary bill places that power
in the hands Of the military commander
| remarked such was the case, when he
said, =" | hope that every citizen who can
vote will vote so rs secure to the speedy
restoration and welfare Of the country
Year: 1867

NE are informed that the citizens of West
Point, with that indomitable energy and
perseverance so peculiarly Californian. are
busiiy engaged in re-building the burnt dis
trict. 1he town will be more regularly laid
out than before. and it is the intention oi
though the loss sustained Is severely felt. es-
pecially by those who were not insured. no
time is being lost in useless rcpining, and in
few weeks West Point will be "itself
araiu"
Year: 1867

WE are glad to notice that determined
effort is being made to remove the State
Capital from the swamp. where it now is, to
solid ground. Money enough has been ex-
pended in trying to find a bottom to the
sloshy mud-hole, Sacramento. Hundreds Of
thousands of dollars of the peoples money
have already been spent and the foundation
for the Capitol has not yet been laid. The
walls sink faster in the Winter than they can
be built up in the Summer. Even the am
phibious in abitants of the slough ought to
be satisfied that Providence will not allow
great State to be dissraced by having such a
hideous place for its capital
Year: 1867

UNCLE SAM was ninety one years old on
Thursday last. We are happy to state that
the old gentleman, having recovered from his
recent indisposition, is now hale and hearty.
His mother is still healthy woman, but she
will rever administer castiga,ion to her
son.
Year: 1867

VIZ were shown this week the model of a
newly invented paddlew wheel for steamships,
by the patentee. Mr.. Depew. AS this is
Fourth of July week. we had not time to
examine it closely, but we should judge it to
be great Improvement on the present style.
We shall give. it more extended notice
shortly
Year: 1867

a PERSON applying for the benefit OF
the bankrupt law cannot obtain dis
charge from his debts II he has lost any
part of his estate in gaming within four
months OF the tiling of the application.
Year: 1867

And an extra copy of the Weekly to the.get-
ter up of each Weekly club Of 10 or more.


Remittances for Clubs must be made bat one
time, but additions may be made at any time
at Club Rates, after the Club has been raised,
provided full years subscription is taken.
Year: 1867

WE find the following very excel
lent receipe in a Boston paper: To
cause a healthy glow to radiate through
the body-buy one or more tons of coal,
take care that it is of a kind that will
burn Pay for it, and have it put into
carts. Pay for the carriage. Have it
distributed to the few poor people whom
you know to be thinly clad, in poor
health, and generally destitute. You
will find your heart warm on the in
slant, and the heat will gradually ex-
tend TO theextremities. This effect will
be experienced more decidedly in the
coldest weather,
Year: 1867




At the coming session of the Legisla-
ture the location of the Agricultural
College, for which Congress has provi-
ded a munifcent endowment, in this
State, will be prominent question.
We presume no place will be so con-
spicuously, or with such manifest JUS
tice, before the body, as Morgantown.
The proposition that was made to the
State last winter will be renewed this
session, to give the grounds and build
ings of Monongalia Academy, and the
beautiful and extensive establishment
of Woodburn Seminary, together with
several thousand dollars in money,
provided the College be permanently
located at this place.


In order to make the Congressional
endowment available, the institution
must be actually in operation by July
next, and there is doubtless no place in
the State where ii can be done but here
SO readily, and with no expense to the
State, which latter is a very interesting
announcement to the people, who, in
addition to bounties and other local
taxation, are just now beginning TO
feel slightly inconvenienced by the
magnitude of tax receipts.


It has been rather thought in this
offer, there was a show OF generosity
only, that we were trying to palm OF
on the people of the State lot OF old
buildings and dilapidated furniture
were useless IOE ScnOOl purposes,
and that the array was the presentation
of the wreck of past greatness. Such
is not the case, and We can assure the
people elsewhere in the State, that all
we ask is for a committee of the Legis-
lature, of members residing we care
not how far from Monongalia county,
fair and just men, 10 come and examine
the offering we make to the State; we
do not fear the result. We can show
them two of the largest buildings in the
State, in a perfect state of repairs, with
desks, seats and other furniture for
three hundred and fifty pupils, of the
latest and most approved pattern and
style. We venture the assertion that a
committee thus formed-no matter
from whence they come or how ardent
ly their sympathies may be enlisted ior
other points-will award us Il large su-
periority in these particulars.


As to our geographical situation II is
equally favorable; in the heart of the
Monongahela Valley, in the midst OF
one of the best agricultural districts of
the State, which abounds likewise In
every variety of mineral wealth, in the
track of what is destined some day
not far distant to be one of the great
highways of the nation, and in the
midst of a community which has fos-
tered and encouraged learning from its
earliest history.


We sincerely hope that this subject
I will early engage the attention of the
Legislature, and that its action may be
favorable to our place, as we think it
impossible to secure the Congressional
| gift unless such is the case; and we are
| act passes, we can have a ftourishing
institution that will require no outlay
by the State for several years to come.
| -~--
Year: 1867

"Wiru FouR METALLIC QuALIricArIoNs a
man may be pretty sure Of earthly success
These are GoLp in his pocket. SILVER in his
tongue. BRASS in his face, and lRox in his
heart


But fos n tonic appetizer, and ~ gentle
stimnlant, there is reliable virtue in PLAN
TATloN RIrrERS. No article has ever
been 40 popular OF done half so much good
Let all who have not already tried this
great stomachc. at once test its quality.
We understand that the Druggists and
Grocers Of this section are selling vast
quantities, and that scarcely family il
without H.
Year: 1867

"THAT's Ny PAPA's HAND SO said a
little child, only three years of age, as
her father in assumed disPleasure raised
his hand as if to strike her. Had his an
ger been real instead Of pretended, it must
have been conquered by that little esentence
so lovely, trustfully uttered. Thus, thought
I, the child Of God should trust him
"Out Of mouths of babes and sucklings
bast thou ordained strength" !" So it is
written. And there is the little one teach
ing US the most precious of lessons. Her
tiny fingers were pointing to the threaten
ing hand of her father, her eyes were look
ing up confidently into his face. and
though the brow was dark and forbldding,
though she was pointing to the very hand
which at other times had inflicted chastise-
ment upon her, yet such faith had she in
her fathers love that she feared no harm.


o tried, afflicted child of God, does not
this little incident bear to your soul some
whisrerings of consolation and strength ?


What though an adversary seems to be
in your path. Is there not one, your Fa-
ther, who controls it? "The Lord shall
preserve thee from all evil''-not that you
will never suffer, for Gin the world ye shall
have trbulations" still He shall pre-
serve thy soul.
Year: 1867

Never forsake friend. When enemies
gather around-when sickness falls on the
heart-when the world is dark and cher
less-is the time to try true friendship
The heart that has been touched with the
true gold will redouble its efforts, when
ths friend is sad and in trouble. Adversi-
ty tries true friendship. They who turn
from the scenes of distress betray their
hypocrisy aud prove that interest alone
moves them. If you have friend who
loves you-who has studied your interest
and happiness-be sure to sustain him in
adversely. Let him feel that his former
kindness is appreciated-and that his love
is not thrown away. Real fidelity may be
rare, but it exists in the heart. Who has
not seen and felt its power? They only
deny its worth and power who have never
loved friend or labored to make another
happy. The good and kind-the affection
ate and virtuous see and feel the heavenly
principle. They would sacrifice wealth
and honor TO promote the happiness Of
others, aud il return they receive the re-
ward OF their love by sympathizing hearts
and countless lsvors. when they have been
brought low by disease aud adversely
Year: 1867

A WIRES INFLUENCE ON HER HUsBAND's s
FoRTUNE.-A woman has herhusbands for
tune in her powers because she may or may
not, as she pieases, conform to mis- circum-
stances. This is her first duty, and it
ought to be her pride. No passion for lux
ury or display ought for moment, to tem mpt
her to dcviate in the least degree from
this line of conduct. She will fnd her
recompense in 1t. Any other course is
wretchedness itself, and inevitably leads to
ruin. Nothing can be more miserable than
the struggle to keep up appearances. If
it.could succeed, as it never can, it would
cost more than it is worth its failure in
wolves the deepest modification. Some of
the sublimist exhibitions of human virtue
have been precipitated suddenly from
wealth and splendor to absolute want.


Then a mans fortune is, in manner, in
the hands of his wife, inasmuch as his own
power Of exertion depends upon her. His
moral strength is conceivably Increased by
her sympathy, her cousel. her aid. She
can aid him immensely by relieving him OF
every care which she is capable of taking
upon herself His own employments are
usually such as to require his whole mind
A good wife will never suffer her hus-
bands attention to be distracted by de-
tails to which ner own talents are adequate.
If she is prompted by true affection and
good sense, she will see when his spirits
are borne down and overwhelmed. She,
of all human beings, can best minister tc
its needs for the sick soul, her nursing
is quite as sovereign, as it is for cOrpOrea
ills. If it be weary; in her assiduity i
finds repose and refreshment. If it be
/ harrassed, and worn to a morbid Irritable
ty, her gentle tones steal over it with I
soothing more potent than the most ex-
quisite music. If every enterprise b.
dead, and hope itself almost extinguished


her patience and fortitude have the power


to kindle them in the heart he again goet


forth to renew the encounter with the toll


and troubles Of life.