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The following i3 a copy of the Civil
BighU Bill as it passed both Houses of
Congress, the President'? objections to
the contrary notwithstanding:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representative of the United States of
Amerua in Cohijress assembled, That all
perfons born in the United States and not
subject to any foreign Power, excluding
Indians, not taxed, are hereby declared to
be citizens oi the United States) and
such citizens of every race and color, with
out regard to any previous condition ot
slavery or involuntary servitude, except
as a punishment for crime whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted, shall
have the same right in every State and
Territory in the Uuited States to make
aud enlorce contracts, to sue, be parties,
and give evidence, to inherit, purchase,
les.se, sell, hold, liud convey real and per
sonal property, and to full aud equal ben
efit ot all laws and proceedings fur the
security of person and property as is
enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be
subject to like punishment, pains, penal
ties, and to none other any law, statute,
ordinance, regulation, or custom to the
contrary nothwithstanding.
Sec. 2. That any person who, under
color ot any law, statute, ordinance, regu
lation, cr custom, shall subject, or caue
to be subjected, any inhabitant of any
State or Territory to the deprivation ot
any right secured or protected by this act,
or to different punishmeut, pains or pen
alties on accouut of such persons having
at auy time been held in a condition of
slavery or involuntary servitude, except
as a punishment for crime whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted, or
by reason ot bis color or race, tnan is
prescribed for the punishment of white
persons, shall be deemed guilty of a mis
demeanor, and, on conviction, shall be
punished by fiue not exceeding one thou
sand dollars, or imprisonment not exceed
ing one year, or both, in the discretion of
the court.
Sec. 3. That the district courts of the
United States, within their respective
districts, shall have, exclusively of the
courts ot the several States, cognizance of
all crimes committed against the provis
ions of this act, and also, concurrently
with the circuit courts of the United
Slates, of all causes, civil or criminal,
ejecting persons who are denied or cannot
enforce in the courts or judicial tribunals
of the State or locality where they may be
any of the rights secured to them by the
first section of this act j and if any suit or
prosecution, civil or criminal, has been or
shall be commeuced in any State court
against any such person, for any cause
whatsoever, or against any officer, civil or
military, or other person, for any arrest or
imprisonment, trespasses, or wrongs dyne
or committed by virtue or under color of
authority derived from this act or the act
establishing a bureau for the relier of
freedmen atid relugees, and all the acts
amendatory thereof, or for refusing to do
any act upon the ground that it would be
inconsistent with this act, such defendant
shall have the riiht to remove such cause
fbr trial to the proper district or circuit
court in the manner prescribed by the
"Act relating to habeas corpus and regu
lating judicial proceedings ia certain
cases," approved March 3, 1803, and all
acts ameudatory thereof. The jurisdic
tion in civil and criminal matters hereby
conferred on the district and circuit courts
of the United States shall be exercised
and enforced in conformity with the laws
cf the United States, so far as such laws
are suitable to carry the same into effect;
but in all cases where such laws are not
adapted to the object, or are deficient in
the provisions necessary to furnish suitable
remedies and punish offences against law,
the common law, as modified aud changed
by the constitution and statutes of the
State wherein the court having jurisdic
tion of the cause, civil or criminal, is held,
so far as the same is not inconsistent with
the Constitution and laws of the United
States, shall be extended to and govern
said courts in the trial and disposition of
such cause, and, if of a crimiual nature,
in the infliction of punishment on the
party found guilty.
Sec. 4. That the district attorneys,
marshals, and deputy marshals ot the
United States, the commissioners appoint
ed by the circuit and territorial courts of
the United States, with powers of arrest
ing, imprisoning, or bailing offenders
against the laws of the United States, the
otficers and agents of the Freed men's Bu
reau, and every other officer who may be
specially empowered by the President of
the United States, shall be, and they are
hereby, specially authorized and required,
at the expense of the United States, to
institute proceedings against all and ev
ery person who shall violate the provis
ions of this act, and cause him or them to
be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as
the case may be, for trial before such
court of the United States or territorial
court as by this act has cognizance ol the
offence. And with a view to affording
reasonable protection to all persons in
their constitutional rights o "equality be
fore, the law, without distinction of race or
color, or previous condition- ot slavery or
involuntary servitude, except as a punish
ment for crime, whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, and to the
prompt discharge of the duties of this
act, it shall be the duty of the circuit
courts of the United States and the supe
rior courts of the Territories of the Unit
ed S'a'cs. from time to time, to increase
the number of commissioners, so as to af
ford a speedy aud convenient means for
the arrest and examination of persons
charged with a violation of this act. And
such commissioners are hereby authorized
and required to exercise and discharge all
the powers and duties conferred on them
by this act, and the same duties with re
gard to offences created by this act, as
they are authorized by law to exercise
with regard to other offences against the
laws of the United States. v.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of all
marshals and depu y marshals to ouey and
execute all warrants and precepts issued
under the provisions of this act, when to
them directed: and should anv marshal
or deputy marshal refuse to receive such
warrant or other process when tendered,
or to use all proper means diligently to
execute the same, he shall, on conviction
thereof, be fined in the sum of oue thous
and dollars, to the use of the person upon
whom the accused is alleged to hive com
mitted the offence. And the better to en
able the said commissioners to execute,
their duties faithfully and efficiently, in
conformity with the Constitution of the
United States and the requirements of
this act, they are hereby authorized and
empowered, within their counties respect
ively, to appoint, in writing, under their
hands, any one or more suitable persor.Sj
from time to time, to execute all such
warrants and other process as may be is
sued by them in the lawful performance
ot their respective duties j and the persons
so appointed to execute any warrant or
process a3 aforesaid shall have authority
to summon and to call to their aid the by
standers or the posse cumitatus of the prop
er county, or such portion of the land and
naval forces of the United States, or the
militia, a3 may be necessary to the per
formance of the duty with which the' are
charged, and to insure a faithful observ
ance of the clause of the Constitution
which prohibits slavery, in conformity
with the provisions of this actj and said
warrants Bhall run and be executed by
said officers anywhere in the fltate or Ter
ritory within which they are issued.
Sec. 0. That any person who shall
knowingly and wilfully obstruct hinder,
or prevent any officer, or other person
charged with the execution of any war
rant or process issued under the provis
ions of this act, or any person or persons
lawfully assisting him or them, from at-
resting any person for whose apprehen
sion such warrant or process ma' have
been issued, or shail rescue or attempt to
rescue such person from tho custody of
the officer, other person or persons, or
those lawfully assisting as aforesaid, when
so arrested pursuant to the authority
herein given aud declared, or shall aid,
abet, or assist any person so arrested as
aforesaid, directly or indirectly, to c-cape
from the custody of the officer or other
person legally authorized as aforesaid, or
shall harbor or conceal any person for
whose arrest a warrant or process shall
have been issued as aloresaid, so as to re
vent his discovery and arrest after notice
or knowledge of the fact that a warrant
has been issued for the apprehension of
such person, shall, for either of said of
fences, be subject to a fine not exceeding
one thousand dollars, aud imprisonment
not exceeding six mouths, by indictment
and conviction belore the district court of
the United States lor the district in
which said offence may have been com
mitted, or before the " proper court of
criminal jurisdiction, if committed within
any one cf the orgauized Territories of
the United States.
Sec. 7. That the district attorneys, the
marshals, their deputies, and the clerks of
the said district and Territorial courts
shall be paid for their Services the like
fees a. may be allowed to them foruimilar
services in other cases j and in all cases
where the proceedings are before a com
missioner, he shall be entitled to a fee uf
ten dollars in full for his services in each
case, inclusive of all services inciieut to
such arrest and examination. The persou
or persons authorized to execute the pro
cess to be issued by such commissioners
for the arrest of offenders against the pro
visions of this act shall be entitled to a f ee
ot five dollars fcr each person he or they
may arrest and take before any such com
missioner as aforesaid, with such other
fees as may be deemed reasonable by such
commissioner for such other additional
services as may be necessarily performed
by him or them, such as attending at the
examination, keeping the prisoner in cus
tody, and providing bim with food and
lodging duriug his detention, and until
the final determination of sueh commis
sioner, and in general for performing such
other duties as may be required in the
premises ; such fees to be made up in con
formity wjth the fees usually charged by
the officers of the courts of justice within
the proper district or county, as near as
may be practicable, and paid out ot the
treasury of the United States on the cer
tificate of the judge of the district within
which the arrest is made, and to be recov
erable from the defendant as put of the
judgment in case of conviction.
Seo. 8. That whenever the President
of the United States shall have reason to
bel ieve that offences have been or are
likely to be committed against the provi
sions of this act within any judicial dis
trict, it shall be lawful for him, in his
discretion, to direct the judge, marshal
and district attorney of such district to
attend at such place within the district,
and for such time as he may designate,
for the purpose of the more speedy arrest
and trial of p'ersons charged wlh a viola
tion of this act ; and it s-haH be the duty
r f unavir ! n.1 r.A stl.. flPi r r-. ..V.n n
such requisition shall be received by huu, I
to attend at the place and fcr the time
therein designated.
Sec 9. That it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, or such
person as he may empower for that pur
pose, to employ such part of the land or
naval fotccs of the united States, or of
the militia, as shall be necessary to prevent
tho violation aud enforce the due execution
of -this act.
Sec. 10. That upon all questions of law
arising in any cause under the provisions
ot this act, a final appeal may be taken to
the Supreme Court of the United States.
Disfranchisement of Deserters
-An Important II1I1.
' The following bill has passed both
houses of the Pennsylvania Legislature.
Judges and inspectors of elections, as well
as all voters, should give it an attentive
perusal, and familiarize themselves with
its provisions :
A further supplement to the election laws
of this Commonwealth.
WnEitEAS, By the act of Congress of
the United btates, entitled "An act to
amend the several act hetetolbrp passed
to provide, for enrolling and calling out
the national forces, aud for Other purpo
ses," and approved March 8d, 1863, all
persons who have deserted the military
or naval service of the Uuited States, arid
who have cot been discharged or relieved
from the penalty or disability thereiu
provided, are deemed and taken to have
voluntarily relinquished and forfeited
their rights of citizenship and ireir rights
to become citizens, and are deprived of
exercising any rights of citizeus thereof.
And whereas, persons not citizens ot
the United States are not, uuder the
constitution and laws of Pennsylvania,
qualified electors of this Commonwealth.
SeC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House ot Bepreseotativcs of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, In General
Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the ?atne, That fn all
elections hereafter to be held in this Com
monwealth, it shall be unlawful f)r the
judge or inspectors ot any such election
to receive any ballot or ballots from any
person or persons embraced in the provi
sions and subject to the disability iiu-po-ifid
by sad act of Congress, approved
March 3d: 1SC5, and it thall be unlawful
for auy such person to offer to vote any
ballot or ballots.
Sec. 2. That if any such judge and
inspectors, of election, or any ot them,
shall receive or consent to receive auy such
unlawful ballot or ballots from any such
diqualified person, he or they so offending
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof in any Court of Quarter
Sessions of this Commonwealth, he shall,
for each offence, be sentenced to pay a
fine of not less than one hundred dollars,
and to undergo an imprisonment in the
jail of the proper county for not less than
sixty days.
Sec. 3. That if any person deprived of
citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid,
fhallj at any election herealter to be held
in this commonwealth, vote, or tender to
the officers thereof, and offer to vote, a
ballot or ballots, any person so offendiug
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof in any Court of
Quarter Sessions of this Commonwealth,
shall for each offence be punished in like
manner as provided in the preceding
section of this aet in the cae of officers
of election receiving such unlawful ballot
or ballots.
Sec. 4. That if any person shall here
after persuade or advise any person or
persons, deprived of citizenship aud dis
qualified as aforesaid, to offer auy ballot
or ballots to the officers of auy election
hereafter to be held in this commonwealth,
such person so offending shall be trtiilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof in any Court of Quarter Sessions of
this commonwealth, shall be punished in
like manner as is provided in the second
section of this at in the case ot officers of
such election receiving such unlawful
ballot or ballots.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of
the Adjutant General of this Common
wealth to procure, from the proper officers
of the Uuited States, certified espies of
all rolls and records containing official
evidence of the fact ot the desertion of
all oersons who were citizens of this Com
monwealth, and who were deprived of
citizenship and disqualified by the said act
ot Congress of Mareh 3d, 1865, and to
cause to be recorded and preserved, in
books to be provided and kept for fhat
purpose in his office, full and complete
exemplifications of 9uch rolls and records,
and to catlso frfle copies to be made' there
of and furnished to the clerks of th
several Courts of Quarter Sessions of this
Commonwealth accurate duplicates or
exemplifications ot such rolls and record
embracing the names of all such disqual
ified persons as had their residence withiir
the limits of said counties respectively at
the time of their being marked or desig
nated as deserters; and it shall be the
duty of the clerks of the several Courts
ot Quarter Sessions of this Commonwealth
to preserve in books to be kept for the
purpose all such copies and exemplifica
tions of such rolls and records so furnish
ed, and to allow access thetefo, and fur
nish certified copies theref rom, ou request,
in like mauricr as in the cases of nthpr
records of such courts. '
Sec 6. That a certified copy or extract
of any such record from the clerk of a
Court of Quarter Sessions of this Com
monwealth shall be a prima at: in evidence
before any election board of the tact of
desertion and consequent disability and
disqualification as au elector : Provided,
that if any person shall wilfully use or
present any false, fraudulont or forced
paper purporting to be a certified copy or
extract as aforcssid, he shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and ou couvic
tion thereof thall be punished a misde
meanors are now by law pcuishable. And
provided, however, that if by the produc
tion of a certificate of his hooorauh dis
charge it fhull appear that such p;r.-on
so offering to vote was in the militarv
service of the United State before and
at the time of his beiug drafted into sucii
service, and thereupon failiuir to report j
or in case of the fact of desertion appear
ing by certified copy of his company roll,
it it hhall appear that he was afterward
acquitted ihereotj and honorably dis
charged, such proof shall be received as
evidence to disprove his said disqulifi.
cation. And provided, further. That If
any person liable to be objected to as
disqualified, a aforesaid, shall produce
belore auy board of e'eclijn officers any
false or fraudulent paper, purporting or
pretended to be his honorable discharge
from the United States service, he shall
be deemed guilty of forgery, and on con
viction thereof shall be punished as per
sons are now by law punishable for forgery.
Sec. 7. That it-hall be the duty of the
judges and inspectors of election's hereaf
ter to be held in this Commonwealth,
whenever the name of a person offering to
them a ballot or ballots shall be found
upou a certified copy or extrac-jTu?v5thed
from aid rolls or records by a chirk" ot a
Court ot Quarter Sessions, marked as a
deserter, or whenever any per.-on shall be
objected to as disqualified a aforesaid at
any election by auy qualified voter, at the
request or eugctstion ot such persou
offering a bailor, to examine such persou
on oath or affirmation as to the fact ap
pearing from such certificate- or alleged
agaiost him by the elector so objecting,
aud it he deny it, as to the reasons there
for; provided, however, thtt it any of his
answers under such examination are false,
such person shall be deemed guilty of the
crime of perjury, and upon conviction
thereof he shall be punished as persons
are now punishable by law for perjury.
Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of the
sheriffs in the several Connties of this
Commonwealth to insert, in their procla
mations of elections hereafter to be held,
the first tour sections of this act, with the
preamble thereof.
Sec. 9. That in the trial of all cases
arising under this act, it shall bo the duty
of the Courts trying the same to inquire
into and determine any question ot fact
as to alleged desertion iuvolved therein,
upon proofs furnished by exemplifica
tions, or extracts from such rolls and
records, duly certified by the proper clerk
of a Court of Quarter Sessions, which are
hereby made evidence thereof, aud also
from such proofs by parol as may be
given in evidence by either party.
m m
Democratic Ludoiaeuu'iit.
Tbe First Robin
Red-Breast,
BY BICHAKD GRANT1 WOIf tf.
St. Serf, in his cell of silent stone,
Awaited the vesper bell, alone.
Kentigern sought the woodland wild, -Where
each living creamre loved the chili.
There, in the depths of the forest dim,
God's angels come and talk with him.
Before him rapturous visions rise.
And he hears the song3 of Paradise.
Dead to all human love, St. Serf
Finds his heart still clings to a thing of earth.
A birdling brown, that with fluttering wins
Sits on his window-sill, and siiio'j.
Oi-, hopping in on the gaunt oak chair,
Its leathers trims with dainty -are ;
With sidel.-ng glance, half bold, half shy,
Pecks a the frugal loaf of rye
Demurely responding when grace Is said,
With clerk-liko chirp and dip of head
And from human weakness and piean sin
The grave saint's thoughts would often wiri.
The broad sun hangs in the glowing west ;
St. Serf, vigil-worn, sleeps with beard oa
breast.
From his knee the rrfissal talis unheardj
And starts to flight the neglected bird.
In the abbey-close, a school frted rout
Of rode boys raise a glorious slCuJ,
As athwart the sun's low-slanting rays,
The brown bird flits through the golden hate:
The children call it with' eager cries;
Toward theuJ turning it swiftly hies.
But now they wrangle with selfish spite
As the bird nears fast in trustful flight:
Angrily struggling in cruel strife;
They eeize it, and crush out it3 innocent life;
Two tear it asunder, and frightened stand.
The quivering fragments in each red hand:
The, vesper bell with reproachful todgue,
Called forth St; Serf to evtii gong;
Kentigern, leaving the darkening wood;
Strayed wnere the boys ia their horror stood;
When they whi hated the gentle child
For Lli docile life rtnd Lis answers mild,
Thrust in his hands the bleeding proof
Of their guilt, and fleeing, stood aloof ;
Watching to see how Kentigern
Would tare 'neath the wrath of the master
stern. "
But the holy child, no whit dismayed,
Deftly together the fragments laid ;
Acd making the sign of the cross, his fate
Grew strangely Lright with an inward grace.
Then raising his hands, devout and pure,
To Christ, he prayed with faith secure.
And the bird, while yet he breathed that
prayer,
With song cf thanksgiving rose in air.
But ever it bears the crimson stain,
Where its tender breast was torn in twain.
Forney's Press says that after the bloody
battle at Wauhatchie, which ended in "a
glorious victory to the Union troops un
der command of the gallaut Geary, and
the relief of the army at Chattanooga,
General Slocum, the commauder of the
Twellth Army Corps, and recently the
Democratic candidate for Secretary of
State of New York, addressed the follow
ing letter to the hen who is now leading
the forces of the Union in this State
agaiost the enemies ot their country:
"Headquarter To-.lfth Corps, Army of
the Canilterland, JJurreesboro, Tain.y Nov.
13, 1S63. My Dear General. I am
very happy to hear the good reports
which reach rue from all sides relative to
the conduct of your command in the re
cent action. The contest was one of very
great importance. The highest credit is
awarded to you and yorir command, not
jnly by General Thomas, but by all offi
cers conversant wih tbe circumstances.
"As I was not with yon, L can claim no
portion of the Credit trained, nor cau I,
with good taste, publish an order expres
sing thanks to you; but t wish you and
your command to know that I have been
informed of all the facts in the case, and
that I feel deeply grateful for their gal
lant conduct, and for the new laurels they
have brought to our corps.
"Your ob't serv't and sincere friend,
H. W SLOCUM.
"Brie. Gen. J. W.; Geary, commanding
I 2d Division, 12lb Army Corps'
How CoaL was Disco VEttti) in Penn
sylvania. A writer in the New York
Observer asserts that Col. George Shoema
ker, a gentleman ot Teutonic origin, was
the original discoverer of Pennsylvania
coal, lie lived on the Schuylkill, and
owned ex'ensive tracts of Jand; The wri
ter p;ocs on tn ay :
"It chauced one day that ih constructing
a limekiln, he used some of the black
stones th t were lying about the place.
" Mei it (Jut! nteia Got! Jef stouts pe all
on fire!' exclaimed the astonished Dutch
man when the rich glow of the ignited
anthracite met hit, gaze. The neighbors,
who, of course, were few and far between,
were after much ado assembled to witness
the marvel. This happeue'd in 1812.
Shortly alter, miue host loaded a Penn
sylvania wajjon with the black stones, an I
journeyed slowly to Philadelphia, a dis
tance of ninety-three miles. There, un
foreseen difficulties were presented. The
grates aud stoves then in use were not
constructed to facilitate tho combustion of
anthracite, and burn it would not! After
many iueffectual efforts to ignite the pro
duct, it was thrown aside as worthies,
aud our discomfited German, who had
beguiled his toilsome way to the uietropa
lis with drcauis of hue black boulders
changed to ingots of gold, returned to
digest his disappointment in his mcuutain
solitude "
Presidential Vetoes. It has been
very generally stated that the late passage
by Congress of the Civil Rights bill over
the I'reisdent's veto, is only the becoud
tiuie in the history of the country that
such a thing has occurred, the previous
occasion being during the administration
of Mr; Tyler. A Washington paper,
however, tays vetoed have been overridden
several times before. The veto power has
not been exercised much of late years,
though tho predecessors of President
Johnson have frequently exercised tho
prerogative. President Washington is
sued two vetoes during the terms of his
administration, Madison 6, ..Monroe 1,
Andrew Jacksou 9, John Tyler 4, Polk 3,
Buchanau 1 aud Andrew Johnson 2 to
tal 28.
A family of seven persous, hus
band, wife, four children and a niece,
were found murdered in Philadelphia oa
the 11th instant. When discovered, tha
bodies were far gone in a state of putte
faction. Object, pluuder.
fiSjr It ii stated that a vein of silver,
eighteen inches in thickness, has been
discovered iu West Virginia.
jPSj- The New York Tribune celebrated
its twenty fifth birthday on the 10th. inst.,
when it was considerably enlarged.