VOLUME 3.
A QUEKR 01.0 KOBBEU.
Not many months ago, one f>f the sights
to be seen in Paris was the rather ghast
ly one of the embalmed body of the cel
ebrated robber Cartouche, who flourished
in France -in the early part of the last
century. Cartouche was sentenced, in
the year 1721, to be broken upon the
wheel. According to some authorities,
"the execution did not take place, the
criminal havfbg so ingratiated himself
with one of his jailors, that the latter
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•greed to forestall the extreme penalty by
strangling him with a silken cord. Prob
ably henjp was considered too vulgar a
material for the final neck-tie of so fa«
mous a criminal ; but at any rate, when
• lie deed was done, the jailor was allowed
Vc retain the body as his jerquisitc, and
he made a n ce little sum of roouey by
exhibiting it at two sous a head, for a few
days. Then the body was handed over
to a snrgeon for dissection ; but that pro
icssional man happened nlso to be n spec
ulating one ; and instead of cutting up
the body, he embalmed it, and having
enclosed it in a glass .-ase. made a perma
nent show of it for an admission of ten
sous This doctor devised the body to
Professor Ballouret, by whom it was pre
sented to a museum. In course of time
it passed through many hands, still in a
state of perfect preservation, until : t was
acquired by its present proprietor, fur a
i<um equivalent to £SOO.
Cartouche belonged to a family of re
spectable trades people in Paris. Frorr
his early youth, he was a constant source
of trouble to bis parents, on account of
bis irresistible propensity for thieving,
and many were the scrapes into which
be got himself through his operations
When about ten years of age. he whip
ped up a duchess' lapdog from the cush
ion of a carriage that was waiting in front
of a mansion. He had seized the animal
ndroitly by the muzzle to prevent it from
yelping an alarm, but FOinehow it got its
bead free and bit band, whereupon
be dropped it, and a footuian coming lip
nt the moment, Master Cartouche was
treated by him to a sound tlagellali >n.
In the back yard of a house in the
street in which Cartouche's parents lived,
there was a tank in which some ducks of
a valuable breed were kept. To obtain
some of these birds had long been a pet
project with young Cartouche, but it was
not so easy to execute it, as the yard w;is
guarded by a large dog. A brilliant
idea, however, occurred to the mind of
the juvenile delinquent, lie procured
some fishing tackle of a fine but strong
description ; and provided with this, he
got upon the roof of the house, whence
by scrambling over parapets and creeping
along loals, lie arrived at the roof o( the
bouse to which the ducks belonged.—
Here he baited his hook with duck's meat
of some kind, and letting it down gently
to the tank, soon hooked the old drake,
nnd began to haul him up. hand over
•hand. When the drake was about half
way up the wall, however, the flapping of
bis wings against a window attracted the
attention of Rome one within, and the
trick was discovered. The law was not
called into requisition, on aecount of the
youth of the delinquent ; but appropriate
justice was dealt out to him by immersing
liim in the duck pond from which lie had
expected to make so a "haul.
After a brief career of vice and crime
in I'aria, Cartouche went into Normandy,
where be organized a gang of brigands,
whom be commanded as chief. Here
some of his exploits have become tradi
tional.
A nobleman was (ravelins through the
country in bis carriage, with postilions
jpud outriders. It was about dusk when,
«t a lonely part of the road, they cncoun
itercd a man on horseback, who, present
ing agun'nt the postillions, cammanded
tliem to pull up,on pain of death. This
they did while the two outriders put spurs
to their horses and galloped %way. Then
the robber, who was no other than Car
touche, approached the nobleman and sa
luted him with much respect, at the same
time keeping the muzzle of his gun poin
ted at him. The traveler had no arms,
so that defence was impossible ; and the
,robber addressed him with, "I beg a thou
sand pardons of your lordship's august
honor for stopping jo r cartiige: bit I
a sure you that pressirg necessity ha
driven me to the act. lam an armorer,
.and being much pressed for money, I
would gladly dispose of this guu to your
jordship, if your lordship will only have
the goo 1 ness to purchase it of me."
" And how much do you want for if,
Dray V asked the nobleman, surprised al
this mode of proceeding by a highway
man.
" One thousand francs," replied Car
touche. " The piece is worth doubl(
that, as you can see from its mountings ■
but I aiu pressed tor as J h»v<
AMERICAN CITIZEN.
said, and you shall have it at a bargain."
" 1 have but five huodrcd franc; wiih
mo," said the nobleman.
"Give me three hundred, then, and a
cheque on your banker for the balance,"
said Cartouche.
The nobleman seeing that resistance
might cost him his life, opened
ting ease aod wrote out the cheque which
he handed wth the three hundred francs,
to the robber, who handed him the gun,
and bowing to his saddle-bow, turned bia
horses head to go. At this moment the
nobleman, cocking his gun, aimed it at
Cartouches head, crying, "hand me back
my money, y u robber, or else I will
blow out your brains."
'• Tnat, my lord, would not be an easy
thing to do with an unloaded gun j and,
although I have several loaded pistols
about me. I do not think it would be ju
dicicua of me to lend them to you in
your present temper. Spare your epi
thets; I am not a robber, on this occa
sion. at least, but have made a regular
commercial tranwstion with you;"—and
with these words, the rascal gave an iron
ical laugh and disappeared into the sur
rounding thicket.
Next day the noblenmn notified It is
ban kcr, so that payment of the cheque
should be stopped ; but Cartouche had
been beforehand with him, and received
the money>.
Tt seems that the robber, for some rea
son or otner, had made n vow not to steal
for a certain.time, and being pressed for
noney had hit upon this subterfuge to
keep his conscience quiet.
Findins that Normandy did not afford
a sufficiently wide field for his operations,
Cartouche returned te I'aris. where he
soon became the leader ef a widely-ex
tended and very expert gang of thieves.
The police arrangements at that day were
very inefficient, and these robbers com
mitted the most audacious thefts in the
very heart of Paris. Cartouche, as a
general thine, was opposed to the takins
of life, and his mode of operating was of
ten very eccentric.
One day ho went into a tavern in the
neighborhood of Paris to seek for some
refreshment. The man of the house am)
hi« wife appeared to be in trouble about
something, and Cartouche inquired of
them the cause. lie was told that thuy
were unable to pay their rent, and that
the owner of the premises had threatened
to eject them.
" How much do you owe ?" asked Car
t niche.
" Three thousand francs," replied the
inkeeper.
After a iew moments reflection. Car
touche said, ; You seem to he good hon
est people enough, and I should like to
help you out of yOur difficulty. I will
lend you the sum named which yon can
repay me at your convenience. Notily
your landlord to come here to morrow at
three o'clock, to receive his rent, the
amount of which has hceo lent to by
a friend, and be sure that he gives you a
receipt in full.
Veil, the landlord came at the appoin
ted hour, pocketed his three thousand
francs (£120) and went on hi= way re
joicing. As he was passing through a
•i<*ee of woodland, however, on his way
to Paris, he was confr mted by Cartouche
and one of his cang, who robbed him of
all the money he had about him. amount
ing to more than four thousand franc< *
Cartouche and his gang used frequent,
ly to perpetrate robberies more for the
purpose of exhibiting their aldress than
with a view to gain.
Its told of this ludacious maraider th it
he one offered a handsoim reward toonca
of his followers, if the latter would steal
the coat off the back of a certain oonsta
ble or inspector of police, who had made
hin-sclf obnoxious to them by his vigil
ance. The robber undertook the com
mission, and watching his opportunity
when the inspector was dressed in his
very best uniform, was on the watch in
some procession one day, he slit his coat
down tha back with a knife. Having
done this he kept bis eye upon the officer
until he saw him enter his homo, into
which he shortly afterwards followed him,
but not until he had seen the wife of the
officer leave the house soon after the h«s
band had entered. Calling for the mas
ter of the house, he represented himseH
as being a journeyman with the tailor
employed by that officer, saying tha' a
lady had called and ordered him to come
for a coat that had been badly damaged,
and needed immediate repair. The un
suspicious officer at once hauded his coat
to the rascal, and that was the last he evei
saw of it.
When Cartouche was at last arrested
. and brought to justice, tliore was Mich a
) host of complaints and witnesses in the
. case, that his trial lasted for two months.
- While it was pending, L the poet.
" Let us have Faith that Right makes Mightj and in that Faith let US) to the end 112 dare to do ou. duty as we understand it"-*A- LINCOLN
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1866.
wrote a comedy based upon the career of
the robber, and called it "Cartouche j"
and it is a fact not very creditable to the
French licensing authorities or the peri
od, that this comedy was produced for the
first time, on the very day on which the
robber paid the forfeit of his crimes.
LAWRENCE CO. OIL REGIONS.
A correspondent of the Pittsburgh
Chronicle, writing from New Castle, Pa.,
under date of the 12th inst., speaking of
the Slipperyrock oil regfons, which he
had been visiting, says :
"Th creek is a rapid stream about the
size of Chartiers at its mouth. The bot
tom is a series of large stones and rocks,
oval shaped and slippery (surface. The
eastern bank is, if anything, more bold
und abrupt than the west. I'Tiis is par
ticularly the ease at the Lawrence well,
at the foot of which, Qr, the eastern shore
of the creek, it is located. This well has
be»-n pumping about four weeks and has
averaged two hundred barrels per day.—
We foundfour massive tanks holding seven
hundred barrels each, filled with oil, and
one of smaller capacity nearly full. Twen
ty five teams are engaged hauling the oil
to New Castle. Ivich team of two horses
draws six barrels, making one hundred
and fifty per day, at an expense of one
dollar per barrel. The oil is of fine qual
ity. superior to the Smith's Ferry oil,
and brings nearly fourteen dollars per
barrel at New Castle. With the excep
tion of a slight delay, caused by the de
rangement of a sucker, the well hasyield
ed day and night, with a prospect of con
tinuing. Your correspondent has no in
terest in this or any other well, or oil
territory, and is free to say. after a day's
visit to the above, that it is the most pro
ductive and paying well in the United
States. It is located on what was onca a
part of the Chew purchase, embracing
ten thousand acres.
The Butler and Lawrence county coal
iron and oil company, have leaded twenty
seven thousand acres, some eight thous
and of which are Slipperyrock, and
the other on Yellow and Muddy Creeks,
tributaries o( Slippjryrock. Their leases
are perpetual, and there is every prospect
of it proving paying teriitory. This com
pany is Managed by Mr. B. Niblock, of
Yonngstown, 0.. and the managers cm
brace the names of some of the best and
most enterprising business men in the
countiy. at the head of whom we notice
Col. Thomas A. Scott of Philadelphia,
Wm. Coleman Esq., late of Pittsburgh,
Thomas IL Wells and Wick Bros., of
Youngstown, O. They have appropria
ted twelve thousand dollars for the imme
diate development of the territory, and
are daily making leases on favorable terms
toother parties. Mr. Niblock can be
found at the Leslie House, and Mr. Rob
ert A1 en. another agent, at his residence
in Franklin township, Butler county, Pa.,
who also superintend* the drilling and
attends to the sub-leasing of sites for oil
wells.— Mahnniny Courier
tOT Before the rebellion it was com
mon for Southern men to claim slaveiy
to be a necessity, and an ordination of
natur.v on the ground that white people
could not perform manual labor in that
section of the country. They failed to
see that other, and higher law, that wher
ever a particular race cannot, from clima
tic reasons, perform the ordinary duty of
life, of earning daily bread by the sweat
of the brow, there that race has no right
to be. If it exists then;, it has intruded
itself, where the creator never intended
it should go. But they made this claim-,
and probably whoelled themselves into
the belief that it had a good foundation.
The war and its results have dissipated
this fallacy; and a healthier tone of opin
ion is growing up. As an indication, we
take this from the Ilnntsville; (Ala)
Advocate:
"A great change in the opinions of the
Southern people has taken plaoe, and we
"now favor and desire and invite immi
grants from all quarters to come among
us to help restore and build up our waste
places and give us again a prosperous
state. Population is wealth. Population
is security. Population is strength. Pop
ulation is independence. Population will
settle the vexed question in thik region "
Sound sense permeates every sentence
of that paragraph. It points to the ulti
mate and effectual settlement of present
difficulties, 'l'hc Southern States have
immense natural resources. Now that
slavery is abolished, and labor is no lon
ger a mark of degredation, millions of
white immigrants will pour into them
rebuild the waste places, develop untold
wealth and prosperity, and lay anew, on
the b isis of universal libe-ty, the foun
dations of social and political society. —
Old things will pass away, and all thing!
become new. 4)
PADOY BLAKE'S ECHO.
Id the gap or Dunlo
There's an ache or so;
And aotne of thoae echoes is very surprisin';
You'll think in this stave
That' maue to deceive —
For a ballad's a thing you expect to And lie* in.
Bnt Martin and thme
In that hill ftirnlnst yon
There's an echo as rare and m Rife a< the bank too;
If yon civilly spake,
"How d'ye no, Paddy Blake!"
The echo politely says, *• Very well, thank yon."
0»* day Teddy Kmtfcfi .
ith Kate Connor did go
To hear from the echo thla wonderful talk, Sir;
But the echo, the? nay,
Was conthrairy that day,
Or perhaps Paddy lllake had gone out for a walk, Sir.
" Now," says Teddy to Kate,
" 'Tis too hard to oe bate
By this deaf and dumb baste of »n echo, so lacy ;
But if we both shout
To each oilier, no doubt
We'll make up an echo between us, my daisy !
" Now, Kitty," ways Teddy,
"To answer be ready.*'
" Oh, very well, th «nk you," cries out Kitty; then, Sir,
" Would you like to be Wed,
Kitty darlin'f" says Ted.
" Oh, rery well, thank von," say* Kitty again, Sir.
' Do you like me 112" eays Teddy;
And Kitty, quite ready.
Cried, '• Very well, thank yon," with laughter beguiling.
I think yon"!l confess
Teddy conld not do less
Than pay hi* lespects to the lips that were smiling.
Oh, dear Paddy Blake,
May you never forsake
Those bills that return us such echoes endearing;
And may girl* all translate
Their soft answers like Kate.
No faithfulness donhting, no treachery fearing.
And, bofs. be you ready,
Like frolicaome Teddy—
Be earnest in loving, though given to jokiug ;
And thus, when inclined,
May all tr*i lovers find
Sweet echoes to"answer from hearts th«*y're Invoking.
WIT AND WISDOM.
—Mock turtle-doves —coquettes.
—The latest thing out—Saxonburg po
licemen.
—" The rich," said the Jew, "eat ven
son because it ish deer; I cat mutton be
:ause it islt sheep."
—Why is a married man like n candle ?
Because he sometimes gDes out at night
«rhen he ought not to.
—Why was the giant Goliah very much
istonished when David hit him with the
itone ?—Suoh a thing bad never entered
lis head before.
—" Jane, has that surly fellow cleared
>ff th'e snow from the pavement ?"
" Yes, Sir."
" Did he clear it off with alacrity,
Jane ?"
v No, Sir; with a shovel."
An editor in describing the doings of
i mad dog, says, "lie bis the cow in the
:ail which has since died." This was un
fortunate for the tail; but we naturally
:cel some interest to know what became
>f the cow.
—" No man can do anything against
l>is will," said a metaphysician to an Irish
man. "By Jabers! I had a brother,"
mid Pat, "that wint to Botany
faith I know it was greatly againsWiis
)wn will."
—A bachelor's reply to a young lady,
who rather significantly sent him, ns a
present, some wormwood :
" I'm glad your gift is not a-Miss,
Much worse might me befall;
The wormwood's bad alone, but worse
The wormwood and the gal(l)."
—Tti a storm at sea, when the sailors
were all at praye-s, expecting every mo
ment, togo to the bottom, a passenger ap
peared quite unconeamed. The captain
».«ked him how he could be so much at
his ease in this awful situation ? "Sir,"
i.id the passenger, "my life is insnred 1"
EPITAPH ON A COQUETTE
Fair as a rose, whin first it smiles,
On the ereen earth—her pretty wiles—
In childhood shadowed gentlest worth,
But oh, how false all things of earth !
Sleep on, nor wake, we pray you, Anm,
Your guile has ended many_a man ; .
Coquette you lived and flirt you died,
Death made you his unwilling bride.
—" Are you a skillfull mechanic ?"
"Yet Sir."
" What can you make ?"
" Oh, almost any thing in my line."
" Can you make a devil ?"
" Certainly; just put up your foot and
I-will split it in three seconds. I never
s w a chap in my life that required less
alteration."
A DREAM.
I dreamt that two vowels were fonnd
Io wedlock so holy and true;
I could not but think in my mind
That these vowels must be I and U.
I turned them about in my mind,
And twined them about with a sigh ;
Naught else could I make of the two,
For reversed they became U and I.
—A farmer who had passed innumera
ble sleepless nights immortalized himself
by discovering a method for keeping ba
bies quiet. The mode of cperating is as
follows:
" As soon as the squaller awakes, set it
up propped by a pillow, if it can not sit
alone, and smear ita fingers with thick
molasses; then put half a dozen feathers
into its hands, and it will sit and pick
the feathera from one hand to the other
until it drops asleep. As soon is it wakes
again, molasses and more feathera, and in
place of the nerve-astounding yells, there
will be silence and enjoyment unspeaka
ble."
<gammmriratton&
For tlie Citicen.
ROCKVILLE, Wadmelaw Is. C. S. C.
FRIEND ROBINSON :—I believe jou
have DO correspondent on the Sea Islands;
I propose to constitute myself your "Spo"
cial,' and furnish you occasional item:
from the "gardens of the South."
In order to make my future letters in
telligible, I will have to give, in this, a
description of the status of affairs here at
the first of the year.
Yoy will remember that General Sher
man, in January, 1865, set apart, "For
the settlement of the negroes now made
free by the act? of war, &c., the islands
from Charleston south, and the abandoned
rice fields along the rivers for thirty miles
back from the sea."
Under this order each head of a family
was to havu a plot of land not more than
forty acres, for which ho was to receive a
Possessory Title, in writing, from an offi
cer or agent appointed for that purpose.
Msjur General Sexton was appointed In
spector of Settlements, and afterwards
Asiistant Commissioners of the Bureau
of Refugees and Freedmeu, and took pos
session of all the abandoned lands along
the coast, which he held for the benefit
of the Freeduien. Titles were issued to
all whn applied fox them, and the negroes
soon came to legard the Sea Islands as
their inalienable property, whether they
held titles or not, and during last winter
came to the conclusion that it would be
their safest plan not to allow white per
sons to come on the Islands at all. Thoy
held meetings and passed resolutions to
that effect, and then organized themselves
•nto a regular police force, appointed cap
tains, and other officers, and made com
plete arrangements on Edisto, Wadme
law, John, and James Islands.
A number of planters having had their
lands restored, undertook, at different,
times, about the first of tho presentyear,
to make an inspeciionof their plantations.
In nearly every ease they were arretted
as soon as they landed, and by their for
for slaves, soundly berated ; told that they
were nothing but'worthlcss Rebels any
how, and that they liad no use for them
on the island. In several instances they
were 'mprisoned for a day or two, and it
is reported, that in one instance thoy tied
tho former ''master" to a tree and admin
istered forty lashes.
A circumstance took place in February,
a few days before the arrival of your cor
respondent, which was rather amusing to
all except the victims. A party of gen
tlemen from Harrisburg, who at home,
meekly bore tho title of "Copperhead,"
visited Johns Island in company with ono
or two ex-rebel officers, for the purpose
of leasing lands, hiring negro labor cheap,
ly and raiAig cotton. The negroes knew
tho rebels, and judging the others by the
company they kept, arrested the whole
party the moment they landed, disarmed
and marched them in the midst of a hoot
inc, yelling crowd, fifteen miles across
the island, along roads ankle doep in sand,
enlivening the journey for the unwilling
pedestrians by such cheerful criesas"shoot
cm," ' knock deui-down," "hang dem,"
"whip em," Ac. Tho steamers having
followed around the island, the darkeys
finally returned their arms and allowed
'them tore embark.
This was the condition of affairs at the
Ist of February, when an officer of the
V. R. Corps was placed in charge
of the islands, and another officer of the
same Corps assigned to him as an assist
ant, with instructions to restore order and
quiet, suppress lawlessness, and get the
Freedmen togo to work systematically,
either for themselves or under contract
with tho former owners of the land. This
was a herculean task, but the two offi 'ers
labored unremittingly, and by the end of
February had the people all rigorously at
work, nod, what was (till better, bad got
them to understand that the land was
not theirs, and in order to work it, they
must make some arr ngcmcnts with the
owners. They were, however, directed
togo on and prepare the ground for crops
until the owners should take possession,
when they would be paid fair wajes for
all work done, provided they eould not
make a bargain with the proprietor, who,
before he conld be placed in possession,
was required to offer the Freedmen a fair
and equitable contract, approved by one
of the officers of tbe .Bureau. Those who
held possessory titles were, of course, not
to be interfered with.
At the first of March tbe white citizens
could safely come on the islands, and
during tbe month, contracts were made
on about one half the plantations on the
' islands, but at first the negroes would
i contract with none but northern men,
refusing, positively, to work for • "rebel"
1 on anjf terms.
A» a general rale the cootraots provide
that the FtMdmen shall furnish them
aelves, raise the crop, and give onedialj
of the cotton, or one third of the eutire
crop for the use of the plantation.
On two plantations the hands are hired
by the month, and on two or three others
by the task or piece, and under the con
trol of the planter, but the general rule is
a share of the crop, and each family work
ing on their owe lot and under no con
trol whatever.
Nearly all the plantations on the four
islands are now under contract, with a
prospect of very good crops. The Freed
men are civil and well behaved, and gen
erally industrious; the old resident are
living on the islands, and things goon
swimmingly.
In my next I will give you some ac
count of the mode of raising 3ea Island
cotton, of the characteristics of tho na
tives. &c. J. E C.
The New Law Disfranchising De
serters from the Draft,
Governor Cuitin has approved tho fol
lowing bill, and it is now a law of the
Commonwealth:
SEDTIO* 1. Be it hereby enacted, etc.,
That in all elections hereafter to be held
in this Commonwealth, it shall be unlaw
ful for the judge or inspectors of any
such election to receive any ballot or
ballots, from any person or persons em
braced in the psovisions and subject to
the disability imposed by said act of Con
gress, approved March third, one thous
and eight hundred and sixty-five, and it
shall be unlawful for any such person to
offer to vote any ballot or ballots.
SEC. TS. That if any such judges and
inspectors of election, or of any of them,
shall receive, or consent to receive, any
such unlawful ballot or ballots from any
such disqualified person, he or they so
offending shall be guilty of if misdemean
or and upon conviction thereof in any
court of quarter sessions of this Common
wealth, he shall, for each ofience, be sen
tenced to pay a fine of not loss than one
hundred dollars, and to undergo an im
prisonment in the jail of the proper county
for not less than sixty days.
SEC. 3. That if nuy person deprived of
citizenship, and disqualified as aforesaid,
shall, at any elcctiou hereafter to be hold
in this Commonwealth, voto or tender to
the officers thereof, and offor to vote, a
ballot or ballots, any porson so offending
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof, in any court
of quarter sessions of this Commonwealth,
shall, for each offence, bo punished in like
manner as is | rovided in tic precoding
section of this act in the case of officors
of election rccoiving such unlawful ballot
or ballots.
SKC. 4. That if any persm shall here
after persuade or advise any person or
persons, deprived of citizenship and dis
qualified as aforesaid, to offer any ballot
or ballots to tho officers of any election
hereafter to be held in this Commonwealth
or shall persuade or advise any such offl
ccr to rcceivo any ballot or ballots fron
any person deprived of citizenship, such
person so offending shall be guilty 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 sec
tion of this act, in the case of officers of
such election receiving such unlawful
b.11.t or ba'l its.
SEC. 5. That it shall BE the duty of the
Adjutant General of this Commonwealth
to procure, from the proper officers of the
United States, ccriifie i copies of all rolls
and records, containing official evidence
of the fact of the desertion of all persons
who were citizens of this Commonwealth,
and who were deprived of citizenship,
and disqualified by tha said act of Con
gress of March th'rd,ono thou-and eight
hundred and sixty-Sve, and ts cause to
be recordel and pre-erved, in books to be
provided and kept for that purpose, 1j
this office, full and complete exemplifies
tions of such rolls and reoerds, ami cause
true copies to be mado thereof, and fur
nished to the clerks nf th 3 several courts
of quarter sessions of this Commonwealth,
accurate duplicates or exemplifications of
such rolls and records, embracing the
names of all such disqualified persons as
had their residence within the limits of
said countiea respectively, at the time of
their being u arked or designated as de
serte a, and i', sha 1 be the duty of the
clerks of the several courts of quarter
112 e aions of this Commonwealth to preserve
in to be kept for that purpose, a 1
such copies and exemplifications of such
rolls and records so furnished, and to al
low access thereto, and furnish certified
oopies therefrom, on request, in like mau
ner as in case of other records of such
courts.
SEC. 6. That a certified copy or ex
tract of any such r ;cord, from the clork
> of a court ef quarter sessions of this Com
monwealth, shall be prima facie evidence.
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before any election board, of tile fact of
desertion and consequent disability and
disqualification as an elector : Provided,
That if any person shall wilfully use or
present any false, fraudulent or forged!
paper, purporting to be & certified copy
or extract as aforesaid, ho shall bo damned
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on cotmoi
tion thereof, shall be punished ia like
manner aa is now provided ia the aeeond
section of this aot: provided, how.
ever, That if, by the production of a cer
tificate of his hoiftrable discharge, it ahall
appear that such peisin, so offering ti
Tote, was,in the military service of the
United Statesjbefore and at the time of
his being drafted into suoh service, and
thereupon failing to report, or in Iheoaaa
of the fact of desertion appearing, by
certified copy of his company roll, it shall
appear that he was afterwards acquitted
t lereof ai d hor.a bly dia hargei, such
proof t-hall be received as evidence to
prove his said qualification: And pro
vu/ed further, That if any peraon li.ble
to be objected to as disqualified aa afore
said shall produce, before any board of
election officers, any false or fraudulent
paper purporting or pretended to be his
honorable discharge from the United
Slates sen ice, he ahall be deemed guilty
of a forgery, and on conviction thortof,
shall be punished as persons are now by
law punishable for forgery,
SKU. 7. That it shall be the duty of
the judges and inspect >rs of elections
hereafter to be held in this Common
wealth, whenever the name of any par.
sou offering to them a ballot or ballots,
shall bo found upon a certified copy, or
extract, furnished from said rolls, or rec
ords, by a clerk of a court of quarter ses
sions, mntked as a deserter, or whenever
any persofl shall be objected to aa dia
qualified, aa aforesaid, at any election, by
any qualified voter, at the request or sug
coition of such person, so offering a bal
lot, to examine such person, on oath ot
affirmation, a< to the fact appearing from
such certificate aa alleged against him by
the elector so objeoting, and if ha deny
it, as to his roasons therefor ! Provided
however, That if any of his answers un
der examination are false, snoh person
shall be deemed guilty of the crime of
perjury, and, upon conviction thereof,be
shall be punished, as persons are now pun*
ishable by law, for perjury.
SEC. 8 That it shall be tbe duty of
the sheriffs in the several oountlesof this
Commonwealth, to insert in their procla
mations of elections hereafter to be held,
the first four sections of this aot, with the
preamble thereof; and upon conviction
of any violation of the requirement of
this section, any sheriff shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor in offioe, and be
punished in like manner as the offences
prohibited by the second, third and fourth'
sections of this act are punishable.
SEC. 9 That in the trial of all eaaaa
arising under this act, it shall be tbe doty
of the ro irta trying the same to inquire
into and determine any question of fact,
as to alleged desertion involvod therein,
upon proofs furnished by exemplificationa
or extracts from such rolls and recorda,
duly certified by the proper clerk of a
court of quarter sessions, which are here
by made evidence thereof, and alao from
such proofs by parol as may be given ifl
evidence by either party : Provided That
the pr ivis ons of this act, so far as appli
cable, shall apply to persona who volun
tarily or without any kind of dareaa or
constraint enlisted in the rebel service.
JAMES R. KELLEY,
Speaker of the Home of Representatives.
DAVID FI.EMINO,
Speaker of the Senate.
A FIRST RATE PCDDINO.—A new
pudding, with this name, recently fur.'
nished to the '• Agricultural Household"
by Mrs. William Morehouse, of Buffalo,
N Y., has been tried with very satisfaa
tory results. In one quart of MMerf
milk, put one pint of fine bread craaM,
butfe ' th! siie of an egg.'hs well beaten
yolk of five eggs, sweeten and flavor aa
for custard ; mix the whole well togeth
er. Whili the above is baking, beat tlrt
whites of the five eggs to a stiff froth,
and add a teeoupful of powdered sugar ;
pour it over the hot pudding when cook
ed, return it to the oven, and bake to 4
delicate brown. We like the above
without addition, bat some prefer a Uy
cr of jelly, or canned peaehea or cfther
fruit, over the pudding before the frost
ing is added. No sauoe ia needed. It
is aot only delicious, but light and di*
gestible.
'-Mr Lire is INSURED."—In a storm
at soa, when the sailors vere all at pray*
ers, expecting every moment togo to tlid
bottom, a passenger appeared quite un
concerned. The captain asked hus how
he could be so tuuoh at his aase ia it#-
awful situation ? "Sir," said the pa*JW>-
ger. "my life is insured T'