The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, September 30, 1865, Image 1

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THE LANCASTER LEDGER. v . ? f III! I - - > - ?' ! ? ' * _ ^ JLl_.il *" VOLUME XIV. SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT., 30, 1865? NUMBER 4. THE IANCASTKK LEilHEH. Published every Saturday Morniug. ' BY coh^OKS x Aun;i:, EDITORS AND FROriUETOK ?. W. M. CONNORS, D. J. CARTER. \ ' TERMS: ' For ono year in advance, .... $2.00 For six months *** -?? .... ] .00 f No name will bo entered uutil the subscription price is paid. ( ADVERTISEMENTS "Will bo inserted at one dollar aml fifli/ renin per square for the flrrt, and one dollar p ">r rqflare for each subsequent insertion. A square to consist of the space of tkx likis, Brevier type. No adv^rtisuiAcut considered icis than a square. The number of insertions must bo written on each advertisement, or they will be 'litterled till ordered out and charged accordingly. Sctui-Montf ly, Monthly, or t^uartcily AdVerttiseineuts, will Lo charged on* dollar and fifty cent* per square for each insertion. Liberal deductions will be made iiefavbr of advertisements of three mouths, or longer standing. MT Announcing candidates for Ofllcojh dollar*.. tar Communications recommending caudi. dates for oflice and all others of limited or in* divi iual interest, thargud at advertising rates. All legal or oflicial notice* mi-si 1.2 r? ... ?ur by the individual authoiuing the publication of the Minn, without reference to their ollicinl a capacity. ir Announcement- of Marritgosor Death"; Noticca of Religious Meetings published gratis and eelicited. ? Obituary Notices exceeding the announcement, will he charged for llio overplus at regular advertising rates. y\ .or Tributes of Respect, rated as advertisemeats. " * J0b WORK Will be executed with neatness and dispatch and on aaeommodaiing terms. %W THE CASH for Advertising au<i Job Work will be required in all instances as soon as the work Is rcudcrcl. Written orders, to secure attcuiiorq must lie accompanied with tbe cash. Flour, IJacon, I.aid, Sorghum, &o., will bo received in payment of subscriptions ami -advcrtisiug at the market rates. Also clean cotton and linen rags. 1 , - . .1 Uaited States Confiscation L\w. [Copied from the United States Statutes at Large, ol. *11., p. 689. ] An Art to tujipre?? insurrection, to punish tKSwn and rtMlimi, to fif o/id confiscate tK* jooptity of rtOcls, and Jor other pun J KIM*. , He it enacted by the Sen Ate and IIou=o of ^preventatives of the Uuiled States of America in Congress assembled, That every person who shall hereafter commit lbs crime of treason against the United States, and ?h?)l be,-adjudged guilty thereof, ahall sutler death, and all hi* alares, if any, ahall be declared and made free; Or at the discretion of the court, he ahall he imprinouad for not less than live years, and lined not lees than ten thou aand dollars, and all his slaves, if any, ahall be declared and made free ; said fine shall be levied and collected on nny or all of tho properly, real or personal, excluding slaves, o( which the said per* sou so convicted was tho owner at the lime o! commuting the said crima-any ale or conveyance to 1' T withstanding. Sec. 2. And he it /urllior enacted, That . if any pereon rbnll hereafter incite, set on foot, assist, or engage ir. any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United Stales, cr the laws theu-of, or shall give aid or comfort thereto, or shall engage in or give aid and comfort to any such existing rebellion or insurrection, and be -convicted thereof, such person shall be punishod by imprisonment for n period not exceeding ten years, or by a linn not exceeding ten thousand dollars, nd by liberation of all Irs rlaves, if any be have ; or by both of said punishment* I the discretion of the court. Sec. d- And he it further enacted, j That any person guilty of either cf the offences described in this set, shall he j forever incapable ami dipq^atilieJ to hold j #ny office under the United States. Sec. 4. Atil t>e it further . enact**!, That this act Shell not be construed in any way to etFecl or alter the prosecution, conviction or punishment of any person or persons guilty of treason against the -United States before tho passage of thie act, unlets audi pefiOU U Cjuvitted undor tii is act. J . . i . * . . ; ? M Is41 Sec. o. And bj it furilier enacted, That to ensure the speedy termination ol the present rebellion, it shall bo tlio dutyof the President of the United States to cause ilio seizure of i\ll tbe estate and property, money, stocks, credits, and ef feds of tlio persons hereinafter named in this section, and to apply and use the saino and the proceeds thereof for the support of the army of the United States,, that is to say : First?Of any person hercafler acting as an ollicer of the army or navy of the rebels in anus agsdust the government ol t tbe L'nited States. Secondly?Of any person hereafter noting as l'rssident, Vice I'ie&ideut, Member of Congress, Judge of any court, cabinet olliccr, foreign minister, cotmuis sioucr or consul of the so called Confed* urate Slates of America. Thirdly?Of any person acting as Gov ernor of a State, member of a convention or legislature, or judge of any court of any of the so culled Confederate States of America. i Fourthly?Of any person who, having l held an oliico of honor, trust ot profit in -. the United Slates, shall hereafter hold an ' office in iho cv called Confoderute Stutes of America. Fifthly?Of any person hereafter bold ' ing any oiiieo or agency under the gov emn?ent of the so called Confederate Stales of America, or under any of the several Stales of the said Confederacy, o* the laws thereof, whether &ucb otfjee or agency he national, State or municipal in its name or < haracier Provided, That the persona thirdly, fourthly and fifthly above dysgribed shall have Accepted their appoiutment or election since the date of the protended ordinance of secession of the State, or shall have taken an oath of allegiance tp, or to support the conetilu f lion of the so culled Confederate States of America. Sixthly?Of any person who, owning property in any loyal State or Territory of the Uuiled States, or in the District of Columbia, shaH hereafter assist or give #ii#l ?nrl onmf?\r? in eit?K ??'! all sales, transfers and conveyances of any si>ch properly, shall bo r.ull ncd void ; an 1 it shall L?; a Mitlicient bar .to any suit brought by such person for the possession or the use of sucli property, or arfy of it, lo allege and p-ove th&l be ij one of the persons described in this section. Sec. 0. And be it* further enacted, That if any person within any State or Territory of the UuiteJ Slates other than those named as aforesaid, after the passage of this act, being engaged in artned re bellion against the government of the United Stales, or aiding or abetting such rebellion, shall not, within sixty days after public wnrn'Pg and proclamation duly I eivdu ivnu irauo uy ujw president ol Me : United Stales, ceaae to aid, countenance, and abet such rebellion, and ret urn to la is allegiance to the United State*, all tbe cstato And property, uioney, stock* and credit* of such persons, shall be liable to seizure as aforesaid, and it shall le the duty of the President to baize and use them as nforeAaid, Or^thd proceeds there of. And all sale*, transfers, or convey" ancos of any such property after the ox . pirntion of iha said sizly days -from the i ante of such warning and proclamation, shall l>c null and vour , and it ahall Le a | sufficient bnr to any suit brought by such ! rw rlnn tnr fl?., il.? ? ? "' uch propepy, or any qf it, to allege and prove ill at he is one of the peraous da icrihed in thin section. Sec. 7, and 8. [Prescribe the pro ccedinge nnd forms for the condemnation and sale of any properly seized under (he foregoing socliona.J Sec. p. (Declares free the caplyred or escaped slaves "of those who give aid or comfort to the rebellion.] Sec. 10. [Provides that escaped slaves shall not be surrendered unless the clairu ant make oath of uniform loyalty ] Soc. 11. [ Authorizes the employment ! of "'persons of African ddscent for the ft II OOrosAlOii of 'lio rnSnllinn 1 Sec. 12. j Authorized the President to colonize lito emancipated negroes "in some tropiciH country, beyond the )i mils of the Lntted Steles."] Sec. 13. And le it further cn.icte.l, That the President is hereby authorized, at any lime hereafter, by proclamation, to extend to parsons aho may have par' tic patcd in tl??> existing rebellion fn any i St ile or part thoreof. pardon and amnes' ly, with such exceptions and at auch time and such conditions as he may deem ex pevlicnt for the public welfare. Src. 14. | Authorizoa the courts lo do nil things necessary lo give c fleet to the net. Approved July 17, 1862. THE STAMP ACT. one of the laws of the united htatbf. There *ro probably not a dozen of the render* of this paper who know the d?' tails of the Stamp Act. Yet, there is uo law, State or Rational, the provisions of which are more important to the people. Hera aro such of its provisions as we think will prove most interacting and important to the reader: * *' 8CIIKDCi.S 9., Acfnowlrdgeuknt?of deeds exempt Affidavit? 5 ceois ill Milt nr looial ftw- ? ?* ..... w ???? |rlVVVVUtll^D V*CUJ|I% aqkkkmknt ok appkaisemrmt 't ' for each slieot or piece vf pa* . per on which' the same is written C cents Aoblonusnts qk Tkaxrfrrs? of mortgage, lease or policy ' of insurance, the same duty as ou tho original inelru' naent Of patent right 5 cents Bank Ciikckd, Drafts or Or* dkks, ite.?at sight or on demand 2 cents Bills or Exciiakqe; Inland? draft or order, pnyablo oth' or wise than nX siglu c,j on demand, and any promisory note whatever, payable on demand or at a lime designated {except bank notes in-*via 1 for circulation; and cheeks rnade and intended to be, and which shall be, forthwith presented for psy? muni) for ? sum not exceeding $100 5 ceuta For every additional burJiH dollars, or fraction^ part thereof ' 5 cents Bills or Lading?of vesjels for porta of tba United States or Britidh'North America exempt Or receipt of Goods on any foreign ports 10 cents Bill or Sttm?of any vessel, ?. .i- * vm pnn imsicui, WOOD lOSCOQt sideration doe* not exceed Ave hundred dollars ' 6Q cents Exceeding *500 and not ex* ceeding ll.OOa: ' ' #1.00 Exceeding #1,000, for each $500, fractional part thereof 5C coots Of personal property [other than ship or vessel] 5 cents Boat)?personal, for payment o( money Uee Mortgage.] Ollkial #1,90 for indemnifying any pefton for the paymeut of any sum of money, where the money ultimately recoverable there* upon is #1,000 or less 50 cents Where the money recovqpi b!e exceeds #1,000, for every . ojjiijyv- -i aaa nuuiiiumii ?i.uuu, or Irac lions! pari thereof 50 cents Bond ?county, city ana Iowa bonds, railroad and other cor? poration bonds and script, aro subject to stamp duty. [See Mortgage] Of any description, other than such as are required in legal proceedings, and &poh as are not otherwise chafged in this schedulo . cents Cxptiimcates ? of deposit in "bank, sum not exceeding one hundred dollars 3 cents Of deposit in bahk, sum exceeding one hund***.! K mwiioio V VVUM Cf slock in an incorporated company' J< 23 cents (>?t>eral 5 ceuta Qf a qualification of a Justice of the Peace Commissioner of Deeds or Notary Publio 5 cents Of search ot records 3 cent* That ceitain papers are on , file ft cents That certain papers cannot be found 5 cents Of redemption of land sold for taxes 5 cents Of birth, marriage and death 5 cents Of qualifications of school teachers *; 3 cent* Of profits on an incorporated % vu?iy*uy, lor a turn not lew than ten dollars and sol exceeding fifty dollar* 10 cent* Kxcee<ljn; fifty dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars 25 cenU , Kxcdcdii g one thousand dol- w lars, for every additional one i thousand, or fractional part thereof 2A.cenls Of damage or otherwise,and allgotber certificates or doco*. . . inents issued by any port warden, marine aurveyo i, 01 | r , " ) * i % * - oilier person acting as such 25 cents Ckrtifikd tirak8caipt?at judgments, satisfaction of judgments ami of all paper* recorded or on fi'.o ' 6 cent* (N. 1).?As a general rule, every cort ficate which has, .or may have, a legal valuo in any court of law or equity, wiil require a'stamp duty of five cents ) Cirr.cw Dkavt on Ojujkr? For the payment of any sum of money exceeding $10. drawn upon any person or ^.1 .1 - I -I- t- _ vuier wjLHii u uiuik, oanKer < or trust company, at light or or on demand 2 cenU Contract?[Sua Agreement Jirokers 10 coots CdNVKTANCF.? deed, itlslrui . w ment of -writing whereby lands, tenements, or other reality sold shall be conveyed, the actual value which does not exceed fov) 60 cents Exceeding $.100, and not exceeding $1,000 $1.00 For every additional $500, or fractional part thereof, in ' excess of $1,0'j0, 50 cents Ejitrv?of any goods, ware# or ?. merchandize at any custom house, not exceeding $100 in value, 25 can la Exceed in g $100 and notejt cee^ifrg $500 ih vj^ue, 50 cenH Exceeding $300 in value, $1.00 For the withdrawal of any goods or merchandize from bonded warehouse, oO cents Guagkh's Hkturn?iffor quan- . lity not exceeding 500 gah Ions, cross, lOoente Exceeding 500 gallons,, $5 cent* Powkr ok Attornkv?to sell or transfer stock, or collect dividends thereon, 25 cents To vole at an election of in* core orated company,. 10 cents To receive or collect rentes, 25 cents To coll, or convey, or rent, or fcAje real estate, $1.00 For any other purpose, 50 cents Famine ok Will?for letters of adininistra ion, where the value ol both raai hi.d peri sonal estate does not exceed *2,000, $1.00 For every addiiionsl $2,000, or fractional part thereof, in excess of $'2,Q0O? 50 cents Ponds of executor, adminis? trr.tors. guardians and ,trua? ' ' tees, are each'subjected ton tamp <iuiv or 91*00 rkotksr?upon bill note,check, or draft, 25 oent? FKOMissottr Notk?[See Billl ^ of Exchange, inlaudl > 1 Renewal of, suljecl to tame duty as an original rible. Rsoxirr?lor the payment of any sum of money, or debt due, exceeding $20, or lor the delivery of any property, 2 cent* Tbiot ijkk.)?made to secure a debt to be stamped at a mortgage conveying estate to uses, to be stamped as a coal veyance. Wakkhousr Rkckipt?for any goods, wares or merchandise not otherwise provided for, deposited or stored in any public or private warehouse, not exceeding fcoOO in valW, 10 coot* Exceeding fc.r>00, and not ex- ? cceding $ 1.000, 90 oatlta Exceeding $1,000, for every , additional $1,000, or fra> tioua) part thereof, in eaceaa of 41.000, 10 oaata For any gooda, d:c., not oth- '' erwise provided for^ etofed or deposited in any public tr private warehouse or yard, 26 coats Writs A I.kual Documknts ? writ or other legal proie-ts by which any auil is coin* tnenced in any court of ta> cord, either of law or equity, 50 C?OU Writ or original process issued by a court riot of raff cord, where the smouot claimed is 4100 ?r oyer, *' 50 eants Upon every confession of H judgment or cognovit for $100 or oyer, except in cssea woera the tax for a writ baa been paid, * >60 cents # Writ or other process appeals from justices courts, or *s other courts of inferior jurisdiction, to a court of record, 60 oaota Warrant! of distress, whan the amount of rent claimad *' does not exceed $100 26 casta _ I . When the amount exceeds #100, ' 5C cents INSURANCK-Marine, Inland and Fife- Where tho consider a "Men ?aid for the insurance, in cash, premium notes, or both, does4not e::ceod } 10, 10 cents Exceeding %}.()>. and not ex I deeding $60, ' 60 conts I Insurance, Luk?when tho amount in'Shred does not exceed $1,000, 25 cents Exceeding $1,000, and not ' exceeding $5,000, 50 cents Exceeding $5,<500, $1.00 Lexsb?-of lands or tenements, where the rents do not exceed $300 per annum, CO cents Exceeding $300, for each additional $200, or fractional part thereof, in excess of $300, CO cents Perpetual, subject to stamp duty as a "conveyance.'' 'Clause of guaranty of payment of rent incorporated or indorsed, five cents additional. Measures' Return?-if for quantity not exceeding 1,000 bushels, ' '10 cents Exceeding 1,000 bushels 1o cents Moktoaok?trust deed, bill of ale, or pefsonal bond for the payment of money exceeding $100, and not exceeding $000, 50 cents j Exceeding $500, f?r every additional $*>00, or fractional p*|r|: thereof, in excess of 9500, 50 cents Pawkeks' Chec}>3,* 5 cents . JVaaAps Ticket?from the United States to any foreign port, costing not more than $35, 50 cents Costing more than $35, ami j:? a-a * ? uut e&v:umiiiig -pou, \l.UV For every additional $50, or <" fractional part thereof, iu ex teas of $?0, *1.00 GENERAL REMARKS. Havana* Stamp* may be uned indiecrinjj ataljr apoa any of Ike matter* or t^ing* aanmarated in echadula H, except proprietary and playing card atnrap*, for which a spaaial uae haa boan provided. Poatage stamp* enanot -be uned in payment of th# duty chargeablo on inntrumentx. Itia the daty of the maker of an iuetrument to affix and cancel tb? stamp thereon If ha ncfleola to do ao, the parly for who** uaa it ia mad*, ruay stamp it before it ia need, but in no caee can it be let;ally used without a at amp ; and if u*<d after the fiAlL # f ? I? aor?a * 1 * ' vim ui jyij. lou-*, inu uaeo " itiioiita aUmp, it cannot afterwards be electually stamped. Any failure upon the prut of the mak>?f af aq iaatramcnt to appropriately aUmp it, renders him liable to u penally of twa hundred dollara. Suita azp commenced ir. ninny Slatea by othar proetaa?n thaa writ, viz : summon*, warraata, pablieatior, petition,. Ac, in which caao these, aa the original process, severally require stamps. Writa af acira/ueiaa ara aubjact to stamp duty aa origiaal processes. The jarat of an atlidavit, taken before a Juatica af tha react, Notary i.uWIi?, or othar oSaar dulyauthortzed to lake attidivite, ia bald ta ha a cerlil'eale, and sub) >et to a stamp daty of 5 centa, except when taken io auitaar legal proceedings. .. . Cartificatea of loau in which there ahall appear any printed ar written evidence of an amount of money to be pnid on demand r at any time desig nnted, are suiject lo stamp duty as Promissory Notes. Tho assignment of s msrtgago ?s subject t# tha same stamp duty ns that imposed apo* tba'original inslrumont; that is lo say, for ovary sum of Are hundred dollars, or any fractional part thereof, of the amount secured by the mortgage, at tlia time of its assignment,there must bo affixed a stump or atampe, denoting a duty of fifty cents. When two or more persons join in the axseution of an instrument, the stamps to whisk this instrument is Ihble under the law, ntay bs affiled and cancelled by out of the Dsrtias. la conveyances. of rati oitatc, Mto law pro* id M thai Iks am nip affixed mutt answer to tha value of. the estate on iuter?el conveyed. * No stamp ie required on cny warrnat of attorney accompanying a loud or nolo, when each bond or nnto hat affixed thereto the clamp or etampe denoting the duty re quired, and whenever any bond or net* ia aeeertfd lay mortgage, but on* atanip duty if required on audi papers, such stamp duty being the highest rale* required for euoh instrument*, or either of litem- ]n such eaee a note or memorandum of the vain* or denomination of thu stamp affixed, should ba mndo upon the (nnrgiu or in the acknowledgement of the instrument which ie not stamped. The Ileraid says tbat all the soldiers now in the Quid*except those of Sherman's , nr?y wilt have been paid up to the ?Oth of June last, 1 \ , 1 ? I " Comptroller-General s Office. UKfiUNVlLUK C. 11, S, y., August lt>, 1#66. I) Y permission of hi* Excellency, Gov) urnor Perry, the duties of thia G:iic? will be attended to at lliia place untihfur* tlier native. Coinwunications should ke addre-seil to care of Major VV. Daval. , J AM A. BRACK-, Comptroller General. Sept. 2S, 186^. -i?tit. ~ DRUGS, MEDICINES, &c. mUB SUBSCHlBEIt IfA8 OPENfcL ED A NEW AND LARGE Sl'OCK .OB" 1) ]i U G S , mmM &LC,j " &.C., ; &.O. AND EVERY ARTICLE THAT IS usually kept in a Drug Store, all.o; which will bo sold , ! Low as Possible. jT?T Orders from tho Country will bo carefully attended to. , . ',pie following are a few of tho articles which will bo sold very cheap : .'.aimers Uii, lilue btonc, VV'ia*]ow Glass and Putty, Kerosene Oil, Lamps',' Morphine,.Opium, Laudanum, Paregoric, Castor Oil, Salts, Extract Logwood, Copperas, j&c., &e., &('. II. t\ HODGSON. Camden, S. 0., Sept. Ill, 1805. 3m. Estate of Claudian B. Northrop, deceased. All persons who ark in posbcimod of property beloeginf tj the Kalate of the Into Claudian it* Nort,;ro'p, :it.d who hare become nos.e'snad of. aJid property without the consent of the legal r?ji ret cutnth os of sniii deceased, are here* by notified and n quested to account for *r deliver said properly to tlio undersigned within one (honth from the date of this notice. Fuiling in which suits for the re* covery of the same will immediately "be id* stitutcd nguinat thciq. - ' Persons w hy fceve demands ag;.ingt,the Kstate of n.iid dsconced are rrqepetea to present them properly authenticated. to my Attorney, \V. M, Connors, JfiCq, within . the time prescribed by htw. W. M. NORTHROP, Qualified LOxecutrix. Sept. Iti, UG5?M. ~ COVT.IJX \\ KJSITrJ.AUfS V. W I A VlJ4&liU?.l Applies tions for Pardon , r|MlK anbscrlbj^esncelfully offers to the ] _L citizens of the Stale Wis attention in nil matters pertaining to Government Claims nmt Applications for Pardon.. ' All Applications for Psrdon, under (We excepted sections of the President's Amnesty Proclamation, must le in tho lorm ot a petition, staling the exception dr>exceptions and accompanied both by the Oath prescribed and with the approval oP the Provisional Governor of ihoHtate. Tho sutscriber presents, at the name tituo his Card as Attorney at Caw. Wll. J. GAVER, 13 Chapel street, Charleston, 8, C, Sept. 15, 3?3t Dr.J. H. WHherapooa respectfully offers Wis professional services to the people of Lancaalervi lie anil surrounding country, lie can be found at hi* ofllce oppo? no 1110 ru.iiui lice oI o. A. MMMltlllP, or ?t the reaideace of his father CoL J. II. Wither? spoon. September 2,' 1865.?tf. To Kent. FOR TilB. KNSblNG year, nr^lTlTW ">y lwo dwollioy'houscHju Urn Vill?ge of Lancaster. also a yoml WOltK SlIOl*. For particulars apply to W. M. Connors, Esq., tny Attorney at Lancaster C. 11. J A.UBS M. INGRAM, Sept. 10, 18C5.-=-.3-tf Applications for f^nrtloai, <jiov? ?riiu|oi?t Claim*, Ac. ff~MlE UNDERSIGNEI) boiny in posscaJL aion of the necessary t'oruin, oilers his * professional services to prrlies who desire to iiisko special application tor pardon under the Amnesty proclamation of President Johnson. Will also proarcule claims either against the State <>l South Carolina or ths Govciiiinent of the United Sinter. W. M. CONNORS, ' Attorney at Law. Lancaster C.IL Sept. Ki, lb66.?3t. ' JOB WOBE. We are now prepared to execaj^Ml kinds of Job Wot!;, with ueetucsa and tll^atch, aud on arcoit> jwda'ing to ml. W*r