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BY ?TO THINE OWN SELF BK TUUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW, AS THE IIOB'T. A. THOMPSON & CO. iummMmnmt?i?fm*?m)?mm i m j '-_ ^ M I I - - rn Milli II I I I I i i n II irn?ri?. m.mi mniii PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1801. NIGHT THE DAY, THOU NO. 5& _POETBY.* Tho Golden Gate. t Dim shallows gather thickly round, And up tho misty Btnir wo climb, Tho cloudy alair that upward lends, ; To whore thc golden p?rtala ahinc, Hound which (he kneeling spirits wait The opening of tho Golden Gate. Ami some with oager longing go. Still pressing forward, hand in hand, And some with weary steps and slow, Look hack where tlieir beloved statut; Yoi up thc misty .stairs Hicy climb, Led on by the iingel Time. As unseen lnuuls roll back thc door, Tho light Hist floods thc very air Is but the shadow from within, Of the groat g ory hidden there; ' And morn and eve, and noon and late, , The shadow* piss within the Gate. m?m??M i i ni?.? ? mw iu?_n.?i ?t?ji?ma?j.?i,li.i in.-ii . JIP o ?p i T i O A. L? STAMP DUTIES. As a mat ter of interest und importun?e to all classes of our readers, we publish below tho HOW Stamp Act, alphabetical ly arranged, which , went into operation on thc 1st of August. Our readers should cut it out und preserve it for futuro* reference, os it will bc published but one time in this paper : Agreement--Other than thoso mentioned in this schedule, (ur any appraisement,) fur any ?licet or piece of paper on which it is writ ten, 6 cents; appraisements of value or dam age, 5 cents. .iiUl of Exchange, Foreign-Drawn in but . payable out of the United States, if drawn . singly or otherwise than in a set of three or ?torc-same ns inland bills of exchange ur promissory notes. Drawu in sets of three or more, for every bill of each set, where tho sum ihndc psyiiblu shall not exceed clot), or thc equivalent thereof, in any foreign currency in ||?j&L. whiuh such, billsjnay bo expressed, 2 cents ; tpfteV?>ry.,ii?M thereof th excess of $100, 2 cents. x Hill of Exchange.) inland-Draft or order for the payment of any sum of money, not ex ceeding ?100, otherwise thau al sight or on dornend, oir promissory notes, except bank notes mid cheeks; or tiny memorandum, check, roceipt.;or other written or printed evidence of . nu amount of money to bc paid on demand or nt a time designated, for a sum not exceeding ?100, 5 cents; for ovcry additional $100, or fractional patt in excess of Xii 00, 5 cents. Hill nf Sale-Dills of sale by which any ship or. vessel, or any part thereof, shall bc ^convoyed tn.or vested in any other person or persons, when tho consideration shall not ex ceed f 500, siam)? duty .50 cents ; do., when thc consid?ration exceeds $500 and does not exceed ?1,000, *1. Exceeding 81.000, for every addition d amount of 8500, or fractiounl part thereof, 50 couts. Personu) property oth er than ships or vessels, 5 cents. Hilt of Lading-Por goods nnd merchandize exported to foreign ports other tliiin charter party, each 10 cents. Honda-Of indemnity-where the money ultimately recoverable thereupon is 81,000 ot leas, 10 cents j where tho penalty exceeds 81, OOO for every ndditionnl 81,000 or fractional Sa rt i u excess of 81,000, 50 cents. Fort?n ue execution of thc duties of any oflicc, 81 Of any description other than such ns may b( required in legal proceedings, or used in con n retina with mortgage deeds, and not other wine charged in this schedule, 2.1 cents. Certificate-Other than those mentioned .5 cents. , Certificate nf Damage-And all other doc uments issued by any port warden or murin? surveyor, 25 cents. Certificate of Deposit-For a sum not ex CCcding 8100, 2 cents; exceeding 8100, ? oonts. Certificate of Profits-Tn any incorporatet company, for un amount not Jess than 810 ndr exceeding 850, 10 cents; from 850 ti 01,000, 25 cents ; oxeccding 81,000, for ev cry additional 81,000, or fractional part there of, 25, couts. Certificate of Stock-Incorporated compo ny, 26 oom*, . Quarter Party-On any letter or memo random relating to the charter of any vosso] if the registered tonnage docs not exceed 15* .lions, 81; from 160 to 8000 tons, 88; fron 800 to 000 tons, 85 ; over 000 tons, 810. Checks, Drafts, or Orders-For any aiuoun Ob any batik, brokoror trust company, nt sigh ? or on demand, 2 cents ; foran amount exceed ing Ol'), ou any person ? other ; than a bani banker prtru.sji qqiidpany, tn) sight or pa ch manu, 2 cents. Cigar Lights-vNadQ in part"of wood, wai glac j .paper, or other sn a tor inls, in parcels < paokagen, ,1 oen.t j ip pscknges of moro tba 26 and not morocha?? 60 lights, 2 couts ; ft * vloVory additions! 26 light*, Pr fractional po of thfct number, I coqt. , C6ntrMti~*JC?ntni??\ broker's note, < memorandum of rale of any goocjl or mc rc bp. ;i? '? . *. . V\fr j \ : ft-, dizo, stocks, bonds, notes of band, for euell noto or memorandum of sale, 10 cents. Conveyance of Deed of Grant.-Wbcro tho consideration of value does not exceed *500, 60 cents; from *500 to $1,000, 31 ; and for evory uddittonal 8500, or fractional part thereof, iu excess of 81,000, 50 cents. Entry of floods-At custom house, not exceeding in value ?>100, 25 cents ; from 8100 to 8f)00, 50 cents; exceeding 8500, $1 ; for tho withdrawal of goods from bonded warehouse, 50 cents. Friction Matches-Or Lucifer mntohes, made in part of wood, in packages of 100 or less, 1 cent j when in parcels of packages con taining more than 100, and not more 'than 200, for each paree! or package, 2 cents, und for every additional or fractional part thereof, 1 cent ; for wax topers, double the rates here in imposed upon friction matches, 1 cent. Lease-Whero rent is 8300, or less, 50 cents; where thc rent exceeds 8300, for each additional ?500, or fraction in excess of 8300, 50 cents ; assignment of a lease, same stamp ns original, und additional stamp upon the vj Jue or consideration of transfer, accord itig to thc rates of on deeds (See Conveyance.) Manifest Entry, Clearance-Of cargo of vessel for foreign port, if tonnage does not ex ceed 300 tons, 81 ; from 800 to 000, 83) ex ceeding 600, 85. Meats, 7* Vi A, Fruits, Saliers, Jell ici, d>c. Ko?', and upon every can, bottle or other sin gle package, containing meats, fish, shell-fish, fruits, vegetables, sauces, syiups, prepared i mustard, jam or jollies, contained therein, packed or sealed, made, prepared and sold, or ottered for t-ule, or removed for consumption in tho United States, on or after the 1st day of October, 1SQ6, when such con, bottle or oth er singlo package, with its contents, simd not exceed two pounds in weight, 1 cent; when such can, bottle or other single package, with its contents, shall exceed two pounds in weight, for every ndditiojinlp?|uid or fraction* ul part, 1 cent. Mortgage or Personal Hands-Ol von ns security for the payment of any definite ?u;n, from 8100 to 850o'?O cents ; exceeding 8500, and not exceeding 81,000, 81. For every on euch und every assignment or transfer of a mortgage, policy of insurance, or thc renew al or continuance of any agreement, contract or charter, by letter or othcrwiso, n stamp du ty shall bo required equal to that imposed on thu original instrument. Passage Ticket-To a . foreign port, if of less price than 835, 50 cents ; from 35 io 850, 81 ; and for every additional 850, or fraction al part thereof, in excess of $?30, $1. Pawnbroker's Certificate-For any sum, 5 cents. Playing Cards.-For and upon every pack, not exceeding 52 cards in-number, ir respective of price or value 5 cents. Policy of Insurance-On any lifo or lives, .whore tho amount insured docs not exceed 81,000, 2f) cents; from 81,000, to 85,000, 50 cents ; exceeding 85,000,81. Fire and Ma rine Risks-Premium not exceeding ?10, 10 cents; premium not exceeding 850, 25 cents; exceeding $50, 50 cents. Acoidcutul iusu runco policies are exempt. Pincer of Attorney.-To transfer stock, bonds or scrip, to collect dividends, interest or rout, 25 couts ; to vote by proxy, except in charitable, religious, literary and cemetery societies, 10 cents; to sell or lease real estate, and perform all other acts not specified, 81 j and other purpose, 50 cents. Probate of Will, or letter oj Administra tion.-Where tho cstute does not exceed tho value of 82,000, 81 ; for every additional $1, 000, or fractional part in excess of $2,000', 50 cents. Protest of Note, Drafts, d>c.-Or mnrino protest, ?fcc, 25 couts. Proprietory Medicines, Cosmetics, ii'c. Not over 25 cents, 1 cent; not over 50 coots, '2. cents; not over 75 couts, H cont? ; not over 81,4 cents. For every additional 50 cents, or fractious thereof, 2 cont?. Receipt-Receipts for the payuiont of any sum of money, or for the payment of any tlcbt duo, exceeding 820, not being for satis faction of any mortgage or judgment, or de cree of n court, or endorsement on any stamp obliga i i an iu acknowledgment of ?ts fulfillment, for each receipt 2 cents, itf??id?d, That when moro than ono is affixed to tho same pa 'per, ono or moro stamps muy bo affixed thereto representing tho whole amount of stamps re quired by suoh signatures. Sales-'-Or contrnots for tho salo of stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, gold and silver bul lion and coin, promissory notes or other ?cou tics whon mudo by brokers, banks or bankers who pay a special tax, require stamps equal to 1 oent on every 8100. If there is a fraction over 8100, the same to bo stamped nt tho full rato of 8100. When ninda by a person, firm or corporation not paying special tax, for every 8100 of valuo, 5 cents. A memorandum of sulo or contract must bo made by tho sol ter to ?ho' buyer, ?pon the aale or contract being r.iado, and thc stamps affixed thereto. l?W/**\V)fH 50 conta*? Where tho Amount claimed lu a writ, issued by a court not of ito cord, is 8100 or over, 50 couts. '; Upon every confession of judgment, or cognftyit, for 8100 or over, (except in thoso cn.s cs jflfhere the tax for tho writ of commencement'of suit, has been puid,) 50 cents. Writs or other process on appeals from just icen' courts or other courts of inferior jurisdiction ton eott^t'of.record, 50 couts. Warrant of distress-, when tho amouut of rent o-ahntd does not exceed 8100, 25 cents; when exceeding $10dj-$0 cents. KXK.MIM'IONS. ?> No stump duty shall be rcfiui^Wff'fkWpS of attorney or ?ny other paper feinting to Ap plication for bounties, nrrenrugcsof poV, 'oj pen* ! sion, or to the receipt thereof-, from4 ti mo to time ; or upon tickets or contracts of insurance when limited to injury of persons while trav eling ; nor on certificates of tho measurement or weight of unimnis, wood, codi, or other ar ticles, 1101' 011 deposit UOtCS to-mutual insu rance comprimes for the insurance upon which policies subject to stamp duties have been or are to bc issued ; nor any warrant of attorney accompanying u bond or note, when such bond or note shall hnvo affixed thereto thc stamp or stamps denoting tho duty required ; and whenever any bond or note shall bo se cured by u mortgage, but ono stump duty shall bc required to bc placed ph such papers; nor on nny coi ti fie. Ue of the record of a deed or other instrument in writing, or of the ac knowledgment or p'ropf thereof- by attesting witnesses: nor to any cndor^oityo?t of a nego tiable- instrument. Provided, That tho stunp duty placed thereon shall bo thu highest r$to required for said instruments, or either of them. Receipt by oxpress companies for thc deliv ery of uny property for transportation ?rc ex ompt from stamp duty. PK N ALT 1 KS. Penalty for making, signing or issuing any instrument, document or paper of any kind whatsoever, or shall except, negotiate or pay. or cause%toj bc accepted, negotiated or paid, any hill of oxchungc, drnft or order, or prom issory note for tlic payment nf money, with out ibu same being duty siainprd, ur denoting thc duty hereby imposed tlid^on, 850 ; and the instrument shall bo deem?j . in??lid nnd exceeding five years. For rinking, signing, issuing, accepting or paying s.ty bili of ex change,d: aft, order or note without stainp,8200. For selling proprietary eosmctics, unit?hes, meats, ti.-h. fruits, sauces, jellies, &c., without proper stamps, $50. OTHLn PROVISIONS. Instruments arc not bo recorded unless prop erly stumped. No inst ruinent is invalid for the want of the particular kinds of stamps designated, pro vided a legal stamp of equal amount (except proprietary stamps) duly affixed. All oflicial instruments, documents nnd pa pers issued or used by oHicors of tho United States Government or by the officers of mis state, County or muncipal corporation, arc ex empt. In cases where an adhesive stamp shall bc used for denoting nny duty imposed by this Act, the person using or affixing tho sume shall write thereon the initials of his natue and date upon which tho same shall bc attach ed or used, so that thc same may not again bc used, under n penalty of 850. Instruments heretofore issued without stamps not to bo void, where stamps arc sub sequently affixed. Postage stamps cannot bc used us revenue stamps. Any person mny present to the Commis sioner of Internal Revenue any instrument aud require his opinion whether thc same is chargeable with any duty ; and if thc said Commissioner shall be of* opinion that it is not chargeable with any stamp duty, ho is re quired to impress on it a particular stamp with words to signify that it is not chargeable with stamp duty ; and every instrument on which said stamp is itnprossi'? ghntl bo received in evidence in ult court?, notwithstanding objec tions on thc ground of 6uoh instrument being without tho proper stamp.. The party to whom a document is issued from a foreign country,or by whom it is tobo used, shall, before using tho same, affix thcro oti tho stamp or stamps indicating tho duty ron ui red. Proprietors of eosineties, medicines, or pro prietory articles, may furnish private dies, and aro allowed 5 per ocnt, on all purchases of $500 j over 8500, 10 por coot. SW Congressional reports, to be used ss inflammatory electioneering documents for tho coming campaign, ar tho order of the day. These things should be of the judicial digni ty and oharactcr, as of old ; but most of thom, in verity of statement and in reason, ?re little above tho most abandoned forms of partisan* ship. They have that internal evidence of partiality ?nd recklessness that at o nco evokes tho censure of jurists or other clear-headed and just.vninded mon. A BOT'S IO?A pu PuLtiNo'A TOOTH. " tfbo Dsciot hitched on to mo, pulled his best, and jx^yt before it killed too. the tooth CstMO OUt." r ??? v: ..'."? ', mjV??i , - ?, ?.. ju,-? The New Orleans Riot A SOUTHERN HISTORY OF 'I'llE AFFAIR. Wo luivo already given our renders very full accounts of thc recent riot in New Or leans, taken fr?nj the telegraphic corrcspon I dence of tho " New York Times," and other I Northern sources. Wo now presutit thoth with the history of tho affair as detailed by thc ?. New Orleans Picayune," of thc d: y fol lowing the viol : 'Til* OniOlft OV tJIB RIO'.', Thero is not nu honest or intelligent citizen nt all acquainted with the characters and ante* ocdents of thc main instigators of the revolu tionary and incendiary plot, which produced thc terrible scenes of yesterday, who docs not know that thc real and controling motive of these reckless and unprincipled men was to regain offices and patronugc which they hud lost since.the close of the war, und by means of which they had raised themselves from pov erty and obscurity to comparative wealth nnd partisan notoriety. It should not be imag ined for n moment that the}' were of thc class of honest fanatics, sincero bolicvcrs in any of tho doctrines or ideas advocate J by them ; that they hud over before manifested any honest syn.palby or concern for*tho freedmen.. Q'he few in our city who have somo claims to con sistency and sincerity, in such ideas and feel ings, bad no part in this scheme. The Iced ing actors were men who before thc war were of utter insignificance, and would never have emerged therefrom in any peaceful, respecta ble community. Many of them wore ren egades from thc Confeder?te cnusc. During thc excitement of tho war they managed to get thc most lucrativo oftices of the State and city, mid tho convention of 1804 was n prolific source of profit to them. Thc Shcriffalty of New Orleans, the State Auditors, the Clerk of the Second Distriot Court (ono of the most lucrative offices in thc State), Public Printer, Register of Votes, oto., had all been appropriated by thc pnrties who. having boon displaoed from these offices on tho return of peace-displaced by iheirown Union friends-immediately became very much dis satisfied with the progress of affairs, and have ?yer since kept up an incessant agitation about the poor negro. Thjj^.violoiico and wronps which really troublecPthem were their exclu .ion from office, and their return to thc nor mal state of merited obscurity. Tho whole Convention revival scheme was got up by these men. lt hud not thc support of live hundred white men in the city or State. Unfortunately, however, the glib and hypo critical demagogues succeeded in milking ti number of the poor deluded, unsophisticated freedmen believe that they were their friends, and that it wus in their behalf and defence that this plot was conceived and to bc carried out. A nd thif. is the true history of the origin and purpose of this* whole nefarious plot to over turn the Government of the State, and which has broutrht upon ft city, which, ut the timo of its Origination, was perfectly peaceful, quiet and law-abiding, the horrors of a bloody riot, and thc unmerited humiliation of martial law. M EETI NO OK THE ri.OTTERSON FRIDAY NIGHT. A meeting of tho pnrtizniis of these men was held on Friday night, nt which the most inflammatory language was employed to incite thc negroes to acts of violence. They were told if any wliito man should intcrfcro with them, " kill him." It has been well under stood that arms have been distributed among them, with a view to some such uso as has oc curred. It wus greatly apprehended for scv orul duys that thc meeting of the unpopular Conveutiouists would make thc occasion for a collision. Thc Mayor and tho officials, and such citi zens ns ho conferred with, advised tho course which was pursued, of counseling all citizens to keep aloof from tho Mechanics' Institute, where this meeting was advertised to bc held, and organizing tho police force so ns to bo ready promptly to suppress nny sudden disor der. Thero was never any purposo to inter fore with the Convontionists, mid nono of thc calamities of tho duy arose from any nttcmpt of tho kind. BEGINNING OF THE RIOT. Tho beginning of tlujuript occurred at thc corner of Canal and DryMes streets, whore ti proecssion of botwceim20*a*hd 200 negroet wore passing. OQO of the darkies having nw over a white man standing quietly nt the curb stone, being remonstrated with, drow, mu* fa con, his revolver and fired. Two men, a police mau and an ox-policeman, went into the crowe at onco and took tho offondcr in spito of i number of revolvers pointed at them. Bein; at the time in the third story of 170 Cona Street, tho samo occurred under our eyes j wi confess we trembled for thoso two daring po lioeman. They however, had momentan!; paralysed that band of negroes, and luarohei off their prisouor j hardly had thoy mado dozen paoes when tho negroes shouted to th rescuo, and seemed determined tb lib?r?t th o?r foi i ow. Borne gentlemen thou carno t tho assistance of. the polioe, who woro tho enabled to secure their ipeu. ^Thc ncgrow .I* A. being exhorted by a darkie on horseback nnd Kevern) other of their chiefs on foot, wcro nmde to rejoin thc procession, which took it? march towards Mechanics' Hall. Every 4 io of those colored gentlemen were armed, and showed their revolvers freely, but only one shot was fired on this ocensiou. Thc excitement of thc negroes soon grew to bo ungovernable. Tho police, desiring to nbstuin from all appearance of intimidation <> to the Convention int o, lind not boon pouted Ih Torco in tho district neighborhood. JUfct. nfter tiW-diatarbnnce at tho Cann! street cor ner broke out, firing commenced nt tho oth er end of thc street, near about tho corner of Common. Tho Chief of Police arrived soon after, and was received by a volley of pistol shots, and immediately there was firing along the line. The negroes had their clubs, and some had revolvers, which they wielded with vigor; but the police were too strong for them, and citizens came in with what wc con sider a supcrceiveablc aid, for thc polico woie sufficient for all purposes. Thc police accouut, corroborated by witnesses, is, that while they were engaged with thc negroes in front of tho building, they were fired on from the West windows by thc negro party within. The Chief of Police had been singled out for a bullet from tho window, which had failed in its mission. Tho polico returned the fire, ntyd that was tho first movement against thc building. Up to that time, the police had been engaged in clearing the street and attempting to preserve order outside. Attacked from the rear, they ad vanced to tako possession, and wcro resisted ut find. But a white flag was exhibited in token of surrender to the authorities, but when they undertook to march in, they were received with a volley of bulls, and a conflict ensued, in which a number were killed. The members of tho Convention that remained were arrested by the police, and such of thom ns were not burt in tho affray, subsequently were permitted to go to their own homes on parole. Some violent scenes occurred, which aro to bc deeply 'lamented as tacts. They should bo made tho subject of more minute inquiry than wc arc able to give them nt thia time-when tho only ' task we have propo sed to ourselves, is to state OB calmly as pos ni Die th o wurro ?f ?^1*..,;^, "f > eAlpi ?JU;r, to aid in determining where thc responsibility ought to rest. Tho bloody strife continued until at a lato hour (between 3 and 4 o'clock,) at which *' time, in responso to a request from the Mayor, the military turned out, and Cana] and other streets near tho Mechanics' Hall was Hued with infantry and artillery. Those iu com mand appeared determined to restore order, and tho crowds which had assembled at tho variottB corners were dispersed at tho point of tho bayonet. Under tho tremendous excite ment existing it was anticipated that tho city would remain partially under military rule. The crowd in and out of the Mechanics' Hall were worked up to a pitch of desperation ana madness, and fire-arms were handled as freely as ou tho battle-field. The reports of pistols were heard in every direction, and balls whizzed by, threatening as much danger to the observeras the active participant. Towards 2 o'clock in the evening thc wound ed and nil activo participants who could bo arrested, were hurried to the police stution, and the lockups were soon filled with ouc con glomerated mass. Not less than two hundred negroes were takeu to the station of tho Eirst District, a majority moro or less injured iu the melee that occurred, thirty-eight whites were arrested, most of them being also more or less wounded. About forty persons wcro killed. Tho principal stores in Cansl strcct and tho vicinity were dosed, and thc streets filled with idlers, thus facilitating a disturbance they carno at first to witness. There wcro few per sons, except negroes, in front of the building on Dryades street when tho rump commenced their sitting, and no signs wore given of any attempt to disturb them. It appears, how ever, that not relying on the protection of tho oity, and not asking for it, they hod taken H considerable number of armed negroes, held tho houso, nnd to this incident mott of tho bloody incidents which follows arc fuirly to bo attributed. --. - ii SAD ANI> BsAUTiFuri.-Ex-Governor Vance, in a recent address before the literary ooolc? ties of tho University of North Carolins, .poke as follows : " No moments of victory aro for us, no na? tional jubilee can we oclebrate, po 6ongs of triumph oan our maidens sing, or garlands of glory weave ; thero ls no welcoming of return, ing conquerors, nor erecting of triumphal arches (br us, to oonsolo us for our great suf cring. We aro all alone with our great defeat and that heavy sorrow which, "never flitting, still ls sitting, still ie sitting, in our house* lipid," ?nd all that wojiave left for our dom- 1 fort is tho sad yot tend or tight which pl ava around the memory of those who died to mako it othotwlso.'^ _ .' AN Irishman, on being told to'grease tho wagon, returned in about an hour afterwards I and said; "I'vo greased every pert of tht? ' wagon, but them tftV^s jfre phtch hqvp on,"