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A. WA3D "8THIKES ILE."
Salt Ktter Borins, ?, 65.
My Deereat Betsy Jane:?Here I am
earn, as Sliok as Greas, oat of the reaoh of
the "slings and arrears of oatragis forohune,"
as the Poit sez. Ef anybody en-,
qwires to Baldinsrille about Artemus Ward,
that used to be some in the Show Biznea,
say to them with a Tear in. thy I, Artamemoos
(that's the Greek spelj of my name,)
the great showman is dead?that is, to ignoble
persoots. Tell them Artexhos is no
more Artemus, but a "body oorporated
tell'em Betsey Jane Ward is no more the
wife of the Captain of the Baldinsrille mil.
lishy, bat a lady. Betsy Jane, I've struok
ile 1 I'm as -riteh as Creasas. My ile will
start up in a. stream 2 hundred feet Hi, and
as thick as the main mast of the ironsides.
- O Betsy what a site or mean work I've
dun in my past career I To think that I
used to handle the Bo Constrictors an other
reptile snaiks, in my show, an all for no
tue. I get poor, and poorer, while the
shaiks and' tigers get fat; and at larst the
peaky xebs confiscated my show, an "Othelly'i
occupation, was gone."
This is a kold world, Betsy?Particularly
? ? whar theris no ile. When I got poor (oauz
how I was ta good natared like farther
Abram, and let the boys intu my show without
payin) even my monkey made months
at me, an I was a wax figger meself? that
is, I was patienoe on a monument. But no^
body "saw it" but me. Now its different
Shakspeer, or some otherwise theolognm sed
ram is born grate, some win grateness oy a
pack of cards or a horse race and the rest
git big by axid'ent. Now I didn't win it,
or git it throst onto me, but I bored it oat
the sttms of Salt River, with a government
orgor.
m Bonn is of two kinds?borin for the corporations
(that is for the money) and afterwards
for the ile. Wal, yon see I bora myself
outof A. Ward into a grate Company,
called the "Oleaginns Saline Carboniferous
Indication Manufacturing Company." I tell
yon privitly, it took splendid. We?that's
me, and Artemus and Artimeons & Mr.
Ward?opined an offis, and from Mondy
morn till Sundy dawn we bookt the shares.
Our opmpany was organized to wit?it
had 17 milluns of shares at 3 cents a share,
and 1 oent "reserved for working capital."
***-? ?W a fnl/1 f)ta
Jf C JJUOUIfCU QTCITUUUg. IT u IUIU truv
nooee boj8 and other contrabands that we
had the "royalty" and "fee simple" of the
'ile on Salt River. We told 'em we was op'
poied to aristockrisy and big shares. We
told 'em the shares was "limited"?so they
was, to oar'treasury. Oar shares went up
to 17 dollar and 14 1*2 cents in 14 days!
We jwld oat an started anv ther, an this was
the way we went on, till the vale of Salt
River was bored like a pepper Box.
Betsy Jane, I'vegav yoathe modis operandy
of striking ile. The man wot got rich
on wot 9 talers gov him, aa inscribed patriotickally
on his Baggy, "Nine Talers
Maid tcun man" was a fool long side the
Wards. I'm comic to Baldinsville soon to
? stop op thine ondistingoisht career, and
open in Boeting a establishment worthy of
Betsey|Ja^e. Zeke Biglow to make a
Coach 4, and pat on the panel a Orger as
. .big as a main mast of a ship. I in ten to make
the Codfish riggins pale there ineffectooal
fires, as the postle says. The Artemus corporation
sends the a oleagenius farewell kiss.
No more at present. From thy dearest lav.
Artemus Ward.
JUDICIAL FUN.
? "In the town of Plattsburg, Clinton
"&t? m? v rrtn-o fkon q
V/UUUbJTj Xicvr IVl&j wuigiiuuig tuviv wiku ?
few years ago, while the court was in session,
a case was called which involved some
very 'nice points' in respect to the character
of a rather rough sort of fellow. When
judgment was rendered, he was so enraged
that he sprang'to his feet, and shaking his
- fist at the Judge, swore that he could buy
, such a oourt as that for a peck of beans!
The Judge, after roariDg a great roar at
him, told him be should fine him five dollars
for contempt of court. The poor fellow
knew not what to do,% as he evidently
had no such article about him aa five dollars
in money, and the law in those days pitch- j
ed a man at once into prison if he could
not pay. He turned and begged a lawyer
who was sitting near to help him. The
lawyer rose, and, addressing the Court, assured
the Judge of the fellow's penitence
for the offence, and besongbt him to exerobse,
if possible', his clemency in the case.
The Judge slowly yielded, and expressed
a willingness to let it all drop if the fellow
would make a Humble confession there and
at once. Whereupon he arose, and with
unmistakeable marks of sorrow confessed his
sin, and begged to be forgiven. The Judge
accordingly said it ahonld end there. ThS
fellow, still standing, repeated the assurance
of his sorrow that he bad rated snch a
court so low as to affirm that he 'could bny
it for a peek of beans. 'Twas wrong,' he
said, <all wrong; bnt,' said he, 'if I had
said a half bushel, I wouldn't have taken
it baok?never /'
"la circumstances pot altogether dissimilar,
though not at the same place, daring
the sittings of a oourt, a couple from 'the
upper ten' desired to get married. With a
view to having the ceremony done rather
extra, thej.decided on having it performed
by the presiding Judge of the court. The
'gentlemen of the bar,' together with many
from the upper circles of society, were invited,
and other things arranged with a
view to some little .display. The Judge
with hflnominccravitv entered. aocomDanied
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by his associates, breathing freely and
calmly, and endeavoring to leave the impression
that all would be right when he
should be called on to perform. The parties
soon entered. After a brief though
somewhat painful silenoe, while the guests
were endeavoring to regulate themselves so
aa to see and hear conveniently, the Judge
slowly rose, and addressing the parties, said
to thorn, 'You do, each of yon, solemnly
swear that the testimony?' Here there
was a long panse, the Judge discovering
that he was a little under mistake as to the
place, and some other circametanoes. He
sorted again, after clearing his throat:
'You do,.eacu of you, solemnly swear that
the verdict you shall render?' Another
pause, muoii longer, aud made somewhat
more painful by several titters and a giggle
I or two, whioh it was evident ooald not be
prevented. He started again, this time
bound to be right: 'Now I lay me down to =
sleep,' said he, with becoming gravity? .
then paused again; and then pronounoed 0
them 'man and wife !' and sat down." p
A Negro Town with Negro Ovitcers.?Mitohellsville,
it most be remembered,
is the negro village on Hilton Head 0
Island, regularly organized with negro officers,
and enjoying its Counoilmen and Sa- a
pervisor, whom their constituents insist on 0
styling Alderman and Mayor. The "alder- ti
men" settle disputes concerning claims for
personal property. Before one of them came 1c
a disconsolate negress. Her hen had been , t(
stolen, and Gawky Sam was the boy who a
did it. The boy was summoned, the eviJ
nnoo ma nlaorls mnrlo nnt. .i
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and two dollars fine imposed. Bat here <j
stepped in another Alderman, who added 6l
another dollar to the fine. Before the money
was paid still another managed to get the j?
cue before him, and imposed a fine of five j?
dollars. By this time the Supervisor j?
("Mayor") heard the story and summoning
all the parties, inquired :
"Uncle Ben, why did you tine de boy 1?
two dollars ?" a
"Well, sah, de case was ol^ar; de hen 6
was a mity fine, fat un, and I reokon she n
worf about a dollar. Den, sir, nobody
onghtub be 'lowed to steal for Iobs dan a v
dollar no how. So I made him pay de wuf ti
of de hen to de owner, and a dollah for t!
stealin' beside."
"Well, 'Cl'lerklis (Anglice Unole Her- tl
oules,) why you nake de fine tree dollah ?" ri
"Well, de hen war wuf a dollah easy.? fl
Den de boy ought to pay a dollah for steal- a
in' anyhow. But den, sah, dat hen war a
layin' eggs, and if dat Gawky Sam hadn't _
done stole her, de eggs she'd a laid 'ud a. j?
been wuf 'tleatst 'nuther dollar by dis ti
time!" ' * !,
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.Ludicrous as was toe solemnity ox tuese
proceedings, they were nevertheless, of
value, as showing inherent ideas ofjnstioe.
*Cor. Cincinnati Gazette.
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A Wife Wanted.?A fellow in Aroos- t(
took oonnty, Maine, answered an advertisement,
representing that he ooold furnish h
any person with a wife. The advertiser re- tl
plied, directing the writer to a neighboring r
asylum for idiots! - The same youth, not p
at all abashed, whose name is John Morris, q
Speaks of himself as follows :
"I am eighteen years old, have a good tl
set of teeth, and believe in Andy Johnson, 0
the Star Spangled Banner, and the 4th of ?
July. I have taken up a State lot, oleared t<
up eighteen acres last year, and seeded ten D
of it down. My buokwheat looks first rate,
and the oats and potatoes are bully. I M
have got nine sheep, a two year old bull v
and two heifers, besides a house and a ^
barn. I want to get married. I want to
buy bread and butter, hoop-skirts and wa
terfalls for some person 3f the female per*' Q
suasion during my life. That's what's the
matter with me. But I don't know how to
doit." ' "J
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| I?* Judge Griffith, on the bench in Ga.,
appqinted a crier whose want of sense was v
more than made up by the size of his voice. a
A young lawyer of the bar, with .more fun ^
than legal lore in him, was fond of playing
off jokes upon him. So one day the judge A
ordered the crier to call Jabez Logue. ti
Tbe lawyer, stepping behind the erier, b
whispered, "Epi logue" in his ear. tl
"Epi-logue 1" shouted the crier. . S
"Mono logue." said the lawyer. I
"Monologue 1" cried the crier.
"Pro-logue." tl
A-O it. : a:II J ,,Tt 1
auu li-iu uner ?uii unuu "J iuiuuuc . ^
"Dia-logue." <j
And the pertinacious crier shouted "Dialogue
!" at the top of his voice. . h
Discouraged at hearing no response from b
the Logue family, the crier turned and said
to the Court, sitting in mute astonishment it
at the stupid crier's calls: . a
"I've called all the logs in town, and y
never one of them i9 here to speak for him- ai
i self." T
***** _ n
Igi, A gentleman on a visit to Washingten,
one day Very ooolly opened the door of
the Senate Chamber, and was about to pass a:
in, when the door-keeper asked,?"Ato you w
a privileged member ?" K
"What do you mean by that ?" usked the a]
stranger. ? p
The reolv was. "A governor, an ex-mem- ?
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berof Congress, or a foreign minister."
The stranger replied that he was a minister.
tj
"From what court or country, if you ^
please V* asked the official. p
Very gravely pointing up, the stranger p
j replied. "From heaven, sir !" 0
To this the door-keeper waggishly re- D
marked . "This government at present holds 0
no intercourse with that foreign power."
W3T A clergyman in South Carolina was ^
preaching on the disobedience of Jonah, j
when commanded to go and preach to the
Ninevites. After expatiating on the consequences
of disobedience to tbe divine
commands, he exclaimed in a voioe that ^
D
passed through the congregation like an
electric shock, "And are there any Jonahs
here ?" A negro present, whose name was *
Jonah, thinking himself called on, immediately
arose, and turning up his white eye f
to the^>reacher, with the broadest grin and '
best bow, answered : .
"Here be one, massa."
P
"Why do you not present yourself as n
a oandidate for Congress ?" awaked a lady of
her husband, who was confined with rheuI
- ! a
matiem. i ~
"Why so, my dear ?" * ?
"Beoause," resumed the wife, "your lan- a
guage and actions are truly parliamentary. ^
When bills are presented, you either ordor 0
! them to be laid on the table,, or make a mo- a
| tion to rise; though out of order, you are 6;
; supported by the chair; and often poke j ^
your nose into measures whioh are calcula- j'
ted to destroy the constitution." ' ^
j fcl
ggk, "Sonny, who's your father?" "Mr. ' si
Jenkins." "What Jenkins?" "The Jen-1 i<
kins what kioked you yesterday for saseing ! si
our servant girl." It is unnecessary to say a
: the examination stopped there. , P
i One asked why B stood before "C ? o
Because, said another, one must B before j p
i he can &. lb
W%pi&2 fethmags.
? "When I am a man" is the poetry of
hildhood. "When I was a ohild" is the
oetry of age.
? Why is a watch-dog larger at night than
e is in the morning ? Because he is let
ut at night and taken in in the morning.
?An Irishman, who had been fined sever*
I weeks in succession for getting drunk,
Doly proposed to the judge that he should
ike him by the year at a reduced rate. '
?It is estimated that there are now at
tast 80,000 copies of the Bi)>le in. ezisiUoe
and yet how ignorant many people
re of its contents.
? Sydney Smith said there were three
lings which every man fancied he could
o?farm a small property, drive a gig, and
flit a newspaper.
? It is the opinion of the dootor that the
iwyer gets his living by plunder, while the
iwyer thinks the dootor gets his by "pilige"
? When the stopper of a glass decanter
i too tight, a cloth wet with hot water and
pplied to the neok will cause the glass to
xpand, and the stopper may easily be rejoved.
? A rioh journeyman printer is found out
rest. He is being exhibited with ringliled
monkeys, wild hogs, shaved horses,
bree legged calves, and other trinkets.
? In the Frenoh army the soldiers during
be winter wear wooden-bottom shoes. The
esult is, that the Frenoh army is less afioted
with toothaohe and rheumatism than
ny army in the world.
? Mr. GripeB, the usurer, to whom a sixense
always looked as large as a cartwheel,
i in the habit'of holding his breath while
be tailor measures him, so that his garments
rill require less oloth.
? The Nicaragua flag consists of two blue
tripes with a white stripe between them,
Ua* Intt-Aw ofwino ia funha qq mirln oa fho fnr.
HO tavvw ?vtAO wn*ww wo nawv wo. vMy ?v?-f
ler.. Id the middle of the white stripe is
) be a red star with five points. ?
A minister oat West advertises, in the
ope of making yon people eome forward,
hat daring the warm weather he will mary
them for "a glass of whiskey, a dozen
f eggs, the first kiss of the bride, and a
carter of a pig."
? Dr. Lankester, of London, says that
here are twelve thousand women in that
ity who*have murdered their childreo.?
lot a good many brats have been allowed
) grow np there that should have been
lurdered. '
? The Gloucester News tells of a man
'ho lost a favorite cow, and who wound up
is eulogy on her by saying: "She was as
andsome as a sohoolmarm." It must be a
reat relief to know that the question of a
shoolmarm's beauty can now be easily deided.
;
? In 1782, an English ship stranded near
loohelle, Westohester county, New York.
uoh have been the ohanges in the sea that
tie wreck now lies in the midst of a cultiated
field, thirteen feet above the sea, and
ronnd it are 2000 acres of cultivated
ind.
? A Western boatman had fallen into the
lississippi, and was sinking for the last
ime; a comrade who was trying to save
im, was about to relinquish his hold, when
be dying man exolstimed: "Hang on,
lam ! hang on ! I'll treat?I say I will!"
t is needless to add that he waB saved.
? Ignorant people ace to be addressed
brough the eye. If you want to pass for
great man with a blockhead, sport a hunred
dollar cloak and a fifty dollar watch*
ey. An ignoramus thinks that he, alone
as "sterling" parts, who exhibits shirtuttons
m.:de of bullion. Make a note.
? The Eastern Argus tells about one of
rS subscribers calling at the office, wearing
hat which he had worn for the last forty
ears ! It was still a good hat, and looked
3 though it would last forty years more.?.
'ho owner said that the changes of style
lade'it a fashionable hat everv five or six
ears!
? A crazy woman, living near Rydal, was
3ked if she ever saw Wordsworth, and
'hat sort of a mhn he was. "O, indeed,"
lid she, "he is canny enough at times;
nd though the goes booing his 'poetry (reeating
his poetry) through the woods, he ,
111 now and then say, 'How do you do,
fanny?' as sensible as you or-11"
? Stove lustre when mixed with turpenne
and applied in the usual manner, is
lacker, more glossy and durable, than if
ut Qn with any other liquid. The turpenine
prevents rust?and when put on an
Id rusty stove, will make it look as well as
ew. The odor of the turpentine passes
ff quickly.
? A young gentleman, very conceited and
ain of himself, and who, by-the-by, was
ather despised, with a face muoh pitted by
lie small* pox, was.addressed by a chap,
'ho, after admiring him for s&me time,
aid, 'When carved work comes in fashion,
911 1_ _ iL _ 1 3 l. T i.
OU il De luo uauuaumeat rnau 1 ever put
jy eyes on."
? The Bev. Mr. Damon says that during
residence of twelve years at Honolulu, he
id not know of a single instance of a vesel,
sailing nnder the Hawaiian flag, that
eft port on the Sabbath. Mr. Damon exresses
bis belief that the Christian element
j more influential among the Hawaiian peole
than any other nation that -can be
amed. ^
? A singular mode of robbery has been
ejected at Dublin. A man used to send
large press by the Liverpool steamers,
eaded "this side up." In this prete was
compartment in which he hid himself.?
Li night, when all was still, he wonld get
ot and rob the warehouse of valuables,
nd retreating to his hiding-place, would be
stfelj conveyed with his plunder to his own
ouse.
? In the city of London, one of the conitions
of a license to keep a tavern is, that
tie keeper shall, without pay, cook and
alt a piece of meat for any person desiring
; done- Any particular individual can
tep into a butcher's, piok out his steak,
Dd see it cooked. The only reward of the
ublican for his fire, labor, and salt, is the
banco of selling a glass of 11 'alf and 'alf"
f ale to the beef-eater. The gratuitous
art of the operation has been provided for
y law for hundreds of years.
" ifcpiii fpscjeU?tt|r.
"Abandoned La&ds."?The following
extract from a recent oiroolar of the Freedmen?s
Bureau explains this term :
"All laud or other property within the
several insurrectionary States, viz: Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,
Kentuoky, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana and Texas, to whioh the United
States have, or shall have, aoquired title by
confiscation or sale, or otherwise, during
the. late rebellion, and all abandoned lands
or other abandoned property in these States,become
so by the construction of seotion
third, act approved July 3, 1864, viz
"Property, real or personal, snau do regarded
as abandoned when the lawful
owner thereof shall be voluntarily absent
therefrom, and engaged either in arms or
otherwise in tiding or enoonraging the rebellion,"
and whioh remains unsold or
otherwise disposed of, are, and shall be,
considered asunder the control of the oodv
missioner of the Bureau of Refugees,
Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,-for the
purposes hereinbefore set forth, and for the
time authorized by the act establishing the
bureau, and oe part or paroel of said confiscated
or abandoned property shall, be surrendered
or restored to the former owners
thereof, or other olaimants thereto, exoept
snoh surrender or restoration be authorized
by said commissioner.
Good Feelings.?We know a blunt old
fellow in the State of Maine who sometimes
hifthe nail on the head more apt than a
philosopher. He onoe heard a man much
praised for his "good feelings." Everybody
joined and said the man was possessed
of exoellent feelings.
"What has he done ?" asked the odd
genius.
"He is possessed of the most benevolent
feelings," was the reply.
"What has he done?" cried the old fellow
again.
By this time the company thought it necessary
to show some of his favorite doings.
They began to cast about in their minds,
but the eld man still shouted, "What has
ho done?" They owned they could not
name anything in particular.
"Yes," answered the cynio, "you say he
is a man that has gpod feelings." Now,
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geuuoiueuj. ict uiu urn jruu fruau iucic tuc
people in this world who got a good name
simply on account of their feelings. Ton
can't tell one generous action , that they
ever performed in their lives, bat they can
look and talk most benevolently. I know
a man in this town that you would all oall a
surly, rough and unamiable man, and yet
he has done more aote of kindness in this
oonnty than all of you together.. You may
judge people's actions by their feelings, but
I judge people's feelings by their aotioqs.
W3F Very few of our readers have any
idea of the number of first-class ocean
steamers which, released from Government
service since the end of the war, have been
bought by private individuals and oom
pames, and are noy engaged in tne carrying
trade between New York and the various
Southern cities.
There are now plying between N. York
and New Orleans thirty three ooean steamers;
Charleston, eleven ;. Wilmington, nine;
Savannah, nine; Mobile, six; Newborn,
six; Richmond, five; Galveston, four, &o.,
&c., &c. There are at this time more than
one hundred strong, new and well built
steamers engaged in this business, with an
aggregate tonnage of 113,529.
The New York papers state that th?re
are now not less than three hundred ves?
sels, steam and sail, profitably engaged in
oonveying freight and passengers to and
from the city of New York alone to the va^
rious seaport towns of the South. No estimate
is here made of the trade of Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Providence, Boston,
&c-, with the South.
? ?
Complex Relationship.?A correspondent
of Harper'8 Monthly is involved in
domestic difficulties. He writes :
"I got acquainted with .a young widow,
who lived with her step daughter in the
same house. I married the widow; my
father shortly afterwards fell in lote with the
step daughter of my wife, and married her.
My wife became the mother-in-law and also
the daughter-in-law of my own father; my
wife's step-daughter is my step-mother, and
I am the step-father of my mother-in-law.'
My step-mother, who is the step-daughter
of my wife, has a boy; he Js'naturally my
step-brother, but because he is the son of
my wife's step-daughter, so is my wife the
grand-mother of the little boy, and I am
the grand-father of my step brother. My
wife has also a boy; my step-mother is
consequently the step-siBter of itfy boy, and'
is also his grandmother, because he is the
child of my step-son; and my father is a
brother-in-law of my son, who is the son of
my step-mother; I am the brother-in-law
of my mother, my wife is the aunt of her
own sod, my sod is the graod sod of my
father, and I am my own grand-father."
Reconstruction in Alabama.*?A
gentleman recently oocupying a prominent
position, who arrived here to-day from Alabama,
says that provost marshals have been
appointed in every county of the State to
administer the oath of amnesty; that the
people everywhere, with comparatively few
exceptions, express muoh anxiety to take it;' .
that the eleotiob will donbtless pass off quietly
and with satisfaction to the loyal people;
and that the best possible feeling exists be- .
tween Governor Parsons and the military
authorities. He mentions as an observable
fact that the men who were recently in
arms are now most in favor of the government,
while some of those who were too
cowardly to take pari in the war are still
the most blatant against it.? Washington
Correspondence.
President Johnson's Opinion about
Affairs at the South.?A Washihgf?r>
t. *Via Sf T.nnifl Dfiannrrat
?vu U4apaivu LU fUv ?
says that, in answer to the appointment of
one of his constituents to an internal reve- .
nue office in Sooth Carolina, the President
said that he meant to go opoo the theory
that there wero enough oapable' and loyal
men in that and every other of 4he late rebel
States to fill the dfices and reorganize
and sustain the State Government.
To Remove Flies 'from Rooms.?The
following method of trapping flies, as praotised
and endorsed by a correspondent of
the Irish' Agricultural Gazette, will be
found osefal: "A. band-glass commonly
used by gardners, (a square one iB the
best,) is the Instrument to be used. This
has to be covered tightly at the bottom
with thick white paper. A ciroular hole,
six and a half inohes in diameter, is then
out in the centre of the paper, and the glass
is placed on three bricks, ower a plate filled
with beer, sugar and a little rum, a
moderate distance from the infested spot.
The effeot is magical; in a few hours the
glass is orammed with flies, which, having
tasted the sweets, fly upwftd to the light.
A oommon sulphur mate)>, made by diping
brown paper into melted brimstone,
will destroy thousands. The constant hum
of inseot life will attraot all to the glass,
and the scent of the rum is sure to induce
the most fastidious wasp to enter, as ho inseot
can resist its powerful attraction.'7
Pardons.?-Up to this time, twenty five
thousand petitions for pardon have been received
at the Attorney Generals office.?
Those who, in the opinion of the AttorneyGeneral,
have jnst claims -to Executive
clemency are duly recommended and forwarded
to the President for his action. It
is said, on the authority of an officer of the
State Department, that the signature of the
President has been affixed to less than one
hundred of the applications reoeived for
pardons; the number daily announoed as
pardoned are simply the names of those recommended
and forwarded from the office
of the Attorney-General. The President
-has exeroised the utmost eaution and discrimination
in the matter of pardons, and
has invariably rejected all applications unless
good and sufficient reasons were produced
to show the necessity for Executive
olemenoy.?Richmond Republic.
The Costs op the Wa? to South
Carolina.?In bank stock lost, bank bills
depreciated, insurance companies reduced
to bankruptcy, railroads broken up, houses,
fences, &o., destroyed; in rebel scrip and
securities unredeemed; in the losses of
mercEants; in the confiscation of estates;
in the losses of cotton, horses, cattle, hogs,
&c.; in bard cash, silverware, household
furniture and farming impliments gone; in
bad debts: in the prostration of all business
affairs, and in the depreciation of lands, the
Charleston News sums op the losses of S.
Carolina from the war at the round figure
of $150,000,000; and puts down her loss
of four,hundred thousand slaves as equal to
$200,000,000 more?thus sweeping away
three hundred and fifty millions of the
four hundred millions worth of property in
the State in 1860.
, JOl OFJSUJLM^W JJiUUtt. rttU.ni ins iltvr
York Tribune.?Extra Billy Smith is a
fair specimen of modern Virginia aristocracy
as contrasted with the Virginia aristocracy
when the Randolphs and the Barbours
gave tone to Old Dominion 'society.. He is
as illiterate a hoor as. was ever made. He
started as a stage driver, became mail contractor,
and became wealthy off fraud uloui,
extra charges for mail servioes. When, on
a triangular contest, he got himself into
Congress, the.'Hunters and the Masons
turned their baokB upon him. When, two
years ago, he was eleoted Confederate Governor
of Virginia, the Richmond papers
ridiculed him as a drunkard and ajfool. He
is now too aristocratically rebel to ask for
pardon from "a tailor."
Antimony.?One of the early Frenoh
chemists, while experimenting with the
metal new called "antimony," gave & quantity
of it to some hogs. The animals appeared
to thrive ca it; in short, got fat.?
The chemist then administered a quantity
to a number of ecclesiastics, with a vioVr of
fattening them up after the abstincnoe of
Lent, bat unfortunately they all died, xne
astonished Frenchman thas discovered that
what was good for hogs was not necessarily
good for monks, and hence he bestowed on
the metal the name whioh it has ever sinoe
borne, anti-moines, or "bad for monks."
Emigration to Mexico.?Persons in
the oodfidence of the. Frenoh Government
distinctly assert that Louis Napoleon will
invite emigration to Mexico by offering the
most flattering terms. These will embraoe
the fullest civil and political franchises, including
religions toleration, suffrage, and
all the blessings oonferred upon and secured
to the Americans. Shrewd operators have,
it is alleged, been buying vessels in anticipation
of the demand for them for the purpose
of transporting cargoes of human beings
to the new empire.? Washington Correspondence
of the Baltimore Sun.
Consoling to Lovers op Meerschaum
Pipes.-?Meersohaum is made on a large
soale in New York by saturating oorbdnate
of magnesia in silicate of soda, or solnble
glass, .care in selecting a good quality of
magnesia and silipate being the only requisite
for sacoess. The profits are immense,
as will be seen. Magnesia costs about
foranftr.fivn punts nsr nnnnd. and silicate of
*"V"V "' ~ r? r 1
soda even less. A pipe made of the "foam
of the sea/' as smokers verily believe, costs
for material about five cents, leaving the
balance for labor.
Lively Imagination.?About 10 o'clock
on Sunday morning, a coaoh drove
up to the New York Hospital, and a patient
was admitted, suffering, he said, from
having swallowed bis false teeth. The man
was in fearful agony, feeling his teeth outting
his bowels. The resident surgeon made
an.examination, but could discover nothing, f
and the man was sent away unrelieved.
His teeth Were afterwards found under the
pillow of his bed and he then felt relieved^
%
J&* An official report of all the American
gold received at the United States mint
and its branches, from onr first gold discoveries
down to June 30, 1864, shows a
grand total of 8597,187,784, of which
8556,718,873 came from California; 89,783,071
from Colorado; 89,121,897 from
North Carolina; 86,909,375 from Georgia; I
r\rir\ / <
irom uregon; $z,3UB,ooo irom
Idaho; 81,558,874 from Virginia ; 81,352,966
from Alabama; and the balance from i
other Statea and Territories *
- ?
tSf Captain Scmmea, of the Alabama, is :j
in New Orleans. . ,
THE STAMP A&T. 1
ONE OF THE TAX L^WBOF THE U. STATES. t
' (
There are probably but few of the reader* of this paper
who know the detail* of the Stamp Act. Yet, there 1* no i
law, State or National, the provision* of which are more j
important to the people. Here are such of It* proceedings t
a* we think will prove most Interesting and Important to j
the reader:
BOHBDDLB B. V ^ "J
ACKOWLEDGMENT?of deeds exempt
AFFIDAVIT. 5 cents 1
In suit er legal proceedings , exempt .
AGREEMENT OR APPRAISEMENT?for each '
sheet or piece of paper on which the same la ,
written ~ 5 cenU ,
ASSIGNMENTS OR TRANS FERS?of mortgage, ,
lease or policy of Insurance, the same duty a* on (
the original instrument. , ,
Of patent right 5 cents .
BANK CHECKS, DRAFTS OR ORDERS; fco,at
sight or on demand ^ 2 cents (
BILLS OF EXCHANGE, Inlakd?draft or order, (
payable otherwise than at sight or on demand, >1
and any promissory note, whatever, payable on -demand
or at a time designated, (except bank ,
notes Issued for circulation, and checks made
and Intended to be, and which shall be forthwith ? ,
presented for payment] for a sum not exceeding ,
$100 5 cents ,
For every additional hundred dollars, or fractional ,
port thereof . 5 cents ,
BILLS OF LADING?of vessels for ports of the
United State* or British North America exempt .
Or receipt of goods on any foreign ports 10 cents j
BILL OF SALE?of any vessel, or part thereof j
when the consideration does not exceed fire ""
hundred dollars . 50 cents ,
? ? - * -St Al AAA Al nn
fcxcceaing ijouv ana noi exceeamg qx,uuu ??jw
Exceeding ?1,000, for each $500, or fractional
part thereof - - 50 centa
Of personal property [other than ship or Vessel] 5 cents
BOND?personal, for payment of money [See
ar1 .
For indemnifying any person for the payment of
any sum of money, where the money ultimately
recoverable thereupon la $1,000 or less 50 cents
vyhere the money recoverable exceeds $1,000,
for every additional #1,000, or fractional part
thereof . 50 cents
BONDS?county, city -and lawn hnnds. railroad
and other corporation bonds and script a.e subject
to stamp duty. [See Mortgage.]
Of any description other than such as are required
in legal proceedings, and such aa ore not
otherwise charged in this schedule. 25 cents
CERTIFICATES?of deposit In bank, sum not
exceeding one hundred dollars 2 cents
Of deposit In bank, sum exceeding #100 5 cents
Of stock in an Incorporated company 25 cents
General 5 cents
Of a qualification of a Justice of the I'eace
Commissioner of Deeds or Notary Public _ 5 cents
Of search of records 5 cents
That certain papers arc on file > 5 cento
Thai certain papers cannot be found 5 cents
Of redemption of land sold for taxes . * . 5 cents
Of birth, marriage and death 3 cents
Of qualifications oAchdol teachers 5 cento
Of profits In an Incorporated company, for a sum
not less than $10 and not exceeding ?50 '1$ cento
Exceeding $50 and not exceeding $1,000. 25 cento
Exceeding $1,000, for every additional $1,000, or
fractional part thereof 25 cento''
Of damage or otherwise, and all other certificates
or documeuto issued by any port warden,'
marine surveyor, or other person acting as such 25 cento
CERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT?of judgments, satisfaction
of judgements, and of ail papers, re- *
corded or on file $ cents
(N. B.?As a general rule, every certificate
which has, or may have, a legal value In any
court of law or equity, wiR require a stomp du
fc/ U1 o tCiJUl.)
CHECK, DBA FT OR ORDEB?for the payment
of any sum of money, exceeding $10, drawn
upon any person other than a bank, banker or.
trust company, at sight or on demand. 2 cents
CONTRACT?{See Agreement.}
Brojcerr. . 10 cents
CONVEYANCE?deed, Instrument, or writing
. whereby lands, tenements, or other realty^ sold
shall be conveyed, the actual value which does
not exceed $600 50 cents
Exceeding $500. and not exceedlhg $1,000 $1,00
For every additional $500, or fractional part
thereof, in excess of $1,000 50-cents
ENTRY?of any goods, wares or merchandise at
any custom house not exceedlng$100 In value 25 cents
Exceeding $100, and not exceeding $500 In
value 50 cents
' Exoecdlng $500 In value . $1,00
For the withdrawal of any goods or merchan- - . .
dlse, from bonded warehouse . 50 cents
GUAGER'S RETURN?If for quantity not exceeding
500 gallons, ^roes, 10 cents
Exceeding 500 gallons 95 cents
POWER OF ATTORNEY?to' seU or transfer
stoqk or collbct dividends thereon 25 cents
To vote Bt an election of Incorporated company 10 cents
To receive or collect rents *' 2{f cents
To sell, or convey, or rent, or lease real estate $1,00
For any other purpose * 50 cents
PROBATE OF WILE?or letters of administration,
where the value of both real and personal
estate does not exoeed $4,000. ? $1/50
For every additional $2,000, or fractional part
thereof, In exeess of $2,000 50 cents
Bonds of execfltors, administrators, guardians
and trustees, are each subject to a stamp duty of $1/50
PROTEST?upon bill note, check or draft 25 cents
PROMISSORY NOTE?[See Bills of Exchange,
Inland.] " *
Renewal of, subject to same duty as an original
note. ' " . ^
RECEIPT?for the payment of any turn of money, j
or debt doe, exceeding $20, or for the delivery of ?
nnv property 2 cents
TRUST DEED?made to secure a debt, to be
euituprtliOA ?t^Ay*iyu^) *
tf be stamped as a conveyance.
WAREHOUSE RECEIPT?for any goods, wares
or merchandise not otherwise provided far, deposited
or stored in any public or private warehouse,,
not exceeding $500 In value 10 cents
Exceeding $500, and not exceeding $1,000 90 cents
Exceeding $1,000, for every additional $1,000,or
fractional pan thereof, In excess of $1,000 10 cents
For any goods, ?c., not otherwise provided for,
stored or deposited In anypabllcor private warehouse
or yard 3$ cents
WRITS & LEGAL DOCUMENTS?writs or Other
legal process, by which any sultis commenced
in any cpurt of record, either of law or equity SO cents
Writ or other orlglnar process Issued by a court
not of record, where the amount claimed is $100
or over 50 cents
Upon every confession of judgment or cognovit,
for $100, or over, except In cases where the tax
for a writ has been paid ' 50 cents
Writ or.other process appeals from justices'
courts, or other courts of inferior jurisdiction, to
a court of record ' 50 cents
Warrants of distress, when the amount of rent *
claimed docs not exceed $100 35 cents
When the amount exceeds $100 50 cents
INSURANCE?Marine. Inland and Fire. Where
the consideration paid for the insurance, in cash
premium notes, Or both; does not exceed $10 10 cents
Exceeding$10, and not exceeding $50 50 cents
INSURANCE, Lirx?when the amount Insured
does not exceed $1,000 25 cents
Exceeding $1,000, and not exceeding $5,000 50 cents
Exceeding $5,000 $1.00
LEASE?ot lands or tenements, where the rent
does not exceed $300 per annum 50 cents
Exceeding $300, tor each additional $200, or fractional
part thereof, in excess of $300 50 cents
Perpetual, subject to stamp dut}^>s a conveyance.
Clause of guaranty of payment of rent, incorporated
or indorsed, five cents additional.
MEASURERS' RETURN?if forquantlty not ex
ceeding 1,000 bushels ? 10 cents
Exceeding V$000 bushels 25 cents
MORTGAGE?trust deed, bill of sole, or personal
bond for the payment of money exceeding $100,
and not exceeding $500 50 cents
Exceeding $500, for every additional $500 or
fractional part thereof, in excess of $500. 50 cents
PAWNERS' CHECKS Scents
PASSAGE TICKET?from the United States to
any foreign port, costing not more than $35 - 50 cents
Costing more than $35. and "not exceeding $50 $1.00
For fvpru mtHltlnnnl A50. nrfractionalnmt there
of, In excess of $30 ' ' * * SI.00
. GENERAL REMARKS.
Revftiuc Stamp* may be used Indiscriminately upon any
of the matter* or thing* enumerated In achedule B, except
proprietary and playing card stamps, for which a special
use has been provided.
Postase stamps cannot be used in payment of the duty
chargeable on instruments.
It Is the duty of the maker or an Instrument to affi* and
cancel the stamp thereon. If he neglects to do so, the
party for whose use It Is made may stamp it before it is
used; but in no case can it be legally used without a stamp;
and if used alter the 30th of June, 1864, and used without
a stamp, it cannot afterwards be effectually stamped. Any
failure upon the part of the maker of an Instrument to appropriately
stamp h, renders him liable to'a penalty of two
hundred dollars.
Suits are commenced in many States by other process
than writ, viz: summons, warrant, publication, petition,
&c., in which case these, as the original process, severally
require stamps.
Writs of scire facias are subject to stamp duty as original
processes. "
The jurat of an affidavit, taken before a Justice of the
Peace, Notary Public, or other officer duly authorized to
take affidavits, is held tb be a certificate, and subject to a
stomp duty of f> cents, except wben taken in suits or legal
proceeding*.
Certificates of loan, in wfilch there shall appear any "j
printed or written evidence of any amount of money to be *j
paid on demand, or at any time designated are subject to 2
stamp "duty as "Promissory Notes."
The assignment of a mortgage is subject to tbe same P
stamp duty as that Imposed upon the original instrument; 2
that is to say, for every sum of five hundred dollars, or 2
any fractional part thereof, of the amount secured by the '
mortgage, at the timex>f its assignment, there must be affix- ?
ed a stamp or stamps, denoting a duty of fifty cents. ?
Wben two or more persons join in the execution of an '
instrument, the stamps to which the' instrument is liable ~~
under the law, may bejiffixed and cancelled by one of the ^
pomes.
In conveyances of real estate, the law provides that the '
gtauip affixed must answer to the value of the estate on ?
Interest conveyed. 5
No stamp Is required on any warrant of attorney accom- "
panying a bond or note, when such bond or note has of- *
fixed thereto the stamp or stamps denoting the duty re- ?
quired, and whenever any bond or note is secured by "
mortgage, but one Jtamp duty is required on snch papers, "
such stamp duty being the highest rates required lor such u
Instruments, or either of them. In such case a note or {(
memorandum of the value or denominaton of thd stamp
affixed should be made upon (he margin or in the oc- s(
knowledgment of the insmiinent which Is not stamped. ^
? ' . tl
AN ACT of Congress, to provide Internal Revenue, Ap- 01
proved June 30, 1864, and amended March, 3,1865, Ac. ?j
STAMP DUTIE8. ? a,
Seo. 151. AM be it further enacted, That all laws In gl
force at the time of tire passage of this act In relation tf ui
stamp duties shall continue In force* until the first daytSf
August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and on and sfter la
the she first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty- tr
four, there shall be levied; collected, and paid, .for gtd In si
respect of the several Instruments, matters aod things men- lc
tloncd and described in the schedule (marked 6) hereunto sa
annexed, or for or In respect of the vellum, parchment, or ct
paper upon which such Instruments, matters or things, or al
any of them, shall be written or printed, by any person or tb
persons, or party who shall make, sign, Or Issue the same, 0]
or for whose use or benefit the same shall be mode, signed, st
or Issued, the several duties or sums of monev set down' In Ig
figures against the same, respectively, or otherwise specl- ul
fled or set Ibrth In the said schedule. w
Bsc. 152. AM be it farther enacted, That It shall not be w
lawful to record any matrument, document, or paper re- bl
quired by law to be stamped, unless a stamp or stamp* of dt
the proper amount sballhave been affixed; and tbe record m
of any such instrument, upon which the proper stamp or b<
stamps aforesaid shall not have been affixed, shall be utter- w
ly void, and shall not be used In evidence. re
Set. 153. AM be it further enacted, That no instrument, w
document, writing, or paper of anydescrlptlen, required U
9
it tow to be stamped, shall be deemed or held Invalid and
if no effect for the want of the particular kind ocdesoip
Ion of stamp designated for and denoting the duty Charged
m any such Instrument, document, writing, or psper, frortded
l??al (tamp, or stamps, denoting a duty of equal *
tmount, ahall have been duly affixed an4.?ued thereon:
Provided, That the provisions of tills aectlon shall not apply
n any (tamp appropriated to denote the doty fchaijrod"on *
noprietary articles, or article* enumerated in gebedahs C.
Sao. 1M. Anile u further enacted, That all official to- *
sasffroaE'isiss&sre s>
tereby are, ixemp; from duty. ?
Sao. 155. Anike it fvrthtr maeud, That If anypetaon
ihail forgc^r counterfeit, ot eause^or^procure to Ik forged _
isedPln pursuance of thlj act, orthaU forge, counterfeit, or
escmble, or cause or procure to be forged, counterfeited,
)r resembled, the impression, or any pert oflthe Imprerafcn,
if any such stamp or die, as aforesaid, upon any vellum,
parchment, or paper t or shall stamp orjnark, or tatitfat
procure to be stamped or marked, any vellum. *parahnsaot,
ir paper, with any audi forged or courrterftkal nuanh
ir die, or part of any (tamp or die,-as afoeaM. emp i
intent to defraud the United State* of any of the duties _ '
lereby imposed, or any par; thereof; or If nay patatm
hall utter, or sell, or expose to aah^^hny vsfhmv parchment,
or paper, artlcfcvor thing,, having thm>
upon the Impression or any-such coanuaglted stamp-at
lie; or any part of any stamp o? die, or a *r such forgot,
jountcrfelted or resembled Impression, or part of imam*
ilon, as aforesaid, knowing the same raipgttfrttp-?L-P?
forged, counterfeited, or resembled j orif any Mm ahaStnowingly
use any atffinp or dtobrhich shall hsftliesnso
provided, made, Or used, as afbresald, with lntartt W 4?
raud the United States; or if any person shaU ftnodnlenry
cut, tear, or remove, or cause or procure, to be cut,
?rn, or removed, the Impression of any stamp or die which
iball havq been provided, made or used tn pmstwaceafthis
ict, from any vAum, parchment, or paper, or anyinstrnnent
or writing charged or chargeable with any of the
lutics hereby Imposed; or If any person "shall wtUhlly re-*
nove or cause to be removed from any stamped envelope
h? canceling or defacing marks thereon, whh in lent lo
ise the same or cause the use of the same the second rime,
rr shall knowingly or wilfully sell or buy ssah washed or
-estored stamns, or offer the same fbraale, ftr gn ?r?p
x>se Che same to any person for use, or knowingly use the
tame, or prepare the same with taunt for tne 'Mwa
ue thereof, then, and In every such cairn, every jperson so
iffending, and every person knowingly and wiMiOv aiding,
ibcttlng. or assisting In committing any "melt oifenoe 4*
tforesald, shift be deemed guilty of feWpy, bad shag, op
sonvieUon thereof, forfeit the said counterfeit amnphiil
he articles upon they are placed, and be punished by fine
sot exceeding one thousand dollars, or by fenpglsOiQncht
md confinement to hard labor sot five yean, or
aoth, at the discretion of the court. <"3
Sao. lfifi. Jlnd be it further enectaL That la say dad ell
eases where-an adhesive scamp shall be wed for denoting
my duty Imposed by this let. except as hereinafter provided,
the person using or affixing the same shall write thereipon
the Initials of-his name and the date upon which the
nune shall be attached or used, so that the samemty not
be again used. And if any person shallfoudulsafiy tplke
ise of an adhesive stama to denote aay duty imposed by
this act without so effectually cancelling and abUtwstlhg
such samp, except as before mentioned, be. sha.Crfoey
shall, forfeit the sum of fifty mha: .ftssftw, Wnfny
jroprietor or proprietors of inoptlaqny. articles, or articles
subject to stamp duty under Schedule C of this net,' shall
lave the privilege of famishing without expense to the
United States, in suitable item, to heapprovudbp tho'Osmnlssiooerof
Internal Revenue, his srlbetl own dies Or designs
for stamps to be used thereon, to b? made tmder the
llrectlon and to be retained in the poesemtoe of the COT?nlsaioner
of Internal Revenue for his or their separate use,
vfaich shall not be duplicated to amy other person; That
n all cases where such stamp la used, Instead of Ma or
heir writing the datethereen, the safai stamp -shall be'go
sffixed on the box, bottle, or package, that to opening the
eme, or using the contents thereof, the sold stamp aboil
>e effectually destroyed { and Is dWfcUtt thereof, shall be
table to the same penalty Imposed for asglsct wraflx -xalfl
damp as hereinbefore prescribed In this act. Any person
vbo shall fraudulently obtain or use any of the sforesaid
tamps or designs therefor, any any person forging, or
counterfeiting, or .eanslng or procuring the Xoigia^Hpoagffgltlflg
any itnrfsrntunon. Ilkfnrw. i hntitnriln. Of Cfilnr .
ible tmitatlod of the said Bat mentioned stamp, or engraver
ir printer who shall sell or rive away said stamps, or setting
he same, or being a merchant, broker, peddler, or .person
lealing, In whole or In part, In similar goods, wares, inor:handlze,
manufactures, psepaiatkms, or fidMldS, or those
leslgned for similar objects or purples, shall have know ngly
or fraudulently In his. tier, or tliclr possession any
mchilpged, counterfeited likeness, stmUitnde,or colorable
mltatkm of the -said last mentioned stamp, shall be deem*i
guilty Of a felony, and, upon coovic^Mn thereof, shall
>e subject to all the penalties, fines, and forfeiiures-preicribed
in the preceding section of this act. ? _ ,
Sao. 157. Jlni be it farther enacted, That the Commlsrioncr
of Ihtstnal Revenue be, and be Is hereby, authorxed
to prescribe such method for the cancellation of stamps,
substitute for or Jif-addltloirfo the method* now pre- P
icribed by taw, as-he may dsem expedient and effectual,
find be Is fanner authorised In his lilscredarito stake liie
iDoiicniian of such method lmoemlve noon the mmvnnic
lureiB of proprietary articles, or article* Included la JSchedxle
C, and upon staatpe of a nominal value exceeding
.wenty.five cents each.
Bsc. 158. Jini be U/wrOer enacted, That any person or
persons who shall nuke, sign, or issue, or wtto ?JiaJl
:ause to bemade,algne& or tawed, any Instrument, document,
or paper or any kind or deacripttoa*tet?oever, or
to tinted, OT*paM ,"mylku of'erchanfe, draft, or ordo^or
promissory note, for the payment of money, without the
taste be In* duly (tamped, or having thereupon t* adheOye
jtatnp for ^denoting the duty^chargeable Oiereon, with |btnent,document,
or paper, bill, draft, order oMUiBimnBe
deemed invalid and or no tffectT Provided, That the title
of a purchaser of land by deed duly stamped shell not be
defeated or affected by the want of a proper tfttn -fo any
deed conveying Mid land by cnppefMn Aran, SDCmglu or
under whom hit grantor claims or holds ritib;>^mjpn>etied
further, That hereafter, In ail caeee, when the putty has
not affixed to any Instrument required by Ihraumi Murtrrd
>od Attf /!.??~.uuu uf-thv-acr-or rune thirtieth, eighteen
mndrcd and sixty-four, or the schcdtUoJknrked B, thereono
annexed, the suunpthereby required to be tbereuutosfIxed,
at the time of making or issuing the seld Instrument,
tndlw^or (hey, or any part having an Interest therein shall
evenue of the l^kSdtot^tTwl^**^upon tfc??pay
sent of the price of the proper stamp required by law; and .
}f a Denaltv of flftv dollan. and. where the whole imnun
if the duty denoted by the sump required ahatlexceed the
iumof fifty dollara, on payment also of Interest, atthetate
>f six per cent, on *aid.ditty, from the day on which push
itamp ought to have bean affixed, affix the pr?ner stamp to
iuch instrument, and note upta the margin said instruneat
the date of hid doing, and the foci Aat such penalty
iu been paid, and such Instrument- shaft thereupon. be
leemed and held tfr be as valid, to all lawttpi and purposes
is if stamped when made or Issued : -4nd frotUtiJvrtKer,
1'hat where it shall appear to said collector, upon oath or
itherwise, to his satisfaction, that any such Instrument Uas
tot been duly stamped at the time of malting or Issuing the
>ame by reason of accident* mUtakc, Inadr?rtetien,tir orient
necessity, and whhont any wtlfhl design to defraud the
Jnlted States of the stamp duty, or to evade oftMay the
tayment thereof, then and in such case, If such lastnonant
ihall, within twelve calendar months after the making-or
ssulug thereof, be brought to the said collector of leyjitiu
a be stumped, and the stamp doty chargeable thereon shell
ie paid, It shall be lawful far the said collector to remltthe
jenalty aforesaid, and to cause such Instruments to be duly
itampeB. 9% *r
Sec. 159. Jtnd be it further cnaettl, That the acceptor or
tcceptors of any bill of exchange or order far the payment
if any sum of money drawn, or purporting to be drawn. In '
my foreign country, but payable In the United 3tain, spall
jefore paring or accepting the same, place thereupon a
itamp, Indicating the duty upon the same, as the. bw Yetulres
for inland bills of exchange, or promissory notes,
tnd no bill of exchange shall be paid or negotiated without
mch stamp; and If any person shall pay or negotiate, or
ifferln payment, or receive or take in payment, any-snoh
Iraft or order, the person or persons so onfedding shall fbreli
the sum of two hundred dollars. See.
160. Jlnibt it fmtlur tnaetU, That no stamp duty
hall be required on powers of attorney or any other paper
elating to ap-Hicationa for bounties, arrearages of pay, a?
it-nslons, or to the receipt thereof ttom tlms to. time, or
ipon tickets or contracts of insurance when limited foneildental
injury to pwaons, flm on carrttictwis of
ire nor o^aiiy certifitmw of the'rK^rof' a
leedorotherinstnmentof vnttlng.orof the acknowledg *
sent or proof thereof by attesting witnesses; nor 6? atty
ndoreemcnt of a negotiable Instniment o?,oo any wnat
if attorney, accompanying a bud or note, when such btsul
ir note shall have affixed thereto the stamp or stamps denoting
the duty required; and whenever any bond or note
ihall be secured by a mongtter-but one stamp shall be rejulred
to be placed on sich popen: .Prssided.tytt the
itamp duty placed thereon shall be the highest rate tgqulreil
'or said Instruments, or ewer of ibesn.
Sac. 161. And It it further tMetOj That tbn.CqM>t?
Doner or idiemu nevenuo imr?n<i
tell and supply collectors, deputy collectors, pt (frnmfiam,
i utlon ers, or any other persona, at his discretion, with ad leaive
stamps, or (tamped paper, vellum, or parchment, as
tereln provided for, in amounts not lew than fifty dollars,
ipon the payment, at the time of delivery, of the amount
if duties said stamps, stamped paper, vellum, or paccfcmwt,
o sold os supplied, represent, and may allow, Upon the
ggngatc amount of such stamps, as aforesaid, the yum of
lot exceeding; five per centum as commlsslan to tie coftecors,
postmasters, stationers, or other purchasers; hot the'
ust of any paper, vellum, or parchmentaball be paftd by
he purchaser of such stampedpaper, veil am, or pasebmem,
is aforesaid: Jruuidgd, That any proprietor or proprietors
if articles named in Schedule C, who abaft famish bJLs or
heir own die or design for stamps, to be used especiallyfor
lis or their own proprietary article*, "shall bfc allowed the
ollnwlng commission, namely: On amounts mwbesad at
>ne time of not less than fifty nor more than five hundred
ollani, fire per centum; on amounts over five hundred
ollars, ten per oentuni. The Commissioner of Ihtbmal
Levenue may from time to time make reflations, upon
roper evidence of the fhcts, for the allowance of such of
le stamps Issued under the provision of this*act ian azay .
ave been spoiled, destroyed, or rendrftd useless or unfit
)r the purpose Intended, orftr whlrtrthe owner may hare
0 use, or which through mistake rosy have been improp- ?
rty or unnecessarily used, or wxere the rates or duties
spresented'tbereby have been paid In error, or remitted;
nd such allowance shall be made either by giving other
tamps In lieu of the stamps so allowed for. or by repaying
ie amount or value, after deducting therefrom, In case of
spayment, the rum of five per centum ththfe Owner theref;
out no allowance shall be made in any case until the
camps so spoiled or rendered useless shall bare been re- <
itned to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, or until
ltlsfuctory proof has been made showing the reason why
lid stamps cannot be so returned: Provided, That the Corn
ilsslontr of Internal Revenue may, from time id dffie.furish,
sapply, and deliver to any manu&cmrer of friction or
ther matches, cigar lights or wax operate suitable quanty
of adhesive or other stamps, s^cha* piay be prescribed
>r use Jn tuch cases without prepayment therefor, an a
edit not exceeding Sixty days, requiring, in advance,iqcIi
rcuiltysvbe may Judge necessary to secure payment
lereft^to the Treasurerpf theChited States, within the
me ixneerlbed for such payment. And upon all hoods or
hevsectttitto taken by said Commisetoaer, under the
pulsions of this act, suits may he maintained by said
rpasurer In the circuit or district court of the united
tales, In the several districts where any of the persons ,
Wng sold bonds or other securities reside or may be found,
1 any appropriate form of actionSee.
162. Jbni he if fmiker outdtd, That It tfmll be
wftilfbr any peraon to present to tbecollector of the disIct,
subject to the rules and regnlatlons of the Cotnmlsoner
of Internal Reventu, any Inetruaseiir-aM previously
auidor used, and require nis opinion whether or not the
ime is chargeable with any stamp duty; and if the said
Elector shall be of opinion that such Instrument u cfiarge>le
with any stamp duty, he shall, upon the payment
ercfor, affix and cancsl the proper stamp: and Df of the
lintnn that such instrument Is not chargeable with any
amp duty, or Is chargeable only with the duty dasnated,
he Is hereby required to Impress thereon a panic- ar
stamp, to be provided for that purpose. With such
ords or device thereon as he shall Judge proper,
hich shall denote that tuefc Instrument is not charges *
c with any stamp duty, oris chargeable only with the
rty denoted by the stamp affixed; and every such lnstruent
upod which tbeeafclstamp shall be impressed shall
s deemed to be not chargeable, or to be chargeable only
1th the duty denote^ by the ptamp so affixed, and shall be
ceivcd In evidence In ail courts of law or equity, notIthstandlug
any objections made to the same by reason of
being unstamped, or of It being insufficiently stamped.