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Bryoe, Boll, Barnctt, Carlisle, Campbell, Cannon, Chisolm, Conner, Coogan, Dasrkins, DeLettre, Bnnovant, Dudley, DuP:-e, Deader, Erins, Farrow, Farman, Friereon, Fox, Frost, Fishbome, Goodwyn, A. D., Goodwyn, T. J., Gflliland, Gaillard, Gonrdin, Hearst, Hemphill, Hammond, Hei-ndon, Henry, Huger, Inglis, James, Jonas, Johnson, Keenan, Lee, Lake, Lesesue, MoDuffie, licCaniey, MoGowan, Molver, Martin* Melton, Miles, Milling, Hobley, Morrison, MeMaater, MoMiehael, Moore, Morgan, Moses, Macbeth, Melchere, Mnldrow, Nor rood, Orr, Perry, Piokens, F. W., Piekeus, W. S., Porter, Rian, Reed, Rkbardeoa, Robertson, Reaves, Rose, Bote, Skipper, Sims, Sullivan, Summer, Smart, ' * l ot >1 o: i ci _i ; 1 - Owvan, oaenoan, ounouwa, ouumeno, Thomson, Tillman, Taylor, Wilson, W. T., Wilson, .J., Wylie, Weatherly, Wallace, # W., Wallace, W. H., Wagoner, Williams, Winsmith Youmans. Those who voted in the negative are : . ?Messrs, AJdriob, Brabham, Whetstone. 8b the Ordinance, was passed and re-' ferred to the Engrossing Committee. Mr. William Wallace introdnoed the following resolutions: Whereas, by the fortunes of war, our former noble and beloved Chief Magistrate, Jefferson Davis, is now languishing in prison, awaiting bis trial for treason; and whereas, the fanatics of the North, not satisfied with the wide-spread ruin and desolation which they have oaused, are shrieking for his blood,* Resolved, That it is the paromonnt doty of South Carolina, Who led the way in our late struggle for independence, and for which stjugglehe is now. suffering, to use every lawful means in her power to avert the doom which threatens himr Resolved, That to this end, a deputation of members of this body be sent to the city of Washington, in behalf of the people of Caulina /? aalp ntYiia I^TnAtlannv ttin UIMIMA V?VUU?j W WW V* ui0 ^vw.iv-vj ?. President of the United States, to extend to the Honorable Jefferson Day is that clemency he has shown to as, who are equally the sharers of bis guilt, if guilfc there be, and which is accomplishing so mach towards restoring the peace and harmony of ^ _ the Union. Mr. Conner offered the following as an amendment; which was accepted by Mr. William Wallaoe: Resolved, That it be referred to a Committe of three, to draft memorials to be addressed, by this Convention, to His Excellency the President of the United States, requesting Executive clemency for Jefferson Davis, the late President, and A. H. <*r Stephens, the late Vice President of the * ' Confederate States; for A. G. Magrath and Geo. A. Trenholm, citizens of this State, now prisoners of State. Whereupon, the President appointed the following members of the Committee: ^ A?owa pAnaiAtt \XT?? Wf allaAA anil P ABA amm. oooio. vvuuui j vriu. ff Miavy ?uvi *wvw. Mr Winsmith introduced the following resolution'; which was referred to the Committee on the Amendments to the Constitution : Whereas, Negro slavery has been abolished by the proclamations of the President of the United States and the military authorities of the same :*Be it, therefore, Resolved', That neither negro slavery nor * involuntary servitude shall hereafter exist in this State, except as a- punishment for crime, of which the party shall have been duly oouvioted by Ihw. And it shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass such laws as will finally carry into effect the foregoing r ordinance. Mr. Mctfowan introduced, tne iouowiog resolutionwhich was referred to the Committee on the Legislative Department: QUALIFICATIONS FOB VOTEB8. In an eleotion to be made by the people of the State, or of a District thereof, every voter shall have toe foiiSwic^ qualifier Ions, via: He shall be a free white man, who has * attained to the age of twenty one years, and is not a proper, a non-commissioned officer or private soldier of the Army of the United States. He Bhall have been a citizen of ' the United States and of this State for at least two years next preceding the day of * eleotion, and shall have Tesided during that time in this State, and daring the last eix months thereof in the District in which he offers to Tote ; or in lien of the six months' resideaee/shall have been legally seized and possessed for at least Bix months next preceding the day of election, of a freehold in lands worth at least five hundred dollars. j Every person shall be considered a white person who "bps of Caucasian Mood seveneights or more. The Legislature shall provide for the decision of questions of caste, and of all questions concerning the right of suffrage; and may gaara against irauas ana usurpations of the light of suffrage, by requiring a registry of voters and by other suitable means] and may impose disqualification to vote in punishment for crime or for blaxneable illiteracy. Also introduced the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Amendments to the Constitution: The emancipation of slaves having actually taken place, slavery shall not hereafter he re-established in this State. Also introduced the following resolution which wsa referred to the Committee on the Jndiciary Department. >. All laws now of foroe in this State, not repugnant to this Constitution, sbali continue of foroe until they may be altered or repealed by the Legislature, or shall respectively expire by their own limitation. The tern laws here used, shall embrace all Aots of the Legislature, whether passed before or since the twentieth day of December, A. D. 1860. All Acts, Ordinances, and parts nf A nr Hnlinan/tei rohriBA dnratinn vi>? limited to the "continuance of the war between the United States and the Confederate States/' by that or any equivalent form of expMMum, and all regulations which contemplated the existence of snoh a war, shall be considered to have expired on the tenth day of May, A. D. 1865. All proceedings, legislative, executive, judicial, ministerial or official, all acts of officers or agents, nil contracts entered into, instruments of writing executed and matters transacted, before or since *he twentieth day of December, A. D. 1880, which v?ere legal and valid under the def^cto Government, whether State, Confederate or Federal, which snbsistcdin this State at the times when they respectively were had, done; entered into, executed or transaoted, shall in all eases and qaestiona that may be hereafter presented for adjudication, be held to have been legal and valid. All officers and appointees, in this State, now in office, shall continue in offioe until their terms of offioe respectively expire, or they be superceded according to the provisions of this Constitution. , The Ordinance introduced yesterday, by Mr. Inglis to deolare in present foroe the Constitution and Laws heretofore in foroe in this State, and the Acts, offioial, pnblio ^ama AH J annninfmpnt/l ttUU JfLlTAbC UUUOj OUU IUD ? ??> ? and eleotions made under authority of the same, was referred to the Committee on the Jadioiaiy Committee. The. first and third of the series of resolutions' introduced by Mr. Sullivan, yesterday, were referred to the Committee on Ordinances and Resolutions; the second to the Committee on the Executive Department; the fourth to the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution; the fifth to the Committee on the Judiciary Department. The first, second, third and eighth resolutions of the Beries of resolutions introduced by Mr. Orr, yesterday, were referred to the Committee on the Executive Department. The fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh were referred to the Committee on the Legislative Department. The ninth to the Committee on the Judiciary Department. The tenth, eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth to the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution. The ('Ordinance to Abolish Slavery in this State," introduced yesterday by Mr. Tnnlia mo raforrorl f/i tha f!nmmif.tAA on Ordinances and Resolutions. Mr. -Tilmau, introduced the following resolutions; which were referred to the Committee on Amendments to the Constitution: " Resolved, That the following clause shall . be incorporated in the Constitution of this State: ' That every Charter or Act of Incorporation which hereafter may be granted or renewed, and every amendment of existing Charters or Aots of Incorporation whioh may be hereafter granted by the General Assembly of this State, shall, at all times, be subjeot to repeal, alteration or amend- ' ment, by the General Assembly. Resolved, That the Constitution of-this ' State should be altered and amended so th?t: ] 1st. There' shall be thirty-one Election . Districts, formed by constituting each Judicial District an Election Distriot, with ( the same boundaries and same names,. except the Judicial Distriot of Charleston, which shall he divided into two Election DiBtriots by consolidating the Parishes of . St. Phillip and St. Miohael into one Eleo- ; tion District, to be called "the City of Charleston," and by consolidating the re- ! maininer Parishes of said Judicial Distriot into an Election District, to J>e oaJletf "the . Election District of Charleston." 2. The number of Senators shall be thirty-one to wit: one Senator for each Election District; and the number of Representatives shall be one hundred and twenty-four. The basis of representation ! in the Honse shall be a joint one of taxation and white population as now provided by law, and Representatives shall be apportioned among the several Election Districts, 1 as heretofore provided, that each Election District shall always have at least one Rep- 1 resentative; and provided also, that no J Election District shall ever be allowed, at \ any future apportionment, more than twelve j Representatives. Mr. Melton introduced the following ( resolution, the consideration of which was postponed until Monday next > Resolved, That the Constitution of South ( i Carolina, adopted April 8, 1861; be made < the Special Order of the day for Monday ( next, at 1 o'clock P. M., ana that all pro- , posed Ordinances or Resolutions involving , alterations or amendments thereto, be printed, appending to eaah the name of the mover. On motion of Mr. Orr, it was Ordered^ That when tbi/? Convention j adjourns, K be adjourned to meet, to-tnorj row, at 12 o'clock, M. : Mr. Macbeth introduced the following resolution; which was referred to the Com* mittee on Amendments to the Constitution : Resolved, That the Constitution of this State shall be amended, so that all taxes } hereafter levied shall be levied on thd actual ( value of the property. ( On motion of Mr. Thompson, the Con- ( vention wag adjourned at fifteen minutes past 4 o'clook P. M * ( . i Saturday, Sept. 16. Mr. Black asked and obtained leave to record the vote he would have given, if present, on the passage of an Ordinance to repeal the ^Ordinance of Secession; and Mr. Black being called, answered aye. Mr. Boiling offered the following resolution ; which was ordered to be laid on the table: Resolved, That a Committee of Twelve, composed of two from eaoh Congressional District, be appointed by the President of this Convention, to inquire and report to this Convention what number of Representatives it will be proper, according to the present Jaw of tbe united states, mat cms stare shall tender to the approaching Congress of the United States. Mr. Frost introduced the following resolution ; which was referred to the Committee on Ordinances and Resolutions:' Resolved, That the Provisional Governor be authorized and requested to appoint an agent to proceed to Washington, and remain there, whose duty it shall be to represent, with the President and the departments the interests of the State, and give aid to the citizens of tbe State in advancing with the proper authorities the relief that may be sought in applications for pardon and for the restitution of their real and personal ! property. ! Mr. - Maobeth introduced the following resolution; which was referred to the i Committee on the Judiciary Department. 1 Resolved. That hereafter nolo^d persons and negroes shall be permitted to testify in all the Courts of this State" in all oases ; whcr9 the . .ghta of persons, or* of property of such persons, may be concerned. Mr. Hammond introduced the following resolutions; whioh were referred to the Committee on Ordinances and Resolution: Inasmnoh aa a fundamental difference of opinion in referenoe to the characters, powers and policy of the Government of the United States and of the' State Governments, whioh existed in the Convention whioh framed the Constitution; and, after more than three-quarters of a century of politioal contest, resulted in it bloody and exhausting war; and whereas, when a people draw the sword, appealing to the last and highest tribunal known to man, they should abide by its deoiaion in good faith ; and, whereas, it is neither wise nor politic in the people of the South to continue any longer a oontest in whioh they have been twice defeated?onoe by political majorities and onoe by the sword; therefore, we, the people of Sooth Carolina, in Convention assembled, accept, as the results of the war, the prinoiples embraced in the following resolutions, and will sustain them folly and faithfully as a national polioy: X. Kesolved, That the Union is the nipt and paramount consideration of the American people. 2. Resolved, That sovereignty, a unit absolute and indivisible, which, in ail nations, mast exist somewhere, resides in the Amerioan people, and its authorized representative within the limits of the organic law?the Constitution?is the Federal Government. 8. Resolved, That it is an incontrovertible faot that slavery has ceased to exist through the exercise of the military power of the Foderal Government, and that any attempt by us to revive it would be impolitio, unwise, and, not only futile, but disastrous. 4. Resolved, That it is the true policy of the Amerioan people to oonfine the General. Government strictly within the limits of the Constitution and to acknowledge the inalienable right of each State to regulate its own affairs in its own way. 5. Resolved, That the late war was not one of an oppressed people against tyranny, but Srose from an apprehension, on the part of the weaker section, of oppression and tyranny in the future, and was earned on under an honest oonviotion, co-existent among statesmen in every part of the country, with the adoption of the Constitution itself, that a State had the reserved right to revoke the powers it had delegated to the General Government, whenever in the judgement. of sudh State there might be danger that those powers would be used to its disadvantage. The war, therefore, not having been strictly in the nature of rebellion or insurrection, we most respeotfully suggest to his Excellency the President, the justice and wisdom of not enforcing the pains and penalties affixed to.those crimes bj the laws of the United States. ' 6. Resolved, That we endorse the acts of President Johnson's administration, and will cordially support its wise and patriotio efforts to restore, to the whole country the blessings of peaoe. Mr. Smart introduced the following resolutions, which weie referred to the Committee on Ordinances and Resolutions: Resolved, That we earnestly recommend to the citizens of this State the immediate formation in eaoh District of a force of citizen militia, to act in concert with the United States troop as a general poiip for the Distriot in whioh they are raised, to the end that order and civil authority may be restored and euforeed. Resolved, 2d, That the forces thus raised shall, as soon as their organization is. completed, report through the proper channel to the officer commanding the U, States troops garrisoning their District, and be sabjoot to his order ami direction. _ Resolved, 3. That His J)xcellengy the Governor be requested to presoribe suoh x! -J - j.-i A jrgauizciuuub ?uu auupi buuu luthtbuuk) as iu bis judgment shall be necessary to carry v:;. the above, and to urge on the United States authorities the acceptance of such organisation in lieu of the colored garrisons cow on duty. for further proceedings, see inside. The following order is published for the benefit of our citizens, who wili perceive by it that civil la\. reigns supreme in our State \ Headquarters, Dep't of South CarolIna, rr I HltiTON Head, S. C., Sept. 8, 1865. General Orders, jVb. 30. In order to remove all seeming conflict of jurisdiction between the civil and military authorities' throughout the State of ?ogth Carolina; promote the prgsprvation of quiet ind good order; relieve the people as muoh as possible from all unnecessary restraint of Martial Law; and reduce the expenses of the military establishment; it is hereby ordered ; First. That the Superior and Circuit Pro VOSL UOartB, Will OUUUIIUO 1U upomuuu aa heretofore, and shall have, aa against any and all courts, exclusive cognizance to try and adjudicate all cases wherein Freedmen and other persons of color are direotly or' indirectly concerned. This will not be so interpreted as to restrict the authority of the agents of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. Second. The civil Courts may be opened, and all civil municipal officers who shall have taken the Amnesty oath last prescribed, and who, if they belong to either of the classes ezpepted from Amnesty, shall have received execute pardon, will be allowed to resnme the exercise of their official duties, onder suoh.ofthe laws of South Carolina, in force immediately before the 17th day of November, 1860, as are not in. nonnistent with the laws of Concress. and * " . "" * ' the ProolamatioDS of the President, which laws and Proclamations we in all cases .to to be respected. Third. It being impracticable to establish and preserve military posts in sufficiently close proximity, to maintains perfect military police in every portion of the State, the oivil Magistrates will be allowed to make arrests in all oases of breaoh of the ppblio peace; but the arrest of Freedmen and other persons of color, when rendered-necessary by the abaenoe of the military, will, in a!) oases, be immediately reported, and the costody of person or persons arrested promptly transferred to the nearest military oommander. The funotiona of oivil officers, who disregard this order, will be suspended. By command of Major General Q. A. GILLMORE, W. h. M. BUBQIB, Assistant Ajutant General. mm ! CABD8 SPIBITUALKaia * The following carious article is taken from 0 an English newspaper of the year 1774, is there called ' t THE PERPETUAL ALMANAC; r OB; n SOLDIER'S PRAYER BOOK, 1 BY BIOHABD LANE, r A private Soldier belonging to the Forty o second Regiment, who was taken be- p fore the Mayor of Glasgow, for playing cards during Di- I p?te Service. p The sergeant oommanded the soldiers to t< church, end when the parson read the pray- e eta he took his text. Those who had a Bi- * ble took it out; but this soldier had neifch- 1 pr . "RiKTa nns A AAmmen nmtJPr.hrviV tint" f V?.W v-v* ? VUUIkUVU *< palling oata pack of cards, he spread them b oat before him. He first looked at one card fj and then at the other. The sergeant of the I company saw him and said: a "Richard, pnt np the eards; this is no ii plaoe for them/' .a "Never mind that," said Richard. . a When the sertiee was over, the consta- r< ble took Richard prisoner, and bronght n him before the Mayor. ii "Well," said the Mayor, "what have you I bronght that soldier here for?" k "For playing cardB in chnrch." si "Well, soldier, what have you to say for f< yourself." d "Much, sir, I hope." . tl Very good; if not, I will punish you I more than man ever was punished." n "I have been," said .the soldier, "about " six weeks on the march; I have neither h Bible nor common prayer-book; I have no- f< thing but a paok of eards, and I hope to si satisfy your worship of the purity of my in- & tention." ' tl "Very good," said the Mayor. . tl Then, spreading the cards before the ? Mayor, he began with the aoe: T "When I see the aee, it reminds me that ti there is but one God. ? ? ."When I see the deuoe, it reminds me of Father and Son. <* "When I see the tray, It reminds me of h Father, Son and Holy Ghost. "When I see the four, it reminds me of e' the four Evangelists that preached, viz: ? Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. "When I see the five, it reminds me of the five wise virgins that trimmed their lamps. There were ten, but five, were ~ fools and were shut out. " "When I see the six, it reminds me that in six days the Lord made heaven and earth. h "When I see the seven, it reminds me ^ that on the seventh day God rested from * the works-he made and hallowed it "When I see the eight, it reminds me of q the eight righteous persons that were saved q when God drowned the world, vis: Noah and his wife, his three sons and their wives. ^ "When I see the nine, it reminds me of gJ the nine lepers that were oleansed by our Saviour. There were ten, but nine never ^ returned thanks. . ' "When I see the ten, it reminds me of the Ten Commandments whioh God handed g down to Moses on a table of stone.* , "When I see the king, it remind life of 01 the Great King of Heaven, whioh is God Almighty. . ^ "When i see the Queen, it reminds me of the Queen of Sheba, who went to hear the jj, wisdom of Solomon; for she was as wise a woman as be was a njan. She brought with her fifty boys and fifty girls, all dressed in boyB apparel, for ' King Solomon to tell whioh were boys and whioh were girls. aj King Solomon sent for water for them to wash themselves j the girls washed to the ,, elbows, and the bow4 only to the wrists? so King Solomon .told by this." . "Well," said the Mayor, "you have giv- r8 en a description of all the cards in the pack except oae." 8I "Which is that f" said the soldier. 0l "The Knave," said the Mayor. .* 8j "I will give your honor a description of that too, if you will not be angry. es Ml will not," said the Mayor, "if you m do not term me to be a knave." ^ ?Well said t&e soldier, "trie greatest i (j, know is the constable that brought me here." ^ ?| do pot frnpir," said the Mayor, 1'wheth- n er be is the greatest knave, bat I know he is the greatest fool," w "When I count "how many spots in a pack, I find three hundred and sixty-five? as many days as there are in a yea*. "When I count the number of cards in a tv pack I find there are fifty-two?as many weeks as there are in a year. And I find ?! four suits?the number of weeks in a month. "I find there are twelve picture cards in ji the paok, representing the number of moDtbs g in the year; and on counting the irioks, I ft find thirteen?the number of weeks in a ei quarter. So you see, sir, the paok of cards spryps for a Bible, almap^c and common prayer-book to me-" 01 -? 01 On a Railroad Train.?During the gj passage of the up train oo one of our rail- a roads a few days ago* one of those ungsual oppqrences happened, that when madepnb- fr lie, interested all on board. A lady living is near this line of travel, and in one of the 0( upper counties, took passage at this plaoe, in company with her husband for her home. $videnoes were plain of her delicate situa? tion, and after getting fairly- on the way 4, things took snoh a critical torn as to require & immediate afcteqtipn. $eyond the reaoh of the usual medical aid-required in snob oa* 0f ees, the situation was anything bnt pleasant, b, but a few ladies on board, as ladies always ai do, met the requirements of the occasion 4, by placing their fellow passenger in thp a moat available apartment and eafmly await- 4, ed matters, rendering what assistance in their power under the eiroumstanoea. The 5] event happened, and without the knowledge j of any en board save the ladies engaged and ^ the husband, until the feint cry of one of 1 natnrfi'n littlA intra were heard, half ~ *"""r - - / stifled above the rambling noise and bostle of the moving train. Heaehing the station pi aboyp Whpre the affair happened, the lady N and ohild were taken to comfortable lodg- oJ ings, where it is a pleasure to know that b< every thing was done that oonld be possibly, re to make them comfortable. At the last ad- tb vices the mother was doing well and the tv ohild gave every promise of becoming a in great man at some fotnre day. hi Wilmington Herald. tt Booth and ths Lord's Prayer.?Jains Brataa Booth (the father of J. Wilkes tooth) and several friends had been invi3d to dine with an old man in Baltimore, i f distinguished kindness, urbanity and pie- i f. The host, though disapproving of the- 1 tre going, had heard so mneh of Booth's amarkable powers that eorioeity to see the ian, in Jibis instanoe, overcame his preja- . ice. After the dinner was over, some one equested Booth as a particular favor, and i ne which all present would appreciate, to and the Lord's prayer. i Booth rose slowly and reverently from j is chair. It was wonderful to watoh the lay of emotion that convulsed his connanance. He became deadly, pale, and his yes, turned tremblingly upward, were wet rith tears. As yet he had not spqken.? 1 !he silence oould be felt It became painsi, until at last the spoil was broken, as if y an electrio Shook, as a rich toned voice, rom the white lips syllabled forth, "Our father who art in heaven," with a pathos and olemnity that thrilled all hearts. He fin toed, the ailenoe'oontinued. Not a voiee raa heard or a musole moved, in his rapt udienoe, until from a remote corner of the oom-a unsubdued sob was heard, and the old lan, their hoet stepped forward with streamig eyes, and tottering frame, and seized 1 tooth by the hand: "Sir/' said he, in broen accents, "yon have afforded me a pleaare for which my whole future life will ( 2el grateful I am an old man, and every ay from boyhood to the present time, I bought that I had repeated the Lord's "rayer, but I have never beard it before? ever." "You are right," said Booth, To read that Prayer as it should be read, as caused me the severest study and labor >r thirty years, and I am fur from being itiafied with my rendering of that ftonderil produotion. Hardly one person in ten lousand comprehends how muoh beauty, snderness and grandeur oan be condensed ( ito a space so small and words so simple, 'he prayer itself sufficiently illustrates the nth of the Bible, and stamps upon it the sal of Divinity."* , So. great was the effect produoed that mersatioc was sustained but a short time ingerin subdued monosyllables, and al- ( tost entirely ceased, and soon after,, at an ' irly hoar, the company broke ap and rered to their several homes, with sad and til hearts. - i The Late Mississippi Convention. -The Jackson (Mississippi) News says the onvention of that State, which has jpst losed its sessions, Was oomposed of one ( nndred delegates, ninety eight of whom { ad been daly qualified. Greene oounty as nflt represented^ no election having taen place in that county. The only other slegate absent was Mr. Lipford, of Tippah, i tf the ninety seven members, fifty one were 'Id Line Whigs, six Whig and Union, one iveterate Whig, two co-operation Whigs, uree Whigs and opposed to secession, one t ead&st Whig, two Clay Whigs, one Whig ad death against the war; total Whigs, 0. There were eighteen Democrats of va- E ons shades, as follows: Unqualified, 8 ; onglar, S5; Jackson 1; State liights, l; " eoession, 1; Union, 2; Co operation, 1; v efferson, J. There were five Conserotive, 19 Oo-operatiQDist, one opposed to univeri suffrage, one Union, and one opposed to ie war. The Convention of 1861 was comwed of Eighty four Democrats and twenty re Whigs. 1 ? " iltti Lon of Home.?It is only shallowinded pretenders who either make dis* nguished origin or personal merit a personmatter io boast- of. A man who is not ihamed of himself need not be ashamed of is early.oondition. It did not happen to ie to be born in a log oabin, bat my elder rothers i sisters were born in a log cabin, lised among the snow drifts of New-Hamplire, at a period so early that, when the 1 noke first rose from its rude ohimney and jrled over the frozen hill, there was no i milar evidenoe of a white man's habitation stween it and the settlements on the riv-. -s of Canada. Its remains still exist; I ake it an annaal visit. I carry my ch.il- > ren to it to teaoh them the hardships enured by the generations which have gone * -e xi T l J ii i J iiyre mpi#. x iuvo iu uwen uu uo icuuct (collections, the kindred ties, the early aftctions, and the narrations and inoidents {! hioh mingle with all I know of this primive family abode.?Danid Webster. ?aw .fTo Make Black Ink.?No. 1.?Take 0 ro quarts of water, half a pound of nut- P ills, three ounces gum'arabic, three ponces ilpbate of iron?soak the nutgalls in three c aarters of the water, and the gum arabio ? i half the remaining . water warmed, and ? le sulphate of iron in the remainder. Let a lem stand in the separate vessels for forty ? ght hours, then mix them, and, the ink " ready for uge. No 2.?Take two ounces extract logwood, n is eighth of an oanoe bi chromatic potash, n ie gallon hot soft water. -Mix these in- p rpdients in the hot water; let them stand ? little while, and the ink is Teqdy for ose. R{ No. 1 will atand the test of time, and pl eejtiog does not make them paler. No. 2 P; oopsid?red % good summer ink, buj is not >nsidered as durable as No. 1. 5 Godey's Ladys' Boole, Sept.,. 1865. ? <an> C< |^?A?renoh paper tells a story of a u nel between two gentlemen who were so p jually matched with the sword and pistol tat they deoided to fight with segars, two k ' which were prepared externally alike, p. it one was to be loaded so as to explode qi id prove fatal to the smoker. Ldts were J, pawn, and the weeds were lighted. After ? few pn{&, an explosion took place and the at relist fail on hie feapk. He was presently k oked up, and, with the exception of S A aokened eye, was fonnd to bejanhurt.? he seoonds had only pat in a little piece of in Cjqttpn, and the affair ended as it began ft -in smoke. a tt .a in avfmnrninflru mutfih nt aamer n geona has recently taken place at Brussels, a ot less than five hundred ahd thirty eight ? ' these winged messengers, which had ? sen sent to Tooloose for the purpose, were ? leased there one morning to contend for d ie prises, amounting in number to eighty- ,, ro. The first pigeon arrived in Brusselt i forjrteen hours.- The. distance is three ? sndred leagues, and it must have flown as i3 te speed of twenty-two leagues an hour. a THE STAMP ACT. ONE OF TIIE TAX LAWS OP THE U. STATE8. There are probably bat few of Jhe readers of tbla paper who know the detail* of the Stamp Act. Yet, there 1* no law, State or National, the provisions of which ore more important to the people. Here are cuch of it* proceedings is we think will prove moat interesting and Important to the reader: SCHEDULE B. ACKOWLEDGMENT?of deed* exempt AFFIDAVIT 5 cents In suit er legal proceedings exempt AGREEMENT OS APPRAISEMENT?for each sheet or piece of paper on which the same 1* written 5 cento ASSIGNMENTS 0R TRAN8FERS?of mortgage, lease or policy of insurance, the same duty as on the original Instrument. Of patent right 5 cents BANK CHECKS, DRAFTS OR ORDERS, fecial sight or on demand Scents BILLS OP EXCHANGE, Inland?draft or order payable otherwise than at sight or on demand, and any promissory note, whatever, payable on demand or at a time designated, [except bank notes Issued, for circulation, ana' checks made and Intended to be, and whlen shall be forthwith PfMecied for payment] fax a sum not exceeding ^ ^ For every additional hundred dollars, or fractional part thereof 5 cents BILLS OF LADING?of vemels for porta of the - i United Statps or British North America exempt . Or receipt of rood* on any foreign porta 10 cents J BILL OF SALE?of any vessel, or part thereof when the oooslderetloa does not exceed Ave , hundred dollars 50 rents . Exceeding ?500 and not exceeding #1400 #1,00 \ Exceeding #1,000, for sach #500, or fractional . pan thereof SO cents J Of personal property [other than ship or'vessel] 5 cento . HONn?rwmnn.l for mtvm.nt- nf iwn,<v rflmi asr1 ,.00 For Indemnifying any person for the payment of any sum of money, where the money ultimately recoverable thereupon Is $1,000 or ten 50 cents J Where the money recoverable exceeds $1,000, for every additional $1,000, Or fractional part thereof 50 cents , BONDS?county, city and town bonda, railroad a and other corporation bonds and script ate subject to stamp duty. [See Mortgage.] u Of any description other than such as pro required tn legal proceedings, and such as are not otherwise charged In this schedule. 95 cents b CERTIFICATES?of deposit in bank, sum not exceeding one hundred dollars 9 cents c Of deposit In bank, sum exceeding $100 5 cents a Of stock In an incorporated company 35 cents d General 6 cents ? Of a qualification of a Justice of the Peace Commissioner of Deeds or Notary Public 5 cents b Of search of records Scents u That certain papers ore on file - 5 ceils d That certain papers cannot be found 5 cents m Of redemption of land sold for taxes 5 cents. #j Of birth, marriage and death S cents Of qualifications of school teachers 5 cents JJ Of profits in an incorporated company,fin a sum h not less than $10 and not exceeding $50 10 cents ti Exceeding $50 and not exceeding $1,000. 95 cents u Exceeding $1,900, for every additional $1,000, or (l fractional part thereof . 95 cents d Of damage or otherwise: and ail other eertlfl-^ ? cates or documeuts Issued by any port warden, ? marine surveyor, or other person acting as siich 95 cents <, CERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT?Of judgments, satisfaction of Judgements, and of all pupere, re- a corded or on file 5 cents m (N. B.?Aa. a general rale, every certificate b which has, or may bar*, a legal value In any cotlrt of law or equity, will require a stamp du- ? ty of 5 cents.) V , _ CHECK, DRAFT OR ORDER-for the payment ? or any sum of money, exceeding $10, drawn- 0 upon any person other thau a bank, bunker or u trust company, at sight or on demand. 9 cents . JONTRACT-rtSee Agreement.] a Brokers. 10 cents ,, 30NVEYANCE?deed, instrument, or writing j whereby lands, tenements, or othef realty; sold ^ shall be conveyed, the actual value which does 4 not exceed $600 SO cents <, Exceeding- $500. and not exceeding $1,000 $1,00 (l For every additional $500, or fractional pan 'J, thereof, in excess of $1,000 90 cents 0 JNTBY?of any goods, wares or merchandize at ' t any custom house not exceeding $100 in value 35 cents m Exceeding $100, and not .exceeding $500 in value SO cents gi Exceeding $500 In value * - $1/10 f, For the withdrawal of any goods or merchandise, from bonded warehouse 90 cents M ?UAGER>S RETURN?if for quantity not exceeding 500 gallons, gross, 10 cents g. Exceeding 500 gallons , 85 cents 3 'OWER OF ATTORNEY?to sell or transfer aj stock or collect dividends thereon 35 cents M To vote at an election of incorporated company 10 cents To receive or collect rents " 35 cents ~ To sell, or convey, or rent, or lease real estate $1,00 ? For any othej-purpose 50 cents ?j 'ROB ATE OF WILL?or letters of admlnistra- 4 Uon, where the value of both real and personal .? estate does not exceed $4,000. $1,00 m For every additional $5,000, or fractional part ? thereof, in exeess of $3,000 50 cents gt Bonds of executors. administratore. tusnUssi $0 and trustees, are each snbject to a stamp duty of $1,00 ot 'ROTEST? upon bill note, check or draft 35 cents m ROMISSORY NOTE?[See Bills of Exchange, d< Inland.] ol Renewal of, subject to same duty as an original ^ note* (|c 1ECEIPT?for the payment of Say sum. of money, u hakf rinn ornrxtHlncr fioa nr for tho itilllCM V M a. """ t?|? ? ? ? j II any property '' 2 won 'w 'RU8T DEED?mtyje to ?ecure a debt) to be m stamped as a mortgage. Conveying estate to uses * p, to be tamped as a conveyance. ? m VARKHOlTaE 8RCEXPT?foe any gootU, wares ?, or mercbandtoe not otherwise provided tar, de- - ? poctted or stored in any public or private ware- w bouse, not exceeding 85W in vflfue 10 cents Exceeding $600, and not exceeding $1/100 SO cents ~ Exceeding 91,000, for every additional $1 ,000, or - D fractional part thereof, in excess of $1,000 10 cents 0! For any goods, lie., not otherwise provided ft*, d stored or deposited in any public or private ware- w house or yard 25 cents VKITS fcLEGAL DOCUMENTS-writs or oth' er legal process, by which any suit is commenced in any court of record, either of law oe equity 50 cants w Writ at other original process issued by a court j,i not of record, where the amount claimed is $100 d( or over 60 cents w Upon every confession of judgment or cognovit, X for $100, or over, except In cases where the tax ot for a writ has been paid 50cents a< Writ or other process appeals from justices' M courts v or other courts of Inferior jurisdiction, to .e a court of record 50 cents \j Warrants of distress, when the amount of rent p, claimed does not exceed $100 - 25 cents 8jj When the amount exceeds $100 50 cents jg N9URANCE?Murine. Inland and Fire. Where t0 the consideration paid for the insurance, in cash be premium no'cs, or both, does not exocea $10 10cents ^ Exceeding $10, and not exceeding $50 50 cents 8t N8URANUE, Lite.?when the amount insured does not exceed $1,000 " 25 cents ac Exceeding$l,000,andnotexceeding$5,000 50cents Qt Exceeding $5,000 .$1.00 u .EASE?ot lands or tenements, where the rent bc does not exceed $300 per annum 50 cents Exceeding $300. lor each additional $200,or frac- qi tional part thereof, In excess of $300 50 cents JJj Perpetual, subject to stamp duly as a conveyance. su Clause of guaranty of payment of rent, Incorpo- 0? rated orihaoreed, five cents additional. d, IEASUKEKS' RETURN?if for quantity not ex ceedlng 1,000 bushels 10 cents Exceeding 1,000 bushels 25 cents gjj IORTGAGE?trust deed, bill of sale, or personal re bond lor the payment of money exceeding $100, and noteiceedinr $500 " - ~ 50cents Exceeding $500, for every additional $500 or rf fractional part thereof in excess of $500. 50 cents nr AWNER8' CHECKS 'Scents ASSAGE 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 a for every additional $u0, or fractional part there- m of, In excess of $50 $1,Q0 GENERAL REMARKS. $ Revenue Stamps may be used indiscriminately upon any 0, f the matters or things enumerated in schedule B, except m roprletary and playing card stamps, for which a special ^ sc has been provided. at Postage stamps cannot be used In payment of the duty a, bargeable on Instruments, * It Is the duty of the maker of an Instrument to affix and ancel the stamp thereon. If he neglects to do so, the gll arty for whose use it is made may stamp It before It Is ae sed; but In no case can it be legally used Without a stamp; 8tJ nd If used after the 30th of June, 1864, and used without j,( stamp, It cannot r(terwards be effectually stamped. Any" jle illure upon the part of the maker of an instrument to ap- up ropriately stamp it, renders him liable to a penalty of two 0Iundred dollars. ' so Suits are commenced in many States by other process a_ lan writ, viz: summons, warrant, publication, petition, JJJ .c., In wnlch cose these, as the original process, severally M1 squire stomps. co. Writs of scire feclas ore subject to stamp duty as origl- u,, al processes. u The jurat of on affidavit, taken before a Justice of the of oace, Notary Public, or other officer duly authorised to ^ ike affidavits, Is held to be a certificate, and subject to a jjj, amp duty of 5 cents, except when taken In suits or legal r0l rocdedlhg*. ' on Certificates of loan, In which there shall appear any rlnted or written evidence of any amount of money to be yd on demand, or at any time designated are subject to amp duty as "Promissory Notes." pn The assignment of awhongage is subject to the same {J,, amp duty as that imposed upon the original Instrument; ^ tat Is to say, for every sum of five hundred doUan, or ay fractional part thereof, of the amount second by the no iortgage, at the time of Its assignment, there must be affix- e,j 1 a stamp or stamps, denoting a duty of fifty oeata. ~ YVheu two or more persons lotn In the execution of an -J istrument, (he stomps to which the Instrument Is liable Hta Oder'the law, may be affixed and cancelled by one of the ^ titles. i In conveyances of real estate, the law provides that the of amp affixed most answer to the value of the estate.on gt| iiercsi <.-un?ojcu. No sump is required on any warrant of attorney accom- gTj inylng a bond or note, when such bond or note has afred thereto the stamp or stamps denqtiM the duty reaired, and whenever any bond or note Is secured by nli lormase, but one spmp duty is required on such papers, ot> ich btamp duty being the highest rates required lor such nr iitrumenur, or either of them. In suoh case a note or f0j lemorandum of the value or denomlnaton of the stamp ^ Axed should he nude upon the margin or In the ac- ^ aqwledgment of the instrument which u not stamped. Ltx( tin .N ACT of Congress, to provide Internal Revenue, Ap- otl proved J une 30,1804, and amended March, 8, I860, Ac. ^ STAMP DUTIES. Su Sac. 151. JiMbeit further enacted, That all laws In p* tree at the time ofjhe passage of this act In relation-to W amp duties shall continue in three until the first day of > ugust, eighteen hundred and slxtjnfour; and on and after 'at re she first day of August, eighteen.hundred and aixty- trl iur, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, for and In sic sspect of tbeseveral Instruments, matters sad things men- lee oned and described In the schedule (marked B) hereunto sat onexed, or for or In respect of the vellum, parchment, or' cj aper upon which such Instruments, matters or things, or an ay of them, shall be written or printed, by any person or thi Bisons, or party who shall make, sign, or Issue the same, op r for whoae use or benefit the same shall be made, signed, r Issued, the several duties or sums of money set down in hp gures against the same, respectively, or otherwise sped- uh ed or set forth in the said schedule. w< a#c. 1551. And he itfurther enacted, That l? shah not be Wl iwfui to record any Instrument, document, or paper re- bis ulred by law to he Stamped, unless a stamp or stamps of du le proper amount shall have been affixed; and the record mi (any such Instrument, upon whlehthe proper stamp Or be lamps aforesaid shall not havo been affixed, shall be utter- w| r, void and shall not be used in evidence. ,rei Sea. 153. And beitfmther enacted, That no instrument, j wl ocumeni, writing, qf paper of any description, required ft * 'Jt , . W .r r . 0 o any ?tanjp appropriated to denote the doty chMwf^ >roprietary articles, of articles enumerated ba Bcbeisle C. Ac. 1M. JMb* it Jwiher enacted, Thu aOoOdaUawuments, document*, and paper*, Issued or Kaad by the ifflcers of (he United Bute* government, shall be, and lereby lire, exempt from duqp^.^ ,/> ? f- ; See. US. Jlmdoe it further emitted, That If ad) Demon hail foige or counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged ir counterfeited, any stamp or die, or tar part f any tamp or did, which (hall mvrbees provided, ttjue, or uedin pursuance of this act, or shall forge, counterfeit, or eaemMe. or cause or procure to ba forged, counterfeited, tr resembled, the Impression, or any part of the impression, if any such stamp or die, aa aforesaid, upon any veStta, larchmcni. or paper, or shall stamp or mark, or cause or irocure to be stamped or marked, any vellum, MKkaent, ir paper, with any such forged or counterfeited tump >r die, or. part of any stamp or die, as afomeaM^wtm ntent to defraud the United States of any of the duties, lereKjy imposed, or any part thereof; or if any petadn hall utter, or sell, or expose to tale, any vefinm, rudiment, or paper, article, or thing, having thereipon the Impression or any such counterfeited stamp or ? lie, or any part of any stamp or die, or any sack forged, 0UJ1 ferfelted or resembled Impression, or part df impreelon, as aforesaid, knowing the asose respect!refy u> be orged, counterfeited, or resembleds or If any person shall mowingiy use any sump or die 4"hlch.*faait hmr* bee* ftp ?ovided,made, or used, as aforesaid, with intsbt to de- m raud the United States; or if any person shall fraudulenty cut, tear, or remove, or cauee or procure, to he cut, ssj X, naJJ DtVQocen provided, mime orakflid yiwhlt|p?<hto ct, from any veflum, parchment, or paper, or aay tastra ent or writing chiuged or chargeable with any of th# lutles hereby.Imposed; or if any person mall wOntfiy teqovs or cause to be removed from any stamped envelop* he canceling or defacing marks thereon, with Intent ? ise the same or cane* the nap of the same tb? second time, ir shall knowingly or wllfrilly aefl or hue tuck washed or estored stamps, or offer the aame for sale, ,or give or ?*>se the same toanv nerton for use. or knowinrfy lW Be . ame, or nrenore the same with fmvrnt tot tnb second isftthereo^then, and to every such case, eW pdrwm so /Tending, and every person knowingly sod wiUHily aiding, betting..or asal-ang in comailtti: g any such uneaee"& foresaid, shall be deemed gniliy of Mu*ffead ?h<*V on onvlction thereof, forfeit the said counterfeit vUqMHHM ae arUcles upon they are placed, and be puatehgd by ffae 01 exoeedlng one thousand doll are, or toy imprisonment nd confinement to hard labor not exceeding five years, or oth, at the discretion of the court. Sac. 156. And te itfurtier enacted, That In any and all asea where on adhesive stamp shall be used for denoting ny doty imposed by this set, except as hereinafter movf cd, the person using or sfflxlng the same ehall write theree ??tn used. And H any person shall fraudulently make se of on adhesive stamp to denote any doty imposed by lis act without so effectually dwelling aim ottfiieming acb stamp, except as baton mentioned, he, she, or they hall forfeit the warn of fifty dollar* i Provided, That any ' - . object to stamp duty under^cftedS? C OftS* act, sfiall are the privilege of furnishing without expense to the United States, In suitable form, to be approved by the Comlissioner of Internal Bevenne, his ?r their own dieyor degns for stamps to be used thereon, to be made tmdertbe Irectlon and to be retained la tha Meeeodoa of the CDay rhlch shall not be duplicated l?any other^pSant^'^Mt 1 all cases where inch stamp It. used, instead of.fete. og telr writing the data thereon, the said stamp shall be so fixed on the box, bottle, or package, that In opening the une, or using the contents thereof, the said stamp shaff e effectually destroyed; and 4n deouilt thereof, snail be able to the same jrenalty Unpaged Itor'asgleet to affix said 'ho shall fraudulently obuln or ttse any of the tlbresMd amps or designs therefor, any any person fliijfejg jV ounterfeJUng, or .cans lug. or procuring the forglng^orcounjrfelting any representation, llkrtaess, shrrtmnde, ptcotorDie imitation ot the said last mentioned stamp, or engraver r printer who shall sell or give away said stamps, or selliBg te same, or being a merchant, broker, peddler, or prop*.. ealing, In whole or In put, in similar goods, warer* merhandize, manufacture*, prepwaUooi) # txlleUpy or QHK0 eslgned for similar objects or purposes, shah have tantm w or iraoamenuy in nuu ner, or tneii pwewoe wy ich foi|ed. counterfeited likeness,. flrnUltndr,AT nltatkmor the aid lan mentioned stamp,IfoduWdMSF d guilty of a'folony, and, upon coonntou thereof, *hah e subject to all the penalties, fines, and forfeiture* pre;ribed in the d receding eectiOQ of set. Sec. 157, J* bYufurther watitf, That the perq^jnnral J^evenue^ and b^Is h^^y^ !rib??by2r. as*bero^'de4?^n?dlOT??leffoewpaiud he ts further authorised In his discretion to make the plication of such method imperative upon themaaotocireri of proprietary articles, or article* Includeddn flcbeds !e c, and upon stamps of a nominal value exceeding venty.flve ccnu each. Sad. 168. Jt*d be U further enacted, tint aoypdrson or who mahesign, or fosuy oir^o jthMl amp for denoting thtMuty changeable foercon, wife tout to evade the provisions of this act, shall, for event tnoh fence, forfeit the stun of fifty dollars, and such instruct, document, or paper, bill, draft, order or W?*M*nbe ;emed lnvall^ and or no effect; Provided, That the title ' a purchaser of land by deed duly stamped stall not Si feated or affected by the want of a proper sump on any sed conveying aaW land by person from, foragkuer ider whom his grantor f iflV* or boids fitlft; Jtad phi iYiM rtAev, That hereafter, to all cases, wheat the petty has >t afiucd to any lnstrHHM required by the one hundred id fifty-first section of the act or June thirtieth, eighteen inclred and sixty-four, or the scimdairmaifcaffB, therdkwanr.exed/thc stamjpthcreby reqolretUo he a? , :venu?Of the oroner dlstrlct^who shall ' tiie duty denoted by the stamp required shall exceed the an of fifty dollars, da payment also of interest, at lite rate r six per cent., on raid don, from the day m which such amp ought to have been affixed, affix the proper sump to tch instrument, and note apon the marxULoc **dd fosarutent the date of bis doing, and the fix;t that auoh penalty is beeapafd,' tad such Instrument fad! be :emed and held to be aa valid, to ail intents and purposes i if stamped when made m Issued: JindfTovUeiJwtker, bat where it shali appear to said collector, upon oath ot berwtoe, tohla satisfaction, that any each Instrument hot >t been duly stamped ax the time of making or issuing the me by reason of accident, mistake, Inadvertence, or urnt necessity, and without any wilful design to dtiriftd the nlted States of the sump duty, or to evade or delay tha lyment thereof, then and in such case, If such Instrument all, within twelve calendar months alter the making or suing thereof, be brought to the said collector of rercune be sumped, and the stamp duty chargeable thereon thai) : paid, it shall be lawful for the said collector u> remit the malty aforesaid, and to cause such instrumented be duly imped. Ssc. 159. Jtnd be it further enacted, That the aoeeptOror iceptora of any bill of exchon? or order for the payment * any sum of money drawn, or purporthK'U be drawn, in ty foreign country ,butpayable in the United States,shall il'ore paying or accepting the same, place thereupon a imp. Indicating the duty noon the same, as the laSrretires for inland bills ot exchange, or promissory note#, td ao bill of exchange shall be paid or negotiated without cb stamp ; and if any person shall pay. or negotiate, or fer In payment, or receive or take in payment, any such aft or order, the person or persons so offending shall forIt the sum of two hundred dollars. Ssc. 160. And beit further enacted, That no stamp diuy ail be required on powers of attorney orany other paper laung to applications lor Dounties, arrearages or pay, at nslons, or to the receipt thereof from time to timfc,Or ion tickets or contracts of insurance when limited to aciemal injury to persons, nor on certificates of UM measement or wel|bt of animals, wood, coal, or be*; aor On posit notes to mutual insurance companies for insurance xra which pollclrt subject to stamp duties htm be?i oe e to be issued; nor on aay certificate of the record Of a ted or other instrument of witling, or of the aebnOwledgent or proof thereof by attesting witnesses; nor to toy dorsement of a negotiable instrument or on any warrant ' attorney, accompanying & bond or note, when such bond note shall have affixed thereto dm stamp or stamps dotting the duty required; and whenever any bonder.aoee ail be secured by a mortgage, but one stomp shall be retired to be placed on such paper* i i?miMd,|That the imp doty placed thereon shall be the highest rate required r said instruments, or either of thetrn - . . Sac. 161. Jfnd be it further eaectci, That the CommlsDuer of Internal Revenue be, and is hereby, authorized to U and supply conectow, deputy coHeetnra, po?ra*He?, itioners, or any other persons, it his discretion, with adsire stamps, or stamped paper, veliom, or parcament,Za rein provided far, in amounts not leas Ulna "fifty dollars, on the payment, at the time of dedvoy, of fttilsliiiu duties sold stamps, stamped paper. veUnm, or parchment, sold or supplied, represent,and may.allow, qpm-tfce {regale amount of such stamps, as aforesaid, the sum t exceeding five per centum us cramntasfon to the COQeo ?, postmasters, stationers, or other purchasers v but the st of any paper, vellum, or parchment shall be paid by 3 purchaser of such stamped paper, vcQiim, or parchment. aforesaid: JVrisMMf, That any proprietor- or proertetore articles named In Schedule C, who ehWl fttrsAn Ms or i or their own proprietary articles, shift be (Ukwred the towing commission, namely: On amounts purclrseed at e time of not leas than fifty nor more than five hundred liars, fire per clntum; on amounts over five hundred liars, ten per centum. The Commissioner of Interna: venae may ftom time to time make regulations, upon >per evidence of the^bcts, for the allowance of such of : stamps issued under the provision of this act as mSy ve beep spoiled, destroyed, Jr rendered useless or unlit the purpose intended, or for whlchthe ownerffiAy hm use, or which through mistake may have been hnpropy or unnecessarily used, or where the rates or duties iresented thereby have been paid in error, or remitted; d sudrallowance ahaB be mads- etther by ctaiac etber mpa in lien of the stamps so allowed fan or by repaying amount or value, after deducting thereftom^iji ease of Miyineiit, the sum Of ftva nor centum to the owner there; bat no allowance shall be made in any oase until the He'd to tbe<CwnSwIoneM>f assuI? :, Iti'acwry proof has been made showing the I QUI why d stamps cannot be ?a returned t Provided, Thai the Comsaioner qf Internal Revenue may, frMrttne ib, supply, and deliver to any inanufiietitrcr of friction or icr matches, Cigar lights or wax tapes, a rateable quany of adhesive or other *fta^p?sadt?UBfty be rywiqrMvi use in such cases without prepayment there?"?, oa a idit not exceeding sixty days, requiring, In advam*,MMfc iurtiy ss he may judce jseeeeaasy to"?ecure partaent .avtva www iiiuawci Ui UJC UUIVCU CiatCT, WUXUQ VB >visioaj of this act, suits may be nrlnmfWd Trr' wM easuter in the circuit or (Usttict coon of the United ues, In the several districts where any of the persons ? ing said bonds or other securities reside or may heibund, any appropriate form of action. 3ao. lo2. *ind be U farther enacted, That it shall be vftd for any peremt to praaeqt to ttarjeoBeoMK of the dia:t, subject to the rules and regulations of the Commisoeraf Internal Revenue. any inatrtuacni not pretlonsiy ucd or used, and require his opinion whether or not the ne is chargeable-with any stamp duty ; and if thn aaid Hector shall be of opinion that each instrument Is charge^ le with cay' ttmnp duty, be shall, upon the payment srefor, affix ami cancel the proper stamp: and ifof the Inlon that such instrument Is not chargetlUft Wftfr nay mp doty, or le chargeable only with the duty by him Restated, he is hereby required to Impress tberccffinnanletr stamp, to be provided for that pURWae.Urwi aach >rds or device thereon as h?. shall judge proper, deb shall denote that such InSfWOeht ft notchargeas with any stamp duty, ar ts chargeable only with the ty denoted by the stamp affixed; tad every such instruct upon which the said stamp shall be bnnressed shall deemed to be not chargeable, or to be chargeable only th the duty denoted by the stomp so affixed, and shall be :eljre^ln evidsnc^ ah coqrta of law or equity, not-f being unstamped, or ?Ml being insufficiently stamped. 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