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ptttttfm ftadwg. The Wonderful Apple Tree of Appomattox. i A gentleman just from Appomattox j Court House informs us that "there is nothing left of the apple tree under whioh General Lee surrendered, but a red hole in the ground, and it is feared that unless the hole is fenced in, that also will be removed by * curiosity-seekers." It is a subject worthy of notice, too, that the apple tree alladed to was the largest tree in the world, being at least forty times the balk of the celebrated California oak, which was aboot the aise of the citadel of Ham. About nine hundred and seventeen oordsof this apple tree have already been distributed over the U. States in the shape of walking canes, fishing poles, umbrella handles, polioemen's , olubs, work boxes, sewing maobines, writing desks, vest buttons, corks, charms, lead pencils, pen handles, toddy muddlers, tooth-picks, tobacoo pipes, and snuff boxes The number of persons felicitating in these Heroic renes is estimated at a Done twentyeight millions, which is equivalent to the number of rebels killed, wounded and missing in the late war, according to the published statements of Northern newspapers, , from statistics gathered at the time. In fact, this apple tree enjoys as wide a circulation as any bogus medicine in existence, and, but for the faot that Gen. Lee didn't surrender under any apple tree at all, it might be appropriately plaoed, photographically, among the historic archives of the country, sb the greatest tree in all history ?the one in which the Magna Charta was hidden, or the banyan, or the bamboo of India, or the cork tree, the camphor tree, the majestic palm, the cedar of Lebanon, the cocoanut, or the still more renowned gum tree, up whioh the traditional opossum climbed, not excepted. It is however, to keeping with the march of historical precision to say that the surrender took place under the apple tree, or any other tree, inasmuch as from the time Gen. Grant took tie contract to squelch the rebellion ?and, in fact, from the affair at Boll Ran" ?the Xenopbons of the Northern press did nothing else bat record victories aDd 'surrenders, and surrenders and victories, under every variety of circumstances and all sorts of trees, apples and otherwise. In I-*.: 4u. n v iae xvevuiuuuuary war iub uaitie 01 JDunser Efll wu fought on another bill by mistake, but Bunker got tbe credit and keeps it till this daj. In the great Killkenny-cat-figbt, known as tbe battle of Chevy Chase, a similar mistake occurred, and nobody knows boW, tbe correct locatiou is a myste- ; ry yet, and the "Chevy Chase" enjoys the < olassio honors of the fight. But there was i a still more magnificent battle, which, for < want of a location, has been immortalized i by an unknown poet, and is only known as a "Battle of a Song"?the strange and mythical Niebelungen Lied, which antiqua- i rians aver was based on the truth, and, it < is to be supposed, took plaoe where apple < trees, and, perhaps oranges, citrons and I persimmon trees grew. It is unnecessary, ] however, to give a catalogue of the varia- < tions of the historical compass, for the sake i of excusing this slight misapprehensions of < facts in the matter of Lee's surrender. It ? is useless to attempt the conviction of the ( truth so long as tbe stook on hand' of the f great Appomattox apple tree is unexhaust- i ed, and, perhaps,' even when the supply i gives out?for the destruction of apple c trees in New England, when tbe Maine law t excited a prejudice against brandy, renders such an exhaustion probable?history will claim tbe original as the. rightful possessor ' of the fame of the locality, and the surren- 1 der of-Gen. Lee unuer'an apple tree will ' be fixed in tbe national records and the pictorial reports from tbe Patent office on Pomology and Agriculture.?Richmond Sentinel. A War Anecdote of the Late Colonel I. G. Seymocr, of the Sixth Louisiana ?While in winter quarters near Ccntreville, it came to pass that one of tbe drummers, who was, on account of bis con- 1 duct, not a particular favorite of the Colo- 1 nel, beat tbe wrong call. Th? "old man" 1 who, from his long military oareer, was i perfectly au fait in all matters of camp i -life, rushed out of his tent, aDd meeting t what he supposed to be the rascally drum t mer, at once weDt to work to punish him ; t and Saving done so, be returned to his tent, s where he found his orderly, Fred, a German youth, of quite genteel manners, sit ting before the fire with a broad smile on < bis connteDSDce, and evidently suppressing t outright laughter. "What is the matter ' UMth Bftti Kfto r?nInb"Itt innnirp^ tbo Pnl. ! ] ""J ' M ?J ??t? , oiiel, who whs still excited from his corpo- ? real exercise. After some hesitation and j ^ repeated questions of the Colonel, he mur ] . * mured iu a low voice, "That was not the drummer you whipped; it was Sergeant , of Company F, who looks so much ' like him." The Colonel now became en- 1 raged at Fred for not apprising him of the mistake in time, .and came very near chas- j tisiDg the Teutonic . youth ; but his good i' nature and heart now asserted their sway, '? and forth be sallied from his tent in search ! 1 of the injured individual, to make repara- j tion. On turning the second avenue he i met the object of his search, grasped him by the hand, apologized in the most sincere manner, and the weather being cold, invi- , ted him up to the tent and treated him to ( an apple toddy. The appeased individual departed, and Fred was again seen smiling j ( and sniggering at the fire. This time the i Colonel waxed deoidedly warm, and de-1 Imanded peremptorily to be informed of the I cause of his unbecoming behavior and sua- 1 picious merriment, when Fred, bursting i out, said, "You. treated the drummer to i apple toddy, he looks so much like the < Sergeant of company F you whipped a while i ago." The sequel can easily be imagined. Fred got something but it was not apple A steamboat passenger, missing his t handkerchief,'asked an Irishman if he had ] seen it, and insinuated a charge of theft. | But afterwards finding his pocket-companion in his hat be began to apologize. <<0 ! | don't be arter making any apology j it was 1 a mere mistake on both sides, too. You ! 1 took me for a thief, and I took you for a ! i gintleman." . i Idleness travels very leisurely and i poverty soon overtakes her. ' j Anecdote of Gen. Grant and Bishop General Polk. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial tells the following plausible story of a bit of sharp praotioe between General Grant and Reverend General Polk: * While the General was in oommand of the post of Cairo, Bishop General Polk, General Pillow and General Frank Cheatbam, of the Confederate army, were at Columbos, Kentuoky. Flags of truoe were occasionally sent baok and forth between the t?o placeB, and the opposing Generals " ' ? A? ?k. afinnln. were generally present, aiwi nuv vw-v.? sion of business it was frequently the case that wine would be brought fortb, and toasts drank at parting. On one occasion General Polk proposed a toast whioh be said all could drink. Those present filled ttieir,glassee, and he gave "To General .George Washington." As be paused, purposely, at the end of the name, the company commenced to drink, when he added, "the first Rebel." General Grant bad his glass nearly finished by that time, and it was no use to stop but he exolaimed: "That is soaroely fair, General, but I will bo even with you some day." The laugh, was of course, somewhat against him, but the company parted in good humor. Some two weeks afterward another flag of traoe was sent down to Oolumbus, General Grant accompanying it. After business was over, the Confederate General produoed the wine, as usual, and General Grant adroitly turned the conversation into State rights, on whioh subjeot Southerners always loved to dilate ; their right being the alleged object for whioh they claimed to be fighting. He allowed thorn to proceed at considerable length without attempting to refute anything, and they were perhaps flattering themselves with the idea that they were converting bim from the error of his ways. At length he arose to go, and proposed a toast at parting. Glasses were filfed, and the General rose and gave "Equal rights to all." He then made a pause, as General Polk had done, and when all were busily drinking, he added, "white and black." The horror of the chivalry at being inveigled into drinking sach a heretical toast may easily be imagined, and they were rather disposed to feel angry until General Grant remarked, "Now, General Polk, I think I am even with you for that rebel toast you made me drink at our last conference." Qaiok to see and appreciate a good joke, the anger of the South erners was turned into a laugh at the expense of their reverend General who gTacefuliy acknowledged himself flanked* fqp-Ofall the freaks of the telegraph, the followiog is the most laughable wbioh has some under otfr knowledge: Not long since i graduate from one of our Eastern theological schools waS oalled to the pastoral charge Df a church in the extreme south-west ? When about to start for his new parish, be was unexpectedly detained by the incapacity of his Presbytery to ordain him. In order to explain his non arrival at the appointsd time, be sent the following telegram to the deacons of the church: "Presbytery lacked a quorum to ordain." In the course 3f its journey the message got strangely retamorphosed, and reached the astonished deacons in~'this shape? "Presbytery'tackedf i worm on to Adam/" The sober church >fficers were sorely discomposed and mystiied,-but after grave consultation, concluded t was tne u-imsrers raceuous way ot an louncing that he had got married, aod actordingly proceeded to provide lodgings for ,wo instead of one S&- Toe late Professor Duncan, of St. Andrews University in Scotland, was, prior to his appointment to his Chair, reotor*to in academy in Forfarshire. He was particularly reserved iu his intercourse with the fair sex, bat in prospect of obtaining a professorship, he ventured tc make propoiais to a lady. They were walkiog together, rnd the important question was pilt without preliminary sentiment or note of warning. Of course the lady replied by a gentle "No!" The subjeot was immediately iropped; but the parties soon met again. "Do you remember," at length said the lady, "a question you put to me when we last met ?" The professor said that be re nemberod. "And do you remehober my mswer, Mr Duncan ?" "Oh ! yes," said he Professor. "Well, Mr. DunoaD," proseeded the lady, "I have been led, on sonsideraiion to change my mind." "And 10 have I," dryly responded the Professor. Igy A gentleman traveling on horseback same upon aD Irishman who was fencing in t most barren and desolate piece of land. 'What are you fencingin that lot for, Pat?" said he. ."A herd of cows would itarve to death on that land !" "And sure, pour honor, wasu't I fencing it to kape the poor bastes out iv it ?" 1^, An Irishman in desoribiDg Amerija, said: "You might roll England thru it, in' it wouldn't make a dint in the ground ; there's fresh water oceans inside that you night drown ould Ireland in; and as for Scotland, ye might stiok it in a corner, and pe'd nover be able to find it out, except it mielit be bv the smell of wbiskev." B3T "How do you like the character of St. Paul ?" asked a parson of a landlady one day. "Ah ! he was a good, clever old soul, I know, for he once said, you know that we must eat what is set before us, and isk no questions for coosience sake. I always thought I should like hiui for a boarder." Stiff' An honest Hibernian, trundliug along & handcart containing all his valuables, wasaccosted with, "Well "Patrick, yon are moving again, I see." "Faith, I am" he replied, "for the times are so hard, it's a dale obeaper hiring handcarts than paying rents !" tOT "Mister will you just lend pa your newspaper ? He only wants to send it to his uncle in the country? "Q certainly? ind ask your father if he'll just lend me the roof of his house, I only want the shingles rt mako fho tflft kpf.f.lft bftil." t&~ "Friend Jonea, prepare yourself to hear bad news." "My graoious?apeak? what is it ?" "Your wife is dead !" "Oh, my dear, how you frightened me?I thought my house was burnt down." Digby, says, "the gale are like arrows, fox they can't be got off without a beau." W?f?4* Hatbm?gs. ? The Aoditor of Mississippi foots op tho probable indebtedness of tbat State at .$4,979,325,53 100. ?Why is playing chess a more exemplary occupation than playing cards? Because you play at chess with two bishops, and at cards with four knaves. ? The railroad between Puebla and the City of Mexico will be completed by the 1st Man ISftfl Honr 4. OOO lnhnmrn AM Am. ployed on the railroad from Vera Cruz to ! Mexico. ? A man passing through a gateway in the dark, hit his nose against the post. "I wish tha^post was in hell." "Better wish it somewhere else," said a bystander, "yon might hit against it again." ? General Kilpatriok was recently elected to Congress in New Jersey. It' is said that he received a strong vote from the Fenians. Think of a Fenian with that name ?EiH-patrick. ? "I want to bny a sewing-maohine," said an old lady, entering a shop. "Do yon wish for a maohine with a feller?" blandly inquired the shopman. "No ! don't want any of your fellers about me." ? A number of emigrant* direct from Cork, Ireland, arrived in Norfolk, on Wednesday evening The emigrants inclnded persons of both sexes, and ara precursors of others soon to arrive. . ? A slightly muddled chap in Colorado was remonstrated with by a friend for voting for negro suffrage. "Vote for neeger suffrage, to be sure I did. To hell with the neeger, let hi*n suffer and be d?d to him." ? Slavery exists in Kentucky and Delaware, the proclamation not extending to them, and these States not having taken any aotion on emancipation. Slave population in Delaware in 1860 was 1,800; in Kentucky at the same time, 225,000. ? "Jake," said ao old farmer one day to his mower, "do you know how many horns there are in a dilemma ?" "Well, no, I don't 'zaotly," replied Jake, "but I know 'zactly how many there are in a quart of good old Monongabela." * a _ ?:? ? nil B UJCUVlUg ui tuo pujroiuiauo 1U Washington on Thursday, to adopt measures against the cholera, it was shown that at the last visit of the pestilence to that city as many died with medioal attendance as without it. ? The Lyoohburg Republican of Wednesday Bays, the ^through mail car from Washington to Richmond, was robbed yesterday of two pouohe9 containing South Carolina matter. The pouohes were oarried about two* hundred yards from the depot, and there rifled. No clue to the robbers baB yet been obtained. ~ ' ? The President has been advised by telegraph, that the Florida convention has annulled the ordinance of secession abolishing slavery, declared that no person is incompetent to testify as a witness on anoount of color, in any matter where a colorMAMAAm iO AAnAAvnad fko Pnn. CU pciouu Id WUUWI uuu j ivpuuiuw\4 v**w vwiedeuie Slate rtftht,.a wended thft.Conatitation in other respects, and adjourned. ? A white'soldier,'belonging to an Illinois regiment married a colored woman last week in Americas, Ga. The foot coming to the knowledge of his comrades, they repaired to bis abode on the wedding night, took liim from thenoe to the oat-skirts of the. town, and after tarring and feathering him, released him with a caatioo .not to come within the limits of the town again. ? The Jews, both in this country and Europe, have, for several years past, been making great efforts to raise subscriptions for the rebuilding of a temple at Jerusalem permission to that effect having been given by the Turkish Government. There is a sublimity of purpose about the movement which must claim the respect and sympathy of all Christendom. ? The Baltimore American Btates :? ' Gen. Longstreet says that on the 1st of i April 1865, the Confederates had under j arms but two handred and fifty thousand men, while we had in our actual possession ninety eight thousand prisoners of war, and from final surrender received one hundred and seventy-five thousand men. We had over h million men in May last, and now have about one hundred and fifty thousand. ? The Secretary of the Interior has decided that all pensions granted prior to the commencement of the late war ceased to acorue from and after the date of the President's proclamation, declaring the State or district in which thepebsioner was domiciled to bo in insnrrection, and that the payment of such pension can only be resumed from and after the establishment of proof of the pensioner?to be restored to the rolls. ? Mr. J. P. Benjamin writes to his friends in New Orleans that he has been received and treated with great kindness and generi - - r iL A osity Dy many or me prominent statesmen of England; that he is waiting the legal term of residence to qaalify him for admission to the English bar, in order to resnme the practice of his profession in London or Liverpool, and that he manages to support himself very oomfortably by giving counsel and legal aid to his friends and others in 1 regard to legal matters in this conntry. ; ? . A writer to the N. Y. Evening Post, gives an account of a cornfield of 160 aores on the Grand Prarie, in the plowing, planting and cultivating of which no man walked a step A rotary spader, drawn by four horses, aod driven by a man seated on the box, plowed tbe field to tbo uniform depth ' of eight inches, and gave euch a thorough tilth that it was not necessary to nso the harrow at all. A cornplanter, drawn by 2 horsey and driven by a man upon the box, next planted the seed. ? The Washington Star of Saturday speaking of President Johnson's views with reference to the pardon question, says: "He designs pardoning all except about one thousand of the oivil and military lead ers, whose fate will depend on the action of Congress. A general amnesty, exoepting I tit AAA Aft DAD ID ftrtt /IaaMaJ a n b Li cog uoota, id uun ugclugu capculuui| aH ; the announcement of a prescribed list would ! not only create dissatisfaction throughout the country, but still further embarrass the President by arraigning against bis policy a powerful combination of the friends and the sympathizers of the excepted appli- j cants. Mttiti, f?isall?*g.' * . * ' ' KBEOY! I Whefl man from Paradise waa driven, And thorna around hi* pathway sprung, ' * Sweet mercy, wandering there from Heaven, Upon those thorns bright rosea flung; And, aye, as justice cursed the ground, She stole behind, unheard, unseen, , And as the curses fell around She scattered seeds of joy between. And thus, as evils spring to light, And spread like weeds their polsoni wide, Fresh healing plants came blooming bright, And stood to check them side by side. And now, though Eden bloom* afar, And man is exiled from her bowers? v Vet mercy men!* through bolt and bar And brings away her choicest flowers. "BUI Arp." ' The Chattanooga Gazette is after the redoubtable "Bill" with a "sharp stick," in regard to some allusionB made in bis late letter on the state of the conn fry The artide begins as follows : The latest aspirant in the arena of comic (?) literature, has written a letter published in the Nashville Republican of Sunday, in which he indulges in considerable growling aC some things which do not suit him iu the reconstruction of the country. Perhaps he has a right to do it, but we submit, Bill, that your attempts at ? harmonizing" are oot likely to sucooed, while yoa are indulging in suoh terms as calling the Union men of the South "tories" and "slink-hearted fellows," aud the Union men-of the North "Black Republican pups." Because you could not kill off "your enemies0 as fast as they were imported is no reason yrhy you should keep up an ill foeling which true men are trying to smooth down. .Doyou expect to better the matter by the use of such language as this? The following is the reply to the same, published in tbfe Rome Courier of the 9th instant: BILL ARP TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHATTANOOGA GAZETTE. Gentle Sur :?I don't think you tote fair. I havent expressed my laserated feelins in publik but twice since the war. I dident live in Chattanoogy, and I dident have no Gazett For about three months you bullied us in your paper to your entire satisfaction. Until Mr. Johnson sorter took up for us, you never sect a sheet to Rome that dident hurt our feeline and bore into our heart like u cotton gemlet. You copied from Yankee papers the meanest of their sjaoder, and it seemed to be perfectly congenial to your sentiments Well, sur, we bore it like an Injun We bore it silently aftd proud. We looked at our desolated land, our lonesome chimneys, our grave yards, where you unburied our dead and sunk your ride pits; where you broke to fragments the iron railing, and took the very tombstones to put in your fortifica' rinna Wp rpnrl vmir praUaMnna r>f Mnrt.h. ern bravery and Southern treason, and we scorned you from the bottom of our hearts. Now when of late an humble iodividaal makes bold* to bust his biler and express bis sentimeuts in two bretf letters, you get up like a sanctified preacher and read him a pnblik lekture about harmonizin. Gentle sar, it dont bekum you. When Ive insulted you about 22,000 times we will be even. But I dont intend to insult yon at all. If you are an honest man and a generous oonqaeror, I aint after you.* When you make ao effort to convince Mr. Harper's Weekly and the biaok rspublikins that our people, from General Lee and Mr. Davis down to the high privates, are just as good, and brave, aua Doooraoie as tney are, 111 harmonize with you Bat, Gentle Sar, bavent you spred yourself too far froai borne? What bav you been doio about harmonizin your own people ? Our little burnt city is last fillin up with your best citizens Daring the war you let 'em stay, but after the war tbey are foroed to. leave. Like exiles tbey are seeking refuge in Cherokee, Georgy, and there stands your paper like a lainpless, ligbtless beakou on the shore, and sustaios the men and measures that made em leave. You are seeiu em day after day desertin your State, and you look away off and employ your pen in lokturio a poor straoger about barmonizia. Gentle Sur, shorten your sights Begin tn tmnrlr nn u/inr hnmfl ennnerns or vou'li ' -? -- J? ?r- -- ? Jose all your best society. They are welcome here,-and we'll ail stand by em, bnt then I have always thoughttthat every great State ought to have some good meu left io it. Don't you? GeDtle Sur, tote fair. - Not yours, Bill Arp. Prevalent Mistakes. It is a mistake to suppose that the subscription price of a newspaper is'a clear gaiu to the publisher. It is a mistake to suppose that he gets his white paper for nothing. It is a mistake to suppose it is printed without cost. - It is a mistake to suppose that he can live bodily by fuith. It is a mistake to suppose that it is an j easy thiDg to please everybody. It is a mistake to suppose that a paper is ! not worth buying whioh contains ooly what ; we know and believe already. It is a mistake to suppose that money due I for & paper would be as good to publishers ! a year hence as it is now. ft is a mistake to believe that publishers would not be thankful for what is due them I for subscription. ! FojJiOW the Right ?No matter who I you are, or what your lot, or where you livo, you caonot afford to do that which is wrong. . The only way to obtain happiness and pleasure for yourself, is to do the right thing. You muy not always hit the mark; but you should always aim for it, and with e*ery trial your skill will increase. Whether you are to be praised or blamed for it by others; whether it will seemingly make you richer or poorer, or whether no other per '' " 1 ?? nf unrir ontinn ?<ju tuuu yoursen nuvn v> ;vu, >.v<v>.^ still, always, and in all oases, do tbe right thiog. Your first lessons in the rule will sometime# Seem hard ones, but they will grow easier and easier, until, finally, doing j-li .ii ...v ?- _ v-i,;.. ?4 me ngnc ming will Deooujc u uaum, >uu tu do a wrong will seem an impossibility. ? - The Fitnk88 of Things ?Did anybody ever reflect bow living In such a,ooantry as Australia, for instance, mast apset all one'H established ideas aboattbe fitness of thingB? Whatever previous experience of the points of the compass a man ma; have had, is here leversed. The son no longer shines from the Southern half of the heavens, bat from the oortbera. The old rale in the sobool geographies, "Tarn jour face to the son, and jou will have the West at jour right band, and the East at joor left," must be expunged from his mernorj- The Australians go "dojrn North" to spend the winter and come "up South" during the hot summer months.' The first strawberries and earlj potatoes come from "down North"? The needle of the compass p?,.ots toward the South, and the North Star is do looger a symbol of steadiness. In short, the North " * 1 -? J >L. ana toe ooatn exoaange piaoos, hqu me Australian poets mast sing odes to "the sanny North" aDd "the icy Sooth." WM." H. McCORKLE. NEW STORE! NEW GOODS!! - COL W. H. IQ'CORKLE * RIES^kc^fcc., whtch^hc U instructed to SELL, AT ONCE. The price* will, there fore, be as CHEAP as can be found in Yorkytlle. He invites his former patrons to give him n call and ex amino his STOCK, before purchasing elsewhere. . The Store will be found in the Brick portion of STOWE'S HOTEL?the room formerly occupied by L. BLOOMBERG 8t BRO. WANTED?North Carolina BANK BILLS, at mar kot value ; WOOL, BEESWAX. LIN8EY, JANES, kc W. H. kcCOlfcKLE. October 19-27 tf MILES' SHOES.-JUST RECEIVED a fine assortment of Ladles' and Gentle men's 8HOES, from the celebrated manufactory of T MILES k SON, Philadelphia. At W. H. McCORKLE'S. October 26 .28 tf pROCiERY.-?-AXARGE"LO'I V_7 of CROCKERY of every description, which will bi sold at prices prevailing before the war. At W. H. McCORKLE'S. October 26 28 tf SNUFF.?A LARGE QUANTITY of LORILLARD'S SCOTCH 8NUPF, just receivec by . W. H. McCORKLE. October 26 28 tf TDLUE-STONE.?A QUANTITY JL> of BLUE-STONE. For sale by W. H. McCORKLE. October 26 38 tf iHROCERIEs7?SU(^~^CGFU FEE and TEA. For uale by W. H. McCORKLE. October 26 28 tf Bagging and roping' For sale by W. H. McCOBKLE. October 26 28 if ock island janesFor rale cheap, by W. H. McCOBKLE. October 26 28 tf otton ya~rn ?&towe'! COTTON YARN. For sale by W. H. McCORKLE. October 26 28. tf (jaddles and bridles^ O large lot of SADDLES AND BRIDLES. For sale b; W. H. McCORKLE. October 26 28 tf Bla^tkb o?ks".?a lo^ 01 BLANK BOOKS, PAPER, ENVELOPES, kc. For tale by W. H. McCORKLE. October 26 - r 28 tf AN OLD BE8INR4SRE81IMRD. ^THE Sub?crilwr^here? giuno oniubinuo.1 LJ '''" P'aae on CONGRESS Street, No. 15, Yorkvilli pared to do all things 1 his line, Willi neatness and dispatch,, and at prices curret here thirty years ago. TIME-KEEPERS of all kinds, and escapements,-whle . are of the better qualities ; and when thoroughly REPAID ED by the subscriber, will be WARRANTED In all hi WORK for their good performances, for the space qf ONI YEAR, If well used, and their ownership remain unchar ged. Tanks?CASH, OR BABCTER. E. A. CRENSHAW. AGAIN. * ALL small Cutlery, Surgical Instruments, Metalic \Vr ting Pens, Sic., Sic., will be GROUND, POLISHED, ? otherwise put In good WORKING ORDER by the subscrl ber. Terms?CASH, OR BARTER. E. A. CRENSHAW. YET AGAIN. SOME matters required will be MADE, and Surveyor1 Compasses will be- REPAIRED, and their Needles MAC NETIZED, together with some other Mathematical Instru ments made nnd repaired by the subscriber. TERMS?CASH, OR BARTER. E. A. CRENSHAW. MOBEOVEB. SILVERING by luna cornea, and PLATING with 811 ver, and GILDING with Gold, together with LAttUERINl on Metals, will bo done by the subscriber. TeRMS-CASH, OR BARTER. E. A. CRENSHAW. October 12 26 tf QOUTH CAROLINA?YORK DIS O TRICT.?Whereas, F. A. DOUGLASS and JOSEPI DOUGLASS have applied to me for Letters of Adinlni* tration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, right and credits of JOSEPH DOUGLASS, late ot the Diatric 'aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and slngu lur, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to b and appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for tb sold District, to be holdeii at York Court House on the 4tl day of December next,to shew cause, If any, why the sail Adinlnlctrntlnn uhnnlil nnf hp rrmntpH Given under my band and Seal, this2Qth day of November In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred am sixty-five, andln the 90th year of the Independence o the United States of Amerlcn. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. November 23 32 Si* qouth carolina.-yobkdis O TRICT?Whereas Col. W. C. BEATTY has oppllet to me for Letters of Administration, it btrti* nan, on al and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits o JOSEPH POAG, late of the District aforesaid,deceased These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singula the klnSted and creditors of the said deceased, to be ant appear before me at our next Ordinary to Court for the salt District, to be holdeh at York Court House, on the -itl day of December next, to shew cause, If any, why tho uoi. Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 21st day of November In il,? war of our T.nrit one thousand elctit hundred ant slxtv-ffve, nnd in the nrnetleth year of the Independent:) of the United States of America. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D.November 23 32 9t* TITFAULKNER & WIPE, VS. O A. K. SAV1LLE, ET. JIL.?In Equity-YorkBII1 for Partition of Land. It appearing to my fcatlsfnetion that A. K. Savlllc, Jc rome B. Savllle, Nancy P. Crockett, James M. Pattenion the ahltdren of Dav^l Hass and his wife Mariah lately de ceased, (names unknown;) the children of Henry Ward ant his wire, Sarah, lately doceased, (names unknown;) defeif dants In above stated case, reside beyond the limits of thii State : It Is, therefosc, on motion or J. Bolton Smith, So licitor for Complainants, ordered, that said absent Defendants do appear and plead, answer or demur to the bill filet in this case within three months from the publication o this notice, or said bill will be taken pro confcsso as to them (|5tf.) WALTER B. METT8, a. k. y. D.. August 31 20 3m ?NEW GOODS T Opposite Zing's Mountain Hotel. IT^HE UNDERSIGNED IS RE| X CEIV1NQ direct from Northern cities a LARGE ' and VARIED assortment of GOODS, such as are usuallj , fbund In a well appointed store.. From his long experience ' as a merchant, be flntters himself to be able to please ali I who may fttvor him with a call. "Short Pxorrrs a*x i ftcicK Sales" is'mv motto. G. R. R'ATCHFORD. j September 14 22 tf HOSE'S HOTEL, r - TOBBrraiB. s. c. 4 iTWr THIS large and commodious establisht-i mentis now open for the rescption oi | V18IT088?permanent and transient 1 W' jflB'illL ty the proprietor iti person. 'a ^w?~ ducement la offered to the % INC PUBLIC, and no effort will be spared to afford general satisfaction. ? W. E. ROSE, ft?-HACKS, from this House, connect with the Rail road #t Rock Hill and other pol?pt jdally. September 14 S2 H - THE STAMP ACT. u: . o ONE OP THE TAX LAWS OP THE U. STATES. tl ' 0 There are probably but I>w of the readers of thia paper ? who know the detaila of the Stamp Act. Yet, there la no law, State or National, the pro vial on* of which are more Important to the people. Here are such of lu proceeding* aa we think will prove moat Interesting and Important to the reader: SCHEDULE B. ACKOVvLEDGMENT?of deeds exempt AFFIDAVIT 5 oents In suit er legal proceedings exempt AGREEMENT OR APPRAISEMENT?for each sheet or piece of paper on which the same is written 5 cents ASSIGNMENTS OR TRANSFERS?of mortgage, lease or policy of Insurance, the same duty as on the original Instrument. Of patent right 3 cents . BANK CHECKS, DRAFTS OR ORDERS, fcc.,? at night or on demand 2 cents , BILLS OF EXCHANGE, draft or order, , payable otherwise than at sight or on demand, j and any promissory note, whatever, payable on I demand or at a time designated, [except bonk ( notes Issued for circulation, and checks made ,| and Intended to be, and which shall be forthwith presented for payment] for a sum not exceeding j $100 5 cents , For every additional hundred dailara, or fractional , 1 port thereof 5 cents j BILLS OF LADING?of vessels ftnr ports of the Cirited States or-British North America exempt Or receipt of goods on any foreign ports 10 cents , BILL OF SALE?of any vessel, or part thereof when the consideration does not exceed Ave | i hundred dollars ? 50 cents i Exceeding $500 and not exceeding $1,000 $1,00 Exceeding $1,000, for each $500, or fractional pan thereof 50 cents ( Of personal property [other than ship'or vessel] 5 cents BOND?personal, for payment of money (See Mortgage] 1 OUcwl 9-00 ' For Indemnifying any person for the payment of 1 any sum of money, where the money ultimately recoverable thereupon Is $1,000 or less 50 cents | Where the money recoverable exceeds $1,000, for every additional $1,000, or fractional pan thereof 50 cents BUNDS?county, city and town bonds, railroad and bther corporation bonds and script are sub- , ' ject M stamp duty. [See Mortgage.] ' Of aov description other than such as are required In legal proceedings, and such as are not otherwise charged In this schedule. 23 cents CERTIFICATES?of deposit in bank, sum not exceeding one hundred dollar* 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 Peace Commissioner of Deeds or Notary Public 5 cents Of search of records ' 5 cents That certain papers ore on file 5 cents That certain papers cannot be found ' 5 cents Of redemption of land sold for taxes 5 cents Of birth, marriage and death 5 cents Of qualifications of school teachers 5 cents Of profija in an incorporated company, for & sum not less than $10 and not exceeding $o0 10 cents Exceeding $50 and not exceeding $1,000. 25 cents Exceeding $1,000, for evary additional $1,000, or fractional pan thereof ' . 25 cents Of damage or otherwise, and nil other certifi, dates or documeuts issued by any port warden, marine surveyor, or other person acting as such 25 cents' , certified transcript-am- judgments, satIsfaetlon of judgements, and of all papers, recorded or on file 5 cents (N. B.?As a general rule, every certificate which bos, or may have, a legal value lu any court of law or equity, will require a stamp dn IT ui JKUI?.; | CHECK, DRAFT OR ORDER?for the payment of any ouin of money, exceeding $lli, drawn upon any person other than a bank, banker or trust company, at sight or on demand.' 2 cents - CONTRACT?[See Agreement.] Brokers. 10 cents CONVEYANCE?deed, Instrument, or writing whereby'lands, tenements, or other realty sold shall be conveyed, the actual value which does not exceed $000 ... 50 cents Exceeding $500. and not exceeding $1,000 $1,00 For every additional 9500, or fractional port thereof, in excess of $1,000 SO cents ENTRY?of any goods, wares or merchandize at any custom house not exceeding $100 in value 25 cents Exceeding $100, and not exceeding $500 in value 50 cents > Exceeding $500 in value $1>00 For the withdrawal of any goods or merchandise, from bonded warehouse 50 cents . GUAGER'S RETURN?if for quantity not exceeding 500 gallons, gross; 111 cents Exceeding 50(1 gallons 25 cents POWER OF ATTORNEY?to sell or transfer stock or collect dividends thereon 25 cents - To vote at on election of incorporated company 10 cents ) To receive or collect rents 05 cents ' To sell, or convey, or rent, or lease real estate $1,00 For any other purpose 50 cents PROBATE OF WILL?or letters of administration, where the value of both real and personal estate does not exceed $4,000. $1>00 . ' For every additional $5,000, or fractional pan 1 thereof, In excess of $2,000 50 cents y Bonds of executors, administrators, guardians and trustees, ore each subject to a stamp duty of $1,00 PROTEST?upon bill note, check or droit 25 cents - PROMISSORY NOTE?^See Bills of Exchange, i1 inland.] Renewal of, snbject to same duty as an original note* RECEIPT?for the payment of any sum of money, or debt due, exceeding $20, or for the delivery of ( any property 2 cents TRUST DEED?made to secure a debt, to be stamped as n mortgage. Conveying estate to uses to be stamped as a conveyance. WAREHOUSE RECEIPT?for any goods,wares y or merchandise not otherwise provided for, dsposited or stored in any public or private wareis. house, not exceeding $500 la. value 10 cents ? Exceeding $500, and not exceeding $1,000 20 cents 1, Exceeding $1,000, for every additional $1,000, or r- fractional part thereof, in excess of $1,000 10 cents d For any goods, Stc., not otherwise provided for, 1- stored or deposited in any public or private wareit house or yard ? 25 cents S WRITS It LEGAL DOCUMENTS?writs or oth>, er legal process, by whicb any suit Is coaupenced f- in any court of record, either of law or equity 50 cents n Writ or other original process Issued by a court it not of record, where the amount claimed Is $100' or over ou cents i h Upon every confession of judgment or cognovit, for $100, or over, except in case* where the tax is for a writ has been paid ' SO cents E Writ or other process appeals from justices' i- courts, or other courts of Inferior Jurisdiction, to a court of record 50 cents Warrants of distress, when the amount of rent claimed does not exceed $100 25 cents When the amount exceeds $100 SO cents INSURANCE?Marine, Inland and Fire. When' . I_ the consideration paid for the insurance, In cash (r premium nous, or both, does not exceed $10 10 cents [_ Exceeding $10, and not exceeding $50 SO cents INSURANCE, Lire?wher the amount insured does not exceed $1,000 * 25 cents Exceeding $1,000, and not exceeding $5,000 SO cents Exceeding $5,000 $1.00 LEASE?ot lands or tenements, where the rent >? does not exceed $300 per annum SO cents i_ Exceeding $300, tor each additional $200, orfrac" tlonal part thereof, In excess of $300 SO cents Perpetual,subject to stamp duty as a conveyance. Clause of guaranty af payment of rent, tncorpo- ? rated or indorsed, five cents additional. MEASURERS' RETURN?If for quantify wot ex cceding 1,000 bushels 10 cents Exceeding 1,000 bushels 23 cents MORTGAGE?trust deed, bill of sale, or personal bond for the payment ot money exceeding $100, I and not exceeding $500 _ " 50 cents Exceeding $500, for every additional $500 or fractional part thereof, In excess of $500. 50 cents PAWNERS' CHECKS 5 cents 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 every additional $50, or fractional port there * UI, in CXCC9(> Ul v GENERAL REMARKS. '! Revenue Stamps may be used Indiscriminately upon any of the matters or things enumerated In schedule D, except _ proprietary and playing card stamps, lor which a special e use has been provided. 0 Postage stamps oannot be used in payment of die duty 1 chargeable on instruments. j It is the duty of the maker of an Instrument to affix and cancel the stamp thereon. If he neglects to do so, the prty for whose use It la made may stamp it before it is 1 used ; but in no case can it be lefuly used without a stamp; and if used after tho 30th of June, 1864, and used without a stump, it cannot afterwards be effectually stamped. Any failure upon the part of the maker of an Instrument to appropriately stamp It, renders him Uable to a penalty of two hundred dollars. . Suits are commenced in many States by other process - than writ, viz: summons, warrant, publication, petition, j Ac., In which case these, as the original process, severally I require stamps. f Writs of scire facias are subject to stamp duty as original processes. " , , The Jurat of an affidavit, taken before a Justice of the j Peace, Notary "Public, or other officer duly authorized to j take affidavits^!* held to be a certificate, and subject to a , sump duty of 5 cents, except when taken in suits or legal j proceeding* . .. Certificates of loan, in which there shall appear any printed or written evidence of any amount of money to be j paid on demand, or at any time designated are subject to , stamp duty as "Promissory Notes." i The. assignment of a mortgage is subject to the same stamp duty as that imposed upon the original instrument'; that Is to say, for every sum of five hundred dollars, or any fractional' part thereof, of the amount secured bv tne mortgage, at the time of its assignment, there must be affixed a stamp or stamps, denoting a duty of fifty cents. When two or more persons join In the execution of an instrument, the stamps to which the instrument is liable - under the law, may be affixed and cancelled by one of the , parties. * in conveyances of real estate, the law provides that the 1 stomp affixed must answer to the value of the estate on - interest conveyed. > No stamp Is required on any warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or note, when such bond or note has af fixed thereto the stamp or stamps denoting the duty re.- . I quired, and whenever any bond or note la secured by f mortgage, but one stamp duty Is required on such papers, such stamp duty being, the highest rates required forsudh instruments, or either of them, in such case a note or memorandum of the value or denominaton of the stamp affixed should be made upon tbe margin or in the acknowledgment of the instrument which It not stamped. ^ AN ACT of Congress, to provide Internal Revenue, Apprqyed June 30, 1854, and amended March, 3,1865, Ac. '] STAMP DUTIES. I See. 151. And be it further enaettd, That all laws In ,{ r force at the time of the jjassage of this act in relation to stamp duties shall contiuue in force until lbs first day of I August, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and an and after ? the she first day of August, eighteen hundred and sixtyfour, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, for and In < respect of the several Instruments, matters and things men- I ! iinnoH arui described in tbe schedule (marked B) hereunto ' : annexed, orfor or In respect cf the vellum, parol)ment, or ' paper upon which such instruments, matters or thlnp, or "i any of them, shall be tyrltletj or printed, by any person or I .persons, or party who shall malte; sign, or Issue the saroej < or for whose use or benefit the same shall be made, signed, J or issued, the several duties orsudts of monev set down la 1 figures agulhot the. same, respectively, or otherwise spedf fled or set forth In the said schedule. , I Sao. 152. JhUUUfurtkr aureted, That U shall not be lawful to record any instrument. document, or paper re quired by la who be stamped, unless a stamp or stamps of the proper unqpiU shall have been affixed; and the record of any such Instrument,"upon which the proper stamp or stamps aforesaid shall not have been affixed, shall be marly .void and shall not be used In evidence.. i' Boc. 153. Jhtd U it fmiier enacted, That no lnrtrument. docunlcnt, writing, or paper of any description, required f law to be stamped, aball be deemed or held lanmeeoo ' effect for tbe want of the particular Hmt or liw ih on of itaiup designated for and denoting tbe duty charged IjflHH !!i^y ',ucl1 l^Jtruxncnt, document, writing, or paper, age- 9 * legal itamp, or stamps, denoting a duty of eqoaJ flttflS Vo^V^i1 hBVU tet'? dut> adued and uaed-thereon: I H That the provisions of thle eecUon ahall not apply $?SSt^?sH? | trameaaL *??? ?*?<?*, That all official fo- H H fficen, o^T? Bra lereby are, exempt from dotv *^ennneot> "*" *' H SB j&s?eSgawsategg . 9| ised in pursuance of this act. or Hi fl H 9\ ICO^UIUIUUJ iuv voowuJ vi "vj ,? 11 w 1|1T- *TIflT7?jtfc*rw >f any such ramp or die. u aforesaid, upon ?ny veUuiu' XMI parchment, or poper. or wall ramp or mark, ar ea?M or procure to be stamped or marked, any vellum, parchment, ^HBBi x paper, with any such forged or counterielted ramp .4 HE x -die, or part of any stamp or die, as sfnirmiil. with Sh30B Intent to defraud the United Stakes of say of the 'dudes fffllfM hereby imposed, or any part thereof; or if aajr poreou IftBSl shall UUer, or sell, Or expose to sale, any vellum, fa?Mi parchment, or paper, article; or thiaf, having Chew- &8BH upon the impression ol any each counterfeited mama or tfAdmi die, or t? part of an/stamp or dte,? or any such forged, sHHKJ counterfeited or resembled Impression, cur pan of lraesmilon, as aforesaid, knowing the same respectively to be fmged, counterfeited, or resembled; or If any person shah M knowingly use any ruunp or die which shall have beat.so aSBBH provided, made, or used, ns aforesaid, with intent to <U fraud the United gtatcs; or if any person shall ftsudtrtstw- WtQm ly cut, tear, or rerftoee, or oauae or fobeure,to he em, M torn, or removed, the impresitoo of any staaqs or die which ^Kwj hall have been provided, made or used In pursuance of this aci, from any vellum, parchment* or paper, or a?p?annf incut or writing chanted or chargeable with any of the W duties hereby imposed; or if any person shallwflfUUytn- saiBM| move pr cause to be removed from any stamped eareicpe the canceling or deftctng marks hereon, with tntsot to HHlfl use tiic same or cause the use of the same the. seoaad time, Wd or shall knowingly or wilfully sell or boy zuch washed or ?EuH restored stamps, or offer the same for sate, or gtxe or ex- fclliBM pose the same to any person for use, or knowingly use the aMffi same, or prepare the same with Meat for the eeeoad W use thereof, then, and In every such case, every jpereon ao gffll offending, and every-person knowingly and wHfttlry aiding, H abetting, or aaaisttng in committing any such aflenca as aforesaid, shall be dbemed guilty of felony, and shall, on . conviction thereof, forfeit toa said coaflteflbfg starapeMd the articles upon they are placed, and bo punished by fine H not exceeding one thousand doOais, ar by imprtsoninaht S9flR and conliucmcnt to liard labor not dreed! ng UtiJSIMW W IH H both, at tlae discration of the court. A dtc. 136. iridic U/uriJ*r enacted, That In any and all \M cases where an adhesive sump shall be osed-foe denoting any duty Imposed by this act. sxcepc as hereinafter provl 9 ded, the person using or affixing foe same shall write thereupon the initials of his name and the date upon which the V| sojue shall be attached or used, so that tire same may not U be again used. And if any pereon shall fraudulently make V I use of an adhesive stamp to. denote any duty bapanedhy . HH this act without M effectually cancelling and obliterating ( such sump, except as before mantionod, be, ihaerttty * fijM| shall forfeit the sam of fifty dollars: Provided, That any CWItt proprietor or proprietors pf proprietary articles, or articles HBH iuD]e? to stamp duty under Schedule C of this act, shall WffiB have tlie privilege of furnishing without expense to the mn United States, Insoluble form, to be approved by (HeCom- raHBC mlssioner of internal Uevenue, his or their own dies or da- M signs for stamps to be used thereon, to bamOdl under the GEWa direction and to be retained in the possession of the Com- {3HB1 mlssioner of Internal Hcvenue for his or their separate ase, fflml which shaii.not be duplicated to any other parson. That KcM in ail cases where such stamp Is used, Instead of his or BBeBBw their writing the date tiiereou, tiro said stamp shall be so WW affixed on the Uqx, bottle, or package, that in opening foe M0B same, or nring the contents thereof, the said stamp shall ?QB9 be effectually destroyed; and in deftuit thereof, snail he bfiaU liable |o the name-penally Imposed for neglect to affix .stdd HQ stamp as hereinbeiore prescribed in tiria act. Any psassu nfonfl who shall fraudulently obtain or use any of foe aforesaid stamps or designs therefor, any any person forgtafrU* HRh| counterfeiting, or causing or procuring the forging, or coon- MjrljW tenetting any representation, likeness, similitude, or color- MM able lmltatioo of the said last mentiooed stamp, or engraver IBIS or printer who shall sell or give away sold sumps, or selling. the same, o. being a merchant, broker, peddler, at person BMW dealing, in whole or in pan, in similar goods, wares, mar- JQBgfl ? -r ftihfon cnonuizc, niiuiumciura, p* ?* ^f designed for similar objects or purposes, ?baU have know- ^B?? Ingly or fraudulently la his, ber, or tbelr pomftatafln any < H| sucb forged, counterfeited likeness, similitude,or colorable IHR Imitation ot tbc said last mentioned stamp, shall be deem [HIImH ed guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be subject to all tbc penalties, tftves, aad forfeitures pie- HB scribed in the preceding section of this act. n Sec. 157. Jlni be it further enacted. That the Commlssloner of internal Revenue be, and be la hereby, authorlacd to prescribe such method fos the caacatitahta of ?pa, as substitute for or In addition to the method now pa . scribed by law, aa be may deem expedient aad effectual. HJHBQ And he is further authorized In his discretion to tasks the WQHW application of such method imperative upon the munuiac | turera of proprietory articles, or articles included In Bcbad aww uie C, aud upon stamps of a nominal value exceeding VFtMfi twenty, five cents each. Bnwtt Sac. 158. jhU be it further enacted, Thasany person Or perrons who shall make, sign, ur issue, or who shall cause to be made, signed, or issued, any instrument, document, of paper or any kind or deeeriptioa whatsoever, or WSfm shall accept, negotiate, or pay, or cause ?o be accepted, ne - & gotiated, ot paid, any 6(11 of ex change, draft, or org at, or . promissory noce^for the paymeot of money, VtttiMahe same being doiy stamped, or baring thereupon an adhesive BBB stamp for deuotlng the duty changeable thereon, With lb- JHN tent to evade the provisions of this act, shall, for every sush otfeoce, forfeit the sdm of fifty dollars, aad aaeb iastru- |BH| ment, document, or paper, bill, draft, order or note shall be nHB deemed Invalid and or no effect: Provided, That die title igEWB of a purchaser of land by deed duly stamped sluiH dot be - TMK&i defeated or afibcted by the want of a proper stamp on any ' K deed conveying said land by mtr-pemou tarn, through, or HHjSS under whom his grantor claims or hoida title: .dadyrvvifrd aPl?l further, That hereafter, in ail cases, where the party bas UmM not affixed to any instrument required by the one hundred NO and fifty-first section of the act of Jane thirtieth, eighteen BK hundred and slxw-lbur, Ot the schedule markac 1, thercun HU9 to annexed, the dfempthereby rvqntred to ba th veunw af- U83 ftxad, attimUmeof makiaaor WrjilngLtha caldh etiuawi, g^HN stromant, he or they shall appear before the oouactnr of the MjjBfW reveene of the proper district, who staff, upon few pay- Qfl mem of the price of the proper sump txqttfrud by towruad m?ii of a penalty of fifty dpllara, and, where the whole amount * IfflN of the duty denoted by the stamp rripilrnd shall err awl IfXi HH sum of fifty dollars, tm payment also of Interest, ai the rate or six per cent., oa said dimr.firom the day ? which ateh IBB stamp ought to have been affixed, afiix tbe proper stamp-u> ' ^HHI such Instrument, and note apon the aaergia of said fnatra- Wf&Hm ment the date of his doing, and the feet that such penalty * M has been paid, and such Instrument shall thereupon be fcfl deem ad and held to be aa valid, 10 aiktnteubimifi purposes l^Kvll as If stamped when made or issued : -And unvidel farther, jmBtM That where ft whail appear to aaidcal'eetoi', aphn oachor HMi otherwise, to his satisfaction, that any such instrument baa BMh not been ddly stamped fit the time of making or issuing the 3HB K.. M nirnS.. InulnftimMLWW. cent necessity, and without any wtlful dentpi to de&aud the ISflB united State* of lb* stamp duty, or 0 avade at delay Ike payment thereof, then and In such cone, If such tnirinro?I 3RHH Hall, within twelve calendar month* titer the making or MM Issuing tiirem, be-brought to the aaW coiftctor of revtaue fffmnB to be stamped, and the atamp duly cBntgcabtu (hereon shall ^HB be paid, it shall be lawful forthesaid collector to result the iWfflli penalty aforesaid, and 0 cadae anch Instrument* to be duly uon Bap. 153. jlnd be it further enacted, That U? acceptor or acceptors of any bill of exchange or order for the payment ffTfflBB of any stun of money drawn, or purporting to be drawn, In jM any foreign country, out payable in the United States, aba 11 2P^H before, paying or accepting the name, place tbeOupon a jfiBfl atamp, Indicating the duty upon tba tame, as the law re- BHWi quire* for Inland bills ot excbaapt, or promissory notes, 9BB and no bill of excbange shall be paid or negotiated without sucb stauip { and if any person shall payor negotiate, ^or 8EOB offer In payment, or receive or cake In payment, any sueb H draft or order, the person or persona so offending shall for- JgflRB felt the sum of two hundred dollars. TSsEnm Sac. 160. Jnd ht it further enacted, That 00 atamp duty ARCH shall be required on powers of attorney or any other paper fX93B relating to applications for bounties, arrearages of pay, or pensions, or to the receipt thereof from time to timber H upon tickets or contracts of insurance when limited to Me- tfmMg mental injury to persons, nor on certificates ctf the meas- - urement or weight of animals, weod, coal, or tsay; nor on deposit notes to mutual insurance companies far Insurance IHfffl upon which policies subject to stamp duties have beea or iMME are to be issued; nor on any certificate id the record of a deed or other instrument of writing, or of the acknowfedrmen', or proof thereof by at testing witnesses; nor to any Indorsement ofa negotiable Instrument or on any warrant *H of attorney, accompanying a bond or hots, when soeh band EMM or note shall have affixed thereto the. stamp or stamps de- $MHI noting the duty required ; and whenever waif Bond ornote TBBMI shall be secured by a mortgage, but one stampahaU hire- }SB quired to be placed ou such papers: Prodded, That the LagtflEl stamp duty placed thereon shall be the highest rate requited Pj for said instruments, of either of them. jMQfl Sap. 161. Jind be it further enacted, That "the Oomati* siouexof Internal Revenue be, and la hereby, authorized to sell and supply collectors, deputy collectors, postmasters, fM9Sm stationers, or any other persons, at hi* discretion,'wt(h >d , D beslve stamps, or stamped paper, vellum, or percmoeut,'as Am herein providod for, In cmeunts not leas tb&O fifty Mten, upon the payment, at the. time of dellvary, of the amount SBaM or duties said stamps, stamped paper, vellum, or patehmebt, so sold or supplied, represent, ana may allow, upon the WjBM aggregate amount of such stamps, as aforesaid, the mm of jj&SNt not exceeding five per centum as to tits codec- HQS tors, postmasters, stationers, or other purchasers ; but (be ^1 of any paper, vellum, or parchment shall be paid by NK as aforesaid: Provided, Thai anypreprtat^'3 proprietor- ?|jHB of articles named in Schedule C, who shall furnish bis or ^BM their owh die or design fur Niniqpa; to be used especially for his or their own proprietary aradas, shall lie allowed the foiinwim ronunliwlnii. nnmwy un amounts uuuihw ?i one lime of not Jem LhAn fifty nor more than five himdnd 7S9M dollars, live per centum; on amounts over five hundred tn^H dollars, ten per centum. The Comml.aJoner of Internal sfigBj Revenue may from time to time- moke regulations, upon HS proper evidence of the fie a, for the allowance of each of a*M the stamps Issued under the provision of this act a* may >wSB have been spoiled, destroyed, or rendered useless or Unfit ffififf for the purpose Intended, oribr which the owner may have 9?WBi no use, or wliich through mistake may have been lmprop- * Sop crly or unnecessarily used, or where the rites or duties ftWK represented thereby have been paid in error, or remitted ; sgHfl and such allowance shall be made either by giving other 8BS9B stamps ha lion of the stamps so allowed for. or by repaying the amount or value, after deducting therefrom, la case oi je payment, the sum of five per centum to the owner there- . of; but no allowance shall be made in any case until the stamps so spoiled or rendered useless shall hiave beea returned to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, or until TCflSfl satisfactory proof has been made showing the reason why vSwHI said stamps cannot besoreuimed tiVovisM, ThattiaCom- |SN mlsHionrr of Internal Revenue may, from time to time, ftirnUb, supply, and deliver to any muoufheturer of friction or nWV other matches, cigar Ughts or wax tapers, a suitable quan ^Efl tity of adhesive or other eoallpa,' such as may be prescribed Bttfl) for use in such gases without prepayment therefor, on i SSSj credit not exceeding sixty days, requiring, in advance, such HIM security aa he may Judge necessary to secant payment WMI therefor to the Treasurer of the United States, within the mOH time prescribed for such payment. And upon all bonds or MD other securities taken by said Commissioner, under the wgM provisions of this act, salts may he maintained by said n?SH Treasurer In the circuit or district court. of the .United MH 1? ?kn aavnMl lUafW/rifi whArO fiRV rtf fhs? kWMAtlh jiving Mid bonds or otUw scctvillen reside ? may be found, S8KE In any appropriate form of oetion. ajfgSwj Sac. lea. jSnd U it farther iwwrdsd, That it sbnlt be naO lawful for any person to present to the collector of the dto- afli trlct, subject to the role* nod regulations of the CoaomU- jeWW nlouer of Internal Revenue, any Instrument not previously 2S9BBI Issued or used, and require Ills opinion whether or not tlie , same la chargeable with any stamp duty; and If the Hid waKW collector shall be of opinion that each Instrument is chUge- QH| able with any stamp duty, he shall, upon the Dement s? therefor, affix and cancel the proper stamp: and n of the opinion that such lostnanent Is not rtnptHt with any Uf stamp duty, or la chargeable only with tbe duty hyfcim des j^BQ Ipnatcd, bo is hereby required to lnrothss thereon a partlcular stamp, to be provldnd for Unit mwn. with such MW words or device thereon as be shall judge proper, BtBi which shall denote that such instrument Is not charges- HM ble with any stamp duty, or Is chargeable only with the WMW duty denoted by the stamp affixed; and every such instru- HSI meat upon which the said stamp shall be impressed shall jOWtCdl be deemed to be not chmgeable, or to be chargeable only M|M with the duly denoted by the stamp so affixed, and shall be JgEffiKg received In evidence in ml! courts of law1 or equity, notwithstanding any objections made to the same by rum ot BMB it being unstamped, or of It being Insufficiently stamped JWBfiEO fl fi