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* * ' Rafting. ! Letter from Aloaso Ward to his Brother. Shxoago, March 11. To the Edytur of the Sunda Times :? 4 years ago, while in iodisoapoles, ingyana, I wrote to Mr. Prentiss, of the Loeenlle Jurnal, regarding the wbareaboats of my ^ brother, Artymos W jd, off boom I hare not heerd sinsfc he was a boi, "And w? ronmed the fields together," Bappo asa Maltral in Kasbmeer Sox. There were four off us brothers, all boia. The follering is a pedigog of oar fsmile. Oar parents, of whioh there was 2, kossisted of ; oar father and/mother, namely : Han'ner and Erysipelas Ward. The latter (my father} was eriven hevilv to nlng tobaoker, of which he chawed incessantly, though boiled Bakoo, done rair, wax hie best holt He was a man that ooald not go long be* tween drinks; the Kamil did not predominate in him, and G Hover took him at the age of sioksty, and after 3 dais siokness.? The followin is applikable to his case:? "Oakum i OakumS. Spear. After the old man's deth, oar mother was left with the four boys aforsaid, whizz, namely, I. e.? Erysipelas, named after father. Artymos, the Long Lost Rodney and my self. Olonzo, named after Olonzo of pitzaronean celebrity. My eldest brother Ery went into the wool business, while Rodney went out to Orrigonne terrytory and Mbarked in the Far' traid. Ery did poorly at the wool, and basted, bat Rodney is still in the Far, coining money. | Artemis, at the tender age of eleven, waz suddenly missed from hoam. In tbiakonnessban I would remark ao old etookiog belonging to mi matber, containing 4 dollaw inCilver and fifty-two cents in kopper, disappeared about tl^e same time. There was ?pwty of Akrawbats, of doable proklivi- i tys, in oar habarhad a few dais preevis, and by many it was supposed that Arty bad been inviggled. "To leve his ga and happe boam Sands eyes,"sand teeth brushes, Sands pale ale, , The woriisall a stage, The real Is lemon and venllla." At nil events i have never heern of him bat onoe, i e., when I rote to Mr. Printiss, who did not answer mi letter he bein engaged in translatin a French letter< sent to him by Miss Sooeao Monday, a noted goroller of the female gender. Off her more * hereafter; bat, "Ra ventu on our mutton," as the French have it. I heard that my brother, A. Ward, had bekum rich, be having been to Salt Lake City, among the Mormon and women (he was alios given to the latter, even from a child,) and that morover and above, be had got a sbo of wax figers, and nevertheless was perfectly decayed with money in whioh event, I would remind bim "I stil lire."?Webb. ? And as his absents oaased me many teera (i carried anl the water and chopt aul the wood for 2 years after his leaving us) and as I am his only surviving berother in poor snekemstanses, (Ery being riob,- and Rod ney when last herd from, was in a big contract famishing fine tooth kombs for tbe > on fecial army, with hedqaarters at Richmood,) therefore I dn think that Arty mite knm and see me. He is ever welkome to mi poor hot happe hoam. Owe, owe, betother! if this shood meet your i, think kindly off one who loves not wisely, bnt to well; bat owe, owe, dear Artemis, do not try to shake me. Olonzo Ward. Deer berother, don't go back on to me! O. W. "Why do i wepe 4 the !" 0. W. Prom the Atlanta New Era. Bill Arp's Last Bill Arp BO-oalled has delivered himself of the following letter of acceptance of the Congressional nomination, tendered him by bis friends of the Seventh Congressional District. Ri// A rai?. nttf frvr C1rvnn'rp99 f/Yr the I Congressional District. Since my recent artikal on tbe State .of the country I be? concluded to become a kandidate for Kongress It's no use lettin Union sneaks hare all the field to themselves especially them what refhgeed North when Sherman kom along this way and pat his horse in my stable. I never ran North myself; bat I did ran Soath a leetie faster than was comfortable. I was so share that we'd whip old Sherman that I never made no preporaahans to skedaddle, antwell he was down on as like a thoosan of brioks; then there warnt no time to pack np my dads; or in skriptar fraze,. to "take up my bed and walk." Sans habillemeni?Sans ceremoirief I left my bed and board?bidding them a long and final adue, having pledged myself, as all distinguished men of the Reb persuashun had repeatedly dan, never to submit to Abe Lincoln or reconstruction. We were si! to die in tbe last ditch, especially me, and Jeff, and Jo ; and I golly, I thought our time had kum sure eoaf; but I pre ferred not dyin til I reached the last ditoh, and konseqnently, I kept skedaddling aoross every ditch I kum to, hopiu somethin encouragiu might turn np, before I reached tbe last one; bat it didn't tarn up, and me, and Jpff. and a!1 the rest of us. who had been keep itf safe distance from the ballets, foaod ourselves in the last diteb. Well, the faot is, we didn't feel half as much like dying there as we expected to,' before we got there; and eoon a question arose whether tee should go back under old Abe or die. ' Well it's no ase talkie ; we didn't want to die, so we ooooloded to take the amnesty oath and go baok. We tack it, all ay as, bat Jeff, and he expects to take it before long. But I'm forgettin my Candidaoy (as Stewart says in his circular) but its no odds ef 1 do. There's plenty more that skedaddled wheo 1 did, and didntdys in the last ditch, neither All I want is for us who didnt Bye in the last ditch when we bad a chance ito, to be shure to get into posishun again, and bar all the offices; and to drive off U-' nion sneaks, and take all their greenbacks, and koobskate all their lands; and in the language of Jo, to the Legislator : "drive their vnves and children after them, houseless, homeless, penngless, and starving."? The man that can go to kongress with this object in view is the man of my ohoioe. Ef fir,*--.?. I thought I ooaldnt serve you io ridding the South of stubborn old Union men, sad getting all the offises ourselves you oouldnt send me to koogresh. I am a working man. I helped work up the big fite. I worked hard to .keep the fite sgoin without fitin any myself; and sucoeeded so well in workin to keep out of a fite, when everybody was wanted, that I think I have sufficient reputation as a work* er to entitle me to your support. Bui. Aep. P. 8.?I had intended this for publication in the Borne Courier, but the; Editor, (durn him) wanted to obarge $10 for it, so I konkluded to write oat a few copies myself, and get some of my Oee-tiger unharmortized vnmmin of my aoqnaintanoe to write some copies for me and giro them gineral sircalation. B. A. Extinguishing a Gay Rebel Captain. As all strategem8 are fair in "love and J war," the following piece of guerilla strategy was legitimate, we suppose, though rather severe upon the handsome Captain. A portion of Morgan's men were "Bitting back in the cool," as they were wont to say, at a pleasant town, recruiting themselves and their horses, preparatory to a raid. They were looks-1 upon with great favor by the ladies, because of their "gallant deeds," and it was a common saying, that a private in Morgan's command was more thought of than a colonel in any other command. The gayest of the gay, was a yanog, handsome, and gallant Captain, who wore good olothes^ and who had a very "taking" way with the fair sex. The attentions that .were lavished npon this officer excited the ire of % private, who was more noted for good hnmor than g6od looks, and who had not received an "invite" or a smile from a .single lady in the town?or a married one, either. ? -i?j: J. DIB lDUlTiaaU WK) BIB|IU1IJ? UOJCVWU sod forlorn with his bands in his pockets, on the street, where some young ladies were disoossiog the rare merits of the handsome captain. "Yes, ladies," he broke in, "Captain Bob is a mighty fine man?no mistake abonutbat. Everybody likes Captain Bob." "Do yon know him ?" asked one of the damsels. "Are yon in his company ?" "Yea, ma'am, I'm in btB company ; I come along to kinder take care of Captain Bob, bein' we're conaios, so." <*'To take vara of him 1 What is the matter with him ? Can't he take oare of himself?" . ' "As a gineral thing he kin, ma'am.? There ain't nothing the matter with bim, as I ought to know, for we .was raised together, and both went to the same Sundayschool. It's a pity 'boot Cap'n Bob ?" "A pity! What do yon mean? Does he drink hard ?" "Not be, ma'am. 'Speot be haintteched nothin' strong "since he was knee-high.? He's a mighty fine man every way, is Cap'n Bob. It* a pity he has fits and gits crazy sometimes." "Gets crazy I" "Yes, ma'am. He killed his fast wife, yoa know, in one of his tits, &od he was tried tor it, Dot l got oa to toe jury, ana brought him In crazy, and hashed tbe matter up." "Has he really been married ?" ( Sartio ma'am 7 btft I a'pose he's forgot about bis fust wife, as well be might, poor fellow, bein' it's a sore thing to think about. He hain't lived muob with bisseoond wife, bavin' been most of his time in the army since he married her, and she never heard, about t'other one, that's lucky for her." "His second wife ! He told us that he was a young man?that he bad never been married." "Did Cap'n Bob really say that 7 I'm afraid he's gettin' into one of his fits agio, and I most look after bim. Good evening, ladies." The private turned away with an extra mournful expression of countenance, and thereafter the handsome Captain was shunned by the belles of that town. He was unable to discover the reason, of the change in tbeir feelings until the detach meot went northward. It is needless to say that be was unmarried and never bad "any fit." . .. ' * High Lodgings.?A down-Easter lately came to New York, and took lodging for the night at one of what might be oalled the hf'yh houses. Telling the waiter be wished to be oalled in the morning, for the boat, both of them proceede<h"on their winding way" upwards, till they arrived at the tdp of the eighth flight, when Jonathan caught the arm of his guide and accosted him :? 'Look here, stranger ! If yon intend to call me at six o'clock in the mortrin' you might as well do it now; as 'twill be that time afore I can get down again." fg&.A sailor, the other day, while explaining the third figure of quadrille to his messmates, thus describe Jit r "You first heave ahead," said be, "and pass your adversary's yard-arm, regain your berth on the other tack in the same order; tako yonr station with your partner in line, back and fill, and then fall on your bull, and tben bring up with your partner, she then manoeuvres ahead, off alongside of yotr; then make sail in company with her until nearly astern of the other line, make a stern board, oast her off, to shift for herself, regain your place the best you can, and let go your anchor." A pious Afrioan at Louisville stumi bled while walking, one very dark night and was pitohed headforemost down ~a eelj lar, which afforded him an "ppen entrance." Springing to his feet, he exdlaim'cd "JJless de Lord dat I lit on my head 1 If dia nig? gcr had soraped his shins so hard, I speo he broke his leg." 19" "So, here I am, between two tailors," cried a beau at a public table, where a couple of youDg tailors were seated wbo bad just commenced business for themselves. "True," was the reply, "we are beginners, j ---r 1 a?j ?? I buu cau uuijf euuxu vvr jtrcy uuc ywut w tweenus." A Dutch Story.?I and prother Honce, and two other togs, wash oat hooting next week, and we drove nine wbod-obuoka into a stone heap, and kilt ten oat ob de nine before tey cot in." " tv' . "i'i ?-r ' ' ? They are building care in New York for a street railway in Caloutta. ? An artesian well in Chicago has been rank to the depth of 695 feet ? It is proposed to bnild a steel faetoiy to employ 2,000 mechanics, at Hafrisbnrg, | Pennsylvania. ?- The trade is very lively no\r between New York and New Orleans. The basiness is immense. < ? "Bridal chambers" in sleeping oars are the last thing oat on the New York Central Railroad. ?-They chain-gang idle negroes in Columbus, Ga., and set them to work leveling fortifications for their victuals. ? The New York Tribune has an article denouncing those people at the North who are orying oat for the banging of Jefferson Davis. * ? Ex-Governor A. G. Magrath, of this State, who for many months past has been confined in Fort Pulaski, has been released on parole. ? The cabin passengers of the steamer Atlanta have been allowed to eome up to the city of New York. They are all in good health.* No new cases of oholera have occared on board the Atlanta. ? The Richmond Whig advises the Representatives eleoted from that State not to show themselves in Washington antil they are sent for, and warns those inclined to take the test-oath that they had better never have been born than to adopt a?aoh a coarse. ? Large numbers of Germans, Swedes, and Danes are poaring into Virginia, bat the supply is not equal to the demand.? The priees fixed for their services, as farm hands or laborers, is 9150 per year, with food and lodging, for men between twenty and fifty years old, and 9100 for yomen. ? The Repubioan tioket is probably eleoted In. Minnesota, but their majority has been reduced six thousand sinoe last year, and negro suffrage bas been badly beaten. The supporters of Mr Rice for Governor strongly endorse the President's policy, but the republicans repudiate it. I''?They kill pigs by steam in Chicago. A great iron olaw, with five fingers, hooks out the pigs whioh are quarreliog in the pen below, and lifts the porkers to a gibbet near by, and plunges them into scalding water. By this maohine fifty poroines are killed, soalded, oleaned, split and hang in rows ready for salting within an honr. ?- A Wnrfnllr hntal nrnnrietnr. a few davs ~ r--, , - ? ?rfsince, hearing of the whereabouts of a guest who had decamped without goiog through the usaai formality of paying bis bill, sent him a note : "Mr. Dear Sir i Will you send Amount of your bill, and oblige/' etc. To whioh the delinquent made answer: "The amount is 980.75. Yours respectfully." ?It has been observed, says the National Intelligencer, that in refitting the two pbappbers for the National Legislature about to assemble ia the Capitol, the desks made vacant during the past four years, by the absence of Southern members, and whioh were removed during that thne from the floors of both Houses, are restored to the floors of the balls respectively. - - The Secretary of the Interior has decided that all pensions granted prior to the commencement of the late rebellion, ceasyd to aoorue from and after the date of the President's proclamation declaring the [ ? - *- ?L!.t a! 1 1 State or aisrnot id woica me pensioner was domiciled to be io insurrection, sod that the payment of snob pensions can only be resnmed from and after the oompletion of the proof of the pensioner's right to Jbe restored to tbe rolls. ? We learn from Washington that Secretary MoCuUppb ill engaged in completing the animal report of tbe Treasury Department. It ir believed he will strongly urge the reduction of the currency by oautious measures, and continue, as fast as possible, his plans for the reduction of general debt. He is not in favor of a permanent sinking fund for'redemption of debt, bat prefers the utmost increase of the revenues of the Government. ? At a meeting of tbe Board of Directors of the Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, a few dfeys ago, it was resolved to substitute white for npgro Jabop, f fjereyer employed, upou that road. This resolution was tbe result of tS* unfortunate ezperieooe of the company in relying upon negro labor whiob has become so uncertain as to be entirely impracticable; The transition will be as gradual as the cironmstances. will permit. ? Brigbam Young has had a new "reve lation." He says it is "the will of God that the sisters should make their own bonnets and hats for themselves and their fami lies, from the straw and other material raised in Utah mountains." The next "revelation" will probably diot&te the Btyle in which they are to be made and worn.. It is said that Brigbam Young has a large lot of rye straw "for sale in lots to suit purohas ers," which perhaps aooounts for the straw hat revelation. " ' ? It is said that the Boena Vista Vineyard, in Sonora oounty, California, is the largest in the wor}d ft consists of 6,000 aores, with 272,000 vines planted previous to 1855, 700,000 planted this year. Last year the yield was 42,000 gsllonB of still wine, 60,000 bottles of sparkling wine, and 12,000 gallons of brandy. One hundred men are constantly employed, and double that number during the vintage. There are ' 8,000 fruit trees, and large varieties of grape, r- > ? On the 7th in the Tennessee Confereoce, now assembled in Nashville, the venerable Bishop Soule was introduced to the Conference, but be was so feeble he eould only tell the Conference be was gtad to see I them. After he took his seat the Confer- i ence took recess, and all the members press* ed around him and gate him a hearty shake of the baud, many feeling no doubt, that it was the last time this pide of the grate. ?isbop Soole has been an itinerant ^iethodist minister nearly 66 years, and more than 41 a bishop. There is bat one?perhaps none?who were trateling pre&obero wheq he began. ? . IH^ The Market for False Hair. whs&k tag "waterfalls" come from. 1 A pleasant writer in the London "Re- ! view," gives an account of the sources of supply of the false hair for which the arti- 1 fioial ourls and "waterfalls" of the prevailing fashion create a market. The stocks come generally from Germany, Holland, Britanny, Spain, Italy and the Catbolio convents. The peasant girls of Brittany oover ( tne neaa with a picturesque wane cap, which wholly hides the hair; hence from this quarter the sale, of the article has been for a long time openly carried oo. Spain and the north of Italy also famishes considerable oontribations to the oolieotor of jet-black locks. The main crope of the golden hair now so muoh prised come from Germany, and the yellow hair from Holland. In all Catholic ooontries one great sonroe of snpply is the oonvent. Their hair is known in the trade as ohoroh hair. "In visiting a wholesale hair warehouse and manufactory lately/' says the the "Review/' "we were?hown some of these vestal tresses fresh from an English oonvent. Vanity of vanities?iu nasi appearance in all probability will be on the hehd of some maiden of Belgravia.". Hair merchants, by long experience, have acquired great proficiency jo judging of the nationality of the article" One of the largest dealers in the trade, in England, declares that he ooaid tell in the dark the nationality of any pieoe of hair. This is done either by the sense of tonob or smell. Some nations have mnoh coarser hair than others; indeed, there is a constant difference both with respect to the length and weight. The average weight of a Frenoh head of bair (by which is' meant the piece of bair which forms the knot at the back of the bead) is five onnoes; of Itallisn, six ounces; of German, ten. This difference has mnoh to ffo with its color . The obiffbobeire who go about in Paris, morning and evening/ piokiog out prises from the gutter, have not overlooked the human hair. By their agency the oombings of- the fair Parisienne are retnroed once ipore to the human .head; no doobt there is a duBtrbe&p odor the hair merchant knows well. But there is still another kind of hair aboQt which there is a deep/mystery ? A grim stnile passes over the features of the bair merobant as he.tells you that the a loose ffleeoh" of hair (for that is the trade came for (be small paroels io whiob they are done op for Bale, after being prepared and oleaosed) is known as church-yard bair I? As be draws attention, witb a certain subdBpd manner to the squared end of the "leeoh," yon perpeive t|iat (bey have not been out, but pulled ont of thp bead wjtb the bulb adherent j sometimes this class of bair oomes to market with pieces of the scalp skin at the end How (bis bair la obtained is a mystery wbieh (be trade do not oare to fathom. When we so often bear of (hodesecration of churchyards, and the shoveling away of the old boDes and decayed coffins, we tuny jjtai uapa u>?ko a shrewd gupss at (be source from whioh this bair oomes. It most be remembered that hair is almost indestructible The beautiful wig'bf auburn hair oow-in the British Museum bad lain in the tomb of a Tbebao mommy for upwards of two thousand years before it found . its way to tbe national qollpptioo, yet that bair is as fresb as thoogb it bad jost come from tbe bands of tbe bair dresser, and tbe onrl is so strong in it that h oatfnot be ta ken oot even'by the application of beat.? Church-yard bair is brought into the market by home as well as foreign oolleotors, and we cannot help snspeetiog that the grave- * digger is no mean member of the oraft. The English woman very rarely sella her bair; she most be reduced to.tbe last condition of poverty before she would consent to this sacrifice. Bat there is a class who are compelled to do so. * There oan be little doubt that the majority of tbp long English trcssess pomes from the heads of criminals. Raw bair. comes from abroad io bales tied np io "leeches," sod oontaiojog hairs . of various lengths. .The first in its preparation is to - oleaose.it of its oily matter.? This is done by robbing it in fine rand, which completely absorbs all tbe fatty mab ter It oontains. It u then carded by hafl'd ?the workman throwing the - look of bair with great rapidity over tbe iron, teeth of thp oard, and eppeijjly redwing it to a regu Iar smoothness. The next step to tbe prooe?8 is to select from tbe different "leeches" the different lengths of. bair the; contain; these lengths are then qiatobed with others, and in this manner the "leech,as it is offered for sale, is perhaps the products of a dozen beads. Thp n^nofaotorer. has twe markets to supply?the demand for simple unouried locks for the purpose of plaiting, etc., with the natural hair, and purled bair for tbe needs of the wig and front makers, and for the thousand and one fashioninga in which hair dressers now tempt our blooming belies. Tbe ourl is permanently fixed by twisting the bair tightly round small oylendere of wood* and then boiling them for a considerable time in water. The golden bair is now selling in flog* i ' . a ? CTa A21I! AI iaoa ior twelve or mwseu auiuiugH me ounce, or at about three times the price of silver. Bat there is a rarer hair still. Yoath and beauty io the race of vanity are outstripped by the age. Gray h$ir is jp each demand that the dealers are obliged to eke opt their stores by resortlDg to tnobair. Fine gray hair is now sold io England for a guinea an onnoe, mainly for the purpose of the perukier. As soon as the precious material falls ioto the hands of this amiable functionary, art olaims it for its own, and the prioe ascends to fabulous heights. . Id a conversation which {"Secretary McCullooh lately bad with an old schoolmaster, he said in reference to the negro: that so far as the pretended eauality of races was concerned, there ootylq be bat one opinion among all good men, North," and this was that, wherever the Anglo* , Saxon race bad come In oontaot with an inferior one, the history of fifteen centuries f had proven that the Anglo-Saxon raoe moat dominate or exterminate. That the Indiag ' rage, far superior to thp blaok, had been utterly annihilated before the advanoe of the whites, and this, although the Indian race was morally and intellectually vaatly superior to the black race. That do ease man, ao. American, ooald dream for a moment of making this ooaotiy where. God bad showered so many blessings to the race made after his own image, the inheritance of any bat those be had endowed with an intelligence all bat divine. The question of labor sinks into insignificance before that of races, and the march of human progress is not to be suspended by the idle theories of dreamers. Pbomisb Making and Bbiakino.? There are people in the world, against whom the inexperienoed should be warned. These are the sanguine promise-makers xney may be divided into two sorts. There are those who, from a foolish custom of fawning upon all those they oome in oontaot with, have acquired a habit of promising to do great kindnesses, which they have no thought of performing* The others are a sort of warm people, who, white they are lavishing away their promises, have really some thought of dping what they engage for; but afterwards, when the time of performance comes, the sanguine fit being gone Off, the trouble appears in another light; the promisor cools, and the expectant is deoeived, and perhaps injured by the disappointment. WHL ? McCOBKLE. NEW STORE! NEW GOODS!! COLW, H. M'COHKLE Now York^&r^Msrs. J. is Instructed to SELL, AT ONCE. Toe prices will, therefore, be as CHEAP a* can be found In Torkvtlle. He Invites his former patr6ns jo gl^ him a call and examine his STOCK, before purchasing elsewhere. The Store will be found In the Brick portion of STOWE'fl HOTEL?the room formerly occupied by L. BLOOMBERG fc RRO. WANTED?North Carolina BANK BILLS.at market value } WOOL, BEESWAX, LINSEY, JANES, Ac. \ w. H. kcCOriKLlf. October 19 ' 27 tf ILES' SHOES.-JUST KECEIVED a floe assortment of Ladles' and Gentle, men's SHOES, flrom the celebrated umnufactory ofT. MFLES fc SON, Philadelphia. At ||. ^rcCORIJLE'S. Ocwber^ # tf pROCKERY.?A LARGE LOT of CROCKERY of every description, which will be old at prices prevailing before the war. At W. H. McCORKLE'S., ' October 96 28 tf clfwf.-a large quantity O of LORILLARD'S SCOTCH SNUFF,)ustreceived by W. H. McCORKLE. October 26 28 tf Blue-stone.?a quantity of BLUE-8TONE. For sale by _ W. H. McCORKLE. Qctober $6 28 p ROCEREES.?SUGAR, COS \JT FEE and TEA. For sale by * ' W. H. McCORKLE. October 88 - * tf agging And roping. For sale by W. H. McCORKLE. October 26 . 28 tf ock island janes.? For Mlc cheap, by W. I{. McCORKLE. October 1(6 ' SW ' tf Cotton yarn.?stowe's COTTON YARN. For sale by W. H. McCORKLE.' October 26 28 tf SADDLES AND BRIDLES.?A O large lot of SADDLES AND BRIDLES. Foraale by W. 9. McCORKLE. October ^6. . vs a "DIANK BOOKS .-?A LOT OF JJ BLANK BOOKS, PAPER, ENVELOPES, kc. ? For sale by W. H. McCORKLE. October 26 38 tf All OLD BU8IHESS RESUMED. .. ,. 1. THE Subscriber hereby a j{| ol<^b^^?^<rf CLOCK pared to do all tilings' In his line, tfith neatness and dispatch, and qt prices fcurrent iibrd thirty yean agoTIME-KEEPERS of all kinds, and escapements, which are of the better qualities ; and when thoroughly REPAIR ED by the subscriber, will be WARRANTED in all his WORK for their good performances, for the space of ONE YEAR, If well used, and their ownership remain unchanged. Teiuts?CASH, OR BARTER. E. A. CRENSHAW. AGAIN. ALL small Cutlery, Surgical Instruments, Metallc Writing Pens, tc., kc., ylR be GROUND, POLISHED, or otherwise pM In "good WORKING ORDER by the'sopscrtber. Tbrms?CASH, OR BARTER. E. A. CRENSHAW. ?ET ASAIN. SOME matters required will be MADE, and Surveyor's Compasses will be REPAIRED, and their Needles MAGNETIZED, together with some other Mathematical Instruments made and repaired by the subscriber. Teems?uabu, uk bakj bk. E. A. CRENSHAW. MOREOVER. SILVERING by luna cornea, and PLATING with Shyer. and QILDINQ with Gold, together with L AQUERING On Metals, will be done by the subscriber. Terms?CASH, OR BARTER. E. A. CRENSHAWOctober 18 96 if COUTH CAROLINA-YORK DISO TRICT.?Whereas MARTHA C. FALLS and ROBERT ALLISON, have applied to me for Letters of Administration on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of ELI W. FALLS, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These art therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be ana appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the Bald District, to (>e holden'at York Court House'do thellth day of t}eccrnber next, to shew cause, if any, why the aid Administration ahould not be granted. Given under my hand and 8cal, this 27th day of Notober in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred Md sixty five, and in the ninetieth year of the Ipdenondoncu or the united States of America. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. *W Ot* NEW GOODS! Opposite King's Mountain HoteL THE undersTgned is reJL CEIV1NG direct from Northern cities a LARGE and VARIED assortment of GOODS, such at are usually found in a well appointed store. From bis long experience at a merchant, be flatters himself to be able to please all who may favor him with a call. "Shobt Profits and Quick Salts"- is my motto. G. R. RATCHFORD. September 14 22 tf ROSE'S HOTEL, YORKYILLE. 8. C. i r?. THIS large and commodious establish AX^L? In, meat Is now open for the reseption of VIBITOR8?permanent and umnslepf, ducement'u offercdPtcMbe TRAVELING PUBLIC, "and no effort will be spared to afford general satisfaction. "W. E. B08E. 09-HACKS, from this House, connect with the Ball road at Rock HiU and other points daily. September 14 *99" * 0 CTOVE FOR SALE.?AH OFO PICE 8TOVE, of small sire, in good order, for sale M the ~ ENQUIRER OPFICE. November 23 32 . tf 1?OR RENT.?THE HOUSES BEA? LONQmOtoitie EAILROWD COMPANY, and Qtti tbe Depot. Apply to Tf. J fAUV A RDAWM Voveml>tr9 80* * tf . 1 "tHU STAUrf ACT. ONE OP THE TAX ttAWS OF THfe V. STATES. There are probably but HfW'ir the fead?J* of Si|s paper who know the details of the Stamp.J*?0 00 law, State or National, the provisions if which are mora Important to the people. Here are.ftrch of it? proceeding* as we think wiu prove most interesting and important to the reader: SCHEDULEB. I'SS in suit ar legal proceedings exempt AGREEMENT OB a ppra tHRMBNT?for each sheet or piece of paper' oa which the same is written - fl cents ASSIGNMENTS OB TRANSFERS?of mortgage, lease or policy of insurance, the same duty as on the original Instrument. Of patent right $ cents BANK CHECKS, DRAFTS OR ORDERS, Ac.,at sight or on demand ? cents nrr.r.S or? EXCHANGE. Inlaws?draft or order. payable otherwise than at siRlit or on demand, " and any promissory note, whatever, payable op demand or at a time designated, [except bank notes issued for circulation, and checks made and intended to be, and which shall be forthwith ' presented for payment] for a sum not exceeding $100 5 cents For every additional,hundred dollars, or fractional part thereof 5 cents BILLS OF LADING?of vessels for ports of the United 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 five hundred dollars 50 cents Exceeding $500 and not exceeding $1,000 ~ $iJW Exceeding $1,000, for each $500, or fractional part thereof SO cents Of personal property [other than ship or Vessel] 5 cents BOND?personal, for payment of money [Sec Mortgage}* * Official * $-00 For Indemnifying any person for the payment of * 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 $1,090, or fractional pan thereof ' - SO cents BONDS?county, city and town bonds, railroad and other corporation bonds and script are subject to stamp duty. [See Mortgage.] Of any description other than such as are required in legal proceedings, and such as are not otherwise charged in this schedule. 85 cents CERTIFICATES?of deposit in bank, sum not exceeding one hundred dollars 4 cents Of depomtin bank, aum exceeding $100 . - - -5 cents Of mock In an Incorporated company 85 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. Thai certain papers are on flic S cants That certain papers cannot be found 5 cents Of redemption of land sold for taxes 5 cents Of birth, marriage sod death 5 cents Of qualifications of school teachers 5 cents Of profits in an incorporated company, for a sum not less than $10 and not exceeding $50 10 cents Exceeding $5U and qot exceeding $1,000.. 85 cents Exceeding $i,?00> for every additional $! ,000, or fractional pert thereof 35 cents Of damage or otherwise, and all other certificates or aocumeuts issued by any port warden, marine surveyor, or other person acting as Such 25 cents CERTIFIED TRANSCRIPT?of judgment*, sat? isfastion of judgements, apd fit all papers,, recorded or on filo 5 cents (N. B.?As a general rule, every certificate which has, or may have, a legal value in any court of law or equity, wQl require a stamp du- . > ty of 5 cents.} CHECK, DRAFT OB ORDER?for the nayment . of any sum of money, exceeding $10, drawn upon any person other than a bank, banker or trust company, at sight or on demand.* - 8 cents CONTRACT?[Bee Agreement.] J. Brokers. 10 cents CONVEYANCE?deed, instrument,-nr writing wherphv binrti. tenements, or other realtv sold ball be conveyed, Lbs actual value which does not exceed $500 50 cents Exceeding $500, and not exceeding $1,000- . $1J? For every additional $500, or fractional put . thereof, In exctss of $1,00<f ~ 50 cents ENTKY?of any goods, wares or merchandise at any custom house not exceeding $100 In value 35 cents Exceeding $100, and not exceeding $500 la value . 50 cents Exceeding $500 in value * -7 $1/0 For the withdrawal of any goods or merchan--fr , dlse, from bonded warehouse 60 cents CUACER'S RETURN?if for quanllty not exceeding 500 gallons, gross, 10 cents Exceeding 500 gsllnns ' ' _ . 35 cents POWER OF ATTORNEY?& sell or transfer stock or collect dividends thereon 35 cents, To vote st an election of Incorporated company 10 cents To receive or collect rents 36 cents To sell, or convey, or rent, or lease real estate $1/0 For any other purpose 50 cents PROBATE OF WILL?or letters of administration, where the value of both real and perspnal. estate does not exceed $4,000, $1,00 For every additional $2,000, or fractional part theredf, In eteess of'$2/00 50 cents Bonds of executors, administrator*, guardians and trustees, are each subject to a stamp duty of $1,00 PROTEST?upon bill ante, check pr draft -? 35 cents PROMISSORY NOT3?{?ee flUls of fixohange, V Inland.] ^ Renewal of, subject to same doty as an original note. * - - ' RECElPT-r-for the payment of any ram of monsy, * or debt due, exceeding $30, or fbr the delivery or any property Scents TRUST DEED?made to secure a debt, to be stamped as a mortgage. Conveying estate tosses ,. . to be stamped as a conveyance; WAREHOUSE RECEIPT?for any goods, wares or merchandise not otherwise provided for, deposited or stored in any public or private warehouse, not exceeding $500 In value - .10 cents Exceeding $500, ana not exceeding $1,000 90 cents Exceeding $1,0%, for every additional $1/08, or fractional pan thereof, in excess of $1,000 10 cents For any goods, Re., not otherwise provided Jbr, stored or deposited in-any public or private ware- * house or yard 35 cents ' WRITS R LEGAL DOCUMENTS-writs oroth| er legal process, by wb(chany riUtls cotftmenccd_ * in any court fli recara, enner oi rawer equity oo cents Writ or oiner original process issued by a court not of record, where the amount claimed la #100 "or over 50 cents Upon every confession of judgment or cognovit, for #100, or over, except in cases where use tax fbr a writ has been paid SOeents Writ or other process appeals from Justices' courts, or other courts of inferior jurisdiction, to a court of record 80 peats Warrants of distress, when the amount of ftpt When the'air.ount exceed A'lOQ 50 cents IN' 3 URANCE?Marine. Inland and Flic. Where the consideration paid % (he Insurance, la cash premium notes, or both, uoea'not exceed #10 lfrcents Exoeedinx #10, and not exceeding #50 50 cents' INSURANCE, Ltrs?when the amount insured docs not exceed #1,000 25 cents. Exceeding Sl,000,andnot exceeding #5,000 50 cents Exceeding $5,000 #1.00 LEASE?of lands or tenement/ where Jhe rent -. does not exceed #300 per annum ' . ' 50 cents Exceeding #300, Kir each od^ltlobal #200,orfractional port tiiereofj'ln excess of #300 SOoenU Ferpcttjal, subject to stamp duty as u oouv?j*mce. Clause'of guaranty ef payment qf rent, lncou>orated or inuo reeded re cents additional. MEASURfiRB'RETUliN?If fbrquantlty not ex ceedinx 1,000 bushels 10 cents Exceedingly bushels . 25 cents MORTGAGE?trust deed, bill of sale, or personal bond for the payment or money exceeding #100, and not exceeding #500 50.cents Exceeding #500, for every additional #500 or fractional part thereof, in excess of #500. 2. SO cents PAWNERS^ CHECKS' ' a cents PASSAGE TICKET-^ the United Sotee 40 n any foreign pott, eosUng not'more Ihbft *3A 60 cents * Co*Lin2 more than ?35, not exceedinir 650 A1 00 For every additional^), orfractionalpart (Hereof, in excess of 850 ) EI.QO GENERAL REMARKSRevenue Stamp* may he used Indiscriminately upon any of me iijiiucp) or things enumerated In schednle B, except proprietary and playing eard stamp*, for which a special use baa been providedPostage sumps cannot be used In payment of the duty chargeable on Instruments. It Is the duty of the maker of an Instrument to affix and cancel the stamp thereon. If he neglects to do so, theparty for whose use it Is made may stamp It before it is used; but la no case emn ltbe regally used without a stamp; and If used after the 30th of June, 1804, and psed without a stamp, it cannot afterwards be effectually stamped. Any failure upon the port of the 'maker of an Instrument to appropriately stamp it, renders him liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars. - Spits are commenced U) muny States by other process than writ, vlai summons, warrant, publication, petition, Ac., In wlUch case these, as the original process, severally require stamps. Writs of scire facias ore subject to stamp duty as-original processes. The Jurat of an affidavit, taken before a Justice of the Peace, Notary, Public, or other officer duly anthodged to take affidavits, Is held to be a certificate, and subject to fcstamp duty of 6 cents, except when token In suits or legal proceedings. . Certificates of loan, In which there shall appear any printed or written evidence of any amount of money to be paid on demand, or at any time designated are subject to stamp duty as "Promiasory Notes." The assignment of a mortgage is subject to the same stamp duty as that Imposed upon the original instrument; that Is (o say, for every sum of five hundred dollars, or any fractional part thereof, of the amount secured bv the mortgage, at the time of Its assignment, there must be affixed a stamp or stamps, denoting aduty 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 tin: parties. In conveyances or real estate, tfie taw nrovues wax we stamp affixed rpuat answer to the value :of the estate On No stamp Is required on any warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or note, when such bond or note has pit ' fixed thereto the stamp or stamps denoting the duty required, and whenever any bond or note Is secured by mortgage, hut one stamp duty is required on such papers, such stamp duly being the highest rates required (or such Instruments, or either of them. In such case a note pr memorandum of the value or denomlnaton of the stamp affixed should be made upon' the margin or in the ao- 1 knowledgment of the instrument which is not stamped. 1 AN ACT of Congress, to provide Internal Bevenue, A^- i proved June 30, 1064, and amended March, lSoj, Sic. .J 1 ' STAMP DUTIES.* ? , Sac. 151. Jlrtheit further That all laws In / force at the time of the passage of this apt (q relation |6' 1 stamp duties shall pun Unite in three until the first day of August,eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and on and after I the she first day of Augusvalgbtesn hundred 'and sixty- i four, there shall be levied, coflfetcd, and paid, for and In ' {ffi and dSKri^d* ! annexed,optoorln respect-or dtp velMub, parchment,or < paper ppon which such instruments, matter* or things, or ' 2uiy of them, shall be written or printed, by any persdh or I persons, or party who AiallaaaU, sign, Vissue the same, < or for whose use or benefit the same shall be made, signed, I or issued, (he several daUea 0T sums of monev set down in 1 figures against the same, respectively, or otherwise sped- i fled or set forth in the mid schedule. ^ Ssc. 132. Jnd In it further enacted, That it shah not be i lawful to record any Instrument, document, or paper re- I quired by Jaw to bo stamped, unless a, stamp or stamps of < i ?"" ; Sex. 153. -3nd h* it further enacted, That no Instrument, \ dPCfftnent, writing, or paper of any descrlpUon, required 1 a bv lawio 31^55351#*"^i Sf^SFSSSSSHS i [wed fit poramcouf this act, or d?U ftqp, count?tS?t referable. or canoe or proctut to Tie forgod, eiWMiWlw, or reaewblcd, the linpreeskm, or any Wit 9f the tmprendob, 1 of my ouch sump or <Ue, a* afwjiald, upon any nefttna, ^ parchment, or paper, or Mall Ramp ormartt, Or cam* ? procure to be ownped or marked, any vellum, parckmept, or paper, -with any each forged v* eoaaserfSehed 4OT? ?.:"?'..of.jy_ A re. -1 lntoui to dciwui luc uiuiwtwwcs w jjjy w iqc-fflttfi bereby Impr^ed, or myjwt^tbereof;^or tfaay^pgaoo dM{, or any part of any ctamp or die, or an; ?wfc flfaod. counterfeited or reaembled Impreaalon, "or part afjuSw-, dan, aa aforesaid, knowing the same reepectirdy V *e forged, counterfeited, or reoembled} ortfnay peteootbali fraud the United States; Of If my pcreoa fjdttjfUtfBybr. ly cut, tear, or remove, or mom or procure,to Wont, ton, or removed, the Impression of toy stamp or illu Mm shall have been provided, made or used in pursuance 6fjWt act, from any vctium, parchment, or payer, dr vxy Ui&m ment or writing charged or eharpaW wiffi aaflQre dutiea hereby imposed; orJlf any petscCahall trll^tliy itmove or caoae to be removed nam- any iiiaijiiirt the canceling or defacing maths use thesame or cause the use of the same the eeottROBd, or shall knowingly or wilfully sell or bov^sueh .wHW Ires cored stamps, or offisr the ?ame/or sate, or S*K99* ' , pose the same to any person for use, drltBowlnpy gto .(he same, or prepare the name with intern use thereof, then, and In every ^^case^ev^wg^ re J conviction thereof, forfeit Jwreid eoimgAtt aMpgofaS the articles upon they are placed, and be punished by dne not exceeding ono i^owu) doiluiy Of ojf | j upon the initials of his name and the date upon which the 9 'same aball be attached or used, so that the same may hot ^ be again used. And if any person ahaUfreadnievnJy arte use of an adhesive stamp to denote any duty tpinoaed by this act without so effectually cancelling loft obUtetWbf I such stamp, except as before mentioned, igtebe, or they shall forfeit the sum of fifty'dollars: IVeiSSa^Tfil <ny . I Droorietor or DrODfletors of MOdriettnr vticLttu otiOticieii subject to stamp duty under Schedule C of thisact, shah I have, the pdvfitfe of ftmOJahing without expense to the I United States, la suitable form, to be approved by the CossnaLssioner of Internal Revenge, Ids Wtbeir own dies m dbalgnsfor stamps to be uaed thereon, to be madsvhderflaj I direction and to be retained tn the poasemfon ofthe tfommiss loner of internal Revenue for hln Of their aepffijft?jrea, which than not be duplicated to aqy other pereqESnjat in all cases where such stamp is used, Instead of & or their writing the data thereon, the said stamp shall tjwre affixed on dm box, bottle, or pacMge, that "In Jfc| 'i same, a mine die oontenti atteor, mi said. nM -nu be edectunlly destroyed; and in detholt tbnre^m* he A " "Tjl "I * - t flu in iiBlSilTigMl anU ??p ^Tog; wt)0 (bail fnuitlultntJy obtain or ?im ?nycf (heafoeaiid ?uinips^or^csI?n? thereof, yiy^j?ny ^ Ue*llng^ii WJ& In pajr^^to toltaUoiTm' appllc&Uon of^uc^meSod^Lmpemlrc upon tb?ft??>ttfiwmreru of proprietary article*, or ankJetluehuUsd in Sobed ' jf ?r?&flw?2S2wSmP* * * D??in*t 1^**#*** person* same ucing uuiy mam pea, w wwhwi w i?wn?n ^ y lent to evade $e pro vision*iwifltfy ??h offence, forfeit tbo sum of fifty dollars, tod rocn inajra- a deemed invalid and ot no' effect ; A?Md, That the title of a purchaser of land by deed duly sUunped saafi at* be defeated or aflfectod by the warn of a proper *tMH?4n*ar deed conveying^said land byjuiy toed, A f i^e^tAoe of ma^ii^or ^uln^the^ hmTb^n^dd^and fl dceuiad and held to be as valid, to all iatmitt ottf aurpqsan ^ as if stamped when mode or issued: .Bad mftfiQWillm . That where it shall appear to said cfljlecwr, typan catfi <W ouMgyiwyiPDU WMHCBQfawas WWRPjWP** .' not been duly etatppe^axthe or itmOtif ?J? l^wlll^^ve?S??1mcmSlMlto?SiiMSSr? - J to o* fttaxoped. toa too iwoiMnQf catrntMe oK2tq| ^ai| such stamp ; aad^ajiy persoa Sail poy^ negotiate, or offer in payment, or reoefm or take Inpayment, aggage* felt tt)e cum of trobundred SSSars. Sao. 160. JadititfurOer mtacM, That no stamp 4ttt> ball be required on powers of attorney cr ai^y Other own relating to application* for bonaqpe. wtewafM Of fy, or MnilMnL or (a rh* mmiM thmAC mm Himrt M Ms* as clde^tajury " "ert fl^esc^Sa SSsSSSS^^iis of attorney, accompanying a bond or not*, when soft* bad \-jf or note tball bars affixed thereto the tamper Mm ife noting the duty required i and whenever any band or onto hall be secured by a mortgage, bM one strip staB bs m? quired to be placed on such papers: frwpJ^d, TU? lbs Bt^i^ d^y placed thcrcop^haJl^the Mghert W repaired upon "he paymau^'at the Unie of fficUvwy? of the ruaout or dutiessaid swnped on? Um?wr moce'Suaf^^^^rrf doll are, (Ire per centum; on amounts ovrt urS hundred dollar*, ten per centum. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue may from time to time mate regulations, upon proper evidence of the fact*, fbr the allowance of ttcb of the stamps teaed under tbe provision of thi* act oa have been polled, dwtroyed, or rettde/ed ussfe* eg wfy for the purpose intended, or ftr which tbe owner nay have no u*e,dr which through mistake may herebee* hnpror^ reoreeented thereby have been nald In error, or -rsmltitda to theCoauaUsionerof Internal Revenue, or until \ aatWkctory proof ha? been made showinc the nam why said (tamp* cannot be ao returned: JfVoTiud, That the CoaatnMoner at Internal Revenue may, from ttoo to time, foru) any appropriate form of aetlun. -. ^ Sec. 16X Jlni t* U further macU& ThM* ehaH be ^wfal for any porwcm to present it* the coUecw flfthe 4to SS^SSOSSi^SiXS KTS jphikm thet web BMjWW? e?y dlty, er 1? ctwge^ wttiwdrety 1*b ?e? mrdi ot device thereon # he nan -jo4|>' proper, which shall denote diet such lOSUUt^cat k noi,cni?fjee>te with any stamp duty, or Js tye,aeew>'gift wtlh fob f redeemed to be not chargeable, or to lie chorjeaWe only with the duty denoted by the spupp so edited, and shall he t-celved-In eylflnM Ifl eh cottrte oflew or eqnity, ootvlihs landing any otyectiaiw mode u> the same by reason ot t beta* unmmped, er of It beic* inrofljclently (tamped r- '[Tipr TAtim ' j TB i I