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Jjuttrg. zz: [BY RBOl'EST.] PEACE. They are ringing Peace on my weary car, No Peace to this heavy heart. They are ringing Peace. I hear! I bear: Oh! God! how my hopes depart. They are ringing Peace from the mountain side, With a hollow sound It comes; They are ringing Peace o'er the sea-girt tide, While the billows sweep oiir homes. , They are ringing Peace, and the spring-tide blooms Like a garden fresh and fair; But our martyrs sleep In their silent tombs, Do they hear! Ob God! do they hear ? They are ringing Peace, and the battle cry, And the bayonet's work is done, Anr) thn nrmniir hri?ht thot* ow? lovinn Kt* From the brave sire to the son.' And the musket's clang, and the soldier's drill, And the tattoo's nightly sound, We shall hear no more with a joyous thrill, Peace, Peace, they are ringing around. There are women ttill as the stifled air, On the burning desert's track, Not a cry of joy, not a welcome cheer, And their brave sons coming back. ' ' There are fair young beads in their morning pride, Like the lilies pale they bow; Just a memory left to the soldiers bride; ' God help, God help them now! I There are martial steps that we may not hear, i There are forms that we may not see. Death's master-roll tliey have answered clear, I < , They are fret?thank God, some are free! Not a fetter fast, not a prisoner's chain, For the noble army gone. No conqueror comes in the heavenly plain, Peace, Peace to the dead alone! , They are ringing Peace, but strangers tread, O'er the land wherfc our father's trod, And our birthright joys like a dream are fled; And thou, where art thou, Ob, God! They are ringing Peace. Not here, not here, Where the victor's march is set, I Roll back to the North its mocking cheer, No Peace to the Southland yet. : Jljrril. 1865. A.N. V. < - j jtmtflrfltts |leairatg. - An Awkward Predicament. i Over in Missouri lives a Mrs. Hempdale, I who has, or bad a daughter named Laura, < woo loved a man named Jack. This man < Jack she didn't like, but she was informed j by a neighbor that Jack and Laura had ar- i ranged a plan of elopement. Her mind I was quickly made up. She announced to ' Laura the next morning that she was going t to Belleville on a visit, to be gone three i days, and that she must be a good girl and i not tear the house down while she was gone ' That night Jack knew of it, and as he' i read the nice little note that bade him i "come over early and stay nntil mother . comes back, and what a splendid time we < " ha omilfid. fcnnnked the ashes ! I off from his cigar and resolved "of course he would." - < Jack went over, but there is no earthly < use in-our attempting to describe the delect- < able things he enjoyed; it was sugar season ] on that plantation, sure. Just before dusk, 1 wbile Jack was running over full of the glo- 1 ry of the occasion, in rushes Miss Laura's 1 black waiting woman, with? _ 1 "Lor bress my black soul, cbil'n, if yere I aint ole missus right at the gate,?sure !" ( "My God ! Dinah, what shall we do with" i Jaek ?" ] "?op 'im in dat are oloset, dar, Miss I Laura!" and Jack was popped into the clos- ] et in a twinkling. < In stalked the old ladv, and after sharp- < ly scrutinizing the disconcerted aod blush f ing countenance of Laura, felt sure that Jack I had been there. t "Come here, Laura. Now you oan't de- 1 ceive me. That abominable Plaine has been here, and you and he have fixed up a run away match, to come off to night. Ob, you little thing you, after your bringing up, to i treat me so. But you'll find your mother is { oo fool. You'll find that she's too sharp e for you, my lady. Sooner than you should t marry that miserable Jack Plaine, I'd see t you laid in your grave. He's not going to e squander my money, I assure you. s The old lady rose, and going to a clothes 1 press returned with several comforters and f a pillow, and walking up to the closet where ] Jack was ooncealed, threw them in with a < flirt, and turning to the trembling Laura, t said: < "Now, march in here, miss; step along ! 1 I'll see that you don't get no where near ] that low-flung mecbanio this night ?" 1 Laura whispered and protested that she < didn't wan't to. declarioe that her mother ? would be "sorry for this some time." i But without paying aoy attention to her 1 protestations, her mother gave her a push, 1 shut the door, locked it, and triumphantly I put the key in her pocket, and in due time 1 went to bed Pretty early iu the morning I the old lady arose, and without waiting to i dress, fished the key out of her pocket, and i opening the closet door to bid Laura to < come forth, gazed wildly for one instant, and then uttered a piercing scream. Re- i covering very speedily, she started away from the door and called faintly : I ('Laura, Laura, dear ! go into the kitchen and see about the breakfast !" Then pres < ently?"Jack, I say Jack ?" I Jack came forth with a very son-in-law- I looking air, and answered? ; ((Welt, madam, what is it?" i "Jack, do you know anything about a < farm?" i "Not to speak of, marm " I "You can read, and write, and cypher, 1 I suppose ?" i * ? * i r )} "Hotmng to orag or, marm. "Well, at an; rate, Jaok, I thiok that i after breakfast you and Laura may as well go down to the city and get married, for I'm tired of watching you, that's a fact." Good.?A few weeks after a late marriage, the husband had some peculiar thoughts wheD putting on his last clean i shirt, as he saw uo appearance of a (washing/ He thereupon rose earlier than usual one morning, and kindled a fire. When hanging on the kettle, he made a noise on purpose to wake his wife easy. She imme i diately peeped over the blankets, and then . exclaimed : < (My dear, what are you doing?' I He deliberately responded. I've put on my last clean shirt, and I'm going to wash one now for myself.' -- * i *f n , i 'Very well,' replied iurs. i^asy, you naa < better wash one for me, too.' J6T A hungry Irishman not long sinoe in London, mistaking a barber shop for aD eating house bolted in and begged to be served. The barber supposing from the length of bis beard that he wished to be shaved, knocked up a basin of suds, and placing it before him, wasbball in it, went 1 to get the razor. Pat, without waiting for j i grace, supped up the sud's and swallowed the washball; and, on the barber's returning with the razor, oooHy observed. 'There is do oooasion for a knife honey, yoar soap is very good, bat yoar taraip was not quite boiled long enoagh ' So paying his money, he bade the astonished barber adiea. The Danger's of "Pitch." Night before last, as the moon rose over the hill and tree-tops, gilding the spires of oar beaatifal city with her silvery rays, there might have hcen seen npon the roof of an Egyptian cottage, whioh is flat, and onoorort with nnrn white travel and Ditch. ooupleof lovers, seated, enjoying the beauty of the soene, and "Though few the hours, the happy moments few ; So warm with heart, ?o rich with love they flew, That their ftill souls forgot the will to roam, And rested there, as in a dream at home." The bud daring the day had been very warm, and thns they met to spend the fleeting boars of twilight, enjoying the pleasant breeze that floated np from the magnolia garden beneath, and interchanging those sonl longings and the warm affections for eaoh other Near each other the lovers sat; with one arm he enoircled the waist of the beautiful creature at his side. "Her little hand lay gently, confidingly in his." and all passed qaietly and lovingly until the bell tolled the midnight hour. "None bnt the loving and beloved Should be awake at this sweet hour." The tolling of the bell reminded them that "Tired Nature's sweet restorer?balmy sleep"? was requisite for lovers as well as others.? Still seated near each other, tho plighted rows were again and again exonangea, ana sealed witb kisses like "Linked sweetness long drawn out." At length, after many vain attempts to sever these pleasant pleasures, the transported lovers found that they were bound to ?ach other by more sticking bonds than lover's vows The hot suu had melted the pitob, and after sitting so long, and the ight air having cooled the resinous mat ter, they found they were both 'stuck fast.' rhe young gentleman-first attempted todissngage himself, but found, like Aunt Jemima's plaster, "the more you try to pull it off, the tighter it stioks the faster."? rhe young lady then attempted to get up, whioh she did, minus the skirt of her dress, tnd her nnder.olothes.as far as the "tiltere." [ this plight she attempted to relieve her disconsolate partner, bat it was of no ase? be couldn't cone. After some parley, he came to the oonjlosioD he oould maoage it by slipping out )f bis pants Accordingly be asked of his jompanioo is Bbe conld lend him a pair of pauts until he oould go home She thought ber ps's would do, if tbey were not too long With this informatics he slipped off [lis boots, and loosing his suspenders, drew bimself out of his pants as easily as possible, and rbe disconsolate couple took them lelves dowo stairs in a very blushing manner, and looking very much like our first parents when they discovered that they were buraan The lady procured, as quietly as possible, a pair of her father's pants, which were run into pretty quick, and the Adonis deoamped with his paDts rolled up about lix inches. The joke was too good to be rept; by little and little it leaked out, un,il the truth had to oome to exculpate the lappy innocents. Memphis Argus, June UU Not a Straggler.?Oo the morning ifter the great battle of Manassas Plains, Sergeant , of Co. A. Sixteenth Missislippi regiment, being barefooted, straggled >ff from his command, traversing the batle field in pursuit of a pair of shoes which iome frightened Yankee might have thrown tway in his flight. After looking for a ong time in vain, be at last saw a pretty ;ood pair on the pedal extremities of a dead STankee He sat down at the feet of the lead Yankee, pulled on his shoes and put hem on bis ownjfeet Admiring the fit, and complimenting himself upon this addition ;o his marohing abilities, he arose and with ^capsack on his back and gun in his hand, tvas about starting to overtake his regiment, V,a nKcamoit nnmina tnwardfl him h rru^u uc vvowi ?v\? wvm>*h^ ?? .??.w ... ? ? small squadron of cavalry, ail of whom, as it was drizzling rain, were wrapped in their large robber or oil oloth overooats It will De remembered that the cavalry are frequent-y assigned to the duty of picking up stragiers, and hence there *s no good feeling beiween the infantry and cavalry Ae they ipproached Sergeant , the foremost one, tsked : "What are you doing here, sir, away from your command?" "That's none of your business," answered the Sergeant. "You are a etraggler, sir, and deserve ihe severest punishment." It's a lie, sir?I am not a straggler?I 3nly left my regiment a few moments ago, :o bunt me pair of shoes. I went ell through ibe fight yesterday, and that's more than pou can say?for where were you yesterday wheo Gen Stcsrt wanted your cavalry to jharg? the Yankees after we put 'em mn Ding? You were "ying hank in the pine thickets and couldn't be found; but to- 'ay, when there's no danger, you oan come out and charge other men with straggling." The calvaryman, instead of getting mad, seemed to enjoy this rakio over from the plucky little Sergeant, and as he rode ou, laughed heartily at it. As the squadron was filing near past the Sergeant one of theuj remarked : "Do you know who you are talking to ?" "Yes?to a cowardly Virginia cavalryman." "No sir?that's Gen. Stuart." "What?" "And his staff." "Thunderation." With this exclamation the Sergeant pulled off his hat, and re?ad justing it over his eyes, struck a double quick on the straightest line fur bis regi Bent. J6^*The Gospel Messenger, published at Utica, in New York, has the following aoeo dote of Charley Lamb, which we would have thought too irreverent but for its appearance in that religious paper: At a dinner table, among a large number of guests, Charles Lamb's white oravat caused a mistake to be made, being taken for a clergyman, and he was to 'say grace.' Looking up and down the table, he asked, in his ioioiitable lisping manner, 'Is there ! no c!cl-olergymao present?' 'No, Sir,' an- I swered a guest. 'Th tben,' said lamb, 'let j us thank God.' iSajsfoe (?at|mngs. ?A St. Louis girl married a man to wio a bet, and afterwards sued for a divorce. ? Mr. William Laoge, near Frederick, Va., raised over three hundred bushels wheat from fifteen aores of ground ? Dresses embroidered with needle guns and pioturea of dying Aostriaos are fashionable in Paris. ? A plaDter of the Parish of 8t. Martin, Louisiana, is said to have twenty bales of Dew ootton ready for shipment to New Orleans. ? Nearly eight millions of rations have been issued to destitute whites and hlaoks in the South during the last ten mopths. ? A law, eycted in 1857, provides that this Government is to pay the Atlantio Cable Company a subsidy of 880,00O a year. ? A T. Stewart's dry goods house in Savannah will have 42 feet front, will be 318 feet long, 90 feet high, and have six stories. | ?One hundred and fifty negroes were wounded and twenty five killed in the late [ New Orleans riot. ? Preotioe says the man who considers the payment of the national debt as even a debatable matter is half rogue. ? The Imperial Government of Mexico has by decree ordered the sequestration of the domains of Don Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and appointed a reoeiver ? The Prussian foundry at Essen at the present moment is preparing a grand cannon for the French exhibition of 1867. It will carry a shot of about 1,250 pounds. ? William Yan Wyck, appointed Asses sor of Internal Revenue for the 3d Collec tioo District of Sooth Carolina, in which York is situated, resides at Pendleton, S. C ? A Buffalo City Rail Road Company po titioned the other day for authority to increase its fares, on the ground that the Condootors stole the profits. ? The wheat harvest is over in Virginia and Maryland, and the quantity in both States is greater than was expected, and the quality in general very superior ? Harvest advioes from various parts of the West are quite favorable. Wheat is being rapidly gathered and is generally in good condition. ? An advertisement appears in the Charleston News giving notice that application will be made at the next session of the Legisla tore for tbe obarter of an air line railroad between Charleston and Augusta. ? The Wasington Star, evidently speak ing on authority, says no one will be excluded from the PniiauS.'phla Convention, no matter what their antecedents, who in goou faith endorse tbe oall ? Tbe Seoretary of the Treasury has authority by the recent law to suspend the ? - * 1* ... J L_ iL _ collection or direct tax imposed oy toe law of 1861, in any of the Southern States. ? Jefferson Davis is said to be gradually going down to the grave id a deep decline. A writer in a Memphis journal observes: "Mark my prediction ! The OQly trial that Mr Davis will ever have will be at the bar of Eternal Justioe." ? One of the mooster farms of modern times is that of Gen. Urquiza, of BuenoaAyere. It ft composed of an unbroken body of 900 square miles, over which countless thousands of burses, cattle and sheep are grazing. ? A peculiar religious movement is ma king in Maine, looking to emigration to Jerusalem. A bark is now fitting out at Jooesport to carry the pilgrims to their Dew home in the Holy Land. She is expected to be ready to sail about the middle of the comiDg month. Land has been purchased near the aDcicnt Joppa, where it is proposed to make a permanent, settlement. ? The epidemio of cholera in New York is steadily inoreasiDg as the seasou advances, though it does Dot as yet prevail as a pesti leDce. Thus far it has obeyed I he laws of epidemio contagions closely. From the foul deDS of the tenant house and cellar population it has gone by a natural law to the alms-houses and prisoos, and to the de pots for troops on the islands r.ear N. York. ? England, Ireland and Scotland are the Btarting points of nineteen of the whole number of submarine telegraph lines. Italy has three; Norway has laid three across the Fiords since 1857. Franoe has two; Spain has one, anu India two. The Malta and Alexandria line, next in length (1,535 miles) to the Atlantic Cable, is laid in three sections, and the part in deep water has never caused any expense for repairs. ? The Auburn, California, Stars and Stripes has a request from "Captain Tom," of the Placer tribe of Indians, to make the paper tell "very man and woman that bis beloved wife Mand d is "heap dead." "She was a lit !e sick two week, heap sick one week, and made dead after dinne. on Monday." The sorrowing widower says she was "heap good woman." ? The Lebanon, Tenn., Herald, f Saturday, has the following: "During a recent visit to the lower end of the county, we made particular inquiry as to the state of the growiug crops, and found it to be the universal opinion that corn, cotton, and fruit promised a better yield than we have had for many years We have beard it estimated that the cotton crop of this .county will be worth from a quarter to half a million dollars, and some few plaoe it as high as ooe million Our farmers are all in high spirits. ? The New York News of a late date says : "Yesterday P. Y Cutler, Esq , of the law firm of Messrs Cutler, Wbitaker & Albright, appeared before Junge Barnard, of the Supreme Court, and applied for aD order of arrest on Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, nuder the circumstances of an affida vit of L Morton Montgomery, Esq., of Broadway, in this city, charging the Mexican hero with violation of agreement, &o., and setting forth damages at $50,000. After doe deliberation the Judge granted an order for the arrest, and placed the bail in the earn of 875.000. In due time the Deputy Sheriff prooeeeded to execute the order of arrest, but for some reason the ex Dictator or Mexico bad departed for more coogeoia' parts." SWerttfc piscellang. ^ Prisoners of War, Federal and Confederate.?"Id reply to a resolution of the Hoose of Representatives," says the j Washington Union of Tuesday, "calling i npon the Secretary of War for the number of prisoners of either side held and that died daring the war, be makes the following report: Number of Union prisonersSouth, J zoU,U4U; number of Rebel prisoners JNortn, ' 200,000; Dumber of Union prisoners died, f 22,576; number of Rebel prisoners died, b 26,486." Commenting upon tbis state- d ment, which in view of its Bouroe ma; be b regarded as official, the Pestersburg Index ? says: ? After all the "barbarities" of Anderson- ville, and Salisbury, after all the hired 6 perjurj with whioh Wire was murdered; ? with all the unbounded applianoes for l Health, comfort and cure which the humane, Christian, enlightened and civilized North possessed; with all the utterly infamous obaraoter of Washington official testimony where "rebels are oonoerued; i with every motive for; with ooostanl practice of, and unblushing notoriety in, falsi- n fyiog rpoords to suit their case, what are j] the facts ? 0 Out of 261,000 Union prisoners, 22,500 died. Oot of 200,000 Confederate prisoners, 26,500 died The Union prisoners ii ezoeeded the Confederate prisoners 61,000; ? yet the deaths of Union prisoners fell below those of Confederate prisoners six (; thousand. b Two "Yankee" prisoners died out of 2 over twenty three in Southern pens. Two "rebel" prisoners died out of every fifteen j in Northern pens. jj Gen. Beauregard a Prince.?The Paris correspondent of the New Orleans c Times says in bis last letter: ? He is still with ns, or rather be is in c n Paris, having been oalled thither again, as I understand it, to reoonsider his refosal of B the offer of the supreme military oomm^nd y from the Moldo-Wallaohia Government.? It is given oat that the Frenoh Emperor, " who is all poweiftil with the Romans, is nu J longer adverse to the General's aooeptance of the position. As to the General's own way of thinking or intensions concerning the matter?wait and see Certain it is, the Romans are n most enxious to have hirn, and in their ea ? gerness Lave made him very tempting offers J ?the title or Prinoe, to rank next to the n Hospodar, the snm of $200,000 down in ti bard cash, a princely salary, and the supreme, absolute command of all the military f forces and retinue of the ten principalities. * If the General should acoept, his late com panions in 8rms could, and doubtless will, k furnish a body of cffic?ra that would prove invaluable to the Romans in the event of war. Mighty events are impending all a long the Danube ^ VT 1 _ T71 __ 1 PHOTOGRAPHIC nOTJfia.?a.n JCjDgiisn writer directs attention to tbe fact that the first known photographs were prodaoed by lightning, and cites the following illustrations, derived from a late French work: ^ ' In 1689, the lightning having struck . the steeple of the ohurob of St. Sauveor [ de Logo;, there was found impressed on the cloth of tbe altar the text of tbe oonseoration prayer, contained in an open book J which lay close by. a "In 1847, at Lugano, a woman, who had n been near a plaoe struck by lightning, had o: impressed on ber leg the itnage of a flower o growing close by. H "In tbe Bay of Zante a sailor who was T killed by lightning while sleeping on the pi side of the ship, had impressed on his left breast the number 44, which bung engraved ( on metal close to the place. v /* T1 Q akrrnn ftKaorro/^ i r* tKa TT f "IU lut/u. lucig nao ui/o&i vvvi *u uuu vy States, on the body of a man, the imprint, & of a tree shattered by lightning." ti The writer contends that it may yet be Jj poHfiible for art to arrest and fix the flash of ^ lightning. g A Southebn Discovery.?We are credibly informed that oar townsman, Dr. Marion Howard, has discovered a compound Z by the application of which teeth may be ^ drawn without the patient's feeling the least J* pain. A Dumber of the pbysiciaos in this b town have examined into the matter and ia pronounce it a most valuable discovery The compound is perfectly harmless if it ^ should be swaliowed, arc the patient is g perfectly conscious during the operation, but feels no pain. How far this discovery may be applied to surgioai operations in general has not yet been tried but in dnw , ing teeth it certainly acts like a charm.? J Richmond Times. h, Hi J, t&" Arrangements bave reoently been en c' tered into between the Wilmington and Manchester Rail Road, the South Carolina " Raid Road and the Georgia Rail R>ad, by a which through passenger trains will be run dail; fcetwe j Wilmington, N. C , and Atlanta, Georgia. Passengers, baggage and mails will be carried daily between these points without being disturbed or having to ( obange cars. The most luxurious sleeping ? oars, built expressly for this line, will be in the** trains The oars are both day and night cars. The passenger need not change ai bis place from Atlanta to Wilmington, N. o( C , and has no trouble about baggage or g transfers, besides having a most comfortable bed in the sleeping oar* A /Iaatv \\Ttbtj A ?/v\rl txn fa 'Q nno Tolin LX \J KJKJU TT IX r*. -~"U. g UUU "??v ?u vuv ttiiw ? pats her husband in the side of the bed ( next to the wall, and tocks him in to keep ? him warm in the winter, splits the wood, j-J makes the fires in the morning, washes her husband's face, and draws on bis boots n| for him, never suffers a rent to remain in ? her husband's small clothes, keeps her ? shoes up at the heels, and her stookings darned, never wonders what her hasband sees interesting in the young woman who lives aoross the way, never slams the door when her husband is speaking, and always removes the children when they eat ap their y father's supper u ?n? ? ? ; Kaf A shop in Baltimore was set on fire > m i last week by the agency of a warped pane ! }! of glass in a window, which acted as a con : o| vex leDs, and concentrating the sun's rays I tc upon a pile of combustible material, oaused ( s it to take fire IMPORTANT CHANCE IN THE DIVIDEND PERIOD8 OF THE ' . nuiEiiiffiiuiHim. Of the United States. HO. 92 BSOADWAY, N. Y. Accumulated Fund, - - - 82,000,000 Annual Income,1,000,000 PURELY MUTUAL. 1NNUAL CASH DIVIDENDS, 'PHIS Society has determined to de-L Clare their dividend* ANNUALLY IN CASH ; the rot niHHonH will Ko Dnkmnrtr 1 1 CAT Thn ut Dividend declared on the qui. , rennial plan, reduced ti; premiums, In some cases, mor?. than f>0 per cent., or oubled the policy during the next dividend period. It is elieved for the future that no company In this country will c able to present greater advantages in its dividends to ersons assuring than this Society, as its total expenditure 0 cash premiums received was, by the last New York Inurancc Report, less than that of any of the older American ,lfe Insurance Compaules. fSee Superintendenl Barnet' innual Report, 1865.J The new business of this Society, for the past year $13,33,900, exceeds the new business of any New York Comany, in any previous year.?(See Supt. Barnes' Annual leport, 1865.) This Company will issue POLICIES ON A SINGLE ilFE to the extent of $25,000! WILLIAM C. ALEXANDER, President. He.try B. Hyde, Vice President. Geoeoe W. Phillips, Actuary. THOMAS S. JEPPERYS, Agent for York District. August 9 16 tf MONEY! MONEY!! MONEY!!! THE great scarcity of money In the South, renders It ecessary for the people to make their purchases wherever hey can buy to advantage. A great chance to save money 1 offered them, to the greatest perfection, by the Proprietor f the YORE DRUG STORE. Purchasing for CASH, he Is constantly receiving FRE8H lOODS, and of course gets the advantage of DECLINES n prices. As a proof It Is only necessary to mention that tony articles may now be pnrchosed from 100 to 150 per enL less than twelve months ago. This GREAT REDUCTION a prices has enabled him to make large sales, which ha een Immediately re-Invested, at lower prices. The conse uence Is, that the purchaser always gets, at THE YORK >RUG STORE, all the articles he purchases at the LOWEST CASH PRICES, have always on hand, the choicest and most genuine arIcles of Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Dye Ituffs, Window Glass, Putty, Perfumery, Toilet Soaps, Irushes of all kinds, and FANCY ARTICLES Generally. All kinds of SURGICAL, DENTAL and OBITETR1CAL INSTRUMENTS, not on hand, will be orered from the BEST MAKERS, without extra charge.? IOUNTRY MERCHANTS can buy their supplies from in, on as good terms as IN NEW YORK. Remember the YORK DRUG STORE Is the place where ou can save your -Money, Monet, MONEY. June 7 7 tf NEW FOUNDRY AND MACHINE SHOP, <JtLA?tl-U 1 11^, IN. *J. M. MARTIN & CO., LAVING removed their Works from Ssowesvillc, Gaston ounty, to Charlotte, respectfully inform their old patrons nd the public generally that they hare opened a fOUNDRY & MACHINE SHOP, t the old Navy Yard lot, in the city of Charlotte, where ley are prepared to make all sorts of CASTINGS 'or 8team Engines, Mills, Factories, Water Wheels, Cane [ills, Farming Implements, See., See. REPAIRING. Particular attention will be paid TO REPAIRING of all inds. All work shall be done in the very NICEST STYLE, find ie BEST MATERIAL used. M. MARTIN, JOHN WILKES, Charlotte, N. C. June 213 10 3m PHE YORK MARBLE YARD, RICHARD HARE, forms the citizens of Tfork li itincj, ui He keeps constantly on ~hand, n large supply of "oreign and Domestic Marble, nd specimens of his work may be always seen at the Yard early opposite the 'ENQUIRER' PRINTING OFFICE. He is also prepared to furnish to order, IRON RAILING f any desired pattern, for Fences, Balconies, Jcc. Off- Particular attention given to CLEANING and RE VVATING old Monuments, Tomb-Stones, fce. Off- He will keep constantly on hand, TILES lor EARTHS; GRINDSTONES, of the best GRIT; PLAS ER OF PARIS and CEMENT. Off- His terms are CASH ON DELIVERY. Ills rices are in specie, or the equivalent in currency. July 96 14 6m. 2 OUTH CAROLINA-YORK DI83 TRTCT.?VVhercns JAMES RATTAREE and A. /ILLIFORD have applied to me for Letters of Admin .satlon, on nil and slnjpilar the poods and chattels, rights nd credits of HENRY RATTAREE, late of the District foresaid, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon. ih all and singular, ic kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and jpear before me at our next Ordinary's C ourt for the said istrlet, to be holden at York Court Houston the20th day f August instant, to shew cause, if any, why the said dinlnlstratlon should not be granted. Ivcn under my hand and Seal, this 6th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand cJght nun dred and sixty six, and in the ninety-first year of the In dependence of the United States of America. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. August 9 16 2t* 2 OUTH CAROLINA?YORK DIS~ 3 TRICT?Whereas. J. L. WATSON, has applied i me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, le goods and chattels, rights and credits of JOHN 0. ARNES, late ot the District aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singur, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be id appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for the lid District, to be holden at York Court Ilouseon the2Ctli ?y of August Instant, to shew cause, if any, why the said dtninlstraiion should not be granted. iven under my hand and Seal, this 6th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and in the 9lst year of the independence ol the United States of America. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. August 9 16 2t* 20UTII CAROLINA?YORK DILJ TRTCT?Whereas, JOHN C. KUYKENDAL, J-., us applied tome for Letters of Administration, on all and ngular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of 4. KUYKENDAL, late of the District aforesaid, debased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular te kindred nnd creditors oft osald deceased.to he and apcar before me at ournextOrdinary'sConrtforthesald DIsict, to be holden at York Court ' ouse on the 20th day f August instanty to shew cause, it any, why the said dmlnistration should not ' e granted. . Iven under my hand and Sci,,, ibis Tib day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun. . . area ana sixty-six, unu m me nmuj-....-. ,v.. - ... dependence of the United States of America. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. August 9 * 16 2t 3 OUTH CAROLINA-YORK DIS3 TRICT.?Whereas JOHN L. WATSON, has applied i me for Letters of Administration, on all and slnguir, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of VVM. NDERSON, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singur, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be id appear before me, at our next Ordinary's Court for ic said District, to be ltoldcn at York Court House, on the )th day of August Instant, to shew cause, If any, why le said administration should not be granted, ivsn under my band and Seal, this 8th day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and in the ninety-first year of the Independence of the United States of America. JOHN A. BROWN, 0. Y. D. August 9 16 2t 3 OUTIi CAROLINA?YORK DISJ TRICT.?Whereas JOSEPH WYI.IE has applied to le for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the rods and chattels, rights and credits of D. C. RODDEY, te of the District, aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular ic kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and jpenr before ine at our next Ordinary's Court for tlie said (strict, to be holdeu at York Court House, on the 20th ly of August instant, to shew cause, if any, why the said dminlstration should not be granted. Iven under tny hand and Seal, thin 6th day or August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and in the ninety first year of the Independence of the United States of America. JOHN A. BROWN, 0. Y. D. August 9 16 2t HOUSE-PAINTING, &C. NELSON DAVIS respectfully Informs the citizens of ork and the surrounding Districts, that he Is ready and llllng to attend to the business of Plain and Ornamental OUtiE-PAINTING, GLAZING and PAPER-HANGING, e prides himself especially, in being able to imitate suc[>ss(\illy, the various kinds of Wood, viz : MAHOGANY, tAPLE, OAK, SATIN-WOOD, WALNUT, ROSEITOOD, &c., ice. Also, Egyptian, Italian, Pennsylvania, isper and Slnah MARBLES. Iiy strict attentioh to business, he hopes to secure a share r public uatronage, and feels assured, thai he will be able > give entire satisfaction to those who may employ him. Off- Ail communications addressed- to him at Yorkvilie, . C., wlh meet with prompt attention. NELSON DAVIE3. October 26 " 28 6m PROSPECTUS OF THE SUMTER NEWS! THE undersigned proposes to Issue at Sumter, S. C., on or nbont the first of June, 1806, a weekly paper, to be entitled "THE SUMTER SEWS." This Journal will be devoted to literature, morality and general Intelligence. and the promulgation of the occurrences of the day?political and general?which may be of Interest to the people. No pains or expense will be spared by the proprietor to render hl? paper acceptable to all classes of readers. He confidently refers to his long experience (of 33 years) In the past as a Journalist, to secure for him the patronage of the people of bis District. He congratulates himself that be can select for the Inauguration of bis enterprise no better occasion than the present. At the termination of a long and bloody struggle, in which the principles of free government have been overridden and the Constitution trampled underfoot?in which all the angry passions of frail and errlnghuaaan nature have been excited and exercised?the Angel of Peace Is now ouuui iw uiituuj IICI wiug?> u?Ci ail rjtvuunn ui uui tuiumen country, and once again to gather around her the goodness, the strength and the magnitude of the American Union. At such a time as this, he can have no better landmarks by which, for the good of his country, to direct his course than the Union, the Constitution and the Presl dent of the United States, and he pledges himself to sustain, as far as be Is able, the purity and Integrity of the flh, and the firmness, and the patriotism and the statesman snip of the other. To the people of Sumter Uistrlct he confidently appeals for their sympathy and patronage. identified as he bas ever been with them and their Interest In the past, he asks to be allowed tbe same pirvllege in the future. He expects to build up for them a District paper, the course of which will be consistent prudent and patriotic, and one which he hopes will not be wanting In Its Influence on the education and training of the rising generation. The services of an able and talented editor have been secured, who will devote his time and abilities to the entertainment and Instruction of his patrons, and who will take pleasure in seconding the efforts of the undersigned, to render THE SUMTER NEWS worthy of the confidence and support of a discriminating public. For further Information as to terms, Sc., address me, at Sumter, S. C. H. L. DAHJL Mav 10 3 tf GET THE BEST I PHOENIX AND GLEANER. THE DAILY l'lKlM V 19 published every morning, except Monday, .and contains the LATEST NEWS, by telegraph and malls, up to hour of going to press; Editorials, Correspondence from different points, Miscellaneous Reading, Tales, Poetry, Sketches, etc., etc., etc. In the QUANTITY and QUALITY of Its READING MATTER is not to be excelled by any paper in South Carolina. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted on favorable terms. THE TRI'WEEKLT PHOENIX Contains, In every number, the reading matter (embracing tnc latest news) of TWO ISSUES of the daily. 4 It is published every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings. l ltfi b li fc A .K fc H Is published every Wednesday morning. It la the desire, ana will be the object of the Proprietor, to make this equal to, if not the best, FAMILY NEWSPAPER in the South. In fact, ns its name indicates, A HOME COMPANION. Besides the collection of the cream of the news of the week, Political, Financial and the Markets, it will contain a large amount of LITERARY MATTER, such as choice Tales, Sketches and Poetry. It will embrace EIGHT PAGES, containing FORTY-EIGHT COLUMNS,is printed in a form to bind, and thus secures a faithful record and history of passlng-events. TEBMS-IN ADVANCE. Daily Paper, six months, $4 00 Tri-Weekly, " " 2 50 Weekly, " " 1 50 JULIAN A. SELBT, Proprietor, Columbia, S. C. June 14 8 tf Office National Intelligencer, Washington, October 1865. This standard Journal lounded more than half a century since has been rc-organlzcd with an able and active corps of editors, reporters, and correspondents- It la of enlarged size, superior typography, and is published at rates comparing favorably with any other first class paper: It has access to authentic sources of original intelligence In politics, commerce, science, and literature. The Intimate Intercourse between the founders of the National Intelligencer and those men who represented the extremes of opinions which bave culminated In the late war, prove the moderation and Integrity which have ever marked Its course. This Intercourse and respect embraced Webster, Calhoun, Clay and Benton. It had received the confidence of them all.? The National Intelligencer Is conducted scrupulously upon the principles which have ever guided It. It has Uvea to feel the value of moderation and naUonal fraternity, and rsjolcc to perceive that the American people respect them likewise. The Intelligencer will extend a cordial and sincere support to the beneficent policy of President Johnson. It will favor such provision for the legal and social protection o the emancipated negro, as the several States may deem Jus and proper. Qualified by location and sentiment to mediate between the wants of one section and the resources of another, it will advocate and aid in transfering to the South those elements of capital and enterprises indlspenslble to the prosperity of every community. To enable the Inteligcncer to fulfill this measure of usefulness, It respectfully asks the support to which its past moderation and sincere devotion for the common welfare entitle It. In this sense It Is now offered to the public as a medium of Intelligence, which cannot be surpassed by any journal published In the National Metropolis. Dally paper, one year $10 00 " six months 5 00 " three months, '2 50 Tri weekly paper, one year 6 00 " six months. 3 00 " three montns, 1 50 SNOW, COYLE fc CO., Successors of Gales k Seaton. April 12, SI tf TTTT TJTTTJ d T C nTTTTTTTJ "KTCT? JLJLXXJ Ai A WEEKLY VISITOR TO THE FARM, WORKSHOP & FAULT CIRCLE. IT is proposed ta publish at Columbia, as soon as a sufficient number nf bona fide subscribers are sent In, a Weekly AGRICULTURAL and FAMILY NEWSPAPER, under tlie above title. In this enterprise are engaged the best practical and scientific Agricultural writers In the State, while the Literary, News, Manufacturing and Religious Departments will be under the control of the best Literary talent of the South. We shall also devote a space to the Mechanic Arts, which will be conducted by two of the best Mechanics In the South. The necessity for such a work at this time Is evident to all. Our change of laoor necessarily Involves changes In the whole Industrial pursuits of the South. To arrive at the best and most remunerative kind and mode will require experiments and discussion, and in no other way can the people be so well informed on such matters than through tin; .columns of a journal such as we propose to publish. It will require 2,500 subscribers to insure trie commencement of the enterprise. This number can be easily obtained If those who wish to sustain such a journal at the South will exert themselves among their friends. We promise (Item a WEEKLY VISITOR equal In contents andtypographlcal execution to any in America. Price ?3 per annum, currency, or .*2 coin, to be paid 6 months In advance, on receipt of the first i.umber. K. M. 3TUKES it CO., Columbia, S. C. August 9 1C tf TWO AGRICULTURAL PAPERS FOR 82 50 ! T H E SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR, D. REDMOND St VVM. N. WHITE. EDITORS. ESTABLISHED IN 1843. Volume 34 Commence! January, 18661 Monthly, per Annum, In Advance, 82 00 Six Copies, in Advance, 10 00 BY special arrangement with the "MARYLAND FARVRR > annfh?r efrcllpnt Rural Monthlv. nublished In Bal tlmore at $1.50, both papers will be sent one year for .$3.00 ?six of each for $16?10of each for$25?giving each sub scriher in this owe, both papers for $2.50! Address, WM. N. WHITE, Athens, Ga. February 25 44 tf THE CHARLESTON COURIER, PUBLISHED BV A. S. WILLINGTON & CO., CITY PRINTERS, NO. Ill EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. TERMS: Daily one year, $10 00 Daily 6 months, 5 00 Daily 3 months, 2 50 Trl-Weekly, one ye.tr, 8 00 Tri-Weekly, 6 months, %... 4 00 ftp- The Proprietor of the Enquirer Is the agent of the "Courier" for Yorkville. He will take pleasure in forwarding subscriptions. July 19 13 tf THE STATE OF S. CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT, IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Tufts, Burtcs St Co., vs. Burrows, Blair &. Co., 1 attachCochran & Co., vs. do. I Sam'l Rlagge it Co., vs. do. Tracy, Irwin & Co., vj. do. J men/. WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs did, on the 13th day of March' 1866, file their Declaration against tlie Defendants, who (as it Is said) Is absent from and without the limits of this State, and have neither wife nor attorney known within the same upon whom a copy of said Declaration might bo served.? It Is, therefore, ordered, that the said defendants do appear and plead to the Declaration filed In each of the above stated cases, on or before the 14th day of March, which will be in the year of otir Lord one thousand eight hundred aud sixty-seven, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and awarded agalst them. J..F. WALLACE. C. C. C. P. & G. S. Clerk'sOflke, York District, S. C. March 15 47 lyq RENOVATING AND CLEANSING WOOIjEX goods. MRS. J. E. GRIST respectfully informs the citizens of Vorkvilleand vicinity, ibatshe is prepared to RENOVATE AND CLEAN Gentlemen's Coats, Pants and Vests, and Ladies'Cloaks. REPAIRING DONE IF NECESSARY. Satisfaction Guaranteed if the garments axe not too much WORN or FADED. Refers to : Capt. I. D. Witherspoon, G. R. Ratchford, T. M. Dobson, Thoa. H. Dickson, M. Jones, JV. 1. Clawson and Maj. J. G. Lindsay. Articles left at the Printing Office will be attended to. December 14 35 tf STAMP DUTIES ImpoMd br Aetof 0*ntrew to9tk? Meet Aogfllt lMt, 1866. T^HE followingis aa Alphabetical list JL of the stamp duties Imposed by the Act of Congress, passed July 13,1866, and to take effect Attsnst 1M, 186# r Agreement.?Other than those mentlonedin this schedule (or any appraisement) for every sheet or piece of paper on which it is written, 5 cents ; appraisements ef value or damage, 5 cents. Bill of Exchange, foreign.?Drawn in but payable oat of the United States, if drawn singly or otherwise than in a set of three or more?same as inland bills of exchange or promissory notes. Drawn in sets of three or more, for every bill of each set, where the sum made payable shall not exceed $100, or the equivalent thereof, in aay foreign currency in which such bills may be expressed, 9 cents; for every additional $100, or fractional part thereof In excess of 8100, 2 cents. Bill of Excfumgt, inland.?Draft or order ibr the payment or any sum of money, not exceeding $100, otherwise then at sight or on demand, or promissory notes, except bank notes and checka; or any memorandum, check, receipt, or other written or printed evidence of an amount of money to be paid on demand or at a time designated, for nam not exceeding $100,5 cents: for every additional $100, or fractional nart in excess of ,4i00. 5 cents. Bill of Salt.?Bill* of sale by which any ship, or vessel or any part thereof, shall be conveyed to. or vested in any other person or persons, when the consideration stall not exceed $500, stamp duty 50 cents ; do., when the consideration exceeds ?500 and does not exceed flj80>, lW<aceedlng $1,000, for every additional amount of *500, or fractional part thereof, 50 cents. Petsonal property other than ships or vessels. 5 cents. , x BVX of Lading.?For goods nnd merchandise exported to foreign ports, other than charter party, each 10cents. f. yt Bcmdi.?Of Indemnity?where the money ultimately re covereble thereupon Is *1,000 or leas, 10 cents; where the penalty exceeds *1,000, for every additional *1.000 or fractional port In excesa or *1^000,50 cents. Tor the due execution of the duties of any office, *1. Of any description other than such as may be required In legal proceedings, or used in connection with mortgage deeds, and MX otherwise charged In this schedule, 25 cents. ,, Certificate?Other than those mentioned,'* cant*. Certificate of Damage?A nd all other doc amenta tatted by anyport-warden or marine surveyor, 23 cents. Certificate of Deporit?Foi a sum not exceeding *100,2 cents; exceeding*!00, 5 cents. Certificate of Profiti? la any Incorporated cemnaav, for an amount not less than *10, nor exceeding *50,10 cents; from *60 to *1,000, 25 cents; exceeding *Lo00, for every additional *1,000, or fractional part thereci, 25 cents. Certificate of stock?In Incorporated company, 25'cents. Charter Party?On any lauer or memorandum relating to the charter of any vesael, If the registered tonnage does not exceed 150 tons, *1; from 150 to 300 tana,*3; from *Q*to 600 tons, *5; over 600tons, *10. Check*, Drift* or Orders?For any amount on any bank, broker or trusi company, at sight or on demand, 2 cents; for amount exceeding *10 on any person other than e bank, banker or trui t.company, at sight or on drmsnd, 2 cents. cigar JUgWr?Made in part of wood, wax, glass, paper or other mutetials, In parcels or packages, 1 cent; in pack ages of more tban 25 and not more than 50 lights, 2 cents ; for every addl ional 25 lights, or fractional part of that number, 1 cent. i Contract*.?Contracts, broker's note, or memorandum of sale of any gojda or merchandise, stocks- bonds, notes of band, for each note or memorandum of sale, 10 cents. Conveyance n Deed of Orant.?Where the consideration or value does not exceed ?300, 50 cents; from ?500 to ?1,000, ?1; an d for every additional ?500, or fractional part thereof, In excess of ?1,000,50 cents. Entry of Goods.?At custom house, not .exceeding in value?1<J0,25cents; from?100 to?500,50cents; exceeding ?5uO, 1 dollar; for the withdrawal ofgoods from bonded warehouse, 60 cents. - . Friction Matches?Or luclfer matches, made in part of wood, in packages of 100 or less, 1 cent; when in parcel* or packages containing more than 100, and not more than 200, for each pircel or package, 2 cents, and for every additional or fractional part thereof, 1 cent; for wax tapers, double the rates herein imposed on friction matches, 1 cent. Lease Where rent is ?300or lew, 60 cents; where the rent exceeds ?300, for each additional ?100, or fraction in excess of ?300,50 cents; assignment ora lease, same stamp as original, ami additional stamp upon the value or consideration of traitfer, according to the rates on deeds. (Bee Conveyance.) Manifest En'ry, Clearance.?Of carp of vend for fcrelgn port, If tonnag a does not exceed 300 tone, fljlhun 900 to 600, $3; exceeding 000,99. Meats, Fish, Fruits, Sauces, Jellies, fc.?fee and upon every can, botUe or other single package, containing meats, fish, shell-fisb. (hilts, vegetables, sauces, syrups, prepared mustard, jams or jellies, contained therein, packed or sealed, made, prepared and sold, or offered for sale, or removed for con rumpUon in the United States, oo or after the 1st day of October, 1866, when such can, bottle or other single packag: with its contents, diall not-exceed two pounds in wel;ht, 1 cent; when such can, bottle or other single package with Its contents, shall exceed two pounds In weight, for every additional pound or fractional part, 1 cent. Mortgage or Personal Bonds.?Given as security for the payment of any definite sum, from SIM to f&OfSO cents; exceeding $500 and not exceeding #1,000,$1. Far every additional $500, or fractional part thereof,in excess of $500 50 cents ; provided that upon each and every assignmrsr or transferal a mortgage, policy of Insurance, or the renew* al or continuance or any agreement, contract or charter, by letter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be required equal to that Imposed on the original Instrument. Passage Ticiet.?To a foreign-port, If bt less price than $35,50 cents; from $35 to 1 *od for everj addition ol kw) ut liaciiuiliu u<ul UiCICVI) uivavn* vi |l?n Pawnbroker' i Certifieate^-For any amount, 5 cents. Playing Can's.?For and upon every pack, not exceeding 52 cards in nuinber, irrespective of price or value, 6 cents. Policy of Intwrance.?On any life or Uvea, where the amount insured does not exceed $1,000, 25 cents; from $1,000 to $5,000.50 cents; exceeding $5,000,1 dollar. Fire and Marine Risks.?Premium not exceeding $10,10 cents; premium not exceeding $50, 35 cents, exceeding $50, 50 cents. Accidental Insurance Companies are exempt. Power of .dtiomey-?To transfer stock, hoods or scrip, to collect dividends, interest or rent, 35 cents; to vote by proxy, except in charitable, religious, literary, sail gamete* ry societies, 10 cents; to sail or lease real estate, and perform all other acts not specified, $1; for any other purposes. 50 cents. Probate of Will, or Letters of JliminliCration.?Where tiie estate does not exceed the value of ^2,000, $1; for every additional $1,000, or fractional part in <xceas of $2,000, 50 cents. Protest of Note, Draft, t(c.?Or marine protest fcc., 25 cents. Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, tft.?Not over 25 cents, 1 cent; not over 50 cents, 2 cents; not over 75 cents, 3 cents; not over $1, 4 cents. For every additional 00 cents or fraction thereof, 2 cents. Receipt.?Receipts for thepaymentof any sum of money, or for the payment of any debt due, exceeding $90, not being for satisfaction of any mortgage or Judgment, or decree of a court, or endorsement on any stamp obligation fat acknowledgment of its fulfillment, tor each receipt, 9 cents. Provided, that when more than one signature Is affixed to the same paper, one or more stamps may be affixed thereto representing the whole amount of stamps required for such signatures. Sales.?Or contracts for the sale of stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, gold and silver bullioo and coin, promissory notes or other securities, when made by broken, beaks or bankers who pay a special tax, require stamps equal to 1 cent on every $100. If there is a fraction over $100, the samgto be stamped at the foil rate of $100. When made uy a now, firm or corporation not paying special tar, for every $100 of value, 5 cents. A memorandum of sale or contract must be made by the seller to the buyer upon the sale or contract being made, and the stamps affixed thereto. Writ.?Writ 50 cents. Where the amount claimed In a writ, issued by a court not of record, Is over $100, 50 cents. (iDori every confession of judgment, or cognovit, fob $100 or over (except In those cases where the tax for the writ of a commencement of suit has been paid,) 50 cents. Writs or other process on appeals from justices' courts or other courts of Inferior jurisdiction to a court of'record. 50cents. Warrant of distress, when the amount of rent claimed does not exceed $100,23 cents; when exceeding $100,50 cents. EXEMPTIONS. No stomp duty shall he required on powers of attorney or any other paper relating to application for bounties, arrearages of pay, or pensions, or to the receipt thereof from time to time; or upon tickets or contracts of Insurance when limited to injury to persons while travelling; nor on certificates of the measurement or weight of animals, wood, coal orothur articles, nor on"deposit notes to mutual insurance companies for the insurance upon which policies subject to stomp duties hive been or are to be Issued; nor on any warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or note, when such bond or note shall have affixed thereto the stamp or stamp j denoting the duty required; and whenever any bond or note shall "be secured by a mortgage, but one stamp duty aha 1 be required to be placed on sucn papers ; nor on any certificate of the record of a deed or other instrument In w.-iting, or of the acknowledgment or proof thereof by attesting witnesses; nor to any Indorsement of a negotiable instrument. Provided that the stamp duty placed thereon shall be of the highest rate required for said Instruments, or either of them. Receipts by express companies for the delivery of any property for transportation are exempt from stamp doty. PENALTIES. Penalty for making, signing ft>r issuing any instrument, document or paper of any kind whatsoever, or shall accept, negotiate or pay, or cause to be accepted, negotiated or paid, any bill of exchange, draft or order, or promissory note for the payment of money, without the same being duly stamped, or denoting the duty hereby Imposed thereon, $50 ; and the Instrument shall be deemed invalid and of no effect; or for counterfeiting stamps or dies, $1,000, and Imprisonment to hard labor not exceeding five years. For making, signing, Issuing, accepting or paying any bill of exchange, dhift, order or note without stamp, $300- For selling proprietary cosmetics, matches, meats, fish, fruits, sauces, jellies, ate., wiuioui prvpei suuupo, qw. 0THKE PX0V1S10RS. Instruments are not to be tecorded unless property stamped. No instrument Is invalid for the want of the particular kinds of stamps designated, provided aiegal stamp cfequal amount (except proprietary stamps,) Is duly affixed. All official instruments, documents and papers issaed or used by officers of the United 8tates Government, or by the officers of any State, county or other municipal corporation are exempt. *. In cases where an adhesive stamp shall be used for denoting any duty imposed by tills act, the person using or affixing the same shall write thereon the Initials of his name and date upon which the same shall be attached or used, so that the same may not again be used, tinder a penalty of $50. Instruments heretofore issued without stamps, not to be void where stamps are subsequently affixed. Postage stamps cannot be used as revenue stamps. Any person may present to the commissioner of Internal Revenue any Instrument, and require his opinion whether the same Is chargeable with any stamp duty; and if the said commissioner shall be of opinion that it Is not chargeable with any stamp duty, he is required To impress on It a particular stamp, with words to signify thatltlsnot chargeable with stamp duty; and every Instrument on which said stamp is impressed shall be received in evidence In all courts, notwithstanding objections on the ground of sueh Instrument being without the proper stamp. The party to whom a document is Issued from a foreign country, or by whom it Is to be used, shall, before using the same, affix thereon the stamp or stamps Indicating we amy required. Proprietors of cosmetics, medicines, or proprietary articles, may furnish private dies, and ifre allowed 5 per cent, on all purchases at $500 ; over $500,10 per cent. THE STATE OF S. CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT, IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Darwin k Jeffcrys, 1 vs. > Attachment. Burrows, Blair k Co.,) WHEREAS, tlie Plaintiffs did, on the 14th day of March, 1866, (lie their Declaration against the Defendants, who, it is said, are absent from and without the limits of this State, and have neither wife, nor attorney known within the same, upon whom a copy of the said Declaration mlgntbe served: It Is, therefore, ordered, that the said Defendants do appear and plead to the said Declaration, on or before the fifteenth day of March, which will be In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, otherwise final and absolute Judgment will be given and awarded against them. J. P. WALLACE, C. C. C. P. Clerk's Office, York District, 8. C. . March 29 49 lyq