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JjmMrons Jtea&iitg. MP* During a session of the Cironit Court at Lynohburg, an Irishman was indioted for stabbing another on the oanal, and the only witness was Dennis O'Brien, who was required to enter bonds for his appearance at the next oonrt. The recognizance was read to him in the nana! form : "You acknowledge yourself indebted to the Commonwealth of Virginia in the sum of $500." Dennis.?"I don't owe her a oint, sir." A soon as the clerk reoovered from his amusement at the answer, he explained the meaning of the form, and then read it oyer gain JUenrns?"I ten ye i aon c owe uer a eint. It's more money nor I ever saw, nor my father before me." At this stage of the matter a brother of Dennis interfered, and said : "Ye must jest say it, Dennis; it's only one of the forms of the law." Dennis.?"Bat I won't I'm a decent, honest man, what pays my debts, and I'll spake the trath, and the divil may drink all my whiskey for a month if I say I owe any body a oint. Now chate me if yon, can " Dennis refused to say it, bat he promised to oome to oourt and tell all he knew aboat the marder. Three Jolly Husbands. Three jolly husbands oat in the country, by the names of Tim Watson, Joe Brown, and Bill Walker, sat late one evening drinking at the village tavern, until, being pretty well oorned, they agreed that each one, on returning home should do the first thing that his wife told him, in default of whieh h* ithrmld the next mornin? nav the bill. They separated for the night, engaging to meet again,the next morning, and give an honest aecoont of their proceedings at home, so far as they related to the bill. The next morning Walker and Brown were eaily at their posts, bat it was some time before Watson made his appearance. Walker began first. "Yon see, when I entered my hoase the oandle was oat, and the fire gave bat a glimmer of light, I came near walking into a pot of batter that the pan-cakes were to be made of in the morning. My wife, who was dreadfully oat of humor, said to me, sarcastically: "Bill, do put your foot in the batter ! "Just as yoa Bay Maggy," said I, "and without the least hesitation I pat my foot in the batter, and then went to bed." Next, Joe Brown told his story: "My wife had already retired in our usual sleeping room, whioh adjoins the kitchen, and the door of which was ajar; not being able to navigate perfeotly, yoa know, I made a dreadful olattering among the household furniture, and my wife in no very pleasant tone, bawled oat: "Do break the porridge pot!" ?Nn snnner said than done. I seized hold of the bale of the pot, aod striking it against the obimney jamb, broke it into a hundred pieoes. After this exploit I retired to rest, and got a curtain lecture all night for my pains." It was now Tim Watson's turn to give an account of himself, which he did with a very long face, as follows: "My wife gave me the most unlucky oommand in the world ; for I was blundering up stairain the dark, when she ories out: "Do break your neck?do Tim !" "I'll be cursed if I do, Kste," said I, as I gathered myself up, I'll sooner pay the bill." "And so, landlord, here's the cash for you, aod this is the last time I'll ever risk five dollars on the command of my wife." J?* A few weeks ago Dr. Clark was called to attend to an old gentleman, who had unfortunately fallen and broken his leg. mi_ : e?:i_ -i_:i J i j 1 ue lUiJLiuiiB itiuiiijr, uuuuicu uuu gruuu children, clustered around him, as serious doubts were entertained of the old man's being able to withstand the shock he had received. The dootor assured them that be would get along, but they wero very fearful that he would be crippled for life. When at last the surgeon had completed his labors of setting and bandaging the broken limb, and was about to leave the bouse, one of the old man's sons, a stoat fellow of twenty or more, called the dootor aside, and with great earnestness inquired: Dootor, will you tell me candidly, do you think the old gentleman will get well V You need feel no solicitude on that point, John,' replied the doctor, I ?am very sure he will.' Well, now, dootor,' John began again, with anxiety in his face, 'do you think he will ever be able walk again V <1 fear not,' said the doctorj 'at least not with crutches.' John's face brightened as he added, 'Well, the reason tor my wanting to know was that, last week the old man bought a first rate pair of new boots, and tbev just fit me; so, if you thing he won't want 'em any more, I would like mighty well to have 'em'! Nice boy that?very ! A Georgia Widow.?An anecdote is related by a certain Squire, which proceeds as follows: "Oh," said the Squire, "I wish I was married and well out of it. I dread it powerful. I'd like to marry a widow. I allers liked widows, since I know'd one down in Georgia, that suited my ideas adzactly. About a week after her husband died, Bhe started down to the grave yard, whar they planted him, and she read the prescription ? ?? - ? * \ S7 nk A nni ? tl AKA 00 10 IDB LDOUUIXIKLIL. TT ueu OUC gut tucic she stood a lookiog at the stones which was pat at each end of the grave, with an epibed on 'em that the minister had writ for her. Then she burst ont, ?0h ! bo-ho !' sajs she, (Jones was the best of men. I remember how the last time he came home, about a week ago, he brought down from town some sugar and a little tea, and some store goods for me, and lotB of little necessaries, and a little painted hoBs for Jeems, which that blessed child got his mouth all jailer with sacking of it; and then he kissed the children all around, and took down that good old fiddle of his'n, and plajed up that good old tune: "Rake her down Sal. Oh, rang-dang diddle. Oh ! rang dang diddle, dang, dang, da.'' Jifktffo $ps?IIaitg. [From the New York Citizen.] 'PTTTT.ATl'FlT.p'HT A, VOICE OP THE BOYS IN BLUE. 1 Be merclfUl to the SouthNot with the empty word In your mouth, But merciful be?let your actions tell? i To the men who were beaten, but fought so well. Be merciful to the South! Be generous to the South, Gentle in deed and In word of mouth; For no craven brand on the forehead shines Of the men who met us in volleying lines, And fought for the flag of the South. Be tender and just to the South, For famine and slaughter, and hunger and drought, i Thfv have suffered who made such a gallant fight, For a cause that was wrong, but they thought was right? l Be just to the beaten South! be just and be somethng more, Now that the hot days of battle are o'er; For brothers we were in the glorious past, And brothers again we must be at lastBe merciful to the South! We are all here once more, The terrible days of our conflict o'er; , And again the Old Flag floats elate O'er the Capitol dome of each sister State In the East, North, West and South. Let us join bands once more, Renewing the vows that our fathers swore Forgetting all strife, save the lessons it taught? And meeting as reconciled brothers ought? A reconciled North and South. Errors on both side# there were, But for these?they are past, and wc have no care; Let a sponge glide over the hideous years Of terror and bloodshed, havoc and tears, Dividing the North and South. One destiny holds ua yet, We have common hopes and a common debt; For England was false to us both alike, And against her power, with strong arms, Rhould strike The reconciled North and South. Ob, His a glorious hour, That joins us again in imperial power! And long o'er the land of the free and brave, May the Pine and Palmetto united wave Fit emblems of North and South; Again, like two parted friends, With our quarrel fought out, the hatred ends; And none more welcome this happy day Than the boys In blue and the boys in gray, Who fought for the North and the South. Miles O'Reilly, his w mark, Late private 47th N. Y. Vol. Infantry. Finding the Stolen Jewelry. A New York correspondent of the Baltimore Episcopal Methodist writes to that paper: "A Southern lady, on a visit to thiB oity, went to worship in one of the op-town churches. Soon after, an elegantly attired New York lady, of high social standing, entered the same pew and remained daring the service; after whioh, the Southern lady oalled her aside into the vestry room, and, in the presence of the rector, with whom she was well acquainted, thus addressed her, 'Madam, I do not wish to offend yon, hot that shawl belongs to me.' (The shawl was a superb one.) The New Yorker protested, and declared that there mast be some mistake. <If,' says the Southern lady, 'you will examine a certain corner, you will see my initials worked in it, and the rector knows my name very well.' The corner was found as well as the initials.? The Southern lady then remarked, 'That ring you have upon your finger is also mine, and if you will take the trouble to examine the interior, you will see the same initials engraved in the ring.' Similar movements as above described took place, and with similar results. Taming to her again, the Southern lady Raid, 'Madam, that bracelet you have on is mine also, and by pressing | a spring on the inside, it will unolasp and show you my portrait.' The New York lady did as requested, and there was the lady's portrait. She promptly returned the ring and bracelet, as she was convinoed beyond the power to controvert it, that they were the property of this Southern lady, and remarked as she did, 'They are yours, and you are welcome to them, but as I wore the shawl to ohuroh, I must beg the privilege of wearing it home again.' The Southern lady acceded, of course, and they exchanged cards. The shawl came baok in due time, but the New York lady had probably obtained the artioles in such a manner as to render it too unpleasant to divulge. No more was said about it.? Moral: If Southern ladies want to know where their artioles of missing jewelry and i wardrobe furniture are, let them attend j some fashionable 'up town' New York | eharcb; and if the men want to know what has become of all tbeir fine horses shipped North by many officers and 'bummers,' let tbem spend an evening in Central Park.' Origin of the Names of States. Maine was first called "Marvooshen," bat aboat 1638 took the name it now bears, from Maine, a province in the west of France. The name is originally derived from the Cenomanui, an ancient Gallic people. New Hampshire was the name given to the terj ritory granted by the Plymouth Company : to Captain John Mason, by patent, in 1639; ' and was derived from the patentee, who ; was Governor of Portsmouth, in Hampj shire, England. Vermont is from verd, j green, and monf, mountain. Massachusetts was named fron a tribe of Indians in the i vicinity of Boston. Roger Williams says ' the wor l signifies "blue hill " Rhode Is land was so called, id 1044, lq relation I to the island of Rhodes, io the Mediter'ranean. New York was named in honor of the j Duke of York, to whom this territory was ' granted. Pennsylvania was called after ! William Penn. Id 1664 the Duke of York j made a grant of what is now the State of | New Jersey to Lord Berkeley and Sir j George Carteret, and it received its name ! in compliment of the latter, who had been ! governor of the Island of Jersey. Dela; ware was so called, in 1702, after Lord de la Ware. Maryland was named in honor of Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I., in his patent of Lord Baltimore; June 3, 1682. Virginia was called after the virgin ! queen of England, Elizabeth. The Caro: linas were named by the Frenob, in honor I nf flhnrlps TX. of France. Georgia was i called, id 1692, after George II. Louisiana was named, after Louis XIV. of France. Florida received its Dame from Ponce de ; Leon, in 1512, while on his voyage in j search of the fountain of youth. He discovered it on Easter Sunday,?in Spanish, Pasoue, Florida. The States of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, ! Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, and Missouri are I all named from their principal rivers and ^ the names are of Indian origin?excepting I perhaps Kentucky?and their meanings inJ volved in some obscurity Tennessee is ' said to signify a Carved Spoon; Illinois, ' the River of men; Mississippi, the Whole ' Iliver, or a river formed by the union of ' many. Michigan was named from the lake on its borders. Iowa is an Indian name; j also Texas,?signifying "Beautiful." Cal1 ifornia was thus named by the Spaniards ' at a very early day. What ia "One Horse-Power." The use of the torm "horse-power," is very common; yet few, except good mechanics and engineers, attach a definite meaning to it, but regard it as indicating, loosely, about the power which one horse would exert. It is, however, when used in the sense under consideration, as definite as possible, and means tbe power required to lift 33,000 pounds avoirdupois one foot high in one minute. A horse hitohed to the end of a rope over a pully one foot in diameter placed over a deep well, traveling at the rate of about 2 J miles per hour, or 220 feet per minute, will draw up 1DU pounds tne same aistanoe ne travels. The foroe thus exerted is oalled in mechanics, a "horse power," it being au approximation to the average amount of oontinuous power it is fair to demand of a strong horse. If we multiply the weight raised (150 pounds) by the number of feet it was moved per minute, (220) the product will be the number of pounds whioh the same power would raise one foot high in the same length of time?(33,000 pounds.) The dynamometer is an instrument made for measuring power, particularly that exerted in drawing. Those used for testing the draft of agricultural implements are simply, very strong; spring-balances, or spring steelyards, graduated to indioate the power required to raise aoy weight, within reasonable limit, at the rate of 2\ miles per hour. When we apply the dynamometer, in ascertaining the draught of machines, if the index indicates 150 pounds, it is shown that the horse is required to draw just as bard as he would do if raising 150 pounds out of a well with a rope over a pulley one foot in diameter at the rate of 2} miles per hour, and so for other heights. The velocity at which a team moves is to bo considered, as well as the weight to be it 1 1 ? L 3 T? _ 1 raised, or ioe ioaa to do arawn. u a uurou travels faster than 2j miles per hoar, while raising 150 pounds out of a well, he exerts more than one horse power. If he walks slower than this, he does not exert a force equal to one horse power. In ascertaining the draught of a plow, or reaper or mower, by drawing faster than 24r miles per honr, the dynamometer wonld indicate more than the oorreot draught, and by driving slower, the draught wonld appear to be less than it really is. In testing the dranght of machines a team should always move at the rate of 2} miles per hour, or 220 feet per minute, which is the universally accepted rate with referenoe to which dynamometers are graduated, and an easy one to wbioh to approximate in driving with almost, any kind of team Many people have supposed that 300 pounds?two horse power?represented the same foroe that a team would exert, when dragging 307 pounds along on the ground. A horse can haul 600 pounds on the hard ground, with ease; but he could not draw enough on the dynamometer to mark more than 25U or dUU pouods, except for a tew minuteB. The power of a man is estimated at one fifth of a horse power.?American Ayricnltv.rist. Gestation in Animals. In a volume of great accuracy and re search, published some time since by a distinguished German author, the period of gestation and incubation in nearly every animal and fowl subjected to domestication, is oarefully given. The following table may be of servioe to some: PERIOD OP GESTATION. Animal. Shortest. Mean. Longest. Days. Days. Days. Mare 222 347 419 Cow 240 283 321 Sow 109 115 143 Ewe... 146 154 161 M. Tessier, who for a period of many years was Superintendent of the Experimental Farm established under the auspices of the French Government at Paris, found that of 582 mares, the shortest period was 287, and the longest 419 days?exhibiting the surprising difference of 132 days ! Another author observes that the most conclusive and satisfactory experiment on record, is that instituted by Lord Spencer, in which the period of gestation in no less than 764 cows, was actually ascertained. From this it appears that the shortest period in whioh a live oalf was produced, was 220 days, but no calf produced UDder 242 days oould be reared. The longest period of gestation was 313 days. From Lord Spencer's table, as given in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, it appears that 314 cows calved after the 284th day and 310 calved after the 284th day, so that the probable period of gestation in this useful animal may be fixed at 284 or 286 days. Such, almost identically, was the result of M Tessier's experiments. According to his tables we find that of 575 cows, 21 aalved between the 204th and 207th day?meaD, 269 days. 944 calved between the 2U7th and 2'Jyth day?mean, 282 days. 10 calved between the 299th and 321st day?mean, 313 days. Prof. Johnson says that "any calf pro| duced at an earlier period than 260 days, ; mast be considered decidedly premature and that "any period of geBtation exceeding i | 300 days must be considered irregular; but | : tbat in tbis latter case the health of the pro- j i geny is not affected." A Few Mosquitoes.?Brick Pomeroy, i of the La Crosse Democrat, writing of mos- ] 1 quitoes, says by way of illustration: I The other day a dark cloud was observed i | coming up from the South. Some persons ; ' remembering the horrors of Yiroquar, talk- j ed of tornadoes, wbirl winds, tempests; ! others of an imaginative or speculative turn j I of mind thought the gathering gloom mark- | I ed a John Brown atmospheric, ghostly ! prooession of horse thieves going to a La , Crosse church sociable. But it wasn't . i either; it was a dense mass of mosquitoes, j I twenty-five miles long, five broad and four , j thick, as countless in number as Chase's j ! greenbacks or Blaok Republican sins.? j | They did not alight here, seeming to be in ! a great hurry to reach St. Paul. Our story may seem improbable, but it is vouohed ! for by two intelligent contrabands, five ! political parsons and a newspaper corre- j spondent of the N. Y. Tribune just returned from the South. A German woman, living out at New Amsterdam, discovered a mosquito surfeited with blood, lying near ; her residence one day last week. She summoned big Yawoob and little Yawoob, ! small Hans and large Hans, brought all the tubs, pails, kegs and kettles to be procured, and then knocked the mosquito on the head. A knife was plunged into the oaroass, the blood oaugbt, and the family now have 250 first-class puddings in their smoke bouse preparing for the "winter of their discontent.w Wool aa an Export to England, Mr. Henry Trenobard, of Charleston, has addressed the following interesting communication to Governor Orr, which opens a vast theme for reflection and aotion. As be truly oDserves, tbe culture 01 saeep ou any scale oan be made to pay handsomely with but little outlay. In Kentuoky and Tennessee it has for many years been a source of ample income, and we see no rea son, while in looking around for means of sn8tenance and profit, our people should not dwell on a subject of such vast importance. Charleston, S. C., Aug. 28. To His Excellency Governor Orr: Sir : Recognizing you as a representative, not only of the planting interest of the State, but of the new spirit of progress that is being gradually manifested by our people, I beg the attention of your Excellency to a subject of no little importance to the produoers of the country, to whioh with your aooustomed propriety you may allude in your forthcoming message. I refer to the cultivation of the wool orop. 1. No State in America is better adapted by climate to the culture of sheep of the finest qualities and consequent production of the best fleece than is the upper portion of South Carolina. 2. Unlike ootton tbe wool orop is never uncertain, and the demand never limited. Furthermore, the high price of the former articles gives to the latter a prominence as a material for manufacture which has not before been known in the South. 3. There is scarcely a family io the State which may not keep small flocks of sheep, and thus derive an income at little oost, that it will not only amply compensate for the original outlay, but return a large interest thereupon. 4. For the first time, the wool business has been made a specialty in the South.-* An T?nr>lioK firm nf mKrtm T Kono tKn Knn au juu^iiou uiuiy vi nuvui a uaig vuv uvuor to be the representative, has established itself io Charleston, and gives in exchange for lots of wool, large and small, either the oash at highest prices, or the best English manafactnred woollen cloths imported expressly for the Southern market. Desirous that the public shall be acquainted through you with these facts, so important and suggestive, and hoping that you will consent to aot as the medium, I am, your hxoellenoy, with high respeot your , very ob't serv't, Henry Trenchard, No. 19 Exobange Place, Charleston, S. C. A Curious Bet.?General John A. Logan formerly of the United States army, is , at this time a Radical candidate at large for Congress for the State of Illinois. An exchange says: "Responsible and well-known citizens of Cairo, offer the following wagers to General John A. Logan's friends : $10 that John A. Logan oannot name three revolutionary generals; $10 that he oannot give the name of three revolutionary Dattie-neias; siu that he cannot name the thirteen original colonies; $10 that he cannot name the i present States of the Union; $10 that he i cannot name a single battle in which Gen eral Washington personally participated; $10 that he caonot name the three most populous oities in the world; $10 that he oannot name the capitals of ten States of the Union; $10 that he can't compute the interest at 7 per cent, on $100 for six weeks; $10 that he can't give the date, birth and death of General Washington; $10 that he cannot correctly punctuate his own signature, and $10 more, that no man who is intimately acquainted with ijogan, dare accept any two of the above propositions. We add to the above bet a farther X that this swashbaokler oaa tell who burned Colombia. New Anecdote of Washington.?An exchange gives as an anecdote of Washington, which is something entirely different from the "common ran" of saoh things, crediting it to a volume entitled "Who goes There ?" by Mr. Bogart. It is as follows : The only man of whom any record is kept who was not awed by the presence of the Father of his Country, was James Byrnes. He owned a piece of land which Washington desired to have included in his plan of the Federal Capital. Mr. Byrnes flatly refused. Unused to opposition, Washington turned upon him and said, as he only could say it, "Mr James Byrnes ! what would yonr land have been worth if I bad not placed this city on the Potomao?" Byrnes was not crushed; but undismayed, cooly turned to him and said : "George Washington, what would you have been worth if you had not married the Widow Custis?" A gentleman who recently traveled ' from the West in a sleeping car, relates the following: "A gentleman was trying to still a crying ohild by carrying it to and fro in | the coaoh, which by its screams finally irritated a man in one of the berths to suoh a ! degree that he could stand it no longer, aud | cried oat profanely, <What in the?is the \\ matter with that child ?' And aoon again. 'Where is the mother of that child, that she j | is not here to paoify it?' At this the poor j gentleman in charge of the child stepped up :, to the berth and said : 'Sir, the mother of 11 that child is in her coffin in the baggage j, car!' The gruff grambler immediately a-j1 rose and compelled the afflicted father to re- j j tire to his berth and from that time until | morning took the little orphan under his | own care.' ' ( ?<? ? ? - ? Worth Knowing.?A poison of any ' conceivable description and degree of po-:1 tency, which has been swallowed, intention ally or by acoident, may be rendered almost 1 instantly harmless by swallowing two gills of sweet oil. An individual with a very ; < strong constitution should take twice the j quantity. This oil will neutralize every form of vegetable or mineral poison with which physicians and chemists are aoquain-, i ted.?Lynchburg Neia. The Late Election?Full Vote.? In accordance with law, Got. Worth, R W. Beat, Seeretary of State, and Kemp P. Battle, Pablio Treasurer, this morning counted and reviewed the returns from the entire State on the question of acoepting or rejeoting the constitution framed by the late Convention It appears that the total number of votes cast is forty-one thousand one hundred and twenty?nearly twenty thousand less than in the last gubernatorial oontest?and that of these 19,750 were in favor of adoption and 21,552 for rejection. The election officers in a number of counties made their returns without regarding the formB of law, but if thrown out they would not change the result ezoept by increasing the majority against the new Constitution from 1982 to 2899.?Raleigh Proarts*. 19" Sidney E. Morse, of New York, has just patented aoarioas philosophical instrument, which is oalled a barometer. Yon throw it overboard, with its appendages, in the ocean, where water is miles deep. It goes down like a shot, and as soon as it touches the bottom it turns and comes baok to the surface. You piok it op and the true depth of the water where it ntruok the bottom is seen on the scale of the barometer, just as you see the degree of heat on the scale of a thermometer. A Corn Crop.?The Harrisborg Telegraph says: It is estimated that the oorn crop of Pennsylvania will reach, this year, nearly 30,000,000 bushels; that the average yield per acre will be in the neighborhood of thirty-three bushels, although, io some localities, as many as 100 bushels will be grown on a single acre. There are several Counties in the State where the average produot will be over fifty bushels per acre. The Cotton Crop op Alabama.?It is estimated that Alabama will make onethird of her old cotton crop. The cotton crop of I860, in that State, was, we believe, about 1,000,000 bales. If the staple maintains its present price, the net return to the planter will not fall far short of the revenue derived from the larger yield of former years. The Transfusion of Blood.?It is announced that the wonderful medical operation of the transfusion of blood from the body of a healthy person to that of a siokly one has just been performed at Vienna.? This method of transfusion is but rarely resorted to, and only in oases of excessive debility, when all other remedies fail. WAYSIDE GATHERINGS. ? Jenny Lind's husband gets drunk and squanders her money. ? To what oolor does flogging change a boy's complexion ? It makes him yell? 0 ! ? A large portion of the burnt district of Richmond has been re built. ? An English magazine writer, in an essay copied in Every Saturday, speaks of a ? Why is a bank note torn by a dog sure to pasB ? Becanse it is cur-rent money. ? Negro labor is rapidly superceding white labor in Illinois?it is so much oheaper. ? The corn crops of Florida are poor, and the cotton still worse, in oonsequence of long oontinned drouth. i-v_ _ i J j j Ma l L:.J. ? uoe OQuureu sua sixty uiuereut kiuud of rifles are dow od trial in the French camp at Chalons. ? White Frost made its appearance in Rappahannook County, Virginia, on Sunday of last week. ? Young man?Are you waiting for some door to open into abroad and useful future? Don't wait. Select the door and pry it open, even though you get your Angers pinched. ? A firm faith is the best theology; a good life the best philosophy; a clear conscience the best law; honesty the best polioy ; and temperance the best physio. ? The man in jail who looked out of the window of his cell, and exolaimed, "this is a great country," is now generally admitted to have spoken within bounds. ? Hon 0. M. Roberts has been chosen Becond Senator from Texas. He has a splendid record, having been President of the Secession Convention of 1861. ? Hon. J. Harleston Read, died in Charleston, on Monday of last week. He was for many years a member of the Legislature from Georgetown District ? A statement is being prepared at tbe Treasury Department, which is intended to Bbow that there is no money in the Treasu ry to pay the bounties to soldiers authorized by Congress. ? The New Orleans Times qays Brazil is no plaoe for Americans. So we think Stop at home and do your part in the reconstruction of your country. He is no true friend of the South who advises her citizens to go either to Mexico or Brazil. ? He who is passionate and hasty is generally honest. It is your old, dissembling hypocrite of whom you should beware. There's no deception in a bull dog. It is only the our that sneaks up and bites you when your back is turned. ? Clergyman's sore throat is a disease generally reoognized by physicians, and considered very intraotable. A speaker at the late Spiritualist's Convention in Rhode Island has discovered the cause of it. He 3ays it is produced by preaching so much hell-fire doctrine. game which "they play at in France," in which certain members of a company are entirely concealed except their eyes, and the rest of the party have to indentify the concealed persons simply by their eyes. The game is known in America as well as in France. The difficulty of indentifioa '*? ' - - J 5-- 2- ? J tion 18 lncreaiDiy great, auu it is iuuuu tuat the most intimate friends oannot recognize aacb-other by what is considered the most azpressive feature, the rest of the countenance and figure being oonoealed. TO PRINTERS.?THERE IS FOR Sale at thin Office, a SMITII Hand Press, in Rood irdcr, size of Platen, 24 by 36 Inches. Also, a Roller Srand; Chases; Brass Bottom Galleys; Job, Book and Newspaper Chases; Brass Dash Rules for Newspaper; Column Rules, ke., fcc. For further particulars apply to the PROPRIETOR OF THE ENQUIRER. May 10 3 tf COTTON YABN.?STOWE'S COTTON TARN. For ?1. by H McCom,E. PROSPECTUS OF THE SUMTER NEWS! THE undersigned proposes to issue at Sumter, S. C., on or about the first of June, 1866, a weekly paper, to be entitled "THE SUMTER J?EWS.? 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 his paper acceptable to all classes of readers. He confidently refers to his long experience (of 32 years) in the past as a journalist, to secure for him the patronage of i,? -?-I- hi He congratulates himself that he can select for the inauguration of his enterprise no better occassion 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 erring human nature have been excited and exercised?the Angel of Peace Is now about to unfold her wings over all sections of our common 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, be can have no better landmarks by which, for the good of bis 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 he Is able, the parity and integrity of the one, and the firmness, and the patriotism and the statesmanship of the other. To the people of Sumter District he confidently appeals for their sympathy and patronage. Identified as he has ever been with them and their interest In the past, he asks to be allowed tbe same plrvllege in the future. He expects to build up for them a District paper, the course of which will be consistent prudent and Etriotlc, and one which he hopes will not be wanting in 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 confidepce and support of a discriminating public. For further Information as to terms, St.. address me, at Sumter, S. C. II. L. DARK. Mav 10 3 tf GET THE BEST! PHCEHEK AND GLEANER. 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Volume 34 Commences January, lRfifll Monthly, per Annum, in Advance, 82 00 Six Copies, in Advance, 10 00 mr - i.l .l. 11 \n a ntrr a im r*D U X special arrangement wiui me "m.iniLinni/ mnMER," another excellent Rural Monthly, published in Baltimore at $1.50, both papers will be sent one year for $3.00 ?six of each for $16?lOof each for $25?giving each sub scriber in this case, both papers for $2.50! Address, \VM. N. WIIITE, Athens, Ga. February SS 44 tf THE CHARLESTOITCODRIER. r I.'D MS HID BY A. 8. WILLIN6TON & CO., CITY PRINTERS, NO. Ill EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. TERMS: Daily one year, $10 00 Dally 6 months, 5 00 Dally 3 months, 2 50 Trl-VVeekly, one year, 8 00 T?i UTunlrlt' R mnnlho _ 4 00 ft^-Thc Proprietor of the Enqcirer in the agent of the "Cwm'er" for Yorkvllle. He will take pleasure in forwarding subscriptions. July 19 ' 13 tf THE STATE OF S. CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT, IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Tufts, Burtes ft Co., vs. Burrows, Blair h Co., 1 AtlachCochran & Co., vs. do. Sam'l Blogge ft Co., it. do. Tracy, Irwin & Co., n. do. J ment. WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs did, on the 13th day of March' 1866, file their Declaration against the Defendants, who (as it is said) is absent from and without the limits of tills State, and have neither wife nor attorney known within the same upon whom a copy of said Declaration might be seryed.? 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 ?*'* '? *? *'? ? - * ??I thAnaand nltrhf hnnstro/1 Will UC in IIIC JCUI VI UUI UUIU Willi lUvwouj.u aud sixty-seven, otherwise final and absolute judgment will then be given and awarded aenist them. J. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. P. Sl G. 3. Clerk's Office, York District, 8. C. March 15 47 lyq C OUTH CAROLINA-YORK DISO TR1CT.?Whereas S. R. LOGAN has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of D. J. LOGAN, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish alland singular the kindredandcrcdltorsofthesaid deceased, to be and appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holdcn at York Court House on the 14th day OI OCdf 1 ?i.TlDCiA IU onctt vuuot>j it anjy nuj u<v said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this lstday of September, in lite 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. CROWN, 0. Y. D. September 0 20 2t* C OUTH CAROLINA?YORK DISO TRICT.?Whereas T. J. CLINTON, has applied to me for Lcacrs of Administration, on ail and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of ROBERT H. MARTIN, late of the District, aforesaid, deceased. These nre, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before rnc at our jirxi i/rumarj-a uuuu mr uir nam District, to be hoiden at York Court House, on the 17th day of SEPTEMBER next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my linnd nnd Seal, this 1st day of September In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and slxty-slx, and in thenlnety first year of the Independence of the United States of America. JOHN A. BROWN, O. Y. D. September C 20 2t renovating and cleansing wooxjejnt goods. MRS. J. E. GRIST respectfully informs the citizens of Yorkvllle and vicinity, that she is prepared to RENOVATE AND CLEAN Gentlemen's Coats, Pants and Vests, and Ladles' Cloaks. REPAIRING DONE IF NECESSARY. Satisfaction Guaranteed if the garments are not too much WORN or FADED. Reter-sto: Cnpt. I. D. Wltherspoon, G. R. Ratchford, > T. M. Dobson, Thus. H. Dickson, M. Jones, W. 1. Clawson andMaj. J. G. Lindsay. Articles left at the Printing Office will be attended to.j December 14 35 LAKGELOTOF BLANKETS. For sale by W. H. McCORKLE. I STAMP DUTIES Imposed by Act of Congress to Take Bffeet August 1st. 1866. TIE following is an Alphabetical list of the stamp duties Imposed by the Act of Congress, passed July 13,1866, aud to take effect August 1st, IKS: Agreement.?Other than those mentioned in this schedule ' (or any appraisement) for evety sheet or piece of paper on which It is written, 3 cents; appraisements offline or . damage, 5 cents. " Bill of Exchange, foreign.?Drawn in but payable out of i the United States, li drawn singly or otherwise than in a 0 set of three or more?same as inland bills of exebanre or m A promissory notes. Drawn in sets of three or more, for ercry bill of cachset, where the sum made payable shall not V|01 exceed $ 100, or the equivalent thereof, in any ftreiga car- MH| rency in which such bills may be expressed, S cents; for every additional $100, or fractional pen thereof in excess W of $100,2 cents. B Bill of Exchange, inland.?Draft or order for the payment i of any sum of money, not exceeding $100, otherwise than at sight or on demand, or promissory notes, except bank notes and checks; or any memorandum, check, receipt, or a other written or printed evidence of an amount of mooey to be paid on demand or at a time designated, for asam not exceeding $100,5 cents; for every additional $ 100, or fractional part In excess of $100,5 cents. Bill of Sale.?Bills 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 shall not I sxceed $500, stamp duty 50 cents ; do., when the consideration exceeds .$500 and does not exceed $1,000, $1. exceeding $1,000, for every additional amount or $500, or fractional pan thereof, 50 cents. Personal property other than ships or vessels. 5 cents. Bill oj Lading.?For goods and merchandise exported to foreign ports, outer than cbaner party, each 10 cents. Bond*.?Of Indemnity?where the money ultimately re coverable thereupon is $1,000 or less, 10 cents; where the penalty exceeds $1,000, tor every additional $1,000 or fractional part In excess of $1,000.50 cents. For the due exe cution of the duties of any office, $1. Of any description other than such as may be required in legal proceedings, or used In connecUon with mortgage deeds, ana not otherwise charged in this schedule, 25 cents. Certificate?Qihet than those mentioned, 5 cents. Certificate of Damage?And all other documents issued by any port-warden or marine surveyor, 25 cents. Certificate of Deposit?For a sum not exoeedfng $100, 2 cents; exceetung $100, 5 cents. Certificate of Profit*?In any incorporated company, for . an amount not less tban $10, nor exceeding $50,10 centt; J from $60 to $1,000, 25 centt; exceeding Sl.OOO, for every M oddiUonoi $1,000. or fracUonal pan thereof, 25 centt. 9 Certificate of Stock?In incorporated company, 25 cents. 11 Charter Party?On any letter or memorandum relating to JBI the chaner of any vessel, if the registered tonnage does not exceed 150 tons, $1; from 150 to 300 tons, $3 ; Soot 300 to 600 tons, $5; over 600 tons, $10. Checks, DrafU or Orders?rot any amount on any bonk, tt broker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 2 cents; for j amount exceeding $10 on any person other than a bank, A banker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 9 cents. 9 Li gar Lights?Made in pan of wood, wax, glass, paper or other materials, in parcels or packages, 1 cant; la pack- 1 ages of more than 25 and not more than 50 lights, 2 cents; for every additional 25 lights, or fractional pan of that bob oer-i cent. Contracts.?Contracts, broker's note, or memorandum of sale of any goods or merchandise, stocks, bonds, notes of hand, for each note or memorandum of sale, 10 cents. * Conveyance or Deed of Grant.?Where the consideration or value does not exceed $500, 50 cents; from $500 to $1,000, $1; and for every additional $500, or fractional pan thereof, in excess of $1,000,50 cents. \ Entry of Good*.?At custom house, not exceeding in value $100, 25 cents; from $100 to$500,50cents; exceeding $5o0,1 dollar; for the withdrawal of goods from bonded warehouse, 60 cents. Friction Matches? Or lucifer matches, made in pan of wood,in packages oi 100 or less, 1 cent; when in pared* or packages containing more than 100, and not more "? " 200, for each parcel or package, 2 cents, and fpr every additional or fractional pan thereof, 1 cent; for wax tapers, double the rates herein imposed on friction matches, 1 cent. Lease.?Where rent is $300or less, 50 cents; where the rent exceeds$300, for each additional $100, or fraction in ' excess of $300,50 cenu; assignment of a lease, naoe stamp as original, and additional stamp upon the value or consideration of transfer, according to the rates on deeds. (See Conveyance.) Manifest Entry, Clearance.?Of cargo of vessel Cor foreign port, if tonnage does not exceed 300 tons, $1; from 300 to 600, $3; exceeding 600, $5. J Meats, Fish, Fruits, Sauces, Jetties, $c.?For and upon every can, bottle or other single package, containing meats, fish, sheli-fisb, fruits, vegetables, sauces, syrups, prepared j| mustard, Jams or jellies, contained therein, packed or sealed, made, prepared and sold, or offered Cor sale, or removed for consumption in the United States, on or alter V the 1st day of October, J 866, when such can, bottle or other 1 single package with its contents, shall not exceed tiro jk pounds in weight, 1 cent; when such can, bottle or other V single package with its contents, shall exceed two pounds ] In weight, for every additional pound or fractional part, 1 J cent. jj Mortgage or Personal Bonds.?Given as security for the I payment of any definite sum, from $100 to M00,50 cents; n exceeding $500 and not exceeding $1,000, $1. For every fl additional $500, or fractional part thereof, in excem of $500 J ov vcuis ) jnwTiucu Uiiu ujwu cam aau ctwj ONigtuucui B| or transfer of a mortgage, policy of Insurance, or the renew- m al or continuance of any agreement, contract or charter, by letter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be required equal I to that Imposed on the original Instrument. | Postage Tickets?To a foreign port, If ol lets price than fi 935,50 cents; from $35 to 950,91; and for every addition- ' al 950, or fractional pan thereof, in excess of 950, fl. j Pawnbroker'* Certificate.?Pot any amount, 5 cents. ! Playing Cardt.?For ar.J upou every pack, not exceeding 53 cards in number, Irrespective of price or value, 5 cents Policy of Insurance.?On any life or lives, where the amount insured docs not exceed 91,000. 35 cents; from 91,000 to 95,000.50 cents; exceeding 95,000,1 dollar. Fire and Marine Risks.?Premium not exceeding flO, 10 cents: premium not exceeding $30, 23 cents; exceeding $30, 50 cents. Accidental Insurance Companies are exempt. Power of Attorney.?To transfer stock, bonds or ? rip, to collect dividends, Interest or rent, 35 cents; to ve*^ by j proxy, except In charitable, religions, literary, and cemete fl ry societies, 10 cents; to sell or lease real estate, and per- X form all other acta not specified, $1; for any other purpose*. V 50 cents. Probate of Will, or Letters of Administration?Where 9 the estate does not exceed the value of 92,000,*1{for aw I ery additional 91,000, or fractional part In excess oT93,000, J 50 cents. S Protest of Note, Draft, $c.?Or marine protest lie., 25 J cents. jfl Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, fc.?Not over 25 cents, |H 1 cent; not over 50 cents, 2 cents; not over 75 cents, 3 ? cents; not over $1,4 cents. For evety additional 90 cents or fraction thereof, 2 cents. Receipt.?Receipts for the paymentof anvgum of money, or for the payment of any debt due, exceeding $20, not be- B ing for satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment, or decree 1 of a court, or endorsement on any stamp obligation in acknowledgment of Its fulfillment, lor each receipt, 2 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. " I Sales.?Or contracts for the sale of stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, gold and silver bullion and coin, promissory notes or otber securities, when made by broken, banks or bankers wbo pay a special tax, require stamps equal to 1 cent on every $100. If there la a fraction over $100, the same to be stamped at the foil rate of $100. When made by a person, firm or corporation not paying special tax, 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. Upon every confession of judgment, or cognovit, for $100 or over (except In those cases where the tax for tne writ of a commencement of suit has been paid,) 50 cents. Writs or other process on appeals from justices' courts or otber courts of inferior jurisdiction to a court of record. 50 cents. Warrant of distress, when the amount of rent claimed does not exceed $100,25 cents; when exceeding $100,50 cents. EXEMPTIONS. 1 No stamp duty shall be required on powers of attorney or j any other paper relating to application for bounties, anear- j ages of pay, or pensions, or to the receipt thereof Oram time J to time; or upon tickets or contracts or insurance wtien j limited to Injury to persons while travelling; nor on certi- ? flea tea of the measurement or weight of wood, JH coal or other articles, nor on deposit notes to mutual insuranee companies for the insurance upon which policies S subject to stamp duties have 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 sunups denoting the duty required ; and whenever any bond or note shall be secured by a mortgage, but one stamp duty shall be required to be placed on such papers; nor on any certificate of the record of a deed or other instrument in writing, or of the acknowledgment or proof thereof by attesting witnesses; nor to any indorsement of a negotiable Instrument. J Provided that the stamp duty placed thereon aba]] be of 1 the highest rate required for said instruments, or either of j them. UCVCl^U Ujr CA)ll?sa Wiuymu^g ivi wu? uvufv*/ ? uw; property for transportation arc exempt from stamp doty. PENALTIES. Penalty for making, signing or issuing any Instrument, document or paper of any kind whatsoever, or ?h?ii accept, negotiate or pay, or canse 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 duty stamped, or denoting theduty hereby imposed thereon, $50 ; and the instrument shall be deemed invalid and of no effect; or for counterfeiting stumps or dies,91,000, and imprisonment to hard labor not exceeding five years. For making, signing, issuing, accepting or paying any bill of j exchange, draft, order or note without stamp, $200. For selling proprietary cosmetics, matches, meats, fish, fruits, , sauces, jellies, &c., without proper stamps, $30. OTHER PROVISIONS. Instruments are not to be tecorded unless properly stamped. No instrument is Invalid for the want of the particular kinds of stamps designated, provided a legal stamp of equal amount (except proprietary stamps,) is duly affixed. All official Instruments, documents and papers issued or used by officera ot the United States Government, or by the officers of any State, county or other municipal corporation are exempt. JM In cases where an adhesive stamp shall be used for deno* jgj ting any duty Imposed by this act, the person using or affix- sB lng the same shall write thereon the initials at nla name 1 and date UDon which the same shall be attached or used, so ] that the saine may not again be used, under a penalty of A ?50. , 1 Instruments heretofore Issued without stamps, not to be tfl void where sumps ore subsequently affixed. Postage sumps V cannot be used as revenue stamps. 4 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 i said commissioner shall be of opinion that it is not charges- I tie 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 such 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, sball, before using the same, affix thereon the stamp or stamps indicating the duty required. Proprietors of cosmetics, medicines, or proprietary articles, may furnish private dies, and are allowed 5 per cent. , on all purchases at ?500 ; over ?500,10 per eeat. THE STATE OF S. CAROLINA, YORK DISTRICT, IN THE COMMON PLEAS. ' Darwin & Jefferys, 1 ts. > Attachment. Burrows, Blair fc Co., J J WHEREAS, Uie Plaintiffii did, on the 14th day of March, I 1866, file their Declaration against the Defendant*, who, It 1 is said, are absent from and without the lhnitaof thiaState, J and have neither wife, nor attorney known within the same, j upon whom a copy of the said Declaration might be served. M It is, therefore, ordered, that the said Defendants do appear and plead to the said Declaration, on or before the flaeentn day of March, which will be In the year of our Lord one ? thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, wUmmWiiae neat TC andabsolute Judgment W Clerk's Office, York District, B.C. M March 2? 49 lw U