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grttawMWJS Department, j EASY LESSONS IN GEOGRAPHY. The Earth..?The Earth is an old subject, we don't know how old. Wise men have endeavored to ascertain its age in various ways, and have sucoeeded very well, only differing in their calculations c a few thousand centuries or so. " We have several reasons for writing upon the Earth, the principal one being the imperfect facil- c ities afforded for getting upon any other planet f to write. Nothing prevents our writing upon the v sun, or the moon, excepting the difficulty in get- * ting there. The Earth is the third planet in order from the 0 gun, and the largest within the belts of the plane- ? toidk We have wondered sometimes, why the , Earth did not have a belt all to herself, being the Champion of the Universe. The ancients looked upon the Earth as a flat disc, f swimming upon water like a piece of toast upon a basin of millr Once upon a time a lot of fiaven- 1 turous young ancients started out to find the jump- " ing off plnce, and continuing on a straight line, a they were astonished to find themselves on the veiy ? spot whence they started. They informed their parents of the circumstance, and they, after a cen- c tury of painful and laborious thought upon the sub- M ject, came to the conclusion the Earth must be 0 round, "because, if it ain't," triumphantly asked y a jolly old ancient, "how could the boys ha' got a- j round it?" There was no getting around that, and d the Earth has been of a spnerical form ever since. ^ It is estimated that about two-thirds of the sur- " face of the globe is covered with water.. Although 11 /loilx? fliG mi on- ^ miliums UI pwpic SUULC tlicu nuuou uuu;, tity of water has not been materially diminished for a oenturies past, at least, not sinoe the introduction ? of whiskey shops, which prove a great saving of 11 water, and therefore of immense benefit to naviga- ' tion. The greatest distance from the Earth to the sun ? is 96,000,000 of miles, and the least distance, something over 94,000,000 miles. A saviug of 2,000,- n 000 of miles could be effected if a railway should ? ever connect the two planets, by taking the least distance. This would shorten the time consumed n in running, and reduce the expenses very material- P ly. Any railroad man will tell you that The mean distance from the Earth to the sun is P 95,000,000 miles?which is no mean distance, eith- lc erwhen you try to walk it ^ The Earth moves round the sun from west to y' east consuming 365 days and six hours in every revolution, traveling nights and Sundays. Joshua, a it will be remembered Dy some of our oldest citi- 01 zeoBj once commanded the sun to stand still, and ai she is standing, stUL 1)1 " t 01 PRENTICEANA. j? In Louisville, hogs are killed in great numbers; nj in Chicago, people. di If a man addresses you dogmatically, answer him fr categorically. ti Tobacco is much talked about It is in almost everybody's mouth. tl Whiskey is still-born. Whiskey drinkers ought a, to have been. Many more people have died of "red tape" than tc of tape-worms. ^ Upper Canada has ten suspension bridges and w one suspension bank. # y The news now goes over the ocean by going un- sj der it n, Human beings are by nature fighting animals, p The very babies are up in arms as soon as they p] come into the world. A great many writers have written upon a great many subjects. But all of them have written upon h, the earth. d< We trust, that, after a little time, Radicalism's v( will turn nn and its mouth down. A country editor tries to insult the President by ^ calling him "'the thing." Yes, he is the very ^ thing. so Tnad. Stevens says that Jeff Dans is not a traitor. Pity Jeff, can't say that of Thad. gj Let not those who feel that they have been whip- w] ped in the South go to BrazU, for Brazil is likely to De whipped too. Said a dying father to his son?"Bear it in mind, my son, through your life, as the long experience of mine, never to drink sweetened liquors or trust ' a cock-eved man." t J? The Goddess Laverna is painted as a head without a body. She ought to be mounted on the shoulders of our Congress, a body without a head. There wouldn't be so much objection to some people's running for Congress if they would keep a fitting posture after they reach there. Wnen a strapping loafer approaches you, and g appeals to vou with the remark that he has no , money, tell him that you have none but what you , * have earned. _ re "GO TO BOSTON," AN INSULT. jjj Bill P. is known all over, and Bill was at the ball he in all his glory. All his necessaries for pleasure w< on hand?-good music, pretty girls and excellent en whiskey. Tne evening passed off rapidly, as it al- m ways does, and Bill had. at about 1 o'clock, become H pretty happy. Stepping up to a young lady, he at requested tne pleasure of dancing with ner. She ci replied that she was engaged. sn Well," said Bill, "are you engaged for the next uj set?" st; She said the was. fei "Can I dance with you the next, then?" de 4 'I am engaged for that also.'' in "Can I dance with you to-night?" sn 4'No," with some hesitancv. w< un.x.-D?L? " j TJ.-11 V:..!,!., "Well I've learned where there is a bully chest- th nut tree that none of the boys know anything about, th and I was going for nuts if you hadn't kept me at- ho ter school.' ' an * 11 A traveler, about ttf start on a journey through a country infested by robbers, took the precaution of putting a brace of Colt's revolver at th< the bottom of his trunk! w c Vjru u>jl>usu/u, saiu urn, uiguij luui^muiv. qL turned on his heel. sn After a few moments Bill was accosted by the wl brother of the young lady, and charged with insul- be tine his sister. Bill denies; but professes himself willing to apol- of ogize if he has done wrong, and accordingly steps tr up to the young lady, when the following conversation ensued: I "MissL., I understand I have insulted you?" "You have sir." .1, "What did I say, Miss L. ?" vj "You told me to go to Boston." u, "Well," said Bill, "I have come to tell you that ra you needn't go." " te Young lady is satisfied. Uil * * dc Curious Statistics.?Some statistical genius declares that "more money is expended in the Uni- W( ted States for cigars, than for all the common schools wl in the country.' A wag, who is undoubtedly a lover of the weed, aJ] seeing the statement going through the papers, gets th off the following: . vc "It has been estimated that the cost of washing gr linen that might just as well be worn two days longer, amounts to enough in this country to more Sc than defray the expenses of the American Board cc of Foreign Missions. fe "The expenses of buttons on the backs of our jai coats, where they are no earthly use, is equal to w; the support of all our orphan asylums. "It is estimated that the value of old boots all thrown aside, which might have been worn at least ai, a daj* longer, is more than enough to buy a flannel st< night-gown for every baby in the land. Also, that ar the cost of the extra inch on the fall shirt collars of our young men, is eoual to the sum uecessary to an put a Bible in the bands of every- Patagonian giant." w T Z * ^ ^ Ul hzf? 11 tccuw iuut *tv< t v/ tt nviiiu.. vr* vuv i?* iuv iu city who are capable of handling the reias of gov- fii ernment, as will be shown by what follows.: in Chir reporter was around hunting a house for a n< friend, and called to see a family who were prepar- jij ing to vacate a cosy dwelling. sl As the door stood open, reporter walked in with- m out knocking, and his eyes straightway lighted on the dame of the household, who was making frantic lunges with a broomstick, at some object under ci the bea. ai "Good morning, madam, Ah! you have a trou- je blesome cat under the bed?" # _ a( '"Troublesome cat? No, sir! It's that sneaking w husband of mine ; and I'll have him out, or break h; every bone in his body!" q, "You will, eh ?'' said a faint voice under the bed. 0f "Now, Susy, you may rave and pound, and pound flc and rave; but I'll be dogged if I'll couic out from t-a under this bed while I've got the spirit of a man tli about me!"?Northern Exchange. it th Learing Something.?A good joke is told at all the expense of a suburban school teacher, who kept th after schoo} a youngster, who had manifested a st great aversion to acquiring additional learning, ra and in the course of the reprimand the teacher said: "Now, James, can you tell me one single thing cu you have learned since the quarter commenced ?' w; "Yes, I have learned one thing." he "What is it?" |gwultal jPrpartmeut. From the Southern Cultivator. WORK FOR THE MONTH. The ruinous drought of last year, the great scar- j ity and high price of food in all plaoes not directly ipon the lines of railroad, the tax upon Cotton, all hould be taken into consideration, in pitching the rop the current year. Let us contract the area ilanted in cotton to those soils naturally rich, or rhich it is in our power to make it so; and in pre- , laring for all crops, we must plow deeper, and ma- j ture more heavily than hitherto. We must produce ' >ur food crops at home, and cultivate them with ! jeater care and attention than ever before. 1 Let us bear in mind that there is no profit in the ibor of freedmen, unless working directly under a rhite man's supervison, and no supervision is half , o valuable as that of the planter himself. Hired loW?the white intellieent labor of the forth, seldom pays, unless the Tarmer is with, and 1 rorks with his farm hands himself. Our crops , re, perhaps, more profitable; but as the labor we J et is less trusty, it amounts to the same thing? hat is, without close supervision, and in most . ases, without an energetic white man working 1 nth the plantation hanas, no profit can be made j n their labor. The conseauence will be, in a few 1 ears, that few farmers will employ not more than ? ight or ten hands?just what they can keep un- s er their own eye, and thereby hold them to a rigid , ccountability. Moreover, in all planting operaons hereafter, "we have got to look more to econoly, and especially economy of labor. The waste c u some of our large plantations before the war, in year, the owner would be now satisfied with, to I et as his net income. We must now reform and j iiiHvv? our agriculture, or botli whites and blacks rill perish together. < . Attend now to plantation repairs, protecting the 1 rops about to be planted, by good, substantial * mces, and convenient gates. Rail fences will last mch longer, if their corners are not allowed to row up in bushes and brambles. Another impor- [ int matter is hill side ditching. Do not allow the ' tin to run on your cultivated lands. Horizontal lowing and hill-side ditching is performed with men less labor than beginners apprehend. Re- j air old farm buildings where necessary. Also, ok over and repair tools and implements, ana icure the new ones you need. Look closely after 1 our plantation stock. Do not suffer your working nimals to get low in flesh. Two sleek, well con- 1 itioned mules, will perform more labor than three 3 r four, as ordinarily kept. See that the horses , od mules get the corn intended for them. Keep 1 0 more milch cows than you can keep in good c rder. A single cow, liberally fed with peas, corn s leal, roots, &c., in addition to the ordinary dry od, will yield richer milk and more of it, and icer butter, and more rich manure, than two or- 1 inarilvdo. So with swine. Begin to fatten them '' om the day they .will first eat, and continue it un- s 1 they are ready to slaughter. Still continue to add to the manure yard every- e -'-Li- T ? : 1? A r ling uvciuuuie. uay in a ^wu oiuvn. vi uujo, Super-Phosphate, and other commercial man- c res. That Super-Phosphate will pay well on cot>n, we have had occular demonstration the past :ason, but we should always use it in connection ith Peruvian or Pacific Guano or stable manures. j> ou cannot keep up the fertility of the soil by any ' ngle increment, but the two elements likely to be 8 eeaed, Peruvian Guano, with Flour of Bone, phos- e hatic guano, or a good super phosphate, will suply. Next to these, potash, lime and gypsum a^e ' lost likely to be needed. Plow up first your stubble fields and lands that o ive been at rest. This should be done early and me well, that the trash turned under, may be con- y srted into plant food. y Oats of the hardy varieties should be liberally 1 wn, to procure abundant early forage. Rye may * so still be sown for seed. Clover, too, may be t: wn with both these crops, and will do well on a >od soils?the great danger being that the crab- u ass may master it in the summer?a danger to * hich fall sown clover is less exposed. b , , , v, STRANGE, YET TRUE. si A gentleman in the lower part of this city has a u lendid milch cow. She ordinarily gives from two three gallons at a milking. It is a remarkable 0 ct that for the last two months she has given ore milk in cold weather than in warm. When P ,e weather is cold her milk is abundant, but when moderates her supply is reduced down frequently less than a quart. This remarkable freak at- " acted the notice of her owner several weeks ago, id ever sinoe he has been sedulously trying to de- V le the cause. At first he thought sne was milked r other parties than the members of his family, h it as the cow was confined iu a lot adjoining his 01 sidenc*., and closely watched, he became satisfied at no person other than some of his family milk- jj 1 her. During the recent extreme cold weather, d sr milk was abundant, but yesterday evening (the . iather having very much moderated,) she failed 15 itirelv. This morning he was up early, deterined if posible, to learn the cause of the failure, e had hardly entered the cow yard, before his tention was attracted to the rustling noise in some I lunks near the stable. Presently ne saw a huge g ake emerge from underneath the stable and crawl j to his favorite milker and deliberately begin y ripping her teats. The snake was at least live e etlong, and as large as a man's arm at the shoul- ii ;r It is what istnown as a cow snake. The n ysterv was now explained. In cold weather the o ake lies dormant, hybernating, but when the u jather gets warm he emerges from his winter h larters. The gentleman attempted to kill the ake but failed. It ran back under the stable, t] acre it now securely lies, gorged with its favorite ^ iverage. # v The gentleman who relates this snake story is one G our most respected citizens, and vouches for its j, uth.?New Album/ Ledger. ~ * * * ti [0?' The editor of the Iberville {La.,) South, has ti en reading a great deal of Southern writing on n e subject of labor, and finds that while some adse us to 'iiang on to the negro," others talk a- ei tut obtaining 1 *a supply of labor from the toiling n illions of Europe;' others want "to procure in- u lligent labor," while many look anxiously to Chi- ti l and Hindostan for relief. Not one talks of our >ing the work ourselves. w He thinks, if we may paraphrase his thoughts, a i would do well to put our own shoulders to the tl heel bctore we call on Hercules. He says: & The foreigners, the coolies and the freedmen are b ! very well in their way, but neither the one nor (j e other, nor all of them, will supply the great ti Id of labor, while we ourselves continue to talk, umble. loaf and brag about what we used to be. e] The stubborn truth of the matter is this, that ^ mthern men and women and their children have t, it to go to work, if they may reasonably expect to G pair their shattered fortunes, and render "the j nd we love" other than a Jamaican or Haytien r . it The age of idleness is past; we must all work, or s( I sink. We have no longer "father's plantation id niggers" to fall back upon. The old home- j., sad is well nigh valueless, and the former slaves t'( e freedmen. e) TherCTs nothing left for us but brains and hands, r( id plenty of employment for both. Don't be so particular about the kind of labor in P llieh you engage. There is us much of dignity id honor attached to one kind of honest employ- jj ent as another. Lay hold of whatever you may id to do with a whole heart, with faith in the just ,j v.trds of the future, and our word for it, you can- ? iuu iv civ;inv? av iiu ui^iaut uhj j nvmui. vvur ^ ft, and the esteem of the better classes of society, ] ich its the idler and mere drone in the hive of huiu.ii life can never know or realize." The Rat Nuisance.?Catching rat.s is often dffiilt, as old rats are proverbially cunning. Laying " ound poison is not only dangerous, but also* oh- ^ ctionable, for the reason tliat rats may die at in- t scessibles spots and contaminate the atmosphere ^ ith the well-known detestable odor. Abetterplan c' is been adopted by one of the Philadelphia Jxd- 9 r correspondents, by which he tikes advantage 11 'the cunning habits of the rats. He covers the M >or near the rat-hole with a thin layer of moist ' ustic potash; when the rats walk on this it. makes ? eir feet sore; these they lick with their tongues; makes their mouths sore, and the result is that n ey shun this locality not alone, but appear to tell it I the neighboring rats about it, and eventually tl e house is entirely abandoned by them, notwith- ft mding the neighborhood may be teeming with 01 ts. *" a: r< Colic in Horses.?The following is a certain lc re. I have seen it tried dozens of times, and al- tj ivs with success. I am sure it will save any * irse, if my directions are followed: tl Dissolve one pint of salt in a pint of hot water; en add a quart of good vinegar, and pour half of ai is mixture down the horse s throat. If the st rse is not well in half an hour, give him the bal- uj ce. and you will soon find him all right.?Rural tl orld. ? _ ni Bsi?" Do not plant trees without knowing wha y< 3y are?a goou tree costs no more trouble than at sj irthless one, and occupies no more space. y< IpswUattMttsi JMielrs. i A LITTLE STORY WITH A MORAL. \ "CorryO'Lannus," the humorous correspondent a )f the Brooklyn Eagle, is responsible for the fol- e owing "littlestory," illustrative of the demands of t :he Kadical party: c O'Blique thinks that if a man wants everything, j die best way is to let him have it, for then he will ie satisfied and won't want anything else. a If the people of the North will only give the e Radicals all the offices, and the white people of the a South will grant negro suffrage, give up their lands t ind personal property and then come in with ropes { ound their necks and submit to be hung without i iny bother, we shall have peace. I This reminds me of a little story. a It was about a man in Connaugnt?his name was c 3'Keegan. I He was a decent, quiet, orderly, peaceable sort t >f a man, who believed in a quiet life. I He lived out of town and had to travel a bit of a onely road with a bog on one side and a woods on d he other, One day as Ke was traveling home all alone, and e t was quite dark, the moon hadn't risen, ana that s iart or the country wasn't lighted with gas in \ hose days, when who should step up from behind i lamp post, but a big murthenn' vidian, with a ihillalah under his arm. "Good morning to you, Mr. O'Keegan," says ie, "an' I'll trouble ye for the time of day." Mr. O'Keegan took out his watch to answer the ? [uestion, when the blackguard grabs it "It'sa fine repeater ye have got, Mr. O'Keegan," I jays he, "an it s in dianger ye are of losing \V} so ? ['11 just take care of it for ye," and he stuffed it in f lis pockot. J Mr. O'Keegan says to himself, says he: "Better et him have the watch, and he'll be satisfied and ^ jo away." But he didn't "Mr. O'Keegan," says he, "may be ye have ome smad change about ye, that you d be happy to t end me; and you'd save me the trouble of going S hrough your pockets by sheding out'' ? Thinks Mr. O'Keegan to himself, "Heonlywants fl ny money, and I'll let him have that rather than *lave any trouble with the fedow." _ c So he sheded out and thought he had satisfied s he rapscadion, and was going off quite peaceably. 6 "Whist, Mr. O'Keegan," says he, "you have a ^ nighty fine coat that ud just fit me, and I'd trouble 'Our for it." _ _ Mr. O'Keegan thought it wasn't worth while to f1 ight about a coat, so he duIIs it off, and the other " nap puts it on, and Mr. O'Keegan thought he was c ;oing to get home at last in his shirt sleeves. But the rapacious cuss wasn't satisfied yet. r "It's bad the coat looks without the waiscoat, llr. O'Keegan," says he, "and if ye'd be after v etting me nave that garment peaceably, it would , ave a misunderstanding between us." 1' Mr. O'Keegan believed in concession, so he peel d again, though he began to shiver, and thought t was cold comfort to be a Christian under such * ircumstances. P But the chap hadn't done with him yet. P "It'syour boots I want now," says he. Mr. O'Keegan began to think that the chap was y i little too radical, but as the chap insisted that the >oots were an indispensable concession, Mr. O'Kee;an pulled them off, saying to himself "he's got vervthing now. and I'll be off." p While the villain was putting on the boots. Mr. )'Keegan wished him good night and was trotting 0 ff when the unreasonable omadhaun calls after dm. "Mr. O'Keegan," said he, "just stop where , ou are. I have your watch and your moncv, and ^ our coat and waistcoat, and your boots, ana I beeve that's all ye have about ye that's worth ta- sj ;ing. But now ye'U be after going to the maris- 11 rates and telling yer story and sending the peelers fter me, and trying to get your property back and ^ le hanged. To save ye all that trouble I'll just ? nock ye on the head and make ye a comfortable ed in the bog, and cover ye up, so that nobody rill disturb ye. If ye've a mina to confess your * ins before ye take yer nap I'll give ye just two min- d tes by yer own watch.'' a Now Mr. O'Hecgvj began to think that virtue f concession had its limits, and that it was time . ) take a stand in defence of conservative princi- ? les. I His eyes were opened. He was aroused, and instead of saying his prayers ? e squared off and pitched into the unconscionable simp, and being some on his muscle when his ander was up, he knocked the blackguard out of ime in the first round, recovered his property and anded the chap over to the first policeman who ime along. J "Bedad," said Mr. O'Keegan, "If I had only one that in the first place I'd have saved myself a ale of trouble and a bad cowld." 84 I think we had better fight it out on the first ssue. n e BUSH-WHACKERS AND GUERRILLAS. a! The following is an extract from General Basil n )uke's forthcoming "Histoiy of Gen. John Mor- 0] an's Cavahy:" ^ h Every Southern reader will understand at once C( 'hat sort of individual is meant by a "bush-whackr"?that he is a gentleman of leisure, who lives 0] i a wild and generally a mountainous country, does jj ot join the army, but shoots from the tops of cliffs a r from behind trees and rocks, at those who are so n nfortunate as to differ with him in politics. It is q1 is way of expressing his opinions. His style of fighting is very similiar to that of lie outlying scouts of partisan cavalry, except that 0, e esteems it a weakness ana an unnecessary mcun- sj enience to take prisoners, and generally kills his ^ iptives. Sometimes, and especially toward the itter part of the war, these fellows would band to- a ether in considerable numbers, make certain por- w ons of the country impassible, except to strong deichments, and even undertake expeditions into the eighboring sections. ^ There were "Unionbush-whackers" and "South- u. rn bush whackers." In Kentucky, the former were Q1 lore numerous. "It is a gratifying Reflection." to f. se the language of one of Colonel Clarence Prence's official reports, "that many of them will vhack' 110 more. In the Northern mind bush- jr hackers and guerrillas are confounded together? ! n egregious error in classification. It is probable j-' iiat the bush-whackers of this country would anver exactly to thr guerrilla of European warfare; ^ ut the guerrilla of North America is, orrather was, j for happily he is almost, if not apite, entirely ex- ^ net,) an animal entirely distinct from either. Formerly the Northern press styled all the South- g, rn cavalry guerrillas, because they traveled about e, ic country freely, and gave their enemies some a, ouble. This, however, was when the Federal tl lvalry used to still ride with pillows on their sad- a, les, were put to bed carefully every night by the 0, reneral commanding, and encamped on the march j( 1 the midst of infantry regiments, who were inructed to see that their horses did not hurt them, V) ;e. When the hardy, dashing regiments of the ;n itter part of the war ? after, indeed, the first eigh- w ;en months ? began to do read service, the North- a, rn writers found that they would be called on to ^ jcord as cavalry operations the very kind of affairs C( hich they had been accustomed to chronicle as ju uerrilla irregularities. se A guerrilla was, properly speaking, a man who ad belonged to some army, and had deserted and ni one to making war on his private account, lie was a] eccssarily a marsuider, sometimes spared his for- st ler friends, and was much admired by weak young omen who were afflicted with a tendency toward h lioddy romance. ^ ADVICE TO THE SOUTH. Stand firm. Yield obedience to the laws now in )rce, but have no hand in making others till every ni tate in the Union is represented on the floor of tl longress. Force cannot keep you from a represen- C ition there if you want it, and send men of your dl hoice. duly elected by the people. Adopt no "so v< ailed" Constitutional Amendments, for if you are hi l no fit condition to have representation in Con- tl ress you are not fit to adopt any amendments.? pi 'he Constitution contemplates no division of alle- ca iance! gi You fought bravely?you yielded honorably. Do tl ot imperil yourselves, ourselves, the oountry and ca s future by rash acts, now. Stand firm?wait in sf ic dignity of brave intelligence. Give not an inch tl om the right and the Constitution. If you are P! ur people, you hold the same rights as we have, ad these rights will soon be yours. If wronged, cc ispectfully protest. If insulted, bear it a while I" nger like men. If anxious for peace, so in digni- ril r comport yourselves as to strengthen us in the A forth who are battling not for you alone, but for w ic right! t hi If you stand in dignified firmness all will be well, th id we will find men to stand between the oppres- P< ir and the oppressed. We do not ask you to take p arms against the radical troubles imposed upon I ie country. It is more our fight in the North. en If you adopt the required Constitutional Amend- p? icnts, other penalties and humiliations will be qi )urs to adopt forever, for radicalism never will be sh itisfied except with your blood and property. If an ju grow weak now that you are strong in your ed ajuries, we are all lost together and our government nd country goes down forever. Send your representatives to Congress, as you tave a right to ao, if legally elected. If they are tot admitted, then comes a revolution in the North, nd the avenging hosts of liberty will destroy eith- | r radicalism, or the country North, till yours will ?e the government to maintain. Do not leave the ountry?stay at home, hide the ruins?refurnish 'our homes, God and Democracy will do the rest I We have battled with Radicalism this fall long .nd earnestly?that party in the North is over sevnty thousand weaker than two months since. We .re working for the Constitution?for the laws?for he Equality of States?for equal taxation?for >eace, Union, domestic tranquility and the govern- I nent our forefathers gave us, and which, by the J living God, shall not be stolen from the people till fler a trial at arms for which not only the editor if this paper but two million Democrats in the ^orth are ready, whenever the Radical part of hieves, cowards, bond-holders, fanatics, vandals, ihiritanSj hypocrites and greed loving vultures of :bolitionism are prepared to die in the strife they lare not commence. The question now at issue concerns us in the North ^ quallv with you of the South, and it is for this reaon?for our love for our suffering country?that re write as we do.?La Crosse ( TFm.) Democrat. IN AN OMNIBUS?A SKETCH. A mighty woman with a bundle, a cross woman nth a baby, an uncomfortable woman with a dog, ,n old gentleman with a trumpet, a beaming young idy with expansive crinoline, and the usual comrtement of nothing-particular people, including myelf, John Hayes, gentleman at large, would not lave been inside if I could have helped it; and udging from the surrounding faces, we were all hot ,nd hated one another. When a fellow creature is isiblv radiating the caloric one has already in exess, hatred for him, or even her, follows in logical equence, and we were waiting for more passengers. "Please help me in, I'm blind!" It was the iniest, sweetest voice; we all turned to see a little trl lay her hand confidingly on the conductor's rm. I took her from him as carefully as if she lad been in truth what she looked like?my Parian llyfie?the same pure; sweet face, with the deliate features and drooping white eye-lids; but the adness of her palor was relieved by the vivid dark old of her hair, which fell in soft, thick rolls upon ier neck. "Isn't there a dog here ?" said she, presently. "Yes, darling," said the dog's owner, as she landed it to the child, looking uncomfortable no mger; the blind face turned to hers seemed to harm away its nervousness. "What a dear little fellow," said Clytie, and the ough terrier grew popular. > I "Do they let you go far, alone?" said the cross roman. "Oh, yes." The little creature gave a low. glad . lugh of triumph, "I've been to the blind school; can do everything for myself now." "Would you mind saying that again, my dear? 'm very deaf," said the old gentleman. She reieated her sentence, adding with an odd womanly ity, "It must be sad to be deaf." ( I said, involuntarily, "You don't look as though ou were ever sad." "Oh, no, I never am, now that Emy is well." f "WhoisEnry?" t "Oh, my little sister; oh, such a little darling; < ut she was ill for a long time ? so long!'' Clytie's voice falterea, as though she were living ver again a great sorrow. "But she is well now." I said. ??i j :a> t" "'Un, yes, quire strong; aiiu it a so uiuc; "Have you many sisters and brothers?" asked be young lady. "No, only Emyand one brother, baby Tom; he's ucb a great, fat fellow, and he laughs?you can't bink how he does laugh." If it was anything like the musical thrill his sisir sent rippling through the air I should like to ave heard the baby. "What does he laugh at?" said the cross woman. "Oh, everything; at Emy and me, when we play 'unch and Judy; and at dinner, when there's umplings;and sometimes he lies on the floor, nd laughs at himself; and we laugh, too, it's so inny.' The little one's mirth was so infectious, we all lined in with various modulations of the roar of le deaf old gentleman; who could not stop himself, nd setting off again, little Clytie clapping her soft loved hands till she made tne dog nark, and the inductor looked in to say: "Well, if I ever saw such a row." "Euston road, please," said Clytie, turning into business woman all at once. The unwelcome place seemed to come directly; 31 turned from helping the child out, I saw the ross woman's face breaking up into tears. "It's queer," she said,'"but I feel like to cry to se her so merry." I was unpleasantly conscious of what my dear lother used to call tne apple in my throat; so I was rateful to the deaf gentleman for saying "Eh 1" nd saving the effort of replying. We all fell into quietness, but it was curious to otice how forbearing we were to one another; the bild's great loss, worn like a flower-crown on the ead or some pictured saint, made our petty dis)inforts all melt away. The young lady began to play with the baby, the Id gentleman with the dog, and I, who object to 11 gratuities on the principle of never having any loney to spare, was absolutely pleased when the lighty woman handed back her cliange to her vannished foe, saying: "Never mind the penny, conductor." Even the cross woman, grew quite interesting /er ^reminiscenceof avoutn she had known when le was a girl, who had recovered his sight after 3ing blina for a year. I think, if instead of being a plucked civil service indidate, I could be a woman with a mission, I >uld choose that of my unconscious little Clytie. ( Boiling Meats. ? Never put them in cold wa:r, but plump them into tnat which is boiling riskly. This will coagulate the albumen on the Jtside, close the pores, and prevent the water om soaking out the rich juices. If salted meats sed refreshing, let it be previously done with cold ater, taking all needed time, with frequent changig or the water, if it is very salt. Tough, cheap J ieces of beef, can be made tender and palatable as ?llows: If salt, freshen as above. Put into the ot with a trifle more water than will be finally eeded. Set into the top of the cooking pot a closefitting tin pail or pan, .and fill it with cold water, this gets boiling hot, dip out some and add cold ater from time to time. Boil the meat until it jts so entirely tender that the bones will drop out. ,'en if it takes five to ten hours. The steam and oraa or flavor of the meat will be condensed on ic bottom of the covering pan or pail of water, id drop back, and thus be retained. When thor- t lghly done remove the cover, and slowly simmer J iwn thick enogh to jelly when wild. Pip out the 1 leat, remove the bones, place it in a pan, pour o- ? jr it the boiled liquid, lay over it a large plate, or .* iverted tin platter, and put on 15 to 30 pounds eight. When cold, it will cut into nice slices, p id if lean and fat or white meal be mixed, it will ; beautifully marbled. The juice will jelly and o impact it firmly together, and you will have nice ? jcy meat, good for breakfast, dinner or supper, and ?tender that poor teeth can masticate it. Fresh " Jef, or corned beef well freshened in cold water, lav be used in this way with decided economy, a id it is far superior to meat boiled in an open vesil. from which the flavor has constantly escaped, > you can perceive by the odor all through the ouse, if Bridget leaves the kitchen door open a liuute or two, as she will certainly happen to do. [American Agriculturists. A New FrREARM.? A very extraordinary fire- * m is being exhibited in England. It will, say H ic admirers of the system, entirely supercede olt's revolvers, Spencer's seven-shooters, the nee/* -1J ?? ??*?? nflinr rvlrl nr now in. e rrae, ine rmneiUj ui my umw ... intion. The principle of it is that in place of iving the chambers of the revolver attached to ie pistol or rifle, the arm is, as it were, a skeleton istol, having barrel, stock and hammer. The 1 irtridges are inserted in a separate horizontal elon- ^ ited steel receptacle. When it is desired to load C] ie pistol, this thin elongated box containing the V irtridges in separate cells, is inserted in the empty S >ace left for it between the barrel and stock, and ien; as fast as the finger can draw the trigger, it ^ isscs through of itself, unfil all the cartridges are ? ed. Another can then be inserted, and the firing ntinued at almost any rapidity, and for as long a n Jriod as there are receptacles of cartridges. A He could in this manner fire sixty shots a minute. B child could be reloading the empty cartridge cells l ith perfect safety. The princjple is also applica- " c to big guns. The inventor is Mr. James Gale, e blind man, who invented the system of making j" >wder non-explosive. _ b C?" A large manufacturing company in Chicago. D nploys a young lady only thirteen years of age as ? lymaster. She lias paid out, spice May last, a larter of a million of dollars, keeping the timeleets, pay-roll, and a private account-book with ' id for each of three to four hundred men employ HOMESLEY & ASHER, Respectfully inform the CITIZENS OP YORK DISTRICT And the Public Grenerally, That in a few days, they will open in the IK IEXT TO TIE HARBLE-Y&RO. The largest, best and Completest Stock of GROCERIES Ever brought to Yorkville, WHICH THEY WILL SELL AS LOW, As they can be purchased ANYWHERE South of Baltimore. THEIR STOCK Will embrace Every Description Of Staple and Fancy GROCERIES. They will also ? BUY COTTON And all other Country . Produce, For which IDT It r&T TIE IlfiHT Mill PRICES. The NEW STORE will be under the immediate charge of DAPT. THOMAS S. JEFFERYS, Who cordially invites his old customers and riends to give him a call, and he assures them liat he will be able to do as well bv them, as any >ne else. COME ONE, COME AtL! IN ORDEES to make room For our Spring- Stock:, We will sell our present STOCK OF DRY GOODS, For One Month, A.T COST! This is no humbug. Give us a call and see for 'or yourselves. HOMESLEY <ft ASHER. January 17 38 tf NO. 153 MEETING STREET, Formerly .Jolin Asliliurst & Co.,) GEO. C. GOODRICH, ) PHILIP WINEMAN, \ SOUTH CAROLINA. JOHN ASHHURST, J DIRECT IMPORTERS , OF Jl U VTEDICINES AND CHEMICALS, CHARLESTON, S. C. i November 15 30 6m E. R. STOKES, BOOK - BINDER, ; AND ; BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTURER, J * j Opposite J. C. Dial's Hardware Store, J MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. 1 BLANK-BOOKS Ruled to anv Pattern, Paged and Bound in the best Possible Manner, with ] 'rinted Headings when required. Tho attention i f Clerks, Sheriffs, Ordinaries, Commissioners in Iquity, Railroad Officials, and all public oflicers ' ?particularly invited. ] A large stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of the 1 lest Quality, always on band. . Special attention given to the binding of Music, t Id Books and Files, and all other work in plain , r ornamental style. . Orders sent to, and contracts made directly with . ae, will save money, as I am prepared to do work t a very small advance on New York Prices. I My business motto is "Promptness, Economy ? nd Substantial Work." 1 E. R. STOKES, Columbia, S. C. . November 29, 1866. 32 tf { ^ESTABLISHED 1854. J Len^nick Ac Sell, I Q Importers and Wholesale e IEALERS IN MILLINERY, STRAW 1 AND " FANCY GOODS, ( N. E. Corner Meeting and Market Sts., ? CHARLESTON; S. C., i rNVITE the Trade to examine their full and va- I I i ,.??f nf HOWRTS and HATS 1 L Xit'U uaaui nuv?v v? y ?-? y immedand untrimined; RIBBON'S, of all dea-iptions; Flowers, Feathers, Dress Caps, Nets, . eils of newest designs, Ruches, Laces, Crapes, ilks, Corsets, Skirts, &c. October 4 24 6m TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, J York District. o arwin ?fc Jefferys, ") in the common pleas. _ vs. [ urrows, Blair & Co., J Attachment. e HfTIIKREAS, the Plaintiffs did, on the 14th day o FT of March, I860, tile their Declaration against le Defendants, who, it is said, are absent from tl id without the limits of this State, and have nei- fi ler wife, nor attorney known within the same, I pon whom a copy ol the said declaration might $ o served: It is, therefore, ordered, that the said e defendants do appear and plead to the said Deela- p ition, on or before the fifteenth day of March, hicli will be in the year of our Lord one thousand si ght hundred and "sixty-seven, otherwise final U ul absolute judgment will bo given and awarded li jainst them. J. F. WALLACE, c. c. c. p. io Clerk's Office, York District, S. C. s March 29 49 lyq 1 TERMS?I TV ADVANCE i SPECIE. CURRENCY. One Copy, one year. $ 2 50 9 3 50 One Copy, Six months. 1 25 2 00 One Copy, Three months,.. 75 1 00 Two Copies, one year, 4 50 6 00 Five Copies, " " 8 75 12 50 Ten Copies, " " 17 50 25 00 To persons who make up dubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free or charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents per square for each subsequent insertion?less than three months. A square consists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. No advertisement considered less than a square. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements, will ne charged Two Dollars per square for each insertion. Quarterly, "Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts will be made on liberal terms?the contract, however, must in all cases be confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated as advertisements. Announcements of Marriages and Deaths, and notices of a religious character, Inserted gratis, and solicited. $33r Personal Communications, when admissable; Communications of limited or indivual interest. or recommendations of Candidates for offices of nonor. Droflt or trust, will be chareed for as ad vertisemente. COUNTING-HOUSE ALMANAC. nnm spm S'i IS a 1 Sisiis3 18?7.5] 5 > a | -i sI80r- ^ 5 g | ^ o LLL-LLl Jan. 1 2 3 4~5 JULY... 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 191 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 ,28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 Feb. 1 2. Auo 12 3 3456789 456789 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28 25 28 27 28 29 30 31 Mar. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9- Sept. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30- 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 31 29 30 Apr. ..: "i 2 3 "i 5 *6 Oct. .". "i "2 "3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11.12 13 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 May 12 3 41 Nov 1 2 56789 10 11 3456789 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 80 31 ... 24 25 28 27 28 29 30 June w. 1 ?... 2 3 4 5 6; 7 8 Deo.. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 22 23 24 25 28 27 28 30 ! [29 30 31 STAMP DUTIES IMPOSED BY ACT OF CONGRESS, TO TAKE EFFECT, AUGUST 1, 1866. mHE following is an Alphabetical list of the stamp X duties imposed by the Act of Congress passed July 13, 1866, and to take effect August 1,1866: AgreementOther than those mentioned in this schedule (or any appraisement) for every sheet or piece of paper on which it is written, 5 cents; appraisements of value or damage, 5 cents. Bill of Exchange, Foreign.?Drawn in, but payable out 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 any foreign currency in which such bills may be expressed, 2 cents; for every additional $100, or fractional part thereof in excess of $100. 2 cents. Bills of Exchange, Inland.?Draft or order for the payment 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, cneck, receipt, or other printed or written evidence of an amount of money to be paid on demand or at a time designated, for a sum 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 pert thereof, shall be conveyed to, or vested in any other person or persons, when the consideration shall not exceed $600, stamp duty 50 cents; do., when the consideration exceeds $500 and does not exceed $1,000, $1. Exceeding $1,000. for every additional amount of $500, or fractional part thereof; 50 cents. Personal property other than ships or vessels, 5 cents. Bill of Lading.?For goods and merchandise exported to foreign ports, other than charter party, each 10 cents. Bonds ?Of indemnity?where the money ultimately recoverable thereupon is $1,000, for every additional $1,000 or fractional part in excess of $1,000, 50 cents. For 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 not otherwise charged in this schedule, 25 oents. Certificate?Other 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?Cor a sum not exceeding $100, 2 cents; exceeding $100, 5 cents. Certificate of Profits?In any incorporate company, for an amount not less than $10, nor exceeding $50,10 cents; from $60 to $1,000,25 cents; exceeding $1,000, for every additional $1,000, or fractional part thereof, 25 cents. Certificate of Stock?In incorporated company, 25 cents. Charter Party?On any letter or memorandum relating to the charter of any vessel, if the registered tonnage does not exceed 150 tons, $1; from 150 Co 300 tons, $3; from 300 to 600 tons, $5; over 600 tons, $10. Checks, Drafts or Orders?For any amount on any bank, broker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 2 cents; for amountexceeding$10onanyperson other than a bank, banker or trtist company, at sight or on demand, 2 cents. Cigar Lights.?Made in part of wood, wax, glass, paper or other materials, in parcels or packages, 1 cent; in packages of more than 25 and not more than 50 lights, 2 cents; for every additional 25 lights, or fractional part of that number, 1 cent. Contracts.?Contracts, broker's note, or memorandum of sale of any goods or merchandize, stocks, bonds, notes of hand, for each note or memorandum of sale, 10 cents. Conveyance or Deed of Grant.?Where the consideration of value does not exceed $500, 50 cents; from $500 to $1,000, $1; and for every additional $500, or fractional part thereof, in excess of $1,000, >0 cents. Entry of Goods.?At custom house, not exceeding in value $100,25 cents; from $100 to $500,50 cts., ixceeding $500, $1; for the withdrawal or goods from bonded warehouse, 60 cents. Friction Matches?Or lucifer matches made in oart of wood, in packages of 100 or less, 1 cent; ivlicn in parcels or packages containing more than 100 and not more than 200, for each parcel or packige, 2 cents, and for every additional or fractional lart thereof, 1 cent; for wax tapers, double the ates herein imposed on friction matches. 1 cent. Lease?Where rent is $300 or lees, 50 cents: where ;he rent exceeds $300, for each additional $100, or taction in excess of 300, 50 cents; assignment of a ease, same stamp as original, and additional stamp lpon the value or consideration of transfer, accorling to the rates on deeds. (See Conveyance.) Manifest Entry. Clearance.?Of Cargo of vessels or foreign port, if tonnage does not exceed 300 tons, II; from 300 to 600, $3; exceeding 600, $5. Meats, Fish, Fruits, Sauces, Jellies} etc.?For and lpon every can, bottle or other single package, eontaing meats, lish, shell-fish, fruits, vegetables, auces, svrups, prepared mustard, jams or jellies, eontained therein, packed or sealed, made, prepared and sold, or offered for sale, or removed for conmmption in the United States, on or after the 1st lay of October, 1866, when such can, bottle or other single package with its contents, shall not ex :eed two pounds in weignt, i cent; wnen sucn can, >ottle or other single package with its contents, hall exceed two pounds in weight, for every adlitional pound or fractional part, 1 cent. Mortgage or Personal Donas.?-Given as security or the payment of any definite sum, from $100 to o(X), 50 cents; exceeding $500 and not exceeding 11,000, $1. For every odditional $500, or fractional >art thereof, in excess of $500, 50 cents; provided hat upon each and every assignment or transfer of , mortgage, policy of insurance, or the renewal or ontinuanceof any agreement, contract or charter, iy letter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be requied equal to that imposed on the original instrunent. Passage Ticket?To a foreign port, if of less price han 835, 50 cents; from $35 to 50, $1; and for every dditional $50, or fractional part thereof; in excess f $50, $1. Pawnbroker's Certificate.?For any amount, 5 1 ents. 1 Playing Cards.?For and upon every pack, not l xceeding 52 cards in number, irrespective of price ! r value, 5 cents. Policy of Insnrance.?On any life or lives, where tie amount insured does not exceed $1,000,25 cents; ' rom $1,000 to$5,000,50 cents; exceeding $5,000. $1. 'ire and Marine Risks.?Premium not exceeding i 10,10 cents; premium not exceeding $50,25 cents; ' xceeding $50,50cents. Accidental insurance Com- i anies are exempt. I Power of Attorney.?To transfer stock, bonds or crip, to collect dividends, interest or rent, 25 cents; . 5 vote by proxy, except in charitable, religious i terary, and cemetetry societies, 10 cents; to sell r lease real estate, and perform all other acts not < peclfied, $1; for any other purposes, 50 cents. Probate of Will or Letters of Administration.? Where the estate does not exceed the value of $2,000, fl; for every additional >1,000, or fractional part in excess of $2,000, 60 cents. Protest of Note, Draft; dc.?or marine protest Ac., 25 cents. Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, dec.?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 50 cents or fraction thereof, 2 cents. Receipt.?Receipts for the payment of any sum of money, or for the payment of any debt due, exceeding $20, not being tor satisfaction of any mort-.. gage or judgment, or decree of a court, or endorsement on any stamp obligation in acknowledgment of its fulfillment, for each receipt, 2 cents. Provided that when more than one signature is affixed to the same paper, one or more stamps may bo affixed thereto representing the whole amount of stamps required for such signatures. Sates.?Or contracts for the sale ofstocks, bonds, foreign exchange, gold and silver bullion and coin, promissory notes or other securities, when made . by brokers, banks or bankers who pay a special 4 tax. require stamps equal to 1 cent on every $100. ^ If there is a fraction over $100, the same to be stamped at the full rate of $100. When made by a person, firm or corportion 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 thus 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 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, 50 cents. Warrant of distress, when the amount of rent claimed does not exceed $100, 25 cents; when exceeding $100, 50 cents. EXEMPTIONS. No stamp duty shall be 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 traveling; nor on certificates of the measurement or weight of animals, wood, coal or other articles, nor on deposit notes to mutual insurance companies for the insurance upon which policies 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 stamps 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 4 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. 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 duty. PENALTIES. Penalty for making, signing or issuing any instrument. document or paper of any kind whatsoever, or snail accept, negotiate or pay, or cause to be accepted, negotiated or paid, any bill of exchange, draft or order, or promisory note for the payment of money, without the same being amy stamped, or denoting the duty hereby imposed thereon, $50; and the instrument shall be deemed invalid and of no effect; or for the counterfeiting stamps or dies, $1,000, and imprisonment at hard labor not exoeeding five years. For making, signing, issuing, accepting or paying any bill of exchange, draft, order or note without stamp, $200. Pur selling proprietary cosmetics, matches, meats, fish, fruits, sauces, jellies, Ac., without proper stamps, $50. OTHER PROVISIONS. Instruments are not to be recorded unless properly stamped. No instrument is valid lor the want of the particular kinds of stamps designated, provided a legal stamp of equal amount (except proprietary stamps,) is duly affixed. AIT official instruments, documents and papers issued or used by officers of the United States Qo\ ernment. or bv the officers of anv State, onuntv or % other municipal corporation are exempt. In rases where an adhesive stamp snail be used for denominating any duty imposed by this 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 be again used, under a penalty of *50 Instruments heretofore issued without stamps, not 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 auty, he is required to impress on it a particular stamp, with words to signify that it is not chargeable with stamp dutyj; ana 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 used, shall, 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, ana are allowed 6 per cent on all purchases of $500; over $500,10 per cent. CONFEDERATE MONEY. mHE following table shows the price of gold for A Confederate currency in Augusta, Ga., at various*times from the breaking out to the close of the war. The record was kept by a broker long , doing business in that city: m 1861. Gold Premium. For $1 in Gold. January 1 5 December 15......$ 21 00 July 1 10 1864. October 1 12 January 1 $ 2100 October 15 15 January 15 20 00 December 1 20 February 1 20 00 > December 15.' 30 February 15 21 00 1862. March 1 26 00 January 1 20 March 15 20 00 January 15 20 April 1 19 00 February 1 25 April 15 2100 February 15 40 May 1 20 00 March 1 50 May 15 18 00 March 15 60 June 1 to July 15 18 00 April 1 75 July 15 to Aug. 15 20 00 April 15 85 August 15 22 00 May 1 90 September 1 20 50 May 15 .. 95 September 15 22 50 June l..~ 95 October 1 27 00 For $1 in Gold. October 15 25 00 June 15.. $ 2 00 November 1 26 00 August 1 2 20 November 15 28 00 September 1 2 50 December 1 32 00 I November 1 3 00 December 15 35 00 1863. December 31 50 00 February 1 3 10 1865. March 1 3 25 January 1 60 00 March 15 5 00 January 15 65 00 Mav 15 6 00 FehniAnr 1 sn no June 1 6 50 February 15 48 00 June 15 7 50 March 1 55 00 July 1 8 00 March 15 57 00 July 15 10 00 April 1 70 00 August 1 14 00 April 15 80 00 August 15 15 00 April 20 100 00 M September 1 14 00 April 26 200 00 September 15 14 00 April 27 300 00 October 1 13 00 April 28 500 00 October 15 12 50 April 29 800 00 November 1 13 00 April 30 1,000 00 November 15 15 50 May 1 1,200 00 December 1 20 00 ?Which was the last actual sales of Confederate notes. VALUE OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY. A NNEXED is a table showing the value of "Con- \ _/V federate currrency" in United States currency for the last four years?deputed from the average monthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold, at New York, Richmond and Augusta. As the rate of stamp duty upon documents executed during the late war is based upon the value of the consideration in United States currency, this table will be found very convenient in fixing that value. TABLE SHOWING THE BEL ATI VE VALUE OP "CONFEDERATE" ANDU. S. CURRENCY FOR FOUR YEARS. MONTH. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1965. Value in Value in'Value inivaluein a-cpvura fnr,Con>cur",Con.cur->Con.cur- ConcurmnnTnrrency ofrency ofrency ofrency of month of |linfr.s< siinfj.s. $linUS.'$linlJ.S. cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. j cur'cy. January $2.00 $13.50 | $26.90 ^ February 2.19 13.79 25.20 March 2.93 14.57 34.90 April 3.23 12.33 May 3.87 10.65 June 4.85 8.12 July.... 6.89 7.79 August 1U.03 8.85 September.. $2.19 9.71 10.56 October 1.95 9.70 12.80 November.. 2.29 9.90 12.55 December... 2.28 12.60 18.26 To ascertain the value of a given amount of Confederate currency, divide the number of dollars by the figures in the column opposite the date sought for, and the quotient will be the amount in United States currency. $1,500 PER YEAR! WE WANT AGENTS everywhere, to sell our improved $20 Sewing Machines. Three new kinds, upper and lower feed. Sent on trial. Warranted five years. Above salary or large commissions paid. The only machines sold in the U. States for less than $40, which are f ully licensed by T* Howe, Wheeler & Wilson, Orover & Baker, Singer & Co., and Bachelder. All other cheap machines are infringements, and the seller or user are liable to arrest, fine and imprisonment. Illustrated circulars sent free. Aadress, or call on SHAW & CLARK, at Biddeford, Maine, or Chicago, 111. May 81 6 ly ^