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fepartweot. ACCIDENT INSURANCE. INDUCEMENTS PRESENTED B7 THE "FAT CONTRIBUTOR." The ' 'Breakneck Accident Insurance Company" wrote to the "Fat Contributor," not lone since, to work up a column or so of inducements for people to take out policies. This is the way he aid it: Every one should get insured against accidents. No matter if you belong to one of the best "families" ?accidents will happen in them. Get a policy. The proverb says, "Honesty is the best policy," but that was before accident insurance companies started. Now the best policy is apolicv in the "Breakneck" The other day a man in Chicago fell out of a four story window. He had no insurance, and conquently was killed. Another man, on the same aay fell out with his wife. He was insured in the "Breakneck," and is ready to fall out again. A woman driving a spirited horse in St Louis was run away with. Being insured, she wasn't alarmed a bit. stopped the horse and came back safe. Her policy running out she neglected to renew it Shortly after that she was runaway with again. Her husband's partner ran away with her this time, and she hasn t come back yet Don't fail to renew your policy, particularly if it is the "Breakneck. At Dubuque, Iowa, a man was kicked by a horse. The horse wasn't injured and he got kicked back. Near Paris, Ky., a man, while engaged in running a circular saw, had his arms taken off. They * ? < - --t J - J?V.1^ v consisted oi a cavairy saore auu a uuuuie mucum shot gun. The man who carried them off had an accident insurance ? and he has not been caught yet # * In" Philadelphia a man fell from the scaffold and broke his neck. If he had been insured in the "Breakneck" his sentence might have been commuted to ' 'imprisonment for life.'' Why will men neglect these things? Our agent at Fenn Yan, New York, writes:? "One of my neighbors whom I had solicited to take a policy, laughed at me for thinking he could not take care of nimself. The very next day he fell from the roof of his house and ?and wasn't hurt a bit!" In Utica, New York, a man accidentally got married. Being insurred in the "Breakneck, "ne will receive $15 a week until he recovers. A young man in Portsmouth, Ohio, was jilted by a young lady and sued her to recover damages. Insured in the "Breakneck." Fifteen dollars a week until he recovers. A man sentenced to solitary confinement for life in the Michigan State prison. Policy in the "Breakneck;" $15 a week as long as he is confined to his room. A gray headed old man was insured in the "Breakneck." The verv next day he bought a bottle of hair dye ? and dyed. His family receivi i i i.i.? ea a nanusoint: sum uu tuc uiati-uuai u. Two cattle-drovers started with a drove of cattle to New York. One had a policy and the other had none. There was a collision, and the one that had a policy wasn't hurt a bit? and the other wasn't either. Insure in the ' 'Breakneck.'' Near Portland, Maine, a poor man fell from a loft and broke his neck. He received his.insuranoe, $3,000 from the "Breakneck." with which he was enabled to set himself up in Dusinesss, and is now doing well. Our agent at Cleveland, Ohio, writes: ' 'A lumber horse runaway with a bob tailed wagon and tipped the street over onto a small woman and six elderly children. The horse began to cry and the wagon bled freely at the nose, Dut otherwise the street is doing well. No insurance.'' A hog drover in Mount Sterling; Kentucky, was very much hurt by a fall ? fall in pork: No insurance. John Smith; of Michigan, lost a good deal of time by a sprain. An agent of the breakneck'' found it ana returned it to him. A man ranaway from Litchfield. Illinois, to avoid paying his debts. He left a family (not being able to take them with him.) No insurance. A man accidentally fell from a steamer at New j Orleans, into the river. As he was sinking the third time he suddenly recollected that his policy in the "Breakneck" had expired. He then swam ashore, sought out the agent and renewed his poli- , cy, ana immediately returned to the river and sank ' the third time in a serene and tranquil manner.? Insure before you are in surely. A cripple in Boston had his legs taken off?a rhymster took them off in verses. No insurance. A fellow took a drink of whiskey at a saloon in Cincinnati. Suddenly recollecting that he had no insurance, he immediately took an emetic, and then he took out a policy m the "Breakneck. He now takes his drinks with impunity?if Impunity treats. * ?1--? -I1 A>a*v\ Maw VavI? nlft' Wftnf weuiuerui VUIJgiCSS uvuincn xvia V?^J nvuv to Washington, and fell from grace?spraining his brains so badly that he was forced to carry thein in a sling. No insurance. BILL SIMPSON'S LEGAL EXPERIENCE. Many years ago the Legislature of Tennessee passed an act to organize the county of McNairy. alias Snake. At that time the country embraced in the limits of Snake was occupied by a steady set of backwoodsmen, totally unacquainted with courts, jails, etc. The county assembled at the appointed site for the purpose of cutting logs, making boards, etc., to buud a court house and jail. The only theme of conversation, when the men were asseinsembled, was the court, etc. None of them had ever seen a court in session, a? yet developed. Each one would give what his idea was of a court, etc. None, however, were entirely satisfactory, until Bill Simpson was called on to give his ideas. He said he knew all about a court?that he had a law suit in North Carolina. One of his neighbor's hogs kept coming where he ted his hogs until it got fat. One morning he got so d?d mad that he shot the hog. He thought it would not do to throw it away, so he cleaned and salted it. Shortly afterwards his neighbor and a man came to his house, examined the smoke house, and took him to town and put him in a little office. About three months after that, this man came and took him up to a large room. A large man sat upon a high bench? a man was sitting at a desk? about a dozen fine dressed men sat m a place that was paled around. The man put me in a pen just behind them. He then called in twelve men, they took seats in a box in front of the fine dressed men. The man that was writing gave the twelve men a book and said something about Bill Simpson and State. Then one of tne fine men read something about Bill Simpson and the hog, and he and another one of the fine dressed men had the biggest quarrel you ever heard?I thought they would fight even* minute, but they didn't. It was Bill Simpson and the hog, and the hog and Bill Simpson, and sometimes Mr. Simpson, but d d seldom. After they quit quarreling, the big man talked a while to the twelve men, and then they went out and staid a short time, and came back and said something to the man at the desk. The man on the bench said something to the man that put me in office, and he took me out and tied me to a persimmon tree and commenced fifrht.inc nip with a cowhide, and it made me so d ~ d mad that I shook all the persimmons off I the tree.? Winchester Home Journal. In A Tight Place.?At Lr^?, on Sunday j evening, fatigued by his long journey, a wagoner i and his son John, drove his team into a good range, | and determined to pass the Sabbath enjoving a season of worship with the good folks of the village. When the time for worship arrived, John was set to watch the team, while the wagoner went in with the crowd. The preacher had nardlv announced his subject before the old man fell sound asleep. He sat against the partition in the centre of the body slip ; while just against him, separated only by the very low partition, sat a fleshy lady, who seemed all-absorbed in the sermon. She struggled hard with her feelings, until unable to control them any longer, she burst out with a loud scream, aud shouted at the top of her voice, rousing the old mau, half awake, who thrust his arm around her waist and cried out very soothingly: "Wo, Nance! wo Nance! wo! Here John, cut the belly-band, and loose the breeching, quick, or she'll tear everything to pieces!" It was all the work of a moment, but the sister forgot to shout, the preacher lost the thread of his discourse, and the meeting come preraaturelv to an end, while deeply mortified, the old man skulked away, determined not to go to meeting again untU he could manage to keep his senses by remaining awake.?Exchange. "Are sisters Sal aud Nance resources, Pa?" "No, my son. Why do you ask that question?" "Because I heard Uncle John say, if you would only husband your resources, you could get along a good deal better than you do. And I thought it would be a good idea, because you wouldn't have so many young men here for supper every Sunday evening, that's all, pa. " ^ A lady asked a pupil at a public school, "What was the sin of tne Pharisees? ' "Eating camels, marm," quickly replied the child. She had read that the Pharisees strained at gnats and swallowed camels. JUjrifttJtol gcpartwettt. MAKE HOME BEAUTIFUL. Make your -tome beautiful?bring to It flowers, Plant them around you to bud and to bloom, Let them give life to your loneliest hoursLet them bring light to enliven your gloom. Make your own world?one that never has sorrowed? Of music, and sunshine, and glad summeralr? A home-world, whose forehead care never has furrowed, And whose cheek of bright beauty will ever be fair. Make your home beautiful?weave round its portal Wreaths of the jasmine and delicate sprays Of red-fruited woodbine?with ivy Immortal That blesses and brightens wherever it stays. Gather the blossoms too?one little flower, I Varied verbena, orsweet mignonette, Still may bring bloom to your desolate bower, Still may be tomething to love and to pet. Make your home beautiful?gather the roses That hoard up the sunshine with exquisite art; Perchance tbey may pour, as your darkest day closes. That soft summer sunshine down into your heart! If you can do so, oh! make it an Eden Of beauty and gladness ; remember 'tis wise, Twill teach you to long for that home you are needing? That Heaven of beauty beyond the blue skies! Make your home beautiful?sure tie a dutyCall up your little ones, teach them to walk Hand in band with the wandering Angel of Beauty, Encourage their spirits with Nature to talk ! Gather them round you, and let them be learning Lessons that drop from the delicate wings Of the bird and the butterfly?ever returning To Him who has made all those beautiful things. Make home a hive, where all beautiful things l/iusienme uccb, aiiuuicn uuncj^ucn ui...b, Make it a temple for holy revealing*, And Lore, Its bright Angel, with "shadowing wing." Then shall It be, when alar on life's billow, Wherever your tempest-tost children are flung, They will long for the shade of the home "weeping-willow," And sing the sweet 6ongs which their mother has sung. Make your home fceautilul?bring the bright blossoms, Plant them around you to bud and to bloom: They'll waken bright thoughtt in your care-haunted bosoms, They'll gather the sunshine to lighten yourgloom. List to their lessons?their soft voices cheer ye With sweetest of echoes from gardens above, And while their blest Influence ever is near ye. Ye shall reap rich content In the Harvest of Love. THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH. We utter but a trite sentiment when we say that the future of the South is in the hands.of its young men. How many of them are qualifying themselves to manage its factories, control its railroads, mine its ore, work its machine shops, and cultivate its plantations ? Professional men it has in abundance?able lawyers, accomplished physicians, eloquent speakers. These have their uses, but the growth of a State depends less on them than on the character of the men who manage its industrial enterprises. What is most needed in the South to-day is, that the young blood which fought for it so gallantly should work as determinedly. On the plantation; in the shop, in the factory, there the South is to effect its true restoration. The young men who dug trenches and fed on hominy and pork, who went clad in home-spun gray and slept in cold, or rain, or shine, under the canopy of the heavens to further the fortunes, as they believed, of their native land, can now ao noble service by laying hold of its plow handles, turning its lathes, eruidine its suindles, handling its locomo tives. But there is want of capital. No matter, they have youth, health, hope, ambition; and good abilities. They have every incentive for which to work. Begin with a will, and success will crown their efforts.?National Intelligencer. The Crop Prospect.?It rarely occurs that several poor crop years follow each other in succession. If this be so, we have every reason to hope for bountiful crops this year to reward the fanner and to fill his barns and pockets. Much depends in fanning, as in any other business, upon the close attention and application?hard work continuously and a plenty of it, will make the farmer as well as the professional man rich. It has been truthfully said that the proprietor's track is the best manure of his fann. This is more applicable than ever under the new order of things. Land, to produce well, should be well prepared and well worked and manured. We have never seen land too rich. Fanners could make more and do it easier by planting less land, stimulating it higher and working it better, leaving out, or putting in grass for pasturage, the land badly worn or inconvenient to improve. Poor Richard says: "Plough deep while sluggards sleep, And you will have corn both to sell and to keep." May such be the case with all our patrons this year.?LaurensviUe Herald. To Obtain Fresh Blown Flowers in Winter. Choose some of the most perfect buds of the flowers you would preserve, such as are latest in blooming and ready to open, cut them off with a pair of scissors, leaving to each, if possible, a piece of stem about three inches long; cover the end of the stem immediately with sealing wax. and when the buds are a little shrunk and wrinkled, wrap each of them up separately in a piece of paper, Eerfectlv clean and dry, and lock them up in a dry ox or drawer: and they will keep without corrupting. In winter, or at any other time, when you would have the flowers blow, take the buds at night and cut off the end of the stein sealed with wax, and put the% buds into water wherein a little nitre or salt lias been amused, ana tne next aay you will have the pleasure of seeing the huds open and expanding themselves, and the flowers display their most lively colors and breathe their agreeable odors. The Sky an Indicator of the Weather.? The color of the sky at particular times affords wonderful good guidance. Not only does a rosy sunset presage good weather, and a ruddy sunrise bad weather, but there are other tints which speak with equal clearness and accuracy. A bright yellow sky in the evening indicates wind ; a pale yellow, wet; a neutral gray color constitutes a favorable sign in the evening, and an unfavorable one in the morning. The clouds are again full of meaning in themselves. If their forms are soft, undefined, full and feathery, the weather will be fine; if their edges, are hard, sharp and definite, it will be foul. Generallvspeakinc. any deep, unusual hues betoken wind aniWkf?. while the more quiet and delicate tints besneak fair weather. These are simple maxims, and vet not so simple but that the British Board of Trade has thought fit to publish them for the use of sea-faring men.?Scientific American. Thorough Tillage.?At one of the Irish Agricultural meetings, one of the speakers remarked, and the truth may be well applied in this country, "What brought out the immense agricultural wealth of Scotland? and what enables the small farmer in Belgium, who, on seven or eight acres of light, sandy land, was able to do better for himself and his family, than we can do on twenty or thirty acres of land in this country ? It was not by allowing three-fourths of a light tillage farm to remain in poor herbage, and making the other portion pay the rent. It was because the farmers in those countries he alluded to, make agriculture a study, a duty, and a pleasure, and because the farmers till their land to the best advantage, and l)ccause no man there would keep one single acre of land more in his possession than his capital and his means would enable him to cultivate." Too Much Stock.?Farmers lose a great deal everjr year by keeping more stock than they can properly feed and take care of. To keep stock well, they must be kept in a constantly thriving condition. In Minimcr they should have abundant pasturage, and in winter warm shelter, and all the good, nutritious food they will eat. Stock thus managed are always profitable?always improving and increasing in value. A less number of any L-inrl nf ytn/.L- fiir] Willi will jik anv tillio ynll fnr more money than a greater number of scrawny, small, hall-fed animals. If you have plenty of feed keep all the stock that you can feed well, but keep no more; but it will pay farmers to fjed better, and to provide better shelter than they are in the habit of doing for all domestic animals. Warm shelter is indcspensible to stock in winter. Shelter Your Stock.?Stock should be properly sheltered during the winter. Where accurate experiments have been made to test the gain of animals with and without the protection of suitable shelter in cold and inclement weather, it has been found that those having adequate protection gained flesh on less food than would keep them, unprotected, from actually falling away. Stables should be well ventilated, as pure air is as important as good feed or warm air. Well protected during the winter, stock not only consume less food, but come out in spring-looking better, in better health, and in every respect healthier. What Makes a Bushel.?Corn, shelled, 58 lbs; rye, 50 tbs; Irish potatoes, GO; barley. 46 lbs; wheat. 60 lbs; corn, on the cob. 70 lbs; buckwheat, 52 lbs; oats, 32 It's; sweet potatoes, 50 tbs; onions, 57 lbs; beans, 02 tbs; bran, 20 lbs; clover-seed,45 lbs; timothy seed, 00 lbs; flax seed, 56 lbs; hemp seed, 45 lbs; blue grass, 14 lbs; dried apples, 24 lbs; dried peaches, 33 It's of peeled and 36 of unpeeled. To Prevent Rats from Damaging Leather. Rats will not taste anything containing castor oil or what is covered with it. Any leather exposed to the depredation of rats will be preserved by rubbing it with castor oil. fUading for the ?httdw?. From the Boys and Girl's Monthly. NEVER INDULGE IN~PRACTICAL JOKES. A TRUE TALE. "Never indulge in practical jokes," I once heard a gentle ladv say to a merry boy who was stealing cautiously through the room where his sister was leaning back reading, her chair so delicately poised that the least touch would be sufficient to overturn it -"Never indulge in practical jokes, or some fatal accident may cast a shadow over your young life which no after repentance can ever remove.' Startled by the tone of almost anguish in which she spoke, I looked up and was amazed by the look of terror depicted on her face as she sprang forward just in time to prevent the mischievous boy "?uiofav o QOtrora fnl] J causing ilia uuompcuuu^ oxoia^x u dvtviv *?*? * often wondered at the expression of gentle but unalterable sadness, so indellibly stamped on the face of my friend, who had, I thought, everything requisite to make her a happy woman; and now coming to her side I begged her to tell me what there was in the rude and thoughtless play of a merry boy to move her so deeply. Gazing at me with a look of touching sadness, she asked if it were possible I did not know that the consequences of what I termed "rude and thoughtless play" were the cause of the deep shadow which hung over her life. Replying that I did not, I eagerly begged that?if not too painful?she would tell me the sad story. After a moment's pause she consented, and told me the following simple narrative, which I give as nearly as I can remember, in her own words: There were only two of us, and we were the idols of our parents. I was two years older than Edith, but I looked up to her anu reverenced her more than any one on earth, except mv mother and father. Indeed, my feelings toward her were shared by all who knew her. Even the servants would say of her, that "Miss Edith was far too good for this world,'' &c. While my wild-spirits and mischievous ways were always bringing me into trouble, I never remember her to have been even reproved, although she frequently interposed to shield me from punishment, even when she had herself been the sufferer from my misconduct. I loved her with all the strength of my wild, passionate nature: and one sorrowful glance from ner gentle eyes would do 1 A XL..U? ^ more to maxe me sorry ior my iuuito uu>u a punishment. One morning I arose in so teazing and mischievous a humor that I was twice reproved and finally sent to my room in disgrace, with only a cup of milk and a slice of bread for my breakfast. I was standing sullenly by the window, thinking how bright everything looked without, when I heagi the patter of little feet, and turning saw Edith standing beside me. With a jook full of love she slipped into my hand a large slice of rich cake, given her for her lunch, and telling me it was time to go school, brought my bonnet and satchel, and we were soon tripping along joyously together through the cool and shady woods, and beneath the green trees which looked so lovely in their spring dress. As the soft breezes played gently on my face, I felt my spirits rise under die vivifying influence, and Edith was soon as merry as myself, 'till at last we reached the school and took our accustomed places. How long the day seemed to me, as I idly conned over my lessons, and drawing uncouth figures on my slate, and now slily fastening paper streamers to my nearest neighbor's dress: but at length the last lesson was said, and we heard the welcome words, 1'You are dismissed." Snatching up my bonnet, I cried "Come on Edith, quick! we are going to play some new games." "In one moment' she replied, only I must finish this sum first.'' So saying, she prepared to take a seat on a bench just before me ; the temptation was too strong, I could not resist, and bending forward, I quickly drew it back. She fell as I had expected, but in her fall drew the heavy bench on her delicate ankle. Startled by the sudden palor which overspread her face, I was at her side in an instant, begging her to tell me if she was hurt. "Not very much," she gently said ; but even then I could detect the look of nain which she in vain endeavored to suppress. Weeping bitterly, I helped her to a chair, while she strove to comfort me, kissing me, and saying she would soon be is well as ever, until at last I believed her, and drying my tears I helped her to get ready to go home. She walked with pain, ana often stopped to rest, and the latter part of tne way leaned heavily 011 uie, but she was cheerful, and I thought as I looked at her bright sparkling eyes and flushed cheeks, that she had never seemed so beautiful. "How pretty you are, Edith!" I exclaimed, when at last we had reached home, and she threw herself on the lounge in our mother's chamber. "How very strangely my leg feels," she said to me. "I cannot get off my stocking;" nor, indeed, could she, for it was much swollen and fearfully inflamed, and very painful. The stocking was quickly removed by the aid of scissors, ana the physician sent for, but before he arrived our darling was tossing in wild delirium, and all that night she raved, except in brief intervals, when she seemed to suffer so much from her now fearfully swollen limb, that I would rush from the room, unable to endure the sight of her agony, (for it is useless to say that I could not think of sleep that fearful night). About day she gradually returned to her senses, and in reply to my mother's anxious question, said she was in no pain at all. What joy filled my heart as I heard these words, it is impossible to describe; but it was quickly dispelled when our omnd doctor drew down the sheet and nointincr to tlie leg, now black as ink, turned slowly and left the room. I was too young to understand that mortification had taken place; but I could not misinterpret the agonized expression of my mother's face, as she knelt beside what she now bicic to be the death-bed of her child. In my bitter grief I too, prayed for death. God may see fit to prolong my life still many years; but no time can efface from my mind the memory of that death-bed scene.? Quiet now she lay, and free from pain, fair and fragile as a broken lily; but we knew that her pure young spirit was quickly "passing awayand even (he light of the "golden gates" seemed reflected on her face, as with flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes she bade us listen to the strains of heavenly music which softly stole on her dying oars and see the white-robed angels who beckoned her "homeand soon the "golden bowl" was broken, and "the silver cord" was loosed, and we were left ' 'alone with our dead.'' F. THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE SHEEP. One fine summer's day, a celebrated natural philosopher was walking over Salisbury Plain, when he approached a flock of sheep. They were bleating much louder than usual, and seemed to be calling each other to assemble together. "You had better make haste, sir, or you will have a wet jacket," cried an old shepherd. The philosopher leoked up, and seeing a beautiful, cloudless sky, took no heed of the shepherd's | warning, but pursued his way as leisurely as before. Shortly afterwards, however, his ears were saluted , with a heavy clap of thunder, the clouds gathered blackness, and amidst the lightning's flash they poured forth a heavy shower. The next day the philosopher sought out the shepherd and asked him how he was able to foretell a storm. The old man replied, "Why, sir, whenever it is about to rain heavily, the flock collect together for mutual shelter, and 1 tun eryet found them wrong." "How wonderful," responded the philosopher, "that man, with all his science, and the many instruments at his command, should be beaten in his knowledge of the weather by a flock of sheep!" , 0 , Counsel for Tale-Bearers.?Never repeat a story unless you are certain it is correct, and even not then unless something is to be gained, either of importance to yourself, or for the good of the person concerned. Tattling is a mean and wicked practice, and he who indulges in it grows fonder of it in proportion as he is successful. If you have no good to say of your neighbor, never reproach his character by telling that which is false. He who tells you of the faults of others, intends tp tell others of your faults, and so the dish of news is handed from one to another, until the tale becomes enornious. "A story never loses anything," it is wisely remarked; but on the contrary, gains in proportion as it is repeated by those who have not a very strict regard for truth. Truly, "the tongue is an unruly member, full of deadly poison." Farmer. Not to be Trusted. ? A distinguished mer' -1 i. ? rxV/?!?o AMrtn ooi/1 ' 'W7 Vinn Ullcllltj ilgl t'Ut JUUgu Ui ^uaiaoici] vuvg oaiuj tv uvu I see one of my apprentices or clerks riding out on the Sabbath, on Monday I dismiss him such a one cannot be trusted.'' Remember this, boys, and form the habit of keeping the Sabbath, not only because God commands it ? which indeed should be the chief reason ? but also because it will be for your best temporal interest. fig?" He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do any. Boys, if you would be honored men, take care of your conduct now. "Where is the east?" asked a teacher of a very little scholar. "Where the morning comes from,'' was the prompt and pleasant answer. fpsttllatteous From the American Artisan. THE PREPARATION OF COFFEE. ( In the weekly papers a great deal has been said and written of late on the preparation of an almost indispensible beverage?coffee; but the remarks have Deen confined to the treatment of the ground ooffee beans?that is to say, the preparation of the extract?while the greater attention should be paid to the preparation of the beans for this process.? For all methods of preparing this beverage the beans should at first be assorted by hand, in order _ to remove foreign substances, as chips of wood, I feathers, black and spoiled beans, all of which, if 1 roasted with the coffee in even small quantities, materially injure the flavor of the beverage. Very dark colored beans are generally colored artificially, and ought to be washed in a small quantity of water and dried in cloth before roasting. This latter operation is of the most vital importance to the quality of the beverage. It ought to be carried only to such a point that the coffee-beans lose their horny appearance, and may be ground easily on a I sharpened coffee mill. Coffee contains a chvrstalline ' K/vtItt /,oiiori no-fTrvir. nr tVioin horjiiiRp it Is also an es vaugu vauuu ui vmv.-j sential part of tea, which is volatile and becomes dissipated if the roasting is done too rapidly at too great a rate of heat, or in the roasting ought to possess a light brown color. In dark brown coffee no more caffein is contained} and if the roasting is continued until the beans are black, the beverage made from them does not deserve any more the name of coffee. The roasted beans lose their aroma by keeping, through the influence of the air, which permeates them consequent upon their great porosity created by roasting, and oxydizes the volatile aromatic oil. This deleterious change must be obviated by throwing a small quantity of powdered sugar into the roasting drum, after the Deans have become thoroughly roasted and immediately before emptying the drum. Half an ounce of sugar for every pound of coffee is a sufficient quantity. The sugar melts and forms a coat or caramel around the beans, impenetrable to the air. The beans then look bright, like varnished; lose their odor entirely, which; of course reappears upon grinding.. Where this is not done, it is better to roast but a small quantity of coffee immediately before using it After roasting, the beans ought to be spread out in a thin layer, so as to cool rapidly. If they remain piled up while hot, they will heat rapidly by absorption of air, and sweat or even ignite. The roasted beans must be kept in a dry place, as the caramel coating easily absorbs moisture. By roasting to a chestnut brown color the beans lose fifteen to sixteen per cent, of their weight, while the extract prepared from the same amounts to twenty or twenty-one per cent, of the weight of 1 the raw beans. In roasting to a dark brown, or ' black color, the loss in weight increases considerably. While the weight diminishes, the volume of the beans increases greatly by roasting. . On an average one hundred volumes of raw beans , give from one hundred to one hundred and sixty volumes of roasted beans. After roasting, the beans are ready for the preparation of the extract . by maceration, infusion of boiling. One ounce of f nrrrmnH trivpS ahnilt five CUDS of beVCniCe of moderate strength. It ought to be brown and not black, and should be turbia. This property is f chiefly eaused by fat contained in the cofTee, which t is partly destroyed by roasting but may be removed c by isinglass. The coffee ought to have the flavor of the bean, in order to have the beneficial effect of promoting digestion generally ascribed to it If by excessive roasting or boiling this be destroyed the beverage will be no better than that preiwred from the various coffee substitutes. PARDONED SOUTH CAROLINIANS. The following is a list of South Carolinians pardoned by the President, with the names of the persons by whom the pardon was recommended, as reported in the recent communication of the President to Congress: Wm. Aiken. ex-Governor of South Carolina; by ex-Governor Peny, Hon. Montgomery Blair, K Vanderhooff, James Lynch,* L E. Holmes, and several hundred others. John D. Ashmore, resigned seat in United States Congress; no recommendations. M. L. Bonham, Brigadier-General; by Governor Perry, and ordered by the President. C. M. Butler, Brigadier-General; by Governor Perry, and ordered by the President. John Bratton, Bngadier-General; by Governor Perry, and ordered by the President. i George Davis, Attorney-General; by Governor Perry, Governor Worth, and a large number of citizens. Jesse B. D. DeBow, editor DeBoio's Revieic Ibv ex-Governor Aiken, Hon. W. W. Boyce ana Governor Perry. Stephen Elliott, Jr.. Brigadier-General; by Governor Perry. Major-General 0. H. Gilmore and Rev. R. Fuller. Walter Gwinn, Bngadier-General, and gradu ate of West Point, resigned; by Governor Perry, J. S. Gallagher, Hon. James Seegcr, Hon. L. H. Chandler and George A. Pearre. H. J. Hartstein, ex-Commander United States Navy; by J. R. McKinsley, United States Navy, John E. Ward, of New York, and W. S. Desentz. J. Hagood, Brigadier-General; by Gov. Perry. Duncan N. Ingraham. ex-Captain United States Navy; by Reac-Admiral Shubriek, Governor Perry, and ordered by Attorney-General Speed. P. N. Lynch, Catholic Bishop; by Archbishop M. J. Spalding. J. L. Orr, Senator; by Governor Perry. J. S. Preston,-Brigadier-General" by Gov. Pern'. H. E. Sims, Senator; by L. C Shanklin and G. M. Gibbs. G. A. Trenholm, Secretary of the Treasury; by S. R. King, General Pettigru, Major-General Sickles, Major-General Howard, Maior-General Curtis, Edwards Pierrepont, of New York. A. A. ( Long, Major-General Hatch, Maior-General Sfeadman, and over eight hundred others. Is it a Yankee Trick??It is given out?and, until the arrival of Admiral Goldsboro, will cause no little interest?that the fellow arrested at Alexandria, Egypt, as John H. Suratt, one of the parties implicated in the assassination of "Honest Old Abe," is not the right man, and that his passing " himself off for that obnoxious individual was a ruse to get home free of expense. The story is, that a Bohemian went to Egypt, expecting to pay his expenses by writing for the press, but that his letters could find no paper willing to pay for what Was . merely a transcript of the guide-books; so he ran . out of funds, and was put to his wits' ends to get home. He heard that Suratt had made his escape from Rome, and he thought now was his chance.? He gave it out, very confidentially, to a loyal Amencan, that he was the very identical Suratt, and, in two hours, he was in the hands of the United States Consul, put aboard a ship of war, and is being brought home in the most agreeable manner, , without expense. ( The way to Avoid Calumny.?"If any one j speaks ill of thee," said Epictetus, "consider whether he hath truth on his side, and if so, re- 1 form thyself, that his censures may not effect thee.'' When Anaximander was told that the very boys ' laughed at his singing, "Ah," said he, "then I * ?? ? i v ' 11 .1 t must learn to sing Detter. I'lato pcing toia inai ] lie had many enemies who spoke ill ol him, said: t It is no matter; I shall live so that none will believe them." Hearing at another time, that an 1 intimate friend of his had spokeu dctractingly of him, he said : "I am sure he would not do it, if he . had not some reason for it." This is the surest as well as the noblest way of drawing the sting out of a reproach, and the true method of preparing a man for that great and only relief against the pains of calumny?? good conscience. "Strange Rumors at Richmond."?The following is a special despatch to the Herald. Let no one be frightened ' "From various events that have recently transpired, it is evident that matters of a serious and grave nature are now under consideration at the War Department and in military circles. Rumors have reached here that movements have already been made in view of the disturbances likely to S-ow out of the impeachment of the President by ongress. Troops are now being transported from different points. To what destination, is a mystery. Added to this, Gen. Schofield to-day left this city ostensibly on a tour of inspection through this department; but really, it is said, to be absent at Washington a whole month." If tite President Should be Impeached. Witat Then.?'There seems to be a universal | popular impression that if President Johnson should be impeached and deposed, the President of the Senate, who by law succeeds him, would contjnue to hold the place during the unexpired portion of Mr. Johnson's term. This is a mistake. The same law which designates the President of the Senate as the next in succession when the offices 1 of President and Vice-President both fall vacant, -I provides also for an immediate Presidential election \ to fill the two vacant offices. If President Johnson ^ is deposed, we shall have a new Presidential elec- fc tion tnia year.?New York World. HOMESLEY & ASHER, Respectfully inform the CITIZENS OF YORK DISTRICT And the Public Generally, That in a few days, they will open in the MM IEXT TB TEE MARBLE-YARD, 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 mi nil w m met Him PRICES. The NEW STORE will be under the immediate charge of 3APT. THOMAS S. JEFFERYS, Who cordially invites his old customers and riends to give him a call, and he assures them hat he will be able to do as well by them, as any >ne else. COME ONE, COME ALL! IN ORDER TO MAKE ROOM For our Spring- Stock, We will sell our present STOCK OF DRY GOODS, For One Month, AT COST! This is no humbug. Give us a call and see foi br yourselves. HOMESLEY & ASHER. January 17 38 tf f^li NO. 153 MEETING STREET, Formerly .John A.slilruret & Co., GEO. C. GOODRICH, 1 PHILIP WINEMAN, > SOUTH CAROLINA JOHN ASHHURST, J DIRECT IMPORTERS OP DH/XJGrS MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS, CHARLESTON, S. C. November 15 30 6m E. R. STQKES, BOOK - BINDER. AND BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTURER, Opposite J. C. Dial's Hardware Store, MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. BLANK-BOOKS Ruled to any Pattern, Paget and Bound in the best Possible Manner, witl Printed Headings when required. The attentior )f Clerks, Sheriffs, Ordinaries, Commissioners ir Equity, Railroad Officials, and all public officer s particularly invited. A large stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of th< Best Quality, always on hand. Special attention given to the binding of Music >ld Books and Files, and all other work in plait >r ornamental style. Orders sent to, and contracts made directly witl :ne, will save money, as I am prepared to do worl it a very small advance on New York Prices. My business motto is "Promptness, Economy md Substantial Work." "E. R. STOKES, Columbia, S. C. November 29, 1866. 32 tf MANUFACTURED BY JLFr, JO . Jt~ HIIKI11I1, CHARLESTON, S. C. January 24 39 ly* "ESTABLISHED 1854. Lengnick Ac Sell, Importers and Wholesale 1EALERS IN MILLINERY, STRAW AND FANCY GOODS, N. IS. Corner Meeting and Market Sts., CHARLESTON, S. C., [NVITE the Trade to examine their full and varied assortment of BONNETS, and HATS, rimmed and untrimmed; RIBBONS, of all desriptions; Flowers, Feathers, Dress Caps, Nets, 7eils of newest designs, Ruches, Laces, Crapes, iilks, CorseU), Skirts, Ac. October 4 24 6m ?be f fltMlf tfoquirn. < TERMS?IIV ADVANCE? < SPECIE. CURRENCY. One Copy, one year. 9 2 50 9 3 50 i One Copy, Six months. 1 25 2 00 One Copy, Three months,.. 75 I 00 Two Copies, one year, 4 50 6 00 Five Copies, " " 8 75 12 50 Ten Copies, " 41 17 50 . 25 00 .^-To persons who make up clubs of ten or j more names, an extra copy of the paper will be ( furnished one year, free or charge. ADVERTISEMENTS I Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents 1 per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents 1 per square for each subsequent insertion?less than three months. A square consists of the space oo- 1 cbpied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. | No advertisement considered less than a square. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Adver- ! tisements, will De charged. Two Dollars per square for each insertion. 1 Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts ] will be made on liberal terms?the contract, how- ' ever, must in all cases be confined to the immedi- 1 ate business of the firm or individual contracting. 1 Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated 1 as advertisements. Announcements of Marriages onri r>nothn nnH nnHims of a reliirious character, in- 1 serted gratis, and solicited. . Personal Communications, when admisaa- j ble; (Communications of limited or indivual inter est, or recommendations of Candidates for offices 1 of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for as ad- | vertisements. COUNTING-HOUSE ALMANAC. ffli 2 H < H! ^ ? ? 2 H < H ^ ? III pi ip '?" s s 511.? I s 5?| -1 I s : ? "i I * : S : > * 1 I : ?! I i : i : : : : i Jan 1 2 3 4 5 July ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 28, 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 127 28 29 30 31 28 29 30 31 Feb. 1 1 2, Aug 12 3 !3456789( 456789 10 j 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1112 13 14 15 16 17 117 18 19 20 21 22 23 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 28 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Mar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9] Sept. 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 10 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 jl 29 80 Apr. ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 Oct "i 2 3 4 5 l 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 1 2 3 4 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 28 27 28 29 30 31... 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 June 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dec.. 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 9 10 11 12 13; 14 15 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 16 17 18 19 20:21 22 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 28 27128 291 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I 30 U... 29 30 31 ' STAMP DUTIES IMPOSED BY ACT OF CONGRESS, TO TAKE EFFECT, AUGUST 1, 1886. THE following is an Alphabetical list of the stamp duties imposed by the Act of Congress passed July 13,1866, and to take effect August 1,1666: Agreement.?Other than those mentioned in this schedule (or any appraisement) for every sheet or piece of paper on wnich 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 moro?same as inland bills of exchange or promissory notes. Drawn in sets of three or more, for every Dill of each set, where the sum made payable shall not exceed $100, or the equivalent thereof, in any foreign currency in whioh 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 tank notes and checks; or any memorandum, check, 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 part thereof, shall be conveyed to, or vested in any other person or persons, when the consideration shall not exceed $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 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 ^ "lemnity?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 cents. 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?For 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 mock?in incorporated company, zo 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 to 300 ' tons, |3; from 300 to 600 tons, 95; over 600 tons, $10. Checks, Drafts or Orders?For any amount on any bank, broker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 2cent8; for amountexceeaing$10on any person other than a bank, banker or trust 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 memoran dum of sale, 10 cents. Conveyance or Deed of Grant.?Where the consideration of value does not exceed $500, 50 cents; from 9500 to 91,000, 91; and for every additional $500, or fractional part thereof, in excess of 91,000, 50 cents. Entry of Goods.?At custom house, not exceeding in value 9100,25 cents; from 9100 to 9500,50 cts., exceeding 9500, 91; for the withdrawal or goods from bonded warehouse, 60 cents. Friction Matches?Or lucifer matches made in 1 part of wood, in packages of 100 or less, 1 cent; 1 when in parcels or packages containing more than 1 100 and not more than 200, for each parcel or pack1 age, 2 cents, and for every additional or fractional i part thereof, 1 cent; for wax tapers, double the rates herein imposed on friction matches, 1 cent. 5 Lease?Where rent is $300 or less, 50 cents; where the rent exceeds 9300, for each additional 9100, or fraction in excess of 300, 50 cents; assignment of a 1 lease, same stamp as original, and additional stamp upon the value or consideration of transfer, accor1 ding to the rates on deeds. (See Conveyance.) : Manifest Entry, Clearance.?Of Cargo of vessels for foreign port, if tonnage does not exceed 300 tons, 1 91; from 300 to 600, 93; exceeding 600, 95. Meats, Fish, Fruits, Sauces, Jellies, dec.?For and upon every can, bottle or other single package, containg meats, fish, shell-fish, fruits, vegetables, sauces, svrups, prepared mustard, jams or jellies, contained therein, packed or sealed, made, prepared and sold, or offered for sale, or removed for con sumption in the United States, on or after the 1st day of October, 1866, when such can, bottle or other single package with its contents, shall not exceed two pounds in weight, 1 cent; when such can, bottle or other single package with its contents, shall exceed two pounds in weight, for every additional pound or fractional part, 1 cent. Mortgage or Personal Bonds.?Given as security for the payment of any definite sum, from $100 to $500, 50 cents; exceeding $500 and not exceeding $1,000. $1. For every odaitional $500, or fractional part thereof, in excess of $500, 50 cents; provided that upon each and every assignment or transfer of a mortgage, policy of insurance, -or the renewal or continuance of any agreement, contract or charter, by letter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be requi- ' red equal to that imposed on the original instru- ; ment. ' Passage Ticket.?To a foreign port, if of less price ! ' than $35, 50 cents; from $35 to 50, $1; and for every : additional $50, or fractional part thereof, in excess ; of $50, $1. Pawnbroker's Certificate.?For any amount, 5 i cents. 1 Playing Cards.?For and upon every pack, not i . exceeding 52 cards in number, irrespective of price ! or value, 5 cents. Policy of Insurance.?On any life or lives, where theamount insured does not exceed$l,000,25 cents; from $1,000 to$5,000,50 cents; exceeding $5,000, $1. Fire and Marino Risks.?Premium not exceeding : $10,10cents; premium not exceeding $50,25 cents; exceeding $50,50cents. Accidental insurance Com- i panics are exempt. I Power of Attorney.?To transfer stock, bonds or scrip, to collect dividends, interest or rent, 25 cents; . to vote by proxy, except in charitable, religious, i literary, ana cemetetry societies, 10 cents; to sell i or lease real estate, and perform all other acts not * specified, $1; for any other purposes, 50 cents. < Probate of Will or Letters of Administration PHiere the estate does not exceed the value of $2,100, $1; for every additional $1,000, or fractional jart In excess of $2,000, 50 cents. Protest of Note, Draft, Jcc.? or marine protest kCy 25 cents. Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, <tc.?Not over 25 cents, 1 cent; not over 50 cents, 2 cents; not over r5 cents, 3 cents; not over $1, 4 cents. For every idditional 50 cents or fraction thereof, 2 cents. Receipt.?Receipts for the payment of any sum )f money, or for tne payment of any debt due, exceeding $20, not being for satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment, or decree of a court, or endorsenent on any stamp obligation in acknowledgment >f its fulfillment, lor eacn receipt, 2 cents. Proviled, that when more than one signature is affixed ? tne same paper, one or more stamps may bo afixed thereto representing the whole amount of itamps required for such signatures. Sales.?Or oontracts for the sale ofstocks, bonds, foreign exchange, goldand silver bullion and coin, . promissory notes or other securities, when made 1 by brokers, banks or bankers who pay a special iax. require stamps equal to 1 cent on every $100. ff 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, tor every $100 of value, 5 cents. A memorandum 3f sale or contract must be made by the seller to the buyer upon the sale or contract being made, snd thus stamps affixed thereto. Writ.?Writ50 cents. Where the amount claim9d in a writ, issued by a court not of record, is over >100,50cents. Upon every confession of j uugment, 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 persona 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 4 placed on such papers; nor on any certificate of the record of a deed or other instrument in writing, orof 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 shall 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 duly stamped, or denoting the duty hereby imposed thereon, $50; and the instrument shall be deemed invalid ana of no effect; or for the counterfeiting stamps or dies, $1,000, and imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding five years. For making, signing, issuing, accepting or paying any bill of exchange, draft, order or note without stamp, $200. For 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 for the want of the particular kinds of stamps designated, provided a legal stamp of equal amount ." -ccept proprietary stamps,) is duly affixed. All official instruments, documents and papers ^ issued or used by officers of the United States Gov- ^ ernment, or by the officers of any State, county or other municipal corporation are exempt. In cases where an adhesive stamp ?n?ri be used for denominating any dutj- 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 duty, 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 lyhom 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, and are allowed-5 per cent on all purchases of $500; over $500, 10 per cent CONFEDERATE MONEY. FT1HE following table shows the price of gold for J_ 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 m doing business.in that city: 1861. Gold Premium.} For in Gold. January 1 - 51 December 15 $ 2100 July 1 10 i 1864. October 1 12;January 1 $ 21 00 October 15 15| January 15 20 00 December 1 20iFebruaryl 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 76 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 1 95 October 1 27 00 For $1 in Gold. October 15 25 00 June 15 .f> 2 00 November 1 26 00 August 1 2 20 November 15 28 00 September 1 2 50 December 1 32 00 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 May 15 6 00 February 1 50 00 June 1 6 50 Februarv 15 46 00 June 15 7 50 March 1 55 00 I July 1 8 00 March 15 57 00 9 July 15 10 00 April 1 70 00 I August 1 14 00 April 15 80 00 August 15 15 00 April 20 100 00 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 ' a CURRENCY. ANNEXED is a table showing the value of "Con?g^^^ federate currrency" in United States curremp^^ lor the last four years?deputed from the avo^ monthly rates of the respective currencies, in at New York, Richmond and Augusta. As the rate of stamp duty upon documents ext^^^HR euted 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 relative value op "conkepebate" andu. s. currency for four years. Month. J 1862. 1863. 1864. i 1965. ! ! \ ; iValue in Value in Value in Value in - !Con.cur- Con.eur- Con.cur-ConcurAverage ior ren 0f rency ofrency ofrencv of month of jlinfj.s. $iinU.S. $lin\j.S. ?linU.S. cut'cy. cur'cy. | cur'cy. j cur'cy. ^ January.... $2.00 $13.50 I $20.90 February 2.19 13.79 | 25.20 March 2.93 14.57 i W.90 April 3.23 12.33 May 3.87 10.65 June 4.85 8.12 July 0-89 7.79 August 10.53 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 Tor, 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 fully licensed by Howe, Wheeler <t Wilson, Urover dk Baker, Singer & Co., and Bachelder. All other cheap machines are infringements, and the seller or user are liable to arrest, fine arid imprisonment. Illustrated circulars sent free. Address, or call on SHAW & CLARK, at Biddeford, Maine, or Chicago, I1L May 31 6 ly