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KEEP CLEAK OF THE DOCTOR.
, ' A gentleman of fortune visited a lunatic asylum,
where the treatment consisted chiefly in forcing the
, patients to stand in tubs of oold water?.those
Wghtly effected, up to the knees; others,nvhose
eases were graver, up to the middle, while persons
very seriously ill, were immersed up to the neck.
The visitor entered into conversation with one of
the patients, who seemed to have some curiosity
to know how the stranger passed his time out of
doors.
llI have horses and gray hounds for coursing,"
aid the latter, in reply to the other's question.
"Ah! they are very expensive ?"
"Yes, they cost me a great deal of money in the
year, but they are the best of their kind.''
' 'Have you anything more ?''
"I have a pack of hounds for hunting the fox."
. . "And they cost a great deal too?"
"A great deal. And I have birds for hawking."
"Isee; birds for-hunting birds. And these
well un the ex censes I dare say?"
"You way say that, for they are not common in
thia country. And then sometimes I go out with
my gun. accompanied by a setter and a retriever."
"Andthese are expensive, too?"
"Of course. After all, it is not the animals of
themselves that run away with the money; there
must be men, you know, to feed and look after
them; houses to lodge them in?in short, the
whole sporting establishment.''
"I see^ I see! You have horses, hounds, setters,
retrievers, hawks, men ? and all for the capture
of foxes and birds. What an enormous revenue
they m^gt cost you. Now what I want to
know is this; what return do they pay ? "What
does vour year's sporting produce ? '
"Why, we kill a fox now and then ?only they
are getting rather scarce hereabouts?and we seldom
bag less than fifty brace of birds each season."
"Hark!" said the lunatic, looking anxiously
around him. "My friend" ?in an earnest whisper?
"there is a gate behind you; take my advice,
and get out of this while you are safe. Don't
'let the doctor get his eyes upon you. He ducks us
to some purpose, but as sure as you .are a living
man, he will drown you.''
The gentleman looked serious as he passed on.
Perhaps he thought that he was as mad as the in*nata
rtf t}w? DWmTTl.
DETERMINED TO DIE.
In the little town of Dover, which is situated on
the Cumberland River, in Middle Tennessee, there
lived, some years ago, an eccentric and intemperate
old hafcnelor, by the name of Kingston. On
one occasion, when prostrated on his bed by excess,
and suffering acutely from those stings and
horrors peculiar to his situation, he sent for one
of his old boon companions to come and visit him.
Shyrack, for that was the other's name, came duly
to Kingston's room.
"What's the matter, Kingston?''
"Snyrack, shut the door.
"Yes. my dear fellow.''
"Lock it"
"Eh?"
"Lock the door."
"Certainly, my dear boy."
"Shyrack, I'm going to kill myself."
"My dear fellow, let me entreat you not to do
it"
"I will"
"Don't; it'll be the death of you."
Shyrack was quite cool and jocose, little dreaming
that so terrible an event was actually going to
takeplaoe.
Kingston had, as the last eccentric act of his Hfe,
taken a chisel and mallet to bed with him, and
now with desperate resolve, he seized the extraordinary
tools of death, and in an instant drove the
blade of the chisel into his breast.
The hair rose upon Shyrack's head and fright
spread like a sheet of snow over his face.
"Kingston! Kingston! my dear fellow ? you
d?d rascal, Kingston! do vou want to have me
hung? Hold ! don't die till I call somebody !"
Snyrack ran to the door and called like a madman
ta somebody across the street.
"Hallo! here ! say you mister! all you stupid
geo|>le, make haste over here, or there'll be a murThe
people crowded into Kingston's house.
* "Uon'tdie, Kingston : aon tcmsei me mai y>?^, i
Don't die till you tell them who did it."
"I did it myself," Kingston articulated.
"There, that'll do; now, mv dear fellow, you
may die,'' replied Shyrack, talrizy ? long breath
and wiping the perspiration* from his forehead.
And Kingston did die in that extraordinary way,
as a suicide that was almost a murder.
Oiling a Ventriloquist.?A gentleman going
down the river on a steamer, the engine of which
was upon the deck, he sauntered to see the working
of the machinery. Near him stood a man apparently
bent upon the same object. In a few
moments a squeaking noise was heard on the opposite
side of the engine. Seizing the oil can?
a gigantic one by the way ? the engineer sought
out the dry spot and to prevent further noise of
the kind, liberally applied the contents of the can
to eveiy ioint All went on well for a while, when
the squaking was heard in another direction. The
oiling process was repeated and quiet restored;
but as the engineer was coming quietly towards
the spot occupied by the gentlemen, and the stran<
ger heard another squeak. This time he detected
the true cause of the difficulty. The stranger was a
ventriloquist. Walking up straight behind him,
he seized the astonished joker by the nape of the
neck, and emptied the contents of the can down
his back. "There!" said he, "I don't believe that
old engine will squcake again."
A New Game. ?The Mobile Register thus
speaks of a new game played by the darkies in
Mobile:
"Fly Loo."?Look out for the blue-tailed fly
? keep your eye on your sugar lump?"Lor
bless vour soul, sabe yourself honey' ?a new
game has turned up for the freedmen of leisure.?
We hasten to lay it within their reach. It is called
"fly loo,"?and beats kino and draw poker all
hollow. It is veiy simple, and can be played at
by any number of darkies. The players all put up
a stake, and after the pot is maae up, each one
puts a lump of sugar on his tongue, and the one
who closes nis potato trap on tne first fly that
lights on the sugar, rakes down the spondulix.?
Darkies may be seen sitting in the sun out West,
playing "fly-loo," and their tongues hanging out
tike so many yards of red flannel.
tS8~ Here is a good article on sting}' parishoners.
Few ministers can be useful in their high vocation,
if they are compelled to live on such.
_ A good Methodist minister at the West, who
lived on a very small salary, was greatly troubled
to get his quarterly instalment. He had called on
his steward a number of times, but had each time
been put off with some excuse. His wants at
length becoming urgent, he went to the steward
and told him he must have the money, as his family
were suffering for the necessaries of life.
"Money!" replied the steward. " You preach
for money ! I thought you preached for the good
of souls!
"Souls!" replied the minister; I can't eat souls'
and if I could, it would take a thousand such as
yours to make a decent meal.
An Instance of Perseverance. ? One morning
during the war, an officer, riding through the
woods of North Alabama, was attracted by a tall
lank countryman, who seemed to be using his best endeavors
to reach the top of a large htckory tree.
Scarcely had he gained the summit when, rapidly
descending, he started up another one a few yards
off" This strange proceeding was continued at
least adozen times, the countryman climbing and
descending one tree after another for nearly a
quarter of a mile. The officer at length overtaking
nim, inquired the cause of his eccentric gyrations.
"Wall, stranger." he answered, "Iwaslyin' asleep
under yon hickory, when a darned squirred droped
a shell-bark into my eye. I'm goin't o worry
him till he leaves the settlement, if I die in the
attempt."
Took Him Down.?"Well," said an old gentleman
the other day, "I have been forty-seven years
in business, and can say what very few men can
after such an experience: in all that time I never
disappointed but one single creditor." "Bless me
what an example for our young mercantile community!"
replied the person addressed; "what a pity
that one time occurred. How was it?" "Why/'
responded the old gentleman, "I paid the debt
when it became due, and I never in all mv life saw
a man so astonished as that creditor was.
WOT A Scotchman went to a lawyer once for advice,
and detailed the circumstances of the case.
"Have you told me the tacts precisely as they occurred?"
said the lawver. "0, ay, sir." rejoined
he; "I thought it best to tell ye the truth; you can
put lies into it yourself!"
Reading for the (Sfiildteu.
From tbc Children's Friend.'
THE DISOBEDIENT SON.
About one hundred and fifty years ago, there
lived in the town of Litchfield, England, a poor
bookseller, whose business was then not as prosperous
as it had been ; and so he was obliged to go
eveir market-day and sell books at a^ stall in a
neighboring village, called Uttoxeter. * He was a
feeble old man, and sometimes forced himself to go
there when he really was too ill to be out of bed;
but he had a family to support, and a son of whom
he was very proud, to educate.
This son, whose name was Sam, was now a large
bov, and very remarable looking. He had an intelligent
face, but it was seamed and scarred, and
his eyes very much affected by scrofula.
It was believed in those days, that the touch of
a king or queen would cure this disease. So when
Sam was a baby, his parents took him to the good
Queen Anna, who very kindly laid her royal hands
upon him, but the scrofula was not cured, They
then took him to the physicians, who tried their
knives upon him, and feft a good many ugly marks,
but they did not cure poor Sam's disease either.
So, if you had seen him at that time, you would
most certainly have pronounced him a very ugly
lad. Then, as his parents were quite poor, he haa
to dress very shabbily, and you might often have
seen his little bare toes sticking out of his broken
shoes. His disease often caused his head to shake,
too. as if he had the palsy; and I am very much
afraid some of our young readers might have been
unkind and rude enough even to laugh at the pooi
boy. But he was so clever at his books, that all of
his schoolmates respected him. Indeed, they were
so proud of him, that three of them would come
every morning to take him to school; and he would
ride on the back of one while the two others supported
him on each side; and thus he would ride
to school in triumph. So, veiy naturally, Sam had
learned to consider himself of great consequence,
and I am sorry to say, was by no means an humble
boy.
One market-day, when his father felt too weak
to leave home, he called his son to him and said:
"Sam, I am too feeble to go to Uttoxeber to-day,
you must take my place at the book-stall, my son,
and I hope I shall be better to-morrow.''
Now Sam was willing to see his father selKnc
books at a stall, but he thought himself too good
for such employment. He looked down for a few
moments, grumbling to himself then raising his
eyes and looking his father in tne face, he said in
a determined manner:
"I will not go to Uttoxeter, sir!"
The old man felt too feeble to contend with his
stubborn boy; so reaching his hat and stick, and
preparing to go himself, he said:
'Well, Sam, yoi^are willing, through your foolish
pride, to see your poor old father take this walk
when he ought to be in bed ; but you will think of
if orifK enrmw iv?rh??s. when I am dead and gone."
And Sam did think of it with sorrow: while a
poor boy at the village school, while a young man
at the University, and afterwards, when a great
man, caressed and honored by the greatest men of
England. He never forgot his unkindness to his
poor old father. Fifty years after that day, he
stood, an old man, in the streets of Uttoxeter, and
sought the spot where that sick father had stood
then. He easily found it; and then, with head
uncovered, and eyes raised to heaven, he seemed
wrapped in thought, alike unconscious of the burning
rays of the sun and the curious gaze of the
astonished town-people. All his greatness and his
learning did not satisfy him then; what would he
not have given if he could only have lived that day
over again?to be able to take his poor old father's
place in the book-stall. But it was then too late;
old Michael Johnson had longbeen sleeping in the
churchyard; and the great Dr. 8amuel Johnson
could now make no amends for having been a disobedient
child.
Dear children, do you ever disobey your parents ?
Oh! I hope not. Even if their commands seem
unreasonable to you, obey them?unless indeed
they should tell you to do something that you are
sure God commands you not to ao?such as to
steal or lie. Remember one of the ten commandments
given on Mt. Sinai, was to honor your father
and mother; and in the New Testament God
says to you: "Children, obey your parents in all
things; for this is well-pleasing unto the Loftl."
Amica.
From the Children'# Friend.
A WILL A1JD A WAY.
Lambert is a well grown boy, and able to do-almost
a man's work: but he does not think himself
too big to go to the Sabbath SchooL He sometimes
labors on the farm for his uncle, with whom
he lives; and sometimes he works in the carpenter
shop with his brother. But his work does not prevent
him from having a good, long Sunday school
lesson, well prepared for every sabbath.
One afternoon, when lie had recited several hun11
mill luMlltl ViAaL"
area vcrscb 1 rum mc l^iaiucm. ??? ???? mw?;
his teacher inquired:
"Lambert, how did you manage to commit to
memory so manv verses last week, when you were,
as I know, hard at work in the carpenter shop every*day?"
_
Lambert replied: "I will tell you how I did it, I
laid my book opened, ou the carpenter's bench, and
as I passed by it, going from one end of the board
I was planing to the other, I stopped long enough
to read two or three lines, which I repeated while I
was pushing my plane, until I kuew them by heart:
and thus through a good part of the day I worked
and studied at the same time."
A few Sabbaths after. Lambert came to school
again with a long lesson, which he recited very accurately.
Ilis teacher again inquired:
'"How did you find time to get this lesson last
week ? I know that you were ploughing every day
early and late; and as vou had no bench to put
your book on. how did you contrive to commit so
many verses?"
Lambert thus explained the mystery:
| '"Before I started with my plough, I tacked a
leather strap upon the plough-handle, And in thai
I stuck my oook. Then when I came to the end
of the furrow, while my horses were turning around
I caught up my book and read over a verse, and
this I repeated to myself until I reached anothei
turning place, when I could look at another verse.
And thus Icould learn as many verses as I ploughed
furrows."
Let no scholar who reads this say to his teacher
"I have no time to get my Sunday school lessons.'
T. D. B.
THE IDLER.
"Children that don't liketoread nor work, rievei
come to much. Have yon not heard the story o:
John Alsop? His father lived in a new settlement
in America, and was one day with a neighbor build
ing a log fence. They had got one length up pret
ty high, and were now rolling up a log upon tw(
"fintvh it Tt was John's business to nut i
wedge or block under the rolling logasitwas Hitch
ed along up, to keep it from rolling back. Giving
it a hard lift, and getting it up a httle higher, th<
father cried out.-'There, Johnny, under with th<
block, quick t''/Johnny started for the block ; bu!
at that instMPfie heard the chirp of a squirrel
and he let goTthe block and ran after the squirrel
He was notetfcas a lazy boy, who would never sticl
to a thing till it was done ; and when he got to b<
a man. he was still the same. The neighbor wh<
was that day with his father was asked by a gentle
man. thirty years afterward, what sort of a mat
John made; to which he replied by telling the eton
adding. 'And he has been running after squirrel
ever since: he never amounted to anything. Anc
so it is with any idler."
The Way to Eminence. ?Many years ago. !
little boy entered Harrow School. He was put in
to a class beyond his years, and where all the schol
arshad the advantage of private instruction, whicl
was denied to him. His master chid him for hi:
dulness, and all his efforts could not raise himfron
the lowest place on the form. The little fellow re
solved that he would try with all his might to learn
Nothing daunted, he then procured the grammar
and other elementary books which his class-fellow;
had gone through in previous terms. Jle devotei
many of the hours of play, and not a few of tin
hours of sleep, to the mastering of these. In i
few month" he began gradually to rise, and it wa
not long before lie shot far ahead of all hiscoiujian
ions, and became not only leader of' that division
but ultimately the p'ide of Ilanow! You may se<
the statue of ihat boy in St. Paul's Cathedral, fo
: he lived to l>e the greatest oriental scholar of mod
jern liurope, ? the celebrated Sir William Jones
Try ! boys, try! Xe\vrforget, that whatever i
! worth doing, is worth doing well.
The Ckooked Thee. ? Have you noticed tha
tree in the comer of the yaid? When very yourg
j it was bent down to the earth, and etnliedded there
I It then shot up again, but it is now deformed. Tin
I sun may shine, the dew and the rain may fall, bu
the tree will never be straight. So, bad habit
I oace fixed, are hard things to root out.
^fisteUatteDttsi JMicleis.
Value oe the Pound Sterling in Currency.
The Journal of Commerce gives the following as a
specimen of a* class of communications received almost
daily, which, with the answer to it, we transfer
to our columns for the benefit of like inquirers:
New York, Deoember 2i, 1866.
Editor Journal of Commerce.
Sir: In this morning's Journal, you quote gold
as opening at 136}. At this rate, what amount in
currency would be required to purchase a draft of
one pound sterling ? I wish you would print some
simple rule^ whereby a novice oould tell at any time
the actual value of a pound sterling in dollars and
cents. I would also hke to know the meaning of
the quotation, "Sterling bills are offered by leadlnc
drawers at 109} for sixty days on London, andJIOt
for short sight.'' Asking pardon for troubling you,
I am, &c., anxiou8 inquirer.
It is difficult to explain the seeming mysteries of
foreign exchange to one who is wholly uninitiated,
but we will venture a few words in reply to the
above. A sterling bill is a draft payable m English
pounds, shillings and pence, called "sterling money.''
A sixty days bill is payable (with grace) sixty days
from sight; bills were formerly payable on presentation,
but the custom of granting three days'
grace after sight came into general use in England,
1 11 l ~k?/la&ionafn fviriqc
ana mus soun si^ut is mcu w uvoignuw wvuv
bills legally payable three days after presentation.
The rate (109$) for sixty days' bills, describes the
priceat which tne drawer undertakes to pay a pound
sterling to the holder in London, sixty three dayt
after presentation there for acceptance. It is not
109 J on the actual value of the pound in the Federal
money, but on a certain conventional rate?$4.44.4.
Thus $4.44.4 x 109J equal to $4.86.6. (omitting
fractions.) The latter is the value to be paid
in gold here for each pound sterling of the bill of
exchange. Now, $4.86.6 x 136# equal $6.64.8,
which is the value in paper currency of the pouna
at the rates given. The rule, therefore, is obvious:
Multiply $4.44.4 by the quoted rate of exchange;
that will give the cost here of one pound of exchange
in gold. Then multiply this product by the
quotation of gold; that will produce the cost of the
pound in paper money. This is a very simple process,
and one which, it is probable, eveiy readei
will be able to understand.
Having it Out.?A gentleman, riding through
the country a few days since,_ struck up with the
following rich "case,' and giving, as it does, a new
phase in that nature common to us all, we gladly
give it a place. Our friend, riding leisurely along,
approached a fence corner, when his ears were
greeted by exclamations of anger, aceompained by
vigorous thwacks on some object that, judging from
dust arising from the locality, was anything but patient
under the infliction. Approaching the spot,
our informant beheld a tow-headed urchin of some
twelve summers, belaboring with all the strength
he was master of, what seemed to be a most stubborn
specimen of the genus mule. The operatior
did not apparently discommode the beast furthei
than to arouse its, "mulishrfess," and to which it
gave vent by a series of kicks that would do honoi
to Castello's circus ring. At this juncture, our informant
ventured to remonstrate, when the following
explanation was vouchsafed: "Dad whips
mam. (whack?kick,) mam whips sis, (whackkick.)
and sis, (gratuitous kicks,) darn her, bcati
me, an' I'm going to take it out /?(whack.)"
Griffin Herald.
Anecdote op the Revolution.? Col. William
Williams, a delegate in Congress from Connecticut
;ifter having signed the Declaration of Independ'
ence, said to one of his companions:
4'If we are defeated in our effort for independ
ence, this day's work will make bad work for me,
I have held a commission in the rebel army; I have
written for a rebel newspaper; I am the son-in-lav
of a rebel Governor, and now I affix my name tc
this rebel declaration. My sins are too great to tx
Eardoned by our royal master. I must then tx
anged."
The other gentleman answered as follows:
"I believe my case is not so desperate, for I havt
had no connection with the army, nor can it tx
proved that heretofore I have written or done-anything
obnoxious to the mother country'"
The immediate and prompt reply was :
"Then, sir, you deserve to be hanged."
[The above will apply to recent times as well a;
to the Revolutionary era.]
w
The IiAst of the Confederacy.?'The Lynch
burg Viriumian says: There were sold in this city
on Saturday at public auotion, on account of th<
United States, a lot of hospital or field stretchers
the property of the late Confederacy. They wen
purchased by a commissioned merchant, at six
teen cents apiece, and will be converted, the clotl
into grain bags and the wood into garden frames
It was a sight that suggested mournful reflections
It spoke of pale faces and bleeding forms; it snok<
of suffering and anguish; it spoke of battle ana car
uage ? of defeat and victory; it spoke of hungei
and thirst and exhaustion; it spoke of blightec
hopes and broken hearts?of vacant seats ani
mourning houses; it spoke of furled banners anc
shattered lances, and it spoke of a brave peopk
ground Ixmeath the heel of despotic power. W<
turn from the scene under the influence of these
sad memories.
Marriage.?The importance attached to the in
stitution of marriage is not at %11 an exaggeratec
one. To select one from the mass of mortals witl
whom you are henceforth to share the good and il
of life in common; one whose tastes, pleasures, in
terest and affection, are to be of yours whether you
twin journey be along the pleasant and flowery val
leys of existence or up its steep and precipitou
path ; one whose morning and evening prayers an
to ascend with your own to God; one whose un
closing eyes are to greet the morning sun whei
, yours do; one who is to eat at the same table, t
, drink of the same cup, and to be, in a word, liki
the "lamb which Nathan's beautiful parable de
scribed as "lying on the poor man's bosom;" an<
, all this is not for a few years only, but till deatl
part you. To select a partner like this, ought, in
| deed, to be a grave, almost an awful task.
[ [Exchange.
1 :
Good for Cheatham. ?The Nashville corres
pondent of the Missouri Republican, who sat nea
3en. Wade and Gen. Cheatham at the recen
Congressianal banquet at Nashville, gives the sub
, stance of what the gallant son of Tennessee said t
the rough old bear, Wade, of Ohio. He assurer
the Senator he was a law abiding citizen, in whon
he thought the Government might repose confi
dencc. Yet, he wished it understood distinctly h
came to his dutv with no sobs and tears of pretend
r ed contrition. He was quite twenty-one when h
' enlisted as a fighting rebel, and was not seduce<
1 innocently. But he was defeated and surrendered
' and now, the Government for which he had one
" fought with a foreign foe, could not have from hir
) a flood of snivelling protestati' a. Jke those of
1 cudgeled urchin, but simply a soldier's word o
honor.
] SSf One day, during the hard winter of 1862,
* Miss Arnold applied to Gen. Milroy for a pernii
to forage her cow, whose milk was the chief sup
' port of the family.
1 ' 'Are you loyal T' asked the General.
^ "Yes, ' shtyeplied.
He began to write the permit.
' "To the United States or Confederate States?'
"To the Confederacy, of course," she replied.
\ "Then I shall give you no permit. This infa
' tuous rebellion must be crushed."
? "Well," said she, "if you think you can crush i
by starving JohnrArnold's old cow, go it."
A Short Honeymoon.?A few weeks since
i young German barber, of Indianapolis, led to th
- hvmenial alter a handsome and intelligent girit
- whom he had been paying his addresses. in
i course of true love was not disturbed by as muc
s as a ripple, until Mon'day last, when the knight t
1 the razor, in returning home, discovered that hi
- canary bird had flown,leaving nothing but thcemf
. ty nest. The disconsolate barber returned to hi
s shop, and put an eud to his existence by swallow
s ing half a pint of hair dye.
2 Shocking Brutality. ? We learn that a freed
1 man, living near Riceville, Va., had a quarrel wit!
s his wife about a month ago, when he deliberate!
" j took his little son, aged ten years, and chopped hi
> head off with an axe! The body was thrown ii
2 [ the woods as prey for wild beasts and the fowls c
r the air, and the diabolical deed kent secret, until
" few days ago it was accidentally discovered. Th
' head could not be found. We record the incident
s as narrated to us. ?Danville Time*.
CaT A California wife, in San Francisco, write
t j thus to her husband in the interior:
; "Dear sir:? it may be proper, and perhaps m
. duty, to inform you that about two months ago,
3 succeeded in getting my divorce from you, and a!
t so that I havesince married again. You may cor
s tinue your monthly remittances, as I may nee
them for your three childreen."
JlgfKttttatal Department.
DOES THE SOIL NEED REST.
Our fathers in Agriculture quite generally held
the opinion that Summer fallowing greatly benefitted
the soil by the rest which it gave. If the
land lay utterly idle through all the season of
growth, should it not recuperate its power of proauction
? They believed it would. And this opin1
ion prevails to some extent, at the present time,
! among farmers.
But absolute rest obviously adds nothing to the
soil ; no food for plants descends from the air above
orrisesfrom the subsoil below. No favorable chemical
action is known to be induced by exposing a
naked soil a long time to the elements; on the
contrary, it may be apprehended that the washing
of the rain, the parching of the sun, the evaporation
nf tVia nfmnimlioro rpmovP onmp nf tbft tola.
, tile substances which are found in a fertile soil?
Rest does not impart fertility to the sands of the
desert, nor are arable soils in a state of nature where
they are increasing in fertility, ever permitted to
be destitute of vegetable covering.
The soil then does not need rest ? it requires
! cultivation. By cultivation we mean here those
Shysical changes which may be made. It wants
eep and thorough working so that the roots of
plants can reach every particle of soil; .it needs
draining to draw off the stagnant water which is
pofson to the roots of our cereals and cultivated
! grasses. Deep, though frequent pulverization of
the soil, though it adds nothing to the amount of
plant food, will, by making it all available to the
; crops, cause the land to be very productive, for it
is by the sole agency of what grows upon it that
the farmer can hope to increase the amount of plant
food in his land.
But is not land constantly producing crops, whether
of grain or grass, exhausting itself? Yes, if
those crops are removed from tne soil and no remuneration
made therefor; but if the whole produce
of the ground is returned to it the amount of
plant food is increased. The soil becomes richer
tor the reason that the substance of the plant was
1 only partly derived from the soil, but largely from
1 the atmosphere, and when the soil receives again
what it' gave, through the decomposition of the
_i?x u i? ?n /I romn Prnm I
piAMtj It UflO 111 OUU1UUU uu tuot ntw uinnu mvu*
other sources. This is the reason why the ploughing
under of clover or other green crops for manure
i enriches the soil. The crops have drawn only part
s of their fertilizing components from the soil?they
r have gathered from the air likewise?and it is pre'
cisely this which increases the previous richness of
, the soil. And if all the manure which crops will
i make by passing through the animal system be re'
turned to the soil, its fertility will doubtless be
i maintained; enough will be returned to replace the
ash-constituents ot the plant, which alone were derived
from the earth.
! We conclude, then, that the soil does not need
i rest to render it fertile. It needs cultivation and
cropping. Not reckless, wasteful, unmethodical
i farming, but that so planned and executed as to
grow large and varied crops, and dispose of them
; in such manner as to return the extracted elements
of fertility to the soil.?Rural Neio Yorker.
Bots in Horses. ? The following is the sub1
stance of a note from Brevet Colonel J. Hamilton
" to Professor Townsend Glover, entomologist of this
' department, dated at Raleigh, North Carolina:
"I observe in your report for 1864, that you say
that no very certain means of ridding the horse's
stomlach of the bots has vet been published. Since
i receiving the following from Dr. Gee, of Florida, I
i am glad that I have had no opportunity of trying
it, but it has the air of efficacy, and I certainly shall
on the first opportunity. You are aware that it is
- hard sometimes to distinguish between an attack of
, the bots and one of the cholic ; this remedy, how;
ever, is equally efficient for either. The reason
r that a bot can resist the action of agents adniinis)
tered is his power of drawing his nead into the
s walls of the stomach by his tentacles. But he cani
not resist the cloroform. A table-spoonful of chloroform
screened by a couple of spoonfuls of any
good mucilage will make him let go his hold on the
! stomach, even after having bored nearly through."
! Ritent Offic*,Report.
Easy Mode of Sharpening Edge Tools. ?
The simplest mode of sharpening a razor or other
edge tool is to place the blade for about half an
1 hour in water containing one-twentieth of its weight
of sulphuric or muriatic acid. Upon taking the
razor out, wipe it off lightly on a piece of soft rag,
and in a few hours afterwards 'set it on a strop.?
r The acid supplies the place of a whetstone, by cori
roding the entire surface uniformly, so that nothing
i but a good polish is afterward needed. This proi
cess never injures good razors, while poor ones are
often improved by it.
i *
To Start a Baulky Horse. ? Fill his mouth
with dirt or gravel from the road, and he'll go. ?
} Now don't laugh at thif5, but try it. The plain
" philosophy of tne thing is, it gives him scgiiething
r else to think about. We have seen it tried a hun|
dred times, and it has never failed.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA^
York District.
WHEREAS, WILLIAM K. JACKSON has
applied tome for Letters of Administration
on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights
and credits of ANDREW A. JACKSON, late ol
" the District aforesaid, deceased,
i These are, therefore, to cite and admonish a)land
1 singular, the kindred and creditors of the said de]
ceased, to be and appear before me, at our next
. Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden
.. at York Court House on the FOURTH DAY OF
FEBRUARY next, to shew cause, if any, why the
said Administration should not be granted.
s Given under my hand and Seal, this 19th day of
e January, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, and in the 91st
-) year of the Independence of the United States of
3 America. F. C. HARRIS, O. Y. D.
e January 24 39 2t
- STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIxVA,
* York DlHtrlct.
1 "117"HEREAS? J- CLARK KUYKEXDAL has
Yf applied to me for Letters of Administration
on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights
and credits ofS. J. KUYKENDAL, late of the
District aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and
^ singular, the kindred and creditors of the said dej;
ceased, to be and appear before me, at our next
' Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden
- at York Court House on the FOURTH DAY OF
0 FEBRUARY next, to shew (?u.se, if any, why
1 the said Administration should not be granted.
a Given under my hand and Seal, this 19th day of
January, in tne year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, and in the 91st
e year of the Independence of the United States of
- America. F. C. HARRIS, 0. Y. D.
e January 24 39 . 2t*
* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
e Yorlc DlHtrlct.
ii TT| THERE AS, SAMUEL SMITH, Jr., has apa
YY plied tome for Letters of Administration on
o all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and
credits of JOHN DENNIS, late of the District
aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
a and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said
t deceased, to be and appear before me, at our next
. Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holdon
at York Court House on the SIXTH OF FEBRUARY
next, to shew cause, if any, why the
said Administration should not bo granted,
Given under my hand and Seal, this 23(1 day ol
vrar of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred arid sixty-seven, and in the 91st
year of the Independence of the United States
of America, F. C. HARRIS, O. Y. D.
January 24 39 2U
t PE RU V lXX G U A NO.
DIRECT from Agents at Market Rates, SOLUBLE
PACIFIC GUANO, $75 Cash, *80 1st
a November, with interest, approved City aceepe
tanee.
0 SWAN ISLAND QUANO, *20 Cash, *2.11st No?
veiliberwith interest, approved City acceptance.
.e BAUGH'S PHOSPHATE LIME, *00 Cash, *0,1
h 1st November, with interest, approved City accep?1
tancc.
is PHOENIX GUANO, *.15 Cash.
>. FLOUR OF BONE, unadulterated and unhurt.
js FARMER'S PLASTER OR GYPSUM, warrantedpure.
In offering the above Manures to Planters, I do
so with every confidence, not only having testimonials
from Planters who have used them the past
|- year; but the further guarantee, that every cargo
, as it arrives from the Factory, is analyzed by Prof.
NHKPARD, of the South Carolina Medical Coly
lege, and the high reputation of these manures
8 fully kept up. J. N. JIOBSON,
fi ' 02 East Bay, Charleston, S. C.
?f January 10 .'<7 4t
1 IIV ECtUlfY?YORK DISTRICT^
Moses White, Administrator, / *. L. Jane White,
and others.?Bill for Injunction, Sale of Land,
THE creditors of Dr. ALEXANDER WHITE,
late of Union District, deceased, are hereby
ordered to render on oath, and establish their
y claims according to law, before me in my ollice,
{ on or before the tirst day of May next, or be de|
barred from taking any 'benefit under the decree of
the Court in this cause.
WALTER B. METTS,
d (*9 80) Commissioner In Equity.
January 17 38 3m*
HOMESLEY & ASHER,
Respectfully inform the
CITIZENS OF YORK DISTRICT
And the
Public Generally,
That in a few days, they will open in the
DUNKIEIT11 lllll-TUl
The largest, best and. Completest Stock of
GROCERIES
* VI X. tr 1
isver Drougni, 10 i orRvmc,
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
BUf COTTON
And all other
Country Produce,
For which
THEY Will PAY TIE IB HAHKIT
PRICES.
The NEW STORE will be under the immediate
charge of
CAPT. THOMAS S. JEFFERYS,
Who cordially invites his old customers and
friends to give him a call, and he assures them
that he will be able to do as well by them, as anv
one else. COME ONE, COME ALL!
EST 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 for
for yourselves.
IIOMESLEY <fc ASHER.
January 17 38 tf
lis
NO. 153 MEETING STREET,
(Formerly .John Ashhurst <fc Co.,)
GEO. C. GOODRICH. )
PHILIP WINEMAN, \ SOUTH CAROLINA.
JOHN ASHHURST, )
DIRECT IMPORTERS
OP
DRUGS,"
MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
November 15 30 6m
E. R. STOKES,
BOOK - BINDER,
AND
BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTURER,
Opposite J. C. Dial's Hardware Store,
MAIN ST,, COLUMBIA, S, C,
BLANK-BOOKS Ruled to any Pattern, Paged
and Bound in the best Possible Manner, with
Printed Headings when required. The attention
of Clerks, Sheriffs, Ordinaries, Commissioners in
Equity, Railroad Officials, and all public officers
is particularly invited.
A largo stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of the
Best Quality, always on hand,
Special attention given to the binding of Music,
old Books and Files, and all other work in plain
or ornamental style.
Orders sent to,'and contracts made directly with
me, will save money, as I am prepared to do work
at a very small advance on New York Prices.
My business motto is "Promptness, Economy
and Substantial Work,"
K. R. STOKES, Columbia, S. C.
November 29,-1866. 32 tf
THE BFST TONIC IN USE,
r?
MANUFACTURED BY
. l>i-# C. F. Panknin,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
January 24 30 ly*
ESTABLTSHEDY851
Leiig-nick & Sell,
Importers and Wholesale
DEALERS IN MILLINERY, STRAW
AND
FANCY GOODS,
N. E. Corner Meeting and Market Sts.,
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
INVITE the Trade to examine their full and varied
assortment of BONNETS, and -HATS,
trimmed and untrinmied; RIBBONS, of aH descriptions;
Flowers, Feathers, Dress Caps, Nets,
Veils of newest designs, Ruches, Daces, Crapes,
Silks, Corsets, Skirts, <fce.
October 4 24 6n*. '
f be ? 0?b?ilk
TERMS?IN ADVANCE i
SPECIE. CURRENCY.
One Copy, one year, 9 2 69 9 3 50
One Copy, Six months,..... 1 26 2 00
One Copy, Three months,.. 75 1 00
Two Copies, one year, 4 60 8 00
Five Copies, " " 8 75 12 50
Ten Copies, " 41 ...?. 17 50 25 00
persons who make up dubs of ten or
more names, an extra oopy of the papei will be
furnished one year, free of 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 be charged Two Dollars per square
for each insertion.
AnaWnitlw QAmLlnnnal Ar YAOVIYT nnn
will be made on liberal terms?the contract, how- i
ever, 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.
Personal Communications, when admissable;
Communications of limited or indivual interest,
or recommendations of Candidates for offices
of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for as advertisements.
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STAJfP DUTIES^ |
IMPOSED BY ACT OF CONGRESS, TO TAKE '
EFFECT, AUGUST 1, 1866.
FT1HE following is an AiphabeticallistoftheBtamp (
X duties imposed by the Act ofCongress passed
July 13, 1866, and to take effect August 1, 1866: ,
Agreement.?Other than those mentioned in this
schedule (or any appraisement) for every sheet er j
piece of paper on Wnich it is written, 5 cents; appraisements
of value or damage, 5 cents.
Bill of Exchange, Foreign.?Drawn in,.but pays- \
ble out of the United States, if drawn singly or oth- ,
erwise 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 Dill of each set,
where the sum made payable shall not Exceed $100,
or the equivalent thereof, in any foreign currency
I 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
pay mfent of any sum of money, not exceeding $100,
Otherwise than at sight or on demand, or promissory
notes, except bank notes and checks; or any
memorandum, check, receipt, or other printed or
written evidence of an amount of money to be paid
on demand of 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.?Tor goods and merchandise exported
to foreign ports, other than charter party,
each 10 cents.
Bands.?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, 81. 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
dc/1 lAAAnfui ffnm tP/1 fn 4l ftrtrt 9A AOTtftt* dYOftoHIncr
VUV.1VWUKJ, MViuyw WW V*jvw, -v , v-.ww>?q
$1,000, for every additional $1,000, or fractional part
thereof, 25 cents.
Certificate of Stock?In incorporated oompany, 25
cents.
Charter Party?On any letter or memorandum relating
to the charter of any vessel, if the registered
tonnage does not exceed laO tons, $1; from 150 to 300
tons, $3; from 300 to 000 tons, $5; over 600 tons, $10.
Checks, Drafts or Orders?For any amount on any
bank, broker or trust company, at siaht-or on demand,
2 cents; for amount exoeeding$10on any person
other than a bank, banker or trust oompany, 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 26 and not more than
50 lights, 2 cents; for every additional 25 lights, or
fractional part or 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 exoeed $500, GO cents;
from $500- to $1,000, $1; and for every additional
$500, or fractional part thereof, in excess of $1,000,
50 cents.
Entry of Goods.?At custom house, not exceeding
in value $100.25 cents: from $100 to $500.50 cts.,
exceeding $500, $1; for the withdrawal or goods
from bonded warehouse, 60 oents.
Friction Matches?Or lucifer matches made in
part of wood, in packages of 100 or less, 1 cent;
when in parcels or packages containing more than
100 and not more than 200, for each parcel or package,
2 cents, and for every additional or fractional
part thereof, 1 cent; for wax tapers, double the
rates herein imposed on friction matches, 1 cent.
Lease?Where rent is $300 or less, 50 oents; where
the rent exceeds $300, for each additional $100, or
fraction in excess of 300, 50 cents; assignment of a
lease, same stamp as original, and additional stamp
upon the value or consideration of transfer, according
to the rates on deeds. (See Conveyance.)
. Manifest Entry, Clearance.?Of Cargo of vessels
for foreign port, if tonnage does not exceed 300 tons,
$1; from 300 to 600, $3; exceeding 600, $5.
Meats, Fish, Fruits, Sauces, Jellies, dec.?For and
upon every can, bottle or other single package,
containg meats, fish, shell-fish, ftruits, vegetables,
sauces, syrups, prepared mustard, jams or jellies,
contained therein, packed or sealed, made, prepared
and sold, or offered for sale, or removed for oonsumDtion
in the United States, on or after the 1st
day of October, 1866, when such can, bottle or other
single package with its oontents, shall not exceed
two pounds ip weighLl cent; when such can,
bottle or-other single paclfcge 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 anv definite sum, from $100 to
$500, 50 cents; exceeding $500 and not exoeeding
$1,000. $1, For every odditlonal $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 Required
equal to that imposed on the original instrument,
Passage Ticket.?To a foreign port, If of less price
than $35, 50 oents; 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
cents.
Playing Cards.?For and upon every pack, not
exceeding 52 cards in number, irrespective of price
or value, 5 cents.
Policy of Insurance.?On any life or lives, where
the amount insured does not exceed $1,000,25 cents;
from $1,000 to$5,000, 50 cents; exceeding $5,000 $1.
Fire and Marine Risks.?Premium not exceeding
$10,10 cents; premium not exceeding $50,25 cents;
exceeding$50,50cents. Accidental insurance Companies
are exempt.
Power of Attorney,?Tq transfer stock, bonds or
scrip, to oollect dividends, interest or rent, 25 oents;
to vote by proxy, except in charitable, religious!
literary, and cemetetry societies, 10 cents; to sell
or lease real estate, and perform all other acts not
specified, $1; for any other purposes, 60 oepta.
Probate of Will or Letters of Administration.?
Vhere the estate does not exceed the value of $2,00,
$1; for every additional $1,000, or fractional
mrt- in excess of $2,000, 50 cents. '
Protest of Note, Draft, dc.?or marine protest
fee., 25 cents.
Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, Sc.?Not over
$ cents, 1 cent; not over 50 cents, 2 cents; not over
'5 cents, 3 cents; not over $1, 4 cents. For every
tdditlongl 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, exseeding
$20, not being for satisfaction of any mort{age
or judgment, or decree of a court, or endorsenent
on any stamp obligation in acknowledgment
>f its fulfillment, lor each receipt, 2 cents. Froviled.
that when more than one signature is affixed
o the same paper, one or more Htamps may be afixed
thereto representing the whole amount of i
itamps required for such signatures.
Sales.?Or contracts for the sale ofstocks, bonds,
breign exchange, gold and silver bullion and coin,
promissory notes or other securities, when made dm
py brokers, banks or bankers who pay a special
ax, require stamps equal to 1 cent on every $100. J|
[f there is a fraction over $100, the Bame to be II
itamped at the full rate of $100. When made by a |
person, firm or corportion not paying special tax, II
!or every $100 of value, 5 cents. A memorandum H
pf sale or contract must be made by the seller to d
he buyer upon the sale or contract being made, ]
md thus-atamps affixed thereto. f
Writ.?WritSOoento. Where the amount claim)d
in a writ, issued by a court not of record, is over
jl0e,50cents. Uponeveryconfessionofjudgment, . V]
>r cognovit, for $100 or over (except in those cases
where the tax for the writ of a commencement of
wit has been paid,) 50 cents. Writs or other projess
on appeals from Justices' courts or other courts
>f 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 exseeding
$100, 60 cents.
EXEMPTIONS.
No stamp duty shall be required en powers of
ittorney or any other paper relating to application
for bounties, arrearages of pay, or pensions, or to
he receipt thereof from time to time; or upon
ickets or contracts of insurance when limited to V
injury to persona while traveling; nor on certifl- ?
sites of the measurement or weight of animals,
wood,xoal 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 i
>r stamps denoting the duty required; and when9ver
any bond or note shall be secured by a mort- 1
gage, but one stamp duty shall be required to be
placed on such papers; nor on any certificate of
the record of a deed or other instrument in wri- I
ting, orof the acknowledgment or proof thereof by 1
ittesting 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 I
stamp duty. ' I
PENALTIES.
Penalty for making, signing or issuing any instrument.
document or paper of any kind whatsoaver,
or shall accept, negotiate or pay, or cause to
be accepted, negotiates or paid, any bill of exchange,
draft or order, or promisory note for the
payment of money, without the same being
lulv stamped, or denoting the dutv herebv im
posed thereon,' $50; and the instrument shall be
ieemed invalid and of no effect; or for the coun- 1
terfeiting stamps or dies, $1,000, and imprisonment
at hard laDor not exceeding five years. For
making, signing, issuing, accepting or paying any
bill or exchange, draft, order or note without
jtamp, $200. For selling proprietary cosmetics,
matches, meats, fish, fruits, sauces, Jellies, (fee.,
without proper stamps, $50. (!
OTHER PROVISIONS.
Instruments are not to be recorded unless properly
stamped.
No instrument is valid for the want of the par- I
ticular kinds of stamps designated, provided a legal
stamp of equal amount (except proprietary i
stamps,) is duly affixed. I
All official instruments, documents and papers
Issued or used by officers of the United States Government,
or by the officers of any State, county or
other municipal corporation are exempt. 9
In cases where an adhesive stamp snail be used J
for denominating any duty imposed by this act, Ij
the person using or affixing the same shall write m
thereon the initials of his name and date upon I
which the same shall be attached or used, so that 9
the same may not be again used, under a penalty of J
$50 ]
Instruments heretofore issued without stamps, $
not be void where stamps are subsequently affix- M
ed. Postage stamps cannot be used as revenue "
stamps. |
Any person may present to the commissioner of I
Internal Revenue any instrument, and require J
his opinion whether the same is chargeable with
any stamp duty; and if the said commissioner ; 1
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 I
not chargeable with stamp duty,'; ana every instru- 9
ment on which said stamp is impressed shall be 9
received in evidence in all courts, notwithstand- l
ing objections on the ground of such instrument
being without the proper stamp. I
The party to whom a document is issued from a 1
foreign country, or by whom it is used, shall, before
using the same, affix thereon the stamp or J
stamps indicating the duty required.
Proprietors of cosmetics, meaicines, or proprie- \j
tary articles, may ftirnish private dies, and are al
lowed 5 percent, on all purchases of $500; over
$500,10 per cent.
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
mHE following table shows the price of gold for
J, Confederate currency in Augusta, Ga., at va- i
rious times from the breaking out to the close of '
the war. The record was kept by a broker, long . _ ^
doing business in that city:
1861. Gold Premium.\ For $1 in Gold.
January 1 5 December 15 $ 21 00
July 1 10- 1864.
October 1 12 January 1 $ 21 00 . ;
October 15.....". 15 January 15 20 00
December 1 20: February 1 20 00
December 15 30i February 15 2100
1862. . March 1 28 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 4H
March 15 60 June 1 to July 15 18 00 J
April 1.. 75 j July 15toAug. 15 20 00 4J
April 15 85' August 15 22 00 M
May 1 SOjSeptember 1 20 50
May 15..; 95 September 15 22 50
Jhne 1 - 95 October 1 27 00 A
For $1 in Gold. October 15 25 00
June 15 .$ 2 00 November 1 26 00 fl
August 1 v... 2 20 November 15 28 00 H
September 1 2 50 December 1 32 00 H
November 1 3 00 December 15 35 00
1863. December 31 50 00
February 1 3 10 .1865.
March 1 - 8 25 January 1 60 00 ^
March 15 6 00 January 15 65 00
May 15 February 1 50 00
June 1 6 50 February 15 46 00
June 15 7 50 March 1 55 00 f j
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
September 1 14 00; April 26 200 00 VH
September 15 14 00 April 27 300 00 ^
October 1 13 00 April 28 500 00
October 15 12 50 April 29 800 00 V
November 1 13 00 April 30 1,000 00 $
November 15 15 50 May 1 1,200 00 1
December 1 20 00|
?Which was the last actual sales of Confederate
notes. :
VALUE OF CONFEDERATE i
CURRENCY. '
ANNEXED is a table showing the value of "Con- m
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 exe
cuted during the late war is based upon the value
of the consideration in United States currency, this f
table will be found very convenient in fixing that
value.
table showing the relative value of 4lconfederate"
andu. 8. currency forfour years. I
month. , 1862. 1863. 1864. 1965.
!
(Value in Value in Value in Valuein
Vveraire for ^?n'cur" Con.cur- Con. cur- Con cur;rency
of rency of rencv ofrencv of
month of $linfjiSt $iinU.S. $lin\J.S. $linlT.S.
| cur'cy. cur'cy. j cur'cy. | eur'cy.
January ! $2.00 J $13.50 j $26.90 ^
February....' 2.19 13.79 25.20
March 2.9:1 14.57 | 34.90
April 3.2:1 12.33 I
May * 3.87 I 10.65
June 4.85 8.12
July 6.89 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
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 fully licensed by
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. Address, or call on SHAW & j
CLARK, at Biddeford, Maine, or Chicago, 111.
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