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department.
HUMORS OF A MUSICAL GENIUS.
Yivier, the celebrated horn-player, is one of those
men of whom anecdotes are told?an eccentric insister
upon having his own way, and his own way
being whimsically peculiar.
In England he made a great sensation with his
first conoert, and invitations to play at private parties
were a necessary sequent. C)n the day aner,
accordingly, a noble lord called upon the artistj and,
giving a pull to his cravat in the Englishiashion of
a salute, he said, with his hat on, in bad French:
"You must come to-morrow evening and play for
the Duchess of Sutherland.''
Vivier looked steadily at the nobleman, and said,
with a significant gesture:
4Take off"your nat!"
. "What!" asked the visitor.
'Take off your hat!"
"Ah!?in England we have the custom of keeping
our hats on.
Take off your hat!"
Yielding to the pertinacity of these three words
which the artist would have gone on repeating
thirty times if it had been necessary, the nobleman
took off his hat, and said once more:
"You must come to-morrow evening, and play
for the Duchess of Sutherland!"
"You speak French very badly," replied the'artist
"Instead of that impolite phrase, you should
have said: 'The Duches of Sutherland wishes
very much to hear you play, and she has requested
me to inquire whether you will do her the pleasure
of coming to the party which she proposes to
give WU1UITUW QtcimiK.
"Ah! but in England we express it theotherway.
"Very possibly?but unless you express it in the
better way I have described to you, I shall take no
notice of the invitation."
The Englishman, evidently very angry, repeated
the invitation as directed.
"I am happv to accept the invitation of the
Dutchess," saia the artist, '
"They will give ten pounds," added the nobleman.
"There again, is an ill-bred manner of treating
a delicate subject," said Vivier. "I should have
made no bargain in advance, ana should have left
it to the discretion of the Duchess; but, since you
have so unceremoniously overstepped the barrier,
permit me to say that 'ten pounds is not enough.'
"Ah, but in England we only give ten pounds
to an instrumentist To singers, like Grisi or Mario.
we give fifteen."
I shall not play for any price less than twentyfive
pounds sterling."
"Do you know, said the Englishman, knitting
his brow, "twenty-five pounds are six hundred ana
thirty-five francs of your money?"
"My price, notwithstanding"
"Well, you shall have it But do your best, and
be punctual"
'T shall be ready when the Duchess' carriage
calls for me," said Vivier.
' 'Eh ? do you expect a carriage to be sent for you ?
It is not the custom in England."
# "I am very sorry?but I do not ride in hackney
coaches, and if Madam, the Duchess, does not
choose to send her own carriage for me, I shall not
g?."
"Very well," said the Englishman, looking perfectly
amazed, but submitting, spite of himself, to
the tone of authority and dignified manners which
the artist assumed; "the carriage shall be sent tor
you."
At nine the next evening, punctually, drove up
? TUA.,,' nrifli ifa in lirppiv
bUC x/ucucsa viuuiuii nuu IW wi/uuuu >u . -v,
and Yivier was received with very unusual politeness?a
result, evidently, of the description of his
manners given by her (trace's envoy. From that
time the eccentric horn-player became triumphant.
JOSH BILLING'S ESSA ONTO SWINE.
Hogs generally are quadripid.
The extreme length ov their antiquity has never
been fully discovered; they existed a long time before
the flood, and hev existed a long time since.
There iz a great deal ov internal revenew in a
hog; there ain't much more waste in them than
there iz in an oyster.
Even their tails can be worked up into whissels.
Hogs are good, quiet boarders ; they alwus eat
what is set before them, and don't ask eny foolish
questions.
They never hev eny disease but the meazels, and
they never hev that but once; once seems to satisfy
them.
There is a great menny breeds among them.
Some are a close corporation breed, and some are
bilt more apart, like a hemlock slab.
They use to hev a breed in New England a few
years ago, which they called thestripedhog breed;
this breea was in great repute among the landlords;
almost every tavern-keeper had one, which he used
tew show tew travellers and brag on him.
Some are full in the face, like a town clock, and
eome are as long and lean as a cow-catcher with a
Bteal-pinted nose on them.
They can all rute well; a hog that kant rate well
haz been made in vain.
They are short-lived animals, and generally die as
soon as they get fatt
The hog can be learnt a great menny cunning
things, such as histing the front gate off the hinges,
tipping over the swill barrels, and finding a hole in
the fence tew git into a corn-field; but there ain't
enny length to their memery; it iz awful hard for
thjm tew find the same hole tew git out at, especially
if you are at all anxious they should.
Hogs are veiy contrary, and seldom drive well
the same way yu are going j they drive most the
other way; this haz never bin fully explained, but
speaks volumes for the hog.
An Independent Pauper.?An old fellow in a
town in Essex county, Mass., once respectable, who,
through looking upon the wine when its was red,
and fluids of otner colors, was reduced to the condition
of a pauper, was allowed, occasionally, liberty
beyond the poor-house walls, which he improved
by calling on a dear friend who clandestinely sold
the creature. On his last visit he imbibed a glass
or two, and received, besides, a couple of glasses in
a bottle, fortified with which he sallied forth to fall
into the arms of a constable, who had watched him
through the window; the result was, the friend was
prosecuted and the pauper summoned as a witness.
When placed upon the stand he was asked if he
knew tne prisoner. Certainly, he had known him
many years.
"Didyou ever go there?"
. "Yes; always when he went to town."
"And now," said the magistrate, "did you ever
buy any liquor there?"
"Which?" said the old fellow, suddenly hard of
hearing.
"Did you ever buy any liquor there ?"
"I decline to answer?" said the witness.
"You must answer or be committed for contempt,"
said the judge, sternly.
"Well," replied tne old fellow, after a few moments'
pause, "what will be the extent of the penalty?"
' 'Imprisonment in the Salem jail," responded the
judge.
"Indeed! Well, as I think that an improvement
on the poor-house, I shan't tell!" _
And ne didn't; thereby saving his friend.
Eccentric Divine.?The Rev. Zob. Twitchel
was the most noted Methodist preacher in Vermont
for shrewd and laughable sayings. In the pulpit
he maintained a suitable gravity of manner and expression,
but out of the pulpit he overflowed with
nin. Occasionally he would, if emergency seemed,
to require, introduce something queer in a sermon
for the sake of arousing the flagging attention ot
his hearers. Seeing that his audience was getting
sleepy, he paused in his discourse, and discoursed
as follows:
"Brethren, you haven't any idea of the sufferings
of our missionaries in the new settlements on
account of the mosquitoes. The mosquitoes in
some of these regions are enormous. A great many
of them would weigh a pound, and they will get on
logs and bark when the missionaries are going aBy
this time all eare and eyes were open, and he
proceeded to finish his discourse.
The next day one of his hearers called him to account
for telling lies in the pulpit.
'There never was a mosquito that weighed a
pound," he said.
"But I didn't say one of them would weigh a
pound; I said a great many, and I think a million
of them would."
"But you said they barked at the missionaries."
"No, no, brother; I said they would get on logs
and bark."
A gentleman who takes a business view of
most things, when recently asked respecting a person
of quite a poetic temperament, replied: "Oh.
he is one of those men who have soarings after the
infinite and divings after the unfathomable, but
who never pays cash."
IA sailor observing a tailor at work whose
waistcoat was patched over with an endles variety
of different pieces of cloth, cried out to his mate:
"Look ye, Jack?did you ever see so many sorts of
cabbage before, growing on one stump?"
Agricultural gejrartweut.
A SHORT SERMON ON STABLES.
The recent improvements in American architecture
have not reached the stables, to the extent
that could be desired. Brown stone fronts, high
ceilings, marble mantle-pieces, costly furnaces for
warming and ventilating the dwelling, may please
the eye and nromote the health and comfort of the
occupants, wnile the valuable horses of the proprietor
are suffering from a poorly constructed and poorly
ventilated stable.
The fault often lies in two directions. The stable
may be too tight, or two open. A horse needs
light, as well as air and suitable warmth and food
?the vegetable structure hardly needs light more
than he does. Pure air is essential. His blood
cannot become purified, while the air which inflates
his lungs is full of foul gases from fermenting maU
i/v 1'aa*\ fV?n of ollc nl/inn
nures. nor rs n euuugu i/v actp ^ o?u.u w .-,
if they are so tight that the horse is obliged to
breathe his own breath over and over again. Digestion
is interfered with, and all the functions of
life are impeded. Lazy grooms declare that a close
warm stable, helps to make a horse's coat fine and
glossy itf winter as well as summer. But in winter
such a coat is not to be desired. Nature provides
the animal with longer hair and more of it, to defend
him from the cold. If the horse is well groomed
and blanketed, his hair will be smooth and glossy
enough all the vearround. The indolent groom
ought himself to be shut up for twenty-four nours
in the hot, steaming air in which he would confine
his master's horse, and see how he would like it
Open the doors of such a stable in the morning,
where several horses are kept, and the hot air and
the hartshorn are almost sufficient to knock a man
down. What wonder, then, that horses so used
should suffer from inflamed eyes, cough, glanders,
and other ailments! The wonder is that they bear
the abuse so long and so well.
"Now the "improvement" to our sermon is simply
this: ventilate the stables. Ventilate, both in
winter and summer. The outer air should be
brought in at certain places near the floor, but not
in the immediate neighborhood of the horse, so as
to cause hurtful drafts of wind directly upon him.
Impure air must be ejected, as well as pure air
brought in. This can be done in summer very well
by leaving several windows open in different parts
of the barn. But a better way is to insert ventilators
in the highest part of the ouildings. into which
ventilators (square wooden tubes) shall lead from
the stalls, and which can b^ opened or closed at
pleasure. These ventilators should be covered with
a cap, to prevent downward currents and the beating
in of rain. By this plan, the foul air is carried
off directly from the stall without mixing with the
k?v in tbn lnft?rent er Canada Aoriculturist.
Prom the American Farmer.
IMPROVEMENT~OF POOR LAND.
Mr. Editor: In your October number, a correspondent
from Dinwiddie coimty, asks for some
advice in regard to making "permanent improvement
of poor lands." lou nave probably answered
his inquiry more fully and satisfactorily than
I can do, in subsequent numbers, which I have not
seen. Be this as it may, I am willing to contribute
mv mite towards "making two blades of grass grow
where but one grew before.'' I might further premise,
that I have had some acquaintance with the
worn-out lands of the South.
The fiist operation is to plow the ground well;
subsoil it if is convenient ; it this cannot be done,
plow deep; five or six inches at least; then put
on about thirty-three bushels of lime to the acre.
Sow with oats, not too thick, not over two bushels
to the acre, cover with a spike harrow and sow
clover seed immediately ofter the dray, about six
quarts to the acre. Make a drag of light brush,
and brush in the clover seed. The sowing of clover
seed should follow that of the oats before there is
any fall of rain to form a crust. Pass a roller over
the ground if the soil be light. This js merely the
starting point, and very much depends upon its
being doue well. I have seen plowing done in the
South that I could not call plowing at all, it was
only scratching; in fact, I have not seen a plow in
the South that would cut and turn over a furrow
slice as it ought to be done.
When the crop of oats is taken off, let the young
clover grow on until fall, without any stock running
on it, and it will start nicely the next spring. Let
it grow on the next summer until about half the
bloom has turned brown, then turn it under with a
I good plow. Give it another coat of lime, and let
I it lie until the following spring, then put it through
the same course again with oats and clover, and
after this crop of clover is plowed in you may seed
it with wheat, or wait until next spring and plant
it with corn.
Be careful not to sow the oats too thick so as to
smother the clover. The object of sowing oats
with the clover is merely to protect it from the
scorching rays of the sun. but it will nevertheless
help to pay expenses. Wlien the land is worn out
or naturally poor, the farmer must grow a few crops
first for the good of the land, before he begins to
grow any for profit to himself, and he will find no
system so cheap and effective for the purpose, in
my opinion, as the one here recommended.
Westchester, Pa., Jan., 1867. A. M.
New Use for Calomel?Doctoring Fruit
Trees.?A gentleman of this city, who is both inquisitive
ana acquisitive when he thinks he can acquire
knowledge that will benefit mankind, was
lately in Saratoga County, and was there shown an
apple tree in fine healthy condition which had been
ill, subjected to treatment with calomel and thoroughly
cured. This tree was afflicted with insects,
which were destroying it and rendering it unproductive.
A hole was Dored into the body of the
tree nearly through the sap, and two grains of calomel
inserted. As soon as this calomel was taken
up by the sap, the vermin on the tree died and it
began to bear fruit, and has done so for three years
to the entire satisfaction of the owner.
AaIJ mntr ko mivo/1 nrWk fkn
t? c arc umi uiat outpiiui luty ^ uiiavu >mu vuv
calomel and produce a good effect. This is a fact
worth knowing, and the fruitgrowers of Western
New York may profit bv it. It may not be new to
them, but it is to us. Homoepathist and Thompsoniaus
may object to the calomel treatment, but if
they do not like it they may find among the sugar
pills, or lobelia and red pepper a substitute. Any
way is good that will preserve the trees and secure
good crops of fruit.?Rochester Union.
Profit in Bee-Keeping.?As a proof that beekeeping,
as a business, pays as well as or better
than any branch or horticulture, I would state that
I am now offered for my bees, $1500 cash. It is
not yet six years since I paid $20 for the four stands
with which I commenced the business. I have never
bought a hive since. So this is the increase of
my a.'vital in five seasons, saving nothing of the
bees, honey and wax sold in the meantime, or the
pleasure derived from the busiuCss.
Now that I have so many hives, I find the profit
increasing every year, without requiring more time
and labor than I bestowed on a few. So far from
there being any danger of over stocking, I find that
my bees have done better the two past seasons than
many have done where there were but a few hives
kept in one place, and I am convinced that where
they are managed rightly, hundreds of colonies
will do well where one will. To accomplish this,
however, it is indispensable to have them strong
and vigorous in spring, that they may take advantage
of the whole honey harvest?Ellen E- Tapper,
in Joica Agricultural Report.
Secure the Leaves.?The woods are now full
of leaves. Indeed they appear to be more abundant
than ever, but fanners do not value them as
highly as wc think they should. For barn-yards
especially they are profitable to haul in. They are
obtainable too when there is little pressing work on
hand. Gathered ud in heaps thev can be readilv
loaded in carts and wagons with close shelving? by
using either a cloth some two or three yards square,
or with a wooden rake and the arm. Hogs are
very fond of them for litter, so are cows; and tor
compost they are excellent. As oat straw is now
usually fed to cattle, and rye straw commands a
high price in the market, there is nothing left for
the purpose of littering except wheat straw. Hence
forest leaves should be held in higher estimation
than they commonly are.?Gennantown telegraph.
Keeping Fowls.?Mr. Albert C. Vose, near
Manville, pursues what seems to us a reasonable
and profitable course in keeping fowls. He has
enclosed an acre and a quarter of land with a high
fence; and in the enclosure he keeps about a hundred
and fifty hens. He informs us that during
nine months of the year these fowls gave a net
Srofit of two dollars per day. or say five hundred
ollars per year. Is not this keeping fowls to some
purpose? In Mr. Vose's enclosure is a running
stream and fruit trees. The trees afford shade,
while their fruit-bearing is improved by the fowls.
Woonsoclcet Patriot.
Pounded glass mixed with corn meal and
placed within reach of rats, it is said will banish
them from the premises.
The man who takes no pains to make or save
manure, will not find fanning a profitable business.
Original ? ortrg.
For the Torkville Enquirer.
THE BROOKLET'S RACE.
Whither arfr thou going thou babbling brook ?
Winding and purling o'er gravel and rock,
Bounding and dashing in rapid career
Like the antelope wild, or the fleet-footed deer.
Whither so laughing, so joyous and free ?
Like a beautiful child in its innocent glee,
Whither art thou winding thy waters so bright
That fling back the rays of the soft summer light?
Whither art thou going?I'll follow thy courseFar
away in the mountain is thy bubbling source,
Where bursting in beauty beneath the blue sky
You leap from its bosom to gladden the eye.
Then heedless of all thy waters to stay,
Adown the dark mountain you frolicsome play,
'Till buried within the deep wooded glen
You linger awhile to greet us again.
But am I deceived or is it the same,
That a moment ago bore a rivulets name?
No? the waters are bright as dews or tne morn,
Though the bed where they lie is deeper and worn;
'Tis the same little brooklet so frolicsome wild,
That played o'er the mountain like a joyous child,
Now moving in ripples that gather in size,
The brooklet was giddy, the streamlet is wise.
Far away through the meadow all vernal and bright
Winds the silvery streams that gladdens my sight,
'Till lost in the shades of the dark waving trees,
But the murmur of waters is borne on the breeze.
Again I behold it so wondrously fair,
As it sweeps on its course with majestic air,
'Till silently moving unshackeled and free
ft kisses the waters of the deep blue sea.
Farewell little brooklet, no more to return,
While the monarch of Day in his orbit shall burn,
In the dawn of thy beauty all happy and bright,
You danced in the rays of Heavenly light;
But gathering in strength more silent you flow,
Like the children of earth learn wisdom below,
'Till launched on the Ocean of Life they career,
Are seen but a moment no more to appear.
DONALD.
IpscfttatfriMsi jtoidfsi.
BOOTH AND THE LORD'S PRAYER.
In the palmy days of Booth (the father of Edwin
Bootn,) the great tragedian, together with several
friends, was invited to dine by a person who
wasopposea to theatres and theatre-going?and yet
had curiosity enough to wish to see something of
the lion of the day. During the evening some one
requested Booth, as a particular favor, to read the
Lord's Prayer. He expressed his willingness to
afford the company this gratification, ana all eyes
turned expectantly towards him. Slowly and reverently
he arose. All were astonished at the play
of emotions that convulsed his countenance. His
face became deathly pale, and his eyes tremblingly
turned upwards, were wet with tears. The silerfce
could almost be felt; it became absolutely painful
before his rich-toned voice from the deatn-hued
lips indescribably syllabled forth, "Our Father who
art in Heaven,'' etc. Every heart was thrilled with
the pathos and solemnity of the occasion. After
he had finished the silence continued, until a sub^"A'^
r.rxk n wmnfo onrnor nf* tViP rnnm hrtdro
[ UUUU DUU 11V1X1 a. iviuviv vwiv? ??w
the spell. The host stepped forward with streaming
eyes and seizing Booth by the hand, said: "Sir
you nave afforded me a pleasure for which my
whole future life will feel grateful. I am an old
man, and every day from my boyhood to the present
time I thought I had repeated the Lord's
Prayer, but I never heard it before, never."
Booth replied: "To read that prayer as it should
be read, has cost me the severest study of thirty
years; and I am far from being yet satisfied with
my rendering of that wonderful production. Hardly
one person in ten thousand comprehends how
much beauty, tenderness and grandeur can be condensed,
in a space so small ana words so simple.?
That prayer of itself sufficiently illustrates the
truth of the Bible, and stamps upon it the seal of
Divinity."
So great an effect had been produced by the reading,
that after a few minutes of subdued conversation,
the company broke up and retired, for the
time, at least, with full hearts.
An Ingenious Machine.?An ingenious mechanic
of San Francisco, California, has recently
invented a machine for laying railroad tracks, whicn
must work a revolution in that character 01 labor,
as it can lay the ties and iron, and complete as it
goes, a distance of two and a half miles per day,
with the aid of twenty men only. The model is
now on private exhibition here, and has been examined
by the most experienced railroad men in
the country, and pronounced perfectly practicable
and simple. The road must first be graded, of
course. The balance of the work is admirably performed
by the machine, and the only work to be
done behind is the filling in or anchoring the ties.
It is alleged that ex-Governor Sandford nas examined
it, and pronounced it perfectly feasible and
practicable, and he is considered high authority,
Having haa great experience in that line of business.
The machine will cost about $2500, complete.?
It not only lays the ties with mechanical precision,
but cuts the grooves for the rails and lays them,
drives the spikes, and completes in the most minute
particular, the entire work. It carries its load
of ties and rails, and occupies a space equal to about
two platform cars. Several of the most enterprising
capitalists have taken the enterprise in
hand, and a machine for practical work is being
built.
? ?
Elastic Glass.?Mr. Wortley, one of the speaknokln
konnnot m t /in^nn ir\ on
ci r> at uiu uiuiv i/aiivjuvv iu xa/uuvuj huuuvu vu uii
interview he had some years ago with the late Prince
Consort, in reference to the undertaking. After
, discussing the matter for a while, his Royal Highness
alluded to the question what was the insulator,
and said what they wanted was a material called
elastic glass. Mr. Wortley expressed some surprise
at these suggestion, and observed that he haa not
heard elastic glass mentioned by scientific men.?
Prince Albert replied that this substance was spoken
off by a rather obscure classic author, Petronious
Arbiter, and taking down a book he searched
for and found the passage to which he called attention.
This was the story of the man who exhibited
before one of the Caesars a glass vial which
was thrown upon the ground and bent in like a
' brazen vase. The ingenious inventor then pulled
a hammer out of his pocket and at leisure beat the
vial perfectly into its original shape. This being
accomplished, he thought himself into the seventh
heaven; but Caesar having ascertained that he alone
possessed the secret of making this kind of
glass ordered him to be beheaded.
Height, Size and Weight of United States
Senators.?Mr. Sutton, chief of the Globe staff
in the Senate, gives in a late number of his ''Reporter,''
a table of the physical characteristics of
the members of the Senate. Tt appears by this
table that the tallest member of the Senate is Mr.
Cowan, of Pennsylvania, G feet o f inches, and the
shortest, Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, 5 feet 58 inches;
the man who weighs most is Mr. Van Winkle,
of West Virginia, 234 pounds; the lightest, Mr.
Riddle, of Delaware, 117 pounds. Mr. Potneroy,
of Kansas, has the largest chest, 41 inches; Mr.
Riddle the smallest, 32$ inches. The oldest is Mr.
Guthrie, of Kentucky, born December 5, 1792 the
youngest, Mr. Sprague, of Rhode Island, born September
12, 1830. Mr. Creswell, Maryland; stands
5 feet 8? inches high, weighs 201 pounds, was born
November 18, 1828, ana has only two younger
colleagues, Mr. Sprague and Mr, Norton, of Minnesota.
Mr. Johnson, of Mailed, is 5 feet 6f
inches high, weighs 170* pounds, and was born
May 21, 179G, and is next to Mr. Guthrie, the
oldest man in tne Senate.
What Next??The ^National Republican., (the
.President s organ,j or Monday, nas two euitonais
evidently authorized by Beast Butler himself. One
denying that Butler wrote the letter to Brick Pomeroy,
which the latter receutly published as genuine,
and the other denying the story which connects
Butler with a proposal to impeach Gen.
Grant.
fiST" What a man should be alphabetically ; Affectionate,
Bold, Candid, Daring. Enterprising,
Faithful, Grateful, Honorable, Indefatigable, Just,
Kind. Ixiving, Moral, Noble, Obliging, Polite,
Quick, Religious, Sociable, Truthful. Upright, Valiant,
Watchful, Xemplary, Y's and Zealous.
BSrThe age of a young lady is now expressed
according to the present style of skirts, by saying
that "eighteen springs have passed over her head.
AST "There is many a slip between the cup and
the lip," and there is a slip after the cup is taken
from the lip?especially where the sidewalk is icy.
Steading {01 the Children.
BOB'S RIFLE.
Squire Slowman's broad lands dip one green and
sunny side right into the waters of a beautiful
winding river in the South of England. Not such
a river as many of those which are justly the pride
of your native land; but a very useful stream,
nevertheless, and very fair to look at Here ana
there, in its ever winding course, a mill, with its
great busy wheels turning noisily day by day; and
in more than one place, rapids; not so dangerous
as those of Niagara, of course, but not so very safe,
either, I can tml you. Then it flows through smiling
meadows, and along by beautiful gardens; for
near its banks are located several fine country-seats.
I suppose I ought to tell you beside, that this
river is neither exclusive nor aristocratic, like most
of the dwellers in the lofty mansions that look from
their many windows upon it From the single
chimney of many a low thatched roof, rise clouds
of a peaty smoke, which fill the air with a faint,
peculiar odor, and greatly offend certain dainty nostrils,
when the ladies from the Hall, sail by in
their gaily painted pleasure boat But dear me,
how I forget! That was years and years ago.
Such proud ladies they were! Do you ask
why ? It was, because they'oonsidered themselves
so tar above everybody else in the town and around
it, except, perhaps, Sir Lake Loring and A dmiral
Lyon, wno had done great things m many battles.
They, with their families, they acknowledged to be
a single step higher in degree. Very foolish, was
it not ? And now for the story.
About a mile from Squire Sloman's grand Ancestral
Hall, on the other side of the river, lived
twn maiden ladies, named fl-ranirer. Verv auietlv
their lives went on, in the little nest of a cottage,
all covered with roses and jessamine, and shelterea
by fine old trees. For many years they dwelt alone,
tne town-folk knowing little about them, except
that they eked out their little outcome by making
dainty groups of wax flowers, and various articles
of fancy work, which a certain tradesman sold for
them on commission.
Of course they were greatly overlooked by their
neighbors, who, for all their pains, found little to
gossip about
But one day there was quite a stir at the cottage.
A carriage stopped at the door, and out of at
stepped a gentleman and a little boy. It was said
that the gentle sisters met them at the door, and
before it was shut, embraced them both. This circumstance
made more talk than any thing which
had happened in the town for many a day, and
when tne gentleman went away, leaving tne boy
behind, the little folks loitering by the door, heard
the elderly lady addressed as "Aunty," and the
younger as "Aunt Alice," from which they drew
their own conclusion, as people will you know.^
Well, time went on. and tne little boy grew into
a big one; almost too Dig for his aunts to manage,
it was easy to see. But what a fine fellow he was !
Not a boy in Young's Academy could at all compare
with him, either in point of scholarship or in
physical strength and daring.. I will not say how
comely he was, for it is Character, not looks, that
ought to be foremost in our estimation.
Every body liked Robert Granger but one or two
envious boys, who grudged him his honors, both
in the school and play-ground. Also they wished
he had not so many things they could not get; for
though his aunts were evidenly in reduced circumstances,
he had an uncle in London, who sent him
money and many presents. Especially they envied
Bob and his rifle, which you may be sure was not
given him by his gentle, timid aunts, who trembled
at the sight of it; as well they might, for it was
scarcely the thing for a boy of thirteen to handle.
When he declared his intention to buy a gun
with the money his uncle had given him, Miss
fh~ant,a-r pWw vditilv tried f/> lead his tastes
WlCWI^Vi, ^ X- ? T r~T ?: -----in
atiotBer direction. "You might buy so many
books with it Rob, and a box of colors; you saul
you wanted that, you know."
"But I've set my heart on having the gup,
aunty." he said. And have it he did.
From the time when he ceased to sit at their
knees listening to stories, and conning his childish
lessons, they had never felt such concern for the
boy, as now. ^ ^
"He'll certainly kill himself," said Miss Anna,
' pulling at her netting so vigorously, that the delicate
thread broke. What a pity ! You'll never
be able to hide that knot"
"I'm afraid he will," sighed Miss Alice. "Dear,
dear! To think that we should have the sole care
of such a wilful "
"Aunt Alice! Aunt Alice!" shouted Rob, coming
into the little sitting-room at that moment?
'Tve shot a partridge! see here!"
"A partridge!" exclaimed Miss Ann.
_ "A partridge!" echoed Aunt Alice, in a tone of
dismay.
"Why, what's the matter, aunty?" Rob looked
from one to the other in amazement "It'll
make you a capital supper. Brown gravy and
bread-sauce, you know. Why, Aunty! What?
"Be silent, Robert, and listen to me," said Miss
, Granger, solemnly. Do you know you have been
poaching ?"
"Poaching!"
"Trespassing, then, if you understand that better
?you have been shooting game. Where have you
been, Robert?"
"Out in the meadow, by Squire Slowman's. A
bird flew by. and I shot it; that's all. Why not,
aunty? I aidn't know it was a partridge; but
Tom Trench and Harry White met me, coming
home, and they told me directly they saw it
"Oh, dear! I hope no harm will come of it?
Really Rob, you mutt pay more attention to what
we say. I shall write to London this evening,"
said Miss Granger. "Why you must have got
over the fence which divides the Slowman meadows
from the open fields. What could you have
been thiuking of, not to see the sign?"
"What sign, aunty ?-"
"'All persons* found tresspassing on these
grounds will be prosecuted,' to be sure," she answered,
quite sharply. "I shall send you to your
uncle, if you behave so, Robert. What will Mr.
Young say? You will be summoned to appear before
the magistrate, and I shall have to pay a fine.
I dare say. Then, the disgrace of the thing. Dear!
dear! No doubt you wfll be expelled from the
school."
^ ' ? ' nil TT 1 1 2. J
Itonert s countenance ieu. ne naa not uuuerstood
the matter before. For his aunts to consider
him a poacher, seemed a dreadful thing, to say nothing
of the whole town. He went into the latchen,
laid the bird on the table, put away his gun,
and returned to his aunts, very sober and thoughtful.
"What do they do to trespassers, when they
can't pay^Aunt Alice?" he asked, looking anxious
enough.
' 'Imprison them, sometimes, Robert." Her answer
snowed she was greatly vexed; else she
would have said "Rob," or "Robby."
"And so I've no business- to keep the bird,
aunty?"
"Certainly not."
"What must I do with it then ? Shall I take it
to Squire Slowman, and explain how I came to do
it?"
"Dear me, no, Rob! Don't think of such a
thing." said she, surprised out of her anger.
, "If it isn't mine, I should think I ought to,
aunty. But I don't sec why all the pheasants and
1 partridges should belong to the ricn folks; and
when I m a man, if I am a squire, I wont be as
cross and stingy as squire Slowman ? see if I am.
WTiy, aunt}', I don't think I could go to see him,
even if you'd let me, for the boys say he's a crusty
old curmudgeon, and just as mean "
"Stop, Robert! Never use such language again,"
said Miss Granger, getting up to make the tea.?
"You may tell Jane to lay the cloth."
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0ane was a laitlliui UlU scnaui, nuu uau Jjiunn
up with her mistresses, and who was thoroughly
1 devoted to their interest. Robert was glad of the
, chance to pour his troubles into her sympathizing
ear; so he helped her make the toast, and looked
reflectively into the fire, till all was ready.
After tea, came the evening studies; nut visions
of Squire Slowman towcringabove him, in offended
niajesty, constantly obscured the page, and vague
ideas of the law, against which he had transgressed,
tormented him continually.
The next day, while his Latin class was reciting,
who should enter the school-room but Squire Slowman,
uccompauied by his favorite pointer, who
made as much sensation as his master, in his way.
The Squire looked all around the room; so did he;
and when Mr. Young advanced to meet them, he
uttered a short growl, as much as to say?"How
do you do ?" in nis gruff way.
"I understand, Mr.. Young," said Squire Slowman,
"that one of your boys has been trespassing
on my grounds?partridge shooting. Who carries
a gun ?'
No one spoke for a moment
"May I ask, sir, who told you so?" asked Mr.
Young. "I hardlv think there is a boy in my
school who would ao such a thing." '
The Squire looked at each boy in turn. "That
one, informed me," said he, pointing with his finger
to Harry White, who hung his head, sheepishly,
as he spoke; and I'm determined to make
an example of the fellow, whoever he is."
Now, he did not mean Harry White, but the
trespasser; nevertheless, the tale-bearer winced at
every word?self-convicted of meanness, at least.
"Yes, I shall make an example of the young
poacher. I've had enough of this sort ofthing.?
What name did you say, boy?" he demanded,
looking contemptuously at Harpr.
"Rob Granger," was the hesitating reply. And
what a look of indignation was levelled at him by
every boy in the school, while Robert himself stood
up boldly, and confronted the angry Squire.
"Hey?what? Who are you, sir? ' And he
started back as if in surprise. "It cannot be you,
surely! Who are you, boy ?''
"Robert Glen Granger, sir."
At this, the Squire looked still more surprised;
but he soon resumed his former angry manner, as
Rob said?"I am veiy sorry, sir. I did not intend
to trespass."
"Didn't mean to! That story wont do for me,
sir. I intend to prosecute you. D'ye hear??
prosecute you.'' And then he stood and looked at
poor trembling Rob, whose dark eyes gleamed
proudly, nevertheless, us he said?
"I hope, sir, you don't think I meant to steal."
The Squire thought within himself?"There's
stuff in that boy, whoever he is." He said?
"What business nad you on my grounds, sir??
Didn't you see the sign, put there on purpose to
keep all such young scamps as you out of miscnief?''
'I'm not a scamp, sir." How his eyes flashed,
then I Their look seemed to move the Squire
strangely, for he said, as he turned away?
"There, there! sit down. You may come to the
Hall after school this afternoon; I'll talk to you
then."
"It's as well to frighten him a bit," he remarked
to the master, in alow tone. "The lad looks hon
est enough. Where did he get his middle name!".
Then, without waiting for an answer, he called to
his dog, and went away, saying to himself?"Glen
and Granger. Strange he should have both names.''
When Bob went home from school, he told his
aunts how Sauire Slowman had come to see the
master, what had been said, and all about it. including
the history of Harry's meanness. "Why,
I do believe even Squire Slowman despised him,
said he. "Oh, Aunt Alice! I wish you could go
with me to the Hall."
"I will," she answered, quietly; and Aunt Anna
who had been quite excited by the story, said?
"Do so, Alice. This affair may not end so badly
after all."
When they arrived at the Hall, they were shown
into the library, where, as those were chilly autumn
days, a cheerful fire was burning. On the soft rug
before it, slept the pet yointer, greatly enjoying
his nap, apparently. And well he might; for with
her curly head resting lovingly on his smooth neck,
was a sweet little girl, perhaps five years old. A
prettier picture one need not wish to see. Rob almost
forgot his trouble as he looked, while Aunt
Alice saich softly?"How sweetly she sleeps!'' when
in came the Squire.
"So you're here, are you ? But who's this ? I
beg your pardon, Madam. Did you come with the
boy?"
"JtlOW pome ne is, uu ui a, auuuciii iuuu^u?
Rob, as his aunt introduced hersllf, with some embarrassment.
And then he was so taken up with
the pretty picture by the fire, that he did not notice
how his aunt and the Squire went off to the other
end ot the room, and talked by the deep, oriel window.
He was startled, presently, by hearing his
aunt say, in an agitated voice?"You will forgive
her?forgive them both, now that they are dead,
sir; I know you will!" And still more by the
Squire's answer, uttered in such broken tones?
"She was my favorite child. Poor Kate! Poor
Kate I" And then he turned almost fiercely upon
her?
"Why did you keep it from me? How could
vou dare to keep her son so long in ignorance of
his relationship?"
"You forget, sir," said Aunt Alice, with dignity,
"that it was you who cast her off, and therefore.
disowned her child.''
He was silent, while Rob looked on, eyes dilated,
ears strained, to catch more of these strange
utterances.
"At least, sir, you forgive Robert his unintentional
tresspass on your grounds," said Aunt Alice,
with gentle sarcasm. You see, she was following
up the ground she had gained.
"Madam! Miss Granger 1'
She started in affright at her own boldness.?
"Pardon me, sir! He is my nephew, you know."
"And my grandson. I said he had an honest
face."
Then, just as the lovely child awoke, and turned
upon them her serious blue eyes, opened wide with
astonishment, the Squire called out, in a faltering
voice?"Robert, come here'"
The boy obeyed, looking with sudden confidence
in the face that had softened so strangely.
"Did you hear what we said?"
"Not all of it, sir."
"How much?"
"Nothing that I could understand, sir."
"Do you know who you are?"
"Yes, sir. I'm an orphan; but I have a good
uncle, and two dear, kind aunts."
"And a grandfather, and aunts and cousins in
abundance. Here, Puss! come and kiss your
cousin." said he to the little maiden, who came,
with sny dignity, and offered her cheek. It was
kissed very bashfully indeed by the blushing Rob.
"I've never seen this cousin before, grandpa,"
said the soft, childish voice.
"Butvou'll see him often enough now, I'll warrant.
There! go and tell mamma and the aunties
Grade."
"It's very strange," said Rob, as he felt himself
embraced by the terrible Squire.
"Will you ever trespass again, you youngrogue?"
asked the voice so lately heard in angry threats,
while the memory of the child he haa cast off in
anger and pride, because she dared to cleave to an
honorable love, which he forbade, because he considered
it beneath her, filled his eyes with tears.
Great was the joy of good Aunt Anna when the
two returned, accompanied by the Squire, who,
never having had a son, was so glad to find in his
daughter's child an heir to the broad domain that
has descended to him from a long line of ancestors.
And great was the astonishment of the townsfolk,
as you may amagine. To the proud ladies of
the Hall, it was rather a blow, at first; but they
soon took kindly to their sister's child, and even
condescended to visit the maiden aunts, and were
astonished to find that the Grangers were not so
low a family as they had imagined
Thus, you see, Bob's rifle was a fotfunate possession,
after all: but I would not advise any ol
my young frienas to go and do likewise; for the
results I have attempted to describe, are by no
means in the common run, as Harry White and
Tom French found to their sorrow. They were
discovered climbing the fence of Squire Slowman's
finest apple orchard the very next summer, and only
escaped with a sound thrashing from the gamekeeper,
who let them off for the sake of his young
master, Robert Granger no longer, for he had taken
his grandfather's name.
As for the partridge, I dare say if you visit good
Aunt Alice, who still lives, she will show it to vou.
well preserved in a fine case of mahogany ana
glassSTATE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
York District.
WHEREAS, THOMAS E. HARPER has applied
to me for Letters of Administration,
on all and singular^ the goods and chattels, rights
and credits ot ELEANOR HARPER, late of the
District aforesaid, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased,
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 TWENTY-SECOND
DAY OF FEBRUARY inst., to shew cause, if any,
why the said Administration should not be granted.
Given under my hand and Seal, this 11th day of
February, 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
America. F. C. HARRIS, O. Y. D.
February 14 42 2t
THE BEST TONIC IN USE.
MANUFACTURED BY
Dr, C. F. Panknin,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
January 24 39 ly*
IN EaUITY?YORK DISTRICT.
Joseph J. Watson, vs. Caroline Culp and others.
?Bill for Foreclosure of Mortgage.
THE creditors of W. J. CULP, late of York
District, deceased, are hereby ordered to render
on oath and establish their claims according to
law, before me in my office, on or before the hrst
day of May next, or'be debarred from taking any
benefit unaor the decree of the Court in this cause.
WALTER B. METTS,
($8 40) Commissioner in Equity.
January 17 38 3m
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To persons who make up clubs of ten or
more names, an extra copy of the paper will be
furnished one year, free of charge.
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Will be Inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents
per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents
per square for each subsequent insertion?less than
three months. A square consists of the space occupied
by ten lines of this size type, or one inch.
No advertisement considered less than a square.
Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements,
will ne charged Two Dollars per square
for each insertion.
Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts
will be made on liberal terms?the contract, however,
must in all cases be confined to the immediate
business of the firm or individual contracting.
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as advertisements. Announcements of Marriages
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gratis, and solicited.
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or recommendations of Candidates for offices
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STAMP DTJTIE& ~~
IMPOSED BY ACT OF CONGRESS, TO TAKE
EFFECT, AUGUST 1, 1866.
THE following isan Alphabetical list of the stamp
duties imposed by tne Act of Congress 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 ox
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 more?same as inland
bills of exchange or promissory notes. Drawn
in sets of three or more, for every bill of each set,
where the sum made payable shall not exceed $100,
or the equivalent thereof, in any foreign currency
in which such bills may be expressed, 2 cents; fox
every additional $100, or fractional part-thereof in
excess of $100. 2 cents.
Bills of Exchange, Inland.?Draft or order for tht
payment of any sum of money, not exceeding $100,
otherwise than at sight or on demand, or promissory
notes, except bank notes and checks: or any
memorandum, cneck, receipt, or other printed oi
written evidence of an amount of money to be paic
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, oi
vessel or any part thereof, shall be conveyed to, oi
vested in any other person or persons, when th<
consideration shall not exceed $500, stamp duty 5<
cents; do., when the consideration exceeds $50<
and does not exceed $1,000, $1. Exceeding $1,000
for every additional amount of $500, or fractiona
part thereof, 50 cents. Personal property othei
than ships or vessels, 5 cents.
Bill of Lading.?For goods and merchandise ex
ported to foreign porta, other than charter party
each 10 cents.
Bonds.?Of indemnity?where the money ulti
mately 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 thai
such as may be required in legal proceedings, oi
used in connection with mortgage deeds, and noi
otherwise charged in this schedule, 25 cents.
Certificate?Other than those mentioned, 5 cents
Certificate of damage?And all other documents
t issued by any port-warden or marine surveyor, 21
1 cents.
Certificate of Deposit?For a sum not exceeding
$100, 2 cents; exceeding $100, 5 cents.
Certificate of Profits?In any incorporate compa
ny, 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 par
thereof, 25 cents.
Certificate of Stock?In incorporated company, 2i
cents.
Charter Party?On any letter or memorandum re
iating 10 ine cnarcer 01 any vessel, 11 uie register ei
tonnage does not exceed 150 tons, $1; from 150 to 30
1 tons, $3; from300 to 600 tons, $5; over600 tons, $10
Checks, Drafts or Orders?For any amount on an]
bank, broker or trust company, at sight or on de
mana, 2 cents; for amount exceedingflO on any per
son other than a bank, banker or trust company, a
sight or on demand, 2 cents.
Cigar Lights.?Made in part of wood, wax, glass
1 paper or other materials, in parcels or packages, ]
1 cent; in packages of more than 25 and not more thai
50 lights, 2 cents; for every additional 25 lights, oi
fractional part of that number, 1 cent.
? Contracts.?Contracts, broker's note, or memor
| andum 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 Or ant.?Where the consid
i eration of value does not exceed $500, 50 cents
1 from $500 to $1,000, $1and for every additions
. $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 cents.
Friction Matches?Or lucifer matches made ir
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 cents; where
the rent exceeds $300, for each additional $100, 01
fraction in excess of 300, 50 cents; assignment of s
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, dtc.?For and
upon every can, bottle or other single package,
containg meats, fish, shell-fish, fruits, vegetables,
sauces, syrups, prepared mustard, jams or jellies,
contained therein, packed or sealed, made.prepiared
and sold, or offered for sale, or removed for consumption
in the United States, on or after the 1st
day of October, 1866, when such can, bottle or oth
er 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.?driven 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 odditional $500, or fractional
part thereof, in excess of $500, 50 cents; provided
that upon each and every assignment or transfer ol
a mortgage, policy of insurance, or the renewal or
continuance of any agreement, contractor 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 cents; from $35 to 50, $1; and for every
additional $50, or fractional part thereof, in excess
of $50, $1.
Pawnbroker's Certificate.?For any amount, 5
cents.
Playing Cards? For and upon every pack, not
exceeding 52 cards in number, irrespective of price
or value, 5 cents.
Policy of Insurance.?On any life or lives, where
the amount insured does not exceed$l,000,25 cento;
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 $50,50 cents. Accidental insurance Companies
are exempt.
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,
literary, and cemetetry societies, 10 cents; to sell
or lease real estate, ana perform all other acts not
specified, $1; for any other purposes, 50 cents.
Probate of WiU or Letters of Administration.?
Where the estate does not exceed the value of $2,000,
91; every "additional $1,000, or fractional
part in excess of $2,000, 50 cents.
Protest of Note, Draft, d'c.?or marine protest
Ac., 26 cents.
Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, dtc.?Not over
25 cents, 1 cent; not over 50 cents, 2 cents: not over
75 cents, 3 cents; not over $1, 4 cents. For every
additional 50 cents or fraction thereof, 2 cents.
.Receipt.?Receipts for the payment of any sum
of money, or for the payment of any debt due, exceeding
$20, not being for satisfaction of any mortgage
or judgment, or decree of a court, or endorsement
on any stamp obligation in acknowledgment
of its fulfillment, for eacn receipt, 2 cents. Provided,
that when more than one signature is affixed
to tne same paper, one or more stamps may be affixed
thereto representing the whole amount of
stamps required for such signatures.
Sales.?Or contracts for the sale ofstocks, bonds,
foreign exchange, gold and silver bullion and coin, 4
promissory notes or other securities, when made
by brokers, banks or bankers who pay a special
tax, require stamps equal to 1 cent on every $100.
If there is a fraction over $100, the same to be
stamped at the full rate of $100. When made by a
person, firm or corportion not paying special tax,
for every $100 of value, 5 cents. A memorandum
of sale or contract must be made by the seller to
the buyer upon the sale or contract being made,
and thus stamps affixed thereto.
Writ.?'Writ 50 cents. Where the amount claimed
in a writ, issued by a court not of record, is over
$100,50 cents. Upon every confession of j uagment,
or cognovit, for $100 or over (except in those cases
where the tax for the writ of a commencement of
suit has been paid,) 60 cents. JVrits or other process
on appeals from Justices' courts or othdr 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.
RXRJfPTIONR.
No stamp duty shall be required on powers of
attorney or any other paper relating to application
for boufities, arrearages of pay, or pensions, or to
the receipt thereof from tame to time; or upon
tickets or contracts of insurance when limited to
, injury to persons while traveling; nor on certificates
of the measurement or weight of animals,
wood, coal or other articles, nor on deposit notes
to mutual insurance companies for the insurance
upon which policies subject to stamp duties have
been or are to be issued; nor on any warrant of ati
torney accompanying a bond or note, when such
bond or note shall have affixed thereto the stamp
or stamps denoting the duty required: and when- ,
ever any bond or note shall be secured by a mort- 4
' gage, but one stamp duty shall be required to be
8laced on such papers; nor on any certificate of
le record of a deed or other instrument in writing,
or of the acknowledgment or proof thereof by
attesting witnesses; nor to any Indorsement of a
negotiable instrument,
i Provided that the stamp duty placed thereon
shall be of the highest rate required for said inl
struments, or either of thetn.
Receipts by express companies for the delivery
? of any property for transportation are exempt from
! stamp duty. 1
penalties. |
i Penalty for making, signing or issuing any instrument.
document or paper of any kind wnatsoS
ever, or snail accept, negotiate or pay, or cause to
> be accepted, negotiated or paid, any bill of ex
change, draft or order, or promisory note for the
I payment of money, without the same being
> duly stamped, or denoting the duty hereby im.
posed thereon, $50; and the instrument shall be
deemed invalid and of no effect; or for the count
terfeiting stamps or dies, $1,000, and imprisonment
at hard labor not exceeding five years. For
I 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.
otheb provisions. i
Instruments are not to be recorded unless prop1
erly stamped.
L No instrument is valid for the want of the particular
kinds of stamps designated, provided a le[
gal 8tamp of equal amount (except proprietary
stamps,) is duly affixed.
All official instruments, documents and papers m
issued or used by officers of the United States Gov- 1
' eminent, or by the officers of any State, county or
' other municipal corporation are exempt.
In cases where an adhesive stamp shall be used
1 for denominating any duty imposed by this act,
' the person using or affixing the same shall write
; thereon ihe initials of his name and date upon
[ which the same shall be attached or used, so that
the same may not be again used, undera penalty of
1 $50
Instruments heretofore issued without stamps,
! not be void where stamps are subsequently affix
< ea. f ostage stamps cannot oe usoa as revenue
' stamps. ?
r Any person may present to the commissioner of
" Internal Revenue any instrument, and require
| his opinion whether the same is chargeable with
1 any stamp duty; and if the said commissioner
> shall be oi 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
r not chargeable with stamp dutj? ana every instru*
ment on which said stamp is impressed shall be
\ received in evidence in all courts, notwithsjandJ
ing objections on the ground of such instrument
| being without the proper stamp.
1 The party to whom a document is issued from a f
r 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, meaicines, or proprietary
articles, may furnish private dies, ana are allowed
5 per cent, on all purchases of $500; over
$500, 10 per cent.
CONFEDERATE MONEY.
mHE following table shows the price of gold for
X Confederate currency in Augusta, Ga., at vat
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:
t 1861. Gold Premium. For $1 in Gold. :
> January 1 5 December 15 $ 2100
July 1 - 10 1864.
> October 1 12; January I $ 21 00
October 15 .. 15! January 15. 20 00
- December 1 20iFebru*ry 1 20 00
? December 15 30jj?ebruary 15 2100
[ 1862. March 1 26 00
t January 1 20 March 15 20 00
. January 15 20 April 1 19 00
5 February 1 25 April 15 2100
February 15 40 May 1 20 00
: March 1 50 May 15 18 00
*Marchl5 60 JuneltoJuly 15 18 00
J April 1 75 July 15 to Aug. 15 20 00
* April 15 85 August 15 22 00
7 May 1 90 September 1 20 50 1
" May 15 95jSeptember 15 22 50
* June 1 95 October 1 27 00 |
4 For $1 in Gold. October 15 25 00
June 15 $ 2 00 November 1 26 00
> August 1 2 20 November 15 28 00
1 September 1 2 50 December 1 32 00
' governDer i o w uecemDer id so uu
r 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 February 15 46 00
" June 15 7 50 March 1 55 00
; July 1 8 00 March 15 57 00
1 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
1 November 1 13 00 April 30 1,000 00
> November 15 15 50 May l..t 1,200 00
1 December 1 20 00
' ?Which was the last actual sales of Confederate
1 notes.
VALUE OP CONFEDERATE
? CURRENCY. y
ANNEXED is a table showing the value of "Confederate
currrency" in United States currency
ior the last four years?deputed from the average
' monthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold,
at New York, Richmond and Augusta.
1 As the rate of stamp duty upon documents exe1
cuted during the late war is based upon the value
of the consideration in United States currency, this
1 table will be found very convenient in fixing that
1 value.
1 table showing the relative value of "con1
federate" and u. s. currency forfouryears.
: i
; MONtH. | 1862. 1863. 1864. i 1965.
! Value in Value in Value in Value in
Average for ^?n*cur" Con.eur- Con. cur-Con curmnnth
nt renc? of renc7 of rency ofrency of
month of innfrg; $iintr.S. $linU.S.I$lintr.8.
cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. | cur'cy.
1 January $2.00 $13.50 $26.90
February 2.19 13.79 25.20
March 2.93 14.57 34.90
1 A n.il ! O OO ??
' 0.60 1Z.33
: May 3.87 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
i 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.
I 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 <Sc Wilson, Grover <& Baker, Singer
; <k Co., and Bachelder. AU other cheap machines
, are infringements, and the seller or user are liable
[ to arrest, fine arid imprisonment. Illustrated cir;
culars sent free. Address, or call on SHAW & A
CLARK, at Biddefbrd, Maine, or Chicago, I1L Ai
May 31 6 ly |jfl