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fafttg. J For tie YorfcrtUe Enquirer. * LINKS FROM MEMORY'S CHAIN. How pleasant 'tis in alter years, When Fortune's sport abroad we're driv'n, u Lifeta path to tread, in difFrent spheres, a To feel afresh the pleasures given, v By every in Memory's Chain. ? Our child-home,?thrice sacred spot!? ? Sweet mem'riee, yes, for thee live still; t Thy threah-hold'a pass'd but not forgot, s Nor cease our breasts with joy to fill, fc When we again thy scenes recall. t The innocence of Child-hood's days? The happy hours we then enjov'd? 8 At home, at school, its sports, its plays, That wordly cares had not destroyed, Nor hast'ning ills, had yet bedimm'd. ? Our days of Youth, when spirits free s From all the cares of future life, v But re veil'd yet, in mirthful glee, j Or vieing now in school-boy strife, . s Put to the test each classmate's zeaL t i- t Our dreams of Love when Cupid's darts, Unerring aimed from "silver how," Transfixed, left oty youthful hearts, ? am'rous fill'd with warmth and glow, j. Our school-boy rhymes of plighted love. ? Am ooming years their changes bring, c And passing lime flies swiftly by, i Yet fond oar thoughts to Memory cling, v And from the heart deep comes a sigh, i For happy days of "Auld Lang Syne." * Iffamem |lf partmrnt. j = F SPICED YJNEG^B. g . Here is a New Orleans stoiy, told by one who saw J the parties at the table: 6 Last summer, while residing in New Orleans, a I * youth, who stood five feet eleven and three-quarters in his stockings, and who hailed from some- y where ud the Wabash, was invited by a friend to 13 dine at the same house where I was boarding.? * This was the Hoosier's first visit away from home, and he told his friend, whowasin the produce bu- ~ smeas, and had purchased his cargo of corn, as u they took their seats at the table, that he expected ^ he would show him all the sights in town, as he 8 wanted to let all the folks at "horn" know about it c The servant brought a plate of soup; and observing a gentleman nearlv_opposite put considerable c catsup m his dish, our Hooaer pointed to a bottle s of pepper-sauoe, and asked his neighbor what it 11 was. ^ 0 "HwM/wvd Tnnotror " w?Lq the rpnlv. F "W&, yer'blige afellerbyhandin't 'long." I ? "Cmainly/' was the answer. jj The Hooaer took the bottle, and commenced dosing into his soap; bat as the sauce did not flow a veiy freely, he took out the cork, at the same time v observing to his friend: . J "Kinder close folks yer stoppin' with, to pat such a plaguy little hole m that, to prevent a feller's E takin' much of the stuff. 1! 'spose it comes high, ? don't it?" * Dazing the time he poursd nearly a wine-glass ^ Ml into lis soup; and taking his spoon he dipped * it together with several peppers, and put it * into his mouth. The next instant he spurted the * contents of his spoon across the table into a French j gentleman's bosom, and bawled out : "Water 1 water! Snakes and wild cats, give me ~j some water I I'm all a-fire 1" * "By gar, sair," exclaimed the Frenchman in a P rage, jumping up from the table, "you havespoiledTmy shirt, my vest, sair. Spoil everything, sair! ? By gar, I shall see about this, sair!" In the meantime the Hoosier had seized a pitcher containing water, and taken a tremendous draught Setting down the pitcher, he eyed the , Frenchman for a moment ana then yelled: "Confound yer old shirt I 'Spose I was goin to n bum my in'ards out for you or yer shirt ??yer mean ? cuss I Come down to the boat, and I'll give you onaaf mine." * It was with much difficulty the Hoosier's friend ? could allay the Frenchman's rage, and set matters all straight again. But ever after "spiced vinegar'v ? was a by-word, and sufficient to set a whole table in a roar. " "Too Much Dfeto. Ina small village in New ? England lived an old ohap, who, though very ? wealthy, did not possess a good education, as also a did not bis wife. He purchased much of his house- " hold goods at a dry goods and grocery store in the c< village, and at the end of the year the bill was presented for payment On one occassion in looking a it Aver Via nhaarvad that the word' 'ditto'' occurred P fluently. On reaching home, he said to his 0 "What have you been doing with so much ditto ^ this year?" showing her how it stood on the bill. c "I hiaven't bought any, and what have you been 51 doing with so muoh ?'' y "1 haven't had a bit" she replied. a "You must have haa it" he returned; "for M. J1 always deals honestly by me, and here it is on the ft bill * You can see for yourself." 11 "I don't care if it is; I haven't had any, and M. 0 has cheated you; I always said he would." a "Well, then I must see about it" he replied. 0 So he trudged back to the store. , "Look here, M., what do you mean charging me b with so much ditto ? I haven't had any, ana my 1 wife says she hasn't" ^ J: M. bit his lip and politely explained. ^ When die old gentleman returned home, his ? wife inquired if he had found out about the "ditto." * "Yes," said he; "I have found out that I was a t great fool, and you was a "ditto." 8 , ? , e 6 Nearest The Fike.?During the sitting of a r court in Connecticut, not long ago, on a very cold , evening, a crowd of lawyers had collected round . the open fire that blazed cheerfully on the hearth i in the btr-room, when a traveller entered benumb- 1 ed with cold; but no one moved to give him room * to warm his shins, so he leaned against the wall in ^ the back part of the room. v Presently a smart young limb of the law addresssed him, and the following dialogue took place: , r "You look like a traveller. j, "Well, I suppose I am; I come all the way from j. Wisconsin afoot at any rate." _ fl "From Wisconsin? What a distance to come v on apair of legs !" ,, "Well, I done it anyhow.'' jj "Did you ever pass through hell in any of your travels?" L "Yes, sir. I've been through the outskirts." c "I thought likely. Well, what are the manners 0 and customs ? Some of us would like to know." j. "Oh, you'll find them much the same as in this place. The lawyers sit nearest the fire!" c The Sorter Confederate Soldier.?The s Rutland .(Texas) Express tells the following: c Our friend Charlie White gets off the following v on the "Chubs." As some of our readers may t not know what is meant by "Chubs," we inform <] them that it was the nickname given to Ector's i Brigade. Charlie has drawn a picture of their * camp and guaids, one of whom is quietly seated \ a Inn wifh Ria onn in nlpnnmtr if Whilp , vu ? 1v5 ^ ? r-vv?1 ? - 1 in this condition the officer of the day rode up and t accosted him thus: _ t 'Are you on guard here, sir?' \ Chub?'Well I'm sorter on guard, sir.' j O. D. (somewhat angrily)?'Well I'm sorter officer of the day. sir.' < Chub (sublimely cool)?Well, mister, if you'll 1 wait a minute till I git my gun together, I'll give 1 you a sorter s'lute.' j 0. D. (enraged)?'If you'll wait a minute till I 1 get a guard, r 11 put you in a sorter of a guard- t house.' A Practicable Boy.?In a certain Sabbath ^ school the superintendent made a powerful appeal \ to the scholars to be active and usefiil, and among 1 other things, he told them they should all be lo- j oomdtives?each taking along his train to Heaven. , The next Sabbath, just as school opened in came { one of the best and most zealous boys, with thirteen new scholars behind him, and went up the isle uttering a noise?choo, cnoo, imitative of the en- j gine to the amazement of the superintendent and ( the scholars. # ] "What does that mean ?" asked the astonished ( superintendent. Why," answered the boy, "you said we must , all be locomotives; and here I am with thirteen earn behind." 9ST One of our friends was recently blessed with 1 an addition to his household, which came "like a 1 thief in the night" The next day the happy 1 father took his four-year old boy to the upper room 1 to see his little brother, who was quietly taking his t morning nap with his mouth open. With eyes 1 firmly nxed on the new comer, and with a counte- 1 nance showing trouble within, after a few moments 1 of silence, the elder brother definately exclaimed, J "I should like to know who pulled out that baby's 1 teeth." 1 Igrifttltotal f epartmrnt. From the Booth em Cultivator. < WORK FOR THE MONTH. Look over the directions for last month, an finih tip all work there advised. As the season is dvancing, keep your plows moving at all times rhen the state of the ground permits?breaking up our lands close and deep. The benefits of deep (lowing, especialy on stiff soils, in our hot dry cliaate are incalculable. We do not mean bringing he clay to an extent to the surface, but a thorough ' ub-soiling, so as to enable the rain which falls, to ie fully absorbed?sinking below the surface, to be here retained, instead of running off, and bearing rith it all the surface soil Even thorough suboiling all our corn lands immediately under the ow, which adds but little to the cost of preparaion, will greatly increase the crop. Where a suboil plow is not at hand, a long sharp rooter ranting deeply into the furrow, after the turning or hovel plow, will do very well We have one made nth just the curve of the cutting edge of a Brinly >low?a narrow twister on an iron stock that anwers the purpose admirably. With this preparaionof the land.?with -the oorn dropped so that he hill, when planted, will be a little below the gentoI surface?with such manure as you can get, cattered around or over the hill, and gradually forked in as you "work" your crop, you can hardy fail of a good and bountiful return for your la>or. Recollect: "The best half of the work is lone; when a crop is well planted.'' Before plantagj it is well to soak the seed of corn?in selecting ehich, proper care must be used?in water overlight. In the morning, pour it off, and pour on rater as hot as you can bear your hand, just enough o cover the seed. Add a little tar, and stir all toother, adding more as needed, until, in the proess of stirring, a thin ooat is left on eveiy grain.? ?hen drain on alT the water, and stir in enough of ! ? A- AAfit OTTflriT UHHUir, tUSUCO ur BUpci w wt*v nvij ;rain, and prevent its sticking to the hands. This rill prevent the corn from being pulled by crows, fcc. If dry corn is .floated with tar, it will retard or irevent its coming up. Be sure to plow deep I?then use all the manures tm can get?we care not how you apply it, either 1 inder or over the corn; anywhere, so that the < oots can feed on it most readily, (and it unquesionably decomposes soonest at or near the surface) 1 -and, finally, keep the surface free from weeds, i distantly stirred, and. break no roots in working our crop. Plant your crop so as to avoid late ? prine frosts, and you have, in Lrief, the whole seret or corn growing in this climate. 1 Cotton.?Remember there is a tax still upon < otton, while all other agricultural products, except { agar, are untaxed. It is folly, tnerefore, to run \ aad upon cotton?cultivating that to the exclusion f fooa crops, and then find m autumn, all the net ] irooeeds required to pay bills for corn and meat, i hat should have been produced at home. After 1 he plantation has produced all the forage and pro- ( isions required to sustain it, then make and sell ] 11 the cotton you can. The most successful man re know, of aU the cotton growers of 1866, in c ilanting twenty years, has never bought a pound f bacon. But as market products, if there was t io drawback in taxation, rendering a return of >rofit precarious, there are no crops hke cotton and t ugar. If the weed and seed is returned to the f ou as it should be, if an acre produces a bale of ] 00 pounds, there is only a trine more than 4 lbs. ihosphates and other necessary salts removed from r he soil; while the Northern fanner, who sells rom the same area, a ton of hay, sells over a hun- i [red weight of these nutricious salts. Both sugar nd lint cotton are almost entirely pure carbon, and ] heir constituents are chiefly derived from the atmosphere. If the soil is kept from washing and 1 rich to start with, and all its products, except \ otton, consumed on the farm, and the manure c lade returned to the soil, a very little outlay yearr for commercial manures, will render the planta- c ion richer every year. So of sugar. For cotton, as well as corn, the preparation should J e deep and thorough, and the crop should be ma- j ured as far as possible with compost or commer- f ial manures. The lot manure should, ere this, ave been hauled out and turned under. Bedding rith a turning plow is the best preparation for re- 1 giving the seea. The bed need not be high, unsss where the ground is inclined to be wet. Do t ot be in a hurry to plant, while the ground coninues cold, and on no account plant over half as t luch to the hand as was safe to do in the old time. Plant cotton, but remember that roastiiig ears are < ot to be despised; that a few bushels of wheat at i ome, without sending to Cincinnati to get them, nd then sending to the depot, day after aay to see they have arrived, are a great contribution to ; omfort." Sorghum^or "Chinese^ugar Cane," now ranks r s one of our indispensable crops, and should be r lanted early, largely and everywhere. The price f cane syrup and cane sugar is so high, that sorhum is largely grown in tne Middle and Western Itates?notwithstanding the great variety of other rops?and is found very profitable. Sugar will be o nigh, that sorghum will be a standing crop for ears to come. A crop of syrup-cane and ripe seed, nd after crop of gooa forage, can easily be inade rom the same roots, if the seed is planted very ear/?say a few days after corn. Preparation, plantig, and cultivation precisely the same as corn, exept that the seed must not be covered so deeply, nd the stalks should stand in 3 or 4 foot drills, five r six inches in the drill. Prepare, also, for a large crop of Steed Potatoes y bedding out your seed, manuring heavily, and hrowing up deep, mellow and broad ridges. Poatoes are not half so much grown as they deserve. 10 in for a big crop ! A good manure for this ilant, is cotton seed and a sprinkling of ashes.? ly having the ground manured ana the ridges hrown up you can plant out the "draws" as fast s they grow large enough, taking advantage of very spare hour. No matter how dry the weathx is?a little "grouting" or "puddling" of the oots, or the use of a gill of water for each "draw'' rill insure you a good stand. Sorghum, Cora in the drill, Egyptian and other dillet, Hungarian grass, and all valuable annual, passes or forage plants, should be largely cultiva- . ed this year, so thatour horses, mules, milchcows, i logs, &c., may have an abundance of summer and ( rinter food. Lucern is one of the most profitable crops to rhich a small patch of an acre or two of the best and on the farm can be applied. It can generally >e cut for the first crop about the time this reaches ur readers. Prepare the land deeply, manure ( veil, plant on low beds, just wide enougn to cultiate between, and sow in drills. It takes, we be- ieve, 5 to 7 lbs. per acre, if carefully sown. March . s the best month for sowing. If you have failed to secure a good stand of lover, sowu with w^eat, re-sow the bare places at mce, scattering it upon the surface. It should lave been done last month. , Stock.?During this windy month, take special i are of our cattle, nogs and sheep. Clover, \ ellow , 1 1 T>__1 J 15..? ?.:il ?? 1 plover, joaney auu A^yc, YVUI UC IUUIIU a cicut ic- ^ ource for them and for the teams. For tne latter, :ut Lucern is very acceptable. Feed your teams , veil at this busy season, and see that they get all hat you intend for them. Grind and cut up all iry food ?it will save the animals time and labor j n masticating. Give plenty at night, and in loser quantity, at mid-day and morning. Feed and vater at regular horn s, and let the stables be alvays well littered and properly ventilated. We ( scarcely get more than halt work from plantation 1 earns, from the neglect and abuse they suffer.? * rhey are not regularly fed?they are not sufficiently * ied; what is given out for them t^c drivers steal ' ?they are beaten and kicked unmercifully, when 1 >ut from under the owner's eye, and the only way ' x> prevent it, is to look after all these matters ' yourself. It is as absurd to run a team on short * illowance of food, as a steam engine with half the 1 lecessary fuel. Give to each all they will consume 1 jo advantage. _ ; To secure full efficiency of the teams, see that ! he plows are of the right pattern, and run steadilv tnd smoothly?that they clean themselvelv well, 1 mdifnot the thing, change to something better. For bedding cotton on old smooth land? Stafford's j Jultivator works to a charm. JLt has Deen tested lere, but they require on our stiff soils the land to 1 ie first well broken up, to ensure a sufficient depth. ' See that your plow gear and harness are fitted 1 properly to the animal ? that the collars and back- 1 Dands are snug, and the lines and traces of proper 1 strength. If tne shoulder or back becomes tender, teep a bottle of a strong solution made of alum, lissolved in vinegar, with which bathe at night [f galled, apply dry white lead, and if possible get ' i collar that does not press so hard on the sore. 1 Milking.?Let our farmers remember, that to lave their cows milked indiscriminately by any 1 nember of the family is a loss. Keep a rcgula/ 1 nilker for each cow, or one for all, if not too many. ( Jo not change. Milk as fast as possible. Lxpe- i fence proves this to be the'best way. Talk as lit- 1 :le as possible while milking. Let the cow be per- 1 ectly contented. Milk at regi Jar hours, say twelve < lours between each milking. Then there will be < 10 straining of the bag by over distention. These ( ire points which good dairymen always observe.? Host of all, do not walk your cowsa great distance 1 lor drive them fasl?Ricral World. j ? (j&figiiBfl f tffttg. For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. WILLIE'S LITTLE DAUGHTER. BY J. F. O. Gracious me, the thing is pretty!? Such an eye of blue 1 Clearer than an April heaven, Purer than the dew. Such a precious mouth for kissing? "Rosy cell of sound She's a gem and nothing shorter, Willie's little daughter. Sunny curls, so bright and glossy,?_ Golden in their hue; Such a brow of pearly whiteness, With its veins so blue! Such a cheek, so peachy rosy! Such a classic chin! Wonder where the deuce he caught her?? Willie's little daughter. Hands and feet so very tiny, Budding teeth, so white! Ruddy arms, so sweetly dimpled, Fills me with delight. Prettiest poem ever written,? There's n%match fur her On the land or on the water? Wiilie's little daughter. Benedictions come upon her From the glory land, And her feet be ever guided By a Saviour's hand. Angel bands forever tend her, In her path through life, Till they take her whence they brought her,? Willie a uttie ut&uguter. Igisfellatieous JMiffrsi WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. Cony O'Lanus, the regular contributor to the Brooklyn Eagle, indulges in the following reflections on Washington: Had he continued to reside up to this time at Mount Vernon, he would not be eligible to a seat n Congress. That lovely patriot, Thad. Stevens, would consign him to martjal law and disfranchisement. The soil on which he was born, and on which his x>nes rest, is no longer of the land of the fiee, but jrushed and dismembered: Virginia wears more jailing chains than those which fell from her limbs vhen the last foreign foe yielded at Yorktown. Pennsylvania, where rebellion first disturbed the aeace of the Young Republic, has spawned forth in arch malignant, a lineal descendent of the whisky rioters whom Washington crushed, to riot in he degradation of the State ennobled as the birthjlace of Washington. Of course you We heard of the little dog and the lead lion. What are the glories of the past, compared with he glories of the present? Or the great men of the Revolution, since greater have arisen, who know so much more about government and the fundamental principles of Re)ublicanism. If Washington lived in this generation, he could lot have been a great man. One of the earliest traits of his character was his nability to tell a lie. ^TKof ol/-\r?n ivauM Viotrn riiina^ In a -nnli+ipfll nmfl jects. As a General, he wouldn't have done either. He didn't believe in "marching on the enemy's vorks" sufficiently to have insured his retention irt :ommand of the army of the Potomac. He never expressed an intention of fighting it tut all the summer on any particular line. It took him seven years to crush the British jion; we did up a more extensive business in four 'ears, killed five times as many men, and spent iftv times as much money. I am afraid Washington was slow. Then we don't hear of anybody making fortunes >y army contracts-for beef and shoddy in his day. A Republican administration never could have derated such a commander-in-chief. Then his farewell address would have been fatal o his reputation. The principles he enunciated would have shockid the Radical press, and he would have been delounoed as a Copperhead. Typographical Errors.?A New York letter vriter thus sketches a few typographical errors: One day last year, Mr. (ireeley wrote an editoial entitled "William H. Seward." Imagine his age when it came to him in proof headed "Wiliam the Third!" Yet anybody familiar with this ihirography, if his inky jerks can be so designated, vill readily see, not only how such a mistake could >e made, but how it probably would be. Again he vrote about "three men in buckram," and the irosaic type-setter got it "three men in a back oom." 'And this, notwithstanding the fact that two comjositors of sagacity and experience are hired at ah sxtra sulaiy, because they can read his copy. But jreorge Ripley has been the victim of the grossest mtrages in this line. In one of his book notices, le took the liberty of Quoting from Shakspeare; "Tis true, 'tis pity; and pity tis; 'tis true.' And he wretched bungler got it, '"Tis two, 'tis fifty; tis fifty?'tis fifty-two. ' That is some worse than James F. Babcock's nartiydom, when he wrote "is there no balm in jrilead?" and read, next morning, to his consterlation, "Is there no barn in Gnilford?" Mr. Crawford, a member of Parliament, recently sent o India the message, "the news from America uxors the holders," and it arrived there with the' nformation that "news from America savors of (oldiers!" Progress.?The New York Herald says: "Only look at it In October, 1835, a female inti-slavery society was riotously broken up in Bos :on by a collection 01 conservatives aescnoeu as gentlemen of property and standing and Mr. jarrison, who went to the meeting to deliver an lddress, after attempting to conceal himself in a iarpenter's shop from the fury of the mob, was japtured, and his clothes torn off, and was dragged through the streets with a rope around his leek. And for what? For preaching in Boston emancipation. Cotton, then, was king, even anong the Puritans. Still later in the day, in New Fork, the famous Democratic Empire Club annuilly set apart a contingent fund for the reception of ;he Abolitionist Phillips with a welcome of rotten eggs. Now, mark the change. Garrison is hailed is a public benefactor everywhere. He has had a ubilee in Charleston. He is the object of a fifty housand dollar subscription fund; and as for Philips, if he now becomes comparatively tame in his phillippics, it is because he misses the inspiration )f Capt Kynders and his shower of eggs. Are lot these among the wonders wrought in Israel in hese latter days ? "Who can tell what next is coming ? With the xmntry turned up-side down and inside out. there s no telling what may come to the surface.' Advantages of Latin.?A very good member jf the General Assembly of Rhode Island once moved to translate all the Latin phrases in the statute so that the common people could understand them. The exquisite lolly of such a measure was by no means obvious to the great body of the Assembly. It was as likely to pass as not. A ?ood solid argument against it would probably have jarried it through. The late Mr. Opdike took the ground that it was no advantage to nave the people understand the laws. They were not afraid of if.' ?1-- -L iL/v.t Tf titoo mycuing which nicy uuuciawuu. jlu m?o Latin words that they were afraid of. -'Mr. Speaker, there was a man in South Kingstown about twenty years ago, a perfect nuisance, and nobody knew how to get riu of him. One day he tvas hoeing corn anu he saw the sheriff coming with a paper, and he asked what it was. Now if he bad told him it was a writ, what would he have mred? but he told him it was a capias ad satisfaciendum. and the man dropped his hoe and ran, ind has not been heard of sinoe." Nor has the proposition to translate the Latin words in the statutes. United States District Judge Busteed, performing in Alabama; is softening a little since his late furious fulmination against the rebels," and seems to comprehend better the line between the possible and impossible. He says in a late charge: "The distinction between the duty of allegiance to the laws and respect for the law makers was bappily illustrated in one of the public journals of this city some months since. In a brief editorial n the Times, Mr. Henry St Paul remarked ; Obedience to the laws is a duty; admiration of the aws cannot be compelled.' All that this Court Jaims, or claims to enforce, is this obedience. It larnestly desires the affection of m people for the government and its administrators.'' What Major St Paul said in this extract is very xue, and it is precisely what eveay newspaper in Alabama and the South has said since the war. fading far the ?hilttrru. From the Boy* and Old*'Monthly. ,, THE TIME FOR FISHING. BY V,- B. OOUXDINQ. Boy reader, are you fond of fishing f Then, you , are the boy tor me; for when I was of your age, . forty or fifty years ago, I was fond of it too. The j truth is, I am fond of it yet. and I guess, though , I am not a bit of a Yankee, that, if you and I were | out together with hook ana line, I should catch as bigana as nice a string of fish as any of you. , Do you wish to learn from an old angler's experience how to fish successfully ? Then you must learn to know the right time for fishing, the bait suitable to the fish to he caught, and the mode of using the bait to advantage. By the time this article meets your eyes the winter will have shown signs of breaking, and no 1 doubt some of you have already been thinking of , fioVinn t.oU/, dfinV im fnn onnnr tin /VUA UOU1UK UMAIC* JL*UW MVM *- qv vvv -wv-, . ?? no use; fish will not bite before their time. Wait ' until dogwood blossoms have begun to laugh and show their white teeth with joy at the approach of j warm weather; or what is another sign equally J good, wait until you hear at night, from the ponds , and low grounds, the merry conoert of frogs, .sing- , ing, "Fry bacon! Tea table I I'm glad it's com- , ing! Ain't you? Blood-an-ounsl" This rule, about the time of the year for fishing, , wild hold good whether you live in Maryland or in . Texas, in the mountains or on the seaboard; because the fishing season never begins until the , weather is warm enough for the frogs to sing, and ( the dogwoods to bloom. Remember I say ' 'fishing season, ' for there are waters in which fish may be , caught at any time of the year when you can obtain the proper bait. And now, supposing that the season has set in, , never think of going out to fish if the wind blows hard. Somehow fish don't like windy weather.? ; We cannot tell why, for they are certainly safe in their quiet depths from any shipwreok, or violent disturbance from the wavelets and the surface; , I but so it is^ windy father seems to produce sucn 1 a degree of alarm or discomfort of some sort, that . they will not bite. If the wind is from the east, whether it be much or little, you may as well let your hooks and lines , rest; for. as a general rule, it holds good on the other siae of the Atlantic as well as on this side, that with such a wind you will have poor luck, if i you have any at alL An old time rhyming rule ' worth your remembering, is in these words: "Wind from the east, fish bite least. , Wind from the west, Sib bite best. fVind from the south, bait in fishes month." By which last line, I suppose, is meant that the fish will nibble and let go without taking the bait far enough into their throats to admit of being hooked. ' 'The rhyme for' 'Wind from the north,' has never met my eye or my ear, though old Izaak Walton gives all the others. Loud thjindering, or the heavy pattering ol raui upon the water, will usually make fresh water fish hasten to tlje shelter of some deep hole or dark recess. That the boys upon the banks should seek shelter from rain and thunder is natural enough; J but why should fish? are they afraid of getting ( wet t And yet oftentimes the boy on shore will itand the ram longer than the fish m thp water. i As a general rule you cannot expect to have < mueh luck in fishing if the water it very high from 1 any cause whatever, whether from the tides at sea, 1 from rain, or from the breaking of a dam in an up- J land stream. Fish are timid creatures and all com- < motions disturb them. In freshets the water is so muddy that their gills become clogged with impurities, and (as they breathe through their gills) they no doubt feel as uncomfortable during a freshet as a boy would feel in a sand storm, or in a dense . smoke, when he could not draw a free breath.? And on the seaboard, the high tide^twice every month, at the new and full of the moon, known as Spring tides, enable the fish to penetrate so far into the marshes, and to gorge themselves so abundantly upon the rarities to be obtained only at those times, that they have no appetite for bait at low water. And now having described so fully the times unfavorable for fishing, it is but fair that some description be given of the right time. If you can hit upon a day when the weather is comfortably wann, or comfortably cool, according to the season, and when a light wind from the west brings a succession of ?mall clouds to veil, eveiy once in a while, the bright face of the sun, or to draw a thin veil of efoua over the whole sky, particularly if you can obtain such a day soon after a rain which has slightly raised and slightly muddied the waters in which you are to fish, you may expect good sport; and if the water be good for fishing, and your bait, and tackle, and skill correspond you ought to bring hame a nice basket of fish. The xind of day best suited to the sport has been so prettily described in rhyme (by Dame Heubert, some say, though Sir Humphrey Davy, in his Salmonia, says it is by Cotton), that it is worth recording and remembering: ( "A day with not too bright a beam, A warm but not a scorching sun, .. A gentle breeze to curl the uream, 1 w And, masters, half our work is done."* oftoF all that mow mow hp flftid t.hft OTllv true test of the time to fish. is the actual experiment For every fisherman Itnows that he may go out one day and do well; and he may go the next day, to the same place, and under the same apparent circumstances, and scarcely get a bite. This ' will be, not because the fish have been all caught, ' or all scared away, for he will sometimes be able to see them lazily rolling about, shaking his bait as if in play, or else turning up their shining sides and looking at him, as if laughing at his aisappointment There seems to be something in the water, or the air?something beyond our perception, whether electrical or what not?that effects their appetite. So that although we can oftentimes know from the state of the weather, the water, or the wind, that the fish will not bite, no one can say that they will, until he has made the actual experiment % ' From the Boys and Girls' Monthly. VEGETABLE WONDERS."* 1 Among wonderful trees, the Cocoa-nut tree of Southern India must be mentioned, as one of the : most beautiful and useful nurtured by the fruitful soil of that country. As the traveller sees it, stan- 1 ding singly or in clusters, he greatly admires it or ' rejoices in its shade, as it towers to the height of , forty or even eighty feet , "It throws out no branches; but around the summit of the trunk is clustered a circle of grace- i ful leaves. These leaves about twelve or fifteen in number?are each about fifteen in length. A strong stem forms the centre of the leaf, on each side of which are arranged long, narrow leaflets. Their colour is a glossy green. Their gracefulness when in motion is likened to the waving of vast ostrich plumes. "The older and lower leaves fall off as new ones shoot forth from the summit? of the trunk, each j leaving a ridge to mark where once it grew. The blossoms appear at intervals of a very few weeks; and one may see at once, on the same tree, the flower, the young nut, green and small, ana the ripe fruit ' "Almost every part of the cocoa-nut tree is of . use to the Hindoo. Its trunk he uses for his water-trough, his canoe, or his hut. With, its leaves j he thatches the roof of his cabin, or covers his < floor. He plaits from them mats, fish-bags, and baskets. The long, tough stalk of the leaf serves ' for an oar, or he uses it for fuel. The husk of the ripe nut, when soaked, is separated into fibres, which furnish thread and twines, nets and ropes. The kernel, when ripe, becomes valuable in trade. From it are made many kinds of oil, some of which are used for lights, for cooking, or for anointing the person. The hard shell of the nut may be polished and cut to serve as a cup, ladle or spoon: or it may be used, like the leaf-stalk, for fuel. The sap of the tree, when boiled down gives sugar; when allowed to ferment, it becomes a strong drink called toddy. It is procured by cutting off the end of the stalk on which the flower-bud grows, and attaching to it an earthen jar, into which the liquid distills drop by drop." TVifi lftrorpct flnwer known is the Rafflesia Arnoldi which grows on a vine, in the island of Sumatra. The flower is three feet and a half in diameter, is of sufficient size to hold nine pints, the pistils are as large as cow's horns, and the weight of this j giant blossom is about 15 pounds. I heard a missionary from Africa speak of the parasitic plants of that country, that have immense ' clusters of flowers on them, resembling butterflies | and birds of the most gorgeous and brilliant colors. One of the most curious productions of nature < is the Pitcher Plant, shaped very much like a 1 pitcher; with a lid to it, and of a beautiful, delicate 1 green, intermixed with purple. The lid is closed till the pitcher is full grown, when it opens." The pitcher is nearlv full of a sweet fluid, which allures insects; arouna the rim is a circle of sharp hairs growing downwards, that they can pass etsilv over to enter, but which, when they have gratified their i palate^, and wish to return, keep them securely in I their pretty prisons. * \ You have doubtless heard of that wonderful ] plant, that lives a hundred years before it bleoms, ] and then must wait another century, before it can blossom again. Very differentia another plant, which in a single night, attains the size of a gourd. Then the Microscopic Plants, which cannot be seen by the naked eye, are equally wonderful in their minuteness, and their perfection and beauty of form. Some^pf these grow in the snow, and produce a red color, so that travelers have been astonished to find red snow. The mouldy substance, on damp bodies, under the microscope, appear like forests of trees with branches, leaves, flowers and fruits. Some of the flowers have long transparent stalks, and the buds are like little green balls, which become white as they expand. Even at the bottom of the ocean, growing on Bhells, coral, or anything where a little earth can rest, there are countless varieties of diminutive trees, shrubs and plants, of delicate structure, and pale shades of colour, owing to the weakness of the light, that reaches them at that depth. xhere is a wonderful variety of Mosses too; for there is no spot too sterile for them to flourish.? The bark of trees, and even rocks, afford support to them: the snow-clad plains of the Arctic regions, as well as the fertile soil of the tropics, has its peculiar varieties. The lichens and mosses of Lapland1 furnish food for the inhabitants, as well as their reindeer, and that species of moss called the Golden Maiden Head, is used by t hem for mattresses, and for covering. The leathern craclles of the little. Lapland babies are snugly lined with this moss, the little creatures themselves are wrapped in it, and then oovered with it, so that tlio-n aloan tnrooflTT ar?r1 onailtT in tVioir littln mAOflTT "uvj Qtw|/ onvvujy uuu woujj ui uuvu ui/btv u?vw^ nests. It is wonderful to think of the number and variety of plants in the world. No less than 69,403 different species have been described and classified. But I have told you enough to show that you need not seek far for objects to gratify that taste for the wonderful and marvellous, which we all have more or less. The Omniscient Creator of us, and all things, has placed within our reach countless varieties of His works and wonders, which He himself pronounced to be good. A. R Dickson. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York District. WHEREAS, WM. McGILL has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and iredits of WILLIAM PINK8TON, 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 EIGHTEENTH DAY OF MARCH inst., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Oiven under my hand and Seal, this 4th day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and in the 91st year of the Dependence of the United States of America. F. C. HARRIS, 0. Y. D. March 7 44 2t* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York District. IllilEREAS, S. A. McELWEE has applied to TT me for Lettdts of Administration on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of ELIHU JONES, late of the District aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all rod 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 holdon at York Court House on the 18TH DAY OF MARCH inst., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Oiven under my hand and Seal, this 4th day of March, 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. March 7 45 2t no! i^raa steeet, [Formerly John Ashhurst & Co.,) GEO. C. GOODRICH. ) PHILIP WINEMAN, } SOUTH CAROLINA. JOHN ASHHURST, ) DIRECT IMPORTERS OP DRUGS, MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS, CHARLESTON, a C. November 15 30 6m E. E. 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, vnth Printed Headings when required. The attention of Clerks. Sheriffs, Ordinaries, Commissioners in Equity, Railroad Officials, and all public officers is particularly invited. * A large stock of BtiANK-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 it a very small advance on New York Prices. My business motto is "Promptness, Economy and Substantial Work." E. R. STOKES, Columbia, S. C. November 29,1866. 32 tf ESTABLISHED 1854. Leng-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 untrimmed; RIBBONS, of all descriptions ; Flowers, Feathers, Dress Caps. Nets, Veils of newest designs, Ruches, Laces, Crapes, Silks, Corsets, Skirts, &c. October 4 24 6m m-cr-r? tiret tnntt/i rw ttot? inn final ivuiv m uuui Dr, C. F. Panknin, CHARLESTON, S. C. , January 24 39 ly* IN EQ,UITY?5TORK DISTRICT. Joseph J. Watson, vs. Caroline Culp and others. ?Bill for Foreclosure of Mortgage. rpHE creditors of W. J. CULP, late of York I District, deceased, are hereby ordered to render en oath and establish their claims according to law, before me in my office, on or before the hrst J day of May next, or be debarred from taking any benefit under the decroe of the Court in this cause. WALTER B. METTS. ($8 40) Commissioner In Equity. January 17 38 , 3m $20 REWARD. STOLEN from the Subscriber, near Goudeysville, Union District, on the night of the 22nd of February, instant, a LIGHT SORREL MARE, with black mane and tail, short coupled and heavy built. The above reward will be paid for the delivery of the above MARE, tome, at Goudeysvifle. ERVEN WOOD. * 1 ibe ffltMl* i TERMS?IN ADVANCE i 8PECTE. CUBBKNCT. One Copy, one year,.........# 2 50 3 50 One Copy, Six months, 1 25 2 00 One Copy, Three months,.. 75 1 00 Two Copies, one year, 4 50 6 00 Five Copies, 44 44 8 75 12 50 Ten Copies, 44 44 17 50 25 00 ^*"To persons who make up dabs of ten or j more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free or charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents i per square for each subsequent insertion?less than three months. A square oonsista of the space oo- : cupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch, j No advertisement considered less than a square. Semi-Mdhthlv, Monthly, or Quarterly Adver- ] tisements, will De charged. Two Dollars per square for each insertion. ' < Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly oontracts ] will be made on liberal terms?the contract, how- 1 ever, must in all cases be oonfined to the immedi- 1 ate business of the firm or individual contracting. I Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated i as advertisements. Announcements ofMarriages and Deaths, and notices of a religious character, in- < serted gratis, and solicited. I sar* Personal Communications, when admissa- < bie; Communications of limited or indivual inter- 5 est. or recommendations of Candidates for offices i of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for as ad- < vertisements. < * 1 n/\TTTrrrr*rn ttattotj iTVivin.rns ioon 1 uuuxiiuivauuoa n limanav jcua ioui. ( 111? 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IMPOSED BY ACT OF CONGRESS, TO TAKE EFFECT, AUGUST 1, 1866. FT1HE followingis an Alphabetical list of thestamp J. duties imposed by the 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 or piece of paper on which it is written, 5 cents; appraisements of value or damage, 5 cents. Bill of Exchange, Ftnexgru?urvvrn in, but paya- \ 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 bill of each set, j where the sum made payable shall not exceed $100, , or the equivalent thereof, in any foreign currency . in which such bills may be expressed, 2 cents; for { every additional <100, or fractional part thereof in . excess of $100, 2 cents. Bills of Exchange, Inland.?Draft or order for the ] payment of any su m of money, not exceeding $100, ( otherwise than at sight or on demand, or pro mis- , sory 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 j on demand or at a time designated, for a sum not . exceeding $100, 5 cents; for every additional $100, . or fractional part in excess of $100,5 cents. Bill of Sale.?Bills of sale by which any ship, or ] vessel or any part thereof, shall be conveyed to. or j vested in any other person or persons, when the . consideration shall not exceed $500, stamp duty 50 } cents; do., when the consideration exceeds $600 j and does not exceed $1,000, $1. Exoeeding $1,000. i for every additional amount of $500, or fractional part thereof, 50 cents. Personal property other . than ships or vessels, 5 cents. Bill of Lading.?For goods and merchandise ex- , ported to foreign ports, 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 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. I Certificate?Other than those mentioned, 5 cents. , /v a31o A * J A -.J ~11 ' L/CTxytcute uj iMjmtuyc? auu ?u utuoi uuvuiuouw issued by any port-warden or marine surveyor, 26 , 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 850,10 cents; from $60 to $1,000.25 cents; exceeding $1,000, for every additional $1,000, or fractional part * thereof 25 cents. Certificate of /Stock?In incorporated oompany, 2a ' cents. Charter Party?On any letter or memorandum relating, to the charter of any vessel, if the registered ' tonnage does not exceed loO tons, $1; from 150 to 800 tons, $3; from 300 to 600 tons, $5; over600 tona,:$10. Checks, Drafts or Orders?Foranyaihounton any bank, broker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 2cents; for amountexoeeaing$l0on any person other than a bank, banker or trust oompany, at sight or on demand, 2 cents. Cigar Lights.?Blade in part of wood, wax, glass, paper or other materials, In parcels or packages, 1 cent; in packages of more than 25 and not more than 501ight8, 2 cents: for every additional 25 lights, or fractional part of that number, 1 cent Contracts.?Contracts,'broker's note, or memorandum of sale of any goods or merchandize, stocks, bonds, notes of hand, for each note or memoran- : dum of sale, 10 cents. ] Conveyance or Deed of Or ant.?Where the oohsid- ( eration of value does not exceed $500, 50 cents; ( from $500 to $1,000, $1; and for every additional , $500, or fractional part thereof in excess of $1,000, , 50 cents. ] Entry of Goods.?At custom house, not exceed- \ ing in value $100,25 cents: from $100 to $500,50 cts., < exceeding $500, $1: for the withdrawal of goods < from bonded warehouse, 60 cents. , Friction Matches?Or lucifer matches made in ] part of wood, in packages of 100 or less, 1 cent; j when in parcels or packages containing more than ] 100 and not more than 200, for each parcel or pack- . age, 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, of fraction in excess of 300, 50 oents; assignment of a lease, same stamp as original, and additional stamp : upon the value or consideration of transfer, acoording to the rates oh deeds. (See Conveyance.) , Xfrttoifoaf Jthifmi O/pyirniw.?Of f!anm nfvessels forforeign port, 1 ftonnage does not exceed 300 tons, $1; from 3<X) to 600, |3; exceeding 600, $5. Meats, Fish, Fruits, Sauces, Jellies, dte.?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 seajed, made, prepared and sold, or offered for sale, of removed for consumption in the United States, on or after the 1st day of October, 1866, when such can, bottle or other single package with its contents, shall not ex- ceed 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 .Boruia.?Given as security for the payment of any definite sum, from |100 to " $500. 50 cents; exceeding$500 and not exceeding * $1,000, $1. For every odditional $500, or fractional ^ part thereof in excess of $500, 50 centy; provided 1 that upon each and every assignment or transfer of j a mortgage, policy of insurance, or the renewal or 1 continuance of any agreement, contract or charter, by letter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be requi- * red equal to that imposed on the original instru- 1 ment. J Passage Ticket.?'To a foreign port, if of less price * than $35, 50 cents; from $35 to 50, $1; and for every j additional $50, or fractional part thereof in excess J of $50, $1. Pawnbroker's Certificate.?For any amount, 5 f cents. . t Playing Cards.?For and upon every pack, not 1 exceeding 52 cards in number, irrespective of price J or value, 5 cents. Policy of Insurance.?On any life or lives, where the amount insured does notexceed$l,000,25 cents: * from$1,000 to$5,000,60 cents; exceeding $5,000, $1. Fire and Marine Risks.?Premium not exceeding i $10,10 cents; premium not exceeding $50 25 cents: 1 exceeding $50,50cents. Accidental insurance Com- i panics are exempt. , j Power of Attorney.?To transfer stock, bonds or scrip, to collect dividends, interest or rent, 25 cents; < to vote by proxy, except in charitable, religious, i literary, and cemetetry societies! 10 oentsTto sell i or lease real estate, and perform all other acts not < specified, $1: for any other purposes, 50 cents. < Probate of Witt err Letter$ o/AdmM* cUion.? Where the eat Ate does cot exceed the value of $2,DOO, flffor every additional $1,000, or fractional part in exoess Qi $2,000, 50 cento. . . Protect of Note.- Draft, &c.^-or marine protest Aa, 26 cents. ? . Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, Not over 25 cents, 1 cent; not over 50 cents, 2 cents: not over 75 cents, 3 cents; not over $1, 4 cento. For every additional 50 cento or fraction thereof, 2 cents. Receipt*?Receipts tor the payment of any stiaa of money, or for the payment of any debt due, ea?eeeding $20, not being for satis&ctionof any mortgage or judgment, or decreeof a court, or endorsement on any stamp obligation in acknowledgment of its fulfillment, for each receipt,^ cento. PitrrfcdecL that when more than one signature is affixed ? to the same paper, one or more stamps may be afr fixed thereto representing the whole amount of stamps required for such signatures. Sales.?Or contracts for the sale of stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, goldand silver bullion and coin, promissory notes or other securities, when made A by brokers, banks or bankers who pay s 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, 6 cents. A memorandum of sale or oontract must be made by the seller to the buyer upon the sale or; oontract being mads^ md thus stamps affixed thereto. . ^ Writ.?Writ 50 cents. =fFhere the amount dain*? ad in a writ, issued by a court not of record, is over flOO, 50 cents. Uponeveryoonfoesion ofJudgment, jr ou^uuvii, iwfiw ur utcj ieswpti in uiuw cavw where the tax for the writ of a commencement of juit has been paid,) 60 cents. Writsor other prosees on appeals from justices' courts or other courts inferior jurisdiction to'a court of record. 50 cents. Warrant of distress, when the amount of rant d aimed does not exceed #100, 25 oents; when exseeding |100,50 oents. x > EXEMPTIONS. No stamp duly shall be required on powers of attorney or any other paper relating to application for bounties, arrearages of pay, or pensions, brio he receipt thereof from time to time; or upon tickets or contracts of insurance when limited to injury to persons while travelingrnor on certificates of the measurement or weight of animals; wood, coal or other articles, nor an deposit notes to mutual insurance oompaniee for the insurance upon which policies subject to stamp duties haVfc been or are to be issued; nor on any warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or note, when such bond or note shall hare affixed thereto the stamp ar stamps denoting the duty required; and whan* aver any bond or note shall be secured toy Embvi* . gage, but one stamp duty shall be acquired to be | Blaced on such papers; nor on any certificate# tie record of a deed or other instrument In writing, or of the acknowledgment or proof thereof bf attesting witnesses; nor to any indorsement of s nosouaoie instrument, > Provided that the stamp duty placed the mm shall be of the highest rate required for said In* atrumenta, or either of them. ' r. j Receipts by express companies tor the de Li very of any property for transportation are exempt flram stamp duty. ' PKKALTUBB. X * Penalty for making, signing or issuing any in* atrument. document or paper of any kina whn^pever, or shall acoept, n^otiete oar pay^wr caumla be accepted, negotiated or paid, any bill of exchange, draft or order, or promieory note fbr the payment of money, without the some being duly stomped, or denoting the duty hereby imposed thereon, |50; and the instrument shall be deemed invalid and Cf no effect; or for the counterfeiting stamps or dies, $l/)00, and impcUeoi ment at hard labor not exceeding five years. For making, signing, issuing, accepting or payink toS bill of exchange, draig order or note without stamp, $200. For selling proprietary cosmetics, matches, meats, fish, fruits, sauces, jellies, da, without proper stamps, $60. ?. t OTHXB PROVISIOHS. V Instruments are not to he recorded unless properly stamped. No Instrument is valid for the want of the particular kinds of stamps designated, prorfdeda 1+ ml stamp of equal amount (exeept proprietary stamps, lis duly affixed. > All official instruments, doeuments -and papers ^ issued or used by officers of the United States Gov? 1 eminent, or by the officers of any State, county of other municipal corporation-are exempt. ! In cases where an adhesive stamp shall be Utod for denominating any- duty imposed by this sot, the person using or affixing the same, shall write thereon the Initials of his name and date upon which the same shall be attached or used, so that the same may not bp again used, under a penalty of >80 Instruments heretofore issued without stamps, not be void where stamps are subsequently affix-, sd. Postage stamps cannot be used as revenue stamps. '. Any person may present to the commissioner of internal Revenue any instrument, and reqtilre lis opinion whether the same is chargeable with my stamp duty; and if the said commissioner 'ball be or opinion that it is not chargeable wifo my stamp duty, he is required to impress on it a articular stamp, with words to sigmty timt.it Js lot chargeable with stamp dutyj; ana everytnstfument on Which said stamp is finpfessed shall be received in evidence in all courts, notwifhsfond ing objections on the ground of snob instrument being without the proper stamp. The party to whom a document Is issued Aom a foreign country, or by whom it is used, shall, be fore using the same, affix thereon the stamp or jtampe indicating the duty required. " '' fn,K ' Proprietors of cosmetics, medicines, or ] jfoprifr sary articles, may forniah private dies, and an si* owed 5 per cent, on all purchases or $600; over 1500,10 per cent *' CONFEDERATE MOOT. \ P|XHE following table shows the price of gold for X Confederate currency in Augusta, G*; atfarious times from the breaking oat to the doss of . iie war. The record was kept by a broker Long ^ ioing business in that city: .. ^ 1861. Gold Premium. . .. l&r fl<* Geld. January 1. 5 December 15....:.f 21 00 July ........... 10 1864. 3ctoberl.. .... 12 JSnutfry 1 -..if 21 0 October 15. L6 January 15 20 00 December l.?f 20 February L........ 20 00 December 15........... 80 February 15 2100 | 1862. J March li .....rt 26 00 January ? . 20|Marchl5 MMt* ? ? ?? 20 0B January 15 - 20 April! .19 Q0 February 1 26 April 16? 21 00 February 16........... 40 May 1.... 80 00 March * - 60 May 16......*.....-. It 00 March 16 * 60 June lto July 16 1860 April 1......... 76 July 16to Aug. ltr 2000 AprO.15..- 86 August 16?22 00 May 1 - . ? Se^einber20.60 May 15..... 16 September 15 22? . June 1............. ...... 95 October 1.., 27? ' For |1 in Gold. October 16.... 28 00 June 15...... -I 2 00 November 1 26 00 August 1 2 20 November 16? 28? September 1.......... 2 50 December 1....... 23 00 November 1 3? December 16..'..-. 35 ? 1863. December 31 60 00 February 1 3 10 180& March 1 3 26 January 1....-?... ? 00 March 16 5 00 January IS..?.-. 65 00 May 15 6 00 February I-...? 60 ? T.imu 1 a KJ\ T 1C Ad AA l/ u11v i ............. v wxw1uwj w w June 15 7 60 March 1..- 56 00 Julyl 8 00 March 15 57 00 , July 16 - 10 00 April 1 70 08 U August 1 14 00 April 16 80 00 JM August 15 15 00 April 30........v..,. 100 00 M September 1 14 00 April 28..?....... 200 00 September 15* 14 00 April 27 300 00 1 October 1 ... 13 00 April 28 500 00 J October 15 12 50 April 29 800 00 November 1 13 00 April 30 1,000 00 November 16 15 60 May 1... 1,200 00 December 1 20 OOj * -Which was the last actual sales of Confederate lotee. I . i | VAIiUE OF CONFEDERATE^ i CURRENCY. V a NNEXED is a table shoeing the value of "Con/\ federate currrency" in United States currency for the last four yearn?deputed from the average nonthlyTatesof the respective currencies, in gold, it New YorK, Richmond and Augusta. As the rate of stamp duty upon documents exe- ,i :uted during the late war Is based upon the value )f the consideration In United gtates currency, this able will be found very convenient In fixing that ralue. j "able showing the relative value of "oonrbdhratk" and u. b. cttrbbnqt fob four tears. month. 1862. 1868. 1864.^ 1966. 'i valnn 4r* volim (?% 1- "tv-1- ? 8? 1 V ?MMV AM V ?UUU T "I ?" VUUOill 1 i fr?r Con. cur- Con.cur- Con. oar- Concur- I Z^&rvF rency of rencv ofrency ofreiwV of 1 month of |iinfc\s. IlinU.S, $linU.S.$lintr.S. I crr'cy. cur'cy. cnr'cy. cur'cy. ranuary..... ...?^ |2.00 $13^0 "?55o February 2.19 13.79 25^30 ] tfarch .... 2.93 14.07 34.90 { Vpril 3.23 12^8 ... * vlay _ 3.87 10.66 ' ......... Tune ?... 4.85 8.12 ruly 8.89 7.79 August..... 10.63 .. J&M September.. 12.19 9.71 . 10.56 Ictober 1.95 9.70 12.80 .. November.. 2.29 9.90 12.66 December... 2.28 12.90 18.26 To ascertain the value of a given amount of Confederate currency, divide the number of dollars by he figures in the column opposite the date sought or, and the quotient will be the amount in United hates currency. .. - . . \ - $1,500 PER TSAR!. tl/'K WANT AGENTS everywhere, to sell our I yy ncPBovuD |20 Sewing Machines. Three lew kinds, upper and lower feed. Sent oo trtsL Warranted five years. Above salary or large commissions paid. The only machines sold intbe U. States for less than ?40, which are/wily licensed by * l Howe, Wheeler <2 Wilson, Orover <2 Baker, Singer I 2 Co., and BdeheUkir. All other cheap machines I ire infringements, and the seller or user are liable 1 to arrest, fine and imprisonment. EUustratedclr- J mlara sen\free. Address, or call on SHAW A I CJIiARK; at Biddefbrd, Maine, or Chicago, DL J May 31 6 *7 M ! -j&jM