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? pvtum* grparimtut. .. r :\ a ga8? ofconscience. We have lately heard a capital story connected with a prominent lawyer of our village, who has i distinguished himwlf in the defence of criminals, < as well as in connection with other trials, having1 i frequently, through his skill, aided the most hard- ; ened criminals to escape from justice. Some time ] ago, while our friend was attending court in an ad- I joining county, he was applied to by a singular 1 specimen of humanity charged with grand laroeoy. 1 to defend him. The lawyer very naturally inquired i what crime he was aocused of The party ne ac- 1 cused replied that somebody had been mean enough 1 to charge him with steahng-$150 in bank notes, < and had got him indicted. "Are you guilty ?" asked the lawyer; ] "That's none of your business," replied the ac- i cused. (<They say that makes no difference with < you, whether a man is guilty or not, you will con- ; drive to dig out in some way. So don't talk i any more about guilt till you hear what the juiy j says." i "Well what about the pay?" said the lawyer, i "You just hold on till the trial is over; give L? (the oomplaint) fits on the cross examination, and < that other fellow he has got to back him up, and i you'll have no trouble about the pay." i The trial commenced and proved to be a some- i what protracted and exciting one. The District Attorney proved that the money in question was I iwmnnaed n? two $50 bills on a certain bank, and remainder all in $10 bills, all of which were wrapped in a piece of oil silk. The iuiy, after listening to the counsel in the case, ana receiving the charge of the Judge, retired, and soon returned with a verdict of not guilty. The accused, who was greatly elated with the result of the trial and effort of his counsel, invited the latter into one of the vacant jury rooms. As soon as they were alone he dapped his counsel on the shoulder, and exclaimed : "Free as water, ain't 1 ? What's the use of trying a man for stealing when you're around ? Now I suppose you want pay ?" "Yes: nave you got anything to pay with?" said the lawyer. "Lend me your knife and we'll see about that" The lawyer, slightly startled at such a proposition, rather reluctantly complied. The accused immediately oommenced ripping and cutting away at the waistband of his pantaloons, and soon produced the roll of bills for the stealing of which he had just been tried, wrapped up in the identical pieoe of ml silk described by the witnesses for the prosecution, and throwing it down on the table before the astonished lawyer, exclaimed: "There, take your pay out of that; I guess there is enough to pay you tolerably well. Why, you villian! you stole that money after all," said the lawyer. "Do yon expect I can take any of that money?" Stole that money I Why, what are you talking about? Didn't them twelve men up stairs there just say I didn't steal it? What's the use of you trying to raise a question of conscience after twelve respectable men have given their opinion on the subject ? Take your pay out of that and ask no questions. Don't be modest in taking I got it easy enough, and you have worked hard enough for it." Our informant did not state how much the lawyer took, but we presume the chap didn't have ? 1*^ V>nJ KlC mucn Ciiauge ieit aiver unr incuu uw naujuvu . "conscience^' in the premises. < SERMON TO NEGRO SINNERS. The West Alabamian reports the following sermon of a colored preacher, who rejoices in the title of Major: "And now, my dear, dying and remortal bredern and cistern, lem me say dare is great trouble now in dis land?and you say what am it ? 0! my dear young gemmen and my dear young cistern, and my dear christian friends, dar am trouble for you and me, and de Lord only knows how it am to end. What am dat trouble, Mjy ? Why don't you tell dis dear remortal congregrashun?ah?what dat trouble is ?ah? Well, I tell you?ah?my young friends and my Old friends?ah?of dis big trouble which am on the land?ah. We are now differently situated from what we was a year ago?ah.? Every black man and woman must, take care of demselves?ah. No plaoe to keep your old bald heads from the rain?ah?and when de winter comes, cistern, no where to cover de little ones from de storm?ah. Some of you got sorter homes now, but no telin how long you gwme to stay dar? ah. Oh! de little ones hah lied in the cold, in some plaoe, for want ob a piece of corn bread?ah. Dis am part ob de trouble?ah. But den dar is ( dat fine young lady?no missus to tell her to do right?she go hire herself out, away from her folks ana her mammy?ah. How many snares dar am to lead her away from de r af of recitudes; and so de poor fools wander round from piller to pos, and j from pos to possess?ah?and if you don't mind, de f debbii git your neberlastin, neber-dying souls?ah. ( And dare is dat fine young nigger man, lofin' about, ( doin' nofin', pitchin waits on Sunday, breakin' de j holy Sabbath day?ah?piiehin' waits jest becase j you seed de white folks pitchin' dollars afore de j grocery?ah. Yes, I knoae a white man to pitch ( dollars till he got so poor he had to borrow a dol- < for to pitch, ami den he run out ob credit dat way; , and he hab to come down to old hoss shoes. Take ] care, young nigger, de old debbii is no spector of < pussons?he'd as soon hab you as a white man? < wkn moL-os ?a crnntl a fire in hell as the bisreest. fat- < test white man in the land?a?!" i 1 Good for Forty Tunis.?The Shelby (Ind.) Courier says: Organs in the churches have become very fashionable of late. In almost every 1 ?church you go into you will find one of these in- i struments. A friend of ours, who lives in a neigh- ] boring village, related to us yesterday an amusing ; incident which oocured in their church. < He said, to be in fashion, they must have an or- < gan. The congregation could not afford to pay an i organist, so they got a self-acting organ, a compact ] instrument, well suited to the purpose, and con- i structed to play forty tunes. The sexton had instructions how to set it going, and to stop it; but, unfortunately, he forgot the ( latter part of his business: and, aner singing the ; first four verses of a hymn before the sermon, the organ could not be stopped, and continued play- ' ing two verses more; then, just as the clergyman completed the words "let us pray," the organ again olicked and started another tune. The sexton and others continued their exertions ' to find the spring, but no one could put a stop to it; so they got four of the stoutest men in the church to shoulder the perverse instrument, and they carried it down the aisle of the church, playing away, into the church-yard, where it continued clicking and playing away until the forty tunes were finished. Repartee.?Surplice vs. Wig.?'The following is told of the late venerable Bisnop Moore.^ ] He was dining on one occasion witn a ceieoratea lawyer of this city,.when a country attorney, who was one of the guests, thought proper to treat the company to an anecdote. He said that on one occasion, after fording a river, he saw a man sitting on the bank fishing. He asked him what he was fishing for; he replied,' 'The devil, but that he had failed to get a bite at first because he had baited his hook with a lawyer; but as soon as he had baited it with a clergyman he was successful."? Bishop Moore remarked that he was reminded of an anecdote he heard told by the celebrated Dr. Olark, of Richmond. The doctor having been called to attend a brother physician, and a fee being offered him, the doctbr replied, "No; that would be dog eat dogand upon this principle it would have been aevil eat devil, had the devil snapped at the lawyer. We were very much amused by the following incident related to us by one of Uncle Sam's officials: While the troops were in Nashville, a little fellow frequently passed headquarters enquiring whether any one desired his services to sharpen knives. The bov was poorly clad, and seemingly very ignorant One morning when he stopped as usual, Col. B? of ? regiment, who prided himself no littie on his literary attainments and sharpness of speech, asked the boy "if he thought he could sharpen wits ?'' The juvenile eyed the elegant uniform an instant and replied, "yes, for them what's got any, but I never thinks of bringing my sharpner round here!" Old Doctor A. was a quack, and a very ig norant one. On one occasion he was called by to attend a council of physicians in a critical case. After considerable discussion, the opinion was expressed by one that the patient was convalescent. When it came to Doctor A.'s turn to speak? "Convalescent /" said he; "why, that's nothing serious: J have cured convalescence in twenty-four hours! W&* A young lady is charged with having said that if a cart wheel has nine fellers, it's a pity a pretty girl like her can't have one. '* ^ ? THE THRIFTY FARMERS. A thrifty farmer is never idle. He has taken up farming as a business, and spares no means nor merges to become proficient and suooessful there- , in. He clings to it with that tenacity of purpose ] which is necessary to the success of any enterprise. ( His farm bears the marks of his labor^ and direction. His fruit trees are of the best varieties, care fully selected and properly planted in the most fa- j rorable localities, with an abundance of young and thrifty ones under way. His animals are of the j latest and most approved character, anAstored a- ] way in winter in a dry building; fences are in ex- ] jellent repair, his gates open at a touch of the ] hand; his stables are warm and the roofs water- j proof; the liquid manure does not run to waste; , and wherever you turn your eyejLyou see the evi- , ience of supervisory care. The spring_ and fall J whitewashing has been attended to, the tin spout- j ings painted; and there are no piles of rubbish to , be seen, nor putrid slop puddles; even the obnoxious weeds have been cut down in the fence'cor- , tiers. ( If you enter the tool house you find a place for f 2 very thing and every thing in its place. The tools , ire in good order, sharp and clean and the handles ! ind woodwork painted, if that is necessary to their ; preservation. On the shelves are gathered the ( 'odds and ends" which so save a bill at, or a trip , ?the blacksmith and wheelwright 1 "r ^ 1- *1 1 in me aweuing mouse tuc same wuc UM.. , less may be observed; as a thrifty farmer will have : i thrifty wife, almost as a conseauence. .There j may be no pretensions to elegance, but he has eviry claim to comfort There are maps and pictures in the walls, and books on the shelves ana tables. Perhaps a piano may be found in the parlor, if his means will afford it, or the musical taste of his laughters demand it If you enter into conversation with such a farmer, you will be surprised to find him so well read, so familiar with transpiring events, so rich in knowledge derive&frpm his own observations and experiences. He nrows that the cable has been laid, and can explain it, and other electrical phelomena; he knows that Maximilian is packing up lis bundle^ and is familiar with the Monroe ~doc;rine ; he is aware that Nebraska is asking for admission as a State, and can point to the obiectionaile feature in her constitution, or speak unaerstandmgly of the suggested amendments to the National Constitution. He can give you new ideas on poitical economy, and talk entertainingly about color lir and light, the susoeptibility of plants, and cu ious insect life, &c., &c. On the subject of agriculture you find him esjecially "at home." He has grappled it as a sci:nce, and with the earnest force of earnest men.? He knows all about rotating crops and the chemical components of the various manures and phosphates. He is aware that granitic and sihcious neks form a barren and hard soil, argilaceous rocks stiff clay, and calcerous rocks a fertile soiL He inderstands that the great desiderata in agricul;ure is to render wet lands dry, and to supply dry ands with sufficient moisture; to make adhesive sails loose, and loose soils sufficiently adhesive. While he exercises a rigid economy, it is in the 'wasted and leaks," and not in the direction affecdng the social and intellectual interests of himself ind household. He subscribes for an agricultural md news journal for his own benefit, and for some J iteraiy magazine for the benefit of his wife and j laughters. He sends his children to school; he ' ittends and contributes to the State and County 1 Fairs; and in every way, is a liberal, conscientious ' lseful citizen. ' 1 This is not an overdrawn picture; there are -housands of such men in the world, and the world 1 s all the better for them. The neighbor of the < ;hrifty fanner we have described, may seem to < hrive better and to be growing richer. He takes < io journals and makes no excursions: he is igno- 1 ant of what is going on about him, beyond the < ocal gossip he learns at the store or mill He < vears his clothes to the last thread, keeps his chilIren in ignorance, makes his wife icork in the field, i tnd oppresses his domestics. But he is not so ? lappy as the other, so useful in the world nor so < lighly esteemed. F. H. STAUFFER. 1 Mount Joy, Pa. _ j Remarks.?Our correspondent tells some plain i xuths; and it is astonishing to see the difference 1 letween thrifty and unthrifty farmers. The latter ead no agricultural papers, they know enough, in 1 :heir own estimation, and consider it folly to pay fcl 50 or $2 for a good rural paper, while they lose 1 hundreds of dollars yearly, in consequence of not < aeing "posted" in the agricultural improyements if the age.?Ed. Rural American. From the Telegraph. A WORD "ON CORN. A new era is opening to the South, and it is 1 feared that our planters are about to pursue the j micidal policy of 1866, which has brought the ] iountry to starvation's door. We made a little jotton last year, and the greater part of it goes to j juy bread and meat for this. Not only does the ] noney made during the year sift through our hands j nto the great corn and bacon mill, but the poor all >ver the land are brought to want, and in many i ;ases death. A large crop of cotton with a good ] price and no food, is a bad policy for any people, j It is true cotton is to be made to enable the plant- ] jrs to pay the wages of their freedmen, but let the ' :rop be confined to that and the necessary outside i expenditures of the family. Do this and devote i ill remaining labor to the production of grain, and he country will at least be safe, if not prosperous ?and safety is what our people should aim at now. i We agree with a cotemporary, that there is litJe to be added to the article which we copy below from a late number of the Natchez Courier. It tias the merit of being both humorous and true: md yet, if we reflect upon it, the moral is a saa me. The South, with her inexhaustible soil and ibundance of labor, does not produce food enough to feed'her population. It is useless to talk about political or any other independence until she does that: MAKE CORN. Will the South ever learn anything ? A French cynic upon the restoration of the Dourbons, remarked: "They have nothing." Shallwe be subject to the same sarcasm ? What can we do without corn? In the old times iust before the great crash of '3C-37, when everybody.was run mad on the subject of cotton, just as we are now, a team?a poor lean mule team?was staggering up Main street under a heavy load. The owner in a sort of apologetic way, remarked to a knot of friends, "Upon my word, I wish I did know what would fatten my mules. I've tried nux vomica and assatbetida, and every sort of thing, and it don't seem to do a particle of good.'' 'THd you ever try corn ?'' quietly asked the Diogenes of the party. "If not, perhaps you had better try it" We would warn the people to make corn. Lessees don't seem to care about it; they come to suck out the substance, and then like wild geese, emigrate north with their claws lull. See to it, you lessors: make it a sine qua non that your lessees shall raise corn. Your countiy demands it A full corn crib is better than a full crib of any other kind. Chickens, mules, darkies, and every living thing rejoice in it. Who have been the most successful planters in the old times? The man of corn. We are astonished to hear sensible men advising people to make cotton to buy corn with. Even the old Indians have got drunk, We know some large? plantations that havn't got enough shucks to make norse collars. Of course the owners of such places "ain't worth shucks." The startling announcement was made in town yesterday, that there wasn't a sack of corn in town. Are we to have a famine ? It seems so. If we bow down to cotton and worship it, and neglect corn, we are bound to end in a famine. Would that some Joseph could give us a lecture on the subject! He is the only statesman, of whom we ever heard, who got cornediu the right way. Look at your situation. You are now, in military parlance, in a "culdu sac," made of gunny sacks.? You have got to borrow the money to buy the corn; you've got to feed the mules to haul the corn ; you've got to pay the driver to drive the mules to haul the corn; you have to grease the wagon, etc., and you can run on in the style of the "cow with the crumply horn," and pile up the disasters that spring from empty com cribs. Don't be satisfied with ordinary crops. Because we'll have to begin to suck roasting ears before the moustache is oft of them. Let all the editors in our land raise the com song, and let the people join the chorus, "raise com!" Let us do it quick, before Uncle Sam has a chance to tax. It is the only thing that isn't stamped?that's one consolation. It is time for us to speak out and warn the people, plant com! May God bless us next season with a cornucopia of corn! A writer in the American Stock Journal says that costiveness and its accompanying evils are the main cause of sows destroying their young, and that green and other proper food are the preventitive and cure. Reading fur the ^bildrert. From the (Richmond) Boys and Girls' Monthly. THE WOODPECKER. This is a bird which we all know very well, and a pretty fellow he is. He belongs to the Pie family?a lively, chattering set, not valued by us, because he neither delights the ear with music, nor pleases the palate by the delicacy of his flesh. The ttook. Raven, Crow and Magpie, are all first cousins of Mr. Woodpecker, and though they are larger and more solemn in their demeanor, for the most part, than our little red headed friend, I believe he is the most worthy of honor on account of (lis industrious habits. In the very long, still summer days, when the sun is hot, and all other birds have sought shady spots to nap in, you will hear the busy woodpecker hammering at the trunk of some tree ; for this is the way he picks up his honest living. He feeds on the insects whicn he finds in the bark, and thus vou see the tree is benefitted boo, by the removal of what would injure it. Johnny B. came to see us the other day, and what must he do but go hunting with a famous aid shot gun of ours. I must say I felt very sorrv to see Johnny set out for the woods. It was such i bright, lovely day. I knew all innocent creatures ibroaa were rejoicing in the hapnv life which the Father gives them. Johnny saia he wanted to kill some squirrels for dinner. I didn't think that we needed any such thing, and unless we do need them for our comfort and eryoyment, why wantonly destroy any innocent, happy creature in the universe. DUt WIS IS not a IKJpuiur uuuu iuuaiiiuug uv/d ttxi 1/ bave just learned to shoot, so 1 said but little to dissuade my friend Johnny. Off he went, nor did be return for two hours, and then, where were the squirrels? "Oh!" said Johnny in reply to this juestion, looking rather annoyed, "they wouldn't stand; but I've brought in a woodpecker. ' "Well, dr, if you want that for your dinner, you may have t all to yourself, but I think you will find it pretty ?ugh, for that poor little bird was a hard worker. Let us look at it and learn something, since you've rilled it What beautiful red feathers adorn his lead, and how neat his dark coat looks. Notice ;he short, stout legs; two toes stand backwards and ;wo forwards, because, vou know, he has to climb Tees, and hold on tight while at work. Look I vhat a long, hard beak.' Open it, and there is the sharp tongue, with a horny end; the sides notched, ind it feels sticky if you put your finger on it" Dear children, do you see the design, the meanng of this ? Isn't it a nice little trap for catching nsects ? Having pecked at the tree with his beak, ind bored with his sharp tongue, until he has made i deep hole, the little fellow darts this long, hard, ough sticky tongue down to the very bottom, ana f there's anything to be found, he is sure to get it ! The woodpecker is veiy fond of ants, ana will ook about upon the ground for their nests. A jentleman was telling my father the other day, of i very cute little trick, which a woodpecker played iff on a colony of ants. He said this was witnessid by a friend of his, who, while riding along one lay, noticed what he thought a dead woodpecker . ying on the roadside; its mouth was wide open, ind its tongue hanging out Presently thiB dead lird quickly drew in his tongue and snapped his jeak together. The gentleman watched him for some time,, until he spread his wings and flew avay; then, getting off nis horse, the witness of this ngenious trick, says he found that the bird had placed itself by a nest of ants, and, pretending to :>e dead, let them crawl into its mouth, when it vould eat them up. May be the poor ants were ;hemselves expecting to have a nice feast, but they vere altogether mistaken. In all parts of the world, woodpeckers abound, with just such changes in their dress and manner if living as will suit their different situations. In )ur country, they bore large holes in tne trunks 01 irees for nests: they lay four or five little round ivhite eggs, ana not a bit of moss or anything soft ind warm do the little ones find when they come )ut of their sheila Now in Brazil the forests abound with monkeys, md monkeys are famous for robbing birds' nests. 3o, you see, it wouldn't be safe for our little friend :o keep house in this unprotected way; so, guided 5y that instinct which the wise and careful Maker ?ives it, it weaves a nice little nest of moss and hangs t lightly from some slender twig, where a monkey ivould not be apt to vcnture.( Is it not beautiful, dear children, to see how God fvatches over and provides for ad his creatures ? Not a sparrow falleth to the ground without the knowledge of our Father in heaven. If He takes jare of the birds, will He forget us ? No, never. D. From the Boys and Girls' Monthly. THE FISH-HAWK SEIZING ITS PREY. Dr. Livingstone, the African traveler, in his xiok of travels, gives the following account of the ish-hawk, and of his manner of obtaining his food:? "The fish-hawk, with white head and neck, and reddish chocolate-ooloured body, may also frequent* ly be seen perched on the trees; and fish are often found deaa. which have fallen victims to its talons. "This fisn hawk generally kills more prey than it can devour. It eats a portion of the back of the 5sh, and leaves the rest for the Bartose, who often had a race across the river when they saw an abandoned morsel lying on the opposite sandbanks. The hawk is, however, not always so generous; for, as I myself was a witness, on the Zouga, it sometimes plunders the purse of the pelican. "Soaring Over head, and seeing this large, stupid bird fishing beneath, it watches till a fine fish is safe in the pelican's pouch ] then descending, not very quickly, but witn considerable noise of wing, the pelican looks up to see what is the matter, ana, as the hawk comes near, he supposes that he is abouttobe killed, and roars out 'murder!' The opening of his mouth enables the hawk to whisk tne fish out of the pouch; upon which the pelican does not fly away, nut commences fishin j again, the fright having probably made him forget he ever iiau uii^ iuiiig iu mo puioc. WSF Do all in your power to teach your children self-government. If a child is passionate, teach him, by gentle and patient means, to curb his temEer. If he is greedy, cultivate liberality in him.? P he is selfish, promote generosity, If he is sulky, charm him out of it, by encouraging frank gooa humor. If he is indolent, accustom him to exertion, and train him so as to perform even onerous duties with alacrity. If pride comes in to make his obedience reluctant, subdue him, either by counsel or discipline. In short, give your children the habit of overcoming their besetting sins. B&* I would inscribe on the curtains of your bed, and the walls of your chamber, "If you do not rise early you can make progress in nothing, if you do not set apart your hours of reading, if you suffer yourself or any one else to break in upon them, vour days will slip through your hands unprofitable and frivolous, and unenjoyed by yourseli." Lord Chatham. The Greatest Trial.?A father had a lovely boy who went out to swim and was brought home drowned. It almost broke the heart of the mother. But 'he father said he could bear that, because it was sent a the providence of God ; but he could not bear to see another son, who had learned to smoke and drink, go to a drunkard's grave. That would be a greater trial. One day the doctor called and lanced Jamie's finger, which be had cut some time before, and which had become very sore. After the operation, Henry was heard talking to himself, as he sat thinking on the door-step. "Jamie cut his finger and tiinrlA if snrf. and the doctor cut it to make it well. That's funny." BSrWlien Drexelius was asked by his friend Frustinus, how he could do so much as he had done, he answered: ''The year has three hundred and sixty-five days, eight thousand four hundred and sixty hours; in so many hours great things may be done; the slow tortoise made a long journey by losing no time."?Home. If the spring put forth no blossoms, in the summer there will he no beauty, and in the autumn no fruit; so, if youth be trifled away without improvement, riper years will be contemptible, and old age miserable. | ? JST If you cannot relieve do not arieve the poor. Give them soft words if nothing else. Put yourself in the place of every poor man and deal with him as you would God should deal with you. John Wesley. "A little boy, whose father had been taken from him. said, at the close of his evening prayer, 'Good night, papa!' and, looking up into his mother's face, gave this sweet explanation: "Papa is with God, j*ou know; and God will tell him." A Good Test.?"The secret you dare not tell your mother is a dangerous secret?one thrit will be likely to bring you sorrow." / f J fUading. " COME DOWN, FATHER. Oh, father, dear rather, come down with the stamps, My dressmaker's bill is unpaid; She said she would send it right home from the shop, As soon as the flounces were made. My new dress from Stewart's is down in the hall? The bov will not leave without pay? I've nothing to sport with?can't go to the ball Come down! come down! come down I Please, fether; dear father, come down! Oh, hear the sweet voice of the child, Who cries in her room all alone; Oh, who ooold resist her most pitiful tears? So father, with stamps you'll come down. Oh, father, dear father, come down with the stamps, My curls are not fit to be seen; The hair-dresser said he would not do them up, __Unles81 could pay him fifteen. lie only asked twenty to given new set, And take the old i?exchange; Besides, pa, my waterfall's awfully rough, And so my back hair will look strange. Come down J come down! come down! Please, father, for Braiteau, come down! Oh, hear the sweet voice of the child, Ac. Oh, father, dear father, oome down with the stamps, The carriage is waiting below? Ristori is playing, the seats are engaged, And I want to make a good show? My gloves have been cleaned, my cloak has been But Charlie won't take me again Unless my "Queen Emma" is trimmed with a bird, And I have a new cable chain. Come down! o6ti*e down! come down! Please, father, dear father, come down! Oh, hoar the sweet voice of the child, Ac. Oh, father, dear father, come down with the stamps. The words sounded weepingly sweetHe looked down from the hall way right up the wide stairs. And saw their dear little feet. A very large towel her shoulders encased, Her pretty white hose just put on, Without any "tilter " and standing unlaced, She watched till the shop boy was gone. He's gone! he's gone I he's gone! She cried, as her father "came down." Oh, hear the sweet voice of the child, Ac. THE BIBLE. Who composed the following description of the Bible we may never know. It was found in Westminister Abbey, nameless and dateless: A nation would be truly happy if it were gov ' h? il*AOA tViia Kloaan/1 enieu uy uu uwlici iano luau uiuoo vi mna vivmuvu book. It is so complete a system that nothing can be added to it It contains everything needful to be known or done. It affords a copy for a king, and a rule for a subject It gives instruction to a senate, authority and direction to a magistrate. It cautions a witness, reauires an impartial verdict of a jury, and furnishes the judge with his sentence. It sets the husband as lord of the household, and wife as mistress of the table?tells him how to rule, and her how to manage. It entails honor to parents, and enjoins obedience to children. It prescribes and limits the way of the sovereign, the rule of the ruler, and the authority of the master?commands the subjects to honor, and the servants to obey, and promises the blessing and protection of the Almighty to all that walk by its rules. It gives directions for weddings and burials. It promises food and raiment, and limits the use of both. It points out a faithful and eternal guardian to the departing husband and father?tells hhn with whom to leave his fatherless children, and in whom his widow is to trust?and promises a father to the former, and a husband to tne latter. It teaches a man to set his house in order, and how to make his will; it appoints a dowry for his wife, and entails the right of the first born and shows how the younger branches shall be left. It defends the right of all, and reveals vengeance to every defaulter, over-reacher and oppressor. It is the first boojc," the best book and the oldest book in the wbrNT . ; It contains the choicest matter?gives the best instruction?affords the greatest pleasures and satisfaction that were ever enjoyed. I It contains the best laws, and most profound mysteries that were ever ^penned?it brings the best of comforts to the inquiring and disconsolate. It exhibits life and immortality from everlasting, and shows the way to glory. It is a brief recital of all that ie to come. It settles all matters in debate, resolves all doubts, and eases the mind and conscience of all their scruples. \ ! It reveals the only living and true God, and shows the way to him, and sets aside all other gods, and describes the vanity of them, and all that trust in such; in short, it is a book of laws, to show right and wrong; a book of wisdom, that condemns all folly and makes the foolish wise; a book of truth, that detects all lies and confutes all errors; and a book of life, that shows the way from everlasting death. It is the most compendious book in the world? the most authentic and the most entertaining history that ever was published. it contains the most ancient antiquities, strange events, wonderful occurrences, heroic deeds, unparalleled wars. - * ' i?i?-* x L_:_i ?J It descriDes me ceiestiai. ujrrcsuitu, aim imuuiu worlds, and the origin of tne angelic myriads, human tribes, and devilish legions. It will instruct the accomplished mechanic and the most profound artist It teaches the best rhetorician, and exercises every power of the most skillful arithmeticians, puzzles the wisest anatomists, and exercises the wisest critic. It is the best covenant that ever was agreed on ; the best deed that was ever sealed; the best evidence that ever was produced; the best will that ever was signed. To understand it, is to be wise indeed; to be ignorant of it, is to be destitute of wisdom. It is the king's best copy, the magistrate's best rule, the housewife's best guide, the servant's best directory, and the young man's best companion; it is the schoolboy's spelling book, and the learned man's masterpiece. It contains a choice grammar for a novice, and a profound mystery for a sage. It is the ignorant man's dictionary, and the wise man's directory. It affords knowledge of witty inventions for the humorous, and dark sayings for the grave, and is its own interpreter. It encourages the wise, the warrior, the swift, the overcomer; and promises an eternal reward to the excellent, tne conqueror, the winner, and the prevalent And that which crowns all is, that the author is without partiality, and without hypocrisy? ^ "In whom there is no variableness or shadow of turning." The Number Seven.?On the seventh day of the seventh month a holy observance was obtained to the children of Israel, who feasted seven days and remained seven days in tents. The seventh year was directed to be a Sabbath of rest to the land; and at the end of seven times seven years commenced the grand jubilee. Every seventh year the ground lay fallow; and every seventh year there was a release from all debts, when bondmen were set free, From this ancient Jewish law may have originated the custom of binding young men in seven years apprenticeship and of punishing criminals by transportation for seven, twice seven, or three times seven years. Anciently a child was not named before seven days, not being accounted to have life fully before. The teeth appear in the seventh^month, and are shed In the seventh year, wnen rniancy is cnangea into childhood. At thrice sevenyears the faculties are all developed, manhood commences, and the individual becomes legally competent to all civil acts. At four times seven a man is in full possession of his strength; at five times seven he becomes grave and wise, or never; at seven times seven he is in apogee, and from that time he gradually decays ; at nine times seven he is in his first climacteric, or year of danger; and ten times seven, or "'three score years and ten," has by the royal Psalmist been pronounced the natural period of human life. Advice to Young Men.?The Monroe (La.) Intelligencer, advises all young men of small means, to dub their capital in partnerships, from two to a half dozen, rent a plantation, and go to work themselves. The proceeds of a copartnership of a hall dozen manly young men's labor, on a plantation, would be a larger dividend than they can get in almost any other way. Besides, it would be an income from honest and honorable labor?to many of orfir young men, we are constrained to say, a novel consideration. Several young men who were heretofore harpers on about town, went to work last season, ana we are told that they earned much more than they ever did in a year before. Our young men have both opportunity and incentive. Let them conquer, giauvaiae haute, and pull off their coats with the manly determination to owe nothing to friends or chance, but all to their own manly exertions.. "What's the News?"?This question is asked daily and hourly when friends meet, but often with no expectation of receiving any satisfactory answer. The Norfolk Journal hits off this propensity as follows: "It comes as natural for a man to ask en jtassant 'What's the news,' as it does for the party thus addressed to reply 'Nothing.' This constant question does not arise out of any real desire on the part of the one to learn anything, nor does the invariable reply mean that there is no news. It simply means on the first part, 'I must say something,' and on the second, 'I must make some reply ; there is of course, some news; but as I have not time for details, it's best I should simply say ?i . n n .n ti : il coining?ror, m race, aa i Know amounts to uuuiing much.' We heard a very sensible, as well as amusing anecdote yesterday, of a much respected Irish gentleman, who in fcrmer years edited the Herald in this city, and who possessed the proverbial readiness of his race for wit and repartee.? Standing on the corner of Maine and Koanoke streets, a gentleman, in passing, halted and asked. 'Well, MaCj what's the news?' 'Buy my paper and you'll nnd out,' was the ready and very sensible reply." A White Mule.?A friend told us yesterday of an amusing scene he witnessed lately at the Old river ford, near Natchitoches, in this State. A negro had a wagon and a team of six mules which we wished to drive across. The two lead mules took kindly to the water, but one of the hind ones, a white mule, obstinately refused to enter the stream Jumping from his seat in a furious passion the teamster began beating the preverse one with a might and main, exclaiming between the blows, "You think you's white does you? But I'll show you dam quick colored mules is as good a^youis.* Glee up! '?A! 0. Orescent, 19thuU. I . % Tmcmm Atrm a WAfroowiTT Tn fVirx \TflW UUiOTXti/ VSYfU* a tt nirn>c^i.xu vuv aivtt Orleans Museum, recently, the young lady who goes into the lion's den put too much pomatum on her hair. When she stooped to let the Mexican lion jump over her, as usual, that sagacious beast stopped to the great alarm of the spectators, and bit off her waterfall Mile. Louise struck the beast with her whip and reoovered the lost treasure. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York District. 11/HEREA8, ELIJAH HARDIN has applied J f ' to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of ELISHA HARDIN, 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-FIFTH DAY OF MARCH inst., to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and Seal, this 12th 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 14 46 2t? NO 153 MEETING STREET, (Formerly Jolxn. Ashhurst ?Sfc Co.,) GEO. C. GOODRICH. ) PHILIP WINEMAN, > SOUTH CAROLINA. JOHN ASHHURST, j TYTDTPnrp TMDHT? TTP.RS JL/XXtiJV Jk J-iux w*. ? OF DRUGS, MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS, CHARLESTON, S. C. November 15 30 6m E. R. STOKES, BOOK - BINDER, AND BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTURER, Opposite J. C. Dial's Hardware Store, MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C. "O LANK-BOOKS Ruled to any Pattern, Paged Ml and Bound in the best Possible Manner, with Printed Headings when required. The attention of Clerks, Sheriffs, Ordinaries, Commissioners in Equity, Railroad Officials, and all public officers is particularly invited. * A large stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of the Best Quality, always on hand. Special attention given to the binding of Music, old Books and Files, and all other work in plain or ornamental style. Orders sent to, and contracts made directly with rtie, will save money, as I am prepared to do' work at a very small advance on New York Prices. My business motto is "Promptness, Economy and Substantial Work." E. R. STOKES, Columbia, S. C. November 29. 1866. 32 tf ESTABLISHED 1854. Lengpnick Sell, Importers and Wholesale DEALERS IN MILLINERY, STRAW AND FANCY GOODS, N. E. Corner Meeting and Market Sts., CHARLESTON, S. C., SNYITE the Trade to examine their full and varied assortment of BONNETS, and HATS, mmed and untrimmed; RIBBONS, of all des ' criptions; Flowers, Featners, uresa ^aps, ^c?, Veils of newest designs, Ruches, Laces, Crapes, Silks, Corsets, Skirts, ?ftc. October 4 24 6m THE BEST TONIC IN TJSE. MANUFACTURED BY Z>r. C. F. Panknin, CHARLESTON, S. C. January 24 39 ly* IN EQUITY?YORK DISTRICT. Joseph J. Watson, vs. Caroline Culp and others. - ?Bill for Foreclosure of Mortgage. rpHE creditors of W. J. CULP, late of York X 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 first day of May next, or be debarred from taking any benefit under the decree of the Court in this cause. WALTER B. METTS, ($8 40) Commissioner in Equity. January 17 38 3m THE CHARLESTON COURIER. PUBLISHED by A. S. WILLINGTON & CO., City Printers, NO 111 East-Bay, Charleston, South Carolina. ' Terms.?Daily, one year, $ 10; Daily, 6 months, >5; Daily, three months, $2 50; Tri-Weekly, one year, $8; Tri-Weekly, six months, $4. ffSr The Proprietor of the Enquirer is the A, gent of the "Courier" for Yorkville. ^He will take pleasure in forwarding subscriptions^ I January 3 ' 36 tf - . . . iTV _ , file foiMle tfxplmr. .TERMS?IN ADVANCE? SPECIE. CURRENCY. One Copy, one year, 2 50 f 3 50 One Copy, Six months, 1 25 2 00 One Copy, Three months,.. .75 1 00 Two Copies, one year, 4 50 6 00 Five Copies, " " 8 75 12 50 Ten Copies, " " 17 50 25 00 j&~To persons who make np clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free or charge. ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at One Dollar and Fifty Cents per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents per square for each subsequent insertion?less than three months. A square oonsists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. No advertisement considered leas than a square. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterly Advertisements, will be charged Two Dollars per square for each insertion.' Quarterly, semi-Annuai or Yearly contracts will be made on liberal terms?the contract, however, must in all cases be confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. Obituary Notices and Tributes of Respect, rated as advertisements. Announcements of Marriages and Deaths, and notices of a religious character, Inserted gratis, and solicited. ^-Personal Communications, when admissable; Communications of limited or indivual interest, or recommendations of Candidates for offices of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for as advertisements. COUJTTDfG-HOTJSE AIM AH AC POE 1867. 5 o 3 a 5 2 a S o 2 a 3 2 S r ?s?11^^ 3aS'il c ? ^ S > 5d > 5 o ^ S ^ * ? ? 5 g 1 r11 ? is s 1 r* s I::**::: I : : *< : : ! 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Bill of Exchange, Foreign.?Drawn in, but payable out of the United States, if drawn singly or otherwise than in a set of three or more?same as inland bills of exchange or promissory notes. Drawn in sets of three or more, for every bill of each set, where the sum made payable shall not exceed $100, or the equivalent thereof, in any foreign currency in which such bills may be expressed, 2 cents; for every additional $100, or fractional part thereof in excess of $100. 2 cents. Bills of Exchange, Inland.?Draft or order for the payment of any sum of money, not exceeding $100, otherwise than at sight or on demand, or promissory notes, except bank notes and checks; or any memorandum, check, receipt, or other printed or written evidence of an amount of money to be paid on demand or at a time designated,* for a sum not exceeding $100,9cents; 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, oz vested in any other person or Dersons, when the consideration shall n"t exceed $500, stamp duty 50 cents; do., when the consideration exoeeds $500 and does not exceed $1,000, $1. Exceeding $1,000. for every additional amount of $500, or fractional part thereof, 50 cents. Personal property other than ships or vessels, 5 cents. Bill of Lading.?For goods and merchandise exported to foreign ports, other than charter party, each 10 cents. Bonds.?Of indemnity?where the money ultimately recoverable thereupon is $1,000, for every additional $1,000 or fractional part in excess of $1,000, 50 cents. For the due execution of the duties of any office, $1. Of any description other than such as may be required in legal proceedings, or used in connection with mortgage deeds, and not otherwise charged in this schedule, 25 cents. , Certificate?Other than those mentioned, 5 cents. Certificate of damages-Arid all other documents issudB by any port-warden or marine surveyor, zo cents. Certificate of Deposit?Tor a sum not exceeding 8100, 2 cents; exceeding $100, 5 cents. Certificate of Profits?In any incorporate company, for an amount not less than $10, nor exceeding $50,10cents; from$60 to$1,000,25cents; exceeding $1,000, for every additional$l,000, or fractional part thereof, 25 cents. Certificateof Stock?In incorporated company, 25 cents. Charter Party?On any letter or memorandum relating to the charter of any vessel, if the registered tonnage does not exceed 150 tons, $1; from 150 to 300 tons, $3; from 300 to 600 tons, $5; over 600 tons, $1Q. Checks, Drafts or Orders?Forany amount oh any bank, broker or trust oompany, at sight or on demand, 2cents; for amount exceeding $10 on any person other than a bank, banker or trust company, ait sight or on demand,. 2 cents. * Cigar Lights.?Made in part of wood, wax, glass, paper or other materials, in parcels or packages, 1 cent; in packages of more than 25 and not more than 50 lights, 2 cents; for every additional 25 lights, or fractional part/or that number, 1 cent Contracts.?Contracts, broker's note, or memorandum of sale of any goods or merchandize, stocks, bonds, notes of hand, for each note or memorandum of sale, 10 cents. Conveyance or Deed of Orant.?Where the consideration of value does not exceed $500, 50 cents: from $500 to $1,000, $1; and for every additional $500, or fractional part thereof; in excess of $1,000, 50 cents. Entry of Goods.?At custom house, not exceeding in valuo $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; 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. tor each*additional-$100, or fraction in excess of 300, 50 cents; assignment of a lease, same stamp as original, and additional stamp upon the value or consideration of transfer, according to the rates on deeds. (See Conveyance.) Manifest Entry, Clearance.?Of Cargo of vessels for foreign port, if tonnage does not exceed 300 tons, $1; from 300 to 600, $3; exceeding 600, $5. Meats, Fish, Fruits, Sauces, Jellies, <frc.?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, prepared 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 other single package with its contents, shall not exceed two pounds in weight, 1 cent; when such can, bottle or other single package with its contents, shall exceed two pounds in weight, for every additional pound or fractional part, 1 cent. Mortgage or Personal Uoncts.?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 cents; provided that upon eacn ana every assignment or pansier oi a mortgage, policy of insurance, or the renewal or continuance of any agreement, contract or charter, by letter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be required equal to that imposed on the original instrument. Passage Ticket.?To a foreign port, if of less price than $35, 50 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, 6 cents. Playing Cards.?For and upon every pack, not exceeding 52 cards in number, irrespective of price or value, 5 cents. Policy of Insurance.?Qn any life or lives, where the amount insured does not exeeed $1.000,25 cents; from $1,000 to$5,000,50 cents; exceeding $5,000. $1. Fire and Marine Risks.?Premium not exceeding $10,10 cents; premium not exceeding $50,25 cents; exceeding $50,50cents. Accidental Insurance Companies are exempt. . Power of Attorney.?To transfer stock, bonds ox i 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 i or lease real estate, ana perform all other acts not specified, $1: for any other purposes, 50 cents. Probate of WW or Letters of Administration Where the estate does not exceed the value of 92,000, 91; for every additional 91,000, or fractional part in excess of $2L000, 50 cents. 'Protest of Note, Ac.?or marine protest Ac., 25 cents. Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, Ac.?Not over 25 cents, 1 cent; not over 50 cents, 2 cents: not over 75 cents, 8 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 monevjor for the payment of any debt due, exceeding 920, not being for satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment, or decree of a oqurt, or endorsement on any stamp obligation in acknowledgment of its fulfillment, for each receipt^ cents. Provided. that when more than one signature is affixed 1 to the same paper, one or more stamps may be af- A fixed thereto representing the whole amount of stamps required for such signatures. Sales.?Or contracts for the sale of stocks, bonds, W foreign exchange, gold and silver bullion and coin, jM 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 9100. 1 If there is a fraction over 9100,. the same to be 1 stamped at the full rate of |100. When made by a \ person, firm or oorportion not paying special tax, for every 9100 of value, 5 cents. A memorandum j of sale or contract most be made by the seller to 1 the buyer upon the sale or contract being made, and thus stamps affixed thereto. WriL?Writ 50 cents. Where the amount claimed1 in a writ, issued by a court notofrecord. is over $100,50 cents. Upon every confession of judgment, or cognovit, for $100 or over (except in those cases where the tax for the writ or a commencement of suit has been paid,) 50 cents. Writs or other process on anneals from justices' courts or other courts of inferior jurisdiction to acoartof record, 60 cents. Warrant of distress, when the amount of rent claimed does not exceed flOO, 26 cents; when exceeding $100, 50 cents. exemptions. No stamp duty shall be required on powers of attorney or any other paper relating to application for bounties, arrearages of pay, or pensions, or to the reoeipt thereof from time to. time: pr upon tickets or contracts of insuranoegrhen to injury to persons while traveling} nor oh certificates of the measurement or w?%ht of animals, wood, coal or other articles, nor-on deposit notes to mutual insurance companies for the insuranee upon which policies subject to stamp duties have _ been or are to be issued; nor on any warrant of at- I torney aooompanving a bond or note, when such I bond or note shall have affixed thereto the stamp m or stamps denoting the duty required: and whenever any bond or note shall be secured by a mort- M gage, but one stamp duty shall be required to be H placed on such papers; nor on any certificate of 1 the record of a deed or other instrument in wri- i ting, orof the acknowledgment or proof thereof by ' attesting witnesses; nor to any indorsement of a negotiable instrument. Provided that the stamp duty placed thereon shall be of the highest rate required for said instruments, or either of them. Receipts by express companies for the delivwry of any property for transportation are exempt from stamp duty. 1 penalties. Penalty for making, signing or issuing any instrument, document or.paper of any kind whatsoever, or shall accept, negotiate or pay, or causfrto be acoepted, negotiated or paid, any bill of exchange, draft or order, or promisory note for the payment of money, without the same being duly stamped, or denoting the duty hereby im posed thereon, 950; and the instrument shall be deemed invalid ana of no effect; or for the counterfeiting stamps or dies, $1,000, and imprison- J ment at hard labor not exceeding Ave years. For making, signing, issuing, accepting or paying any bill or exchange, draft, order or note without stamp, $200. For selling proprietary cosmetics, matches, meats, fish, fruits, sauces, jellies, Ac., without proper stamps, |50. OTHER PROVISIONS. Instruments are not to be recorded unless properlv stamped. No instrument is valid for the want of the particular kinds of stamps designated, provided a le- m gal stamp of equal amount (except proprietary M stamps,) is duly affixed. r' B All official instruments, documents and papers issued or used by officers of the United States Gov- V ernment, or by the officers of any State, county or B other municipal corporation are exempt 1 In cases where an adhesive stamp shall he used " for denominating any duty imposed by this act, the person using or affixing the same shall write thereon the initials of his name and date upon which the same shall be attached or used, so that the same may not be again used, nnder a penalty of 950 Instruments heretofore issued without stamps, not be void where stamps are subsequently affix# $ ed. Postage stamps cannot be used as revenue ' $ stamps. Any person may present to the commissioner of Internal Revenue any instrument, and require his opinion whether the same is chargeable with uny stamp duty; and if the said commissioner shall be or opinion that it is not chargeable with .. any stamp duty, he is reqnlred to impress on it a f particular stamp, with words to signify that it is not chargeable with stamp duty!; ana every Instrument on which said stamp is impressed shall be received in evidence in all courts, notwithstanding objections on the ground yjf such instrument being without the proper stamp. The party to whom a document is issued from a foreign country, or by whom it is used, fchAir, before using the same, affix thereon the stamp'or stamps indicating the duty required. Proprietors of cosmetics, medicines, or proprietary articles, may furnish private dies, and are allowed 5 per cent, on-all purchases of 9500; over 1 9500,10 per cent s J CONFEDERATE MONET. 1 rIE following table shows the price of gold for I Confederate currency in Augusta, Ga., at va- M rious times from the breaking: out to the doge of ^B the war. The record was kept by a broker long ^B doing business in that city: ^B 1861. Gold Premium. For $1 in Gold. ? January 1 '5 December 15......9 21 00 1 July 1 10 1864. ' fl October 12 January 1 2100 I October 15 15 January 15 20 00 9 December 1 20 February 1 20 00 I December 16 - 30 February 15 21 00 M 1862. March 1 26 00 1 Januaryi zumarcnio 'M w t January 15...... .. 20 April 1 .. 19 00 1 February 1 26 April 16 - 21 00 February 15 40 May 1 ...20 00 Marchl 60 May 15 18 00 March 15 .. 60 June 1 to July 15 18 00 April 1 75 July 15 to Aug. 15 20 00 April 15; ..' 85 August 15........;. 22 00 Mayl.. ... 90 September 1 20 60 May 15 95 September 15..... 22 60 June 1.. - 95 October 1 ?. 27 00 For%l i* Gold. October 15 26 00 June 15..... -$ 2 00 November 1 26 00 August 1 2 20 November 16....: 28 00 September 1 2 60 December 1 32T 00 November 1 8 00 December 15 88 00 1863. December 81 50 00 February 1 8 10 1865. March 1 - 8 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 60 March'l 65 00 July 1 8 00 March 16.... 57 00 ^ July 15 10 00 ApriTl...... 70 00 August 1 14 00 April 15 80 00 August 15 15 00 April 20 100 00 September 1 14 00 April 26 200 00 September 15......... 14 00 April 27 800 00 fl October 1 18 00 April 28 500 00 October 15 12 50 April 29 800 00 November 1 13 00 April 80 1,000 00 November 15 15 50 May 1 1,200 00 December 1 20 00 ?Which was the last actual sales of Confederate notes. , 8 VALUE OF CONFEDERATE GEBBEKCY. ANNEXED is a tabid Showing the value of"Confederate currrency" in United States currency for the last four years?deputed from, the average monthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold, at New York, Richmond and Augusta. As the rate of stamp'duty upon documents exe-' cuted during the late war is based upon the valne of the consideration in United States currency, this table will be found very convenient in fixing that value. TABLE SHOWING THB RELATIVE VALUE OF "OONFEPKBATE" AND U. 8. CUB BENCY FORFOUK YEARS. MONTH. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1965. Value in Value in Value in Value in I A verafffi for Con' oar~ Con.cur- Con. cur- Con cur- fl moXof ssfc*gSE$8BGl!Rft? J cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. January $2.00 $13.50 $26.90 February 2.19 13.70 25^0 1 March 1A rtt ju on M April.... .-s a* 3.23 12.33 1 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 v December... 2^8 12.60 18.26 To asoertain the value of a given amount ox 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 TEAR! TTSTBi WANT AGENTS everywhere, to sell our tv improved $20 Sewing Machines. Three ; new kinds, upper and lower feed. Sent on trial. 1 r Warranted, five years. Above salary or large com missions paid. The only machines sold in the U. States for less than $40, which are fully licensed by | Howe, Wheeler A Wilson, Orover A Baker, Singer | ; A Co., an# BAche'der. AU other cheap machines : are infringements, and the seller or user are liable I to arrest, fine and imprisonment. Illustrated cir; (Alars sent free. Address, or call on SHAW <fe J CLARK, at Biddefbrd, Maine, or Chicago, HL A May 81 6 ly Jk