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gnwtm Department. HOW THEY POP THE QUESTION. BY BELLA. FRENCH. The sailor says, "I like your rig ; Apd though I've noticed many, I really think you are, old gal, As trim a craft as any. And if you'll only say the word, Through every Kind of weather? Just blast my timbers if we don't Go cruising on together !" The poet, with enraptured gaze, Points out a single star, 4,'Tis thus, sweet lady, that you shine On mortals from afer. But ah! it is my fondest hope? ThoUgh selfish I must ownThat in some modest, vine-wreathed cot, You'll shine for me alone." The dancing master, French, of course, Thinks earnestly of mating, And seeks some lovely widow with A bow excruciating. "Madame ze heart is in ze hope You love a leetle beet. And go ze vav of life viz me, Madame I kees your feet!" The actor quotes from many plays, And swears by all the powers, His hand shall build his Annabello A cot among the flowers. Without her smile, he e'er is like A ship without a rudder; Then talks of dark despair and death, Until he makes her shudder. The tradesman, with a business eye, A partner seeks for life? For sure the best investment is A tidy loving wife. . 4 He sees her as a kind of stock, To sell as any other; Counts out the requisite amount, < And buys her from her mother. i ? And Pat, the coachman, winks&t Bid, As she flits from room to room, The ever merry chamber-maid, < With dusting-pan and broom. i He savs, "Me aarlint, when we laid { Us by a hape o' money, < We'll trit the Draste to tie the knot, If ye'll say yis, me honey." Sfcys Von Schmidt, who keeps saloon, I want a guter frow, To help me make der lager pier, Und milk de prindle cow, To make mine shirts, und cook de krout Und ebery tings to do; 1 To feed der horse und slop dor peeg, l Und tend my papies too." i And even Sam, the barber man, At Nan rolls up his eyes. 1 And talks of matrimonial bliss, i With most heart-rending sighs. i "If you don't gubdat lily hand To dis 'ere lub-sick nigger, j He puts dis pistol to him head, And den him pulls de trigger !" ( 'Tis thus mankind rush to thoir fate, For with a brilliant light, That little, elfin being, Love, Has pow'r to blind the sight. Like children's barks, adown the falls, To waters still, below ; Some glide along without a hurt? i And some to ruin go. RATHER DULL. The stagnation of trade has been severely felt by all business men, and even that enterprising class of our fellow citizens known as "drummers," or ' traveling salesman, despite their inexhaustible invention and resources, nave been obliged occasionally to yield to the pressure of the times. One of these gentlemen who has recently returned from a trip to Thistle Brothers & Co., of this city, did not show a very large exhibit of orders to balance the liberal expense account allowed him by the firm, and Mr. Thistle, after looking over the returns re- ( marked: "Mr. Rataplan, I am afraid you do not approach the dealers in the right way. I used to be very successful in this line. Now just suppose me to j be Mr. Bigher, of Sellout, Illinois, ana show me the way you would introduce the house." Accordingly, Rataplan stepped out of the count- . ing room, and re-entered, hat in hand, inquiring: i Is Mr. Bigher in ?" # j "That's my name," said Thistle, urbanely. "My name is Rataplan, sir. I represent the i house of Thistle Brothers & Co., of New York." , [Thistle, in his character of a Western merchant, ! here arose, offered the salesman a chair, aud expressed his pleasure at seeing him.] "I am stopfing with Overcharge at the Stickem House, and ave a fine unbroken lot of samples which I would , like to show you. Think we can offer you some J special advantages, &c.'\ And Rataplan delivered ( himself of a neat speech in professional style. "Very well, very well," said Thistle, "I don't ] see but you understand tne way to get at custom- j ers." ^ "Excuse me, Mr. Thistle," said Rataplan, "I , am afraid you do not understand the style of the Western merchants just now. Suppose you change ] places with me, and repeat this rehearsal." ^ Certainly," said Thistle, and picking up his hat, ( he stepped out Returning he found Rataplan with his chair tilted back, hat cocked fiercely over ( his right eye, his heels planted on Thistle's polish- j ed desk, and a lighted cigar between his teeth. Thistle looked a little staggered, but nevertheless he commenced: "Is Mr. Bigher in?" [ "Yes, he is," responded Rataplan; blowing a j cloud of pure Virginia in Mr. Thistle's eyes.? } ' 'Who the deuce are you ?" ^ "I represent the house of Thistle Brothers & t Co.," said the astonished employer, coughing about a quart of smoke from his throat. "The blazes you do. Are you one of that con- , )) ) J cern I ; "No, sir, I am not," said Thistle. "Well, it's darn lucky for you that you are not, , for I've had two drummers to one customer for the last two months, and if I could get hold of the , Kloofn/1 4aa1o fliof oonrl 'om nnf lioro of fliio ftmo ' l/IOOkVu iwio vuav oviiu viu vuv tiviv wv vi?w vtutvj ^ I'm darned if I wouldn't boot 'em clean out of the , town of Sellout" 1 "That'll do, that'll do, Mr. Rataplan," said Thistle. "I've no doubt you did the best you could j for the interest of the house. Trade is a little dull'' KISS MY WIFE OR FIGHT ME. There are few married men who are not averse ] to seeing their wives kissed, but an exchange re- ( lates the following particulars of ? case in which a ] newly wedded benedict felt himself insulted be- j cause his wife wasn't kissed. The bridegroom in , question was a stalwart young rustic, who was : known as a formidable operator in a "free fight" His bride was a blooming and beautiful young country girl, only sixteen years of age, and the twain were at a party, where a number of young folks were enjoying themselves in the good oldfashioned pawn playing style. Every girl in the room was called out and kissed except B., the beautiful young bride aforesaid; and although there was not a youngster present who was not dying to taste her lips, they were restrained by the presence of her herculean husband, who stood regardingthe party with a sullen look of dissatisfaction. They mistook the cause, however, for suddenly he expressed himself. Rolling up his sleeves, he stepped into the middle of the room, and in a tone of voice that secured attention, said: "Gentlemen, I have been noticing how things have been working here for sometime, and I ain t half satisfied. I don't want to raise a fuss, but?'' "What's the matter, John?" inquired half a dozen voices. "What do you mean ? Have I done anything to hurt your feelings?" Yes, you have; all of you have hurt my feelings, and I've just got this to say about it. Here's every girl in the room has been kissed near a dozen times apiece, and there's my wife, who I consider as likely as any of them, has not had one tonight ; and I just tell vou now, if she does not get as many kisses the balance of the night as any girl in the room, the man that slights her has got me to fight?that's all. Now, go ahead with your plays!" Fortune Telling.?One of our exchanges is responsible for the following story relative to this popular and pernicious vice: _ _ Not many evenings since it is recorded that a sinner who has escaped hanging for, lo! these many years, was in company with several ladies. The subject of fortune-telling was introduced.? Several of the "angels" pleading guilty to the soft impeachment of having written to Madam This ana Madam That to furnish them leaves in their future history. Instances were mentioned of some very remarkable developments in a certain case hereabouts. OldR was asked for his opinion. He replied : "So far as I am personally concerned, I know more about myself than I wish to. I don't think any good comes of these things. I had a friend who dressed himself in lady's clothes, and called upon a celebrated prophetess. He did not believe she would discover his disguise, but he heard what made him unhappy." Here the old reprobate ceased. A lady much interested asked, "What did she tell him?" "She told him he was to marry soon, and be- i come the mother of ten children /" 1J fepartment. EXPElUMENTS. Farmers often find fault with those who experiment They Bay of a neighbor sometimes, "ne is rather experimentalbut they should remember that every new truth is an experiment, to all those who have not tried it. Some one must be the first to vary from the trodden path, or we should still use a crooked stick insteaa of a plow. There is a class, however, who, upon hearing of any novelty in agriculture, at once try it, not on a square yard, but on their whole crop; such men are not worthy of being styled experimenters. But should a farmer at this day call himself practical and judicious in his calling, who, after having heard that in many sections of country corn is cultivated flat, without hilling, and that potatoes are so cultivated, still continues to hill both without trying the experiment of flat cultivation even on a single hill, can such a man be rated as judicious ? Is such a mau to be called a practical farmer ? Is he practical, who allows Lima beans to travel around a pole fifteen feet high, when the pinching off of the vine at five and a half feet high will produce double the crop of beans, and particularly before frost? Should he not try the experiment and see how it will answer? Many permit melons, cucumbers, etc., to run over tne enure area or meir sou, m iuu$ omSi5 vines, while others, by pinching off the runnerbuds after the third rough leaf has formed, get their fruit early and of double size. Why should not this experiment be tried and adopted, if found true? Gooseberries mildew all over the country, but some have saved them by cutting every branch that is within five inches of another, and by mulching the surface with salt hay, or other cheap refuse material; is this not a fair experiment to try ? It has been frequently asserted that properly under-drained sub-soiled lands never suffer from drouth; who cannot name many farmers who lose their crops from drouth, at least once in ten years, and still have never experimented to know whether they can under-drain and sub-soil their land, for one-tenth the value of their crops, or whether such sub-soiling and under-draining will save them from drouth entirely? And those who doubt this fact, should they not make the experiment, or visit the larms of those who have, to know of its truth. Thousands of acres of peach trees arc grown by to nnror triArl tfiA shnrfpninir-in nro l uuog nwv uuiv ??v? v. ? 0 cess, and cannot tell whether they will bear for a series of years longer for such practice, or not Is it not a fair experiment to tiy this on a single tree it least ? Are there not thousands of farmers in the United States who have never tried any other fertilizing material than barnyard manure ? Should they not satisfy themselves by the experiment, whether or not others may not be more cheaply used, and produce more profitable results? Continually we hear it said, that those who surface plow five or six inches, have another farm under it which they have not developed. Should not such fanners experiment with the subsoil plow to know if this be true or false. A bushel of carrots and a bushel of oats, are said to equal in effect, when fed to a horse, two bushels of oats. Now as sixteen times the number of bushels of carrots can be raised on an acre, than can possibly be grown of oats, should not those fannersjvho have never raised carrots, try the experiment,"and thus ascertain if these assertions are true ? Those who use hoes, and forks, etc., for cleansing row crops of weeds, haye heard that the horse weeder would do the work of forty men with ?hoes, and that many have repudiated the use of the hoe altogether for root crops, why should they not try the experiment? It is said that one mowing machine will do the work of twenty men with scythes, and that one thrashing machine will do the work of a hundred men with flails; should not those who at present use flails, visit farms where mowing machines and thrashing machines are used, to ascertain if that experiment will not warrant them in the purchase of such tools ? Those who use barn-yards open and exposed to the winds and rains, and who permit the washings to run off to the creeks and streams, have doubtless heard that with manure sheds, and properly arranged tanks retaining the drainage of the manure neap, and pumps, obtain better results than by the open barn-yard practice ; should they not jarefully review the operations of these experimenters, rather than satyrize that of which they have no knowledge? Experience is said to be the mother of wisdom?experiment is the father of truth.?Ex. FLAT SURFACE FOR CORN. The old fashion of hilling Indian com?so long prevalent among our farmers?appears still to have many advocates. We are not at present prepared to discuss the subject in all its bearings, but shall merely offer a few remarks in relation to the idvantagcs resulting from a flat surface on light ^ rritli Oil I H_ 5011S, illlU 1IUIU CUlLlVtlllII? bub uuu miu vuv vu... rator, instead of cultivating with the plow, harrow rod hoe. It will be evident, we think, to every candid mind, that the practice of constructing large conical hills around the plants, on land which is light and iry, must inevitably tend to increase the effects of Irought, inasmuch as it exposes more surface to :he atmosphere, and consequently increases mreaction at times when all the moisture contained in ;he soil is required for the support and sustenance )f the plants. - When rain falls, the conical hill inducts the water from the roots to the centre of space between the rows and hills, very little of the luid being retained about the plants, or within ange of the small roots, by which the pabulum is aken up by the growing plants, and without which ;hey would immediately languish and decay. On light soils we think hilling is always a disadvantage to the crop. Every fresh stratum of earth placed over the roots causes the protrusion of anew ?et of laterals, to the detriment of those previously bruied. _ This exhausts the energy of the plant, without increasing, in any great degree, ifr powers )f appropriating food from the surrounding soil, is the first formed roots cease to grow as soon as those caused by the disposition of new soil are developed, and in a short time will be found to have lost their vitality and become mere worthless appendages, and which may be as well removed from the system as not. Besides, when the corn is ''billed up," the stalks ire "blanched" and rendered brittle by the fresh soil, and this, in ease of strong winds, causes them to break, which is an injury involving a diminution jf product and consequent loss. It has also been remarked that corn, when cultivated without "hilling," and with a perfectly level or fiat surface, will, svhen prostrated by the wind, rise much more readily than when the opposite method is pursued.? And I know this to be so.?Lor. tfermantown Telegraph. ? Growing Potatoes Under Str.\w.?Having frequently seen reports of extraordinary success in raising potatoes by covering theni with straw, I was induced to trv it on a small scale. A plat in my garden, about fifty feet square, of clayey loam, was nicely spaded up and made fine and smooth. It was then marked out in shallow drills, two feet and a half apart, and potatoes (of the pink-eye variety) planted whole, two feet apart in drills and barely covered with earth. The wnole patch was then covered with dry wheat straw spread lightly and evenly with a pitchfork, to the depth of about two feet. Several showers occurcd soon after the potatoes were planted, which settled the straw considerably and in due time the vines came up through the straw, and soon covered the entire surface with the rankest vegetation. Nothing more was done to the plant till the vines were killed by frost in autumn. Not a weed appeared among them. At the usual time of diggiug potatoes the^ dead vines were all pulled, and removed ; then with a potatoc fork the layer of straw?which was well rooted, and not more than four or five inches in thickness?was carefully removed. To my great surprise, there lay the potatoes on the surface, literally covering the ground, and almost as clean as if they had been washed.? They were picked up and measured, but the quantity I do not remember. This much, however, I well recollect, that I never raised so good a crop by any other mode of culture. They were of very uniform size and of good quality. Ohio Valley Farmer. Selecting a Cow.?It is sometimes the case that the best judges are deceived. A cow of very unpromising appearance, coarse in the neck, large boned, and second or third rate milk marks generally, will, now and then, turn out to be first-rate, while another with these marks largely developed, fine in the head and neck and promising cveiy way will prove unsatisfactory. But a failure in this case is rare. Let the head be light, the forehead broad the horn rather thin and clear, the eye clear and prominent, the neck thin, the fore-quarters rather light, the back straight, the hind-quarters well developed, wide over the loins, the carcase deep, the udder coming forward and well shaped, the skin soft to the touch, the teats well set, not too large nor too small, the tail long and thin, like a whiplash. Such a oow ought to be a good one. W&* 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 food are the preventive and cure. fteadittg for the Children. From the American Meuenger. IT MAKES NODIFFERENCE. One morning as the hand of the clock pointed to ten minutes befor nine, John came running into the breakfast-room where his mother was washing up the china, exclaiming: "Mother, have you seen my arithmetic anywnere?" "Yes, my son, I picked it up from the floor, I where I suppose, you had thrown it, and put it on the table in the library. Have you learned your lesson?" I "No, ma'am; I meant to, but I got skating yesterday, and forgot it" "Oh, my son," replied his mother, "that was : very heedless; when will you learn that duty comes !before pleasure?" j "Never mind, mother." answered John in an easy, careless manner as lie slung his satchel over his shoulder, "it'll be 'all the same a hundred years hence,'" and away he ran. His mother sighed as he left the room; his easy, ...u.n/nn/ul lnTTifrr nf diimftcih'nn IWW hpr Siniietv UllVUUV/Ci UCU 1c v1vj1 vi uiO|/voiv>vu qw? v ... ^ and trouble; she feared for his future character, that it would be wanting in stability and depth and firmness of principle. She was not deceived, as many parents might have been, by his careless good-nature for John was a boy who did not give much trouble; he very rarely quarrelled; he took everything pleasantly, and was seldom dissatisfied or cross. But his mother, who understood his character well, saw that this did not arise from real amiability so much as from an inclination to take everything easily, and from a temper insensible to mortification, ambition or praise; a temper which, while it has the outward traits of amiability, is really compatible with great selfishness, and is, perhaps, more difficult to make an impression upon than any other. That afternoon, John returned veiy late from school, coming in with eyes just as bright, and as happy a look as usual. What makes you so late, my dear?" asked his mother. "Kept in, ma'am," answered John carelessly. "Oh, mother, are we going to have baked apples for supper? I'm hungry as a bear." "Oh, my dear boy." answered his mother, pained by his tone and taking no notice of his question. MfVint io suwmrt fimo fhis wfifllc. I am ashamed to have you in disgrace so often." "When the master told me to stav2" repliec John, "George colored up like every thing; hut I didn't mind much; it was warm and comfortable there, and any way, I'm out now. It'll be 'all the same a hundred years hence'" "I hear you say that veiy often, John," said his mother, speaking very seriously; "have you ever thought what it means, or whether it is true ?'' "Why mother, T suppose it must be true; we shall all be dead then, and what difference can it make whether I have learned an arithmetic lesson, or have been kept in at school ?" answered John. "And does what we do in this world make no difference to us, after we are dead, John?" asked his mother, greveiy. "Why, yes. mother; but not such things." "Yes, my clear bov. just such things, or rather, the character which leads you to disregard such things," replied his mother. "The same disposition which leads you to care nothing for punishment and disgrace at school, will make you unmindful and careless of God's anger and His punishment of sin; the same feeling which make you neglect a lesson, will incline you to neglect any other duty, even the most important. 'He that is faithful in the least is faithful also in much.' If we do not make conscience of little duties, we will never do it in the great ones. In no sense can it be 'the same a hundred years hence,' whether we neglect or perform a duty, either to ourselves or others." "Why, mother," said John in some surprise, "I can see now, how it might make a difference to myself, but I am sure I don't see how it can to any one else." "Suppose," answered his mother quietly, "that Sir Isaac Newton had thought it could make no difference whether he got his lessons in mathematics or not, would it have been all the same a hundred years from the time he lived? or would it not, on the contrary, have been a vast difference? Suppose that Guttemourg the inventor of printing, had felt as you do, that it was of no consequence, whether he applied himself or not, to'anything useful, would the condition of the world have been the same a hundred years from that time, as it actually was after the invention of printing?? What these men did had an influence on every nation of the earth, and in some nations on every individual." "I never thought of it so," said John. "And, my dear boy, there is a difference far wider still," added his mother more seriously and ' ' " ? ? J? J 1 '11 tcnuerjy. nunurcu years ueuee, nucie nm you be? Either in eternal happiness, or eternal misery. As you act now in this life, so will be your eternal destiny. It will not be 'all the same a hundred years hence.' whether you do wrong or right, now, whether you love God and keep His commandments or not. No, it will make an infinite difference; and not only to yourself, but to others, for probably, upon your example and words depends the eternal state of some other besides vourself. Begin to act so now, that it may be happy 'a hundred years hence,' both for yourself and for those whom you may influence, tnat you have lived. E. S. A TALE FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS. Once upon a time there was a farmer who had a very large farm. He had plowed and planted and enriched his ground very carefully, ana for a time all went on well. But by and by his corn began to say, "I want water; and so said the rye, and potatoes, and cabbage, and everything else. The Sioor farmer did not know what to do. He looked lown at the ground, and it was thoroughly baked cracked. He looked up at the sky, and there stood the sun, burning and burning. It looked just as though it meant to burn till all his grain and things were spoiled. The poor farmer, I say, did'nt know what to do. Well, somehow or other?I don't exactly know how?some of the little raindrops up in the sky found it out?found out the trouble, and they went right off and held a consultation. One said, "I feel so sorry for that poor man. he wants rain ; says he doesn't know what to do. Another said, "I should like to help him." "Yes," said another, "I should, too; but you see I'm very little, and I do not intend the least offence when I say, I think we are all very little." Indeed the whole company took a very gloomy view of things, and were just going to give up, when, most opportunely, a very, a veiy wise raindrop came floating by, and to him they carried | their difficulty. "Well," said he, "I know I am little, and ye are little, and we are all little; but my advice is, that we join together, and go and get others to help us, and then to-night?this very night?we go and give that man a surprise party." " This proposition was received with much applause, and that very night, when the fanner was fust asleep, millions of rain-drops left their cloud home, and came pouring down on those thirsty fields, till the corn said, "Enough, thank you;" and tne wheat said, "Enough, thank you ;" and so said the rye, and potatoes, and cabbage, and everything else. "W hen the farmer rose in the morning and looked over his broad farm, now so fresh and green, he said he didn't know how to be glad enough for the help of those little raindrops, and that he was sure even his kindest ueighbor could not have surjirised him so agreeably. Now, it seems to me that the words and actions of little folks are somewhat like the raindrops.? They all go to make up your life. They all go to make others happy or unhappy, to do good or do evil. And this too, although there may not be a single thing that the world calls great. As to your thoughts, the Bible says, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. So l>e sure, my dear children, to take carc of each little thought and each little word, and each little action. And let us ask God to help us. The Other Side.?Once in a happy home, a sweet, bright babv died. On the evening of the day, when the children gathered round their mother, all sitting very sorrowful, Alice, the eldest, said: "Mother, you took all the care of baby while she was here, and you carried and held her in your arms all the while she was ill; now, mother, who took her on the other side?" "On the other side of what, Alice?" "On the other side of death; who took the baby on the other side, mother; she was so little she could not go alone ?" "Jesus met her there," answered the mother. "It is He who took little children into his arms to bless them, and said,?"Suffer them to come unto me and forbid them not, lor of such is the kingdom of heaven!" A Little Boy's Answer.?A little boy, when asking his mother how many gods there were, was instantly answered by his younger brother, "Why one, to-besure." "But how do you know that?" "Because," he replied, "God fills every place, so there is no room for any other." i [ fpitaro ?m$. Prom the Charleiion Courier. HIGHLY IMPORTANT ORDER. A MILITARY STAY LAW. The foUowHig order,, which explains itself, will, we doubt not, give unqualified satisfaction to our readers. The necessity for a similar measure has been patent from the ineffectual efforts made by the General Assembly, on more than one occasion, to stay the execuflbn of judgments for debts, and there is eveiy reason to believe that this intervention of the military power will produce a feeling of profound satisfaction throughout the length and breadth of the State: Headquarters Second Military District, ) CilarHston, S. C., April 11,1867. j [General Orders, No. 10.] The general destitution prevailing among the population of this Military District cannot be relieved without affording means for the development of their industrial resources. The nature and extent of the destitution demand extraordinary measures. The people arc borne down by a heavy burton nC - An .Mm r\P ?rmin n.nrl pflrdfln nrndnce uwf/v J vuv wvj/u v/. o failed last year; many families have been deprived < of shelter; many more need food and clothing; ( needful implements and auxiliaries of husbandry 1 are very scarce; the laboring population in numer- ( ous localitieSjftre threatened with starvation, unless j supplied widriood hjwhe Government of tne Uni- 1 tea States; the inalglity of a large portion of the 1 people to pay t&xijg leaves the local authorities 1 without adequate -means of relief; and the gravity . of the situation is increased bv the general aisposi- 1 tion shown hy creditors to enforce; upon an impov- 1 crished people, the immediate collection of all 1 claims. To suffer this to go on without restraint or remedy is to sacrifice the general good. The rights of creditors shall be respected; but the appeal of want and suffering must be heeded. Moved by ! these considerations^ the following regulations arc { announced. They will continue in force, with such modifications as the occasion may require, until i the civil governments of the respective States shall be established in accqfljance witn the requirements s of the Government brahe United States. < The Commanding General earnestly desires and 4 confidently believes that the observance of these regulations, and the co-operation of all persons con- c cerned in employing fairly and justly tne advanta- ( tages still remaining to them, will mitigate the dis- s tress now existing; and that the avenues of indus- 1 try, enterprise and organization thus opened, will J contribute to the permanent welfare and future ( happiness of the people. I. Imprisonment for debt is prohibited, unless the defendant in execution shall oe convicted of a fraudulent concealment or disposition of his property, with intent to hinder, delay and prevent the ; creditor in the recovery of his debt or demand.? And the proceedings now established in North and ' South Carolina, respectively, for the trial and de- , termination of such questions may be adopted. IL Judgments or decrees, for the payment of money, on causes of action arising between the t 19th or December, 1860, and the 15th of May, 1865, J shall not be enforced by execution against the pro- * perty or the person of the defendant Proceedings in such causes of action, now pending, shall be c stayed; and no suit or process shall be hereafter in- t stituted or commenced, for any such causes of ac- t tion. III. Sheriffs, Coroners, and Constables are here- 1 by directed to suspend for twelve calendar months the sale of all property, upon execution or process, on liabilities contracted prior to the 19th of December, 1860, unless upon the written consent of the " defendants, except in cases where the plaintiff, or in his absence his agent or attorney, shall upon oath, with corroborative testimony, allege and prove that the defendant is removing, or intends fVadulently to remove his property beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the Court. The sale of real or personal property by foreclosure of mortgage is likewise suspended for twelve calendar months, except in cases where the payment of interest money, accruing since the 15th day of May, 1865, shall not have been made before the day of sale. IV. Judgments or decrees entered or enrolled, on causes of actions arising subsequent to the 15th of May. 1865, may be enforced by execution against tnc property of the defendant; and in the application of the money arising under such executions regard shall be had to the priority of liens, unless in cases where the good faith of any lien shall be drawn in question. In such cases the usual mode of proceeding adopted in North and South Carolina, respectively, to determine that question, shall be adopted. V. All proceedings for the recovery of money under contracts, whether under seal or by parole, the consideration for which was the purchase of negroes, are suspended. Judgments or decrees entered or enrolled for such causes of action, shall not be enforced. : VI. All advances of moneys, subsistence, implements and fertilizers, loaned, used, employed or required for the purpose of aiding the agricultural pursuits of the people, shall be protected. And the existing laws which have provided the most efficient remedies in such cases for the lender, will be supported and enforced. Wages for labor performed in the production of the crop shall be a lien on the crop, and be enforced by the like remedies J provided to secure advances of money and other means for the cultivation of the soil. VII. In nil sales of property under execution or by order of any court, there shall be reserved out of the property of any defendant, who has a fami- " ly dependent upon his or her labor, a dwelling house and appurtenances and twenty acres of land for the use and occupation of the family of the defendant: and necessary articles of furniture, apuarel, subsistence, implements of trade, husbandry or other employments, of the value of five hundred dollars. The homestead exemption shall inure ] only to the benefit of families?tnat is to say: to j{ parent or parents and child or children. In other 0 cases, the exemption shall extend only to clothing, i implements of trade or other employment usually i followed by the defendant, of the value of one hundred dollars. The exemption hereby made shall 1 not be waived or defeated by the act of defendant. The exempted property of the defendant shall be 0 ascertained by the Sheriff", or other officer enforcing the execution, who shall specifically describe r the same and make a report thereof in each case a to the court. VIII. The currency of the United States, declar- a ed by the Congress of the United States to be a legal tender in the payment of all debts, dues and demands, shall be so recognized in North and South Carolina. And all cases in which the same shall be tendered in payment, and refused by any public officer, will be at once reported to these Headquarters, or to the Commanding Officer of the Post within which such officer resides. IX. Property of an absent debtor, or one charged as such, without fraud, whether consisting of money advanced for the purposes of agriculture, or appliances for the cultivation of the soil, shall not tx; taken under the process known as "Foreign Attachment;" but the lien created by any existing law shall not be disturbed, nor shall the possession or the use of the same be in anywise interfered with, except in the execution ot a judgment or final decree, in cases where they are authorized to be enforced. X. In suits brought to recover ordinary debts, known n? notions px contractu, bail as heretofore - authorized, shall not be demanded by the suitor, 1 nor taken by the Sheriff or other officer serving the I process. In suits for trespass, libel, wrongful conversion of property, and other cases known as actions cx delicto, bail as heretofore authorized may | be demanded, and taken. The prohibition of bail ( in cases ex contractu, shall not extend to parties t about to leave the State; but the fact of intention 1: must be clearly established by proof. f XI. In criminal and other proceedings, the usual | recognizances shall be required and taken by the t proper civil officers heretofore authorized by law to take the same; Provided, That upon complaint being made to any magistrate or other person authorized by law to issue a warrant for breach of the peace, or criminal offence, it shall be the duty of -. such magistrate or officer to issue his warrant upon I the recognizauce of the complainant to prosecute, J without requiring him to give security on such re- i cognizance. # I XII. The practice of carrying deadly weapons, n except by officers and soldiers in the military ser- 2 vice of the United States, is prohibited. The con- . ccalmei t of such weapons on the person will be ^ deemed an aggravation of the offence. A violation of this order will render the offender amenable to trial and punishment by Military Commission.? " Whenever wounding or killing shall result from the ] use of such weapons, proof that the party carried J or concealed a deadly weapon, shall be deemed evi- *" dence of a felonious intent to take the life of the $ injured person. 4 y XIIL The orders heretofore issued in this Military Department, prohibiting the punishment of 8 crimes and offences by whipping, maiming, brand- P ing, stocks, pillory or other corporal punishment, _ are in force and will be obeyed by all persons. XIV. The punishment of death in certain cases of burglary and larceny, imposed by the existing laws of the Provisional Governments in this Miliar District, is abolished. Any person convicted >f burglaiy; of larceny when the property stolen is of the value of twenty-five dollars; ot assault and Dattery with intent to kill; or of any assault with a ieadlv weapon, shall be deemed guily of felony, ind shall be punished by imprisonment at hard lax?r for a term not exceeding ten years nor less than ;wo years, in the discretion of the Court having urisaiction- thereof. Larceny, when the value of ;he property stolen is less than twenty-five dollars, ihall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor or a term not exceeding one year, in the discreion of the Court XV. The Governors of North and South Carolim shall have authority, within their jurisdictions espectively, to reprieve or pardon any person conricted and sentenced by a civil court, and to remit ines and Denalties. XVI. Nothing in this order shall be constnied o restrain or prevent the operation of proceedings n bankruptcy, in accordance with the acts of Conn-ess in such cases made and provided, nor with he collection of any tax. impost, excise, or charge evied by authority of the United States or of the Provisional Governments of North and South Car)lina; but no imprisonment for overdue taxes shall 5C allowed. Nor shall this order or any law of the PfrtTTittinnol fJrnrni-nmonfc nf Vnrth rtr Smith C!?r )lina operate to deny to minor children, or children joining of age, or their legal repj-escntatives, nor 0 suspend as to themt any right of action, remedy, or proceeding, against Executors, Administrators, Trustees, Guardians, Masters or Clerks of Equity Courts, or other officers or persons holding 1 fiduciary relation to the parties or the subject natter of the action or proceeding. XVIL Any law or ordinance, heretofore in force n North or South Caroliana, inconsistent with the provisions of this General Order, is hereby suspended and declared inoperative. By command of Major General D. E. Sickles. J. W. CLOUS, Capt 38th U. S. Infl. A. D. C. & A. A. A. G. Official: J. W. Clous, Aide-de-Camp. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, York District. |*THEREAS, J. P. WORKMAN has appliod j j to me for Letters of Administration, on all ind singular, the goods and chattels, rights and iredita of SARAH E. STEELE, late of the Disrict aforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and lingular, the kindred and creditors of the said debased, to be and appear before me, at our next )rdinary's Court for the said District, to be holden it York Court House on the TWENTY-NINTH 3AY OF APRIL inst., to shew cause if any, why no said Administration snouiu not do grani?u. Jivon under my hand and Seal, this 15th day of April, 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, 0. Y. D. April 18 51 2t THE CHARLESTON MERCURY. rHE CHARLESTON MERCURY is now, as it has ever been, a true Carolina paper, in the lands of Carolinians, and an exponent of the prevailing sentiments of the people. As an advertising medium it offers advantages hat cannot well be surpassed. Its circulation exends throughout the whole South as well as hrough the Northern and Northwestern States, ind is rapidly and steadily increasing. THE MERCURY contains all the latest politial, foreign, religious, and literary news, in a conlensed and attractive form, and will be found to ic all that it claims?a live Southern newspaper. Terms of Subscription for Daily, per anmm, $8.00: for Tri-Weelcly, per annum, $4.00. Conducted, bv R/B. RHETT&BRO. F. W. DAWSON, Assistant Editor. March 28 48 tf SSIM NO. 153 MEETING STREET, Formerly John ?fc Co.,) GEO. C. GOODRICH. 1 PHILIP WINEMAN, > SOUTH CAROLINA. JOHN ASHHURST, J DIRECT IMPORTERS OF | y| | | T ^ ? MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS, CHARLESTON, S. C. November 15 30 0m E. B. 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 tho best Possible Manner, with 'rinted Headings when required. The attention if Clerks, Sheriffs, Ordinaries, Commissioners in Equity, Railroad Officials, and all public officers s particularly invited. A large stock of BLANK-BOOK PAPER, of tho Jest Quality, always on hand. Special attention given to the binding of Music, Id Books and Files, and all other work in plain r ornamental style. Orders sent to, and contracts made directly with ne, will save money, as I am prepared to do work X a very snian uuvance on in ew x uuv x i iuca. My business motto is "Promptness, Economy nd Substantial Work." E. It. STOKES, Columbia, S. C. Novoml>er29.1866. 32 tf m, I MANUFACTURED BY Di*, C. F. Panknin, CHARLESTON, S. C. January 24 39 ly* [N EQUITY? YORK DISTRICT. t. L. Love, Administrator, and Jano M. Love, vs. Ann E. Wright and others.?Bill for Injunction, Account, Belief, Bale of Land, dr., dc. [T appearing to my satisfaction that John J. Hemphill and Janics S. Hemphill, Defendants n above stated case, reside beyond the limits of his State. Ordered, on motion of G. W. Wiliams, Solicitor for Complainants, that said De 1'I1UUIIU> UU umi pivttw, UIU9VTVI vr* uviuut ho Bill Hied in this case, within three months from ho publication of this notice, or said Bill will bo akcn pro confexso as to them. WALTER B. METTS, (810.50) Commissioner in Equity. J ainiary 24 30 3m SPRING IMPORTATION, 1867. RIBBONS, Millinery and Straw Goods. ARMSTRONG, CATOR <fc CO.. Importers and bbbers of Ribbons, Bonnet Silks and Satins, Bonds, Netts, Crapes, Velvets, Ruches, Flowers, 'eathers, Straw Bonnets and Ladies' Hats, trimned and untrimmed, Shaker Hoods, Ac., 237 and 39 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland, offer he largest Stock to bo found in this Country, and mcqualled in choice variety and cheapness. Oriors solicited and prompt attention given. February 28 44 2m* rHE CHARLESTON COURIER. PUBLISHED by A. S. WILLINGTON ?fc CO., City Printers, NO 111 East-Bay, Charleston, louth Carolina. Terms.?Daily, one year, $10; Daily, 6 monti !, 5; Daily, three months, $2 50; Tri-Weekly, one ear, $8; Tri-Weekly, six months, $4. #&}" The Proprietor of the Enquirer is the A:ent of the " Courier" for Yorkville. He will take leasuro in forwarding subscriptions. January 3 36 tf INDIGO. Si r POUNDS OF GOOD INDIGO. For Sale Z D cheap by T. M. DOBSON & CO. TERMS?~TS ADVANCE t SPECIE. CUBBBWCY. Ono Copy, one year, $ 2 50 $ 3 50 One Copy, Six months, 1 25 2 00 Ono Copy, Three months,.. 75 1 00 Two Copies, one year, 4 50 6 00 Five Copies, " " 8 75 13 50 Ten Copies, " " 17 50 25100 2S3* To persons who make up clubs of ten or more names, an extra copy of the paper will be furnished one year, free of charge. ' ADVERTISEMENTS Will be inserted at Ono Dollar and Fifty Cents per square for the first, and Seventy-five Cents per square for each subsequent insertion?less thun three months. A square consists of the space occupied by ten lines of this size type, or one inch. No advertisement considered less than a souare. Semi-Monthly, Monthly, or Quarterlymdvertisements, will be charged Two Dollars per square for each insertion. Quarterly, Semi-Annual or Yearly contracts will be made on liberal terms?the contract, however, must in all cases be confined to the immediate business of the firm or individual contracting. Obituary Notices and Tributes or Respect, rated as advertisements. Announcements ofMarriages and Deaths, and notices of a religions 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 bo charged for as advertisements. COUNTING-HOUSE ALMANAC FOR 1867. |isT*r?i"i SsSglii SiSlB^ii OMaSa'^ O!M ? 2 c ISA? > S "'SSlMT W&SS?52 l86r- *5 b B 9* Pil867,* a 5 ? ^ 2 : : i > : j : ^ Jan 1 2 3 4 5j July ...j 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 0 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 18 14 15 16 17 18 19! * 14; 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 2223242526, 21 22 2324252627 27 28 29 30 31 ! 28 29 30 31 Feb. l 2 Aug. ...I 12 3 i 3 4 5 6 7 8 9j 4; 56789 10 101112 13 14 15 161 11121314 15 16 17 17 18 10 20 21.22 23l 18119 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 26 27 28'... I. .! 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 \fAR ! ]j 2 ...' ' ' *3 4 5 "0;*7i 8 9 Sept. 11 2 "3 '*4| "5 '*6 *7 10 11 12 13 14; 15'1$ 8 9 10 1112 13 14 17 18 19 20(21 22(23 15ll8 17 18|19 20 21 24 25 26 27 28:29;3ft 22|23 24 25j26 27 28 31 29 30 APR. ... 1 2 3 4' 5 6 OCT 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10111213' 6i 7 8i 910 11 12 14 ic 1/} i"7 lO.in.ost) 10 14.ic.io.it la in It XU1V X# !O i? XO'XlllU lOli.# 10.10 21 22:23 34 25;26:27, 20.2i;22 23;24 25 26 28 29 30 I.J.J 27;28 29 30 31 ....... Mat. I... 1 2: 3; 41 Nov.. ...I 1 2 5 61 7 8 9,10 11; 8. 4 5 6 7 8! 9 12 13jl4 15 16 1718 10,11 12 13 14 15:16 19 20:21 22:23 24:25 17118 19 20'21 22 23 20 27 28 29 30 3l!...| 24 25 28 27 28 29 30 June |...| 1; [... ~ l. 2 3 4 5 6, 7, 8; DEC.. 1 2 3 4 5 0: 7 9 10,11 12 13'14 15 8! 9 10 11 12 1314 16 17 '18 19 20 21 22 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 34125 26127,28129, 22|23 24 25 26 27>28 30 ...I I...I...U 29130 31 |... STAMP DUTIES. IMPOSED BY ACT OF CONGRESS, TO TAKE EFFECT, AUGUST 1, 1866. THE following is an Alphabetical listofchestamp 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, Foreign.?Drawn in, but payable out of the United States, if drawn singly or otherwise than in a set of three or more?same aa 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 tjiereof 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, cneck, receipt, or other printed or written evidence of an amount of money to be paid on demand or at a time designated, for a sum not exceeding $100, 5 cents; for every additional $100, or fractional part in oxcess of $100,5 cents. Bill of Sale.?Bills of sale by which any ship, or vessel or any part thoroof, shall be conveyed to, or vested in any other person or persons, when tho consideration shall not exceed $500, stamp duty 50 conts; do., when the consideration exceeds $500 and does not exceed $1,000, $1. Exceeding $1,000. for every additional amount of $500, or fractional part thereof, 50 cents. Personal property other than ships or vessels, 5 cents. Bill of Lading.?For goods and merchandise exported to foreign ports, other than charter party, each 10 cents. Bonds?Of indemnity?where tho-money ultimately recoverable thereupon is $f,000, for every additional 81,000 or fractional part in excess of f 1,000, 50 cents. For the due execution of the duties of any office, $1. Of any description other than such as may be required in legal proceedings, or used in connection with mortgage deeds, and not otherwise charged in this schedule, 25 cents. Certificate?Other than those mentioned, 5 cents. Certificate of damage?And all other documents issued by any port-warden or marine surveyor, 25 cents. Certificate of Deposit?"For a sum not exceeding $100, 2 cents; exceeding $100, 5 cents. Certificate of Profits?In any incorporate company, for an amount not less than $10, nor excoeding $50,10 cents; from $60 to $1,000,25 cents; exceeding $1,000, for every additional $1,000, 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 ilot exceed 150 tons, $1; from 150 to 300 tons, $3; from 300 to 600 tons, $5; over 600 tons, $10. Checks, Drafts or Orders?For any amount on any bank, broker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 2cents; for amount exoeeding$10on any person other than a bank, banker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 2 cents. Cigar Lights.?Made in part of wood, wax, glass, paper or other materials, in parcels or packages, 1 cent; in packages of more than 25 and not more than 50 lights, 2 cents; for every additional 25 lights, or fractional part of that number, 1 cent. Contracts.?Contracts, broker's note, or memorandum of sale of any goods or merchandize, stocks, bonds, notes of hand, for each note or memorandum of sale, 10 cents. Conveyance or Deed of Grant.?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 value $100,25 cents; from $100 to $500,50 cts., exceeding $500, $1; for the withdrawal of goods from bonded warehouse, 60 cents. Eviction Matches?Or lueifer 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 exceods $300, for each additional $100, or fraction in excess of 300, 50 cents; assignment of a lease, same stamp as original, and additional stamp upon the value or consideration of transfer, according to the rates on deeds. (Seo Conveyance.) i Manifest Entry, Clearance.?Of Cargo of vessels for foreign port, if tonnage does not exceed 300 tons, < $1; from 300 to GOO, 83; exceeding 600, $5. i ' Meats, Fish, Fruits, Sauces, Jellies, die.?For and i upon every can, bottle or other single package, < containg meats, fish, shell-fish, fruits, vegetables, 1 sauces, syrups, prepared mustard, jams or jellies, i contained therein, packed or sealed, made.prepar- * ed 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, bottlo or other single package with its contents, . shall exceed two pounds in weight, for every additional pound or fractional part, 1 cent. Mortgage or Personal Bonds.?Given as security . for the payment of any definite sum, from 8100 to ; $500, 50 cents; exceeding 8500 and not exceeding ] 81,000. 81. For every odditional 8500, or fractional ] part thereof, in excess of 8500, 50 cents; provided , that upon each and every assignment or yansfer of ] a mortgage, policy of insurance, or the renewal or , continuance of any agreement, contract or charter, , by letter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be requi- 4 red equal to that imposed on the original instru- < mcnt. ( T>ns>nnn/> Tlrl-pf .?To a foreiim nort. if of less nrice than 835, 50 cents; from 835 to 50. $1; and for every ; additional 850, or fractional part thereof, in excess of 850, 81. Pawnbroker's Certificate.?For any amount, 5 cents. Playing Cards.?For and upon every pack, not ' exceeding 52 cards in number, irrespective of price ! or value, 5 cents. Policy of Insurance.?On any life or lives, where the amount insured does not exceed8l,000,25 cents; from81,000 to85,000,50 cents; exceeding $5,000. $1. Fire and Marine Risks.?Premium not exceeding 1 810,10 cents; premium not exceeding $50,25 cents; exceeding $50,50 cents. Accidental insurance Com- : panics are exempt. I Power of Attorney.?To transfer stock, bonds or . scrip, to collect dividends, interest or rent, 25 cents; . to vote by proxy, except in charitable, religious, i literary, and cemetetry societies, 10 cents; to sell i or lease real estate, and perform all other acts not < specified, $1; for any other purposes, 50 cents. i Probate of Witt or Letters of Administration.? Where the estate does not exceed the value of $2,- , 000, $1; for every additional $1,000, or fractional part in excess of $2,0*0,60 cents. Protest of Note/Draft, <te.?or marine protest etc., 25 cents. Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, dtc.?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 snm of money, or for the payment of any debt due, exceeding $20, not being for satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment, or decree of a court, or endorsement on any stamp obligation in acknowledgment of its fulfillment, for each receipt, 2 cents. Provided, that when more than one signature Ir affixed to tne same paper, one or more stamps may be af- I fixed thereto representing the whole amount of stamps required for such signatures. Safes.?>Or contracts for the sale ofstocks, bonds, j foreign exchange, goldand silver bullionand coin, promissory notes or other securities, when made by brokers, banks or bankers who pay a special tax, require stamps equal to 1 dent on every $100. If there is a fraction over $100, the same to be stamped at the full rate of fxOO. J When made by a person, firm or corportion not paying special tax, for every $100 of value, 5 cents. A memorandum of sale or contract must be-made by the seller to the buyer upon the sale or contract being mads, and thus stamps affixed thereto. Writ?Writ50 cents. Where the axpount claimed in a writ, issued by a court note*record, is over ?100.50 cents. Unon every confessionofiuasrment. 4 or cognovit, for $100 or over (except In those cases where the tax for the writ of a commencement of suit has been paid,) 50 cents. Writs or other process on appeals from justices' courts or other courts of inferior jurisdiction to a court of record. 50 cents. Warrant of distress, when the amount "Of rent claimed does not exceed $100, 25 cents; when exceeding $100,50 cents. EXEMPTIONS. No stamp duty shall be required on powers of attorney or any other paper relating to application for bounties, arrearages of pay, or pensions, or to the receipt thereof from tame to time: or upon tickets or contracts of insurance when limited to injury to persons while traveling;-nor on certificates of the measurement or weight of animals, wood, coal or other articles, nor on deposit notes to mutual insurance companies for the insurance upon which policies subject to stamp duties have been or are to be issued; nor on any warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or note, when such bond or note shall have affixed thereto the stamp \ or stamps denoting the duty required: and when- J ever any bond or note shall be secured by a mort- 4/M gage, but one stamp duty shall be required to be placed on such papers; nor on any certificate of 1 the record of a deed or other instrument in wri- J ting, orof the acknowledgment or proof thereof by j attesting witnesses; nor to any indorsement of a J negotiable instrument. " 1 Provided that the stamp duty placed thereon shall bo of the highest rate required for said instruments, or either of them. ' Receipts by express companies for the delivery of any property for transportation are exempt from stamp duty. j PENALTIES. Penalty for making, signing or issuing any instrument. document or paper of any kind whatsoever, or snail accept, negotiate or pay, or cause to bo accepted, negotiated or paid, any bill of exchange, draft or order, or promisory note lbr the payment of money, without the same being duly stamped, or denoting the duty hereby imposed thereon, $50; and the instrument shall be deemed invalid and of no effect; or for the conn- . terfeiting stamps or dies, $1,000, and imprisonment at hard labor not exceeding frve years. For making, signing, Issuing, accepting or paying any bill or exchange, draft, order or note without stamp, $200. For selling proprietary, ooametics, matches, meats, fish, fruits, sauces, jellies, <fcc., without proper stamps, $50. j OTHER PROVISION. Instruments are not to be recorded unless properly stamped. No instrument is valid for the want of the particular kinds of stamps designated, provided a legal stamp of equal amount (except proprietary stamps,) is duly affixed. All official instruments, documents and papers issued or used by officers of the United States Government, or hy the officers of any State, <x>nnty'or other municipal corporation are exei pt In cases where an adhesive stamp shall be used for denominating any duty imposed by this act, the person using or affixing the same shall write I thereon the initials of his name and date upon which the same shall be attached or used, so that the same may not be again used, under a penalty of $50 * i Instruments heretofore issued without stamps, * not be void where stamps are subsequently affixed. Postage stamps cannot be used as revenue stamps. Any person may present to the commissioner of Internal Revenue any instrument, andmrequlre his opinion whether the same is chargeable with any stamp duty; and if the said commissioner > shall be of opinion that it is not chargeable with any stamp uuiy, no is required to impress on it a J 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 1 received in evidence in all courts, notwithstanding objections pn the ground of 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, shall, before using the same, affix thereon the stamp or stamps indicating the duty required. Proprietors of cosmetics, medicines, or proprietary articles, may furnish private dies, and are allowed 5 per cent, on all purchases of $500; over $500, 10 per cent. CONFEDERATE MONEY. rpHE following table shows the price of gold for A Confederate currency in Augusta, Ga., at various times from the breaking out to the close of the war. The record was kept by a broker long doing business in that city:. 1881. Gold Premium. For $1 in Gold. January 1 5 December 15 $ 2100 July 1 10 -1864. . October 1 12 January 1..........$ 21 00 October 15 15 January 15 20 00 December 1 20 February 1 20 00 December 15 30 February 15 21 00 1862. - March 1 26 00 January 1 20 March 15 20 00 January 15 - 20 April 1 19 00 February 1 25 April 15 21 00 February 15 ...? 40 May 1 . 20 00 March 1. 50 May 15 18 00 March 15 60 June 1 to July 15 18 00 April 1 75 July 15 to Aug. 15 20 00 April 15 85 August 15 22 00 May 1 : 90 September 1 20 50 May 15 95 September 15 22 50 June 1 95 October 1 _ 27 00 For $1 in Gold. October 15 25 00 June 15 .$ 2 00 November 1 26 00 August 1 2 20 November 15 28 00 September 1 2 50 December 1 82 00 November 1 3 00 December 15 35 00 1863. December 31 50 00 February 1 3 10 1865. March 1 3 25 January 1 60 00 iVJUlTCil 19 9 W| JHXILlliry 10 00 W I May 15 6 00 February 1 ' 60 00 I June 1 6 50 February 15 46-60 1 June 15 7 50 March 55 00 July 1 8 00 March 15 57 00 ; M July 15 .. 10 00 April 1 * 70 00 August 1 14 00 April 15 80 00 August 15 - 15 00 April 20 100 00 September 1 14 00 April 26 200 00 Soptember 15 ~. 14 00 April 27 300 00 October 1 13 00 April 28 500 00 October 15 12 50 April 29 800 00 November 1 13 00 April 30 1,000 00 ' November 15 15 50 May 1 1,200 00 December 1 20 00 ?Which was the last actual sales of Confederate notes. VALUE OF CONEEDEEATE CTJEBEHCY. A NNEXED is a table showing the value of' 'ConJ\_ federate currrency" in United States currency for the last four vears?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 executed 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 THE RELATIVE VALUE OP "CONFEDERATE" ANDU. S. CURRENCY FOB POUR YEARS. MONTH. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1965. 1 | Value in Value in Value in! Value in A a von rm ^on.cuT- Con.cur- Con.cur-Con cur- H mnivft nf rency of rencv ofrency ofrtncy of month of j$linfj.s. flin WtflinUS'llintT.S. W I ciir'cv. 1 pnrV'v i i amW/W I rf - -v? | M January $2.00 $13.50 $26.90 February 2.19 13.79 25.20 March - 2.93 14.57 34.90 \pril .. 3.23 12.33 May 3.87 10.65 June - 4.85 8.12 July .. 6.89 7.79 \ugust _ 10.63 8.85 September.. $2.19 9.71 10.56 October 1.95 9.70 12.80 November.. 2.29 9.90 12.55 December... 2.28 12.60 18.26 To ascertain the value of a given amount of Confederate currency, divide the number of dollars by ihe figures in the column opposite the date sought for, and the quotient will be the amount in United 3tates currency. * ?l,5qo.per year: T?TE WANT AGENTS everywhere, to sell our f f improved $20 Sewing Machines. Three I new kinds, upper and lower feed. Sent on trial. fl Warranted five years. Above salary or large com- B missions pai<L* The only machines sold in the U. M States for less Hpan $40, which aro fully licensed by Howe, Wheelefitt Wilson, Orover <? Baker, Singer H ? Co., and Bachelder. All other cheap machines are infringements, and the seller or user are liable to arrest, fine and imprisonment. Illustrated cir culars sent free. Address, or call on SHAW & J CLARK, at Biddeford, Maine, or Chicago, 111. May 31 6 *7 f