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^nton Intelligencer. Scraps, Facts and Fancies. ? Why is kissing your sweetheart like eating soup with a fork ? Because it takes a-iong time to get enough of it. ? "Work, great, absorbing, inevitable work, is at one and the same time the cardinal, thecreativo, the conquering and the conservative element ol life. All things are possible with it. It is the rud der of the world, its only means of guid anco and propulsion. ? "Woman: Tho morning star of. in fancy?tho day star of manhood?the evening star of ago. Bless our stars ! ? Marrying for lovo may be a little risky, but it's an honest way of doing busi ness. ? Why is a cricket on tho hearth like a soldier in battle ? Because ho often ad vances under a brisk fire. ? Lord Chesterfield once remarked that even Adam, the first man, know tho value of politeness, and allowed Evo to have the first bite at tho apple. ? Dobbs says that beauties generally die old maids. They set such a valuo on themselves that they don't find a pur? chaser till the market is closed. ? No one of my fellows can do that spe cial work for me which I have come into the world to do. Ho might do a higher work, a greater work?but he cannot o% my work. ? An exchango relates a Shaker dis? covery, that washing the head with coal black tea once or twice a week will keep hair from falling off, prevont its growing gray, and give it a fine lively lustre. ? Mr. John Bixler of Beaver, Ohio, re? cently died, leaving a widow twelve yoars old and a dhild nearly six months old.? She is the youngest widow in America. ? If your neighbor asks the loan of five dollars of you, tell him you were not pres? ent, but if he will pass on to JoneB or Smith he will asscrtain exactly tho wholo particulars of tho accident. , ? A man being awakoucd by tho cap? tain of a boat with tho announcement that he must not occupy his berth with his boots on, considerataly replied : " O, the bugs won't hurt 'em, I guess j they're an old pair." ? A rural chap visiting Grand Rapids, Mich., got playfully drunk, when, observ? ing a bull pup, he went down on his hands and knees to have a little game with him. The pup feeling cross, grabbed him by the nose, and aftor much trying and twist? ing, tore it off. ? One of the readiest ways of contract? ing loose habits is to put a belt round your dressi n g-go w n. ? A wicked editor says that at church some pooplo clasp their hands so fervently in prayer that they are unable to get them open when tho contribution box comes around. ? An exchango correctly remarks that when a man gets mad and stops his paper, ho always borrowB the next number from his neighbor, to see if the withdrawal of his subscription hasn't killed the editor, and if he has not dressed the columns of the paper in mourning. Suoh men im? agine Mie world rests on their shoulders. ? A gentleman who had some experi? ence in stopping over at Meridian during the war, and whoso business called him again to Mississippi, was oxpatiating to Gen. Johnston upon tho discomforts of an apprehended stoppage there. "Oh," re? plied tho General, "Meridian has improved. The hotel has been burned down." ? A friend says he's either head and ears in love or he's got the cholic?he can't tell which, as he is not certain which he tasted last, kisses or watermelons. ?A man in Hartford. Ct., advertised re? cently that on receipt of a certain sum he would, by return mail, instruct the appli? cant how to make a fortune. His direc? tions were: "Peddle cigars, half Havana and half home made, as I did, and always be ready to pick up a stray chicken." ?It may be said generally of husbands, as the old woman said of hers, who had a buscd her to an old maid, who reproached hor for being such a fool as to marry him : " To be sure he's not so good a husband as he should be, hut he's a powerful sight bet? ter than none." ? A "reb," who had long languished on tho sweets of a forced idleness, conse? quent upon his occupation having termi? nated with Lee's surrender, began to look about him for something to be, to do or to suffer. Thinking himself sufficiently re? constructed, he applied for work at one of the Departments, presided over by a Federal officer. "Have you been in the rebel service V* he was asked. "Yes, sir," was tho reply. "In any battles ?" "About eighteen pitched battles, sir." "Ever kill any Yankees ?" "No, sir; never killed any." "How do you know that?" "Well, I couldn't kill any of them." "Why was that ?" "Because they were all in the rear speculating j but I guess I slayed "about a thousand Dutch and Irish." We did not learn whether the candor of this reb. secured him a place or not, but it certainly was deserving of some re? cognition.?Norfolk Virginian. .? Public meetings are daily held in Tennessee?particularly in the Eastern part of the State?which are attended by great crowds, who enthusiastically en? dorse the President. Advice to Young Men. A lady offers the following sensible sug? gestions to young men : Dear gentlemen between the ages of "eighteen and forty-five," listen to a few words of gratuitous remarks. When yon make a social call of an evening, on a young lady, go away at a reasonable hour. Say you come at eight o'clock, an hour and a half is certainly as long as the most fascinating of you in conversation can, or rather ought to dcsiro to use his charms. Two hours, indeed, can be very pleasantly spent with music, chess, or other games, to lend variety; but, kind sirs, by no means stay longer. Make shorter calls and come oftencr. A girl that is, a sensible, true-hearted girl?will enjoy it better, and really value j'our ac? quaintance more. Just conceive tlie agony of a girl who, woll knowing the feeling of father and mother upon the subject, hears the clock strike ten, and yet must sit on the edge of her chair, in mor? tal terror lest papa should put his oft re? peated threat in execution?that of invi? ting the gentleman to breakfast. And wo girls understand it all by experience, and know what it is to dread the prog? nostic of displeasure. In such cases a sign ot rciief generally accompanies the closing of the door behind the gallant, and one don't. get over the feeling of trouble tilll safe in the arms of Murpheus. Even then sometimes the dreams are troubled with some phantom of an angry father and distressed (for all parties) mother, and all because a young man will make a longer call than he ought to.? JSTow, young gentlemen friends, I'll tell you what we girls will do. For an hour and a half we will be most irresistibly charming and fascinating. Then beware; monosyllable responses will' bo all you need expect; and if, when the limits shall have boon passod. a startling query shall be heard coming down stairs, "Isn't it timo to close up ?" you must consider it righteous punishment, and taking your hat, depart, a sadder and it is to be hoped a wiser man. Do not get angry, but the next timo yoii como be careful to keep in within just bounds. We want to rise early these pleasant mornings, and im? prove the "shining hours;" but when forced to bo up at such unreasonable hours at night, exhausted nature will speak, and as a natural consoquence, with tho utmost speed in dressing, wo can barely get down to breakfast in timo to escape a roprimand from papa, who don't boliove in beaux?as though he never was young?and a mild reproving g^anco from mama, who understands a little better poor daughter's feelings, but must still disapprove outwardly, to keep up appear? ances. And now, young men, think about theso things, and don't for pity's sake, don't throw down your papor with a "pshaw"?but remember the safe sido of ten. Uncertainties of the Law.?The Troy (N. Y.) Whig tolls a story of a case of law in that State. In 1855 a man was run over on tho Hudson River Railroad, and the wife sued tho company for damages. The case was first tried before a justice and the plaintiff non-suited. She then appealed to the Supreme Court and the non-suit was taken off. She then tried tho caso before another justice and got $2,500 damages. Tho railroad company appealed this timo, and tho fourth trial was had in tho Suprorno Court, tho voi dict of 82,500 being affirmed. Tho mil road company again appealed, and tho fifth trial was had before tho New York Court of Appeals, which reversed the former decisions and ordered a new trial before a justice. This gave rise to the sixth trial, which came off before another justice, who non-suited the plaintiff. She again appealed, and tho seventh trial took place boforo the Supreme Court, which this timo affii med the non-suit; but tho lady again appealed to the highest court, and the eighth trial was had before Court of Appeals in April last. This court re? versed all former decisions, and sent the case down to tho justice to begin over again. Thus, after eight trials, the case is back where it started in tho justico courts in 1855. -* A Crooked River.?Speaking of the Rio Grande, a recent writer says : "Imagine four of the crookedest things in tho world, thon imagine four more twice as crooked, and fancy to yourself a large river three times as crooked as all these put together, and you have a faint idea of the crooked disposition of this crooked river. There is no drift in it, from the fact that it is so crooked that timber can't find its way far onough down to lodge two sticks together; but few snakes, because it is not straight onough to swim in, and the fish are in tho whirl? pools in tho bends, because they can't find their way out. Birds frequently" attempt to fly across tho river and light on the side they start from, being deceived by the different crooks! Indeed, you may be deceived when you think you are across it; and some of the boys says it is bo twisting there is but one side to it." ? A correspondent of the Eichmond Enquirer, mentions that Robert E. Lee is among the v." utors at the Rockbridgc Alum Springs. He states that when Goneral Lee arrived, riding tho woll known "gallant gray" which he bestrode during the war, the whole assemblage at tho springs, men, women and children crowded around him to extend a welcome. Tue Largest City in the World.?If i tho following account is true, London is | no longer the metropolis of our planet. That distinction belongs to tho Japanese city of Jeddo, which a correspondent of the Boston Traveler thus describes : "But what shull I say of this greatest and most singular of all cities? I cannot give you an idea of it, it is so unique, so unlike anything except itself, and so im? possible, as you will think. "It is situated on the western shore of this charming gulf, twenty miles wide by twenty-four long. It stretches for twonty miles or more along a beach of semi-cir? cular form, with its horns turned out? ward, and along which a street extends, crowded with blocks of stores and houses, and teeming with moving crowds while shopkeepers, artisans, women and chil? dren seem equally numerous within doors and at doors. Indeed a dozen or fifteen miles might be added to the city in di? rection, since there is nothing but an un? broken succession of towns and villages for this distance, which are as populous aud as well built as the city itself. "In crossing tho city from the shore to the western outskirts I have walked two miles and a half, while in other places it may be wider. According to the lowest estimate, the city covers an area equal to seven of the New England farming towns, which are usualljr six miles square. And all is traversed by streets, usually wide, well constructed, perfectly neat, and crossing each other at right angles ; streets are lined with houses and stores as com? pactly as they can be built, and crowded with moving and stationary masses as thick as in Washington street, or Now York Broadway, for considerable ? dis? tances. The population is estimated gen? erally at three millions, which Mr. Har? ris, our minister, thinks is no exaggera? tion." -o Nature's Barometers.?A venerable gontlcman with whom we recently con? versed, assured us that spiders were the best barojuctcrs yet produced. The barom? eter in von ted by the scientific, he affirm? ed, 011i3' indicated the kind of weather wo are to have immediately; while spi? ders unerringly told the character of the weather for several days in advance. For instance, if the weather is likely to be? come rain}*, windy, or in other respects disagreeable, the spiders make very short aud firm the terminating filaments on which their webs are suspended. If. on the contrary, they mako the terminating filaments or fastenings uncommonly long, the weather will continue serene from ten to a dozen days. Spiders usually make alterations in their webs once in twenty-four hours. If they are totally indolent, and do not even watch for flies, rain will speedily ensue. If the spiders stay out upon their nets during a shower, and seem actively en? gaged in putting affairs in good condition, it is certain proof that tho rain will bo of short duration, and that it will bo clear for somo timo. If, during tho stormy weather, the spiders ai'o seen fixing their damaged nots in tho evening, it certainly indicates that the night will bo pleasant, and that the rain is over for the present. Our informant has often witnessed this result when the sky looked most threat? ening, and he has never known the sign to fail. Matrimonial Advertisements.?They outdo us in England in regard to matri? monial advertisements, judging from the following : Ada, Emily. Jennj', just 19, fair blue eyes and handsome, would like to marry as early as possible. Eosebud, who is 17 and pretty, having rich golden hair, wishes to marry a talL young man about 24 years of age. Violent wants to be married to a tall man. She is tall and very good looking. Lalla Eookh would dearly like to be married. She moves in first class society and has ?500 a year. She is 18, tall and strikingly handsome, j Some of the applicants put the matter rather upon the ground of duty and des? tiny. Mary G., who has good looks, but does not wish to speak of them, wants to be married. She has read her Bible, and : knows that marriage is the destiny and honor of woman. She is 23. Catherine B. B., who has dark brown hair and soft brown eyes, with pretty features and fine figure, wishes to fulfill her woman's mission and marry. She will have money. 1 -*v A Smile.?How trifling, how simple a thing is a smile; how slight an exertion does it cost; how magical often are its results; how frequently does it dispel the clouds of gloom from the brow of care, lighting up with its warm and genial ra? diance, like sunshine on the distant hill, the countenance of the sullen and de? pressed. Oft tir.:es, too, even the forbid? den visage of mclaneholly and despair catches up and reflects back the gentlo, hallowed light. Oh, how many a heavy head has scorned lighter from it^ heaven? ly influences. Friends, withhold not these little courtesies of life; be not pe? nurious of your smiles and kind words ; you dream not what a world of gr od, all unknown to you, they may accomplish. Scatter with prodigal hand, and many a ono traveling along life's dnsty way, will bless you in their heart of hearts. A Pleasing Incident.?Yesterday a poor, one-legged Confederate soldier, still clothed with tho remnants of his worn gray jacket, sank down exhausted on the ; steps of the Story building, at the corner of Camp and Gravier streets. A Fede? ral sergeant, passing at the time, looked on compassionately, and after passing on some distance, in order not to attract at? tention, quietly returned and slipped a contribution into his hand. Delicately and unostentatiously as this was done, a handsome pair of eyes were watching, and witnessed the little tribute of charity and kindness. All honor to the brave soldier! Such as ho can never be our en? emies, and such acts, by challenging our admiration and our sympathies, do more to restore and consolidate the olden "Union" than all the frcedmen's bureaus, reconstruction committees and radical legislation that could be crowded into a century. When will our New England political doctors learn that kindness is, after all, the touchstone of the Southern character, and that no living people more thorough? ly exemplify the old and beautiful maxim that "One touch of kindness makes the world akin." ?iV. 0. Times. -? Brigiiam Young's Tithing System.? The Salt Lake City Vidette tells us how Brigham Young's financial matters arc carried on, and how tho faithful are reir ularly shorn of the fruits of their labor. According to his laws, when a man joins his church one-tenth of all his property has to go to the support of it, and one tenth of all the annual profits of the re mainder. If the man has no propert}*, one-tenth of his labor has to go to the church j one-tonth of every trade or oc? cupation has to be represented ; and if a man should idle thirty days, the tithing man claims the profits of throe days' la? bor, on the ground that no man has a right to idle away three days belonging to the Lord. In addition to this, there are the Federal. Territorial, county and town taxes, which are sufficient of them? selves to reduce one to poverty. Wiat becomes of all this money !i?> one knows; ior no public statement of tho finances has over been made, while it is a curious fact that the tithing officers have the largest farms, the best stock, and 'w. most wives of any of th<- inhabitants of the Territory. - ? There are living near La Crosse, in one school district, five brothers who in two years wore married to five women, who h?vc had before eleven husbands. ei?cht of whom are still alivo. ? What did the windowsash say when the tree fell broke a glass? Tre? mendous. Stamp Duties. As a matter of interest and importance to all classes of our readers, we publish below the new stamp Act, alphabetically arranged, which went into operation on the 1st instant. Our readers should cut it out and preserve it for future refer? ence : Agreement?Other than those mentioned in this schedule, (or any appraisement.) for every sheet or piece of paper oil which it is written, 5 couts ; appraisements of value or damage, 6 cents. Bill of Exchange, foreign.?brawn in but paya? ble out of the United States, if drawn singly or otherwise thnn 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 for? eign currency in which such bills may be express? ed, 2 cents; for every additional $100, or frac? tional part thereof in excess of Si00, 2 cents. Bit I 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 promis? sory notes, except bank notes and checks; or any memorandum, clu ck, receipt or other written or printed evidence of an amount of money to be paid on demand or at a time designated, for a sum not exceeding $100,6 cents : for every additional S1UU, or fractional part in excess of $100, 5 cents. Bill of Sale.?H?ls of sale by which any ship or vessel, or any part thereof, shall be conveyed to or vested in any other person or persons, when the consideration shall not exceed $500, stamp duty 50 cents; do., when the consideration exceeds $500 and does not exceed $1,000, $1. Exceeding $1,000, for every additional amount of $600). or fractional pari thereof, 50 cents. Personal prop? erty oilier than ships or vessels. 5 cents. Bill of Lulling.?For goods and merchandize ex? ported to foreign ports other than charter party, each 10 cents. Bonds.?Of indeinuify?where the money ulti? mately recoverable thereupon is $1,000 or less, 10 cents; where the penalty exceeds $1,000 for every additional S 1,001.' or fraclionn part in excess of $1,000. 60 cents. For.ihc due execution ol ihr duties of any office, SI. Of any description other than such a* may be required in legal proceedings, or used in connection with mortage deeds, and nut otherwise charged in th s 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. Certificulc of Deposit.?For i film not exceeding S100. 2 cents ; exceeding $? ? . ?> cents Certificate of Profits,?in any incorporated com pany. for an amount not les< than $10, imr exceed ing $50, II? cents ; from $50 to $1,.I, 25 cents; exceeding $1,000, for every additional $1,000, or fractional part thereof. 25 cents. Certificate of Stock. ? Incorporated company, 25 cents. Charter Party.?On any letter or memorandum relating to the charter of any vessel,-if the regis? tered tonnage does not exceeti i tolls. $1 ; from 150 to 3000 tons, $8; from .'JGii to ??0 tons, $5 ; over 600 tons, S10. Checks, Drafts or Order*. ? Fo." any amount on any bank, broker or trusi company, - ? . t .,)? ?n demand, 2 cents; foranioiinl ?? 10, oi any person other than hunk '?s\ company, at sight on demand. 2 <?. . ? ir j exceeding $10, on any pernoii till n .? I banker-or trust company, at sight o: on lenuuid j 2 cents. j Cigar Light*?Made iu part ol wood, wax. glass, i paper, or other materials, in parcels or packages, ! 1 cent: in packages of more Mian 25 and not more I than 60 lights, 2 ceuts: for every additional 25 ? lights, or fractional part of that number, 1 cent. ' Contracts?Contracts, broker's note, or memo? randum of sale of any goods or merchandize, stocks, j bonds, notes of hand, for each note or memoran? dum of pale. 10 cent s. Conveyance of Dc< i of Grant?Where the consid? eration of value does not exceed $500, 50 cents; I from S500 to S'l ,000, SI; and for every additional : $500, or fractional part thereof, in excess of SI,000, i 50 cents. j Entry of Goods?At custom house, not exceeding I in value $100, 25 ccuts; from $100 to $500, 50 cents ; exceeding $?O?, $1; for the withdrawal of goods from bonded warehouse, 50 cents. Friction Matches?Or Lucifer matches, made in part of wood, in packages of TOO or less, 1 cent; when in parcels of packages containing more than 100, and not more fhan 20U, for each parcel or pack? age, 2 cents, and for every additional or fractional j part thereof, 1 cent; for wax tapers, double the j rates herein imposed upon friction matches. 1 cent. ' Lease?Where rent is $300, or less, 50 cents; : where the rent exceeds $300, for euch additional $200, or fractiun'in excess of $3u0, 50 cents; as j signment of a lease, same stamp as original, and additional stamp upon the value or consideration of transfer, according to the rates of on deeds. (See Conveyance.) Muni/eat Entry, Clearance?Of cargo of vessel for foreign port, if tonnage docs not exceed 800 tons, $1 ; from 300 to 000, $3; exceeding 000, $5. Meats, Fish, Fruits, Sauces, Jellies, ?c?For, and upon every can, bottle or other single package, con? taining meats, fish, shell-fish, fruits, vegetables, sauces, syrups, prepared mustard, jam or jellies, contained therein, packed or scaled, made, prepar? ed and sold, or offered for sale, or removed for con? sumption in the United States, on or after the 1st day of October, 180(3, wheu 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 con? tents, 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 S10U to ?500, 50cents; exceeding $500, and not exceeding SI,000, SI. For every additional $600, or frac? tional part thereof, in excess of $500, 50 cents: provided, that upon each and every assignment or transfer of a mortgage, policy of insurance, or the renewal or continuance of an}' 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, SI; and for every additional $50, or fractional part thereof, in excess of $50, $1. Pawnbroker's Certificate?For any sum, 5 cents. Playing Cards?For and upon every pack, not exceeding 52 cards in number, irrespective of price I or value, 5 cents. Policy of Insurance?On any life or lives, where the amount insured does not exceed $1,000, 25 cents ; from SI.000 to $5,000, 50 cents : exceeding $5,00o, $1. Fire and Marine Kinks.?Premium not exceeding $10, 10 cents; premium not exceed? ing $50, 25 cents : exeecding $5?', 50 cents. Ac? cidental insurance policies are exempt. Power of Attorney.?To transfer stuck, bonds or scrip, to collect dividends, interest or rent, 25 cents; to vole by proxy, except in charitable, re? ligious, literary and cemetery societies, 10 cents; to sell or lease real estate, and perform ail other acts not specified, $1; and other purpose, 50 cents. Probate of Will, or letter 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 $2,000, 50 cent3. Protest of Note, Drafts, ?j-c.?Or marine protest, &c, 24 cents. Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, $c.?Xot over 25 cents, 1 cent; not over 50 cents, 2 cents; uot over 75 cents, 3 cents ; not over $1,4 cents. For every additional 50 cents, or fractions thereof, 2 cents. Receipt?Receipts for the payment of any bum .?I 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 cn ? | . -i meal ->ti :iny stamp obligation in acknowl? edgement >?; its fulfillment, for euch receipt 2 cents Pr "drit, Tlmi when niore'thanbuesigna? ture ia affixed m the same paper, one or more Stamps may be affixed thereto ri-presci.ting the whole amount of stumps required by such signa? tures. Sale*?Or contracts for the gale of stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, gold and silver bullion and coin, 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 $I0o. If there is a fraction over $100, the same to be stamped at the full rate of S100. When made by a person, firm or corporation not paying special tax, for every $100 of value, 5 cents. A memo randum of sale or contract must be made by the seller to the buyer upon the sale or contract beine made, and the stamps affixed thereto. Writ?Writ 50 cents. Where the amount claim? ed in a writ, issued by a court not of record, is $10" or over, 50 cents. Upon every confession ol judgment, or cognovit, for $100 or over, (exeep: in those cases where the lax for the writ of a com mencemeht of suit, has been paid,) 50 cents Writs or other process on appeals from justices' courts or other courts of inferior jurisdiction lo n court of record, 50 cents. Warrant of distress when the amount of rent claimed ?Joes noi cxptei $100, 25 cents ; when exceeding $100, 50 cents. EXi:.Ml'TI0X.S. 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 lo the receipt thereof Irom time to time: or upon tickets or contracis of insurance, when limited io injury of persons while traveling; nor on cor cotes 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 Ijuro been or are to be issued : nor on" any warvfttii ol' attorney accompanying a bond or note, when bti ?'.< bond or note shall have affixed thereto the stamp or stamps denoting the duty required ; and when? ever any bond or note shall be secure*! by n mort? gage, but one stamp duty snail lie required to be placed on such papers; nor on any certificate of the record of a deed or other instrument in wri? ting, or of the acknowledgment or proof thereof by attesting witnesses; nor to any endorsement of a negotiable instrument. Prvcidtd, That the stamp duty placed thereon shall be the highest rate required for said instru? ments; or either of them. Receipt by express companies for the delivery ol any property for transportation are exempt from s:an:p duty. penalties. Penalty for making, signing or issuing any in? strument, document or paper of any kind whatso? ever, or shall accept, negotiate or pay. or cause lo be accepted, negotiated or paid, auy bill of ex? change, draft or order, or promissory note for the payment of money without tite same being duly stamped, or denoting the duly hereby imposed thereon, $50; and the instrument shall be deemed invalid and of no effect; or for counterfeiting si.imps or dies, $1.000. and imprisonment to hard labor not exceeding five years. For making, sign ing. issuing, accepting oi paying imy bill ol ex change, draft, order or note kuio.hi stamp. $200. For selling proprietary CosmeticS, malciies, meats', fish, fruits, sauces, jellies, sc., without proper stamps, $5". otukr provisions Instruments are not to be recorded unless prop? erly slumped. No instrument is invalid for the want of the pariiclurlv kinds of stamps designated, provided a legal stamp of equal amount (except proprietary stamps) duly affixed. All official instruments, documents and papers issued or used by officers of the United States Gov? ernment or by the officers of any State, County or other municipal corporation, arc exempt. In cases where an adhesive stamp shall be used for denoting any doty imposed by this Act, the person using or affixing the same shall write there? on the initials of his name and date upon which the same shall be attached or used, so that the same may not again be used, under a penalty of $50. Instruments heretofore issued without stamps, ? uoi ??? be void, where stamps are subsequently ;V v; .1 Post age stamps cannot be used as revenue ; stamps; i ?. . ??? - in may present to the Commissioner of I , .. ii'.ii- any instrument and require his . .. w hether the same is chargeable with any tl iy; and if the sail Commissioner shall be of I opinion that it is not chargeable with any stamp i duty, he is required to impress on it a particular j stamp, with words lo signify that it is not charge? able with stamp duty; and every instrument, on which said stamp is impressed shall be received in evidence in all courts, notwithstanding objections on the ground of such instrument being without the proper stamp. The party to whom a document is issued from a foreign conntry, or by whom it is to be used, shall, before using the same, affix thereon the stamp or j stamps indicating the duty required. Proprietors of cosmetics, medicines, or propri ! etary articles, may furnish private diee, and arc allowed 5 per cent, on all purchases of $500 ; 1 over $500. 10 per cent. Xlie Leading- Journal THE SOUTH. THE PUBLISHERS OF - THE CHARLESTON DAILY NEWS BEG respectfully to return ihcir thanks tothe pun lie for its liberal support to their Journal, and promise that in tlie future, as in the pant, it shall be their uim to make THE i)AILY NEWS the most, desirable paper in the country. It has now the Largest Circulation of auy newspaper in the Stiite. and is t he Largest in Size of any paper pub? lished iu the State?issued in folio form of eight pages, and the size of the New York Itetahl. It is universally admitted that the CHARLES TOy DAILY NEWS is the most enterprising, independent, and the best commercial newspaper published in the South. It is a Southern paper with Southern principles. A TRI-WEEKLY. Many of our friends have spoken and written to us concerning the publication of a Tri-weekly. We have thought of doing thin for some time, .but owing 10 ilie general disarrangement of postal af? fairs, we have concluded not to do so until the. commencement of next season. On the first of September we will commence to publish a country edition of The News, and it shall be our aim to make'the paper the best ever issued .in tiiis State. We intend introducing en? tirely new features in this enterprise: it will not be a summary of the daily, but will be complete and original in itself, and we arc certain that its patrons will be ns well pleased with it us. are our present patrons pleased with the daily. TERMS OF DAILY: One year, ?10.00 Six months. 5 00 Three months, 2.50 (In Advance.) CATncAET, McMillan* & morion, PrOWUEToKS. No. 18 Hayne Strfeef. Charleston, S. C. May 31, lSiitj 50 GET THE BEST! PHtEffiX ?ND GLEANER ? THE BAIL Y PIKE NIX Is published every morning, except Monday, nnd contains the LATEST NEWS, by telegraph and mnils, up to the hour of going to press; Editorials, Correspondence from different points, Miscellane? ous Heading, Tales! Poetry, Sketches, etc., etc., etc. In the Quantity and Quality of its Reading Matter is not to be excelled by any paper in South Carolina. Advertisements inserted on favorable terms. TEE TRI-WEEKLY PHCENIX Contains, in every number, the reading matter (embracing the latent new?) of TWO ISSUES of the daily. It is published every Tuesday, Thurs? day and Saturday mornings; Tlllh GLEANER Is published every Wednesday morning. It is the desire, and will be the object of the Proprietor, to make tins equal to. ii not the best FAMILY NEWS PA 1'F.ll in the South. Iii fact, as its name indi? cates, A HOME COMPANION. Resides the collection of the cream of the news of the week, Political, Financial and the Markets, it will cnutain a large amount of Literary Matter. ?such ?is chpi.ee Talcs. Sketches, and.Poetry. It will cmbracd Eight Paul's, Containing forty-eight' Colunrns?is printed in a form to bind, and thus secures a'faithtu) record and history of passing events. T)flx-MS? ;S' A]> J". 1 XC'E: Daily Paper, six months.$4 00 Tri-*Weekly, li " - -- - - 2 50 Weekly, " " ------ 1-50 JULIA N A. S.'SLBY, Proprietor, " Columbia, $. C. ?, June Id, 186? 51 TWO AGSICUITTJJtAI VXMSSB PGR $2 50 Southern Cultivator, 1). REDMOND AXp V M. N. WHITE. EDITORS. E: ?' :\ I 8! : :T?3 iED IN 1843 I Volum? Vi Coiii'meiicej] January, .1866! Monihly. at.?-2 DO per annum. Six Copies for.3 U in Advance. By special Mfrahjgewfen! with Qte MARYLAND FARMER, another excclFeiit Ivnhfi Monthly, pub? lished in Baltimore tit .$Jr.50; brrh papers wiil be sent one y-eaRXor.^-'LTSpy vix of neb for S16.00 ; ten of e i"o for S^S.i ? - gijcig euch subscriber in this case both papers lor 2.-"' ! Address VYM. N. WtllTE, Athens, ?7? March 1,1806 37 Greenville & Columbia Rail Roa.. GunekaX ScwhriNiESDEJtT's Offjce, Columbia, May 26, 1866. On and after .Monday, 2S;li ins1., the Passenger Trains will be run daily, (Sunday's excepted) un? til further notice, as follows : Leave Columbia at - - 7 00 a. m. Allstolli - - 9 45 " *; Newberry, - - 11 35 a. m. Arrive at Abbeville, - - 4 50 " ?? " Anderson, - - 7 10 ? " Greenville) - S 10 *? Leave Greenville at ----- . 5 55 a. m. " Anderson, - - 0 55 " ? Abbeville, - - 9 20 a. m. " Newberry, - 2 45 p. m. Arrive at Alston. - - 4 25 " 44 " Columbia. - 7 10 44 The read having been repaired to Alston, pas senge'rs'uihd freight will be transferred across the river until the bridge is completed. The expense of.passage and^freight, by the discontinuance of the stage, wagon and boat lines, will be largely reduced. J. Ii. LaSALLE. Gen I Supt. May Si, 1806 50 Schedule over the Blue -Ridge Railroad. ON and after Saturday the lOlhinst., the Trains on the Blue Ridge Railroad will leave Anderson for Pcndleton and Walhalla, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, after the arrival of the Greenville & Columbia Railroad Trnius. Will leave Walhalla on Mondays at 2 o'clock, a. m., connecting with the down Train of Green? ville & Columbia Railroad. "Will leave Walhalla ou Wednesdays at 11 o'clock, a. m. W. H. D. GAILLARD, Superintendent B. R. R. R. Feb 8, 18GG 34 Schedule over South Carolina Railroad. GENERAL SUP'T OFFICE, Charleston, July 7, 1866. UN ana arter TUKSUAr, Jufy- 10, IR??, the Pas? senger Trains will leave and arrive as follows, viz : Leave Columbia at - 6.50 a.m. Arrive in Charleston at - - - 4.00 p. m Leave Charleston at 7.30 a. m. Arrive in Columbia at 4.40 p. m. HENRY T. PEAKE, General Superintendent. July 12, 1866 4 LEATHER. WE keep constantly on hand a supply of SOLE and UPPER LEATHER. Dry Hides taken in exchange for Goods. J. E. & T. HARPER, McCully'B Com?. April 5' 1866 42