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faY W. A- LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1866. ^ VOLUME XIV. NO. 10. |
"SENT BY EXPBEBS."
BY AUV KANDOLPH.
Marian Harlan wns alone in Ibe world
?her mother juBt buried.
^he wa9 a bealitiful, bro'Wh-haired girl
Vvitli soft, shy eyes of violet g'ay, and roiy
lips compressed to a firmnesB far beyond
he* years. For after all she wa3 scarce
!y Seventeen, and bo Deacon Gray was telling
her, as be sat by the fire spreading his
huge hands over the tardy blazo, atid
naked:
'But what are you goin to do to earn
your bread and butter, child ?
'I don't know?I haven't thought.
Mimma Imrl on nnnlo in Ni'W York
who*
Yea, yes?Ive lieern tell about 7tim?
ho was road 'cause your mother diJn't marry
just exactly to suit him, wasn't he V
Marian was silent. Deacon Gray waited
a few minutes, hoping she would admit
him into her eecret meditations; but she
did nut, and tho Deacon went away home,
to tell his wifo that "that llarlan gal was
the very queerest creetur he ever had come
across ?
In the meanwhileMarian was busy packing
her few scanty things into a little carpet
bag, by tho weird, flickering light of
J.he dying woodfire.
T go lo New York, she said to
herself, setting h?T.r small pearly teeth firmAogeilier,
'My mother** uncle shall hear
ntr n1/>iiln/1 tTifr.llfh JJ1V OWI1 liDS.
?J 1 ? p - *
Ob, I wish my heart woO?M ^iro':> 80
wildly 1 I Am uo longer nW?k Minnie
Harlan; I am an orplian all aloru> in "l(1
.world who must fight life's battles w.'lh
tber own singlo bauds 1'
.Lower Broad way at seven o'clock P. M.!
.What a B ibel of crashing wheels, hurrying
humanity, and conglomerate noises it
kwas! Minnie II arliUi satin the corner of
;?o Express Office, under the flare of gaslights,
surrounded by boxes, and wondered
.whether people ever went crazed in ibis
perpetual dim and tumult. Her .dress was
4?ery plain?gray poplin, with a shabby
.old-fashioaed little straw bonnet tied wiih
black ribbons, and a blue vei', while her
.only article of baggage tho carpet bag, lay
,in h6r lap. J3be had sat there two hours,
and was very, rery tired.
jPoor little thing,' thought tho darkfh
aired young clerk nearest her, who inhabited
MOrt.of wirecyjge under a circlet of
gaslight. And then ho took tip his peu,
,aod plunged into a perfect ^.tUntic Ocean
.of accounts
Mr. Evans 1*
.tSir!'
The dark haired clerk emerged from iiia
.cage.with his pen behind.his ear, in obedience
to the beckoning finger of his superior.
*1 have noticed that young woman sitting
here for some time?how came she
here?'
Expressed on. sir, from Millington,
Jowa?arrived this afiornoon.'
As though poor Minnie Harlan wore a
:box or & papor parcel.
'Who for !'
tComigued to Waller Harrington, Es.quire.'
ft
'I sent up to Mr. Harrington's address to
notify him some time ago; I expect an an.ewer
?very moment.'
Very odd,' said the gray-headed gentleman,.lakiug
up hia newspaper.
*Xeit sir, rather.'
Soma three quarters of an hour afterwarda,
Frank Evaua came to the pale girl'a
aide with with an indescribable pity in his
hazel eyes,
'Miss Harlan, we have aent to Mr. Har?
jtington's residence'
Minnio looked up with a feverish red
upon her ch'eek, and her hand9 clasped
tightly on the handle of the faded carpettog.
.
-'?And we regret to inform jrou that
he tailed for Europe at twelve o'clock this
A ppddon blur came.Qv?r Minnie's eye#
?>he,trembled like a leaf. Io all her
oafegUttio Mf )mA made no allowance
fqr ^ exigency Jikelbis.
Can we do anything .further for you!'
^Wtionedtbe jrpung clerk, politely. 1
'Nothmg-r-w /??? can do scything
now P "
Frank Evan? had beep towing away,
but something fa the pitooua tope .of her
*?foeapp?al?d to every manly ioetinct with
"?ri send to any oilier of your |
. fripjteVy**? ? ; ^
*P?k?pe I aa have your things sent to
jomequjtt fMoily hotel!'
- * u * ' s
Minuic opened her little leather puree and
showed him two ten cents picoes, with a
smile that wns almost n tear.
'This is all tho monoy I have in the world,
sir I'
So young, bo beautiful, and so desolate!
Frank Evans had been a New Yorker all
his life, but he had never met with an exactly
parnllol case to this. lie bit tho end
of his pen in dire perplexity.
'But what are you going to do T
'I don't know, sir. Isn't there a workhonse,
or some such place, I could go to,
?n(;i T ,1- 9'
Ull VI* A WUIU I1UU JVIUCUill'^ IU HIS I
'Hardly. Frank Evans could scarcely
help smilling at poor Minnie's simplicity.
They arc putting out tho lights, and preparing
to closo tho offico, snid Minnie,
starting nervously to licr feet. 'I must go
?somewhere.
'Miss Harlan,' said Frauk, quietly, 'my
home is a very poor oue?I am only a
five hundred dollar clerk?but I am sure
my mother will receivo you under her
roof for a day or two, if you can trust
me.'
'Trust you?' Minnie looked at him
through violet eyes ohscurcd in tears.
'Oh, Bir, 1 should be so thankful !'
-xiow mie you arc rrnnic I Here, givo
giro mo your overcoat?it 13'powdered
with buow, and'
But Frank interrupted his buEtling,
cherry*cheekod little mother, as sho stood
on tip toe to take off his outer wrappings.
'Hush, mother! there is a yonng lady
down Btairs.'
'A young lady, Frank ?'
'Ves, mother; expressed on from Iowa
to old Harrington, the rich merchant.
He sailed to.r Europe this morning, and Mie
is left entirely aL?ne. Mother, Julie looks
like poor Blanche, ?nd I knew you
wouldn't refuse her a cornC here notil she
could find something to do.'
Mr6. Evans went to thejdoor and called
viawntj uui. 1
Come up stairs, tny dear?you're as
welcome as flowers in May ! Frank, you
did quite right; you always do.'
The days and weeks passed on, and s\ill
Minnie Halan remained an inmate of Mrs.
Evan*'* humble dwelling. 'It seotna just
as though elio had taken our dead Blanche's
place,' said the cosy little widow ; 'and she
is so useful r.hout the house. I don't '
know how I ever managed without I
her.'
'Now, Minnie, you are not in earnest
about leaving us to-morrow 1'
'I must dear Mrs. Evaus only think?I
have been here two months to-morrow ;
and the situation of govetaesft ia very ad
full bO^WUUDt
'Very well. I shall lell FraLk how obstinate
you are*
'Dearest Mrs. Evans, please don'l !
Please keep my secret*
'What secret is it to be so religiously
kept?' asked Mr. Frank Evans, coolly
walking .into tho midst of the discussion,
with bis dark hair tossed about by the
wind, and bis hazehbrown eyes sparkling
archly.
'Secret-1' repeated Mrs. Beans energetically
wininc lier dim ?no/>to?lo
, , ? _r?w.?giouco.
'Why Marian is determined to leave ub tomorrow.'
'Minnie!'
'I must Frank. I Lave no right further
to trespass on your kindness.'
No right, eh? Minnie, do you know
that the old house lias been a different
house since you oaraa into it! Do -you
suppooe we want to lose our little sunbeam
r
Minnie Bmiled sadly, but her hand fell
very cold and passive in Frank'* warm
grasp.
'You'll stay, Minnie?'
'No;' She shook her head determinedly.
_ -
'Then you mast be madt to stay,1 said ]
Frank. Tv? miwied something of great
valuo lately, and-1 hereby arrest you on
suspicion of the theft 1'
'^dissed something ?' Minnie .rose, turning
xpd and white. 'Qh, Prank, ycujaever
can euBpeot met' '
'pytjdo suspect you. jlnlaqt I am
quite tu^e thai the ajLic^e is your poaee ipn/
.'Tho article 4*
'My heart, llisa Minnie! Now look
herq; ^knojr ? am yepyTypung and very
poor, but 1 lo^re yoy, Jfianie parlan, and J
ynll be a good and true husband tp you.
Stay an<J be my little wife 4'
So Minnie Harlan, instead of going >q\U
as a gorernets, according to the program?- ,
nic, married Llio dark-haired youflg clerk
in Ellison's Express Oflico.
They wero very quietly married, early
in the morning, and Frank look Minnie
home to his mother, aad then went calmly
about his business in the wire cage, under
the circlet of gas lights.
Evans 1*
Ye?, sir.'
Frank, with his pen behind his ear as of
yore, quietly oboyod the Idlest of the grayheaded
official.
'Do you remomber the youne woman
who was expressed on from Millington,
Iowa, two months since?'
'Ye?, air?I remember her.'
A tall, silver-haired gentloman here interposed
with eager <iuicknoBs:
'Whoso is she ? I nm her uncle, Walter
Harrington. I havo just returned from
Paris, when the news of herarrval reached
mo. I want her; she is tho only living
relative left mo!'
'Ah ! but, sir,' snid Frank, 'you can't
havo her.'
'Can't have her I What do you mean ?
Has any thing happened?'
'Yes, sir something has happened ;
Miss llarlau was married to me this mornini?.'
Waller Harrington atared.
'Take me to her,' bo said, hoarsely. 'I
can't be parted from my only living relative
for a mere whim.'
*1 wonder if lie calls the marriago service
and wedding ring mere whims,'
thought honest Frank ; but he obeyed in silence.
'Minnie/said the old man, in faltering accents,
'you will come to me and be the
tho daughter of my old age? I am rich,
Minnie, and you are all I have in the
world.'
But Minnie stole her hand through her
husband's arm.
7.- -*
A/VOIWb MIIWU, v?M3 AII1U IU 1UU WflUIl
I w03 desolate and rIooo. I cannot
leave iny husband, Undo Walter?1 love
him."
4Jben ^ou must both of you come and
be my ckildrerf,' eaid the old man, doggedly.
'And j-o.u mu't come now, for the
great house is as Jpnely' is a tomb.'
Frank Evans is an express clerk no Ion
ger, and pretty Minnie moves ?o velvet
aod diamonds ; but they are quite as hnppy
as they were in the old lime and tha?
Leaving enough. Uncle Wnlter Harrington
grows oldor and feebler every day, and his
two childrou are the suuabine of hia decliuing
life.
Mii. Lincoln's Own Aomi :kt nf ITn
Famous Flight to Washington.?A
rccent Pictorial History of tho Civil War
in America has tho following account from
the last President of bis fatuous iligbt to
Washington: J
Wbilo in Washington City,early iu December,
1804, tho writer called on the
President, with Isaac N. Arnold, member
of Congress from Chicago, one of Mr.
Lincoln's most trusted personal friends.
We found him alone in the room wherein
the Cabinet meetings are held in the While
House, whose windows overlook tho Potomac
and Washington Monument. At the
request of the writer, the President rolated
tho r.imimcttnnoA /if l.u
...? v.uu??utjuu.utjr
between Philadelphia and Washington.?
[The narrative ia here given substantially in
liis own words, aB follows.:
I arrived at Philadelpbia on the 21 at. I
agreed to stop over night, and on the following
morning hoiat the flag over Independence
Hall, dn the evening there was a
great crowd wbere I received ray friends,
at the Continental Hotel. Mr. Judd, a
warm personal friend .from Chicago, sent
for me to come lo his room, and found there
Mr. PiokertoD, a skillful police detective, 1
also from Chicago, who bad been employ- ,
ed for Bomo days in .Baltimore, watching or <
BearchiDg for suspicious porsons there.?
Pinkerton informed me that a plan had
been laid Tor nij assassination, the exact .
tiipe wbenl expected to go through Balti- i
more being publicly known. He was well,
informed as to the plan, hut did not kuow ,
that the conspirators would have pluck .
enough to execul^ it. .. Ce urged ine to go
right through with bira to Washington that
ptghV X did'nt like that. 1 had .made engagements
to vieit llnrriaburg, and -go
from there to Baltimore, aad I resolved to
do so. 1 could not believe there was a ,
plot to murder mi, . I made arrangement?,
however, with Mr.Juddfor my return to
jPhHadeljpbiaih6 ne*t nigtif, if 1 qhould be
convinced Utat there was danger in going
tlArough Batyicaoro. I told him thit I
should meet at UarsUUurg, a* 1 bad at
olber plaoear, a delegation to go vritb me .to
llie next place, (then Baltimore,) I should
feel snfo and go on.
"When I was making my way back to
my room, through crowds of people, I mot
Frederick Seward. We went together to
my room, whan he told mo that ho had
been sent, at tho instance of his falhor and
Geueral Scott, to inform me that their detectives
in Baltimore had discovered a
plot there to assassinate mo. Tliey knew :
nothing of Pilketton's movement*. I!
now believed such a plot to be in exist-]
ciice#
The next morning I raised the Hug orcr I
Independence Uall, and then went on to
Ilarrisburg with Mr. Summer, Major (now
General) llunter, Mr. Judd, Mr. Lamon '
and others?There I met tho Legislature'
and people, dined, and waited until the'
timo appointed for me to leave. In the|
meantime Mr, Judd had also secured the
telegraph, that no communication could'
pass to Baltimore and give tho conspirators
knowledge of a change in my plans.
In New York some friend had given
me a new beaver hat in a box, and in it
had placed a soft, wool hat. I had never
worn one of the latter in my life. I had
this box in my room. TIaving informed
/? f* * *
very icw mends ot the secret of my new!
movement*, and the cuu3e, I put on an old
overcoat I had with me, and putting the
soft hat in my pocket, I walked out of the
house at a back door, bareheaded, without
exciting any special curiosity. Then put
on the soft hat and joined my friends witout
being recognized by strangers, for I wa9
not the same man. Summer and Iluntsr
wished to accompany mo. I said no; you
are known, and your prescnco might betray
me. I will only take Limon (now marshall
of this district), whom nobody knew,
and Mr. Judd. Summer and IIoDtur felt
hurt.
We went back to Philadelphia, and
found there a message from Pinker./?i.
~ 1?1 "
ivii jvtiiu iiuu roiurneu 10 l>altimoreJ, that
the conspirators had held their dual meeting
that evening, and it was doubtfnl
whether they had the nerve to attempt
the execution of their purpose. I went on,
however, as the arrangement had been
made, in a special train. We were a long
time in the station at Ba'timoro. I beard
people talking aronud; but 110 one particularly
observed mo. At an early hour on
Saturday morning, at about the time 1 was
expected lo leave Uarrisburg, I arrived in
Washington.
? ? ^ ^
Tit*; Senate's 1'i.an.?The following
clear expo>:'-ion *'?! Hio Senate's progrmmc
foi reconstruction is from tbe Washington
correspondence of Jbe Augusta Constitutionalist
:
"By substituting a clause proscribing all
persons in tbe rebellion wbo huve <?*er
beld any office under Hie tJuiled Stale*: or
State Governments lor Ibe cause of gonornl
proscripticn, tbey expect to maka their
platform more popular. The idea of disfranchising
'-lie mass of tbe people w?ab
shocking locvety fair miud. But the idea
of not letting the leaders ia secession bold
office is more consonant to tbe popular
opinions North. Tbe provision that Con
gresa, by a two thirds vote, may release
any particular individual from the constitu*
tioual disability, shows a new idea haB oc- 1
curred to tlie majority in Congress. This
looks to building up a party at the South
in sympathy with the majority iu Con- 1
gross. It is a notorious fact that the Con- J
gross have seen, with great dissatisfaction, 1
the influenco the President has attained by <
the use of the ' pardoning power. Tboy
now want to reserve a large portion of
this for their own exclusive. uao. They
wish by this that the South shall uo- j
derstand tliatathe real power is at the Capitol
and not at the White Rouse.? <
The radical party are playing just their <
game with same skill. They are not pros- !
?iog negro suffrage. TLey propose to cur- I
tail tbe political power of the South and <
oxclude the politicians of the. Sou'h from 1
office, excopt undor a two-thirds vote of 1
Congress. They think this scheme cannot
be attacked successfully, and on it they
are to carry tbe fall election. And further,
if the South refuse to accept' tbe terms pro:
posed, and her Senators and Represent** I
lives we not admitted to Congress, the '
question of reconstruction is still kept open, ,
which suits ibe radicals exactly; because '
itiey imps tne longer the fckmth to kept out
,lb*belter, for two reason#?first, because I
in tbe meantime their political "influence ]
goes for nciblog, and iLe South can be (
gradually educated up to the right mark.' ;
' When the heart is stilt agitated by the '
remains of a passUm, we are more ready
to receive .receive a new one than when we i
are entirely c\wed. " i
CROMWELL'S SWORD.
WILL SOME "BUMMER" urino IT DACK.
It appenra that at the capture of Columbia,
S. C., by Sherman's army, thcro
was lost an article of great autiquity, and
highly treasured by South Carolina Masons
as a relic of the past.
This was tho famous sword of stalo,
called among our MasonB "Tho Cromwell
Sword," and commonly believod among
them to hare been once possessed by the
lord protector of England. Wo draw
attention to the fact of tho loss, and to
ihn ilpscrintivo r ii ?
,.r..,v ru.v.uuimo TTIIIU1 IUI1 OW( 111
tho hope that, public attention being drawn
to its bistory, it may be recovered, drawn
from some obscure hiding-place, and restored
to tbc Grand Lodge ol Soutb Carolina,
to which it belonged.
This antique weapon was a subject of
peculiar interest as n rolic rather than for
its use aud beauty. Its history is given
by Cliicho in liis Masonic reader.
It is a largo one, once elegant, and curious
two-edged weapon ; in a rich, velvet
scabbard highly ornamented with emblems,
and with tho arms of the grand master.
It had been presented to the grand lodge
by the provincially grand master, after the
installation of the grand oQicer; was as a
nnntpp.rnfofl nn>?r?4 nml ???
u.iwiu MUU iwctuwu nita IOTC1"
ent assurances to keep it safely, bo far as
human effort could accord safety. The
weapon had been long in the possession of
the grand master's family, aud was said to
have once belonged to Oliver Cromwell, a
legend to which some degree of probability
may be given, from the fact that the
provincial grand master was a descendant
of Sir Edward Leigh, who was a member
of the Long parliament and a general in
time of the protector, from whom perhaps
be received it.
The further history of this Bword may as
well be given hero. From the time of the
presentation it continued in possession of
the grand lodge, aud was borne by the
grand sword bearer, or in later times tho
grand pursuivant in alt public processions.
At length in the conflagration, which in
year ] 038 destroyed bo large a portion of
the city of Charleston, and with other
buildings the masonic hall, tho sword was
with great difficulty saved by Brother
Scyle, the grand tyler, with the loss of the
hilt, tbe.Bcabbard,and a small part of the
extremity of the blade. In the confusion
consequent upon tho fire, the sword thua nm
tiluted was mislaid, and for n long time was
supposed to be lost. In 18?>2, a committee
was appointed by tho grand lodge to
make every oxertion for its recovery, nnd
at length, in tho boginning of tho year,
1854, it was accideutly found by the grand
tyler in an out house on his premises, and
was by him restored to the grand lodge in
its mutilate J condition. The last piece of
lli$ i>lad<3 pas ingeniously replaced by a
cutler m llio Oily of Charleston, and being
sent to New York, tvai returned with now
hilt aud velvet scabbard, and was used in
its appropriate place during J he centennial
ceremonies of that year.
With such a history, and blended will)
6ucb a tradition of its origin, we need pot
feel surprised at the uuiversal, and keen
fooling occasioned by its loss.
?
Brazil.?TLo Montgomery Advertiser
publisher soma extracts from n letter of
Mr. C. O. Gcuter dated Rio de Janeiro
March 20th, which are interesting. He
says:
"I ara pleased with our more. I hnvo
examined land in the provicesof Bahia,
Espiritu Santas, Rio de Janeiro, and will
go soon to look at San Paulo. R ie, no
trouble to get lands and cheap, but there
s such n variety of productions and climates
L bat I will look well before settling. Id
latitude 15 South, I am offered three
leagues of hnd, eight miles from the eea
5n a river, (a leaguo here is 10,767 acros)
twenty six slaves, And all the crop and stock
for $17,000. I have found men here who
would loan me the money to buy whenever
I decide where I wish to locate. The
price of land varies from one cent to twenty
dollars per acre. - I like the peoplo, their
government and their religion, and whenever
I settle I will write, and invite you to
bring your family and stay a year or two.
re j u j .
Li yvu cvui uuu jruunwii uuuer iuu oeuessiiy
of planting for a living dpu't hesitate one
minute to. come to Ibis Empire?the people
livo better, on leas work, tban in any
ather land on earth. I shall be a Brazilian
in a few days by special legislation,
rhe people, I mean the natives, are polite
and exceedingly kind, find anxious to
induce cotton growers, and artisans, and
manufacturers to settle .ftfttp. Sereiaj of
*. * " m. V* U V . v -* - *
tho provinces are preparing to build
houses and scud ships South for emigrants.
Thcv need not fear to come. There is no
place horo they will fail to do well in.
Sorao Southerners are buying lands in St.
Paulo.''
What it Costs to Govern* Esoi.axd
?IIek Army and Navy.?Tho civil aervice,
army and nat-y estimates for the coming
year, now before tho British Parliament,
amount to .?32,482,153, or ?102,415,705,
divided as follows: Civil sorvice,
.?8,000,000: army, . 14,095,000; navy,
?10,388,153. Some of the items of these B
accounts iDterestinor.
The palaces cost . 40,000, and .?90,000
more go for llio adornment of llic royal
parli9. Fifty thousands pounds aro sot
apart for tho orectiou of a building to contain
the natural history collections of tho
British Museum, and a similar amount for
the purchase of a site for tho enlargement
of the National Gallery. Tho "Poor Law
Commissions" of England, Ireland and
Scotland entail an expenso of ?242,000;
and tho "Secret Service"demands ?32,000.
Printing and stationary cost ?35*7,000,
and the postage of letters on the public service
in the department is ?138,000. Education
costs ?1,300,00o, and the number
of scholars is estimated at a million. Tho
Colonial rulos receivo ?100,000,and near1
_ r? - /> "
Iiy joau,uuu go lor the support and conveyanco
of captured negroes and liberated Africans,
and tbe salaries of tbo Mixed Commission
established under treaties with foreign
powers for suppressing the traffic [in
slaves, besides the expense incurred ^maintaining
ships for this purpose.
Tho army consists of 138,110 menjof all
ranks, divided as follows; Regiments, 128,212;
depots in the United Kingdom of
regiments iu. India, 8,082; general Btaff,
93; establishments, 281. Of the total,
7,150 are officers; 13,454 noncommissioned
officers, and 117,513 rank and Gle.
The military service in Canada costB JC008,
000; in Nova Scotia, 8193,000.
Tho navy comprises YG5 vessels of all
classes, of which only 193 aro in commia'
sion, carrying 3,93G guns. Sixteen ships
carrying from 70 to 104 gun3 in cach ;
: and the ironclad fleet numbers eleven voasels,
carrying 21C guns. Twenty-eight
, war vessels aro building, one of which is
i an iron-clad. Both the aggregate of naval
vessels and of commissioned ships is less
than those of last year.
i The British nary costs more tlmn the
American, according to tho respective eati>
mates for the year 1 SCO 7. The former is
kept up at a cost of $50,000,000 ; the latter
for $43,000,000. The cost of the Brit
isL navy is double that of our present ostablisbraeut,
the figures being as follows :
British $>70,000,000^; Amorican, $39,000,000.
? ^ | ^ ?
The Value of Stamts.?People who'
give receipts, and every body does it,
should make a note of tho result of
a trial which took place in New York
the other day, and which show how perilous
A thing a neglect to put stamps
upon papers which require them, may bocomo.
Many persons have fallen into tho
error of supposing that if a paper is not
stamped, (lie omission may bo rectified at
any time at very little expense. This is not
correct. Thero was provision made for
validating unstamped papers mado and
issued before the net of 18G4, upon complinnca
wilh certain provisions. Similar
provision is made in the amended act of
18G5, upon condition that the party derolict
shall pay $50 and interest at 0 percent on
tbo stamp, if the cost of tho latter is more
thas $50. But in addition to this, there is
an aotual penalty which may be enforced
against any one who issues unstampod paper
Under tho act of 1804 it was $200 in all
cases. Under tho amended act of 1865 it
remains $200, upon acceptors and payers
of foreign bills of exchange without first
stamping the secur ities. In this case, in
New York, the party sued had neglected,
beforo tho passage of the amended act of
1865, to affix stamps upon seven receipts
for the payment of mouy. Ho was eued
lor mc iuii penalty in onou case, amounting
to $1,400 in all, and a verdict was given
against him fur the whole aura. The stamps
would Lave cost bin 14 cents, so that by
bis saving habits on the occasion referred
to, be is $1,809 86 out of pocket, besides
Jawyer'8 fees and coils of suit. The example
is worthy of remembrance. There are no
duties whieh devolve upon a citi*e#whicb
can be at cbesply difcharged tto tboso
unitytbe stihmp laws; tfbd few which, if
m|y cost a- careless person m&re
- dearly. ; : !