j i i . i .tii i. tc i-Koi'Kirroiui.
nto ofrrcMtuaiaBd Bucowt
nJj who c wi werk the rule of throe,
kudvt av uVc rate wf jwrnHniii of gald), can
fiud the rate f discount of currency by
the following simple proportion :
JOOXpn luiuin : premium:: lOO: discount.
Bale w iye table oi the com pond
ing Ttc of premium tnd discount from 23
ir cent premium to 7t per cent prtuiiuiu.
Diac't.
33 78
34 tl
34 64
35 07
33 49
. 735 90
36 31
:s 71
37 10
37 50
37 89
38 27
38 65
39 02
39 39
34) 76
48 12
40 48
40 83
41 18
41 52
41 84
42 20
42 53
42 85
42 18
The method of whig this Libit by those
who ran only nmirij.l v find subtract may
be learned from a supposed cane :
If B wants to bvy 20 in gold, when the
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and eat off two figures at the right for cents,
which will give $8.40 which Jidded to 20,
make 28. 10 in "currency."
If he ha 856 in "e nwncy," and wishes
to know bow much gold he can get fdr it
when the premium in 45, h-t hiiu look at
the table and he w ill find opposite the 45
the discount, il.dt: multiplying this num
ber by 66 it he unionist of his "currency,")
and ratlin; off four figure) on the right, hi'
will tiud tlm discount to Is. ? 1 7. and a
f raction. Snritntcting this sain from 856,
he will have &lci.6. in gold. The same
rule applies to all the rates.
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The uudrntiKued baa now ready h'r the pre a vol
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jnirthiK it rsrioa dmiviu, tb mo.mi ol lUiug
date f hssriealevefrt asd arranplsf theai In or
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1 ia a a
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D. B. WOODS,
may 22 -dim AAn'r.
PKNtlON AtiENt y.
The Government Ittvinrr resumed the ex-
ee ut ion of the pension laws by establishing
Pension Agencies ia the Southern States,
we call the attention of those interested to
an. ael of Congress authorising the Seureta.
ry of taa Interior to drop from the peasion
rolls the names of pensioners in these States
and lo 1 lie circular of the Commiasioaer of
Pensions, giving the forms and instructions
in accordance with which application may
be made for restoration to the rolls by those
who still claim the boat-fit of tha pension
Agoncy for
tat 9tA9 of
shed at Kal
eigh and any iaforaation or aasistanee faciK
itating tht clsimt of pensioners, msy be ob-
tamed from tht at ency by aoolieation
Kr.d. . l'ags, Tension Agent, lUleigb.
PlRBIOHa IB STATU HCBaTOt OtJt IF IN81 K-
KBcnoa.
Ia resaming the executing of the pension
iaw ui me several attics heretofore in m-
BWaetioa, the Secretary of the Interior di
recu that attention he called to the follow
ing act of Congress.
Aa Act antheming tht Secretary of the
Interior to strike from taa pension rolls
the names of such person as bavt taken
P arms agaiast the government, or who
have ia any taaaner tasmartgwd me reb
el.
s.
Aatstrsa ia Coayrsss sssesablsd, That the
narstsrv ol the Inter tor he, tad is hereby
aMhoiitesJ and a i reeled to strike froa the
letostea rolls taa aaotea of all such person
as nave or way aerselof uhe up anua
afaiasl taa fovatuaisiit of the United
Slate, ar who bare ia say inanaer eeoour
awed taa rvbels, or snaaifeated a syatpathy
a i tb their causa.
'Approved. Kcbruaiy 4, I80I."
la snnasmtarir with the Moviaiout of ihut
act, the name oi all pensioners who have
resided wilfcin the iasurrsCTsaaary ftates
during Iha rebellion, aad whose pens, as
ere payable l any 0110 of the follewiag
placet, fit : Richiuood aad Norfolk Vs. ;
s ayetleville and Morgautofl, M. O.jCkarltw
ton S. C; Nashville, Kaoivilla, Joneaboro'
and Jsckaon.Tcnn. ; Jackson, Nisv New
Orleans, Lav ; Saeaauah, Oa.; JaekflhwBW,
ssWabasse aad reaaaoola, Pit ; Haatsville,
Tuscaloosa aad Mobile, Ala, and Litth)
lu.ek and Pnrt Gibson, Ark. ; are hereby
saopped from the pension rolls, lwrsoaa
btreiofora receivian peosioas at the above
aimed agemdes, who still Haira the bene
fit of the pension laws, must make applica
Tfcn for raatoratioa lo the rolls, with the
requisite evidence, ia accordance with the
forms aud instraetions piihlbhed herewith.
JomKi m 11. H.tRiikn,
Cotnniittioaer of Pensiont.
June 10, 1865.
Forts of applical ioa ftr restoration to the
pension rolls by persons whose names
have been dropped uudtr the act of Feb.
4, 18C2.
Stats" or )
County of as.
Ou this-
-dar of-
A. D., one
1 1. I . .ol.l i.nndreil and . oersoatl
ly tppeared before me, jud, clerk, or dep
uty clerk of tl J1
sinl county, the same being a court of rao
ord, A. H. , tfwd years, a
resident of , ia the State of ,
who, being duly aworn accordiag to law,
declares that ho or tbl it the identical -
A. B. who was a pensioner 00 the
roll of the agency at , aad ' wdiese
pension certificates it .herewith returned;
that he or sbejbts resided ainoe first day of
January, A. D., I84JI, as follows : her name
the place or places at which the applicant
has resided ;J that during this period, bis
or her means of subsistence have been
(here name the employ men t or other means
by which a livelihood bat been gained ;)
and that be hat not borne arms against the
government of the United States, or or she
hat not in any manner encouraged the reb
els, 01 manifested a sympathy with their
causa ; and that be (or the) was last paid
bis (or her) pension 00 the day of ,
A. V , 18.
This application it made for the pnrpose
of securing a restoration of his (or her)
name to the pension rolls, ami of obtaiuui
rtAnsion certificate, such as he Tor sht
IU'"f
8"eJ
may be entitled to under existing luwa, re
f . 1 11 as hiMi n J- 1 ,L L.l
ttatehia (or her) original! claim.
Alto personally appeared
-and
residents of (county, city or
town,) persons whom I certify to be ro
spec) able and entitled to credit, and who, be
ing by me duly aworn. tayt that they were
present and sign bis or btrj nsme or
make his mark to the foregoing declara
tion ; and tbey further swear that thev have
every reason to believe, from the appearance
of the applicant and their acquaintance with
In m, or her that ae 1 or she is the ideoU
cal person he for she represents himself for
herself to be ; and they further swear that
they have no interest in the
this claim.
prosecution ol
(Signatures of witnesses.)
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this
usy 01 , j. v, ito : ana 1
hereby certify that I hare no interest, direct
or indirect, in the prosecution of this claim,
(Signature of judga or other officer.)
IN8TUCT10N8.
If the declarant, or any witness, tiffaibr
mark, the officer mast certify that the coa
tents of the paper ware known to the affiant
before signing.
in every case tne declaration or affidavit
must either be Sicne.l bv the affiant's nwn
hand Or elte bt mark f Siffninir bv am. I
.,. r .. f 777 1
omer nana, wntn tne paity is able to write,
or without a mark when the party it nnablt
to write is wholly inadmissible.
Tl ! at .a a ,. . a 1
1 ne alienations matte in tne applicant s 1 v. cvidenoil or Mi ster is. In ac
deliberation mutt be auttained by' the tatv cordance with tba eleventh section of the
timony ot two credible and disinterested
witnesses, to bt certified at tuch by the oil
cer before whom the testimony u taken.
The applicant mutt alto tarn aad tab-
crioe toe oatn prescribed in toe recent sms
neny proclamation ot the I'resident ot the
Unlted States, filling such ap oath With tht
application for a new weatioa certificate, in
kibe fcHowing terms : " 1
"1, , do solemny swear (or sf-
urm j ia ate presence ot Atmigniy uod, tntt
I will henceforth faithfully support, protect,
and defend the Constitution of the United
taie aad toe union of the States tbereun
ost ; laat wl, in like manner, amt by
and faiihful.y all laws and proclamations
which J bwsa mtvladnrixtlia aaWtintl
rebellion with reference to the ataumdpt-
tion ofilavea So hen ma Cod."
If Uit applfeani U an in valid pensioner
he must be examined by an army ajawano, I
or by a surgeon duly appointed by this office,
as to the continuance of his disability. IfJ
a widow the matt prove, by two credible
witnesses, her continued widowhood. If
tht guardian of a minor child, newly tpa
pointed, be must file saiiiansi of bis ap-
potnuneai aa tuch.
Atttention it especially directed to the
following particulsrs in which previous leg
islation and official practice have been' mod
ified under the provisions of the foregoiog
act:
1. nttaaiAL EiAnwTioat. The burns
nial examinations of invalid pensioners, re
quired by the act of March S, 1859, will
hereafter bt made by wae sargeoa only, if
bt ia retrultrlv appointed, or hold a sir
sargwoBt be accepted, u ukase It te saiisrarto
Hly show a by the affidavit of 000 or more
dkitterested tnd credible witneatat, giving
taa rwaaoas for sack -tsarralioa, that at aa
...smination by a comsnasaeaed or duly afs
pointod sargeoa is imnracticslde. Oa audi
proof, tea nerunoats 01 two u.r..--J
I aurgeoas will be acotatiJ in "e tamo
jutuner aa hervtoore- Feat paid to untp
pointed eiamiuioK surgeons will be paid di
reotly by l'sasioo Agnate, under prescribed
rMufiAJoaa, tad not by tae peaaioer, (lo be
afterward, refunded,) at wader the act of
laafl
8. Dtcuaatioaa. All aWUratioat of
declaim an U residing within twcnty-fls
miles of any court of record tuuat. without
exception, be made before such court, or be
fore susn tOoar thoreof having custody of
iU seal. For tht coaveaieaea of pataoaa
n-aidieg mors than tweatyive mists dtttaat
from aay court of record, oasoeis qaaiiled
bv law lo adiuinisler oaths stay bo designs-
led by the Couimissioner of Pensions, before
whom aaoh declarations shall be executed.
3. iMcaaatKD PfNsioNt iff CKKTAiy tA
saa. A pension of twenty-five dollars per
month it granted to those baring loot both
bauds, or both eyes ia the military a vice
f the United States, ia tht line of duty, and
twenty dollars per month to tbuee who, un
der the taste coaditiona, shall have loot both
feet, if such parties wereeutitled to a lower
rat of pension under the act of ls62. This
higher pension will date only from the lib
of July, 1861, ia the case of pensioners aU
ready enrolled, or of applicants of discharge
ed prior to that date.
4. (Jo MM KMC BURNT OK PtNBIoKa WHEN
Ai 11 11 am Aaa Dklavso aloat thak
Ttmaic Ykaes In all cases in which the
implication it filed more than three yean afs
ter the discharge or the decease of toe par
son on whose account the cltisa it made, the
,.n.ion HT allowed, will commence at the
.latst of filino- the last paper it support of such
cisini. Claims tiled before July 4, 1804,
must be prosecuted lo a final issue wttbin
three t ears from thst date, and those filed
subsequently to July 4, 1964, must be pros
ecuted to a final Issue within five years from
the date of filmir
or they will thereafter be
rejected, in the absence of satisfactory evt
tlence from the War Department to tupport
auch claim.
5. Wipow'a Pitaiox hot Bkskwabi.e
after BsMAasUAOK The remarriage of a
wwl.tw terminates all claims to a pension
from the date of toeh remarriage, although
she may agaia become a widow.
6. Special KxasHKatio or rxxsioN-
ekh special examination of pensioners
will be ordered at such timet at the utter
..st of the liovermucnt may teem lo res
quire ; and such examinations, aubjoct to an
anneal to a board of three appointed sur
geoos, will lake piecedeuoe ot all previous
examinations.
7. lV.NM.iN.S TO I. NKM.IH1 I P MEH, OR
TO Tllttlh DtPKHOKHTa, IN CutTAlK CAgM.
Persons disabled by wonnda in battle
while temiwrswiljyytw JalOl WsirWWe
1 1 mted Mates, since March 14, 184JS. but not
regularly enlisted, and the widows, depen
dent mothers or sisters, or minor children
under sixteen years of age, of those who,
serving in like manner, bavt been, or may
be killed, are entitled, on satisfactory proof,
to the benefits of the act of July 14, 1863,
00 tho conditions 1 herein prescribed.
Proof of service, in easts arising under
the ninth section of tht act of July 4, 1864,
must be furnished by a commissioned offi
cer under or with whom such unenlisted
person served, "showing the nature, period
and circumstances of such service. Proot
as to the di
bility or death of a person so
serving must be shown in tht tame manntr,
when practicable, or by tht affidavits of two
non-com missioned officers or privates in the
same service, with evidence that proof by
a
commissioned omccr is impracticable.
the officer furnishing such evidence it not at
the time in the service, bis certificate must
be tluly iwoin to and hit signature authen
tlcated.
I 8. Commkni kment or Widow's Pen
siows tn Crrtaih Casks. Wbea an appli
cant eatitled to aa invalid pension dies du
ring the pendency of his claim leaving a wids
ow or dependent relative entitled to receive
la nonsion h rnuani. of his umIm mmA .L.ofl.
such twnsitn will mmnunii from tho lata
. r . . : - : ' " n "
at which the invalid pension would have
commenced if admitted wkua the claimant
waa livijg
art w- -t-.... . ma
act of July 4, 1864, evidence of tht rots-
tersin of the soldier w ill not be req nircd in
tny case, bnt there mutt be positive record
evidence, of service except in such cases as
are embraced within tne provisions of the
ninth section applies only to enlisted told-
icrs. Kvtdenes of muster in the ease of
commissioned officers is still reonired.
10. Ftaa oa Claim Aqiitts Claim
stents are problbttet I, under severe penalty,
from receiving more man ten dollars in all
for their services in prosecuting anv pension
claim, or from receiving any part of such fee
tn advance, or aay per centage of any
claim, or ot any portion toereot, lor peunon
or bounty.
11, ham or MAaalAeB or CoLomn
Soldier's idows. To establish thenar
mge of
soldier, evidence of habitual recognition of
tne m a mage relation between the part ten for
two years next preceding the soldier', en
Iwtment, must bt fnmisbed by the affidavits
of at least two credible witnesses : providetl.
however, if such parties resided in any State
in which their marriage may have been le
gaily solemnised, the usual evidence shall
be repaired. The widow or children, how
ever, claiming the benefits of this provision,
most be free r arsons.
12. Forms. The forms heretofore pub
lished for applications under tht act of July
12, 1862, may bt used, with sHtht and obvi
ous mortifications, by applicants for tht spe
cial benefits of this supplementary act.
" Jottp H. BAaarrr,
Commowioner of Pension.
Angnst 1, 1966.
seat
ut and rsA'Uen the
sulaUoui aa uubllahed 111
led Mates JsaBi
Lima roar vus. rasrAVMSWT
Tht bar mitalrts the poetage en all letters to
l) prepaid l.staaipfur stamped snvelope - pst
taeilt In money la-iug proliililted. All drop let
ten must also be prepaid. Tae only letters ou
which payment la not demanded, are those ad
tfcsataa to the Preaideut, or Tlee-President or
member of t 'onirress, aud letters on official bust
new to the chief of the Ktueutive Itepartmeuts
t the Oevsrasasn. tae heads of hsresns, and
chief clerks, aud others Invested with the frank
lug privilege.
tATIf.
The sate of totter atatsge is three
half ounce, throughout the United Dtates; and
three seats for such additional hulf ounce or trac
tion Hurt ol The ten cent Paeinc rate is abol
ished. The rata of postage on tfrnp letter I two cents
per halt' ounce 01 Intel ion thereof, st sll office
alien- free delivery X carrier is estaltlislnsl
Where suoh tree deuverjr is aat sstalalaed, the
rate is toe otnt '"
atwarArna roaraux
The (ullowlng is the postage on newspaper.
whuu M-ut Irom the itmcc ol pii bin .it 1011, to 1
lar subscriber :
etage oa Daily papers to subscriber
when prepaid quarterly or yeurly in
advance, either at the mailius tinlce
or office f deUrery, per quarter,
(three month O
Six tinitts r week, per quarter,
for Tri- weekly, A
Km lisnd-Weesiy ,
35 rU
SB"
16"
10"
ft W eek.lv.
6
Weeklv Newspapers rone eoav only) sent hy
the puhfisher to actual salacriber within the
county where printed and pahliaaed, free.
ifL'ASTKRLY eAvaaara.
Quarterly ptwtage cannot be paid tbr Isw than
three mouth. If a subscription begin at any
other time than the commencement m an otbci.i t
quarter, the ptattatro received by the Puat Master,
must still Ut entered in his aocovnt lor that quar
ter Bubscriber for aliort term exceetlins; three
months, say four or five months can pay quar
terly postafc bar the actual term af their aubacTip
tions that is, for una Barter and a third, one
quarter and two taints, arc The law onlv requires
that at least one quarter's postage shall be pre
paid, and not more tbaa one year's postage. Any
term bet wren one quarter anil rate year can there
fore be prepaid at proportionate rates, tmhacri
hers can pay the ptwtaire for a fraction of a quar
ter, at the same rates for a whole quarter, by, in
eluding the fraction with the next whole quarter,
and payiug for both ut the same time.
ratVILBDKS TO Pri'LISIIRBS. '
Publishers of Newspaper and Periodicals may
send to each other from their respective offices of
publicstion, free of piattago one copv of each pub
lication, and may also send to each actual snb
scrilMr, inclosed in their puhlicstions. Will- and
receipts lor the same,' trcenf postage. They may
also state on their respective publication, the
date when the subscription expires, to be writeu
or printed.
, sm 1 1,1. rxrERs.
rteligiohs, Rtlucatioiial ami Agricnltnnil News
papers of small sise, issued less frequently thnn
once a week, may be seut in packages to ono ad
lire-- st the rate of one cent for each package not
exceeding four ounces in weight, and un ml. I it ion -ul
charge of one cent is made for each additional
four ounces or fraction thereof, the postage to be
lsid quarterly or yearly, in advance.
M.tt s til. U.MLS.
News dealers may send newspapers and peri
odicals to regular subscribers at the quarterly
rates, in the same manner as publishers, and may
also receive them from publishers at subscribers
rates, la tl,p postage to be prepaid,
tiaar it "mif - ' office,
riffl! AUl OK TRA.v.siKxr MSTTSTB mums ah
CI KIT LA ILS.
Books, not over 4 onnces in weight, to ono ad-
dress, 3 cents , ott r 4 ounces, and net overi
ounces, 8 cents ; over 8 ounces, and not over IP
ounces, 1st cents ; over lil ounces, and not over
US ounces, Hi cents.
Circulars, not exceeding three in number, to
one address, H cents ; over three, and not over six
4 cents ; over six, and not over nine, 6 cents ; over
H and not exceeding twelve.B cents.
- M ItORLLA tw US.
On miscellaneous .mailable matter embracing
all pampblets, ot asfttnal publications, tJausien
newspapers, hand-bills and posters. Ittaik mum
scripts and prtati'heets, whether corrected or not
maps ana prints, engravings, sheet music, blanks
flexible iml I ei 11s, Kumplus und snmnle ranis, nhn
tographic paper, letter envelopes, postal envelope's
or wrappers, cards, paper flsn or ornamental,
holographic renresentatirins f different types,
seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, and scions, the'ntmt.
age to be prepaid by stamps, is on one perk age to
.ne ouuicM mtuiDi n ounces in a eignt , i cents ;
over 4 ounces, and not over 8 ounces, 4 cents, ov
er 9 ounces and not over 19 ounces, 6 cents ; over
a ounces, and not over 16 ounces, 8 cents.
HOW TO SK W R A l l'KI).
All mail matter not sent at letter rates of post
age, embracing books, book manuscripts, proof
sheets, and other printed matter, and all other
mail matter, except seeds, must be so wrapped or
enveloped with open sides or ends as to enable tho
postmaster to examine the package without de
stroying the wrapper; otherwise such packages
must be rated with letter postage. No communi
cation, whether tn writing or In print, can be sent
with any seeds, roots, ruttinra or aciona. mn
engravings or other matter not printed, exoept
upon the separate matter, at the established rates,
cuiis.
Where parkngp of newsnaners or nerinjteala
are received at any post office dlrw let to .inn nil.
dress .tnd the names of weclubef subscribers to
which they belong, with the postage for a quar
ter in advance shall be banded to the postmaster,
he shall deliver the same to their respective own
ers, nt this does not apply to weekly newspa
pers, which circulate tree in the county where
printed and published.
FUE-PAYMEKT OP TRANSIENT MATTER.
All transient matter must . 1
be prepaid by stamps.
Ilut if it comes to tba is
af daaeary atsajat
pre-pay men t, or short paid, the unpaid postage
must be collected on delivery at double the pre-
paiti, rate.
Creat neoiect exists in the atriot .oiur..,!,.
payment of postage on printed matter sent to reg
ular subscribers. No such paper should be de
livered unless it is either nre-uaul at the
.-nit 1 . as sa 1 in mn 1 1 1 j hiiu r, iur least was.
postage on each copy a iiffl tranasair matter.
... , ,
tnev tan tner win ne eunred with tie fun mat
duff, and is ciear cases removed from itffive iur new.
lect.
WBYTffiO OS KEWKPAflCBJI.
To inetoseer conceal a letter, or other thlw
except bills and rei eipto fersabet-riution) in. nrk.
Write or print anything, after its pudlication nmtn
sny newspaper, pamphlet, msgaxine, or other
pnntea matter, ia illegal and subjtrtssuch printed
matter, and the entire package of which it is a
part, to letter postage.
Any word or emu munic ation , whether by print
ing, marks or signs, spun the cover or wrapper 01
a newsneaer. namnhlet. marantic at ..ih... ik.n
the name and addrtsauf the prrsiins to whom it is
to he sent, and the date when subscription expires
subject the package Ut letter pewtage.
imasjrTTHE(srBM RIBERS
w take plessare ia iattrairag their old
nstomer. soil the public geacraUv, that
artr BAB is aow stOI kept .p. .i
tjm riaaar liqi eat
that t aa he arorared ia the t'sitre States ia krnt I v
tsss. Trikr kukkyiiMurr bams.- S t
SsMy OTpflwd witk frrsfc otrSrrv aad seilaer nan
BorriBctasc will ta spsml to bmL its tret rl a
Sanaa. HAM. S-VlttPK
sltahsrT X. C Msnk . Ib.
h-t-.awa.-s.