North Carolina Newspapers

9Ma i jlUy J- Q AX 93 Per Annum' IN ADVANCE. ON Til R SOUTH SIDE OF TRADE STREET -CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THK GLORY OF THIS ONB IS THE COMMON PROPERTY .01 THE OTHKE We ' S'm YJJifBSj Editor and Propreitor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, . 1866. FIFTEENTH VOLUME -N U II B E R 7S1. THE otstim mm PabUsbl erery Taesday,Q) - WILLIAM J. YATES, bitob ixd froprietor. li"S?i!K3Sj, $3 PER ANNUM, in advance. $ 2 for" six months. iSf Transient advertisements must be paid for In Advance. Obituary notices are charged advertis ing rate?. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript Tr a specific time, will be inserted uutil forbid, and charged accordingly. $1 per square of 10 lines or les? will be charged tfor each insertion, unles the advertisement is in serted 2 months or more. . ... AUGUST NIEMANN, 'Practical "Watchmaker &. Jeweler, (A'ext door South of the Mansion House,) CHARLOTTE, N. C. The subscriber respectfully informs the public that he is prepared to do all kinds of work in his line promptly and efficiently. He professes to 'thoroughly understand his business, and those pa tronizing him iniiy expect to have their work well done. . S&m Clocks, Watches, Jewelry. Music-Boxes, Ac, repaired at short notice and on satisfavlorv terms. AUGUST NIEMANN, Next door to Mansion House. April 30. 1866 ;. VASCE. c. noivo. Ft. I. JOHNSTON. VANCE, DOWD 6c JOHNSTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Charlotte, N- C , Waving associated themselves together, will prac Mice in the Courts of Mecklenbiirar. Iredell, Catawba, tl)a idsuu. Rowan, Cabarrus and Union, and in the il'ederal and Supreme Courts.. Claims collected anywhere in the State. April 2, lt;u 'tf MEDICAL CARD. DRS. GIBBON' & McCOMBS, having associated themsel ves in the practice of Medicine and Surgery, -respectfully tender t heir professional services to the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country. From a large experience in private as well as 'Field and Hospital practice they feel justified in proposing to pay special attention to the practice of JSurgery in all its branches. T OlhYe in Granite Row, up Ftairs, opposite the IM.insion House. ROBERT GIBBON, M. D. Dec 11. 1S.J3 J. 1 McCOMBS, M. D. FULLINGS 6c SPRINGS Have removed their CLOTHING and MERCHANT TAILORING STORE, toNo.4 Granite Row, Uitcjy occupied by J. S.. Phillips. We are offering our Block of RE ADV-MADK CLOTH I XG at cost for rash. Our former friends and patrons will do wel to supply themsel ves at once. We will keep at all times a good supply of Cloths, Jassiniers and Vestings which will be made to order in tbe best style and nianneF, We will keep also a good stock of Hats, Shirts, Drawers and other furnishing Goods. FULLINGS & SPRIXGS. Jan 20. 18I5G IStitcIiason fc S'iriaagx, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Agents of the most rdu.ble t1S tIttVCE CO.T1 t'.lJW EES in the United States, lie ou the SAKE SUJE and insure your propeity against loss or damage by tire. Also, INSURE VOUIt LIFE for the benefit of your wife and children. RISKS taken at moderate rales. Call on Hutchison & Springs. No. 4, Granite Row. K. NYE HUTCHISON, J. M. SPRINGS, Marco f, 18Ci Agents. Ladies' Hats and Bonnets, Trimined-and imtrimnied ; Bonnet Ribbon, French Flower., &c, very handsome, at May 14th McLEOD t STEELE'S Handsome and Fashionable styles o.f Ladies' DRESS GOODS, Laces, Shawls, &c. very cheap at May 14tlf McLEOD & STEELE. Grain and Grass Scythes, Fc) the Snaths, Ames' Shovels and Spades, Cojlins' Aes,Ac, at McLEOD & STEELE'S. Jigy Ladies', Misses' and children's BOOTS and SHOES, Congress Gaiters, and Slippers, very hand some and cheap, at McLEOD. & STEELE'S. BJ Gents' and Youths' Caps and Straw Hats, -very 'low, at McLEOD & STEELE'S. Linen and cotton Sheeting. Pillow-case Linen, Ac, very low, at McLEOD & STEELE'S. May 14, 1800 j, t ki;tli:b:V r lVaichisiaLrt Ac Jcwiicr, CIIAULOTTE, N. C, Respectfully informs the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding country that lie has opened a shop in the store, occupied by C. M. Query, next to Springs corner, where he will give prompt attention to re pairing Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, kc. Watch-glasses and materials in general at whole sale and retail. May 22, 1805. tf. The Southern Express Company, For the transportation of merchandise, valuable -packages, specie, bank notes, bonds, &c, for all parts Kjf the South and Southwest, in connection with ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, have established their agency at 59 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, where orders to call for good to be 4'orwiiVded South will receive prompt attention. . Merchandise and valuables delivered to llarnden's, Kinsley's, American and United States Express Com panies, f.r the Southern Express Company, will re ceive pro,ni:t dL-;.:Uch. For portion Ws, rates of freight, &c. &c, apply at he cilice of the Southern Express Company," 6& Ilroad.vay. j. PLANT, Dec tS, 18GS. President. Tailorin juikn ugi;l, practical tailor, Respectfully luforms the citizens of Charlotte and surrounding coutjtry, that he is prepared to manu . tfacture gentlemen's clothing in the latest style and l short notice. His best exertions will.be given to render satisfaction to those who patronize him. Short opposite Kcrr'i Hotel, next door to Brown & Stitt's store. 'VALUABLE REAL ESTATE For Sale. My farm containing 175 acres, lying two miles east ffbm Charlotte,. on the Lawyer's Road, in a good neighborhood. About one. half of this tract is wood-land. The improvements consist of a double Log-Cabin, ftarn, Ac, a Well of excellent water, and an orchard of selected fruit on the premises.' Posession given 1st January, 1867, and permission given to sow small grain this Fall. Also, a small brick Dwelling House in Charlotte containing 5 rooms, located near the Depot and convenient to business. Also a large brick two story Store room at David son College, 11(1 by 30 feet, handsomely fini.bed ana centrally 'lofaied, with a counting room and cellar al Inched, and a small frame Dwelliug House and Well tfj-ateron the premises. Any or all of these properties will be sold on terms to suit the. timce,-and mutt be told. JAS. II. CARSON. July 23, 186G-. tf CHARLOTTE FE3IALE INSTITUTE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. The next session commence? on the 1st of October, 18G, and continues until 30fh June, 1807. Tlje session is divided into two Terms of Twenty weeks each ; the one commencing the 1st October, 18Utf, and the other the 15th February, 1867. Expense per Term of Twenty weeks ; Board, including every expense, except washing, $105 00 Tuition in Collegiate Department 25 00 " " Primary 44 20 00 Music, Modern Languages, Drawing and Painting tanghtby competent and thorough. Instructors at usual prices. For circular and catalongue containing full par ticulars, address REV. R. BURWELL & SON, Principals, Jnly 9, 1806. Charlotte, N. C. CATAWBA F The undersigned has pftt his Mills in first rate grinding order, aud is prepared to make Flour of superior quality. There are three pair of runners two for wheat and one for corn, and will grind from 1500 2i)0 bushels- of grain in 24 hours. The old patrons of the Mill know that justice has always been done them, and" the undersigned solicits a con tinuation of their custom as well as that of new ones. He is grateful for the liberal patronage here tofore extended to his Mills. W. II. NEEL. July 23, 18CG pd CONCOHO FEMALE COLLEGE. . The next Session will commence on the first Mon day of September, and will close on the 21st of De cember. The expense of Tuition and Board with washing included, will be from $00 to 100. Par tial advance payments will -be expected. All need ful indulgence, however, will he given our patrons. Let no good and punctual parent hesitate to send his daughter because he cannot raise the money to pay in advance. Each pupil will furnish her own lights and towels, and also a pair of sheets and pillowcases. Extra charges will be made for Music, French, Latin and Drawing. Address, J. M. M. CALDWELL, July 1G, 1SGG Statesville, N. C- . v . Genuine Durham SMOKING TOBACCO. The undersigned is the sole proprietor of the above named article, being the . successor of the original manufacturer. Having obtained letters patent for said article, he hereby warn? all persons agrtinst manufacturing or attempting to manufacture said article. All venders of the "Genuine Durham Smoking Tobnco," mini obtain it from me directly or from my am lioi ized agents. Tlwo!hiwing are my sole authorized Agents at present. Other will be added : ' Stenhouse & Macaulay, Charlotte ; WD Smith, Fayetteville: Walker, Farrar. & Co., Ncwbern ; Northrop & Cnmmin-rs. Wilmington : H DTeel.Tar boro ; J E Venable, Petersburg ; Ashton & Emerson, Portsmouth, Va.; Adoljdi Berry, 172 West Pratt St., Baltimore: March, Price & Co", 91 Walter St., New Vork. J. R. GREEN. Durham's, Orange co, N. C, June 25, 18U0 3m gy Stenhouse & Macaulay, Agents at Charlotte. ATTENTION People of Charlotte anil s:ir roiiiiriiug' country ! SELLING OFF BELOW N. Y. COST. AO I1UMBUG NO' HUMBUG ! ! A 30,000 Slock of Goods must all be sold in three months. The citizens of Chatlotte and surrounding coun try will do well to call at. II. E. MORSE'S before purchasing elsewhere, as they will save from 25 to 50 percent by so doing. Merchants "from the city and conntry will do well to give me a call, as I will sell them Goods cheaper than the cheapest. I have on hand a large and well selected stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Millinery, Ladies', Gents', Misses' and children's Boots aud Shoes, a large assortment, all sizes ; Calicoes of every variety ; Hats and Caps ; Confectioneries Crockery; Trunks; Valises; a latge stock of Notions, and many oilier articles too tedious to mention. Don't forget the place at Dr. Pritchard's old stand, opposite the Court House. II. E. MORSE. ALSO, for sale a fine, spacious RESIDENCE, with good Garden and out-houses attached. II. E. MORSE. June 25, 1865 3m JUST RECEIVED. Some No. 1 Mackerel; large and fine Sacks Liver pool Salt; 500 bushels superior Corn. A lot of North Carolina Shoes, made at Thomas ville. Ladies' and Gentlemen's. A lot of superior Shoes from Philadelphia. Some beaujiful Summer Prints; Bleached and Brown Domestics; Bleached Cotton Diaper; Bed Ticking. Fine Napkins. . June 25, I860 II. R. WILLIAMS. A L V II E D ill A R T I tf, (Surviving parttier of late firm of Rankin & Martin,) General Commission Merchant, WILMINGTON, N. 0. Personal and prompt attention given to the pur-' chase and sale of all descriptions of Produce, and to the receiving and forwarding of Goods. Charges for the same as reasonable as those of any other ! re "ular busii.'css house in the city. He has ample Warehoufe and Wharf room, and an experieuce of thifiy years in the business, and therefore feels confident of being able to gi ve entire satisfaction to all who u.ay favor him with their patronage. ItEFKiiENcrs T W Dewey, John A Young, M L Wriston. JohiCV.'iikes and Wm J Yatvs, Charlotte. June 25, ISiSC, t WtBitxn SJemocmf. CHARLOTTE, N. C. . STAMP DUTIES Imposed hy. Act of Congress, to Take Miffed August 1st, 18C6. . The following is an alphabetical Hat of tbe stamp duties imposed by act of Congress, passed July 13. 18fc: Agreement Other than those mentioned In tnia pchedttle, (or any appraisement,) for erefy sheet or piece of paper on which it is written, 5 dents. , Bill of eschmige. foreign Drawn in but pa-- iable out of the United Stat, if drawn airijjfy jot mnerwtsA man in .a set ot inree or more -same as inland bills of exchange or promissory notes. Drawn in sets of three more, for every bill of each set. where the sum made payable shall not exceed $100, or the equivalent thereof, n any foreign currency in which such bills may be ex pressed, 2 cents : for every additional $100, or fractional part thereof in excess of $100, 2 cents. Bill of exchange inland Draft or order for the payment of any sum of money, not exceed-" ing$10(), otherwise than at sight or on demand, or promissory note? except bank notes and checks: or any memorandum, check, receipt, or other written or printed evidence of an -amount of money.to be paid on demand .or at a time des- ignatedfor a sum not exceeding $100, 5 cents ; for every additional 100, or fractional part in excess of SJUU, o cents. Bill of Sale Bills 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 considerafions'ex ceeds $500 and does not exceed $1000. $1. Ex ceeding $1,000, for every additional amount of $500. or fractional part thereof, 50 cents. Per sonal property other than ships or vessels, 5 cents. Bill of LadingFor goods and merchandise exported to foreign-ports,, other than charter party,, each 10 cents. . Bonds Of indemnity where the money ulti mately recoverable thereupon is $1,000 or less, 10 cents; where the penalty exceeds $1,000. for every additional $1,000 or fractional part in ex cess of $1,000, 50 cents. For the due execution of the duties of any office, $1. Of any descrip tion other than sueh as may be required in legal proceedings, or used in connection with mort gage deeds, and not otherwise charged in this schedule, 25 cents. Certificate Other than those mentioned, 5 cents. Certificate of Damage And nil other docu ments issued by any port-warden or mariue sur veyor, 25 cents. Certificateof Deposit For a sum not exceed ing $100, 2 cents ; exceeding $100, 5 cents. Certificate 'of Profits In any incorporated company, for an amount not les than $10, nor exceeding $50. 10 cents: from $50 to $1,000. 25 cents; exceeding $1,000, for every additional $1,000, or fractional part thereof. 25 cents. Certificate of Stock In incorporated compa ny, 25 cents. Charter Party On any letter or memoran dum relating to the charter of any vessel, if the registered tonnage does not exceed 150 tons, $1; from 150 to 300 tons. $3; from 300 to 000 tons, $5; over GOO tons. $10. Checks, Drafts or Orders For any amount on any bank, broker or trust company, at sight or. on demand, 2 cents; for amount exceeding $10 on any person other than n 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 n.ot more than 50 lights, 2 cents; for every additional 25 lights, or fractional part of that number, 1 cent. Contracts Contract, broker's note, or mem orandum of sale of any goods or merchandise, stocks, bonds, notes of hand, for each note or memorandum of sale, 10 cents.' Conveyance or Deed of Grant Where the consideration or value Joes not exceed $500, 50 cents; $500 to $1,000, 1 dollar; and for every additional $500, or fractional part thereof, ia ex cess of $1,000, 50 cents. Entry of Goods At custom house, not ex ceeding in value $100, 25 cents; from $100 to $500, 50 cents; exceeding $500, 1 dollar; for the withdrawal of goods from bonded warehouse, 50 cents. Friction Matches Or lucifer matches, made in" part of wood", in packages of 100 or lees, 1 cents when in parcels or packages containing more than 100, and not more than 200, each par cel or package, 2 cents, and for every additional or fractional part thereof, 1 cent; for wax tapers, double the rate herein imposed upon friction matches, 1 cent. Lease Where rent is $300, or less, 50 cents; where the rent exceeds $300, for each additional $200, or fraction in excess of $300, 50 cents ; assignment of a lease, same stamp as original, and additional stamp upon the valueor conside ration of transfer, according to the rates of on deeds (See Conveyance.) . , Manifest Entry' Clearance Of cargo of vessel for foreign port, if tonnage does not excd 300 tons, $1 ; from 300 to GOO, $3 ; exceeding 600, 5 dollars. Meats. Fish, Fruits, Sauce's, Jellies, SfC. For and upon every can, bottle or other single pack age, containing meats, fish, shell -fish, fruits, veg etables, sauces, syrups, prepared mustard, jams or jellies, contained therein, packed or cealed. made, prepared and Hold, or offered for sale, or removed for consumption in the United States, on or after the 1st day of October. 106. when such can. bottle, or other jdngle package with its contents, shall exceed two pounds in weight. for every additional pound or fractional part, i cent. Mortgage or Personal Bonds Given as secu rity for the payment of any definite jum, from $100 to 500. 50 cents; exceeding $500,' and not exceeding $1,000. 1 dollar. For every addition- ! al $500or fractional part thereof, in excels of t $500, fifty cents; provided, that upon each and I every assignment or transfer or mortgage, policy of insurance, or the renewal or continuance of any agreement, contract r 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, ifofl price than $35, .) cents; from $35 to 50. $1 : and for every additional $50, or fractional part thereof in excess of $50, $1. Pawnbrokers Cerlificale-rFor any amount. 5 cents. " Playing Cards Tor 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 injured does not exceed $1,000. 25 ceuts; from 1,000 to 5.000 dollars. 50 cents; ex ceeding 5,000. one dollar. Fire and Marina Risks Premium not exceeding 10 dollars, 10 cents; prenium net exceeding 50 dollars, 25 cents; exceeding 50. 50 cents; Accidental insu rance policies are exempt. - - Power of Attorney To transfer stock.- bonds or scrip, to collect dividends, interest or rent, 23 cents; to vote by proxy, except in charitable, re ligious, literary and cemetery, societies, 10 cents; to sell or lease real estate., and perform all.othec acts not specified, one dollar; - for any other pur pose, 50 cents. " . . - JProbate of Will, or Letter of Administration Where the estate does not exceed the value of 2.000 dollars, one dollar; for every , additional 1,000. or fractional part in excess of 2,000, 50 cents.. .-..- Protest of Notes. Draft, Sfedr marine pro test. Sea., 25 cents. Proprietary Medicines, Cosmetics, fyc Not oyer 25 cents, 1 cent; not over 50cent. 2 cents; not over 75 cents, 3 cents; not over $1. 4 cents. For every additional 50 cents, or fractions there of, 2 cents. t Receipt Reoeipt for the payment of any sum of money, or for the payment of any debt due exceeding $20, not beingfor satisfaction of any mortgage or judgment, or decree of a court, or, endorsement on any stamp obligation in ac knowledgment of its fulfillment, for each receiM, 2 cents. Provided. That when more than one signature is affixed trt the same paper, ofle or more stamps may be affixed thereto representing the whole amount of stamps required for such signatures-. Sales Or contracts for sale of stocks, bonds, foreign exchange, gold aud silver bullion and coin, promissory notes or other securities, when made -by brokers, banks, bankers who pay a special tax, require stamps equal to 1 cent on every $100. If there is a fraction over $100, the same to be stamped at the full rate of $100. When made ffy a person, firm or corporation not paying special tax, for every $100 of value 5 cents. A memorandum of sale or contract must be made by tlje seller to thp buyer upon the sale or contract being made, and the stamps affixed thereto. . .. - Writ Writ 50 cents. Where the amount claimed in a writ, issued by a court not of record, is $100 or over, 50 cents. Upon every confes sion of judgment, 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 court of inferior jurisdic tion to a court of record, 50 ceuts. Warrant of distress, when the amount of rent claimed does not exceed $100, 25 cents; when exceeding $100, 50 cents. - EXEMPTION. No stamp duty shall be required on power of attorney or any other paper relating to applica tion for bounties, arrearages .of pay. or pensions, or tp the receipt thereof from time to time ; or opon tickets or contracts of insurance when limited to injury to person 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 ; by and whenever any bond or note shall be secured by. a mortgage, but. one stamp-duty shall te required to be placed on such paper; nor on any certificate of the record of a deed or other instrument in writing, or of the acknowledgment or proof thereof by attesting witnesses ; nor to any indorsement of a negotia ble instrument. - Provided that the stamp duty placed thereon shall bo highest rate required for said instru ments, or either of them. Receipts by express companies for the delivery of any property for transportation are exempt from stamp duty. PENALTIES. Penalty for making, signing or issuing any in strument, document or paper of any kind what soever, or shall accept, negotiate .or pay, or cause to be accepted, negotiated or paid, any 1il 1 of exchange, draft or order, or promissory note for the payment of money, without the same being duly stamped, or denoting the duty hereby im. posed, thereon. $50; and the instrument shall be deemed invalid and of no effect : or for counter feiting stamps or dies $1,000. and imprisonment to hard labor not exceeding five years. For making, signing, issuing, accepting or paying any bill of exchange, draft, order, or note without stamp, $200. For selling property, cosmetics, matches, meals, fish, fruit, sauces, jellies, without proper 'stamps, $50. OTHER" PROVISIONS. Instruments, are not to be recorded unless properly stamped. No instrument is invalid for the want of the particular kinds of stamps designated, provided a legal stamp of equal amount (except proprie tary stamps) is duly affixed. All official instruments, documents and papers issued or used by officers of the United States government cr by the . officers- of any State, county or other municipal corporation, are exempt. In cases where an adhesive stamp shall be used for denoting any duty imposed by this act, the person using or affixing the same shall write thereon the initials of his name and date upon which the same shall be attached or used, so that the same may not again be used, under a penalty of $50. Instruments heretofore issued without stamps, not to 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 av instrument, ana ent, and require his opinion whether the same is chargeable w.th ssioner shmtt be anv dutv : and if the said commissioner shall be of opinion that, it is not chargeable with any st,mpduty,he is required to impress on it a particular stamp, with words to signify that it is jjot ehargeable with stamp duty ; and every in- tr.imAnt nn wliioli ttimn ia imnreaspd alinll be receded in evidence In all court, notwith- utandifur objections on the ground of such in - strument being without the proper tamp. The party to whom a document is issued from a foreign country, or by whom it w to oe usea, j shall, before ns.ng tor stamp or stamps indicating the duty required. Proprietors of cosmetics! medicines o proprie - .,to o r,;K nrw.L 1'-. and r allowed 5 per cent, on all purchases of $500 ; over 500. 10 ner cent. Dr. Aver, of rill notoriety, of lowell, returns t an income of S31,8G1. He advertises,, and hence. XT WILL FIND YOU OUT. . People are very careful, sometimes, as to how they commit sio, and take far more trouble ia doiog wrong, than ever it. would take them in doing right. Sometime Jhey escape detection for years ; sometimes, aa far as this world is concerned, tin never jeems to find them out. But it is not often so. Generally there some thing, some "hole in the wall," that serves to bring the deed done in darkness into tbe broad clear light of day. Well says the old proverb, "It will take a great many kbove Ifuls of earth to bury the- trutb." A minuter was once walking in a country graveyard. Tne sexton was busy digging a grave, and presently threw up a human skull. The minister took it up and on examining it, found a headless nail stuck in the temple. Secretly drawing it out and hiding it in bis handkerchief, he asked the'nian whose skull it was. The story was. a sad one. It belonged to a drunken Tell6w who'one night had taken two quarts of- ardent spirits, and tbe next nforning was found dead in his bed.. Something, the grave-digger said, led the good man to suspect something wrong, and going to the bouse where he had formerly lived, he questioned his wife about the matter, and presently unfolded his handkerchief, snd to the terror of the astonished woman .held up the nail? Ah,. her sin had found ber out ; she had murdered her husband, and as the "hole, in the wall" revealed Jerusa lem's sin, so this headless nail mode plain this awful crime. A thief broke into a bouse' and got safely away witb his prize, soon, however, to be cap. tured.. His sin found him out, but ah, in bow strange-a way ! Escaping by the window he wounded his hand j the blood stained the pave ment : "Drop by drop they tracked it on till their silent guide conducted them along an open passage, and up a flight of steps stopping at the door ot a house." 5Tes, there they discovered him. The drop of blood brought it all to light. Some wicked men thought to obtain posses sion of some money that by right belonged to others. People before they die often make a will, in which they state to whom they want their pr.operty t be left. So these men forged a will, imitated cleverly the writing of the gentleman, and when he was dead brought it foiward and claimed the property. ('0, we are sure to get it, said they; and so it seemed But in the paper on which that will was written there was, what you will often find if you hold a sheet of -paper up to the light, a date the time when that paper was made. That date told that the paper was not in existence .when the will was said' to be drawn up, signed and witnessed. Ah, "a hole in the wall, again! The date in the papec told the crime. A good minister of Jesus Christ was once speaking about sin finding us put. Solemn, very solemn were his words : "If you do not find out your sio and bring it to Calvary, to get it par doned and washed away through the blood of Jesus, your sin will find you out and bring you to judgment, to be condemned and scot away by Jesus Christ to everlasting punishment." "O," thought a little girl who' had told her mother a lie, "O, that lie ! I must either find it out snd bring it to Calvary, or it will cause me to be punished forever " She rested not till she had taken ito Jesus, and known what it was to have sin forgiven. Let toe Children Sleep. We earnestly advise all who think a preat deal, or who have to work hard, to take all t Ive sleep they can get without medical means. ' We caution parents, particularly not to allow their children to be waked up of mornings let nature wake then? up, she will not do it prenja-. turely ; but have a care that they go to bed at an early hour; let it be early, until it be found that they wake up themselves in full time to dress for breakfast. Being waked up early, and allowed to engage in difficult or any studies late and just before retiring, has given many a promising and beau tiful child the brain fever, or determined ordin ary ailments to the production of tbe water on the brain. Let parents make every possible effort to have their children go to sleep in a pleasant humor. Never scold or give lectures or any way wound a child's -feelings as it goes to bed. Let all banish business and every worldly care at bed time, and let sleep come to a mind at peaoe with God and all the world. m A Queer Pulpit Scene. A Presbyterian minister in New York, on a recent Sabbath, suddenly disappeared behind bis pulpit, while a mysterious smoke, witb a strong smell of brimstone, rose in bis stead- He was "putting himself out," his vehement . demonstrations having ignited some lucifer matches in, his pocket! Exchange. The above scene is not unlike one which is said to hae occurred a number ot years ago in the upper part of this State. While an excen tric divine was on his way to church a wasp sought refuge in one of the legs of his panta loons, and during the discourse that followed, "changed bis base." The minister gesticulating violently and tbe insect stung ditto, taking what may with propriety be called an unfair back holt, 'lhe cooc man slapped himself enerireticallv. but finally unable to. stand tbe I aoy ionger abruptly closed bis dis- , t, ,!t?' lrtt ( 'DC m l,,c '!u'u . ifcl in my sermon, but as sure as you live, the Devil. is in the seat of my breeche." Colum bia Carolinian. I Thi Pbice or A Kws. A sailor, in Eog- i land, has been fined one shilling, and con I demned to psy the costs, for having kissed a j .onnj, Jad while passing through a bay-field, cear j)eODport. Defendant, in answer to tbe charge, said that, ai tbe time referred to in tbe . ' . . . . . . ... ! "-"fO"8. he rW.M ,,n th.e. hyfi,d 7lt.hll, brothers and friends, making merry together, when be saw the complainant, and, tbinkine 1 that she was one of the partv.be took some I bay and went to ter, ssying, "I'll make sweet hay with you, my dear " He tried to kjss her, but she resisted, and, on discovering his mis- ' but she resisted, and, on discovenn take, be said he was very sorry. his mis- TOBACCO CULT UBS IN FSAIfCE. A Parts correspondent says : In regard toi tbe culture of tobacco, now an important item of French agricultural industry, tbb law is even more stringent. Tobacco being a Government! monopoly, no one can grow even a aiogle plant l of tobacco in bis garden without a permit Iff a peasant, wisoea to piant a neld or tobacco, ne makes a declaration to that effect to tbe proper authorities.' An inspector then visits tbe field to be planted, measures it carefully, and eaters ino measurement in ins uuok. - v uth mo iwuw co comes np, every plant is counted, and an entry of the number made in tbe same book. Every week the. inspector visits' tbe field, oouat ing every stem, and when the plants are ap proaching rosturity, every leaf, is counted, and an entry of the number of leaves of each plant is made in his book. If a leaf is attacked bj an insect, or withers, the farmer must not re move it ; but on the next weekly visit of the Inspector, the dead .leaf is taken away by him, an entry to that effect is made in the bookj and the entry for particular plant is corrected as to the number of leaves. When the crop is fit for gathering, the Inspector makes his final examin ation. If the quality is found to bejdefactive, he causes the whole to be gathered and .burned; the unhappy owner, in such case, not receiving a single centime, but losing the whole of hi year's work. If the quality is satisfactory, tbo- Inspector superintends the cutting, counts tho leaves before having them carried sway, ami pays tjhe regulation price for them. This prico is very large; so that the tobacco grower risk the chance of a heavy loss against the cbanoo of a rate of ' profit - very much higher than he could make by any other branch of agriculture But as the tobacco is a very delicate plant, and subject, in this climate, to various diseases and. other mishaps, its cultivation so often proves a failure that the French peasant, sharp as he is after gain, is growing every year more and more shy of it, so that the amount of tobacco grown, hero is steadily declining, and its culture will probably cease altogether. A Hundred Hours Awake and Walkino. The Portsmouth (N.'H ) Journal says that Mr John Seaver of that place, Tor a wager of 500, lost Tuesday commenced walking 100 miles in as. many consecutive hours. How ho was affected is thus related : "On Wednesday afternoon, at' the close of ttie- first 24 hours, he seemed weary and felt a sfronger disposition to sleep than he afterward experienced. This. was driven off ; but the ef fort produced a severe beadaobe, which con tinued during the remaining days. ..On Thurs day be felt drowsy, but was so excited that he would sit down without napping. Every hour tho circuiting the room 42 times wss regularly performed, in times ranging from 20 to 30 min utes. On that morning ho began to be dis couraged, and expressed p wish to abandon fur ther effort. His advisers persuaded him, and he renewed his efforts, and, as he expressed it, with a determined will to succeed. "Friday the third day be was more wakeful, his nervous excitement having increased pro bably by tho strong tea which .was his only beverage. His head was bandaged and bathed with rum and alum frequently. He stumbled from.weakness and weariness, but got up with out help. Saturday, the fourth and last day, was ono of weariness, aching limbs, aching head. and prostration. He required to be supported as he went his hourly rounds. In the ninety fifty hour he fainted and fell. Every hour of the last four be was bathed all over with ram and alum. In tbe ninety-ninth hour ha again fell in faint ness. The last hour at length ar rived, and with bis assistants he completed his forty-two circuits in thirty-thice minutes. 'He now received fresh energy from the idea that he had accomplished his feat, and, unaided, ho literally dragged his limbs once more around the hall, to show that be was still awake, and, amid the cheers of a large audience, be retired after 9 o'clock." He did not recover from tbe sickness that en sued for several days. Chinese in California. A late Colifornial letter says : The number of Chinamen in the various Pacific States and territories is estimated; at between 05,000- and 75,000. These are' nearly all young men, in tbe prime of life, who) come here mtendicg to return to their owo, country as soon as thej shall have made a cer-j tain sum. There are very few females berei In every . town and city there is the Chinese quarter, or "China town" as it is called, theyfj preferring to live by themselvea. 1 should mention that they all, without exception, so far as I know, can read and write in their own tongueJ They are to be met witb everywhere. No place so out of tbe way or difficult of access, bat they find their way thither, and straightway proceed ? to inform the public that washing and ironing can be performed on the most reasonable terms; They take the place of the servant girls at the" East, and are generally preferred to tfie Irish for housework. They are docile and quick tc learn, and never forget, and make not unfre quenfly the most accomplished servants. Al together it would really appear as' tboogh they could scarcely be dispensed with here, and whet the prejudice against them shall have somewhat worn away a very much inereased immigratiot to this country may be looked for. Almost al the placer digging io California ia now done by these Chinajben, as they are contented with f sum which would not sustain the white laborer , They wash over the old elaims . long sioct abandoned by the white miner, and. find then;1 abundant recompense for their patient labor, i In spite of their Pagan religion and its fooIist ( mummeries, it tnust.be confessed that thej i have their good as well as their bad traits. ' ' v i'-r - - i "j pupil who bad called him a fool behind bis baek fO A rnt nnrm DirMtintil tft nnnuh f "Don't, don't I" said tbe boy. "I won't do v ogaio, sir, never ! I never will ear what I thiol I again in my life. - January 1, 1J6. j ,