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fni: oukuon aikjun. Ill l. W. It AIM. rRRMs of suitscninios. Tht A'U" f"r"'',,fd ut Tkrr Pultun .,, annum, if '"'' '. W'hrn l"r minify it ""' lvtiiirr, i'uur II r W'" '" ''i'H"l "' iiiimlli; ,rVn" '"' ,A' " V"'- 7V lhillurt trill lir char grit fur tit mtintl.t (in ,ubterilit"ii'""'rix',d f"r u 'r" "'"'' JVu ;i"r tlitruiiliniiril until all urrriinif'tt , ..in', uulmul Ihr option of thr mliliMhrr. fimflr r;"" Iwfiily-Jif '''. IVmuurrrit of (bn Vnltrd ti.atrn. The Secretary of tho 'J'rcosnrj, in tlio couriw of hi current umiuul Kcport, tlius minis up tlio ri-HourccH of our country: No country possesses tlio truo elements nf 11 richer cn'ilit no country in onliimry I lines (.'iiii tnuiutiiiii a higher stuiitlurd of currency ami pnyuient thuu tliu United Suite. Tlio liovertiiiicnt is Ii-hi cosily limn tint t of most otlior yrcut Power. Tlio expen ditures of llio current fiscal yenr, exclud ing tlioso of tliu War nud Nuvy llcpuit went, enn hardly vqiiul tho.si. of last your, which' nmounted to $2-l,fl 1,470. Esti mating those f these departments at doulilo tho expenditure of tho lust yenr before tho rclicllion, they would for tho current yenr, hail tlio war ended before hint midsummer ns wiih nr.tieipated nt tho (lute of llio lust report, amount to tho mini of $5.ri,8 15,8:i t. Tlio interest on tho puhlic debt I for the current year estimated nt $'2f,(W l.&S'J, and will not proliuhly go over that num. The whole expenditures of tho (Jovcrmciit lor the current yenr, on tho supposition ol pence, would, therefore, not exceed $i.., It" l,S Thi nggrgnto must lie increns ci lierenfter ly the addition of Interest on the limns of tho current uud luluro years nnd by pensions, tho precise ninoiinl of which cannot bo foreseen. Estimate the runner ul fifty, and tlio hitter at ten mil lions n year, nml the total aiiniml expendi tures in pence will reach, omitting fractions, to $ir.:. 0011,000. Tho expenditures ol (Ireiit Britain during Hie yenr ending Mutch III, wero Jliiil, 1 ;il.CH ; thciM) ol 1'rnncc for ISfi'J, according to French of ficial (stimuli, will reach $121 ,H j:;,9fi(. mi,) thn uniiilul expenses of ltinm (accord in" to tho best iicce'sible information) do ,l,..ot full short ol $2:10,000.0011. To meet our annuul expenditures, nud to n';-nrfl beyond contingency tlio punctual il:. hurgc of the interest of the puU'cdebt, mi I lb" creation of a sinking hind for its reduction, Congress has provided a revenue from customs even now re.ielnng nearly fventy millions a yenc. n:id a revenue from internal duties winch will not probably fill short ol one hundred and fifty mill mis n Velir Without reckoning any other resources thiol tbo.c already provided, the revenue tliTefiire w.ll tt unit ally exceed the exp'-ndi tares bv fifty live null hm, which sum nny I,., ns -'l f-r the reduction of the p-ibbe d' bt. If, lli' ll. tlie war shall be omiMi'I'.I, cunlr irv t l,ii" iiinl exp'ctii'io'i, to mid 1 . . ... i .i . . ..i.i .. .i i.i .1...11 suniim r nl l m l. un i nn- jin n r reach tho utiiwt liui t now imticip .t -d of seventeen bundled lllld fii'lV III lllOIIS of dot I irs, til" excess of rcvel.il" w Jl reduce that debt, durin:,' the fir-l year of p- , more linn tlirce pi r cent Hut the Ainerx.ui II 'public povs -.-scs immense re;onrc'S which have nut yet b -en called into contribution The -old le arin,' re'nci ol th" fiiitc I St iles Mrctehes tlirnu.'h near ei.'htecn ihrees of latitude, from I'.ritii t'obmibiii mi thn north to Mexico on the M'Uth, and tln-'iuh nmre than twenty decrees of l-m.-itud". from the ea- tern dcc'bvities of the Uoeky Monnliiius to tho Pacifij c-'Mii. H iuc'iud.s two ('.ilil.trmii ami iireon; lour enure .New .Mexico, her Colorado, Nebraska, nml Da kota. U frnis a" arci ol morn limn a . ll.,'. nf .ouiir.) Hides, tho whole of which, A Weekly Ncwspujior, c.vot;l to tlio Interests of tlio Lulioriiig Gushch, and ndvocating tbo Hide of Truth in every ksuc Vor VI 1 1. OllKOON CITY, OREGON, V E V, Jl U A It Y 28, 18C3. Xo. 40. RATES OK ADVERTISING: Oiks nqiiara (twelve linen, or lew, brevier nieamire) one iiiHf rtion 8-' Kaeh nuli8e'uent insertion I 00 uiiicmicnrdono year 20 00 A liberal deduction will bo made to thorn who fidverliac by the year. The number of inerlioni nliouM bo noted on Hie margin of mi advcrtinement, otherwint it will be pul)linlicd till forbidden, ami charged ac cordingly. Z)S Obituary notices will be charged half the abve ratea of advertising. Job 1'hintinu executed with neatneaa and dinatch. l'uyment fur Job Printing mutt lie mad on drlirrry uf thr irnrlt. rcKourecH and impair tho firmest credit. To rclencli nuperlluity ; to economise expen diture) to ndjiiBt ticcnrutoly inenMircH to objeelH; to infuse rcHolute vior und a just hciiku of rcKtiousihility into every depnrt moiit of public activity, are not less impor tant to credit nud revenuo tliun to general miccchs in iidmiiiiHtratlon. New York. Feb thn following: StulTord Court House, Va., Xo date. An order has been issued Slate Terr. lories. 1 tnh. Nevadl, eW I VV J.inetiiii-. nud hilts of thr-c Territories, with comparatively ins .'-mucnni e.xccpi.i.n, is the property of the nation. It is rich not only in K'dd, but in wlver, copper, iron, lend ami mmv other valuable m.ueMls. lis product of' k.iM bikI wlvr current year will not probably fall very much iDt.ill,ortoffl00.n0!l,O()(l;and it mut lw contluii" gradually yd rapidly to increa-o. If this product bo .u.yccted to a reasonable K. iti.rn.. ns mnreot.Ml by oui or if. as huu-ested by others the . i I....I. I, cululivided and (old III Uliueriii i""'"' - rouvenicnl parcels, with proper reserva tion in favor of tho mme now in occupa tion or particular localities, u very romid rrnblo revenuo may doubtless bo obtained from this region without lordship to the nctunl settlers nnd occupier. Ami there nro other mine than those, of pohl or silver, or copper or iron, in the wido territory which include the public lands of tho United State. Kvery acre of tho fertile noil i a initio which only wails for the ronlacl of labor to yield iu treas ure; nnd every acre i open to that fruit ful contact by the liomcsteud act. When thn opportunities thn offered to In dustry ihiill Im understood by the working millions of Kuropc, it cannot ho doubled that Krcat ...nil''"" American Lome, in order to avail themselves of tnr Rreat ndviil.i;r tendered to tl.c.r occrp Lee by American law Kvery .workup tnan who come better the coi.dn.o'i of the nation as well s I.i own. II. oil.li -many ways, seen oml nnsoen, to lls wealll . ilsintelliKet.ee, nnd It power. It i tljAi clttoeHtimalethn ronlr.but.on which i n migration, property encouraged by htM tin., and adminlHtration w.ll mako to ,,ue, but directly, nnd Imhr-c ly. t a m ot ho eckoned n less than that M ' l,n expected from the metallic prodi.C ol tho Rold brnri.ii; re(jiou. Will, such resource nt tho ?Vf the Republic, no one need be alarmed I- s tho United Stale may '" 0 nay tho Interest on lis debt, or t red co the .rincipal to whatever point the H" ' terest'may Indicato. The Kepub m as, .1 'i. ..,...' nf new birth to " S r'i. ,r rwico already she noiiier mm nit"' - , .it.. lias paid off nnationnl Ut contracted o thnJlefeiicoof hcrriKhH; ob,n .0, ..t .1. . i.i..t. .1... i.mtf ncur for the pre- Ul Villi lr " "' , , . . I i ... ...i.i,,.,cn will Hot 1)0 less crvniiiio in - sacredly fullilled. i, . . i.m .,,. nro thus nmplo inn, iiuu i - .i i- ..... i .i. ,li,.i,itn of iiriidenco ami R mil inn im " . .. . ,i f,Hl faith to irencron ih-i1 thai the ..:.... ....I.,. .I.oiild bn taken lo re.iuci tho public burden lo Ho lowest point cot paliblowithl..slTOlol.o..otn"l'C rrj.li or . 1'rodiinlit; may exhaust tho amplest A I. una nf l'rnml.r. t'liekalat I'ruiiie, silmiled in Washing ton Territory, m-nr this Dalles, on tho Co lumbia river, is a region uhoumliii"; with every inducement lo tho industrious settler. It lies north of the Dulles, about two hun dred miles from the occun, along the course of the Columbia river. Tlio scenery is benuliliil nnd tho valley, covered willimss nud buro of trees except along its borders nnd near streams, is gently undulating in its kiiiTiicc. The limber is mainly pine, lir und oak. Numerous Killings rise in il, nnd supply water lo never failing rivulets. The herbage in chiefly of that, species known ns " bunch gnus,'1 one of the most nutritious nud palatable, to entile, of nil the grasses. The soil is worm, light sand, nnd will prob ably produce good crops of wheal, oats, barley and potatoes, but the settlers in the valley occupy themselves chielly with stock raising, nml have mver g'veu the soil mi opportunity to prove what its capabilities for farming are, Several of the distant peaks urn covered wilh i lernal snow. To the southwest is Mount Hood, suid lobe 18,000 feel high, nnd higher than any oili er peak in the United Stutes. Mount Ad-ims nppenr in tho northwest, in the north iinrihwesl Mount lt .iniir, in the west Mount St. Helen', nil of which nro ns while ns milk to their very buses, thoiiL'h St. Helen's is n volcano ns nil the others once were- but she gives no sign of lire in her bosom, save by sending up u thin little cloud of while, steam Lko smoke, which the passing traveler, uninformed of the clinrac- ler of the peak, seeing it but once, landing, in a clear, still day, over the mountain, like n funnel, m'ghl consider to be singular, without supposing it lo be from n volcano. A remarkable feature of the Upper Co lombia Valley is Clifton l.nke, between the C.iM i.do Mountains nnd llio Columbia river, iibo.il latitude is1. There is Koine very rich nnd hcautibil laud about this lake, with n ferl.lc m) I, id.im.la.it grass, a healthy dim it", nud j'l enough timber for lh" convenience of s. l'h rs The l ike runs fir into the Cascade Mountains, but nt n low lev. 1 so that it nearly cuts throu.-h the rang" It extends from near tho Co Iniiibii, if report be Irti", to w.uu. li.iy in les of 1'iig I Sound. The Induins say they can pul lie Iron, eastern to the. wes tern id I if tic: hike in three days, nnd then walk to Tug! t Sound ill a day. 1 1 is sup po.-'d that th1-' western end ol toe laku is m ar the S aget rive r. one of the largest streams II owing from the Cascade Moun tains, if i.ot tlie largest. It is said to be niiigablo a coii-idcrable distance Irot.l Hello.-!. an. 15 iv. into which it empties The lak" is mtu-ablc throughout its length for the largest .sh.p that 11 als, bill its out let, connei-t.iig it with the Columbia, is not nivig ible for liny craft, because il falls Iwo hundred and lii'iy f el in Iwo miles. If this report uboiit the proximity of tho lake to the Sngel r.wr, me mivigin.ii.iy i hip latter, nn I the low m s of tho divide be tween them be correct, the route will not long b ejected, bat will bo used exten sively for lha transposition of store into the rich mining re-ion of tho Upper Co liimbia .YorM lf:fi- AVrcr. 15it or Sccmr llisrov. It l.ns Iran- Mai!iim:i) Fi.iiith. Ono of tho worst features in modern fashionable society, is a disposition to llirt, existing among married people of both sexes. Thn wifu nrruys herself in silks nnd satins, loads her fingers and car j with jewelry, und rigged in llo.inceH and luces, lays siege to some poor I ... I. n, ,,!,. I, .It. ,..!,, I,,u 1,1 r. . . ' r t in nrmv is iro'TessiiiK. more money t ... urau.s, am. very iiu e o , . , w , . , di tc,, slate3 either. On tho other hnnd, tho husband! . , . . -, n i,nK Details of fiasitcrn News. I Oev. IJlti.er oy Si.averv. Gen. liut- 0Tlm Herald bng ; ler, who lias trcaieu inu hiavery ipieanun in a broader and morn comprehensive man ner than any otner of our soldiers nnd dissolving tho rescrvo of the grand division, .Rtnt(,smci CXpreS3f;S it ng ,j9 conviction, IlKtl nL 11 I N'T IU VIC II. Ui'K'-'" tho 1 lth corps. Tlie work of reorganizing plnysoffliispiirtinti.nl, uud II ids with the reigning belle until tho smell of fresh iiuint ...id ll.u exhibition of maudlin and ceived an assurance from (Jovcrnineut that there is an expedition shortly lo bo nucu out, which hus (or its object the reclamation ., . , ir.l - l. Olll, WIIIU.I nun tv. no vyvfc v.iv puerile nouseiiso sicken htm off the truck. of tQ )Q VumJ T)0 tlljef eon. In some respects this is finite harmless and beneath notice. In others, it becomes highly important, and demands radical and immediate reform. Social lifo has much to do with our national character and movements. As nro tho people so will be the nation, ns a mutter of course, oud il there is rottenness in so culled "high so ciety," it will taint tho whole muss. It i a fielf evident trulli Hint mnrrieU people have no business to flirt. I his disposition, ! i ikIi.1 mand will probably bo given to Gen. Uut ler (Jen. Hamilton having a subordinate command. Juckson, Feb. 4. Tho Federal ram, Queen of tho West, which passed Vicks burg on Monday morning, arrived nt the landing ot Vidulia, opposite Natchez, on the sumo evening. A guard of men was sent on shore, which attempted to capture rvi y.i(i.i.iin York, but he escaped. The nnd the conviction of his most intelligent officers, that slavery is doomed. He says thnt with every prejudice nnd every teach ing ngninst the result to which his experi ence here has brought his convictions, thnt lie is convinced: First That labor can bo done in Lou isiana by whites more economically than by blacks. Second That blnek labor can be as well governed, used nnd made profitable in a state of freedom ns in slavery. Third That while it vould have been betttcr had tho emancipation of the slave been gradual, yet it is cp.ito feasible, even under the present great change as a Gov ernment proposition, to orcrani.o, control "cel. the green-eyed monster takes ; ' ' " advantage of open doors, nnd hnds nn cufy i Yq y ,0 TiJC xcw Orleans ne-cess. Th husband and the w,f" ' i1!ttor of Hie S.l inst.. to tlio World, says by tne mosi so.emu vos ew .,-u mn,, , nt MolltcrPy writc3 os follows: lives and their all to each other s happiness, oln for th(j Confcdcrato army nud those who array themselves or the ' h b u ut Monlcre. Bnd down ram then steamed down tho river doing and work tho negro with profit and safety I to the white, but that this can best be done under military supervision. A snircd that the r. U I Gen. Albert Sydney Johnson kiiled at Shiloh concerted a mi-e plan lo possess tlio secessionists of Califor nia nt tho beginning of the rebellion. He win in command at San Francisco. At a given time thn scccs.sioni.sts wero to take tlie forts with his eonnivaiice nnd sei.o 110,000 stand of nrms shipped there by rioyd for the very purpose, nun i ruueiseej ut their mercy must l.nvo succumbed and tho rebels would thus l.nvo had ft port in which to fit out privateer nnd likewise have obtained control of tho vast treasure e.f tho State. The fact was known or sus pected in Washington. U. Gcu. K. V. Sumner was appointed lo the command m California nud l,rvil)' lml ?" bo:'";l, ship nt sea orriving nt San Francisco with out previous intimation of his coming. Ho walked incognito to tho ofl'ico of Johnson, ii.fj.riii. il him thnt ho was his successor I. in. Ids imner nnd demanded im mediate possession. The astonished rebel 1....I .... .,1ler..n.'.v.l but tO Comply. Ill half nil hour ufler nil tho guns of the fort wero run out on tho land side nnd heavily ...,.n...i Thn snmo cveniuu the (10,000 mnnJ of nrms nt H"i.icia wero seenred.- TOs brillinnt bat .,mrt -' ' tlm Fldorudo Bini. rcrlisrr. 1'K.I.OCtrV OK A II.IVOXKT Cll A ItO K I II . It MilltOAfat tho liistory or Miropcnn wan-, . n that but few soldier wero nclniilly killed .... .1... I .,.,( Il.lt III UlOimiucn iiiiii Willi Hi" "iM""1 ... r ,, rebel it Is not so. Hcfcrriug to ono or them, n Washington paper says: ' Tho carnage by tho bayonet upon this i,ld probably exceed anything recorded m IMory. for many a score of ynr 1 ho Federal olil.er were uiiuioenuu .v . i -sistoncy with which the enemy .ought eve ry cover nnd shelter, from which hey drove t hem repcnieiliy. , - o, ,y reeled nnd lied beforo tho unwator- i,,R lino of Hashing? t'"!'"'" . cnillicl would ho hand to hand, but the .rreat ardor nnd superior muscle ofnur men overpowered tho cadavero... nnd weak kneed Southerner, nnd they fell pierced with tho Kliltcrinu K,iTii i.AKM -Thrsn hike nro nil Wdl filled will, water, nnd wo l.nvo no n e ir, of the... ever before being M full. ?C i tiliw uniility of ruin nnd snow 1 . r l Viven them n supply llV." Sill m.t i diml-WHHl .....,.l..r,l f..r vears to come-1 " popular eye tnoro than for tlioso who nro theirs, and tl.cird only, ny tue marriage re lation, arc trnitor. Another thing. Flir tation carried on by married people, not only deKlroy tho sanctity of wedded life to u high degree, but is vastly destructive to common virtue. What man that be holds such exhibitions can have the least faith in thnt lovo which is fabled to exiht nround the family heiirth-stone'f This is no Iriviul mutter. It is one tif the radical evils of society. It is u fester at tho foun dation of social system. The distinguish ing difference between heathendom and civilization, is tho murriagc relation. Let people beware how that ulTcvtioti is affect ed by n fulso morality nud a ful.se system of living. CltlT.l.TU'.s- OK Ul Kltllll.US IX Mt.sHOtRI. It would be an anomaly in history if this war were prosecuted without leaving in its w.ikn iiiiiilensunt remi.iiM'etices if many things were net done that wo could wish bad not been impelled l y stern necessity. It is possibly natural tiint rebels should bowl when 'the guillolii.o descends upon their friends thut they themselves have called into ticlion; but it is not natural thnt n Imiil man should advocate the surrender nft'ieti. McNeil. In Missouri guerrilla bauds have been encouraged tocouin.it the most horrid nlrocities, and when they are caught and summary punishmciit inllicted upon them, ns robber nnd murde rers, n demand comes horn Richmond lor the stir ......I.. ..f l-Y.l. r.il i. nicer whose sense of duty iinels then, to aeloj.t fummary pun ishment ns the only means of stopping n barbarous guerr.l'la warfare. As an in stance of barbarism perpetrated by these ... . . . i II .T ....ft fiends in .Missouri, taK" me louow.ng, yu lisiied by lien. Loan n few days since. In alluding to the shooting of bushwhackers, Gen. Loan says: " The following extract, which is tacn fiom a report sent to this office by Lieut Col. Thompson, of the Fifth cavalry M. S. M., under elate of llurrisonvilh Nov. I'.Mh, I Sd j, tuny enable soino eloubting philan thropists to come to a decision on the sub- . i i i.iI.....,a 1j mmt "AllOtlier 01 l 01. Lll.oeiu"u ' wounded nt the burning of the train, was brought up from near I he Os.igo this eve ning.' Ho was ono of the prisoner who failed to make hi escape. All three of them were taken out together to bo shot. The other two were killed dead, but this man wns bhot through the month nnd oeck nnd both ryes shot out. the ball passing through one eve, through the bridge of the nose, and into'tho other eye. Ho wu left for elend oml afterwnrd picked up by ft farmer, lie is n horrid spcctnclo to be- hold." , , .... Thi I but one of tho ninny brutalities committed by guerrillas. St. Low A'. tlmmimlrv ns fur OS SttO Luis I'otosi. Goods Tor tho interior ore sent across the llio Grande nt Fort Duncau. Onongent purchased in Europe thrco vessel loads of nrms nnd their arrival is daily expected at Mntnmorns. A cargo of medicine was also purchased in Europe, and is knowu to be due nt that port." The Houston (Texas Telegraph of the 2.1th states thnt the puns of the gunboat U',.stfi.I, which was blown up in uuiven- ton I5av. have been fished up. Tim Times' New Orleans letter says there is a rumor afloat respecting u disorder ly spirit having manifested itself among our troops on Ship Maud, owing to the nrrival there of ft colored regiment. Re ports go so far as to state that several offi cers Imvo been arrested for mutinous con duet. A Tort Hoy ul correspondent fays that the attack by 'ihe Moitliiuk and tho gun boats Seneca', Wttssuliiiken, and Dawn, ns dttnit liv the mortar stcntner C. II. Wd- Eaiu.y Marriages. Sho stood nt the altar when sho was but sixteen. She was in love; her destiny rested on a creature ns delicate as herself, blie looked lovely as she pronounced the vow. Think of a bride with auburn l.nir, bright eyes, and pouting lips, only sixteen years old. Sho stood at the wash-tub when her twenty-fifth birthday arrived. Tlie hair, the lips, the eyes, were not calculated to excite the heart. Five cross young ones wero about the house crying some breaking things, nnd one urging the necessity of nn immediate supply of the lacteal secretion. Sho slopped in despair end sat down, nnd tcnr3 trickled down her once plump and ruddy check. Alas! nncy, early mar riages nrn not the dodge. Better enjoy youth at home, nnd hold lovers at n prop er distance until you havo the muscle, limb and heart enough to face a frowning world and family. If a chop rcn'ly cares for you, he can wait for two or three years, make presents, take yon to concerts and so on, until the time conies. Early marriages and early cabbages are tender productions. t3r The Proclamation of Emancipation ianis u'pon Ft. McA Mister. Ogeechec river, j a not a " Pope s Uull ng.inst the Lome """ ' . I fnr n-t . t ho ni rnnces of our nm.les. the Ceor-iii. was resumed on anmiay mor g, lint we have not been able to ascertain that much progress was made in reducing that fortification. Under Iho guidance of a negro pilot the Montuuk. was taken, early in the morning, to within six hundred yards of tlio bat terv and commenced work nt once, con tinuing until 12 o'clock, m , when the ebb tide compelled her to retire. She was un nble to bri nk the work in conserpiercc of for with the ndrnnces blacks arc actually set at liberty, nnd it is difficult to see where tho power can be found to rc-cnslave them. Besides, the ne groes oro positively to bo used in our ar mies. Tlio Mississippi river is not only to be opened, but to be kept open. A patrol of the river by gunboats cannot effect this. A land force is essential to defeat the movements of guerrillas, who otherwise mar plant cannon on a bluff, sink half a V. S. Internal Revenue We publish below, the recent decisions of Commissioner Boutwell relative to stamp duties upon legal instruments required by Act of Congress in the internal revenue law. By recent Act of Congress the timo when these stamps shall be affixed to in struments of a public character to mako them valid in law, upon this coast, hns been delayed until the first day of March. Tho following copy ol decisions, which servo as instructions, have been furnished ns for publication by Mr. Thomas Frazar, U. S. Assessor, who informs us that the require ments therein contained, as also nil other duties in regard to the assessing and col lection of the U. S. revenue, wiii be strictly enforced in every particular. Tho first of these decisions, under dute of October, 18C2, is in regard to stumps upon instru ments, and the second, under date of No vember, 1SC2, is concerning tho affixing and cancelling of esciso stamps on docu ments, &.C. Office of 1 sternal Revenue, ) October, 18G2. ( DECISION IS r.F.CARD TOSTAMI'S I'I'ON 1NSTBU' JIENTS. In stamping promissory notes or other instruments requiring stamps, under tho provisions of tho Excise Law, two or more of a smuller denomination may bo used in numbers sufficient to amount to the sum of the stamp required: Provided, that they arc of the kind denominated for the kind of instrument to which the stamps are ap plied. CERTIFICATES. A stamp will bo required upon every certificate which has, or may have, a legal value in nny court of law or eepjity. Certificates, warrants, orders, and drafts, by one State officer upon another, for the mrpose of carrying on tho Internal busi ness of tho Govcruracut, are not subject to a stamp tax. Tho snme rule applies to the certificates, orders, &c., of county, city oud towu offi cers. Messages transmitted by telegraph and railroad companies over their own wires, on their own business, for which they receive no pay, ore not taxable. ,lK i .e . , . - - , , ,.;, nll(i ., off ill the (he immense t h i kliess o 1 10 unnuukiiii-iii. '.s.. s , - - , 0 feet. The Montauk wns interior long before n gunboat could am TU t me ' but received no other dam- But white troops ennno hve he.ltl.funy orihiVtKir in- of bolt, in the pilot ashore at the exposed points; ; nor can we ngc limn l ie Miiru. I c,r .,nw . n t inn nr such a Purpose. house nnd shattering ;,: iZ" of the problem U found ir The oilier vessels loon a pus, . . - . , , . rro,Jnl.,n lire mini s.g- i"-"--.. ..-. - - - - - -- . nml mortar1 on tne bn.ius ot ;-ie river, nnu c.ii..u; i..s I VSKCl'HITV OK LlKK IN LoNKON. The London Saturday Review gives the follow ing picture of " Life in London:" " This winter has commenced with b sc ries of outrages to tho person so nuducious that it is difficult to believe they can hnve occurred in the most frequented street or a vast city. The notion of a lonely place being suitable for robbery is quite exploded. The highwaymen havo quilted tho wild nnd htor.n swcpt moor where travellers were ftw, and the task of robbing them Involved tedious watching and disagreeable exposure to the wenthcr, nnd have betoken them selves to tho centre of population where fnniul without urlny or It Uiin nit ... lha robber may speedily mnne l.l..,ii..ir nti.rrtn bio under friendly shelter -ft. l.l iik'lit' work I done. Instead of rieliui? many mile, he merely run np court turuinir out of tho next street ; nnd oven tho old fashioned ceremony of stand nnd deliver' i omitted by theso modern w in first t irotl'O vou, k.ioci. vou down, nnd kick you, nnd then wrench your watch guard ami turn your pocket inside out. There i only cno henll hy fea ture about theso otreeilie, which is that the riiflimm who perpetrate them nro great ly afraid of tho police. This bemi,' so, in stead of liiuicnting that our mornl sewerage no longer find n freo otitiei n no no ie, ornrguing about the limit of punish ntentnud the possibility of reformation, unpposo wo were to try what can bo done to make tho street of London wifrr, by pUring In wfaxtorK-OtitNAVY.-Iti Mated on good nil- il ' I. I lit 'ittV Yeirk napor, that nt (he couin.encemeiit of tho present year, tlie .. ... u,,. (invni-ntiteiit had in mm- I I II I LI II IMIIll tlie problem m found in mid kpt p stcaily . . MM.. a to leave, i i.e o-nv-v... ...... ..... .... , c,;i.i:, nr -...it- Uurrs in r each received one s not, lml neitner i s..v... ...... n - -- - w-i in d n view of more im- i keepincr the court clour o all rebel ...tru ""f.rC::.t:L Mot.tauk.the! d.rs. That is the contemplated rUn.nnd it will be carried out unless the rebellion col lapses more speeelily than the most sanguine n ntieipnte. V. '. hulhtin. will ! i ran null steam. ....,.1 tiorlaul service n-ii.i(, - uttaik on this fort, for tlio presem probablv bo relinqm.slicil. , Another Port Itoyal letter, of prior date to tho above, says the .Montnuk had Lp rnrnryed for Rcvcrul days attacking rln.l buttery on thcOgecchee river. Tho rebels have more superior guns uia.i were ever used before. They also use ..... ..l t.ii lnprpt steel-potnteel sl.m, o' nuo ,u""; was Mruck 10 limes tlie siioi on gmnceu off St Louis, I'd.. 10. A (l.spaicu .run West Plains, of the th. fay that Ul. Warren's cavalry drove Uen. Murmadukes forces ont of l'.nlcsvilio on the night of the 4th, killing nnd wounding many, and cap turing some prisoners; among the latter was Col. Adam. IlKATn or Uev. Dn. Lyman Bekchkr. Tho venerable Her. Dr. Lymnii Iieccl.cr died at his residenco in Brooklyn on Sat urday evening. January 10th, nged 87 nearly one venr older than tho Declaration of Independence. Hi fime-rnl wns to be held at the P.ev. Henry Ward Ucccl.cr church, on Wednesday, tho 14th, nt 2 o clock p. m. The Ilev. Ir. Leonard Bacon of New Haven was expected to preach the discourse of tho occasion. On Thursday the temnins, nt the request of tho deceased, . i. ,.,.;, .,1 in Xcw Haven, nnd buried bv tho side of tho lief. Dr. 1 nylor, tho distinguishctl Connecticut theologian.; The New York papers givo lengthy biogra phies ol the eminent deceased. Tun "Oi ol'in. Vi se." In o recent speech nt Chicago, Parson Browulow uid: Tlio last ono of thoso that was mado the cntsymw of, nnd tho meanest one of the whole crowd by nuy odd, wa tho Old Public Functionary of Pennsylvania. I Hour of laughter. 1 An old man whose i..-,i .....1 soul iwith the rebellion to-night. Thnf true.j I have canvassed the State of Pennsylvania. 1 have been In Lancas ter und nil about over that county. I have not talked with him personally. I have not got so low yet Laughler But I conversed with relinblo Penusylvft ninn of high nUmlinff nnd Integrity, who hnd conversed with him, to whom ho mid: .Ti.l.wnri nil wrong -It ought to be Mopped, wo ought to stop It; wo can never subdue thi profile, they are not tho people m l.o coimuorcel." ntul o on, cvii.e.."; showing by Iho tenor nnd tone of In con versalie.ii that ho Is wilh tho enemy. Tin: Test or Loyalty. There is but one test of unconditional loyally thnt never fa!k When you li.-l ft man so intent on finding fault with the Aim Government that he has no waste wrath to bestow on a conspiracy to break up tho Union and de stroy the republic, set him down ns a .in.if.tf.it nitrh.t. Xo man. whose heart is in the ru'lit place, will permit his hostility to be diverted from the rebellion lo those who nrc fighting it. lie who thinks it n greater crime to arrest a babbler of disloy al sentiments without " due process of law," than to strike down the flag of his country, will bear vigorous watching. A Cimors Ii.i.isrnATioN. Mr. Cobden, in his speech at Rochdale, told the people of England that it would bo cheaper to feed tho starving operatives of Lancashire on turtle, champagne, nnd venison than to send to America to obtain cotton by force of arm. The Maharajah Dhnlcep Singh, who has lately become nn English land lord by the purchaso of an immense cstnte, seems to havo accepted Mr. Cobden' word in their literal sense, for wo notice among tho latest contribution to tho relief fund n .rift from tho Prince of two hundred nnd fifty rabbits nnd one hundred pheasants. Came from a British preserve I probably a luxury which the poor operative have ncer enjoyed betore. 'Pus l'..sr Soil for SoimiitM. Each year' cxp-rionco establishes tho fact thnt light windy loam, or gravel, or clayey sod . much better lor im crop man mo u., mucky prairie soil. The difference I p parent more in tho quality of the wrap manufactured than otherwise; but it in found nlso thnt the samo nmouiit of jmco n nrpnti r nmoiuil 0 Mevi.armu mm- ....nit - , , ler. Jl IS lounei luni m v. m.... sirup grown on mucky 'ven u n li-dit colored, doe not refino n well os that manufactured from cano grown on the light an.ly or gravelly soil. Lefincrs mako ft difference in the prices they pay lor sirup, In favor of that grown on theso light and cloyey oik Toiiacco. From tho Hon. Mr. Oazley wo Irarn wni n grmirmnii ... ininshni In H Nvy sixty vessel inoro than tlt,y imvo n ,,rgo nni.miit. nntd they V1U n uns hum . 1l I Arrlnctnn. livinff Oil Lookinil Ulas prai rie, in Douglas county, raised, hut season, two ncre of tobneco. nnd that he i no nl ready disposed ofovcrJsOO worth ol the ... .,.!..!. ..r n.. ,t i-ni Im a comiiicrnuiu i psr Tho runner in mo v.c.....t "T 7-of gmlt,cr.i Oregon ,on, Vaml.illcouufy.lmvo agreed .mon on haml "e f ,r w., l(.;M,dve to hold on to tl.e.r wheat of w . prod , ,n ,.;xpcrillenl nnse-'ii .. 1... England linu upon a small scale, has 1 11.. L.iol.i.l l.it If. II LID niUT L'.Awri iiii iret 0110 UOIinr pn ,, : , , f.,. ,,,,,--Wo nro l"1.1"'r,W U't many of our DF.CI3I0.V COSCERNISO TFIE AFFIXING AND CANCELLING OF EXCISE STAlll'S ON DOCU MENTS, ETC. Sec. 05, provides: "That if any person "or persons fhull w:nA, siyn, or issue, or "cause lo be made, signed or issued, any "instrument, document or popcr, of any "kind or description whatsoever, without "the same being duly stamped for denot "ing the duty imposed thereon, or without "having thereupon an adhesive stamp to "denote suid duty, such person or persons "ahull incur a penalty of $.'0: and such in "strumeut, document or paper, shall be "deemed invalid and ol no etlect." It seems to me perfectly clear, thnt by the provisions of Sec. 03, the person who mnlcs, ', and i'mmm, the instrument, is the only person who is authorized to affix tho stamp required by the law; and the person who make?, signs nnd issues, etc., without affixing the stomp, incurs the pen alty as aforesaid, and is l.nble to prosecu tion therefor, nnd the instrument or docu ment is invalid in cousequence of such neg lect. Sec. PO, provides: "That the person vt " in i or nfixing the stnmp, shall write " thcrcupon the initials of hi name, date, Other portions or the law impose penai iif lmnn nersons who reccivo documents or articles subject to stamp duty from tho person who makes, signs and issues them, without neing auiy swmpcu, m-. I om therefore of the opinion that ft faithful compliance with tho requirements of the provisions of the excise Inw, de mands: .... . Finl: That nil papers subject to stamp tax, shall have tho stamp affixed before tho same is issued. Scowi: Thut the stamp so affixed must bo cone-clled in the manner prescribed by tho party making, signing, or issuing (in other words, executing,) the instru ment, document, or paper. Hence, the receiving of nn unstamped paper Is a violation of the law. Tho at taching nnd cancelling of a stamp on a doc ument so received, Is al-0 unlawful, and tho cancellation of a stamp on a paper (other wise hiwfullv issued,) by other than tin nnrtv exccutine tho paper to winch tho U nfiixod. Is dually Improper. Tim nnlv exception thnt exists in law to the nbovo ruling, I in the case of a bill of exchange, or order for the pnyment of nny sum of money drawn, or purporting to be drawn. In any foreign country, but payablo In tho United Slate, n which caw tho acceptor or acceptor, shall, before pay Iner or icrrnlinir the same, place thereon a stamp, indicating the duty upon the same, as nrovided by Sec. 101. of the excise law. GtonuK IJorrwKi.l, Commission" of Internal Itevenuo. toT John Connes was elected U. H. Senator from California on the 101 1, h. lolnt convention of tho Ugnhitnre. HenJ. Shurtleffwashi opponent. 0"!'r",.I" cclvcd 93 vote and r-hurtle lT 1 j. I be lter was toted for by Union Vmoerat and Scccionist, who nominated h.ni nl a reconstruction love feast. It I J""' that the election ol Conncf w.ll greuliy strengthen tho Union party. A StatoSorghum Convention is to l;o held nl Columbus, Ohio, Jan. (J. It Is es timoted that 12,000,000 (rullons ol syrup, havo been mado during tho past yesr bj roino ten thousand mill. the fcj- The factions man is npt to mistake himself for patriot. -.ynifiV.