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.
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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
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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.