ThE 'DAILY / PITTSBURGH . 6-A4: ESTABLISHED IN 1786. Vittsburgh 6auttq. S. RIDDLE & 00., ID/TOBB ARD PROPRIETOR'S, Publication Office No. 84 Fifth Street. KOENIIIO AND IV=NINO EDITIONS, DAILY. °OBTAINING THE LATEST NTAV6 UP TO /HI HOUR OF FOBLIOA.TIO73. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 24. The Situation Of the exact whereabouts vf the main body of Lite's army it is ImpOSsible to get any im amate information. It dues not seem to be massed In one position, and his designs are as closely veiled as ever. There would ap pear to be one corps in the Shenandoah Val ley, a second in the London .Valley, and a third somewhere on the upper waters of the 'Rappahannock. It may be that these three 'positions represent three lines of action which he had projected. Hat this, the second week of his active campaign, ought to develop fully the plan he means to attempt to carry out. We most await that development with what patience we may invoke to our aid, and guard ourselves against boioc misled by the exag gusted stories of fugitivvv, whose fears have magnified and multiplied whatever they had to see, without taking time to look at it. We have to-day news from Harrisburg or I nc ad vane in strong force of the rebel army op the Onmberland Valley, in the direction of that city. Whether this Is more than a faint, cot withstanding the explicit statement tint the entire force of the rebels on this side of the Potomac" have been drawn together from their late widely • tcattered move meats to wards Frederick, Onttysburg, Hancock, klec-ricelle burg, eta ,we may well question,--f, r the rebels cannot but know thst large far ea of New York and New Jrtrtcy trbov.a I..ve boon assembled at Harrisburg to liar their progress there, while other routes into the is tetior of the State are not so obs As to the story fublishad in the Washing ton Star, and telegraelied to us in ear Special dispatehes from that silty, of Leec achy—it nem to ray no less—being gathered t in the northern and western purr. of the Shenandoah' Valley, with the 'TAW of moving westward oaths Ruse! the fAltimel4,end Ohm Railroad, to seek a new hese of operations in the direc tion of Wheeling lied Pll tsburgh, Ulm equally doubtful and improbable with the ilarrisburg story. Wo say ths, not without hesitat!on, for we are aware that on, of the most seinen palled strategistas in the country, Emil Sahalk, the author of the •'Campaigns of 1862 and 1863," hes indicted such a movement of the rebe:s at probable among the events of this surname', campaign, uni*r oerti.in tingeneies. Bat as last:ars stand just now with Lee in, Virginia, Its w hl hardly feel as he would have felt last year about such an eaterptise, when a timid and pedantic general was at the head of the Army of the Potomme. He knows, and Mr. &balk knows, that the present com mander of the. Army of the Potomac is a very different man to deal with—a men with such an army as he has, not at all safe to leave in the rear even CO advance against •, hastily assembled forms of volunteers, such as wild alone be called out to resist his progress in West Virginia or Western Pennsylvania. As to cavalry expedition., however, there is every reason to fear that the rebel General will be able, and will also bewail banned, to indulge in them to some extent throughout the whole region indicated above. If we can, therefore, by prompt measures, such as our Committee of Publie Safety have recommend ed, and are proceeding to carry out, make the valley of thWitonongahaLa a perilous place for rebel raiders to ride into, as we crudely can by dOing our duty, we may confidently lea," all but a part of the cavalry of Liz's army, to be taken care of by Boom. Swearing Them. A hinzfremboro correspondent of the OM choistl Cosoesercisil mites: " I have Jut returned from e pleasant visit to the outposts, a portion fen Jeff. C. Da vies division occupying thent upon the Shelbyville pike. Col. ling has a regiment of Norwegian', or Scandinavians. They are mostly from, old Cr. known as the Fifteenth Wis c onsin. Thiry are &splendid body of we diseiplined men, and all speak our language Scantly. I hoard an amusing anecdote of one of their captains, who, a short time' slue, took a lot of rebel prisoners. As the Naive:- gin:3- captain had them drawn up 4 line, he . uld to thaw, in broken English ;era& in so cents very like the German: • Bay, you fel lers—Jon. pattuants I want you all to sehweer a luta. It do you goo{ to sohwear mit de.constitutien. sourear him bee year ago—now you schemer him. Now ratoliect, you sehwear loon toot—no d—n nonsense. Tau sohwear him, and keep him down, and not puke him up again." ' Romance. The name of Winona, whit& is used so often In awning ships, and whieh is now upon one of the gunboats in the cap; Se derived from a legend of northern . New Hampshire. This lepad told as follows: Winona was a daughter of an Indian chief, who had rescued from the hands of the sav ages a traveler by the name of Thornton, with whom she eloped, and whom she ease ;lntently married. A few years of forest life .so Marled the husband, that he concluded to go bai!s into society, and oommunicated that fact to his wife, who was so overcome by the ,announcement that the killed herself by drink tag - taa from the nighuhada berries. Thorn ton, after performing the last sad rites for his :devoted wife, removed to Boston, where in the busy world he hoped to forget this unhappy. occurrence. Twenty pars roiled by, when one day a traveler came to a public house to Winchester, N. IL, and afar depositing his bags:Aged:aft toned to a cove ,of cedar, sad was found the next day, lying by the pate of Winona, dead. A Loco ATTSIIPTIIID OLTIOT ACEISTID AT Laar.—We had the pleasing news yesterdey that the .blockada off Charleston is perfect.' The mode in 'think this obleot has been ob• tatued ie vary cimple, ann is u consonant with law as It y e pple. Instead of attempt , tug to capture ise the vessels trying to run the blockade, our blockaders oa espying them, poor broadside after broidside Into them, until they idnk or surrender. This to the policy which has bent adopted, and wilt l Is bereafter canted out at Charleston. mill diminish the chanoss of our gallant tars for getting prise money, bat it will make ,hloakade running a muoh more perilous by:wi sest than it has heretofore been. NAY NOZWAT TO Onwooo.--The Mileage Post, of the 16th, rays: ' , The Norwegian brig Sinipum whose arrival at this port last summer mused suit a sensation, Is again on her way, and will arrive hers, direst from Norway, in about ten days. She kings one jbundrad and sixty paueagetz. Aocompasy big her is another vessel, with passengers, and a sloop with a cargo of herrings, eta. The little teat entered the Bt. 111111120 0 a wools ago last Banda', and probably will Wile bare La about throe weeks from Quebee," ELDIII, not • million miles from .Appleton, Wis., prom:hide sermon some time &Moe, when he made the following oomparlson in "dissecting" the Mien z "The soul of the mien is so shriveled that it would have mere room to play in a grainy,/ mustard sea than a bullfrog is Logo ifichlguu. Another Brillint t Cavalry Fight Near Middleburg. In a letter from Mr. 601111.92 0 correspondent of the New Tor) Tirceaiwt itten on Saturday, the Both, from " the headquarters of the army of the Petcmne"—a place which does not at present admit of a topographical description— we find the following amount of another cav alry fight, which in gallantry, if not in other respects, seem quite equal to the fight of Wednesday at A die The brilliant affair at Aldie on the 17th was followed yesterday, the 19th, by another, near Middleburg, General Gregg's division being again engaged, with maim equally as grati fying as heretoicre General Gregg reports very briefly to-nik,ht that he attached, and, after a severe fight, drove the enemy from the field beyond Middleburg, capturing one hun dred prisoners, the rebels leaving their dead and wounded on the field. Fall particulars I expect everymoment, On the everling of the 17th, Col: Duffle, with a portion (275 men) of the First Rhode Island cavalry, was ordered to pass through Thor oughfare Gap,and push ,reconnoissance north ward to Middleburg. Col. Duffle plastid through, meeting with but slight resistance, • brigade of retail cavalry falling back to the southward, as be pushed northward. He ar rived atididdleburg picking up a few prison ers on the way, and capturing at that point the rear guard of one of Stuart's brigades, which bad been throughty whipped by Gregg during the afternoon. At Middleburg, Col. D4ftle encamped for the night, buf soon dis covered that ho was between two large bodies of the enemy, and in a fair way of bting, Bur roloded and oapturod. He therefore attack ed the enemy.lthe fight t.,king place mainly in the town. The rebels appeared on every side in large ly superior fore'. Col. Duffle barricaded the streets, dismounted his mcn and fought on toot for several holm. Finally,seeing escape almost hopeless, he divided hie small com mand into tiro parts, and told them to oat their way mires best they could. He tea one party bluiself, and brought out twenty-eight men. Some seventy more have reported to lien Pleatantou, and more are constantly e.tning to. Probably nearly all escaped through the wo,io, and will tarn up in a day or two. Col. Duffle says he had nearly three hundred prisoners, whom he was obliged to abandon. The Rebels at Chamberzburg--A Sketch of a Bald. A letter from Chambersburg thus speaks of the raid into that plate : By th .o told the farmers have lost nearly all. their barren A building in Greencastle containing governm-nt hay was burned; our °Watts compelled to part with goods, to the amount probably tf $3 000, In exchange for worthless Confederate scrip; grain and clover fields laid vatic. Our copperhead friends attempted to Irian-' gusts thetntticea tato the favor of their Southern friend'', but invariably met with cold esufort. Their treason to the North: , was denounced by the rebels. Gen. Jenkins . l remarked to *one of them that "if he had i bran President Lincoln he would have hang- Vallindighstm a year ago; that be was a traitor, and she South did not want our rub bish " To the honor of our State autheri nes, we state that they have shown'commend able zeal for our safety, by throning up en tratchmente at Harrieburg, leaving oar com =malty telake career Itself: Trustworthy persons ran the Rebel pickets, and conveyed information of the strength of the rebelei - and had 2,000 men been sent against them, they could have been defeated. Why It was not done the public hero a right to know. Judging from the panto that pre vailed at *Harrisburg, we are assured that Gen. Jenkins, wlth.his 2,000 cutthroats could Dave captured the capital of Pennayranis. Our citizens were powerless to prevent this raid. We had het • few arms fit for the emer gency, and no ammunition. We were as sured, by all tiro information we could obtain, ' that the approaching rebel fora: was 5,000 cavalry and trom 15,000 to 50,000 infantry, That the infantry really were heading this way we have reason to believe ir correct, and that they will repeat the effort of invasion we also feel tooted, unless something Is done to prevent it. May we not hope that this are na. to the capital of our State will be at once placed in a State of defence. Gen. Jenkins declared the intention of the rebel armies to carry devastation into the North. Said he, "Let pent armies take pos session of the Southern States and tittles ; you have devastated them—laid them waste. We intend carrying the war into your midst, and treat you aa you have treated us." A inegtacetol Act. Ede, Gazette : At a meeting of the dray mon, held on Saturday, it was resolved that, In oonitcon with the rest of our fellow eitlzons, we should devote a portion of oar time in working on the fortifications for the defenso of our hakes. In pursuance of this notion, a very large Anther of the dray men, all of whom may het:laud as able.bolled, prepared to go to work on. Monday. Among these woe Jame, Ball, in the employ of Messrs. Ma- Oullough & Co., Liberty street. He Informed his employers of his intention, en Saturday, mania Monday morning he was told that his sotolitilltonla Soib6 asotlg any longsr at the Warehouse. In other wards, he was di, charged banns' he had agreed to work for • few days on. the intreitohmeete. I think it bat propos,ationits. Bator's, that yonaleitild Ore thielsehlielty in.your paper, that the loyal people of Pittsburgh may have an opts:nisi:thy to condo . = the wit as it de- Mr. . Ben's latorest, in datendiag the city is Int iniall compared to that of the I wealthy arm in Whose employ hei‘eraa, and their candaof.in diSohargiug him was not only unpattiotio, but very mean and disgrace- W. F. SKIGILATION.-A letter from near Omaha City, Nebraska, to the MU 'ankle New, we: There aro/ nt il e lumdred wagon/ going thro' to the 4titidi. Thor. is also a government sport otuttelinitdred cavalry going through with' thaia.: The roads are novessii with wag ons the most of the tinos: somegoing m ike Peak, and other; to; ataission - T California and Vases: Afoot of the teams now Amax tem= IA horse train, consisting of. about , tWilvo 'hundred wagon', is about three bandrird tulles ahead. Tea Women or EAST Turszsssa.—The woman of East Tennenee are full of faith In the talon cause. :tangoes report that the matrons =design the girls to ail that motion willatanti4M o to s theAseas all they ask is armi:catid:sinmailtion, - -tmid they-will fight their own battles. It Is said that three Union women recently Mod two rebel. with • pitchfork and sods, and weanded the third: Tue slaightor of the negro troops by the rebels in the battle at DUiliken's Bend, has induced Gen. Grant to bane an order dealer lag that, hereafter, should any soldier, wheth er white or black, wearing the uniforre of a United Wefts soldier, N , capte and aeon tad, reta li atory measure wilt be adopted by him, and rebel soldiers In his hands will be inland in like maser. Ae OLD Wit.t.l—ln • cue which came before the Bones of LOrde on the 21st ultimo, the will of Itiohard I. was produced to evidence, and It was stated to cantata the earliest known autograph of any of the kings of England. The royal signature was a ems, followed by the words "La Roy." FINE IPANSI . II AND LIN= num, In choke onion and 'tyke, TRIMMED PALK and 811ASIIII MB, lowestiplasc CWIO3, PlAOHtlei AI 00 Awn Art tainaTioula.rtura Orrics, 00rasr G and 82d stream Wishlngpte, D. 0., Jane 81b, 1 863. Unita ' 888 SOL D AT AUCTION, on y T wigam's, thealiso otAos. inn, at the ..lbral /Mr Oberratm , • late - '.'- a•Llto•za the s &ND IllULDfs, tenerty of the United litotes. Terms camb. b Oliorlsosos feed& Bele to commenoe at 10 o'efo.la a. m. • 0. & SWAINS, GIRL A. Q. 11., V.I. A. PITTSBURGH, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1863. OFFICIAL. LAWS OF TEE UNITED STATES, Passed at the Third Sesrion of the Thirty seventh Congress. [Pante—No. 53.) AR Act' to amend an act entitled "An act to provide internal reveEue to support the Government and pay interest on the public debt," approved July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and !louse of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That " An act to provide internal revenue to support the tioybrnment and pay interest on the public debt," approved July first, eighteen hun dred and sixty-two, be and the same hereby is amended as hereinafter set forth, namely : That 'whenever any written notice, or other instrument in writing, is required, the same shall be lawful if written or part ly written and printed. - That section eleven be and hereby is amended so as to authorize assistant asses sore to perform ony dutiesdherein imposed upon assessors. That section nineteen be so amended that the deputy collector, as well ad the collector, may perform all the duties re quired of the said collector in the said sec tion; and any notice required by said sec tion to persons who neglect to pay their taxes may be sent by mail or left at the dwellings or usual places of business of such persons, if any they have, written or printed, and said notice shall elate the. amount of only or tax for which such per sons are liable, including the ten per cen turn additional, as provided for in said sec tion, demanding payment of the same; and with respect to all such duties or taxes as are not included in the annual lists as pro• vided for in said section, and all taxes and diities the collection of which Is not other wise provided for in said act, it shall be the duty of each collector in person or by deputy to demand payment therefor, in the manner provided, within ten days from and after the expiration of the time within which such duty or tax should have been paid; and any copy of distraint Omit be left at the dwelling or usual place of boob. ness of the owner or possessor of the prop erty distrained: Provided, That such spe cial demand shall not be necessary, in respect to taxes assessed by section seven ty-seven of said act. That section twenty-eight be and hereby is amended by striking out the words "forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars," and inserting in . lion thereof " upon conviction thereof by a court of com petent jurisdiction, forfeit and pay the sum pi' five hundred' dollars, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two year; at the discretion of the court." Tnat section forty-three be amended by Striking out the following words : "and any person who shall weeny cask or pack age so marked, for the purpose of selling spirits of a quality different from that to inspected, shall be subject to a like penalty fur each cask or package so used," and in serting in lien thereof "and any person who shall fraudulently use any cask or package so marked for the purpose of sell ing any other spirits than that se inspett ed, or for selling spirits of a quality or quantity different from that so inspected, shall he subject to a like penalty, as provi ded, for each cask or package so used." That section forty-tour be and hereby is amended, by striking out the words " tobe contiguous to such distillery." That section fifty-fire be and hereby is amended by Inserting after the words “ shalt not be paid at the time of renderin the account of the same as herein required," the words "or at the time when they shell have become payable." That section sixty-four be and hereby is so amended, "That no license shall be re quired of an attorney having taken out a license as such in consequence of being employed to purchase, rent, or sell real es tate, or to collect rent thereon for others in the ordinary course of business;' in para graph number sixteen ty inserting after the word "taverns, the words "or eating houses ;" by adding to paragraph number twenty-eight the following words: "Nor shall apothecaries who have taken out all• cense as such be required to take out a li cense as retail dealers in liquors in conse quence of selling alcohol;'and in para graph number twenty-nine by inserting after the word "merchandise,' "or who shall mannfaotdre by hand or.machinery, (or any other person, or persona goods, wares, or merchandise." That section sixty-four be and hereby is further amended by adding, at the end thereof, the following paragraphs: • "Thirty-four. Architects and civil en gineers shall pay ten dollars for eaCh li cense. Every person whose business is to plan, design, or superintend the construe non of buildings, or ships, or of roads, or bridgm.or . oarials, or railroads, shall be re gardedratrAlOarehitect and civil engineer under thirifdtf Provided. That this shall not include a practical carpenter who la bors on a building. "Thirty-five. Builders and contractors shall pay twenty-five dollars for each sense. Every person whose business it is to construct buildings, or ships, or bridges, or canals, or railroads, by contract, shall bo regarded as a builder and contractor under this act: Provided, That no license shall be required from any person whose building contracts do not exceed two thou- 1 , sand five hundred dollars in any one year. "Thirty-six.. Stallions and jacks, own- ers of, shall pay ten dollars for each license. Every person who keeps, a male:horse or a jackass for the use of mare; requiring or receiving pay therefor, dual be required to take out a license under tide not, which shall contain a brief description of the an imal, its age, and. place or places where used or to bo used: Provided, That all ac counts, notes, or demands, for the use of any such horse or jack without anomie, as aforesaid, shall be Invalid and of no force in any court of law or equity. "Thirty-seven. Lottery ticket dealers shall pay one thousand dollars for each H MSO. Every person, association, firm, or corporation who shall make, sell, or offer to sell lottery tickets or fractional parts thereof, or any token, certificate or device representing or intended to represent a lot tery tiekvt or any fractional part there of; or anypolicy of numbers in any lottery, or shall manage any lottery or prepare schemes of lotteries, or superintend the drawing of any lottery, shall be deemed a lotterrticket dealer under this act. "Thirty-eight. Insulates agents shall pay ten dollars for each license. Any per son who shall act as agent of any fire, ma rine, life, mutual, or other lament:seem patty, or companies, shall be regarded as an insurance agent under this act: Provid ed, That no license shall be required of any insurance agent or broker whose receipts, as such agent, axe less than the sum of six hundred dollars in any one year. ..Thirty-nine. Butchers shall pay ten dollars for each license. Every person whose business it is to sell butobers' meat at retail, shall be regarded as a butcher under this e,ct: Provided, That no butcher having taken out a license and paid ten dollars therefor, shall be required to take one a license as retail dealer on amount of selling other articles at the same store, stall, or premises: Provided further, That butchers who retail butchers' meat exclu sively from a cart or wagon, by themselves 1 or 'goats, shall be required to , pay five dollara-oali for each license,any-existing law to the contrary notwitbstinding;and Wing taken out a licence therefor shall No. 17 /Mb dro4. not be required to take out a license as a pedlar for retailing butchers' meat as afore said: Provided further, That no license shall be required of a butcher whose annu al sales do not exceed one thousand dollars. "Forty. Retail dealers shall pay ton dollars for each license. Every person whose business or occupation it is to Bell or offer for sale any goods, wares, or merchan dise of foreign or domestic production, not including wines, spirituous or maltliqdors, but not excludin g- drugs, medicines, cigars, snuff, or tobacco, and whose annual sales exceed ono thousend, and do not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, shall be re garded as a retail dealer under this act. "Forty-one. Wholesale dealers, whose annual sales do not exceed fifty thousand dollars, shall pay twenty•five dollars for each license; if exceeding fifty thousand and not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, shall pay fifty dollars for each license; exceeding one hundred thousand and not exceeding five hundred thousand dollars, shall pay' two hundred dollars for each license; exceeding five hun dred thousand and not exceeding one million dollars, ellen paythree hundred dollars for each lieense; exceeding one million and not exceeding two million dol lars, shall pay five hundred dollars for each license; exceeding two millions of dollars, shall pay two hundred and fifty dollars for every million of dollars in excess of two millions of dollars, in addi tion to the five hundred dollars. Every parson shall be regarded as a wholesale dealer under this act whose business or oc cupation it is to sell, or offer to sell any goods, wares, or merchandise of foreign or domestic production, not inoludiag distill ed spirits, fermentedliquors or wines, but not excluding drugs, medicines, cigars, snuff, or tobacco, whose aunual soles ex ceed twenty-five thousand dollars: and the license required by any wholesale dealer shall not be for a less amount than his sales for the previous year, unless he has made or proposes to Teske come change In his business that wilt obviously reduce the amount of his annual sales; nor shall any License as wholesale dealer allow any such penult to act as a commercial broker; Pro vided, That any license understated may be again assessed. Forty. two. ili holeeale dealers in liquors shall pay for each license the amount re quired in this act for license to wholesale dealers. Every person other than the dis tiller or brewer who Sinai sell or offer for sale any distilled spirits, fermented liquors, and wines of all hinds, in quantities of more than three gallons at one time, or whose annual sales 'loll exceed twenty five thousand dollars, *hall take out a li cense as a wholesale dealer in liquors. "Forty-three. Retaill dealers in liquors shall pay twenty dolleirs for each license. Every person other tltact a distiller or brewer who shall sell, or offer for sale any distilled spirits,-fermented liquors, or wine of any description, in iinantities of three gallons or less, and whose annual sales do not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, shall be regarded as a /road dealer in li quors under this law; but nothing herein contained shall authorize the sale of any spirits,, liquors; wines, lot malt liquors to be drank on the premieter Provided, That no person licensed to keep a hotel, inn, or tavern shall be aPowed o sell any liquors to be taken off the pre s ea, and no person licensed to keep an e ing-house shall be altowed to sell epirituo or vinous liipiors. And no person who has, aken out a license to keep a hotel, ion, taveraor eating-house shall be required to t oke out a license as a tobacconist became °tany tobacco or cigars furnished in the ususlecourse of business as the keeper of a hotel, inn, tavern or eat ing beuse. That sectioa seventy-live be and hereby Is amended, by ineerting after the words "Provided, That vi bite lead, oxide of zinc, and sulphate of boxy tee," the words "and paints, and painters' colors;" by inserting • before the words 'on lard oil," and at tached to the next preceding senteate, as follows: "and . all duties or taxes on coal mined,,atail delivered by coal operators at the mines on contracts made prior to July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, shall bo paid by the purchaser thereof," bystrik• tog out the following words: "on sugar, refined, whether loaf, lure f, granulated or pulverized, two mills per pound; on sugar' refined, or made from molasses, syrup of molasses, melado, or concentrated melado, two mills per pound," and inserting In lieu thereof as follows: "sugar refiners shall pay one and one-half of'one per cent on the gross amount of the 8010 of all the products of their manufactories: Eravided, That every pereon shall be regarded as a sugar refiner under this act whose business it is to advance the quality and value of sugar - by melting and recrystalizationor by liquoring, cloying, or other washing proess, or by any other chemi:cal or mechanical means, or who shall aft the quality or value of molasses and . noentrated molas ses, melado or mince trated melado, by boiling or ether procev;" and by insert log, in lien of any other duties, or rates - of duty, on the artioles hereinafter enume rated in this section, or provisions existing in relation thereto, the following: "On marine engines, three per centnm ad valorem: "On rivets, exceeding one-feurth of one inch in diameter, nuts, wrought, railroad chairs, bolts, and horseshoes, two dollars ' per ton: P rovided, That Where a duty upon the iron from which said articles' shall have been made has been actually paid, an ad -1 &Lionel duty only shall be paid of fifty cents per Mn. , On rolled brass, copper, and yellow sheathing metal, in roils or sheets, one per 1 couture ad valorem. "On sails, -tents, shades, awnings, and bags, made of cotton, flax, or hemp, or part of either, Or other materials, three per can tum ad valorem: Provided, That the sew ing of serifs, [sails] tents, shades, awnings, carpets, and bags, the materials whereof belonged to the employer, shall be exem pt from duty, where the cloth or material from h s sh which e ab they su are made was imported. j e a t to and paid a duty. "On tobacco, cairendish, plug, t wist, fine out, and manufactured of all descriptions, (not inobiding snuff, cigars, and smoking tobacco, prepared with all the stems In or made exclusively of stems) fifteen tents pertpound. "On smoking tobacco prepared with all the stems in, and on smoking tobacco made exclusively of stems, five cents per Wind. "On snuff manufactured of tobacco, on gEOror3undtrde,mdrys' or fanmysubstitute of tobac co, damp, of all descriptions, ,twenty dents per pound. "On mineral or medicinal waters, or waters from springs impregnated with minerals, one cent for each bottle contain ing not more than one quart; when con taining more than one quart, two cents for -each bottle. "Tailors, boot andehoemakersi milliners and dress-makers, making clothing or ar ticles of dress for m order en's, women's, or chit to as custom - work, d an re d n' Bn;:rori sale generally, shall, to the *mount of one thousand dollars, be exempt from duty, and for any excess beyond the amount , of one thousand dollars shall pay a duty of one per oentum ad valorem. • "On , umbrellas 1 I d parasols, made of mitten; silk,' or other material, three per cent= titivolorem. "Ott all-ships, bar ass, brigs, schooners, -sleeps, sailboats, stela boats, (not,' lialud ing the,engine,) canal boats, and stroller mule tor vilnr craft 'hereafter bulkinide; .or tionistrnetedi ,tic per omit, --- ; --- ; , 9, 11 . sugar ,olundy_rlakt all nonfaot4oaaly I mad. wholly ar,l9, PirOif sigarotalned at, Iburi•ea.esata porrwl.ll.vr law two:o94a. per pouttd; when valued at exceeding boar- teen cen ts and not exceeding forty cents per pound, three cents per pound; when valued at exceeding forty cents per pound, or when sold otherwise than by the pound, five per contain ad valorem. "Oa all gold leaf fifteen cents per pack, containing not more than twenty books of twenty-Sve leaves each. "On castings of iron, exceeding ten pounds in weight fur each casting, not oth erwise provided for in this act, or in the act to which this act is an amendment, one dollar and fifty cents per ton: Provided, That there shall be deducted from duties assessed upon railroad care any duties which may have been assessed and paid upon oar wheels - under the provisions of this act. "On clack and , time pieces, and on olook movements when - sold without being cased, three per cent= ad valorem." That section seventy-seven be and here by is amended, by requiring the taxes pro vided for in that section to be levied, col lected and paid annually, by any person or persons owning, possessing, or keeping. any carriage, yacht, plate, or billiard ta ble; by inserting in the first paragraph of Schedule A, after the words "kept for use," the words "for hire or for paesengers;' and by exempting from duty plate belonging to religious societies. That section seventy-eight be and hereby is amended, by reducing the duty so that on horned cattle slaughtered the duty ehall be twenty cents per head, on sheep and lambs slaughtered the duty shall be three cents per head, and on hogs slaughtered, exceeding one hundred pounds in - weight, without regard to age, sixnents each, and no duty shall be charged on hogs slaughtered ; of less weight; and the cattle, hogs and sheep slaughtered by any person for his or 1 her own consumption, not exceeding six of each, shall be exempt from duty. That section ninety-one be amended by striking out the word "gas" wherever it occurs, and by striking out the words "or on any articles manufactured" after the word "advertisements." That section ninety-three be amended so that in case of neglect or refusal to make the returns referred to in said section, the proceedings thereafter for the assessment and collection of the duty shall be in the same manner as provided for in other cases of neglect. That section ninety-nine be amended by striking ont the words " ninety-three" preceding the words "of this act," andin serting "ninety-eight." Teat section one hundred and two be and hereby is amended, by striking out the words "thereupon allow and deduct from," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "al low upon;" by striking out the words "add ed to the 0111011111, after deducting the allow ance of per centum as aforesaid," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "paid by the purchaser of such stamped paper, vellum, or parchment;" and by striking out the word .' discount; and inserting in lieu thereof the word "commission." That eection one hundred and twelve be and hereby is amended by inserting after the word "district," where it first occur:, as follows: "of which the deceased person was is resident;” and by inserting after the word "district," where it next occurs, as fellows: "of which the-deceased person was a resident." I Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That on and after the first day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty three, no person or per sons, association, firm, or corporation, shall make, sell, or oiler for sale, or dispose of auy lottery ticket, or fractional part there of,or any policy of numbers many lottery or t any oken, oeruficate, or dee ice representing or i tended to represent the holder, or any oth r person or per one as entitled or to be ant tied in any lottery, lottery 'scheme, or ga e of hazard or chance to ha drawn, to an prize or share or part of a prize, or • any sum" or part or share of any sum of money, or other article of value, or any fractional part thereof, without affixing thereto au adhesive stamp or stamps de noting the duty imposed by this act, and in default thereof shall incur a penalty of fifty dollars for each and everioffance; and nu prize or part of a prize drawn to or by any ticket, or fractional part thereof, token,. certificate,, or device as aforesaid, and no sum of money or thing of value made pay able or deliverable upon any stake or in vestment or rick in, or upon any policy of numbers, shall be demanded or recovered by any legal proceedings or otherwise, without the ticket or fractional part there of, or policy of numbers, token, certificate, or device, shall have been duly stamped at the time of the making Bale or delivery or disposal thereof: Provided, That in addi tion to all other penalties and forfeitures now imposed by law for the evasion of stamp duties, any person who shall pur chase, obtain; or receive any lottery ticket, or fractional part thereof, or any token ; certificate, or device representing or in tended to represent a lottery ticket, or I fractional part thereof, or any policy of numbers, without first having thereon the stamp imposed by this act, may recover from the person of whom the same was pur• chased, obtained, or received, at any time within three years thereafter, before any court of competent jurisdiction, a Bum equal to twice the amount paid.for such ticket, or. fractional part thereof, token, certificate, or device, or staked or invested in ar upon any policy of numbers as aforetaid, with just anti legal costs: Provided further, That the stamp duty herein provided shall be, classed in the act to winch this act ie an amendment under schedule B, as follows,: to wit: "Lottery tickets, fractional parts of lot tery tickets, policies of numbers in lotteries, tokens, certificates, or devices in any form, representing the bolder, or any person or persons, as entitled, or to be entitled, in any lottery, scheme, or game of hazard or chance, hereafter to be drawn, to any prize or portion of a prize or slam of money, or share thereof, or other article of drain, or any portion or share thereof,. when such ticket, fractional part of a ticket, policy of numbers, token, certificate, or device, shall_ not exceed one dollar in the amount risk ed,- or in the retail price thereof i fifty cents; (6A) when such ticket, fractional part of a ucket, policy, token, certificate, or ,de vice, shell exceed one dollar in the amount risked, or In the retail pride thereof, then for each and every dollar, or fractional part thereof, over andabove onedollsr, as before mentioned, an additional Ally cents, (500. Provided, however, That no stamp duty herein provided for shall be construed to authorise any lottery, or the sale of any lottery, or the sale of any lottery tickets, tokens, or certificates, representing shares or fractional parts of shares therein, with in any State or Territory of the United. States in whioh lotteries or the sale of lot tery tickets is or shall be specially prohib ited by the laws thereof, or in violation of the laws of any State or Territory; and nothing in this act shall be _held , or con strued so as to prevent the several -States, within the limits thereof, trent platting a duty, tax, or license, for State purposes,' on any sale of lottery on which tt duty is, required to be paid by this act." : , Sea anypets . person or .persons, i fi her rin,, en com acte p 4 any T , ls. or corporation, who shall issue-tickets or con •trsote of insurance.. against fatal or, non, fatal_ injury to persons while traveling_ by land or water, &Wail:pay a duty or-one per cent= an the gross amount, of all the re- Ceipts for such insurance,, and shall be stab. jettlitt - iir the liroililepis and regulations of existing law applicable Onside, on relfrt don to ineuranoe crimpiniest -. Proviebi, That no stamp duty'shairbe required upon., :dikes or oontrooto of insursactii as afore- VOLT said, when limited to fatal or non-fatill in jury to persons while traveling. Section 4. And be it fortherenaeted, That all contracts for the purchase or sale of gold or giver coin, or bullion, and all contracts for the loan of money or currency secured by pledge or deposit or other disposition of gold or silver coin of the United States, it to be performed after a period exceeding three days, shall be in writing or printed and signed by the parties or their agents or attorneys; and shall have one or more_ adhesive stamps, as provided in the act to which this is an amendment, equal in amount to one-half of one per centum, and interest at the rate of six per centum per annum on the amount so loaned, pledged, or deposited. And if.any such loan, pledge, or deposit, made for a period not exceeding three days, shall be renewed or in any way extended for any time whatever, said loan, pledge, or deposit, shall be subject to the duty imposed on loans exceeding three days. And no loan of currency or money on the security of gold or eilvercoin of the United States as aforesaid or of any certificate or .other evidence of deposit payable in gold or silver coin shall be made exceeding in amount the par value of the coin pledged or deposited as security; and any suoh loan, so made or attempted to be made shall bej utterly void: Provided, That if gild or'. silver coin be loaned it its par value, it, shall be subject only to the duty imposed on other loans: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall apply to any transactions by or with the Govern ment of the United States. Section 6. And be it further enacted, That all contracts, loans or sake of gold and silver coin and bullion, not made in accordance with this act, shall be wholly and absolutely void; and, in addition to the penalties provided in the act to which this is an amendment, any party to .said °outrun may, at anytime within one year from *the date of the contract, bring snit before any court of competent jurisdiction to recover back, for his own use and bene- fit, the money paid on any contract not made in accordance with this act. Section 6. And be it further enacted, That section one hundred and ten be and hereby is amended as follows: "Any mem orandum, check, receipt, or other written or printed evidence of an anount of money to be paid on demand, or at a time desig-. natal, shall be considered as a promissory note within the meauing of that section, and shall be stamped accordingly; and that Schedule B, following said section, - tie and is hereby amended so that any inland bill of exchange, draft, or order for the pay ment of any sun. of money exceeding twen ty dollars, otherwise than at eight or on demand, and any promissory note shall (in lieu of the duties prescribed in Sche dule B,) have a stamp •ar stamps affixed thereon denoting a duty, upon every lam. of two hundred dollars or any tractional part thereof, if payable on demand or at any time not . exceeding thirty-three days in cluding the grace from the date or eight, of one cent, (01.) If payable at any _time not lees than thirty-three days es aforesaid, and not ex ceeding sixty- three days, including the grace, from date or sight, of two,-cente, (02 ) _ If payable at any time not lees than sixty-three days, as aforesaid, and not ex ceeding ninety-three days, including the grace, from date or eight, of three cents, (03 ) If payable at. any time not less than ninety-three days, as itforesaid, and not exceeding four months from date or eight and grace, of four cents, (04.) • It payable at any time not less than four months, as aforesaid, and not exceeding six months from data or sight or grace, of six cents, (06.) If payable at any time exceeding six months from date or sight and grace, of ten cents, (10.) And that Schedule B, following section one hundred and ten, be 11114 i 9 hereby far ther amended, so that the stamp duty on certificates of any other description than those specified in said schedule, in lieu of ten cents as therein 'prescribed, shall be five cents, (05.) On passage tickets by any vessel from a port of the United States to a foreign port, costing thirty dollars or lees, fitly cents, (60.) On any power of attorney for the sale or transfer of any scrip or certificate of profits or memorandum, showing an interest in the profits or accumulations of any corporation or association, if for a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, ten cents, (10.) Ott any policy of insurance or • other in strument, by whatever name the same shall be called,' by' which insurance shall be made or renewed upon the property of any description, whether against perils by sea or by fire, or other peril of any kind, made by, any insurance company or its agents, or by any other company or persons in which the premium or assessment shall not exceed ten dollen, ten cents, (10 ) On any bill of sale by which any ship or Teasel, Cr Any part thereof, shah be con veyed to or vested in any other person or persons when the ',taxation „ shall not exceed five hundred dollars, there shall be affixed a stamp or stamps dei. , ting a duty of twenty-five cents, (25.) If the consideration exceeds five hundred and does not exceed ono thousand dollars, the duty shall be fifty cents, (50.) If the consideration exceeds one thous and dollars, for each and every. additional amount of. one thousand dollars, or any fractional part thereof, in excess of one thousand dollars, the duty in addition shall be fifty cents, (541) An each and every assignment or trans fer of a mortgage, lease, or policy or insu rance, a stamp duty shall be paid equal to that imposed on the original instrument. Any power of attorney, conveyance, or document any kind made, or purport ing to be inide, in any foreign'conntry to be used in the - United States shall pay the same ditty - as is required by law on similar instruments or documente when made or issued in the United States, and the party to whom the same is issued or by whom it is to be used, shall, before, using the .same, affix thereon the stamp or stamps indicat ing the duty required. • Any mortgage or personal bond for the payment of money, for as security for the payment of any definite or certain sum of money, in lien of the duties impaired" as pre- scribed in Schedule B following the one hundred and_ tenth sectioni shall have .a stamp:or stamps affixed thereat denoting* duty upon every sum of two hundred dollare; or any fractional part thereof, of ten cents; {10.). No conveyance; deed, -xdortgage, or wri ting,whereby *my lands,, tenements, realty or otherproper tyshill be told, granted, assign ed; or otherwise rionveyed,Or shall be made as security for the -payment of any num of money, shall be required to pays stamp duty of mere than the sum of one thousind dollars, -any - thing to the contrary netwith- I No stamp duty shall be . reqUired on power era of -attorney or any other piper relating to appliditions- for bountlei, arrearages of paq, or pensions, or to the receipt thereof from time to times. Or indemnity awarded, for depredations and 'injurer by certain bands of Sioux In lane;' nor on any war rant of =attorney , aeoomperiying a Wad or -WO* What:enoh bend or , nour shall have riffiled thereto the stamp or . sfewipederibt int the duty reqUireiftemewhenever any bond-- orwete-shaikbe - secured by , a wort; oga Imo aim stab* duty *BMUS& required to WO/Widow iinelipspere , Frovided, - Thai Aheritaurir dirt tolabitUthereoefe,ukhigh! sit sate required far iailianiatasi or *Ma d ;heap; abi cia'isertgliskiii!Of timt. RWD!! E LXXVI---NO. 190 measurement or weight of animals, wood, coal, or other articles; nor on deposits) notes to mutual insurance companies .for insurance, upon such policies subject to stamp duties have been or are to be issued; nor on any certificate of the record of a deed or other instrument , in writing, or of the solatowledgtnent or proof thereof by at testing witnesses. The duty or stamps required for trans portation by express companies and others s hereby repealed, and snob transporta tion shall be exempt from stamp duty. That the stamp duty on a contract or agreement for the charter of any ship, or vessel, or steamer, as now provided for in Schedule B, or any letter, memorandum, or other writing between the captain, mas ter, or owner, or person acting , as agent of any ship, or vessel, or steamer, and any other person or persons for relating to the charter of such ship, or vessel, or steamer, if the registered tonnage of such ship, or vessel, or steamer does not exceed one hun dred and fifty tons, shall be one dotter, ($ l .) - Exceeding one hundred and fifty tons and not exceeding three hundred tons, three dollars, ($3.) Exceeding three hundred tons and not exceeding six hundred tons, five dollars, ($ 6 .) Exceeding six hundred tons, ten dollars, ($10.) Sea. 7. And be it further enacted, That , the Commissioner of internal Revenue be and he is hereby authorized to prescribe such method for the cancellation of stamps as a substitute for or in addition to the r. method now prescribed by law as he may deem expedient and effectual. And he is further authorized in his discretion to make the application of such method imperative 1 upon tile manufacturers of_proprietary ar ticles, and upon stamps of - a nominal value exceeding twenty-five cents each. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That on and after the passage of this act, any person or persons owning or possessing, or having the care or management of any .C111:1111 company or 03611111 navigation or slack water corporation, or turnpike companies, being indebted for any sum or sums of money for which bonds or other evidences of indebtedness have been issued, payable in one or more years after date, upon which interest is or shall be stipulated tobe paid, or coupons representing the interest, shall be or shall have been issued to be paid ; and all dividends in scrip or money, or sums of money -hereafter declared due or payable to stockholders of any canal .navi gation, or slach-water or turnpike compa ny, as part of the earnings, profile, or gains of said companies, shall he - Subject to and pay a duty of three per centum on the • amount of all such interest, or coupons, or dividends, whenever the same shall be paid; and said canal companies or canal neviga tiou, or slack-water corporations, or turn pike companies, or any person or persons owning, possessing, or having the care or management of any canal company, or canal navigation or Black-water corpora tion, or turnpike company, are hereby au thorized and required to deduct and with hold from all payments made to any per eon persons, or party, after the first day of per eon, as aforesaid, on account of any in terest, or coupons, or dividends due and payable, as aforesaid, the said duty or sum of three per centum ; and the duties! de dusted, as aforesaid, and certified by the president or other proper officer of said company or corporation, shall boa receipt „ and discharge, I according to the amount thereof, of said canal companies or canal navigation, or elaok:Water corporations, or turnpike companies, and the owners, pos sessors, and agents thereof, on dividends and oa bonds_or other : evidences of their indebtedness upon Which.intereet or oou pone are payable, holden by any person or party whatsoever, and a list or return shall he made and rendered within thirty days , after the time - filed when said interest or coupons or dividends become due or pays , ble, and as often as every six. months, to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which shall contain a true and faithful so- Cott= of the dutiee received and chargea ble, as aforesaid, during the time when such duties have accrued or should accrue, and remaining unaccounted for, and there shall be annexed to every such list or re turn a declaration, under oath or affirms don, in manner or form as may be pram:rib-I ed by the Commissioner of Internal Rave- . nue, the President, iressurer,or some prop er officer of said canal company or canal or navigation and slack-water corporation or turnpike companies, that the same con tains a true and faithful account, of the du ties so withheld and -received-during the 'time when such deities have Samisen or should accrue, and not. accounted for; and I. any default in the making or render ing of sunk list or return, with the decla ration annexed, as aforesaid, the person or -persona owning, possessing, or having the care or management of suchcanal company or canal navigation, or sleek...water corpo ration or turnpike companiesoneking such default, shalt forfeit, es , a penelty, the sum of five hundred dollars, and in-sass of any default in making or rendering said list, or of sty default in the payment of the duty, or any part thereof,socruingorwhichshoula acorn% the assessment and , collection shall be undo according to the.general provis tom .of the set to which this, act is an amendment:.'• - Bea And be it further •enacted, That any person or persons, firms, companies, or corporations, owning or.pooressing, or hav ing. the care.or management of any ferrry- Veit ex vessel used ems Arryboat, propell ed by steam or,luirse power, in lieu of the duties now hoposed by law,. shall be 'subject to pay'a duty of one - and ono-half of one per oentum upon the groorrecelpts of such ferryboat; sruirthe -return" and payment thereof sheikhs: made in the. manner pre scribed in the to which this set is an ' amlindment. Sec. 10. And be it.hartker esseted, That on and after the. first day: of April, eighteen htindred and sisly-three;any per: son Or persons, firosi companies, or corpo retinotroarrying on. or doing tact express business shall,in lien of the tax andetamp duties. impoeid-by exfsdnArlintsi be Bub- . ject to and pay a-disty-efolowacper.centum on the.gross itturantsift allixthe receipts of snob exprese.businesi, T isnd shall be aubjeot to the same' proSisitine,imissr, and'peneities as are prescribed-inmeoticateighty of the act to which this is sultanndinent, for the persona, firms, compiniat, , or corporations i loWning or powering, aihavinutlia man lagettienVot railroads, - stiontioats, sad fer lyboatig. and .all acts or pacts at: seta in consistent'herewith are hereby` repelled. Eco-11- -And licit , further Mede4 t ,That in militating the. annual.gainsi.Prefit, or income of; any personi -ander. the'sot to Which this AO, is en amending:at)._ the amount actually paid by ciolt,:lerson for the rent of the dwelling house or estate on whisk .he resides shell be - first deducted from <the • gains, profit, or income of such' person 8" 12. And .fici iF further Outetsi4 That no:duty shall be required to be assessed or collected on beer, lager:beer;i*tileporter , brewed or manufacturekor wiling oil, refineti,"prcidneed bY the distil lation of coal, aiphsißlin, sheik piq.it, trileutn, or rook oil, distilled splritapeotichi or woolen fabrics, when .btewed,kesoinfao tured„ or prior-to the , ilisiday of whether handradmid , Arty- Awe,. whether Abet some t-.3fitte_'zcoln ll4 'or ommuziptionotsidenr imerirkestba o wner agent,.Or asperintenditaFotthalenriri or -premises inowhitilinSin'4 o . lo .___. , : gra"6 mesa let distilbsk shall wink di seem= 01 Donivur t - I,'- ,1
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