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EcuotclUo XMHUs, fiterotuw, 'Agriculture, Science, iUovaiitn, auJi cncvai 3ntclItScncc.
VOL. 20.
Published by. Theodore Schoclv
TERM-- Two dollars a yrarin advance and if not
p.ii tx-f nc tlio end of the year, two dollars and fitfv
ct. will be charged. . '
No p.ipertiscontinuetl until all arrearages a re paid
except at the oprion of the Editor. r '
lOA I vertisement of one 5o.nu re of feigl.l line) or
one or three insertions $ 40. Ea.-h additional
i isertion, .10 cents. Longer ones in proportion.
JOB PRINTING,
OF ALL KIND8,
Executed in the highest slyle of the Ai t .and on t he
most icasorrible term..
ft. SELLER,
Dealer in
Boots, Shoes, Leather,
AND FINDINGS,
STROUDSBURG, Pa.
March 2S, 1967.
S. HOLMES, Jr.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND GENERAL
CLAIM AGENT.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Office Kith S. S. Drehcr, Esq.
AM claims against the Government prose
cuted with dispatch at reduced rates.
OCT" An additional bounty of $100 and of
$50 procured for Soldiers in the late War,
THEE OF EXTRA CHARGE. fQ
August 2, 1SG6.
Furnitur e ! Furniture !
irtp
Hew Furniture Store,
IVIlbdl
DREIIER'S NEW BUILDING, two
doors below the Post-office, Strouds
burg, l'a. lie is selling his t urniture 10
per cent. less t.ian Easton or Washington . tensive Brewerv for Malt Liquors in said town
prices, to say nothing about freightor break- j ship, where they are ready and able to man
age May 17, 1966.-tf. j ufactare any quantity and of the best quali
I
F YOU WANT A GOOD MELODEON, j
p - 1- - l 1 1 .1 . Tt : I
irom one 01 me uesi inaKers in me uni-
the best makers in the Uni-
uwiM.wwwww". woiia inu
5 years, call at McCARTY'S, he would es
pecially invite all who are good judges ot
Music to come and test them. He will sell
you from any maker you wish, $10 lesthan
ihose who soil on commission. The reason
is he buys for cash and sells for the same,
with less thin one-half the usual percentage
that agents want. J. 11. McCARTV.
May 17, ISGG.-tf.
NDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRAN-
ches.
Particular attention will be given to this
branch of the subscriber's business. He will
always study to please and consult the
wants and wishes of those who rmploy him.
From the number of years experience he has
had in this branch of business he cannot and
will not not be excelled either in city. or
country. Prices one-third less than is usual
ly charged, from 50 to 73 finUhed Coffins al
ways on hand. Trimmings to suit the best
Hearse in the country. Funerals attended
at one hour's notice. J. II. McCARTY.
May 17, ISOG.-tf.
MT. VERNON HOTEL,
JUT. P. WATSON, Proprietors,
No.'s 117 & 119 North SECOND Street,
(Between Arch and Rnce,)
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Close proximity to. the business center of
the city, excellent accommodations, a nd care
ful attention to the comfort and wants of (CJ
guests are charscteristics of the Mount Ver- j
non. The Hmse has been thoroughly ren
ovated and new-furnished. The patronage
of tlie public is respectfully solicited.
October 11, 1300.-tf.
LOOK THIS WAY!
HEAD ! READ !
Chas. Schaefer & Co.
FRENCH & GERMAN
STEAM HUM ESTABLISHMENT.
EASTON, PENN'A. .
Will dye Woolen,. Silk and Cotten
Goods of Every Description, in any
Color desired.
Orders can be leA with II. S. Wagner,
STROUDSBURG, Pa
June 21, 18GG.-lyr.
Saddle and Harness
Manufactory.
The undersigned respectfully informs
the citizens of Stroudsburg, and surroun
ding country, that he has commenced the
above business in" Fowler's building, on
Elizabeth street, and is fully prepared to
furnish any article in his line of busirless,
at short notice. On hand at all times, a
large stock of
Jlamcss, )17ty)s, Trvnhs, Yah'ccs, Car
2et Hii'jx, Jlorse-Jifanlcets, Bells,
tikafr, Oil Cloths, Cc.
Carriage Trimming promptly attended
to. JOHN O. SAYLOR.
Stroudsburg, Pec. 14, 18G5.
GtTliall Drug Store.
William IloIIinslicad,
Wholesale and Retail Druggist.
STROUDSBURG, Fa.
Constantly on hand and for
sale cheap for cash, a fresh sup-
ply of Drugs, Medicines, raiuts,
Oil, Glass, 1'utty, Varnish, Ker-
psene Oil, Perfumery and Fancy Goods;
also
Sash, Mind and Doors.
Pure Wines aud Liquors for Medicinal
purpose.
P- S. Physicians Prescriptions care
fully compounded.
Stroudsburg, July 7, 18C4.
" Drs. JACKSON & BIDLACK,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS."
DRS. JACKSON & BIDLACK, are
prepared to attend promptly to all calls
9f a Professional character. Office Or
posite the Stroudsburg Bank.
- April 25, 1867.-tf.
BLANK MORTGAGES
For sale at this Officr,
irTifiTiiimTri
A Journal of Agriculture, Horticulture. !
xdieraiure ana Art,
1'ubhsheu
f nenrJrfiSatUrcIay, '"5 qUart frm' CJ. I will expose to sale, at public ven
on fine paper and new type. ,1 .,0 r p
ei'Mii. naes, on nne naner
It is illustrated yvitli engravings of
LIVESTOCK,
FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES
FARM BUILDINGS.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, &c.
OCT" A corps of practical and well-known
writers contribute regularlv to its columns.
A LITERAR Y DEPA R TMEXT
Of choice Tales, Poetry, Biography and gen
eral Miscellany, makes the Farm and Fire
side a. welcome visitor to every home in the
United Slates.
No expense is spared to make a journal
worthy the patronage of an intelligent pub
lic. It will advocate the best interests ot a
Rural Life.
Market Reports are full and reliable.
Terms 2 a Year, invariably in advance,
COLD AT ALL IN EWS AND PERIODICAL OF
FICES. Specimen copy sent to any address
on receipt of fi ve cent.
S. S. FOSS, Publisher,
Ao. 402 Prune Street, Philadelphia.
March 14, 18G7.-3m.
DAS CUTE LAGER 15IEU!
LAGER BEER AND DRAUGHT ALE,
Manufactured by Huff & Lasser,
;in ftroud township, on the road lcad-
irnr irom Stroudsbur? to Tunnersvillp. within
j three (3) miles of Stroudsburg. '
, The abote.firm have latclv erected an ex
ties of Beer and Ale. They have always on
hnnd n lar? stock nf tho n Snon.nn mo A rta
..,, h;u ua f..n r
a- . wv- . -
lhcir ED?r'onty of flavor and substance bv
B.
ftlansneld, proprittorol the Indian Queen
, Hotel, and oilier Hotel and Restaurant
j Keepers in Stroudsburg, and throughout the
I county.
j Those commencing business, and those
having already established places for the
, vile of superior, wholesome liquors, would
do well to patronize our young friends since
they are selling their articles cheaper, and
the cost of freight being saved, than they
, can be bought elsewhere. Orders by Mail
1 promptly attended la Address,
BUi' & LASSER, Brewers,
Stroudsburg:, Pa.
March 23, 1867.
PIIOEMX DRUG STOKE.
' DREHER & BROTHER,
(Opposite the Jefiereonian" Office,)
FT.IZABKTII-STREET,
.S" TR O UDSB UR G, PA.
Dealers in
DRUGS, MEDICINES. PERFUMERY,
WINES and LIQUORS for medi
cinal purposes SASH,
DOORS and BLINDS.
All kinds of
Painting Materials,
Lamps and lanterns
Burning and rubricating Oils.
OCT" Physicians Prescription? carefully
compounded.
II. DREHER. E. B. DREHER.
October 4, 1860.
Important to Everybody.
The subscribers would inform the public
very respectfully, that they are carrying on
the
ni Bool A: Shoe Business
' Vwat their old stand, one door above the
Express Office, on Elizabeth St., Strouds
burg, Pa., where they will be happy to
wait on their old customers, and as many
new ones as can make it convenient to call.
They have on hand a good arrortment of
BOOTS &. SHOES, -for
men, women, misses' and childrens wear,
j Gum over Shoes and Sandals for men, youth
ana misses. A general assortment ot .Lasts
and Boot-Trees, 6hoe Thread, Wax, Heel
Nails, Pincers, Punches, Eyclettsand Eye
lett Setts, Pegs and Peg-Cutters, Shoe Ham
mers, Crimping Boards and Screws, also, li
ning and binding skins, a rood articie of
Tampico Boot Morocco, French Morocco and
French Calfskins. Lastincr and all kinds of
Shoemaker tool?. Ink Powder and Shoe
Blacking, and Frank Miller's water-proof
oil blacking. All of which they offer for
sale at small advance upon cost. Give us a
i call, no charges for showing goods.
P. S. Boots and Shoes made to order and
warranted. m
CHARLES WATERS &. SOX .
Stroudsburg, Jan. 1816G6.
J. Li. WYCKOFF,
' WITH
HUSZ & WULF,
COMMISSION DEALERS IN
Duller, and Country
i'roducc,
No. 2T)0 Washington Street,
Between Robinson & Murry streets.
March 21. 1667-ly. , , New-York.
j7h. Mccarty
TTAS just returned from New-York with
JLJL
a -splendid
assortment of PARLOR
FURNITURE. Call at
May 31f 1860.-tf.
and CHAMBER
his Ware-Rooms.
JUST RECEIVED. 5,000 leet of Rose
and Gilt Picture Frame Moulding, from
1 inch to 3 inches wide. Also 500 feet of
Black Walnut. J. II . McCARTY.
August 2, 1660.
TVTO EXTRA CHARGE for HEARSE in
ll attending
Funeral within 5 miles.
. J. II. McCARTY. I
of Stroudsburg.
May 31, 180fl.-lf.
TON'T pay 83.50 for a WAbll fcl AIM IV
J when you can get them at Mccarty a
far superior for $2.50. August 2, 1866
TTcCARTY"7s the only Furniture dealer
Jvl in Strruulil.nrrr wlm has a License to!
sell FURNITURE. August 2, 1866. j
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., MAY
Sheriff's Sale,
TtfcY virtue of a writ of Yen. Ex. ile
terrist to me directed, issued out of;
me l ,flU rt Ct I 'nramnn IM.a. f 1
uue, on
Saturday, the 25th day of May, 1867,
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at tlte Court
nouse, m the borough of Stroudsburg,
the following described real estate to wit:
A certain piece or parcel of Land situ
ate in Barrett township, Monroe county,
being part of a tract of land in warrantee
name of John II. Baker, bounded and
described as follows: Beginning at a
stone thence north 50 degrees, west 123 J
perches to a stone, thence through the mid
die of the said John II.- Baker's tract,
north 40 degrees, east 200 perches to a
rock, thence by land of William S. White,
south 50 desrecs. east 123 nerches in
the
DCfirinmnir.
containing 150 acres.
perches, more or less. Improvements are
one I'LAAh. HOUSE, stories A
high, about 1G by 2.8 feet; FramoJ
barn, with Stone Stabling underneath,
20 by 24 feet; Spring of Water near the
door.
About 5 acres of above land is cleared,
balance Timber land.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Frederick Fox, and to be sold
! by me for cash. CHARLES HENRY,
Sheriff's Office, Stroudsburg, ) Sheriff.
May 9, 1867. j
Sheriff's Sale.
TC9 Y virtue of a writ of 2d plu. lev
facias, to me directed, issued out of
the Court of Common Pleas of Monore
County, I will expose to sale, at public
vendue, on
Saturday, the 25 A day of May, 1867,
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the Court
House, in th borough of Stroudsburg,
the following described real estate, to
wit :
A certain tract or piece of land, situate
in Price township, Monore County, con
taining .
414 ACRES, ,
more or less, 35 Acres cleared, of which
eight Acres are meadow, balance timber
land, adjoining lands of John Jones and
others. The improvements arc one.
-
Log House,
Li
one and a half stories high, 20 feet by 32
feet, one LOG HOUSE, 18 by 20 feet,
one Blacksmith Shop 14 feet by 18 feet,
a lot of friut trees on the premises.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Jacob Miller, and Ezra EI-
lenwood, and to be sold by me for cash.
CHARLES HENRY, Sheriff.
Sheriffs Office, Stroudsburg, )
May 9, 18G7. j
Court' Proclamation.
Whereas, the Hon. Geoi.oe R. Barrett
President Judge ot the 22d Jui . a District of
Pennsylvania, composed of the counties o
Wayr.c, Pike, Monroeand Carbon. and Abra
ham Levering and John De Young, Esqr'e,
Associate Judges of the Court of Common
Pleas of the County of Monroe, and by vir
tue of their offices. Justices of the Court of
Oyer and Terminer and General Jail delive
ry and Court of General Quarter Sessions in
and for the said County of Monroe, have is
sued their precept to me commanding that
a Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace and
Common Plea, and Court of Oyer and Ter
miner and Oeneral Jail Delivery and Or
phan's Court, for the said County of Monroe,
to be holden at Stroudsburg, on the 27th day
of May, 1667, to continue one weeks if
necessary.
NOTICE
Is hereby given to the Cononer, the Justices
of the Peace, and Constables of the said coun
ty of Monroe, that they be then and there
ready with their rolls, records, inquisitions,
examinations and other remembrances to do
those things which their offices are appertai
ning, and also that those who are bound by
recognizances to prosecute and give evidence
against the prisoners that are or shall be in
the jail if the said county of Monroe, or a
gainst persons who stand charged with the
commission of offences to be then and there
to prosecute or testify as shall be just.
(God save the Commonwealth.)
CHALRES HENRY, Sheriff.
Sheriffs Office Stroudsburg, )
May 9, 1807.
A CARD ; ; .
To the Hotel keepers of Monroe and ad
jacent counties.
Look to Tour Interests! I !
We are offering Liquors, Wines, &c,
warranted pure, and containing no Drugs,
OUs, Essences, Ac, whatever, at the fol
lowing very low prices :
Brandies from 50c(aSl-00 per gallon
less than City prices.
Gins o0c(ajoc.
Bourbon Whiskey,40c,65c.
3Ionon"ahela, 40cu&65c.
11
Old Rye,
44 Apple
40c(fiC5c.
50c(o,$l 00
Common 15c25c.
Wines rail kinds 50c(81 00
Please give us a call, or send your or
ders, and satisfy yourselves that wo do do
it, that we tcill do it, and the reasons
"u "v "' , .. . , ,
Also, please remember that ice do not
have anything to ao tctii "ijruygea ia
ouors. Anything you buy from us we
guarantee J'ure, aud much below the pri
CcS USUally pi
paid for the Drugged Liquors.
Very Respectfully,
J, S. WILLIAMS, Si Co.,
Stroudsburg, lonroe Co. Pa.
July 27, 1865
STAMP DUTIES.
. As Amended by Act of Congress.
Approved March 2d, 1867. -
Instruments are not to be recorded un
less properly stamped and cancelled.
No instrument is invalid for the want
of the particular kind of stamps designa
ted provided a legal stamp of equal
amount, (except Proprietary stamps,) is
duly affixed..
All instruments, doeumcnts and papers
issued or used by officers of the Uuited
States Government, or by the officers of
any State, county or other municipal cor
poration, are exempt.
In cases where an adhesive stamp
shall be used for denoting any duty im
posed by this Act, the person using or
affixing the same, shall write thereon the
initials of his name, and date upon which
the 8ae shall be attacbed or used, so
that the same may not again be used,
under a penalty of $50. "
Postage Stamps cannot be used as Ilev-
;cnuc stamps.
ro deed, instrument, writing, or paper,
required by law to be stamped, which has
been signed, or issued without being du
ly stamped, or with a deficient stamp,
nor any copy thereof, shall be recorded,
or admitted, or used as evidence iu any
court until a legal stamp or stamps, de
noting the amount of tax, shall have been
affixed therete as prescribed, by law.
The. party to whom a document is is
sued from a foreign country or by whom
it is to be used, shall, before using tho
same, affix thereon the stamp or stamps
indicating the duty required.
Proprietors of Cosmetics, Medicines, or
Proprietary Articles, may furnish private
dies, and are allowed 5 per cent, on all
purchases of $500; over $500, 10 per
cent.
AFFIDAVITS
are exempt from stamp duty.
AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT,
Other than those mentioned io this
schedule, (or any appraisement,) for ev
ery sheet or piece ot paper 00 which it it
written, five cents. Appraisements of
value or damage, five cents.
BANK CHECKS, DRAFTS OR ORDERS',
For any amount on any Hank, Broker.
or irust Lompany, at sight or on demand,
two cents; for amount exceeding 10 on
any person other thaa a Bank, Banker or
Trust Company, at Sight or on demand,
two cents.
BILI. OF EXCHANGE, FOR EI ON,
Drawn in but payable out of the United
States, if drawn singly or otherwise than
in a set of three or more same as inland
bills of exchange or promissory notes:
drawn in sets of three or more, for every
bill of each set, where the sum made pay
able shall not exceed S100, or the equiv
alent thereof, in any foreign currency in
which such bills may be expressed, two
cents: for every additional $100 or frao
tienal part thereof io excess of $100, two
cents.
- BILL OF EXCHANGE, INLAND,
Draft or order for the payment of a
ny
sum of nonev. not exceeding S100. nth
erwise than at sight or on demand, or
Promissory Notes, Except Dank Notes;
and Cliecks;' or any memorandum, check,
receipt, or other written or printed evi
dence of aa amount of mosey to be paid
on demand or at a time designated, for
a sum not exceeding $100, five eents ;
for every "additional $100, or fractional
part in excess of $100, five cents.
BILL OF LADING.
For goods and merchandise exported
to foreign port, other than charter party,
each ten cents.
' ' BILL OF SALE.
Bills of sale, by vetiich any ship or
vessel, or any part thereof, shall be con
veyed to or vested ii any other person
or persons, when the consideration shall
not exceed $500, fifty cents: Do., when
the consideration exceeds $500 and does
not eiceed $1,000, $1.00: Exceeding
$1,000 for every additional amount of
$500, or fractional part thereof, fifty cents:
Personal property other than ships or
vessels, five cents.
BONDS.
Of indemnity where the money ulti
mately recoverable thereupon is SI, 000
or less, fifty cents: Where the penalty
exceeds $1,000, for every additional $1,
000, or fractional part in excess of $1,
000, fifty cents: For the due execution
of the duties of any office, $1.00: Of any
description, other, than such as' may be
required in legal proceedings, or used in
connection with mortgage deeds, and not
otherwise charged io this schedule, tweo-
ry-nve cents.
CERTIFICATE.
Other than those motioned, five cents.
CERTIFICATE OF DAMAGE, "
And all other documents issued by any
Port Warden or Marine Surveyor, twenty-five
cents.
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT. . 4
-For a sum not exceeding $100, two
eents: Exceeding $100, five cents.
CERTIFICATE, PAWNBROKERS.
1 For any amount, five cents. J
CERTICATB OF PROFITS.
In any Incorporated Company, for an
1 mount not less than $10, nor exceeding
$50, ten cents: From $50 ' to $1,000,
twenty five cents: Exceeding $1,000, for
every additional $1,000, or fractional part
thereof, twenty five cents. . '
', CERTIFICATE OF STOCK.
In Incorporated Company, twenty five
cents.
23, 18G7.
CHARTER PARTT,
Or any letter or Memorandum relating to
the charter of any vessel. If the regis
tered tonnage does not exceed 150 - toss,
81.00: From 150 to 300 tons. S3.00;
From 300 to COO tons, 5.00; Over 600
tons, 10.00.
- CIGAR LIGHTS, .
made in part of wood, wax, glass, paper
or other materials, in parcels or packages
containing 25 lights or less, one cent: Iu
packages of more than 25 and not more
than 50, two cents; For every additional
25 lights or fractional part of that num
ber, one cent.
CONTRACTS.
Contracts, Broker's Note, or memoran
dum of sale of any goods or merchandise,
stocks, bonds, notes of band, for each
note or memorandum of sale, ten cents.
CONVEYANCE OR DEED OF GRANT.
Where the consideration or value does
not exceed 8600, fifty cents; From $500
to $1,000, S1.00; And for every addi
tional $500, or fractional part thereof, in
excess of $1,000, fifty cents.
ENTRY OF GOODS,
at Custom House, not exceeding in value
$100, twenty-five; From $100 to $500,
fifty cents; Exceeding $500, 1.00; For
the withdrawal of goods from bouded
warehouse, fifty cents.
FISH, SAUCES, SlC.
For and upon every can, bottle or other
single package, containing fih, sauces,
sirrups, prepared mustard contained there
in, and packed or sealed, made, prepared
and sold, or offered for sale, or removed
for consumption in the United States,
when such can, bottle, or other single
package with its contents, shall not ex
ceed two pounds in weight, one cent;
When such can, bottle, or package with
its contents, shall exceed two pounds in
weight, for every additional pound or
fractional part, one cent.
FRICTION MATCHES,
or Lucifer Matches, made in part of wood,
in packages of 100 or less, one cent;
When in parcels or packages containing
more than 100, and not more than 200,
for each parcel or package, two cent ; And
for everv; additional or fractional part
thereof, one cent : For wax tapers, double
the rates herein imposed upon friction
matches.
LEASE.
agreement.
memorandum, or contrat for
the hire, use, or rent of any land, tene
ment, or portion thereof, where the rent
or rental value is $300 per annum, or less,
fifty-cents : Where the rent exceeds S300,
for each additional $200, or fraction in
cxecss of $300, fifty cents : Assignment
of a lease, same stamp as original, and ad
ditional stamp upon the value or consi
deration of transfer, according to the rates
of on deeds. (See Conveyance.)
MANIFEST FOR ENTRY, CLEARANCE
of cargo of vessel for foreign port, if ton
nage does not exceed 300 tons, 1,00 :
From 300 to COO, 3,00: Exceeding C00,
5,00.
j - MORTGAGE OF LANDS,
j
- estate, or property, real or personal, heri
table or movable whatsoever, or any per
, soual bond given as security for the pay
i mcnt of any definite or certain sum of
j woney exceeding $100, and not exeeed
j ing S500, fifty cent : Exceeding $500 and
inot exceeding $1,000, 1.00: For every
in excess of $500, fifty cents : Provided.
That upon each and every assignment or
transfer of a mortgage, policy of insur
ance, or the renewal or continuance of
any agreement, contract or charter by let
ter or otherwise, a stamp duty shall be re
quired equal to that imposed on the ori
ginal instrument.
PASSAGE TICKET,
to a foreign port, if of less price than $35,
fifty cents: From $35 to $50, 1,00 and
for every additional $50, or fractional parts
thereof, in excess of $50, 1.00: Passage
i Tickets to ports in the Halted States and
Bntibh North America do not require
stamps. ',
PLAYING CARD.
For and upon every pack not exceed
ing 52 cards, irrespective of value, five
cents. , , .
POLICY OF INSURANCE,
on any life or lives, where the amount in
sured does not exceed $1,000, twenty-five
cents : From $1,000 to 65,000 fifty cents:
Exceeding $5,000, 1,00 : Fire and Marine
Ricks Premium not exceeding $10, ten
cents : Premium not exceeding $50,
twenty-five cents : Exceeding $50, fifty
cents. Accidental insurance policies are
exempt '
POWER OF ATTORNEY.
To transfer stock, bonds, or scrip. To
collect dividendss, interest, or rent, tweuty
five cents: To vote by proxy, except in
charitable, religious, literary and ceme
tery societies, ten cents : To sell or lease
real estate, aud perform all other acts not
specified 1,00: For . any other purpose,
fifty cents.
PROTE8T OF NOTES, DRAFT &.C., ,
or Marine Protest, &c, twenty five cents.
PROPRIETARY MEDICINES, COSMETICS, &C.,
not over 25 cents, one cent ; not over 50
cents, two cents ; not over 75 cents, three
cents: not over 1,00, four cents: For
every additional 50 eents, or fractiou
thereof, two cents.
PROBATEWF WILL, OR LETTER OF ADMISTBA
: TION.
Where the. value of tho estate is be
tween $1,000 nnd $2,000,1,00 : For every
additional $1,000 or fractional parts iu
NO. 9.
I excess of $2,000, fifty cents : Provided,
' That no stamp, either for probate of wills,
or letters testamentary, or of administra
i tion, or an administrator or guardian bond
. shall be required when the value of the
; estate and effects, real and personal, does
not exceed $1,000.
. RECEIPT. .
Receipts for the payment of any gum
money, or for. the payment of any debt
due, exceeding $20, not being for satis
faction of any mortgage or judgment, or
decree of a court, or by endorsement on
; any stamp obligation in acknowledgmeaS
of 11s fulalmeit for each receipt, two cents:
J'rocided. That when more than oae
signature is affixed to the same paper, one
cr more stamps may be affixed thereto re
presenting the whole amount of stamps
required for sueh signatures.
sales,
or contracts for sale of stocks, bonds, for
eign exchange, gold and' silver bullion'
and coin, promissory motes or other securi
ties, when made by brokers, banks or
bankers who pay a special tax, require
stamps equal to one cent on every $100.
If there is a fraction over $100, the same
to be stamped at the full rate of $100.
When made by a person, firm or corpora
tion not pajin'g special tax, for every $100
of value, five cents. A memorandum of
sale or contract must be made by the
seller to the buyer upon the sale, or con
tract being made, and the stamps affixed
thereto. -
WRITS,
legal Documents, or other original prov
cess, by which suit is commenced in a
court, of record, or not of record confes
sions of judgment or cognovit, writs o
other process in appeals from justices courts"
or other courts of inferior jurisdiction,
and warrants of distress for rent, are ex
empt from duty.
EXEMPTIONS.
No stamp duty shall be required on
powers of attorney or any other paper relat--ing
to application for bounties, arrears
ages of pay, or pensions, or property lost
in the service ; or upon tickets or con
tracts of insurance when limited to injury
to persons while travelling ; Nor on cer
tificates of the measurement of weight of
animals, wood, coal, or hay ; nor on de
posite notes to mutual insurance compan
ies for the insurance upon which polices
subject to stamp duties have been or are
to be issued ; nor on any warrant of at
tory accompanying a bond or note, when
such bt)ndor'notc shall have affixed there
to the stamp or stamps denoting the duty
required ; and whenever any bond or note
shall be secured by a mortgage, but one
stamp duty shall be required to be placed
on such papers ; nor on any certificate oC
the record of a deed or other instrument
in writiug, or of the acknowledgement or
proof thereof by attesting witoesses ; nor
to any indorsement of a negotiable instru
ment. Provided, That the stamp duty placed:
thereon shall be the highest rate requir
ed for said instruments, or either of them.
Receipts by express companies for the
delivery of any property for transporta
tion are exempt from stamp duty. -Affidavits
are exempt from stamp duty.
PENALTIES.
Penalty for making, signing, or issuing"
any instrument, document, or paper of
any kind whatsoever, or shall aceept, ne
gotiate, or pay, or cause to be accepted,
negotiated or paid any bill of exchange,,
draft or order, or proraissery note, for the
payment of money, without the same be"'
ing duly stamped, fjr denoting the duty
hereby imposed thereon $50; and the
instrument shall be deemed invalled and
of no effect : or for counterfeiting stamps
or dies $1,000, 'and imprisonment at
hard labor not exceeding five years. For
making or paying any Billot Exchange
Draft, Order, or Note without stamp
$200. For selling Proprietary Cosmetics,.
Matches, Fish, Sauces, &o., without pro-"
per stamps, $50.
How to Preserve Furs.
As the season has arrived when it be
comes necessary to lay furs aside and pre
serve them from their ravishers, tho
nieths, following hints may be useful to'
our lady readers : One ounco of gum
camphor and one ounce of powdered shell
of red jepper are macerated iu eight
ounces stroug alchol for seven days and'
then strained. With this tincture the"
furs and clothes are sprinkled over and
rolled up ia sheets. This remedy is in
constant use in Russia, under the name
of kChincse Tincture for Moths," and ia
found very effective.
It is said that a strip of woolen cloth is
far superior for lamp winking to that iu
common use; it may be cut any length'
j as long as it is ot the proper width ; it
- gives a more brilliant light, has less heat,
i loss dirt, is less trouble iu trimming, and
is loss liable to explode. The above in
formation will be useful to people in the "
country, who frequently have to send a
considerable distance for a wick suitable;
for their lamp. ...
A Large Cow.
The Kington (N. Y.) Argus says that
Henry, Van Buren, a butther of that
place, fcas a Boh, recently purchased at
Albany that weighs about 1,800 pounds
and is larger than most of the larger seiz
cd oxen. The animal was raised in Illi
nois. ,
4'Down East" people claim to haver
caught a lobster nine feet long and weigh
ing three hundred pounds.
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