fflk Blortli branch Democrat. XJZ AHVEY proprietor.] NEW SERIES, * ftoji franc]) Democrat. BV HABVEY SICW^ Terma— 1 copy I year, (in advance) $1.50. If not pain within aix months, $2.00 will be charged ADVERTISING . 10 tin ts or till! let*, make three) four f Iwo i/.hree j tix (one one tyuci'-e weeks weeks'mo'ft* mo'th monthly ear 1 Square I.OOt 1,25! 2,25 2,87) 3,00j 5.00 2 do. 2,00 2.50 3.25 350 4.50) 6.00 3 do. 3,00 3,75 4,75; 5.50 7,00 9.00 i Column. 4.00; 4,505 6.50) 8,00) 10.00 15 00 do. 6,00) 7,00] 10,00; 12.00; 17,00 25.00 do. S. 00! 9,50) 14.00 19,001 25.00) 35.00 1 do. 10,00] 12,00! 17,00] 22.00] 28,00 s 40,00 Business Cards of one square, with paper, $5. JOB WORK -of all kinds neatly executed, and at prices to rait the times. fusincss Notices. BACON STANP.-NICIIOISOII, P*. c L Jacksox, Proprietor. fvln49tf] GEO. fc. TUTTOS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tunkhannock, Pa. Office in Stark's Brick Block, Tioga street. UFM. M. PIATT. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Of *V > fice in Stark's Brick Block, Tioga. St., Tunl -hanneck, Pa. RR.AB, W, LITTI.E ATTORNEY'S AT. LAW, Office on Tioga street, Tunkhannock Pa. JV. SMITH, At. T), PIIYMCIAN 4 SUROEON, • Office on Bridge Street, next door to the Denio erat Office, Tnnkhannock, Pa. HS. COOPER. PHYSICIAN 4 SPKOEON • Newton Centre, Luzerne County Pa. 1> K. J. C BKC KKILCO., PHYSICIANS 4 SURGEONS, "Would respectfully announce to the -iiz-n*o r Wy tning that they have located nt Tunkhannock wher hey will |iromf-ly attend to nil culls in the line of neir profession. M>y be found at hit Drug Stiro vb" professionally alweut. JM. CAREY, M. D.— (Oradnate of the 3 • M. Institute, Cincinnati) would respectfully announce to the citizens of Wyoming and Luzerne Counties, that he c >ntinues his regular practice in the various departments of his profession. May t>e found at his office or reeidenee, when not professionally ab ent Particular attention given to the treatment Chronic Diseas entremoreland, Wyoming Co. Pa.—v2n2 WALL'S HOTEL, LATE AMERICAN HOUSE. TUN KHAN NOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. THIS establishment hog recently been refitted and famished in the latest style Every attention will be given to th" comfort and convenience of those who patronize the Houe. T B. WALL, Owner anl Proprietor. Tunkhannock, September 11, 1861. MAYMRD'SHOTEL, TCNIvIIAWOCK, WYOMING COUNTY, I'ENNA. JOHN MAVNARD, Proprietor. H AVISO taken the Hotel, in the Borough of Tunkhanncck, recently occuf4ed by Kiley Warner,"the proprietor respectfully solicits a share of public patronage. The House has been thoroughly repaired, and the comforts and accomodations of a first class Hotel, will bo found by all who may favor t with their custom. September 11, 1861. NORTH BRANCH HOTEL, MESIIOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA Wm. H. COKTRIGHT, Prop'r HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above Hotel, the undersigned will spare no effort to reader the house an agreeable place ol sojourn for all who may favor it with their custom Win. H. CCKTRIHHT. . Jane. 3rd, 1863 Itas gjtrf, TOWANDA, FA. D. B. BART LET, [Late of the BBRAINARD HOUSE, ELMIRA, N. Y J PROPRIETOR. The MEANS HOTEL, i oneoftne LARGEST and BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country— It is fitted up in the most modern and improved style, and no pains are spared to make it a pleasant and agreeable stopping-place for all, * v 3. n2l, ly M. OILMAN, M OILMAN. ha* permanently located in Tunk • hannock Borough, and respectfully tenders his professional service* to the citiiens of this place and urrounding country. i i , , ALL WORK WARRANTED, TO GIVE SATIS FACTION. IIT Office over Tattoo's Law Office, near th i Pos eSaflA* 3 L TONE Mammas OP BOTH SEXES. he usual routine and irregular: expensive modes of roatment without anccess, eomd leis iLhis sacred dn yto oomrnwlcate jo bis afflicted fellow creatures -IT/" ° f . Care -, Hcnc ®. receipt of an ad dressed envelope be will send (free) a copy of the Wription wed. Direct to Dr Jean M. I ftFeet BrcokJys Yrrk. v 2a241v SCHEDUI.E OF STAMP DUTIES. Revised February I, 186 4, , Stamp Duty Acknowledgment of Deeds or other in - struments, made before a justice, no tary, or other qualified officer, exempt. Affidavit, 5 C ts. Agreement or Appraisemen',(for each sheet or piece of paper on which the ■ame is written, scts. Assignment or Transfer of Mortgage, Lease, or policy of Insurance, is sub ject to the same duty as the original instrument. Assignment, ordinary, as of Bond, with out guaranty, exempt Assignment of Patent Ri.-ht 5 ets. Bank Check*, Drafts, Orders, Ac., at siclit, or on ditnand, for all sums of money exceeding S2O 2cts. Bills of Exchange,. (Foreign) drawn in hut payable out of, the United Slates each b'll, of Ket of' three or more, mut be s'atnped. For every bill of each set, where the sum made payable does not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars, or the equivalent thereof in any foreign currency in which such bill* may be expressed, according to the standard of value fixed by the United S'ate*, 3cts. Above one hundred and fifty dollars, and nt üb>ve two hundred and fifty dollars, 5 cts- Above two hundred and fiiiy dollars, and not above five hundred dollars,. lOcts. AhoVr fiVe hundred dollars, ami not above one tn " dollars, and not above three thousand five hundred dollars, 50cts. Above three thousand five hundred dollars, and not above five thou sand dollars, 70 ts. Above five thousand d of seven thousand five hundred dollars, 30cts. (Foreign.)whether drawn in or out of the United States.(it drawn or in duplicate.) pav the same rates of duty as inland Bit's of Exchange. (The acceptor or acceptors of any Bill ot Exchange, or order for the payment of any sum of money drawn or purporting to be drawn, in any foreign country, but payable in the United States, must, before paying or accepting the same, place there upon a stamp indicating the dutv See Section 101, Act of July Ist, 18G2.] Bdls ot Exchan e(loland, draft or or der, exceeding S2O, payable other wise than at sight or on demand, and any promissory note (except deposit notes to mutual insurance companies,) whether payable on de mand or at any time not excieding 33 days, grace included, from date or-6ight, f>.r every two hundred dol lars or fractional part thereof, let- Bills of Exchange exceeding 33 days, and exceeding 63 days, as aforesaid, 2cts. BilU-of Exchange exceeding 63 days, and not exceeding 93 days, as afore said, ! 3 cts Bill?of Exchange exceeding 93 days, and not exceeding four months and three days as aforesaid 4 cts Bills of Exchange exceeding four months, and not exc.eding six months and three days, as afore said, 6 cts. Bills of Exchange exceeding six months and three days, lOcts. (We warrant of attorney to confess judgment on a note or a bond is ex empt from stamp duty, if the note or bond is properly s'ani|ied ) B'lls of Lading of vessels for ports of the United Stctes or British North America exein pt. Bills of Lading, or receipt for goods to any foreign part, lOcts. Bill of 6ale of any vessel, or part there of when the consideration shall not exceed SSOO, 25cts. Bill of sale exceeding SSOO and not exceeding SIOOO, 50cts. Bill of sale exceeding SI,OOO, for each 1.000 or fractional part thereof,.... 50cts. Bill of sale of personal property, (other than 6hip or vessel,) 5 c t*. Bond, personal, for the payment of money. (See Mortgage.) Bond, official, 50ct. B<>nr agent of any ship, vessel, or ateamer, and any other person relating to the charter of the same, if the registered tonnage of said ship, vessel, or steamer doea no- exceed 150 tuns, $1 00 Charter party exceeding 150 tuns, and not exceeding 300 tuns, S3OO Charter party exceeding 300 tuns, and not exceeding 600 tuns, $5 00 Charter party exceeding GOO tuns,... .$lO 00 Contract. (See Agreement.) Contract, Brokers, lOcts. Conveyance, deed instrument or writ ing, whereby lands, tenements or other reality sold, shall be conveyed, the actual value of which exceeds SIOO, and does not exceo $500,... 50cts. Conveyance exceeding SSOO, and not exceeding SI.OOO, $1 00 Conveyance exceeding SI,OOO, and not exceeding $2500, $2 00 Conveyance exceeding 2,500, and not exceeding $5.000, §5 00 Conveyance exceeding $5,000, and not exceeding SIO,OOO $lO 00 Conveyance exceeding SIO,OOO, and not exceeding $20,000, S2O 00 For every additional SIO,OOO, or frac tional part thereof in excess of S2O, 000, ac'ual value, $20,00 D spatch Telegraphic— Any dispatch or message, the charge for which, for the first ten words, does not ex ceed twenty cents, let. Dispatch, Telegraphic.—Exceeding 20 cents, [N. B.—Messages transmitted by Telegraph and Railroad compa nies over their own wires, on their own business for which they receive no pay, do not require stamps.] Eu'ry of any goods, wares or merchan dies at any Custom House, cither for consumption or warehousing, not exceeding SIOO in value, 25cts. Entry exceeding SIOO, and not ex ceeding SSOO in value 50cts. Entry exceeding SSOO in value, $1 00 Entry fur the withdrawal of any goods or nierchandie from bonded ware house 50cts. Insurance (Marine, Inland, or Fire) where the cjnsideration paid for the insurance, in cash, premium notes, or both exceeds $lO 25cts. Insurance (Marine, Inland, or Fire) where such consideration does not exceed $lO, "• •• • lOcts. Insurance (Lile)when the amount in sured shall not exceed SI.OOO, 25cts. Insurance (Life)exceeding SI,OOO, ard and not exceeding $5,000, 50ets. Insurance (Life] exceeding $5,000,.. .$1 00 Lease of lands or tenements, if for a time not exceeding three years, 50cts. Lease of lands or tenements, if for a time exceeding three years, $1 OOJ [N- B —Lease of roal and iron lauds, sulject to duty under head of "con veyance." Per|tuul Lease, subject to stamp duty under head of "Conveyance" —the stamp duty to he measured by n-solving the anual rental into a capital turn. Clause of guarranty of payment of rent incorporated or indorsed, 5 ct. additional) Manifest for Cuetom- House entry or clearance of tho cargo of any ship, vessel, or steamer for a foreign port, if the registered tunnage of such ship, vessel, or steamer does not ex ceed 300 tuns, SIOO Manifest exceeding 300 tuns, and not exceeding 600 tuns 3 00 Manifest exceeding 600 tuns, 5 00 Mortgage, trust deed, bill of sale, or personal bond for the payment of money, for every S2OO, or fractional part thereof, 10 cts. (N. B.— Each and every bond or note secured by a chattlour real estate mortgage, having paid a stamp duty of ten cents on every sum of S2OO or any fractional part thereof, of the am >unt thereoy bound, or promised to be paid, no stamp duty is requir ed upon the mortgage securing the same ] Pawner's Cheeks, scts. Pension P.:p rs.—P-.wers of attorney and all other (tapers relating to appli cations for bounties, arrearages of pay, or pensions, or to rectipt thereof. exeuip*. Passage Tieket from the United States to a foreign port, costing not more than 30, 50cts. Passa e Ticket from the United States to a foreign port, costing more than S3O, $1 00 Power of Attorney to sell or tarnsfer 6tock. or collect dividends thereon,. 25cis. Power of Attorm-y to vote at elect ion >f an incorporated company.... lOcts. Power of Attorney to receive or Col lect rents 25cts. Power of Ait -ritay general, $1 00 (Powers of Attorney, and other in struments, executed in foreign coun tries. to be used in the United States, are subject to the same rates of duty as those executed in the United States. The stamp mu-t be affixed and cmcelled by the party using the same.] Probate of Will, or Letters of Admin istration, where the value of both teal and personal estate does nut exceed $2,500, 50ets Probate ol Will, or Letters of Admin istration—vatue exceeding $2 500 and not exceeding $5,000, $1 00 Probate of Will, and Letters of Admin istration—value exceed in • $5,000, and not exceeding S2O 000, 2 00 Probate of Will, and L;llrs of A I ministration—value exceeding S2O, 000, and not exceeding 50,000,. ... 5 00 Pr .bate of Will, or Letters of adinm istration—value exceeding 20,000, and not exceeding 100,000, 10 00 Probate of Will, or Letters of Admin istration— va'ue exceeding 100,000, and not exceeding 150,000, 20 00 Probate of Will, or Letters of Admin istration—for every additional 50, 000, or fractional part thereof, in excess of 150,000, 20 00 Probate bonds of Executots, Admin istrators, Trustees, and Guardians are each subject to a stamp duty of, 50 cts. Probate Letters of appointment exempt. Probate Certificate of appointment,.. 5 cts. Protest upon note, bill of exchange, cherk, draft, Ac., 25 cts. Promissory note, or memorandum checa, receipt, or other written or printed evidence of an amount of money to be paid on demand, or at a time designated, whether given for twenty dollars or an amount more or less than twenty dollars, slso judgment notes, are subject to the same stamp duty as "Bills of Ex change Inland." [A renowal of a promissory note subjects it to the same amount of stamp puty as an original note ] Quit Claim Deed should be stamped as " conveyance," except when giv en as "release ol mortgage," in which case it is exempt. Release, discharge, and satisfaction of mortgage, exempt. Receipts for money, and *ll receipts, except warehouse rec. ipts, exempt. Sheriff's teturn on writ or other pro ct'S-, exempt. Trust Deed, made to secure a debt, is to be stamped as a mortgage. Trust Deed' conveying estate to uses, should be siamped as "Conveys ice." Warehouse receipt, ..25 cts. Writ, or other original process by whicn any suit is commenced in any. court of record, either law or equity.so cts. [N. B—Each part of an agreement, bill of lading, charter party, conttact, or lease, relied on as evidence, either at law or to equity, must be atamb ed J GENERAL REM A RES.— Revenue stamps nay be used indir-crimnetely upon any of the mat ters or things enumerated in Shrcdule B, of the act of July 1, 1862, except proprietary and playing card stamps for which special use has been provided. Poatag s jam pa cannot be used in payment of the duty chargeable on instruments. It is the duty of the msker of an instru ment to affix and cancel ths stamp required thereon. If he neglec's te do so the party for whose use it is made ro r tf stamp it before it is used; but in no case can it be legally used without a stamp; and if issued after June 1, 1863, and used without a stamp, it cannot be afterwards effectually stamped. Any fail ure on the part of t e maker of an instru ment to appropriately stamp it subjects him to a penalty of fifty dollars. Suits are comtnenci dit many States by other process than writs, viz summons war rant, publication, petition. &e, in which case®, these, as the original proceses, severally re quire stamps. An appeal or instrument by which a suit s transferred from a Justice of the Peace to a superior court is an original process, and subject to stamp duty as such. Writs a 1 scire facias are subject 10 stamp duty a- ungual pr ce*>es.. The jurat ol an affi iavit, taken pefore a Justice d a Peace N >tary ! übltc, or other officer duly amino z<*d t> take affi luvits, is field to he a ceri.fi late, and subject u a stamp duty <'f five cents, Where however, effi nvits, are 111 idc relative t<> any peutim, mo ion. or other piec-ebng HI my sua acm ally pending in any C >uri, no siauip dmy is chargeable thereon, in consideration of the fifty cent stamp-(fixed to the "or gi ial pro cess" by which that suit was commenced. The fifty cent stamp affixed to the "original proce-s" in the commencement of a suit ex empts all affidavits made on certificates issued under it. Certificates of loan, if there shall be any written or printed evidence of an amount to be paid 011 demand or at a time designated, are subject to stamp du'y as "Promissory Notes." A mortgage or trust deed being duly 6tam ped as "Mortgage," is n>t suljeci to stamp duty by virtue of a power f attorney or p >w erot sale contained therein. The assignment of a mortgage is subject to the *ame stamp duty as that imposed upon the original monument; that is to say 1 upon every sum of two honored dollars, ua any fractional part thereof, of the amount secured by the mortgage at the tune of its assignment there must be affix.-d a stamp or stamps de noting a duty of ten cents. When two or mine person* join in theexc cu ion of an instrument, the stamp to which the instrument is liable under the law may -uiy be affixed and cancelled by any one of •he parties. In all conveyances of real est at by deed where the actual value of the estate convey ed exceeds one hundred dollars, the law pro vide that the stamp affixed must answer to the value does not exceed one hundred dol lars, the instrument of conveyance ts subject to a stamp duty of five cents per sheet. (See Agreement.) Where there is a sale of land incumbered with a m atgage. without a covenant by the grantee ,express or implied, to pay mortgage debt, the stamp must be approbriate to the consideration of the grant' of which consider ation the mortgage will not form a part. Wfiere the grantee assumes to pay the mort gage debt is properly estimated as part of the consideration, and the stamp will be such a* is appropriate to the whole value of the land- A good rile to observe in acknowledging and in recording instruments, is To make an nolo in the acknowledgement or on the record amount of stamp duty affiqed, and the date f cancellation. RULES FOR HOME EDUCATION The following rules are worthy of being printed in letters of gold and p'aced in a con. spiuous place in every household: 1. From your children's earliest infancy incnlcate the necessity of instant obedience. 2 Untie firmness with gentleness. Le your children always understand you mean what you say. 3. Never promise them unless you are quite sur you can g.ve tliem what you say. 4. If yu tell a little cntld to do some thing, show hitn how to d • if, and see 'hat 5. Always punish your c itldren for will" fully disobeving you, but never punish them 1 n anger. 6. Never lot the np rc eve th it thev vex yiii or make you lose your command. 7 If tiiey give wy to (Knulenco or ill temper wait till they are cabn, and 'hen gen tly reason with them 011 the itnproprieeiy o } their conduct. 8. Remember a little present punishment when tlie occasion arises, is much inc-re etK-c --tual than the threatening of a greater punish ment should the fault be renewed. 9. Never give your children anything he cause they cry for it. 10. On no aocount allow them to do at one time what you have forbidden under the circumstances, at another. 11. Teach them that the only way to np pear good i? to be good. 12 Accustom them to make their little recitals with perfect truth. 13. Never allow on tale-bearing -14. Teach them self denial, not self indul gence of an angry and resentful spirit. John L. Burns, tho hero of Gettysburg has been pensioned. Burns is nearly seven ty years of age, and wts the only civilia to Gettysburg who shouldered his musket and entered the Union ranks to repel the invade rs of bis own town. •TZIZI.AXS: SLSO PER. ▲X^STtfaC The Florida Atrocity !* The more We learn of the ioflneooet which led to the Florida expedition aod the ace haw massacre of Olustee the worse the whole a&ic sec ins to be, There is an intense feeling of indignation concerning this matter throtigb* out the country which has not yet f *tmd el* presgion in the newspapers or in Congresc. The letters which reach the North from col* diers, officers, and civilians in that military department agree in tracing the Whole rw> sp msibiliiy for the expedition and coaseqaeot* ly fir the disaster. directly to the White House, at Washington. The moct shameful feature of this whole matter is the I C'-wirdly attempt by the President sod hie ! friends to try and place the responsibility ! upon General G din ore. in the face of thtc formal offic al document: lIKADQCARTERS DP.P.VRTM"*? CT TBX SOOTC, > HILTON HEAD, S. C., January 31 \ In accordance with the provisions of the pre si ilea* tial proclamation of pardon end amnesty, give* at Washingf on on the Bth day of December, in the year of our lord one tbou-and eight hundred and sixty throa. and in pureuarc of iiulrwctimt r seeing from the President of the United States, Major John Hiy. assistant adjutant-pe:\ral. will proceeb to Pgr* nan dia, Florida, and ulkcr convenient point* in thai stale, for the purport of extending to the citirm* the Stale of Florida an opportunity to avail then!• selves of the benift of thai proclamation by offering for their signal urc the oath rf allegiance therein fro* scribed, and by issuing to all those subscribing to said oath certificates emitting then to the benefits efthc proclamation. Tulare citizius of the State cf Fieri la within the limits of this denartma&t will have an opportnnity to subscript! to the. fwae oath, acd secure certif-mie-, in the off'". A the fwt OOWMEHDET at Hilton Head, South Carolina. By command of Majr.p.Qen. QA. &ILS4II. E. W. Smith, A. G. It is clearly pointed nn.t that the expedition as undertaken in p'lrsutnce of iottruclioM received fr .M Mr. LINCOLN himself, who Mot hi ow.i private secretary' JOHN HAT, TO restore the state to the IJuion. Buttli -rj is a secret history in connection with thi* matter. It seems that Mr. Ll*> was inspired to order the expedition by a tas collector, named STICXNET, at Port Royal, I'his mm, w 10 is a sharp, unscrupulous >ew Eighmder, after visit to Washington, boat* led thai he had g.t " Abe „ all right. Than was to be money in the thing for bitr*slf and friend-, Even the offices weri divided in ad* vance. IIAT was to be the roomer Congress from Florida while STIPSNXT eepired to ths enatorihip. As only about a lhonaad vote# were required, they could be got from tbo soldiers, camp followers, and sutlers, who would occirpy the state upon its conquest In every point of view this has bean a most scandalous business. Why VM Hit made a major and then an assistant adjutant- gen eral over the heads of brave officers Who wars perilingiheir lives upon the battle field for honorable promotion? What heart eats men have for fighting under such —imstsnaaS Another shameless proceeding vu the* home of two New Hampshire rcgi* raents, all the way from Jacksonville, imme diately after the slaughter, to Tote for Gil- MORE for governor. The regiments-wto a well informed Pori R >yal correspondent in forms us—were nughs, so it is moat beauti lully ordained by Providence, that woman, who is the mere dependent and ornament of man , in his happier hours, should be hie stay and solace when suddenly smitten with calamity, winding herself into the rugged re* cesses of his nature, tenderly supporting the drooping head, and binding up tba broken heart." ABUSING HIMSELF — A certain green cue tooier, who was a stranger to mirrors, and who stepped into the cabin of ona of our ocean steamers, Mopping in front ofa large pier glas, which he took for a door, said. ', f f-ay, mister, vrhao does this here boat start 7" Ceiling no reply frcm the dumb reflection before him, he repeated his question: 44 1 say, mister, when does this here boat, start:" Incensed at the still silsnt figure, be broke out: 44 Go to thunder, you darned sassafras col ored, shock-headed bull calf; you don't loek as if you knew much anyhow!" A LETTER from out West from a plena individual says : 4t Dear Brother, I have gat one of the handsomest farms in the etate,aod have it nearly paid for. Crops are geod and prices were never better. Wa have bad a glorious revival of religion in ebureh, and both of our children (the Lord be praised ) are c inverted—Father got to ba rather aa incumberanee, and last week I Mat bin to the poor-house Ifa man is bitten by a dog be it likely to gel mad, whether the animal hae the bydrophobi or not. VOL. 3, NO. 31.