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laws or tiii: nxirri) ktatcs, T9scdattht Thir l S n iou 'of the Thirtytertnih CrurLXXlY. An Act to amend n Ae tntitled An .Act to provido internal Revenue to support the (; vtrnujcBt and. jKty interest on tbe Public ' Dcl'tt"p.roVi..l July first, eighteen bandied and ' ixty-fwo, and fc-i other Purges. Jie it rei'tlvrrf ly theS-nate find JIutite of Keprein etatirieofth Unittd Staff "f Amrric in Congret A'tcmUed, Thst "An act to provide internal revenue to support the Government and pay interesf on the public debt," approved July firfc eighteen hundred and t-ixty-two, be and thesaino hereby is, aineuded as hereinafter set forth, namely: That wherever nny written notice, or other In Ftrument in writing is required, the sam t-hn'l he lawful if written or pirtly written and printed. That section eleven be, and herc i ., amended io as to authorize assistant assessors to perform any duties therein imposed Un a.-e.-ors. Tqrt section nineteen be o amended that the deputy collector, ad wdl as the collector may per form all the duties required of the kh id collector in the said section; sind any notice by said section to iorson? who neglect to pay their taxes may bo sent y mail or lert at the dwc!lnj .r usual places of lusine?s of such person.", il any they have written or printed, aul said mt;ee shiill state the amount i-f duty or tax for which such person are liable, in cluding the ten per centum ad iiti m il. a provided for in said foctioii, demand f.a.. ijh ni of lbs name: and with rerpect to all -u-b duii -s r txe asnrej not incluicd in the ar.uu ii lit-f as provided t.r in ' aid section and all tuxes and duu- the mllci-timi 1 if which i. not ctlieru! provided for in t.iid act I it rhall be the duty of t ! U cull i'-l'r in j -rson r j lydctuty to oVi;iu,.i payiaut tiicilor; in the manner provided v ni.ui icu (ls trom una mttT the expiration ; the ttmu withiii wi.idi such du y or tfix hhoiild have If en pi i; and a.iy py "f di- tnilit hha'il ho ;ej nt 1 t,e dwelling T HsuhI place of lusinc.-? ol the iw.r tr jMssts-or of the pn.p riy detained: lV'.vid -d, That such pei.il di-uiand tball not Le ncco--:iry in repot taxes assessed by section sevcuty-SL-vci of J.:d -t. That sfh-tion t . -nty-fi-ht ba, nnl hereby is, amended, ly trikin,r out Itu- words -f n IV it and pay the sum of five bundled doiiary," and iudtriiu.; in lieu theroof ':upon conviction thereof by a Ci-nrt of competent jurisdiction, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollar, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding two years, at the discretion of the court." That FecMon forty-three be amended by striking cut the following words; "and any person who shall Vfo any cask or package so marked; for the purpose cf selling Spirits of a quality different from that so inrpectcd shall be subject to a like penalty for each cask or package so u.ed," and inserting in lieu thereof "and any person who shall fraudulently uso any cask or package so marked for the purpose of selling any other Fpirits than that so inspected, or for selling spirit of a quality or quantity differ ent from that so inspected shall be subject to a like penalty, as provided for each cask or package so used." That section forty-foar be. and hereby is, amend ed, by striking out the words "to be coutinguou to such distillery." That section fifty-five be, and hereby is amended by inserting after tho words "thai! not be paid at the time of rendering the account of the same as herein required," the words "or at the time when they shall have become payable." That section sixty-four be, and hereby is so fmended, "That no license shall be required of an Hitomy having taken out a license as such in comseq-icnee of being employed to purchase rent, there for others in tho ordinary courso of business; ' in paragraph number sixteen by inserting after the word "tavern;'," the words, "or eating-houses;" by adding tj paragraph camber twenty-eight the tol lowing word: ".Xur sha'd ap.thocarios who have taken out a licem-e as retail dealers in liquors in consequence of telling alcohol;" and in paragraph kuaibcr twenty-niue by inserting after the word "merchandise," "or who shall manufacture by hand ir machinery, for any other ierson, or pcr.son3,gi ois wares, or merchandise." That section sixty four le, and hereby is, further amended by ad lir.g at the end thereofthe follow ing paragraphs: :Thirty-four. Architects and civil engineers fu&II pay ten dollars for each license. Every per soe whose business it is to plan, design, or superin tend the construction of buildings, or ships, or of reads, or bridges cr canals, or railroads, shall be re garded as an architect and civil engineer under this act: Provided, Thaj this shall not include a practical carpenter who labors on a building. "Thirty-live. Builders and contractors shall pay twenty-five dollors for each license. Every person whose business it is to construct buildings, or ships or bridges, or canals , or railroads by contract, shall be regarded as a builder and contractors under this this act; Provided, That no license shall be re quired from any person whose building contracts do not exceed two thousand fiv hundred d-liars in any one year. Thirty-six. Stallions and jack, owners of, shall pay ten dollars for each license. Every per- ' eon who keeps a malo horo or a jackass for tho ue j or mart?, requiring or rooeing pay therefor, shall be required to take out a license nnivr this act, which shall contain a brief description of the ani mal, iu age,' and place er places where ucd or to be used; Provided, That all accounts, notes, or de mands, for the ue of ai.y such horse or jack with out license, as aforesaid shall be inva.:d aud of no force in any court of law or equity. "Thirty-sivcn. Lut.try-titket ue ile. s shall p.-y cue thousand JuiLirs for each lie-u.-. t.v ,y r son, association, firm, or corporation :i- i m.i!c.' sell, or offer to sell lottery tick i3'.i ira.. . n i p.t: !s thereof, or any okfn, ccrtirijaie, or .io.i.-H r-, re senting or intended to reprcs i.t a 1m. r ii.-k.c w uny fractional prt thereof, . r auy po.i -y ., uu a bcrs in any lottery, or sbaii mi ,.ig. a.iy ..ufy -.r prepare schemes of !ott n -. or sai ri.ito.i i r,,.- drawirg of any lottery, - i I b : ticket dealer under this t "Thirty-eirht. Ittui. ; dollars for ea-h iieertse. Ai-y r as agent t-f any fire, nwrii.c, ! t insurance eouiaro, or cm il 'i'JU i I d oiy ,! S s :, mi lliU" i. , or i v ;her i .i.j.-. shall be legnrded as an in u ..r.rc h; ii. u.. : r tm.s act: Provided, That no license -i.hu oj n-a. ,l ,,: any insurance agent or Wiki?r wa .- ;.e;is.i such agent are less than the suui it six huii.irea dollrrs in any one year. "Thirty-nine. Butchers 'shall pay ten dollars for each license Every person whose business it is to sell butcheri' meat at retail shall be regarded as a Imtchcr under this act; Provided, That no butcher baling taken onj a license, and paid ten dollars therefor, shall be required to take ont a license as retail dealer ou account of selling other articles as the same store, stall, or premises; Provided further That butchers who retail butchers' meat exclusive ly from a cart or wagon by themselves or agents shall be rexuirod to pay five dollars only for each license, any existing law to the contrary notwith standing, and having taken out a license as a pedlor for retailing butchers' moat, as aforesaid: And pro Tided further, That no license shall be required of a butcher whose annual sales do not exceed one thou sand dollars. "Forty. Uotail dealers shall pay ten dollars for rach license. Every porson whose business or oc cupation it is to sell or offer for sale any goods, wares, or merchandise of foreign or domestic pro duction, not including wines, spiritous or malt li qrp but not extending rrrugs, medicines, cigars, nuff, or tobacco, and whose aunual hale exceed one thousand and not exceed twenty-fire thousand dollars, shall be regarded as a retail dealer under th is a; t. "Forty-one. Wholesale ccalcra, whose annual Ffiles do not exceed fifty thousand dollars, shall pay twenty-five dollars, for each license; if exceeding ftty thousend, and not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, shall pay filty dollars for each license: exceeding onehunired thousand and not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, shall pay one hundred dollars for each license; ex ceeding two hundred and fifty thousand de liars shall pay two hundred dollars for each license; ex ceeding five hundred thousand and not exceeding one million dollars and not exceeding to million dollars shall pay five hundred dollars for each li cense; eveeeding two millions of dollars, shall pay two hundred and fifty dollars for every, million of dollars in excess of two millions.of dollars, Jn addi tion to the five hundred dollars. Every person Ehall be regarded as a nholesale dealer under this ct whose business or occupation it is to sell or offer to sell any goods, wares, vr merchandise of foreign or domestic production, not exclueding dis tilled spirits, fermented liquors or wines, but not excluding drugs, medicines, cigars, snuff or tobacco, whose annnal sales exceed twenty-five thonsAnd dollars; and the lioense required by any whulesale dealer shall not be for a less amount than his sales for the previous year, unless he has made or pro poses to make some change in his business that will obviously reduce tho amount of his annnal sales; nor shall any license as wholesale doaler allow any i such person to act as a commercial broker; t'rovided That any license understated may be again asses sed. . . " -Forty-two. Wholesale doalers in liquors shall pay for each license tho amount required in this act for license to" wholesale dealers. Every person other than the distiller or q-erer, who shall sell or offer for salo uny distilled spirit, fermented liquors xnd wines of ail kinds; in quantities or more than f three gallons at one time, or whose nnnoal aales ; thali exceei twenty-five thousand dollars, shull , take out a license as a wholesale dealer in hquois . Forty-three. lieUil dealers in liquors shall pay twenty dollars for each lieen. -Errry prsn ot ier than a distiller or brewer, who shall sHl or offer for sale apy distilled spiriU, fermented libuort, or iue ; of any description, ia quantities of thr e gallons or. less, and whose annual sales do notexed tweury five thousand dollars, frhall be r p r !td b- h r- iil dealer in liquors nndt-rihis In-; bu n-xl.n iufv.iii contained shall . authorize tt. t .' : t y pims liquor, wines cr xurult liuu.rj to hw !.-(. t on .S premises: Provided, Tliat no person Liecnsod to keep ii Lotd , inn or tavern, shall be allowed to sell tiny liquors to be taken off the premises and no )ers,n licensed to keep an eating hoese shall bo allowed to sell spiritous cr rinons liquors. And no person wro has taken out a license to kee, a hotel, inn, tavern, or eating house shall be required to take ont a license as a tobacconist bucauso of any tobacco or cignrs furnishtd in tho usual course of business a a keeper of a hotel,' inn, Urern or cit ing hoa." - - .-. .. That section seventy-gre be, and hereby is amend d by inserting atcr the words "Provided, That hite lead, oxide of xino.ard sulphate of barytes," the words "and paints and painters' colors," by in serting before the words "on lard oil," and attach ed to the next preeecding senten'-e.as follows: "and nil duties or iujcacai.cotd luiiici and delivered by coal operators at the mines on contracts made prior to July fint, eighteen hundred and sixty two, chall he paid by the purchasers thereof;" by strik ing out the following words: "on sugar refined, whether leaf, lump, granulated or pulveriicd, two mills per pound; on sugar, reiinca, or maae iroin nsolassscs, airup of molasses, Jiiolad", or concentra ted mclcdo, twn mills per pound, ' and insetrng in lien thereof as follows; "suj-ar refiners shall piy one and one half of one percent, on ths gross omount of the sales or all tho produces 01 ine.r manuiaciories: Provided, That evcrv person 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 rc-crystal!iztion; or by liquoring, claying, or other washing process, or by any other chemical or mechanical means; or who shall advance the quali ty or value of molasses and concentrated ncolassos, melado or concentrated molado, by boiling or other pr,f ?s;" and by inserting therein, in lieu of any oiher duties, or rates of duty, on the articles here inafter enumerated in thi section, or provisions cxi-uiig in relation there to the following; "On m r ue engines, three per centum ad valorem On itveis, X- ceding one fourth of one inch inch in d-.ttu :tor. mils, wrought railroand chars, bolts, nod b..isi-lnes, to dollars per ton; Provided, That where a duy up n the iron from which said arti cles i-b.tll liitve qcn made has been actualy paid, an ddduii.iul du y only shall be paid of fifty cents jM-r ton; "O i r "ed bras., copper, and yellow sheathing iiietl, in rod tr sheets, one per centum ad valorem; -On sni!s, tents, ?bado,awn!ng3, and bags, made of C'tt'-n, tiax, or hemp, or part of either, or other mat-rials, three per eeutum ad valorem; Provided, That the sewing of sacils, sails.) cents, shades. awniug, cnri'its and bag the materials thereof be longed to the employer, shall bs exempt from duty where the cloth oa material from whkh they are made was imported, or has becu subject to and paid a duty; 'On tobacco, cavendish, plug, twisl. fine cut, and manufactured of all descriptions, i, not including snuff, cigars, an 1 smoking tobacco, preaared with all the stems in or made exclusively of items,) fif teen cents per p mnd; - - "On smoking tobacco prepared with all the steins in, and on smoking tobacco made exclusively of 8tcm, five cents per pound; On snuff manufactured of tobacco, on stems, or of any substituto for tobacco, ground, dry, or dump, of all descriptions, twenty o:nts per pound; 'Ou mineral or medic inal waters, or waters from spr ns impregnated with minerals, ona cent for each bittle containing not more than one quart; when containing more than one quart, two cents for each bottle; "Tailors, boot and shoscmakers, millinors and dressnnker3, making clothing or articles of dress foremen's, women's, or children's wear, to order as custom-work, and not for sale gent-rally, shall, so the amount of one thousand dollars, bj exempt from duty and for anv exjoss leyon 1 the amount of ono thousand dollars shall pay a duty of ono per centum ad valorem; "On umbrellas and parasols, made of cotton, silk, cr other material, three per eeutum ah valorem; .'On all ships, barques, brigs, s booners, sloops, sail qoats, steamboats, (not Including the engine canal boats, and all other vessels or water craft hereafter built, made, or constructed two per cent; "On sugar candy and all confectionary made wholly or in part of sugar, valued at fourteen cents per pound or less, two cents per pound; when valued at exceeding fourteen cents and not exceeding for ty cents per iouud, three cents per pound, or when add otherwise than by the pound, gve per centum ad valorem; "On nil geld leaf fifteen cents per pack, contain ing not more thae twenty books of twenty-five leaves each; "On eastings of iron exceeding ten pounds in weight for each casting, not otherwise "provided for in this act, or in the . act to which this act is an amendment, one dollar and fifty cent? per ton: Pro vided, That there shall be deducted from duties assessed upon railroad cars any duties which may have been assessed and paid upon car-wheels un der the prouisions of this act; "On clocks akd timepeicos) and on clock move ments when sold without being eased, three per centum ad valorem." That section seventy-seven be, and hereby is, niocnded by "requiring the taxes provided for in that secti n to be levied, collected and paid annual lv, by any person or persons owning possessing or k eping any carriage, yacht, plate, or biliinrd-ta-ble; by inserting in the grst paragraph of Schedule A, after the words "kept for uso." the words "lor hire or for passengers;" and by exempting from duty plate belonging to religious societies. That section seventy eigit be, and hereby is amended, by reducing the duty so that on burned cattle, slaughtered the duty sh all be twenty eents per head, on sheep aud lambs, slaughtered, the du ty rhall be three cents jer head, and on hogs, -m lightered, efecocdiug one hundred pounds in w iht. irhout regard to age, sixcrnts each, and i,o outy -hali bo charged on bogs, and sheep slaugh ( red ny any ; ercoii for bis or her own consumption i. t i x veaing Ax. of each, shall be exempt from .uiy. rii.i- se, ;ioi, o-n.-ty-cii" bo amended by striking ui to :Ui " r on any articles manufactured" :.f.. r ti.e rd -d itisod." .' TiiM's ;i.M niii'-iy three be amended so that in . i.-V i n- g ct or i-.-i i.-a! to make the returns refer r. i ; i:. i i s.i! i sj. t,un the proceedings thereafter l tin- .is.- io . ; .iid coiitiction of the duty 'shall o- in i. sr no ma iincr a3 provided for in other r.i.- -s t n 1 e l . T,i. a - c n iii..ety-nLne bo amended by striking u Le" j.-d-"uiiiv.-iy-tliree," preoeding the words u-' , ;.i in-ei ting "ninety-eight. That s. ii- ti one hundred and two be, and hereby is uiuo'ad. d, by striking out the words "thereupon allow and duct from," and inserting in lieu there of tho wftrds "allow . upon;" by striking out the words "added to the amount, after deducting the allowance or per centum, as aforesaid." and insert ing injieu thereof the words,. "paid by the pur chaser of such stamped paper, vellum, or parchment;' and by striking out the word "discount" and insert ing in lieu thereof the word "commission ? That section one hundred and twelve be, and hereby is amended by inserting, after the word "district" where it first occurs, as follows: "of which the doccaved person was a resident;" and by in serting after the word "district." where it next oc curs, as follows: "of which the deceased person was a resident.", ; ' ' ' : ' . Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That on and after the first day of Eay, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, so person or pernios, assat iat ion, firm, or eorjtoration, shall make, sell, or offer for sale, or dispose of any lottery ticket, or fractional part thereof, It any policy of numbers in any lottery, or any token, certificate, or device representing or in tended to represent the holder, or any other, person or persons, as entitled or to be entitled, in any lot tery, lottery scheme or game of hazard or chance to be drawn to any part or share r part of a prtte, or any sum or p-irt or share of any sum of moay, or other articlo of value or any fractional part thereof without affixing hereto an adhesive sUiubor stamps denoting tho duty imposed by this act, imd in de fault thereof shall incur a petalty of fifty dollars for each nod srery'jurh. offmice; --and no prize or part of a prise drawn to or by any ticket, or f rac -tional part thereof, tckon, certigcote. or device as aforesaid , and - no sum of mont-y or thing of value mide payable or deliverable up.m any stake or in vestment) or of risk in, or upon any policy of num bersy shall bo dmanded or recovered by any-legal proceedings or otherwise without the ticket or frac tions 1 part thereof, r policy of numbers token cer tigcate, or device, shall have baon duly stamped at the time of the making sale or delivery or disposal thereof: Provided. That, in addition to all other pcualties and forfeitures now .imposed by law for the evasion of stamp duties, any person who shall purchase, obtain or receive ary lottery ticket, or fractional part thereof, or any token, certificate, or device representing or wi tended to represent a lot tery ticket, or fractional part thereof, or any policy of numbers, without first having thereon the stamp imposed by this act, may rocorcr from the person of whom the s ime was purchased, obtinedor roceivtd c any time within throe years thereafter, before any court of competent jarisdiction, a sam equal to twice the amount paid for such ti?ket oi fractional part thereof, token, . certificate, or device or staked or invested ia or upon any policy of cumbers as aforesaid, with ju.t aud legil ctwU: Provided fur ther, That the stamp duty herein provided for shall bo classed in the act to which this act is an amend- -meat under Sohedu'e B, as foll-iw., to" wit; "Lottery tickets, fractional parts of lottery tickers 1 policies of number In lotteries t -kens cartini'tesr ! devices In any fcrm,. representing . th Bolder, or, any person or persons ai entitled or be entitled in any Jot-ery, scheme,, os gama el bainrd or hanee, hereafter to be drawn to any prixe or portion of a! prize br ura of money,' or tharo 'thereofj, or other article of valne or any portion or stare thereof, when su' h ticket fractional part of a tioket, policy of numbrrs, toxen, certificate, or. deviso, shall not exceed one dollar in ho am mnt riskc-i or ia the re tail price thttrof, fifty cntsf bit whew such tieket f.a -tioivil pait of a ticket, policy token certificate, i vice shall see.'d nna dollar ia tho amount r-!v A lw in t:.f r. u:il Ti"e theireof, then for each ry J .oar, or tra-tio:iai iirt there .f over and yoowo.n dollar, ,i P't.iv )u titioued, aa aeidition- "vi ''f-vijjd, however, Tha: no Stamp duty herein. provided for shill bo construed to aukboriau any l.Uery or the sale of any lottery or the sale of any lottery tickets, tokens, or certifi cafes, representing -shares or fractional parts of snares therein, within any state or territory of the Unired 'States in which lotteries or the sale of lot tery tickets is sr shall ke specially proqibitcd by tho laws thereof, or in violation of the laws of any state cr territory; and nothing in this act shall be held or construed So as to prevent the several states within the limits thereof, from placing a duty, lax or license, for state purposes, on any sale of lottery tickets ou which a duty is required to qe paid by this act." Sec. 3: And bo it farther enacted, That any per son of persooi. firtn," company o corporation, who shall isMief tickets or contracts of insurance against fa'al or non-fatal insury to persons while travelling by land or water, shall pay a duty of ono per centum on the gross amount of ail the reeeprs for such in surance, and shall be subject to all. the provisions and regulation o, existing law applicable thereto, in relatfort to insurance eompaniel: 1 rovided, Ibat no stamp duty shall be required upon tickets or contrats'of insujti'.ce as aforesaid when limited to fatal or noV-fatal injury to persons while traveling. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That ail con tracts for the purchaso or sale of gold or silver coin, or bullion, and all contracts for the loan of mii.ney or currency secured by pledge or deposit, or other disposition of gold or silver coin of the Udited State if to be performed after a period exceeding three days, shall ba in writing or printed, and signed by the parties' of their agents or attorneys, and shail have one or more adhesive stamps, as provided in tho act to which this is an amendment, equal in amoutt to one half of oue p;r centum and interest ut 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 tinio whatever, said loan pledge or deposit shall be subject to the duty im posed on loans exceding three days. And nc loan of currency or money on the security of gold or sil ver coin of tho United States, as aforesad, or of any certificate or other evijonce of deposit payable in gold or siiver coin, shall be made exceeding in amont the par value of the coin pledged or deposit ed as security; andanyQi-h loan so made, or at tempted to be m ide, shall bo utterly void; Provided That if gold or silver coin be loaned at its par value it sha'l be subject only to the duty imposed on other loans; Provided further. That nothing herein contained shall apply ;o any transaction by or with the government of ihc United States. Sec. o. 'And be it further enacted, That all con tracts, louns, or sales of gold and silver coin and bullion, not made in ascordance with this act, shall qe wholly and absolutely void; and in addition to the penalties provided in this act to which this is an amendment, any party to said contract may, at any time within one year from the date of the con tract, bring suit before any court of competent jur- di tion to recover back, for his own use and bene fit, the money paid on any contract not made in ac cordance with this act. So-. 6. And be it further enacted, That section ono hundred an i ten be,a:ii hereby is, anion ded as loijows: "Any memorandum, check, receipt, or other written or printed evidence of an amount of money to qe paid on deui.ind or at a time designated shall be considered at a promissory note within the meaning of the last section be and is hereby amend ed so that any inland bill of exebagu draft or order for the payment of any sum of money exceeding twenty dollars, otherw.se than at sight or on de mand, and any promissory note rhall in lieu of the duties proscribed in Schedule 15 j have a stamp or st imps athxed thcro.m denoting a duty, upon every turn of two hundred dollars or any fractional part thareof, if payable on demand or at any time not ex.-eeding th rty-three dpys including the grace troin the date or sight, of oue cent, 01 If payable at any time not lass than thirty-three days as aforesaid, and not exceeding sixjy-three days, including the grace, from date or sight, of two cedts, 02-; If payable at any time not less than sixty three days, as aforesaid and not ixceo-iing nine-ty three days; including the grace, from date or sight, of three cents, J)J. If payable at any time not less than ninety three days, as aforesaid aLd not exceeding four menths from dale or sight and grace, of lour cents 01 If payable at any time not !e?s than four months, from date or sight and grace, of ten cents, 10. . And tat Schedule 1, following section ono hun dred and ten he and is hereby furiher amended, so that the stamp duty on certifh at -s of any other description than those specigod in said schedule, in lieu of ten cents as therein prescribed; shall be five cents, 05. On passage tickets by an vessel from a port of the United States to a foreign port, c sting dollars or less, fifty cents, 50. On any power ot attorney for the sale or transfer of any scrip or oertifichte ot profits" ie memoran dum, showing an interest in the profits or accumu lations of any corporation or association, if for a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, ten cents, 10 On any policy of insurance or other instrument, by whatever name the same shall be called, by which insurance shall be made or renewed upon property of any description w hether ft'un-C perils by sea, or by fire or other peril of any kind made by any insurance cotnoauy or its agums or by any other company or pe:son in wiiin toe p.e.u.uui or liars, ten cems, ussessiuc-nt stiaU not exceed ten d 10.1 Ou any bill of sale by which any ship or vessel i r any part thereof shall be conveyed to or Vested iu any other person or persons when tho consideration hall not exceed five hundred dollars, there .-hall be uflixed a stamp or stamps denoting a duty of twenty-five cents, 25 If trie consideration exceeds live hundred and does not exceed one thousand dollars, the duty shall be fifty ceuts, 50. If the consideration exceeds one thousand dollars for each and every addition I amount of one thou sand dollars, or any fnictional part thereof in ex cess of one thousand dollars, the duty in addition shall be fifty cents, 50. On each and every as ignmentor transfer of a mortgage, lease or policy of insnraa'ce, a stamp du ty shall be paid equal to that imposed on the origi nal instrument. Any power of attorney, conveyance, or document of any kind made, or purporting to be in vie, in any foreign country la be used in the United States shall pay the same duty ns is required by law on similar instruments or documents when made or is i-sued in the Tmted States; and tho party to whom it is to bo used, shall before using the same, affix thereon the stamp or stamps indicating tne duty re quired. Any mortgage or perseal bond for the payment of money; or as security for the payment of any defi nite or certain sum of money; in lieu of the duties impsed as prescribed in-Schedule li following the one hundred and tenth section, 6hall have a stamp or stamps affixed thereon denoting a duty upon every sum of two hundred doilars, or any fractional part thereof, of ten cents, 10. No conveyance deed mortgage. cr writing, where by any lands, tenements, realty, or other property shall be sold, granted, assigned or otherwise con veyed or shall be madejas security for the payment ot any sum of money shall be . required to pay a stamp duty of more than the sum of one thousand dollars, anything to the contrary notwithstanding. o stamp duty shall be required on powers ot at torney or any other paper relating to applications for bounties arrearages of pay, or pensions or to the receipt thereof from time to time; or indemnity awarded for depredations and injuries by certain bands of Sioux Indians; uor on any warrant of at torney accompauying a bond or note; when such bond or note shall have aiiixed thereto the stamp or stamps denoting the duty required; and whenever any bond or noiee shall bo secured by a mortgage but one stamp daty shall be required to be placed on such papers: Provided, That the stamp duty placed thereon is the highest required for said instruments or either of them: nor on certificates of the measure ment or weight of animals, wood coal or other arti cles; noron daposit-notes to mutual insurance eom panids for insurance upon which policies subject to stamp duties have been, or are to be, issued; nor on anp certificate of the record of a deed or other in strument in writing or of the acknowledgment or proof thereof by attesting witnesses. The duty or itamp required for transportation by express companies and oshers is hereby repealed, and such transportation shale be exempt from stamp duty. That the stimp daty on a contract or agreement for th cbartor of any ship or vessel, or steamer, as now provided for in Schedule B, or any letter: memorandum or other writing between the captain master, or owner, or person acting as agent of any ship, or vessel or steamer, and any other person or persons for or relating to the charter of such ships orvefsol or steamer, -if-, the , registered tonage of such ship, or vessel, or fteamer, does not exceed one hundred aud fifty tons, shall bo one dollar (f 1. Exceeding one hundred and fifty tons and not exceeding three hundred tons, three dollars f$3. Exceeding three hundred tons and not exceeding six hundred tons, fiv dollars, 55. Exceeding six hundred ton?, ten d.illars, $10 Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the com missioner of internal revenue be, and he is hereby, authori7.ee to prescribe such method for the can cellation of stainp as a substitute for or in addi tion to the method now prescribed by law, a ho may deem expedient and effectual. And he is further authorized in his' discretion to . make the application of su ch method imperstive upon the "IviiihE' u-"r,iL prjTtetarj articles, ana upon! fwmpoi t nominal value exceeding twentyfive cents each. ' . . - '. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That on and arter the passage of this act, any person or persons owning or possessing, or having the care or manage ment of any canal company or canal navigation or slack wa ter corporation, or turnpike companies be ing indebted for any sum or sums of money for wnun bonds or other evidences of indebtedness bare teen issued payable in one or more years af ter da e upon which interest is or shall be, stipu lated to be pail or coupons representing the interest shali bo or shall have been issued to be paid; and all dividends in serin or money, pr sums of money thereafter declared due or payable to stockholders of any canal navigation or siaek-water or turnpiko company, as part ot the earning proms or gtins oi "said companies shall be suuj -ct to and pay a duty of three ner centum on the amount of all such, in terest. or coudohs. or dividends whenever the same shall bo na.d: and said canal companies or can a; navigation, or slack-water corporations, or turnpike companies, or any person or persons owning, pos sessing or having the care . or management of any ennal comnany, are hereby authorized aud rebuired to deduct and withold from all payments made to any peri on, persons or party after the first day of July, as aioresaia on account oi any interest, or coupons, or dividends due and payable, as aforesaid the said duty or sum of three per cantum; and the duties deducted, as aforesaid, and certified by the president or o'.her proper oBhser of said company or corporation, shall be a receipt ana discharge, ac cording to the amount thereof of said canal com pmiea or canal navigation, or slack-water corpora tions or turnpike companies ana the owners, pos ssors, and agents thereof on dividends and on bonds or other evidences of their indebteness upon whieh interest or coupons are piyable, holden by any person or party whatsoever, and a list or roturn shall be made and rendered within thirty days the time fixed when said interest or coupons or divid ends become due or payable and as often a every, six months to the commissioner of internal ie venue which shall contain a true and faithful aoc.tJnt of the duties received and chargable, as aforesaid dur ing the time - when such duties have accrued or should accrue, and remaining unaccounted for; and there shall be annexed to every such list or return a declaration under oath or affirmation in manner and form as m iy be prescribed by tho commissioner of internal revenue of the president treasuier, or some proper omcer of said canal company or canal or navigation ana slack water corporation or turn pike companies that the same contains a true and faithful aocount of (he duties so withheld and re ceired during the timo when such duties have ac crued orshold Lave accrue and not accounted for: and for any default in the making or rendering of such list or return, with the declaration annexed, as aforesaid, the person or persons owning possess ing or having the care or management of such canal company or canal navigation or slack water corpor ation or turnpike companies making such default shall forfeit as a penalty the sum of five hundred dollars; and in case of any default in making or rendering said list or of any default in the paymenf ot the duty or any part thereot. accruing or which should accrue the assessment and collection shallbe, made according to the general provisions of the act to which this act is an amendment. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That any pei son or persons, firms, companies or corporations, owning or possession or having the care or manage ment of any ferry boat or vessel used as a firry fcoat propelled by tcara or horse power, in lieu of the duties now imposed by law shall be subject to subject to pay a duty of ono ane haft of one per centum upon the gross receipts of such ferry-boat; and return and payment thereof shall be made sn tho manner prescribed in the act to which this aot is an amedment. Sec. 15 And be it further enacted, That on and after the first day of April eighteen hundred and sixty three any person or persons, firms, companies, or corporations carrging on ordoing an express bust ncss shall, in lieu of the tax and stamp duties ira posed by existing laws, be subject to and pay a du ty oi two per centum on the gross amount of all the receipts of such express businoss, and shall besub- jec. ta the same provisions, rules, and penalties as are prescribed in section eighty or the act tc which this is an amendment, f or the persons, firms com panies or corporations owning or possessing or hav ing tee management of railroads stcambots, and ferry-boats; and all acts o r parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Sec. 11. And bo it further enacted, That in esti mating the annual gains, irofit, or ineotnu of any person, under the act to which this act is an amend ment the amount actually pud by such person for tho rent of the dwelling house or estate on which he n sides shall be first deducted from the gains, profit or income of such person. Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That no du ty shall be rebum-d to be assessed or collected on beer, lager beer, alo, or proper, brewed or manu factured, or on co il illuminating oil . refined, pro duced by the distillation of coal asphaltum, shale, peat petroleum, or rock oil distilled spirits-, cotton or woollen fabrics, when brewed, manufactured, or distilled prior to tho first day of Sej teiuber, eigh teen hundred and Sixty-two, whether tne same was removed for consumption or sale, or not, when tho owner agent, or superintendent of the brewery or premises in which such articles as aforesaid were made, manufactured produced or distilled, shall furnish to the assessor of the district without costs cr expense to the United Sta'es, satMactory proof that such beer, lager beer, ale, or proper, or such coal illunvnating oil, 'regned, produced by tho dis tillation of coal, asphaltum, shale, peat petroleum, or rock oil distilled spirits, cotton or woollen fab rics, was actually brewed manufactured, produced, or distilled prior to the first day of September, eigbtea hunered and sixty two. i s afoiesitid: Pro vided, That in addition u tho fia.-tionai parts of a barrel allowed in section fifty ot the a t to which tiiis act is an amendment, fractional p .r a o a bar rel m ay be thirds and fixths wbeMi ihe quauty therein contained i- n't irrt- a rhan -ucti n tiou al part iepre t n s: Pr vided, fun he;, Tnat from and atter tue pus.-age ol this act, an 1 until the fl. st day of April, tighten hundr d an t sixty-tour, there sba 1 be paid tin all beer, lagei beer, ale por ter and other similar fe. mcutud iiquois may be call a duy only of sixty cents for each and every barrel containing not more than thirty-one gallons, and at a l.ke rate for any other quantity or for fract onal parts of a barrel: And provided, f urter, That the commissioner of internal revenue is authorized to make rules providing for deductions on account of leakage, from tho quanty or sp:rituous liquors sub ject to taxation under the act to which this act is an amendment, not exceeding five per centum of the amount removed for sale; and said deductions sholl be so adjus ed in the different parts of the United States as to be projo'tioned, as nearly as practicable, to the distances over which the manu facturer usually transports said libuors for the wholesale theroof; and the owner of the aforesaid liquors shall be charged with and pay the expense Ot a; ert lining the leakage. Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That any brewer of ale, beer, larger beer, porter, or other malt liquors, shall be required to render accounts and make returns on the first day of each and every month, and no oftener; and no brewer of ale beer, lager boer, porter, or other malt libuors, shall hereafter be req lired to keep a record or an account or to report or return the quanties of grain or other vegetable productions, or other substances put into tho mash-tub by him i r his agnt or superintendent for the purp le of rroduein-: malt liuuors anv law .to the contray notwithstanding. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That every incorporated bank, or other bank legally authorized to issue notes as circulation which shall neglect or omit to make dividends or additions to its surplus or contingent funds as often as ounce iu six months shall in lieu thereof, make returns under oath to the commissioner of internal revenue on the first days of January and July in each year, or within thirty days thereafter of the amount of profiits which have accrued or been earned and received by said bank during ths six months next preceding said first days of January and July; and at the time of making such returns, shall p.iy to thecom--missione-r of internal revenue a duty of three pe cent, on such profits, and shall be subject to the provisions of the eighty-second suction of the act to which this is an addition: t'rovided , That the re turn for the first of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-ttbree, shall bo made within thirty days after the passage of this act. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the several assessor shall on the first Monday of May next, and on the first .Monday of .May in each suc ceeding year, direct and cause the several assistant assessors to proceed thrmighrevery part of their re spective districts, aud inquire after and concerning all perfons being within ,th ( assessment districts where they respectively reside, and liable to license duty uriaer the provisions of til's act 'or of the act to which this is in addition and assess such persons as in said acts is required. And all licences so as sessed shall continue in force until the first day of May in any year shall expire in the first day of May following, and shalLhtt issued upon the pay ment of a retaiiable proportion of the whole amount of duty imposed for such license; an i each lieense so granted shall be ' dated on the first day of the month in which it is issued: Provided, That any person, firm or corporation that on the first day of May next shall hold an nnexpired license shall be assessed a ratable proportion ior the time between the expiration of the lioense and the first day of May. eighteen hundred and sixty-four. : Sec. 16. And be it further enacted, That in any collection district where in the judgement of the coiuniissionei of internal revenue, the facilities for the procurement and distribution of stamped vel lum, paicbment or paper, and adhesive stamps ar or shall' be insufficient, the commissioner, as afore said, s authorized to furnish supply, and deliver to the collector of any such district a suitaqle quantity or amount of stamped vellum, parchment or jwiper and adhesive slumps, without prepayment thereof, and siiall 'allow the highest rate of eommiseions to the collector allowed by law to any other parties purchasing the same, and may, in ad vrnce, require of any such collector a bond with -nfficient securi ties to an amount equal to the value ot any stamp ed vt-Uum, parch m ont or paper and adhesive stamps which nuiy be plaeel in his hand and remain un accounted for, conditioned for the faithful retarn, whenever so required of alffjuantities or amounts undisposed of, and for tho p-tyment monthly of all quantities or ameunts sold or not, remaining on band. And it shall be the duty of such collector to supply his deputies with, or sell, to other parties I withm .Lis disf -tt who, may make applications therefor, stamp, allum parchrunt or paper, and adhesive stamps,' wpon" the saaie terms allowed by law, or nndct the regulations of the commissioner of internal revenue, who" is hereby authorized to make such each other regulations, cot inconsistent herewith for the security of the United State? and the better accommodation of the publio in relation to the matters hereinbefore mentioned as he miy jodge necessary and expedient: Provided, That no instrument, document, or paper made, signed, or is sued prior .0 the first day of June Anno Domio eighteen hundred and sixty-three, without being duly stamped or having thereon an adhesive stamp to donate toe duty imposed thereon shall for that eause, be demed invalid and of no effect: And pro vided, That no instrument, dooument, writing or writing, or paper, required by law to be stamped signed or issued, without being duly ftamped prior to the day aforesaid, or any copy there, shall be ad mitted or ussed as evidenee in any court until a legal stamp or stamps denoting fhe amount of duty charged thereon, shall have been affixed thereto or used thereon, and the initials of the persons using or affixing the same together with the date when tho same is so used or affixed shall have been placed thoreon by such person. And the person desiring to uso any such instrument document writing or or paper as evidence, or his agent or attorney, is authorized in the presence of the court to stamp the 8aineas heretofore provided by law. Continued oa third pge. SALIXALBA. Tbe Greatest Timber for the PRAIRIES. t3T It makes a perfect Hedge fence in four rears t 53" One Arre of it set this Tall, in Ave years will make enough Wood for one Family ! 3" It grows straight, and very tall I jj" It never sprouts from the roots; but when cut down, will grow ascain frarn tbe stump, very rapidly I 3" It U the best soft wood for fuel, er any other purpose I 53s" When kept off the ground, tbe rails will last 30 years ! S3" It grows eqnally well with us on upland, where it is rich, as in the bottoms I 13" Cuttings eight inches long stuck in the ground in the Kali, never fail to grow ! 83" We sell it for $fl per thousand Cuttings, deliv ereii at any or our Agencies. 53" Parties wishing to buy, should order early of our Agents, so that they may notify us in time. CUTTINGS Bandied and delivered at the above places, as soon as tbe lea res fall. T. R. FISHRR, Brownville, is Agent for Kemab'a and east half of Richardson Counties. CURTIS & PEAVER, Pawnee City, are Agents for Fawnee and west half of Richardson Counties RKV MR. TINKH AM, -Beatrice, is Agent for Gage and Jones Counties. J. H. BCTLSR, Austin, Agent for Clay and Saline bounties. Beware of Willow Peddlers. We learn that manv swaraos of common Willow hitt been cleaned up, and the Cuttings sold as Gray Willo we get our Willow of SAMUEL EDWARDS, of La aioiiie, Illinois, a responsible Nurseryman. THOMPSON 4 HEDGES. Kemaha Nuibsry. Nursery Hill P. O. ni7 tf Otoe County. Nebraska CLOTHE YOURSELVES. CHEAPEST CLOTHING Ever offered in this Market. NO DOUBT AiJOUT IT! CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELVS AT THE Cotliing Batimorc Store, BROWNVILLE, N. T. DAVID SEIGEL, Announce to tbe public that he has opened ont a stock of EADY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, CARPET SACKS, GEMTLMEN'S UN DERWEAR, &C.,&C NX. Unprecedented tn quantity, qualify and prices, ne is determined his prices sha'l correspond with the times, and therefore offer here in the West, at just as low rates as such goods can be purchased anywhere the United States. As a sample of his prices he will mention that he sells Coats from $1,25 up to $15. Pants from $1 to $7, Vests from $1 to $5. Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Fancy and White Shirt Sutl ers, .Neckties, &ocks, Handkerchiefs, a.c, in th n3 proportion. The proprietor embrace this opportunity of returning thanks for past patronage, and promise to spare no -forts in the future to give entire satisfaction. Call and soo "him. DAVID SEIGEL Brownville, Jnna 18, 1861. -ly GEORGE DEMERIT & CO., Manufacturers' Agents for the sale of lOO.OQO ! ! ! Watches, Chains, Sec, &c.f WORTH $500,0000! To be sold for one Dollar Each, without regard to value. splendTd list, Of Articles all to be sold for one Dollar Each. 100 Gold Hun' ingCased Watches, . $100 each 100 " Watches 60 each 200 Ladies' Watches, 6 0 Silver " - 600 Gold Guard, Test and Chatelain Chains. - -4000 Vest, Keck, GuardandChatelain Chains, - - - - -3000 Cameo Brooches 3000 Mosaic a:xl Jet Brooches 3000 Lava and Florentine Brooches" -3 00 Coral, Garnet it Emerald Brooches, 30-0 Cameo Ear Drops -3o00 Garnet Mosaic and Jet Ear Drops, 4ooo Lva aii'tKloreotiue Ear Drops 4000 (ientt.' S;rf Pma. ... 60o0 Chain and Band Bracelets, -3600 Gents' Breats Pjns, 3000 Watch Keys, -60"0 Fob and Ribbon Slides, -7000 Sets of Btsom Studs, -9000 Sleeve Butto"s, -9000 Plain and Chased Rings, 7000 Stone Set Rings, - -7000 Miniature Lockets, Crosses, &c. -12000 Sets Ladies Jewelry, 35 each 16 each $15 to 20 each f to 15 each 4 to 6 each 4 to 4 to 4 to 4 to 4 to 4 to 2 to 6 each 6 each 6 each 6 each each 6 ecb 8 each 3 to 1 0 each 2 to 8 each 2 to 2 to .2 to 2 to 2 to 2 to 6 earn 6 each 6 each 6 each each 6 each 3 to 10 each 3 to 15 each All of the goods in the above List will be sold, with out reservation, for One Dollar each. Certificates of all the various articles are placed in similar envelopes and sealed. These envelopes will be sent by mail, or delivered at our office, without regard to choice. On receiving a Certificate you will see what article It rep resents, and it is optional with iou to send one dollar and receive tbe article or not. In ail transactions by niail we shall charge for for forwarding tfie Certificates, paying postage, and doing the business, 25 cems ech. Five Certificates will be sen for gl ; Eleven for $2 5 Tftirty for $5 ; Sixty-five for $ 0 anil One hnndred for $15. CORRESPONDENTS may rely upon a quick and prompt answer to their orders. Our buslnco is con ducted upon liberal, honest, straightforwardprincipie, and we guarantee satisfaction in all cases. Our pat rons may always depend upon having their orders faith fully and punctually supplied. In no case will corres pondents be neglected. JtrCorrespondenti should be carefnl to wrtteHheir signatures plain, and give their PostOflVe, County, and State. Address, GF.O- DEMERIT & CO., 229 Broadway, New York. EHavtng had fcnsiness relations with the above gentlemen, I take pleasure in saying that they are honorable, upright tr.en, and perform all they promise; and tbe Jewelry I h,ve seen from there lasenuine, and gives saUsiaction. . BO THOMPSON',. n47-tf Nurf ery Hill, Neb. THE HARP OF FREEDO.V. Now ready, a new and superior collection of 27 Anti Slavery, Patriotic, and "Contraband" songs, solos, duetd, quartets, and choruses. Most of the Poetry and Muic has been written expressly for this work, to correspond with tbe times, and should be sung by the million, in order to awaken a deep interest in behalf of the ' Contrabands," whra(i(d, in his providence, has cast upon tbe Free North to clothe aod educate. CONTENTS, IS PART. "Felr Freedom's Morn baa dawned at last:" "Bxeait the Chains, ov" ' -ivioinaring Sword f "Frernvnt is Marching on, or, Ulofy Il.iilelojah f 0h 1 Help the Contrabands';" "Old John Brawn's Song;" "ftongof the 'Contrabands';' "O Let my People Go ;" ''Parody on the Sonar of the 'Contra bands' j" "Where Liberty Dwells is my country;" 'When Slavery dies there'll be Freedom;" "Wake, Freemen, God hat spoken;" "Whittier'g suppressed Song of Freedom," etc. Price only 5 cents single,. 5t cepts per dozen, $3 per 100 ; postage 1 cent. HORACE WATERS, Publisher. nll-lj - 451 Broad way, Now York. r CHOICE LIQU0E3. Wholesale and Retail. Evan Worthing, OF THE nion haloes BROWNVILLE, Has just received a choice lot of the best brand of Liquors, which he will sell by the Barrel, Gallon, Quart or single Drink. The following ia a partial list: BRANDIES : French, Cognac, Apple, Raspberry, Peach, Cherry, Blackberry. WBIES: Port, Hungarian, Sherry, Malaga, Medara, Champagne. WHISKIES : Bourbon, Rye, Scotch, Irish, Manongahala, And a variety of common articles. BILLIARD SALOON AND Ten Pin Alley. ITOIITXET'S BLOCK, Main Street, Brownville. Novinber 14, 186. n!9-tf JOHN L. CAESON, (Successor to Lushbaujrh Sl Carson 3IE3 ST OL 02. o LAND AND TAX PAYING Dealer in Coin, Uncurrent Jlloney, Land Warrants, bxchangt. ami Gold Dust MAIN STKLiKT. BROWA'VILLE, AEDRASK.4. I will give especial attention tobnylnit and 4UiiK px- hange on the principal cities ..f the United Sit,. A Burope Gold Silver, uncurrent Bank Bi;is, and Gold Dust, Collections made on all accessible N ,nt.-.. and proceeds remitted in exchange at current rate Deposits received on current account, and interest al- lowea on special deposits. OFFICE, MAIN STREET. BETH'EEA' THE Telegraph and the IT. S. Land Offices. REFERENCES: Llnd & Brother Philadelphia, Pa J. W. Carson & Co.. Hiser, Dick & Co. Baltimore. Md Toung & Carson, Jeo. ThoniDson Mason. Col 'r of Port. ' " m. T. Smithsou, Esq.. Hanker. Washington D. C T. Stevens, Esq., Att'y at Law, Jno. S. Gallaher, Late 3d Aud. U. S. Tarlor &. Kriegh, Bankers, Chicago, III. aicviei land, rye & co.. St. Louis, Mo. Hon. Thomas G. Pratt, Hon. Jag. O. Carson, P. B. Smali, Esq., Pres't S. Bank. Annapolis, Md. MercersburgPa Hagertown, Md. Easton, Md. Cumberland, Md Havana, Alabma. XovS, lS60-tf. Col. Geo. Schley, A'y at Law, Col. Sam.HambletonAtt'y at Law, Judge Thos. Perry, Prof. H. Tutwiler. LANDRETH'S Warranted Garden Seeds BLUNDER KOENIG & CO., (Late Johx Gabmctt It Co.,) No. 56 North Second Street, above Pine, ST. LOUIS, MO. Offer for sale at very low figures, a large and wel assorted stock of Agricultural and Horticultural Imple ments, comprising everything necessary to the Farmer, together with a large and freth supply of Landreth's Celebrated Garden Seeds, CHOP OF 18G2. . For which they are the sole agents. Their friends can rely npon getting from them seeds that are not on iy pure but true to name in every instance. Also field seeds at lowest market rates Chinese Sugar Cane seed. Top Onions. &c, , &.c. ALSO COTTON AND TOBACCO SEEP. Dealers In seeds would do well to send them their orders. Send for Almanac and Illustrated Catalogue gratis. BLUKDEN, KOENIG k. CO. Feb. 23, 1862 n31-ly KA BR ATII SCHOOL RELL SO. 2. 75,000 Copies Sold the First T? ' Months of its Publication. It is an entire New Work, of nearly 2U0 pages. F Many of tlve -Tine , and Hymus were written ex pressly for this volume. It will soon he as popular as its predecessor, (Bell No. I ) which has ran up to the enormous number of 575,000 copies in 36 months, outstripping any Sunday School Book of its siie is sued in this country. Also, both volume are bound in one to accommodate schools wi.-ihin them iu that form. Prices of Bell No. 2, paper eovent, 15 cents, $12 per 100. Bound, 25 cents, p 18 per 1U0. Cloth bound embossed gilt, 30 cents, $32 per 100. Bell No. 1, paper covers, 12 cents, $10 per 100. Bound 20 cents, $18 per 100. Cloth bound embossed gilt, 25 eents, $20 per 100. Bells Not. 1 and 2 bound to gether 40 eents, $30 per hundred. 25 eopies fur nished at the 100 pr.ee. Cloth Wound embn.-ed gilt, 50 cents, 40 per 100. Mail pontage free ' the retail rrice. HORACE WATERS, Publisher, all-ly No. 481 Broadway. New York. D. A. C O IV S T A n Ia E IMFOkTER AUD DEALEE III IRON, STEEL, NAILS, CaSILNGS, PKlMiS. AXLKS,F1LE 33 elijO xr J3 , BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS Also: Hubs, Spokes, and Bent Stuff. Third Sree, javeed 'el.x and Edmond, SAINT JOSEPH, MO. Which he sells a S. Louis prices for cash. Highest Price Paid for Scrap Iron. , December 1.IS69. ly. Furniture! Furniture!! The most complete stock of Furniture ever offered ia this upper country just received by T. fillUo BrownviUe, Ajwil ttth, WHOLESALE OIILY. American Stationery areliom JOHN J. IIERITT, Importer, Wholesale Stationer And .Sole Agent for Windsor and Clifton Mills Premium Yrm Consisting of Commercial Notes, Letter, Bill Y and Fools Caps, ' u No, IS Bepkman Street n-ar Nasu, y Also, Proprietor and 3ole Auent for the following ' ani wefnl articles r ew Oliver's Patent Kraive Tip. This Tip is different from aay heretofore ma-ie v.; easily fitted to any pencil. It i manufactured iri" Vulcauixed Rubber of the bet erasive quality n'.1 readi.y changed rrom one pencil to another ' Ilv1 , old at an extremely low price. It is tbe most ble article of the kind in the market. Unmet' Patent Knbbr I nk tani A- RrH an txitiake Inkstand, preserving ink from the decom Z aing eflect of light. treeii's I'atent ink-i.raer and pat per. Cleaner. the best article made for rubbinjt ont pencil. marki compelling the work In one half the Uu.e 0f ordin. rubber. Irr The Patent Combination and Knler, Paper-Cnttcr a new and usefnl article, combining the use of two in dispensable things. Piatt's Patent Portable Copying Pres a light, cheap, and useful article. " JlerittA. Crown's Piz Pea, a very auperWr teel-pen, made and selected with th greatest care, put up two d iet in a box, six boxM . do.! in another neatly nninhed box, the most cvovtu int khape possible for retailing. The 'Crai? Mitrrwcope" magniflet small object 10,000 times: in to impi that a cuild may use it J U an endless source f amujMieut and instruction to younir and old. Retail for $J Beautiful mounted object, suitable for the microscvT are iurnished at $160 per dox. retail. I have just received a full and complete assortment of the seuuiue Arnolds Writing Fluid. All orders will receiee prompt and careful at'entinn Call and examine one of the largest and test iswiteJ stocks of Stationery in ihe I nite-' States. JOHN J. MEL.HTT. WHOLESALE STATIC-!!, 13 Beekman-st., Jiew lurk. n39-Jm 'Unquestionably the best sustained worker the kind in the World." HARPER'S HEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. CRITICAL yOTICES OF THE PRESS. Tbe vulunin? bound constitute of themselves a li. brary of miscellaneous rea.liim such acan not be futuid in the same compass in anv other puMi:atu.n ibi bM come under our notice Boston Courier. Tbe most popular Monthly in the world. Stw York Obterver. We must refer In terms of eulocy to the high tone and varied excellenceol 'HrpeT ' Jlasazine" a jour nal with a monthly circulation of nb-mt 170 0O c pies in whose pases are to be fonnd some of tte choicest light and general reading of the day. We speak of this work as an evidence of the American Pep!i; and tbe popularity it has acquired is merited. Each number contaiDS fully 144 paices of reauing matter, apuropri. ately illustrated with jr:Kd wood -cats ; and it combines in itself the racy monthly and the more phiioitopiiical quarterly, blended with tbe best features of ihe di!y journal. It has irreat power in the dissemination .f a love of pure literat ure. Trcbxer's Guide to Amer ican Literature. London. No Ma-azine in Europe or America is so well known ; none has half as many readers; and, we may Ily say, none has received so large a tribute of admitrs tion from the cultivated classes, that delight ta a healthy, diversifled. elevating periodical literature It is the foremost Mairaxineof the day. Tueflre-ni never had a more delightful enrapauiun. Bor tb oiil- lion a mrc enterprisinz friend than Harper's Maja- iin. Met hodiit Protittant. Baltimore. TERMS. The papers of permanent value which have been pub lished in almost every number ren-ler ac-mpiete set ..f pllarpenvate aiine a desirable acqnUition to any pnb- icor prts. orlibrary. The FublisDerscan auppiy r..m ul,twt)iF brt any Number trom the a.mmeocemf nt. atyve cents tbey wil I send any N11n1l.fr by id Any volume, containing -ix X tim ers, bonnd ip Muslin, win ne aiaiiei, pott jiaia. to any pi ace in the united states witnin laow nines or New Tork, for Two Dollars and Fifty Cems Com plete sets, now comprising Tweniy-Sve volumes, will be sent by Express, the freight at the expense of the pnrrhasar, for One Dollar and Kigbty-etght Cents per Volume. One Copy for one year, $3; Two Copie for one year. $5, -'Harper's Magazine" and -'Harper's Weekly." one year, 4 And an Extra Copy, gratis, for every Clnb of Ten Subscribers, at $2 60 each ; or 11 Copies fer 25. Clergymen and Teachers supplied at $i do a year. The Semi-Annual Volumes bound in Cloth per volume. Muslin Covers. 25 cent each. ,ett When onleied to be seut by Mail Eight re'isaddiiinai most be 1 emitted for postage. The Pue upon Hjrper Magazine must be paid at the Oture where 11 ie ceived Th Posfaee is Thirty-six t.'ents a ye.ir or Sine Cents forth. em..nth. HARPKB & BaoTHKKS. r.42 Franklin Square. Ne York. " Tbe best. Cheipe-t, i'ami.y i'ap r inrl :n-jt Si; 'es!ul in the Union " A CmiLLTZ IKTGf.lALCrilTL'ilS-IS. HARPER'S WEEKLY. SPLENDIDLY ILLUSTRATED. Price Six I'j'iit- Number; 3iM a Vear. Critical Notice of the 're. Its freh leave.-, its clear type, its entertaining varity, its severe but ju3t criticisms upon the Mljes of the times, its elegantly writ'en aud inrtrnctive articles, and its able correspondence, all combine to make it the model newspaper of our country, and one that every family must prize. Its condensed weekiy summary of foreign and dowtii inirJli (jrnce is altogether superior to that contained in any other journal. Being published, too, in a form for preservation and binding, if tiken care of as it deserves to be, it will be found in future years as welcome a companion for the family and fireride a the day on which it was first persued. A. Y. Evening Pott. We would not so often call attension to Harper's Wekkly if we were not well satisfied that it is the 6f'in7y Paper in the United Utate; aud for that reason, and that alone, we desire to see it under mine and root out a certain kind of literature too prevalent, which blunts the morals ofitsrfaders vitiates their taste for sensible reading, and is al ready bad in its effects. .V?u London Adoertitcr. " Wherever we go in rail-cars and steamboats we find it seized with eagerness, because of its spir ited sketches of parsing evonts. We all like to look at the faces of men we have read of, and at tdiipa and forts that have figured in the bloody scenes of war. Of all such men and place, and events, this paper furnishes the best illustrations. 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