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C, March at S tf. Candy, Nuts, Oranges, Apples, Fiprs, Prunes, Raisins, Dates, Cocoa 'Nuts, &c, . A. rHITAKER'.8. APPALLING CATASTROPHE. LAST IIOL'ltS OP A SINGLE GENTLEMAN HE CALMLY MEETS HIS FATE. Yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock precisely, an unfortunate' vounsr man, Charles Augus tus Pipkin, suffered the extreme penalty of infatuation bv exmutinsr his attachment to Clara Amelia, in front of the altar railing of St. Burnaby's Church. , HISTORY OF THE CRIMINAL. All our citizens who were present .at the pic nic given in Mantua, some two years ago, will recollect that Augustus was then intro duced to Clara, and immediately began to pay her particular attentions. From that period their intimacy dates, and it was con tinued until it ended at last in the painful catastrophe of this morning. - Poor Pipkin had nearly attained his twenty-eighth year, but there is every reason to believe that, had not extreme impecuniosity prevented, his single life would earlier have come to an untimely end. A change for the better, however, occurred in his circumstances, and Clara's friends were induced to sanction his addresses, and thus became accessories to the awful calami ty which has overthrown him in the hey-day of his youth. TIIE LAST HOUItS. The unhappy young man passed the last night of his bachelor existence in his solitary chamber. From Mialf-past eight to ten he was busily engaged in writing letters. Short ly after ten, his younger brother, Henry, knocked at the door, when the doomed man told him, in a firm voice, to come in." Upon being asked when he intended to go to bed, lie replied, " not yet." The ques tion was then asked him, " how lie thought he would sleep ;" to which his answer was. "pretty well." He then expressed a desire for a cigar and a glass of water, which were given to him. His brother now demanded of him if he would " want anything more that night." He said " nothing," in a lirm voice. His affectionate relative then rose to take his leave, when the doomed man consider ately advised him "to take care of himself." At precisely one minute after seven the next morning, the victim rose and promptly dressed himself. He had self-control enough to shave without the slightest injury, for not a single scratch appeared on his chin a ft or the operation. It would seem that he de voted more than usual care to his toilette on this occasion. The wretched man was attir ed in a light blue frock coat, with frosted metal buttons, and white waistcoat, and nankin tro.vsers, with patent leather boots. Having descended the stairs with a quick step, he entered the apartment where his brother ami a few friends were waiting. 1 It? shook hands cordially with all present, and on being asked how he had slept, answered. Very well ;" and to the further demand as to the state of his mind, he said " he felt happy." One of the party having suggested that it would be well to take "something" before the melancholy ceremony, he exclaim ed with much emphasis, Decidedly." Breakfast was accordingly served, and the poor fellow ate the whole of a roll, a slice of toast, two sausages, :ind three eggs, washing the whole down with two large cups of cof fee. In reply to expressions of astonishment on the part of the company, he said that " he never felt better in his life." Having inquired the time, and ascertained that it was ten minutes of eleven, he remark ed that "it would soon be over." His brother then asked if he could do anything more for him. when he said he should like to haven glass of ale. Putting it to hi-t hps. he re marked, "here's luck," and drank it with satisfaction. The fatal moment now approaching, he d.-voted the remainder of his time in dis tributing among his friends those articles whicii he would no longer want. To one he gave his cigar case, to another his tobacco stopper, and he charged his brother Henry with the care of his latch-key, with instruc tions to deliver it to his landlady with due solemnity. The clock at length struck eleven, an 1 he was informed that a cab was at the door. lie merely said, " I am ready," and was con ducted to the vehicle. Arriving at the trag ical spot, a short delay took place, when they were joined by the lady, with her friends. Little was said on either side, but Clara, with customary decorum,, shed teal's. Pipkin endeavored to preserve composure, but a slight twitching of his mouth and eye brows proclaimed his inward agitation. The victim now walked side by side with Clara, with a firm step to the altar. He surveyed the imposing preparations with calmness, and gazed unmoved on the clergyman, who waited behind the railing. FESAX. SCENE. The preliminaries being gone through with, and the prescribed melancholy formal ities finished, the usual question was put, " Wilt thou have this woman to be thy wed 'ded wife ?" To which the miserable youth replied in a distinct voice, "I will." He then put the fatal ring on Clara's linger, the hymenial noose was adjusted, and the poor fellow was launched into matrimony. m The constitutional Union men of Virginia, speak of holding a State Convention, in Al exandria, next month. A correspondent in forms us that nothing definite has yet been determined on, though he inclines to the opinion that the meeting will take place, as most of the leading Union men in the State have been written to on the subject. Until Congress marks out some definite line of pol icy, for the guidance of parties, we do not see how parties arc to be formed in the South on any other principles than for or against the President. Thus far, Congress has given no encouragement to Union senti ment in the South, and until it shows a de termination to do so it can expect to find very few supporters in this section. Hict mond liejniliiic. T ITT." Pi.'vrv;-L' T1 a -v Pdtwttvi Ttfdt AT.Q Tim Wi.a nni-1 AfuQno PfimiTiirKKi ll:lvr - ' " - 1 . . 11 1 1 . J 1111.1 l'Al.l.11.1 1 ...111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1. 1111 I V decided to report in favor of the repeal of i lie veil lie ta. oil priuiMig materials, sucu as uaner. ink and tvne. torrether with the A l 7 I i T C materials which enter into their composi tion. The association of Western printers and publishers have been urging upon the committee the request that soda ash, wire gauze, oieacmng powaer, ieiting, ciotii ana materials used in the manufacture of paper shall be lint, mi flirt frn 1it. tluit. tlin tiros(nt. duty of twenty per cent, on unsized paper Ul.1,11 1... A- .A I! . . " icuueeu w not excecuiug six per Cent. TIlOV lltlrl flint T'lipfinnp ntinpr will in. crease the demand for that article. The committee is disposed to favorably consider this last suggestion, as it is believed the rev enue would not suffer loss by its adoption. Wash. Car. JV. Y. lleraU, 7th. A man on the " edtre of battle " ia nnt tn get cut. President Johnson is not backward in going forward. "We publish below the Civil Rights Bill as it recently passed the Congress over the President's Veto : ".Ba it enacted by Vie Senate and House .f Repre sentatives of the United Slates of America iu Congress assembled. That ail persons born in the United States and not subject to any fo"igu Power, ex cluding Indians, not taxed, arf. hereby declared to be citizens of the United States; and such citi zens of every race and color, without regard to any previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof tlie party shall ivc been duly convicted, shall have the same riglit in every State and Ter ritory in the United iHatcs to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, and give evidence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold, and convey real and personal property, and to full and equal benefit of all laws and proceeding for the securi ty of person and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, ami penalties, und to none other, any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Sec. 2. And lx it further enacted, That any per son who, under color of any law, statute, ordi nance, regulation, or custom, shall subject, or cause to be subjected, any inhabitant of any State or Territory to the deprivition of any right se cured or protected by this net, or to different punishment, pains, or penalties on accouut of such person having at any time been held iu a condition of slavery or involuntary servitude, ex cept as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, or by reason of his color or race, than is prescribed for the pun ishment of white persons, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, und, on conviction, shall be punished by tine not exceeding one thousand dol lars, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 8. And bn it fiirtisr eiiaded. That the dis trict courts of the United States, within their re spective districts, shall have, exclusively ot the courts of the several States, cognizance of all crimes and offences committed against the provi sions of this act, and also, concurrently with the circuit courts of the United States, of all causes, civil and criminal, allecting persons who arc ile nie.l or cannot enforce iu the courts or judicial tribunals of the State or locality where they may be, any of the rights secured to them by the first section of this act; und if any suit or prosecution civil or criminal, has been or shall be commenced in any Stale court against any such person, for any cause whatsoever, or against any officer, civil or military, or other person, for arrest or impri sonment, trespasses, or wrongs done or commit ted by virtue or under color of authority derived from this act 'or the act establishing a burcan for the relief of frcedmen and refugees, and all acts amendatory tliwreof; or for refusing to do an3- ae upon the ground that it would be inconsistent with this act, such defendant shall have the right to remove such cause for trial to the proper dist triel or circuit court in the manuer prescribed by tlie 4 Act relating to htibeax coi-jjhx und regulating judicial proceedings in certain cases,' approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and all acts amendatory thereof. The jurisdic tion iu civil and criminal mutters hereby confer red on the di.-trict and circuit courts of the Unit ed States shall be exercised and enforced in con formity with the laws of the United State, so far as such laws are suilable to carry the same into cjlVet ; but in all cases where such laws are not adapted to the object, or arc deficient iu the pro visions li.-ec.-sary to furnish suitable remedies and punish offences against law, the common law, as mo'liiied and changed by the constitution and statutes of the State wherein the court having jurisdiction of the cause, civil or criminal, is held, so far as the same is not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States, shall be cxU-iuL.-d to and govern said courts in the trial and disposition of such cause, and, if of a criminal nam re, ia the iailicliou of punishment on the parly found guilty. Sec. 4. Ami be it farther enacted, Tiiat the dis trict attorneys, marshals, and deputy marshals of the United Stales, the commissioners appointed by t!ie circuit and territorial courts of the United States, with powers of arresting, imprisoning, or hailing offenders against the laws of the United States, the oliiccrs and agents of tile Freedmen's iJareau, and every other officer who may be spe cially empowered by the President of the United States, shall be, and they are hereby, specially authorized and required, at the expense of the United States, to institute proceedings against all and every person who shall violate ihe provisions of this act, and cause him or tiiem to be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed as the ease may be, lor trial before such court of the United States or territorial court as by the act has cognizance of the otnmee. And with the view to affording rea sonable protection to all persons in t lieir consti tutional rights of mjuulity before the law, without distinction of ra.'e or color, or previous condi tion of siavcry ur involuntary servitude, except as a pu .r.-:im-.'nt lor crime, whereof tlie party shall h ive beep duly convicted, and to the prompt discharge of the duties of this act, it shall be the duty of t he circuit courts of the United States und the superior courts of the Territories of the United States, from time to time, to increase the number of commissioners, so as to afford a sp cdy and convenient means for the arrest and examina tion of per.-ons charged with a violation of this act. And such commissioners are hereby author ized and roiiiired to exercise and discharge all the powers and duties conferred on them by this act, and the same duties with regard to offences created by this act, as they are authorized by law to exercise, with regard to other offences against the laws of the United States. Sec. 5. An I b" it farther en acini. That it shall be the duty of ail marshals and deputy .marshals to obey and execute, nil warrants and precepts is sued under the provisions of this act, whin to them directed ; and should any marshal or dep uty marshal refuse to receive such warrant or otucr process when tendered, or to use all piopcr means diligently to execute the same, he shsdl, on conviction tlicrcof, be tiucd in the sum of one thousand dollars, to the use of the person upon whom the accused is alleged to have committed the offence. And the better to enable the said commissioner to execute their duties faithfully and eilieicntlv, in conformity with the Constitu tion of the United States and the requirements of this act, they are hereby authorized and empow ered, within their counties respectively, to ap point, in writing, under their hands, any one or more suitable persons, from time to time, to exe cute all such warrants and other process as may be issued by them in the lawful performance of their respective duties; and the persons soap pointed to execute any warrant or process as aforesaid shall have authority to summon and call t. their aid the bystanders or the fxt.-i.se com it ttii.i of the proper county, or such portion of the land and naval forces of the United States, or the militia, as may be necessary to the perfor mance of tlie duty with which tiiey are charged, and to insure a faithful observance of the clause of the Const it ut on which prohibits siavcry, in conformity with the provisions of this act; and said warrants shall run and be executed by said officers anywhere in the State or Territory within which they are issued. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted. That any per son who shall knowingly and willfully obstruct, hinder, or prevent an officer, or other person charged with the execution of any warrant or process issued under the provisions of this act, or any person or persons lawfully assisting him or them, from arresting anv person for whose ap prehension such warrant or process may have been issued, or shall rescue or attempt to rescue such person from t le custody of the officer, oth er persons or persons, or those lawfully assisting as aforesaid, when so arrested pursuant to tlie authority herein given and declared, or shall aid, abet, or assist, any person so arrested as aforesaid, directly or indirectly, to escape from the custod' of tlie officer or other person legally authorized as aforesaid, or shall harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest a warrant or process shall have been issued :is aforesaid, so as to prevent his dis covery and arrest after notice or knowledge of the fact that a warrant has been issued for the appre hension of such person, shall, for either of said offences, be subject to a tine not exceeding one thouss'id dollars, and imprisonment not exceed ing six months, by indictment and conviction be fore the district court of the United States for the district in which said offence may have been committed, or before the proper court of crim inal jurisdiction, if committed within tiny one of the organized Territories of the United States. S:sc. 7. And be it further enacted. That the dis trict attorneys, the marshals, their deputies, nnd the clerks of the said district and Territorial courts shall be paid for their services the like fees as may be allowed to them for similar scrvU ccs in other cases; and in all cases where the pro ceedings are before a commissioner, he shall be entitled to a fee often dollars in full for his servi ces in each case, inclusive of all t-ervices incident to such arrest nnd examination. The person or persons authorized to exeeute the process to be Issued by such commissioners for the arrest of offenders against tiie provisions of this act shall be entitled to a fee of live dollars for each person .he or they may arreot and take before any such commissioner as aforesaid, with such other fees as may be deemed reasonable by such commis sioner for such other additional services as nrtiy be necessarily performed by him or them, such us attending at the examination, keeping the prison er in custody, and providing him with food and lodging during his detention, and until tlie fiua.1 determination of such commissioner, and in gei -eral for performing such other duties as may be required ju the premises ; such fees to be made up in conformity with the fees usually charged by the officers of the courts of justice within the proper district or county, as near as may be prac ticable, and paid out of the treasury of the United States on the certificate of the judge of the dis trict within which the arrest is made, and to be recoverable from the defendant as part of the judgment in case of conviction. Sec. 8 And lie it further enacted, That when ever the President of the United States shall have reason to believe that offences have been or are likely to be committed against the provisions of this nc witnin any judicial district, it shall he lawful for him, in his discretion, to direct the juuge, marshal and district attorney of such dis trict to attend at such place within the district, and for such time as he may designate, for the purpose of the more speedy arrest and trial of persons charged with a violation of this act ; and it Bhall be the duty of every judge or other officer, when any such requisition shall be received by him, to attend at the place and for the time there in designated. Sec. 9. Ami be it further enacted. That it shall he lawful for the President of the United States, or such person as he ma3' empower for that pur pose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States, or the militia, as shall lie necessary to prevent the violation and enforce the due cxecnticn of this act. Sec. 10. And be it further enacted. That upon all questions of law arising in any cause under the provisions of this act a final appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States." gCALE OF DEPRKCIATIOM The following Act, in relation to the scaling of Confederate C'irrency, from the time of its iirst issue to the cud of the war, passed at the recent session of the (icneral Assembly: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO KSTAHL1S11 A SCALE OF DEPRECIATION OF CONFEDERATE CUT.RKXCY. WuERE.vs, By an ordinance of the Convention, entitled "An ordinance declaring what laws and ordinances are in force, anil for other purposes," ratified on the LSth day of October, A. D., 1805, it is made the duty of the General Assembly to provide a'scale of depreciation of the Confederate Currency from the time of its lirst issue to the end of the war; and it is further therein declared that "all-executory contracts, solvable in money, whether under seal or not, made alter the depre ciation of said currency before the 1st of May, lSUo, and unfilled (except oUicial bonds and penal bonds payable to the State) shall be deemed to have been" made with the understanding that thev were solvable in money of the said currency, subject, nevertheless, to evidence of different in tent of the parties to tlie contract; therefore, it tiiiutril hy tlie tleucral Axxemldy if the State of Sort, h-Carolina, and it in hen hi ciactcd bij tlie i nl Imrit -j of the mmie. That the following scale of depreciation be and the same is hereby adopted and established as the measure of vaiue. of one gold dollar in Confederate currency, for each month, and the fractional parts of the month of December, 1NU, from the 1st day of November, 1SC1, to the 1st day of May, l5,"to-wit : Scale of drirrciatiuii of Confederate currency, lh? f'j!d dotiire bciiti ihe unit and itieit.sitre of value, from XvrcmiHT 1st, ist;i, to Muj Ixl, : Months. 11. 1st:.'. ISfcl. lso4. 1SB3. January, 1 0 'J 0'J '2i IN) 50 00 February 1 :!0 3 00 21 00 Ut 00 March, 1 50 4 00 '-:, 00 00 00 April, 1 50 5 00 20 00 100 00 Mav, .... 1 50 5 50 111 00 June, 1 50 0 50 IS 00 Julv, 1 50 i) 00 21 00 August 1 50 U 00 2:5 00 September, 3 00 14 00 25 00 October, 2 00 14 00 20 00 November, $1 10 2 50 15 00 SO 00 December, 1 15 2 50 20 00 December 1st to 10th inclusive, S5 00 " 10th to 20th, 42 00 " 1st to 31st, 40 00 And, ichsre.tx. Many grave and difficult disputes may arise between executors, administrators, guardians and trustees, and their legatees, distri butees, wards and v.sdox"''? trust, in the settle ment of their accounts and trust, arising from the depreciation of Confederate currency. State trea sury notes and bank notes, incident to and grow ing out of the late war; and that lawsuits und expensive litigation may be obviated. JSe it further ai'tcted. That in all such cases, the parties are hereby empowered to form a full and perfect statcincnt ofthe ease on both sides, which case shall be committed to the determination of one of the Judges of tiie Superior Courts, chosen by the parties, who is hereby authorized to con sider and determine the same, according to equity and good conscience: I'liiriiled, hoimtr. That no part of this section shall be construed to estop or hinder any person from jiroeecding in the usual course of law, if he shall deem the same necessary. A true copy. J. A. ENGELHARD, Vlcrk of Senate. T MI K STAMP ACT. ONE OF TIIE TAX LAWS OP TIIE UNITED STATES. Acknowledgment of deeds. Exempt Affidavit, 5 cts. (in suit or legal proceedings.) Exempt Agreement or Appraisement, for each sheet or piece of paper, on which the ame is written. 5 cts. Assigumcut or Transfers, of mortgage, lease or policy of insurance, the same duty as on the original instrument of patent right, 5 cts. Bank Cheeks, Drafts or Orders, i&e., at sight, or on demand, 2 cts. Bills of Exchange ; Inland drafts or order payable otherwise than at sight or on demand, and any provisory n'oto what ever payable on demand or at a time designated except bank notes issued for circulation, and checks made and intended to be, and which shall be, forthwith presented for payment for a sum not exceeding 100, 5 cts. For every additional $100 or fractional part thereof, 5 ets. Bills of Lading vessels for the ports of the United States or British North America, Exempt On receipt of goods on any f ireign ports,10 cts. Bills of Sale of any vessel, or part there of, when the considerrtion does not ex ceed $500, 50 cts. Exceeding $500 and not exceeding $1,000, $1 00 Exceeding one thousand dollars for each five hundred dollars fractional part thereof, 50 cts. Of personal property, other than ship or vessel Bond personal, for payment of money see mortgage. Official, $1 00 For indemnifying any person for the pay ment of any sum of money, where the money ultimately recoverable there upon is one thousand dollars or less, 50 cts. Where the money recoverablo exceeds one thousand dollars fox every addi tional one thousand dollars, or fraction al part thereof 50 cts Bonds, county, city and town bonds, rail roads and other corporation bonds and script, are subject to stump duty. See mortgage Of any description, other than such as are required in legal pro ceedings, and such as are not otherwise charged iu this suhedule, 35 cts Certificates ot deposit in bank, sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, 2 cts Of deposit in bank, sum exceeding one hundred dollars, ft cts.. Of stock in un incorporated company, 25 cts General, 5 ets. Of a quali lication of a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of deeds or Notary public, 5 cts Of search of records, 5 cts.. That certain papers are on flic, 5 cts That certain tinners cannot be found. 5 cts.. Of redemption of land sold for taxes, Of birth, marriage and death, Of qualifications of school teachers. 5 cts 5 cts 5 cts. Of profits of an inoornorated coniDanv, for a sum not less than ten dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars, 10 s. Exceeding fifty "dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars, 25atei. Exceeding one thousand dollars, for every additional oue thousand, or fractional part thereof, 2? eta. Ol damage or otherwise, and all others., certificates or documents issued by any port warden, marine surveyor, or othsr person noting as snub, 35 cts. Certified Transcript of judgments, satis faction of judgments and of all papers recorded or on tile, 5 cts! Check Draft or Order for the payment of any sum of money exceeding $10, drawn upon any person or other than a bank, banker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 2 cts. Contract See Agreement Brokers, 10 cts. Conveyance deed, instrument of writing, whereby lauds, tenements, or other reality sold shall be conveyed, the ac tual value which does not exceed $500, 50 cts. Exceeding $500, and not exceeding 1,000, $1 00 For every additional five hundred dollars, or fractional part thereof, in excess of - oue thousand dollars, 50 cts. Entry of nny goods, wares or merchandize at any custom house, not exceeding oue hundred dollars in value, 25 cts. Exceeding one hundred dollars and "not exceeding five hundred dollars in value,50 cts. Exceeding five hundred dollars in value, $1 00 Eor the withdrawal of any goods or mer chandize from bonded warehouse, 50 cts. Guager's return if for quantity not ex ceeding five hundred gal. gross, 10 cts. Exceeding 500 gallons, 25 cts. Power of Attorney to sell or transfer stock, or collect dividends thereon, 25 cts. To vote at an election if an incorporated company, 10 cts. To receive or collect rents, 25 cts. To sell, or convey, or rent, or lease real estate, $1 00 For any other purpose, 50 cts. Probate of will or letters of administra tion, where the value of both real nnd personal estate does not exceed $2,000, $1 00 For every additional 2,000 or fractional part thereof, in excess of $2,000, 50 cts. Bonds of executor, administrators, guar diaiy and trustees, are each subjected to a stamp duty of SI 00 Protest upon bill note, check or draft 25 cts. Promisory Note, (See Bills of Exchange, inland,) Renewal of, subject to same duty as an original note. Receipt for the payment of any sum of money, or debt due, exceeding twenty dollars, or for the delivery of any pro perty, 2 cts. Trust Deed made to secure a debt to be stamped as a mortgage conveying estate to uses, to be stamped as conveyance. Warehouse Receipt for any.goods, wares or merchandise not otherwise provided for, deposited or stored in any public or private warehouse not exceeding live hundred dollars in value, "10 cts. Exceeding live hundred and not exceed ing one thousand dollars, 20 cts. Exceeding 1,000 dollars, for every addi tional 1,000 dollars or fractional part thereof, in excess of $1,000, 10 cts. For any goods, etc., not otherwise provi ded for,stored or deposited inanypublic or private warehouse or yard, 25 cts. Writs or Legal Documents, writ or other legal process, by '.vuich any suit is com menced in any court of record, either of law or equity, 50 cts. Writ or original process issued b3-a court not of record, where the amount claim ed is 100 dollars or over, 50 cts. ",- Upon every confession of judgment or cognovit for 100 dollars or over, except in cases where the tax for a writ has been paid, 50 cts. Writ or other process, appeals from jus tice.; courts, or oiUer courts of inferior jurisdiction, to a court of record, 50 cts. Warrants of distress, when the amount of rent claimed does not exceed 100 dol lars, 25 cts. When the amount exceeds 100 dollars, 50 cts. Insurance, Marine, Inland and Fire. Where the consideration paid for the insurance, in cash, premium notes, or both, does not exceed 10 dollars, 10 ets. Exceeding ten dollars, and not exceeding fifty, 50 cts. Insurance, Life, when the amount insured does not exceed 1,000 dollars, 25 els. Exceeding 1,(HX) and not exceeding 5,000 dollars,' 50 cts. Exceeding 5,000 dollars, $1 00 Lease or 'lease of lauds or tenements where the rents docs not exceed oOO per annum, 50 cts. Exceeding 000 dollars, for each addition al 200 dollars, or fractional part thereof, in excess of :500 dollars. 50 cts. Perpetual, subject to stamp duty as a " conveyance." Clause ot guaranty of payment of rent incorporated or indorsed, live cents ad ditional. Measurers Return, if for quantity not ex ceeding 1,000 bushels, 10 cts. Exceeding 1,000 bushels, 25 cts. Mortgage, trust deed, bill of sales, or personal bond for the payment of money exceeding 100 and not" exceeding 500 dollars, 50 cts. Exceeding 500 dollars for every addition al 500, or fractional part thereof, in ex cess of 500, 50 cts. Pawner's Checks, 5 cts. Passaire Ticket from the United States to anv foreign port, costing not more than Sio "dollars, 50 cts. Costing more than So, and not exceeding 50, 1 00 For every additional fifty or fractional part thereof, iu excess of 50 doflars, 1 00 OEXERAI. HEMARK3. Revenue Stamps may be used indiscriminately upon anv of the matters or things enumerated in schedule B, except proprietary and playing card stamps, for which a special use has been provided. Postage stamps cannot be used in payment of the duty chargeable on instruments. It is the duty of the maker of an instrument to affix and cancel the stamp thereon. If he neglects to do so, tlie party for whom it is made, may stamp it before it is used ; and if used after the 30th of July, 1804, and used without a stamp, it cannot afterwards be effectually stamped. Any failure upon the part, of the maker of on instru ment to appropriately stamp it, renders him lia ble to a penalty of tvo hundred dollars. Suits are commenced in many States by other process than writ, viz: summons, warrants, pub lication, petition, &c, in which case these, us the original process, severally require stamps. Writs of scira facias are subject to stamp duty as original processes. The jurat of an affidavit, taken before a Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, or other officei duly authorized to take affidavits, is held to be a cer tificate and is subject to a stamp duty of five cents, except when "taken in suits of legal proceed ings. Certificates of loan in which there shall appear any printed or written evidence of an amount of money to oe paiu on uemanu or ia anv nine ue signat. d, are subject to stamp duty as Promisory Notes. The assignment of a mortgage is subject t o the same duty as that imposed upon the original in strument; that is to say for every sum of five hundred dollars, ot any fractional part thereof, of the amount secured by the mortgage, at time of its assignment there must be affixed a stamp or stumps, denoting a duty of five cents. When two or more persons join iu the execution of an instrument, the stamps to which this instru ment is liable under the law, may bo affixed and cancelled by one of the parties. In conveyances of real estate, the law provides that the stamp affixed must answer to the value of the estate on interest conveyed. No stamp is required on any warrant of attor ney accompanying a bond or note, when such bond or note has affixed thereto the stamp or stamis denoting the dutj' required, and whenever any bond or note is secured oy mortgage, but one stamp duty is required on such papers, such stamp duty being the highest rates required for such instruments, or cither of them. In such a case note or memorandum of the value or de nomination of the stamp affixed should be made upon the margin or in the acknowledgement of the instrument which is not stamped. B IaAJTKS foh sale. WE HAVE JUST HAD PRINTED VARIOUS Blank forms for cases in the Superior courts as fol lows: IndJctmenut for Larceny, ' Do Misdemeanor Altering Marks. Do do Unlawful Fences. Do do Fornication ai d Adultery Do do Assault and Battery. Do do Disorderly House. " Do do Unlawful Retailing. Do do Forcible Entry. Do do Affray. Price of the above blanks $1 per quire. These, with various other Blanks, such asLan.d Decds, Marriage License Bonds, and Indenturii, are gotten up in superior style, with -approfr ate blank endorsements on back, and printeckon good paper. They will bo 6old on renscuaui.e terms for cash. Any Blanks, not n hand, will be printcd.to pr dor at the shortest notice, at the STANDARD OFFICE, XXXIX CONGRESS. FIBST REGULAR SESSION, CONVENED MONDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 1865. Senate. LAFAYETTE S. FOSTER, Norwich, Conn., President Officio. JOHN "W. FORNEY, of Pennsylvania, Clerk. Republicans (in Roman :) Democrats (in italics.) Theligures before each Senator's namedenotethe year iu which his term expires. The members irom tne soutuern states are not ciossinea. Total number of States, 8(5. Total number of Senators when the Senate is full, 73. ALABAMA. 1871 George S. Houston, . 1807 Lewis E. Parsons, . ARKANSAS. 1871 E. Baxter, . 1807 William D. SnoWj . CALIFORNIA. 18G9 John Conncss, Placerville. 1807 James A. McVouijall, San Francisco. CONNECTICUT. 1809 James Dixon, Hartford. 1807 Lafayette S. Foster, Norwich. DELAWARE. 1809 George Reade Riddle, Wilmington. 1871 WUlard Saulsbury, Georgetown. FLORIDA. 1809 . 1807 . GEORGIA. 1871 A. H. Stephens, . 1307 II. V. Johnson, . ILLINOIS. 1807 Lyman Trumbull, Alton. 1871 lilciiard Yates, Quiney. INDIANA. 18G7 Henry S. Lane, Crawfordsville. 1309 Thomas A. Hendricks, Indianapolis. IOWA. 1-SG7 (yacancy.) 1871 James W. Grimes, Burlington. KANSAS. 1SG7 Samuel C. Pomcroy, Atchison. 1805 James H. Lane, Lawrence. KENTUCKY. 1807 Garret Davis, Paris. 1871 James Guthrie, Louisville. LOUISIANA. 1871 Randall Hunt, New Orleans. 11:57 1 henry Jiiyce, Alexandria. MAINE. 1809 Lot 51. Morrill, Augusta 1S71 William P. Fesseuden, Portland. MASSACHUSETTS 1SC.9 Charles Simmer, Boston. 1071 Henry Wilson, Natick. MARYLAND. 18G9 Reverdy Johnson, Baltimore. 1807 John A. J. Crcswell, Elkton. MICHIGAN. 1809 Zachariah Chandler, Detroit. 1871 Joeob M. Howard, Detroit. MINNESOTA. 1809 Alexander Ramsey, St. Paul. 1871 Daniel S. Norton, Mankato. MISSISSIPPI. 1S09 William L. Sharkey, Jackson. 1S71 Janus L. Alcorn, . MISSOURI. 1 807 B. Gr.itz Brown, St. Louis. 180'J John B. Henderson, Louisiana. NEVADA. 1871 James W. Nye, Virginia City. 18011 Wiiliam M. Stewart, . NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1807 Daniel Clark, Manchester. 1871 Aaron II. Cragin, Lebanon. NEW KOKK. 18!!7 Ira Harris, Albany. 1500 Edwin D. Morgan, New York. NEW JCUSEY. 1809 Wlliam Wriiht, Newark. 1871 John J'. Stockton., Trenton. XOUTU-CAItOI.INA. 1ST.7 John Pool, Windsor. IS71 Wm. A. Graham, Ilillsboro'. OHIO. 1507 John Sherman, Mansfield. icUi'J Benjamin Js Wade, Jefferson. OREGON. 18o7 James W. Xesmiih, Salem. 18TI George II. Williams. PENNSYLVANIA. 1807 Edgar Cowan, Greensbnrg. 180'J Charles li. liuckaleie, Bloomsburg. RHODE ISLAND. 1S09 William Sprague, Providence. 1871 llciuy B. Anthony, Providence. SOUTH-CAROLINA. 1807 John L. Manning, . 18T1 Benjamin F. Perry, Greenville. TENNESSEE. 1809 David T. Patter, . 1871 J. S. Fowler, . TEXAS. 1501 . 1871 . YERMONT. 1807 Luke P. Poland, St. Johnsbury. 1508 Solomon Foot, Itutland. VIRGINIA. 1867 John C. Underwood, . 1871 Joseph Segr, . WEST VIRGINIA. 1809 Peter G. Van Winkle, Parkersburg. 1871 Waitmau T. Willey, Morgauton. WISCONSIN. 1867 Timothy O. Howe, Green Bay. 1800 James K. Doolittle, Raciuc. House of Representatives. SCnUYLER COLFAX, South Beud, Ind., Speaker. EDWARD McPHERSON, Gettysburg, Pa., Clerk. ALABAMA, C. C. Langdon, . Joseph W. Taylor, . Geo. C. Freeman, . J. M. Sheid, . Cnllen A. Battle, . T. J. Jackson, . ARKANSAS. W. Byers, . J. M. Johnson, . Lorenzo Gibson, . CALIFORNIA. Donald C. McRuer, San Wm. Higby, Cnlaveras. Francisco. John IS ki well, Chico. CONNECTICUT. Henry C. Doming, Hart- Augus. Brandagec, New ford. London. Samuel L. Warner, Mid-John II. Hubbard, Litch- dlctowu. field. DELAWARE. John A. Nicholson, Dover. - FLORIDA. Ferdinand MeLcod, . GEORGIA. Solomon Cohen, . E. i. Cabauniss, r-. Phillip Cook, . J. D. Matthews--, Hugh Buchanan, Colum-J. H. Christy, Athens, bus. W. T. Woffutd, ILLINOIS. John Wentworth, Chi- S. M. Cullom, Spring cago. field. John F. Farnsworth, St Lewis VL. Ross, Lewis Charles, town. Elihu B. Washburnc, Anthony Thornton, Shel Galena. b.vviiie. Adgcr C. Harding, 'Man-Samuel S. Mar&ludl, Mc- moutu. L,eansooro'. E. C. Ingcrsoll, Peori Jehu Baker, Alton. ij. Ki. uuok, Ottawa. iuulrew l. ivuyKeuclall, tienry ir. ti. Brum well, Vienna. Charleston. S. W. Moulton, (sit large) Shelbyville. INDIANA. WlliamE. &7lrick, Xin-Daniel TF. Vbrhecs, Terre cennes. riaute. 3ichael C. Kerr, New Godlove S. Ortu, LaCiy- Albuny. ette. Ralph Ililli Columbus. Schuyler Colfax, Sooth i. i-t. earguiiur, crook- isena. vtUe. Jos. H. Defrees. Goshen GeofgeW; Julian, Cen- Thomas N. Stiliwell, tiniville. Anderson. Eh'eneze'r Dnmont, Indi- . anapplis. .-- ' IOWA. James F. Wilson, Fair- John A, Kasson, Dcs Held. Moines. Hiram Price, Davenport. Asahel W. Hubbard, W, a. Allison, Dubuque, bioux Ujyji. -w JosiaUB. Uriunell, Grin- nell. KANSAS. Sidney Clarke, Lawrence. KENTUCKY. Lawrence S. Trimble, Lovel H. Rousseau, Lou Pad ucah. t- isville. Burwell C. Rivier, Hop- Green Clay Smith, Cov kinsville. ington. Henry Grider, Bowling G. S. Shanklin, Nicholas Green. ville. Aaron Harding, Greens- W. H. Randall, London, bnrg. Samuel McKee, Mount Sterling. LOUISIANA. Louis St- Martin, . John E. King, . Jacob Barker, N. Orleans John S. Young. Robert C. Wickliffe, . MAINE. John Lynch, Portland. John H. Rice, Foxcroft. Sidney Pcrham, Paris. Fred. A. Pike, Calais. Jas. G. Blaine, Augusta. MARYLAND. Hiram JMcCuHougJi, Elk- Francis Thomas, Frank ton, ville. John L. Thomas, Jr., Benjamin O. Harris, Baltimore. Leonardtown. Chas. E. Phelps, Balti more. MASSACHUSETTS. Thomas D. Elliot, New Geo. S. Boutwcll, Groton Bedford. ' John D. Baldwin, Wor- Oakes Ames, N. Easton. cester. Alex. H. Riee, Boston. William B. Washburn, Sam. Hooper, Boston. Greenfield. John B. Alley, Lynn. H. L. Dawes, Pittsfield. Nathaniel P. Banks, Waltham. MICHIGAN. Fernando C Beanian, Rowland E. Trowbridge, Adrain. Birmingham. Chas. Upson, Coldwater. John F. Driggs, East J. W. Lougyear, Lansing Saginaw. Thos. W. Ferry, Grand Haven. MINNESOTA. William Windoni, Win- Ignatius Donnelly, Hast oua. ings. MISSOURI. John nogan, St. Louis. Jos. W. MeClurg, Linn. H. T. Blow, St. Louis. Robert T. Van Horn, Th. E. Noell, Perry ville. Kansas City. JnoR. Kelso, Springfield MlSSfSSIPPI. Arthur E. Reynolds, . A. 51. West, Jackson. " Richard A. Pinson, . E. G. Peyton,. . James T. Harrison, . NEW HAMPSHIRE. Gilinnn Murston, Exeler. James W. Patterson, Ed. H. Rollins, Concord. Hanover. NEW JERSEY. John F. Starr, Camden. Andrew J. Rogers, New William A. Newell, Al- ton. lentown. Edwin R. V. Wright, Charles Sitgrcace, Phil- Hudson City. lips burg. NEW YORK. Steplien Tater, Roslyn. Cal. T. Hulburd, Brasher Tennis O. Rcrgen, New Falls. Utrecht. James M. Marvin, Sara- Jas. Humphrey, Brook- toga Springs. lyn. Deuias Hubbard, Jr., Morgan Jones, N. York. Smyrna. A'clxoti Taylor, N. York. Addison JL Laflin, Her- 11. J. liavnioncl, si. l orK. kimcr. John . Chaidcr, New R. Conkling, Utica. x ork. Sidney i. Holmes. Mor- Jaincs Brooks, N. York. risville. William A. Darling, N. Thomas T. Davis, Syra- York. cuse. William Radford, Yonk- Theodore M. Pomery, crs. Auburr C. Jf. Winflcld, Goshen. Daniel 5Iorris, Penn Yan. J. II. Ketchatn, Dover. Giles W. IIotchkiss.Bing- Hdicin K. Hubbell, Cox- hampton. sackie. 11am. aril, iielniont. C. Ooodyear, Schoharie. Ros. Hart, Rochester. J. A. Griswold, Troy. B. Vau Horn, Newllme. Robert S. Hale, Eliza- J. Jf. Humphrey, Buffalo. both town. Henry Van Aernani, Franklinville. NORTH-CAROLINA. Jesse R. Stubbs, Wil- Bedford Brown, Yancey- liamston. ville. C. C Clark, Newbem. S. H. Walkup, Monroe. T. C. Fuller,F:iyettevillc.A. II. Joues, Hcnderson Josiah Turner, Orange. viile. NEVADA. Delos R. Ashley, Virginia City. OHIO. Benj. Eggleston, Cinciu- J. M. Ashley, Toledo. nati. Hez. S. Bundy, Reed's Rutherford B. Hayes, Mills. Cincinnati. Win. E. Finck, Somerset. Robert C. Schcuck, Day-Columbus Deloua, Mt. ton. Vernon. William Lawrence, Bel- M. Walker, Wooster. lefonte. T. A. Plants, Pomcroy. Fram-ix C. Xo Blond, J. A, Bingham, Cadiz. Ceiina. Ephraim R. Ecklcy, Car- R. W. Clarke, Batavia. rolton. Samuel Siicllabargcr, Ruf. P. Spalding, Clcve Springfield. land. James 11. Hubbell, Dcla- J. A. Garfield, Hiram. ware. Ralph P. Bueklaud, Fre mont, OlIESON. James H. D. Henderson, Eugene City. PENNSYLVANIA. Sjiiiticl J. Randall, Phil- A. J. Glossbreuner, YorK. add pliia Vacant. Charles O'Neill, Phila. Leonard Mvers, Phila. Wm. D. Kellcy, Phila. 51. JIus. Tiiavcr, Chest nut Hill, Phila. Benjamin jf. Buyer, Nor- Abraham A. Barker, Eb ensburg. Step. F. Wilson, Wells bo ro'. Glenn W. Scofield, War ren. ristown. Chas. V. Culver, Frank- J. M. Uroomall, Media. lin. Sydenham iC. Ancona, Jno. L. Dawson, Browns- Kc.idiug. ville, Thad Stevens, Lancaster. Jas. K. Moorhead, Pitts Jfyer Slnm.c, Pottsville. borgh. J'liillip Johnson, Easton. Thomas Williams, Pitts Charlcs Denison, Wilkes- burgh. barre. Geo. V. Lnwrenco,, Mo- Ulys. Mercur, Towanda. nongahela City. G. F. Miller, Lewisburg. RHODE ISLAND. Thos. A. Jenekcs, Provi- Nathan F. Dixon, Wes dence. terly. SOUTH CAROLINA, Jno. D. Kennedy, . Samuel McGowan, . William Aiken, . James Farrow, . TEXAS. TE.NNE9SEE. Nath. G. Taylor, .Win. B. Campbell Nash- Horacc Maynard, Knox- ville. ville. S. M. Amell, -. Wm. B. Stok.es, Smith-1. R. Hawkins, . ville. Jv W. Leftwitch, Mem Edward, Cooper, . phis. VERMONT. FrecL. E. Woodbridge, Portus Baxter, Derby Verurennes. Line. Justin S. Morrill, Straf ford, viroiNl-A. . A.1L E Stuart, Stann- W: Hi B. Custis, L. H. Chandler, Norfolk, ton. B. Johnson Barbour, . Robert Y. Conrad, Win Robert Ridgeway, Rich- Chester. mond. Daniel H. Hodge Mont- Beverly A. Davis, Dan- gomery. ville. WISCONSIN. Halbert E. Paine, Mil- Charles A. Elridg, Fond waukie. du Lac. IthnmarC. Sloan, James- Philetus Sawyer, Osh- ville. kosh. Amasa Cobb, Mineral Walder D. Mclndoe, Point Warsaw. WEST VIRGINA. Chester Di Hubbard, K. V. Whaley, Point Wheeling. Pleasant. George R. Latham, Graf ton. Delegates from the Territories. New Mexico. J. Francisco Chaves, Santa Fe. Utah. William If. Hooper, Salt Lake City. Washington. Arthur A. Denny, Seattle. Nebraska. Phiacas W. Hitchcock, Omaha. Colorado. Allen A. Bradford, Denver. Dakota. Walter A. Burleigh, Yam-ton. Arizona. John N. Goodwin, Prescott. Idaho. E. LV Holbrook. Idaho City. Montana. Samuel McLean, Bannock City cianAET, wiurroRD & coM kanufactcsers and wholesale dialers in READY- MADE CLOTHING, American Express Buildings. Xos.53,.5T, 59 and OI, Hudson Street, NEW YORK. Near Duane, T. F. Carhart, ?ekJ SuBU- Wm H. WniTFono. J. B. Van Wagenen, A. T. Hamilton. . 3?- Office of Payau S Carhart iu liquidation. uov 1 eodOui'J 1