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THE TARBORO' SOUJTHERiVER. CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. shoot all them air animils, and suppose all the numerous famerly of the Arps was to make a similar request, and mm on em Was to want buck loads, to shoot Panthers and Bars: tberes no telling what mout be the consequence. The temptation to take one more shoot at sum of the little Wards, mout lead you into difiikilties, and Mr. Stanton mout be tbrowd inter fits, and unkil Sam mout have to call on the farthernmost comer of the yearth to put a stop to that air shootin, and I tell you Mr. Arp it costs Mr. Welles a durn sight of money to bring all them air furreners in our alls monitors, pertickularly when you alls Maffits and Semmea's air abeout with them air 290's and 240's, and may "be, the next time, you alls will invent sumthing in the shape of gourds, to fit on the hed, and float in the water, and pull our ships under all unbeknowin tew us, jes as the Chinese ketch ther ducks. You must excuse me for refusin the powder; all I ken dew is to send a tick et to our show, as requested, which you will find herein. No more at pres ent, but remane yours, untell death. A. WARD, P. S. Says you tew me, says you, Artemus would you make the fiddle trade for Gonfederick money? Says I to you, says I. I shall be better able to answer that insinnivatin question when I see whether Mr. Chase will be able to make greenbacks buy as many codfish as mintdrops will. They seems at this here wntin to be rather a gom down. A. W. The Presidents Letter to his "Red Children." The following official pa per, elegantly engrossed on parchment and ornamented with a border of red, white and bine ribbons, has been de livered by the Secretary of the Interior to the parties to whom it is addressed: Exk've Mansion, Washington, D, C. 1 NoTember 14, 1865. I xnave learned from the Commission er sent by me to treat with the Indians whose country borders on the Jissouri river and its tributaries, that two of my red children Nortay-u-hah, or Short Gun, and the brother of Nortay-u-hah, of the Black feet tribe of the Sioux or Dakota nation have rescued two white women from my enemies, aod ,gave their two horses in exchange for them. I am greatly pleased with this honorable and friendly conduct of Nortay-a-hah and his brother, and direct that one hundred silver dollars be given to him and one hundred to his brother, to enable each one to buy himself another horse. I also direct fifty silver dollars be given to each to pay him for his trouble in res cuing these white women and sending them to white people; and as a, memen to of my perpetual friendship for Nortay-u-hah and his brother, so long as they remain friendly with the white children, I direct that a silver medal be given to each, with a suitable inscrip tion, that all my red children and -all my white children, when they look up on it, may know that their great farther in Washington is greatly pleased with Nortay-u-hah and his brother. I also write my name on this paper, and direct that it be given to Nortay-u-hah and a duplicate to his brother, that they may know that the silver money and the silver medal have been sent by tae to them from Washington. ANDREW JOHNSON. President United States of America. JgyHon. George Washington Ju lian, says the Cincinnati Inquirer, the man who would hang liberally' in the South who would Dut to death Davis, Lee, and all the other Southern leaders, is thus noticed by General Meredith in a card, since he cowhided him. Ha says: 'By nature cold, selfish and calculating with a pestiferous disposition to poke his nose into the business of every one who does not 'pin faith' with him, and following up his impudent interference with baneful backbiting, misrepresenta tions and downright fasehoods, it is not wonderful that he should be spurned and shunned by all who know him well, or that he should be exposed and writ ten down as a perfidious counterfeit and cheat a disgrace to humanity a liv ing, walking lie!" Memoranda of an Accomplished Lady. The Buffalo Republican says, we recently picked up the following memoranda, which we saw dropped by a young lady attired in an embroidered velvet Talma an exquisite Honiton lace collar, a white hat and plume, and a painfully brilliant silk dress with ex aggerated flounces: "I must get a Vail, Brown hoes, Sarcenet, Laise, G'uvs, Shimmvzet, Kulone." We confess we were startled at the last item, but think it means cologne. The whole simply proves that wealth and intellect do not always hunt in couples. JBgyA woman being enjoined to try the effect of kindness on her husband, and being told that it would heap coals of fire on his bead, replied that she had tried "boiling water, and it dida't do & bit of good." Real Estate for SAMS. An Elegant Residence in the Tozvn of Tarboro N. C. THE house is a new brick "ENGLISH COTTAGE" has four rooms below and four above, each bed-room has a wardrobe and chma closets connect with the dining room. The house is splendidly ventilated from the top and sides, and is perfectly dry in the dampest weather, has a fine varandah in front and rear and balconies on each side. The out houses are splendidly arranged for neatness, taste and convenience. They consist of a large two story brick kitchen, containing four rooms, two smoke houses (one of which may be used for aay other purpose) a large" brick pantry, nicely ar ranged for coolness in summer, it is sunk abount two feet below the ground and is filled between the ceiling and shingles with sawdust and charcoal thereby kept per fecdy cool in the extreme heat of weather. A well of water nicely covered and curb ed with brick, is about thirty-seven or eight feet deep, and said to be the finest in the county, is very soft and light and at no time during the drought of the past sum mer had less than ten feet of water. There are on the premises a nice carriage house, two -sets of -staples and cow house, all of which are under one cover, a yankee pig stye, hen houses, chicken coops and many other little conveniences. The front yard is nicely laid out, has a beautiful carriage drive up to the front door, and has many choice flowers and plants. The garden is a very fine and large one, 'it -has an asparagus bed unsurpassed in the State. The premises contain about five acres and the grounds are well stocked with fruit trees of the choicest kinds viz. Apples, Pears, Peaches, Nectarines. Oxheart Cher ries, Catawba, Isabella and English Grapes, Red Currants, Figs,Raspberries, c. c. JL fine oak grove surrounds the house making it a most delightful and airy place in summer. It is situated near the Depot, w a "very healthy and wealthy neighborhood. The house was planed and built by a competant Architect. "Possession given immediately. Apply to " J. R. CAKMER, Tarboro', N. C. Dec. 12, 1865. 4-tf Liquors, Cigars AND Confectionaries, JUST RECEIVED AT J. Ilarriss Co's. THE undersigned hereby give notice to the public generally, that they have open ed a FIRST CLASS BAR, at the old stand formerly occupied by S. S. Hicks, at which can be found the best Liquors, and of eve ry kind and mixture a customer may desire. They keep constantly on hand a well se lected stock of Confectionaries, Cigars, Tobacco, &c, which will be sold cheap. Oysters will be kept in their season. By strict attention to business and ac commodation to all, they hope to merit a liberal share of patronage. JNO. HARRISS & CO., ec. l&-4-tf Tarboro', N. C- CIRCUXiAR. HAVING established a Geueral Agency Business at No. 30 St. Haul Street, be tween Lexington and Fayette sts., we re spectfully offer our services to all who may desire to sell their Farms, Houses, Lots, or Ground rents, or exchange them for other ifaiuis or for City property in this or other States, or "Cities. Also to procure tenants or labourers such as may be re quired to restore the lands now lying waste; also to effect loans m .good securities, and will attend to the collection -of House and Ground rents. References given when re quired. WM. F. STEWART, M. D. THOS. R. PRESSTMAN, Attorney at Law. Baltimore, Dec. 16, 1S63. 4-tf PROPOSITION TO Cultivate Cotton on Shares. TO any one who will furnish 40 good Laborers, I will offer very favorable terms to cultivate 500 acres in Cotton, of as gr od land as there is in Edgecombe county. The land, team and provisions for man aod beast, with the services of one of the best managers already secured, and my own personal superintendence will be offered against the labor, giving a liberal share of the product. With the use of guano, 400 bales of Cotton weighing 400 lbs. each, can be made with an average season. Proposition open till 1st of Jan., 18b6. JOHN S. DANCY, Dec. 16.-4-3t Tarboro', N. C, FOR SALE. One Good Family Horse. One Two Horse Waggon. 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Here are such f its provisions as we think will prove mojTt interesting and important to the readei : SCHEDULE B. Acknowledgement of deeds Affidavit in suitor legal proceedings Agreement or Appi aisement fcr each sheet or 'piece of paper oa which the same is written Assignment Transfers of mort gage, lease or policy of insur ance, the same duty as on the original instrument of patent tight Bank Checks, Drafts or Orders, $c. t sight or on demand Bills on Exchange; Island draft or order, payable otherwise exempt 5 cents exempt 5 cents 5 cents 2 cents than at sight or on demand, and any promisory note what ever, payable on demand or at a time designed (except bank notes issued for circulation, and checks made and intended to be, and which shall be, forth with presented for payment) for a sum not exceeding $169 5 cents For every additional, hundred dollars, or fractional part thereof 5 cents Bills of Lading of vessels for ports of the United States or ' British North America Or receipt of goods on any for eign ports exempt 10 cents Bill ef Sale of any vessel, or part thereof, when the consideration does not exceed five hundred dollars 50 cents Exceeding $500 and not exceed ing $1,000 $1,00 Exceeding $1,000, for each $5- 000, fractional part thereof 50 cents Of personal property other than ship or vessel 5 cents Bond personal, for payment of money see Mortgage. Official $1,00 For indemnifying any person fo the payment of any sam of money? where the money unti- mately recoverably thereupon is $1,00 or less 50 cents Where the money recoverable exceeds $1,000, for every ad ditional $1,000, or fractional part thereof Bond county, city and town bonds, railroad and other cor poration bonds and script, are subject to stamp duty. See Mortgage. Of any descrip tion, -other than such as are re quired in legal proceedings, and such as are not otherwise charged in this schedule 50 cents 25 cents Certificates of deposit in bank, sum not exceeding one hundred dollars Gf deposit in bank, sum exceed ing one nundred dollars Of stock in an incorporated company General Of a qualification of a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of Deeds or Notary Public Of search of records That, certain papers are on file That certain papers cannot be found Of redemption of land sold for taxes Of birth, marriage and death Of qualification of school teach ers Of profits on an incorporated company, for a sum not less than ten dollars, and not ex 2 cents 5 cents 25 cents 5 cents 5 cents 5 cents 5 cents 5 cents 5 cents 5 cents 5 cents ceeding fifty dollars 10 cents Exceeding fifty dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars 25 cents Exceeding one thousand dollars for every additional ne thous and, or fractional part thereof 25 cents Of damage or otherwise, of all other certificates or documents issued by any port warden, marine surveyor, or ether per son acting as such Certified Transcript of judgments satisfaction of judgments aad of all papers recorded or on file (N. B. As a general rule, eve ry certificate which has, or may have, a legal value in any court of law or equity, will require a stamp duty of five cents.) 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 eoapany, at eight or on demand 25 cents 9 cents 2 cents. Contract See Agreement Bro kers 10 cents Conveyance deed, instrument of writiag whereby lands, tene ments, or other reality sold xhall be conveyed, the actual value which does not exceed $500 50 cents Exceeding $500, and not ex ceeding $1,000 $1,00 For every additional $500, or fractional part thereof, in ex cess of $1,003, 50 cents Entry of any goods, wares or merchandize at any custom house, not exceeding $100 in value, 25 cents Exceeding $100 and not exceed ing $500 in value, 60 tents j Exceeding $300 in talus, $1,00 For the withdrawal of any goods or merchandize from bonded warehouse, . 50 cents Guager's Return if for quantity not exceeding 500 gallons, gross 10 cent Exceeding 500 gallons, 25 cents Power of Attorney to sell or trans- fere stock, or collect dividends thereon, 25 cents To vote at an election of incor porated company, To receive or collect rents, To sell, or convey, or rent, or lease real estate, For any other purpose 10 cents 25 cents $1,00 50 cents Probate or Will or letters of ad ministration, where the value of both real and personal estate does not exceed $2,000, $1,00 For every additional $2,000, or fractional part thereof, in ex cess of $2,000 50 cents Bonds of executor, administra tors, guardian stand trustees, are each subject to a stamp duty Of $1,00 Protest upon bill, note, check, or draft, 25 cents Promissory Note See Bills of ex change, inland Benewal of, subject te same duty as an ori ginal note. Receipt for the payment of any sum of money, or debt due, exceeding $20, or for the delivery of any proper ty, 2 cents Trust Deed made to secure a debt to be stamped as aconvey ance. Warehouse Receipt for any goods, wares or merchandise not other wise provided for, deposited or 6tored in any public or private warehouse, not exceeding $500 in value, 10 cent3 Exceeding $500, and not ex ceeding $1,000, 20 enis Exceeding $1,000, for every ad ditional $1,000, 10 cents For any goods, &c, not other wise provided for, store or de posited an any prblic or private warehouse or yard, 25 cents Writs 4" Legal Documcnnts write or other legal process, by which any suit is commenced in any court of record, either of law or equity, 50 cents Writ or original procoss issued by a court not of record, where the amount claimed is $ 100 or over, 50 cents Upon every confession of judg ment or cognovit for $100 or over, except in cases where the tax for a writ has been paid, -50 cents Write or other process appeals from justice's courts, or other courts of inferior jurisdiction, to a court of record, 50 cents Warrants of distress, when the amount claimed does not exceed $100 25 cents When the amount cxoeeds $10050 cents Insurance Marine, Inland and Fire. Where the consideration paid for the insurance, in cash, premium notes, or both, does est exceed $10, ' . V Exceeding $10, and not exceed ing $50, , : ' 0 eerts Insurance iy--when the amount -insured does not exceed $1,000, 25 cents Exceeding $1,000, and not ex- . ; ceeding $5,000 - - . - -CO cants Exceeding $5,000,- $1;C5 Lease of lands or tenements, where the rents do not exeeed $300 per annum, - C0 czz Exceeding $300, for each $.111 fionai $200, or fractional jirt ' thereof, in excess of C-S0, , C I Perpetual, subject to stenp " duty as a "conveyance." : Clause of guaranty or payment of rent incorporated r endors- " ed, five cents additional. Measures Return if for quantity not exceeding 1,000 bushels, 10 cents Exceeding 1,000 bushels 25 cents Mortgage trust deed, bill of sale, or personal bond for the payment of money exceeding $100, and not exceeding $500, 50 ceats Exceeding $500, for every ad ditional $500, or fractional part thereof, in excess of $500, 50 cents Pawners Checks, 5 ceats Paisage Tickets from the United States to any foreign port, cost ing not more than $35, 50 cents Costing more than $35, and not exceeding $50, 1,00 For every additional $50, or fractional part thereof, in ex cess of $50, $1,00 GENERAL REMARKS. Revenue Stamps may be used indiscrim initely upon any of the matters or things emraerated in schedule B, except proprier tary and playing card stamps, fur which a special use has been provided. Postage stamps cannot be used in pay ment of the duty chargeable on instru ments. It is the duty 0f the maker of an instru ment to affix and cancel the stamp thereon. If he neglects to do so, the party for whose use it is made, may stamp it before it is used ; but in no case can it be legally used without a stamp ? and if used after the 30th of July, 1864, and used without a stamp, it cannot afterwards be effectually stamp ed. Any propriately stamp it, renders him liable to a penalty of two hundrei dollars Suits are commenced in many States by other processes than writ, viz : summons warrants, publication, petition, &c. jn which case tbese, as 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 ft Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, or other oflicer duly authorized to take affi davits, is held to be a certificate, and sub ject to a stamp duty of 5 cents, .except when taken in suits or legal proceedings. Certificates of loan in which there shall appear any printed or written evidence of an amount of money to be paid on demand, or at any time designated, are subject to stamp duty as Promissory Notes. The assignment of a mortgage is subject to the same stamp duty as that imposed upon the original instrument ; that is to say, for every sum of five hundred dollars, or any fractional part thereof, of the amount secured by the mortgage, at the , time of its assignment, theiemustbe afiix- ' ed a stamp or EtampR, denoting ajduty of fifty ceuts. When two or more persons join in the executiion of nn instrument, the stamps to which this instrument is liable under the law, may be affixed and conoelled by oae of the parties, In conveyances of real estate, the law provides that the stamp affixed must an swer to the value of the estate on interest conveyed. No stamp is required on any warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or note, when such bond or note has affixed thereto the stamp or stamps denoting the duty re quired, and whenever any bond or note is secured by mortgage, but one stawp datj is required on such papers, such stamp duty being the highest rates required for such instruments, or either of them In such cases a note or memorandum of the value or denomination of the stamp affixed, should be made upon the margin or in the acknowledgment of the instrument which is not stamped. THE NORTH CAROLINIAN. " This is my own, my native land " Weekly and Semi-Weekly. The undersigned will issue in the town of Wilson, N. C., on Thursday morning November 30, 1865, an independent news paper of the above title. The North Carolinian, " while it will yield a faithful support to such measures of the National and State Governments as arc, in our opinion calculated to promote the perpetuity of the Republic, and the prosperity and happiness of our people, will yet be fearless in its rebuke of faction, and persistent in its opposifion to the spirit of proscription so rapidly manifest ing itself both here and elsewhere in the country. It will be independent with out harshness conciliatory without syct phnncy conservative without servility. Thoroughly North Carolinian in feeling. and sentiment, our primnTy purpose wil be to guard the honor and avVanC ViwTs terest of our nnf ivn sr:i ' w ,,c saaji e deavor to stimulate all classes of hPr tJ pie toencrcased exertion in the great work oi oeYeioping uer resources, and repairing "111 -film KJM. .n.t.!..J A ' : ooo ouoiiuucu uunng tiie tvrribl iic uas just emerged. To tl3 si Irsent of this purpose we - energies, md exhoTt our ' ) cultivate that comity and jr jJesirable ia the pre-A draw lines to estab- H brand and proscribe pinion, which may ifionslj entertain lirejudices buried, 6rst an whoja. "ssiondepreci&ting i oj uri6'usrpar?y fellow- r-t i Thi: lisbp tieaf be to ed. tie w heart, the J f:clir roughout the cou 'orth Carolina.. 7, ! i X : i-a NoKh Cardlffl 4 cctrol, shall never be dev ::hg the medium of insult te y defamation of the dead, whe . thely participated in the struesle for the estab lishment of the Confederate government a DeJieve that the people of the South may be safely trusted; that having pledged their faith to the General Government, they will abide thertby, and will perform . the obligations of eitiiens with that prompt itude and fidelity which characterized their conduct during the past four years. Vt undertake to present to the people of yfrth Carolina and the South, a news- paper worthy of their snnnort It will J contiin the latest vfremtoT abroad, and will at all times be replete with such reading matter as will render it an acceptable family newspaper. Until the mails are regularly establish ed, the North Carolinan " will be issued weeciy, after which it will be published semi-weekly. TERMS: For the Weekly one year, 3 00 2 00 5 00 3 00 half w For the Semi-Weekly one year, Advertisements will nBrid at th rates charged by other newspapers in the State. Kelirious T!4r,rt Notices, and Marriages and .Deaths published as CHAMBERLAIN RAWlsTcS J TTT , T If Tarboro', All work intrncf (ieimre wia be done with neatnes and ov JAMES A. WIjJ1 Wilmington- $ Z Nov. 25. V J v.. U