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'' 'V-'* ' . . , . \ jk, ? * * T-v. . - < ?. ? x . ' ,:","9E ^ . {*.' A *?-> - ? ^ \ ' i*? *' >iE XX V' " """ CAMDEN. S. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 2F 1866. ^ : X ^MBERGT J. T HERSETMAN"?Editor- ] R.iios lor Afivertisini?: ror one Square?ten lines cr k?bs?ONK Obb * !l -r.i! FIFTY OUSTS for tbe first K.-rtinn and ONK 1'OT.LAW (or each subsequent. MtireutT Jf-Jricxs. exceeding one square charged ?t advertising rate Tra sient Advertisemets and Job Work, MU T UK I'Al > Ft?IMNADV \NCK. No 'IcducruHi nvid". except to our regular HdrnrhBr? patrons. Terms of subscription for ono year $3,00 in advance; if not paid within three months from the titnc ot subscri -.ion, $4.00. [from the iialkigii 8knt1kel.] ''THE REKIlL MI2AD" ' It is well HH>d that the habit of dfcornting the graves 0! the rebel dead ucvcr occurred to the chivalry until iliey began to see it was a way, once more, to excite a betrayed and ddlu ded people agninst ? kin<l and generous Government."?L'e.kiyh Standard. h! glori'uis lebel s'i 'in! What th<>' thy battled cjuse proved vain, Art thou to us less dear? Shall \vc trrant thee one trihutc less. Because thou couldst nut live and bless The Jsind we still revert ? "Tin* chivalry" will answer "Xo But he who was thy secret foe. Win e living, hales tin e dead. And lifss his voice to cr\ us down, " cause we.deoo'ate the mound .Above each hurried head. . i We take the ' r.gels* alphabet." And onuirnfully w write with it Thy mouldering dust we love" W.. know this munot add one beam To tb' immoral Imio that doth gleam Thv sucritice above. ! Vi o know tb >u dos? not feel the wed >' tin . our ??.. ; lioirt-pr-Miipted eed, In "hy eo|>i a: d narrow lied; "'till, it ctu'ij i soa-e to lie fonnrt. p!' sure sad. in gathering'round Wit garlands for our dead. V,%, wish no' to renew tlie strife. That cost Hu e each a precious life, \r. a p. isiui tongue hath said; i'lr ? w u|.; keep the memory, tnglit in our hearts "tern illy, Of all the "rebel dead." The -aMrel and c cypress niocm. ' u)g-t!ier. o'er the eotatnon tenth, 1 Ot i i'is.: who ::t! in voir. ; And many a \vr aiii w.tn tee.rs we tare ' s lay it sit. tin) a i'Uw-d jjn.vo Of kindred -tehel" sla::!. -Pauperism and Crime? A Comparison. The concluding volume of the census of 1 SCO, (leveled to social i ' " i i li. statistics, lias uocu issueu. n nlTbrds the means of many instructive comparisons, and, among others, of :i comparison between the liuml-eis. of. the * dangerous and perishing classes, and their Vvh >le people in two distinct and widely-apnrt sections of this Union, as follows: , . New Kngltmcl HtaU s?total population, 3,03o,282; paupers, 74,409; criminals, 10.977. Same number of Southern States?total population 0,493,532 ; paupers, 13,394; criminals, 1,898. From this it appear ?omitting fraction ?that while there is in New England a pauper to each forty, and a criminal to each one .1 J .?w.l 4t' Amu* lin lumuruu ?um 5uvuuij-iuui ui population, in the Southern States enumerated there was'only one pauper to each four hundred and fifty-one, and one criminal to each 3421 of the population. It is evident that the much boasted .-superiority of New England, on .account of her great moyal purity .and high intelligence, tells better * in rhetorical flourishes than in statistical figures. What a story it tells for the culture of :nssachusetts, with her sublime system of free schools and her in^El? %??-?V?aii 4-ko4- hViA line i Iiuui r;tuit; vauauir^ ouo ncio 57,885 paupers and 12,773 criminal < while Alabama, one of the dark corners of the earth, a held of missionary labor and philanthropic effort, with two-thirds as large a popul dion, had only live hundred and eighty-two paupers, and one hundred and seventynine criminals. , If your sister, while engaged with, her sweetheart,- -asks you to bring a glass of water from 'an' adjoining room, start on the errand, hut you need not .return. - You will not be inissed. Don't forget thiB little boys' . : 1 't Adam's Fall. A favorite temperance lecturer down South used to relate the following anecdote to illustrate the influence of a bad example in the formation of habits, ruinous in their effect: Adam, and Mary, his wife, were very good members of the church, good sort of folks any way, quite industrious and thriving in the world. Whenever the minister called to make Mary,a visit, which was often, she contrived to have a glass of good toddy made, and the minister never refused to imbibe. After a while Adam got to following the example of the minister to such an extent that he became a drunkard?drank up everything he had and all he could get. Mary and Adam became very poor in consequence of his following the minister's example so closely, but the good minister continued, still to get his glass of toddy. One <1. y lie called in and told Mary he was going away for a. week?should return on Friday?and handed her a book containing the catechism, and told her when he returned he should expect her to answer the questions. Mary said yes, and laid awn}* the hook car fully. But Mary, like a good many others, forgot it until the very Friday lm + -flirt ivnnil m:r?:efrtv \V??C in Vn Hill L UH/ 1JUHI47 1V. I "?? IV ? v turn, "What shall I do ?" said she; "the minister is to be here to-day, and I haven't look, d in the b: ok he gave m'o ! How can I answer the questions ?" "I can tell you," said Adam; "g've me a. .quarter, and let me go over <o Smith's and get some ; good rum. are1, you can answer him with a. glass, ot toddy." _ . Mary took the advice,* gave Adam a quarter and a jug,-and oil' lie started. After getting his' jug filled, and on his way back, Adam concluded to taste the rum. One taste followed another until he tumbled over a pile of rocks and broke the jug and lost all the rlim. Adam managed to stagger home. Soon as he got into the house Mary asked very anxiously for ' the rum. ? * Poor A clam managed to staoi;ji:cr out that !io .stumbled avyr a. pile ol' rocks, and broke' the jug, and spilled-the rum. ' Mary was in a fix?Adam drunk?the minister coming?the rum gone?and the questions unlearned. But h; re comes the minister! It won't do for the man of God to see Adam drunk, so she for want of a better place to < hide him sent him under the bed. j By the. time In- was fairly under, in came the minister. After sitting a few moments, he asked i r 1 1 ' - .. ?y .Mary 11 sno couiu answer tne question, "How did Adam fall ?" Mary turned her head first one way, and then the other, and finally stammered out; "He fell over a pile of rocks." It was now the*minister's turn to look blank, but he ventured another question, "Where did he hide himself after the fall ?" Mary looked at the minister,', then at the bed, but finally she spoke out with? I, "Under the bed, sir ! There, , Adam, you may come out: he knows all about it." l lie gouu minister iciucu? not even waiting for his glass of toddy. i| ? - . . Gruv John B. Magbtjdeii.-?This gentloman is the editor of the Mexican Times, the American journal started in the city of Mexico by the late ex-Gov ernor Allen. To every American desirous of being posted on Mexican af- '' fairs, the Times will be a valuable paper. Its/terms-are. one dollar per.._ month,' or ten dollars per year,- in.ad- j' vance. . . 1 J if!. \ General Lee. A correspondent of the Rich- < mond Times, writing from Lexington, has the following concerning General Lee: "He has a . comfortable house, well furnished; and while his salary is not large, his every want is * supplied, and often times anticipated. Every stage that enters the village brings him a parcel or box, 5 sent by Express,and these boxes and parcels contain almost every imaginable thing, from books and pictures down to clothing and provisions. These boxes come from every quarter of the globe, but chiefly "fV?/-vrY* l?nlfimAr*Q JLIV/1I1 JL/UH-IIUVlVf The other day, a little girl living some four miles in the country, sent the General a present of apples, and the very next evening, to her great joy, and the amazement of her parents, .Gen Lee rode up, alighted, entered the house, and, after returning his thanks, paid his little friend u visit of some length. He is not at all unsocial, is free, yet cautious in conversation, but his visits are made chiefly to the ladies. . Sometimes his patience is tried by persous requesting him to sit for his picture or hast, and on one occasion he was heard to declare that he had rather stand the fire of half a dozen of the best marksmen in the army of Northern Virginia, than be vexed by the continued solicitations of " ?~? 1?j.i._ i UiUISlij, pilVbOgliipiipi !? illiu Lllf ; like. He was particularly worried j a few weeks ago by an old lady from the South, who insisted on j having a lock or even "three! ' ** ' j threads of his hair, which she; had promised faithfully to carry j back to a young female friend in i Alabama or Georgia." After considering the difficulty.! he pursuaded the old lady t<:"r put j up with a photograph in .place'of | a lock of hair. She was by no! means satisfied, hut the General; was firm. He is also annoyed by 11 letters on all sortsjif subjects, i (>ne of these lately receiv'i -1 was j' from an old woman in England, | ( who sent him a bill for four dol- j ( lars, which a man of his name, i liobert K Lee, had borrowed from her in 1802. As the old j ! lady was evidently in earnest and ; the letter genuine, the General promptly replied, and proved an * alihi. . . ! , i ? ( Another War; A Northern paper discusses the probability of a War in 18G8, between the democrats and radicals, from the result of the Pres: I .. 1 I'iuiiuui eieouyu. Gentlemen, .don't fight!'. [f you do, count us out. We can t ( sho<>t?we can't bite a cartridge' ?our health's awful bad ; ue limp; we stammer; we're goii' blind ; we're deaf; we're pot- ( b?I'd and sway-backed ; our liver don't work; or heart's diseased ; we have a 'mighty ailen <in our inards' that doctors cant tell anything about, we can't look at blood without faintin.' We can't die a hero all in a fuss' ?nary time, we can't; and, in r the language of an illustrious conscript, 'we'd ruther be hung, c any way, than die for our country.' Another War! 0, Cracky! Rats to y'r holes! Lie down! grab a Government * contract of some sort,-if it's to make nitre.? f Danville Times Thad. Stevens is an old bache- j ior.?Exchange. . ? _ :'Jfiere is a "colored lady" at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, . .who { will fight you on'"that question ' "until your eyelids cease to wag." Mobile Register. 5 The Stamp Act. ONE OF THE T.v* I.AW3 OF TIIE UNITED STATES. AcknowldgeincDt of deeds) Exempt. Affidavit, 5 cts. (in suit of legal proceedings,) Exempt. Agreement or Appraisement, for each sheet or piece of paper, on which the same is written, 0 cts. Assignment or Transfers, of mortgage, lease or policy of insnrance, the same duty as on the original instrument oi pattent. right, 5 eta. Bunk Chpeks, Drafts Or Orders, <tc., at sight or demand, 2 cts. Bills of lycchauge; Inland drafts or order payable otherwise than at sight or on demand, and any promisory note whatever, payable on demand or at a time ' designated [except bank notes issued for ciretlla lion, ana chocks maae anu intended to be, and which shall be, forthwith presented for payment] for a ,suin not exceeding SlOO, 5 cts. For every additional 4100 or fractional part thereof, 5 cts. B.lls of Lading vessels for the ports of the United States or British North America, Exempt. On receipt of goods on n?\ foreign ports, . ' 10 cts. Bills of Sale of any vessel, or part thereof when the ; erution does not exceed ?500, 50 cts. Exceeding $500 and not exceed*.-. lug Si,o0o. 41,00 Exceeding one thousand dollars for each five . hundred dollars or fractional part thereof, ?0 cts. Of personal property, other than ship or vessel Bond, personal, ?for payment of money [see m.-rigagt.]? Offnia1, SI,CO Forinds-rnriyfxioguny jicrson for the payment of any sum of mo nev, where the money ultimately recoverable thereupon is one thousand dollars or . Ice-* 00 cts. WhcMtho money recoverable i unW; Is one' thousand dollars for ofer.v additional one thou *. sand or fractional part thereof, 5,0 ct8 ilondi^ county, city and town bonds. railroads and other corporatimi bonds and script, are Huhjf t 'V. stump duty. [?co mortgage.] Of nny description, other than Midi as ate lequi-rv! in legal proceedings _ and such as -jrc nor. 'otherwise charged in this schedule, 'J5 cts. ! Certificates of deposit in hank, -j.'um not exceeding otic "h-vjn- j j div.i dnilnrs, " ii'Ct.s. j Of deposit in bank, surn exceeding en- hundred dollar*, fl ets. I Of stock in ?*iii incorporation,^. Company, * ?5 cts. . ! General, . t .0 cts. Of ?. qualification of a .Justice of the yi'Hdf,. Commissioner of ' ' J .deeds or Notary public, Gets Of search, of records, . 5 cts. , That certain papers are -in file. 0 cts. .i I'liit /.. i-t-.in iwi.uri: . iinniil hi? r-l -" ; , found, , 5 ctp. i Of redemption of laud sold for "taxes, : I 5 cts. j Of birth, marriage and death,- 5 cts. Of profits' (if. ?n incorporated v conipauy.'lui u Hum r not less. I than ton' dpilars uud not exceeding fifty dollars, . 10 ct?. j Exceeding fifty dollars and not exceeding one thousand dollars, t , 2f> cts. Exceeding one thousand dollars, for every additional thousand or fractional part thereof, 25 cts. )f damage or otherwise, and all other certificates or documents issued by any port warden, marine surveyor, or other person acting as such. 25 cts. j Jetiified Transcript of judgements, satisfaction of judge* ' * j tnents and of all papers re curded or on tile, o cts. ' Jhcck, Draft, or Order for the payment of any sow of money exceeding $10, drawn upon I any person or other than a bank, banker or trust company, at sight or on demand, 2 cts. 'ontract [S'-c AgreementBro kers,] 1.0 lonveyance deed, instrument of '"Vj- i writing, whereby lands, tenciue> ts, or other reality sold shall be conveyed, the actual ; . value which dues not *xceed . $500, . 50 cts. Ixci eding $500 and not exceed ii.g Sl-OUU, .81.00 , or every additional five buri'dred'dollars," or fractional part there- of, in excess of one thousand dollars, , ' ' oOcla. Jntry of* any goods, wares'of", merchandize at any Custom house, ndtexceeding*one bdn>"* V dred dollars in value, " * ""-^25 ets. c ixceediDg orie"7juii*dred"doHarff ' t] in value aud not- exceeding* * * p five hundred dollars in value; 50 cts. w Ixceeding $500 iu value, $1 00 J ' For the withdrawal of goods or merchandise from bonded ware* house, ' 50 ct< Guagers return if- for quantity not exceeding five hundred gnl. gross, 10 ctM. Exceeding 500 gallons,""- * 25 cis. j Power of Attorney to sell or transfer stock, or collect dividends thereon, * 23 ets. To vote at an clectjon if an incorporated company, . 10 cts. To receive or collect rents; j 25 ct?; To sell, or convey, or icut; or lease real estate. 81 00 For any other purpose. " oO.cfs. Probate will or letters of administration, where the. rnluc ' both real and personal estate does ttot exceed 82,000, 81 00 For every additional $2,000 or fractional part thereof, in excess of $2,000, 50 ots. Bonds of executor, adroinistra tors, guardians and trustees, are each subjected to a stamp : duty of $1 00 Protest upon bill note, chock' or draft, 25 cts. Promisory Note, (See Bills of Ex change, inland,) Renewal of, subject to same duty as an original note. > Receipt for the payment of any sunstof money, or debt due, exceeding twenty dollars, or for . the delivery of any propeity, 2. els. Trust Deed made to secure a debt, to bestampedas a mortgage conveying estate to uses, . to be stamped as conveyance. Warehouse Receipt lor 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 five' hundred and not exceeding one thousand dollars, 20 Cts. Exceeding l,0t)O dollars, for every additional 1,000 dollars or fractional part thereof, in excess of $1J(J00, 10 cts. For any.-goous.etcynot otherwise provided for, stored or deposit ted in any public or private warehouse or \ ard, ' 25 cts. I xv-.v, t i "n nOitmonfu u?rt f I llli'n Ul ....y I . or other legal process, by which any suit is commenced in any | conrt ot' record, cither-of lawor equity, 00 cts. 1 Writ or original process issued by a court not of record, when.* the amount chyiucd is 100 do!- ' lar.- or over, 60 cts. Upon every confession of judgement or cognovit for li>C> dollars or over, except in cases where the tax for a writ has been paid, ' .00 cts. Writ or other process,, appeals , from justices. courts* or other courts of inferior jurisdiction, to n/court'of record, oO els. Warrants erf distfess when the. . atuouut of lent claimed does not exceed 100 dollars. .. 25 cts. Wjieii the amouj/l' cxcci ds 100 dollars, 50 cts. Insurance, Marino, Inland and Fire. Where-the considers . tion paid for-the iusuranee, in ctash, premium ijot.es, or both, does nof exceed 10 dollars, 10 cts. Exceeding-ten dollars, and not exceeding fifty, 50 cts. Insurance,Life, whe? the amount . itfsured does nor exceed l.O'Jt). . dollars, . 25 cts. Exceeding 1,000 and not exceeding 5,OO0 dollars, * 50 cts. 1 Exceeding 5,000 dollars, $L"0u! Lease or lease of lands or tene* ments where the rents do not exceed $3(J0 per annum, 50 cts. Encceding 300 'dollars, for each additional 200 dollars, or fractional part thereof, iu excess of .*t00 dollars, 50 cts. j Porn.itmil huliiopt to stnmb dutv i .. >.r- ?, J - I as a "conveyance. j Clause of guaranty of payment of : rent incorporated or indorsed, live cents additional. Measurers' Return, if for quantity.. not exceeding 1,000 bush-Is, 10 cts. Exceeding 1,000 busliels, 25 et?. . 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 dollar?, for every' additional 500, or fractional T* part thereof, in excess of 500, 50 cts.' Pawner's Checks, o cts. ' Passage Ticket from the United . . > : States to any foreign port, cost- '"(' ing not more than.35 dollars, f?0 cts. !: Costing more than -Qo, and ' not V 1 exceeding 50,_ - $1 0(1 j 'or every additional fifty ??r. lVacr-. ^ ... tidnuf* \>iin thereof, in excess <Jf 50 dollars, * 55100 t ; ... II GENERAL HEM ARKS. ] Revenue Stamps may "be used iudis- 1: riminately upon any of ' the matters or t< hings. enumerated in. ichedirle B, except )' roprietary and playing tard si;m>pF, for " rhich a special use has been provided. s< Postage stamps cannot be used in pay- - iiu-iit ui\ Imv *<!::' v \c!7nrgeable ulfinstfu" incuts. ? J"~ ' It is ili- iT:i-j* .it', the.maker of ah in-' J strumcnt'To ,.:;.x";ind cancel the stump J thereon.A 11'"neglects to do. so, the' I | party Tor whom it in made may stamp it' J j before it is used; and if. used after the I 30tb of July, 1864? and used without n I ! stamp, it cannot afterwards be effectual j Iv stamped. Any failnre upon the part | of the maker of an instrument to appro- fl I priately st/imp it, renders him liable to a- f B |'penalty of two hundred dollars'. / fl Suits are commenced in many States f fl by other process than writ,' viz: snm- ' ruous, warrants, publication, petition, fc'c., in which case these** as the original pro' fl ce$6, severally require stamps.. ^ Writs of 8cira faciei are subject to / stamp duty aa original processes. , - \ 1 The jurat of an affidavit, taken before 1 a Justice of the Peace,'Notary Public, or ' other officer duly authorized to tako affi davits, it> held to be a certificate,. and . subject to a stamp duty of five-cents, except tehco taken in suits of. legal pro ceeding?. ; '? | Certificates of loan^ in which thcro shall appear any printed or wiitten evi-. dence of aifc.amount of money to be paid l on demand or at any time designated, arc subject to stamp duty as Proraisory j Notes. - a i ; The assignment of a mortgage !s snbject to the same , duty as that imposed upon the original instrument?that is to say, for every sum of five hundred dollars, or any fractional part tlicfeof, of the amount secured by the mortgage, at time j of its assignment, there must'be affixed a ; stamp or stamps, denoting a duty of five ; cents. .. \. . When two or more persons join in the $ } execution of an instrument, the stamps toJ which this instrument is liable tinder the I law, may be affixed and .cancelled .by. one . of the parties. ' - . ; \ >y In conveyances of real estate, the law provides that the stamp affixed must an^ ' . 9\ver to the value* of the estate on intc- .. , '. rest conveyed. , . ' VNo stamp is,.required on any, warrant of attorney accompanying a bond or nb'te,. i. i v t tic i wuen wucii uujiu or hoik pas uuijcu mere* to ft stamp or stamps denoting tho dntv required, and whenever any bond or note is secured by mortgage, but one stamp ddty^is required on such papers, sucli ptamp duty being the highest rates re- . j quirad for such instruments, or either of j them. In such a case a. note or memo* | randura of the vshic or denomination of j the stamp affixed should be made upon j the margin or in the acknowledgment of j tho instrument which'is not stamped. | . ATail . TVu2 a ham still morn in Oktobef, .whitch is ono uv -the fall or ottura ' munths. It wuz at the seizen ' uv tho dying' year whitch away kens fond remissness of ibrmur memeries uv therekolekshuu 4 ! ub bi gone daze.' Tho rane cum dounin akind uv fino i inist, in a "sad, lingerin kind uv a way, i as if it hated to wet the spot on which ; it. lit, bur, didn't egzackly no whalr clso ' ; I to go. . , ! The fernal breezes of ottura kept d I blowin away,, but not hard - enutf to ? j blow-enny-body's hat off. Tho treez i awaid back and 4th like an ole woman i ^ith the tcethaick. .On sicli a luvly morrnin as this, il \ maiden fare, with pensive air & golden, ' liair, gazed out u'V tho east kitchen windor Uv a houso iri the beautiful and to- * 4 mantic JStait? u'v Eleonoy,. gayzed -long & . well?gayzed, and - gayzed & better '* ? . 1 ?t :_~,i :v ai . 011*7 yujic-u Ub 11 iiiuru wuz I sunithin ou her mind?wbitch I supoaz there wuz! Sho wuz a nice girl uv medium heft, with a mild temper >* ' \ iron spoon in hur left hand. Sho hed : . \ bin a bakin pancakes. Her eye flushed & hur buzzum have with the emotion* , < uv hur foclins. Suddenly she*spoak & revealed the cause uv hur aolisyttiod an - she say*; "Thnr mam; PI be dadbobbed if that ,ple kow of Snigginscs * ;* hain't broke info* our garden agin!" . ' ^ u Gr&nd Pow-Wow ofEdi tors, Publishers and Prirtfirs * V ' Some months ago we suggested a Convention of the Preaeof'South'Carolina. Lately tlio Greenville Enterprise and the Anderson have flatter- x mgly. seconded our. suggestion. Will *i' not our contemporaries generally say a word'prt)or fc'ofc? Such a Convention, vt; ' if jmanimous, might be productive of* ' grf&4?*5f however, ojly a pgpor horo , **and there were represented, but Ifttlogood could' come of it. .The Appeal * *" J . proposes Greenville as. tho.' place, mid - " '**' V tho lfth of"August. U(j:thc time. Ner ;";v* setter placo durmgfhe.heat of Summer-"51 V it least, could He 'nani^d. As to'tho--' *"'***! ime of meeting, it epiild -be pushed off^ ^ i little further if. nCcesi^ry! - .That the*' " Editors and Publishers OjfySoutE Oaro^; -- '**1; ""'''i' ina should..meet .together, after the* '* " LI J ^ r ~ T x * ? ' - errioie uuyuxiu^u^iejw ui iu?j jast six ears, and place' themselves m rapport' l'evefy iVs'j^eet, is" something which 3ems to us eminently Tviso nn?lpri?ji?T. - Wyi'MiT Affr^rfttrr.