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GENERAL REMARKS.

Revenue Stamps may be used indiscriminately
upon any of the matters or things enumerated in
schedule B, except proprietary and playing card
stamps, for which special use has been provided.
Postage stamps cannot be used in payment ol
the duty chargeable on instruments. .6 ~
1t is the duty of the maker of an instrument to
affx and cancel the stamp thereon If The neglects
to do SO, the party for whom it is made, may
stamp it before it is used; and if used after the
3Oth of July, 1864, and used without stamp, it
cannot afterwards be; effectually stamped. Any
failure upon the part of the maker of an instru-
ment to appropriately stamp it, renders him liza
Bile to penalty OF two hundred dollars.
Suits are commenced in many States by other
process than writ, viz: summons, warrants, pub
lication, petition &C., in which case these as the
original process, severally require stamps.
Writs of scira facias are subject to stamp duty
as original processes. s. .:5s ..-. u
! The jurat of an affidavit, taken before Justice
of the Peace, Notary Public, or other Officer duly
authorized to take ;tffidavits, is held to be GER
tifcate, and is subject to a stamp duty of five
cents, except when taken in suits of legal proceed
ings sgs-..., -.sr.i- ,t ..,
| 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 de-
signatrd, are subject to stamp duty as Promisory
| Notes. = zt r.- -... .-.a i.r. .-s
The assignment of a mortgage is subject to the
same duty as that imposed upon the original in
strument; that is to say for every sum of five
hundred dollars, any fractional part thereof, of
the amount secured by the mortgage, at time OF
| its assignment there must be affixed a stamp or
stamps, dcnoting duty of five cents.
When two or more persons join in the execution
OF an Instrument the stamps TO Wnlch inns lnstru-
| ment is liable under the law may be affixed and
| cancelled by one of the parties.
In convcyances 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 bond or note when such
| bond or note has affixed thereto the stamp OF
| stamps denoting the duty required, and whenever
any bond or note is secured by mortgage, but one
stamp duty is required on such papers, such
stamp duty being the highest rates required for
| such Instruments, or either of them. In such q
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. '..
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Scale of Depreciation.


The following Act in relation to the scaling Of
Confederate Currency, from the time of its first
issue to the end of the war, passed at the recent
session of the General Assembly: a
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO
ESTABLISH.A A SCALE OF DEPRECIATION
OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY. = jlH,s
WHEREAS, BY an ordinance of the Convention,
entitled "An ordinance declaring what laws and
ordinances are in force, and for other purposes"
ratified on the 18th day of October, A. D., 1876,
it is made the duty of the General Assembly to
provide scale of depreciation of the Confederate
Currency from the time of its first issue to the
end of the war; and it is further therein declared
that " all executory contracts solyable in money,
whether under seal or not, made after the deprc-
citation OF said currency before the 1st of May,
1SG5, and untitled Except official bonds and pena1
bonds payable to the State) shall be deemed to
have been made with the understanding that they
were sOivable in money Of the said currency
subject, nevertheless to evidence of different in
tent OF the parties to the contract; therefore,
BE 1T enacted by tie General assembly Of the State
Of NORTH Carolina and it is hereby enacted by the
authority Of the same That the following scale of
depreciation be and the same is hereby adopted
and established the measure of value of one
gold dollar in Confederate currency, for each
month, and the fractional parts of the month of
December, 1854, from the 1st day of November,
1861, to the 1st day of May, 1865, to-wit: -a 81
Scale Of depreciation Of Confederate currency, the
gold dollar being the amt and measure Of Ualtte
from NOye,nbe1. 1Sf 1891 IN M03y 1sf 1965 .fJiTp
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PROCLAMATION.
TO THE PEOPLE OF NoRTH-cARoL

A.
In obedience TO an Ordinance of the State
Convention, ratified the 25th, day of June, 1866,
entitled g An Ordinance submitting to the quai-
flied voters of the State the ratification or re-
lection of the Constitution adopted blythe Con-
vcntion,'' l, JONATHANr,W WORTH; Governor
Of North Carolina, hereby give notice that on
THURSDAY, the SECOND day Of AUGUST next
polls will be opened by the SheriGs of the re-
spective Counties, and Kept open for three sue
cessive days at the several election precincts in
each and every. County in the State. under the
same rules and regulations as now exist for the
election of members of the General Assembly;
at which election all persons qualified to vote Tor
members OF the General Assembly may vote for
or against the ratification ofthe same; those who
wish a ratification of the Constitution voting,
with written or printed ticket 'RAT1F1cA-
TIoN,''-those of a contrary opinion, voting, with
a written or printed ticket, REJECTION y
Sherifs will observe the provisions of the Or
dinance as to the duties thereby imposed. 10
ssinags~. In witness whereof. his Excellency,.
) SIS l.; s:S JONATHAN WORM, Governor of said
State, has hereto set his hand and caused the
great Seal of the State to be affixed
Done at the City of Raleigh, this the 1st day of
July, A. d. 1856. 4 JONATHAN WORTH.
By the Governor: .-.. ....
VIM II. BAGLEY, Private Secretary. .-----NtT .
July z, 1866. grifrH siE fasij 41-td-
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A PARADISE IN PENNsYLvANIA.-
| Mrs Eloise Hunt, of Heiner's Run,
Clinton county, Pa, writes thus =
e." My home has been for six years in
little rocky basin shut in on every
side by the Alleghanies, without neigh
| Dor, a church, or school, seeing no hui
man face for weeks-aye, even months
ometimes-eXceptt those ofny husband
and child. Living thus, l have come to
love in a strange, ,all absorbing way, all
Iithat nature has thrown around me-
Earth with its varied growth Of trees
| and shrubs, plants and MOSES, rocks
and water, the clouds, blue sky and
stars, everything is beautiful to me
even the dead leaves, the old decayed
trees and bare rocks are beloved
Think, then, how inexpressibly dear the
| living trees and flowers and moving
| water.
| " have tame trout, six yards from
the door, that leap above the water to
| catch bits of meat from my fingers
| The Dheasants make their nests in sight
of the house, and sometimes the male
bird is seen drumming on an old log on
ly a few rods up the mountain side. |
have planted wild flowers round my
doors. and in summer the humming
birds 90 through the open house on
their visits to the flowers. Strangers
from. the world have said, How can
you exist in this dreary place ? Their
ewes cannot see as mine; nor can they
hear any of the pleasant voices l hear,
and so simply tell them what they
comprehend :: 1t is my necessity My
place, which is so lonely to others, is so
pleasant to me that have named it Par.
adise, and here I will teach my son
love Of truth, purity and beauty" ~~
: &C A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. MIR.
RAYMOND makes a point against the
tHradicals' in his letter, that they threat
en- an tsinsurreetion of the people" if
their peculiar views are. intertered with.
If any such threats have been made,
those who made them are very Silly
But they were no more silly than Mont
gomery Blair, who is reported to have
said at the Democratic meeting at Read
inc Yesterday: eag. -s.s.t
5n. tif the Radicals carry the election
next Fall, he predicted the establish
ment of two Presidents and two Con-
crosses. He warned his hearers that
they were on the eve Of another civil
war, the battle field of which would be
in the North q t7..iA e u .phl@ r'.-i
Such stuff as this only proves that
the fools are not all dead yet. But it
IS not fair to cite such twaddle as evi
dence sof the treasonable purposes eof a
whole, party. y.--4 kbaaayB D -hceni,sga t/of'r.
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CoLD WEATHER ON LAKEs.-While
we of Milwaukee have been sweltering
with heat, in common with the people
of all parts of the Union, those who nav
igate the great lakes have been shiver-
ing with cold Seamen tell us that
they hardly ever experienced colder
weather in summer than durin" the past
week. The schooner Toledo left Man
istee on the 4th of July for Milwaukee.
Her helmsman was obliged on Friday
to wear heavy mittens in order to keep
his hands from becoming benumed with
cold, and the officer i'll charge only
kept up his animal heat by walking the
deck brisIlly ill 4 heavy overcoat. It is
expected to be much cooler THANH in shore,
but such disparity as this is quite rare.
lWiEecet,tkie Sentinel
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Ten lines or one inch space to constitute q
square. ..s-.. -.,oo D.
One square, one insertion, o. w
Each subsequent insertion, oo
Liberal deduction made, by special contract, TO
large advertisers s. ..
Court advertisements will be charged % per
cent higher than the regular rates. 'f,E
SPECIAL NOTICES charged 80 per cent hlgnef
than ordinary advertisements
For advertisements inserted rregulariy' % per
cent bisber than usual rates will be charged
No ,aner in. the South has advertising facilities
superior to the Standard.
Letters must be addressed to
w. w. HOLDEN s. SON,
Raleigh, N. c.
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Scdte 3 del1rectdtaoe oT C0nJederdte CURRENCY tl
gold dollar being the unit and measure Of UalAe
from Norenbe, LIST, 1861. to Mau 1st. 1865 :l5.To

Asd, achereas, Many grave and difficult disputes
may arise between executors, admins traitors,
butecs, wards and cestuysqse trust in fhe settle
ment of their accounts and trust arising 1rom the
sury notes and bank notes, incident to and grow
ing out of the late war; and that law suits and
expensive litigation may be obviated. oH .s
BE it further enacted, That in all such cases. the
parties are hereby empowered to form a full and
perfect statement of the case beth sides, which
case shall be committed TO the determination of
one of the Judges of the Superior Courts, chosen
by the parties who Is hereby authorized to con-
slider and determine the same according to equity
and good conscience: Frovided, hoWesfr, That no
part of this section shall be construed to estop or
hinder any person from proeee ding in the usual
course Of law, he shall deem the same necessary
A true copy. ztFt7 j. A.GENGELRARD,s ,slf
T. -s55-!scf5 1aas 5Blt8 t.,s5 Clerk of SeziGke.z
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THE NEW LINE FOR BALTIMORE,
l. carrying the GREAT HARNDEN EXPRESS
FREIGHT, leave Norfolk at 81 o'clock, p. IN.
The new and elegant steamers -..ir
GEORGE LEARY, Capt. S. Brakeman,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
JAS. T. BRADY, Capt. d. C. Lands,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
The steamers of this line have unsurpassed ac
commodations, being all new and constructed
with great regard to speed, comfort and safety,
and the tables are equal to first class hotel fare
Travellers g ,ing North via Seaboard and Roam
okc Railroad, can purchase tickets to Portsmouth,
where coaches will be in waiting to convey them
and their baggage FREE of CHARGE to the New
Line Steamers Ample time is afforded to make
sure connection, and the fare under any circum
stances as low as by the Old Bay Line 81. ,.' /
Travellers going via Weldon and Petersburg
and Norfolk and Petersburg Railroads can procure
through tickets at Petersburg and have baggage
checked to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York. ..- '." g ~ III ~ ...t tf'gH .
This line connects at Baltimore with the Rail
roads for all Principal Cities North and West.
Through Tickets sold on the Boats, and Passengers
and Baggage transferred from Boat to Cars Free
of Charge. .iA"~ ID . 50 s'sls3.'' -'.'
Passengers, Baggage and Freight transferred to
and from Portsmouth and New Line Steamers
Leave Baltimore from Spears Wharf, foot of
Gay Street, at 5 O'Clock, D. m z..-'i- u -! s-.
- 'ooii'.L il55 H.aV. ToMPKINS, Agent ''
aa sep '22-1S4 1ys@ rel a,ft n aet At Norfolk.
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cTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, /
y ~ iI'!Jih4lHo. WAKE CottNTY- -lH'45i

Superior Court of Law and Equity, Spring Term,
..s ~ ~ si- let6,I II ~111gr II
On motion, it is ordered by the Court, that the
and Progress, newspapers published in the City
of Raleigh, and also # four or more public places
in the County of Wake, to all PARTIES of Record
who liave suits pending in the Superior Court of
said County and their witnesses, to appear at the
next Fail Term Of the Court, to be held at the
b Court House, n5Raleigh, on theoi.4 hIi8 !sIs
First Monday after the fourth Monday
of September, 1866.
prepared to try their cases. ~, (.
Parties having no counsel are notified to en-
poy on or before the day aforesaid, or their suits
+, will be tried without counsel. -.-a-,,.,.f1, :,
Raleigh, July 10, ls66.so4 OK 49, staw-td
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The n ORTIZ PoLE.-Two French gen
tlemen recently explored the island of
Spitzenbergen lii a manner never before
done. They have measured the noun
tains, mapped the whole coast, exam
ined the vegetable products, the geolog-
ical composition, &c, of the island.
They found that the long day extending
over several months, during which the
sun never sets, became intensely hot at
ter month or two by the unceasing
heat from the sun. In this period veg
citation springs up in great luxuriance
and abundance. The North Pole is on
ly matter of 600 miles from the island,
and is thought by the two explorers,
as by many Others, that the pole itself,
and the sea which is supposed to sur
round it, could be reached from Spitzen-
bergen without any great difficulties
being encountered. A singular fact no.
ticed by the explorers in connection
with this island is the enormous guam
titles of floating timber which literally
covered the waters of the bays and
creeks. A careful examination Of the
character, condition and kind Of those
floating logs would, no doubt, lead to
a conclusion as to whence and how they
came, and probably suggest new theo-
ries for the solution of geographical
problems connected with the Arctic
Seas
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One of the above Large and Splendid
~ Steamships will leave Pier No. AZ, North
River, foot OF CanaI Street, at u O'clock noon,
on the lst, / Lth and 2Ist of every month,
AeXcept when those dates fall on Sunday, and
then on the preceding Saturday, for AspinwalI,
connecting, via Panama Railway. with one of the
Company's Steamships from Panama for San
francisco, touching at Acapulco. .-
Departures of 1st and 21st connect at Panama
with Steamers for South Pacific and Central
American Ports. Those of the 1st touch ut
ManZanillo. " "-
A discount of one quarter from steamers rates
allowed to second cabin and steerage passengers
with families. Also, an allowance OF one quarter
on through rates to clcrgymen and their families,
and schoolteachers. Soldiers having honorable
discharges, half-fare.
One hundred ponnds baggage allowed to each
adult. Baggage masters accompany the baggage
through, and attend to ladies and children with
out male protectors. Baggage received on the
dock the day before sailing, from steamboats,,
railroads, and passengers who prefer to send
down. early. ..-.... g.
An experienced Surgeon on board. Medicine
and attendance free. '' -'.--
For Passage Tickets, or further Information,
apply at the Company's Ticket office, on the
Wharf, foot of Canal Street. North River, N. Y.
-.-r. S. K. HOLMAN, Agent.
July z, 1866. 47-3m.
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Tri-aYeeklg Standard.
..TEs OF SUBSCRIPTION.

p.TES OF SUBSCRIPTION. II.
TERMS-CAsH IN ADVANCE s5-r-
Tri-Weekly paper, ! year; ;...... 80 ~ s-7l
months ..- 3 90 90 -,a.
: 49,. " " - 80
"eeHiy P"Pts' & months so 81
&C &c g 90 -al
copies year,. II 90
GO 10 I" g -. % OO
To those who get up clubs of five or more SUD-
scribers one copy, gratis, will be furnished.
A cross ID mark on the paper indicates the eA-
riration of the subscription. fI,: @
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Miscellaneous Advertisement
THE NATIONAL EXPRESS alra-.
~ -. -ifa ri AND si-r- s.--fgapH
TR4NsPoRTAT TIoN COMPANY 49,.


- r-s Is NOW PREPARED TO CARRY E,:75 g.
MONEY AND VALUABLE PACKAGES -
to and from New York, St. Louis, and intermedi-
ate points, and as far South Atlanta, Georgia.
In order to afford the most ample security to
shippers, it has effected
An Insurance of $500 900
on the money chests of the Company by each
train with severaIileading Insurance Companies,
such as the o..
SUN, SECURITY, =. MANHATTAN, METRO
...s.ie-- iPOLITAN. AND PHENIX, sr....
whose aggregate Capital and Assets amount to
SIS ,OOO,O 1000.
Shippers are thus insured against common car
rer's risk, and security is afforded never before
offered by any Express Company. For this,
NO ADDITIONAL CHALGE Is, MADE. If
THE NATIONAL. EXPRESS AND TRANsPOR-
.-sf. -..--.. = TATION COMPANY E'ls Dr.
is now prepared to do business as .:. -
CE1E.4 PL Y, EFFICIEN1LI Y 4Nn SECORELY
as can be done by any other Company
j.. E. JOHNSON, President
A. F. FICKLIN, General Superintendent,
May 81, 1876 30 % i-.'E ..# -3s-I.
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Miscellaneous Selections.


WHOSE Child Is IT ?-When Sher+
mans army stopped at Smithfield, North
Carolina, about fifteen months since,
there was found with it littlt girl, five
or six years of age, of bright counte-
nance and pleasant ways, evidently
well bred thus far, who the soldiers
said, followed them from South Carroll
ma, Georgia, or Tennessee. The corps.
to which this little,agirl seemed at
tached, camped near the house of la
dy who had little girl of nearly the
same age, and the two little. ones be-
came so fondly attached, that the lady
induced the soldiers to give the child
to her, and she has been with her ever
since. The child has; dark eyes and is
quite pretty. She had been so long
with the. army that she could give no
Ineligible account of her home. The
lady who has possession of the little
wanderer is very much attached to her,
and treats her in every way as her own
daughter. Parties interested are referred
to the Baptist Minister" Smithfeld,
Johnston county, North Carolina. The
papers of South Carolina, Georgia, and
Tennessee are requested to copy this in
tormation.-C Charleston Courier.
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CHANGE OF RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
OFFICE ATLANTIC & N. c. r. r. c
Na,rheI.n " n L...aS


Passenger train connects with North Carolina
Railroad train going West at II As p. NJ, and re-
turning leaves after arrival of Wilmington and
Weldon Railroad train going South.
Passengers from West wait from II 20 A. NJ.
to 3 so p. NJ.
The accommodation train will leave Morehead
City on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays re-
turning every alternate day as follows:
Leave Morehead City (Station).... 9 90 A. NJ.
Leave Ne" oerh. ..-...--'--.. IL 10
Arrive at GoldsborO' ............. Is
RETURNING.
Leave G0idsooro ...... 10 A. M.
Leave NeWDern. = ID L. NJ.
Arrive nj Morehead City (Station).. 90
This train leaves Goldsboro' Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays after arrival of Wilmington
and Weldon Railroad train going North and ar
rivts every alternate day in Goldsboro' at ) Is
p. Ma later train than mail train for passengers
going North.
I'd RE PEDECED
Through tickets will be sold at principal Sta
tionsi on North Carolina Railroad, Baltimore,
New York, &c. G. L. THOMAS,
June 18th, 1S66-tf President.
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Change Of Time.

ON AND AFTER JUNE 10TH, 1866, TRAINS
~ willru as follows - q IL :-...'r. -'-
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VI = f-,aia- - 1N5al 7.. = !. . :.
RALEIGH, n. C., THURSDAY.
Railroads, Steamboats,, &c.

North-Carolina Railroad Company,
ENGINEER 81 SUPERINTENDENT's OFFICE,
...' .. .rj.. Company Shops, jane 7th, 1866.
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JULY 26, 1866.
The Stamp Act.


ONE OF THE TAX LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES. I
acknowledgement of deeds, s1sl E-: Exempt
Affidavit, -. -.s---' -. & cts
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* EuoofSI - g s1t 5fssIl Xxx ssffI4.;if
9soa1ts f8H3
Smyrna times., 1866-07-04
n NEW STORE
A n d NEW GOODS

A n ID n w GOODSl
T H. PRIMROSE has lust received direct from
- the Philadelphia and New York markets nm al
most entirely new stock Of goods of everv varietv
Ills old stock was greatly reduced in order that h,
might replenIsh 1t with new styles at the reduced
prices, which reduction is very great He has =
beautiful line OF goods both Domestic and FOREIGN
Ladies Dress Goods,
Such as Poplins, All-Wool Deaines, Ginghams. and
all kinds OF White Goods, etc.
CASHMERE DEPARTMENT large and comnlete and
price. -
Notions Ofevcry Variety,
Hosiery, Gents Foreign and Domestic Neck Ties
Paper Collars, best and cheapest in town, and nu
merous other articles HATS and CAPS.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
For Gents, Ladies, Boys, Youth and Children. A
nice line Of Ladies' Black Caters, which will h.
offered at greatly reduced prices. Splendid line Of
GROCERIES, all kinds.
MACKEREL and HERRING
very low. Splendid Herring at $3.50 per barrel
half barrels No. 3 Mackerel at $3.50 which ar
prime. The above goods will all be sold for Cash
or exchanged for Country Produce at cash prices.
J. II. PRIMROSE,
Opposite Bcarne's Bakery, Commerce Street.
oooo Smyrna, Del.
~''o 'oS' carpet Rags wanted. my2 &C
Smyrna times., 1866-07-04
The Camp, the Battle Field.
and the Hospital.

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