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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26
In haste, yours, most respectfully a..
MATILDA Heron SToEpEL.

A QUEER CAsE-SALE OF CHIhDREN-A
PAIR OF TWINS. Saturday Mrs. Mar.
garet Stillman, who lives on the Z" Point"
gave birth to twins, boy and girl When
they were born the mother said she was not
going to keep them, and proposed to her sis
ter to get rid of these assumed nuisances, So.
This was refused Some of the neighbors
hearing Of the affair, proposed to take the
children, but the mother refused to part with
them without some compensation She first
agreed that if they would pay the midwifel
her foe for attendance $50 she would rehn1
quish all claim to the children This wal
not acceded to, bat it was finally agreed tina,
one of the neighbors should have the girl, if
she would give Mrs. Stillman two pairs Of
children's shoes. The woman who got the
boy was to pay So. She took the child home,
but her husband, not liking the transaction,
made her return the child to its mother
The mother of the children has been twice
married Her first husband was killed while
in the Fourth Kentucky, in 1864. She af-
forwards married Stillman, and went to In
diana to live. About four months after her
marriage she left her husband, on account of
cruel and inhuman treatment, and returned
to this city. She has three children living.
the fruit of her first marriage. She is in
destitute circumstances, gaining scanty SUBJ
sistence by her needle, -LouisgdUe (Ky,)
Democrat. sa .ts - =.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26

The following decisions have recently been
given by the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue, at Washington. They are important
to farmers, as far as they untangle some of
the knotty points Of law: ,e a.-t
l. Farmers will not be required to make
return Of produce consumed in their own i'm
mediate families a4 tfsas .t5a
2. The farmers profits from sales of live
stock are to be found BY deducting, from the
gross receipts Of animals sold the purchase
money paid for the same If animals have
been lost during the year by death or rob-
blng, the purchase money paid for said ami
mails may be deducted from the gross income
of the farm. taa# s.ysai ~ aer
3. No deduction can be made by the far
lner for the value Of services rendered by his
minor children, whether he actually pays for
their services or not If his slult children
work for him and receive compensation for
their labor, they are to- be regarded as other
hired laborers in determining bis income. j,
4. Money paid for labor. except such as
is used or employed in domestic service, or
in the production Of articles consumed in the
family Of the producer, may be deducted.
8. No deduction can be allowed in any
case for the cost Of unproductiye labor 4I Ii
house servants are employed portion Of the
time In producing labor, such as the making,
of butter and cheese for sale, a proportionate
amount Of the wages paid them may be de-
Quoted. s-H s5n Al
6. Expenses for ditching and clearing new
land are plainly expenses for permanent i'm
provements and not deducted
Z. The whole amount expended for ferti-
lizers applied during the year to the farmers
lands may be deducted, but no deduction is
allowed for fertilizers produced on the farm
The, cost Of seed purchased for sowing and
planting may be deducted. a.. ,,..t
s. If a person sells timber standing, the
profits are to be ascertained by estimating
the value of the land after the removal of
the timber, and from the sum thus obtained
deducting the estimated value of the land on
the first day Of January, 1862, or on the
day Of purchase, if purchased since that date,
8. Where no repairs have been made by
the taxpayer upon any building owned by
him during the preceding five years, moth
ing can be deducted for repairs made during
the year for which his income is estimated.
10. A farmer should make return of all
his produce sold within the year, but a mere
executory contract for sale is not sale ,;
delivery either actual or constructive. is es-
sential. The criterion by which we judge
whether sale is complete or not is to deter
mine whether the vendor still retains. in that
character q right over the property; if the
property were lost or destroyed, upon which
Of the parties, in the absence Of any other
relation between them than that of the ven
dor and vendee, would the loss fall.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26
20 IL r. IL w.
: ta.I4e sa9 THINE OWN.

The following beautiful and touching verses by
New Orleans lady, were written as a farewell
to her husband, during her Illness and in pros
pect of an early departure to the better land /:
Call me no more thine own-the summer hours
scarce shall look upon the spring pale flowers
And in this life of WEAKNESS and pain
ADJ n Shall be no more thine own. II III
The spring shall wake fresh verdure in the vale
Free from gray winter, blue shall glow the sky;
But ere the sweet-breathed violets grow pale;
This fading form low in the dust shall lie,
o And be no more thine own. ..I: 4.
The shadow of the parting hour is nigh @
1t falls. dear one, upon my heart and thine
Alas to leave thee when LIES morning hour.
Is goldened Ger by love almost divine
To be no more thine own as
l soon shall leave thee thou, beloved, wilt feel
A gloomy shadow Ger thy pathway thrown;
And all too soon the truth will DER thee steal \
That in this dreary world thou art alone, 4
And am no more thine own
No more thine own To wake for thee at eve
The chords of music sweetest to thine ear
To love thee still alike through JOY or grief,
To be thy truest friend, of all most dear
But not on earth thine own As 5
On those near hills, whose beauty never fades,
My lingering feet shall rest. Oh, do not weep !!
Thou too shalt dwell where sorrow ne er invades
With Him who giveth his beloved sleep
And shall be thine own
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26
A True Nife.

She is not a true wife who sustans not her
husband IN the day of calamity who is not,
when the worlds great frown makes the
heart chill with anguish his guardian angel,
growing brighter and more beautiful as mis-
fortunes crowd upon his path. Then is the
time for the trial Of her genteness, then is
the time for testing whether the sweet of her
temper beams with a transient light, or the
stead glow of the morning star shines just
as brightly under the clouds. Has she then
smiles just as charming. Does she try by.
happy little inventions to. lift from his sensi-
tive spirit the burden of thought. There
are wives who, when dark hours come, spend
their time in repining and upbraiding-thus
adding to outside anxiety the narrowing
scenes of domestic strife as if all the blame
in the world makes ones hair white or black,
or changes the decree gone immutably
forth. Such know that our darkness is
heavens light; our trials but steps in the
golden ladder, by which, if we rightly as
cend, we may at last gain that eternal light,
and pass forever in its fulness and beauty.
els that all y and the gentle face of the
wife beamed with joy Her husband had
been on the verge of distraction-all his
earthly possessions were gone, and he feared
the result Of her knowledge, she had been so
carefully cared for: all her life But, says
Irving's beautiful story, ga friend advised
him not to give. sleep to his eyes, nor slum-
Der to his eye lids until he had unfolded to
her his hopeless cause" And that was the
answer with the smile Of an angels that
all?" | feared by your sadness that it was
worse. Let these beautiful things be taken
all this splendour, let it CO. [ care not for
til only care for my dear husbands love
and confidence. You shall forget in my af-
lection that you were everin prosperity
ly still love me and | will aid you to bear
these little reverses with cheerfulncss' .'
Still love her a man must reverence, aye
llken her unto the very angels, for such a
woman is u living revelation Of Heaven
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26
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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26

AN INSTANCE OF Wars RAvAGEs IN Ala
BAMA.-One of the editors of the Selma hes
senger, writing from Tuscaloosa On the 29th
ult,, says: A little business in the court
house led me to inquire into the financial con-
dition Of this portion of the country, and I
learn that sheriff's sales are becoming soconl-
mon that almost no purchasers are found for
the valuable land and other property exposed
for sale. A gentleman informed me that
some twenty farmers had been sold out lately,
their lands bringing less than one dollar per
acre. saa i4ftau IS
A sad instance of the reverses of fortune
produced by the war was mentioned in the
case Of old Mr. Prewett, of this county, whose
estate was sold out on the first Monday in
this month At the breaking out of the war
he was tie wealthiest citizen of Tuscaloosa
county, He owned three hundred and sixty
slaves and large tracts of land. He had large
sums of money out at interest, secured by
mortgage on negro property and land. He
was homespun, economical countryman,
who bought everything at the lowest price
for cash He paid his physicians bills be-
fore the doctor left the house When Gen
eral Croxton came to Tuscaloosa he took from
this old man some forty head Of horses and
mules, all his money, provisions, ete., which
was his first calamity. Next came emanci-
patton, which swept his slave property. Next
came the breaking up Of all the men to whom
Prewett had loaned money, or for whom he
stood security. Finally an execution was
levied on his property for few thousand dol
lars, and all his real estate was sold under the
sherlH,s hammer for six hundred dollars
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26
A Young Man Murders his Father. Confesses
his Griine, and Accuses his Mother of be-
me. an ACcnSsNrY ~ -. .---

augusta Hl) Correspondence Chicago Tribune ]
A day or two since we had the brief de-
tails Of the murder Of Jesse Rose by his son,
James Rose, aged about nineteen, and the
further fact that the young man had confessed
the parricide, and implicated his mother in
the crime. The following are the particu-
lars: 1t appears that the father, Jesse Rose,
has been in the habit Of drawing the money
his sons had earned by their labor in the
neighborhood, and said he was going to draw
some S45 due the eldest son, WHO'S nineteen
years DID, on Friday last. His son told him
if he did he would kill him. The father went
to spelling school on that day, but, it APP
pears, did not get the money 4 The son,
however, supposing he had got it, by his
mothers instigation. and accompanied by his
younger brother, hid behind stump near
some bushes by which the father would re-
turn. Before his father arrived the younger
brother became frightened at the deed they
contemplated, and fed. AS Rose passed the
stump the oldest son struck him with the axe
he had with him, knocking his brains out,
and then cut his throat with butcher-knife,
leaving the body lying until morning, when
he gave the alarm to the neighbors, who found
the body on Saturday morning, some three
hundred yards from the house Upon search
ing the house bloody clothes were found, with
some of the brains on. them; also the axe
with which the deed was done They ar
rested the mother and both sons, when the
eldest Immediately confessed the deed Rose
was lazy shftless sort of fellow, and the
mother has not borne good name for some
time The above facts are all that have so
far been elected 7 I'D t.92
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26
Interesting Statistics of the United States

The following interesting item Of statistics
was prepared in the United States Census
Bureau, Department Of the Interior, and ia
ken from report in reference to the area,
population and density of population of the
United States: ,...',...- 49,.
The land and water surface of the United
States are equal to 3,250,00O square miles
land 3,0lO,3T0, water about $40, 900
square miles. The States embrace /, 804,
351 square miles of landed surface and the
Territories /, JOG, 010 miles, as exhibited by
the eighth census of 1860 The number OF
inhabitants in the United States returned in
1860 was 81 ,443 ,321-in the States 81 ;
148, GAG, and 295 ,275 in the Territories
thus showing an average of seventeen in
habitants to each square mile in the States,
while in the Territories there are four square
miles to each inhabitant, and exclusive Of
the district of Columbia the territorial area
would represent five and one-ffth square
miles to each inhabitant In 1860 Massa-
chusetts had 157, Rhode Island 1873, New
York 81, and Pennsylvania 81 Inhabitants te
the square mile, which rate applied to the
United States would give 412, 600, 900 in
Massachusetts,, 400, GEO. 600 in Rhode Is
land, 246, 000, goo in New York and 1885,
000,00 in Pennsylvania Belgium, En-
gland and Wales and France in 1855 had
1877, 307 and lI6 inhabitants to the square
mile respectively If the United States was
as densely populated as France our popula-
ton would number $4,000, 900: and if,
according to Belgium's destiny Of population
(397 to the square mile) the ,United States
would contain 1,195, sec, coo, which is 40,
806, goo more than the entire population Of
the world in 1866
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26

A HAPPY INCIDENT On Monday night
last happy incident occurred in Wallis OPP
era House in Washington, during a per-
Torrance there by the Thespian ASSOCIATION
of that city, which has not been mentioned
in the Washington papers. General Beau
regard who entered the Hall in company with
an officer in the United States army, was
greeted with three hearty cheers by the male
portion of the audience, while many of the
ladies present saluted him more affection
stely. 49,. ,i..-5- 80. --...
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26

TIE Cosr OF A ROYAL FAMILY.-It is q
lucky thing for the American treasury that
this country has no royal family 10 support,
In England, the people are complaining BIT
terly of what they have to pay for royalty,
the items Of which are thus set down :@Fhe
Queens expenditures, including her civil list.
Sl,925, goo . year. the Dpchess of Cam
bridge, $50, GOO; the Duchess of Mecllen-
burg Strelitz, SIS, 900; the Duke of Cam
bridge, $50. 900; Princess Mary of Cam
bridge, SIS, 600; the Princess Royal, $40.-
goo; Princess Alice, $50, 600; the Prince
of Wales, 100000; Princess of Wales,
$50, 900; King Of the Bclgians, $3.50, 600 ;
all of which amounts to an annual total of
$2,615, 900, and is swollen by other person
al pensions to s3 600, 900,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26
/ RICH GIFT.
Matiida Heron's Contribution tOa South
5 80 sf..e rn Charity. -. CO .

HaliiGa HeF0n'S contribution tOa S0utn. 2
s ern CHARITY. >...,fi. Ge b.s
The ladies in charge Of the Southern Re-
lief Fair at ST. Louis received the following
beautiful letter, accompanied by the article de-
scribed from Matilda Heron: yag ..se,aae
SOUTHERN HOTEL, October 8, 1866. ID
Mrs. IL Z. Barlom.:ii 1iia52r9s q: =; g.fd.H
DEAR MADAME: Will you, accept, as an 4,
humble donation to the glorious, humane and
holy cause in which you are at present en-
gagged, the accompanying set of antique lace.
Though call it antique, it is far, far beyond
the different articles so called and, indeed,
| can also say it cannot justly be, called am
tique, dating only so far back as medieval .
history. Yet still, with only eight hundred
years over its head, it has the present boast.
and unique boast, of standing withoutits peer
in the art of the needle. | am speaking of i.
the class Of laces of which send you this
specimen Of the specimen itself, it stands
alone M Aznerica. Mrs. Carter, of New
York, offered me five thousand dollars for.itai
1t is singular fact that, under the. micro
scope, the thread used in it is of the same ex.
quisite fine texture as that employed, in tie
finest point d'aguille, in Brussels, and finer
than the Honiton of England. So much for
the linen looms of the middle ages. In Civ
ing this dear relic to the Southern matrons
and orphans, feel that am giving them a
bit of my heart. kept it out of the cele-
brated set recently sold for my only child.
In giving it to the orphans of American he-'
roes, Ifeel dedicate it to as holy and sweet
a purpose. -. '.....s .,,.a,..is,-s..4.v-.4 .s0zf
In haste, yours, most respectfully H.. -.
MATILDA HERON STOEPEL
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-10-26
ANOTHER REMEDY FOR NEURALGIA.-r

ANoTHER REMEDY FOR NEURALGIA.-Ihe
Nashville Dispatch says:
A gentleman who has tried it, and is an
xious to give the public the benefit Of a very
simple and etficacious remedy for the cure of
neuralgia, hands US the following: Take two
large tablespoonful of cologne and two tea
spoonfuls Of salt, mix them together in a
small bottle. Every time you have an afec
ton Of the nerves, or neuralgia, simply
breathe the fumes in your nose from the bot
tic, and you will be Immediately relieved.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-04-10
Remember,

From the Rev. D. Merrige, Pastor Of the Pass
yunk Baptist Church, Philada-
From the many respectable recommendations
gwen to DR.. Aoofiaud's German Bttters, was IN
daced to give them a trial. Alter using several
bottles found them to be good remsdy for de-
biIity, and most excellent tonic for the stomach.
d. MERRlGE
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-08
DISTRICT PLATTE Ohm.

ResoErecE, That the men who saved the
Government from the efforts of traitors to
destroy it, are the men who ought to con-
troll Its administration, at least, until the
issues growing out of the late rebellion are
RaSotUei, That we cordially approve of
the Amendment to the Constitution, re-
Gently proposed by Congress tothe States
for ratification. ',4g1t fL9ie 20 e@7 IliE
Resolved, That we adopt the platform of
principles of the. Union State Convention,
AheId at indianapolis on the I'D of Febru-
Resolced, That some of the conscious
leading traitors in the late atrocious rebel
lion ought to be tried by due course of law
and, II found guilty, the sentence of the
law should be executed, and that Hon.
w n-p +. N1blaclK, in voting in Congress
against resolution expressive of the opin-
ion that Jefferson Davis should be tried for
treason, did not reflect the wishes of his
constituents. g IA BIZ
ReSoLUed, That under the Constitution of
the United States, the right to regulate
suffrage belongs alone to the States. and
not to Congress. We, as citizens ofIndIana
representing the Union party of the First
Congressional District, are opposed to ne.
gro suffrage, and that the attempt of Hon.
Joseph e, Mcdonald, and Hon. John r,
COffroth, and others, to show that the first
section of the proposed Amendment to the
Constitution does confer the right of suff-
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-08
The Constitutions Amendment.

Joint Resolution proposing an Amendment
E to the Constitution Of the United States.
( RESOLVED. BY the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, two-thirds
of both Houses concurTing, that the follow
ing article be proposed to the Legislatures
i OF the several states as an Amendnent TO
the Constitution of the United states,
which, when ratified by three-fourths of
said Legislatures, shall be valid as part of
the Constitution, namely: ..ss
Il +EARTICLE-SECTION /. All persons born
or naturaliZed in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are cit1-
ZenS of the United States, and of the State
wherein they reside. No State shall make
or enforce any laws which Shall abridge
the privileges or fmmunities of citizens of
the United States, nor shall any state de-
priye any person of life, liberty or property
without due process OF law, nor deny 20
any person within its jurisdiction the
qualpfoteetiOn of the laws uisi latD9 ap i
SEC. 2 Representatives shall be appor-
toned among the several States according
to their respective numbers, counting the
whole number of persons in each State,
excluding Indians not taxed. But when
eyer the right to vote at any election for
electors of President and Vice President,
or for United States Representatives in
Congress-, Executive or judicial officers,
or the members Of the Legislature thereof,
is denied to any OF the male inhabitants of
such State, being twenty-one years of age
and citizens of the United States, or IN any
way abridged, except for participation in
rebellion or other crime, the basis of repre-
sentation therein shall be reduced to the
proportion which the number of such male
citizens shall bear to the whole number of
male citizens twenty-one years OF age IN
such State. ~
SEC. 3. No person shall be. a Senator or
Representative in Congress, or elector of
President or Vice President, or hold any
Office, civil or military, under the United
States, or under any State, who, having
previously taken oath as a member of
Congress, or as a member of any State Leg
islature, or ASIAN executive or judicial Off
Ger of any State, to support the Constitu-
ton of the United States, shall have en-
gagged in instruction or rebellion against
the same, or given aid or comfort TO the
enemies theEeof5 but Congress may, by n
two-thirds vote of each House, remove
such disability. irn efslassAl .s.sa4s4s Xxx 10
4 SEC. A. The validity of the public debt of
the United States, authorized by law, in-e
Guiding debts incurred for the payment of
pensions and bounties for services In sup
pressing the instruction or rebellion shall
not be questioned; but neither the United
States nor any State shall assume or pay
any debt or obligation incurred in aid of
Instruction or rebellion against the
United States, or any claim for the loss or
emancipation of any slave, but all such
debts, obligations, and claims shall be held
illegal and void" st-zts. ttrsfrs e..
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-08

rage on negroes, is an insult to the intelli-
geTce of the people.
ResoEved, That enjoying and appreciat-
ing a free1gov eminent, we cordially SYM
pathize with the people Of every nation in
their efforts to destroy GeSpotiSm and es-
tablish free institutions.
The Representative from the Counties
of Posey and Nanderburgh recommended
the following resolution:
HesolUed, That we regard all legislative
enactments, unnecessarily infringing upon
the rights and usa ges of any portion of
our people, as unwise and impracticable,
and that we are opposed to the State inn
posing special taxes, by way of license or
Otherwise, upon particular classes of citi-
ZenS.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-08

It is not necessary to publish a long list
of diseases of which the Cedron Bftters are
"a specific, In all diseases of the Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys, or, Bowels; in all Affec-
lions of the Brain depending upon De-
arrangement of the Stomach and Bowels; in
FEVER AND AGUE, 1t is destined to SUI
persede all others. It not only cures these
diseases, but prevents them. ~ pe av q
& Awineglassful of the Bitters, taken an
hour before each meal, will .obviate the i'll
effect of the most unhealthy climate, and
screen the person taking it against dis
eases, under the most trying exposure. gore