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Des Arc citizen., 1866-06-16

INFLUENCE OF FEMALE SocIETY.--1t is bet ter for you to pass an evening once or twice in Q lady's drawing-room, even though the conversation is slow, and you know the girls song by heart, than in club, tavern, or the pit of theatre. All amusements of youth to which virtuous woman are not admitted, rely on it, are deleterious in their nature. All men who avoid female society have dull percep- tions, and are stupid, or have gross tastes, and revolt against what is pure. Your club swaggerers, who are sucking the butts of bill Hard cues all night, call female insipid. Poe try is insipid to vokel; beauty has not charms for blind man; music does not please poor beast who does not know one tune from anoth- CT and as 8 true epicure is hardly ever tired of water sanchy and brown bread and butter, Iprotest I can sit for whole night talking to well-regulated, kindly woman, about her girl coming out, or her boy at college and like the evening" entertainment. One of the great benefits man derives from woman's society is that he is bound to be respectful to them
 The habit is of great good to your moral man, depend upon it. Our education makes of us the most eminently selfish men in the world.
Des Arc citizen., 1866-06-16
It is not your dress. ladies, your exI

- It is not your dress, ladies, your expen- sive shawl or golden fingers that attract the attention of men of sense they look beyond these. It is your character they study. If you are trifing and loose in your conversa- ton, no matter if you are as beautiful as an angel, you have no attractions for them. It is the loveliness of your nsture that wins and continues to retain the affections of the heart. Young ladies sadly miss it who labor to inn prove their outward looks while they bcstow not thought on their minds. Fools may be won by gew-gaws and fashionable, showy dresses, but the wise and substantial are nev- CT caught by traps. Let modesty be youi dress. Use pleasant and agreeable language and though you may not be courted by the flop the good and truly great may finger in youi steps,
Des Arc citizen., 1866-06-16

STRANGE FREAK OF NATURE.-Policeman P
 Smith, who lives on the South side, has t little poodle dog, great pet among his children
 Some weeks since the dog took to the kennel which was provided for it, and could scarcely ever be induced to leave the warm nest. It was supposed he was sick, and every care was taken of him. On Thursday what was the surprise of the family to see the dog running about the house with two infantile ducks fol lowing after him, and he endeavoring to exer- else parental care over them. It seems that MT. Smiths little boy had found the eggs and placed them in the kennel to feed the dog. In the warm nest, incubation had been the re- suit, and the young ducks made their appear ance. The surprise of the dog at the result of his labors, and the job he has so success fully carried out is great yet he seems to be aware of the great responsibility now devolved upon him, and watches with jealous care over his proteges. Woe be to the chicken or any other animal that comes near them while feeding. Of course, excellent care is taken that the little ones shall not want for the choicest delicacies. They seem to take the matter as all right, but, on some occasions, dc not show that parental respect which they should, as they will frequently when nesting in the long hair of the dog, feel imbued with Q spirit of mischief, and pull the hair severe ly with their beaks. Of course his dogship does not like this, but the rebuke administered is of Q gentle nature. This singular trio can now be seen in MT. Smiths yard on the South sidc.-[ [Milwaukie Wisconsin, May 29th.
Des Arc citizen., 1866-06-16

Advertisers by the. year will be restricted to their legitimate business.
 Personal communications charged double ybe rates of regular advertisements.
 Legal advertisements will be charged, for one square or less, first Insertion $1, and 75 cents per square for each additional insertion
 Announcing candidates for State and Dis trict offices, $7; County offices, $5; Township offices, 5, invariably in advance.
 Calls on persons to become candidates are charged the usual rates, except when persons making the calls are subscribers to our paper Payment in advance.
 Advertisements not ordered for q specified time, will be inserted till forbidden, and charged for accordingly.
 All advertising to be paid for quarterly.
Des Arc citizen., 1866-06-16

Tile use of the comma is sometimes inn portant. At q banquet this toast was given: 'sWoman-without her, man is q brute" It was printed; Woman, without her man is q brute,
Des Arc citizen., 1866-06-16
REGULAR ST. LOUIS & WHITE
 RIVER PACKET, .T. S. E.

JAS. 1T. OUTER, Master 4 e-rA -i THIS swift and elegant ssass:ssss.a si steamer will ply regularly during the season, between St. Louis and Jacksonport, stopping at all way landings. Particular attention paid to orders sent for goods ALLEN GRAVES,
 mar17, Agents.
Des Arc citizen., 1866-06-16
uhe DeS Arc Citizen. TERM,S-s3 50 PER ANNUM
 PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
HATES OF ADVERTISING.

Que square (1o lines of this size type) for o,s insertion, $1 each additional insertion, 75 cents.
Des Arc citizen., 1866-06-16
Our Job Printing Department.

UuT JUN E'FEWtEHS DcpAf sNfSNs'
 We have supplied ourselves with a good assortment of Printing Material and are ready to execute all kinds of Job Printing, on reasonable terms.
 We are prepared to print Pamphlets, Cata- logues, Posters, large or small, Cards, Ball Tickets, Bill Heads, Blanks of every descrip- tion, for Clerks, Sheriffs, Justices of the Peace, Constables, &c.
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GENERAL REMARKS.


Revenue Stamps may be used indiscriminately
upon any of the matters 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 oi
the duty chargeable on instruments.
1t is the duty of the maker of an instrument to
afflX and cancel the stamp thereon II he neglectS
to do so, the party for whom it is made, may
stamp it before it is used and if used after the
cannot afterwards be etfectually 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
cation 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.
The iurat of an affidavit, taken before Justice
of the Peace, Notary Public or other officer duly
authorized to take lffidavits, is held to be a
titicate, 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 be paid on demand or at any time de-
signat'd, are subject to stamp duty as Promsory
Notes.
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 of five
hundred dollars, any fractional part thereof, of
the amount secured by the mortgage, at time of
its assignment there must be affixed stamp or
stamps denoting duty of five cents.
When two or more persons join i'll the execution
of an instrument, the stamps to which this instru
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 OH interest conveyed
No stamp is required on any warrant of attor-
ney accompanying bond note, when such
bond or note has affixed thereto the stamp OIL
stamps denoting the duty required, and whenever
any bond or note is secured by mortgage, but one
stamp duty is required such papers, such
stamp duty being the highest rates required for
such instruments, or either of them. In such a
note memorandum of the value 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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rI,HE NEW LINE FOR BALTIMoRE.

TINHE NEW LINE FOR BALTIMOR E.,
l. carrying the GREAT HARNDEN EXPRESS
FREIGHT leave Norfolk at 515 O'Clock, p. IN.
The new and elegant steamers
GEORGE LEARY, Capt. s. Blakeman,
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
JAS. T. BRADY, Capt. ID. C. Landis,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
The steamers of this line have unsurpassed ac-
Communications, 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
oke 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
stances as low as by the Old Bay Line.
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.
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.
Passengers, Baggage and Freight transferred to
and from Portsmouth and New Line Steamers
free of charge.
Leave Baltimore from Spears Wharf, foot of
Gay Street, at O'Clock, p. m.
H. V. TOMPKINS, Agent
sep 22-134 1yS At Norfolk.
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Fowls PLUCKED BY LIGHTNING--A
curious instance of the effects produced
by the electric fluid occurred week or
two since to two girls who were on their
way to market at Bressuire, with bas-
ket of live fowls slung from their respec-
tive shoulders. They went chatting a.
long when few great drops of rain,
which came pattering down, warned
them that storm was at hand. There
happened to be an enormous rock near,
which projected over the road, and be
meath this they took refuge. Presently,
without previous warning, they were
half stunned by a loud report and stimuli
taneously with the report they saw a ball
of fire fall into the road few PAGES from
where they were standing. The only
effect that it produced on them was as
though they had been violently shaken.
AS soon as the storm had passed over
they continued their journey, not little
aritated by what they had seen and
felt. 1t was not until they reached
the market that they became aware of
the exceedingly narrow ascape they had
had. On their baskets being lifted
from their shoulders, they found that
the whole of their fowls had been strip
ped of their feathers in the cleanest pos
sible manner.-DicAeaas' AU the Year
Rc1Aad.
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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:
BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To
ESTABLISH A SCALE OF DEPRECIATION
OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY. sf'
WHEREAS, BY an ordinance of the Convention,
entitled An ordinance declaring what laws and
ordinances are in force, and for other purposes,
ratified the 18th day of October, A. D., 1866,
it is made the duty OF the General Assembly to
provide Il 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, solvahle in money,
whether under seal or not, made after the depre-
citation OF said urrency before the 1st of May,
1865, and untitled (eXccpt official bonds and penal
bonds payable to the State) shall be deemed to
have been made with the understanding that they
were solvable in money of the said oBpreney,~
subject, nevertheless to evidence of different in
tunt of the parties to the contract; therefore,
BE it enactcd By the General Assembly OF The State
of North Gd1Oind and it Is hereby endcfed by The
authority Of the same That the following scale of
depreciation be and the same is here by adopted
and established as the measure OF value of one
gold dollar in Confederate currency, for each
month, and the fractional parts of the month of
December, 1864, from the 1st day of November,
1861, to the 1st day of May, 1865, to-wit:
Scale Of depreciation Of Confederate currency the
gold dollar being tie unit and measure Of rdlue,
from NoeeDbef Isl, 1861 TO Mag LIST, 1865:
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Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad,
SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE

SUPERINTENDENT OFF1CE,
Apr1t q, 1866
rENHE PUBLIC ARE INFORMED THAT THE
i Speed on this Road has been increased, and
close connections made with ali trains going
North and South Passengers do not change
cars from Charlotte to Weldon To Baltimore
and other cities North, the fare as low as by any
other route, and time as quick. Through tickets
to all places North by both Petersburg, Richmond
and Washington City, and by Norfolk and Bay
Steamers, and to the principal Cities in the North
West via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Baggage
checked through.
To Shippers very great inducements offered
1t is the quickest, safest, and cheap as by any
other route. Freight is shipped through without
breaking bulk from Charlotte to Norfolk
The connections at Norfolk, with superior
Ocean Steamers, commend this route to all inter
ested n shipping. A. JOHNSON,
loft Superintendent.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Ten lines or one inch space to constitute b
square. ., oo
One square, one insertion, 81 w
Each subsequent insertion, oo
Liberal deduction made, by special contract, TO
large advertisers.
Court advertisements will be charged 20 per
cent higher than the regular rates
SPECIAL NoTIoEs charged 80 per cent hlghcf
than ordinary advertisements.
For advertisements inserted Tregulafiy, % per
cent higher than usual rates will be charged.
No paper in the South has advertising tacllltles
superior to the Standard.
Letters must be addressed to
w. w. HOLDEN & SON,
Raleigh, n. G.
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SAPARILLA purgcs out these impurities and stimu-
lates the organs OF life into vigorous action, re-
storing the health and eXpcliing disease. Hence
it rapidly cures Il variety OF complaints which are
caused by impurity of the blood. such US Scrofula,
or Kings Evil TumOrs, Ulcers, Sores, Eruptions,
Pimplcs, Bctches, Boils, st. Anthonys Fire,
Rose Erysiprlas, letter or Salt Rheum, Scald
Head, Ring Worm, Cancer, or Cancerous TumOrs,
Sore Eyes, Female Diseases, as Retention,
Irrcgularity, Suppression, Whites Sterility, also
Syphilis Or Ecncr!al Diseases Liver Complaints,
and Heart Diseases. Try Ayers SARsAPARILLA,
aad see tor yourself the surprising activity with
which it clcaliSes the blood and cures these
disorders.
During late years the public have been misled
by large bottles, pretending to give quart of
Extract of Sarsaparilla for one dollar Most OF
these nave been frauds upon the sick for they not
only contain little if any, Sarsaparilla, but often
no curative properties whatever. Hence. bitter
disappointment has followed the use of the rari-
ous extracts of SarSaparilla which Hood the mar
kct, until the name itself has become synonymous
with Imposition and cheat Still we call this
compound - SaG5aparilla and iItend to supply
sucil Il remedy shall rescue the name frein the
load Of ObiOQuy which rests upon II. we think
we have ground for believing it has virtues which
are Irresistible by the ordinary run OF the diseases
it is intended to cure. We can only assure the
sick that we offer them the best altrEitivc which
we know how to produce, and we have reason to
believe it is by far the most eHectual purifier OF
the blood yet discovered by any body.
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL is so universally
known to surpass every other remedy for the
cure of Coughs, Colds, Influenza, H'arseness,
Group Bronchitis, Incipient Consumption, and
for the relief Of Consumptivc Patients III adNanc-
ed stages of the disease that it is useless here TO
recount the evidence of its virtues. The world
knows them.
Prepared bv Dr. J. C. AVER 6, Co., Lowell,
Mass and sold by Williams e Haywood, and P.
F. Pescud, Raleigh, n. c., and by dealers every
where. mly 5-eodZm
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New MINOR PLANET.-A new mi
nor planet, the cighty-seventh of the
group between Mars and Jupiter, was
discovered on the night of the 10th
ult., by Mr.. N. r. Pogson, the govern
ment Astronomer, at the Royal Observ
atory, Madras. On the 18th May, at
18th, 3om, Madras mean time, its ap-
parent position was right ascension,
ieth, 14m 32s.; declination, Il deg.
% Hat, south, and it's right ascension
was diminishing at the rate of As sec
onds per day, but its motion in deciInac >
ton was inappreciablc. At the time of
its discovery it was near the variable
star u Scorpii, which was discovered
by Mr. Pogson in May, 1868, and it's
brightness was equal to that Of a star
of 1af magnitude. Mr.. Pogson has
given the name Sylvia to his new
planet.
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Aaed, whereas Many grave and difficult disputes
guardians and trustees, and their legatccs distri-
butees, wards and ceAtuysQNe trust, in the settle
plent of their accounts and trust arising frem the
depreciation of Confederate currency, State trca-
snry notes and bank notes, incident to and grow
ing ont of the late war; and that law snits and
expensive litigation may be obyiated.
Be further enacted, That in all such cases, the
parties are hereby empowered to form a full and
perfect statement OF the case both sides, which
ease shall be committed 10 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: Z2opided, hoseeseT, That no
part of this section shall be construed to estop o.
hinder any person from proceeding in the usual
course of law, if he shall deem the necessary
A true copy. y. a. ENGELHARD, 81
CfeFtof Scnats.
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COFFEE PLANTING IN CEYLON.-The
best elevation above the sea at which
coffee should be planted in Ceylon is
undoubtedly from 1000 to $500 feet :;
but climate has also good deal to do
with it. Coffee grows well i'll kaigalle,
Korneoalle, and i'll the Doombera ' al
lev. between 500 and 900 feet above
the sea. In Ouvah, coffee bears we'll
at between 1000 and 5000 feet above
the sea, owing to the dry air and eli
mate while on the more western side
of the island, at the same elevation, it
either bears only two or three hundred
weight an acre, is a mass OF leaves, or
gets covered with the black bog, the
two latter defects being chiefly by the
extreme quantity of rain that falls. So
it is that while Rambodde is suffering
from excessive rains, Ouvah Is doing so
from draught-though, us the crow
flies, they are not really more than twen-
tv miles apart. Could it be managed
otherwise, and Ramboddc exchange
some of its superabundant rains for Ou-
vah sunshine, the beneficial results to
both sides of the contry would he very
great. Hence we come to the conclu-
sion that dark, chocolate-colOrcd soil,
mixed with small stones, under ledges
of rock, and bestrewn with bOulders, is
is the most suitable for coffee trees,
and that the best medium OF elevation
is, say 5000 feet above the level of the
sea.-zHe Cofee Planter Of Ceylos, by
". Sa5onadiere
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DRY GOODS.
T ATH ROP, LUDINGTON & Co.,

$50 Broadway, New York,
Offer to Southern and Western Jobbers an(. Re-
tailers, at the lowest market prices,
FOR CASH,
VERY LARGE AND ATTRACTIVE STOCK OF
DRESS GOODS,
CLOTHS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY, WHITE GOODS, &C.
jan. 16-1y.
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DISSOLUTION.
THE CO-PAKTNERSHIP HERETOFORE
existing under the firm and style of Waterouse
tS Bowes is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
Uncollected Gas bills and other accounts can be
found with +. p. Waterhouse, who will settle all
claims against the firm, till Saturday the 10th
inst. All bills not paid by that time will be,
placed in the hands of l.. P Olds, Esq, Attorney
for collection
G. B. WATERHOUSE,
June 9-1Ot M. BOWES.
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TOBACCO! TOBACCO! TOBACCO

so BOXES MANUFACTURED TOBACCO
all grades.
500 lbs. DURHAM and other Smoking Tobacco.
june 2-tf B.SP.WILLIAMSON. 81 CO.
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Miscellaneous Selections.

TRIAL FOR RPoIsoN1NG.-Ac correspon-
dent of the Syracuse IN. Y Courier
gives an account of the trial of Mrs.
Heggie, lately convicted Of the murder
of her two daughters at Ithaca, some
two years since, She is represented as
rather prepossessing in appearance, with
high, full forehead, blue eyes and firm,
arched mouth. 1t appears that on the
and Mary Heggie, two beautiful and
Heggie, were living at home with their
father at Ithaca. Mrs. Heggie was the
mother of fourteen children, was pleas
ant woman, and Of high, nervous tenn
psrament, and of late years conceived
the delusion that her two daughters were
trying to usurp her household. The
daughters both died suddenly within a
year of each other, and chemical ana
lysis revealed arsenic in the stOmachs of
both. Mrs. Heggie was known to have
purchased arsenic at three different drug
stores during Charlotte's illness. The
case was Il strong circumstantial one
In the case of Charlotte strong doubts
were raised. Her liver was affected by
disease sufficiently to cause death, while
it is known that arsenic will only oper-
ate upon the stomach and bowels
Further, Charlotte had just released
young man, at his request, from an en-
gagement of marriage, and was melan-
choly over it. 1t was proved also that
nearly all the family had purchased arse
mic for one purpose or neutrality-suspicious. to
whiten" themselves, for C rats" or to
feed each other, as there appeared to
be an eternal dissension in the family,
in some way. Mrs. Heggie's ancestors
were proved to have been deranged.-
Mr.. Heggie was in court, but took no
action, unless on the sly with the
prosecution. A daughter, about four
teen years old, sat near her mother, but
looked ut her scornfully. Mrs. lie@gie's
brother defends her, and his wife and
and other relatives manifested the great
est affection and tenderness for the
prisoner They believe her to be u
wronged and neglected woman, and
that if she is guilty, insanity prompted
her to commit the wicked act
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RATEs OF sUBsCRIPTIoN.

tn those who get up clubs of five or more sub
.oribers one copy, gratis, will be furnished
4 cross X mark on the paper indicates the ex-
.;,tion of the subscription.
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Cleanse the Blood,

WITH co RR u P T
disordered or vitiatcl
Blood, you are sick all
over. 1t may burst out
in Pimples, or Sores, or
in some active disease,
or it may merely keep
you listless, depressed
and good for nothing
But you cannot have
health while your blood
l. imnnre AYER'S sac
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Loving hearts are like heggars; they live
on whas is given,
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j E. STENHoUsE. AALAN MACAULEY.
CTENHOUSE 81 MACAULAY,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers and Commission
Merchants, at our Old Stand, Trade Street, Char
lotte, n. c.
Purchase and sell Cotton and all other Produce,
on order
Business entrusted to shall command our
prompt personal attention.
REFERENCEs Jordan Womble, Sr, Esq.
Raleigh.
Dunlop, Moncure & Co., Richmond, Va.
Kent, Paine d Co.,
Martin e Tannahiil, Petersburg, Va.
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