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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

But losses sustained after Decem-
Der 81, 1865, cannot reduce the
income fer the year. Losses in
Cured in the prosecution of one
kind of business may be deducted
from gains in another, but not from
those portions of income derived
from fixed investments, such as
bonds, mortgages, rent, and the
like. Assessors should also be
careful not to allow the deduction
of amounts claimed to have been
lost in business, when in reality
they should be regarded as invest
ments or expenditures, as when
merchants expend money in farm
ing or gardening for recreation or
adornment rather than pecuniary
profit.
80. Dividends from which the
tax of five per cent. has been
withheld should be returned as In
come, exclusive of the tax with
held, ,and after the total tax has been
assessed, the amount of tax with
held may be deducted therefrom.
40. Coupons on railroad bonds
should be returned as income
for the year in which they mature,
if they are good and collectable.
Al. Script dividends of COM
panies named in section 12O and
122 are taxable as income at their
nominal value; script dividends Of
other companies should be return
ed at their market value when re-
ceived.
SCHEDULE.
l. Gold and silver plate is
subject to tax if kept for use,
whether actually used or not, ex-
cept as provided in schedule A.
But if plate is permanently kept
in bank or elsewhere for safety,
and with no intention to use the
same, such plate is exempt.
2. Pianos, organs, etc., used
in churches or public edifices, are
not taxable under section 100,
The term "public ediGces" is held
to include town halls, public Ii
braries, public halls and the like;
also, free schools and academies
which are maintained at public
expense, or are thrown open to the
public free of charge. Private
schools or academies, whether In
corporated or not, supported Who'll
ly or in part by charging a tuition
fee, cannot be considered public
edifces within the meaning OF the
act.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

The Augusta (Ga.) papers anr
nounce the advent to that city OF
Miss Ann Eliza Leak, who was
born in that State without arms
She is represented as exceedingly
attractive in her personal appear
ance, and is exhibiting the most
wonderful dexterity in the use OF
her feet. She writes with her toes
much better than most people do
with their hands, besides knitting,
sewing, embroidering, crocheting,
and doing all kinds of needlework k
with astonishing ease and rapidi-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

81 ii
The following circular will be
read with interest:
f TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE, 7
WASHINGTON, April 26, 1866.
The following instructionsshould
be observed in the assessment of
the annual taxes for 1866. They
have been prepared and printed to
answer the questions which have
been most frequently presented by
revenue officers in their letters to
the Commissioner.
Particular attention is directed
to the few notifications of the
rules observed in the last annual
assessment.
Assessors should instruct their
assistants to call personally upon
those who have not returned their
income on the first Mondayin May.
If any person is not at home, the
notice on the back of the form q
should be called out and the blank
left. This being done, it becomes
the duty of the taxpayer to seek
the Assistant Assessor and deliver
his return.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

The theatrical managers in Bos-
ton have combined to keep colored
people out of the places of amuse-
ment, notwithstanding the recent
law on the subject. As only a
nominal fine is imposed for break
ing the law, and their licenses are
not affected by the exclusion, they
think they can successfully resist
the lay.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

A CoURT INClDENT.--The Mem
rhis Post of the 26th ult. says;
ssWe understand that a late prom
inent officer of the United States
army having occasion to defend a
criminal before a Memphis jury,
asked for clemency on the ground
that the prisoner was e gallant
member of the First Louisiana,
(Rebel,) but the prosecuting at
torney proved he was a deserter
from the same, and he was conylc-
ted"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17
[ [Pr01ss.jeto11.
WHOLE NO. S7.
Telling Trees by Fire.

The idea of burning down a
tree six feet in diameter, and sol
id and green, would have seemed
to be as simply absurd and ridicu-
lous. But the thing is done in Or
egon every day at a vast saving
of time and labor. The operation
is done in this wise:
A hole is bored into the trees
horizontally, the nearer the centre
the better. Then directly under
this hole another is bored at an an
gle OF elevation so that the holes
meet together near the centre of
the tree. A coal of fire with a
little kindling is introduced into
the orifice thus formed, aud the
upper one performs the functions
of a chimney. The heart of the
tree is dry and contains consider
able amount of pitch, and when
manipulated as / have described,
burns briskly.
tits generally necessary to feed
this fire with some fresh fuel from
time to time. But one man can
keep large number OF trees thus
burning, and will get twenty or
hundred trees down thus much
quicker and easier than he could
otherwise do. In similar man.
ner, when the tree is cut down, it
is cut into pieces by being burned
in two. A hole is bored into the
log from the top, and another from
the side, till they meet as before
described, when the perpendicular
hole acts as a fue and the hori-
zontal one furnishes the draught.
1t often happens that burning
large tree into lengths, for saw
logs, there is not more timber
wasted than would result from
chopping the log with an ak.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17
E. A. ROLLINS,
Commissioner.
INCOME.

l. Farmers will not be required
to make return of produce con-
sumed in their own immediate
families.
2. The farmers profits from
sales of live stock are to be found
by deducting from the gross re-
ceipts for animals sold, the pur-
chase moneypaid for the same
If animals have been lost during
the year by death or robbery, the
purchase money paid for such ami
mails may be deducted from the
gross income of the farm.
8. No deduction can be made by
the farmer for the value of servi-
ces rendered by his minor children,
whether he actually pays for such
services or not. If his adult chill
dren work for him and receive
compensation for their labor, they
are to be regarded as other hired
laborers in determining his income.
4. Money paid for labor, except
such as is used or employed in do
mestic service, or in the produc-
ton of articles consumed in the
family Of the producer, may be de-
Quoted.
5. No deduction can be allowed
in any case for the cost of unpro-
ductive labor. If the house SER
wants are employed a portion of
the time in productive labor, such
as the making of butter and cheese
for sale, a proportionate amount
of the wages paid them may be
deducted.
6. Expenses for ditching and
clearing new land are plainly ex'
penses for permanent improve
ments, and not deductible.
Z Z. The whole amount expended
for fertilizers applied during the
year to the farmers lands may be
deducted, but no deduction is al
lowed for fertilizers produced on
the farm. The cost of seed pur
chased for sowing or planting may
be deducted.
s. If a person sells Understand
ing, the profits are to be ascertainec
by estimating the value of the lane
after the removal of the timber
and adding thereto the amount re
ceived for the timber, and from
this sum thus obtained deductins
| the estimated value of the land OF
| the first day of January, 1862, o.
! on the day Of purchase, IT pur
chased since that date.
g. Where no repairs have beer
made by the tax payer upon any
building owned by him during tn
preceding five years, nothing cal
be deducted for repairs made du
ring the year for which income j
lestimated.
i 10. A farmer should make re
] turn of all his produce sold with
lin the year, but a mere executor,
.lcontract for sale is not Q sale
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

A divorce case, now before a Chi
cago, ILL.,, court, has very humor-
Gus feature about it. The defend
ant is one of twin brothers, part
ners in business, and the resem-
blance they bear to each other is
SO striking that the lady herself
is unable to identify her hus-
band, from whom she has been for
a long time separated.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

A delegation of negro women in
Washington, ,pn Monday, presented
to each of the senators who voted
for the Civil Rights bill q hand
some bouquet. That most fragrant
flower of Africa referred TO by Ar
temus Ward-the Mig Rose-yas
probably the most aromatic bios
som,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17
GENERAL ASSEMBLIES.

uou-OS VIII t1CSt tNAo JC"i % AoA
lows:
GENERAL ASSEMBLIES.
Presbyterian General Assembly
(Old SchooD-St. Louis, Mo-,
Thursday, May 17th.
Presbyterian General Assembly
New SchooD st. Louis, Mo-,
Thursday, May 18th.
United Presbyterian General
Assembly-Allegheny City, Penn
sylvania, Thursday, May 3lst.
Cumberland Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly-Alton, H., Thurs
day, May 18th.
GENERAL sYNoDs.
Reformed Dutch Church, Gene
raj Synod-New York City, Jun,
30th,
Reformed Presbyterian Church
General Synod-Xenia Ohio, Wed
nesday, May 10th.
Evangelical Lutheran Genera
Synod--Fort Wayne, Indiana
Thursday, May 18th.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

The privilege of yearly advertisers Is
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business; and the business of an ad-
vertising firm is not considered as including
that of its individual IN emhers. 0TNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances.
az Ad vertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
exacted.
OF No advertisement inserted gratutousiy
sDe Advertisements of an abusive nature
will rot be inserted at any price.
tD~ Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
to be paid in advance in every case.
rJ lob Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

Senator Cowan lately said:-
"I know of no provision in the
constitution which prevents man
from being as big q fool as he
pleases." That may be so; but
then there is a provision of ma
ture that does prevent. A ma
iority of the Tennessee House OF
REPRESENTATIVES would be much
greater fools than they are, if they
only had the ability.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

A hippopotamus attached to q
circus which was exhibiting at
Bridgeport, CT, recently, took a
fancy to one of the visitors, named
Rockwell, and opened his jaws to
estake him in" Rockwell didn't
return the affection, and left only
q portion of his pantaloons in the
creatures mouth.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

A genuine case of trance is re.
ported from Guilford, England.
An old lady, after having been for
a long time in a low state Of
health, sunk down suddenly, and
was pronounced by a surgeon to
be dead. The coffin was purcha-
sed and the body put into it, but
it is said that just as the UNDER
taker was about to screw down the
lid the supposed corpse started
upright, to the great terror of the
bystanders, and getting out of the
coffin, walked across the room
Tt is added that the "old lady is
now hale and strong"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

In the opinion of DIR. Snow, the
Health Officer at Providence, there
is an atmospheric cause for the
cholera, which is now on the ATT
lantic ocean moving toward us.
Vessels coming from ports where
there has been no cholera for years
have been stricken with the pests
lence on passing through this at-
mospheric cause, and when that
cause reaches our shores the chol-
era will spring up everywhere
where the social causes exist.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

Colorado, whose application for
admission into the Union as q
State was lately rejected, will now
be admitted at once as q means OF
strengthening the radical party in
Congress. The radicals are play
ing the double game of expellins
conservative congressman without
cause and admitting radical terri
tories without reason,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

The meanest exhibition of fa=-
natical and bigoted hate We have
lately read of occurred in Ohio
While a lot of cars intended for
use on the Mobile and Ohio rail-
road were coming through the,
Western reserve, some abolition
lists ascertaining they were for use
in the South, sayagely invaded
them, cutting the cushions with
knives and otherwise mutilating
"a revenge worthy of and just
cowardly enough fer abolitionlsts.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

The Methodist General COME.
renee has decided to continue its
Publishing House at Nashville.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

Several elergymen of the Church
of England have recently publish,
ed their disbelief in the eternal
punishment of the wicked, :
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17
gslnpIs Of The Aases.
For the Fayetteville Observer.
JULIA,S GRAVE.
ny WILLIAM D. BROWN.


Of all the streams that gently fow
In murmurs to the sea,
The stream that winds by Julia's grave
The sweetest seems to me.
It's whispers call the hours to mind
When with the lovely maid,
Alone upon its blooming banks
Atsummer eve strsyed.
Of all the flowers that rich and gay
In field or forest grow,
The rose that hangs by Julia's grave
The sweetest seems to me.
In it / see the ready bloom
And soft enchanting grace,
Which once, when life and Joy we're hers
Adorned the maiden's face.
Of all the birds that wing the air,
Or warble in the grove,
None with their notes to me appear
So soothing as the dove.
She's built her nest by Julia's grave
Upon the willow tree,
And whilst sit beneath the shade
She gently mourns with me.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17
PRETTY NELL.

knowest thou my pretty Nell?
If thou dost not, I'll not tell
Where she may be found
In little cottage white,
Sweetly nesting out of sight,
Where bright flowers abound,
Near shady, quiet dell
Dwells my charming, pretty Nelll
Wouldst thou see my pretty lass
In the morn? While yet the grass
Glistens with the dew,
HE thee to her garden fair,
Thou shalt find her working there,
Whilst her eyes of blue
Beam with joy, as songsters tell
Of their love for pretty Nelll
Wouldst thou see her at mid-dayf
Softly step, and put away
Honeysuckles there
By the window-slily peep
Tween the flowers that clust'ring keep
Out the sunlight glare
Now thine eyes do surely tell
What blithesome lass is NellI
Wouldst thou see her ere the day
Steals with rosy steps away?
I'll not be unkind.
There upon that rustic seat,
Where yon brook flows at her feet,
She improves her mind.
There within that quiet dell
Reads and meditates my Nelll
Ever blithesome, winsome, kind,
With graceful, cultured mind,
Gentle, loving, meek
Rosy smiles that softly play
Ger her face, and hide away
In her dimpled cheek!
Imay never hope to tell
Half the charms of pretty Nelll
In thy fancy thou hast seen
Where my Nell doth reign as queen!
Ask no more of me-
'Twould be vain for thee to know,
Thou couldst never come and go
Where she hides from theel
For this secret now / tell
Nell loves me and ] love Nelll
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17

James Wood killed himself at
the Nashville theatre on the goth.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17
VOL. ls---NO. IA.
TERMS.
frThree Dollars for one year, invu

Ulnfee DUtfdFs TOT UHe yeari sHOd-
siably IN adrance.
ar Single copies, Ten Cents eaca.
kFs Advertisements inserted at One Dollar
per square of Ten Lines or less for the first
insertion; Fifty Gents for each continuance.
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Cents per square.
OF Persons advertising BY the year, will
be charged
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17
Meetings Of General AS
semblies and. SynOds.

The conventions of religious
bodies will meet this year as fol-
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-05-17
The Income Tax.

Instructions from the Commissioners
of Internal Reuenase for the Prep
aration of the 1ar Dalplicatesfo
the Year 1866-Deductions al
loaced to be made.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-16
SHASTA COURIER.
TuE STANDARD BEARER.

s.o in the fight that day,
he oors oul aInmns moved in bright array,
Hnere 'no .oId;er,, heart beat high with PRIDE,
- a. .ha ranks marched on ike surghg .us
Tb-ougb the fercest strife ana er aea'n ees'-
II. rayed our banner aloft IN arr
.nd there mid the flying shot ana snei'
onr Gallant "Stsndard Bearer ieu'
eu,-~.b, for the Stars and Stripes :. he ered'
A. he nIunred mid the battles reeking tide,
..Unrrsb ' for the Union-on, boys, on,
A ,noment more and flag was gone;
90 llnr aae ~ his white lips gasp,
and he ciutched it still with dying clasp.
Where drums were beating, and where euiiets
tell,
Our Gallant {" Standard Bearer" fell.
How wept his mother in helpless pain,
When told that her noble boy was slain;
And the gray haired sire drooped his head,
When he heard his only was dead.
They made him grave with a soldier-crowd,
With tattered flag for winding-shroud
For. mid battles shout and trumpets swell
Our gallant " Standard Bearer" fell.
Then rang the voice of his aged sire,
"On on, to the charge, through blood and fire"
And soon mid the battles storm be stands,
Bearing our flag in his trembling hands.
"Down! downr' he cried, "wth each rebel
knave,
Der Richmond's fortress our flag shall wave!
Though our Standard Bearer may fall and die,
Like a rainbow, our banner shall sweep the sky ,
And float on high"
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-16
EYES. EYES.
DR.. &. II. PARDEE,
OCCIuIST AND AIIDIST
OCCULIsT AND AURIsT.

A FTEf protracted blindness of more than five
N years, DR.. Pardec has made himself thoroughly
and scientifically acquainted with all diseases of
the Eye, and is now practising with 4 not
surpassed in the United States
All operations performed, such strabismus,
eye, Cateract by linear extraction, Depression
Absorption, Pterygium, or feshy membrane
growing over the eye, Reduction of Staphyloma, or
bulging out of the eye, Artificial Pupil, Fistula
Lachrymalis, closing of the tear passage, and all
deformites of the Lids, etc. etc.
Artificial eyes inserted without the least pain,
and possessing all the movements and brilliancy of
the real eye. A large assortment constantly on
hand for sale at reasonable prices. The Doctors
Eye bath for the treatment and of all nervous
disorders is used all over this coast.
Thankful to those physicians who have sent him
eases for operations, and hopes that his universal
success will warrant continuance OF their conh-
dencc. His celebrity an operator Is co-extenslve
with his success patients are presenting them
selves for treatment and operations from New York
and Boston almost monthly.
Many patients can be at the Doctors office
daily in different stages of recovery.
Once: 767 CLAY STREET, (above the Plaza,)
,ear Dunout street. myl3
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-16

NAILS IN FRUIT TREEs.-A singular fact,
and one worthy to be recorded, was men
toned to US a few days since, by Mr.. Alex
ander Drake, of Albeinarle He stated
that whilst on a visit to a neighbor, his at
tention was called to large peach orchard,
every tree in which was totally destroyed by
the ravages of the worm, with the exception
of three, and these were the most thrifty and
fourishing peach trees he ever saw. The
only cause of their superiority known to his
host was an experiment made in consequence
of observing that those parts of worm eaten
timber into which nails had been driven
were generally sound. When his trees
were about II year old, he had selected three
of them and driven n tenpenny nail through
the body, as near the ground as possible
Whilst the balance of his orchard had grad
ually failed, and finally yielded to the raw
ages of the worm, these three trees, selected
at random. treated in precisely the same
manner, with the exception of the mailing,
had always been vigorous and healthy, fur
nishing him at that very period with the
greatest profusion of the most luscious fruit
1t is supposed that the salt of iron furnished
by the nail is offensive to the worm, whilst
it is harmless, or perhaps beneficial, to the
tree.
A chemical writer on this subject says !:
$ The oxydation or rusting of the iron by
the sap evolves ammonia which. as the sap
rises. will impregnate every part of the
foliage. and proves too severe dose for
the delicate palate Of intruding insects"
This writer recommends driving half a
dozen nails into the trunk Several expert.
ments of the kind have resulted successfully
-SOutheru Planter.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-16

CAN'T CooK.-It is a sad defect when
young ladies are incapable of directing their
own servants shoes without soles or wrist.
than one of these One day, shortly after
his marriage, a young merchant went home.
and seeing no dinner ready and his wife ap-
pearing anxious and confused, asked
!'What is the matter ?'
Nancy went off ut ten o'clock this morn
ing" replied his wife, and the chamber
maid knows no more about cooking dinner
than "a man in the moon"
- Couldn't she have done 1T under your
directions ?'' inquired the husband very
coolly.
Under my direction? | should like to
see dinner cooked under my direction"
why so 2" asked the husband i'll sur
prise.
= You certainly do not think | could, y
replied the wife how should / know any
thing about cooking?"
The husband was silent, but his look Of
astonishment perplexed and worried his
wife.
Z" You look very much surprised, sue said
after a moment or two had elapsed.
8 And so | am" he answered, $ as much
surprised as | should be at fnring the cap
tain of one of my ships unacquainted with
navigation. You don't know how to cook
and the mistress of family! Jane, if there
is cooking school any where in the city, g,
to it and complete your education. for it il
deficient in a very important particular. y
The Rural AmcricdR.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-16

LEMON JUICE IN DYprHERIA.-Do.tor Re-
villout, in a paper presented last summer to
the French Academy of Medicine, asserts that
lemon juice is one of the most eficacious
medicines which can be applied in dypthe-
ria, and relates that when he was dresser
in the hospital his own life was saved by
this timely application. He got three dozen
lemons and gargled his throat with the juice,
swallowing little at time, in order to act
on the more deep-seated parts DR.. Reyillout
has. noted eleven cases Of complete success
obtained by this method of treatment.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-16

Duel ABRoAD.-A duel in Presburg has
created a great sensation. 1t seems that
Prince Lechnowsky and his friends rose
from table when Count Nemes seated MN
self. The latter felt it as an insult, chal
lenged the Prince and duel took place at
twenty PAGES. The Count received his ad-
yersary's bullet in the shoulder, which was
completely smashed, and the ball traversed
the throat, wounding the windpipe. 1t was
reported that the Count had died, but be
still lived on the 18th of April, though on
ly faint hopes were entertained OF his life.
The Shasta courier., 1866-06-16

WELLER & BRowN.-The Eugene Journal
wants to know what Oregon has done to be
cursed with such wandering rebel vagabonds
as John B. Weller and Beriah Brown. Our
opinion is they thought Oregon a place of
refuge for Copperheads from California. but
your election last Monday has driven them
to the verge of seeking repose in the peni-
tentiary, where Democratic principles always
maintain the ascendency.-FrekaJ Journal.