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The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-02-23

EXTRAORDINARY Observation-Disclosures
days after the rebels fired on Fort Sumter,
son of Mrs. Duncan, of Mecca, Ohio, enlisted
for the war. He joined Western regiment,
and after being in several battles, was report
ed killed at the battle of Stone river, His
body was brought home and inferred AT
forwards intelligence was brought to the pa
rents by returned Union prisoners that their
son was not dead but in rebel prison in
Georgia. Other prisoners, returning from
there last spring, brought the sad news of his
death to the sorey distressed family, When
the war closed an opportunity was offered to
penetrate the rebel lines. Mr.. Duncan sent
down and had his son brought home aga a
and buried. Having had HIM buried twice,
as was supposed, it was natural that they
should be reconcied to their loss; but q few
days ago their son Bob, in spite Of wounds.
and deaths, and funerals came marching
home" and is now enjoying the hospitality Of
the parental roof. His case is d strong one,
but it is only one of many of the same kind
which the history of the war reveals.
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Here is the pithest sermon ever preached:
Our ingress in life is naked and bare: cir
progress through life is trouble and care; our
egress out of it we know not where; but ding
well here, we shall do we'll there; could tell you
no more by preaching year"
George Schley, prominent lawyer of Aus
gusta, Ca, died in his office suddenly of APP
oplexy on the 18th inst. Of late years he
had retired from the law, and been engaged
in the manufacturing business.
A Northern gentleman recently bought
million dollars worth of real estate i'll New
York.
Major General D. H. Maury has engaged in
the turpentine business on Pearl river, Louis
lana.
The Fenians seem to be spreading south
ward. A circle has been organized in Savan-
nah, Ga.
In one Massachusetts, town there have been
one hundred conversions to religion per
month.
Carl Schurz has been appointed editor OF
the new radical paper that is to appear ia
Detroit next month.
The Princess Hohenzolern is called the
belle of the Frenc court. She is twenty and
blonde, and ha ,utiful dark eyes
Walker, the f ster's father, is check
taker at one of ew York theatres
The Ohio Legislature is petitioued to ac-
knowledge God in its State Constitution.
There was a generous harvest Of Peters
Pence in France at the last collection.
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The DYING Confederate.

Could anything be more touching than the
! following extract from "reminiscences of a
Southern Hospital by its Matron?
/ After the battle Of Fredericksburg, while
waiting in a sick ward for brandy for dying
man, a low, pleasant voice said, MADAME"
1t CAME from youth looking very ill., but SC
placid He had that earnest, far away gaze
so common to the eyes that are looking their
last in this world. Perhaps God in his mercy
gives a glimpse of coming peace, past under
standing, which reflects itself in the dying
eyes into which we look with such strong
| yearning to tathom what they see lie shook
his head in negative to all offers of food or
drink, or suggestions Of a softer pillow, or
lighter covering.
| 81 Want Perry was all he said
On Inquiry | found that Perry was the
friend and companion who had marched by
his side ia the field, and slept nearest him i'll
camp, but whose present whereabouts he was
| ignorant OF. Armed with requisitlon from
our Surgeon, | sought aud found his name at
the receiving hospital from which he had
been transferred To jackson. He was SOON
seated by my side i'll my ambulance, and Oil
arrival at our hospital, we found my patient
had dropped asleep. A bed was brougnt and
put by ms SIDE, aud Perry, ouly very slightly
wounded, laid upon it. Just then the sick
man awoke YEARLY, turned over and the hall
unconscious eye fixed itself lie must have
been dreaming Of the meeting, for be still DIS
trusted the reality. Illness had spritualized
the poor boys face, the transparent forehead;
the delicate brow so clearly defined, looked
more like heaven than earth. As he recog-
nized his comradc, lovely smile curled bis
lips heretofore 50 wan and expressiouless; the
angel of death had brought the light of sum
ner skies to that pale face. Perry he
cried, Perry Rand throwing himself int
his friends arms with an effort, the radient
eyes closed, but the smile still fingered around
the lips--the golden bowl was broken.
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HISTORY OF THE WAR.-Ihe Rocking ham
Register says, that history of the late war is
now being written by two highly educated
and accomplished gentlemen of the Valley
Professor j. Hotchkiss and Col, William Allen,
Of Stanton Both of these gentlemen We're
connected with the army Of Northern Virginia
from the inception Of the contest, and, there
fore, are in possession Of facts and incidents
which others, who have assumed the delicate
aud laborous task of writing on the same sub
ject. cannot command. They have already
contracted with a large publishing house fo'
tie printing OF heir work, the first part OF
which will appear some time during the mex
Spring.
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NTZHUGH,, WILMER a co..

COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For the Sale of
WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PRODt CE,
And for the Purchase of Merchandise, Nd
chinery, dc.
WHITE LABOR FURNISHED FOR RAIL
ROADS. CANALS, PLANTERS, AND
OTHERS.
Also, Agents for the Purchase and Sale of
RE a Ii b S r 4 4 Il.
10 and AZ, Broadway, and So, New Street
NEW YORK.
l.. II. FIrzHUaH, of Kentucky; W. l.. WILMER,
of Philadelphia, Pa; THOMAS c. GALE, of Norfolk,
Va; GRAHAM l.. HUaHEs, of st. Louis, Mo-
DEMONSTRATIONS Adams d Co., Rich
mond, Va; W. II. Turner & Co., Norfolk, Va );
Hon. J. B. Baldwin, Stanton, Va; Hon. W. A.
Graham, Hilsboro, N. c.; Hon. w. P. Miles,
Charleston, s. c.; Hon. II. V. johnson, Ga. ];
Hon. Thos. J. Foster, CORTLAND, Ala. Hon. A.
G.. Brown, Terry Kinds Co., Miss. T. Ii. Skip
with, New Orleans, La. W. C. Black, New Or
leans, La. Judge r. G. Campbell, Huntsville,
Tex. Hon. II. G. Burnett, Paducah, KY Brady
& Davies, Louisville, KY. /; Mauntel Burte Il Co.,
st; Louis, No.; Wilmer, CAMEL 1 Co., Phila-
delphia, Pa. Lambert Cuttings, Baltimore, Md. ;
Hon. P. H. Burnett, San Francisco Cal. Hon.
]. M. Baker, Lake City, Fla. Hon. G. A. Henry,
GAINESVILLE, Tenn. Hon. R. W. johnson, Little
Rock, Arkansas; Ben. Holiday, New York.
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Feeling the great necessity Of such
Office this in the Cities of Norfolk and Ports
mouth, we determined, that if energy and
let attention to business will make it success
it will be successful.
We pride ourselves that we are judges of Real
Estate and the business we have commenced.
We have facilities equal if not superior, to any
house in the South for bringing your property
into market.
VIII be glad to see you at Office at all hours
of the day.
l.. C. LINDSEY & CO.,
dec2l-tf Land Brokers
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That was good advice given by the Pres-
dent of a State Agricultural Society; on pre-
senting a silver cup to a young man who had
won the first prize at blowing match. ''Take
this cup, my young friend, and remember al
ways to plough deep and drink shallow
A young cashier in house on Broadway,
New York, has been discovered to he a de-
tauIter to the amount of $4,000, the result
of stock gambling.
A New Yorker says a good chance for an
active man would be to sell tine-tooth combs
on the Third and Ninth Avenue railroad car:
in that city.
Jos. Moore was cut in two in factory il
Northbridg e- Hostoa Post.
Though cut in tr0 he was no moye.-Fal
Riger Monitor
y Paris cook has invented a salad OF orto
lans, which is pronounced gastronomic tri
umph
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5I1O FA RIM Frs ND 9TH E n $

l take pleasure in calling your attention to my
raj Implements, Garden and Field Seeds, Bar and
Bundle Iron, &C., &c. / have the Warehouse
formerly occupied by Messrs. Borum Il MCLEAN,
whom Isucceed in the
AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS,
and shall be pleased to see their old friends and
customers, we'll as those who have favored me
with their custom for the last seven years. With
out naming but few of the various items kept by
me, need only to say that my stock is and shall
be composed of the most approved kinds of Flows,
Harrows, Hay and Shuck Cutters, Horse Power
and Thrashers and Farming Tools generally
Bar and Bundle Iron, Cart Boxes, Springs and
Axles, &C., &c. Seeds of all kinds guaranteed
fresh and genuine. 1 solicit an examination of
my stock, where prices and quality may be Judged
of by those wishing to purchase.
C. BILLUPS,
Farmers Headquarters,
jy25-ly No. III Wide Water ST., Norfolk, Va.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
TNsT ABLIs SHED 1885.

z I a N Q 8! Pr a N . s!
on A RLES II. STIEFF,
MANUFACTURER OF
GRAND AND SQUARE PIANOS,
Factory "a and So, Camden Street, and 45 and
At, Perry Street, near Howard Street,
BALTIMORE, MD,
Has always on hand the largest stock Of Pr
AMOS IN the City. My Pianos are all Rosewood,
full Iron Frame, and overstrung and warranted
for five years, and the privilege of exchange
within IL months, if not entirely satisfactory to
the purchaser. Secondhand Pianos, from $50 to
$500, always on hand Melodeons and Parlor Or
gans from the best makers
We have permission to refer to General Rcbt
E. Lee, of Washington College, Lexington; Rev.
r. H. Phillips, Va. Female Institute; }. G. Co
veil sad Prot. Graham, of Va Institute for the
Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Staunton Payne &
Bros, Lynchburg; Messrs. White Pole, Lex
ington, Va. NJ. Harvey Effnger, Harrisonburg;
who have used our Instruments. dec30-ly
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BUSINESS CARDS.
HALsTED BROS. & PUTNAM

w 1nhnsH NEW lUEhhs
com SION RCHA " rs,
FOR THE SALE OF
Cotton, Tobacco, Rosin, Tar Pitch. Dried Fruits,
Furs, and Skins, &C., &c. The highest market
price, with quick sales, and prompt returns.
Send for weekly price current and marking
plate jan23-6m
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BUSINESS CARDS.
C. LIN sEY& CO.,

~ C. l. N ID > II d o.,
CONFUSION MERCHA NTS,
NORFOLK, VA,
Will do a General Commission and Forwarding
Business.
Strict attention paid to the sale of all kinds of
Farm Produce, Lumber, Naval Stores, &c.
Liberal advances made upon actual shipments.
L. G. LINDSEY, W. W KENNEDY
Of the late firm of OF f. City, n.
Delk Il Lindsey.
j. NJ. WHIDBlE, Elizabeth City, n. c.
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
IMPORTANT TO cry AND COUNTRY
0PERTY ROBBERS.
.Ne~ Do you want to sell your Farm.
or do yOn want to sell part of it?
Ng~ Do you wish to dispose OF your
Town LOts-yOur House, Wharf Pro-
perty, Warehouse, &c, &c?
@s~ Do you wish to lease or rent your
House, Office. wharf, or Ware
house !
@ag~ DO you wish yeur rents COL
lected promptly, and give you no trou-
bic?
If so, call at
NO. "a, (UP-STAIRs,) MAIN STREET,
and place your business into the
hands OF
L. C. LINDSEY & CO.,
Real Estate Agents and Land Brokers.
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pU RGE s q CORE.
WHOLESALE GROCERS,

" FIIJLF6oALE UNUCERS,
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Corner " ide Water and Commerce Sts.,
NORFOLK, Va,
Dealers in Flour, Bacon, Pork, Lard, Cheese,
Rice, Fish, Coffee, Tea, Vinegar, Liquors of"al
kinds, Soaps, Candies, Molasses, Syrups, Bucketsl
Carb Soda Mustard, Yeast Powders, Candy,
Ground Coiiecs, Salt, Backing, Essence Of COT
fee, Matches, Pipes, Segars, smoking Tobacco,
Sugars, &c, NC.
Guano and Flour OF Bone for sale at Factors
prices.
Select Family Groceries constantly on hand.
sep25-tf
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If there be pleasure on earth which angels
cannot enjoy, aud which they might almost
envy man the possession of, it is the power OF
relieving distress. If there be a pain which
devils might pity man for enduring, it is the
death-bed reflection that we have possessed
the power of doing good, but that we have
abused and perverted it to purposes of i'll.
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~ w. ROWLAND.

4 w. ROW LAM ID,
W. Formerly Of Rowland & Bros.
NeyiS0n Street, near the Ferry.
Is now receiving and offers for sale, reason
able terms,
Patent Cut Loaf, Crushed Powdered, and Cot
fee Sugars, of all grades,
Cuba and p. R. Sugars,
Rio, Laguayra, and Java Coffee,
Family, Extra, and Super Flour,
Butter, Cheese, Lard,
Adamantine and Tallow Candles
soap, Starch, Brooms,
Wooden Ware, Paper, &C, sc.
an22-tf
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lected
s T 0 C K o r
Flows, Harrows, Cultivators, Devils, Corn Plan
ters, Corn Shell rs, Fan Mills, Horse Powers and
Thrashers, Garden Barrows, Axles and Springs,
Cart Boxes, Pipe Boxes, Hollow Ware, Horse
Shoes, Pillow Castings, of all sizes Spades, Shoves,
Forks, Rakes, Bar and Bundle Iron, Steel, Fieln
ard Garden Seeds.
We warrant any article in our line to be
good and as cheap as any other house in the city
Farmers, Merchants and others are respect ully
invited to give us a call. au4-ly
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E0 IL G W. DUV VAL
Il q IL b Il " Il K II R.
And Proprietor of the
PATENT EXPANSION FERRULES
For repairing Tubes to Steam Boilers.
No. 80, Wide Water Street, neet Door to the Day
Book Establishment.
Every tool known to the Trade, and all the APP
plances for executing and expediting work can
be found in this establishment.
The EXPANSION FERRULE is something
new, is just the thing that has long been needed,
and is guaranteed to stop the leaks in Tubes.
Persons wanting Steamboat or other Boilers
made repaired will consult their best interests
by giving me a call. sepl2-ly
UMBER YARDS, TUNI6.
Ia WHARF,
And Cor. Nebraska and W. Water Streets.
A complete assortment of White Pine, Yellow
Pine, Oak, Poplar and Black Walnut Lumber.
DOORS, SASH AND BLINDS,
Bricks, Lime, Hair, Cement, Plaster, Shingles,
Laths, Fencing, Posts and Rails, bodybuilding
Material, Oyster Tong Lumber,
&C., &C., de-, &c.
AT THE LOWEST RATES.
NJ. HOWELL,
Tunis' Wharf,
And corner Nebraska and W. Water Streets.
n,IE Nv
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BUSINESS CARDS.
NTEW kerry, GLASS,
~ AND
WOODEN WARE STORE,

WOODEN WARE STORE,
NO. 50, EAST MAIN STREET,
NORFOLK, VA.
The subscriber respectfully informs his friends
and the citizens, of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and the
annrrounding country, that he las opened, at the
above stand, large and varied stock of
CROCKERY, GLASS, AND WOODEN WARE,
recently selected by competent judges, to which
he invites the attention of purchasers, with the
assurance that his stock will always be full and
complete, embracing everything in his line OF
business. which will be sold at the lowest prices
that can be afforded.
Call and examine before purchasing elsewhere.
janls-ly THOS. Z: ROBEKIo.
WIN +. MARTIN, WIN. J. BAKER,
Elizabeth City, N. G. Norfolk, Va.
JAMES W. HINTON,
Norfolk Va
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-04-24

E
b3rThe Hon. John A. Kasson, Of
Iowa, having been approached on the
subject of running as an independent
candidate for Congress at the next cleo
ton, replies: q
"If | am a candidate, it must be as a
tborough-going Republican, one who be-
gan in 1913, helped build its platform in
1860, on which it gained its first success,
and who adheres to the platform of 1864,
and who expects to adhere to the Repub-
lican platform and candidates of 1868. I
am neither for nor against any man as
against the Republican party and its
principles. I am against Andrew john
son all the time. if he is against the pro-
lection of loyal Unionists, both white and.
black"
Kasson is the person from whom his
wife recently obtained a divorce on &C.
count ofthe violation by him of the most
sacred obligations of his wife-his mar
rage vows. He wishes to be considered
very faithful, however, te his political
VOWS, and especially to ''loyal Unionists,
both white and black" We have no
doubt that he will pass muster with the
Republicans of his district.
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~ If-E-EEE
sarAll the cities Of the South have
wonderfully increased in population since.
the close of the war. New Orleans, lis
said, has increased 10000; Memphis at
least 10000; and Others in the, same or
like proportion. The cities having in
creased SO immensely, it was reasonable
to suppose that the country-the "rural
districts proportionately decreased;
but I find this is a mistake. So Far as j
have seen, or can hear, the population Of
the rural districts, if we except the ne
groes, is quite as large as before the war.
Throughout Tippah and Tishomingo
counties, in Mississippi, and McNair and
Hardin, in Tennessee, l am informed that
very generally the white population seems
to have increased-certainly not dimin-
ished. Few or no houses are to be found
u~noccupied, and many new buildings are
being erected-buildings Of all kinds,
dwelling-houses, out-houses, stores, bust
ness-houses, work shops, &C., &c. AT
Hamburg, on the extreme right of Shiloh
battle field, several new buildings have
already heen erected dwellings and
business houses-and a good many more
are either in contemplation or in process
of erection.-Rrom the Shiloh Gorrespon-
dent of the Memphis argus.
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From New orleans.

New ORLEANS, April H.-There is
much alarm about the levees from high
water above. 1t is feared the whole Low.
er Mississippi will be oyerfowed,
The wife of Ex-Goyernor Harris, of
Tennessee, is here, bound for Mexico.
She has a letter from President johnson,
saying that no PASSPORTS necessary, but
the Provost Marshal required it.
Emigrants to Mexico are numerous, and
several new steamers are advertised for
Vera Cruz. An AGENTS. here soliciting
subscriptions for Lees professorship:ef
the Westinghouse llege, Virginia. 8
West India shipping is being relieved
from quarantine. Thetotal week deaths
are one hundred and six. There is no
tendency to any particular disease. aThe
city is perfectly healthy, and IS crowded.
Brownsville advices say tits reported
there that the Liberals captured a wagon
train between Parros and Monterey, with
$500, 00or andkilling and capturing about
two hundred French soldiers. The train
contained about one hundred and fifty
wagons and left Monterey about the first
of April. with supplies and money for
.Matamoras, guarded by 1,4o0 Imperia-
lists.
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The President to Smell Birthstone.

The indianapolis Journal, the organ
of the so,called Unionists of Indiana,
thus savagely pitches into the Presi-
dent:
"The President sent his veto of the
Civil Rights Bill to the Senate y%ester-
day. 1t is more sweeping than the veto
of the Freeduen's Bureau Bill. and he
assails every section: We are forced to
conclude that "a johnson, tailor" or to
speak more respectfully ellis Aecideney,
the President" is opposed to the Re-
publican party and the principles upon
which the war was fought into. He'll
smell birthstone before he gets through
with his veto business"
If a Democratic editor had written a
similar paragraph about the President a
year or too ago, he would have been sent
to a dungeon in the Old. Capitol or hur-
ried off to Fort Lafayette.
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.sHeIp us, DarIlies, or we Sink"

s = -
We do not believe, and we do not
charge, that the masses of the Republican
party, at least in this vicinity, are in ia
vor of Negro Suffrage, or Of the afro
cious outrages upon the rights of white
men perpetrated by the radical Congress.
But the leaders of that party are in IA
vor of these measures; and We condemn
the mass of the party for following these
radical demagogues, contrary to their own
convictions or right.
A party made up, as the Republican
party is, Of the remnants and factions Of
all other parties which exist or have ex-
listed, must be held together by excite
msnt; andwhere this is the case, it is not
the best men of the party who get the Of
fees, but the n~oisiest brawlers. These
bramlers will eventually break down any
party, and they now feel that the tide Of
public opinion is setting IN against them
1t is for this reason that they are clam
oring for Negro Suffrage to keep the Off
ces from slipping from them. And 1t is
in order to secure the votes of the Ne
groes, when ballots shall be put in their
hands, that they are now legislating al
most exclusively for the. Negroes, and
granting them privileges which no white
man dare claim. The infamous Civil
Rights Law was enacted to assist in
counting Negro votes; and nearly all the
legislation of Congress has been directed
to this object,
The recent elections, instead of warn
ing them that public opinion will not sus-
tain their radical schemes, seems to have
had the effect of increasing their zeal to
secure the votes of the Negroes. They
are now crying with outstretched hands:
aHelp us, darkies, or we sink"
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A RiOtOus TumuIt i'm Bradford,
acknowledgements the Cause.

There was a riotous tumult at Bradford,
England, on the Sd instant, caused by
Irishmen and Fenians, which lasted three
days, in which the English portion of
the population was beaten, insulted and
driven into shelter. Among the rioters
the EXPLANATIONS of the mob were such
as these: ITO hell with the Q%ueen!"
"We'll take Abbey and then easily take
Bradford" The English residents inthat
locality we're obliged to lock themselves
in their houses, and some who were out
dared not 60 into.the locality until after
midnight. The most active among the
rioters, and among those who assaulted
the police, were arrested and committed
for trial.
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A Family OF seven Persons MUIR
dered.

PHIL'A., April liza terrible crime
in the lower section of this city, was dis
covered this afternoon. A family Of
seven persons had been murdered, viz:
Christopher Deeri1g, his wife, niece and
four children, oasMr. behring's farm. at
Point House and James Lane. tits sup
posed that the murders were committed
last friday, by German laborer on the
farm. The crime was discovered this af-
ternoon by finding the bodies of Deering
and his wife in the barn: One of the
children was a baby ten months: DID,
Money seems to have been the sole OBJ
ject. The horses and cattle in the stable
were fonndin a furnishing condition.
The FIEND CAUGHT.-There wiHbe q
thrill Of Qualification over the country
that the fend who murdered the Deering
family in Philadelphiashas been arrested
and confessed the crimes tits one ofthe
most appalling tragedies Of this or any
other age. rsF ss
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Cash in Advance.

q Hereafter we will not insert
any legal or miscellaneous adj
vertising whatever, without
the pay in advance, or we will
charge and collect the fee Of
the Attorney or Attorneys han
ding the advertisement in for
publication. Heretofore we
have waited five and six years
for the fees in legal cases, and
are compelled to adopt this
course in lieu Of a system SO
loose and uncertain.
We would take it as a very
great favor ifattorneys having
printers fees in their hands,
belonging to US, would make
returnofit tothe Clerks office,
or pay it in at this Office.
ss & WEST.