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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12
The Income Tax.

IMPORTANT Instructions. -Commissioner
Rollins has issued to the assessors quite a
number of instructions relating to the amend
ed internal revenue law, which is now in OPP
Grafton. The following instructions, refer
ring particularly to the assessment of the in
come tax, will interest numerous tax-pay-
crs:
Where physicians are obliged to keep a
horse for the transaction Of business they
may deduct so much of the expense so in
Cured as is fairly referable to the business
done.
Expenses for medical attendance, store
bills, &C., are not proper subjects for deduc-
ton. Expenses for repairs of implements,
tools, &C., used for business, may be deduc-
ted.
Rent of homestead actually paid may be
deducted, but the rental value of property
owned by the tax payer is not subject Of
deduction; but where the tax payer rents a
furnished house, that portion Of the rent paid
in consideration of the use of the furniture
should not be allowed as deduction.
Any person claiming deduction on &C
count Of the expense for room rent must sat
isfy the assessor that the room or rooms oc-
cupied by him constitute his home, and that
he has no residence elsewhere, and this be-
ing shown he may be allowed to deduct what
he actually pays for rent of such rooms, but
nothing can be allowed for the rent of furni-
ture or care Of rooms When rent is inclu-
ded and deducted as an expense of business
it must not be again deducted as rent, nor
should person hiring house and sub-let-
ting a portion Of it be allowed to deduct more
than the excess of his payments over his re-
ceipts
Marriage fees, gifts from members of a
congregation to their pastor, &C., are taxable
as incomes when the gifts and donations are
in the nature of compensation for services
rendered, whether in accordance with an un-
Outstanding to that effect at the time of set
Element or with an annual custom.
Citizens Of the United States, residing
abroad are subject to tax upon their entire
incomes from all sources whatever, and the
same is true Of foreigners residing in this
country
The law provides that like tax shall be
levied, collected and paid upon the gains,
profits and incomes Of every business, trade
or profession carried on in the United States
by persons residing without the United
States and not citizens thereof.
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Extraordinary Revelation i'm Connection
with the Wirz Tragedy-Wirz offered his
Life if he Would Implicate Mr. Davis.

The astounding revelation made by But
Ter concerning the suppressed diary of Booth
and the consequent official murder of an in
nocent woman, is followed by another little
less astounding or disgraceful to the parties
embraced in it, concerning the lawless trial
and execution of the unfortunate Wirz. The
disclosure is made in letter from this city
to the New York World, bearing date March
9th. 1t is as follows:
It is, perhaps, not generally known that
during the incarceration Of Wirz and Major
Winder in the Capitol Prison they occupied
adjoining cells, and enjoyed facilities of COM
munication, one to the other, by word Of wri-
ting, through an aperture not observed,
doubtless by the jailor. No one was permit
ted to see either, ualess by special privilege
from the Secretary Of Var. On the night
previous to the execution of Wirz three men
entered his cell, of course by permission of
Stanton, and proposed to him, that if he
would agree to implicate jeff. Davis in the
alleged conspiracy to starve the Northern
prisoners confined at Andersouville his life
would be spared. Wirz replied that he would
not save his own life by sacrificing that Of
another innocent man. The parties there
upon left the cell, and Wirz Immediately
communicated all that transpired to Major
Winder. The Major sometime after met
Mrs. Davis in New York, and revealed to
her what is here stated, backing it up by an
affidavit, which he gave her, and which she
now holds The trial of Davis would involve
revelations which would shock humanity, and
test to it's fullest whatever sense Of justice or
feeling of national pride is still left at the
North. It is not unreasonable to presume
that popular indignation would be aroused to
a pitch that would render it unsafe for the
concoctors of the vile plans devised to secure
the sacrifice Of Davis life, to prolong their
residence among a people whose fame and
character they so grossly outraged.
Should not the names Of the trio who made
this Infamous proposition to Wirz be traced
out by some means If the World would
initiate some movement to that end, it is
probable that some light might be obtained
which would fix the identity Of these villains.
The time is eminently suspicious for such an
enquiry, now that the rogues are divulging
each others iniquities. It may be that Ma
Tor Winder has some information which would
give clue to the names Of the parties. If
he has, he should be induced to furnish it
and then the wretches should be held up to
the universal scorn and contempt they so
richly deserve.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12

A SENSIBLE GERMAN-There is wit as
we'll as wisdom in this pithy story: There is
a German porter in one of the largest bank
ing and brokerage houses in Wall street,
New York, who has been there in that ca
pacity for nearly twenty years, and has saved
about forty thousand dollars, which he has
on deposit with that firm in their safe, in
government bonds. When asked by a bevy
of juvenile clerks how he managed to be so
rich, he replied: ''You see, when | get
shillin' in my pocket, and wants glass of
lager, und links can't do widout it, I don't
get 'um.''
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12
Poetry.
OH, BE NOT THE FIRST.

BY J.iR. G. .NERs NJ. D..
o.
Oh, be not the FIRST to discover,
A blot on the name Of friend,
A flaw in the faith of lover,
Whose heart may prove true in the end
We none of us know one another,
And oft into error we fall
Then we should speak kind ola brother,
Or speak not of him at alt.
A smile or sigh may awaken
Suspicion most false and untrue,
And thus our belief may be shaken
In hearts that are honest and true.
= How often the light smile Of gladness
Is worn by the friend that we meet,
( To cover soul full Of sadness,
Too proud to acknowledge defeat
How often the sigh Of detection
Is heard from the hypocrite's breast,
To parody truth and Affection 9a5i3i
Il Or lun a suspicion to rest ass3
How often the friends we hold dearest
The noblest emotions conceal,
Have hearts the purest, sincerest, .
And secrets they cannot reveal :?
sI'll leave base minds to harbor suspicion.
And small ones to trace my defects;
Mine shall be nobler ambition,
For base is the mind that suspects.
We none of us know one another,
And oft into error we fall
y Then we should speak kind Of brother,
-, Or speak not of him at ALL
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12

NEGRO SUFFRAGE TO BE FORCED Upon THE
NORTHERN STATES. Washington, March
29.-The revolutionary designs of the Rad
icals were never more apparent than in de-
bate in the Senate to-day. Sumner has pre-
pared bill for forcing negro suffrage on ev-
cry Northern State, under the pretence that
it is authorized by the second section of the
constitutional Amendment, which abolished
slavery. Both Wilson and Sumner declared
their determination to force negro suffrage on
the Northern States, Connecticut included,
by act Of Congress.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12

WHAT DEEDS DO NOT NEED STAMps.-In
reply to recent communication, asking what
deeds do not require stamps MIR. Deputy
Commissioner E. A. Rollins, of the Internal
Revenue Department, states that when, for
the purpose of transferring property from
husband to wife, or from wife to husband, or
from one of them to both jointly, deeds are
made to third party and then back from
him to either or both, such instruments need
not to be stamped as conveyances, as there is
no sale, but only as agreements; but if they
contain powers Of attorney, these should have
their appropriate stamps"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12
DURDErT'S PHOTOGRAPH
t.,st~ <,AvYnnv

Over Roane \ Alby's clothing store, opposite
Virginia Hotel.
am now prepared to enlarge, and color in oil,
water or India ink, pictures ofevery description.
Those who have lost friends can have pictures of
them copied from lockets, ambrotypes, daguerre-
types, &C., and made life or A size.
have now secured the valuable services of onr
Staunton artist, Mr.. 7. B. Coleman, who has just
graduated in the art Of Painting in the city of
New York. Specimens can be seen now in my
Gallery am permanently located inStaunton,
and will spare no pains or expense to make my
Gallery equal in every respect to any city gallery
am already prepared to make any style of pic
lures now in use. sssig f'4>s 81 &t
g One Of StiefTs celebrated pianos will be found
in the Reception Room. ..f..;.. -.1ss,@
Nav 1T j. II. BURDETT.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12
Ghe 5tamnton Dln0ilalur.
ADVERTISING RATES.
FOR LESS THAN THREE MONTHS.
That Oath.

II am sincerely and earnestly attached to.
the Union and the government of the United
States, and will steadfastly support the Con-
stitutiou and obey the laws. and induce others
to yield support and obedience thereto" =
That is the registration oath ordained by
Congress for the people of the Southern
States. We believe the vast majority OF those
who were in the rebel armies could take 1t
with clear conscience No one who reads
the letter of General Beauregard, can fail to
be impressed with the belief that ne who firea
the first gun in the rebellion could subscribe
to the above oath without any mental reser-
walton. But, how would it be with Charles
Sumner and Thaddeus Stevens, and the
horde of fanatics who follow in their wake
Could one of them conscientiously take the
oath they prescribed? Not, we believe before
God, without staining their souls with the
crime of perjury When they are doing all
thew can to prevent restoration Of the Uni
on, how could they swear they are sincerely
and earnestly attached to it ? How could they
take solemn oath that they are attached to
a form of government which they are con-
stantly laboring to destroy What one of
them could pledge himself under the sanctions
of an oath to support the Constitution. of the
United States and continue to act wltE the
party in Congress? Not one. The great
majority of the rebels in the South, if judged
by the very standard prescribed by the Rad
icals in Congress, are more loyal to-day than
any man among them in either the House or
the Senate. Lancaster (Pa) InteAtgencer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12
Let er from Ex-President Buchanan.

Let er from Ex-President Buchanan.
The Philadelphia Age makes public the fol-
lowing interesting correspondence, between
number of prominent Democrats Of that
city, ind other sections of the State, and Ex-
President Buchanan.
FEBRUARY 9th, 1867.
To Er-Presidcnt James Buchanan:
Dear Sir-The undersigned, citizens of
PENNSYLVANIA, think it matter of simple du-
ty to call you from your retirement and to
tender you in this form the expression Of their
continuing respect and admiration. They
have another, and less disinterested object in
view They believe the immediate future Of
the country to be full Of peril, and they de-
sire to hear words of counsel, of consolation,
and if possible, of hope, from one who now
survives, as the last Of American statesmen
Of the olden times-the only living conten,-
porary, with perhaps one exception, Of Web
ster and Clay, and Benton and Calhoun. In
the DAYS Of your power, when you dispensed
favor and patronage, you had many friends.
The undersigned desire to be ranked among
those who esteem you now in your privacy.
who honestly think that no responsibility for
the years Of blood and sorrow we have en-
dured rests on you, who tried in a moment
Of terrible exigency to do your duty under
the Constitution. We earnestly and respect
fully invite you to accept Of this invitation
to public dinner in the city Of Philadelphia,
at such time as will best suit your convent
ence. a ga #
[signed by large number Of citizens.]
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12

Brick PoMERoY ADDRESSES THE FREED
MEN IN GEORGIA. -s' Brick Pomeroy, Edi-
tor of the La Crosse Democrat, happening
to be present at mass meeting of the color
ed people of Macon, Georgia, addressed
them as follows:
+ NV friends, I call you friends, though I
am from Northern country, many miles
from here ] know none of you, and never
expect to see any you again. | shall speak
in plain language and shall use no big words.
I have come from my Northern home to see
for myself the condition of the black man
and the condition of the white man. You
have to work now; you have been given the
privilege of citizenship, but you. have to
work now. You commenced your elevation
from mighty low down point you have to
make friends of somebody; your best friends
are those who do the most for you, and who
charge the least for it-those who urge to
honesty, industry and frugality. You have
much to do. You have been brought up to
labor and ignorance; you have your schools
houses to build, your homes to provide, Your
families to feed and clothe, your children to
raise, your parents to protect and bury, and
your little busy" children to raise, Now
stay in the country where you are known;
we don't want you in the North; we have
plenty of labor there. There are hundreds
there who care nothing for you, only to make
a dollar or ten bits out of you. Why the
New England negroes have no more chance
for Office from the white people than | have
of curling my hair as yours is curled; your
friends are in the South, not in the North.
Why where I live the ice on the Mississip-
nj is two feet thick-here it is warm and
genial there the peoples hearts are as cold
as the climate they get warm only when
they want your votes; but come up there
for aid and protection Il "can't seeit."
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12

The well-known farm of Daniel Webster,
at Franklin, New Hampshire, is offered for
sale. The place contains about $50 acres
of land, and the furniture used by Webster
can be had at the house, if desired.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12

ELDER DowN.-A Consular Report of this
year on Iceland gives an account Of the way
in which down is extracted from the elder
duck. Early in June the bird, always re-
pairing to the same spot, comes to some
small holne or islet in bay or ford and lays
its eggs, after lining its nest with the down
plucked from its own body. As soon as the
eggs are laid, the owner Of the Matching
ground robs the nest Of the down and part
Of the eggs, both of which the poor bird re-
places a second and third time, when she
is left in peace to complete the process Of in
cubation, but with her body completely de-
nuded Of down. This method is adopted be-
cause the down Of the dead bird loses lis elias
ticity, and is of comparatively little value
The hen bird gives eight or nine ounces Of
down to nest, but when cleansed the weight
is diminished by half. The value of the
cleansed down is about los per ID. The an
nual produce in Iceland is valued at about
95. 900. In some instances one small holme
will give it's owner an annual income of ESQ.
Such is the care taken of these birds. that
during the Matching season no guns are al
lowed to be fred in their vicinity foreign
vessels arriving are forbidden to FIRE salutss.
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Business Cards.
GENERAL AUCTION.
~ AND

COMMISSION BUSINESS
The Undersigned, under the firm and style OF
PECK CUSHING, /.
having taken the large and commodious store-room
of Mrs B. Bolen, at the corner Of Augusta street
and Spring Alley, in Staunton, for the purpose of
conducting err y
General AUCTION and Commission Business,
solicit consignments of all kinds of Goods q
Produce, to be sold either at auction or priva
sale, at reasonable charges.
Sales of all kinds Of property attended either in
town or county H. H. PECK,
Jan. 4. 1867. E. NJ. CUSHING. =
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ropARTNERsIIIP.-Thcu ndersign.

% COPARTNERSIII undersign-
, ed have this THIS DAY entered into co-part-
ncrship for the purpose of conducting
GEN. RAJ COAf1iISSION
AND FOR WARDLNG BUSINESS
under the name and style of
MINOR l. WILKINSON.usT s1i
- They will sell on commission COUNTRY Pho
prcE of every description, and solicit consign-
Incnts Of CORN; WHEAT, TOBACCO, OATS
and produce generally, J A'i*sa ga ~ :,
~ Our motto is ifQUIcK SALES AND PROMPT RETURNS.
Our place of business is t
a.. NO. 1910 MAIN STRERT,
49, .(NEAR THE OLD MARxaT,
80 s.es .................- RICHMOND,l VA.
O., Liberal CASH ADVANCES on produce in hand.
= We refer, by permission, to the following gen.
tlemen: 4 s$uT hal f9...sf sas
..'s WrsEs l. FfrzHuGH, Attorneys at Law. a.s
q eTnoMAs w UpsHuR, Notary and Commissioner
of Deeds, Richmond, Va. = .4el1a.1 snsss1
RIM. SMITH 4 Son, Enquirer, Richmond, Va
STFto 4 70 tTHOS. F. MINOR,
. &C. E yTs.iials ste4t sTHOS. P. WILKINSON.
Richmond Jan. 1o1s67 -" Jan 20
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Richmond advertisement.
TXCHANGE HOTEL,
/ Ia fay RICHMOND, VA

EXCHANGE HOTEL,
81 ~ RICHMOND, VA.
THIS LEADING, FASHIONABLE HOTEL,
has been newly and elegantly FURNISHED,
and is now ready to extend an cold Virginia
welcome to its patrons. -. LIZ i; <~-.tFf
THE aEYCHAN GE g
has liberal accommodations for over FIVE
HUNDRED GUESTS, and possesses every
modern Improvement for the comfort and enter
tainment Of its inmates. The ROOMS are spa
cious. and well ventilated; the attendance is
prompt and respectful, and the TABLE is gen.
erously provided with all aye ~
THE 5DELICA CLES or THE SEASON.
The Proprietors are determined to sustain the
reputation heretofore established for THE EX-
CHANGE. -sv ms 81 aeate sb
nst.s J.. L. DARLINGTON g. CO.,
;es Formerly of Bollingbrook Hotel,
f4- 81 :Hs3s ia Petersburg, Va,
a and American Hotel, Richmond, Va
aas - tles.s .!to1Q i a..asls4aa Proprietors.
J. l.. CARRISeToS, ! ao~ %
A. J.. Foab. .ass 81 s.: ssaars j u -seA
Maj b. Frank Eakle, Capt. JAS A. McClung,
P. F: Brown, Clerks. .s 80 p tsss .iaA4s.s3f
II! N. B. Telegraph Office in Rotunda; Telescope
on Observatory. a'es ra4 0'e0a AZ
April 5-6mo. ana a*Hr4Aza .ga
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-04-12

Iremaln, your much Obliged Trend,
49, ~n JAMES BUCHANAN.
Hon. Asa Packer, Hon. Owen Jones, Hon.
John Cadwalader, Samuel R. S Smith,
G. R Fox, Andrew c. Craig, Esquires,
and Hon. Hester Clymer, with many 9th
erS. IL tat.
The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-03
THE OLDEST LOCOMOTIVE.

"Maine claimed recently to possess the
Oldest locomotive in America. 1t was
broken ND the other day at Bangor
machine shop. This locomotive was
the Pioneer a ten ton engine, and was
one of the early machines built in Eng
land by Stephenson, the inventor ofthe
locomotive. Itwas built at Newcastle
upon Tyne, in 1885,, and ran its first
trip Novembr 6, 1885. Its last work
was done August Is, 1s67."-Phila-
deIohia Ledger. ..-..
In this paragraph there is either a
mistake of dates or of facts. The loco
motive known as the "John Bull'' was
running on the Camden and Amboy
railroad as early as 1882. 1t was built
by Stephenson at Newcastle, and is, we
believe, still in use. Sometime ago it
was running regularly on the Rocky
Hill road, and is probably still running.
In 1884, locomotive was running on
the Philadelphia and Trenton railroad,
making trip each way each day. Only
two trains were then run over the road
daily, one drawn by horses and the
other by the only locomotive engine
owned by the company.
But even these were not the first To-
comotives in use in the United States.
In the spring of 1929 the Delaware and
Hudson Canal Comany imported one
of Stephenson's engines for use on their
road from the mine to the termination
of the canal. Later in the year they
imported another. A locomotive en-
gine, named the BEST Friend,'' was
planned by Mr.. E. L. Miller, of Charles
ton, S. c., built in New York, and run
upon the Charleston and Hamburg
railroad (six miles in lengthy in 1880.
The engine worked successfully for
about two years, when it exploded, and
was subsequently rebuilt with differ
ent form of boiler. This was the first
American locomotive, running regularly
on "a passenger and freight road although
an experimetal locomotive that worked
we'll had been constructed by John
Stevens fifteen years before. The Maine
locomotive is not the oldest locomotive
in America-the John Bull being still
in existence-and is very far from being
the first locomotive used in the United
Trenton Gazette.
The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-03
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DISTRICT OF NoRTH-CARoLlNA.
United States
as. Libel of Information.
1 Barrel of Whisky.
To Lewis Hobbs and Allen Woodburn.
and all whom it may Concern...
Greeting
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT ON
~ or about the 10th day of june 1857 one
Barrel of Whisky was seized on the the premises
of Kate Hobbs, in the County of Guilford, the
property of Lewis Hobbs and Allen Woodburn
by John Crane, Collector of Inlcrnal Revenue
for the 5th Collection District of North Carroll
MA, as forfeited to the use OF the United States,
and the same is libelled by D. Fl. Starbuck
Attorney of the United States, and prosecuted
in the Circuit Court of the United States for con-
demnation tor the causes in the said Libel set
FORTH and tnat said causes will stand for trial at
the Court room OF said Court, al noon, on the
last Monday in November, 1867, at Raleigh, if
that be jurisdiction day, and if not. at the next
day of jurisdiction thereafter; when and where
all persons are warned to appear to show cause
why condemnation should not be decreed, and
to intervene for their interests.
Given under my hand, at Office. in Raleigh, on
1st day of October, 1867.
f.. D. R. GOODLOE, .. S. Marshal
. Oct. 1st 1867. 80 lid
The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-03
OFFICIAL.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
DISTRICT OF NORTH. CAROLINA,

r. DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA,
United States .r..> ...H
Ps:;s; s:;;:: ?: s. rg:sy s!:ss; and Libel Of Information
To Zimri NJ. FOust, and all whom it
may COncern..Greeting:
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT ON
IN or about the 1st day of june 1867, five bar
rels of whisky and two barrels of brandy were
seized in the County of Guiltord, the property of
Zimri NJ: Foust, by John Crane, Collector: of
Internal Revenue for the 5th Collection District
of North Carolina, forfeited to the use of the
United States, and the same is libelled by d: H.
Starbuck, Attorney of the United States, and
prosecuted in the Circuit Court of the United
States for condemnation for the causes in the said
Libel set forth; and that said causes will stand
for trial at the Court room of said Court, at
Raleigh, on the last Monday i'm November, 1867,
at noon if that be Jurisdiction day, and if not,
at the next day OF Jurisdiction thereafter; when
and where all persons are warned to appear to
show cause why condemnation should not be de-
creed, and to intervene for the interests.
Given under my hand, at Office, in Raleigh, on
1st day of October, 1867.
D. r. GOODLOE, U. S. Marshal.
Oct LIST, 1867. S0-14d.