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Year: 1870

Our readers will remember that some time
last springa rigid examination was made Of
the records of this and the adjoining counties
to ascertain whether the stamp law had been
complied with. That examination disclosed
the fact that there were large number ol
instruments recorded in the Clerks and Regis
ter,a Office, either without stamps or improp-
erly stamped. There was at that time nc
provision Of law to remedy this state of things
except by paying fifty dollars for each instru-
ment improperly stamped or not stamped at
all. Mr.. Stone was instrumental in procur-
ing the passage of remedial statute and we
have taken pains to learn from Mr.. Stone the
provisions of the law and now proceed to lay
them before our readers.


1st.-The Collector mot Assessor) Of thu
District has the power, if he is satisfied that
the omission to stamp properly was an inad-
vertence or mistake, and done with no inten-
ton to defraud the Revenue, to remit all
penalty and restamp the instrument.


2d.-If the Collector is not satisfied that
the omission was by mistake. he will still re-
stamp the Instrument upon the payment of
double the amount Of the proper stamp, if the
proper stamp exceeds SIS. II it is under SIS,
then penalty of SIS. Thus the lowest pen
atty is SIS and the highest double the amount
Of stamp.


3d.-The original, when stamped by the
Collector, can be either recorded again or the
Clerk or Register can note on the original
record that the error in stamping has been
corrected pursuant to law.


4,h.-The time for correcting these errors
is from the passage Of the act (last JULY to
1st of August, 1872.


Upon this law we offer what seems to Us
to be practical suggestion. 1t is probable
that every instrument recorded without
stamp was so recorded inadvertently. The
inadvertence can be proved by the oath OF the
party interested, or by any other species OF
proof, But as the Collector lives at Eilicott
City the trouble and expense of each indivi-
dual going there would be considerable. 1t
appears to Us that If those interested in each
county would club together and get the Clerk
and Register to take the original instruments
on to tho Collector, with their pro #, that it
would save a. good deal Of expense and trou-
BILE. II will be to the advantage of every one
to have these corrections made and the pro-
per enteries made on the records as soon as
practicable. We believe tho people of st.
Mary's, Calvert and Prince Georges counties
are all interested in this matter and we would
call their attention to it.
Year: 1870

Judge Dobbin. on Wednesday, fled his
opinion in the Superior Court sustaining the
claim of the State against the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company for the difference be-
tween gold and currency at the time the
several semi-annuaf payments of interest on
the three million loan were made to the State.
Under this decision the Company is bound to
pay to the State 100000 semi-annually in
gold for all time to come, and to make good
all differences between gold and currency at
the time all former payments were made.
Upon the constitutionality of the Legal ten
der acts the Court expressed no opinion.
Year: 1870

The old Central Market house, in Washing
ton city, aud occupying a space between 7th
and 9th streets, was totally destroyed by FIRE
about one o'clock on Sunday morning last.
The losses by the conhagration are supposed
to be about $150,Ooo. We copy the follow
ing from the Star Of Monday evening:
The topic Of discussion yesterday and day
has naturally been the destruction of the old
market house by fire, structure so very old
that the oldest inhabitants cannot fix the ex.
act date when the first of the congeries of
sheds was erected.


1t was at first supposed that the FIRE was
the work Of an incendiary, and the fact that
the FIRE seemed to break out at different points
almost simultaneously would appear to give
color to that theory, but the later investiga-
ton lead to the belief that the fire was an
accident, and originated in the shanty occu-
pied by fruit dealer, who had light and
charcoal fire in operation short time before
the Gre was discovered, and at the poiut where
through the building with lightning speed is
explained by the supposition that the gas
took fire from the pipe. The old inner roof
Of the market was also perfect tinder-box,
calculated to ignite from a spark along its
while extent


But however the fire originated the fact is
before US that some four or FIVE hundred
dealers are thrown out of their places Of busi-
ness and means of livelihood, and we learn
that perhaps tbree-quarters of them are poor
men, who are quite unable to sustain the


loss and start again in business. Here is an
urgent call for the sympathy and substantial
aid of the community, and we doubt not it
will be promptly given.
Year: 1870

THE READNIssIoN OF vIRGINIA.-The Sem
ate this afternoon took up the House bill for the
admission of Virginia, and it was read a second
time, having received its first reading on FRI
day. No vote will be taken on the bill to-day
as the third reading must be postponed until
Tomorrow under the objection of Mr.. Sumner,
which carries it over until tomorrow by the
rule of the Senate providing that no bill shall
receive two readings the same day; when objec.
ton shall be made.


pass the Senate.
Year: 1870

1NFIDELITY REBUTTED.-fn the Supreme
Court Of Pa. yesterday, Judge Sharswood, i'm
the case Of James against Seesweiss, decided
that charitable bequest to an infidel society is
void. The decision is rendered in the case of
the will of Levi Nice, who devises property for
the erection OF a building for the meetings of An
indel society for the free discussion of religious
prove nursery of vice, a school of preparation
to qnalify young men for the gallOws and Young
women for the brOthel, and there is not a skepe
woufd not consider such q debating club "a n
common nuisance ana Disgrace to the citv
Year: 1870

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES this morning Attorney General Hoar,
in an eloquent address, announced the death OF
the late Edwin M. Stanton, and submitted the
resolutions recently adopted at a meeting of the
bar. The Chief Justice said the Court concurred
in the sentiments of the address and resolutions.
and as a mark of respect directed that the Court
be adjourned until to-mOrrow
Year: 1870

The SENATE GALLERIES were crowded this
afternoon, and many were unable to gain ad-
mission, so great was the interest manifested in
the debate on the Virginia bill. A large num-
Der of prominent Virginans were about the
CvpitOl, and Governor Walker of that State was
upon the floor Of the Senate during the after
noon.
Year: 1870

The GRAND PANORAMIC EXHIBITION of
Mammoth Illuminated War Views and other
magnificent representations at the whitehurst
Gallery, every evening, is really a very merito-
nous anair, and should be visited by every one
while there Is an opportunity TO do 50.
Year: 1870

to the Sun:


1.-The Committee on Appropriations of the
House will be able to report three more appro-
pristion bills this week. The legislative, exec
utive and judicial bill will be submitted on We'd
provement and care Of public works in this
District win be included in the various bills and
although there are i've Western members ON the
Committee on Appropriations, they make NO
objection TO an equitable compliance with the
estimates made for the District. The regular
appropriation bills are based on existing laws
and estimates. and win not include extraordi-
latter WIN come before the House In an inde-
pendent shape, and on the appropriation for 3
new State Department TIE Western members
intend 10 unite their forces In opposition.
Year: 1870

All the leading men in every department
of business in this county, enrolled as stock
holders in the accommodation stage line be-
tween Columbia and Stockton, on the occa-
sion Of the meeting today viii probably dis
cuss other matters of relief besides the enter
prise proposed to be set on foot. We believe
that much good may result from the inter
change of views and ideas on matters pertain
ing to the future Of this county. Now seems
to be the appropriate time for our citizens to
bes.ir themselves to meet the facilities which
Stockton is offering In the railways she is
pushing out in our direction. We earnestly
hope that there will be large attendance at
the meeting to-day, and that liberal support
will be extended to the stage line, believing
as we do that the establishment of this enter
prise upon permanent footing will open the
way for others, that may combine to help
this county to recover some of her lost ground.


II is time that we commenced to silence the
oft repeated reproach that we are wanting in
public spirit, and undeserving of aid, because
We will not help ourselves. That a rcduc-
ticn in fare between here aud Stockton will
much encrease travel and in consequence en-
liven business is plaia enough. Let us see
to it then, that this new line of stages design
ed to be the property of the people and for
their accommodation is sustained, then we
will no longer see every dollar paid for fare
taken out of the county as has been done for
years by the old line. Whatever the new
company.may make, be it much or little will
be distributed among the various classes of
our community, this of itself is a considera-
ton worthy of being taken into account.
Aside from all this, why should we any long
er submit to be taxed for travel one third
more than any other community in the State.
We have stood it for many years, if we are
not to stand it for oil time, let us put in our
protest to-day and strengthen the hands of
the accommodation Stage Company.
Year: 1870

THE CoLoRED Tie colored
people of the county held jubilee over the
ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment, in
this place On Wednesday. They marched
through the streets headed by the Chinese
Camp Brass Band, making quite a respectable
appearance. All of them seemed happy and
proud while celebrating the event that makes
them equal before the law. Rev. s. B. Ser
Hall. he was listened to by large audience
of whites as well as sables. The speaker ap.
peared to give general satisfaction, telling
truths regarding miscegenation that were NO
more fattering to the white than his own
race. He advised the newly mace citizens
to pay attention to educating their children,
and to use all means to elevate themselves
above tie menial positions they have hereto
fore occupied. That they now fill differen,
place in the political world, that there is now
some incentive for them to improve themselves.
That they should branch out in the different
vocations, try and accumulate means, which
with education will enable them in the future
to compete with the white race. He made
some good hits against the Democratic party,
and on closing advised all his race to vote the
Republican ticket. The demonstration con
sidering the number of colored persons in The
county was all that could be expected, and
was we'll conducted throughout.
Year: 1870

STOCKTON CRY ELEcTIoN.-At the City
Election held in Stockton on Monday last, the
former residents of this county who had re-
ceived nominations from the Republican par
ty were elected by decisive majorities. We
expected this result from the we'll known
shrewdness and sagacity" that formerly
characterized some of thesa successful gen.
tlemen. Our neighbor, of the Independent.
takes occasion to tell US that it was cool "
and "icy" on our part to hint at the anteced-
ents of the gentlemen while residents of this
county, an1 that they were nominated by q
mass convention. Our neighbor will learn in
time that mass convention is one of the
strong suits of these political gentlemen. We
had no particular desire to interfere with
Stockton politics. We claim the privilege Of
speaking of any parties occupying or aspiring
to public position, especially if the past has
given us an opportunity of knowing them in
timately. We are pleased to hear of the sue
cess Of the old residents who have removed
from this county to that city, and trust that
the energy they appear to have infused in
that community may continue, and place it
in position cf permanent prosperity. We
are led to believe that this element has become
so large an integral part of Stockton that 1t
will nearly if not wholly control its political
Offices in the future.
Year: 1870

John CANTON Us. Cdthartne Cunuon.-In this case.
in which the husband brought an action against the
defendants to obtain decree OF divorce land tie
particulars Of which nave heretofore appeared fully
in the HERALD on account Of her previous marriage
with one Alfred Could who Is stin living, q motion
was made on behalf OF the defendant for an order
requiring plaintiff to pay her suitable alimOny ana
counsel fees. Judge Jones denies the motion, with
leave to renew ON further aflidavits.
Year: 1870




A. He was generally In the private Office; he spoke
loudly and could hear some words; then he would
come out and sit at the desk and look at the law
books and make memoranda.


q. Do you recolect MS becoming excited at any
time IN the 0iice? A. There was peculiar witch
ing about his under lip; he used To walk up and
down the room and talk TO himself.


si2l sisfly. Did you observe MS eyer A. Not part'u'
q. How often used ne to walk up and down in the
manner you describe? A. He was not always walk
Testimony OF DIR. J. G. Minor.
j. G. Minor eXamlned-I reside in East Twenty
first street; have been physician seven years;
Dr. Ward is IN the same ONCE with me; have been
there about eighteen months; know the prisoner
SO the bar, Daniel Mcfarland; saw him very little
over year ago.


Q. Were YOU struck by anything you then saw in
hims A. Yes; an expression Of his.
@. What was 1t? A. He had fel0n on his finger;


opened 1t and having done so, inquired whether 1t
q. was that painful operations A. Quite pain.
| full


Q. How long was he with you on that OCCASION
O. DID he alIude to the subject Of his family
troubles. A. He went over the ground spoken Vf In
o. What Impression did his conduct produce upon
your minds A. He talked very unnaturaily; he was
subsequently In 1renzed state when he discovered
that his wife was in Jersey City; 1 have seen him
saw his wife In Jersey City in August he was IN .
state of extreme excitement; his pulse was then at
115; he spoke about his wife being In Jersey City
and SAID he could not live, that he could not rest
night day and that the very thought OF his trouble
drove him mad; said be, There Is no rest for me at
all.n


O. In what condition was he az the time you speak
In reference to the lrenzyf A. think at tnat time
| had ever seen him.
] O: Did you prescribe sos him as that tlmei A.
Year: 1870

Another Letter te Sth:,L The French from Count de


Count de Chambord has Just addressed the
following manifesto to France


Frenchmen:-Once more your destinies are
in your own hands.


For the fourth time within less than half O
century your political institutions have col
lapsed and we are given over to the most sad
trials.


Ought not France at length to see the end of
these barren agitations, the sources of so many
misfortunes? 1t is for you to answer.


During long years of unmerited exile, have
not allowed my name to be for single day a
cause of division and trouble; but at the pre-
sent moment, when that name may perhaps be
pledge of unanimity and security, do not
hesitate to tell my country that / am ready to
devote my whole self to the protection of her
happiness


Yes, France will again lift up ner head if, en-
Gghtened by the teachings of experience, and
weary of so many fruitless endeayors, she will
consent to enter again on the path which Provi-
dence has marked out for her.


Chief of that house of Buurbon which, by the
help of God and of your fathers, once built up
France into a powerful unity, ought to feel
more profoundly than any one else the extent of
our disasters, and to me more than to any other
belongs the task of repairing them.


May the sorrow of my country be the signal
for awakening to noble efforts! The stranger
will be driven from the soil and the integrity of
our territory assured if we will only concentrate
to the attainment of one end all our efforts, all
our devotion, all our sacrifices.


Do net forget that it is by going back to its
traditions of faith and honor that the great
nation, weakened for one moment, will recover
its power and its glory.


AS lately told you, government does not con-
sist in lattering the passions of the people, but
in confiding in their virtues. Do not allow
yourselves to be led away by fatal illusions.
Republican institutions which might correspond
to the new aspirations Will never take root In
our old monarchical soil.


Penetrated with a sense of the needs of my
time, all my ambition is to found, with your
help, truly national government, with right
for its basis, honesty for the principle of its ad-
ministration and moral greatness for its end.
Let us wipe away all memory of past disputes,
80 fatal to the development of true progress and
true liberty.


Frenchmen let this one cry rise from your
hearts: "All for France, by France, and with
France" HENRI.


THE French FRONTIER (SwIssl, Oct. 8, 1870.
Year: 1870

ATLANTIC CITY, Oct. 3l.-The schooner Eve
line, Captain Mott, which cleared from Phila-
delphia few days agoi with a cargo of grain
destined for New York, ran on an old sunken
wreck off Brigantine Beach, and stove hole in
her bottom. The captain attempted to run her
ashore near the Dry Inlet, below this point, but
was unsuccessful, and she sank about two hum
dred yards from shore, with her deck fully six
feet under water. Captain Mott arrived here
yesterday morning, and a wrecking schooner
was despatched to the sunken vessel.
Year: 1870

ply to the Judgment of mankind
against other nations that they should
do theirs. | do not hold that am
absolved from my obligations because
somebody else does not choose to per-
form his. Any such rule would be a
disgrace to any civilized nation.


The bill was passed.


Leave of absence having been asked
by the Speaker for several members,
Mr.. Schofeld gave notice that he
would in future object to leave Of alb
sence being granted unless where
there was reason stated.


The Speaker, in connection with
that subject, said that many members
suppose that leave of absence relieved
them from forfeiture Of pay provided
in the act regulating compensation OF
members, but that was a mistake; it
had been decided over and over again
that leave of absence did not in the
least affect that forfeiture on the part
of absentees.


Mr.. Sehenck said he would unite
with the gentleman from Pennsylva-
mia in ObjectiDg hereafter to every
leave of absence except where rea-
son was given.


Mr.. COvode-"And then stop their
pay. That is the best way"


Ingersoll appealed to the House to
go to the business on the Speakers
table, but Mr.. Schenck insisted on his
motion to go into COmmitte on the
Tariff bill.


The House then (2:2O pm went
into Committee on the Tariff bill.
Year: 1870

NEW YORK, May acknowledgements
for meeting ofall the Catholic priests
of this city, who are to decide upon
the expedieney of receiving State aid
in support of the charitable institu-
tions of that church. A number of
priests are opposed to accepting such
aid. They also hold that no money
raised by taxation should be given TO
schools or asylums of any church.
They slso aver thai denominations
outside of Catholic communities will
suffer more seriously by the proposed
withdrawal of State aid than their
oburoh
Year: 1870

LOUISVILLE, May 13.-The grand
celebration of the formal opening of
the bridge over the Ohio, which was
to have taken place on June lst, is not
likely to come of, influential par
ties financially interested voting
against it, without whose assistance it
would scarcely be success.
Year: 1870

CHICAGO, May 13.-Brick PomerOy,
who is now in this city, has received
a dispatch from New YORK advising
him to return at once and fight the
combination which is forming to de-
feat his nomination for Congress. The
dispatch also states that Mcfarland
has threatened to shoot him on sight
for betraying his offer to sell his al
legged knowledge Of his Wife's dis
honor.
Year: 1870

The Luxury or Easy Dresses.


Very few ladies know how to ap
Preciate an easy and healthful dress.
They think their dresses are Ioosp,
when a mau or a boy put into one as
tight would gasp for want of breath,
and feel incapable Of putting forth an
effort except to break the bands.
Ladies are so accustomed TO the tight
fits of dress makers that they ssfsH to
pieces" when relieved of them, They
associate the loose dress with the bed
or lounge. To be up, they must be
stayed up, and to recommend a com
Portable dress to them is not to meet a
conscious want Oi theirs.


1t is great pity, none the less. If
they could once know what luxury
it is to breathe deep and full at every
respiration, to feel the refreshment the
system takes in by having the blood
enliyened and sent bounding through
the arteries anil veins, 10 have the aid
to digestion such dress gives, to have
their own strong, elastic muscles, keep
everything in place and themselves
erect : if they could for a while know
the luxury, and then be sent back into
the old, stiff, straight jackets, they
would fume and fret and rave in very
desperation if they could not get rid Of
them.


As tits, they prefer to Ianguish and
suffer dreadfully, and die young, and
leave all their friends and their hus-
bands, and their children, and I do not
see any other way than to let them be
sick and die until they are satisfied.
If fOnly the sinner were the suffrrer, it
would not be worth while to make a
great ado about it, but the blight to
future innocent lives which must fol
fOw, renders the false habits Of our wo-
men in the highest degree criminal
Laws OfLifH.
Year: 1870

The following observation of New
York paper seems reasonable : keep
ing children after school is, in every
respect, a bad practice. 1t annOys
both teacher and pupil, and is an
evil which perpetuates itself. Pupils
who are kept after school usually gn
home ont Of humOr with the teacher
and school generally. It should b8
a constant aim to arrange things IN
such a way that every pupil may 60
home happy"
Year: 1870

Notwithstanding the fact that Ala
bama went Democratic at the late
election, the State will return a Re
publican successor to Senator Warner,
the Republicans having a majority in
the Legislature Of six on joint
haIlnt
Year: 1870

An editor in New Jersey had q little
nephew only six months old, and the
little nephew died. Same Of the edi-
tors friends considered that it would
be good thing to give the afflicted
uncle a substantial expression Of their
sympathy, so they contracted with a
local sculptor for gravestOne. The
design consisted of an angel carrying
the little one in her arms and flying
away, while q woman sat weeping on
the ground. The tombstone was sent
to the editor, with the simple request
that he would accept it. As he was
absent the junior editor determined
to acknowledge it, although he hadn't
the slightest idea what it meant So
the next day he burst out in the pa
per with the following remarks


art NelDs.--We have just received
from the hands Of our eminent sculp-
tor, Felix Mullen, comic bas relief
designed for an ornamental hrebOard.
It represents an Irishman in his night
shirt, running away with the little
god Cupid, while the Irishman's
sweetheart hides her head Indifferent
ly in the corner. Every true work Of
art tells its own story; and we under
stand, as soon we glance at this, that
our Irish friend has been coquetted
with by the fair one, and is pretend
ing to transfer his love to other quar-
ters. There is a lurking smile on the
Irishman's lips which expresses his
mischievOus intentions perfectly. We
think it would have been better, how
ever, to have clothed him in some
thing else than a night shirt, and to
have smOOthed down his hair. We
have placed this chef d'g1sUre beneath
our mautle-piece where it will surely
be admired by our friends when they
call. We are glad TO encourage such
progress in local art"


This was painful A committee
called on the editor when he returned
and explained the matter to him; and
that night an assistant editor was
seen coming down stairs, six steps at
a time, and flying up street without
coat or hat!