Show anew and important stamp ruling T dhe ahe the ehe he late commissioner of internal revenue under date roo lof april 2 declared that thaul drafts for bills id dran rawn in the united states upon a foreign country need beed not be stamp ed being rs in the meaning of tile the law in thi this 8 coun j tty fly the uhe uhe T the present com eom missioner miss loner ioner hu hai ilan lian ged all tant th at un ina ind d now orden orders these drafts to b be stam siam stamped ped such sueh backing and filling C in officials in id circles is very vers annoying but we ve see bee no help for if it save in a 21 change chango of administration the thi folloN following ving is the new edict edicts TREASURY office of internal revenue washington oli jnue jaue J in decision no 14 7 dated daiel april il tl 1875 the stamp tak tax pou pon epou bank checke drate dr ats orders of oi vouchers etc ete it was as 1 held heid that f drafts or bills adawn in ift be united states upon foreign country need not be staged stamped not being vouchers in aln the meaning of the law ahne this 60 1 that rul ibgos from and hT after this date reversed athe atha 1 in ift citie skie spie section tion 15 of the heb het af february 8 1875 imposes d stamp tax tam of two cents tipon nevery e ary kabb order or voucher nor for tho 04 y men t 0 liny sumlor buur of money mone y whatsoever drawn dr awn upon auy any aby bittini bank banker or trust colly 13 I 1 company pany drafts bills checks or ok orders iga drawn in the united states on a bank banker pr trust company in n i foreign coun boun country tik alti niti although ough perhaps not flot ilot vouchers while kvell in ifil ibis this caun coUntry thyi appear atae bag baa to be clearly waible the terms bt 0 the statute they axe afe drafts checks cheeks or orders d raw n upon a bank banker br air strut rust company and there is nothing inthe in the law limiting to this tb country the locality of dr the th bank anay anal etc ete et cupon poi which the paper is is drawn I 1 J Collect ura bra will wil at one due notify he the banks bailke bankers s a and ii d trust rust companies in ift thui thul air sev sey several rl i districts ot of this and will require thi 1 of 0 thi tip tim stamp tax ta xon on referrer refer reo reU to from anda fEer this date fm v n 1 D D PRATT batt GATT commissioner uwe may na as well weli add tb that aar far as vet wet know not yube jube re apat is paid to ti this deiv bew rulin ruling g by any ady drawer of biasin this city N of commerce sea sep I 1 r I 1 bealah e I 1 I 1 ri the european Missi mission ont oft the ibe following aro are millennial ilal ilat star sept ns A abl all eru bru ftc tl crom I 1 in the st stat star r we wd glean the following I 1 I 1 birmingham aug ar since myn mye last lat correspondence to you I 1 bavo travel led fe ten n ays days in hereford and av worcester jer jen ter coun voun countiess ties and an hield field nine neet meetings I 1 met with elder elden thomas steed at malvern Mal mai vern yern who accompanied me to hold a camp C 4 t meeting at bringue Brin Brins sUe tle tie commons vve vye had bad an aur aud audience lenee lence of some aud and very cipry good attention paid by aho the majority of t p notwithstanding 9 t mr vil ilams iiams azain again came viti some ome more meu men pom frari p rom om bromyard i to try and break breaw up our meeting Asso As soon onas as 1 got speak he lie commenced but I 1 pau no attention but v ept wept on some soine on jar our oun behalf a and I 1 nd ca with him they drew around them most af f and we wv carried on our meeting which was addressed 4 d by elder steed bleeda moy roy self seif elders iders Belll ston fourier four per ons o ha have v e been baptized since our eur g had another 1 f outdoor m meeting etl eti ng at ac acton and a very good attendance at the close of which a woman gave her ber name norba forbA W we went whit e fio fro from fid rbt ift there to td malvern and arld met with elder jacob miller who in coul coni confection leo aloi with elih elders steed and sou job welling are now vIlI visiting tang tAug thein their old friends prior to their departure on a miss mission I 1 on to Aus australia australla tallia elder miller went with us to the malden maiden city of hereford where elder eider robert bobert joh Job johnson the president PrIde ht of that branch had engaged aed ted th thelie eLecture elure ciure hall for us we engaged the beli bell bellman beilman rilan to go round moufid twice and abd announce that t three missionaries from america would preach in the evening and zend we had a 1 very pice aice respectable audience although the weather was not very A couple of young gentlemen detained us after the meeting and asked several questions wn wea hns hus answered and turning to the passage of the scrip tur tu rento elito 1 thet the same bame to their satisfaction apparently for they adea accompanied fed led us nearly to our bodgin lodgings questions on the way 1 VW 1 wd dame came nv back ta malvern the native blabe place elace of elder eider Stee steed dabid dafid and wheres ha has las h as quite a i circle of friend sand acquaintances we had alicio announced 1 a eam camp inge luge meeting on malvarn tho the we weather ali all night was wery very ve ry rainy aday morning turned od ode F loe lue ioe lial a hd wei wel e had bad i a splendid fiad 1 c R the tb e ground dried up u P r p e 61 e cou dalt dait sit bit on the nico arbid I 1 d grass we had a very 9 one man who wha used tobe ih the church ach at atan arl ail early day gave gia his b thame a me J for rebaptism baptism re and aften after thelise the iose lose of our evening meet hf people deop a gathered around d us and al asked ked a great ronny many question questions on arriving at brother jones tones near vo jones remarked how how lonely we are here without meetings I 1 replied we ean ran get up a meeting very easily although it was then half hilf past 7 elder belliston went and notified every house in the neighborhood and by 8 we had bad a houze house full of agricultural laborers ap ald aid eider elder elder belliston and myself pea pra preached pratlie clie cile d about thirty minutes reach neach ea ch to them and they appeared very much pleased and hoped we would come tome again I 1 returned lo 10 birmingham and immediately started ia in pom com company pany with elder V L halliday through the county of northam ton aad and joined with elder G gio glo varrell fariell JF arrell for a week we travelled from village flage if to village and nod held six ou out t doon door mee meetings tin gs had a meeting with the salts salata at it northampton P ton and iq 14 the e evening lve ive we bield hedw a nie meeting eting on the race which is quite a pince place of resort on sunday evenin ovenin evenings ga arid and we had a very attentive audience We spent two nights at gt anwick stanwick and prea preached ched each night after thib thid close of bf the last lait meeting a wesle Wesie wesleyan yah reformer reform ei came up to ils us and wished to propound some souie questions he thought we ve laid too much stress upon theus be ct of bap tim 1 we wb replied no mo mure more mare io so than thaia jesus asis chahi christ bieselt did aid he that believeth beli eveth and Is baptized shall be saved 1 I also aiso verily verily I 1 say unto you ye must roust be born borit again he thought that the tho people on the day of pente pentecost cost coat were ilat all baptized 7 I 1 replied I 1 should infer from the scripture that tha they were they ahey were pricked in their thir fi heart and exclaimed men ten and brethren what shall we do peter told them what they must do in order to become adopted the kingdom of C repent and be baptized every one of you 2 and wei wel are informed that thai souls vod wod were added lubao the church on that d day ay 9 an infidel then came ts ta the res reb rescue oue cue of our Wesle wesie wesleyan yan san friend and stated that alete eter r never eld emd could have b baptized a feo 0 mapy in one day vy we gr granted amed aked he lie could opt alone but we remi reminded orn him that there were ere twelve apostles seventy ll 11 and then another seventy liia ltha that were called VY tot the ministry b by y ehri chrit C t all of whom had the theauthor authority to baptize and DO no doubt the mojo mijo majority rity of these ds disciples i were 1 present on this occa occasion Alati webie we baptized one oue woman after the tho meeting her husband went with ua inq IK W the river aide my experience this summer convinces me that more good can be a accomplished through holding put door meetings than by gathering together in dwelling houses 1 ili ill I enjoyed myself very much this last month the weather has b been ea yer ver vert very y favorable on the whole and we f have hav i a held a great many many meetings throughout the confer conner e ence nce in the open air B V MORRIS |