$100. A Note, or Due Bill payable on Demand. CINCINNATI, (.,) April 14, 1860. ON demand, I promise to pay Charles Howard, or order, one hundred dollars, for vaiue received. $100. THOMAS MANSFIELD, 116 Main-street. A Note bearing Interest. MILWAUKIE, (Wis.,) May 1, 1860. Six months after date, I promise to pay Edward Robinson, or order, one hundred dollars, with interest, for value received. SAMUEL LELAND. $3000. A Note payable by Instalments. PHILADELPHIA, (Pa.,) April 8, 1860. FOR value received, I promise to pay Jones & Williams, or order, three thousand dollars, in the manner following, viz.: one thousand dollars in one year, one thousand dollars in two years, and one thousand dollars in three years, with interest on all said sums, paya ble semi-annually, without defalcation or discount. DAVID MILLER, 108 Arch-street Sealed Note. $5000. PHILADELPHIA, (Pa.,) April 8, 1860 FOR value received, I promise to pay Jones & Williams, or order, five thousand dollars, in three years from the date hereof, with interest, payable semi-annually, without defalcation, or discount. And in case of default of my payment of the interest or principal aforesaid with punctuality, I hereby empower any attorney at law, to be appointed by said Jones & Williams, or their assigns, to appear in any court which said Jones & Williams, or their assigne may select, and commence or prosecute a suit against me on said note, to confess judgment for all and every part of the interest or principal on said note, in the payment of which I may be delin quent. Witness my hand and seal, this 8th day of April, A. D., 1860. EDGAR MORSE (SEAL.] Attest, JOHN SMITH. Due Bill, payable in Goods. DUE John Jones, or bearer, fifty dollars in merchandise, for value WM. JENKINS. received, payable on demand. NEW-YORK, May 3, 1860. Order for Goods. MR. J. SWEET. NEW-YORK, April 12, 1860. PLEASE pay John Jones, or order, one hundred dollars in merhandise, and charge the same to account of WM. JENKINS. Bill of Exchange. $1000. BOSTON, (Mass.) April 5, 1860. THIRTY days after sight, pay to the order of Messrs. John Smith & Co. one thousand dollars, and charge the same to account of To Messrs. WILSON & ROBERTS, New-York. A Set of Bills of Exchange. JAMES FOX. No. 188.-Ex. £300. NEW-YORK, April 3, 1860. THREE days after sight of this, my first of exchange, (second and third unpaid,) pay to Charles Wignell, or order, three hundred pounds sterling, value received, and charge the same to account of JOHN SMITH. No. 188.-Ex. £300. NEW-YORK, April 3, 1830. THREE days after sight of this, my second of exchange, (first and third unpaid,) pay to Charles Wignell, or order, three hundred pounds sterling, value received, and charge the same to account of JOHN SMITH. No. 188.-Ex. £300. NEW-YORK, April 3, 1860. THREE days after sight of this, my third of exchange, (first and second unpaid,) pay to Charles Wignell, or order, three hundred pounds sterling, value received, and charge the same to account of JOHN SMITH. Money Order. MR. JACOB SWEET: NEW-YORK, April 12, 1860. charge the same to account of WM. JENKINS PLEASE pay John Jones, or order, one hundred dollars, and Protest of a Bill of Exchange. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF NEW-YORK, SS. ON the day of , in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and at the request of Mr. A. B., of —, I, J. T., a Notary Public, duly admitted and sworn, dwelling in the city of New York, did present the original bill of exchange, a copy of which is hereunto annexed, at the shop of W. D., the acceptor thereof, in the city of New York, to a man there attending, and demanded payment of the same, which was refused, the said man replying, that Mr. D. was not in, and he could not pay it Whereupon, I, the said Notary, at the request aforesaid, did protest, and by these presents do publicly and solemnly protest. as well against the acceptor of the said bill of exchange, as against all others whom it doth or may concern, for exchange, re-exchange, and all costs, damages, and interest, already incurred, and to De hereafter incurred, for want of non-payment of the said bill of exchange. Thus done and protested in the city of New York aforesaid, in the presence of John Doe and Richard Roe, witnesses. In testimonium veritatis. [L. S.] J. T., Notary Publis Notice of Non-payment. TO BE GIVEN TO THE DRAWER AND ENDORSERS. PLEASE to take notice, that a certain bill of exchange, dated for $1000, drawn by NEW-YORK, Feb. 15, 1860, on and accepted by of and by you endorsed, was this day protested for non-payment, and the holders look to you for the payment thereof. Yours, &c., J. T., Notary Public. To Mr. A. B. RECEIPTS AND RELEASES. A RECEIPT in full, though admitted to be strong evidence, is by no means legally conclusive. If the party signing it can show an error or mistake, it will be admitted in his favor. Receipts for money will be held open to examination, and the party holding the receipt must abide by the results of such examination; the great aim of law being to administer strict justice. A release must be given over a seal. A release from all de mands extinguishes all possible causes and rights of action, and leaves no room for subsequent quibbling. A release of one of many equally wrong-doers, generally re leases all. This, of course, does not apply to such of the parties as covenant to remain liable. A release of one of several joint obligors, releases all. An agreement not to sue two joint debtors is a release to both, but an agreement not to sue one, will not serve as a release to either Inasmuch as a receipt in full, in the ordinary form, still leaves room to a tricky or unprincipled creditor to harrass and annoy a debtor, it would be well, in all such cases, for the latter to obtain a sealed release, like that under the head of Release of all Dcmands or that under the caption of Special Release. $500 Receipt in Full of all Demands. NEW-YORK, March 15, 1860. RECEIVED Of John Smith five hundred dollars, in full of all do. mands against him. WM. JONES. $100 Receipt on Account. NEW-YORK, March 15, 1860. WM. JONES. RECEIVED of John Smith one hundred dollars, to apply on account. 8100 Receipt for Money paid for another. NEW-YORK, March 15, 1860. WM. JONES. RECEIVED of J. G. Wells one hundred dollars, in full of all lemands against John Smith. Release of all Demands. KNOW all men by these presents, that I, Wm. Jones, of New York, for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to me in hand paid by John Smith, of said city, have remised, released, and forever discharged the said John Smith from all claims of every kind, nature, and character soever against him, from the beginning of the world to this day. As witness my hand and seal, this 15th day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty. WM JONES Special Release. KNOW all men by these presents, that I, Wm. Jones, of New. York, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to me in hand paid, by John Smith, of said city, have remised, released, and forever discharged, and by these presents do, for my self, my heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, remise, release, and forever discharge, the said John Smith, his heirs, executors, and administrators, of and from all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of actions, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, claims and demands whatsoever, in law or in equity, which I ever had, or now have, or which I or my heirs, executors, adininistrators, o rassigns, hereafter can, shall, or may have, by reason of any matter, cause, or thing, whatever, from the beginning of the world to this day, arising out of any dealings or transac tions between myself and the said John Smith, at my store in the city of New-York. As witness, &c., [as in Release of all Demands.] Release made in Pursuance of an A ward. KNOW all men by these presents, that I, A. B., of, &c., in the county of, &c., have remised, released, and forever quit-claimed, and by these presents do remise, release, and forever quit-claim unto Č. D., of, &c., in the said county, his heirs, executors, and administrators, all actions, cause and causes of action, judgments, suits, controversies, trespasses, debts, duties, damages, accounts, reckonings, and demands whatsoever, for or by reason of any matter, cause, or thing whatsoever, from the beginning of the world to the last, save and except my right to redeem a certain farm now in mortgage to the said C. D., at the time, under the terms, and in the manner prescribed in and by a certain award, made the day of in the year day of by E. F., of, &c., on a reference to him of all disputes between me and the said C. D. As witness, &c., [as in Release of all Demands.] Mutual General Release by Indenture. day of THIS Indenture, made this between A, B, of, &c., of the one part, and C. D., of, &c., of the other, witness th That on the day hereof, the said A. B. and C. D. have each paid to the other the sum of five dollars; and each of them has cancelled and delivered up to the other certain covenants, bonds notes of hand, and written contracts, upon which each of the par ios claimed, and pretended to have divers claims and temanas or |