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"4 "ft ON THE WEST SIDE OF TRAlDE STREET CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER- $4 Per Annum IN ADVANCE.-.-. W lU YAIflitii, Editor and Pbopreitor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1866. FOURTEENTH TOLCMEM U M B E R 714. II I I II 1 J 111 , 7 111 III It- to WESTS!!!! ilffiOSMT (Published every TucsdajjQ) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, KDITOtt AXO PROPRIETOU. '""P?EKff3 $ 4 TEH ANNUM, in advance. Sf Transient advertisements must be paid for in Advance. Obituary notices are charged advertis ing rates. Advertisements not marked ou the manuscript fra specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. $1 per square of 10 lines or less will be cbarged for each insertion, units the advertisement is in serted 2 month? or more. MEDICAL CARD. DRS. G1CDON & McCOMBS, having associated themselves in the practice of .Medicine and Surgery, respectfully tender their professional services to the citizeas of Charlotte and surroucding country. From a large expei ience in private as well as Field and Hospilal practice, they feel justified in proposing to pay special attention to the practice of Surgery in all its branches. Office in Granite How, up stairs, opposite the Mansion House. ROBERT GIBBON, 11 . D. Dec 11, 18G5 J. 1. McCOMBS, M. D. FULLINGS 6c SPRINGS Have removed their CLOTHING and MERCHANT TAILORING STORE, to No. 4 Granite Row, lately! occupied by J. S. Phillips. We arc offering our stock of ! READY.HADE CLOTH I KG at cost for cash. Our former friends and patrons will do wel to supplj- themselves at once. We will keep at all times a good supply of Cloths, assimers and Y'cttings, which will be made to order in the best style und manner, We will keep also a good stock of Hats, Shirts, Drawers and other furnishing Goods. FULLINGS & SPRINGS. Jan 29, 18CtJ Ilutcliioii & Springs, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Agents of the most reliable IJ StrIttJVCE CO.HlmlYlKS in the United States. He on the SAFE SIDE and insure your property against loss or damage bv fire. Also, INSURE YOUR LIFE for the benefit of your wife and children. RISKS taken at moderate rates. Call on Hutchison & Spri.-gs. No. 4. Granite Row. E. NYE HUTCHISON, J. M. SPRINGS, March 3, 18tf: Agents. Situ luniNC & .llacntilay COMMISSION ME He'll ANTS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, and CG Pearl St., NEW YORK. Prompt personal atteution to t,hc- sale of cottou, cotton yarns, naval stores, kc , and the purchase of merchandise general ly. Rkfkuksces John Wilkes and T II Brem, Krq'rs, Charlotte, N C ; Jordan Woinble, Esq, Rakish, N C; O G Parsley & Co,, Wilmington, N C ; I) Paul k Co, mid Robt Mure & Co, Charleston, SC.; Wilcox & Hand, Augusta, Ga.; Dunlop, Muiicure & Co, Rich mond, Va ; Tantiahill, Mcllwaue t Co, N Y ; Par tridge, Wells k Co New York. February 2(, I8J. Tjie. Southern Express Company, For the transportation of merchandise, valuable packages, specie, bank notes, bonds, Ac, for all parts of the South and Southwest, in connection with ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY, have established their agency at 59 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, where orders to call for good to be forwarded South will receive prompt attention. Merchandise and valuables delivered to il.trndeii's, Kinsley's, American and United States Express Com panies, for the Southern Express Company, will re ceive prompt dispatch. For particulars, rates of freight, &c. ic, apply at the oflice of the Southern 'Express Company, 59 Broadway. II. B. PLANT, Dec li, 1805. President. HYMN BOOKS of all kinds. l. j. 4. 5. Presbyterian. Methodist (Southern.) Baptist Psalmody. Lutheran Hymns. Note Books of different kinds. The Hymn Books are of every variety, from very cheap to the most costly styles. It. N. TIDDY & CO , New Book Store, next to Scarr'a Drug Store, March 5, 1S; am Charlotte, N. C. DMJ3. A general assortment, alwavs on hand, at Feb 5, !8Gti SCAUR'S DRUG STORE. BOOT A: SHOE SHOP. The . subscriber informs I the public that he is engaged in mak ing BOOTS A- SHOES, in the Brick Store formerly occupied by Messrs. Stephens k Schutt, a few doors above the Metho dist Church. His woik is WARRANTED to be of Jtjje best material and workmanship. REPAIRING done with neatness and dispatch. Feb. 20, I860. 3m E. II. WHITE. (State if X- Ciii'iliit:i Clva voland Co. Court of ricas ,y (Quarter Srsion, Feb. Term, 180(5. Sidney II. Elliott et al. vs. Geo. W. Logan et al. Petition for reprobate of Frank W. Cabaniss' Will. It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that andford Cabaniss and George Cabaniss, two of the defendants in this cause, reside beyond the limits of this State, it is therefore ordered that publication be made for six successive weeks in the Western Democrat, notifying the defendants of the filing of this petition, and that they be and appear at the nevt Term of this court to be held for (he cou,nty of Cleavdand at the Court House in Shelby, on the first Monday in M:y, iS60, or the same will be taken pro confesso and heard esparto as to them. Witness, S. Williams, Clerk of our said court at Office, the first Mon.'.av in February, lSof,. 9-6t adv. $,; ' S. WILLIAMS, Clcr. - . 1 M-iA.ISr.TvS FOR SALE AT WESTERN DEMOCRAT OFFICE. Conveyance Dce.?s,just primed onsupeiior paper, Marriage License, Indentures, Arpearance Bonds, Forthcoming Bon is, JonstabKV bail Bonds, guardian Bonds, Ca S.t Bonds, Attachments, Ejectments, Sheriffs Deeds, Writs, co. and sup. court, Warrants, J ury Tickets, Scira Facias Writs, Witness Tickets, Fi Fas, or Executions, Promissorv Notes Subpoenas, county court Capias ad Satisfaciendum, (for clerks) Commissions to take Depositions. .Equity Writs and Witness Ticket. -Br SCALE OP DEPRECIATION. Adopted by the Legislature of N. Carolina. Scale of depreciation of Confederate Currency, the gold dollar being the unit and measure oj value, from Nov. 1st, 1861, to Mag 1, 1865. . Months. January February .. 1863. 1864. I 1865, $3 00 3.00 4.00 5.00 1.50 6.50 9.00 14.00 14.00 14 00 15.00 20.00 $21.00 21.00 23.00 20.00 19 00 18.00 21.00 23 00 25.00 26.00 30.00 35.00 42.00 49.00 $50.00 50.00 CO. 00 100.00 March. April May Juue July ... August..- September October November ...... December ... Dec. 1 to 10th inclusive ... Dec. 10 to 20th inclusive ... Dec. 1st to 31st inclusive ... Z. B. VAN'CK. C. DOWD B. D. JOHNSTON. VANCE, DOWD 6c JOHNSTON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Charlotte, N- C , Having associated tnemselves together, will prac tice in the Courts of Mecklenburg, Iredell, Catawba; Davidson, Rowan, Cabarrus and Union, and in the Federal and Supreme Courts. Claims collected anvwhere in the State. April 2, 1866 tf C II I IV A , CK0CKEUY AND GLASS-WARE, At China Hall, Wejct door to the Court House. We have just received a splendid assortment con sisting of China Gilt-Band Tea Setts, Plates, Caps and Saucers, Bowls, Mugs, ham and steak Dishes, Tea Pots, Sugar Bowls, Creamers, Tumblers, Gob lets, Decanters, Preserve Stands, &c. Also, a good assortment of Knives and Forks, Spoons, Castors, Scives, cocoa-Dippers, Roling Pins, and numerous other house-keeping articles, which will be sold low for cash. JAMES II ARTY & CO. March 12, 1S6G 2mpd v 1ROX AND CASTINGS. 30.000 lbs. wrought and rolled Iron, Castings, &c, for sale for cash or barter for corn, oats, peas, cotton yarn, and cloth of different kinds. My Blast Furnace is now in operation and f am prepared to fill orders for Machinery, Cooking Ware, kc. Terms cash. I want to employ some good hollow-ware Mould ers and some good Miners. I wish to make con tracts for the cutting of 5,000 cords wood; also for coaling. Apply soon at niv Furnace six miles East of Lincolnton, N. C. " J. W. DERR. February 12, 186G Crupd THE. ECIOTTA1ZLI2 MFE ASSUUANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. Accumulated Fund 2,000,000 Annual 7t- come 51,000,000. PURELY MUTUAL ANNUAL CASH DIVIDENDS. At the request of their numerous Policy-holders, this Society have determined to declare their divi dends annually in cash. The first dividend will be declared Feb 1, 1807. The last dividend declared on the quinquennial plan reduced the premiums in some cases more than 50 per cent, or doubled the Policy during the nest dividend period. It is be lieved for the future that no company in this coun try will be able to present greater advantages in its dividends to persons assurijg than this Society, as total expenditure to cash premium received was. by the last New York Insurance Report, less than that of any of the older American Life Insurance companies. The officers of this society desire to present to the public for their consideration five modes Of di viding surplus premiums or profits, some of which were never before granted to Policy-holders by any Life Company, and present advantages obvious to all: 1st. The dividends maybe applied to the pur chase of additional assurance for-a term of years. 2d. Dividends may be applied to reduce the pre mium coming due next. At the last dividend, upon a similar plan, premiums were reduced one-half up on some policies. 3d. The dividend may be applied to provide for the payment of premiums at the latter end of life, so that the assured may be guaranteed against fur ther payments on attaining a certain age, each suc cessive dividend gradually reducing the time during which the premiums must continue to be paid, so that at last, with the same success as heretofore, a paid up policy will be secured by quite a moderate number of premiums. To illustrate A man assur ing at 25 years old would, on the basis of our last dividend, be secured by this application of dividend against any payment after 45 and probably at an earlier age and thereafter receive an annual divi dend in cash. 4th. Dividends may be applied to the purchase of a certain addition to the poiicy, payable with it. 5th. Dividends may be applied to the reduction of all future premiums during the continuance of the policy. Hereafter dividends on the first annual premium may be used as cash in the payment of the second annual premium, and so on thereafter, the dividend on each premium m:jf be applied to the payment of the next succeeding premium. Policy-holders in most other companies must wait four or five years before any advantage can be derived from dividends. Call at No. 4, Granite Row, and get books and papers for further information. HUTCHISON & SPRINGS, Agents, For N. Carolina, S. Carolina aud Georgia, Feb 20, 1866. Charlotte, N. C. ". HUGHES 6c DILL, Commission 6c Shipping Merchants, NEWBERN, N. C. Consignments of Cotton, Naval Stores and Tobac co wiirreceive our prompt attention. We have a weekly lice of Steamers from Newbcrr. and Morehead City, which sail from Newbern every Friday and from Morehead City every Saturday at 4 P. M. T. J. JirGHES, XEWBEB.V. G. W. DILL. M0UEI1EAD CITY. August 1, 865 tf Southern Express Company. The Southern Express Company has opened com munication with all Northern and Western States, and is now prepared to forward Freight, Money aud valuable Packages safely and promptly. Messen gers leave Charlotte daily, connecting at Raleigh with Adams' Express Company, aud at Richmond with Adams and Harndeu's Express Companies. Letters will be forwarded by thi3 Company to all point&South and North having no mail facilities. T. D. GILLESPIE, Agent. Chailotte, June 19, 1865 tf 1861. 1862. $1.20 1.30 1 50 1.50 1 .50 150 1.50 1.50 2.00 2.00 $1.10 2.50 1.15 2.50 From the New York Watchman. . STARTLING IP TRUE. At a recent meeting: held in Dr Rice's church in this city, Rev. Joseph Duryea made the fol lowing statement : "There are only 216 Protestant churches ia this city; only 350 Sabbath-schools, of which only 285 are ' Protestant; only 64,000 commu nicants in our Protestant churches; 8000 drink-ing-saloons, and about 1000 plaees of Tice un der other names. Out of our population, there had been 68,837 arrests last year, and that ia a city of not less than 800,000 souls." This is a bad exhibit in n city where from pulpits every Sabbafh appeals are made to send the Gospel to the benighted South, and hun dreds of thousands of dollars collected annually for foreign missions. To raise money to send our missionaries to foreign lands " to preach the Gospel i3 right; but with all of our boasted lib erality, and the above startling facts staring us in the face, is there not danger of the heathen rising in judgment against this generation? Rut while we are speaking of liberality, query would it not be better to use the money that is being raised in the North to send missionaries into the Southern States, and appropriate it to missionary purposes nearer home? There need be no danger of supererogation. Since writing the above, we find the following in one of our exchanges, which speaks for itself : The Heathen at our doors. The Springfield (Mass.) Republican says : agent of the Rible Society, "Rev. Mr Denton, has lately explored six wards of the city of Worcester, and found that 1258 families out of 4096 nearly one third were destitute of the Rible. Of these families, 381 refused cither to buy or accept the Rible as a gift. Mr Denton found 634 Protestant families iu the "six wards who do not attend public worship. The Roston Recorder give an account of a parish in Maine (name not mentioned) having a population of 1800, of whom 1600 do not attend church. These are but isolated instances among many, showing that from some cause a large portion of our New England population is becoming divorced from the religious ideas and customs of their fathers. Have our religious leaders found the real cause of this growing evil?" Council of State. This body convened in Raleigh, on the 14th instant. Present: Messrs. W A Wright, William Eaton, Jr , 0 J Cowlcs, H A Lemly, Jesse J Yeates and R F Simonton. The following nominations were made by the Governor and confirmed by the Council : Board of Internal Improvement. Patrick II Winston, Esq., of Dtrtie, and Dr J G Ram say of Rowan. Literary Board. Nereus Mendenhall, Esq , of Guilford, II W Ilusted, Esq, of. Wake, aud Col Stephen D Pool, of Wayne. Washington, N. C, ) April 12, 1806. j During the past Winter and Spring, there has been several burglaries committed in this town, and all eiforts to catch the burglars were ineffec tual until last Tuesday morning, when just be fore the break of day, Capt Win. Shaw, who was sleeping just opposite the store of Messrs Joseph Potts & Son, on Main Street; was aroused from his sleep by a noise which sound ed to him likethe breaking of glass; he quietly arose and put on his clothes and took his gun and went out in the street He soon discovered that there was a Hght in Mr Potts' store, and walking up to the front window, he saw that it had been broken open and that some one was then in the store. He pulled back the window shutter and remarked ' I have got you, have I," and immediately, the person inside drew a large knife and made a rush at the window. As he got near the window, Capt. Shaw's gun went off, and something fell heavily inlide the store. Capt. Shaw then made an alarm and some gen tlemen sleeping near by, soon came out, and up on opening the store door, they found a dead negro inside, with the knife iu his band; the load having taken effect in his throat. Cor rrspoudence Ncu-bern Times. IV EW GOODS : Sxx-irxg; ct? Sum m or: A. WEILL 6c CO, Are now receiving their stock of SPRING AND SUMMER GOOLS, consisting in part, as follows: Muslin, Organdies, Poplins, Challies, Calicoes, Silks, Swiss, dotted and figured Mull, Victoria Lawn, Jaconet, Cambrics, figured Brilliants, Long Cloth, Sheeting and Pillow Casing, White Marseilles Coun terpanes, Hair Netts, Ladies Hats, Parasols, Ribbons, Kid Gloves, Hosiery, Black Silk Basques, Circulars and Sacks, (all of the latest Paris styles,) new style Balmoral Skirts, something very handsome. In connection with our stock, we have a general assortment of Gents' Furnishing Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Trunks and Car pet Bugs. We ask of our patrons, and the public to give us a call, assuring them that we can afford to sell GOODS just as cheap as any other House in Char lotte. A. WK4LL & CO., No. 24, Tryon St., Parks' Building. N. B. We are happy to announce that we have CALICOES "in Stoie:' to compete in price and quality with that of any House ia the city. April 9, 18tG. SHORB BROTHERS, Successors - to Suorb, Raxxey & Co., Importers and Dealers in China, Glass and Earthenware, No. G2 Vesey Street, Apr"11 9 1SG6 Gm IVcw Vorl. NOTICE. WHERKAS. complaints hare been made to me that the Town Ordinance, prohibiting the firing of .r.' a.1: pive norice that parents and guardians are, under the Ordinance, liable for the fines incurred by their children and wardi, and that the Ordinance above referred to will, er this be strictly enforced April 9, 1866-si " N. C REV- Plymouth N. C, April 2, 1866. KP Battle, Eq.tPuh Treas'rer, Raleigh, N.C. . Having been selected as one of the tax list takers for Washington county, I propose to sub mitsome few questions under the Revenue Law for your decision, upon which doubts may arise, and which are not sufficiently clear, either from the law itself or your circular. 1st. A person -liable to pay poll tax rents a farm for a year and lives on it, on the 1st of Ajtril; who is to give him in and pay his poll tax ? 2d. If the renter of the farm hires one or more persons, liable to pay poll tax, who also live On the farm the 1st of April, who is to give him or them in and pay his or their poll tax ? 3d. If a merchant, or other person, rents a house and lot in town for a year, and resides on it the 1st of April, who is to give him in and pay his poll tax ? 4th. A, merchant lives on rented premises, and employs clerks and servants who reside on Khe same property, on the 1st of April; who gives them in and pays their poll tax ? 5th. A is the owner and keeper of a hotel; R. and C. board with him on the 1st day of April; who gives R and C in and pays their poll tax ? 6th. A lives on R's land and works with C, who gives A in and pays his poll tax ? In all these cases, you will see the landlord has no means of retaining for the taxes, as al lowed by section 2d, and it may be that all of the persons referred to have taxable property to be given in in their own name. 2d. Do the provisions of sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 12 go back twelve months from the 1st of April, 1866, except with reference to those subjects on which taxes have actually been paid, under the Revenue Ordinance of the Con vention ? 3d. Are the subjects taxed by section 6 al so taxed by section 8th ? 4th. Section 8th. In estimating income, is it to be estimated for 12 months preceding the 1st of April, 1866, exclusive of income on those subjects on which taxes have been actually paid, under the Revenue Ordinance of the Conven tion ? 5th. Section 8th. In estimating income, does the word "taxes," to be deducted, include all taxes paid, federal, town, county, &o , as well as State taxes. . I am under the impression that you have to furnish blanks on which to take the lists of tax able property; if so, please forward them early, together with your reply to these inquiries, as the time is near at hand when the list has to be taken. I am, sir, very respect'ly, CHARLES LATHAM. Reply of Public Treasurer. Tueasury Department ov'N. C , ) April 13, 1866. j Col. Charles Latham : Dear Sir : Your first series of questions relates to the proper construction of that portion of the proviso of sec. 2, schedule A, Rev. act, requiring employers and owners of land in cer tain cases to pay the poll tax of their employees and tenants The proviso, heretofore applied to free negroes, has been a long time on our statute books. The object of the law-makers was tc collect poll tax from those usually hav ing no property and returned as insolvents. Hence employers are made liable for the poll tax of their employees and are allowed to save themselves by retaining the tax out of the wages due by them. And persons permitting men subject to poll tax to live on their land must pay such tax, it being supposed that the land owner will be able to make such terms with his occupant as will, without loss to himself, secure the State. I do not understand, however, that landlords are liable for their tenants holding definite leases. The words of the act "living on his land or in his house, by consent of the owner," are not, I think, appropriate to cases of leases for a term. Indeed, the owner of a lease is of ten by his neighbors called the "owner of the land," although not entilled to the fee simple. In the common language of the country, those spoken of as "living on the land" of another, are mere occupants, at the will of the owner, subject at any time to be removed. The ex pression is never used of those holding valuable leases. Adopting this construction, it is not difficult to answer your questions on this point. 1st and 2d. R rents a farm for a year and lives on it, on the 1st of April. He must list himself and his employees and servants liable to poll tax, and see the tax paid. 3d and 4th. A merchant rents a house and lot in town for a year; he pays the poll tax of himself, his clerks and servants. 5th. A hotel keeper is bound, by the law of his profession, to entertain all persons demean ing themselves properly, whom he can accom modate. I do not think it within the .spirit of the law to hold him responsible for the tax of those happening to board with him on the 1st of April. The law, as I mentioned above, was iiimed at a different class of cases. t 6th. A lives on R's land and works for C. ! Roth R and C are liable, but it will generally be best to hold C, as he can retain the tax from ; wages of A. Tour other questions relate to the construc tion of other sections, schedule A. 2d. The provisions ol sections o, o, u, , o and 12 apply and operate duriog the year pre- ceding the 1st of April 1866, excepting those subjects on which taxes have already been j)aid under the Revenue Ordinance of the Conven- EXPLANATIONS OF THE ENUE LAW. .. . o-f?TQli I f . t - . .JT .L tioQ. See sec. D, scneu. u. . 3d. The inepme tax under section 8 is in ad- fcil0tl t0 au other taxes imposed in the Revenue except when laid on gross receipts, and divi- id a. .s ? . addition to that of section 6, Which IS D 00(69, bonds &.C. If A has an income of 51000 and . jjag tte money on Dan(J the 1st of April he must j 4th. Section 8 is expressly oo nctt income ''during the year preceding the 1st April in each and every year;" therefore from April 1, '65 to April l, 'oo. 5th. The taxes to he deducted from the in- ; come include Federal, State, County and town taxes. All except the income tax itself. Section 75 of, the aet for collecting Rev enue makes it the doty of the Comptroller, to furnish forms of tax-lists. 1 tiro informed that these blanks have all been forwarded. I thank you for calling my attention to the foregoing points and hope you will communi cate to me any other difficulties which may arise in carrying out your duties under the Re venue law. Very respectfully, KEMP P. RATTLE, Public Treasur. In addition to the questions propounded in the letter of Col. Latham, many letters have been addressed to me concerning the construc tion of the Revenue acts and my answers have been substance as follows : 1st. The :onstitntion provides that "all free males over the age of twenty-oiie years and un der forty-five years, and all staves over the age of twelve and under the age of fifty years, shall be subject to capitation tax." There are now no slaves" in the State, and henee all males be tween the ages of twenty one and forty-five, whether white, free negroes or freed men, unless exempted for bodily iufirmity, are subject to poll tax. 2d. Under section 6, schedule A, bonds and other securities not due are not required to be listed. Ronds of the State issued prior to 23d February, 1861, are not taxed. 3rd. Section 32, schedule R, has been, by mistake, made a separate section, instead of a part of section 30, us was intended. Distillers of spirituous liquors from grain are required to obtain license from the County Court, or seven justices, at the end of 30 days from March 12th, 1806. 1 hey pay nothing for this license, which is given by the court or seven justices (who ought to act together as a body) and not by the Sheriff. I find no authority for the Sheriff to examine the distillers on oath as to the number of gallons distilled by them, but will ask the Convention to supply this defect. 4th. Section 16 imposes a tax of "$50 for one year" on retailers of liquors, &c. I think this means they aretopay.S50 fur the year their license continues as ordered by the Coun ty Court. This tax is independent of the Con veetion tax on retailers, which was a special tax for the year 1865. 5tb. Sections 79, 80, and 82 of the act for collecting revenue settles the time when licenses granted by Sheriffs to merchants &c, expire. As the law stands, merchants, &c , must give in their purchases from July, 1865, to January 1866. This probably was not intended by the General Assembly, as the Convention tax was le vied on the same subjects,' and 1 will call the atention of the Convention to the hardships of its operation, in the hope that that body will confine the tax to purchases, &c, since the 1st of January, 1863. 6th. Dock sellers are liable to pay on their purchases undpr.sec: 21, sched R. Proviso (3) sec. 27, only exempts book peddlers from the necessity of proving character and getting li cense as required of other peddlers. 7th. Produce brokers do not pay on their sales under sec. 21, Sched. R. 8th. A person purchasingbank bills, for his own use, is not a broker within sec 8. Sched. R. the meaning of If A., a broker in Raleigh, has an agent in Greensboro, who appoints R. in Winston, the exclusive duty of R. being to buy up bank notes for the Greensboro agent, R. is liable to pay tax as the agent of a broker, and R on learning the provisions of the present revenue law, can- inot by ceasing to do business avoid payment of the tax. He has no grounds of complaint be cause the same law (1858-9, as amended 18601) has been in existence since January 1st, 1866, having been restored by the Con vention, j 9th. Section 29, schedule R. If a farmer j distils liquor, the product of his farm, he can sell it by peddling through the country with- I out being taxed as an itinerant. Rut a distiller who peddles his liquor, not. the product of his farm, must pay under the above seotion. 10th. If a man in Orange distils liquor and sends it to a commission merchant for sale, the distiller does not pay as an itinerant, and the commission merchant, not having purchased the liquor, does not pay under se6tion 21, sche dule R, but must list his profits under section 8, schedule A, as "income." If other questions are ptesented, hereafter, my answers will be sent to all the sheriTTs. . KEMP P. RATTLE, Public Treasurer. A Singular Case In August, 1861, a man Tnamed Grady murdered Fergus Collins, at Elizabeth, New Jersey, and absconding enlisted in the United States army. What followed is thus related by a correspondent : Ater the rendering of the inquest verdict the subject was left suspended unexplained a mystery until Grady revived it,'doiog so from this cause : Grady, while marching with Sher man's column, when it was operating in the rear of Charleston, South Carolina, became on a cer tain occasion entangled in a morass, and finding himself gradually sinking, with the prospect of speedily dying there for he could not help himself out he solemnly vowed to God, if the same would release him, tbat he would make a j.ciean oreast or me circumstances aiicnuing tne ; Collins affair; then as if by God's direction, a straggler of a Massachusetts regiment approach- J ed him and helped' him out. On arriving at i Goldsboro', North Carolina, and when the army i was eucampea mere, db waue a naieiueus m re- gard to the matter in accordance with is vow, j taking measures to test their rights by legl which led to his arrest by the military authori- process unjer he recect anti prohibition law of ties. The usual legal forms being gone through the State. Hotel keepers vilj watob for the're with, he was handed over to the civil t-uthori- E0lt, also, with ioteresi. Commonwealth. ties, and conveyed from Goldsboro', North Car- nj that from Boston! We thought you olina to the Union county (New Jersey) jail, , wilb them th -Bthe Comraoo1ealtb and lately tried on an indictment for murder m f , . the first de-ree. and found euiltv and sjntenccd ' and that.negroes and white people we.r oo p j 0 be hung a i - " ' CHINESE CRUELTIES. Horrible barbarities at the execution of Rebels. The last China mail is full or accounts of cru elties practiced on criminals at Anioy, some of which are almost too revolting for belief. A letter thus speaks of one of the most recent of these outrages, which was probably no more brutal than others constantly occurring. "The Hai-IIong wrote down their names aoA ordered them to be flogged the rebel 300, and the other culprit 200 blows with the bamboo. The rebel havrhg received his 300 blows, and borne them without a murmur, was taken to a cross that had been erected for the purpose, and being securely lashed to it in an upright posture with his arus extended, tho executioner commenced bis horrible butchery by first cut ting the flch above the eyes, next the ears, and. then the breasts, then he cut through the muscles of each arm, laying the silvery white bone bare, the flesh not being cut off, but left banging, the blood spirting out and actually be spattering the executioner at each pulsation of the heart ! Then the muscles of the thighs, were cut in the same manner. After the exe cutioner bad performed these dreadful tortures upon the poor wretch, he laid his small knife aside and took another, about ten inches long and about an inch broad, and cut gashes on eacL side of the man's chest, laying the ribs bare. Then he made several flourishes with the knife, and then ran it into the poor victim's body, en tering just below the sternum, in the middle of tfle chtst, to the blade ! This I thought and hoped would prove the covp-de-grace I Rul no, for the man still breathed, and the execu tioner still continued his bloody task, cutting downward with his knife and letting out the entrails 1 He then slashed and cut open the stomach ! Then giving a yell, ran his hand in and seized the man's liver, aud cut it out passing the bleeding quivering mass to his as- sistant as coolly, and in as business, like a man ner as though he were opening and butchering a pig. This finished the torture, and the exe cutioner left the victim in this mutilated state, though not dead, for I saw him give several gasps for breath afterward. He then cut the sampan man's head off, at the foot of the cross, with a single blow, and then returned, and let ting loose the rebel's head, which fell forward, he decapitated him, certainly the most merciful stroke he had . given that day 1 The bodies were exposed on the same wharf, with , their legs tied to posts, for five days afterwards, to the great annoyance of the Europeans, who oc cupied the houses adjacent. The poor -rebel bore his inhuman tortures manfully; not a moat) or a cry escaped lrim during all the time, The only movement he made was a slight quivering of his whole frame, and a movement of his head to and fro; otherwise a spectator might have questioned whether he were alive or dead duriog the horrible exhibition. THE ERMINE SOILED. Chief Justice Chase has recently done what none of his predecessors ever did or thought of doing. He has, in a public meeting, in the city of New York, expressed his opinion upon tho . Civil Rights Rill, which he will, doubtless, ere long be called upon to interpret judicially. 'This same political Justice, it will be remem bered, paid a visit to Wilmington, in this State last summer. It was then that he first broached the r.estilent doctrine of neTn entialitv and n. ' gro suffrage. In reply to the objection, raised , .- - --p..,. - , j by gentlemen with whom he conversed upon the subject, that the Constitution was in the way of such aggressions, he is reported to have remarked,- substantially, ' Ob 1 this is an age of progress. Constitutions are ' obsolete !" 'An expression which foreshadowed the policy of the Radical faction, but which was a burning stigma upoQ his eminent office, and which was enough to, evoke the rebuking spirit of Marshal and Taoey Such conduct recalls the days of judicial corrup tion, when a Jeffrey disgraoed the English, bench. In this same speech in New York, Judge Chase, with bis bosom heaving with'phiUnthro pic sentiments, said : "We cannot any longer look upon the face of any human being and not feel that he is our brother man." Wat he thinking then, suggests the Richmond Whig, of the six millions of whites in the eleven disfran chised Southern Slates ? Does he look tipOQ them as brother.meo and as participants in the heritage of freedom, of which he prates with ceaseless volubility ? Alas, no. He was only talking poetry negro minMrelsy. For the Southern whites, he has nothing but cold and ' cruel prose. Raleigh Sentinel. Electioneering Tactics A distinguish ed candidate, who is "up to a thing or two," and has a keen appreciation of live beauty, when about to set off on a electioneering tour recent? ly, taid to his wife, who was to aoooDipany hiqj for prudential reasons: "My dear, inasmuch as this election is com plicated, and the canvass will bo close, I an anxious to leave nothing undone that WOljId promote my popularity, so I have thougfct thai it would be a good plan for me to kiss a num ber of the handsomest grls in every place where. I may be honored with a publie reception ? Don't you think that would be a capital idea V "Capital," exclaimed the devoted wife; "and to make your election a sure thing, while yon; are kissing the, handsomest girls, I will kiss an equal number of the handsomest young men." 1 he distinguished candidate, we belive, nag not since referred to his cleasine means of pop- .. ... ulanty. Boston Commercial. - Colored People aud the Boston Theatre ; We hear that several influential and wealthy ! colored citizens, refused admission to the Boa : ton 'lneatre alter raving purcnawu. iicaeis, are i . 1 r.. .