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THE GEREBAL AMWESTY BILL
The following Bill has passed ibe Legislature,
ami is ow a law :
Sci ion 1. r He h enictel by the Of neral Aspem
Myoftbe Sute .of North Carolina, and it is
hwebv -trintcled ly he nuihrity - of the Hine,
That io Hfrson lu may Imve lcen in the civil
or military eervice of the Suie, as nflicw-or
aoMiem of the ftlilitia, otBrs or ai.Idiers of the
II.'me'Gimrd, ofiBcers and soldiers of the Local
l'olice, officers or soldiers of the late Ootifed
erale "Stale, or as officers and soldiers of the
United Stales, shall !e held to answer on any
indictment, for any act done in the discharge of
any dmie inia.Md on him purporting to be by
a raw of the State or late Confederate States Gov
ernment,' or y virtue of any order emulating
from any officer, commissioned or non commis
rtotied of Militia, or Home Guard, or Local
Police. of North Carolina, or any officer, comtnis
'eloned r iiou-commis.-ioned of the late 1 oufed
erate States Government, or any officer, commis
sioned or iioii-ctrmmis.-ioi.ed of the United Slates
Government. That no one of tlx? boe named
officers or privates who now are. or may hereafter
lie (indicted fur any homicides, felonies, or misde
memiOM com in it ted prioi to tlie first day of Jan
uary, A. D. 18GG, shall be held to answer for the
same; but shall U- entitled to a full and complete
amnesty, pardon and charge from the same upon
the payment of the cots: Provided, They shall
Botl-e laxed Wth the payment of the costs upon
irv indicrment preferred against them, from and
afW the parage of this bill, or in other words,
that no officer or private in ai.y of the alve
named organizations, against whom no indict
ment is now pending, lal be liable to prosecu
tion for any offence committed against the crimi
nal laws of North Carolina prior to the let day
of January. A. D. 18C6. as fores t id. -
S c 2 lie it further enacted. That in all eases,
where iudictmeiiis are now jending. either in the
Countyor Superior Court."., if the defendant can
show that 1ms was an officer or private in either
of the above named organiza; ions at the time, it
ehall Ih presumed that he acted under orders,
until the contrary ha II be made to apKar
. See. 3. Be it funlier en;ictd. That all private
itizeirs, who, on a-count of age, or fnun any
other cause, were exempt from service in any or
all of tlw alxve name- organizations, who for
1lhe:jTreeTvatiri of their lives or property, or for
the;pToiection of their families, associated them
selves together for te preservation of law and
order, in their respective counties or districts,
shall be entitled to all the benefits and provisions
of this act.
Sec. 4. Be it further maded. That r.o person
wh mav have been in the civil or military service
of the State, or late Confederate. St ites Govern
ment, or in the service of the United States Gov
ernment, in either of the atwive named orgaitiza-tions.-sha
II le leM liable in any civil Action for
any act done in the discharge of any duties im
osed vipun him by any law or authority, purpor
ting to he.- law of the State or late Confederate
States Gnverinnent.
. Sec. 5. Te it further enacted. That this act
hall be in l-ice from and after its ratification.
Katified 17tli DecomUr. A. 1).. 186S.
STATE NEWS.
Pardoned -Wc learn that Gen. M W.
Ransom has beempardoned by the President.
'tSMACL -Pux There has been a rumor pre
valent "in our town for four or five days past
that theSrjiaH -'Pox'had broken out anions the
pupils of the"S!em -Female College. We un
derstand that:Dr Zevely, the College physician,
denies that it' is the t-mall pox, but that other
phyncians ioSalem say thjjt it it. Winston
iStlittnet,
a The Post-Office at Bethany, Iredell
County, has been re opened, and 1$. R Mills
appointed Postmaster.
r?FlllE IN Da VIE. We regret to learn that
the 4utic Tobacco Manufactory ofC W. Bes
friV situated near Jerusalem, Davie County,
Waa destned a lew days since by fire. The
building contained a very large quantity of to
baeeo It is thought that it was robbed and
ret on -fire. The manui'actury was very exten
sive and the loss is very heavy on Mr Resseuf,
and many others who had tobacco deposited
there. Halixlury Manner.
JtarMr Wm. P. Grimsly, of Gteene county,
near Snow Hill, was relieved of four mules, ou
the 10 tli of the present month, in open day, while
they were at work, under the direction of one
John Harper, freedman. This was a bold stroke,
and is but another evidence that the morals of
our country are in an awful fix. Such is the fact,
-sind we have it from the most reliable source, that
Tanners are afraid to send their teams and pro
duce to market unattended by a white person.
How long such a state of things is to -exist, we
know not, but, it strikes us, that the citizens of
-the counties thus annoyed, ought to band to
pether ami scour the country, ami whenever thev
fall ujion a robber, hoist him to the first tree, and
there leave him. This will cure the evil. Golds
hero JWir
Gov. Worth's Mission- to Washington.
The-correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, says:
Governor Worth's North Carolina delegation,
including himself. Chief Justice Kuffin, ex-Governor
Swain and Hon. Nat. Boydeiu had inter
views with the Piesident and the Attorney Gen
eral to-day regaiding the MtbjVit of General
Sickles' new order in the Carolina, "prrhibiting
corporeal punishment. The laws of North Caro
lina, as is wellJcnown. provide for the punish
mentof larceny, injury and bigamy by public
whipping, and there Wing no peniientiarv in
tn Sutevnd the law h ii,g applicable not "only
w . v"I,Hr,, 11,1 l onenoers of
every
race and color, the delegation
was instruclel lo
coin Jiere for the
ui pose of influencing the
I the order. Thev er.it '
nuiuviiiirr w iriim tutr ortier. I hor t.vi,iu..
themselves satisfied wun the result of their in-'
ten lews, and mle. from the intimation that !
toey nave recejvea, mat tneir
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ol'lect will soon
tnj -areomnlishfU. Incidentally.' the del
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will undoubtedly do something towards counter
acting the frttom of -Governor Ilolden and
hts:fiinds, whoere here a few days since with
the onginaV draft of the North Carolina Enabling
Act presented to tha House by Mr Stevens, and
urging its pussage s ; s , - . : .
(The President lias directed General pieties'
orderitol6Tecinded.) r-"
Hoos. A drove of Term: hog passed through !
tins IeV 1ast"-weVk
40)ecata $0 rrenev.'
Lancaster ld,tr.. . Jf
. . nmtirntu and vardon i
-Aw jktinrawiyr '"' v , , Mr IJafcis ot.MU'nejrio.rw, arcwuuu peuoMM caVl'attoTi. reebles, ferry or uaue
--toall r&crr and Mr, f the Matt fpiion in repard to his trip to Washington. I ardson Kogers Kuntree, Russ, Scott
AWi Carol ma, or r t"WJe ul 6fated that it was not the object of his ! Dar,iin. Stevenson, r Sudderlh, Trull,
kfrtetarm, " T 'f .07w;w friends or himself to overthrow any civil po- Walker, AVaugfi, Whitley,
jr. miHfiil itnn4nJ th criminal luici ... i .u -,-V " . ' .. .C ...
vnewe v- i, - - ernnjent, but 10 aicpwee iiicpreseni muirary v; ams of 1
17. C LEGISLATURE.
, Fot Moodaj's proceedings e first jage.j ' :
V ? - TuesdAy, Deo. 18
Senate Mr Cnnniflghattt froOa the Com
mittee on Propositions and Grievances to wboni
was referred a bill to repeal; an .act requiring
persons 45 yi-ars of ape to work on public roads,
recommended its pasape
' e"vrrninf nt which we are under and establish
i fiv P'overnnient in its stead That he en-
i diirsed the bill a published, 'itb th exception;
I of the clause relative to negro sunrage tie
made this statement, because,hjeJi-arcd Jbat the
evidence he gave before the; J udiqiary Coaimit
te miht be misconstrued.
The Senate passed the bill to aid in the com
pletion of the Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruth
erford Railroad, also the bill to extend the Fay
ctteville (Coalfields) Western R. R to the N.
C Railroad, on I heir second reading, and the
bill donating the Lard Scrip given the State by
Congress, to the Universitj, on its third reading.
House Mr W&ugh, from the Committee on
Propositions and Grievances, reported a rcsolu
tion lor the relief ot the poor of Sfauly County j
By Mr Davis, a joint resolution to raise a
commission to inquire into alleged mismanage
ment of the affairs of the North Carolina Rail
road Company. Adopted.
Mr Lowe introduced a bill to amend an act
entitled an act to regulate Salaries and Fees.
This bill proposes to repeal so much of the act
recited, as allows ' county and Superior Court
Clerks and Clerks and Masters in Equity, fifty
per cent in addition to the fees allowed in chap
ter 102 of the Revised Code The rules were
suspended, on motion of Mr Lowe, and the bill
passed its second reading. After some discus
sion in which Messrs Rlack, Crawford of Rowan,
and Richardson opposed the bill, and Messrs
Lowe and Huss defended it, it was referred to
the Finance Committee .
The Senate by message refused to concur in
the resolution passed by the House this morning
lo raise a Commission to investigate the affairs of
the N. C. Railroad Company.
On motion of Mr Waugh the vote was recon
sidered by which -the House laid on the table,
on yesterday, the bill to allow feis to Justices of
the Peace in ctnain cases. The bill after dis
cussion, in which several gentlemen took part,
passed its second reading. Mr Holderby, in
order to explain bis vote, requests us to state
his position lie said a day or two since he
moved lo table this bill, believing it allowed
magistrates fees in civil as well asiu State cases.
In this he was mistaken. He had always
thought that those who danced should pay the
fi.Jdler, and if he should knock his neighbor
down it was but sheer justice that he should
pay the uoigistrate who had to neglect his busi
ness in order to try the case, and recognize him
to appear at Court. He should therefore sup
port the bill.
Wednesday, Dec 19.
Senate Mr Covinton introduced a bill to
incorporate Monroe Lodc, No. 244, in the town
of Monroe, referied to the Committee on Cor
porations .
The Hon M E Manly gave notice that he
intended to resign his position as Speaker of the
State Senate, having been elected U S Senator.
On motion of Mr Clark the vote was recon
sidered by which a resolution from the House
relative to raisins? a Joint Committee to investi
gate the books, &c , of the North Carolina R R.
was rejected on yesterday. The resolution was
amended and concurred in.
Monday, Tuesday and ; Wednesday having
been set apart for the consideration of Railroad
bills, said bills came up in order as follows : A
bill to enhance the value of the bonds to be is
sued to complete the Western North Carolina
Railroad, on its second reading. On motion of
Mr Wilson the Ayes and Nayes were called and
the bill passed by a vote of 36 Ayes, 15 'Nays.
Bill to grant aid to the Cheraw & 'Coal ' Field
Rail Road Company, was amended on motion of
Mr Jones, and was rejected on its second read
ing by a vote of 34 to 9 Bill to amend an act
to incorporate the Wilmington and Raleigh
Rail Road Company, now known as the Wil
mington and Weldon Road, passed its third
reading. Bill to enable the Fayetteville or West
ern Rail Road Company to complete its road to
some point on the N C Rail Road, on its third
reading. This till was discu-sed at considerable
length. Messrs. McLean, Hall and Leach, urg
ing its passage, and Messrs. Wilson and Moore
opposed it. All the above bills passed their
third reading J
House -Mr Hutchison -introduced a bill to
allow fees to magistrates m .Mecklenburg county
and to increase the fees of Constables.
A bill has been passed to extend the time for
collecting taxes in Gaston Couuty to the 1st day
of February, I867.
Mr Long offered a resolution in favor of Sam'l
Eagle, a maimed soldier. (To allow commuta
tion in lieu of an artificial limb.) .....
A message wn received from the Senate
transmitting au engrossed bill to transfer the
laud scrip, donated by the United States, for
the establishment of an Agricultural College in
North Carolina The bill proposes to transfer
the scrip to the Trustees of the University. j
Mr Crawford of Macon, moved a suspension of
the rules, that the bill might have its second I
reading. Mr Russ opposed the motion, being j
opposed to the bill. Ihere were other merito
rious institutions in the State besides Chapel
Hill Mr Pattun thought the bill should be
passed at once A teleeraru had been received
here, announcing the passaye of a resolution by
one House of Congress withdrawing the dona
tion. The transfer proposed by iho bill, a
transfer to a legal corporation, would laise a
question of ri-iht, to be tested by the Courts
Messrs Boyd, Hodnett and Rijihe opposed the
transfer of the scrip to the University, believing
that by this appropriation, the rich alone would
be bent Sued, aud the original nurnose of ih
donation would .be defeated, or inadeoustelw
earrua oat- ,r t','ard "o opposed
Messrs Morehead. Long and Kenan
carried out. Mr Foard also onnosed ih. Kill
defended
ine -'n,veruJ anu lavorea the bill. After
soo,c 'urther discussion, toe motion to susnend
the rules was withdrawn.
The House proceeded to consider the bill to
exempt irom seizure under execution of attach
ment, cert.in personal property therttn named
and In tnmVe,V 3 D?aied
Mr u estmoreland offered
an amendment c
an additional
section;' to "the effect that; h
members of this General Assembly, for the far
ther relief of the dear people, donate 'to them
theirj9r diem. Thisamendiaent, of :course
After snsi.lrahl ttfhttm tm Ltlt ' . 1 ' !.
Yesa-restrf AHeo, .Autrj, stde.-BUirJ
Blytlie,Uowe, Bradsher, Bryson, Chadwick. TE LIFE .IKSIIAJJCE
Cowan; Crawford,pf Macon, Crawford Of JUwanf-l jFrom tIwNewtprk Walt Stre
Daniel, Dafis, Pvidson, Durham, Everett, Faf- SveuyaVs ae; at thW o
row; roaid. reenaan.traiioway. uarren, uarriss. 185U. there werefive Life I
Gorhana, Granberry, Guess, Ha'diagi Harper,
Henderson; Hodnett, Holderby, HougtpnrHatchv
ison, Jones, Jordan, Kelsey, Kenan, Latham of
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uraven, le, uaj, iiuu, m..,, tUC.
Gougarir Mbore of Hertford, MornMur
1 urooull,
Uliams ot Harnett,
ancey, omoie ou . ,
Nays Messrs Ashworth, Baker, Boyd, Brown,
Carson, Clements, Oi-tH, II inna.rt, M.rtton ot
Watauga! Hoirtonof Wilkes, Jenkihs of tfaston,
Lowe, Lyon, McArthur, 3IcNair, McKae, More
head Perrr df Wake"," Rosebf6rScoggrn7Smlt1i
of Guilford, Shellofl,1 Sfonc, v Teajiue, Umstead,
Vestal, Westmoreland, Wilson of Forsyth, York
: ! Thursday, Dec. 20.
Nothing of much
either House to-day.
kins, Commoner from
nouiiced.
importance was done in
The death of T J Jud
Warren county, was an-
Mr Granberry introduced in the House a
resolution, which was adopted, instructing the
Judiciary Committee to inquire as to thecxpe-
diency of , reporting a bill to enable Executors, 1
Administrators and Guardians to compromise
the debts contracted prior to May 1st, 1866,
owjng to and from the estates they represent.
A bill to authorize incorporated towns and
cities to establish systems of Public Schools
passed its 2d and 3d readings.
' Friday, Dec 21.
' In the House, Mr Brown . introduced a reso
lution to extend the time for the return of taxes
for the county of Lincoln. Passed its several
readings.
A bill to regulate assignments and to protect
creditors, was postponed until next session.
of
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Stanly and Union counties, passed their several
n :.. o n o. .i, !
ii'miiui imi.i iui too icim ui i ou lpc-jio ,
readings I Loaning 83,000. each to the oun
ties named, from the Public Treasury We
learn that these resolutions failed to piss the
Senate.
' A message was received from the Governor,
announcing the success of the com mission, to
Washington, in procuring the abrogation of Gen.
Sickles' order prohibiting infliction of corporeal
punishment by the Courts of the State.
CONGRESS.
Dec IT An animated discussion took place
in the Senate on the repeal of the 13th section
of the amnesty law which authorized the Presi
dent to. puidou those engaged in the ''rebellion "
Senator Trumbull contended that the President
has powtr under the Constitution to pardon be
fore' conviction, as pardon is of offence not of
conviction, sustaining his position by English
and American authorities. He claims that its
repeal will . not affect the Piesident's power to
restore property
Mr Sumner introduced a bill to punish people
who induce negroes to emigrate under false rep
resentations. Mr Wilson presented a resolution calling on
the Secretary of War for detailed reports from
the Commissioners of the Freedmen's Bureau.
The repeal of the 12th section of the act to
repress the rebellion elicited warm debate. Mr
John:on instanced Washington's aiuneety to the
whiskey insurrectionists. . f
In the House Mr' Harding introduced a reso
lution which passed, declaring that Congress
will give aid and encouragement to the Execu
tive in its efforts in aiding powers battling for
Constitutional liberty, aud that this House ap
proves the publio voice regarding Mexico.
Mr Moulton introduced a resolution instruct
ing the reconstruction committee to enquire into
the expediency of allowing the loyal citizens of
the late rebellious States to form State govern
ments. -
Mr Dawes offered a resolution extending the
powers of the South Carolina Committee to en
quire into the case of Henry Miller, confided in
the Winnsboro, S C,,jail, under sentence of
death for alleged desertion from the Confederate
army, and acting as a spy for Sherman during
the war. He said there were many similar
Cases in the South. - .
Mr Schenck offered a resolution relating to
the published advertisement of the sale of a
negro at Annapolis, Mary laud, on the 8tt De
cember, convicted by the Circuit Court of Anne
Arundel county and sentenced to be sold as a
slave, and directing the Judiciary Committee to ;
inquire into the same, and to report whether i
such proceedings were not in direct conflict with
the Constitution of the United States and with
the act to protect all persons in the exercise of
their civil, rights, etc. The resolution was
areended by directing the same committee Xo
report what legislation is necessary to protect
loyal citixens in the late rebellious States, except
Tennessee, and then pasted
Dec. 18. In the Senate. - Mr Johnson pre-
sented the creduntials Senator .T..n. vf Ar.
kausas, which was tabled 31r Snmner nre-
sented a memorial . of the Norfolk. Vs.. TTnion
League, protesting against the President's
policy, and asking the appointment of Judge
Underwood, as Territorial Governor.
Mr Trumbull presented the petition of Gov.
Wells and others praying the territorialization
of Louisiana. He said, if the allegation of the
petition was true, it is the duty of Congress to
drive the usurpers out with the strong hand of
power. Congress had absolute control in the
premises and it is incumbent on it to extend its
fostering hand to loyal citizens. . He was in
formed that taxes are levied in Alabama to pay
the salaiies of rebel officers. He was also in
formed that che loyal people of North Carolina,
Alabama, Texas, and other States would have
to leave. It was the duty of Congress to inter
fere at once.:
Dec 19. In the Senate the Nebraska bill
was taken up, and in the argument Mr Howard
took the ground that the committee of Recon
struction did not understand that the States
should be admitted on the -adoption of the
amendment. -tv v-- ' - :
In tho House, Mr Julian introduced a reso
lution, which was agreed to, instructing the
public tax committee to enquire ' into the ex
pediency of amending the homestead bill - so as
to require applicants to make oath that they
had given no aid or comfort to the Confederacy.
Scabcity or Work It appears from a card
published in a Chicago newspaper, signed Ly one
of the Local Employment Committee, that that
city: is overrun viUj men irr search of workl - A'
similar complaint comes from all tb? larre -niU
of the United Stotes-PeetIeouttfemnlrtrmi,f
find it difficult., totrkrworkv' and ihenca-thrt I
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who are earuHisr a Jiviojr io .the.uDirV ah.ki.t
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.waru4rury;iicircutnsunce tbati4t-wilt only
of bettering iaoaditidii 4 " .T?, .
BUSINESS-
et Ifo der w riter
ginning f thej year
nsuraiic companies i
id thv StnffNof New Yftrk hamfy.The Motual
Lfe Nw YorkLrfelftitedjStatsManhattAn
K.nckerbcker. Tl.ese companies bore date.
according to their charters thus :
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vr.. vi, t ;VAr Tw. .a,t0-A- iii- ho-
CttUse that company switched ff into Trust busi-
nfss a an eariv date, and made im headway with
Life Insurance proper. Up to 1859 then, the.re
bad Been mW active' work in -X..te Una
ranee in New Y.'.rlf The aggregate'eash income
of the five local companies for the year ending
ljecemmr- oist, loazjr-iraqTBmouiuea w aoout
$1,60(1.0(10. i
In 1859 a fresh
impetus. was given to Life In-
surance business in tliis State- Two new.cuupa
nies were organized in . that .year The Equitable
and the Guardian; and in the following year
or arteret, ltich- 'T' ; cases, aa is forbidden by the Constitution
ss, Scott, Smith of 10 ' ... 4 .... ... 5 t. f t ! While Chief Jnatice Chase. SDeakios for Judce
m j
the total numner oi uoinpames now esiau
lished iu Nexv York State, twenty-two. r
When th Equitable was urgnuized,. the foiin-
r . , ' 1 ; 1 .1.1 : .... t I 11
tiers or ine couioauv laiu iiieir omiis on a oruuu
foundation
they i embraced leading men in the
principal departments of life all over the country
and thev advisedly and -emphatically, with wis
dom aforethought, called their associatiou The
Equitable of the United States . 1 '
To the execution of their onerous task of build
ing up a company worthy of leir title, and com
mensurate with their wide field of operation, they
brought u combination of high legal talent, fine
executive ability mid large technical experience
- -all moved by a resolute force of will and fixity
of purpose that would never be content with any
thing short of sujlrein success. This guerdon
they have iu a large measure attained even with-
Lm their first soven years : in fact the Equitable
has been already, to borrow an apt phrase, iroui
the French academicians ,,,crowiied" by the peo
ple with complete success
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in making up a summary 01 ine ousiness nans-
. , . , n iff n . .
American Life Insurance Compan.es m
the year eiidiusr 'November 1. 1S66, aa returned
to the Insurance Commissioner of Massachusetts,
we are struck with some prominent results pre
sented by the Equitable that deserve special men
tion, without designing to disparage any of its
more immediate cotemporaries. ' :
.Bearing in mind that this company was the
sixth in point of date of organization in this State
sixteen years the j 'in for of the first company,
and six years the junior t.f even the latest of its
five predecessors, it. comes out iu point of new
business done ' this year, next among the New
York Companies to the Mutual Life Insurance
Company whose;, new business during the same
term exceeds. what has ever beeo done by auy
other Company iu a single year., either here or iu
Europe; and the fifth in rauk of the forty-ono
companies iii the. United "States, accounting to
the Massachusetts Commissioner. It should be
noticed, that whil four companies have- surpassed
the. Equitable iu point of new business done, yet
that the ratio of its cash expenditures for ex
penses aud losses to its cash receipts, is less than
in any of these four companies. ; :
A material point to be remembered, too, in this
competitive contrast is this that the Equitable
from the beginning has been an all casti company
taking no notes for premiums and conducting
its business throughout, on a strictly money basis.
The premium income of the Equitahle.for the year
ending Nov. 1. 1866V amounted to 1 .745.360.63,
which sum was within $75,000 of being equal to
the aggregate, amount of cash premium taken for
the same year by the four ooteuiporaneous Com
panies formed in 1839 and I860. The amount of
new. business done by the , Equitable during the
year exoeeds, by about $4d0,000 the aggregate
new business of the four last mentioned Compa
nies, whilst its total cash premium for the year
1866 exceeds the total cash premium income of
the five senior Companies at the time of the for
mation of the Equitable). For one company to do
thus in seven years, what took five companies an
aggregated period of fifty-five years to reach, is
undoubtedly a wonderful achievement.
Certainly it is to be remembered that all th
pioneer work done by the five precediug compa
nies smoothed the way materially for the course
of the Equitable" and" other modern companies.
Still, the rank the Equitable now takes in the face
of all the intense - Competition by "older ' and
younger companies for ' thri" last three years es
pecially, is unquestionable evidence of a grand
success. JTiuJ amount iusuied by. the Equitable
in tho year.ending Nov. .1, ,1866., was .$6.347. -000
00. -'Trie plans of iusuranco'aud dividend
system adopted by the company must be emi
nently popular, .and the agents and' managers
must have been extraordinarily vigilant and able,
to achieve such splendid results. ' It has been'
proved that Life Iusurance Companies experience
a less mortality 011 the policy holders insuring for
amounts over $5,000. than 011 those under;, the,
reasons, for, this are obvious the j medium and
well to Tdo" classes, " many of whom seek 'Life In
surance as an. iiiveetmeuU ari better surrounded
with the meahs ifthhd J prArnotlort of longevity
than those who are sore taxed in securing the ne
cessities of life, , , The policies -of the-Equitable
averaging larger in amount than those, of any
tther company in the country, and its losses hav
ing been only one-half the percentage of many
older coirtpairif sV etiiclusively shw'lhat a larger
proportiou . of . . the afore-mentioned desirable
classes insures in the Equitable, than iu auy. other
i Company. Yet there seems no abatemect of the
! displayed by the pfficers of the Equita
bio. "They ivesleet no tppoi t unity foradvanciug
the interests f their company, aud it would be
difficult t set a limit to the results they may at
tain. From the beginning this company has been
condacted iu a large liberal spirit 110 small ar
tifices or sharp practices have beeif resorted to
when losses or claims had to be met, every one
wis treated in a liberal generous spirit, that, bars
justly redounded to the benefit of the company,
enlisting individual sympathy, and ensuring pub
lic Confidence. The Equitable has been run on
a thoroughly national plan. It is a '"Broad
Guage" American Company, along the whole
line.
In th history 'of the popularization: aud de
velopment of Life Insurance, iu the United States,
the Equitable will be entitled to take a high place,
whilst the officers and agents whose respective
energies,, skill, and talent, have contributed to
build up the oornpany to its fine position, will be
held in high esteem by all the fiieuds of Life Iu
surancO iu the country. "
Ilutcbi.-ou. Burroughs & Co., at Charlotte, are
agents for the Equitable Life Insurance Company.
Interesting Facts coxcerxixg U. S. Ret-ENfE.-
The icveipts of internal revenue from 1st
of July Jasi to this date inclusive amount to the
heiivy. aggregate of 158,700,930 92. ..This is at
the rate of. over $950,000 jer diem, which, if
during the spring nioiiihs, . after the 'market Jias
beeii stvcked...' A Xiir estimate has been made.
: which sJioAvs that it is not '-'extravagant to expect
an aggregate, for ibis fiscal year, of $32O,6OO,0OO.
; Add to these figures (lie "'rewp6"Trom'cusl6ina
and other sourcM.'aftdHKe'erltirfevtiue of the
Government fdr'heyear will probably te&tu the
sum v v- vv,v vv,wv.
. Hon. -E..M. B.-oce, of Kentucky, died-Tary sud
denly at theSouthcrn Hotel, New Vort-' fc
18G0. tlire more wire added, namely, the Ger- ; military.' or naval service oy a military court
mania. Home, and Washington. Since that date,.: where and while the ordinary courts of law are
thirteen more have been incorporated, making .open and iu operation.
continued, would aniotinfto nearly $350,000,000
for this fiscal year. ' But alio waace in ust le made
for the customary reductiou of'tn.inufactures, 02c.,
-WASHINGTON ITEMS.
: Id' toe case knowo as the Indiana conspiracy
IcaseUtWU. S. Supreme Court unanimously sua-
tamed the Circuit Court in issuing its writs ot
haUai torpus, and adversely to the power of
thi Military Courts to try citizens where the
mtchi of he civil Court8 in unobstructed
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operation juage lavis, ior me majoruy oi
mdemned Military Courts in such
Wavne. Swavne and Milter, maiu tamed that
the power to inaugurate such courts lay with
Concrress. and were onlv illegal in Indiana be-
cai that bvdy failed to authorize them.
If . TKe'NatioVial Irtelliircncer cotnmeutibz
commeuliog upon
. the above important decision, says :
it n geeB from, the renort of the nro-
I m 1. ' r r
! ceedings in the Supreme Court of the United
' States, in the cases of Millign, &c , that the
court hes deeided that Congress has no power
to authorize the; trial of a citizen not in the
-
The State Department has advices announc
ing the reappearance of Cholera E Joy Mor
ris fears that it is becoming epidemic.
The House Committee on Territories will
after the holidays, report a bill providiog for
the reorganization of the Southern States.,
Representative Stevens called up a bill repor
ted from the Committee on Reconstruction last
session, which, provides the conditions on which
the Southern States may be readmitted. He
offered some amendments. This bill now stands
as the fiist special order. ,
Short Almanac for 1HG7.
' fe: 5 q 5 5
5 r, a a
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JANUARY - 1 2 3 I 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
FEBRUARY 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28
MARCH - - 12
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 2fi 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31
APRIL - - 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
MAY ... 1 2 34
5 6 7 8, 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
JUNE if- ;-vt;?. - l
rr-.,...,vr.r2v 3- 4-' 5 6 7 8
' 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
y 'm 16 17a 18 .19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
JULY --. 12 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 iO
. , 21 22 23 24 25 26 , 27
- 28 2930 3l
AUGUST - - 12 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
SEPTEMBER lt 2 3. 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
OCTOBElR - 1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 .16 17 18 19
;n .20 21 22 ;23 24 25 26
4 ': 27 28 29 30 31
NOVEMBER 12
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
, 17, 18 , 19 ,20 21 22 23
fv r : . 7-;? 24 -2f ;'? 20 !27 28 29 30
DECEMBER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
' 1 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 r.
Corn Wanted.
I wish to purchase Thrte Hundred (300) Bssbels
CORN lor ..Company use- , , ...r
LIME for sale bj the barrel. ,! J '
' W. W. PEGRAM, Agent,
Dec 17, I860 C. & S. C. Railroad.
Concord Female College.
In the N. C. Presbyterian of Sept. 2in, an article
was published over lhe-signature of 4,Amious." I
invite attention to an vxtract from that article. "If
wholesome discipline, devotion to theeau of
education, ekiltanif experience in teaching will se
cure success. ben 4he Faculty of, ibis' Female Col
lege bare all the elements of success There is no
institution where the mental culture, the health,
the morals, and the manners of the pupils are more
looked after and cared for."
The next session will commence on Ibe Second
Monday of January, 167. Each boarder will find
her ow n lights and towels, and also a pair of sheets
and pillow cases. The entire expense of Tuition
Hnd Board, including washing, for a Session of
Twenty Weeks, will be from $115 to $125, currency.
Extra charges will be made for Mnsic. French, Latin
and Drawing. Advance payments will be expected,
yet the greatest possible indulgence will be given
onr patrons. A large patronage is needed, detired
and expected.
Address, ' J. M. M. CALDWELL,
Dec IT, 1866 pd f States ville, N". C.
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Stockholder Meet inff.
The Regular Annual Meeting of ibe Stockholders
of the FIR3T NATIONAL BANK OF CHARLOTTE,
will be held at the Bank, on the Second Monday in
January next, the 14th.
-T. W. DEWEY, Cashier.
Dec 17, 186 .; , ; Jt 1 '-;.- i ' : ' ' ' '
?ORx
The Dwellin'z1 Tloose
,1 .
a. .
known as
the 'Method la
Parsonage. Posseseioo giren 1st January.'
Apply to C. II. RAY,
Dec 10.18C6-, . .. '-.' At Bock Island Factory.
xv.u "Rot ice'-: n -
TbiTSotts and ACTOtrnia l6ui'to the late firm of
J il 8anderi ko. wrilf be foand In the bands of Mr
J J SIMS, who is fully aotbortied to collect and
gitef rerieiptaor ne aimei - JSO- i BLACKWOOD,
Dec ; 10 186rrT .?T,.' in liquidation.
Afso,tbe oIl Accounts f J M Sanders re in Mr
Sims' hands for collection.
FOREIGN NEWS.
An invitation from leading digoitarics of th
Catholic Church of the United States, has been
exienaeu w me rope wun an urgent request
. lor bis Uolinesa to visit tin country. There is
some probability ol its being accepted,
lt ia ramorcd thlt the Emperor Maximilian
u ruuiorcu mil me emperor iuaximtlian
wa5 detained in Mexico a sawsthts-will and i.
. Dl isor J 3. Krveilan oflh
French officials who are said to be Acting un
der orders from the French Emperor,, as the
latter fears con, plications may arise from ths
hasty withdrawal of Maximilian.
A report has been circulated that James
Stephens, the chief organizer' oT the threatened
Fenian rebellion, had been arrested by English
detectives," while attempting to make 1iu way
into Ireland, but the government, officials deny
the statement,' and are as earnestly Searching
all suspected persons as they'have been for the
past two months The whole' twastoST Ireland
is now under the rigid scrutiny of English gun-boats.-
' : ' ,:.!
Several explosions in Coal mines have occur
red in England, within the last two weeksi kill
ing four or five hundred men.
It is reported that all the fortifications on the
frontier of France are being strengthened and
that new ones are projected
MEKLENBUUG FK3JALK COLLEGE
AT AllLOTI IV 1. C. ?
IUv. A. Qi STACY, A. M., Preidcnt,
Assisted by accomplished loitructori in all toe Pa-
pHrtiDftiU.
" The buildings and grouudg known aj tbe NVC.
Military Institute, locs.edia Chur1otte,-hvin btra
secured for a term of years for tat purpose of a
Female College, ibe Institution will be opened
such January "iSth, I87 '; -" '
The first School year will be of irregular dn ra
tion. It will comprise one Jong- Sctsiou of Tweutr
six weeks.
This Session, or scholastic year, will be divided
into twwTermi of Thirteen weeks, each. -
Rate per Term, payable in advance in' lawful currency
1 " - of the United States:, ,
Board with lights, - - : $C0 00
Tuition Collegiate Department, 16 50
Tuition Primary Department, $11 00 to 13 00
EXTRAS I
Music on Piano or G'litar, 32 Lessons, $20 00
Latin, Greek, French, German, etc., each, 8 00
PuiDtinp, Drawing, Embroidery, etc., at fair rates.
Pupils will fuinioh sheets, pillow cases, towclf,
table-napkins, and counterpane.
The standard of Scholarship will be high, and tie
instrucMon thorough. ...,
The building is eligibly situated witb more than
twenty acres of land attached, ibe premises being
delightfully adorned with nutive oaks. Ample
means of exercise and recreation will be thus af
forded. For Circular apply to
A. G. STaCY.
Dec 17, 18CG Charlotte, N. C.
English and French Boarding
Fay School for Young- Ladies, '
IiINCOLNTON, N. C.
Miss M. ALEXANDER, Principal.
The exercises of this School will be resumed aa
the first of January, 18t7.
For particulars, apply to Miss A., or Rer. Mr.
Wet more.
Dec 17, 1866 3tpd
Christinas and l'ew Year's Prc-
Some rery handsome, teleited in Europe by one of
the firm If you want beautiful French and Eng
lish GOODS for the Holidays, rail and see them at
Dec 17th. ELIA3 & COHEN'S.
Ladies and Gents' Wiiting Desks, Ladies'
Work Boxes, Purges, Portemounaies, Bags, Pearl
Card Cases, Pearl Boxes, Portfolios, Ac, in beauti
ful variety aod at low prices, at
Dec I7ih. ELIAS k COHEN'S.
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,
For Christina?, from $2 to $HO, at .
Dec 17, 1866 ELI AS A COHEN'S.
R. K. TIDDY & BROTflEU,
WHOLKSALB AVD RETAIL
BOOItSELLEtlS if STtTIOJTEilS,
Trade Street, Charlotte, A C. '
Stewart's Free Maon Manual; Free Maioa'a Mon
itor; Odd-Fellow's Manual.
For sale by TIDDY 4 BRO.
For Farmers and Gardeners.
Buisl's Family. Kitchen Gardener; Mason's Far
rier; Lonstroib 011 the Honey Bee; Miniature Fruit
Gardener, by Thomas Rivers; My Vineyard tLakt
view, by a Grape Grower; The Parlor Gardrner, by
Miss Cornelia J Randolph, of Virginia; Our Farm ol
Four Acres, and the Money we made by it.
For sale by TIDDY 4 BRO.
Studies on
Pinmcr, D D.
the Book or Psalms, by Rer Wm S
Justreceired bj '
3 "TIDDY k BRO.
Books for Winter Evenings.
Counsel and oinfort by ibe Country Parson,
Graver Thoughts of a Country Parson. - Autumn
Days, by the Country Parson. The Recreations of
a Country Parson. " Lelsore" Hours in Ti.wn, by ihs
Country Parson The Every -Day Philosopher, by
Ibe Country Parson. . For sale by , .
. TIDDY k BRO.
Stevens' History' of Mel hod Ism, from the origin of
Methodism to the death of Wliitefietd Just re
ceived by TIDDYk .BRO.
Fonr.Years in the Saddle, by Harry Oilmore.
For sale by . . - TIDDY k BRO.
Ra;n Wanted.
Bring your "Rags, and bring your Tags," in largt
or small quantities to t
Dec 17, I8ti6. TIDDY k BRO.
City Ordinance.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of ths
city of Charlotte, That the Lioease Tax for selling
Spirituous Liquors, Wine, Ale and Malt Liquors,
for the ensuing year withia tha corporate limits f
the city or one mile thereof, be fixed at THRKK
HUNDRED DOLLARS for Retail License. and TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS for Quart License. And ibat
no application will ba considered by the Board uu
lens the License Bond and cusb accompany the ap
plication; nor from any party who may be in arrears
on bis License Tax for this year.
. Be It further ordained, That any person who shall
sell Wine or Spirituous Liquors within Ibe .limits
of ibi city, or out mile thereof, at retail or by tie
small measure tes3 than a quart without hit iog first
obtained a License from the Aldermen of tbe city,
shall upon conviction forfeit and pa? for ecb sod '
every ffenee, THREE HUNDRED D6LLARS.' y Any
person selling by ibe qaart orj upwardSi without
Licence shall upon conviction', pay ONE HUNDRED
and FIFTY DOLLARS for each and erery ofTence.
' : ' S. A.' HARRIS, Mayor.
T. W. Dkwet, City Clerk.
Dec 17, 1866 2t - '
City Ordinance., .
Be U ordained by Ibe Board of Alderme or me
city of Charlotte, That any Merchant, Sbop keeper
or "other person who shall leave Hheir Cellar door
open on any of the Side-walks or Siraats afu 't
shall ba fined upon conviction, before.th Mayor, for
Peach and every offeace FIVE-DOLLARS. '
r .-y o. A. llAKKlo, Mayot.
T. W. De war, City Clerk.
Dec 17, 18 1
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