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VOL. 3. CHARLOTTE, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 1855. JVO- 33.
Jotisiiuss iCnriis. &r.
a. v. washg,
ittornty at JLau?,
fMc in I. ; icrgatCs Duck Building, Ind floor.
CHARLOTTE, If. C.
THOMAS TROTTER & SON
HAVE turn opened a splendid stock of WATCHES
and TeWELRT, SILVER A: PLATED WARE, j
and FANCY GOODS of all kinds. 03 No. 5, tiran
itc Row. Oct. 27. I8S4. 14tf
J. 3. F. BOONE,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
sole i.r.tTiirn. .. ski.vs,
LINING ANI BINDING SKINS,
SHOE TOOLS OF RVERY DESCRIPTION,
Charlotte, N. C.
Oct. 20, IS") I. ly
ELMS &. JOHNSON.
Forwarding and voni mission Merchants.
NO. 10 VENDUE RANGE,
it K it rrotf s. :.
W. IV. KLMS. C. JOHNSON.
June '-.I. 'o. 4-?tf.
R. HAMILTON,
('OH VI I HA Jl E IS I'll A N T,
i '. .cr R .';! -slava and ttmmrel Stmts,
COLUMBIA, S. C
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N'Hi.y OppOkite 111 nS ."V S;.;;il!' t.'."iC ry .
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
! p 1 r 20tf
RIIETT & ROBSOIV,
FACTORS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
,Yj. 1 and 2 Alluatic U'hatf,
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
! e" I.iU-tiI advances ana'e ria Conwgaanit.
r .S,. -1 . 1 attention givea br4be sale of h l.-ur. Corn.
FA.p . :; : :tjn r ! Mg "vp rienCC ill tl. buj.lics, We
fee' . u. l it 't tf.viiijr satiiefaetiosi.
M rch !7. lira I. 3-J ly
Dry Goo-ls in Charleston, So. Ca.
BROWunc! x s.i: vv
IMPORTERS OF URY GOODS,
N . '.' mui 11 Kin J street, i-iifirr t Market Street.
CHARLESTON, B. I.
Pl-ntita V ..i!en. Blanket, & Carp-tings and
Cut Lain Miturial-.Siika.ind Kieh Lr.-ss G h. Cloaks,
.11. nit II a iMtt s.'i.il. Ti nut "ali. One Price Onlj.
March 17, IKii 34-ly
BY JENNINGS B. KERR.
hitrlottc, JT. C
mi r.v 29 ISV1. 28tf
WINDOW SHADES,
I V I liOODS, fllATKASSKS
3?apor Uansings,
at c :i y.. i i. k; i ns.
i l'ili; aubsrriliri has in Btrc, of his own nianafiictarc
and inpnrtatioa an prmtrmmm stick of WINDOW
llAl)KS. iilt o.-i icci , Paper Hangings, Matr.iases,
vtin l.-i.ini , ).,:nal, Lace and Mualin Curtains,
Tasscla, L..ic;-, Ac Ah ol win-ii are offered at price
t'it ari uprqeiatrd by all cJosc buyers and economical
Uouc Kct'.rs.
Ii. V. KINSMAN. J 77 King rt.
M.ir 21, '.! I v Chnilenton, S. C.
M Mining Machinery."
tORNIStl PU.MP&, Lifting and Forcing, Cornish
V. Crushs-ra, Stamps, Steam Engines, and jrcnTil
Mining work, mad ':y the subscribers at short not;e.
LANG, COOK & CO..
Hudion Machine Worts.
Rrhi to Hud on, N. Y.
.las. J. Hod-e Esq., New-Vork.
ju ie 2, I -5i 43 y
Xbf,isfotrn, Prnlt.
rHE subscribers manaifactnre Mining Machinery, as
rilowa, vix: Tu: CoBKien Pcnrtsc Enink, high
nd I w pressure Pumping, Stamping and Hoisting
Sri- .M E..!f.5; CoKMaii prsn, STAnrn, Cncssms,
Wr riiKs. luo Blocks, Pi i.i.j.vs of all siz, and every
variety o: Machinery tr Mining purposes.
THOM AS. CORSON WEST,
iui- 2. IS5I -1 i y
MEDICAL NOTICE.
T V- P l. Al.UWEI.L h is associatrd his son. Dr.
PoSKPil W. CAI.OU ELL. srith him in the Prac- I
i ol Medicine. Odlee, 2nd storj in Ei.ns' nnv brick I
bui! :i r the Courthouse.
A! iron 24, I - 1 . 35 tf
V. II. All psTSiUM i:idet,tcd to me by accounts are :
Ire ; I'-.-tnl in srtilc toe KUM at an e.irly ifav.
M ir 21 P. C. CALD'ELL. i
TIIH IMKRH AiH llOTi:!.,
CHaRLOITE, n. c.
1BCG '. announce my iri-n.-is, ihc public. and pres
i at patrons ol" the above Tlot-l, that I haveleastd lite
laniic :.-- a ter::; of v.jr from tlie 1st of Jaao.rr neat.
lAlei wliir'i ti'ue, the entire property aril fcp Ihitoniili
, rc, -: : sod renovated, and the house kept ia first
Ir a-s -rlo. To..- Hotel is near the Depot, ami pteaaant.
B '.tinted, rendering it a f.-sira'ilc h-me for travellers
5a I i"ain;.'ic-.
Dec 16, 153. 22t C. M. RY.
MARCH A: Mil ARI,
AUCTIONEERS ao COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
G LX MB: A, S. C,
I "ILL attend to theaale of ail kinds of Merchandise,
Produce, &c. Also, Heal and Personal Property.
Or purchase anl sell Slaves, &c, on Commission.
Sles Riom No. '2 Richardson street, and imme
diately opposite the United States Hotel.
Feb 3, 1551 thos. h. march. J.k mhiif.
a HAVING purchased the buiMing on the cor.
ner, a few doors north-east of Kerr's Hotel, and
repaired and fitted it up in first-rate style, I would
respectfully inform the travelling public that it is now
"pen for the reception of regular and transient boarders.
Drovers will fcnd ample aecoiumrxiatiaM at nay hoase.
Jan. U. MS. aso? R. Ha BEA
CHESTER, S. C.
By J. R. NICHOLSON.
MTHE subscriber respi ctfully in forms his friends
and the public generally, that his bouse, kiio.'n
a the "Railroad Hotel," opposite the Chester
Depot, is s'ill open for the reception of regular and
transient boarders and the travelling public ; and that
he is making every exertion to deserve and secure a
continuance of the kind and liberal p.'itrjnage which
haa hitherto been extended to hi.n. He flatters himself
th.it every needed arrangement has been made to pro
mote the comfort of all who stop with him : hit rooms
are airy arid well-furnished, his servants are attentive
and obedient, and his table constantly supplied with the
best of the season, so that his .'riends will not want any
attention necessary to mskc their sojourn pleasant and
agreeable. His stables are furnished with good host
lers and an abundance of provender, and he is prepared
at a moment's Tintiee 'to suppTy his customers with pri
vate conveyances of every sort, to any part of the sur
rounding country.
He dceirrs to return his acknowledgements to the
public for past favors, and solicits for the future an
rqually liberal fhare of patronage.
Aug 20, 1854. 5tf JOHN R. NICHOLSON.
Charlotte Marble Yard.
H A VI NO disposed of our entire interest in the Mar
ble Yard to Messrs. Win. Tiddy & Son, we recom
mend them to our friends.
STOWE PEG RAM.
Beptembcx 26, ie54.
rPHE subscribers having bought out the interest ol
1 Messrs. Stowe &. Prgram in the Charlotte Marble
Yard, respect luliy tender their servici 8 to the people of
Charlotte and the country generally in this line ot busi
ness. They are In 1 1 v prepared to furnish
Monuments, Gravestones, Marble
Steps, Table Slabs,
a ad other patterns cut (roi.i Marble, according to the
m ist approved t iste and style, and upon the innkl sc.
coiumodal inr terms ever offered in llie Pntlwrij conn
I try. The Yard is situated Oil the North Wt-ht conn r ot
I the Charlotte Depot Yard, where the subscribers, or
their agents, may always In (bond.
U M. TIDDY cV SOi.
Septembi r SC. 1854. lCltf
CASH AND SHORT CREDITS!
M. L. HALLOWELL & CO.,
T177
1
717
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PHILADELPHIA.
Terras.
Ca?h buyers will receive a discount of SIX per cent..,
! if the money paid in par funds, within ten days from
dale el bill.
17 near real money only taJcen at its market value on
th day it ia received.
To merchants of undoubted standing, a credit of SIX
months will be given, if desired.
W her? fiioiiey is remitted in advance of maturity, a
discount at tte rate of TWELVE per cent, per annum
will he allowed.
C7" Prices for Goods uniform.
In again calling the attention of the trading commu
nity to the above Terms, we announce that notwith
standing the general depression in commercial affairs
throughout the country, the system of business adopt
ed by us more than a year since, and to which we shall
rigidly adhere, enables us to offer for the coming Spring
season our usual assortment of
NEW SILK AND FANCY (;OOI)S.
comprising one of the Largest and most SPLENDID
STOCKS to be found in America: to which we will re
ceive constant additions, throughout the season, of new
and desirable goods from our House in Paris.
Jan 19, 1855. 2m
WILKINSON'S
DAGUEBBEIAN GALLERY.
rPHE subscriber having pcrmnnenlly located in Char
1 lottr. respectfully invites the attention of Ladies
and (.cnilemeii to his saperioi
PI-STUA-S
o
a:.c would resptctfnllj say that he is n;w taking D
nerrcntypes npou an improved plan, which will not
onlv add to the
BEAUTY AND ELEGANCE
of the Picture, but will render it
DURABLE AND BRILLIANT FOR AGES.
He would also respectfully invito strangers visiting
Charlotte to call and examine his specimens, as he is
determined they shall compare favorably with any that
can be taken North or South,
Rooms, Third Story, Granite Range, immediately
ov. r Trotter & Son's Jewelry Store.
OT" Instructions, thorough and practical, given in
this beautiful art, and all materials furnished.
NEAL WILKINSON.
January 2C, 1S55. 27-tf
. JST- CARTER,
g RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the
w4 public generally, that he carries cn the Tailor
iJC ilia nesiS, and is prepared to execute or-
i'.t r in the neateat and most fashionable style.
Garments will b m.ide to order, in strict conformity
with thr present prevailing fiabioria and styles of the
day. Warrants his work to fit, and well made.
Simp in No. 4, Springs' Duilding, Robinson's old stand.
Charlotte, Feb 2 2Stf
lYTrs, Shaw
REf.S leave r spcctlully to announce R
to the Ladies of Charlotte ;md its viciiiity fJ
th.it sh" has oein d a I rL'- assortment of new
etinaistins of the l? st stries of
BONNETS, CAPS. AND HEAD DRESSES. I
anil a well se beted ti els nt
Dress Trimmings and Paterns.
Slie alian eontinuca to cany 'ii t be DIJ CVS.. a K ! N :
ITSINESS, and f Is she c.i n give HtintaclioM in both '
btanclnta. No sains will be spared to plcaae.
tf" Or!-Ts promptly attended to.
Oct 17, 1H54 ' I5:f
CHEHISTS & DRUGGISTS.
(Late fisher heimtsh.)
charlotte, w. c.
RESPECTFCLLYitiform the inhabitants of Char
lotte and vicinity, that they have just received a
fresh supply of MEDICINES, which are offered with
con6dence to their approval, regard having been paid
more to the purity a:.d strength of the Drugs, than to
the price.
A full stock of the various Proprietary Medicines
constantly on hand.
Brandy; Port, Sherry, Msdeira and Malaga Wines,
selected for Medicinal purposes.
Paints, Varniahes, Fl jid. Camphene, &c.
Larrdreth's Garden Seeds.
Pab 16, 1855 30-tf
FOR BALE AT "IT'S FFtCft
CAPTIONS OF THE LAWS
Passed ly the General Assembly of North Caroli
na, at the Session of 1 854 '55.
1. An act to amend the constitution of the State,
an follow :
Whereas, a large number of the people are disfran
chised by the freehold qualifications now required of
voters for members of the Senate.
Sec. I. Therefore be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of North Carolina, and it is hereby
enaclad'oy tbe authority of the same, (three-fifths of
the whole number of the members of each house con
curring,; that the second clause of the first article of
the amended Constitution, ratified by the people of
North Carolina, on the second Monday of November,
in the year of our Lord, lc35, shall be amended to lead
as follows :
Every free white man of theage of twenty-one years,
being a native or naturalized asM oi i he U hi ted State,
and who has been an inhabitant of the State for twelve
months immediately preceding the day of any election,
! and shali have paid public taxes, shall be entitled to
! vote for a member ol the Senate for the district in which
he resides.
ec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the Governor of
the State be, and he is hereby directed to issue his pro
clamation to the people of North Carohna, at least six
months before the next elec'ion for members of the
General Assembly, setting forth the purport of this act,
and the amendment to the Constitution herein propos
ed; which proclamation shall be accompanied by a true
and perfect copy of the act, authenticated by the certi
ficate of the Secretary of Mate ; and both the procla
mation and the copy of this act, the Governor of the
State shall cause to be published in ten newspapers of
the State, at least six months before the election of
members to the next General Assembly.
2. An oci to protect wild lowl, c.
3. An act in ivl.uion to Elizabeth City.
4. An act emancipating Jerry, a slave.
5. An act to incorporate the town of Roxboro'.
6 An acf t'i provide for he issue of additional
siock lv 'lie Seaboard and Roanoke R. R. Com-
i l"".v.
! 7. An ncl authorising the Nantahala and Tuc
j k:iM't;e Tun pik Company to build a toll bridge.
8. An act cutlet-riling the Ju.siicesof the Peace
I in ti i' t Miirri' "t Ifandolph, Alamance and Wake,
j Twer ty Justices to form a quorum.
! U. A i i'Ct to pay the Wardens id the Poor in
.Mt rk!i nliuig cu:ity.
10. An hc' to authorise the Trustees of the
Lmii.shurg Fi -male Academy to convey land, &c.
11. An net to authorise the paying of Wardens
of the I'u.ir for their services.
12. An art to nmend the act incorporating the
Fnyetteville and Northern Flank Road Company.
13 An act to incorporate Union Academy.
14. An act to protect live stock from malicious
dial ruction.
15. An act to encourage wolf killing in Jack
son county.
143. An act concerning Naw River in Alamance
County.
17. An act to number the We' Regiment in
Madison county.
18. An uci to pay Wardens of the Poor in Ala
mance and Duplisi.
19. An act to amend an act of S352, entitled
" An an' concerning the place of trials lor civil
processes before Jus'.iete ol fhe Peace.
20. An net to incorporate the Wilmington
S.eam Tug Company.
21. An net to appoint commissioners to lay off
a road in Rowan counts'.
22. An act concerning public roads in Watau
ga county.
23. An act to authorise the collection of arrea
ges of tuxes in Jackson county.
24. An net to authorise ihe Wardens of the
Poor in Pasquotank and Yancey to 6ell certain
lands.
25. An acf to incorporate the two Acadtmies
in Aheborough.
26. An act to emancipate John Good, a slave.
27- An act to provide for the impiovement of
the road from Wilkes by Meat Camp Creek to the
Tennessee line.
28. An ac: to authorise the erection of a court
house in Iredell county.
29. An act to amend an set incorporating
Nmse River Manufacturing Company.
30. An act to amend the several acts charter
ing Asheville and Greenville Plank Road Com
pany. 31. An act authorising gates across the public
road in Green River Cove, Henderson county.
32. An act establishing a new County by the
name of Polk.
33 An act authorising the County Court of
Henderson to sell lands, &c.
34. An act aulhorising the Raleigh and Gaston
Railroad Company lo take stock in the Roanoke
Valley R iilroad Company.
35. An act to extend the time for preferring
titles, dtc.
36. An act to incorporate the lown of Newton.
37. A n act to amend an act, entitled an act to
define the duties and powers of turnpike and rail
road cempanies.
38. An act to hold court two weeks in New
Hanover county.
39. An act to incorporate the Chapel Hill and
Morrisvtllc plank road, tram road, and turnpike
company.
40. An act to alter the times of holding the
courts of pleas ond quarter sessions of Hyde
count V.
41. An act in incorporate the F.iir Bluff and
Conwny borough railroad company.
42. An arl lo incurporate the Trent river navi
g.itmii c mpinv.
13 An ii ci C"iicerning hngs running at large in
Ei'Zh th Ciiy.
44. An art ineurporniw the Dobbin House
Cnmiioiiv iii the toon of Frf vettevilb1.
45. An act t- nmeml ih- act of 1850, for the j
better rrj;ul ition of he tiwn ol Wilson.
46. An net lo amend the charter of iho town
ol Charlotte.
47. An act to amend an ac, preventing the '.
obtrt.cn- n tofifh in Blount's creek.
48 An act to incorporate the female benevolent
si ci'-ty in Nebem.
49. An act to incorporate Yadkin Institute.
50. An ct to incorporate ihe Whitesvillu and
Iron Hill plank road company.
51. An act to incorporate the town of Warsaw.
52. An net to mend tha act for the better gov
ernment of the c'ty of Raleigh.
53. An act for the relief of the citizens of Ired'll
county. '
54. An act to amend the act of 1846, incorpor
ating the town of Stte8viile.
55. An act to chnnge the times of holding the
CcuptJ Court tW Beaufort county.
56. An net to prevnt the falling and putting of
timber in Haw river and Great Alamance river.
57. An act to amend the act incorporating the
low n of Clinton.
58. An act to amend the act incorporating the
low ii of Playmou'h.
59. An act to amend the 7th section of an act
entitled an ncl to establish a band in the town ol
Washington.
60. An act lo incorporate the Grand Royal
Arch Chapter ol North Carolina free and accepnd
Masnns.
61. An act to amend the charter of the West
ern plank road company.
62. An hci to lay off and establish, out of a
portion ol Cumberland, a new county, to be called
"Harnett.
63. An as' o incorporate the Greenville, Term,
and French Board railrod company.
Provides for a railroad from the Paint Rock, on the
French Broad river, through the counties of Madison,
Bunconnbe and Henderson, and to intersect with such
South C arolina road as the stockholders may designate.
The road is to have the same gna3e of the North Caro
lina railroad, the btate extends no aid to the com
pany. 64. An act to incorporate the Hillsborough and
Chapel Hill plank road company.
65. An act to incorporate the Chatham and
Randolph plank road company.
66. An act for the protection of sheep against
dogs.
67. An act concerning the Wilmington and
Raleigh railroad company.
68. An act to incorporate the Columbia and
Charlotte magnetic telegraph company.
69. An act to establish the town of Magnolia.
70. An act for the better regulation ot the town
of Franklinsville.
71. An act to incorporate the New River and
Wilmington and Topsail Sound plank road com
pany. 72. An act to incorporate the Iron Hill and At
lanta plank road company.
73. An act to authorize the construction of a
toll bridge across the Yadkin near Jonesville.
74. An act to incorporate the Wacamaw and
Shallotte ruilroad company.
75. An act to amend an act to incorporate the
town of Edenton.
76. An act for the belter regulation of the town
of Elizabeth.
78. An acf to incorporate the Sulphur Spring
and Paint Rock turnpike company.
j 78. An act to incorporate the Statesville and
i Wilkesborough plank road company.
I 79. An act to incorporate the Richlands and
' New River plank road company,
j 80. An act to establish a ferry across Black
river, in New Hanover.
81. An act to extend the corporate limits of the
I town of Beaufort.
1 P2. An act to incorporate the town of Jefferson,
; AV.
83. An act to authorize the commissioners of
the town of Salisbury to subscribe for stock in the
j Western ruilroad company.
64. An act to authorize the corporation of
i Charlotte to subscribe to certain roads.
j 65. An net to extend the limits of the town of
i Asheborough.
86. An act concerning the Revenue ol ihe State.
! Imposes the following taxes for State purposes :-On
; all real or landed property, twelve cents on every hundred
J dollars valuation ; on polls, white and black, forty cents
. per poll; on each toll-jate of a turnpike ten dollars,
, three dollars for gates across a highway, a tax equal to
I five times the largest toll by the owner demanded upon
every public ferry, and ten dollars on every toll bridge;
j on every stud horse or jackass, five dollars, unless the
j highest season price thai! exceed that sum, in which
j case a tax to that amount, to wit. the highest season
I price; on property descending or falling upon collateral
j relations, one, two and three pi r cent., to wit, one per
j tent, when such collateral shall be a brother or sister of
' the dsciased, or any descendant of a brother or sistei
two per cent, when such collateral shall be a brother or
lister of the father or mother of the deceased, or any
descendant of a brother or sister of the father or mother
of the deceased three per cent, when such collateral
shall be in any other degree of consanguinity to the
deceased than is above described, or shall be a stranger
in blood provided that no tax shall be imposed on
property falling to the widow of the deceased, nor upon
any devise or bequaet to the wife or widow of a son of
the deceased, nor upon that coming to the husband ot
a deceased wife, &.C.; on every dollar, more than six
dollars, of net interest, three cents ; on every dollar,
more than six dollars, of net dividend or profit, upon
mopey vested in steam vessels of twenty tons burthen or
upwards, or in stocks of any kind, or in shares of any
incorporated or trading company, whether in or out of
the State, and herein shall be included all Bank divi
dends, bonds and certificates of debt of any other State
or country, or of any public corporation, created by this
or any other State, a tax of three cents ; on every hun
dred dollars employed in buying and selling slaves,
twenty-five cents, and upon every hundred dollars in
every other species of trade, not in this chapter specially
taxed, ten cents; on each sulky, gig, buggy, barouche.
carriage, and other pleasure vehicles in use by the
owner, or by his consent, of the value of fifty dollars and
under a hundred dollars, fifty rents of tbesilnnnf autr
hundred and under two hundred dollars, one dollar of
the value of two hundred and under three hundred dollars,
two dollars of the value of three hundred and under
four hundred dollars, three dolwrs of the value of four
hundred dollars and upwards, four dollars ; on all gold
and silver plate and ornamented jewelry in use, other
than jewelry worn by females, of as great value as fifty
dollars, one per cent, on the value ; on each gold watch
in use, one dollar, silver watch in use, twentv-five cents,
each harp in use, two dollars, each piano forte in use,
one dollar, every pistol, except i-uch as are used for
mustering, and every bovie knife, one dollar; on dirks
and sword canes, filty cents such arms only to be
taxable as have beet worn or used during the year; on
all retailers of wines, cordials, or spirituous liquors,
twenty dollars; on every keeper of a common inn. or
dinary or tavern requiring license, ten dollars; on each
billiard table one hundred dollars, except when there
are two in the same room, and then fifty dollars on the
additional one ; on each bowling alley, twenty-five
dollars ; on each livery stable, ten dollars ; on each pack
of playing cards, twenty-five cents; on nil pcdlers of
patent soap, medicines for the killing of cruift. chinches
and other vermin, for the curing of headachr, toothache,
or corns, and of all patent medicines, and razors and
razor strops, a tax of five dollsrs in every country in
which they may so peddle ; on each mortgage deed and
deed in trust made to secure cehts or liabilities, and on
each marriage contract, one dollar ; on each marriage
liccnss, one dollar ; on every merchant, merchant tailor,
or jeweler, a tax of one-fourth of one per cent, upon his
capital; on every merchant, a pothecr ry, druggist, or
other dealer, consignee or agent selling at wholesale or
retail spirituous liquors, wiuu or cordials, five pT cent,
upon the capital so employed; on every merchant or
apothecary selling dru, medicines, or nostrum, as
agent of the owner, if a non-resident, twenty-five per
cent, of his Commissions; on every auctioneer, one fourth
of one per Cent, upon the value ot all goods sold by him ;
on all distillers of turpentine, two dollars and fifty crnt?
on distillery of capacity of ten barrel i and under; three
dollars and fifty cents, on that between ten and fifiCjn
fcarreWj stag dollafs a that between ftlcen and twenty;
and ten dollars on that larger than twenty barrels ; mi
all persens in eaoh county etferirff to sell ar peddling in
saidconnty any riding vehicle not ef tha manufacture ,
in whole or part, of this State, thirty dollars; on alt
horses and mules brought into this State for sale, a tax
often dollars in each county where aa lee may b made ;
on every establishment for the aala of riding vehicles;
any part of the wood work of which ia not of the manu
facture, uf this State, one hundred dollars : and fifty dol
lars when the vehicles are of the msr.uiaetura of this
State ; provided, that no person who ia a manufacturer ef
such vehicles i;i this State, shall be taxed it he sells only
in his own county ; on every perstm exhibiting, selling,
or offering to sell, by sample, any goods, wares, or mer
chandize, not of t tie manufacture of this State, fifty dob
tars in each county, to be good for one year; ou pcdlers
of whatever articles, thirty dollars in each co'inty ; pro
vided, that persons may sell, peddle live stock, (except
horses nd mules,) vegetables, oysters, books, charts,
maps, and the like; en aU fcrnsiirs :oQ4t imarfsod pUmw;
on surgeon dentists, practicing pfiysieiuns, practicing
lawyers, and all other persons, (ministers of the gospel
excepted,) whose practice, salaries or fees, or all of the m
togetfier, shall yield an annual income of five hundred
dollars, three dollars for the first five hundred, and two
dollars for every additional five hundred, until such in
con.e shall exceed fifteen hundred, and then five dollars
for every additional five hundred above that amount ; on
attorneys license ten dollars; on all insurance compa.
nies incorporated in this State, one hundred dollars pi r
annum, and on till incorporated out of the State, one
hundred dollars per annum for the first, and fifty dollar
for every county in which an agency shall be established;
on all agencies ol banks being cot poratcd out of this State,
five hundred dollars; on each express company two
hundred dollars ; on every company of circus riders, and
on every menagerie, an annual tax of fifty dollars in each
county in which they exhibit; on theatrical players,
sleight of hand performers, rope dancers, and the like,
thirty dollars; on every company or person of singers,
dancers, serenaders, and every person who lectures for
reward, five dollars, unless the whole proceeds be de
voted to some literary or charitable use in the State.
Every thing upon which taxes ore imposed, to bu listed
within the last tweuty working days in July in every
year. The balance of the act is merely composed ofpro.
visions for putting it in operation. It is provided, among
other things, that the several county courts, at the term i
when they shall appoint justice to take the tax lists for
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me year 1000, nna at me same iorm every nve years
thereafter, shull appoint two respectable freeholders, to
be associated with said justice, and these three shall be
a board of valuation, and shall accurately estimate the
real value of lands and improvements thereon, and return
said estimate to their respective county courts. It is alo
provided (hat the sheriffs shall specify in their receipts
the amount of State tax, and also the amount of county
tax, separately.
We have thus given the substance of this important
act, as correctly as we could in the hurry incident to the
adjournment. It will be published at length, at an early
day. in the North Carolina Standard.
87. An act concerning the Public Printing.
88. An act creating liens on ships, c, to ao
cure mechanic's wages on same.
69. An net to regulate the floating of timber on
Roanoke river.
90. An act to alter the name of Jamestown, ini
the county of Martin.
91. An act to incorporate the Guilford gold and
copper mining company.
vz. An act to incorporate the Coot r.i ,vr
pike company.
93. An act to incorporate the Centra! gold and
copper mining company of North Carolina.
94. An act to cede to the U. S. a site for a bea
con light neat Cape Hatteras.
95. An act to incorporate the Greensborough,
Madison and Virgina plank road company.
96. An act to incorporate the Stokes iron min
ing company.
97. An act to amend the charter of the Milton
Savings Institution.
98. An act to incorporate Glen Anna female
seminary.
99. An act to incorporate the Cape Fear and
Waccamaw canal and lumber company.
100. An act to incorporate the town of Frank
lin. 101. An act to authorize a toll bridge over the
Tennessee river in Macon county.
102. An act to incorporate a company to con
struct a ship canal to unite the waters of Albemarle,
Currituck and Pamlico Sounds with the Chcsa
peak Bay.
The State is to endorse the bonds to the amount of
$250,000.
103. An act to incorporate tbe Alamance and
Caswell plank read company.
104. An act to incorporate the Little River turn
pike company.
105. An act to extend the corporate limits of
the town of Franklinton.
106. An act to incorporate the Chapel Hill and
Hillsborough plonk road company.
107. An act to incorporate a Mutual Insurance
fire company in the town of Charlotte.
108. An act to authorize the Cape Fear and
Deep River navigation company to issue bonds.
Provides for an endorsement by the State of the
bonds of said company to the amount of $300,000.
109. An act to incorporate the Mclver coal mi
ning company.
110. An act to lay off a public road from the
turnpike line to the County line of McDowell.
111. An act tu amend rhe act entitled an act to
incorporate ihe Atlantic and North Carolina rail
road company, and the North Carolina Western
railroad company.
Provides for a railroad from Goldsborough to Beau
fort, as follows : The capital stock of the Atlantic
and North Carolina railroad company may be increased
to sixteen hundred thousand dollars; and whenever it
shall appear to the board of internal improvements that j
one-third of the capital stock of said company has been
subscribed for, and taken by solvent individuals or com- j
panies, and that at least three hundred thousand dollars ;
of said stock has been paid into the hands of the trees
nrer of said company, the said board shall be authoriz- j
ed and required to subscribeim behalf of the State for
two-thuds of the capital stock of said company to be
paid as follows: the one-fourth part thereof every six
months thereafter, until the whole Mate subscription
shall have been paid provided, the board of internal
improvements shall be satisfied that an amount of the
private subscription has been paid in equal proportion
to the payment required of the State. The act then
contains the usual provisions for the State to issue
bonds, ilec. There ar-t to be twelve direetora eight to
be appointed annually by the board of internal improve
ments, and four by tbe stockholders.
112. An act to incorporate the McCuIloch cop
per and g"ld mining company.
113. An act to amend the aft incorporating the j
town of Graham. Alamance.
114. An act to incorporate Clinton Lodge, Cas
well. 115. An act to incorporate the United Baptist
Institute.
116. An set to amend the cct enlarging the
powers ol the commissioners of Newbern.
117. An act to incorporate the town of Nebras
ka, Hyde co.
118. An act M incorporate ttV town of 9now
Hill, Green, o .1
119. An act to incorporate ttie Ftyetteville fe
male high school.
ISO. An act to incorporate the Yadkin Lodge
of irre mason.
191. An act to incorporate the Springfield In
stifuT, Wake co.
132. An act to increase the compensation of
juror and wirnesara in Washington co.
123. An aci aupplimental lo an net of the pres
ent session, to incorporate the Wilmington and
Charlotte railroad company.
(Changes the name of the company to that of the Wil
mington, Charlotte and Rntherforton Rail Road com
pany. Increases the capital stock of said company to
three millions ot dollars. Authorises the commence
ment of the construction of said Koad at C harlotte and
exteudmg West in the direction of Rulkerfordtoa, as
stifrri aVfne requisite amount shall have been subscribed
tor that purpose; or, at the Eastern terminus, at any
point on the Wilmington and Manchester, or the Wil
mington and Roanoke Hail Road. Bonds to be issued
by paid company, and endorsed by the Public Treasur
er, to have coupons attached, Jcc. dec.)
124. An act to increase the pty of witnesses in
the Coutity of Onslow.
125. An act to revive and continue in force the
act uppomting cemmtarienrrs for the town o! Ha
w oud.
126. An act to emancipate Betty, a slate. .
127. An art to aid in completing a road from
Vanhny'a Mill to the Virginia line.
128. An act to incorporate (he Camden and
Currituck New Cut canal company.
129. An act lo prevent dm ohatrveftun of fh
in the waters of South river nvd Adam's crei k.
130. An act to prescribe and n quire un ondi ol
office for the town magistrate of Wilmington.
131. An net to incorporate the Gold Hill min
ing company.
132. An act lo incorporate the Lawrence Hotel.
Raleigh.
133. An net to incorporate the Raleigh end
Cape Fear plank ro.'id company.
134. An act to authorize S. W. Cbadwick, late
sheriff of Craven, to collect arrears of ttixei.
,135. An act concerning the towns o! F.iyulfe
ville and Wilmington.
136. An act to incorporate the Hmtsburg Mn
ufaciuring Company.
137. An act to incorporate the Alexandrians
Plank Road Company.
138. An act to improve the road from John
Kennedy's to the top ol ihe Blue Ridge.
139. An act to authorise R. L. Steele to estab
lish a public ferry on tbe Pedes river.
140. An act to lay off and establish a public
road in the county of A she.
141. An ncl to incorporate the Greensborough
mining mid manufacturing company.
142. An act lo alter the time of holding (he
courts in the sixth Judicial Circuit.
143. An act to ineornorate the Plank Road
from Morksvtue, to Wilkesboro, unci to provide
for subscription of stock on the part ol the Stale.
144. An ect to incorporate New Institute, Ire
dell county.
145. An act to incorpoiate the New River Nnv
igaiion Company.
146. An act to incorporate the Chatham and
Randolph Plank Road Company.
147. An act to incorporate. New Hope Acade
my, Chatham.
148. An act to regulate the inspection of flour
in the town of Fayetteviiie.
149. An act to incorporate the Chapel Hill and
Durhamsvilie Plapk Road and Turnpike Compa
ny. 150. An act to give two jury trials to the coun
ty courts of Stanley.
151. An act to incorporate iho Hillsborough
and Milton plank road company.
152. An act to authorize a toll bridge over the
Roanoke at the town of Halifax.
153. An act to incorporate the Chatham rail
road company.
Provides for a railroad from the coi.l fields in Chat
ham to the City of Raleigh ; capital stock, eight hun
dred thousand dollars. No aid given by the btate. J
154. An act concerning lbs Fuyelteville end
Centre plank roud company.
Capital Stock, two hundred thousand dollars, of
which the State is to take fitty thousand.
155. An act to lay off and stubluh a new coun
ty by the name of Wilson.
Provides for a new county out of portions of Edge
combe, Nash, Johnston and Wayne counties.
156. An act supphmental to the act establishing
the county of Wilson.
157. An act for the completion of the North
Carolina Railroad.
(Provides for a subscription by the btate of one mil
lion of dollars more to this road, to complete the same ;
said stork to be preferred etock ; that is, the State shall
be entitled to six per cent, interest on the same before
any dividends shall be paid out on the other stock. The
sum of fifteen thousand dollars is also appropriated by
aaid act, to continue the improvement on Tar River.
158. An aot to incorporate the town of Lenoir,
Caldwell county.
159. An act to incorporate the Trenton and
Hawrlavilln plank road company.
160. An act to incorporate the Jacksonville
and Trent river plank road company.
161. An act to incorporate the ThomasviMc and
Clemonsville plunk road company.
162. An net to incorporate the Sulphur Springs
and Paint Rock turnpike compmy.
163. An act to present the felling of timber in
Big and Little Ivy.
164. An act to amend an sei providing for the
better government of thu town of Lincolnton.
165. An act to luthorize W. S. Bellinger and
his dissociates of Johnston coun'y to construct a
dsm across Meuse River.
166. An act to incorporate the Wilmington and
Charlotte Railroad Company.
Provides for Railroad communicafton between Wilnung.
ton and Charlotte, by way of I.umberton, Rockingham,
Wadesborouh, ai;d Monroe ; capital stock two millions cf
dollars, the company to have corporate existenco as soon ns
five hundred liiuusaiid dollars shali have been snbscnUd and
a certain per cent- paid ii . The sa.d Road is lo be dividid
into sections t twemy.fi- e miles each, i he R' d to be coin,
menced at its eastern latminva a..d built ripu'aily, srcOea by
section, to its western terminus atCharloue. When the fiit
section shall have been completed, and put into opeiatieu,
the company's bonds lo be endorsed l y the Sia'e to the
amount of two hundred thousand dollar?, and so en jaj pro.
portion, the bonds to be endorsed as the Road is em stincud
aection by section, until it ia completed the sa d R ad, at d
all property apprtaming to it, ral ai.d petrol al. lo hi inott
gages :o tlie eiaie as ii is nnianea ny ."rtioi s, io me ii
! State from loss by sa:u riido'cmciitp. The t-nme set rt
vidca i'jt eon.tiieir:j! ha d Road from ("lia-letta Ri.tr.CT.
iofrdton, ar d for this purpose ihe cpis' o r ( ihi i n r.
ny is ineteas'td oiv: urlhon of dl a s ; '.. To BBier to in.
dore the b'r.d IJC ;he wmk ficm hailolr io Rethctto d.
i ton under the Mime restrictions. hs! :''i;es and 'oid.noi.s se
I prescribed in tb art as to the work ham W ,inv.r?i'-n to
j Cv,otte.;