O TP I ^ ^ .N TlfK WKST HII»K OF TKADE .STREET acter is as important to states as it is to individuals, and the glory of the one is the common property of the other.- SQ per anntxm IN ADVANCE W. I. Y1T13, Editoii and Propkiktor. CHARLOTTE, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 18G1. NINTH V 0 LII M E—N V M B E R 454. THE I5V \V I L L 1 A M .1. V A T I-: H , EIMT‘/U AM» I'llnlUlKrOIt. ff I' -'I in ;iilv in'***, ; jin 'l williin .{ niontli' ^ 1 fi'ii) aflcr til' i-xjiirat ion (if t li-y ur, i 00 .\;i\ |i. r.-on s4-uiliiJir Ji'c \kw jscritjcrs, • T.ip tlif :'-'i' Anc** suifscriptHjii will r- •••; • ;i ixt!i "> "iiv i:; 'ti fur one yt-ar. ,ilt i ril;!-t v iiri'i iiiIkts ^\ho in:iy \>. i h to semi i; . :iii ilo " mail-, ill our ri k. Tr; II i nt ;i't \ i-rii rnn.-t be jciiiJ for in JJJCI*. ' A-:'.-rt: *ni(Mi1-= iu>t. niark'Ml on tin* iiiiUiU'i rii)f , ' ;t j, ; Hi ■ tiiiH‘, wi\l 1(1? in.'Tlf'l iiutil forhi-l, ;>nl ■ - murlv. FRLIT A.Ml TREE NTOKE, The =nl)3criber lias opened a fruit and Fruit-tree store next door above the Rock Island Office, and will keefi on hand a well selected stock of Fruit Trees, fJrape Vines, Everg-reens and Shrubbery, &c. Also, Fruits of various kinds — Apples, Oranges, Lemons, I*ine Apples, &c., kc. E. W. LYLES. Dec. 11, I860. tf. 'HItsttrn Sfinorrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. sami i-l p. smith. \llorii«‘V iiiiil at l^au', c'li AKhO’J TE, .\ ; fJ//v (■()nc'tin;r :ltnl i > 111 I': ■/i : il ‘ i iiu ’ I'M ii-.i til bi.' ; (1 ii'ciiti.in li'. II ('1 ill'* writing (if I/ccd.', (''lU- \ ■■ ■ .1 I'.' ■ . . Ihinti'j bniirs i)f bii iiic.s.. tnav be foutni in the • (!■,' ■ ll'Mi •, Mthcc N ). 1, ■,uljiiiniii;f til'-cl'-rk s ollii r. J :m . y !tt. I ‘II .1. A. iOX. A-ttorx^oy ett Xji/xatc^, (II AULO'n'K, N . :i:x/:uAL rni.i.Kt rixc “ /vcr tin- *ru.' 1 rw. in :: »rner. j an nary 1, 1 ^“111 . tt \V»ri. J. Kerr, \ I' T « le \ i: V \ T I. A w, ('II AKLO'I TE, X. \\ n ;,r i licc HI the f.iunty and ."^uix-rinr ('(.urts of X;. , \ ' ; r.vs’’ J i-'icu -;iil ra'.art iir; (MUiiitic.'. (- J ;; ;ii ' , ^trawity i>'iilij; Kcri' Hotel. J ; :l( * _' } I - 'il y KOBKKT M. D„ ■>it t«'Tl ri»^i:ic ri' AM> .V > 1 L r,’,.'a ClIARJ.OiTK, X. (’. .1 "ti-.r’ 1 K. w. BlX'KWri'Il Ha- .-((i; ttuitly (in baud \'ATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C., t|f the bc-:t Kiiirli'li .'»iid Auierican iiiannlai tun r.^. «"a|] aHl cxaiiiim* his rfl.K'k before pnrchasiiii elsewhere. \\ ati li (ry.'tals piif in for - j c«'nts each. Jmurtty, I >;i y John T. Butler, I'UAI'TICAI, I'lork .^iaker, Jc‘W- Xe.n ()1’1‘'>SITK KkUR's iloTKL, ( IniA’. (\ ■ l. ) »* 'vith R. W. l?cck with.! l'iu(* WaK'ln**., C |o‘k*> \ Jrw-Iry, of-wry df-cfiptioH, K>-pairi‘ii and W'arra ntc'i for 12 ti; III t li . " t, H, !K,; =. tf D issoliitioii. The firm of FFLLINCJS, SPRINGS & CO. was dis solved by limitation on the 1st January, The bu.'ine.'S will be continued under the name and style of FrLLI.N'Cii; a SPRINGS, and they hope, by interrit\- and stri-t attention to business, to merit the .-■•aTne jiatrona^cc heretofore liberally bestowed by their numcrou.' fri»-iids and -u>tomer.s. 'riu- pi'( sent financial crisis anil the uncertainty of biisines. for the future c.‘nipel us to shorten onr time »f rredil from twelve to six months to pronqit paying i-ust(*incrs—none others need ask it. All persdiis indebted to the ohi firm of Fullinps, .‘•'prings iV ('()., luust come furward and make immediate -Scllh iiicnt, as it is absolutely necessar\' that the bu>i- :ics' be speedily closi.'d up. “A word to the wiseis sufii- cient.” Jan 15, 1861. Quinn’s Rheumatic Remedy Has elfccted cure.'of Rheumatism that were considered h()]iel-.'.'. cci tilii ales to pruve which can be exhibited. The sullcrinir are invited to }_nve the medicine a trial. Orilei > addres.'fd to the undersigned at t'liarlotte w il i-eiei\e pidiiipt attention. W. . C^l'lNN. .\pril 10. iMlo. Price Jl p^'r bottle. Hardware !! Hardware !! A. A. i\. M. TAU.UK RK.SF'Ht'Tl'rLLV informs his friend- and the [uib- Fc gciicially, that he has ;!ddedl(i his extensive st(ick ot .StdVfS and Tin Ware, a large and complete slock uf Ilardv.are, consisting in part as follows: Carpenters’ Tools. ('ircular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, jiannel, prun ing, giaf'ling. tennon. back, co:njias.', webb, and butch er .SAW.'"': I'raccs and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels, Angers. (Jiiiileis. Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes; IJrick, plastering, aiicl puinting Trowels: Saw-sett«‘rs, Screw- plates, .Slocks and dies, Planes of all kinds, Spoke- shaves, .Sleel-blaib* bevel and try Srjuares; Spirit Levels Pocket Levels, .''pirit level Vials, Boring machines, (MHigers, and in fact everthing a mechanii- wants, in great variety and at very luw [irices, at TAYLOR'S llai ihvare Store and Tin-ware Dejiot, opjiositc the Man sion llou>e. I.'liarlotle, N. (I. .Mav J'.i, tf J. G. WILKINSON ^ CO., l*KAf,KU,S IN '%7S7 fxt; o 13. o js, aAv* ^ ^ilv€*r A: plalfd Ware AND FANrV COODS, No. 5, Granite Range, Opi'i.'ile the Man i.»n House, •'ll ARI.OTTH, N. Attt-niion iriven to ifvpairing W atches anl Jewelry, .''■pptenibor I*?, l^'Jo. y New Supply of AVATClllvS, -IKWKLHV. Solid SilviT and Pla(‘d Wan*. 'rile : nli .'rib r haslat.'ly purchaed a verv extensive stij)]dy (it till above :ii-li«k‘s. His puriliases being in-; !e directly iVoui the m.innf.At t..’-er, he is tlierefore 1 n-ilib I to -ell at a v;-ry small uhancc' i^n cost, and : rxin ■ ni.iy r. s! a-ured that all hi- articles are war- r .11 e.j (.( \e u fi.il he represents tliein to lie. }}■= W at-. he. and ('links .-.irefull} repaired and will r- > \. nii pcT'on il .itlention. R. W. HKCKWITH. N.iv.'JT, 1 tf ('liai'lolte «.V 4'. ICaslroad. •■■'I .m l after the I'iist day of Oeti-ber. I'HROUCH 1-..\ 1'l-'RF.ItJirr TRAINS will run I'aily between * i;..r..«tle aim Cli.nUston. without transsliipiiient. thus en-‘ ’ :jj lici-hts to reach Charlotte in T* days ur les- tioiii New \ .ru. and in one day t'lom (.'harle^ton. and •Uso. lll’:''l(;il 'rii'KK'r.' will be sidd t'rom (.'har- b’Ue t>.) ‘.'harleston at ; r.o. and to New Vork. via « harleston .''ti'ainers, at .^-1;', and •» > c-' •'7. The mer- eh.ints and pm lie are invited to trv this cheap atul exp: (iitious n-u'. lor fi ights and j.assengers. A. H M.VRTKN. tf «I''u l Ft. and Ticket Ageut. MLTl A1'IO\ W A>TED Vs i'' !nlii.'t.>r OQ -oine Railroad Train, or as Agent at '■me Kej.i.t, or as .Mail ,\ge:it. r - iini.nials of moral character. .'Southern principles and 1.1,c ,;tten!ion to business, can be given. Address L. A. HFLM.^, Winchester, I'nion co., N C. Jan.'. :{,n-pd Good Amendments.—When the Revenue bill was under consideration in the Senate. Mr Burton moved to amend it by taxing gongs (an article used I at Hotels to remind boarders that their victuals are ready.) Mr Burton very correctly asserted : that gongs are great nuisances. Mr Outlaw pro- ; |»osed that every man who wears a shawl be taxed SI 5 and Mr Faison moved that bachelors be taxed ?5. We are sorry to say that neither of these I amendnieets w^ere adopted. ^ The amendment taxing “dead heads” on rail- ! roads after being adopted was reconsidered and stricken out. Every man who rides on a railroad (except the President of the Road) sbjuld be made to pay his fare. - ^ - - The Suuthehx Cabinet.—The Cabinet of the Southern Confederacy stands thus : PnHtnmster (Hvneral—Henry T. Ellet of Miss. Attorncij (icnoral—J. P. Benjamin of La. Si rctai-ij of State—11. Toombs, of Georgia. Srrntdiw/ of the Treasury—C. G. Memminger, of.^diitli Caioiliia. iSin tfari/ of War—L. Pope Walker, of x\la- bauia. 'J’lie following gentlemen have been appointed Commi.'^sioiiers to Washington: Messrs Abram of Jja., Crawford of (ia., and Forsyth of Ala. The election in Arkansas resulted in the selection of 25 secessionists, 15 conditional seces sionists, and 20 Union men. It is stated that Gen. Twiggs has surrender ed all the Federal property in Texas to the Texan Blacksmith’s Tools. .Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham mers, Hnltres>es, Farriers' Knives, .Screw-jdates, Stocks and (lies, IJlacksinith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and Files of every kind, Cut horse.'hoe and clinch Nails, 15ora.\; Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country liiauufacturt*: -a.-:t, pUtW, blister and spring Steel; .fce., for sale very eheaii at TA'> LOR'S, opiiosite the Mansion House: Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing Cans, of all the difl'erent sizes, at TAVLOR’t' Hardware .'^tore, opposite Mansion House. Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Straw (.'ulter.s, Corn Shellers, Plows, Hoes, Shovels, Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks. Matlock>!, (Jrubbing Hoes, Trai^e Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning and Hedg(‘ .''hears, i'runing and biubling Knives, gar den Hoes and Rakes, wiih handles, Grain Cradles; grain, gr.iss and hiivr .Seythi's, Ru.sh Hooks, Wagon boxe.s; Hollow uare. snh as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi ders. stew-iians and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120 gallon^ each: Iron and brass Pre.'^erving Kettles, Shee[» .'^hea rs. «vc.. at T.V V L( *R'S Hardware Depot, ojiposite the .Mansion llou.(“. Tin and Japanned Ware, A large assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate. Babbit invtal. iKC. StO'VeS, tlie largest Stock, of all sizes, at TAYLOR'S H.irdware, Stove and Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion Honsr 8100 i:ewaki>! RAN.\\\'.\Y from the subscriber on the 1st October, a mulatto boy named S(JLO.MUN. He is near six tcet high, about thirty years old, tolerably bright, rather ^lim. and w eighs about 175 jtounils. He has a down look when spoken to. The end of the forefinger of his left liand has been cut off. and a sharp hard knot has grown on the end of if. I think he is lurking about Rocky River, in the lower end of Cabarrus county, w here lie was raiseii. All persons are forewarned not to harbor or assist him, uniier the penalty of the law. 1 w ill i>ay the above reward for his delivery to me. or his apprehension and confinwient in anv jail so 1 can get iiim. WILLIAM HAMILTON, Negro Head Dejiot. Union (.’o., N. C. April 1800. tf BreTC allle Wanted. Priri a pdid for J}Crve)t (iin] 1 am still engaged in Butchering, and desire to pur- chn>e l!eef (’attic and Sheep, for w hich 1 will pay the highest market ]irices. Those having stock for sale will tind It to their advantage to give me a call. In- fiuire at Hr. Tavlor's Tan Yard. Anir. 21. ls.;o. authorities. The members of the Peace (Conference, on Saturday the 28d, visited Mr Lincoln in Washing ton. He made a short addrci-s, giving, it is said, an outline of his policy. Mr Lincoln then called on the President and spent a short time in consul tation with him. It is stated that the new Cabinet will be com posed of the following persons : Wm II Seward, Sec’y of State; Simon Cameron of Penn., Sec’y of the Treasury; Edward Bates, Attorney General; Montgomery Blair of Mi.^souri, See.’y of War; C F Adams of Mass., Sec’y of Navy; Schular Colfax of Indiana, Postntaster General; Gov. Cha.sc ofOhio, Sec’y of Interior. All Ports in the United States north of South Carolina, .«ays the Charleston Courier, are now considered Foreign l*orts, and goods arriving from such ports must be entered at the Custom House of the Confederate States of America. All ports from Georgetown, S. C., along the coast south and west, including Texas, are Coastwise Ports. We think this will have the effect of turning a great deol of North Carolina trtide from South Ca rolina to Virginia ports. MECKLENBUKG llOCSli. ’ This hotel, situated near the centre of the town of Charlotte, and convenient to the business portit n of the town, has been leased by the subscriber, and refitted and put in good order and condition, and I am now- ready to accommodate all who may call upon me. All that I ask of the public is to try me, and if they are not pleased, I will then know that the fault lies with me. .M}‘ table will be provided with the best that the country cun afford—having secured the best of cooks and strvants, I am satisfied that I c.^n please the laste of the most fastidious. Being provided with good and comfortable stables and careful and alter tive ostlers, I am prepared to jiro- vide for man’s best friend, the Horse. Feb 19, 1861 3m MATHLVS HARKEV. 1)1{. JOSEPH GRAHAM Offers his Professional Services to the citizens of Charlotte and lh(? surrounding country. (.•ffice adjoining the residence of .Mr W’m. Johnston. February 12, 1H61. yr. 2G-tf J. L. STOUT. i\OTirE. Tak(’n np and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg countv. on the Mh day of .'>eptember. 18>;o. a Negro bov ai' 'Ut 18 or 2o vears of age. iblaek.i abioit feet 6 or S im hes hiijli. lie says 1ms name is JIM. and that he belongs to John Worthy of (i:iston coiiniy: that his m ister moved to Texas early la^t .'^nrin-'at whii h time he ran away friun him. Jim appears very liull: can scarc(dy communicate anything about his master or home wi:h any intelligence. He has a scar on his right fore linger, made by a cutting knife. The ow ner is re()uested to come forward, prove profierty, pay ex- p -nsi-.t, and take s.-vid boy away, otherwise he will be disposed of a' cording to law. Oct. 0, 18(10. tf Altisic Lessons. The undersigned begs leave to inform his friends and patrons as well as the public generally that he is pre- [lared to give Private Lessons on the Piano, either at his residence or at the residence of pupils. 0^^ Particular and prompt attention will be paid to orders fortuning and repairing instruments, at shortest notice and on very moderate terms. SHRET .MUSIC aud MUSIC BOOKS will be procured at store prices. Having been engaged in the Piano business fur more than ten years, I offer my assistance most particulaily to all those who may cesire to purchase Pianos or to exchange old Pianos for new ones. Best references given. Orders left at the post office or at Messrs. Davidson’s Furniture Hall will receive prompt attention. CHAS. O. PAPE, Prof. of Music, Jan 8, I8G1 tf Charlotte .N C. THE JEWISH DISABILITY BILL. What has been done with the bill introduced by Mr Hall, of New Hanover, for removing from the Constitution of the State the clause virtually dis qualifying persons professing the Jewish religion from holding any office in the State? This secta rian exclusion is so contrary to the spirit of the Constitution, and of the people of North Carolina, it is due to both that it should cease. The Jewish people of the State it is true, are not numer ous, and the exclusion is wrong in principle even if only one man suffered by it.— Wilmington Jour nal. The bill was duly introduced by Mr Hall in the Senate. When the ad valorem bill came up, the ^ amendment to the Constitution proposed by Mr ; Ilali’s bill was inserted in it. The ad valorem j bill failed and took with it the amendment. ! In the House, simultaneous with Mr Hall, ■ Judge Person introduced this bill. When taken j up on its first readifig, Mr Yeates and others crow-! ded it with od valorem amendments under which ; it was defeated. j I This is our recollection of the history of the Jv.w- ! ish Disability bill. i We concur with the Journal in its estimate of I this wrong upon the Jewish people of the State; ! notwithstanding that MrCrumpler (of Ashe co.,) ! thought the Jews had privileges enough already. Mr Crumpler, who is a graduate of the culvert, went out of his way to assail the Jews. He spoke of them as ‘‘consumers,’’ and not ‘‘producers”— men who lived by their wits, dealt unfairly, cheat ed, &c. This mode of refusing justice to an en- terprizing and respectable body of our citizens is not such as to commend itself to right thinking people generally.—Ral. Journal. Incredible News from Mexico.—The Corpus Christi (Texas) Kanchero, has the follow ing singular statement: Great excitement exists at the present time among the Mexicans in Western Texas, and, in deed, among many Americans, occasioned by a re port that a Saint has mysteriously appeared in Mexico, at some point near Camargo, who po.ssesses the power to feed thousands of people with two or three tortillas, little cakes, each getting all he can eat; cures all diseases flesh is heir to; restores sight to the blind; in fact performs all kinds of miracles'. No one can tell his name or where he came from. He says ho will be killed in Mexico, and reijuests that his murderer may not be puni.'shed. He claims he is sen( on an especial mission to the Mexican people, and that he shall perform many wonderf ul things and make many disclosures before he ends his career. Apparently but sixteen or seventeen years of age, he has a great beard of patriarchal length; and as evidence that he no impotser it is reported that Gen. Vidaurri had him cleanly shaven, and told him that if he was really a man of God, as he professed, to cause his beard to reappear upon his face. The saint requested his interrogator to turn his back for a few moments, which he did, and after making a prayer and going through some mysterious ceremony, prestol his face was covered with beard the same as before. Thus the story goes, and if not true, certain it is that that the Mexicans of this and the adjoining counties are swarming thither in large numbers, and are preparing to go. Our readers may believe as much of the above as they please. ^ ^ An Interesting Ca.*^e.—A few days ago, a prisoner in the Georgia penitentiary, convicted of robbing the Tnited States mail.s, sued out a writ of habeas corpus, and asked to be discharged, on. the ground that the State had seceded from the Union. The court, however, decided that the ordinance by which Georgia had deelarrd her se cession from the Union, does not extend beyond a separation from the other States and a withdrawal of the powers delegated to the General Govern ment; that upon the past exercise of those powers by the latter Government the ordinance docs not assume to act, and was not designed to act; and does not annul any of its acts. The prisoner wa.«, therefore, remanded. ^ — War Capacities of the South.—The Molile Advertiser discusses the probabilities of civil war, and adds; The South could detach one-half its whole male population to wage war with as much ease as the North could one-fifth and in case of need the pro portionate array of fighters which we could marsh al would astonish the world, and it would be still more astonished by the solvent prosperity of our condition when we came out of a contest requiring such elfort. When they talk about coercing, conquering the South, let the valiant Northmen consider that every Southern State could defy the invadiii" armies of^ the whole world. •KTER R. D.WIS. W. H. HARDKE. E. C. GRIER. Sheriff. The ((‘hhrattMl Female Pills. rii: t- f n 'I a N Km- All ■ fV, p-:r J li‘ p ,/ ■, m.i ;.;il:- orlh : ex| ih a w tri i'.-x. iin i.' ill.' //> .,j-e imr- I'- ri l.uc'ireiih,ur \\ !,.; —jlmt droadlul scoiirsre ! heiilih. happiness and usefulne'S. Thev are ntrd and ,\rv no humbug, but are t»repared bv ■-'aroliiia f.hysieiau of high standing and of eri-i-ne. in the tre.itmenl of female diseases, is neci s,,.iry to convince you of their eilicacv is al. For particulars, see wrappers. Price For >ale at the DRUG STORES. .1-.:: vr D U 1 LADIES’ riOlKS and BOXNET.S, DRESS GOODS and CMBItOlDERIES. Oa,jri>Gt!S cfc ft-uss. \ VEUY LARGE ASSOET.MEXT OF PLANTATION GOODS. DAVIS & HARDEE, PRODt'fE COMMISSION .MERCQ.INTS, REFER TO—Hon. D \V Courts, Gen. R W Haywood, Raleigh, N. C. Feb 19, 1861 6m-pd. Sup erior Smut Machines, at (hr. ^i^’n of the Golden Vad-I.oek. COCHRANE ti SAMPLE. The above will be found to compare iu styles and prices with any ia the town. F1!!^I1ER & BtRROlGHS Nov 13. 18G0 If North Carolina .Mm AL LIFE I.\SIRA.N(E CO.MPAM. This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the State, injures white persons for a term of years or during continuance of life, on moderate terms. Slaves insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their market value. For insurance apply to THOS. W. DEWEV, Agt., Jan 8, 1861 ly at Branch Bank N. C. AT TAYLOR S you can •‘iud the largest assortment of Cutlery. Guns ’aud Pistols, of all the celebrated makes. GLASS, of all sizes and qualities—both French and American. Also, Putty by the keg or pound. WOODEN WARE ’ Brooms, &c., of all kinds. DR. E. H. Ai^DREWlS, CHARLOTTE, N. C., j Would inform tho public generally, and the citizens of I Mecklenburg particularly, that he has resumed the I Practice of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old I stand. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold, j Silver, Vulcanite, or on the Cheoplastic process, as j patients may desire, and fill Teeth with Gold, Tin, j Amalgam or Os Artificial. He is also prepared to perform any operation belong- : ing to Dentistry, and need not say that he wil. . {ileas- ■ ed to wait upon any of his old friends or new friends— i you may take that for granted. : February 5, 1861 3m I POCKE^t IIOOK L.oix7 ! I lost a large calf-skin Pocket Book, on the morning of the 1st inst., somewhere between Charlotte and Jo- ab’s Creek, on the Wadesboro road, containing one Note on Michael Garmon for $400, one on same for $400, one on same for $300, one on same for §177 20. one on S. S Crisco and Sarah Kennedy, security, for $172 46, one on E. Williams for SlOO, one on J. & J. Hagler for $10f, one on Chas. Hinson for $50o, one on Geo. L. .Morrison, dee d, for $99, one on J. A. Garmon for $376, two on John Cariker for about $61, one on C. W. Spears for about $41, one on C. H. PoJk, amount not recollected, one on John R. Polk, amount not recol lected. All these Notes, and some others not recol- ' i?cted, are payable to me. Also, one note on J. M. W'. I'low, payable to a .Mr Dost, but owned by me, for $200. There were also in the book some three or four hundred dollars worth of recfiptson A. F Hurley, con stable, besides judgments and other papers. All persons are forewarned against trading for any of the above named Notes or other papers that may have beeji lost. Any one returning the book and its contents to me or leaving it with Mr Wm. Treloar in Charlotte, will be suitably rewarded’ I. S. LINKER. Feb 5, 1861 3t THE REVENUE LAW. The following is the new Tax Law passed by the Legislature of North Carolina: Section 1. That an “Act entitled Revenue,” which was ratified on the I6th day of Feb., 1859, be amended in the following manner, to wit: lo addition to the exemption specified in section 25, there shall also be exempted from taxation all such property and estate, and their prolits, as may be long to State and County Agricultural Societies, and be set apart and used by them for agricultural fairs, and all such, and their profits, as belong to any church or religious society, and be »et apart and used by them for parsonages. Schedule A. Sec 2. The amendments under schedule A sliall be as follows: 1. Heal property, with the improvements there on, including entries of land, shall be taxed annual ly eighteen cents on every hundred dollars of its value. 2. The provisions of paragraph 6 shall be con strued to extend to interest received or accrued upon the subjects therein named, whether held in one’s own right, or as guardian, executor, admin istrator, clerk and master of any court, or as tru.stee or agent of any kind whatever, and the person or persons holding any such subject of taxation shall list the same for taxation. 3. Every resident of this State, owning any b onds ot the State of North-Carolina, issued after the ratification of this |act, shall be liable to a tax of four cents on every dollar of interest received from such investment. 4. Paragraph 7 shall be amended as follows: Every dollar of nett dividend or profit not pre viously listed, declared, received, or due on or be fore the first day of July in each year, upon money or capital invested in shares in the liankof Wash ington, the Merchants’ Bank of Newbern, the Bank of Wadesboro’, the Bank of Fayetteville, the Com mercial Jiank of Wilmington, the Farmers’ Bank of North-Carolina, the Bank of Charlotte, and the Bank of Vanceyville, shall pay an annual tax ofOcts^ and in ihares in all other banks, or in any other in corporation or trading company, or in steam vessels of twenty tons burden or upwards, four cents. And any person listing any dividends of profit of the banks herein specially named, shall be re quired to list the same separately from any other dividend or profit for which he is liable to a tax, and also to specify the name of the bank from which said dividend is due or has been received. 5. Every resident surgeon dentist, physician, lawyer, portrait or miniature painter, daguerrean artist, or other persons taking likenesses of the human lace; every commission merchant, factor, produce broker, and auctioneer; every State and county ofiicer (except judges of the supreme and superior courts;) every president and cashier or treasurer of any bank, railroad or other incorpor ated company, whose annual total receipLs and income, in the way of practice, salary, fees, wages, perquisites, and emoluments, amount to or are worth §500 or upwards, one per cent, on such total receipts and income; and so much of para graph IG schedule A. as imposes a tax upon per sons other than those herein named, is hereby re pealed. t>. The tax imposed by paragraph 17 r,pon liqours, wines, and cordials, shall hereafter be lour per cent. And this paragraph so amended is hereby transferred to schedule B. and the tax imposed by it shall hereafter be given in and paid under the same rules, regulations and penalties as are pre scribed in case of merchant’s tax. /. lo facilitate the collection of the tax on col laterals, every executor or administrator shall re turn in his inventory whether the estate of the deceased goes to the lineal or collateral relations or to a stranger, and if to collaterals, the degree of re lationship of such collaterals to the deceased, un der a penalty of one hundred dollars to be recover ed in the name and for the use of the State. Schedule B, Sec. l.The amendments under schedule B. shall be as follows: 1. Every money or exchange, bond or note broker, private banker or agent of a foreign broker or banker, shall pay the sum of five hundred dol lars for each county in which he has an office or place of business, and every person acting for such broker, whether with or without compensation, shall be held and deemed a broker to all intents and purpose in the place or county in which he shall so act, and shall be liable for the above tax 2. Every person who is not a resident of this State who shall come into this State in the capa city of or as agent for a broker, and with the in tention of exercising any of the functions of a money or exchange broker, shall pay the sum of five hundred dollars in each and every county in which he shall act as a broker, which tax shall be collected by the sheriff of the county and be ac counted for as other taxes. I 3. Every person who shall propose to act a.s a broker, according to the foregoing section, shall pay the tax to the sheriff of the county in which such broker’s business is to be transacted, and take a license for the same, which shall authorize him to act as broker for one year; and any person who shall act without such license shall forfeit the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, to be recovered by the ! sheriff of the county where puch tax may be due, one-third of which shall go to the sheriff, and the remainder shall be accounted for as other taxes, and such person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. -t. Every non-resident merchant, drummer or agent who shall come into this State and sell any goods, wares or merchandize, by sample or other wise, whether delivered or to be delivered, shall pay a tax of one half of one per cent, on the gross amount of such sales made in any one year, and shall, before making such sale, obtain a written license from the sheriff of the county in which he proposes to do business, which the sheriff is au thorized to issue whenever such person shall give bond with security in the sum of five hundred dollars for the payment of the tax hereby imposed at the time and under the same rules and regula tions as are prescribed for the payment of mer chants’ tax; and every person violating the provis ions of this paragraph shall be liable to a i^naltj of five hundred dollars, to be collected by the sheriff, four hundred dollars of which shall be ac- ' counted for and paid as other State taxes, and he shall be further liable to indictiueut as for a mis demeanor. Schedule C. Sec 4. And the amendments under schedule C shall be as follows, to wit: 1. The president and cashier of the banks here in named, on or before the first day of October, in each year, shall pay into the public treasury the following tax on each share of stock owned by in dividuals or corporations, to wil: Bank of Wash ington, 25 cents; Merchants’ Bank of Newbern, 25 cents; Bank of Wadesboro, 12i cents; Bank of Fayetteville, 12i cents; Commercial Bank of Wilmington, 25 cents; Farmers Bank of North Carolina, 25 conts; Bank of North Carolina, 60 cents; Bank of Lexington, 30 cent--^: .Miners’ and Planters’ Bank, 30 cents; Bank of (’om- merce, 30 cents; Bank of Clurenden, 3(1 cents; Bank of Cape Fear, 60 cents; Bank of Wilmiuir- ton GO cents; Bank of Charlotte, 12i cents: Bank of Salisbury, GO cents; iJank of Yancey- ville, 25 cents. And any other which may be chartered by this or any future Gcneial A.‘»!eml.ly 60 cents on the share of $100 of such stock, and in that proportion for shares of a less value. And in case the said officers of any bank, shall neglect or fail to pay the tax, as herein required, sail! bank shall puy double the amount of said tax, and the same shall be sued for ami recovered by the Attorney General, in the r.an;e of the State, in the superior court of the county of Wake. Sec. 5. Hereafter the clerks oftht. county courts shall have until the tonth day of April in the year ensuing the taking of the tax list, to deliver to the sheriff such a copy thereof, and under tho same penalties as are prescribed in the fortieth section of said act. Read three times and ratified in General As.sem- bly this 23d day of February, A. D., IHGl. W. T. DORTCH, S. H. C. II T. CLARK, S. S. Suppression of Fortune Tellino—A bill for the suppression of fortune telling has just pa.'^s- ed the Pennsylvania House of Reprc'sentatives: it provides that any person who shall pretend, for gain or lucre, to predict future events by cards, tokens, the inspection of the head or hands of any persons, or by any one’s ap;e, or by consult ing the movements of the heavenly bodie.s; or who shall pretend, lor gain or lucre, to effect any pur- po.^e by spells, charms, necromancy or incantation, shall be guilty of nii.'^demeanor, punishable by any Court of juarter Sessions in the Commonwealth, with fine and imprisonment. The first offer:ce shall be punishable with not more than 2 years’ nor le.ss than 15 days imprisonment, and a fine of not more than 3100, nor less than 810; the 2nd offence, with any term of impri.sonment and fine exceeding the above that the Court may deem pro[ier. 'I'hat any person who shall advise the taking or adminis tering of what are commonly called love powder.** or who shall prepare the same to be taken or ad ministered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as above provided. • —I — Ma.ssacke in Mexico.—Advices from Monte rey, Mexico, announce that Mejia had entered the town of Rioverde, abort forty miles from Han fiuis, at the head of two thousand men, and that he butchered two hundred men who defended tho place, sacked, pillaged and burned the houses and returned to the mountains. The little defensive force, especially the officers, contested every inch of ground but had to yield at last. Contract Awarded.—We learn that a con tract has been awarded to the Atlantic k N, C. Railroad (Company by the State for the manufac ture of shell and shot and the remodeling of old flint guns belonging to the Government, and that the work is to be done at the Company’s shops in Newbern, and to be superintended by J. D. Whit- ford, Esq., President of the (Company, and Mr Hudson, Master Machinist. We are truly glad that the Company have secured the contract and doubt not but they will be able to execute it in a satisfactory manner.—XrKhern Proyrei*. Sore Throat.—A corre.spondent of the Char leston Courier says: “I have used for forty years in my family the following remedy for Sore Throat: (Jne-quarter of a teaspoonful of ground red pep per, one desert spoonful of Epson salts, put in a i tea cup, pour on the ingredients boiling water, j cover the same for a few minutes, and then let it ! cool, and take a teaspoonl'ul every filteen minutes, if there is much soreness in the lower part of the throat, wash with No. 6. I u.se freely red pepper j sprinkled on muslin doubled round the throat wet ! occasionally with whiskey or vinegar. No danger i in keeping it on for hours—it niakes a mark, but ! does not blister. 1 have had two cases liitely in my family, 80 se vere as to alarm me—both cured in a few days by the use of the above remedy. Sometimes I cut a slice of lemon and put in the pepper tea; I also use sugar or molasses to make it more palatable. For a child, make the tea weak; if they cannot take pepper tea the throat may be washed or mop ped with it I would not hesitate to u.«e this rem edy with a.severe Ulcerated Sore throat. The New York papers have elicited the follow ing' statement from the women and children who lately loft Fort Sumter in the Marion; The Vorcf in Fort Switer.—There had been no reinforcement of Major Anderson up to the time of the .Marion leaving on Friday ia«t. Ser- er.ty-nine persons, including the officers and band, and exclusive of a working corps of some twenty- men, under Capt. Foster, constitute the whole gar- ri.son—a force generally felt to be insufficient for a rigorous or prolonged defence of the place. When Lieut. Talbot returned from Washington, the command v/»re assembred, and the dec'uion of the President (jommunicated to them. The ex pressions of ccofidenee reposed in them by the au thorities at Wa.t'hington gave them new heart, and every man declared he would fight to the last, and die rather than surrender. A great many guns have been mounted on the 2d and 3d tiers, and they are now in as good con dition to defend the fort as they ever will be, ex cepting that they are short-handed. A light is kept burning throughout the night in each of the casemates, and every thing ready for actioo, there is no lack for ammunition, any quantity of gren ades of a destructive character have been prepar ed for use at close quarters.
