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' ' - ' . : - v: v. ' - ; v . . . . IT" X O 3D ON THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET ON THE CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, AND THE GLORY OP THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. - -IT W. !? YAHilL Editor and Phoprietob. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1863. NINTH T 0 L U II E N U M B E II 454. THE (Published every Tuesday,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AID PROPRIETOR. If paid in advance, $2 00 If paid within 3 months, - 2 50 If paid after the expiration of the year, 3 00 jr Anj persoa sending us five w subscribers, Ariapanie4 f tne adFance subscription ($10) will receive a sixth copy gratis for one year. BS Subscribers and others who may wish to Bend money to us, can do so by mail, at our risk. o figy Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. gjg- Advertisements not marked on the manuscript 'or a specific time, will be inserted uutil forbid, and thargrrd accordingly. SAMUEL P. SMITH, Alloniey ami Cimi-Ir at Law, CHARLOTTE, N C, WUl atieni promptly and d-iliyutltt to collecting and remitting: all claims intrusted to his care. Special attention given to the writing of Deeds, Con veyances, Ciaf During hours of business, may be found in the Court House, Office No. 1, adjoining the clerk's office. January 10. 1861 J. A. FOX, .Attoxruoy eft aw, CHARLOTTE, N. C. GENERAL COLLECTING AG EST. Office over the Drng Store, Irwin's corner. January 1, 18C1. tf VVm. J. Kerr, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will practice in the County and Superior Courts of W tleuburg. Union aud Cabarrus counties. Ohnce iu the Krawley building opposite Kerr's Hotel. January 24, 1861 y ROBERT GIBBON, M. D., IMIACTITIOXLR OF 31ED1C1SE AND Ojl'tr So. 2 IrtcitiS corner, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Jannarv, 161. R. VV. BECK WITH Has constantly on hand WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C, Of the best English and American manufacturers. Call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere. Watch crystals put in for 25 cents each. Janaary, 1861 y Jolm T- Butler, PRACTICAL Watch and Clock JIaker, Jew eller, dec, Opposite Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, AT. C. (I.aie with It. W. Beckwith.) Fiue Walches C lock &. JTtwIry, of everv description. Repaired aud Warranted for 12 months. Oct 16, 180. tf WILKINSON &. CO., DEALERS in Watclies, silver & plated Ware AND FANCY GOODS, No. 5, Granite Range, Opposite the Mansion House, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry. September 18, 1860. y New Supply of WATCHES, JEWELRY, Solid Sllrfr and Plated Ware. The subscriber has lately purchased a very extensive supply of the above articles. His purchases being made directly from the manufacturer, he is therefore enabled to seil at a very small advance on cost, and persons may rest assured that all his articles are war ranted to he what he represents them to be. BJU. Watches and Clocks carefully repaired and will receive my personal attention. R. W. BECKWITH. Nv. 27, 18G0 tf Charlotte & S. V. Railroad. On nod after the First day of October, THROUGH EXPRKSS FREIGHT TRAINS will run Daily between Charlotte and Charleston, without transshipment, thus euabliug freights to reach Charlotte in 5 days or less from New York, and in one day from Charleston, and rice verta. Also, THROUGH TICKETS will be sold from Char lotte to Charleston at $8 50, and to New York, via Charleston Steamers, at Si 9, and vice versa. The mer chants and public are invited to try this cheap and expeditious route for freights and passengers. A. H. MARTJ-N, Oct 2, 1860. tf Gen l Ft. and Ticket Agent. SITUATION WANTED As Conductor on some Railroad Train, or as Agent at Eome Depot, or as Mail Agent. Testimonials of moral character, Southern principles and close attention to business, can be given. Address L. A. HELMS, Winchester, Union co., N. C. 8, 1861. 3m-pd Jan. The Celebrated Female Pills. These Pills do not cure all diseatts, but they are irar ranted to cure Lueoreah, or Whites that dreadful scourge to female health, happiness and usefulness. They are not patented and are no humbug, but are prepared bv a North Carolina-physician of high standing and of long experience in the treatment of female diseases. All that is uecessary to convince you of their efficacy is a fair trial. For particulars, see wrappers. Price SI per box. For sale at the DRUG STORES. Jan 15, 1861 yr Superior Smut Machines, at the Sijn of tkt Golden Pad-Lock. COCHRANE & 6 AMPLE. J. G, FRUIT AND TREE STORE. The subscriber has opened a fruit and Fruit-tree store next door above the Rock Island Office, end will keep on hand a well selected stock of Fruit Trees Grape Vines, Evergreens and Shrubbery, &c. Also Fruits of various kinds Apples, Oranges, Lemons. Pine Apples, &c, &c E. W. LYLES Dec. 11, 1860. tf. D issolution. The firm of FULLIXGS, SPRINGS & CO. was solved bv limitation on the 1st January, 1861. dis The business will be continued under the name and style of FULLINGS A SPRINGS, and they hope, by integrity and strict attention to business, to merit the same patronage heretofore liberally bestowed by thti numerous friends and customers. The present financial crisis and the uncertainty of business, for toe tuture compel us to shorten our tim of credit from twelve to six months to prompt paying customers none others need ask it. All persons indebted to the old firm of Fullings Springs & Co., must come forward and make immediate settlement, as it 13 absolutely necessary that the busi ness be speedily closed up. "A word to the wise is sum cieut." Jan 15, 1861 Quinn's Rheumatic Remedy Has effected cures of Rheumatism that were considered hopeless, certificates to prove which can be exhibited The suffering are invited to give the medicine a trial Orders addressed to the undersisned at Charlotte wil receive prompt attention. W. W. QU1NN, April 10, 18G0. Price 1 50 per bottle. Hardware ! ! Hardware ! A. A. N. M. TAILOR "1TB ESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the pub JLO' lie generally, that he has added to his extensive stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete sto k of Hardware, consisting in part as follows: Carpenters' Tools. Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, panncl, prun ing, grafting, tennon,back, compass, webb, and butch er SAWS; Uraces and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels Augers, Gimlets, Hammers, Hatchets, and Axes; Brick plasterinsr, and pointing Trowels; Saw-setters, Screw- plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all kinds, Spoke shaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Levels Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines Gougers, and in lact everthing a mechanic wants, in great variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man sion House, Charlotte, N. C. May 20, 1800. tf Blacksmith's Tools. Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham mers, Buttresses, Farriers' Knives, Screw-plates, Stocks and dies, Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and Files of every kind, Cut horseshoe and. clinch Nails Borax; Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country manufacture, cast, pl(w, blister and spring Steel; &c for sale vt-ry cheap at TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing Cans, of all the different sizes, at TAlLOIl b Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House. Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Straw Cutters, Corn Shelters, Plows, Hoes, Shovels, Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks, Mattocks, Grubbing Hoes, Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar den Hoes aud Rakes, with handles; Grain Cradles; grain, grass and brier Scythes, Bush Hooks, Wagon boxes; Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120 gallons each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep Shears, &c, at TAV LOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite the Mansiou House. Tin and Japanned Ware, A large assortment; Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Plate, Babbit metal, &c. Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion House $100 REWARD ! R ANAWAY from the subscriber on the 1st October, a mulatto boy named SOLOMON. He is near six feet high, about thirty years old, tolerably bright, rather slim, and weighs about 17a pounds. He has a down look wheu spoken to. The end of the forefinger of his left hand has been cut off, and a sharp hard knot has grown on the end of it. I think he is lurking about Rocky River, in the lower end of Cabarrus county, where he was raised. J5 All persons are forewarned not to harbor or assist him, under the penalty of the law. I will pay the above reward for his delivery to me, or nis apprehension ana connnwient in any jan so I can get him. WILLIAM HAMILTON, Negro Head Depot, Union Co., N. C. April 9, 1860. tf Deer Cattle Wanted. Hlijlu st Cash Prices jia id for Beeves a nd Sheep. I am still engaged in Butchering, and desire to pur chase Beef Cattle and Sheep, for which I will pay the highest market prices. Those having stock for sale will find it to their advantage to give me a call. In quire at Dr. Taylor's Tan Yard. Aug. 21, 1860. 26-tf J. L. STOUT. NOTICE. Taken up and committed to the Jail of Mecklenburg county, ou the 8th day ot oeptemoer, iboo, a isegro boy about 18 or 20 vears of age, (black.) about 5 feet 6 ... Tm 1 Till -. or 8 inches nigh, lie savs uis nme is jiji. ana max he belongs to John Worthy of Gaston countyj that his master moved to Texas early last Spring' at which time he ran away from him. Jim appears very dull: can scarcely communicate anything about his master or home with any intelligence. He has a scar on his right fore finger." made by a cutting knif. The owner is requested to come forward, prove property, pay ex penses, and take said boy away, otherwise he will be disposed of according to law. Oct. 9, 1860. tf ' IS. U. U Kit li, Sheriff. RY GOODS, LADIES' CLOAKS and BONNETS, DRESS GOODS and EMBROIDERIES. Carpets d& Rugs A VERY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF PLANTATION GOODS. The above will be found to compare in stvles and prices with any ia the town. FISHER &, BURROUGHS Not 13, 1860 tf Cjjt Western Brmorrat. CHARLOTTE, N. C. Good Amendments. When the Rerenae bill was under consideration in the Senate, Mr Burton moved to amend it by taxing gongs (an article used at Uotels to remind boarders that their victuals are ready.) Mr Burton very correctly asserted that gongs are great nuisances. Mr Outlaw pro posed that every man who wears a shawl be taxed $1 ; and Mr Faison moved that bachelors be taxed $5. We are sorry to say that neither of these amendmeets were 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) should be made to pay bis fare. The Southern Cabinet The Cabinet of the Southern Confederacy stands thus : Postmaster General Henry T. Ellet of Miss. Attorneg General J. P. Benjamin of La. Secretary of State R. Toombs, of Georgia. Secretary of.the Treasury C. G. Memminger, of South Carolina. Secretary of War L. Pope Walker, of Ala bama. The following gentlemen have been appointed Commissioners to Washington: Messrs Abram of La., Crawford of Ga., and Forsyth of Ala. fi The election in Arkansas resulted in the selection of 25 secessionists, 15 conditional seces sionists, and 20 Union men. It is stated thai Gen. Twiggs has surrender ed all the Federal property in Texas to the Texan authorities. J6 The members of the Peace Conference, on Saturday the 23d, visited 31 r Lincoln in Washing ton. He made a short address-, 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 H Seward, Sec'y of State; Simon Cameron ofPenn., Sec'y of the Treasury; Edward Bates, Attorney General; Montgomery Blair of Missouri, Sec'y of War; C F Adams of Mass., Sec'y of Navy; Schular Colfax of Indiana, Postmaster General; Gov. Chase of Ohio, Sec y of Interior. All Ports in the United States north of South Carolina, says the Charleston Courier, are now considered Foreign Ports, 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 deal of North Carolina trade from South Ca rolina to Virginia ports. MECKLENBURG HOUSE. This hotel, situated near the centre of the town of Charlotte, and convenient to the business portion 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. My table will be provided with the btst that the country can afford having secured the best ot cooks and servants. I am satisfied that I can please the taste of the most fastidious. Being provided with good and comfortable stables and careful and attentive ostlers, I am prepared to pro vide for man's best friend, the Horse. Feb 19, 1861 3m MATHIAS HARKEY. DR. JOSEPH GRAHAM Offers his Professional Services to the citizens of Charlotte and the surrounding country. Oflice adjoining the residence of Mr Wm. Johnston. February 12, 1861. yr. Music Lessons. The undersigned begs leave to inform his friends and patrons as well as the public generally tnat ne is pre pared to give Private Lessons on the Piano, either at his residence or at the residence of pnpils. tfSl Particular and prompt attention will be paid to orders for tuning and repairing instruments, at shortest notice and on very moderate terms. SHEET MUSIC and MUSIC will be procured at store prices. Having been engaged in the Piano business tor more than ten years, I offer my assistance most particularly to all those who may desire 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, 1861 tf Charlotte .N C. T.TER R. DAVIS. W. H. HARDEE. DAVIS & HARDEE, R0DUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, REFER TO Raleigh,N.C. Feb 19, 1861 -Hon. D W Courts, Gen. R W Haywood, 6m-pd. North Carolina MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the State, insures 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. DEWEY, Agt., Jan 8, 1861 ly - at Branch Bank N. C. AT TAYLOR'S jou can find the largest assortment of Cutlery, Gans and 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, Ac, of all kinds. 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- ?ualifying persons professing the Jewish religion rom 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 Hall's bill was inserted in it. The ad valorem bill failed and took with it the amendment. In the House, simultaneous with Mr Hall, Judge Person introduced this bill. When taken up on its first readiBg, Mr Yeates and others crow ded it with ad valorem amendments under which it was defeated. This is our recollection of the history of t'ie Jew ish Disability bill. We concur with the Journal in its estimate of this wrong upon the Jewish people of the State; notwithstanding that Mr Crumpler (of Ashe co.,) thought the Jews had privileges enough already. mm " 1 1 . i Mr urumpier, wno is a graduate ot tne culvert, went out of his way to assail the Jews. He spoke of them as lconsumers," and not "producers" men who lived by their wits, dealt unfairly, cheat ed, &c. This mode of refusing justice to an en terpnzing ana respectaDie Doay oi our citizens is not such as to commend itself to right thinking people generally. Hal. 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 tnat a fcaint nas mysteriously appeared in Mexico, at some point near Camargo, who possesses 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 bund; in fact performs all kinds of miracles No one can tell his name or where he came from He says he will be killed in Mexico, and requests that his murderer mav not be punished. He claims he is sent, on an especial mission to the Mexican people, and that he shall perform many wonderful 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 is noimpotser 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, presto! his face was r t ' a 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 Case. A few days ago, a prisoner in the Georgia penitentiary, convicted of robbing the United States mails, 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 declared 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 does 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 Mobile 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 effort. WThen they talk about coercing, conquering the South, let the valiant Northmen consiaer that every Southern State could defy the invading armies of the whole world. DR. E. II. ANDREWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Would inform the public generally, and the citizens of Mecklenburg particularly, that he has resumed the Practice of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old stand. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold, Silver, Vulcanite, or on the Cbeoplastic process, as patients may desire, and fill Teeth with Gold, Tin, Amalgam or Os Artificial. He is also prepared to perform any operation belong ing to Dentistry, and need not say that he will be pleas ed to wait upon any of his old friends or new friends you may take that for granted. February 5, 1861 dm POCKET BOOK LOST. 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 $100, one on J. k J. Hagler for $100, one on Chas. Hinson for $500, one on Geo. L. Morrison, dee'd, for $99, one on J. A. Garmon for $376, two on John Canker for about $61, one on C. W. Spears for about $41, one on C. H. Polk, amount not recollected, one on John R. Polk, amount not recol- ected. All these Notes, and some others not recol lected, are payable to me. Also, one note on J. M. W. Flow, payable to a Mr tsost, but owned by me, for $200. There were also in the book some three or four hundred dollars worth of receipts on A. F Hurley, con stable, besides judgments and other papers. All persons are forewarned against trading for any of the above named rotes or other papers that may have been lost. Any one returning the book and its contents to me or leaving it with Mr Wm. Treloar in Charlotte, will be luitably rewarded I. S. LINKER. Feb 5, 1861 3t THE BE VENUE LAW. The following b the new Tax Law passed by the Legislature of North Carolina: L Section 1. That an "Act entitled Revenue' which was ratified on the 16th day of Feb., 1859, be amended in the following manner, to wit: la addition to the exemption specified in section 25, there shall also be exempted from taxation all such iroperty and estate, and their profits, as may be ong to State and County Agricultural Societies, and be set apart and used by them for agricultural fairs, and all such, and tbeir profits, as belong to any church or religious society, and be set apart and used by them for parsonages. Schedule A. Sec. 2. The amendments under schedule A suall be as follows: 1. Ileal 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 exteud 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 trustee 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 of 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 J uly in each year, upon money or capital invested in shares in the Bank of Wash ington, the Merchants' Bank of Newbern, the Bank of Wadesboro', the Bank of-Fayetteville, the Com mercial Bank of Wilmington, the Farmers' Bank of North-Carolina, the Bank of Charlotte, and the Bank of Yancey ville, shall pay an annual tax of 9 cts, and in shares 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 which said dividend is due or has the bank from been received. 5. Every resident surgeon dentist, physician, lawyer, portrait or miniature painter, daguerreau artist, or other persons taking likenesses of the human face; every commission merchant, factor, produce broker, and auctioneer; every State and county officer (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 receipts and income, in the way of practice, salary, fees, Wages, perquisites, and emoluments, amount to or are worth 6500 or upwards, one per cent, on such total receipts and income; and so much of para graph 16 schedule A. as imposes a tax upon per sons other than those herein named, is hereby re pealed. 6. The tax imposed by paragraph 17 upon liqours, wines, and cordials, shall hereafter be four 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. 7. To 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 aud 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 par the sum of five hundred dollars in each and every county in iatt i . . wnicn ne snail act as a broker, wbicn tax shall be collected by the sheriff of the county and be ac counted for as other taxes. 3. Every person who shall propose to act as 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 yean 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 such tax may be due, oue-third of which shall go to the sheriff, and the remainder snail be accounted for as other taxes. and such person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 4. 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 reguhw tions as are prescribed for the payment of mer chants' tax; and erery person violating the provis ions of this paragraph shall be liable to a penalty 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 indictment a9 for a mis demeanor. " r ;- Screduls C. ; V ' ' See. 4. And the amendments under schedule 0 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 wit: Bank of Wash ington, 25 cents; Merchants' Bank of Newbern, 25 cents; Bank of Wadesboro, 122 f cents; .Bank of Fayettevilie, 12 J cents; Commercial Bank of Wilmington, 25 cents; Farmers Bank of North Carolina, 25 cents; Bank of North Carolina, 60 cents; Bank of Lexington, 30 cents; Miners' and Planters' Bank, 80 cents; Bank of Com merce, 30 cents; Back of Clarenden, 30 cents; Bank of Cape Fear, 60 cents; Bank of Wilming ton 60 cents; Bank of Charlotte, 121 cents: Bank of Salisbury, 60 cents; Bank of Yancey ville, 25 cents. And any other which may be chartered by this or any future General Assembly 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, said bank shall pay double the amount of said tax, and the came shall be sued for and recovered by the Attorney General, in the name of the State, in the superior court of the county of Wake. Sec. 5. Hereafter the clerks of the county courts shall have until the tenth day of April in the year ensuing the taking of the tax list, to deliver to the sheriff such a copy thereof, and under the same penalties as are prescribed in the fortieth section of said act. Read three times and ratified in General Assem bly this 23d day of February, A. D., 1861. W. T. DORTCH, S. II. C II. T. CLARK, S. S. Suppression, of Fortune Tellino. A bill for the suppression of fortune telling has just pass ed the Pennsylvania House of Representatives: It provides that any person who shall pretend, for gain or lucre,- Co predict future events by cards, tokens, the inspection of the head or hands of any persona, or by any one's age, or by consult ing the movements of the heavenly bodies; or who shall pretend, for gain or lucre, to effect any pur pose by spells, charms, necromancy or incantation, shall be guilty of misdemeanor, punishable by any Court of quarter Sessions in the Commonwealth, with fine and imprisonment The first offence shall be punishable with not more than 2 years' nor less than 15 days imprisonment, and a nne of not more than $100, nor less than $10; the 2nd offence, with any term of imprisonment and fine exceeding the above that the Court may deem proper. That any person who shall advise the taking or adminis tering of what are commonly called love powders or who Bhall prepare the same to be taken or ad ministered, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as above provided. Massacre in Mexico. Advices from Monte rey, Mexico, announce that Mejia had entered the town of Rioverde, abort forty miles from San Luis, at the head of two thousand men, and that he butchered two hundred men who defended the 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 & N. C. Railroad Company by the Slate for the manufac ture of shell and shot and tho remodeling of old flint guns belonging to the Government, and , that the work is to be done at the Company's shops iu 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 tho contract and doubt not but they will be able to execute it in a satisfactory manner". Newbern Progress. , . ; , . , Sore Throat. A correspondent of the Char leston Courier says: "I have used for fortyyears in my family the following remedy for Sore Throat: One-quarter of a teaspoon ful of ground red pep per, one desert spoonful of Epson salts, put in a tea cup, pour on the ingredients boiling water, cover the same for a few minutes, and then let it cool, and take a teaspoon ful every fifteen minutes, if there is much soreness in the lower part of the throat, wash with No. 6. I use freely red pepper sprinkled on muslin doubled round the throat wet occasionally with whiskey or vinegar. No danger in keeping it on for hours it makes a mark, bat does not blister. ' v I have had two cases lately in my family, so 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 use 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 left Fort Sumter in the Marion: . ... The Force in Fort Sumter. There had been no reinforcement of Major , Anderson up. to the time of the Marion leaving on Friday last Ser- ecty-nine persons, including the officers and baud, and exclusive of a working corps of some twenty men, under Capt Foster, constitute the whole gar rison a force generally felt to be insufficient for a rigorous or prolonged defence of the place. When Lieut. Talbot returned from Washington, the command were assembled, and the decision of the President communicated to them. .. The ex pressions of confidence reposed in them by the au thorities at Washington gave them new heart,- and every man declared be would fight to the last, and die rather than surrender. . A great many guns have been mounted on tho 2d and 3d tiers, and tbey are now in &s 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 th& casemates, and every thing ready for action, there is no lack for ammunition, any quantity of gren ades of a destructive character have been prepar ed for use at close quarters. 1 ' -,'