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BY Wil. . IIOLDEN. PROVISIONAL HOV'VOR
TO the PeOnle Of nrf h fflrnlin 1
. an, iconic oi aoria taroiina.
'visional Governor uf Aortb Carolina, under the
f.nirtU article of the Constitutive! f the United
S which puaraiitees: to every State in the Union
'i an f'cijii u! -jrov rflsae u; icmi in or-irr to
l f" 'i i ot tid Sia: iu cxg.iiiue a
iM-i.'i. vvij(-rebv justice may be estab
..i.stic n'auqtiility restored, and Joy citi
, rurected in all their right of life, liberty,
i oi-op?rj; and in order, alio, that said State
miy oe restored to its Constitutional relations to
the Federal government, by presenting such a re-yiublii-an
form of government as will entitle the
-State to the guarantee of the United States therefor,
and it3 people to protection by the United States
against invasion, insurrection and domestic vio
lence, I, WILLIAM W. IIOLDEN, Provisional Gov
ernor as aforesaid, do hereby proclaim that an elec
tion will be held in said State, on Thursday, the
2 lit day of September, 18G3, for a Convention, to
be composed of one hundred and twenty delegates,
to b chosen as follows :
The county of Alamance will choose two mem
bers. The cou.ity of Alexander will choose one member.
The counties of A:he and Alleghany will choose
one number.
The county of Anson will choose two members.
The county of Beaufort will choose two members.
The county of Bertie will choose two members.'
"1 he county of Bladen will choose one member.
The county of Brunswick will choose one mem
ber. The county of Buncombe will choose one member.
The county of Burke will choose one member.
The county of Cabarrus will choose one member.
The county of Caldwell will choose one member.
The county of Camden will choose one member.
The county of Carteret will choose one member:
The county of Caswell will choose two members
The county of Catawba will choose one member.
The county of Chatham will choo3e three mem
bers. The counties of Cherokee and Clay will choose
one lumber.
The county "of Chowan will choose one member.
The county of Cleaveland will choose two mem
bers. The county of Columbus will choose one member.
The county of Craven will choose two members.
The counties of Cumberland and Harnett will
choose three members.
The county of Currituck will choose one member.
The county of Davidson will choose two members.
The county of Davie will choose one member.
The county of Dupein will choose two members
The counties of Edgecombe and Wilson will
choose two members.
The county of Forsyth will choose two members.
The county of Franklin will choose one member.
The county of Gaston will choose one member.
The county of Gates will choose one member.
The county of Granville will choose three "mem
bers. The county of Greene will choose one member.
The county of Guilford will choose three mem
bers. The county of Halifax will choose two members.
The county of Haywood Will choose one member.
The counties of Henderson and Transylvania will
!ioose one member.
The county of Hertford will choose one member.
The county of Hyde will choose one member.
The county of Iredell will choose two members.
The county of Jackson will choose one member.
The couiiiy of Johnston will choose two members.
The county of Jones will choose one member.
The county of Lenoir will choose one member.
The county of Lincoln will choose one member.
The county of Macon will choose otic member.
The county of Madison will choose one member.
The-county of Martin will choose one member.
The county of McDowell will choose one member.
The county of Mecklenburg will chooie two mem
bers. The county of Montgomery will choose one mem
ber. The coun3- of Moore will choose one member.
The county of Xash will choose one member.
The county of New Hanover will choose two
members.
The county of Northampton will choose two mem
bers. The county of Ouslow will choose one member.
The county of Orange will choose two members.
The county of Pasquotank will choose one mem
ber. The county of Perquimans will choqse one mem-'
ler
Hip county of Person will choose one mepjber.
nti'v f Pitt will choose two members.
i'y uf Randolph will choose two raem-
. mty of Ric hmond will choose one member,
county of Robeson will choos? two members.
. he county of llochinghaiu will choose two mem
ber. The cdunty of Rowan will choose two members.
The counties of Rutherford and Polk will choose
two members.
The county of Sampson will choose two meiilbers.
The county of Stanly will choose ono member.
The county of Stokes will choose one member.
The county of Surry will choose one member.
The county of Tyrrell will choose one member.
The county of Union will choose oe member.
The county of Wake will choose three members.
The county of Warren will choose two members.
The county of Washington will choose one mem
ber The county of Watauga will choose one member.
The county of Wayne will choose two members. v
The county of Wilkes will choose" two members.
The county of Yadkin will choose one member.
The counties of Yancey and Mitchell will choose
one member.
The Clerks and Sheriffs of the respective counties j
will proceed at once to assemble the Justices ot the
Peace, a maiorilv of whom will select from their
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juumber not less than six nor more than eighteen
Justices, men of intelligence, discretion, firmness,
and approved loyalty, whose duty it shall be to ad
minister to those who may be entitled to receive it,
the oath contained in the President's Amnesty Proc
lamation of May 29th, 1865, under such instructions
as may be prescribed in this Proclamation. The
H"ieuuw oi kjwt Tes'i'OKi iu me oy AiMJUt w ; ana, provided iurtner,
oviioui, i-resiaeni or me iniiw states, by bis ( State in accordance with
Proclamation of May "29th 1865, appointing a Pro- 1 preceding paragraph.
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-iustices shall, at the same time, appoint Inspectors ; ja to provide for administering the oath and to con
of the elections at the various precincts in their re- i . t .he elections, are enjoined to use every practi-
-pective count ic. in accordance with the law in re- ' cable means to enable every citizen to take the oath
lation thereto. Chapter 52, Revised Code of North i vho ma desire and be entitled to do so. And the
Carolina. The elections for members of the Con- I inspect0rr are enjoined to inspect and examine fair
vention shall be conducted in the same manner as ; j an(j truly, to decide in every case ia accordance
clectious for members of the House of Commons, in with tQ ja. 4nd wjth the instructions tbey have
accordance with the provisions of chapter 52, Re- j receiVC(j from this office, and to make prompt and
vised Code, so far as said provisions may be appli- ; correct returns of the number of votes and for whom
cable; and the officers appointed to hold said elec- ? ca?l? at their respective precincts.
! ions, and to make returns thereof, shall be liable to Done at our city of Raleigh, the 8th day of Au
tiie same penalties for failure to act, or for neglect jgU!tj one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five,
of duty, as are prescribed in chapter 52, Revised ftad -m tbe Tear cf the Independence of the United
:of. - States tbe eighty-ninth.
No person will be allowed to vote who is not ft : WILLIAM W. HOLDEN,
voter qualified as prescribed by the Constitution and g ft,e Governor: Provisional Governor,
laws of the State, in force immediately before the i nwia Hakes. Private Secretary.
20tb day of May, 1861; except that the payment of Atfgtut 14, 1885. '
a poll tax shall not be required. "
All paroled soldiers of tbe army and navy of the ! NOTICE. Obituary notices exceeding a few
rretended Confederate Stales, or of this State, and t lines in length, are charged advertising rates, pay
11 parrW officers of the army and navy of the pre- ' able in advance.
tended Confederate States, or of this State, under
and including th runic nf Pnlnnai irrii,.
' and under and inrl.idino. th -.,!, V t . :r
j f nT will be allowed to vote, provided they
!arenotincuded in anyof the fou'reen elcioded
I classes of the President's Amnesty Proclamation;
tnat they are citizens of the
the terms prescribed in the
No pet son will be allowed to vote who does not
exhibit to the inspectors a copy of the' Amnesty
Oath, as contained in the President's Proclamation
of May 29ih, 1865,. signed by himself aad certified
by at leant two Justices of the Peace.
The Sheriffs of the respective counties shall fur
nish, as soon as practicable, certificates of election to
those persons who may have received the highest
number of votes as members of the Convention; and
the Sheriffs fball also immediately send to the office
of the Secretary of State, Raleigh, a statement of
the vote in their respective Counties for the mem
bers aforesa W, and aUo a statement of the said vote,
sealed up, directed to the President of the Conven
tion, Raleigh, to be laid before the Convention.
The members of the Convention thus chosen, will
assemble in the city cf Raleigh, on Monday, the
second day of October, 1865.
The attention of Justices appointed to administer
the Amnesty Oath, is especially directed to the. fol
lowing fourte'en excluded classes of the President's
Amnesty Proclamation of May 29th, 1865 :"
" First All who are or shall have been pretended
civil or diplomatic officers or otherwise, domestic or
foreign agents of the pretended. Confederate govern
ment. Second All who left judicial stations under the
United States to aid the rebellion.
Third All who shall have been military or naval
officers of said pietended Confederate government
above the rank of Colonel in the army or Lieutenant
in the navy.
Fourth- All who left seats in the Congress of the
United States to aid the rebellion.
Fifth All who resigned or tendered resignations
of their commissions in the army or navy of the U.S.
to evu.de duty in resisting the rebellion.
Sixth All who have engaged in any way in treat
ing otherwise than 1 .wfully as prisoners of war per
sons found in theU. S. service, as officers, soldiers,
seamen, or in other capacities.
Seventh All persons who have been or are ab
sentees from the U. S. fr the purpose of aiding the
rebellion.
EighthAll military and naval officers in the
rebel service who were educated by' the government
in the Military Academy at West Point, or the U. S.
Naval Academy.
Ninth All persons who held the pretended offices
of Governors of States ift insurrection against the
United States.
Tenth All persons who left their homes within
the jurisdiction and protection of the United States,
and passed beyond the federal military lines into
the so-called Confederate States for the purpose of
aiding the rebellion.
Eleventh All persons.whohaVe been engaged in
the destruction of the commerce of the United States
upon the high seas, and persons who have made
raids into the United States from Canada, r been
engaged in destroying thexommerce of the United
States npon the Jaies and. rivers that separate the
British provinces from the United States
Twelfth All persons who, at the time when they
seek to obtain the benefits hereof by taking the oath
herein prescribed, are in military, naval or civil
confinement or custody, or under bonds of the civil,
military or naval authorities or agents of the United
States, as priioners of war or persons detained for
offences of any kind either before or after conviction.
Thirteenth All persons who have voluntarily
participated in said rebellion, and the estimated
value of-whos taxable property is over twenty
thousand dollars.
Fourteenth All persons who have taken the oath
of amnesty as prescribed in the President's procla
mation of December eight, A. D. one thousand eight
hundred: and sixty-three, or an oath of allegiance to
the government of the United States since the date
of said proclamation, and who have not thencefor
ward kept and maintained the same inviolate :
Provided that special application may be made to
the President for pardon by any person belonging to
the excepted classes, and such clemency will be lib
erally extended as may be consistent, with the facts
of the case and the peace and dignity of the United
States.''
Under the first exception are included all persons
who have been civil or diplomatic officers or agents
of the pretended Confederate government, either
within or without the territorial limits of the United
States.
Uudcr the seventh exception are included all offi
cers, agents, or private citizens who have been ab
sent from the United States for the purpose- of aid
ing the rebellion. -
Under the thirteenth exception are included all
who, duiing the rebellion, have held any office or
agency under the State or pretended Confederate
government; or have in any way voluntarily joined
in the rebellion, as for example, by entering or
marching with armed forces hostile to the United
Slates; by sending or furnishing money, provisions,
or.arms to persons engaged ia the rebellion, save in
cases where money or provisions were furnished
from the promptings of charity or humanity; by
acting with assemblages of persons, whether organ
ized or, unorganized, hostile to the United States;
or in any other way giving voluntary aid, assistance
or encouragement to the rebellion; and whose tax
able property on the 29th day of May 1865, exceed
ed in value the sum of tw.euty thousand dollars.
The other exceptions are so plain as not to require
explanation. .
No certificate will be granted by the Justices to
any person w&o is included within any of the four
teen ext-luded' classes, unless on exhibition by the
party of hi pardon for his offence from the Presi
dent. - - -
The Justices appointed to administer the amnes
ty oath, and to furnish certificates of the same which
shall be evidence of loyalty, are especially instruct
ed to be vigilant and faithful. While it wilinot be
their duty to attempt to pry into ihe hearts and con
c.;na nf uirn. thpvwili nevertheless admonish
luose wuo n,ay apply to take the oath, that it must
be taken and subscribed in good faun, witn an non-
est intention on their part to keep it wit bout secret
purpose or mental reservation upon any occasion or
at any time to commilt any act iii violation of said
oath; and lhy will warn them that if the oath is not
thus taken and kept, the pardon offered them by the
President will be void, and they will remain subject
to trial under the law for perjury and treason.
The Justices, Clerk3 and Sheriffs, whose dnty it
STATE SUFFRAGE LAWS.
The Elective Franchise and its Regulation in
ihe Various Northern, Middle and Western
States.
MAINE.
By her Constitution, adopted Oct 26, 1819,
gtres tbe ballot to cverj male citizen of tbe
United States of the age of .tweoty-ooe jears and
upward, excepting paupers, persoog under gtsr
dianship, and Indiana not taxed, having resided
in the State three months. But persons ia the
military, naval or marine service, quartered in
tbe State, and students attending a seminarj of
learning, do not acquire a residence thereby,
(including negroes.)
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
By her Constitution, adopted 1792, still in
force, gives the ballot to 4evcry male inhabitant,"
of twenty-one years, except paupers and perst-aa
excused from paying taxes at their own request.
Freehold property qualifications were formerly
required for office-holders, but these are abol
ished. New Hampshire never excluded colored
men from voting or holding office.
VERMONT.
Vermont which abolished slavery by her Con
stitution, adopted July 4, 1793, declared in her
bill of rights that "all freemen, having sufficient
evidence of common interest with an attachment
to the community, have a right to elect officers
and be elected to office." By article twenty
one, "every man" twenty-one years of age, who
has resided one year in the State, who behaves
himself quietly and peaceably, and who will
take an oath to vote, "io as in your conscience
you shall judge will most conduce to the best
good" of the State, may vote. In Vermont,
therefore, "a white man is as good as a negro if
he behaves himself as well," not otherwise.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Massachusetts, by her original Constitution,
adopted in 1780, gave the ballot to every male
person twenty-one years of age, resident in the
commonwealth, having an annual income of
three potiuds from a freehold, or any estate
worth sixty pounds.
By the amendment now in force the baJJot
belongs to every male citizen twenty-one years
of ago (except paupers and persons under guar
dianship,) who shall have paid any tax assessed
within two years, or who shall be exempted from
taxation. But by article 20 of the amendments,
"no person shall have the right to vote, or be
eligible to'office'under the Constitution of this
commonwealth, who shall not be able to read
tbe Constitution in the English language, atd
write his name; provided, however, that the
provisions of this amendment shall not apply to
any person prevented by a physical disability
from complying with its regulations, nor to any
person who now has the right to vote, nor to
any person who snail be sixty years ot age or
upwards at tbe time this amendment uhall take
tfSect." Massachusetts, therefore, never ex
cluded any man from voting on account of color.
. RHODE ISLAND.
Rhode Island, by Constitution of 1842, gives
the right of suffrage :
1. To every male citizen of full age, one year
in the State, six months in the town, owning
real estate worth" J,34, or renting for 57 per
annum.
2. To every native male citizen of full age,
two years in the State,"six months in the town,
who is duly registered, who has paid 1 tax, or
done militia service within the year. Hence
in Rhode Island a native negro votes without a
property qualification, while a foreign born
white citizen cannot.
CONNECTICUT.
Connecticut gives the ballot to all persons,
whether white or black, who were free men at
the adoption of her Constitution (1818), and
subsequently to "every white male citizen of the
United States" of full age, resident six months
in the town, and owning a freehold of tbe yearly
value of 7, or who shall have performed mili
tia duty, paid a State tax, and sustained a good
moral character within the year. This was
amended in 1845 by striking out the property
and tax-paying qualification, and fixing the resi
dence at one year in the State, and six months
in the town. Only those negroes have voted in
Connecticut who were admitted freemen prior
to 1813.
NEW YORK. '
New York admits to the suffrage "every male
citizen" one year in the State, four months in
the county, and thirty days.in the district. But
no man of color shall vote unless he has been
threo years a citizen of the State, and for one
year the owner of a freehold worth twefhundred
and fifty dollars over incumbrances, on which f
he shall have paid a tax; and he is to be subject
to no direct tax unless he owns such freeholl.
Laws are authorized, and have been passed, ex
cluding from tbe suffrage persons convicted of 1
bribery, larceny, or any infamous crime, also,
persons betting on the election. No persora
gains or loses a residence by reason of presence
or absence in the service of the United States,
'nor iu navigation, nor as a student in a semu-
ary, nor in any asylum or prison. A registry
law also exists.
NEW JERSEY.
New Jersey, the first of those enumerated
which absolutely makes color the test of voting,
and in which slavery existed up to a very receot
period, gives the ballot by its Constitution of
1844 to "every white male citizen" of the Uni
ted States of full age, residing one year in tle
State and five months in the county, except that
no soldier or marine quartered therein shall ac
quire the right, and no pauper, idiot, insane
person, r person convicted of a crime which
excludes him from being a witness, shall vote.
PENNSYLVANIA.
Pennsylvania gives a vote to , 'every white
freeman" of full age who has resided one year
in the State and ten days in the election district,
and has within two years paid a tax, except that
a once qualified voter returning into the State
after an absence which disqualifies him from
voting, regains his vote by a six monthV resi- j
dence, and except that white free citizens under
twenty-two and over twenty-one ote without
paying taxes.
OHIO.
Ohio, by her Constitution of 1851, limits the
elective franchise to "every white male citizen"
of the United States of full age, resident one
year in the State, excluding persons in the mili
tary and naval service, and idiots and insane
persons. But the courts of Ohio having held
that every person of one-half white blood ia a
"white male citizen" within the Constitution,
and that the burden of proof is with the chal
lenging party, to show that the person is more
than half black, which is impracticable; we be
lieve that in practice negroes in Ohio vote with
out restriction.
INDIANA.
Indiana gives the right of suffrage to "every
white male citizen of the United States" of full
age and six months' residence in the State, and
white of foreign birth and full age who has re
sided one year in tbe United States, and six
months preceding the election in the State, and
who has declared his intention to become a citi
zen. No soldier or marine shall acquire a vote
by being quartered in the State, nor shall any
person lose his vote by absence in the service of
the State or United States." 'No neero or mu
latto shall have the right of suffrage."
ILLINOIS.
Illinois by her Constitution of 1847, gives
the vote to "every white male citizen" of full
age, residing one year in the State, and "every
white male inhabitant" who was a resident of
tbe State at the adoption of this Constitution.
Like provisions to those of Indiana exist here
relative to soldiers, seamen, marines and persons
in the service of the United States.
MISSOURI.
Missouri, by her recent free State Constitu
tion excludes the" blacks from voting.
MICHIGAN.
Michigan, by her Constitution adopted 1850,
gives the ballot to every white male citizen, to
every white male inhabitant residing in the
State June 24th, 1835, and to every white Jan
uary 1, 1850, who has declared his intentions,
&c, or. who has resided two and a half years in
the State and declared his intention, and to
every civilized male Indian inhabitant, not a
member of any tribe. But no person shall vote
unless of full age, and a resident threo months
in the State and ten days in tbe town. Like
provisions as to persons in military and naval
service, students, &c.
IOWA. ;
Every "white male citizeu" of the United
States of full age, resident six months in the.
State, sixty days iu tbe county." With like ex
ception of persons in military or naval service,
idiots, insane persons, and criminals.
WISCONSIN.
Every male person of full age, resident one
year in the State, and beiog either : 1. A
white citizen of the United States. 2. A white
alien who has declared his iuteutions. 3. A
person of Indian blood who has been declared a
citizen by an act of Congress. 1 Civilized per
sons of Indian descent uot members of any tribe.
(With like exceptions of felons, insane persons,
and soldiers, &c , stationed in the State.)
CALIFORNIA.
Every white male citizen of tbe United States
(or of Mexico, who shall have elected to become
a citizen of the United States under treaty of
Queretaro) of full age, resident six months in
the State and thirty days in the district. The
Legislature has power to extend the rights to
Indians. arid their descendants. (With Fundry
provisions as above.)
MINNESOTA.
Every male person of full age, resident one
year in the United States and four mouths in
the State, and being either: First, a white citi
zen of the UniteaV States; second, a white alien
who Las declared his iuteutions; third, civilized
persons of mixed white and Indian blood; fourth,
civilized Indians certified by a District Court
to be fit for citizenship. (With sundry pro
visions as above.)
OREGON.
Every white male citizeu of full age, six
months a resident in the State, and every white
male alien of full age, resident in the United
States one year, who has declared his intentions,
may vote, but "no negro, Chinaman, or mulatto-"
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KANSAS.
Kansas gives the ballot to every white male
adult resident six months in the State and thir
ty days in the town, who is cither a citizen or
has declared his intentions.
WEST VIRGINIA.
Every white male citizen (except miners,
lunatics, and felons) resident one year in the
Stato and thirty days in the county. a
The results sum up thus ; Of the twenty
one free States enumerated eight permit negro
suffrage to a greater or lesser extent. These are
the New England States, New York and Ohio.
Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Miunesota, Ore
gon, Kansas and Illinois (seven) admit as voters
these not yet citizens; and besides the New
England States, four, to wit, Michigan, Wis
onsio, California and Minnesota, provide for vot
ing by Indians. One (Massachusetts) excluded
the ignorant, and one (Oregon) excludes China
men. .
"Mack," the Lexington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial, says the word "loyal"
has been so far t abused that it "has become a
stench in the nostrils of the people."
A young lady of this city, a short time ago,
in a fit of desperation, bung herself to a limb v
of the law.
"Mamma," eaid a. lad of six, "If a man is a '
Mister, is a woman a Mystery
The town of Lincoln, New Hamjif hire, (says
an exchange) baa not fir isbed a soldier in the
late war nor raised a cent in its prosecution. -
TREATMENT OF SOUTHERNERS.
Gen. T. F. Meagher delivered, on the 7th
; inst., a speech in St. Pauls, Minnesota, in which
j he thus discoursed of the manner in which the
! Sooth should be treated :
j The next question suggested by the' events
of the day, and the new condition In which the
Southern States find themselves, is in relation
to -the terms and disposition which the people of
the loyai oiatea snouia extend to tbe former,
and the good will and friendship they should
manifest toward those whose manly tcceptance
of what they consider their adverse fate, enti
tles them to the respect and consideration of
their more fortunate rivals in the field. The
answer to this question is already set forth in
the conditions of the surrender at Appomattox
Court House. It becomes the people of the
North, and it seems to me to be a sacrsd obliga
tion with them, to treat tho people of the South
with an honorable propriety and a gallant gene
rosity. A policy of bearing other than that in
dicated in tbe military surrender, will counter
act the suceess of our arms, keep the wounds of
the South inflamed, produce an irreparable
alienation, and overshadow with opprobium the
laurels of the North. Defeated as the South
has been in its great scheme to install another
Government and nationality on this Continent
and win the royalty cf Mississippi -having
fought in the teeth of the most crashing odds
and disabilities with a soldiership that establish
es them in history as the most masterly revolu
tionists of any age or country now that this
dazzling project has been defeated, and the
National Government resumes its sway with a
weightier authority than ever it held before,
and an admitted superiority over the oldest and
grandest powers, it should be the aim and ob
ject of the people of the North and West so to
conduct themselves in their aocial and political
relations with the South, that the latter, even
in the hour of their capitulation, and amid the
havoo that has swept their fields and cities,
shall be induced to entertain one regret only
and that the manly and generous regret that
they ever struck a blow against the United
States and coveted the humiliation of our flag.
TAX OT$ TOBACCO, SNUFF,
CIGARS.
AND
Treasury Dep't, Dffice of Internal Revenue,
Washington, August 2, 1865.
The tax on tobacco, snuff, or cigars accrued
when they are sold, consumed, or removed for
consumption or sale, or removed from the placo
of manufacture. A removal from tbe factory to
tbe store or warehouse of the manufacturer is
not such a removal as renders the goods liable
tobe assessed for the tax thereon, since the or
dinary storerooms connected with tbe manufac
tory are included as a part of tho place of man
ufacture. Whenever it is proposed to remove tobacoo or
any other manufactured goods or articles frm
and beyond the limits of.the States lately in in
surrection, the duty to which such tobacco or
other articles are liable must bo immediately
ascertained. In order to do this, inquiry should
be made : 1st. Whether the goods were manu
factured and removed from tho place of manu
facture prior to September 1, 1862. If they
were, no duty is to be assessed upon them. 2d.
Whether a sale, or such a transfer or removal of
the goods has ever been mado as would cause
the tax to accrue. 3d. At what precise time
was the sale or the transfer or the removal of
the goods made. When these facts are satisfac
torily determined the assessor will have no diffi
culty in ascertaining the proper rates and the
amount of tax to be assessed.
All tobacco, snuff, or cigars subject to tax
under either of the excise laws, iu the hands of
the manufacturer or producer thereof on the first
day of April, 18G5, will be liable when sold,
cousumcd, remeved for 'consumption or sale, or
removed from the place of manufacture, to the
rates of duty existing on and after April 1, 18C5.
Tobacco, snuff, and cigars may bo removed
from one district to another in the United
States, or from any port within the States lately
in insurrection to a Northern port, under "bonds,
as per regulation prescribed by the Secretary of
tho Treasury. Tbcy may also bo exported in
bonds, provided tfie district to which such re
moval is made is a port of entry.
Before aBy tobacco, snuff, or cigars are trans
ported beyond tbe limits of the-States lately in
insurrection, whether in bond or otherwise, the
same must be inspected and . branded with the
date of its manufacture, the rate of tax to which
it is liable, and such marks as will, enable the
officers of internal revenue in every esse to
identify the precise lot shipped or transported.
If tobacco, &c, is to be transported on which
the tax has been paid, or which is claimed to be
exempt from duty, in addition to the inspecting
and marking, as indicated above the 'owner or
party desiring to transport will procure the cer
tificate of the collector of the district from which
it is to be removed that the tax has been paid
on that identical lot of. tobacco, &c, or bis cer
tificate, endorsed by the assessor of tho district,
that he is satisfied that such lot, so inspected.
branded, or marked, as set forth in said certifi-
cate, is not naDio to any auty.
All tobacco, snuff, or cigars landed in any
district beyond the limits of the States lately in
insurrection, without th3 inspector's brand and
marks, as indicated above, and without being
accompanied by a certificate from the collector
of the district from which the goods were trans
ported that the tax has been paid, or that he has
been paid, or that be has satisfactory evidence
ihat tbey are not subject to any tax, will be
liable to be seized, forfeited, and sold- for the
payment of taxes, according to the rates imposed
by the law now in force, in whatever district
they may be found. Collectors seizing any such
goods will hold them for a sufficient time for
the owner or parties interested to show, if Such
ia the case, that the goods are not liable to any
duty, or that tbe duty to which they we're liable
has been aid. WILLIAM ORTON,
, . , Commissioner Internal Revenue.
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JOu the railroad line, Goldaboxo' to Charlotte,
N, C , Charles Stingloff is appointed atnt; with
pay at the rate of $ 800 per annum.
DOUBTFUL
A TFoman Made to Talk ajter teing Muts
Twenty-Jive Tears.
Cambridge City, Indiana, Aug. IS, 1805
Editors Gazette: Ordioarily the "gift of gab' is
too well developed in the female sex, and ho
that could be so fortunate as to devise some
means to stop that unruly member would be
hafled as a public, benefactor; but there is, like
an etnis in the desert, an occasional ease where
it is good that a woman be made to talk.
Such a case having come under my immediate
observation, and being one not easily accounted
for by medical writers, and totally unknown to
the M. D's, I think it important the particulars
should have publicity.
About twenty-five years ago, Miss Permelia
Baroell, who was then, and is now, a resident of
Jacksooburgh, in this county, and at the time
about fifteen years of sge, while attending a
camp meeting in this vicinity, and in the act of
prayerwent into a trance, in which mood-she
remained for about eleven dsys, at the expira
tion of which time she was attacked with alpho
nia, and from that time until yesterday aha
could convey her thoughts only by manipulation,
having not uttered a syllable during the time.
Being conversant with the facts above stated,
and having noticed that a soldier who had lost
h . speech under tbe excitement of a great bat
tle, and whose case had baffled the skill of the
experts of the army, was made to talk by imbi
bing freely of the ardent, it was a source of
much gratification to me to get the consent of
the lady to try tbe experiment, as it will no
doubt be a source of rejoicing to her numerous
friends. Having procured for her a pint of best
secale antiquum, she began to imbibe it about
ten o'clock yesterday morning, and in ordinary
time, using common parlanee, became beautifully
drunk. After lying in a comatose state for twa
hours, at which time she began to sober off, to
the utter astonishment of all present, she began
to talk, at first slowly, but afterwards with as
much ease as if the gilt had never departed, and
this morning continues to talk as glibly as if she
was an adept in the matter. The case cause
much surprise in this part. of. the country, and
will no doubt interest a number of your readers,
and mayhap some one similarly afflicted may by
proper application be relieved. It may be well
to state that Miss B. was, prior to her loss of
speeoh, troubled with chorea, or commonly called
Saint VitmV dance. Very truly,
SAM'L H. HOSnOUIU
Cincinnati Gazette "
OUR MISTAKES about BACH OTHER.
Not one man in ten thousand sees those with
whom he associates as they really are. If tbe
prayer of Burns were granted, and we could all
see ourselves as others see ui, our self-estimates
would in all probability be. much more errone
ous than they are now: The-truth is that we
regard each other through a variety of lenses
no one of which is correct Passion and preju
dice, love and hate, benevolence and envy, spec
tacle our eyes and utterly prevent us from ob
serving accurately. Many whom we deem the
porcelain of human clay are mere dirt, and a
still greater number of those we put down in
our black books are no further off from Heaven,
and perhaps a little nearer, than the censois
who condemn them. We habitually undervalue
or overvalue each other, and in estimating char
acter the shrewdest of us only now and then
make true appraisal of tho virtues and defects
of even our closest intimates.
It is not just or fair to look at character from
a stand point of one's own selection. A man's
profile may be unprepossessing, and yet Lis full
face agreeablo. We once saw a young man,
whose timidity was aa standing joke with his
companions, leap into a river and save a boy
from drowning,' while his tormentors stood panic
struck dn the bank. The merchant who given
curt answers in his counting house rosy be a
tender husband and father, and a kind helper
of the desolate arid oppressed. On the other
hand, ycur good-humored person, who is )l
smiles and sunshine in public, may carry some
thing as bard as the nether millstone in the
place where his heart ought to be. .
Such anomalies are common There is this
comfort, however, for those whose misjudgmcnts
of their fellow-mortals lean to tbe kindly side
such mistakes go to their credit in the great ac
count. He who thinks better of his neighbors
than they deserve cannot be a bad man, for the
standard by which his judgment is guided is
the goodness of his own heart- It is only the
base who believe ail men base or, In other
words, like themselves. Few, however, are all
evil. Even Nero did a good turn to somebody,
for when Rome was rejoicing over his death
eome loving hand covered his grave with flow
era. - Public men aro seldom or never fairly judged
at least, while living. However pure, they
cannot etcape calumny. However corrupt, they
are sure to find eulogists. History may do
them justice; but they rarely get it while living,
either from friend or foe.
The Man. who Dxspised Whiskey Drink
ers. It was on one of the river steamers, at
dinner, that an able, matronly lady remarked in
the midst of conversation with a grave-looking
gentleman on tbe subject of temperance :
"Oh, of all thiogs' in tbe world, I dospie
whiskey drinkers!" -
The gentleman dropped bis knife and fork in
the ardor of his feelings, extended his hand and
took beis within his own, and with emotion that
threatened tears over the loss of mined soos, he
replied with falteriog words :
"Madame, I respect your sentiments and the
heart that dictates them. I permit no one to go
beyound me in despising whukey' drinking. I
have been disgusted on this very boat, aod I
say it now before our captain's fact. What, I
say, can be more disgusting than to see well
dressed, respcetacle, and virtuous looking young
men step up to the bar of this boat, and, with
out fear of observing eyes, boldly ask for whis-,
key, when they know. that tbete Is in that very
bar, the best old Cognac braodjl'
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