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WILMINGTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1872
No. 2.
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WILVIXOTOX, 21. C. :
HUDAY, JANUARY 20, 1S72.
(;r.(t-it AIv-icy ol tlie Civil Service
Keform.
i he New oik San declares the Presi
:, iit utterly insincere in Lis professions as
the C ivil Service Keform, and exposing
President's practices as utterly at vari
.,:u.v with his professions, declares that "a
man who cannot lift himself above '.he in
r'.tienee of partisan scheming, the maggot
,:i whose brain is a selfish ambition for re
.minination, and whose sense of his who'.e
.itity is comprised in the eflbrt to perpetu
ate the rule of the Kepublican party, with
i,;nis lf at the head, is certainly utterly un-thy-
That party must be getting short
, t good material for Presidents when the
,.,.: piece of clay they can tind is the un-
l(rv pipe which incessantly smokes at
! . White House.'
: 2i OroM tli of the Merman Capital.
The statistical returns from Berlin show
.li.ii it is rapidly becoming the most impor
.uit capital in Europe, and that since the
i iisiis of JS7 it has increased in popula
: ;..n 200,000 people. The corrected returns
;,.! 1T1 are not yet in, but it is presumed
h.-.t they will show that the number of iu
i,;i!iitants of the now imperial city is about
'.:'". mm), ami steadily increasing at the
..wrage rate of 1,200 a week. This sur
1. 1. s;s anything in America, and houses are
:-i:u up in all directions. Hotel aeconimo-
Utions are insufficient, and private apart
ments have reached fabulous prices. A
ne
if rooms near the Braudenbur
gate
v.as rented in December for $0,000 a year,
mil small suites of unfurnished rooms in j
more distant parts of the city, on the third
and fourth stories, are not to be had un
i 1,000 to $1,500. This is a wonderful
.hange for the village of fishing hovels on
lie banks of the Spree which was once
known as Baerlein (Little Bear,) the home
i;t' a rough and stuidy race of Selaves,
known as Wends. Ba rle in has been ele
vated into Berlin, and Sweedes, Poles,
Russians, and finally Germans, have all
had their turn in shaping the capital of the
.ei manie Empire. The Wends, how ever,
have not yet lost their nationality. There
are two or throe million of Wendish Selaves
who still speak their ancient language as
well as that of the conquerors to whom
'heir Provinces belong.
Kail road Construction in 1V71.
The Baihoad fhcu ttc has a very inter
esting article showing the amount of new
railroads opened during the year just end
ed. The statement that it has been com
j.iled with great care is confirmed by the
fact that it is followed by a detailed list of
the new and extended roads, classified by
States.
Assuming the substantial accuracy of j
hose figures, wo notice lirst, that the in- i
ci ease in mileage is more than bOO miles i
more than in 1.70, which was in its turn j
more than l,O00 miles greater than the in- ,
i rease in any preceding year. This shows j
wxtraordinaiy activity, and not only demon
strates the enterprise; of our jieople in ex
tending general business, but also great
presierity in that business. Otherw ise the j
hundreds of millions of dollars necessary
to construct these roads could not have j
i.ern fount!. Two or three facts, that will j
be readily obseived from a glance at the
lirst table, are both interesting and import
ant. The railroads built during the last
ear were a thousand miles more in amount
than the entire length of railways in the
United States in 1848. AVe have nearly
six times as much railroad in operation to
day as at the close of 1SV. We are but a
few hundred miles short of double the rail
road mileage of 1SC0. We have added
more than titty ir cent, w ithin the last live
rears. The ratio of increase in 1870 was
tViecri per cent.; in 1871 it was very near
! twelve and a half per cent, on a much
larger mileage. The gain in the several
Mates and by sections is also an interesting
ubject. The group of seven States, bound
ed by Illinois and Wisconsin on the east
and the Bocky Mountains on the west,
lave gained o,lHi miles, nearly one-half of
the whole increase in the country, while
t he fourteen Southern States south of Mary
land, the Ohio river and Missouri have
gained only 1,008 miles, which is consider
ably less than the increase in Illinois Mid
Wisconsin. There are but four States in
which no new railroads were opened in
isfo Khode Island, Delaware, Mississippi
and Tennessee. In Uventy-one of the
States the increase exceeded one hundred
miles. There has been but little change in
the rank of the States in the matter of rail
road mileage. Last year the first seven
States stood in the following order : llli-
AS,
Pennsvlvania, ew ork, Ohio, liuu-
na Iow a, Missouri : pnd tlie same
order
is preserved still. But "Michigan has taken
the eighth place, having exchanged with
Georgia. Wisconsin is tenth and Kansas
eleventh, as before. Alabama has passed
Massachusetts, Virginia and Tennessee, and
has become the twelfth instead of the fif
teenth; and Massachusetts, having passed
Tennessee and Virginia, has risen from the
fourteenth to the thirteenth place.
W'g have prepared the following table,
showing tin ratio of railroad mileage to the
area of the several states. To sa-e frac
,;. u we give the, number of square miles
t, , aeh jnile of railroad, rejecting fractions
i" less than one-half and adding one where
1 .11'.
i ie
fraction is irrcater than one-nan .
Maine 3i
Ni'v Hampshire. ... 12
Vermont 15
M:iisnchu!ctt 5
Kliodu Islam! 10
1 'mmci'ticut 5
Ni w York 11
New .Jersey 0
IN liii.xylvania 'J
lcl;iware 1
M -ir yland 11
Wt n Virginia 47
Virginia 27
North Carolina -12
vMiiU Carolina "I
j.orgia ;0
Florida lJ
Alabama !5i
-'li.-sis-.ippi 43
Ixuisiana..
Texas
Arkansas. . .
Tennessee. .
Kentucky . .
Ohio
Michigan.. .
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin . .
M innesota..
Iowa
Nebraska.. .
M issouri
Kansas
California. .
Nevada
Oregon
. 77
.253
.178
.. 31
.. 33
. . 11
.. 27
. 10
.. 10
.. 29
.. 50
.. 18
,. 95
. 22
. 46
.185
..1ST
..415
Seven women were ermitted to vote .at
special and local election held at Val
ejo. Cab, on the 1st inst.
local.
A MEETixu of the Stockholders of the
Wilmington and Charlotte Ocean Steam
ship Company was held at the Booms of
the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday,
Januaiy 18th. Col. S. L. Fremont was call
ed to the Chair. After examination he re
ported that $100,0."0 had been subscribad
to the capital stock of the Company, and
$92,100 was represented in iiersou and by
proxy. j
A resolution was passed accepting the i
charter granted by the State in April, 1S71-
The meeting then proceeded to an elec
tion: of five Directors, to hold their ollice
for JMJ days, or until their successors are
elected. After a ballot, it was announced
that F. W. Kerchner, Silas N. Martin, II.
Volleis, J. A. Willard and C. P. Mebane,
having received a majority of the votes,
were elected Directors.
The Directors were then authorized and
instructed to take necessary action, imme
diately, for buying or building Steamship
for the use of the Company.
Subsequently the Directors held a meet
ing, when F. W. Kerchner, Esq., was unan
imously elected President, and A. D.
Cazaux was appointed Agent, and instruc
ted to proceed North at once, fully author
ized to commence negotiations for the pur
chase, or contract for the building, of
suitable Steamships to ply between this
port and New York.
We learn that the Company have every
prosiiect of being fully under way in a short
time, with two first class steamers, and'it is
the intention to have four on the line by
next Fall. .
1 .
AOItFcLJYrrRAL.
CI ATI O Jf.
CAl'K FEAR
AMO-
The Executive Committee of tke Capt j
Fear Agricultural Association have the j
pleasnn of announcing the following General j
and Special Premiums for Field Croi to j
be awarded at the Fourth Annual Fair of
the Association, in the i all ot 18 fJ. :
FIELD UKOPS.
COTTON.
For largest crop of Cotton upon lour t4) acres
or more of upland, with statement of quality
of soil, mode of cultiTation, amount and kind
of manure ntst'd, the time of planting and va
riety of cotton ; the land to lie measured and
the yield to be vouched for by affidavit one
bale to be exhibited :
it Premium SterHnc Silver Plate, value.. SoO
2nd
ar.l
. 20
For lars'OSt ITOU of COttOH Upoa Oil! (I)
acre or
land, regulation same as above :
Premium Sterling Silver Plate, value 23 I
For largest crop of Cotton on one acre by a boy
rot over eighteen years of age Medal ami $20
Forttecond largest crop 5 j
For third - " 10 j
conx.
For largest cron of Com crown upon lour (4) I
acres of upland. Kegulations same as for Cot
ton; two (2) bushels to be exhibited as
lbt"reiniiim Sterling Silver Plate, value.. $50
rd " " 20
For largest crop of Corn grown upon one (1)
acre of land, same regulations as above :
Premium Sterling Silver Plate, value .$23
Fnr lvrcrpst. rroD of Corn on one acre made by a
boy not over eighteen years of age :
and "
Medal
....-"0
.... 15
10
For second best crop
For third " "
WIIKAT.
For the largest vield ot Wheat from five (5)
acre : under same rules and regulations
for Cotton and Corn two bushels to bo ex
hibited : Premium Sterling Silver Plate,
value
12D
OATS ANI JIVE:
For largest yield of Itice, Oats or live, same
regulations as above ; two bushels to be ex
hibited :
Premium, each Sterling Silver Plate, val-
... 20
r -
POTATOES.
For largest crop of Seet Potatoes uion one
(1) acre ; one-fourth to be dug and two (2)
bushels to be exhibited as sample :
Premium Sterling Silver Plate, value 420
For largest crop of Irish Potatoes upon one
half (j ) acre. .
Same regulations as above lor Sweet 1 ote-
rlfniiiH-Sterlwg Silver Plato, value S10
PEAS, &C, &C.
For largest crop efGroand Peas upoa oae
aere : ,
Tviii,sterlitii Silver Plate, value
.f20
For largest yield Stock Peas upon one acre ;
for largest vield of Turnips ujon one acre ;
for largcRt vield of Beets upon one acre.
Two bushels of each to be exhibited ; under
same regulations as other crops :
Premium, each Sterling .silver l laie, -i
ue
.te
HAY.
For largest vield or Stock Pea-vine Hay on one
acre; one bale to be exhibited :
Premium Sterling Silver Plate, value. .... .-5
For largest vield of Native Grass; one bale to
be exhibited; quality and quantity to be con-
Bidered : . .
Premium Sterling Silver Plate, value .f 25
The grass must be cut trora land cultivated
for Hav
Karzest vield of Ked Clover upon one acre;
larccst' yield of Cultivated Gravies upon one
acre; one bale of each to be exhibited :
Premium, each Sterling Silver Pate, value.S23
To the farmer who raises and applies the largest
quantity of Domestic Manures to, and by each
horse, mule or ox, used in the cultivation of
his farm, the qnantity to be certitied to by
two or more competent witnesses :
rreniiuni Solid Silver Plate, value.. ..... .S50
All the rules and regulations specified in
the foregoing Premiums must le conqilied
icith. Affidavits and certificates, as re
quired, to be filed with the General Sec
retary, when the articles are entered, other
wise the Awarding Committees w ill with
kld Premiums.
Largest yield of each of the following ar
ticles of fruit and yegetables, to be proved
by affidavit and submitted to the Commit
tee :
Garden Peas
.io
. 10
. 8
. 10
. 5
. 8
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
AsparaguH
Radishes
Peaches
Grape's," Scuiqrno'ii'gi Flowers and Concord .
5
10
SPECIAL PliEMITT MS
By the Navassa Gnano Company of AVilmiiigton :
500 pounds Navassa Guano tor the best yield of
corn from 4 acres upland. . . ,, .
500 iiounds Navassa Guano tor the best yield of
cotton from 4 acres of up land.
500 iKunds Navassa Guano lor the best yield or
oats from 4 acres of upland. .
500 iKmiids Navassa Guano lor the best yield of
turnips from 4 acres of upland. .... ,
500 pounds Navassa Guano lor the best yield of
sweet potatoes from acres ot upland.
50J TKiunds Navassa Guaho for the best yield of
peanut from 4 acres ot upland.
The Navassa (iuano to be used alone in
competing for the above Premiums, or only
in combination with plantation manures or
vegetable matter. Samples of the crops
nanied must be exhibited at the Fair of the
Cape Fear Agricultural Association, "i ield
of crops required be properly authenti
cated in accordance with the regulations of
the Association, and decisions to be made
by Committees aptiointed for the purpose
by the Association
r.,r.vwt;t- reouired to furnish the
General Seeretarv with a detailed state
ment of their modes of application and
culture.
WiLMiNC-TON, N. C, Deo. 21, 18.1.
Mai. J. A. Enrjetatrd, tieneral Secretary
Caiie Fear Aricutt:iral Association :
Sik As State Agents for the Carolina Fei til-
" ... .1.. '..rin.Minnrmllim til 111" l,()lll-
peted for at the Annual t air,
1 i nnn lt.s. Carolina Fertilize
ir.er. we oner t no ! . "v: ' V . .,-.v.
November, 172 :
Fertilizer for the largest
'j r 'ittim to the acre.
1 "S ribs. Carolina Fertilizer for the largest
production of Corn to the acre.
1 000 lbs. Carolina Fertilizer ler the largest
nrortuetion of Wheat to the acre.
prUn.l Vina Fertilizer for the largest pro-
duct ion of Peanuts to the acre
A,m 11.- p..rn1ira Fertilize f'
f'ir the largest pr-
Hiw-tiorof fcwet Potatoes to the acre.,
lbTcarolb.a Fertilizer for the largest pro
duction of Turnips to the acre.
t above premiums are for crop? produced
iiv tne use 01 "j-""11"" ,i . ma
.L.i.i.H with nlantation manure only , anQ
nt Carolina reiuniw '"",v-
the awarding 01 sain
tionary with the Com
-- t . , t a-
iireiuiuins is ici w-"
iliittee of the Asrjciatiea,
UCoen.petUo." wdl be required to furnish u with
detailed untcmnti of mode of application, And
cultmre, and the rcmulta ; aad the awards of the
Committee will be fulfilled fey shipment of the
Fertilizer as directed, upoa receipt y us of the
alve reqnireu statement.
Very resjieetfiillY,
1)kH8Skt A Co..
State AifeHts.
Tlmiton, N. O., Jaa. 9th, 1372.
Mtj. J. A. Engelhard, General Secretary
Cape fear Agricultural Association.
Sia : As Ageats of Whanx'b Kawboxk -as
fexpuosphatk and the Star Ammomatbu
Solubls I'uosphatk, we offer the followiag
Premiums to be competed for at the Fair of the
Cape Fear Agricultural Association to beheld
in the Fall ot 1S72 :
2,000 lbs. Wliann'a Superphospkate IVr the
largest production of Cotton to the acre.
2,000 lbs. Star Phosphate lor the largest produc
tion of Cotton to the acre.
The abore Premiums are for crops produced
by use of either of the abore Fertilizers alone,
or only in combination with plantation man
ures or Tegetable matter.
We ofi'er also ton each of " WhatH's" and
" Star Phosphate " in competition with other
Phosphates or Commercial Fertilizers. Certifi
cates must be furnished to the General Secre
tary, setting forth that our Phosphates were
used, side by side, with other Fertilizers. The
person who produces the best results from the
use of either 44 Whann's " or Star," compared
with any or all others, shall be entitled te one
ton of the siceial manure used. The same quan
tity of each of the competing Fertilizers to be
used in the test and on the same kind of ground.
Competitors are required to furnish tne Gen
eral Secretary with a detailed statement of their
modes of application and culture.
TICK MEBANE.
General Agents.
Ma.i. .1. A. KsBELiiARB, Secretary C. F. A. A :
Sir: Please offer the following as Special
Premiums to be competed fer at tne next Fair
of the Cape Feir Agricultural Association, in
November, 1872:
1,000 lbs. Cape Fear Guano tor the largest yield
of cotton to the acre.
1,00 lbs. Cape Fear Guano for the largest yield
of corn to the acre.
50 lbs. Cape Fear Guano lor the largest yield
of peanuts to the acre.
500 lbs. Cape Fear Gup.no for the largest yield
of sweet potatoes to r,he acre.
The above premiums are lor the crop? pro
duced bv this guano alone.
The rules and regulations of the Association
must be complied with.
XORTHOP & GUMMIXO,
Other Special Premiums, and the (ie
cral Premium list, w ill be issued early ia
the Spring. Very attractive premiums wil
be ofi'ered in all departments of industry,
including a valuable Premium to the
housewife exhibiting the largest and best
specimens of Mer handiwark.
POLITICAL SPECULATIONS.
From the New York Evening Post, (Kepub
lican).
The Nation nf last week contained an
interesting calculation as to the compara
tive strength of the two parties in this
eountry, fonaded, first, upon the returns of
the elections for the present House of Rep
resentatives ; and, second, upon the results
of the most recent Siate elections. With
out pretending to offer any opinion as to
the accuracy of its figures, we abridge its
statements as a matter of information and
interest to the political student. According
to the Nation, the electoral vote of the coun
try, as represented by the last popular vote
for members of the House of Representa
tives, is divided as follows the number of
electoral votes set opposite each State in the
table being the number to which the State
will be entitled under the new apportion
ment bill, which will probably become a
law :
Stales in ichich a Dei ioc ratio majoritj of
the popular cote teas cast for the present
llejn esentatices :
KI.KCTOKAL VOTE.
Alabama 9
Delaware 3
Georgia 11
Kentucky 12
Mar viand 8
KLKffTOKAI. VOTK.
North Carolina 10
Oregon 3
Pennsylvania........ 28
Tennessee 11
Texas 8
Missouri 13 r Virginia
.11
Nevada 3
New Hampshire. 4
New York 34
West Virginia 5
Total 175
States in which a HrpubHnin majority of
the popular tote was cast for present
llepresentatices :
ELECTORAL VOTE.
ELECTORAL VOTE.
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Florida
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
IyOuisiara
Maine ,
Massachusetts. .
Michigan
Minnesota
6
6
6
3
21
14
11
I
15
7
13
11
5
Mississippi
Nebraska
New Jersey
Ohio
Khode Island. ...
South Carolina. .
Vermont
Wisconsin
Tetal
. 8
. 3
. 9
. 22
. 4
7
4
10
.182
175
Republican maj. .
It will be seen that, could these figures be
taken as trustworthy, the Republican can
didate would, out of the whole number of
"ol electoral votes, receive a majority of
oidy 7. Rut if we suppose that either
South Carolina, Arkansas, Connecticut,
Louisiana, Xew Hampshire or California
will cast its vote against the candidate of
the Republican party, his opponent would
have a clear majority. Under the old ap
portionment the above table would show a
Democratic majority of the electoral vote.
Next, we have a comparative statement, of
the strength of the two parties as indicated
by the result of the last State elections,
thus :
Sta'es ificiny Democt alic majorities in the
last State Elections :
ELECT6R AT. VOTE.
Alabama 9
Arkansas C
Delaware 3
Florida 3
Georgia U
Keatueky 12
Maryland 8
Mlssonri 15
Nevada 3
Total
ELECTORAL VOTE.
New Hampshire. . . 4
New Jersey 9
North Carolina. ... 10
Oregon S
Tennessee.. 1
Texas 8
Virginia 11
West Virginia 5
131
States (firiny llepublicttn majorities in the
last State Elections ;
ELECTORAL VOTE.
ELECTORAL TOTE.
New York 34
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts..
. . 21
. . 14
. . 11
5
. . 7
Nebraska
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Khode Island
South Carolina
Vermont
Wisconsin ,
3
2
28
4
7
4
10
226
131
13
Michigan 11
Total
Minnesota o
AT ississiii 8
Ilepubllcaa majority 95
According to this statement, it will be
seen that the Republican candidate would
receive a majoiity of ninety-five electoral
votes. But the Nation argues that several
States put down a Republican can by no
means be relied upon to cast a Republican
electoral vote in 1872. Among such States
are New York, Pennsylvania, California,
Connecticut, together with Louisiana, South
Carolina and perhaps Mississippi. Should
New York, together with California, Con
necticut, and .Louisiana or South Carolina,
pronounce against the Republican candi
date, his opponent would have a majority
of eleven electoral votes. Should the four
last named States, together with Pennsyl
vania, prove Democratic, and Xew York
Remiblican, the Democratic candidate
I would have a maiority of twelve electoral
i votes. Without -assuming 'anything as to
j the correctness or iuc directness of these
I vaticinations we think there Is enough in
' them to itartle the sincere friends of Re-
publican principles out of their security as
j to the certain triumph of the Republican
I party. They prove that the despondency
! which has come over the Democrats is not
! altogether justified iy the facts, and that
' the assurance of success which the Repub
licans generally feel mast have some other
f ground than a caref ul study of the political
I hoi scope. We cite t hem, t herefore, fot
j the simple purpose of warning the Repub-"
I licans that they cannot afford to waste any
further strength in the quarrels of the fac
tions. The silly and wearisome contro
versies that have grown up in this State in
rettard to the pretensions of rival Senators
must at once be ternrnated; the attempt of
certain managers at Washington to make a !
personal 'rest of fidelity to fhe" party must
Come to an enu, anu ine paraj must piace
itseif simply, clearly, unquestionably on the
high ground of principle to maintain its j
supremacy in the" affections of the people.
All the Democratic clerks in the Missis-
sippi State Senate have ben discharged.
Iteported for the Journal.
Aii Act to Raise Revenue.
Section 1. The General Assembly of
North Carolina do enact, That the taxes
hereinafter designated, payable in the ex
isting national currency, shall be assessed
and collected under the rules and regula
tions prescribed by law.
Sec. 2. On each taxable poll or male be
tween the ages of twenty-one and fifty, ex
cept sucli poor and infirm persons as the
county commissioners may declare and re
cord fit subjects for exemption, there shall
be annually levied and collected a tax of
ono dollar and five cents, the proceeds of
sueh tax to be devoted to purposes of edu
cation as may be prescribed by law. If any
poll tax shall not be paid within sixty days
after the same shall be dcmandable, it shall
bo the duty of the sheriff, it he can find no
property of the person liable sufficient to
satisfy the same, to attach any debt or oth
er property incapable of manual delivery,
due or belonging to the person liable, or
that may become due to him before the ex
piration of the calendar year, and the per
son owing such debt, or having such prop
erty in possession, shall be liable for said
tax.
Sec. o. The taxes hereinafter designated
shall be applied to defray the expenses of
the State government and to pay appropria
tions for chaiitable and penal institutions.
CLASS I.
Sec. 1. There shall be an ad valorem tax
of 1( cents for the general fund on every
one hundred dollars in value of real and
personal property iu the State, subject to
exemptions made by law, including moneys,
credits, bonds, stocks, &c.
Sec. 2. A special tax of twelve cents on
the one hundred dollars shall be levied and
collected on all the taxable property of the
State, to be applied to the erection of the
penitentiary and support of th; convicts.
Sec. :3. A special tax of eight and one
third cents on the hundred dollars shall be
levied and collected on all the taxablo prop
erty of the State for the Insane Asylum and
the Institution for Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
CLASS 2.
The subjects and persons mentioned in
the following class shall be taxed as special
ly mentioned ;
Sec. 1. On the net incomes and profits
other than that derived from property taxed
from any source w hatever, during the year
preceding the first day of April in each
year, thtve shall be a tax of one per cent.
The income tax shall include interest on
the securities of the United States, of tics
State, or other State or Government. In
estimating the net income the only deduc
tion by way of expense shall be :
1. Taxes other than the income tax due
this State.
5. Rent for use of buildings or other
property or interest on encumbrances on
property used in the business from which
the income is derived.
o. Usual or ordinary repairs of the
buildings from which the income is de
rived. 4. Cost or value of the labor, (except
that of the tax payer himself.) raw mate
rial, food and all other neces
sary expenses incidental to the business
from which the income is derived,
together with the necessary expenses of
supporting the family, which shall in no
instance exceed one thousand dollars.
The tax payer shall return to the asses
sor the gross amount of his income and the
gross amount of his expenses to be de
ducted therefrom, which return the asses
sor shall file in the ollice of the county com-
i missioners.
Sec. 2. Upon all real and personal estate,
whether legal or equitable, situated within
the State, which shall descend or be de
vised or bequeathed to any collateral rela
tion or person, other than a lineal descend
ant or ancestor of the husband or wife of
the deceased, or husband or wife of such
ancestor or descendant, or to which such
collateral relations may become entitled
under the law for the distribution of the
intestate estates, anil which real and per
sonal estate may not be required in pay
ment of debts and other liabilities, the fol
lowing per entum tax upon the value
thereof shad be paid :
1. If such collateral relation be a brother
or a sister of the father or mother of the
deceased, or issue of such brother or sister,
a tax of one per cent.
2. If such collateral relation be a more
remote relation or the devisee or legatee be
a stranger, a tax of two and a half per cent.
The real estate liable to taxation shall be
listed by the devisee or heir in a separate
column, designating its proper per cent,
tax. The personal estates or real estate
reduced to assets, shall be liable to the tax
in the hands of the executor or adminis
trator, and shall be paid by him before his
administration account is audited or the
reai estate is settled to the sheriff of the
county. If fie real estate descended or
devised shall not be the entire inheritance,
the heir or devisee shall poy a jro rata part
of the tax, corresponding with the relative
value of the estate or interest. If the lega
cy or distributive share to be received shall
not be the entire property, such legatee or
distributee shall in like maimer pay a pro
rata part of the tax according to the value
of his or her interest. Whenever the per
sonal property in the hands of such admin
istrator or executor (the same not being
needed to be converted into money, in the
course of the administration) shall be of
uncertain value, he shall apply to tjie coun
ty commissioners to appoixt three impar
tial men of probity to assess the value
thereof, and such assessment being re
turned to the commissioners and being
continued shall be conclusive of the value.
To facilitate the collection of tax on col
laterals, every executor or administrator
shall return in his inventory whether the
estate of the deceased goes to the lineal or
collateral relations or to a stranger, and if
to collaterals, whether such collateral be
longs to the first or second class above
stated, under a penalty of one hundred
dollars, to be recovered in the name and
for the use of the State ; and it shall be the
duty of the superior court clerk of the coun
ty to furnish t he sheriff with the names of
the executors and the administrators who
make such returns, after each and every
term of his court.
SCiIKDULK 11.
The taxes in this schedule inqiosed are
license tax for the privilege of carrying on
the business or doing the act named ; and
nothing in this schedule coutaiued shall be
construed to relieve any person from the
payment of the ad valorem tax on his pro-
perty as required by the preceding sched
ule, and no county, city, town, or other
municipal eorioratiou, shall levy any great
er tax than levied by the State for the
privileges herein taxed.
Section 1. Traveling theatrical compa
nies shall pay five dollars for each exhibi
tion. When the theatrical exhibitions are
by the seasr n of not less tlian one month,
the tax shall be fifty dollars per month.
Sec. 2. On each concert or musical en
tertainment for profit shall be paid five dol
lars; 011 each lecture for reward, five dol
lars. SecM. On nuiseuus, wax-works or cu
riorities of any kind, natural or artificial
(except paintings and statuary) on each
day's and night's exhibiting, shall le paid
five dollars.
N'c. 4. On every exhibition of a circus
o: menagerie, for each day or a part of a
day; forty dollars, and for each side-show to
a circus or menagerie, ten' "dollars,.
" Sec. 5. On all itinerant companies or
; persons, who exhibit for amusement or the
public, otherwise than is mentioned in the
proceeding sections, five dollars for each
exhibition, Exhibitions given without j
charge for admission, and when one-half j
cross receipts are inven to charitable ob-
je.ts, shall be exempt,
Sec. ;. On all gilt enterprises, or any
person or establishment offering any article
for sale, and proposing to present purchas
ers with any gift or prize as an inducement
to purchase, one per cent, upon the gross
receipts. Anil on any lottery, whether
known as a Beneficial Association or other
wise, $500, and 5 per cent, on gross receipls
to be paid to the State Treasurer. This tax
shall not be construed as a license, or to re
lieve such persons or establishments from
any penalties incurred by a violation of the
law.
Sec. 7- Every agency of a bank, incor
porated out of the State, one hundred dol
lars to be paid to the State Treasurer.
Sec. 8. The tax on billiard saloons shall
be twenty dollars on each table. Every
place where a biiliard table is kept for hire
shall be considered a billiard saloon within
the meaning of this act.
Sec. 9. On every, bowling alley, or alley
of like kind, or bowling saloon, bagatelle
table, stand or place for any other game or
play, with or without a name, unless such
alley, stand, place or game is kept for pri
vate amusement or exercise alone, and not
prohibited by law, there shall be a license
tax of twenty dollars.
Sec. 10. Every dealer in spirituous, vin
ous liquors, porter, lager beer, or other malt
liquors, shall pay a tax of five per cent, on
the amount of purchase, and every agent
who offers liquors for sale, shall pay this tax
on the value of all liquors of any descrip
tion sold by him.
Sec. 11. Every licensed retailer of spirit
uous liquors, wines or cordials, twenty five
dollars for one year. Every retailer of malt
liquors only, shall pay fifteen dollars. The
tax in this section shall be $in addition to
the tax imposed on purchases of liquors in
this schedule, and every person who buys
and sells such liquors in quantities less than
one quart shall, within the meaning of this
act, be a retail dealer.
Sec. 12. Every merchant, jeweler, gro
cer, druggist and every other trader, who
as principal or agent carries on the busi
ness of buying or selling goods, wares or
merchandise of whatever name or descrip
tion except the products or manufactures
of this State, one-eighth of one per cent, on
the total amount of his purchases in or out
oi me rate ior casn or on credit : provi
ded , That' no retail merchant shall be re
quired to pay any tax on any purchase
made from wholesale merchants residing in
the State ; and it shall be the duty of the
sheriff to demand that every merchant, or
otner person required to list his purchases,
who may do business in his county, shall
pay taxes on the same as the law requires,
said taxes to be collected by the sheriff on
the first days of January, April, July and
October, in each year, on the purchases fr
the preceding quarter. Ihe sheriff shall
have power to require the merchant mak-
ing such statement to submit his books
to examination by the sdi3ritf, and eveiy
merchant refusing on demand to
suumii ms oooks to sucli examina
tion, shall be liable to a penalty to
the State of two hundred dollars, to be
prosecuiea ov tne snerin ana recovered m
aey court having jurisdiction of the case
It shall further be the duty of the sheriff to
brinfe -u!t against every merchant refusing
as aforesaid, in the Superior Court of the
county, as may be prescribed for special
proceedings, to the end of obtaining such
examination and compelling payment of the
proper tax.
Sec 13. On the net receipts of hotels,
boarding houses, (except those used for
educational purposes and as private board
ing houses,) restaurants and eating houses,
the tax shall be one per cent.
Sec. 14. The tax on public ferries, toll
bridges and gates across highways, one per
cent, on net receipts.
Sec. 15. Every money or exchange, bond
or note broker, private banker, or agent of
a foreign broker or banker, in addition to
the ad valorem tax on their capital Invest
ed, or the tax on their net income, shall
pay, if employing a capital of twenty thou
sand dollars, a license tax of one hundred
dollars; if a capital of less tlian twenty
thousand dollars, and not less than ten
tnousana aonars, ntty dollars; and it a
capital often thousand dollars or less, a
tax of twenty-five dollars; and also ten
dollars additional for each county in which
they have an agency, the tax to be paid to
the Public Treasurer, the license to be
given by the Auditor.
Sec. 10. Every person who, for himslf
or as agent for another, sells riding vehicles
not manufactured within the State, shall
pay two per cent, on his sales.
Sec. 17- Every auctioneer on all goods,
wares or merchandise, sold by himself or
agent, whether by ascending or descending
bids, or at public outcry, shall pay one per
cent, on the gross amount of his sales, sub
ject to all the regulations and exemptions
set forth in tenth chapter of the revised
code, entitled "Auctions and Auctioneers;'
but this shall not apply to tobacco ware
housemen who shall pay a license of thirty
five dollars a year, Nor to persons who
keep a warehouse exclusively for the sale of
cotton where all who wish may exhibit cot
ton for sale, but the person keeping such
warehouse shall pay a license tax of fitly
dollars.
Sec. 18. Every commission merchant
shall pay a tax of one-eighth of one per
cent, on his sales as commission merchant,
of all articles not the growth or manufac
ture of this State; Provided, That when
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors are sold
by commission merchants, they shall pay a
tax of five per cent, on their sales of such
liquors.
Sec. 10. Every person whose occupation
or business is to keep horses or vehicles for
hire or to let, shall pay a tax of two dollars
for every horse for that purpose, at any
time during the year, to be collected by the
siieriu quarterly; l'rcA ided, That this sec
tion shall not apply to draymen.
Sec. 20. Every itinerant dentist, medical
practitioner, portrait or miniature painter,
daguerrean artists and other persons taking
likenesses of the human face, teri dollars
for each, county n whiuh he carries on his
business; Provided, That such person as
shall furnish satisfactory evidence to the
sheriff of the county iu which he proposes
to practice, that he is a resident of the State,
and has listed his income as required by
law, shall be exempt from the tax imposed
in tli is paragraph.
Sec. 21. Every pej-son that peddlas
goods, wares or merchandise, either by
land or water, or any drugs, nostrums or
medicines, whether such person shall travel
on foot or with a conveyance or otherwise,
except manufacturers or their agents,
selling by sample, shall have obtained from
the commissioners an order to the sheriff
to grant him peddler's license, to expire at
; the end of six months from its date, and
the sheriff, on production of a copy of such
order certified by the clerk of said commis
sioners, shall grant such license for his
county 011 receipt of ten dollars tax,
to-wit: 1st. That not more than one
person shall peddle under the license.
2d, That nothing in this section contained
hall prevent any person freely selling
live stock, vegetables, fruit, oysters, fish,
books, charts, maps, printed music, or the
articles of his own growth or manufacture
within this State. ;Jd, That nothing herein
contained shall release peddlers from pay
ing the tax imposed in this act, or persona
who deal in the same species of merchan
dise, Avhich tax shall be collected or received
iu the same manner as is the case of other
merchants and traders.
Sec. 22. Every itinerant who deals in or
puts up ligh:niTv- rods, five d if s for each
county in wh;v , s fjrries v . .- iness.
See. iy. E
npany
i
,ipsies or
strolling conq t ,f 'persons w ho make a
support by pretending to tell fortunes or
j begging, fifty dollars in each county in which
thoyo tier to practice any of their crft,recov-
eoverable out of any property belonging to
any one of the company, but nothing here
in contained shall be so construed as to ex-
em pt them from indictment or penalties
imposed by law.
SVc. 24. Every drummer, or travelling
agent of any person who shall sell any
spirituous liquors, vinous or malt liquors,
goods, wares or merchandise, by sample or
otketwise, whether delivered or to be de
livered, except agricultural implements and
fruit tree?, and articles of his own growth
or manufacture shall, before making any
such sale, obtain a license to sell one year
from the public treasurer, by paying said
treasurer an annual tax of fifty dollars, but
snail-not be liable to be taxed in any coun
ty because ol his sales. Any person viola
ting the provisions of this paragraph shall
be deemed guiltyof a petty misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction before any magistrate,
shall be fined not exceeding fifty dollars or
imprisoned not exceeding: one month, and
shall forfeit and pay besides two hundred
dollars to the sheriff, to be collected by dis
tress or otherwise, one-half of which shall
be accounted for as other taxes, the other
half to the use of the informer and the
sheriff equally.
hec 2o. The chief officers of banks, in
cluding Saving's Banks and private bank
ers, shall, in April and October of each
year, certify on oath the amount of divi
dends or profits winch have been earned,
and shall pay on such dividends five per
cent, to the public treasurer ; and such in
surance companies as are incorporated by
tbi State shall, in April and October of
each year, certify on oath the amount of
dividends and profits which have been
earred, and shall pay on such dividends
two per cent. On failure to comply with
the provision of this section, said banks,
companies or pei-sons shall pay as taxes
one thousand dollars, to be collected by the
treasurer of the State.
Sec. 26. Every insurance company not
incorporated in this State, doing business
therein, shall pay an annual tax of
one per cent, to the treasurer of the State,
upon the gross receipts derived ironi the
premiums charged for insurance obtained
therein, unless the company shall exhibit to
the Governor, auditor and treasurer a sworn
statement of investments in real property
situate in this State, loans secured by mort
gage to the citizens of the State of an
amount equal to one-half of such gross re
ceipts, when the tax shall be one-half of
one per cent., said tax to be paid quarterly,
viz : on the first days of April, July, Octo
ber and January in each year. Each gen
eral agent shall be required on the above
named days to make a statement to the
treasurer, under oath, that the amount by
him returned is a fidl and correct statement
of such quaner. On failure to comply
with the provisions of this section, every
such company shall pay as a tax two thou
sand dollars, and the principal agent shall
be liable therefor. Every such company
shall be required to appoint a general agent,
who sliall obtain a license from the treasu
rer before transacting any business therein
and before such license is granted, the ap
plicant shall show to the treasurer his ap
pointment as general agent, under seal of
the company, and thereupon the license
shall be granted by the payment of one
hundred dollars, and such license
shall be renewed annually by the
payment of said sum. Audit shall be tie
duty of said general agent to furnish each
of his sub-agents with a commission au
thorizing him to do business. And any
one found soliciting insurance without such
commission, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeaner and be fined not less than
one thousand dollars and imprisoned not
less than ninety days. The agent affecting
insurance shall, on the first days of April,
July, October and January, make returns
to the sheriff of the county in which the in
surance is affected, ot all the business done
by him during the preceding quarter in
said county, and shall pay to him the
county tax assessed on such business ; the
general agent shall also, on the first days of
April, July, October and January, make
return to the sheriff of each county of the
amount of gross receipts for premiums re
ceived from such county for such quarter.
It shall further be required of the general
agent or his local agent, to pay to the sher
iff of each county the county tax assessed
upon the gross receipts of premiums col
l3Cted in such county, at the time and in
the manner as required by the State, and j
no municipal corporation shall be allowed
to add any additional tax : Provided, That
no county or corporation shall be allowed
to tax insurance agents for license. On
failure to make returns, or to pay as afore
said, said agent shall pay twenty-five dol
lars for each policy effected or negotiated
by him in such county.
Sec. 27. No person shall follow any of
the trades or professions taxed by th's act,
or in any other act, imposing taxes on
trades, and professions and franchises, with
out fu-st obtaining a license from the sheriff
of the county in which the trade or the
profession is to be followed, or the fran
chise enjoyed, or the Treasurer of the State
when the Treasurer is required to grant li
censes. Such license shall give to the per
son obtaining it the right to practice the
trade or profession, or to enjoy the fran
chise therein specified, in fhe county of
the sheriff' by whom it is issued, and in no
other, unless the law imposing the tax
shall otherwise direct, from its date to the
following first day of April ; Provided,
That nothing in this section shall apply to
licensed practicing physicians, lawyers or
dentists.
Sec. 28. The form ol the license shall be
in substance as follows :
Iieceived this day of 18 ,
of dollars, of which dollars is
the tax to State of North Carolina, and
dollars is the tax to the county of
, for his license to practice the trade
(or profession) of until the lirst day
of April next.
Signed,
A B
Sheriff of Ceu,nty.
(Countersigned.)
C D
Register of Deeds for County.
Sec. 29. Any person proposing to follow
any taxed trade or profession may take out
a license in advance of the time when he
proposes to begin such trade or profession,
in advance of the expiration of a license al
ready held by him. Iu such case the li
cense shall be truly dated, and shall specify
the time at which it shall begin to be of
force, as well as the time when it shall ex
pire, which shall always be n the first days
01 January, Apru, July or October.
Sec. 30. No license issued by the sheriff
shall be valid until the same shall have
been exhibited to and countersigned by the
register of deeds of the county, who shall
receive for the services imposed on hiin by
' this act m reference to
licenses, a fee of
every person li-
twenty-five cents from
censed.
See. 31. The register of deeds shall keep
a book, in which he shall record the name
of the person licensed, the trade or profes
sion to be followed, or the franchise to be
enjoyed, the date at which it begins to run
and the amount of the tax, and he shall,
on the third Monday in January,
April, July and October, send a certified
copy of such record for the quarter last
preceding, to the Auditor of the State, who
shall charge the sheriff with the amount so
appearing due. If any register shall fail to
perform the duty hereby imposed on him,
he shall forfeit to the State a penalty of two
hundred dollars, to be recovered of him and
the sureties to his official bondj,ou motion
in the superior Cwiirf. or "the county of
Wake ; and, oji such motion a -ciiiil-'! -opy
or his official bond and thecv; ;j.j t f ihe
Auditor of the St:,to, t ' '
ure to make iho . 1
prima facie evidc. . .i (
judgment in the aU 1 .11: 3 m
defence.
Sec 32. Every person who shall practice
chise taxed by the law of North, Carolina,
without first having paid the. tax; and ob
tained a heense as herein required, shall be
1 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall
also forfeit and pay to the State a pen-
! alty not to exceed twenty dollars, at the
discretion of the court, and in default of the
payment of such fine, he may be impris
oned for not more tlian one month, at the
discretion of the court, for every day on
which he shall practice such trade or pro
fession, or use such franchise ; which en
altythe sheriff of the county in which it
has occurred shall cause to be recorded be
fore any justice of the peace of the county.
Sec. 'S3. The sheriff' shall immediately
report to the register of deeds all sums re
covered by him as penalties under this act,
and the register shall add three-fourths of
each penalty recovered to the record of li
censes required to be kept by lum ; the
other fourth the sheriff' may obtain.
SCHEDULE C.
The taxes embraced in Schednle C,
shall be listed and as paid especially there
in directed, and shall be for the privilege of
carrying on the business or pert'omiing the
act named:
Sec. 1. Every express cempany shall
make return to the public treasurer on or
before the first Monday in January, April,
July and October of each year, of the en
tire gross earnings ami receipts of such
company within the State of North Caro
lina during the three months next preced
ing. The said report shall be verified by
the oath of the chief officer or agent of the
company at its principal office in the State.
The said comjiany shall, on or before the
tliird Monday of each of the said months,
pay on the gross receipts two per cent, for
each three montlis, and for failure to make
sucli report, or pay such tax, the company
shall pay as taxes two thousand dollars, to
be collected by such sheriff' as the public
treasurer may designate, by distress or
otherwise.
Sec. 2. Every telegraph company doing
business in this State shall, at the times anil
in the manner prescribed in the preceding
section, make report of the entire receipts of
said company within this State, and pay to
the public treasurer two per cent, for each
three months, and in case of default of
such report or payment the company shall
pay as tax one thousand dollars, to be col
lected by such sheriff as the public treasu
?er shall designate, by distress or other
wise. Sec. 3. Whenever the seal of the State or
of the treasuiy department, of a notary
public, or other public officer, except clerks
of the supreme and superior courts, re
quired by law to keep a seal, shall be fixed
to any paper except as is hereinafter ex
cepted, the tax shall be as follows, to be
paid by the party applying for the same :
For the seal of the State, one dollar, to be
collected and paid in the treasury by the
private Secretary of the Governor; for the
seal of the State Department, fifty cents, to
be collected by the Secretary of State, and
paii by him into the treasury ; for the seal
of the public treasurer, to lie collected by
him and accounted for as other public
moneys, fifty cents ; for the sea', of the
supreme court fifty cents, to be col
lected by the clerk and paid by him into
the treasury ; and for the seal of a notary
public or other public officer, twenty-five
cents, to be collected and paid over by the
said officers to the sheriff' of the county
where such seal is kept. Said officer shali
keep an account of the number of times
their seals may be used, and shall deliver
to the proper officer a sworn statement
thereof. Whenever a scroll is used in the
absence of a seal by any of said officers the
said tax shall be on scroll, seals affixed for
the use of any county or State or other
government, or used on the commission of
officers in the militia, justices of the peace,
or any public officer not having a salary or
under the pension law, or upon any pio
cess of court sliall be exempt from taxation.
The officers collecting the seal taxes may
retain, as compensation, five per cent. Any
person receiving taxes under this section
and wilfully refusing or neglecting to pay
the same as required, shall be guilty of em
bezzlement, and on conviction shall be
fined not more than five hundred dollars or
imprisoned in the State's prisen in the dis
cretion of the court.
Sec. 4. On each marriage license fifty
lents, and 011 each marriage contract, mort
gage deed and deed iu trust to secure cred
itors where amount secured exceeds three
hundred dollars, thtra Shall be a tax of one
dollar. The tax on marriage licenses shall
be paid to the Register of Deeds when he
issues the license, and the tax on deeds to
the Judge of Prebate of the county in which
the instrument is admitted to registration,
bnt if in two or more counties, tlien in the
county in which it is first registered. It j
shall be the duty of the Judge of Probate
and Register of Deeds to render annually
to the sheriffs during the second week in
the month of September sworn statements
in detail of the taxes received by them re
spectively, under this section, and at the
game time pay him the money thus receiv
ed, less four jier cent, commissions, and
thereupon the sheriff' shall file the state
ment of the Judge of lrobate with the
Register of Deeds, and that of the latter
with the Clerk of the Superior Court.
Sec. 5. On every charter of incorporation
of any company granted by the General
Assembly, other than those for charity, be
nevolence or literature, where the corpora
tion had power to become incorporate un
der the provisions of any general law, and
n any amendment of every sucli character,
whether originally granted by the General
Assembly or secured by letters patent or
otherwise, there shall be a tax of twenty
five dollars paid directly to the public treas
urer. No company shall be organized un
der such special act of incorporation, or de
rive benefit from any act to amend their
charter, without first obtaining a certified
copy of such act from the Secretary of
State, which shall be filed in the office of
the said Secretary.
Sec 0. Whenever any officer receives or
collects a fine, penalty or forfeiture in be
half of the State, he shall within ten days
after such reception or collection pay ovej
and account for the same to the Clerk of
the Superior Court, who e hall forward such
fine, penalty, or forfeiture to the treasurer
of the board of education for the benefit of
the fund for common schools
Sec. 7- Any officer convicted of violating
the preceding section, shall be guilty of
embezzlement, and may lie punished not
exceeding five years in the State prison, at
tne discretion ol tne court.
Sec. 8. All la.wa imposing taxes, the sub
jects wldch are revised in this act are here
by repealed ; Provided, That this repeal
shall not extend to the provisions f any
law, so far as they relate to the taxes listed,
or which ought to have been listed, or
which may be due previous to the ratifica
tion of this act.
Sec. 9. All laws requiring taxes to be
levied by the County Commissioners on
the first Monday in February of each year
are hereby repealed
Sec. 37. This act shall be in force from
and after its ratification
Ratified the l'Jth day of January', 1$7:
A letter written in New York says : !
It is rumored that the legal complica-
tions in which the late Colonel Fisk had
become involved have seriously embar
rassed his estate. It was popularly be
lieved that he. whs worth several millions
of doyaraj and probably had he lived to
i disembarrass himself he would have been
j able to save a very large snm. But there
is good authority for saying that when all
his liabilities are discharged there will be
left only from $100,000 to $200,000, The
Equitable Li'e Insurance company has is
a policy f $20,000 in. his lavor, and it
in U 1 v veil i. at he Lad other policies for
j smaller sums. His former private secre
tary, John H. Comer, is charged with the
1 dlUy cf settling the estate.
Dispatches from Matamoras announce
the complete investment of Mier by Gen
eral Cortina. Four or five hundred revo
lutionists, uuder Gen. Quiroga, had been
driven into the piaaa, where they w ere vig
orously defending themselves.
STATE 1NEWS.
Tarboro lias had some shad.
Eggs 2:1 cents per dozen, m Newbein.
Corn sold at o." cents, in Newbern, on
Wednesday.
Greensboro is proposed for the Demo
cratic State Convention.
Newbern
is
also shippiiu.
terappins to
New York.
High Point has shiniied oO.OUO partridires
to the North, during the present season.
The Vat riot calls for an Agricultural So
ciety for ( ; reensboro.
John Green, of Nash ciuuty, raised last
year, with one horse, barrels of corn and
12 bags of cotton.
Hon. Thos. Settle
late Minister to Peru,
is in Raleigh. So is Judge Eogan.
i ixin:
up the Radical slate.
Hon. Win. T. Dortch has arrived at
home in Goldsboro, accompanied bv his ac
complished Virginia bride.
Senator Pool has withdrawn a resolution
in the United States Senate, appropriating
$100,(X)0 for the erection of Fed.-ral public
buildings in Raleigh.
The Carolina Eagle says that Mr. V. P.
Wilfong killed a hog, last week, 2S months
old, that weighed oiiS lbs. n-tt. Seventeen
gallons of lard w ere rendered from it.
The Goldsboro News says lhat the new
hotel that Coi. Humphrey is about to build
in that place, will cost about $.,W0, in
addition to the anion 1 it paid for t he ground,
which was ", )00.
The Charlotte Commercial says that a
white man, name unknown, was found
dead under a trestle on the Air Line Rail
way, near Charlotte, last Wednesday, lie
probably fell while drunk, and was killed.
A difficulty occurred in Greenville, Pitt
county, on Tuesday, between two gentle
men named Prit chard, and Mr. Robert
Greene, which resulted in the death of the
elder Pritchard, by a pistol in the bauds of
Mr. Greene.
Edward E. Gayle, the son of Mr. J. R.
Gayle, Master Machinist at the Raleigh and
Gaston Railroad Shops, in this city, will
enter as a Cadet at West Point, the twenfy
thjrd of next May. Mr. Gayle is just en
tering his eighteenth year. So says the
Curolinian.
Mr. Tucker, a dark member of one of the
Houses, arose the other day and said 011
the State debt :
"Genl'men how is we goin' to pay dis
thing'.' Don't the members say we are.
bankrupt'.' How ken a bankrupt pay a
beht? Say! 1 say this. 1 say that every
man in this chamber, and outside of it, is a
counterfeit
It was decidedly the best speech on "pay
ing the State debt"' that we have yet heard.
Make another, Mr. Tucker.
Yesterday's Newbern Times says! This
morning, about 3 o'clock, the alarm of lire
was given, and repairing to the scene, we
found Halm's bakery, on Craven street, in
flames. Spreading, the lire soon reached,
and consumed the building occupied by
Messrs. Henry Hall ami Sani'I K. Eaton, as
a bookstore and jewelry establishment, and
the building used as a confectionary by F.
M. Agostini, both on Pollock afreet, and
extending down Craven, the shoe shop of C.
B. Robbins, the harness shop of Phillips &
Dowdee, and 13. Berry's thug store, were
all laid in ashes. Loss, about $1.",000.
The firemen worked well.
Tin: Fikk, Our estimate of losses in
yesterday's issue was rather over-estimated.
The losses were as follows :
R. Rcrry's Druggist building and stock,
$2,000. No insurance.
M. M. Manly, IJakery, loss, $1,500. Par
tially insured.
M. Prugg, Dry Goo'ls merchant, $1,500
insurance
Samuel K. Eaton, Scw.'lci-, $500. No in
suance. H. L. Hall, Stationer, $300. No insu
jance. A. M. Agostine, $2,000. Partially in
sured. Phillips fc Dowdv, $50. No insurance.
Mitchell, Allen & C, $200. No insu
rance. C. K. Robbins, Root, and Shoemaker,
$200.
E. R. Stanley, $1,500.
Dr. J. L. Watkins, $500.
We happened to be one
of the first on
the ground, and the first,
Im'isou we ob-
served, and who apparently
;ave the alarm,
was olhcer 1 acker.
The fire department as usual, worked
well, and no effort or exertion was spared
to stop the progress of the destroying cle
ment. Newbern Times.
South Carolina xteiiLs.
Haight's circus was in Charleston yes
terday.
Mr. Alex. McConkcy, a well-known citi
zen ot Charleston, died ot apoplexy, 111
that city, on Wednesday.
The old Charleston Light Dragoons ar?
to be reorganized. The coninnny was fiist
formed over 70 years ago.
Haight's Circus is to exhibit at Marion
on the 30th, at Sumter, on tne 31st, and at
Columbia, February 1st.
The rifle clubs in Charleston, which have
been furnished with arms and accoutre
ments by the State, have been ordered to
return them.
The Charleston Courier says that a club
Of sixty Germans, composed principally of
Metz's Band, won $500 in the Academy of
Music drawing.
The Charleston N w-'t deplores the death
of Alderman Elias Gardner, colored, a na
tive of Charlestoniaii, and an efficient and
zealous member of the Council. He was
a liberal and consistent Republican, and
was elected as an Alderman 011 the citizens
ticket last summer.
The Edgefield Advertiser says : The Hon.
E. C Simkins departed this life at his home,
near Jacksonville, Fla., on Tuesday, the
2d day of the new Year. Clark Simkins,
our early and much loved friend, was tho
youngest son of Col. Eldred Simpkins, and
the younger brother of Col. Ar.hur Sim
kins, so long and so brilliantly identified
with this paper, and of the gallant Col.
John Simkins, who perished iu tho late
war. He was the last of his generation
the latest survivor among the children of
old Col. Eldred Simkins.
The Charleston Neics says: The funeral
serv ices of Alderman Ellas Garden (col'd,)
took place yesterday afternoon at three
' o'clock, at tlx
residence ol the deceased,
,o. Ill COmmg street, the Rev. Jos. l.
Seabrook official ing. The funend was at
tended by a considerable number of citi
zens, among whom was a large proportion
of whites. After the services had been con
cluded, the body was conveyed to the
hearse, wldch was followed to the place of
interment by a large and honorable escort.
At the head of the procession walked tho
Hon. Alfred linger and Mayor Wagener,
followed by the City Fathers, the commis
si ners of the market with tho chairman,
. :m II. Steinmeyer, the officers of tho
i i.e Department and. police. The remains
v. ere taken to tho bury'.ng-ground of the
"Brown Men's Fellowship Society," in Pitt
street, where they wcrj interred.
Ill San Francisco salutes will be fired on
the arrival of the Japanese embassy from
all the fortifications in the harbor, and tlm
citizens will tender them a banquet.