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Ac#!* or Ihe Legislature. an A’T to \mknd an act entitled revenue. t^KrxioN 1 That an “Act entitled Revenue,” which was ratitieil on the lOth day ot‘ Feb. liS59, bo anundod in tlie following uiatnier, to-w’it: In addition to the cxcniption snecitied in section thcrt' jiliall also be exempted from taxatio\i all •^nch property and estate, and their protits, as may beloni; to State amlt’ounty ,\;j:ricul(ural Societies and 1k‘ sot apart and used by them for atiriciiltu- ral tairs, and all such, and their pn»titt, as belong to any church i>r robirious society, and be set apart anti used bv them for parsonai;es. Si'lli:i>l l-F. A. Sk(' - The amendnit'nts under schedule A shall be ,i.s lt>l!o\vs: .1 ■ II.-al jiroperty, with the improvement thereon, includiiitr entries of land, shall be taxed annuullv 1'' cont.s on every ;?](•(• ot its value. (•J.) The provisions of paragraph (ft) shall be eonstrueil to extend to intere.*.t received or ac crued upon the subjects therein named, whether held in one's own right, or as guardian, executor, administrator, i lerk. or elerk and ncister of any court, or as trustee, or agent ut any kind what- cvor. and the person or ]>ersons holding any such subject ot taxatitiu shall list the same tor taxation. 1,8.) Kvery rc>ideut ot this State, owning any lands [b..nds] of the State of North (’arolina, issued after the ratification ot this act, shall be liable to a tax of t cents on every dollar of interest received from such investtnenf. ;J. ' I’arairntpfi 7 shall be amended as fol- lotK-s: Kverv doll.tr of net divilciii i>r profit not previously lisftui, declart'd, received, t»r due on or betore the tirst day of July in eacli year upon money or capital invested in shares in the l>ank of Washinirton, the Merolrint's Hank of Ncwbern, the Hank of Wadesboro . the l»ank ot hayetteville, the ronimercial Hank id Wilmington, the Far- Tiiers’ Hank of North Carolina, the Ikuik of (.’har- lutte. and the Hank of Vanceyville, ^hall pay an annual tux ot ci>nts, and in shares in all other bank', or in anv other incorporation or trading oompany, or in .'•toaui vessels i>t twent}' tons bur den or upwanls. 1 conts. .Vnd any per.'on listing any dividends ot' profit of the banks herein speci ally named, shall be rotjuirod to list the same separately from any other diviJend or profit for which ho is liable to a tax, and also to specify the name of the bank from which said dividend is due or has been received. Every rosidont surgeon dentist, physician, lawyer, portrait or miniature j'ainter. dairuerrean artist, or other persons taking likenesses of the human face; every commissii>n merchant, factor, produce broker, and aui tioneer; every State and county officer (except judges ot the supreme and superior courts;; every president and cashier or treasurer of any bank, railmad or other incorpo rated company, w boso annual total receipts and in come, in the way of practice, salary, fees, wages, peniuisites, and onutluments, amount to or are worth S.’«UO or upwards, 1 per cent, on such total receipts and income; and so much of paragraph i !(.•' schedule A. as imposes a tax u]w>n persons other than those hi-rein named, is hereby r. pealed. . G. ■ The tax imposed by paragraph ; 17 > ujton liquors, wines, and cordials, shall horeaftor bo 4 per Cent. And this parairraph m) amended is hereby transferred to .si hedule H. and the tax im- jiosed l»y it shull hereafter l»e i:iven in and paid under the same rules, reixulations and penaltios as are prescribed in ease oi nit ri hant's tax ^^7.) To facilitate the collection ol the tax on collaterals, every executor or administrator shall return in his inventory whether the estate ot the deceased goes to the lineal or collateral relations or to a stranirer, and if to collaterals, the deirree of relationship of such collaterals to tho dt cea.sed, under a penalty of SlOO to be recovered in the name and for the use of the State. fc^CHEDl'LE li. Sec. 1. The amendments under .schedule H. shall be as follows: (1.; Kvery raoney or exchauge. bond or note broker, private banker or au'eiit of a fureiijn bro ker or banker, shall pay the sum of 8‘>uo tor each county in which he has an otlice or place of busi ness, and every person acting for such broker, whether with or without comjtensation, shall be held and deemed a broker to all inteiits and pur poses in the place or county in which he shall so act. and shall be liable for the above tax. ('2.) Every person who is not a resident ot this State and who shall con.e into this State in the capacity uf or as agent for a broker, and with the intention of exercising any of the functions of a money or exchaiii;f broker, shall pay the sum of SoOU in each and every county in which he shall act as a broker, which tax shall be collected by the sheriff of the county and be accounted for as other taxes. (8.) Every person who shall propose to act as a broker, according to the foregoinr section, shall pay the tax to the sheriff of the county in which such broker s business is to be transacted, and take a license for the same, which shall authorize him to act as broker for one year; and any person who shall act without such license shall forfeit the sum of 81.)0l,», to be recovered by the sheriti’ of the county where such tax may be due, one- third of which shall go to tlie shcrifi, and the re mainder shall be accounted for as other taxes and such person so ofl’ending shall be :ruilty of a misdemeanor. ' " (4.) Kvery non-resident njerchant, drummef or agent who shall come into this State and sell ^*iy goods, wares or merchandize, bv sample or otherwise, whether delivered or to be delivered, shall pu} a tax oi i per cent, on the gross anjount of such sales made in any one year, and .^hall, before making such sale, obtain a written license from the sheriti of the county in wliieh he [»ro- poses to do business, which the sheriff is author ized to i.s.sue whent'ver such j>erson shall give bond with security in the sum of (or the payment of the tax hereby imposed, at the time and unili r the same rules and regulations as are prescribed for the payment of nHMchants’ tax; and every jierson violating the provi.sions of this paragraph shall be liable t^j a |»enalty of-ifaOU, to be colhcte'l by the sheriff, ?tO(j of which shall be aceoutited for and j»aid as otiier State t;ixes, and he shall be further liable to indictment as tor ;i uiisdenieanor. SCMIKDULE (’. Skc. 1. And the anu;ndm('nts under schedule (’ shall be as follows, to-wi!; (I.) The president and cashier of the banks herein nau)ed, on or befijre the tirst day of Oc tober, in each year, shall pay into the public treas ury the following tax on each .v7/-f/v of stock owned by itnlividuals-or corporations, to-wit: The Hank ot Washington, L'f) cents; the Merchants’ Hank of Ncwbern 2:') cents; the l>ank of Wadesboro’ 12 cents; the Hank d Kayetteville, lL';l cents; the ^ .oinnierei'al liank of Wilmington 2”) cents; the K-jrniers’ i»ank (tf North (’arolina 2;') ciiiits; the Hank of .Nortli (’arolina cents; the Jiank of icxington .50 cent.^; the Miners and Planters’ Jiank ;Uj cents; the Hank of Oomineree ,‘iO cents; tfie Hank of (’larendon :\i) cents; the Hank of Cape Har UU cents; the liank of Wilminirton ;(► cents; the HanK o (’harlotte, lL>A cents; the liank of Salisbury ».(> cents; the Hank ol Va.u-eyville L'ft cents; and any other which may be chartered by th.3 or any future (.eneral Assembly, (}0 centos on the share of 8100 of such stock, and in that t.ro- portion tor shares of a less value. neiwl nr J^«>y bank shall neglect or fail to pay the tax, as herein required b».,k .hall ;,,e tux, and the same «hall he sued for and recovered by the Attorney General, in the name of the State, in the supeiior court of the county ot Wake, Sec. 5. Hereafter the clerks of the county courts shall have until the tenth day of April in the yuiir ensuing the taking of the tax list, to de liver to the sheriff sueh a copy thereof, and under the same penalties as are prescribed in the fortieth (■U>th ) section of said act. Katified 23d day of b'ebruary, ItSGl. RAILROAKS, &c. To charter Cfiatham Railroad Company. From tlie Coal FieIJs to or near Raleigh. Supplemental act granin Slate /liif l>y exchange of bonils for For the complejion of W. C. \ R. Railroad. Exchange of bonds for 5l,W0,(HH>. For completion ot \Ves*tern Railroad from ^ to Coalfields, auif extension to N. (' Itoad. JJlK ,i KJ exchange of bonds for the one, and $10,(.KK) per ini e for vlie other. For completion and equipment of Albemarle and C hes apeake Canal. .Appropriates To construct a bianch fron. W. & W. Road to or near Favetteville Exchange of bonds for To incorporate Greensboro' and Leaksville Kailroau. appropi iation. To incorporate Milton and Vanceyville Junction Kail- roiid. No appropriation To incorporate Statesville and Tennessee Turnpike. :lo,UiKi. To allovr K. G Hoad to increase capital to (KM». To incorporate (Ireenville and Goldsboro’ Railroad. No ajipropriation. To incorponite Wilmington & Tarboro’ Railroad. No appropriation. Concerning W. & W. Railroad. Extension of time on tionds due the Stale. To incorporate Charlotte and St Catharine’s Rail road. No appropriation. To incorporate l iiiver-'ity Railroad Co No appro priation. To provide for continuation of Deep River Works. To incorporate railroad from Dallas, Gaston Co., to S. C. line. For relief of Greenville ami Raleigh I’lank Roail To incorporate Caswell Railroad Co. amend charter of Atlantic. Tenn. and Ohio railroad. Vancy McDowell Turnpike charter; ap propriates “ •• Western N C K.iilroai] charier. For a public road from Statesville to Wilkesboro’. .\mendinganac! to extend powers of New River Nav Co ACTS OV INCORl'ORATlON. To incorporate Ciurden Valley Mining Company. Gibson Hill Mining t’o., Guilford. Hall. \ N. C. Copper ic Gold Min. Co. Silver Valley Mining ('o.. Davidson. Davivlr»on Copper Mining Company. Valley River .Mining Co., Cherokee. Chatham Mining Company. Carrollton Copper Min. Co. of Haltimore. Adams Hill Mining Company. Riddick s Creek NUuing Company Concord Copper Lincoln copper and gold mining Co Catawba Canuagah niining l ompanv Cherokee mining company. .ludson Female ('ollege, Henderson (Jreen Swamp Couipajiy. Greensboro’ Gas •* SwannanoA Lo^lge, No (")*>, 1 >. (• F Asheville. Dujilin Ritlemen. Tally Ho Female Academy. Granville. Green Hill Cemetery. tWincombe. .\sheville Water t'oujpany. Kilwiiiing Lodge, No. Ol, A. V , Wadesboro Jeflersou Academy, .\she. Greensboro' Hotel Comp.-iny. Wilmington Horse Artillery Troop I'nion Ag.. Mech S Com So.. Newbcrn Wilmington Water Works Compsny Buncombe Ritiemeu. t'ity of Morehead. F.Hvetieville (.Jas Co. Tewu of Entield. Warren Lolge. No lol. A. V. M Ball s Creek C’imp Groun 1, Catawba Bellevue Academy. r>eaul'ori Couniy. All>emarle Steam I’acket Cotiipaii_\ Hillsboro’ Military Academy. Tokay Wiue Company. Fayeti**ville Greensboro’ Cemetery Company Salem Camp Ground, Lincoln. Vadkin College, Davidson Oak Hill Military Academy. Granville. Buncombe powder manufacturing Co. Piney Woods Cavalry. Wake Light Dra goons. .Sc. (.irauge Light lufantry. N (-' Fibre t’ompany. Town of ilockingham. •• Jamesville. Marlin county. fndej>enilent tJrays. Topsail Ritiemen. Franklin Ritfcs*, Albemarle Guards, .''haron Ritlemen. Citizens’ Gas l^ight Company, Newberii. Sulphur Spriug> Camp Ground, t’leve- land. N C Manufacturing company. Town of Boon Hill, Johnstou. N C Steel manufacturing company. State Educational .\ssociatinu. Richmond Hill Institute, Robes.m. ^Nilmington an ! VN right'‘ville Turnpike. Granville lnde{>endent (Jrays Black Mountain Turnpike Co. Salem .'ic Thoma.svine •• Turnpike road from Trenton, .Tones Co. to .\ vV N C Ikoad. Road from .John .Mien's to top of lUue Ridge, at Fisher s Gap, Surry. .Mmcf.llankoi s. h or relief of }»anks and people; rej>eals penalties of Bank susfiension. For purchase of .Arms, Sic. Concerning call of a Convention on Federal Atfairs. lo create an .\rtillery (’orps in North Carolina. Amending act creating Sinking Fund. Concerning Courts of Oyer and Terminer: gives a grand jury. For a (,’ourt of Oyer and Terminer in Caswell: to try a negro charged with rape on a white woman. For similar court iu Northamjiton. Authorizing sureties of W. Pollock, late .Sheriff of ■lones*, to coUect arrears of taxes Same for sureties ot W, W, Ward, late Sheriff of Martin; anti same for sure ties of G. W. (Jlass, late Sheriff of .McDowell Authorizing .I. H. Allen, late Sheriff of Brunswick to collect arrears; same for S. Brooks, late Sheritt'of Hyde; and same for .lohn Tapscoti, late Sheriff of Ala mance. For relief of Daniel Dougherty Repealing act granting Burke Superior (’ourt original and exclusive jurisdiction of all criminal causes and State yyrosecutions, where the intervention of a jury may be necessary. .Altering lime of opening polls at Salisbury, W'ilming- ton. -Asheville anil Lexington. (Mianginp time of closing polls in Washington t'o. 'I'o consolidate acts relating to .Statesville. Authorizing commissioners of Hertford to sell town lota. New subjects of taxation in Wilmington. “ Additional inspector of flour &c. in “ Extending limits of .Asheville; altering former acts. Amenling charter of Edenton. “ “ “ Elizabeth (’ity. “ “ “ Salisbury. “ “ “ Lincolnton. “ “ “ Franklin, .Macon Co. “ “ “ Newbern. “ “ “ Morganton. “ “ “ Warsaw. “ “ “ (.’harlotte. “ “ “ Thomasville. Extending limits of Lexington. “ “ “ Monroe, Union ('o. To permit sale of certain property in Statesville. Itepealing an act concerning Robeson and (Cherokee. Toappointtax collectors for Wayne, Haywood, Burke i Pas.iuotank, Mecklenburg, Iredell, Davidson,' Ansoni Union and other counties; anvl an act lo amend tliis act. Establishing Transylvania County from Buncombc ami .Jackson. Act supplemental thereto. ^ Establishing Mitchell County; from Yancy, McDowell, Burke atid Watauga. Act supplemental thereto. Establishing Clay county. Act suppleinentnl thereto. To permit less than a majority of justices to transact county bu.siness in Iredell and Chatham. For two additional terms of Sup. (H. in Cleveland Concerning payment of tales jurors. For running line between Wayne and Greene. “ Surry and Wilkes. “ Sale of old jail in Wilkes. Abolishing jury trials in Ct’y Cts. of Polk. ** “ “ “ Watauga. Itestonng “ “ “ « Cherokee. Repealing provisions, Rev. Code, as to courts in Wash ington county. Changing place of holding Wardens’ Ct. Northampton. Concerning County Courts in Columbus. “ daily reading of Court Records. Concerning public roads iu Watauga; grants $.?000. “ taxes in .Ashe and .Alleghany. “ tax list in Oregon Disi.. Beaufort. For heating and lighting Capitol; Prohibiting emancipation of sbi»'es by NNill. P’or protection of H.iywood acHdeniies. .. .. •> Keynoldson Insiitute, Oates. ■Amending charter of Peniuimons Academy. “ Bascombe College. I* “ Mars Hill (\)llege. For relief of Davidson College, t'oncerning (Common Schools. For completing I>eaf and Dumb institution; $2,000. 'oncerning Insane Asylum; SD*.l*00. .■Authorizing certain persons in Wake tosend children lo common schools in Granville. Against felling limber iii certain streams in Iredell; same iu Forsyth; same iu IL'rlford. For relief of sufferers t)}’ burning of Pill C H To permit Evans Ferguson and Ben Smith, free blacks, to choose masters. Extemling time tor registering grunts, deeds, .tc. •• “ “ perfecting tille to entered lands. Concerning poor in Forsyth; prohibits sale of li«iuors lo paupers. W ike County Wardens of the Poor. “ Insane persmis \uthorizing .A Lutz and D P Johnson to establish a toll bridge on Catawba river. To prevent ol)siaeles in Stilnion creek. •• •' damage by cantp fires. •• frei* negroes hiring or I'outroUing slaves. To change riil>*s of evidence in indictments for trad- in«' with slaves. Requiring registration of I'oroner's boiuls. To provivie for limited partnerships. To prote^P Newtiern Fair Grounds Anieiitling charter of .lonathan's Creek Turnpike. *• •• Aibintic lnsuraiic«‘ Co. “ •* L:i (Jrange Mining Co. Remitting penalties ineurrvd under said ehartvr. Authorizing raising volunteer corps in Washington. Defining rape. .Amending act as to Cape Fear Pilotage. HfV code as to ‘‘wrecks. “ ch 70, ••Militia." “ *• •• as to “Fences.” “ •• •• as to “W idows.” as lo ••oysters and other fish.” .. .. .. .J.J i„ "free negroes" •• secs Iti aiul 17. ch •• •• sec 11, ch “ •• sec I*, ch ‘•♦•'i. •* •• •• ch l!; .Agriculture and Geology. “ •* *• concerning iilims and hmaiics. Repealing sec 4 ch Itjy Laws of To dituinisli costs in equity sales fi>r partition. HANKS. To amend charter of Bank of Commerce, Newbern. To •• *• •• Farmers’ P»ank. Incorporating Bank of Koxboro; capital S'-* •• Thomasville. “ “ “ Western N To refuinl moneys improperly collected from the Banks. RKSOl.trioNs /« f'avnr wf Sureties of G. W. Gla«s; Col. Ed Yar borough; Tlmiuas DigkTs; D C. Lilly; Leah t'tilemair. 1 Cooi>er Prince aiul.I H Harwood; l*atuelillis and David Lewis; sureties of .S. M. Ray; sureties ot G II Holland: John Pate; J. S. Ivt-s; Jonas Jfnkin>i; Pe:ice: L. 'Vard; J C Norman; sureties ot W \S Ward; Ja'^per Pritchett; Gray Ityiuini; .lodges Heath, Howard .‘ind .''Hunders, and .\tt 'Jen. .lenkins; sureties oft.’ tlrigg; J 11 Moore I 510 for burning box of Helper books); I> NV Courts; P .A .''mith; W Wnlsun; J MilJee; C Bi.-bop; L N p. Battle; Jos Collins; B isbee and i>thers; Clerks I'fthe LegisKiure; Doorkeeper-'; I'aniel Tucker; Col i .1 I.. Cantwell; C Bird. E P .'stilwell; H Baktley; J C I Lewlt'r; George Crllftl'n’^ e'tat»‘; rhiimpsnn; I Harri.-: W I, I’mneri'V; W 11 .V B S Tui ker. I '/i . Concerning artii'; tIci!logic:il Rep 'ri-.; entries of t’herokee laud"; Dnur- tit' (he t'apilol; call of H t'onvention; Distribution of Revise,1 Cu le; Ree. ris in State Library; aulhori/ing Gov, tt> otlerj-liHHi reward tor a criminal: ad litional engrossing clerks; to det'ray fipenses nf Georgia eonimi'Si>'tier: fur fuifilicati.>n uf Certain colonial record-. \e.; to aUiw E D Hall col lect arrears nf t.ne': llou'e re-olution of thanks to .''peuker; .Senate re'oluti>>u ot" ihaiK;-' to D.>orkeeper-. 7A A'«• Milittn J^'iir —Both Houses have p;i,ssed the .'lilitary Hill for ri“or:::ini/.iiii; the Mili tia and orgatiiziMir a \ ohuiteer corps ot ten thou sand meu. to be armed, cijuii'pcd and uiiifortued by the State, and »ubjcct to the call of the (Jov- ertior u[K»n any emergency—to serve two years anil receive the same pay lis 1’ S soldiers when in active st*rvice 'Fhe .\Jjutaiit (leneral to be elected for two years by the (leneral Assembly, or if not elected or if the ufTiee beconies vacant dur ing the reee.'vs of the LeLri.^Iatun*. then the Iov- ernor is t«» till the vacancy until the next session of the Legislature by appointment. His salary is to be ?1per annum 'I'hf bill, both for the militia and vulanteer corp^. is far from beitiir a well arranged or wcM considcrcil -ysh>m. 'I'herc is very little improvement in it. A jtart of the bill provides for the tax-list takers to specify all persons, in a li~t for that purpose, U'tween the a_:es of I'' and 4’> years, ;ind roiiirn to the clerk of the county court—and the clerk is to furni.sh the colotu‘1 and captain with ;i list of the natnes between those aires liable to military luly. The t’olonel is also authorized and retjuired to detail .some ]>erson to orgatiizc a company which is coni- {iletely disbanded and lisorganized, atiil he has [>ower to compel any company officer to serve t»y apfiointment where tio one can be electeil who will .serve and no person is willing to accept the appointment.— ('ur. ('ftnr/ntft I>rjuocrnt. Insane A\^ltnn.—We luive received, says the Raleigh Hanner, from Hr. Kisber, .Superintendent, the “Report of the President and Hiiectors and Superintendent of the Insane Asylum of North (’’arolina, for years ending Nov. 1, 1S5'J, and From it we learn that the patients admit- tedfromNov. 1, I'^os toOet. .‘H, 1 S()0, were IoS;of which number U4 were njales and G4 females. Ha- tienta in the Asylum during the two years, .‘>02; male»i 1st), females 115 Remaining Oct. .‘51, 1'^>0, 17!>; males 114, females •».’>. l*;itients dis charged, including one elopement, and deaths, 12:>; males 72, females .'>1. Recovered, 27 males and 17 females. Heaths of whom 2^ died the last year. The Sui)erintendcnt says; ‘•The mortality was not only much greater than any previous year, but twice as great as the preceding one, when the deaths reached ten in number. This result is to be attributed to the prevalence of dysentery, in an ejiidemic form, which made its apjiearance in the Spring, and continued through the Summer atnl a portion of the Fall months. * * * Among those who were sufferers from an attack of the epideiuic, were some, who, fiotwithstanding the many years they bad pa.ssed with reason detlironed, presented the singular and interesting phenomenon of an entire restoration to mental soundness, during their illness. It was noticed, however, that in each instance of this temporary reaction and su premacy of the mind, that a fatal termination at tended the disease.” Sa/e.—A friend came to us yesterday with a .sad face—.said he had never received, or sent, or borne a challenge—that he did not like this way of healing honor with perforated lungs, liead or heart; but that he heard challenges w’^ere now fly ing about promiscuously, and he anxiou>ily asked us if we could give him any information by which he might prevent one’s hitting him. We told him there was one certain preventative. His eyes brightened and he exclaimed breathlessly, “What is it? “Just advertise in the Hanner that you will accept the first challenge sent you.” He thought it a capital idea, and has promised to send in his “card.”—Rah hjh Jianner. i.iifif:. -I AA BARRELS FRESH LLME, in prime order iUv For sale by PEMBERTON & SLOAN Dec’r 24, 18G0. 81itf AVOP¥ E. HAI.lT Forwarding & ComniiHsioii Hferchant, ■l^ILL give quick despatch to goods con-signed to him T T Particular attention given to all prod-ice sent him for sale. Consignments of Na*al Stores, tor sale or shipment, solicited. WiinmoToji, Jan’y 19 1861 87ilypd THE SECTIONAL TROUBLES. Nkw York, Feb. 23.—A telegraphic despatch re«*eive«l from Harrisburg dated this morning, brings startling intelligence, which is confirmed by our own accompanying special despatch from Washington. 'I'he llarri.sburg despatch says that the people of that city were a.stonished this morning by an announcement that Mr. Lincoln had started tor Washington during the night by a special train. 'I'he reason assigned for this unexjiected anl extraordinary movement was that he hal receiv ed a dtispatch frotu the federal cajiitol, requiring his immediate ]>reseiice there. Hut this an nouncement did not recei ve getieral credence, as no reason ot St;ite could be assigned for the ]>re- seiice of the I Resident elect there so long before the day of inauguration. Indeed, it was current ly reported that a jilot had beeti discovered in Haltimore to a.ssa.ssinate the President-elect while pa-^sing through that city. There were those w ho doubted this rea.sori also for his abrupt de parture, and all manner of conflictintx rumors were afloat, Sjiiciiif ih’Sfxifi'h t>> flit ('(Jill DitrcHif ^\t/i'trfisrr. W A.'^lllMiToN, Saturday, b\'b. 2’>.—Mr, Hin coin arrived in this city at tl o’clock this morning He came incognito with two frien«ls, and took rooms engaged for him at NVillard’s Hotel The rooms were engaged last iiiglit. 'PIh! alleged re;i.son of M r Lincoln’s abnijit and unoxpeett'd appear.iiici' in this city, is that bis immediate pre.sence h:is been di'sired b>r consulta tion with prominent members of the Peace t’on- terence and with le;iding Republicans, who are convinced that .^lr. tJuthrie’s proposition must pass 'I'bis proposition as ;imcnded, it is believed must be adopted in order to prevent the secession of the Hor lcr States It was certain yesterday that there was a majority for the ]iropositions if they were put to a vote in the (’onferenee. 'I'he pas.sengers in the train were entirely ii:- norant of th* fact that he was on board. His presence in this city causes much speculation and excitement, A strong guard of police is stationed at Willard’s to prevent the rush of the thronging crowd. 'I'he population of Washington is in an alarming fever to-tlay. Husine.ss is nearly sus- peiidt^d, and the people .staml iti groups at the street corners or crowd the hotels. Itumors fly from mouth to mouth, and the most absurd and contradictory rejMirts are received only to be re- jeote 1 th»‘ next moment. 'I'he peculiar combus tibility of the Washington people and the thou- .sandi of strangers congregated here was never more manifest than to-day. It is impo.ssible to give any adci|Uate idea of the agitatetl and excited feeling in -all directions of thi‘ community. Mr. Lincoln came from H:irrisburg at midnight by a special train When he reachetl Willanl’s he retind imniediivtely to rest. As sn>n as his arrival was known the hotel suffered a siege at once from the eager crowd, W.\9HINUToN, .'';iturd:iy, Feb 2:>. — Not a lit tle sensation prevailed thruu;:hout the city this nioniiriir a.s soon as it became known that Mr. Lin coln had arrived in the early train, it was un successfully sou^'hf to eoin*e;tl the fact, especially from the newspaper jtres,^. his presence here beinir at first communicated to a few politic.Hl friends, in confidence. He was met at the station by sever al gentlemen of distinction, without any formality, and was immediately drivt*n to Willard’s Hotel. He wxs yesterday advi.-ed lo come hither with out delay 1'reparations had been made to meet him at the station this .•ilferntMin, ami tho Mayor of W .'ishiri;zfon was t,i make a welcome address, but Mr Lincoln h;is thus sfK»iIeil the proL'ramme, Harrishi HU, Feb’y 2‘i—A .'L—Abraham Iwneoln, the President «Iect of the Tnited States, i> ^afe in the capital of the nation Hy the ad mirable arr.ingement of (leneral Scott the country ha.s been spared the lasfiiig dis^rrace. whic-h would have been fasteneil indelibly uj»oii it had .Mr. Lin coln been murdered upon his journey thither, a> he would liave been, had he followed the pro- gra'.nme xs announced in |>apers and jione by the Northern (’cntral railro.nd to Baltimore. bi 'I'hursday nii:lit ;itter he had retired, .Nlr Lincoln was antu-ed and informed that a stranirer desired to see him tui a matter of life or death. He declined to admit him unless he gave his name, which he at om e lid .'such prestiLre did the name carry fh;if while .^lr. Lincoln w;is yet disrobed, he gr:inted an interview to the caller A proloriired conversation elicited the fact that an organized body of men had determine*! that Mr. Lincoln should not be inaugurated, and that he sliould never leave the city of Haltimore alive, if, indeed, he ever entered it. 'The list ot the names of the conspirators pre sented a most a.stoni.shing array of persons hiirh in Stmthern contiuence, and some whose fame is not confined to this country alone. Statesmen laid the plan, bankers endorsed it, and adventurers were to carry it into effect. 'Phey understoo(l Mr. Lincoln w;is to le;ive Harrisbur"' at 1* o’clock this morning by special train, and the idea was, if j.ossible, to throw the cars from the road at some jM>int where they would rush down a steep embankment and destroy in a moment the lives of all on board. In case of the failure of this project their plan was to surround the car riage on the way from depot to depot in Haltimore, and assa.ssinate him with dagger or pistol shot. So authentic was the source from which the in formation was obtained, that Mr. Lincoln, after counselling his friends, was compelled to make arrangements which would enable him to subvert •the plans of his eueniies. Greatly to the annoyance of the thousands who desired to call on him la.st night, he declined giving a reception. The timd council was held at S o’clock. Mr. Lincoln did not want to yield, and Col. Sumner actually cried with inlignation; but Mrs. Lincoln, seconded by Mr. Judd and Mr, i.ineoln’s original informant, insisted upon it, and at It o’clock .Mr. Lincoln lel't on a special train. He wore a Scotch jikiid cap and a very long military cloak, so that he w^as entirely unrecognizable. Accompanied by Superintendent Lewis and one friend, he started, while all the town, with the exception ot Mrs. Lincoln, (.’ol. Sumner, Mr. dudd, and two rc})orters, who were sworn to secrecy, supposed hifii to be asleep. The telegraph wires were put beyond reach of any one who might desire to use them. ..Vt one 0 clock the fact was wliispered from one to another,'^and it soon became the theme of the most excited conversation. Many thought it a very injudicious move, while others regarded it as a stroke of great merit. THE “UNDERGUOUND RAILRO.\D ’ JOURNEY OF AHRAHAM LINCOLN. Saturday, says the Haltimore Sun, was the day appointed for the passage of Mr. Lincoln, Presi dent elect, through Baltimore, and as a matter of course curiosity was on tiptoe to behold the man who had been chosen to stand at the helm of the ship of State. At an early hour crowds of peo ple gathered about the streets, and shortly after a despatch was received that Mr. Lincoln was in \V Jishington, having gone down by the early train. 1 he story was not credited—nine out of every ten believed it a ruse to prevent a large gathering at the Calvert station, where he was expected to ar rive. The people would not believe that they de served such treatment at the hands of the Pre.si- dent elect, and did not think him capable of such conduct. In the face of all that has been said to the contrary by people who know little or nothing of Baltimore, it is an orderly and well governed city, and public respect, if nothing else, would have guaranteed to Mr. Lincoln the cofisideration which hie position should carry with it The people, thf' second dispatch had beon received, stating positively that Mr. Lincoln had arrived in VV asliington, still would not believe that the man who. “it* need be. would suffer as- ssussinatioti,” woubi thus jiass throiigli Baltimore, nor stiy “how do you do.'” on the way. As early as 12 o’clock s])ectators be^ran to fill the avenues leading t» the (’alvert R.iilroad Sta tion, and crowd the hills of Franklin and (’ourt- land streets, overlooking the ilepot. About this hour a strong body ol polici*, under .^Iarsh:ll Kane, arrivi'd. 'I'he appearance of the police .s*;enie,i to give the flat denial to the report that flu; Pre.si- dent elect had niale :i night passaire of Haltimore. ,\gain the throngs became e.xeitcd ;ind conlident, and bets were freely made and taken on the »jues- tion of Mr. Lincoln’s .secret movements—many assertinir that like a “fly-by-nigbt” wide-awake, he hail jiassed this cominiinity while it sleftt. anl others maintaining that be wtuild not cojiie and iro “liki* a thief in the night,” t.iit, like any other hone.st man, in bis usual way. 'I’be throngs about the d«‘pot continued to argu ment, until I(►,>()«» or I.'»,DDD jiersons bail pos session of the interior of the de[>ot, the platforms, anti the adj leent thorougbfari s. At ir> miinUe.s to one o’clock a mighty heaving Hiitl sur«iiiig in the niultitiide proclaimed some fresh exciti'inent, and in a lew momeniAtbe \Drk accommodation train entere«i tbetlepot, followed by afi excited crowd, who mistook it tor the special train (d the Pre.-iilent elect and suite. As soon as the train stopj»ed, the crowd le;iped upon the platforms, and mounted to the tops of the ears like so many monkeys, until, like a hive of bees, they swarmed up«»ti them—shouting, hal looing, ami making all manner of nois(*s. 'riie orticers in charge td' the train ajipi-ared, anl the crowd, di.seovering their error, recoiled, a little chop fallen, but prepared li»r .-inother excitement. Precisely at one o'clock the special train ( bar tered for the conveyance of Mr. Lincoln and suite was heralded by flu; crowd at North street, who rushed pell-mell after the train as it nitnbled into the depot. Conductor (ieorge Rawling, who was in charge of the train, appeared on tb - platform, ge.sticulating severely, and u.s.sured the crowd that .^lr. Lincoln was not on board, but Mrs. Lin- a decided affiruiative vr-re. , '""t uy ^ t}„. missioners who nrf confidently assiM-t that wit|,' ! is satisfactory to all tin,,,. ,■ The probability now is, th,,'!, ■'"'. not et.mplete th.-ir lab!r. b.f, , Vesjerd:,y luur .•o,nn,j., from Kansas " r. Tlie di'liberatioMs Inv,. cbaracteriseil by diLMiitv. ' '' f"’: proper respect ba> After adjournment last „i .lo'ii'""'" ers ha.l a brief |„,t ).lc,, ", '''ii President-elect, whose l-re^eiKV^ "' some _.l' theni say has air. :„ir'n"'t ” efleet in political circles. ‘ I' 'ln.v; W.Asm.MJTON, I'eb. -.'. --.'I’) mg says: “We hear that t|„. w'"".*’' has receivel advices that C, r '’'"i rendered to the; revolutioi.j.t. ,'.‘i ^ government military pn.pertv ' ' comniand(rr of I, S ,'lilitirvl as, ('-.‘lid tobe worth si ..'.(iii'umu ' judgment against hji,, i| MoN'ICdMKUV, .\l;i,. j',.} ;ilipointments were ci-ntii ),,,.,, ^ ^, d I letf, of Miss., Po>tiii;isti r-(;:.„,,r janiiii, ol La., Att.n„.y (, to W'ashiniitoti, Abr;diatn L ('i nvt gia, ,‘tnd .loliii i'o!>‘^tli, ,,j morel that .Mr. Mallory, ,.f r*f;iry of the Navy, '•"I-'’ - T|,... r, Thr Ptn.v, Feb’y 2.'),—Tb- tl, u, ii- ilicates that the S«‘c(,v','»iiiiii«r,, ;n,. r r. - : n l,n. • ill U 1 rmlr I'ntii'f t a ll !'>u 'I’ti.N. h eb, 2.>.— I he steaiuer Soutl! ( this port this afternoon. ('imrl, imm.-nse frei::lit. ciuisjstiti- j), (d cases of boots and shoes, ;n, fusion. jV"'. Thfl Kiiflit Million Thi i,:; S^S,(MiO,0>n six per cent, loai; w. n .. 'I'reusury 1 ^epartmt iit i>n Saturi,.. , aggregate offerings were found t.i iu,„, j, l>nirff-> u o{'doll:>rs. The 1,,\vk ed bil was §9D.L) the sltiit; j},,. coin, family and suite only, who would be pleased | ^ whole lo.m ..i : to .ms. I,nra.,lesu j .u ll.e carriages in waitii.ir t.. ^ !'r’,"V ' .1 -iM i t I •. a I- w lions were bid lor at Sf'.iii .i eonvt'y them 1 he family and suite theti alight ed and were hurried through tlu; siile gateway to /-/.' A s,,u/f m,,,,, ,t \ (’alvert ^‘reet,^^ 'i'he throngs attracted by cries of ro/,.//.>s.~A inosf brufa! It - 1. - - 1 I-.1 _ out half past eleven o'cluek ] ujKtii the Hon. Mr. A’an W'v. k. i;; oress from AVest Point district. ,\ rutf.ans, arnicd with bowie k/iivi bed by two of fheni, bur tiiruia-,.,! when the otlier two luieie with ir coinpanii>n. leaving .^lr. \ an Wvck ■ .• idc walk, near the caj>itiii, li, V to the Here be is!” ••'fhero he ^oesl” swayed hither :ind thither with a force perfectly irresistible, and persons were knocked from the j>latform and trampled on, ami oth«*rs had their clothin.r torn, line man having hi-' Oout ripped from his back. ,\s soon as pos^ible the company were plac»-d in carriages and driven off. the suite to ihe Kiitaw House, and .^Irs, Lincoln to the residence of Col. •lohn S. iittint:s. where she dincil. 'I'he crowd now b«‘gan to disperse rapidly. A number of yount: men, bent on fun and mischief, w;i' not robbed, thou'jh some 'iii ; seized a eoli>red man driving :i horse ami wagon bery was the object; titbers that it w i- through NortlH'alvert street, and several attempt- for :i furiou- abolition speech iu' Iki i; to chalk “.Vbe Lincoln” on his back, while winter, others unhitched the horse, intendinir to haul the wairon throuirh the stre»*t ;is a burlc.sque receptiofi. The pcdice interfered, an*j^frustratei their desiirns. .\bout ‘J o’clock, an hour after the arrival of' the train, three bagLraLTi* wairons, hiu’li piled with trunks, largi* and small, were driven up Calvert street, escorted and folloWt‘d bv a crowd of vounc:- st. rs. the more itifelliu'cnt of whom had diseover- I «• 1 somethiiiLr ominous in the initial.s on the trunks I which Were “A. L ," “.Mrs. A. L.,” “R. T. L.” etc., etc. 'I he posse.-sors of thest* initials were at once declared to be the distinguished President elect, ist,) bis wife elect, and “Hob.” whose r.'putation is gn>win>j faster than himself. 'I’bere w;is a very lartre trunk or two in the colleeti.m; Pi,, f;,/,/ Shou/l> r fhr and it W;is sUilirested that the lost President elect ha\e noticed among the political (earur miirbt have been stow.-d away in one of them, to reception at Albany an.l .\. tr \ be sinuirgled throu_;h, but his great reputed he has been surrounded by Refiui liL-ari' made his way to liis hotel, bit-i; ; from a ileej* eut in the palm ot’ iii^ ,1 M> mh'r ot till X,/r nsfril—.lay tiibbons, meiiiWer oi ’.h. irotii the tirst l)istrict of Albativ i imh • h:is been arrested on a w.irrant i'-iiei ■ Justice Parst>ns. on complaint of l»i-tr ney Shaier. ch;irgini: the sai.l .l iv bribery and eorruption i i ileiiiaiidinL; !; his vote on a bill to ii!crc:is.‘ the';!lar\ puty Histriet Att >nuv ot Alliany coui, bous offered to cast \iis vote vu \t> V.iv . and intimated that he could de'. ,u t: Would do so if he was not paid the . 'I'he evidence of his crime is iiiJi'! length at once dissipated that idea, 'fhe crowd, however havinir nothing better to escort, esc«irted the ba>rgage through the streets to the (’amden station, where it was t^» be put aboard the train f’or W ashington. 'I’he party left the Kutaw House in time to reach the t'amden st.ition shortly before three o'clock, at which time the regular train would de- p;irt for \N ashini^tt'ii. At’ assemblage ot several thousand persons w;is here collected to wi:ness correspondent of the New York Tribuiu . the departure ot the suite, who upon their arrival inir ot the demoraliz:itiofi of tin* ie i u: . ' were immediately conducted to the train. 'I'he ‘ ganization in the old Keystone .''tatc.' ' crowd outside meanwhile divided their attention between fhe bag^aije and the operation of check ing it, and the occupants of the cars. “Bob” oc cupied a seat in a bad humor, apparently, despe rately aflecting to smoke a cigar with ease. An low Weed's way ot thinking. (.ireelcvuittihiV’ detif-elect on the railway; but ulhr the reached this city the Spruce .-^r ct subsided. Weed was eonstant!v nn V uiA. tlrinnell’s breakfast the i>uesi,' wir, a;l vt • Seward and Evart^i stripe. Straw* di way the winl Idows.— S'rtr T . //-. ' ■ t^nconrtKjimj Si/n.—The liatii?! ur. r+ ••'fliere is no Ilepi'itdican innjuriiy '■ r>.y reiinsj lvania Lejiislatuie! The Ciiic:i.; ■ I'n ' Mel pnss here to-day, notwitlist ui lin; h- ii., have, nominally, a ni ij-irity of/’ i-'' 'I'hatisa hopeful sign for the I’uture oi cIk outsider pressed up to the window and inquired—! -I Hard Hit.—'i'he Southern ('onttdi, “.''ay Bob, how s your old man?” Such inter- | Atlanta, Georgia, indulires In a sarca?! ' rogations as the above, and a great nnny more i Howell Cobb. Sugirestinir his ap]' f(K)lish, were passed about a.uong the crowd, uu- j Secretary of the 'Treasury of the new ( "i"' ^ til the train, at precisely 10, moved from the cy, it adds:—“By way ol an a'lditivii^i r - tlepot and disparted for Washington. From the W »!hini;ton 8tar, S;iturdav. 'I'his morning, shortly before six o’clock, Mr. Seward wended his way down to Willard’s, where he remained almost solitary and alone in the hall in front of the office, t> 'the wonder of the few persons about at that hour; evidently looking for some one to arrive by the train momentarily ex pected. ^\ hen the train’s passengers for the liouse did arrive, the mystery ot Mr. Seward’s so early appearance at the hotefwas instantly cleared up; tor the tall tiguro of Abraham l.incoln w-’s seen conspicuous among them. Accompanied -Mr. vSewa»d he immediately retired to parlor No. • ). which, with the magnificent suite of apartments attached to it, had been ijuictly engaged for him yesterday. ■Mr. Seward again joined him shortly before 11 A. M., and Uiking a carriage, they proceeded to the Executive Mansion to call on I^resident Bu chanan, who was then in (’»binet Council. Mr. Buchanan is said to have been greatly surprised on having .^Ir. Lincoln’s card so unexpectedly sent up to him. He received him and Mr. Se ward immediately, in his private parlor, where they had a sociable and agreeable interview ot fifteen minutes’ duration; at the teruiin.atiou,of which Mr. Buchanan, conducting his so unexpect ed guests up stairs to his office room, introduced Mr. Lincoln to hi.s constitutional advisers, by all of whom he was gracefully and cordially greeted. t rom the President s house the twain drove to see Cieneral Scott, with whom they remained for perhaps fifteen minutes in social intercourse. They returned to the hotel shortly before Pi ^L, and Mr. Lincoln immediately retired to his chamber to rest, giving directions that lie was not then prepared to receive any of the numerous crowd of inttMisely interesteti friends, who had been kicking their shins in the hotel hall for some hours in the hope of getting the earliest interviews with him. \\ AsnixuTON, Feb. 2.‘>.—Vice President Ham lin arrived here early this morning, having come on from New i'ork by last evening’.s train, with out stopping on the way. Washi.N(1T()N, Feb. 2L—\'arioii.s aiuendments are yet to be voted on by the Peace Conference. During la.st nights session, they agreed to the first branch of fhe pending proposition, prohibit- iiig slavery North of the line ot oti.oU, and recog nizing the status of slavery South of that line. The States formed out of the territory to be ad- luitted with or without slavery, as tlieir respec tive conslitutions uiuy prescribe. This received mendation to Mr. Cobb's claims fur the p gested, we can safely say to ihe I’roiafn! and the Southern Congress, as a p>ant my, that should he be appointed, U tr tinly ns(/ess fo purchasi‘ m u an "" ' y>rr/)ar^ (/ r(/J//Mor the Confe.leratc.' expenditures, in view of such an would bo tho greatest folly and a iriCiJii- unexampled extravagance.” During Mr. Idncoln’s journey ireiii ^J‘''' to Pitt.sburgh, there was a short sto}' " ■ V large crowd had assembled and -Mr eut out on the platform and e.V'.us'.^; ■ - from making a speech. At this lueiin'ii a stepped forward and otTcred a couj'lo el q i the J*resident elect. A little hoy in tK’ - yelled out, “Say, Mr. Linkin. that iiiati i'' - for postmaster!” 'The donor of tlii n’: lapsed am;d screams of laughter. The (train Tradf.—'The export I't , the I nited States to Euroj>e during b:is been unccjualled. In the year I''" ^ bushels of grain were exported t" ■ ain; in lSt30 there were 2o.s2D i . ported, being an increase ot 2, [ Never before has the surplus pruibKt''M‘ ed States risen to such gigantic pr"{»’>'' ’' The fifth volume of 31acaula\ ' iii-f"'.' land, shortly to appear, will not fc a i ii-' ‘ contains the continuation ot that wei^ ' ' j the manuscript w’as let't revi.-^i'i !'V !i"*‘, narrative is in imnu'diate cetiiitxi'''- " ' fourth volume, and, with two except"’'*"' plete and consecutive, ending with fl“' , William the Thir«l. It is edited by thf sister. Lady Trevelyan. 7’iritts.—Many readers ha\c. n" d"n' acquaintance with the Irish i;eiith'H''‘" “a twin—only eighteen months yoini;_'t''' brother.” ^,,, A case of twins, considerably . is reported in the San Franeisi*(> * a mother was ble.ssed with a thiivii';- daughtcr at an interval t>l two \vi k' ^ j 'riiis is given as the second ar,tli"iti' of the kind within the I iiift d >t .tc-. . ^ that and the babi«‘s to the doetor', or. 't' to the mothers.— ('/ic/ ', (‘‘oura • It is a trlorious thing to r^'^ist tom-' ‘‘ ' it is a . afe thing to avoid them. A man winds up his clock to niak^' it ri’’- hia busiuesci to muko it stop Heve jf true J^ally ‘ gv OKA ^prev>u» their ortip off*’* ,0ib ^ ,f%e Hej and know tbejcontrf jil^easur thrflh**"' Mr. Lsnco ijpppe a^, as. b^lhit eu«d win* coarse wh ;tn"
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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