North Carolina Newspapers

i ! Oration of Jnde Canlirell, V j Emancipation pay Jem: ; lst.t 1872, ! to the Colored People of .that City: , . Fbteds and FlXIXJW-ClTlZTtXS : ' If we believe with Herder, that the progress of the human race, and an un changing purpose of the Creator, in the gradual emancipation 01 hlacrea- ! tores from slavery everywhere and In rye vi alafhs ! every fond, explains and determines the iper, of New York, we hold that its events ana passages nappen &ou recur in obedience to primordial law if we owmt fh Tifhlftflccoimt of the creation. MV.v-v.fw and derive all mankind from . a single rw pair, we snail nna no aimcuiiy in un dPTstandincr how it.is. and why It is the African race have, after four, nun drwi and thirty vears sojourn In bond nw like the Israelites of old. been in- -rftlnnfarilv and instantaneously ad vanced to freedom; and now ; pariici nftfp. or are about to DarticiDato. to the fullest extent, in all the privileges of ritizenshin- . Never, since the day of Shinar. when mankind first separated from eacn oiner, nna Degan xneir cease less wanderings and journey, through tne various zones oi earm, yieuung ur changing and again resuming . what physical and intellectual characteristics conform to the seasons, or are appro priate to their modes of life," or the .temperature of theirrespectivc abodes never, I say, has there happened a more remarkable or unexpected event than that emancipation of .the 'black race upon this i continent, which we celebrate to-day. ; v-"- The history of the present English nation commences with the forcible ex pulsion of King John from Normandy, and the, emancipation of the Saxons, which occurred early in 1200. "Shut ud." savs the historian.- "by the up," says tne nisionan, " uy me sea, . - . ... - - spised; between whom and themselves : therf. fixisti- for centuries, a most tin- ; veterate hereditary aversion, the two ' -ow. .; nn rrtiA fntinri hmr hnri i eommon Interests and common ene- m hothhPinir alike Inditmant at the t favors shown by the Court to foreign- . Th.-muat imit.jnnanr tfinA whrt I in a little Island,'with a people whom free and coraiai recognition oi ine po hfv hr1 hlthorfo onnressfvl anddo litical Individuality and equality of all had fought under King William, and suits of your emancipation have dissi-tleretCTaml-flonof those who -had pa ted the apprehensions of those here r rL Vi ir.!,i . Krv.n -. nnd plKAwhere. who nredicted therefrom near to each other in , friendship, and I was the JIagnaiCharta.' by which the civil rights and liberties of the common few irreconciiiapies, ine u. o uovern-.VrTT?nrVTi-r-o fnrrv"rT mnp-1 ment has stcadilv lulNnnced In the af LfLi onuhrinUi onri ooftii in th nr. 1 ganiclaw, , In no country has the en- leaders of an unsuccessful revolt aresel mity of race been carried further, the dom propitiated by conciliation, unless prejudice of caste so nerce? as m.juig- land. In no country has that , enmity i v-iu, Arr.wvf " t i I UCVIl UIUfllCUlUUlCMrijr c;lmm4. - I In time of Richard the First, the ordin ary Imprecation of a Norman ' gentle man was, "may I rather become' an Englishman I" and his ordinary. form of indgnant denial was, "do you take me for an Englishman Vy The descend ant of the -Norman a hundred years later was proud of the English name." Thd process Was, of-course, hastened by the similarity of complexion. The English nobleman and Peasant, the Pa- Sew h& OTfy tLme apr" nS'.SrithSyin da of thesk&land the tendencies to disease Wr vprv nmrh thn camp thev all ifrom the same savage Celtic ancestors! Tn Fnainnd thp tnhlnfration of the con- S'.Jw Zw it J Se K nroudest loms or iineiana nave spruncr ! from the humblest of i . . . . , t, .r her t dEiXwiK: 1 in f Sa'herP aTneTwre antry. In i poleon and tillpd nnd her final triumnhs , were I achieved by Irish Catholics, under Irish ' Catholic Commanders. The actual head ' of the existing governmet was, until j quite recently, a scion of the once dc- i x -r -n I I which rests the magnificent structure - ,, hi .i it.. I .iOipuDUC iiDeny oawrn - I ocean, was oDtainea in June, iz o, out it was not until 1829. the English gov ernment ceased, directly; to counte j nance and encourage the religious in i tolerance and bigotry of their subjects. 1 Sublime as were the triumphs then achieved by the down-trodden and the oppressed plebian, tne intelligent reaa- ! er of history will not accuse me of ex- j travagance, for, asserting, that, these compared1 with the sudden ernancipa- girl named Miss Alameda Cosgrove, tion of the blacks, here. From a con- residing at San Diego, last summer res ditionof apparently hopeless and abso- ponded to an advertisement in The lute slavery more ignominiouslv com- Waverly Magazine for a correspondence, pletc and guarded, than ever known with view to enjoy "fun and amuse before in the annals of mankind, you ment, and perhaps matrimony." The have risen lajhe janlijof. participants new correspondent of the young lady and disnensers of so verehrn power. On the otbeft ride of, the Atlantic, it requir ed all thejjeuius.and humanity of suc cessive statesmen. Sfd iumana ICings and parliaments for more than six hundred, years, and the outbreak of a revolution which severed the British Empire to overthrow, tho vast nnd complicated slavery of the Feudal system-; Another half century elapsed before i the English and Irish Catholic was secure in his house from arbitrary arrests, searches and Imprisonment. He could not go five miles from home without a special license in writing. lie could not hear mass, nor inherit an estate, nor hold public office, nor bear arms, nor presume to appear in the rrpnre of nis sovereign without the absolute surrender of his religious lib erties, i J has been the United States, dated the 1st Janua- evidently unproviaed for such an emer ry, 1863, you were, at once and forever, gency, very gallantly tendered such liberated.' 'The whole military and na- assistance as was in his power to give, val force pt the, Union was pledged to viz: a valise full of cold food and two your support arms, were supplied to buffalo robes. The young couple were you, free of cost, and you were invited goon on friendly, social terms. Miss to come: forward and take office in. the Cosgrove very naively recited her, ad military and naval forces of the gov- ventures and was rewarded by Emmett emment. "But the slaves thus emanci- informing her that he was single, etc paled by the United States were sur- They parted with; regret at Wathena, . ill- I 1L 1. . " . ' 1 1 . J X A. rounaeu , 0 nosuie armies , . mcj' vv- longed to a different raco of totally different origin : xf dfferent caste and complexion ana of different physical peculiarities --peculiarities which, in the process of development it 14 not impossible Jihve been dropped or lost by the dominant races. There freedom iras rr obtained .through concessions, vvrjihg by force from the reluctant find niggard parsimony of a kindred people, herey youp fellow citizens, obtained yours as a free and gracious gift, from a people with Whom you had no sympa thies and as an act oC military expedi ency. J do not nnderval ue the agency Of Mr. Lincoln n the; Abolition of la veo'i nor Ignore his ceaseless. war upon the institution,, but I say that slavery in the South actually ceased in-April, 1861. at the moment when shaking off the lethargy, and declaring Its purpose not to submit to dissolution, the 1 ede ral government finally commenced In earnest a mighty and successful strug gle for existence. At once the war be came collossal and continental, and its result certain. The i Southern .armies were always wholly inadequate.to the unaerxaKing vney nau nssuweu, uuu the hope of foreign! aid being .extin guished by the decided diplomacy of U. r. Aoams at tne uourr oi au james, and the treachery of Napoleon, the arming of the negroes on the South ern side was Inevitable. What results would have followed the enforcement of the act of the Confederate Congress to that effect, passed in 1865, can very easily be conjectured; I hazard little In saying, notwithstanding the origin of the war,-that the success of the South ern Confederacy would have, been as fatal to slavery as was the proclama . Lm - t mi t: . uon oi iir. utucuuu iue pimuui emancipation already inaugutatea nnirpd no proclamation to make mrtfo ofTivtnal ' Tt "vniild hfivp been not only unjust, but impracticable . and tmvkweThTft tn romt in slflverv. the founders of the new republic, in whose mm- A S J warm iiie-Diooa ii naa oeen Dapusti .11 1 1 - X Ann1..1l 4 V. A Upon Hie wiiuie iucu, a cuuwuucu ma th mompnt had actually arrived, when in the fullness of time, the decree for your emancipation had been promul gated in a higher sphere, and already signed by no mortal: hand. Whatev had been the result of the war, your freedom at least was achieved. Tne immediate passage of the supplemental civil rights bill of Mr. Sumner, and the election or a itepuDiican rTssiaem ii tn 1G7 ara still npftpssarv. irftnv onin ion, to Isolate and crystalize beyond J!nia.kinAA .tonnf a r-m wvmII 4 Ik a ! rrV "fa UlSLUrLMiliWVf uioliuw ui v4i sv igui then acquired. If I were a colored man I should not cease to agitate nor would I feel safe until these results had been achieved. Thenceforward I think we may anticipate for this country a per manont nnd unchanffeaMeorsranization . l i 1 l . XL . ., . . men, irrespective of race and former conuiuou. jlius. j( ujc Kicau xttgii Chartaof your liberty. I consider i inrfisnensible to anv fixed constitution al adjustment, and from It I perceive a future of untold and brilliant national triumphs, and the beginning of a new ptwJi. Certainly, my friends, the re- the most frightful calamities and retro- rmrlfttinn. Certainly, in snite of the malignant ana luveteraie nosiniry oi a fw.tions of the mass of our people. The inev imemr u their loj-alty Is ordinarily measured by hrir ftitiro thpir Intent hostllitv 13 de- - monstrated bv the secret and mean attempts recently made to restrain the freedom of opinion and elec tions and to embarrass the" citizen in the exercise of his newly acquired civil rights. The sooner these things are stopped and the public mind im pressed with the conviction that all further strusrffles in that direction are hopeless, and the passage of Mr. Sum ner's bill will contribute to that result, veloped. the animosities of race disap- pear ib In England,! and our county JSwn- SSStSf : ve exhaustion natural to a great war, we JJPP1??1 wlnfZm hSt tne ycar 13 a trine less in quantity but by the war, with the usual drawbacks the sooner will mutual interest oe ae- vM"",v . . " r.T.v., " " fiii. -rtipv navt aemonsrraiea ine ca- pacitynndfltnc of the humblest; of " Pple for the duties of office and the cares of government. The negro race has advanced I wonderfully and perceptibly in intelligence, virtue, self respect and . civilization, especially in ocalities where nis marcn nas oeen un- mpeded, still more where he has been . - A I V- Al -.11... n.kUA nsNVK.Tn assisted DV Hits imuvu wiiiic pupum- J:10" A..pt congratuiate you then, my ftllnv-.inzpns. on fthese auspicious ' mT.,; nml lwif,,l Hv? V,, mn wiffe T trust that WVll mav von rpioice. . I trust that that good providence, which has so far conducted you in safety, will bless and prosper every honorable effort you may make during the coming year. Love a Snowdrift. The Kan- sas City Times recounts the romantic termination of a very romantic young resided at Wathena, Kansas, and rep resented ' himself to be a merchant, young, wealthy, honest, and in want of a wife. A long and loving correspon dence ensued between Jerome Mark ham and Miss Cosgrove. Photographs were exchanged, and Miss Cosgrove was delighted to find her unseen lover a good looking youth, distingue in ap pearance and decidedly handsome. Finally she consented to become Mrs. Mark ham, and for economy's sake con sented to come to Wathena to be mar ried. Two weeks ago she started for Kansas. All went well until she got on the Denver Pacific. After leaving Cheyenne the train struck a drift and became hopelessly stuck fast4 While snnw hound at new Crow creek'. Colora- do,Miss Cosgrove attracted the attention nen me young iaay luroeu w meei for the first time - him she was to call her husband. She had but a moment to wait before a rough, rakish individ ual, at least 40 years of age, made him self known as her correspondent and expestant husband. Miss Cosgrove, find ing that she had been deceived, turned without a word and entered the car and went to , Kansas City. A few days af terwards the lady married her friend Emmett, and she will no doubt often wonder at the strange termination of a flirtation in a drift on the Denver Pa- M How do you define ' black as your hat ' V said a schoolmaster to one of his pupils. Darkness that may be felt,? replied the youthful wit. ; f . .' , A clergyman in ! Cbnnecticnt boasts the title of Ilezekiah Fiddle, D. D. j From the pfly PftpoUnUa r Captions ; Of the Act of the North Carolina Legis tature passed at the Session of 1871- An Act to amend the charter of the IKorth ; Western North, Carolina Railroad Company and for other j purposes. Z' . ., . - f (That wbeoeTer the President nf the said Railroad Company shall certify to the " Tfeasurerof the State that this net baa been arccpted ', as an amendment to the charter f the said company' said Treasurer a.all forthwith cancel certain mortgages conveying its entire road, 7 property and franchises provided for by an ordin auce of the Convention, oi the State ratified the 9th or March, 1868, and by an act :of the General Assembly ratified the 3rd; of February, 1869, and shall deliver the same .so "cancelled to the President of the said Railroad Company ; and said Treasurerido also cancel the bonds-or other evidences of debt sined,.sealed nnd ready for delivery under any part of ordinance of the Conven tion or act of the General Assembly makf ing appropriations or providing for loans to tho said Railroad Company, and jfile the same so cancelled among the archives of his office,'-'.said Company is authorized to Issue, sell or otherwise dispose of for its purposes its bonds or other , evidences of lebt to au amount not exceeding twenty- thousand dollars per tare of its road bear ing interest at a rate not exceeding 8 j per percent, annum, and t secure the same by one or ' more mortgages or deeds of trust upon its road, property, real and personal, franchises, rights and privileges now held or which may hereafter be acquired in such manner and form as the Board ot Director of said Company may determine, &c. j j An to incorporate the Border Itail Road Company. : , j Constitutes certain : parties a Company incorporated under the name-and style of the Border Railroad Company,withJcertain prerogatives for the purpose of . constrtict--mg a Railroad fiom some , point in Rock ingham County to some point or , point$ cither on the Virginia or Tennessee line, or both to be hereinafter determined onj as the most advantageous in the opinion; of the" ComDanW with a Capital Stock"! ' of ! $500,000; books of subscription to the Cap ital stock to be opened by the Commis sioners at Leakesvillu, at Stoneville at Island Ford and at such other places as, they or a msjoiity ol them may direct:! An Act concerning Joint Contracts ; That in all cases of joint contracts of corf poratins in trade or otuer suits may j be brought and prosecuted " on the ssme against all or any number of the persons making txc'i enntrncts. Ah Act to incorporate the Bank of .'.. Ilillsboi-o, ' " Creates certain parties a " body corpprj ate for the purpose of establishing a Bank to be known as the Bank of llillsbqro: with a capital stock not to exceed tWo! hundred thousand; with authority to cobi raenCe business when twenty thotsan t dol-j larsrc sul-scribed and paid in to be con- trolled by three or more directors with all; the rights, powers and privileges,grantedbyj the charter of the Ilillsboro Savings Insti-j ttition or given to the Bank of Mecklen-j t u-g by the Legislature cf 1868 'CO, abd! the amendments gratittd to the chaiter-of f aid Bank of Mecklenburg by the prcsdnt Legislature at its last session. i An act sunnlemental to An Act to . charter the Bank of Caswell, ra . fied the 9th Dec, 1871. .Amends above act by striking outjn line thirteen of section 1st of said act the word utcn" and insert "sixty." J An Act for the relief of the Slierift ot Bladen county. j Extends the time for the payment of taxes into the State Trf asury by Thos. p. J. Clark, Sheriff ot Bladen county, IrOm the time prescribed by law to the 1st day of December, 1872. An Act to incorporate the Raleigh Fertilizing and Manufacturing v Cotnpanv. j ; ! - Makes certain persms a body politic ' and corporate under the name and style of j the Rleigh Fertilizing and Manufactures j Company, with certain powiri and priU-j lees. The basiness to he to manufkc-; ture and. sell lertilizers from certain fer-j ti bring materials, with the power j to pfosecnte a general manufacturing business to tc carried on in Raleigh or elsewhere! as j the company may prefer. The capital; stock to be not more than one million: nor less thab fifty thousand dollars toibc divided into shares of one hundred dol-j lars each. . i An. Act authorizing: the County ; Commissioners of Hertford to levy ; and collect aspecial tax. j Authorizes said Commissioners to levy ; and collect a special tax within their county for the purpose of erecting a Court noose tnercin. - j An act to incorporate the Altania- haw Coal Company. f j Constitutes certain parties a body politic j and corporate by the name, and style of Ihe ; 'Altamahaw, Coal Company," with, a capital stock of one buudred and twenty! five thousand dollars, with power toin! crease the same to two hundred and fifty ! thousand dollars, to be divided into shares 1 of fifty dollars each. The object of Company is the opening and working of; mines of coal, iron and other minerals, the: manufacturing and making ot iron, steel and other products, and the transportation i tp" market, and vending of the same, j j An act to authorize the payment jbj ! the ' Treasurer, of costs in . cases ; where the State appeals or sties 1 out writs of error to tho bupreme Court o the United States, i i M Makes it the duty of the Attorney GcrW: tral to certify to the Governor, the amount of any bill of costs that the Statc may; oe adjudged to pay in cases to which it is a party, that may be carried Irom tha Coiuts of this State, or from the Circuit Court of the United States by appeal, or writer error to the 8upreme Court of the United States.." ; '.,.., . l'; j,j Act to incorporate the Fayetteville jDUiiaing ana i-ioan esot;iiior. Usual act of incorporation. 1 U Ah Act, to incorporate the Falls of i -JNeuse Aianuiactunng company.; i Creates Wm. F. Askew and his ass6ci-; ate3, and their successors., associates and assigns, a corporation and a body politic r by the name and style of the Falls of Nejuscr Manufacturing Company, for the purpose of manufacturing paper, cot ton, .'wool, iron ' and other articles whatsoever, and to carry on the business of merchandize at the FmIIs nfWns in tho ronnt v of Wake, with the usual powers granted to such corporations. An Act to antnonzeine cuyoi vwii-; ihmgton to fund the city debt and' to issue bonds. . '' j S.- '' Empo'wersthe Board of Aldermen of the j fijjy pf Wilmington to authorize the Mayor : of said - city to . issue , bonds of certain denominations. The! bonds so issued not to exceed the sum of two hundred thousand ' dollars -in the aggregate.' The proceeds of 4 the sale of said bonds to be applied to the payment, of the debt now outstanding again3t the city. . i ,) -. Resolution extending the time of H. ?rW. Majs,: Sheriff of ..Alexander . county, to settle with the County Treasurer.- ' r . '-'V';. -, -'; Alio ws II. Mays, Sheriffof Alexander county, until the first of July, 1872, to collect the county taxes, and settle with the Treasurer of said county. ; - ; V Au act to change an Alley in the town ot bhelby. Authorizes the closing up and opeuing of an Alley in the town ot bhelby, county of Cleaveland. 1 " An act to amend Section 4, Char- ter 35, Revised Code, in relation ,- to fugitives from justice. Amends section four, chapter thirty-fite of tho Itevised Code, by inserting after the - word " thereof; in the third line", the w ords ."or who conceals himself or herself within the State to avoid arrest, or who having been convicted, has escaped and cannot otherwise be apprehended." An act to re-enact the provisions o ' Section 15. Chanter 37, ot the Revised Code. . , Simple act of re enaction. An act to allow the transfer o certain case3 pending in the late "Courts of Equity in this btate. ,. Makes it law f ul for the transfer of certain suits, which are upon the dockets of the late Courts of Equity in this State, to the trial dockets of the Superior Court for the - county in which the same were pending. An act to change tiie tinie of hold insr the Superior Courts in the several counties cosiprisins: the 3rd Judicial District. Changes the time of holding the Supe- . ... . A. f nor uouris oi ine counties comprising uie third Judicial District, as now regulated bylaw. Said Courts to be held in each of said counties as follows : i In Wilson county on the fourth Monday in August and February : Wayne county on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in August and February ; Onslow county on the sixth Monday after the fourth Monday in August and February; Lenoir county on the eighth Monday after the 'fourth Slond'ay in August nd February; Jones county on the tenth Monday after the fourth Monday in August and February ; Greene county on the twelfth Monaay aner tne fourth Monday in August and February, Carteret county on the fourteenth Monday alter the fourth Monday in August and February. An Act to amend chapter 118, Pri- vate Laws of, 1870 -'71.. Amends section 4 of chap. 118. of the Private Laws of 1870 '71, by striking out Hie WUrUS UUl CAi;ci;nug itgoi inn-, where they pecur in said section, and ; amends section 2, of the same chapter, by insetting the name of Luke Blackmer in lieu of the name of D. Cavarly, as one of thfi Commissioners to open books of sub- ascription. . 'Act to amend section 303 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Amends above section to read as follows: To render an appeal effectual for any pur ;pose in any civil case, or special proceed ing, a written undertaking must be exe cuted on the part of the appellant, with good and sufficient snrety, in such sum as may be ordered by the court, not to exceed :thc sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, to the effect that the appellant will pay all costs which may be awarded against him on tho appeal, or such sum as may be or dtred by the court, must be deposited with the clerk by whom the judgment or order was entered, to abide the event of the ap peal: such undertaking or deposit may be waived by a written consent on the part of the respondent. Au Act to amend the charter' of the town of Edenton, in the county of i Chowan. i - Abolishes the office ofConsta le in said town. Places the public improvements of , the place under the supervision ot tne - town commissioners, and amends sections eight, twelve and thirty-seven of the char ter ot said town. . ' An Act to .incorporate Warren Lodge No. 101, of Free and Ac ceDted Masons, in the town of . . . ' s Kernersville. , r Usual act of incorporation. " An Act to prohibit the sale of spir rvitnous liquors within two miles of Sylvan Academy and Cane Creek Church. A -"Imposes fine or imprisonment for persons selling spirituous liquors within two miles of Sylvan Academy and Cane .Creek Church, oo the dividing line between Chatham and Alamance. .An Act to incorporate. St. Peters' ! Lodge, Council of. Friends, No. 1, I of .lwbeAlV.-fc'fjt' . Usual act Of incorporation An Act to amend an act to incorpo rate the RalelgK Fertilizing and Manufacturing Company, ratified the 5th day " of January, Anno Domini 1872. - , Amend section three of "an act to incor porate the Raleigh Fertilizing and Manu facturing company," si as to read as fol lows : "The capital stock of the company shall be divided into shares -of one nun drctl dollars each and shall be an amount not exceeding one million dollars, nor more than five thousand dollars, which the cor; 'poration may from time to time designate. An act ' to incorporate the Wilson ll;"' Building and Loan'Assbcfatiqn; Usual act of incorporation. ,' An act: to change the' time of hold M ing the Courts in the counties of Granville and Nash. : Makes Jhe time for holding theBuperior Courts.hr and for the counties of Granville and Naslifin the Ct U, Judicial Distrfct to be as follows Nash county on th. second MontXay nmcbruaay .arid' Aogrist, and GravWe' county' on the tcnfhj jMotiday alter the second Monday iii FelTnrf tfnd Aogusts5"""" -j " Resolhtiorl In regai-d; to thelease of the JKi)f tU'CaTOtiqa'IilTpadQ Ap"ipiMs a jointTcommitteeof fire tnem beja ojrthe House - 4n4-lhr$i Benatora, to enqufre-jpto and reportall factrxidjpir enmstsaecs in regard to the lease of rthe North Carolina Railroad to the Richmond and Danyille Railroad company. An Act to amend ari act of Proceed -' ing in criminal . cases, ; laws ot 1868-'69. . . . .." ' ;r ' Amends chapter third Of chapter one hundred and seventy -eight, section 8, laws oi ISoSt'C by striking out the words "or bv imprisonment ' in . a State , prison." Amends section twenty-nine, subdivision two of said chanter br striking out the words and when the punishment cannot exceed five years imprisonment, r - . An Act to change the line between the counties of Mitchell and Yan- It That all that portion of Yancey county lying on, the North side ot Tar river be and the same is hereby attached to the county of Mitchell. ; r,'.- r j An Act to repeal an act entitled an act to extend the corporate limits ' of the town of Ruthertordton and tor other purposes. ; Reueals an act entitled "an act to ex tend the corporate limits of the town of Rutherfordton," raffled on, "the 11th day of 'December. 1869. and an act "entitled "an act to extend the corporate limits of , f t.i e 'J . n : A ..A ' l n ine town ui xiaiuerioruiuu. iohhcu .ub 21st day of March, 1871. ' v h An act to incorporate the Wil mington Library Association. - Usual act of incorporation. : An act to erect a Toll Gate between 7 Franklin N. C. and Clayton Georgia. i: ::, :: Makes a Turnpike of the road leading from Franklin, in the county of Macon, to the locust stake m Georgia, and author izes the County Commissioners of Macon County to erect a Toll Uatc on said road. Resolution of instruction ! to the ' Treasurer. . ; ' . ' :'.. Instructs the treasurer to pay out the funds now in the ' Treasurv belontrin'r to certain Turnpike Companies upon the proper vouchers to be filed by the first day of Mav, 1872. i An act to amend the 32 section ot the 35th chapter of the Revised - Code. S' ;'..; Amends the said section so as to read as followa : Everv person on loiat . or sev eral trial for his life may make a percmp toiy challenge of twenty-three jurora and no more. And in all joint or several trials for crimes and misdemeanors, otherthan capital, every person on trial shall have the right of challenging peremptorily ana without showing cause, four jurors and no more. W. '.-rVV-': An Act to incorporate the" Wateree Steamboat and Transportation Company. ; ' r : Usual act of incorporation.! Capital stock to consist ot fifteen thousand dollars which may be increased to a sum not ex ceeding two hundred thousand dollars. An Act to incorate the Wilmington and Atlantic Steamship Coma- " ny. . V ; ' j 'r; ; Usual act of incorporation. ; " An Act for the collection of i arrears ( of taxes' in ihe county of Jackson. Authorizes and empowers the county commissioners of Jackson county to ap point some discreet person in said county to collect arrears of taxes levied in said county for the years 1869-70. Resolution in favor of Jno. M, Cloud, Judge of the Eighth Judicial Dis- $ trict. : . i ,. .1 Exempts said Judge from a deduction of his salary by trie Treasurer for his fail ure of holding Swain county court by rea son of a protracted court in .Henderson county. . An Act to incorporate the Char lotte and Fayetteville Railroad jCompany. ! Authorizes the formation of a.Cmpany, with a capital stock of three hundred thousand dollars, to be known as the Charlotte and Fayetteville Railroad Com pany, for the purpose of constructing a Railroad from Troutman's Depot qn the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Railroad, in Iredell county, over the mosS practicable route through the counties of Iredell arid f Alexander, to Fayetteville, and thence by or near Lenoir and Bon to some point on the Tennessee line. ' . f An Act to incorporate the Pioneer eteamboat ana .transportation Company. : , Usual act of incorporation. j An Act to amend the charter of the ! Western Railroad Company. 1 Repeals so much of , the third section of an act of the General Assembly, ratified Dec. 20th, 1866, entitled "An Act to enable the Western Railroad Company to com .plete its road from the coal fields in Chat ham county to - some pome on ine ixorin Carolina Railroad," as limits the amount of mortgage bonds to be used -:i by said Company to the sum of nine hundred thousands dollars, and authorizes said Company to issue such an amount ol bonds and upon such terms and conditions as they arc now or may b hereafter be per mitted and authorized by the stockholders of said Company. " ' " w - An Act to incorporate the Farmers' i and Mechanics' Association. u Authorizes the incorporallon of the Far mers' and Mechanics Association for the purpose of developing the material inter ests of the State .and ; of .encouraging and promoting art, science, agriculture, mo chanics and manufactures, the holding of agricultural fairs and industrial and other exhibitions.; .,,.'..." ' -, An Act supplementary' to an actlrr - relation to the Lunatic -Asylum, being chap! 67,! laws of lSGS-'G?. ;3fakes it lawful in cases where persons are 'dependent for their living, upon the estates ot insane persons to oe sent to lu natic Asylums out of the Stateif the in-' come from such estates is amply sufficient to support persons so dependent arid snp port and maintain inch insane persons in such asylum, and it is found upon the ex- aminatlon of such insane persons by two respectable physicians and the justices ap- pointed by aaia act to - mane aucn exami nation, that such insane, persons are ot capable mind to signify a preference frs sach asylum. . ...r . tfti :t:?. An act to amend anj act taincorpo- rate the Greenville arid 1 French Broad Railroad Company. 4 - h 1 Amends the first section of an act to incorporate said Railroad Company, to the effect that a direct commucicat ion may 1 be established i between one of tho Railroads now building, or in course of construction, in South Carolina along the French Broad Valley, and across the wes tern part of this State, and the East Ten nessee 1 1 and j Virginia , Railroad, i in , East Tennessee. ' !' An act to incorporate the Bank qf Usual act of, incorporation. An act to amend an act authorizing the Comjnis8ioner8 of Cleveland county to issue bonds ' Amends section third' of said act, rati fied April 3d, 1871, by inserting in line three after the word "year," the words, "and for such redemption are hereby au thorized to levy a tax of not more than one tenth of one per cent, on the real and personal property of said county. , ; - An act to incorporate the village of Excelsior, in the county of Burke. ' Usual act of incorporation. , . t An act for the relief of such as lave suffered 'from' loss of Records;; in ;Clay:Connty'7j',J" uijuu ,? Frovides" for the re Execution ' of f lost conveyances -executed by any ' person or Sheriff, Clerk and Master or Commissioner of Court. ' Provides that in cases where the - record -of Hdeeds, wills-conyeyances, depositions and other papers have been destroyed, the records .of, any ourt hi or butof the State,and all 'the tfanscriptsof such records and the exhibits filed there with, shall be admissable to. prove the x istence and contents of, the same, and pro vides for the reinstation or re execution of papers lost by any donee, bargainee, '.or mortgagee, which were or might have been registered according to law, by the destruc tion of the record of the court. An Act to authorize .the Cotnmis sioners of Lincoln County to issue , bonds. Authorizes and empowers the Commis sioners of Lincoln County to issue bonds of the County not exceeding ten thousand dollars in amount in denomination from fifty to five hundred dollars, to pay off the County's indebtedness, for the purchase of a new site for a Poor House, and outstand ing debts of the County, whichJ were not contracted in aid of the rebellion. The Commissioners of the County to submit this act to a vote of the people for their approval during the month of February- l v, ': V An Act to amend Section 15, Chap ter 20 of the Acts of the Special Session of 1868. " Amends Section 15 of Chapter 20 of the Acts of the Special Session, of the year 1868, by inserting, immediately before the word September," wherever the same oc curs in said section, the words "March f-ndM so that the same 'powers, duties ; and iriy eges, conferred upon and prescribed for the Commissioners to be executed t their regular September meeting, shall, and may be also executed at . their regular March meeting. . MARRIAGES Makeiep, at the residence of the bride's father, near Forestville, Jan., 17, 1872, by Rev. W. H. Bobbitt, Mr. Miz.es E. Cabveb and Miss Oct a vi a Joses, daugh ter of Gen. W. D. Jones. DEATHS t Died, at Merry Oaks, in Chatham county, on the evening of the 12th inst.j of putrid sore throat, Joseph IiEOKIDAs, infant son of C. B. and Argania Gunter, aged 14 months and 13 days. ' Weep not, kind parents, for little 4 Joddy,' for his ' sufferings are now at an end, ana your loss is his eternal gain. . TV. STATE OF NORTH CAROLIIf A, - Wake Coustt. - ' Magistrates Court. . r R. F. Davidson, PlaintirT, 1 ammnna in against Affa.hmarf S. W. Whitaker, Defendant. J Whereas, a Summons issued for the Defendant, S. W. Whitaker, on the 13th January, 1872, and returnee, "not to be found,'' and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the said Defendant, S. W. Wbitaker. is a non-resideht of the State of North Carolina, it is therefor ordered that publication be made for four weeks, Sum moning tne saia k. . vv. w nnajter, xo appear at my office in the? City of Raleigh on or before the 15th dav ot Febuary. 1872, and .plead to the said complaint, which is an ac count tor worK ' ana laoor, amounting to $196,or judgment final will bo rendered against the said Defendant, in accordance with the said complaint, this the 13th day of January, 1872. ' 32 w4w. 1). A. W1UKKK, J. Jf. s TATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, . . NOBTHAMBTOW COUNTY. Superior Court. . . l - ' Andrew E.Peele, Plaintiff, Publicationin against .... i John B. Odbm, Defendant. J " Notice is hereby given to the Defendant, That the Plaintiff has commenced an action against him by summons, and has also ob tained a warrant of attachment, against the defendants property, to recover $356.98, due by two bonds, together with interest ' on $284.42, from Dec 16, 1871, till paid, and for costs, and that said summons and warrants of attachment, are returnable to the Spring Term, 1872, of said Court, to be held in the Court House, in Jackson, on the 20th day of May, 1872, and that the defendant shall then and there appear and answer the complaint. This notice shall be published once a week for four successive weeks in The .Carolina Era, a newspaper published in Raleigh. Witness, Noah B. Odom, Clerk of said Court, at office in Jackson, under the seal of said Court, this 16th Dec., A. D., 1871. 30 w6w. N. R. ODOM, Clerk. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, ) ; j - ." Pitt Cotrsnr. J j In Superior Court. ' James A. .Thigpen, adm'r. of McPortus, against John Portns, Phoebe Portus, Wm. H. Tytus and J. H. B. TJrtus, heirs-at-law, defendants. Petition to sell Land for the payment of Debts, r ' It appearing to the Court, that Phoebe Portus, Wm. H. Tytus and J. H. B. Tytus, three Of the defendants in this case, are non residents of this State: It is therefore order ed that publication be made for six succes sive weeks in The Carolina Era, a news paper published in the City of Raleigh, notifying the said defendants of the filing of this petition, and that unless they appear beiore the Clerk of the Superior Court of said County, at his office in Greenville, in six weeks from the date of this publication; and plead, answer or demur to the said petition, the same will be heard ex parte as to them, and judgment granted according to the petition. : - I r? i rr- -;-.jI . Given under my hand and seal of said Court, at office in Greenville this January 2d, 1872. W. L. CHERRY, C. S. a ' A. H. Maksfield, D. C 31 w6w. RALEIGH SASH FACTORY! ' -r e j-Price List For Sash and Doors: v, 8 x 10,T J cts. pr. light. 10 x 14, 12 cts. pr.light. ,xi,yi . 4 10X19,13 10x18,14 " 9x15,10 9x16, 10J 8x12,8 8x14,9 xl4t10 "i t 9xl8,12J" -.s xl7,ll 44 :nl Doors. 2 ft. 6x6 ft. with sunk Pannels, $2.50 2 ft. 8 x 6 ft. 8, $2.75 1 2 ft. 10x6 ft. 10, $3.00 2 ft. 10x7 ft. 35 j , . f ! Moulded 35 cents on one side ; raised and Moulded 70 cents extra. " ' ? ? D. 8. I RE LAN, Proprietor, - Corner of Davie and McDowell Sts. ; Raleigh, Aug. 17, 1871. 32 watriwly. Tin .rmooiTfl'WINE OF TAIt U J Removes pain in Breast, Side or Back. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR I Rapidly restores exhausted ' ' ' ' - strength.' . DR. CROOK'S WINE OF'TAR ' ! RRHtores the AoDetite and . . - Strengthens the Stomach. 1 DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR i ' : : ' .. Causes the food to digest, removing Dyspepsia and Indigestion. DR. CROOK'S-WINE OF TAR ' I : - Gives tone and energy to ,... Debilitated Constitutions. J)j CROOK'S WINE OF TAR . . : Is an effective regulator of the Liver. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR i ! 0 . - 5 5 - i ' Cures Jaundice, 1 l or any Liver Complaint. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR I ' . , - Makes Delicate Females, : , . who are never feeling well, , . : Strong and Healthy. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR 'I ; Has restored many persons :: " t who have been i ; ' anable to work for Jvears DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR'' I ' t, Should be taken if your Stomach - ' 'i -Is out of order, ; DR.. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR ' .' ' ' Should be taken if you feel o m ; ; weak or debilitated. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR ' Should be taken to strengthen ana - i build up your system. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR ! i i Possesses Vegetable Ingredients . which makes it the i;. . best Tonic in the market. DR. CROOKS WINE OF TAR I I , Has proved itself in thousands of cases " . - capable of curing all diseases of the i ' Throst and Langs. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR I ; -" Cures all Chronic Coughs, and Coughs and Colds, more effectually than any ' ; . ' othett remedy.' DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR . p Has cured cases of Consumption . ,; : . , pronounced bn curable I by physicians.- DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR : . 1, houia be taken ror . ' ; f . diseases of the -. ' Urinary Organs. DR. CROOK'S .WINE OF TAR , : Unouia be taKen ior au , .-. , Throat and Lung Ailments. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR . . . .. Renovates and .. " . Invigorates the entire system. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR ! ' Should be kept in every bouse, and its lite-giving Tonic properties tried by alt . DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR . . i ' i . i' All recovering from any illness will find this the . , best Tonic they can take. DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR ' ! Is the very remedy for the Weak and Debilitated. j DR. CROOK'S WINK X)F TAR " ' . , : Will cure your Dyspepsia or " , , I Indigestion. , DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR Has cured so many; casos of 1 Asthma ana lironehitis ! that it has been pronounced a specific ; ; 1 . ;' for these comphtlnts.' DR. CROOK'S WINE OF TAR ! ; , Will prevent Malarious Fevers, ? r and braces up the System. PURIFY YOUR BLOOD. ; . DR. CROOK'S v - J j : , Compound Syrup, of: . . I OKE ROOT? ' 1 . 1 ' . 1 a i ' " '. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND 5 I . SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. Cures Rheumatism and . Pains in Limbs, Bones, Ac. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND ' J!k i f : , i SYRUP OF POKE ROOf. i j Removes Pimples, Blotches, j j . and beautifies the Complexion. : 1 lui DR. CROOK'S compound: f' .-f 5 I i - , . f SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. . . Is the active medicinal , " f ; , , quality of Poke Root 1 1 '' .' . ' , combined with the , , best preparation of Iron. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND T; V I SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. .' :. j Cares all diseases depending on a depraved cot dttiom ' - ' of the blood. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND 5 -v. ' . : ; SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. Cores old Sores, Bolls or Ulcers. DRi CROOK'S COMPOUND - I- iv.v v SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. ... .. Cures Scrofula, ! Scrofulous Diseases of the Eyes "; ; or Scrofula in any form DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND ' ! : f ' 1 SYRUP OF P.OKE ROOT., u : ; ,.a v - 1 1 jg the best Alterative ' or Blood Purifier made.. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND I U f SYRUP OF POKE ROOT; .(-,;, ,. i . Cures long standing; ,, , , Diseases of the Liver DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND r . . , , v , , . SYRUP OF POKE ROOT ;:Vj i -'m J :.:' Cures Scald-Head. Salt Rheum, Tetter. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND , ,:J SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. - . - . j . r Cures" any Disease or Eruption on the Skin. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND ?ut ! ' 4 " '! ' ' ' SYRUP OF POKE ROOT. i ;ir-x c ' ; Builds up Constitutions t.ii lu.ii a broken down from i , -, - ,( Mineral or Mercurial Poisons, rr VKf UHUUK,'S COMPOUND t i ":; --iU .. if .. SyRUP OF POAE ROOT - i c? a t'.-Sil Should be taken by all -;. .., ..v,-, y: l , .frln8 remedy i. A A, n?ake vw wood. DR. CROOK'S COMPOUND ' : 4 ,1 , . . , " SYRUP OF POKE ROOT, i " ' N 4 ,1 ' Removes Syphilis . -or the diseases It entails ' mere sffectually and speedily . y n4jai otheJmeaiw combined. Aug. 24, 1871. 35 wAtriwly - CA NVASSEIiS WAN TE D (Att Illustrated PaDcr. 18 naciw ' Monthly, Subscription price, f 10, , , Every puuscnoer receives a valuable Chromo, A. Fruit Piece, which sells for 15. : Send 2 cent Stamp for. Sample. and. Premium List Address W E. GUMP, 'Ptiblisner, - " ; Dayton, Ohio, 1