The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1837-07-14
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Friday, July II, 1897.

Friday, July IL, 1897.
IJ~rbe friend who notifies u. Of the failure Of
our paper last week, end Of lis frequent failure
lately IL informed tina, the faul, is NOT ours. It's
our custom to have our papers il possible in time
Tot the native seldom or never fail in this, and
Po.iuiEs,ers Aci under the obligation OF an oath
sc take il fof granted ,.si when our papers are
dsPo.iied ~ iin,s they will do their duly. Fail.
lfes have sometimes been caused BY the neglect
at the contractor to PROVIDE f'ler--,n case like
tbs, neither Pos,mAslcrs nor Printer are 10 blame.
1j-Val1siisa Of TSTstls PrePGiy-The fol.
losing article, from the Southern Citizen. whose
Editor IL lawyer Of respectable standing, may
Be o. assistance To the Assessors Of this and Ike
Adjoining co0ni,es. IN Fuang right eoaHrsc-
ton on the iaw relative u TaKabie Property. !;
Of Importance 10 the Sisie ard individuals. also,
that the u0e meaning Aud intention OF the law
should b. arrived a, ii possible add VIC btIi.se
pith Mr.. ssaia, that property ought to be esli-
mated according to ~ value ~ Casa aud no, By
shai il has sod iot, nor By ph4, o0e man would
give, OF b, ~hal snoti,er would b. willing 10 take
t5s H. The opial9n Is before cor resdcfs, and ali
sho arc interested eau give Il aaeh attention as II
deserves.
eve have recently been requested by many M.
sisttalcs aud cliiseus "a several Of the Countlss
ihis STATE. 10 US.@ia "a pfaoiiesl way, 60. s4th
seciton OF cor late act Of Assembly on the sgbeoI
of valaHg Lands. dc Tor taiation.
We have reviewed this secltpn carefully and
are ni op,uioE, that the Msg,sttai, anu tre,nold.
sfs composing The hoard u ratast.oa, 10 70
bs pfcg.;tes tlu>r cases, shd those ouif, here
,he, canaot cssmmand tho necessary testimony to
saiisfy them tgllY as % The rslvs From the word.
ag OF the Asl, yaa S,li perceive you arc at ther-
Il IL quality aud examine situessas 10 ihls pulat.
AHa although yam pot prohibited 10 many
sofds from examining The osnet oath vet
Atak such coarse souid be lmrropSt, aud no,
sstfanitd by tbs meaning nt The Lrgisalurc--
The Jg,tier a,nst however, It'll sweat ihc owner.
- heretofore, tasi tbs hst Ot property by hIm
ufnea uar une, aud coatziuS I'LL lot which
he j. liable In pay 'ax.
"lau srs nat ~ any case. In be- governed ia
your Judgment psias, by a hat thC land has sold
Tor, uuf O., what ono msn would give " hy what
another would bc eil.iug To take tor a. You ARE
10 estimate wbst !, The real ralas iH casa, And
# you csnno, fully satisfy yourselves, otherwise
yuu mus, Ntcs the premises for yourselves; tsf
remember, the t,,ura you make OF tho valuation
has to be done % oath OF affirmation"
gJ' Aarors Bortalis.--Thls Phenomenon, which
Is described as being rare and beautiful, was oh.
served this place the night Of the lsl instant.
We perceive BY the papers that II was observed on
the same evening. in a number Of other places
We ate indebted 10 a frisad for the following de-
.erp,ion of The Phenomenon as seen here
AURORA BoREALIS OR NORTHERN
LIGHT
| Tho irsi dsy Of July had been very wa
small shower OF rain fell about I o'clock. =. "a,
small clouds occasionally arose 10 the y. W. Be
/ tween 4 and 10 o'clock IN the evening, the sky
sas observed 10 he unusually light, about20 de.
| greos East and West OF the Meridian. Its APP
i poataoce was similar 10 twilight, soon after this
unusual Phenomenon three OF four coums OF
/ pale cnlorcd radil, we're seen to shoot up a few
degrees wrist Of the meridian almost 10 the zenith.
| A first, the rays seemed to issue from point,
/ but gradually they became more distant at their
base, until thew were parallel. The rays were
eyRncseent lasting perhaps two or three minutes.
Other columns gradually shot up, but farther re-
moved from the original nucleus. East ard ives,
the section Of Illumination increased until 30 de-
gtees OF the horizon were lighted up with It's mel.
low unls. To highten the scene. faint flashes OF
lightning issued from cloud just elevated above
the horizon, little TO the west OF the eynosure.-
Al one time, column arose unusually brilliant,
directly another sho, NJ, and for OF minutes,
they presented a sublime spectacle; the eolors
varied from white TO faint red, each apex being
beautifully linred with red, while their bases ap-
pesrcd famed of Alabaster. The section Of The
Aurora Borealis gradually extended TO tina west
until the northern heavens were illuminated by
this wonderful Phenomenon. As its sphere OF IL
kminatica increased, its hrilliapcy became more
vivid the columns rose majesticaly, extending fal
past the zenith. The whole northern Hemisphere