The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-05-17
OFFICE u s. DISTRICT TAX COMMISSIONERS,
For the State OF North Carolina,
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North Carolina, in pursuance of an act APP
proved June 2, 1869, and of an amendment
of said act approved February T., 1868, and
of further amendment of said act approx
ed March 2, 1866; and notice is further given
that for the reception of said tax upon the
real estate of Wilson County, our office In
Wilson, in said county, will be open on the
29th day of April, instant, and for sixty days
following at Wilson Hotel.
AS the laws of the United States exempt
from taxation Homesteads, to the value of
five hundred dollars, when the owners actu-
ally resided thereon at the date of the fixing
of the tax, such owners and occupants are
notified to appear at our office, in Wilson.
during said sixty days, and show such fact.
JOHN r. FRENCH,
HIRAM POTTER, Jr,
e. H SEARS,
.. S. District Tao Commissioners for N. C.
The above is simply the coolest piece of
impudence we have ever seen. There can
exist no longer doubt in the minds of the
Southern people that they are expected to
submit to taxation without representation.
We are pledged to a support of the Con-
stitution of the United States, and heaven
forbid that we should ever countenance or
counsel disobedicnce to properly constituted
authority, but sense of duty compels us to
declare that the Southern people should new
er submit to this direct tax but at the point
of the bayonet.
The tax collector may or may not have the
proper credentials but in no case would we
pay this tax until we had ascertained that it
was right and proper to do so.
The government of the United States
forced us into war from which we emerged
crippled in resources and Frustrated inanci-
ally. Men wearing the garb of United States
soldiers outraged and murdered our defence
less women and children, stole our property,
destroyed our very means of subsistence, I'M
der pretence of prosecuting war for the res
toration of the Union and the supremacy of
the Constitution, and now that government.
the best the world ever saw" calls on us at
the South to pay direct tax on real estate,
by an act of Congress of August 9th, 1861,
and in pursuance of an act approved June
Z, 1862, and of an amendment of said act
approved February 6, 1868, and of further
amendment of said act approved March Sd,
1865.
The above is from a Worth paper, printed
at Wilson, in this State, called the North
CarOlinian. These are some of the fruits of
the election of Gov. Worth in November
last, and of the course pursued by major
ity in our Legislature. Resistance to the lac
Of the la'ad at the point Of the bayonet, as open
ly and boldly recommended! What may We
not look for next?
Many of the counties have already paid
this land tax. Over six months ago the cit
liens of Wake County paid their quota,
some thirty thousand dollars. They appear
ed to pay it cheerfully. To our knowledge
Judge Sears and his associates have been as
consi derate and as indulgent as possible in
collecting this tax. Whittier are we drifting,
when public journal speaks of paying tax
es under law of the land, only at the point
of the bayonet?
We are indebted to Gen. Whittlesey for
the following important order, the object of
which is to prevent the spread of Cholera:
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, & Aban'ed Lands,
H'dQrs asst Commissioner, State of ~ c.,
RALEIGH, N. c., May 4th, 1866.
CIRCULAR, No. 3.
In view of the fact that Cholera has al
ready made its appearance in at least two
places on the North American coast New
York and Halifax,) it is deemed advisable
that such measures be at once adopted as
can have any influence in warding off this
disease, or curtailing its destructive tenden-
cy, if it should unfortunately make its APP
pearance in this State.
When freedmen are collected in camps or
settlements without corporation limits, Off
GERS of the Bureau will assume full control
over the sanitary condition of all camps and
buildings occupied by them, and will exer-
else the right to organize them into gangs
for the performance of the necessary policing.
&c, to keep the camps and buildings oc-
cupied at all times in as clean and pure a
condition as circumstances will admit of.
When freedmen live within city or town
limits, officers of the Bureau will cooperate
with the civil authorities in carrying out all
ordinances calculated to improve the sanitary
condition OF such places
All dwelling houses should have good ven
tilation, and such drainage as will prevent
water from settling about the walls or under
the floors. The space between the floor of
the building and the ground should be per-
fectly open to allow free circulation of air
They should be thoroughly white-washed
inside and out, and the floors and furniture
be kept neat and clean. All articles of bed
ding. &c, should be kept scrupulously clean,
and every fair day be taken out and aired in
the sun. Articles of clothing, bedding, &c,
that have become useless should be destroy
ed, by burning them. Nothing should be
tolerated about the premises not in use or
useful
Vegetable and refuse matter of every de-
scription, the decomposition of which may
be injurious to health, should be immedi-
ately removed or destroyed. Over crowding
in dwellings should in all cases be discoun-
tenanced and prohibited.
Too much attention cannot be given to the
condition of privies or sinks-they should
be emptied frequently and the filth removed
to proper distance, or, where this cannot
be done, they should be well covered with
fresh earth every night. Wells should never
be dug in the vicinity of privies or other &C
cumulations of filth, or in any low or marshy
places where they may be overfown during
heavy rains.
The condition and quality of food should
be carefully inspected. The food of that
class of dependents who are fed by the Gov
eminent should be inspected previous to be-
ing issued. The people should be strictly
cautioned to keep the surface of the body
clean by free use of soap and water, and
frequent change of under clothing.
The Assistant Superintendent will, in COM
pany with the Surgeon on duty in his Dis
trict, make thorough inspection of all
camps and houses of dependent freedmen
under his jurisdiction, once week, and see
that the proper sanitary measures are adopt