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Year: 1861

I EWING n IkOhD AMI EOAA 4hAs
IL and providing for the collection Of the same for
the year ending May, 1862.


The Trustees Of the City of Nerddd orddin as fOllolcs:


SECTION l. A Road Tax of four dollars is hereby
levied upon every able bodied inhabtant OF the City
of Nevada between the ages oftwenty one and fifty
years.


SEC 2 1t shall be the duty Of the City Marshal to
collect the Road Tax and for this purpose he is here
by invested with the same authority as Is conferred
upon Road Overseers by the act n the Legislature Of
1860 entitled IAN act concerning roads and highways
in Nevada county and the tax shall be collected in
the manner presc' ibed in saId act.


SE . 3. The Clerk Of the Board hall prepare and
deliver to the Marshal sufficient number Of blank
receipts which shall be numbered and signed by the
Clerk Said receipts shall be cOuntersigned by the
Marshal and delivered to paying the road tax
and the Marshal shall specify in each receipt so de-
livered, whether the tax is paid in labor or money.


SEC 4. The Marshal shall keep correct list Of
the names Of all persons paving their road tax in
cash. and the names of those paying in labor, and
shall report the same to the Board on the first OF
each month. All monies collected on the road tax,
less his commission. the Marshal shall pay over to
the City Treasurer be used under the direction of
the Board Of Trustees fOT road purposes


SIC. S. There shall be and is hereby levied upon
every male inhabitant of the City, of twenty-one
years OF age and upwards, poll tax of one dollar
for the year ending May 1862 and it is hereby made
the duty of the Marshal to collect the same.


SEC. 6. The Clerk Of the Board shall prepare and
deliver to the Marshal proper blank poll TAX receipts
Whlcn AhaH be numbered ana SRneu DY tue NleTh
Upon the payment OF each and every poll tax, the
Marshal shall delN er of said receipts, counter
signed by himself, to the person so paying.


SEC. Z. To enforce the collection of the poll tax,
the Marshal may seize much Of any and every
species of property owned claimed bv any person
liable TO and refusing TO pay said poll tax as will be
sufficient to pay the same and costs of seizure and
may sell the at any time or place, within the
city limits upon giving verbal notice one hour pre-
VOus TO such sale delivery of the possession of the
property by the Marshal to any purchaser, shall be
deemed sufficient title in the purchaser. After hav-
ing deducted the poll tax for which such property
was sold and the necessary fees and costs Of sale,
the Marshal shall return the surplus money, nany
there be. to the owner of such property Any per-
indebtedtO another. liable to poll tax md neg.
eeting or refusing to pay the same shall be liable
10 pay the same after service upon him by the City
Marshal of notice in writing, stating the name or
names of the person or persons liable and owing
such poll tax. and may deduct the amount thereof
from such Indebtedness


SIC. The Marshal shall keep recorded list of
the names of all persons paying their poll tai, and
shall report the same TO the Board on the hrst Of
each month


Passed May 2sth, 1851.


CHAs, KENT, Pres't.
Year: 1861


I am with thee in this quiet room,


Dearest, am with thee.
The church bells ring. and the birds sweet chant
0ufvers arOund this lonely haunt N


OF ancient piety;
Bat ean see aud can hear
sweeter song and a scene more dear
And am again with theei



am with thee in tins quiet room,
The vine looks in at the easement old;
Through the old easement, diamond paned,
Wander the vine leaves golden veined:
Low in the garden the roses bloom,
Loading the air with rich perfume:
In quiet sit aud the quiet room
Is halt in shadow and half in gloom;
AS sit in the shadow my hands fold,
Ny very breath ] measure and hold,


Lest trouble and scare


The spirits OF air,
And memory leave her tale half told.


ssnr "
! am alone in my quiet room,
And alone with thee no more
Nv heart Is heavy, my heart IL chill,
With a dull faint shveT Of coming ill
Oh, spare mel spare this quiet room
There have been times when It was TO me
prison of deadly gloom,
den of sickness and of pain,
And 80 II may yet be again:
But now 1t, and the garden deep,
Where the summer sunbeams quiver and brood
Over the purple flowers that sleep


In bliss beneath--the trim green lawn,
And the dark cedar boughs that throw
A veil between the sunsets glow
Even the old house that 40 often
Have thought 80 duh and drear. doth soften
Into home of Old Romance,
Where one. who, like me, has suffered mischance,
Nav win all rare and lovely things
To soothe the souls maginings;
A twilight temple Of repose
From the outer world Of strife and woes.
quiet cross blessed way,
Through peaceful paths of shadowy gloom,
To pass at length from this quiet room
Into the 81 ence Of the tomb
Yes. it we're lovely and sweet 70 pass
Down the old staircase and out by the grass,
Silent and chill as the night -bedewed flower,
Out of the dust Of this life and the power
OF sorrow to blight and of JOY to betray,
Out OF "the burden and heat of tue day'


--rLyrics and Idyls, by Gerda Fay.
Year: 1861

The secession feeling seems to be advancing
North with rapid strides. We learn from
gentleman just from the Eastern Shore of
Maryland that the current of feeling for Sc
eesSIon is setting in strongly in that section,
and carrying with it many of the hitherto
strongest Union men. He expresses the con.
VIctlon that if something is not speedily done
at Washington, Maryland, in connection with
the other border States, will secede, and that
IN that event Delaware will follow 10 her wake
Year: 1861

The professcd Republicans who openly


or covcrtly lavor a full and complete sur.


render to the sccessionists, do not agree as


10 the object 10 be attained One class as.
scrt that the offer Of concession means
nothlng-that the men who make it at


Washington would really be the last per-
sons in. the world to grant it-,hat their
sole object is to gain time and avoid coils
ion until MI. Lincoln shall hare been inau-
suratca, after which they will hold very
different language to traitors from that
embraced in their propositions of compro-
mise The other class claim that the offers
Of compromise are made in good faith--that
the gentlemen making them mean precisely
what they say, and that if accepted by the
South they are prepared 10 live up to
them.


Now we would like to know which par
fy is right If the first, then we have to
suggest that to engage in fraud in crisis
like the present, even for avowed]y nat.
riotic purposes, evinces rs little statesman
ship as honesty. If the latter, then we
ask it fraud is not being perpctrated
upon the people who elected these compro
misers with the understanding that they
held a very different set Of opinions
Which horn Of the dilemma will lie ST.
[ected:
Year: 1861

We beg Of our various correspondents


whose favors want Of room compcls us to
decline, 10 believe that VIC would gladly
give them all a hearing were it in our
power to do SO. The pressure upon us
from This source is beyond precedent in
our editorial experience. 1t would be
quite us much as one man could do tn
overlook and prepare for the hands of the
compositors the various contributions that
come daily to our table. We have neither
time to do this, nor the room 10 print them
If we had The time. Short communica-
tlons containing matters Of news we always
make room for. Long articles on any
subject, ,wc are compelle,' to lay aside with
out reading. Our many friends who have
written us within the last three or four
days commendatory Of the course Of the
1n1BuSE, will please accept our thanks
for their good opinions and good wishes,
we are satisfied that the great body of the
people remain true to their convictions
a1d tliat even those who are now propo-
sing to offer concessions in the face If
menace, will soon grow heartily ashamed
OF their conduct. Will our friends accent
o. Inns acknowledgment in lieu of the nnh-
lication of their numerous cordial and
nearly endorsements Of our humble efforts,
Year: 1861

1t has been said that it Is unnecessary to


re-enact the law Of God which SO clearly
torblds the existence Of slavery in New


Mexico. Mr. Seward has called attention
to the fact that in this great Territory there


are but twenty-four slavcs-one to each


State which may be formed out Of it, Of the


size Of Illinois. We are heartily glad that,
with al the encouragement Of the present


Executive, the peculiar institution has


made so little progress there, Still, we


should he glad to see the law Of nature in


the matter, if it exists SO strongly as some


supposes, in the agricultural sterility Of the


country, re-atHrmed by legislation.


1t is very generally supposed that New


Ae1ico will prove very rich in mineral rc-
sources. Is not slave labor very well


adapted for many kinds Of mining indeed,


peculiarly adapted thereto? Is the expe-
rience of California, as against the intro
duction Of this labor, surely applicable 10


New Mexico? The rapid influx of free


labor into California, which prevented the
establishment Of slavery, was induced by
the rich returns made by the surface dig
gings, to work which required but few
dollars Of capital. Suppose New Mexico
should afford no sue. opportunities to the
laborer, but should require extensive out
lay of capital and deep mining to rife its
sub-trcasurics Of gold and silver, is it not
easyto be seen that here slavery might find
one Of its most profitable and safe employ
'nents: a gang Of slaves once shut into
deep mine could be flosgcd and worked in
the greatest security. And history tells
US, in the story Of the Spanish colonies,
Nlat cruelty the greed Of gold, stimulated
BY such opportunities, is capable of doing.
Is not here, then, a real danger of the ex-
tension Of the institution in its most op-
l'rcsslye and merciless form?


Arc not slaves now worked in the mines
Of Brazil, i'll those of Georgia and North
Carolina, and in the coal mines Of Virginia
md Kentucky? We beg all who have
been imposed upon with the idea that the
climate and soil Of New Mexico forbid the
profitable employment ofcompulsory labor
here, to give the matter some further
,hous1t in the direction above indicated,
Year: 1861

Put the naked proposition of q Congress


s1onal Slave Code for the Territories TO uny


Northern man who was not supporter Of


Breckinridge in the late Presidential can


Fass, and he will not only be insulted him


self, but will insult you. But is not an act


of Congress which secures the protection Of


slavery less Objectionable than q provision


OF the Constitution which does tile same


thinSs The action Of one Congress may


be reversed by another; but when you in


corporate a principle into the fundamental


Law, you can only get rid Of ii through IN


amendment, or through the entire subyer-


s1onof the government. The proposition


OF Ar. Kellogg to so amend the Constitu-


ton as that neither Congress nor the Terri


tor.al Legislature shall have power to ex-


clude slavery from any ofthe territory south


OF u deg. 60 min, as cHecual1y protects the
institution there as would Congressional


Slave code. 1t virtually says to slavery
There is that broad domain awaiting
occupancy. If you wish to take possis-
sion OF it either for the profit Of cultiv,l-
~ t1on, or for the purpose Of increasing
your strength in tho government, OF for
both objects combined, the door is open
"to you. ] have not only 50 tied MY own
hands that can offer no resistance,
but have tied as efeetually the hands
" OF the white people who may 60 in with


you. There is none to dispute your en-
trance Or your peaceablc occupancy. Ii
that power should he usurped, it is nv
" duty to protect you in your rights, and I
twill 10 it." Now what more could lie
accomplished by q Congressional Slave
Code than this? And when this provision
shall have been inserted in the Federal
Constitution, what but revolution can ever
get it out: Yet there are few Republicans |
in this elty-mostly men who have business
relations with New Orlcans-who say that
Mr.. kcliogg's proposition is u fair and Just
one. and that it violates no principle Of the
Republican platform expressed or implied! l
Why, even tho Douglas Democracy-some
of them from the slave 6tatcs-ratller than
consent to the incorporation Of such doc
rine into their platform at Charleston, prc-
erred the disruption Of their party and lis
Inevitable defeat! Can it be possible that
lere, in the free Northwest. there are any
considerable number Of Republicans who
re less true to freedom, to the PRINCIPLES
pon which our superstructure of free
government rests. 10 the doctrines and
raditions nf the fathers, than were the en-.
|rc body Of the Douglas Democracy when
10 alternative was presented them at
charleston We shall see.
Year: 1861

Kossuth, whose arrival in Paris premature
ly announced some days since, is said to be there
at the present moment, and it is added that be is
going off to Turin Immediately. At Turin he will
certainly have a conference with some leaders of
The Hunr Ri pnirrafinn
Year: 1861

The Prince of Wales recently got an unceremo-
nous ducking while boating on the Cam. The
Prince and Captain Grey, one of his equerries,
were amusing themselves in ''ub" when the
small craft was upset. His Royal iighness AID
Capt Grey were precipitated into the water. but
were soon got out-nothing the worse for their
mishap.
Year: 1861

THE DEsnLATIoNs OF CIVIL WAR IN CHINA-Ac-
counts from China state that party Who have re-
turned from visit to some of the districts occuped
by the rebels, report that almost complete desc
lation prevails Nankin, once the magnificent
capital OF this empire, is totally destroyed and at
the once great city OF Chin-kia king all trade is
stoppei. In many places nothing is seen but mis-
cry and desolation. So much for the terrible effects
OF civil war, which has ravaged the country for the
past twelve years or more
Year: 1861

sB HEADACHE is the favorite sign by which nature
makes known any deviation whatever from the natural
state of the bran and viewed in this light it may be look
ed on as safeguard intended give notice Of disease
which might otherSise escape attention till too late to be
remedied and ts indications should be neglected
Headaches may be classified under two names viz -
Symptomatic and Idopathic. Symptomatic Headache is
exceedingly aud is the precursor of great va
rety of diseases among which Apoplexy, Gout,
Rheumatism, and all febrle diseases In It's form
1t is sympathetic of disease Of the stomach constituting
sick headache, of hepatc disease constituting bilious
headache Of worms constipation and other disorders Of
the bowels as well renal and uterine affections Dis.
Of the heart very frequently attended with
Headaches; Anamia and PLETHORA are also affections
which frequently occasion headache Idopathic Head
ache Is also very common being usually distinguished by
the name Of nervous hvadaehe sometimes coming on sud-
denly in state of apparently sound health and prostra
ing at the mental and physical energies and in 9TH
instances it slowly heralded by depression Of
spirits acerby of temper In most instances the pain
is in the front of the head one or both eyes, and
sometimes provoking vomiting; under this class may al
so be named Neuralgia.


For the treatment Of either class of Headache the Ceph
aic Pills have beenfound and safe remedy re-


eving the most acute pains in few minutes and by its
subtle power eradcsng the diseases of which Headache
is the unerrng index:
Year: 1861

be used against the South continues undated in New
York city. Capt Lowell Of the City Guard, has thrown
up his commission, aId thus assigns his reasons


"While yield to none in my readiness to uphold and
defend the Constitution OF my country, inferi6ty
opposed to the doctrine that the stronger section of the
Union may place ne,r aud 'nagthorissd interpreta-
tion that constitution whieh in The Judgement of the
Ocdksr section denies Them security for their property
and then compel its ciHg recognition at the point Of
the bGyoHst. believe it is possible TO adjust and set.
tie national difficulties in peaceable manner, and
must therefore decline be made an instrument by the
civil and the military authorities Of this State, under the
specious aed untenabe plea Of enforcing the laws for
;naugurating policy which only result in saDguin
airy and protraced civil war; and permanent dissolution
OF our beloved Union"


Gen, Sanford now seemingly aware that he has been
too hasty and indscree has made explanation. y
He says the meaning Of the offr was to garrison the
ha Dor forts with militia if the government should have
occasion withdraw the regular troops to other parts.
In such an event the services Of those willing to voun
te would be accepted.
Year: 1861

No one Of the "many ills that flesh is heir tor is so
prevalent so little understood and much neglected as
Costiveness Often originating carelessness or seden
tary habits, it regarded slight disorder of too lit


tie consequence TO excite anxiety while in reality il is
preecursor and companion Of many of the most fatal
and dangerous diseases, and unless early eradicated il
will bring the sufferer to untimely grave Among
the lighter evils OF which cosveness is the usual attend
ant are Headache, Coc, Rheumatism Foul Breath Piles
and Others of like nature while long train of frghtfu
diseases, such as Malignant Fevers Assesses Dysen.
terry DiarrhGa Apoplexy, Epilepsy Paralysis, Hystera
Hypochondrasis, Melancholy and Insanity first indicate
their presence in the system by this alarming symptom
Not unfrequenty the diseases named originate in Const
patton, but take independent existence unless the
cause is eradcated in an early stage From all these
considerations it follows that the disorder should receive
immediate attention whenever it occurs and person
should neglect to get box of Cephaic Pills on the first
appearance OF the complaint their timely use will e1
pei the nsdous approaches of disease and destroy th
dangerous foe to human life.
Year: 1861

OVER EXCITEMENT, and the mental care and anxiety
incident to close attention to business or study are
among the numerous causes Of Nervous Headache The
disordered state OF mind aud body incident to this dis
tressing complaint is fatal blow to all energy and am
bition Sufferers by this disorder can always obtain
speedy relief from these distressing attacks by using one
Of the Cephac Pills whenever the symptoms appear


1t quets the overtasked BRAIN and soothes the strained
and arrng nerves. aud reaxes the tension of the stom
ach which always accompanies and aggravaes the dsor
dered condition Of the brain.
Year: 1861

GREAT DiscovERY.-Among the most important of all
the great medical discoveries ofhis age may be consd-
cred the system of vaccination for protection from Small
Pcx, the Cephalic Pill for relief OF Headache, and the
Of Quinne for the prevention of Fevers either of
which is specific whose benefits will be experience
ed by suffering humanity long after their dscoverer are
forgotten.
Year: 1861

IN Did you ever have the Sick Headachee Do you
remember the hrobbng temples the fevered brow the
loatbng and digust at the sight of food. How totally
unfit you for pleasure conversation study. One
Of the Cephac Pills would have relieved you from all
the suffering which you then experienced For this and
other purposes you should always have box of Il EN- on
hand to use as occasion requires.
Year: 1861

A CHApLAN-Friend Fulton, of the Wilmington
Journal spent days in Raleigh last week, and
gives lengthy article, upon what he saw. The
following extract is very hopeful. When did Full
ton get converted? We suppose that the Governor
would require his Chaplans to be, at least piously
inclined


1--WE found every body getting an appointment
of some kind, or wanting one, or expecting one,
and we didn't like to be odd-so we tried to find
out what Office we would have. We could not
quite make up our mind until after leaving Raleigh
On the cars between Raleigh and Goldsboro we took
counsel of friend who, on account of peculiar
qualifications and fitness suggested to US the Office
Of CHAPLAIN, with the rank, and especially the pay
of Major We trust that the Advisory Board will
bear this in mind and not disappoint us"
Year: 1861

Our course is set, our purpose is fixed, to do our
whole duty to North-Carolina and to the South, at
all hazards Our responsibilities as public jour-
nalist in this crisis, and as a member Of the State
Convention, we desire to feel IN all their weight and
Importance, and We mean to discharge them to the
utmost of our ability. { -
So long as the soil of the South is menaced by
foreign or black Republican foe, and the interests
and the homes and fresides of the people OF North
Carolina and the South are in jeopardy from the
sword of the Northern invader, we shall not yaeld
our convictions of duty to party leaders, cques or
squads, nor shall soe march to the tap Of party
drum. Our cherished political principles remain
unchanged But we shall know no party, but the
State and the South, and listen to dctation but
the voice of the people of North Carolina and our
own conscience In the discharge Of our duty in
either capacity we shall pursue no personal or party
schemes, seek to crafty personal or party preu-
dices, no private or party malice. So far as God
will enable us to do it. while this war lasts, we shall
forget the past and labor to grapple with the i'm
portant difficulties of the present and the future


We shall honestly give our support and approval
to all measures. whether they emaDate from the Ex-
ecutive Legislative, Military Departments Of the
Government from private individuals, from cliques
or squads, if they right just honorable and pa
triotc long they tend to the good Of the State
and her whole people, and the well-being of the
South ---:,-


But all propositions, plans, appointments or ar
rangements coming from whatever source, which
we believe to be prompted by selfish or partizan
aims or ends, damaging to the public interests and
dangerous to the peace, the harmony and the sue
cess of our people in the conduct of the war; sense
of duty will impel US fearlessly to expose and de
nounce them We shall assiduously strive, how
ever, in proper way to correct all abuses OF tbt
government and all wrong doing connected with
the public welfare and the rights and interests
Year: 1861

We ind nothing in the last issues of those lovely
and loving twin brothers, worthy of our notice, or
that we care to waste-our precious time in anmad-
verting upon. All our time is engrossed between
the proper conduct of the Standard and our duties
in the Convention. At so momentous crisis III
the affairs of the State and the South, we have no
inclination to disturb our personal foes by any
verify or sharp retort upon either the sophomore
sentimentalism Of the Register, the English dull
ness and Irish bald-wit and blarney of the State
Journal, or the malicious quarrelsomeness of the
trio. To write them down would be little labor to
us but it would bring to us less honor; to initiate
their malice would be dishonorable to us and Of
profit to our readers; and to drive them from the
field would deprive their readers of repast, of
which, perhaps, few p would complain.


Taking counsel, our own patrons of
ing demands upon our time in other and better en-
poy, we sha for the present at least cease to no.
tice their personal malicious revilings.
Year: 1861

AsHEvnLE-The Wilmington Journal thinks
that Asheville in this State, would be mighty
nice place" for the Capitol of the Confederate States
but it would hate to corrupt the morals of the
tain people. The Journals right No better point
in the South could be selected than Asheville in
many respects; but if the metropolis of the South
have characterized Washington City, we should OBJ
ject In that event should place it on the faith
er of waters, into which it might be plunged head
Year: 1861

~The Government has information
that powder and caps are in great demand
among the rebels. and that for want Of
powder they can gain but little by tho i'm
mense number of guns they have stolen.