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Year: 1866

An act in relation to appeals from judy


ments of Justices Of the Peace in civil


cases.


1t is hereby enacted, &c.


Sec. |. When party shall appeal
from the judgment of justice in any civil
cause, such appeal shalt not operate TO
vacate such judgment, but shall suspend
the same until the next stated term of the
court to which such appeal was taken,
hut if such appeal shall be duly entered
in the court to which it was taken, then
such judgment shall be vacated.


Sec. =. If neither party shall enter the
appeal in the court to which it was taken
at the next stated term thereof. the said
justice, after the adjournment of sald
court, may issue his execution in due
form OF law in favor of the party for
whom judgment was rendered, !or the
amount of such judgment, with twelve
per cent. interest thereon from the time
OF the rendition thereof, and such pro-
ceedin.s shall have the same effect rs an
affirmation of the judgment TO preserve all
aliens and securities which the plaintiff in
the action appealed from might have for
the collection Of his debts, or the liability
of the officer serving the original prrcess.
or the liability Of bail, receiptors Of prop
erty, or other persons, and an execution
within thirty days after the adjournment
Of the term OF court TO which such appeal
is taken shall have the same effei in |; W
to preserve liens or charge bail Or the ofii-
Ger serving the writ, as though the sane
was issued within thilty days after the
rendition Of judgment.


Sec 5. This act shall take cf.ct from
its passage.


Approved Nov, 10, 1896.
Year: 1866

An act relating to the duties of the Board


of Education and the examination OF


teachers


1t lis hereby enacted, &c.


Sec. ! 1t shall no the duty Of the
Board of Education to arrange two courses
Of study, one of which shall include all
the branches required by law TO be taught
in the common schools Of the State, and
the other shall include all contained in
the first course, and such higher English
branches as the Board shall deem best
adapted for use in the advanced classes OF
the common schools Of the State, and for
ward the same TO The principal Of each
academy in this State, and 10 cause the
same to be published in all school registers
hereafter issued; and the Board of Edu-
cation shall have power to alter and re
wise said courses, from time to time, as
may be required.


Sec. 2. At each teachers institute, now
required BY law 10 Be Holden annually
Year: 1866

on lands, and in amendment Of section


80 of chapter one hundred and thirteen


Of the General Statutes.


1t is hereby enacted, &c.


Sec. l. Section thirty of chapter one
hundred and thirteen of the General
Statutes is hereby amended SO as TO read
as follows:


If any person shall deposit any poison
or poisonous substance upon the lands
belonging to himself or to any other person
or in the buildings of another person, he
or they shall be punished by fine not less
than ten dollars, nor more than fifty dol
lars, and such person or persons so offend
ing shall he further liable in damages TO
any person injured by the loss or sickness
of any domesticated animal orcasioned
by the deposit of such poison or poisonous
substance


Sec. Q This act shall take effect from
its passages.


Approved Nov. 10, 1856.
Year: 1866

The Memphis Ledger says the great
havoc which has been made in the cot.
ton fields bordering on Mississippi river
by the present overflow is appalling.
II is no exaggeration to say that un-
counted thousands Of acres Of land pre-
pared for cotton have been abandoned.
The seed planted has rotted in the
ground, and the most fertile portion of
the cotton growing region of the South
is a watery sea Of desolation. We have
have nc language adequate to convey
to our friends the sympathy we feel
for their misfortunes. We don't PEE
tend to know how far this state of
things will effect the cotton market,
but those who calculate on q large crop
had better investigate the subject
Year: 1866

MONDAY, Sept 3-6P.M.


The stock market manifested tendency towards in
Creased rmness this morning; but the day advanced
u dull although remained steady till the close
OF business considerable short interest has accumu
Stated during the last few days and the bears
willng to continue selling, knowing they do that all
fhe legitimate influences bearing upon prices against
Chem The bulls generally tacty assisting the bears
with the view of increasing the short" interest and
buying in at the decline This stagnation can however,
as but very short time with the facilities at present at
ehe disposal Of the Stock Exchange for ope-
rating for a rise. Moreover many OF tho
Brokers' private spectators and capitalists who
generally contribute TO the activity Of the market when
IN town. fast returning from the country and will
be strange If volume Of business does not Increase
materially under their operations. The earnings Of the
aeading railways extending westward are lust now be-
ginning improve under the traffic arising from the
moving Of the crops, and this feature will become
prominent as the season advances


The money market, too, is extremely easy, and the
demands Of stock houses met at four per cent but
eome Of the leading dealers in government
ktes can borrow at three. The supply OF
prst class commercial paper is very limited,
end in active request at to per cent In the West
rn section OF the country less monetary activity
khan usual at this Of the year AT Cincinnati
e the close Of last week. the demand for currency from
tbe interior was reported less active than previously but
tt was heavy, and there improvement in the
currency balances Discounts at the banks there
ore confined to depostors who considered entitled
Do accommodations and the rates at which good paper
iwas taken varied from eight TO twelve per cent


The statement Of the associated banks for the
past week is highly favorable to prolonged
monetary The deposits have increased
H1071 S32, and the legal tender SO, $50 1926,
owing to the Treasury disbursements account OF the
hive per cent temporary deposits The loans have at the
ame time decreased $5o1 45o the circulation $3.50 $50
and the specie s502 All The amount Of specie in the
banks Of this city is consequently reduced 10 800
Che greater portion Of which kept constantly out
poan, instance Of which we NAV mention that
pertain institution with nominally large sum Of gold
in it's vaults last week unable TO cash q check for
3l0OO without first sending out to borrow the gold.
Hhe fact that gold is the cheapest commodity the
United States at tho present time is yet fully under
stood. The details Of this and the previous statement
sundor
Year: 1866

From the Cincinnati Commercial, April 27.


The announcement that exertions were
being made in the neighborhood of Crit
tenden, Kentucky, to arrest the parties
guilty of the murderous attack upon
Robinson's circus company few evenings
since, was incorrect. The gang of ruffians
engaged in that affair everawe the coun-
try about Crittenden, and peaceable people
dare not interfere with them. No efforts are
made to arrest the scoundrels, and none
will be made, because all who might be-
come concerned in movement for the
enforcement of the laws would imperil
their lives and property.


The persons who attacked the circus are
well known about Crittenden. They go
up and down the country at pleasure, and
make themselves at home wherever they
are never paying for what they take,
consuming and destroying according to
their humor. They had boosted that
Robinson's circus should not give an ex-
hibition in Crittenden, and made dis
turbance expressly to spoil The show The
gang numbered over twenty men, all
armed, but they did not anticipate so warm
reception as they received. The circus
men fought desperately with hatchets, not

having prepared for skirmish, and sue
eeeded in severely wounding FIVE or six of
their asssilants. The wounded men were
carried into the hotel of the place. where
their wounds were dressed by physicians
to whom they were known, and they were
removed before daylight. Who they are,
and where they are is known to many,
but to no one who has the courage to give
the information TO the authorities. The
outlaws, we learn, are, for the most part
returned rebel soldiers or rather raiders
They call themselves the Regulators" {"
and it is their special business to regulate
the negroes, causing reign of terror such
that the freed people are held in awe, not
venturing from one farm TO another, and
by no means presuming to leave man
for whom they are at work. The depre-
dations Of the Regulators have nlready
damaged the county about Crittenden,
and it is difficult to conjecture how this
desperate condition of things can be
remedied.
Year: 1866

Be frank with the world. Frankness is
the child of honesty and courage. Say
Just what you mean 70 due on every occa-
sion, and take it forgranted that you mean
TO do what is right. If friend ask you
afavor, you should grant it, ifit is reas-
onablei if it is not tell him plainly why
you cannot. You Will wrong him and
wrong yourself by equivocation Of any
kind. Never do wrong thing to make
friend or-keep one; the man who re-
quires you to do SO is dearly purchased,
and at a sacrifice. Deal kindly and firmly
with all men, and you viii find it the pol
icy which wears the best. Above all, 40
not appear to others what you are not. II
you have any fault to find with any one,
tell him, not others Of what you complain.
There Is no more dangerous experiment
than that of undertaking to do one thing
to a mans face and another behind his
back. We should live, act and speak out
doors, as the phrase is, and say and do
what we are willing should be known and
read BY all men. It is not only best as
matter Of principle, but as matter of
policy.
Year: 1866

Old Chief Justice Jones, who had been
Chancellor of the state, Chief Justice of
the Superior Court, Judge Of the Court of
Appeals, and Presiding Justice of the Su-
preme Court had some peculiarities. One
was, never to decline an invitation to a
dinner or evening party. Another was
that his desk at home, where he studied
his cases, was the strangest pile of hetero-
genius papers one ever saw. They would
accumulate for months, until the table
could hold no more, and then he woud
get basket or barrel and empty into
them the contents Of his table and begin
and 60 over the process of accumulation
again. Sometimes paper would be re-
quired, and then would come q grand
rummage during which there would not
unfrequently turn up some forgotten
thing Of interest. He had probably been
recently engaged in some such work,
when on evening about nine o'clock he
walked into the house of an acquaintance
"a gentleman of fortune, who often gave
parties-dre5sed for a party, with white
kids, &c.


Upon being ushered into the parlor he
found the host sitting there alone, reading
the paper, but no signs of party. He
was received very cordially, for the host
had great respect for him-as who had
not? But the Chief said "Im afraid 1
have made a mistake p "n you have,
said mine host, Il am obliged to the mis-
take, for it has given me the honor of your
company "But haven't you party to-
night ?" "No, sir" The Chief drew a
small note from his pocket and inquired ::
dis not that from you, sir 2" Certainly,
CHIEF" said the host, ibut that was for this
! day Of the month last year, when, can
not forget, we had the pleasure of your
| COMPANY
Year: 1866

gro suffrage over estimate the importance
Of the influence which it will have for the
welfare of the colored people themselves,
and the influence it will have on
the national Government. / doubt very
much whether it would prove beneficial to
either. But my time will not permit me
to discuss this question further. l wish to
say, however, Nh, Speaker, that am not
welded to any particular theory, but will
support any practical measures which will
accomplish the object ! have indicated.
l am very anxious that measures shall be
devised which will satisfy the people both
North and South, so that they may again
meet together in cordial friendship, and
on terms of perfect equality and with mu-
tual respect.


1t is perfectly idle to think that mere
fraction of the people in any of those
States can control the State Government
for any great length of time, nor do 1
think they ought to if they could. 1t is
contrary to the fundamental principles of
republican government. It may answer
for time as a mere temporary necessity,
but it cannot endure long. advocate the
recognition of the present government of
Tennessee, because think it due to the
loyal people whe formed and control Il.
and because 1 think it will prove benef-
cial to all the people of Tennessee, and is
demanded by the loyal sentiment of the
country, and for other reasons which 1
have stated. But sir, l hope before this
Congress adjourns, measures will be adopt-
ed by Congress, and by the people, which
will justify general amnesty to all the
people of the South, excepting always such
men as are responsible for the starving
and numbering of our soldiers when pri.
oners of war, and such other men as were
guilty of other cruelties to our soldiers.
in violation of the rules of civilized war
fare. Such fends in human form are un-
fit to breathe the air of this world.
Year: 1866

Increase of Capital.


THIS BANK HAVING RECEIVED PERM1S-
sion from the Comptroller of the Currency to in
crease the Capital Stock


AT a meeting of the Board of Directors held on
the 7th inst, it was ordered that the Capital
Stock of the First National Bank of Charlotte be
increased to the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars, and that advertisement be
made accordingly.


Books of Subscription are now open at the
Bank.


aug 16-w6t THOs W. DEWEY, Cashier.
Year: 1866

Tragic Occurrence.-A tragic scene
occurred at Vienna recently, at the ca
nal of the Danube, near the Aspern
Bridge. A woman, nodestly dressed,
suddenly threw herself from the quay
into the water. A man, who at the
same moment was bathing his New
Foundland dog in the canal, threw a
stone in the direction where the wo-
man had just disappeared Meantime,
the latter, owing to the imitation Of her
garments, rose several tin. es to the sur
face of the water The dog caught
hold of her while she was thus float
ing, and tried to bring her to the shore;
but she was determined to destroy her
life, and she dragged the dog down
with her, Among the crowd, which
was horror stricken at the sight of this
terrible struggle between life and death,
was soldier of the police, who cour-
ageously plunged into the water to the
help of the unfortunate woman
Scarcely had he seized her than he was
likewise carried away by her to the
bottom of the water, and in few mo-
ments the woman, soldier and the dog
had disappeared in the canal, never to
rise again.
Year: 1866

The Madison (Wis.) Free Press says:
"They are having a sensation in Mo-
bile about mans committing suicide
by cutting off his'head, and then hid.
ing it SO effectually that they havn't
been able to find ii since. This is not
so wonderful circumstance as our 10.
cal relates, that happened at the Sault
st Maria last summer. An Indian
there who had lived unhappily with
fifty or sixty different squaws, deter
mined upon suicide. Desiring that no
one should be able to identify any por-
ton of him, be cut off both legs and
carried them about five miles into the
woods, on foot and alone He buried
them, and then cut off both arms,
which he carried some five miles fur
ther and buried. Then, cutting out
his tongue, that he might be unable to
tell any one whom he might meet who
he was, he proceeded several miles fur
ther, chanting his death song as he
went He finally cut off his head, and
after amusing himself for some time
kicking it about as foot ball. making
the woods ring with his shouts of mer,
riment, he hid it in the trunk of tree
and then digging grave with his own
hands, he got in, covered himself up
and planted a very handsome tomb,
stone at the head of his grave. Where
is the Mobile man now?
Year: 1866

In spite of all the philanthropic and
educational agencies of the day, there
is an alarming increase of crime. Ten
years ago, case of murder was chron.
lcled in flaming letters at the head of
the news column of our city weeklies;
now almost every arrival of Phila
delphia weekly contains an account of
a shocking murder-sometimes five or
six cases are noted in the same issue.
In this county, and in nei ghboring
counties, burglary and robbery are no
longer of very rare occurrence; and
intemperance is making fatal marks
everywhere.


This state Of things threatens law
and order; it is alarming. But we
have no chimerical plan to propose by
which this state of morals could be sud-
denly and permanently improved on
the contrary, we believe that the root
of these evils lies deep-lies at the very
bottom of the prevalent systems of
home and school training. For the
present, we pass by the home training
and merely note down a few random
thoughts on the necessity of a more
thorough and positive Christian ele-
ment in our public schools.


Solomon has it that " Righteousness
exalteth nation; but sin is reproach
to any people" 1t is one of the de
signs of our system Of public schools to
make, not mere readers and cipherers,
but to afford such training as shall
tend to produce good men and good
women.


1t is u commonplace remark, but
one that cannot be too deeply impress
ed, that fearful responsibility rests
upon the teachers III our public schools
About four thousand boys and girls
will daily come under the direct per-
sonal influence of the ninety-6ve teach
ers who have charge of the schools Of
Miflin county. MOmentous truth -
Four thousand immortal souls to be
moulded by us-whether we will it or
not-for good or for evil, for all time
to come! Upon those tender hearts
just blooming into life, we shall make
impressions that can never be effaced.
As we shape those minds so will they
in turn shape other minds, and thus
our lnHuence VIII DC transmitted 10
unborn generations!


Shall our Influence be heartily on the
side of God and the right, or will we,
by thoughtless, impatient, and frivo-
lous course, and by failure to &C
knowledge and exemplify the precepts
of religion, cast cold and witherihg
influence over our pupils? 1t is i'm
possible to be teacher without exert
ing strong and farrcaching influence
upon pupils. Then let us examine our
selves well to see "what manner of
spirit we are of.


We should be more heartily alive to
the responsibilities that devoIve upon
US. Let us go to our approaching la
bors with determination to infuse q
more vital Christian element into our
schools. In the school-work and on
the joyful play ground let us ever
strive to im bue every boy and every
girl placed under our care with 3
hearty loyalty to goodness and truth,
and ever, as fitting opportunities pre-
sent themselves, let us direct their eyes
upwards toward God and towards eter,
nifty. H.
Year: 1866

pa At Appleford, Mass, lately, a
child was smothered to death in very
singular manner according to a Boston
paper. A pet cat jumped upon the
cradle and lay down quietly on the in
fant's face while the latter was sleep
ing. The mother, who was sitting
near, was pleased with the exhibition
of the cats affection, and went and
called a neighbor to come and see
them lying thus quietly together
When she returned she found that the
child had ceased to. breathe.
Year: 1866

s9 A gay lady at Clyde, Ohio, pur,
chased izzle dress or " tow head" "
one day last week. Going to bed, she
hung her head gear on the post at the
foot of her bed. Being awakened by
some unusual noise during the night,
she raised herself upi bed, and seeing
the unusual sight, she imagined cur
ly-headed negro was peering over the
foot board. Obeying Il very natural
impulse, she sprang from her bed, and
in her alarm and inability to escape,
she seized the supposed intruder by
the head, and with terrific scream
fell faintiRg to the floor. The noise
awoke the mother of the lady, who i'm
mediately struck light, and rushed
to the scene of alarm. There lay the
daughter pale and motionless on the
floor, with the imaginary head OF cuff
fy, held at arms length, in a deadly
grasp. Restoratives and a momentary
survey of the scene, soon unravelled
the mystery. But the ludicrousness
of the whole affair was too good to be
kept
Year: 1866

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR SoLpIERs.-A Wash.
ington dispatch says that IN investigation by
the House Military Committee into the ser
viceability Of the artificial limbs furnished by
various manufacturers to the soldiers of the
late war shows that but a small proportion
of them prove durable. In many cases they
prove entirely useless, or so imperfect as tt
involve as much expense in repairing them
as was paid for them at first The Govern
ment pays s75 for artificial legs and it is
probable that Congress will endeavor to
compel the manufacturers to do justice to
the soldiers whom they have swindled. They
certainly should do SO, for good artificial
legs are but poor substitutes for those that
the soldiers lost in the war, and they ought
not to be put off with poor ones.
Year: 1866

The action Of the real Union men of Ten
nessee, of those men who fought and labored
for the cause Of the country in the midst Of
war and in the perls of battle,
indicates the spirit of the Union
men of the South. The Union Legis
lature of Tennessee has disfranchised
the rebels by law, and they did it under the
conviction that their own safety, and the
maintainence OF the cause of the Union de-
manded that course.


The Copperheads of the North, however,
are in favor of restoring the rebels to power,
and consgning these devoted Union men,
white and black, to the tender mercies of the
rebels. The Union men there know the. fate
that awaits them when rebels get the power
again, and they are resolved to take bond and
security against that fate by excluding rebels
from the right of suffrage. They are acting
upon the counsels Of ANDREW JOHNSON before
his installation as President of the United
States, and while he was exposed to a com.
mon fate with his fellow citizens of Tennes-
see. declared as his policy that ''loyal men,
aloGe, whether white or black, should control
her destinies.'


But the Copperheads of the North array
themselves in solid phalanx against the tried
Union men Of Tennessee, and condemn their
sentiments and the policy inaugurated there
by ANDREW JOHNSON. These Copperheads
of the North sympathise with the rebels of
the South, whose sentiments and policy are
ola5b NV IN ofb l,rb-
ed elsewhere in our columns, and who gives
fair warning to Union men that when the
rebels get into power, they must scamper
and '.let the devil take the hindmost. y


The Union men of the South who stood by
the Union during the war, understand the
spirit of the rebels better than we do, and
they dread the consequences Of their return
to power more than we can. They believe
that WISE but expresses the general feeling
and the universal purpose of the rebels in his
covert intimatons, and that the phrase "Old
Virginia is not at home now,' implies that
the rebels hold that all that has been done by
the Rebel States since the close of the war,
has been done under duress or by usurpation,
and will be repudiated by the people of those
States, when the rebel people are restored to
power and freed from military surveillance.
Then Virginia and all the rest of the Rebel
States will be sat home again" and ''the
devil may take the hindmosti Union man
who dares to linger on the sacred soil.


But the rebels of Tennessee are not going
to wait till Old Virginia gets home, they are
going to wreak their vengeance in fire and
fagot at once. Hear the Ardianche, of Mem
phis, the organ and instigator of the rebel
miscreants who applied 'fre and fagot' to
the dwellings, and cold steel and lead to the
bodies of the coored men, women and chill
dren Of that city. l. says:


"The Radicals have done their worst; sue
ceeded in branding overwhelming major
ity Of their fellow citizens, and for the future
let the watchword be hate and scorn-.fre
and .fdggot for the unprinclpled usurpers who
have inflicted this monstrous outrage upon a
defenseless people