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Year: 1866




The following instructions should be OBJ
served IN the assessment of the annual
taxes for 1866, They have been prepared
and printed to answer the questions which
have been most frequently presented by reve-
nue. officers ID their letters to the commits
siOner


Particular attention is directed to the few
notifications of the rules observed in the
last annual assessment


Assessors should instruct their assistants
to call personally upon those who have not
returned their income on the first Monday
in May. If any person is not at home, the
notice on the back of form "a should be
called out and the blank left This being
done, it becomes the duty of the taxpayer
to seek the Assistant Assessor and deliver
his return.


E. a ROLLINS,


Commissioner.
Year: 1866

Government whr have generous y come forward in its
difficulty 10 help US through the war, sacrificed their
blood and their lives to maintain the issue on our ede
who were faithful through the whole OF the diff
cuty everywhere Aisng 1ur brave soldiers In the
field and laying down their ves TO maintain prin.
cples and minister IN every way TO the comforts
of our brave men whenever they fell into the
hands Of these worse than savages that We were
warning with and now Sir these men labor uuder
of the most rghtu GespOtsms that ever settled down
upon the heads of mankind Three millions of people
Sir exposed to outrages and INSULT and murder, from
these worse than savages, their former masters-mur
dered told. every day, their lives taken away
their humanity trampled under foot. And when Con-
endeayorng to tender them some little protection how
are we met here Every attempt Of your Moses has
been to trample them down. making them worse and
throwing every obstruction In the way OF anything pro-


Mr.. LANE (Kansas)-will the Senator from Ohio per.
NIT me to ask him aquestloni


Mr.. WADE-Certainly


Mr. LASEIs the report Of your remarks Of yesterday
correctt


Mr. WADE-I don't know. never look at The Globe
to see such things suppose it is correct and am
not very apt to take anything back Hr Wade contin.
ued How Sir stands this matter The President Of the
United States did, at early period profess to be the
protector and friend the Moses OF these men, to lead
them from bondage to liberty. How has II beonl He
has, oil appearances become their inveterate reent
less foe-making violent war lpOn any member of Con.
gress who dares to raise his voice give his vote in
support Of any measure for the ameIora,ioe Of the
condition Of these poor people Talk 70 faat the
President being their fiend When did it eve Aappen
before that a measure for the relief Of lering
humanity as broad and clear as this. Icl with
the veto OF the President Of the United Stltes-and
that too when he endeavors to make his objections TO
the measure without designating single clause Of tho
Consttutap that he nrstsnded had been yiolatsdt
Year: 1866

Delicious BUTTER AND CHOICE FAMILY FLOUR.
We invite the attention of the trade, from country
or city, to the advertisement of Messrs. Shrop-
shire, Anderson & Co., Nos. los and ITO Poydras
street, in which they catalogue list of groceries,
which are all fresh and choice in every respect
The butter which these gentlemen are thus offer
ing was put up expressly for their sales, and is in
kegs, firkins, tubs and small tin cans, for family
use. Nothing better has ever been brought to this
market, and nothing better ever will be, or we
are much mistaken. Messrs. Shropshire, Ander-
son & Co. seek to build up large business by
providing for their customers the very best arti-
cles being persuaded that upon such a principle
is the most permanent business founded When
people come to know of certainty that whenever
they make purchase from house that the goods
will be always first choice, they seldom change.
We visited this store yesterday, and found that
they had been making quite an extensive addition
to their storeroom, by building a large warehouse
in the rear of their store. This will be of a ca
pacity to store five thousand barrels of four and
is both airy and dry. We congratulate the firm
upon their success in business, of which this is an
evidence, and ardently wish continuance of it.
Men who keep good merchandise and sell low
must succeed
Year: 1866

SPLENDID Stock OF DRY GooDs FOR THE LA
DIEs.-Mr. E. Giquel, No. 126 Canal street, is just
opening magnificent stock of fancy and staple
dry goods, and we advise our lady readers to go
and see them now while they are fresh and new.
They comprise all the latest inventions in the way
of patterns and designs for dress, shawls and
housekeeping goods, and another important item
is that they are being sold at reduced prices.
But it is hardly necessary to persuade the ladies
to go to see Giquel's new goods, for we well know
that as soon as they see the advertisement which
appears in another column, that they will all go
there of their own accord.
Year: 1866




Tie first case Of cholera admitted to the Marine
Hospital, which, under the control of the military
authorities, is assigned exclusively to negroes,
was admitted on the 28th july five days before
the disorder appeared in the Charity Hospital.
The entire number of patients in the hospital yes
terday was 283, among which were 20 cases of
cholera all apparently doing we'll. The whole
number Of deaths in the institution from cholera,
up to yesterday afternoon was l06, which have
not been included in the returns to the Board of
Health, because the person charge of the grave
yard, in which interments from the hospital are
made, does not report to that body. The number
of cholera cases, in the establishment, that have
been cured, is 28.


There are 80 smallpox patients in tie hospital,
many of whom are convaIescent.


The actual figures as to the number Of wounded
negroes taken to the hospital on the day of the
riot, show how grossly this as well as other facts
connected with that affair have been distorted
and exaggerated. The number Of wounded re-
ceived in the institution was l33 Of which II died
50 were discharged cured, and the remainder are
recovering.
Year: 1866

DR.. SAMUEL GILBERT celebrated as having had, for
Che last twenty five years, in the treatment Of


CHRONIC DISEASES,


the most lucrative Medical Practice in the South has at last
allow of his most esteemed remedies to be
prepared sold proprietary medicines This resolution
has been engendered by repeated solicitations q those who
experienced the benefit his remarkable proesona
skin by mposbnty Of giving especial attention to
each of the written applications made to him for prescription
by pecunary c cumstauceS or business habits
preclude the possibility of applying in person him
Year: 1866

GAME.-stranger with gun-is there much
game in these parts that man Can amuse him
self in hunting?


Radical Citizen.-Not much. sir; but yonder
is preacher Of the gospel cor ing over the hill
you can take o pop at him,
Year: 1866

stb That this Fenan invasion is threatened because
this province is British Is beyond question; but IS that
sort of thing aunt before the people In the hour OF
preparation in the way that LOrdre does If 1t had not
an Interior aud sedous object which no far TO seek
but which II apparently openly ayows L'O,d
carefully from French speaking readers that
if incur this danger because we are British we have
also the powerf protection Britain 10 maintain us IN
the post on Of separate Northern Power unmixed with
the burhens and political confusion OF our neghbors


That which worth having is worth defending and de-
fence first duty Of freeman Any people that IS
Indifferent to il is by that fact already ensaved.
Year: 1866

EDITOR JoURNAL:-Did you ever
observe the skill displayed in pack
ing sardines in those boxes sold by
gr0cers2 The agent of the stage line
from Parkersburg to Burning Springs
must have served some time in the
sardine business. His method of
packing twelve passengers with their
baggage into hack originally de-


signed for six, is worthy of admira-
ton by all the world, except the
twelve so packed. Their views are
generally expressed in language
Year: 1866

Artemus Ward tells good story
concerning the production of the
Lady of Lyons at the Salt Lake City
theater: "An aged Mormon arose
and went out with his twenty four
wives, angrily stating that he
wouldn't sit and see = play where a
man made such cussed fuss over
One woman.
Year: 1866

Established expressly to afford the afflicted sound
and scientific medical aid In the treatment
and euro Of all Private and Chronic


Diseases, Cases OF Secrecy,


and nll Sexual Dis.
Year: 1866

A young woman was drugged in a photo
graph gallery in Chicago, on Saturday, the
object of the artist being to get some nude
photographs, or, as he termed it, good pic
lures The scOundrels administered such a
heavy dose that the girl was rendered speech
less and has not yet recovered the use of her
tongue HermOnson, the operator, was let
off with a fine of fifteen dollars by a stupid
police Justice, but was re'arrested on Mon
day and held for further examination. On
Sunday night the photograph establishment
where the outrage occurred was set on fire
but the steamers were too quick for it and
little damage was done.
Year: 1866

GRANTS ONLY JoKE.-The only joke that
Lieut.. Gen. Grant was ever known to perpe-
trate, was one day during his campaign in
Mississippi, when the rebel General Winter
was coming up to attack one of the wings of
his army, where the COmmander-in-Chie
happened to be himself present. Gentle
men, said Grant, quietly knocking the
ashes from his cigar and looking around at
the officers near him, you see a severe Win-
ter approaching and advise you to have
the boys keep up good fire e!"-Northern
paper.


| Stop that Give Grant the laurel plucked
from the brow of Lee, but do not add to the
garland the pilfered flowers of Joe Miller
Year: 1866

The editor of the Democrat says that he
will get off any train when we get on it. Of
course, then, we can drive him from any
position whenever we choose. He is as COM
plete1y under our thumb as ever his kindred
vermin were under the thumb-nail of a Con-
federate pFisoner-Louisville Journal.
Year: 1866

~ letter from a subscriber in jefferson
county says:


We have at last found man who can
take the oath and carry the mail from Fay
cite to Rodney. We Will now be able to get
your valuable paper, which is always well
come visitor, with much greater regularity
than formerly. Ionly regret that -- did
not subscribe for it for year. but wish now
to de SO and avail myself of the advantages
of your prospectus.
Year: 1866

The steadily increasing mail facilities of
the country are matter of congratulation
to all, while the compliment to our efforts to
produce superior paper, is so neatly con-
veyed as to cheer our labors for our patrons
Year: 1866

The honest and uususpecting farmers of
the Western and Southern States should


beware of sheep peddlers, who traverse the
country and swindle everybody who deal.
with them. Too many of our hard work


ing farmers are swindlcd out of hundred
Of dollars annually by these travelling gen.
try. The farmer should understand soms
of the frauds prasticed by these peddlers,
in order to detect them before it is too late
in the first place, they are always sure to
have any particular breed that is wanted =,
and can always produce certificates to that
effect. As Vermont is celebrated for its
fine and valuablle sheep, most of these ped
dlers emanate from there; though we regret
to say it, not a few hail from this State.
They buy their sheep in Vermont or Now
Hampshire. so that they can, if noeds be,
swear to the fact that they came from that
section of the country. aud away they start
for the West or South, with their genuine
aocks Of Vermont sheep! Before they
start with them, however, they first paint
and fix them up for the market. Notice
the great and wonderful change! Rams
which they bought tor $40 or less, under
their care and manipulationss are so alter
ed and improved that they sell them easily
for $1OO or 5000. We have even seen it
stated, that these follows will take flock
of common sheep, sand in one night they
will become the most improved Merinos
In color. If this is the case, aud we see
no cause to doubt it, is it safe for any
farmer to purchase sheep Of them? Far
mers should, in fact, buy emily of those
breeders who are we'll known, and noted
for their upright transactions in business.
Such breeders have too much at stake to
peril their reputation by any such trans
actions as we have noted above. With
the sheep apeddler it is different; all he
looks out for is a good bargain, and after
you have made purchase Of him, be is
off, and the probability is that you will
never get near enough to him again to
to have chance to make any complaints.
-Rural american.
Year: 1866

It has been shown, by experiment, that
but very few of any kind of grass seeds
germinate, when covered two inches deep,
not over one-tenth as many as when COW
cred one quarter of an inch deep. 1t there
fore, follows that the practice of some far
mers to harrow in grass seed is very
bad one, First, the grain that you seed
down with should be sown and narrowed
in, leaving the land as even as poss ible,
then sow the grass seed, then weave some
small brush among our harrow teeth, in
a way that the ground will merely receive
a light scratching, as the harrow is drawn
ever it. Sometimes few long, trailing
branches of trees, a. the kemlock or spruce
tied together at their butts, and drawn
BY a horse over the land, will effect IS
good covering as can be done iH any
other manner.
Year: 1866

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The following Act, in relation to the scaling of
Confederate Currency, from the time of its first
issue to the end of the war, passed at the recent
session of the General Assembly:


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO


ESTABLISH SCALE OF DEPRECIATION


OF CONFEDERATE CURRENCY.


WHEREAS, By an ordinance of the Convention.
entitled can ordinance declaring what laws anc
ordinances are in force, and for other purposes,
ratified ON the 18th day of October A. D., 1865,
it is made the duty of the General Assembly to
provide scale of depreciation of the Confederate
Currency from the time of its first issue to the
end of the war; and it is further therein declared
that all eXecutory contracts, solvable in money,
whether under seal or not, made after the depre-
citation of said currency before the LIST of May,
1865, and untitled Except official bonds and penal
bonds payable to the State) shall be deemed to
have been made with the understanding that they
were solvable in money Of the said currency"
subject nevertheless, to evidence of different in
tent of the parties to the contract; therefore,


Be 1t e1tacted By the General assembly Of the State
Of North Carolina, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority Of the same, That the following scale of
depreciation be and the same is hereby adopted
and established the measure of value of one
gold dollar in Confederate currency, for each
month, and the fractional parts of the month of
December, 1864, from the 1st day of November,
1861, to the 1st day of May, 1865, to-wit:


Scale Of depreciation Of Confederate currency the


gold dollar being the unit and measure Of Value,


from NO7eunber 1St 1851 flo Man 1St 1865.
Year: 1866

A Paris butcher has obtained authority
10 open a shop for the sale of horse hesh
IN the condition that he will construct a
special slaughter house for the horse, the
desh of which is to be sold as food. The
slaughter house is to be placed under the
,uperintendence of an inspector special
appointed for that purpose. The
,pening of the shop is to be celebrated
oy a banquet, at which horse meat will
rrm the principal ingredient of the dish
es,
Year: 1866

The Albany EOening Journal, in speaking
of the Rebel Debt, says:-


"If the proposed Constitutional amend
ments are not adopted, law will pass
through Congress in less than twenty year:
TO assume the rebel debt. The process will
be simple:


when the Southern members shall be
admitted, it will require but thirty eight
votes in the House of Representatives and
eighteen in the Senate to give the South the
majority in Congress


The rebel debt is more than two thousand
millions. At present it is not worth one
cent on the dollar. 1t is practically value.
less. Those who own the bonds would be
glad to give seventy-fve per cent. offs they
hold to have their payment guaranteed by
the United States Wh6oatd Constitutional
prohibition, thus could he done By a simple
ldc


Seventy five per cent or two thon-
sand millions is fifteen hundred millions.
With such fund TO work with, will any one
say that it would be impossible to get a law
through Congress assuming the rebel debt?
Might not .ffty-sepeD Northern men be found
milling 10 sell their rates far one or tio0 anil.
lion dollars heddl The men who were
hrlbed TO vote through the bill assuming the
Texas debt OF ten millions-which was quite
as iniqultous, in law and in equity, as this
rebel debt-did not pocket, ON an average,
more than $50, ,O00a piece. Although IVA.
ges" have greatly increased, we may rea-
sonably suppose that million of dollars
now would go as far and accomplish as much,
as did iiily thousand dollars then.


80 sure as the assumption of this rebel
debt is not prohibited by the Constitutions so
sure will it be assumed by act of Congress.
What, then, is the duty of the taxpayers OF
the country-looking at this matter as a mere
question of dollars and cents? To pay our
own national debt, taxation is grievously
burthcnsome. Are we willing to have this
tax doubled? II not, we must rote against
ne party and The men wh0 are opposed to the
Constitutional amendmeHts"


We commend these facts TO the serious
consideration of every taxpayer in Dcm.
ware. The Democratic party is opposed to
the amendments which prohibit forever the
assumption of the Rebel Debt. Mr.. Sauls.
bury is opposed to them, Mr.. Nicholson is
opposed to them, and if that party succeeds
in electinga majority to the next General As.
sembly, they will refuse TO adopt them. II
these amendments are not adopted, the rebel
debtwill beassumed, unless members of Con
gress can resist the bribe of million of dollars
head for their votes and the payers Of
Delaware will have their taxes doubled in
order to pay the debt contracted by Rebels
to carry ON war for the destruction of the
liberties of the country. Readerl Ponder
these facts well, and cast your vote for the
Union nominees, who are in favor of the
amendments and opposed to increased taxa.
tion.
Year: 1866

The campaign thus far is progressing in
the most satisfactory manner, and we have
gratifying assurances of successful result.
Speakers are engaged in all parts of the
State in discussing, before the people, the
great issues involved in the contest. Never
before had We SO much home talent employ


ed on the stump as at present, or seldom
have The issues in a political contest been
discussed more thoroughly and ably. Our
young men are deeply impressed with the
Importance of securing a triumph of our
principles and are laboring with zeal
worthy Of the cause. Prominent among them
IS ANTHONY IlIGGISs, Esq, young mem.
ber Of the Delaware Bar He has addressed
number OF meetings in different parts of
the state lie is a gentleman Of fine abili.
ties, speaker Of great merit, and well post
ell upon political affairs. Wherever he has
spoken he has elected praise and done much
10 strengthen Union men in the conviction
nj the Justice OF their cause. To him in
common with other young gentlemen is the
party indebted for valuable services When
the battle is over and the victory secured,
Atese gentlemen will have the satisfaction of
knowlng that they contributed in no small
degree to secure the glorious triumph.
Year: 1866

France, Spain, and the north of Italy fur
nish considerable contributions to the col
lectors of human hair. In all Roman Cath
Ole countries one great source of supply is
the convent This hair is known in the trade
as church hair.


But there are other sources from whence
false hair is obtained; and little indeed does
the blooming belle, who to-day displays her
borrowed plumes, imagine that the bundle
of hair fashion eompels her to bear upon the
neck may once have mingled with garbage
in the gutter, or been cruelty aroused from
its slumber in the grave. The chifouniers
who 60 about Paris morning and evening,
picking out prizes from the street channels,
have not overlooked human hair. By their
agency, the eombings of the fair Parisienne
are returned once more to the human head


a grim smile comes over the features of
the hair merchant as he tells you that the
long leech +" Of hair (for that is the trade
name for the small parcels in which the ar
tiele is done up for sale after being prepared
and cleansed) is known as churchyard hair
You can see by the bulbs adherent to the
ends that the hairs have not been cut off the
head How this hair is obtained is deep
mystery which the merchant does not care
to fathom. When we so often hear of the
desecration Of churchyards, and the shovel
ing away of the old bones and decayed cof-
fms, we may perhaps make a shrewd guess
at the source from whence it comes We
cannot, too, help suspecting that the grave
digger is IN some manner instrumental in
supplying the market with this particular
commodity


Hair, it must be remembered, is almost
indestructible. There is a beautiful wig of
auburn hair exhibited in the English muse
um, which has lain in the tomb of a TheSan
mummy for upward of two thousand years
before it found its way to England yet that
hair is as fresh as though it had just come
from the hands of the hair dresser, and the
curl is so strong that it cannot be taken out
even by the application of heat


There are still other sources from which
human hair is obtained, of yet more re
pulsive nature; but we have said enough to
show that when a lady buys false locks, she
little knows the curious and mysterious tale
each individual hair could tell her
Year: 1866

Mrs. jefferson Davis has taken up her
quarters within Fortress Monroe. The re-
strietions imposed on her by the President
are that she is not to use any influence, or
contribute any aid to his rescue or escape.
The indulgence granted her admits her to
uneonstrained interviews with her husband,
and at all hours Of the day between reveiiie
and sunset It is not eDjoined that an OH
Ger shall be in the room with them, neither
Is it forbidden a sentinel, however, walks
back and forth continually in front Of the
barred windows of his room. Last and not
least, no limit is placed upon the length Of
her visit
Year: 1866

The message of Mayor Brown estimates
the present value of taxable property in
Nashville at eighteen millions Of dollars, or
nearly four millions more than five years
ago, at the commencement Of the rebellion.
Year: 1866

The Huntsville Independent, of May 8th,
says: gentleman who has been on a
visit recently to Marshall and neighboring
counties across the river. was informed by
the planters that not half the cotton seed
planted has come up, and that the crop will
be almost a failure. This is owing to the
old, defective seed used. The farmers think
of planting their barren cotton lands in
corn, and try in this way to save themselves
from total loss
Year: 1866

An Englishman, boasting of the supe-
riority of the horses in his country, men
toned that celebrated racer had run a
mile minute.


"My good fellow" exclaimed an Ameri-
can present, "that is less than the average
rate of our common roadsters. live on
my plantation near Port Royal and when
| ride in a hurry to town of a morning,
my shadow can't keep up with me, but
generally comes into the warehouse to
6nd me about minute and half after
my arrival. One morning the beast was
restless, and l rode him as hard as | could
several times around the newspaper Of
fee, just to take the Old Harry out OF
him. Well, sir, he went SO fast that the
whole time saw my back directly before
me, and was twice in danger of running
over myself"