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rteti atrtflt VOL. XXIV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, JANUARY 8, 1863. NO. L23L m PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY S. SHERWOOD, KOITOR AND PROPRIETOR. AlphiiM W. Ingold, luiitut Editor. TBEMS, *2.CK> A YBAB IN ADVANCE. Rates e>f Advertising. One dollar per square, for the first week, and twcntv-five cents lor every week thereafter. Twelve ines or leas, make a square. Deduetiens made ill a 0f standing matter as foUows: 8 MOKTHi. 6 MOHTH8. 1 TBAF. Oue^uar a|60 RfcrftS CAPTIONS, Of (Ae Jen «*<* Resolution* yaited by the General AM- ■ttmbl0 of North Carolina at U, *"w» f""™ne,n-<' November \1th. and ending //cumbered, lHb-. 1 An set to amend an act, passod and ratified on tho 16th day of February, 1859 entitled " An act to incorporate theLiszcr-dale Copper Company " nance of ths Convention. The latter ex-pires by limitation on the 1st day of Janu-ruary, 1863.] 18. An act to construct a Railroad from Dallas in Gaston, county by tbe way oi Liacolnton, to Newton in Catawba Coun- 19. An act to allow farther time for the registration of Grants, Conveyances and other instruments. 20. An act to allow further time for the benefit of Justices of the Peace, refugees from their counties. 21. An act to change the place of com-paring the polls in the 44th Senatorial district. 22 An act to amend the charter of the Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio llailroad. 28. An act to amend the charter of the Cheraw and Coalfields railroad company, as amended by an ordinance of the Con-vention. - 24. An act to establish a Bank in the town of Lincolnton, N. C. 25. An act in relation to the Richmond i act to provide a supply of powder manufacturing company. and lead in the vsral counties of this 26. An act to incorporate the Swift Island BO State. 8 An act to amend the OrdinaDCO ot tr.e Convention entitled " An Ordinance to niako some provision for the families of aoidiers dying in service." Ratified 22d February, 1862, and for other purposes. 1. An act amendatory of the law in rela-tion to Sheriffs' Bonds. 5. An act in referenco to the salaries of tbe Judges of the Superior Courts of Law and Equity. ( ._. 0 An act to authorize tho agent of Oher-okoo lands to refund the purchase money in certain oases. 7. An act concerning Justices of tho charter of the Gold Mining Company 26. An act to amend tho Western Plank Road. 28. An act to incorporate tho Macon leather company, in the county of Macon. 29. An act to amend an act, entitled «Militia Bill," ratified the 20th day ot September, 1861. [Repeals the provision requiring militia officers to drill in uniform, and enacts that ••it shall be the duty of the Colonel to as semble his regiment at least once a year for drill and review," and "it shall be the duty ef • he Captain lo assemble his company for drill at least once in every three months in time of war, and once in ever}- six months The law amended re-during the s once a month in tee months in time Peace in Biaden County. s \n act to authorize the magistrates of in time of peace, the County of Chatham to levy a lax tor I quired two regimental reviews vbe purpose of working the public roads in year, and company drill "comity. . j time of war—onco in th An act to establish the Eighth Judicial of peace J lit and lor other purposes 30. An act to amend the 9th and 12th [The seventh Judicial Circuitas changed sections of chap. 101 ot the Revised Code, bv thisact is constituted of tho following entitled "Roads, Ferries and Bridges counties viz: Polk, Rutherford, McDowell, 81. An act for the relief of our sick and Mitchell, Burke, Waiauga, Caldwell, Ca- wounded soldiers. Uwba Lmoaln, Cleaveland, and Gaston. I [Provides for tho appointment by the The Superior Court «f Polk county is to be Governor of an agent, with ihe assimilated hold on the first Monday in March and Sep- rank of Major, to reside in Richmond, U, tember; the Superior Courts of the other or elsewhere, as the necessities of the case counties are to be held on tho following may require, whoso duly it shall bo, under Monday's respectively in the order in the direction of tho Surgeon General, to which they are named to wit: Lincoln on visit the Hospitals daily, to ascertain the -he "d Monday, Cleaveland on the third wantsof our sick and wounded soldiers and and so on. supply them—to a.d such as may deserve The Eighth Judicial Circuit consists of furloughs and discharges in procuring the counties of Clay, Cherokee, Macon them, and to take charge of 1 Jackson, Haywood, Transylvania,Header- Carolina Depot of Medical North Stores. The Governor is also authorized to appoint two or more Surgeons to visit the camps and hospitals in tb s Stale and in Virginia (out-side of Richmond) aud perform similar du ties. He is also authorized to fill vacancies in the Medical staff of N. C. Regiments until permanent appointments are made by Con-federate authority. Tho Surgeon General h°Polk"w«'n"ty on tbe'first Mon- is directed to provide proper medical at- , Madison, Yancy and Buncombe. Tbe Superior Court of Clay is to bo held on the 1st Monday of April and September. The others to bo held as ubovo on the succeed-ing Monday's in their order, the Court of Urn.combe county to continue for two weeks. Tho Courts of Pleas and Quarter Ses-sions in tho soventh circuit to bo held as folk day in March, June, September, and on the succeeding Monday's in the other counties . • riatim. In the Eighth circuit, tho County Court of Clay is to be held on tho first Monday in April, July, September, and December, tho courts of tho other counties to be held on the succeeding Monday's in the order in which they are mentioned above] 10. An act for the purchase of Provis-ions. [Provides that tho Governor appoint tention for soldiers returning to tho State, afflicted with small-pox or other contagious discasos. He is also empowered to estab-lish "way side hospitals," and a depot for the collecction of medical supplies, hospital stores, clothing, &c, in Rileigh or else-whore— 8300,000 are appropriated for these purposes annually.] 32. An act to alter the line between Jack-son and Transylvania counties. 33. An act to incorporate tee Presbyte-rian publishing and printing company in agents, at a fixed compensation, to pur- tho Town of Fayetteevlle. chase com, rice, bacon, and other provis 34. An act to perfoct certain grants in ions, and have the same transported for favor of Peyton & William Colvard. safe keeping to such points as he may se- 35 An act to regulate the fees of Jailors. lect. The provisions to be sold unocr the [Amends the 38lh section of the 102nd direction ot the Governor, at such prices as chapter Revised Code, by authorising the will cover tho cost and expenses, to agents Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, a appointed by tho County Courts, for the majority of tho justices being present, to fix poor and the families of soldiers in service, tho fees that jailors may receivo for find- Tt.e sum of five hundred fhousand dollars ing prisoners with tho fuel and other arti-is appropria'ed for this purpose.] clcs required by law. 11. An act to establish a Superior Court Amends also tho 33rd section of the of Law and Equity for the county of Alle- same chapter by giving tho same power to ghany. the County Courts to regulate the fees of 12. An act to change the time of holding County Surveyors in like manner. behalf of the State, with Stuart, Buchanan & Co., SaltviUe, Va., for the manufacture of salt, and provides for the sale of sail thus manufactured, at the cost of manufac-ture : authoriz.es the Governor to purchase 100.000 bushels of salt, at a reasonable price, to supply the immediate necessities of the people, also to be sold at prime cost. Tho Governor is also empowered, in his discretion, to purchase Bait works, now in operation, and to have them worked on State account.] 38- An act to provide for tbe probate ot wills and granting letters ot AJministra-tion, when tbe county of the residence ol of Testators or Intestates, is in the posses-sion of the enemy. 39. An act to establish the office cf Au-ditor ot Public accounts. [Provide^ for the biennial election of an Auditor of Public Accounts, who shall give bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned, for the faithful di-- charge of his duties, which are "to audit and adjust all accounts or claims against the State, arising out of the military ser-vice or in the civil administration of the Government; to ascertain and certify the amounts or balance, it any due thereon, with the vouchers and evidence, and file tbe same in the office of the Comptroller; to keep accounts in books prepared for that purpose of all claims so audited and adjus-ted, and ot the public properly in the cus-tody or care of any officers or agonts en-trusted with the purchase or care of the same." All claims against tho State tor expenses incurred for arming, equipping subsistence and transportation of troops and munitions of war ; bounty paid to said troops either in the military or naval service of the State, and other expenses incurred in tho public defence, shall bo audited and settled by ! the Auditor on principles of equity and) justice and according to the rules estab I nshed to similar cases by tbe Board of Claims. Up«n the Auditor's certificates, the Governor will issue warrants on tho Treas-ury in favor of claimants. The Auditor's salary is fixad at 2,500 per annum, and he is authorized, if neces-sary, to employ two clerks at a salary of 81,000 each.] 40. An act to alter the time of holding the Superior Courts ofLaw and Equity, in the 6th Judicial Circuit [The Superior Courts of the Sixth Judi-cia' Circuit are to be held hereafter as fol-lows: "The courts of Davio county on the tour lb Monday in February and August; ard those of Yadkin, Surry, Alleghany. Ashe, Wilkes, Alexander, Iredell, Union, Mecklenburg, CubarrUS and Rowan on tho ensuing Monday's successively. The conr* ot Mecklenburg county will continue for two weeks, being held on the 9th and lOtli Monday's after too fourth Monday in Feb-ruary and August.] 41. An act for the support of the Insane Asylum of North Carolina. [Appropiiates 8139,000 for tho purpose of supporting and maintaining the Insane Asylum for the years 1803-4, and to indem-nify tbe Public Treasurer for 814,500 drawn from the Treasury, over and above tho amount appropriated by Jaw for the years 1861-2. The Treasurer is authorized to pay to the order of tho Executive Committee, for the Insano Asylum, so much of tho sum of j?l25,000 as may bo necessary for its sup-port lor the years 1863-4; provided tbe aggregate amount for each year, shall not exceed tho sum of 812,500.] 42. An act concerning tho North Caro-lina Institution lor the Deaf and Dumb and tbe Blind. [Appropriates 815,000 yearly to this whore the tax is la'd for State purposes [ From the Raleigh Standard, .accordingto valuation ; and npon all sub- t The Ten Regiment Bill. jects specifically taxed, the tax shall be in, Tbs false impression which has been proportion to that levied for State purpo-ses.] 47. An act concerning tho county site of Mitchell. [Provides that the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of Mitchell County, a ma-jority of tho Justices being present, shall select another county site, which shall be called Davis, and shall authorize the hold-ing of an election at which the people of the county shall decide whether "Calhoun" shall continue to be the county seat, or whether if shall be removed to the place selected by the magistrates as aforesaid.— In the event of the removal of the county scat, the Chairman of the County Court is directed to reconvey to the donors all lands donated to him (at Calhoun) for the use ol .' people of said county; with the ex-ception of such portions as may have been soid. In this case the donors are to be paid the amounts for which said lots re-spectively weTe sold. The usual provis-ions : ro made for tho laying off tbe site se looted into lots and streets, etc.] 48. Anactto enable the incorporated towns of this State to lay additional taxes. 49. An act for the relief of such persons ~s may suffer from the burning of the Court-house and records of Hertford county. 50. An act to authorize the Governor to employ slave labor in erecting fortifications and other works. sought to be produced on the public mind by the course of tho Richmond Enquirer, and the Destructives in geteial, in regard to the action and designs of the Conserva-tives in the General Assembly ot this State, demand at our hands a full exposure of the facts. The ten legiment bill proposed by tbe Conservatives has been denounced most vehemently, and its advocates charged with a design to put this State in an atti tude of ooposition to, or conflict with the Confederate government, yet none of them have dared, so far as we have seen, to pub-lish the bill itself. The Enquirer and oth-ers have thus been guilty ot a war upon a phantom of their own creation, and I,a . sou gut t* raise a tempest over what has no the Confederate and State courts (not to include Justices of i be Pence.) with their clerks, marshals, sheriffs ministers of the G spel in charge of a parish or congrega-tion ; the officers and necessary employees ol the insane, and Deaf and Dumb and wlind Asylums with their inmates and pupiU; physicians who have been habit-ually engaged in the practice of their professions for ten years immediately hetbre thi» day ; ths president, superinten-dent, treasurer, secretary, and a reasonable number of engineers, runners and mechan-ics ot each railroad company ; the Colonel or commanding officer of racb regiment of the Militia; the Captain or commanding '•fleer of each company, in cas there be no com missioned officer forty five years of »-;••. but if there be one. he only shall be exempted ; one editor and the Boosiuirj number of composite rn for each newspaper; «.he president and professors of colleges; the principals and teachers of ncademies who have be. n teachers continuously tut seven existence in fact. Intelligent Consorva-; year* next before this day ; tbe principal tivos, of course, have not been moved a jot by the impertinent vaporings of the En-quirer or its party. GOT Vance in his na—sage, af'er fully explaining the necessities of tho case, re commended the raising of ten volunteer regiments of State reserves, to cooperate with the Confederate government in the defence and protection of Eastern North Carolina. At an early day a bill was drawn up in compliance with the Governor's sug-gestion, and presented to tho House oi Commons and referred to tho Committee on Military Affairs. That Committee, as at first constituted, would have reported at once favorably to the bill beforo it, bin from various causes, by resignati >n, &c, the complexion of tho Committee eras changed, and Mr. Person, of New Uanover was made Chairman. From that time the RESOLUTIONS. 1. Resolution in favor of Philip G. Smith. 2. Resolution in favor of Wm. R. Lovoj!!. 3. Resolution in favor of J. W. Aispaugh 4. Resolution to purchase the Ordinances and Resolutions of the late Convention, [for the use of the General Assembly.] 5. Resolution to prohibit the transporta-tion ot articles of prime necessity beyond the limits of the Slate. 6. Resolutions declaring tho separation between tho Confederate State* and tho United States final, and to sustain the Proa- j Conservatives expected no favorable con-sent of the Confederate States and Pho I gideration ot lhat bi]| At length tho Governor of North Carolina. the Courts ot Pleas and (Quarter Sessions of Mecklenburg County. [E.iacts that the Courts of Pleas and ttunrter sessions of Mecklenburg county shall bo hold on the second Monday of Janruarv, April, July and OctobJ-.] 13 An act suplementary to an act pass-ed st tho present sossion of ihe General Assembly, and ratified on the 9th day of December, lb62, entitled "An act to amend the ordinance ot the Convention," entitled "An ordnancoto make some provision tor tbe families of aoidiers dying in tho eer- dollar notes; « hieh notes sh.ill be redeoma vice," ratified the '.Wd day of February, ble at the Treasury on or before iho 1st ol 186:!. and for other purposes. 36. An act to provide ways and means for supplying tho Treasury. [Provides that tbe Public Treasurer shall issue, upon the faith and credit <»t the Slate, one million five hundred thousand dullats in Treasury notes, infivo cent notes, ten con', notes, twenty five cent notes, fifty cent notes, seventy five cent notes, one dol-lar, two dollar, ard three doliar notes, re-deemable on or before the 1st af January, i860. Also three millions more, in five dollar, ten dollar, twenty dollar, and fifty 7. Resolution of thanks to the officers and soldiers of North Carolina. 8. Resolution expressing the satisfaction of the General Ass. mbly with the spirit of j substitute tor the one bofore it, for tb Commiteo through its Chairman, Mr. Par-son, presented the following ill-shaped, unconstitutional, and offensive bill as a the people in sustaining the war, and with tho conduct of our troops. J 9. Resolution in relation to tho see'ret proceedings of the General Assembly. 10. Resolution requesting the Governor to correspond with Railroad and otner Companies, in relation to the transportation n salt from Wilmington, &c. Jl. Resolution in favor of S. S. Hicks. 12. Resolution in favor ofThomas B. -M\d C M. Skinner, Jr. 13. Resolution in Pool. favor of Solomon action of tho House. Messrs. Grissom and Cowles of the Committee, protested against tho bill, presented, and gave notice of thoir mention to bring in a minority i report. The following is Mr. Person's bill, made in conformity to the wishes of the i Destructives of the Committee. We beg the special attention ol the press and the public to the provisions ot tho bill : ' A BILL TO ORGANIZE TIIE STATE RESERVES. twenty or more negroes , of five hundred head of cattle or sheep; or of two hundred and fifty head of horses or mules.] 15. Resolution on pi inting the inaugural Address of his Excellency Gov. Vance. 16. Resolution in favor of Benj Fitz. Randolph. 17. Resolution in favor of John Blay-iock. 18. Resolution in favor Welch. 19. Resolution to employ free persons of color on fortifications, &c. 20. Resolutions protesting agains? the Asylum, f-om the Literary Fund instead | burning of Cotton in Eastern Nor.h C^roli-of 810,000, as heretofore. Also appropri- ... . _, SECTION. 1. Be it enacted bg the General 14. Resolution instructing our Senators ; Assembiy of the Stale of North Carolina, and and requesting our Representatives ™ it is here%y enacted by the authority oft/,, Congress to urge a repeal of certain clauses Tnat lho. Governor be authorized and of tho Military Exemption Act of tho Con- . rcqoired to cai, out five thousand troop, federate Congress. j t0\e ,ed Ul0 Staw [The clauses proposed to be repealed, | on„ lhe able-bodied exempt from conscription the owners of „„„a,,f0;,, II. An act to amend an set, ratified the 25 h day ol February, IS01, entitled "An act to incorporate the Bank of Western N orih Carolina " 15. An act to provide for tho better man-agement aud rejari t the Western Turn-p- ke Road, and rebuilding and repairing certain bridges on the same. Hi. An act to amend the charter of the Bank "l Lexington, aim establish the Bank ot Graham. 17 An act to prohibit the disvllation of cent, bonds," which notes shall bo lundubl spirituous liquors. at the pleasure of the holder, in the coupon : Prohibits distillation of spirituous bonds ol the Stale, payable 1st January, liquors after the 1st of January, 1S63, 1892, bearing six per cent, interest. The lr m "corn, wheat, peas and peanuts, oats, Treasury to collect as speedily as possible rye, Cntnese suear cane, tho seed thereof tho debt due to North Carolina from tho January. 1S66, or fundable in HX per cent c nipoun bonds, running twei ty years.— Fundable Treasury notes hereafter issued shall be fundable only in six per cent, coupon bonds and the Treasurer shall is sue no moro eight percent bonds, except for fundable Treasury noteB already issued by the Trea»uicr on ibedepostte ot T.cas ui y notes. All ihe fundable Treasury notes now on hand, s gntd, dated and numbered, shall have written or printed across the face the words, "Inndabie only in six per e sugar ales 81,500 to enlarge buildings aud„repair inclosures ; and $500 to establish a depart-ment in which tho male pupils may bo taught slioemaking. The President and Directors are authorized to receive as pu piis all white deaf mutes and blind, not physically or mentally imbecile between tho ages of seven and twenty-one years charging for board such only us are able to pay—tuition being free to all. The Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of this State are required to levy a tax of 875 for each pupil lor eight years; Provided that no such tax is to be levied when the pupils parent or guardian pay said sum. In case ot lailuro to levy said tax the amount is to be paid by the President and Directors of tb Literary Fund and deducted from the share of said county in the next distribu-tion of the Common School Fund.] 43. Anactto incorporate the town of Marion. 41 An act to amend section second of an ordinance ol tlu- t/'miveniion, ralifi<d the 12th day of May, A D.. 1862. entitled an ordinance to repeal an ordinance passed at the present session of the Convention, enti-tled "an ordinance amendatory cf an ordi-nance to raise North Carolina's quota of Confederate troops," parsed and ratified the nineteenth day of February, A. D., 1862, and to extend the provisions a9 to bounty to certain other persons. [Provides that "no person not a citizen of this State," shall receive the State boun-ty. Thisact applies to all volunteers who havo not heretofore been paid their bounty.] 45. An act to amend an act entitled "an act for the relief of the banks and the people." [Extends the provisions of tho act, the na. j 21. Resolution in favor of T. H. Hi' . 22. Resolution in favor of James S. Ives. 23. Resolution in relation to the so zure and transportion from the State, offt. J-Graves, a citizen of Orange county. 24. Resolution in relalioc to the bills of ibis session ot the Legislature. 25 Resolution t< pay expenses of Com-misMonors to Rit mond. 26. Resolution >n favor of G. W. Cracnp-ler, late Sheriff of^iho County of Sampson. 27. Resolution in favor of Lewis William-son 28. Resolutions on the "Roll ot Honor." 29. Resolution in favor of tho D or Keepers. 30. Resolution in favor of the Principal Clerks of tho House and Senate. 31. Resolution protesting against the Reserves, from men between tl.i ages of eighteen and forty-five years, who are not in the actual service of tho Confed-erate States, or liable to be called into that service by virtue of the acts of Congress, commonly known as the Conscription, and the act for Exemptions supplemental there-to. He shall first call out all such able bo-died men, between tho ages of eighteen and lorty-five years, except such of them _ i ' only as shall be hereafter specially exemp of Joseph tojan(] causo i hem to bo enrolled and put into a camp or camps of instruction; and at tho same time, he shall cause all such poisons between the ages of forty and for-tv- five years to bo enrolled; and if the fii class shall not furnish five thousand men, then be shall cause the remainder lobe made by draft out of the second class sub ject to the exemptions hereafter specified, and apportion the number to be drafted out of each county according to the r;-tio which the number enrolled in the counM bears to the whole number emolled in tho State. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That ihi- . force -hall be organized into companies and regiments. Each company s>'all con. sist of not lesr- than seventy five, nor more than one hundred men besides its officers ; and each regiment shal' consist of ten com-panies. As soon as a sufficient number of men to constitute one company aro in camp, the organization may begin; and immediately after each regiment is organi-zed, the Governor shall tender it to the President of tho Confederate States, for seizure of Iron by the Confederate govern- j icaj jej»;nce, to serve only within the inont, belonging to the State of North |imita 0f this State, except in eases where Carolina, and now in the possesson of the tml Governor shall deem it advisable for the Wilmington, Charlotte ft Rutherford Rail Gt.fonce 0f the state to remove them into Road Co. contiguous district. 32. Resolution to pay the officers and gtc g Be it further enacted, That ibo privates ofCapt. J. W. F. Banks'Company Governor shall appoint all the commission for their services. cd officers, both of tbe lino and staff, 'and and a reasonable number of employees or manulacturers of cotton and woolen goods, ir n leather, and shoes, who are working under eootraeta with the (Josfederate or State government, or whr have broott''t hem-elves within the terms of the act of Congress, providing lor exemptions by agreeing to lake and by taking no more than seventy five per cent pro fa upon 11w.r manufactures, but in every case it Bhall be made lo .tpp .ar to the entire satisfaction of tbe enrolling officers, and the Governor upon an appeal to him from tbe decision of the enrolling officer, that sne i contract or agroeinent was bonafide, and not enter-ed into or pretended merely to escape mili-tary duty ; and tho Governor shall have power in special and extraordinary cases to exempt any other person. SKC. 6. Be it further enasted. That the Governor may raise the whole or any part of the force herein provided for bv accept-ing volunteers by companies or by individ-uals. SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That w erever special provision is not herein mado for any act or thing necessary to car-ry out completely the purposes of thisact, the samo shall bo done under ths general law. SEC 8. Be it further enacted. That this act shall be in force from and after its rati-fica'ion. The above bill was known to be so odious to the people, that it could not have com-manded a corporal's guard in its support. No man in tho State, looking to furture preforment, would have dared to touch it. In a short time Messrs. Grissom and Cowlos presented their minority report, with the following bill accompanying it.— Wo beg careful attention to it: A BILL TO RAISE TEN TUOUSAND VOLl'NTSERI FOR THE DEFENCE OT THE STATE. SECTION. 1. Bo it enacted by tho Gener-al Assembly of the S-.ate ot North Carolina, and it is here: y enacted by the authority of the same, That the Governor be, and i* hereby aulhonzed lo accept the services of any number of volunteers, nut exceeding in the whole ton thous-tnd men, of any per-sons over tho age of eighteen years, who arc not now in tho actual service of lho Confederate States, and to organize them into companies, battalions or regime) Is. I rigud) s or divi-ioi s, and to m .-i i inio tne -ei vice oi the Slate, and t c •iiiinaod ol the Govei no,, MS ll.e l-oiistliu iional commander ol the military forces of the Slate. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That each company shall consist of not less than sev-ly- five. nor moro than one hundred men, b"sides officers; and each regiment shall OI.MSI of not more than ten uompanh s.— As soon aaa sulric.ent number ol men to co'i-t itute one company shall have ben. raised, the organization shall begin; and immediately alter each battalion, regiment brigade or division shall have been oigs1 iaeu ihe Governor shall tender it lo tliv PieSldeiUOl the Cool dtiale Stales, foi specials rvico and local d fence, to rervi only within the limits of this State, except in cases where tho Governor shall deem it advisable lor the defence of tho State lo remove them into contiguous cistricls. SEC 3. Be it further enacted, That tho company ol'jct rs shall be chosen by the members ot lho respective companies, and that all the other commissioned officers, both of tho lino and staff, shall bo appoin-ted by the Governor. SKC. 4. Bo it further enacted, That this force shal! bo subject to the rules and aili-oles of war, and shall receive, while in actual service, the same pay and allowance an officers and soldiers in tao Confederate StatM army, and thoy shall serve one year, unless sooner discharged; but they may bo returned to their- homes at any lime, by the order of the <?>vernor, subject to be called out, however, within that lerm. 33. Resolution in favor of f ho Engrossing gommission them, either before or after the w|,enever and as often us the public exigen-ce I h« syrap, molasses, rice, dried fruit or pota- Confederate government, and out of the title of which is recited, to the bank of t'cs, or any mixture of any or either of money so colleded, to pay off by the 1st of them." Violators of this law are subject- January, 1%5, the State bonds beiring od tor each act cf distillation to indiciment eight per cent, interest, nolens the holders as for misdemeanor. Penalty, fine and will exchange them for six pereent. bonds. nnpiisonment—ihe lino not to be less than Treasurer also to pay Banks temporary $50J; the imprisonment not less than loans out ot tho money to be collected sixty days. Persons offending against the from the Confederate government. provisions of this act are also to be deemed 37. An act in relation to the supply of guiky of a dislinct offence for every day salt. or part of a day in which they be eo offon- [Confirms a contract made by Messrs. ding. Tnis act does not repeal the ordi- N. W. Woodfin, aud G. W. Mordecai, Thomasville.] 46. An act to amend an act passed ct the second extra session of lho General As sembiy, A D.. 1861, Chapter 5, entitled "an act to enlarge the powers of tho Count}' Courts for raising revenue for county pur-poses." [Enacts lhat the tax imposed by County Courts for county purposes, shall be in the same relative proportion as for State purpo-on I sos upou the 8100 valuation for everything Clerks of the present session of the Gonoral enr0||ment of the men; and bo may require Assembly. them, as well as the officers of the militia, 24. A resolution in reference to a fund in to aid in enrolling aud bringing the men the hands of tho Board of Claims. jnto camp. 35. Resolution requiring the Governor gEC 4. Be it further enacted, That this to appoint Commissioners to examine and forco shall bo subject to the rules and arti-report the condition of the agency of Cher- c[es of war of the Confederate States; and okee Lands, as connected with Turnpike Bha|| ,.CCcivo. while in actual sen Roads in Jackson connty 36. Resolution in favor of W. A. Meroney Sheriff of Davie county. 37. Resolution in favor of C. P. Bryson. 38. Resolution in referenco tc> tho Audi-tor of Public Accounts. 39. Resolutions declaring tbe offices of Adjutant General, Attorney General, and Solicitor for tho 4th Judicial Circuit vacant. cy m.'.y require. And the men shall also receive a bounty of fifty dollars each; twenty five dollars to he paid when they are mustered into service,ard thsremainder when they shall have performed six months actual service. Stc. 5. Be it further enacted, That whenever special provision is not herein 'e. An inordinate desire to obtain possession ot secrets is an unerrng iudioation of ina-bility to keep them. If the sun is going dowD look up to the stars ; if ihe earth is dark keep your eye on heaven. With God's prenesice and God's promises you may always bo cheerful. same pay and allowance, as officers and j raaae) tor any act or thing necessary to soldiers in their service; and they shall j carry out completely the provisions ot this serve three years or during the war, unless i ac, ^ tno same 8hBll be done under the gen-sooner discharged; but they may be re-1 .ra| 1HW turned to their homes at anytime by the SEC. o. Be it further enacted, Tbat tbis order of the Governor, ■abject to be called | act ^hall bo in force from and after its rati-out, however, within that term, whenever nc.atiOIi. and as often as the public exigency may require And the men shall ul*o receive a bounty of fifty dollars each; twenty-five dollars to be paiu when they arc mustered into service, and tbo remamier when they shall havo performed six months actual service. SEC.5. Beit further enacted, That there As soon as the above bill was presented, the Destructives set to work to defeat it, although it is well known lhat it sccorded in the main with tho viows of Gov. Vance and of 1.iree fourths of ihe people of lho State. Every imaginable effort to delay or . I I 1 sh,-al-l-e-xempted from sei-.!io un-I,,t._r 1. 1 s a„,.♦L† thwart action was restored to, when st the following, and no others: tbe judges oi leng.h the bugbear of a conflict w.th U.e i Hi
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Title | The Greensborough patriot [January 8, 1863] |
Date | 1863-01-08 |
Editor(s) | Sherwood, M.S. |
Subject headings | Greensboro (N.C.)--Newspapers |
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VOL. XXIV. GREENSBOROUGH, N. C, JANUARY 8, 1863. NO. L23L
m
PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
S. SHERWOOD,
KOITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
AlphiiM W. Ingold, luiitut Editor.
TBEMS, *2.CK> A YBAB IN ADVANCE.
Rates e>f Advertising.
One dollar per square, for the first week, and
twcntv-five cents lor every week thereafter. Twelve
ines or leas, make a square. Deduetiens made ill
a 0f standing matter as foUows:
8 MOKTHi. 6 MOHTH8. 1 TBAF.
Oue^uar a|60 RfcrftS
CAPTIONS,
Of (Ae Jen «*<* Resolution* yaited by the General AM-
■ttmbl0 of North Carolina at U, *"w» f""™ne,n-<'
November \1th. and ending //cumbered, lHb-.
1 An set to amend an act, passod and
ratified on tho 16th day of February, 1859
entitled " An act to incorporate theLiszcr-dale
Copper Company "
nance of ths Convention. The latter ex-pires
by limitation on the 1st day of Janu-ruary,
1863.]
18. An act to construct a Railroad from
Dallas in Gaston, county by tbe way oi
Liacolnton, to Newton in Catawba Coun-
19. An act to allow farther time for the
registration of Grants, Conveyances and
other instruments.
20. An act to allow further time for the
benefit of Justices of the Peace, refugees
from their counties.
21. An act to change the place of com-paring
the polls in the 44th Senatorial
district.
22 An act to amend the charter of the
Atlantic, Tennessee and Ohio llailroad.
28. An act to amend the charter of the
Cheraw and Coalfields railroad company,
as amended by an ordinance of the Con-vention.
-
24. An act to establish a Bank in the
town of Lincolnton, N. C.
25. An act in relation to the Richmond
i act to provide a supply of powder manufacturing company.
and lead in the vsral counties of this 26. An act to incorporate the Swift Island BO
State.
8 An act to amend the OrdinaDCO ot tr.e
Convention entitled " An Ordinance to
niako some provision for the families of
aoidiers dying in service." Ratified 22d
February, 1862, and for other purposes.
1. An act amendatory of the law in rela-tion
to Sheriffs' Bonds.
5. An act in referenco to the salaries of
tbe Judges of the Superior Courts of Law
and Equity. ( ._.
0 An act to authorize tho agent of Oher-okoo
lands to refund the purchase money
in certain oases.
7. An act concerning Justices of tho
charter of the
Gold Mining Company
26. An act to amend tho
Western Plank Road.
28. An act to incorporate tho Macon
leather company, in the county of Macon.
29. An act to amend an act, entitled
«Militia Bill," ratified the 20th day ot
September, 1861.
[Repeals the provision requiring militia
officers to drill in uniform, and enacts that
••it shall be the duty of the Colonel to as
semble his regiment at least once a year for
drill and review," and "it shall be the duty
ef • he Captain lo assemble his company for
drill at least once in every three months in
time of war, and once in ever}- six months
The law amended re-during
the
s once a month in
tee months in time
Peace in Biaden County.
s \n act to authorize the magistrates of in time of peace,
the County of Chatham to levy a lax tor I quired two regimental reviews
vbe purpose of working the public roads in year, and company drill
"comity. . j time of war—onco in th
An act to establish the Eighth Judicial of peace J
lit and lor other purposes 30. An act to amend the 9th and 12th
[The seventh Judicial Circuitas changed sections of chap. 101 ot the Revised Code,
bv thisact is constituted of tho following entitled "Roads, Ferries and Bridges
counties viz: Polk, Rutherford, McDowell, 81. An act for the relief of our sick and
Mitchell, Burke, Waiauga, Caldwell, Ca- wounded soldiers.
Uwba Lmoaln, Cleaveland, and Gaston. I [Provides for tho appointment by the
The Superior Court «f Polk county is to be Governor of an agent, with ihe assimilated
hold on the first Monday in March and Sep- rank of Major, to reside in Richmond, U,
tember; the Superior Courts of the other or elsewhere, as the necessities of the case
counties are to be held on tho following may require, whoso duly it shall bo, under
Monday's respectively in the order in the direction of tho Surgeon General, to
which they are named to wit: Lincoln on visit the Hospitals daily, to ascertain the
-he "d Monday, Cleaveland on the third wantsof our sick and wounded soldiers and
and so on. supply them—to a.d such as may deserve
The Eighth Judicial Circuit consists of furloughs and discharges in procuring
the counties of Clay, Cherokee, Macon them, and to take charge of 1
Jackson, Haywood, Transylvania,Header- Carolina Depot of Medical
North
Stores. The
Governor is also authorized to appoint two
or more Surgeons to visit the camps and
hospitals in tb s Stale and in Virginia (out-side
of Richmond) aud perform similar du
ties.
He is also authorized to fill vacancies in
the Medical staff of N. C. Regiments until
permanent appointments are made by Con-federate
authority. Tho Surgeon General
h°Polk"w«'n"ty on tbe'first Mon- is directed to provide proper medical at-
, Madison, Yancy and Buncombe. Tbe
Superior Court of Clay is to bo held on the
1st Monday of April and September. The
others to bo held as ubovo on the succeed-ing
Monday's in their order, the Court of
Urn.combe county to continue for two
weeks.
Tho Courts of Pleas and Quarter Ses-sions
in tho soventh circuit to bo held as
folk
day in March, June, September, and on the
succeeding Monday's in the other counties
. • riatim.
In the Eighth circuit, tho County Court
of Clay is to be held on tho first Monday in
April, July, September, and December,
tho courts of tho other counties to be held
on the succeeding Monday's in the order
in which they are mentioned above]
10. An act for the purchase of Provis-ions.
[Provides that tho Governor appoint
tention for soldiers returning to tho State,
afflicted with small-pox or other contagious
discasos. He is also empowered to estab-lish
"way side hospitals," and a depot for
the collecction of medical supplies, hospital
stores, clothing, &c, in Rileigh or else-whore—
8300,000 are appropriated for these
purposes annually.]
32. An act to alter the line between Jack-son
and Transylvania counties.
33. An act to incorporate tee Presbyte-rian
publishing and printing company in
agents, at a fixed compensation, to pur- tho Town of Fayetteevlle.
chase com, rice, bacon, and other provis 34. An act to perfoct certain grants in
ions, and have the same transported for favor of Peyton & William Colvard.
safe keeping to such points as he may se- 35 An act to regulate the fees of Jailors.
lect. The provisions to be sold unocr the [Amends the 38lh section of the 102nd
direction ot the Governor, at such prices as chapter Revised Code, by authorising the
will cover tho cost and expenses, to agents Courts of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, a
appointed by tho County Courts, for the majority of tho justices being present, to fix
poor and the families of soldiers in service, tho fees that jailors may receivo for find-
Tt.e sum of five hundred fhousand dollars ing prisoners with tho fuel and other arti-is
appropria'ed for this purpose.] clcs required by law.
11. An act to establish a Superior Court Amends also tho 33rd section of the
of Law and Equity for the county of Alle- same chapter by giving tho same power to
ghany. the County Courts to regulate the fees of
12. An act to change the time of holding County Surveyors in like manner.
behalf of the State, with Stuart, Buchanan
& Co., SaltviUe, Va., for the manufacture
of salt, and provides for the sale of sail
thus manufactured, at the cost of manufac-ture
: authoriz.es the Governor to purchase
100.000 bushels of salt, at a reasonable
price, to supply the immediate necessities
of the people, also to be sold at prime cost.
Tho Governor is also empowered, in his
discretion, to purchase Bait works, now in
operation, and to have them worked on
State account.]
38- An act to provide for tbe probate ot
wills and granting letters ot AJministra-tion,
when tbe county of the residence ol
of Testators or Intestates, is in the posses-sion
of the enemy.
39. An act to establish the office cf Au-ditor
ot Public accounts.
[Provide^ for the biennial election of an
Auditor of Public Accounts, who shall give
bond in the sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars, conditioned, for the faithful di--
charge of his duties, which are "to audit
and adjust all accounts or claims against
the State, arising out of the military ser-vice
or in the civil administration of the
Government; to ascertain and certify the
amounts or balance, it any due thereon,
with the vouchers and evidence, and file tbe
same in the office of the Comptroller; to
keep accounts in books prepared for that
purpose of all claims so audited and adjus-ted,
and ot the public properly in the cus-tody
or care of any officers or agonts en-trusted
with the purchase or care of the
same."
All claims against tho State tor expenses
incurred for arming, equipping subsistence
and transportation of troops and munitions
of war ; bounty paid to said troops either in
the military or naval service of the State,
and other expenses incurred in tho public
defence, shall bo audited and settled by !
the Auditor on principles of equity and)
justice and according to the rules estab I
nshed to similar cases by tbe Board of
Claims.
Up«n the Auditor's certificates, the
Governor will issue warrants on tho Treas-ury
in favor of claimants.
The Auditor's salary is fixad at 2,500
per annum, and he is authorized, if neces-sary,
to employ two clerks at a salary of
81,000 each.]
40. An act to alter the time of holding
the Superior Courts ofLaw and Equity, in
the 6th Judicial Circuit
[The Superior Courts of the Sixth Judi-cia'
Circuit are to be held hereafter as fol-lows:
"The courts of Davio county on the
tour lb Monday in February and August;
ard those of Yadkin, Surry, Alleghany.
Ashe, Wilkes, Alexander, Iredell, Union,
Mecklenburg, CubarrUS and Rowan on tho
ensuing Monday's successively. The conr*
ot Mecklenburg county will continue for
two weeks, being held on the 9th and lOtli
Monday's after too fourth Monday in Feb-ruary
and August.]
41. An act for the support of the Insane
Asylum of North Carolina.
[Appropiiates 8139,000 for tho purpose
of supporting and maintaining the Insane
Asylum for the years 1803-4, and to indem-nify
tbe Public Treasurer for 814,500
drawn from the Treasury, over and above
tho amount appropriated by Jaw for the
years 1861-2.
The Treasurer is authorized to pay to
the order of tho Executive Committee, for
the Insano Asylum, so much of tho sum of
j?l25,000 as may bo necessary for its sup-port
lor the years 1863-4; provided tbe
aggregate amount for each year, shall not
exceed tho sum of 812,500.]
42. An act concerning tho North Caro-lina
Institution lor the Deaf and Dumb and
tbe Blind.
[Appropriates 815,000 yearly to this
whore the tax is la'd for State purposes [ From the Raleigh Standard,
.accordingto valuation ; and npon all sub- t The Ten Regiment Bill.
jects specifically taxed, the tax shall be in, Tbs false impression which has been
proportion to that levied for State purpo-ses.]
47. An act concerning tho county site of
Mitchell.
[Provides that the Court of Pleas and
Quarter Sessions of Mitchell County, a ma-jority
of tho Justices being present, shall
select another county site, which shall be
called Davis, and shall authorize the hold-ing
of an election at which the people of
the county shall decide whether "Calhoun"
shall continue to be the county seat, or
whether if shall be removed to the place
selected by the magistrates as aforesaid.—
In the event of the removal of the county
scat, the Chairman of the County Court is
directed to reconvey to the donors all lands
donated to him (at Calhoun) for the use
ol .' people of said county; with the ex-ception
of such portions as may have been
soid. In this case the donors are to be
paid the amounts for which said lots re-spectively
weTe sold. The usual provis-ions
: ro made for tho laying off tbe site se
looted into lots and streets, etc.]
48. Anactto enable the incorporated
towns of this State to lay additional taxes.
49. An act for the relief of such persons
~s may suffer from the burning of the Court-house
and records of Hertford county.
50. An act to authorize the Governor to
employ slave labor in erecting fortifications
and other works.
sought to be produced on the public mind
by the course of tho Richmond Enquirer,
and the Destructives in geteial, in regard
to the action and designs of the Conserva-tives
in the General Assembly ot this State,
demand at our hands a full exposure of the
facts. The ten legiment bill proposed by
tbe Conservatives has been denounced
most vehemently, and its advocates charged
with a design to put this State in an atti
tude of ooposition to, or conflict with the
Confederate government, yet none of them
have dared, so far as we have seen, to pub-lish
the bill itself. The Enquirer and oth-ers
have thus been guilty ot a war upon a
phantom of their own creation, and I,a .
sou gut t* raise a tempest over what has no
the Confederate and State courts (not to
include Justices of i be Pence.) with their
clerks, marshals, sheriffs ministers of the
G spel in charge of a parish or congrega-tion
; the officers and necessary employees
ol the insane, and Deaf and Dumb and
wlind Asylums with their inmates and
pupiU; physicians who have been habit-ually
engaged in the practice of their
professions for ten years immediately
hetbre thi» day ; ths president, superinten-dent,
treasurer, secretary, and a reasonable
number of engineers, runners and mechan-ics
ot each railroad company ; the Colonel
or commanding officer of racb regiment of
the Militia; the Captain or commanding
'•fleer of each company, in cas there be
no com missioned officer forty five years of
»-;••. but if there be one. he only shall be
exempted ; one editor and the Boosiuirj
number of composite rn for each newspaper;
«.he president and professors of colleges; the
principals and teachers of ncademies who
have be. n teachers continuously tut seven
existence in fact. Intelligent Consorva-; year* next before this day ; tbe principal
tivos, of course, have not been moved a jot
by the impertinent vaporings of the En-quirer
or its party.
GOT Vance in his na—sage, af'er fully
explaining the necessities of tho case, re
commended the raising of ten volunteer
regiments of State reserves, to cooperate
with the Confederate government in the
defence and protection of Eastern North
Carolina. At an early day a bill was drawn
up in compliance with the Governor's sug-gestion,
and presented to tho House oi
Commons and referred to tho Committee
on Military Affairs. That Committee, as
at first constituted, would have reported
at once favorably to the bill beforo it, bin
from various causes, by resignati >n, &c,
the complexion of tho Committee eras
changed, and Mr. Person, of New Uanover
was made Chairman. From that time the
RESOLUTIONS.
1. Resolution in favor of Philip G. Smith.
2. Resolution in favor of Wm. R. Lovoj!!.
3. Resolution in favor of J. W. Aispaugh
4. Resolution to purchase the Ordinances
and Resolutions of the late Convention, [for
the use of the General Assembly.]
5. Resolution to prohibit the transporta-tion
ot articles of prime necessity beyond
the limits of the Slate.
6. Resolutions declaring tho separation
between tho Confederate State* and tho
United States final, and to sustain the Proa- j Conservatives expected no favorable con-sent
of the Confederate States and Pho I gideration ot lhat bi]| At length tho
Governor of North Carolina.
the Courts ot Pleas and (Quarter Sessions
of Mecklenburg County.
[E.iacts that the Courts of Pleas and
ttunrter sessions of Mecklenburg county
shall bo hold on the second Monday of
Janruarv, April, July and OctobJ-.]
13 An act suplementary to an act pass-ed
st tho present sossion of ihe General
Assembly, and ratified on the 9th day of
December, lb62, entitled "An act to amend
the ordinance ot the Convention," entitled
"An ordnancoto make some provision tor
tbe families of aoidiers dying in tho eer- dollar notes; « hieh notes sh.ill be redeoma
vice," ratified the '.Wd day of February, ble at the Treasury on or before iho 1st ol
186:!. and for other purposes.
36. An act to provide ways and means
for supplying tho Treasury.
[Provides that tbe Public Treasurer shall
issue, upon the faith and credit <»t the Slate,
one million five hundred thousand dullats
in Treasury notes, infivo cent notes, ten
con', notes, twenty five cent notes, fifty
cent notes, seventy five cent notes, one dol-lar,
two dollar, ard three doliar notes, re-deemable
on or before the 1st af January,
i860. Also three millions more, in five
dollar, ten dollar, twenty dollar, and fifty
7. Resolution of thanks to the officers
and soldiers of North Carolina.
8. Resolution expressing the satisfaction
of the General Ass. mbly with the spirit of j substitute tor the one bofore it, for tb
Commiteo through its Chairman, Mr. Par-son,
presented the following ill-shaped,
unconstitutional, and offensive bill as a
the people in sustaining the war, and with
tho conduct of our troops. J
9. Resolution in relation to tho see'ret
proceedings of the General Assembly.
10. Resolution requesting the Governor
to correspond with Railroad and otner
Companies, in relation to the transportation
n salt from Wilmington, &c.
Jl. Resolution in favor of S. S. Hicks.
12. Resolution in favor ofThomas B. -M\d
C M. Skinner, Jr.
13. Resolution in
Pool.
favor of Solomon
action of tho House. Messrs. Grissom and
Cowles of the Committee, protested
against tho bill, presented, and gave notice
of thoir mention to bring in a minority
i report. The following is Mr. Person's bill,
made in conformity to the wishes of the
i Destructives of the Committee. We beg
the special attention ol the press and the
public to the provisions ot tho bill :
' A BILL TO ORGANIZE TIIE STATE RESERVES.
twenty or more negroes , of five hundred
head of cattle or sheep; or of two hundred
and fifty head of horses or mules.]
15. Resolution on pi inting the inaugural
Address of his Excellency Gov. Vance.
16. Resolution in favor of Benj Fitz.
Randolph.
17. Resolution in favor of John Blay-iock.
18. Resolution in favor
Welch.
19. Resolution to employ free persons
of color on fortifications, &c.
20. Resolutions protesting agains? the
Asylum, f-om the Literary Fund instead | burning of Cotton in Eastern Nor.h C^roli-of
810,000, as heretofore. Also appropri-
... . _, SECTION. 1. Be it enacted bg the General
14. Resolution instructing our Senators ; Assembiy of the Stale of North Carolina, and
and requesting our Representatives ™ it is here%y enacted by the authority oft/,,
Congress to urge a repeal of certain clauses Tnat lho. Governor be authorized and
of tho Military Exemption Act of tho Con- . rcqoired to cai, out five thousand troop,
federate Congress. j t0\e ,ed Ul0 Staw
[The clauses proposed to be repealed, | on„ lhe able-bodied
exempt from conscription the owners of „„„a,,f0;,,
II. An act to amend an set, ratified the
25 h day ol February, IS01, entitled "An
act to incorporate the Bank of Western
N orih Carolina "
15. An act to provide for tho better man-agement
aud rejari t the Western Turn-p-
ke Road, and rebuilding and repairing
certain bridges on the same.
Hi. An act to amend the charter of the
Bank "l Lexington, aim establish the Bank
ot Graham.
17 An act to prohibit the disvllation of cent, bonds," which notes shall bo lundubl
spirituous liquors. at the pleasure of the holder, in the coupon
: Prohibits distillation of spirituous bonds ol the Stale, payable 1st January,
liquors after the 1st of January, 1S63, 1892, bearing six per cent, interest. The
lr m "corn, wheat, peas and peanuts, oats, Treasury to collect as speedily as possible
rye, Cntnese suear cane,
tho seed thereof tho debt due to North Carolina from tho
January. 1S66, or fundable in HX per cent
c nipoun bonds, running twei ty years.—
Fundable Treasury notes hereafter issued
shall be fundable only in six per cent,
coupon bonds and the Treasurer shall is
sue no moro eight percent bonds, except
for fundable Treasury noteB already issued
by the Trea»uicr on ibedepostte ot T.cas
ui y notes. All ihe fundable Treasury notes
now on hand, s gntd, dated and numbered,
shall have written or printed across the
face the words, "Inndabie only in six per
e
sugar ales 81,500 to enlarge buildings aud„repair
inclosures ; and $500 to establish a depart-ment
in which tho male pupils may bo
taught slioemaking. The President and
Directors are authorized to receive as pu
piis all white deaf mutes and blind, not
physically or mentally imbecile between
tho ages of seven and twenty-one years
charging for board such only us are able to
pay—tuition being free to all. The Courts
of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of this State
are required to levy a tax of 875 for each
pupil lor eight years; Provided that no
such tax is to be levied when the pupils
parent or guardian pay said sum. In case
ot lailuro to levy said tax the amount is to
be paid by the President and Directors of
tb Literary Fund and deducted from the
share of said county in the next distribu-tion
of the Common School Fund.]
43. Anactto incorporate the town of
Marion.
41 An act to amend section second of an
ordinance ol tlu- t/'miveniion, ralifi |