The Greensborough patriot [February 22, 1851]

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VOLUME XII. GREENSBOBOUGH, N. C, FEBRUARY 22, L851. NUMBER 43.
BDBUSHED WEEKLY
IT tWill AND SIIKIMVOOD.
THIi POT UK MMINON ETTE, y**">thfa!»wiitaiMfpioi>ipttflMm io turn every
^__^ moment uf his lime, every lillle piece of knnwl-
Ilera'a your fine mignonette ! Sixpence ■ ea& he P»"".ed, to account. In short, Dicky
Price *&»• a >enr: ,_ . rf ^ ^ ,„ nM p.. WowK w„ an i„Juairiau«. ■irecl.onate, grateful, intcl-
** TH^^^\^^^"^Z:Z MONT" i the lame uower-hoy, as he hobbled painfully up «**« *f. <>' »"«■» *• grandmother was justly
Afailuwi.iiihei»n..f*iiy.-urtoriwriounleraJw-IHiick Court, in the hope of filing a customer, proud, ami whom most persona liked 10 help.
c0,iti.)ni...rPwi.l.iuil.o>nb«riptioliyearwillbec.m-j Hril.k Court onn wou|,| |iarojy conjecture to be ; «<-cause he WU eager to help hiinscll and others.
wdered uidicativeol hm wish to conimue the paper. 1 „ _. . . ,. , , In the winter lime ho mid his orandmmher had an eligible spot for the vending of such wares, '" *"c w,n" r ma9 "" uua ,l"* BSSas«awowa*w m
seeing thai il was narrow, dark, dirty, and |,ut a ""^ stm^le to live. There was no work to
rarely visited by airs from heaven. How could ! hp ha{l in *• »«■■*• ground., and no pots of
Dicky Wood think of getting a customer for his | l,ow,rs l0 w" I »'»«ever, one of his mas.er.cm-mignoncl'e
there! But Dick) Wood had a frith . plojtd bin during the *hole winter in sorting,
OtMMariiQ »DMNH thing,;" and the unseen thing in pwkrig. «d labelling seed. ; .o that at tho end
*8-"rt which i.e trusted al lhal particular moaeiil was a ol llld» *tis0" Wu'k>' w" a l»leraljlo seedsman,
I customer. « Here's vour lino mignonette I" he aml w»ulJ be wort|' double w*f" ''"'year, his
'cried, in a childish, and not unmusical voice, as ] master .aid. if by lhat lime he had learned to
1 he proceeded slowly up the court. I wrm' ,,;" "ames ^rhe seed, in a clear, firmband.
, , , , a, I Dicky Wood's heart was set upon learning to
It was eleven o'clock or. a June day,—and | . „ , .. ,
,..,,. , . .. -.... . i wnle well from that moment. He knew bow to
Brick Court was, in a manner, devoid oi lite. It. ... , , ,, _ - , ,
.,..,,,. , , , , , ' write a little, and a* In- e.mld not afford to pay
was mhalmtd snkly by working people, and they „ , . , . '
. , I any monev lor being laiieht, be set to work eve*
bad nearlv all gone awav '■
AI>VI:KTISI\« BATES.
One dollar per MnM (tiflocn lino) foi the l»*l
week, and iwenly-livt; cents tor every WOO* there-after.
Deduction, nude in &kTOf ot standing adver-lisementa
an lulluw*;
Three months. Six month
Onesquare*, sa.so MJW
Two square*. 7.00 10.00 H00
Three " ({col.) 10.00 l.'i.uo 20.00
Hall column, 1800 gd.Oi) 36.00
From Arthur':- Home (la/ette.
THE PINES.
Ye grim funeral Pines
On the dusky mountain's height—
What mysterious gloom eushrinae
Vour dark arcana from our eight!
Ever lowering tbna and lowering o'er the laud—
Kver, with a rushing moan,
As a troubled spirit's groan.
Comes your Hmnga and hollow lono,
Deep and grand !
I
Ye anchorites austere.
Do ye mourn lid vigils keep
O'er sepulchral caverns, where
The warriors of a^es ItOSpl
Peep and hoarse. M ■ voice from 1h» grave,
Solemnly, unwooriad.
Repeating Ares for the Dead—
Chaining requiems wild ami dread,
Soul- to raws ?
Sigh ye ever, evermore,
r'orllie wild and ancient time,
When the dusky chlefr of yore
Were in their gulden prime I
Wh#*n the light, tierce nrd bright, of their tire*.
tileamed ".our *olemn ahaacaani ,: -
And thecouucil-cirrle rung
With the ballle-cry that sprang
From their -ire- I
Mourn ye lor the pri^iine days,
When beneath y~\t tomhie boughs
Lnvera -ang their simple lays.
And breathed their artless row. I
For the powers and the hours that have lied—
When tho hunter, proud to cope
With the agile antelope,
Over glade and dale a.id slope
Fleetly sped .'
Stnrm-spirii- make their home
Deep within your woven night,
Ami their wrathful voices come
w iih * sound of fierce delight
On the ear. as they bear tiding, dire,
That the furious* TempeM King
Anon liis arrowy aleet will lling,
And Bpiean abroad bis murky wing
Veined wuh lire!
In awful majesty.
Through many generation, long
Ye. with intonation free,
Have sounded your aonorou. sonjf—•
And when the pall and Hie k; oil sh.kll have home
Tho .wee) n ico. ol oui in me
To the silence of the tomb,
Your deep anthem r-ull -It...I boom
Badly on !
ah awav, long ago, to work.— ... ,, , f i m
* , r i i ry night WIUI a slate and pencil to improve him-
The sunbeams—few enough of them, 1 am sorry ' "■ ' *
, , . , i- • L- self, by copying old llower and seed labels, har-to
sax—had creppt| ddoowwnn ffrroom tthhee cchhiimnneeyy ltoopp;s , 7 » , , , ,
and were gilding one or two of the upper win-dows,
on one side of a nairnw alley, doing their
best In make die poverty of the place look a lit-tle
leu. poor than orduurv. It was towards one
of these temporarily blight windows thai Dicky
looked up. as hc.aid invitingly, "Only shjitnce
a pot, lo-il.iy, ma'am." It was clear there wad a
possible nuelOBMI hidden up there, behind the j
window-blind—die onl\ blind in thccouit. by the
way. Dh-ky Wood paused, with his eye fixed
on that spot. Afier a iniuuie, the Mind was rai-sed
slow lv ; then the window—and a p.de. ihin
hand, beckoned to the child, and a pale, thin
face lookeO wistfully out. up In the atrip ofheau-tifu!
azure which was all of lieaicn's o'erarching
canopy visible even from the highest rooms in
Hrick Court. It was a female face, which might
mice have been beautiful.
The hoy understood the beckoning hand ; and.
advancing to the door of the house, which stood
open, he entered it wiih his basket of plants. It
was a heavy load for such a child. He ret it
down eagerly .1 the foot of the Hair., drew a
ly in the spring, before any dowers were in sea
son, he used to take watercresses and chick-weed
into Iiondon to sell—getting a lift in the early
morning, by some friendly cart, on its way to
Covent Garden*
Now, il happened lhal a young widow with a
sickly little girl lived in Hrick Court. The lit-tle
giil hid a linnet—a deaf, favorite bird, whose
■OOgeheered her when she was in pain. Mrs.
Brown, poor as she was, always managed to (t'vt\
Mary", linnet well ; and when she heard Dicky
Wood's voice one morning in the court, en nig
"duckweed and groundsel," she opened the
window, and inr.de a sign to him lhat she would
buy some, it he would wait till she got down
stair.. Uh'ky waited, of course ; but his cue-iunicr
kept him so long before she nu.de her ap-pearance
below, that he began to think her cus-tom
was not worth much ; but when ho -aw her
comedown the last lew stairs to inret him, his
impatience vaniahed, and he hobbled forwards
towards bor. eagerly*Baying* •• Don't come any
further, ma'am !" Pool Mrs. Brown was Ir.me ;
much lamer than he was ! she was obliged to
luiiv broaih, and wined Ins Hushed face w lib 'he i1 „ . , , ,, . ,, . . , „• walk wuh a eriiteh. He gave her the best half-if
chickweed in bis baaket,and pro*
slee\e ot his jnrkel
He took out from his basket the beat pot of
mignonette and was about to proceed up lite
stairs with It* when Ins eye was attracted by the
bright coloured blossoms of some geraniums.—
Ilia barketnf dowers was in atrange contrail
wiih the gloomy, dirty staircase; and Dick}
Wood thought within himself much as follows ;
••How pretty nnd fresh they look! She ean'l
get out to see flowers, [dan say .he would
like to see these. It's worth two pence to look
at ilu'in. in a place like ibis." Then he looked
up the siaircase. and again down at the plants.
••It's a goodfah pull for one's legs alone, up to
tbegnrrei: Bltd ifall basket's nojoke Io earry.
bill I think I'll try it. She's so fond of (lowers!
Come ' now for it I" and. putting hack the pot of
mignonette be had aelectcd* into the basket again,
he lifti d it iii» manfully* and began to toil slowly,
with hie burden* up the data staircase. As he
had
two aloriea high. 1 shall have time 10 say a lew
worde about Dickv and hi. customer expectant
penny worlfl
mined 10 bring her some more the next time he
came that way. Be DOt only brought il, but he
carried il up stairs to her door for her, because, '
as be told Ids grandmother, '* my lej*. arc the
youngest, and 1 think il hurls hei to walk, much j
mom than il does me." Mrs. Hrown was a j
sempstress, and sal .till all day, sewing, by the'
side of her sirk little girl. They never had any
visitors but the parish doctor and Dicky Wood
who each came regularly twice ;: week ; the one
10 feel the little girl's pulse, and leave some med-ium-,
and sometime, a litile money lor her use—
the other to bring the linnet bis allow nice of fresh
greenstuff* After one or two visits, Dicky goi to
feel quite friendly with Mrs. Brown ami Mary, ,
and would frequently stop a lew miuules tu talk
with them. Does or twice he brought the pooi
little girl some spring flowers,crocoaeaand prim*
i roses, which had been given him. and it pleased
ascend io the garret, and ihu house was I ■ 1 the gOOd-natUreo boy Io Bee how the large, liol-low
eyee of the Kttle girl brightened as aha look-ed
at them
befor. bezels HO the top.
Nothing in the language is n ore gr; efuilj
lieauiiful (ban the well-rein-nibered versee ' nw.
The) have been rstenaively at* rihu ted io Sheri-dan,
who is s,tid io have sent them U) a lady af-ter
he had prolonged a \ i-ii Io her lo a lale hour.
A writer m die Boston Atlassai s they were writ-ten
and sent, under these circuniaianeee. by t).»
Hon. Mr. Spencer, a deaeendant «f the great
Duke of Mailboroiigh.
Too lain I staid, forgive the crime
L'nheeded flow the hours :—
For noiseless fal !*- tiie foot oilinie
That only treads on flowen !
What eye wiili clear account remarks
The ebbing ol tlie gl;i
When all its sands are diamond spaiks,
That dazzle as ihej paaal
Or who to sober measurement,
Time's hap.y swiftness brings,
When birds oi PaSadiaa have lent
Their plumage to his w ingb?
••.Motlur!" said Mary* one day, when the
buiiLt was singing cheerily*and she hail looked
lor a long lime at a bunch of primroses which
Dickv Wood WSJ an orphan, without brother
or sister ; and lived with his grandmother at
pulham. Old Mrs. Wood was verv poor ; but
.be n.v., h.d been, .ml, plean boil, n.v.r Wcky had draught l..-r—• Muthn. I Ihink I
would be, on ih. p.rUb—lhal woe her prida .nd i •llouIJ ««' *«n ,r' could '"^ 'K wbm *• "ow-hout,
Tor nianv > ean >h. h.d eicell.nl health, | "■ «w" allJ ll"• '""'• •ln«"
,„d managed io .npporl henelf uid her lam. : l'"»M-'-' Mw. Brown looked Wihe child «d-
, dehild, i.v laking in vuhing. eing oul <■ i*r- I '.v ; l,ul ** "u lo° K"'"1" mo*" '" ""/ "">'•
ing. or doings any of lhal misocUanooui work
which goes by the name of" odd jobs," in vmi-ous
neighboring households, whore she was well
known, and so much relied on Tor her honestr
ihlng saddening.
"Ah! well, my darling! we can't tell what
may happen. HM\ is very pond, you know. 1
hope we shall get into the country one of these
consented to ihe lame child's earnest entreaty
lhat he should in to do aomething to help her.
] Dicky was a clever boy, in his fi y, though he
! could not run fast ; or, indeed, run at all. He
| had an enterprising, active spirit, and was so
The publishers of ihe .New York Sun, Messrs. . good-natured and obliging, that he had a host of
Reach, have recently put in Operation a prii.iing ( friends. One nursery-man, lo whom the boy ap-inachme
of extraordinary capacity and perform- pitd for advice and work, gave bun both ; and
..-i.. __■ . .... i:. .1 i ;.v— '
il,. i the; would h»»« lru.wd ber with untold ■•* *>■■ sh !l ' »ll yon .bout the plnnnt
gold—ifil had erer been ih.ir lot to poewu that '•"u",r.v l'l*« ' "*c'1'" "ve '" whm ' "" ' '"-
indenuile amount uf weajih. When Dinky «... , ««g"rU" And Ihe I I mother duenbedSpring-in
hi. twelfth yenr. hi. grandmother^ health be- \&M> *• •illaf« '" *»'«'' s!»1 "Mbomt.nd
gu to gi>. way ; .he could DO lonftr earn «■-1,lle llllle »"rl "»tened, ami looked .1 her prim-
Vh ... lupport ihem ; and, with the leu of I""* »" »"< 'l""i- lo*!"! •"■« •«• «•» '» ■> |»f
part.sh .Miataao. bHbra bn ayoe, 4t. at length
ance. Ilh.1 eight prioting cylinder., and print. , ^^ „.jl(l „,„„„ hj, fcu,„ ,,all w„lklll for
about aighleen thousand eneeta per hour—the
machine itself disposing ot '' e printed sheets.
It is the latest improvement of (.'ol. floe, of
New York and is a wonderful achievement of
inventive genius.
rat in Brick Court* \\ eatmiuatur
The next time that Dicky came, when he bad
put the groundsel in the cage, litile Mar) asked
him to come and nil her what snrl of a place
he lived in 1 ami Dicky sat down beside her bed, j
sod told her about the lar^'c niirseiy-gnniiids, !
wall their qrecn-houscs and noUhouses—and
ibo beautiful villas, with large gardens, and ihe |
neat Milages with small ones, which are lo he '
seen in Fulham ami its neighborhood.
*• Oh ' it ia a moot beautiful plane, and 1 only
wish )'uu could come and li*e in il. U liv.
bits. VOnI you can't think what lots ol dowers
in) master has in his houses. If )ou slare so
ai ihese"—pointing to a few jonquils he had
(nought for her—■■ your eyes would come quite
out ol your head, I'm thinking, if you could
catch a glimpse of our camellias, and azaleas,
and geraniums.
1 U hat hard words !" said hide Mary. " ttul
I will try and remember them. Give me my
I sn industrious lire. 1 e j book, mother, and a pencil ; and. if you will tell
..... bear to be idle for an hour. Thisfvel- i me how to spell thvm, I will writ! down the
, !'"%'[u11""**7A |,°nulic»l aedinanoe ieeal- mff of aalisfaclion in the work Itself wa* eoonee- nameo."
means. .el0"1 T'I, 'i,n HI- ''f"'' * '' ! ""' «"" »« W~* :"",m' " "l *» "'"*-*« M"' Hr°Wn ***" ^ '" ** lho§* M
Z^AJSST^ il' <0 be able to earn so much money that he might words as well as Dinky ; and w hen Mary bad
bulU. The Prencfa word kulUtii U derived njpport his grudmotbor W comfort during her written them, he saw that she wrote much quick-
/rom Use aassr souiot. I la$1 Vctn. it Wa« Jiis ambiiion which fired his kcr anil better than he did. He asked her how
A London correspondent of the New 1 ork
Journal of Commerce stales thai ten shillings
Mlerling are now demanded as an entrance lee lit
the l'.daei- of Glsss in Hyde I\H!., in which the
Oreal London Industrial Bxhibiliou is to he held.
\\ ben lullv finished a guinea in to he the pneeof
many years. uflOffOd to give the child a f. w pols
ofcommon Mowers to hawk about n hcne\er he
was not employed elsewhere ; and, moreover,
promised to eend him to London with Ihcin. in
one of his carls, as he would be unable to walk
so far, and could not find SO good a market near
home. By Working frequently all day long, in
the open air, the boy became mueli stronger, anil
wa- wi'll worth his small Wages*
After a time, Diekj became more and more
admisg'un, which is io be reduced as the cxhibi- ! impfeeatd wiih an idea *)f the dignity r: work,
non aeaeoosdvsnooa. jan(| (>| :|,. (1(:1,in,.,. , ;lll II1(illgl,,ous life. Ha
eould not
H«a. I|a„
she had learned to write so well, and she told
him that she used to go to school helore she fell
ill. Dicky thought he would give a great deal,
if he had il to give, lo be able to write as well a.
poor little .Mary Brown : nnd he felt that hi. lik-ing
for her and her mother was much increased
.inec he found they were so well educated.
As the season advanced. Dicky Wood hacame
more constantly employed at Fulham, and did
not come ofien to London ; and when he did. it
was to sell plants at a sixpence and a shilling
each. He was sorely tempted to give one of
these to litile Mary every time be came, for he
was a generou.-hearted little fellow ; but be re-frained
from doing so, beoajUM he knew lhat he
rould ■•(// them, and that il was his duly to he
just before he was generous. His grandmother
was failing fast, and every penny he could scrape
together was required to get necessaries and
comforts lor her. No ! much as h. desired to
do so, he could nol give away even a single pot
of misnonette, because he GOu.d sell it for six-pence.
Poor Dieky ! Guod, honest, virtuous
Dicky ! Honour lo your sound principles, and
steady practice!—you withstood temptation, and
mdulged not in tho luxury of giving. To a
ni'.ud like yous. there arc few luxuries more
tempting ; for to such it ispleasanlei to give than j
to receive. The last lime Dieky had been in j
Hrick Court, his mignonette was cighipence and I
ninepciice the pel. and Mrs. Brown could not at-ford
to lei Mary hare one, it that price, but bad
said lhat she should wait till it was sixpence. Il j
was sixpence a pot now, and, therefore. Dicky
(ell himself justified in expecting a customer in
Brick ("ourl to-day; and, as we have seen, his
expectation was on the point of being realized. ,
As he eould not conscientiously give away six-pence
Irom his sick grandmother, he wss the
more anxious to give Mary nnd her mother the
(real of looking al the flower* in bis basket— |
for, lo them, be knew it would be a treat. So |
ihe hoy determined lo carry DM heavy lead up \
10 ihe attio. Ai last he reached the top, and
saw Mrs. lirown standing at the open door of.
her room. She wondered why the boy wns so
long in coming up; and was sufpfieed to ree .
the load he carried. He sat it down on Ihe
landing-place, and paused to take breath, while
his intelligent face, flushed and moisl with per- .
smratior, looked at her, smilingly.
•• Why did jou bring lhal up* my de»r boy ? '
I:\s too much for you lo carry," s^id genUe .Mr*.
I trow ii.
« Not a hit of III" said Dick, wiping his hoi
face. "It does me good. Pm atrongenough
in the arms, you know, if I'm weak in the legs, j
1 brought it up because I thought jou and Mary ,
would like to see lliosc beautiful blossoms ; and
Iknow yon couldn't come down to aeo them.
If you'll give ine B drink of water 1 shall be
all right. How'. Mary ihis morning!—I'vegOt
a bit ofgroundael for the bird.
••Is ihat Dieky Wood* motherfM cried the
little girl, in a feeble voice. "Urn,:! him i"»."
•• Yes my darling, we are coming/' v I the
mother; and she w hiapi n i io Dieky. •• She is
much weaker ih.in when yon saw her; but don't I
seem lo notice that, my dear- She ha. been
longing for ihin mignonette : an I, I'm sure. ahefll
be much obliged to you for bringing those beau- i
i:f.:l flowers for her to Itiok «'. Poor darl
■be ii hind offlowers! Come In, and I will give
yon some water to drink, and aome t<> wash your :
lace with. Here, let me help you with tin* bask-et,
now." And they entered ihe room together.
The door WU hit OPOn* because the weather was
very warm, and the doctor had ordered lhat the
child should be kept a. cod as possible.
When they had disappeared within the room. .
aomobody else appeared on the landing-place,
at the lop of the stair-. Etwui a little old man
with gray hnr. who wa. very shabbily dressed,
b.ii who, nevertheless, did nol look as If he were
poor. The shabbiiiess ol his Qoat was a fancy
of die wenrer, nol ■necessity, because no Ins
little fin p he a oi ■ . rin ■ with a great diamond*
and his sl.iri front was of very fine cambric anil
beautifully white. He was an • cceuti ic old man,
and paaaed many hours every day in wandering
abont London in search of adventures, lie had
seen Dickv Wood turn into Brink Court wuh ins
heavy basket. The pale, intelligent face of the
boy, which be had often seen before, had taken
his fancy, and he followed him unpereeivod.
When he saw Mrs. Hrowu give the signal from j
her window. Ihe li'.ilc old man ftlt a d lublc de-sire
lo follow the boy. He watched him during
the short debate with himselfaa to wheihei be
should or should nol carry Ma load lo the attic ;
and when he saw him, lime as he wae, begin 10
ascend the dark srnr-ease with it, theatraoge old
gentleman was determined In ascertain what the
motive for such a labour could be. "SurcU,"
he .aid within hiuistdl. '• it's not the mere hope
ol selling another pot of flowera lhal has lighted
up the child's face with such a beautilul exprcs- ;
sion!" He stepped softly np the dark aiaira
behind the child, and overheard distinctly ihe
few words lhal paeoesj between him and Mrs.
Brown 1 and whin they had gone into the room,
and the door was pirtially closed, so thai he eould
stand near it and listen unoerooived. he did so.
I have nothing to say in favour of baieniasy ai
doors ; and yet I OaoOOf find il in mv heart to enj
anything against old Mr. Metcalfe's lattsntUg on
the prrsent occasion. He expoeud tuliearneitli-
! ~ : ---au—a 1 —il m NI...-I.L I ■_. ... JIMS*
er good nor ill of himstdl, lor he knew that the \ sons presenting the same, sruill ba\ a paid the lax
speakers were unaware of his very existence;' "crehy imposed, in addition to the fees now by
what he expected 10 bear, was something from '** "'ah!'*hed;
„,i.;-i. u- . IJ i . . i. . (>- *'r ll further enacted, That the owner or
which he could learn how he could bnsj naatai. ownei, nf/vcrv mll^bXa or ferry in .hi. State,
who seemed to him to be oppressed by | shall hereafter pay annually a tax equal to five
the double affliction of poverty and sickness
[Conclusion in our next.}
TIII: XKW nr.vI:\II; ACT.
AN ACT io provide lor tho iucreaso of tho Public
BevsJOBC uud lor other purposes.
I. lit it enarieit tu/ lite (leneral .^HHf/uUi/ nJ
the Slate of North Ctrrotinu, ami if in hereby
enueted by the authority of th< ftfme* Thai
hereafter there shall be levied nnnu liv ihe sum
ol three cei,ts upon every dollar < - u-rest ae-eured
or actually owing from or :uiy solvent
debtor or debtors, whether ffom Individuals*ft) m-panies,
corpominns. or in any other way ; upon
all sum. of money at interest, whether in this
Stato or nut of il, Bl any lime during the yeai
nexl preceding the time when the owner or own-ers
thereof shall give in his. her ( r iheir tax list:
Provided, that guardians shfcltgive in the mon-ey
of each of ihi-ir wards as a dutiuct and sepa
rate fund, and not as a fund held in common.
S. lie itfurthir enacted. Thai hereafter there
shall be levied annually the sum of twenty eenls
upon every hundred dollars employed in buying
and selling slaves, and lhat there shall be levied
annually the sum of leu cents upon every hundred
dollars vested in every other species of irade ; and
ihe sum ollhre. cents upon every dollar of divi-dend
or profit actually due or received upon sums
of money vested in steam vessels (excepting the
profits of such vessels as are under the burden of
twenty tons.) or vested in stocks ol anv kind, or
in shares of any incorporated orlrndin/*company,
whether in ihis Suite or out oi it, at any lime du-ring
ihe year immediately preceding me time
when ihe owner or owners thereoi shall give in
his, her or their uu list; Provided, that this aci
shall only authorize the taxing of such tfOtfita as
the Hanks of this Stale shall make from trading
in stocks ami bonds as distinguished from "bi!U
receivable," and j.iuvid'd Jurthtr, lhal every
person shall have Ihiity dollar, of inurst divi-dend
or profit, and an amount eOJOOl to the sum
oi Interest which he, she or the) bwe or pay or
secure to be paid on hie, her or their own debt
or debt*, which nhattl not be subject to the tax im-posed
by this ac\,%mi provided f::rtf:cr, lliM Uns
aci shall not extend to the m'1 rent or dividends
at Billing tu any literary institution, or to funds ap-propriated
for public or private charities, devo-ted
io ihe purposes of education, or to ihe inatn-leuance
of the poor or alHicled.
3. lie if farther i nactid, TbatSO much of ihe
capital stock in trade of any merchant or ;eweler,
wholesale or commission merchant, as i. now
taxed by the 14th section ol die I02d chapter ol
the Ktvised Statutes; sh ill bo exempt from ihe
provisions 'if ihis act: Provllid, that the inter-est
on all bonds, or notes which any nlOf) mer-chant,
jeweler* whoUale or commission merchant
may own operand above the s nount »l the inter
eal upon his own indeblednaaa am. thirty dollar*
shall not be considered as a part of his capital
slock in tr-oJe, but shall be subject to the lax mi
pOSOd by ilie first section nf ihis aci.
I. lie itfurtlur tutu ted. That hereafter, there
shall he imposed am! levied annually ihe follow-ing
taxes, to*wit: On Surgeon Dentisis, all prac-tising
Phyaioiana* all praetieing Lawyora, and on
all - -her persons, (except Hunatera of the Goe-pel
of every denomination. Governor of Jim »IBM I y°urJ»" "ght or the right
nnd Judges' ot :!ic Supreme and Superior Courts,) | nr persons whom.oever, ei:l
wboee practice, sainriea or fees, or all together, | lorney, ageol or trustee, or i
I h .11 yield an annual income ol live hundred dob j whatsoever, are not liable for more taxes under
:t,s.tlV-sum of three dollais for the first live bun-| the law sol thisS'.ate, than ;h
In \ and two dollars for every additional five
times the sum of the largest toll by him or them
demanded and received.
7. He it further enacted That the agent or a-gents
of all insurance companies, not incorpora-ted
in ihis Stale, shall hereafter pay an annual tax
of fifty dollars, in every county where 3n agency
shall be established, lo he collected and account*
ed for b) the sheriffs of the several counties «s
olhVr tane. ; ami in ease ihe aaid agent or agenU
shall fail to pay ihe tax hereby imposed, he or
they shall be individually liable for a lax of one
hundred dollars, to be collected by the Sheriff of
the county where such failure lakes place, by dis-tress
and sale of the property ol ihe said agent or
agents. *o he applied thiee*fimrth. to tho use of
the Stale, and one-fourth to the use of the Sheriff
collecting the same.
8. Bach and every company of circus riders
or equestrian performers, and each and every per-son
or company who shall exhibit assy collection
of animals, commonly known a. a menagerie, for
reward, shall previously toexhibitingor perform^
ing in any county in this State, pay to the she-riff
thereof fifty dollars, and all Ethiopian sCrena-ders,
comic singers, and performers on musical
instruments, who exhibit or perform for reward,
five dollars, al a lax to ihe Stale, to bo accounted
for by the KiierifT as other Slate taxes ; and on
paying each tan* the Sheritf who receive, the
same shall give a lictuse to exhibit or perform in
hi. county, which license shall contain a lilt of
such animals, or personal performances, or other
articles lo he exhibited, aud ;n lhat ease, .uch
co:np»ny or person shall be authorized and per
mined io perform snd exhibit, as aforesaid, in
such county, and no other, for the space of one
year, ihercaltcr, and < :i and every company of
circus rideru or equestrian performers,or Ethio-pian
serenadcr*. comic tuneers and performers on
musical uistriiin.nl., or exhihiter of any collec-tion
of animal-, commonly known as a menagerie,
who shall yt i .1 rin or exhibit in any county in
Ibis State, wilhout previously having paid the tax
heroin directed, nhall be liable to a forfeiture of
one hundrvd dollars, to be collected by the She-rilT,
by distress and sale of Ihe properly of such
delinquent, and to be applied one half to the use
of the Mate and ihe other half to the use of the
Sheriff,
0. lie itjurl/ur inaeled. Thai (he taxee, by
thu act imposed, ahull he relumed on oilli lo the
Justices of die several countwo in this Stale, ap-pointed
to lake the list of taxable* and taxable
property ; andnhall be collected lo ihe Sheriffs
of the several counties at ihe same time, and in
tilt? same manner in which tbev now collect oth-er
Slate taxes, and shall by ihrm be paid into the
Treasury ol .he State, under ihe same penalties'
which are now prescribed by law, for ihe collec-
; payment of other State tixe..
10. Each and every person shall annually ren-der
to the JuilicoJ of the Peace appointed to
lake Ihe Ltal of taxable, and taxable property,
mount of Ion which he, either in hi. own
right, or in ihe rinhi of any other person or per-iona
whomsoever, either a. guardian, attorney*
agciil or trustee, or in any other ii...uner whatso-ever
is liable for under the Ren nm laws of this
StatSi and il shall he the dull of the said Justice
10 administer the lollowing oath to each and
over) petson giving a list of taxa' lea and isxable
property: Von, A. B„ do solemnly swear, (or
athiiu. Bl Die ease may be.) thai yVn. either in
of any other person
er as guardian, st-any
other manner
hundred.
5. lie it further tnatftil. Thai there shall be
imposed aud levied annually an a I nitorem lax
o! one per eontum on all gohl and silver [dale.
and ornamental jewelry* in use by the owner or
owners thereoi, of fifty dollars or upward
you have now Holed* and that In all other res-pects,
the Itsi hy yon now delivered, contains a
jiisl and true account of a!! ihe property which
by law yt>U «re hound to list for taxation. *o the
best of your knowledge and belief: so help you
God.
II. It shall be the duty of every Justice of
II sulkies, gigs, buggies, bacpuches, carriages, I w« l>( rva wl,° «,,J1" wke a list o. laxahle prop-aud
all other pWaeurc vehicles whatsoever, in ^i't °*wn» ndm.nieieriug tho oath aforesaid, t<»
use by Ihe iwner or ownerstlhereof. of tin raiue cail over to eaoh poraon giving in hie taxal. -.
nt aeventy-five dollara and under one hundred
. . fifii cenia ; on all of Ihe value ■..: one
hundred dollara and under Iwn hundred dollars,
one dollar ; on all of the value of iwo bundled
dollars and under three Inn.dud dollars, two
doll irs ; on all of ihe vain*; of three h i mired dol-lara
an I under four hundred dollars, ihree dollars;
and on all ol the value of lour hundred dollars
and upwards, four dollar.- ; uu nil gold watelv -■
one dollar* and on all silver watchea tnenty-five
cents, i" u«B| (except aueh ofescli as are kepi in
shuns and atorea for aale *) on all harps in use
by the owner or owners thereof, two dollars;
on uli pianoforte! in uee by ihe owneror ownexe
thereof, one dollar ; on ail pistols (except such
Bl shall be itsed exclusively for mustering* and
■Iso IhoB kept in ibopa aud stores for nut.) one
dollar eaeh ; on allbowie knives, one dollar each.
and dirka and sword-canes, fifty cenlfl each ;
U KCOpI luch as shall be kepi in shops and .torus
lor Bale;) Provided however, that onli such pis-tola*
bowie knifes, «'.irks. and sword canes as arc
used, or worn, or carried about ihe person of the
owner, shall be Subject lo the above named tax-es
; on all retailers of wines, cordials, or spirit-
BUS liquors, tui dollar$) on all lliilard tables,
one hundred dull irs ; on all 1!< wlinr Alli.y;
whether called 'Nine Pin/" or *• Ten Pin Ai-le*
s. orby any other name* twt-ity-five doKam ;
on every pack of playing esrds, twenijftflve
centsi and every merchant* *\n>\> keeper aud
poblie dealer. In gooda* wares* merchantJiae, oi
aoy thing, shall be liable lor ihe same, and shall
aisle on oath* how many packs, he 01 she ban
sold within ihe year pn ding the lime, he or she
ahall gi-fiu hie or hei tax Hit: on all mortga-ges
anddeeda of trualff. which Bhail bun, iten I
the aum of one dollar; and Regiatei m eaeh
and eveiv county ahall ■ liable for the si.me, I per, Ibrini oi tax lists, wuh all ihearliclea aubjaet
and he is hereby re«i•■■ I I 10 give in 10 ihe Jus- j to laxaii»:i BJuflo e lialcd Under this act aud all
lice taking the lial ol 'ax il Ie proper;), the num- other law now iu force, BienUotwdstnettsnaover
her of mortgages aod deeds of trust by him regie* the i Ii ol parallel columnBi in which the a-le.
ed in ihe preei-diii ; lev a pfiialty ol ! mounl oi ipunlity ol each article to ho listed is
one hundred dollars* to I ie bo »sl down i and ahall furnish lonnohCooo-ifl,
and to pay the amount oftaXei iheroon, after *y Court Clerk in ihii Staia two BOpies ol ih.
[i \ per eeiitum for his e i:o lax coUeouoo district in said coun-
A»O] iHsaaid R< the cost of preparing and priming the
i^ter auy mortgage or deed of Irnat IHtll ike |cr- i same ahall he paid out of tkie I'ublic Treasury.
ill the articles and subjects of taxation which he
may bo bound to list.
18, 1'. loh and every person liahb lo pay taxes
by and under thu provisions of this act. who
shall tail lo list their taxable properly, or any
part thereof, or refuse to take the oath herein
prescribed, shall, in addition to the payment of a
double tax, forfeit a:ul pay into the I'uM c Trea-sury
ihu stun of one hundred dollar* for each
year1! failure or refusal^ and it ahall be the duty
of the several Sheriffs aforesaid, lo levy, collect
aud account for ihe BBUiB* as in case of double
tax, unless the County Courl shall, within nine
months thereafter! on aatiafaotory causes shown
by such dulim;uenl, order said forfeiture lo be
released and remitted,
|g, Il shall !>e the dut) >;:!■■ several Sheriffs
to furnish ihv Attorney (ieueral and the Solici-tors
ol their respective Circuits, al thefu.-i Super-ior
(/'ourl which slndl happen after the tax lists
are placed in their hands lor Oollection* with a
list of all the persons liable for lax-s under Ihis
act, and who have- failed logine 10 iheir taxable
property or any part thereoi; and, upon aueh in-formation,
or any oiher information, or upon
good reason to befisre thai any inrsou ha. I'aiU
ed lo list hie taxable property, ihe Attorney Gcn-eral
anil Boliciion ol the several e.icuus. shall
have power and authority to to file bdih in the
M-VII.I! Courts of Equity in this Plile, again.
each and < ^ cry pi rat n railing to tend) r a list of
taxable, and taxable properly ?« by this act re-quired,
and compel a discovery ii[»oiioath, which
Ui.coveiy shall nol beheld and deemed e.ldence
io convict such person for aiiy penalty by this
ael annexed lo .uch failure.
It. It shall be the duty'of ihe Public Treasu-rer
lu have prepared and printed, on suitable pa-
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