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'For us, Principle is Principle Eight is Eight Yesterday, To-day, To-morrow, Forever."
Published Semi-Weekly 14 00 a Tear.
VOL. XV.
GOLDSBORO, N. C., MONDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1879.
NO. 41.
New Advertisements.
GET A GOOD FIT!
OLSSON.
: ' ' TUB
Fashionable Tailor,
' 'AT
GOLDSBORO, ft, C.
Would inform the citizens of Goldsboro
and surrounding country, that he is pre
pared to guarantee enure satisfaction to
all who want a good fit in a
Hnit of ClotHinfir.
; From his long experience in the -business
as cutter of a large Philadelphia
house, and more recently at Raleigh, he
is prepared to guarantee a good fit ana
entire satisfaction, and make to order the
latest styles of business and dress suits,
and at the very lowest prioes.
Cutting and repairing done at reasona
ble rates. O. OLSSON,
feb3-tf . Opposite IL Weil & Bros.
School Notice,
. Capt. W. 8. Btkd, A, M., will open his
School in Mount Olive, on Monday, 'he
27th Inst
Terms per Session of Twenty Weeks,
From 3 to 120 Ihci dehtal Exr ski, SI.
This School affords every facility for
acquiring a good, sound practical Educa
tion. The Principal makes Mathematics,
both pure and applied, a specialty. Hav
ing graduated in one of the best Com-
merciai vxmeges in me uniieu oiates, xih
is fully competent to instruct in Double
Entry Book-Keeping and the Collateral
Branches of the Science of Accounts.
Students charged from time of entry to
the end of Session No deduction made
except in case of protracted sickness.
January 2o, 1879. 30-2w
" Spanish Chufa,"
Qrjr Bushels, saved clean and 8)und,
OlAJ expressly for planting, for sale
at $3.00 per bushel, $2.00 per half bushel,
$100 per peck, shipped in strong bags,
delivered free on board ef cars, or at Ex
press office, at Magnolia. Order early, and
get good seed, lower than ever sold before.
Send money by registered letter or P. O.
Money Order, on P. Office at Kenansville.
Any information desired in regard to the
cultivation of the crop will be cheerfully
given. Address R. H. BROWN,
ianlwtf Hallsville. Duplin Co., N.C
SCHOOL BOOZS
AND
Staxionery,
Slates, Fens, Pencils, Inks
(SC-, &c.
A full supply at greatly reduced prices
at EIRBY & HILL'S.
New Boot & Shoe Shop.
The undersigned beg to inform the citi
zens of Goldsboro and the surrounding
country, that they have associated them
selves for the purpose of carrying on a
first-class Boot and Shoe Shop, and may be
found in the corner room of the Cobb
Building, where at all times they will be
pleased to receive orders for new work of
any discription, and do all sorts of repair
ing, at lowest prices, lower than ever
plrered before in Goldsboro, and in har
ony with the present low price of every-
hing else.
I We are both practical shoemakers of
many year's experience, and guarantee
entire satisiaction as to styles, fit and
prices. In repairing we make invisible
Patches a specialty.
All work promptly attended to.
J. P. WEDDON,
dec9-tf WM. SULLIVAN.
Wholesale Liquors.
E. JLehnian,
GOLDSUORO, N. C,
Importer and Rectifier oj
h fYiolesate Prices.
Not presuming to make any broad asser
tions, excepting those to which I am justly
entitled or claim but I can say without
hesitation that I keep as good and as
Pure Bye, Bourbon and Oorn Whiskies,
Apple and Peach Brandy !
as any Liquor Dealer in North Carolina,
not excepting some of tbe Wilmington
dealers (on tbe Cape Fear) who claim to
be triumphant and put off on tha unsophis
ticated dealer,all patent Barrels and Brands
"IT IIS T RIGHT''' But jUSt glT6 TU9 BL
call and try our ' Challenge Rtk," Pnre
and Original, and you will not be deceived
Call and examine our fine stock of Cigars
ICP Also Agent for Ale and Lager Beer
octl4-tf K. M. LEHMAN.
IF YOU WANT
SOMETHING OOOD
M
For Christmas,
00 TO
A. H. KEATON'S,
Where yon will alwajs find a fall supply of
My Groceries & (M&cttary,
dull mo vuia caiPf isw t r" S
Ia1 mwaam Aia flAnr ri Aftl laruaanH
mall hominy, rice, buckwheat, sugar, all grade
MffaA all o-raAam wAatfiH Rln &n(i 1 Air ooffeA.
beit brands, soap, starch, lye. potash, allspice,
pepper, aoda, baking powder or an Kinas, moiae
sea, Tinerar, and oil, cake and crackeri of all
kinds at bottom prloes
CANNED
GOODS.
snch ai fresh neaches. tomatoes, cherries, straw
V 1 I 1 II 1 . lika owa
oysters, sardines, Wilson's corn beef, pig's feet
ana tongues, oranay peacnee, picKies, onisup,
pepper-sauce and horse radish. Plain and fancy
candies of all styles, and variety, nuts, of all
kinds, raisins, one-quarter, one-half and whole
uvxes, curon, minces meat. Jellies orau siinas
extracts, all flavor. n. Miltwi a-ranes. Dears.
apples, prunes, currants, cranberries, oranges,
lemons. conna.nnta n,M.n&1 crlnorAr and nftjh.
-' appies ana peacnes, onions, lrisn poia
toes and codfleh, snuff and tobacco, all grades of
lM?'ar2' w,den-ware and crockery.
f w rul a Senerons publio for past patron
fJFeiIopeoby fa'r dealing to continue to merit
the same. Remember that full weight and meas
?t . lway" b Klveh. Those indebted to me
wuj yioaeo come lorward and settle up.
Respectfully,
nov.
28-tf
A. H. KEATON.
LUMBER. LTJLIBER.
The undersigned begs leave to inform
the citizens of Goldsboro and surrounding
country that he is now prepared to fur
nish them with Lumber from pines that
have never been bled, at very short notice
and at satisfactory prices.
. Orders left at the store of Messrs. Baker
& Broadhurst will receive prompt atten
tion, who are authorized to contract.
- JOHN F. HUMPHREY.
Feb. 25, 1878.-3m
THE HERO S GRAVE.
Where yonder moantals lifts Us runny head
'Mid nature's lor 11 est wllda. the trareler see
The unpretending rrare of one who led
Ilia people on to rictory and peace.
i
No sounds unholy mar his peaceful sleep
Near where yon foaming rtrer rolls his ware ;
AU nature breathes, or seems to breathe, a deep
And settled calm around his hallowed grare.
Te need nor marble bast nor storied am
To keep his memory or his deeds la mind ;
In every loyal breast, where'er ye tarn.
A fittlnsr tribute to his worth ye find.
In times that tried the Yery soal, he mads
A leoord centaties ean not eTace,
And more through lore than fear or favor swayed
The rode bat honest fathers of his raee.
I
The storms of winter howl less fiercely round
The humble dome that guards his sacred mold ;
With greener verdure rammer decks the ground,
Their rarest tints the autumn months unfold,
i
When Spring returns to ehr the frozen earth,
She breathes her holiest benediction here.
And conscious of the spot, she eheeks her mirth.
And dews the soil with many a precious tear.
He sleeps In peace, beloved of all who claim.
By birth or blood, his country as their own ;
There is not on the page of Time a name
That hath a nobler sound, a richer tone.
200,000 POUNDS.
1 shall never forget the uncomfortable
position that I found myself in through
too free a use of that unruly member, the
tongue. I was a young fellow then, clerk
in a London bank. My father was an of
ficer in the army, an d he often told us
boys that setting each of us up in some
business or profession was all he could
ever do for us, as the scanty pittance he
would leave behind him must belong solely
to my mother and sister. But my brother
and I were energetic and hopeful. So
ong as each day brought us enough to
satisfy our wants, we reckoned little of the
future.
One bleak, cold, January morning, I
was greatly surprised on my arrival at the
bank, to find my father pacing up and
down before the building. I was not living
at home just then, and his presence there
made me fear lest something was wrong.
'Philip,' he began, 'are you in time?
Can you spare me three minutes ?'
'Yes, sir,' I replid, 'for a wonder I see
am ten minutes earlier than I need be.
What is the matter ?!
'Do not look so startled,' he said.
'Nothing is wrong. You know Mr. Fov
berry ?'
'Oh, you mean the half-crakled old man
who is awfully rich, and is my godfather,
as well as cousin, thirty times removed?'
'Yes,' was the reply. 'Well, last night
I received a letter from him,- after years
n 1 1 s. a
or silence, in wnicn lie asks alter you. .
Atd he read me the letter.
'What a queer old boy !' I exclaimed.
'What does he mean ?' for I did not ex
actly understand it.
Mean 1' cried my: father excitedly,
snatching the letter from me, and crush
ing it into his pocket. 'Mean why, to
make you his heir, Phillip his heir !'
'Whew !' said I, blushing; 'that's a good
idea!'
'You must apply for leave and go off at
.u t r . .
once, said my latner. i mice while the
iron's hot. It's a splendid chance Phillip,
splendid 1 Use it well and your fortune's
made.'
So I thought, applied for leave, and set
off for the Paddington Station soon after,
with my ears ringing with a legion of in
structions for pleasing old men, given me
by my fellow clerks. The only one I could
clearly remember was to rise whenever he
came into the room, and then eschew every
comfortable arm chair for tear he should
want it. I felt bursting with importance,
and actually treated myself to a glass of
hot whisky and water at the refreshment
room.
'Hello, William !' suddenly cried a
voice.
'Why, Jack, what brings you here ?' I
replied, recognizing an old friend.
'I'm going down to Gloucester,' said
he. 'Where are you off to ?'
- 'Oh, to such luck 1' I said. 'I'm off
beyond Hereford, to humor an old gen
tleman.' 'What?' said Jack.1
'Come along, and I'll tell you all about
it,' said I. 'Second-class. Yes, all right.
Here we are.'
After we got settled in our places, an
old man got in. He was poorly fixed, and
had a green shade over one eye, while his
other looked weak and drooping. We
grunted our strong disapproval at his en
trance, and made mutual grimaces, but
as hi blind eye was towards us, they were
doubtless lost on him. As the train moved
off I told my story, which you know al
ready. 'Well done, Phillip. Your bread is
buttered for you ! he exclaimed, when he
had heard me to the end. 'What a
glorious chance ! Man alive, I wish I was
in your shoes, that's all!'
'Yes, yes, my boy. ! All right !' I ex
claimed. 'Well, it's a shame if I don't
secure a good smoke before the light of
my pipe goes out in obscurity. Do you
object to smoke, sir?' !
This latter question was addressed to
the old gentleman in the corner, who ap
peared a curious mass of seedy old coats,
railway rugs, and newspapers.
'I do object very much,' was the old
gentleman's gruff reply.
Very sorry, sir,' said L 'I'll keep my
head out of the window, then.'
Shame seizes me when 1 recall this in
cident In lieu of attending to the old
man's wishes, I coolly lit my pipe, and
though I knew the wind would blow the
BmoVe richt into his eyes though I heard
him growling with Jrage I puffed on
heedlessly. I should be sorry to be so
rude, now, but you see I was young and
very excited. j
The short January afternoon was draw
ing to a close, and very soon after we were
dependent on the lamp that hung from
the centre of the carriage roof for light.
Whether it was the old man's example
who had gone to sleep, or the monotonous
noise of the train as it speeded along, or
that our powers of chattering were ex
hausted, I know not, but anyhow we too
began to feel inclined for a nap. But we
found the lamp an intolerable nuisance,
with its incessantly flickering light.
'Bother it ! Can't we blow it out?' I
exclaimed.
'Not if we cracked our cheeks. But I've
a notion I' cried the ready-witted JacV.
'Hand me the old boy's hat'
'What for ?' I asked, as I handed him
the article in question. It was worn and
rusty, but well brushed and well shaped.
'To make an extinguisher of,' said Jack;
and so saying, he fitted it on to the lamp,
making the globe act like the bald head
of the owner of the hat It fitted to a
nicety, and so tightly as to keep well in
its placer The' arrangement 'answered
splendidly, and not a glimmer of light was
to be seen.
When the train stopped at Swinden we
awoke, and rushed out of the carriage to
get refreshments, quite forgetting our
fellow-passenger and his hat. On return
ing we found they had both flown. The
train started, and when we arrived at
Gloucester, Jack left me. I had a cold,
lonely journey to my destination, a little
station just below Hereford. When I
arrived it -was nine o'clock; a dark, raw
night; I was very sleepy and tired. For
some moments I could not find my port
manteau; then my hat box was missing,
and while I was searching, the guard was
exclaiming about the delay of the train.
At last it was all found, the guard whis
tled, the train moved off, and I was left
standing on a little country platform, in a
strange place.
'Any cabs or flys to be got here ?' I
asked the station master.
'Dear me, no, sir,' was the reply. 'But
we can get you something down in the
town. Where is it to, sir?'
'I want to go to Mr. Fosberry's of Cas
tfe Hall,' I replied.
I paced the wretched little station till
the conveyance came, with my mind full
of the coming meeting. I asked the driver
how far we had to go.
'How far, sir,' said he, 'Oh, only about
four miles.'
I got in, and we bowled along the dark
narrow lanes. After half an hour's drive
we entered some handsome iron gates,
and drove into what seemed to me, in the
dim light, a very extensive park. The
whole aspect impressed me with the idea
of a grand estate. And I questioned the
driver on the subject .
'Indeed it is a big place, sir,' said he.
'It's about fifteen miles around the estate.
Eh, Mr. Fosberry's very rich. People do
say he has two hundred thousand pounds
to leave, if he has one penny, besides this
property.' i
Soon we were at the house.
My driver jumped down and pulled the
bell. The peal resounded through the.
house like the clang of a triumph. A
footman in livery flung open the door,
and 1 was admitted into a hall glowing
with light and warmth, and then shown
into a large, brilliantly-lighted drawing
room.
A moment later and the tall footman
reappeared. He apologized for his mas
ter's non-appearance, and requested me to
obey the instructions of a note which he
handed me trom a massive silver salver.
I tore it open and read :
Mr, Phillip Fosberry Williams :
The next time you travel by rail do not
smoke nor annoy old gentlemen; do not
make the infirmities of age and seeming
poverty your laughing stock; do not tell
i your friends of your great expectations;
do not speak of your old crack-brained
relatives; do not make extinguishers of
lold gentlemen s hats; do not be slanev.
vulgar and insulting to strangers; do npt
jnounsn vain nopes oi innenting me, and
I finally, do not lose any time in leaving for-
jever the house of your old 'fireworks' of a
fellow-traveler. Phillip Fosberry.
P. S. I enclose 20 note to pay your
expenses.
How I got out of the house how I
got back: to the station, and spent the
night in a wretched inn how I returned
to town and told to my enraged relations
my woeful tale, wherein 1 played such a
isorry part how'ray abject letter of apo
ogy was returned unread -1 cannot tell.
I only know old Fosberry died worth
the 200,000, leaving his niece sole heir
ess, and that I quarrelled with Jack Evans
about it, nor have I ever spoken to him
since.
COLD WEATHER STATISTICS.
In view of tbe great severity of the
irvroaonf cpnonn a. Knmmarv cit the Btntia
tics prepared by the philosopher, M
LArago, covering the last four centuries in
Europe, and printed in the j Paris Adver
tiser of 1835, will be read with interest:
In 806 the Rhine was frozen over, the
cold was from 18 to 20 centigrade degrees
below zero. In 1172 the Po was frozen
from Cremona to the sea; in 1234 loaded
wagons crossed the Adriatic in front of
Venice; in 1305 all the rivers of France
were frozen over; in 1314 it was possible
to travel from Denmark to Lubeck and
Dantzic on the ice. In 1334 all the rivers
of the Province and Italy were frozen; at
Paris the frost lasted two months and
wenty days. In 1468 it was necessary to
reak up the wine in Flanders with
atchets in order to serve it out to the
ildiers. In 1544 the same became requi
site in France. In 1594 the sea was frozen
J from Marseilles to Venice. In 1657 the
I Seine was entirely frozen over. In 1750
the Seine was frozen for thirty-five suc
cessive days. In 1709 the: Adriatic and
Mediterranean, from Marseilles to Genoa,
were frozen. In 1617 shops were estab
jtablished on the Thames and finally, the
Seine was entirely frozen i over in 1742,
1744, 1766, 1788, and 1820.
GOVERNOR JARVIS' INAUGURAL
ADDRESS.
We are indebted to the Raleigh News
for the following copy of Governor Jarvis'
excellent inaugural address :
Frllnw-Citizens
A time-honored custom renuires that I
should, on assuming the duties of Chief
Executive of the State, give some expres-
sion of my views on public affairs. In
yielding to this custom to-day, I shall be
as brief as the subjects upon which I shall
touch will permit As I am simply filling
out the term of an Administration which
was begun and continued so well, it will
not be my purpose to address a General
Assembly formerly, which is in posses
sion of so exhaustive a message from tny
predecessor. Yet, as I speak to-day, at
their request, and by their courtesy, as
well as in accord with my own inclinations,
I willmke some suggestions intended for
their special consideration.
Government has its blessings and its
burdens. Good laws properly adminis-
tered constitute its blessings, the taxa-
ation necessary to its support its burdens.
How to make its blessings as great and its
burdens as small as possible should be the
constant study of all to whom the people
have committed their interests, either as
makers or ministers of the law. This
study should embrace the substance as
well as the shadow, and if it is as search
ing as it should be, it will not disdain to
look carefully after the little matters. In
fact the little things should receive the
special care and attention of the public
official. It is here, in my opinion, that
those who wish to practice economy and
lighten the burdens of the people can be
most successful. And yet because of
their seeming unimportance these little
amounts are! so often overlooked or indif
ferently examined. It is too often said
what is a hundred dollars to a great gov
ernment like the United States, or ten
dollars to a great State like North Caro
lina, ar a dollar to a great county like
and yet it is the aggregate of these very
items that swells the disbursement ac
counts of these governments to their mil
lions, their hundreds of thousands and their
thousands. The time was when in making
contracts for the government, the agents
exercised the same care and economy as
if he were spending his own money. Then
wj had true economy and the burdens of
the people were light. Now, with some,
it has become unfashionable to stand on a
few dollars and undignified to look after
these little things, and the man who at
tempts it. is by some called penurious
and laughed at as an old fogy.
The people are as much interested in
how their agents perform their duties as
they are in what they pay them. And
the retrencher whose purpose is to serve
the people and not to make a little cheap
notoriety for himself, will devote himself
earnestly and impartially to the work of
publishing to the people how the public
official docs his work as well as what he is
paid. If he is proved to be faithful in
the performance of all his duties, cau
tious and prudent in his contracts and
always on the lookout to save every dollar
for the people he possibly can, the people
ought to know it. On the other hand if
he is found wasteful or extravagant or in
dulgent or corrupt or in any way unfit or
unfaithful, it ought to be known and pub
lished. For after all this question of
practical retrenchment and economy rests
with the people. They choose the offi
cials. Upon their choice turns the whole
question. If they choose proper men
thev secure practical economy. There
fore it is that the people are entitled to
know the whole truth; what a man does
as well as what he gets, so that when they
come to make their choice of public ser
vants they may act knowingly
The public mind has recently become
greatly excited upon this question of re
trenchment. It is no new question with
me. I have been laboring for it For ten
years, i nave studied it, taiitea it, ana
practiced it. Under its banners I have
called the people to rally. I have wor
shipped at its shrine, and I Deneve it is
for my devotion to its cause that I am to
day so richly rewarded. It will always be
one of the cardinal principles of my politi
cal creed and must be of my political party
with which I act But I want the sub
stance and not the shadow, the genuine
and not the false.
I cannot and will not yield to this cry
of false economy that stops the wheels of
progress, undo what has been done to
help the farmers and cripple the efforts of
the State to educate the rising generation.
These are great interests upon which de
pend the future greatness and glory of the
State. A wise statesmanship in my opin
ion demands that there shall be no de
crease in the appropriation for the Nor
mal and common schools. It would be
unwise to strike down the Department of
Agriculture or to paralyze its energies.
This department was create 1 but two
years ago. It was the first organized ef
fort by the State to foster and aid the
great agricultural interest That its work-
in its should as vet be imperfect and its
benefits but dimly seen is not surprising
But when the plan of its operations are
better matured and the farmers have taken
hold of it more cordially, I hope to see
great benefits flow from it to tbe farming
interest of the State upon which rests
every other interest I speak of these
matters because they have been attached
to this cry of false economy.
The property of the State is taxed for
tlie snnnort of the State Government and
for the support of the county governments.
The whole amount of tax collected form
property for State purposes including the
tax for the support of the Asylum for the
Insane, for the Deaf, the Dumb and the
Blind and the Penitentiary, was, as shown
by the last Auditor's report last year,
$434,232.45. The aggregate amount of
tax collected from the same property as
shown by the same renort to irannort th
J several county governments proper was
.$1,024,459.39. Add to this the county
tax for school purposes 1327,143.04 and
we have $1,351,603.42 tax collected for
county purposes than for State purposes.
lne People pay annually nearly a million
f dollars more to the counties than to the
State. Where the burden is heaviest is
ne P"" where the burdened most needs
neip. uut the relief given here cannot
be SO easily shown to tha relieved, anrl
-
nence inis Droad field for retrenchment is,
x, rear, too much neglected. And yet a
dollar saved here is worth just as much to
the people as if it could be demonstrated
to them by palpable facts.
One of the chief items of expense in
these county governments is the adminis
tration of the criminal law. The witness
tickets and officers cost paid by the conn
ties embrace small amounts but the ag
gregate is great I will hero make these
suggestions by which I think money may
06 saved to the taxpayers without any
detriment to the public good. First by
simplyfying the forms of all bills of in
dictment. How often is it the case that
a Solicitor in the hurry and pressure of
the court fails to put in his bill a "not" a
said" or an "aforesaid" with which our
Bill of Indictment bristles so frightfully.
Witnesses are subpeened and attend from
court to court; official fees and cost accu
mulates, and when the trial is had the
Bill is squashed or Judgement arrested.
The result is a guilty man escapes
and the county has a big bill of costs to
pay.
We need a statute which enacts, "That
every Bill of Indictment which charges in
words sufficientlyclear, without regard to
form, the offence for which the defendant
is to be tried, so that he can know the
charge he is to meet, shall be held by the
courts to be good." Second. By giving
Justices of the Peace power to try and
determine certain petty cases upon proper
complaint, so as to largely reduce our
crowded State dockets. But it ought to
be expressly forbidden for the county to
pay any cost incurred in any trial before
any Justice of the Peace, where he takes
final jurisdiction. Ihird. By making it
mandatory by statute that, in a certain
class of cases, the Solicitor shall not send
a bill of indictment before the grand jury
without endorsing thereof a prosecutor,
and that the judge shall have the power
in all cases and at any time before judg
ment to direct the Solicitor so to do. The
tendency of the legislation in this State
since the war has been to create a large
number of new statutory offences to pro
tect private rights which were formerly
redressed by civil suits. Injury to real
estate, injury to personal property, injury
to live stock, entering upon lands after
being forbidden to do so, removing or de
stroying mortgaged property, removing
crop by tenant before rents and charges
are paid, and the like, are some of them
The public are not interested in this class
of cases, and the counties ought not to
have the cost to pay. Then too, when a
man resorts to the criminal law, as is
often the case, to harrass and annoy his
neighbors, and it so appears to the court,
tha tax-payer ought to be protected
against the cost in such cases.
1 think these modifications in our sys
tem of admistering the criminal law, cou
pled with a rigid scrutiny of every bill of
cost to be paid by the county before it is
allowed, will save to the tax-payer an av
erage of one thousand dollars to the coun
tv per annum. In some counties it will
be more, in many less. If I am correct,
this will give a net saving to the people
of $94,000 every year. But if I am too
high in my estimate, and it should be
reduced one-half, then it wi11 amount to
$47,000.
This question of costs paid by the coun
ties in proceedings in eriminal cases is of
much more importance than one, who has
never investigated the subject, is likely to
suppose. But add to this the $115,000
paid annually for the maintenance and
custody of the convicts, and one may well
say "the crime of the country is eating up
the property of the country." The sub
ject is well worthy of the thoughtful con
siderationof the tax-payer and the re
trencher.
It is the part of wisdom and sound
economy to make this crime contribute as
much as possible to develop and increase
the value ot that property which it so
heavily taxes. And for one, I desire the
declaration to go forth now to all men
that they will find it to their interest as
well as their comfort to live by honest toil
and labor. The man who commits crime
expecting to live in idleness while in the
custody of the law, will, so far as I am
concerned, find he has made a great mis
take. If he never knew what hard work
was the State will teach him. I have no
patience with crime or idleness, and a
provision of law ta bire. out persons by
county authorities, who commit crime and
will not voluntarily work to pay for it,
will, in my opinion, tend to lessen crime
and relieve the burdens that rests upon
honest men. '
We have already accomplished enough
with this convict labor to teach us that if
properly used, we can make it an impor
tant factor in developing the wealth and
resources of the State. With it we have
slowly but steadily climbed the mountain
side, filling here an immense gorge, and
there making a huge excavation, till a
splendid passway has been made for the
locomotive, where but a few years ago the
I way was impassable for man or beast
With it we have removed barriers that
rose up in our way mountains high, and
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when they were too high to be scaled, we
bored through them. With it the engi
neer passing under the backbone of the
mighty Blue Ridge will, in a few days,
appear on the western slope to make glad
the hearts of those whose hopes have so
long been deferred.
In addition to this great work which I
hope to see pushed forward as rapidly as
possible, there arc other enterprises for
the development of the wealth of the
State in which this labor may be benefic
ially employed. The railroad from Fayette
ville to Eirvnt i
large interest claims our attention. The
States interest in this road should be se-
cured and then the road with the convict
labor extended up the fertile valley of the
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the Northwest. When this is com pleted
the force may be withdrawn and with it
extend the road from Fayetteville to Wil
mington, thus giving railroad facilities to
a large portion of our people and greatly
increasing the wealth and prosperity of
the sections through which it passes.
There are several lines of projected rail
way on which this may be profitably em
ployed. Thousands of acres of lands in I
the eastern counties through which the I
moor-foul now wings his weary flight, but I
need the canals which can be cheaply con-
structed, by this labor to make them con-
tribute rich harvests to their owners, and
much to the aggregate wealth of the
State,
But in the employment of this labor
there are certain principles of business
and State policy that ought to be observ-
ed. It ought to be farmed out where it
will be kept actually at work and never al-
lowed to be idle. The p-reat wnrt nr.
which it is most likely to be employed
will not be eomnleted In veura tn enme
In our empoverished condition the pro
cess of construction and development will
necessarily be slow. What we do now
ought to be so done that those who are to
direct and control years hence may wisely
build upon the foundation laid by us. But
above all it ought to be used to enrich
North Carolina, to build up her cities and
towns and to make more valuable her
lands by constructing lines of travel and
ways of transportation which tend in that
direction and which conserve a North
Carolina policy and a North Carolina
system.
I very much doubt it thesse end can
best be obtained by farming out the con
victs by legislative enactments. When it
is done in this way there is no power that
can change it till tha Legislature meets
again, although there may be manifest
reasons why there should be a change. A
better plan it seems to me is to organize
a Board of Internal Improvements which
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and certain members of the now existing
Boards which may be done without any
extra cost to the State. Give this Board
sole power to i3nonvicts for the
best interest of the State under such rules
and regulations as may be prescribed by
law. Such a Board will be free from local
influences and I have no doubt can make
better contracts for the State than is se
cured by the present system. This board
can also hear aM determine all complaints
as to treatment of convicts or alleged fail
ure in compliancs with the terms of the
contract,
A common interest, and a common pa
triotism require every citizen of the State
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ment ot her resources, and the increase ot
her wealth. Did I say a common interest?
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ies. it can oe aemonstratea upon me
simplest pnucipies oi political economy
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that the farmer in Currituck is pecuniarily
interested in an increase in the value of
lands of Cherokee. The poorest tax-payer
in Buncombe is interested in seeing Ral
eigh grow to be a great and wealthy city.
Raleigh in seeing Beaufort and Wilming
ton put on a new era of prosperity, and
all in seeing Charlotte maintain her steady
step to wealth, and what is true of these
sections is true of every other section and
its people. The taxable property of the in two States. The line between Tennes
Staas shown by the last report of the see and Virginia is in the centre of Main
Auditor is $146,370,493. To raise enough street, and it gives rise to many funny
money ironi this property lor btate pur-
poses requires a tax of twenty-nine and
two-thirds cents on each hundred dollars
worth of property. Now suppose by con-
structing highways that lead to our own
cities and towns, by encouraging our own
people in their efforts to develop the
manufacturing interests of the State, by
fostering our own trade and commerce
and by a just and equal system ot valua-
tion. we could in a few years double the
taxable value of the property of the State,
and it may be done. Is it not perfectly
clear that any one individual no matter in
what section he resides would only have
to pay half as much tax on the same
property then as now, for as you increase
the value of the property to be taxed, the
amount of money to be raised remaining
the same, you decrease in like proportion
the amount each hundred dollars worth
of that property has to pay.
But this common interest and common
patriotism not only requires the construe -
tion of our lines of communication, sol
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that the trade and commerce of the State
cannot be controlled by legislation without
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iuj ui j ia uiaujr vi vui mov wiaauo, m. at
the same time insist that if the shipper in
Raleigh or Charlotte can get an outlet on
our own coast on as good terms as he can
by a route that tends to build up the cities
and towns of other States he is in duty
bound to give North Carolina the prefer
ence.
So when our people can buy at home as
cheaply as they can abroad they ought to I chemists and physicians aay rivals the
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era and every enterprise ot their own State.
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All petty laiousies ana rivalries between
individuals and sections which tend to
keep one down because it "may outstrip
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other and to make her prosperous and
great- -
I hope 1 will be pardoned for an allu
sion to myself on this occasion. In my
childhood I read about j the Governor of
North Carolina, and invested him with
the highest honors that befall mankind.
As I toiled and labored on the little farm
by the aide of the sea in noble old Curri
tuck, I wondered if it were possible for
me ever to reach that high and exalted
position.
The prospect then seemed gloomy, but
I said I win try. Guided in all things by
the lessons of honesty and integrity
taught me by a pious mother and a holy
rather, aided by devoted and generous
friends and favored by a noble and chival
rous people, I have to-day reached the
goal of my youthful ambition, and am
about to enter upon the discharge of the
duties of that office which then seemed so
far away out of my reach. Now it is mine
by the free gift of the peeple, but I still
think it is an honor of which the greatest
ana best of men may be proud. Although
it comes by indirection and by what some
may call accident I think it none the less
great I am aware of the fact that while
this position confers upon me such great
distinction, it at the same time places
upon me great responsibilities. Now my
ambition is to meet these responsibilities
43 40 merit the approval of the people. To
this end all that I have and am shall be
unresevery dedicated. All tbat I do
shall be done with an eye single to the
Public and with entire impartiality.
The humble and the weak shall have the
protection, in all their rights, of the strong
arm of the law. The strong and the
mighty must obey its mandates. And in
all things so far as in me lies, I will try
to so discharge my duties that the people
will feel as little as possible their loss of
the great man who to-day surrenders into
my hands the important trust they com
mitted to him."
The delivery of these remarks was in
terrupted by frequent applause, and at
their conclusion the Governor elect re
ceived the hearty congratulations of the
distinguished gentlemen around, the first
to grasp his hand being Governor Vance.
PRINCESS WEDDING PRES
ENTS. Among the wedding presents which
Princess Thyra, of Denmark, received,
the most costly was a complete garniture
of diamonds from the emperor of Russia;
frtA vnQf VwiantiPnl tt ioTTmlT7 mqa frnm
Danish ladies ; the most curious an enor
mous Jcringle, or wedding cake, trom the
baker apprentices of Copenhagen. The
jewelry case consists of a restagular box
made of silver inlaid with gold and emaille
mounted with bands ot sapphires, and
bearing on the top of the lid the name of
the princess in large diamonds. The box
rests on the necks ot four dragons with
diamond eyes and teeth, and ugly enough
to frighten away any thief who might ap
proach the shrine, lhe cringle was
brought to the palace an hour before the
wedding by a deputation of five young
bakers, who were most cordially received
by the queen, and shown the other wedd
ing presents. Meanwhile, the young bride
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entered the room
in her bridal attire.
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the krinole should be served the next
morning at her breakfast tabic, and, ac
cording to old Danish custom, every one
belonging to her new household slioul
have a piece of it-
A CITY IN TWO S TAJ ES.
Bristol is perhaps the only city in the
world that has two mayors, two city
govennents, police, &c, and that is taxed
scenes ; as, tor example, the runaway
I couple need no coach-and-four, put, arm
in arm, step across Main street and are
wedded. The fugitive commits a crime
in Virginia, goes to the pavement on the
I other side of the street, and talks defiantly
to the officer on the opposite, who has a
warrant for his arrest A" stumble or a
too bold disposition will sometimes, how
ever, bring him to grief, feeveral in
stances have occurred of fugitives being
hustled across the line by a party prepared
I while in the act of holding such aeon
versa tion,; and they tell of a man-who
defiantly .perched himself on a pile of
store boxes within six feet of the line.
jeering the officers on the other side, but
unfortunately for him, some more law
abiding citizens tilted the boxes, and
when he reached the ground, to his ex
J treme mortification, he found that he was
in the other State.
1 FACXOIXY FACTS.
noss crannemcBt, eareiai attention iio an cae-
I tory wora, fires tne operatiTes paiid races, pooi
i iuciitv iiver, uu7s ana urinary irouDies, ana
i m tbe physicians ana medicine la the world ean
not neip mem nniess tney ret oat doors or use
H0p Bltterf, made of the purest and best of
remedies, aad specially for such cases, banns;
I ahnnnanM Af haa th nnsnlnsi an1 jtka.lrai
I in them. None need suffer If they will ase them
I COIUHin
Grape Culture and Wine.
Mr. A. Speer, of New Jersey, one of
the largest producers in the Jst, com
menced, but a few years ago, in a small
way, to make wines from currants, black-
Demes, ana otner iruiis. no
now con
trols large vineyards, from which his fam
I ous Port Grape ' Wine i is made, which
ged persons. or sale by
Drs-
i nmT Rronmow 1 n Durham Smo
1 kingTobaeoa Reduced to 60c a pound,
I t Griffin Bros.', under Gregory House,
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Uo tot 8., tF
stsam buildin g, U now opened, and he
' aohcita a liberal share of patronage. T
STATE NEWS,
Ex-Sheriff Albert Murry, of AUmance,
died suddenly last Sunday of paralysis.
Fifty vessels arrived at the port of
Wilmington during the month of Jan
uary. Tho Press says a man lighting a cigar
set fire to some bales of cotton in Hickory,
and there was a few mi notes danger of a
destructive conflagration.
Dr. Wingfield, the newly elected Epis
copal bishop of Louisiana, u a brother-in
law of Rev. Dr. Marshall, rector of Christ
Episcopal church, Raleigh.
The Economist regrets to learn that
Lfecil fool of Elizabeth City was wound
ed in the leg by the accidental discharge
of a pistol which he was Undling. The
Dau was remoreo. -
A very ncceesful reriral rf tJ7Jitti '
closed in Lnmberton a few days ago.
whole neighborhood was affected byita fn-,
flnence, and the accessions to the Baptist
church were very large. v
irfflsboro Recorder: Cant "JseVIT"
Waddell is at present on a visit to his
aged father, F. N. Waddell, Esq., who,
we regret to aay, ia now. ia his eighty
third year, in very feelble health.
A man named Cook stabbed a ntm
three times, in Morganton, a few days
since. He is about to die. The difficul
ty occurred about' a banjo. The States- '
ville Landmark sires this information.
Harry Worthen. of Shelby, was wound.
ed, by the accidental discharge of pistol,
while getting into a buggy near Dysart
ville. McDowell county, on Friday last, .
the ball ranging down from the thh to
the knee.
Wilmington Review : On the nia-ht of
Thursday, the 23d instr, the barn with
the whole of its contents, of Mr. F. J.
Anders, residing near Realty's Bridge
was totally destroyed by fire. Thia entaua
a severe loss, estimated at $800.
The Durham Plant learns that the
Supreme Court has refused to grant a
new trial to the Uharpel Hill burglars, and
adds ; "This is nothing more than every
one who knows anything of the case.
expected. They will be re-sentenced at
the next term of Orange Superior Court"
The Shelby Aurora says Fred Martin.
a negro, was lodged in jail in that place,,
last Monday, for attempting to commit
rape upon the person of Canzada Pursier, -
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n- ucgru KUI uviug Kb nix. A. 2ns, ID.
Clcaveland county, as they were returninr
from church last Sunday evening, the 2d .
inst
Statesville Landmark: Mr. Jacob
Wallace returned from a trip to Florida
last week and brought a little pet along
with him a voung alligator. Thii am
phibious and curious animal has been,
creating some excitement among the
natives, it beiag the first that a great
many ever saw. ,
Alamance Gleaner : The Blobe com- -edy
company concluded that it could defy '
the law and tbe county authorities by
giving theatrical exhibitions. without pay.
ing the required tax. The members were
brought before Esquire Scott and mulcht
ed in the penalty of $20, which amount
was after awhile paid over. -
Raleigh Christian Advocate: Bishop
Peck is in Greeeaboro, holding the con
ference of the M. E. Church in North
Carolina. Dr. Fuller, of Atlanta, Gt,
is there also. The doctor has a wonder
ful tact at stirring up the colored people
against the whites. What a pity that
his tastes run in that direction t
Concord Register : A bill passed the
Senate last week giving increased criminal
jurisdiction to magistrates. It does not
meet the approval of the people, and
while it has some favorable features, that
portion of it which relates to sexual de
bauchery, should condemn it in the House.
The evil in the measure outweighs tke
Kood. and we trust the' House will
squelch it
Raleigh Observer: Myers & Sneed
have filed a bill in the chancery court of
Shelby county and in the United 8tatea
District Court asking the appointment
of a receiver for the city of Memphis. ' W
M. Sneed is a North Carolina lawyer, and
a descendant of Chief J ustioe Henderson.
He is a young man who went West a few
years ago and has won great - success at
tbe Memphis bar.
Southerner: A woman was found dead
on the bank of Tar river, about six miles
above Washington, on Friday last, nearly
opposite J. H Clark s. Her head and
one arm was gone and the flesh was torn
from her ribs, ohe was so disfigured by
decomposition that it was impossible to
ascertain whether she was white or colored.
As she wore a No. 7 shoe, it is con
jectured she was colored. She evidently
drowned above and had floated down.
Washington Press : Messrs. Hornthal
and Johnston, of Plymouth, passed
through our town some days since, on
their way to Bay River, to m serve some
legal papers on a Mr. Robinson, who,
they alleged, had left Washington county
with stolen property in his pomeflskmj
Upon the return of Messrs. It. and J..
they had in charge a horse, mule and
negro. We presume they would also have
taken Robinson, but he died within five
minutes after the service of the papers.
Rev. Dr. Pritchard is requested by the
board of trustees to state that Wake
Forest College has not made application
to the Legislature for aid for a normal
school to be held there, because by so do
ing Baptist principles, which are opposed
to all union of church and State, would
be violated. Wake Forest is a Baptist
institution, and by asking State aid
its trustees think that in some sense it
would be favoring a union of church and
State.
Raleigh News : It may not be uninter
esting to give some facts in regard to the
Roman Catholic Church in this State and
in this city. In Raleigh there are 150
Catholics, while in the entire State there
are about 1 ,800. There are 7 priests and
11 churches and chapels. There is one
convent occupied by the Sisters of Mercy, ,
at Wilmington. There is also a xnonas
tery, belonging to tbe order of the Bene
dictine Fathers, situated 10 miles from
Charlotte. They there keep a boys' school.
Rockingham Spirit: Little Honors
Worley, daughter of the foremaa of our
office, came very near being killed on
Wednesday evening last She was play
ing on the piazza at home when one of
the large heavy pillars to the piazza sud
denly gave way and tumbled over, striking
her on the head and knocking her sense
less to the floor, bruising her head in a
fearful manner. By some means she did
not fall immediately under the pillar and
receive its full force, or she would more
than likely have been instantly killed.
General Grant, accompanies by Mrs.
Grant, their son Fred and a few otheis,
left Paris on their way to India.
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