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r TV- V v ; w ' . W" ; 'i - . V Hjy X:.VrV( i V"- SK: 1 I -PfW- . , j, .... ' r ' 2 , 7 t i . - - 1 ;. i ' i'. ' -' v .- - , ii . VOL. V. THIRD SERIES. j " : SALISBURY N. C MAY, 27, 1879. NO fit WHAT a rUBLISEDED WKEKKY : J. J. BRU-TEB, Proprietor Cad Editoi. J. STEWART Associate Editor. J. is B ... 4 i BATES OF SlIBCBirTION WEEKLY WATCHMAN. Ac Year, payablein advance. $2.f0 r - . gu Months, "v 5 Copies to any add Wis 1.25 10.0 now a days, bat then it was the old kitch- Charlotte has five Bail Roads, from diver en and the old fashioned grandmother, gaut points, meeting iu her corporate auu me J : MIU WV memory ballad, in the dear old times, limits, bri aging wealth and (ravel with lardly see to write for the them, though it is a hands- prescribed by their by-laws. payment ol said boons dv endorsers, or enecuung Road and other property. Sec 8. And be tt further Been re personal their That said Company may have the exdiisiya right of trans- them, and a continued increase of business, which misrht havp. hmn mnr Vinnnv nt breadth to the sunset. Her vioce was if keen nercention and enerp-v had hpn oortine Dereons and freight uAon said Road, at feeble and wavering, like a fountain just displayed by your leading citizens, but ich rates. of charges as the I f Directors reaay to tail, bat then bow sweetoned it alas "Othellos occupation is gone," I fear. Jut notwithstanding your place is left desolate, and to a considerable extent was, and it became deeper and stronger. bat it could not grow sweeter. What 'joy of grief it was to sit around the fire, isolated, yet you have an opportunity all of us except Jane, and we thought we offered you to reclaim, at least a portion saw her when the door Was opened for a of year losses, and will you do it 1 That moment by the wind, bat we Were not way, in my opinion, is to open up to your -t;A t t I IJ il v- I J ,L. :-lT 111 r 5ir 5E x?. ADVERTISING RATES : a-, Sodabe (1 inch) On insertion $100 V " . two .1.150 Rates for a greater number' of insertions moderate. Special notices 25 per cent, more Ib regular advertisements. Reading notice, a cents per line for each and every insertion. OUlTrRANDMOTHER. There is an old kitchen somewhere in the past, and an old-fashioned fire place therein, with its smooth, old jambs of stone, smooth with many knives that have been sharpened there, smooth with many little fingers that have clung there. There are hand-irotis, with iron rings in the top, wherein many temples of flame have been builded with spires and turrets of crimson. There is a broad worn hearth broad enough for three generations to cluster on worn by leet that have been torn and bleeding by the way, or been made "beautiful," and walked on floors of tasselated gold. There are tongs in the corner wherewith we grasp a coal, and "blowing for a little life," lighted our first candle ; there is a shovel, wherewith was drawn forth the glowing embers, in which we saw our first fancies and dream ed our first dreams ; the shovel with which we stirred the first logs until the a .,In II r sparks rushed up the chimney as it a forge were in blast below, and wished we had so many lambs or eo many marbles, or so many somethings that we coveted, and so it was that we wished our first wishes. There is a chair a lowTUsh-.bottomed chair ; there is a little wheel iu the corner, a big wheel in the garret, a loom in the chamber. There are chests full of linen and yarn, and quilts of rare patterns and samples iu frames. And everywhere, and always, the dear old wrinkled face of her whose firm elastic step mocks the feeble saunters of her children's children the old-fashioned grandmother of twenty years ago. She, life very Providence of the old Homestead ; she, loved us all, and said she wished there wero more of us to love, and took all of the children at the old school-house in the hollow for grandchildren besides. A great expansive heart was hers, be neath that woolen gown, or that more stately bombaziiic, or that aole heirloom ol silken texture. We can see her to-day, those mild blue eyes, with more beauty in them than time could touch or death could no more than hide those eyes, that held both smiles and tears within the faintest call of every one of ns, and soft reproof that seemed not, passion but regret. A white tress has escaped from beneath her snowy cap. She lengthened the tether of a vine that was straying over a window, as she came in, and plucked a four-leaved clover for Ellen. She sits down by the little wheel ; a trees is running through her fingerB from the distaff's disheveled head, when a small voice cries "Grandma," from the old red cradle, and "Grandma !" shouts Tommy from the top of the stairs. Gently she lets go the thread, for her pa tience is almost as beautiful as her charity, and she touches the little red bark a mo ment, till the young voyager is in dream land again, and then directs Tommy's mav fix. and mar have the power to turn the same to any person or corporation. Sec. 10. And be it fusther minuted: That all Counties and Towns subscribing- Hock to said Company, shall do so In the same manner, and under the same rules, regulation, and re strictions, as are set forth and prescribed in the Act ineornoratin the North Carolina and At lantic Rail Road Company, for thf government wets shewed to arraid, tor was it not in her old smile she doors the rich valley of the Yadkin River of such towns and counties, wore t And bow we wept over the woes and its tributaries to the "Blue Ridge," subscribe to the Capital Stock of the "Babes in the Wood," who laid and by so doing you will redeem in a Pa"-V down sue by side in the ereat solemn great measure, what vou have lost. In shadows, and bow glad we felt when rob' order to accomplish this desire yon most in red-breasts covered them with leaves, am in constructing a Rail Road from your and last ef all, wken the angel took them door through Davie County and up the out ot night to day everlasting. We may I rtcn ana luxuriant valley of the Big lad think what we will of it now, bat the song and the story heard around the kitchen fire have colored the thoaghts aad the actions of most of us ; have given the daughter, the County of Davie, in accom- Corn- That from and after its kin River, thereby foiling the plans of your sister and rival town of Winston. Will you come forward and aid vonr BSC. 11. And be it this Act shall be in force raiincauon. Read three time, and ratisW in General Assembly, this the 3rd dar c' February. 1857. J. G. SHKFHERD, sThTC. W. W. AVERY, Speaker cf the Senate. germs ot whatever poetry blesses oar hearts whatever poetry of memory blooms in oar yesterdays. Attribute whatever we may to the school and the schoolmaster, the rays which make that little day we call life radiate from the Godswept circle of the hearthstone. Then she sang an old plishing this work for your aggrandizes ment and her benefit f Now gentlemen, we do not intend to distract your mind or alienate the feelings of any of your citi zens from the cheerished object you now have immediately in view, to wit : The Cheraw and Wadesboro Rail Road enter- pnze. lour County and city is abun- lullabv she Bang to her, but she does not dandy able to take stock iu each enter sing it through, and falters ere its done, prize and yet pay the harden that may bhe rests her head upon her bands, and tall upon you by reaswn ot these invest- silence is in the old kitchen. Something glitters down between her fingers, and it looks like rain in the soft firelight. The old grandmother is thinking when she first heard the song, and of the voice that sang it ; when a light-hearted girl she ments. Heretofore your County and Davie have done the talking, now is the time for a vigorous determination on the part of both. Davie County is now iu good earnest and intends to move forward in the work, will you lend a helping hand ? State or North Cobouva, OMce of Secretary of State. I I, William Hill, Secretary of State, in and for the state of .North Carolina, do hereby cer tify that the forgoing is a true copy of the ori ginal on file in this office. Given under my hand this 17th day of July, 1507. W. HILL, Secretory. Per. RUFUS H. PAGE, D. See This is a proviso for submitting to the peo ple to vote whether or not they will approve a subscription of whatever amount may be agreed on by the .board of Justices, and recommended by them. played around that mother's chair, now Let action be your watch word and onrs of .Davie and we will see this project ac complished within a short time. "XENOPHEN." unavailing efforts to harness the cat. The tick of the clock runs faint and low, and she opens the mysterious door and proceeds to wind it up. W e are all on tip-toe, and beg in a breath to be lifted up one by one and allowed to look in for the hundredth time upon the tin cases of the weights, and the poor lonely- pendulum which goes to and fro by its little dim window ; and all our petitions are granted, snd we are all lifted up and we all touch with the little finger the wonderful weights, and then the music oi the wheel Is resumed, for grandmother's dainty lingers are never idle. Was Mary to be married, or Jane to be wrapped iu a shroud t So sweetly did she wreathe the white rose in the hair of the one that you would not have wonder ed had more roses budded for company, nd so meekly did she fold the white hands of the other upon her still bosom thai there seemed to be a prayer in them there. How often has she stood between snd harm ; how the rudest of us soften beneath the geutle pressure of her faded and tremulous hand ! From her pacious pocket that hand was ever withdrawn only to bo opened iu oar own with the nets she had gathered, with the henries she had plucked, the little egg he had foood, the "turnover" she had bd, the trinket she had purchased for J as the product of her spinning, the Messing sho had stored for us the off- P"ng of her heart. U i- irBlwures ot story lell trom those 0 a hps ; of good t'nries and evil : of the old i . t .... - . uii-s wnen sue was a girl ; but we wondered it ever but, theu, she couldn't ? handsomer or dearer she was very And then, when we begged her w sing -.Sing og one of the 0,d Bjnga CSJJ" 10 6og to mother, grandma," Children. I . softi' aSd mother 08ed to lay her knitting ottiy down and the kitten stopped play 8 with the yarn on the floor, and the EStfj lower in tbe cornr and the -- oui io a glow, like au old heart ZTr ne,ther chilled nor dead, and umoiner sang. To be sure it would ao tor the parlor and concert room saw the shadows of the year to come. Oh, the days are no more ! What words unsay, what deeds undo, to set back just this cuce the ancient clock of time ! So our little hands were forever clinging to her garments and staying her as if from dying, for long ago she had done living for herself, and lived alone in us. But the old kitchen wants a presence to-day, and the rush-bottomed chair is tenantless. - How she used to welcome us when ws were grown, and came back once more to the homestead I We thought we were men and women, but we were children there ; the old-fashioned grandmother was blind in her eyes, hot she saw that her heart, as one always did. As the sunlight cast down our long shadows through the open door, she folt them as they fell over her form, and looking Up dimly, she said ; "Edward I know, and Lucy's voice I can hear, but whose is that other ? It most be Jane's," for she had almost forgotten the folded hands ; "oh, no ! not Jane's, for she let me see she is waiting for me, isn't she ? and the old grandmother wandered and wept. "It is another daughter, grand mother, that Edward has brought for your blessing," says some one. "Has she blue eyes, my son ? Put her hand m mme, for she is my lastest born, the child of my old age. Shall I sing you a song children 1 aud she is idly fumbling for a toy, a welcome gift for the children that have come again. One of us (men as we thought we were) is we ping. She hears the half repressed sobs, and says, as she extends her hand : "Here, my poor child, rest upon your grandmother's shoulder ; she will protect you froni harm. Come, children, sit a round the fire again. Shall X. sing you a song or tell you a story? Stir- the fire, for it is 'cold ; the nights are growing colder." The clock in the corner strikes nine, the bed time of the old days. The song of life was indeed sung, the story told. It was bed time at fast. Good night, a long good night to thee, grandmother. She is no more, and we miss her forever. But we will set up a tablet in our heart, and write on it only this : "Sacred to AN ACT To Incorporate the North Carolina Virginia Bail Boad Company. and Sec. 1. Beit enacted by the General Assem bly of the State of North Carolina, and it is here- The following are the sections referred to in the Atlantic charter, Sec 34. Be it further enacted: That the corporate authorities of such town, or thejustices of the peace of such county, a majority of the justices of the county, concurring to make an order the Constable of such town, and the sheriff of such county, at such time and on such notice as they shall direct, to open s poll and take the sense of the voters of such town quail fied to vote for town officers, and of the voters of such county qualified to vote for the House of Commons of the General Assembly, whether the officers of said town, and1 tbe justices of the peace of said County shall subscribe to the stock of such Company for such sum as the or der shall propose, and the Constable shall make return of the number again? t it, and the sheriff shall, in like manner make return which they spring. The remedy must be applied there and not to the dead branches and withering leaves. Nothing will be accomplished by denouncing faithless Congressmen and unworthy occupant of high places, if we end then. So long as a caucus of twenty or thirty political pup pets, not one in ten of whoa owns a dol lars worth of taxable property, are pe mail ed to name the delegates to conventions and do all the political work of a township of three hundred voters, just so long will tbe distillers, retailers and consumers of whiskey, with occasional assistance from canal contractors and other pi und exert of public money rule tbe land. One woneet man in a high place is a great force in Klitics. Governor Tilden and others e hint, who have risen in spite of the canning and malice of the political spoils men, are shining exam pies. A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump, buf tfro sjassaV trty used of late years is plainly not sufficiont. If the people would only take the trouble to name tbe beet men for every place of trust, however minute or tempora ry, we should soon see a change for the better. If. Y. Tribune. From the Delia (Texas) Daily Herald. "GHBI8T KILLER." Its JXTDOE DICK'S s " - 4f ' s Immigration. At a recent meeting of tbe Stockholders of the Richmond & Danville Railroad, we learn from the Danville News the fol lowing sensible resolutions were introduc ing goodly town, not long since, a little girl of Hebrew parents turning hone from school, said "Fatftar, whet is the meaning of Chris t- killeri" "Why do you ask, my daughter r amid the parent. "Because, while one of the girts angry with me to-day, tbe sailed me a lit tle Christ-killer." It is needless to any to ism reader that volumes are embraced to that ianiiimt It illustrates, to tosses unmistakable, the impudence and injustice of toooaaado to this land of civil and religious liberty. It Illustrates tbe blindness of that Ignor ance which fails ts realise the true charac ter and the true history of the Hebrew people. It ignores the lights of history. Omitting all allusion to the grand tenets ef Christianity, in which we are humble but sincere believers, it sinks into the oblivion of prejudiced ignorance, the grand troths of Hebrew history for 1875 years It fails to grapple with tbe sublime truth that to tbe Jewish lace, mors) than any other source, we are indebted for the pre- ed by Mai. W. T. 8ntherlin, and passed : tervstioa of history, learning and lettrr Whereas, this company recognising the during the centuries of the dark ages that duty of encouraging settlements, increas- to that race in Spain, through hundreds ing productions, developing resources and fostering local business along the lines of road under its control, therefore, Resolved, That the President and Direc tors of the Richmond 6c Danville Compa ny be authorized to furnish actual settlers coming from beyond the limits of Virgin ia and North Carolina, who may purchase one hundred acres of land, and occupy and cultivate the same within such dis tance of of the line that its products shall be nesessarily tributary thereto, free trans ies and oi years, civilisation owes its preserva tion, and other coon tries of Europe debts of gratitude mountain high to the long road from barbarism to - wealth, elegance snd refinement. to the . co l J 1 III .1 1 I by enacted by the autltority of the same : That for ie " : ' anu .n . QUl7 portation for themselves and famil tne purpose oi constructing a Kail ttoad com- - " ; ,r n" - n -TrCT-lt .mnln. m tb ATi.nt f i Ann munication between the towns of Salisbury and v" Y . , r -, vi.iro;u ,. .in tu v :;; n. make his return of said poll. I rnn nntil nmikA mrA tn. iMn.M Sec. 35. Be it further enacted : That if upon the return of such Constable and of such sheriff it shall appear that a msjority of the qualified voters of such town, and bv the return of the sheriff that a msjority of the qualified voters of such county yotmg upon tbe question are in favor of the subscription, the corporate authori ties of such town, snd thejustices of such coun ty shall appoint an agent to make the subscrip tion in behalf of such town and county, to be paid for in tbe bonds of such town snd county, and on such time as nhall be agreed on by said town omcera and the justices of such county. It spits upon the fact that Jewish beggars and Jewish drunk ards are rare ss diamonds. It refuses to know that the Jewish poor never, iu any country on earth, become a charge to the public It forgets that for eighteen bun area ana seventy nve years tbe Jews have, with rare exceptions, been a pro scribed and persecuted race to the ends of the earth, and yet, that to-day they are I ttj good, and nous the less good law givers in the most enlightened, pros- Late. He removes all U. 8. Com perous and liberal countries of the world. We had not the pleasure of Haring me cnarge on Tuesday but learn that it wss a very able one, cooasSeaoes for tee nodeaitoo and purpose Ss 'top mT very many of the civil annendam wkimk !.. ! heretofore bong about the federal court In uns xmncL we are sincerely gisd Judge Dick hi pursuing this course j we are always pleased to have onreston In speak oi our iadictary km thit highest terms. Several points dwelt upon by the Judge, were new and important. One is, as to what constitutes ths wCsfttng of liquors under the law, he decided ihat it must he none as a tinsli an m. violation, aad ths mere ssftaf ef Cfto intent to engage in the 1 mmm constitute s violation made tkm U. n. ms the destruction oi still fu tures aad property by marshals aneTfhssT ' ties, was uulawlul : sod all parties who have suffered or may enCsr, mm Wiasr suit for damages in the State soon. mmA have tbe metier earned before him for adjudication. As to ths Civil Rights bill i . . . . . rights which any one sould be rivsm under the Constitution are already slw in the statutes of our 6 tats. He would not pass on the constitutionality of the law. His charge to ths greed jury. minor or tnvoloss esses ot mere eel violation, wss very onDortnna. Hk directions were that ail sseh should be disregarded. Now ths dock si wffl he spared the outrage of having upon it so many very small picsyuaisn and con temptible petty cases. llis Honor msde which should have years ago, sod possibly the lives efi oral poor men to Madison would bare been spared. One was, that oosssss of the court should neither arrest nor ass is eapiesee on parties on dsys ef si satis n or nt say lawfsl public gstbertog. His re marks upon preserving tbe poritv sod freedom of the exercise of the hallos. I as m Mocksyille, and thence to the Virginia or lennessee State line, a Company is hereby in corporated by the name and style of "the North Carolina and Virginia Rail Road Company," which shall have a corporate existence, as a body politic, for the term of ninety-nine years, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court of Law and Equity in the State of North Carolina, and may have and use a common seal, and shall be capable in Law and Equity of purchasing, holding, leasing, and conveying estates real, personal, and - mixed, and of requiring the same by gift or devise, so far as shall be neces sary for the objects herein contemplated, and no further; and said Company may enjoy all other rights and immunities which other cor porate bodies may lawfully exercise ; and may make all necessary By-Laws and regulations for its government, not inconsistent with the Constitution and Laws of the State of North Carolina. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted : That the Capi tal Stock of said Company may be created by subscriptions on the part of individuals, coun ties, towns, snd incorporated companies, in shares of one hundred dollars, and equal in amount to s sum sufficient to construct and equip the Road herein authorised to be con structed, and no more. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted : That A. H.Caldwell, William Overman, John I. Shaver. H. L. Robarda, and James E. Kerr, of the town of Salisbury, and William B. March, Martin Booe, A. O. Carter, Lemuel Bingham, and J. M. Clement, of the town of Mocks ville, are hereby appointed commissioners to receive subscription to the Capital Stock of said Com pany in each of said towns, any three of whom may have power to act, first giving ten days previous noticejinsome one of the newspapers of the State, of the time of opening books for that purpose ; and said Commissioners, or sny five of them, may, at any time after said bouks have been kept open for the space of twenty days, have power to call together the subscribers to the Capital Stock of said Company, for the purpose of completing the organization thereof ; and after its organization, tbe said Company may, irom time to time, receive furtbei sub CAN WE AFFORD IT ANY LON GER 1 iwiif . ii i n Will the reader nave the goodness in some leisure hours to sit down and think over the Canal frauds, the Credit MobiU ier, the Jayue and Sanborn business, the Tacific Mail subsidy, the doings of the Indian Kings, and the leprosy recently brought to light in tbe Customs service and Internal Revenue office, and then answer the question at the head of this article 1 It is sa'.d that the Treasury has lost a miltion by the silk smugglers, and good until used, and to transport for such settlers furniture, implements, seeds, ferti lizers; stock laborers, to the nearest depot upon the line of the road, at half tbe usu al tariff rates for the period of one year. Snd. To enter inlo contract with per sons who may erect mills, factories or raanofactoring establishments, or open mines on the lice of road, by which nec essary tools, machinery and materials for construction shall be carried at half-rate and tbe products of such mines, factories, &c, at such special reduced rates (not unjust towards the other patrons of the road) as will encourage such industries along its line. 3rd. Parties not exceeding three in number, who may establish a colony of not leas than twenty families within the limits hereinbefore prescribed, the meru it refuses to acknowledge that the Jews have all this time been the friends of hu manity, the patrons of learning, of science, of commerce, of liberty. Despite the jibes and flings of onthink ing men, women and children, no Hebrew has any cause to hang his bead in shame by a fair comparison with any other "A nation without a country," they have done ss much and are now doing as mach, tbe world over, as any other nation, to break down tbe battlements of hats, and spread over tbe world the spirit of peace ful intercourse and true humanity. Tbe Americau Mason of to-day may go to any Masonic lodge at the uttermost part of the earth and enter the portals of thst great embodiment of benevclenoe. and there, ss a friend and brother, tried trne, he will find theJew. Go into the streets seeking alms for the distressed, and the last man to say nay will be the Those thoughts rusted upon us on ere in this District, to take effect the first dsy of July. Hereafter, if nay one wish es to serve as commissioner, he sauna file a petition with him signed by five ol the best citizens of tbe county wherein ssjsh If It n ppncaiu may live. Al'ogether, bis Honor's charge is ssid to hsve been moat gratify tog. Ws do believe a better day is dawning see our country, and nous welcome iu approach more than we. A the v die Citistm. fol- bers of which shall be drawn from beyond bearing tbe above incident related, and ws the limits of Virginia and North Carolina, shall be entitled to free travel over the road, in such State as the colony may be two or three millions by the Whiskey located or period of three years Ring, and that these losses have accrued within the last twelve or eighteen months. But every one who has watched the course of things knows that the cririn of corruption dates far back, that the dark abyss has been explored only a little way, and that the loss of the revenue is to be measured not by millions, but by tens of millions. We look at these events as matters very different from simple losses of money or property. A disastrous fire like that at Chicago or Boston does its work aud the nation soon recovers, but the things we hsve mentioned are moral Gth. Agents at local stations shall be furnished with books and instructions to record theirin the namea of land-owners having real estate for sale, with discrip- tion, location, price and terms of payment; which book shall be opened to the inspec tion of all parties seeking information with a view to purchase, and notice shall be given through the newspapars and by hand-bills posted at each stai'on that such books are open for record and inspection, which on motion, were refered to a com mittee of five, appointed by tbe Chairman, vix : fc, Karksdale, Jr., I bos. Branch, felt the blush of sorrow tingle our cheek. It is sad to realise that at this age mere thoughtless prejudice is allowed to sway tbe judgment of our children tn matters so sterulv appesllnr to our reuse of ins- ' tice and our knowledge. Uow much bet ter to pluck the beam from their own eyes snd leave tbe mote in the eyes of oth ers I DECI8ION ABOUT THE USE OF REVENUE STAMPS. the memory of the Old Fashioned Grand- KtiptionB to its Capital Stock, as it may deem conflagrations. They blacken the good W- T- Sutherlin, Dr Thos. D. Stokes and Sump. He says : From tbe last edition of tbe Internal Revenue Record we make the following extracts from Commissioner Dosglsa' do cision concerning tbe use oi Be sen as National Hotel, Salisbury May, 19th 1875. MessbS. Editors : Permit me through the columns of your paper to stimulate the citizens of Rowan County, and the inhabitants of Salisbury especially, to ac tion and earnestness in fostering and aid ing every enter prize that has a tendency to increase her wealth and extend her in terest commercially. The General Assembly of North Caro lina at its last session granted a charter to certain ettiaens of the town of Mocksville to navigate the Big ladkin River, as we call it, from the Bridge on the N. 0. R. Road to Wukesboro. Now some of these charter members are men of wealth and forecast, and doubtless have an object in view to increase their wealth and at the same time afford a means of cheap trans- portation to the inhabitants of the counties oi Davie, Davidson, Jforsylbe, xadkm, Surry, Stokes, Wilkes, and other counties lying on the waters of the Yadkin River at the head of navigation. And suppose the Richmond and Danville Rail Road should extend the branch from Winston to con neet with steam Boats H vine nn and down the Yadkin River, what would be the res suit as to the future fate of Salisbury, a place of historic fame ? I mean the place where the indomitable Andrew Jackson learned to solve the law and advocate its nrincinle. Shall the walls of bis office be given to the "moles and bats" and suffer to go to decay, without any sign to mark where the hero sat and the states man dwelt ? Ia colonial times your place was a borough and Charlotte a village, but now bow stands the two places Yours the radius and Charlotte the center Your place might have been as highly favored as your rival city, u the men woo governed tbe mind of the community in their day and generation bad only looked a little farther into tbe future. Now, proper, SBC. 4. lie it further enacted: That ssid Company shall hold annual meetings of its stockholders, and oftener, if deemed necessary ; and at said annual meetings, seven Directors shall be elected to hold office for the term of one year, or until tbeir successors shall be ap pointed ; and any of the said meetings shall have power to make or alter the by-laws of the Company, provided that, in all such meetings stockholders, a majority of all the stock snb- t t-i i- " ... r . serine rs soau oe preseniea in person, or uy proxy, which proxies shall be verified in the manner prescribed by the by-laws of the Com pany, and each share thus represented shall be entitled to one vote on all questions. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted; That it shall be the duty of the Directors of the Com pany to select one of their own number as President of the Company, who shall be a citi zen of North Carolina, and to fill all vacancies that may occur in their Board ; and to have constructed, as speedly as practicable, a Bail- way, with one or more tracks, from the town of Salisbury to the town of Mocksville, in said State and then, from time to time, as they may be able to do so, to some point on the Virginia Line, West of the County of Surrv, or to the Tennessee State Line, and to manage all the aflairsof said Company, both before and after the completion of said Boad. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted : That said Company shall have the same power to call for, and enforce tbe payment of stock subscribed, as was heretofore granted to North Carolina Bail Boad Company, by their Charter of incorpora tion ; snd shall hsve power to condemn land for the use of the Company, when a contract of purchase cannot be made with the owner there of, to the same extent, and in the same manner, snd under the same rule, regulations snd re strictions, as ths ssid North Carolina Bail Boad Company were authorized to do, by their said act of incorporation. Sec 7. And be it further enacted : That all contracts made and entered into by the Presi dent of the Company, shall be binding upon the Company, whether with, or without the seal ; and ths President shsll, under the instructions of ths Board of Directors, imoe certificates of stocks to the stockholders, which shall be trans ferable in the manner prescribed by the by-laws of the Companv. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted : That the ssid Company shsll hsve power to borrow men- 2 for the completion of ssid Boad, and issue sir bonds for the payment of the same, bear ing interest not exceeding seven per cent per annum, according to the forms that may be name of our country and threaten to shiv er tbe very foundation stones ot our free institutions. They cause foreigners to point the finger of scorn at our Republic, w a. a s and make tho gravest and wisest ot our own citizens tremble when they look to wards the future. Perhaps Mr. Dorman B. Eaton is in the right to treat the abandonment of the Civil Service rules as an event to be de plored, rather than the explosion of a humbug which never had in it the breath of life, but the fact remains that we have just bad our taxes increased for no other reason in the world than that our Internal Revenue and Custom-house officials have been in league with thieves. It has been said that the whiskey lax is now so high that angels could not collect it, but the absurdity of that assertion is demonstra ted by the fact that Great Britain for twelve er thirteen years has collected a similar tax on both foreign and domestic liquors more than three times as heavy as our own, without any such scandals as those which have been perpetual in our country. The same fact is also a suffi cient answer to the corresponding excuse for failure to assess the duties on silk, which offer only a slight temptation to the smuggler when compared with tbe British duty of ten shilings sterling on spirits. The long and short of it is that the men whom we appoint to collect the revenues of the Government have for years disgracefully failed to do their work We have been attempting to carry water in a Deach basket, and the least ot our losses is the waste of our money. The corruption of our politics is now a poison in the life blood ot tbe nation. We won - - - si . der that the times arc hara, and that our Government bonds sell lower in the for eign markets than those of France and Russia. The wonder woma oe ot more fitting application to the reverse state of business and Credit. B. F. Gsrrett. This committee returned the following report which was unanimously adopted : Tbe committee to whom was referred the resolutions offered by Msjor Suther lin beg leave respectfully to report that they have had the same under considera tion and given to said resolutions that at tention due to their importance, and are of the opinion that it is a subject worthy of congratulation to tho Stockholders of Richmond and Danville Railroad that they should be one of the first to give to the immigrants aid and encouragement. It cannot be questioned that the great want of Virginia is immigration, and your committee think it is the duty and true policy of the leading Knee of roads throughout the State to offer to immigrants every inducement to settle among us and to occupy our waste lands. I hereto re your committee recommend the adoption of said resolutions. - This is a verv imnortant and pro Der , action of the stockholders and is calcula ted to do much to enhance the prosperity of the eon n try traversed by the Richmond & Danville Rosd. the "It is uot believed to have meaning and intent of Congress, to quire stamps upon promissory notes made in the usual commercial form and paya ble at a bank, when such notes arc given a a a a a . in good taith ana in the ordinary course of business. Under a strict Interpretation of tbe law, they might perhaps be bold liable as "vouchers." It is well known, however, that tbe leading purpose oi tbe recent en actment, with regard to stamping bank checks, vouchers, etc. (section Iff, act of February 8th, 1875, was to ent off the frequent evasions of tbe stamp tax on checks, as for instance, by the use of re ceipts, checks, payable nominally one T f .1 . The War Club. Rumors of war are thick in tbe air of Europe. The Czar and Kaiser are bob, nobbing ; the Brutish Parliament and the London Times are waking up to some thing like life, France is twirling its moustache, and the lesser powers are trembling in anxiety to hnow by which ogre they are to be gobbled up. At usual day after date ; without grace, etc etc. Unless the notes referred to are used simply as a substitute for checks as eva sions of the stamp tax on cheeks, this Office will not insist upon tbeir being stamped. A receipt which performs the work of a bank check where a person who has money on deposit with n bank and draws but a portion of it, but instead of draw ing it ont by a cheek, gives the bank his receipt therefor, which is taken by the bsnk snd held ss a voucher, is considered ii . i era a a a a liable to tne tax. it a dividend, due a stockholder has been credited to his de posit account upoorthe books of a bank, it has become a deposit ; and a receipt given for it, or lor any portion of it, would, in my opinion, be liable to sump tax. Cheeks drawn on their own bank, by We call special attention to the lowing description of the Wil Harbor in the reception speech of Col. W. L. Dettossct, President of the C Commerce. Gentlemen .-As representing tbe mere. si interests of our city, through its Chamber of Commerce tbe pleasant duty hss been assigned me of welenmtog our guests on this occasion ; which I beer uy tender yon to good old Cape Fear style. We visit to-dsy locations of tercet from the earliest dsys of our try. On this river ths first armed lence to tyranny wss made, in the on the part of our citizens to comply with the teims of the odious Stamp Ast, hi which they were emtoently ssmcssubM And in subsequent scenes ef nstianal lav teres t, the Cape Fear wss tolly and hon orably represented. In our lite cessful war for Independence ' this was tbe mam artery of tbe which, when secured, quickly toongbt brightest hopes iu an end. liars you see around you many points of interest to Forts Caswell, Holm s, Cempbell, son, Buchaaac, and last, but net Fishes oi glorious ssssmsry ths only stronghold of the Confederacy overwhelm mingly attacked that never surrendered but was carried, by. the bayonet. We welcome you, gentlemen, of the press, most cordially. Your valuable asi here tofore given in securing tbe aid of the general Government io restoring bar to iu original capacity is acknowledge, sod yonr continued efforts in its behalf is asked for. Lees than a century since, ships of 1,- 505 tons, drawing 18 or 20 feet i safely entered our Port ; later we reduced to s capacity of is tees ; no tbsnkf to tbe successful efforts of tbe gineera we have 17 feet and many reas onably expect that by tbe completion of tbe system adopted we shall bays a port equal in capacity to any demand which msy be msde upon us, and with the as sis lance of capitalists, whose attention has been directed by tbe press, to tbe advan tages of the numerous inves on the brink of hostilities, the leaders talk bank officers or clerks, for their salaries, of nothing but peace. Louis Napoleon aid "the empire ia peace," while he was arming bis cohorts for Sebastopol. Pru sin wanted "peace at any price" while marshaling her legions for Sadowa. In fact it has come to be a proverb that "we should prepare for war when peace is most ihould be stamped. general, issued or Cashiers cheek in delivered to outside parties for pay men t, etc., require stamps r1 j . Checks drswn by a bank upon itself, divid or m- Thn nnnle mast look to the roota of I advised." Tbe war cloud is believed to their political tree, and to the soil from have lifted just now, however. for tbe purpose of paying its own sods, and tbe divmeucs, coupons, asfsjcrstmns, and of other should be stamped. mm . ... . M ing, we oner au vantages to toe peopae ss tbe whole State and to the Groat West, which shall not be overlooked. All that ws aak for is enough of pride to induce our people to give own sea-port the preference on tbe terms as they can secure from others. Accept then, gentlemen, s welcome as hearty as each and every one of yon , wish. their The State Medical Association met In Wilson on Thursday last. The following officers ware elected for tbe eosaeiag yuan Dr. Peter E Hinea ; let V F Dr. J H Barker ; 2nd V P Dr. G G Smith 3rd V P Dr T D Hsigh ; 4th V P Dr. J K Hs!l ; Trees. Dr H T Bshnsen ; Sect y, Dr. Wr.Us Al- Dr J McKee j Orator, ston. Drs. Pittmso, No room, Hay wW, and Summerell, were appointed delegates the American Med. Asso., Pbila. natee c Drs, Fsisoo, Win bom, Pawns. 4 Hi and