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votes cast. atti ' somo va fill re- turn any at all ; and so on through the list. It is to the last degree ."discourag ing.to those who earnestly desiro to do souicthing for tho public good to find that Uiose i whose special duty it Is to help will not do so, and can refuse to do so with impunity. - As to tho work of the agricultural bu reau, I desire to call your attention to llic uljject of --our forests.' will not undertake to point out tho many and most important functions which they ' fulfill' in "the economy of nature, and which the investigations, of scientific meJaI&cvcrday krinnfi,,l, t,,ei at" lention or tho world, out win comeiiv myself 'with referring to them as a source wealth, health and fertility, and totho fact of their rapid and waste ful destruction. Depicted as they are. our forests are to-dny, perhaps, woiui more Intrinsically, properly managed, than the lands they stand upon; whilst tho value of those especially which shad ow 'the highlands round about the sources df out rivers is simply incalcu lable considered with reference to rain falls.; dostructire floods. AcTho proof of this is plain to any ono who has observ ed tho condition of those valleys whose hillsides have been entirely stripped of timber and converted into that shame of Southern agricultureold fields ; and . yet, n tho face of the increasing value of timber and the decreasing valuu of the . lands from which it is ruthlessly swept, the destruction' goes on. Many counties already, feel the evil keenly, and not many years hence, if some reni 1'ilv bo not aonlied. the outcry, will be general. I confess I do notice my way clear to that remedy. I am aware of the difficulty and tho danger of interfer ing with the owners' legal right to do what ho pleases with' ins own. It he Sees, proper to cut down all his timber, dry up the springs which feed our streams, and precipitate htsr5oiI into their channels, changing their cur rents and .deluging all the low lands below him, and; impoverishing himself and his children, I can't see how he is to le hindered Bat the people of oth er nation nre finding means by bonuses, exemption from taxation and other de vice to' restore the forests and denuded lands; and inany of our counties are adopting1 laws, with regard to inclosing the lamK tho effect of which is to re duce the expenditure of timber for farm ing;, purposcj to trie minimum, as guardians of the'intcrosts of an agricul tural people.'I commend this whole sub ject to your serious attention. I am re quested by tho board of agriculture to . say that thqy concur in-the recommen datidns'of the commissioner. ' I call your attsntion to the report of Drjfedoux. Director of. tho Fertilizer Central Station. It is gratifying in tho extreme, you . will perceive, that the quality of the -Fertilizers- sold in the State has steadily improved, and the marked value i:of ii the improvement amounts to more than $100,000 in two years This is caused obviously by the fact that, knowing their wares were to bo subjected to' a rigid scientific test, the dealers were careful to make them como up to the mark, and many others have quit tho mark altogether. sinners, as the act roquired, and request ed them at least to select a location and mane a oeguinuiB. -. rt , ; , V.ia v.nrr0 number I examination mo uoaru nm- '.";.. . 1 1 i ' market. By 11m reports or Alaj. yn son, rresidentTt.wi"Vbo seen that the earnings, by his estimates as engineer. eration and lv located the asy um near Uoldsoaro, inrnismni wumj r"n "-"'.y v ' ! 1 S near the center of our colored-J W0 pet annum; r.$20a000 for the years rEJiAI., AND CHAKlTABljE INSTITUTIONS. I am happy to say that tho affairs of the Penitentiary and the two Asylums have been well managed by their respective boards, and are. in a satisfactory condi tion. The Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylum makes perhaps a more satisfac tory exhibit than it has ever done since its establishment. XV ith a large increase of pupils tliero has been a decrease of 16 per cent in the total of expenses. Aa you will see by the Superintendent's re port, with a reduced appropriation from former years, the Board of this Institu tion have saved $15,056.12 out of the amount with which they have erected an elegant and much needed addition to the main building at a cost of $7,576.55, and have still to their credit in the Treasury .$7,489.57. ' . Though results have not bedn quite so satisfactory with the Insane Asylum, yet on the; whole it has done well. Notwith standing, the number of its inmates have increased and some extraordinary and costly iniprOverri'ents have been made, expenses have been kept down, and it has lived within its appropriations. I ; recommend that the Board be authorized to: buihl on thb grounds a separate resi dence for ' the Superintendent, and that his pay bo fixed in cash as aru the sala ries of all the! other principal officers of the various institutions of tho State. 1 also, recommend the repeal of section 29, . chap. 6, of Battle's Revisal, under which the Statu, pays foi the transportation of patients to and from the Asylum to whom the Clerks of the Superior Courts will give a certificate that they have not property: sufficient to pay their own ex penses. iUnder Ihntmct the State is of ten imposed upon shamefully. It is the nature of public charities to invito such abuses, custom legitimizes them, and they become a base for still greater abus es. - The onlv safe ' way is to use tho knife promptly on tlieir first apx-arance. It is known that mnch of the laws as they now stand cn the statute book in relation to each of the Asylum, and the Penitentiary wet e abrogated by tho de cisions of tho Supremo Court in the liti gation concerning their management about 1872, and , some legislation has been bad since in' consequence thereof. The laws now have to bo read with th decisions of the court to arrive at their meaning.. Implication lias jal. to bo resorted to in order to supply t be de-r ficicncics. This makes it extremely in convenient for tho, Board and all con- cerned, who sometimes h.ivo t consult counsel before performing a plain duty. I recommend that tho various nets regu lating ;these institutions bo"" re-enacted, striking out those features declared void by the court, and the whole simplified and connected so as to be easily under stood by nil. . The work on the Western Insane Asy lam has been fully commensumie with tho appropriation. The renon of tho Commissioners will give all. the partic , ulars. JXo work ever undertaken tor the St-to has 'been done better, "or more cheaply, and when finished all its sur roundings -considered,: it: will in the opinion of many, bo the most iesirable institution of its, kind in th- United States'.' I trust a sufficient appropriation will be junde to finish tho wing now so near-completion,; and furnislrit Tor the reception of patients Tlis can 1m. Uono at nn early period of the sammer tf 1880, and will give . much relief to many dis tressing cases which cannot find room in the asylum at Raleigh. ! ' ; v 1 ; For,: reasons well known to all who arer acquainted r with the stale f the treasury, but little lias been done toward providing an nsylunr for the colored. An' appropriation of $20,000 :wa male by Uie Un legislature, but no tax was levied to raise money, and at an early day tlie treasurer , notified me that he t cpuld'nbt Jjrty my warrants. Unwilling Urdo nothing toward an object so inach . needed, In p pointed a board pf commii nnniihition. ;ind i mircliascd a beaninui itfi eontaininor l?0 acres on tho railroad situ! Little river, wifliln one niiloof.lhe .V000J a larffo part of which is firming land; 1 1 A design has- been ac cepted and the foundation of tho build ing laid, as will appear by the report of the commissioners. It now remains ior von to-orovide means to erect the build ings,which J respectfully recommend V.o Annn Tlir enrn nf our insauu IS a heavv and erowing burden, but human ity and tlio constitution aro alike imper ative that it shall be done at Stato ex pense let. us not try io eyaue . ii.uu duty, but face it manfully, using duo care to prevent extravagance, and waste in the manner of doing it. TIIE PESITENTIAKr. Tho penitentiary system of dealing iv.ith our criminals is comparatively new in this State, and as it is now by far the most ooslly of all our institutions and is almost daily becoming more so. eve rything pertaining to it is deserving of your earnest attention. Tho main idea of such a system is to punish offenders with hard labor, either to reform or de ter them and others from the commis sion of crime. The economic problem is to make this labor support tho Insti tution. The plan adopted at present is much more than doing this if the work being dono by the convicts was paid for in cash. Tho number of convicts now on hand and their distribution is shown by tho report of the very competent and energetic board of directors and super intendent, sent herewith. The ablo force kept in the enclosure has been constant ly employed upon the walls and build ings, and by placing a cash valuation upon lite work done, it will be seen that they havo earned handsome wages over and bevond their keep. The returns from those engaged on the various rail roads show greater wages, valuing their work by engineers estimates. These estimates aro very liberal toward thb com nan v for whom the work U done. yet it will be seen that the convicts have earned more than lour times the mini mum fixed by the Legislature at which tho companies should be charged. YAI.UK OF COSVICT LABOR. , From this we may draw somo valua ble conclusions: i , 1 1. That convict labor is almost if not auite as valuable for road construction as hired labor. 1 , 2. That convict labor is more valuable used in this kind of work than employ ed at . trades and mechanical work in close confinement. 3. That the health and general; tone of the convicts is better in outdoor work. Influenced, by these- considerations I am induced to say that, in my opinion, it is our lxdicv to provide labor for them oh public works altogether, after the com pletion of the penitentiary .buildings. leaving within its walls only such as from feebleness" or thenaturo of their crimes cannot bo sent outside. In addi tion to the completion of tho roads be gun by the State, and to which labor has been alrondy assigned, there are a number of local railroads and turnpikes greatly desired in many parts of tlije State, and valuable swamp lands to be dniined, at which convicts might be eni ployed with great profit to tho State, the counties or communities supporting the convicts. - I thmK that whenever any county or community will obtain a char ter for building a railroad or a turnpike. or draining a swamp or dyking a river, and will undertake to support the hands they should be given the convict labor. lhero aro many fertile valleys of great cr or less extent, remote from railroad facilities, such as the gr at valley of the Yadkin from Salisbury to Patterson, where weti-io-uo . larniers i am sure Would bo induced to attempt the build ing of narrow gauge railroads if they were given the necessary labor; and many excellent turnpikes would bo con strncted as feeders to our railroads, and many rich swamps might be drained in tho same manuer. In this way the in creasing cost of the penitentiary would be kept down, and a vast benefit to tlio people be accomplished, i ' f DYEES VOU THE UOANOKE. ; J As a further illustration of this idea, I beg leave to call your attention to tho situation of that rieh and once product ive region, tho Roanoke country below Weldon. At one time the Egypt of our State and a source of great wealth to our people, those splendid and inex haustible lands aro fast becoming a wil derness by reason of the! destruction of the levees which confined tho Roanoke within its banks. In the demoralized state of lalor there and the roduced con dition of the planters, it has been found impossible to replace them, and the whole region will be lost to the State for generations ifomething; is not done to reclaim it. If tho counties or citizens interested will undertake! to support the convicts and their guard I recommend that sufficient force bo furnished them to rebuild those levees and thus rescue that important portion of jour i'lato from ruin, 'and enable the citizens thereof to recover their prosperity! and increase greatly the public wealtlt It is entire ly practicable as I am informed. 1877-78. being aVout $230.00 per an num. per haritl grsV-Tho cost of sup porting guarding nnJ'-Overseeing them has been for tho same tihie about $98. 000 Their health 'lias been excellent. As nearly as can bo ascertained their net earnings, deducting everything and including the sick, tho wgmeo and ajl J others not at Work Vjn) -tlio ru4' fn n 2 any cause, is M21.5G per hand. OnlhcJwnoiT(ftnox structing that road by the convict lalwr has been a success. 1 hope it will be continued, the number kept up and eve ry necessary step taken by your lwdy to finish the road to its Western connec tions as heretofore agreed upon. . The squad df hands employed on the i 1 XT..-i 1. l -.A In.. l:lm.,wt has finished grading . to the town of Murphey, in Cherokee county. I have received no official report of the work. Col. L C. Jones, l'resldcnt ol thu Western Railroad, makes a very flatter ing report bf the progress of the work done by tlie convicts on his lino. Hav ing determined to extend it in the di rection of Greensboro', the company be gan work at or near Egypt in March. 1878. with 100 convicts, and there u a good prospect' of soon seeing this road completed to Greensboro.' It will Open oat a fine section and he a great U-nclit to the country; through which it passes. to raycueviiiu anu to iimingujn. -liiu hands on this road havo earned net about $ , peri head. .;. j, , The Chestct & Lenoir Narrow Gauge RniWoad Company has finished its line none of the $20,000 appropriated to the in the St.il GnirL ano4ho Tand that tlutrloa yonj; nn-Cw, of th U ytf $?V3ififr 1 f I , uA&vl inwne asslum. wliil.t $15,000 of 1 1,.. chiiI nMMxtlun JmUIicUon ronimonIUclH-W..y p4.AfJnAic4 frMprf ' tbosoni given to tlio Western insanc of thu ca-. 14 nafuim'ht Lcfor Hon. likely to ijin nlLIl ,r7wlul th lllh, nm'HUrr.1 lh- Uou asyluuaIMiitoiitof bis yeUx,X5V'ilIi.- IL C 1 UH fwddin tho Gail- IiSlrr-4 fl riot. t ;mfr lAimlnf rr,lactian of tk Ux m, i. AllotlT5nAUItusUichrtuldUkof.f1S4J?.rp4in C7wuw h 1 ,n1 f w 5. ML r niri mQlT 3 X V . iiostponed hivd Uen carrletl ovtr inul opiii..,! Ul 1.1 no farther iki iuU UUr it I et rcln Uh U IwJUfi 4' . . Y . J tins yojsx s account in ur ui um im uiimaiu r.K.atifi -ittci. r rwn ins i f i't'm'lTZ r , Tfi'Tr-' .TH iT U?. 7m" 1 i treasurer should not Ur -JraieUtdbor; KletMon V JiuXt r tlo Sute ap- cotrnk yialyyl dpel 'cajl t.2z. "f w u t row. Thjs "deficiency . will Unoted. :VnloI tv iho JN i x-Coart. Itccog- mfU defa oiJLa-wrajcenriiU I .- f. l J? . x i is only In n-gar'l t siccULppro- nixing tho Im-.rUiit) fed Jtelicate nature carnntly Aj1 TMUr u0 px tI lU$fU .Vir priations. and U to sonib extent aUnbu- ' of thu question pivu. 1 derm Ut Ix tuetuorinl from tho o Seers of tln or- tJkjt. fh ronttitutionxl' AunrcntUt, tablo to thu lengthening of the fiscal J 'my duty to ait llic Jclirralins uf tIo year from October to January. It I to . SoitrviiM CMirt with arftimcnt I rum bo J-egrcUe1, find I have no doubt if very MprislnjfpV the. Guanee coftimitu-es -of tho last ucncrai Assembly, wnotnongni OoiyiM'l Ifarncil in tho law. I accord in g- rl tu aid Um Attorney- Iyiuipioyetl iu3 General in preef reenti n g t I bo itHirt tlx IfPtrtdyiclq gnmc1lmtffwTeCTcTtm7y1 g.'.lcWment l ipiniulhfijrel!ng the niraat of so portlns It awl rofiioUnjc Its efficiency. TIw cu.1 ..f inVornt U of tkwcyn4 to Dallas, in 'Gaston, county, and the graling to Newton on tho .Western North Carolina Railroad, irom that point to Lenoir, thu greater part of the grading - is done, and the work is be ing pushed with energy., ihcy nave been furnished with fifty convicts, and tho number has been kept" p. ' I cor dially commend this enterprise to your favor. J , i i ' It is reaching out in the direction per haps more important to the' welfare of the State Hum that of any other rail road, except thu Western North Caroli na. It not only points lowartis the meet remarkable and extensive iron and cop per mines In 'the South Cranberry and the Oru Knob but also 'tho silt, lime and plaster deposits of Washington county, Virginia, the cheap importation of which would probably d more to renovate thu agriculture of' our State than anything which could perhaps bo devised. I regret to say that work on the Spartanburg & Ashevillo Railroad has !cen susix-nded, just as it has at tained the crossing at the Blue Ridgu into tho beautiful valley of thu' French Broad. T wo hundred hands had been kept with that company under, a con tract made icforu I cauie into olucc, at a small hire; which contract was re spected by my board until hist Septem ber, when finding Um company in a fail ing condition, and unablo to pay, thu hands weru withdrawn, and placed on the Western North Carolina work, be yond tho ridge. ' The Atlantic & North Carolina Rail road has been environed with difficul ties ever since my accession to office, some of which were called to Uiu atten tion ot the last Legislature : a suit be gun in thu State courts to impeach tho validity of thu mortgage bonds, on the ground of usury, was followed by a counter suit in the foreclose the niortg; road. These havo at length been com promised, on terms which it i thought will enable the road to live and meet its intcaest promptly huroaftur, the accu mulated interest being fundud, and tinu of payment extended, tho bondholders surrendering $ 10,000 of bonds and eun pons to be cancelled.. When It came intoUio bunds of tho present board, it wasapparenlly in the last extremity "of exhaustion. Its road-bed. track . and bridges, worn out nnd unsafe, its rolling stock run down, its employees unpaid, its interest really twclvu , uionLhs iu de fault, and a floating debt of about $27, 000 due all this has been changed. The road-bed, bridges and rolling stock, are now much improved; the floating debt has . all been paid, employees are !.!. t. - paui on wcckjy, arrangements matio to adjust its bonded debt, an old UX debt due the United States, compromised at $6,500 is being paid nt tho rate of $u00 vnue; and so it would, nnd nioro, under a belter scheme ot assessment. I can not conceive it possible to devise one which would opera to mora unequally, unjustly or prejudicially to the treasury. Tlio rule for every county, town and township is different, and the Talues of property situated in the same locality and of the same character, aro as variant and pneqnal as the avoided, arbitary. and often indifferent opinions - of Uie Assess ors tuny clwiDce to be. Very littlo prop orty i assessed to any whero within tho neighborhood of its valno, but that Uocs not matter; the essential idea b to have the assessment hear the uniform propor tion to the true value of the property tax ed. Unless tins Is Bccnred. one man pays a vastly higher tax Uian his neigh bor, 'and one township or county than the adjoining toownship or county, and it is in the power and often 'happens Sn practice of. tlio conntv assessors nnd commissioners to defeat tho will of the j legislature by lowering the assessments. 1 U becomes also a heavy Ux on honesty, and compels the conscientious man to pay sometimes doublo or trcblu the tax paid by hi less scrupulous neighbor, A remedy for this ovil is deaiamled alike by justice and good policy. What tliat remedy shall bo your wisdom must de-vii-e. . We do not want nn increase of taxes but an equalization of taxes, and a faithful collection of thosu which aru levied. My own opinion is tint lite treasurer, auditor, or other Statu officers, bo authorized to act as a Statu hoard of assessors, with power to siipcrvio and equal izu the asscssmcntof tho county of ilcials whose . lists should be submilletl to it;. and it should have ' authority to summon witnesies. hear testimony. &e. and if Uie county assessors weru chocn by this Stato board it seems to nic we would almost h:ivc a'guaranty that uni formity could bo secured, i ' t So. too, some disposition should be ruadu relative to the lands sold for taxes nnd bought in fur the Stato. For ten years Uiesu lane havo leeii accumnla ting, until as Uia rejxjrt of thu Secreta ry of Slate Informs iue."t!itru are now in his oilico sheriffs decils for 17W tracts and lots of ..real estate, representing taxes to thu amount of nearly $17,000. on which the tinu for redemption has expired, nnd Uie State's title is absolute. In most cases the owners coutinuo hap pily in possesion, whilst t fie ir defaults go to swell 111 taxes of their noighbors. 1 refer to lh treasurer's report for a, statement of tho annual eXeiidilures of the governcieut. which is so clearly 6Ct forth as to need no commentfroin me. Federal courts! to iiago and seH' ilIe KAILKOAlsL ! Tho public works have been pushed forward with energy anl economy. I regret exceedingly that tlie management has not been ablo to have tho cars on the Western North Carolina Railroad running across the Bluej Ridge by this time, as was confidently expected when your predecessors adjourned. No energy or determination has been want 2 I . I 1 ! . a ing, oui insuperable, oustacles were; found in the naturo of the country and tho insufficiency of funds Naked labor can make littler progress in such work as cutting a railroad track through our Western mountains, unaided by all the modern appliances ; nnd material now used in such operations, and which cost more money thnn tho company could command. Owing to the! geological pe culiarities of the formations through which the track is cut, vast slides of earth and rock, some of them as great as fifteen acres of surface, havo been continually falling into the track as fast as it could bo removKl. But the work Is now almost donu, tJayllight is nearly iiirougu ino great tunnel. In a few weeks from this day the engine will pass tho summit, and th4 track can be completed to Ashevillo jsasily by mid summer. - j -, . . j Owing to tho condition! of tho treasu ry, I did not purchase the! whole amount bf iron which 1 1 was authorized by law to buy, though greatly tehipted to do so by the low prico for which it was offer ed. About twelve miles of rails only were purchased, thu cost of tho whole being a little over $75,300. Tho re mainder of thu appropriation will fur-, jiisu. me iron necessarv to reach Ah- villo unless it should mo greatly In tho , runuc i.ut. , The public debt, it will be seen by lite treasurers report, amounts to $1G.OC0.045 principal nnd S10.1GO, 182.23 interest. This is.-known as the recognized debt, as coutradislinguifhetl from the siccial lax bonds. What shall bo done with it Is a question that deserves ypur bet consul eration. It is out of Uto question for us to attempt to pay it at Us facu value. Indeed 1 do not conceive that there is .... . ...v.... v. . f... v.a w,. ..J. w .IV cv , nor do our creditors expect it of us. Quite Mie-half of our property iion which our Uontls were basoil was waatoi.lv ilcslroy eI by consent of a largo majority of those who held them, and no court of con science n pou the rnrUi would permit a creditor to destroy one-half of his secur ity and claim full payment out of thu re mainder. But wo can and should pay something. TIkj resolution of' last ses sion constituting Uio Governor. Treasur er and Attorney-General, a committee to conuir witn onr creditors, gavo no jKJWtr to inn ko or accept any proposi lion whatever; and so an invitation to visit New York to confer with the hold ers of our bonds was declined as Chu. ac companying correspoiulciicu will show. Besides this no attempt to open ncgotl tions with ns has been made. But 1 havo grounds to believu that very reasonnblu a S m ,Anil. fii i-.i... w inueeti enn ou outaincu ll wo ii.n 'PrA.;.i..nt m.t.w?7.!t evince a detenu i sation , to , srtllo the Uie treasuary on the . 1st of Jannarv to meet thu interest when the first install ment becomes due in July: next. lis gross receipt lor 1877 werq about 12 per cent, greater Uian tho year previous, and up to dato of report were still great er for 1878. .These are certainly very gratifying -results,' , and givo KsiUvo assurance that the road can take care of itself. If run on business principles and by business men. It is a source of mnch regret to mo that the plan adopt ed by tho board and approved by me to reach Uiis end caused such local opposi tion, and subjected all concerned to the imputation that the great desire of the board and myself to savo the Slate's properly was pursued without regard to private intcrcrcsu. 1 believe ami earn cetly hope that 'twhen results are seen, these unjust impressions will bo remov ed. , -i . i ANGOLA BAY. t : , It is also a source of regret that Hie work of cutting a canal Uirough Ango la Bay was not undertaken, as provided by law. The; board were ready to do so at my request, nnd offered the con victs; but found it practically impossi ble to do Uie work owing jo the omis sion of the act to provide the necessary means for its execution, there being au thority' lor neither a survey to be made, ovorseers to be employed, ! ner.i imple ments to bo purebred by ihu board. A little amendment to 'the law in this re spect will,, enable the work to bo ifouu promnuy. j .,(.! NAVIGABLE. WATERS. ' i - 1 . It is gratifying to nee that the general government 1ms begun ; to tako an inter est in the improvement bf our naviga ble waters. Surveys of the Ncusc ih Yadkin and the Catawba aro in progress or contemplation; and if reperted upon. lavurnuij, k wouhi suggest that a reso lution of tho honorable hotly, Jri Uns bo half would iuatcrially strengUicn thu hands of our representatives in Con gress in obtaining the necessary appro priations. j ;-' i-" r- ' . t FINANCIAL. : ,r.i! tl Tlio treasurer's report: will! engage your earnest; attention. You will seo that whilst the utmost economy has been practiced, yet thu funds ' in tlils hands havo not been sufficient to . nicet all the objecLn provided by law. -Tbo reason is simply tliat thu last LegisUturo increas ed tho nppropriutions without incruasin" tho taxes. But litllu' over half pf thu 140,000 npproprliitcd to buy Iron' for tho W. N. C.-.U. IL, has beon expended. tho Stale. After a fell 1ctission by coonscl. the Supremo Court, with one dissenting Voicv. afSrmul IIkj opinion nnd judgment tf Um lwrr -teuurt, im1 diiuisad ll npptaj. r Tliu saruc ques tion was resenlctl to iho Suprrmn Cuort at the same time In tho crs of the 'Stain gainst William Denver nppeaKnl at tlm spring term. 1877. of the Superior Oairt of Rutherford ctainly, fnru Um judgment of the Hon. John if. CIol, Um jodgf preUlinf. Ileavrr ana antalK-r Uau lnfii imlietctl for a conspiracy t extort money from one Henry Summit and had nU.iintNl from thu Circnit Coart uf Um Uaitetl Stairs nn order of removal simi lar to that obtained by Hnskins. ' . Tlie decision f Uio Suprrine Cmift .wa't the same in both cases. ..... . Imprcssoil with the Importance of having the earliest tiblu settltrocnt of a quelim f great moinvnl. I di' nt-mi Um Sut s couai in carry, by writ of error. Im4Ii casen to thu Supreme Court of the Unilol Stales, wliere alone such questions of such a nature e . Im finally dccMotfu Transcript of Um oases have accordingly lcvn prvpArwl and for wsnUnl. and the cacs'nrw now drpend intr in the Suicn6u Court- I am sulvis- eI. however, by the Stale 'n counsel tlul lla-n may le difficulties growing out of llw iHenliar cMistiruliM of "11m Fnteral Supremo Court, which will prevent an adjudication in these aus of Um ones tiorr I desired to' have irvsented. I have renon to la licv thai similar dlfSculties havu arisen In other St.iU-, aiy 1 tliat pub lic atlenlToii and discussion lias ln-vn cX cilwl ihert by. --; I therefore refer it U Your h(MMraVW lody t tUxUiu wlietlR-r 1 sf-'Ul f'unber proecule the cases now tleiiendtng la Uio Snrem Court of the United States; or whcUier, It uure comports wiUi iho dignity ahd gravity of the question, that you frhould Instruct your Sinators and request your representatives la Congn-ss tu call tho alteiilion of that hoaorable body to thu fact that persons indicletl un der Um rrimia.nl laws d this State re seeking nnd obtaining immunity , from prosecution, untlera irttleral law enact ed Tir tho only poqwso cf protecting tho collections of Um internal ruVenuo of tlw United Stiles. ,,... TAT VKOSkCCTlOXS. , . , An indictment inaugtiratrd by Governor Uhiilwcll. in Unko Superior Curt in 1874. against G. W. fwcin.'nnd Mi S. lilllefield having tat-n tried, as wa al leged, Uforo Judgo Walts in 1875. and taken by certiorari to tho SdpJcmo Court and being continued then i until Aognit la-it, was then ileeblcd utou and case re manded for a nw trial. T1m circuni- stanee are all yrt Ihii w'ulrp-irtlndarily la Sahl lcUiiMi, rrirlcl la t3 N.C to which you nro referred, Under a rs btulioii ol thu Ix-gistiture ratifietl on tho ICtli of Irebnimry. 1874. I finidoVcd ctmnsrl to assist. An amended bill againt Itulh defendants wn fxind for oltain!ng money nndcr fit-io invtrncr. and thu case now. stand f. trial. It Is alleged, bower, that a cimpromiu was inaile iK-lwcen partirs ailing fr Swrii wn anil tin intern JiivUlon tti tlio . N. C. It. 11. C which lv isnplicalion binds the" Statu not to prosecute, f U rwl wish, if I Possessed the ri?hL to Iain Uim rfSMnsibility of deciding wl wet her It dors or does nos. and so rvfusod to inter feru wiUi thu dim oHirse of law. I re- lectfully ask your will in the prcmUcs. ami forbear further remarks as manifest ly impropber ufion a case now before Uie courts. emniMir rT lr'i'- L21 iUUe lcallf 'B aXcdUhinf annual tion of ih -: UlsUre urd fjyO.CAJJi Tats sr not STATE f iMtorKirrr ntu bt the uxrrcn S CATVS. 1 -." Tho property of Um State, once called Uie Confederate Hospital, now known as Uio Lnitel Males barracks, in this city. question and be done with it. . I refer exclusively to what is known as thu ''rec ognized" d bu S. farrs Umj special Ux ooiiiis are concrnei, my opinion as ex pressed to your predecessors. remains unchanged tliat they are Hot' biuding eillier in law or good morals, unless it may bo as to a very small fraction hon estly appropriated to the State's nsu' and accepted . by her. For one I vow my readiness to co-operalu with you to the full extent of my power in devising the met bed ami benring the bnrtlivns of an honorabls adjustment of all our iudebt cuncss, as somciiiing which sooner or later will haw to be duho alike for Um sako of our gool name and futuru pros per uy. "i rr.DEUAI. 1NTKIIJLKENCE "WITII STATIC ' ' COLHTS. ' 1 I also call your attention to certain t i matters which uare occurred since your last session, anu which givo rise to ques tions of difficulty and trrava imnortancc. involving a serious conflict between the Liws of the United Stales and those of State. At tho fall term. 1870, of tho Superior wMii vjuiwurn poaniy, one iioskins and two others weru indictcil for an saultnnd battery njon Icvl Humble. In March, 1877, the defendants havini been rrui'cd. filed in the office of Uio Circuit Court of tho United States for the wes tern district of North Carolina, their ie tition under oath, in which they set forth mat revenue nun luat uio acis charpeU acai in the bill 6f Indictment I have mention ttl weru committed nnder color of their Office; tliey therefore prayed that Uio prosecution against them should bo re- muveti from tho State Court to tho Cir cuit Court, in pursuance of an act of Congress now embodied in section C43 ortho Revised St-itutos of the Unitctl Stales, and whidi provides tlial criminal prosecutions couisuenccl in nny court of a Statu against any, officer acting by au thority Of any revenue Uw ortho United States, on account of any act doneundtr colpr.of his ofiicc. may at any timo bc forb trial be removed for trial Into Um Circuit Court next to bo holdcn in Um district where such . prosecaUons aro pending. Tlio prayer of tho petiUon liaving been erantctl, a copy df tho order removing tbo caso was, on the 6th day of March. 1877. Served uion tho clerk of U Superior Court of Guilfonl conntv. and wlten. at llw ensuing spring term of tliat court, tho case was called, tho de fendants objected to further proceeding! has bevn occupied by Um United Statrs ever since IMo; and allhourh troons havu long since hern rvmovetl. posses sion or iiaymcnt for' Its tisu have both lKvn refnseii contrary, as llsesms to me, to both law and public cosnUy. ....... I In accortlanco with a resolution of lb lnl General Assembly. I nTso applied to Uie Secretary of War to restore Use oCi- cial letter-bonks of the .exueutiro office of this Statu taken by militiry auUiorlty in looo. or to ermii mo in make a copy to sopply tbo place of.UM origiaal In this office. It. ith requests were refusctl. Tlio correspondence tictWccn the Sen- tnry ot War nnd myself in relation to Utu Inrracks and. Um. .IeUcrbouka. is herewith submiltel.' ily opinion n re gard to lhc?u maltrrs being Intimated in the ccrrespondcnco' itself. 1 uako no furtlier comiucnL. . . SATE CtoLOCIST. ' Tho State geological survey haviag been made n co-worker will tho board of agriculture. lis usefulness has been thcreliy greatly incrcasetl to the people. In order that it may be made still more to meet Um iopular need. I recommend that it bo placed Under the direction of tho Ijonrd of agriculture, of 'which the Statu Geologist Is tx. . officio a meuibcr, instead of Uio board of education, as at present. I am satisfied that Uie dissat isfaction which has for ' long ; whilo existed with porUou of our people to wards this most valuable and impor tant work, has arisen from a failuru of the latter board to direct the? labors of the geologist In those cJianncls In which tlio majority of the public feel most 'Im mediate inlertst. ' The' board agri culture constituted sm it k,, oin sumlr .TluiSiAtB Guard real If .do sUIlba duty, anl fill U Use functions of the whole mllitU contemplated in lh Con stitution, an J sloali be eneoorage! aad ssppiirlMl liberally,. I respectfuDj. rw commend Unt Uie AdiuUnt-tkjoeral pay h increas! to ffiOO. Hfs i!aUcs are nuw ooos4lrmble. anil aro daily I n creaslMin Wrioasnfs, nnd .mefnl ncs. , I'n.Tiiion nlsd should" be made for s-edy al cJicsp mrvUmcnl of the mllitsa lv the tax-listers, or otherwise. ail a small soiu Tevietl aJ an "equivalent for esrmptfon from doty for the Uracil uTUio svhooll fund, as . provided in Um constitution. , ( . i ' Acrsbr Tinsija:tiLATVi- . Complaint Is Irvqucolly ma4lo by tha BecxOary of State and others, at tl9 carelrss , and . InsuOcient manner In whlefrrmtny of the ads aadUwtlnllM oriirtnl.ara kept and on rolled. ; Sons UU were rtsoil by your Cwleecssor were lost riilircly. to some Um amend- TixintM rrw lwO, aml cwhl Ooi be sop-i plie froui, the joonuls.; IjclnsT , efleft lucre scrajts of Mprr . iancd to the originals which were lost in handling. tuvllcr with ealwr iBaocnracloa, wtdeh ntailo it difficult to prepare proper copies fur thu printer. I trust your commit tovs nmi clerks will , remove all fartl troubl iu Umsoj rS.rts y, It Uof. aoQ cknt iuiiorbtnre ,to Im looked fSlwf clusciy. ' ' l" 't ' tCXCVTl T C Cl-TH XNCT- . J. , Math criticitm Las , bren , uwule ojiun this and lreceJjog du)lnilratioas in rtganl to tlw exeTs of exi'cutlve eleni racy. toward crioiiftals lti accordy ance with law, X hero with rnUnit m lias, of tlune lo wlkm clemency Las been ex tendetl hyme, Willi brief stniemosl of ike reasons which influeacud ay act! en, ii e;tch case. . It will Us Mra) Uiat Um tui ruber amoanu la'all to' 10C.' of which 15 were rxHUmetsiions aiat 2 wrro sicn ly respite. Counting Lhuso t in evQ-. litieuierl at the beginning of my term, ahd tho-e convicted of oocceHlorin the 4 two years, the . trliolo number of offender cannot fall sltort of S.VU0, of which Uhjso' nrtloovd and commuted would sm oh and ooa-tudf por aeau r annum, ills . quite ,,poitU Uat ia some cases I Itave U-vn Impusel upon. Ihoagh in 'tuosf casts oT ' Importance I ImVo mad it a i ruio lo oxassmltlaslli jSdu and soliciur, , ouI vbuia Uir approvsl. And It may Lk 1m that Ia some cart I liave ykldW lo tho Impor tunity of friends -hasnaa. aatarStrouUl scoryvly avoid Uis in, a jrcrnmoat like ours - but In the ' vast majority of the uiso actrtl mm, ' I texereisod- Uu grand ai.d ruaWrsUa tuiUiio ofLhe cvllMiUrti MOVervlguly of Uio people, wills a In ovre doiru to prunioie ttM poblks jpuoJ, Ami in the faf of Usal God wlto U tu pardua our trantirrcstons. as wo trust. Th subjtel "of Uiu 'rua:r' cxrrcle'of Uib ' prrroallve Is so gran. ' Um r-)KjnsibiIily-spvculy io capital ov is so great, I hat Um rriUcisut of those UiiaCqualhtCtl with "the fads Is fifUn dangurous as well as suijust. as londlsg to furco ttXixuliv actkwi one way or Um oUirr contrary lo judgioonl or cwoscl encc. I Ictve (rivtt to avoid this; tu it is hard tu hold Um roolince . ovta amid such complicating clamor. If error Uirre has bc-n nud undoubtedly litem was some I am gUd to believe Utal It wa un nfrrcy.s ! SHtc., . tl t 11m repvrts of Um Secretary of State. Andltor. and SopcTintmdvnt of Tnh'.ic I astro c km are aacewrtli seat aa4con- snended to your aUcnUuo. . They evince economy and faithful work on Um art oi uiose o racers. tu me suggestions or Uto various committers Of your honorable' lx!y, before which to u Ve.hojM the xilaium wiU look in- thi. Thera iul to condrrU lials somewhere. I ..... )Vuh of roeoibers of Congress rv sril of them, 1iv occurred reeently. Jib'iM Haitridfa. of 4IrfUtf and UV Schlmcher, of Tex ax., both mr s-f iHftf, 4ad Of stmy Lhso ordibsry ahU ly . k . i t.iri.i- OSy fnefnorf ar " i sf ion. i rn Sioo trial ha imn r-mo--J toitrankjin County. Tho aula legislature- m The IrsIalure aweroblcvl on WVI Dlsy, the lh. lieut-frOT. Jarvi r siled in the Snil and the fJIowin VJlKnIiite officer were rlrctcf: IL ii. ' Furtnan of Kaneombn, ' Principal Clerk Piatt" IK 0waW rd Jf ew ifitn- vi r, fUadlnf Clerk t(i. Jv Tmslm-.n o Calawlat, Knrussiag Clerk, and XI r. Morrill of Ooalo, Doorlurriwr. . . The House was orpania.-! by the tl. Ii u of JrhnH. Morinj of Chaiham, S raVcr John 1, Cameron cf Drane, C eric i ll Whitest of .Wake, Iu4-Iin-CrrW; W. .V. lUrrrlt of Irnoir, IUi p aing Clr'rlt ; "AvViTlfforTUndljJi, i. ijurftrrcrr. fmlie SEIATK, the fbllowin lui-i-m7ias beea intrrhjcsvf, among otl- - f !! . . ... J I i llrsolution of irtstmctk to she Com n ittfo OTB friaries nnJ fr, . UU1 to rradcr.rnora joedy , the rxc c Jligri j( jrsons conTictcd.of csiil fi Iodic. t An act rrlonn (lie whipping l. ! A AIH to t-uhUh thesclting or Tiling a y of potaonous ilm or melicIA', ir c cej-i v oti prvcrpn of :a phys j In the IltL'.it.rcs4lujn im raltoe 11 ejection .ffatal, jsjul prioin to lsre in future ono lox and. .one laJ.H vilU all ruusc. ar.d all t2icrr on mum 1 Ult to exempt mercluutU from v tsrnt of Is racial t-riill Ux, i--I ... i i redinr. ' w nule loklrr to tk prrvrntion of tha a-osuidcratioa of . so snany . looal bilk.. - -4ioeaL..-i,. - : . . . . IX r.-l arris, of. I'rwokhn, oiplaoml a rerJuUon thst the Finance Cootmit- ; Trni j In tlM ilOdl Jud! tx for j By II r. E 1 1 pay eJ he will appear freeu Umi Id ii The superintendent's report sUms aa encouraging increase Io Um recviou and expenditure of the school fund and in Um aUfodaacsj of popila. .i.. i ! . . , I also send in a communication and rert from thu Grand Lodge'of Masons m this Btaie rrlatif e to Dm Oxfurtl' Asy lum fur. Orphaas. and com mead It so your attention, in connection with sv Uon 8. art. XI," of Uio consUtotlon. . And aow, raUemea,' hating trio fii y revtowed Um condilioa 4 aftUJfs and made such suggestions as I devm cal culated to aid yon in the pvrfornla'oco f your Important duties. 1 , ooumuumS Ttm to Um bpirilof all .Wisdom, leaving Utatyour labors "ma v bo such as will a . a m. a. reoounn io welfare or Hay fjvoat psjo plsj wheeq srvao we are. , , . v ,. ' "our ftnow-tlUrcn.1" 1 ; j A i.. , z.H. Vaxcs. . w..uv. v.. Ill, in WU.tll lllvj CfclUllll ,1.1.. -n.l If. I . iliey wereofllcersof the internal .iLifiS11-1 .D?."!1??'! usdeparimcni of the United States. 1 Lr,,,,, . that tho act. charged against llicm ? V?' : 1 V J V ' Tiw success which has aUotulcd Um efforts to revive the university is grali- lying in me extreme. Tlio nainbef of stoucnis is consUaUy increasing, a burg proportion of whom receire tniiioo free iho course , of stady., is , pracUcal nnd thorough, Ui corps of prok-aors Is nnipte and excclicst, and Um mlmlnls- tratton of lVrsideat fUtths liae nrtvoW able and , ujilirins. ,41 commend most neartiiy loT-ur, lavor tins cherlshe.1 iiicinori.il of Jh6 wisdom and mtrlotlsltl wi oui tauierv. . .'.t . , mU n ;.j i . . i . MItlTf A. . . To the unceasing energy and peraeve'-' raneo of Adintant-liemfrat Jons wm'ir indebtod for the aotlcua of nexctllcntl voiunirtr luiliila. organUaiion-rUM SUto Uuanls. rwo ' Lriga.W 6f widie nnd eUvtn companies of eolonal mianla luive been alrcatly orgai.btod; the form v unlfortneil at lla;lr own' tipense.' and amjcd and tKfuiprwd.liy Um i allowance irotn.uw enoral, joTcrnmcnL Tlie jcai majority oi utou are excellent, In- I tr he iuslruclrd o rrjoft lo tb v-n-ale a hill providing a Ufct ou piriioa Uiuom which shall enforce th !! of the MoCt rV.ll luncif ux, 'which Ux for the'ibiio schools.1 certain odkserm of the Cess- eral Ajavptably. The principal aad 4uat clerks to recriv pr day and mLesre si ii cents per mile; enrolling id enroinr clck $4 and tnilearv: omcers.' Tbo Auditor TeqoesU 1 4oorkeir aiii a.istant duofkrret- lit aboaU Wlkfe Tneif olf 5, ia t co in pLsco of f 4., lc, 1 " t : Tha i repeal of ih fnerchsaU BrivUefe tax as ja.od, aflr, rn -sidrrsXtc dehgdt. . , t . . . A number of bills and rrMdnlion wern introduced, whtch'wi!llM''no4cl Lenr-sa.' ' Y" " XutLo HOt'SE, ltowan 'tend up a petition to aiolisii the home'rad Uw and revive th hipping post. A reaolnQori wasiniroduee.1 LnYspsrd to the, redutOoss or Staia oarer and aexuUra. aUri. ; .(. I.. . J UU fjrenLsr'in; and doCuin- the junWictioa of Juttiros of the Peace. j A till to rrlieve Iore' drovers from Gio 110 Ux was Introduced. ' lit it frr 5 K SATE, cn'-JfonMiV, Hf. Ors tun, of Lincoln, introduce! a till re aring salaries, a follows t - ' (lovsmor's asliry J,UA wlUs a rri- tsle .Srcretsry at and fr. , i Treasurer, 2,T10 with a clerk at f 1 yj who shall be e-x-ofTWia treavaarerof Ihss hoards of chari table a4 tjiad in stitutions and reaerva a salsry of T5 Ex each loarvl to W -sJ4 oot of fund ppebpriald for the v of the board, eoctary of S lata flAOO, anl frr otto excrd ll.W.U, ball account to TrAurr for kll fees and ry surj4a OvAlkmanoa into Treasury aoarterlr. Auditor, i.iw. ! ?HiperintcTiUent Tublic Instruction, lift. ; ' " : i - J-itransn, K0i . . t - Kecr Of Capital, $oCO. Judrcs'of SurrTor Court. 1UL r-Keee mileare and ooapensatMn of Pletka, SherjfW nd other oount oZi errs to be rrruuW by County Com tulu.'onerson firrt Mondsy in Msrch 7?, ai4 over, fous yeaxi UaereaOrr. f t (AmounUng iu tLe . arregsle to a saving of about fOXlXi wr annum. ' ! ' . i .', -v'.i !JVa. In the' HOUSE; irriolntion foajv tataJaosaniLllac U copier 4 with the LrgUUfure of SkuUa Carolina in rrrwd to obstructions. in'Uie Vadkm lUirr, k"introdord. ' 1 saIlEjt, y.; alitor, .': . ..i 1 i . . . TI1UUS0AT, .JANUAUY JC. 1679. Gortsxot's Mixsa 1 ' -r W de Tax oto week Vance deterred from 'reading ity iu Irngt, ss It U worthy of carefdl peruatl. ' it " 1 I., W ... .1 j. ,. a great deal of pur paca ' this to the al'rai ratio Messafe'offjdvi' to the Leffulaturf. ixJnt La !llrrBJisaisjit a,IUroaa-.It noar looks as if the LecUlatura was in earn est in cutting down salaries. A Vood uas oeen maue, and we hope thu Jgulaiure will hereafter be known as tho Kefbrm LrgMatore." -' . M-mnos naa wahdrawn frota the Sonatorial contest, which insure. t.pv. .nce election, to, the ScruUa'of thn United Statu. '" t vuc ieruutui I i . t f . . i l, , .... . - " o- piwu anything aoi thy of nob?, Uils ion: It wilf not b fhf.a 't. tef advJco front Unj leading riper, of Hon. Alexander II. Stephens had Ulna wors. codn fo&ia, IhL 1 I c uu ueru iot rem tdhurootai' ' i lie In Is confined due lion cdocerning r- csnolo- Oj to conidcr the "queaCon of re on ajul re'rulstiori,! ofr raJesf freight chargea. And uatueav-of 1 eaWiaa,' f toenu of. Stale o&scrtj AU .to lastmct iha ,Ju4sriiy Com- tnuiteo to report lie h-gHuion nec fy for r-rotrctkn of shcr-i butbandry. , Also to rrj'uUllh 'j ruilr- Ux VutCcferViea. " ' ' -
The Western Sentinel (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
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