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FRIDAY,,..,. ...APRIL 12. 1S78. A VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE. Readers of The Observer may rcmem ler the striking extract from Judge Mer- Himox's speech in the Senate on the 2Gth uit., on Mr. Thukman's bill in regard to the Union and Central Pacific Railroads. The bill, which was passed by the Senate on Tuesday night by the : decisive vote of forty to nineteen, is to compel these roads to provide a sinking fund to pay off their enormous indebtedness to the United States. As to the necessity of such legis lation the simple statement of the facta connected with the creation of the debt will satisfy every one of the duty of Con gress to take steps for securing its pay ment. None have been taken by the two railroad companies, though -they are in the . receipt of the richest incomes and the largest net earnings of any roads in the United States, dividing annually among the stockholders eight per cent, on the nominal value of their stock, and twelve per cent, on the market value, raying not one cent of the interest due to the government for the last fifteen years on the money loaned, they have abundant means to pay dividends and to hire lobby ists and buy northern newspapers to aid in perpetuating a ; monopoly and to. cry down every effort of the. Southern follow ers of the old flag to have their stripes healed by proper appropriations. . The case in regard to these two roads stands thus : The government loaned the Union Pacific Railroad Company, in bonds running thirty years and bearing interest at the rate of C per cent, per annum, $27,-' 230,512. Thirty years' interest on that amount would be $49, 025, 722, making the amount that would be due to the govern ment, for the government pays the annual interest on these bonds, (they are govern ment bonds) at the maturity thereof, .$ 7C,2G2,235 if the government should re ceive in the meantime no reimbursement of the interest paid; but the govcrnmcntris entitled to reimbursement annually un der certain provisions in. the charter. By one of the sections of the origi nal act of 18G2 the government is entitled to 5 per cent, of the net earnings of the companies, to be applied toward the ..reimbursement of the Government the amount of "interest and principal of its loan. By another section, as amended by the act of 18G4, it is entitled to one-half of the account which each company may have against the Government for the trarjspor- lauun oi uovernmeni iroops, munitions oi ' war,, mails, 'and material of whatsoever kind, and which is faniliaiiy known as the half -transportation account. Those jkwo sums the Government is entitled to apply annually toward reimbursing Jtself the interest which it- pays on Us subsidy bonds, and if anything were over. toward the liquidation of the principal. The probable reimbursement from these sources, should the laws remain unchanged, would be, in the case of the Union Pacific, about .$.215, GG1 annually from the 5 per cent., and $121,311 annually from the half trans portation, making ki the whole $GG6,972 per annum, which for thirty years would make $20,009, 1G0 which the Government nuum umouau iciuiuuiscu. jyuuuUllIJg that from the8 principal sum loaned by the Government and thirty years' interest, .which as already stated would be, principal anvd interestover $7G,000,000, and there will probably remain due to the Govern ment,' at the maturity of the Government loan should the, laws remain unchanged, the sum of $56,253 000 from the Union Pacific Company. In respect to the Cen tral Pacific : The Government loan made to it was $27,855,080. The interest upon that for thirty ypis would be $50,140,224, making a total of $77,5)95,804. The pro bable reimbursement from the 5 per cent, of net earnings and the half transportation would be about $15,000,000, leaving pro bably due, should i the laws remaiu. un changed, at the maturity of the Govern ment loan, $02,995,804, which added to the amount thajt probably would be due from the Union Pacific Company makes a grand aggregate of $119,248,879 that will probably be due by these two companies in the years 1895 and .1890, should the laws remain unchanged. And that is without counting interest upon the interest which the Government annually pays. 11 1 1 1 v In all these years not one cent has been juiu iuj uuiuiuuiuk.uji lucsu conjura tions, wealthy and money-making as they are. Ih all these years not one step has been taken to provide for the ultimate payment of the debt for which the United States is responsible. Worse even than this; there are other creditors to quite as large an amount as' that for which the Government is responsible, and to these creditors, by act of Congress in 1804, the -Government gave up its priority of lien, and its debt is subordinate to a first mort gage on these roads of $55,000,000. In the Middle Ages society found itself face to face with a serious danger in the shape of ecclesiastical corporations which had grown from generation to generation .by the slow process of natural increase and by the gifts of pious penitents. These have mora dangerous counterparts in this age. 'I Le problem is to -make sutiordinate and responsible without crushing ; their vigor theso' great' business corporations of modern life. And ajrrojx) to this, and if possible even more striking than Judge MekrimonV recent remarks, ? says last evening's New York World, "thirty years ago one of the leading men of the New York bar of that generation, throwing into literary form the results of a life of study and professional practice, made the fol lowing startling analysis of the' nature of our business corporations, all the'njcae startling from the fact that it was made before these 1 vast railrjad companies, which have since in their career exempli-; fied every stroke of his description, had an existence. In reading his conclusions we cannot but lament anew that fatuity of human rmture which refuses to learn from those that have gone before' us, and 'makes lis the slaves of every folly' untij wo have been dragged through it and tasted the bitterness of its -compensations. Here is a statement of to-day's problem, that has stood for an ordinary lifetime : 1 "Corporate bodies as organized in this country are in general exempt from com plete pecuniary responsibility. They re spond to their debts only to the extent of their stock; the. holders of it are not in general personally responsible. Through tne means oi a corporation a man may risk any sum he pleases upon an adventure for gain -by taking ja particular amount of stock; the adventure may prove disastrous tnrougn want of skill, integrity, or from any other cause, and the corporator loses only tne sum which he paid for the stock although the adventure may have sunk three times that' amount; while a natural person who should embark in a similar adventure and fail ' to the same extent would be required to respond to the whole amount of the loss, let the sum orginally advanced in the enterprise be what f it might. The corporation may wholly fail, .and yet all the stockholders may remain rich. 1 hey have therefore, all the chances and advantages of the gain which a natural person enjoys, and are exempted from the same extent of loss.- Here is ft privilege and an; exemptioiTindeed ! -- How much more considerate is the, law of its own creatures than of j the creatures of God 't Here is an artificial person dealing among men without moral and with a limited pe cuniary responsibility, j But in regard to the s former t may be said that a corporation has an segregate moral existence that being composed, of men human sentiments enter intqits constitu tion, if this could be proved by argu ment it would be! contradicted by expe rience. Is not the contrary demonstrated by its action ? Is it benevolent ? Let its records bear witness that it feels for men's pockets rather than for themselves. Is it religious ? Alas, it 'has no ' Soul' to save ! Is it just? As the law compels it. Is it honorable ? None answer for it, and it has no back to scourge, none to pierce. Has it passion? Aye, one mean passion avarice whose bounden slaves! are the agents of the - corporation. This i passion and its demonstration through these agents are all that is felt or known of this artificial per son. It is an acquisitive monster, with human intelligence, but without moral emotion or aim ja Ralph Nickleby in character, but destitute of his amiable rel atives. " t i This morning's telegrams announce the death of Lucien Charles Joseph Francis Napoleqn, second son of the celebrated Marshal Murat, King of Na ples, and brother! of A'chille Murat, who settled and died in Florida after the fall of the Napoleonic Dynasty. He came to the United States and married a Miss Fraybkr, who earned for liim a support by teaching. Upon thejaecession of Napoleon III. in 1849 he returned to Fiance, was made Prince of the- E:iipire, held many public positions, wns captured with Ba- zine at Metz, and died as stated in the telegram on yesterday, j By a skillful combination of arguments and artillery, says j the World, Germany and England are evidently winning over the Russian Government to reason. Prince Gortschakoff's circular! in reply to Lord Salisbury is in thejhature of what maybe called a "confession' and avoidance;" and the Marquis of Salisbury! may well smile at Mr. Gladstone's! hot-headed abuse of him as a "contentious I attorney"' if he secures such a verdict as rhe now appears to be in a fair way of commanding for his country and the peatjie of jEurope. The Postal Savings System of Canada began working in 1807, Jwhen eighty-one offices were established, j June 30, 1809, 213 offices had been -opened, and June 30, 1877, this number had been increased to 287. The deposits up to the close of the last fiscal year were 321(002, and amounted in value to $10,504,252. ! Bishop Andrews of the New York Methodist Conference, has decided that the licensing of womcL.; as preachers is against the doctrines, of Wesley. The disappointed advocates of the new depar ture have taken an appeal to the General Conference of the J Methodists of the whole country in 1880. Fourth District Solicitor. Correspondence o The Oekktkk. Messrs. 'Editors: It- may not be known, but in all justice it "should be .known, that Capt. Ben Robinson who is a Candidate for the Democratic nomination for Solicitor in this District (the iww fourth) is the same Capt. Ben Robinson .who, when color-bearer after color-bearer had been shot down in the' charge at YYillams burg in May, 1802, took the battle cross and bore it throughout that fight; that he is the same Capt. Ben Robinson who was first on the enemy's'! breastworks at the Wilderness, when Howard's corps was routed in 1803 that he is the "brave Capt. Robinson", referred to in the official re port of the battle of Gettysburg; that he is the same Capt. Robitisonof whom Col. Tom Garrett, a few hours before his own brave death, said to Ajaj. Duncan Devane as he saw Robinson fall bn the field of Spottsylvania in May, 11804. wounded with a wound that has madje him a cripple for life, "there fell the bravest officer in the Confederate afmy." It is the same Ben Robinson that one of ypit saw with a brick bat, his only weapon, jjon Hay mount suc cessfully confront a squadron of the 13th Pennsylvania Regimept after Fayetteville was garrisoned by the ilbluef coats: the Ben Robinson who when men spoke their sen timents with bated breath? after the" war was disastrously over jfor ;tie South,' was first , to draw the liie pf demarkation between submission to the authority oftha Federal Government arjd abject submissioa to the whims of its jnilitary representa tives in the South the lien Robinson, who in the last campaign was with the least hope of reward, the Imost frequent and effective advocate of Tilt leu and Vance iu those localities that promised least success, but, as afterwards tafned out, gave the largest gains. ' .. . Excellent a3 is tbUrefcoruand accompa nied by the fact that he 3s the only crippled Confederate soldier in the field), his repu tation as a criminal layerj surpasses his military reputation. Wei "eed for a Solicitor a man pf matiu-4 chind, a man of profound and constant j 'jHudy of his specialty, a keen reader of: human nature, an acute, self possessed, j ready, and elo quent debatei quick to': perceive an ad versary's weakness, his own strength, and the possessor of inflexible; moral courage, independence of character, and frankness sand boldness of expressloni-sucbra man is Capt. Benjamin Robinson, of ; Cumberland county, one of the chips of the old block, and a large chip at that.J i ) ;i - We nominate and recommend him for Solicitor of the Fourth Judicial District. 1 V -"- ' i'-t iTARllEEl, t I House Burned. F. W Reese, Esq. , near Booneville, Yadkin county, lost hts dwelling house and most- of Ihis household goods by fire onTuesda Dight of last week. Loss about $2,000, Winston Sentinel 1 ! - v : NEW YORK CORRESPOXDEXCE. Correspondence of The Obskhver. New York, April 9, 1878. Messrs. - Editors: I liare.fnb tcepy right, nor prescriptive right, to the signa ture which yoai always, append lo my leti ters to The Observer,! and have had no WUtciu ciLrvrui i iiv &. - i y yiuuvuj v- ' ployed in your excelled Washington cor;v respondence ; but things get somewhat "mixed" when "H." is credited in Mr Kitchen's communication in The Ob server of the 6th, with Ottering the opin ion that it was "a crime to publicly ex press" a preference for Judge Schencjk fof Chief Justice. Tfwt -"H" nas not fmexU died with the .question of Chief Justice ships, and begs that he who has so written will, like the cockneys! drop, the IL" Per, haps be indicated where jhe is located, but I do not so te?rn from Mr. Kitchen. I would cot like to locate' hi oi in thai warmer place which alliterates with Haltfaxt It is stated that Gen. H. Wi $locjira; of Brooklyn, was serenaded at Atlanta, Geor gia, last week. This was remarkable, con sidering that this General commanded the left wing of Sherman's army during "the march to the sea," in the progress of which the city ofiAtlanta was Jaid in aahesrajd I take it for granted from What pccurreil afterwards that Slocijm superintended t&e burning.- The after occurrence alluded to was that he superintended the burning of the Observer office in Fayetteville in M&rQh 1805, sitting in thg window of thfi;Fajptte yille Hotel across 1 the street and hugely enjoying the scene, as 1 heard. ' Perhaps! ought not to wonder at the honor thus paid to Slocum in Atlanta, when ,1 remember that I voted for him for . Congress six or eight years ago, whilst living in Brooklyn. But he was running as a Democrat, against a mean Radical, at a time when the South was under the ' heel of its oppressors, and anything, or anybody, even Slocum, who was or professed to be a Democrat, was belter than a Radical, j Besides, he had probably only obeyed orders, and I regard ed it as a compliment to the Observer that it was singled out for destruction. An amusing incident occurred on Hay mount in Fayetteville at that time. The well known propensity of the bummers "to steal or destroy everything they could lay their hands on" they had been de tailed for that purpose froin the most ex pert thieves in the federal army induced people to hide their valuables in all sorts of out-of-the-way places, above ground and under it. One of the Haymount denizens thought he wouid "save his bacon" by carrying it to the roof of his dwelling, which happened to be almost flat. His residence was across the street from the extensive buildings connected with the Confederate Arsenal, and an officer and guard were detailed to protect his property trom the names to which the Arsenal buildings were doomed. fPhey proceeded to perform that duty by mounting to the roof bu were assured iy the, fjwjjer" that there was no necessity for that as be could protect it from the names. "But," said the officer, "lam ordered to station my m n on the roof, of your house, and I am eoina- to do it." As no'i further remon strance could.be made, the party ascended, and what a sight greeted their longing eyes ! The officer was said to have ;ut tered a rather profane exclamation, .put thought the joke so good i a one that he spared the bacon. Another effective expedient was resorted to by a shrewd lady iu the same town Anticipating the visit of the bummers, she opened her trunks and dra wers and scattered clothing &c. over the floclrs. When the thieves rushed in and saw this apparent con fusion, they naturally concluded that a gang bad been there before them and had carried off everything worth stealing, and so bolted off to the next house. Barnum, the great show man, has turned out to be a first-rate temperance lecturer, not, however, to the neglect of his huge circus. A few evenings ago he related his own experience as a moderate drinker, and his total abstinence now! for thirty-one years. The following are some of his points : "Having been rescued myself from a great peril, I feci like rescuing all those whom I see in a similar danger. About forty year agoI'm nearly sixty-eight now I drank a little. It was in 1841, when I crossed to England with my little protege Tom Thumb. I found the habit of drinking prevalent, and 1 fell into the habit myself. For four years I drank, and when I built Iranistan, my country house that cost me more thousands than I care to count, the thing I took -the most pride in was my wine-cellar. I thought this was a matter of respectability. I thought a wine-cellar was something no gentleman's house should be without. So 1 went on until I saw 1 was going to de struction, and that my only salvation was to break right off. I got sick ; my head ached, and I didn't feel well ; and then . I got sicker the more 1 drank liquor. In 1847 I broke off drinking, and I have scarcely known an ache or a pain since. I have lived to bury two generations of tnends, many of whom were hurried out of this world through the use of alcohol. I know I should have been dead if I had not abandoned its use.' Drunken ness ia the most colossal evil on the face of God's earth. It fattens on blood and sor row and misery. Nine-tent,hs of the crime and poverty in the world can be traced to the use of intoxicating liquors. Just look at the cost in money. In ne year tne people ot the United! States drink $000,000,000 worth of liquors. Why, in 20 years money enough would be spent to pay lor every acre of land and every par ticle of personal property in the United States the Union swallowed down every twenty years ! And the fact that we spend money for liquor is but half; the horror of it. Every year 75,000 drunkards in Ameri ca stagger into drunkard's; eraves, and right behind comes the tramp of the re inforcements. I asked how many liquor sellers are there in , JSevv iotk rv 1 was told at least 1 0, 000. NoW, - how much does New York pay a day for drinks? Put it dpwn at an average of $10 a day which they receive there are 10,000 of them ; $ 100,000 a day, $36,000,000 a year ! That would pay all your taxes and leave a hand some surplus, I picked up a book in Lon don which gave recipes for ! the manufac ture of all kinds of liquors, ' Which could be sold for 50 cents a gallon. Wbai do you suppose thevi used ?L CriDsicumJ lithi arge, potash, " white lead, . sulphuric acidt strycnnine, prussic acid, and. when the ale was flat it was to be enlivened with ten pounds of putrid horseflesh. Mr. Barnum concluded his remarks with an, earnest appeal to young men especially to sign the pledge, and! said that amotag the 1,800 men employed by him less than fifty used intoxicating liquors, "and their places will .be filled as soon as I can find temperance men who can do the workas well." ? f'-V J - . Salmon. Col. F. ' Taylor arrived in this city last Friday; from Raleieh, with ten thousand young-salmon in good condi tion to be placed in tbe poniS and streams in this section.,, 1,000 (mw placed inj). W. C. Benbbw'a poRdll ObO)n liambnrg prtnd, 1,000 in Ogburn s nvar Flat Rock. The remaining; 7,0Q0 wcrelplictd in the Dan river near Madisoa. Greentbtn-oa- triot, , . '. ;,. ..j :, i - . a , f Sharp Shooting. The .Virginia City fNer. ) Eyiterpri describi tf ? Dr L', Carver's shooting at the race tracks J neat thatcityi pays: "He began by shooting glass balls as uipy were tossed up in the air, and out bf 103 fie broke 90, In shooting owns tossed up in the same way he was equally successful, i He drilled sir half dollars' ill succession, And bit any number of. jdirn ;&nd quarters,"... WASHINGTON. CONGRES6 A REHASH OF TCKSDAT'S TOPICS RK PUBLICAN EXTKAVAGANCK, TC. , ; i I . Special Correspondence of Thb Obsmtul WiafmrnT-rtw"- rr 1ft ThA HOIine tO- day deferred the Tariff Bill and considered 1 the Pension ; APDropriation Bill. There seemed to be family quarrel going on among thfc Iiepubfica'us. when Scales called for the reading of the "Riot Act." What was done nobody knows but the official reporters. A glance at Mr. Wood's speech shows it to be a carefully studied and sys tematically arranged paper. While it con tains nothing positively startling or origin- fa! pa I the tariff question; it makes very vjieor luai iue wovernuieiii. win irauw au annual saving of ten million. (UiUar by the Committee's Bill. The system, complex, expensive and unjust, is greatly simplified. And more than all, the . bilCcontains, in Mr. Wood's opinion, a panacea for the hard. times. . ti i'. Some wise, wholesome and economical legislation seems to be . necessary to check REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAGANCE. To the House deficiency bill tbe extra vagant Republican Senate has added : For expenses of extra session of Senate, $14, 742.40; for' Government insane hospital, $1583; rent of Feedman's hospital, 2,006 Powell's- survey of s the Rocky mountains, r $5,000; Hayden's : survey, maps, charts, etc.. $20,000: mints and as say offices $17,600; for operating Des Koines Rapids canal, $7,500; for improv ing monument lot ponds, $2,200; survey of South Pass, Miss., $7,500; printing for War Department, $18,000; for provisions for Marine corps, $14,277,09; for payment for mail transportation to New Brunswick ana Canada railroad, $ri,u..iS; lor im mediate repairing of Whales-Back light and fog signal station at entrance to Ports mouth harbor, $la1000; for taking obser vations of solar eclipse July 29, 1872, $8,000. -vi.i'- The Honse appropriation for printing for the Interior Department was increased from $30,000 to $40,000, and that for the Capitol grounds from $9,000 to $20,000. The sum of $300,000 was added for sub; siBtence for the army, making a total in crease in the bill of over $479,000. THDBMAN'S TE1CMPH. The passage of the Pacific funding bill in the Senate last night is so consideied here. He was warmly congratulated upon ins victory, it is a signal victory over a strong lobby. The bill requires that the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific rail road companies pay into the United States Treasury in addition to the whole of tbe government's earnings, not to exceed for the former company one hundred and fifty thousand and for the latter three hundred thousand dollars per year. lne govern ment has heretofore retained all of the government earnings, although one-half of them has been to the companies. The objection made by them to the bill was riotaS tOJ the amount to be paid into the sinking fund, but to the other sections of the bill, including the declaration of the right to amend, alter or repeal the bill should it become a law. The amount due the companies hereafter from the govern ment for transportation and other services, which has heretofore been held in the United States Treasury without benefit or interest lo the companies, will immediately on the bill becoming a law bear compound interest as a part of the sinking fund and be placed to the credit of the two compa nies. -On thecaliof reports to-morrow the House committee will report the same bill INCOME TAX. To day the Committee on Ways and Means by a vote of 0 to 5 decided to report the income tax as part of the revenue bill. i he oui imposes a ux on an incomes in excess of $2,000. blair's bombshell. The Maryland resolutions are in the hands of the Senators and Representatives from that State. They will be presented, perhaps to-morrow, or not until Monday. A bill conferring jurisdiction on the Su preme Court in the matter of the Presi dential question will be- offered, but ex actly what are its features and as to whose sacred custody -H has been committed there is nothing" but the vaguest hints. Very little is said about it. Democratic members who ought to know tell me positively that they know nothing of any party movement looking to reopening of the Presidential question. j REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. To-night the Republicans caucus on the tariff bifi and "Hayes' policy." The ques tion of adjournment will be considered and some day the Democrats may find that swift judgment has been taken against them on this question. II. w i Nsxoji-sAiiK.-u i,Krrri-:R. Correspondence of Thb Observer. Winston-Salem, April 11, 1878. Messrs. Editors: Our county conven tion that was to appoint delegates, with instructions, to the District Convention, to be held at Yadkinville this week, met at tbe Court House last Saturday afternoon and immediately adjourned, it being the expression of opinion of the party that it was too early to make a nomination for Judge of this District, and adjourned to meet some day in May, while the General Convention at "Yadkinville will not now meet until June. The Radicals in this District have no sort of showing and their only hope is a division in our party, and at a late hour running in their man. . There is a petition circulating in Little Yadkin Township, Yadkin, to annex itself to Forsyth. That township is isolated from the rest of the county by the river cutting it off, thus causing endless trouble very often in getting to and from court on account of freshets during the Spring and Fall; and besides fadKin presents a terri ble wrecked financial condition through continued Radical manipulation since the war; jurors and witnesses have not been paid for two years back. Thesa-Western counties raise some short staple cotton, and one firnxat Slabtown, Yadkin county, sent about- 20,000 pounds ot eotto&down teVe 16 Winston last1 year, which staple, 1 believe, J. E. Gilmer buys the most of, and - ships to Franklinsville. Over iq the Yadkin river they are catch mg; 'occasionally, In their nets, some of the spawn of fish put in the river this year. It will evidently cost the tobacco manu facturer $23,000. or. more ere they get through with, the great compromise case with. ,be government. Revenue receipts for tnis District for the month of March amounted to $51,474.48. There has been a very large attendance from this section upon the Federal court holding at Greens boro much larger than usuaL I he pros pect is excellent, at present, for splendid crops of every kind, and the fruit trees are sufficiently leaved now to greatly pro tect the blooms from any possible Easter time nipping frosts. .. . - I .The tobacco barns all through the coun try are crammed with the weed, planters waiting for better prices than are now ob tained,, which are distressingly short. The manufacturers will be at work very soon, and that Will Serve to attract a good deal mote of the'axticle to this market no mat- pter -wistr figures1 are obtaining,' and the farmers, many of them, can ill afford to. boM very much longer. Onr this market; inhe flu8h"i time or high prices, four years - ago, ' 1 1 have seen tobacco bring as higti as $15 per hundred. The shipment of tobacco from 1 thisT point - during the last eight months has been very consider- ,a(blev notwithstanding '- dull trade ruling ip me markets of consumption, because of tbe agitation of the 'question of tax in I Congress, a During the period referred to j uiere mre 8hjppea lo.ooo Doxes ana cad- dies of manufactured tobacco, 530 hogs heads and tierces of leaf and 182 hogs heads of stems, making a total of 1,704, 277 pounds. The large house in, Montreal of W. C. McDonald buys largely here and keeps a man ir the market continually. To show how certainly Winston is thriv ing in face of the very general depression only two insolvents were returned by the town constable after collecting the muni cipal taxes of the last year. The- County Commissioners are farming : out those in our jail serving out sentences, and they are at work upon the new water works constructing in Salem. The Moravian .Chapel in Salem is undergoing repairs. The large business of IL Vr. Foard & Sons at Elkin, Surry county, is being sold this week under executions in the hands of Sheriff L H. Taylor. The project of building a new road from Danville via this point to Statesville is exciting very great attention all through this region. A regular working commit tee, after having preliminary meetings, has been formed, consisting of Jos. H. Stock ton J. W. Alspaugh, T. J. Brown, J. E. Gilmer, G.M.Mathes, Dr.Wm.Brown,J.M. Fries and R. L. Patterson, who are corres ponding with other committees and parties at the points named and all along the pro posed route, preparing circulars to be submitted to the Board of Trade at Balti more, eta, etc., receiving subscriptions, etc. This point pledged $25,000 at the first meeting of merchants. It is proposed to build a narrow gauge road,: which prac tical men feel will be entirely; equal to the demand of business along tbe route, as is the case in Alabama and Northern Georgia, and such a road can be built for 50 per cent less than a broad gauge. Capt. Moore, a civil engineer, who has addressed the meetings of the board, says that a road of this kind between the points can Ie graded for $1,000 per mile, provided they could get 200 convicts of the State. It would require about $1,000 to survey. He says that a narrow gauge road could do all the business now, or at any time to come, from Danville to Charlotte. j Wm. W. Farrow, of South Carolina, a journalist, died here, of pulmonary disease on the 5th inst. He was editor of tbe Abbeville Banner since the war, and sub sequently connected with the Columbia and Charleston press. i Vrai. ca ii . icitij cou.vrv i.ti i Correspondence of Tue Observkk.1 Coxcord, X. C, April 10, 1878. Messrs. Editors : Farming interests were never iu a more prosperous condition for the time of the year than at this time. v neat, irom present appearances, is very promising. The season is fine, and farmers generally up with their work. If the amount of guano is to be taken as an index of the cotton raised in our county this summer, we may anticipate a large yield The Odell Manufacturing Company has been adding more spindles ami new cards to their already extensive cotton mills, Mr. Odell is a man of energy and expe nence, capable ol manai'ing such an enter prise, and I hope may meet with success, Jir. JacoD jicL univ, whose nmiu was so much affected some six months ago as lo requite his confinement in the cuunty jail, and who has had the sympathy of ai who knew him, 1 am glad totay, has been removed lo the asylum. Mr. M. is a son of Archibald McKurdy' (as tLjeu tpeiled ), the second representative Cauirrus seui to the Legislature, iu l?ifi. Mr. I). R. Cannon is building a line res ldeuce in one of the most ilesitable putts of the town JNortn I Lion stictt. A robbery of a trunk, the contei.ts of which was rifled by use of a false key. occurred at our depot (but uot.iti the pos session of the railroad) last November, by which a lady lost some $300, but the yuil- ,ty person escaped arrest owing to the want of proof, until a few weeks since, when some of the stolen articles made their ap pearance, a set of jewelry, having been bought in JSew lork, and Mutiny .00, but the subterfuge was too thin. So we may expect a true bill from ! the grand jury next July. ! Bill Emmons, a ward of the nation . of a ginirer-bread color, was commuted to jail last week in default of bail for $100, for lifting $25 off of the .counter of one of our merchants, where it had Ikjcu left by a gentleman while trading. Bill knew no thing of the vwney until he was introduced to a search warrant. W ilham no doubt thinks his case a nice point of Jaw for the Superior, or may be, bupreine Court to decide whether it was larceny or capiU lary attraction - Silver dollars are beginning to become remarkably abundrfnt,,but not in the form of U. S. Mint drops; It is the Mexican dollar, not the "doiW of our daddies," but spick and spaa new as if gotten up expressly for the purpose. It is rumored here that our banks are buying it at a heavy discount, and loaning it to their customers, thereby making in an indirect way a larger per cent of interest than they otherwise would get. Last Saturday there Was a mooting held by the Democrats of Cabarrus in the court house to appoint delegates to the State Convention, of which you have been in formed by telegraplu The political fever for the summer campaign has already set in. Many are eager to serve their county in an official capacity, as Sheriff, Register of Deeds, Treasurer, or in the Legislature. Cabarrus has no favorite son asking or ex pecting a seat on the Supreme Court bench. The citizens of this county deprecate the revival of the Ku Klux records of Judge Schenck, as it stirs up old strife and ha tred, and may cause dissension in the ranks of the Democratic party, when unanimity of action was never more needed. Our municipal election is leginning to ciaim the attention of our citizens; the all absorbing question, as usual, is "Wet or Dry." An old adage is, time about is fair play. The "Wets" carried the last elec tion, the "Drys" are entitled to the officers this time, provided they can carry the election eight to seven, or upwards. Lenox. Senator Jlerriuion. From the GoMsboro Messenger. A few days ago Senator Merrimon called upon the Secretary of War for information in possession of the War Department rela tive to the occupation of the Atlantic & X. C. Railroad by the . government from May to October 1865, and such further informa tion touching the exhorbitant prices char ged the Road for engines and other rolling stock, of which the Road stood sadly in need after the property was surrendered by the military. The Secretary of War seems not to have shown a very willing disposition to furnish the desired informa tion, but Senator Merrimon was determin ed to obtain what he sought for, and in keeping with his characteristic perseverance promptly offered a motion in the Senate that the Secretary be instructed to furnish all information concerning the matter in his possession forthwith, and as the result, before night, the Senator bad gained bis point. North Carolina has just cause to feel proud of her Senatorial representation, as also of that in the House. The courteous, gallant Ransom is the Chesterfield of the Senate, in ability;, the ; peer of any of his colleagues, and -respected and courted by all. Merrimon has taken a bold stand and is a leader among leaders. He baS earned for himself a national reputation of which any public man might justly. feel proud, and it is truly gratifying to see his Senato rial career strongly5 applauded" and 'ap proved even by those who violently op posed and so severely triticiscd his mode of election. ' " ' " i' ItiiMKia and England. Special to the New York Herald, 10th.) London. April 10. The replv of Prince rGortsohakofT to Lord Salisbury's circular reached London last evening. It consists of twelve paragraphs categorically answer ing the objections to the Treaty of San- Stefano raised by England. The tone of the whole dispatch is remai kable for calm ness. The c uc-ssions thai are offered re garding the boun daries of the new State appear conciliatory, but it should be re membered that the lines drawn in the treaty have never been definite. The frankness with which Prince Gortschakoff reiterates Russia's firm determination hot to surrender the results of the war merits nil praise from impartial men. Some copies of the Timet containing the dispatch reached the House of Commous during the debate on the Queen's address, and the effect was to immediately cause a more peaceable feeling. The hope ex pressed that England will no longer refuse to recognize the existence of a new order of things in Turkey seemed to give many statesmen matter for contemplation. The tone of the dispatch is firm no yielding Jrom the former attitude assumed by Russia is to be observed. The reply deprecates the importance of England's demands, giving plausible reasons for the proposed changes in the Ottoman Em pire. Again, it is asserted that although a slight rectification of the limiis of Bulgaria may be agreed to; the formation of a new Bul garia, south of the Balkans, iu a manner similar to that of the creation of the Moldo Wallachian principalities in 1830, has been positively determined on by Russia. 'Russia canuot allow the result gained by blood to be lost and nothing further than a slight rectification of the Bulgarian lines will be conceded. This determination, as ex pressed, looks very much like an ultima tum. c It England desires war Russia will not refuse lo meet her in the . field, and will rely on the gallantry , and patriotism of her valiant soldiery to vindicate her hon or and dignity. The army that has reach ed Constantinople after heroic sacrifices will maintain the honor of Russia against all enemies. , All minors that have pre vailed here during the past few days of Russia's yielding are totally unfounded Russia cannot and will not yield ! PKISCK UORTSCUAKOFF'S NOTE. The Times issued a special edition last night containing the full text of Prince Gortschakoff's reply to Lord Salisbury's circular despatch. Prince Gortschakoff contests Lord Salisbury's assertions point by point, but the general tone of his reply appears to be conciliatoi y. He denies that the treaty of Sau Stefano creates a strong Slav State under the control of Russia, and declares that the arrangements relative to Bulgaria are only a development of the principle established by the Constantinople ry r n. uonierence, lie continues "Lord Salisbury admits that a return to the programme of that Conference pure and simple is rendered impossible by the war. 1 he fact that the ban btefano treaty is preliminary indicates that Russia has not prejudged definite results and has left rtxm lor an ulterior understanding. Bul garia will be under Russian control no more thau Roumania, which also owes its exis tence to Russia. Russia is quite ready to abridge the term of the occupatiou of Bul garia as much as possible. "The limits ot. Bulgaria have only been indicated iu tieneral terms, iu accordance with the nationalityof the population. The details will bs left to a mixed commission. The only object in assigning' ports to Bui garia is to assist her commercial develop ! meut, by which England and the ' .Medite rranean Powers, whose commerce has al ways been a powerful lever for their H)!iti cal influence, are likely to profit fur more than Russia." Prince Gortschakoff expresses surprise at the objections to the stipulations of the treaty relative to Thessaly and Epirus. ' By the modest reforms stipulated for it is intended to avoid the appearance of either establishing Russian supremacy on the one hand or utterly neglecting the Greeks on the other. Russia did not forbid the Porte to consult the European Powers as well as Russia on the reforms for the Greek pro vinces. There is no longer any pretext for flebarring Russia from 'the possession of Bessarabia as'the freedom of the Dan ube is secured by the International Com mission." Prince Gortschakoff's tone in regard to Armenia is much more energetic. 1 le says: "Batoum is far from being equiva lent to the pecuniary indemnity which it represents. 1 he Russian acquisitions in Armenia have only a defensive value. Russia wishes to hold them so as not to have to besiege them at the beginning of each war. The territorial cessions are the natural consequences ofthe war. If Eng land wished to avert them she had only to join Russia in exercising pressure upon the Porte, which would probably have compelled it to grant the reforms without war. "England having refused to do so she has now no ground to question the right for which Russia has shed her blood, namely, the right i to establish a state of things which will henceforth render such sacrifices unnecessary, or, at least, less onerous. The assertion that Russia's an nexations in Armenia will interfere with the European trade with Persia conflicts with statements previously made by Brit ish Ministers. Such assertions push mis trust to the extreme. "The complaints concerning the indem nity are equally ill founded. The sum is out of all proportion to Russia's sacrifices. In the deferment of the payment of the indemnity it is easier to see a design to keep the Porte up to its engagements in the interest of all than a design to par alyze Turkey; but there is no remedy against suspicion." A XE-W OKDEK OF THINGS. Prince Gortschakoff says in conclusion : "The situation may be summed up thus : Existing treaties have been successively infringed by the Porte in violating its ob ligations toward the Christians and by tbe Powers in interfering on behalf of -the Christians. Lord Salisbury himself recog nizes that great changes are necessary in the treaties hitherto regulating the East. "It remains for Lord Salisbury to say how he would reconcile these treaties and the recognized rights of Great Britain and the other Powers with the benevolent ends to which the united action of Europe has always been directed, and the attai nment of which one learns with pleasure the Eng lish Government defcires namely, .good government peace and liberty for the op pressed populations. "It is equally for the Marquis of Salis bury to say how he could attain the de sired end outside thepreliminaries of San Siefano and yet at the same time take due account of the rights Russia has acquired by tbe sacrifices she has borne alone. "Lord Salisbury's dispatch contains no reply to these questions.' It seems that entire liberty of appreciation and action would have been more naturally found by formulating, side by side with the objec tions contained in that dispatch, sjme practical propositions of a nature to assure au understanding for the solution of the present difficulties." VEFT PEACEFUL IX TOXE. The Times, in its ' leading editorial this morning, says Prince Gortschakoff's reply shows a genuine desire to insure a peace -tible solution. The Tirruf correspondent at Berlin says it appears thatr Austria and Germany recognize the European character of the Bessarabian question without, how evcr,taking any direct steps to influence Russian resolves.' f t The St. ' Petersburg correspondent of the Herald telegraphs that negotiations We been begun with England for TiT purpose of enabling both countries tn I hi t down from their nrespnt onto .."a sit ion. It is suggested that Russia Lu p'." Snn Stefano and the P.nrliQK "H'nt from the Dardanelles, thus enabling e!' ntition to show a desire for conr.;i;...-a-1 WprA not. tolrt ivhiiK "alW propose e to retire. They will certainly ! Julgana until all matters relatin " 5rtion of. the disputed tprrit..... .wi, i lul. Ki,8-: leave Bi that nortion of,. the fliRniir ir...:. - r . - iciuloi V 'IP settled to their entire satisfaction. " NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. - FULLSST STORE IK THB STATB, " is. mmwi i 1 A?f NOW RECEIVING DAILY MV S -SPRING- STOS: DRY GOODS, BOOTSVND.SIIoKs MOTIONS, HATS, MATTLNG &o., AND CLOTHING. And rail attention of the public to niv f tm Brand, "U(VDi:." Gents' Band-Made Shoes for Gnilhit ' Something new and stylish. I have'just r.-,-t ,v BOY'S WAISTS. ASSORTED, for ages 5 to 9, which ta something new. IA. 1I 10 Hi ICII GLOVj-:s for 50 cents, nice and very cheap. DP.. w!LR2T2?.'B Healtii Corsets, AT PRICKS FKOt 30 cent TO' -..oo. PRETTY LINE OP PRINTS, ORASS ci.oths AM) DRESS (JOODS. Agent fur' Frank Leslie's Cut Paper Patterns. CATALOGUES SENT Ft; EE. . 1 1 otter jrood proods and at LOW pricks ailli compete with any companion Uoiiur ii-iniii-iit' husiiifss. CASH. . " J. P. GULLEY. ap 10-3)11 ll A AM MANTJFACTTJREES AGENTS.; WE ARE PREPARED TO H KNiMl The Best and nut luirul AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND MACEiirap.r. Manufactured in the I nited stii:. liy our arrangements with the m inuf ic -iuivii we get the best discounts otlere.i i any ajren; or dealer. We otter inducements tn tnosi- au i cipHting buying. Special circulars of any mfi'-inti--" fniiii!i--i upon application, all impiine pinmi.rv an swered and best possible informal lo-: ftmi:-:n i. mcli 14-:tm F11IB.S JgST RECEIVED. Delicious Smoked Broiling Beef, Choice Sugar Cured Pig Hama. Light Thin S. C. Breakfast Stripy, Fresh Cooked Corned Beef. J Fresh Cooked Beef Tong-ues. Prime Fresh Goshen Butter. Fresh Roasted Coffees, bulk "" ami packages. , . Peerless Table Irish Potatoes. Early Rose Seed Irish Potatoes. An Elegant Lot X. ACO II A 51 , siioi?i.ih:ks and K ( KHOM V FLOUR, Patapsco, Vauxhall, Crenshaw Mills. Choice N. C. Family Flour. Bbls., Sacks and 1-4 Sacks. $6, $6.50, $7, $7.50, $8, $8.50, !). NEWLIN'S CIDER CLIFF MILLS Selected Wheat t. C. Family Fir. SWEET POTATO PLANTINCS. Any quantity or variety furnl.stiel on short notice. OIGAP.C. Best line of 5 cent CIQA1W iu the cii v. Tit 'em and you'll buy 'em. GRASS SEED, CLOVER SEED AM) Ml LUX W. CJ. Ac A. II. STIIO.XAC II. X..A.-W SCHOOL. THE UNDERSIGNED PROPOSES TO KS tabliah aKC'HOOI, in KAl.l;l-" ,(."r the PREPA RATION OF YOUNG ENTLEMk FOR ADMISSION TO THE BAR. The advantages which thir city offers In ",e convenience ot access to the best libraries, 10 opportunities for attending ttw courts which re in session raQre than half the year, ami in hi' ing membera of the bar and other prominf'' gentlemen, surpasses t hoae f any other locim'J in the State. LECTURES will be delivered at night for tne benefit of those engaged in business. Fee for the Course Uni Hundkkd Doughs It is proposed to form a new class on January 1st, 18TS. Applicants received immediately. . Uod board, lodging, light and fuel ean he at $16 per mouth of four weeks. GEORGE V. STKOt.'t ooUMw6ra KalelKh, N.- Important Sale of Land. BY VIRTUE OF JUDGMENTS RENDKRK'' by the Superior Court of Wake county at t" Juue Term, 1SIT, thereof, in the civil a-iii's pending in said Court, entitled, resjiectivvi), James T. Morehead and others against i he !1, r''" Minine Company and others ; and Lindley M'"" and others against Patrick Murray, I, as miaaioner oi said Court, will, on Thursday, the 18th Day of April Sext, expos to public sale for CASH at the Court housloor in Raleigh all the lands ami mm interests formerly owned by the Heron -M '"" Compiny. The aaid landa lie near the city Kaleigh, and the various tracts cornpo-m? l' same contain about four thousand (4,)"") -r'" For more particular information apply W H at my offlce on Fayetteville street, iu l!al i!-"u March 15th, ls;s. JOHN OATUS;-Coiuinis-siouer- mhic-tds. -T W IlTWSnAIH J. A. WOBTHT' Carthage, l- ; Kaleigh, N. C. Carthage, HINSDALE Ac OKTI11Y Attorneys at Ua'i Carthage. N. C. Have formed ttco-partnersulp for the P, of law in the county of Moore. 0 - Attorney at Lv I KAIjEJOII, n. c May b found as heretofore Raleigh. lie will attend all the court! W " " Moore and Cumberland counties. i DOVt-dAw-U, Stronac troiiacl
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