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84LI8BUKT. 1"RI1AY, XlHfiBMM.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE OLD NORTH
STATE.
The eaeouragetneat which kll U giveo
to the publication of the OU Jfert Stmt to
Jftds place tilMM tbe COWSaeBOemeBt of the
present year has beea to r Beyond oar a
peetatious as to determine US to improve the
paper. We have ordered now rules aad will
appear la new drew Beit week- The paper
will be enlarged by tbe addition of an iaeh
m4 a quarter to the length of each eolnnin,
which will aid more than a column and half
to the amount of reading matter.
We hope that our friend and patroui will
appreciate our effort to rve them, and
that they will promptly pay us the arrearages
aiu for tiioicription. We greatly need the
Money to meet liabilities incurred in estab
lishing thepaper and publishing it for the two
Art year. If our subscriber would do this,
and pay na in advance for the present year,
it would make us feel quit at our ease. The
OU N4k StaU may now be considered one
of the esteetisW institutions of Western
it Is-aaaled by but otie in the extent of
It circulation, and, perhaps surpass ns that
one in rta errettkttkm la this State. It
sent one of the beat advertising medium in
this part of the country and in this re
will improve, aa its circulation is constantly
extending.
IMPORTANT OPINIONS.
Having last weak commented upon the
opinion of Justice Beade in the case of Ja
aobs against Underwood, declaring the Stay
Law unconstitutional we lay the opinion it
self before oar readers this week.
We also publish from the Standard an ab-
atract of the opinion of Chief Justice Fear
eon and Justice Rod man in the matter of
Galloway against Jenkins, declaring the
Chatham Railroad bond unconstitutional
The opinion seems to prevail that, should i
ease come up, the Penitentiary bonds issued
to pay for the Penitentiary site and the 8000
of land will share the aasse fate.
THE NORTH CAROLINA LAND CO.
The advertisement of 'titia Company ap
pears in the OU North StaU this weak. This
company has been established -for the trans
portation and location of Northern and En
ropean settlers, ia the State of North Caro
lina," and waa incorporated by a special Act
I of the General Assembly in 1800. It ha
been endorsed in its objects by quite a num
ber of the leading men in North Carolina,
including Got. Holden, Ex-Got. Worth, Ex
Gov. Graham, Ex-Got. Bragg. Ex-Got.
- Vance, Okief Justice Pearson, Judge Beade.
LTJudfe Settle, Hon. N. Boyden, Judge
tinea to
Pbitttyof
Persons having lands for sale would do
wall to eommuuicate with this company.
a the good indolent and entire ralia-
f the officers of the compear
STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
We call attention to the proceedings of the
State Agricultural Society which wa publish
this week. It will be seen that soma impor
tant action is proposed. We rejoice to see
Lf that the people of the State are again tarn
ing their attention to the material interests
of the country. These have been too long
neglected, owing, in some degree, to the in
tense political excitement which has perva
' ded the country since the close of the war.
That excitement, we are glad to believe. Is
i about to abate. We look forward with hope
- to a season of peace and prosperity under the
administration of President Grant, whieh we
feel assured wilt command the confidence of
the country. Wo feel confident that the
people of the South have passed the point of
. their greatest depression, and that from this
out their destiay Is onward and upward.
. We confidently expect to see a greater de
j gree of prosperity in this section in a very
few years than was ever dreamed of in the
Days of slavery. Whatever may have been
Hoe prejudices of the Southern people in far
F$dr of that institution they are fust coming
to the conclusion, with Gov. Wise, that It
w.ts a curse to the cou u try, and especially to
their own sectioo of it.
DEATH OF HON. BOuAND JONES.
Is Is with emotions of unfeigned sadness
that we are called upon to announce to this
eosamonity the departure from time to eterni
ty of owe of hs gifted and beloved sons. Hon.
Roland Jokes is no more. He died at his
residence, at Shiwveport. La., on the 5th J
of February, ultimo, la the 56th year of hia
asre. It is true there are but few now
malnlna- In this, his native Dlaee. and t
home of his youth, who knew hit) while
passing through those days of struggling and
self-denial by which he fitted himself for fu
ture usefulness and laid the foundation of
the eminence to which he afterwar Is attained
but few who wa'ched him closely in his
subsequent career of IisV and rejoiced in hia
successes and triamphs j and fewer who knew
him in.the practise of the high principles and
noble virtues by which he was governed
through life, or the warmth, firmness and
sincerity of bis friendship. To those w the
aad intelligence of his death will come with
stnnning effect, while it will create more or
less sensation with all classes who are proud
of him as a son of their town and county.
We make the following extract of a notice
of the deaeaaed, which appeared in the
Bhreveport South Western of February the
loth, from the pen of a gentleman w ho had
7
Judge Jones was born in ' Rowan County,
North Carolina, on the 18ih of November,
M.8 13. Ambitious to acquire a superior educa
tion, beaeeomptislMHl (ltl o4ect by his uuie-
pendent exertions after quitting the paternal
roof. On the completion of his scholastic sin
dies, be chose for his profession the law, and
combined bis reading with school-teaching un
til the fail of I83H, when be entered the office
ol Judge Caldwell. Towards the dote of 1837,
determining to seek hts fortune in a new coon
try, he removed to Brandon, Mississippi, and
in January of the following year, obtained li
cense to practice. In 1839 be went to the
Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
where he graduated in 1840. anil in the same
year came to Shreveport, landing hem in De
cember, lie returned to his native Slate in
1844, where, on the 1st of September, be eon
summated a marriage engagement with Anne
N. Stokes, daughter of a lorrner governor of
North Carolina. In 1850 he wa apporited by
(Jov. VI sheer Judge of tins district and tool
his seat upon the bench in October. The tern
for which he hsd been appointed having rxpir
ad, and the constitution of 1152 giving toe
choice of Judge to the people, he became
candidate in 18."3, haviug for his competitors
W. if. Ulam, ot Ue Solo, and Wm. Terrell and
Henry M. Spofford, of Caddo. Of these, two
were of hi own parish, and in politics three
were Democrats and one a Whig. H. M. Spof
ford. the Whig candidate, was elected. In the
same year Judge Jones was nominated by the
Democratic party of this district as a candidate
for Representative in the Congress of the Um
tad States. He was returned br a large ma
jority aad served during the two sessions con
Stituting the Thirty -third Congress. Hi career
in Congress was not characterised by oraton
eal display, but by a sincere devotion to the
lowest of his constituents.
Declining a re-election, he resumed the prac
tice of his profession, in which he continued
until 1850, when he was elected to the bench,
to complete the unexpired term ol Judge Cres
WoU, resigned. At the reg :lar rfcctiou in 1 8G0,
bo wss again placed upon ibe bench, and occu
pied it, with little to do, until thelhrrivaf of
fbdsraf troops, in June. fX5, when he was
Bed
a member ol this bar. slid for many ysart
JuiIvk of this bid icml district, ther.for be
Resolved. That in the death of Judge J
the legal piofeseion has lost sn bun
"uas, omj gPC
.cot
1 1 icnu,
tame sireuat
i ru soiveu. it i.i
he I hem t lei I SVnnni
to anite is
hr U bad niaatassioiisl exaaipla
lh the dotation ol hit Survivors, SaSBBa
memory will ever be cherished by tb.
mmuniiy ha lost a citiscn wnoaw laisg ny
leesv and tlie eooteiv isnieiewuii
Lose hospitality was as wgenaroossa
li and iidclity ol ms ineaosnip.
i ,he members of IBS oar iWHB
ihv to the lauiily of tbodeeras-
uers of ibe ooorts be requested
n body fh tl.cir attendanoe upon the
luneral of the deceased.
Resolved. Thai a cooy of tbSSS ISSOSntioBS
be eommiiiiiciited to the family of the deceas
ed; the cii v papers be requsftrtl to pobttsk
them, and the ch.irmaaA feanested to moW
that they be p reseated to the court to bespread
upon Ibe minutes.
ANOTHER ATT K MPT TO SWINDLE
THE 8TATE.
It seems t!. at another effort to swindle the
State o')t of Slhl.lMK) tins just been defeated.
Mr. Superintendent Ashley, ii seems, was)
about to sell to an adventurer 90,000 a. -res of
Swamp Lands belonging to the LitS
Fund, for $30,000, the said adventurer uH
ing previously eontraeted with paitieaJjMll
tork toUkethe land for
swindle was preyaaisdJiy JsBMsBBBmj-"-
en lie heard of the fnWtafTproinptly
Introduced, and had passed, rwilt re
uuirinir the sale, of Swamp DsnmWw the
Hoard of Education to be submitted to the
Legislature for its approval. It is a sad cum
mentary upon the degeneracy of the tinea
thut a Republican Legislature cannot trtBt a
Republican Literary Hoard, headed by a Re
publican Governor. HK
UNSEXINGWOMEN.
The National Intdligeneer has anjelo-
qnent artice on the detestable agltatim of
the Jay about piling the ballot to woven,
a nortion of a-liM we cov :
r wm j
"Tbax-fan be consider!, says that
paper, fB'"g hut invaders f donjestio
pcare inciters to social disorder, vintner,
and discord, who, seek to draw wkman
from Lcr appointed and supremcljr txalt
te under consideration com-
will ths list clause. Does the sec-
section impose the additional restric
tion (in the cases specified) of submitting
the subject to the vole of the people I The
question tarns upon this point. The word
"and" connectlng'thfl two clauses ia not
conclusive to show this. We moat retort
to other rales of construction.
In construction, the Court is not confin
ed to single dense, bat is to consider
to entire Instrument. The bill of rights
provides that tho Public Debt shall be
preserved inviolate.
Again, it is provided that Hills to raise
money shall be read three several times
on three different days. Again, the Gen
eral Assembly shall provide for the pay
ment of the interest on tho Public Debt,
tec, and provide a sinking fund. "Here
we nave a declaration of a purpose to main
tain the honor of the Slate and pay off
afire public debt -a rvbuko to hasty legis
TluUon in reference to raising money and
telgii.p; the faith of the Wtato " This
old uot besBBBBBBd without pot
to lbs tjsesaW of the debt by
tlit, bower of the legislature.
a clanse that the entire tax, for State and
count purposes, on real and personal
property, shall not exceed two-thirds of
one per cent; and then inserted a proviso
that ibis shall not be held to embrace the
Uses levied to- meet the appropriations
made for Railroad purposes, which must,
of coarse, constitute the great burden of
taxation upon the people for soma years
in the future. ;
It will be acen that when the School
Bill was tiiider,consideraiion in the Sen
ate, Mr. Lore offered an amend men t for
separating the whites and blacks in the
School. The amandnieui was adopted
S Swoet,""
idflBociety
by the foUrmsbi
Ayes jleW
purpose co
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to look at
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me iiiqiiii MSB BS1SISI
Hv subam a new I
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Gainst
nd
lat the
two of
Court is
the gHws evil which gave
UnnstssWbhal rcstrictiona.
nish a key to tlie meaning am
plainly that 'Ike who rune may
tBr petVIe Jrt Has been in
con true led in Threo modes. 1.
sarthtng stock in corporations
bonds to pay the same. 31.
bonds and taking bonds of g
an exenange. o. d t cap
BBk w . T.BSBz
K leas reasonaoie to st
Constitution would guard
these modes of evil in the fotiire, and leave
the public interest expo sod to the other I
To illustrate, would We impute wisdom to
an individual who, having a field exposed
on three sides, should carefully fence np
two of the sides and leave the other side
open I
Tbe word "give mnst be taken In Its
ordinary meaning. ItJyr no means ne
cessarily means a gratuity. (Jive ami
grant to equivalent fr dWi et ances$i"
I will give you my horso tor yours."
hat did you giro for yonr house and
lot T" "I will give you a thousand dol
lar for it, if you wilt give mn six mouths
credit." This i obviously tho sense in
which the word is need in the section un
ad sobers of home, ss tbe rriurdian kngel iier consideration. The use of the word
of the world's loner life, end plunge her,f ''d'' ln ddltinn to'r th- llreme
t 'IliaaSi.jlA sa a sbm anaas KIsb SBsBamaa
Bellamy, Hmgden, Burns, Illy the, Eavct
Graham, Harrington, Lindsay, Long, Ive
Mclchor, Moore, of fancy, McLaughlin,
Resp.iss, Bobbins, Scott, Hhoffucr, Wln
stend and Wilson 22.
Nays Messrs Barrow, Cntgrove, Cook
On motion of Hon. W. U.
Retolvrd, That a Committee
appointed by tho PrrsideaVwH
for the purpose of endeavoring bsT secure
from tbe Government of the United States,
compensation for the use and occupancy
of tho grounds and property of tbe Socie
ty sioee the close of the war. and until the
surrender of the property for tbe use of
the Society. Adopted.
Committee consists of Hon. W. II. U.
Sweet, B. 8. Tucker and Richard C. Bad-
ger
On motion, the Secretary was request
ed to publish these proceeding ia tbe city
papers, with a request that they ask every
g vote :
rs. Barnes, Beall, Herman, paper in the State to copy
The Society waa entertained by
spirited and interesting speeches from tlie
' ' h 1 -a
A very curious railroad accident hap
pened recently near Mirxoporo, India. A '
large elephant, seeing the red light and
tbe smoke, concluded the noisy locomo
tive wss an enemy to be summarily de
molished. Ho accordingly placed himself
on the track, and met the strange creature
head on, with trunk and tasks. Tho re
sult Was a drsd elephant aad eleven cars
capsissd. Only one maa waa killed
New Orleans, unlike ony other great
j city in the world, ia surrounded by wild
animals. Deer are shot within five mOes
of the City Hall, and alligators abound in
neighboring swampe. Old residents, hi
Rot. Dr. Smith, J. M. II. ck, T. F. Lee,
B. 8. Tucker, M. A. Bledsoe, B. C Had
ger, B. II . Battle, Jr., Dr. B. L. Beall,
Davis, Kpprs, col.. Forkner. Ilvmnn. col. i Bev. W. K. Pell, and others.
Jones ol Wake, Iegg, Martindale, Moore j On motion, the Society adjonrned, to
THE INAUG UR ATIO N.
The inauguration of Qkk. Grant aa'nhe
successor of Andrew JsnBon. PrastaatTof
the United SUteS. was in fiave taken- ptace
' on yesterday. Never since the foundation of
the government hoi there been so much an x
f iety felt aa to tbe course which th incoming
. Preside at will take. He has kept his own
counsels so weU that we are left entirely in
tbe dark as to who will compose his Cabinet
Iwr what his policy will be. Nor is the anx
iety manifested confined to those who oppos
ed the eteotioa of ths new President. Those
who nominated and alerted him are even
.more anxious about his course than those
who opposed him.
Tbe indications seem to be that General
Grant will pursue aa independent coarse.
j Of course we believe that his Cabinet, aad
other important appointments, will be taken
from tho Republican party, bet they will be
taken from ths moderate wing of that party.
''Nor do we desire to see him take them from
. any other party at the commencement of his
administration. Such a coarse would con
tinue party strife when his desire is to re
store pesee aad harmony. Those Conserva
tives who show a atspositioa to support his
policy aad there will be thousands of them
tf be pursues the moderate eoaree it is believ
ed he will will he taken tato confidence la
that be wm not sufficiently toy si. Returning
to bis profession, be pursued it actively, until
tbe summer of 1008, when his health, which
bad been waning for some years under the ir
ritation or a local disease, began very percent!
bly to decline. Hs visited the Breckinridge
springs In Panola county, Texas, witbthehope
ot experiencing benefit from the waters, but
they did him no permanent good. While
there, dropsy supervened, and in tbe latter part
of September bis physictai s liercsdvismg trav
el, and especially a sea voyage, be took passage
10 Mew Uileans, there to conclude, under fur
ther medical counsel, what course be should
adopt. He remain i" I there for some time with
out improvement, when it was suggested that
he should make a trial trip to Ualvesloo. lie
stayed but a few days there, and was some
what revived by the travel. In New Orleans
again, be soon loot the tiiditig benefits result
ing from his trip, and relapsing into his dispon
ding condition of mind, determined, as he him
self expressed if, "to ee-me home to die." He
arrived here from New Uileans on the 2Glh'of
November, bouyaiitand hopeful-bouyant from
the excitement produced by travel and the re
union with hi lamily, hopeful because bouy
snt. It was not long before his disease reas
serted its empire, and (Iter intense sufjering lor
two more months, he dropped quietly and
peacefully into ibe long last sleep.
On Sunday afternoon, the 7th, through mud
and rain, a large number of citizens assembled
at his bouse. The burial service of the Epis
copal church was there perlormed by the Rev
Mr. Waaner, of Marshall Texas. 1 he Shreve
port bar, representatives of the Masonic lodg
es, citizens with his sorrowing family, escorted
bis remains to tbe grave, and with the honors
Of tbe Urder be was buried..
In the death of Judge Jones society has lost
a prominent and highly valued member, and
Shreveport one of its oldest inhabitants; but
few ean date an earlier citizenship. He provi
ded for bis fa -inly a competency which be has
left to them, lie was an active promoter ot
education, and the material Interests of his
adopted town. He attained a high position fn
the profession, and bis decision of chai actor
Well tilted him for tbe duties of the bench.
As counselor, he was conscientious in his ad
vice ; as advocate, be was noted for the identi
fication of himself with his client.' He wss not
eloquent in speech, but solid in argument and
correct in language. He strewed no flowers
of rhetoric along his path, but addressed him
self to tbe understanding of bis auditors. It
not be said to those who knew him that
in ordinary intercourse with the world, he wss
a plain, matter-of-fact man ; one who was hon
est in his purposes, and steadfast in his convic
tions,' one who, while holding in no high ap
preciation the ptim conventionalisms of socie
ty, yet, when occasion demanded it, displayed
the courtly gentleman.
Peace to ha ashes I A Fut sn d.
ith hrr immeasurably fine and sesntsiae
sensibilities, ia tbe coarse and jarring
throng of masculine public life. The
times on which we nave fallen are all uu
hinged. Tbe same fanaticism which has
overthrown, or is overthrowing, the order
and good government of the States, in
its rest lenes under the wholesome re
straints of everything conservative and
settled, is striving also to overthrow the
order aad good government of tbe fire
side : and as in tho former ease the larger
brrty of nvm is pleaded ss the propell
ing motive, and in justifications, so in tbe
alter ease the larger liberty of woman i-
to
Slate wa-
of an jbbbI
fed. II
as a din
From the same source ws make the follow-
Ing extract:
Bab Mkktiko. At a meeting of tbe mem
bers of tbe Bar, at the court-house at 10 oV
dock, a. m , yesterday, Judge Land explained
tbe object of tbe meeting, by announcing the
oeam of noiand Jones, which sad event bad
taken place the night before. After a short
eulogy from Judge Land, upon motion, tbe
Cliairman appointed the lollowing committee,
via: Messrs. Egan, Nut, Moncure, Harris.
Duncan and CresweiL to prepare resolutions
expressive of the sense of the meetins- The
following r solutions were afterward reported
and adopted :
We have learned with nrofonnd
the death of tb Hon Roland Jooe. lat
j yet faucicd benefit that would
her, and through her to mankind. Any
man with a properly organised mind, and
who is capable of calm and philosophies
reflection on the nature and the province
of tho two'sexes, and bow they stand at
the antipodes, one of strength and the
other of tenderness, cannot but condemn
the tendency, as here indicated, of fanati
'ess a
cl and unbalanced nt lures ; and every
woman endowed as Heaven meant she
should be, in whose buiug beats a sense
of almost supcrhumtn elevation, and who
feels, ns she ought, that it is her high and
paramount pterogttive to create the socia
realm, and i ule it by the poH-rr and the
parity of the heart, must shrink, with in
stinetive and worn tnly dread, at the bare
thought of so uusexiug herself and cast
ing aside all that makes her better than
melt, as te-eiiter the low public and polit
ical arena of men, and participate in Hs
low ambitions, it corruptions, and its de
basing influenceed) Sho could not bat feel
herself profaned. Onco there, she would
feel herself an outcast, and look back up
on the sweet dominion, which she had
left, where she sat unsullied, I'fted op and
pnre, as onr lust parents did when exiled
from the Garden of Eden for yielding to
the tempter, and never restored to that
peaceful Eden again." JpF
Press tbe KaletgbfltatoJard, Mt
CHATHAM RAILROAD. 1
Appropriation of $2,000,000 Declared
Abstracts afMWbiionM ddkerei by
Judges 1 'ear son and Rodman in the
ttr qj uuitoirajf vs. Jetuemt.
OPINION Or PEARSON, CHIEF JCSTICt
Hy an act of August, lSG8,4he Gener
al Assembly enacted that,
Sec. 1. "To enable the Chatham Rail
road Company to finish their road, the
fabiie treasurer bo directed to deliver
the Company coupon bonds of the State
not to exceed two millions of dollars.
Sec. 2. "In exchange for said bonds,
the Company is to deposit with tho Pub
lic Treasury bonds of the Company of the
same amount, sumo interest and same
daw."-""-- -w
The tenure and effect of the statnte un
der consideration is to aid in constructing
a railroad from Cberaw to tbe Uoalhelds ;
the State subscribes two millions of dol
lars, and directs the bonds of the State to
be handed to the President of the Compa
ny upon the surrender of the bonds issued
under the set ot August 1868, and in the
same bill a tax ia levied to pay the inter
est annually.
The question is npon the construction
of Art. 5, Sec. S, of the Constitution. Had
tbe General Assembly power to create
this debt unless ths subject be submitted
to a direct vote of the people I
licitude to com a very aupposable case
in which tbe credit of the Mate might be
used whereby the public debt would be
increased.
Tbe suggestion that the credit of the
State was given to aid in the completion
unfinished road was not strongly ur
ine other suggestion that the State
eet pecuniary interest la the road
was properly abandoned.
" Our opinion is that tbe statute under
consideration is void, and that the Gener
al Assembly had no power to pass it with
out submitting the subject to a vote of tbe
people.
There is error i Decretal order revers
ed : this will be eertifird : Hodman and
Dick concurring. Pearson, C. J.
4iiiiipffil , , . ,.
ft m dsaiiied on both sides that the"
ease was properly in court, "The mate
rial q nest ion is, whether that part of an
act of the General Assembly, ratified on
tbe lath December, 1868, which relates
to tbe Chatham Railroad Company, (sec
lion 4, 5, 6, 7,) taken In connect ion with
the acts of which it i amendatory, vio
lates section 6, article 5, of tho Constitu
tion of thn State and transcends the con
stitutional power of the General Assem
bly." It most be admitted that tbia clause ol
the Constitution was iuteuded to impose
some restriction on the Legislative power.
The question is divided into two indepen
dent clauses. 1 he first clause, requiring
tbe levying of a special tax, has been com
plied with. No question cau arise under
this clause. The second clause imposes
an additional rcstiiction. This additional
restriction is superadded in certain special
cases to the first general restriction. This
additional restriction is submissive to the
vote of the poople. It must be udiuittcw
that the road provided for in the net of
the 1 St ! of December, 1868, is neither an
"unfinished road" ot a road in which the
State liad a 'direct' mmniiiarv interest
Any other contracrBWtjMtid render this
clans? totally ineffective. """ v
1 he qiiestioo, then, is reduced to this :
"Does the art uf 18th December, 1868,
give or lend the credit of the State in aid
of the Chatham lLulroud Company, or any
of Carteret, Smith, Sweet, Welker and
White 15. U
Messrs. forkner, Davis and Jones
changed their votes to the ufliimativc
This sehosflfttiucHs is going to be not
only a great nuisance, but a source of cor
motion and extravagance.
A communication from the Governor to
uuui-ciiiiiiavwii ilia ci
ulldiug on Capitol fsfana
e use of the Supreme Court and Stte
tbrary. 1 uas much as tbe state Treasn
ry is vmpty, wo think it would have been
well for tbe Governor to have stated bow
the money was to bo raised for the addi
tional expense.
Some idea of the way nnnicd men con
trol tbe legislature may be formed from
tbe remark of Mr. Downing in the Honse
last week, lie said that there was no
money in the Treasury to pay members,
aad that none could be borrowed by the
Treasurer until a proper tax-bill to raise
revenue, was passed by the Legislature
"Money is power," and members ol the
General Assembly are obliged to vote for
nfjpi uxegp order to get money enough
in the Treasury
which is only 9
each day s
with legs c
suiting in a
DCiiOO up O!
pay th. ir per diem,
three or Tour hours
...
comtortabte scat,
a prop in front.
- Democrat.
i
other person, ass
If it docs, it is
tton is express
clear as it is
it Tbobon
dlt of tbe S
could they
the
fore t
at unco
In th
teriai whet
at par or not.
nutted to tiie
1 concur in
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STATB AGRICULTURAL SO
CIETY. Court ITotfSR, Raleigh, N. C.
Feb.0, 1868.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the
tbe state Agricultural Society, comprising
manv of tho most enterprising and intelli
gent members, -eras held this day at the
above time and place pursuant to adjourn
ment. .
The proceedings of the previous meet
ing having been read and approved an
invitation waa extended lo nil present to
enroll their names, as members of the So
ciety, when a very laree number respond
ed.
Hon. S. H. R gers, on behalf of the
Committee appointed at the previous meet
ing, reported the follow ingfteo,lotion,
which was anaaiowasly adapted, v :
RemAicd. 'I bet a Committee of five be
appointed to confer with the Secretary ot
State and the Agricultural Committees of
the Legislature, with reference to the or
ganisation of tbe Agricultural Bureau pro
vided lor oy tbe Mate Constitution, and
also to consider what changes may be ne
cessary in tbe Constitution of the Society,
to adept it to present circumstances, to fix
its relation to the Slate Bureau, when es
tablished, and to report to the next meet
ing of the Society.
Tho following gentlemen constitute the
Committer, vix : Hon. 1) M. Barringer,
Rev. J. Brbtsofl Stnitii. D. D.,S. II. Sei
by, R. Kingslund and Da R. L Beall.
Mr. Rogers informed the Society that
the Committee had examined into the So
ciety's title to the land occupied by the
Fair Grounds, and fonnd that tbe deed
drawn by 14011. 1). t . .Moore, some years
ago, had not been recorded bnt that he
had set n the Commissioners of tho City
of Rah i-h, who were ready to make tin-
deed, upon the terms lierrtofoie agreed
upon.
On rootionf K.Wbattle, Esq., was ap
pointed toma-puic the deed above referred
tofjud haSBJaWit duly recorded.
The Society proceeded to the election
of officers, and on motion of R. C. Bad
ger, Esq., a Committee of five were ap-
Hon. D. M. Barringer, Hon. 8. II. Rogers, deed, remember m hen young alligators
were caught in tbe street getters. Tbe
last news is that aa American spotted ti
ger has completely devoured a Utile girl
In a parish not far from tbe eity. eTbcao
animals, it is said, are increasing in that
part of LouMian.
Mm Joshua kMasBll Prnrilsa-
BeBBrBTB
telliaeneer. 1
Cabinet Gossip. Dawes Is
by many a a very probable
new, and that either he or Mi
den will represent New Englai
reasonable conjecture. We
tiume of
sJK
Cabinet of-
r, Feasea-
idisa very
hear the
meet at the Court House, in the City of
Rah igb, on Thursduy, tbe 25tb day of
March, 1869.
K. P. BATTLE, Pres't
P. P. Pkscud, See.
General Items.
Br
Port Huron, st tlie innetfon of W
pcri.r, Michigan, and Huron, is proclaim
ing hef advantages as the coming metro
polis of that part of the world. She dis
dains Chicago, and promises soon to
eclipse ber.
What hi that yon should always keep
after yon have given it to another t Your
word.
' Tbe New Yorkers are now complain
ing of adulterated funerals undertakers
furnishing block-tin in Ilea of silver for cof
fin plates
Tbe di or of tbe Richmond (Ky) Reg
ister "stops the press to acknowledge the
receipt of a bottle of whiskey
An old minister the other day asked
a woman what could induce her husband
to attend church : "I don't know," she
replied, ''unless yon were to pnt a pipe
and a jug of whiskey in tbe pew."
. . 1 . .1 .111... . . mm 1 ... 1 v i. w. i.w L-.M in j . . .
thul hn haA siinnralifinfia liArmr nf VAm I . ... .
r- the Ivnx killed 111 I'owhaltan cvmnt a
day, and the number thirteen. 8trangej menth or two since a solitary specimen of
a a. a a-a a a a t t r a a
ins lamiiy and must hove escaped from
a menagerie, is incorrect. A 10iiIIiibb1
on Seventeenth street has the stufRd skin
..r ... Ltn.J : v. nr:ii:
P. L. Maroon, of North Eov W"T ,ucu " """ W
iv a 1111,11 li I or Lwn Htnr-f. inn l E it mm
same color, is about the same sixe, 1
has tbe tufted ears of tbe Powhatan 1
eimen. There must be many of the
this latitude, consequently, the im
that this atiimalis a denizen of that
North, i incorrect. - J
j an tiawaiar
to say, be died on Friday, tbe thirteenth
Of ."November.
Mary E
glish, Iowa county, Iowa, advertises her
self as an "Attornryess at Law."
Tbe weaitbieet man in America is said
to be young Stevens, son of the late Ed
win A. Stevens, of Hoboken, who, when
ho reaches hisjJBBjority, wisjsnfco worth
'maMTt h
A gentleman visiting Mr. Lincoln for
the first time had beard that ne ouo could
tell a story to Old Abe without reminding
biro of another. Desiring to hear one of
Mr. Lincoln's stories, be related an anec
dote for the purpose of drawing him pat.
After he had concluded, Mr. Lincoln, who
seemed to divine tbe object of his gnat,
studied awhile, and then said, with a droll
twinkle of his eye, "Well, I believe that
don't remind me of any thinav" Mart
Kails in the Foot. To relieve from the
terrible effects of running a nail in ths
foot of men or boise, take peach leaves
braise them, apply to the wound, confine
with bandage, and tbe cure is as if by
magic.1 Renew the application twin $
day if necessary, bat one applicatioa
generally docs the work. Both man and
horse have, in a few boor, when appar
ently on the point of having the lockjaw,
been cored.
8150,000,000, wf the advl
tate in New Jersey.
sis es-
tdS MAS'. Eif6XLHED,
Wilmington Journal, attended tbe
ing of 'be Southern Press Associai
Georgia announces an early spring cently held in Mobile. In tbe Journal
The peach trees are in full
buds of tbo forest bursting,
I bloom, tbe' Saturday, the Major speaks thus bopefah
, tbe woods ' ot l H"
around Savannah are redolent of tbe per-! " n0 encouraging to persons who
fume of the jasmine and honeysuckle, I " "u lu? ppooniii 01 travelling
, , . , , . , :t much through the South to witness the
green pea. are knee-high, hyacinth, andf and Rgratiflnf iwSSJd
other spring flowers are blooming, andhperation which some portions present,
early vegetables arc abundant. . and which most assuredly will soon reach
ail- If such a wonderful change has beea
A cold climate seem, to be favorable to ' brought about by a single remunerative
long life. According to a Russian jour- furvtsat, what can circumscribe tho hope,
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HHaHPaTl.iei Jus- Orfsnwtion,
J afge kWh' were tendered
THE LEGISLATURE.
Tbe Treasury is still empty, and yet
members of the Legislature persist in stay
BBS at Raleigh at an expense of 17 per
day to tbe people of the State 1 So-called
Conservative Democrat, appear to be
BO more anxion. to economise than Radical-Republicans.
Tho promoter, of ex
travagance are not divided bjf party lines
or party names.
No day for adjournment ha. been fixed,
and we don't think there is much anxiety
en the part of the "bands" to retire at
present.
It will be Beea by the proceedings that
the Honse of Representatives, last week,
passed tbe Revenue Bill bo its third read
ing by a vote of 43 yeas to 37 nays. The
tex oa real estate was fixed at seven-twen
tieths of one per coot instead of two-fifths
-that is, 36 cent on the f 100 value in
stead of 40 cents. Tbe bill is now under
eonsiderMrftn in' tbe BbbbbbT) .
The House incorporated ia the tax bill
leu!,
iiii.i
t T ,T wnounj
i
pointed to mako nominations. The Chair
appointed on said Committee, .Messrs. W.
R. Pool, Geti. L.G. Estcs, Rev. DsvJL
Briiison Smith, R. S. Tucker, and Dr. R.
L. Hi nil, who reported the following,
which was unanimously conenrred in:
For President. K. P. Untile, Esq.
IV Viae Presidents : It H. Bridgers.
Col. Fremont, Hon. I). M. Barringer, S.
" "'r tfl
Recording Secretary : P. F
tBBawWMMm " '" " "Bfcr"".y
t rtecretary r II
JJ.
H. Jones.
tlie Chairman.
tbe President to the chair.
tbe thanks of the Society
lo,H. O. Parker, Esq.. for
tne very acceptable manner in which he
bad discharged his duties as Chairman at
thia and previous meetings of the Society.
On motion of R. C . Badger,
Resolved, That tbe Presided t be reques
ted to appoint all such committees, as may
be required on tbo various subjects calcu
lated to interest and advance the prosper
iteMnd asfifnlncss of the Society, and that
safo Comnrrnees be requested to report at
the next annual meeting of the Society, in
October next. Adopted.
On motion of Tim. F. Lee,
Jtesolred, That tbe President of the so
ciety, and the Execntive Committee, be
authorized and have the power to make
contract with Messrs. i. W. Wynne &
Co., or other parties, to put thef Fair
Grounds in order and to enclose tbe same,
in consideration of certain privileges given
them.
Mr, M. A. Bledsoe moved to amend by
adding, ' said agreement to be submitted
to the next meeting of the Society, for ap
proval or rejection," which, atar a spirit
ed and lengthy discussion, was rejected.
nal, the deaths during 18G3 at Irkootsk,
Siberia, included six persons over 110
years of age. Two had reached their
l?6th year, and one died at the ago of
131. Three others wero more than a
century old. 1
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The number of newspapers in tbe
Southern States is as follows: Texss,
1 14 ; Louisiana, 94 ; Alabama, 87 ; Ar
kansas, 43 ; Florida, 23 ; Georgia, 96 ;
North Carolina, 46 ; South Carolina, 67 ;
Kentucky, 79; Mississippi, 73 ; Tennes
see, 92. .
The prayer which Socrats taught hi.
disciple Alcibladcs deserves a place in the
devotions of every Christian : "That ho
should beseech the supreme God to give
him what was good for him, though he
should not ask it, and to withhold from
him what would be hurtful, though he
be so foolish as to pray for h "
.1 a. . , a
or even tne reality, when me labors or
husbandmen shall be blest, season after
season, with the rich rewards of their in
dustry and ibe fertility of their soil. If
so much can be done in one year, after
three successive failures, and four years of
bloody and wasteful war, without the aid
of foreign capital, without even, its sym
pathy, when labor was disorganised and
society itself in a disordered condition,
what may we expect when capital and
population seek onr section, when wise
and just laws organise society, and labor
is controlled by the great law. of supply
and demand ; when peace, real, lasting.
just and honorable pence, blesses ns again
BHsm ots uonencial presence. Who
contemplate tbe boundless weak
power of the Southern States V
Startling. Mr. .Tencks, member of
Congress, has delivered and address in
New York in whieh he undertook to show
that the money annually stolen from tbe
Government by corrupt oflicials was saf
ficient to pay tbe national debt. The
tenure of-office act, freeing public officers
from responsibility, has been the greatest
premium to tbe robberies.
v. c- . ... .-' - a
What it Costs to Fight Indians. The
expense of suppressing Indian hostilities
during tbe year 1865 and 1808 was over
was over 830,000,000. The several In
dian wars within the past twenty yean
cost us 3750,000,000. Tbe present cur
b m ne i
rent expenses oi our Indian wars ars
about 81,000,000 per week, or 8143,880
per day.
Tbe Hon. Walter Brooke, of Mississip
pi, who occupied a seat in the Uotited
States Senate in 1852-'3 made vacant hy
the resignation of Hon. H. 8. Feote, died
en Saturday last from strangulation
caused by the ind action of aa oyster into
his windpipe, '
COMMPXICATED.J
Mr. Editor: Did you ever attend an
a 1 a m ' -
Academy, located at some beautiful
in tne eonntry, as a pupil T It no
may never have witnessed an E
lion, or, a. it i. frequently called
hibition, which sometimes i
the close of tbe session. But
ever witnessed one of these country exhi
bitions or not, I can assure you that you
missed an interesting one by not being at
Hickory Grove Academy, near Third
Creek on Friday the 10th of February.
The reputation of Prof. A. W. Owen as
an instructor of youth is generally known,
but his skill in training children of all
them ages, preparing for future usefulness,
may not he as generally known as it
should be.
The school referred to waa a mixed ass
not of white and colored children, bat
ot boy. and girls, each aad all of whom
had something to say, and they said it in
a manner and with a grace which did hon
or to themselves and reflected credit noon
their teacher and parents. The exercises
consisted besides a general review of
their studies of compositions, dialogue
and speeches, sll of which wero instruc
tive, and some were both amusing snd ia-
structtve. In speaking some did excel.
In acting aU did well, hart a report
the would be incomplete wit.
mention of the dinner, which waa aU thj
hungry man, woman or child could d
sire. In short, every feature of the Ej
ami nation or Exhibition waa a success.
whieh brought back, ia imagination, th
happy days of Aald Lang Byns lo a l
erxcraxox,
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