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BY J. L. P E i i 1 1 G T 0 1 & CO. ' Bm - "S STATE CONVENTION Thuridat, Oct. 5th 1865. The Convention met pursuant to adionrnmAnt. Prayer by Rev. Dr. Craven f the Methodist church. The Journal of v ester cUv was read aud aDDrnvad. .Mr. S H. Wa'kup, the delegate from Union county, iimixmcuuit woucaiwu, was quauuea ana cook bis rttb. Mr. Settle from the Committe on the abolition nf err presented as iia report n ordinance abolishing and VL I pru lulling siave j or inroiuntary servitude iu the State of North Carolina. BBsoLnnova and ordinances. r. Alien, ot Uuplm, resolution tnstruo'inf th t v.-uiiuiureuo ine M vun m r in ri Constitution to en .ui.p iiio x.ieuieticy ot nrtn a certain amount ol Yiue i..a ox acres ot Und a .d qua.inc itions wi ui. u.weis oi ioe gen -rai a-taemllv, and the propriety w. . p.owi o uutiU'b) km to reside in th Coui ty wheie thev po ttl-r, a nperioVd lime. Mr Furcn-8, s.lmi n requ -snog th same m mutee to piopoeg plan f.ir th adjustment of pri uteot btf ci.ntiac ' d Juiinij the war Mr. hllig. a ie. luuon of trunks to Andrew JohnaoD Pi-d.n of the Uni rd States. M Km m'ted to suspend the rules and that the res oluiiwu be put up n it.- several readings "r. Ptu "P3 opp..ted the parage .f the motion and - Mid the tuiea were mde f-.r the purpose of pr ventius JUM euoi. hasty action. He farorrd the ref-rence to a CcmuiUttee of theailministraiion- .f both the Pre id-nt anl .hf O-.Tern .i. ot tbe riiate, aud that th Commute, report as they deem beat. 1 he Convention refused to suspend the rules and the resolution lie -ver. Mr J ce, a resolution asking the. appointment of a committee .f Ht- . assem the vl e of the State n D erty and to enquire into the expediency of appropriating Mr. Oar..nd an ordinance providing for tbe electi. of Justices of the Peace bi nniallv hvth- ion Mr Moore, an ordinance declaring what laws and ord inances of the State are now valid and obligatory and legitimatizing man iairea and other acts performed during the late war. ( Legaliz s all existing laws not m cor.fl.ct with the laws and Constitution ol the United States ) A message was received from his Excellency the Gov emer with an address of the Colored. Convention to this Convention. The address was read, and, on motion of Mr. Thomp son, referred to a committee. Mr Caldwell of Guillord moved that it be referred to a special committee. Mr. Caldwell remarked that he had been, in times fXSl aeDlOQl,ced " n abolitionist, as nailing from the -"Massachusetts of North Carolina." He had then ai.d bow held bis own opinions on the subject ot slavery and - he wished to improve the conditi n of the freedman! but be wished the whole country, North and Sonth, to come up to the work of ameliorating his condition, would like to see them leave the cities and towns whee they will inevitably starve at their occupation of blacking boots, Ac., and, as it were, "silted all over the land" from Canada tj the gulf. When this was done and tbe whole people came fully up to the work, the people of the South, instead of having a feeling of antipathy to wards them, would give the black race as many privi leges is Connecticut or any other State. The motion was adopted, and the following is the committee : Messrs Pool, Stubbs, McGehee, Buxton and Mclvor. The following was announced as the committee on Justices of the Peace : . llestrs. Mclvor. Walkup, McCleese, Willey, Allen, ypncer, Baines, Hodges, Lyon, McDonald of Chatham, Polk, WoKae. Bradley, fcllis, Garland and Dickey. The GHwing the committee. on amendments to the Constitu not otherwise referred : Messrs wnell, Manly. Stubba Pool, Wright, Dock cry, Winston Gil,iam Browa, Mebane, Ward, Adams, BjDum, Ca dw ot Burke, Henrv and Logan. The following te committee on the acts of the Legis lature and the lorn nf l86L: - xr a Messrs. Phillips, luehee, Wright, Norfleet, Buxton, Bvnum, Boyden, Brot Harris of Rutherford, Conig land and Baker , The committee to redisivo.t the State, are Messrs. 81oan, Jones of Rowan, Jon B ,?f Henderson, Smith of "Wilkes, Joyce, McLaughlin, .McDonald of Moore, Mc Cauley, Smith of Johnson, Joy Oer, Neal, A. McLean, McKay of Harnett, Perkins, Sanded Adams and Wilson. , UNFINISHED BUSINESS The ordinance presented by the comuittee yesterday, declaring that the Ordinance of Secession .nd a'wy has been null and void, was put upon its eecoml reading. Mr. Ferebee offered the following as a subs titate : We, tue delegates of the good people of th. State of North Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare ' and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordaineuV the ordinance of the Convention o'f the State of N."wtb Carolina, ratified "on the 21st day of November, in vNe year 1789, which adopted and ratiaed the Constitution of the United States, is in full force and effect : and the ordinance of the late Convention of the State of the 20th day of May, in the vear 1861, is hereby declared to be ; mull, aad the same is. hereby repealed, resoinded and abrogated. Mr Manly favored the substitute as a Compromise, though he was not entirely satisfied with its verbiage. i The Convention, h had no doubt, would do him the jus tlce to believe that he had no desire to embarrass the - Convention or protract the attainment ot the great c-b-ject for whici it met. He objected to the ordinance le- 1 cause it wa couchec in language unusual, unnecessary, and by no means courteous to the . grave Convention 'of 1861; and nullified tbe law as ma 'e by that Convention, j declaring it had no legal existence, which, he remark ' ed, wad a matter of doubt. Mr. Bo) den said be considered-it a matter of the ;ravest importance to the people of this State that the aBguag of the oHinanee should be by all means ad V Jiered to, and that the secession ordinance has not and tnever has had any legtl existences -ffect, and that the .wdinance of 1789. ratifv ing the Constitation, ia and al ways has be n in full force and fiVct. It tbould be eruphatical y dec'ared by this Convention ' th al thrj Couvention ot 1861 bad no legal power to xe TJi- or abr- gate this ordi anej. Tiieftat occupied her ti ue p sition before 1861. aaid - w.r havl T. k 8 under tbe Constitution never denied, and I nhuhlh Gvei umet t dare not deny li wad tbe desi-e of some t tike iron xx onr rights ai ). aS ate aod as American citizens It therefore necs ? sary 'Mffi'ia the continual binding force of the ordi i nance f 1 89. m oider .hat we may now c'aim to be en P titled to all the guarantts of the Constitution of our i fataei . -Bd our ibU under that gl.iioUs old instru I aent, i which we have been dwprived b nothing but ille- ga. uii'ii force, tie wished be delegate to consider . I weh b t'i changing tbe wording of the .01 dmance in anv .f parjicula. r V'heu our representatives knock at the t doi.r ot C ong'ess tl ey tbould go wi b the undeniable right tad wiion. The ordinance was in consonance f with the h '1 injf of the author.' .tie at Washington in re I grd to tbe rebellious States that we are not out of tbe I Uui -n. 1. tid Mr. Beden, wish to meet them there trxactlv. and tv declare that we are not and n vt-r have . ... r-r it; ' l .1. L. ben out oir ihe Union We have never elt tha Operations of the federal constitution on'y through its blessings; Go. 4 grant that tfcose blessings may be oun at ' tbe earlie. t practicable moment and that the miserable be wy of s cession may be buried o oiep that thd band of resurr- ction can never reach it. Mr. Boyden saw no-thin di?coureoU3 or unnecessary in the language of the ordinance This was an unus'iaf as 8euiblae, he hoped a nec sa ty for anothet like it would not aris e, the verbiage of the ordinance was intended to prevent the recurrence of secess-oo. and its consequent desolation. The language could not be changed without detriment to the great obj ct of the Convention ana he hoped the original ordinance woald 'be adopted unanimously. Mr. Ferrebee sa d he had never given utterance to any language in favor ol tbe doctrine of secession. His entire course had been one of opposition to it, and he Lad in the Legislature opposed to the last the call of a ' Convent. on to consider it. But at the time of the passage of the secession O; dinance, that body was the creature -ot circumstances, and had no power to resist the course of events. These circumstances were the powth ot years, and culminated necessarily in the shedding ot blood. North Carolina was the last to revolutionize . . her action was forced upon her by the action of tier Southern sister states. Although the sentiment or Sortb Carolina had, a few wetka before, been one oi utter hostility to secession, the action of tbese owm suddenly changed that sentiment, and led to the undivi ded vote ol her Convention on the ordinance of secession. The State coui not have done otherwise. A course was taken which she ma regret, but of which she has no reason to be ashamed. North Carolina had sent thou sands of gallant spirits to the field, who had poured out their blood at her behest, and be considered the IwiBW of the ordinance a stigma upon the Convention of 1861, sad upon the gallant dead. Being overpowered, let us accept tbe result of the war andJjoln heart and hand in our return to tbe UBion. If we are on our journey home," why throw obstacles inbe way. Tbe ordinance of the committee makes aO Carriages and births since 1861 illegal and Illegitimate, and our judiciary murder us. 1 desire to hasten the object ot the Convention : VOL. VI. to rrnm tt citizen. Let u n.fl r 'J11' -w-abidine bow oOLntred by me, and in the Union: 48 8be 18' the mo8t loJal State . ' nic uninn. ini . i , , .... Mr Odom said he was in f-,. v . committee. The wr h- T'Vlu"1 Au UI uina.Bce 01 'hitiir It hH K iT eTen patn ts some- rnrf o.-.u . cpuuncan srovernments ;D iltrueHon and car,y mtbii ,hem th se' of inSi; h7?h . CU?n 1 can conceTe of no language too hi ah to ue in regard to th to!.-k ifr t0(l ecession, and I therefore favor the original ordinance Ihis doctrine has well nitrh .nin.H ..t ,?!na.nc!' m of this rebellion, who h.hlr.T:. t"Z laa .-rveU heaven," like Raman of old bnilr. W fT . j . r- -". . ... . wu kuuj; iiu .ue iiony mion of I V bad o en to-eefi to nrt ces over which thev i rob.blc hH j l j . , m v1 ' 1 1 vt vj i u o Uulv f 1861 .rd1!?-"!? i16 JS?a member of h- Convention i lobi and 8i rj eandidK mt .tn ko u.. i light, ( urn. . b. Badger) wh'ch he dep v regretted lo, himself and th tai .R n.,w obamrS am.i.VhlS aim ana kea . is opinion of the right ot seces ion. He answered that he had been a lawy r tov U.ng to believe in a right without a remedy that he would claim it as a ritfht when so maintained a rijjht to b conceded when established by taose cla ruing it as such He though in voting tor tbe ordinance that he ws Dassmu a great charter to bind the people ot the State and had been sustained on this point by the opiuion of the same great jurist. Mr. H. thought with the great Athenian Urator, that in sedition or revolution a man must tak one side or the other, er be disfranchised, and he had been so 1- fluenced in his action. Mr. Fool said the effects of the action of this body on these two ordinances are of the utmost importance. Twelve months aero North Carolina was either in or i.nt of tbe Union; if she was in the Union hen she is in it now, and vice versa If she i9 in the Union she is enti tled to her tights under the Constitution ; if out of it she is now a conquered province, at be mrcy of the con queror, we have two propositions to consider. In one case we stand upon the broad constitutional platform built by our fathers, wi h our rights secur-d by the sa cred constitution framed by them. In the other we throw those rights to the-wind and must needs kneel at the feet ot the conqueror, appealing tor mercv The in tent, spirit and woi ding of tne Constitution shows it to to be (and 1 state the opinion as a lawyer) a compact which binds forever the parties to the contract and does not, in any manner, recognize or lean towards the right of secession. Tbe gentleman from Camden say s he on- posed the doctrine of secession We seem to be fighting to day thusame doctrine. I would remind him that the truth ol five years ago is tbe truth ef today He did not believe in the right of secession, but bad, in voting for it, committed an act of revolution in conflict with the Eupreme law of the land, the Constitution of the United States, and he should be willing to ignore the legal exis tence of the ordinance. The Convention of 1861 acted under constraint ; no bayonet was pointed at the breast of delegates, rutthe action of tbe body as influenced by tbe action of other Southern states and outbid e pres sure. The secession ordinance bound citizens by the aid ot a bayonet at thj brest of every citizen. We are eitaer a cot quered people or we are under tbe igisot tbe Federal Constitution, and I do not intend even by implication to assent to the legality of recession. iNo stigma can by any in erpretation ot tbe ordinance be caet on the gal ant dead, who rushed to arms when appealed to by their mother state. God forbid batl should not honor the patriotism and sell sacrificing de votion of Norton Carolina's heroes of a hundred battle fields. They are not to blame, but those were to blame who called them out by exercising an unconstitutional power. Mr. Pool closed by saying that he did not and never had believed that a majority of the people ot North Carolina had been in favor of Secession. (Sup pressed applause.) Mr. Conigland yielded to no one in loyalty, but favor ed the amendment, as he did not see the nt cessity of de claring "null," that which was already bo. Mr.Piiliips preferred the original Ordinance, but woald not stop to parley about verbiage. Either ordi nance would effect the object desired, as the monosyla bie null expressed all thai was wished. Mr. Mebane favored the original ordinance, but if the Convention did not see bt to pa3s that he would wheel into line and vote for the other, as that would obtain the saoie end. Mr. Cldwell of Guilford, said some delegates were very squeaniish about conscientious scruples. He had been treated with every indignitv on account of his devotion to tbe Union, and no 6uch scruples seemed to actuate bis peisecut rs. Judge Howard. Does the gentleman say that any member of this body has so treated him ? Mr. Caldwell. No, but your disciples did To repeal a law presupposes its existence, the very thing I wish to deny the ordinance of Seces ion. -Pending the question, the Convention adjourned to 10 o'clock Friday. ; NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. DRY GOODS TO SUIT EVERY,1 TAS IE, VALUED AT 50,000 DOLLARS, Are now on Exhibition at Mansion cfe? &t3?ox&'t&, NO 68 FATKTTKVlLLE STrtEKT AND NO. 3 MARKET SQUARE, RALEIGH, AMONG TBS LOT DELAINES, POPLINS. CASs I MERES, PRINTS PERFUMERY, SHOES, BLACK SILK, UMBRKLLAS, SH KblRS, " FRENCH MERTNO. P0:KEf KNIVES, GROCERIES. Lli.LY White, LOVE VEILS, GLOVKS. COMBS, PARASOLE T'l ES, KID SLIPPERS, EDiINiS, FRENCH D'MITY, BIRD'S EYE DIAPER, LADIES COLLARS, BELTS & BUCKLES. W e are prepared to sell in large or email quantities. Parties buying good. by the piece will SAVE MONtT uraer iruw -"-j r 7 -a ;. f anv arti- onr personal attention, una F..wv w. j - ele by mail, on pp"l-"" Oet 6 tf MAXON b STRONG. Field Jz Fireside Publishing House, FayettcTille nt , Ra.eiglV . C. . y-.W1 C l Q1 YTV. TT1VE WV. WANT XU $J tSC-nx ieUT,red WM ' ltb. BT.H.J coODELL, Bnv-U, . . n. tj. Unkli.hlnir PT ,n AM. Oct 6-36 o-.i niiu ingert three time. Agtanaara wa pw""" r t TO MECHANICS. -nrk NT ED TO CONTRACT WITH BOVB BELIA WAWe man Srtoek or wood sot Flow,in next xty dijV Apply immediately mLUkUB0S k C0. RALEIGH, FRIDAY, OCT. Common Schools Communication from Rev. C. H . Wiley. To Hi Excellency W W. Hdden, Provisional Governor of North CaroHna : Sir: It seems to me to be due t the importance of the subject nd to the relations which I have borne to it, that I sbbu'd make to you a statement of the history of ttie I'ommon Schools of the State Qiiring the late civil war, and of their condition at the restoration of peace. It was known t at I was Superintendent for the State when hostilities com menced, and that I was continued in this position during the war. U ith mv views of duty I could not resign the office which I held when the so called o dinance of Secession was passed; nor co Id I rerue to act when re elected by su ceoding Legislatures during the progress of the attempted revolutio i. I have ever regarded our Common School system as the great est temporal interest of oar people; T hd long la bored with an honest purpose and ardent heart to promote tneir efficiency, and when the war com menced thev were in a most hopef"' . ana --in L.-tng prottifr.c ior i ne luture. As a friend o moral rogress I could not but dread the effects of civil war, whatever its objects ; and when the recent convulsion came upon us I be ieved it to he t' e. duty of tho-o engaged in pro moting the rel gious and educational interests of the community to stand fi-m in their places and .to labor w th greater zeal and diligence than ever. My views on this subject are clearly shown in the records 6f the past ; and I am thank ul to be ablo to say that by word and action, under the pressure of-every trial, and in the face of high example to the contrary, I was enabled to miintain the prin ciple that no military or other necessities of a people can justify the suspension of their moral agencies. It was perfectly clear to my mind that the clos ing of the Schools of the State would but add to and aggravate the evils always incident to w-r ; and I fe t sure that if any part of the resources of the Literary Fund wre once diverted from their proper use and their original purpose, the whole Fund would soon be waisted never again to be re placed. With these convictions and witnessing with pro f und interest the u settled condition of public opinion on every subject, and the disposition of many to cut loose from every fixed habit and prin ciple of the past, I believed that God had placed me in my position to watch over an I def rid the in terests of a grett moral agency affecting the char acter and wellare of the whole State ; nor did I have to wait an hour to witness the dangers threat ening the institution, and the neces ity of meeting and repell ng them At the first shock of the recent political earthquake I naturally turned to an Insti tution dear as a ch Id to me, from past labors cares and prayers m its behalf as well as frorn its intrinsic importance and like every other work of the past it seemed to reel and to be ready to fall into instaut and total ruin. To some its pecuniary resources seemed essential to the successful prosecuti n of the military enter prises of the country. Mtny others regarding the war. as likely to be of short duration, were fur sus pending all the Junctions of civil organists during the existence of hostilities, w:til8 another and not an un iufluential class claimed that the officers and teachers of a system eo extet.give were most needed in the ar mies of the Confederacy. To these open difficulties arising from short sighted but honest, earnest and general convictions as to public expediency, there were others of a more ua ii oua aud dangerous character, having their origin, njostly, in an inveterate but concealed hostility to popular rights and progress, and now availii g itself (f the confusion, chang s, passions aud apparent ne cessities of the times to work out its original purpos es. It was alltged that the Schools would have to be suspei.d'd tor want of books, that their revenues were needed to 'buy brend for those whose material wants were more pressing than their mental that Common Schools were an offspring of N -rthern fanaticisDf, that the children were needed to labor in the fie'ds and shops, and that they could not pursue their studies to-advantage in a time of such general excit" m nt. It is p-'fec'lj apparent that the C 'mmnn School system as a mere machine, without a gjidh g hand, could not havp surm'-unted any one of theg obstacles, a'id it is t qually clear to all c nvereant with the past that its interests had to be watched with ceaseless vigilance, and defended at the saoie ticne, at many pi irits. Never in its history rMd it so much need a friend who woud attach himself wholly to its inter ests, and make it iif epe-ial mission duriDg the pass ing revolution to cur.e and df fend it. I felt that Providence haddevolved this great task on me; and whatever hve oen my failings of judgment, 1 am sure tnat I hiva stood at my p st during all the lot g night of etorra through which we passed, with straiu jug eyesacd 3 Bteadfast heart. Eif!v tff were made to answer all ohJ'cUons to the txintent and success of Common Schools to ex pose the fatil delusions in regard to tbe relative im portance of moral and physical agencies to prove that a suspension of tbe School during the war, an i the appr pviition-of their resources to other ends uould be -oterly disastrousto orrectpnla-c--n JZr?ff'.rts me HendsVf mVrai progress, tn bear on tn' rtnt puiuis, ineiri 'iui. o , . . f t h remove real difficu'tie. sucn ... -rK ?ka to imtiress ri-bt views on subordinate officers take and to en- eard to the great principles and to exercise courace then to persev ri..K ruu. f wTflSencefor goJd, and by legitimate means, on tbe hiph.-r iH'lit cal authonti-e nitio1 j . :i u enata1 norts in It is unnecessary to ae . , ---- - anv of these directions; the recoras oi any ui;u . L,efr. whi e others are best nifl and will pass unu j , pie ana win y ,nca Aft acter ever felt known to nun m - himself to be. M r rilc un- Th resu t is, tnat during iuu. jr.c- lne resu.i . r.f trials which have taxed to exampiea ia u.0Jt :- their utmost the energies oi iu - exhausted the available resources of the cou .try anrl which have exercisea ietiVAu6 - blighting lafluence on ne,ny - . nf Kocietv the most Bensiuve - tatTmaintained a healthy existence and seemed buTthS mo: e established from the ordeal through which it passed. , A severe moral battle was fought and won ; and it was lina.lv and firmly decided as a principle no more to be questioned that the Literary Fund was S be continued in the old aodw6af- T rf; the proceed, were always to be greeted to the original purpose, and that the schools being as r K L wr as wel as in peac were tobe Xeptopcnaslong as there were children to be taught and teacners to insult, w. 6, 1865 NO. 277. Forobvious re-sons the average length of the schools and the attendance of pupils were dimin ished ; but puboc opinion had become fixed that hey were never to be suspended, and thev re mained in a found condition and the machinery was k pt m working order during the whole of the war, and within the lines of hostile forr fc prayers were answered, my desires were accom- p.i.snea ; me common schools lived and dichared their useful functions through all the gl om and trial T civil war, and whence last gu s were nred their doors were open, they counted their p pds by scores of thousa ds. and were sheddin a cheerful radiance over the face of society. a New difficulties now pre ent themselves in the way of this cause; but I cannot dou t in regard to the desires of those whose business it will be to reorganize tbe State, and to promote the order security and prosperitv of society. It will uudoubtedlv bo a diffi-ult task- tr, fui.da sufficient for the support of a general svsten - iZ leT'"; b;uu6ht y tnat it will viZTiL the enterprise is not cl arK admitted that anv n.nl i VV-' 'A A ln it h, I'U in v means of civilization? And can a rommn: it v cot- tiuue civiliz'd and not educate its children ? And i not a system of public district schools the cheapest 6f all edu ational systems ? This process ot reason ing, strictly logical, leads to an inevitable Conclusion, to-wit : that if we are able to maintain our civiliza tion and our republican institutions, we are able t.. support a general system of puolic schools. When the burden of educating the childreu of the State is thrown equally un all according to their means it is comparatively light to each individual ; aud wheu the schools are brought within, 'he react) of all there is a vast saving of expense for ooard and fuel, for buildings and .furniture, while the cost ot tuition paid by all, ia the way of tax, is much les than in any other system. And let us glance for a moment at some of the inducements f r assuming at this time such a burden. B 'hold the m iral desiL tiona created by the war! Thousands of poor chil dren hivn been htr-aved ot their natural support hundreds of young men are so maimed as to be una ble to earn a living by manual labor. The machinery of tie Common School system hs not been stopped I. og enougn to bi rusted. To is generation is familiar with the institution, white it is a work of extr me difficulty, as our former history proves, to establish and operate suc- s-ifully a system of public schools among a people who have not been educated for them and by them. The undeveloped resmrcesof o irStiteare bound legs there is no greater opening on ertb for ho iea: an 1 skillful enterprise than in N rth Cirolioii. In agriculture, ia manufactures and in mining there is a glorious harv st awaitiog the application ol science ; and in a hundred inviting and scarcely explored fi -Lis wealth will speedily and surely reward labor directed by intelligence And if our reliance is on foreign aid, caa we ex pect an immigration of the kind of men we need into a state wnen rneir cnnuren must grow up in ig norance ? We desire to see a Urg influx of intelli gent working classes from other States and coun tries ; and these are the very persons for whom good systems of public schools have the greatest attrac tions. To all this let it be added that higher institutions of learning multiply and prosper only in communities where the spirit of edu catnn is fostered among the masses ; and of this we have an ample and instructive illustration in our past career. , There were more Colleges, Seminaries, and Academics, Select and Gi .ssical Schools put in operation io North Cirolina in the twenty-four years succeeding the establish ment of Common Schools than in all our previous history ; and the average condition of these institu tions, th ua;h comparatively so numerous, was much more prosperous than In former tinns. With such considerati ns before me, and pro foundly impressed witn a sense of our miral obliga tions in th premises, Phava baen anxiously consid ering diff-rent p'aos f r raising funds to replace those which will probably be lost to a great extent by the necessary closing of our banking institutions ; aud I have taken the liberty of offering aom-i sugges tions in regird to tis matter, in a c mmunication to the public Treasurer. Need I ask your careful consideration of this whole suhj ct ? B )th you and the eminent gentleman who fi Is the office of Treas urer of tne State have in fo mer times shown a just appreciation of the importance of Common Schools; and now- a great crisis in the history of the cause oc curs at the very time of your elevation to the highest politic 1 dignity of the State, acd there are presented motives for action which you will not fiil to see and5 regard. I need not suggest to you that the difficulties and d iniers which appall and paralyzathe timil, seve o Jy to inspire and draw out -the energies of those worthy to leal iu the prosecution of useful enter prises, aud no one knows better than yourself how many precious hopes and interests of the future are dependent, under God, on the action of the present hour. 1 deem it my doty respectfully to reeomJJ that the approac iiug C invention take so ue action to re lieve from uncertain rspoi sifeidties, those who were l 'tiros oi tjuniy Dupennten- tV-llUt: . . A; r r i tents a ine ume oi jonuMon s surrender. Tne machinery oftheCim-non School system being hen in operation, many of the persons referred to r r i . . t y in p. ssession or runus ofTha character of Coa- 1uotes dnd bond?. noId for tha purpose of carrying the Schools; and doabtl-gs there were IT ? . . f m . . u ffi " J raIts wnlCQ nad not ben printed to A they iD a snppod offioia! apaci 1 uher liabrioj mWAa iv hail incurreo and puolic .ecuntie.; their "' V J r J tney were under bond, became Ai'1? fr ,,ch It is due to ad.l that t who hlld ti. V.rt .liirimT theV,- :t.inJ Ot the jiUiBijr a un- o tuauiieoieu a desire to see It secureu as ia chances of destruction, ana iuT applied to their original purpose , " that I am prepared cheerfully to furnish to you aodV th c ,dveutino anv information in my power, nLat t wonld be nleased to have invesugauou, and f , to my action aod motives couuuctou Schools. jar Cjmmorj I must express, iu conclusion, m' interest in a cause which has loDg filled m; heartand you may depend on my heany sympaty and strtport in any jost schemes witi regard to it fhich yom wis dom and patriotism may EUggest4 Very respectfully, and truly tar obedient wr vant, . C. VTILBr. Grekksboro, N. C. Sept. 13, IS. I'. S. It will be understood, ceonrse that fhis is not designed as an official repoibat merely 4j A g'atement from a private indivi.cpf affUira i rda Uon to a public interest with whijie was forroirly connected. 1 - f THE CITT. 9 Cr,onT On Th hy thp nn prewire made uP-n our c namn wi lev. H ,ceeain' the c. H. - vuut 'niinn . othr iEtpresti. ierneat., crmvcU nut much U C matter. that parties itere.ted ISS!? "urP'riwd t0 tary McGulloch releitsS! rd,,r of c' construction ia -ua irom taxation. wron Thsir Z as the tx of r leiainpd k . . to cents per or mamuUc- It 13 also an Product, of ,be 8Mlb- prdac . pr ""!"- Iree of tax. bo Inner ., . 1 1 rc ! JVfd limit.of the Stltef ,a 0 1 remral " l ' vue istates lato.y ln insurrection urse anv and all articl 'Stab.idhmciit of this rcanufacture l .inc rt- taxation v Miociion rl,f T : 1 l net are liable to in oe well en.mh a Careahrmt aur. . . r ur people t. hare"" cul.u luaUt.r? ltl,.rb., ell as Denlr. 'u5 uud e a Still it It. iLe B fAll i.j - . 1 goverum-ut Hjtjjoi.a Wer iisuu jHiciQii ai..i I ..m . r- . . ... I. . the Street 1. i. , . 6 K "aUKU 013 "ere it ,b,ulJ nilt w vvumhuic a nuisance. nd etuptud at i.ti.cii & u t'l e e-uit-Qi ii LuaJe to mitn a uiei ul Kuruuse, and ttie n .jrecir K . . u-tn glected Ittac ro.r.urv g nei..u,.y uo , u.uch or u,, we shuld i0 our luru fcL w ib4t - u lll 111 i.llr m ' vl Auust hen rs. Ai tbe cii v tlail lat nicht. V. i.r,-m Ddbia asa.etanui g-ve au .br uu, of u.ei. entertn menu,. Bum vc,w aua m.i. uiau. u.uaic, nl a laucj anujdauciug, tDur 1 utu the tru.aLCcs aud e ar. assur.d that thus,- who .t.euj whlend an bour or tro agreeaolj Tfce deicriptiv,, viu in piav.nK3 !d to be both amuaint; atid lema, kable k i"a ita! I n I lr m ... . . . T mai'uiuini. or parucuia.s, look at tha grammes ot the dav. pro- The Eatino SAi.ooN3-ia llaleigh- have now a Lue opportunity of showing to the c nven i.,atflfl atid others which has tne greatedt ain.unt of t -ntei prise Ia Rich mom, Petersburg, illusion, .Newbern aude s here, vsters and tuh have beeri l,.nr since introduced. Ut us now see who is tLe enterpi uih propria r in lialeigh. durrv up the bivalves. Rbturnkd. We ui.ddrsia..d ikdt Dr. Hoan. furpcon in charge, and chitl quar tcrinater J..bistin, i ihu f eedman's bureau, have return.-d to Raleigh Ir.an tbrir tour ot iuspecti-.n throu-h the district. It is . ratifying to know that what they ?av and heard wa very satis lactory. New ADveansEMiisrd. We mvit-.- attention to the ad vertisements of Daniel Cogdell Wants sixty five cords liaid Wood ind hve cords Liifh twood . Maxon & Strong Dry (Jo"ds Ac. J bn O. Williams 4 ' 0. Underwriters Agency and Insurance m. It Miller, Agent Farm for Rent. B. P. Williamson i Co lo Mechanics etc. Passed Through Dr. W. H Cole, Associate Editoi of the Salisbury Bannei , was in town yrsteiday on hip way North, the represe itative of the pess of Western North Carolina. He wil 1 visit Baltimore, Phiadeipbia, Ne"York and other cities for the purpose of s-i.icitiBg patronage for his own and other journals. The Sweet South Wind breathing o'er beds of violets, is not more fragrant than hozonoxr. And tne aroma which it exaies, communicates itself to the breaths of all who use this marvelous denti frice, white teeth, ruddy gums, a.sweet mouth, and the certainty of enjoy ing thes o desirables in per petuity, are among the blessings derived from the use of Suzodont. MARKET REPORT CORRBCTBD DAILY BT m. . w h 1 r i k: it Grocer and Dealerin Provisions . Apples Dried, SI 25 per bushel. Green, il 50 per bushel, Bacon Firm, sales at ?' per 1 h. Beei 10c per lb. - Butter -25c per lb. Cheese -25c per ib. Chickens -20 a :J0c a piei e. Coflfee 50c per lb. C rn$ I per bushel. E553 20 a 25c per d zen. Flour uperhneSl per bo!. Hides Green 10c. Dry 15 c. Honey i' comb, 25 to 3Uc p.-r i . Lamb -12i5c perl b. Lnrd 25c pr lb. Menl $1 25 per bushel. 1. (cai ce ) Mullets-$15 00 Mackerel $20 per bbl . Onions $1 00 nerbushel. Peaches dried 10c per lb. Peas Whitef 100. 3tock30 to $1; Oardr-n 40c e pelt. Potatoes Irish $1 00 perbasb. t ' S v r . o . v r 0 l r b j h e ; . Sugar Crushed j5c per I h ; Brown 21f Syrup i0t(50 per??'in. Soda Cookinc per pound. Salt $2f, oer hushel. TxtlOW 10C312J4 per lb. Herriners $U per bbl. Rice 15c per Ib. C-indles -Adamantine. 41V 0 pC.r box. Soap Turpentine. 20c ner Ib. B uestotie 50c per b. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS US DER WRITERS ACEJVCV or INS UR ANCE, Cotnpoaed of the following first clae? FIRE INSURAX,E COMPANIES ci N E W YORK : Ti" OERMA.VIA, HA.VOVEK, NIAGARA AND REPUBLIC. CAPITA OVEB 83,000,000- JOH.N G. WILLIAMS A- CO., Ac-nta. Oct 6 tf FA KM FO 1 REM I WILL RENT. FORSO MCCd MONEY PER ACRE, I of land acroally calrirated, th Farm beloninar to the estate of Laurence Binton, m)es from Raleigt. There ia a rood "cii bora r r. p" Ba'f low eroundB. WM. R. MILLtK. Azent Oct fi 3t Ortice abo Cr.eh' Ktre. SUPERIOR FAMILY TLOUR. K( Half barrlls superior Family flour Jait received aad warranted to please. Oot -tf B P. W1LLIAM80.V & CO, S