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IBRDD AT ID POROTTIOX AT CSUBLOTTB,
N. C. as BaoucX&Ui matte.!
SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1881.
governor's message concluded.
and investigation, that it will be better
for aaca -institution to bave tyi own
local board, and I so advise.
After calling attention to sec. 7 of
article XI of the constitution, and chap.
93 of Battle Revisal, he says : An ef
ficient board f public charities, com
posed chiefly xf physicians, could be
made of great service in visitiag aad
inspecting the penal and charitable in
stutions of the State, and especially in
looking into their sanitary condition,
and medical' treatment of the inmates.
The adoption of the amendment to
the constitution concerning the insane,
the deaf, the dumb and the blind, ren
ders necessary some legislation deter
mining who shall and who shall not
be considered indigent. After you have
fixed the rule, I advise that you re
quire all indigent applicants to be re
ceived first, and that no pay patient
shall be admitted till all the indigent
have been provided for.
INSTITUTION FOR TIIE DEAF AND
DUMB AND THE BLIND.
An appropriation of $34,000 a year
is recommended.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Commending the Agricultural De
partment for its efforts in developing
ur resources and fostering our agri
cultural interests, the Governor de
scribes the special efforts in behalf of
immigration and expects good results
therefrom. He continues: If nothing
else had been done, the protection giv
en to the farmers against worthless
fertilizers, has more than ten-fold over
r- compensated for all the labor and ef
' pen so 01 tne department xmipro iiw
department was established, there were
many tons of staff sold in the State
' called fertilizers, which were not worth
the cost of transportiorf This inani
tion cannot be renewed so long as the
department does its duty, and the
farmers rely upon the analyses made
by the learmed chemists employed by
the board.
The new may of the State and the sec
ond volume of the Geological reports are
recommended as accurate and com-
plete.and the Governor concludes his re
marks on this suoject as ioiiows: as
the whole expense of the geological
- work, under the laws of 1879, chap. 50,
has to be Daid bv the Agricultural De
partment, I beg to suggest that the
second section of Said . chapter be re
pealed, and the Board of Agriculture
authorized to select the geologist, as
they do the commissioner and chemist,
I further advise that the board by au
thorized, out of the funds of the de
partment, and with the use of convict
labor, and material furnished be the
penitentiary, to put up on Nash square
or such other place as you rnay direct,
an agricultural building for the use of
tne department, xne rents paia Dy
this department amounts to nine huir-
dred dollars a year. The Geological
Museum is probably one of the most
extensive and valuable in any State in
the Union. This museum is much vis
ited by persons in search of in form a
tion concerning the wealth and re
sources of the State, and here they find
specimens from nearly every county to
interest and instruct them. This valu
able collection ought to be permanent
ly located in a building belonging to
the State, known as the "Agricultural
Building, where it can be sateiy pre
served. And besides it is but meet and
proper that there should be at the capi
tal a handsome building, dedicated to
the agricultural interests of the State,
so tnat wnen tnose engaged in tins pur
suit visit the capital they may know
there is a place where they can learn
something of the agriculture and re
sources of all sections of their State.
THE SUPREME COURT.
The Supreme Court Judges are great
ly over-worked. It is almost impossi
ble for the present number to do the
work that goes into that conrt. They
certainly cannot rive to the cases the
thought and patient investigation that
they desire. or tins mere are two
remedies one, to increase the number
of iudres, and the other to so regulate
appeals as to diminish the work to bo
done. Since the abolition of the
tax fee the cost of taking a
case to the Supreme Court has been so
insignificant that the most trivial cases,
as I am informed, are taten up; many,
indeed, simply to delay execution, -at
would give considerable relief to the
judges, I am advised, if they had the
power to employ a man to attend upon
them in their consultation, to get the
books thoy require, and to hunt up the
references. This help can be. given
them without the cost of a penny to
the State Treasury by imposine a tax
fee of ten dollars on all appeals in all
civil cases, and five dollars in all
criminal cases, for the benefit of the
bupremo Court .Library. This person
should be the Supreme Court Libra
rian, and required to give bond for the
custody and safety of the books. He
should be required to make and keep a
complete catalogue of all the books be
longing to the library,, open at all times
to the inspection of the judges, and at
all times subject to their control and.
orders, i advise tnat you give them
thi3 assistance, impose this tax fee for
the use of the library, and restore the
twenty dollar attorney's tax fee. This.
' in my opinion, will greatly reduce the
werfc oi tne court, without doing in
justice to any one. ine costs now in
a case in the Supreme Court are
about nine dollars. They are lets
than they frequently are in the. court
of a justice of the peace. Fifty dollars,
twonty for the library, twenty for at
torney's fee, and ten for other costs)
would not be unreasonable, with the
law sun in iorce tnat allows tne poor
to sue la forma pauperis.
Bren if you should determine to sub
mit an amendment to the constitution
to increase the number of judges, then
seme such help as l have suggest
ed will be necessary, for it will be two
years before the increase, if adopted,
can go into effect.
THE SUPERIOR COURTS. t
The dockets of the Superior Courts
in many of the large counties are so
crowded that in some of them it is al
most impossible to get a civil case tried
without a special term. The time of
the judges is so much taken up with
their regular courts that it is not often
that a judge can be had to hold a spe
cial term. I regard it as the imperative
duty of the Legislature, imposed upon
them by the constitution, to provide
courts for the people sufficient for the
transaction or their business with
promptness and dispatch. This neces
sity for more courts can be met in two
wavs One, to increase the present
number of Superior Court circuits and
judges; the other, to establish two or
more criminal circuits, each circuit to
be composed of several counties, which
need not be contiguous. These circuits,
S established, should include those
counties where .more courts are so
reatly needed; and in such counties
thTcourt should be relieved of all enm
inalTurisdictiotL After mature reflec
t?S,3Iatly incline to the criminal
circuits; and earnestly recommend their
adoption. I believe this system, win
wVrkNrell, and after it is tried. wgl be
popular The judges and 0llcittt8 or
lb?courts snoula be elected by the
Legislature, and the salary flf th W
: os made sufficient to command the ser
vices of the best lawyers. The judges
Should be required to hold at least three
courts a year in each county, with pow
er in some one to order other terms if
necessary. No court requiring; a iury
or witnesses, either civil, criminal, in
ferior or superior, should be held in the
month of Juno. . Our neonle are -emi
nently an agricultural people, and toM
take a large number of labborers out or
t.h fUlds fnr & week, as is now done in
many of tbe counties in the busy month
OI l UliO, IS SGXIVUa lUJUljr nv
era of ,that,cpunty.
' ' , CODIFICATION OF THE LAW.
Idesiro-to proas upon, you lhe impox.
tance of appointing a commission to
codify the statute law of the State. The
last codification was Battle's Revisal,
w.hio.h has been amended, and the laws
amending that repealed and amended,
till in many instance it is aimumi, c ven
for a skillf ul lawyer, to tell exactly
what the statute law is. I know of
nothing to come before you of more im
portance to the people tnan tnis, anu
beg you not to adjourn without appoint
ing sucu a commission.
THE PARDONING POWER.
I herewith transmit the list of re-
Brieves, commutations ana paruuHi
ji i
granted since the last biennial message,
witn tne miormauon in cauu cc ie-
quired by the constitution. From this
list it will be seen that I granted in
1879.
Reprieves "
Commutations 2
Pardons 16
Total 25
1880.
Reprieves
Commutations 3
Pardons 46
Total 53
After referring to the duties and re
sponsibilities of this power delegated
by the constitution to tne governor, ne
says: mere ougut to De a uoaru oi
pardons, and l advise tue creation oi
such a board, even if a ebango in the
constitution be necessary. ..-in, some
States the Supreme Court compose saeh
a board ; in others the btate omcers.
In ours it might be either or both.
THE SWEPSON CASE.
During the administration of Gov
ernor (Jaidwen, an indictment was
found in WakejSuperior Court against
Geo. W. Swepsdh and M. S. Littlefield
for obtaining the bonds of the State un
der false pretenses. A farce of a trial
was had before Judge watts, and, in
the absence of the defendants, he or
dered a "verdict of "not gulty" to be en
tered, and the State appealed. The ap
peal, after being in the Supreme Court
a long time, was finally decided against
the defendants, during the admmistra
tion of Gov. Vance, who employed
counsel to prosecute the case. This
case has twice since been to the Su
preme Court on collateral questions,
and both times the decisions have been
in favor of the State. The counsel em
ployed by my predecessor have been
paid the sums agreed upon between
him and them. Having given you this
information as to the origin and pro
gress of the case, 1 forbear to make any
remarks upon it except to express the
hope that it may soon be Drought to a
fair and impartial trial upon the merits
of the case, without any iurtner unnec
essary delays.
"Here follows an account of the Gov
ernor's attempts to capture Littlefield.
THE PERRY CAgE.
In October last, the solicitor of the
third judicial district sent me a certified
copy of a bill of indictment, found
against one Perry, in the county of Le
noir, tor the forgery of a school order.
He said he had information that Perry
was in Washington city, and requested
me to make my requisition upon the
authorities of the District of Columbia
for his arrest and delivery. This I did,
and dispatched Dr. Bagby, of Kinston,
as a messenger to bring the fugitive
back to North Carolina for trial. After
some delay, the warrant was issued by
the executive officer of the district, and
the arrest was made ; but Perry was at
once taken in charge by the marshal.
under a writ of habeas corpus, issued
by Judge Wylie. Dr. Bagby employed
good counsel to represent the State.
The trial assumed the aspect of apoliti
cal inquisition against the State of
North Carolina. Instead of trying the
case upon' the papers before' hm, the
Judge proceeded to try the State upon
the testimony of the defendant, bis wife
and mother, as to whether the man
could get a fair trial if , he should de
liver him up to the State's agent. I
doubt if any judge has ever done the
ate oerore. -ferry, or course, was re
leased, and the attorneys for tbe State
appealed to the general term. The Hon
ft. T. Merrick and Davis. Esq., are
the attorneys that represent the State,
and they have agreed to prosecute the
appeal without further charge.
RAILROADS ATLANTIC AND NORTH
CAROLINA.
The Ailantie ,aod North Carolina
Railroad .Company5 is in. a fairly pros
perous conditiou. lor the last two
years, it has met promptly all its obliga
tions.and paid promptly, the accruing
interest on. its bonded and judgment
debt. The bended debt is $195,500, at
eight per cent. intreBt,'tad the -judg
ment aent X37,474atixer cent. JNo
part of 4his Indebtedness' was contract
ed in the last two years. During thi3
time, I am informed, the company has
paid cash for all its purchases, and has
spent considerable snms in repairing
roadway and roUingStock. So oral oiV
fers have been made within the last
year for the lease of this property and
on the 23d day of November, a meeting
of the stockholders was held to consider
these prepositions. As it was out"
short time prior to yoiir assembling; I
took the responsibility of preventing
any change in the status oi this proper
ty till you could be heard. The private
stockholders held a meeting, after the
adjournment of the company meotirfg,
and passed resolutions expressive of
their opinions and wishes as to the
proposed lease. ' I send you herewith a
copy or tne proceedings oi their meet
ing. I rom this it will be seen that
they are clearly Tn favor of a lease, and
a majority of them to the Wilmington
ana yv eiaon itaiiroad Company. I
have Stated on more than one occasion,
both feublicly and privately, that this
road was built chiefly for the benefit of
the people east of Goldsboro, and that
I desired to see it managed and onera
ted in ths way best calculated to develop
and build up that section of the State,
and that I had no poucy or wishes in
antagonism to the wish of the private
stockholders along its line. It is now
for you to give such directions
concerning this property as you may
think the interests of the State and the
Atlantic section demand, and your ac
tion shall control. In the event you
take no Action, I shall not further inter
tere in the matter, one wav or the oth
er, but shall leave that question, as I
do all others, to be settled by the com
pany, without interference on my
part.
ALBEMARLE AND OIIESAFEAKE CANAL
COMPANY.
An act was passed on the 14th day of
February, 1879, chapter 305, authorizing
the public treasurer to exchange tbe
stock of the State held in this company
for the bonds of the State, but there
was a provision unwisely, as I think,
inserted in the act, by which this au
thority expired on the 1st day of Janu
ary, 1880. The company returned to
the treasurer before the act expired one
hundred thousand dollars in old bonds,
and he surrendered to the company that
much stock. The State still holds two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars of
stock in this company.
CAPE FEAR AND YADKIN VAttBT RAIL
ROAD. '
Ths work on this road has progressed
more rapidly than was expected. The
grading has been completed to Greens
boro and fifty miles beyond, and it is now
ready for the iron. NegotiationsJior the
sale of the first mortgage bonds of tbo
company, authorized by the act of 1879,
are going on, ana it ib ueuercu euuuju
money will oe reanzea irom me sio to
iron and equip the road to Greensboro.
Only $30,000 of $50,oou appropriated
was paid out bv the Treasurer in ad
justing the indebtedness of the compa-
ny. The oniyaio tne tawi is now-gij-ing
this important work is the main-
titaiwof the convicts, for whictrsho
is to receive the first mortgage bonds
of the company. Upon those already
received the interest has been promptly
paid. The State, then, is taking the
same kind of security for her convict
labor that capitalists take for then-
money, which pavs for the irdn and
rolling stock. This the State can well
afford to do ror tnis or any otner sec
tion, and I advise its continuance. By
such a use of the convict-labor the
crime of the-State can be made to con
tribute largely to the development of
sections much in need of better trans
portation facilities. This road, I be
lieve, will soon be running to Greens
boro, it will tnen do only necessary to
fill the gap of thirty miles between
Fayetteville and Luniberton to open up
another ana snorter lino or railway
from Wilmington to Greensboro. With
that or some such connection mads and
the road pushed as rapidly as possible
into the northwestern counties, the
benefits- derived from a road running
diagonally across the State will be felt
and appreciated by a large belt of the
State from Wilmington to the moun
tains. For the earnings of the convicts
on the road I refer you to the report of
the board of directors of the Peniten
tiary. "WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD.
The purchasers of the State's inter
est in this road have thus far complied
with their contract with the btate.
They have paid promptly the hire of
the convicts, and the interest on the
first mortgage bonds of the company, as
they contracted to do. They have paid
off the floating debt of the company
and have laid down about two miles of
new iron. Their $30,000 deposit is still
in the Citizens' National Bank of this
city, as collateral security for the faith
ful performance of their contract.
Owing to the hindrances and delays
n, effecting their organization, the work
Upon the road has not progressed as
rapidly as was expected; but tnere are
now five hundred convicts at work,
and I am informed by the owners, as
seon as the open weather of spring
comes, the construction will be pushed
rapidly forward on both lines.
CONSTRUCTION BONDS.
The Legislature, on the 14th day of
March, 1879. ratified an act (chap. 138)
to provide for an adjustment or that
part of the btate debt incurred in aid
of the North Carolina Kailroad. By
this act I was required to appoint three
commissioners to make the settlement.
This duty was performed by me by the
appointment of the Hon. George Davis,
of the city of Wilmington, Hon. Mont
f ord McGehee, of the county of Person,
and Donald W. Bain, Lsq., of the city
or iiaieign. i hey entered at once up
on the labors assigned them. The
steady advance in the bonds, in com
mon with all classes of securities, the
Swasey suit, and a second lien upon the
otate s stock in tavor of bonds issued
to the Western Jorth Carolina Kail
road, raise difficulties and caused de
lays in reaching anything like an agree
menu borne time early in .November
the bondholders had a conference with
one of the commissioners in person
and a plan of adjustment was agreed
upon and signed by the bondholders,
representing about two millions, and
the commissioners. I herewith send
you a copy of the agreement and the re
port of the commissioners, which I
earnestly commend to your patient
consideration.
By the terms of the act, the adjust
ment could not be consummated with
out the approval of the Governor and
Treasurer. While we knew the com
missioners had done the best they
could, after taking a business view of
the situation, we felt that to fix a new
oeot or $2,7uO,ooo upon the people was
a matter so serious that we ought to
wait till you assembled, and learn what
the people desired. We consequently
determined to withhold our approval
and submit the whole matter to you.
In your investigation or this irapor
portant question, those who are not
familiar with the facts may rind the
following information serviceable. The
State is the owner of $3,000,000 of stock
In the North Carolina Railroad Compa
ny, 'and the private stockholders of
81,000,000. To pay for this stock, the
State in 1853-54-55, issued her bonds
to run for thirty years, at six per cent.
interest; and to secure their payment'
pledged the dividends accruing on her
stock -for the payment of the interest
and the stock itself for the payment of
the bends. In 1866, 3205.0UO of these
bonds were taken up in exchange for
stock held bv the State in the Raleigh
& Gaston Railroad Company, and by
investments made by the literary board
leaving outstanding $?2,79u,000. 1 he in
terest then due on these bonds was
fueded in 18G8, under the funding act
of August of that year. The road was
leased to the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad
Company in 1871 for six and a nan per
"cent, on -the capital stock, and very
soon thereafter a suit, known as the
Federal Court, to subject tbe lease
money to the payment of the interest
on these bonds. The court made the
order and appointed Hon. S. F. Phillips
receiver to receive and pay out tne
dividends. This fund has been suf
ncient to pay the interest on such or
th bonds as have been presented up t
and including, 1 think, the January in
terest. 1877. There has been about $2,-
600,000 of thse bonds presented to the
receiver, upon which the interest has
been paid. The reason the others have
not been presented is, the holders do
not know their value. This is known
to be so, for quite a number recently
presented to the receiver were hrs
presented to, the Treasurer tq be fund
ed. and it was from him the holders
first learned their value. The interest
on tne otner jpiyo.uuu is unpaia irom
January, 1869, and it 13 fair to presume
that tney win an De nnany presented
These bonds fall due in 1883-84-85, and
unless some adjustment is made before
that time, the States stock will be sold
If an adjustment is made on the basis
suggested, the receipts from the lease
of the North Carolina Railroad will be
sufficient to pay the interest on the
State bonds, and leave a surplus of
some 812,090 annnally, provided th
present status of the road is continued
But if the lease should fail, or the road
for any reason become non-paying, then
the amount of tax to be raised out of
the peoplo for that purpose will be at
least $170,000 each year. V hen this act
was passed, both the Treasurer and my
self favored its passage, for at that
time the bends were worth from sixty
to sixty-five cents, and it was thought
they could betaken up witha newbond
at seventy and seventy-five cents. Soon
after the passage of the act, these
bonds, like most other securities, began
to advance, and have continued .to do
so, till now they are worth about nine
ty cents. The holders are not likely to
accept a new bond for less than they
can sell the old in cash.
Ia any consideration I have given to
this matter, I have regarded the follow
ing as the settled fixed policy of the
State: That however little regard
there may have been paid to the old
obligations of "the. State, all her new
obligations must be held sacred and in
violable, and the interest promptly paid
on' any new bond she issues, no matter
what may come. Hence new obliga
tions ought not to be entered into with
out due consideration, and it was in a
great degree, this feeling to stand by
the new obligations at all hazards, that
induced mo tu refer this whole matter
to the representatives of. the people.
whose debt it will be. Capitalists will
allowed to construct roads anywhere
in the State they choose, wit,h their
own money, and no section shall be de
prived of railroad facilities because it
may hurt a road ia'which. the State
has or has not an interest. If you
agree with me in this, the question
whether any roads are likelv to be
built that will render the North Caro
lina Railroad less valuable than now.
becomes an important inouirvin vour
consideration of any adjustment. In
fact, the whole question hinges very
much upon the probable future of the
North Carolina Railroad.
In taking leave of this subject, I will
nly venture to make these sugges
tions: First, fix a price at which vou
are willing for the exchange to be made
or new bonus, second, give the com
missioners the authority to exchange
stock for bonds, giving the bondholders
the option, with the distinct under
standing that if they decline both and
sell the stock, no matter what it brings,
its proceeds will be all they will ever
get. If anything is done, the second
mortgage makes it necessary to retain
the commissioners and the transactions
to be had through them.
CENTENNIALS.
The Governor then speaks of the
centennial celebrations. He states that
there is unexpended of the King's
Mountain fund $440; states that he has
sent 5230 to the Cowpens Association
in response to a general request to all
the States for auch a sum to pay the
expense of a block in the granite col
umn to bo erected; calls attention to
the Guilford Court House centennial,
and recommends suitable action; de
scribes his own action with reference
to appointing a commissioner to at
tend the preliminary meetings relating
to the Yorktown celebration, and urges
that such action be taken as will insure
a proper representation of the State.l
DRUGGISTS' ASSOCIATION.
rUnder this head the Governor re
commends the passage of a law to pro
tect the public against the liability of
mistakes in the sale of poisons.
PROHIBITORY LIQUOR ASSOCIATION.
There is sold in the State another poi
son which numbers by the thousands
its victims slain, debauched, degraded,
impoverished, wrecked or made miser
able and heart-broken. The results
lave so shocked the Christian people of
the State that they, too, have formed
an association, and will present their
petitions, praying for a law prohibiting
tne saie or tins great aestroyer or nu
man life. You are fresh from the peo
ple and are wen informed as to public
sentiment, ano are tne best judges as
to whether it is better to undertake to
prohibit or regulate the sale of intoxi
cating liquors. That legislation of
some kind is needed cannot be success
fully contradicted. What wo now
have on the subject is either evaded or
openly disregarded. We have a statute
against its being sold on Sunday, and
yet I suppose there is not a city, town
or village in the State, where it is sold
at all, that it cannot be bought on Sun
day. So too, we have one prohi biting
its sale to minors, and yet they buy it
openly, witnout stint, so long as they
have the money with which to pay. In
iact, mere is but nttie regard paid to
any law regulating its sale. If the
traffic is to continut under the license
of the State, somo more stringent regu
lations are absolutely required. Upon
this subject I offer these suggestions:
Require the countv commissioners to
be very much more particular to whom
they grant license. Increase the tax
on license and permit none to be taken
out unless the applicant makes his ap
plication in writing, and pledges him
self to faithfully observe any restric
tions placed upon tne trainc and agree
ing to a forfeiture of his license for
any violation. Confer upon the county
commissioners the unquestionable
right to refuse license in any
county, and to revoke at will
and require the board to make
rigid investigation into the conduct of
each person licensed. Require the At-toraoy-General
to have published in
convenient form a digest of all laws
regulating the traffic for free circula
tion, and require each licensed liquor
dealer to keep one posted up in a con
spicuous place in his place of business
Make any violation of any restriction
as a misdemeanor, punishable by fine
and imprisonment and an absolute for
feiture of all license and allow no one
to be licensed who has ever forfeited
his licenser
STATE GUARD.
On this subject the Governor express
es the apprehension that this military
organization is not sufhcientlyappreciat-
ed, commends the efforts of the Adju
tant-General and renews the recom
mendation of Gov. Vance that his
salary be increased to six hundred dol
lars.
OXFORD ORPHAN ASYLUM.
After reciting the peculiar work and
successful management of this institu
tion, His Excellency urges that the ap
propriation be increased from $3,000 to
$5,000 per annum, aud maintains that
such an appropriation is not a donation
but an investment, which will be re
turned eventually in mental and
moral.riches. In
CONCLUSION
The Governor says: The citizens of
North Carolina are to be congratula
ted that her interest are entrusted to
the hands of men whose past records
and perianal characters warrant tho
assurance that such interests will be
faithfully conserved. 1 shall heartily
co-operate with you in all your en
deavors to promote the general welfare.
- 1 am, very truly,
Your fellow citizen,
Tuos. J. JARVIS.
Whisperings ef love. Your baby's life is in dan
ger whenever it is troubled with a ceugh or cold.
ulve Ot. Bull's Cough Syrup. 25 cts.
MARKETS BJ TELEGRAPH
JANUARY 7. 1880-
PRODUCE.
WiLMiUBTON, N. C Spirits turpentine firm at
44c. Rosin quiet; strained $1.40. good strained
31.45. Tar quiet at $1.40. Crude turpentine
nrm; yenow cup ana virgin 32. 80.
BALTmeBB Oate firm; Seutkern . Wes
tern white 4445. de mixed 43a44. Pennsyl
vania . Provisions dill; mess perk 13.25;
hulk meats leese shealders . clear rib
sides , dltte packed 7iA; Mco sheulders
0, clear sides 8. hams Oalt. Lard re
tinea tierces su. uotee easier: io cargoe
1 ma 1314 Sugar steady; A soft BSg. Whiskey
quum 1.14. t reignta quiet
V
CHiCAeo Flour dull; winter wheats 5.0a.25.
spring deuble extra 4.75a .75. extra 4 25a4. i-
Wheat htgher, No. 2 red winter 961, Ho. 2 Chi
cago spring cash, January, 98iaiA Fehru-
ary, 997ft March. 1 .04al.05. Corn firm at 37
cash, January, 37& February, May. Oats
higher at 31 cash, January, 31U February.
May. Pork firm at 12 80a. 85. Lard strong at
.oai,l.OQ. buik meats nrm; sbouiders 4.2,-,
saert ribs , shert clear 7. Oo. Whiskey steady
Cincinnati Flour firmer; family 4.715.00.
fancy 5.15s6 00. Wheat firmer: Ne. 3 red winter
l.Ott. No. a mher . Cern heavy: No 3 mixed
4iwa2, new . Oats stronger: No. a mixed 36.
Pork dull at S13.0tf. Lard at 8.60a.55. Bu,k
meats firm; shoulders 4t; clear ribs 7: bacen
quiet: ribs 74. Whiskey dull at 1.10. Sugar
nrui; uaraa iuuiw, new crieans CUia7Ui. UOKS
Arm; commoe 4.00a4.4fi, light 4.504,75, pack-
e.uu, Duicners 0.000.10.
hbw iobk seuthem near firmer; eemmon te
air extra 4.755.25, geed te chelce .44a0.75.
vrneat wiaiu better, moderate expert; ungra-
"viuifc i-1 1 o. 1 s. vera eiosea oetier; aegrad
ed53a56. Oats closed steady at 42 for No. 8.
Hops quiet Coffee quiet: Rio In cargoes 11141414.
ugar nrm; eentnrogai Cuba muscovado
,uur vogooarenniBg ll-l(jai8-16, prhne 7ft;
TO ADAPT OUB PURCHASE OF
BOOTS SHOES M VEKTEZ FjBL &al
TO THS WANTS OF ALL CLASSI9
And our stock, now being received, wflJ be found
GAITERS, Ac., dtc, and GENTS' HAND-MADK, and
unnot be mnjaaaed In ood Quality, tyle, and beauty
goods ol the very beat makes, warranted every pair
tock of HEAVY PEGGED GO0D3, of the beat grade
septl
refined firm: standard A (UfcaU- MelasiM nrm;
Perto Rle . New Orleans 3oJU4. sue nrsa;
Corolla and Louisiana 6a7. buimb 8. Hssln
s'sadyat l.S9al.90. Turpemtlm steady at 48.
Wool firm; dsaeiUe fleec 3752, pulled 21a4tf,
unwashed 1438. Texas 1433 Pork active
at 12.75al3.0O fsr sld; middles firmer; long clear
7.25, short clear 7.65, long and short 7 7-16.
Lard closed strong at y. Ilia. lb. jrreignis m i.iTer-
peol steady.
COTTOH.
ixvirro Weak: mUdllsur 11; low mlddl'r
HVse; good ordinary 101A; net rec'ls 1.788; grs
i sales 050: stock iio.su;exris coasiwis
: to Great Britain : continent.
Weekly net receipts 1 8,830; gross 1 9.336; sales
U.32W; ex, coiistwise s.Hlo; to ureal sruiain
7,294; continent 4,998; France 6,218.
NomroLS Quiet, mldd'g lltyfcd; net rsselpts
2,872; gross ; stsck 38,757; sxprts ceastwUs
: Aales : exoorts to Great Britain.
Weekly net rec'ts 14.129: gross : sales 4,350;
exports coastwise 13,407; to Great Britain lu uii.
Baltikkb Firm; Middling 11; lsw mlddl'g
lUte; good ordln'y 10 we; net receipts 262; gross
. salss 210; steck 83,056; expert csastwlss
; spinners ; export ts Great Britain -
ts Utlnet
Weekly net rec'ts 702: gross 3,878; sales 1051 :
spinners 775; exports Great Britain 6,678; coast
wise 1.72U; umtinent .
BesTOS Dull: middling 12U; lsw middling
llvic; gsod ord'y 10te: net receipts 1 joy; gross
2,589; sales ; stock 6,804; exports te Great
Britain - .
exports to Great untain
WiLMiiieTos Steady; middling llt&c; lew mid
dling 11 1-1 oe; goeu oreoury lmge; receipt. iui:
gress , sales ; stock 10,565; exports coast
wise ; to ureal uruain ; cnannei .
Weekly net receipts 50; gross ; sales ;
exports coastwise 1,384; to Great Britain 2,684;
continent 10,307.
Pkiladkltkia Quiet; mlddllnst 12tee.; lew
middling 1 lUc; goed ordinary lOlfec: net recelDts
241; gross 994; sales ; spinners ; stock
-: exports te Great Britain ; eeast
Weekly net receipts 1.426: gross 3.956: sales
1.734: spinners, 1 .570: coastwise : Continent :
to Great Britain 350; stock U.818.
SiVAKSur-Quiet: middling 11U; low mlddllnc
lie; good ordinary 0e; net receipts 2,741;
gress ; sales 2,500; stock 105.41 C;exp. coast
wise ; to Great Britain ; ceutlnent .
weekly net receipts 12717; gross 12737: sales
11,000; exp to Great Britain 7,491: France
;coastwise w.iwOv comment l.ozu.
Niw Orlbajis Firm ; mldd'g 115bc; low mid
dling 11; good ord'y llc: net receipts 7.057:
gross 7,324; sales 8.800; stock 289.142; experts
te ureat Britain : coastwise : Kranee.
Weekly net receipts 32.657: gross 37.060:
sales 39,00; exports Great Britain 19.U72; Chan
nel ; coastwise 7.5M7; France ; continent
11,300; channel.
MoBiu-Easy; mldd'g HUe; low middling
luc; good ordinary luc; set receipts 1,010; gross
sales 1.5UU; stock oi.233; exp. coast :
Great Britain ; cnannei.
weekly net receipts y.ieo; gross ; sales
S.750: to exports Great Britain 3.05S: coastwise
5,799; continent 900; channel 1,600.
Mmcphib-Quiet; middling lltfee; receipts
1,3 lrl: shipments 781; sales 1,400; stock 80,91 H
Weekly net receipts 4,9 u ; shipments I0,o6o:
sales 8,200.
AueosTA Nominal; middling lie; low mid
dllng lOQfec., good ordinary VVte; receipt 184;
inipmaols : sales 5a3.
Weekly set rects 839; shipm'ts 689; sales
1,82 1; spinners ; stock 27,751.
CnASLSBTOM Quiet: middling HUi.;lew mid
dling ime; good ordinary lOSfcc.: net receipts
144H: gross : sales l.uoo: stoctr KiJ.OOl; experts
coastwise : Great Britain : trance.
Weekly net receipts H.27U; gross ..; sales
15.700: coastwise 4.650; Continent 10,t73; Great
Britain 8,7 1 1 ; trance 1,220; channel.
Niw Yobi Cotton qutet; sales 510: mldd'g
uplands 12c; middling erltans 12 Vie: net receipts
622: gross 2.220: consolidated net rec'ts.
Wekly net rec'ts 4,237 ;oss 3H.H03; exports
to Great Britain 758; France 388; continent
709;salesg,527; stock 158,224.
Montgomery Stead y ; mlddlng lllfc; low mid-
10c: good ordinary 9c; receipts 757; ship
raents 2039; stock, present year, 11254; stock, last
yar, 15,574; sales 2,039.
Macon Quiet: middling 11c: low middling
10tc; good erdinary 9$fc; receipts 70c sales
920; stock, present year, 10,217; stock, last year,
7,4o3; shipments 1,061.
Columbus Outet: middling 10S4: low middling
lOUc; good ordinary 9tyc; receipts 1,607; ship
ments 1.203: salss 1.973; spinners ill; stock
24.309.
Nashtillb Quiet; middling llc; low mid;
10c: eeod middling 9Sic; net receipts 1,727;
shipments 633; salt-s 4,087; spinners 2045; steck.
present year, 12,7 (2; siock, last year, 14,044.
PortRotal, S. C Weekly net receipts 531:
stock 735; exports coastwise 281; Great Britain.
Provtdbncb. R. I. Weekly net receipts 1,041;
stock 1,800; sales 1,100.
Selma.. Ala. Steady; middling lltac; lowmld-
c: eeed ordinary . Weekly receipts 1.644;
shipments 1,426; stock, present year, 10,068; last
year, 15.W75.
Roins. Ga. Steady; middling lllic; low mld-
101A: geod ordinary 9Vt- Weekly receipts 1,498;
shipments 5,041 ; stock iu.wzo.
COMFAKATTTB COTTON STATXMXKT.
Net receiols al all United States ports
durine week 1 1 1 ,t)4"
Same wek last year 1 47,780
Total recelDts te this date 3.551,89o
Same date last year 3,280,742
Exoorts lor the week 125,331
Same week last year 85,369
Total export s te this date 2 , 1 1 5,637
Same date last year 1,790,304
Steck at all United States ports 922.521
Same time last year 910,595
Stock at all interior towns 177.290
Same time last year 203,980
Stock at Llverpoel 490.000
Same time last year 524,000
stock of. American afloat Tor Great
Britain 851,000
Same time last ye r 245,000
LiVBRPOOL. 5.15 Sales of American cotton
8,400 bales. 1 'pland low middling clause: January
delivery . February and March 6 25-32d, May
and June 0 29-320. jrutures weaker.
Weekly Circular. This week's circular of the
Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Association says: Cotton
-the market, wnicn was nrm on rnursaay ei last
wsek. re-opened on Monday last with extensive
business, since tnen tne saies nave Deen good
and d rices have advanced American was In rood
demand and prices generally advanced tst Sea
Island was in small reauest. mures, wnien were
firm on Thursday 01 last week, re-opened Monday
at rather higher prices, which continued to harden
up till Wednesday, whan they shewed an advance
of Uta5-82(L Since then the market has been
wea and prices fluctuating, and closed with 3-32d
or the advance lest.
FUTURES.
Nbw Tens Futures closed firm. Sale 92
000.
January 11. 95a. 97
February 1 a. 11 a. 12
Marcn ia.asa.aw
AdhI ia.42a.43
May 1256
June ia.ena.o8
July.
ia.76a.77
August. .
12.82a.84
FINANCIAL.
1bw Tobk Money 1.04aft.
Exchange 984-
Governments firm: new 5's 1
01VV Feur and
half per cents 1.12 Four per cents 1.12.
state
bonds moderately active.
Nbw Tobi Slocks slosed strong.
New York Central l.BUfc
Erie 498
Lake Shore
Illinois Central.
Nashville and Chattanooga
66
Louisville and Nashville
Pittsburg
92Vt
1 .321
1.251
1.40VS
441&
Chicago and Northwestern
preferred .
Wabash, St. Louis 4 Paelfle
Do preferred
Memphis and Charleston
80S4
43
1.3rt4
you
Kock island
Western Union
Alabama Class A. 2 te 5
74
74
mvt
Class A. smlli
Class B, 5'
" Class C. 2 to
88
Sub-trss sury balances - Geld
$79,622,614
" Currenoy..
3,87o,yil7
CITT COTTON MARXXT.
Otticb of tbb Obsbbvbb, I
Chablottb. January 8. 1 881. f
The market yesterday closed steady; unchanged.
tiood lildd ting. 115-18
Strictly Muddling 111-16
mealing 11
strict jow middiiBg 1034
Lew middling. 1 q7?
Lower grades 69V
RECEIPTS FOR THS WEEK EKDZD FRIDAT.
Saturday.
bales.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday .
Thursday . .
Friday
65 '
15 '
70 1
152
16
Total 318 bales.
WE HAVE TAKEN SPECIAL
OF THU COMMUNITY BDTH IN THE CITY
very attractive, full and complete. Our stock of
MACHINE-MADE GOODS, BOOT8, CONGRESS
of flntah. Boys' Misses' and cMlorenr snoos in
oi them, and will sell them at prices as low as the
is also full and attractive, and we can promise satisfaction to all who favor us with a alt
A. E.
Charlotte Produce market.
JANUARY 6, 1881.
Cottow Ties
New, per bdle
Soliced. "
2.50a2.75
1.75
lltfcal3
60a5
H0a65
55a60
40a45
1110
12
1314
8V2R14
Wall
Baggimg, per yd.
Cor, per bush'l
Meal, "
rKAS,
Oats, shelled
Bacon
N. C. hog round
Hams, N. C
Hams, canvassv L
Bulk Meats
Clear BR) Sides. .
Lard, per lb
COFFBB . .
Prime Rio 14aiotx
Good.
12iai5
Strop
Sugar-house.
30
30a35
35a50
50a60
40a45
1.00al.25
1.101.25
10alIV
9al0
M0LAS6BB
Cuba
Sugar Syrup
Choice New Orleans
Common
Salt
Liverpool fine
Coarse
Sugar
White
Tellow
Potato B8
Sweet 4(afo
Irish 1.00al.25
Buttbr
North Carolina.
20a25
18a20
121al5
10al2V
15a20
3.25
3 00
2.7
Kggs, per dozen..
Poultrt
Chickens
Spring
Ducks
Flour
Family
Extra.
Super
Bciu dtJertiscmcuti
RIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Charloitk Lodge,
No. 17. l"
Take Notice.
A S8MBLK in your
U .TV Castie Hall tnis
' evcnlsg at ball past rj
! 0 clock Ir the trans
action of important
business.
Visiting Knights In
the city eoruiallly in
cited. By order of the C. C.
P.C. WILSON,
K. a. & S.
jan8
Strong s Law School,
RALEIGH, N. C.
OESSIOIf commences January 10th, 1880. Lec
O tures dally with monthly reviews. Terms, $50
per session or $100 and pupil remain as long as
ne desires.
Jn8 dAwlt
Stockholders' Meeting-
ANNUAL aseetlBf of the stockholders of this
bank will be held t their banking house
in this city on Tuesday, January 1 ltn, 1881, at
12 o ciock, m. J. a.. kjo,
jans it Cashier Traders Nai. Bans.
FOR RENT.
ACOMFOBTABLE four room house on Church
street, with Kitchen and splendid Well of wa-
ter In yard.
Apply to
C. HILKKB.
Jn4 tt
McSmith on the Home Stretch
BADLY DISFIGURED. BUT STILL IN THE RIN
SM Moactac MSjSiall Moments,
Ban! IiisMmenWDruM Strais &c. &c
ctP ' "V1 OS f
P7
22 s . 1 hi
1 B P I
Qo? 2 a b 0 :
f U J d
PAINS
AND 8UBROUNDING Uk
LAD I S3' flNK BUTTON mot i. ..sur- -
GaITEBS. NaVY and ENGLIud HE, 4c
it
peat van y ana oi ine De v it . ve
same class of goods can be bong. -j ire o
RANKIN & BRO.,
Trade .Street, under Central Hoff
BURGESS NICHOLS,
Wholesale mod Beta Dwtu la
ALL KINDS QtF
F
BEDDING. &C.
A FULL LTNlOfc
Cheap Bedstt&ds,
AND LOUNGES,
Parlor & Chamber Units.
COFFINS 07 ALL KINDS CW HAND.
NO. 6 WX8T TRADI 9TT.
CKABLOTTX.N
CSfocertcs,
s.
CAR LOAD APPLES.
100
BBL8, selected Baldwin Apples,
10
25
BBLS. shoice Florida Oranges,
BOXES Florida Oranges,
CASES Aspinwall Bananas, also,
50
BAGS best grade Rio Coffees,
25
50
K PKTS Java and Mocha Coffees.
BBLS Sugars, all grades,
10
BBLS. B. W. Flour,
15
X BBLS. N. 0. Molasses,
10
TUBS choice Goshen Butter,
In fact, everything in the Grocery line, that can
be thought of or desired, for sale at bottom prices
to bath WHOLESALE and BJTAIL trade. Call
and be convinced that we are ready, willing and
able to seive you.
n7
Truly, yours,
DAYIDSON & BJALL.
CIGARS! CIGARS!
Wo have Just received one of the
LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENTS
OF
KEY WEST &
DOMESTIC
CIGARS
ever offered In this market. We ofier them FIKTY
PER CENT, lower than any retailer in the market
Come and examine them for yourselves.
declO
I I I
II
We
guarantee
the ? above
brand of
F LO C
to be the finest in the city.foi
oiiig Trade.
All we ask is a Trial of i
H M. Miller & hi
nov28
For sale at the CHARLOTTE OBSERVES
no? 24-U
IT
1 Arriva
vDDIA
BURWELL
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