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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER VOL. 2. THE GLEANER. PPBMSHKD VMUT BT •C. S. PARKER ' Ornhnm, |l*. C. Hale* of Subscription. Pogtaye Paid : One Year.... $1.50 Six Months 75 Three Months 5q Sverv person sending ns a club of ten •utxicribent with the cash, entitles himself to one copy free, for the length of time for Which the club is made up. Papers seat to (liferent offices. Departure from, the Cash System RnlrM of alTirli»i«|f. Transient advertisements payable in ad vance ; yearly advertisement* "quarterly in Advance t ■ 1 in. !2 m. j3 m. | 6m. ) 12 in. Square (X'!H3 00|$4 00 $ 00 >«10 0 * '• | 3 (X I ♦ 50| 6 00 10 00 i 15 0 • Transient advertisements $1 per sipta I far be flrst. and ffty cents for eaebsubs , loent insertion. — The Likevms Never Known before.—we BUtM/orlnch •übioribjcwlll reeeirea coiw »h« Mann fut moratino— 1 * T«US PSSSi TI«B POOR MAW'* IBlKMa" Site, JU34 Inchn S • pKfu-t dud would froee amy dm W* nomin H* Umi. W« alio araj to mek 'J* th« SUf niasralrf Al—w—l Sacto-Mtr» ant bo aent for packing aujl maO/ma pr«miom«. •VSpeelat indaoamey* toasmta. To »ny poraoa doairias to set a* acldb, we will Mad a maplccopr of tlw pie tare and aeaaTweera outSt, oa lacelot of SI eta. epaciawacoarof thaya* r/rm. .*»■* *» —o. mi; nttmtmmmmmmm 11 AN GELL •-» • ♦- - - T ai I o Cutting and making done in the latest fashion* and most desirable manner. eaT'He keeps constantly on hand Bamplef> sf latest style good* for gisntlcmens wear; and will or.ter according to selection of customers.— Atao agent for the sale ol tbe Singet sewing Mxciii'.ie. .s'h»p in tlie old postomce building. Graham N. C THE NEW HOME SEfi! Mile ' WAS AWA*Wa> B* FIRST At the Centennial Kxliibition, 1876, and has always curric.l honors - Vare ÜBJBDe Warranted hr lire Team. UVK AGISTS wanted la loeaUfes nftsre wsareeotrepeaeeet*L Send A>r priees, and aamples of work does on the HQIUE, or caU at any of oar nmiea. JOHNSOI, CLARK & Co., . 80 IMea Bfaaie, Vnr Toik W4 Wsshlagtea Street, Boston, Kass> , 1111 Bseendlva., Fittsbazgh, Pa. 141 State Street, Ckksgo, Hi. 21 South 6th Street, St. Leris, Ko. Ist KmtMasrt Mi., Baa Rsmlsis, OaL GOV. VANCL'S MESSAGE. Fekoto- CUizehs of the Senate and Hoyim of Representativet: —I con grntulate you on the progress made toward the prosperity uf North Oaro lirth, and gladly avail rnyse!! of your invitation to contribute such sugges tions us I may deem l>eat calculated to aid your deliberations iu behalf of the public good. I'am so newly in* aucniratrd into tlie exoetutive office, however,'that iam hot possessed of 'he minute m regard to the various parts of the government al machinery which would make my suggestions of Value; but such ideas as I have, of st general nature, in re gard 'o the o >r di ioi s and wants of our peoj»h', I shall nuke known to you frankly. Among the first things to engage your attention will douhtless be, the best methods of adapting yonr legis tiou to ths recent amendments to the Constitution, and of giving effect to the expressed will of the people fn that regard. Too much care cannot be exercised in this matter, as our county government, on the average, costs twice as much as that of the State. the fact that in sev eral of the counties the no»-pro|>ertv holding portion of the voters is in a large majority, and that bad men have taken advantage of this state lof things, many of tlieuj have been brought to the verge of absolute ruin. Thf-ir citizens have .been ruled by 'ignorant and corrupt officials; the most enormous taxes have been im posed, whil»yiitauieless profligacy and extravagance have marked all their proceedings. To ouch an extent has ;hi» evil gon*, that many of the rich est and fairest }«ortions of North Carolina have been shorn of their wealth, their productions decreased, and tiwir resources dried up in a manner resembling the desolation of trampling armies. Industry has been checked, idleness and fraud have been encoutaged; local justice pnt in con tempt ; and evefy interest tending to prosperity and good government, in a measure, suffocated. The truthfull representations of these evils more than all things else, induced the peo pie of the West to hasten to the re lief of their Eastern brethren by the adoption of the Constitutional Amendment*. That relief being hap pily made possible, it remains for you to apply it. I shall hot venture to recommend any detailed scheme for your ad option, but will simply suggest, Ist, That whatever system oC county govern ; meut you adopt shall be uniform. 2nd. That you violate the principle in the selection of county officers as slightly as possible. I am attached on principle to the plan of making all authorities who levy taxes and execute laws, directly reaponai hie to the . governed. In regard to the judicial branch, my opinion is different. It seems to me ill at all the grievances complained of may be remedied, aivl these essential princi ples preseved. Iu perhaps a majority of the conns ties of .the State, the government of commissioners has worked well, and the people are satisfied with i*« oper«> ations, I would net recommend any change greatly radical, for my opimen ,is that public sentiment will. mpidly curs the evils complained of without the necessity ot any considerable de our counties had before their eyes the examples of those who had robbed both the State and Federal treasuries, and now thai we have checked* the one and altogether stopped the other, we may reasonably hope that the, smaller villians will gradually give place to better men, and a corrected public morality "will powerfully assist in restoring confidence and integrity in every department of the govern- By die 17th section of article 111 of the new Constitution, it is tnade your duty to establish a Department of Agriculture, Immigration and'Sta* titty, and to enactflaws for the pro* GRAHAM, N- C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 23 1877 J taction of Hsheep husbandry. This 1 opens a wide . field of judicious aud experimental legislation. I look upon the adoption of that section of the ' Constitution as a step in the right di rection. North Carolina is essentially and peculiarly an agricultural State, lmore exclusively so, porhaps, than | any On the Atlantic slope, if not in ; the Union; yet has she done less to* 1 , encourage this, her greatest interest, > 1 than any other interest of her |»eople. For the most part her legislation, and * ( the genius of iier people, have been ' | directed toward the attainment of I other objects. 'Fhe tanner alone has been left without any public aid to enable him to graSp the improvements and advances which science h*s bficn evolving for his benefit. It is a matter of rejoicing that the Constitution has at last mnde its obligatory upon the egislativu'branch of government to |ive him this aid. Without any defi nite plan of icy own, 1 earnestly recommend this subject to your ma turest deliberation. I transmit herewith a memorial • from the Raleigh Grunge, asking for the establishment of this department, and commend it to your favor. As your honorable body, after its next adjournment,will not meet again, unless specially convened, for two years, I rawinmeud the immediate establishment of such a board as is contemplated by the Constitution, whieh could at least make a beginning in the great work, and could gather up much valuable information wfflch might enable your successors to en large and improve upon your work. In aid of the board, the statistical labor shonld immediately under taken. If the Secretary of State were ordered to furnish tlie necessary each person appointed to list the taxable property of the Stite, to take at the same time from each tax-payer, on oath, the amount, character and and value of of his productions for the past year, with the acreage in cultivation the wealth of the State and the condition of our people could be had every year at a most insignifi cant cost. And if the products of the whites and blacks were kept sep arate) it might be made of servioe in stimulating the industry of the blacks and increasing otherwise the value of their citizenship. In this eonneo tion 1 have the pleasure of sending herewith a memorial embracing the result of a conference between Agri culture • Societies, ths Patrons 'of husbandry and the Trustee* of the University, in regard to the impor tance of protecting the farmers against imposition in the purchase of of commercial fertilizers.* To do this they ask for a small appriation to aid in the establishment of an "Experi ment Station" at Chapel Hill, and the employment of a practical chemist. With the means already on hand at the University, I tm assured they j can accomplish their object at a very I slight eoet to the State, and all prac tical lypriculturalist agree in pnmoanc iag it awecssity. I earnestly recom mend tfie proposition to your fas vor. 1 desire to eall yonr attentioitto an other matter of important to the welfare of* forge portion of oof peo ple somewhat similar to the forego* I ing. It is known that great success] has. within the last four years, been > achieved in varfonr parts of the world ]u the artificial propogatfon of fish. f So important has this, become thai the government of the United States has eetabliftSd £ department for the purpose of stocking the inter-State riters with suitable breeds of fish, and quite s number oC States «f the Union haws takeu in band the filling of all their streams. The results to far have 1 been satisfactory beyond the most sanguine exp&ationa. iaat in caipt of an official letter from the Fish Commissioner ot the State *1 Virgin ia, inviting ooy co-operation, in the restocking ef those rivers which lie partly within both Suttee, notably the Chowan end the Beanoke. These wilt be restocked with shed, striped 1 bass, and other kinds at the expense ; of the United Mates, if the two States i unite in freeing them from obstrac- I tions to the passage efftsb. The same • i tvill be done fi»r our two great Wes | tern streams, the Yadkin and Cataws ba, if the ant .loritiesot South Carolis mi mn be inriuecd to unite with ns in removing obstruction*. Bat s propa gation establishment ot our own could be created at a sm»H expense, which would euable us in a few year* to fill every stream in tbo Btate, great and rami), with the best varieties of fish, tlins increasing both the fcod and the pleasure of our people. The fact that within the recollection of living men almost every stream within our bordeia was once alive with thefiuuy tribe, is accepted by tbe pisciuultu rists as proof that they cau be so fill ed again. So unfailing are flic relit elusions of science in this matter that .it fa well authenticated that whilst in thft natural Mate subject to all the ac cidents and depredations of rlie open livers, only two per cent, ot he eggs are over hatched into fish, in thejiro • tected establishments ot art niuetv eight per cent, are iratureri to the size at which Ihey are deemed sufficient to torn into our rivers. Should you establish a Department of Agriculture. I rccomcml that the establishment for ah institution for this purpose be made apartorthsdn ty of whoever shall have the depart meat inVharge and that the necessa saiy act* be passed for keeping open fish ways in our streams; aud also for the protection of the fish in tbespaarn iug season. Though this may seein a small matter, the experiment in oth er has been attended with very considerable and very beneficial re« suits. The Geological Survey which done so mnch towards making known !to strangers and to oar own poople ! tbo nature aud recourses of ear own State, I recommend shall lie connect ed with the University. Br some ar rangement to be agreed upon by a committee of your honorable body and the trustees, tills could be effect ed in such a manner as to increase its efficieuoy, whilst Protestor Kerr, the State Geologist, could lecture in the winter and conduct advanced stu dents in the field in the warm season, greatly to the benefit ot the Universi ty and iu pupils. lam sorry to see any considerable of our people indif fereut to the contiima/ion of thii sci entific survey, its results not being so obviously apparent as works of a more tangible character, its necessity dees not so vividly impress itself on the popular many aud many think it an unprofitable exp«nliture. In a hundred ways 1 believe it has been ot the greatest service to the interests of our State. Nothing has done so much to develope onr riiineral resour ces or to introduce capftsl to our mines of gold, Iron and oopper. Its iiifiueuoe on ionuhfratioa has also been considerable and we may reas onably believe that much fruit will yet ripen from tbe seed sown in En rope by the distribution ot more than ten thousand reports, in German, concerning our resources which the State Geologist has made, in addi» tiontuthe many Valuable volumes circulated at boms. As the agricul tural interest is principally consented in this survey,it'lßSy. 1 trust, con. tiuue to enjoy this public tavor. i In regard to the subject of education I earnestly desire to en gage your attention iu behalf of the accompanying "Memorial of ilie Ccus tral N. C. Teachers' Association," which is herewith transmitted. Per haps the most efiectivc action which your honorable body could take to {footnote the cause of edusation would be the establishing of a school of not i malinstruction at the Ui»iver»ity,bt" I tbe exclfis.ve education ot taadhere. i This would be only a compliance with the plain provisions oj the cons stitution, and would be a long step in the direction of connecting the Unl yer-ity with the caramon school sys tem as tbe bead and guide thereof, which is its natural position, ft Is impossible to have an effective school syagejn without providing tor tbe trftixidr of teachers. The bUad I cannot iasl tbe blind; mere literary attainments are not sufficient to make their pofrossor a successful instruo. 'tor. TpM mast be added ability to 1 influetye aud interest the voung aafl to communicate knowledge. There most be a mastery of tbe best m«ides oT couflketiag schools and of hanging out the klent possibilities, intellectu al and moral, of the pupil's natnre.j In some rare cases these qualitka are iu born, but generally it is of vast ad vantage to be trained by thuse who I have stndied and mastered tlx me thods wliicA have been f'-aiid by ex* perleiice to bo the most succcesstul in dispelling ignorance aud inculcating knowledgo. The *c|y>ols in wldcli this training is conducted, culled nor.> mid colleges or noriual schovls, have been found by experience to be meet effective agents in raising ftp a body of teachers, who infuse new life aud vigor into the public schools. There is argent need far ene at least in North Carolina.* " The Constitution of tho State. In 8«ctIon 14, article IX. requires the («e lie rut Assembly, as soon us practi ce, to establish and maintain in con-, nectiou with the University, a de partment of ATormal lustration. 1 . respectfully submit that is now prac tihle to tna^# a beginning in currying out this provision of the Constitution. There can not possibly be found in this State competent teaches for eur public schools. The records ot (be county examlnors show that most of the applicants for *br post of impart ing knowledge to others, axe them selves deficient in the simplest ele* meats of selling, reading arithmetic ami writing. The Uulveisity is new in successful operation. If the Gen eral Assembly should appropriate eft amount sufficient to establish one profoteOrship for tho purpose of in structing In the theory aud art of teaching, I the best salts would follow. A school of a sLdlar character sboald also be es tablished tor the education oi colored teachers, tbe went of which is more deeply felt by*the black raoe even tliau the white. In addition to the feet that it is our plain duty to make no discrimination iu Hie matter of pablic education, I canuot too strong ly urge Upon you tbe importance of the coDsidera iou tlntt whatever el education'we may be able to give tbe children of the State should be im parted ander our own auspicies, and with a tborougn North Carolina spirt it. Many philosophical* asoi*s can be in support ot this proposi tion. lem conscious of a tew thigus more dangerous than tor a Stale to suffer the education of an entire class of its citizens to drift into the hands of strangers, most of whom are not attached to our institutions, if not pestiveiy unfriendly to them. There are in tbe State several very respect able iustitutiou* for the education of black people, and a omitl endow incut to oi'e ot tbe in would enable It to at tach a Normal Softool sufficient toau swer the present needs of ov black citizens. Their desire for education is an extremely creditable one, aud should be gratified as far asour means will permit. In short, I regard i i as an unmistakable policy to imbue tb«se blsck people with a hearty North Carolina feeliug, and make them cease, to lot* abroad for the aide to their progress and civilization and Hie pro tection of their rights as they have beeu taught to do, and k-ain them to look to their £tate instead: to o6n vinee them that their welfare is in tiiseolubl) linked with ours. 1 traiminlt herewith the first bieu- ! uial report of the Coiiiiuif-ionets of the Western Inseue Asylum. It eon-' tains an intero»tiug account ot the le catiou and (Nurtial erection ot tbe in stitutltoi, which Is destined to be an other mouumei t to tbe humanity and liberality ot our people. It would seem uAe very satisfactory indeed. 1 think the location fortunately cbor> en in a|f respects, the surroicidiiiys most Excellent, and the state of }ho workln reasonable forwufdheu. For a wouder, tbe ensis s> far is oonsitler aWy below tbe original em linatss, and 1 am assured by dsiuterested parties that the work it thorou»li and stantiair 1 presume yo» will save no hesitation In making tbe needful aDDronriation for the current year. In regard fO tIM parent Asylum iir this city I respects folly reoommend the redndng of the Dreseut number is altogether too Wgh. °r be advertising for proposal*, instead of tbo prmemt method ot ©rlpa fw awwww vi r |im * r* nhaea if (a fKsnifhr tk" Dim would save money to the Treasary. Tbe ( h*M| of buying at private oootract j makes everything oost more, and breeds a system of favoritism and •mall peculation, injurious to tbe public interest. Tbe tax-payers are eqtitlfd to the advantage of tbe oom- ' . 11 NO, 46 iff ? - . # . petition of the whole guui'trv. i Arcompiiyniiig this lIICMBJI, »I a 100 r send a report from ilie ijoard of i Publk ChnriiF*. The indefatigable ( liaiiHimi, \)i C. T, Murpl ■y, l galh rod u|> a considerable aim nut ot information* m set iort(> in Uu« and preceediug reports to which I I invite your attention. Heretofore i such lias Iwen the average prosperk ir and wealth of our people that we have had little knowledge of the sufferings! extreme poverty and disease, and but Utile wilftttioii ha* been given o the methods of pro-. riOiMte tMf tIwMU. Since the War, thi* af/Hctod' class of our cititetis has, ' largely increased, and humanity demands that our legislation should make* all the ue:*eaaqjry provision fbr its reliet. I am assipceu, that many of our prisons are badly kept io regard to health, and toany ot the couuties bouses for the poor are obn »xiou* to the sovererest criiicsm— uot because qf any inhumanity on the part of the country aatbMftr, but , "aowwe | sufficient . attention is m>t given to the subject. Moat ot them would doubtless do} their fpfl duty in the premises if o*erha|led from time to time by the supervision of this Board I recommend that a —V-y *** lo tb ® the dn.ies ol annual vMm£ report upon the |nti*M|»«r houses the poor be made obligatory span aud thus save the vsry oonrt^bie IWeigb to •peak ol internal improvement > works. The idea of " 0 tlll,i„g the eonvict Wmr ef the State for the-public benefit In this way waa a hanov o„« Skillfully and etoneraleally managed en iuitueuce good can be efftoed at loomine*to ySTtovttr the rfTon' in this way to complete the Western North Carolina Road through the mountains to the gre*t Mississippi mishaps which ha™ that most important work and fosee the almost imporUnt work and to ae* the aim beart-bWWu^liaap. cotneiU* a certain mi slow means of,building the rdad. I | lejcialatiiea in this lh*aU. avilaWe force ot the penitentiary, exoapt as otherwise new of, shonld be pat at onee to i from the \resent terminus 01 the load wBC HMiif iriink iiicg tccortliptr to ptt%is heretofore made. 1 res U immmgthai instead of the govern ! ment by the «Brs of jibe road shall administered fey the I ordinary machinery of raifroikt eon,. I paiiia*. with at Ifaut eight directors I and t. at yon provide means to tonish ' | the iron as may lie required. ;|t is irxpeeted thatb«>fore egaiu the roed w.ll be in operation asfar as Ashevflle, at least. *} t Many inquiries are being owls as to the dis|nwiltio«or oar public debt. 1 presume ft is the intention and desire of o«r people to pro*Mo for its liquidation at some figure as soon as the necessary t««ion ran be ' done, yon, as the immediate/eps res-ntaUves of the people, «iust , decile - Whilst it is certainty de sir able iu many respects 10 toko this debt up and restore oar credit to iu ancient «taulard, K am tor from | seifsrepreoeb, or are In anvway ob» I ne*toas to the sueere ot thoM- who I hold claims upon as. in re> I gard to much tin greater part ot s those claims there is not the a%bte»t t morel obligation resting on the ( Continued on Fourth I'aga.) * V
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