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I J .1 - T H E E A GlX E . - FAYETTE VI L,JV. C; iTHuaabAT, Fkwcary 8, 1872 PnooKBsKr'PosPtBiTX are still de 1 l.nyid in Xorth Carolina. Our people Lata not yet realized the necessities t and facilities of the age. Our Legis lature too does not fully appreciate the duties of the hour. Yet much has has been accomplished in the .way of 'accepUug ths situation." Much "ad vicev'aaa been offered as applicable to ..lae rieworder of 'things. Profound und' abstruse theories and mueblearn ing,have been discourse J out, but few jiersona have illustrated -by example Papers, speeches, platforms, resolri i - j tions of meetings hate sail what could be done, and how easy and how iih pottanV it was; but there has been but little dons. Bat fe gQ Uvworf prae ILcilJVaTid effectively either in mat ttTs "ofTmsfa? or, politics to build up -4h eomiraarcfortahe govern meat. .x.aAw- -'. -. v Immigration is still not 'secured aI we Jir left without fresh muscle & id onergj.s' We hare uo established railrcud system, a'.lbongh the people have been taxed for most of the roads in the stae and' the state is still weighed down with-its heavy railroad deois. riot bail oar people hare tue benefit of schools. - and most of the schoo's taught are not well sustained Vast territories of woods and wilder- ners extend over the state with- stores oTMden wealth, and reith.es legisla tire act nor individuaf effort has point cd-out way- of profitable develop- . ment'.. Railroads hard 'y pay expenses, f irms are deserted for want of labor, and troro all over North Carolina peo ple -ro.-emigrating to the- western states. Can-wo not sustain- ourselves with all our-boasted climate, soil, fa ci'itTesrandciitural wealth?' Our people have boen impoverished and baye" suffered all the demoralizing rfiVcts of the past few years, bat there 13 no good reason now why we' should not be making better speed in' all in diistrial interests Virgioia..and Ten i '.ssee aret ahead -of ns,-ami nearly all t'-ie- states are ahead of ns in- srrbstan tiaf progress. In political nff.iirs we nte: failing to meet pnceessfnlly the is sues of the day. We have- not icau- j gurated a system of reform, , nor yet j barU af secure-and sound government, a slate goverjipaent reconstructed and. capable" of adaoae pifresj -r There need be no change in honesty no? oid established principles, but ro dent events and necessities require ns. us 'individuals and communities to nddpt the improvements of the age, to work with increased energy and to concentrate effort and economise and utillro all resources. ) . ;i - - a i ; ; SENATOR ntOM CUMBERLAND,' On the Mil for the tetter government brEEcn or Senator Toy. In to day's paper w'l oe found the able and interesting speech of W. C. Tvoy;Esq., Senator from Cumberland. ; Mr.Trctr, has given much attention to thispen-i- entiarr contract-, and beinir.on the jiCCiaf commUtco for that purpose, what hb says must-have much weight and authority;. The penitentiary mat- to? "has. from- the first been a, source of fraud and swindle. The expense of the building so far has been enormous, and yet tho whole work? seems- msuf ficicnt. and much ofthe- material and- - s wall have been refused on inspection; "Ve. must postpone till' next week more lengthy comment on this mat tcr andoMr.Troy's cxcellrnt speech, i4 we only returned late last night from a Keek's absence. , The pcoplo of lhetatd-w)Uf(Jel grateful to Mr. Troy for iiis faithful and timely servieo in this matter. Ho farther proposes to lake $40,000 from thi penitentiary 8ppropriationandapply.it to pnbfce 6cbo!' In -which wo believe the peo ple vlll hcartly concur. f Tnz IlEaisLATURE. Cn Saturday last, the Hoqo gassed t.ho. bj II -concern - on its 'tlin-fl mid i5iiul VL-uduiir. i ?6tfSii(i-6? -tttrtlii. the fendtorial districts of tiro State aho j)as'scd its third reading after under goipg ''amendment which will necessi tate the bill going back to tho Senate fijr cor.cnrroncel Tho bHl to aulhorizo tho . commis sioners, of Sampson count3' to jovy a ppcfial lax passed third reading. JUo the bill to continue in forco an unt 1o authorize tho comissioncrs of Cumberland to levj' a special tax. In the Senate on Monday, tho joint order-, to adjourn on Wednes'lay next vra raBtinded and1 a resolution passed to.adjbnrn on Monday nxt. "The bill . to provide for elections and i g:s.ration pasi its second reading v.-ithoutnwrlerial amendment as It cams from .the Honse. The jpint select committPo on th pcaiteVitiary submitted their rcn)ri xvhich was pending at the hour of ad journmcnt. In the House during the nvorning cession tnc mil providing ror the bet toe government of tho penitentiary was postponed and made the special order for .Wednesday. Xho bill eonsolifhiting the school lawniand prorjtljng for a system- of puonc iitsirueiioii nvan maie speisiai order lor 11 a. m , to-dy. Tl bill concerning tho public prin- - tigwas under discussion wheij tnc Hyuse adjourned. the Penitentiary, and fur other purpo tes, in the Senate on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 1872. JU.O.-fnisiDENT: lnoqiiestion now Wotorw tho Senate is o of great im portance, as much so probably as any which has engaged' lnv attention of senators during tho present session.- It 19 one in which- is i.tvolved,' not on ly hundreds-or thousands, but I may fay, millipnsof dolfars, and ono which, if not met and the evil , arrested in some way, must drag down oiir now impoverished people to irretrievable ruin. We have now expended at the penitentiary about three hundred aud fifty thousand dollars, and tho- work s scarcely above the surface of tho ground, Und with the incrcasc-of pris oners as they have been reecrved in tho last'vear we-, will soon havo an outlay of rwbably two- million!- of donarsrand still not bo in a condition to care for them. Mr Prjusident, soon tho Iprihg courts will open,- and it is fair to presume that the increase or convicts will bo. Jaitu: considerable, and in our present tinanfcial condition we cannot afford to keep too many thieves and felons idle under jau- ex pensive guard, while we pay an enor, mous sum to contractors to icreet a penitentiary, which these very con victs ought to bo required to Uuild. Tho penitentiary question ias en gaged the public mind no Mttl in this stato tor t h last four years, and the more it is agitated tho moro obnoxious it become, simply -becauo it;had its inceptton in fraud. It was conceived in fraud and born in corruptioji. The history of the stupendous fraud con nected with the original enterprise i too well known, too familiar -with ev ery senator to rcquiro any comment from me. It was in the dark days of North Carolina when a heavy ;loud of radical oppression and carpet bag corruption overspread our once proud and prosperous bid stato, when car pet bag. adventurers and thioves were- sapping our very nre s iwoou ; wuen such men as Swcpson, Liittleld, A. Jones and otiters of like character were swindling our people, with their arms" elbow deep in the treasury, that this great and grievous swindle had its origin and was fastened upon our people, when thej could scarcely bear tho ordinary expenses of the stale government, and were totally unable o provide for the education of- the country. It seems to me that it was exceedingly unfortunate that we should have been required to make an outlay of moro than one, million of dollars for the erection of a .iace or the confinement 'and. punish ment of thieves, , murderers and felons of ercry imaginable charac ter. . . ' . . . Mr. President, adroit that peni tentiary is necessary, wtry the neces sity of building ono of sueh magnin cci.ee and imposing grandeur? .Why, sir, this magnificent capital, of which every Xorth Carplinian may avcII feel proud sinks into insignificance when compared in external grandeur and finish toMthi3 monument to eternity." This capitol has no Scotch granite columns brought from Scotland, nor variegated marble brought fro.m Ten nessee to embellish and adorn its ex ternal finish at a cost of, several thousand dollars. But wo find that such jirovisions arc contained in the plans and contract for the adminis tralion-building of the penitentiary. iut I will not spyak of the impro p.'icty of the penitentiary, for it is a req.iii oment of that same constitu tion which requires ns to provide an Asylun,' for tho education' of ''idiots and drunkards" (inebriates), but .will refer to th.' manner in which it has been manipulated to certain interests, to the great detriment of thestato. Sound policy wt;uld have dictated first, that an ext'erior wall should havo been erected with convict labor, which could have been done at more no:n iual cost, and then by budding some shops- within, tho" pri souths would havo-been secure, ai.d cou'd have leen pirt to work thus .m'ishing some rovenuo to the stale, and .liter wards-they could have been pro it a M y era-pTnj'edi in c rec t io h t h o in i in building, . by. which means we wouji lyive hud a penitentiary without im posing a heavy tax upon our people But such a policy did not suit the ad venturers who were grasping for our money, and wo find that, notwith standing the high price of all kinds of material adT labor tor a while after tlvp . war, that thtt jcoii tract for all classes ofwork woro lot out at OnV tio, r-lwn txna -gWM-y-im O w.6y every one tliut ror"seTenii vears the carpenter and iron wnj-k, Ihe-pliMnb lug. olaslering and painting, could not possibly be necessary, but we fiiid thw following contracts awarded, stone and brii'k work to Coleman & Bros , Ohio, $419 314 94; plastering, Kirby of Buftimore, $11,809 Stedham & Co., of Pa., wroughi and cast iron, 8100,5S"4"03; carpentering. lib ward' & Thomas, Onioy.337,ZZZ ;. painting; Davies & Barnes, Otno,-o.7UU.u!J; gal vanized iron, Dunn & W-itt, .'"Ohio, $23,718 98; plumbing, Murdoch & La cy, Ohio, $b494-37, mnlcing a grand total of 8609 595.18 In the contract for iron wo find that five hundred iron doors at sixty dollars each, ai.d same nomber of bedsteads at eight dollars each, are stipulated for. Now; Mr. President, we have already expended nuirn than one half of th above amount, and have not yet touohed any orthe contracts except tho stone ft worte. and it is not one-iourtn clone, and tho most of that will be to pull. down androbuild, it having boen so shamefully executed . Mr. President, in my remarks I do not intend to-make any reflection up undertaken; but I do assort they aro ; ana tne price al'ldwU iTessrs. Co!enn for censurable for. at tempting o palm off on the state the inferior and worth less class of work' here offered, f I feel certain, Tthat the HtatpVlntorest de mands that before these gentlemen should b allowed to proceed with this work,, tftey should be required, at their owti expense, to take down and rebaild so much of that masonry as is not in accordance with the specifica tions, and for this reason L hope tho i)il now under consideration will pass. In fact, Mr. President,! think the con tract is forfeited and should bo intiro ly abrogated and the contractors held to a striot accountability for the dam ages the stato.has sustaii cd. in; this matter, and it was my purposo to of for snch bill, but other members of tha committeo, for -whose opinions I 'er. tertained a very higli regard,' thought tlwd plan- adopted anil- recommended would-best subserve the state's inter est. I therefore yielded to their mi. 3rior jnugjnnt. xi is not my pur pose, Mr. rresi-dent, to do any per son connected with the letting of work at the penitentiary, an! injustice. Yet, if I shall uncovcr or i expose any untair ueaiirrg or maltcasance by any one, the responsibility must rest where it bcIonjIS. Arvdbvro J will uv thai tho most chartable..construction I can place" upon the part acted in this im portant drama by my estoenved" friend, General Dtekery,"is that ho has, in his usual gooL nature-beXi shameful j ly imposed upon and mlsfeud ty other more .sagacious and shrewd,, with whom ho had to deal. I find, Mr. President, in the report of the '-Fraud and Conniption ni mission"- under of Dlhtial Vonality the head of . "f)fhcial v onaiity and t and ream-Medithem to- famish ui? Corruption " that 3Ilv Welkcr, who J eriden of their r. sponsibdity nja rtre 1 seems to have beeu the leading spir it in this pemteirtiarv' matter, is im plicated in the fraud andcori'ipiin matters therein referred to. At the time when' Littlefield was bribing and brick work is fri llnf to two.tdellrtrin pr t.Soaaii.moi.e.t bid nwtking a gwnstth, state in eight nSilHons i . 1 "CW Wiouaand dollATT, , ,r i fK-. Haat -iDore-thfin ten oouars as it is only intended , to em behab and adorn ft,, !lt . iw of the build IPJtt T? tD?'indo iwna Coleman is lowest, uui m mat bid. as -u m some others, for oma myatenous and explained reason to wUh l, re inerted in Coleman's bid 7h rJKt'Vtheirfcifor the main.w;ork by -f,?!" 18 lu Pencil, a. ckoumslaDce jf some 1 'nt- Doasitnotseemltrange , ur saca a Btopendons work ishonld hill ruS".bn,itte -SeiIr?Bt it might onl inZ 6d ?5 a TeT gt.biefit to some one in nnni i J p . j , . to the srent, .but not very prouaoie Mr, F?esebt: "Mr. Dockery mnst rZ i e,uea bids of MMsn. Ahld A Go. ?! ft tter from those gentlom ZhlZu la W mia s chairman of the Board in Which thT XAV rin . xv-: . -i v . i. i waer 10 get vu -.UL-ir net of i ua "Lor " rir. teoney ana reqnest that puivjunsrj Tho .&,ne Arts! nnt upon their bids; no-M Dockery nave "uey,-bt--l-.fiad no stamps on I ako find a letter tt Mr. " ScofieldL who, it Rbems. was not satisfied with beiuir the ar. chitect and drawing 1 1 .lana and speoifica tions, for which he w.ii pnid . J40O. but, be neetns to nave oeea supefiutenaing me ousi nessjn Ohio, probacy niAaipnlatingJe bids day and expenses to, fialeih tw jaor- itmcs. i have iiere iff flry pomwwu Tyw-- for S nnn a.r niA him which is some ithonsH and daUawi hi!uer din. ' Just think Of snch Wii.stefnfextraTaiince of ; people a ... " m ? ii. . money; simply fca a psper arawmg jui na nritiitiMTi? . , . .-. - MrJ I'resienL hmnr, atisfiod in my, mind thAt in awarding tins wfrk'to the hig&pjst bid der, a sreat and rieynrfa fraud has been per- netratel npon the Siite as - well as injustice fdon Anld & Co., I wrote to taoae geuFf iuom las th tt f their boadsmeu f.r I 2nd their bopds on file.) aMbe timof aiaking the bM, arid since we ma le dne report onturday l am ceipt of the rolliwin tekftr: i. Uot,0MBC8, unio.dna. At. ia re- S72. W. H: Trml. Chninttnn'A'r- k Ar ..i .jo ,..a . . f.ipw!rdid with onr . i . . l ui av v wu- ivn paying members-or tue convention. bid, , Scotield falsified. Will send lOtaeiai document m x; week. . Will th it do.' . D AULD Aj CO. I hope. Mr. Prudent, to get the dwumenta before this bill is finaJlv pwed. and I am Siiti-sfie 1 so great a nuj lias been perpetrated, as well as co.umou justiee outraged, ! shall ask tha-Senatetn abr.ant the entire contract with Coleman Bro.. and direct the Attor-ny-Oener d to institutt ui against them for the dainaige the aUte h sustained at their hands. ! i '' ! I find, 3Ir. President, that the act ol 18G8, J chapter 233. whic'a anthorizes the erection oi : : k k.. tka onotr.iatnra shall ive a good ud fuficieut bond tor the faithful performance ft the contract.! Here niu the commission seem . to. hre ben fSWint to 'duty, t!l;"fts the memory of tWueral Dockery at ial for he testified th.it they employed Messrs! lliiUip & M-immoh and paid tbm two haidred doJLws to prepare all the bonds, 4c. and that ihy. only took anch as those gentlemen said were good'imd lawfnl . Now,' air, we find bat 'eue i bwod drawn by those gehfJerom. and it i the only ou whih is aeeordin U law and custom in this state, and froaa aoipe reason nnplained to the committee it is the only one' where a North Carolinian- waf concerned.' that" of Messrs.. Whitelaw 4 Kiugi-who first obtained the brick contract but. which subsequently was taken frocv them eijd -.given to SlesssJ C.ilemaiv'A Ifro.. at - aerate! thoawiid dollafti bonrl trtvm (, OntMDi. JWmm foil tesiimony; whee45f 'Bittd patties, to gether with A.. B. C" etis. who thereby binl themselves for the1ithfurp6rr6rraanco of this contract hy the-' satped pArty thereto set theiV signatures ?' This bond is signet! without seals- .r -eonsUUttion, ! and neithe) has it nor the contract a .'Jte to it. " i Now, Mr. Pi-eaichsniv I lfcpe the Senate wil pardon nie for a few moitots while I rtfer td thfr class of -work whiei flias b?n impoKcc! upon '. which. I think VaT justify every Sen ntor in supporting the biiUiiow; under consid erafion. First. I beg leu to re?.d tho testi mony of Col. Fremout. vpo is a gentleman of abilitv and high chnraofer. wirh a national repntitiicu as a skillful civil engineer- an practical man: ' I ItALtirii, Jan. 24th. 1872. IF C. Trou, Eiq , Ck vr hn, &c r Db vn Sin: In comsli iica with your sum raons. I have exam n';d the 8eci9cttions for the contrct work-on the Penitentiary buildings, and to-d.y. with yon. have made a h isty examination of the character of the ma aonry that has been dotio.. j j II have ho hesit itioo in saying that there has been a very wide dfpitrture from the conj tract in the execution of the work as se m by. nie. ' !' Inste id of dimuion" stone masonry, X find very coomoa rubble" masonry with the aildition of cut stono augles and otUsid? jointsj The contractors h va given the State "surf face wot-k" that Imk '-very well genera lij white the-walls are fillet with "chips and Mp in's, intikii thJ woijk iiutrcure nl cht-ap to the iHMjtru;t'rs. lmt -if little value to the -tntf. S fi as I hve pn able to see. th-re U very little ').jd"iii t4 walls, and the but tresses seem to b entirely independent of thi main walU tliev are-iuteaJnd; 10- support Th6 walls should le tikn down and rej laid with proper lmd, and. with stone cut or broken to proMr dimensions faces and an-ijie-. The work requires the supervision da'f iy and hourly of a civil tnineer of experknc in m iHoury, or at least a first tdass stone ma son tliut ia incorrnptihle, and who will see every stone hud properly. There is much of this work that I would s t aneept for - the most cotnmoii r.tiUo tl masonry. Further. alitnish"eavy stne masonry requires to be iai j in goo I hydraulic ueuient mortar, or mor tar of hydraulic lime, wBich ' seems not to have ben done, as the taortw is now very toft and worthless, . , ; . :. :.i-- , AU the work shuldibointed npwith Jhe bdiilriUu,e'mtrwLa-knd at tlie ute of - - . - - . . - . - m . .1 n.r rnin - s w ww sunn nnven in iwna bpv"? - . , j depth of one or two 4Ucb. d ben rubral dnn with an irou tool .fowig an oval and Mnooth exterior surf.vce- Up10" . Lia mortar wfll not dry and set in ? 1's" . ' I he doors showa me. 'a&4 w CX doUars each, onght to be tasde for ;btf the sum htre in ftaligh.i - - . v' t J I . IWecttuhy submittal ; ' ,., : : - CtvU XniHr Now, sir, Mr. Fremont ay be wauld not accept such work as th eoinmoneKt ,rilroaa masonry. He denominates it cmnion rubble masonry, as beiog obeap the contractors but ioseoure and of little nlt tl? State. In an ora statement he says the ' prjee . pid, fifty-nine centa per cubic is high even if the work was executed according to con tract, but for the-clasa of work furnished thinks thirty-five cents a high prioe, espeeially as the iState' furnishes the lbor- sixty cents per day. - He refers to the buttresses as be ing more of an ornanieut tbn support to the bnilding. The practicj tne niasons we summoned before the commit'6 sustains CoL r'remont in every pjirticnlai , ' and they say there ought to be at'leasi one-third deduc ted fiom the oontract prioe bicn corresponds very well with Col. F. ' We find by an inspection f th ',rM,k, M well. as by the testimony elicited, that the w rk has betn most shamefully executed and the contract grossly violated. We fiod. there has not been one iron clamp .used? in the whole building to bind" the outside work to the walL We have not hMo sWe to findf any "driven tool work',' and ibt the "backiBg and facing" has not made a close vertical joint according to specification. In be waU for' ty inches-thick, the two (to03 ty"1 PftraU1 6bould be aboot-ninetaen, an a klf inches wide and cut to- dimenai then they would tnd legislature, for the purpose of hav ing lwge sums of money appropriated for pretended railroad ' piirpofiea but really that he might steak the same, when he was paying giich men as Dviwese, Laflin and'others,: that' Mr. Vvlkvr had transferred to him -twen ty-shares of N CLK; II. stock whifh was- jnthl for by Littlefield, and so far as I can seo without consideration; unless it was to secure his influence in the passage of some of the swindling railroad schemes. - And again. I find that said commission in an effort to get up the ovideirctt-wi rogarxl to the investigatiou of th f-st penitentiary fraud, ti wlirhineligaiigcommit; tee Mr. wemerwas cnatrman.-noc a paper connected with th tbjo?t could be found." What becamo if them the com mission could not ascer tain after diligent enquiry. Now, sir, with these facts before ;us, hare we not great reason to fear that in aiward irig contracts to . the 1 highest bidder where a million of doUan were in vol vod thati his- act ion tn ay 4ulv .bceB influencod fey. somoai.rt is, tr nOtivenrJ ; GcnM. Dpckery. flat C4l efure onr committee,! in answer to my question, that thcroj wero- 6ome bids by D. Aulds & Cd., of Columbus, Ohio, for work at mtjiuh loss prices, than those of Messrs. joleman & Brf., but that Mr. Schofiild, the architect, stated that Messrs. A. &. Co. were". not re sponsible men, and for that reason their bids were not entertained. 1 asked him ir any Ubnil or certificate of responsibility accompanied their bids, to which ho replied he thought not, and was of the opinion that the bids were not opened, probably the rsials not broken. But Mr. Schofield stated that Messrs. Coleman & Bro., wcro responsible, and npon that re commendation the work was award cd lo them, without waiting to make any further! enquiry as tot responsi bility of Aulds & Co., 'Whose, bids were in the aggregate about $150,000 to $175,000 as well as I can calculate, less than Coleman's. So It appears that Mr. .Schofield-wielded qiite an influence in this matter; and. when it is noticed that so ifraiiy of hts friends from Ohio obtained contracts, hi- la bor was not without its reward N'ivv, sir, I propose to he brief and give some of the figures or bids by the different parties. : BIDS 0FC0LS1IAS t DUO. , AND D. ACLDS a CO Stone Work foundation 8 fet wi ie, per foot, Coh-nian $4 9J; Autds s4 00. Stone work lonndatkn 7 fec 4 inches, per foot. Co em in 4 58; Aulds 3 GG. j Stone work found vtion 6 leet 10 inches, per toot, Colem n 30;.AuJds 3 42. Stone work G feet, per toot,. Coleman 4 lu; AtTids 3 00. t. tone work 6 feet 6 inches, per fciot. Col em in 4r 20; Auld 3 23. " . 1 JStoire work 5 feet 8 inches, per foot. Cole mat, 4 00; A uids.2 bi r , StOuie work 5'feet 4 iuches, pr foot. C61e man 3 90; Anlds 2 80. . . Stiiuo VltTtbcS-liittni net lota: X1?- mtonr vt.rk a feet 4 tncnes, per loot, Uole mau 2 9 ), Anlds 1 6ff. Stone won: 3 feet, ptr foot, Colman 2 50; Vnl.la I CO. ' - Stone work ior course 6 feet, per foot Cole man 3 50; Aulds" 2 00. htone work 5 feet, per foot, Coleman 3 00; Anlds I GG. Stone work 4 feet, per foot, Coleman 2 83; Aulds 1 33i. Stone work in -concrete 5 feet, per fjot. Cole man 3 70; Vnlds 2 SO. Stone work in concrete 4 feet 4 inches, per foot, Coleman 3 30; Anlds iJ 16. Stone work top course inxide 4 feet, per ft.. Colem.iiK2 75; Aulds 1 33J. , .tone work large size under cells, 1 2 inch footing, per Coot, Coleman 75; Anlds 50. Stone work large nize undersells, top course 12 inch footing, per foot, Coleman C8; Aulds 33 About 40r000 perches, per perch, Coleman i 9 80, Aulds 9 00. . . Large columns under oriol projections, each, Coleman 583 00; Aulds 173 00. Columns in windows ndministration build ing, euch, Coleman B3 00; Aulds 40 00. Columns in windows end of wings, each, 63 00; Aulds 40 00. ' v Columns in windows Clock Tower, each, C6leman 63 00; Anlds 4d 00. Balustrades administration building, each, Coleman 26 00 ; Aulds 8 03 . Window caps second story wings, each, Coleman 55 00 Anld: 25 00. Window caps end ; of wings, plain, each, Coleman 14 50; Auhls 50 00, 'Window caps strong oett building, plain, each, Coleman 14 50 Anlda 25. 0C , . Scotch granite column for front jjeitico, each. Coleman, 140 00, Anlds 200 OXk ' Tennessee marble ornament ,.each, Coleman 120 00: Aulds 200 00. .. iae rocs are noi aimiuuuu uui niur uui, making a joint from eight to eighteen inches wide, whirh snaee is filled in with chips and ruDuisn 'uis no grouiewu Djfinunu uuo or cement as is especially ei joined in specifi cations. I Thej hca-izontal and r other joints which are to be only on-fourth of: an inch are from three-fonrths to- m and a half innh-a. filled in with an inferior mortar com posed of ordinary sand containing much vpotptttVila mnttr . ' Dnrini? the investifiration of the' work the Assistant Architect, Mr. Hicks, against whose inteeritv of nnnxwe I bave heard no in tiSifition. lrfld leare to withdraw a former rehort and correct some inaccuracies," in which corrected report he " sayst 'Since my former report deTelopments nave Deen utana cuicu satisfy me Aat there hare been materialtised and work, done upon the penitentiary- of a different class and character to that re- diirred bv tha-lsoecineations and contract of which I had no knowledge hen my firtl re port was written. ' . Now I make no reflection on "the moral oKnr offer nf Mr- Hiftka. but bis eZDerMDC ta fliin elnsn of woi-k did not aualifr him to guard against some imDosition. and bavins a mul- tiDlicitv of dntv to nerform ne may not do en tirelv resDonsible foe the evil done .And the. Board of Directors, whom I regard as ; honest hicrh-toned irentlemen," who are incapable of an intentional Wrong in their administration, but Beinir unacqnaiated with the class of work thev wereiacbaree of, and jrelyin al most entirelv"Tot.th architect- for th en forcement oi specifications in the building.- I think, are not censurable for the imposition practiced . AS early a- movemMr tut tney di!sovd tbn tle brfck work'-waa lm( done AauMrAittir to nkrwg ' mil - twrnaWly-' deitHied tb ias,.d moan mm Mro- covered the rubble masonry in the bnuutg they pok issne with- the assistant aretutecj and condemned the work and smpen&& op erations. I am g'eatly indebted to tfiem lor snch valuable j inform ihon obtamea inis connection. I r "" ; J. After we begin this inrtstigatioff. the fore man1 in stone cutting was instructed by the anpertntendeni of buildings for the contra--mrs to hive soma iron . eimaen made andl in future hfcve alt the stone cut to-dimensions,. forhenceforth the specifications were to Enforced. Up to that tisie there had been no dimension cutting, hence So much open masonry-, filled in with chips and spanls.. V Mr. I'renitieuT my ieeunM uro ikj muru ru isted in thin maMer iliat I do- hone the bill will pas thatjtnis stupendouasim position and evfl may be arre ted. - . , ' W. find tb ti the iron doors fr tRe cells. five hundred n numWr, weighing orly 422 lha , inclndi"i lock'-b r and rising, at sixty iloll'irs eoeh. exclusively high, and have re commended that a , deduction of twenty-five dollars be mad on.each door, w hy: ir th-y are male of ordinnfy bar, and. three-fourth inch rod iran,;woith about five cents at ret iu ami thy eirtai(ilj ought not to be wonn more than the onvmnt we hKow m tha bilt. thirtsy fiv d-'l r. i Mr. President. I ak nardon for htmnS on cmpied so ranch time of the Senate this morn ing, bnt as ehif'-nian-nf the eommittefs; I : leel that it devolved upon me to make some state- -mnt about the facts connected with this prnt quetion. and feeling as I do that it is f so much ifHrtance to tne pmpm ni .iwiu Carolina. I wonld not have disMiargea my nu tv a aTeprpsentativ. but not to pnome of ibe ber(tof re hidden mvsteries of 'this gi- pantio tnn t, I I hope the bill will pass, and j tb work may b RWpennel. ana :nai me oi rectora b riinird to build an exterior wil Knd HTran abrsos with the convicti. that they may be pnt to work so that the amount of m'vny nw to be oollected under the revenue bill maybe dividedand a portion of it'ap plfed to' the educational fund, thai wmay be n nie to inmiso more children of the State, both white and colored; et the children bo educated -and we wil have less nse for tle penitentiary.. I bop that many of the convicts may ba hired: oat to inti-Til hunovement - and the Tnv Srf cation r iFjt ance.' Accor ding t a special telegram to one of toe JNew York journals, Jf resident Thiers, whon dkeassing with Al- phonse RotlehUJ the government project which was recently pnt forth with intention of ftirthering the move ment to seenrv Ik complete evacuation of the French territory by thw Prus sians (tho plan of the tobacco mono ply mortgage lien,) said: "I would like to ace an end of the German occupation if ve had a stable government and settled pubiio opin ion in Franco. As it is with us jast no w. if-the Germans were gone wo would bavo worse than they. - Dema gognes and Bonapartists wonid come forth and bring with tnem aittiio.ca lamitiei which evenenne from relent less party strifo.-j In a few daja 1 will viefd. Ihoaffh with regret, to tho een " . i " t- t .1-7- .. . L . : - erai aesire wnicu iw iwir tb- tireme it. bat I consider that the pres ebceof the Prussian troops aaoras a guarantee for peac and order. .. ,, , , 4 Bixx. to Establish Equalttt or Riohts. The following is the bill in- trodaced y Beo. JDatler. of Massa- cuasetts. ta tires ts, in the. Ijtaase of Repre sen- J Mdndaj.to estabh'ah the qoaI- , rttfbU in ditjlw of th? Vuitedt! The New .'York ning'Exvreimlm The fioaucea of XirJ"JS: jct of.mneh discuwion in fiutnci.l cirslesJ ; Tl,e ,aaaa15. -ty the jSEX! tnref(the bil to repe.r0r .lopfaodT mg was the signal for, R.Der;! bear raid on the credit oMh State - s2?-' nl.tor.in , New York,, Balr.8 Richmond sold short adarg. amount btn 'VCOII,9nu'Mhe Lei. latnre, which appeared in tU of yesterday, is repudialiow JSt' . for lialtimore aoconnt tions of this report, and iik CYZT wnsiderabJe .tponnt .ol.Loct con- f? fa.T Uen pat ont S 8elferor. ' tions often. tntv i T VT t. lonW flat, ftnd dslireries mid! with great irreo-nl-rii- rrnV r.1 "re bemiDg frightVnS on tW Pc tU '.Jitore wilTri repndiate the or nrinil - i T. - the debt in an v form. i i off in this bear raid on the cradik oC Virginia, and it now lrnV n - y1! J0iset on, , this .specaUUeny wonldDe ieayyv ; . jje it rnq.ciea-, tKu, t? uoever ueiutj w K"': on uuoc vouirMt wun ' . - j i i If the nrecpdhig igTRTalnre nao" appro priated for school purposes 4heamount they did for this uenitentiary-fewndVi the. children of the Ktite would to-day be in a- Much moie advanced state of education . . Now sir. bavincr piven my tinjfe aiwf labor to thw Question if I shnll succeed jn arresting nma vf the evil and damase the Mate was ikelv to sustain in the stupendous transaction, sbnlt fe el that mv services as as a? benator have not been entirely in vain corporation .or j natural person and owner, or in charge of any place of . - . .-.i? )aoiie amuscmeab or entertainment or which a license 'from any Iejral aa- tbority is'reqnirejd, or of any line of stage eoachea, ' railroad, or other means- of public carriage ol passen gers or freight, or of any chnrch ,or place of worshipto vshicq tue puolic are ganerallv admitted, or auv place of public education to which the pn- hIs are admitted free, or by the pity ment of tuition, or fees, shall make any. hstiuction-as to. atuaission. or accoin- nodation therein of any citizen of. the United States bfteajise of .race, color. iiati'Uiulitr. or previous condition of servitude, shall, on conictuii there f, be frned int Ids, tlnui $oOO nor more than j$500(f fir ewb off;-nee, to lie recovered on information tiled by the district attpruey in uij court hav- ng nrisdictiotir upon the eombiaint fauy Person injured, oi.e-hulf to-the United States and one half to- the use of the complaint. Section 2. The officers under this act may be prosecutel before any ter ritorial, district or Uucuit Uonrt he United States having tarisdieMou of crimes of the pence wheve the offence was charged ta have -been m milted . Ihe bill was-referred i tla. coai. mittee-ou the. revision of tlw laws. . iMPORTASt TO TDK HoLDXHS OF McTI lated. Ccukescy. It is Ruoonuced- Uy the Treasury 'Department thai from and after the lt iust., defaced or uiii lilated United States notes .aud frac tional currency, instead of. beiut? re' deemable as now ouly, by the U 8. Treasurer, subject to discount for run- wn-tiwivWwMr.hirab TVI MVluU&a? ".V1 a ieenMdr their full on the churaeter of JJessrs. Coleman & Bro.. for tu-oeiwtng these contracts. I have no doubt, sir but tboy-are gentlemen of social nositiofn and char ax-ler in iihio. aiiiLare eihinorhtlv qual ified to ex-icute the work thry ba-ve comrrion in these bids for the stona wort, 1 rompoued of hydraulic lime and '"sharp river make a close voi-t.i.i j-T.i,i.h ia to be well Now, Mr. President; fc is seen there is no grouted with hydraulin---ment or mortar, v Congressional. WAsniNCTOS, February. 5. Senate. General Ransom's credentials as senator from North Carolina were re ferred to the Committee on Elections. Tho day was consumed in discusing the amnesty bill, without a vote. Mr. llohinson moved to substitute the last House bill for the pending bill. - I-jos-t yeas 20-; nays, 33 Mr. Ciwpcnter then offered a snbsii tute lor Sunrner eirif rights bill, stn king out all reference to churches and! urors. and applying only to inns, cor porations, yc., maintained at public ex- ipnse; which resulted in a bitter per i I ... Tt 9 t sonal oisciission neiwoen jior. ouw- ner und Carpenter. . Mr. Sumner s:i ni that Mr. Carpet- er was nelinr as cue cnummun rn aste. and strikimr a blow at the cor ored man in church and in court. Mr; .'Carpenter replied that Mr Sumner didii'l care Cr a civil rights bill' unless it violates t.e Constitution. The. new umvesty bill, , requiring but u H who are relie veil he required to take tho oatn ot allegiance, was rasse! It excludes persons who re signed from tho nfmv. navy, or Con : . - . I tuvss. tr the reerwon. - "a a The balance ot the day was oecu pied In. filibustering over a new arawing for scats. . .... - Gorrrnor Warmoutb' waa ! -t-efore tho Cnngressional Invvstigating Gm mlttee nearly five bonrif tu day. After, protesting agajnst "any inter fcrcnee,;tho sommitteo 6n the state of affairs of the Governor, read a vo luminous document giving a" brief his tory of his administration. If . the Governor did not succeed in. showing that. his administration had been just hnrr wiso.he did not "fail to make a strong case against his political oppo nents, especially the leading Republi cans i " -s 'Xf the coalition, ho charged that all tho laws .which they now. claimed were odious and mostly framed and supported by Republicans in tho Leg islature. Franc.-Paris. Feb. 6 -TheTrcasury is ready to pay the fourth half mil lion, which will be due Mity first. The Assembly is discussing the es tablishment of a provincial Commis sion to govern tho eoantry, if the Assembly is illegally dissolved. Tu raultnoos scenes attend the discussion. - In addition to tbb sending of heavy ordinance to Forts Jefferson and Tay lor, at Key Wost, and Fort Pulaski, Savannah, the war Department has ordered one hundred recruits to rein force batteries B,F, L, M and K of the third Artillery, stationed at these forts the Treasurer, lhe several assistant treasurers and designated deposito ries of the UuiteVi States, and all na tional bank depositories, and will b? received at 4hcir'fu'l lace value by al orncers oi me ireasurv Ueuartmpnt in payment oi currency duo to the United States, provided that thrco-' 4r.i il ! ( .. "... u.ius oi lue original proportion of the notes are presented in one piece fragments less than "Sve-eu;bt8 will be redeemed only 'by rbo- Treasurer of the United btates. If uioco-thau one half and less than, five-eights is pre sented, half of the face vulu will be paid. Less than half a note will be redecmod only on affidavit that the missing porliou has been totally do strojed. " Uuder the rules any person,, firm, bank, corporation, or pubiio ofiicor. win ue permitted to forward live dol lars or upwards iu fractional curren cy, and fifty dollars and upwards in legal tender notes, for redemption to tue ireanry, uy express, at the ex peuse of the department, under' the tTovemment contract with Adam's Express dinpanv. Heretofore noth ing less than oUU, wu eutitied to trauportalioh at Government, ex pense. A circular embodying these changes is now preparing in the Treasurer's office The officers of the Treasury are determined to remove all cause for comnluint concerning th condition of the United States curreu- cy, ana. to that emi nave cMiclide(l to extend to all tile most liberal fuci.i ties for its redemption. , The line of defence to he adopted for Stokes, who killed James Fisk. Jr., seems to be that, the fatal sliot was inflicted uot by Stokes,' but by Jisk himself in an endeavor to draw hfirrtfi froth bb locket ri(Av At tnfX WlMi Stokes on bo fairviijr of tin Grand Central Hotel, In support d this proposition, it is alleged bt Stokes oounsel-lhat it is clear that two; pistole were-used, from, the fat that two bullets of dififerent s'ze were found one in the body of Fisk, and the other'on the. floor. One of the ballet si fitted the pistol found under the sofa in tie parlor, and the other did not. This 'ease is strengthened hv a reiaarli - nlie?ed to ' hare been . " T W . made by Fisk when ho wa first visi ted by the sorouer while lying wound- ea in i ue uotei. xo ijtawuwi iruu the official, "Were joa arnie J?" Fisk is, reported to -lxave replied, "Never mind that. The January report of the Affricnl tnral Department states that the Department is now principally receive ing, for distribution to the South in liberal portions, fbr experimental pur poses, improved varietiesof field and sugar, and corn field and garden peas aud beans; Italian rye grass; Iucern; mangel wurzol and sugar beet cab bacre and onion seed. It will also re ceive durihg this month fresh seeds of the ramie and jute plants, tho lat ter of which cannot be grown succes- fully north of Tennessee. Oats and barly of approved variety, havd been ordered from Scotland and Germany and wtH bo distributed in amplo time tor spring sowing. UDdcc, the United States government, for the. raising oi me wrecks or war vessels that since the war bar been such dangerous obstructions to the naviga tion in Charleston harbor'. Thus far the rebel rams Charleston and Cliico ra bavd been -raised. ' These -vessel--were sunk in Cooper River near the ciy wharves, by an explosion, to pre vent their falling into Union hapda;. yet strangely enough one of them was found io be very little ' injured. A steam engine was taken ont of her iu !ood condition, a resnlt said to be due to the faet that the ashes ot the upper works. (fell npon and adhered to the machinery, thus preventing corrosion - -Three sven iTich rifle guns have also- Iteen tiikeu lout io excellent condition Tlie tiixl wreck to be raised is that of the Patspsco,. which divers report to be a'so in gotxl ordef, but lj!n " deeply jimbedded iu quicksand. : Too tobacco crop of the year. in the Connecticut valley has been a most reiuarkablej ono. The raisers have discovered! that stable manure' is the best fertilizer. The result is that this ariiclefhas been in demand, and in-lead of being Hold, as It used to bo '. for fLty . it-enia. - a load, it now bring j. $10 o4 $12 a cord. It i, brought in lagj qfianitics from out of the State-. ThapViccs bbtainod have been enormous Ojie purchase . has. been nrnda tlkia' weclc of thrae. , rraA of East-Jartfort leaf at, 55 cenU.. Three nx-res IS ewington wore Dougnv. at 3 cents. ' One purcluise has beeri maul e th'i week of a case and a half ' of Easj Haftlbrd, 4860, at 00 cents. . One. man- lias just sold the product. oC, teven, and a half acres for qverirf ., $1.000,0ua worth in 181L Ilartfwl Pod. I ." , ' . pAssrQK or a M-wch-Nesfhx Lw. Heretofore whenever tho holder of,' a check ssucd by a .disbursing officer off tho Gvcrnmcnt lost said nolo he. had rio'ivlief, as tho law did not authorize the issuance of a daplicato-clicck. A law ju4t passed by both houses of Con-' gyess provide for tho issue of dupli cate checks after tho expiration of six month from tho datoof tho original, and th j 'Treasurers aro directed, to utxy them. i pon notice and proof of the loss. ' of the original chocks. Should tho nmoiiut of tho check excoed $10,.v 000 noj duplicate chock can be issucdv. and. the holder has no relief., Tlo Trcamrry Department has heretofore been put to much trouble by persons. wlvoso;chMkhavo been tost, stolen or destroyed, but this new law simplifies, the matter, and relieves both tho Di partmb and; the owners, of tho- . checks. . . : j i - : A 0rLlMKNr io. Da..Dc.Mn. The. editor lufHhe-Kuw Ybrk Jltnitti pays, the following haudsomo trihuto to tho fkuven nd Charles F. Deems:, .j . D. Ct-arles V. Deem. is.weltknojvni hcre iviidi else w hero as ono of the most. popular ire.-u.lwer4 Ui the Church. Uh this la Ink Ho Can hardjy bo said, at present to belong to any ChrUtfctii,. deuomi nation. ttiaviowsnreboobnad and liberal to bo confined within sectarian garment idle is, however. virtually and Hiw;iicany a Mvinoiiist . ji.ore tho separation of tho body, Jiat,s 181; into tho northern ami soalbrtiru hurclics Dr. Deenl biS04igifto- th' . ueived . Church. he joined hi for tunes to.) the SutK r Lil1 bQld4. tk ouajaconnrctriu with tlitit oraneo: or r tit fit riiiirftnr U VfuJtjr tfvtj-;n ruA ostensvbiy, a church, lor oulaern- Methodist sVnmf otners. wno taay oo soiourtiiag in New Cork. ' There is loW sold io Lriodon earlv in Aiarou Sin iniereaiiug roiwtiws ui' historical books, manuseripts, sjaaps, cliarts and c-nKraviuffV tit which tbe - - iibrsrlesjof William Teii and his -d4 seendants fnrnrsb portion ; ill of the1 books in the eolleoilnn Imnut W- Rrinorialbook-pUte of William tfsat' . Esq , proprietor of Pennsylvania, 1703.T amographsol TnomtMj 4on and Granviile Penn. oon temporary,. . books rasps plans of campHlgn, - and . raannscriDts. relating to Mastaoha . setts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and oth er States which bepsn to he A name and rower in the 17tb and earlier part. . otthe 18: h century, works belonging io tue aawn oj American msiurj u -now irarely found, and which nous , but mob I night, author, and states- man as Penn would ver Dave brought together' JJolon Advertiser News ' Federal Grand Jury has found true .' bills ngainst Governor Davis and Sec retary of State .Newcotnb, on aoconnt of irregularities in the late election. ."Constant and persistent advertis ing is a suro prelude to wealth. Stephen Qira'rd. - ' - t . J GAtvisoii, January 30. The Neici special from Austin reports that th I i
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