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' r T 1 ' - 1 . TT 1 - JJLiJLJL-JiA i 11. Ji- rid ( c A. tiM.IIT A. no., i I"r jrlforc. ' " Thit A ryut, o'rr the. 7 (!t 'i Jtittit doth an f.'frmal )7j7 A' ; Ao ,,(!. in j f :.fti WADESKOKO. X. C., .TIIIJISKDAV. DKCIL'iiUl t ' .7 ... ..... t . ' . v ; v.. J V'V N0 - j yj rr r L ' - 1- is pie f ( i Governor $ Jli.ssajfc. To 111K II' -J l.K T1IR (itNKIUL AVStil- IU.Y OKI i JILT OFJifc. J-E OF AOliTIICAItOLINA. , .-dlttd at t IT? , . joull., , .bijlas the reprcsonta- lives of lujWl'k iu accordance with tho f . Con 'Jfutiou, U awumo the duties and ro- ' T'Cl'1'1' '''tn aro Imposed ujon you ' , as tli o leginlalive department of tho Slate ( ii?VH''i1- tn0 discharge of thil trust, which mar more or leikt tho ha ppiness and pros perity of all, it it fur you to cxcrc'ue your own juJgnit nt and discretion iu tuaturiog tuch measures u the public iotcrcsU and r tnU, and (ho pjnin requirement of time may point out a most necessary and expe dient , A you are fre h from the eopIc, end are acquainted ruth their wishes and want, you will, no doubt, regulate your ac tion accordingly. Tho true purpno and erqiicnca of wio and judicious legislation i to protect the public iiitervit and pr ''raote the public tfelfar. ' ' I congratulate you upon the favornble . t t . j i.: ..i. . ana aufpicious circuniviaiict-a uuuer wmiii I you ave aascinbled, nod bopo tint your I ' - Jegislntion may lo beneficial tatheStato j V , , nd jiroductire of much public good. f uaig t i i' to tw j rear from contagious eickuess and diseu?, ar nwililonce dJ wntruo. and from fam- "Njl i b- w - iiiiirtid suffering. ( The people have enjoy ed rMieral good health nud peace through- Z Sute and the earth ha brought fodeeruual abundance of fruits and pro- ducts in due euon, . For all the numhor- favors and blessings which we are per 11 . mitted'to enjoy, we have great cause for r gratituJo to Almighty Ood, to whom our '' heart felt' thanks should constantly asopiid. Wo can di nothing ourselves; without His merciful help and favor our fadde tfi'orta will be' all in tain. The vivid and abiding evidences of these ever living truths, should encourage aud -cheer us in the faithful dis charge of all bur duties. KOItTIt CAROI.IN'A BAtLUOAD. V"la imporUiitJ interests arc involved in Thu great trunk lino of Railroad, I deem I it necessary to give brit-f Btatement of its yfseufinanc'lu' condition as IumlcHud ''iV. ail preferdcalnTgTu facts aud figures instead of supposition. , curor tho redemption of the lssutj i consiruci mo v.- a nnlilic faith of the Stat Itna nl' ... . dirodTJ- lhe holders tliercot ; and hi lidon 'lhtVeto, all the stock held by the 1et0lwnds i: V State in sVJlailroad eonipan, nd any ' divid indsVfit which uiay, from-'time 7 ' to tune, be red on tho Ktock held ns ' : nforosaid, shnlHe applied to the payment ; 01 ino interim ovkiuiujj vh , i . . j n . , T ' oi ed an act giving a bibiuloijt mu u .' shares of State stock in the North Caroli'im Railroad CJorapany for each bond of $1,000, i which was authorized by BaUl 'act to.be issued for the - completion of the Western TtfrtV, s Carolina Railroad. Avhieh lieu or mwaga is printed on the back of each iJrM to .tnA nnd is RiTiied hv the Public Treaaurer andthe Comptroller. Tbuf Ibi?mort- 0 erase IS in lUO IOJlOWiug worus i . 'Under the provisfisL of an act of the Genera! Assembly of North Carolina, en-A V' ' 'titffid 'AnAct to .enhance the value off . the bonds to be issued for the completion r of the Westorn Nortly Carolina " Railroad, J and. for otlicf' purpBseB, ratified 19th De- 1- ' t.l' 10CJ nnoV,.ii.Oi9 nf lIlo'itflflf 111 till? ; " i North, ; Crdlina Railfopr Company, bei l longing to the State, are hereby mortgaged ' l-a 'coltateraj curityfw the payment of ' '"'VUV3 bond" ' ' ' ' 1 ' yATherjt'SPutstandiiig -over' 81,800- A'VjO of this class of bonds. On ihe first Northlolina' VP,!?. ompany exei cuted" nroperb r)i tl Road .and all tho es. riirhts and 1 things of iaXSni- nfttoro. to William AV .ts ,ba tiopVx to issue and negotiate a series ot lloncf i ambudt? in-all to tho sum of $1,- Of this amount the Company at x ; HMJ2 in 100, oraereu ard fertiiifi 4790.000 0"wnIjAni'YfJer the 'mortffas'e. .The inJ f m . ' D - ter;st on those Bonds has, been pi-omptly JV-"t anf'a large ; paff. If the principal as 'came due, so that the present bonded -k-pompauy under mortgage is fi Avhich amount S470.Q00 is "in . bond, and' $210,000 in twenty Tjts Thus it will bo seen that the has been reduced to n. com JI amount. "rs tlnCiv Tm-icvre- Ug arrn .-C?'l et- -V-- wv- v run wm inntituiM in llm Urcuit Uoiirt of the United ftatcs fur the. Kastero Uis trict of North Carolina, in" the name of Anthony Swasey, fur himself and other bond -holders, to require the dividends of the North Carolina Railroad to bo applied to the payment of intercut on the construe tion bond.', and at Juno Term, 1871, a Reiver apuoiutod iu this cane to collect the dividends thereon as they have from time to time been paid. Thee divi dends, n furai reeived,havleen applied to the pnymont o( interest ; but as they wcro not sudiciout for that purpose, appli cation was also made to the same Court for a decree far ' hie of the fetate stock to piy past dueiotereL A decree ww according ly rendered by the Court at June Term, 1874, to the eflect, that if the Ktnte fails to provide for payment of the intcit due np to the first day of April, 1875, tho stock may te sold. , . If that decree is carried into effect it will thwart aud defeat the main purposes of the "act to amend tho charter of the North Carolina Railroad Coiupauy, nud for other purposes therein mentioned," ratified the 10th day. of February, 1874, commonly called "the consolidation bill," providing for a continuous line of railroad from More head City br the Atlantic ocean through almost the entire length of North Carolina, a distance, of more than 500 miles, with 440 of which aJ ready completed, a d a largo amount of tunneling in tho Blue Ridge, and grading done on the 70 miles not yet-finished to Paint Rock, thereby con necting with tho Fast Tennessee Railroads, and our sea -poits with the great West nudiffllth, who aro sending out the arms of the MniiMippi valley. . , ; ,The State has apiwalcd from tho decree of the District tiurtto the Supreme Court of th3 United Slates, and it is hoped that tho lafo leciion in favor of the sale of the stock hel lty llm FVaic in tli North Caro lina Railroad may be reverse!, nui iru bhouldlio confirmed, tho probability is that the main objects of the consolidation bill will be defeated, nnd thelcojlo of Westvwi North Carolina, whs have been so long de prived of the immense benefits and advant ages of railroad facilities, will have tosuf" fcr still longer-for w tut of those important veins and - arteries of trado and couiiup? which so greatly promote prosperity fnd wealth of tl country. On the 11th day of September, 1871, the North Carolina Railroad and all its pro perly was leased to the Richmond oud Danville Railroad Company, for a term of thirty years, for a rent of 8200,000 per a.r nuiii, payable on tlie lt days of Julyand January of each year.' ' The Richmond and Danville Company is also bound by the lense to pay any tax imposed on said Rail road, not to exceed 810,000 , per'annum The rent has been psul regularly thus fur, and the money applied to the payment of interest 'on the" Construction bonds, in ic ndancfl with "a decree of the United States Court., .-.H-.-in 'V .'? ;' ' The sum necessary', to bo raised by tho present General Assembly to pay tho past due interest on 'llio 'construction bonds, aWthiis save the stock t of the State froni sale under, . the, .decree" of the United States Circuit Court, will probably amount to more than 200,000, w ESTERN NOKTII CAROLINA. gAlLHOAD. Tliia i road ba3 been under mortgage ever M.iflT.a anil ia now nendV Arf. WWe, am ine.aao rouw vo ing 'iu tlic? " Circuit' Court'of the ' UneVj fUV JVH, , i J States for, the Western, District ot JMorin Carolina, for the sale of said road, and it is understood that the North Caroliua "Rail road Company have 'made arrangements with theoredilors of the Western North Carolina Road to purchase it whenever itis sold, as without that the consolidation act will -be a failure. ' And by4 reason of ob jections to that act, applications have been pending iir: the State and Federal CourU for injunctions and orders' to restrain the North Carolina 'Railroad Company from purchasing the Western North Carolina If the consolidation , bill bo properly amended it is ;houg1iUhe present object tidns t it will cease, and this great rail road . which promises so much benefit to North Caroliua. will be , pushed forward with industry and . energy to a successf completion; Most of it is already complet ed, but we are unablo to reap any of the advantages of this great through J ine;, by reason of tho part left unfinished. 1 w . v The Eastern Division of the Western Nortlr Carolina Railroad extends from Salisbury to the ."French Board ; River, near Asheville, and has been'rtlyjeted nnd in operati-ra for several years from Salisbury to Old Fort, in McDowell conn- tr. a distance oi 110 juues, e.uu tu SO.OOO.OOa, $4,000,000 of which was paid 1 - iftifinfl br indiviJ- -r ' 'r , I rYou uals. . . ' 1 , The Western Division extends near Ashevillo down the French Hroad River to tl)9 Tcnnrwee line at Paint Ruck, some few miles 'below the Warm ripriog in Madison county. , , '. Old Fort is 25 mile from Morganton, and 24 miles,, from the French R road River. ' TliU 21nnles iocludm tho moun tain section aud" all he tunnels, three small one aud one largo one at the top of the mountain. The niH tunnels were nearly completed, when tlie work was suspended, and the Jarge one through tdid rock, nearly half fioinhed. The largo tunnel is about 1, COO feet in length,,, 700 feet of which is complete and some 000 tp Piiish. The entire tunneling yet to do In aU fur of ihu tnuuels in a little more than a fourth of a mile, and n very larg proportion of tho grading between Old Fort to the top of the mouutaiu is done, and connidcrsble grading has also been done from the moun tain to tho French ( Broad .River. " The Company, previous to tho war, had sur vcyed and located the section from the French Broad River to the Tcnaosoo line, near Ducktown, a distance of 135 miles from Asheville,' at ' the celimttoil cort of over $5,000,000, and had located the road from tho .French. Bload River down that river to tho Paint Rock on thd Tennessee line, 44 miles from Asheville, the estimated cost I have not before me,; " '. ; ' ,',The MTssissippi yalley is full of Rail road enterprise and life. Those Atlantic Btxaro most ssgacidus, and most fully on tire road to endiirlHg' prosperity and l""c riiilroaoa to, gather in and convey to hl - Oown jwrU the inexhauatihlo proluc lions of that valley, and also' to chare in the Pacific trade of China and Japan. The Easl Tennessee, Virgiuia and Georgia Rail road has it eastern terminus on tho Vir- tine, at "Bristol, and Tts lower ciid has two tcrnmii one At Darton,GeorCia. aud one at wmltiiciM..iT.ylnW-- 702 Ocean. ' above Georgia, of tho immense freiuht thut is p)urci uiio wmj,. v.m. tha west, and Us authoruu anc friers would bo glad to turn its turougu y.4.M and travel across North . Carolina. Its toiiiunee is immense and constantly in creasing This road will have a monopoly ol the carving trado until we can intcrsoct or tap jt, and as has lieepjtated, it is to iU iuterest te turn, its MUrougn misinew across North Carolina. 1 ho city oi wn-ir v.s? Aud how cau Uiey Devigiuni wnoaro cinnati is building and expects to complete. linfrmed as to the issues at stake, or LlUlinil ,b r . ' , , . . iii eigbteeu months, a road diroct'to Clnf, tanooga, and by tliis very important "ft , the ireight poured down to the latte i, wiU probably, be more than doulf e Knoxvillo & Kentucky road exft. irom Knoxville towards Kentucky, ow termi iintinir near Caryville, in the midst of tbo finesteecUon iu Teunessee,: which is being rapidly devcleped. '-The present terminus of this road is oiily 'twenty five miles from the lino of the Cincinnati; Southern, and when tho Kridiy'fe ct. Kentucky'; road is fini8hel, the ;'distaiiC8rom" Cincinnati to Knriri!ie;yijl hiihqOi'nules; ; From Knoxville"'' to Morristown is42; miles ' from Jlorrietown' to' the Nbrth( Carolina . 4. ''' i-.l :t ' line 44A.irom me .fetate no 10 asiio vilk f ifThe distance from Cincin- u&Wc k irleslin, by, way, of Chattanooga, v'ue" 1 .0 miles, making it 92 miles near- kJ j feichniouV knd Norfolk. and to owr own .ports, ( which we should ever keep in mind as the poramoiant object,) , will .be our line by way of Asheville.1 '"Vp ' In tho beginning of ourneral system of internalprovements Ya 1848,' onivwitest statesraeu, such as Johr M.. Morehead, Romulus M.i Saunders, Calvin O raves, Samuel Fi' Patterson, and others', looked not merely to the trade of the ! Mississippi- Valley, but to the immense region beytfud. In 1852 it began to be regarded as more than probable tlmt great IFues; 'of ailroad would be constructed to the Pacihc VleaD and it was; thetf ; dchon?trated J thfat the shortest route from California to the At lantic Ocean was across North Carolina, it'shonld be our chief object to stretch our lines so as toreach the Mississippi Val Iey. Once in comijiuuicatibn with that val ley 'the natural curcut of trade will assert itself, sind-'.wUIieBulfri-graataiflOnston ly iucreasiug benefit to our st ate.; ; , . EDVCATiox. :-v-- 'iv .The receipts oud . disbursements of tire Common School moneys appear small, on the books' of the Public Treasurer and the Auditor because only a few -smnll sources of revenue to tho school fuud are paid dii eclly into the Public , Treasury, such as money received for en trier of v01"11 'am,s tax on Retailers of spiritons liquors," fines rml finf,.;tiiff. nud income from invests The prient school Ian' provides, that all Slate and Conuty capitation taxes which shall be levied and ooltecUd for ahool pur-pow-s , under , tho Constitution, shall bo paid to the County Treasurers of the coun ties repecti vdy iu which the same is cd Icctod, and shall constitute a revenue and fuud for the, support of public schools In said I couotitS. . t .... .. i ! It is unnewary, With the light and 1 1 . .. knowledge bef ire us In our advanced civilU sstiottoo0V'rny learon or argument to I show the great necessity and imporlance of a irpnrrki ilirTusfon of kuowled.-e anionif I the ncomV All nature and experience led -!". UniKfiint r nrtiva tho use and tmnutiL 01 1 ulucation. , ...' I , . i i i -ii i. il ongiaens aim impruyc. wur wiww tual faculties, aud grtatly Tromotcs real rnioymenta. ' . Without education mankind would U only heathens and barbarian, and wholly uuGt f .r the rcalixatioit oftho llessiuRsof civil andl religious libi-rty.' ' it is thq great power, that raises the intellectual and oior- al conditions of man far above tho brute creation, and teaches him bis duty to him self, hit country and Jiis God." It enables the poor and unfortuaato to work out their own harli:c and destiov, and to prepare lor the enjoyments 01 a unaiui lmiuoniu- ty horeaficr. " '. " s 1 ,. ' It was truly said by that great JintiMi statesman, Edmund Burke,' that "educa tion is the chief defeuce of natious." It defends a nation withiu itself agalust vice and crime, by enlightening tha minds of iu citisons and preparing them for the knowledge and tho practice of the princi- ples of virtue; and this ;iuner, Inhcreutj strength all tho better qualifies and fortifies to resist foreign aggression. It is educa- tion which has elevatcil tho Kingdom of Prussia from a fourth cUrs power, since the time of tho great Frederick, to the con- trolling influence it now wields throughout Eurone aud tho world.-. Aud thoeo States ropeaudttioworw... Aua 111060 oiaws 1 communiti in the United StatcB I progrTveT'aiKi Id wlkli tHf. greatett icvemcuu iu every department of lu- -'thoeo in and communities and acr mau eflbrt have l en made, era thoeo in which education has beeum66t fostered aud encouraged. Our forms of govern ment are 'Used - on- intelligence and virtue: It is said, and truly, that "We price 01 ... . r liberty is eternal vigilance." But how can an ignorant people appreciate liberty, which can be secured and -enjoyed oij' by wi provisions' in Constitutions-nll aa to the dansers which erty? One of the oij be nearest to the heart iogton was that of so educating the great f, .. ..' I ' !il Won lor' 1 uieni. . Au w uiwiui foundiuc our Sute Government, and fiuc- toundipB Ou r? ceevfiug gcncrBuuuo, . ----- to time their fundamental law,; and in? their legislation ! on' the -subject,' have' shown that theedu'eation of the ir asses has occupied The first act on the subject of Public or 'Common Schoels was passed by our Slate Legislature in 1825;' The 'object of, this i ,a Mn.t . f.n.d. which slowlv ac- a cuierpiacc in mcir moujjui... nuv n HO s was vvs f ' cumulated until 1836. when the State re- ft14.1S 757: as a-deposit by the general government.' ' This sum was invested, interest accumulated, and' our Common School system wal put'in opera- tion in 1840. Fo'r twenty , years, to 1860, tho systemincreascd in usefulues and con- ferred great" gooil lii; the masses5 MCV & . , . . A heonle. insoifiach 'that theyJ beca IS 'at tached to i4 and tho, system . wajiXgarded as permanently established j inlhe State. Uufortuuately, however, with our other los ses, which were great in many respecU, the war which commenced ? in 1861 occa sioned thq joss'of uearly , all our; school fund. ;T1hs Joss.Jt wouliseem,' was una voidable, and was a part of tho'misforttfnes of the times. 4 But our jWpW'uot daunted by these reverses, but 6till cliei ishiug as in former years, their dewliou to tho cause of education, bestowed on- their represen tatives iu ' the f General Assembly ample powersotl this subject lu the resent Cou- SlI'VHOflr -l 'I" H.I1 ( -And at this time but two impedimcuU appear to a vigorous system of Common Schools:; First; our comparative pover ty as a people;" and secondly, the so-called Civil Rights.bili. Tho first impediment or (linieulty could bo sunnouutod, for out of their little, our people would consider it sound economy as well as commeodable philanthropy, to spare something for Gen eral education, and our Comuion School ...11 .Ia.U aui-nlv 11a It! did from 1840 to 1860, into great aud m- w. e- ,u IKKIV OI me American insvi"w , i b , - ,..a B..;t ihiif. of. his compatriots had ni r.r tlm election of the 'I fbrepared to take their places as sen-su .i ' 1 : . r.nnnia a a tn- rmirifT 1 uintinAr ine JMiieuuineni iu icmiiuu w m i frinniipnpn. null mrr nnu u" " crcsjtin ii.t-fjllne.s. But a la-v j ' Caogre's requiring the t' rai -mixed in tho public schools of ihn : would, in all probability, reu't iu cl thcJO schools in North Carolina. In th met nendouf r oi tuch ft irtw u-i.rc A 1 I Congress, with the prospect of its pu.n 9 would go very far to deprcM, if not to destroy the V-otti moil dciioois ol tins ctale.i indulge in m comments upon the Civil I Rights bill but simply giro expression to the views and fia.dii.gi of the great body of our , people. Our ;a!a Constitution miVn no diaeriminaiJuu against the Tolor-1 face, There is no law in this State for miliim" rnlored In I.I it u Irom aileuoinori . . .... . ,. I anv of our rublio schools. Bv renural - nnMMll hv ,rilrl5lia ui arnarnte j . , - - - - - i - .( h(M.ouais for tho to races, thev bave .n I, ......rati-d from each other, and , .... ,J . Vi J as calculated to sap the foundation of the Public Schools. . ) k- -j - I com rueud the whole subject of educa- J tion, gondemen, to your cons'uhrstion. There-is no other subjest likely to engage your attention which surpasses it iu ini- portauce ; and I trust that in this depart- ment of legidative labor, as in others, your action may be such M to benefit lbs people aud rcdouud to the general wel fare. ... TfJB vsiVEiarTY. The amendment to our State Constltu tion Drovidini? for a re-orcanization of the iTpjvcrflit, which was passed by the ne- .eM.rY constitutional majority bf tliel QeDerai Assembly, at its session of 1872 1 .73 Wftg by a largo majority of the voter, oa th first Thursday of August, 1873, aw?0rdiDg to the forms ltud requite- ,nets of lw, an 1 is therefore, iu my opin- jOIJt a part 0f lne Constitution of the gute . .Uiuicrthe provision of the Constitution.ns - fto Vl(cfnTn rt; f Un'ivcraitV.lhe trffiUature u tw csion of,g73.7i elected by joint vote of the . .t- e.. tt: ,T . iT........ii..iTni..r.i(. IWO Houses, w jruBict wi w.Qjw .v...v. . .1....I 1 uwniKil in )a rntrrtainpd - .. . . . ,. .t . ..I... .41 aato.tun-consututioiiai ngni 01 mo yen- it- - -""7".', ., nnMe" -oral Assembly to elect tbV Trustees, under enlightens thur rn.nds and pra, - J ' , '.Hioil which the General Ass mUe. their election, . ' CarrioU to tho Supreme which U the case of the Trustees of . University of North Carolina against Alexander Melver, hupcrmienuem, 01 Public Instruction. The case was before U.mroml (tirt Tnr (Wlfilon at lU last The case involved two.questions: first, I. it,. TT..ii.iniiv liv eiinpliiiiT that i icca u mo vunnoi, j e , j they should be chosen by a joint vob j mcmber 6f the General Assembly. VOVO Ul IJIMIGRATION. It is probable that, in proportion to area an,d populations there' are fewer persons in this State not natives than in any ; other State in the Union. It was hoped, at the close of the lato war between t be States, that immigration, bringiug witb H wealth, I . i .11 i n I btelligeuce and killed labor, would be one Oftho means by wlnsh our prosperity would bo nverially increased ; but this hopedias not be.; realized. The number of those from other countries and States , who bare come to reside permanently among us F is small, and 1 leel constrained 10 aiaie inai the immediate prospect of any thing; like ri II. ..! !... I. II.. Slot. k. cousiucrauja imiiugnmuii w w uwi j no means flattering. It would serve no good purpose at present to dilati upon the causes that have diverted the tide of immi gration to other regions, leaving so little of that tide to find iu way into our btate. Slates 4ud communitios grow slowly, and live a long time We,m,ut be patient and hopeful in this respect, as iu others. The day will come when the unbounded re sources of North Carolina will bo more lully developed ) whtn her great staples of cotton nod tobacco will bo manufactured in largo measuro here at home, when ' her comparatively hiddaa but vast mineral re sources -will be brought to light and utili zed ; when her forests of timber and her water power will be rendered available- for wealth and prosperity ; when ner "vfrs will be mado navigable as far as practica ble, for her coasts i.e nud s-a-j,"iug shij; when her Railroads, penuratm- the Blue Rid-e, shall biioj to our marts tho produc tions of the Mississippi Valh-y; whenachnol houses and cliurclic shall exist m every neighborhood, sending out their light and their truth among tho pe-ld when Uoru. may inreaieii no-1 urv,"v - - - 1 Denenia, , jjucu .i- -v -- nf n,.rrA Was i- V .7 . 1, .. - . 1 . , he nir arc) romoteu. mc inenus wuu I . .t . 1 ..l.ii..M . I . 1 . t J J II. miiar A1H e ' Tirtuoys, '..Tii - V -,t. -or I, tvir-iucrtu . To this ci. in t! c g! xy if.1 t ' :l. t . u '1 IL I y to ill tnr.t, 1. 1 t s i r l ? j la our ! .y - it to i r.tcrity a n i " I time, Id .ity to i! a. 1 1 it may to to buildup a:. I i tjvc cur Lik tint e nro r t - t; n u t:i ai.l oi imm grants ss to d re that the vicious. t..e re fuse of jails end peuiteutiajies, or the scum of Kuroje or of etht r f, tales or countries, should Settle nrnnnj us. ta wish that our moral condition shall improve with our maicruti vr-n"i. ivrj mum .-t . t- i : crant of industrious habits and rood moral character. ho comes to settle aroonj us, will be welcomed by our people. And while on this subiect. permit me to express ,:,,:,. ,ui m1rr.iiw from the , . , , Qur . besoming mora and more satibCed with their condition, especially when they - . . contrast It with th peculiarities and the hardships which aro to be encountered in other communities; and tho result is a pauao ia the tide of emigration from North Carolina, which I cinccrely hope is perm a- ucnt. I commend the wholesubjcct, gentlemen, to your attention. It remains lor you w oe I cide whether any further steps shall be tak m .1 en, and, if so what s'eps, to induce imm.- I grauts to so'.tle among u. DEAF A5D DCMD kVV THE BU5D. . I commend to yeur care the NortnCaro- lina.Institution for tho Deaf nnd Dumb aud the Blind. The interesting report of the Principal and tho President of lSo of Directors, will show the general c tion and management of this Inst ( for the year ending November 1st The number of pupils for 1873 v 1 . . . . .t aud the number lor low waaw- . ; This noble cimriiy c xUvC; fcrred and is conferring countle and blessincs upon those unfortunate class- and blesintrs upon . - . , es OI mo nuraau rnvf, uu uuiv I r,ric.l nfidudit. or socech and hearing. It 1 I. .. .1 I f t lor useiumcss ana nrim.cVTCr but they can appreciate an i v . bas already furnished ( abunua , yy of the valuable results accompif iustrumentahty. . in giving id . 3 cneenuiuras, u tvm , tor to the unfortunate class who enjow U. I ' Tn. -I. ... nlomilv ia vei nearly share their misfortune aro comtof taiuing,"respecublo' useful citiiens. The more carefully the bearing ai a measure of these results are estimated, tue more clear, it is that sound economy, as well as philanthrophy and christian benevA ico fully justify all the outlays necessary Se cure theln. ''. I J While the Directors lave doubtless, fcno the best they could in tho practice of op er discretion and economy in the govern ment of this humane aud bcnevolenUlnsti tution, and have reduced the average cost for the support of each pupil, they aro nevertheless constrained by an impera'o sense of public duty to ask that an an appropriation of $45,000 be made f ' support, and, $5,000 in addition for t' 1 pairs of buildings and .fence?, and purchase of furniture. " ' A large and commodious buiMi been completed for the colored d and was occupied in July last. ing is eligibly located, and is pro suitably arranged for the cj convenience of a large nu: 1 . .': PUS. i .)- It is said that North C'l State in tho Union th( , suitablo building for th t of colored pupils, an(ti nporopiiations for the her colored dvaf and dum' drcn. "INSANE Ai1-" I reprice! liii. V invuj the elahorate nud instru, . 1 abfo and efficient Superi." sane Asylum, of Nortl ' contains valuable and , tion in relaiiou to thu, has done so much to irapt of those wbohave received "' teclion. Tho act for its u passed by the General ' co-ctrt'i:i o
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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Dec. 3, 1874, edition 1
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