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" . . I!- I : i! I :. . -3 M I - I: . - r ' ? I t 1 ' I & UC VL) I tUUUU l u R. T. rrWHVM, EUf 1!J Prc?T. ." . - I w- . r - i - C ol r. W H-k. .f W.Bt-ortb, N C i. to :uit -.Urr.pt.ott .lf t8t4 f,lt rTii.T. to ri The iQueatlon of Railroad Krelght Charges, Again. .s,tce car article oo tb trxceiire chargr for Iota! railroad trtigbta ap r-eArr!. we havi-conTervd with a tutelar of fttj :wr and fiad tbe roaiiot g-cerl. Among other? tb ncrrjra-n f tbi cocuty find tbi o:. rf tb cl.rf obstacle BCkini: wt:. h tbev bare tocontend tie d:nmin'.ioa wotksfarfal Jj to their Uetnrm-ut and in favoi i,f rival uor-rrjnien farther North. To tHu?t?": Op f oar i-rirjcfpai I t-L l!r f trf- tLforra n tha iiut ty tr.rti to MarjUnd, IMiwi" i r r cD-laca can thtp their trref jf m li;r.tn re ti Ur ()k, FUr ; ! : a a ut of itn! mile ,r iout-4 tot'drnl. "bV ;ht nurrju rt, fbippioff fnm Janir in, tottici mty, to Ch-irltte .! t:.'AT.rr t.t ,NI mslt-i-, b.n ti p4 :t out htiiidrnl. Tbr ili-pr.. ..iwu 13 rir,:r.H hrrt- i Wjobi ..! n.i'ti Tuf iaf diij.rt.jr n i .ipjntr p'l ns Atiafacturt iS :,v ujt tic't'rit .d mili at J f,.n. i.d n. p" jr i l.an Ut-n ! .. .,t t.f ii . in p-i-i. ' I'-' , 1 -! ( ' ' ' Vll U nt 1 -"i K't-. We art iuriht-r luioimrtl tha; rxrrirr tmyhti Lavt prr--(titnl ? L- me!ftt.eut of mucii i it c.-itiaf4rturiijgenterprir Jimr!:oo where the watrrp r i ci4i;nl!it-rm, hut rendered rvvmiararurly oe!ev uo thii ac count. Ihrrefalt of all thi i to dr'ie euSrrpu away from thi rrtliou -ad force mvrstmrnl of capita! at iiut hrr there is , rjilrojd naii-ntn and tbe bip- r 1- Uu. a: tbr uirrcy ot any on orpTatio. It p-ra:-! agaiul oh and t:i the latgruu ijt-ra:es aatnM the ra;!r.aU too, wbich pnriue u i.airsdl iK.Uoy in demanding exor bitant ratc from oar home inlttu lua. To uercotne tht dillicaltv we tUve, wi iaid tf.re,that theif 14 l-uto.it way and that i by cwn rrt ot .u lioti amongit the hipiera v( thi ttion. It them nievt, otais o aK'tation for tnotoal ihtrff and lay their grievance wfiri tit railro.id autboritif. anvl have rvery rraon to Nlirve t!at th will ruert with fefjcttul ...It tatin ai.d that gml w ill runif of it. The oltl iajing that Vh.it i every N1V bume ..!K,hVl,uti,u.,- ia true on.-, nnd in true to tins cae. Lt our shipper unite, act ia coocrtt. an 1 prrt!irt that ioch action a tbv take will lecolt .in !fning "urn. of thf l.urd. ns ih y now Uar and m ju'.! ctitiiplain i f. ircmethinr About the Extra . " Gv. .lar i ha i.?-ud hi pit 1 ..iih. I- valvar.. f. m.ettntt. Srar-p.!..!., V.n da the l.Vh ,! i I ! .ri h. at in-ui. f.r the pu ! tt n-ns-iilruni: a proposition t r 1 tlsr j-ori ot th ti?:tr iiitert-M in. v d it. -comT-l-ticn f th. WV-- n uh C.o it.a l lilu ad mat t W J1U- a. I o'l. r. The j-n f' !ir, iri.m U ! tl Hi thin i.i t ! PTi:ir W ,. gv " , t it-f S . . - u; . i t - j i'., '.hiru i , t i i.i i.u nri-' kj.i trdinat t:r.er!. ar i, . npoo the pr.t- j :! vt Mr. 1 - a p.rrd ia ti e j ........ . Tbf actuiu of tt.v. Jari mvv ., , . rr..vt with tbe approval r-f tie reo - , v. , , . p.e i f orth i arul.na. ad then it Lay nut. How.v.r, it is too la e "now t,.!: tbr matter further, tar a. the action of the Govern, i, concerned. Tbe Charlotte Otter- f,rltM'rrl!ir.l1ititr.,(.i..1wul -tri. ccj cuizeuoi ed;:irial on tbe extra mion, from , wb:cb weijuote: Gov. Jarvi is andoobtrlly in ' ,..sum of all the plans projKsett l-,.w let him -tern on the light," iu order that tie whole subj,?t m. v lH.,nteUigeot.y dul by hV pre ol tbe tatf prior to the a ml'v-s: of tbe l-: uurr.in ord. r , o,-n,.m-.,.m., i i , that tb.mrmWMm i, goto IU1, h with s-n:t- knowledge ot what i lo come tr fore them, and a!o with eomecrvstaliration of public s nti nent Uhiud them either for or ajjatca thesa.e of the road, based Ctoa a knowledge Of the proitXi - tiUs that are to be aobmilted. Every tax payer in the State b l;rectly interesietl in wuatefer ac. by the Ie-:j!. :s!ato.- oaht to tion may be taken by ne lid rrrT IiT2!a!n- nn.li ia! r rh,: ; ,-.e at the .aiiren.:.! f - n-tv -e It ict-u " " meat, with tbe lull knowletl Lim. To do this understanding.- !,.oagbttow,igh.mI.!iteverj , CSrTLi'.abmitteJ. and as tb?se eitnrr snotum f,4f 9 U K - - - . : - r iia f lovrrnor. r are in tbe 1 ' U . in n1 iat. bound to torn hi. in- .fformatbo over t, the Ieopla- The :. i -f o i n limit. 'Jn.i influence, tlet uu V' ... ..I.. .ntUinh.'.,.,!. nmtlmuiHr nf povfrnmentaa i. - ixxipw will w autc iu Href, if h In,J l0rn u tbrm. If be is rif-bt be my couui with certainty opon me nupi". the independent press, bat it cannot reach an intelligent concloMon on less in poMciwion ot all tbe facts. Torn oo tbe ligLt." Sine the above waa in type Gov. Jarvis bai " turned on tbe Hgbr,'' ai will be seen by bis addrtrM, wbich e pnblib in this isane of THK fATCtf)T. The Case of Edward Cox, the Slayer of Col. Alston at Atlanta, Ga. til. Ilnbert AlstoTJ, of Atlanta, Ga, was mnrdered in tbe capitol building of that State daring the month of March 1379, by Maj Edw'd Cox. It wa a shocking affair. Cox was triel, foand guilty of murder in the ecnnd degree, and eentenced to tbe penitentiary for life. Cox a;paled to tbe Sapreme court for a new trial with the following re sult : Tbe Atlanta Co j Mario thus re late bow Edward Cox, tbe Mayer ot Colonel Alston, received tbe re nntly annoauce! opinion of tbe S jprem Court of Georgia, upon bis application for a new trial: Considerable sympathy was ex prrel in the city a few days since tr Mr. Cox. He has had many iMtors. On Sunday, after tbe de cisiuu was delivered on Saturday, tuauy of his triends called to see bim. He is not in good health. He hat ftafteretl with pains in bis back; hts Ujks pale, and his left eye has never recovered entirely from tbe wound in bis cheek. He says that tit- j.ickneK! be has bad was caused by hit rot-tiuement. He had always an ac' ie Ufr, and confinement in i ! ijuartns atlrcts hi- health. He clatni! that he killod Alstou to krep him Iroru killing him, and that wben he fired his lat shot that niraek. Alston iu the bead, he ha-1 rtmteU a wound in bis face that sUatteretl bis teeth and made bim almost blind and deaf. Uu Saturday, when tbe cews was carried to bim by one of tbe guards at the jail, after a moment's study, he watd : Well, if it is tbe will ot my JU-deetuer and the highest legal titbunai of my Stale, that for claim ing the meat and bread that In-longed to my wife and children and for protecting my life has made me a c iiici, 1 wiil submit with as mnch rhrertulne as manhood will allow. Ibe tears that are so freely llowing Inm my eyes are not Irotn any re-UH-ri-e of conscience orgailt, but for tbe thought ot my ftoor wife and lire little childteu. er, my unfor tun.'.te business connection llu ! '"'" V.ob has made my wtu bnsbaud- ! 187S, f I31,81l't4t3. The total val-!!-, my children fatherless au J ai- i oes of domestic eiports (mixed gold mo.nt ienniles. May God Lavejj currency vautt() Were: De mercy on them. 1 will try and i , make a better convict than 1 did a ; cember, lft.'J, a.O.iUl.OSdj Decern- citizen, if mv acta were unmanly I her, 1STS, coC,454,4Ul ; lor the or uolawfal." j twelve mouths .uded December 31, 1 ISTy, c751,C3,75J; for the twelve The Postmaster General Su3.jmonth9CDUed Dts31 1878t a;. " i 023,23$. i or some time pat Postmaster i General Key has been waging war j or lotteries, and other awindlingj fchemes and has instructed pot UUhhoM Mters addressed to such j rxtneerus. His right to do this was I contested by some of the lottery I companies, and M. A. Danphin, j Treasurer and general manager of j the ioiniaua Lottery company had a case brought b fre the Supreme Court of the United States trainir !,;,,..,,, ar,in,i ,h iat. j mauler General. The Court refns- ,, . . , eI to grant the iiijauct:on, thus sns- L!8 acUon. Wp MM fit of j . h this for ho are in the habit of fwndiuz their rnoner to t ., . ,, thriH? swmd hiiir ronrerni- ' tmmmm ; Tl, i.TMUlT u f,,!U- ai,r,c j wi'h the times in giving to the pub- j lie the very latent nes from all s.tfior;.of the country. On Satur- hv if.rrniHJtj.inimediatelr after the t o-ir.. :' ..: S rteadi. u nitl at Hal. m - w e;lj, an tjtra was istaed from this ofliee aittionncing the action of that t!y in regard to calling an extra i b"-klnn nf ftii I f i).if nr T.i.l.i- t , . . ' t prtMrredins of the council of ; 0 . ... ,. 'btate, anl to the aldre.s of His , ,, t, . ; pernor Jarv,, to tbe c 1Norlhf Caro"- W" ! ltY? tLat Ur wUI r,d ,b- I A carefully. The subj.ct is the S:ate. Greensboro's Modesty. L. AUP ,olT V. mt"1 at i Cfl,r.rtn ln' . 11 j ". J' JT 'n?1" 0Jhf,r ,J'r i W.?1?: The State convention met at ' ' V rnu.-uwi.., m " , , v .? 7? -barIotte, old stvoro, l a vet t ev 1 e. or Wi!. , Plin-ton itvll 'we - Wilminntn ' i Var ""iiayfon i I' " s 1 Imt in onr U,J tor Greensboro ' j just to give some of tbe brethren a I i chance to say something about ! omtt" I - A u n, . : "bness" for the ; al benefit of Baleigb, which J ;rvi io mink iue cas a pre emp-; tion claim oo all conventions. Any , .. .. . .i . . ' lDe far ' W0QlJ ait Ufl enough. If we t bad any preference it would be ' At arnt bu,,-fl " An!,l .nt ha Tl Charlotte. i 1 uonunuuv j Henry . ara ueecuer iu icwm address delirert J'"io Brooklyn an ooooceJ himself squarely for the third term and incidentally for the empire. lie gave as bis reason for tbe reelection of Gen. that tie iopU of this couo- try wanted a uoog governuieui, i . . . r. - j tuey were getting ureu ei our on rrt.nrrjg presidential elections. mong the sop;orters of the third- term move there is no insignificant number who, like Mr. Beecber, want amtituity, and would be glad to see ai end put to our presidential elec tions altogether, and a sort of privileged class government, with a president for life or dictator chosen by them. What they want is a government something similar to the government of Great Britain, whose nobility the snobs in this country are so fond of aping now. What they want is a government in which the people will be ignored and tbe shoddy aristocracy rule. This is tbe sum and substance of tbe third term move and will be its result if its promoters succeed in their desigus. Ireland is uot the only country wbich is suffering from starvation. Portions of Kussiaare also afflicted. A published letter from St. Peters burg says: -ewsfrom. the interior of the Empire is heart rending. Famine and diphtheria are decimating the population. The provinces of Sara tof and Kief, which annually export, in ordinary times, enormous quanti ties of grain, had scarcely any crop last year. Tbe calamity is aggravat ed by a want of fodder for cattle, peasants being forced to sell them. In Caucasius the famine is still greater. The eople are committing suicide and selling their children. From the National Capital ro.NO REGIONAL PnOCEEDtNGS UN IMPORTANT IMPORTS AND EX PORTS FOR 1S79 A VICTIM OP KE1 TAPE. Washington, D. C, Feb. 23. Congressional Proceedings during the past week unimportant. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The lialtimore Sun says : A state ment issued by the bureau of statis tics fchoas that the total values of imports of the United States for tbe month ended December 31, 1S79, and for the twelve months ended the same, as compared with the cor responding periods of 1S73, were as tollows : December, 1S79, 39f74D, 41TJ: December, 1S73, 31,51C,331; for the twelve months ended Decem ber 31, 187'J, f 13,743,713 ; for the A VICTIM OF RED TAPE The following paragraph has been going tbe rounds of the press late- ' Iv 'Arrnn It,trn- nl Imlfrwnil. T " . r lu ' . . , ' f and destitute, but he said, I'd die Orstand hobbled away from the village store toward his lonely shan ty. He wca not seen after that for a week, and was then found dead from hunger and cold by a messen ger who brought the news that his claim for 1,000 pension money Lad been allowed. Inquiry at the ho n'on office reveals the fact that this Aaron Barnes, late private ot com pany F, 37th Iowa voluuteers, was discharged April 11, 1S6V3. He did not file his clainmntil May 21, 1S79, fourteen years after discharge. O ing to the mass of claims that h.ne been pouting into the office ; ryT ,a, r u,e VW oi tne aci oi J inuary 1S79' KrauDff arrearg joflnoOf it is only in thn very ! tifht 8taM r ""kment, and no allowance of any kind has or could have ueen made in the case up to the present time. Cut ofT the Expensive Barnacles. Tarboro SoutLerner. Feb. 13. Somebody is writing to the Far mer and Mechanic putting in a plea fur a North Carolinian to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of the State Chemist, Dr. Ledoux. He ought rather to have commend ed the vacancy to be continued. Let us cut off these expeueive bar nac'es rapidly as potable. It is not a necessity, and poor debtors as we are, have no right to indulge in lux uries. We lived and thrived with out it. One of the Hood Orphans. Arietta ETc.ning ,ew - " ' ,J I-t ireek Mr. ami Mrs. M. JV C-lnrnttn.. a., returneU from J jr4ll, ,ai triight with thetu tbt i t-f (ien. IUh.J ehil.treo. it Jopb. of New Or. tbe young- ,,,,f ',tbirown. ThiIittiechemb fui toYJl iIhmdrui9j ia will gte it all tbe teudercar nii ox L1 ooia iMible from any one 1 i. . .weet ht s'irl.o.n, AnniJ. J: tbl a tare P!eaure in cLn.teuicg b AuuU Hood Jol h- .... recent bull-flghr by moon- lcht, iu Campeche, Mexico, the Gov.ril5?r ol. tKState lisgnis.-d aa I I rY h F It ffA. ft,r' 19 ea,d lo have figured in the arena. t . . vrr - - .4 THE EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. -i .Urrli to the Ieoile of Xortl. Carolina Exkcutivk Office, KaleioH, February 21, 18S0. To the reople of Xorth Carolina : I have to-day exercised " tbe very responsible power vested in me by the constitution aiid'latrs of North Carol iu a, in convening the General Assembly in extra session. The fmrpose for "which tbe extra session s called is to consider a proposition made by W. J. Best, J. N. Tap pan, W. K. Grace and J. D. Fish for tbe purchase of tbe State's interest in and tbe sDeedy completion of the Western North Carolina Railroad. That road, as will be seen by a glance at tbe map, begins at Salis bury and runs west to Asheville, a distance of 143 miles, to which pjint it is now practically finished. At Asheville the road forks, one branch running off to the northwest with the French Broad River to a place called Paint Rock, very close to the Teunessee line, and distant from Asheville forty-five miles. The other, or main line, the oue com monly knowu as tbe Ducktown line, runs from Asheville southwesterd ly for 135 miles through tbe coun ties ot Buncombe, Haywood, Jack sou, Macon, Swain, Graham and Cherokee, to Murphy, the county seat of Cherokee, the extreme west ern county iu the State. Bejond tbe North Carolina line, and some eighteen or twenty miles from Mur phy, in tbe directl iueto Chattanoo ga, the great railroad centre of the South and West, is Ducktown. It wi'i be seen, therefore, that or this road wbich private individuals pro pose to boy and complete, there are now 148 miles completed and 200 miles uncompleted. It was not proper to do so in my proclamation, but I deem it due to myself now and toyou, that I should detail to you my connection with the proposition for the sale of your property, the proposition itself, and tbe character and standing of the parties making it and my reasons for my course. My connection with the matter, in brief, is as follows: On the eighth day of January last, Mr. W. J. Best, of the city of New York, came to Raleigh and submit ted to the Board of Directors of the Western North Carolina Railroad, then in session, a proposition to purchase the State's interest iu said road, and to complete the same. I was uot present at any of the ses sions of the board, but was inform ed by a copy ot a resolution sent to me immediately after their adjourn ment that they had declined to en tertain the proposition. On Satur day evening, January 10, Mr. Best submitted to me for my considera tion, in the presence of the State Treasurer and of the Secretary of State, a proposition of the same general import as the one previous ly submitted to the Board of Direc tots, but differing from tbe former, as he stated, in that he then pro posed to give the State 4o0,000 of the first mortgage, bouus ot the new corporation, instead of the $850,000 nf stock offered to the Hoard ot Directors. 1 stated to bim that tbe $ 150,000 would noi. cover the ex eudilures made by tbe State oti the road sioceits purchase, and sug gested sevei;1 otber changes, all ot whih I regarded to the advantage of the State. The proposition, with these changes inserted, was rewrit ten, aud, together with Mr. KeatV letter, placed on tile iu tbe Execu tive office. Believing the matter to be of such importance as to require my immediate, patient and earnest investigation, 1 at once addressed myself to its consideration. At the same time that the propo sition was filed, Mr. Best placed with me also letters from the Sena tors and members of Congress of North Carolina, approving in gen eral terms his offer. On the 13th day of January, after I had con sidered well the proposition, I wrote Mr. Best a letter, saying that the amount of first mortgage bonds must be $350,000, and suggesting certain other imimtant amend ments, looking to a better protec tion of the State's interest and bet ter guarantees for the certain com pletion of the road. To this letter Mr. Best replied on the I9:h day ot January, asseuting to all the propos ed changes except one. On the 20th day of Jauuary he returned to the city of Raleigh, and on the next day, in the presence of Dr. J. M. Worth, State Treasurer, Col. Wm. L. Saunders, Secretary of State, R. II. Battle, Jr., Ksq., and Col. Junius I. Scales, ot the Board of Directors, and C. M. Cooke, Esq., of the Board of Internal Improvements, he went over his w hole proposition with me. Several additional amendments were then insisted upon and were accepted by him. He then left the city to visit the line of the railroad, and while at Salisbury had a cor rected copy of the proposition 8nt to me by mail. As our members of Congress had writteu to me iu gen eral terms approving the sale of the road, I thought it but courteous and fair to them, and due to myself, that before taking any decisive ac tion I should submit to them the proposition as amended, and take their opinion as to whether it was such au one as to authorize me to call a special session of the Legis lature for its consideration. It was for this purpose and no other that I went to Washington. Before leaving Raleigh I carefully re-read the proposition sent me by Mr. Bes from Salisbury, and I saw two other changes that coold be made therein to the further advan tage of the State. I thereuon at once telegraphed Maj Wilsou, the President of the Western North Carolina Railroad, at Morganton, to turn Mr. Best back from Ashe ville, and requested them both to meet me at Gree: sbom, prepared to go on with me to Washington. They met me as requested, and on the way I called Mr. Best's attention to the amendments I desired. One of these amendments requires him to commence paying iuterest on the 1850,000 first mortgage bonds on the day that the General Assembly shall adopt his offer, iu stead of on the 1st day of May, as set forth ra his proposition. If tbe contract should be agreed npou about the middlaof March, this: amendment would make a difference of over 17,000 in favor of the ' State. The other change required an additional guarantee tor tbe completion of the main line to Ducktown, After some hesitation, Mr. Best yielded his as sent to these changes. I arrived in Washington on Thursday, aud on that , night the North Carolina delegation in Conj greas, accompanied by Gen. James Madisou Leach and Col. F. E. Sho ber (one of tbe Board of Directors) had a consultation with me at the Metropolitan Hotel,' at which Mr: Best and President; Wilson were present. The proposition was read over and discussed, and two changes were suggested, making more ex plicit a portion that some of the de legation thought indefinite. The con ference ended at a late hour,with the understanding that II was to have these changes properly made and inserted, and that another session would be held on the next night. I was engaged during the greater part of the ujxt day '(Friday) in drawing out with great care these proposed changes and in transpos ing some of the sections so as to make the proposition as explicit as possible. j On Friday night these gentlemen again met me in conference, read over tbe proposition .carefully, and addressed me letters approving it and recommending! the convening of the Legislature iu extra session to pass upon it- Before I left for; Washington,5 1 had requested Major Wilson to call together the Board ot Directors ot the Western North : Carolina Rail road to meet in the city of Raleigh ou the lOlb of February, and I had called a meeting pf the Board of Internal Improvements at the same time and place. - I On the assembling of . the Board of Directors, all being present ex cept Col. Shober,! I submitted to them for their consideration the proposition as novj perfected. Ou the next day I was iu formed by, a letter from the Secretary of the Board that six of its members were opposed to calling an extra session of the Legislature to consider and pass upon the proposition, and that five members favored such a call. Ou tbe same afternoon I submitted the proposition tojthe Board of In ternal Improvements, which body was equally divided upon the sub ject Among those on both boards opposing the assembling of the Legislature are some of tbe best men of the State, for whose opinions upon that or auy otber subject I have the very highest regard. But my duty was to me so plain that I could not let this vital matter rest there. Ou the 12th day of February I addressed a communication to Dr. J. M. Worth, the State Treasurer, giving hiin the j names of all the gentlemen who vere parties to the proposition (which names Mr. Best had furnished me,) aud requested him to proceed t6 New York at once to investigate their financial aud moral standing, aud to report j' the. same to me uy letter at as early a day as possible. 1 At Dr. Worth's request I telegraphed to the Hon. Jos. J. Davis to accompany him to New York and assist him in! the investigations. , I also requested Col. W. E. Anderson, President of the Citizeus' Natioual Bauk of j this place, to make similar inquiries for me, which he did through his ; cor respondents iu New York. j Dr. Worth reports that he is "perfectly satisfied that Mr. Best aud his associates (W. R. Grace, J. N. Tappau aud J. D. Fish,) possess the financial ability to fulfill the contract submitted to you by theui and that their J personal character and standing is such as to 'give positive assurauce that they honest ly iutend to carry out any contract they may enter into." j Mr. Davis reports that Messrs. James D. Fish, W. R. Grace and J. N. Tappan 'are gentlemen of large means aud all 'of them gentlemen of high character, commanding the confidence of business men. j Col. Anderson reports that the sources from which he derived his "information are varied and of the very highest respectability iujNew York city, and they all agreej that these are men who would not inten tionally enter upon auy undertaking which would involve their 'good names, or which they might not be able to carry out.' j. I thereupon at once submitted the projosition, my letter booksj and the reports made to me by the gen tlemen above named, to the Coun cil of State, and asked their advice as to whether the General Assem bly ought to be convened iu ! extra session. I am informed by the Council of State that they are unau imous in advising an extra session of the General Assembly to consid er the proposition for the purchase ot the railroad, and, in accordance with this advice, I have issued my proclamation as the law directs. I have exercised all the intelli gence, patieuce and care that I pos sess in conducting the uegotiations and in throwing all possible safe, guards around the interests of the S ate. I felt obliged, in justice to the parties contemplating the pur chase, while the negotiation' was in progress, not to make it public ; but now that I have reached the conclu sion, so far as I am concerned I de sire that the speediest, greatest and most detailed publicity be given to it. For this purpose I have caused j a thousand copies of the proposition to be printed; and sent out -one to each member of the General Assem bly, Sheriff, Register of Deeds and Clerk of the Superior Court; and to every newspaper in tne estate. Any information that I have on this ira jortant subject will be freely giveu to any citizeu of North (Carolina who shall desire it, and. my letter books are open for inspection. The proposition of Mr. Best and his as-sociares as perfected, briefly stated, is this : The State, through its projer commissioners, is to make a deed, without any warranty of title, to Mr. Best and his associates for tbe State's inteiest in the West ern North Carolina Railroad. This deed is uot to be delivered to the purchasers until the railroad is com pleted both to Puclttown and to Paint" Rock, nor nntil aEthe other stipulations of their . extract are performed ; but until thi it ia to be held iu trust by the Umted States Trust Company, of Newuork, upon the following conditions If tbe road is completed as agreed npon in the contract Ad all the other conditions therei M stipulated are faithfatly performed the deed is to be delivered to theismrchasers; but if they fail in any ooi, the grant becomes void, the proptHty .reverts to the State the TJned States Trust Company is to rf-deliver to the State the deed anl all papers pertaining thereto, and? the State re-enters at once intotheVpossession, control and ownership the entire property. . Before the delivery at this deed to tbe United States Trlst Compa ny, the purchasers are ih enter into a contract binding thenelves, thir executors, administrators and as signs, to build the branch railroad to Paint Rock by July st, 18Sl;the Dacktown line as fa as Pigeon River by the same timetfaud to com plete the Ducktown Iin by Janua ry 1st, 18So. From theda'y the act authorizing the sale is Ratified, the purchasers are to pay fl the inter est on $350,000 mortgage bonds which the State is uowvfiaying, and are in due time to take jup and can cel the said bonds. i ' j The purchasers are th have the right to mortgage any nile of the said Western North Carolina Rail-, road that has been completed and is in operation, to the extent of $15, 000 per mile, but tbV aggregate amount of these morvgage bonds shall include the 835(000. hereto fore issued, until tbeseiatter bonds shall be canceled. Of these bonds issued by the purchasers they are to deliver to the Sttle Treasury $550,000 to re imbursethe Statejfor its expenditures mademce the pur chase of the road in 1SV5. The mort gage to be made by tj)e purchasers is to contain a condition that it can not be foreclosed uuti the railroad is completed both to Paint Rock and to Mnrphy, in Cherokee coun ty, and this,couditionis to be j ex plicity stated in the b;)dy of alt the mortgage bonds, so tlit bo defalca tion in the payment 0$ interest or anything else can wor a sale of the railroad uutil it is completed. If the parties shall fail in their -contract, the remedy is teo fold. First, the State has the leal right and the ability to enforce its perform ance: But if from an-Jcause it shall become hnpracticableior inexpedi ent to enforce its per4)rmance tbe,: railroad again become the property of the State, which tkes that part from Salisbury. to Paint Rock with all the rolliug stock and equipment free and discharged of all mortgage, lieu or encumbrance of any ; and every kind, in favorg of the - pur chasers or any othjer ersou or cor poration, except tin: S50,000 now on it, aud the actuii!"expeuditures made by the purchasers in the con struction, repair audVequipmeut of the said road, not tofexceed in the aggregate -350,000. J ,'But this lieu or indebtedness shalfr not be due or iu auy manner collectable until the completion .of the Dock'towii line to Murphy. . f , So that whatever nouey the pur chasers shall , have Jepeuded upon the work will be absolutely forfeit ed unless the road ehail becomjrfet eiliboth to Murpbjf ; and to Paiut Rock. If, therefore the purchasers build the Paiut Rok branch and stop there, the Stai& will take pos session of the railcd, which is reasonably estiunttd to bo wrth $3,000,000. The o.'tjiy eneuinbranc upon it will be the 850,000 which is now alien uppu i( and which will be due in 1890, ant the amount ex pended, not to exceed fcS50,000, which latter amomt will not be due until the Ducktowa line is complet ed to Murphy; auduf the road shall never be coinpletetf to Murphy this, amount will tieveribe due. It will be seen, therefore,! that unless the purchaers build tte road to Duck town, the State wis get a completed road, said to W vjrth .4:3,000,000 cash, for $350,000. 1 , The proposition! alfo contains a provision that thsaid purchasers, iu the matter of. transportation, shall not discriminate against any North Carolina cfty or town, or against any one N4rth O.iroliiia citv or town, over anoEuer. xue State i is to Aire to the. purchasers -not' give them five hftulred convicts, tor which they ale 'to pay tojthe State 8125 each irjear, amount ing iu tbe aggregate to 802,500 an nually for five vei8, or $312,500 in all. " 1 j The reasons tho; have influenced me to convene tlm General Asseni blv in extra session are : s . 1.. The Wester r North Carolina Railroad belongl to the people ot North Carolina. fitt has been built opto its present onditiou by your money, it is slowly progressing to wards completioi; by the aid you give it, and aurjy you hare the right to say whether you will sell it to those who wi. comp'ete; it, or will continue tobe taxed for its construction. J 2. Under exiting law, the appropriations tr .; building 'jof the road, to be paid 'n cash out! of the State Treasury, ajhnually, are: For interest on th( first mortgage; bonds, $59,500 ;jfor- the purchase" of iron and' material, !70,000; and for the .support ft)f 'convieTs about 815,000 making Un all 8174.500. To collect this njjiey and place it in the Treasury th1 Sheriffs get 5 per cent commissitni, . amounting to $8,725, which ajlded to 8174.500, the amount collated, makes $183, 000 in mouey delected out of your property eyery yar. . M 3. The taxablf property! of the State is $157,G7,481. To raise $133,000, therefore, out of this nronertv reouirejka tax of 12 cents on every $100 jfvorth .pf property, j It is a simplei natter ot calculation for earh tax pn.-r'to know thu ex act sum he pajff annually and will continue to paife if you decline to sell the road art?! dcvle to with the work fmrst ivt.-. so on 4. Tho piice-0 be pid jfr" iha convicts, that i to say, $02,500 year, or $125 aiiead, payable -qna-terly in cash, vill entirely relieve you of the burOfn of the mainten ance of 500 convicts. i 5. I think you' Hve a right to the op portunity of tayiig through the Legisla- tnre whether yon will relievo yonrselves entirely of this bunleti, or whetber yon will use the money to hasten thecompla tion of the Western Insane. Asylum at Morganton, so that those of our lel.low being whom God has bereft of reaaon may be 'lirovlded for with decent comforts instead ef languishing in onr common jails. " ij 6. You hare a right to say whether you will continue in force the existing laws or nste the money now appropriated to this purpose for fostering public schools and tbe education of your children, in which so ranch has beeu left undone' 1y North Carolina. 7. You have a right to say whether or not this property shall pass from your hands into those of private capitalists who will speedily complete both lines of this important railway without farther burden to yon. S. You have a right to say whether you are willing that thfse eapi'a'iats shall invest $4, 000,000 of their own money iii developing in tli near future one of the grandest and most important sections of vonr State, a section that bids fair to be the great mining camp of ilie Linivn, and whether this investment shall l le followed by others almost equally as im portant. 9. It is for you to say whether capitalists, who have been urged by appeals, constantly hihI earnestly math, to come aud invest their money smonf-t yBu, shall be permitted to do so. . . 10. It is for you to say whether your iellow citizens of the wet are again to be disappoint ed. For nearly a half century they have appealed to ou for help. For a quarter of a century yoy have responded to their appeals with all tbe means in your po'seesiap. Du ring that time, after expending millions, you" have been able, of t her three hundred and forty mile3 of railway which you projected nearly thirty years ago, to complete only one hundred and forty, and the track upou the part completed is almost worn. out. You have in -your . political conventions often pledged yourselves" to complete the other two hundred miles, and appropriate legislation as beeu participated in by both parties to redeem this pledge. Private, capitalists now offer to .relieve you of this obligation. What ever may be ihe speculation on that subject, who can say when another offer will be made You are entitled 'to have an opportunity to accept this offer or to decide to run the risk of another. 11. You have a right tj say that yon will keep your faith. Every plan yet sug gested for the State to go on with the work without further taxation looks to the abandonment of the main or Ducktown line, and tho completion of the branch to Paint Rock aioue. Before your plighted faith is broken, you are entitled to the op portunity of accepting, if you desire, a propostion that will enable you to , keep that faith, and to strengthen rather than loosen the bonds that biud the mountains to the plains. Yi, This is the first offer you have had for the'purchase of the road' and for its completion by private means. It inaypi; may not be tho last. But if I knew abso lutely that one. equally advantageous would bo made to the General Assembly at its regular session next year, I would still deem it my duty to place it in your power to act now. The extra session, ; I raid upon investigation, will cost you about 13,000, detailed as follows ; One hundred aud seventy members. 4 per uiem $030 4 35 1G 6 5 ..9'1 Two presiding officers, $2 per diem additional ... Seven clerks at 5 per diem Four door-keepers at 4 per- diem, Four servants at $1. f0 pee diem Five page at f 1 per diem Pi inting.fuel, lights aud stationery, est imated at $v?9 per diem, (ample)! Total per diem i $775 It is thought that ten days will be amply snilicient for the Legislature to pass .upon this question. The.u, ten days at $775 per diem, will-aggregate without mileage . . .... .. .. $7,750,00 To which add mileage, taken from tho Auditor's book.;.-.: 5,(37,75 'Total cost i .i .i This is. less than one cent on each $100 worth of property." To wait until next. January means that the sheriffs shall col lect of von; for tlo railroad this year S175.C00 ; that is to say, twelve cents ou the $100 . worth, of ' property", tho appro-, piiations fur the road being that amount. To act now. rather ibaa a year from now, will cost $13,000, and save 175,000. - In other words, it will cost one cenj; on the $100 worth of property, and sa,e twelve cents. Now, 1 think yon have a right to .say whether you desire to have that eleven cents collected this year or not., or what; yon will have done with it if collected. Of the iniili'Mi and a 4'iarter of people in your .Uate l am tho only one,- .n ac count ff. position iu which you ha've placed me. wIhi cau give you tho power to answer thene questions and exercise these rights for yoiirwelves through your repre sentatives, ami to say wfcat you will iiave done with this property and the money you are annually contributing to build it. Alter nmtuie deliberation, I have deter mined, whether wisely or unwisely .the future will domoustratej to give you this opportunity.! Theway is now open to you, and it is for you to say what shall be done. . j-- . i'Respectfully, 1 j Thomas J. Jaivis. , The Extra Session of The Leg i islaturo. Comment of the State Pre. Tarboro Southerner. " ! A9 we ro to press, it is believed the - Governor, by the approval of the Council of Slate, will convene that body in 31arcu.. .In this view .we concur. It is true, down here we know very little about the road except to pay taxes for its support, but we are uot be reft of State nride and a desire for r. . , i. m j our estern fellow. citizens tifbave railroad facilities These we honestly . believe the State- is unable to give them for many a long year to come. We are taxed up to the throat latch. Our State debt must be. paid, our chil dren must be educated. Well, npw comes Mr. Best, who proposes to build the road; and in demnify and rescue the State, with out too great a sacrifice. We sav let the syndicate, or what not, buiid the toad for our Western fellow citi zqls. If there had beeu capital enough in the State to undertake the matter, we take it for granted it would have been in the enterprise. Wilmington can't command it, Char lotte can't, (we are presuming this from the fact that they have taken no steps jn the matter,) the tax pavers cau't then let somebody who can, rather than deprive West- j em 2sorth Carolinians ot railroad advantages the tlog lu'the manger we couldn't, ptit the rass. nor would w Hermit i t,u t.i i. fu Tin. PTinnsfinf thw RP.sian of th lpo-istrttiirp will be small cnmDamL; . "T . T with the burden on the tax pavers to lniildJthe road. ' Smtu uriilM -.1 aKKt tbinrr r i roll under your tongue as a tid hit and often used by demagoglies, but i... -..-.w.o rn tt... 2 ... nf.. iuc piruic.ii ma" iu iur oinir is iuc one whose wealth State pride. only abounds in ritdmbnt Press, Feb. 21. m vio. ,ti it- ia . i Gov. .Jarvi.- prat usiness man ald we feel that the b t-st. i.'itv'rest ot the people t could l) served by selling the road or he would not have taken the lii-elyi interest that he basin the matt,r. S.-II U.c roa,l aa .urn the funds mto educational purposes and at, laiei" v;uni iri.i f--i,ir .. eld a big political pot will be taken off the fire d tbe time will not be far distant pen the rising generations will abovfc the wisdom of the act fby being bitter educated and conse quently better class of citizens 4 Iredell Gazette, And still we think, as This Ma matter ot the grea est importtir&e, in a business aspect,' and wef fjjiave no space eft adequaeA to thejfiscosion of the poIitiiVil bearing; so important it is, there 8bonld:lje no precipitancy. Make b haute sltf'rlv. 1 ! 43$ maleigh Neitf, Feb. 22. . At l4jt the decision is madeand the legislature is called to meet inj extra 'irfssion. The constitution -prov4lfor biennial sessions ; but allowsie Governor the power on' extraordinary occasions" to snor mon ttH legislature in extra session. In tbe jyopinion of the Governor and cojscil such an emergency is now uppi us. I Wh4iTer reason could be urged againstlhe call for ail extra session it is ntf futile to consider them. The. can .is made. We sincerely " trust 'Ml hope that it may prove la have ;Kben wisely and prudently issued'M ; -- Chamtte Evening Press. Feb. 21. ' Thejlpovernor and ; his council were consultation at Raleigii to--day, afi the edict uo doubt is'that the lKislatnre will be callerl to gether.about March 15th to consider; the prKposition for the sale of the Western N. C. iR. R Best is a seconlffLittlefield aud works fdr the 8amearties. It is the old horse , wixhfcnew cover, tut we hope the ' bodymill prove different from th one 4TG7 and' G8 Tom Scott Co.,e the men, knowingjoneksay, whoe so hot after this road and -the ol "Boss of the Ring" has nev er wjifulrawn his stakes from the firmnd is now roosting at the Caiiirol, greedy for more steal.-r Th)irits of Caldwell, Morehead, auu a nose or otuer tnouie merjfin rock in their graves jut the robbery of the great line of North Carolina Railway. extra session may possibly an elephant of gigatitto-tiro ns. The Oxford Free T,unve " 8ayfjBf one of the very important-', duties the .august .body" willh?ave to attend 'to : -i ' ffi.the Legislature is'caild to" getr next mouth, what a tine op poT.y nity it will offer for pipe-lay-inrjp-d log- rolliug among the var ioiiaspirants for the Gubertnilorial nojhpiiation. It is not witho'iiCUW' boMds of possibility that tlit liom-L inHpn will be practically! maile dnv&bg tbe.se8siou.w : I I 7 Durham Recorder, i The subject has become a "I grave one ; and though op p(Kd in the abstract jto the airif a lxi-ra. session oi mi j'gisiaruTe vpiartlly se" how Gqvernor Jarvis cfe relieve himself of re :0(1.ibiiity bl&llowiug the mattei' -to ihing itt: ustSertaint v. The knot hiis! tr brr cm and tue legislature .must'. d.o ir. KAfolusboro I, Messenger, Feb, .- iGenerally ; speaking, - legislative bfHies never accomplisii much that impractical until cotisiderabk'.. time atS'r thei'r assembling, anU 1 (rouse i'nljy the hasty sVision can but be call, ot thi i exl ra be depTee.u teTS:,L .Tile" ifjIrad question to be eoiKsidered if of great importanee,;s(iid yet rtjjwas sprung so uldenly'niat". lrt:t'i fte people have had time tjid op: lrtP'iity to reflect and study 'he M uediate aud future effects of "the jfloposition, and the inajot-i lot" our jislators will not even havje - time ' i gather tho wishes of their jironstit - :rnts, that they might reachja satis- igctory conclusion by the time they tust report for duty in Jtaligh. .. Ill When a public sale is advsi'rtisedf " jftjther by the sheriff of a county jiider a j foreclosure of m6rtgape,' ooi thirty to ninety days no! ice is uerally given of such Bale n 'order- invite7 competition and jto.vb ! 'MirchaRers timely notice of thecal e, j sj)d'yeta great railroad . enrierpnse, : Me iron and rolling stock oi which g worth to-da.V over a melton dol- rs, is to be disposed of, jor-.ivcu- .1 $vay: post haste, upon scarcely nttiy !i ig)tice and without affording wuuldv competitors the necessary timo mature iheir arrangements.' JL" ll The Wdmingtdri Mr, ' Pf?arfLs tne extra session-! an ex j pensive, unwise and unnecessary. ! rl -. r . 'TT.!.. ... ' Ivm ,,,aJ prove a uumeiia ucm, a f w00den horfefiti- p'aeue, a boue of contention':, a Jndoii box, or atayt tjhjin a blessing.'' - - j litig elss 1 1 Charlotte Observer, Feb . 1 21 iTow that the extra t-ession is a Citaiuty, we may be aUoweil to say ''believe the people vilt iippiove tt.is sale of the road nnon) ufiithiiii-l i-Kii ' fj tvipaUfa t fir rr u while t hey Wl. condemn in unmeasur.qd terms tlS" very appearance or pobbery 'e.-road has cost the tax-pjuyfTH ot t.i? Slate too much money to think ojt?;iviug it away, aud we, might a Y(ll say now tbat the ,'ieciple"wilf kihk ca'ntionsly for the - 4JfViigter iu woodpile." The 'legisliit'o'r jtIo Miw.s. his his coat-skirts to ho bc Min-hed bv sustaining! tjje least fcibery, has dug his politiciil grave. easurer Worth on the Situa tion. ': - - W Lt'arii.er au.l Mtchanfff. i;.fp:Nearlv 7(M deeds for i Jajis oid the hh'j tiffs for Ii(i.pa merit "t '., A ... I 1 1 r - j. I fiidi0iV ottice this jear.j -,Ye Jt. ;H.pats the (axes i ivNotr iiSr ! Ill g ll . a ll d tli'l- Will )' H- defl. fm ii'-atlv 240,(M0 tor the fiexLL future to meet ! ThaiTieasm rt&t ortli s Ktateiuenr. and fie isJiur. T ; : - rgjieiuaii to Handle wonis rfWesiv find with this 5210 000 oi d. lii i;. lf?r winch special tiixes must; re IMitl, is it any wonder,' he.iie4nai kn3 rr" i i ijegisiarure 'aim e-e-R a g '-... .!faake'sju:h appi-oi.riation'sSfi--: tiuTld jtilroads and fipport convicts til. 1 i IpAix isk.-ut. The i,.ip'n.,i'tw:-K- - ' hJ. ,:ap d; c:lel t'l i 1 ilN! .to t, -btvc elsewhere. : : v.' we alwaps did porlS - 4 ' K". . r'.. ; :;. ,' if r'-- 4" r i f Si a.. t '
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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