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s ? ;!;'' : : j - - ! i ' 11 ..' SECRETARY BOUTWELL'S ItE j . - - POUT. i - The report of thySecretary of the Treasl ury; like the pit wage obtlm Jfrestuenl, is Z&ii eleciioncerin;; document aud the first remark we have to make on it " the fatal one tliat U i" tricky and dhdionest. We are aware ol tin- gravity of thiij charge, and we assuredly would not tak? the rirk ot making it exppt on the luosi unanswera ble pjfoohvsoiue of which we make hnW to submit to the public judgment- It is cmy to foresee that a thousand spouting sycophant will incessantly repeat on the stlinip, in the IVsidehtial canvas. of next year,as the chief merit of (5en. Grant's domestic administration, M liouiwell's vaijigJor'toiw flourish jHlxmt the prodigious diminution in the annual charge for inter est on tire public debt. Mr. Hotitwcll slateil Uhia decrease! in annual interest siiicejthe beginning of Oeti.j Grant's ad ministration at S 10,741.436, and General Gran I Mnhii message gives it iu round namheis as $17,000,000. Now it is evi. dent u a comparison of the present with pmt reports of the TreasuryfDepar: meut that it there has been any snch decrease W animal interest there must have been sotncwliere aienormous ernbetzkuiftit of the public. munejr. Mr. Rout well, is his Btatttoetrt of expehditurea in! his present report, jufuxina pa that the amount paid for Interest on ihe public! debt'' wasr SI 25.576,55 for theJatt fiscal yr ar, Now if we" turn back to his fin-1 annual report, i we fiud that the sutn paid fu interest" in I ihe fiscal year Immediately preceding Geo. Grant's inaugaralion was $130,694,242 It is ch ar, lhen; that tince feecretary McCuIloch's last year arid the preai nf t rae, the annual in ten t chafge has b-en less ened jrUlyabont $5000,000 instead of iho boasted $17,b00,000 .i stated by Roiit well and Grant, If, therefore, the decrease of the public 'debt has been sufficient to ciitainldt) the annual interest by so large a iuqi ai $17,000,000,1 it 19 evident that the country has been cheated, and some body is embezzling about $12,000,000 a year. ! , ' ' ! Mr Boutwell cannot plead; thai the lne or j disappearance of this $) 2,000,000 a year is accounted for by the Syndicate Joan. Eyen admitting, is is claimed, that $200,000,000 of the national debt has ibecn converted from six per cent, to five per cent bonds, the Syndicate transaction would save only 2.000,000 of annual interest ; which wouldjstill leave 810,- ; 000,000 a year to be accounted for. The saving of interest by the Syndicate is howeve thus far, a transparent sham. IJp to this time, we have saved nothing by the! Syndicate juggle, for the actual corjvereion of the bonds did not take place till the beginning of tho present month. I For the next year, at least, there Will be 110 saving by Syndicate operation as we will make perfectly- clear by an exhibit of figures. Thjj tost of convert ing the ,bondi, as admitted by Mr. Bout well himself iu this repbrt, is $2,500,000,; whereas the saving of interest is only $2, 0i)0,006. As we feel bound to establish every position by proofs as we proceed, we support this last statement by the following irrefragable calculation. Half of 1 ner cent, negotiating the ' L ! loan, ..J $1,000,000 I hree months interest on the rive ! per cent, bonds before they are taken 2,500,000 Total cost of conversion, $500,000 ! Mjaking a total loss to the Tieaeury of j $1,5:00,000 for the next year by the Syn-j dicate manuvr It will be neatly two years from the present date bt fore there will be any real reduction of interest in consequence of the Syndicate juggle; bo that opeialiou cannot account tor Grant and Boutweli's boast thaTrjhey have less ened the annua! inter. ft charge 1y i-evtn-tcetl "paillions. Now as in point of fact, the annual payment of interest has been diminished only about So OOO, 000 iuc Secretary McCulloths last )ear in otlic-, thej country way ieaonaUy demand to Jtnrtw what. haB been don-e with the other $lSj,000,0b0 a year which is claimed to baJe been saved. If it has not been iquiiudeied or embtzzled, whiit has be Cotae of it I When we e mpare Mr . Doiiitwell's first annual report with hi last, we find that only about $5,000,000 of interest, have been--saved ; and yet he Claims 10 haveaved $17,000,000 in an nual interest tyoce Grant's j inauguration. How, on the tljsry cousisent with hon tstV; shall we account for the enormous discrepancy ? 1'rav ull us what ban Vcjome of the other $12 000,000 of which weibave been relieved in theory, but not in fact ? If it hat been stolen or embez zled, who has eotit? I In the last fiscal year before Scntiry .Mcculloch retired the interest paid o the Js . L public debt was 130,000,000. Now ii as Grant and Boutwell tlajui, the annunl Interest charge has been ltdoeed to $27. O00,000 under the present administration. Li. - " .1 . , . iuo mieretf pam on me public debt at pre- pent should be oulv $113,000,000. instead of $125,000,000 as staled-in this report of Mr. Boutwefl. We repeat our inauirv. ivho has , embezzled die mUsfog twelve millions I Or is this pretentious boast of reaucuoaanu relief a mirejeiecUoneenug f Tb roost noticeable thing in Secretary iioutweU's report, U his, apology for the junuepaua.pyitaieate transaciion, It is Alam smd elt-refuting defence, as we proceea to snow, in the hist place, Mr JjoUtwell confesses that instead of the hal iuf One per cent.' which he was authorized y law to pay for the conversion of the bonds, li has actually cost the Treasury one atid three-fourths per ceut., or nearly lour times as much as the law permitted The subterfuge by which he tries to fence ngjjdust this violation of law, will not bear scrutiny, and is exploded by his own admisuious The substance' of his strange plogy is first, that-lhe law authorizes liim to deposit all public money, exceut that received for customs, in the national Luiiks; and secondly, thai the new fund ing act lequires him to give three months' liolke btfoie calling in, aud stopping the interest on, the five twenty bonds His shift y ii.fcreuce is. that he was bound to deposit in the national banks, where it' vouj4 lie without interest, the money leceived for the new bondsj and apply it ""mI j the end of three months to ihe. pay Uient of the old ones. It would thence !,i'oJlaw. accord iug tc his sophistry, that during the three mouths the government must pay interest on the old bonds and the new. ! From these premises -lie leap W the couylusiou th4t be was justified in making a fictitious delivery of the new borlds, three .moiuhs in advauce, to the purchasers or me 01a, ana auowing uiew doiible interWl daring that period. j The tranf action and the reasoning by which it is defended are alike dUbouestj Th shufBe by which "double interest was paid to the! Syndicate fr three months wa eonceived 'in fraud, and isSupported by deception. In poiut of fact, the yti dirte did tipt pay into the Treasury on the list of September an amonut ol money equivalent tjo their purchase of Ootids; m Mri Boutwe;Hi defence proceeds on a lie. It Was a merely fictitious or imaginary payment. The law required hhrn lo make 110 tdepositj because had received no money. T(ie snppositums payments for the bonds oh the 1st oPS. pietnber were a mere trick fr evading and circumventing the1 law which limited Mr. Houtwell to ballot onej per cnt. as the expanse of concerting the old bonds into the new ones. By this flick he engagvd to pay, iu detlauc of the law, near four times as much as tlicf act of Uongies allowed, for hiui to pretend, aa he does in hisTeport that this was in accordance with law, is diiiigenuous and absurb. There was no legl obstacle to his receiving, in August or iRepremWr, subscriptions for bonds to be delivered1 on the lt of December ; and it he bad required a deposit to insure good faith he could have allowed interest to the subscribers ! on liclr fiv per cent., or whatever was the amount ot the deposit. There was no need of Joig; iuU'nsi cm the whole amount of the subscriptions, but only onltliH small amount of the pre cautionary depoiii. But there was no aetual payment of money all, aud Mr. Bout well's defensive urgumeut is based on a dishonest fiction. In the main, as Mr. Boutwell himself shows, the ! transaction was a mere ex change of boudrt. He antedated the bonds to be delivered iu three mouths, for the sole purpose of enabling the purchasers to draw interest on DolTsets of bonds for tha period. in 01 her j words, he deliber ately violated lite law, and paid eleven per cent, iu teres t on $200,000,000 of the public de.btj when the law only permits him to pay six percent, at utmost. That wna the simple nature of the transaction,? and 110 sophistry can C"tiluse the public perception of it. Mr. Boutwell confutes his own soph is try and unwittingly confesses his infrac tion of the; law, by his application tu Congress to jauthoiize him to pay a higher rate of. couipeiisati.ni than the present law allows for negotiating the residue of the loan. If he has been proceeding accord ing to law, why does he ak to have the law altered ? His agents in, .Europe told him that two per cent, is the fair and or dinary compensation for negotiating .-neb loans. But the existing law, as he affects to construe ! it, authorized him to pay about that rate to the Syndicate. Why then does he? want the law changed ? For no other reason in the world than Jbecause he knons that his Syndicate transaction was illegal. 4"d his defence nf it a chican ning eubterfige. JVv F. World. ed to those subjects alone out of , which electioneering capital may be wrought for tttimh nrxtnr of its DaitV. If it Le itrl earnest there are some grand subjects of which it must take cognizance and jhe successful prosecution of which will earn loir it a distiuctiou and a reward of more Value than gold. We feel sure that this conservative Legislature will purge itself ofj every unjust matter, and mat its mem burs will stutain every effort 10 redeem their promise to the people of retrenchment iu the cost of government. They cannot afford to asume the responsibility of any indefensible action, nor to expose them selves to the just 'censure of their consti tuents, aud cuu hate ne inclination to do fcO. iWe invite die attention of all those who feel an interest in the public affairs of the co'tntry, to the extract of Governor Walker's inessageto the Legislature of Virginia. They will find jn t its extract an able and lucid review of the danger ously aggressive policy of the party in power a most awakening recurrence to first principles, and a startling ex hibit of radical departure therefrom. We admire, as all must the manly dignity of tone aud manner of this worthy Gover uorof the great State of Virginia, and doubt not that his message will have wider influence than the boundiies of his own State,. , QEnrclintt tUatcijman, SALISBDliY. YRIDA Y. DEC 15, 1871. J THE LEGISLATURE. Mr. Robbiup, of Rowan, from the Commit tee 0n Cunstiiutional reform, presented, fast Friday, a report with a bill on the suhiert ;.. - - 4 , lich was ordered to be printed, and of which we wiU give further account here after. ' I Al bill, (and a substitute,) came up on the Bam day providing for the compromise and adjustment off the State debt,. These are the most important subjects re quiring the attention of the. Legislature, and we hope soon: to have some decisive action thereon. - ! ' i Mabson, a colored member of the Leg islature, who has been quite forward iu his (efforts to hare- certain members ex pelled on the charge of Kukltnism, read apetter to the House the other day, pur porting to be from one Latla, a negro iu Orange, charging F. N. Strndwiek, (one of the accused members,) with Kuklux iiighitn. tJuftJitunately for Mabson, LjatU has apjieared before a Magistrate and made oath that the letter refeired to is totally false thus spoiling Mabson's thunder, aud ciinvicting him ot passing counterfeit stories. 1 lOREUPTIX. Governor Hawlev, of Connecticut, in a recent lecture in Biook lyiilupon filings and Lobbyist," stated that'he knew of his own knowledge that a gentlemen who is at present a member of the United States Senate paid $75, OpOjfor his position." llad such a sute njeirt beeu publicly made thirty years si uce, the author of it would have been promptly brought before the Senate to pit i:jt out the man, that that bocy might purge itself of the guilty m uiber. It ought to be done uow. But will it ? 1 THE l'U BUG PRINTING. That was k shabby actioifby whomso- evetr perpetrated, to charge .for the public punting oy tne letter m, instead of the square of the type employed in the work. It is the first time we ever heard of the perversion of the rule for ciiarging by the "em," and we. can sets no explanation in relief of the contracting parties except iu the supposition that all of them wereig- norunt of the technical meaning of the printer s "em." If Mr. Moore understood it, it does not appear that he sufficient ly explained to) the committee the iffect of charging by the Idler m, since they assert that they djearly understood that the otate was getting the best bargain by the adoption of that rule. We can easily, understand hjow a Commute, unacquainU ed with the business tuigrr. honestly err in making such a contract, but we cannot so easily see janbouorable escape for the ; oihef parry except in being as ignorant as they. ; i r ; i But however this may be, it js a mattej of j no public Importance The Treasury of I the State j will snsuin uo loss in the tnd r tor the (party charged with ovef drw1ng will; doubtless make it all right. The Era may have rendered the Slate some service in this matter. Ihe people will be glad; of good services let them coiue from whence they may. It is to be hoped that pper will not refuse to go Lack a little farther in its researches tin public printujg, and bring np4he parties who did the public work iu 1860 '70, and show what enormous Jobs they were wllich cost tjifi State 122,403 more for about one year's printing :han has been paid to the preeent priuter for nearly a like term. f$ 16,250 csutrasta small agaiiist 533,662 92, and needs explana tion.; Who got that pile ; 'and if tie got more than he: was entitled to, can) he i c mide to refund We hope the Era may hap a stomach for the work anld will hdjit him down and choke it ont of him. , Indeed, we rejoice attbe eal manifest ed by the radical organ in its efforts to I STOCKHOLDER'S ilEETINO. 1 j Pumiant to call, the Stockholder in the Yad kin Rail Road met at the Court-honse, in Salis bury, on Monday, December 11th, 1871. The meeting was organized by calling Col. W. G. Smith, of Anson, to the Chair, & ap(Kinting Dr. C. A. Henderson and A. H.Boyden Secretaries. ! On motion of Mr, V. Manney, the Chair appointed Messrs. S.J. Pemberton, Luke Black mer and P. P. Meroney a Ck)nimittte to verify proxies and amount of Stock. ; On motion of John I. Shaver, Ej., Dr. T. W. Keen read alond, the Charter of the Com pany. i On motion of Mr. S, J. Pemberton. it wns agreed that persons paying in 5 per cent, upon Stock of delinquent subscribers be allowed to vote said Stock. j Committee'on Proxies reported that 5 per cent, on fifty thousand dollars had been paid in, and that a majority of Stock was represented. . After some discussion, Dr. T. WXKeen mov ed that the Stockholders do now ballot far nine directors, which was carried. The following ere declared elected : B. D. Townsend, Epl Maimer, W. G. Smith, N. T. Waddill, M. L. Holmes, 8. II. Wiley, C. A. Hendernon. S. J. I emberton and V. Mauney. On motion, it was i&osed, That the "first annual meeting be held at Albemarle, on the 26th day of March next. I On motion, it was fctolrtd, That the By-Laws of the N. C. R. R. C'obe adopteil, until the first annual meet injr. ' S"1?1' "ke B,ackmcr. M. L. ITolmes nt D. A. Davis, were appointed a Committee to draw up suitable By-Laws for the use of the Road, ami report the rame at the firt annual meeting. On motion, the meeting adjourned U x, W. O. SMITH, Pxeidcnt. A. II. BoYDtV, EXTRACT FROM TILE MES3AQE ''I ' GOVERXOlt WALKER, ; TO THE ; . - LEGISLATURE; OP VIRGINIA, One of the most serious objections to our Con atiiution is the number and frequency of elec tion which it prescribes. enow have annually two regular election one on the iourih Thurs day, and the other on the first Thursday in November. A Hide from tlie Iokj of time to the citizens in attendance upon the registratiyn and the polls, and the excitement of feeling and dis turbance of bttsiueKri incident thereto, a very heavy expense is entailed uion our jeople which they are illy able, to Uir ; and there u no ia Ces.ity for it. Tlere ougltt to be not more than one election in each year for State purposes. Congressmen are elected every two years and a President every four years, anda by a law ot Congress the latter election mustte field on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November ; and I am clearly of the opinion that it is advis able to hold our congressional electiot s at the time now prescribed by jaw.; Rut 1 am very decidedly in favor of so amending the Constitu tion as that all State, county, municipal and township elections shall be held on the fourth Thursday in May. This was the time lor hold ing State elections prescribed by our former Constitution, and waa "found by cxjerience to be tlie mol convenient time for our peple, and by iw adoption now we should save the time, expenses, and incidetal evils, of two elections vXept in each alternate year. 1 am also in fa vor bf this change in the Consutuiioii for anoth er?ind to me, a very urgent" reason. I would remove our Slate elections beyond even the pale of an excuse for General Intervention. By the fourth section- of the ifrst article c.f the Federal Constitution the Legislatures of the several States are authorized to prescribe the 44 times, places and manner of holding elections " there in for congressional represcntalivis, but the l iyht to 'make or after" such regulations at airy time is reserved for the Congress. For more than three-fourths of a century the authority thus conferred upon the state Lvgialatuies Lad been satisfactorily exercised by them. Twcniy-one presidential and forty-two cinijiress'n n 1 elec tions had been held, some of them amid the ex citemelit ami contusion of foreign war or the throes of domes' ic revoluiion, and yet no octa tm had arisen, in the oj inion of our wisest Statesmen, catling lbr, or that conld justify the assertion ol the reserved right of Congress to make or alter the regulation prescribed by the States. Not until the year 1870, a period ol" profound peace and universal prevalence of law and order, when the Federal Administration, two-thirda of both branches of Congress, and three-fourths of all the .State Governmints, were iu the hands of one political party, did the Congress of the United States attempt, to interfere or regulate the mode or manner ol the election of its representatives. In that clause of the Federal Constitution which prtftiibe that " each House shail be the judge uf the election returns and qualifications of its own members" it had therefore found an amplesafe guard for the protection of the rights and inter ests of its ow n members and their constituents. The Forty-First Congress, however, undertook directly to control the election, not only of its own representative, but also, the election ol Suite officers held at the smuc time. By an act approved May 31, 1870, entitled "an act to en force '.he right of citizens of the United States to vote in the several States of this Union, and for other purposes," and an amendment there to approved February 'ZSt 1871, the Federal Government, under the pretence of protecting the freedom of the ballot, strikes down the free dom of the citizen; and under the guise of regu lating tlie election of Congressmen is sought the regulation and control of the atliiirs of the States. In towns of over 20,000 inhabitants the polls miy be surrounded by a l.orde.of petty and ir responsible ofiieials designated as supervisors ol ejections and special deputy United Mates mar shals, including at the discretion of the marshal, 1 very voter in the ranks 01 his nartv. all no- be deprived all rights, and of liberty itself, and the Government of his State rendered powerless to afford him protection. Step by lep ha this, consumntatiou been readied. On precedent create another. They noun accumulate and constitute law. ' What Jretarday was fact to-day U doctrine, . Examples are supposed, to justiiy the most dangerous measures, and wheii they do not mil exactly the defect is supplied by analogy." Such a condition of a Hairs coo Id nev er have been apprehended by the father of the Republic. Having be lore them the experience ut past generations and pat nationalities, and actuated by the must profound regard for the liberty of the cititeo, as well as the etliciciny ol govtruuient, with a lorecat aoiouutihg almost to prescience, they formed our Government lor perpetuity. They omitted no principle necuwary to us preservation, and they included nojie which, properly admiuUtefrd, could work iu destruction. The atorpiion ot the powers and Junctions of the Stiites by the Federal Govern itient was as foreign to their denign as the nulli ticatioii or repudiation of Federal authority by iho individual action of ihe Slate tor the tri umph of either involved the deatruchou of the Union. And yet between thee lata! extremes secession iijkjii the one hand and centralisation upon the oilier, we have been Otk iil.iln g since die loiindation of the Government. e have pa.vcd the tcrribieordeai : 1 item pled secession, but the recoil lias carritV. i.i to the other ex treme, and the dangers which menaced the na tion in lbbl are finding a parallel in 1671. Power is ever grasping after power. Its insa tiate maw is never cloyd. It climbs by fraud and holds by corruption. Its solicitude for jerpet nation excecdstlutt for the public wea1,hnd party .Blustered at Ihe expense of principle. When venality triumphs in our public places, and the insidious approaches of tyranny are unheeded by the tuaoses; wnen at local elections Federal soldiers, by order of Federal cfficials, with load ed muskets and fixed bayonets, surrounded the Klis, or Federal battle. hii with shotted can non beleaguer a city to overawe iu chiiens in the free exercise of the elective franchise; when imbecile ;uid corrupt local governments are forced upon a people, aud they ptiuiVh for the inefficiency and rottenness of those! very gov ernments by the arbitrary deprivation ol all civil government, all rnht and all liberty ar- etcd by thousands without warrant of law and driven to prison like cattle to the hambies, ii is time that die aUrm bell was founded and the people awakened to a sense of the dangers im IKmditig. They alone enn apply the torreclive. They have the means of redress in their own hands. Let them iusist that the doctrine of ti e indeslructability of the Union as the father framed it shall be recognized, aud that the orig inal and inherent sovereignty of the plates aud the strict administration of the owert delegated by iheiu to the Union shall again be acknow- UiigcU; let thctu demand the inviolability of the habeas curpu ; the subordination of ihe mil itary to the civil authority ; ,4 the maintenance of the public fuhh, State" and national, untar nished ; hencsty and economy in the adminis tration and 1 eduction of larilia and taxation to the lowest degree consistent wilh the mainten ance of the public credit ; free education for all; a fostering care, encouragement, and elevation of labur, und until fully, finally and permanent ly accomplished, universal amnesty and impar tial sullrage." It is in no partisan spirit thai 1 utter lhe words of warning to you. I should be derelict iu the ex-, cation of the high trust re posed i;i me. did I not nuke kimwn lo you the perils which surround us, and indicate the course which in my judgment it is wise to pur sue. I would that 1 could present a less m bre pic ture that 1 could cmigrutuUtc you tt-on the complete restoration of the National Gov ernment t.) its pristine purity and excellence, strong in ihe atfrctions nf the eople and the just execution of their sovereign will. Rut as ilb-ction i not hcyouen of force, nor honei.tr ol racies responsible, civilly and criuiiualljr for the acts bf tbeir felkiw roetubers. ilrJ AV'addell ol N. C, offrrtd st resolu tion asking lor Inforaaliou - an la Ut'ar citiz tus of NonL 'TJarlIiia1fyvU i?, troops fr mi Souib-CamliM, x Jlr'. IJeek. offered a resotoiioa,' aking tbe Preeidefit' certain questions r gaid ing the xicution of the kuklux law, which mceiiiig witb a storm of obp-ciions, was iferie4 to cotnmittee nu IvsurrcC tionary Slac$. N K W A D V K U TI S E M K X I S I. CiCOXir'EKEXCE M. E. CncEcn. i I SOUTH. This bod, wbicb convened iu Char lotte on Nov. 29ib, adjourned on Wed netday nigli'i, Dec. Gsb, alter an barmtini ous fescioii bf eight das. The net (Jouftreace will held in Fayettevillti in November, 1672. j ANTAL APPOINTMENTS. I!aUigh nUnd.. F. il. id, V. V. Rateiph, A U Mauruin : Wake, A R Ruveh; R..j. s ille, A 1 Betts ; iiuiiib-s Hi Id, J K Thompson; Tar River, O J i Runt; (irativille, W (j Cauuou ; Rock j Spring, Mission M J Huni; lletideiou, ! 11 H (iibb.s; Nash, T 11 Km Us; Wil j .... , . . . . .... 1 son Mission rsuppht-d by j ) Johnstoij; Ed. X.f. Ad ucate,' J R ilbii ; Ast. Editor, 11 jTi Hudsoi.; Sunday bcliool Agent, Jamj e lieid. Uilhhoro' liistrict.- W. Danii ger, P. E. iltlsboroi L W Crawford; Alaniaucy, S S ebb; JCliVi r IJilt; J JJ Marti. ; I,itlboro, V II Moore; Erankliusvilfe J t Thomai; De p Ilivir, W Flf?;i rfouih (juillnui, Z Iln.h; Les!utg. J W Jei.kins; rerMn, W M Juidl(; Uur-i ham, J. J " rcutt; Ilili Hock Mission, 1 A Xonuan. ! WE KEEP a rtots; of all tfco finest iiitv ;oons. and foe tbe cncaic-nce of pcro at a Ui tance frym ('iiAUixrrrE. will take pleasure ia filling nlern prompt I v. . ISUKM.'RItOWX &. CO., 13:2t Dry GchhK LAIJGE STOCK I-adUV Via DHE5.S GOODS. Droaia Embridderics. Ijire. Jtc. Ac.. Jtr. Ordtn solicited and sample went bv nail HHLM, BltOWN & CO. 13:2t Dry Good CRAWFORD & IIEIL1G a nr. coxsrAXTLr adding GrrrmfMjru' lD'mtriJ W II lt.bbitt, P E , New. improved and valuable Tool, Imple (inel.sboio, .1 A Ctniiiiiigiin; (Joilford, nu-T.ts, Mac binr, Cttotri vane ic. &cAc, for C H Plnllij. X II I Wilson; Triu'nv rt,;t' ""etiicnce and facility of Farmers, t a a til Kr4'.!", 1;,;'a,,,'t; T.,,vfn"-.' Uhu-ksmitb?, d lll. 1ViCM ll,1THrl)4. cftPlwlf(, villc vidsou, W J) M-Mcliaui; Aslit.om. 1) U Jol nson; Up baii- Mi-si n, J Y Kerns; I t.. I lilllll I X 1 ..I rorsytiie, Aiii Ai-i-uv, ? v JkUw, Winston; B; Pldr1; tiokr, fuppln d by A W CttftjlMadiMu, F L lt.cd; Vi. worth, J V Lewi; Yai.te VviM.-. b V Hnylc. j SalUhury Itistricf. M L W,f P. E. alibuiy,U (1 llirietl ; K .f.:U), C; Flylei; Euctt Rowan, K HovUi.ci; Mm ks ville, J b Xelsou; .J 01. s villi-, K T X Stevenson; trdll, J F Stnt; Si.ns- ! ville, J W Whi ih i; Stales ille ciirui:.' J W Pitelt;, Gii'n, T L Triplet?; x ander, II MjlL yie; Mi. A ry, .1 F ll.-i.i-man; Surryj PF F.ishop; Suirv town mission, F Xeexlam; Wilkes supplied by are M Foy. ! !adx Shelby Dislticl-E W Thompson, P F. Shelby, . W North; Sb. Iby ciicuit, J hrm; li pper Shelby circuit, II Ftlwurds; Li.icolntou, V A SInii-So Folk, J V Abt-riia'.hx; Ktiek Sprii.j; Illusion, 1 y Kicatid ; Dallas pupp'ndby 10. uib corruption, so liherty is not nurtured by tvran- j J 'C Snilb,Leii..ir, T L Ilcituoii; New ton, U Sin !?; Happy H.iii.-, W T Mc Lelli. ; .Moiganton, G W I.V; S. Ml. mission snppln-il by L t' White; Mc Dowel!, 'A rC ilson; I pp. 1 Hi :! rivi i ny nor .nice by Mineuce. ot until the peo- le rte 111 thew majesty and reassert their liber ties, now trampled upon; not until kindness shall supercede hate, and patriotism rise supe rior to nr:isiin selfishness, may we look for the inaugural ion of "an ra ol od Ucling." Let ns bot e that the Imtliots and l:it. smr n , . pointed hy Federal ofhVmls and paid cait of the j 00 1,11 " ;lllt Christians, even hcre tl.roih Federal treasury, who, upon any fancied or pre- ""f boui, rcgaidless of past assentation and arranged pretext, inav not onlv arrest anv eiti- ! alb''al will unite in the honest hi.1 esn-ext pp. luisnoii, A M Io.o; liui!, iiotdiou. W 1) L ; (Joluiii l)ii- uji-!on soppli.ii bv 1) I) Siiuisioi.; Chrny Moiiniain, Th.i. hi gl n. d; . ) . i-i.pi. 1 1 1 1 male Coil. -'.-, ellort to reileem the nation from this uunaturul " M A",,Jf 1 residi iif. ren and prevent his exerci.-e of the riuhl to otu, el,"1 re but thev inav also irrtst the ehi tion f.fVu-i-rs ""d danee themselves, and thus break up and deMrov ti e I ,,,:U l:HV fraternity may L-e again it-Ktoied ions eondiiion of atiair, lo the end Fuyt Ut olli Dttrtct ' P Vooic, P F ' 1 After the adjonfnfoet.t of tbe msetlng, tbe Board of Directors Were caHed together and held an election for Tresldent, wliicb resulted in the choke of Mr. VMautiey, of Gold Hill; and ana lor secretary ad Treasurer when Dr.C. A . 1 1 enderspn, of t his place was chosen. This enterprise may now we' regarded as a fixed. fact, vUl be pushed to comple tion. It is bacied up by men o mind, will and means ;. and ho, when tbey put their bands to a work never look back. Let there be no -wastefulness or useless expenditure, and help will pour in when it is needed! Vigorous efforts are not only captivating ljut successful, when wisely directed. We hone to see them continued In this enterprise un-, d u v i- . .. . . ii.c jwuifiiejuag trams snail proclaim its IU1J Completion- election altogether. Ileavv nenaltiia are di- nonnoed against these ofiieials for neglect o: duty, but no redress or mtection is atlorded the citizen for the unlawful dej.rivalion of I. is inalienable rights. Arts which in themselves were lawful under the common as well asstatut laws are branded as criminal, and heavy punish ments prononnced againtthem: wf-ile tothe long catalogue of crimes enumerated in our laws arc added many others unknown to our r any other criuiinnl jurisprudence. Already have some of our most worthy citizens been dragged from their homes and subjected to great annoyance and expense in defending themselves ngiinnt unfounded charges instituted under these law.' Tne tratif'n ation of nartisan nuilcvo'enre ha usually been the actuating motive for these prosec utions. lint extraordinary and unprece dented as this legislation was, and unconstitu tional as I believe it to he, so far as it interferes with State elections, it was but the prvcurscr of another statute enacted by the Forty Seccnd Congress, which more completely cemj ascs the real purpose "for which they were enacted. 'II i act was approved on the 'liOih of Apiil, LS71r and is entitled "an act to enforce the provis ions of the fourteenth amendment to the Con stitution of the United States, andor ot I, tr pur pose." .Now, the fourteenth amendment engrafted upon the National Constitution but four new ideas or pnuuplts vii: first, a deti r.ition of citizenship find its rights; scond, the basis of representation in Congress; third, dis franchisement of all prominent men in southern States; fourth, the inviolability of the national debt: It clothes neither Congress nor any of its co-ordinates with any power or function c xt cpl what may be necessary fo the annrotlrialt exc- cution ot these four ideas or principles. Can mere oe lonncl in ttiose provisions any nothoritv for the scsju nsicn of that great writ of right, the habeas corpus f or for the delegation of tlk.it au tluirity, with which Congress alone was clothed by the original Constitution? Certainlv not iiiiong the people so that the nation, united, pu nned, and harmonized, may march onward to the grand con-utnnialioii of the mighty destiny which awaits it. 1 roni the Hal. .Sentinel. INSURANCE LEGISLATION WANTED. I have read recently, with pleasure several artic les appealing to our Legislature to ins a law for the protection ol our state and .coplc, on the subject of iiwiirance. It seems wc are behind other states on that subject. The bust ne oi lile insurance especially h is assumed im mense imKrt;ince in North Carolina miicc the war. Lot lew have tn idea of the val amount Fay. ilctilU , J h Main-; Cumberland, It 8 J'uipp.S-; Kob. run, Jno. Tule t; Hoc kil .-b.lii, T W (lllll.li.; Tec Dee, T A liooiH ; iUuhaiiie ciicuit, J li A i foul; Tiov, ii fallow; Caill..'e, L II (Jili bons; .lonjsboio, j I) lr C'.ieFiar Mission, T C Moses; Buekl.oiu, J W Avent. WiLninctiiH District ilinicgioo. i' W. i'.s, u r 1:. e IllUltlLfOll, il.. Ut U N Moj;,,; . !5tb st., J if ,cli.iia-i: T'Mis.iil, J 1) Bui' Andiiror; Magn I I Ilarrjis, liladeu, ,j4io tarjcntcrs. JSiioe Makers, Tannen, Cabinet fakcrs, Mason?, Carriage Builders, (xHrs; lie use-Keepers, Butchers, Cooks, &c, &.c. In fact, few K-r-cn4 unarqualnttd with cur et.il!ihmer:t. are aware of the wide r.-mjre of ant we are prepared to meet, nor of the exat ar,l Lea mi I til adaptability of our o.kmI for the pnqes for -which they made. Nor can we ucrnl them in an crtw-mcn!. Thev r.'.ust lc seen."" Corne. thcrcorc. to the' Haichvare SHjit for any thing you w ant. I'm. 111 a toothpick to a steam engine; from a pin tu blmucuUcr-aaj-tliin alino-1 cv. r tiling. They harel- A l l LL SlXH K alwayaon hand of eTrry variety ol Nails, Iron, Mc-tl, 1 1 o-, lira in Cra dle, .-!h , hKJ lkin An at low prit-. (i'ltis, i'l.tois, Ki ive and Fork, Fairluinka Se-a! , the br-t VV'rMight lrm I'iows to t fouiwl. We vtjrnnl them to give li-f.-Klion. TVutnp-sci;'- 'ow and SulixiiU r. COKN Sll KLLKUS, STRAW CUTTEKS, and a lliri,nnd ther thin? yoa need. Sebd in jour orders r t.i-.- nv. Ixit. ( r.AUFUllI) Jfc IIEILIO, I3:tf ! halUbury, X CL DISTRICT COfltT of THE U. STATTA ( For the C:i; Fear hi-trict of N. t'arolioa. in ntXKHi nt v. In tb- m il! r f M. I St.-.-lc. a Bankrupt. rI1 MIS ; to ir- notice, t Lit .n the lJth 1 1 iy ol J. 7v . 171. a warrant of Ilank rt y w:i- out of the District Court I l it. 1 St.V.e f. r the Cat-- Fear I)it. 1 'u c HL'aii.-t th f-tate of M. ( harlottc. in the ctninty of in il !itrict. who ha 1 ren ol the f North a: 1. S:. ol Meek ler.li'jri; 1. . , v ... . & nut ,rri-t -ll;iliiil,l C .kesbeny. .1 1J ll.iih 1' K.iw.l!; KiiZiibetb, A It ol capital that is annually taken 01,1 of the iau- and invested elsewheie. Th continual drain j Murcliisoii; Abboltpbing, W K Kergei ujion our limine! resources ni t have a serious ! eon ; W bii. ill,-, W ll Maness; Smiib etlect on our financial condition. N-w York. I ville .1 iiK-.M . It .1 .......i;. ,! I..- 1 irririii unA nllir atffaff KMU A I. - . . ,.... I I Hit Miiuei't- :mfi :iri? 1 hi v r-i rw n.ir.Mi.,w t (herelioiu. Every refiectinc mind will ad-! L ,IUrt h "f "M,!n,'r"' J L 1 Dee m it. 1 1 that something n,u-t be e!o;ie The XenUrn Jjistnef K A Yan-s. 1" Gold, ll o, J F 11 question arises, wn.il is necessary lor our pro tectiem and security? In Virginia eaeh company doing business in the slate is required by law to make a deHit of S3li,000, with ihe state treasurer, to be held :u b riieilt Lr I ... 1... 1,.., I.. 1.1. . Ti:. til- "V it iw I v.usiV ivi imv 'VMiv; lilUUCIP. 11118 WlfiC rrc- JUIHflOll.iiN II IltX lilT .1.1 1 . "..1 camion saveu inousaneis ol tioMan to her uti- M,. Le iloir 1 -v " "v.v iiiruuti in .TMiiiijiiiir i na i ere 1 ri- . : ti t . cushed by the Chicago nr. In ew York c 'P V . 1 U r; L U''n lj l' ,ing, requiring l,,Mlfl ''. '! bvi,i,; li.auloil. K (J .tl- !.: Wil . Wind; 1 'ay v.v, .1 N Ai;tin w f ; K.t-i-it-viile, C C Doddoi,; KiulJui, J K iiiook; Snow IlCl, W :UfTui; Swift 'Cr.-.L J oin Jas N .ciioir, :.ljUl, l a l,a!:kr j.t on hi own tutition : 'Mint the p.ni.it-i.t of any Jell unl tbe de livery i.f uiij, property U-loniring to iuch Hankrup?. to him or for hi us, and the transfer of anv ixoj-rte l. him. are forbid b n by law ; ami 1 1 1 1 1 a nice-ting f tbe cred itors of . i 1 liniiktopt. to prove their debt at.'l to e hnNC- ore or roen-t .iwgwet- of Lii -tate. will Ik- held nt a Court of iUakrupl- u 1,1 . ' y. to l'- l,"il. n a! the oil., ot tire- ItegltrT ; III Xf. I - . .. a. j iu .-unsieur , ..3 , iH-i..rc k. 11. lirosMincia, 1 Es'i . Iiri.te-r ii. l;iiL.n..iii e l,,r ...-,! I)it K. ion the 2Mb dav of l)f -t-m'U r. 171. at 1ft A lKk, . m. s. T C AKltOW. U. 8. Marshal. Dy J. T. Ct-Tit!:t.t.ii , D puty C S. M. 1-i.t.pdj A Jlevei ngxr. 'ulbttlh: Nwbtr:i ft- 1 Tbe m-gro. Bill Hall, who wa convicted of forming a plan and threat ening to burn Charlotte, waa granted a new trial by J udge Logan iu oppoiiin to the proteat of eSolicitor Bynuui. Col. J. E. Brown represented the prisoner and made tbe rootiou for a new trial, and Judge Logan bad nu better ene than to graut it and postpone tbe punishment of a grand coundrel, and tbu imposa beavy ex pense on tbe good people of the county in ihe way of Jail fee (50 cent a day) lor tbo next rix montlm. Democrat. R" Tbe advraltui of Woman Suf. frage having a eecond lime put the name of . Mrs. Victor 0. Bariiuger on one of their committe-es , as favoring the move ment, she j. now ..positively declare, througltlb ! JVhington papers, I hat he brotict tha material Interest of HxA' ."--VU Jj.wiu -mein and that ber if a & r " -V Uwe we wei wjtboat;her krwJedge or plc aud hope ;tbatH may not be rcetricl-Foaneeut, And yet that' authority is attempted to'be Test ed in the President of the United States bv the terms of this ;ict under the specious pretext of enforcing the provisions ' of the lourtecnth amendment. " The ri vilege of the writ of Aa Uda corpus shall not be .suspended utiles when in enses of rebellion of or invasion, the public safety may" require it," is the language of the Federal Constitution. . The origin, nature, and history of this great writ, and the bulwark It interiKwies between the freedom of the citizen and ihe open or stealihv encroachments of tyranny, were thoroughly un derstood and profoundly appreciated bv the framers of the Constitution. Ifc-nee tlte 'abso lute prohibition of its mispension except in the two extreme emergencies of foreign invaaion or when rebellion raise itself to such formidable proportions as to threaten the public safety equally with oreign invasion. But the Con gress, without even the pretence that either of hee exigencies had arisen, proceeded in the act under consideration not only to rewgn to the Executive this carefully-guarded power with which it alone was invested by ihe Constitution, but to clothe him with discretionarr authoritv toexcr. ise it at will. Although the Constitu tion -authorizes Federal intervention in the lo cal afikir. of a State only tin the call of tbe State, yet this law authorizes sneli intervention even againsi. the will of the State, and to the extent of the overthrow of the State govern ment and the obliteration of State lines, tend the substitution in their stead of military districts and martial law. To the arbitrary keeping of imumtu jive, liberties, ana the property of a whole people, Is not this the essence of despotism ? What monarch possesses more absolute power? What tvrant was ever ies untrammelled ? This -ict is tbe fitting cli max to the legislation which nrfe-mlt it K..r,. ning through all is the same underlying purpose Ihe destruction of State Governments and the centralization of all power in the Federal Gov ernment. Under the former the cititeo, with out any fault of his own, may be deprived of his righxto the exercise of the elective franchise, and tha election.of simp .- r.r.ntJ ....... iim yie innocent citizen may ihey have a Jaw still mere exaclinz. invcstiueats to be made there. r 1 .. c . i in re ;;;ru 10 i;rc companies 11 WCniS tliat the i It' .,: JL ' deMKisit. sav of tlfKl wmit.l l .R.i,.K. Tl - I ' """J ' Contracts with thc-m generally are only one year at a time, and change from one fire ei.mpuily to another, if desirable every year as ihcr.itei. for insurance on property do not increase with tLe nge. liut it isdillcrenl with the Ljielna.irai.ee Companies. With them the contract is geher allv for life, s-omctimes for a term of Years. As we get oleier the rate gel higher, an.l to eharce companies an extni charge would b incurred. a simple deposit f ?;HO,00O will not besufti- lei.t. Life liiMirancc should be required to in vent at h ast the amount of reserve of each policv holder in the state. The reserve is tbe amount set aside by the company to the credit f each person irineef,.-.nd is invented on gtAni ct uriy lo accumulate ut compound inttrtvl Sod by an nual payments- to meet the policy at death. Lach e-ompany must necessarily invest this re serve, and why not require thim to invest tr-e reserve that belongs to Noith Carolina. We will thus keep in circulalion at hoine a large amount that s now being sent abroad to enrieh others and impoverish ourselve-s. It mav be said by some, that the money cannot W safe I v invested here. To all such we should say, seek patronage where you have confidence in ihe ;eople. .Money can be loaned Lere al i per cent e.n the best security. You ae now investing elsewhere at a lower rate of interest and no bet ter secuiity. NORTH CAROLINA. ! J II YYii..l liiJ.icir-is l) A.?ams. 1' K W aebpigtoii ic (i.eer.vnl-, Will II Call; W.ri. .... I A tt'ilU; Koauok-. 1 TWyc!). ; Tail.ow,, .J U 1 elei; Wil liamstot II H Culbrni.; Flvniontb. F D Swiii(il(; Coluiiil'i.i siippl.od by F 1 Aodrwl; ll.nb, II F Wil. v; Uiiainu- T"- " s slylLOOlijtil ktt, K'iC 1'bill (: Foitsiiioutb Oc t a "up'l coke ek Hat r-, W M 1) Moor. ; Iu't ot tedorid p-oplr K( lloitoii J. .1 . C'ai den liaiitb-icd to bt Lemis Coilferetn-e. Charlotte District W .S Hbick. 1 K. !S Burkhe ad : Ciharv CATAWBA SAIr HIGH SCHOOL, NKWTOX, X. C.f Li v. .1. c. c,.APP. .v. 11. S il. riscirr.. A M. S 1'rit.rlpali. .1. 1. H'Hvr., (!Ate of Fuiverslty of V..") Assistant. Th- i:i'h S-sion of 2 I l. b-piiS January lt I S7 Tnitioii. ff.-rn 10 t ..O p-r sko. II ar l in .moil:.-., fr n, S.U. elOper in. The- t barter prohiUt the ta!e i f apiritav. ons li.jo. ra w it . it. wu luilr tif jhe IbSiltH Hon. .-I . i i i a (!lrlijt,. I. S HorLl,....'. t'.l....' I !. lsa.-.wrai.we is-m rffiiwij wawwa r " v.- c Vi . " " " '3 ; f.ir tL.-ir pr..fe-b at thr C.Ug awHijt Mu,,,.nj S Ilahom; .oh i'' ' best it tht U. S auel the dapUne a4 2 'tt'lJ$':?lhl l:r"!XylU- ' drttl are .h..ugh. vii; ol'i C baric Uo eirt uit J N SJiatf-; j Kn ia rvm;kal!e for bt-alth and mr iloilioej F Dixon; Momoc ci-cuit J W i nliiv. Ralidb g 1M arai.t (irove. F ( i oei.iiig; (."oliCOld, D U Illilion; Mt. lMearaut. Sam'l iWril ; Alb.-maile, Jms Mrthoi e-; Rocky Jliver Mission snpohod by T W Kendlr( An? onvtllc, T .1 (iatti-; Wade s boro, M V Sbernll; iN'adesboio circuit, u m n'r n. CONURESS. ! Dec. 6. In i lie Senate, Mr. 'Anthony introduced a bill amending tbe election act, milking it criminal to use ia y w rit ing, device, token, woid or getaie, with intent to intimidate voters, or couuse.ii g. or indirectly using such means for iutimi daiion. Mr. Blair's resolutions of enquiry con cerning tbe I'etailed report of tbe execu tive action under tbe kuklux bill was de feated by a strict party vo:. Mr. Robertson endeavored to introduce the amnesty bill, but whs declared out ol order. In tbe llouso, Mr Stevenson offered a resolution for the removal of political dis abilities, and extending the time within which tbe writ of habeas corpus may b.: suspended, and making every member of tbe fcuklx and other treasonable c'dnspi For circeilar aui partid;.. a-Uresa ' LAFJ' & F1NGKE. Newton. Dec. S, lr71. 12;Gtpd Administrator's Solo nf Tonrl t Jndp W'illard Hall, of Delaware,! Judge j.r.f the United States District J ON TL'KSDAY th Zl day of January Court, bo recently tesigned bis pofitiou j l 5u' re.idenc JOUX W. ill conw-quence ot plivsieai infirniny, was' M'KF.LY. d.e I.. I will rll the valuabU nPPoin(ed by Ftcsicient Monrou in I63. : Pj''U :..lm.u lu biaaUUf. ouusul.tf He thtirefore In Id his ofiice neaily. ball at" mmm . t r century, during wbicb time be maintain-j a"j J IX I II P l ed a footless official npntatioir, while! WwV akVu lllUj peroia.lly be was universally esteeaie-d. situa'wl e.n (Joints Cr-k. nar the Lioe'o Hoad. I-i mil- from Salisbury. aJjoiuing tba lati.Uof l)r. F. N. Luckey. Je.fhua MiUef and others. Th Ttart cotilaitis about 40 jacrrsof valuable IH I'TflM land: and an ah . inline of WELL TIMBKKLD WOUU i v e IS IIKUKUY given tbat Cettificat No. I ' k . l,M.,rtn n l 11. ,v.. .Bf 7, fdated KetTtember 15th. 11 for . J.. l'l',BU io.n ??U .U,rU taJ Term e.f sale : Onr third rash, so A'.m. t ft . m . 1 L- upphca-! .1 s a r , . t 1 tr 1 a i-i nirn u it n inia.rtkT irmn .lata iu ixiii 317, (dated Ketitember tw lmres of tick iu th- North Caro-) Una Rail Road Company, .'surd to John I M Ibjrah. has leii lost, and that tion iil be Uiadtt for a nv Ctftiticate, alSbury.. C Dee. 15. li7J. JUH. hi, JIUKAII t!3:Irtl li J order of C.urt. JOS 11 FA MIIXF.H. Adwr. Of J. W. McXirl. dc i. . 12;3t:rd
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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