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r r lit .ft on ... 1.' I' If statement of facts, nor argument, is now fcoedcd to sustain the wisdom of this ?T . . V . : s i.:.. .... r?-i.- i. Z.i This ie no new scheme of mine, sag ges ted by onr present railroad complica tions, bat it is one I have entertained tor long series of ycrs, and which in August 1866, when the Western North Carolina Railroad Company was comparatively free from debt, and while I was president i ef the company, was urged by me upou the stockholders in annual meeting assem ""U4. I beg to be pardoned by your honorable body for quoting to yon an x tract taken from my report made at that J time to the stockholders. It is in the following words to wit : I feel constrained before closing this report, to say that owing to the impoverished condition of the coon try, the heavy losses which the people of our State have sustained by the result of the late terrible conflict we have recently been engaged in with oar iireth- eru of the rtortli, I cannot see any im me diate prospeot oipenewaiing our western territory much beyond Morgan ton, unless the State shall assume a larger portion of the expense of construction than sue is bow liable for, and as there is but little probability of this for some time to come, it occurs to me that it would be highly fl T- SS "... . Advantageous to all parties concerned, individual stockholders as well as the State, either to pat the road and all of its privileges and immunities in market for sale to the best purchaser, who will guar- . t r ( ,u an tec to complete it through t- its western terminus within a reasonable time, of to consolidate the Western North Carolina, the North Carolina, and the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Companies Into one Company, so as to have a con tinuotis lino from the seaboard, to the extreme I. Western part of the State, get all our M people enlisted in one grand enterprise, i, H jrbicb will havo no sectional prejudice to Azi aontend with, no party animosities to en fyr!0s)oter but which will bind us together llivM with hooks of steel, and make us, as wis 'Are should be, children of an honored -1 i. mother, whose every aspiration should be p to promote the good of the whole, and the 1 a s a s riory. nanniness ana wen nein oi our State and people " These were my sen- i . vuivnu men ; mey are my scuuiucaus u frttf. Uj. Time and eiperience have con; r .n sued me in them, and my conviction of ej their soundness grows stronger and a Iron ger every day. ej I therefore suggest to the General As- aembly the passage of an act to amend the .J x charter of the North Carolina Railroad Company, and confer upon it the neces sary power and authority to purchase the i Western North Carolina Railroad and all its branches or divisions, the Cincinnati, -'1 Am Cumberland Gap and Charleston Rail road, and the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad, and to build and complete the same, and when so purchased the whole to be merged into one corporation under -i the name of the North Carolina Railroad 4 Company. The Directory of the North " i Carolina Railroad Company, who 1 am V pleased to slate sustains me in recommen ding this legislation, have an agreement 4n writing from the owners of the Ciucin- jm'-nati, Cumberland Gap and Charleston lRailroad,(a portion of which from Morris Myfoton, on the East Tennessee, Virginia oSj Cieorgia Kulroad to Wolf Creek in ihllie State of Tennessee, has been finished, hd is now in operation,) and from credi btfSjGfg and litigants of the Western North 'Mfcrolina Railroad Company, in which it to hi' proposed to sell and transfer to thc- Jfltertb Carolina Railroad Company the whole line of road from Salisbury to Mor- ristown for about one nftllion dollars of V Ibis lino, from Salisbury to Old Fort, about JMMI miles have been finished, and from 'Wolf Creek to Morris town abo it 40 miles kave boon finished, leaving a gap i f ab ui '' t5 miles of unfinished road. Of this unfinished portion , more than Qie-balf the t grading has been done. It is estjmat d ytuat to build this gap and havo the whdk "'4ilie of railroad from Salisbury to Morria- momn completed and in good running order V4ri)l cost about one and ahalf milli n dol late. Theu it will cost about two and a X'half million more, to purchase and finish -the road from Sallisbury to Morristown, S80 miles In length, which will put us in Vbommunication by rail with Memphis. A mortagage of three million Hollars on te North Carolina Railroad will enable "ft to pay off its present mortgaged arid thet indebtedness, and purchase, and V fuish this whole line of Railiotd. The WKfotigth of the North Carolina road is 223 wlee, and when it has purchased and fin- "Isfftd this line of Railroad will have aline mmm A . . -rm a a . - m . I iTom uoidsDoro to Charlotte, and from 'hihury to Morristwn, a distance of 5' 063 miles, a mortgage on the whole line fl,0OO) fifteen thousand dollars per mile would raise a little has than seven 'million dollars, which would enable the V oompany to construct the load from Aslt- ville to the Georgia line, 123 miles. Three million dollars expended iu paying off its present indebtedness, and purchasing and a finishing the road from Salisbury to Mor Itelriatowu would leave about four million drior eous-.rueling the road to the Georgia o. Jin. A portion of this road has been i 'i " wtimaiea in.it less th m million dollars would finish it. And hen the Atlan.ic & North Carolina d is merged into this eomnanv. s sjmatk it is bi liered can be done on reaso aasmaUy satisfactory terms, the North Garo &)km Railroad Company will have a line at ink end from Beaufort harbor to the u Tennessee Georgia railroads, 666 miles hVkjngth. We will then have a railway My 700 miles long, with a mortgaged debt of less than seven million dollars ijafemt $10,000 per mile. Will this policy w-be advantageous to the stockholders' in North Carolina Railroad Company liTIre is in my mind no doubt that it wilL rl helieved that the net earning of the 1 j"lny will be largely augmented. kjWah a mortgage debt of little less than 1 Mnn million dollars, the interest on which rSS rt0 M ,,ish M cent, per annum Saivair bo, say 8500,000. The net Mrninira . af the North O mlina Railroad, at present - to about $250,000. The increased busi! s over it f rom these tributaries will be 100,000, making $350,000 a. .burnings from this line. The local buaU dtiai over the line from Salisbury to ostaMorristown will more than pay its opera nt ting expenses, while the business from the -iisntioetii;g read at Morristown, as estima M Mai by competent authority, will not be "i1bf than $600,000. It is estimated, also. vV - that if the road is constructed in the di iectif n of Dalton, and a connection made with the Georgia roads, the net earnings - rfTYrtX iht sfctorasvw U befa Oat fiat the' from Asbcvifle to Momstowa, while local business ill be greater. So in round numbers, if this whole policy be carried out, and the connections made with the Tennessee and Georgia roads, it is very reasonable to say that the net earnings of the whole line will reach one million dol lars, inducting $500,000 to meet the interest on its m rtgaged debt, there will b ; left half a m 1 ion for division sjnpng stockholders. 4t m WILMINGTON", OHALOTTE A KB BUTRXfto FORD railroad. This corporation, by authority of an act of the General Assembly, ratified on the 20th day of December, 1SGG, entitled "An act to enable the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad Company to complete its road, pay its debt to the State, and extend its road to the Tennes see line," did, in the year 1867, issue certain bonds with coupons attached, with interest at 8 per cent, per annum, payable semi annually, and falling due in 1887 and 1897 respectively. For the purpose of securing the principal and in terest on said bonds as they become due, ;be aaid company executed and delivered to certain trustees living in New York, a mortgage deed, conveying in substance ail the property of said company inclu ding franchises, &c., &c, Iu said mort gage deed is contained, among other things, the following provision, to-wit : In case default shall be made in payment of any half year's interest on any of the aforesaid bonds in the manner provided, &c, and in case s jeli default shall coutinue for the period of three months after the coupons shall become due, then and thereupon the principal of said bonds shall become due and payable, anythiug in said bonds to the contrary notwithstanding." By an ordi nance of the Convention of 1868, entitled "An awdinanee reducing the amount of bonds to be issued to the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad, Co," the number of said bonds was reduced to the amount of two million five hundred thousand dollars worth, and the State be came endorser of said mortgage bonds to the amount of one million dol'a -s. Tie State, having a Substantial interest in the property of said Railroad Company as a second mortgage by virtue of an act of As seinbly, ratified 29th January, 1869 made large appropriations to said company, amounting in the aggregate to some four million dollars. None of the bonds issued under and by virtue of said act of the General Assembly, have been returned to State Treasury as requite 1 by law, and a portion of their proceeds has gone into the hands of the officers of the company. The semi-annual interest upon some of the bonds, secured by the mortgage, became due, and, I am informed was not paid according to the requirements of that instrument. In consequence of the failure of tha company to pay the interest, the whole debt, principal as well as interest, became due, and tne trustees brought their action to foreclose said mortage making the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford Railroad Company, the State of North Carolina, and others, defendants Applica tion was made to me as a Governor, through thier agents and attorney ackuowledge service of process and enter an appearance for the State, so to enable them to have their suit finally and speedily adjudicated. After consultations with the Hon. W. M Shipp, then attorney General of North Charolina, I positively refused to comply with the request unless the trustees would stipulate, in writing, to release the State from all liability by reasons of her en dorsement of the bonds, and to cancel the bonds endorsed by her. . This proposition was eventually agreed to by the trustees, and in pura iauce of it the State was re leased and the bonds cancelled, during the pit summer, in the city of New York, u; der tiie supervision of E. J. Hale Esq., whom I appointed to act at agent tor worth Uarolma in that behalf. The luor ago was then for c!n.-ed and the road sold to the Company. Carolina Central Railway CaPE FITAR AXD DBKP K.VKIt .NAVIGATION At a meeting of the Board of Managers of the Cape Fear and Deep River Naviga tion Company, in the Executive office at Raleigh on the third day of June, 1873, it was ordered, (all the managers being present) that the' State interest in said works be sold at public auction to the highest bidder, on specified terms and condition, at Lockville, in Chatham coun ty, after due advertisement in certain newspapers. Advertisement was made as ordered, and on the 8th of July, the day appointed tor the sale said works were offered it public auction at Lockville. No oue present making a bide for the proper ty, three of the managers (a majority of the bord) being present, held a meeting on the spot, changed the terms of sale, and immediately, without further notice, put up the property a second time for sale when it was knocked off to certain parties at the price of twelve bund dred dollars, cash in hand. Thia amount was forthwith paid to the treasurer of the company, and a deed, conveying tittle, prepared and signed by the managers who were present. I was necessarily ab seut on important public business, and when the deed was afterwards presented for my signature, as President of the Boards, j decliued to sign it, for th reason that the sale was not made on the terms advertised, but on terms much more fa vorable to purchasers, and which, if they had been generally known, might have induced other bidders to attend, and caus ed the property to bring a better price. I am informed, however, that the purchasers have accepted the deed without my signa ture, and have such tittle to property as ean be invested iu them by the managers who did sign it. It may be, that the sale is a good one for the Stato, and that if the new terms had been extensively known that the property would not have com manded a higher price ; upon those points I am not informed j still I did not feel authorized to approve of it and affix my name to the deed for "the reasons above sex tort h , I have deemed it m V dot v tn ia An ' this information to enable "you to take such action as you may think expedient to the premises, if in your judgment the hc price paid is satisfactory, and it be . . . l tUWrnvsnee in order to perfect and make thefkle rood, it will be cheerfully and bromotW done whenever your wish are ceruhett to me Dy a resolution, or -u act passed by your honorable body. f All the swamp lands belonging to the literary fund, except a very inconsiaeraoie portion, (which were inadvertently ovei looked) after having been frequently and extensively advertiaed, wore, on the 16th day of September last, contracted to be sold to Samuel T. Carrow, Esq , whose bid for all was considered by the Board of Education as being the most advanta geous one offered This sale, before it can be final, mast have legislative sanc tion. At a subsequent period of your session a special message will be addressed to you on the subject, and the particular swamps, with the terms aud price offered and accepted, laid before you. VACANT LAND. After mature consideration, I deem it proper to cull atteution to the vacant lands belonging to the State, and. which re subject to entry.. I am decidedly of the opinion that no one not an actual bona fide citizen of the State, should be autho- rizea to taKe up any portion oi saia lauas at the iosigificant prices now fixed by law. These lands should be held iu reserve for our own citizens, many of whom arc with out homes of their own, and unable to purchase them except at very low pri ces. It has come to my knowledge that speculators, living outside of the State, and who never expect to become citizens of it, have entered and are still entering large bodies of our vacant lands, particu larly in the western part of the State, and I fear, not for the purpose of settling a mong us aud improving the country, but with the purpose and intention of enrich ing themselves at the expense of the State aud the impoverishment of our own people. In my opinion it would be better for the State to donate this land in small quautU ties, without money and without price, to .1 I 31 .. t -i us poor anu lanaiess citizens rather than sell it to strangers, whose only purpose seems to be to fill their own coffers. 1 therefore recommend that you enact a law requiring every person, or party, entering our vacant lands, to make an affidavit in due form of law, and file the same with the entry-taker in the county where the land is situated, that it is entered for his or their own use and not for another, and that he or they are bona fide citizens of the State of North Carolina. IMMIGRATION'. I cannot too earnestly recommend the adoption of suitable measures to encour age immigration to the State, and to stay as far as practicable, the tide ofi miuigra- tion from the State. In 1790, North Carolina contaiucd a total population of 393,751, ranking a the third State in the Uuion, Virginia being first and Pennsylvania second. With as large a territory as New York, she had at that time a population equal to iiiut otaie, ana me iwo otatcs started in the race of progress with the sama num ber (sixteen) of representatives in Con gress. In 1800, North Carolina has rece ded to the fourth rank among the States, with 47S,103 inhabitants, an increase of only 84,352 in ten years. In IS 10, she held her position as the fourth iu rank, with 555,500 inhabitants and an iucrease of 77,487. In 1820. she still retained this rank, with 638,829 inhabitants, and au increase of 83, 329. From this period she began to decline in population, in comparison with other States. In 1830, she had fallen to the fifth rank, with a population of 737,987, an increase of 99, 158 inhabitants- la 1840, she had fallen to the seventh rank, with 753,039 inhabi tants, an increase in ten years of only 15,432, In 1850, she had fallen to the lenth rank, with 869,039, an increase of 115,620. In 1860, she was the twelfth in rauk, having a total population of 992, 622, and an increase of 123,583. In-1870, she was the fourteenth in rank, number ing a population of 1,071,361, and an iucrease for the preceding ten years of 78,739. 7 In examining these figures we find great fluctuations iu population from time to time, as given in the census. Why is this 1 The answer is, that at different periods of our history there have been large depletions of our population by emi gration to the West and South, while the loss thus sustained has not been made up by any accession in considernhlA from other States, or from foreign counties. And thus it is, that being drained of her sons aud daughters, without inviting im migration to herself iu return, the State has decreased in the scale of States, while other Stats, fed with her blood, and by steady cunents of imigrants from Europe, have increased iu population, wealth and power. The exodus of our people may be seeu in the following statement, with a comparison as to the influx of immigrants to our borders : In 1870 there were 1028, 678 native South Carolians, and only 42 -683 natives of other States and foreigners within our borders, making a total of 1,07,371 inhabitans. Meanwhile, within the other States of the Union, the wander ing children of our State, who had been going torth from us since 1790, answer to the roll-call to the number nf 9ra nese are scattered oouw and &onth-west. T-lius while we cau count but 42,6S3 immigrants to our otate, more than a quarter of a milliou of our people can be counted in other Stales and of these 42,683 strangers who have' welcomed among us, only 3,029 are of foreign birth, principally from Germany, Ureal Britain and Ireland, while other a., . I 1 "J ue nriucirtMllv in ,1... aiaies number such accessions by h dreda nf tKAnaanJ. J -,i iun- " ..."-oniiuo, auu are gun riXeiVUlg them with open arms from all parts of the worm. ii is not to hp rruu.uJ ,u .. .1 . U T ? ... I emigration of our people Westward can be checked entirely, .but much may be done to check it, and to indoce emigrants from other regions to settle among us, by encouraging judicious and useful scheme's of internal improvment by the establish ment of raanufaetoriea of various kinds thus adding to capital, and at the same giving employment to thousand !. Inow idle, or thirftless or aimless in their pursuitsby opening and maintaining liberally public schools for education of the children and youth of the State by en couraging and fostering in every practical w7 the great interests of agriculture and considered necessary that I. should !gft4M:Ujac tsCaslKiding as rar as we can Our own lonotort oft very kind, and fabri eating the raw articles here at home, thus reaming tho fronts or manufacturing among oureelvee, and by cultivating a just sentiment of State pride and self res pect, and a spirit of forbearance, generosi !rjtnd kindness towards each other, remem bering the past only in the light of charity and good-will, and drawing from it only lessons which will teach us to think more of ourselves, and of each other as North Carolinians. By doing these things, gen tlemen, actively and perie verinel v. and fwtflr a purpose" trjrfcmow no gftW "Word as "jutUtrt- nan or commo mother wfcon, we all love so well, is to be improved and enriched, and elevated in alt desirable respects among her sister States, I verily believe that pur best . wishes and efforts for her -will be crowned with full succese. With a climate which is in itself a luxury enjoyed by few other people ; in a region ihose soil produces in greater or less per fection every staple and nearly every ar tide grown on the North American Conti nent ; with mines of iron, coal, copper, gold, lead, mica, granite, marble, and many other ores with timber .'of all kinds, com partively as yet untouched ; with water power inexhaustible, from the midland counties to the Tennessee line - with lime and marl, and other fertilizers in the earth ready to be used to improve the soil, and with millions of acres of virgin land adap ted to cotton, Corn, t bacco, wheat, oats, rice, barley, re, the grape and almost every oifier production ; with the" law faithfully executed aud peace and order prevailing everywhere within our borders, and exempted as we are by a kind Provi dence from the rigorous and protacted winters of thfe North and the scorching suns of the far South, I think it can truth fully be Said that no State offers more solid attractions to immigrants than docs North Carolina. There have been so many plans sugges ted with the view of promoting immigra tion to the State, that I besitateto recom mend any particular one. The whole snbject is, after all, in yonr hands. I am satisfied that yon do not properly estimate its importance. Let me, then, respectfully and earnestly urge you to address your selves to the work with a purpose and a vigor which shall ensure good results. Aud-allow me to add, in concluding this subject, that any plan that may be decU ded, and from which we may expect suc cess, must be so conceived and operated as to put immigrants in full Jjosesiion of all the information touching the advanta ges which our State presents to them, and this information must be laid by us before the immigrants themselves before they come :o ns. In doing this we shall have to compete not only with other Sta tes, bat with all kinds of landed ainas or lanaca corona- tion?, with railroad monopolies Vithl. JLen,,entia7n thJ! end dw,orf forthc nmi. An . ,J T V Pi i wLunl!It,Ui,,n?e1' reformation ol person convict- iijuivv, igixNaiikc auu litlseilOOU J DHL if we begin with an earnest determination. e ... and persevere as We should, it will not -be long before we shall witness gratifying results from our 1, bom. In a matter so vital, we dhould not too closely count our dollars, for money judiciously expended in this business will in due season repay the State an hundred yea verily a thou sand fold. STATE A G Hlfj tJLT V R A L SOCIBTT. fc III the Ndrfli Carolina Agricultural So ciety, wc have a common rallying point for all the good people of the State, irres pective of their opinions on political snb jecls. The object of its officers has boen to foster not only agriculture, but also manufacturing and the mechanic art?, and .1 1 a m m m. Mi " the results has bern l.irl.!v ur,. and gratifying. By tbe anuual exhibit ions of the products of the State ; by tho com ing together of our best and moat enter prising citizens ; by bringing to tbe atten tion ol capitalists of other States aod she Oauadas our superior advantages, the organization has materially aided in infus ing eucrgy among our people as well as inducing strangers to settle among us. Owing to the general poverty and depress ion, it was difficult work at first, wi the society has struggled on untill it hns succeeded in perfecting a iair creditable to the State and honorable to their 0W11 energy and spirit of perscverence. The aunual exhibitions demonstrate that within the last four years blooded stock has been extensively introduced, ' improve ments in the mechanic arts have been made, manufacturing has. been fostered, and our miueral wealth is being unearth ed, to say nothing of the great improve ments which have been made in the science of fartniallg. Tlie Agricultural "wicijr hub convinced onr people not only of the importance of State Fairs, but ulso of our own importance as a people and a State. It has demonstrated the vaetness of resource, which if develop ed, will bring not only wealth, hut inde pendence to the people. ' It has shown that we have within oiirsdve evwry th'n,; necessary to build np manufacturing in terests, and a soil to produce, not only the staff of life, but raw material to supply manufactories. The officers of the Socie ty have appvinlfd a committee to apply to your honorabjo body foi amendments to their charter ro'enable them to extend their efforts beyond the great centres f our population and trade into the re mo tee t corners of the -State. I most cheerfully recommend you to co-operate with them in every available way tor tlx-1 extension and nsefuluess of their valuable iustitu tion- CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. An election was held on the first Thursday in August laat for the purpose of submitting to the people certain amendments to the Constitution of the State, which had been passed, or attempt ed to be passed, by the Legislatures of 1870-71 -72-73; and which, if properly adopted conld not go into force until ratified by a vote of tbe people. The result of the election has not yet been officially ascertained, nor will it be until on and after the first Monday in December en suing. Grave doubts exist in the minds of many prominent men, among them many law yers of great learning, as to whether these amendments were enacted and submitted in the way and manner designated by tbe Constitution itself, in the second section of the 13th articles of that instrument. I confess to jrou that I share in then doubts, and have serious misgivings that the requirements of the Constitution have not been complied with either in its letter or in its spirit. I do not propose, however, to en ter upon a discussion of the question, but si in pi v to call your attention to it, so that after calm and careful consideration you may determine what is the best policy under the circumstance. Having no settled convictions on the subject, and not feeling an absolute certainty that the amendments have not been made in conformity to the provisionosf the Constitution. T'do not feel authorized to place any obstructions in tbe way of their becom iny a finality. Jf it ib out that the legislation which liaWn this subject, has been oroDerlv done. r orasaxuif the rot on the fir Hondav oefitt. ft .hall appear thai tha peopl auopteq the amendment. iun a qu nee ariaes. whether thia under ihm Dro vision of OI i 00, BTOTldlft fO -a rnkA . a a caw continue in annual aemion a-ft th ma .ww t m w of the provision which authorised aiu worm? In other worda. doa tint th Knlii;nn of the law authorising annual aeasiona, also abolish the right to continue in annual session after tha new Constitution creating biennial ses sions is proclaimed to be in force? You. gentlemen, am here is annual witinn bv virtue of the second section of tne JWW' uthCarUcW. Ucie of (he Constitution of 1868. before been in annual session HOW can yon then, after the fir Mrnfu in December, prolong your annual session, if the j - " ju wcuwununwu to ooiu auuati rwiiom wan nave been repealed: It will not do to say a law WM passed authorising you to meet, notwithstanding the amendment should be adopted. The Constitution is the uprcme law and no statute law can override it. It is net disputed that the General Assembly may adjourn to a future specified day, instead of star 4U, but it is not conceded thai this ena bles it to silence the Constitution, and by artifice render nugatory its provisions. It is true that you did at your last session passu resolution to meet again on the third Monday in November, 1873, thereby conceding that without the ens Wing aid of such a resolution, or enactment, you ooeld not meet on that day if the amendment providing for biennial anion should be adopted. There was no necessity for the resolution, be en ie the Constitution, as it then stood, and as it now stands, made it imperative upon you to convene at that time, and yoa could not disregard iL Why then pass a resolve to do, what the Constitution enjoins, aye, commands you to do? You sre now here in regular annual session in obedience to the Constitution, or you are here on your own adjournment, and this is but a con tinuation of your last session. Which, gentlemen, is it? If it be a regular session as provided by the Constitution, then I am performing my .duty in addressing this communication to you : but if it be only a continuation of your last sitting, then I am performing a work entirely gratuitous and not required of me by the Constitution or by the law. Believing that the resolution to which I have adverted is of no binding force, I feet it to be my duty to inform you, that out of abuad ance of caution, it would be well to eater at once upon needful legislation, and oonsusamate it be fore the day appointed for comparing and de claring the vote on the conMiiutional amend ments, lest it may turn out, after that time, that your honorable body is fumetus ojbe, and all of your subsequent acta of legislation noil and void THE PEX1TKN riABT. The report of the directors and officers of this institution is herewith transmitted to the Gen eral Assembly. It is a matter of satisfaction and granulation to find the work in such pros perona condition, notwithstanding the adverse circumstances by which it has been surrounded, and the difficulties always attending the manage ment of a penal institution. 8o rapid has been the increase of the number of inmates that it is evident that the bulk of the convict population of the Stite is tending to the Penitentiary, and that the Several counties are being relieved of trouble arid expense incident to keeping them ic" . snoma oe, ior in tne cosnty jails. This ia as it should be, for ed of crime and fetonie, can be best realised, anu at IjC. less expense to the taxpattrs. The Ji?1 increase in. Phig i !!ifetifc? 'h the number of courseta creates ncrcase 01 etpeomfaye to long e convicts is molored on thf public build. mot of the State. Tha itvn however, mi-l.t be lessened by diverting the labor of a bortion of the convicts to 'some em playment that would bring a revenue to the Staic. Iff portion of the prisoners were -jm to wrk in a shoe shop, and a part to manufactur ing fornihjre or agricultural implements, it would diirftnixh the cost Df their imprisonment, while a considerable number could be kept at work on the outer walls and buildings "Phis is evidently 4 matter of moment to the Slate, not '. Jrigard to the saving 0 money, but bvtMfjse It-would bo the means of training the younger convicts to a valuable trade that will enable titer, when discharged from confinement, to obtain remunerative emplovment. and relieve the commuaities wherein thev reside of an idle na vicious nopniauon. bnch good results have and vicious population. m cases already dMuharrad. whr .they had befcn kept at work in the small shoe bOi ebUbhshed and operated at th Peniten tiary. WodM it not be well to require the Judges of our courts to sentence all convicts, nrrder twent t or twenty-ftve years, to learn some trade in the Penitentiary, and make the sentence long enough, to perfect them iu the mysteries of the trade T I would respectly call the attention of the General Assembly to chapter 144 of the Laws of 1872c3 fttr. being tbeJreveno law, and to section four, ef class I. This forbids any of the tax collected for the Penitentiary to be used for any purpose but "the support of the couvicis in the penitentiary and the erection of outer walls around the same and for no other purpose," thus peremptorily jstoppingjaJl.work on the . main building and the eret tion of cells for the .ife eepfag-ofth convicts. That this wasirot the luteution of the General Assembly is evident from the provisions of Chapter 157 of the same session, ratified on the same day with the Reve- rmre law, within section four, the Board of I i rec tors "is directed to prosecute to as early a com pJeiiona. passible She eoustTOctienof the peni tentiary,'' -and jin section one to make as many of 8,000,000 brick as possible in section 6 to make the fronf cell' doors-aad fn section 7 to &mf&& ?vir hPri building. All this to be done as provided in the Act will necessarily reonlre skilled labor and material, flow, I ask gentlemen, can these -be provided for, if all the tax levied for the penitentiary mast be snnlied in th nmvtrt nf the convicts and erection of the outer wall, and for no other purpose? XIn order to prosecute the work on the prison buildings, I recommend an appropriation for the wants of the building department from the gene ral fund, so that the work may be pushed to a speedy completion. The prison now has among its inmates excel lent stone-cutter and brick-roaltera, and with the aid of a few skilled woikmen under the supervision of the able architect, the work can be well and rapidly done. ; This also leads me to ask a reconsideration of the last clause of section 4, chapter 157 laws 1872-73, which provides that the. original plan of the building shall beVo changed that the wall ef the main pri son shall be constructed of brick instead of stone 8o expert have ehnvicts become in quarrying snd cutting stone,land at so small a cost is the stone now" laid, that there exists no neceiwhy for mutilating tbe baimony of the plan or destroy, ing the beauty of the building. As a matter of architectural tate and becoming State pride lite original plan should be adhered to, parties -larly aetbe report of the architect, which ae ?f?Pn.'e that. of the Directors, shows that the dtnereneein the cost is sesumll that it should scarcely, be considered. It seems hard tht convicts after serving out j j ef3n rH,nihmet or upon being par doned, should be turned out upon tha world without means to reach their places ef residence wlucb are often at a long distance from Raleigh! To save them fromihe temptation, (arising out of want and poverty), to again violate the law, and as an net of humanity, I recommend thst you make some provision by law, to enable them to roach their i slant homes. Moat of the other Bates hawvnwde a wrovtstosvof this kind. itfi5r "? V'dent, and it wilj save the sjinuai or tne toatd from an in aM undesirable population. OUS ZBaalrx asTttne. oThe annual report of the President of the fV1 ofJ,rector' ccompanied by the reports of the officers of this Institution, is herewith t a Minuted to you. It affords me pleasure to be officially informed of the highly prosperous opodkion of this noble charity, and to be as .atfted of its able and successful management. When all seem to hjvs performed their duties so well, it might be deemed Invidious te discrim- .. a wnen h is equally due to all. It W U &. J Ji smanuiion was never in ar; on. or iu affair mooubly oat d -to its eoetflete want of sumci it mom in nd take cere at all tl .L. . . message, urging the General Assembly to pro vide more accommodations by enlarging the present building, or erecting a branch Asylum at some point In the Western part of the State. larriTirrjoK for thb DOUr ASD DC MB AID THE BLJMD. The renorta of th aSmm r t ! Ha. Uen highly proaperou. darS Aifft fltflr TU Jrnimm of .stainLn Jefcr m im cannot be over It is far efutai our deaf and blind dodu- lauonna then VSefaf tliemOfa nf mnmlt ik. hjvwthemgrqw up tn ignorance and vice, snd taycaen vo their inends rd the public. Baeeaent o tW Inmutntion i... i hisnly satiafaalorv. I fsl - t ' "7 wuuir essauusnmenl in in vmi fountry. Ute recomuiervJaUoni in L TCJ oincera, to which your atten- inwueai seem to ha ,umi mrA which has hitherto characteris t lesnsiaanrsB It U ftwntf . a i fed vfi not be withheld or emmiUd k tnimj i SiSS e '"J6" Heted by the Hon. W. a "LIT ' 10 wnom work was assigned bv yonr honorable body, and tbe printingand bind- 15 !.il70rk,nen in oar ow 8UU. I can nojlao .BlTOmmend tbe diligence, faitbfol neas snd ability of the learned compiler, sad toe superior workmanship of Messrs. Edwards 4 K rough ton, the printers and binders. The work reflects the highest credit upon the State Ji i i u".,l,Tn"We to the legal profi on i'u"w oDsoen. i take occasion to passage oi a law making it incumbent on the country officers, to whom the book ia gratuitously fnrniahed, to turn over their copies to their successors, whenever their own terma expne. If this be not done the State will in cur a heavy expense in furnishing a copy to every new officer who may succeed those now in office in tha various counties in tbe State. raiTATB OOKFOaATIO. A l arge portion of the time of the General Ae mbly u consumed in passing charters for no vate corporations, notwitlulanding there is a law on our statue book enabling any three or more persons, associating themselves together, to procure a charter from the clerk of the Sup erior Court of the county wherein they propose to do business. Private parties, who embark in schemes to enrich themselves, have no right to tax tbe peo ple in order to pot their own machinery in mo tion. Tbe legislature has provided s wst for them to accomplish what ihev desire at their own cost and expense, without the necewity of consuming the valuable time of the people'a representatives, and at the public expense. In order to abate the nuisance, for it u nothing but a nuisance. I recommend th.t ik. akIz section of chapter 199 of the laws of lSTl-? be so amended as to require each private com pany, asking an act of corporation, to exhibit a receipt from the Treasurer of the State for at least one hundred dollars, before the bill to in corporate the company shall be read the first time in either house of the General Assembly uch a law will save thousands of dollars to t lit State. Even one hundred dollars in each case will not indemnify the State for the expense in curred iu the passage of the incorporation acta. MTUTfA. Having heretofore directed yonr attention u the necessity of reorganizing the militia, and enacting a law to render it effective, and havinc failed to convince you of its importance, I for bear now, to make any further recommendation on the subject, slthough I am thoroughly satis hed it is made incumbent on you hr the 2nd sect ion of the 12th article of tbe Const itution, as ll as by S proper regard for the public safety to act at once on this important matter. REroitTs. The reports of the State officials, are herewith transmitted, and you are respeotifully invited lo bestow upon them that attention and considera tion, which their importance demands. RI0.VATTOK8 SJf P APTOIWTMXHT. r YW JKi Solicitor for the 11th Judicial Oistrict,- tendered bis resignation as such on the 14th day of November, 1872, which wfPtod, and Marcus Erwin Esq , appoint ed fill tbe vacancy. non. i nomas Settle was on the 5th dar of iTxrmowy is, com missioned Associate J ne the Supreme Court, vice Hon. Robert P Dick, resigned. v MTcuV:Erwin B"!- Solicitor of the 11th Judicial District, tendered his resignation on jd.,dJ of Marco' 1873 whid aa accepled and William G. Candler, Esq., appointed on the 6th of (he same month to ail the vacancy. Afred G Morrison Esq., a member of the tjouse of Representatives, from Lincoln county, resigned his place on tbe Gth of March, 1873 and an election to supply the vacancy, ordered to be held on the first Tuesday in August, the dv of the regular election. RichardC. Badger, Esq., a member of the House of Representatives, from the count' of Wake, tendered his resignation on tbe 4th dsy of April, 1873, which was accepted, and an eloo fjon to supply the vacancy ordered to be held on the first Tuesday in August, tbe day of the regu lar election. PAJtDO, RESPITIS AXD OOXMLTATIOXS. For a list of tho convicts pardoned aod re spited, and of those whose punishments hire he commuted, since my it annual communis. tion to voo. I pendix which is hereto attached, and which contains the reasons that moved me to exercise clemency m each case. Your attention is psr tiCTlsrly ia vited to the case of Alexander Thorn nd rhomas Lineberry, convicts from Guilford county, and next to the last included in the appendix. ooxcxustojr. Having performed the duty required of me by tbe Consitntion. I now commit mr sosxres- ' i L II I T n-7fr fntl tn in an uons and recommendation tn r, it., sanction, with toe assurance that you shall have J oo-operauon in whatsoever you may do for tbe good of the State. 7 7 TOD R. CALDWELL. NEW FIRM ELTJTTZ, ORAHAi St RXVDXJ 2nd Door behw MluUsS Drug Store on Mam Street. Wholesale and Retail dealers in General enmanuie. iney are now receiving large and well selected stock oi their FALL AND WINTER GOODS. HKC,r!n L r2 CWnerea, Jeam, 8hawl., Flannek, Domestic, Prints, Dresa Goods a large assortment of Yankee Notions. SHOES, ROOTS, HATS, CAPS, Leather and a fug stock of GROCERIES, Which they bought strictly for Cash and now offer them to the cittrens of Rowan and sur rounding Counties at Drices . Inm .u- i sIS whir" ttry?lemian hi bowing their yew boy or not. The init.t; is come one come all and see our new stock. He charge nothing to show yon roods. We buy and sell all kind of country produce such aaJTrain, Bachn, Fruits, Feathers, Hides, Rags, Ac. Terms Sfrittty Qun or BarUr. W. LAWSON KLUTTZ. R. frank graham; J. A. RENDLEMAS" Oct. T ARQE LOT OF LADIES' CLOAKS "e 11 ojered at greatly reJuoed pVicel wtheJ were bought v r low. y Oct. 9 if. m nv award ine nriira i prosperous flponui nacesswis ROD imm Jibficaiaftr Utitoe. liovA yourboaorable M, BBvrsau V. WALLACE. I? PUBLIC. int. f a i.K 1 1 r i' i JERKY DAVIS & 80N ST IM 1 fputaiioQ Wttm bsJ is.,.. Tl. " ... Im7mmml in Bf-J- " wiPTT-suartf of fl,, Vi D: r : 1 1 . W r P I ain-IVIIW lit BoV asna . nrpn iing future iu the LUtorv Z 3 iu large aa4"aaoeU - -"Ja 1 v aab.-.- utt VII T IU BTIUJIPa ....- wich Isiaod. to Cuba and IsJida to England and CooUorn! to other African lands; to ABateaUaaad 715 tta. KaneiKU miwi ,.th ! . has also been sent la Chi 2 .i ZT in aent to China, U there is nay forebro port or ss7 rsUnjS ia Afrisa or Asia, which is fraZuj American and European miasioaari. TJ? eler. or trade r,,to which the IHxZklZ has not beau introduced. The extent , tt, itsryWnest is aaotfc-1 feature of this reataihahisHii LlZT1 f r?1 kaf eTm body will eunfs. for broisas. Z , "7 5ce.. bet for of West India Islands ami it baa hejcunn the ssaaa, such eornaaaiou, as wwil as drso. coinplaiou.aW other kiadred Wi.r'i oongba and clde, canker, asthma a: pna.btw rift. matic dirncultiec a has Sxsam a a V hftk, wwaui ana ooovi trials tsussioay. , be so inval .-.pnT-nemn are in poesfsainn ' . from neraons uftka K..ka -s reKms.bility. tertifriag mtrfroeahaS to the cures effected and tho nnn(.cVnZ ults ppxiocrd. in an endless variety of ill d7i lb f aWt medieine. ThniZ alelW popularity it has attained, u! and effect, remedy. It is a-L1 most every country in the world and mkl coming more aud more Phtr eeryZT Its heal me properties have been foll.'tMiaJ all over the world and it need Jl.TT to be prized. Sold by all Druggists. 8TMY BULL ?" TJ Plat,io- Rown Coeetv. Boll. Red color, very Urge homes. 2 white spot on his rfght nak, ala, . 3 J-pot on hu. lef) t side, a lfttm white anZ belly, and his hind frt both white up mis cla ws, ho is of good size, e not kwa. The owner is notified to cdto aud take 1 bullawayandpay.ehargea.or he will be saU FAIR OF THE ZLMm THIRD ANNUAL EXPOSITION. wtu. as naxo or CHARLOTTE W C. Vorsaiber 26th; 26th; 27th ;28ti:ta. Liberal Premiums in Mooer and in (he Society's Diplomas end Sijyor Mt-lW Made Kxrressfy tt Uie Fair of the Cardlianas. Annnal Address will be drfirered by GEN. WADE HafiPTON, OF SOUTH CAROLINA. TheSodety' buildings are ample, and well n r . . rnged. ttmirond rates tor tramportatann as li lor arnr other Wr. Articles for Kxfiibition FVee charm. Half Mile Race TmfV , .77 i mm suit Tn tat Balloon country, during' Fair management Of Gyro Pigeon shooting match for a $J0n hreaca loading gun. Other prises will bo added. Charlotte Cornet Band engaged for tbe Week. Season Ticket fStt Single. Ad mituoee i ft For Premium Lists and other infonar tion, address. TU03. L. YAIL Nov. 6, lB73-tf. GREAT FAMILY MEDICWE- Dr. GBEXV8 FIT CUES f Tha OroU Remedy for Spilpsy, Cam Fits, Spasms, Convbaom and rrrom Waks fulneas, acts promptly, often asrreating the Pm from the first day's use, even there they hsv existed for years. COMPOUND XX COEYDAUS! The Great Veg-e table Alterative, Caret. Scrofula, Secondary Syphslia, F-fUfUons on dp Skin, snd all diseases arising (rum impure Bloat Xv Jta MEDICATED EOsTKY. A Sovereign Balm for Couga Colds, Bron chitis, Asthma, and all dia-a. oi the air pas sages and Lungs. Bj iu limelf use many sup posed cases of Consumption arc promptly re liered snd the Lung restored to health. RUEALOIA SPECIFIC ! A prompt, positive aod permanent the excruciating pains of Neuralgia, Bhsuaaa tism and Sciatica. Por Sale by T. F. XlBtta Prepared only by Dr. GREEN, LTJfDLEY k BEKTLXT, CHARLOTTE X C Nojr. ft, If73 ly. j . MORE NEW W CHEAPER THAN EVBB! BOUGHT DURING THE PMIt, WHEN PRICES WERE LOWEST. We are now receiving and opening ear TiM Stock of goods for 1873 oonsuting of Dry Goods, Boots ef Shoes Clothing, Hois A pp, HauigMadetVUung, Groceries, Bapyimt fi aad all kinds of goods neaail y kept in r al Stock of Merchandise, which we V mined to sell oa aa fkverable term of the same Quality can be had at -lebsiem caah or barter. We enrbrmce tm vpt ' of returning our thanks for the lilieral P" ' hsajseuil est oa hesetofars "and traM bj dealing aod close attnatiec to .-our beets merit a continuance of the ease. R. h A.3it'BPHT. Oct. 16 le73.-2moa,
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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