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The parlfculOT young, man,. looking for a business pt soot, mm, Bhoulq try chim nejr sweeping - - Worldly wiinlom people who are "fill ed with emotion" generally find room for . their dinner. An economical lmlianu kivs ne tces nothing new in the fashions. His wife's dresses were always "pull-backs" to him. A young lady, Wing charged - by a gen . tloman with having trilled with his feel- int, exclaimed "Well, I plcadilty !" ; ' ' s "Are these eggs poachetl," inquired a customer of a colorel restaurant keeper atan Alabama station. "Yes, sxih," replied Panilw, dey is lat is, dc chickens War." The Winston Sentinel Rays the grand jury of Surry Court, at this term, indicted Jiidge Cloud for an 'assault on the Clerk of the Court committed last- fall. The two hottest days ever known in Australia were the 15th andJUihof Janu ary, when the thermometer registered 10T degrees in the shade at Melbourne. The merchants are still loud in pro claiming therrr indignation on account of the law passejl byrthe recent General As sembly laying a heavy tax on guanos. A lady who had 'married a smoker was asked if she .had no prejudice against to Jkiooo. To which she replied that she had undergone the smoking process so long - that her prejudice had been perfectly cured. -. You mav alw.ivs be rertuiPttiat "llie person of doubtful' virtue is the most ea : .ger to assume the appearance of severe in-5 tegrity. Thus you will hear a thief boast jngW his Jionesty, and a wanton of her propriety. , "Does your sister Annie ever say any , thing about me, sissy f" asked an anxious lover of a little girl. "Yes," was 4he re. ply ; "she said ifyou had rockers on your -shoes they'd make such a nice cradlefor my doll." , ' ' "Dear me," said a latry, "I have such a cold. What do you 'do Doctor, when you have a cold ?" "What do I do!" said the Doctor ; "why, Madam, I cough and some times I sneeze. New Lebanon, Governor Tilden's native town, elected Mr. Hand (dem.) supervisor by ninety majority, which is another re buke to Returning Board Hayes. - Thomas M. Butler, of Ferdonia, Ky., has a spring of water fifteen feet in diam eter, who.-io bottom has never been reach ed, although weights with ropes 300 feet long have been lowered into it. It is reported on trustworthy authority that the New Orleans National Bank, for several years .the fiscal agent of the Re- publ ican ? State government, will lend NicholU $300,000 to carry on his govern ment. . Three1 of -Washington's third cousins, the grand children of Warren Washing ton; of Virginia, are now living old, poor t and dependent in Gordousville, r Kentucky.'5 Hon. Walter 'L. Steele of Rockingham, Richmond count v,- has been invited to deliver the annual address before the Alumni Association at Chapel Hill at the approaching Commencement in June next , and has accepted the invitation. ; The election in New" Hampshire com pletes the election for members of the Forty-fifth Congress, which will stand, allowing the Republicans all they claim m South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana, one hundred and forty-nine Democrats to one hundred and forty-four Republicans. . 1 At Pottstown, Pa., there is one of the 9 greatest natural curiosities in the country, called "the ringing rocks" a mass of bowlders covering about an acre of ground and heaped in wild confusion, which when . struck with a hammer give forth a great variety pf musical notes. Powell Ruxton said: "The loncer I ive, the more certain that the greater dif- erence between men between the feeble ud the powerful, the great and the insig- nificantris jenergy invincible determi- nation a purpose once fixed, and then death or victorv. That aualitv will do ojthing that can be done in this world : a ed no talents, no circumstances, no op- Twi.. . - ... . ' i-"nuniues win make a two-legged crea- "re! a man n lthont It." A special patrt fox fiie purpoBeTof look ingjout for incenduitif is spoken of among thai merchants of Camden. The plan is to organize a compauv of vounir jnen. who will do guard -duty by , turns.. n The Review says there was talk, at one time, of the Republicans .refusing to take paj-t in the approaching1 municipal elec tion in Wilmington, and of their contest ing the matter before that last refuge of Eadicai' politicians, he Supreme Court.: Bt better counsels seem to jiave prevail ed of-late and they now assert their hiten- most, with the belief that they caaiecf sit of the ten Aldermen. 250. Xetct. ; . . ... The 'DemocraU of theftt Waf5 aof Wilmington, held 4 aetlng --Tuesday- night and pamedNmjteMlutlottaofJ indignation and eondemnatioadn acunznt of the policy of the recent General Aasem bly in foisting negro and white Radical magistrates upon the people of the east. They express surprise and indignation that tlie Legislature should have re-im-posed upon them the bunlens from which it was expected to free them. ZiVi.. Xeies. Wilmington (Star, of Wednesday: A very fine setter, belonging to Mr. Preston dimming, was bitten on the nose by a snake in the woods on the western side of the river yesterday. As soon as he could get him across the river Mr.C. forced a quantity of whiskey down the dog's throat, and at last accounts the poor beast was lying dead drunk on the pavement in front of the grain mill presenting a fit subject for a temperance lecturer. It is hoped the remedy wiU prove effectual. Personal. Hon. S. S. CoxUto bril liant nnd distinguised New York Con gressman, is.at the Yarbrough House with nis wile. lew 2Nortnern statesmen are letter known or more admired in' the South than "Sunset Cox," and his pres ence in the city is a subject of general in terest and general remark. He and; Gov. Vance appeared at tea together, last even iug, aud the circumstance was remarked upon as a-meeting of two of the very first humorists of the nation. Hal. Xeicts, A Daughter of Chang Hunker. it is iiKeiy mat out lew people are aware of the fact that a daughter of one of the famous Siamese twins is a resident of Unleigh. Mr. Zacharfah WHaynes, deaf mute, a nafttetfYa3kin county, was married in August, 1874, to Laura, daughter of Chang Bunker, one of the noted twins. Chang had nine children seven of whom are now living. Three o theni are deaf nmtes. Mr. Haynes is a teacher in the institute for the deaf, dumb and the blind, in this city and lives on Preston street. He ha, two children, both of whom can hear. The first and only Chinese railway con tinues to find its course like that of trued love in its lack of smoothness. Some days ago, a mob of natives tried )to stop a train by piling earth on the track and tearing up the rails. It is said that the mob are jealous that people of the villages through which the line runs have riot been engag ed to work upon it instead of the skilled laborers employed by the company. The Chinese still make use of the line in great numbers, more persons sometimes pre sent themselves at the ticket office than can be accommodated. Xerer Taken Aback. A Washington tea party where General Butler wasrecently a guest, the hostess, glancing over the table, perceieved his cup unfurnished with an important implement, of which he was supposed to appreciate the value. " Why, General Butler," she exclaimed," in a lit tle womanly flutter of consternation, "haven't you a spoon T" "No, indeed, madam !" quickly responded the general, springing from his seat and slapping his pockets one after the other, "npon my word7 madam ; if you don't believe me. madam you may Paper?. search me." Tendon Rooty Mount Business.- From Septem ber 1, 1876, to March 1, 1877, there were shipped from this place six thousand, six hundred and seventy-three bales of cot ton, an increase in shipments in the past year of twelve hundred and eighty -three bales. This would indicate that Rocky Mount is improving. There is a large and increasing trade that comes to Rocky Mount now, and a great deal of this trade comes f -1 : . 4-.. Tl.n ... .. n 4-n 1. . . . . ... M. drawing trade even as high as Franklin county. -Mail. Lord Ellenborough on one occasion, was under the necessity of listening to an advocate who had the reputation o&being a sound lawyer, but a terrible bore. The question before the court was the ratabil ity of certain lime quarries to the relief of the poof. Counsel contended at a most wearisome length, that such-property was not ratable, because the lime-stone in the quarries could bo reached only by deep boring, which was a matter "of science "Well," interrupted his lordship, "as to that, you will hardly succeed in convino ing us, sir, that every species of boring is a matter of science." It is said that there i ,i i .r -Li a was oniy one man a courx wnoiaiiea 10 see tne joice. see the joke. A 'great deal has been' said as to thn in ¬ ventor of rhe' art r6f pf jndhg,"ttie s period when the invention itself saw the 'light, and the local ft y where it was born7. " Two out pT three of these points heed not, how everj excite lllsisstorf.' It s i'good while since iuc remarK. iua. , mere is notning new under the sun" wa$ made, but ante rior to that'renibte period namely, some four thQusand years ,ago-the first print ing machine existed in Babylon ! If proof be required of this rather startling asser tion, it may be easily "ISfrnd, T for it exists no farther oft4ha-FTiinity i3olleg Cam bridge. In that place there is 'preserved solid cylindrical- figure about seven inches in length, and three inches ia diara-4 etetat each the. surface of this miamtui cask-tike cylinder: minute and finely-wrought chkraeters are engraved, and thee are arranged ia vertical ; line It i therefore, a strikirrg example of -the ingenuity of the ancients, and shows their method of preserving and multiply ing na tional or family records. It is quite evi dent from the indented lettering of the Babylonian printing machine for such it really is that some means of applying pressure to it was in use among the Nin- evite "typos." This being so, the primi: tive appliance At Cambridge must be said to embody the identical principle bf the newspaper machines at the present day. London Echo. Cleopatra's Needle is to be removed from Alexandria to England, in an iron cylinder, which is to be constructed around it and then used as a vessel. "The cylinder is to , be niirty five feet long by fifteen feet in , diameter, and will have a draught of nine feet of water when afloat. All being riveted water-tight, it will le rolled into the sea and across the sandy bed of the water till it floats. It will then be turned over and the man-holes at the top "opened and about thirty tons of bal last put in to keep the ends vertical, so as to act like stem and stern. It will then have two bilge keels, a rudder, light spar deck, mast and lug sails attached, and be provided with an anchor and good chain cables, and, if necessary, a pump in case of leakage. The cylinder shin will then be fit to go to any port of the world with its freight and in any weather." Telephone entertainments are becoming popular. The following description of tlu instrument and its method of operation is intelligible .to, &os& who. can appreciate a diaphragm of iron : m "The telephone in its present form con sists of a powerful compound, permanen magnet, to the poles of which are attach ed ordinary telegraph coils of insulate-, wire. In front of the poles, surroundec by these coils of wire, is placed, a dia phragm of iron. A mouth-piece to con verge the sound upon . this diaphragm substantially completes the arrangement The motion of steel or iron in front of the poles of a magnet creates a current of elec tricity in the coils surrounding the-poles of the magnet, and the duration of thi current of electricity coincides with the duration of the motion of the steel or iron moved or vibrated in the proximity of the magnet. When the human voice cause the diaphragm to vibrate, electrical undu lations are induced in the coils environ ing the magnets precisely analogous to the undulations of the air produced by that voice. These coils gre connected with the line wire, which may be of any length, provided the insulation be good. The undulations which are induced in these coils travel through the line wire, and, passing through the coils of an in strument of precisely similar construction at the distant station, are again resolved into air undulations by the diaphragm of this instrument." Boston Commercial Bulletin. C0TT0X MANUFACTURING. This great interest, lately so depressed and unprofitable, has taken new lease of life, loth North and South. At the North, the Cocheco Manufacturing Company, at Dover, N. H., propose the erection of a new mill of 40,000 spindles, which it is thought will add 2,000 to the population of the place. The City Council has voted to exempt the mill from taxation for ten years. At the South, a new manufactur ing company has been organized at Augus ta, Ga., with a capital of $150,000. The mill begins with 10,000 spindlers, which will be increased to 50,000 as the times re quire. The stock was promptly subscrib ed. ' machinery securect, and measures taken to have the mill completed within four months. Most of the capital was subscribed by Massachusetts manufactur ers, one of whom is president of the new company. In this connection, a glauce at the last annual report of the Eagle and Phoenix Manufacturing Company, of Au gusta, is of interest. This report, for the year 1876, shows that this company has invested in real estate $582,923, machin ery $607,090, and building and material on hand, cash, (mill No. 3) $79,776. The capital stock is $1,250,000, The company has declared ana paid dividends since 1869, $750,000. From the profits of last year, $126,875, two semi-annual dividends of four per cent, each, payable 1st of May ! and 1st of November the total amount ing to $100,' ,000 passing the remainder, . .. . jfiM,7a, to tnecrenit oi maenmey account. Jailcigh Ouserrer. MOREHEATK j7, Mis CTTY CORRESPONDENCE. m 'T A Xortcegia Ship Ollt- Moreitead iTtMaMliXLlBTT. On 'Monday.tight at l:p. srwegSM barquOousbcrgbaus, ?bindirili'm'3l pool to Baltimore whh'si 'iwBBcked off Cape Lookmt.witli a to.alloaaof Jiai co.3iiid .-dxloftlae ixttxA kisti.nT'ea ' ' ' r tt Tr--r-ir-rn-ffTi ri i mi n i a i l. . a m i : . ushered into the ocean ofeteityjgjsi eilMttlfMl-tiVlght crfatoj.jelr to called upon he;God whoii they seiveH in ii. i x ii j- : uieif ,qvue iMJur9fw ae jrium jroHi .tue iiompw oeaUi tuat now sce-nMsd imminent. to save them from : a grayjc . whose walls wer ever caving- ,f f I They.were .twelve ( miles from shore. The last resort was to reach it by life oats. The best information that I can gather is that a portion of the crew start ed in three life boata to shore to get assis tance, the Captain with them ; his name is Jacobson. Two boats were capsized, with six men. A ladder was thrown to them I suppose they were near the barque); the first mate and one of the crew seized it, and the last that was seen of those un fortunate beings was that they were cling ing to the ladder. Poor men dying and yet living hop ing and yet no hope. Sinking sinking, ind living a life that was just then pro jected between two great eternities. W nat is sweeter man lite. What more tern Die man sucn a neatn T 1 lie waves . ... 1 . -. now sing their mouriiiul requiem and they sleep far away from their native land, while the dear ones who loved them and bade them good-by with the last kiss of love, invoking the peaceful benedictions from the God of our Fathers, are watch- and wondering if they will come back again ! No ! they parted to meet never more, until the last wave bursts on the sweet Eden shore, where thev will sing together: "We are Home at Last." The captain reached the shore and pro cured assistance. The cabin furniture and sails were saved, with the men who re mained on the wreck. In the main this report is true ; there may ue some errors in the manner uy which the men were saved. MAC. THE ELECTION LAW. AX ACT TO REGULATE ELECTIONS. The General Atrcntbly of Xorth Carolina Jo en rut : Sectiox 1. On tlit- Tuesday next after the first Aiomiav in Xovenilr in the year of oar Lord, one tlmuiinl eixht hundred and eighty and every -four years thereafter an election nhall be held in the several election precincts in each county for the follaring officer: First, Governor; second, Lientetiant-Covernor; third, ?etretary of Mate; fourth, Auditor; fifth, Treas urer; aixih, Superintendent of Public Instruc tion; seventh, Attorney Gtiieral; and on said Tueadav next after the firnt Moiwlav in Novem ber in the year at'orenaid, and every two year thereafter an eU-ction fthatl be 'held for mem bers of Con-res in the wveral dintrictx; metij' ben of tliM General Aernbly for their respec live counties and districts; a register of deeds; county surveyor; a coroner; a tfherifT, for their respective counties; and in such counties as have one, a county treasurer. Skc. 2. The board of Justices of the Peace of each county, a majority being present, sha I i have power to establish, alter, discontinue or create such separate places of election in their respective count le as they may deem expedi ent, giving thirty daya notice thereof by ad vertisement m some public journal, if there bv one published in the county, or in litit thereof in three places in such county and at the Court House thereof; but there shall be at least one (lolling place in every township, an nearly cen tral as possible, and there (hall be a polling place open in each ward of a city numbering over three thousand inhabitants. Sec. 3. The Secretary of State shall provide for and forward to the Commissioner of coun tie, on their requisition, suitable registration books, whenever needed, for each election pre cinct as established heretofore, and for anv new precincts which may be established under the last section. Six:. 4. If the Commissioner of counties do not receive a sufficient number of registration books, as provided in last section, they are au thorized and directed to provide the same for their respective counties at the expense of the .Mate. Sec. 5. The Board of Justices of the Peace of the several counties shall select, on or before the brst Monday of the month preceding each election, one or more persons for each election precnTtfe, who shall act as registrars of voters for l- T? - LI M II I II I II? sucn precinci. oam noaru anaii maae puou cation of the names of the persons so selected at the Court House door, immediately after such appointment, and shall cause a notice to be served ution said persons by tTie Slieriti". any Registrar shall refuse or neglect to per form his duties, the Justices of the Peace for the township may remove him and appoin another in his place. And no person who is a candidate for any office shall be a Registrar, or Judge or Inspector of an election. Sec. 6. Registrars shall be furnished with a registration book, and it shall be their duty to revise the existing registration books oi thei precinct or township in such manner that said books shall show an accurate list of electors previously registered in snch precinct or town ship, and still residing therein, without requir iug such electors to oe registered anew; and such Registrars shall also, between the hours of sunrise and sunset, on each day (Sundays ex cepted) for thirty days preceding each election keep open said books for the registration of any electors residing in such precinct or township. and entitled to registration, whose names have never before been registered in such precinct or township, or do not appear in the revised list. But the Board of Justice of the Peace fo each count v may, upon giving thirty day no tice in each township, if they ahlr think pro per, direct that there shall be an entirely new registration of voters before any election, in stead of the revision of the registration list, as above provided. ; t Sec. 7. Nq elector shall be entitled to regis ter or vote in any other precinct or townshi than the one in which he is-nn actual and Imna I A le resident on the day of election, and no cer I twiltn ui rcxwiuuu i-i wguiii. j . : C . rt . r n . - . . .... t mr ah . 1 I lv sec. 8. It shalLbe the duty of the Registrars and Judges of Elertlon to attend af the polling nlftCCS'of.lkeir lownsklD or . nrerinct -witlt Lhm tgUni4Tt took, oil, th$ Saturday pret&Rg thfi HctlorpfU fhhott.of. aine o'clock to blWlktJiiiwofHPBrPton appearing TO.wMJuirfi In esse of anx och.-.obiection th43tfMhn ntr oon Jbook pppo- litf-tLh4-)aJ-o( Jibt, .person, .obj tcttd lev i jkc?lftaof:bfor the, election dT.,wken hetrpUJ-fcideaiiid objtcnoo, gumf dne or TmAiNii juintxiiMr fSBinDiJU auMii. ua cno ki'thU aetUmcpnUii ft bs coo- daaaltd, aa prqTjded ia, pw,chapter, or !TO-cMteUlh etistrar Altall eaaae Ma oamA frona the books,' SsctJ. XhBorrtuiitJfi peace for eaeb-cotiBty. on or, before the. first Monday which each election i eld, shall tppolWIotjfTy i J cages r inspectors of Election, two of whom shall be of a different political party, where possible, from the Registrars, at each place of holding elections in their respective counties. The said Judges of election shall attend at the places for which they are severally appoin'eJ, on the day of election, and they, together with the Registrars for such precinct or. township, who aha!rattend with the registration books, after being sworn by some Justice of the Peace or other person authorized to administer oaths, to conduct the election fairly and impartially according to the Constitution and laws of the State, shall open the polls and superintend the same until the close of the election. They shall keep poll hooks in which shall be enter ed the names of every person who shall vote ; and at the close of the election the Judges of Election sha I! certify the same over their proper signatures, and deposit them with the Register of Deeds for safe keeping. The said-poll books shall, in any trial for illegal or fraudulent vo ting, be received as evidence. The Board of justices oi me reace shall, immediately alter the appointment of the Judges of e!ec:ion, as erein provided for, furnish a list of the names f such Judges to the Sheriff of their county. who shall, within ten days, serve notice of such ppointment upon the said Judges; and if, for any cause, any person appointed Judge of elec tion shall fail to attend, the Registrars of such township shall appoint some discreet person to act as such, who shall be by him sworn before acting, and shall be of the same political party as the absent Judge or Judges. Sec. 10. The following classes of persons hall not.be allowed to register or vote in this Stale, to-wit : rirst. Persons under twenty-one ears of age. Second. Idiots and lunatics. fhird. Persons who, upon conviction or con fession in open court, shall have been adjudged guilty of felony or other crimes infamous by the laws of this Stat, committed after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one housand eight hundred and seventy-seven, tin eas they shall have' been legally restored to he rights of citizenship in the manner pre Bcrilwd by law. bEO. 11. Subject to the foregoing exceptions, every male person born in the united States, oid every male person who has been natural ized, twenty-one vears of age, who shall have resided in the State twelve months next pre ceding the election, and ninty days in the county in which he offers to vote, shall be deemed a qualified elector in the precinct or towiiflup in which he resides; and all ele-tors shall register and vole in the election precinct of their residence. The residence of a married man shall be where his family resides; am that of a single man, where he boards and leens: and should anr single man board in one ward or precinct, and sleep in another then his resilience shall be in the ward or pre cinct in which sleet, and he shall not register or vote in anv other ward or precinct. Hut no elector shall he allowed to register in any ward or precinct to which he shall have removed for the mere purpose ot being a voter therein nor unuss his residence therein is actual and bona fide. And it shall be the duty of the Reg istrar or Judge of election-, when requested by nv bystander, to swear any person ottering to register or vole, as to his residence, and to have placed in writing opposite his name, the won! sworn; and any person knowingly and fraud uleutly registering or voting at any other place than that of his 6oa Me residence, shall be deemed giiiltv of a crime infamous bv the laws of this State, and on conviction thereof, shal be punished by a tine not exceeding one thou sand dollars, or imprisoned at hard labor .not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the Court. Sec. 12 Everv person who shall present him self for registration, shall state under oath how long he has continuously resided in this state. and in the county in which he oners to vote. whether he is an alien or native born, when he became twenty-one years of age, whether mar ried or single, and where or with whom he re sides. Upon the request of any elector, the j Registrar snail require me applicant to prove tr . I 1 . his identity, or age, and resilience, by the tes timony of at least one elector, under oath. And if an elector has previously been admitted to- registration in any ward -township, or precinct in the county in which he resides, he shall not be allowed to register again in another ward, precinct, or township in the same county until he produces a certificate of the Registrar of the former township, ward, or precinct, that said elector has removed from said township, ward, or precinct, and that his name has been erased from the registration books of that ward, town ship, or precinct from which he has removed; and the identity of any person claiming a right to be registered in any precinct of the same countv. by virtue of such certificate, with the person named therein, shall be proved by the oath of the claimant, and when required oy the Registrar, by the oath of at least other one elec tor. Every person found qualified shall take the following oath : "I. . do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution ot tne State of North Carolina: that I have been a resident of the State of North Carolina for twelve months, and of the county of for ninety days: that I am a duly qualified elector, and have not registered for this elec tion in any other precinct, and that I am an actual and bona jide resident of township (.or precinct.) So help me God." And'thereupon said person shall be permit ted to register, and the date of his registration shall be noted opposite his name in the regis tration book. Sec. 13. No registration shall be allowed on the dav of election, hut if anv person shall give satisfactory evidence to the judges of elec tion that he has come of the age of twenty-one years on the day of election, or has, for any other reason, become on that day entitled to register he shall be allowed to register and C7 - vote. Sec. 14. On the day of election any elector mav. and it shall be the duty of the judges o election to challenge the vote of any person who may be known or suspected not to be a duly qualified voter. . Sec- 15. When any person is so challenged, the judges shall explain to him the qualification of an elector, and shalL examine him as to his qualifications if the person insists he is quali fied, and shall prove his identity with the per son in whow name he offer to vote, or his continued residence in the precinct since his name Lwa plared .upon th regwt ration lint, an ihe cate na .be, by Ue leatirooDy under oath, M at least one other elector,' doe of the judges shall teodec a Juiu the following oath i f You do -wlenjoljweaxlor aSrm) that you are .citizen of the Cuited States, that yoa are twn- S-oqe year old, ax.d lb( rou bare' wided In itJf weIT montbn, and in thia county far ninety days next preceding tUU election, Jind that jou re not disqualified from Toting by the Coostitntion and laws of thla Stale: that point ttraelyoar namf Llhere insert the nsmegiren,) sad that in such' name ypa were duly registered as jl voter of thfei township, and thai you are (bow an actual resident of tie" same and hare been Uti abca'Fere, jo registered, and. that you are. 1& Identical persoo you -represent yourself w u, ana mat yvre ho f of ea in mis elec tion. t; Ui, or any ether polling plane. 8o help ion, god,", ..Aadjf b refuses to Uke inch oath hia.ote shall be rejected; If, however, he does ukLthecth wher'lrodertd, Kia vole cth aliall; hare been, ta,kcn, the judges .may, nevertheless, rf fuse to permit such .person tq 1 nai.MrfciTc4 ; .itwwm, in ai auer sucn rote tr j sat"w nea.jrom record evidence, or fiheic.own knowledge or other legal testinio- ny -ttfuac! before thenVtnat he is not a legal yoier; ana tney gre ueieut am aorized to admin-i isfer the necessary oaths CT affirmations to all witnesses brought before them to testify to the qualifications of a person offerine to vote. Whenever any person's vote shall be received after having taken the oath prescribed in this section, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the election to write on the olI books, at the end of such person's name the word "sworn." The same powers ns to the administration of oaths and examination of witnesses, as in this section granted to judges of elections, may be exercised by the registrars in all cases where the names of persons registered or offering to register are objected to. Sec. 16. The polls shall be opened on the day of ejection from seven o'clock in the morn ing until sunset of the same day, and no longer; and each voter whose name may appear regis tered, and who shall not be challenged and re jected, shall hand in his ballots to the judges - i ii ' t ii j ii . r .i wno snan careiuuy ueposu ine-oaiiois in me ballot boxes. Sec. 17. Immediatelvafler any e'ection the udges of election shall deposit the registration books for their respective precincts with the register of deeds of their respective counties. Sec. 18. The State officers, viz : Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary bfMate, Audi tor Treasurer Snoeriniendent of Pnblie i n. rin me eieventn uisinct, at Kluston. In the county of tor, ireasurer, oupennrenueni oi i nunc in- i ,, in , ho tenth nistrict.. at it in h struction and Attorney General shall be voted for on one ballot. The members of Congress for their respective districts shall be voted for on one tmiioi. the Justices ot the supreme Courts, Judges of the Superior Courts, and Solicitors shall be voted for on one ballot. The members of the-General Assembly for their re spective counties and districts shall be voted for on one ballot. The county officers for the respective counties, viz: Clerk of the Superior Court, Treasurer, Register of Deeds, Surveyor, Coroner and Sheriff, shall be voted for on one ballot. The ballots shall be on white paper, and miy be printed or written, or partly writ ten and partly printed, and shall be without de vice. Sec, 19. The County Corarnissioners, or upon their failure, the Inspectors of Election, shall provide for each election precinct in their re spective counties, ballot-boxes for each class of ofhcern to he voted for, in which to deiiosit the ballots for such officers resiectively. Each of said boxes shall have an opening through the lid of autucient size to admit a single folded ballot and' no more. The said ballot-boxes shall be kept by the Judges of Election for the use of theireveral election precincts respective ly. And said Judges of Election, before the voting logins, shall carefully examine the bal lot boxes and see that there is nothing in them Sec. 20. When the election shall be finished the Registrars and Judges of Election, in pre sence of such of the electors as may choose to attend, shall open the boxes and count the bal lots, reading aloud the names of the persons who shall appear on each ticket; and if there shall be two or more tickets rolled up together or any ticket shall contain the names of more persons than such elector has a right to vote for, or shall have a device upon it, in either of these cases such tickets shall not be numbered in taking the ballots, but shall be void, and the said counting of votes shall be continued with out adjournment until completed aud the result thereof declared. Sec. 21.: The Judges of Election in each township, Ward, or precinct, shall appoint one of their nurnbet to attend the meeting of the Board of' County Canvassers, as a member thereof, and shall deliver to the member who shall have been o appointed, the original re turn or statement of the result of the election in suoh township, ward, or precinct; and it shall be the duty of the members of the several town ship, ward, or precinct boards of election, who shall have leen so appointed, to attend the meeting of the Board of County Canvassers for such election, in the county in which they shall have been appointed as members there of. Sec. 22.; The members of the several town ship boards of election, to whom the original returns or statements of the result of the election in the precincts or townships to which they respectively belong, shall have been delivered, as directed th the next preceding section, shall constitute the Board of County Canvassers for such election, In the county in which such pre cinct or township shall be situated; and the Re)2 ister of Deeds of such county shall be the clerk of such board, unless the board shall prefer to elect another person in his place. Sec 23. A maiority the members or the sev eral precinct boards of election, who shall have been appointed to attend the meeting oi the Board of County Canvassers, as members there of, shall be sufficient to constitute such Board Sec. 2-t. The Board of County Canvassers shall meet on the second day next after ever? election, at 12 o'clock, noon, or that day, at the Court House of the county, and at that hour, without delay, the members of such Board, who shall then be present, shall proceed to ehoose one of their.number who shall be the chairman thereof: provided, That the Board f County Canvassers of Carteret, Hyde ami Dare shall meet on the seventh day after the election; and as soon as such chairman shall be appointed, it shall be the duty of such chairman to adminis ter to each of the other members, and of each of the other members to take, an oath or affi no ma lion in the following form : "You do swear (or affirm) that yotj will faithfully and impartially execute the' duties of this Board of Canvassers according to law." And thereupon one of the niem!erof such Board, to.be appointed by such Hoard lor that mirnnwp. shall administer t -ne'. rh:iirm-n.and purpose, i sucn cnairman snan tae ! r ...nrm-.n..,,, i i. - .-i . . i. n Till. t. It III, members of the Board. And before proceed- in tne. some lorm u him wurii mc iirr . - , ,-,, ,l ...i. i number of otes ior eacu omce respectively snail t ing to canvass and estimate the votes in such dectare(1 niy eU:cUHi lh(.reto, but tt two or more b-i countv, the chairman of the Board shall admin- ' equal and highest In voles for the same office, theu ister to the clerk thereof an oath or affirmation I one of thein shall be chosen by the Joint balkH of .i e h : r mm. both Houses of the General Assembly. Contested in the lojiowing iorra . ' elections s!all be determined by a Joint vote of hot!i "You ,do swear (or affirm) that yon will Houses of he General Assembly, in the same man faithfully execute the duties of clerk of this ner and under the same rules and regulations as are . f. I . i I prescribed In cases of contested elections of member. Board according to , of the General Assembly. Sec. 2-. The Board of County Canvassers! vec.ST. The Registrar shall receive one cent for shall, at their said meeting, in the presence of each n;une copied from the original regtwratioa book, the Sheriff, and of snch electors as may choose , lnfe cfnts Jea Dew ,ua'Jie si'2re5, , . r , ' ,i Sec.38. Any Registrar, or Judge or Judges of elec- to attend, open and canvass the return and tlon appointed nnier the provisjons of this chapter. make abut rat cU, stating the number of ballots cast in each' precinct for each office, the name of each person voted for, imd the number of votes given each person for each different office, and shall sign the same. Sec. 20. The abstract of the votes for each of the following classes shall be made on a differ- fit atAi i. . 1. Governor and all State officer. , ' ' ' ' .; ; 2. Represer.Utivea In Congress. ; J; ' ' J 3. Senator and Representative In the Qencr- ' alAssembly. 4 Justices of the Supreme Court, Judge 'of the Superior Cwrta aod Sxincitora.- fu11 5. County officers. -r Sec!?. Three abstract, pf W W.tXHtinV" fat any State efficer, Cr " Reprewntatlve Ji) V Congress, Tor J usticea of th Supreroe Conrt, tor Judge; of the Superior Court, and foi &)UcI(ork " hhl be made, and signed by he"Brird County, Canvassers, one of which shall be defli7 w ered to the Sheriff of the county, on filedwhU the . Register of Deeds, to bet regMeed la U otSce and on forwarded by maiL id a reglav'1" tered letter, to the Secretary of State. f RaN1 .n tahV Atan tarn'. anra ' Ytms. Xt fl ai"'1' vote cast for State Senator," when the Senatorial ' district consist f more than one coonty, otij of ' which shall be filed with the RegWerof petU to be registered in hU office, and, the other fur nisbetl to the Sheriff of the county or other r 1 turning officer, - '? :fT V"i,f :"-:" ' " Sec. 28.JEach abstract of lh vote cst.finr such officer aa th eountj Alone elecU ahall contain an accurate statement of all the person troted for 'nuith number, of TfftevcasVfor each."" . Sec. 29. When the canvass Is cbncfudetf, iheT.", Board shall deliver the original returns to Vhi ; clerk of the Superior Court to be filed in hi ' office, and shall cause each of the abstracts men tioned in the two preceding sections to be re-' corded in a book to be called "the 'election book' to be kept in the office of said clerk. And said clerk shall also transmit by mail to the Secre tary of State duplicates of the abstracts men tioned in section 27, each abstract to be seal id 1 up in a separate envelope. Sec. 30. The person having the greatr-! number of votes for any office is to be declared elected. Sec. 31. When the Hoard of County Canvassers -taave thus completed the comparison of the polls they shaU proclaim the result at the court house door, of the voting in their county for all the persons voted for and the numbcf of votes cast for each. 8ec,32. The Sheriff orother returning officers in the various senatorial districts comitnsed of more than one county, shall after receiving the returns as ire rtbed In section x, meet one week after the e e ' Hon, at the following places In their respective dls- . trlcts for the purpose of comparlng-the -polls: In the llrst district at Hertford, in the county of Per quimans. In the second district, at Plymouth, In the countr-Of Washington. In the third district, a ltoxaoel, in the county of Bertie. In the sjveniuoj - trlct, at Nashville. In tlie county of Maslu In the ninth district, at Pollock.svfl.le, In the county of Jones, County of Wayne. In the thirteenth district, at Northwest, in the county of-Rmnswlck. In the fli- U'enth district, at Lennon's Cross Koads, near Fran, cis Lennon's. In Columbus county. In the slxteeth district, at Fayettevllle, In the county of Cumber- lanu. in the twentieth district, at Hilisboro. In the county ot Orange, In the twenty-fourth district, at uibsonviiie, in the county of tiuilford. In the twen ty-sixth district, at Jonu v ebb's on the plans road, ' In the county of Klchniond. In the iwemr-nlnui district, at Mulcoky, in the county of Anson, in th twenty-eigntu district, at Mount Pleasant, In tne county of Cabarrus, In the thirtieth district, at Ford's Mill, in the county Kowan. In ttte thirty second district, at Germantown, In the county "of Stokes. In the thirty-third district, at Kockford, In the ounty of ssurry. In the thirty-fourth district, at ' Taylorsville, In the county of Alexander. In the thirty-fifth district, at Jefferson, In the county of Ashe. In the ihirty-slvth distric t at Marion, In the county of MclKwelL In the tblrty-sevei tli district, at Early Grov, In the county of Catawba. In the thirty eighth district, atCberryville, in the county of Gaston In the thirty-ninth district, at Itutherfordton, in the county of Kutheriord. In the fortieth district, at Asheville, In the coonty ot buncombe. In the forty flrst district, at Brevard la the county of Tranayl-. vanla. In the forty-second district, at Franklin, In the county ot Macon. If for any cause any of said sheriffs or returning olllcers are prevented from meeting at said places re ecUvely, on the aforesaid seventh day after the elect.cn, the return of suck officers shall be waited for and received It tuey ar rive on the following day, and the returning officer falling to attend at the time and place i-equlred a aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay one thousand dollars, to be recovered in the Superior Court of his county by any person who may sue tor the same, and monv. over shall be guilty of a misdemeanor; but If the returns of all the counties of the district be ' not In by noon ot the day appointed, then the returning officers shall adjourn from day to day until the re turns from all the counties be received, and in the' meantime, shall despatch a competent person, onder oath, to the county of the delinquent returning of- -cer for a certified copy of the vote - of that county, which shall be furnished by the Heglster of Deeds of ' said county, and when received shall be counted ; and when the Sheriffs shall be convened as aforesaid. I the polls tor the different counties shall by thetn, la tne presence oi one justice ana nve electors, to oe summoned by the Sheriff of the county where they " shall meet, be examined and compared ; a certificate, under the hands andseals of the returning Sheriffs, shall be given to the candidate In each district for whom the greatest number or votes shau have been given ; but if two or more candidates shall have an equal number Of votes, the said officers shall de termine which shall be a Senator, and if no decision shall be made by them, they shall determine the same by lot. Sec. a3. The sheriff of" each county shall furnish. within ten days, the member or members elected to tne House or Representatives ana to tne senate, where the district Is not composed of more than one-. county, a certlfleafeof election .under his band and seal ; he shall also immediately notify all person elected In the county to meet at the Court House on the first Monday In the ensuing month, to be qua!. uea. Sec. S4. The sheriff or other returnlnjr officer ef every county shall, on or before the third day after the election, transmit by mall. In a registered letter or otherwise, to the Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives, a separate statement of the votes taken in ms county ior eacn oi tne state omcers, to-wji : Governor, Lieutenant (Jovernor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of PubttC In struction and Attorney General, which statement. In each case, shall be In the follow! njf or some slmj llar form, viz : statu op .obth carolina, : Cocntv. - I, , Sheriff of county, do hereby certify that at the election held In said county to elect a Governor (or other officers, as the case may be), for fouryeare, from the first day of -oext, at the places appointed by law for holding elections for paid county on the day of Anno lM-mini one thousand eight hundred and votes were given for , and for, . Given under my hand this day of . .Skerif. If said statements are transmitted by mall, they shall be directed in sealed packets to the Speaker oT the House of Representatives, in care of the Secre tary of State, and If by messenger, tt shall be sent direct to the Speaker of the House of KerjresntaXlvea, sealed as aforesaid : Provided, that no messenger bringing said statements or any other abstracts or election returns, shall receive compensation there for. Any sheriff or other returnlnir officer falling or neglecting to perform the duties required ; la this section, shall forfeit and pay two thous and doll us, to be recovered In the fMtpertor Court of his county by any person who thail sua for the same, and moreover, shall be guiltf of a mis demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be Im prisoned at hard labor In the Stale prison for twelve months. Irordi. further that the Sheriffs of the counties of Carteret. Hyde and Dare, shall haye un- " til the eighth day after the election to comply with the provisions of this section. --i Sec. 35. The Secretary of State shall cause proper forms of returns to be prepared and printed and send copies thereof, with plain directions as to the man ner of endorsing directing and transmitting the sain to the seat of government, to all the returning om cers of the State, at least thirty-days before the Umo of holding said election. Sec. 36. The Speaker of the House of Representa tives, in the presence of a majority of the member of both Houses of the General Assembly, shall open and publish the returns for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor Treasurer, superintendent of Ptttrtic Instruction and Attorney General, li, M., on the first Tuesday after the organi zation of both Houses of the General Assembly. And If for any cause there be no return from -any s county of the State, or It any return be defective, a I propr return shall be had In such manner as the j casc th0 pUb:l,-.at1on or lhv resulBiay be postpone.! I iwii ii -juesm juim at-naiuii uiaj uirciv ; sou in ciuit-r ,hn ..Ml,.,., In. Ihu raC.ilt nm..l i jo t.ura ume hs iut kjiih sessional me bf the two boose may clifio best. The i-rson having the hlghwa or any County Canvassers or Gomuilastonen, Begls ter ot Deeds, Clerk or sheriff, failing or neglecting t o make the returns and perform the'duilttvulrrd .-t him by this chapu-, for tne non-perfornuuMX .f which no penalty ha been herein before ImpOH-1, shall be fined not less than five hundred, nor mors than one thousand dollars, or Imprisoned not more than six nor less than two months, at J-he discretion oi the Court ' i votes .18. - -4 1 3 u i , I ; ; v i u. 11 4 1 r :!i - lis I -Mi : ; if i'n 1 1 1'i I ii If '"4 H 'U ri ft i t I I . f i j i -i m; 1 Ik ' V it' - V 1 i n i; i; i. t is ' Vr f.1 m ill i iff W4 1 1 tl 11 11 !' t -'l .1 i 4
Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.)
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March 29, 1877, edition 1
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